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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 12 
FARMHOUSE HEATING. 
Nothing Like Hot Wafer. 
I can endorse all that Mr. Cook says fn 
The R. N.-Y. about heating the house 
with hot water. It Is now 18 years since 
[ put in a hot-water plant; during that 
time I have only spent a few cents on it 
for bronzing a few of the exposed pipes. 1 
have a coil in every room except tnj 
kitchen and I have often wished that I had 
put it in there, as that room on cold, days 
is the coldest room in the house, notwith¬ 
standing we have a good fire in the cook 
stove. If at any time a room is too warm 
you can turn the heat off. In my opinion 
there is no heat like the hot water, a. a. 
Brockvllle, Canada. 
Likes Hot Water. 
Here is my experience with hot water. 
I had my heater put in in the Summer of 
1901 at a cost of $200. The house is stone. 
33x18 feet with a large bay window in 
front. The whole house is comfortably 
warmed and also one bedroom over the 
kitchen adjoining. In regard to the amount 
of coal required, last Winter and the Wm- 
ter before we burned about five tons of 
pea coal. This Winter, being unusually 
severe, will take more, as up to present 
time we have used 4% tons, but it would 
take twice that amount to heat so many 
rooms with stoves. It makes a very even, 
pleasant heat, no dust, and easy to regu¬ 
late, as if the fire should get low the wa¬ 
ter retains the heat for a long time. 
North Wales, N. Y. w. m’k. 
Hof Air Much Cheaper. 
Another farmer and myself have put in 
hot-air furnaces. His was put in by con¬ 
tract for $200; mine by the day for $210; 
same kind of furnace, and each connected 
with 11 registers. In just two months from 
November 25 to January 25 he had burned 
three tons of coal and I 4% tons. Tl)e dif¬ 
ference in coal consumption was due to 
extra heat required on account of “old 
folks.” The plumber said to install hot 
water heater would have cost about $550 
and steam about $450. Hot air is not only 
cheaper to install, but also cheaper to ru.i, 
and there is absolutely no danger of freez¬ 
ing pipes, which does sometimes happen 
with both steam and hot water. Our fur¬ 
nace takes the place of four fires required 
last Winter, besides being connected with 
spare rooms and halls which need occa¬ 
sional heating. Besides the saving in 
labor of carrying coal or wood upstairs, 
there is freedom from dirt and ashes, 
which the women greatly appreciate. 
Massachusetts. e. d. howe. 
Hot Air Very Satisfactory. 
I. D. Cook’s article in The R. N.-Y., 
page 129, on the subject of hot-water heat¬ 
ing of farmhouses, is very interesting read¬ 
ing, but I should advise farmers to hesi¬ 
tate before investing so much money in a 
system of heating which offers few, if any, 
advantages over the hot-air furnace, and 
which has some drawbacks. The house in 
which we live is built in the shape of a --- - 
Greek cross which exposes nearly all the for sale- 
one-third of a ton of egg coal per week, 
and ordinarily the furnace was not touch 
ed but twice a day. I always said that 
when I built a house of my own I would 
put in hot-water heat, but this Winter 
have spent in one so heated, and it has 
cured me of all such desire. I know what 
steam heat is, and think it less desirable 
in every way than hot water. It is noisy, 
requires more watching, the pipes “smell” 
when heated considerably, and I think it 
burns more coal. The house I now occupy 
is just the same size as the one mentioned 
above, is if anything in a more protected 
position, and is equipped with a hot-water 
heating apparatus, being the usual ar¬ 
rangement of cast iron boiler, radiators 
and supply tank. The number of rooms 
which have had the heat turned on con¬ 
stantly is just six, and of these one was 
almost always too cold for anything but 
sleeping. During the early part of the 
Winter I tried to save coal, and we al¬ 
most froze a large part of the time, but 
along towards Christmas I gave up all 
hope, and since then we have been very 
comfortable at an expenditure for coal of 
cne ton every 6^ days in ordinary weath¬ 
er, and during the heavy snaps (no “snap 
for us) a ton lasted but a few hours over 
five days. The heater required attention 
never less than three, usually four to five, 
and often six times a day, constant firing 
and a hot fire being the order, as this was 
(and is) the only way we can keep the 
house comfortable. 1 pay for the coal and 
I shovel it in the boiler, so l know there 
is not an ounce wasted. In fairness 
would say that all the pleasant things said 
on page 153 about the evenness and quality 
of the heat are true, but—only when run¬ 
ning in perfect shape, and I think they are 
equally true of hot air. 
For my part, I want nothing better than 
good old hot air, and so far as the health¬ 
ful qualities of the heat go I think there 
is no doubt but that it has the advantage 
at every point if properly installed, as it 
furnishes a constant supply of fresh heat¬ 
ed air. In a well-built house and put in 
in the right way I believe it will give more 
and better heat for the money than any 
other system. I notice in houses heated 
by water or steam, especially during the 
past Winter, that when the very severe 
weather prevents frequent and copious 
airing they get “stuffy,” which is not the 
case with a hot air system, taking air 
through a properly controlled duct from 
outside the house. Outside the expense of 
the other systems their hideous shining 
radiators and pipes throughout the house 
are quite sufficient, I think, to decide in 
favor of the neat inconspicuous register, 
over which you can warm your feet, even 
if other things were equal. The radiators 
are always in the way and are always 
ugly. They may be “modern,” but at the 
sacrifice of comfort, cleanliness and good 
taste. 
If you are dead set on having steam or 
hot water get a boiler with a big deep fire 
box and don’t pay much attention to a 
complicated system of flues which are sup¬ 
posed to catch the heat and disseminate it 
through the water. Be sure that it has a 
square fire box and lots of it and a good- 
sized fire door, a convenient draft system, 
and a first-class shaking grate, the out¬ 
side bars of which do their work as well 
as the middle ones. In using it keep a 
clean hot fire, and be sure that where the 
fire touches the sides of the boiler it is 
clean, that no ashes are holding your red 
hot coals away from the iron. These are 
practical hints and will save you coal and 
money. Don’t be in too great haste to go 
back on the hot-air systems, however, 
merely because it is “up-to-date” to have 
something else. c c 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
rooms on three sides, it is located on a hill 
TniP to name. J. j£. LOSEE, Elnora, N. Y. 
overlooking the Hudson River, which in- SfrawbCtTV Plants Wehavemlllions of them, 
sures our getting our share of the Winter quality the best; our prices'are always^he^owest- 
breezes, and I should think is as loosely money f ° r lree cata, °K u ® to-day.jt will^save you 
constructed as Mr. Cook’s. Notwithstand¬ 
ing these drawbacks, however, we are able 
to keep comfortable and heat 15,320 cubic 
feet of space with a hot-air furnace which 
cost complete $180. It has been run six 
years without one cent for repairs, except¬ 
ing a new smoke pipe—and is still in first- 
rate condition. We have never burned 
over eight tons of coal during the Winter, 
but doubt if we shall get through this 
Winter on less than nine. With hot water 
there must be unsightly radiators and pip- 
W. S. PERDUE & SONS, 
Parsonsburg. Md., Sta. K. N. Y. 
30%, 40% i 50% 
paid honest and wide-awake agents for selling our 
HIGH-GRADE NURSERY STOCK 
Ornamentals a specialty. Business established 184ti. 
rirst-class references must accompany application. 
THE M. H. HARMAN COMPANY, Geneva, N.Y 
Business established 1846. 
ing, while with the other systems there TRFF^ - '° De dollar’s worth up at wholesale prices; 
, _ a _ i._. I 111-LO secure variety now: spring payment: 80- 
are none. Another point in favor of hot 
air is that the temperature of the house 
or of a certain room can be raised much 
quicker by that method. The greatest 
point, however, is that with hot air one is 
sure to have an abundant supply of fresh 
pure air, while with hot water the same 
air is heated over and over again, unless 
seme system of ventilation is installed, 
which is rarely the case in farmhouses. 
There are a great many points that can be 
made for and against each system, but the 
points I have aimed to bring out I think 
will appeal to the average farmer. 
c. e. w. 
“ Good Old Hot Air.” 
In one house which I occupied exposed 
to the full force of north and northeast 
winds we had a hot-air heater. It heated 
the house of eight or nine living and sleep¬ 
ing rooms perfectly in all weathers with 
the exception of one room. I found that 
the flue of that room went up next the 
outside wall, and it would have been im¬ 
possible for any hot air to force itself past 
the mass of icy air which filled the pipe, 
owing to its surroundings. The other flues 
went up in the center of the house, and in 
ordinary weather several of the registers 
would be shut off except early in the morn¬ 
ing. The average coal consumption was 
secure variety now; spring payment; 80- 
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lansville, N. Y. Established 35 years. 
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5000 
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FALLS, OHIO, 
who has made a specialty of the Straw¬ 
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VEGETABLE PLANTS. 
Large transplanted plants of Cabbage, Tomato, 
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We have a fine stock of best northern grown Straw 
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Winter Banana Apple . 
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The Best Quality 
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$1.00 bu, and up. W M M # # 
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On IsTKb or small orders We make the Price to 8uit the Buyers. Our stock of Apple Trees, largest In the 
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The quick growing, early, big stalk sort, 
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Stock complete of strong, well rooted, 
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HUBBA 
FERTILIZER 
FOR OATS AND TOP-DRESSING. 
THE FAMOUS HAY-MAHLEH. 
Office of Cutaway Harrow Co., Higganum, Conn., 
The Rogers & Hubbard Co., Middleton, Conn. Aug. 7, 1903. 
Gentlemen:—That % of an acre is certainly a wonderful section of land. 
There has never been anything on it but your Fertilizer, first or last, not one 
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It is almost one generation since I seeded that down, so it goes on and on and on. 
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