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The Position Reprding DECENTLY, the Minister of Tractors for Land "J. Agriculture stated that.
Work under the agreement made with the Ford Motor Co. last June, delivery has been taken of some 1,400 Fordson tractors, of which 110 have been sent to Scotland, and the remainder supplied to County War Agricultural Executive Committees in England and Wales. Orders had recently been placed for 50 track-type machines, which would shortly be available. Farmers themselves have been very active, and have purchased 10,000 tractors since the outbreak of war. The total number of agricultural tractors now available in England and Wales is estimated at 60,000.
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Using Compressed Air A VAST variety of intricate to Facilitate Machining rTh. processes is employed. at
Lucas Parts . . . the Lucas factories in Bir mingham for the many delicate components produced there. As an example, there is a machine designed especially for drilling the starter yoke or outer casing. This is controlled largely by compressed air. The yoke is merely located, and the movement of a lever not only brings into action the air cylinder which holds it, but sets the drills in operation and feeds them to the work. Special cams control the feed to suit the material being drilled and the diameter of the drills, the complete operation taking 12 seconds.
Getting Road -batety A SIMPLE and effective Slogans into Every rImethod of impressing road
Home safety slogans upon every adult has been adopted in Australia, and might well be adopted by our "Safety First" Association. The slogans are printed on matchbox labels and sometimes accompanied by suitable drawings. Examples are "Keep children off the roads," "See if the road be clear before crossing." "Drivers, do not pass on bends."
Keeping Vehicles on INTERESTING methods of their own Road Iseparating opposed traffic
Lane lanes have been carried out in the U.S.A. One is a channelled deflector plate consisting of a central strip of steel sheet with wide corrugations 3 ins, deep, the direction of these forming an acute angle with the road axis. The result is that vehicles that drive on to the strip are automatically deflected back to the carriageway. The strip, however, can be Crossed, if necessary, at high speeds and at sharp angles of attack. Another device is called the parabolic deflector—some might call it the diabolic. This, also of steel sheet, resembles an inverted, rounded V. If projects about 18 ins, above the road, and prevents any part of the vehicle other than the tyres, from coming into contact with the deflector.
Useful Aids to MainMANY thousands of corn
raining AR.P. VehiIvirnercial vehicles are des standing by at A.R.P. stations. In some areas the personnel responsible pay great attention to these vehicles, and one London centre has diagrams of each mounted on the garage walls. These were obtained free from the Wakefield Library at Beaconsfield, arid they show clearly the attention required by each working part. Such diagrams are available for over 200 different commercial-vehicle chassis.