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Popular Science Monthly 



Making It Possible for tlie Horse 

 to Eat Comfortably 



HEALTHY horses, like all other ani- 

 mals, enjoy a good meal, especially 

 when they can eat it with a reasonable 

 amount of comfort. The old type of 

 feed-bag which was crowded over 

 one-half of a horse's head did 

 not furnish an over-supply of 

 comfort, for every time a horse 

 shook or raised his head, he was 

 sure to be greeted with a 

 sufifocating shower of oats pour- 

 ing down over his nostrils. 

 To do away with this and 

 give a horse freedom of move- 

 ment while eating, 

 Charles A. Hermann, 

 of Chicago, [has de- 

 vised a new type of 

 feeding-bag. His in- 

 vention is pictured 

 in the accompanying 

 illustration. 



The new feeding- 

 bag is very different from the old, having 

 very much the appearance of an enlarged 

 hand-bag. In this the oats are held sus- 

 pended in front of the horse from two light 

 rods. These rods are held horizontally in 

 position on each side of the horse by two 

 wide straps. Thus, no part of the device 

 need cover the head of the horse, nor are 

 any of its movements restricted. After 

 feeding time, the device may be unstrapped, 

 the bag closed up, and the rods bent back 

 upon their center hinges, so that very little 

 room is taken up when it is stowed away 

 in the wagon. 



With the feed-bag attached in this way the horse 

 has freedom of action and breathing space 



An Automobile Salesroom on 

 a State Tour 



WITH a four-ton truck as a salesroom 

 on wheels, the firm of Smith Brothers, 

 in Los Angeles, arranged a remarkable sell- 

 ing tour throughout southern California, 

 recently. Upon the body of the 

 truck a railed platform was built 

 which was reached by a flight 

 of steps in the rear. In the 

 center of this floor was set a 

 new pleasure car, with the 

 wheels held securely by 

 blocks so that it would 

 stay in place. The 

 platform was carpet- 

 ed, as were the steps; 

 the brass work of the 

 railing was polished 

 and the truck was 

 sent from one town 

 to another where it 

 stayed long enough 

 to attract the inter- 

 est of many pros- 

 pective buyers. The platform was built 

 wide enough to allow prospective buyers to 

 walk all around the pleasure car while a 

 salesman pointed out its attractions. 



Of course it would have been a simple 

 matter to have sent out the automobile on 

 this campaign without the truck, but the 

 machine would have lost its luster and its 

 new appearance, while by this method the 

 demonstrating car could be kept absolutely 

 perfect. The sight of an automobile 

 mounted upon a truck attracted attention 

 to both the pleasure car and the sturdy 

 truck that carried it. 



The sample automobile was mounted on a carpeted platform on a truck and exhibited in 

 all its mechanical perfection and original luster just as it would have been in a showroom 



