THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 24, 
148 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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A Renter and Portable Houses. 
K. O. S., Massachusetts .—I am living on 
a rented place, and have a few hens. I wish 
to work up a larger flock, and by so doing 
need more house room. If I build houses in 
sections, or small ones that I can load on to 
a sled or wagon, can I take them off the 
place at any time, according to law in Massa¬ 
chusetts, or shall I be obliged to leave them 
on the place? The place is for sale, but 
the price is far above my judgment of real 
estate in this place. 
Ans. — I do not know what the Massa¬ 
chusetts law is, but it does not seem rea¬ 
sonable to suppose that a man would not 
be entitled to remove henhouses made in 
sections so as to be taken apart. When 
taken apart it is no longer a house or 
building, it is merely some boards nailed 
together. Forty years ago, when living 
in rented houses, I made my henhouses 
in sections as described in “The Business 
Hen,” page 52, for the express purpose 
of removing them if I should change 
my residence, and they were removed, and 
no one ever objected. Perhaps some 
R. N.-Y. reader versed in the Massachu¬ 
setts laws will inform us if there is any 
statute forbidding the removal of a porta¬ 
ble house. If there is, then why make 
houses “portable?” Such a law would 
not be good sense. geo. a. cosgrove. 
Heating an Ontario Greenhouse. 
J. L. H., Leamington, Ont .—I have a 
greenhouse 41 x 100 feet, containing three 
See Page 147. 
ridges, center posts supporting valleys, six 
feet six inches high; the two outside spans 
are double length, running down to a low 
wall about two feet high. The north end 
above cement is double boarded with paper 
between, and lathed and plastered inside. 
My boiler room extends most of the distance 
across the south end, and is down so the top 
of boiler is about level with floors of house. 
The roof of boiler house is low and flat, 
to make as little shade as possible; I had to 
put it at south end, as other end was too 
near dwelling. I have a tubular boiler, or 
one made of gas pipes, and intended for hot 
water. How many flows of two-inch pipe 
should I have to heat this house properly, 
and how many return pipes should I use for 
each flow? My pipes are all two inch. 
Should the flow pipes fall or rise from boiler 
to back end of house? I wish to grow 
tomatoes, etc., in this house. Sometimes for 
a few days we get a temperature of 10 or 
12 below zero, but that is on rare occasions, 
as we do not get zero weather except a few 
times each Winter. 
Ans. —To maintain a temperature of 60 
degrees in a house of the dimensions 
stated above, while the external tempera¬ 
ture was 10 degrees below zero, would re¬ 
quire not less than 14 pipes in each section 
of the house, or 42 pipes in all, it being 
taken for granted that the boiler has suffi¬ 
cient heating capacity to insure a rapid 
circulation. There are two ways in which 
the piping may be arranged, according to 
the way in which the benching is laid out, 
the first being in the form of two coils 
of 7 pipes each in each section, the coil to 
consist of three flow pipes and four re¬ 
turns, all of these pipes to rise from the 
boiler to the far end of the house with an 
even grade of about one foot to one hun¬ 
dred, the three flow pipes to be arranged 
side by side and the four returns to be set 
in the same manner beneath them. There 
should also be a small air cock at the 
Jiighest point on each flow, so that air 
traps may be avoided. The second plan 
would be to carry a four-inch main from 
the boiler to the far end of the house, 
and then to take from that by means of 
branches the entire number of coils; in 
other words, to run one four-inch flow 
and to take from it 42 return pipes, these 
being arranged in either vertical or hori¬ 
zontal coils as may be most convenient. 
But in case this latter plan were adopted 
it would be best to cover the large flow 
pipe with some insulating material. Of 
these two plans the first seems preferable, 
but in either case there should be a valve 
on each coil, as the coils that start nearest 
to the boiler will get more heat than the 
others unless there is some way to regu¬ 
late the flow of the water. 
w. H. TAPLIN. 
Carnation Stem Rot. —Regarding this 
disease allow me to show you my method 
of combating same. Soil here, is, as 
per U. S. Government Soil Survey, 
in sassafras gravelly loam zone; water 
table about 10 feet and a first-class drought 
resisting soil, a five weeks drought 
retarding growth, but not wilting vegetation. 
I have found that stem rot, in heavily 
manured soil, will run riot, starting all over 
the field, and quickly spreading from plant 
to plant. Therefore my rule is to manure 
land intended for carnations a year ahead, 
using at planting time a good grade of potato 
fertilizer, at the rate of 600 pounds to the 
acre. When plants have started to grow, 
a dressing of air-slaked lime is applied to 
the rows, using enough lime to whiten the 
ground, slightly working same into soil. 
For soil in benches. I use rotted sod, with 
no manure incorporated, depending on liquid 
feeding. At planting time, I dress bench 
soil with a good dose of air-slaked lime using 
about two bushels to 1,500 square feet of 
bench, and when plants have taken a fair 
hold. I follow lime with 500 pounds of 
hardwood ashes. Now as to results. Sea¬ 
son of 1904: Loss in field 1% per cent; 
loss in. house one-half per cent. Season very 
bad. Noticed field losses of over 50 per 
cent. Season of 1905, loss in field one 
per cent; loss in house nil. c. b. d. 
Wantagh, N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 18. 
No Ben Davis Up Here. 
Rogers on 
the Hill 
APPLE BREEDERS, 
trade mark. 
, N. Y. 
Our new Tree Breeder will tell you 
about safe trees and safe kinds to 
plant. IT’S FREE. 
WARD BLACKBERRIES 
The hardiest and most prolific Blackberry ever grown 
WELCH RASPBERRY 
The most profitable Red Raspberry yet fruited. Also 
a full line of general nursery stock. Catalogue free 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO., Hightstown, N. J. 
Two Million 
Strawberry Plants 
Every one of them good honest plants with 
an abundance of branching rootlets, Good 
big crowns. F ree from disease and in 
the most thrifty growing condition. Guar¬ 
anteed true to name and variety. No other 
grower can produce anything better, Our 
Strawberry Catalogue 
contains 20 pages of matter devoted exclusively 
to strawberries. Gives good, straightforward 
and honest descriptions of the 45 varieties we 
grow. Tells justwhateachhasdoneinfruiting 
here on our own farm. 
PRICE S1.75 to 52.50 per Thousand. Dis¬ 
counts for larger quantities. Write tor free cata¬ 
log today. It’s sure to make and save you money. 
j. W JONES & SON, BOX 26 ALLEN, MD. 
Spring and Planting Time Will 
Soon be Here. 
Have you placed an order yet for Apple and other 
Fruit Trees? If not, do not delay, Remember, 
in making out your order we have a full supply of 
Nursery stock; none better. Catalogue free. Send 
for one. Address, 
The Stephen Hoyt’s Sons Co., Inc,, 
NEW CANAAN, CT. 
A beautiful colored plate of our 
New Eaton ^ 
Red Raspberry 
and our strawborry catalog of valu¬ 
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with instructions for beginners. 
Free to all. 
THE 
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FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL 
Evergreens 
Shrubs Roses 
Hardy Plants 
All the Rest and Hardiest Varieties 
Largest and Most Varied Collections in America 
ELLWANGER & BARRY 
Nurserymen—Horticulturists 
MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES 
Established 1840 
ROCHESTER NEW YORK 
Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue (144 
pages), also Descriptive List of Novelties 
and Specialties with beautiful colored 
plate of the New Hardy White Rose 
FRAU DRUBCHKI mailed FREE on 
request. 
POTATOES C seed. E 
We have raised a very fine lot of potatoes (over 
3000 bush.) on our own farm under the best possible 
conditions to produce seed free from disease and of 
highest quality. We offer some very fine new varieties 
as well as the best of the older kinds. Ask for cata¬ 
logue and wholesale price list of seeds. JOSEPH 
HARRIS CO.. Seed Growers, Coldwater, N. Y. 
THIS IS THE YEAR 
To PLANT THAT ORCHARD. 
We have large supply of all the leading varieties in 
Apple Trees, Greening, Sutton Beauty, Box. 
Russet, Ben Davis, &c.., also Plum, Cherry, 
and other fruit trees. Our trees are beauties, prices 
right, too. Large surplus of Asparagus Boots. 
Catalogue tells how to plant lor profit. 
BARNES RROS. NURSERY CO. 
Box 8, Y'alesville, Conn. 
NEW 
VEGETABLE 
WONDER 
A Sensational 
Discovery 
Silver King Hardy Celery 
S crops in one season. First crop carlv in 
May. Root hardy, everlasting. Multiplies 
rapidly like asparagus. Guaranteed as 
represented. Agents make $5 to $20 a day. 
THE GREENING NURSERY COMPANY 
25 Maple St., Monroe, Michigan, 
A Muskmelon 
that is Blight Proof and very Early. If 
interested, send for circular at once. 
Geo . Bittner, Milan, Ohio . 
FRUIT TREES 
that are sound, solid and safe is what every planter 
wants for spring of 1906. We offer you trees of that 
kind; selection perfect. Heavy stock of Apple, Peach, 
Plum, Pear ana Cherry, also full line of other fruits. 
Write us today for our eatalpgue and price list, it is 
valuable and will tell you the rest. THE RIVERSIDE 
NURSERY CO., Confluence, Somerset Co., l’a. 
WAUKEGAN NURSERIES 
Evergreen and Ornamental Trees 
Fruit Trees, Shade Trees, 
Shrubs, Vines, Roses, Etc. 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
R. DOUGLAS’ SONS, 
WAUKEGAN, ILL. " 
APPLE TREES 7c 
POPLAR. TREES AND R.OSE BUSHES, TEN CENTS EACH 
ASPARAGUS, the most popular vegetable, yields at the rate of $400 per acre, two year plants 75 cents 
per 100; $4.50 per 1,000. Grape vines and fruit plants at low prices. POPLAR TREES for driveways, 
shade and lawns. The most rapid growing trees, 10c to 17 cents each. ROSES. A large collection or 
hardy varieties, also our Live-for-Ever Pink Rose, 10c to 20o each. 
BUY DIRECT FROM GROWER—SAVE 35 E13t 
Let us price your list of wants. Green’s 1906 Catalogue, also copy of Green’s Big Fruit Magazine free. 
Send postal card for them today. GREEN’S NURSERY COMPANY, WALL ST., ROCHESTER, N. Y, 
PEACHES 
Our leader, the Ray, a money maker, 
large, handsome, white flesh with red 
blush and a regular bearer. Chairs, Crawford’s Reeves and 
» DOT YTC more than 100 other varieties. 
* AjA-jlJ Grafted and budded from specimen or¬ 
chards, Baldwin, M. B. Twig, Wine Sap, Jonathan, Grimes 
Golden, Stayman’s Wine Sap, Greening, King and 100 other 
varieties. Also Peach, Pear, Plum and Cherry and 7,000,000 strawberry 
plants. Our new Catalog in colors free for theasking which explains. 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES. Box29, Berlin, Md. 
PAY AGENT S PRICES - 
FOR YOUR TREES. 
They’re nearly double. I have no agents. With my 
bu 
catalog in hand you can 6uy direct at wholesale prices just as well as if 
you were present in person. So when you buy Wood’s trees your money 
all goes into trees, not into expenses and commissions. And anybody who 
ever bought trees or vines from my Woodlawn Nurseries knows there’s 
nothing better grown. Everything in Small Fruits, Apples, Peaches, Pears, 
etc. My stock of hardy, field grown bushes ought to interest every lover of 
roses. Special prices on an extra fine lot of Jonathan and Ben Davis 
Apples and Concord Grapes this spring. Catalog free. Write for it. 
Allen L. Wood, 
Wholesale 
Grower, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
The Cheapest because the best. Proof furnished by 
many readers of this paper who have been our Cus¬ 
tomers for years, and have thousands of our trees in 
Fruiting. Free Catalogue H. S. WILEY & SON, Drawer 5, Cayuga, N. Y. 
DOUBLE THE STRAWBERRY CROP 
No extra expense for new plants or fertilizer. Full story in catalog— lifetime experi¬ 
ence of largest fruit-grower in America. To old friends and new wanting Berries, 
Peaches, Plums, Asparagus, Rhubarb, etc., it’s free, J. H. HALE, SO, PLASTQNBURY, GQNN, 
FRUIT TREES 
