The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-21
POLICY FOR
r CAROLINA

has to do his part by ODSeTN lHS SAFETY
regulations but he expects the city
to do it's part by keeping ar efficient
fire and this 1T does. In
common airne the State IN IKE
manner should help protect the pro-
perty Of the man who lives IN the
country.
BILE State Agricultural Department
among it's many activities, maintains
and directs experiment stations, test
farms, and demonstration areas, In or
der to introduce the pest agricultural
methods to all parts Of our State.
There are as many men who own or
control forest land in North Carolina
as there are farmers. and there are
twice as many acres of woodland as
| there are Of land under cultivation, SO
| why not have small demonstration
forests or forest experiment stations
in the different regions Of the State?
Again, our State government pro-
| poses to furnish at cost to the farm
ers lime to improve their land. and is
now providing serum TO v the
| death Of their hogs from cholera.
Why not furnish landowners with
young forest trees at cost in order
that they may plant up abandoned
land to prevent soil erosion, protect
the streams, and help provide timber
supply for the future
These and similar measures are in
force in many of the States as we'll
as in Canada and nearly every other
country where forests are important,
and they are helping to protect n
p~repetuate their forests. Would not
such measures be of equal value in
North Carolina?
Necessary State Forestry Measures.
A State forest policy for North
Carolina should include:
(a) First and foremost a State
forest fire protective system.
CD State owned and operated de-
mOnstration forests and experiment
stations.
Co The encouragement of forest
planting by the maintenance Of one or
more forest nurseries.
Cd A forestry department support
ed by an adequate appropriation.
These should not supersede but
should supplement the present activi-
ties Of the Forestry Division of the
North Carolina Geological and Econo-
mic Survey in collecting information
on the forests of the State and their
needs, and disseminating forestry in
formation through publications, the
press, public meetings and cOrrespon-
dence.
!. (a) State Fire Protection.
Protection OF the forests from fire
l is a prerequisite for all other mea.
sures of Improvement. 1t is by fa1
! the most necessary and important
4 measure for the State to undertake
: because the success of all others de.
e ponds on this. Fire protection SHOULD
. not be left entirely to a State orga
: niZation, but the State must inevita
. bly, take the lead. The aim shoult
be to prevent fires, not to wait unit
I they are started n then ~extinguisl
them: 1t is cheaper in the long ru,
Y and far more effective, because it i
T educative. An adequate system shoul,
S include a State forest warden and dis
e tr1ct and township wardens and pa
r trolmen; it should provide for look
outs; patrol during dry and danger
{ Gus weather.; the summoning of ne
y cesSary assistance to extinguish fires
y the collection Of information abou
II the cause, extent and damage of fires
the posting Of public warning notice:
and the enforcement Of the fores
fire laws.
AS soon as uch a system is in fore
< the Federal government is ready an
nxlou to cooperate with the Stat
. In hre protection in proportion to tn
amount OF money expended by tn
state. Seventeen States are alread
receiving such Federal assistance j
~ sums varying from $500 to $40, 90
St a year each. The cooperation
"A associations Of landowners would ais
20 no doubt be secured. Thirty such a.
n sociations in nine different States al
now actively engaged in fire prote,
N ton. Railroads and other corpor:
"a tions and individuals, as we'll as II
M local government Of counties ar
IN townships car also be counted on
lie do their share when they realize tn;
40 the State is in earnest in trying
prevent forest fires.
err The State should secure suitab
es areas Of lane in each Of the fore
regions Of the State on which to e.
or pertinent as to- the best species
grow and the best methods of han,
r. ling the different types Of fOres
while at the same time demonstrate
Ir- to the woodland owners of-the re
,ly pecdve regions the practice and r
suits of approved forest managemeI
ty. rive such areas are recommends
OF one each in the following types: T.
Die spruce, the Mountain hardwoods. Il
,es Piedmont hardwood and pine, Il
ty, Coastal Plain pine and the Ban
60 sand NIL type. The first and the Ia
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