| Show RANGE FIRES INJURE FORAGE NEI NEEDED EDED FOR LIVESTOCK 0 with the danger of grass fires still menacing range lands sta stock ck men in this area are manntai maintaining ning constant lanc e to prevent the outbreak of a blaze that might destroy valuable forage needed for wartime livestock production JT J T pehrson chairman of the board of supervisors of the san juan soil conservation district stated in this critical year he said fire damage to range land is a loss that affects not only the in rancher but the nation as a whole with livestock liveston ck products vitally needed to help the allias in their drive for victory anything that reduces forage will indirectly hurt the nation in its all out war effort nearly all ranch operators know today that burning over grassland will reduce the vigor of grass plants and often damage the soils oils fertility he declared research by the soil conservation service and the state experiment stat stations ious indicate that burning of range land always does more harm than good since fire leaves the ground bare the action of wind erosion is usually a accelerated and nd so far as is known burning has little or no b beneficial effect in the control of insects and rift noxious ioas weeds |
