1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
4!)7 
COMPRESSED AIR SPRAYING. 
What has always appeared to me to 
be the weakest point in the compressed 
air spraying systems, is the apparent 
difficulty in cleaning the tanks. Using 
the ordinary wooden tanks and pumps, 
both hand and power, and endeavoring 
to maintain careful, thorough agitation, 
we find that there will be some precipi¬ 
tation of the spray material upon the 
sides and bottom of the tanks, and it is 
occasionally necessary to get into the 
tank and remove the accumulation by 
scraping. It may be that the iron and 
steel tanks do not collect the spray ma¬ 
terial as much as wooden tanks do, and, 
if so, or if the users of this system 
have any method of preventing or re¬ 
moving the deposit, it would go far to¬ 
ward removing my distrust of the meth¬ 
od, which otherwise is attractive from 
its comparative simplicity and light 
may seize it. They cannot annoy the wife 
nor touch her separate property. If A has 
no property it would he useless for the 
administrator to proceed. 
Division of Wife’s Property. 
A woman dies intestate, leaving a hus¬ 
band, but no children. How is the per¬ 
sonal property divided? a. e. 
New York. 
If there are brothers or sisters or parents 
of the deceased, then such next of kin 
takes one-half and the widower takes the 
remaining one-half. If there are no chil¬ 
dren or next of kin the widower takes 
all. In all cases the widower is entitled 
to act as administrator. All debts must 
be paid first. 
Witnessing a Will. 
A public officer draws a will and acts 
as a witness to it with another; is. it 
valid? ii. ii. 
New York. 
It does not matter who draws the will; 
it speaks for itself. New York requires 
two witnesses, who must see the testator 
sign or admit the signature. Some States 
require three witnesses. A legatee should 
weight. The question of danger from not witness it, as he will lose his legacy; 
the storage of such high pressures is to otherwise any sane person of proper age 
be considered also, and although it, from 
theoretical reasons, does not appear very 
serious, yet it is to be desired, if any 
users of the system have had the tanks 
give way, that they inform us as to the 
mode of occurrence and the results 
Rhode Island. h. w. heaton. 
Fertilizer for Fruit. 
Several Headers .—What is hicant by 
the Jersey chemical mixture for fruit? 
Ans.— We do not know exactly what 
this is. Very likely you mean the mix¬ 
ture of chemicals suggested by Dr. E. 
B. Voorhees, of the New Jersey Experi¬ 
ment Station, in an address before the 
New Jersey Horticultural Society. Dr. 
Voorhees suggests what he calls a basic 
mixture of one-third each fine ground 
bone, acid phosphate and muriate of 
potash. This gives an analysis of one 
per cent nitrogen, 12 of phosphori/c 
acid and 16 of potash. Dr. Voorhees 
gives the following reasons for using 
this mixture: 
The first is because such a mixture 
could do uo harm in any case; second, it 
adds direct plant food to the soil, and of 
the kind liable to be needed in all cases; 
third, ihe constituent elements are not so 
quickly available as to cause an undue 
stimulation of tree, on any kind of soil; 
besides, inasmuch as it is a formula which 
supplies chiefly of the minerals, there is 
practically no danger of any loss of plant 
food from the soil; fourth, since it is quan¬ 
tity rather than quality which we are 
considering, the amounts applied can be 
readily adjusted to meet what is believed 
to be the deficiencies of the various classes 
of soils. This formula meets in a super¬ 
lative degree the requirements of such long- 
lived fruits as apples and pears, and may 
contribute to the vigor and longer life of 
peaches, plums, berries and other small 
fruits. 
For many fruits and especially on 
light soils more nitrogen would be re¬ 
quired. In many cases this could be 
furnished h„ „t_... inent in a bond or note is evidence of the 
iurnisiKti by growing clover, cow peas, claim. 
beans or similar crops, and plowing 
may witness it. The same rules apply to 
a codicil. Care should be taken to insure 
clearness, and it is well to have a copy. 
Defect in Deed. 
Thirty years ago 1 took a warranty deed 
for my farm. I now find that the descrip¬ 
tion is wrong and that I am entitled to 
more land. The party selling it is still liv¬ 
ing. What should I do? c. f. g. 
Michigan. 
The grantor in his warranty deed con¬ 
tracts to make ‘good any defects and war¬ 
rants the title. You should get an ac¬ 
curate survey, have a deed drawn to con¬ 
form to the proper descriptions and ask 
the grantor to execute it. Such matters 
should be corrected as early as possible. 
A statement in flic deed that it was to 
correct an inaccuracy would be wise. 
Rights in Property, 
A husband and wife hold title equally 
to some property; can either devise it 
by will? f. e. 
Michigan. 
A person can always dispose of by 
will or otherwise such things as he owns. 
If a person mentions more in his will 
than he owns they do not pass; the will 
is valid otherwise. An estate by the en¬ 
tirety which is to a husband and wife 
descends to the survivor. Other interests 
in property may be sold or pass by will at 
the pleasure of the owner. We do not 
know what title you have without reading 
your deed, but you should mention this 
property in your will and leave it to the 
probate-court to decide what interest you 
held. 
Wife’s Right in Estate. 
The deed to a farm reads “A. B. and 
wife to John Jones.” As Mrs. Jones helped 
pay for the place, and is still interested 
in it, we think that her name should ap¬ 
pear on record as having some interest in 
it. H. B. 
Wisconsin. 
The fact that Mrs. Jones is the wife 
of the owner gives her certain rights in 
the place. She has other rights as to 
inheriting a part of the personal property 
in case she outlives her husband. If Mr. 
Jones wishes to make his wife a part 
owner he may do it by conveving to her 
an undivided half interest by the entirety. 
By this means each is owner and the 
survivor takes all. The husband may exe¬ 
cute a mortgage or deed to her. It is 
proper that the interest of the wife be 
shown on the record, but a formal state 
inent in 
Paint's Part 
in Home-making 
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Cl Next to no paint at all, the worst thing: is 
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them under. In many cases this has 
been done successfully. We know of 
orchards where a mixture like this one 
was used and in connection with it 
clover was plowed under each year. No 
other nitrogen was used, yet after sev- 
eial years the trees made s6 much wood 
growth that it was necessary to stop 
sowing clover. In case the crops showed 
a lack of nitrogen, it would be pos¬ 
sible to add nitrate of soda to this 
basic mixture” and get results at once. 
LEGAL MATTERS. 
Proceedings for Debt. 
A owes a merchant for a feed bill con¬ 
tracted for in 1902. A payment was made 
on it in 1905; since A has taken his resi¬ 
dence in Delaware and the merchant has 
ately died. Can the administrator take 
any steps to annoy the family of A, who 
still live in New York. D . A . 
Delaware. 
A book account or simple debt outlaws 
alter six years unless there has been a 
Part payment, judgment or note. So this 
debt runs from 1906 and as the creditor 
a f ea . r aud a half additional is added 
net ore it is outlawed. The administrator 
may recover judgment provided they can 
the' sin . u'‘ K y ° U have P ro Pe r ty beyond 
the small sum allowed for exemption they 
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