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Fkbbuarx 9. 1922 



or some other method of placing the 

 water under pressure. It would also 

 have been better had three 2i^-inch 

 flow pipes been used in each of the 

 houses instead of one 4-inch. Thero 

 would also be some improvement if the 

 main flow pipe along the end of the 

 houses could be raised so that it could 

 be at the same height as the flow pipes 

 leading through the houses, with the 

 highest point above the boiler. It would 

 also be helpful if two of the returns in 

 each house were taken out and used as 

 flow pipes, and each of them connected 

 at the farther end of the house with 

 two of the present returns. 



Of course, the best way of all would 

 be either to lower the boiler or elevate 

 the houses. It would be a considerable 

 expense to tear down and rebuild the 

 houses, and, if the plates and sashbars 

 are sound, it would be advisable to 

 build a false frame under the house, 

 raising it, in about four sections, three 

 feet above the present level. The re- 

 turns would tlicn be high enough to give 

 a fjood circulation. 



There are only two 2M>-inch flow pipes 

 and some fourteen returns in house No. 

 3. Much better results may be secured 

 by adding another flow pipe, especially 

 as the radiation is not sufficient for 55 

 degrees, even in zero weather, and it is 

 inferred that the mercury drops con- 

 siderably below zero in all parts of 

 Kansas. 



If the 45 degrees mentioned above 

 refers to the temperature which can 

 be maintained in house No. 3 "in ex- 

 treme weather," it would be advisable 

 to use three additional 2%-inch flow 

 pipes, making five in all. This should 

 make it possible to maintain 55 de- 

 grees when it is 30 degrees below zero 

 outside. 



Niagara Falls, N. Y.— E. A. Butler 

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 from heart trouble. His condition is 

 not serious. 



Sioux Falls, S. D. — Among the speak- 

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 superintendent of the city parks of Min- 

 neapolis, who spoke on the "Parks of 

 Minneapolis," and George W. Gurney, 

 of Yankton, S. D., who discussed the 

 beneficial effect of horticulture on the 

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