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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 16, 1918 
I Milk producer? throughout America have watched the records 
ma de by Oliver ■'Cabana Jr/s herd of Holsteins at Pine Grove 
ll^ltns—a herd famous for the bull-calf which brought the rec- 
m price at Worcester; for the great herd bull. Rag Apple 
l^rndyke* 8th; for Segis Fayne Johanna, the champion milk 
cpW, with her record of 50.68 lbs. of butter iri^^ydays. Many of 
too, know how carefully Charley Cole conditioned the 
latter for her test. 
f^It is time for the wor ld to know that this high-bred herd is 
milked with the Empire Milker. Here is a test of responsibijity, 
|lampve^Milk^.s get the milk; they keep up,the.flow for the full 
period of lactation and usually they increase the yields "They 
j[^k more gently and uniformly than even the calf—or the 
most reliable of hand milkers. ‘ 
Scores of prize milk herds of .a// breeds are today; milked by 
the Empire. It is so simple that at many of "these dairies a 
10-year-old boy or girl with an Empire Outfit is doing all the 
raiiking, putting an eiid to'the labor problem. 
Every owner of eight or more milk cows will save wages by 
installing Empire Milkers—and usually he will increase the size 
of his milk check. Get in touch with the Empire dealer at once 
30 that he can supply you. 
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Farm Mechanics 
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Fence Posts 
I livo ill the .Vdiroiulacks. .where eednr 
posts are searce. What posts would you 
advise for fencing for stock of all kindsV 
Oswegntchie, N. Y. l*. P. 
In the absence of well-sea.soued white 
cedar posts, red oak would be good if it 
is available. The northern hardwoods, 
beech, liireh and inajile, often grow in 
thickets, second growth of course, to good 
pole size. This 'material if of the iiroper 
size may lie seasoned for at least si.x 
months in an ojien rack pile and then 
used, treated jireferably to prevent de¬ 
cay hclow ground. The best treatment 
is dipping into hot creosote and if a man 
has a large amount of fencing to do it is 
(oiite advisable for liiiu to treat them. It 
saves in the long run. However, another 
method, which was .sometimes practiced 
by mir forefathers, is that of charring 
the butt of the post where it goes below 
the ground. This charring is done by 
sticking the butt of the pole into a fire 
and permitting it to become coated with 
charcoal to a depth of say one-quarter 
inch. (’harcoal being practically pure 
carbon is more or less imperyions to the 
attacks of agencies of decay and conse¬ 
quently is not readily acted upon. i’. F. yi. 
Cleaning Corroded Pipe 
I have a jii’ie running from the first 
floor to seooiid. both from kitchen sink. 
■^I’he flow *011 first floor is all right; on the 
second very slow, so I think the pipe is 
corroded. Will sulphuric acid clear this 
pipe? I do not feel I can afford to put 
in new pijie if there is a way to do it 
without. yr.' p. 
Middletown, X. Y. 
In my- experience I have never known 
the i»ipes from a kitchen sink to corrode 
oil the inside to any »*xtent. The nature 
of the water jiassing through the pijie jire- 
vents corrosion. AVhere water from wash¬ 
ing di.slies Or clothing is disposed of 
through the sink there will after a time 
he found a furring up or coating formed 
on the inside of the pljie ; as careful as 
one may lie this will occur. This will 
continue until the oh.strnctlou is noticed 
by the slow passage of the water from the 
sink. A liberal u.se of soda or washing 
powder and boiling or very liot yvater will 
n.snally chain out such a condition in a 
T'ipe. I liave in some instances pa.ssed a 
.‘■tiff wire through the pipe. If there he 
c.ny opening where the wire can he drawn 
thnnigli, enlarge the njiper end of tlie -wire 
with .some material and inill it down 
through the pipe, and then finsh with the 
hot water. In regard to corroded jiijie. 
if an acid strong enough to remove i-orro- 
sions is used, the result yvill very likely 
he a leaky pipe, which in liouse piping 
would he too (‘xpeiisive. rather more ex¬ 
pensive tlian replacing witli new pipe. 
II. E. C. 
Workshop Floor 
I am using a part of the basement of 
my lioiise for a workshoj). At jireseiit it 
has a clay floor, hut the remainder of the 
basement is floored with concrete. The 
clay is not satisfactory because of its 
becoming dry and dusty, and I do not 
believe that concrete would be de.sirahle, 
because of the efl'i’ct on edge tools in case 
any should cliance to fall on it. I have 
thought that a semi-solid, somewhat elas¬ 
tic mixture, of wliich saw’dnst forms the 
body and tar, or a similar substance, n.sed 
for bonding, would more nearly meet my 
re<inirements-. Do yon know of anything 
of this kind being used, or can you suggest 
something which would probably be suit¬ 
able for the puniose? c. E. M. 
Tonnsylvania. 
A basement work.shop floor can he con¬ 
structed iu many different ways, but in all 
cases we would use a concrete base of at 
least thi-ee inches in thickness. This can 
he covered with a wood floor that has 
no nailheads exposed. The boards are 
nailed to sleepers imbedded in the con¬ 
crete. If wood paving blocks can be ob¬ 
tained af a reasonable cost they can he 
used to cover the concrete. They are laid 
on a %-inch sand cushion, and tar binder 
is used between the joints. Another very 
good flooring for workshops is cork brick, 
manufactured at Tittsbiu-gh, Pa. These 
blocks are composed of about 80 jier cent 
asphalt and 70 jier cent ground cork. 
These blocks should he laid in tar hinder. 
The concrete flour needs such a coveriug 
only along a narrow space in front of 
the work bench, so that sharyi-edged tools 
wor.ld not be ruined if they drop on the 
floor. Y\> do not think it would be satisfac¬ 
tory for a man to try to mix an asphalt 
and .sawdust composition. The other 
methods suggested would he the easiest 
and cheapest way of building a floor for 
the average man. 
More About Leaky Chimneys 
This matter has been pretty industriously 
discussed lately, hut the real jioint has not 
been touched, and I want to .say that, 
when wood is addl’d to a hot fire, and 
the drafts and dampers clo.si’d, in.stead of 
a complete combustion taking place, the 
Avood Avill he partially distilled, and vari¬ 
ous gases, depending somewhat oii the 
kind and condition of the wood. ill es¬ 
cape with the smoke. I’nless the draft 
through the pipe and chimney is excep¬ 
tionally good, more or less of these gases 
will he condensed, and, if opportunity is 
given, will escaiie as a black, corrosive 
liquid. If not permitted to escape, the 
corrosii’e action of the liquid will soon 
destroy the pipe. 8'here are two principal 
factors, either or both of Avhicli may cause 
this condensation. ()iie is an imperfect or 
an insuflicient draft in the chimney. This 
may result from the jiipe being pushed in 
too far, or from tlie cliimney being too 
low, or from its being hooded to keep out 
the rain and snow, or from other stove- 
jiipe lioles, wliicli ojierate as clii’ck drafts, 
or any one of numerous iiifiueiices which 
may iireveiit the cliimiiey from taking 
prompt care of these gases. Ilveu the 
limb of a tree gro'.ving partially over the 
chimney has been known to he the agent 
wliich allowed tlie I'oiidensation of the 
gases. The other, and most common 
.ngent. is a* long stretch of pi))e jiassing 
through a cold i-ooin. Making it i»oss!hle 
for the chimney to carry off all tlie gasi’s 
liefore condensation can take jilace will 
correct the difliculty. But the trouble, in 
all cases, originates in the stove. 
I ri’inemher an instance where a pipe 
jiassed through a long room that was as 
<-old as the oiien air. It leaked at almo.st 
every ;oint, and all sorts of experiments^ 
and every device excei»t the right oue 
weie tried without avail. Finally, the 
door of the stove became so iiariii’d that 
it could not he closed tightly, nnil there 
was no more trouble. In another in¬ 
stance the trouble was checked by build¬ 
ing a fire in the c<dd room. So, look well 
to .voiir chimneys and pi|»e.s, that they 
may carry off all gases; hut look, also, to 
the drafts and damtters of your stove, that 
those gases may luit he generated. 
Another trouble arising from defective 
or imjiroiierly adjusted drafts is tlie for¬ 
mation of comhuslihle soot, and its ac¬ 
cumulation in the pipe and’chimney. It 
is impracticable, jierliaps impossible, to 
so regulate the fire that this .soot cannot 
accumulate. So long as it remains dor¬ 
mant it does no particular liarm, except 
so to clog the pijie as to cause the stove to 
smoke. But, some time, a live spark will 
set tire to the .soot, and it may smolder 
along for .several days, and, finally, when 
yon le'ast expect it. tlie flames will burst 
fortli and you will have what may be a 
serious chimney-fire. Extinguishing the 
fire will only hasten the Tecurrenci* of the 
trouble, for, as long as the soot remains 
iu the chimney it will he a menace to the 
house, as well us to the adjacent build¬ 
ings. Such fires should he watched, hut 
encouraged to burn until the soot has 
been completely burned. 
But a much better way is to keep all 
pipes and chimneys free from such accu¬ 
mulations. Stovepipes should be taken 
down and thoroughly cleaned at least 
twice a jeur, and chimneys should he 
cleaned at frequent intervals. Every 
chimney should have an opening at the 
bottom through which soot may be re¬ 
moved. If there is not now such an open¬ 
ing. one should be made immeftiately. It 
may he closed with a cast-irou door, of 
which there are se-’^eral patterns on the 
market, or it may he fitted with an or¬ 
dinary flue-stopper. To clean a chimney, 
take a stick some three or four feet hmg 
and of a shape to fit the interior of the 
chimney, but make it about three inches 
smaller each way. Tack some slender, 
flexible twigs across one end of the stick 
in such a manner as to form a brush 
which will just reach to every imint on 
the interior of the chimney. Weight it 
heavily enough so that it will move easily 
down the chimney. Attach a rope to the 
other end. Lower the block from the top 
to the bottom of the chimney several 
times during the year, and remove the 
soot from the bottom. It is valuable as a 
fertilizer. c. o. rTi''rp.^v" ■ 
