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An Improved Vegetable-Slicer 



AVEC.ETAHLK-SLKKR which can 

 lie adjusted to cut aintliiiiK into 

 tiny shreds, from a carrot to a cabbage, 

 may be described as follows: 



An annular base, mounted on feet, 

 has several roller bearings journaled on 

 the inner side of its rim. Resting on this 

 base, and attached to it by clamps, is a 

 <\lindrical hojiper. A cutting-disk is 

 pnnidetl with three or more slots, 

 ratlially cut, with a corrcs|)onding num- 

 ber of blades, which can be adjusted at 

 their edges. There arc also a like num- 

 ber of splitter- knives which assist in 

 cutting up the vegetables. When in 

 ])osition in the machine the disk rests on 

 the roller bearings and is rotated by a 

 handle-shaft. Fitting around the verti- 

 cal shaft is a tube or hub from which 

 radiate four or more partitions, thus 

 di\iding the hopper into four or more 

 compartments. 



When the vegetables are placed in 

 the hopper the action of the cutting- 

 disk beneath them gradually slices away 

 the whole vegetable, the particles falling 

 through the slots into a dish. Not only 



Large and small vegetables can be sliced 

 at one time with this improved device 



the size and number of the blades can be 

 adjusted, but the plates which fonn the 

 chambers are made to fit into grooves on 

 the central hub and inner surface of the 

 hopper, so that they slide in and out very 

 easily. Thus small vegetables, large vege- 

 tables or both mav be sliced at one time. 



Fish Hatched in Artesian Basin 



ONE of the most unique and con- 

 venient fish hatcheries of the gov- 

 ernment is located near Laramie, Wyom- 

 ing, where sources of good water are few 



A Wyoming fish hatchery is an artificial pond 

 fed by a never-failing artesian well 



and far between, the region being semi- 

 desert. This hatchery is an artificial 

 pond fed by a never-failing artesian well 

 which flows of course night and day. 

 The water comes from a consider- 

 able depth and is therefore 

 pure and cool. It is claimed 

 that better results are obtained 

 from raising trout from this 

 hatchery- than when ordinary sur- 

 face water is used. The float in 

 the center of the pond serves as 

 a shady nook in which the 

 young trout can find a cool, 

 shadowed retreat such as this 

 game fish delights in. When the 

 little trout have attained the 

 proper size they are taken out 

 and used to stock the streams in 

 the vicinity. After theAvatcr has 

 served its purpose as a trout 

 breeder it flows off through pipes 

 and is used to irrigate the little 

 ranch farmed by the keeper of 

 the hatchers-. 



