THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
987 
Farm Mechanics 
A Veteran Binder. 
In Tiie R. N.-Y. recently you asked 
about the age needed to make a “binder” 
gray-haired. Here is a view of my bin¬ 
der. It was taken in 1010. but th<> ma¬ 
chine looks about the same now. though 
the circle with a pair of compasses, com¬ 
mence at, or near, the center with a 
light hammer and light blows until a 
small hole is broken through; work 
around the edges of this hole with light 
blows until the whole material inside of 
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When carrying the chimney through a 
floor, see that the opening . is one-half 
inch larger, each way, than the rest of 
the chimney, so that if the building or 
chimney settles it will not bind on the 
chimney. Going through the roof, have a 
tin chimney box made that will come 
up four inches on the chimney■ above the 
highest point of the roof; have a flange of 
14-inch or %-incli on the top edge turned 
in so that it will be that far in the con- 
/Ur Spaces 
A Binder in Its Thirty-second Year. Fig. 372. 
the young man is older. lie is the third 
generation to run it and he is now of vot¬ 
ing age. 
My stepfather, the late D. M. Linsley, 
of Millville, bought this Deering binder at 
beginning of harvest in 1883, and ran it 
that year and part of the next year, when 
I. at the age of 15, began to run it. Then 
when he quit farming, about the Spring 
of 1894 I bought it. It has run every 
season except one. One year I was not at 
home, and we expect to get it out now in 
a few days to start it in on its thirty-sec¬ 
ond season of actual harvest work. Of 
course, we won’t brag of what it will do, 
because many things may happen. If any 
binder is entitled to be called gray-haired 
I think mine is. This machine is the II. 
I’. Matthews pattern of 1882, and was the 
first binder to come into our neigh¬ 
borhood, Medina, X. Y.. on trucks. 
It is all wood frame. The middle 
horse is still able to take her place 
at the age of 2G. This binder cost $200. 
There were many of these machines sold 
around here; but this is the only one I 
know of around now, as the last one I 
knew of was retired four or five years 
ago. I think that was one year earlier 
make. n. p. m. 
Orleans Co., X. Y. 
R. X.-Y.—It is the man back of the 
binder who keeps the machine going until 
it may honorably rank as “gray-haired.” 
“Good care-gray hair” may be accepted as 
a proverb in handling machinery. 
the circle is broken out. By careful 
work there is no need of breaking a sec¬ 
tion so as to spoil it. I have cut both 
round and square holes through this ma¬ 
terial without losing a length. 
Tongue 
on one 
side 
and 
groove 
on the 
other 
Diagram of Chimney Block. Fig. 374. 
Crete; this box should be placed on the 
roof before the forms are placed. 
Finally, mix the concrete quite wet, 
so that it will be easily tamped into all 
crevices between the stone and the forms, 
and between the stones. An extra smootn 
job can be done by pasting paper, even old 
newspapers, on the inside of the forms. 
Use a sidewalk cleaner for tamping. 
STEPHEN T. SKINNER. 
On page S15 I notice F. A. I’, asks 
about a concrete chimney; I have one in 
my house which was built about five years 
ago and is still in as good shape as it was 
the first day; it is made up of blocks 
much the same as building block laid in 
cement mortar. I am well pleased with 
it as it is smooth on the inside, is cheaper 
than brick, and needs no flue lining, as 
the joints are made in such a way that 
the sparks cannot pass through them, and 
will stand gas (as well as coal or wood) 
which a plain brick chimney without flue 
lining will not do, as the gas works up on 
the brick. These chimney blocks have an 
air space in each corner to prevent over¬ 
heating, thus protects against fire There¬ 
fore I recommend the use of them, espe¬ 
cially the kind I have. c. E. w. 
Elyria, O. 
Brick or Concrete for Cellar Wall. 
I wish to build a cellar under my house 
for heater, coal bin. and possibly an in¬ 
cubator. also a section for roots, vegeta¬ 
bles, etc. Which do you think would 
make the better wall, one eight inches 
thick of brick, or one 10 inches of con¬ 
crete or cement blocks? Both have been 
recommended to me. a. d. s. 
Center Moriches, X T . Y. 
Any of the materials mentioned would 
make a good cellar wall, the choice being 
in economy of construction rather than in 
comparative values of the materials. Con¬ 
crete is almost universally used nowadays 
in the construction of such walls, and a 
solid wall, where forms can be built, is 
less expensive than one of blocks. 
M. B. I). 
Experience with Concrete Chimneys. 
In reply to F. A. I’., page 815, would 
say that I have two concrete chimneys 
on my house that have been giving good 
satisfaction for five years. They are 
about 13x22 inches outside measurement, 
with a fire-clay flue lining of 4x1314 
inches. These flue linings are made in 
several sizes, 4x1314 inch, 8xS inch and 
8x1314 inch, and are sold by most deal¬ 
ers in building material. To build a 
chimney put up the outside forms of a 
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Method of Chimney Building. Fig. 373. 
size to allow 314 or four inches of con¬ 
crete of the flue lining, leaving one side 
to be boarded up as the work progresses. 
Place a length, two feet, of flue lining 
centrally in the forms, fill in with con¬ 
crete, which may be about one-half clean 
field stones that are small enough to 
leave one-half inch of concrete between 
the stone and form; when near the top 
of the first length of lining set another 
on it. and go ahead with the concrete, 
which should be made from three parts 
of coarse, sharp sand and one part of 
good cement. Vitrified drain tile may be 
used as a lining but it is much more dif¬ 
ficult to get pipe openings through that 
than through the fire clay lining. To get 
a pipe hole through the lining, lay out 
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