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Mr. Clark: You have two inches each side. 



Mr. Fullerton : Xo, one inch on eacli side more than yours. 



Ml-, (dark: Tlie question is whetht'r we cannot devise some 

 means of making that cross section a gri-at deal narrower — that 

 is what I am getting at — instead of having it two inches, get it 

 down to an inch hy using wire for reinforcement so that we will 

 not have such a hungling trough and it will give us uku-c capa- 

 city. J am just getting ready to ])ut in two new ])igging 

 troughs and with the approval of the Washington ofHce 1 shall 

 undertake to jnit in cement. 



^Ir. Fullerton: You will never regret it. 



^Iv. (dark: We ha\-e a cement iioor in the houst' and can 

 start with that to huild upon. 



! would like to ask why iron standards would not be just as 

 good as cement. We have had iron pipes at Xorthville, without 

 a particle of wood on the floor, for fourteen years; and it is a 

 question in my mind whether the gas pipe as standards would 

 not hist about as long, keeping them properly painted — say five 

 years. Ours at the end of fourteen years are just as good as new, 

 and it seems to me it would lie easier to have the iron standards 

 than the cement standard as a support. 



^Ir. Fullerton : Perha])s iron would do. 1 do not see why it 

 would not. 1 started out to make a cement trough throughout 

 altogether, and we made the legs circular and four inches square 

 on the floor. 



:\Ir. ('. CI. Atkins. F'ast Orland, :\re. : How long after you 

 completed these troughs was it Ijefore you put eggs or flsh in 

 them ? 



Mr. Fullerton : I do not know just how long — some months. 

 Q. Did yoii ever see any difficulty that appeared to come 

 from the cement injuring the water in any way? 

 A. Xo, the paint would stop that anyway. 



^Ir. Atkins : I have heard some oltjection made on that 

 ground. 



