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Popular Science Mnufhh/ 



The inconvenience 

 of stopping his 

 machine to unlock 

 the gate before 

 entering his yard 

 led this farmer to 

 erect the overhead 

 crossing here shown 



How One Ford Got Up in the World 



FOR nine months a Florida farmer 

 opened and closed his gate leading 

 to his garage every time he took out his 

 Ford for a spin. Then he built a run- 

 way which put the gate to shame. With 



A " Shoo-Fly " For a Candy Kitchen 



TO KEEP the door of a candy store 

 open and to have no obstruction 

 such as a screen door in the way of 

 those entering, gives the flies full freedom 

 to the sweetened goods. One shop 

 keeper devised a very simple and 

 attractive means of keeping the little 

 pests from the goods on the shelves. 

 The store was on the corner and only 

 two walls were open for sheUing. 



At the top end of each section two 

 flanged wheels were fixed to turn in a 

 horizontal plane and a ribbon band was 

 run as a belt between each pair of 

 these wheels. 



These were connected with a small 

 electric motor to turn at a moderate 

 speed. The tape used for the belt nuide 

 a ready means for attaching numerous 

 riblions in dirt'erent cohjrs so that they 

 lumg like streamers from the top of the 

 shelves to the floor. 



As the band traveled around tlie 

 wheels these streamers were carried in 

 a slanting position, sloping back at tin- 

 iiodom from the direction of travel. .As 

 the ones on the rear side were going in 

 an opjiosile direction it i^roduced a 

 lallicecl elfecl and the mo\ing of the 



four pieces of eighteen-foot lum- 

 ber two by four feet, eight pieces 

 of one foot by three feet, and 

 some short pieces two by four 

 feet to form the supports, he had 

 his runway constructed in short 

 order at a cost of a few dollars. 

 Despite the fact that he has 

 (>nl\- the use of his right hand he 

 steers his Ford on the runway 

 with perfect ease. In addition 

 to this he doesn't worry about 

 the gate any more; and as for 

 the pigs and cows that former- 

 ly played havoc with his garage 

 furnishings, they belong to the 

 troubled past. 



The runway, as he constructed 

 it, is strong enough to bear the 

 combined weight of the automobile 

 and its capacity load of fi\-e passengers. 

 On wet, slippery days sand is sprinkleii 

 on the runway board to keep the 

 machine from skidding. The side rims 

 keep it on the track. 



many ribbons kept the pests away. It 

 produced a very attractive arrange- 

 ment and many a passerby stopped to 

 take a look at the moving colors. 



The "Shoo-Fly" has also been used 

 with great success to protect exposed 

 fruit and \-egetable stands, and has even 

 been used for soda fountains. 



These colored streamers fluttering past 



the shelves of candy effectuiiUy prevent 



the invasion of flics 



