Expert Advice for the Automobile Owner
A compact Q and A on cone clutches and gearwork covering inverted and ordinary cone types how their springs engage the flywheel and pedal action. It also includes practical tips on compression pressures for speed how to increase compression safely the relative merits of wood vs wire wheels demountable rims and braking effects. Additional topics include ether use battery freezing differential knock carburetor changes gasoline feed systems and generator operation with the battery removed.
Spraying Orchards Becomes Investment for Larger Crops
A cautious farmer notes that spraying is no longer an expense but an investment. Systematic use of proper materials promises bigger yields and better fruit quality than neglecting spray programs.
Sherwin Williams Lime-Sulfur Solution Fungicide Insecticide
A fall spray 10 days after leaf drop and a spring spray just before bud break control San Jose Scale and other sucking insects. Effective against Peach Leaf Curl and scale, proper timing boosts the proportion of perfect fruit in crops.
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San Jose
Curious Bits of History Battle of New Orleans
Seldom has there been a more one sided battle than that of New Orleans fought January 8 1815. British 12000 versus General Jackson 6000, yet the American troops held strong entrenched positions for three weeks until peace was declared. Kentucky soldiers sang of the victory in years to come. John Bull faced old Kentucky in a cypress swamp where Kentuckians pops them.
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New Orleans
Jackson
Europe
Kentucky
John Bull
Old
Beauty Quote From Bowles 1911
An archival line notes a 1911 copyright by Joseph B Bowles with a quotation on beauty. The fragment suggests a literary note or attribution rather than a full article. It references Addison in a reflective aphorism about how beauty becomes familiar to the lover and then fades from sight.
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Joseph B. Bowles
Addison
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Tam Lord
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Hark
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Goodyear
Weaer
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