PROTECTION FROM FIRE 



Fire protection is a first necessity in farm wood- 

 land management. Uncontrolled fire destroys or in- 

 jures trees of all ages, destroys the soil's covering of 

 plants and leaf litter, increases runoff, and accelerates 

 soil erosion. All these effects reduce production of 

 wood. Burning does not rid the woods of boll weevils, 

 snakes, ticks, red bugs, or other pests. 



Whenever fire is used, precautions should be ob- 

 served. If it is necessary to burn the rough from a 

 fallow field before plowing, several furrows should first 

 be turned around the edge of the field. Since the area 

 is to be plowed anyhow, this plowing is not extra work. 



Black locust planted for fence posts on a Louisiana farm. 



