Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21
 OCEAN DERELlCTSs
Necessity for Patrol system to Find an@
 Remove Them.

Remove Them.
 New York Sun: The French steamer Touraine. which recently arrived from Hayre, reports sighting the aban~ doned wreck of the bark Siddarthay waterlogged and almost awash. The hapless craft had been deserted threG weeks earlier by the bark Cape Race. and, being aaeat in the transatlantic steamship lane she is peril to nayi- gation. The Touraine passed close tog her in broad day but the thought Of collision on dark night or in & dense fog was not agreeable. This is only one more of list of experiences. which have become familiar to ocean travel, but not on that account the less disquieting or the less urgently de- handing relief. While maritime coudA~ tries pay some attention to wrecks 0S their coasting vessels especially when within home waters, there is no proyk- sion of clearing the ocean Of danger ous derelicts. Besides, even coasters often drift through the action of the Gulf Stream, or are driven by wEndsi. across the travelled paths of the trans atlantic steamers. Again and again efforts have been made to bring about some international sys, m of policing the seas, with view to removing these sources of peril. It is evident shas such system is needed, because apart 1 from the expense involved in finding wrecks and blowing them Up, authori- ty to do so would need to be conferred by the agreement of nations, for pro- l lection against claims for damages l I bus far however no practical prog ress has been made toward such an. agreement. Our country has hseISi prominent in urging 1t; and, inusessl the thought that some of those Ins11 vessels of many years past, whose fate. has remained mystery, may have gone down as the result of striking such waterlogged derelicts, is enough to stimulate efforts to clear the seas of these perlls
 vitrIolizing Seed Wheat.
 For small quantities Of seed, vitrio~ lizing on a floor, in sacks, tubs, etc., does very well, but for large quanti- ties it is too slow, writes c. H. Lester in Dakota Farmer. Heretofore 1 have used wagon tank with the top re- moved. set on two benches so placed that Lift Of hundred pounds at thu front will raise that end ten or twelve inches to secure drainage. Place tank convenient to seed bin. Nail double thickness of wire screens on inside over plug hole at back end of tank. Place three barrels at back of tank into which put your vitriol solution, and also Elace large wash tub Wufer thg drainage vent. The vitriol sGltation will have to be constantly replenfshed as well. I would here suggest thEs- when you buy your vitriel, you have it finely ground when it will renAfnp dissolve in cold water, and don't us@ tin paile to ha' dle it with as the &C., tion Of the vitriol will ruin them. Hav- ing thus made preparations, fill the tank nearly full of wheat and level 1t, l then dip solution from barrels into tank until the grain Is entirely sub- merged. Let stand two minutes. No skimmino or stirring is needed as tfi@ soaking is sufficient to kill vitality Of smut bal g. Knock out drainage plug. and let frid flow into washtub, from which dip 1t back into barrels to be- used again. When the flow beeonzesa sluggish raise front of tank and allow 1 to drain. The action of the vitrioi water generates a slight heat and a. tendency of the grain to bake. Usually in about an hour after draining, th@ wheat can be scooped Into wagon box or sacked. If sacked. fill sacks l only two-thirds full and in few hoorss change their position In order to move 1 the grain in the sack to facilitate dry ing. Handled in this way the seea dries very fast and in from three tas four hours should be in good conssa- ton to SOW. For large quantities. 1,500 bushels, or over, I would use a' grain tank, well battoned, and hold ing about one hundred bushels in place l of the wagon tank :