The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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fences, walls and outbuild¬ 
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THE MAILBAG 
Celery in the Cellar 
A small home supply of celery was 
taken up early last November before the 
first hard freeze; it was quite green, as it 
had not been earthed up for blanching. 
The plants were taken up with a good 
ball of dirt, placed in a bucket contain¬ 
ing enough water to cover the roots, and 
left to soak up thoroughly, care being 
taken not to wet the stalks or crowns. 
They were then set very close together 
in a box containing a few inches of 
moist soil, and put in the darkest corner 
of the cellar. Long before Christmas 
they were not only well blanched, but 
the inner stalks had stretched out in 
long shoots, delightfully crisp and ten¬ 
der. They never rotted, and lasted until 
past the middle of January without more 
water or further attention of any kind. 
Redding, Conn. r. f. d. 
These Classical N. Y. Towns 
Your explanation in a recent issue of 
how it came about that so many classical 
names were given to towns and cities in 
New York -State is quite satisfactory. It 
seems reasonable that the names were se¬ 
lected by a committee of the whole. You 
say that while these names were treated 
with ridicule in the early days they are 
now probably as satisfactory as Indian 
names. Which reminds me of a story. 
Some years ago a company of players 
from the United States visited this re¬ 
mote region. A lady of the troupe came 
into the office to make some inquiry. She 
may have been the leading lady. She 
was tall and stately, a regular Belle 
Berners. She gave her address, Lodi 
Street, Syracuse, N. Y. “Lodi Street, 
Lodi Street,” I repeated. “Yes,” she 
said, “acquainted with the place?” “No,” 
said I, “I was just wondering who were 
the early settlers of that region who gave 
your towns and cities, and even the 
streets, such famous names.” “Oh,” she 
said with a smile, “those old fellows, a 
queer lot, called everything after the In¬ 
dians, I guess.” 
N. S. 
Some Vermont Notes 
On page 111 M. B. D. asks about heat¬ 
ing a brot r er with electricity. Two 
years ago I made a small brooder and 
installed a 40-waft lamp in the brooder 
for heat. I took a coffee can and cut a 
hole through the top for the cord to go 
through, then placed the lamp in the can 
and filled the can with sand. I found 
this would take^care of 25 to 30 chicks 
very nicely, but 50 were almost too many 
at that time, as it was in March that I 
used it. If M. B. I). wants to run sev¬ 
eral lamps he might be able to get a re¬ 
duced rate. That is possible here in this 
village. 
Last Winter I wanted an oat sprouter, 
so I made one something after this plan : 
Take a box about the size of an orange 
crate and build it tight on all sides, 
leaving the top open. Then nail cleats 
along the inside about 3 to 4 in. apart ou 
either side so as to hold the trays when 
the box is on end. I had the local tin¬ 
smith cut out seven sheets of galvanized 
iron the desired size, and with the edges 
turned up about 1% in. they did very 
well for trays. This, filled with oats and 
sprinkled well and set at the end or in 
back of the stove, worked very well. I 
moved the trays as I took outgone; thus 
the top one was always the next one to 
be used. The total cost was less than $1. 
For a flock of 50 hens I find that by 
saving the eggshells during the Summer 
and Fall and then feeding them during 
the Winter I can prevent the hens from 
eating their eggs. When I was first 
troubled I asked a boy to collect some 
shells for me from hoarding-houses. With 
plenty of these I soon had the trouble un¬ 
der control. 
I took your advice last Spring, and in¬ 
stead of planting apple seeds, planted a 
thousand root-grafts. About 50 per cent 
made a go f it. I can tell better about 
these next Spring. 
Stick to the rural school. It is the 
greatest institution in the world for a 
good beginning in life when properly han¬ 
dled. R. II. GAYLORD. 
Self-closing Gate Wanted 
It is my intention to establish on my 
barnyard fence an easily constructed, 
serviceable gate which will close itself. 
Furnishing details for the building of it 
will be appreciated, 
Arkansas. Raymond e. siegel. 
This will be a difficult job. We have 
seen several gates which were claimed to 
be self-openers, but all of them seemed 
to go wrong at times for one cause or 
another, and most of them were patented. 
Very likely some of our readers have 
worked out such a gate. If so, we would 
like to know how it is made. 
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