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...great deal more dangerous than water pistols. They use a carbon-dioxide propellant cartridge to fire a paint-filled gelatin ball about the size of a child's marble-.68 cal., someone estimated. The Nelson Paint Co. of Iron Mountain, Mich., developed the pistol to give stockmen and foresters a tool for marking cattle or trees from a distance. Shoot a steer on the flank with a Nel-Spot, and you color-coat him with a splotch of red or blue or yellow the size of a fried egg. easily recognizable at shipping time...
...been planted with wheat; fodder for cattle is so scarce that farmers are slaughtering livestock they can no longer feed. In Victoria, the air echoes with the sound of gunshots as ranchers, who have already shot about 27,000 head of cattle, rid themselves of stock. In South Australia, stockmen are demanding compensation for an estimated 100,000 head of cattle and 2 million sheep they say must be killed to prevent overgrazing of the barren land...
...workers-m?? ??local 877 of the International ?? Operating Engineers-originally ?? ?own the two-year contract because ?? ?vided for a wage increase of ?? an hour, compared with 92 ca?? mechanics and stockmen, who are ?? skilled workers...
...contracts-negotiated for Harvard's electricians, painters, plumbers, mechanics, steamfitters, stockmen, and laborers-replace contracts which expired...
...contracts were negotiated for Harvard's electricians, painters, plumbers, mechanics, steamfitters, stockmen, and laborers by the Boston and Vicinity Crafts Maintenance Council. They replace contracts which expired December...