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RURA.1. NEW-YORKER 
June 8, 1018 
Questions About School Voters barley, which are usually the cheaper 
Several of our New York readers state used. Much of the clover 
that the school authorities have givei owing to the 
them opinions about the qualifications of niany try to cure it as they 
a school voter which do not agree with inive always cured Timothy and wild hay. 
the opinions given by good lawyers, .and The ciop should be cuied in the shade, 
they have sent us a number of questions exposed to the hot sun unless it is 
which we have referred to our legal ad- fi’Ofiuently turned. The sun quickly dries 
Several of these questions fol- 
the thin leaves, causing them to become 
brittle and easily lost. The leaves are the 
Aasers. 
low : 
A J c • 1 valuable part of the plant. The drv- 
A man and wife own farm in husband’s • <r ,.i i , , ,, , , 
name and reside on same farm. No chil- leaves also closes the natural 
(Iren of school age. lias wife the right to channel for the moisture to get out of the 
\ote at the district school meeting? stems. After the clover has be'eu cut, it 
To this question our lawyer says “No, should be turned with a tedder, side-de- 
the wife is not a voter unless the farm is livery rake, or hay rake, as soon as the 
in her name as well as in her husband’s.” leaves in the upper part of the swath are 
The following person is not sure she is thoioughly wilted. The object should be 
a voter. She lives on a farm of which to keep the hay loose in the swath or 
.she has life lease and pays taxes galore; windrow, that the wind may have a free 
children above school age, but still inter- i x, i -x \ j. ^ 
ested in all school matters. Is she a ^ ation through it, and to keep it 
voter? from exposure to the hot sun, as far as 
To this the replv is “Yes; a woman Possible. Before the leaves and ste'ms 
paying taxes on real estate, and with a and .stiff, the hay should be 
life lease, is a voter under the law.” raked into a\ indrows. 
r , Clover cured in the windrow or cock 
1 wo brothers own one of the largest x . , , .-re ■, 
farms in the district and reside thereon. Ix^come dry and stiff, as does 
Is the wife of the younger one a voter? that exposed to the' sun in the swath for 
Farm is in two brothers’_ names. No a day or two. The stems are soft and 
this cas'‘. llie a,if] they form a cock of hay that 
wile IS certainly in one .sen.se joint owmer 
of that farm. Is she a voter? 
The answ^er to this is “No, the ivoman 
Avithout children, and with no interest in 
the real estate, would not be considered a 
legal voter in school matters. 
Avill shed much nioi'e W'ater than when 
cured in the swath by exposure to the 
hot sun. The fact that clover stems are 
large' and succulent frequently cau.scs this 
hay to need longer cure than is really 
nece.s.sary. Care must be used that the 
Inml Pvf L ''' stems are not over-cured, as this would 
land and live on same, paying taxes and xt x x, i , , , , , , . 
.sending a five-year-old girl to school this leaves would be burned bc- 
year. The right of the mother to vote .A'ond u.se as a food. There are a few 
was questioned last year and refused, variations in the method of making good 
Has .she a right to vote this year? , v x xi , x xx 
^ clover hay, but the real secret, no matter 
In this case the mother has a clear what the me'thods may be, is to cut it at 
right to vote as the parent of this child, the proper time and cure it “in the shade” 
and, as we understand ja joint owner as much as possible, being careful to 
in the real estate, avoid a hasty drying up of the leaves and 
Has it been proven that both parents over-curing. Properly cured, clover hay 
^ ^isht to vote, provided a child or will swmat in stack or mow, but unless it 
children of school age are in school, and _j i -x -n i 
the parents live on a farm in the district? unevenly packed, and loose, it will be 
Our superintendent of schools says only found in excellent condition when used, 
one parent. Fig. 378, page 763, shows the clover hay 
Both parents of a child that was eight harvest in full swing. eaele w. GxAGE. 
weeks in school during the preceding year New York. 
are entitled to vote at the school meeting. —-- 
The law says so, and the opinion of a 
district superintendent contrary to this 
would have no legal or binding effect. To 
Questions About Beans 
Let me know when to plant beans, as 
our knowledge, no court has decided other- RepteXr ^fa^nd^ m ""wharis tW^Tes? 
wise, and it is not likely that any (“ourt bean for market? T^^ll they grow on 
will do so. Just what the object of the sod land, and how mucTi seed to the acre? 
Educational Department is in trying to ^’^est Brookville. J. H. S. 
raise these questions is rather hard to Beans should be planted as soon as 
understand. The Educational law on danger of frost getting the plants after 
page 729 appears to answer these ques- they are up is past, the last few days 
tions fully, and the latest statute shows of May or the first week in .Tune. Some 
no decision at variance with this com- sorts of beans require a much longer sea- 
mon-sense interpretation. 
son than dp others. There is no best 
bean for market. Some markets call for 
one kind and others require a different 
variety. "Vi'e groAV the bean best suited 
Cutting Clover Hay 
Clover should be cut as soon as the first 
blossoms begin to turn brown. When a season conditions. There 
large acreage is to be cut with a small more of the navy or small white 
crew of men, the harvest should start grown than of any other sort. 
(‘ven earlier, to prevent the last of the 
crop from getting too ripe before it is cut. 
These are generally called pea beans 
and mature in a shorter season than do 
The general tendenc.v among those unfa- otliers. M e always try to have sod 
miliar with the method of making clover beans; an old pasture is ideal, 
hay see'ms to be to let it become too ripe land in a good state of fertility I 
before cutting. The longer any hay crop 16 quarts, although most growers 
is left uncut after its bloom has reached quarts. IVe usually plant 
the proper stage, the more indigestible it rows 28 too 30 inches apart, and if a 
becomes. The only condition that should planter is used, place the hills 
be pe'rmitted to delay the cutting beyond ^bout 15 to 16 inches apart. The seed 
this point is prevailing bad weather. The sl^ould be covered lightly, from one-half 
mower should be started in the evening inch in depth, the former the best, 
before the dew has fallen, or in the fore- Now a word about the preparation of 
noon as soon as the dew is off; and it is land. The sod should be plowed as 
not wise to cut down too much at one early as possible and each day’s plowing 
time. well fimied and worked down. This is 
Clover makes an excellent hay when moisture conservation and for getting 
properly cured and stored. But its value ^^’e soil in good tilth. A spike-toothed 
depends on its palatability and nutritive harrow followed by a plank clod crusher 
value. Clover hay is even more valuable li^s proved the best for this purpose with 
as a feed than is indicated by the amount rn^- After the field is all prepared in 
of digestible nutrients it contains. This way let it lie for two or three 
is due to the fact that clover is rich in weeks, so that the weed seeds can get 
protein, the muscle-forming element. Such started good and strong. "Work it over 
■forms of roughage as stover corn, Tim- iu good shape and plant. You will now 
othy, wild hay and fodder corn, are lack- have a chance to get in with the culti- 
ing in protein; and if one is using them vator before the beans are smothered 
as the roughage' jn a ration, protein must with weeds. After the first cultivation 
be supplied by feeding such high-priced the teeth or steels must be run very shal- 
feeds as oats, bran or oil meal, while if low. Merely stir the surface, 
clover is fed as tin* roughage, corn and ii. e. cox. 
Filter for Cistern 
How is a filter constructed for a cis¬ 
tern, and what kind of cement is used for 
the cistern? I have a very nice cistern 
in this house, but it has not been used 
for a very long time. The town water is 
now in the house. I would like to use 
the cistern in the M’inter, for the water 
sometimes makes me trouble when very 
cold. ir. p. E. 
East Providence, B. I. 
Portland cement is used in the con¬ 
struction of cisterns, and porous brick 
Avails through Avhich the Avater can filter 
or layers of gravel, sand and charcoal, or 
fine graA’el and sand alone so arranged 
that the Avater Avill pass through them be¬ 
fore being used constitute the filters. In 
a cistern already built, it AAmuld be prac¬ 
ticable to have a Avail of porous bricks .so 
laid as to divide the cistern into tAA’o com¬ 
partments, a large one to contain the 
Avater entering from the roof and a 
smaller one from which to draw the ! 
Avater after it had seeped through the | 
filtering Avell. A cistern used but part 
of the year Avould not be likely to give 
as good satisfaction as one iu constant 
use and having the AAmter frequently 
changed. It could be used, however, if 
the stale water AV'ere removed and the 
cistern cleaned before the M^inter supply 
Avas collected. I knoAv of no printed in¬ 
structions for cistern building other than 
.such as may be found in the concrete 
construction handbooks issued by cement 
manufacturers. m. n. p. 
Make two distinct profits from your milk—one from 
Mmnetonna Home churned butter and one from feeding 
the skim milk to calves and buttermilk to pigs. We teU 
you how. Some farmers make $50 per cow eztza every 
year and save lots of work and time. Get the 
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Let the Mlnnetonna prove how it makes, washes, works, 
salts and moistens butter ready to sell in 25 minutes or 
less. Get information on how to Earn Your 
Own Churn. Write on letter or postal, 
^ “Send Me Money-Saving Catalog,** 
It will reach you by return mail, 
. Davis-Watkins Dairymen's Mfg. Co. 
|13B»C North Wells Street, Chicego, llliaaft 
Churns It—Works It 
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the crops you know, 
also oranfres, grapes, olives and figs. No cold weather - ricli 
SOI : low prioe.s,- em^y terms. Enjoy life here. Newcomers 
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Conserving Moisture 
A minimum amount of moisture is 
ab.solutely essential if a full and profit¬ 
able crop be harvested. This condition 
of the soil could be very much improved 
by a little thoughtful management. It 
has always been my practice to go over 
the furrows of each day’s ploAA’iiig, either 
that afternoon or the first thing in the 
morning Avith a plank clod-crusher, made 
ligliter or lioaAuer, as the' .soil conditions 
require. This does a far better job than 
any other tool that I have ever tried. 
As re'gards moisture retention, it grinds 
off the little elevations and fills the hol- 
]ow,s. and leaves the surface Avtih a rough 
finish. It is now_ in shape to retain 
moisture and also if a shoAA'er occurs it ! 
AA'ijl penetrate the soil evenly. It is sur¬ 
prising to see how e'venly the soil works 
u]) in the final fitting for the crop. I.and 
handled in this way can be prepared for 
the crop Avith less exiiense and far hotter 
re.sults obtained than Avhere the Avhole 
fie'ld is plowed over and the furroAVS al¬ 
lowed to dry out and crust over. It 
matters not how many showers Ave have 
afterwards. The soil never can be got 
in the same condition that it Avould be 
in if planked down each day as ploAved. 
New York. ii. e. cox. 
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Hay-Field Economy 
^HAMPION, Deering, McCormick, Milwau- 
kee and Osborne Mo’wers, Rakes and 
Tedders long ago became necessities in American 
farming. Year after 3^ear they have entered meado'W 
and hayfield and made ready many millions of acres of hay 
for barn and stack. On thousands of farms, mowers, rakes 
and tedders, with one or another of the above names, do their 
work with satisfaction and little attention, and are put away 
until next year. 
When you buy a moAver, rake or tedder with the name 
Champion, or Deering, or McCormick, or Milwaukee, or Osborne 
on it, you may be certain that it has every really good im¬ 
provement ever made iu hay machines. You may know that 
there is no skimping in any parts; there never was, in Inter¬ 
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prompt repair service if you need it. Champion, Deering, 
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CHICAGO ••• USA 
Champion 
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McCormick 
Milwaukee 
Osborne 
