Pamphlets on Forestry in North Carolina, Volume 21894 - Forests and forestry |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS . PAGE . FOREST FIRES ..... LETTER OF TRANSMITTA INTRODUCTION . Losses from forest fires in 1880 .......... The attitude of timber owners towards forest undergrowth ... Kinds of forest fires ...... Ultimate results of ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS . PAGE . FOREST FIRES ..... LETTER OF TRANSMITTA INTRODUCTION . Losses from forest fires in 1880 .......... The attitude of timber owners towards forest undergrowth ... Kinds of forest fires ...... Ultimate results of ...
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PAGE . Permanency of forests .... Losses from forest fires during 1894 ...... Summary of reports from counties ... fires ....... Relative prevalence of fires in different regions ..... Origins of forest fires ......... The forest fire ...
PAGE . Permanency of forests .... Losses from forest fires during 1894 ...... Summary of reports from counties ... fires ....... Relative prevalence of fires in different regions ..... Origins of forest fires ......... The forest fire ...
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trees : ( 4 ) these fires destroy the humus on the surface of the soil , and thereby seriously injure its productive capacity . The injuries resulting from forest fires are thus so manifold and extensive that it is difficult to estimate ...
trees : ( 4 ) these fires destroy the humus on the surface of the soil , and thereby seriously injure its productive capacity . The injuries resulting from forest fires are thus so manifold and extensive that it is difficult to estimate ...
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FOREST FIRES : THEIR DESTRUCTIVE WORK , CAUSES , AND PREVENTION . By W. W. ASHE . • FOREST FIRES . The past year ( 1894 ) , one of considerable drought , witnessed extensive and destructive forest fires in the Northwestern States ...
FOREST FIRES : THEIR DESTRUCTIVE WORK , CAUSES , AND PREVENTION . By W. W. ASHE . • FOREST FIRES . The past year ( 1894 ) , one of considerable drought , witnessed extensive and destructive forest fires in the Northwestern States ...
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... FOREST FIRES IN 1880 . Of all the destructive agencies to which woodland is exposed none is surer in its effects or more rapid in its execution than fire . By the census of 1880 the value of the property destroyed by forest fires in the ...
... FOREST FIRES IN 1880 . Of all the destructive agencies to which woodland is exposed none is surer in its effects or more rapid in its execution than fire . By the census of 1880 the value of the property destroyed by forest fires in the ...
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abundant acres amount bark barrels Blue Ridge boxes branches burning Cape Fear river cent chestnut oak covered crown cypress damage dense destroyed destruction eastern North Carolina excurrent exports feet foliage forest fires forest land green growing hardwood height hemlock hickory humus inches industry less loam loblolly pine logging long-leaf pine long-leaf pine forests lumber manufactured mature mills Moore county mountains native Neuse river North Carolina output Paulonia pine lands planting portion Quercus railroad rapid growth red oak region river rosin sandy season second growth seed seedlings shingles short-leaf slopes soil southern species specimens spring sprout spruce standard shade trees stem streams street sugar maple swamp syrup timber transplanted trunk turpentine twigs usually valuable W. W. Ashe waste land western white cedar white oak white pine willow oak Wilmington wood yellow poplar young growth young trees
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Page 17 - States and may be recovered in a civil action in the name of the United States brought in...
Page 53 - State, and to the county in which the fire occurred, in an action for debt to the full amount of all expenses incurred by the State or county in fighting and extinguishing such fire.
Page 19 - Sec. 3. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction...
Page 109 - Analyses of the Principal Mineral Springs of North Carolina; a description of the Peat Formations in North Carolina, together with a detailed account of the Uses of Peat and the Results of an Experiment Conducted by the United States Geological Survey on Peat from Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
Page 16 - The wages and expenses of men summoned or employed to fight forest fires actually burning, shall be fixed and paid for by the state forester and the labor reckoned and paid for by the hours of labor performed, which shall not exceed the rate of 25 cents per hour employed; provided, no pay shall be given for fighting fire within one mile of the residence of such person, unless employed by the state forester or his assistants.
Page 18 - ... be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Page 16 - Any person who shall open or conduct such an employment agency without first procuring said license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for a period of not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Page 103 - Naval Store Industry in the Report of the Chief of the Division of Forestry in the US Department of Agriculture for 1892. This last mentioned publication has a very clear and concise account of the different methods of tapping, with the advantages and disadvantages of the different systems, and is well illustrated.
Page 109 - Mona»ite and its Associated Minerals; descriptions of Ruby. Emerald, Beryl, Hiddenite, and Amethyst Localities; a detailed description with Analyses of the Principal Mineral Springs of North Carolina; a description of the Peat Formations in...