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Y
THE ALTO HERA!,!). ALU), TEXAS.
Machines That Are
Aimost Human
ByE C.TAY
M
The Etectrica) Doctor
AOniNES suffer aliments and
breaks, just as human beings
do. and the "Htness" or breakdowns
on the part of machines has cost in-
dustry a tremendous sum each year.
So sctence has produced the "etec-
trica) doctor." This device diagnoses
the aiiment of a machine accurately
and tnstantiy. and directs its cure.
The "eiectrtcai doctor" doesn't corn-
Vote, juggie Bgures, or answer ques-
tions, but its marveious performance
!aa!most akin to the thinking and
.kill of the human brain, and it does
Ms task without the possibility of er-
rors of the human brain.
An "eiectricai doctor" is stationed
at neariy every eiectricai transformer
in the country. Scores of other ma-
chines are to be guarded by these
"eiectricai doctors" and simitar de-
vices, and science has scored another
triumph of saving time and money.
The "eiectrtcai doctor's" name is
eoronaphone. It is a device so sensi-
tive that a stlght variation in sound
Witt put it to work.
High voitage transformers make a
mmlng sound aii the time; that is.
ten nothing is the matter with
em. When anything goes wrong, the
und changes. It was upon tills
ange in sound that scientists based
eworkingof the eoronaphone.
t. Only certain things can happen to
it high voitage transformer, and each
of these things has its own distinctive
-pound.
t The eoronaphone pays no attention
to the peacefui, industrious humming
of the transformer when ail is going
but just as soon as the trans-
irmer becomes iii, or has anything
JBKe matter with it. it iets out a
Muawk, and the "eiectricai doctor"
gets on the job.
g, The eoronaphone tnstantiy notifies
headquarters. It teiis not oniy wiint
is the matter with the transformer
idwherethetrouhleis, hutltdiaK-
^M—the ailment and makes a com-
ptete and accurate report, alt in the
.X^The principte of the eoronaphone
!a that of starting action by sound.
The squawk of the ailing transform-
Is recorded on the eoronaphone,
an<j starts it operating. The distinc-
tive sound of the ailing part of the
transformer notifies the "etectrieal
doctor" just wherethetrouhlett. and
aiso whnt the troubie is. An automatic
Hash to headquarters promptly brings
the repairmen, and the threatened
breakdown in etectric service ts
averted.
Rlectric service companies former-
!y had to empioy hundreds of men to
hunt down troubie when transformers
and power iines got out of order. Be-
sides the waste in energy, there often
were iong delays in finding the seat
of troubie and making repairs so that
service couid be resumed.
The "eiectricai doctor" is the out-
growth of necessity. When eiectric
service companies in the large cities
reaiized the necessity of suppiying
eiectric current to outiying suburbs
and territory many mlies away from
the centra) power plants, they put
their probiem before scientists. Large
forces of men couid not be employed
to care for these extensions, and the
service wouid not warrant the build-
ing of compiete power piants in every,
suburb.
So the "eiectricai doctor" or eor-
onaphone was devised. As a result,
in aii cities and denseiy populated
sections of the country, there are now
compiete eiectric substations where
the eiectric current is strengthened
and distributed without the aid of a
singie human hand. Automatic ma-
chinery is constancy at work, guarded
over by the "eiectricat doctor."
(60. 1331. Western Newspaper Unton.)
Chinese Fortunes Vanish
Recent news of the once powerfui
Marshais Wn I'eifu and Chang Tsung-
chang shows how quickiy the power
of Chinese ieaders can vanish. Wn
I'ei fu, who in 1926 was rated as one
of the greatest miiitarists in China,
who controiied an area with a popula-
tion of 60,000,000 peopie, and heid the
rich city of Hankow, is now petition-
ing General Tsung-ho, one of the
minor commanders in Szechuan prov-
ince, for a monthiy aiiowance of
$2,000 Mex—iess than $600 In Ameri-
can money. The one-time great mar
shai admits that if this grant is not
made to him he wit) have to dismiss
his bodyguard of forty men. Four
years ago he commanded an army of
800,000. Chang Tsung-chang, who un-
tii the eariy summer of 1028 ruied
Shantung and its 30.000.000 peopie
and commanded an army of 2.10,000
men, white he regaied himself on a
speclat train, ts now iiving as an exiie
tn Beppu, Japan.
Moroccan Tabte Manners
The youthfui snttnn of Morocco, who
has been paying a state visit to Paris,
has had European instructors, and is
therefore, better versed in western
tahie manners than some of his prcd
eeessors. Abdut Aziz, who was de-
posed tn favor of the iast suitan, used
to make his ofticiat banquets rather
trying for European guests by a hahit
of biting an orange or a peach, and
then passing it on to one or other of
them as a special mark of his favor.
In iatertife he consented to team
from a French ofticer the art of han-
dling a knife and fork, and was so
pleased with these now toys that he
insisted on trying to eat his cofTee tee
with them.
n I
Latest Methods in
Beef Production
Changing Conditions Call
for Better Handling
of Grazing Herd.
(Prepared hy the United Htntea Department
of Agrtt-utturo.)—WNU 8ervtcc.
With the m'adua! reduction in rang-*
areas avaHahie for grazing cattle, and
the increase in the nation's population,
new methods of beef production have
developed. A farm or ranch property
equipped for raising hcef cattie now
has some acreage for raising grains
and roughages as weii as pasture iand
The United States Department of Agrt-.
cuiture has studied carefuiiy the int.
portant factors of raising heef under
modern conditions and has issued the
resuits in a revision of Fanners' Hn!
ietin 15P2-F. This puhiication. "Meet
Production on the Farm," reports that
owners of farms whore heef cattie pro-
vide the major part of ti!efar!u in
couM* obtain hestresuits when the
breeding herd is iarge enough to pro-
duceat least ucarioad of cattie each
year.
Herd Bu!!s important.
As nn aid in marketing fattened ani-
nmistiteimiletin suggests that the
offspring be as uniform as possibie and
show a predominance of some particu-
iar beef breed. Much depends, there-
fore, on the seiection of heaithy, reg
isteredt!erdbu!)s,disp!aying quality
nndnttitosameti!nereprcsenH!!gthe
approved tyt)c for the h,.p(,(]. pub-
lication !ays specia! emphasis on feed-
ing and management of the herd and
iists several rations which include
houie-grownfeeds.
tnctosures for Catves.
In feeding calves for maximum gains
the authors recommend the use of
creeps or inclosures which allow only
the calves to have access to grain
while running with their dams. Re-
cent experiments have shown this
method of raising calves to he desir-
able where tinishing at an early age
is essential. Copies of Farmers' Hul-
ietin 1K92-F may be obtained from the
OfHce of Information, United States
Department of Agriculture, Washing-
ton.
Farm Vegetable Patch
Coming Into Its Own
One effect of the drought which
seems almost Incongruous is that it
forced many farmers to plan and work
upgardensonascale which their real
importance warrants.
Heretofore, with the farmer hecom
ing more and more of a specialist, his
vegetable or "kitchen gar<ien"haa
been more and more neglected and lit-
tle or no time has been devoted to
the production of the family's own
vegetable supply. As a usual thing,
whnt attention has been given to the
vegetabie patch was given in a spare
moment or two when there was noth-
ing else to do.
The lack of cash crops, due to the
drought, brought many farmers to a
realization of the Importance of Oiling
the greater part of their food sup-
plies from their own lands. TheDe
partment of Agriculture, sensing the
trend of the farmer's thoughts, is iay-
ing considerable stress this year on
the kitchen garden and is aiding the
fartners with all Me Information
available. That part of the urban
population which has felt the pinch
of unemployment ami Is turning to
gardening on a much larger than
usuulscaie will also find that valu-
able aid may be had from the depart-
ment.
Soot Urged as Means
of Destroying Slugs
A direct and speedy method of exter-
minating slugs Is supplied by the use
ofsoot, which, if it comes in actual
contact with them, is Immediately fa
tat. The operation tuny entail time
and troubie, but on badlv Infested iand
it ts well worth white. The soot should
hebroadcastaslateln the evening as
possible, preferabiy on a moist, warm
evening or after a shower. Frequent
surface cuitivation helps tokeep sings
tn check, as It does other soil vermin,
because tt destroys them in embryo
form. Certain birds are also very use-
fut In keeping down the slug plague.
I.lme air slaked. rsod in the same
way as the soot ts also an excellent
remedy.
Method of Destroying
Grubworms in Alfalfa
Frequent rotation will aid in con
trolling white grubwortup. The alfalfa
sod In any case should he plowed
deeply, thoroughiy harrowed and then
put In some such crop as potatoes,
oats, or some crop not seriously in-
jured by the such us soybeans, cow-
peas, and the like.
Hogs wiU gorge themselves on grubs
In badly Infested land, and if confined
so that they will root It over thorough-
ly, ttte.v will effectually rid a Held of
the grubs. Flocks of chickens and
turkeys foliowlng the plow wtlt catch
a considerable "umber"? the grubs.
Profit in Vetch
County ngents of southwest Arkan-
sas reported Held meetings held
around vetch demonstrations. These
demonstrations averaged K.1.71 pounds
of green materlnl nn u 100 square-foot
plot, which is equal to 1,100 pounds
of quickly avaliabie nitrogenous ferti-
lizer. The nverage cost of growing the
vetch Inciudlng seed, fertilizer, inoeit-
latlon, and labor was about 10 per
acre, while the nntount of fertilizer re-
placed would coat in most localities
about $23.
WtLD DUCK "CROP"
HURT BY DROUGHT
Writer Urges Protection for
Survivors.
Drought this year lias decimated
the wild duck population of Mm
North American continent. This
statement Is neither guesswork nor
exaggeration. Anybody who has been
much around northern Minnesota
knows that the housekeeping ar-
rangements of water fowl have been
sadiy disarranged by the drying up
of sloughs and marshes.
So mnch for the tocai ducks. Hut
how alioutttight ducks? In their
case the situation Is even worse, on
the word of the bioiogicai survey of
the Department of Agrculture, which
has just finished an extensive inspec-
tion in both the United States and
Canada. Says the survey:
"A marked shortage of breeding
ducks and young was noted in the
great delta region of the Peace and
Athabaska rivers (in northern Can-
ada). tn tours of sevcrai thousand
miles the investigators saw only a
few dozen small broods of young
ducks In nn area that In normal years
has produced mnnv millions of mal-
lards, pintalts, rediieads, canvas-
backs.bluebllls and teals."
More atarming stiii is the further
statement that "a far-reaching in-
quiry sent out by theCanadian gov-
ernment has failed so far to show
t hat the ducks have found ottier more
remote breeding piaces."
Ducks are a crop, an annuat crop,
a crop that can be killed by drought,
the same as any other. And this
year the drought has killed the duck
crop in the principal areas of duck
prodnction.
When the apple crop fails we don't
eat apples. So why expect to eat
ducks when the duck crop faiis?
True, there wiil be ducks coming
through tills fait—emaciated survi-
vors of the drought, broodless hens
and drakes.
Hut when the breeding stock of
any species of wild life is depleted
heyotnl
cies is
ttneth
the In
of tin
cliick<
of tin
The
tain minimum, that spe-
"<d, as witness tlieex-
ilie passenger pigeon ant)
n, and the disappearance
' nrl;ey, partridge, prairie
! quail over nine-tenths
iniual range.
!i"n is this: Do we want
tosh<<t;i[nieatducksthisyearfor
thetaunuinourtlves, Ordowe
want good (]ucit shooting in
otiier t I wetter years, at the ex-
pense < f giving up our*shoottng this
fail? I t' liiologicat survey, which
airea l, has curtailed the 1931 sea-
son]),vtiynwe^g
necc-^ "'siiiifnt'thcrctirtailmcnt.
Why m.t gn the whole distance?
Why not ;i intnplete moratorium for
the wihl ,[inks until 1932? Surely
we can survive one ducktess year, If
thetthfrmittveisiikelytobeuneter-
ntty ff !.]< tdi'ss years.—Minneapolis
Journl.
!nHuence of Forests
Proved by Experiment
Fort- i^jnHuence tiie amount of
moisinti. Intitonlraswellascnn'
serve tlm water in tiie ground. Hu
midii words taken by the Pacific
Nortlan^t forest experiment station
inal'imgiastirffircsttieforeand
after Hi. n^es were cut indicated a
rem:tr!,iiii(<(]}[Y,,].pm.pinntmospi)erlc
huniidiiy.afcordint. to the forest
servlni'nHfdStntesDepnrtmontof
Agrhnlini'0.
If '"rested area the reiative
intnii y]'t-]])n.]ow33pcrcent!n
only io ihird as many hours as tn
ano]!i'Hiii'cnnenri)y. Aftertiiefor-
estedtriii iwiis cut over, the atmos-
phere iil five it appeared to become
aimost is my as that over the open
spuce. The tests showed that the re-
moval nftlie trees Increased the
number ef hours during wiiichtiie
humidity was ii^iow 33 per cent hy
two ami nnc-half times.
Extravagant Hope
"Younmst admit that your potitt-
cal antagonist uses good Engiisit."
"He ought to," replied Senator
Sorgii ni]. "His ideas are so slight
that he tlwsn't have to think about
anythimhutthegramniar."
A DECEPTION
That The Public
!s Openly Warned Against
When You Go to Buy GENU!NE BAYER ASP!R!N
for Pain . . . Watch Out That This Deception is
Not Attempted Against You
TmS warning is printed to put the pubiic on guard against
a deception which may be practised against those who seek
genuine Bayer Aspirin for pain, headaches or coids.
We take this means of warning you. so you may be able to
protect yourseif and famity against rcsuits of such deception.
Other preparations, we are informed, have been offered at times
to those who ask for Bayer Aspirin; and even represented in
some cases as being "the same as Bayer Aspirin."
Watch Out! Remember that years ago doctors warned the
pubtic against "headache remedies," some of which are heart
depressants and unsafe for many peopie to take.
Then remember how Genuine Bayer Aspirin came. And was
acotaimed the worid over by leading men of science as SAFE
reiief for pain, and was prescribed without hesitation by eminent
physicians, /''or pcnut'ne Raycr yls/u'rtn (foes no/ /tarm Me Aearf.
What foiiy, then, in the tight of these things, to dose yoursetf
with drugs of which you know nothing. Don't gambie—KNOW.
The genuine Bayer Aspirin tabicts are made by a specia)
process, under carefui supervision of scientists, in the Bayer
Laboratories, with over 25 years of highiy speciaiized experience.
So when you want SAFE reiief for pain, coid or headache,
ask for BAYER ASPIRIN. You have a pcrfect right to ask for
what you want. And an equai right
to get what you ask for.
Look for the name BAYER on the
package. And the word Henuinein
red. Insist on Genuine Bayer Aspirin '
and refuse to accept a substitute.
DOES NOT HARM THE HEART
Fair Question
I'm not the same man as I was
ten years ago!'
Who were you ten years ago?'
Judge—Whnt did tlteoflicer
when you called him a tobster?
Prisoner—He pinched me.
do
DON'T be
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behind the price tag.
Don t be misled by the claims of mail order houses
whose special brand tires are made by some unknown manu-
facturer as part of a miscellaneous assortment of production
and sold to you without the manufacturer s name or guar-
antee. Buy on facts.
Drive in to the Firestone Service Dealer in your com-
munity and see cross-sections cut from Firestone Tires and
special brand mail order tires. Make your own comparisons.
See for yourself the Extra Values Firestone build into their
tires and give you at no extra cost.
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