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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 16, ltl9. 



Greenhouse Heating 



MAY M ATTF. COAL AGBEEMENT. 



After the joint conference of coal 

 operators and miners had adjourned 

 twice after a deadlock, once at Buffalo 

 and a second time at Philadelphia, the 

 announcement of a general strike 

 reached the public press, only to be 

 shortly after qualified by the report 

 that both sides were desirous of further 

 parley and that they might meet again, 

 probably in Washington. 



When the Buffalo meeting adjourned 

 the miners refused the operators' choice 

 of Washington as the next meeting 

 place, fearing the influence of govern- 

 ment officials nu^ht be used to force a 

 settlement which would not allow their 

 demands. That government officials are 

 instrumental in bringing the two sides 

 together once more is indicated and it 

 seems likely that an agreement will be 

 reached. 



The operators refused to consider the 

 miners' demands for a sixty per cent 

 wage increase, a 6-hour day, a 5-day 

 week, time and a half for overtime and 

 double time for Sundays and holidays. 

 The miners would submit no other pro- 

 posal at Philadelphia and John L. 

 Lewis, acting president of the United 

 Mine Workers of America, stated an 

 order would be issued shortly for a gen- 

 eral strike November 1. 



Since the fuel administration sup- 

 ports tlie operators, holding that the 

 present contract is binding until peace 

 is promulgated or until March 31, 1920, 

 there is likelihood of government in- 

 fluence bearing toward an adjustment 

 of the difficulties, on a basis of reduc- 

 tion of the miners' excessive demands. 



USING NATTJEAIi GAS. 



I have a small greenhouse, 20x34. We 

 shall have natural gas this winter and, 

 88 I have always heated it with a small 

 air-tight heater fired with wood, I am 

 anxious to know if some such arrange- 

 ment cannot be used with gas instead. 

 Our winters seldom reach 10 above zero 

 and I have never had any trouble in 

 iceeping the temperature high enough to 

 pMnrent freezing inside. I grow carna- 

 tions and similar hardy plants, so that 

 it is not necessary to maintain a partic- 

 ularly high temperature. I have been 

 told that burning gas would create fumes 

 that would kill everything in the house, 

 but I cannot see why it would do so if 

 the gas was burned in a stove in the 

 same way that we burned the wood. 



C. R. R.— Tex. 



If it were possible to burn the gas 

 without allowing any of it to escape 

 into the greenhouse, the plan suggested 

 could undoubtedly be used, but we doubt 

 if it can be done. Coal gas is fatal to 

 plant life. 



By placing a small hot water heater, 

 or a stove into which a coil could be 

 run, in a room entirely shut off from the 

 greenhouse, it would be possible to use 

 natural gas to provide heat for a hot 

 water system, which could be installed 

 at a comparatively small expense. 



A 2-inch overhead flow i)ipe, connect- 

 ii.g at the farther end of the house with 

 I wo coils each containing three lVL'-i"rteli 

 r-turns along the side walls or under 

 ihe benches, would provide the neces- 

 sary radiation for a carnation house 



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 careful buyers in conapetition with 

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Greenhouse owners like the Kroe* 

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 As a fuel saver it pays its own way 

 — it can be operated with the cheap- 

 est grade of fuel. 



Every customer immensely satisfied. The high 

 efficiency and lovr cost of operation make the 

 Kroeschell the best of all boilers for florists' use. 



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The Kroeschell Is easier to flre, 

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I have used two different makes 

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 Iron iMrflers toe as. 



[SIsned] Mr. . Mich. 



Kroeschell Replaces Cast Iron 



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