1914. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
833 
Rye and Timothy for Hay. 
L AST Fall I worked a piece of oat 
stubble up well with Cutaway har¬ 
row and sowed to rye with good 
seeding of Timothy and clover. The rye 
is now heading out and among it there 
is quite a heavy growth of quack grass. 
Would it be better to let all grow and 
ripen and get what grain and straw I 
can, or would it be more profitable to cut 
all for fodder? How near ripe should 
the rye be for fodder? Would such fod¬ 
der be safe to feed to dairy cows? 
Wright, N. Y. s. \v. c. 
With us it would depend on how badly 
we needed the feed. If short of hay we 
would cut the green rye and cure it. 
Rye is the poorest of all the grains for 
making into hay. It is tough and hard, 
and stock do not eat it as well as they 
do oats or wheat, when dried. If cut 
for this purpose it should not get past 
the bloom and would better be cut as 
the heads are forming. Unless there is 
need of the green rye as hay we should 
let it mature into straw and grain. 
The Emergency Auto Truck. 
T HE picture shows a quite common 
happening on a New York street. A 
broken axle has stalled the load of lumber 
on a street car track, and the car com¬ 
pany’s “emergency” auto truck is there 
to remove the blockade. The wagon is 
LEGAL MATTERS. 
Line Fence Trouble. 
I HAVE two neighbors; I will call them 
A and R. A and myself each builds 
half of all line fence that is required. 
II and myself have a cow pasture oppo¬ 
site each other, and he claims that his 
part of the line fence is where there is 
not any alongside of our meadows. I 
have purebred Ayrshires and he has a 
grade Holstein bull. He claims that if 
this bull gets into my pasture and does 
damage he is not responsible, for he 
would get through my fence, until after 
his bull is two years old. What is the 
law about the line fence, and also in re¬ 
gard to the bull matter. J. M. L. 
New York. 
It is hard to understand how the age 
of the bull affects this matter in any way. 
If he is liable for damage, he would also 
be before, the bull was two years of age. 
The law provides that each owner of two 
adjoining tracts of land shall make and 
maintain a just and equitable portion of | 
the division fence between such lands, un- j 
less one of them shall choose to let his 
lands lie open to the use of all animals 
which may be lawfully upon the other’s 
lands, and does not permit any animals 
lawfully upon his premises to go upon | 
lands so lying open. If you cannot come 
to any understanding with your neighbor 
as to which part of the fence each of 
jacked up enough to get a two-wheeled 
truck less than six inches high under the 
broken axle, and the load is then hauled 
to one side of the track by the horse, or 
auto power if necessary. The horse is 
taking the resting spell philosophically, 
and perhaps reflecting that putting a 
two-horse load on a one-horse wagon i3 
poor practice. 
Field Stone for Building. 
N many parts of the best dairy regions 
of New England and New York the 
removal of loose field stones is neces¬ 
sary after every plowing, and their dis¬ 
position becomes a problem. Would it 
not be practicable to use these stones for 
smaller outbuildings, and perhaps even 
for stuiyies and houses?. Could such 
buildings be built cheaper than those of 
concrete, and could they be so built that 
they would not be damp? Is there any 
literature upon this subject of erecting 
such buildings? I hope to return to my 
old home in Delaware county, N. Y., in a 
few years, and the subject is of much in¬ 
terest to me. c. w. B. 
Washington, D. C. 
Considerable stonework is being done 
for country building. In our own neigh¬ 
borhood several large buildings have been 
erected in just the way you mention, 
using the waste stone from the stone 
wall, or when picked up on the ground. 
Many farmers take great pride in build¬ 
ing houses of this sort, and we think the 
practice is growing. The best way to 
get hold of this matter is, as usual with 
such questions, to call upon our readers 
for experience. We have no doubt that 
wo shall find many who have built these 
houses, and who can give us practical de¬ 
tails about it. We want to know the 
comparative cost of such buildings, how 
much of the work could be done by the 
farmer and his hired help, in fact any 
practical information which would help 
such a man as the writer of the above to 
understand the business thoroughly. We 
expect in this way to obtain just the in¬ 
formation these stone builders need. 
you is to maintain, you will not be able 
to settle disputes, and you would be lia¬ 
ble to your neighbor for the injury caused 
to him by the trespassing of your stock 
on his land, and he in turn would be lia¬ 
ble to you if his stock broke through the 
fence; so the best precedure would be 
to have your difficulties settled by the 
fence viewers of the town as quickly as 
possible. m. D. 
Outlaw of Claim. 
When is the following bill outlawed or 
not collectable? A, living in Connecticut, 
buys some goods from B, who lives in 
Illinois, in December, 1!)07. A makes 
several payments on the bill, the last pay¬ 
ment being made in May, 1909, and ow¬ 
ing to a disagreement A has not paid 
anything since on the bill. When will 
this bill be outlawed or not collectable? 
Would it come under the Illinois law or 
iht' Connecticut law? w. a. o. 
Connecticut. 
The law of Connecticut would probably 
govern in this case, as B would probably 
bring an action in that State if he at¬ 
tempted to collect the bill. The limit on 
matters of this kind is six years in Con¬ 
necticut and 10 years in Illinois, and the 
six years would run in Connecticut from 
the date of the last payment made by A, 
and unless some payment is made or 
promise to pay in writing is made by A. 
the bill will be outlawed in May, 1915. 
Old-age Pension; Increase of Assessment. 
(1) An old soldier was bom April 
25th, 1840. lie will therefore celebrate 
his seventy-fifth birthday this year. Will 
he be entitled to the old age pension 
which is allowed at that age, or would 
he have to wait another year? (2) Can 
an assessor increase the valuation of a 
farm property without consulting the 
owner of the same. There has been no 
improvements made since the appraisal 
last year, but the taxes were raised so 
there was a dollar more taxes to pay on 
a seven-acre plot, and the assessor did 
not call on the owners. E. K. 
(1) For the purpose of obtaining the 
pension the soldier will not become 75 
years of age until April 25, 1915, and 
he will not be entitled to an old-age pen¬ 
sion until that time. 
Driving Moles Away. —Seeing some 
of The R. N.-Y. readers were wanting to 
know how to exterminate moles I will 
give them a remedy. Get lime or lye and 
dig a hole in their runs and put it in 
and plant castor beans around; they will 
soon get rid of the pests. We were trou¬ 
bled with them all last Summer. 
Holyoke, Mass. E. ii. 
(2) The assessors may increase the 
valuation of farm property without con¬ 
sulting the owner of the farm. It may 
be that the tax rate has arisen, instead 
of the assessment increased. If you wish 
to have your assessment reduced the as¬ 
sessors give a hearing to all those who 
wish it on the third Tuesday of August 
in each year, and you can make your 
complaint at that time. 
Autocars Reduce Hauling 
Costs of Farm Products 
Albert Hansell and W. H. Adams Tell of Advantages 
of Quick and Economica Motor Equipment 
A LBERT HANSELL, a prominent farmer and 
fruit grower, of Burlington, N. J., bought an 
Autocar in February, 1911. In discussing it 
recently, he said : 
“1 bought the car because I became convinced that 
hauling my fruit to market with horses and wagons was 
too expensive. After sev¬ 
eral years of service with 
the jjutocar, I know now 
that 1 was right. The car 
makes three trips to Dock 
Street, Philadelphia, 15 
miles distant, in a day, 
while a team of horses is 
making one. And horses, 
after such a trip, have to be 
rested up the next day. 
“My Autocar often 
makes three trips to Trenton and hack in a 
day, a total distance of 120 miles. Since I have had 
the car, it has travelled more than 32,000 miles with¬ 
out a serious breakdown, and has added greatly to my 
profits thorough the quick marketing of my goods." 
“ Used in Every Line of Business ’ 9 
W. H. ADAMS, another Burlington County, 
N. J., fanner, says of his Autocar: 
“The results have certainly been beyond my ex¬ 
pectations. I use the car to haul my fruit, garden 
truck, etc., to the markets at Philadelphia and 
Trenton. Several times a 
week 1 make three trips to 
Philadelphia and return, 
90 miles in all, in a day. 
One trip a day is the limit 
for horses. It means a 
creat deal to a fanner to 
get his products to market 
quickly whila prices are 
good. My Autocar has 
been a revelation in this work, and its reliability and 
economy have surprised me. 1 could not afford to be 
without it. It is easily handled and taken care of, 
never breaks down on the road, and has been a first- 
class vestment in every respect." 
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