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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14
The Old Mechanic Says:

There is something about the auto
mobile that tempts the average
driver to keep goin' at all times.
There are the daily papers and the
accident reports to vouch for this
fact. In my own small way 1 have
plenty of opportunity to note how
many motorists haven't got sense
enough to stop when it is obvious to
them, or ought to be. that there is
somethin' wrong with the car.
However, they usually come to a
full stop at the repair shop. But that
seems to be putin the horse behind
the cart. They should save them
selves many dollar simply by stop
pin the car the instant something
goes wrong instead of forcin' along
with the idea until a lot of extra
damage is done.
There's a car in the shop now that
shouldn't be here. Just case of a
broken fan belt and an overheated
engine. But the whole business
happened just before the owner
started up a few steep hills with the
car. He had plenty of time to stop
and look the situation sover. and If
he had acted accordingly he would
never have forced the car over those
hills. There was an easier route
home.
A motorist isn't fussy when he
stops to find out what's wrong. He's
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14
Now You Have II!

(Answer to last weeks questfons)
1. When the timing of valves is
stated as matter of opening or
closing SO many degrees past bottom
or upper dead center the measure
ments are made at the f1ywheel. A
complete revolution of the engine is
$50 degrees.
2. In a. so-called single plate
clutch there are really five major
driving members. There is the driv-
ing plate, two friction discs. the
throwout fingers and the hywheel
which acts as a plate.
3. The speedometer shaft on all
new cars is automatically oiled by
the lubricant in the transmission,
since the drive is taken from the
gears.
q. Exhaust valve tappets need
greater clearance than intake tap
pets because the exhaust valves run
hotter and the stems expand more.
5. The motor will continue to run
after the ignition is switched off IL II
is hot and filled with carbon or II
there is some protruding piece OF
metal in the cylinder head which has
become heated to incandescence.
Copyright 1925 by The Ullman
Feature Service)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14
Must Climb Hills
In Porto Rico

Automobile owners in Porto Ri.
have driving problems which dena,s
the utmost stamina in a car, accord.
ing to Hazelton Avery, Americ.,
fruit grower, who has spent the ua.t
% years on the islandA
Avery, who was in Flint, Michjy.,
recently to purchase a Buick y.
says that all the roads, with the g.
ception of those within five miIas q
the sea coast, are high up in ~
hills which cover the central nor,,as
of the island. The Porto Rican.
hardly know what a straight, leva,
stretch of highway looks like. as az
their driving is done up and down
precipitous slopes and around breatb
taking curves. All cars used ON ~.
island are American made. Ave..
says, Bucks being the most ponuI.y,
in its class. A'
Avery illustrates the nature :,
Porto Rican topography, by tellin, :
story. 1t seems that a native S.S
let his neighbours COW out Of ~
pasture, and the owner of the anir,I
brought suit for damages. Durins
the trial the plaintiff was asked whS
he didn't put the COW back into n.
pasture and forget about the suit r.
which the native replied, 'When
put the COW into the pasture. II w,s
a calf and 1 carried her there. NON
she is COW and is out of the mas
ture. can't put her back. She i
too heavy"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14
Battery Placed
In Front Fender

More and more automobile an.
gineers are taking heed Of the littl.
things, the small details which mean
much to the convenience and com.
fort of owners. In a Packard car
as an instance, it is unnecessary for
an owner, wishing to have the bat.
terry of his car tested, to climb out
and lift the front seat. The batter
has been set into one of the front
tenders at convenient and access
ible point
So painstaking is the care that en-
ters into the building of the bodies
for quality automobiles that the
Packard company goes $50 far as
to select the ash which is used
in building the frames while 1t Is
growing in the forest. Packard lum-
Der buyers spend their time In the
woods selecting the trees from which
the lumber for Packard bodies later
is cut and inspectors follow each step
the tree takes from the woods to the
Packard body shops. From.the time
the tree is felled until the lumber Is
ready for use in the body shops there
is an interval of 120 days, most Of
this. time being used for air drying
of the lumber.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14
pick Your Own Route

AS a result of the construction OF
many miles of new highways and the
rebuilding of old roads it is now pos
sible for the motor tourist to map
out his own routes from place to
place, thereby avoiding traffic he
does not desire to tackle and taking
in many fine bits of scenery en-
route. 1t is no longer necessary to
follow the prescribed routes in many
States. All the moterist needs to
have is good general map OF the
locality giving all the roads. Pro
vided he avoids those roads actually
undergoing extensive reconstruction
any route he selects will be worth
while. With balloon tires what
formerly passedafor rough roads will
not bother him to any extent. AS
matter of fact he doubtless will pre-
fer it to a stretch of traffic. Now
adays the motor tourist who follows
the prescribed routes misses much of
the pleasure of the new route at
fractions and goes through lot of
places he might better avoid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14
Care Must Fit the Car


Much interest now centers on why
many motorists believe it does not
pay to put too much money into an
automobile. In most merchandising
the consumer figures he gets about
what he pays for, but with automo-
biles the motorist points to the large
number of high priced cars that have
become white elephants" on their
owners hands.
One, experienced driver who now
owns a machine in the $4,000 class
explains the situation by declaring
the average motorist is not yet pre-
pared to take care of a high grade
car. He maintains the trouble is
entirely the result Of the notion thai
the more you pay for car the more
you can punish 1t.
He skaters this notion Jby-saying
that the reverse is more nearly true
He gives his palatial car consider
ably more attention than he gave the
cheaper cars he owned. just as ne
takes his fine watch to a JeWeler
regularly.
II a motorist abuses a cheap car,
he explains, it is a comparatively
simple matter to replace vital parts
There are comparatively few parts,
lighter. This reduces repair costs
per Job to a point where the owner
is not greatly alarmed over his re-
pair bill. When the careless car
owner infiicts some unnecessary
punishment on his more complicated
bigger. heavier engine the bills be-
come staggering, and he comes TO
imagine that there is limit to the
amount of money one should put in
to car.
If good news travelled as quickly as
bad news there would be current
number OF interesting stories regard
ing the true economy and satisfac-
ton obtained from high grade cars
by persons who give them high grade
care. Apparently the care does not
4 fit the car with the average motorist
The truth Of the matter may be that
it does not pay to buy car tha1
YOU do not know how to take care
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14
How to Shift Tires

Balloon tires with side walls that
have been weakened through excess
sive scraping against the curb should
be switched around to bring the in
side walls outside. The only success
f0l way to do this job is to transfer
a right wheel tire to left wheel, or
vice versa. The tire should never
be reversed on it's own wheel be-
cause it would then roll in an unac-
customed direction. Strain on the
tread always has been In one al
rection. and to invert the tire on its
own wheel means loosening the
tread. By switching tires from left
wheel to right, or vice versa, how
ever, the inside walls are brought to
the outside without changing the d.
rection of rotation of the tread.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14

simply wise. He's the fellow who'll
find out what's what and get home
without buyin' himself lot more
trouble. One tourist recently found
that his motor was actin in a
peculiar way. 1t dragged just as If
the brakes were on. Stoppin' to look
over the situation he found that
some of the luggage he had strap
ped to the rear bumper had fallen
against the end of the exhaust pipe,
causin' lot Of hazardous back pres
sure.
The experience Of wise car owners
has been that expensive repairs are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14
Doesn't It Seem

That signposts ought to be placed
several hundred feet before the in
tersection so that drivers will not be
gaping at signs at a time when they
should be exercising greater care In
the operation of their cars?
That the average motorcycle Of
ficer could observe more instances of
,recklessness and law violation il he
would stand and watch tramc instead
of moving with it?
That the oil companies could profit,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14
Heed the Brake Screech

Screeching brakes are more fnan
an annoyance. They are warning
to beware of a skid when the streets
are wet and slippery. A brake that
screeches is one that is excessively
dry and gritty. This usually means
grabbing and wheel locking in event
Of sudden application of the brake
pedal The screech is warning to
go easy on the pedal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14

the result of combination of all
ments. But in every case the
trouble started with some one little
trouble that was overlooked. When
they don't stop at the first sign of
trouble, believe me, they stop
eventually,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14

same as making the engine a little
smaller or installing smaller
throttle.
An engine may run so cool as to
keep it's carbon deposits below the
ignition point, or the carbon may be
kept soft by oil or some of the anti
knock compounds. Only a super
charger would compensate for the
reduction in cylinder space as caus-
ed by the carbon deposits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14

leaks. The secondary feature is the
tendency for carbon deposits to take
up so much room on the piston heads
and inside the cylinder head as to
cut down the space normally avail
able. for gas vapor. The effect Is the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14

enough carbon in the cylinders to
cause harm.
And this secondary feature of
carbon is entirely aside from it's
habit of getting under the valve
heads and causing compression
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14
Some Habits of Carbon

Some Habits Of Carbon
Carbon can reduce the power of a
motor even though 1t does not cause
preignition and consequent knocking.
This may come as surprise to
motorists who imagine because the
engine is not knocking there is not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-14

and offer the motoring public
great service, by perfecting ana
marketing at fair price a device
for draining the crankcase without
leaving the drivers seat?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-26
Apple Wakes It's Skin

One of the attractive things about
an apple is its shiny red cheeks and
fancy fruit merchants polish their
apples to make this feature even
more attractive.
One Of the reasons why apples
keep so well is because they have
the peculiar trait of waxing their
skins, which renders them imper-
vious to moisture from the outside
and also prevents the escape of the
juices within. Russet apples, which
do not have this waxed surface,
wither much more quickly than
varieties which do.
The change from the downy sur
face of the young apple to the shiny
waxed surface of maturity is inter-
esting. When about half grown the
fine hairs have disappeared for the
most part and the shiny surface be-
gins to show. The wax is forming
over the surface. The subject of the
waxing of the apple has not been
given much study, yet it is known
that 1t develops to the greatest ex-
tent on apples which are grown in
direct sunlight and that the wax is
thickest on the exposed side. 1t is
also known that 1T forms better I'M
der dry than wet conditions. The
red or sunny side of the apple is
it's best waxed side and the red
cheek polishes most readily from this
fact.
Apples grown in warm sections de-
velop a walker surface than those
grown in cooler climates. Apples on
the North side of the tree have less
wax than those on the South side
OF the tree.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-26
Grange Directory

II you wish TO remember when the
Following Oranges meet, cut this out
and save it, as this list will not az.
pear again. Any Grange meetings
that you wish to appear will be in
serted under this heading, one week.
Ed.
Albion-Thursday evening.
Belgrade-First and third Saturday
evening.
Benton-Second and fourth Wednes-
day evening
BodwelI, Phippsburg-Saturday eve
ming.
Branch Mills. China-Thursday eve-
ming.
Bowdoinham-Friday evening.
Burnham-Tuesday evening.
Capital, Augusta-Second and fourth
Saturday evening.
Cascade, Oakland--Saturday evening.
Chelsea-Thursday evening.
China - First third and fifth
Wednesday evenings.
Clinton-First and third Wednes-
day evenings.
Cushnoc-Second and fourth Friday.
Second Friday day meeting.
Cobbosseecontee, West Gardiner
First and third Tuesday evening.
Dirigo. Brunswick-Saturday eve
ming.
Dromore. Phippsburg-Tu eve
ming.
Enterprise. Richmond-Tuesday eve
ming.
Five Island-Tuesday evening.
Gardiner-First and third Tuesday
evening.
Granite City, Hallowell-First and
third Monday evening.
T,ifCbfieId-INirSf ana third do
evening.
Manchester-First and third Satur-
day evening.
Merrymeeting. Bowdoinham-Triday
evening.
Mount Phillip, Rome-First and
third Saturday evening.
Monmouth-W ednesday evening.
Mount Vernon--First and third Sat
urday.
North Augusta-First and third
Tuesday evenings.
New Sharon-Second and fourth
Wednesday evenings.
Pittston--Second and fourth Wednes-
day evenings.
day evening.
Readfield--First and third Saturday.
Sagadahoc, Bowdoin-Saturday eve
ming.
Salmon Lake, No. Belgrade-Satu r-
day evening except July and August.
ebasticook-Saturday evening.
Sidney-Thursday evening.
Silver Lake, China-First, third and
fifth Tuesday.
Starting, Fayette--Second and fourth
Saturday
Topsham-Saturday evening
Vassalboro-F'irst and third Tues
day evening.
Wayne-First and third Saturday.
West Bath-Monday evening.
Windsor-Friday evening.
Winslow-First and third Friday
evening.
Winthrop-First and third Tuesday.
Evening, second Tuesday.
Notwithstanding evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-26
Somerset County Farm
Bureau Planning Meeting

January 5, Harmony. 10 A. NJ, Mrs.
Burns: Jan. s, Hartland, 10 A. NJ, K.
p. hall; Jan. Z st. Adams, 10 A. NJ.
Grange hall: Jan. IL, Larone, 10 A. NJ.
Mrs. Morrow; Jan. IL, Mercer, 1880
A. NJ, Grange hall; Jan. IS, Norridge-
wock, 10 A. NJ; Jan. IA, Skowhegan.
10 A. NJ: Jan. Is. Cornville, 10 A. NJ,
Grange hail.; Jan. 81, Athens, 10 A.
NJ.
Committees in charge are: Har-
mony. chairmen-Mrs. Elinor Brown,
Mrs. P. 3. Chadbourne; dinner COM
mittee, ladies of the Farm Bureau.
Hartland: Chairmen-Mrs, C. d.
Draper, Mrs. II. H. Coston; dinner
committee, Mrs. f. D. Woodbridge,
Mrs. C. A. Moulton, Mrs. +. l.. Morse,
Mrs. c. d. Draper.
st. Adams: Chairman-Orel Cole.
Mrs. Susie Lucas; dinner committee,
Mrs. Rose Robertson.
Mercer: Chairmen-J. n. Fri2zell
Mrs. Rose Wade: dinner committee.
Mrs. Ralph Yeaton, Mrs. j. w. Brown.
Estella Bigelow.
Cornville: Chairmen--George Fos-
ter, Mrs. Gladys Kelley; dinner COM
mittee, Martha Collins, Nellie Pugh.
Gladys Kelley.
The meeting in Larone is in charge
of Mrs. Elizabeth Morrow and will be
held at her home. An entertainment
will be put on, the feature of which
will be a playlat entitled. How the
Story Crew." The date Of this meet
Ing is Monday, January II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-26
HENS NEED MINERAL MATTER

The production of eggs and the de-
velopment of the hens body both re-
quire mineral matter. Pullets develop
large, wide and deep bodies more
readily when they have enough min
eral matter in the ration. A good
formula for supplying the mineral
matter has been used in Ohio and
consists of sixty per cent. finely
ground bone meal twenty per cent
finely ground limestone and twenty
per cent. salt.
These minerals are thoroughly
mixed and four per cent. is added to
the mash as a substitute for the meat
scrap. If less than ten per cent. Of
meat scrap is used in the mash, the
four per cent mineral ration can also
be included.
Sometimes it is advisable to hold
pullets back to prevent egg produc-
ton too early in the fall. But we do
not wish to step their physical devel-
opment. So. by adding mineral matter
will receive the materials for growth.
The omission of the meat scrap re-
duces the amount of protein the pull
let is receiving and helps to delay the
formation of eggs. Birds of that type
can usually be brought into produc-
ton very promptly when confined in
the laying houses. and placed on an
egg producing ration.
1t has been figured out that the
shell is eight per cent. of an average
egg and a hen producing 100 eggs
needs 16 pounds of shell-making ma
terial to cover her annual production.
This emphasizes the need of having
oyster shells constantly before the
hens. And possibly the addition OF
other mineral matter in the mash may
help the hen to produce strong shells
without withdrawing necessary min
eral matter needed for her own body.
1t has been found that lack of min
eral matter has a tendency to start
the egg eating habit in flock or hens
on a narrow range. This occurs be-
cause the body of the hen requires
mineral matter and also because the
shells are thin and easily broken.
1t has been found that hens which
receive mineral matter in the laying
mash are not likely to eat eggs or
form the feather eating habit. Both
of these vices are probably due large
ly to a deficiency in the ration OF
some elements for which hens have
strong craving.
Near some towns it is possible TO
obtain scrap bones from butcher
shops and by running them through a
bone grinder enough green bone Is
produced to furnish mineral matter to
the hens.-Inland Poultry Journal.
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brought out many OF the ra..
Farm Bureau and Exten.ssN VI
should be maintained and ~ se|
a community. The officers ~,
Ior the men were: Chairman ra
Gee; poultry, Thomas Eaeas. rai@
tary, Mrs. Katherine Bickford. seci.l
Norman Tozier. oat|
The program of work ado,.
as follows: Poultry acconntse NJ
tree planting. timber estimatin. ~
accounts, improved potato saas "a
alfalfa demonstration. SeIects;. pcl
breeders. 4
The dinner committee wa.
posed of: Hiss Lucy Bigelo~ eosI
Lula Tozier and Mrs. Smith M u
officers elected were: con,muaa, nm
chairman. Frazier Gee: csha, auale
Miss Lucy Bigelow: secretarr y
Lula S. Tozier; clothing. Mrs ! Y
crime Tupper: foods, Miss D.. W
Smith; household management a Y
Lucy Bigelow.
Plan of work for the women :.
ed was as follows: Table ~, sao'
selection of clothing, vegefah,s
aratien. correct footwear. chaIr ~
ing, millinery, baby show hal,
Christmas suggestions. SA'u
Mrs. Katherine Bickford ana !.
Leona Stevens will attend tha u !.
table preparation training .c,..e
Skowhegan, April %, Nav s 80,
June is after which they vii, co,,
the May. June and July meetins.
vegetable preparation in their
community. Miss Lucy BigeIov
Mrs. Beatrice Smith will attsrs
training class for Madison. Fairss
Cornville and Larone at SkowS.s
February 90 and "a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-26
OUR QUESTION BOX

Cues: What can be done to pre-
vent creosote' from coming through
the bricks of chimney and soiling
ceiling and paper? We burn wood,
such as oak, pine, poplar, etc.
Ans: II creosote comes through
the brick there must be cracks,
which of course are dangerous. The
chimney should be repaired or a new
one built with a good flu lining. This
will stop all creosote. and what is
more important still, will make your
home safe from fire
Cues: Can you tell how much a
hen eats?
Ans: Experiments have shown
that Leghorn hens. and others of
that size consume so pounds of feed
each per year, 80 pounds of which
are mash. and the balance grain.
Breeds Of the American class con-
sumo "a pounds per hen, 49, pounds
OF which are mash, the rest grain.
These trials show it requires 6.45
pounds of feed for each dozen of
eggs laid by Leghorns. and ten
pounds for the larger breeds.
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Winter-Made Pectin

! Certain fruit juices make good Jel-
lies. while others are not commonly
considered suitable for jelly making.
Sugar, acid, and pectin must be pres
ent in fairly definite proportions Tor
the formation of a jelly. Fruit juices
that do not "jelI' are usually low in
acid or pectin, or both. 1t is possible
to supply acid in the form of lemon
Juice and pectin by means of home
made pectin extracts from apples or
the white peel of oranges and lem
ons. !.
The use of these pectin extracts in
small, measured amounts has several
advantages. They can be made dur
ing the winter and used later in the
spring or summer. They enable one
to make good jelly from such fruits as
raspberries, strawberries, peaches,
pears, cherries, rhubasb and others
which are often low in natural pectin.
They shorten the cooking time of
Juices, which frequently must be con-
centrated before they can be used for
jelly making.
Most of the pectin extracts are
lacking in pronounced flavor and do
not greatly modify the natural flavor
of the fruits to which they are added.
The choice of apples or citrus fruits
for making pect1n extracts is largely
a matter of local convenience and ex-
pense, although if it is desired to
make these extracts in the winter and
store them for use during a later sea-
son, apple pectin extracts are prefer
able
Pectin extracts should be used only
with rich. full-favored fruits which
are deficient in natural pectin or
which require concentrating before
making jelly. They should never be
used to conceal the inferiority Of wat
cred juices. Detailed directions for
making and using pectin extracts
may he obtained from the United
States Department of Agriculture.