Grass makes meat, prevent range fires
A cartoon steer stands wide-eyed inside a ring of red flames under black smoke, beneath 'Grass Makes Meat' and 'PREVENT RANGE FIRES' and the line 'Greater danger than ever!'. The animal in peril and the fire colours carry the fear-appeal; the sheet gives no figures.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, with State Forest Service
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, with State Forest Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-916 (NAID 514421).
Text on the object
Grass Makes Meat PREVENT RANGE FIRES Greater danger than ever! U. S. Department of Agriculture FOREST SERVICE STATE FOREST SERVICE [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-574104 [signature: illegible monogram]
