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THE RURAL N K W-YORK E R 
February 20, 
LEGAL MATTERS. 
An Outlawed Mortgage. 
A farmer died, leaving four sons. In 
order to settle the estate one of the sons 
bought the farm, giving the others a first, 
second and third mortgage, respectively. 
They were given in 1888, and were to run 
10 years. After the interest had been ‘paid 
the first year (in 1889) the brother holding 
the third mortgage went away. He has 
never been back, and it is not known where 
he is. The first and second mortgages have 
been paid, and the owner of the farm has 
stood ready to pay the third one, but has 
waited from year to year thinking the 
brother might put in an appearance. Now 
he thinks of selling the farm. What must 
he do in order to get the mortgage off rec¬ 
ord and a clear title to the property? Does 
a mortgage outlaw in 20 years from the 
last payment? If so, and the owner of the 
mortgage does not show up, can the other 
brothers bring any action in regard to the 
matter? h. b. c. 
New York. 
A mortgage becomes outlawed 20 years 
after it is due, provided no interest is paid. 
The law presumes that the debt is forgiven. 
In this case it will become outlawed 20 
years after it was due, or 80 years from 
the time of execution. We fear that no 
prudent man would buy a place with such 
a cloud on the title. The law will presume 
that a man is dead after an absence of 
seven years, but we doubt if a judge would 
grant such an order in this case. 
Renting Mortgaged Land. 
I have rented three acres of land at $10 
an acre. One acre I planted to straw¬ 
berries last Spring. The farm the land is 
on has a mortgage on it. If the man 1 
rented the land from lets it go back on 
the mortgage, can I hold the land for 
the three years? I pay the rent yearly. 
New York. j. H. 
A judgment and sale at foreclosure will 
.wipe out your lease and all similar claims. 
A person leasing property should look to 
see if the property is mortgaged, and if so 
consider the likelihood of a foreclosure. If 
your lease was recorded before the mort¬ 
gage the mortgagee loaned his money with 
notice of your rights in the premises. Con¬ 
sult the man who purchases the place; he 
may rent it to you on the same terms. 
Making a Will. 
Will you state the advantages of leaving 
a will? Are there any additional fees or in¬ 
convenience if there is no will? I am will¬ 
ing that mv property be equally divided. 
Ohio. s. c. 
In case of minor children or real prop¬ 
erty a person should execute a will to 
hasten the settlement of the estate. 
Usually some of the hefts or next of kin 
have done more for the deceased than 
others, or has received more from him; in 
such cases there should be a will to adjust 
the inequalities. Each person should con¬ 
sider how the law will divide his estate, 
and if such a distribution is unfair or dis¬ 
tasteful then a will should be drawn. The 
element of delay or fees is not important. 
The Hunt for Lime. 
L. G. L. t Orleans, Vt. —Seeing so much 
written about experience with ground 
limestone for clover and Alfalfa, has set 
me to figuring My farm in underlaid with 
ledges of slate stone as we call it here. 
These ledges are from two inches to 20 
feet below the surface, and crop out in 
places above the surface, enough to bother 
somewhat in using machinery for our 
farm work. I have burned pieces of these 
ledges until they would slake and make 
a mortar, the slaked pieces being quite 
biting to the hands. Would this be use¬ 
ful for a fertilizer if it were ground finely 
enough, and would it benefit the land here 
which is underlaid with the same stone? 
Would it be possible- to grind this in a 
small way for home use or on a larger 
scale for sale? If this could be done it 
would be “turning a nuisance into a 
profit.” 
Ans. —Your best plan is to start right 
and find out just what that rock con¬ 
tains. Have fair samples of it analyzed 
—then you can tell if there is enough 
lime in it to pay for handling. It would 
not pay to go to expense of facilities 
for grinding and burning if there is 
only a small quantity of lime in the 
rock. In case there is enough lime to 
pay, and you have water power, you can 
use a grinding mill. The same power 
could be used for stamping or crushing 
bones. All over the country this hunt 
for cheap lime is going on. In several 
places deposits of lime rock have been 
found and farmers have organized to 
buy mills. Old plastering, pottery 
moulds, shells—anything containing lime 
—is now being utilized as never before. 
On the older soils of the East this need 
of lime is greater than in most other 
parts of the country, and all of us can 
well afford to hunt lime. It is the high 
per cent of lime which it contains which 
helps make basic slag so popular as a 
source of phosphoric acid. 
Light from Gasoline, 
J. M., Golden, Col. —Do you know any¬ 
thing about a new light system of gaso¬ 
line with a thr^e, five, eight or 10-gallon 
tank with hollow wire and mantle? The 
tank has a pump and is used to pump 
air into the tank to make a pressure. It 
gives a fine light, and they are putting in 
quite a number through this part of the 
country. The charge is $25 up to light 
a farmhouse. Are they all right and will 
they last any length of time? 
Ans. —The system of lighting to 
which J. M. refers has an extensive 
use in many parts of the country, espe¬ 
cially in small towns and in the coun¬ 
try. Plants are seen frequently even 
in larger cities where both electric and 
gas service are available. The small, 
flexible tubing used for conveying the 
gasoline to the lights makes it possible 
to distribute the gasoline readily and 
cheaply through a house, and with the 
pressure tank and simple pump for 
maintaining the pressure by* adding 
more air to the tank as the gasoline is 
used out makes it possible to store the 
gasoline in a safe place and use it with¬ 
out the danger of handling in cans, as 
kerosene must be in filling lamps. 
There is nothing to give out in the 
plant except the pump and the mantles 
which cover the burner. The mantles 
have to be replaced periodically as they 
give out. They are usually fragile, and 
are liable to injury by sudden jars, but 
so far as I know this form of light 
service has been found fairly satisfac¬ 
tory and economical where it has been 
used. The light is steady and very 
brilliant. F. H. king. 
Transplanting Prizetaker Onions. 
F. IF. C., Towanda, Pa. —At wbat time 
should I sow Prizetaker onions in hotbed 
to have the plants ready for setting the 
latter part of May? Will setting them at 
that time give them ample time to mature 
in this latitude (northern part of Pennsyl¬ 
vania) ? How much space will it require 
to grow plants for one-quarter acre? 
Ans. —We allow at least six weeks 
for growth in the hotbeds. It will de¬ 
pend upon the care you give them. We 
have had them forced so that we had 
to shear them back twice before plant¬ 
ing, while in' other cases they grew 
hardly large enough. On rich soil kept 
clean and well cultivated they ought to 
mature. At least eight sash will be 
needed for good plants. 
Treks and Cisterns. —I am building a 
brick cistern. There is an old apple tree 
and a young maple tree both within 15 feet 
of cistern wall. Will roots from these 
trees disturb wall? If so, what can be 
done to prevent same? a. s. 
Madeira, O. 
R. N.-Y.—Will readers who have had ex¬ 
perience with trees and cisterns please tell 
us about this? 
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Brunswick, Me., October 10,1908. 
The Coe-Mortjmer Co., New York City. 
Gentlemen: I shipped you today, by express, 
a sample of our “Star of the East” potatoes, 
grown on vour E. FRANK COE’S RED 
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drought, but in spite of these conditions, I had 
a good cro]) of potatoes where your fertilizer 
was used. My “Star of the East” yielded 330 
bushels per acre, and my “Norcross” 290 
bushels per acre. Would have got nearly 
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Woodridge, N. J., October 12, 1908. 
The Coe-Mortimer Co., New York City. 
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Delmar, N. Y., September 4, 1908. 
The Coe-Mortimer Co., New York City. 
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Yours respectfully, (Signed) E. Van Allen, 
Glenburnie Farm,Stockbridge, Mass.,Oct.9,’08. 
The Coe-Mortimer Co., New York City. 
Gentlemen: 1 used vour PERUVIAN 
MARKET GARDENERS’ FERTILIZER on a 
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the Spring of 1908, and the soil of which was of 
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(Signed) II. C. Haven. 
West Millbury, Mass., September 22,1908. 
The PERUVIAN VEGETABLE GROWER 
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We are convinced from experience, that 
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Very truly yours, (Signed) George I. Stowe. 
Orient, L. I., October 10,1908. 
The Coe-Mortimer Co., New York City. 
Gentlemen: In reply to yours of September 
28th, would say I have used your E. FRANK 
COE’S RED BRAND EXCELSIOR GUANO 
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“THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING.” 
Clark’s Green, Pa., October 15, 1908. 
The Coe-Mortimer Co., New York City. 
Gentlemen: Your E. FRANK COE’S PENN¬ 
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withstanding the severe drought which we 
have had. (Signed) Emery E. White. 
New Sweden. Me., November 9, 1908. 
The Coe-Mortimer Co., New York City. 
Gentlemen: I used 1,000 pounds of E. FRANK 
COE’S DOUBLE STRENGTH POTATO 
MANURE per acre, on a 12 acre field, where 
the land was so run out that, my neighbors 
said I would not get my seed back. I got 125 
barrels per acre of good, smooth potatoes. 
Very truly yours, (Signed) A. II. Anderson. 
Jamaica, N. Y., August 17, 1908. 
The Coe-Mortimer Co., New York City. 
Gentlemen: The PERUVIAN GRASS TOP 
DRESSING purchased from the Coe-Mortimer 
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(Signed) John L. WyckofT. 
Hopewell, N. J. 
The Coe-Mortimer Co , New York City. 
Gentlemen: In regard to your fertilizers I 
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bags (417)4 pounds) of E. FRANK COE’S RED 
BRAND EXCELSIOR*GUANO were applied 
to each acre. The buckwheat (% acre), had 
one bag (167 pounds) of E. FRANK COES 
BLACK BRAND EXCELSIOR GUANO. The 
straw was 3)4 feet high and the yield was over 
25 bushels of grain. Respectfully, 
(Signed) Thomas B. Parsil. 
Office of Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor. 
Ludlow. Mass., October 20, 1808. 
The Coe-Mortimer Co., New York City. 
Gentlemen: I always get the best results 
where I use fertilizer alone on my potato crop. 
This year was no exception. The crop grown 
with fertilizer was far superior in quality and 
nearly double the quantity. Off of four acres 
(Learning Corn) 1 filled an 80-ton Silo, and 
have a few loads left. Respectfully yours, 
(Signed) M. T. Kane. 
Sells Station, Pa., Oct. 31,1908. 
The Coe-Mortimer Co., New York City. 
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