Show cigarettes AND FOREST HUES FIRES burned or burning cigarettes are discarded at the rate of a minute a year in the united states according to the best figures available every one ot of these which is not thoroughly put out before it is thrown away is a potential source of tire fire in ignition tests with pads of 0 dry grass it was found that burning barnin cigarette butts with nith the wind velocity 3 to 4 miles an hour would start a tire fire in 90 of the cases foresters all know that the cigarette is one ot of the greatest tire fire hazzards with which they have to contend in the woods and a very small traction fraction ot of the enormous number of 0 cigarettes that are discarded is enough to do untold damage during american forest wo warf v april 22 the nation wr vil special consideration to the pro ot of forest tire fire prevention this s the forest service united states D apartment part ment ot bf agriculture will be an excellent time tor for smokers to forni form the habit ot of m biking ahing sure that their cigarette is out dead out bafo before e throwing is away we are approaching the se season son when waste water is going to 0 o i lot ot of damage to our streets an roads unless we take precautions to prevent it our streets are considerably the worse tor for having been wasi ed in previous years and linew linesse se our roads in the fields and elsewhere in the valley A conscientious effort should be made by all ot of us to prevent further damage of 0 this sort good head gates and good waste ditches will go a long way toward solving the problem while climatic conditions were largely responsible for or our shortage ot of hay last year we lost a lot by re son ot of the alfalfa weevil it is claim edby edby many farmers we have little or no control over weather conditions and may or may not suffer again from that source this year but it will be largely our own faults it the weevil damages us to any extent theres a way of combating them and every farmer should resort to that method ot of protecting his crop land and labor are too high priced to be robbed of the profits from both simply tor for lack of little greater effort in the way of cultivating alfalfa fields can you remember the thrill you you used to get as a child from a tew few garden seeds and a little plo t of ground to plant them in it if so remember that your children are a lot li keyou used to be let them plant a garden it will occupy a part of their time and they will learn from it as well as aa getting a lot of childish joy from it what we need is a child labor law to keep them from working their parents to death |