The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-24
FARMERS OF STATE
TO use PYR0T0L
TO CLEAR LAND
From Montana State College
of Montana will hay

WARMERS OF Montana will have
r. an opportunity of getting their
- share of the 100,OO0,0O0 pounds
of high explosive. pyrotol, which the
United states government is distrib-
uting, eScording to ]. c. Taylor, as
sistant director of extension at the
Montana State College. Pyrotol is
described as an explosive that can be
used like dynamite and is especially
suited for the work OF clearing up
stump lands.
The work OF distributing pyrotol is
under the direction of the Montana
State College Extension Service. Al
ready two carloads have been ordered
for the western part of tn state. De-
monstrations on the use of the ex-
plosive will be conducted under the
direction of II. E. Murdoch head of
the agricultural engineering depart
ment of Montana State College, as
sised by county agents.
Mr.. Taylor advises that no more
than 1000 pounds will be sold to any
one individual. The explosive comes
in 50-pound cases and each order
must be for at least one box. All
shipments must be made in carload
lots thus making it necessary for a
number OF farmers in community
desiring the explosive to club to-
gether in buying ii. The cost of py-
rotol is five and six-tenths cents a
pound, f. o. b., Dupont, Washing
ton.
A recent article prepared for the
Official Record" OF the United
States Department Of Agriculture.
states:
1.-THE bureau of Public Roads has
completed arrangements to distrib-
ute 100, 100000 pounds of pyrotol to
Federal Government agencies. state
highway commissions and farmers.
Pyrotol is composed largely of
ground smokeless powder which has
been perfected by George r. Boyd Of
the Bureau of Public Roads. The
contract for preparing il has been
awardd to K. l. DUPONT De Nemours
6 Co., of Wilmington, Del, and it
will be manufactured at their plants
at Repauno, NJ j., Barksdale, Wis,
and DUPONT, Wash.
This is a continuation of the
work which the department has been
doing for the past three years where
by 30,000,000 pounds of surplus war
explosives have been prepared and
distributed TO consumers at the cost
OF preparation. In this way the vast
supplies of explosives held by the
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World War, have been made useful
and millions Of dollars have been
saved to state highway commissions
and farmers by their use.
"Pyrotol has been so prepared
that 1t is especially effective in blast
ing stumps and boulders. 1t has
been put up in cartridges of the
same size and shape as the ordinary
dynamite cartridge. There are
about $50 cartridges in each So
pound case, and each cartridge has
approximately the same strength as
cartridge Of 20 per cent dynamite.
There is no danger whatever in
handling 1t, provided that the or
binary care-used in handling dyna-
mite or other high explosives is
used. Pyrotol will burn without ex-
ploding-at least in small quanti-
| ties-and should not be exposed to
fire or flame. II is exploded with
the ordinary No. s cap and detailed
instructions for printing are enclosed
In each box. II can be used in any
open al roperation without causing
headache or other i'll effects and it
will not stain the hands or clothing.
1t is low freezing explosive and can
be used with good results at all or
binary temperatures.
THE law under which this work
Is conducted provides that such ex-
| plosives shall be distributed to the
various departments of the federal
government, to state highway COM
missions for use In road building and
to farmers for agricultural blasting.
The distribution TO farmers is handl-
ed by some state agency, usually the
state agricultural college, which Sc
cures orders for the individual farm
ers, pools them into carload lots to
save freight charges, and looks after
the details of the distribution. In
formation as to what agency is hand
ling the distribution In any state can
be obtained from county agricultural
| agents or from the state agricul-
tural college. The United States De-
partment of Agriculture cannot ac-