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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 191S 
Care of Buried Cabbage 
I liavp several tons of cabbage which 
were jjijlled, piled and lightly covered 
Avith straw, intending to cover Avith soil 
later, but we failed to do so, and conse¬ 
quently the cabbages are frozen. Are 
these cabbages spoiled for market? AVill 
they rot as sooai as they thaw, or would 
I better cover them Avith soil when it does 
thaw? 1 ). I.. T. 
Ibisoin, X. Y. 
The cabbages which are covei-ed Avith 
straw should still be in g(?od <-ondition, 
<‘si)<‘<-ially if there is snow on tctj) of the 
stiaw. If your cabbage is i)iled more than 
two heads high there is danger of the 
heads in the bottom of the heaj) heating 
up and causing decay. Instead of waiting 
until the soil thaws out dui'ing the Win¬ 
ter so that you can add morc^ dii’t over 
the trenches, I Avould put a strawy ma¬ 
nure, connstalks, hay or straw on them 
to hold the cabbage in a frozen condition, 
unless they A^ery gradually tlunv out. If 
you Avait until it is jjossible to sIioa'cI the 
dii't, the cabbage Avill luiA'e thawed and 
frozen scA'cral times befoi-e you Avonhl be 
able to do this Avoi-k. I'nless the {’abbage 
is fi'ozen excessively hanl, or xinless it is 
frozen exce.ssivoly hard, or unl(>.ss it is 
piled SO' deep that it has rotted in the 
bottom, it should come out iii good condi¬ 
tion for market. n. AV. i). n. 
Rules for Measuring Farm Product in 
Bulk 
Sometimes it is rather dillicult to de¬ 
termine the amounts of farm produce on 
liand at the time an iiiAumtory is taken. 
The folloAving rules Avill be found useful 
Avhen quantities of grain, potatoes, apples, 
hay, etc., are not knoAvn. 
To find the number of busluds of shelled 
coi'u, Avheat, oats, i)otatoes, ai)plps, etc., 
in bins, first measure the length and 
width of the bin ; then measure the height 
of the grain in the bin. lMultii)ly these 
three dimen.sion.s together to find the num¬ 
ber of cubic feet occupied by a product. 
Next multiply the result by eight and 
divide by ten to get the number of bush¬ 
els. For ear corn, multiply the number 
of cubic feet by four and divide by ten 
to get the number of busluds of shelled 
corn. 
If the sides of the corncrib .-ire flaring 
it will be necessary to find the average 
Avidth. The average Avidth nuiy be found 
by dividing the sum of the to]) and bot¬ 
tom Avidth by tAVO. A similar method 
may be applied to jiotatoes and other 
pi’oducts in heaps. 
To find the number of tons of hay in a 
moAA': IliA'ide the number of cubic feet of 
hay in large mows and faiidj' Avell settled 
by 500, and if it is very Avell packed, di¬ 
vide by 4.50. I'sually moi-e than 500 
cubic feet of hay is required for a ton 
Avhen it is in small inoAvs. 'Ruflicient 
time should be giA’cn for settling or 
ishrinkage before the mesaurements are 
taken. INIost of the shrinkage of hay 
takes place during the first four to six 
Aveeks. avat.tkr ir. ukacook. 
Experience Avith Winter Radishes and 
Beans 
We i)lanted a short roAv of White 
Chinese Winter radishes in the garden 
last season, and are noAV using them on 
the table. They ai’e likely to take the 
place of turnips in our household. "When 
cooked they are not so dry as turnips, and 
cannot be maslu'd, but Avhen creamed or 
buttered they give the turnip flavor, and 
Ave like them Amry much'. 
The past season Ave planted three varie¬ 
ties of pole beans. The first Avas the 
Avhite bean mentioned and illustrated by 
.1. O. A. B. of Baquette Bake, N. Y., 
about a year ago. They are very prolific 
and make good snap beans if used AA’hile 
small, but the pods soon get AA'oody. Part 
of the best pods from four hills gave about 
12 ounces of seed. 
A second Amriety Avas given by a neigh¬ 
bor, who thought they Avere Golden Clus¬ 
ter, but the beans are dark reddish broAvn 
instead of Avhite as Burpee describes 
Golden Cluster. They are most excellent 
snap beans and very productive. The 
pods are fiat but A'ery meaty, about six 
inches long and nearly an inch Avide. They 
never seem to get Avoody, and are good to 
eat even Avhen the beans are about full 
groAvn. They are strong climbers and 
should make good “Ilooverized”’ poi’Ch 
decorations. 
The third A'ariety has been in our family 
for .*>0 yeaj's or more. Its exact origin is 
not knoAvn. but it is supposed to have been 
br<»ught from the “West.” perhaps from 
Ohio. We haA’e ahvays km>Avn it as the 
“.\sparagus” bean, but it dilTers from all 
“Asparagus” b<'ans Ave luiA-e bemi able to 
get from the seed dealers. The pods are 
frequently more than a foot long, deeply 
“saddle-biicked” Avhen large, nearly ronud 
Avhen small, fre(]uently nearly an inch in 
diameter, and can be used for snap beans 
Avhen the pods are about full gi-own. The 
beans are rather slender and greenish in 
color. As groAvn at Washington, I). C., 
they AAnu'e dai’ker than her<'. This A’ariety 
is neai'est like AA’hat is sold by many seeds¬ 
men under the name “Bentncky Wonder.” 
It diflers from that bean in liaA’ing long(*r 
.and he.'ivier i)ods, smaller and lighter-col¬ 
ored beans, less “strings” and in requiring 
<a longc'r season of groAA'th. We consider 
(I'.em the best snap bean and AA’ould groAA’ 
nothing else if it Avere not for the trouble 
of getting seed. Wo must be careful to 
s.aA'e the first pods that set if aa'o get seed 
for the next year. This A'ariety continues 
to set j)ods until cold AA'cather stops its 
grOAVth. AI.l'KKI) c. AVEED. 
Wayne (h.., X. Y. 
The Ncav York School LaAv 
The Article Referring to Bonds 
>0-1. Oiif>i1inidi)ig linnds; r-rintUu) 
7'. 
school propertij. B The lionded indebted¬ 
ness of the school districts in ti toAvn 
Avhich .are subject to the jiroA’isions of this 
article, including a union free school dis¬ 
trict having a population of 1,.“00 or em- 
ftloying 1,5 teachers or more, Avhich h.as 
adopted a resolution luirsuant to the ))ro- 
visions of .Section .3.21 of this article, ex¬ 
isting and outstanding at the time of the 
taking elfect of this article shall be a 
charge against the proi)erty Avhich is sub- 
.lect to tax for the maintenance of the 
schools in such toAvn or union free school 
district. 
2. ithin one year from the taking ef¬ 
fect of this article the value of the school 
property in the s(‘veial districts Avhich are 
made subject to the i)rovisi(»ns hereof shall 
be appraised and determined by a com¬ 
mission consisting of the supervisor of 
the toAvn, the chairman of the toAvn board 
of education and the district superintend¬ 
ent of schools. 
.3. 3'he A’alue of the school proi)erty in 
each district as so appraised shall, after 
deducting the outstanding bonded indebt¬ 
edness of such district, be credited to such 
district and charged against the tOAvn. 
33ie total amount charged to the toAvn as 
a result of such ai)praisal shall be raised 
by tax ui)on the taxable property of the 
toAvn in the same manner as other school 
expemses are raised. Ruch tax shall be 
levied and collected in five equal, annual 
instalments and the amount required shall 
be included by the board of education in 
the annual tax budget of the toAvu. 
4. The commission hereinbefore created 
shall. ui)on appraising such property and 
determining the credit to be alloAved to 
each district, apportion the amount so 
credited to such district among the OAvners 
or possessors of taxable property in tbe 
district in the ratio of their several as¬ 
sessments on the last cori-ected assess- 
inent-roll of the toAvn. The said commis¬ 
sion shall report to the board of education 
of th(> toAvn the apportionment so made 
and the board shall cause to be i.ssued to 
each of such OAvners or possessors, a cer¬ 
tificate of credit stating the amount so 
apportioned. Such certificates of credit 
.shall be transferable by the persons to 
Avhom they are issued, and shall be pay¬ 
able only out of moneys raised by tax as 
herein provided for the payment of the 
charge against the town on account of the 
school property acquired by such toAvn. 
They shall be issued in such denomina¬ 
tions and shall be due at such times as to 
provide for their payment out of the 
moneys raised by tax for the payment of 
such charge. 
5. The commissioner of education shall 
prescribe rules governing the commission 
in the appraisal of school property as 
herein provided and regulating the dis¬ 
tribution and apportionment of the credits 
and charges herein referred to and the 
form and denomination of such certificate. 
An appeal Avill lie from such appraisal or 
from any act of such commission or board 
of education in respect to the apportion¬ 
ment of credits, the distribution of charges 
and the leA’.v and collection of a tax on 
account of such, school jiroperty to the 
commissioner of education, in the same 
manner and under the same conditions as 
in the case of other appeals to the com¬ 
missioner of education. A like appeal Avill 
lie from the apportionment of the bonded 
indebtedness of any toAvn. 
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