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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Late Inventions and Appliances iia .no v t o a i. uo vr.s. SHOVELING coal from an ordinary box Is difficult work, as every one who has had to do It will agree. This sketch shows a better way. There are two boxes, one large and " J- narrow, the other nearly square, and in the corner formed by the two Is a shallow box, only a few inches deep. The side of one and the end of the other are partly cut away, and the coal is easily reached by remov ing the loose boards, shown in the drawing. Any coal which falls out drops in the shallow box. It Is a good plan to keep different sizes of coal in each large box, mixing the sizes in the shallow box as desired. STOVK BLACKING BRUSH. THE newest kind of stove brush is. a combined brush and blacking reservoir which does away with much unpleasant work. The reservoir which holds the liquid blacking Is attached to the back of the brush, .serving also as a conven ient handle. Af ter the desired quantity of blacking has been poured on the stove top it is smoothed around by means of a dauber which is at one end of the combination. Af ter this the brush is put Into use, and the polishing operation is per formed without soiling the hands or clothes. Holds Screw-Driver. The little Invention shown here was made to keep a screw-driver from slipping. It is a clip with jaws that fit over the head of the screw. The screw-driver is Inserted into the spring of the clip and the screw Is driven in the ordinary way. Then the clip Is taken off. Anyone who has observed how a screw-driver persists in slipping in or jumping out of the slot of a screw will wonder why such an Invention was not Hiought of before. When the driver is pushed down It Is held securely in position be tween the springs, and the end can nut slip out of the slot. The Strongest Cable. All records for cable strength were surpassed when In a test at Lehigh University recently a section of a new steel rope, now In use by an Iron company at its mines, withstood the pull of a giant testing machine up to 751,600 pounds. This was a part of the longest and strongest hoisting cable in the worid, which Is employed at the mines for lowering trains of 50-ton capacity cars down a steep In cline for more than a mile In length. Tesls of a similar cablo used daily for 20 months showed a strength of 170 tons. Wind Shield for Cigars. A wind shield for lighted cigars bus been patented by a New York in ventor. It is the form of a thimble or tube closed at its outer end and fitted loosely over Hie lighted end of the cigar so as to leave passage for the air. Notts of Invent Ions. Two Oregon Inventors have pat ented a garment for cold weather wear that includes coat, hood, mit tens and slippers, all of which are filled with electric wires supplied with current from a storage battery to warm the wearer. To guide a key to a keyhole in the dark there has been patented a V Bhaped strip of metal to be fastened to a door, with the point surround ing the hole. t A new dustpan that a woman has patented has the handle on one side, and in front a guard plate over which dust Is brushed into a pocket section. A ladder consisting of a single rod, bentJto form hand and foot holds, has been Invented by a New York man. For the blind there has been In vented a watch with the hours marked by raised dots and dashes that can be read by the sense of touch. The tinea of a recently Invented fork are diamond shaped, Instead of flat. The Inventor claims that this fork can be much more easily cleaned. A phonograph Is built Into a new alarm clock to awaken a sleeper by playing his favorite tune Instead of ringing a bell. One shock of corn that stands up straight and la securely tied at the top is worth more than two shocks that are loose and twisted out of shape. Don't forget that we would give our noses a rather sharp upturn if moldy food was brought to the table. Aeromotor Car. After working 13 years, William A. Sharpe, a mechanic of Denver, Colo., Is completing a passenger-carrying machine which Is designed to sail in the air like an aeroplane, to run on the land like an automobile, to travel the surface of water or to be used as a submarine boat. Sharpe is confident that his "aero motor car," as he calls it, will be a success. He says it is constructed on well-recognized principles, but Just how he has done It Is a secret. All, that Is known is that the entire ve hicle Is built of pressed . steel and aluminum. It is designed to carry four passengers, but the Inventor says it may be constructed for many more. As to the speed, he says that will be from 30 to 300 miles an hour. Practical Business Of Poultry Raising (i-ontlnuc-cl From Page 8.) der such close confinement, and these should not attempt poultry keeping on any extended scale. Then there Is always present the danger of loss from epidemics of dis ease, from incubators and brooders going wrong, from thieves and nat ural enemies of feathered life. Fur ther, such matters as the weather and prices of feed, over which the indi vidual has no control, affect results and the returns secured. Summing up the whole matter, the advantages more than offset the drawbacks, and poultry keeping as an exclusive occupation offers the interested and competent worker a steady job, where he is his own mas ter, a normal, healthful life, a com fortable living and an opportunity to lay by a reserve fund for use in time of need. I have no patience with those who state that poultry farming is a lazy man's business or a get-rlch-quick proposition. It is neither, Very few poultrymen make really large incomes, and the same energy and ability which will compel suc cess in this line will bring a corre sponding reward In other fields. But it is a desirable occupation for those who are interested in and enjoy It, provided they are satisfied to stay on the job and are willing to live quietly and simply. As a side-line, paying a fair profit for the time devoted to it, as a hobby, at otfee fasciuating and healthful, as an adjunct to the home place, keeping the family table supplied with the best of food, poultry keeping possesses great merit. It may be successfully combined with other work, making the worker more effi cient In bis regular duties and adding somewhat to his income. It may be followed by business and professional men as an outdoor sport or recrea tion. It may well be taken up by and other game birds and cage birds. This definition may not be scientific ally correct, but it is quite commonly used. Therefore, poultry keeping Is families, who have available space, as one means of reducing living ex penses. One may devote to the work his whole time, or only a portion of It, regulating the size of his estab lishment in accordance with the con ditions surrounding his particular case. In a broad sense, the word "poul try" includes all feathered creatures grown under domestication, as chick ens, water fowl, pigeons, pheasants a diversified Industry, and the poul tryman may specialize In one or more branches as his judgment and Inclin ation dictate. So It happens that there is but little standardization In poultry-growing establishments, but each Individual poultryman Is a law unto himself, playing his game as best suits him. Fanciers and Vtility Brooders. Roughly speaking, poultrymen may be divided into two "Classes fanciers, or growers of exhibition fowls, and utility poultrymen, producers of table eggs and meat. But there Is no sharp line drawn between them. .The fancy breeders afe striving to make their beautiful' birds more productive, and the utility breeders like to have uni form and attractive flocks. It will be a great day for the Industry when the two lines are successfully com bined and beauty-business stock found on every poultry plant. Most people who take up poultry keeping have In mind the question of financial profit to be secured there from. So Oils very practical ques tion Is heard on all sides: "What amount of profit may I reasonably expect to secure from my birds?" Of course, this query is not easily answered, and frequently when one tells the truth he is not believed, since so many fairy stories regarding al leged enormous profits have been widely circulated and generally ac cepted. It is a very simple matter to estimate huge profits in advance; it is an entirely different matter to make these dreams come true in prac tice. Many inexperienced individuals have been carried away by figuring these paper profits and Invested large sums in poultry plants that failed to make good. The business is reason ably profitable when rightly man aged. If It were a sure thing, if every one could make a huge success of It, our markets would be flooded and poultry products would sell at ruinously low figures. The Financial Returns. Briefly, the returns as in other lines of work vary according to the extent of the operations and the abil ity of the man. On general farms It Is not difficult to make fowls pay a net annual profit of $ 1 per head. On commercial poultry plants, where market eggs are produced, a profit of $1.50 to $2 per head is commonly se cured, and frequently this figure Is exceeded. A friend of the writer clears up from $2000 to $3000 an nually from the growing of table poultry. Many large duck farms pay from $3000 to $10,000 profit per year. A few fanciers, who have es tablished good reputations as breed ers of superior stock, are said to be making from $5000 to $15,000 each year. But it must be remembered that these larger incomes are secured only after years of work and a con siderable financial investment. Great as the poultry industry is It is bound to grow in the future But the individual poutrymnn whr wishes to succeed must be prepared to meet the conditions, must stud his problems and work industriously (Copyright, 1915. by Matoe-Menz Adv Co., Inc.) ORENCO'S Remarkable Trees Kurlowd Hod Check. Merlin. Or., Nov. 9, 3914 I received my "Orenco Ttp" today, and they are entirely satisfactory. It does rae rood to receive such remakaol treeti, packed In Ruch splendid shape, En closed find check for 1231.50. (Signed H. E. THOMAS. 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