BRUSH DISPOSAL PROBLEM 59 



cutting areas and along rights-of-way. Since the slash disposal 

 law is now generally understood, every operator should make pro- 

 vision for handling this situation next winter. 



(8) "Hardwood slash should be disposed of by lopping as 

 cutting proceeds, or by the blaming of adequate fire-breaks around 

 the areas of slash." The hardwood forests of Minnesota grow on 

 land that is good for fanning, unless too rocky. Therefore, 

 the slash resulting from cutting operations will in a majority of 

 cases be burned sooner or later, to put the land in shape for tilling. 

 The above rule is devised to prevent the escape of fire from burning 

 brush and to preserve remaining timber. 



