Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-26
ANY INTERESTING USES
FOUND FOR MOTOR CAR
wners Use Them Now in Extcrmi.
mating Prairie Dog Pests
by Wholesale.
L dips WITH FAMILY WASH
other Carowncr, n Business Man
VINO Owns Farm, Has Trailer i'm
Which He Brings Farm Products
- Town Every Morning.
Tious uses to which the automobile
eng put in these days Of stress
economy are rcpOried by salnsmrn

cling put in these days Of stress
economy arc reported by statesmen
Wcll-knoEn rubber company.
rticularly has the possibilities i'm the
-.omobile.> or rather its motor and
farmer
For Instance. in the farming COM
munities just east OF Colorado Strings
car owners are using their cars TO rid
inc area OF d plague OF prairie dogs
robson and water have been tried with
lttle success. but the good old auto
mobile does the work. Here's the
process:
inc farmers attach a hose TO the
exhaust pipe from the munlcr Of the
automobile and insert the opposite end
In prairie dogs hole. Then the ma :
asphSHiatc the animals. Generally the
destruction Is great because prairie
dog towns are connected
one farmer said that with his auto
mooiie he had eAterminated an entire
colony in a few hours. Thus has the
farmer and his automobile set a pace
for the German and his poison gas
On many farms the automobile has
taken the place OF the venerable chore
boy. OF whom we used to read in
w hitter and other classics.
FARMER USES FORD TO
HANDLE FAMILY WASH
Near Salina. kans.. ii farmer was oh
served doing his washing with his
Ford. He had lacked up" the rear
wheels. after backing the automobile
UP TO the back porch, and then passed
band around one OF the rear wheels
from which the tires had been re-
moved. With one end OF the band at
tachcd 10 the washing machine tho
motor going, the farmer had Ii,t!c r.a-
son to worry. The motor did IN. work.
And near Columbus. ohio. the farm
crs are using the same system to Gu,
WOOD. the two rear tires being re-
moved, the wheels lacked and the bel:
applied to circular saw.
An indianapolis business man who
owns a large farm twelve miles from
the city. built a trailer. which he at
lached to his pleasure car. Almost
naily he carries supplies from town TO
ms farm and returns with farm prod
hcts The body Of the trailer has A
capacity OF 500 pounds, ard i,s bodv
- built In the shape OF "A box: the back
end o! which serves both as a door and
as platform for loading live stock.
DETROIT Young MAN
TAKES OUT INVALIDS
In Detroit young man makes u
specially OF driving invalids. His cord :
urea automobile is equipped with 4
bed which allows the patient 90 recl!nc
at almost any angle. Moving fresh aIr
rs said TO be an enormous help in aid i.
ing the sick to regain their strength
and health.
An Indiana monument dealer attaches
an a1F pump 70 lne motor q! his auto
mobile. and with tho aid o. a small air
tank and pneumatic hammer carves
letters on granite memorials IN the
cemetery. thus having all the advan-
tages OF his workshop.
shoes. milk bottles. spark p!ucs
cameras. loaves OF bread. cross SECTIONS
Of tres and e"eA submarines have been
Reproduced IN enlargement and NINA
TIRE as the bodies o! cars for advert!a-
ing purposes. Statesmen report thai.
automobiles are frequently Fean now
doing such farm du;ies as blowing
hiing sNos and churning butter