The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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No Danger from 
Lightning! 
For seventy-four years, “R. H. Co.” 
Lightning Rods have been giving per¬ 
fect protection against lightning. 
During all of this time there has never 
been a loss of any building on which 
these rods have been maintained prop¬ 
erly! 
Think of such absolute protection 
being available, then consider that 
approximately $10,000,000 is lost by 
farmers each year because of lightning! 
“R. H. Co.” Lightning Rods are 
approved by insurance companies, 
(The National Fire Ins. Co., of Hart¬ 
ford, allows a ten per cent reduction 
in cost of policy), government bureaus, 
agricultural colleges and farm author¬ 
ities. They are made correctly; they 
are applied correctly by our competent 
dealers. 
Just because you never have had a 
lightning loss doesn’t mean you never 
will. You can’t tell where lightning 
may strike. But you can prevent it 
destroying your property and endan¬ 
gering the lives of your family. 
Let us tell you how you may secure 
”R. H. Co.” Lightning Rods now, 
before the storm season begins. Ask 
us for free booklet, ‘‘Do Lightning 
Rods Protect?” 
The Reybum-Hunter-Foy Co. 
829 Broadway Cincinnati, Ohio 
‘'Lightning Rods of 
a Better Kind” 
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Cost 
Engine Prices Lower 
2 H-P. Pulls 2.75— Now* 39.95 
4 H-P. Pulls 6.8 —Now 79.50 
12 H-P. Pulls 14.6 —Now 229.50 
30 H-P. Pulls 35.0 —Now 625.00 
All other sizes—3, 6, 8,16 and 22, cut in pro¬ 
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dealt another blow to profiteers. 
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Legal Questions 
Income Tax Deductions 
Would you get for us from the United 
States income tax authority at Wash¬ 
ington the ruling on the exemptions we 
were entitled to under the law for the 
year 1917V The local collector at Pough¬ 
keepsie, who assisted us in making out 
our returns for that year, held that we 
fruit growers would have $900 i-aeli taken 
from the regular $2,000 that a.married 
man was then allowed. He insisted on 
deducting that amount from each of us. 
Of course we had to let it go. That 
amount was supposed to be about the 
value of foodstuff we would consume off 
out- land, when the fact of the matter 
was, we did not use one-sixth of that. 
All we had was fresh garden truck and 
fruit which was not worth while to mar¬ 
ket, so really was worth but very little 
in money value. Of course, if all the 
farmers and fruit growers who made re¬ 
turns paid it. that will have to go, we 
supposed. Tint we understand from good 
authority that this thing was not car¬ 
ried out, but fell flat, and if that is the 
case we should have a refund for the 
$600 apiece. The Kingston Internal Rev¬ 
enue Collector is going over all of our 
returns now, so that is the reason we 
want, to be sure about this matter. This 
$600 deduction was never mentioned the 
next year when making our returns. 
New York. A. B. c. 
If you believe that you have paid an 
excess tax your probable remedy is to 
make application for a refund. The 
United- States collector in your district 
can furnish you with a form for the ap¬ 
plication. and this must be supported by 
affidavits. If you will write to your col¬ 
lector for the form you can then proceed. 
n. r. 
Levy for School Taxes 
A is owner of a farm in Schuyler Co.. 
N. Y.; also has two horses, one cow, 50 
chickens, farm machinery and furniture. 
B is school tax collector in A s district. 
A could uot pay his school taxes ($17.28). 
B says he must levy on personal property, 
to be sold for tax. A will not allow B to 
levy without showing some papers to back 
him up. B gets a sheriff, who does not 
show papers of any kind, and under pro¬ 
test of A they take his cow. Fair value 
of cow is $65. B says A can have his 
cow back if he pays school tax and cost, 
total about $27, within six days, other¬ 
wise cow will be sold. Did B have the 
right by law to do this? Ban they do the 
same if the land tax is not paid? Please 
explain the law on this matter as fully 
as possible. Ban they add the cost of 
levying to the school tax? w. 
New York. 
The educational law provides that the 
collector of school taxes can make collec¬ 
tion in the same manner that collectors 
are authorized to collect town and county 
taxes. The warrant for the collection of 
the taxes is sufficient authority for the 
collector to proceed. The tax law. as 
amended by the laws of 1917, provides 
that after the expiration of the period of 
days the collector shall call at least 
once on every person, taxed upon the as¬ 
sessment roll, whose taxes are unpaid, if 
he is an actual inhabitant of the tax dis¬ 
trict. and demand payment of the taxes 
charged to him on his property, and if 
any person shall neglect or refuse to pay 
any tax imposed on him. the collector 
shall levy upon any personal property in 
the county belonging to or in the posses¬ 
sion of any person who ought to pay the 
taxes, and cause the same to he sold at 
public auction, for the payment of such 
taxes and the fees and expenses of col¬ 
lection, and no claim of property to be 
made thereto by any other person shall he 
available to prevent such sale. The col¬ 
lector is entitled to a fee of $1 for making 
a levy in addition to any other fees and 
expenses, and $1 for conducting the sale. 
Public notice of the time and place of the 
sale shall he given by posting notices in 
three public places in the. tax district at 
least six days previous to the salef* ' * 
N. r. 
Right of Tenant to Sublet Property 
I rented a small place on which I have 
a five-year lease, running until 1925. I 
moved on large farm, but wanted to keep 
the small place until my lease ran out. 
My lease said absolutely nothing about 
subletting place. I have sublet it. My 
tenant is a very nice fellow, living with 
his father and mother, but the landlord 
is all the while bothering him ; does not 
say anything to me. My tenant has re¬ 
ceived a letter from a lawyer, saying if 
he did not move they would put him out. 
These people who own the place are more 
or less in trouble with everybody thc.v 
meet; have bothered me ever since I had 
the place. Ban they put ni,\ tenants out. 
and, if they do. what shall I do? My 
rent on place is paid in advance till Au¬ 
gust. Ban I have them fixed so they 
will keep the peace? r. c. n. 
New York. 
It may be that your letter which your 
tenant received is an experiment to see 
what will result therefrom. It may be 
wise, however, for you and your tenant 
to engage an attorney to protect your 
rights in case a summary proceeding is 
started. n. t. 
The Thrifty Citizen 
Who Caught the 
Plugged Nickel 
Mr. Brown had swallowed 
his lunch and had paid his bill. 
Cautiously he counted his change. 
“Here!” he said, sharply, “Take 
back this plugged nickel and give 
me a good one!” 
Mr. Brown walked proudly out. 
They couldn’t fool old Brown. 
But old Brown had fooled himself. 
Brown’s day was heavy and dull. He lacked 
“pep.” There was a mid-afternoon drowsy spell 
when he needed to be awake—the direct and natural 
result of heavy, starchy breakfasts and lunches, taken 
on faith and without question as to value—just be¬ 
cause the food looked and tasted like food. 
Thousands of shrewd business men who count 
their change, take their food for granted. 
That’s what builds up the sanitarium business, 
and puts the tired “all-done” feeling into the mid¬ 
afternoon of a business day. 
Grape-Nuts is a scientific food whose delicious, 
appetizing flavor and crispness are an introduction 
to well-balanced nourishment—a nourishment easily 
and quickly assimilated, so that body, brain and 
nerves are well fed and kept free of the stored-up 
poisons left by so many ill-selected foods. 
Served with cream or good milk, Grape-Nuts is 
a complete food, always ready, always a delight to 
the taste—and always a safe selection for the man 
who thinks his stomach is entitled to some of the 
same protection he gives to his pocket. 
Grape-Nuts—the Body Builder 
“There’s a Reason” 
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