3S»c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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The Auto Troubles of a Farmer 
Dry the Top. —Never fold the top 
while it is wet. If the car has been driven 
through the rain, keep the top up until it 
is thoroughly dry, because a wet or damp 
top folded up will mildew, which very 
quickly destroys the fabric. In folding 
the top take care to get each fold even 
and eliminate all wrinkles. The metal 
frame pieces should be Separated by rub¬ 
ber pads wherever they rub together, and 
the whole should he firmly secured by 
straps so as to prevent rubbing and rat¬ 
tling. 
Hard Steering. —In cars which have 
the steering control levers running down 
through the center of the steering column 
it frequently happens that rust forms and 
makes steering a difficult matter. The 
remedy consists in taking out the rod and 
its tube member, cleaning off the rust and 
oiling. 
Wasted Current. —It should be made 
a practice not to throw on the ignition 
switch until the car is actually to be 
started. If the switch is turned on for 
some time before the car starts an appre¬ 
ciable amount of current is wasted, and 
the storage battery is correspondingly 
drained. Moreover, the ignition coil be¬ 
comes more or less heated and might he 
damaged. 
Bearing Adjustment. —In adjusting 
cup and cone bearings these parts should 
be so tight that play between wheel and 
hearing is removed and yet the wheel 
should turn freely without any suggestion 
of binding. If the cones are too tightly 
adjusted the balls are wedged in and 
quickly cut into the races. 
Use for Cut-out. —One use for the 
much-abused cut-out is that it may be 
used for determining the condition of the 
fuel mixture at night. By running the 
engine after dark and putting on the cut¬ 
out the occasional flame that issues there¬ 
from will indicate exactly the condition of 
the mixture. If the flame is blue or color¬ 
less the mixture is correct, whereas a red 
flame indicates an excess of air. 
Back Lasii in Steering Gear. —Back 
lash or play in the steering gear is a very 
common failing. On most types of worm 
and worm and wheel reduction gears, 
which are located at the bottom of the 
post, the shaft of the worm wheel is 
equipped with an eccentric bushing. By 
turning this bushing so that the gear teeth 
are forced into the proper mesh, the back 
lash may be taken up. 
Planetary Gear Noises. —Noisy ac¬ 
tion of the planetary gearset, such as the 
Ford uses, is generally caused by failure 
of lubrication or by wear. The most im¬ 
portant thing to watch in this connection 
is the oiling, and if this is properly main¬ 
tained there will be little trouble with 
noisy operation. 
Front Wheels. —The average owner is 
quite, likely to give the rear wheels all 
the attention they need and fail to look 
fully after the front wheels. The front 
wheels should he given careful inspec¬ 
tion at least once a month, particularly 
those of the type fitted with hall bearings 
of the cup and cone type. The cones wear 
rapidly, because they are subjected to 
heavy stresses in travel. 
Lost Motion in Springs. —In inspect¬ 
ing the springs attention should be given 
to the spring hanger and other subsidiary 
parts. Lost motion, usually side play, 
often develops in the spring hangers and 
shackles. Not infrequently the bolts 
which pass through the spring eye will be 
worn nearly through in the course of a 
season’s active running. Many cars have 
no lubricating equipment for these small 
parts and they wear out rapidly. 
Plug Leaks. —Many engines without 
detachable cylinder heads are still in use. 
These have valve plugs which frequently 
leak. This may be stopped by spreading 
ordinary paste stove blacking over the 
threads. Care should be taken, however, 
not to use too much paste. This treat¬ 
ment is preferable to the use of white lead 
because it makes removal of the plug 
when needed very simple. 
Care of Spring Leaves. —This is the 
time of year to apply anti-rust lubricant 
to the spring leaves. The best compound 
of this sort may he made by heating a 
pound of old India rubber and mixing it 
with half a pound of grease and half a 
pound of graphite. 
Avoid Tarred Roads. —Tar damages 
the best of car enamel and roads recently 
tarred should be avoided, even to a 
lengthy detour. The creosote and other 
chemicals in the tar composition quickly 
deteriorate enamel. At best it is not an 
easy matter to remove the tar. There are 
patented preparations for this, but for 
many small jobs an application of kero¬ 
sene will soften the deposit. 
Chalking Headlights. — The driver 
who permits his headlights to throw a 
glare ‘into the faces of other motorists or 
to blind pedestrians along the highway 
is worse than a road hog. He is fully 
heedless of the lives of all, including him¬ 
self and others with him in doing so. If 
one does not have a non-glare device for 
his lamps, one may be improvised by 
chalking the lower or upper half of the 
glass in the lamps, which will eliminate 
all of the objectionable glare and still 
have sufficient light to use for conserva¬ 
tive speed at night. The. chalk should, of 
couse, he put on the inside of the glass, 
where rain and fog cannot wash it off. 
Some Simple Rules for Saving Gaso- 
1.INE. . 
See that spark is correctly timed with 
engine and drive with spark fully ad¬ 
vanced ; a late tspark increases gas con¬ 
sumption. 
Have a hot spark, keep plugs clean and 
spark points properly adjusted. 
Don’t accelerate and stop quickly; it 
wastes gas and wears out tires. Stop 
engine and coast long hills. 
Avoid high speed. The average car is 
most economical at 15 to 25 miles per 
hour. 
Pre-heat air entering carburetor and 
keep radiator covered in Winter weather; 
this will insure better vaporization. 
Keep needle valve clean and adjust 
carburetor (while engine is hot) to use 
as lean a mixture as possible. A rich 
mixture fouls the engine and is wasteful. 
Have carburetor adjusted at service 
station of carburetor or motor sales com¬ 
pany ; they will make ordinary adjust¬ 
ments without charge. 
Don’t let engine run when car is stand¬ 
ing. It is good for starter battery to be 
used frequently. 
Adjust brake bands so they do not 
drag. See that all hearings run freely. . 
Stop all gasoline leakages. Form habit 
of shutting off gas at tank or feed pipe. 
Don’t use gasoline for cleaning and 
washing; use kerosene or other materials 
to cut grease. 
Don’t spill or expose gasoline to air; 
it evaporates rapidly and is dangerous. 
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Crops and Farm News 
We are having fine Winter here; wheat 
looking line ; no snow yet. Prices are good. 
Wheat ,$2.15; corn, $1.25; oats, 70c; 
milk, $4.48 per 100, 4 per cent; eggs, GSc. 
Juniata Co., Pa. n. d. h. 
I am located in the southwestern corner 
of Juniata County, Black Log Valley, and 
am forest ranger for the State of Penn¬ 
sylvania on the Rothrock Reserve, which 
consists of about 20,000 acres. Mt. Union, 
16 miles west of me, is our chief market, 
where are located three large brick works, 
a large powder plant, a large extract 
works and a tannery. Mt. Union is a 
splendid market for all kinds of produce, 
and the prices are about as follows; Po¬ 
tatoes, $1.60 to $1.80 per bu.; apples, 
$1.50 to $2 per bu.; beef, 18 to 21c; pork, 
20 to 22c; corn, $2 per bu.; hay, $30; 
straw, $1S. Butter, 65 to 70c; eggs, 65 
to 70c. Chickens, 25 to 30c; turkeys, 
35c. Our chief industry here is lumber¬ 
ing. There is some wheat, corn and oats 
raised here, but not more than people need 
for their own use. Wheat looks very 
promising in this section. Cattle are in 
good condition and general conditions are 
very good. u. h. o. 
Juniata Co., Pa. 
Wheat. Government price; oats, 90c; 
rye. $1.90; corn, $1.80, 70 lbs., ear; 
buckwheat, $2; potatoes, $1.50; dressed 
beef, carcass, 24c; pork, carcass, 25c; 
veal calves, 14c, live weight; six weeks 
pigs, $12 per pair; butter, 60c; eggs, 
fresh, 60c; baled hay, Timothy, $40, ton 
lots; oat straw, $25; . rye straw, $20. 
Our main crops in this section consist 
mostly of hay, potatoes, wheat and corn. 
No dairies here. Not a great quantity of 
stock raised for food. Potatoes were a 
large crop this season; hay about half 
crop; wheat two-thirds crop; corn not 
over 70 per cent. Fall sowing has had an 
exceptional chance to root and at present 
is very promising. C. D. M. 
Clearfield Co., Pa. 
We are getting about $3.25 per bbl. for 
potatoes; rye, $1.55 per bu.; oats, 90c; 
buckwheat, $3 per cwt..; milk, 9c at the 
farm; cream, $8 for 40-qt. can. Light 
pork, $24 cwt. Beef in good demand. 
Common cows from $40 to $60; new 
milch from $80 to $100. Not much call 
for cows at present on account of scarcity 
of hay. Feed is still high; cottonseed, 
$3.40; gluten, $3.25; rye feed, $2.35; 
bran, $2.15; meal, $3 to $3.25; scratch 
January 11, 1919 
feed, $4.25. Eggs, 70 to 80c; not many 
for sale. Hay from $1.30 to $1.60 per 
cwt., according to quality. We had a 
large crop of oats; potatoes, fair crop; 
.hay, not half a crop; buckwheat, poor 
crop. s. G. F. 
Rensselaer Co., N. Y. 
Hay, potatoes and oats are chiefly 
raised here; some wheat. Oats a good 
crop; potatoes fair; hay a poor crop. 
Farmers have their plowing nearly done, 
and their thrashing all done. Help is very 
scarce; they want $3 a day and board. 
Potatoes, $1.50 at the cars; hay, $30 per 
ton. Butter, 60 to 65c; eggs, $1; pork, 
20 to 23c, dressed; milk, 12 to 15e qt.; 
oats, $1 per bu. That is what the farm¬ 
ers get. Bran, $2.40; brown middlings, 
$2.55; Avhite, $3 ; oats, $1; cornmeal, $4 
per cwt.; flour, $13.50. Most of the farm¬ 
ers keep cows and sell milk. Not many 
cows for sale; lots of horses for sale; 
cannot give them away. Many sheep 
around here; lambs, $10 to $12 each. 
Franklin Co., N. Y. G. H. E. 
Discharged Soldiers for Farm Help 
In reply to G. L., Brooklyn, N. Y., a 
city man, whose son, in getting out of 
military service, expects to take to farm¬ 
ing, I wish to say that while farmers 
prefer experienced help, there is sure to 
be a chance for a willing beginner. The 
U. S. Employment Service for the State 
of New York, and the Farm Labor spe¬ 
cialists of the New York State Food 
Commission, are now at the various 
camps on Long Island, tabulating and 
classifying the soldiers about to he dis¬ 
charged. There is a goodly proportion of 
experienced farm help among these men, 
and the New York State Farm Labor 
Bureau wants to get in touch with every 
possible employer of farm help, and the 
sooner the better. 
SEVERIN PETERSON, 
Agent in Charge. 
15 Pearl St., New York. 
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A RE you one of the many farmers 
■*** who need more power to handle 
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