Show range fires threaten forage with the danger ot of grass fires still menacing range lands stockmen stoc kmen in this area are maintaining constant vigilance to prevent the outbreak of a blaze that might dearoy valuable forage needed for carime livestock production 0 VV rollins colllns chairman of the board of supervisors for the morgan 9 an S C D states in this critical year he said fire damage to range land is a loss that affects not only the individual rancher c r but the nation as a whole with livestock products vitally needed to help the allies in their drive for victory anything that reduces forage will indirectly hurt the nation in its all out war effort all ranch opera operators ors know that burning over grassland will reduce the vigor of the grass plants and damage the soil fertility research by the S C S and the state experiment stations indicates that burning of range land always does more harm than good grass fires frequently may be put out dut by crews using flaps wire broom flails and wet sacks but the best insurance against fire losses is to use every safeguard to keep a blaze from starting tar ting |