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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 to 

 prevent fires. Trees, like other crops, require protection. A, grazed woodlot 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, for the protec- 

 tion of headwaters of navigable streams against fire. 



