. The town of Shrewsbury, its location, advantages and attractions as a place of residence and for business . o see thrifty management of the farms connectedwith all these institutions. If farming can be made to pay any- where it should be upon these farms, for they have every appliancewhich capital can furnish. We are ready to make due allowancefor the fact that much of the work must be of an experimentalcharacter, but we must urge that the line be carefully^ drawnbetween that which is merely experimental,and that which is up tothe standard of the best farming. If, for instance, hay is sold,w
. The town of Shrewsbury, its location, advantages and attractions as a place of residence and for business . o see thrifty management of the farms connectedwith all these institutions. If farming can be made to pay any- where it should be upon these farms, for they have every appliancewhich capital can furnish. We are ready to make due allowancefor the fact that much of the work must be of an experimentalcharacter, but we must urge that the line be carefully^ drawnbetween that which is merely experimental,and that which is up tothe standard of the best farming. If, for instance, hay is sold,which we presume is seldom done, it should command the highestmarket price, because presumably the best. But in the line ofnursery stock, nearly all will be of an experimental character, andof course, will not command the full market price. In case, how-ever, any standard varieties are propagated that will equal thatproduced by experienced nurserymen, the institutions should havethe advantage of full prices. We have some knowledge of attemptsto sponge these institutions which the public should frown %^^ This cut shows how the armature shaft-pinion of an electricstreet car motor was worn away in four months at a speed of 900revolutions a minute. See Scientific American, July 13, short life of the gear is the weakest point in electnctraction (Mr. Harris, engineer Brooklyn Street Railway.)The Union Electric Car Co. gears run in oil and last indefinitely, SYSTEM OF UNION ELECTRIC CAR COMPANY. 18 P. 0. Square, Boston, Mass., as shown by the Equipment of the Beverly and Danvers St. Ry. Co., , Mass. The weight of the cars, with batteries ready for service, is aboutsix tons, or the same as those of the overhead system on the WestEnd Road in Boston. Each car has two sets of batteries, whichenable it to do eighty miles of service—forty to each charge. Thebatteries are charged on the tables in the car house, and thesetables being on the same level as the car floor,
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