Wifh the Home Bureau 



(Continued from page 30) 



to the meeting but caused no interrup- 

 tions. In spite of music, tree, presents, 

 and general excitement, the children re- 

 mained in their own section. The topic 

 studied was "Fitting the Home for Chil- 

 dren." Various types of nurseries, play- 

 rooms, and recreational centers were 

 discussed. 



More than 500 persons attended two 

 open meetings on "Health" in Warren 

 County conducted by Miss Fannie 

 Brooks. In Kankakee County they are 

 studying "Mental Health and Personal- 

 ity of the Home Maker." One husband 

 remarked that he liked to have his wife 

 attend Home Bureau as she came home 

 in better spirits and treated him better! 



Home Bureau members in Knox Coun- 

 ty have no financial worries! After the 

 sale of their cook book, $300 was 

 reported in the treasury. Twenty mem- 

 bers served the men at the Annual Farm 

 Bureau meeting. Six hundred plates 

 were guaranteed. After all bills were 

 paid they had cleared $63.44. 



Through studying the Home Furnishing 

 projects, one woman in Iroquois earned 

 enough money canning and re-upholster- 

 ing chairs for neighbors to pay her 

 Home Bureau dues. 



Greene County Home Bureau held its 

 annual meeting in the Greenfield High 

 School with 100 women present. At a 

 joint session in the afternoon with the 

 Farm Bureau, Mrs. Elsie Mies of Ur- 

 bana made an interesting and instruc- 

 tive talk. The Home Adviser of Greene 

 County attended the lAA sessions in 

 Decatur. In her own words "it gave her 

 an opportunity to know Who's Who in 

 that field." 



A new county recognition score card 

 system used for the first time last year 

 has revealed that McLean County is the 

 most outstanding in girls' 4-H club work, 

 according to Miss Mary McKee, girls 

 4-H club specialist. McLean scored 118 

 points more than its nearest rival on 

 thirty-four items relating to organiza- 

 tion, leadership, county committee and 

 activities. Ninety-eight of the 102 coun- 

 ties in the state were entered. 



The Argentine governmeiit recently 



pegged the price of wheat at 90c per 

 bushel. This act was immediately re- 

 flected in stronger wheat prices both in 

 this country and abroad. Drouth cut the 

 Argentine wheat crop to about 40% 

 short of last year and 36% short of the 

 last five year average. 



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High Compression Tractors 

 Are More Efficient 



Approximately 200 Farm Bureau leaders 

 attended a conference at the University of 

 Illinois. Champaign, February 25th. This 

 group was made up principally of service 

 company directors, managers and farm ad- 

 visers. The principal subject discussed by 

 Professor Ray I. Shawl was "high compres- 

 sion tractors." on which the Agricultural 

 Engineering Department has done consider- 

 able work. 



"The possibility of developing more en- 

 gine power with less fuel consumption, by 

 the use of high compression engines burn- 

 ing gasoline of 70 octane rating or better, 

 has created a great deal of interest among 

 the tractor owners of the state," Shawl said. 



"The question of high compression tractor 

 engines was first brought to our attention 

 during the summer of 1934. and there was 

 enough interest in this type of engine that 

 it seemed desirable to make some field tests 

 during 1935. For the purpose of these tests, 

 the Department of Agricultural Engineering 

 decided to use a two plow general purpose 

 tractor on which it had been keeping cost 

 records for the past lO'i years. Last Janu- 

 ary (1935) this IQi/i year old tractor, which 

 had been operated for 7393 hours, was 

 changed into a high compression engine, 

 burning 70 octane gasoline. This change 

 was made by equipping the tractor with 

 new sleeves fitted with 8000 foot altitude 

 pistons, and with a gasoline manifold. 



Increased Power 



"The original belt horsepower of the trac- 

 tor engine was 20.05. It was estimated that 

 the 8000 foot altitude pistons would increasp 

 the horsepower of the engine about 25%, 

 which would give 25 horsepower for the 

 high compression engine. 



"This tractor with the high compression 

 engine completed 1074 hours during 1935, 

 giving excellent service during the entire 

 period. This rubber-tired tractor previously 

 (before being changed over) was able to pull 

 a four-foot wheatland disk plow in high 

 gear at four miles per hour, but with the 

 high compression engine the tractor pulled 

 a 6-foot Wheatland disk at the same speed, 

 which represents almost a 50^^ increase in 

 the load pulled by the tractor. 



"The original crankshaft is still in the 

 engine after 8464 hours of work. For the 

 first 7393 hours of use the tractor used 

 kerosene and the last 1074 hours of use were 

 with the high compression engine burning 

 gasoline. - ■ 



Wear Was Reduced 



"From our tables it will be seen that 

 there was less than the normal amount 

 of wear on the crankshaft during the year's 

 use of the high compression engine burning 

 gasoline. 



"The most common ways of changing \he 

 compression of an engine are (1) to use 

 a high compression head, which decreases 

 the compression space, (2) to use high 

 altitude pistons for 5000 or 8000 foot eleva- 

 tions. These pistons are longer from the 

 wrist pin to the top than the regular pis- 

 tons, and thus decrease the compression 

 space. 



"Gasoline with a 70 octane rating or 

 higher must be used in high compression 



engines. Imw grade fuels cannot be used 

 because they produce very severe engine 

 knocking. 



"Other advantages of high compression 

 gasoline burning engines: 



1. Less crankcase oil dilution and Wear. 



2. Greater engine flexibility. 



3. Easier starting. 



4. Better cold weather operation. 



5. Greater fuel economy." 



Professor Shawl expressed the belief ihat 

 the high compression tractor will become 

 the most efficient of all tractors burning 

 high-grade fuels, just as the Diesel engine 

 has established itself as the most efficient 

 of all engines burning low-grade fuels. 



G. C. Krieger, vice-president of the So- 

 ciety of Automotive Engineers, explained 

 that the trend in tractor engine design was 

 toward high compression. He stated that 

 one large tractor company has sold and 

 delivered 5000 tractors with high compres- 

 sion engines, while during the same time 

 they sold only 20 low compression tractors 

 to be used with kerosene or distillate. 



■ ,.-■ Plan Banner Year 



Donald Kirkpatrick. general counsel for 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association, was 

 the principal speaker of the evening session. 

 He spoke on "Organization and Manage- 

 ment Policies." Mr. Herndon, President of 

 the Illinois Farm Supply Company, presided. 

 Mr. Marchant and other members of the 

 staff of the Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 made a comparative review of the efficiency 

 of county service companies and outlined 

 plans for making 1936 a "banner year" 

 to celebrate its 10th anniversary. 



Dr. W. L. Burlison. of the University of 

 Illinois, was the main speaker Wednesday. 

 His subject was "Recent Research Studies 

 in Soybean Oil." 



Dr. Burlison stated that the value of Soy- 

 bean oil in paint has demonstrated itself 

 so well that its wnder use is attracting the 

 attention of research chemists throughout 

 the country. 



C. M. Seagraves, of the Department of 

 Safety, I. A. A. urged that all service com- 

 pany employees help prevent the loss of 

 lives by driving more carefully. 



Accidents do not happen. They are 

 caused by people who take chances, many 

 of them deliberately. Let's take the 

 glory out of it and reduce the perpetra- 

 tors of traffic accidents to the status they 

 deserve, that of maimers of children and 

 destroyers of property. 



Twenty-nine thousand men are now 



employed on development projects by the 

 Resettlement Administration. Around 

 7,000,000 acres of poor land are being 

 improved. • .:■• , •• - • 



Uncle Ab says there are times when 



will power is best expressed as won't 

 power. 



A. A. 



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