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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
February 
10 
■Srr.no  terminal 
clip  permit*  wire 
to  be  instantly  de¬ 
tached  and  recon¬ 
nected  while  motor 
is  running.  Fa¬ 
cilitate*  teetina 
spark  pluo  and 
-  oil.  No  nut  to  be 
unscrewed  or  lost 
New  electrode 
design  forms  a 
natural  drain 
so  that  no  oil 
can  lodge  in 
spark  gap 
Unscrew  ihi^M 
bushing  and 
plug  comes 
apart.  Notice 
compact  porce¬ 
lain  to  with¬ 
stand  hard 
service 
Patented  CAR¬ 
BON  PROOF 
poreelain  with 
, its  high  temper- 
alurefins  at¬ 
tains  sufficient 
heat  to  burn  oil 
deposits,  thus 
offering  effec¬ 
tive  resistance 
to  carbon 
The  Function  of 
a  Spark  Plug 
is  to  deliver  the  entire 
spark  at  the  gap.  If  part 
of  it  leaks  away,  due  to 
an  accumulation  of 
carbon  on  the  surface  of 
the  porcelain,  there  will 
be  no  spark  or  it  will  be 
so  weakened  that  it  will 
not  properly  ignite  cold 
mixtures  when  starting 
Did  Your  Ford  Start 
Hard  This  Morning? 
Hard  starting  and  poor  performance  in  cold  weather 
have  always  been  bad  enough,  but  these  difficulties 
become  worse  each  year  because  of  fuel  conditions. 
Spark  plugs  with  the  ordinary  smooth-surface  por¬ 
celain  permit  an  accumulation  of  soot,  particularly 
when  the  choker  is  used  to  any  extent.  Upon  stop¬ 
ping  the  engine  in  cold  weather  the  gummy  deposit 
on  the  surface  of  the  porcelain  will  harden,  causing 
short  circuit  and  making  it  almost  impossible  to  start. 
These  troubles  of  hard  starting  and  poor  perform¬ 
ance  are  experienced  in  cold  weather  by  most 
motorists  and -particularly  with  old  cars. 
Many  motorists  resort  to  priming,  but  no  amount 
of  priming  will  start  a  motor  in  which  the  plugs 
are  shorted  with  carbon. 
With  AC  1075  Carbon  Proof  Plugs  the  saw-tooth 
edges  of  the  high  temperature  fins  do  not  permit 
the  carbon  to  accumulate  over  the  entire  surface, 
as  these  thin  edges  heat  up  rapidly  and  burn  away 
the  soot  before  it  turns  to  carbon.  This  effectively 
breaks  up  short  circuits,  makes  for  easier  starting 
and  a  better  running  engine. 
AC  1075  Carbon  Proof  Plugs  facilitate  starting  and 
give  a  sweet  running  motor  to  all  Ford  cars,  even 
old  ones  that  pump  oil. 
When  a  motor  is  out  of  tune  it  often  happens  that 
costly  repair  bills  are  incurred,  various  adjustments 
made,  and  finally  it  is  found  that  new  spark  plugs 
are  the  remedy.  Avoid  this  expense  by  first  putting 
in  a  new  set  of  AC’s. 
Put  a  set  of  AC  1075’s  in  your  car  today.  If  your 
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By  Dr.  F.  D.  Crane 
Sumac  for  Firewood 
Can  sumac  be  used  for  firewood  ?  I 
have  been  told  that  the  smoke  from  it 
was  poisonous.  a.  r.  w. 
Wethersfield,  Conn. 
It  depends  on  the  sumac.  If  the  sort 
you  have  carries  its  fruit  in  red,  pointed 
clusters,  it  is  quite  harmless  and  will 
make  very  good  kindling.  It  is  noted 
for  that,  hut  will  burn  very  quickly.  If 
its  fruit  is  in  scattered,  thin  bunches  of 
rather  dirty  white  berries,  it  is  the  poison 
sumac,  and  the  smoke  will  irritate  most 
people  and  poison  some  very  badly. 
Honey  in  Auto  Radiators 
We  have  a  nice  long  letter  from  one  of 
our  friends  in  Ransomville,  N.  Y.,  because 
one  word  was  left  out  of  a  former  answer. 
There  is  more  stuff  offered  for  every  issue 
of  The  R.  N.-Y.  than  we  can  possibly 
use.  so  we  get  in  the  habit  of  cutting 
things  down,  and  in  this  case  we  should 
have  said  that  the  pump  of  the  circulatory 
system  stood  a  good  -chance  of  mechanical 
injury  when  the  mixture  of  honey  and 
water  gets  slushy  and  stiff,  as  it  "surely 
will  if  enough  honey  is  used  to  make  it 
under  very  thorough  examination  by  the 
Department  of  Agriculture,  and  something 
has  been  found  out  about  them.  The 
facts  about  the  apple  flavor  have  been  put 
into  the  form  of  a  patent,  which  has  been 
given  to  all  citizens,  but  few  there  are 
who  will  want  to  try  making  it,  as  the 
chemical  ingredients  are  rather  too  dif¬ 
ficult  for  most  chemists  to  construct.  The 
root  of  the  matter  is  that  all  flavors,  and 
perfumes,  too,  are  complex  mixtures, 
which,  striking  the  nerves  of  taste  and 
smell  at  once,  produce  an  altogether  ef¬ 
fect  which  we  call  a  flavor  or  odor.  Just 
as  a  musician,  hearing  a  few  notes  of  a 
group  of  musicians  at  a  distance,  would 
say :  “That  is  a  brass  band,”  or  “That 
is  an  orchestra.”  or  “Those  are  fifes  and 
drums”  ;  so  an  apple  expert  in  the  dark 
would  tell  from  the  taste,  or  perhaps  even 
from  the  odor,  that  he  had  a  Delicious  or 
Northern  Sm-  or  Jonathan  offered  to  him. 
And  yet  the  musical  notes  in  the  first  in¬ 
stance  and  the  chemical  ingredients  of 
the  flavor  in  the  second  instance,  would 
be  practically  the  same.  Even  to  detect 
these  chemical  compounds  in  the  fruit,  let 
alone  measuring  them,  is  a  considerable 
task,  as  the  analytical  processes  of  or¬ 
ganic  chemistry,  in  most  cases,  are  not 
The  New  York  Grape  District 
By  consulting  your  map.  you  may  find 
in  the  northeastern  part  of  Chautauqua 
County,  New  York.  Angell  Road.  It  is 
so  named  not  for  the  Angells  who  live 
here  now,  but  by  those  who  have  passed 
mi  before.  Front  this  road  on  a  clear 
day  can  be  seen  the  shores  of  Canada, 
dotted  here  and  there  with  woodland,  and 
occasionally  the  smoke-stack  of  some  man¬ 
ufacturing  enterprise  that  undoubtedly  is 
striving  to  lead  us  in  their  line.  Begin¬ 
ning  near  Cattaraugus  Creek  and  two 
miles  south  of  Lake  Erie  there  lies  a 
gravel  ridge_tlmt  extends  to  Erie,  Pa,  a 
distance  of  50  miles.  On  this  ridge  and 
each  side  of  it  there  are  thousands  of 
acres  that  are  in  hearing  vineyards.  The 
air  at  harvest  time  is  scented  with  the 
fragrance  of  the  fruit,  and  the  tourist 
who  takes  a  trip  through  this  section  in 
the  Fall,  and  sees  the  long  lines  of  wagons 
find  trucks  standing  in  line  to  unload  fit 
the  car.  will  wonder  what  they  do  with 
so  many  grapes. 
The  picture  accompanying  this  article 
■is  what  is  known  as  the  Lake  View  Fruit 
Farm,  and  is  located  on  the  Angell  Road 
One  morning  the  neighbors  were  surprised 
to  know  that  workmen  were  preparing  to 
cut  in  two  the  old  farmhouse  that  had 
been  on  this  farm  longer  than  any  of 
them  could  remember;  they  were  still 
more  surprised  when  they  saw  the  old 
house  going  to  town  on  wheels  behind  a 
mammoth  steam  tractor,  to  spend  its  last 
days  on  Central  Avenue.  The  remainder 
of  the  old  house  went  to  Sunset  Bay.  a 
Summer  resort  on  Lake  Erie,  and  is 
anxiously  sought  for  in  vacation  time. 
This  farm  contains  50  acres,  of  which  25 
are  set  to  grapes.  The  average  yield  <>f 
grapes  last  year  was  four  tons  to  the  ac'-e. 
Bearing  vineyards  are  worth  from  $400 
to  $500  per  acre.  o.  e.  r. 
Chatauqua  Co..  N.  Y. 
worth  bothering  with.  The  same  danger 
is  present  when  glucose,  starch  sugar,  is 
used,  hut  if  you  are  willing  to  take  a 
chance,  you  will  find  the  glucose  far 
cheaper  and  just  as  good.  It  is  pretty 
widely  distributed  under  the  name  "corn 
syrup.”  At  least  one-third  and  better 
one-lialf  honey  or  glucose  should  be  added, 
but  if  solid  glucose  is  used,  since  this  is 
on  sale  here  and  there,  one-third  will  prob¬ 
ably  be  enough.  Honey  varies  consider¬ 
ably  in  density,  and  somewhat  in  compo¬ 
sition  ;  practically  the  same  liquid  can 
be  made  of  equal  weights  of  ordinary 
sugar  and  water  boiled  for  half  an  hour 
with  a  little  cream  of  tartar.  When  it 
gets  cool  these  mixtures  will  all  thicken 
more  or  less,  and  will  clog  the  pump  and 
all  the  system  away  from  the  cylinders 
till  the  engine  gets  pretty  hot.  The  boil¬ 
ing  point  is  above  that  of  water,  and  rises 
as  the  water  boils  a\yay.  so  you  also  have, 
to  take  a  chance  on  overheating.  All 
gaskets  and  connections  must  he  very 
tight,  as  a  little  honey  or  glucose  mixtures 
in  the  cylinders  will  make  a  great  deal 
of  trouble.  Go  ahead  and  try  honey,  or 
the  cheaper  sugar  or  glucose,  if  you  wan' 
to,  but  don't  forget  that  Tom  Sawyer 
remarked  to  the  cat  as  she  departed 
through  the  window  after  her  dose  of 
pain  killer:  “You  asked  for  it.  kitty!” 
The  Flavor  of  Apples 
We  raise  apples,  and  we  are  sure  that 
our  best  fruit,  fresh  from  the  fragrant 
fields  of  Alsike  clover,  is  far  superior  to 
the  paper-wrapped  aud  refrigerated  im¬ 
migrants  from  the  fog-laden  Pacific  Toast, 
hut  we  would  like  to  prove  it  by  chemical 
analysis.  Tan  it  be  done?  c.  n.  w. 
New  Jersey. 
It  is  not  probable  that  it  can  ;  at  least, 
not  convincin'1'' .  The  matter  <>f  the  flavor 
of  the  apple  and  the  peach  has  lately  been 
nearly  as  accurate  as  those  of  inorganic 
determinations. 
^  You  are  right  as  to  the  facts ;  the 
Eastern  apples  are  often,  if  not  always, 
better  flavored  than  the  Western  when 
they  reach  the  East,  but  even  the  Eastern 
apples  tend  to  fall  off  in  quality  as  the 
weeks  in  storage  go  by,  even  if  they  are 
Winter  varieties.  The  perfect  selection 
and  grading  and  careful  packing  and 
handling  of  the  Western  fruit  give  them 
the  market. 
“A  rotten  apple  corrupts  others,”  is  an 
old  saying,  and  true,  for  a  few  rotten  ones 
in  a  lot  not  only  rot  the  adjacent  apples, 
hut  spread  the  musty  flavor  of  deray 
through  the  entire  package,  and  the  wax 
coat  on  all  the  apples,  which  is  there  to 
hold  the  flavor,  picks  up  the  rotten  flavor, 
too,  and  fill  taste  more  or  less  rotten ; 
that  is,  we  detect  the  rotten  flavor  e\n! 
though  the  actual  bad  apple  may  have 
been  a  foot  or  so  away,  just  as  the  mu¬ 
sician  would  spot  one  fife  among  a  bunch 
of  violins,  .lust  as  soon  as  our  Eastern* 
growers  give  us  tile  same  grade  of  ap¬ 
ples.  packed  with  the  same  care,  and 
handed  the  same,  the  qualify  of  the  East¬ 
ern  fruit  will  appear  and  will  be  the  price¬ 
making  factor,  hut  as  yet,  with  few  ex¬ 
ceptions,  the  quality,  when  it  has  not 
been  killed  by  carelessness,  is  hidden  by 
greedy  grading  and  slovenly  packing. 
Fkeduy  had  been  given  a  new  watch, 
and  was  very  proud  of  its  timekeeping 
qualities.  Just  after  9  o’clock  one  even¬ 
ing.  watch  in  hand,  he  rushed  indoors. 
“What  time  does  the  sun  set  today?”  he 
asked  his  father.  “About  a  quarter  past 
nine.”  answered  the  parent.  MWell.”  re¬ 
plied  Freddy,  consulting  his  watch,  “if 
it  doesn’t  buck  up  it  will  he  late.” — The 
American  Boy. 
