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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December C>, 
gas 
Light dud Power 
Fairbanks-Morse quality is built into 
every part of this 40-light “F” plant—• 
mounted complete on one base. Instru¬ 
ment board is conveniently placed over 
dynamo—power is our famous “Z” throt¬ 
tling governor engine. Can also be used 
to run a washing machine, churn, cream 
separator. 
The entire construction is extremely 
simple—workmanship and materials the 
best possible. A touch of a button starts 
the plant—simply touch another button to 
stop it. Your nearby dealer will tell you 
all about the “F” plant and will show you 
what it will do for you. 
40 UGHTFPLANT 
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A distinctive de* 
sign in larger 
“F” plants is 
offered as below; 
65 Light* 
100 Lights 
200 Lights 
40Lighk“F”Plant 
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f MANUFACTURERS 15 CHICAGO 
BURN^KEROSENE 
cheapest fuel / 
ON EARTH 
J^EEP YOUR STOCK in thriving condi¬ 
tion this winter and save feed. The 
Moline Kerosene Tank Healer keeps drinking water at an even 
temperature in coldest weather. Fits any tank. Bums fourteen 
to sixteen hours on a gallon of oil; thirty-six hours on one filling* 
Vise Cheapest Fuel On Earth 
J4o bother, no danger from sparks, no smoke; steady, intense 
heat, no heat wasted. Any child can operate it Ab- 
able in coldest weather, will Inst 
saved soon pays for it. Get 
your heater now. You take no 
chances. Service guaranteed. 
We Also Manufacture 
Hog Waterers 
.Ask for literature on our guar¬ 
anteed Non-Freezable Hog 
Waterers. All sizes. 
Agents Wanted 
Special proposition for farm¬ 
ers to represent us in their 
territory. Get in touch with 
us today. 
MOLINE TANK HEATER CO. 
DEPT..CBHB MOLINE, ILLINOIS. 
SOUR SOIL SIGNS 
Plantain, Sorrel, Dandelion, Poverty Grass, Cran¬ 
berries, Jlulle, Clover Failure Chestnut,WireGrass, 
Sour Cush, Scrub Pine, Horsetail and Sour Farm¬ 
ers. For suggestions to correct, write the 
GRANGERS LIME CO. 
174 Frelinghuysen Ave. NEWARK, N. J. 
Works: West Stockbridge, Mass. 
It’s Not Too Late To 
Enjoy Homer Warmth 
This Winter 
Months of below zero weather 
are still to come. 
You can keep your house at 70 
degrees or better with a Homer 
Furnace, no matter how cold it 
gets outside. 
Only one day is required for installa¬ 
tion— no tearing up of your house, for 
the Homer is a pipelesa furnace. 
Ventilates and warms your house— 
every room—through one combina¬ 
tion register directly over the furnace. 
Write for detailed information and 
catalog. 
HOMER FURNACE COMPANY 
Dept. B-12 Homer, Mich. 
WELL DR rYv's NG WELL 
Own a machine of your own. Cash or easy 
terms. Many styles and sizes for all purposes. 
Write for Circular 
WILLIAMS BROS., 432 W. State St., Ithaca. N. Y. 
Feeds and Feeding now $2.75 
This standard work by Henry & Mor¬ 
rison has been advanced to $2.75, at 
which price we can supply it. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street New York 
Turn more 
com into high-priced”-. 
beef and dairy products 
with a r, 
Preston 
— the silo beautiful that lasts for 
ages. Patented blocks with 
notched ends, reinforced with 
twisted steel. Most durable 
tile construction known. 
Order now —build your 
silo before the rush 
season, 
Writs 
, for 
Catalog 
and 
Price* 
J*M. Preston Co. f Ocpt. 329. Lansing. Mich. 
Factories : Fori Dodge, Iowa; UhrichsvMo, O., ami Brazil, 1 
Autos and Tractors 
Show Interest in Tractors 
Tractoi'S have come into their own this 
season, if the interest displayed in their 
performance at the New York Fairs is 
any indication of their popularity on the 
farm. This year three tractor demonstra¬ 
tions were held in Now York State alone, 
and at each one of these events large 
crowds were on hand to witness the work 
of the gas horse. 
The smaller types of tractors attracted 
a great deal of attention, especially among 
fruit-growers, as these little fellows can 
move about the orchard pulling a heavy 
load, and still not damage the trees. While 
the tractor may not be perfect yet, it does 
not require a mechanic to notice that they 
are being improved each year, both in 
ability to keep going and in ease of con¬ 
trol. Many now makes appeared this 
year for the first time, and competition 
among agents and manufacturers is get¬ 
ting very keen. The large number of 
wear between the pinion and the ring 
gear, and it can be kept temporarily cured 
in many cars by making an adjustment 
which moves the ring gear closer to the 
pinion shaft, and also moves the pinion 
back closer into mesh with the ring gear. 
This gives an adjustment on the mesh 
and takes up the lost motion which is 
the result of wear. 
There are two sets of brakes, an inter¬ 
nal expanding brake, which, as the name 
indicates, is placed inside of the drum, 
and is operated by a cam, which expands 
the brake within the drum and causes the 
brake fabric to bear against the drum. 
This fabric has a very high frictional 
resistance and the friction of the shoe 
upon the rotating drum, which is fastened 
to the wheels, assorts the retarding in¬ 
fluence upon the car. The hand brake 
and the foot brake are both mounted on 
the roar wheels. The care of the brakes 
is quite simple, and yet is of the highest 
importance. Considering the work that 
the brake material has to do, it with¬ 
stands wear for an extraordinary time. 
Nevertheless, it. will wear out, and it. 
should be replaced before it becomes worn 
to such an extent that the brakes do not 
hold well. As the brake lining wears and 
A Tractor Demonstration at the New York State Fair 
makes and types to pick from complicates 
the problem of choosing a machine, for 
where there were three or four makes to 
select from three years ago, there are now 
a dozen or more. 
While the tractor demonstration which 
sometimes takes on the aspect of a com¬ 
petitive test, is hardly a test of what a 
tractor can do, it serves a useful purpose 
in creating interest among those who may 
need just such a machine but have not 
had an opportunity of seeing them in ac¬ 
tion. h. T. B. 
Montgomery Co., Md. 
Talks About Farm Cars 
The differential is a part of the motor 
car that with the average owner receives 
but scant attention. Being at the rear 
1 of the transmission system and housed in, 
all by itself, it gives but little trouble, 
; often running year after year with a 
minimum of trouble. The result is that 
when it does give trouble it takes the 
car out of commission completely. Many 
times will it happen that a car will be 
going along seemingly in good order when 
a sudden breakage in some part of the 
rear axle will damage the car so that 
it cannot be operated. If the driver is 
the average automobile owner he will be 
greatly surprised and feel somewhat in¬ 
jured to think that the car should have 
so suddenly gone back on him, when it is 
very likely that he has not cleaned out his 
differential and added new lubricant for 
perhaps 5.000 miles or more of hard 
driving. 
It seems to he a common characteristic 
of most people that with all kinds of 
machinery the parts that are the least 
understood are often the ones most 
neglected. The workings of the differen¬ 
tial are out of view, and because from 
time to time there appears to be harmony 
in all its working parts it seems to be 
taken for granted that so long as the 
mechanism is giving no trouble, all is 
well. To be on the safe side the essential 
thing is to see that the differential is 
always properly lubricated. For the aver¬ 
age car, every 1.500 miles new lubricant 
should be added through the plug hole in 
the housing. The kind of lubricant will 
vary with different cars, but usually the 
lightest grade of grease, which is really 
neither grease nor oil, but the melting 
point of the two, is placed in the housing 
up to the bottom of the overflow hole. 
One of the most important things is to 
see that the lubricant be added at regular 
intervals and in the quantity needed. 
A hum is sure to develop in the rear 
axle after a car has been used a certain 
length of time. This is caused by the 
becomes thinner it is necessary to take 
up on the adjustments of the brake link¬ 
age to compensate for this wear. These 
adjustments are most often made by turn- 
buckles in the linkage. 
Shrieking brakes are most often caused 
by the wearing of-the brake band to such 
an extent that the rivets protrude above 
the surface, thus giving a metallic surface 
contact when the brake is applied. The 
rivets on the brake band are copper, and 
they are countersunk below the surface 
of the brake lining. When the brake 
lining wears away down to the level of 
the bottom of the countersink, it leaves 
the rivet exposed. 
Oil should be put. from time to time 
on the devices, which are the rings on 
the ends of the brake rods. These devices 
carry the load of applying the brakes, 
and should be kept in good condition. The 
springs on the brake mechanism pull the 
rods back into place after the brake is 
released, and if the devices are not. kept 
oiled and cleaned the brakes will not 
release quickly, and as a result will drag 
on the wheels, thus causing loss of power 
to a noticeable extent. 
With more careful usage the life of 
nearly every auto could be doubled. If 
one is not of a mechanical bent it will 
well repay him to make a systematic study 
of all parts of his car so as to be able 
to diagnose any trouble in its incipiency. 
But thorough knowledge of one’s car will 
not suffice toward conservation if the 
owner be a speed hug. High speed will 
prove expensive every time. The slight 
gain in time saved will not offset the 
liability of an accident or the pounding 
and racking to which the car is subjected. 
Usually the time saved is unimportant 
when figured in dollars and cents. The 
resulting repair hills, which in time are 
sure to follow, are never unimportant. 
It has been shown time and again that 
the driver who sends his car at an ex¬ 
cessive rate of speed pays more per mile 
for gasoline, oil and tires than the one 
who is more conservative. In addition, a 
car driven at high speed all the time is 
in the repair shop at frequent intervals, 
which adds to the cost, per mile of opera¬ 
tion. It is not the question of how many 
miles are covered in a given time that, 
counts, but the number of miles of useful 
travel that can be obtained at the least 
cost of fuel, oil. tires and repairs. In 
times of emergency, when to stop sud¬ 
denly is absolutely necessary, remember 
the speed at which you are traveling 
combined with the road surface may spell 
safety or disaster to you and the occu¬ 
pants of your car. One cannot always 
observe road surfaces closely when travel¬ 
ing at high speed ; the necessity of watch¬ 
ing the road far ahead prevents. So 
avoid excessive speed is a rule to be ob¬ 
served._ Have due respect for those who 
are using the same highway, remember¬ 
ing that courtesy and consideration to 
others will always win for you the same 
return. By as careful usage of your auto 
as you would give the favorite family 
horse and new rubber- tired carriage vou 
will have a car that will return faithful 
service for many years. 
FARM DRIVER. 
