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Popular Science Monthly 



A rope drawn by horses lifts the load to the desired height. Then a clutch is released, tlie 

 platform tilts, and the straw slides off 



A Combined Electric Stove and 

 Fireless Cooker 



EVERYONE in this electric age 

 knows the value of an electric stove 

 in the kitchen, but unfortunately not 

 everyone can afford to have one. For 

 this reason the new electric fireless 

 cooker will largely fill this want. Not 

 only is the original cost less than that 

 of the stove, but the cost of operation 

 also is decidedly reasonable, consider- 

 ing that the current is on but a few min- 

 utes Avhile the food is being brought to 

 a certain temperature. 



The electric fireless cook stove departs 

 from the usual fireless cooker in that it 

 has no soapstone radiators to clean, heat, 

 or handle in any way. One permanent, 



An electric fireless cooker which has no soap- 

 stone radiators to be cleaned, heated or 

 handled in any way 



Stationary radiator is concealed in the 

 liottom, and in this heat is stored and 

 radiated. The kettle and pans are placed 

 on the heavy wire rack, and the current 

 turned on for a short time. A steam- 

 escape valve warns of the danger of 

 explosions. Though this stove has many 

 advantages over the earlier types, the 

 price is within the range of the average 

 pocketbook. Many housewives will wel- 

 come its use, especially on hot summer 

 days. 



Straw-Stacker Does Away With Man 

 and Pitchfork 



A MACHINE that does away with the 

 laborious process of stacking straw 

 with pitchforks has been put into use 

 on some of the farms in Kansas. 



The apparatus performs its task as an 

 elevator, raising the straw from the 

 ground and depositing it on the top of 

 the stack. The elevator works on pul- 

 leys attached to a stiff frame on wheels.. 



A rope drawn by horses lifts the 

 weight to the desired height, when a 

 catch is released by the operator and the 

 platform tilts and the straw slides off. 

 By way of contrast, the old type of 

 stacker is shown to the right in the ac- 

 companying illustration. 



