1910. 
610 
the rural new-yorkeb 
A FARM PUMPING TOWER. 
Within the last Five years farmers 
have made more substantial progress 
in providing good water for stock and 
household purposes than for decades 
previous. The perfection iof well¬ 
drilling machinery has been one cause 
•and the availability of electric power 
has been the another. In some places 
artesian flows with considerable force 
have been struck, and then with gen¬ 
erator and motor, a whole farmhouse 
outfit has been illuminated and provid¬ 
ed with power. The accompanying 
picture, Fig. 207, shows a very useful and 
cheaply operated system provided by 
George S. Hilton, Will County, Ill. At 
the top of the tower is a 40-barrel 
tank supplied from a well 100 feet deep. 
SUBSTANTIAL WATER TOWER. Fig. 207. 
At first Mr. Hilton kept it pumped by 
the power of a windmill, but after¬ 
wards put in a small electric motor 
and connected it with a supply wire 
along the roadway. The house now 
supplies six different houses in as many 
locations, sending crystal-clear, ice-cold 
wafer to all rooms of upper floors 
where water is required. The connect¬ 
ing pipes are sunk below frost danger 
and up to this time the plant has not 
laid off a minute. The cost of pumping 
is but a few cents a day, the motor do¬ 
ing two stents a day. The pressure 
is sufficient to throw a stream to the 
highest barn roof of the place. The 
tower is lined inside so that the opera¬ 
tion of the pump as well as the piping 
is impervious to cold, freezing weather. 
Illinois. j. L. GRAFF. 
Plums Losing Fruit. 
T). D. 77., EUrood, N. ./. — Will you tell me 
what to do to our plum trees to make them 
retain their fruit until it gets ripe? We 
have about three dozen trees which are in 
full bloom every year, but drop their fruit 
long before it gets ripe. The plums are 
about the size of small hen eggs. We don't 
know the name of them. 
Axs.—It is almost certain that the 
cause of the falling off of the unripe 
plums is one of two things, or both 
of them; curculio, or brown rot. The 
former is a small bug that lays eggs in 
the growing fruit, beginning soon after 
it is well formed, and these eggs hatch 
into little grubs that eat their way to the 
pit, and that soon causes the fruit to 
gradually die and drop to the ground, 
where the insects pass into the perfect 
stage and are thus continued in their 
career of destruction. To gather the 
fallen fruit and destroy it does some 
good, but jarring the trees and catching 
on sheets the bugs that fall as well as 
the fruit is of far more benefit. This 
must be done at least twice a week to 
be very effective. If the fruit begins to 
rot when it is nearly- full grown, then 
the brown rot is affecting it. This can 
be prevented by spraying with Bordeaux 
mixture, and some good fruit growers 
advocate instead a mixture of the lime- 
sulphur wash and arsenate of lead. A 
good formula is two pounds of arsenate 
of lead, six pounds of sulphur and 10 
pounds of lime to 50 gallons of water. 
The lime-sulphur mixture should be 
made first, after the most approved 
method given in the experiment station 
bulletins, or other reliable authority, and 
the arsenate of lead added after cooling 
of the former mixture. This will pre¬ 
vent the rot, and some say the curculio 
to some extent, if applied at least twice 
during the growing season. 
H. E. VAX DEM AN. 
Plowing a Peach Orchard. 
E. A. B., Massachusetts .—Does early 
plowing of peach orchards start them Into 
growth so as to endanger them from frost? 
If it does not, my peach orchards are so 
situated as to enable me to plow them in 
March usually, and so save time for other 
plowing later on. 
Ans. —No, stirring the ground early 
will not start the peach or any other 
trees into growth in Spring. It is the 
warmth of the air that causes the buds 
to swell. This principle has been well 
tested in many cases, and proved beyond 
any doubt. I have seen grape vines and 
running rose bushes with their roots in 
frozen ground and their branches inside 
greenhouses where they were in full 
growth in Winter. There is living con¬ 
nection with the earth, from which mois¬ 
ture comes up through the roots and 
stem to the growing tops, where the air 
is warm enough for active vegetation. 
II. E. VAN DEM AN. 
Corn After Buckwheat. 
I have a piece of ground which was 
plowed after the grass had been cut last 
year and sown to buckwheat and Crimson 
clover. The buckwheat did pretty well, 
and the clover made a little growth. A 
part of it was manured some weeks ago 
for a crop of corn, but I am told that 
corn will not do well after buckwheat. 
Is this correct? If so, what is the rea¬ 
son? Would it be a good place to raise 
potatoes? s. s. b. 
We do not know of any reason why either 
corn or potatoes should not do well after 
last year’s buckwheat. We should not hesi¬ 
tate to plant either crop, but think po¬ 
tatoes would do better. 
LEGAL MATTERS. 
Rights of Warehousemen. 
I have been storing my goods in a ware¬ 
house and am in arrears for cartage and 
storage. Can they sell my goods for such 
debt, and if so how? . s. f. 3 . 
New York. 
The warehouseman is held strictly ac¬ 
countable for injury or loss, and, in turn, 
is protected as to his fees. lie has a 
lieu on till goods for the payment of rea¬ 
sonable charges for storage and can fore¬ 
close the lien and sell the goods after 
advertising them 10 days. The advertise¬ 
ment must set forth name of owner, de¬ 
scription of goods and amount due. It 
will be wise to see him with a view of 
settlement or of a ne'w contract. General 
Business Law, page 1202, 1909. 
Wife’s Right in Divorce. 
A wife obtains divorce from her hus¬ 
band with a judgment for alimony. If 
the husband takes up permanent residence 
in another State, can she enforce her 
judgment for alimony? r. t. 
New York. 
A decree, of divorce forbids the defendant 
from marrying again, and in case it is 
granted to the wife it provides for her 
support. The amount of alimony depends 
on the income of the husband, it will not 
help the husband to move to another State, 
as a final judgment from a court of record 
here will be active elsewhere. If he neg¬ 
lects to pay lie is liable to arrest for con¬ 
tempt. The husband has no alternative 
but to pay the monthly allowance. 
Liability for Stored Property. 
A neighbor who is in the swine business 
agreed to care for my sow for a few days. 
While there other hogs broke into the pen 
and killed my sow ; who should stand the 
loss? r. m. E. 
Massachusetts. 
Your neighbor assumed custody of your 
hog and is answerable for any negligence. 
If the pen was not secure or if he could 
place her in a safer place, it will be for the 
jury to say whether he was negligent. The 
fact that hogs do not often kill each other 
will be considered. We do not think you 
can recover on these facts, but your con¬ 
tract with him and custom among farmers 
may change matters. 
Disputed Boundary. 
The boundary lines of my place are in 
dispute. A certain stump, pile of stones 
and road mentioned in the description 
have changed. We cannot get back ac¬ 
curately to the place of beginning. What 
should be done? s. d. 
Connecticut. 
You should consult the deeds of your 
adjoining property, as well as your own; 
learn from the older neighbors where the 
lines ran, then call in a surveyor, who 
should be able to find the boundary. Often 
the description in one deed follows an¬ 
other generations after the trees, stumps 
or stones have been removed. You should 
not hesitate to have this matter made 
certain. 
Let Spear 
—of Pittsburg 
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Personal 
gr 
the home furnishing busi 
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to supply the wants of people with modest 
incomes, who wisli to live well at small es¬ 
pouse. The enormous, nation-wide Credit 
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is the result of my efforts, and 1 am proud 
of my success—of the confidence that the 
people give mo. I personally guarantee each 
and every customer of the House of Spear a 
“ square deal.” Let me help you to furnish 
your home on credit. 
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You need not deprive yourself of any article 
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Rocker Bargain 
Send us $1.00 and 
wewill sendyou tills 
massive “Night Owl' 
Sleepy Hoilow Rock¬ 
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grained, highly pol- 
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Beautifully carved 
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loather, with deep, 
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Write for Free Catalog No. 19 
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RICKER HAY CARRIER 
For Barn or Stack 
With Fork or Sling 
Holds the load at 
any point, draws «sa] 
easy, runs either 
way, never binds on 
track; will last a 
lifetime. Dozen 
different styles-all 
the result of 40 years’ 
experience. 
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250 N. Water St., Rochester, N. Y, 
your 
needs 
iLIGHTNIN _ 
Protection at Lowest Cost 
Don’t keep your family and property 
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1 cost -freight prepaid, with simple in- 
tstructlons so you can put It up. 1 save 
r you agents’ and dealers’ profits 
Pay Nothing Until Satisfied 
> Order on approval. If not satis¬ 
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J. A. SCOTT, President 
THE J. A. SCOTT COMPANY 
Dept. 1, Detroit. Mich. 
MONTROSS METAL SHINGLES. 
Most durablo roofing sold. On market 21 years. 
Fireproof. Ornamental. Inexpensive. Catalog 
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YEARLY 
OUTPUT 
OVER 
G,000,000 
ALPHA 
PORTLAND CEMENT 
is absolutely the best that can be made 
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U. S. Government and in State, Munici¬ 
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Send for Booklet and learn why it is the best. 
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ADDRESS 
2 Center Square, EASTON, PA. 
HEATING 
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KROESCHELL 
HOT WATER BOILER 
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458 West Erie Street Chicago, Illinois 
CIDER PRESSES 
The Original Mt. Gilead Hydraulic Press 
produces more cider from loss 
apples than any other and is a 
BIO MONEY MAKER. Sizes 
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cider evaporators, apple- 
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107 Lincoln Ave., Mt. Gilead, Ohio, _ 
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AGRICULTURE 
Our Tile 
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Are thoroughly 
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- — ; - glazed. Made of 
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manufacturers of 
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H. B. CAMP COMPANY, 
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VITRIFIED 
3 
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Largest manufacturers in America. 
The Fertilizer Materials Supply Co. 
All Kinds of Pure 
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HOME MIXING 
Also a COMPLETE FERTILIZER for general 
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80 WALL ST., NEW YOKE 
J3f*Wo employ no salesmen or agents, and appeal 
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HYDRATED I IMF IN PAPER sacks, car lots, 
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PURE I,IIUE SCREENINGS from the best 
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