'i' IT E RURA L NEW-YORKER 
1055 
The Woman At Law 
Marriage of Sister-in-Law. 
Can a man in the State of Maine le¬ 
gally marry his brother’s widow, there 
being no living children? 
A MAINE SUBSCRIBER. 
Yes, a man may legally marry his 
brother’s widow, children or no children 
—provided, always, that he first gets 
her consent. 
Marriage After Divorce. 
1. Can a woman who has secured a 
divorce on the grounds of desertion in 
Massachusetts marry again in Massa¬ 
chusetts as soon as the divorce becomes 
absolute? 2. Can the divorced husband, 
who is now living in New York State, 
marry in New York as soon as the di¬ 
vorce becomes absolute? s. B. m. 
New York. 
1. Yes. Either party may marry again, 
but the divorced person not within two 
years from the entry of the final decree. 
2. The probabilities are all against it 
until the expiration of the two years as 
provided by the laws of Massachusetts. 
New York does not allow divorced per¬ 
sons to marry unless by application to 
court, made more than five years after 
the divorce granted, and the applicant 
can show that his conduct has been uni¬ 
formly good. 
Protection to Army Officer’s Mother. 
Is there anything in the Federal laws 
concerning protection due to the mother 
of an army officer, especially in case of 
slander or insult? If so, does it include 
non-commissioned officers? Is quarter¬ 
master-sergeant commissioned? M. T. 
Maine. 
None that I can find especially entitling 
them above others to extra protection. 
Every person slandered has a legal action 
for damages against the slanderer. If you 
feel that you have been injured, or that 
the trouble is liable to continue, possibly 
the best thing to do is to commence an 
action for libel, but this is quite expen¬ 
sive. A quartermaster-sergeant is not a 
commissioned officer. 
Sale of Infant’s Property. 
Is there a law in New Jersey prohibit¬ 
ing the sale of real estate by a widow or 
widower until the youngest child has 
reached the age of 21? j. f. 
New Jersey. 
Your question is not quite clear. Whose 
property is to be sold? A widow or 
widower has practically no more right to 
sell the property belonging to his or her 
child than one has to sell property of a 
total stranger, with this exception, how¬ 
ever, that if the child needs money for its 
own care and upbringing and the parent 
is not able to provide it, the parent may 
petition the chancellor for leave to sell 
(he infant’s property for its own support. 
A parent may sell his own property at 
any time without regard to the number or 
age of his children. 
Adoption of Children. 
Can a man and his wife adopt a girl 
who is over 18 years of age? If so, can 
they do it without the consent of anyone 
save that of herself? The case briefly 
stated is this: A young lady in this 
place, when a small girl, was adopted by 
a family living in this place. She says 
she will not live with them because of 
ill-treatment. We like the young lady 
and would like to adopt her, if we can do 
so legally. She was 18 years old the 2d 
of last April. Can we adopt her? Will 
the consent of anyone besides herself be 
necessary? How shall we proceed? 
New York. G. w. d. 
You may legally adopt her. You must 
have her consent and the consents of her 
foster parents, but where the minor is 
over the age of 18 years the consents of 
the foster parents may be waived by the 
county judge or surrogate if in his opin¬ 
ion the moral or temporal interests of the 
minor will be promoted thereby and such 
consents cannot, for any reason, be ob¬ 
tained. 
The procedure is about as follows : The 
foster parents, the person to be adopted 
and those whose consents must be ob¬ 
tained, must appear before the county 
judge or surrogate of the county, where 
(lie foster parents reside, to be examined 
by him. They must then present to him 
an instrument showing the consents of 
all parties, an agreement of the foster 
parents to adopt the minor and to treat 
her as their own child, and a statement 
of her age, this instrument to be signed 
and acknowledged by said persons. If the 
judge or surrogate is satisfied that the 
moral and temporal interests of the child 
will be promoted thereby he then makes 
an order allowing and confirming said 
adoption reciting the reasons therefor and 
directing that the person to be adopted 
shall thenceforth be regarded and treated 
in all respects as the child of the foster 
parents. 
Separation. 
If a man becomes intoxicated to the 
point of insanity, and comes home and 
beats his wife, also threatens her life un¬ 
til she is compelled through fear to leave 
in search of a situation, and because it is 
not safe for her to live with him any lon¬ 
ger, can she sue for a bill of separation, 
and get alimony in this (New York) 
State? What would it cost for a bill of 
separation, and what course of law would 
she have to go through, and would it be 
any benefit to her? If she can’t do this, 
what can she do? Could she get a di¬ 
vorce? D- E. II. 
New York. 
In the first place she ought to have him 
arrested for assault and battery, and for 
non-support. This is good ground for a 
legal separation, and she is entitled to 
alimony. What it would cost depends on 
the lawyers she employs. If the husband 
has property he can be made to bear the 
expense of the wife’s action. Expense 
ought not to be more than $50. She would 
first serve a summons and complaint; if 
he. answered this, her attorneys would 
bring the action to trial at the next term 
of court, where, after trial, if she wins, 
a judgment granting separation and ali¬ 
mony is signed. If lie has no property to 
pay expenses and alimony this separation 
is hardly worth while. Only the adultery 
of the husband is ground for the wife’s 
divorce in this State. 
New York State Fruit Growers’ Summer 
Field Meeting. 
Part II. 
Spraying. —The following is Prof. Par¬ 
rott’s method of treatment in brief. He 
says: “As the expense of insecticides is 
usually much less than the cost of labor 
and team it is desirable from the stand¬ 
point of economy and time to reduce the 
number of applications to the minimum. 
One means to this end is to employ com¬ 
bination mixtures or as they are popu¬ 
larly called “two-in-one” or “three-in- 
one” sprays, according to the number and 
nature of constituents contained in them. 
From the standpoint of safety to expand¬ 
ing buds and leaf tissues, and effective¬ 
ness against insects, the most satisfac¬ 
tory combination, is three-fourths of a 
pint of nicotine solution (Black-leaf 40) 
added to a lime-sulphur solution at Win¬ 
ter strength for bud treatment, or to lime- 
sulphur at Summer strength with arsen¬ 
ate of lead for foliage applications. The 
formula for the nicotine solution is as 
follows: Nicotine solution 40 per cent., 
three-fourths pint, water 100 gallons, 
soap, three to five pounds. This mixture 
will cost about $1.15 per 100 gallons. In 
combining nicotine solution with lime- 
sulphur omit the soap. Kerosene emul¬ 
sion is generally successful as a Summer 
spray. The chief points of attack in the 
life of the aphids are: 1. In the Winter 
or egg state. 2. As eggs are hatching and 
the lice assemble on the green ends of 
opening buds. 3. At time of maturing of 
stem-mothers and the first appearance of 
their young. 4. At time of appearance of 
Fall migrants and egg-laying females on 
apple trees. 
Fruit Auctions.— The New York 
State Department of Foods and Markets 
is making arrangements for the sale of 
New York State apples at auction, in the 
city of New York, daily, throughout the 
season of 1915-1910. Auction sales give 
wide publicity and reliable quotations to 
the wholesale market. When goods are 
sold at auction the grower knows daily 
just what his grade of goods actually 
sells for on the open market. Once reg¬ 
ularly established all New York State 
apples will be sold at auction, and pro¬ 
ducers will get the full benefit of the de¬ 
mand and increased consumption. 
Tractor Plowing. —Saturday morning 
there was a demonstration of plowing 
with tractors on the station grounds. The 
conditions were very unfavorable for 
them, as the ground was so muddy that 
it stuck to wheels and parts. No farmer 
would plow under such conditions. The 
work was done in heavy clay soil, with a 
stand of clover nearly two feet high. The 
machine drawing two or three plows 
turned the furrows rapidly and perfectly, 
so the growth of clover was entirely cov¬ 
ered. All seemed satisfied with the work 
done, and the objection one heard was 
the cost of the present style of farm trac¬ 
tor. The investment, it was said, is too 
large for the small farmer. 
A Good Apple Crop. —The writer vis¬ 
ited a representative commercial orchard 
not far from the station and saw the 
great crop of apples it is bearing under 
scientific culture; some parts of it I es¬ 
timated at 200 barrels or more per acre. 
There were about 100 acres of apples and 
pears on this farm and one can figure the 
gross income when all are in full bear¬ 
ing. The heavy rains have caused the 
apples in Western New York to be filled 
out well and a large crop is expected, 
with some exceptions where it was short¬ 
ened by frosts. The seeding of the or¬ 
chards to cover crops had just been done 
at the time of my visit and clover, oats, 
or barley, and Cow-horn turnips is pre¬ 
ferred, generally. Occasionally when 
there is no need of nitrogen, buckwheat 
and turnips are sown. w. H. jenkins. 
*T*HE AEEEN is the car for the American Farmer, 
because it is built to last —not only} designed, but built 
to meet the farmer’s needs. 
The farmer’s car must have wonderful staying powers; endurance 
and strength in every part is absolutely necessary?. 
It must stand the racket as well at the end of the season as it did at 
the first, if it is to please and satisfy him, and be of practical service. 
It must be good, not merely for a special occasion or a Sunday trip, but for any 
time—dajl or night, rain or shine. So, the car that is built to last, is the only 
car for the American Farmer. 
While the Allen is light (which means low cost on tires and gasoline} it is 
built from the toughest materials that will stand up under constant strain; 
it has a sturdy, powerful motor, {full 37 H. P.) extra long springs, and 
bearings and axles that will meet any reasonable demands upon them. 
The Allen is equipped, and that means everything from the famous 
Westing house Starting and Lighting Systems, down to demountable 
rims and one-man top. The clutch and brake are simple and easy to 
operate, so that wife or daughter can easily drive and control the car. 
Send today for literature and name of nearest Allen dealer. 
THE ALLEN MOTORj) COMPANY 
90S Allen Bldg., FOSTORIA, OHIO 
A better car, with more power 
for $100 less. 
A larger car, with more room 
but less weight. 
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