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February 14, 1920 
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? FORD SEED CO., Box 24, Ravenna, Ohio 
Value of Greenhouse 
Will you toll me tlie approximate value 
of the greenhouse and potting shed com¬ 
plete, described below? Greenhouse—43 
tf. long, 16 ft. wide, S ft. 4 in. high. Sides 
are shingled up about 2 ft. 2 in. and then 
16-in. glass, 16x24 in. 1’otting shed— 
Shingled, 16 ft. 5 in. long, 9 ft. 6 in. wide, 
S ft. high at eaves, four-sided roof. The 
house is about 10 years old, well built 
and had good care (kept painted and 
glazed). It has not been used for about 
six years, so do not know the condition of 
heater, but do not think it is in very good 
shape. The benches are no good. There 
are 12 linos of heating pipes the length 
of the house and one radiator in the pot¬ 
ting shed, If I buy tlie house I shall 
have to move it about 600 fet. Will it be 
necessary to take out the glass to avoid 
breaking it? H. H. 
West Hampton Beach, N. Y. % 
This is a very difficult question to an¬ 
swer without seeing the property, and 
even then one would have to do some 
guessing. A greenhouse that is not in 
use deteriorates very rapidly unless spe¬ 
cial care is taken with necessary repairs. 
If the boiler is cast iron it should be in 
fair condition, but if of wrought iron, it 
would quite likely be ruined through mis¬ 
use. There are several different methods 
of building greenhouses, and this letter 
does not state whether this one is erected 
on wooden posts and of wooden eaves 
construction, or of iron frame construc¬ 
tion on iron posts. The firms erecting 
greenhouses would charge for the. erection 
of such a house with potting shed com¬ 
plete from $2,000 to possibly as high as 
§3,500 for full iron frame. It would be 
very difficult to move the house without 
breaking the glass, in fact, I do not think 
it would be possible to do it—even for a 
short distance. Unless it were iron frame 
with iron eaves, posts, etc., I would not 
want to pay $500 for it, even if the heater 
is in good conditions, which is problemat¬ 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, FEB. 14, 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
Problems of Asparagus Culture.2£8, 289 
Growing Sunflowers for Silage. 289 
Fall Plowing for an Ohio Rotation. 289 
Field-grown Peas . 291 
Weevils in Stored Beans.295 
Muck Land Queries. 298 
Short Now England Crop Rotation.298 
Potato Following Peas. 301 
Sprinkling Potatoes in Storage. 301 
Dissolving Bones for Fertilizer. 303 
Cesspool Sludge for Fertilizer. 303 
Lime and Wood Ashes. 303 
How to Obtain Equipment.304 
Other Side of Farm Loan.304 
Hairy Vetch and Spelt; Frost-proof Silo.... 307 
Hope Farm Notes.310, 332 
Advertising the 35-cent Dollar.313 
Business Men Begin to Understand.\ 313 
Canning Crop Growers Organize. 313 
A “Silo Packer”. 320 
Packing the Silage. 320 
Hay on a Concrete Floor. 320 
What Montana Farmers Are Doing. 327 
Crops and Farm News. 329 
Size of Silo Needed. 329 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
How Can I Determine Total Milk Solids! 
287, 288 
A Review of the New York Dog Law. 313 
Weighing Live Stock by Measure. 322 
Ration for Jersey Cows. 322 
Feeding Cows and Heifers.322, 323 
Baby Beef . 323 
Feeding for Butterfat. 323 
Treatment of Cream Before Churning.324 
Ration for Jersey. 324 
Improving Dairy Ration. 324 
Milk and Farm News. 327 
Feeding Freshening Guernsey. 328 
Testing Milk . 328 
Feeding Calf . 328 
Beans for Sheep. 328 
A Contrary Milch Goat. 332 
THE HENYARD 
Geese a Hein on the Farm.... 326 
Buttermilk for Hens. 326 
Brooder House for 500 Chicks. 326 
Non-breakahlo Egg Crate. 329 
Amount of Scratch Feed. 335 
Egg eating Pullets . 335 
Amount of Lumber to Build Henhouse. 336 
Leghorns vs. R. I. Reds. 336 
Egg-laying Contest . 337 
Hens with Inflamed Eyes. 337 
HORTICULTURE 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 291 
Making Hotbed . 292 
Intercropping Orchards . 292 
Plums Fail to Bear. 295 
New York Horticultural Society—Part III.. 299 
Baldwin Spot . 301 
Destroying Dandelions . 301 
Pruning Old Orchard. 302 
Lime on the Apple Orchard. 303 
Asparagus from Seed . 307 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 314 
Making Hair Switches... 314 
Lenten Recipes . 314 
Embroidery Design . 314 
Canning Mackerel and Salmon. 314 
The Making of Rag Rugs. 314 
Mocha Custard . 314 
Tho Spirit of Motherhood. 317 
A Useful Utensil. 317 
Corn Flake Macaroons . 317 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Piping Water to Stable.. 288 
New Jersey Game Laws. 304 
Work On and Live On. 304 
Barks for Home Dyeing. 309 
A Yankee on the Pacific Coast.... 311 
Publisher’s Desk . 338 
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