St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-19
FLORIDA PARISHES WOODS FIRE
CONTROL ASSOCIATION.

The Florida Parishes Woods Fire
Control Association is an association
of lumbermen, turpentine operators,
stockmen, farmers, cut-Over land
owners, and other interested resi-
dents of the five eastern Florida Par
ishes - Washington, St. Tammany,
Tangipahoa, st. Helena and Liv-
ingston.
What Its Objects Are.
The Association aims to control
fires in the woods and cutover lands,
because it knows that:
Uncontrolled fires prevent second
growth timber from coming up on
many thousands of acres of land that
are today lying practically idle, and
which can easily grow pulp-Wood and
fire-Wood in fifteen to twenty years,
and cross-ties, piling and sawlogs in
thirty to fifty years.
Uncontrolled fires damage the
stock range by often killing outright
1espedeza, beggar lice, switch cane,
and other valuabel leguminous and
range plants, and by weakening every
grass and every forage plant they do
not kill
Uncontrolled fires hurt the soil by
removing the natural mulch of rot
ting pine straw, hardwood leaves and
dead grass, that retains moisture,
stops washing, and adds to fertility.
Uncontrolled fires destroy stand
ing timber, logs, ties, trestles and
logging equipment, fences, buildings
and farm crops.
Uncontrolled fires destroy game or
drive it into the sWamps.
It's object is NOT to prevent the
use of fire, properly controlled, by
The farmer who burns a strip
around his fence to protect it. The
Association, on The contrary, urges
the farmer to do this.
The turpentine operator who burns
through his orchard, or the lumber
man who burns over the ground he
is about to log, to reduce the fire
risk.
The railroad that burns its right
Of way in compliance with state law.
The citizen who, with the APPROX
al of the land owner, wishes to burn
strip along a road, stream, etc, to
act as a fire breA to prevent the
spread of bad fires.
Nor does the Associats1 attempt
to interfere With any land owner who
wants to burn over his own land.
This is the owners right under the
law. 1t is equally the right Of any
owner to keep the fire out Of his land
if he wishes to.
What the Association Is Doing.
The Association is working hand
in hand with the Louisiana Depart
ment of Conservation in its task OF
preventing and SURPRISING fires
The Department has placed several
fire patrolmen in our parishes, in
Guiding some paid by the United
States The duty of these men is to
enforce the state laws concerning
woods fire, to fight fires that occur
and to preach the control Of fire.
Members of the Association are
reporting fires and violations of the
fire laws to the Departments police
men. They are helping to fight I'M
controlled fires. They are preaching
the control Of fire to their neignbors
to the school children, to their par
ish authorities, and to their repre-
sentatives in the State Legislature.
The Association Wants Your Help.
Woods fires can be controlled in
the five parishes if every resident VII
help. The best way to help is to
join the Association. The dues for
individuals are 81 a year, for cor
porations S.. Those Of large means
are voluntarily giving as much more
as they think they can-in money
and in the services of their employees
but anybody's dollar will give him
full membership, with the right to
vote for officers, etc, and to take
part in every meeting.
Give your dollar to any Of the un-
dersigned officers of the Association
or to one of the state patrolmen. He
will give you a receipt and the As
sociation's badge of membership. Oh
send your dues by mail to the Sec
retary-Treasurer