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Ibt  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  3,  1923 
It’s  Cheaper  this  Year 
IT  costs  less  this  year  to  remove  stumps 
from  your  land — the  new  du  Pont  ex¬ 
plosive,  Dumorite,  will  blast  them  out  for 
much  less  than  it  used  to  cost. 
Dumorite  has  approximately  the  same 
strength  as  40%  dynamite,  stick  for  stick, 
with  the  slow,  heaving  action  of  “20%” — and 
you  get  34  more  sticks  for  each  dollar.  It  is 
non-freezing  and  non-headache.  Get  it  at  your 
local  dealer’s  and  clear  more  land  at  less  cost. 
Write  for  free,  110-page  “Farmers’  Hand¬ 
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on  the  use  of  explosives  for  land  clearing, 
ditching  and  tree-planting. 
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Simple  Science 
By  Dr.  F.  D.  Crane 
Corrosion  of  Furnace  Pipe 
Will  green  oak  wood  eat  out  galvan¬ 
ized  iron  pipe  used  as  an  outside  flue? 
Connecticut  F.  R. 
It  will,  and  we  can  advise  nothing  to 
preserve  the  pipe.  You  will  have  to  put 
in  a  proper  support,  and  then  build  up 
your  chimney  with  8-in.  glazed  sewer- 
pipe,  which  will  weigh  quite  a  little ;  bet¬ 
ter  weigh  one  section  and  calculate  the 
weight.  If  this  is  going  to  be  out  of  the 
question,  on  account  of  the  weight,  you 
will  have  to  get  a  regular  smokestack, 
which  will  last,  maybe,  20  years.  In  any 
event,  provide  some  sort  of  a  drain  at  the 
bottom. 
State  Civil  Service  Positions 
I  wish  to  secure,  as  near  as  possible,  a 
complete  list  of  State  civil  service  and  ap¬ 
pointment  positions  in  New  York  State, 
Department  of  Farms  and  Markets. 
There  is  a  publication  in  Albany  relat¬ 
ing  to  civil  service  work,  and  I  would 
like  to  get  the  name  of  the  journal  and 
address.  As  I  recall  it,  the  name  is 
Civil  Service  Journal.  D.  W.  w. 
Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Evidently  the  journal  you  speak  of  is 
The  Chief,  published  by  the  New  York 
Civil  Service  Employes’  Company,  New 
York.  As  to  the  list  of  positions  in  the 
Agricultural  Department,  you  should 
write  to  the  Civil  Service  Commission  at 
Albany. 
Use  for  Graphite 
Is  there  any  way  to  make  use  of  a 
5-lb.  lot  of  very  pure,  but  crude,  graphite? 
Could  I  melt  it  and  grind  it  with  oil? 
Florida.  W.  A.  R. 
To  begin  with,  you  cannot  melt  it ;  it 
is  one  of  the  most  infusible  things  known, 
and  it  is  not  likely  that  you  can  do  any¬ 
thing  with  it  unless  you  put  a  low  value 
on  your  time.  The  best  Ceylon  stuff  is 
only  worth  a  few  cents  a  pound.  The 
method  on  a  large  scale  is  to  grind  and 
air  float  it,  and  then  mix  with  oil.  The 
danger  on  a  small  scale  is  that  some  little 
sharp  bits  of  grit  would  get  in,  and  even 
a  few  of  these  would  cut  the  bearings 
badly.  If  you  want  to  grind  and  water- 
float  it,  you  may  get  some  pure  stuff.  At 
best  you  will  spend  more  in  soap,  if  you 
take  the  trouble  to  wash  after  the  job, 
than  your  output  of  graphite  lubricant 
would  be  worth. 
Making  Cedar  Oil 
What  is  the  best  way  to  make  cedar 
oil.  and  how  much  does  it  sell  for? 
New  York.  F.  H.  s. 
The  only  way  to  make  cedar  oil  is  by 
steam  distillation  of  the  chipped  wood, 
or  of  the  twigs,  according  to  whether 
you  have  the  wood  oil  or  the  twig  oil  in 
mind.  As  we  do  not  know  this,  we  can¬ 
not  quote  prices  or  yields,  but  prices  are 
low  and  yields  are  poor.  The  reason  for 
the  low  price  is  that  the  wood  oil  is  a 
by-product  of  the  cedar  shavings  of  the 
pencil  factories,  so  the  material  costs 
nothing.  And  it  is  not  likely  you  have 
the  right  sort  of  cedar.  Tell  us  your 
kind  of  cedar  and  what  you  want  to 
make,  and  we  will  try  to  answer  you 
further. 
Polishing  Rubber 
IIow  can  I  smooth  the  surface  of 
2-in.  rubber  rods  to  have  it  like  the  sur¬ 
face  of  a  hot-water  bottle?  r.  m 
Florida. 
The  surface  on  a  hot- water  bottle  and 
on  similar  rubber  articles  is  put  there 
by  polished  metal  molds,  when  they  are 
made,  and  it  is  not  likely  that  you  can 
duplicate  it.  The  best  you  can  do  is  by 
the  use  of  ordinary  abrasives,  of  increas¬ 
ing  fineness,  with  a  very  fine  one  in  oil, 
for  the  last  treatment. 
Stain  for  Shingles 
Can  I  stain  the  siding  red  and  the 
shingles  green  on  my  barn  by  using  crude 
oil  instead  of  creosote?  If  so,  what  shall 
I  get  to  mix  with  it  to  give  the  color? 
New  York.  J.  K. 
So-called  “oil  soluble  base”  dyes  are 
used  in  creosote  at  times,  but  a  fair 
green  is  a  chrome  green  which  is  mixed 
in  like  paint.  But  we  do  not  think  that 
the  use  of  crude  oil  as  a  base  will  be  at 
all  satisfactory.  Let  alone  the  danger 
from  fire,  the  crude  oil  is  likely  to  darken 
as  the  days  go  by.  If  anyone  of  our 
readers  has  used  colored  crude  oil  and 
thinks  it  wise  for  others  to  do  so,  we 
would  be  glad  to  learn  about  it. 
Spoiled  Maple  Syrup 
•  Is  there  any  way  to  bring  hack  the 
flavor  of  maple  syrup  which  has  stai'ted 
|  to  sour?  C.  M.  w. 
New  York. 
I  There  is  none ;  the  flavor  will  always 
I  be  “off,”  but  boiling  it  down  a  little  in 
!  an  open  kettle  may  help  some. 
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