Show a ta t SUCCESS RESULTS PROM fROM GOVERNMENT LL PLAN TO FIGHT t FIR FIRES S E-S K WASHINGTON Sept 30 30 The The Tho fed fed- cral the tho governments government's operation co-operation with states in the protection of forests forests' a against fire firo has met with such eh success that congress has made available available avail avail- able for lor continuation of this work in inthe tho the a agricultural appropriation bill just passed Tho The cooperation operation began in 1911 when whon confines first recognized the tho duty of tho the government to aid in protecting tho the watersheds of na i navigable ble streams by enacting the Weeks Weeks' law n The law la lanot not only provided for purchase by the tho gov government Gov Government ov of forest lan lands s in the East bast needed for lor streams protection but also authorized the tho secret J secretary of ot a agriculture to co cooperate co with the states to to prevent pre vent fire on other forest lands located on the watersheds of i navigable ablo streams As AB a result private owners of forest for forc c est cat t lands in man many re regions vions have ha been benefited b by the tho establishments of oC a protective of system proved pro efficiency Jurin During the firo tiro season approximately patrolmen arc are maintained in the field under this law They guard ard an anarea anarea anarea area of ot about acres for the most part mountainous and all ad all located on important watersheds This area i is protected at a very low cost per por acre A much larger lar or area Is protected in the same states by bj- state employees and Ln private agencies AH An told expenditures from a state and private pH vate ato funds for this purpose are aro from three to five fi times timet as great eat as those from federal funds fund To secure federal ai aid R a a state must have provided by law a system of forest forest for est cst fire protection and aud its expenditures must at least equal the governments No jNo state is is more than The Thc tates which aro are now receiving aid are re Maine faine Ne New Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut New York Yerk New Jersey Maryland tW West Vest Vir Virginia ia kentuck Kentucky Michigan an Wisconsin S Minnesota Min Minnesota Min Min- i n. n South Dakota Montana Idaho Washington ton and Ore Oregon n. n A specific agreement Is mado with each ih state The government is supplied with the states state's plan of ot fire protection including in ins ing maps which show tho the areas to be protected location of or lookout stations headquarters and routes of ot patrolmen and other features necessary to understanding understanding under under- standing tho the fire control scheme cherne The state forester or similar officer is is given givon an appointment in the forest service which authorizes authorius him to employ federal federal federa patrolman The federal expenditures are for tho the salaries of these patrolmen Wino WiDo and water cannot be mixed mixed- le legally Secretary of ot Agriculture Houston has haa haA just announced a decision which prohibits the use of the word wine on 00 products made by the add addi addition tion Lion of ot water to juice or pul pulp of rapes grapes Wino Wine must have hare an of old ola fashioned II kick in it under the secretary's sec sec- secretary's ruling Under former decisions certain classes of wine manufacturers manufacturer were permitted to add water and sugar to the or pulp of grapes from which tho juice had been parti partially expressed expressed ex ex- pressed and arid then after allowing the mixture to ferment to call aU the mixture wine This is no lon longer er permissible unless the manufacturers want to label their product Jion ion on wine Tho The now new decision however permits correction of natural defects in in in grape musts and wino duo due to climatic or seasonal seasonal sea sea- Bonal conditions by certain additions The Tho need of shortening the thc growing season of cotton has has' been recognized as the best means for securing protection protect tion a against injury from the boll wee woe weevil vii vil and the department of agriculture according to a bulletin it has hns just is issued is sued is is recommending a s' s system stem of cotton cotton cot cot- ton culture which alms aims to to secure tho the production of more cotton in a shorter period of time The system stem is iR IB especially important the bulletin declares in in rc regions ions where the crop is is limited b bv by drouth or by short seasons as in the tho northern districts dis die and should help to remedy tho the backward state of oC what has haa been considered considered con con- in the past a U euro suro crop in in- |