The best quality lumber is in the bottom logs. 
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This most valuable portion in all 
of the trees shown has been degraded by repeated ground fires. Reproduction ts 
entirely lacking for the same reason. 
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE MILLION 
acres of private forest land were without 
protection, and fires burned over 17.8 per- 
cent of this area. 
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