1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
273 
SOUTHERN PITCH; HOW BOUGHT; 
PRICE. 
The southern pine black pitch, together 
with pine tar, resin and turpentine, are 
known commercially as "naval stores.” The 
pitch can be obtained wherever wooden 
vessels are constructed or repaired. All 
ship chandlers in our coast cities, and 
presumably on the lakes, have it in stock, 
and any dealer in hardware, paints, etc., 
can obtain it from the firms who supply 
him with resin. Possibly it may require 
a little correspondence on his part, but 
there is no reason why he cannot pro¬ 
cure it. The barrel we purchased weighed 
about 200 pounds, and cost $3.30 f. o. b. 
at Bath, Me. In cool weather the pitch 
is very hard, and it takes so long to 
dig it out the dealers charge an extra 
price for the labor when sold in less 
than a barrel. The 200 pounds which we 
bought really cost us no more laid down 
at our station than 100 pounds would 
have cost if bought at the higher retail 
price. In warm weather the pitch be¬ 
comes quite soft in the barrel. To re¬ 
move it from the barrel, cut off the 
staves at the point desired and break off 
the pitch with an ax. f. c. curtis. 
STOPPING A LEAK. 
Referring to an inquiry on page 149 
by W. W. F., Waterville, Ohio, I can 
give my experience in stopping leaks, 
which may be of some use to him. In 
my case I had a tank lined with gal¬ 
vanized iron, and the seams soldered in 
the usual way. Every Winter some part 
of the solder would crack, owing, I sup¬ 
pose, to the different rates of contraction. 
These minute cracks were very hard to 
find, and after trying a good many reme¬ 
dies unsuccessfully, I experimented with 
the following cement, which is often used 
in aquariums: One part by measure 
litharge; one part plaster-of-Paris; one 
part dry white sand; one-third powdered 
resin. Mix with boiled linseed oil as 
needed to the consistency of putty. I 
spread this cement on a strip of stout 
holland about two inches wide and 
pressed it firmly over the suspected joints. 
No doubt this is only a temporary rem¬ 
edy; mine was done 10 months ago, and 
has been perfectly tight ever since. The 
cement sets under water. G. I. austen. 
Orange Co., N. Y. 
Primary Instructions About Bees. 
J. G., Rockford, Washington. —Can you 
give me some primary instructions in bee 
keeping? I want to get a swarm, but know 
very little about earing for them; for in¬ 
stance bow and when to remove honey, where 
in the hive to look for it, how much honey 
they should have for Winter and anything 
else a bee-keeper can tell me. 
Ans. —Every one who contemplates 
keeping bees should invest in one or more 
of the many good books that give in de¬ 
tail the best methods of handling bees 
and producing honey. Without such a 
book no progress can be made of a pay¬ 
ing nature. Langstroth on the Honey 
Bee is an authority. Then subscribe for 
some bee journal. To start with bees, 
a colony in a box hive may be procured 
and then transferred. Two or three 
frames of brood in a modern hive will 
give the beginner a start, but such a 
small colony will yield no surplus the first 
season. In starting bee-keeping deter¬ 
mine whether you are located to produce 
comb or extracted. This can be deter¬ 
mined by a canvass of the stores to find 
which is in the best demand. The cost 
of starting is more when extracted honey 
is produced, but the surplus is greater. 
If extracted honey is to be produced no 
supers are needed, but twice as many 
bodies as swarms desired. Bees always 
store their honey at the top and sides 
of the hive, and for this reason the sur¬ 
plus receptacles, whether sections or 
frames for extracting, are placed on top 
of the hive. If bees are wintered in the 
cellar they consume less honey than when 
wintered on their Shimmer stands. It 
is never safe to expect a colony to winter 
on less than 25 pounds of honey, and it 
is much safer to give them 40. If one is 
interested in bees, study and practice will 
soon enable anyone to handle them. What 
is known as the 10 frame L hive is good 
as any for the beginner. E. H. d. 
Cost of Cement Walks. 
E. A. G., Millington, Mass. —On page 154 
R. N.-Y. in answer to questions of N. T. G., 
II. E. Cook gives directions for making a 
cement walk. Now I would like informa¬ 
tion in regard to the cost of it. The Vil¬ 
lage Improvement Society here has raised a 
few hundred dollars to be expended for side¬ 
walks, but on account of the high price of tar 
we have not enough to build the concrete 
walks. I)o you think Portland cement would 
cost as much as tar, which would be about 
75 cents a square yard? Would it be as 
satisfactory? We have plenty of sand and 
gravel nearby, which would cost only for 
handling. 
Ans. —You would not save on actual 
cost at 75 cents per square yard. In fact, 
the expense would be much greater. Con¬ 
tract prices vary widely from 10 to 30 
cents per square foot, depending upon 
depth of foundation, cost of sand and 
aggregate. It would be a physical im¬ 
possibility to make a close guess. The 
quantity of material necessary will be 
about as follows, which may be helpful to 
know: The foundation should be one 
part Portland, 2/ 2 parts sand, five parts 
aggregate. If laid four inches thick each 
100 square feet will require 1^4 barrels 
cement, 63 cubic yards sand and 1*4 
cubic yard stone, and for a wearing sur¬ 
face two inches thick mixed 1-2 would 
require 2J4 barrels cement and 63-100 
cubic yard sand. The raw cement at 
$1.50 per barrel would cost .06 a foot, or 
54 cents per square yard. Ordinarily a 
mason will superintend and float 700 
square feet daily. To keep this man en¬ 
gaged will require about four men, of 
course less expensive. These figures may 
be useful in assisting you to form an opin¬ 
ion as to cost. h. E. COOK. 
R- N.-Y.—In our locality fine cement 
sidewalks were built by contract for 18 
cents a square foot, the contractor being 
obliged to purchase all materials. 
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