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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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TALKS WITH A LAWYER. 
Bull Running at Large. 
My children in going to school often meet 
a vicious bull, not dishorned, on road. As 
this is very dangerous, what can I do to in¬ 
sure safety to them and others? a. b. r. 
New York. 
The owner runs rash chances in allow¬ 
ing a full-grown bull to run at large, and 
for one having horns to go on the road 
is a serious offence against public safety. 
A man is answerable in damages if he al¬ 
lows a vicious animal to run loose in a 
field if he thinks that it will do hurt to 
a person crossing the field. Human life 
and safety is sacred. We think that the 
citizens of the locality should take any 
steps to end this matter, and not wait un¬ 
til he has done harm. 
Farm Without Right of Way. 
A owns two farms, one on highway, the 
other in rear of first farm, abutting on no 
road. A, in reaching his rear farm, goes over 
part of the land of B. Discuss rights and 
remedies of B. r. j. J. 
Ohio. 
Clearly A has no right to trespass on 
the lands of B under any pretext. A must 
use his own land as a private way to his 
rear farm, and has no color of right to 
intrude on the lands of a neighbor. B 
may erect fences to keep A out, and re¬ 
cover damages for the trespass if he 
wishes. If B allows A so to use his land 
as a private way for 20 years or more, 
B will then acquire a right by proscrip¬ 
tion, but this is very doubtful, as A must 
use the private way “openly, notoriously 
and continuously” for 20 years. We sug¬ 
gest that you call your neighbor’s atten¬ 
tion to these facts in a letter, keeping a 
copy; if he then persists you may appeal 
to the courts' for redress and protection. 
A COIL FOR HOT WATER. 
I would advise the Virginia inquirer, on 
page 525, to tr- hot water. While I never 
saw a plant just as will be described (in 
some respects), yet the principle is old 
and in constant use. As to the size of 
boiler and pipe, he will have to be gov¬ 
erned by the amount of radiation needed. 
I would not, however, get less than an 
ordinary 40-gallon range boiler. The 
boiler can be placed in the corner of 
room nearest the fireplace, and one-inch 
pipe run from the bottom of boiler to 
floor offset against baseboard, then into 
fireplace around jamb to back wall of 
fireplace as near in corner as practical 
to be out of way; then rise to a line 
above where wood is generally placed, 
and run a coil of six loops across on 
arch where blaze strikes; thence up the 
chimney to a line just above the floor 
line in hall; cut a hole in chimney. Put 
in a thimble that pipe will come through, 
allowing thimble to be only a small frac¬ 
tion larger than pipe to care for expan¬ 
sion ; thence along floor and base to 
where radiator or coil is to be located, 
allowing at least one-inch rise to 10 feet 
of horizontal run. If coil is to be used 
pipe should be run to top of coil first, 
thence to floor again, and back to top of 
boiler, giving always a fall toward boiler. 
Where pipe comes through chimney a T 
is placed, and a three-quarter-inch pipe run 
to an expansion tank that will hold about 
10 gallons, a pipe of same size to run 
from top of expansion tank through 
roof. At the bottom of boiler a sediment 
cock is put in to drain system when so 
desired. If this kind of system would 
suit inquirer I will go more fully in de¬ 
tail if you so desire, or any plumber 
where he lives can go over the house with 
him, and give him an estimate as to its 
cost, etc., that I could not do very well 
without knowing just how everything is 
situated. I do not see why more people 
do not try to use the wasted heat. Al¬ 
most any kitchen stove is large enough 
to admit of a three-quarter-inch pipe coil 
in firebox attached to a 35 or 40-gallon 
barrel. The water will heat while the 
meal is being prepared with no extra cost 
or damage to stove, if properly put in. 
Then the good housewife is not bothered 
with a teakettle or pot in the way, and 
few know except the cook how conveni¬ 
ent it is to have plenty of hot water at 
command, and the cost is only a trifle. 
Kentucky. M. l. owen. 
REPORTS ON VETCH. 
It Pays in Ohio. 
I have grown Sand vetch for a number of 
years with satisfactory results. I aim to put 
the ground in good, clean, mellow, moist con¬ 
dition in July or August, sow 20 pounds per 
acre, and cover wtih weeder. One or twice 
I have sown 30 pounds per acre on a small 
strip, and thought it paid to use the extra 
amount of seed. I have never secured much 
growth in the Fall, but how it does grow in 
the Spring! In this latitude (northern Ohio) 
it is about full grown and in bloom by June 
1 to 5 in an ordinary season, and can bo 
plowed under for late potatoes with good re¬ 
sults. It is very thick and “vlney,” and diffi¬ 
cult to plow unless you “know how.” Itoll it 
down with heavy roller ahead of plow, driving 
the same way you intend to go with plow, 
then put on a sharp rolling cutter and joint¬ 
er, and you can easily do a good job. Last 
Summer I had vetch in an old apple orchard, 
and allowed it to ripen seed; then in the 
afternoon when dry and brittle I went over it 
thoroughly with Cutaway harrow, chopping it 
up and reseeding, and secured a fine stand 
again. The trees do well with it. Last 
Summer I plowed up a Timothy meadow, after 
mowing, and sowed ^to vetch intending to plow 
under for potatoes this Spring, but have de¬ 
cided to plow and fit for Alfalfa instead. 
It winter-killed considerably last Winter for 
the first time in my experience, still there is 
now a fine mass of it to turn under, and 
there are plenty of nodules on the roots. It 
seems to grow equally well on sand or heavy 
soil. I believe it to be worthy of more gen¬ 
eral use. W. W. FARNSWORTH. 
Ohio. 
If Grew in Connecticut. 
The New Haven, Conn., Experiment Sta¬ 
tion issued a bulletin regarding this plant, 
Vlcia villosa, to furnish a green crop for 
tobacco land. We put in about one-half acre 
on August 25, 1906, after tobacco, simply 
splitting the ridges where tobacco stood, and 
harrowing down, broadcasting seed and har¬ 
rowing in. It made fair growth in the Fall, 
stood the Winter well, except where water 
stood, and made good growth this Spring. 
How the crop on the land (tobacco) will do 
remains to be seen. A little Government 
seed (Pearl vetch) sowed on one end win¬ 
ter-killed. We paid 12 cents per pound for 
our seed last year. I see it listed cheaper 
this year, nine cents by the 100 pounds. 
Connecticut. E. pomeroy. 
Experience in Oregon. 
As I have had a good many years’ success¬ 
ful experience with vetches in Oregon, I can 
speak with some certainty for this region. 
In the first place, Spring and Winter are not 
proper adjectives for any species of vetch as 
grown here. The Hairy vetch (Villosa) 
should be sown in Spring on rich land for 
the next year like Red clover. As it is not 
very good, and will produce a large crop only 
in that way, it may be counted out. The 
common vetch (Sativa) sown the first of 
September or earlier, will be a mat about one 
foot high by April 15. The soil will also be 
mellowed. Reports from Department of 
Agriculture show that this vetch fails in 
many places, but where it will grow it has 
these great advantages. Compared with Al¬ 
falfa, every kind of clover, field peas, cow 
peas and every other forage plant recommended 
by seedsmen In the past 20 years, It is surest 
to make a good crop, is always liked by all 
stock and tests higher than Alfalfa. I have 
known it often to survive freezing and snow, 
but in wet land when grain freezes out clean, 
it is often hurt more or less. Beyond ques¬ 
tion It is our best hay crop, green feed or 
green manure. H. l. french. 
Oregon. 
Winter Vetch on Long Island. 
While Winter vetch as a green manuring 
crop may be valuable farther south, and per¬ 
haps also here when sown early on light soil, 
I do not believe that it will pay in New York 
on heavy lands, although my opinion is based 
on only one year’s trial. The seed was sown 
the first week in September, on well prepared 
heavy moist land, from which potatoes had 
just been harvested, one bushel to the acre 
being drilled in. The Winter (that of 1905- 
6) was much milder and shorter than our 
average Winters here on Ix>ng Island, but the 
vetch, although it all came up and none of it 
winter-killed, made such a sl'ght growth that 
when plowed under in April It was hardly 
noticeable. The roots, though surprisingly 
long and numerous for the growth of the 
vines, showed only slight traces of nodules, 
and I considered that the land had received 
much less value from the vetch than an ad¬ 
joining lot had from rye sown at the same 
time. What we need here is a legume that 
can be sown In September and October after 
potatoes are off the ground, to be plowed 
under the next Spring for another potato crop, 
but there seems to be no nitrogen gathering 
crop that can be sown here so late satisfac¬ 
torily. Rye, while it protects the ground 
through the Winter and lightens the soil some¬ 
what, is, of course, far from being an ideal 
green-manuring crop. ciias. b. foster. 
Long Island. 
Vetch in Canada. 
I may say that I have grown Hairy vetch 
in the orchards for several years, and have 
been well satised with the results. We have 
experimented with nearly all the practical 
cover crops, and have come to Crimson clover 
and Hairy or Winter vetch as the two most 
suitable for this climate and our special pur¬ 
pose. Compared with Crimson clover, though 
we have had very satisfactory results from 
the latter, we think vetch surer to take in a 
dry season, and owing to the quick early 
Spring growth, there is less danger of being 
caught in the Spring with dry weather, and 
not enough top of green matter to plow under. 
We can plow under the vetch two weeks 
earlier than Crimson clover. I think as you 
do that writer, page 477, got-too much growth 
in that peach orchard, and that is just the 
weakness with 'vetch, if carelessly handled. 
Vetch will cause a rampant growth of wood 
if planted on rich orchard land, or even on 
quite poor land, if planted two or three con¬ 
secutive years. For quick results give me 
vetch every time. Plant it on land covered I 
with young trees, or in orchards in an ex¬ 
hausted condition, and save the nitrogen bill, 
but for an every year cover crop we prefer 
clover. w. o. burgess. 
Canada. _ 
Crown Rot in Peaches. 
N. O. 77., Rothsville Pa .—Some of m.v 
peach trees are dying from what is called 
stem rot. Can you tell mo the cause, and 
how to prevent it? I lost about 50 young 
trees last Summer, and a ’half dozen more 
are dying. Those dead are nearly all of the 
Champion variety, but the dead bark is al¬ 
ways below the bud. 
Ans.— This is probably the disease 
known as crown or foot rot. "Prof. Clin¬ 
ton has noticed it in Connecticut, but no 
one appears to have given it much study. 
Prof. Clinton says: “I am inclined to 
think, however, that it is a fungous trou¬ 
ble. The only advice as to treatment that 
I can give is to remove the dead or in¬ 
jured trees and set out new ones in their 
place. Growers, as a rule, do not think 
that a tree set out in place of a diseased 
one contracts the disease.” 
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