Show Lightning Rods Gain sin in Favor Weather Bureau Has Been Earnest Ad Advocate of Protection Protection Protection Pro Pro- of Buildings Prepared lJ by the United States Department of or Agriculture Fur For more than thirty years reals the weather bureau of ot the United States I Department of Agriculture has hns l been cen cenan an earnest advocate ud of the protection of l buildings s and other othel property against lightning l by y suitable The bureau Is frequently called upon ulOn to advise Inquirers concerning the proper r methods and materials to be employed Occasionally plans are drawn up tip In detail for the protection of ot government structures In 1010 1910 H the White House was after plans and specifications prepared b by Professor Marvin Study of Losses Losse To determine the relative liability of ot farm buildings s to fire file dama damage e by lightning a n study of lightning fire losses was made recently by the weather bureau hureau of the United States Department of of Agriculture The Tile average average average av av- av- av annual loss for the tile whole United States Is a n little over l which Is probably a conservative figure Illinois has the unenviable first place with an m U eru average e annual loss of ot over a million trillion dollars part of wl which ch nm may be attributed to Industrial sections Texas Is next In order because because because be be- cause of Its large area and the thc presence presence presence pres pres- ence of hi highly hl storage oil tanks New York Is third for reasons similar to those affecting Illinois Losses in North In the highly developed eloped n agricultural agricultural tural slates of the North hen heavy losses are suffered e especially through destructive destructive de de- e- e e cyclonic thunderstorms If It the index number showing relative liability of farm buildings to damage Is small In Ill one state when compared with another having hu equally destructive destructive tive and frequent thunderstorms it Is Is' Is quite probable that protection n against lightning Is more general In the former form form- er or state Michigan Wisconsin Min IUn Minnesota and Iowa Iown are states where ItIs It ItIs itIs Is estimated that somewhat more than half of the farm buildings are alC protected protected protected pro pro- I b by |