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Uncle Sam has a habit of traveling about a good deal. His headquarters are, of course, at the Capitol in the City of Washington, but ever since he founded the thirteen original colonies, and put them in shining stars in his flag, he has spent a good deal of time in the different states of our Union. He likes the states because they are so different, and so widespread. Some are large, and some small, some are on the sea, and some inland, some are full of great cities, and some are made up of stretches of farm land.

There is one way, though, in which all the states are alike. Each one has dumb beasts in it. Uncle Sam loves animals, and he wants them to be treated mercifully.

Some states have more domestic animals and some more wild ones. In some states horses have to do more work than in others where automobiles are used. Uncle Sam doesn’t think that he ought to make laws at Washington about the treatment of domestic animals, but he has many state laws about them. These state laws are so similar and so fine that all horses and dogs and other beasts Rh