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Show u ITKE AND ITS PREVENTION Millions of dollars worth of agricultural agri-cultural wealth are destroyed in the United States each year by fire. The total fire loss of property amounts to the colossal sum of one million dollars dol-lars a day. The chief causes of fire are well known and realized. The chief among them all is carelessness. Through able and organized publicity, publici-ty, the U. S. department of agriculture agricul-ture has been able to reduce greatly the damage to the national forests, most of which was due to the caie-lessness caie-lessness of the people. The larmer can reduce his fire lo.-sf3 by Keeping in mind constantly the danger of fire, and impressing it upon his family. A great many barns, haystacks and homes have been burned down due to children playing with matches. The maintenance of tidy yards free from rubbish and readily inllamma-ble inllamma-ble material is another factor in safe guarding against fire, not to mention men-tion the construction within reason, of fire proof structures about the farmstead. Doift wait until you have a bum-out bum-out to fix up some of the danger spots about your place. Do it now. Fire is costly, and like sin, it is Iraught with regrets. |