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v/ednesday, August 25, 1971■ ■ ■ II I— ■ ■ I —*■■■ «WELLSVHeifers, Machinery Lost in Blaze As Fire Destroys Cuba Dairy BarnCUBA — Loss was estimated between $75.1)00 and Sioo.otio following a fire which destroyed a dairy barn owned by Robert Oihoo on the Hawson Hoad, 11 miles from Cuba. Seven heifers were lost In the blaze, but the remainder of the herd. 47 enws and a bull, were led to safety.Cuba Fire Chief Sam (iuild said this morning that the fire within the barn spread very quickly, and after Mr. Giboo released the herd, he was unable to return to the heifers penned inside the 50 by 100 tool building. The fire apparently begun in the straw mow, with careless smoking listed as the cause.Chief Guild, who is on vacation, stated he returned from playing golf, passed the Gibjo farm and noticed nothing unusual. As he was nearing Cuba, he was met by the fire crew en route to the blaze.“During the summer, the barn doors are usually kept open, and with all the hay and chuff inside, it goes in a hurry, he said,. The Cuba firemen, who had returned from another fire at the Farnsworth Cookie plant hours earlier, saw the smoke from Cuba l-ake. approximately seven miles from the farm.“The roof and a couple of sides were down when we got there. the Chief said, it was shot.The firemen trained their hoses on a section that was being added to the large barn, and on smaller barns and a tool shed that stood near the burning structure. Chief Guild slated that a corner of one of the smaller barns caught fire, but the flames were quickly extinguished.A water shortage hindered operations for a brief time, until a flouting strainer was used to eliminate algae from a small pond some 300 feet from the bam.Tankers from New Hudson and Franklinville were also used, along with several trucks from the Rushford Fire Department. The Belfast crew went to New Hudson on standby, and the Houghton crew stood by at Rushford:Mr. Giboo was described by Chief Guild as a model farmer, who kept his barn neat and orderly, and used modern machinery “to make his farm modem and economical.Ijist along with the animals was some of the machinery, a large bulk milk tank, milking equipment. 7.00U bails of hay and many smaller items, the Chief reported. “The barn was a 08 percent loss, all we could save was the addition at the endnf the barn, he said.Smoke from the fire caused no problem, but the heat was very intense and the 75 to 50 firemen at (he scene had some pretty hot faces, although I wasn’t notified of any hums,” the Chief said. A slight wind was blowing in the direction of the smaller barns with wood shingle roofs so we had to keep them wet.The Chief praised his men for (he turnout and the work they performed. Forty-three of the 47 volunteer firemen in Cuba responded to the Giboo fire, and 39 helped fight the blaze at the Fransworth barn.The fire at the Farnsworth.By JAY PKltKINS Associated.Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department says a new herbicide shows promise of helping control the farmer’s number one problem weed-nufsedge.The herbicide, designated MBR 8251. has shown in tests that it can control nutsedge in fields of corn, flax, snap beans, sovbeans. peanuts, cotton, cabbage, kale, and cucumbers, the department says.Purple nutsedge is a major problem for farmers in the south Atlantic and Gulf Coast states and from the middle of southwestern California east to southwest Arizona Yellow nutsedge is found in all slates except North Dakota and Alaska.Both weeds affect almost all agricultural crops, the department said. They are difficult to kill because their seeds remain alive in soil for years.The department said tests run at Beltsville. Md.. showed 2.5 pounds per acre of the new herbicide was enough to kill 70 per cent of the nutsedge.It said further tests are being made to determine if the compound is biodegradable, toxic to warm-blooded animals or has any adverse effect on the envi-ronmenta.Pesticides must be tested by the government before they can be released for public useWASHINGTON IAP) -Farmers who use the tractors to stretch barbed or woven wire fences are playing with durger. the Agriculture De-paartment says.Ia a new booklet titled Fences for the Farm and Rural Home. the department lists safety rules and general infor-Cookie factory barn occured at 0:30 a.m. A small dog. personal items and some Items from the factory stored in the barn were lost, although the barn was partially saved. Most of the items were damaged by fire, smoke or water.Firemen returned to the fire hall after 10 a.m. following the first fire, and 12 hours later reported back in service from the Gilxio barn blaze.Chief Guild stated that he had hoped to take his family to Niagara Falls Tuesday as part of his vacation. But I was kind of busy. He plans to make the Irip today.lerceposts. woven wire fences, barbed wire fences, cable 'fences, board fences, electric (hfences, gateways and fence p,maintenance.It cautions that use of a trac- pator to stretch woven or barbed wire fencing can cause serious wlt;injury if the wire breaks and wfrecoils. NtOther safety hints: Wear heavy gloves, boots or high y,shoes and tough, close-fitting st,clothing; carry nails or other eIrfasteners in a metal container pnor apron—definitely not in ihe a||mouth; stand on the opposite cnside of the post from the wire |n,when stretching woven or bar- focbed wire: and do not rub hands or gloves on the face when ^working with preservative- antreated posts. wcWASHINGTON (API - The taAgriculture Department says (hiturkey production Ihis year is „t;expected to total 117.8 million m;birds—about I per cent more pethan last year’s production. m,Increased output, the Crop ^Reporting Board said, is ex- eflpeeled in all regions except the jeastern north Central area. y,,Biggest gain is predicted in opNorth Carolina hwere produc- pi,lion is estimated at 9 per cent gamore than last year. Missouri v,,expects to raise 8 per cent remore turkeys. California 7 per |jecent. Arkansas f per cent and q.Oklahoma 5 per cent, the board said.Heavy breed turkeys are ex- Apeeled to total 105.5 million Hbirds compared with 103.5 million last year, the board said. QLight breed turkeys are esti- Omated at 12.2 million — 2 per cent below the 12.5 million qraise in 1970. J INew Herbicide May Control Nutsedge 5
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Wellsville Daily Reporter
Wellsville, New York, US
Wed, Aug 25, 1971
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