. Improving crop yields by the use of dynamite . g the dynamite in alarger bucket partly filled with warm water. Care must be takento prevent any of the water from getting into the inner pail, whichshould have a tight-fitting lid. The whole should be covered witha piece of carpet, or an old coat, until the dynamite has thawed. Priming Placing the detonator in a cartridge or charge of high ex-plosives is called priming it, and the cartridge or part of a cartridgewith the detonator in it is called the * primer * or primer cart-ridge.* The first step in the preparation of the primer is to cut the
. Improving crop yields by the use of dynamite . g the dynamite in alarger bucket partly filled with warm water. Care must be takento prevent any of the water from getting into the inner pail, whichshould have a tight-fitting lid. The whole should be covered witha piece of carpet, or an old coat, until the dynamite has thawed. Priming Placing the detonator in a cartridge or charge of high ex-plosives is called priming it, and the cartridge or part of a cartridgewith the detonator in it is called the * primer * or primer cart-ridge.* The first step in the preparation of the primer is to cut thenecessary length of fuse from the roll, cutting it squarely across andnot diagonally. After carefully inserting the fresh-cut end as far asit will go into the blasting cap, fasten the latter securely to the fusewith a cap crimper. When crimping the blasting cap to the fuse,the crimp should be made near the end which the fuse enters, so asnot to disturb in any way the explosive which the blasting cap con- 89 CUTTING FUSE y ■ ^ J TAKING OUT CAP. PLACING CAP ON FUSE
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