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TIOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Marvels of Everyday Science
Competent Scientists Apply Their Skill to Problems of Agriculture' Housekeeping, Schools, Business and Governmental Activities.
HAT are th e dim ensions of the in for g ath ers; low er edges hemmed to m agnet b y a block of ice. The ice was
sm allest object w hich eould be make it easy to p u t shoes on the lower seem ingly not a ffected by th e currents
perceived by th e hum an eye p a rt and tow els or o th er small pos passing through it from the m agnet, yet
ftu d y in g th e moon through a tele- sessions on th e shelf. Each box was th e “ h a rn e sse d ” e lec tricity set the
WO convictions in W ashington fov
scope! Laym en ask th e astronom er this nailed to the floor so it would not be w ater to boiling w ith in an incredibly
b u rn in g slash w ith o u t perm it
sh
o
rt
tim
e.
u
nsteady
or
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p
set;
th
e
to
p
served
as
question freq u en tly , an d it is not so
from a fire w arden, dam age
easily answ ered as m ight be supposed. w ashstand.
am ounting to perhaps $5,000 to log.
T hey ask, “ How n ear do th e most
Revolving Ladders for Use in Picking and logging equipm ent in the same
pow erful telescopes b rin g us to the
Boiling Egg on Ice.
sta te through fires in slashings, b u t
Oranges.
m oon! Would we be able to see human
no loss of green tim ber, is the P a
This shows how an in terestin g ex p eri
O rd in ary ladders when used fo r p ick cific northw est record for Ju n e, the
beings if they were w alking around m ent w as perform ed by Emil Bache-
th e re !”
The scien tific question is, let, in v en to r of a tra in w ithout wheels ing fr u it from a tre e o ften dam age the firs t m onth of the 1914 fo rest fire sea
“ W hat is the size of th e sm allest object which goes 300 miles an hour. Eaclie- tree, and to overcome th is a new form son, according to b u lletin s received
th a t we could d istinguish on th e surface le t's “ fly in g t r a i n ” is forced to move of ladder has been adopted by some from several states by th e W estern
orange grow ers of C alifornia. A cen F o n tftry and C onservation A ssociation.
of tho iiio o n l1 ’
by a series of electrical m agnets. The
tra l sh a ft is lashed to the tru n k of the
A rago sta te s in his “ P o p u lar A stro n
All protective agencies were placod
tree, w hile horizontal arm s a re fitte d on the a le rt a t the close of Ju n e by
o m y ” th a t as the moon is 238,850 miles
aw ay, a telescope m ag n ify in g it ten
the prospect of a drying in terio r wind,
tim es ought to b ring it w ith 23,885
b u t the new forecast service especial
miles, a m agnification o f 100 tim es
ly fo r fo rest fire conditions w hich i .
w ith in 2,388 miles, and a m ag n ifica
supplied by th e U. 8. W eather B ureau
tio n of 1,000 tim es to w ith in 238 miles
soon reassured them th a t the th re a te n
of the earth , so fa r as vision is con
ing high w iud pressure in W estern Can
cerned.
ada had split into two areas and tha
W hat could wo sec on th e moon a t a
danger was for a tim e averted. N ever-
distan ce of 238 m iles! H ardly an y th in g
theless all patrol forces are being rap
in detail, fo r all would be beyond the
idly recruited for tho season and about
pow er of sight. And besides where is
2,000 men will be on duty in a few daya
tho astronom er who can hope to ob
in Oregon, W ashington, Idaho and Mon
ta in a m ag nification of 1,000 tim es!
tana.
A bout 500 patrolm en are em
Tho conclusion must bo th a t we can
ployed in these sta te s by the tim b er
hope to distinguish upon tho surface
o w n ers’ J rotective associations, n ear
of tho moou only v ery large objects,
ly 200 by tho states and the G overn
such as m ountains or huge craters.
m ent jo in tly outside the N ational For
A ccording to A ra g o ’s reasoning, if
ests, and th e oth ers-b y the F orest Ser
we could securo a m ag n ificatio n of
vice w ithin the N ational Forests. The
2,000 tim es it would be as if we were
B ritish Colum bia G overnm ent also has
looking a t some o bject on e arth re
225 men on duty.
a t tho top and bottom so th a t they may
moved to a distance o f 119 miles.
Ju ly hazard to be guarded ag ain st,
H ut th is reasoning is all w rong when in v e n to r’s g re a t secret is in th e way bo sw ung ab o u t in all directions. other than from eamp fires, is reported
Notch»«
c
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t-
in
th
e
tops
of
tho
arm
s
applied to a s ta r high above the horizon, he controls tho electrical current«.
to lie chiefly in »lash burning to clear
n e a r tho zenith of th e heavens. In While lie has refused to explain this, provide support for the rungs of the land and rig h ts of way and in leaving
th is caso cu r eyesight has to pass he has furnished illu stratio n s o f how ladder a t v ary in g distances from the fires thus started to sm oulder in log.
through layers o f air equal only to th at th e principle works. F or instance, he tree. W ith th is device, every p a rt of and stum ps to break out la te r when
betw een us and an o b ject five miles boiled an egg in w ater in an alum inum the tree may* be picked w ith o u t d istu rb the inevitable hot and w indy w eather
aw ay on earth . The problem m ust th ere k e ttle which was separated from the ing a brunch.
arrives. F orest officers anuounec th a t
fore” bo A a e k e d from another, more
sta te laws regarding b u rning w ithout
scien tifie side, before th e question cau
perm it and precaution will be enforced
be properly answered.
rigidly and also w arn sum m er cam ping
On account of th o lim itatio n s of
p arties to be extrem ely careful w ith
Kind
of
Feed
Mere
Im
portant
Than
the
Kind
of
Breed,
Experi
vision of tho hum an eye, even when
cam p fires.
ments Show
aided b y th e most pow erful telescope,
tho figures given b efo re m ust be co r
M ineral oil has been discovered In Som a»-
T h at th e rich yellow color .emanded in the color o f tho m ilk f a t in each land, and the B ritish gacarnm ent la in v esti
rected. I f we g et an en largem ent of 90
breed.
tim es the am ateu r can see o bjects 1,800. by th e public in dairy products is p ri
gating tho exten t of the discovery.
In cows o f tho J e rse y anil Guernsey
fe e t in diam eter. If our cyo ei aid use m arily due to the ch aracter of the co w ’s
breeds th e body f a t is freq u en tly of
a telescope m ag n ify in g 1,000 tim es th e
object seen on the moon m ig h t be feed is dem onstrated b y recen t ex p eri such a deep yellow colcr th a t some
only 160 fe e t in d iam eter and 2,000 m ents carried on by th e U. 8. D e p a rt b utchers and consum ers look w ith dis
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tim es only 81 feet in diam eter. Hut m ent of A griculture in cooperation with fav o r upon b eef from these breeds. For
th e M issouri S ta te E xperim ent S tatio n . th is prejudice th ere is absolutely no jus
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th is is only theo retical.
For some y eais dairy ex p erts have been fifica tio n . The yellowness of the fat
P ractically th e case is q u ite d iffe re n t,
studying
this
question.
T
heir
conclus
springs
from
th
e
same
causes
as
the
fo r the pow er of th e eye is now th e
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m ain consideration. The eye may be ion is th a t, altho gh to some e x te n t a yellow ness of the milk and th ere is no O u tfit and U niversal Products we will
breed ih a ra e te ristie , tho in ten sity of reason fo r o bjecting in one case to the fo r a lim it e d tim e only, send th is well
train ed even for astronom ical ob serv a
this yellow color .nay, w ithin certain Very th in g th a t is prized in th e other. worth $3.00 Shaving O u tfit for $1.00.
tion so th a t it secs more th an th e nn
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lim its, be increased c dim inished a t
tra in e d eye. B u t th en we are face to
direct, and, therefore, you save all
face w ith an o th er d iffic u lty , th a t of will by changing th e a n im al's rations.
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a g e n ts' p rofits, which, ns you know arfl
Chemical tests show th a t th e yellow
th e atm osphere. The w ider tho opening
T illikum P o tlatch , S eattle, Wash., J u ly very large.
pigm
ent
in
inilk
consists
o
f
several
well
of the telescois» th e g re a te r are our
l ‘ Hollow Ground Razor,
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d iffic u ltie s w ith the atm osphere. The known pigm ents found, in green plants.
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im age becomes so trem b lin g and in O f the« the principal one is caro tin , m an, Aug. 6-8.
1 Nickel Easel Back Mirror.
d istin c t when looked a t through th e so called because it co n stitu tes a large
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la rg e r telescopes th a t wo see hardly p a rt o f th e coloring m a tte r of carrots. S eptem ber 12-20.
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Tho
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yellow
pigm
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in
th
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milk
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anyth in g .
T h eoretically we should have to se are known as xanthophylls. These are Septem ber 1719.
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euro an enlargem ent o f 8,600 tim es o found in a num ber o f p lan ts including
W ashington S tate F air, N orth Y akim a,
1 B ristle H a ir Brush.
see an object 54 fe e t in diam eter, and grass, b u t are especially ab u n d an t in S eptem ber 21-27.
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i f wc w anted to see som eth,ng a yard yellow autum n leaves.
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in diam eter th e enlargem ent would
These pigm ents pass d irectly from
Oregon S ta te F air, Salem , S eptem ber
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h av e to be 54,000 tim es. Even ,f we the feed into th e milk. This explains 28-October 3.
Dayton, Ohio.
ever get a telescope o f th is power the the well known fact th a t fresh "reen
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hum an eye will not be able to see grass and carro ts increase th e yellow N ovem ber 16 21.
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throu g h it, even though we place the n es. of b u tter, th e only stan d ard by
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telescope upon the hig h est m ountain so which th e average person judges its Idaho, N ovem ber 30 December B.
ns to escape th e th ick est layers of the richness. On th e oth er hand, a large
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proportion of these pigm ents is de position, N o rth P o rtland, Orc., Decern Yalo and Harvard, Each 9 in. x 24 la.
atm osphere.
The g re a te st astronom ers, like » ir posited in the body fa t and elsewhere ber 7-12.
Princeton, Cornell, Michigan
•William llersch el, have made th e ir most in the cow. When the ratio n is changed
Each ” in. x 21 in.
valuab le discoveries by com paratively to one contain in g few er ix ro tin and
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All best quality fell with felt head
low pow er telescopes. The eye o f man, xanthophvll co n stitu en ts, th is hoard.« 1 several r u sset app les which w ere grown in
unless some new laws of o p t.es are d.s store is gradually draw n upon and in the summer of 1912 and have been in h it ing, stream ers, letter« and mascot ex
cellar through tw o w inters. The app les are ecuted in pro or colors.
This splendid
covered, will never be ablo to see any c o n s e q u e n t th e yellowness of th e milk perfect in every w ay, not even w ithered,
assortm ent sent postpaid for 50 cents
em ail object on tho moon, no m atter does n o t <1 minish so rap id ly as i t other a
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and 5 stam ps to pay postage, bend now;
The m usic originating in thia country la
how pow erful our telescopes are made. wise would. T his yellowness increases,
not
popular
abroad.
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however, the in s ta n t th e necessary p lan t
W e may see m ountains and craters
Dayton, Ohio.
pigm ents are restored to th e ration.
th a t is ab o u t all.
Green grass is p robably richer in
cartin th an any other d airy feed. Cow«
Shoe-Box Closets.
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F or the liv in g room th e housew ife fed on it will th erefo re produce the
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boug h t a wooden box fo r 10 cents at highest colored b u tte r. Green corn, in
which
xanthophylls
co
n
stitu
te
the
chief
th e shoe store. She had tw o sh elv e, put
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in and covered it w ith an old single pigm ent, will also produce a highly eol
I have on band some of the b e st V iolin s
length o f Jap an ese c u rtain m aterial. ored product. On th e o th er hand, a lh.it can be bought for the prices charged.
Reduced relee on H oea-hold Ooode. r ía s e *
Stood on end it served th e purpoa. of a ratio n o f bleached clover hav and yel I f in terested , W iita for prices, and send thia Aotom nbilee els. Through consolidated sera
low corn is p ractically devoid of y ello *
lo se r tsg
prompt
dsllvsry
and
-arafei
ad.
cupboard adm irably.
pigm ents and th e milk from cows fed
uaodliuf.
F o r th e tw o bed rooms tw o more shoe
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boxes w ere bought, b u t only one shelf upon it will grad u ally lose its eolor.
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w as p u t iu these The tops were cov
the breed doe. influence th e eolor of
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ered w ith w hite oilcloth and th e sides
the milk fa t; b u t v ary th e ratio n and
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and fro n ts w ith tilk o lin e. The la tte r
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