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2. As to Cultivated Lands 



(o) In your section, is fire-guarding necessary through cultivated lands, aside 

 from burning over the right-of-way ? 



(b) Do locomotive sparks set fire directly in stubble ? . 



(c) Is there any danger of fire previous to harvest ? . . . 



(d) In what crops is fire-guarding not necessary, either before or after har- 

 vest ? 



(e) Name crops which require fire-guarding following harvest. 

 (/) What width of strip should be ploughed ? 



ig) What should be the distance of the outer edge of the ploughed strip from 

 the track ? 



Qi) When should the ploughing be done ? . 



(i) Should the ploughing be in a soUd strip, or in two narrow strips with an 

 open space between? 



(j) Should the burning cover only the right-of-way, or entire area between 

 ploughing and track, or right-of-way and narrow strip between two sections of 

 ploughing ? 



(fc) Is it practicable and safe to bum fire-guards through hay meadows without 

 ploughing ? 



(J.) To what extent have railway fires occurred in your section in cultivated 

 lands during the past four years ? 



3. As to Fenced Pasture Lands 



(a) In your section, is fire-guarding necessary through fenced pasture lands, 

 aside from burning off the right-of-way ? 



(b) If so, what width of strip should be ploughed ? 



(c) What should be the distance of the outer edge of the ploughed strip from 

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(d) When should the ploughing be done ? 



(e) Should the '' ^ ' ' '' ' ^ ' 



open space between 



(e) Should the ploughmg be in a soUd strip, or in two narrow strips with an 



(f) Should the burning cover only the right-of-way, or entire area between 

 ploughing and track, or right-of-way and narrow strip between two sections of 

 ploughing ? 



(ff) To what extent does discing make an efficient fire-guard the second or suc- 

 cessive years after ploughing ? 



Qi) To what extent have railway fires occurred in fenced pasture land diuing 

 the past four years ? 



4. As to Open Prairie Lands 



(o) To what extent have grass fires occurred in your section in the open prairiei 

 caused by locomotive sparks, during the past iowc years ? 



