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CONTENTS 



Impro\ciTient work in selection forests 

 Damage cuttings .... 

 Pruning ..... 



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Chapter YU. — Protection of Forests from Fire 



Character of forest fires 

 Surface fires 

 Inflammable material 

 Topography 

 Character of the soil 

 Condition of the atmosphere 

 Rapidity of surface fire 

 Grass fires . 

 Brush fires . 

 Ground fires 

 Crown fires 

 Damage b\' fires . 



Death of standing tree 



Injury to trees 



Injury to the soil . 



Reducticm of density 



Influence on reproduction 



The prevention of fires 



Flimination of the causes of fi 



Organization of the forest 



Disposal of slash . 



Disposal of brush and debris 



Piling and burning brush as logging proceed 



Piling and burning brush in separate operations 



Lopping the tops 



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