. The school book of forestry . he best way of fighting forest fires is to pre-vent them. The forest officers do their best toreduce the chances for fire outbreak in the Gov-ernment woodlands. They give away much deadtimber that either has fallen or still is who hold contracts to cut timber inthe National Forest are required to pile and burnall the slashings. Dry grass is a serious fire men-ace. That is why grazing is encouraged in theforests. Rangers patrol the principal automo-bile roads to see that careless campers and tour-ists have not left burning campfires. Railroadsa
. The school book of forestry . he best way of fighting forest fires is to pre-vent them. The forest officers do their best toreduce the chances for fire outbreak in the Gov-ernment woodlands. They give away much deadtimber that either has fallen or still is who hold contracts to cut timber inthe National Forest are required to pile and burnall the slashings. Dry grass is a serious fire men-ace. That is why grazing is encouraged in theforests. Rangers patrol the principal automo-bile roads to see that careless campers and tour-ists have not left burning campfires. Railroadsare required to equip their locomotives withspark-arresters. They also are obliged to keeptheir rights of way free of material which burnsreadily. Spark-arresters are required also onlogging engines. The National and State Forests are postedwith signs and notices asking the campers andtourists to be careful with campfires, tobacco andmatches. Advertisements are run in newspapers,warning people to be careful so as not to set fire. THE GREATEST ENEMY OP THE FOREST—FIRE 61 to the forests. Exhibits are made at fairs, shows,community meetings and similar gatherings,showing the dangers from forest fires and howthese destructive conflagrations may be con-trolled. Every possible means is used to teachthe public to respect and protect the forests. For many years, the United States ForestService and State Forestry Departments havebeen keeping a record of forest fires and theircauses. Studies have been made of the lengthand character of each fire season. Informationhas been gathered concerning the parts of theforest where lightning is most likely to strikeor where campfires are likely to be left by spots or zones of greatest fire danger are lo-cated in this way and more forest guards areplaced in these areas during the dangerous fireseason. Careful surveys of this kind are aidinggreatly in reducing the number of forest fires. In trying to get all possible information aboutfu
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