Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-20
Fire Protection
On the Farm

IN pfoaGbty not one out OF Q
thousand American farmhouses or
barns II q bucket Of water kept In q
handy place ready for use in case Of
IRE emergency; yet 20 effective u a
handy bucket Of water whom fire
starts that the insurance underwriters
grant q lower rate Of insurance to
manufacturers and merchants who
win keep q specified number Of tlled
ire buckets In certain locations In
their buildings. Frequently q oupsul
OF water at hand when blnxe starts
~ q tiny fame u moro valuable In
preventing IRE loss than O whole fire
department 10 minutes later. A single
bucket Of water dashed soon enough
on blazing curtains or draperies or =
small btase starting in rubbish or hay.
Win put out q drs before It has oppor-
tunity 10 gain Roadway. and thus may
be tho means. not only Of saving a
bsaldinG and III contents and prevent
Ing The death Of stock. but even save
los OF human life,
Apse people rely on = pump or water
tap ~ . source Of water when flrs
breslns ont. In the sxoatsmsnt fol.
lowing IN outbreak Of nre It frequently
6o8a| a. Two or three minutes nooes-
ssry % nil . bucket at pump or tap
may b enough to give tho Ars q
c6anoe 20 got into tho walls, or spread
to point where Il % very difficult TO
Qusnoh. III
Dssry household should b equipped
WITH . are bucket. provided with q
covsr dI1ed with water, and used tor
no other purpose. The best type Of
bucees - ono with . rounded bottom,
whSc6 prevents M sitting on the door.
and % makes Il useless for ordinary
househoad work. There buckets should
b. painted red, and should be filled at
regular Intervals to replace water lost
b. evaporation. For tho same reason.
bud1hsb provided with covers are bet
IT, than Open buckets and prevent
duse and other material from getting
into tho water and making It UNI.
pleasant Ono such bucket at least
ouyhs to b provided ON every floor
es tho house or barn. They should be
bosted near the stairs or entrances to
the building, 20 that those rushing in
from the outside or starting for the
stsi1 can get them without delay.
The rounded bottom buckets can be
kepA either tn . bench with q hole cut
n It to receive the bucket. or else can
beEMpeuded out Of reach Of children,
from q metal or wooden bracket.
These buckets are particularly I'm
poEtant IN winter In climates where
pumps or taps may freeze. As = gem
eral rule the hro risk. u greatest in cold
weather. because that 10 the time when
tho stoves and furnaces are made as
hot - possible to keep the house
wszm. In tho case Of the barn, the
water In these buckets can be kept
from fressiug. except at temperatures
below seTo. BY adding 3 pounds and 4
ounce. or slightly over pounds Of
fused calcium chloride to each gallon
Of water. This calcium chloride must
not be confused with the ordinary
chlof1de Of lime. the bleaching powder.
Tho calcium chloride rs very inexpen-
stve and both keeps the water from
freezing 1t temperatures above zero
and algo prevents rapid evaporation.
With this mixture IN his fire buckets,
the fsrmeri except in case Of unusually
low temperature, has always at his
command tho means Of checking the
start Of . fire In his barns