Show Ripening Tomatoes by Wind Power ver older ripen slowly unless they get TOMATOES I s sunshine on all sides and nd as the fi first st crops on the market get best prices a truck gardener d decided not to wait until his tom tomatoes ripened on the vine in where the dun dlin only reached them on one side Accordingly he gathered half half- ripened fruit and laid it one layer lo-er at a a time on ona ona a turntable which exposed all sides to the sun aun as it revolved Next he mounted a light windmill wind wind- mill on a n plank base fixed a small bevel gear on the thc horizontal shaft abaft and set it in mesh with a bevel el gear of the same diameter which turned on ona ona ona a erti vertical al shaft running down to the wooden base a Il small spur gear being fastened to the lower lo end He th then n made a turntable by cutting a disk two feet in diameter of hard wood with a compass compass compass com com- pass saw after which he ho cut notches in the edge edgo so EO as to make teeth which would In mesh e s h with the spur gear on the i El vertical shaft As the spur gear was very small the gear ratio caus caused d the turntable M to revolve very slowly thus p providing r 0 vi din g i Yi r r I I Ih tl I ir kl I I I H 1 I ull I I I I I d I I tr I rl Ir i I I i r I j c o d l I I d b I III I I I 1 U I I 1 i i I I I l ki kid 11 v ll l r i I l a 1 4 4 4 a Q n F p 1 n 19 Driven Vind Turntable That Exposes All Sides of Ripening Fruits or Vegetables Vegetables' to the Sun f i the best condition for ripening the tomatoes without with with- out unduly taxing the power of the mill A table of this kind which is described in r Popular Mechanics works excellently with water waterpower waterpower power and water wheel connections are easy to install if a stream runs near the garden but whatever motive power Is used it is necessary to to load the table evenly so that it will win balance and t Y turn without any unnecessary handicap t N C t i t t 5 1 F j v fio V f 4 o. o y of r |