The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-12-11

stat designed by Honeywell for
the purpose. The other lot used
unheatsd water. At the end of
the test each steer getting the
warmed water had gained about
10 per cent in weight over those
that had cold water. In dollars,
it increased the value of each
animal $6.93.
Things to Comet had to
come-noW they have mocha
nized the wheelbarrow by add
ing a motor. Its makers claim
it is light enough for scaffold
and Second-Story work. Also
a hand-truck capable of carry
ing one-ton loads at speeds up
to five m.p.h. Now you can
give meat the needle so as to
flavor meat roaStS. For the
hundreds of thousands of home
workshops, here is a light
weight, portable electric drill
which has a pistol grip handle
and a trigger. Paper labels
can be fixed permanently to any
surface with a new cement just
being placed on the market. -.
Thrifty golfers can now go with
out special shoes by using a new
detachable metal sole with golf
spikes. The one-piece plate locks
on any shoe in a few seconds. -.
We don believe it, but they
claim a new synthetic WhiSk-
broom will really remove those
troublesome little pieces of lint
that cling to your suit. A
new plastic tube is reaching for
the steel pipe markets. Its max
ers claim 1t has a number OF
advantages over steel pipe, in
GLIDING light weight and ease in
handling. For those long
automobile trips, a "left-hand'
a]ccelerator pedal will give your
right foot a rest You will not
find it on any automobile yet
it has just been patented.
Muscles Join BuStleS - Will
the nations farmers able to do
twice as much work mechani-
cally as they did before the war,
muscle power, both human and
animal, IS losing out to the ma
chine for sound economic rea-
sons. A lecsnt study by Graham
Paige Motors, for instance,
found that while farm machln-
cry prices have risen only 38 per
cent over the 1935-39 average
the cost of farm labor when it
can be had) has gone up six
times as much. Similarly, the
cost of feed for ANIMALS has
skyrocketed during the current
period, while running expenses
tor machines and equipment
have risen very little, in COM
parison. The result, of course,
as the study points out, Is a
marked advantage in the use OF
labor-savlng mechanical aids.
Machinery Is also the farmers
current best buy" the study
pointed out, because it takes
only about half as much farm
output to buy most farm ma
chimes now as it did before the
war, since farm prices are now
about Two and one-half times
the preWar average, while ma
cnlnery Las increased only the
previously mentioned 38 per
CsnJ.
Bits O. Business-No doubt
about it, televislon is going over
Appliance dealers and other
merchants should watch the
Lend. Next year a number of
companies will repeat the radio
pattern by Offering lower priced
sets AS more and more saJS get
out into public hanus, programs
Will become mole frequent and
available to more areas. In New
York, the Hotel Roosevelt has
just installed 40 rooms with
televislon sets, expects to get a
premium charge Tor those par
tlcular rooms. :. 1nduStry'S ap-
petite for naW maUhlne tools is
uncurbed. Shipments OF new
maunlneS were up "a per cent
in October over the montn prev
lOuS. The battle over easy
credit terms on consumer goods
continues. Best guess is that
Regulation w will be restored as
one measure by Washington to
combat the inflatlona.y spiral.
Big retailing units are divided
on the question, though reports
continue to grow that cCmpetl-
ton between stores to Offer
easier terms to customers is
growing more pronounced.
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