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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



The Reo loOO-lb. truck which is equipped with a single-cylinder 12 h. p. motor, planetary transmission, 

 and a 44x72 inch body. 



firm, and also A. I. Root's suggestions and 

 caution some time ago about guiding or 

 steering too much. 



It was dark when we reached Boulder at 

 6:15p.m., and the last twelve miles were 

 driven by using the acetylene-gas light'«; 

 but I took the mechanic to the train for his 

 return trip and drove the auto home alone. 

 I did not attempt to run it into the barn by 

 its own power, but pushed it in by hand. I 

 turned out the water by opening the faucet 

 on the engine and radiator so it would not 

 freeze, as we had no anti-freeze mixture in 

 the radiator. 



The next morning in reading the instruc- 

 tion book I found that the oil on the dash- 

 oiler should have been turned off. I hurried 

 out to follow out this injanction, but the oil 

 had been running all night, and there must 

 have been nearly a quart in the engine. We 

 had a hard time getting the engine started. 

 We put hot water in the radiator, gasoline 

 in the cylinder, washed the spark plug in 

 gasoline, and primed the carbureter by pull- 

 ing the little wire provided for this, but the 

 engine would not start until we had worked 

 with it for an hour or more. Then how 

 smoky was the exhaust caused by the burn- 

 ing engine oil! I had three large blisters 

 from cranking the engine, and was tired out 

 when it started. 



The next day we could not get the engine 

 to run at all, and called in an auto-repair 

 man. He found that the batteries tested 

 only ten instead of twenty-five. After he 

 put in new batteries all was well. This is a 



point to remember: IJatteries weaken from 

 becoming old. The batteries in this car 

 were new when they came from the factory, 

 but they had become worthless from stand- 

 ing in the store room. Be sure to have the 

 batteries tested before buying. 



The barn in which we keep the auto is so 

 cold that we have been letting the water out 

 from the radiator every night. The faucet 

 is hard to get at, and has a nail hole in which 

 to insert a nail to turn the faucet. To save 

 trouble we thought it would be a good idea 

 to leave the ten-penny nail in there, but 

 soon learned by sad experience to remove it. 

 Three holes had been punched in the sheet- 

 steel dust-guard under the engine. 



A five-gallon can of gasoline which we 

 kept at first in the auto back of the seat 

 knocked ofT several square inches of varnish 

 so now we are wrapping cloths or sacks 

 around every thing we put in behind. The 

 other day we got tired of emptying out the 

 water e\'ery day, so we got a gallon of wood 

 alcohol for $1.00 and made an anti-freeze 

 mixture of -10 per cent wood alcohol and 60 

 of water. Since then we have been leaving 

 this in the radiator. Some auto men say that 

 this often will not work, sol have been keep- 

 ing the radiator well protected besides. The 

 Brush has a single-cylinder 10 h. p. engine, 

 and is hard to start when the engine is cold. 

 I have had to jack up one of the rear wheels 

 when starting, as the transmission sticks a 

 little, the car being new. This lets the 

 wheel turn, and the engine will go on the 

 second or third trial. I often have to ad- 



