1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
665 
TALKS WITH A LAWYER. 
Alteration in Line Fence. 
I bought a farm from my mother-in-law; 
she bought it at a sale, and when she 
bought it the fence was on the line. About 
10 years ago my brother-in-law asked me to 
let him move the line fence. I let him move 
it, and he took out the corner stone. I put 
another stone down in same spot. Now his 
son lives on the place, and he wants to hold 
that piece of land. lie fenced that piece of 
land in, and took out the cornerstone. He 
moved up to the road, 30 feet wide and 100 
long. R. 
Pennsylvania. 
You should remove the fence from the 
road back to its original position, replacing 
the corner stone. We do not understand 
that the permission given to your brother- 
in-law 10 years ago to move the fence con¬ 
ferred upon him any right to the land in 
question. If the son forcibly opposes res¬ 
toration of the fence to its old line, you 
would better consult a lawyer and bring 
the matter into court. 
Another Fence Question. 
We are having a dispute with a neighbor 
over a line fence. We claim the line in 
question is straight its entire length. He 
claims its direction changes after crossing 
the highway. Accordingly lie has built a 
barb wire fence on -his division of the line, 
using trees growing on our side of the fence, 
as we claim, to fasten the wires on, and 
worst of all, placing them on the side toward 
us, so that really he has taken our land 
and our trees. To do this he had to get over 
on our side to cut bushes and shrubs that 
were in his way. Now what can we do about 
it? We would like to settle the matter as 
inexpensively as possible. Cannot the fence 
viewers act in a case like this? If so, would 
their decision stand in law? In order to sub¬ 
mit the case to them, what course shall we 
take? Can they (the fence-viewers) act 
though the neighbor is opposed to sub¬ 
mitting the matter to them. In case 
he is stubborn and opposes all peaceful means 
of settlement, what course can we take? We 
do not like to leave the matter unsettled. 
Sometime it may cause much trouble. 
New York. w. p. h. 
Fence viewers have no authority to de- 
Raising Orchard Ground Level. 
A. K., Belleville, III. —I have several lots 
which I set out in fruit, mostly peach and 
cherry. A few were set out last Spring, the 
rest a year earlier. They have grown very 
fast. I now intend to fill the lots up about 
two feet with ground. What effect will this 
have on the trees? I also set out some 
grapes last Spring. How will they be affect¬ 
ed? Would you advise digging up the grapes 
and younger trees during the coming dormant 
season, and raising them nearer to the sur¬ 
face? 
Ans. —It would seriously hinder the 
growth of the trees and grapevines, if it 1 
would not kill them outright, to bury 
their roots two feet deeper than they nat¬ 
urally grow. The grapevines would be 
the last to succumb and might finally out¬ 
grow the difficulty; for they would prob¬ 
ably soon form roots near the surface of 
the ground. My advice would be to wait 
until the leaves drop next Fall, and then 
tip up the trees and raise them to the 
proper depth on the new grade. Good 
soil should be put about the roots, or 
there will be serious checking of the 
growth of the trees and vines, in case the 
grading is done with subsoil. H. e. v. d. 
Cultivation for Peaches. — I am aston¬ 
ished at the size of my peaches after such a 
drought; I never grew better fruit: so far it 
has been very handsome. Cultivation did it. 
I never before gave my bearing trees quite 
so good care; now I am gathering in the 
shekels as the result of it. I have the San 
Jos6 scale under control. T.lme, sulphur and 
salt did it, and will do it every time with the 
right man behind the gun. w. H. skii.lman. 
New Jersey 
Killing Canada Thistles. —If anyone has 
mastered a patch of Canada thistles I would 
like to know his experience. I see consider¬ 
able theory and directions about how to be 
rid of them, but I do not hear anyone say 
they have done it. I have a small patch that 
I would like to be rid of. The ground is 
now in corn and' 1 intend to keep it so until 
they are disposed of unless something else is 
better . I have dug them all out with a fork 
twice and shall dig them again next week. 
G. B. D. 
termiue a dispute as to a proper location 
of a boundary line. Whether the line in 
question should run straight in its entire 
length, or changes its direction after cross¬ 
ing the highway as claimed by the neigh¬ 
bor is a matter to be determined by the 
title deeds of the two properties. It is 
a question for a court to determine. It 
is only after the location of the line is de¬ 
termined that the fence viewers have jur¬ 
isdiction to determine the portion of the 
fence to be maintained by each owner. 
If W. P. H. is right in his claim that the 
line should run straight, and that the 
trees in question stand upon his land, then 
his neighbor has unlawfully taken pos¬ 
session of property belonging to W. P. 
H. The latter can protect himself by re¬ 
placing the fence on its proper line, if this 
can be done without a breach of the 
peace ; otherwise he should bring an action 
in ejectment against his neighbor to re¬ 
cover the land and trees so appropriated. 
Probably if W. P. H. should proceed res¬ 
olutely to restore the fence to its proper 
position, which is the most inexpensive 
way for him, that would be the end of 
the matter. 
Rebuilding a Fence. 
An old fence has been built over with 
post and rails; the old' fence was partly 
stone, but has tumbled down, spread out, 
and become a propagating ground for Ivy, 
bittersweet, wild cherries and other trash, 
and makes it difficult if not impossible to 
subdue. The adjoining owner wishes this 
cleaned away. What is his right and remedy? 
Connecticut. h, p. m. 
If the posts and rails furnish a sufficient 
fence, then the stones of which the old 
fence was made are only an encumbrance 
upon the land. The owner of the land 
upon they lie may therefore remove these 
stones and clean his land up to the post 
and rail fence. If any of the stones are 
necessary for the fence they should be 
relaid, and the land can then be cleared 
of brush and rubbish up to the fence as 
relaid. 
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motherhood.” Carrie: “How sweet! 
Where are the puppies?” Small Boy: 
“She’s eat ’em all, Miss!”—Punch. 
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