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
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, with State Forest Service; artist John Vickery
- 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. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1527 (NAID 515193).
Text on the object
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
