3lt» RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE MAILBAG 
Lawyer’s Fees for Settling Estate 
Is there a law concerning the amount 
a lawyer can charge for settling an es¬ 
tate? About how much can our lawyer 
get for settling an estate of $9,000, near¬ 
ly all ready money? l. w. 
New York. 
Everything would depend on the 
amount of work he did. It would be 
like asking a stranger how much a farm¬ 
er should charge for plowing four acres 
■—it might be a brush lot, full of stones, 
or an orchard. So here there may have 
been much or little work. Ilis fee might 
be anywhere from one to live hundred 
dollars, or more or less; it is really quite 
impossible to tell without knowing what 
he did. 
Property Rights in Manure 
If A rents from B an orchard, barn, 
house and well, and keeps teams in the 
barn, fed only on grain and hay that A 
produces on another place, can A haul the 
manure away and do as he likes with it, 
if manure is not mentioned in contract? 
A. t. D. 
The general rule is that manure made 
on a farm from products grown on that 
farm is part of the real estate and must 
not be removed. When the hay and 
feed are brought in from another farm 
and fed, the manure is considered person¬ 
al property and crtn be taken away. 
Fertilizing Value of Feeds 
What fertilizing value, per ton of feed 
should a farmer receive from the use of i 
the average feeds, such as bran, corn- 
meal and the balanced ration for cows? 
Rome. N. Y. c. w. R. 
The following table, taken from ‘"Feeds 
and Feeding.” will give you a fair state¬ 
ment of this matter: 
,—Pounds in One Ton—\ 
Phos. 
Nitrogen 
Acid 
Potash 
Wheat. 
40 
17 
11 
live. 
38 
15 
12 
Oats. 
40 
16 
12 
Corn. 
32 
14 
8 
Wheat bran.... 
52 
60 
33 
Corn and oat feed 
31 
15 
10 
Barley. 
37 
17 
15 
Buckwheat mid. 
90 
46 
24 
Buckwheat .... 
34 
20 
14 
Cottonseed meal. 
128 
52 
36 
Linseed meal... 
120 
35 
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Renewing Faded Matting 
W. M. W. asks, on page 1949. how to 
treat faded matting, .lust give it a coat 
of floor varnish, applied with a varnish 
brush. Brush lengthwise of the fiber and 
leave over night or longer before using. 
T’se as light a shade of varnish as desir¬ 
able. and you will be surprised how bright 
the finished job will look, and how little 
the stains will show, unless they are ink 
or other stains that are not easily dis¬ 
solved. Linoleum can be kept bright and 
its life prolonged in the same way. 
Washington. V. V. H. 
Ruby Sweet Corn and Willow Leaf Lima 
Having lost all my seed of the Ruby 
sweet corn and Willow Leaf Lima beaus, 
1 wonder if you might find some one that 
could let me have a start of them again. 
1 have examined several seed catalogues 
and do not find them for sale. k. f. 
Alexandria. O. 
The Willow Leaf pole Lima bean was 
introduced in 1891 by W. Atlee Burpee 
& Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. The Willow 
Leaf bush Lima was introduced by the 
same seed company in 1900. r. w. d. 
Advice on Irrigation 
Will you give me name and address of 
some Government official who can give 
me advice about putting in irrigation? 
Glassboro, N. J. l. ii. w. 
The United States Department of Agri¬ 
culture, Washington. D. (\, has an ex¬ 
cellent bulletin on “Spray Irrigation.” 
It is Bulletin 495, and is free upon re¬ 
quest. r. w. D. 
Value of Sheep Manure 
In the issue of Dec. 21 A. S. A. asks 
about sheep manure. In addition to the 
information you gave him. I think he 
might like to know that pulverized sheep 
manure at $2.75 a hundred is a very high- 
priced fertilizer. The same money, or a 
little more, should buy 100 lbs. of high- 
grade commercial fertilizer, which, being 
much more concentrated, will give a much 
larger amount of plant food. a. n. s. 
North Stonington. Mass. 
Farmers 'Favorite 
Grain Drills 
Produce a maximum yield from every field. Have been on the market for more than 50 years 
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assures an even stand, a full harvest and adds to your profits. 
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Power Lift and Adjustable Hitch for use with any Tractor can be furnished. Power lift 
enables operator to raise or lower discs while in motion without leaving seat of tractor by slightly 
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Strongest angle steel frame; axle of cold rolled steel shafting; drag-bars of high-carbon steel; 
double run force feeds; steel ribbon grain tubes. 
Call on your dealer and have him show and explain to you the special features of this Drill. 
The American Seeding-Machine Co., Inc. 
Springfield, Ohio 
More than four thousand Delco-Light plants were 
delivered to the U. S. Government for war work. 
They were used to supply electric light in camps, 
storehouses, hospitals, Y. M. C. A. huts, airplane 
hangers, sub-chasers and other branches of the service. 
In Red Cross hospitals at the front, Delco-Light operated life- 
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Delco-Light w^as specified by the Government because it is 
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The result of Government tests and the satisfactory use of 
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Delco-Lighc will give you the same dependable service. 
It betters living conditions,—increases farm efficiency, and 
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THE DOMESTIC ENGINEERING CO., Dayton, Ohio. U. S. A. 
Makers of DELCO-LIGHT Products 
Distributors 
Domestic Electric Co., Inc., 
52 Park Place, New York, N.Y. 
Rochester Domestic Electric 
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