1914 
fk RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
December 25, 1920 
Do Your Belt Work With 
An Avery Skid Engine 
Here is a real kerosene burning, four-cylinder skid engine that is 
proving to be a big success. They are preferred by many to steam 
and are being used for operating factories and machine shops, stone 
crushers and quarries and particularly saw mills. Is low speed, 
heavy duty and furnishes exactly the cheap, reliable power you want. 
Costs about one-third less than a steam engine—requires no en¬ 
gineer, is simple and easy to run—has no heavy boilers to move, 
boilers weigh two to five times this engine—has no smoke stack with 
its dangerous sparks—can be set up anywhere, it is handy, as location 
near water not needed—no heavy foundations needed, as four op¬ 
posed cylinders reduce vibration to minimum. With it you can 
operate lots of 20,000 to 30,000 feet—it costs so little to move. 
Has renewable inner cylinder walls which can be turned from time 
to time in case of wear, or can be quickly replaced if ever scored. 
This one feature quadruples the value of this engine as it adds many 
extra years to its life. Also has adjustable main crankshaft bearings, 
extra large crankshaft, valves-in-head, centrifugal gasifiers that turn 
the kerosene into gas and really burn it and many other exclusive 
features. Three sizes—all four-cylinder, 30, 45 and 65 H. P. Write 
for catalog and special circular. Or ask us for names of users and 
learn from them what money-makers these engines are. 
Avery Company 
t021 Iowa St. Peoria, 111. 
Distributors; 
J. B. Norton Co.. Inc. 
UTICA, N. Y. 
AND 
Brackett, Shaw & Luut Company 
1 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 
Somersworth, N. H. 
Avery Renewable Inner 
Cylinder Wall 
Easily removed for cleaning or re¬ 
placing. Lengthens the life of the 
motor. 
Adjustable Box 
Tightens up main crankshaft bear¬ 
ings from outside by simply turn¬ 
ing two bolts with an ordinary 
socket wrench. Another exclusive 
Avery Engine Feature. 
Tr actors. Trucks, Motor Cultivators, 
Threshers. Plows, etc. 
Money Down 
on Mr. Edison’s New Phonograph*^ 
'T'HIS wonderful New Edison Dia- ' 
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brand new Blue Amberol Indestructible Four- 
Minute Records sent to you on absolutely frts 
trial. Now on this offer, you can have the 
finest and best that money can buy at a price 
very much less than that which imitations 
of genuine Edison Amberola are offered. Seize 
this opportunity. 
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When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’R get a 
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Simple Science 
By Dr F D Crane 
Petroleum in New England 
I am looking for a little information 
regarding the possible location of oil (re¬ 
ferring to petroleum) in this latitude 
and this part of the country. Is it, ac¬ 
cording to scientific research, a physical 
impossibility that it should occur along 
this portion of the coast of Maine? For 
some time past I have noticed on one of 
my brooks a certain slimy, bluish (and at 
times brownish) scum, which probably is 
only ‘‘fool’s gold,” so to speak, in the 
form of certain bluish scum I used to see 
on stagnant water when I was a boy run¬ 
ning around the swamps; but this is so 
persistent on water, not altogether still, 
and of such a nature that I would like 
to find all the possibilities of “oil” being 
or not being under this clay subsoil of 
ours. H. G. D. 
Maine. 
You are quite right in having your 
doubts as to oil from your granite rocks, 
Salt on the Coal Fire 
I have, I believe, made an important 
discovery, which I wish for the benefit 
of the public to make known through 
The R. N.-Y. Although it has been 
nearly 20 years- since I obtained the se¬ 
cret of its use in a general way, it was 
not until last Winter that I had the op¬ 
portunity to test it in every way. It is 
simply this: When filling up your fur¬ 
nace for the night, sprinkle over the top 
of the coals a few ounces of common salt. 
This will not only greatly increase its 
heating quality, but will also cause the 
cinders to burn into much finer ash with¬ 
out any clinkers or melting together of 
dross, from lime or sulphur found in the 
coal in a free state. It will clean out 
the flues of the kitchen stove and make 
the coal burn longer. c. t. 
New York. 
This matter comes up about every so 
often, and there are always those who 
The Christmas Tree 
and the chances are very much iu favor 
of its being merely another form of the 
bacterial scum so common in swampy 
spots, especially if there is some iron in 
the soil. A geologist kindly gave us a 
few notes on this matter not long since, 
and he gave one first-class test which re¬ 
quires no professional skill; that is, to 
take a stick and gently stir or break into 
the scum. The bacterial scum will break 
up into patches and float away without 
again joining; the oil scum, on the other 
hand, will spread and join again, more 
or less. So, if your scum joins itself 
together after a disturbance, you can see 
if you can get enough together to form 
a drop which will have a characteristic 
smell when put on a hot stove lid. It 
will be time enough then to “form a com¬ 
pany and sell stock.” 
are very sure it “works.” There does 
not seem to be any reason why it should 
do so with all coals and all stoves, but 
there may be some kinds of coal which 
are the better for it. The same is true 
about the ash ; there are, no doubt, some 
coals which do not clinker so badly if a 
little salt is used. Experiments on a 
large scale, with fires which are regu¬ 
larly stoked, do not show any advantage 
for the salt treatment, but bouse fires are 
a different matter, and it is just possible 
that when you use salt, especially if it is 
colored a pretty pink and bought from 
a pedlar at a decided advance on the 
market rates, that you then take consider¬ 
ably more care with the fire. 
Orangeade Syrup 
Notice 
To Whom It May Concern: Notice is 
hereby given that the Milk Regulation 
Board, created by Section 2486, of Chap¬ 
ter 128 General Statutes of Connecticut, 
revision of 1918. will hold a hearing at 
the office of the Dairy and Food Commis¬ 
sioner. Room 25. State Capitol. Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., on Wednesday, December 29, 
1920, at 2 j). m., for the purpose of mak¬ 
ing, amending, repealing or suspending 
rules and regulations concerning the in¬ 
spection of dairies, the production, care, 
handling, marketing or sale of milk or 
cream within the State, to protect the 
public from the use of milk or cream 
which is insanitary or detrimental to 
public health, as provided in Section 21SG 
of the above mentioned chapter. 
Thomas Holt. Chairman, 
Milk Regulation Board. 
In answer to G. L. B„ Selma, Oi'e., 
here is the recipe of the best orangeade 
syrup made; it is the original: Four 
good oranges, grate the thin, yellow rind 
with a medium coarse grater, pour over 
t_his 2 (its. of boiling water. Then add 
5 lbs. of granulated sugar; dissolve and 
add the juice of the oranges and juice 
of two lemons to brighten ; if two are not 
enough, add more. This will give you a 
gallon of syrup. Owinw to its being made 
from the fruit, it will not keep a long 
time; if made with 6 lbs. of sugar it will 
keep a little longer. There are many 
kinds, but none better. You will have to 
be governed by your taste, a« the fruit 
varies so much. Rut about 2 oz. iu a 
glass and mix with soda or ice water. 
Massachusetts. a. a. 
“Her face looked worn.” “Yes, it is 
unfortunate people have to wear faces 
like that.”—Baltimore American. 
