TShe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
931 
Frank  of  Peach  Hill 
By  Geo.  B.  Fiske 
“All  right,  but  I  shall  try  to  do  a  little 
business  on  my  own  account.” 
(To  he  continued.) 
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My  potatoes  were  a  lucky  crop  all 
through.  I  had  reckoned  that  since  po¬ 
tatoes  bad  been  scarce  and  high  the  year 
before,  they  might  be  heavily  planted  this 
year,  but  most  people  plauted  late,  very 
productive  kinds,  while  the  consumers 
would  be  eager  for  early  ones,  having 
been  kept  on  scanty  supply  so  long.  I 
planted  my  first  acre  and  a  half  with  the 
early  kinds  which  I  was  able  to  sell 
right  at  the  stores  for  a  dollar  and  a 
half  a  bushel  with  about  200  bushels 
market  size.  In  order  to  got  full  benefit 
I  hired  a  man  to  dig  for  a  few  days  and 
rushed  them  to  market.  I  sold  most  of 
the  small  potatoes  to  owners  of  cheap 
lunch  rooms.  I  had  to  haul  some  of 
these  potatoes  five  miles  to  market,  hut 
in  August  I  could  come  back  by  way  of 
the  river  meadow  road  and  bring  home 
some  bay,  making  them  double  load  trips. 
Altogether  July  and  August  wore  very 
satisfactory  months.  Many  of  the  farm¬ 
ers  took  things  easy  in  August,  hut  I 
was  on  the  jump  that  year.  June  had 
not  been  so  bad.  The  new  soil  was 
nearly  free  of  weeds,  and  needed  very 
little  hand  hoeing.  But  I  recalled  how 
the  New  York  Experiment  Station  has 
raised  a  good  crop  of  potatoes  without 
using  any  manure  or  fertilizers,  simply 
by  making  the  soil  fine  and  keeping  it 
so.  1  hired  a  boy  eight  or  ten  days  to 
keep  old  Cockle-joint  plunking  along  be¬ 
tween  the  rows  most  of  the  time.  Potato 
beetle®  did  not  find  this  remote  field  in 
any  very  serious  numbers,  although  I 
sprayed  for  them  and  for  blight,  which 
didn't  bother  much  either,  that  year,  any¬ 
how.  Yes,  it  was  a  lucky  crop  and  I 
don’t  know  where  I  should  be  now  if  it 
had  failed  me.  Late  potatoes  were  plen¬ 
tiful  aud  cheap.  I  found  I  couldn’t  sell 
them  nearby,  and  had  to  have  Uncle  Ed 
buy  and  ship  me  out  some  bags  from 
the  city.  The  late  potatoes  were  a  good 
crop  considering  my  laud  aud  manage¬ 
ment.  but  sold  cheap;  I  hate  to  say  how 
much  per  bushel.  When  I  counted  all 
my  potato  money,  early  and  late,  I  had 
around  five  hundred  dollars.  It  was  my 
first  taste  of  success,  and  I  had  never 
felt  so  happy  before.  The  thought  of  all 
that  money  in  the  bank  was  enough  to 
set  me  dancing  any  minute,  but  the 
money  didn’t  stay  there  long.  Bills  for 
fertilizers  and  supplies  of  all  sorts  and 
extra  labor,  etc.,  had  to  be  met.  The 
chickens  wore  eating  surprising  amounts 
of  grain  as  they  grew  near  full  size.  I 
must  stock  up  with  provisions  for  Win¬ 
ter,  make  repairs  and  improvements  and 
return  my  uncle's  loan.  With  all  such 
things  allowed  for  I  found  I  could  no 
more  than  carry  myself  through  until 
more  returns  might  be  looked  for.  The 
chickens  at  that  time  appeared  like  a 
doubtful  thing.  Big  feed  kills  aud  noth¬ 
ing  coming  back  except  a  few  eggs  from 
the  old  stock.  Finally  I  sold  off  the  old 
hens  to  buy  feed  for  the  rest.  Their 
appetites  seemed  to  double  with  the  first 
cold  air  of  Fall.  Stevens  came  along 
the  last  of  October,  aud  after  his  visit  I 
WHEN  the  Goodyear 
Service  Station  Dealer 
talks  to  you  about 
Goodyear  Tire  Acces¬ 
sories,  credit  him  with  trying  to 
render  a  real  service. 
Legal  Questions 
He  will  show  you  that  the 
Goodyear  Tire  Saver  Kit  con¬ 
tains  materials  for  making  road 
repairs  when  accidents  occur. 
He  will  test  your  wheel  align¬ 
ment;  he  will  suggest  an  In¬ 
side  Protector  if  such  can  add 
to  the  mileage  of  an  old  tire; 
he  will  recommend  Goodyear 
Tire  Putty  to  fill  tread  cuts 
and  prevent  damage  from  dirt 
and  water. 
The  Goodyear 
Service  Station 
Dealer  Sign 
He  sells  tire  satisfaction  in 
addition  to  tires;  he  is  not  con¬ 
tent  until  you  are  fully  and 
finally  pleased. 
Collection  of  Note  for  Insurance 
On  Sept  cm  tier  24,  1914,  I  had  some 
live  stock  insured.  The  policy  was  writ¬ 
ten  for  three  years,  and  my  premium 
note  was  .$50.  On  February  10,  1910, 
the  Insurance  Commissioner  of  the  State 
was  appointed  statutory  liquidator  of  the 
business  of  the  York  Co.  Mutual  Five- 
stock  Insurance  Company.  Can  they 
collect  the  whole  of  that  premium  note, 
when  my  policy  was  canceled  on  Febru¬ 
ary  10,  1910,  leaving  me  without  any  in¬ 
surance  for  the  balance  of  the  term? 
Pennsylvania.  U.  o.  K. 
If  they  have  negotiated  this  note  and 
it  is  in  the  hands  of  an  innocent  holder 
for  value  you  would  have  to  pay  it  when 
due.  But  you  would  then  be  entitled  to 
a  rebate  for  the  time  the  policy  was  can¬ 
celled.  If  they  or  the  liquidator  still 
bold  the  note  they  should  apportion  the 
amount  you  should  pay  according  to  the 
time  the  policy  was  in  force.  In  other 
words,  they  cannot  make  you  pay  for  the 
time  the  policy  was  canceled. 
TIRE  ACCESSORIES 
Goodyear  Tires,  Tubes 
and  Tire  Saver  Accessor¬ 
ies  are  easy  to  get  from 
Goodyear  Service  Station 
Dealers  Everywhere, 
Workmen’s  Compensation 
I  live  on  the  farm.  I  bought  from  a 
neighbor  an  old  barn  for  .$24.  I  hired  a 
young  man  by  the  day  to  drive  the  team 
and  help  remove  this  barn  to  our  farm. 
In  removing  the  second  floor  of  loose 
boards,  with  some  straw  on  them,  he 
turned  up  edgeways  two  or  three  boards, 
making  an  opening  to  which  he  got  too 
near  and  fell  down  on  a  pile  of  straw 
with  his  left  arm  under  him  in  such  a 
way  as  1o  break  his  wrist.  Ain  I  liable, 
as  he  thinks,  to  heavy  damage?  o-  F.  R. 
Now  York. 
So  far  as  I  can  find,  this  question  lias 
not  been  passed  on  and  I  can  only  give 
you  m,v  opinion.  The  law  specifically 
states  that  "employee”  shall  not  include 
farm  laborers.  Whether,  when  this 
question  comes  up  the  commission  will  so 
hold,  no  one  can  tell,  but  it  seems  that 
if  an  employee's  time  is  chiefly  spent  on 
farm  work,  he  should  be  considered  a 
farm  laborer.  The  building  of  a  baru  and 
tearing  down  an  old  one  to  build  a  new 
one  are  all  us  much  incidents  of  good  hus¬ 
bandry  in  this  latitude  as  is  the  direct 
tillage  of  the  soil.  It  might  bo  well  for 
you  to  write  directly  to  the  State  Indus¬ 
trial  Commission  at  Albany  for  their 
opinion.  There  is  the  further  question 
of  your  common  law  liability  as  em¬ 
ployer  to  provide  a  safe  place  for  your 
employees  to  work.  The  employee  may 
have  been  negligent  on  his  part.  You  do 
well  in  paying  bis  doctor’s  bill  and  pay¬ 
ing  a  month’s  wages.  Settle  it  amicably 
if  yon  possibly  can,  but  if  be  will  not  be 
reasonable  and  begins  suit,  then  get  the 
best  lawyer  in  your  neighborhood  to  de¬ 
fend  you. 
