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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 26, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Application of Lime. 
A. Z, Stepney, Conn.—In applying lime 
in the Spring seeding, oats and clover, can 
I put ground bone in at the same time? 
What kind of lime should I use? 
Ans. —We should use air-slaked lime 
harrowed in after plowing. The lime 
will not affect the bone. When acid 
phosphate is used with lime a chemical 
union between them occurs. The phos¬ 
phate takes up more lime and becomes 
less available as plant food. The bone 
will not combine with the lime. 
Plumbing Questions. 
M. 0. R., Albion, Mich .—Will you sug¬ 
gest some elementary work on plumbing, 
boilers, etc.? I am very much interested in 
this work, and should like to know all 
about it. IIow did W. II. Miller find out 
what tools to buy? IIow did he know the 
make and size of boiler to purchase? IIow 
did he know the amount of radiating sur¬ 
face required? 
Ans. —The best book I know of is 
“Hot Water Heating, Steam and Gas 
Fitting,” by James J. Lawler. Manu¬ 
facturers’ catalogues are also very val¬ 
uable and informing. They give latest 
knowledge in concise form. The gen¬ 
eral scheme of laying out a hot-water 
plant is to begin with the beater. This 
is rated at so much radiator capacity. 
That means so many square feet of 
radiator surface taken care of. A 
foot of radiator surface is supposed 
to heat about 50 cubic feet of air in 
a room. This is not arbitrary, and 
varies with conditions. The book men¬ 
tioned gives much desired facts, and 
also a table stating the amount of 
radiator surface that each size pipe 
will supply. These are the main points 
for study. The manufacturers will 
cheerfully give all these and many 
other pointers on application. 
w. H. MILLER. 
Heating Questions. 
E- J. S., Sherman, N. Y .—I have taken 
out hot-air furnace, as it did not work 
at all well in high wind and need some 
kind of heat just as soon as possible. 
What is your heater and how expensive? 
What kind of fuel do you use? Do you 
need radiator in every room, and how ex¬ 
pensive are they? Do pipes run under the 
floor and if so how close ? If above the 
floor how do you manage at doorways? 
Would it do to have tank up near ceiling, 
on second floor, or below in attic above? 
Where is best to purchase tools? 
Ans. —When installation of a hot- 
water system is contemplated the first 
thing is to get as accurate an idea as 
possible of the size of heater -and num¬ 
ber of radiators needed. The rest is 
simply a matter of measurements for 
piping—having decided the location of 
radiators—and figuring out the fittings 
required, such as elbows, unions, valves, 
etc. First, ascertain the number and 
size of radiators needed. It is figured 
that one square foot of radiator surface 
will heat 40 cubic feet of space. That 
is, a room 15x15 feet and eight-foot 
ceiling would lake a radiator of 45 feet, 
which is about right. Having deter¬ 
mined the size, location and number of 
radiators wanted, take up the boiler or 
heater. The heater is rated according 
to its radiator capacity. A heater of 
250 feet capacity will take care of that 
number of radiator square feet. Locate 
the heater as near the center of the 
house as possible. Make a plan with 
accurate measurements, running the pip¬ 
ing from heater to radiators as direct as 
possible and return. From this plan you 
can tell how much length of pipe is 
needed, with couplings, elbows, tees, 
unions, valves, etc., then it is simply a 
matter of putting it together. Most of 
the piping will be one inch. Starting 
from the boiler of ordinary size, two- 
inch pipe is used, then it grades down 
to 1 J 4 , 1/4 and one-inch rapidly as the 
branches to the different radiators are 
taken off, the return pipes being of the 
same capacity. It should be remembered 
that two lines of piping are required, 
running nearly side by side. One is the 
supply to the radiator and the other 
the return pipe to bottom of boiler. The 
material for a good satisfactory system 
for a house of fair size can be had for 
from $100 to $175. A good deal can be 
done for the first figure if one buys right 
or uses second-hand pipe, but in this 
there is an element of luck. All ex¬ 
posed piping should be covered with as¬ 
bestos or other jackets to save heat. 
w. H. M. 
Some Fertilizer Figuring. 
A. S„ Illinois .—A Louisiana planter has 
some fertilizer for his cotton fields, con¬ 
sisting of 62% per cent acid phosphate, 
30 per cent dried blood, 7% per muriate 
of potash. He finds that his land needs 
more acid phosphate, and decides to add 
enough of it to the mixture so that it 
shall he 70 per cent of the total. How 
many pounds of acid phosphate must be 
added to a ton of the fertilizer? 
A North Carolina farmer finds that a 
fertilizer he has been using is too rich 
in acid phosphate. The formula used is 
25 per cent dried blood, 5 per cent nitrate 
of soda, 20 per cent sulphate of potash, 
and the rest acid phosphate. How many 
pounds less of acid phosphate must be 
used to every 400 pounds of sulphate of 
potash, so that the acid phosphate shall 
be 45 per cent of the mixture? 
Ans. —As we understand the question 
the first mixture contains 1250 pounds 
acid phosphate, 600 of blood and 150 of 
muriate. In the new mixture which he 
intends to make the 750 pounds of blood 
and potash are to represent 30 per cent 
instead of 37J4. Thus the new mixture 
will contain 2500 pounds, and he should 
add 500 pounds of acid phosphate to the 
other ton. In the second question the 
fertilizer consists of 500 blood, 100 ni¬ 
trate of soda, 400 potash and 1,000 acid 
phosphate. If he is to make a new mix¬ 
ture with 45 per cent of acid phosphate 
he will use 900 pounds of that material 
and we assume that the 100 pounds will 
be proportionately distributed between 
the other chemicals. This would give 
900 pounds phosphate, 550 blood, 110 
nitrate and 440 potash. In every 400 
pounds of sulphate he should use 819 
pounds of acid phosphate. 
Prices at Canning Factories. 
F. S., Whitman, Mass. —What are the 
facts about a canning factory? How much 
does a farmer get for his produce, and what 
benefit would a farmer have by starting 
one? 
Ans. —The canning factory pays the 
farmers of this vicinity about $25,000 
yearly. The prices of the various pro¬ 
ducts are as follows: Corn, $10 per ton 
for ears with the husk on, the grower 
having cobs and husks back; string 
beans, 50 cents per bushel; squash, $8 
per ton; pumpkins, $4 per ton; pears, 
75 cents per bushel; apples, about 40 
cents per 100 pounds, according to 
quality and the apple market. Some 
of our best growers get four tons of 
corn per acre, 200 bushels string beans, 
and nine tons of squash. The apples 
used are generally about No. 3 in qual¬ 
ity. There is no doubt but that a can¬ 
ning factory in a locality where these 
products can be grown to advantage is 
a decided advantage to the farmers, 
because these prices give very good re¬ 
turns per acre to the man who is farm¬ 
ing in the way which brings the maxi¬ 
mum production of these crops. I 
should advise any community that 
wishes to start a canning factory to 
try to get some well established can¬ 
ning company to locate a factory with 
them, because the profits of the packer 
are dependent upon so many uncertain 
things, such an the season and market 
for his finished product, that it would 
seem unwise for farmers who had no 
knowledge of the business, no market 
for their goods, and perhaps not suffi¬ 
cient capital to enable them to hold 
their goods for a higher market, to 
start a factory on their own account. 
St. Albans, Vt. e. s. b. 
Has It 
Ever 
Occurred 
to You 
that Tubular 
cream separators 
are savin g the 
farmers of the 
United States mil¬ 
lions of dollars annually? 
That sounds pretty strong, but 
when you consider the hundreds 
of thousands that are in use and 
then remember that those sepa¬ 
rators sabe their cost ebery year the 
statement is not extravagant. 
Are you among the farmers who 
are letting the cream separator 
build your bank account? 
If not investigate at once the 
Tubular Separator 
because it skims clean; and due to 
its simplicity it is easy to clean, 
oil and handle; furthermore being 
built of the best materials obtain¬ 
able we guarantee it to last a life¬ 
time. 
Join the prosperous class and en¬ 
large your bank account by buying a 
Tubular. Don’t delay. Write at once 
for free catalogue 153. Do it now. 
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO., 
West Chester, Penna. 
Toronto, Can. San Francisco, Calif. Chicago, Ill. 
Natural 
Fine Ground Phosphate 
The Reliable Rand Builder. 
If lft to 80c. worth of FINE G KOTIN II PHOS¬ 
PHATE applied to » ton ofauilinnl loniiure will n<I<l 
(SO to tOOf to the productive capacity of that ton of 
manure, can you afford not to une It 1 If $1.25 worth 
of Ground Phosphate per acre properly applied to the 
soil direct is safe to increase your crop yields all the way 
from 25 to 75 ®. could you make a better investment f 
Ground Phosphate will positively accomplish tliyse 
results. Our Booklet, scut free, shows that the leading 
Agricultural Experiment Stations fully confirm these 
statements, and also tells how to apply it. Address 
The Fanners Ground Rock Phosphate Co., 
Ml. Pleasant, Tennessee. 
Why Not Use Hubbard’s 
HE DID—AND WAS SATISFIED. 
East Taunton, Mass., Oct. 28, 1908, 
The Rookrk Je Hubbard Co., 
Middletown. Conn. 
Gentlemen :—It Is very noticeable, as well as quite pleas¬ 
ing, to bear the good reports of Hubbard’s Fertilizers 
among our trade aird to note the gradual gain In customers, 
some coming to us for Hubbard’s Fertilizers who do not 
generally trade with us. This seems to conic about through 
Rceing crops grow on Hubbard’s at neighbors’ farms. We 
like to sell Hubbard’s Fertilizers because a customer is sure 
to come back for more. Truly yours, 
J. J. O' Connor 
Itubhnrd'* Fertilixer Almnnnc for 1900 now 
ready and will he sent free to any address. 
THE ROGERS & HUHBARD CO., 
Makers of Huhltard’s Fertilizers. 
Middletown, Conn. 
If you arc in want of anything for 
ORCHARD, VINEYARD, LAWN, PARK, 
STREET, DARDEN OR GREENHOUSE 
lant9 in general. Try us, 
plan 
deal 
why not patronize the old. 
reliable, up-to-date S. k 
H. Co., who have made a 
specialty of dealing direct 
with planters for over half 
a century? Seeds, If ulbs, 
Roses, Vines, mail size 
Shrubs and Trees post¬ 
paid. Safe arrival and sat¬ 
isfaction guaranteed. Im¬ 
mense stock of SUPEBB 
CANNAS, the queen of 
bedding plnnts. Catalog 
No. 1, 112 pages, FREE to 
huyersof Fruitand Orna- 
mentul Trees, no. 2, 168 
V hros. to buyers of Seeds, 
in lbs, Roses, Ferns, 
I’alms and greenhouse 
We will give you a square 
65 years. 44 greenhouses. 1200 acres. 
THE STORKS & HARRISON CO. 
Box 183. PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
ISBELL’S 
BELL BRAND 
CLOVER 
and other Farm Seeds are of 
the highest quality. We are in the great¬ 
est producing section in the World and 
can quote 
HIGHEST QUALITIES AT RIGHT PRICES. 
State what you want to buy and ask for 
samples and prices. 
S. M. ISBELL <fc CO., Seedsmen, 
Box 21, Jackson, Mich. 
S TRAWBERRY PLANTS— Ueliable,money-making 
varieties, only $1.60 and $1.75 per 1000. New 1909 cata¬ 
logue Free. S. A. VIRD1N, Hartley, Delaware. 
f p f Booklet ou CATALPA TREES 
■■ PV J" ^ Let me tell you about the 150 acres 
■ ■ I am growing for Telephone Poles. 
This wood takes the place of Ash aud Hickory for Car¬ 
riage-makers’ uses. Beats farming Two to One. 
H. C. ROGERS. Box xx, Meehanicsburg, Ohio 
P OTATOES—Mine, Carman, Cobbler, Hebron, Giant, Hustler, 
Longfellow,Ohio, Wonder,85 kinds. C. W. Ford, Fishers, N. Y. 
'THE ENOKMOU8 IIKLD of 50,000 quarts ot 
* Strawberries now growing by iuy system ou 
one acre. Send for CHART. 
KEVITT’S PLANT FARM. Athenia, N..I. 
HARRIS’ HIGH CLASS SEEDS. 
Being: seed growers, not 
mere dealers, we can fur¬ 
nish the very highest grade of seeds at the lowest possible prices. Don’t let agents fool you. Get 
our catalogue with wholesale price list and buy direct from the grower at half agents’ prices. We 
offer some very fine improved varieties of Oats, Corn, Potatoes, and other farm and garden seeds. 
Catalogue free, it is worth having. JOSEPH HARRIS CO., Coldwater, N. Y. 
SIZES 
8 to 16 Discs. 
DISCS 
16 to 20 in. 
Diameter. 
•will be 
itself 
THOROUGH CULTIVATION 
and preparation of the seed bed means bigger 
crops and more money for you. 
THE THOMPSON IN-THROW DISC HARROW 
appreciated on every farm and pay for 
in better crops the first season. 
IT IS THE ONLY HARROW THAT CUTS 
ALL THE GROUND IT COVERS. 
Simple, strong, flexible, light draft. 
We also make the Out-Throw Disc Harrow, 
Vineyard and Orchard Harrows, Spring Tooth 
and Spike Tooth Harrows, Cultivators, Plows, 
Land Rollers, Low-Down Wagons, Bob Sleds, 
etc. For full information regaining our full 
line of farm tools, write 
KVZkJNTS MPO. CO., Hammond, JSTew York. 
^OONTII^ 
■WUDA4 1 
FARMERS, IT WILL PAY YOU 
to use our FARMER’S FORGE OUT¬ 
FIT on your farm in doing blacksmithing 
and repairing. We have high endorse¬ 
ments for the thousands of Farmer’s 
Forges sold direct to farmers within the 
past twelve years in every state and 
Canada. Our Forges have hearths 24x26 
inches, 11^ inch blowers, run easy and 
have all the first class qualities of high- 
priced forges. Many of our customers 
say our forge has enabled them to save 
as high as 850 a year. When buying a 
forge it is advisable to get one with 
blower giving a strong blast for heavy 
work, and large hearth to hold the tools 
and make a deep welding fire. 
our Farmer’ 8 
Forges to be as 
large, as durable, 
WE POSITIVELY GUARANTEE 
do as much work, and equal in every way any $10.00 forge on the market, and as 
represented or money refunded. 
SPECIAL WINTER OFFER 
until March 31. 1909, we offer 1 Farmer’s Forge complete, 13.60 or one Farmer’s Forge, 
one anvil and vice combined, and one pair of tongs all for $5.40. Ten carloads on 
hand. Orders shipped promptly. This offer may not appear again. 
K^Write to-day. Send stamp for Catalogue No. 12 and testimonials. 
C. A. S. FORGE WORKS, Saranac, Michigan 
