USE OF EXPLOSIVES ON THE FAKM 445 



For blasting stumps, boulders, ditches ; draining swamps and 

 wet spots; planting trees, vines, shrubbery and hedges; reju- 

 venating orchard soil; blasting post, telephone and telegraph 

 pole holes ; splitting logs ; blasting wells, ice jams, log jams, cel- 

 lars, trenches, sewers and gutters, fish ponds and small reser- 

 voirs; for dynamiting mud holes in roads; cleaning out and 

 enlarging mill races, sluiceways, etc.; straightening channels; 

 clearing right-of-way for highways ; loosening gravel, rock, clay, 

 etc. ; breaking up castings ; terracing hilly land to prevent wash- 

 ing of topsoil, and exterminating gophers and other burrowing 

 animals. 



Hauling and storing". — Prompt removal from freight station. 

 — The law requires prompt removal of explosives, including 

 blasting supplies, from freight stations. Those expecting ship- 

 ments should arrange with the freight agent or station master to 

 give notification immediately on arrival of shipment, which must 

 be removed within twenty-four hours. 



Hauling. — A\nien transporting explosives by team, always 

 keep the wagon boxes thoroughly swept. When using an open 

 wagon, protect the load from sparks and rain with a robe or 

 canvas cover. Lay the cases of explosives flat and so that they 

 will not shift, and never haul detonators and explosives together. 

 The detonators do not weigh much and can be brought along on 

 some other trip. 



If blasting caps are purchased from a dealer, in the tin boxes 

 separate from the wooden shipping case, it is a good plan to put 

 these boxes in a basket or wooden box with a horse blanket, coat, 

 hay or anything else that would keep them from being roughly 

 jarred and shaken on the way home. 



Storing. — As soon as explosives are received, they should be 

 stored in a dry, properly ventilated building, safe from fire and 

 flying bullets, and far enough away from dwellings or roads to 

 prevent loss of life should they be accidentally exploded. They 

 should be kept under lock and key and where children or irre- 

 sponsible persons cannot get at them. 



If large quantities are to be stored for some time, a dry, well- 

 ventilated, fire-proof and bullet-pvoof magazine, located in an 

 out-of-the-way place should be provided. Fuse, wire, thawing 

 kettles and blasting machines may be stored in the same building 

 with dynamite, but blasting caps and electric blasting caps must 

 never be stored in the same building, because they are more 

 easily exploded than djTiamite. It would be possible to explode 

 them accidentally by a hard shock or jar which would not explode 



