1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
453 
TALKS WITH A LAWYER. 
The Use of a Spring. 
A has no water on his place and waters 
his horse at a spring on B’s land; has done 
so for 25 years without objection being made 
by anyone. A always leads the horse in the 
same path to and from the spring. The 
spring was used for the same purpose before 
B bought said land. Can B stop A from 
using said spring? Can he collect damage if 
A continues to use said spring? e. f. s. 
New Hampshire. 
From the statement of facts it would 
appear that A has acquired an absolute 
right to use the spring on B’s lands, re¬ 
gardless of B’s wishes. Such a right 
may be acquired by continuous, notorious 
and open use. If, however, A's use of the 
spring was by the permission or license 
of B, or B’s predecessors, then B would 
have the right to stop such use. The 
use of the spring by A must at all times 
have been under a claim of right and of 
a nature adverse to B’s rights. If such 
are the facts, and B, or his predecessors 
in title, were not disabled by infancy, in¬ 
sanity, absence from country, or other 
legal cause, from protecting their property 
against an unlawful use of it by A, then 
it is presumed that A or his grantors, at 
some time in the past lawfully acquired 
the right in question. Of course, if A 
has acquired the right to use the spring 
he cannot be compelled to pay any dam¬ 
ages for such use. 
'The Right of Way. 
The space marked “open” in diagram has 
been so for many years; nobody seems to 
c(— 
know how long. C wisiies to put a fence 
along the open space and public road and 
lake it in with his other land. B says that 
he and his predecessor have used the drive¬ 
way at H, by the fence, along his land so 
long that C cannot lawfully fence him out; 
that he now owns the driveway and will tear 
down any fence that may be put up. He 
never bought or paid for the land and has 
another private driveway to same public 
road that is mentioned in his and other 
deeds. This driveway is not mentioned In 
any deed that we can find. C says the open 
space was left so because of the limekilns, 
and to make a driveway back to his rear lot, 
where he has a gate As 'the land is rough 
and poor it has never been valuable, but has 
become so. Can C lawfully fence in the 
space? If he does can B compel him to 
leave the driveway open? This In Penn¬ 
sylvania. H. A. a. 
Easton, Pa. 
As it is admitted that C owns the open 
space shown on the diagram, there can be 
no question but that he is entitled to 
fence it in. The fact that he has never 
enclosed it with a fence does not affect his 
right to do so. Whether B has acquired 
a right of way through his land along 
the driveway marked “H” on the diagram, 
depends entirely upon the facts and cir¬ 
cumstances under which the driveway has 
been used by him. If it can be shown that 
B’s use of the driveway was by and with 
the acquiescence and consent of C then no 
legal right of way has been acquired. If, 
on the other hand, B has openly used 
the driveway as a matter of right, and this 
use has been open and visible to C and 
such use has continued for a sufficient 
period of time, C not being under any 
legal disability in the meantime, B has 
acquired a legal right of way over C’s 
land. This right is, however, merely one 
to pass and repass over C’s land in the 
same driveway. C still owns the land 
subject to this right on the part of B. 
He may fence in the land and maintain a 
gate at the driveway so arranged that B 
can readily pass to and fro. 
“There’s talk,” said the bookkeeper, “of 
a Bookkeepers’ Labor League. I wonder 
what the public would think of our 
union?” “Oh, Mr. Adder,” exclaimed 
Miss Blunter, the typewriter, “this is so 
sudden I”—Philadelphia Ledger. 
MILK NOTES. 
Most of the cows are very thin in flesh; 
hay was very scarce. Most of them were 
grained through the Winter. The supply of 
milk is below the average. Outlook for pas¬ 
ture Is fine; frequent showers. Butter Is 
lower than last year. We make about 1% 
ton per day, and cannot make enough to fill 
orders. The creamery here is known as 
Harford Butter and Cheese Association. 
Harford, Pa. e. w. w. 
Summer cows are going to pasture in the 
poorest condition in years, owing to the scar¬ 
city of fodder and the prevalent notion 
among dairymen that it “doesn’t pay” to 
feed grain in Winter to dry cows. The sup¬ 
ply of milk is not up to the average. Pas¬ 
tures are not good yet, but the present out¬ 
look is for plenty of feed soon. Prices of 
milk, butter, and cheese are lower than for 
several years, indicating a falling off in con¬ 
sumption. e. s. 
Worcester, Mass. 
We are furnishing milk to Borden's Con¬ 
densed Milk Co. Old hay is all fed up in 
our locality; cows are looking well. They 
have been fed grain In large quantities 
through the Winter. Milk supply Is fully up 
to average; pastures are starting up since 
the rains. Prices are a little off from cor¬ 
responding months last year as a rule. Farm-' 
ers here the same as in other places are keep¬ 
ing too many cows, buying too much feed. 
If they would reduce their stock one-fhird 
they would realize more from their farms. 
Mt. Upton, N. Y. f. m. w. 
Most dairies go to pasture looking thin 
on account of shortage in fodder caused by 
poor corn crop of 1903 and hard Winter. 
Not as much grain fed through Winter as 
common, as prices of grain and milk did not 
compare. The flow of milk seems to be be¬ 
low the average; prices are lower than former 
years. The farmers of this locality have not 
received pay for February and March milk. 
The Tuxedo Dairy Co., of New York City, 
had the milk until April 1; after that date 
we contracted with Mutual Milk and Cream 
Co. We received pay for April milk May 1G. 
Lebanon, N. Y. f. j. s. 
DRIVING THREE HORSES ABREAST 
I have driven three horses on road ma¬ 
chine, but some call it a road grader, and 
on a grain binder with a pole, but I never 
drove three horses on a wagon with a 
pole. I should think that three horses 
could be driven just the same on a wagon 
as on a road machine or a grain binder, 
l ne diagram gives my mode of using 
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three horses on a wagon pole, and of the 
lines to drive three horses. 
Middletown, N. Y. j. w. h. c. 
I send a diagram of a way to attach 
three horses to a pole that I have used; it 
works all right, and with little, if any, side 
draft. Dotted line chain from back axle 
inside of hound to whiffletrees is passed 
between sand board and bolster. B is a 
piece of hardwood inch board six inches 
wide with hole bored two inches from end 
size of strap hammer, and bolted to the 
tongue, where the whiffletrees go on with 
a flat-headed bolt. C is iron brace on 
under side of tongue, taking the same bolt, 
and bent up to come up even with the 
under side of board B to hold the board 
up level. The three-horse evener is laid 
on top of this board and bolted on with a 
good clevis and bolt. E is clevis to take 
the chain, and bolt hole should be made 
about two inches inside of line of draft 
on chain. Board B should be left out be¬ 
yond this clevis; bolt hole about 10 inches 
to hold the three-horse evener up level 
and for it to swing on. F is rope from 
neckyoke to the off horse to help turn the 
pole and keep horse up even. This same 
rig I have used on a sleigh where the 
reach and kingbolt are strong enough, and 
it works very well. The only trouble is 
in turning to the left short; it sometimes 
binds a little. There is need of quite a 
stiff reach. b. p. o. 
Taughannock Falls, N. Y. 
A Farmer’s Notes. —After the corn was 
cultivated the last time last season on a low 
flat field that is too often overflowed by a 
nearby stream to be profitable for cultivation 
or mowing land, we sowed Timothy seed, in¬ 
tending to get it into grass and make pasture 
of it. The grass seemed to be a failure last 
Fall, and we thought we would plow it and 
sow oats this Spring, and seed it again. But 
the grass looked almost too good to plow 
under this Spring, so we sowed oats over it 
and harrowed it well with a common smooth¬ 
ing harrow, and also seeded it heavily with 
Red clover and Timothy. It was cold, dry 
and windy when we sowed it, and if the 
weather had continued so much of the oats 
would have had a poor chance to germinate, 
as in many places the soil was too solid and 
soggy to work up well with only a light har¬ 
row. But we had warm rains and the most 
perfect conditions for growth. On part of 
the field I concluded I would put In more 
clover (I was sowing it by hand out of a 
sack slung over my shoulder) and I put some 
seed from another sack that I thought was 
clover in with what I had, and when I went 
to sow it I found it was millet. What kind 
of a mixture will that make and what do you 
think of such farming? w. s. s. 
Illinois. 
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She learns to know what headache means, 
and backache, and sometimes is sadly 
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The anxious mother of the family often¬ 
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bility so far as the home medication of 
common ailments of the girls or boys are 
concerned. The cost of the doctor’s visits 
is very often much too great. At such 
times the mother is invited to write to Dr. 
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advice, which is given free. Correspond¬ 
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