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Figure 15. — It is good forest practice to keep livestock out of the woods (except in parts of the South) 

 and everywhere to prevent fires. Trees, like other crops, require protection //, Heavy grazing 

 in a pasture contrasted with an untrampled and unbrowsed thrifty farm woods. B, 4-H Club 

 boys establishing a firebreak on a club project. 



worked out in great detail for preventing, detecting, and fighting fires as soon as 

 possible after they start. Fire-fighting equipment, such as lookout towers, 

 telephone lines, and fire-fighting tool boxes at convenient points over the forest. 

 Cleared and burned lines as firebreaks (fig. 15). Use of airplanes and radio. 



Protection for State forest lands by similarly organized methods. Federal 

 cooperation with the various States, authorized by the Weeks Law, lor the protec- 

 tion of headwaters of navigable streams against fire. 



