The burning should be done against the breeze. Before 

 fire is set to a trash pile, scattered material around the 

 pile should be raked together. Trash or debris should 

 not be burned at any time other than late evening of a 

 day with very little air movement, when grass and leaves 

 are damp and sparks will not be scattered. Also, when 

 any necessary burning is being done a supply of wet 

 sacks, a fire rake, or a water sprayer should be kept 

 handy to prevent the fire from breaking away. 



A 10-foot line should be kept clear of litter and vege- 

 tation between a farm woodland and a railroad, a 

 highway, or the property of a careless neighbor. A 

 good firebreak can be made through woods litter with 

 a "gee whiz" harrow and through grass with a disk 

 harrow. Farm roads can sometimes be so located that 

 they will serve as firebreaks. 



In some places forest fires are a community prob- 

 lem. For example, where farm woodlands adjoin 

 large wooded areas the mdividual farmer is often power- 

 less to prevent fires from destroying his woods crop. In 

 such a situation neighboring owners of woodlands gain 

 by acting together. If located within a soil conserva- 

 tion district, they should ask the help of the district 

 supervisors. State foresters are authorized by law 

 to assist landowners in protecting their woodlands 



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HEIGHT OF TREES (FEET) 



OIAMETER OP TREES (INCHES) 



Comparisou of timber growth on burned and unburned longleaf 

 pine plots on State Forest No. 1, Newton County, Tex. (Cour- 

 tesy of Texas Forest Service. ) 



