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BULLETIN 1061, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
the edge of a swamp on cold, wet ground, or in very dry places where 
scarcely anything else can grow, gives evidence of the ceaseless 
pursuit of fires. The effect of protection upon the rate of growth, 
discussed under "Growth Under Fire Protection" (PI. XVII), is 
very marked in contrast with the slow growth and accompanying 
stunted development more commonly seen. 
The fire problem is great, -but undoubtedly is can be solved by the 
organized cooperation of the private owner, the State, and the Fed- 
eral Government, acting jointly in placing the responsibility and 
sharing the cost (fig. 5). The settling of the lands and the develop- 
ment of higher types of communit} 7 organization will exert a helpful 
FIVE YEARS OF FOREST FIRES 
IN 
GEORGIA 
STOVER $4,290,000 LOSS 
MORE! THAN fc OF -THE STATES 20 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST LANDS OF ALL 
CLASSES WERE BURNED OVER, WITH A LOSS OF OVER 4& MILLION DOLLARS. 
THE STATE DID NOTHING TO PREVENT THIS LOSS. 
$16,000 LOSS, 
LESS THAN \% OF THE 7& MILLION ACRES OF FOREST LAND OF ALL CLASSES 
WERE BURNED OVER. THE STATE INVESTED '/z MILLION DOLLARS IN FOREST FIRE 
PROTECTION. 
FOREST FIRE PROTECTION PAYS 
Fig. 5. — Forest fire losses in Georgia and in New York. 
economic influence, while the increasing scarcity of old growth and 
the advancing prices of lumber and turpentine will tend to interest 
owners to bring their cut-over lands into productiveness. Small 
owners are already in a position to afford a good measure of pro- 
tection to the old fields, which constitute the source of their local 
supplies of timber, and to the cut-over lands, which afford grazing 
and help in keeping live stock over the winter. 
RAZORBACK HOGS. 
The native, or " razorback," hog is one of the greatest enemies of 
young longleaf pine. As an agent of destruction he probably holds 
next place to that of fire. In localities near settlements, where fires 
are infrequent, the hog easily becomes the chief factor in preventing 
the reforestation of longleaf. (PL XVIII.) 
