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These tips will help you get better results whenever 
you use dynamite for land-clearing, ditching, or tree¬ 
planting. Cut them out and save them. 
Crimping the Cap 
Cut a sufficient length of fuse 
squarely off, and slip cap over the 
end. Crimp cap to fuse, as shown, 
with cap crimper,— it is absolutely 
essential to USE A CAP CRIMPER, 
—obtainable from your dealer or 
direct from us. 
Priming the Cartridge 
Punch a hole with handle of cap 
crimper in the side of cartridge deep 
enough to contain all of the cap. See 
illustration at left. 
Securing Fuse 
After inserting cap with fuse 
attached, tie a cord around fuse and 
then around cartridge, as shown. If 
several cartridges are needed, this 
“primer” cartridge is put in last. After 
loading, tamp earth tightly in hole 
using a WOODEN tamping, stick. 
The success of the shot depends largely 
on the tightness of the tampir.g. 
For most satisfactory results, be sure that your dealer sells you 
Explosives and Blasting Accessories 
The Farmers’Handbook of Explosives tells how to use explosives 
for land-clearing, ditching, tree-planting and other farm work. 
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Piping from Spring 
What kind and size of pipe aud fall is 
best to run water from a spring 450 ft. 
from barnyard in sufficient quantity for 
25 bead of cattle and four horses? 
•Saratoga Springs, N. Y. E. J. it. 
If the stream can be allowed to flow 
steadily, as no doubt it can, a very small 
flow will supply water for the stock men¬ 
tioned. The fall is something that can¬ 
not very easily be arranged to suit, but 
with the length of pipe mentioned ar¬ 
ranged to discharge into a storage tank 
in the barn a very slight fall—a few feet 
only—would be sufficient, using a 1-in. 
pipe. If the source of the water is high 
enough it is best to lead it first to a small 
storage tank at the house, the overflow 
from this tank escaping to the barn and 
supplying the stock. In this way a sup¬ 
ply of fresh water is always available at 
the house, and the stable is supplied as 
well. ' B. ir. s. 
Changed Level in Hot-water System 
When I installed my hot-water furnace 
I had it large enough to take care of a 
decent-sized greenhouse as well as my 
house, and connections were left to take 
care of this. I find that if I erect my 
greenhouse where I intend to I shall have 
to drop the outflow pipe about 2 feet to 
put in the suction pipe of each pump 
above its union with the main suction 
line and one of them closed while the 
other pipe is being worked. Unless this 
arrangement results in a substantial sav¬ 
ing in installation cost, which is scarcely 
probable, an individual pipe should be 
used for each pump. 
Ventilating Fruit Cellar 
I enclose sketch of an icehouse, sunken 
into the ground and walled up. which I 
later decided to convert into a frost¬ 
proof fruit cellar. I lind it to be thor¬ 
oughly frost-proof, hut my ventilation is 
bad. You will note by sketch two 2-incli 
pipes, which T thought sufficient to ven¬ 
tilate it, but I find they are not. as the 
cellar is very damp at all times. What 
size ventilating pipes would he necessary 
to take care of this moisture? s. m. 
Pennsylvania. 
A single outtake flue with an area of 
from 00 to 100 square inches with several 
intakes with an aggregate area slightly 
in excess of this should care for the 
dampness in your cellar. Their arrange¬ 
ment would depend very much upon the 
construction of your cellar. If the cel¬ 
lar, as so many do, faces the south the 
intakes should be at this end, opening 
under the bins', which should he provided 
go under a roadway. The return pipe 
will be low enough. Will I get a proper 
circulation ? E. K. 
Penacook, N. II. 
Unless there are other conditions en¬ 
tering about which you have not written 
I can see no reason why the 2-feet drop 
which you speak of as being necessary to 
pass beneath the road should make any 
serious trouble. The circulation is so slow 
in a system of this kind that an elbow 
makes little friction. You will find your 
heating coils composed of what are in ef¬ 
fect a series of elbows. Because of the 
glass surface, with the consequent heat 
radiation, you will find the greenhouse 
rather hard to heat on sunless days and 
during the night, and should he abso¬ 
lutely sure that your boiler has sufficient 
capacity to carry this increased load, 
This was probably all taken care of in 
the original installation, however. There 
may be a tendency for one of these lines, 
because of freer circulation or other 
causes, to rob the other, and it might he 
well to install gate valves on the mains 
so that the circulation could be controlled 
if necessary. R- n. s. 
Two Pumps on One Pipe 
I made a cistern 6% feet square and 
5 feet deep. IIow many gallons does it 
hold? Could I put two pitcher pumps 
on one pipe at different places, and will 
it work without, a check valve? 
Middletown, Pa. a. m. b. 
A cistern, rectangular in shape and of 
the size given, 6 feet 5 inches by (> feet. 
5 inches by 5 feet deep, would contain if 
level full approximately 1,584 gallons, or 
about 1,500 gallons if filled to the prob¬ 
able level of the overflow, about 3^> 
inches down from the top. The capacity 
of a rectangular cistern is found by mul¬ 
tiplying the length in feet by the width 
in feet by the depth in feet. This gives 
the capacity in cubic feet, and as each 
cubic foot contains T 1 /* gallons, very 
nearly, multiplying the product by this 
number gives the capacity in gallons. 
It would not be advisable to attach 
the two pumps mentioned to the same 
line. They would work as loug as the 
valves remained iu perfect condition, aud 
would then give trouble. If the length 
of pipe justifies it a gate valve may be 
with slatted bottoms und sides, permit¬ 
ting a circulation of air about them. The 
outtake flue would then be at the opikj- 
site end, extending from the ceiling to a 
point Well above, at least 2 feet, the 
roof. This would give a circulation of 
air up through the stored roots and out 
of the upper ventilators in the ridge. A 
single 10-inch tile would be ail right for 
the outtake flue, while two 7 or 8-inch 
tiles could he used as intakes in the south 
end. 
If, however, the cellar is tilled from 
the top and has no exposed walls the 
arrangement, would have to be somewhat 
different. In this case the 10-inch tile 
or a box 30 inches on a side could he 
used for the outtake, placiug it in the 
center, while four 6-inch tiles could he 
used as intakes, placing one in each cor¬ 
ner in such a way that they discharge 
beneath the bins. These flues should be 
insulated to prevent drip and freezing 
should the roots come in contact with 
them. They should also have a protective 
cap over the top to prevent rain and * 
storm beating in. Where a root cellar is 
provided with a drain it can sometimes be 
utilized as an intake Hue as well. These 
flues, as described, will permit too great 
au air change during cold weather, and 
must he provided with some means of 
control, stopping the openings in cold 
weather and lessening the flow of air. 
Cornell Extension Bulletin No. 22 gives 
much of interest in regard to the con- 
struction and management of root cellars, 
and can be obtained by writing The Col¬ 
lege of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y. 
K. H. s. 
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tight shoes when company called and 
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Journal. 
