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HORTICULTURE 



June 2, 1917 



A QUESTION OF PIPING 



Kditor HORTICULTURB: 



Pleasp let me hear from you through 

 your columrs, the size and number of pipes 

 required to l<eep at (J5 degrees, a house 26 

 Ijy 140, 4 ft. to eaves, 11 ft. to ridge. 



Thanking vou in advance, I remain, 

 Washington, D. C. B. F. G. 



In answer would say the party does 

 not state whether he wishes the house 

 heated by hot water or by steam. If 

 heated by hot water it would require 

 1,075 feet of 2" pipe; and 640 feet 

 of 11/4" pipe it heated by steam, to 

 keep the house at a temperature of 

 from 65° to 70°. A house constructed 

 by a local contractor is usually not 

 as tight as it should be, and we have, 

 therefore, figured on a sufficient quan- 

 tity of pipe to maintain the above 

 mentioned temperature. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Aurora, Neb. — F. A. Davidson, addi- 

 tion. 



Pride's Crossing, Mass. — A. C. Bur- 

 i-age, two houses. 



Ansonia, Conn. — Shelton Floral Co., 

 additions contemplated. 



Independence, Mo. — Eric Prandsen, 

 three houses, each 38x300. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — Mrs. Karl Koenig, 

 Thompson Run Road, four 200-foot 

 houses. 



CHILE NITRATE. 



The Secretary of Agriculture has 

 sent the following telegram in response 

 to an inquiry regarding the availability 

 of nitrate for fertilizing purposes. 



Kichard H. Edmonds, 



Editor, Manufacturing Record, 



Baltimore, Maryland. 

 Am not opposed to the importation of 

 nitrate or the use of nitrate if it could bo 

 secured at a price which would justify in- 

 vestment. Impossible to secure nitrate now 

 from Chile for application this season. 

 Government could spare only four thousand 

 tons. This has cost, except in one instance, 

 si.^ty dollars a ton at seaboard. Quantity 

 too small to be of consequence. Do not 

 know of private supplies that could be se- 

 cured and, if so, rates quoted seventy-six 

 dollars per ton seaboard. Transportation 

 to farmers would increase this. Rates from 

 private concerns include forty-seven dollars 

 per ton in Chile, same as Government price, 

 and transportation in private ships at ab- 

 normal rates for tonnage, insurance and 

 wages because of conditions. Government 

 cannot now use transports and at present 

 could get private ships only at high rates. 

 Have expressed doubt as to wisdom of 

 average farmer investing in nitrate at 

 prices at which it could be obtained, 

 namely, seventy-live to eighty dollars per 

 ton. Experts doubt whether in such cir- 

 cumstances nitrate could be used profitably 

 except by very skillful farmers. 



London, Ont. — A fierce hailstorm 

 was experienced here on May 19 and 

 heavy damage was inflicted on green- 

 houses and their contents, as well asj 

 garden plants and fruit. j 



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 WashlBKtAB. D. O. 



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