and the State to provide fire 
protection. The agreements 
varied: sometimes private 
owners paid the State a 
per-acre assessment (usually 
2 to 4 cents) for 
State-provided protection; 
sometimes the landowner or 
organization actually carried 
out the total program of 
detection and control with 
reimbursement by the State 
for a share of the costs. 
These arrangements made it 
possible to bring large 
acreages under protection 
and often led to broadened 
coverage by encouraging © 
counties to secure fire 
protection for all lands (Lang 
1965, McCormick 1936, 
Lufburrow 1952 unpubl., 
Coulter 1958 unpubl.). 
The American Forestry 
Association sponsored one 
outstanding effort, the 
Southern Forestry 
Educational Project. It was 
initiated in 1928 with 
participation of the States of 
Georgia, Florida, and 
Mississippi. South Carolina 
replaced Georgia in 
1930—31. The 3-year project 
had an annual budget of 
$50,000 jointly funded by 
American Forestry 
Association, the States, and 
other organizations. Six 
34 
trucks were fitted with 
generators and movie 
projectors. They carried 
posters, pamphlets, rulers, 
and other educational 
materials. The trucks visited 
- schools, communities, 
churches, and any group 
that would listen. 
During 33 months on the 
road, this project put on 
7,371 shows and lectures 
and 259 fair exhibits, telling 
its story to a combined 
audience of 2,679,030 
people. The trucks, which 
had traveled 283,594 miles 
on the project, were turned 
over to the States when the 
project closed. Many of the 
people in the audience saw 
their first moving picture. 
Under the slogan "STOP 
WOODS FIRES--Growing 
Children Need Trees," this 
combined education effort 
was a major step in teaching 
the public about fire 
prevention (American 
Forestry Association 1930, 
1931). 
Implementation of section 4 
(seeding procurement) of 
the Clarke-McNary Act 
moved at a much slower 
rate because of the limited 
appropriation. 
