1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
149 
TALKS WITH A LAWYER. 
A Complicated Properly Right. 
We live on a big farm of 72 acres. We 
first moved here from the former place dur¬ 
ing the first week in April, 1900. One of my 
sons got the deed for this place some time 
during the first week in March, 1899. He 
was to pay $1,000 down before he could get 
the deed for it. Between the two brothers, 
I understand, they put in $400, another 
brother lent them another even $400, one of 
my daughters gave $i>0 in March of the same 
year, and another $10 the year following, in 
June, 1900. The rest to make up the $1,000 
he borrowed from a very reliable acquaintance. 
My oldest son let his younger brother pay 
all the bills, sell the fruit and vegetables. 
Myself and daughters would tell him now 
and then he ought to get a note for his part 
of the farm here; but he said he didn’t care, 
lie does all of the plowing, some planting, 
and all of the cultivating during the Sum¬ 
mer besides digging most of the potatoes, and 
husking all of the corn. He ought to care; 
suppose he died first, the younger brother 
would get his share and what interest in the 
place would some of my daughters have? 
The younger one married in September, 1903, 
and now has two children. There is a trol¬ 
ley to run through here inside of a year and 
a man came here to get my son’s signature 
and asked who owned the place. The man 
told my married daughter it was a mighty 
mixed-up affair, and that her younger brother 
told the man that he had the deed for the 
farm and the older one was only to have a 
life Interest in it. One of my other daugh¬ 
ters told the older brother all about it, and 
he now says he’ll quit working. Between the 
girls they are going to effect a settlement 
of some kind and get the younger brother to 
give the older one a note, as we have heard 
if he does not get one, it will be outlawed 
by the first of the coming March. My daugh¬ 
ter, too, will have to get a note for her $100. 
She had asked for a note for it, but he said 
he wouldn’t give it; that money was to go 
towards the place as before she had lived at 
home here. The business was done through 
me and my married daughter. We are told 
that his wife would have to write her name 
on the note also. Is it so? One daughter 
got a note last year after she had written 
him about it, and she has $G00 in the place. 
Can the place be sold any time now, or will 
they have to wait until it is paid for? When 
my son got the deed for it, the price was 
$3,000; but it can be sold for $5,000 or 
$0,000 according to the improvements put on 
it and the amount of fertilizer used on the 
land. h. 
New Jersey. 
Your younger son should not have taken 
the deed to the property in his own name 
originally, but having done so, he should 
have at once issued to his brothers and 
sisters certificates of trust or other docu¬ 
ments showing their respective interests in 
the property. Notes merely will not give 
his brothers and sisters justice, because 
in a contest they can collect only the 
face of the note from their brother, and 
would not participate in the increased 
value of the property in question. We 
should advise immediate action with a 
view to having a definite understanding 
as to the rights of each party concerned, 
and recommend that you consult a local 
attorney at once. The property in ques¬ 
tion can be sold at any time, subject to 
the unpaid portion of whatever mortgage 
may be upon it. 
Pitch and Tallow for Leaks. 
TF. W. F., Waterville, O. —Can any of your 
readers tell me how to stop the leak in the 
galvanized iron drip pan in the bottom of the 
ice box in my storage room? We have a 
good wooden rack on it to protect it from 
damage when putting in the ice, but prob¬ 
ably the jar loosens the solder on the joints. 
I had thought that possibly a wash of pitch 
with a little tallow in it to make it pliable, 
might answer the purpose. The leak is very 
annoying, as the ice water drips down on 
the apples and keeps the building wet. 
Ans. —I have not had any experience in 
mixing tallow with pitch. One of our 
neighbors who had been making a water¬ 
proof coating for boots of resin and tal¬ 
low used some of our pitch and said the 
result was satisfactory. My impression 
would be that the ice rack would better 
be stiffened and some supports placed 
under the pan to prevent the buckling 
which breaks the solder. If this could be 
done I believe an application of very hot 
pitch applied to the pan when perfectly 
dry would be as effectual as the solder, 
but I should be afraid, under present con¬ 
ditions, the pitch would break. Of course 
it is a very easy matter to try the pitch 
and tallow and it may be sufficiently elas¬ 
tic. F. c. C. 
Grafting Seedling Apples. —About 30 
years ago my uncle made some elder of 
Canfield apples and planted tbe pomace. The 
young trees grew well, were healthy and 
thrifty, and at last bore fruit. Some were 
nearly like the apples from the old tree, but 
I believe none was exactly like it. He gave 
some of the young trees to my father. One 
tree has large sweet apples, nearly white 
while another has smaller ones, dark red, 
that take a fine polish. One had very small 
sweet apples, and I grafted that tree about 
four years ago with King. We have had 
trouble with our King trees; they do well 
at first, then something goes wrong—the 
trunk begins to die and soon the whole tree 
dies. Last year I had the first crop of King 
apples from the grafts, and had about half 
a barrel of the finest Kings I ever saw; 
several times people told me they didn't think 
apples would grow so large. They were well 
colored, and most of them sound; very few 
wormy ones on that tree though it was not 
sprayed at all that year. I planted some 
Ben Davis trees three or four years ago, with 
the idea of grafting King, or some other 
good apples on the trees. The Ben Davis 
grows well, and should make a strong healthy 
trunk to carry the better fruit. I have 
grafted most of the seedling trees on the 
farm, along the fence rows, and all sorts of 
places; sometimes we get good apples from 
them. One tree in the pasture will average 
two barrels of apples a year, and gets very 
little care. I thin It out a little now and 
then, and the cows furnish the only fertili¬ 
zer, standing under the low branches for 
shade in the Summer, and hunting for apples. 
Most of the trees growing far from house 
are grafted with Pippins or some late, hard 
Winter apple, so the stock does not get many 
of them. It Is a great satisfaction to find 
a crop of good apples on these trees in out- 
of-the-way places, much better than letting 
them grow up and bear the small poor apples 
you generally find on the trees that have 
been left to themselves, but it takes too much 
time to spray them, and they are not likely 
to be pruned as they should be. I often 
think it would have been better to cut down 
all but the best, and move them to the 
orchard, and take good care of them. The 
tree in the fence corner generally raises a 
good crop of borers, and all sorts of worms, 
and often does more harm than the apples 
will pay for. h. s. e. 
Passaic Co., N. J. 
No trouble to get top-notch 
prices for peas if you grow the new 
Sutton’s 
Excelsior Pea 
The largest size of the wrinkled 
variety and in the front rank for 
earliness. What the Stratagem 
and Telephone peas are to the 
later sorts, Sutton’s Excelsior is to 
early varieties. Grows to a height 
of 12 to 14 inches and produces an 
abundance of long, broad, straight, 
pale green pods. 
By mail, postpaid, 10c. pkt; 45c. pt. 
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Good idea to send for our 
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Groff’s Hybrids (Genuine), and other high 
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Write for illustrated catalogue. 
ARTHUR COWEE 
Meadowvale Farm, Berlin, N.Y. 
Wheelers Seeds' 
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86 Elm St. 
BRIDGEPORT, CONN? 
TONS of GRASS 
BAR6AIN Ml 
ii] The year of 1905 on our seed farms was one of prodigal plenty. 
The result is enormous Btocks of Northern grown pedigree seed Oats, Wheat, 
— 1 Barley, Speltz, Potatoes, Grasses, Clovers, Timothy seed, etc., etc. 
Salzer’s Bargain Seed Book 
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If you send 4c. we add a big package of Cosmos— the most beautiful fashion¬ 
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JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., Lock Box 44, La Crosse, Wis. 
Your Crops Will Be 
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If you sow our Hardy and Reliable 
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Farmer Seed Company, Faribault, Jllnn. 
44-tth street. 
POTATOES 
pay, if you use good Seed. The best Seed Potatoes 
are Northern Grown, vigorous and free from disease. 
We grow all the new and standard kinds, and sell 
direct to you at live and let live prices. Send for 
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“The Best Seed at a Right Price.” 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE, 
SEEDGROWER, BOX C, HON BOTH FALLS,- N. Y. 
I Afl A Rti Big Four Seed Oats, 50c. per bu. lots of 
IUUU DU ■ lObu. or over. Early Wh.Cap Seed Corn, 
$1 bu.; cash with order. J. S. Tilton, Norwalk, O. 
ONLY COSTS 10c. to make our new STRAW- 
BERRY Crate. Can be made at home; only one 
division slat required; no crushed fruit; send 25c. for 
aSampleCrato. T.U. KEVITT, Athenia, N.J. 
THE THREE W 
Strawberry is large, beautiful, sweet, perfect bloom, 
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All conveniences for packing FRUIT GROWERS 
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Martin Wahl, Nurseryman, Rochester, N. Y. 
Strawberry Plants. 
$1.50 per M. and up. Also RASPBERRY and 
BLACKBERRY plants at low prices. Hoalthy, 
heavy rooted stock. True to name. Price list free. 
A. R. WESTON & CO.. R. D. 8, Bridgman, Mich. 
STRAWBERRY 
PLANTS 
The Senator Dunlap is the best 
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L. J. FARMER, BOX 620. PULASKI, N. Y. 
Peach & Other Fruit Trees 
R. S. JOHNSTON, Box 4, Stockley, P 
Strawberry Plants 
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C ***% r. Full line best new and standard old vari- 
eties GARDEN, FI ELD and FLOWER 
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W. F. ALLEN, Dept. 17, SALISBURY, MD. 
Asparagus Roots-; 
French. West Jersey Nursery, Bridgeton . N. J. 
Strawberry Plants. 
4 MONEY MAKERS: 
Excelsior, Bubach, Par¬ 
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Others that are Good: 
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No better plants offered. W.M. PERRY, Cool Spring, Dolaware 
Strawberry Plants $ 1,35 p 0r 1000 u p- 
.... rlttuls Cabbage plants #1.00 
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Old Va. ENSILAGE CORN 
| Produces a remarkable amount of superior ensil- 
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I Ford Seed Co., Dept. 24, Ravenna, Ohio 
T 
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ESTED SEED 
_ want to send you my cat¬ 
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The seed I sell is different. 
Write to day. HENRY FIELD, 
Seedsman, Box26 Shenandoah, la. 
Eldorado Oats 
Outyleld all others. 204 bu. have been grown on one 
acre. Seed Potatoes: all leading varieties. Write 
for price list. CHAS. CODNER, Owego. N. Y. 
Long’s White Tartar Oats 
This is the best oats we have ever raised. It has 
averaged over 10O bush, per acre on our farm for 
two years. Magnificent large heads and big stiff 
straw. Pure seed at a low price. Ask for catalogue 
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F REE for the Fruit Growers—OUR CATALOG 
OF PLANTS, BERRY CRATES and BASKETS. 
AddressH. H.AULTEATHER,Box B,Minerva,O 
RUBYRED RASPBERRY 
Best to grow for all purposes. Order early as our 
stock is limited. Send for circular. 
C. G. VELIE JSs SON, Marlboro, N. Y., 
Valley View Fruit Farm. 
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Strawberry Plants New and choice vari 
1000 
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--,..25 per 
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5,000,000 STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
42 Varieties, price $1.25 to $1.75 per 1,000, best stock, 
satisfaction and safe delivery guaranteed. Free 
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TREES 
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IVI If you read our 1906 Booklet on 
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M4 fc Get ° ur prices on 
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