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HANDY PLIERS
COR the sum of fifty cents one can save
many times that amount in patience
and laundry bills by the use of these
pickup pliers. They are handy for auto-
The Pick-up Pliers
mobile use, such as picking out wrenches,
spark plugs, screwdrivers, bolts, nuts, or
anything that might drop in the pan,
transmission case, or gas tank. They can
also be used for cleaning the motor by
placing a piece of waste in the end and
dipping in gasoline, thereby reaching any
part of the motor. They are made of
good material, nickel plated.
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THE TILLAGE MOTOR
^•IIARLES E. SACKETT, of Danbury,
Connecticut, has devised a new
type of farm implement—the tillage
motor. The invention is, however,
equally applicable to a horse-drawn till­
Runs with Horse or Motor
HINTS FOR PRACTICAL PEOPLE 911
age machine. It combines with plows a
large pulverizing wheel that tears apart
and aerates the freshly turned soil, thus
accomplishing the work of plowing and
harrowing with one machine and in one
operation.
The pulverizing wheel somewhat resembles
an old-fashioned water wheel,
but with the added feature of inwardprojecting
spikes that tear the sod to
pieces as it is received by the pulverizing
wheel from the subsoil plow. The machine
has two plows, the one in advance
being a pilot plow that opens the furrow
and the other a subsoil plow that turns
the main furrow over to the pulverizing
wheel.
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NEW HOT-AND-COLD-WATER
MIXING VALVE
TROUBLES ordinarily arising from
securing a proper mixture of hot and
cold water by means of two valves are
eliminated completely in a new form of
mixing valve now being offered by an
eastern concern. The new valve is controlled
by a single handle which moves
from left to right and thereby gives any
mixture from the coldest to the hottest
the supply pipes afford.
The device is so arranged that cold
water always flows first, thereby avoiding
the danger of a rush of scalding hot
water. Furthermore, there are no spots
where there is a sudden jump in the
temperature of the mixture—a common
trouble with the ordinary type of valve.
The valve is so designed and built that
there are no corners to gather dirt.