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•She RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 4, 1922 
Trad* Mark 
Removing Paint from Canoe 
IIow can I remove the paint from a 
canoe? I have tried scraping and differ¬ 
ent kinds of paint removers recommended, 
hut have been unsuccessful so far. u.R. 
New Jersey. 
Make a mixture of one-third alcohol, 
denatured, of course, one-third acetone, 
and one-third benzine, and add to this. 
warming gently by putting in a can of 
hot water, not on the stove, about five 
per cent of yellow beeswax. When cool, 
paint it on, and after an hour or so scrape 
it off. It should bring most of the paint 
with it, but canoe paint is usually put on 
to resist coming off. so you may have to 
give it a second dose. 
Bluing Gun Barrel 
How can I blue and bronze gun bar¬ 
rels? H. n. 
The really good colors are put on by 
heat. If you want to experiment with 
dips, here are two from a well-known 
formulary : 
Blue: Make a 14 per cent solution of 
sodium thiosulphate, (“hypo”), and add 
Renewing Brass Lacquer 
llow can I replace the brass lacquer 
on the iron base <»f a table lamp? 
Pennsylvania. j. e. m. 
We do not think that you can, if you 
care anything for the looks of the job 
when done. Better turn it over to a pro¬ 
fessional. Most, lacquers have to be 
baked on. anyway, and require a very 
clean surface to start on. 
Waterproofing Shoes 
Will yon give me a simple and inex¬ 
pensive way to make my boys’ shoes 
waterproof? E. g. 
New .lersey. 
Warm, and rub in plenty of a heavy 
paraffin, something about the grade of a 
good cup grease. Repeat at frequent in¬ 
tervals. 
Potassium Bichromate in Gasoline 
Can potassium bichromate he added to 
gasoline in a gas tank. and. if so, will it 
produce a more volatile gasoline, and is 
there any danger in using it? n. e. o. 
It can certainly be added, but it will 
!|l^$ 5001 ° $700 Pei* Acre 
Growing Strawberries 
riHRERE is Big Money in Growing StrnwtcrricB when strong, 
• saev-i - healthy plants ore net. Our plant* grown oo New Lund on (lio 
• ' best for Big Pitying crops. One of oar varieties tirougtd growers 
/•. 4700 per Acre list Spring. It will tiny you hie to not. 
KEITH’S NEW LAND STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Grown on fresh virgin toll, Ituvbu? tcecwi to All tb^NMurnl riant PVkkJ* tb<*y CAD 
We. It,i ff are as full of Vico# (.If# r.t N*h.r*cnt> fifl lli£* 'tronc. howvily 
footed |*!*J utn t><#y *r«. Irlurh better Uiasi pliUiLi >?ruwtl oldacll. TiK-y Ore junt the 
• bmri that will Pea* the*.* 1M* tYo4tnl)|*4: rm)«- 
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»i w Blrotir, hkaJUiy ami Tni* to Nilmu* un»t to #»vo you rrn»r«> 
11181 >5 Itlfjnl or wr refund yemr runm-jr. Oar Now Land plant* nro rrrtnmiy thnbo-Ft 
ecu cor. Kir an»j ifnereMoo-i to rowih you In ip-xmI rrowirut couifltiotl. Wo aiilp tVrti freshly 
— J *) you bill an«J gomMeof to ra$*zhyou In irvxxl riroWifOt COUutUt 
. rior dircvl tn ?*co 1 rcea <rzr Nuracfy. KoULV Cv«*it*«Arlns Sltrawbor 
Sumuirr omt Fall pi/orta rwtlnlh* SSnhavrMir RCiiuir 
llrtvr fruited <T«*ry r'.cnmirr for ever five itef*.' Kalth'a W*y» 
iaro lulls you Low to »*rbo»Tlnir Strawbnrrla* raceeapfullv - K: 
pnT.J vof) f/e-t our tnz:: Cviurcnenira you pbin* CfuW. It tilntnri'o »nd 
ble varieties ofFlrawberric-. ItaApberrlf**. HJackbernea nnd other email Ji 
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avc the RCfiillnc CvrrbcnrinK VtfltOeA. 
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700 Sawyer, Mich. 
Adapted to 
Climate and Soil ' |p| 
Isbell's Bell Brand Clovers 0M lb 
—red or alsikc—ore the pur- 
est obtainable. They ere all 
Northern-Grown—hardness and NA \ 
adaptability to severe climatic Y> 
conditions are bred into them—the result of 43 
years of success in growing seeds, 
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an equal amount of ff *(• por cent solution 
of lend acetate, in water, and dip the per¬ 
fectly bright barrel. 
Bronze : Sweet, spirits of niter. •> ozs.: 
gum benzoin . 1 Vj oz. ; tincture of chloride 
of irog. ¥j oz.; sulphate of copper. Bj oz,; 
alcohol, denatured. ¥2 oz. Mix in that 
order, and add 1 qi. rain water. That is 
las given, but the chances are that tinc¬ 
ture of benzoin should be used instead of 
the pure gum. In any event, better ex¬ 
periment first on a worthless barrel. 
Making Wood Acid 
How is acid obtained from wood? 
New York. c. F. U 
By heating it out of contact with air. 
To make it pay, there must be a large 
supply of “hard” wood available. Such a 
place being found, large iron boxes, called 
"retorts," are put up on brick foundation 
and connected with other boxes, where 
the acid is picked up. There are several 
of these retorts, so that only one need be 
cooled down at a time. The sawed wood 
is put. in, the retort sealed, and heat ap¬ 
plied. The first one has to be heated by 
a wood fire; after that the uucondensed 
gases from other retorts supply enough 
heat. The distillate is a mixture of gases, 
which are condensed for the most part, 
and lime is used to unite with the acid, 
which is called “pyroligneous” when 
crude, and acetic when purified. Aside 
from water, the other liquids are mostly 
acetone and methyl, or “wood” alcohol, 
though there is considerable "tar, ’ of 
slight value. The outfit costs a large 
sum, and the project on the whole is only 
.iHpnctivu to 1 nr ire concerns.* 
not influence the action of the engine at 
all. It will likely clog the carburetor, 
ami with traces of water it will pick up, 
rust a hole in the tank. Keep it out. 
There is nothing that can be added to 
gasoline To improve it, except some better 
gasoline. Ether has been used, but is said 
to wear ihe engines. You can probably 
make your best gains by adjusting the 
carburetor so as to run on as thiu a mix- 
lure as you can as soon as you heat up. 
Resilvering Mirror 
1 have a mirror that, has goue bad. 
How can I mix quicksilver to put on the 
hack of it to repair it? iins. f. w. 
Essex Co., X. Y. 
You can’t. The old way of making 
mirrors was by a quicksilver-tin amalgam, 
which had to be put on with great care 
by skilled workmen, and then kept under 
considerable pressure till the stuff was 
set. It was then varnished and painted. 
The modern way is to reduce pure silver 
mi the glass chemically, dry and varnish. 
We printed the directions for this a while 
ago, but ibis process also needs some 
chemical skill and quite a little practice. 
If the glass is worth it, better send it to 
a professional. 
Discolored Cistern Water 
I have a new cistern, just built, and 
also have had the house newly shingled 
with cedar shingles. The water in the 
cistern coming from the roof of the house 
is a dark brown color, and is foamy when 
poured from one pall to another. Is there 
any way of changing rhe color, and how 
to get rid of the foam? G. T, L. 
Rhode Island. 
Nothing, but keep pumping out and 
throwing it away. It is harmless and. if 
il only had a different flavor, that amber, 
foamy fluid would lie far more popular. 
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It t«ll« How to lt*«M »,cnt-ties» bent sdaptet) tc your soil nnd 
noedfi. How to 1 ,rv|.art tr i veil for vinnlilTK - When to plant. The* 
diff s-ront yr filial I (>ub urowiitf How to plant. Howto 
ran for tbi patrli lion lt» nick and market the fruit so as to 
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A Glimpse 
We have not bad as much snow as 
usual this Winter, but it is coming now. 
Many of our readers will be interested in 
the picture shown above. Here is enough 
snow to satisfy anyone. This picture was 
taken in the C’atskill Mountains, the team 
being owned by George Peekliam. They 
are hauling out wood for fuel. Some of 
our readers are now sitting under palm 
of Winter 
or orange trees in Florida, fanning them¬ 
selves in order to get a bit of breeze. 
They will notice these snow-covered trees 
with interest, and perhaps be thankful 
that they have escaped the frost and 
snow. Yet they miss something, after all; 
the pinch and glow which Jack Frost 
brings to healthy flesh and blood. 
Simple Science 
By Dr. F. D. Crane 
