ee
to the north of Berlin.
FEDERAL BUREAU
AIDS MOTORISTS
More Efficient Fuels and
Less Expensive Engines
Being Studied.
Motorists throughout the entire
world are daily beneficiaries of the
marvelous automotive laboratories of
Uncle Sam's great bureau of standards
at Washington, according to Charles
M. Hayes, president of the Chicago
Motor club, who has just received u
recent digest of the bureau's activities
in behalf of motordom through na
tional headquarters of the American
Automobile association.
“Take fuels, for example,
out Mr. Hayes. “Here Is a field of re
gearch of tremendous importance to
every user of an automobile. Through
years of experimentation, the bureau's
have built up a body of
knowledge which has proved of ines
timable value to the petrolenm in
dustry, and, consequently to the mo
torist. More efliclent fuels, and more
economical engines, are just single In-
stances of the great constructive work
constantly being pushed forward at
the burean.”
Examining Into the
bureau's accomj
last few
governn
"
scientists
of
during
Hayes
agency has
the
the
declares
details
shments
years, Mr.
ntal
“this made
of safer motoring.”
Most Exhaustive Tests.
“It has done this,” he pol
“by conducting tests which have proved
f
nts out,
best methods in braking, of brake ma
terials, and of general
0 fon."
These tests, he
construct
shows, have been of a
stive character. “Nothing.”
been all to
the way of their successful
nost exh
he declar
stand In
completion.
“In direction,
conceivable phase of mq
ing, the bureau
bring improven
in this work the bur
fullest co-operation of the a
industry its
tordom as represented in tl
Autor
are proud to be a part,
“For that
meant
who own or drive motor cars.”
es, “has ywed
every and in every
tor engineer
has interested |
about men
au hs
elf and of orga:
¢ American
of which
nobile association, we
reason, the bureau has
increasingly much to all those
“Owing to the Increase of the num
ber of automobiles in use, the hazard
from grade crossings is annually be
coming greater,” says C. B. Yan Du
sen, president of the Detroit Automo-
bile club.
“In 1926 there were 5.921 highway
grade-crossing accidents in which 3.-
492 persons were killed and 1.200 In.
jured by driving Into the sides of
trains at grade crossings,
“Only through the co-operation eof
the public and the railroads,” says Mr.
Van Dusen, “ean a reduction In such
accidents be brought about, in view of
the fact that the complete elimination
of highway grade crossings is almost
impossible.”
He urges all motorists to make sure
that the way Is clear before driving
onto a railroad track.
Ten Different K
Trouble in Weak Spark
A weak spark or defective coll is
the cause of at least ten different
kinds of trouble: (1) fouling of
spark plugs: (2) lazy engines; (1)
slow getaway: (4) loss of power; (5)
accumulation of earbon In cylinders
and valves: (0) slow combustion, re-
sulting in loss of mileage and over
heating of engine; (7) hard-starting
engines: (8) burning of valves and
warping of valve-stems; (0) engine
missing on hard pulls, and cutting
out at high speeds; (10) incomplete
combustion, the gns getting into the
erank case and diluting the oll, with
excessive wear and depreciation of
pistons, cylinder walls and bearings.
: Study Danger of Gas
i For the purpose of furnishing the
Apublie with authentle Information con-
cerning the subject of automobile ex-
haust gases and the danger or lack
of danger resulting from the pollution
of the atmosphere with such gases, a
Joint committee kas been formed to
encourage research and Investigation
toward the reduction of the amount
of carbon monoxide formed In auto
mobile operation and to attempt to
eliminate this entirely if possible,
Support Necessary for
Tongue of Trailer Car
Any motorist who occasionally
makes use of a trailer
has undoubtedly experienced difficulty
in handling it, owing to the necessity
of dropping the trailer tongue on the
ground, or finding some support for
it, which is not always available. Here
is a good solution for the difficulty.
Simply make a support from a length
of 2 by 4-lnch hardwood and a small
reinforcement block of the same stock.
two-wheeled
Spo NG
LATCH
Hardwood Support for the Trailer
Tongue Is a Help to the Motorist.
Hinge the support to the tongue with
a strap hinge placed on the side to-
ward the traller, shown, that,
when not in support can be
back and hekl In place by a
latch, There Is little no
of the support
the trailer is towed,
80
as
use, ihe
or
falling down
but even if
would be
g back and drag.
it should, no da
as It would
Popular Science Magazi
nge done,
awit
Has Been Made Gradually
Greater ease,” Is
in
steering
heard
an ex
pression often connection
rs.
the approach to this Improvement has
béen gradual suggests that there are
upon progress in this di
Oscar Toolican, a Washington
limitations
rection.
automobile dealer, deciares that if the
engineer's problem was merely to
make turning the front wheels effort
would be simple In the ex-
treme. “But” says Mr. Coolican, “the
problem 11 rather to make steering as
nearly effortless as possible without
making the front end of the car so
as to make the driver expend more
energy to keep it going straight ahead
than he now does in turning.
AUTOMOBILE ITEMS
Frequent inspection of spark plugs
means Infrequent engine knocks.
* » »
“wait for the Wagon,” will not be
a popular song with the speeders any
more.
® - »
Avold sudden stops, quick starts,
jerks and skidding. They are hard on
the springs and tires,
» =» »
Fdueation in safety and accident
prevention Is called an essential
course in all schools
» ». .
If it is true that a mule was bumped
off the road by an automobile, it would
appear to have been a head-on col-
lision.,
.
direction cannot be
dangerous. Make fre
of the steering
A car whose
controlled is
quent inspections
mechanism,
* ® ®
One homelike touch, says a re
turned motor camper, was that the
family could use the rumble seat for
a breakfast nook.
. * *
A lot of drivers seem to proceed on
the principal that the brakes on the
car can be looked after while the
driver Is in the hospital,
. * . .
“That farm of mine ought to he go-
ing up in value,” asserted a far-sighted
optimist the other evening. “It Is now
on a maln detour to town."
. » »
Taxes pald by the automotive In.
dustry in the United States are great
er than the total pald by both the
railroad and the electrie railways In:
dustry.
. * »
Many people In Engiand who walk
in qulet lanes and byways at night
wear small red glass disks over their
shoulders to warn auto drivers that
a pedestrisn 1s abead
Cattle Industry
Now Recovering
Stimulus to Increased Pro-
duction Seen in Increased
Feed Crops.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
A stimulus to increased production
of hogs, eattle and dalry animals Is
geen by the bureau of agricultural
economics, United States Department
of Agriculture, In the increased feed
crops this year,
Live stock producers, Including
dalrymen, eattlemen, hog and sheep
raisers, says the bureau in a report
on the agricultural situation, are in
relatively good shape, with the pre.
sumption that live stock prices and
the prospective feed situation may
stimulate increased production of ani-
mals.
Cattlemen already are beginning to
enlarge their herds, the bureau re
ports, but time Is required to
produce and ralse steers, and to get
heifer grown into milk cows.
Meantime there Is more or less wide
spread among
over the prices
particularly beef and veal.
Meat Price Situation.
The current meat price situation “is
inevitable,” says the bureau. “For six
vears, beginning in 1920, the eattle in.
dustry was flat on its back, with
western eattlemen going bankrupt on
all sides and thelr stock almost with-
some
enlves
complaint consumers
incrensed of meat,
out market value. It is doubtful if
this country ever witnessed a more
of distress in Its agricul
industries than this depression
in cattle,
| “Slowly and painfully the eattle In
| dustry liquidated its surplus, reduced
its breeding herds, and is recovering
| from its financial wounds. The con.
| suming community was told again and
that the outcome would surely
| be a period of enttle scarcity and high
Now we are up against that
Case
i RAIN
prices.
Abundant Feed Crops.
the
isd
bureau
ussing crop situation, the
“The feed erops are abundant, graln
lecidedly so than last
heing dex more
Moreover, spite of its late
in
» such
| planting It raph
tl the su
i matured before
1 progress
+ fairly well
first frosts. The
which had almost a
has
the
Iring
the
belt,
the cr
| eastern corn
of
¢ comm this
failure op last
time,
season,
rei!
Ing
whereas
southern states are estimated to have
than last
bout 14 per cent less corn
heavier erop
ptember 1
UN EN) XX)
this season than
indicating
bushels more. T! sbundance
kiimate
of feed
coupl of
to
live
coming
ed ith y
average size,
crop
tend
gthen the of
position the
ydustries during
}
during the
Some recession in purchasing power
| of farm products In terms of other
commodities is reported by the bureau,
August being placed at
as compared with 03 in June and
July, the five-year period, 1900-14, be
ng used as a base of 100,
the index for
£0
side tu the clem
In avoid
disease, farmers are putting hogs out
n pastare and are thereby In
ases giving their pigs a better bal
anced and a better growing ration
than they have had before, Forage
crops of various kinds are being sub
JSituted for the sort blue grass
pasture that dries up and is of wo
particular benefit to the pigs in late
KUMMET,:
an er
sround proposition. rider tn
“Olu
of
Around the Farm
$0000 000PPIPH000000006004
A ¢ow must have three quarts of
water for every quart of milk she pro
duces,
* * *
The good live stock farmer shelters
properly his family and his animals.
loth should be comfortable at all
times,
* * *
More beef breeding herds on com
belt farms, will result In a more profit.
ahle and permanent type of agricul
ture than is now found.
* - od
A thorough cleaning of the house
and its interior fixtures is essential
Some good coal tar dip can be used
effectively in this connection.
* » »
No matter whether hog cholera Is
known to exist or not, the farmer who
raises hogs must always presume that
there Is a possibility of an outbreak.
. . »
The construction of expensive, elab-
orate poultry houses is not encour
aged, but on the other hand, no farmer
ghoul construct a poultry house that
is not durable and comfortable.
. » Ad
Light and ventilation are two es
sentials for contented hens and high
egg production, There shomd be
plenty of window space in the front
of the house, so that the sunlight will
strike all corners of the floor,
- - -
Prior to lambing the ewe should be
placed In a small pen and left there
until the lamb is quite strong. On the
other hand, if they are allowed to
lamb with the flock it Is almost im
possible to give them the necessary
attention and serious losses will often
| vesult,
Book Farming Gives
Most Satisfaction
Tells Story of Year's Work
in Dollars and Cents.
We used to have a good deal of fun
the expense of the farmer.
Some book furmers have the laugh on
the rest of The boys
who at the end of the year can turn
to their farm account books and show
the figures, black and white, which
tell the financial story of the year’s
work, accomplishments, profits and
losses, are the ones who really know
“where they are at.” The keeping of
adequate farm accounts requires but
a few hours’ work during the year.
It is not half such a chore as it might
seen. No plece of work during the
year will give you so much return in
satisfaction, in real information about
your own business, in checks and bal
ances what you are with
your time and energy, as a simple but
complete story in figures, In
and cents, in hours of work and yields
of acres found in your farm account
book, says the
January Is
nt book
however,
US,
om doing
Hlinols Farmer.
the best time to open
such a book, if you pot already
keep one, Farmers who
in the majority. Now you have time
to take a simple inventory of what
you have and what you ewe, and to
make the start toward farm bookkeep-
ing. You don't need to operate a set
of double entry books to have an ade
quate farm accounting system but you
do need a better Information file than
your memory.
agriculture will nll sorts of
helpful suggestions for the asking, and
most anyone can follow the simple
rules Iaild down in any good farm ac
count book. Once sou will
find a lot interest In keeping
the entries and balancing yonr busi
ness at the end of the year. No other
business but farming would even try
to get along without an aecounting
system, and, in fact, the farming
ness has not
out it.
do
do
Our state
college
give youn
started,
of up
busl-
done so very well with
Prune Gooseberry Bush
for Health and Yield
Too little pruning done du
dormant season last fall respon.
sible for the poor yields from healthy
gooseberry bushes,
complaint
ring the
was
1
about which eon
t
he
siderable
past season,
Colby of the University
Growers therefore should not
tate to prune heavil
fruit plantations thi
if
was ma this
Dr. A.B
of Illinois.
hes.
small
according to
in their
removing
and
strong
of
oldest
ithe
gooscherries
canes
and
as all of
hrambies he nterals
of
BOING
as well anes
the 1180
about one } nlf on
he
should be cut back
raspberry and blackberry bushes,
added,
“This iz the
the bush fruits and
winter, Pruning
dormant season
wended, partly
available when
The
because
best tin to prepare
the
the
brambles for
sma
is
because
other
earlier it
insects,
generally
of
work
pressing is
better, such
erickets and cane borers, and diseases,
recom
the time
80
the
{ree
is not
done
0s
like anthracnose, crown gall and cane
blight,
torily
controlled more satisfac.
removal
are
by early
of infested
Fall Fertilizing Best
Practice for Hay Land
Why not apply a top of
phosphate or potash mixtures to hay
lands this fall?
Many farmers are finding it
tice that pays.
New seedlings respond well to fall
dressing
a prac
in a general soil building program it
is usually considered best to
them in the spring at seeding, accord-
ing to C. J. Jhapman, of the soils de
Agriculture,
application, which may be made any
time between harvest and frost, has
two distinct advantages.
comes more thoroughly incorporated
with the surface soil in advance of the
growing season.
Animals Susceptible
All
tion
with the
are susceptible
farm animals,
of poultry, to
empt
is danger. For reasons unknown, an
than another.
animals dying with the disease.
earcasses should be destroyed by
burning or should be buried deeply
without cutting into them, Sudden
deaths among live stock in anthrax
districts always should prompt the
suspicion that this disease was the
cause. Vaccination usually is a suc
cessful means of prevention.
Increased Production
The recent wheat harvest has well
illustrated the fact that lower costs of
production are secured where higher
ylelds are obtained. Investigational’
data collected in many states over a
number of years show conclusively
that the most important factor affect
ing the cost per bushel is the yleld
per ucre, and within reasonable limits,
the higher the yield per acre the lower
the cost per bushel, As a consequence,
those practices are of outstanding sig
nificance.
¢” NERVOUS HEADACHE _
Next time you have a nervous head-
ache try this— “kh
Two teaspoonfuls of Dr. Miles’ Nervine,
If you can get a few minutes sleep,
the headache is pretty sure to be gone
when you wake up.
NERY
If you are subject to nervous headaches, take
Dr. Miles’ Nervine as directed,
Dr. Miles’ Nervine is recommended for
Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Neuralgia,
Nervous Dyspepsia, Nervous Headache, Neurasthenia
i WeTl send a gen mple for be in stampa.
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i
Economic Danger in the Rapid Spread of Use of
Labor-Saving Machinery
By JAMES J. DAVIS, Secretary of Labor.
E ARE coming to realize that it is a serious matter to have
any men out of employment. To prosper we must work and
produce. If our present prosperity is to be maintained every
able-bodied producer in the country must be kept employed
for the maximum period of the year and at the maximum wage. When
we have any considerable number of people out of work and earning no
wages, business suffers by the absence of just that number of buyers.
One element of economic danger to our workers, and so to our pros-
perity, arises from the rapid spread of labor-saving machinery, what we
call the mechanization of industry. In all our great industries machines
ere being introduced at a rate which justifies calling it a new industrial
revolution.
It is only the period of adjustment that needs to be watched, the
time during which a man displaced by a new machine must wait and per-
haps suffer until he can find 8 new occupation. Manufacturers will
soon see the mistake in too rapidly putting in machines and throwing
cut workers,
The long day and the long week should be as obsclete in America as
serfdom and chattel slavery. Wipe out the long week and you enable
consumption to eztch up with production and so keep men in their jobs.
The man kept at work all the time has no time left in which to see
and buy things, consume more and
want more. He will develop new desires, and so create new demands,
new markets for
Give him more leisure and he will
new products,
Existence of Life in Immaterial Things Conceded
: by Scientific Thinker
By SIR OLIVER LODGE, British Scientist.
Science, with all its great work, has
not eliminated the accumulated
witness of the ages. The immensity of possible
discovery contrasts with
our feebleness in putting it into words. For that reason never throw
away hastily any old faith or traditions because of some dogma of science,
do not run foul
of them.
The problems do not get easier as the world
traordinary
of conventions merely because you do not see the good
he ex-
What an
Our growth of knowledge of
grows older.
St: As. / . :
multiplicity of plants and animals is astounding.
imagi
jon the Creator must have had!
the planetary system shows that everything is governed by one system of
law,
Order permeates all space, which leads us to postulate the existence
of some great being who controls all. Even space is full of the anima-
tion of life and matter.
are mistaken in believing that life can exist only It
for material bodies.
can exist, perhaps better, with immaterial things. Our senses tell us only
has loomed #0 large in our
s well as on the planets.
about matter and that is why matter only
minds. Life can exist in the interspaces a
Passion for the Welfare of Others a Rich Expe-
. rience of Human Life
By REV. DR. HAROLD LEONARD BOWMAN, Portland, Ore.
It is the most glorious news that man can learn that he is a el.ild
of God, an inevitable possessor of a share in the divine life, a child of
God. The term “Our Father” means more than that. It signifies that at
the heart of all things is love and good will.
True religion cannot be merely an individual affair. It must in-
| clude both our attitudes and our actions toward other people. If we ac-
| cept as valid Jesus’ picture of God as father, if we rise to His concept of
the interrelation of the human and the divine, if we believe that God is
| Jove and that He seeks the highest good of all men—then there are
| startling conclusions to which we are forced. We, Hig children, must
come increasingly to share that love and be governed by its spirit. As
children of a father, sharers of His nature, we must share His interest in
His other children.
If we let divine love operate in and through our lives we shall find
more and more a passion for human welfare, an eagerness for the high-
est, fullest experience of all human lives.
“Lame Ducks” Not to Be Considered Unregen-
erate Outcasts of Society
By DEAN ROBBINS (Episcopal), Washington.
There is not only use for the “lame duck,” there is also hope. Sci
ence is continually making headway in its long warfare upon disease.
Malady after malady that once resisted stubbornly now yields to treat
ment. The victim of tuberculosis, who was once shut up in a stuffy room
to die, is now bundled off to Saranac lake or Arizona to get well. The
victims of drug habits and of alcoholism, who were once considered hcpe
less, are now being reclaimed to society by the application of principles
of psychology.
Pity is another answer to elimination. As men grow saner, strong-
er, more self-restrained, more civilized, they grow more pitiful. The
truly civilized man assumes voluntarily the care of the incapable. Some
divine instinct has taught him that his fate is bound up with theirs. This
law of pity has embraced all weakness, all dependence, even all de-
linquency,