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Kerosene or Gasoline for Tractor 
I desire a little advice about the use 
of kerosene in my Fordson tractor. For 
two years I have used gasoline, but I 
have heard that kerosene is not only 
cheaper but better for the tractor. If I 
use kerosene, will I need to use more oil 
than I would if I used gas, and, if so, 
would it take enough more oil to eat up 
what I would save by using kerosene in¬ 
stead of gas? Also, will my engine be 
dirtier at the end of the season ; i. e., 
will there be more carbon with the use 
of kerosene than with the use of gas? 
New York. M. J. k. 
The Fordson tractor is designed to op¬ 
erate on kerosene and does so very suc¬ 
cessfully. However, kerosene is more 
difficult to atomize than is gasoline, and 
is less convenient to use, and for this 
reason many operators prefer the gaso¬ 
line. During the hot months, and when 
using the tractor for steady work, with 
little starting and stopping of the motor 
necessary, kerosene can be used to best 
advantage. Its use results in a different 
form of carbon, softer than that produced 
by gasoline, and when used efficiently 
produces somewhat more power. The 
engine may run hotter, lubrication is 
more difficult, oil has to be changed more 
frequently, and because of dilution of oil 
by kerosene there is probably more wear 
on the engine. 
In cooler weather, or for intermittent 
work, the use of gasoline is advised. 
While higher in cost, the greater conve¬ 
nience, coupled with lowered oil consump¬ 
tion and lessened wear on the engine, due 
to more completely burned fuel, make it 
the choice of most operators for this class 
of work. B. h. s. 
Cleaning an Iron Pipe 
I notice your answer to J. E. M., page 
1461, and the method seems so laborious 
that I thought he might be glad to hear 
of my way, since I have the same diffi¬ 
culty, and can clean my wafer pipe very 
effectively in an hour or two. My pipe 
from the spring to the house gets so full 
of rust that scarcely any water can pass 
through and it has to be cleaned once or 
twice a year. I use a force pump with a 
board attached in such a manner that I 
can place the pump in a barrel of water, 
the board resting on top of barrel. I 
bale the water from spring, remove the 
screen from end of pipe in spring, and 
connect this pipe and pump with a pipe 
which I have adjusted with elbows, etc. 
I suppose a hose could be used if strong 
enough to stand the pressure. I also at¬ 
tach a hose to the faucet in the house so 
as to carry the rusty water off outdoors. 
Then I pump the water from the barrel 
through the pipe. This cleans the pipe 
very thoroughly, and the cost of a pump 
is money well invested. Sometimes I 
have the faucet closed while I pump wa¬ 
ter into the pipe a few times. I think 
this helps to loosen the rust. 
HENBY CHILDS. 
'St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. 
Filter in Cistern 
We would like to know whether water 
in our cistern is filtered right for drink¬ 
ing purposes. The cistern is 9 ft. high 
and 8 ft. wide, with a brick partition 
which is cemented on the filtered side and 
brick on the unfiltered side. The unfil¬ 
tered side has a filter at the bottom 1 ft. 
high and 1 ft. wide, filled with gravel and 
charcoal. There are three bricks out in 
the filter to let the water into the filtered 
eide, and the holes have a sponge in them 
to keep the gravel and charcoal from 
coming through. Ought this filter to be 
deeper, or ought it to be on top? 
Brunswick, O. W. C. T. 
If other source of suitable drinking wa¬ 
ter is available I would advise against the 
use of a cistern. It very easily becomes 
polluted and may be the cause of sickness 
in the family. 
A properly constructed filter should 
take the water in at the top, the flow be¬ 
ing downward through it, and it should 
be so proportioned that the water has 
opportunity to pass slowly through it in 
much the same way it would pass through 
the soil, instead of simply straining 
through it. The filter also should be so 
placed that the water is filtered before 
being stored in the cistern; otherwise 
disease germs have an opportunity to 
breed in unfiltered water. Unless given 
close attention and cleaned frequently, 
the very filter itself may become a breed¬ 
ing place for disease germs. 
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 941, obtainab’e 
from your Congressman at Washington, 
or from the Superintendent of Docu¬ 
ments, gives instructions on building a 
number of types of filters, and should be 
of interest to you. 
“Thebe’s a man outside sir, that wants 
to see you about a bill you owe him. He 
wouldn’t give his name.” “What does 
he look like?” “Well, he looks like you’d 
better pay it.”—Life. 
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