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Title: What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin, 1875-1961
Subjects: Citizenship
Publisher: Chicago, A. Flanagan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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d, watchingfor forest fires. He has a wireless apparatus tocall help if he needs it, but it is an even morelonely life than that of the light-house keeper. When Uncle Sam began to preserve his trees,he found that the forest streams and the fish werein need of help, too. Fish that were too smallwere being caught. Certain kinds of fish weredying out entirely because their streams werebeing used for water power, and they had noplace to lay their eggs and hatch their young.To save our fish, seasons, called closed seasons,have been set apart when no fish may be caughtin certain waters. They must be left quiet, andfree to breed. Fish hatcheries have been madein some states where the eggs are cared for inspecial tanks, and the young fish are raised tobe sent to the streams or the sea when theyare old enough. This work of the Government in preserving ourAmerican forests and fish is a very importantone, indeed. The men who do it have to be almostas strong and well as our soldiers. And the work
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168 WHAT TO DO FOR UNCLE SAM means a great deal to every American boy andgirl. It gives us the beautiful woods, materialsfor building almost everything from the floors inour homes to the wings of an aeroplane, and foodfrom the streams. It is very strange but the greatest number offorest fires start from picnics, automobile parties,and camping parties. The forester in his toweron the mountain looks abroad over the woodsand valleys for such fires. They are so easilyprevented that Uncle Sams boys and girls oughtto organize themselves into fire brigades to pre-vent forest fires in the summer. Some statesrequire you to have a permit before kindling afire in the open air for burning brush or rub-bish. This is not necessary if the bonfire is ina garden or a ploughed field, or a street thatis a safe distance from a wood lot or the woods.,It is never safe, though, to kindle a fire onanothers property unless you ask the owner ofthe land if you may. A camp fire must be verycarefully covered befo

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