The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-10-30
Agriculture.


IL 10 ss.isssasa by ibs Basss Of Forest
~ 10 The pspsrinsst Of Astie7i,srs The,
ssriy livss 90 90 average ere lesi every
yssr 10 this eosni,y 10 eoHsseasrse OF Tor
eat frss The Ices Of timber 70 pa, 81 sab.
0oo. 900, and The itisry 10 youns iofssi
sfovih 10 rtelonsa u SIS. 600 600 10 sddi
tiep. To these more ebvion. effects unss
be sdded certain osscsrs ssd indirect 10
rice lits the iuroveuntnsot OF The coil
by Gre. 10 The ruin OF vsier eonrses. aud
tbs drying up 81 springs. Even The
snoeat OF timber barred 10 ysiy irrer
fecily osleaIsis3, .nd the seiasl anssiiiy
destroyed 10 Ter In .Icess OF that secoupt
ed for. FOREST htes 10 this eonriry have
grown 90 con noa thai only those are re
ported That are OF such mssnitu1s ~ 10
threstsn large CON N upitIes. The lnuber
ing industry 10 remote sections Of The
couutry msy BE- ruined spd people forced
10 Zee for their lives without . mention Of
the disss,er beyond the pisces near vhsrs
II occurred.
10 The State Of Washington slons this
year the dsmsss 10 estimsted by DIR. Henry
Gsepett, Of the United States Geological
Survey. ct $50, 0O0. 900.
According TO the Forestry Buresu's rec
ords. the most disastrous forest DIRE 10 the
history Of this ooup,iy oconrred IN Cato
Der. 1871. elm nlisneous With the Burning
OF Chicsso. Il Itspded ell across North
e.n Micti.sn aud Wisconsin and into Min
q, sots. Az lessi 900 persons we're bnrp
eI to desth sud Is 600 were made hon Q
las The property lo,s hss never bon
calculated. TIE Hiuckley ffs OF 1894
~bich destroyed Hlnckley and hss other
Minueso,s Villages. bnrpeJ to destb AIS
persons. destroyed $3.50 900 worth Of i,rm
and town properly. spi about 400 square
uiles OF forett. A fire 10 Sootbesst Mich
gan 10 1881 burned the forest 10 As town
ships. destroyed 81. 900 900 worth OF other
property, burned to death 1875 personr,
and made homeless 1000 Another Micbi
gan forest 6re, shIch occurred In 1896.
made homeless 2 600 persons and destroy
% town end farm property worth 81 900.
900. Wisconsin lost by fire 10 Nay, 1891.
100 tqusre miles OF iorcst sud other prop
erty worth $4,000 900 10 1894. in Wis
thirteen p, rsous lost their lives
snd 5000 their tomes, and 81. 000. 600
worth OF town aud farm property vas des
lroysd 10 the Phillips Gre.
Minuesots, Msssscb usetts, New Yolk
md Psnnsylvspia have Laws designed to
,heck the development Of forest free.
Those Of the Enpi'e State relate chiefly to
parks sud reserves. In Penosy lvsnis,
State contt.bles serve ss fire wardens and
receive extra pay for suSb service, West
II the Rocky Mouutsirs little 10 done TOW
'rd The suppression Of forest fires. except
" the forest rangers on government re
Iefves. who sre employed BY The Depart
nent OF the loterior.
IL bulletin recently issus1 from the
forestry Bureau at Washington 1t 10 point
d out tfst the creation OF sfLtimtnt
gsipst forest 6res is the fret step toward
heir suppression. Legislation /, noes
ary. bat 1! must be accom- panied by the
o. cooperation Of .ae people aud the fi,ers
hsrgsd with the enforcement OF tie Law.
The fail aud early, spring before vegeta
ION hss begun, are the dangerous seasons
u forest fires iu most deosely wooded
art, OF the country. At such times spec /,
Il precautions should be taken and the ]
eople should be kept alert by constant re !,
ia .ers OF the peril. An EXCELLENT idea 10 OF
!, plsc,ri trees along fosds and trails =
iii lolices OF the danger and warnings
penalties to be incurred by those who .
olate the tre Laws.