. Civic biology; textbook of problems, local and national, that can be solved only by civic coöperation. Biology. tim:I': s'I'(â¢I)^â and cinic i"()i;i:s'i-i:\ !â¢* One evening last September Nvlicn tli«' incn had <iiiit work and wcrn all in camp or on the way, a patrolman l)le\v the fire; sii^nal at a "<lonk<'V " ahout sixty rods fro'u cami) and within three mimitcs lil'tv mm wm* at work. In half an hniir there were a hnndr<'d, ;iiid in fifteen minut«'s more, a hundred and lifty. I^ven witli this prompt action it took all niyht and all the next day to extinL^'ii^
. Civic biology; textbook of problems, local and national, that can be solved only by civic coöperation. Biology. tim:I': s'I'(â¢I)^â and cinic i"()i;i:s'i-i:\ !â¢* One evening last September Nvlicn tli«' incn had <iiiit work and wcrn all in camp or on the way, a patrolman l)le\v the fire; sii^nal at a "<lonk<'V " ahout sixty rods fro'u cami) and within three mimitcs lil'tv mm wm* at work. In half an hniir there were a hnndr<'d, ;iiid in fifteen minut«'s more, a hundred and lifty. I^ven witli this prompt action it took all niyht and all the next day to extinL^'ii^li the fire. \o\v what I siiouUl like to know is how to keep a lire from working" you forty honrs even when you see it start and can get your crew on the ground at once. It was a dry slashing and a cigarette. How stop the cigarette ? â Proceedirif/s of Forest-Fire Conference, Seattle, lOl'i, p. 19 This is the crucial, vital pohit ill civic co- operation, to have every one, youno- or old, na- tive or foreign-born, rich or poor, thoroughly careful about these lit- tle sparks that start the big fires. For outdoor labora- tory work organize the class so as to utilize all local brush burnings and actual forest fires. Make i)racti('al demonstrations of put- ting out camp lires by^ the use of water and earth. Teach the factors that go to make u\) a safe, model camp lire â proximity to water nv moist carlii, use cd" stones and roeks to prevent spreading, and distance from di-v stumps, logs, peat, or leaf mold. Finally oro-anize a survey for daULfer s|)ots and ti\ to have these attended to before the (hmLTcr Fic. H'2. P'orest-fire lookout, Croydon Moun- tain, New IIanii»sliire Ph()t(tgr:ii>li !)> Cliarlfs I. Kiro. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hodge, Clifton
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