Show Fire on t the e Farm During 1930 far farmers ers suffered one of the greatest fi fire losses in m agri agn agricultural cultural a history history total of about according actor accor ng to the National Na National Fire Waste council as corn com compared pared with an m average of in m normal seats scars cats This unusually hea heal fire loss was as attributed largely the to to the drought increased the c common moron farm hazards such as highl highly combustible buildings isolation from the protection tion of adequately equipped fire corn con and general lack of or fire quenching facilities Even so the annual farm fire 10 logs 5 cannot be justified Numerous studies stud stud- les Jes have hale ha e been completed and others other others being made on on hoto how ho to reduce the th waste caste v aste Many 1 a booklets I dealing with ever every of the agri- agri agricultural agricultural I cultural fire pro lem are available The barrier in m tic e c v way ay of prevention prevention tion of course is the same on farms farm as in m cites cites- the cites the refusal of the m- m in to learn the fundamentals fundamental of I fire prevention prevention and his carelessness careless careless- carelessness haz haz- hazards hazards ness in unnecessary ards to go uncorrected It cannot be that the thi annual fire waste asre has done much to t prevent farm prosperity prosperity Even Esen E en If all property efe were covered by insurance which ance which it Jt is 18 not not-no not no policy can compensate for destroyed ed buildings building and crops wasted time devastated 1 land Every firmer farmer should take 2 steps to make his property as fire as is humanly possible |