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The number of brush fires in each county were: 



Essex 15 Warren 15 



Fulton 1 Washington 1 



Franklin 13 Delaware 1 



Hamilton 2 Greene 1 



Herkimer 6 Sullivan 9 



Lewis 15 Ulster 10 



Oneida 10 



Saratoga 1 116 



St. Lawrence 16 ===== 



Each fire, whether in timber or on waste land, whether large, small, 

 or merely incipient, was reported by the firewarden of the town in which 

 it happened, his report covering all details and including the date on which 

 it started. From these dates it appears that the number of timber fires 

 in each month were: 



April 8 August 20 



May 25 September 2 



June 23 



July 4 82 



And the number of brush fires in each month were: 



March 1 July 3 



April 22 August 42 



May 24 



June 24 116 



The large number of fires in August, as compared with the records of 

 previous years, was due to the severe drought which prevailed at that time. 

 On the other hand there were no fires in the fall, this exemption being due 

 to frequent rains. 



This annual record of the date on which each fire occurs is valuable 

 to us in our work, for it indicates fairly well the months in which it is advis- 

 able to maintain a patrol service, and also the periods in which such expense 

 is unnecessary. 



