The young men in the photo were putting a fire trail around a fire that was started for training purposes. They are using the "one lick" method of trail building. These men were to be hired during the fire season for $105 per month and each agency would use the men to make up their summer fire crews.
This photo shows an example of many fire breaks which were constructed by many farmers around their farms in advance of the fire season.<br>This break was on the John Bushong Ranch, Plevna District.<br>The photo was used in the 1942 Klamath County Extension Annual Report.
Instructions and demonstration on fire fighting and how to make a fire trail by the "one lick" method. The men are being trained by U.S. and State Forest Service, U.S. Indian Service, Klamath Forest Protective Association, and U.S. Forest Park Service.
The fire trail was constructed by the county at the foot of Stukel Mountain near Crystal Springs in Klamath County, Oregon.<br>Photo was used in the 1943 Klamath County Extension Annual Report, page 43a.
The fire trail was plowed around 20 acres of dryland Galogalos wheat. It was made by John Short.<br>Photo was used in the 1942 Klamath County Extension Annual Report.