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too dangerous to suit me," said Orrin Doyle. "Were 

 I to put ;that gas in my crib, then I could not go near 

 the barn with a lantern, and what is worse, I could 

 not even smoke my pipe near the crib for fear of 

 having my head blown off. I think I will let the bugs 

 eat my corn and not take the risk of burning down 

 my barn." 



"That is what I say," added George Brown; 

 "that plagued stuff will blow your head off. I 

 believe I am scared of it." 



The entomologist answered, "You are evidently 

 expecting your barn to burn down at any moment ; 

 at least, that is the way I would feel about my barn 

 if I were in the habit of smoking in or near it. If 

 you are used to smoking near the barn couldn't you, 

 for the sake of your crop, your family, and your 

 stock, smoke elsewhere for a day?" 



This caused an uproarious laughter, and the 

 gentleman wished that he had not said what he 

 did about smoking near the barn. 



The entomologist then assured him that there 

 was no more danger than in the use of gasolene, so 

 common in every home. He said further, "If you 

 use the same care you would with gasolene, then you 

 will not have any trouble. The liquid itself will not 

 hurt the skin when it touches it, and the inhaling of 

 a small amount of the gas would not injure any 



one." 



