To FARS'IERS; Protection 



1, Provide and make available water for fire department; as an easily reached 

 farm water hole, reservoir, or cistern, unless public hydrants exist, 



2, Keep fire extinguishers on hand and recharge periodically, 



3, Keep light ladders v/ith roof hook and garden hose available, 



4, Keep spray machines full of Vifater and ready for use except in freezing 

 weather. 



To FARM WOIIEN: Prevention 



1, plan hoi;/ to get your family out in case of fire at night, 



2, Never use gasoline inside the house, 



3, Never use kerosene to start or accelerate a fire. 

 To FARM V/OlffiN: • Protection 



1, Have a fire extinguisher on each floor and learn hov; to use it. 



2, Keep baking soda or a carbon tetrachloride extinguisher in kitchen for 

 grease fires, 



3, Use care v/ith matches and all electric appliances, 



4, Keep basements and attics free from rubbish, and keep all electrical 

 equipment in good repair, 



— V/. C. Harrington 



GROOVING ADDITIONAL iilULCH MATERIAL 



There are at least 3 ways of securing mulch material for us in an orchard. 

 They are: (1) Producing the material between the trees; (2) Producing the mulch 

 on other areas of the fanti t'^' be cut and hauled into the orchard; (3) Purchasing 

 straw, hay, or other material from outside sources. The possibilities under (1) 

 and (2) are very often neglected although there is reason to believe that in 

 many cases t^vo dollars worth of mulch material may be grovm for each dollar 

 invested in fertilizers. 



In an Ohio experiment where the soil t-..sted about pH 5, no fertilizer at all 

 resulted in a yield of mulch material consisting of mixed grasses, amounting to 

 1573 pounds per acre, V/here 200 pounds of Cyanrjnid per acre was applied, the 

 yield on 5 different plots ranged from 3933 to 4689 pounds per acre, liVhere 400 

 pounds of Cyanamid was applied, the yield amounted to 5143 pounds per acre. 

 High magnesium lime nitrogenous fertilizers including poultry manure ,and "complete" 

 fertilizers are ommg the possibilities for stepping up the yield of vegetation 

 in many Massachusetts )rchards, 



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