1004. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
6o5 
MAKING OVER AN OLD STRAW¬ 
BERRY BED. 
A Michigan reader wants to know, on 
page 557, how he can carry over his acre 
of Warfields another year. I will enclose 
my way of dealing with an old strawberry 
bed, which I described in Farm Journal, 
that will hit his case. He will have his 
bed rejuvenated'before Winter sets in if 
he will get right at it and do as my quoted 
article says, and I have proved it thor¬ 
oughly through droughts and rainy sea¬ 
sons; it is reliable, and it agrees in essen¬ 
tial points with T. C. Kevitt on page 553. 
I set out a strawberry bed iu 1898, which 
lias continually improved, both in fruit and 
plants, each succeeding year under my system 
of cultivation. I keep the soil well enriched 
and free from weeds. As soon as I finish 
picking the fruit, I mow the vines closely 
and rake them off. I then rake the bed thor¬ 
oughly with an iron-tooth rake, making the 
whole surface of bed fine and clean ; then mark 
the bed crosswise of last year’s rows, leav¬ 
ing the row strips about eight: inches wide. I 
thoroughly, but carefully, hand cultivate be¬ 
tween these strips, so as not to injure the 
roots of the plants in these strips. In a few 
days the strongest and best plants will be up 
and running. I leave enough of the strongest 
plants to run and cover about one-lialf to two- 
thirds of the bed; carefully hoe out the plants 
not needed, and keep the soil clean and fine 
about these running plants. When the run¬ 
ners have covered the amount of space want¬ 
ed, I cut off all runners as they appear, keep¬ 
ing the open spaces well hoed. If needed I 
apply a dressing of good, tine manure before 
mulching the bed for Winter. I set only per¬ 
fect flowering kinds. I have had good suc- 
cess with Corsican, Mead, Jessie, Brandywine, 
Clyde, Gandy and Parker Earle. 
Wisconsin. rodnev seaveh. 
TALKS WITH A LAWYER. 
Liability of Note Indorsers. 
Two years ago a lumber firm of this city 
became insolvent, and a great many persons 
who hid signed their names as surety on 
back of several notes given by the firm were 
held responsible. There were two or three 
large notes of $2,000 each on which the 
banks required four signatures. My father, 
having done a good deal of business with 
the firm, was one of the persons whom they 
asked to accommodate them with his name 
on back of their notes. Some way or an-, 
other the firm seemed to work their point 
and secured my father’s name for the first 
signature. He, not understanding the law, 
thought each person would be obliged to 
pay equal share of note. When the notes 
became due he was looked to for the full 
amount, and was then told that the otliei 
names were on in case my father could not 
pay, being held responsible in the order in 
which they had signed. I have been told 
that the law of New York State holds each 
person in proper proportion. Why should 
New Jersey have a different law? Do you 
think the law of New jersey is a just law? 
New Jersey. c - ' V- K 
The law in New York appears to be 
practically the same as in New Jersey, as 
to the liability of indorsers of negotiable 
instruments. In New \ork a statute was 
passed in 1897 covering the whole subject 
of negotiable instruments. A similar law 
was passed in New Jersey in 1902. Under 
both statutes it is provided that indorsers 
are liable prima facie in the order in 
which they indorsed, but evidence is ad¬ 
missible to show that as between or among 
themselves they have agreed otherwise. 
If the first indorser in the case put can 
show that at the time he and the other 
persons indorsed the notes it was agreed 
or understood that their indorsement 
should constitute a joint and not a succes¬ 
sive liability, then each of the indorsers 
would have to contribute equally; other¬ 
wise the rule is that the first indorsee 
would have no recourse against the suc¬ 
cessive indorsees. 
Right of Way Across Field. 
I blre three acres of ground from a neigh¬ 
bor where another neighbor has a back lot. 
lias the said neighbor the privilege of going 
over my crops, destroying the same, when 
there is no reported drift road, or right o 
way, as this is private property? He has a 
roadway that can be used six months of the 
year. In event he does go over my crops 
what redress have I outside of damage to 
said crop? °* F ’ T ’ 
North Stamford, Conn. 
If there is no right of way over the field 
leased by G. F. T. then he is entitled to 
fence the field and prevent any person 
whatever from crossing it. G. F. T. would 
be entitled to damages for the destruction 
of his crop, but he is also entitled to pre¬ 
vent by force, if necessary, the other party 
from trespassing upon the leased premises. 
Patented Fence Post 
I enclose a catalogue of fence posts which 
claims that the post is patented. Have I a 
right to make and use fence posts of l’orlland 
cement? If I should make a mold of my 
own design, and make posts, would I be in¬ 
fringing on this patent? H. H. 
Clymer, N. Y. 
As we have not seen tne patent cover¬ 
ing fence posts we cannot tell what it 
covers. It can hardly, however, cover the 
right to make fence posts of cement so as 
to give the patentee an entire monopoly 
of that business. Fence posts of cement 
no doubt have been made since cement has 
been, known. We do not see that H. FI. 
will be running any risk in majnng all the 
posts that he may wish to use, whether oi 
Portland cement or any other cement. By 
using his own design and his own method 
of manufacture it would be difficult to 
show that he was infringing the patent. 
In any event, if he makes only such posts 
as are used by himself on his own place 
the damages for the infringement would 
be inconsiderable. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STORE¬ 
HOUSE. 
Will some reader who has bad experience 
tell bow he would build an outside cellar or 
storeroom that will bold 50 bushels of fruit 
and vegetables over Winter iu central New 
York? 
Vai'lt or Cellar. 
I would make an outdoor cellar or 
rather vault and have it under ground as 
much as possible. Build double walls 
with air space from the frost line up; arch 
over with mason work, and cover with 
earth and sod. at least two feet deep. 
Have a hallway and double doors to keep 
out the frost. If an entrance could be 
made from a barn basement or in a barn 
it would be desirable. It is difficult to 
advise in building such a room, not know¬ 
ing the location or material to build 
with easily obtained. c. M. 
How to Build a House. 
Select some well-drained plot and dig 
out the dirt to below frost line; fill with 
cinders, small stone or gravel, cover with 
clay or if one chose cement. 1 would 
then lay my sills, using 4 x 4 if to build 
eight feet high, and I would not build 
any higher. Four feet from sills take 
2x4 and put them flat; you then have 
the same width as your sills; four feet 
higher the flats the same. Now put on 
boards up and down (any sound lumber 
will answer the purpose), inside and out; 
then cover with best quality of tar paper. 
To hold the paper on have some battens 
1x2 and nail on where the paper laps, 
making secure laps; then seal up with 
matched lumber on the inside. For the 
outside would use cove siding, but do not 
forget to use the paper outside as well as 
inside. I should put windows in the ends 
above the plates, using double windows. 
The roof should be ceiled on the inside 
with tar paper and boards. The door 
should be made double, that is, an entrance 
should be made that one could open one 
door, step inside, close the outside before 
opening the inside one, and they should 
fit close. Put in good ventilation and 
bank up the outside around the bottom 
that no water falling from the eaves 
should find its way inside. Eaves troughs 
should be put on and the outside receive 
a coat of paint. If the one air space was 
not enough make one in the roof by f lu¬ 
ring out the same as the sides, put on 
another ceiling; this would make tlnee 
dead air spaces on the sides and two in 
the roof. If afraid they were not quite 
secure bank the outside up a couple of 
feet with straw or leaves. Be sure your 
ventilation is all right. If one’s location 
was good such a building could be built 
not far from the kitchen door, and be 
made wholly oi blocks of hollow cement 
and a slate roof, making an almost in¬ 
destructible building. Covering with wild 
grapevines, one would have a building 
to use in Summer for many purposes. I 
know, for 1 have on my farm a wooden 
building with an ice cooler that we used 
for a dairy building, and we used it for 
many purposes; but if I was to build 
again would build wholly of cement and 
stone, making hollow walls, and I should 
not calculate to use ice. a. d. baker. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
A Canadian's Experience. 
Small outdoor storehouses are not com¬ 
mon in this locality. As a rule supplies 
for domestic use are stored in house or 
barn cellars. In the latter case the pres¬ 
ence of stock is depended on to keep up 
the temperature, usually, with the result 
that more damage is done by heat than 
cold. It will naturally be very difficult 
to keep the frost out of a small storehouse 
constructed on the lines of the large 
houses in use by some of our apple grow¬ 
ers and shippers. These contain so much 
air of a moderate temperature, and are 
so often warmed slightly by workmen 
with lanterns, that a comparison would 
not be safe. The presence of potatoes, 
too, will call for a still higher tempera¬ 
ture. Indeed, your correspondent will 
find it unsatisfactory to store apples and 
potatoes together. The heat necessary for 
the latter will cause serious waste in the 
former. We keep the two in different cel¬ 
lars, and always have Greenings (Rhode 
Island) up to the end of June. I believe 
a building on the lines of the old-fash¬ 
ioned outdoor cellar will meet the needs 
of your correspondent about as well as 
anything. These are built of stone, half 
sunken in the ground, and the arched roof 
covered with earth. Instead of stone I 
would use cement, as that would permit 
of the walls and roof being made thinner. 
After all, there is no better non-conductor 
than dry earth, being equally good for hot 
or cold weather. Any man at all handy 
with tools should be able to build such 
a small house very cheaply in his spare 
time. Flowever, if one prefers a house 
above ground he will have no difficulty 
in making it frostproof. All he will need 
will be plenty of air spaces in the walls, 
but in a very small building this will be 
out of all proportion to the size of the 
storage room secured, l'he price of lum¬ 
ber, too, is so excessive now that con¬ 
crete is cheaper in the long run. 
Oakville, Canada. b. c. w. 
AGRICULTURAL 
X TVE El . 
The Ohio Lime Co , manufacturers of 
jime for Land purposes. 
Write for particulars. 
THE OHIO LIME GO.. - TOLEDO, OHIO. 
Woodchucks,Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
“The wheels of the 
gods grind slow but 
exceedingly small.” So the weevil, but you can stop 
“Fima Carton Bisulphide "Sffi 
EDWARD R. TAYLOR, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
kk 
FUMA 
■ ■kills Piairle Dogs, 
77i 
BORDEAUX MIXTURE t c r°a n t c e e d n i 
To 1 iral add 49 gallons of water and ready for spraying 
CONVENIENT ami EFFECTIVE. Cost only M 
MONEY ORDER, REGISTERED LETTER orCHEC'K 
SMEDET CHEMICAL COMPANY. 
S. E. Cor. 11th and Master Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 
CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES 
Do you want to seed down a field to grass this year r 
Or do you want to grow a big crop of Rye or J all 
Wheat? Then use the .Jovnt Brand of 1 ure ln- 
leached Hardwood Ashes, and use one to two 
tons to the acre “according to the condition of 
the soil ’ before seeding, and you are sure to gi t large 
returns for your money. Write for delivered prices 
and information and address, 
JOHN JOYNT, Lucknow, Ontario, Canada. 
Reference—Dominion Bank, Wtngham.Ont. 
A Little Gold Mine for Women 
- The U.S. Cook-Stove Fruit-Drier 
Dries all klndsof Fruits, Berries, Cher¬ 
ries, Corn, Vegetables, etc. It takes 
no extra fire. Always ready for use, 
will last a lifetime. It works while 
you cook. Write for circulars and 
special terms to agents. Price, 85. 
B. B. Fahkney. B.120, Waynesboro JPa 
First Poet: “Have you ever written 
anything that you feel sure is going to 
live? Second Poet: “Well, I wrote a 
promissory note last week that I feel 
pretty sure will last for 90 days. Somer¬ 
ville Journal. 
“My son,” said the parson to a small 
boy who was digging, “don’t you know 
that it is a sin to dig on Sunday except 
in case of necessity?” “Yes, sir,” replied 
the youngster. “ I hen why don’t you 
stop it ?” asked the good man. “ ’Cause 
this is a case of necessity,” replied the 
young philosopher; “a feller can’t fish 
without bait.”—Baltimore World. 
SPECIAL OFFER!! 
Tointroduce our C.» BINRTS 
direct from the factory to the 
people, we make you the follow¬ 
ing Special OlTer: For til) 
days you can obtain this beau- 
ful. IS 14 Oak finished, zinc top 
KITCHEN CABINET 
for the low price of 812. To 
have this a bona Ode offer, send 
us 81 and we will send the 
CABINET to you with full 
__ privilege of examination. If 
satisfactory, send ns 811, If not, return at our ex¬ 
pense Write to-day for full particulars to 
Cortland Kitchen Cabinet Co., Cortland, N.Y. 
Extension Axle Nuts 
make old buggies run like new; quick sellers; very 
profitable. Our hub covers keep all grit out of boxes. 
Agents Wanted. 
HARDWARE SPECIALTY CO., Box 43, Pontiac, Mich. 
WATER PROBLEM SOLVED. 
Machine for Domestic Well-making Cheapest by 
half: most practical of any. Catalogue free. 
ROGER & SONS, MOORESBURG, TENN. 
POTATOES SORTED FREE 
WHEN SORTED WITH A TILTING SORTER 
THE CULLS PAY THE BILL. 
The TILTING SORTER makes two grades of pota- 
.. toes and puts them both 
U? Into sack It substitutes 
■fv gravity for a crank and 
saves a man by It. 
Sample Machine, $7 
Send for circular. 
AGENTS WANTED 
EDWIN TAYLOR; 
Edwardsville, Kan. 
IMPERIAL PULVER IZER, CLOD 
kAAAAAiAA 1 
■fVilflrglTfcr 
r; i"nrtVii ■> 
CRUSHER & 
ROLLER. 
Leads Them 
All. 
The Peterson Mfg. Co,, K S. 
we also gjg" E “<J£X u T r g R § l . d r6l,able 
WJ i 
Farmers who have used the 
Improved Low Down Pennsylvania 
Force Feed Fertilizer Grain Drill 
will use no other kind. The general verdict Is 
that it ia the best machine on the /arm. -Made in 
various sizes with either hoe or disc. \\ e will send 
you FREE a special book telling all about it and 
what it has done to make better paying crops. 
Adapts itself to all conditions. Address 
A. B. FARQUHAR CO.. Ltd., York, Pa. 
Bl)6 c 
HOJiESTL 
MADE 
And sell to 
dealers and 
c o n s n m ers. 
Nothing shoddy, 
implements and supplies, 
Our factories furnish 
This buggy is an ex- 
Buggies, harness, farm and blacksmith tools, 
fencing, etc. Prices rock bottom, same to everyone. 
tops, wheels, bodies, gears, etc., at wholesale prices. --...... 
ample of our economical methods. It is the lowest priced buggy you can 
afford to buy. It is well made with best materials. Price S39.7SI.O. b. 
factory. Body, 'J4x54 or smaller. Seat, solid panel, spring back: green 
cloth whipcord or imitation leather trimmed; top rubber-lined except side 
curtains; 3 or 4 bow end spring; double reach; sarvin or compressed 
wheels- bodv black; gear green or carmine. Free bargain sheet. * Indi¬ 
cate your needs. G A BOTTGKR & CO.,21 Bright St., Cleveland. Ohio. 
PEERLESS SCALES^ $29.00 
ty ^ c VffRLESS^SC AL.E f °CO MPANY, 
MilvTufSSd Ft. Scott Aves. Dept. Z, Kansas City, 
i 
