The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 06, 1920, Page 6, Image 6
WATER FED FiRE
Case Where Liquid Was of No
Use to Quench Flames.
Metallic Sodium in Vessel's Hold
Merely Blazed More Fiercely as
Streams From Fire Hose
Reached It.
It Is said that, for the most part,
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will eventually quench any fire. In
some cases, however, water not only
proves ineffectual but actually kindles
and nourishes the fire.
When a freighter, the Hardy,
steamed out of Le Treport, France,
some years ago she carried, besidesthe
mineral water in her hold, a number
of small wooden cases marked
"metallic sodium."
Now, the channel was rough. The
vessel rolled and pitched violently.
The captain saw that the ship was listing
to port, and suspecting that the
cargo was shifting, sent a boatswain
below to investigate. As the boatswain
entered the hold he saw that
several cases of tfiineral water had
broken and that the water was swishing
about in the hold. Then suddenly
he saw one of the wooden cases
marked "sodium" burst into flame.
Immediately he gave the alarm, and
the crew rushed to their fire stations.
The captain directed the men to turn
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stream of water struck the burning
case there were several explosions as
package after package within the case
caught fire. By this time two other
cases of sodium had broken open, and
their contents, as they came in contact
with the water from the hose,
burst into flame.
The crew could not believe their
eyes. The more water they poured on
the fire, the more intense grew the
conflagration. Then suddenly two
cases flew into the ?ir, crashed against
the overhead beams and spread out in
sheets of fire, the smaller pieces dropping
back only to bounce and dance
about, huge balls of flame in the halfswamped
hold.
The superstitious crew was fast, becoming
unmanageable, and the captain
saw that in any case he must abandon
the ship. He ordered the crew to the
boats not a moment too soon, for as
the boats rowed away from the blazing
hulk several loud explosions came from
the hold. Then there was one mighty
detonation; the freighter broke in two
and plunged out of sight.
Japan and Baseball.
Japan is one of the few nations of
the earth that has adopted the <4national
pastime" of the United States,
the game of baseball, which grew up,
in its present form, in the latter country.
The game has been transplanted,
has taken root, and is thoroughly flour'?
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Japanese, according to one of them,
recently traveling in America, are
making all their baseballs by hand, not
yet having perfected any machinery
for manufacturing them. This sojourner,
who is a mechanical expert,
was much interested, while on his trip.
in learning the method by which the
balls are made. The playing of the
game in Japan, says this traveler, is
widespread. A few years ago two of
the Japanese universities sent teams
to the United States, where they engaged
in competition with American
university nines. Their ability was
marked, and their sportsmanship excellent
The common interest of the
people of the two hations in this sport
has been recognized as a possible
source of increased understanding between
them.
Will Never Show.
Joe Hawkins of the Auto Sales company,
is a believer that appearance
is 95 per cent of the game.
The other day he was demonstrating
a very classy six-cylinder car to
a^man and his wife. The wife was
very much taken with the appearance
of the car; the husband was still a
long way from being sold.
As they were coming down Merid.
ian street one of the cylinders started
missing. Hawkins, trying to apologize
for the behavior of the engine,
said: "One of the spark plugs must
be broken for one of the cylinders
Is missing."
The wife spoke up: "That doesn't
matter much, the cylinders are all
under the hood anyway, and if one of
them is missing it will never show."
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Something Missing. !
"This catalogue is no good," said a
man visiting the art museum, according
to a story that has reached lis.
There ain't any prices on it"
"What," said his wife. "You weren't
thinking of buying any 7'
"Certainly not," replied the complainer.
"But how can you be expected
to appreciate pictures if you
don't know the price of them?"?Boston
Transcript.
Parental Diffidence.
"Does your boy mind when you
speak to him?"
"Yes," said Farmer Corntossel,
doubtfully. "But he's got us so impressed
with his superior knowledge
that we don't often venture to speak
to him."
As to Alimony.
"Is there any way a man can avoid
paying alimony?" asked the tfriead
iwho waa seeking free advice.
"Sure," replied the lawyer. "He can
*tay single or stay married."
I BULL ASSOCIATION
flow They Work Out in
Practice.?Helpful to Large
as Well as Small Breeders.
Ciemson College, April 26.?More
md more the usefulness of the cooperative
bull associations is recogaized
as time goes on and its benelets
to the dairy industry have a
shance to become evident. The full
results that can be obtained from
such an association obviously can not
ippear for several years. It ib
lent therefore that since the hull aslociatioas
are of only recent beginaing,
the benefits so far obtained are
only the fore-shadowing of greater
tilings io tunic.
Tie <J?-operath* bull association
aas been carefully planned to enable
I number of small dairymen and farmers
who individually could not afford
good bulls, to combine their resources
and buy a few really good
dairy sires. For example, suppose
four farmers each have $100 to invest
In a bull. They are so situated that
they can all use the same bull. The
association makes it possible for them
to pool their resources and buy one
$400 bull, presumably four times as
good as any one of the four $100 animals
that they could buy individually,
[t is gr?.ti#ying to see that this theory
is working out in practice so well that
it applies not only to the dairymen
with $100 available for investment in
a bull but equally well to the one
with only $10, or on the other hand
to the one with $500.
Saves the Good Bulla.
The money advantage is the first
thing which attracts the farmer's attention
to the bull association, but by
| far the greatest advantage of the or
'?tVo of bulla
I pamubivu is V ** i.?? ? p v -W ? ? . (
every two years by means of which
continued use of bulls can be had until
their value is proved. Statistical
figures indicate that bulls owned by
individual* are used only to an average
age of about three years. At this
age it is in^>ossible to haye any proAuction
reiorde of tho offspring,
whieh i? the only real teat of a sire's
value. Because of this short life of
the bull it happens over and over
again that dairy fanners have discovered,
after the daughters had flnI
ished a record, the exceptional jjrej
potent qualities of their sire; and
then, en looking around for that sire,
have made another discovery, a sad
ene, that the search was futile, fbr
the sire had gone to the butcher.
Beneficial te Family Cow Owneru
r The average herd of all the mem|
bers of these associations consist* ef
six cows. Inasmuch as there are
many herds with ten or a dcsen cows,
k fellows that there must be a great
number of herds with less than six
| eews each. In faet, town people ewn|
teg fam Hy cows are often members,
paying their share or1 assessment of
five, ten, or whatever number of dollars
is required for each cow; itod
for this payment they have the us? of
all the bulls in the association. Thus
a family cow owner may for a $10 Investment
have for a period of If years
the use ?f such bulls as freely as
though he owned them himself.
Leads te Keeping Purebred Cows.
The claim is made in behalf of the
bull association as an institution that
it open* up an opportunity for the
small dairyman to do pure breeding.
The figures gathered in the 1019 directory
of bull aseoclations thaw that
while the number of organisations,
the number of members, etc., have
I increased les* than 77 per cent as
compared with 1911, the increase in 1
number of purebred sows owned by J
members went ub 240 per cent, showins
plainly that the hull association
does help the small breeder to do
pure breeding.
No Chanee of Lew.
We hare still to get the first report
from a farmer to the offset that
he has lost money on his investment
in a co-operative bull association, wye
J. P. La,Master, Extension Servioe
dairy husbandn^an. The greatest loee
that can be sustained from a disbanded
association is that the wrong impression
whieh the community and
other communities may receive may
prevent them from organising ether
associations of the same feted, For
this reason, we are ansions to see ail
associations organised en the right
basis and properly leaked after, to
that nene ef them will disband.
fnpfistieng far Seeoese.
The principal prints to hwp In
Bind far Wilding a successful wee
elatten am w follows:
1. Have the blocks well organised,
principally with reference te satisfactory
ioietion of members and tee
ptaee to keep he bull.
t. Have the association well organised,
with carefully selected sfffeero,
the principal one of whom te the j
secretary. The secretary is BP? we j
of tbe association. He should b? a
dotsyman is teres ted in the brood wleeted
and in breeding generally, and
a maa with good business ideao.
Z. Buy the best bulls possible irtth
the available money.
4. Provide a good place #o? the
bob, and beep him properly.
I. Held at least two meetings a
yew, the regular annual business
meeting and the annual picnic.
I. Cooperate in aM this with the
eauntv agent and the state speehJiet
te bull association work, and rou wiU
hore act organisation that w4l esert
a tremendous influence for the iasptpeememt
of livestock tn yowr ?e?
imaHf, far-reaching in fta freeeflfo>
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