URGE GREATER CARE TO PREVENT FARM FIRE LOSSES The PennuylTAulk Department of AKiicaltnre t* aiding other agenc!-* of the State government in calling to the attention of the fannera, the need for greater ijrecautlonj. agalnat ftre loasna to the farmit. There is an annual Iona of 190,000.000 In Pennajivanla, outatde of Philadelphia and PitUburg and . large percentage of thi* loss occurs on the farms. With the advent of the automobile, tractor, gas engine imd lighting plant there la scarcely a farm where the handling of gasoline and other highly volatile matters is not a dally occurrence. yet investigations have shown that on the average farm little prerautins are taken. Fire-proof tanks for the storage of gasoline and the exercising of ordinary rare | n handling the fluid are almost unknown. Farm buildings erected even as high as twenty-five years ago. under present conditions are worth much more • ban when erected, while In most cases the Insurance carried would cover only » fraction of the cost of rephtring tii buildings. In addition there Is tli groat oronomir fact 'hat food stuffs des.'royed by Are cannot be ■ nlacetl by all the mor. y In the world

FARMERS ARRANGE FOR NINE MARKETS St. 1 ouls—Preliminary arrangements for Irtbnching a national system of‘co-operative market^ and financial Ins! itutlons designs to rehabilitate the farming industry In this country we^-e completed here last week concluding session of the agricultural conference Inaugurated by the National Board of Farm Organizations. The conference ir.dirsed a plan to •■stahilsh nine main handling centers, and wllLseek the united support of all farmers' cooperative grain marketing organizations in carrying out the project. which Is designed to eliminate the middlemen and end speculation. These terminals are to be In Kansas City, Chicago. Buffalo and St. Louis. The financial system advocated by the delegates provides fbr a national union of farm loan aasoeiations. The resolution covering this protect stated 4(M>0 farm loan bodis at present have no opportunity of getting proper representation at Washington, and chatged that the policy of the ”e<'era! Farm Loan Board has been to discourage attempts by the Association to form

State federations

FACTS OF INTEREST TO FARMER?, AND FRUIT GROWERS The average small wood lot should be a source of home supplies rather than a source of saleable material. There Is always a need for fence posts, fuel wood and some lumber. Birds as friends of agricoltu are entitled to consideration from the farmers. When the snows come the birds find it difficult to make a living. Crumbs and suet placed outdoors may save bird lives. A study ^>f barium carbonate as a rat poison made by the Culled States . Departmen. of Agriculture, indievtes that 20 per cent mixture with food •rakea a satisfactory halt With this percentage a rat ordinarily needs to eat only one-third of a meal of average size to get a fatal dose. ■ Efforts of the United States Department of Agriculture to restore the Motion strain of horses, which had become nearly extinct, showed tbelt effect in the recent 300-mtle lest for Army horses. Out of 27 entries, only 10 finished, md of these, the sixth and seventh were Morgan horses, one of them raised on /he department's stock farm In Massachusetts. The horses were required to travel 60 miles a day for five days, carrying the regulation Cavalry load of 245 pounds. Arrangfanont* for trying out the wireless as a means of sending out sgrlcultural-market news to the farmers of tbe country are being made by the United States Department of Agriculture. The trial service w"l be ferud to half a dozen or more conn lies adjacent to the district of Columbia. going out probably from the wireless station of the Federal Bureau oi Standi! V.s to numerous private lie-n-eed operators who would aid.la dis-

tributing the reporta of farmers and others interested In the territory cov-

ered.

Hood live stock men say that calves and heifera that have developed long rough coats art likely to be found lousy and when taken np this fall befor such stock win thrive, the long hair must first be clipped and a louse spray mixture applied and If ary are poor in flesh they may be given two pounds dally of a mixture composed of two parts each cf corn and oafs and one part of oil meal of a similar combination Good legume hay will work wonders in promoting thrift, continued growth and In producing proper phy-

s^al condition for calves.

Careful handling of vegctablos and fruits in .i-paration for winter storage is important, according to the Ohio station. Even slight bniis.'s on fruit will give entrance to orga.iisms causing decay. Temporary storage out of doors in a cool shed is deslrahle while the cell.-r Is being prepared to receive the fruit. Ventilating the basements on cool nights lowers the temperature. Protection against the effects of freezing weather mi./ be made by covering the farm storage walls with leaves straw or fodder, temprature of 38 degrees is regarded best for vegetables In storage. Some vegetables will endure light frosts, but should not be handled when frozen Millions of bushels of grain, fruit and vegetables and a big tonnage of cotton were lost to American farmers Inst year by plan* diseases, according to figures compiled by the plant disease survey of the Department of Agriculture. The survey said that tbe statistics Indicate that lack of prompt application of known measures of control was largely the cause of the loss. The plant disease survey estimated the losses as 112.000,000 bushels of whtat. 50.000,000 bushels of oats. 80.000.000 bushels of corn. 50.009.000 of potatoes. 40.000.000 bushels of sweet potatoes. 185.000 ions of tomatoes. 850,000 bales of cotton. 5.000.000 bushels of peaches and 16.009.000 bushels of

apples.

bout the Leopards

MILLION TO FORESTS ASKED OF CONGRESS Washington—Extensive legislation in the interests of forestry Is to be sought during the present session of Congress. The Department of Agriculture is backing a comprehensive scheme in an appeal 'or an appropriation of one million dollars, so that the Forest Service may co-operate with Pennsylvania and other States in ■ prohen Ive fomit fire protection other forestry work. Secrdaiy Meredith introduced the measure and hearings are being arranged for. The American Forestry Association, through Its president. Charles Lathrop Pack, has begun a campaign to have early hearings on the Snell bill, which calls for a national forest policy. also interested in the proposed Increase of the Forest Service appropriition from *125.090 to <1.000.000. “The Snell bill" said Mr. Pack, “is me of the most important pieces of legislation ever presented in Congress. It has the barking of the newspaper publisher, the wood users and every co-related industry and organization. “With the forest fire loss around thirty million dollars a year, and the fact that we are using our forests Hbout four times foster than wc are reproducing them. It Is evident this Is the time of action We must pot our idle land to work. Hearings on this bill should be called at once. The organizations reprsented on the National Forestry program committee an-: American Newspaper Publishers Association, by Elbert H. Baker, the Cleveland “Plain llealer:" the American Paper and l*ulp Association, by Hugh P. Baker, of Nw York city; Assoc!; '.ion of Wood Using Industries, by John Frley. of Philadelphia; American Forestry Association, by P. S. Ridsdael, of Washingtonl the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, by E. W. McCullough, of Washington; National I^imber Manufacturers’ Association by Wilson Compton, of Chicago; National. Wholesale Lumber Dealers' As.-social ion. by J. Randall Williams, of Philadelphia: Society for the protection of New Hampshire Forests. by . Hilip W. Ayers, of Boston: Western Forestry and Conservation Congress, by E. T. Allen, -if Portland.

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Before tho beautiful Himalayan aanltarium of Dalbouale had Increased to Its present proportions, it consisted chiefly of a girdle of habitations clustering round the Hukrota, or lower hills, and a few scattered houses dotted about on the higher mounttain. Terah. One of these latter the writer and r friend toog for the season without having seen It: and I v what dismayed, on arrival to find how lonely and exposed the situation However, the magnificent view of the snowy range from the veranda consoled me. and 1 quickly set to work to make the here rooms as habitable s possiole. "I fear few of our friends' wil take the trouble to mount up to this eyrie to visit us." ! lamented. But the very next evening we were to have a visitor we little desired. In an Indian bungalow very bedroom has a small ante-room attar -ed. in which the important functior of bathing Is performed. The floor 11 of cement and unc.-j-peted. to alio splashing: and round the tub are placed the earthen pots of water rhlch are required for the bath. The little room has always two doors, one opening on the outer ai admit the wrier carrier with his si of water, the other opening into the

bedroom.

On the evening in question, just as dusk was falling. I had finished the unpacking o fa box in my bear-am and was moving away, when I fan. led I heard a slight sound In the be hroom. It was an unusual hour for he writer carrier's visit; so I op—. J he door, and. to «ny horror, spa In front of me th bautiful sleek back of a largo leopard, which was crouching on the floor and drinking out of one of tbe arthen pots. The roo mwss so small thai I found myself quite close to the leopard, and could indeed hare touched the spot? o" Its glossy coat

from where I stood.

was too frightened to move, and stood perfectly still Fortunately for the outer door, by which the creature had entered, stood wide open, and. with a singel bound. It cleared the threshold and disappeard up the

hillside.

Had the door blown to, or been closed from the outside by a servanL the animal would have had no resource but to seek an exit by the doorway In which I was slanding, an dthe knowledge of my narrow «*cape made us very careful ever after about shutting

up early in the afternoon.

A few nights later we were awakened by hearing the watchman «ul out loudly that there was a leopard In the veranda, and we ran to the window in time to see the waving of the branches where the beast bad sprung out among the trees. The palanquin bearer, who was lying roUed up I nhls blankets in the same veranda, slept soundly on meanwhile .unconscious of his proximity to the /' -Uthy-footed creature. These leopards are cowardly animals. and will never attack a human being if the}- can avoid it. Their special fancy is for HtUe dogs, and they tglll so haunt the neighborhood of any house where nogs are kepi that the greatest care Is necessary to prevent the little quadrupeds falling vic-

tims to the big ones.

As the weather became btler. they grew less bold, and It was only to awrd the end of the season that we saw them again. When snow fell the farther hills, they w.-re driven seek food lower down, and then again they began to infest the station. Often, In the monih of October, when coming home late at night. I have h«-an1 the hoarse sort of purring noise they make they rub their sides, like huge cats, against the trunks of trees. The men earning my palanquin would then and talk very loud to keep up

their courage.

leopard would come near so noisy a party; and the only danger on such occasions Is of the men taking panic end dropping the palanquin, when the situation would bo awkward. This, however, never happened to me; and I was equally foriunate wnen

riding. I

One evening we were riding quietly home In the short gloaming, when a larger animal jumped from the Jungle above Into the road close In front of ». It ran swiftly along the road for short distance and then disappeared. My companion advised thai we should hurry a little, as our horses seemed uneasy. So we trotted on. and who nv-e came to the spot where where we had lost sigh: of the leo--ard. there It was. lying on the outer dee of the mountain road. Us eyes blazing like green lamps In the dusk, and its iKtdy half hidden in the grass

and shrubs.

mounted on a small pony, and could not help fearing the wild -east might spring upon us, as we had o pass so close to It; but it lay quite

tin.

When we had passed. 1 looked anxiously around, and saw It rise and walk off calmly Into th«. underwoodMy companion assured me th‘- real danger was not from any onslaught i the part of the laopard. but leal ur horses should take fright and bolt

with us along the narrow path tn the uncertain light On another occasion we were not so fortunate. .4 had been,to a picnic luncheon with some friends, in a glade near the lovely valley of JuJlar. We ■walked back, having our palanquins carried behind ns; and when dusk be gan to fall, r e put the dogs, which had accompanied ua Into the palanquins. knowln git was no longer safe for them to run by our stde. At length one lady became tired »"d called for her palanquin, brought, and set down for Her to enter. As It touched the ground, the little dog qnmped out t welcome hts mistress; but in a mamnt his gambols were cut short. IJke a flash, a great creature sprang Into the road, and snapping up poor little Prim, vanished with the rapidity of thought down the steep hillside. We felt thunderstruck, and stood for some mom.nts In horrified silence, gaxlng Into the bushes where the gliding form had disappeared: but nothing as to be seen or heard. The elastic tread of the leopard left no sign or trade, and so noiselessly had It passed, that we could not tell whether It hod slipped at once to the bottom of the ravine, or whether it then lying only a few feet below us. hidden in the brushwood. Little Prl mmust Imre been killed by the first clutch of the cruel laws, for never littered a single cry. We hurried homebome, grieving much over the dreadful fate, and the gentlemen of the party immedlatley returned the spot with their rifles and beaters, but nothing then was seen of the

leopard.

Shooting parties were frequently gantzed about this time, but they were ■’ot often successful, owing to the dnse juuxie that covered the slope and the Impossibility of following quarry, even when sighted. The best chanct was for a solitary sportsman to spend a night in a tree; but ine leopards, though bold In seeking their prey under safe circumstance*. were extremely cautious when dangr was at band and would generally leave the aWt untouched near which their unseen enemy lurked. Traps, too. wens placed on a low spur towards Bukloh. which they known to frequent, hut very few were caught therv that year.

Farmers Warned of Gasoline Danger

Pottstown. Pa—Farmers throughout Pennsylvania have been warned by the State Department ol Agriculagainst carelessness in the handling of gasoline In bams and garages According to statistics gathered by the department, many of tha fires which have resulted le the destruction of bam« and outbuildings throughout the State can be traced to this causa In addition to the loss on the loss on the buildings, which at prevailing costs of construction cannot be replaced except at a decided advance above the original outlay, even where the destroyed buildings were erected twenty-five j are ago. there must be considered tbe enormous loss on farm products stored tn tbe buildings as well as on farm machinery and Implements. Proper precautions In handling gasoline will reduce this loss, it is said, and as a n«ult farmers are urged to exercise the g'reate«t care in hand-

ling fuel of this kind.

Among the precautions recommended by those who have made surveys of the conditions on the farms and the methods generally employed by farmstoring their motor cars and tractor engines are several which a?v farmer can comply with at no addi-

tional expanse.

recommended among other

things, that gasoline be stored in tanks which tn turn are protected by being incased In small concrete receptacles. The latter can be constructed at a nominal cost, and if placed at t safe distance from barns ard other bulli 1

ings case to be a menace. Urge Buying in Quantity

Another recommendation Is that gasoline be bought In sufficiently large quantities to make it worth while maintaining an independent unit of this kind. It has been found that many farmers buy their gasoline la quantities just sufficient to meet the demands of (he Immediate future. As a result. 5 and 10-gallon cans contain-

ing more or lees of this fuel can be j slderable interest In the found standing around garages and j governing the st -mg oct _ ifion . sheds where motor cars and ’that the fixed reguare stored. They arc constantly being j , atlonfI efl f 0 rcrd b> visiting Inspectoi* shifted from one place to another to| ^nve n0 ( been promulgated and P 0 * get them out of the way for tbe time , into operation years sgo. being, and as it frequently happens 1 County sgrlcultural agents say tbs that the men working abom them are i ^nn the u»e of automobiles and smokers there is always the poaatb'llty - ether gasoline driven equip of the gasoline being fired. Such a j nient has been increasing in the connpractice Is a direct step towards In- trj . | t j,,,, only been within the last creasing the fire hazard, and will be so tW o ymn mat the use of gasoline has recognized by thoughtful farmers, i h peome so general a, to make such those Investigating conditions Insist ptap* necessary. Today scores of It Is Insisted that these men who I fanBPril in every county in ,he s,al ' have gon - over the situation thet the 1 are ul( | nK automobiles and motor farmers make a mistake In not recog-' - -

nixing that in gasoline they have one of the most powerful explosives known and one of the most dangerous to handle under all circumstances. Dynamite, nitroglycerine. T. N. T. are in many respects safer to handle than

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tracks, besides doing much of the farm work with motorized equipment, and the use of the latter Is rapidly Incf 5*r mg. This means, they say. that the danger of fires from gasoline kept sn farms la steadily Increasing, and thai , the time has arrived when some ac

Is gasoline, for they do not give off tlon , g warra nted which will rltmi fumes which In many ways can be njU(1 ^ flrp hazan l incident tc the converted Into a "carry'' of a flame j carelpM keeping and handl.ng o' that which is certain to cause an explo-! k , nd of fari by , be farmer*. , sion when it reaches the container ! „ a^p,^ here that the opinions , from which the fumes arc escaping. | e Xpr ,. ssr< j bv these agents are reflecAnother suggestion Ir that the place (lon|( of , h() 0 f the faranera. where gasoline 's being kept should wbo bave n^ny costlv lessons in have a danger marker visible from recMlt moD t h! ,. 0 f what t •uesns to any approach to the locality. A red , 0 .. foo , wf(h casoline." and who tak* tainted tin sign should be placed above , hp inteMll . em position that the .•nlj»3 the container. Then a method of wav ^p,, fIom 8Uch dangers Is locking the latter sbonld be provided 1o baQ the molhodg producing -them.;, and the key attached to a metal bar „ bpon su|tc „ tw i lhat the com. sufficient')- Urge to prevent Its being panJ ^ ,, upp iyi n g , hp gasoline might hs carried off Inadvertently. willing to put tn containers where the J Some method should be adopted for qD . emi( y of CTBO , tne purchased at one A drawing gasoline In certain qnantl- waminte d lhera 4o , nK It ■ ties. It is not recommended that a wouM ^ (0 tbelr advantal!e „ It pump be used, a* too frequently per- (aji( . fuch a slcp ag „ would be sons will thoughtlessly operate one WBy of , ngur1n|t a bold on tbc -- while smoking, or carrying a lighted tradp ^ ^ in qDanUUM *,«,,*.* ? lantern Devices can be obtained mak , Jt ^ ^ mucb lew which control a gravity flow and by a (0 deIiver 1(10 at

single operation will allow or /

much fluid *o be drawn off at a time.

discharge a gallon, that quan-

; one farm than at ten scattered over as many miles. There Is a possibility

the oil companies starting • :> educate the fanner Into

Uty and no more will be released. To campalgn get five gallons, five distinct opera- j bU j.| np bls tions are required. Being of the grav-, and ho]dfnc ity design. It is possible to adjust a' , lllrnmBBt Hn

container to them so that there Is i

du.OT- o' . ^lopo.^ oraimi*. .bM. |^

property, and so operated that it will

him as an in-

ducement to do. the possibility of being provided with a container placed

time creates a danger outside the main container, of a highly Inflam-

mable character

While the State authorities make no attempt to minimize the evil resulting from the activities of firebugs, which in certain sections of the State have caused the loss of hundreds of thonsands of dollars' worth of property within the past few months, the position Is taken that th. elimination of carelessness <n handling gasoline no doubt will arise as to tho nato;e of the origin of a fir*. It Is not assumed that local authorities In any section have been wrong In the conclusion that many of th- recent fires on fannr

r gasoline than It does

him less

at present

Farmers throughout thi; section

take the position that they are willing to act upon Instructions given by the State regarding proper containers for gasoline. What they want to know, however. Is just what will pass State inspection when the time comes for the latter to be made a Slate activity. Few of them doubt in the least that within another year, or eighteen months at the longest, special Inspectors charged will, looking after the storing of gasoline, and pos-

th. Mult ot toontaihry plot.. Th,

.hth. ...Ithtl, ot th. St*., hutborl- °t th. 8ft. tl» f that ot th. tthTtlhth ^

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tbowter. toned to efl.t utd th™ loi.t<!.U!d tompu to BMture th.lr rotnhUr, .dop. b “‘ "’* S “ t " *’ -» ^ devolves the duty of protecting IndlMay Invotc, L.pl.laU,,. ''J"* 1 t™ dm,*,, Thar, has bco coh.ld.t»bl, Ulk ot PfSt,™ H • amending rerialn laws governing the ’ * sa <. it bw-ome* a put storage of explosives, L. make them ""d “« •'"Ponant one. of the policing applicable to the keeping of gasoline i *..t* e ‘ on private properties Some such step * M *f on manv farra '‘ n ‘ w °“ld it Is said, will be taken unless it be- , . al ”' ad pul in c " n, * l “e'" for comes evident that a voluntary re- r D< “ 8,oc:; lf , - 3e - v could irarn sponse to the suggestion, of the au . which will meet with thorittes makes it unnecessary . It S,a,e It ha* been s U pge,1e4 ould be a very easy matter to put hBt ^ S,a,e Department of Agriculthiwgh the Legislature a bill regu- ‘“'T PreI, ' ,ro a d “ sicn f <> r * gasoline ■ la tig the storage of gasoline so as to ° r arrn w hicn can be conmake It illegal to own and store any *’ low co -‘ t - "“d Indicate quantity, except under given condi- * * 7" * K ou ' d he Placed in relation. tions. Such a law would result In ’° ° “ r farm building*. There would considerable expense to housan.t* of , e r a,1} em ands for the plan, and auto owner., throughout the State. i arD ‘-'''P 1 -' '?>' » F-nersl building of But i- will be formulated, it is as | “ em ,n ,hp '“mediate future. Daring serted, unless proper precautions are j' ° Present wlter It j s estimated that observed hereafter by motor car users J Pl-H>*lm»t<'!y 50 per cent of the fitnn. In handling and caring for their Paso- orf! n ,he UBic = motorized equip, line supply, particularly In country | rae "’ * oul<1 Provide themselvH with districts, where flreflgthing is difficult , suc, ‘ s,or age fadlitle*.

and where the losses attending the straction of buildings are olway heavier in proportion than when: they occur In towns maintaining adequah

fire protection.

Agricultural laws of the State are

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