The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1921 Page: 3 of 8
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THE COUNTY DEMOCRAT. TECUMSEH. OKLA,
FABRIC INJURY
TO INNER TUBE
After Blowout Occurs Tires
Should Not Be Bun Farther
Than Is Necessary.
EMERGENCY REPAIRS VITAL
Breaks Often Caused Weeks Previous
When Automobile Ran Over Some
Object in Road While Run-
Ing at High Speed.
Hnve your ever hnd a blowout when
your car was standing still, after com-
ing from a drive ou u smooth, level
rood!
Or have you lind the experience of
going out to your garage and finding
u perfectly flat tire? It was all right
when you drove In the evening before.
Something hnd happened to It over
night.
You removed the tire nnd tube, found
the tube worn nnd a clean break on
the inside fabric of the tire.
What caused the fabric'to break?
It is very probuble that It was
started a week or even u month prevl-
ous, when you ran over a brick, a rut
or a hole In the street while running
at high speed.
Small Break at First.
Then again it may have been caused
when, In turning nround In the street,
you allowed the front or rear wheels
of the car to bang Into the curbstone.
Of course, this Is more likely to hap-
pen if the brakes are not in good work-
ing order.
At first the break may he small, but
the broken threads of the fabric at
the Injury chafe each other while the
tire Is In use, setting up an Internal
friction that quickly causes the break
to enlarge. '
The other plies soon break down,
the tube Is pinched and a blowout re-
sults. Generally tills occurs sometime
nfter the original break and when cir-
cumstances point to no apparent cause.
It is unfortunate that the bruise or
fabric break is seldom manifested by
any Indication on the outside of the
tire, for the tough' tread rubber
Rtreches when (he tire strikes the stone
Or curb, but fabric can only stretch a
certain limit, and when taxed beyond
thnt point will break. Often only the
innermost ply Is Injured.
The best way to avoid stone bruises
Is to avoid hitting the stones, the
bumps nnd the ruts in the roads as
much os possible.
For Emergency Repairs.
After a blowout comes, do not run
the tire a foot farther than is neces-
sary, but Immediately put into a tem-
porary repair or change tires, nnd as
soon as possible take the Injured tire
to the vulcnnizer for a permanent re-
pnjr.
For an emergency repair on the
road use a rim-cut patch. It should be
applied without cement so that it cun
he removed later on under less stress-
ful conditions, and a permanent vul-
canized repair made.
If the tire Is too old to be worth
vulcanizing, a permanent repair can
he made (hat will allow the tire to be
used many more miles by using the
rim-cut patch, and cementing It in with
patching cement.
"How to Do the Job."
To do this follow these directions:
First be sure that the fabric at the
break Is dry, then clean the Inside of
the tire thoroughly at the break with
gasoline for a space slightly larger
than the patch. After It Is dry apply
two coats of patching cement, allow-
ing time for each coat to dry nnd be-
come tacky. Give the outside of the
pntch the same number, of coats, and
nfter this cement Is dried insert the
patch by seating the toe of the tire
bend in the crease In the patch wing.
Now work the pntch down all the way
across the tire, pressing It down firmly
and smoothly, and then adjust the oth-
er bend.
TIRE BOOTS AFFORD
NEEDED PROTECTION
Patches Prevent Innfer Tube
From Blowing Out.
Several Klnde of Devleee In U»e—
Type Moat Generally Used la In-
aerted Inside of Casing—Towel
Comes in Handy.
A blow out patch, or hoot. Is one
which is placed either inside or on the
outside of a casing to prevent the In-
ner tube from blowing out. If the tire
carcass has a weak spot It should of
course he vulcanized If the tire It*
worth It. Hut if the tire Is so badly
worn or damaged as not to he worth
vulcanizing, u blow-out pntch may he
used to strengthen the weak point.
There are several kinds In general
use.
The “hook on" kind, ns the name
Implies. Is a type that hooks on over
the tire around the rim of the wheel
and securely reinforces the fractured
place In the casing. Those putches,
however, make a rather rotlgh-rldlng
proposition. Every time the wheel
goes nround and the pntch comes In
contact with the ground, a distinct
Jolt Is felt by tlie occupants of the cur.
A similar boot Is also made In the
"la 'e on” style—that Is, It can he
laced on over the had place in the cas-
ing by a lace which pusses through
metal eyes In the same manner that a
shoe is lnoed.
Blow-out patches Inserted Inside the
casing prevent the tube from coming
in contact with the broken fabric of
the casing, and nlso from protruding
through the opening. Some of these
are made with llnps which are se-
cured under the rim of the wheel ns
the tire is npplled. Tills Is the type
most generally used. Anothe.r kind of
inner patch is one which Is lnoed on
or fastened nround the tube and pre-
vents any bulge or contact with the
fractured casing. The type of boot
that Is applied on the Inslne of the
tire does not prevent the entrance of
water and sand, and this soon injures
the tire further. Strong sections of
old casings' muke serviceable blow-out
patches when the bend Is removed and
the edges are thinned down.
In times of emergency u towel can
be pressed Into service as a blow-out
patch.—Farm and Fireside.
AOT©M®GBQ[LE
MEWS #jgMgy
In Tokyo, Japan, there Is a registra-
tion of 3,212 automobiles.
* • *
Importation of nutomobiles for sales
In Italy is entirely forbidden.
* • •
Ohio, with a total of 618,000 motor
vehicles, has 103 times as many cars
as Japan.
• • •
For the fiscal year ended July 1,
1920, $144,49-1,488.79 was collected ns
taxes from the sale of motor vehicles
by the Internal revenue bureau.
• • •
Automobile tourists In Italy are not
permitted to remain In that country
more than six months, and, at the
end of tlie first three, a tax must be
paid.
• • •
Because the Antl-Horse-Thlef asso-
ciation in. Missouri now and then
catches n horse thief and strings him
up, a bill was recently Introduced in
the state legislature to make the steal-
ing of a motor vehicle a capital of-
fense.
PREPARE BROOD
COOP FOB HENS
Illustration Shows Type Approved
by Department of Agricul-
ture Poultry Experts.
IT IS EASY TO KEEP CLEAN
Rata and Other Enemies Are Pre-
vented From Destroying Young
Chicks—It Is Easily Stored
ae It Is Collapsible.
(Prepared by the United State* Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
All kinds of mukeshtft brood coops
are used by poultry keepers, but he
who takes as much pride In the ap-
peurance of his chicken yards as he
does in the appearance of the rest
of the farmstead likes nent brood
coop*. The coop shown in the Illus-
tration Is one of the types which has
the npproval of the United Stutes De-
partment of Agriculture poultry olllce.
It is easy to keep cleun and Is con-
venient for Inspection, as the sides
are hinged to the bottom nnd are kept
in place by the ridge piece, which Is
separate from the rest of the build-
ing. It also has the advantage of be-
ing easily stored when not wanted us
It is collapsible. To anyone at all
handy with tools. It should present no
difficulties. The base of the triangle
which forms the bottom of the coop is
two feet wide and two feet deep. It
can be made euslljb from dry-goods
boxes or other nvallnhle mnterinl.
Screen Front of Coop.
If It Is desired to make It stationary
It may he made so very easily by sim-
ply nailing fast the top, back, and
sluts in front nnd placing it on a re-
movable bottom. A wire-screen door
(one-inch mesh or smaller) of some
sort should be provided a t ’ace over
the front at night. This will prevent
rats and other enemies from entering
tne coop and killing the chickens, and
“A" Shaped Brood Coop for Hen and
Chicks.
will also keep the little chicks con-
fined early In the morning, when the
grass is wet. Put n hook or clasp on
the door to hold it firmly in place.
The mother hen should be confined
to the brood coop until the chicks are
weaned. This gives the little chicks
a better start In life and prevents loss
from storms and hawks.
Clean Brood Coop Weekly.
Clean the brood coop at least once
a week, and keep It free from mites.
If mites are found in the coop, It
should be thoroughly cleaned and
sprayed with kerosene oil or crude
petroleum. Spread from one to two
Inches of sand or dry dirt or a thin
layer of straw or fine hoy on the floor
of the coop for a covering and move
brood coops weekly to fresh ground,
preferably whore there is new grass.
Shade is very essential in rearing
chickens, especially during warm
weather: therefore, place the coops in
the shade whenever possible. A corn-
field makes fine range for young chick-
ens, ns they catch ninny bugs and
worms, and have fresh ground to run
on most of the time because of the
cultivation of the ground, nnd hnvo
abundant shade at the same time.
FEEDING BARLEY TO HORSES
A unique antl-spia*l> motor appliance whim was tMtnl in Paris recently.
It is designed for use on rainy daya to protect the public from being splashed
With mud.
Results Obtained in Experiments With
Eight Percheron Mares on
Government Farm.
A test to compare the relative
value of light and henv.v weight bar-
ley as feeds for fnmiwork horses was
made last year by the United States
Department of Agriculture, at the ex-
perimental farm, Beltsville, Md.
Klght Percheron mares were used
In the test, two receiving lightweight
bailey, two heavyweight barley, and
four receiving oats ns a check. The
test was continued 22 weeks. The
mares were used in all the routine
work of the fnrm, which included the
| heavy field work of plowing, etc., dur-
ing the spring months. The barley
used was the commercial grade of
heavy barley (rolled) and light bar-
ley (rolled), the heavy hnrley weigh-
ing 47.6 and the light 40.7 pounds to
the bushel, according to the tested
weights determined by grain Investi-
gations. bureau of markets. The rela-
tive gains or losses In weights of tlie
mares fed on barley and those fed
on oats were practically the same, and
there was no Indication that either
feed possessed outstanding merit over
the other.
The weights of the mares fed on
’Ight barley remained more constant
than the weights of the mares fed on
Iieavy barley, and the former seemed
to be slightly more thrifty than the
latter, although the advantage evented
alight.
OUTBREAK OF WHITE
GRUBS IS EXPECTED
Pest Threatens Serious Injury in
Several States.
Neither Corn Nor Potatoes Should Bs
Planted Where Insects Are Pres-
ent—Rotation of Crops
Is Recommended.
(Prepared by the United State* Depart-
ment ot Agriculture.)
Severe injury from white grubs Is
to he expected this season through-
out southern New York, northern
Pennsylvania, nortlvern Ohio, the
southern half of Michigan, Northern
Indiana and Illinois, eastern Iowa nnd
southern Wisconsin. Every three years
these regions are visited with out-
breaks of this pest, because of the
fact that It takes three years for the
insects to pass through their complete
life cycle. There will he an abundance
of small grubs this year of what Is
known to entomologists ns "Brood A”
of the white grub. They will occur
especially In fields that were In grass
lost year, and, for Uils reason, through-
A Full Grown White Grub.
out tlie regions mentioned neither corn
nor potatoes should be planted on such
land, because these crops will almost
surely he severely iujured if this he
done. Ground that 'ins in pure clover
or even in corn last year is likely to
he quite safe for planting to corn this
year, because the beetles which are
the parents of the white grubs do not
usually lay their eggs in such crops.
A good rotation of crops to escape
white grub injury Is ns follows: First
year, oats or barley; second year,
clover; third year, corn. Timothy or
other grasses harbor white grubs from
yenr to year, and therefore, In case
they are' grown, the land producing
them should not be planted to corn,
at least the first year nfter It is
broken from the sod.
Farmers’ Bulletin 940 contains full
Information on white grubs, and navy
be obtained free on application to the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture.
PRODUCTIVE FARM LAND
In a general sense, productive
farm land Is land that Is used
to produce crops, to pasture
animals, or to furnish a supply
of fuel, timber, maple sugar, or
other profitable forest products.
Nonproductive land Is that por-
tion of n farm which is taken
up by the farm buildings, by
lanes and roads tliut are unnec-
essary, fence rows that are too
wide, open ditches, headlands,
svVamps, rocks, ravines, sloughs,
and streums, or pasture land
that does not economically sup-
port live stock. Furmers’ Bul-
letin 745, Issued by the United
States Department of Agricul-
ture, gives further Information
on this subject. Copies may he
had upon request of the depart-
ment at Washington, D. O.
ENRICH SOIL BY TRENCHING
English Gardeners Take Great Pains
in Preparing Land—Heavy
Yields Are Secured.
The home gardeners of England take
great pains in preparing their soil,
even going to the extent of throwing
the surface soli to o..c side and then
spading manure Into the subsoil to a
depth of 14 to 16 Inches. After the sub-
soil is so treated tlie surface soil Is re-
placed and great quantities of rotted
manure mixed with it. This process
Is known as “trenching.” It results in
heavy yields of vegetables and enables
the crops to withstand a drought pe-
riod much better than where the soil
Is not broken so deeply. Details of the
preparation of garden soils are dis-
cussed In bulletins of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
which are free on request.
APPLYING WATER TO GARDEN
Of Much Importance That Work
Should Be Done Without Injury to
Any of Various Plants.
In applying water to garden crops It
la important that the work should he ;
done thoroughly without Injury to the I
plants. An occasional thorough water-
Ing. with at least one good cultivation t
after each watering, will give better re-
sults than more frequent sprinkling of i
the surface. Home gardener* have In l
many Instance* fitted ap simple sys- '
terns for Irrigating their gardens that
bare proved a great help In carrying ;
the crop* over dry periods.
For information on watering and ,
raring for home gardens, write to the '
United States Department of Agricul-
ture for bulletins os the subject. They
are frew'
Uncle Wai te
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PRACTICE OF ECONOMY
It. SQUILL, the druggist, Is
•Iv* selling some wonderful liquid
porcelain, nnd I think we ought to
have n bottle,” said Mrs. Jninesworthy*
“There are u dozen things about the
house which would he greatly im-
proved If enam-
eled. The bath-
tub, for Instance,
Is u disgrace, as
most of tlie white
coating has disap-
peared."
" I* e o p 1 e who
don’t like our
bathtub don’t
need to wash
themselves In It,”
replied James wor-
thy. “It’s a good
enough bathtub
for uny reasona-
ble person. Of
< ourse, you want to put a coat of your
liquid porcelain on it, ns a measure of
economy, out, like all your retrench-
ment schemes, it would he a fizzle.
The porcelain would never dry, and
the first time I took a hath I’d get my
person covered with It and would huve
to go to the taxidermist for relief.
“Last summer you had another great
scheme for saving our hnrd-eurned
doubloons. Y'ou painted the luwn
swing and never said a*word to me
about it. After dark, I took a seut In
the swing, to rest my weary hones, and
when I wanted to leave It, 1 found I
couldn’t. I stuck to that swing like a
two-cent stamp to u dunning letter.
The neighbors hnd to come over and
pry me loose with spades and tilings
before I could get away. My raiment
was ruined, and it was a suit I hud
worn only three seasons. You ex-
plained to me afterward tliut you
thought you’d tic saving money by
painting the swing yourself. Your pus-
sionate fondness for the kind of econo-
my that involves spending money 1ms
brought these gray hairs to my side-
boards and made me old before my
time.
“There’s only one reliable way to
save money, Mrs. Jamesworthy. Salt
it down. Put it in a tin can and solder
the lid down tight. It you go to the
druggists und grocers and hardware
men, and ask them how to economize,
they’ll try to sell you something that
will put you In Easy street. I don’t
blame them for it. They are In busi-
ness for the purpose of selling tilings,
but no sane woman would accept any
one of them as her guide, philosopher
and friend, in matters of retrench-
ment.
“It was the druggist who sold you
five gullous of his patent disinfectant,
telling you that you might save vast
sums of money by liuving it on hand.
There wus a contagious disease in
town then, and the druggist pointed
out that people who had the disease
were almost bankrupted by the ex-
pense. In case tlie disease wus lieud-
e’d in our direction, all we had to do
was to use this disinfectant und we’d
be immune. The disgusted malady
would turn In its trucks and hike away
in some other direction.
“Of course, having the disinfectant
on bund, we were suffering to us'e it,
and when you heard that a man in the
neighborhood had the heaves you con-
cluded it wus time to get busy. You
sprayed the house with the stuff, uml
you know what happened then. We
had to borrow a tent und camp out on
the lawn for a week. The uromu in-
festing tlie house was so strong that
the clock stopped nnd all our priceless
oil paintings turned black.
“Nobody could enter the house with-
out wearing u suck over his lieud. It
rained all the time we were camped
on the lawn, and we all caught the
champion colds of our lives. It was a
week of unadulterated misery, and it
wus the result of your determination
to save money by every expensive
means. The only comfort or pleasure
I got out of the whole business was de-
rived from twisting the druggist’s nose
und telling him what 1 thought of him.
“The grocer told you last fall tliut
you might save fabulous sums by buy-
ing several bushels of toniutoes, und
eight dozen glass jars, and endless
quantities of spices and vinegar, and
making your own ketchup. Y’ou made
It, Mrs. Juuiesworthy, and It all spoil-
ed. ‘We buried it darkly at dead of
night, the sods with our bayonets turn- 1
Ing.’ ”
“You think you’re smart, don’t you?” I
Inquired Mrs. Jameswortliy, petulantly.
In the Oil Belt.
“What is that man drilling?"
“A wildcat well."
“If he strikes a run of wildcats there
ought to be good money in selling their
pelts."
MAKES USE OF DEAD TREE
Ornamental Flowering Vine May Be
Traced Over the Top, With Re-
markably Good E.ffcct.
Tlie Idea of growing an ornamental
flowering vine over the dead trunk of a
tree suggested n pergola top. After the
tree hud been sawed off to the height
desired, the hark und wipwood were
peeled o(T with n draw knife, nnd a
smooth, even surface thus secured.
Wealth of Vanadium in Peru.
Ninety-five per cent of the total
known vanadium In the world Is rep-
resented in the deposits of the fam-
ous Minas Ragra, In Peru. There is
supposed to be in sight st this mine
ore of 26,000,000 pounds metallic con-
tent.
Eg=»|
The Trunk of a Dead Tree Is Con-
verted Into an Attractive Pergola,
Over Which an Ornamental Vine I*
Trained.
writes C. I.. Metier of Fargo, N. D., In
Popular Mechanics Magazine. A
straight hoard and a level made it
easy to bring the two branches of the
crotch to the snme height; trial deter-
mining the height thnt would appear
best—In this ense ubout 11 feet. The
top Is made of two 2 by 4-lneh pieces
resting in recesses on the sides of the
trunk and having their tops flush.
These pieces are each 12 feet long
nnd the ends were curved, ns shown.
The 4-Inch sides were nailed to the
trunk, while the 21,6-foot crosspieces,
of the same stock, were nulled, broad
Ride down; these were spaced about
8 Inches apart and hail their ends
beveled on the underside. Two coats
of oil. Into which burnt umber had
been stlned, gave the pergola u neu-
tral brown color nnd, of course, helped
to preserve the wood.
NO ROOM FOR THE “KNOCKER”
Indianapolis Newspaper Tells a Few
Plain Truths, Straight Out From
the Shoulder.
Indianapolis is fortunate In the qual-
ity of Its citizenship. We are the most
American of the great centers in the
United Stutes. We have few of the
problems brought to other municipali-
ties by alien elements. The city showed
front-rank progress In the recent cen-
sus report. It Is leading In building
construction nnd Industrial progress. It
Is not perfection, hut is much nearer
to tliut goal than most cities und
should nq^ be libeled nnd slandered
even by tnrew lightweights of little or
no influence.
The residents of Indianapolis know
the truth and are not deceived by the
city’s traducers, but the effect on
strangers may be serious and in any
case cannot he of advantage to any-
one. Those whose stock in trade is de-
struction Instead of construction,
hurtfulness instead of helpfulness, are
pests who should be made uwure of
that fact by the loyal, public-spirited
citizen. They may have to be endured,
but It should he in the contempt they
deserve and that will ignore them to
the point of ostracism.—Indianapolis
Stur. .
Grow a Rain Tree, Get Water. j
It Is estimated that one of the Peru-
vian rain trees will on the average
yield nine gallons of water “per diem."
In a field of an acre of one kilometer
square, that is 3,250 feet each way,
can he grown 10,000 trees separated
from each other by 25 meters. This
plantation produces dully 395,000 liters
of wuter. If we ullow for evaporation
nnd infiltration, we have 135.000 liters,
or 29,531 gallons, of rain for distribu-
tion daily. The rain tree can be culti-
vated with very little trouble, for it
seems indifferent as to tlie soil la
which it grows.
Pillow Effective Weapon.
With her pillow as her only weapon,
a woman of I’leasuiitville, Fla., put to
flight n robber who entered her home.
The woman was awakem
lug on the stairway, an
creeping up.
from her bed
way. she hei
her strength,
time she sei
the pillow he
utalrw
d
She snatched
and, running t
ved the pillo
catching the I
a creak-
v a man
........
1th
full
He
L*d U
Plan Early for Beauty.
All
An Audienca That Must Stay.
“He wants to be a lawyer.”
“Whyr
“Bays It mast be fine to have 12
men obliged to stay In the room and
Hat mi to him make a speech."
ha vi
ty Is *i
time to
Its land
for heat
y. Not
Many
I ira growth-
Iped out before the city has
lift Its eyes from Its labor to
•cape. The beat time to [Wan
ty la when the etty la atarung
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