1909. 
<THE) RURAL NEW-YORKER 
626 
REPAIRING AN ENGINE. 
Some time since I noticed an article 
in The R. N.-Y. concerning the break¬ 
ing of an engine, the bolts of the con¬ 
necting rod becoming loose. The same 
thing happened to mv Palmer engine, 
the connecting rod breaking a hole 
through the crank case (Fig. 270). At 
THE BROKEN ENGINE. Fig. 270. 
first I felt the break was beyond re¬ 
pair, but finally fixed it as good as new 
with cement. I found a wooden box 
the right size, cut it in two for a 
mold (Fig. 271) and removed the bot¬ 
tom. This was bolted to fit tight 
against the base of engine and outside 
the edges of the break by means of a 
V-shaped iron rod (B). An L-shaped 
iron (C) was bolted with long bolts 
through two drilled holes (D) in the 
ENGINE REPAIRED WITH CEMENT. 
Fig. 271. 
top of the base to give strength to the 
broken pieces to prevent cement from 
entering crank chamber, the cement 
(mixed clear with water) was poured 
into the mold and left to harden some¬ 
what. Then the mold was removed 
and the four nuts tightened against 
the cement block. In 3 hours the en¬ 
gine was in working order. F. N. 
Vineyard Haven, Mass. 
POTATO GROWING IN AUSTRALIA. 
The It. N.-Y. lias readers in many lands 
and they all seem to take a personal inter¬ 
est in the paper—ever ready to help with 
information and advice. The following let¬ 
ter from Australia shows how potatoes are 
grown in that country : 
You ask me to tell you the tools I 
use and the labor necessary to plant 
100 acres of potatoes here. First of 
all the land, is plowed with a three-fur¬ 
row plow with four strong horses, to 
the depth of six or seven inches; this 
is in August or September. It is har¬ 
rowed and perhaps rolled, if rough, 
and allowed to lie for six or eight 
weeks; then it is cultivated with a 
spring-tooth Massey-Harris cultivator, 
perhaps twice, if necessary, and har¬ 
rowed and rolled two or three times. 
By this time (about November) it will 
be in good tilth and ready to 
plant' the seed. There are many dif¬ 
ferent methods of planting; some tise 
a single furrow, some a three-furrow 
plow. I have tried all. This year I 
used a Robbins planter for part of my 
planting and a two-furrow for some 
and a three-furrow for some. I plant 
33 inches apart one way and about 18 
inches apart the other. After the 
planting is done we harrow and roll 
perhaps twice, and as soon as the rows 
are to be seen we begin to cultivate 
two rows at a time with the cultivator 
above named. Some of the hoes have 
to be removed so as to go between 
the rows; it takes two hr to work 
it and we always try to retain all the 
moisture in the soil we can. We are 
now digging the potatoes. We employ 
men to dig by the ton. Seven shillings 
per ton is the price we are giving now, 
and the men are earning about 12 
shillings per day. They use a four¬ 
pronged fork, made in America. The 
potato-digging machines are not a suc¬ 
cess out here. My crop this year will 
cost me about 10 pounds per acre by 
the time it is ready for market. The 
varieties are Carman No. 1 and No. 3. 
The yield is about seven tons per acre, 
and the price is four pounds per ton. 
I use very little manure, as the land is 
very good. By this you will see I am 
making a handsome profit. Of course, 
everj- year is not the same, as some¬ 
times there is a loss instead ,of a 
profit. j. H. COOK. 
Victoria, Australia. 
Value of “Second Hand” Fertilizer. 
It. V. NRobbins, Tenn .—I have two 
grades of fertilizers, as follows, guaranteed 
analysis: 
Plios. Acid, Nitrogen, Potash, 
per cent, per cent, per cent. 
First grade... 11. .825 3. 
Second grade... 11. .415 1. 
A car of these two grades has laid 
piled together in sacks on a dirt iloor in 
an open shed for one year. The sacks 
have so decayed it has pretty much run 
together, and can be handled only by re¬ 
sacking or shoveling into barrels. Has 
this fertilizer lost anything? If so, what? 
And what would be the probable analysis 
now? Is it worth $1.25 per hundred for 
trucking? 
Axs.—No one could tell the value 
of such fertilizer without an analysis. 
If you think of buying any large 
quantity it will pay you to send a 
sample to the experiment station. It 
has not probably lost much unless it 
has been exposed to rains. We do not 
know whether the phosphoric acid 
means “available” or “total.” That 
would make a difference for all you 
should pay for is t he “available.” 
Assuming that it is all available, No. 
1 contains 220 pounds of phosphoric 
acid, 16 pounds of nitrogen and 60 
pounds of potash. The nitrogen would 
be figured at 18 cents a pound, though 
no one knows what it is from. The 
phosphoric acid and potash are worth 
five cents a pound. At this basis the 
fertilizer was worth less than $17 a ton 
when the analysis was made. Since 
then it may or may not have lost 
while the bags are rotted and the fer¬ 
tilizer is “caked.” We would not take 
the risk and pay over $15 per ton for 
No. 1, or $12 for No. 2. It would not 
be of much value for garden truck 
unless you used some form of nitrogen 
with it. _ 
Killing Ants. —Every year at about 
this time we begin to' receive ciuestions 
about killing ants. The following direc¬ 
tions by Prof. C. P. Gillette are good. 
Keep them in mind : “If there are large 
ant hills to be destroyed, the best and 
easiest method is to use carbon bisulphide, 
as follows: Thrust a crowbar or sharp 
stick to a depth of eight or ten inches into 
the ant bill. Pour in one full ounce of 
carbon bisulphide and quickly close the 
opening with dirt. As soon as this is 
done, throw a wet blanket over the hill 
to keep down the carbon bisulphide fumes, 
so as to increase their efficiency in suffo¬ 
cating the ants. Do not remove the blan¬ 
ket, for at least an hour. If the hill is 
large, it will be advisable to make two of 
these holes, ten inches or a foot apart. If 
the ants are under the sidewalk, raise the 
flagging, if possible, and applv to the earth 
beneath, as in case of the ant hill, except 
that the flagging is laid back in place in¬ 
stead of using the wet blanket. If ants 
are troublesome in the pantry, a free use 
of insect powder (also sold as “Pyre- 
thrum" and “Persian Insect Powder”) 
upon (lie shelves and in the run-wavs of 
the ants will usually be effectual in clean¬ 
ing them out.” 
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