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1. Not to drop matches or burning tobacco where there is 

 inflammable material. 



2. Not to build larger camp fires than are necessary. 



3. Not to build fires in leaves, rotten wood, or other places 

 where they are likely to spread.. 



4. In windy weather and in dangerous places, to dig holes 

 or clear the ground to confine camp fires. 



The fire may be confined in various ways. A circle of stones 

 may be built around the fire, with the draft provided on the side 

 away from the windward. Or, a pit may be dug, and the dirt from 

 the pit cast up in a semicircle to windward, with the opposite side 

 more shallow to provide for draft. If the wind is high, it is wise to 

 clear a space of fifteen or twenty feet> in diameter by removing all 

 inflammable material and leaving only the bare earth exposed. Al- 

 ways have several buckets of water at hand to be used in case of 

 accident. 



5. To extinguish all fires completely before leaving them, 

 even for a short absence. 



"A fire is never out," says Chief Forester H. S. Graves, "until 

 the last spark is extinguished. Often a log or snag will smolder 

 unnoticed after the flames have apparently been conquered, only 

 to break out afresh with a rising wind." 



To prevent the re-kindling of a fire after it has apparently been 

 extinguished, pour water over it and soak all the ground around 

 within a radius of several feet. If water is not available, cover the 

 charred remains of the fire completely with earth. 



6. Not to build fires against large or hollow logs, where 

 it is difficult to extinguish them. 



7. Not to build fires to clear land without informing the 

 nearest officer of the Forest Service, so that he may assist in 

 controlling them. 



PROJECT XXXVIII. Garden Projects, pages 366-399 



In a manual of this sort, it is not practicable to offer any single 

 garden project, since weather and soil conditions differ so widely 



