Determination of Normal Fire Danger

Every forest executive responsible for the protection of forest lands is confronted with the task of planning fire control facilities and action adequate for his area. These facilities and actions will be greatly different in Vermont-the state without a drought-from those required in some other parts of the country where nearly every summer brings a two-month or longer drought. In the various sections o£ the United States the fire control facilities and action justifiable will vary according to what might be called the normal fire danger of that section. As the cost of these facilities and action may vary from a few mills to several cents per acre per year, it behooves the forest executive to plan carefully. I£ he underestimates fire danger, he is likely to get burned out. I£ he overestimates, and overspends, his boss will very likely burn him up.\u27\u2

Sociological Shackles on Forestry

Few people, even foresters, think of forestry as influenced by sociological knowledge, principles, or activity. Actually, the practice of forestry is not only for the development of society; it is also being retarded by a lack of sociological concepts which the sociologists, not foresters, should enunciate

Comparative constructions of similarity in Northern Samoyedic languages

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the suffixes which are used in Northern Samoyedic languages to build comparative constructions of equality. Depending on the language, the suffixes may perform three functions: word-building, form-building, and inflectional. When they mark the noun, they serve as simulative suffixes and are employed to build object comparison. In the inflectional function, these suffixes mark the verb and are a means of constructing situational comparison. In this case, they signal the formation of a special mood termed the Approximative. This paper provides a detailed description of the Approximative from paradigmatic and syntagmatic perspectives

A brief anecdote titled Bob Brings Himself Back Alive, dealing with Bob Marshalls travels in Alaska.

This is another short, secondhand story, telling of Bob's adventures in Alaska in general, and specifically of an incident he and a few compatriots had while boating on a flooded river. Bob and the others barely escaped without freezing to death, and the author expresses his pleasure that Bob survived