Bul. 1494, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture PLATE 5 
F—157660-192402 
9 PROTECTING WHITE PINE LAND FROM FIRE IS WELL REPAID 
If a cut-over white pine area can be saved from fire, white pine usually predominates in the 
natural reproduction that follows. On this land (A) where for 15 years after cutting no 
fire has spread, a good stand of young white pine is coming in. (B) illustrates the care taken 
along a logging railroad to prevent fire losses, by keeping the right-of-way carefully cleared 
