LOUISIANA CONSERVATION REVIEW 
 
                                 TABLE No. 5-CLASSIFICATION BY CAUSE 
                                           January I-June 30, 1932 
                                                                     Damage
                Suppression 
                          Number     Per Cent    Area 
       Cause of Fire         of        by       Burned                  
               Hours of Estimated 
                           Fires     Number     (Acres)    Timber     Other
    Total   Fighting    Cost 
 
Lightning .................              .4          350   $   195      
 18   $   213       80 1 $    20 
Railroads .................. 1 16        .7          386 1     315      
 15       330      147        39 
Campers ................... 1 46        1.5          678 1     603      
102       705 1    322 1      84 
Smokers  ..................  175        7.5        8,058 I   6,252      
340      6,592 1  1,945      484 
Brush Burning .............   87        4.0        3,362 1    2,913     
125      3,038     779       198 
Incendiary ................. _ 1,533 1 65.0        77,200 1  49,570 1   3,102
   52,672   13,757 1   3,478 
Logging .... ............... I 66       2.8        .1,433 1   1,319 1   
 50      1,369 1   325 1      75 
Miscellaneous .............. I 428 1   18.1        16,837 1  14,074 I   
660     14,734    3,174      770 
Unknown  .................. 1  1   1     .0          120 1      10 1    
  4 1      14 1     24 1         7 
     Totals .................1 2,361   100.0      108,424  $ 75,251  $  4,416
 $ 79,667 I 20,553  $  5155 
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                               TABLE No. 6-STUDY OF FIRES BY TIME OF DAY

                                           January 1-June 30, 1932 
 
                       A. M. FIRES                                      
   P. M. FIRES 
                       Number      Area      Average                    
   Number       Area     Average 
                       TimeSize of                             Time     
      of       Burned     Size of 
          Time            of      Burned       Fire                     
     Frres     (Acres)e 
                        Fires     (Acres)     (Acres)                   
                          (Acres) 
                      I                                                 
              1 
   1:00 ................. . 7        284   1   40.6      1:00 .................i
427 1  19,470  1   45.6 
   2:00................ I  3          39   1   13.0       2:00 .................1
409 1 15,629  1   38.2 
   3:00 .................I 1          35   I   35.0      3:00 ................
I 295 1  12,061  1   40.9 
   4:00 .................  1          10   1   10.0       4:00 .................1
193    4,355      22.6 
   5:00 ................. . .2       175   1   87.5      5:00 .................
107      3,189      29.3 
   6:00 ......... .........I 5       188   1   37.6       6:00 ................
63       1,473      23.4 
   7:00 ................. 14         895       64.0       7:00 .................I
84     1,880      22.4 
   8.:00 ................. 25       1,361      54.4      8:00 ...............
.. 34      1,423      42.0 
   9:00 ....... .......... 49       2,156      44.0       9:00 ................
. 12       228      19.0 
   10:00 ................. 123 1   12,926     105.1      10:00 ................
 7         55        7.8 
   11:00 ............ .... I 171 1 14,025      82.0      11:00 .........
....... 8         221      27.6 
   12:00 _................ I 129 1  7,533      58.4      12:00 ................
112  1   5,962      53.2 
        Totals ........... . .530 j 39,627     74.8          Totals ...........
1 1,751  65,896     37.6 
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than satisfied itself of this fact, and millions of 
dollars are invested in our State. 
    It is interesting to note that wherever refores- 
tation development has been established, the com- 
munities are not so hard hit from the present 
depression. 
    Timber growing depends upon forest fire pre- 
vention. Forest fire prevention depends on an 
efficient forestry organization and cooperation 
from the public. The press and the public schools 
have been a great aid to the publicity and educa- 
tional program. 
    The new system of good roads in the State has 
been of material aid to forestry. The roads act as 
barriers to fires and also aid the forestry em- 
ployees in getting to fires rapidly. 
  TABLE No. 7-STUDY OF FIRES BY MONTH IN YEAR 
                January 1-June 30, 1932 
 
              Number   Per Cent   Area     Average 
   Month        of       by      Burned     Fire 
               Fires    Month    (Acres)   (Acres) 
 
 
January   .      108  1   4.6      5,208     48.2 
February .... I  505 j   21.4  1   22,714 1  45.0 
March  ....... 1 1,157 1 49.0  1   66,298 1  57.3 
April ........ 1 437  I  18.5  I   11,878 1  27.2 
May  ........ . I 71      3.0      1,192  1  16.8 
June             83       3.5      1,134  j  13.7 
   Totals .  I 2,361     100.0    108,424 I  45.9 
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                              No. of Fires 
A. M . Fires  .......................   530 
P. M . Fires  .....................   1,751 
Origin Hour Not Given ............ 80 
      Totals ......................   2,361 
 
 
Area Burned 
  Acres 
  39,627 
  65,896 
  2,901 
  108,424 
 
 
    The cost of forestry in Louisiana is derived 
from the timber severance tax through an $80,- 
000.00 annual appropriation, the United States 
Government allotted $50,400.00, and the land- 
owners contributed $41,000.00. Not one cent of 
this money is obtained from direct taxation. 
    Continuing to prevent forest fires by all agen- 
cies will create large supplies of timber resources 
which in turn will create revenues from indus- 
tries converting forest products into commodities 
that are sold throughout the Nation amd abroad. 
            TABLE No. 8-FOREST TYPE. 
                January 1-June 30, 1932 
 
             Number Per Cent  Area  Per Cent Average 
 Forest Type   of      by    Burned    by     Fire 
              Fires Number (Acres)    Area  (Acres) 
 
Longleaf Pine. 1 859 1 36.4 1 54,158   50.0 1 63.0 
Shortleaf  Pine.I  875  1  37.1  26,398  I  24.3  1  30.1 
Mixed Pine .. 1 197 1   8.3 1 14,215   13.2 1 72.2 
Mixed Pine andl     I      I                I 
  Hardwoods * 1 417    17.7  13,499    12.4 1 32.4 
Hardwoods . . .  13     .5      154     .1    11.8 
    Totals*.. 2,361   100.0  108,424 I 100.0  45.9 
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