Ungulsh * them with water and 



eartfft when you leave. 



Many costly fires have been started 

 by a lighted match, cigarette stub, or 

 pipe duffel carelessly dropped in dry 

 material to smoulder along until the 

 winds fanned it into flames. Be 

 careful. 



You can furnish a fine example of 

 good citizenship and public spirit by 

 putting out any small fires you may 

 discover, and reporting any smoke you 

 see to the nearest forest officer. 



BEWARE DISEASE. 



The carcasses of animals that die 

 close to streams must be removed at 

 once and buried or burned. The For- 

 est Service has made this rule to keep 

 our streams pure and protect persons 

 drinking water from the streams from 

 getting disease by drinking impure 

 water. The carcasses of animals that 

 die from contagious disease must be 

 burned. If an animal dies from an 

 infectious disease, such as blackleg, 

 anthrax, glanders, etc., the germs re- 

 main in the dead body, and other 

 healthy stock may catch the di sense if 

 they are near it. Some of your own 

 herd may die by catching disease in 

 this way. The best way to burn a 

 carcass is to dig a hole about 2 feet 

 deep and big enough to hold it, then 

 'make several small ditches sloping into 

 the hole. This will make a draft and 

 your fire will burn much better. Next 

 pile wood in the hole, roll the carcass 

 onto the pile and burn it. The dirt 

 which was taken from the hole can be 



