1910 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
839 
Size of Cauliflower Barrels. 
A Long Island reader wants to know 
what the authorities will do about cauli¬ 
flower barrels. Will they demand a certain 
standard size? At present farmers ship in 
about any size barrel they can get. 
Ans. —C. J. Driscoll, the City Com¬ 
missioner of Weights and Measures, re¬ 
ferred this to Dr. Reichmann, the State 
Superintendent, who says: 
“There is no statute relative to the 
size of containers for cauliflowers; how¬ 
ever, that does not prevent the city of 
New York under local ordinance from 
requiring standard barrels. I have al¬ 
ready arranged to call a meeting on Sep¬ 
tember 28 of the grocers and the manu¬ 
facturers of containers and the distribu¬ 
tors, which will take up in detail the 
various forms of containers used. This 
meeting will also be attended by a num¬ 
ber of people interested as producers, 
distributors and officials in a number 
of the neighboring States.” 
Effect of Acid Phosphate 
J. ./. B., Pulteney, N. Y. —What danger is 
there of souring the soil with acid phos¬ 
phate when no more is used than 123 to 
100 pounds per acre? Would you make 
clear to your readers what constitutes a 
high-grade fertilizer? Many think they are 
buying a high grade, something like this, 
t-8-4, and paying $25. 
Ans. —There would be little danger of 
souring the soil in using such a small 
amount of acid phosphate. When j-ou 
consider that an acre of soil one foot 
deep weighs 3,500,000 pounds you will 
see there is no great danger from 150 
pounds of the phosphate. Continued 
use of the phosphate, especially if it is 
not well scattered, might make spots 
here and there sour. Our idea of a 
high-grade fertilizer is one containing a 
large amount of each of the three ele¬ 
ments of plant food and as little “filler” 
as possible. The plant food should also 
be available and derived from different 
forms. The analysis you mention does 
not indicate a high-grade mixture. Take 
a fertilizer 3j4 to 4—8—7 with the ni¬ 
trate in three forms—nitrates, sulphate 
of ammonia and organic, and the phos¬ 
phoric acid from both rock and bone, 
and you would have what we call a 
high-grade mixture. High price does 
not always mean high grade, and low 
price does not always mean that the 
fertilizer is economical. The safest way 
to buy nitrogen in mixed goods is to 
select one with a high guarantee, be¬ 
cause the more nitrogen there is in 
such a mixture the more necessary it is 
for the manufacturer to use the most 
available forms. 
A Cement Granary. 
J. IF. S., Syra< use, X. Y.—Is a cement 
granary a practical one to build, and bow 
would you build it? Give dimensions to 
hold about 2,000 bushels of grain. 
Ans. —Cement concrete is an ideal 
material for use in the construction of a 
granary except for one feature. In a 
very damp climate where there are 
heavy and protracted rains, there is some 
danger of moisture drawing through the 
walls by capillary action, rendering them 
damp in rainy weather, which would 
have a tendency to cause molding if the 
grain came directly against the wall. If 
hollow cement blocks are used in laying 
up the wall the danger from dampness 
would be very much reduced, but with 
either the solid wall or the wall built of 
concrete blocks, plastered smooth on the 
inside, it would be a comparatively sim¬ 
ple matter to waterproof the walls 
against dampness by applying a coat of 
hot pitch and coal tar with a brush. With 
this provision there is little danger 
from dampness. A granary to hold 2,000 
bushels, leaving suitable space for work 
inside, and supposing the bins to be 
filled to a depth of six feet, would need 
to be at least 18 by 30 feet inside meas¬ 
ure. Everything considered, we should 
prefer to use the concrete blocks rather 
than the solid wall, which would require 
considerable expense for forms, as these 
may be laid up quickly and as simply as 
brick. If the floor is made of concrete 
also, and this would be advisable for 
durability, and in order to make it ver¬ 
min-proof, there should be laid down 
first a layer of at least six inches of 
very coarse gravel or crushed rock, in 
order to prevent dampness from draw¬ 
ing up from the ground by capillarity 
through the floor, ramming this firmly 
so as to avoid all settling, and then 
cover this with about two inches of good 
concrete, such as is used in sidewalk con¬ 
struction. F. II. KING. 
Trouble With Road Officers. 
L. S., Ohio .—A man is appointed road 
supervisor who has a grudge toward his 
neighbor, and scrapes in front of this neigh¬ 
bor’s outlet to injure his approach to public 
highway. The trustees are called and they 
fill in this outlet as it was before the 
supervisor and his men scraped it out. 
Who must pay _ these three viewers for 
coming and fixing the outlet? This road 
supervisor was appointed by the trustees 
who fixed this outlet. 
Ans.— Where an officer in the dis¬ 
charge of his duty injures the property 
of another through malice, he can be 
made to pay the damages. But the law 
presumes that an officer while discharg¬ 
ing his duty is acting in good faith. 
The burden of proving malice would 
rest on you. It would be necessary that 
the proof was clear, otherwise you had 
better pay. 
Citizenship of Alien. 
IF. L. M., Maine .—I was born in New 
Brunswick, 27 years ago. My mother 
was left a widow and came to this country 
when I was about four years of age. She 
married a citizen while I was yet a minor. 
I married a woman here, have two children 
and property here, am a farmer. Have 
I the right to vote without taking out 
papers? I am a believer in “voting for 
the principle,’’ regardless of party, and I 
think the parcels post needs my vote. 
Ans. —Citizenship by aliens, in this 
country is not acquired at a low price. 
Unless your father was a naturalized 
citizen before you were 18 years old, or 
unless you are an honorably discharged 
soldier or sailor, you must go before 
some court of competent jurisdiction and 
make declaration of your intention to 
become a citizen. Two years later you 
may file with the saute court a petition 
for citizenship. The judge will then, in 
open court, examine you as to your 
qualifications. Among these qualifica¬ 
tions, corroborated by two witnesses, who 
are citizens, are these: You must have 
resided in this country, continuously, for 
five years. You must speak the English 
language and have sound ideas on our 
form of government. You must re¬ 
nounce allegiance to any foreign power 
and swear to support the constitution of 
the United States. We believe you 
will vote right when you become a citi¬ 
zen ; lose no time therefore in gaining 
the privilege. 
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1— Concrete Sidewalks 
2— Concrete Troughs 
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We have gotten up for farmers, free plans, instructions and speci¬ 
fications for building a concrete sidewalk, a concrete watering trough and 
a concrete porch and steps. You and your hired man can make these 
things yourselves at slight expense, and make them with concrete which 
is everlasting, fireproof, sanitary and economical Sidewalks are no 
longer solely for the city people. Progressive farmers all over the 
country are surrounding their houses with concrete sidewalks and are 
putting concrete floors into their barns, cribs, granaries and other farm 
buildings. Anything constructed of concrete is a permanent improve¬ 
ment on the farm, adds permanent value to the farm, and it is at the 
same time cheaper in the long run than wood. 
Not only do we furnish free plans for the above things but also plans 
and instructions for building any object about the farm, out of cement. 
If there are any permanent improvements you want to make, write us 
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