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SV>e  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  25,  1916. 
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Forage  Crops 
Pasture  on  Muck 
I  have  a  piece  of  muck  I  wish  to  seed 
with  barley  for  pasture;  it  is  well  tiled, 
yet  water  will  stand  over  till  two  days 
if  it  rains  hard.  It  has  raised  good  corn 
two  years.  Some  suggest  clover  and 
quack,  but  I  don’t  want  quack. 
Clyde,  N.  Y.  c.  n.  o. 
The  great  pasture  grass  of  this  region 
is  Blue  grass,  one  or  more  of  the  species, 
and  it  seem?  probable  that  this  would  be 
the  best  grass  to  use  in  this  case.  It  is 
usually  more  of  a  problem  to  get  rid  of  it 
than  to  get  it  started,  and  it  would  prob¬ 
ably  cover  the  land  in  question  in  a  few 
years  if  other  plants  were  kept  mowed 
down  close.  On  much  of  our  land  Blue 
gvass  makes  a  good  sod  if  left  from  the 
middle  of  July  until  the  next  Spring.  A 
good  Blue  grass  lawn  mixture  sown 
early  this  Spring  would  give  a  sod  in  a 
few  weeks,  unless  some  unusual  condition 
made  it  impossible  to  get  thi,s  grass  to 
grow  at  all. 
It  is  likely  that  Timothy  or  Red  clo¬ 
ver  would  fail  on  this  land,  but  I  am  as¬ 
sured  by  owners  of  muck  land  that  Red- 
top  or  Alsike  would  do  well.  One  man 
says  that  in  such  a  place  Alsike  would 
“revert"  to  White  clover.  There  might 
be  some  question  as  to  whether  this  was 
reversion  or  replacement.  In  either  case 
it  should  make  a  good  pasture.  Quack 
grass  does  not  usually  do  well  in  a  per¬ 
manent  sod  unless  it  is  so  located  as  to 
receive  and  stop  some  of  the  silt  washed 
from  other  land.  Quack  roots  tend  to 
grow  toward  the  surface  and  will  finally 
kill  out  unless  buried  by  plowing  or  wash¬ 
ing.  A.  c.  w. 
Sweet  Clover  With  Nurse  Crop 
Would  Sweet  clover  do  well  sown  on 
grain  in  the  Spring?  Would  it  cut  hay 
next  year?  Does  A.  Bloomingdale  know 
or  has  he  tided  it  that  way?  I.  H. 
Columbus,  N.  J. 
Unless  the  season  is  unusually  favor¬ 
able  Sweet  clover  will  not  be  a  success 
if  sown  with  a  nurse  crop,  neither  will 
it  do  as  well  if  sown  in  the  Spring.  I. 
II.  should  harvest  his  grain  us  usual, 
and  then  in  November,  after  all  danger 
of  weed  sprouting  is  past,  disk  this  gram 
stubble  two  or  three  tynes  and  roll  twice 
and  between  Dec.  1  and  March  1,  sow 
2G  pounds  of  unhulled  white  Sweet  clo¬ 
ver  seed  (half  each  way,  so  as  to  get  it 
even)  on  the  snow,  aud  probably  in  Sep¬ 
tember  he  can  cut  about  two  tons  per 
acre  of  the  best  hay  ever  put  into  his 
barn.  Be  sure  to  sow  seed  raised  in 
New  York  State  or  some  other  State 
farther  north  than  your  location,  so  as 
to  be  sure  of  strong  hardy  seed.  The 
wild  seed  is  no  good.  Under  the  above 
plan  he  would  secure  a  crop  the  first 
year,  which  he  could  not  expect  if  seed¬ 
ed  with  grain  eveu  if  he  got  a  good 
stand,  which  would  be  doubtful. 
A.  BLOOMINGDALE. 
Sweet  Clover  in  New  Jersey 
A  yellow  Sweet  clover  grows  volun¬ 
tarily  here.  I  have  21  acres  to  seed 
with'  clover  this  Spring.  The  soil  is  in 
need  of  building  up.  Would  you  think 
I  had  a  good  chance  of  getting  a  stand 
of  Sweet  clover?  Would  sowing  it  when 
the  ground  has  frost  cracks  he  advisable? 
In  other  words,  would  one  sow  it  the 
same  as  Red  and  Alsike  clovers?  What 
quantity  per  acre  do  you  recommend? 
What,  do  you  think  of  the  idea  of  sow¬ 
ing  five  pounds  Sweet  clover,  five  pounds 
Mammoth,  five  pounds  Alsike.  in  order 
to  get  some  kind  of  clover  started  in 
case  the  Sweet  fails?  Would  there  bo 
any  difference  as  to  the  proper  mowing 
time,  that  would  make  the  later  plan  uu- 
advisnble?  K.  s. 
Pattcnburg,  N.  J. 
We  have  used  Sweet  clover  for  the 
past  three  years  in  our  forage  crop  mix¬ 
ture  for  swine,  aud  have  found  that  it 
grows  vigorously,  and  supplies  a  forage 
not  especially  palatable  during  certain 
stages  of  its  growth,  but  the  animals 
gradually  become  accustomed  to  eating  it, 
aud  eventually  relish  it  very  much. 
Last  Summer  I  visited  Rookwood 
Farm  at  Ames,  la.,  where  Dean  C.  F. 
Curtiss  of  the  Iowa  Experiment  Station 
has  experimented  rather  extensively  with 
Sweet  clover.  Ilis  Shorthorns  were  pas¬ 
turing  on  a  five-acre  area  of  Sweet  clo¬ 
ver,  preferring  this  forage  to  Blue  grass, 
to  which  they  also  had  access.  They 
were  in  excellent  condition,  and  Dean 
Curtiss  seemed  to  have  faith  iu  its  use. 
The  suggestion  that  K.  S.  makes  of 
mixing  Sweet  clover  with  Red  and  Mam¬ 
moth  clover  would  serve  him  very  effi¬ 
ciently.  and  yet  it  would  seem  to  me  a 
better  proposition  to  use  this  clover  seed 
ou  areas  that  were  to  he  seeded  with 
oats,  using  the  oats  as  a  nurse  crop.  In 
our  mixture,  however,  we  have  Sweet 
clover,  rape  and  oats,  and  also  Sweet 
clover,  rape  and  Soy  beans,  and  believe 
that  the  Sweet  clover  can  be  seeded  any 
time  during  the  early  Spring.  A  mix¬ 
ture  of  grass  seed  is  always  to  be  pre¬ 
ferred  owing  to  variation  of  germina¬ 
tion  of  the  various  clover  seeds,  and  I 
would  recommend  in  this  instance  the 
following  mixture:  10  pounds  of  Sweet 
clover,  eight  pounds  of  Red  clover,  five 
pounds  of  Mammoth  clover  and  five 
pounds  of  Alsike  clover,  with  two  pounds 
of  oats  per  acre.  I  believe  t’.iat  this 
would  produce  a  crop  that  would  pay  its 
way,  and  eventually  establish  a  meadow 
with  clover.  I  would  prefer  the  white 
Sweet  clover  to  the  yellow,  however,  for 
it  seems  to  be  more  palatable  and  less 
woody  in  its  growth.  F.  C.  M. 
Legal  Questions 
Taxation  by  Village 
Can  the  portion  of  our  farm  lyiug  in 
the  village  be  taxed  by  the  village  to  pay 
its  expenses,  since  it  is  all  one  piece  of 
land,  and  we  living  outside  the  village 
limits  can  have  no  voice  in  any  of  the 
improvements  made  or  expenses  incur¬ 
red?  o.  n. 
New  York. 
The  law  provides  that  if  a  farm  or 
lot  is  divided  b.v  a  line  between  two  or 
more  tax  districts,  it  shall  be  assessed 
in  the  tax  district  in  which  the  dwelling 
house  or  other  principal  buildings  are 
located,  the  same  as  if  such  farm  or  lot 
was  wholly  in  such  tax  district.  You 
canuot  therefore  be  legally  taxed  by  fhe 
village  authorities. 
Right  on"Another’s  Property 
A  is  hired  by  B  to  work  for  him. 
In  order  for  A  to  do  such  work  lie  must 
cross  the  property  of  C  with  liis  team. 
C  charges  B  one  dollar  for  the  privilege 
of  trespassing  on  his,  C’s,  private  road. 
Can  C  estop  A  from  crossing  on  his 
private  road,  when  he  taxes  for  the  right 
to  cross?  Is  A  committing  a  trespass? 
Can  C  order  A  off  his  property,  and  is 
A  obliged  to  go  if  ordered  off?  I.  G.  K. 
New  York. 
For  how  long  did  B  obtain  the  right 
to  cross  by  paying  the  dollar?  If  this 
time  has  not  expired  A  may  cross  and 
is  not  a  trespasser.  If  no  time  was 
mentioned  and  the  dollar  was  pay¬ 
ment  for  a  mere  license,  revocable  at 
the  will  of  C,  C  may  revoke  it  at  any 
time  and  may  stop  A  and  order  him 
off  and  lie  will  have  to  go,  and  if  A 
then  proceeds  he  is  a  trespasser. 
Fences  Along  Railroads 
I  wrote  you  some  time  ago,  asking  you 
if  railroads  in  New  York  State  are  re¬ 
quired  to  fence  their  right  of  way  to  ex¬ 
clude  hogs.  You  answered  telling  me  that 
they  must  fence  out  cattle.  I  would 
like  to  know  what  the  law  is  in  this 
matter.  J.  R.  s. 
New  York. 
Every  railroad  must  erect  and  there¬ 
after  maintain  fences  Oil  the  sides  of  its 
road  of  height  and  strength  sufficient 
to  prevent  cattle,  horses,  sheep  and  hogs 
from  going  upon  Its  road  from  the  ad¬ 
jacent  lands  with  farm  crossings  and 
opening  with  gates  therein  at  such  farm 
crossings  whenever  and  wherever  neces¬ 
sary  for  the  use  of  the  owners  and  oc¬ 
cupants  of  the  adjoining  lands,  and  must 
keep  up  cattle  guards  at  crossings  to 
keep  such  animals  from  going  upon  the 
track.  So  long  as  such  fences  are  not 
so  made  and  maintained  the  railroad  is 
liable  for  all  damages  done  to  suelt  ani¬ 
mals  on  the  track. 
Boundary  Questions 
I  bought  a  piece  of  land,  about  six 
acres.  The  deed  reads :  "Beginning"  etc. 
Now  the  land  bounded  by  the  grantor  baa 
been  sold  and  iron  pins  have  been  put 
between  the  two  points,  which  does  not 
make  a  straight  line,  and  there  is  a  pin 
missing  on  the  southwest  corner.  Would 
I  have  to  get  this  surveyed?  Also  there 
is  no  boundary,  except  iron  pins.  Would 
it  do  to  put  in  another  iron  pin  where 
this  one  is  missing?  E.  E.  b. 
Connecticut. 
If  there  is  going  to  he  any  question 
over  the  boundary  it  would  be  safer  to 
have  your  land  surveyed.  Probably  the 
best  thing  to  do  is  to  combine  with  your 
neighbors  and  have  your  common  bound¬ 
aries  re-established  by  a  survey.  You 
may  put  an  iron  pin  iu  place  of  the  miss¬ 
ing  one,  but  you  cannot  change  the  line 
in  any  way  in  this  manner. 
