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Day  by  Day  in  Every  Way 
FRICK  MACHINERY 
is  giving  better  service.  Beginning 
with  1853,  each  succeeding  year 
showed  improvements  in  design  and 
construction,  and  today,  as  always, 
the  name  “FRICK”  stands  for  every¬ 
thing  that  is  good,  sturdy  and  re¬ 
liable  in  Farm  Power  Machinery. 
Manufacturers  of  Gas  Tractors, 
Threshers,  Steam  Traction  and 
Portable  Engines  and  Saw-Mills  in 
sizes  to  suit  every  requirement. 
Details  and  Points  of  Merit 
are  found  in  our  new  catalog 
FRICK  COMPANY,  Inc. 
345  W.  Main  Street,  Waynesboro,  Pa. 
NOW 
‘125 
'SPRYWHEELi 
Cultivates,  mulches,  weeds,  hoes  and  hills ; 
with  attachment,  mows  lawns.  Simple  in 
construction— easy  to  operate.  Single  large 
drive  wheel — works  between  narrow  rows 
of  tallest  plants.  Permits  frequent  culti¬ 
vation,  increasing  yields.  Weighs  135  lbs. 
—  but  as  durable  as  large  tractor. 
Economical— one  gallon  of  gasoline  keeps 
SPRYWHEEL  going  all  day.  Easy 
starting.  Orders  received  now  filled 
promptly.  Literature  on  request. 
H.  C.  DODGE.  Inc. 
22-44-  Alger  Street,  Boston,  Mans. 
Good  business  for  local  agents. 
Write  for  territory. 
Also  manufacturers  of  D-LiaHT  Electrical 
Power  and  Lighting  Systems.  A  simple,  efficient 
and  dependable  electric  generating  plant. 
Light*  the  Home— Lighten*  the  Work. 
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Simple  Science 
By  Dr.  F.  D.  Crane 
Recharging  Battery  with  Lighting  Plant 
Is  there  any  possible  way  of  charging 
a  rundown  battery  from  a  Ford  car  with 
a  32-volt  light ing  plant?  j.  f. 
Vineland,  N.  J. 
Probably,  if  you  have  a  voltmeter. 
The  lighting  plant,  no  doubt,  has  a  set 
of  cells.  You  can  take  the  proper  voltage 
from  several  of  these,  or  if  only  a  gen¬ 
erator,  make  a  rheostat  and  pick  up  the 
proper  voltage  between  the  turns.  Better 
get  a  local  electrician  to  help  you,  and 
he  sure  to  reverse  the  polarity  when 
charging. 
Weak  Vinegar 
For  the  last  two  years  we  have  made 
our  cull  apples  into  cider,  to  be  con¬ 
verted  into  vinegar.  The  best  we  can  get 
is  very  weak  vinegar.  We  use  the  old 
way ;  let  it  stand  in  a  warm  cellar.  Is 
there  any  way  we  can  help  this  along,  so 
as  to  get  the  four  per  cent  acid  test  re¬ 
quired  by  the  government?  We  have 
eight  or  nine  casks  in  various  stages  of 
strength ;  the  bung  has  been  removed 
and  a  bottle  put  in  the  hole.  Would  it 
be  practical  to  make  a  generator  now 
and  use  acid-forming  chemicals? 
Brattleboro,  Vt.  w.  l.  n. 
The  acid  in  the  vinegar,  if  a  normal 
fermentation  is  followed,  is  in  direct  pro¬ 
portion  to  the  sugar  originally  present. 
Your  culls  were  too  low  in  sugar,  hence 
too  low  in  final  acid.  Probably  nothing 
can  be  done  now,  unless  you  care  to  try 
to  add  sugar  and  start  a  new  alcoholic 
fermentation,  and  follow  that  with  a 
new  acetic  fermentation.  The  success  of 
this  is  doubtful.  Unless  your  State  law 
forbids  the  addition  of  “anything”  to 
apple  juice  to  be  made  into  cider,  there  is 
no  reason  why  in  future  you  should  not 
increase  the  sugar  content  before  fer¬ 
mentation,  using  either  cane  or  starch 
sugar.  Neither  will  be  in  the  least  injuri¬ 
ous,  and  either,  or  both,  will  ferment, 
by  yeast,  into  alcohol,  which  in  its  turn 
will  he  changed  by  the  “mother  of  vine¬ 
gar”  into  acetic  acid. 
Lubricating  Oil  and  Axle  Grease  from 
Lard  and  Tallow 
Will  you  give  me  a  recipe  for  making 
lubricating  oil  for  mowing  machines,  etc., 
from  old  lard  and  tallow?  Also  for  mak¬ 
ing  axle  grease  from  strong  lard  and  from 
tallow.  I  presume  that  some  coal  oil  is 
used  in  the  old  greases  for  lubricating  oil 
and  that  some  rosin  is  used  in  the  old 
greases  for  making  axle  grease,  but  I  do 
not  know  the  proportions  or  how  best  to 
mix-  J.  B.  M. 
Mitchell,  Ind. 
The  lubricating  oil  is  stiffened  by  the 
heavier  petroleum  products  or  thinned  by 
the  lighter  ones,  and  the  axle  grease  is 
stiffened  by  rosin,  but  the  amounts,  in 
every  case,  to  be  added,  depend  on  the 
present  thickness  of  your  raw  materials, 
and  we  can  only  suggest  making  up  a  few 
small  lots  and  testing  after  standing  for 
a  few  days. 
Testing  Motor  Oil 
What  is  the  best  and  most  accurate 
way  to  test  the  oil  in  the  crank-case  of 
an  automobile  or  tractor  motor?  We  use 
a  good  many  gallons  of  oil  every  month, 
and  we  do  not  wish  to  throw  away  good 
oil.  neither  do  we  wish  to  damage  our 
motors  by  improper  lubrication.  Can  the 
worn-out  or  waste  oil  from  such  machines 
be  used  as  grease  to  make  soft  soap? 
Cassadaga,  N.  Y.  a.  b.  s. 
There  is  no  good,  quick  test.  Drain, 
filter  (an  old  felt  hat  works  well),  and 
blow  steam  through  it,  to  take  out  the 
gasoline.  Let  stand  and  use  again  after 
the  water  has  dropped  out.  It  can  posi¬ 
tively  not  he  used  for  soap,  soft  or  hard, 
as  it  has  nothing  to  take  up  the  alkali  in 
a  chemical  way,  although  it  will  mix  with 
alkaline  water  after  a.  fashion. 
Waterproofing  a  Slicker 
How  can  I  make  a  black  oil  slicker 
waterproof?  J.  R. 
Devon,  Conn. 
It  ought  to  be,  without  treatment,  but 
if  the  original  treatment  is  worn  out. 
your  ibest  hope  is  another  coat  of  boiled 
linseed  oil,  with  lots  of  time  to  dry. 
Repainting  Stage  Curtain 
We  have  a  good  curtain  which  we  are 
using  for  Boy  Scout  plavs.  The  canvas  is 
all  right,  but  has  been  unused  for  15  years 
and  when  moved  the  painting  comes  off 
like  powder.  What  can  we  do?  L.  t.  b. 
It  does  not  seem  likely  that  you  can 
do  anything.  The  chances  are  that  the 
original  paint  was  not  an  oil  paint  at  all. 
end  it  has  certainly  lost  all  its  binding 
power.  You  are  lucky  to  have  the  canvas 
after  15  years.  Better  clean  it  and  re¬ 
paint;  hut  this  will  also  be  more  or  less 
of  a  task. 
“What  does  the  professor  of  Greek 
get?”  “Oh,  about  $3,000  a  year-.”  “And 
the  football  coach?”  “About  $12,000  a 
year.”  “Quite  a  discrepancy.”  “Well, 
did  you  ever  hear  40,000  people  cheering 
a  Greek  recitation?” — Birmingham  Age- 
Ilerald. 
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By  Bigger  Value 
Overland  leadership  is  firmly  established 
in  public  confidence.  Whenever  auto¬ 
mobiles  are  compared  and  discussed,  the 
new  Overland  is  called  the  outshining 
value  in  its  field. 
No  other  car  near  Overland  price  has 
an  all-steel  body,  with  a  lustrous  baked- 
enamel  finish.  No  other  car  has  Triplex 
Springs  {patented) ,  which  yield  remark¬ 
able  riding  ease.  No  other  light  car 
duplicates  its  liberal  use  of  Timken  and 
New  Departure  bearings  in  its  axle  con¬ 
struction. 
The  new  Overland  is  better  looking. 
The  hood  is  higher.  Body  lines  are 
longer.  Seats  are  lower.  And  the  sturdy 
Overland  engine  is  faithful  and  econom¬ 
ical — giving  25  miles  and  more  to  the 
gallon  of  gasoline.  Drive  an  Overland 
and  realize  the  difference. 
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