Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-01-17

the senses are more or less unreliable as
weather recorders. Even eut-pf-dQpr
workers are often misled regarding the
THE GAS ENeTNE
Farmers who shelter their nachin-
cry in the field during the Writer are
not apt to make much of success 81
the gasoline engine in farm work The
gasoline engine is very HANDY power
and is deserving of widespread popp-
iarity. 1t win fill many inches on
good sized farm, and very few OF US
have begun to know its value. But II
must be we'll cared for and kept well
housed, for there are certain condl-
tons under which 1t operates that are
simple but inexorahle. 1t will baik
quicker than a mule If the conditions
are, not right. Any farmer can set
valuable assistance from gasohne
engine il he will give i proper care.
Its care is very simple. First comes
protection from the weather. tar
paulIn is very good cover fer an en-
CINE that is kept out of doors. and
even one housed is better II kept epy-
cred when ii Is not in use- LaVe pat
teries are necessary.
Electricity is the spark Of life &c gas
oline motor. A clean spark plug Is neees~
sary at the other end of the battery wire
The mixture OF &GeOllt anu al A44te~
be Just right for the most effeetiVe work
at the geratest economy of power al
though the motor will work and waste
gasoline Adjustments Of this kind
are simple to learn and should pc
understood by. the man who has charge
of the engine. A frequent cause pf
trouble is the failure to strain the gaso-
line when filling the tank Pay bsif little
attention to men who claim that Their
: ~-1<.n - IN Fsn<
will be disastrous. Either strain the gas
oline through a chamois or finely mesh
ed strainer Good iubricating oil is an
other Important essential. No gasoline
engine can give its best service unless
it is properly cared for and housed
wAsH1NGToN.-:The ONCE of foreign
seed and plant Introduction of the de-
partment of agriculture invites the
American public TO meet Iand sap the
calamondin, a new orangeTlsn ana
thereafter.
And 1t hopes the American pubic will
luxe the new orange, for It is wonder
full sort Of fruit.
The calamondin does not demand
place because Of lis taste, for that Is al
most as tart as a lemons. Nor for its
size, for the average calamondin Is but
|three-quaFers of an inch in dislneter-
BuJ IL ASKS fECQEnltluH DtNdl4E A4A1 49,
amondin tree is the most fruitful ever
discovered. Il hears huge crops al the
year around 1t ls a perpetual motion
tree. And because II Is so prolific the
tree can become an important -aspuree
Of food If the public takes kindly to its
fruit
A calamondin tree at the experimental
station farm In Florida has 700 changes
in different stages of ripeness. In Feb
49,, hoxr H. fxffr
just as many oranges, and just as many
next July. and just as many next Sep
TENDER 1t always bears, always las on
its branches blossoms. green fruit and
fruit ripe for gathering
The calau1ondn orange Is Ike kum-
quat in that its skid is tender and good
TO eat But the little "quarters with
their fat seeds inside are too sour to be
eaten, The department fruit specialists
hope the little orange win be Used at
soda fountains and on bars n beverages,
for calamoninade is delicious, ard the
fruit has already supplanted the lime IN
Washington in the Press club gin hickey.
But the fruits chief value WIN be as a
constituent of marmalade. Its tart flavor
recommends II to the marmaiade can
|ners and a community Of calarnondin
|raisers could keep marmalade factory
running the year round With no shut
downs between seasons.
The fruit was discovered for Amer
lea almost accidentally. Dr. David Fair
child chief of the office OF foreign plant
Introduction, happened to visit Gerardo
Lewis, a banker in Panama, several
years ago. IN Lewis garden he saw
the calamondln growing He sent slips
of II to the Florida station. There It
grew. forgotten. until year ago. when
some of the stations workmen eiscov-
cred the little oranges perpetual motion
proclivities Now the department. is
boosting the calamondin.
The tree is quite hardy. foulishins
clear to the northern limits Of che orange
belt