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effects of grazing in fire control should be taken advantage of to 

 a much greater extent than they are at the present time. The 

 additional revenue derived from the grazing of stock would 

 greatly increase the benefits to be obtained from this means of 

 decreasing the fire hazard. 



That the damaging effect of fire on both range and trniber 



{Forest Service.) 



Fig. 75. — a dense COVER OF INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL THROUGH WHICH A 

 FIRE GAINS GREAT HEADWAY. 



Most of this herbaceous vegetation is highly palatable to foraging animals. 



warrants the adoption of the best possible protection against 

 burning can no longer be subject to doubt. It is necessary to 

 provide effective means not only for detecting and fighting fires 

 but for preventing them from occurring. Educating the public 

 to a proper realization of the dangers of setting forest and range 

 fires, although a necessary part of any fire-protection plan, 

 is slow and laborious. Well-regulated grazing, on the other 

 hand, has the immediate effect of reducing the liability of 



