'I'M E EU Hi A. L, 
NEW-YORKER 
535 
Farm Fire Protection, 
M OST farmhouse fires start upon the 
roof from cinders or sparks from the 
chimney, and unless quick action is pos¬ 
sible with men about, to plant ladders 
and carry water, are quite likely to do 
quick work in their turn and destroy val¬ 
uable property. Roof ladders are con¬ 
sidered an expensive luxury, and are not 
common. . present a plan for one which 
I expect to use myself, already having 
the material for it. As shown in cut 
below, a strip of hog wire fencing, 25 inches 
wide, heavier and coarser than ordinary 
stock fence, is run along the upper edge 
of roof and kept in place by short lengths 
of wire bent at one end. and hooked or 
looped for nailing, at the other. A strip 
is also wired to the first and runs down 
to the eaves, so that the roof-ladder is 
accessible from the scuttle or man-hole 
in attic or by ladder from the ground. 
The wire alone will answer, but strips 
■ f wood, inch by inch or wider, and of 
sufficient length, may be wired to lower 
edge, and middle of the horizontal strip, 
and at regular intervals on the other, 
which like the rungs of a ladder afford a 
better foothold. If house is shaded by 
trees and leaves collect under wire it 
may be readily raised and trash swept 
out. This device gives command of both 
sides of roof and water may be carried 
safely and dashed over any part where 
fire has caught. C, below shows bent wire 
for attaching strips to saddle boards. 
For cleaning a chimney, which has an 
opening in attic or upper room, I have 
a narrow box which is passed through 
thimble or opening in chimney, and 
strong cord with chain attached is run 
hack into hooks. By pulling chain b^k 
Device For Cleaning Chimney. 
and forth it is thrashed violently against 
the walls of chimney, and soot beaten off. 
A little pulley set into back end of box 
to pass rope over would make it run 
more smoothly. Many chimney tops are 
hard to reach, but if an opening can be 
found in an upper room, a pretty good 
.i<>b of cleaning may be done with chain. 
8 oot from wood or soft coal, often fills 
the chimney and when burning severely 
tests a small or old chimney, and fright¬ 
ens the family as well. The cut shows 
roughly the idea of this sort of protection. 
Maine. b. walker mc keen. 
Steam-boiled Maple Syrup. 
T would like your opinion on sap boil¬ 
ing. We have a large sugar bush and 
very little fuel. I have a four horse¬ 
power steam boiler, and I have read of 
someone using a coil inside a barrel for 
boiling. I would like very much to 
know just how this is done, and what 
hind of an outfit is required and if my 
boiler, is large enough. Has anyone had 
xperience in making maple syrup this 
way? o. w. n. 
Franklinville, X. Y. 
While this method of making syrup 
would be possible, there are very evident 
objections to it on the score of practica¬ 
bility. Making syrup consists merely in 
■vaporating the excess of water from 
maple sap and the more directly the noc¬ 
ssary heat can be applied to the sap, the 
more economical the process. With a 
steam coil, fuel would first have to be 
used to evaporate water to make steam, 
and then this steam would have to be 
applied to the sap to evaporate the water 
in that, making the fuel evaporate two 
liquids instead of one. Without profes¬ 
sing expert knowledge of the subject, this 
would seem to me an obvious lack of 
1 conomy in the use of fuel which would 
defeat the very purpose for which you 
would use steam. I have never tried the 
method, however, and for actual expe¬ 
rience with it, I shall have to refer you 
to any readers who may have used it and 
are willing to report results. ir. B. d. 
Bulletins. 
“Handling Apples for Storage,” is one 
of the bulletins of the Pullman, Wash., 
Experiment Station, which should be in 
the hands of fruit growers. The dairy¬ 
man will find much of interest in the 
Colorado bulletin, “Silos and Silage in 
Colorado,” which may be had from Fort 
Collins, Col. Montana might be classed 
beyond the corn belt, but the Bozeman 
Station circular should be in the hands 
of farmers of that State and in adjoining 
sections in the West. 
Colorado seeks to encourage dairying 
and an excellent bulletin. No. 202. has 
been issued by the Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station, at Fort Collins, Colorado. 
It deals with the testing and handling of 
milk and cream. This bulletin describes 
these operations in a simple and helpful 
way, and should be in the hands of Colo¬ 
rado dairymen. Copies will be sent on 
request. 
No dependence should be placed upon 
such tests as the blackening of a silver 
spoon in cooking mushrooms, the salt test, 
the avoidance of bright colors, whether 
the caps will peel or not and such gen¬ 
eral rules as are sometimes recommended, 
the Colorado Station says. Another pure¬ 
ly superstitious notion is that toads have 
something to do with their origin and 
growth. Colorado has issued an inter¬ 
esting and valuable bulletin. “Some Colo¬ 
rado Mushrooms,” which will be given on 
request by the Experiment Station, Fort 
Collins, Colorado. 
“Never spray any fruit tree while it 
blooms." is the caution of the Connecti¬ 
cut Experiment Station Bulletin No. 184. 
"It kills your best friend, the honey-bee, 
which pollinates the (lowers and helps to 
increase the yield of fruit. The spray 
will also injure the delicate floral organs 
so that the fruit will not set.” In giving 
directions for the control of the canker- 
worm, tussock-moth caterpillars, and 
Brown-tailed moths which feed upon the 
unfolding leaves, the bulletin says to 
spray before the blossom crops open, as 
not until the surface of the leaves have 
expanded can they hold the poison. 
Fruit growers who do not understand the 
relation between bees and fruit growing 
will be persuaded to stop this destruction 
only when they realize that filling the 
blossom cup with poison is not necessary, 
but is positively an injury to the delicate 
organs of the flower and a handicap to 
the proper growth of the fruit if it 'man¬ 
ages to survive. 
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