1908. 
THE RURAE NEW-YORKER 
637 
TALKS WITH A LAWYER. 
Exemption Allowed on Note. 
A husband signs a judgment note. May 
his wife claim the benefit of the exemp¬ 
tions allowed by law, and may the son 
show title to certain property which he 
bought and paid for by his earnings? 
Pennsylvania. s. b. t. 
Yes, the law allows a married man an 
exemption of certain property, including 
a horse, cow, plow, etc., not to exceed 
$.300, which cannot be reached by execu¬ 
tion. If it can be shown that the son 
bought the property and still owns it, the 
creditors of the father cannot reach it. 
Conveyances to members of the family to 
defraud creditors will be set aside by the 
courts when this is proven, but these are 
different facts. 
Distribution of Wife’s Property. 
A wife dies without will, survived by a 
husband and children. IIow is the property 
distributed? E. e. 
New York. 
One-third of the personal property goes 
to the widower, and two-thirds to the 
children or descendants of them. A widow 
inherits the same share from her late hus¬ 
band. As to the real property, the husband 
has a life estate in all of it, that is, he has 
the income or use of it for his life. The 
widow always has a dower interest in the 
lands of her late husband, which is one- 
third of the income of the real property 
owned by him. No will or deed of the 
husband can defeat her dower interest. 
Trespass of Division Fence. 
A neighbor has set his division fence 
over on my land. What should I do? 
New York. f. w. m. 
You are at liberty to set it back on the 
line as shown by the survey and deeds. 
Call jipon him to build his half; if he 
refuses call in the fence viewers, who 
investigate the whole matter and report. 
If your neighbor does not build his share 
according to the terms of the report you 
can build it and make the bill a lien on 
his place. You can sue him for the tres¬ 
pass and for the extra work and expenses 
incurred. We suggest that you first send 
him a written demand that he set back the 
fence on the correct line. 
Collection from Parents’ Estate. 
A daughter advances money to parents 
and takes deed to property. At the death 
of the parents the other children wish the 
deed set aside, as they also helped their 
parents. Can they recover? m. j. c. 
New York. 
They cannot; the parents can do as they 
wish with their property in the absence of 
fraud or duress. A child cannot collect 
from the estate of a parent for services 
except on a contract; as all work and 
kindness between parent is presumed to be 
gratuitous, each to each, no recovery can 
be made save on clear proof that there 
was a contract. 
Fishing in Private Waters. 
A party owns both sides of a small 
stream flowing into State waters. What 
right have the public to fish in this 
stream? w. j. 
New York. 
As the stream is a small one, not used 
for navigation, it is private waters, and 
any fishing on same against the wish of 
the owner would be trespass. The owner 
paid for the space covered by the stream, 
and pays taxes on same, and he should be 
protected in the exclusive right to fish 
there. People may fish in the State water 
at the mouth of the stream. 
Auction Dispute. 
At a public auction I bought a wagon 
containing sundry articles, believing that 
I was entitled to the contents also. The 
auctioneer refused to allow me to take 
them. Who is right? d. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
It is a question of intention of the par¬ 
ties and of custom. As it is the custom 
for the auctioneer to cry out what he is 
selling, and did not state that the contents 
of the wagon is included, there is no 
inference that the articles would pass with 
the wagon. In such a case you should de¬ 
mand that it be sold again, or withdraw 
your bid before it is sold. 
CELERY RUNS TO SEED. 
t\ e have had a number of complaints 
from readers whose celery, instead of 
growing as it should, sent up seed stalks. 
I’rof. Paddock, of Colorado, has this to 
say about it: 
“The growth of seed stalks the first sea¬ 
son is. of course, abnormal, as the plant is 
a biennial. The opinion of those who have 
studied the subject is that such plants have 
always received a cheek in growth which 
corresponds in a measure to the rest that 
such plants take during Winter. Under 
semi-arid conditions such influences are 
intensified; so much so that it seems at 
times as though the cause could not be ac¬ 
counted for. Growers have found that if 
they can keep the plants growing steadily 
from the seed bed to maturity, loss from 
this cause is small. This is desirable, of 
course, with all classes of plants, but the 
celery plant happens to be extremely sen¬ 
sitive. The way plants are handled before 
they are transplanted to the field is im¬ 
portant, as it is quite common for hot-bed 
grown plants to go to seed. On the other 
hand, plants grown in greenhouses, if well 
grown, give good satisfaction; however, 
most growers must depend upon cold 
frames, and such plants seem to be most 
reliable.” 
SHORT STORIES. 
White “Crimson” Clover. 
Did you ever see white “Crimson” 
clover? I enclose a head or two from a 
neighbor’s peach orchard. He planted Crim¬ 
son clover three or four years ago; it has 
reseeded ever since, and this year there are 
quite a few white plants. j. l. p. 
Barnegat, N. J. 
We have found quite a number of those 
white heads in the Crimson clover this 
year. They do not appear to make seed. 
Orris Root. 
I am thinking of cultivating orris root, 
which I understand is in demand at good 
prices. What are the chances? 
Virginia. beader. 
Orris root brings only from six to eight 
cents per pound, even of the Italian pro¬ 
duct, so we do not believe it would pay 
anyone to cultivate it. 
j. s. HOPKINS & co. 
Crops In Orchard. 
In a recent article Mr. W. T. Mann re¬ 
ferred to a young apple orchard very suc¬ 
cessful as a result of thorough culture. Will 
he tell us what crops, if any, were grown 
in the orchard? reader. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
I raised corn in that young apple or¬ 
chard the first three or four years; since 
that time I have simply tilled the land. 
w. T. MANN. 
Green Scum on Pond. 
I have a small pond on my place (sup¬ 
plied by springs which never give out). 
There is a green growth which seems to 
take root in the bottom of the pond, and 
grows so as to cover the entire surface 
with a green scum which some call “frogs’ 
spawn.” Do you know of any way of clear¬ 
ing the pond of its growth? c. e. b. 
Orange Co., N. Y. 
Dr. B. T. Galloway of the Department 
of Agriculture, thinks this is a case where 
sulphate of copper will destroy the growth. 
Samples of the water and growth have 
been sent on for examination and we hope 
to give further particulars about the treat¬ 
ment. 
Rye for Mulch. 
Will you advise me the best method to 
pursue in regard to my rye? I have about 
half an acre, and think it best to cut it 
before it ripens, and use to mulch my young 
peach and apple trees, and also use for 
my strawberry bed. Is there any objection 
to such use? F. H. E. 
Malden, Mass. 
No objections except you will lose the 
grain. We cut our rye about May 25, when 
the heads were just past the bloom. This 
made fair horse hay, but not as much 
mulch material as if the ripened straw. 
By cutting early you can fit the ground 
for another crop, or, if you have clover 
seeded in the rye it will do better for the 
early cutting. 
Fertility Near Fence. 
Is it not probable that much of the 
extra fertility noticed near stone walls in 
the East, and any sort of a fence in this 
region, is due to the leaves, litter and dust 
carried by the wind and stopped by the 
obstruction, as well as by the extra depth 
of soil caused by 'plowing toward the 
fence oftener than from it? d. e. r. 
Payson, Ill. 
We think all these things help conserve 
plant food along the walls. We also find 
thousands of insects in such places. They 
not only work the soil over thoroughly, 
but die and thus enrich the soil. Probably 
a dozen things contribute to improve the 
soil in such places. 
Onion Maggots. 
Can you tell me of something that will 
keep the “grubs”, off onions? 
Bushton, N. Y. a. l. h. 
We presume you mean onion maggots. 
The egg from which this maggot hatches 
is laid by a fly early in Spring. The mag¬ 
got works down into the stem and bulb. 
The best remedy we have found is an 
emulsion made as follows: Shave a pound 
of hard soap and dissolve in a gallon 
of boiling water. Pour in a pint of car¬ 
bolic acid and churn the whole thing until 
mixed. Add 30 gallons of water, mix and 
pour along the rows close to the plants. 
“DEAR LITTLE BUTTERCUP.” 
There has been published recently a 
statement said to have been made by a 
Philadelphia doctor (and Philadelphians 
think that doctors rank next to Philadelphia 
lawyers), claiming that the buttercup, the 
common field Ranunculus, is dangerously 
poisonous, and should not be picked. The 
doctor claims that a fever is produced 
thereby which some physicians have diag¬ 
nosed as measles, and which is often fatal. 
It is also stated that Germany and Hol¬ 
land have laws prohibiting the growing and 
picking of buttercups with severe penalties 
for disregarding the laws. What does The 
R. N.-Y. think or know about this? We 
have in many sections meadows badly in¬ 
fested with this brilliantly flowering weed, 
glistening like varnished gold. If it is 
really such a bad thing let everybody 
know about and begin to exterminate it. 
The United States Dispensatory states that 
the plant when chewed excites violent irri¬ 
tation in the mouth and throat, often ex¬ 
coriating the mouth and insides of the 
cheeks and lips. When swallowed it pro¬ 
duces heat and pain in the stomach and 
may excite fatal inflammation. Some au¬ 
thorities state that it has also narcotic 
properties diminishing the frequency of the 
pulse and respiration and producing palsy 
of the extremities. Before the introduction 
of the Spanish fly, it was much used exter¬ 
nally as vesicant. j. yates peek. 
DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF VETCH. 
-/. M. II., Elbridr/e, N. Y .—I wish infor¬ 
mation in regard to vetch. I understand 
that the German variety will not stand our 
Winters, but that there is a Russian vetch 
that is more hardy and will endure the cold 
of our climate in Winter. if vetch is 
sown at the last cultivation of tobacco, 
will it form a covering by the next Spring 
sufficient, if plowed under, to grow another 
crop of tobacco? It is claimed that it will 
form humus and collect enough nitrogen to 
grow another crop. is there a Russian 
vetch? Where can the seed be bought, and 
what is it per bushel, and how many pounds 
to the bushel? 
Ans.— There are several species of 
vetch known in this country. The more 
common of these is Vicia villosa or 
Hairy vetch, which, I believe, is also 
sometimes spoken of as Russian vetch. 
This is the only vetch that has attained 
to any agricultural importance al¬ 
though Vicia sativa or Spring vetch is 
considerably grown for forage in cer¬ 
tain parts of Europe. Whether this is 
what the correspondent refers to as 
German vetch, I am not sure. The 
Hairy or Winter vetch is usually sown 
in late Summer or early Autumn, and 
passes the Winter successfully, making 
good growth the following Spring. On 
account of its tendency to fall upon the 
ground, it is usually grown with rye as 
a support, about one bushel of vetch 
and one bushel of rye being sown to¬ 
gether. The vetch itself is exceedingly 
rich in protein, and is quite palatable, 
so that it makes most excellent hay. 
Of course the larger the proportion of 
rye, the more the hay made from the 
combined plants is lowered in protein 
content. While the writer has not seen 
vetch grown in tobacco as a cover crop, 
as suggested by our correspondent, he 
would expect it to do very well under 
these circumstances. He has seen Mam¬ 
moth clover, sown at the last cultiva¬ 
tion of the tobacco, make a stand about 
as heavy as could be plowed under the 
following Spring at the time it was 
necessary to plow for another setting of 
tobacco. It would be interesting to 
have a comparison of vetch and Mam¬ 
moth clover along this line. Persons 
who have had experience with either of 
these crops would do well to report the 
same. There is no legal weight for 
vetch seed, and the custom of dealers 
varies the bushel from 50 to 60 pounds: 
Usually, I think, 60 pounds is given as 
a bushel. j. l. stone. 
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