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Jink 8. 1922 



were before the strike started, and when 

 the controversy is over they will make 

 full time at the mines, on account of 

 the necessarily increased production to 

 build up again the reserves. On the 

 othef hand, the operators are merely 

 losing the cost of properly protecting 

 their mines during idleness. 



COAI. OR OIL? 



With coal as high as it is and a 

 shortage at hand, I should like to get 

 some information as to the burning 

 of oil. Would oil be just as expensive 

 as coal? Can you tell me what kind of 

 coal is the most reasonable and best! 

 C. W. W.— Neb. 



It is not possible to give definite an- 

 swers to the above questions without 

 knowing something of the relative cost 

 of coal and fuel oil in Nebraska. In 

 many greenhouses in the central west 

 a fair grade of run-of-mine bituminous 

 coal is used and, as a rule, it is found 

 to be a cheaper fuel than oil, even when 

 the extra cost of labor is considered. 



Considering the high freight on coal, 

 it would be advisable to use coal mined 

 west of the Mississippi river. 



HEATING ADDITIONAL HOUSE. 



I have a 7-section Moninger-Furman 

 steam boiler in a basement, 14x14, heat- 

 ing a greenhouse, 40x105. This house 

 has 6-foot side walls, containing three 

 feet of glass. There is a 30-foot cir- 

 cular smokestack of brick, with a 

 diameter of twenty-two inches. Would 

 it be advisable to build another house 

 and trv to boat all the space with the 

 same boiler? C. W. W.— Neb. 



The writer lias had no practical ex- 

 perience with Moninger-Furman steam 

 boilers and does not know their exact 

 ratings. The temperatures desired in 

 the houses are not stated. Provided 60 

 degrees will suffice for one house, and 

 55 degrees for the other, when it is 15 

 to 20 degrees below zero, if the boiler 

 has a grate with an area of sixteen 

 square feet, it will suffice. With a fair 

 grade of run of-mine coal, frequent 

 stoking will be required, making a night 

 fireman necessarv. 





Saginaw, Mich. — C. A. Granse, who 

 has been with the Wm. Roethke Co., is 

 preparing to make a start for himself, 

 as a retailer, and lias ordered a complete 

 outfit of store fixtures from the A. L. 

 Randall Co., Cliieago. He expects to 

 open in July. 



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