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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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GREENHOUSE PLAN. 
H. G. M., Independence, Mo. —Would W. 
FT. Taplin give me Information, suggestions 
and idea how long I can build a greenhouse 
for about $1,000? As planned, it should 
first be two houses 20 feet wide, north half 
of north house board shed, and board par¬ 
tition wall from south half of same, for 
growing mushrooms and forcing rhubarb and 
asparagus. South half for tomatoes ou north 
bench and cucumbers on south bench. South 
house to be used for lettuce, radishes, etc., 
during Winter, and vegetable plants (for 
market) in Spring; Chrysanthemums in 
Summer. Walls to be two-inch boiler tube 
post set two feet in concrete (to ground 
line): south wall boards to ventilator; mid¬ 
dle wall board, IS inches, remainder glass. 
Benches hollow brick or square drain tile, 
concrete sides. IIow deep for these crops? 
How should houses' be piped and where 
placed? Would it be necessary and con¬ 
venient to have a run in shed? Is it ad¬ 
vantageous to have system (hot water) so 
that it can be switched to steam for tlie 
severest weather? The thermometer some¬ 
times goes down to SO below for two or 
three days, "but usually stays about freezing. 
We have sudden changes up and down, rec¬ 
ord being 00 degrees down in 45 minutes. 
The place I expect to build is on a south 
slope, south side an orchard and town. 
Glazing, butted or lapped? I have used 
butted glass on hotbed sash and made tight 
joints where glass did not fit perfectly by 
oiling edge of glass, then dipping in whit¬ 
ing. Would this work with 10x10 glass 
ou this job? IIow wide ventilators and 
should they be continuous on south side of 
north house ridge, on south side of south 
house, and which side of south house ridge? 
I expect to do all erecting myself, with only 
what is absolutely necessary In the way of 
bricklayers extra. 
Ans. —If the cost of the various ma¬ 
terials to be used in this construction 
would run about the same in the locality 
in question as they would in the East, 
I should say that these two proposed 
greenhouses could be built to a length of 
about 75 feet each, this rough estimate 
being based on a cost of $8 per running 
foot of length for the south house, and 
$5 per running foot for the north house. 
This difference in cost is due to the fact 
that the board structure of the north half 
of the north house will cost less per 
square foot than the roof of the south 
house, and in addition there will be less 
expended for heating the north green¬ 
house. The benches should have a depth 
of six inches. It is preferable that the 
boiler pit be located at the west end of 
the building, and I would then lead a 
four-inch main from the boiler across the 
ends of the two houses, this main pipe 
having outlets for two-inch pipe. The 
south house will need 10 runs of two- 
inch pipe, which may be distributed as. 
follows: Six runs of pipe on each wall, 
and two runs in each path, it being un¬ 
derstood that one-half of these pipes are 
flow pipes and the others are returns, 
the latter being led into a four-inch re¬ 
turn main that is laid under the flow- 
main for convenience of attachment. 
The cucumber house will need 10 runs of 
tw'o-inch pipe, and the wooden shed four 
runs of pipe, and given a boiler of suffi¬ 
cient power there should be no difficulty 
in keeping up the temperature in severe 
weather. It is not satisfactory, as a rule, 
to make temporary changes from hot 
water to steam heating while using the 
same system of piping. The glass should 
be lapped rather than butted. A paint joint 
between the squares of glass would prove 
a dirt collector, and would soon make 
an unwelcome shade. The ventilators 
should be two feet six inches wide, and 
it would be preferable to have them, con¬ 
tinuous on the cucumber house, but on 
the south greenhouse it would be better 
to place the ventilators on each side of 
the ridge alternately, the individual ven¬ 
tilators being six feet long, all the venti- 
ators to be hinged from the rida-e. In 
discussing the piping, I omitted to say 
that valves will be necessary on some of 
the flows, those nearest to the boiler at 
least, in order to regulate the heat, as the 
hot water will naturally flow to the short 
runs first; that iSj to those nearest the 
boiler. w. h. taplin. 
Question of Line Fence. 
A. A. 77., Philadelphia .—Between me and 
a neighbor there Is a line fence; I have 
never been able to ascertain which half is 
mine. The owner lives at a distance; I have 
written him about the matter twice, but have 
received no answer. What is the recourse 
in such a case? I have to keep the entire 
fence In repair, and soon it will have to be 
entirely renewed. My neighbor has 15 head 
of stock in the field pretty much every day 
in Summer, and they get their heads through 
for the grass that is on my side, there being 
none on their side, and that breaks the fence. 
I have never had but a cow and horse in 
my side. My idea, in the absence of the 
legal status of the case is that if the owner 
of the land refuses or neglects to answer my 
request for the desired information i may 
select a half of the fence and act according¬ 
ly, but I am not sure that this would avail 
me from a legal standpoint. I simply desire 
to keep the fence in good shape, and on my 
half erect a new fence, but I don’t want to 
do it all. 
Axs.—A question regarding a line 
fence can be very easily and quickly ad¬ 
justed in Pennsylvania. There, the three 
township auditors constitute the fence 
viewers. Your remedy lies in address¬ 
ing a communication to the auditors set¬ 
ting up the facts and requesting them to 
act as fence viewers. They, within five 
days, must view the line of fence and 
give a certificate stating their findings. 
The law is explicit that the charge of a 
division fence shall be equally borne and 
maintained ’ by both parties. After the 
findings of the fence viewers, if the other 
party fails to comply, you can enforce 
your rights in court. 
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