Show 11 flood proof fence used in australia lays flat while drift wood and wate r pass A fence which bows before the onrush of flood waters and lies les flat while water and driftwood pass over is being used in australia the posts are 33 feet apart and two wooden droppers are placed be tween the posts and another along side each post the posts are bored with holes 4 inches from the ground and 1 vt inches from the edge of the post and another 3 inches from the edge these posts are 6 feet long 3 feet 6 inches above ground the droppers are bored 4 inches from the bottom and then 6 inches 1 7 inches 8 inches and 11 inches allowing the top barbed wire to rest on the side of the dropper to which it is tied through the hole with tie wire the droppers are 3 feet 10 inches long the bottom wire Is peeved through the droppers and then through the posts each dr drop op per near a post has a piece of wire passed around the top of the post then around the dropper to so that it will give way in flood time and allow the fence of droppers to col lapse the me bottom wire 4 inches from the ground holds the fence to the posts after the flood has subsided subside d all that is necessary is to stand the fence of droppers upright again and attach it to the posts as before how to prevent date with big farm fire thirty fl five ve hundred farmers who lived happily on their farms a year ago are dead largely victims of their own carelessness they de tie aided to live with fire hazards and lost with them went almost million dollars in farm property in one year 18 fires started in newspapers magazines and other rubbish flammable liquids im properly stored or handled caused 26 fires electric cords and other detective defective electrical equip ment caused fires dirty 4 this farm fire could have been prevented it if proper care had been taken stoves lamps and lanterns caused 18 goo fires some 39 fires start ed on flammable wood shingle roots roofs dirty chimneys were cespon sible for 40 fires and 50 fires originated in dirty and defective heating plants the cures suggest themselves if the farmers will clean up the out buildings farm machinery and the fields and be careful with matches and smoking there is little reason for worry about fire KNOW YOUR BREED silver laced Wyan dottes by baw W J DRYDEN the silver laced wyandotte is be lieveld to have come from crosses of dark brahman silver spangled hamburges Ham burgs and a french fowl named brenda standard weights are cock vh 8 pounds hens 6 pound pounds cockerels 7 pounds pullets 5 pounds the female is round in shape the the back gently sloping an ideal mar ket fowl this type also can be bred for high egg production without sac of standard requirements cutting protein loss will slash feed cost dairymen can reduce the size of next winter s protein feed bill con sider ably by saving a greater per of the protein in their home grown forage crops say dairy specialists of the USDA one way to reduce the protein losses and thereby actually put more of the home grown protein in the cows i manure next winter is to make silage from covage crops instead ol 01 curing in the field for hay bay |