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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

"A scalded bird, as ordinarily han.
died, is in worse condition inside OF
two days than dry-picked bird that
has been shipped 1000 or 1900 miles
to market" continued Mr. Mitchell.
An exhibit of dry-picked capons
ready for market was displayed, I'm
proof Of the fact that 1t Is exceed.
ingly difficult for even an expert poul-
tryman to distinguish between the
bird killed yesterday and one kept in
cold storage month or more If prop.
erly dry.picked.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

mediately adjoining charges another
stick or bumper" as the experts call
1t, was placed to insure that propaga-
ton get well started. Then every
thing was ready.
After the impatient crowd had been
"herded" back to safe distance, and
in the hushed silence as MacAdams
shouted "Fire!" Mr.. Quamme stepped
forward to do his official duty
Scratching match, he touched 1t to
the split end of the fuse, then scurried
away in dignified haste to point well
removed from the scene. A pause OF
only minute seemed like an hour to
the anxious crowd. Then dull, heavy
Earring of the ground and muffled
roar. Instantly the whole swamp
seemed to rise. For moment the air
was dense smoke black with rocket.
ing mud, dirty water, fragments OF
roots and broken stumps, rocks and
even small trees and brush soaring
to height of 300 feet or more. Then
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26
new POWDER
HELPS FARMER
Prof. Dehn of University Invents
Explosive Which Costs Half
Present Price.
WANTS STATE TO MAKE IT
Estimates Savings to Farmers at Half
Million Year-Safe and Easy
to Handle.

Farmers of this state will reap the
benefits of new and inexpensive
explosive invented ON the campus of
the University of Washington by Prof.
William M. Dehn of the department
of chemistry, II bill which will bd
introduced in the state legislature IL
adopted.
This powder Is manufactured from
sawdust and ammonium nitrate, and
can be retailed for IL or cents
a pound, considerably less than half
of the price of other powders In use.
It can be employed successfully In
clearing OF land and stump blasting,
and In the construction of roads.
In the bill which the legislators will
be asked to consider, DR.. Dehn Is OF.
fering to turn the manufacture of the
explosive over to the state, IL $780,.
600 Is appropriated for the construc-
ton of state-owned factories at stra-
tegic points throughout the state. Far
mers would be able to purchase the
product from the factories without
paying the high cost Of transporta-
ton by rail. Each factory, according to
DR.. Dehn, would cost less than $780,
900.
The plan suggested would return to
the treasury Of the state the 100000
initial expenditure in three years, by
charging a half cent pound for every
pound manufactured. This item would
be included In the 5 1-2 or cent
manufacturing expense. The explosive
would be sold to farmers at cost.
The powder which Dr. Dehn has In
vented has several advantages over
other explosives, he says. It is not af-
focted by low temperatures, and 80
does not require thawing. 1t does not
give off fumes of nitroglycerIne which
causes headaches with men working
with dynamite. 1t is exceedingly safe
to handle, being less combustible than
pure sawdust. No mechanical jar will
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

swamps are just alike, and the depth
and spacing of charges differs under
different conditions. In this instance
the test shots Indicated that charges
placed eighteen inches apart and
eighteen inches deep in a single line
gave best results, probably because a
comparatively solid bottom" underly-
ing the swamp gave increased lifting
power when so placed.
Three Hours to Set.
Beginning shortly after noon, the
charges OF single half-pound stick
to each hole were placed in a straight
line through the standing brush. A
crew of four men in hip rubber boots
completed the work in about three
hours time, remarkable feat in it.
self when compared to the time re-
quired to attach cap and fuse to each
separate charge under the old method
Of ditching with explosives. The work
was supervised by A. ]. Dynamite"
MacAdams, formerly field represen-
tative OF the Du Pont company, but
now assistant land-clearing specialist
and explosives expert of the agricul-
tural extension department of Michi-
gan.
While the charges were being
placed, small temporary dam was
constructed to hold back the water in
another section Of ditch feeding into
the swamp. Then the centrally locat-
ed decorating charge was placed In
position. For this purpose a single
stick of the new explosive was primed
with an ordinary No. cap attached
to length of fuse which was soaped
to aid in waterproofing Another stick
was tied to the primed charge to give
additional kick" then the two sticks
were placed midway between two
charges in the middle of the quarter.
mile-long line. Beside each OF the i'm
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26
Demand Dry Picked Foul;
ScULded Bird Unsnnitnyu

Demand dry-picked fowl; birds
scalded for market absorb 14% filthy
water, and are otherwise undesirable"
said Prof. r. v. Mitchell, head Of the
poultry department at .he State Col.
lege of Washington. giving a demon.
stration Of dry-picking at the open
house Of the department Saturday
night, attended by many farmers and
farm women, poultrymen and towns
people interested In the newest meth
DDS and equipment.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26
TIMELY HINTS TO
FARMERS
BY EXTENSION SERVICE
SPECIALISTS

Agriculture.
Sort out the imperfect combs now
and replace with frames containing
full sheets of foundation.
Clothing.
II you are selecting your hat, con.
slider the purpose for which 1t is to
be worn.
Dairy
Clip the hair off the udder and
TANKS of the COW and wipe the udder
with a wet cloth before milking.
Farm Crops.
Select with care the seed Of the diff
ferent kinds of garden crops which
will be needed for the garden. Get
plenty Of variety.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

One out of every eleven people in
the United States owns an automo-
bile and while most car owners know
better than to smoke while filling the
tank, few of them ever think of gaso-
line as an explosive; it Is just the
juice that keeps the old bus running"
Likewise, many farmer who would
not touch a stick of dynamite will sit
calmly by and watch his wife pour
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

with the efficiency of the dynamite,
though here somewhat more Of the
explosive was required to insure prop
agation.
This practice of placing few trial
shots before the real work is COM
menced is highly recommended by the
experts who have found that 1t is
cheaper and better to learn by doing
than to learn by guessing. No two
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

kerosene on the kitchen fire to make
it burn quicker, or clean his clothes
with gasoline beside an open lamp.
Two years ago at the Ohio State
fair, the state fire marshal and the
Columbus fire department staged a
three-room exhibit in the interest of
preventing fires. Placards in each
room set forth various fire hazards
and drew attention to some statistics
compiled by Fire Marshal Dykeman.
Printed on one card was the state
ment:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26
Motorizlna the Language.

A little girl from the city had been
visiting in the country, and was being
questioned as to what kind of time
she had. Finally someone said, Il bet
you don't even know how to milk a
cow"
Bet do" she said.
She was pressed for particulars,
and explained: you take the COW
into the barn and give her some
breakfast food and water and then
you drain her crankcase."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26
tural purposes.
Trial Shots Necessary,

s'sAs S'sSSo sNVNSoO0pys
During the morning a few trial
shots were fired to test local condi-
tons and to determine the depth at
which charges should be placed for
best results. Conditions were found
to be ideal for dynamite ditching, the
mucky nature of the partially sub
merged land guaranteeing the success
of the "propagated blast" in which a
series or string of shots are fred by
the transmitted conclusion from a
single cap and fuse attached to CEN
trally located decorating charge.
Such obstacles as brush, stumps,
down timber. stones, and even the old
logs, long imbedded in the muck of
the swamp, were easily overcome in
the trial shots, and indicated that the
big shot" would readily surmonnt
the same obstacles. Nor did the hard
pan and rock-studded clay, encoun-
tered in part of the swamp, interfere
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26
Farm Management.

II is not too late to begin your
farm account for the year.
Home Management.
Schedule your time for each days
work so you will have more time to
do some of the things you want to do.
Horticulture.
II you are going to use CONNER
cial fertilizer, find out now where 1t
may be obtained and price.
Livestock.
Pregnant gifts should be furnished
a good mineral mixture to- insure
size, vigor and bone in the pigs.
Plant Pathology.
Clean the seed wheat and oats fol
1t helps to prevent saul.
Poultry.
II the kale for the chickens IL
frozen, thaw 1t out in cold water.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

the fuse that fired the monster blast
on the Charles Salewsky farm near
Menominee, Michigan, he proved con-
clusively that the new low-freezing
dynamite is the quick and economical
long-desired solution of the various
drainage problems that farmers have
to face.
In the words of one of the six hun
dred or more interested spectators
who gathered to view the miracle,
"She sure was some shot!" Still an
other farmer We'd with the late Ell
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

The biggest, most spectacular ditch
blast ever fired in the state of Michi-
gan, and perhaps In the whole United
States. served as fitting opening for
the ten weeks series Of Land. Clearing
Short Courses conducted early last
summer in the upper peninsula. When
e. G. Quamme, president of the Fed
eral Land Bank of st. Paul, and honor
guest of the day, touched a match to
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

a rat-a-tat-tatting of falling debris
scattered widely over the swamp for
a distance of twenty rods on either
side of the ditch-then silence. The
big feature of the job was completed.
Next, the temporary dam. which
had been constructed to hold back the
head Of water to allow the dynamite
crew to work more freely, and to pro.
vide strong flow to scour or flush
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

bert Hubbard in descriptive brevity
by telling the whole story in Just three
one-syllable words: "Swamp-boom!
ditch" And that, in brief, tells the
whole story, for before the air had
cleared of smoke and flying mud and
water, and by the time the anxious
spectators were permitted to crowd
close to view the result, water was
racing in mill-stream fashion through
a trim, straight, neat-sided ditch, lib
Grating some two hundred odd acres
of swamp and flood land for agricul
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

explode it. 1t can be set off only by
regulation caps If the $4,000 acres of
land cleared each year In this state
were cleared solely by the use of ex-
plosives, this powder under system
OF state manufacture and sale at cost
would save the farmers of Washing
ton more than 100000 year, DR..
Dehn estimates.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26
GOOD BOOKS ON. MARKETING.

A list of good books on marketing
suggested by Prof. e. F. Dunmeier of
the State College of Washington, in.
cludes Cooperative Marketing, by
VIM. w. Cumberland princeton U.
Press); the Marketing of Farm Pro.
ducts, by Weld (Macmillan); Agricul.
tural Marketing, by Hibberd: Price of
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26


Three gallons of gasoline equals
249 pounds of dynamite. Ohio had
many deaths due to ITS explosions
last year. Gasoline vapor will ex-
plode from open lights, open stoves.
sparks OF static electricity"
Makes Stump Digging Easy.
Thousands of farmers will sweat
and swear digging out stumps with
pick and shovel, knowing all the while
that a stick of dynamite judiciously
placed and fired, will do the work
more efficiently in fraction of the
/ time and at fraction of the cost of
the older method; and 1t isn't because
the farmers get thrill by using those
time-honored tools either, nor because
| they are not keen to cut time and la
Dor costs. They abandoned the cradle
for the harvesting machine; they
scrapped the fail for the threshing
machine; they lighted their homes
with the explosive acetylene gas; and
they have become friendly with the
power tractor. But when it comes to
dynamite the average farmer is apt
to say, Let the other fellow try it,
if he wants to fly out to the cloud
banks and fuss around with a harp
and halo. Understand, am not
particularly skittish, but just think
what might happen if should acct
dentally drop stick of dynamite or
stub my toe while carrying 1t around
and fellow might do that"
The chances are that nothing more
serious would happen to the farmer
than the inconvenience of picking up
the fallen stick, or himself, although
it is admitted that with sufficiently
violent shock an explosion might take
place. Still, dynamite isn't really half
SO sensitive to ordinary shocks as
some people imagine. If 1t were, ex-
plosive users would not have to buy
blasting caps to set off their charges;
they would simply clap their hands or
yell Shoot" and the defamation
would Immediately take place.
"swamp-Boom-
An example of the proper use Of
dynamite in ditch digging is contained
in the story Of how dynamite dug a
quarter mile ditch in split second in
the state of Michigan.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

Milk, by Clyde l.. King, and especially
these two: Efficient Marketing for
Agriculture, by Theodore Macklin
(Macmillan), and Agricultural Eco
nomics, by James 70. Boyle Nippin-
cott).
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

The increasing use of dynamite on
the farms of the Northwest for stump
blasting, ditch digging and other land
clearing, and for road building and
other public works, is causing that
article of commerce to come into
prominence most favorably.
But there are people who still hold
dynamite in that superstitious fear
with which gasoline was greeted, and
while the deadly and high-powered
gasoline has been tanned and rendered
useful adjunct to society, the less
dangerous dynamite is still regarded
with terror because the public lacks
the familiarity with 1t which has
come with the general use of gaso-
line.
Parts Of two articles of more than
usual interest from single issue OF
the Du Pont magazine are herewith
reproduced, In order that readers may
familiarize themselves with the possi-
btlities of dynamite and the proper
method for its use.
Hauling Dynamite.
Explosives should always be used
with care - because they are explo-
sive. That is reasonable and obvious.
II safety first" should ever be OBJ
served, surely it is by those who have
to do with the transportation and use
of a commodity whose function is to
explode. Yet modern dynamite, espe-
cially of the kind ordinarily used for
stumping, boulder blasting, road con-
atruction and similar classes of work,
Is no more dangerous than number
Of other commodities in common use,
and the fear of 1t Is usually exag-
gerated.
Particularly in rural districts, the
fear of explosives is so strong in the
kinds of the people that 1t amounts
almost to superstitious horror. Say
dynamite" to some of them and their
faces turn white Exhibit stick of
20 per cent dynamite in their pres
ence and they beat hasty retreat.
Some people apparently believe that
il you look at dynamite, an explosion
Is imminent; IL you move 1t from
place to place, you are flirting out
rageously with Death; and if you at
tempt to use 1t, you are counting the
80 kI~o kc1x Se,
unreasoning fear, Of course
Dynamite is no longer the unstable,
erratic, touch-and-ge-off product that
it originally was. It is at once
stronger, more dependable, and less
sensitive, not because the nitroglyc-
erin used in it's manufacture is one
whit less explosive than Nobels orig
inal product Of sixty years ago, but
because today's dynamite is more sci
entifically made and better adapted
for use. In fact, few commercial
products have been improved more
during the last fifty years than has
dynamite; but the improvements are
changes in chemical composition of
the powder and they do not show in
the outward form of the cartridge. It
is not yet fool-proof and never will
be, but under ordinary conditions dy-
Mantle will not explode unless 1t is
purposely set off. It Is less inf1am-
mable and less likely to explode from
contact with fame than the vapors
of gasoline or benzine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

1t would require approximately 81
OO,OO0,OOO men to do what is done in
the United States every day if we had
no machinery or electric or steam
power.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

my idea of Hades," writes q motor
list, lis continual detour through a
mire, with good road in full view
the other side of the fence"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26
Facts and Near Facts

Kentucky railroad plans to equip
one of Its trains with radio receiver
for the entertainment of its passen-
gers. 1t has been found that the speed
of the train does not interfere with
reception of the music.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

Rotten Row is the name given to
London's most fashionable driveway.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

Diplomats are the fellows who stir
up rows for the rest of us to fight out
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

The art of writing with short hand
in the United States is one-haf per
day.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

Over 1000 girls in the United States
have tramped across the country from
ocean to ocean.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

The people of the United States con-
sumo almost one.fourth OF the worlds
sugar supply.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

A million minutes equal nearly two
years.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26
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PERSONAL

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years, $1,000 to $4,000. The Moorlands
Box &c, Bellevue, Wash.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-01-26

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
An example of the proper use Of
dynamite in ditch digging is contained
in the story Of how dynamite dug a
quarter mile ditch in split second in
the state of Michigan.
The Washington times., 1923-04-19
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