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Heavier  Pressure  Gets  More 
Cider  Per  Bushel  of  Apples 
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Ground  Limestone  in  Henhouse 
If  ground  limestone  is  used  on  the  drop¬ 
ping  boards  in  henhouse,  in  order  to  ab¬ 
sorb  the  moisture  from  the  poultry  ma¬ 
nure,  is  there  anything  that  will  interfere 
with  the  poultry  manure  giving  results 
for  fertilizers?  C.  F. 
Ground  limestone  will  answer  for  this 
purpose.  Burnt  lime  should  not  he  used, 
for  that  will  act  chemically  to  drive  off 
some  of  the  ammonia  in  the  manure.  Acid 
phosphate  would  make  a  better  combina¬ 
tion  with  the  manure,  as  it  would  add 
phosphorus. 
Hubam  Clover  in  Nova  Scotia 
You  may  not  recall  it,  but  in  1921  you 
gave  me  valuable  information  or  advice 
as  to  Hubam  clover.  My  idea  was  to  try 
it  in  our  apple  orchards  in  place  of 
vetch,  as  a  cover  crop.  The  main  trouble 
with  using  it  here  is  that  we  use  clean 
cultivation  as  long  as  possible,  so  it  is 
July  1  before  cover  crop  is  sown.  I  used 
Hubam  iu  two  orchards  last  season. 
Sown  July  8,  it  made  a  stand  of  say  20 
to  30  in.  by  picking  time  (October  1). 
On  the  whole  I  think  the  biennial  suits 
us  better,  as,  once  established,  plowing 
and  harrowing  do  not  seem  to  kill  out  the 
roots,  and  as  I  write  today,  plants  that 
have  not  been  much  knocked  about  are  12 
to  18  in.  high  at  this  date. 
Novia-  Scotia.  waiter  c.  jones. 
Direct  Buying  of  Coal 
I  have  read  what  you  say  about  the 
possibility  of  farmers  combining  to  buy 
coal  direct  from  the  mines.  I  have  spent 
the  greater  part  of  my  life  in  the  coal 
mines,  and  I  think  this  plan  might  be 
made  practical.  I  believe  that  the  farm¬ 
ers  and  the  small  industries  could  buy 
coal  to  good  advantage  for  themselves, 
and  so  long  as  they  are  responsible  and 
have  good  credit  they  could  get  their  coal 
cheaper  from  the  mines  direct  than 
through  most  of  the  coffl  dealers.  I  know 
mine  parties  who  have  shipped  35  cars 
during  one  month  direct  from  the  mines. 
It  will  interest  some  of  our  readers  to 
know  that  good  coal  is  not  all  black. 
Neither  is  all  black  coal  good.  If  the 
buyer  goes  into  the  market  and  knows 
what  he  wants  he  can  get  what  he  calls 
for.  If  anyone  thinks  that  coal  is  just 
coal,  and  nothing  more,  he  is  what  they 
call  an  “innocent”  buyer,  and  is  apt  to 
buy  a  low  grade  of  coal.  We  have  a 
brand  of  coal  that  ignites  readily,  like 
hay  or  straw.  It  burns  away  fast,  makes 
a  big  fire,  but  is  soon  gone.  Other  kinds 
of  coal  will  be  lower  in  volatile  power. 
It  will  not  ignite  so  easily,  but  it  will 
hold  the  fire  and  give  off  the  heat  for  a 
longer  period  of  time.  As  for  freight 
rates,  let  the  consumer  remember  that 
he  always  pays,  no  matter  whether  he 
buys  direct  or  from  the  jobber,  the  com¬ 
mission  man,  the  wholesaler  or  the  dealer. 
In  any  event,  he  pays  the  freight.  I 
think  there  are  possibilities  in  this  direct 
buying.  S.  D.  H. 
A  Use  for  Discarded  Motor  Oil 
In  this  vicinity  we  are  learning  to.  use 
this  as  a  preventive  for  mosquito  bites; 
not  by  application  to  the  bitten  flesh,  hut 
upon  the  breeding  places.  The  discarded 
oil  in  this  town  would  go  far  toward  cov¬ 
ering  all  the  stagnant  pools  where 
mosquitoes  breed  hereabout. 
Massachusetts.  J.  n.  pardee. 
How  to  Oil  a  Motor 
Try  this,  fellow  motor  owners,  and 
forget  your  oiling  troubles.  An  old  col¬ 
ored  man  in  Georgia  told  me  how  over 
two  years  ago,  and  since  then  my  oiling 
troubles  are  a  thing  of  the  past. 
Get  a  piece  of  felt,  a  half-inch  pad  of 
wool  is  best,  and  fit  it  over  your  valves, 
then  soak  it  with  oil.  Run  your  engine 
for  a  while;  the  heat  will  vaporize  the 
oil,  oiling  the  whole  system,  and  keep 
the  oil  cups  full  at  all  times..  My  car 
has  often  run  over  500  miles  without  oil¬ 
ing,  on  just  the  one  application  of  oil. 
The  pad  saves  many  a  dollar  in  oil,  and 
many  a  hundred  dollars  in  engine 
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There  is  a  reference  on  page  853  to 
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How  do  they  shape  them?  Are  they 
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do  not  last  as  well  as  a  good  splint  bas¬ 
ket,  and  they  are  very  inconvenient  to 
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A  NEW  BOOK 
By  JOHN 
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Economic  Distribution  of  Farm 
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co-operative  subject.  Heretofore 
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