The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
657 
The Solitary Farmhouse 
My wife and I have made Rood on this 
small farm, specializing in poultry ; small 
fruits as a side line. We have splendid 
private trade and are very well off in 
many ways, except that we have no fam¬ 
ily ; are two lone people of about 40. We 
now face the fact that sickness this Win¬ 
ter was impressed upon us; that we are 
too far from neighbors; not a single 
American or an English-speaking woman 
to call in any emergency. We feel we 
must make a change before another Win¬ 
ter. Do you think in sight of unrest in 
money anil everything else we are unwise 
to try to buy a small farm nearer living 
necessities (we are 214 miles from 
town)? We would use money from this 
place (the sale) to buy another, as we 
are mortgage free. To move would prob¬ 
ably mean wholly new business associa¬ 
tions. as we know of nothing available 
in town. T. 
R. N.-Y.—This problem is coming up 
to many people in the Eastern States, 
where the “old families” have moved out 
and strangers have come in. It is differ¬ 
ent where there is a big family, for in 
that case the household can provide much 
of its own amusement and “society.” In 
this case there is no family, and the situ¬ 
ation becomes a hard one, for normal 
people must have companions and neigh¬ 
bors. It is a good subject for thought 
and discussion. 
A Question of Water 
Here is a question which, if you think 
it of general interest, I would like to see 
printed and discussed on your woman’s 
pages: We have lived on this place 30 
years, and all that time have carried 
water from the barn, which is some dis¬ 
tance from the house, and uphill coming 
back. I have carried iit least three- 
quarters of all the water that has been 
used during that time. We have a fam¬ 
ily of seven. This was notwithstanding 
the fact that T might have had a cistern 
or water piped to the kitchen from a Tiill 
back of the house, 40 rods away. Now 
we talk of selling this place and buying 
one which my husband has his eye on. 
The only objection which I have to the 
place l e wants to buy is that the only 
water supply for the house is a pump in 
the yard, and that goes dry two months 
in the Summer. There is running water 
at barn. The house stands on a hill 
higher than any of the farm, so am afraid 
it would be quite a job to get any kind 
of water supply in the house. Am I 
right to object to buying this place? 
MRS. J. II. J. 
That certainly is a live subject for j 
discussion with many farm women. Not 
knowing all the circumstances, we can¬ 
not give a positive answer. Every farm 
housekeeper, however, should have a full 
supply of water in her house. Water 
should be as free as air and sunshine, 
and it should come to the house before 
it goes to the barn. We would like to 
hear from other women about this. 
Paying for the Cow 
A man whom we will call W placed 
his cow in T's pasture (last season), with 
the understanding that if the cow gave 
enough milk to pay for her pasturing, T 
was to pasture free. If not. W was to 
pay for pasturing. During the Summer, 
through the carelessness of T’s son, who 
left a pail containing paris green near 
the fence, this- cow and one of T’s cows 
got it and died. iW thinks that T should 
pay him for one-half the cow’s value, 
and is willing to lose half, but T says 
he can’t see it that way. If W can prove 
that he is to blame, he will pay it all, 
which W does not ask. It seems to me 
that W is right, inasmuch as it was his 
carelessness that caused the cow’s death. 
A cow I was pasturing for a neighbor 
was struck by lightning and killed, but 
neither of us could sec that I was to 
blame. E. b. 
Here is a case where we think the 
(toldeu Rule, rather than the rule of gold, 
should decide. We do not think W. could 
collect damages at law, so that side of it 
may be left out. If we were iu T’s place 
we would pay one-half the value of the 
cow, as evidently T or his family were 
responsible for her death. That would 
be a fair, neighborly settlement, and if 
all men acted iu that way toward each 
other, agriculture would “come back” as 
never before. 
Neighbors and the Game Law 
A few days ago a neighbor’s boy was 
here, playing with our boys, when, alto¬ 
gether, they espied a couple of coons in 
a tree at the foot of our backyard, right 
by the chicken yard. I sent for my hus¬ 
band to come, and he was on his way 
home when the father of the other boy 
chanced to pass by. The boy called him 
in, aud he at once proceeded as though 
he owned the farm, me, and all concerned ; 
said lie would go and get his gun, and 
went, though 1 told him that my hus¬ 
band was coming to attend to it. lie 
had just come home when back came the 
other man, armed with the gun and three 
other men. They didn’t say “Do you 
object?” “By your leave,” “May I?” or 
even look our way, to say nothing of 
coming to the door, though they passed 
within 30 ft. of it. They did leave one 
coon with our boys. Had they a right to 
enter our premises that way, or act in 
that manner at all? Does it make a 
difference whether it is close to build¬ 
ings or somewhere else on the place? I 
find since that the law was “on” at the 
time, and the man knew it. What is the 
penalty, please, and are we liable, as 
well as lie? Was there anything I could 
or should have done, and, if so, what? 
New York. mrs. s. H. 
These men had no legal right to come 
on your premises and kill the coons, with¬ 
out permission, but iu most country 
neighborhoods it seems to be understood 
that game is public property, and neigh¬ 
bors go anywhere after it. No one usu¬ 
ally makes any great objection and so 
this habit has grown. In a strictly legal 
way these men were probably guilty of 
trespass, but they followed the habit of 
the neighborhood. 
Cleaning Out Foul Brood 
Could beehives that had contained foul 
brood lie disinfected so ns to be safe for 
use again? Would it also be necessary 
to use something to remove the odor or 
effect of disinfectant? H. H. 
New Haven, Ind 
The interiors of beehives may be dis¬ 
infected by charring slightly with the 
flame from a plumber’s torch, or the in¬ 
side of the body and super may be moist¬ 
ened with kerosene or gasoline and a 
match applied, the resulting flame being 
allowed to burn long enough to char the 
wood slightly and then extinguish by 
throwing a blanket over the hive or stack 
of hives to exclude the air. This is a 
more fficient method of disinfection than 
the use of sulphur, though the latter may 
be purchased at any drug store. 
M. B. D. 
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