Box 880 UTICA, N. Y 
Legal Questions 
Number of School Trustees 
Is it still legal to elect more than one 
trustee in a school district? It used to 
he the privilege to elect, three, but the 
custom has been here for some time to 
elect only one. and circumstances have 
developed that make it seem desirable to 
elect more than one if it is legal. .T. D. 
New York. 
Under (l.e provisions of Section 226 of 
the education law the electors of a district 
that has but one trustee may determine 
at an annual meetings by a two-thirds 
vote of the legal voters present, to have 
three trustees. Upon the adoption of a 
resolution to that effect the meeting will 
proceed to elect, three trustees, or such 
number as may he necessary to form a 
board of three trustees. Thereafter the 
district will elect, ouo trustee each year 
for a term of three years to fill the va¬ 
cancy on the board of trustees caused by 
the expiration of term of the trustee who 
goes out of office during each year. 
Wlien you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.’’ See guarantee editorial page. 
7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Protect your 
seed corn, 
save replant¬ 
ing and in¬ 
crease your 
yield by using 
Stanley s Crow Repellent 
Non-poisonous—Ready to use—No mixing 
Will not clog any Planter 
Lar*e can, for 2 bo. seed, $ 1.50 jpEl 
Small can, for 1 bo. seed, 1.00 
From your dealer or by mail (prepaid) .(<5'YnT7 
from ui direct. Write for circular. 
Cedar Hill Formulae Co. ifea 
SAV 
Bx 500H New Britain, Connecticut 
TRACTION SPRAYER 
The Best Kind of Crop Insurance 
Is Spraying 
Use the Eureka method to eliminate bugs, mold and blight. Have 
bigger crops, with less work and cost. The increased crop in one 
acre of sprayed rows is enough to pay for a Eureka Traction 
Sprayer and spray material. 
This is the easiest, most thorough, most economical way to spray. 
It saves time and labor in the hardest and most necessary job in 
raising potatoes, tomatoes, garden truck, cabbage, cucumbers, 
pickles, tobacco, beans, strawberries, celery, sugar beets, clover, 
alfalfa, etc. May be equipped for spraying orchards and bushes 
if desired. 
The Eureka has 1, 2 or 3 nozzles to the row and 4, 6 or more 
rows per boom. Wheels adjustable to various width rows. Tank, 
pump and nozzles have strainers. Nozzles give fine or coarse 
sprays. Sprayers of 100-gallon size have 3-cylinder pump of 
200-pound pressure: 60-gallon size have double action pump of 
125-pound pressure. 
A dealer near you has a Eureka Sprayer for you. Write for his 
name and for complete catalog of Eureka fanning equipment. 
r_l_t\/T_ 
The Eureka spray boom with two 
nozzles per row is unique. It thor¬ 
oughly covers high or low plants. 
Nozzles can be placed at various 
angles. The same booms will spray 
broadcast in alfalfa, oats, etc. 
American Fence 
American 
u.s. 
GALVANIZED 
STEEL 
GATES 
We recommend heavy 
fences—of large substantial 
wires. W T e know they are 
most economical agd gladly 
stand back of them. Because 
the wires are larger, they take 
a heavier coat of galvaniz¬ 
ing and are thus better pro¬ 
tected to give more years of 
service. 
Where the trade demands 
them we also make light¬ 
weight fences of small gauge 
wires. We make these the 
best of this type in the 
market—the highest quality 
steel and the best galvaniz¬ 
ing. Yet we urge farmers to 
buy heavier fences bechuse 
we know they mean truer 
economy. 
See our dealers everywhere. Get our prices. They have stocks on 
hand for quick delivery. Write us and get our new catalog illustrating 
many kinds of fences, gates and posts for every purpose. 
f- TiVfkfx Ask f° r American Books “Making the Farm Pay,” 
OCI1L J. ICC “'Power Alcohol" a new farm product. “Black Stem 
Rust,” “Dairy Farming,” ”Farm Account Book” and others. 
American Steel & Wire Company 
Chicago New York Boston Denver 
Only with good fences can you turn field waste into llv® 
stock profits. American Fence and American or U. S. Steel 
Posts make the ideal life-time fence. 
Big full gauge wires, springy and strong—mechanically 
hinged joints—stretches evenly over uneven ground. Fire¬ 
proof and lightning proof. Ask your dealer for 
LOG 
SAWS 
New Price 
For Short 
Time Only 
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4-cycle entrine—weight over axle (not on 
tmmlles)—two wheel-truck—easy to move. Direct 
Geared (no chains or beltl. Lever controlled ciutch 
—Arm swing motion. We have only one- Lor Saw— 
our biggest and best (at ad vertisod price). Why pnv 
tSOmoru for any sow. Order direct from this ad. 
Lifatlrne Guarantee—Cash or Terms—Immediate 
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WITTE ENGINE WORKS, 
18% Oakland Avenue. KANSAS CITY. MO. 
1896 Empire Bulldinfl. PITTSBURGH. PA. 
Attachment of Baggage 
A and B. man and wife, no children, 
routed furnished rooms, and owed land¬ 
lord a few dollars, also grocery bill. A 
went away, leaving his wife, B. one week 
with two suitcases. The next week B 
went, with only traveling bag. tile landlord 
and grocery having attached B’s trunks, 
with JB’s wearing apparel, and B left 
them. Nad they a right to do that? I 
say B has a right to her trunks. 
Ohio. MRS. B. S. 
The question presented is a very close 
question. The attachment was probably 
issued on the theory that A and B were 
not living together and not maintaining a 
home, and that the groceries were neces¬ 
sities furnished. We do not care to say 
that the attachment was not valid with¬ 
out having examined the affidavit filed in 
support thereof, if the husband and wife 
carried their goods out hy the suitcase 
full in an attempt to defraud creditors 
who had furnished them with the neces¬ 
sities of life and a shelter, we believe that 
the law should he construed as favorable 
to the creditors ns possible. There is 
plenty of excuse for debt, but no excuse 
for the debtor who tries to sneak out of 
paying it. j*. t. 
SAVE HALF Your 
Paint Bills 
BY USING Ingersoll Paint. 
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Get my FREE DELIVERY offer. 
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rolls all about Paint anil T ainting Tor iJurabllitv. Valu¬ 
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Oldest Ready Mixed Faint Hou»« In America—Eetab. 1842 
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ESectric Supplies 
WHOLESALE 
PRICES 
Write for onrSpecta 
Wholesale price 
•heet on Electric 
Supplies, also Cata¬ 
logue on Kl xturce, 
Automobile liatter- 
iea, storage Buttery 
I’urtB n n a House 
Lighting I'lants. 
In writing, give items in which you are interested. 
AGENTS WANTED for oar Lincoln Antnniobllc Uatterlo, and 
House Liatltinir Plnnla lo cover MCtloiiM still open. 
HINSDILL ELECTRIC CO., Troy, N. Y. 
Kstnbtlahed IWOY 
(Better Gardens 
I EASY TO KIIL WEEDS 
AND MULCH THE SOIL' 
BARKER 
IWEEDER.MUlCHlRl 
and cultivator! 
Don’t do Carden work the 
alow.berkbrenkinCway. The 
BARKER iimkt-H ihn linen fiimleu* 
imssibla—quUJdy, easily. Simply 
push along rows (like lawn mower) I 
—8 bind't revolving against imdor- 
6 round kolio destroy the ward* and In kune operation 
renk the crust Into n I eve!, porous, inelMure-rrt .doing 
mulch. Aerate noil. "Beal Weed Killer liver Used." Mas 
lent guards, also aboveIn for deeper cultivation. A boy 
can ran U—do more «ud better work than 10 
uu-ti with hoe a. 
Write for FREE BOOK 
Tlluatratod book, poatpuld, filvea prices de¬ 
livered to your station, com ulna valuubla In¬ 
formation on gLirilimlnt], Ivtters (null users, 
etc. A cord brings it. Write today. 
BARKER MFG. CO. 
Box 57 David City, Net). 
Ditch, T errace 
Special Offer 
25 MARTIN 
Farm Oltchur* and Gradors 
FREE—Get This Offer 
C it now ilfb>h«a fur IrElui.o or InismUvu, 
clean old ouo*, build boat Olid termcoa- For 
lu>rsea or tractor. You 1nay get u MARTIN 
without ov-*t this year. \Y rite lor our oiler. 
l*riOM ftliwbod. 
OwensboroOitcher&Gradei Co. 
Bo* 334 Uncnsboic, Ky. 4 
Physician Creating Scandal 
Doe* New York law provide any wav 
of dealing with a physician who creates 
a scandal concerning a patient? How 
soon must action he taken? 
New York. MBs. J. it. T. 
A physician is not licensed to “create 
a scandal concerning a patient," and has 
no greater rights in that respect than any 
other citizen. The statute of limitation 
provides that an action to recover dam¬ 
ages for libel, slander, assault, malprac¬ 
tice, etc., should be commenced within 
two vears after the cause for action ac¬ 
crued. N. T. 
Taking Possession of Real Estate 
In September, 1921. I purchased a 
farm. A deposit was paid and contract 
drawn, stating that said farm was to be 
handed over clear, free from any incum¬ 
brances. to the purchaser, and owner to 
he off March 1. 1922. The deal was to 
close January 4. 1922. Having three 
months’ time to clear same, the matter 
was left until a few days before day des¬ 
ignated to close the deal, and things not 
being all right At till* time, the deal was 
i indefinitely postponed. I would like to 
know if the clause, ‘‘former owner to be 
off by March 1, 1922." stands good, said 
party making no attempt at present to 
move. Could he be forced to get off, or 
shall I be obliged to grant him an exten¬ 
sion to do so? j. 
New York. 
If your contract provides that title 
shall be given on the first day of March. 
1922, and this contract was signed by the 
person to be charged, you can insist that 
the contract by fulfilled, unless you have 
by some later action waived the tbrms of 
the contract. n.t. 
Husband's Inheritance from Wife 
What is a husband’s interest iu a farm 
in Missouri deeded to wife by her father? 
TTe partially built a small bouse on it. 
husband helping all the time, spending 
$1,000 on cleaning up the farm, building 
a road, a good barn, storeroom, workshop 
and wood house combined. He built three 
cisterns, two good cellars, raised the house 
from one and oue-lialf to tw.. stories, add¬ 
ing a closet, kitchen, and storeroom 12x25 
fr. After doing this and planting 500 
peach trees, father gave daughter a deed 
to tlie place. They have one sou. If he 
dies first, will husband have any part of 
this as a home? j. l. g. 
Missouri. 
The laws of the State of Missouri pro¬ 
vide that if the wife dies without any 
child or other dependent in being, capable 
of inheritance, her widower is entitled to 
one half of the real and personal property 
belonging to her at the time of her death, 
subject to the payment of her debts. If 
the wife dies, leaving a child or children 
or other decedents, the widower is entitled 
to a share of her personal property equal 
to the share of a child. n.t. 
Turn Waste Into 
Profits With Good 
