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THE MAILBAG. 
Asphalt on Cement Floor. 
O N page 32, I noticed the question 
submitted by O. A. C., Jewell, Va., 
in reference to his cement floor 
sweeping away, which was answered by 
M. B. B'. To insure absolute perman¬ 
ency, it will have to be given a coat of 
good cement as suggested in M. B. D.’s 
answer, but as a temporary measure, if 
O. A. C. will give the floor a heavy coat 
of pure asphalt paint, there will be no 
further trouble from sweeping away for 
a long time to come. The floor should 
be swept as clean as possible before ap¬ 
plying the asphalt, which may be applied 
with a good-sized paint brush. The 
asphalt will work easier and more 
smoothly if kept warm. The floor will 
be black as coal after painting, but after 
it is dry, which only requires a short 
time, it will be hard and almost as smooth 
as glass. k. 
Pumping a Water Supply. 
O N page 69 A. C. L. writes about get¬ 
ting a supply of water to his barn, 
to be elevated 50 feet above source. 
Ilobt. II. Smith in his reply gives a very 
clear explanation of the principle of the 
pump, but.fails to show how A. C. L. can 
get the water to his barn. Should the 
source of water be a flowing spring with 
sufficient fall, as one might imagine could 
he had, as there is a fall of 50 feet in 
1200 from barn -to water, then a ram 
would put the water into his barn. Or 
if not fall enough to give power for ram 
to pump to barn it could pump part way 
perhaps, into a tank, and then be repump¬ 
ed by power to barn. Another way would 
be to install an engine and geared pump 
or proper pump with belt from. engine 
and water could be forced into his barn 
readily. Engine and pump at source. I 
trust A. C. L.’s supply of water is of 
such a quality that he can pump to the 
house also and have it as useful there as 
in the barn, if not more so. F. L. A. 
Tampa, Fla. 
A Farmer and a Picture Agent. 
I NOTICE you make mention of a new 
picture agent scheme in the “Publish¬ 
er’s Desk,” page 118. An agent was 
through here recently working the same 
thing, whether for the same company or 
not I do not remember. We did not want 
any pictures, but to please him drew out 
an old envelope which contained a cou¬ 
pon, which he said was very fortunate, 
as they were mostly blanks. I told him it 
was a fraud, and offered to sell him a 
five-pound jar of butter for $5. giving 
him a coupon for $3 to apply on it. lie 
saw the point at once, and left. 
Preston, N. Y. F. w. P. 
R. N.-Y.—If more farmers would put 
the point into these fellows they would 
soon point home like a tired dog. 
Bee Poison. —On page 34 it speaks of 
“bee poison.” We learned of a simple 
remedy, almost a specific, and it is found 
practically in all homes. The ordinary 
liquid bluing such as used in washing 
clothes, will relieve the pain from sting 
of bee, wasp, hornets, etc., and prevents 
swelling. Just pour on a liberal quantity 
arid rub or pat it in the skin gently. 
F. I.. A PAMS. 
Keeping IIurbard Squash. —I planted 
four hills of Hubbard squash June lo, 
and harvested 10, the largest weighing 
1 4y 2 pounds. I left them on the vines 
as late as possible, then brought them 
into my shop, leaving stem on for 
handles, where they remained on a shelf 
in the sun until they were liable to freeze. 
I then carried them into basement 
laundry, which is partitioned off from 
heated cellar; temperature usually about 
40 degrees. The largest two now being 
on a shelf (January 23) are sound, and 
none of the entire lot has decayed. This 
was my first experience, but I seem to 
have done the right thing. R. w. P. 
New Jersey. 
Tomato Canning. —In The II. N.-Y., 
page 57. information was asked relative 
to canning tomatoes for home market. 
It was asked how many tomatoes could 
be expected from 1000 plants, and how 
many No. 3 cans would be required to 
take care of them. I have had some 
experience in canning tomatoes for the 
last two seasons for home market. I put 
two pounds of solid tomatoes in the can 
and then if there is any room left I fill 
with juice. I find that there is differ¬ 
ence in the number of cans which can 
be filled from a bushel of tomatoes, and 
a good deal depends upon the variety and 
quality of the fruits. One year I had 
no trouble to fill 25 cans of solid toma¬ 
toes from a bushel. Last Fall I did not 
succeed in getting more than 20 or 22 
cans from a bushel of No. 1 tomatoes. One 
can safely figure on getting from 20 to 
25 cans from a bushel. < )f course if one 
does not want to use a solid pack more 
cans can be filled. Some directions are 
given which say that IS ounces of solid 
matter should be put in and then filled 
with juice. fbed a. i.oew. 
Indiana. 
Coons and Corn.—H aving seen in The 
R. N.-Y. several times articles about the 
fool game laws. I thought perhaps it 
might be interesting to note how the fool 
laws affect me. I have a very fertile 
piece of land of 30 acres. On each side 
an almost perpendicular ledge of rock, 
and woods adjoining, which makes an 
ideal place, for coons. A ..year ago last 
Summer I had five acres of field corn 
that looked very promising up to the time 
it began to silk out; then the coons be¬ 
gan to pull it down, and what they didn’t 
eat and destroy the crows and pheasants 
would finish the next day. We started 
cutting this corn, and quit with two rows 
cut. In 10 or 12 days I took a team and 
big box wagon and picked less than the 
box full outside of the two rows cut. I 
will now tell you how I managed to save 
the corn the past season. The coons had 
commenced before I was aware of it. I 
trimmed the borders clear around the 
corn, and strung slaked quicklime around 
the corn. I kept watch, but the rain 
soon- obliterated the lime. It wasn’t long 
before the coons got busy. I then took 
sheets of newspapers and drew a corner 
of the paper between the ears and the 
stalk on-every sixth or eighth hill, hang¬ 
ing lanterns 20 or 30 rods apart. This 
proved effectual. I calculate I got 100 
bushels ears of as nice yellow 12-rowed 
corn as I ever saw. dempster cadwell. 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
WANT TO KNOW. 
Rope Doormats. — Information is 
wanted how to make doormats out of 
discarded rope. When I was a young¬ 
ster and lived near the sea. sailors com¬ 
ing into port always had a number of 
nice doormats for sale made from dis¬ 
carded rope, in their leisure hours. Per¬ 
haps there may be among your thousands 
of readers some jolly tar who can give the 
information wished for. G. w. j. 
Massachusetts. 
Sparrows In Barn. —Can anyone ad¬ 
vise me how to get rid of sparrows in 
a barn? A flock of several hundred per¬ 
sist in making their home and nests in 
the rafters of a large barn in which I 
also keep a flock of poultry and feed them 
i* litter on the barn floor. The spar¬ 
rows annoy me by eating much of the 
grain and other food which is given the 
hens, and also their droppings in every 
part of the barn are still more annoying. 
When I attempt to drive them out they 
hide in their nests and crevices in the 
rafters. R. H. 
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