The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
THINGS ABOUT
 AUTOMOBILES WORTH KNOWING


 That agriculturists will be the larg- est buyers of motor cars in the next five years is the firm belief of prominent Western manufacturer, who says that the demand in the territory bounded on the east by Lake Michi- gan and stretching from the Canadian border on the north to the Missouri river on the south, will be greater than in any other corresponding area in this country
 Prices on crude Para rubber are easy and the market is very qulet, but the supply is still piling up. The demand for tires may show no dim mutton owing to retrenchment on the part of purchasers and the manufac- turers may be kept busy in the early summer months for the supply or tires to replace old ones and for the new stock of automobiles to be placed on the roads, amounting it is estimat- ed at 250000 this year. Some of the factories are turning out HOO pair of tires a day. Nevertheless, in the absence of any special boom or de- velopment of a craze which under present conditions does not appear likely, it is expected in trustworthy trade quarters that the price of crude for some time.
 After a thorough trial the officials in charge of the postal department of the British empire found that the service given by the motor wagons is so greatly superior to anything else that they are increasing the number of motor vehicles in use and enlarg- ing their scope. For some time the longest through journey has been from London to Birmingham, dis tance of 109 miles. but arrangements have been completed to put a line in
 &o Trtc ,%,1 a distance of IF miles. More and more use is being made of the motor car for conveying mails between var ious centers in Scotland and outlying places.
 A new composition metal. said to resemble gold in color and Krupp steel in hardness and impenetrability, has been invented in Genoa, Italy, according to Count Charles de Pleog- gio. who calls 1t radioro. It is made from a number of metals. and. as it's main constituent is waste product in many cases, it is said to be as cheap and abundant as iron ore. Its uses will be almost infinite as house. hold utensils, heavy machinery, bat tleship arrror. and even jewelry can be made from it.
 In order to overcome the unsta- bility of aeroplanes. Bouchards Pra- ceiq. a Frenchman, has invented a system he calls .tdegyroscopagep which. when given a try-out at Issy, France, proved that it would greatly increase the stability of a monoplane. The system consists merely of mak- ing the propeller screw revolve in a direction contrary to the motor, com bining the bodies in motion with the spheres of gyration in such a way that the "gyratory couples" counter-ba1- ance each other.
 Owners of chain-driven cars should remove the chains each month and leave them covered with kerosene overnight. Tn the morning the dirt will have passed from the chain to the liquid. Then wash off the chain in gasolene. taking care to remove all traces of the kerosene. Hang the chain up to dry and. then inspect all rollers. links. rivets and bushings taking note Of any unusual wear and remedying it at once. Before replac- ing the chain on the car it should be boiled in lubricant of the best grade beef tallow. mixed with small quantity of graphite.
 If the engine appears to be over loaded and finally stops. look for. a hot bearing or a bound one, too much gasoline S-v cylinder or something ir the propeller wheel.
 What is said to be the oldest motor car in France is still in active service. It was built in 1s91-twenty
 
 Bonneville. in the Sornme district has been awarded a gold medal by 2 French technical journal which or. ganized a contest to locate the oldest cars in service.
 There is every indication that be. fore another year rolls around motor street sprinklers and motor street cleaning machines will be used in al the large American cities Rapid strides are being made in their con struction and tests have shown then to be much more economical than the horse-drawn affairs now used
 An easy way of replacing valve springs in a vice until short enouet 10 easily go into place and allow the holding key to be inserted and wher in this compressed condition. tying I, with wire so that it cannot expand After 1t is put in place and the key IS nut in the wire is clipped and re.