Bul. 1294, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture PLATE Xl 
F-41638-A 
Fic. |.—LIGHT BURNING UPHILL AGAINST THE WIND: EARLY MORNING 
On this project the loss due to the fire hcre shown amounted to 972 board feet an acre. Snake 
Lake, Plumas National Forest 
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Fic. 2.—MAXIMUM PROTECTION AGAINST INJURY FROM LIGHT BURNING 
The earth is banked about the base of the larger trees to afford direct protection to the tree and 
also to shed falling needles and twigs that would bring the next fire too close. This method 
has proved both expensive and inefiective, and is impracticable on an extensive scale 
