1909. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
211 
A JOB OF SOLDERING. 
E II- C., Brookfield Center, Conn. —Pos¬ 
sibly it might be of interest to more than 
one 0 f your readers to have an article upon 
a soldering outfit for the farm, giving the 
names of the tools needed, their price, and 
how to use them. Many a pail might enjoy 
a longer period of usefulness thereby. 
Ans. —Tools for soldering are few in 
number and inexpensive. Their use is 
easily learned. The great essentials for 
successful work are absolutely clean, 
bright surfaces to be soldered—whether 
tin, copper, zinc, brass, lead or galvan¬ 
ized iron—a clean, hot soldering iron, 
well tinned, and a suitable flux, which 
may be powdered rosin, a prepared pow¬ 
der or a liquid. The liquid is by far the 
best and may be had at any tinner’s, 
often at the hardware dealer’s, or may 
be made by dissolving as much zinc 
as possible in an ounce of hydrochloric 
(muriatic) acid. Strain this and put in 
a bottle with a glass stopper. Be care¬ 
ful not to get it on the skin, as it is a 
burning and active liquid. The solder¬ 
ing iron, which is really copper, for 
customary use should weigh about three- 
quarters of a pound, the copper being 
about two inches long. The heater may 
be a little charcoal stove, a gasoline 
torch, or the kitchen fire if coal is used. 
The scraper may be any old knife. As 
the soldering iron comes from the dealer 
it is not ready for use. The beveled 
point must be filed bright and then 
tinned. This is done by heating the 
copper to a point where it will quickly 
scorch a cloth when laid on it. Never 
let it get red hot. When properly heated 
wipe it on a slightly damp cloth, mak¬ 
ing a pad for that purpose. Take a piece 
of board and make a small depression 
in it that will hold a few pinches of 
powdered rosin or a little of the solder¬ 
ing fluid. Put a. few pieces of solder 
into this and then rub the mixture vig¬ 
orously with the hot soldering iron, 
turning the point of the copper while 
working. If it is hot enough the solder 
will adhere and nicely coat the working 
end of the copper, which is called the 
tinning. It will have to be done from 
time to time. Now it is ready for use. 
Scrape the surface to be soldered and 
see that it is really clean and bright. 
Apply the acid to the surface with a 
feather, cut off a piece of solder of the 
required size, or hold the end of a stick | 
of it in the left hand against the point : 
of the soldering iron while applying, 1 
then rub gently over the spot as the 
solder melts. A little practice will do 
the trick. In soldering a seam turn it | 
so that the solder will flow into it 
rather than away from it. The practiced 
hand can make solder follow the iron 
along a seam as iron chips will follow 
a magnet. It is not very difficult to do. 
An iron will stay hot but a few mo¬ 
ments, and must be constantly reheated. 
If much work is to be done it is best 
to have two irons, one of them heating 
while the other is in use. 
A very handy form of solder is that 
which comes in “wire” shape. Remem¬ 
ber that no solder will stick to a dirty, 
greasy or rusty surface. A soldering 
iron of the size I have mentioned costs 
25 cents; a charcoal stove, $2.50 ; a gaso¬ 
line torch, $3.50; soldering acid, 30 cents 
a half pound; tinner’s snips or shears 
for cutting all kinds of thin sheet metal, 
$1; half-and-half “wire” solder, 30 
cents per pound. These are New York 
prices. Here is a mending kink that I have 
found extremely useful and labor-saving. 
For wooden or metal vessels of any 
kind, tanks or anything that is used for 
cold water, stop the leak with ordinary 
grafting wax. Use it on the inside and 
the leak will stop and stay stopped. I 
have used it with success in a big gal¬ 
vanized iron tank where solder did not 
stop the trouble, and in leaky barrels, 
watering troughs, etc, it’s really great 
stuff. WALLACE H. MILLER. 
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Thousands in Use by the Leading Dairymen 
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Great strength and ca¬ 
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It helps you pay for buggy. Also 
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Every horse should be clipped In the 
spring. They look better, feel better, 
do better work and bring more 1£ 
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Chicago Flexible Shift Company 
143 La Salle Avenue, Chicago, Ill. 
WHAT THE 
WORLD’S BIGGEST USERS 
SAY ABOUT 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
Lincoln, Nebraska, November 11, 1908. 
When we first began in the creamery business we operated 
several hundred skimming stations and had in use s large num¬ 
ber of the various makes of power separators. Owing to the all- 
around superiority of the De Laval Separators we found it 
necessary to replace all other makes with the DeLaval and this 
proved one of the best investments that we ever made. 
During the years 1901 and 1902 the hand separators came into 
very general use and our thousands of patrons naturally looked to 
us for advice as to the most efficient and most durable separator 
for them to buy. Realizing the necessity of preventing, if 
possible, the sale of the so-called “just as good” and “cheap” 
separators we secured the agency of the De Laval. With the 
wonderful record hack of the De Laval machine, together with 
the positive proof we could show by actual demonstration, we 
were able in a few years to sell from twenty-five to thirty 
thousand of the De Laval Hand Cream Separators, and we are 
pleased to say that they have given universal satisfaction and are 
still in use, while most of the so-called “ cheap ” separators that 
a few of our patrons were foolish enough to buy have found 
their final resting place in the scrap pile. 
At the present time we are not agents for any hand cream 
separator, hut for the future good of onrown business as well as 
the dairy industry, we are naturally anxious to see every dairy¬ 
man who buys a hand separator buy the machine that will prove 
the best investment in the long run, and wide experience has 
taught us that when it comes to efficiency, durability and hard 
knocks the De Laval Hand Cream Separator easily stands in a 
class by itself. Beatrice Creamery Co., 
A. E. Wilkinson, General Manager. 
The De Laval Separator Co 
General Offices: 
165-167 Broadway, 
NEW YORK. 
42 E. Madison Strkkt 
CHICAGO 
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YOU CAN BUY A CHEAP INCUBATOR 
But Is It Fire-Proof? Is It Insurable? 
Why Risk Loss By Firo when the Insurance companies pro- 
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the National Board of Fire Underwriters have made new rules 
whereby in order to be insurable, an incubator or brooder must 
be inspected by them, must be passed by them, and must bear 
their labelt It is easy for you to refuse any machine that does 
not bear the label. 
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bear the insurance label, and in buying them you are protected. 
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Treated with NITRAGIN 
Yield 13 tons per acre 
Nitragin 
BEATS ALl, OTHER BACTERIA CULTURES ON THE MARKET. 
SUCCESS GUARANTEED 
IF NITRAGIN IS PROPERLY USED. 
Just now is the time lo make a test in your 
home. Send 20 cents for a trial bottle, 
the results will convince you that 
your fields will give similar yields, 
when NITRAGIN is applied to 
them. Price $2 Per Acre. 
Dr. Reiche Nitragin Co 
Dept- 109, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 
Untreated 
Yield 2 tons pei 
acre 
NITRAGIN 
increases the 
yield of Alfalfa,clov¬ 
er, peas, beans and all 
leguminous crops. Enriches 
tile soil in nitrogen. Effects on 
crops of the following years will be 
surprising. Corn, potatoes, wheat, to¬ 
bacco, vegetables will gain thereby. Nit¬ 
ragin is ready for use. Mix it with milk, 
sprinkle the seed with it and sow. _ 
What the Experiment Stations say. — 
The Kentucky Agricultural Experiment 
Station writes on Feb. 0, ’09: “We bad very 
satisfactory results with Nitragin.” The 
Department of Agriculture, Canada,writes 
on August 14, ’08: “In many instances in¬ 
deed a very marked increase in yield was 
obtained with Nitragin.” 
