Thr RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1643 
THE MAILBAG 
Commercial Motor Licenses 
I note your communication signed “J. 
F.,” on page 1581, with reference to the 
registration of cars. It may be of impor¬ 
tance to your readers to state that the 
attorney general has held, in construing 
the motor vehicle law, that the mere fact 
of placing a box on a car does not neces¬ 
sarily make it a commercial car and sub¬ 
ject to the payment of a commercial 
license. Very many people in this vicin¬ 
ity are availing themselves of this ruling, 
and are applying for a pleasure license 
certificate. The character of the car is 
determined by its use, and so long as 
the owner does not carry goods for hire, 
or for his own profit, it is not a com¬ 
mercial car. FRANK B. LOWN. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
Cleaning a Brass Kettle 
On page 1384 N. S. C. asks how to 
clean brass kettles. My mother used to 
clean a large one she boiled clothes in by 
putting in a handful of salt and wetting 
it with vinegar, setting it on the stove to 
warm, and rubbing it around with a rag. 
Rinse with water. It was easier than 
sand, aud not any more destructive, and 
not as dangerous as acids. J. H. T. 
Cleaning Water Pipes 
On page 1265 I saw an inquiry in re¬ 
gard to cleaning water pipes. I had the 
same experience as W. F. B., Bayonne, 
X. .T.. had. I cleaned the pipe with air 
pressure. I purchased a force pump. 
To use the pump we disconnected the pipe 
near the spring, and screwed the pump to 
the pipe with a nozzle we had made for 
the purpose. Then disconnected the lower 
end of the pipe and pumped water 
through with such force that the pipe was 
cleaned perfectly of all sediment. We 
do this three or four times a year. 
Glenville, N. Y w. a. a. 
I read the question asking how to re¬ 
move the stoppage in water pipe, caused 
by dirt or other matter getting in at the 
spring. I had that trouble. I took a 
small suction pump, and had it fixed 
so I could screw it on at outlet of pipe 
when found necessary, and in a few min¬ 
utes would pump all the matter out then 
take off the pump. It did the business 
every time. A chemist told me that what 
clogged up my water pipe was salicylic 
acid from the water, and it bothered me 
a good deal till I used the pump, and I 
had no more trouble. w. H. D. 
Dalton, Mass. 
Bog Shoes on Muck Land 
I have never tried to use soft ground 
shoes in a bog. but I have used them for 
25 years in growing celery on muck land 
with great success, as have also my neigh¬ 
bors. First a homemade shoo was made 
of a board, with leather strap; later I 
used a patent malleable iron shoe, with a 
handy iron clamp that bolts over the top 
of the hoof. These can be used on any 
land thnt is drained or naturally dry 
enough to raise crops or hay. In all this 
time 1 have used them on many horses, 
and I never had a horse injure himself 
by interfering or in any other way while 
using them. I have always been able to 
do a full day’s work with them the first 
day that horses ever worked on them. 
New York. G. S. 
Laurel Poisoning Successfully Treated 
Regarding laurel poisoning, on April 8, 
"'hen I went to feed and milk. I found a 
calf stretched out absolutely helpless; 
could not hold up her head. She would 
struggle sometimes as if dying. I thought 
of the laurel, as it grows in the pasture. 
I milked a cow and gave calf about a 
pint of warm milk as quickly as I could. 
In about half an hour I gave one-half 
cup of melted lard, three tablespoonfuls 
of castor oil. one small teaspoon of spirits 
of turpentine, enough warm water to 
shake up and make a drench. Later in 
the day T gave a good dose of salts and 
continued the warm milk. She ate a little 
that night, and the next morning, though 
quite weak, she stood up and ate. Since 
then she seems to be doing all right. 
Auer the lard and oil she belched up a 
green moss. C. w. d. 
Amherst. Ya. 
More About Hercules’ Club 
1 have read your inquiry about the 
angelica tree (Hercules’ Club), or as it 
botauically called, Aralia spiuosa. With 
an experience of 20 years with the Aralia 
spinosa I have never known it to fail of 
blooming every year. The blossoms are 
tollowed by a generous crop of shiny black 
berries that resemble the fruit of the 
Spikenard. The shrub on my grounds iu 
Hartford. Conn., as well as here, has 
never suffered from low temperature in 
, \\ inter. The shrub does its best in 
i 111 wst soil, so one may water to his 
on it s content and do it good, for the 
foliage will be all the better for the sur- 
!,i® ( .’t water. The foliage is so distinct 
nat it is a great addition to the beauty 
' 1 home grounds. E. M. u. 
\ alley View, Pa. 
Multiplying Farm Hours 
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/ I V HE FARMER who is notprop- 
erly equipped, has this problem 
to contend with: getting his farm 
work done on time and, at the same 
time, doing necessary hauling that 
requires labor and horses which 
cannot well be spared from pressing 
seasonal work on the farm. 
During the days of plentiful, 
cheap labor, this problem was 
partly solved by hired help. But 
today it is being met in an entirely 
different way — by International 
Motor Trucks. 
These efficient hauling units mul¬ 
tiply farm hours—save for essential 
farm work about two-thirds of the 
time that was formerly spent on the 
road, in addition to saving the 
horses for work in the fields. 
Do you feel the need of more 
farm hours? Do you begrudge 
the time that you devote to haul¬ 
ing farm products to town and 
needed supplies back to the farm? 
Does the distance between your 
farm and your local market some¬ 
times seem much too far? Is 
the working efficiency of your 
horses impaired by hard trips to 
town ? 
Think about this; and while 
you are thinking, drop a post 
card to the address below so 
that we can mail you a pamphlet 
that will tell you how to multiply 
your farm hours and simplify 
your hauling — with an Interna¬ 
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style of body and a size of truck 
for every hauling requirement — 
4-ton to 3^-ton capacities. 
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