Show GOOD ADVICE POH FIOR FARMERS in a booklet just published entitle 0 A safeguarding the farm faria against fire the national board of fire says the farmer above all others needs to give special attention to the reduction of tire fire hazards and the adoption of protective methods this is true for several reasons in the first place his bis house and born and out buildings usually are of combustible mater materials fads being more or less leas isolated they are peculiarly subject to lighting strokes kerosene and gasoline are likely to be stored about the prom premises and used for light and power the famer crams hill bis barn with hay bay straw and teed feed all of which are subject to spontaneous combustion and last but by no means least ho he la is nearly always beyond the reach of organized tire fire pro pj o firo precautions ought to be an integral part of the original plan of a a farmstead its various buildings should bo be so separated that it if a fire occurs in one the rest will vill not almost 1 inevitably be doomed in common w with ith dwellings everywhere there are several interior features ot of rural home construction which although higher in first cost than ordinary work carry with them increased sato sate ty to life and property among these rooting roofing material the proy provision isloa ot of two stairways la in different parts ot of are the employment of ire fire resistant the house the inclosure ot of stairways particularly a rear one that enters the kitchen hitchen and the installation ol of tire fire topping stopping between floors all these it items 6 ms with the exception ol of the tire fire stopping are features that can be even la in i structures res long standing ng 1 I C i edw A 2 11 ll stint tho artl |