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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 28, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
[Every query must be accompanied by 
the name and address of the writer to in¬ 
sure attention. Before asking a question, 
please see whether it is not answered in 
our advertising columns. Ask only a few 
questions at one time. Put questions on a 
separate piece of paper.! 
REMEMBER WADSWORTH. 
The following members of the New 
York Senate voted against Governor 
Hughes in his efforts to remove the Su¬ 
perintendent of Insurance. They repre¬ 
sent agricultural counties, where farmers 
are in a majority. Every one of them 
merits defeat, and should be plowed un¬ 
der by the votes of farmers. Send them 
to the political graveyard at the first op¬ 
portunity : 
JOTHAM P. ALLDS, . 
ALBERT T. FANCHER, 
S. P. FRANCHOT, . . 
S. PERCY HOOKER, . 
JOHN RAINES, . . . 
SANFORD W. SMITH, 
WM. J. TULLY, 
HORACE WHITE, . . 
BENJ. M. WILCOX, . 
JOSEPH ACKROYD . 
FRANK M. BOYCE, . 
. . Norwich, N. Y. 
. Salamanca, N. Y. 
Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
. . . LeRoy, N. Y. 
Canandaigua, N. Y. 
. . Chatham, N. Y. 
. . Corning, N. Y. 
. Syracuse, N. Y. 
. . Auburn, N. Y. 
. . . Utica, N. Y. 
East Schodack, N. Y. 
Building Small Greenhouses. 
L. H., Mayfield, Mich .—I am contemplating 
putting up a greenhouse and would like to ask 
a few questions as to construction of house 
and furnace and heat conductors. I have had 
no experience with greenhouses and need all 
the advice I can get. I want to raise plants 
for sale, such as cabbage, cauliflowers and 
tomatoes. What would be the cost if I 'lid 
all the work myself? Would glazed sewer tile 
do for heat conductors from furnace, and how 
should it be arranged to best advantage? I 
want to build so that the roof surface would 
be 12x20. on a south slope of hill, with roof 
only on one side (south). Would it do to 
make frames solid to the building, using 1x3 
inch stuff for the glass to rest on, and fasten 
the glass on to the 1x3 strips with lath by 
leveling the lath on under side? What size 
glass is best to use? About how many plants 
named above could be raised in house 12x20? 
Ans.—A greenhouse 12x20 feet in size 
could be readily heated by means of a 
brick furnace and flue as suggested, but 
it would be much more satisfactory to 
use eight-inch sewer pipe than six-inch 
for the flue. The flue should be made 
perfectly tight with carefully cemented 
joints, and could be run along one side 
of the house to the far end, and then 
brought up through the roof to a suffi¬ 
cient height to insure good draft. In 
building the flue be careful to keep it 
away from the woodwork to avoid danger 
from fire, and give the flue a rise of six 
to eight inches at least from the furnace 
to the chimney. Regular glazing strips, 
or muntings, as they are commonly 
known, 114x2 l / 2 inches, are the best to 
use for the roof, and would probably cost 
about 2 l / 2 cents per running foot. These 
should be nailed solidly to the frame of 
the house, and headers nailed between 
them to cary the ventilating sashes that 
would be required. It would require three 
ventilator sash at least 2x4 feet in size, 
these being hinged from the top of the 
house so that they could be raised to any 
required height. The cap strip method 
of glazing is only satisfactory with butted 
glass, and the latter is not as good as 
lapped glass at any time. The method of 
glazing most favored by greenhouse men 
is that of bedding the glass in putty, and 
fastening it down with three-quarter-inch 
brads that are driven into the strip, using 
either four brads to each pane or else 
two of the double pointed glazing tacks 
at each lap. The glass should be 10x15 
inches and the strips spaced to take the 
glass the 15-inch way, and such a roof 
would need five boxes of glass, there 
being 48 panes to the box of that size. 
The cost of such a greenhouse would 
depend upon the quality of lumber that 
was used in the sides and benches, but 
the roof alone would cost about $25, and 
there would also be the cost of brick, and 
iron front plate and grate for the fur¬ 
nace in addition to the sewer pipe for 
flue. The output of such a greenhouse 
as this is difficult to estimate as it may 
vary widely according to whether the 
plants are simply grown in seed rows 
about three or four inches apart on the 
bench, as is done by some of the mail¬ 
order men or whether the seedlings are 
transplanted and thus given room enough 
to develop into sturdy stock. 
w. H. TAPLIN. 
Pbbmo Dewberky. —C. A. U., Hammonton, 
N. J., inquires in regard to the Freino dew¬ 
berry. I have had several years’ experience 
with this variety, and would advise him to 
go slow on it. It does not do nearly as well 
as the Lucretia with me. I am much pleased 
with the Haymaker raspberry. It is a 
strong grower and hardy and productive. 
Sterling, Kan. e. p. e. 
Poison Ivy. — I have had the same trouble 
as J. T. D.. and found an antidote for poi¬ 
son, and also how to become immune against 
its effects. The common black plantain or 
black-head, as sometimes called, will kill the 
poison when used as a strong tea at one ap- 
plication. To be immune from the effects of 
ivy chew a leaf of the poison ivy occasionally 
and you will not be troubled by the poison. 
A. O. GILDEKSLEEVE. 
Transplanting Wild Blackberries.— I 
would say to J. E. B., of Indiana, that if 
he thinks his wild blackberries worthy of 
cultivation and better than the home or 
cultivated kinds he can easily move them. 
Be sure to mark the right stalks. When 
dormant in Fall or Winter dig up, getting 
all roots; cut tops off about five or six 
inches from ground, and all roots back to 
six or eight inches. Plant where desired; 
give good cultivation and it may surprise 
you. If you wish all plants you can get cut 
remainder of roots in lengths of five or six 
inches, plant in trench about one foot apart, 
where you can water, and cover about four 
inches deep, and nearly every root will make 
a fine plant for the following year. I have 
raised many seedlings, and transplanted, also 
got many from my orchards thinking I might 
get a cross of Mammoth Black and Logan or 
Phenomenal, but so far have not got one 
that is good enough for extensive cultiva¬ 
tion : not even by hand pollenization. But 
keep at it; give them a trial. Some of our 
best blackberries have been found in fence 
corners, for instance, the Illinois and Ward. 
California. C- w. patterson. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
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Now is the time to send in your order for fall planting 
Send for free catalogue of plants, vines and trees 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
FOR 10 Cts 
ii Large ItulbH 
G’ld’n Sacred Uly 
These will make the most 
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of flowers for winter. Of 
rapid growth, hardy and 
frost-proof,sure to bloom. 
Flowers in clusters, very 
large, golden yellow and 
very sweet. May also be 
planted in the garden for 
early spring bloom ing. 
Three big Bulbs, Book¬ 
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Bulbs for 20c.; 15for 40c. 
li'rce-Illustrated Cat¬ 
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Lilies and all Hardy or 
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— Money In — 
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Mushroom Culture is not dependent on weather con¬ 
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need even a cold frame. A small outlay starts a bed 
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and beginner can succeed from the start by using 
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which eliminates the element of risk and possibil 
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Distributing Warehouses: Cincinnati and Philadelphia. 
The main weakness of most ready 
roofings is the fact that they have 
no mineral surface, and therefore 
need constant painting or coating 
to keep them tight 
Instead of a smooth skin coating 
made to receive a coat of paint Ama- 
tite has a rough surface of small par¬ 
ticles of hard siliceous rock such as is 
keen in quartz or other hard stone 
when examined under a microscope. 
This mineral matter is chosen for 
its weather res : sting qualities. It 
is firmly embedded in the surface 
of the roofing. 
On the steepest roof the flow of 
water will not he strong enough to 
loosen these particles. This surface 
does not need paint to protect it from 
the weather. It will last for years. 
The extremely 
low cost of Amatite 
with its effective 
protection and long 
service, w itli out 
painting, care or 
repair, make it the 
most economical 
ready roofing yet 
devised. 
Two re presen Na¬ 
tive bui Idings 
showing the hand¬ 
some. clean ap¬ 
pearance of Ama- 
tite on the roof 
are illustrated 
herewith. 
The following 
letter from the 
There is no reason in the world 
why you should buy a roof that 
needs painting. 
Paint is a makeshift to help 
preserve the material on which it 
is used and will only give limited 
service at best. 
The roof that you have to paint 
every two or three years is the roof 
that is going to leak if this care and 
expense are overlooked. 
owners of one of these roofs is 
typical of the thousands of letters 
which we have received in praise of 
Amatite. 
Gentlemen : I am very pleased to 
be able to state that the Amatite 
has been entirely satisfactory, and 
I would not hesitate in recommend¬ 
ing it to any one in need of roofing 
material. Yours truly, 
Canky Glass Company. 
Partial View Caney Glass Company’s Plant. Roofed with 55,000 square feet Amatite 
The need- of painting is proof of 
weakness. It is not the roof that 
protects, it’s the paint. If you 
forget to put the paint on, or for 
economical reasons omit doing so, 
you have a leaky roof. Amatite 
Roofing requires absolutely no 
painting or coating of any kind 
during its life. 
Booklet and Sample of Amatite 
will be sent free cm request if you 
drop a postal to the nearest office of 
The Barrktt Manufacturing Co., 
New Y’ork, Chicago, Philadelphia, 
St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, 
Allegheny, Minneapolis, Kansas 
City, New Orleans, Boston, Lon¬ 
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TREES — PLANTS 
Fruit, Shade and Ornamental 
No Scale or Diseases 
Illustrated Catalogue Free 
P. J. BERCKMANS CO. me. 
Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Georgia. 
PEACHES A FRUITS 
ARE BRINGING HIGH PRICES. 
You Had Better Plant Some Trees this Fall. 
We have them for sale. 
Address JQg R ^CK, SON S CO., 
HIGHTSTOWN, N. J. 
•vpcCC Peach and Apple; also Berry Plants at 
E ntW astonishing low prices. Catalogue Free. 
■ WESTMINSTER NURSERY, ■ - Westminster, Md. 
rill 1 PROD 1008 FROM OUR MID-SUMMER 
TULL unur STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Send 
for List. Kkvitt’s Plant Farm, Athenia, N. J. 
APPLE BARRELS Promp^ShtoieSta. 
fil 1 L L. U ft 1 1 1 1 La law 1 Robt. Gillies, Medina, N. Y. 
FERTILIZER LIME.SS5 
WALTON QUARRIES, Harrisburg, Fa. 
1 p || I1 Ia.aAS.aaj Choice varieties seed wheat, rye, winter 
xppnc for ha riaHTIIlMa vetches and grass seeds; also spring 
wvCU3 IUI 1 WM 1 IHIIimgl flowering bulbs for fall planting. 
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