The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-07-01

MY friend, H. G. Atwell, of Forest
Grove, Ore, writes as follows: Il
would like your views expressed in
The Ranch on the practicability of the
marine type of gasoline engine for
spraying All the gasoline engines in
use for this purpose appear to be of
the stationary type and yet the marine
weighs half as much for the same
horse power and is advertised in the
magazines at about one-third the cost.
The light weight is greatly in their
favor. Why not use them?"
am not a machinist and could not
answer this question and so wrote
Mr.. Atwell. I want the readers of The
Ranch to know that 1 will in no case
undertake to answer what I do not at
least think | understand. I took this
question to a Mr. Adair, who has
charge of the business of Fairbanks,
Morse & Co. in Seattle, and l know
him to be an expert. His answer In
substance is that these light engines
can be used only where the pressure
is steady as it is in boats and launches.
He says that if we were using one OF
these light engines in spraying, for
instance, and the pressure should be
suddenly removed the engine would
run away and break all to pieces. He
saws that the Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
fitted up one of these engines to be
used as a stationary engine and put
governors on it but it would not work.
He says that his company would glad
ly furnish such engines for such pur-
poses if it could be done.
One of the big dailies of Seattle
keeps up a continual din about the ele-
walton of the bottoms of berry boxes.
Some foolish person away back years
ago thought he made a discovery that
the bottoms of berry boxes were ele-
waited so that they would hold less.
While every experienced berry grower
knows that this is not the case these
little fellows who want to say some
thing funny and can't think OF any
thing else keep dragging out this old
musty chestnut. This howl about the
shortness of the measure in berry
boxes was once raised in an eastern
state where the law requires the box
to hold full quart dry measure. The
berry growers had their boxes exam
ined by the ones whose duty it was
to enforce the law and it was shown
that their boxes held a full quart not
withstanding the elevated bottoms.
Then why the raised bottoms? There
are two styles of Grating berries-one
with the raised bottoms and the other
without. Those not having the raised
bottoms, commonly called "tin-tops",
are Grated by putting thin boards be-
tween the top and bottom rows OF
boxes. This is an expense and an in
convenience BY making the square
boxes and elevating the bottoms, they
are successfully Grated without these
intervening boards. Without the rails
ed bottoms, the berries would mash.
Now, if the zany who drags out this
old chestnut will get one of the tin
topped boxes and compare it with the
square box with elevated bottom he
will find that the box with the raised
bottom holds more than the one with
out. But he will never do this, for
what would the poor simpleton do for
a joke CD now and then when the
berry season comes on?
One of our valuable exchanges
speaks of the "pollenization" of ap-
pies. There is not, or should not be,
any such a word as this. Pollenation
is the proper word and not "polleni'
zation." Don't use this bastard, my
brother. In the same article we find
the statement that upon careful in
vestigation it has been found that cold
rainy weather is conducive to the
growth of a certain fungi" Fungi is
the plural of fungus and we might as
we'll say "a certain horses or "a GER
tain shins' as To saw "a certain fungi"