The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27
AUTOMOBILE AIDS
AGR|CULTURISI
Hayden Eames of Studebaker
Company Believes 1t De-
velopes Farming
Predicts That Hereafter the Mi
grafton Will Be From the
City to the Country
By R. R. L,HoMMEDIEu

| Hayden Eames. general manager of
the Studebaker automobile company,
in discussing the effect of the automo-
! bile on the farmer, says:
The automobile makes the quarter
section farmers near neighbors and
develops sense of community in ag-
ricultural districts which was utterly
| impossible with the former methods of
transportation. 1t makes the farmers
life and surroundings much more lib
eral. and under many conditions far
more attractive even to the young peo-
pie than the life of the city. AS an
example of the part the automobile is
playing it may be interesting TO know
! that at the time the Belgian steel op-
orators were migrating TO the Baltic
provinces of Russia in great numbers,
the resulting reduction in the popula-
ton Of some parts of Belgium was
such that underwriters of certain ex
| tensions of the Belgian railways seri-
ousiy considered availing themselves
| of the use of the automobile to protect
themselves against what would have
been decidedly Improbable execution
of that part of their obligations which
called for the extension of the railway
In the partly deserted districts. The
broad principle underlying this is, Of
course, equally applicable TO any
sparsely populated territory irrespect-
I've OF the cause of that sparseness.
We venture the opinion that IL the dis
section of the census of 1890 is such
as 10 reveal il, ii will be found that
the migration during the preceding
decade will have been from the city
TO the country, at least in a large part
of the United States. We are not so
sure that the census of 1910 might
1F il
kind. provided the concentration of
immigration in cities does not entirely
obscure the question
Il have had my moneys worth from
this tire. and although ii isn't worn
out I'm hanging 1t
Il Plain Talks up in my garage"
RexardInx Tire. fss fssdf p,amnnd iet5eT r,,s to
= sne Dlanono ruG
sounds almost unreal. yet the practice
inoieased hW eS,hs Is not inifrequently followed
gele, head of the Diamond rubber COM
panys tire department 1T is the
average service the tire user obtains
mileage cost. No two tires. by any hu-
man combination OF circumstances, can
encounter precisely the same conditions
and 1t is inevitable that the mileage
life of the best constructions will vary
1t is. then, the grand average that
should be reckoned with. 1t is not
unusual for a tire to give 10000 miles
or more, but Ii is the motorists duty
TO extend that service as much as cir
cumstances and safety permit. He does
not know what severe accident or sue
cession of hardships the next tire may
encounter, to shorten Its service; and
this through no fault whatever Of the
tube or casing, or of even himself He
should make his average high and
figure cost on that average"
Calvin c. Eib. vice president of the
Pioneer automobile company. says that
TO obtain the exact
How to Weigh weight of car II
nm N.-o"oD a platform scale:
that is. any scale
that has platform sufficiently large to
take the entire weight of the car; then
proceed in this way: First weigh the
whole car. Next weigh the back Of
the car. To do this the middle of the
car should be over the edge of the
platform The front of the car is
been carefully done the last two
weights taken. when added together
should give within 20 pounds the total
weight of the car.
One of the most interesting stripped
chassis is that to be seen in the sales
8. room of the II. o.
/ The Peerless Harrison company.
Cho..s. Sho~n 1t Is one of the
- ~--... 1910 models OF the
Peerless car, and
shows the many refinements that have
been made this season.