Arizona republican., 1920-02-24
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 HAS NEW PROBLEM

Ironing out the coddling moth with i an electric ironer seems a strange use for such apparatus intended l strictly for the laundry, but the Cali | fornia Walnut Growers association | has found it to be very successful means of ridding walnut sacks of this l pest.
 Credit is due to AIr. D. B. Mackie
 of the California state commission Of l horticulture, who hit upon the idea of I using the electric ironer to sterilize l the walnut sacks.
 The ironers in use have 46-inch rolls, driven by one eighth horse l power motor. The ironing shoes are electrically heated. consuming 4,O0o watts. It has been found that two girls can run 300 sacks an hour i through the ironer making a cost of ] .0066 per sack for current. There are l 34 ironers in operations at the pres ent time or on order and by another 1 seaso nthis number will be greatly in creased.
 1 The packing houses of California 1 open up a large field for the use of electricity, every branch of the in- 1 dustry has the problem of sterilizing ! sacks. lug boxes, containers against | fungi and the many different insects l that prey upon fruit and orchards. The 1 codling moth has been the direct cause l of as much as 40 per cent of the yield l of some orchards being sold culls and in one packing house the labor l cost s250 per day to cull out infected nuts.
 | Economy of Electric Drive in Ships ] A comparison of performance of the
 motive power of the New Mexico" with that of other battleships shows
 marked economy in favor of the elec- l tric drive. Thus at ? knots speed { the consumption in tons of oil per | day was for the New Mexico" (elec- | tric drive) 75 tons, as compared with m ri h eli trfr pines 100 tons and main turbines LIS. | and for the Mississippi for her 1 cruising turbines 99 tons. and for her
 main turbines 115 tons of oil per day. | At 19 knots the consumption of the New Mexico was 263 tons. of the i Mississippi main turbines 305 tons.
 and of the Idaho main turbines, BIO | tons per day.
 SearchIights and Motion Pictures The remarkable night scenes that have now become quite commonplace in American photoplays are due in large measure to the use of powerful | searchlights. In fact, the development of high efficiency searchlights for mil- itary purposes led to the introduction of thfs means of illumination. and it is held by many film men that the day is not far distant when one or more
 powerful searchlights will replace the vast batteries of arc lamps or mer- cury- vapor tubes now employed for H. luminating the photoplay sets.-Scien-
 tific American.
 How the Heating Pad Helps
 In many homes the hot water has been for years the panacea for pain, but recently something better has ar
 rived to take it's place-the electric heating pad. First of all, it has dry
 heat and it is light in weight. It is flexible and easily wrapped around the youngsters cold feet. or it fits snugly
 f--x IL. .:..xx <.Ir hoe a controlled temperature, instead of
 being first too hot and finally cold. the heat pad may be warm. warmer.
 warmest and it will maintain the de- sired temperature.
 The best hot water bottle is bound to leak sooner or later. It's the very na- ture of rubber to harden. crack. then leak. The pad is ready almost instant ly. All you have to do is to take the pad from it's box. attach the cord to nearest lamp socket or convenient out let and apply to spot
 This is what you have to do if you use a hot water bottle. First, find the bottle, fill the kettle and heat the water fill the bottle, perhaps scalding your fingers surely spilIing some, dry the outside of the bottle, wrap it in a woolen cloth because it is nearly al ways too hot at first. apply it as best you can to aching back or lame shoul- der. Repeat the heating. filling. wrap
 
 heat pad will outlast several hot water bottles and it is cheaper in the end. It is the thing you want in case of sud- den chill, pains, aches, neuralgia for the quick relief which it gives.
 FASHIONS IN LIGHTING
 Tn the old days of lighting chandeliers were put to stayi They were consid cred as permanent part of the house as the fireplace or the kitchen sink. They were called lighting fixtures" Walls might be repapered, decorations and hanging made over in newer styles. but the ugly chandeliers. with their dust catching whirlisigs and spangles re- nlained unchanged defying the march of time. Even after the advent of elec- tricity. folk continued to look upon the
 lighting fixtures as something fixed.
 But Dame Fashion in collaboration with the scientists and Illuminating engineers who are constantly making improvements in electric lamps, has now taken enlarge of the lighting busi- ness She has given us fashions in lights, just as we have fashions in hats and gowns. Lamp shades change from year to year and from season to sea- son. Presumably we may see adver- tised. "the latest spring creations in boudoir lights"
 However do not be alarmed, the shifting styles in lighting equipment have come as a steady improvement and economy Of electric lamps. Each change means that the householder will have more or better lights or cheaper light, and frequently such a change means all three.
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