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title: Plow around to prevent woods fires. See your fire warden before burning
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/plow-around-to-prevent-woods-fires-1945/
description: 'Woods-fire prevention sheet: in a cleared field a man ploughs a ring of bare earth around brush piles with a horse.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Plow around to prevent woods fires. See your fire warden before burning, 1945 US poster: Woods-fire prevention sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/plow-around-to-prevent-woods-fires-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/plow-around-to-prevent-woods-fires-1945.jpg)

# Plow around to prevent woods fires. See your fire warden before burning

Woods-fire prevention sheet: in a cleared field a man ploughs a ring of bare earth around brush piles with a horse, while another watches a pile burn with a tall column of black smoke, buckets and tools beside him. The red banner repeats the instruction. The technique is plain-folks, ordinary farm workers modelling the advised practice.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
PLOW AROUND TO PREVENT WOODS FIRES
SEE YOUR FIRE WARDEN BEFORE BURNING
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
State Forest Service
[signature:] John Vickery
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1945—O—661358
```

[← 恭賀新禧 (Happy New Year): Chinese soldier as door god, Chinese-language poster stamped Office of War Information](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-new-year-door-god-chinese-poster-1945/) [Prevent forest fires! Crush out your cigarette (Giusti design) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/prevent-forest-fires-crush-out-your-cigarette-giusti-1945/)

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