HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1955-12-29, Page 15Tiff FARM F14 NT
Jo Aalisseii
It's a foolish farmer wbo
would pamper a prize pig but
neglect Ws expensive tractor.
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Putting a tractor away for the
winter isn't just a matter of
driving it under cover and shut-
ting off the engine. Not if it
is going to be ready to go in
the Spring without expensive
anti time-consuming re p a i r.
There are several steps for prop-
erly preparing a tractor for
winter storage. Here's a check-
list compiled by automotive en-
gineers:
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1. Wash the tractor thor-
oughly, using soap and warm
water to remove barnyard acids,
a kc.•osene-soaked brush to
scrub off accumulated grease.
Be careful of an open flame
when working with kerosene.
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2. Inspect for worn or broken
parts, loose or lost nuts and, if
repairs are indicated, have them
done now. The garage or trac-
tor station will be a lot busier
in the spring.
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3. Check the ignition system.
a. Service or replace pitted
ignition points.
b. Cheek wires end cables for
cracks or worn spots, which
would indicate the need for re-
placement, wipe off any grease
o1' oil which can cause insula-
tion to deteriorate.
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4. Put the tractor on blocks
to take the weight off the tires.
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5. To eliminate rust forma-
t' inside the engine, remove
the spark plugs and pour one or
two teaspoons full of light oil
ir' each cylinder. Replace the
spark plugs and run the engine
briefly to distribute the oil
around the rings and aver the
cylinder w a I 1 s. Incidentally,
while you have those spark
plugs out, look them over. If
they've been running all sum -
in they will need cleaning or
perhaps should be replaced with
new ones in the Spring.
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6. Drain and flush the cool-
ing system, using a hot soda
solution or a commercial solu-
tion a enable at most garages
If sediment is present.
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7. Drain the elankense.
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8. Drain all the fuel from
tank, carburetor, filter and lines
to prevent* gum formation.
9, move the battery, have
it charged if -necessary, and then
store in a place that's cool but
safe from freezing.
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10. Cap the exhaust pipe or
stuff It with a rag to keep out
moisture,
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Incidentally, in removing or
installing spar' plugs, engineers
warn that it's important 10 fol-
low a few simple Tulles in this
oper'ttion.
SALLY'S SALLIES
"They're really homemade .
mushrooms, sir; grown in our
hitchen rr11A t'."
L irst, be sure to use the proper
size socket wrench. one that's
too large might slip and crack
the insulator.
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After the plug has been loos-
ened one or two turns, use a tire
pump to blow dirt away from
the seat so it won't fall into the
engine. * * "'
Slip on new gaskets before in-
stalling a plug, then turn it in
with th fingers as far as pos-
sible. A three-quarter turn
with the wrench will then com-
press the gasket and form a
tigbt seal between the spark
plug and the cylinder head:
Forgotten Creator
Of Sewing Maclaine
In Cornhill, Boston, thirty
years ago, there was a shop for
the manufacture and repair of
nautical instruments and philo-
sophical apparatus, kept by Ari
Davis. Mr. Davis was a very
ingenious mechanic, who had in-
vented a successful dovetailing
machine, much spoken of at the
the time, when inventions were
not as numerous as they are
now. Being thus a noted man
in his calling, he gave way to
the foible of affecting an oddity
of dress and deportment, It
pleased him to say extravagant
and nonsensical things, and to
go about singing, and to attract
attention by unusual garments.
Nevertheless, being a really
skillful mechanic, he was fre-
quently consulted by the invent-
ors and improvers of machinery,
to whom he sometimes gave a
valuable suggestion.
In the year 1839, two men in
Boston one a mechanic, and
the other a capitalist - were
striving to produce a knitting -
machine, which proved to be a
task beyond their strength.
When the inventor was at his
wit's end, his capitalist brought
the machine to the shop of Ari
Davis, to see if that eccentric
genius could suggest the solu-
tion of the difficulty, and make
the machine work. The shop,
resolving itself into a commit-
tee of the whole, gathered about
the knitting -machine and its
proprietor, and were listening to
an explanation of its principle,
when Davis, in his wild extrava-
gent way, broke in with these
words: "What are you bother-
ing yourselves with a knitting -
machine for? Why don't you
make a sewing -machine?"
"T. wish I could," said the
capitalist; "but it can't be done."
"0, yes it can," said Davis;
"I can make a sewing -machine
my -elf."
"Well," said the other, "you do
it, Davis, and I'll insure you an
independent fortune."
There the conversation drop-
ped, and it was never resumed.
Among the workmen who
stood by and listened to this
conversation, was a young man
from the country, a new hand,
named Elias Howe, then twenty
years old.. .
The only immediate effect
upon him of the conversation in
the shop -of Mr. Davis was to in-
duce a habit of reflecting upon
the art of sewing, watching the
process as performed by hand,
and wondering whether it was
within the compass of the mech-
anic arts 10 do it by machinery.
Like all the other great in-
ventars, Mr. Howe found that,
when lie had completed his ma-
chine, his difficulties had but
begun. After he had brought
the machine to the point of
making a few stitches. he went
to Boston one day to get a tailor
to come to Cambridge and ar-
range some cloth for sewing and
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give his opinion as to the qual-
ity of the work done by the ma-
chine. The comrades of the man
to whom he first applied dissu-
aded him from going, alleged
that a sewing -machine, if it
worked well, must necessarily
reduce the whole fraternity of
tailors to beggary; and this prov-
ed to be the unchangeable con-
viction of the tailors for the next
ten years. .
In April, 1849, Elias Howe
landed in New York, after an
absence of two years from the
country, with half a crown in
his pocket, Four years had near-
ly elapsed since the completion
of his first machine, and this
small piece of silver was the net
result Of his labors upon that
invention. He and bis friend
went to one of the cheapest emi-
grant boarding houses, and
Elias H..we sought employment
in the machine- shops, which
luckily he found without delay.
Upon bis return home, after
his residence in London, Elias
Howe discovered, much to his
surprise, that the sewing -ma-
chine had become celebrated,
though its inventor appeared
forgotten. Several ingenious
mechanics who had only heard
or read of a machine for sewing,
and others who had seen the
Howe machine, had turned their
attention to inventing in the
same direction, or to improving
upon Mr. Howe's • devices. -
From "History of The Sewing
Machine," by James Parton,
1867.
Shipwrecked Sailor Founded Jap Navy
Shackled with heavy chains
in a fetid Japanese prison cell,
a tall, bearded Englishman sat
brooding. It was more than two
years since Will Adams had
bade farewell to his wife and
children in the little Medway
village of Gillingham and sailed
as chief pilot with a Dutch fleet
of five ships on a trading mis-
sion to the Pacific.
That had been in June, 1598,
and the whole venture had end-
ed in disaster. First Jacob Mahu,
their leader, had died of fever
in the Cape Verde Islands. Then,
after a hazardous voyage across
the Atlantic, it had taken them •
five terrible months to beat
through the gale -whipped Ma-
gellan Straits.
Storms had separated their
fleet of cockleshell craft, none
larger than 250 tons. Some had
turned -back, others had been
captured by the Spaniards.
Privation and attacks by hos-
tile natives wherever they put
in to land had depleted the
numbers of those who courage-
ously pressed on. His own bro-
ther, Torn, had been murdered
by cannibals.
Alone in the midst of a great
storm, the fever -ridden crew of
Adams' ship, the Charity, had
tried to abandon their vessel.
Standing over them with a
pistol, the Britisher had com-
pelled the faint-hearted Dutch-
men to sail on. Finally, a ty-
phoon had- wrecked their vessel,
and her shattered timbers with
Adams and a companion cling-
ing to them, were cast up on
the shore of the unknown and
-
hostile land of Japan.
Its ruler, he had learned, was
the Shogun lyeyasu Tokugawa,
to whom the few Portuguese
permitted to trade in Japan had
branded the shipwrecked men
as pirates. Jealous of competi-
tion, they knew that the fierce
Shogun decreed but one fate
for such criminals -crucifixion.
There was a sudden clash of
belts as the door to the sailor's
cell was unbarred and flung
open. On the threshold squat,
muscular guards armed with
heavy swords beckoned Adams
to accompany them. Convinced
that this was to be his last jour-
ney on earth, -he strode forth
. with head held high.
' The tall sailor was marched to
the Shogun's palace and into
the presence. of the dictator of
all Japan, beside whom the
legitimate ,Emperor, was merely ...
a power -stripped puppet.
But although Tokugawa had
ruthlessly crushed his rival ba-
rons who with- their armies of
samurai - had rent the country
with civil' war, he was a humane
and enlightened ruler with high
principles and a strong sense of
justice.
The Shogun was at once ,fa-
vourably impressed by the cou-
rageous bearing and demeanour
of the handsome Englishman.
"This man is no pirate," he
told his courtiers, and ordered
that Adams should be freed
from his sheekles.
Invited to tell how be game
to Japan, Adams recounted the
tale of his adventurous voyage
which had ended so disastrous-
ly.
Intrigued, the Shogun desired
to know more about this strange
foreigner, and listened intently
to the story of his life -how ho
had fought against the Spanish
Armada 05 a master and pilot
with the Navy, and how after-
wards he had made many voy-
ages as navigator for a wealthy
trading company.
The Shogun fingered his chin
thoughtfully. "You are skilled
in the arts of the sea," he said.
"Can you construct for me a
ship that will sail against the
'winds?"
Although Adams came from
humble stock and was no ship-
builder., the proposition pre-
sented little difficulty to such
experienced mariner. He had
noted that Japanese ships were
poorly constructed and unable
to tack -able only to sail in the
same direction as the wind was
blowing -and he knew he could
teach their shipwrights how to
build,
Lacking ships capable of cros-
sing the seas Japan was isolated
from the rest of the world. Ne
Europeans had managed to
reach the country except a few
Portuguese traders from Macao.
There was much scope for the
Englishman's talents.
Soon Adams found himself
promoted to the position of per-
sonal adviser to the Shogun.
The ship he had designed, a ves-
sel of 80 tons, had been built
and launched, and others were
on the stocks. Each dey the
sailor spent hours with the dic-
tator, teaching him the rudi-
ments of math_matics, geomet-
ry, gunnery and navigation.
He was provided with a large,
sumptuously furnished house
with servants, and a princely
salary. But Adams yearned to
be back in his native Kent with
his wife and family. To every
appeal he made to be allowed to
go home, the Shogun turned a
politely deaf ear.
Then one day the Shogun sent
a special summons for Adams
to come to the -palace. Entering
the ruler's splendid silk -draped
private apartments, the Eng-
lishman came face to face with
a beautiful Japanese girl who
bowed low before him,
"Who are you?" stammered
the red-faced sailor.
The girl knelt submissively at
his feet and with downcast eyes
replied, "I am the Lady Bikuni,
graciously chosen by the illust-
rious Shogun to be the wife of '
the Lord Anjin Same." Will
Adams knew that this was the
name the Japanese had given
him, meaning "the English pi-
lot.
Embarrassed by the girl's of-
fer, he hastily sought out the
Shogun to protest that he was
already married and could not
honourably take another wife.
"But you must stay here -we
have great need of you," the
Shogtmtold him. "And the lady
is of noble birth. Did she not
find favour in your sight?"
"She is very beautiful in- -
deed," agreed Adams fervently.
"But I will remain true to my
own wife."
In appreciation of the Eng-
lishman's services in laying the
foundation of what was t0 be-
come a great Navy and mer-
chant fleet for his country and
Instructing his sailers in the arts
of seamanship and gunnery, the
Shogun raised Adams to the no-
bility and conferred upon him
an estate Of more than 100
farms.
But Will passed his days in a
fever of impatience and anxiety,
,Fte, with' thee.aid- 01..e. sailor
from a passing vessel, he had
managed to smuggle a letter
home to England telling of his
plight.•
Months later an English ship
arrived to establish a trading
post in Japan for the East Indies
Company. Eagerly Will Adams
sought out her captain. "Tell
me," he begged, "do they know
about me in England? What
news have you of my wife and
children?"
"Aye, even the Queen has
heard of your exploits," Captain
Saris told him. "But I fear I
have only sorrowful tidings of
your family. According to my
information they are dead long
since."
Adams was heartbroken at
the news, and sought consola-
tion in his work for the Shogun.
But when his sorrow began to
lessen he found himself think-
ing of the lovely Lady Bikuni.
Now that his ties with the
homeland had gone there was
no longer any need to leave the
R. Barclay S% rsen, B.A.., 0 A..
Jesus Teaches Confidence Sal Qf
Luke 12: 22-34
Memory Selection: Seek ete't
what ye shall eat, or what y0
shall drink, neither be ye el
doubtful mind. For all ttnam
things do the nations of the
world Seek after: and your fa-
ther knoweth that ye have littea
of these things. But rather seek
ye the kingdom of God; and ail
these things shall be added stat•
to you. Luke 12:29-31.
With most of us the dai1'?'task
of making a living is a stark
reality. If we do not work we
do not eat; and eat we must. But
if we only live to make a living
life is hardly worth living. We
must have a higher goal. Jesse
said, "Seek ye the kingdom et
God and these things shall be
added unto you." By 'these
things' He meant the necessities
of life as food and raiment.
"Your father knoweth that ye
have need of these things, Now
this puts life in a different per-
spective. God comes first. 014r
life is secondary. We are living
for God and -because we are f'le
undertakes to see that our needs
are supplied. This gives a real
purpose to life. Life is words
living.
Like many others. I have
proved God's promises along this
line are true. Seven months be-
fore I entered the pastoral min-
istry thewords of Philippiane
4:19 came to me with great
force, "My God shall supply alit
your need according to his deb -
es in glory by Christ Jesus." I:
knew that my first appointment:
would likely be a small church
where the financial support
would be small. I had a wife
and one child. But 1 was assured
by God that my needs would bee
supplied. They were. And they
still are. I have never asked for
money for myself either from
individual or from official board{.
There is, no need of it. If I con-
tinue to do the part that God
wants me to do in advancing We
kingdom then it is his respond.
bility to .see that my needs are
supplied. My bank account hats
never exceeded three figures hall
I have no debts or any gadgets
partly paid for. I have no wor-
ries about money. I thank God..
Elizabeth Cheney's "A Dia-
logue by Birds" has a lesson for
us.
Said the. Robin to the Sperrows
"I should really like to know
Why these anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so.**
Said the Sparrow to the Robina
"Friend, I think that it must Waco
That they have no Heavenly ra-
ther
-Such as cares for you and mer'
country of his forced adoption„
The Shogun was delighted, is
marriage with the beautiful
Japanese girl was arranged, anti
Will Adams- finally settled dowlit
t0 raise a Second family, auei
become the legend he has re-
mained in Japan to this day.
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NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS -The five
recipients are admiring their diplomas afiter the pre,
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by King Gustaf Adolf in Stockholm, Sweden. Left to right ore: Dr. Vincent du Vigneoud
of Cornell Medical College, winner for chemistry; Dr. Palykarp Kusch of Columbia University
and Dr. Willis E. Lamb of Stanford University, who shared for physics; Dr. Hugo Theorell of the
Swedish Royal Caroline Institute, winner of p hysiology and medicine, and Holldor K. Lnxnetes
of Iceland, for literature.