Show TIMELY HINTS FROM M THE T HE U S DEPT ON OH agriculture A RE big game hunters shot elk in the national forests last year yet under game management by the U S forest service and protection by state laws the herds in these tor for ests increased from to 88 head it was waa once des desirable rabIe to keep a storage room tor for eggs as dry as possible to prevent mold from forming on the shell but recent in show that a fairly high humidity is desirable it if the hu Is too low the dry air absorbs moisture from the eggs resulting in enlarged air cells and deterioration teri oration few flowers make so lavish a show tor for so small an all effort in growing ng them as irises it if planted in a border irises should be spaced so they can develop into clumps strong enough to carry 8 to 10 stalks of bloom do not let plants surrounding them chem grow over them after their flowering season shade over the iris rhizomes zomes prevents the proper ripening of the plant and so curtails the bloom the next year the lower flower buds tor for the next season are formed in late summer or early autumn and it is best to divide and transplant dither either before or after this time defective chimneys are one ot of the most frequent causes af pf ot tires fires in dwellings all chimneys should be built with sound thick walls and preferably lined with tire fire clay flue lining woodwork Woodi lark should not be built into it or in direct contact with chimney bias Inas onry chimneys disintegrate most quickly at the top owing to the action ot of the weather and hot gases wide cracks may form or morter joints open up thru which sparke can pass sparks are particularly dangerous it the cracks are below the toof roof cracks and loose joints should be tilled filled with cement morter it if the chimney Is badly cracked or if the bricks are eaten away tear down the brick work to solid construction and rebuild it with hard burned brick laid in cement morter cracks may be located in the chimney by building a smudge fire ire in the furnace or fireplace and covering the chimney with a board or wet sack so as to cause the smoke to filter through detects defects in the brick work proper curing of hay prevents i ants loss I 1 from rom spontaneous heating hea ting which annu annually aly destroy at least one tenth of the harvested crop of the united states the moisture content of hay bay well cured by the usual process is reduced from about 75 per cent to 20 per cent at which point there Is little danger of the hay overheat overheating lAg in the balck or mow but hay drawn in before it is is completely cured because of danger of rain or rush ot of work is a source of danger because it may ignite spontaneously it if a burnt odor becomes noticeable try to locate the tire fire pocket which has formed somewhere within the mow this can be done by boring into the hay in different places with nith a hollow steel rod or tube provided with a sharp cutting edge it if a section of the tube is very hot when nhen removed and the core of hay in it appears burned this indicates a tire fire pocket in casie case of 0 a fire pocket remove the hay at once but first provide tire fire extinguishing apparatus or water as there Is always danger that the sudden admission of air to the pocket may cause flames to break out PT |