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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 19, 1924 
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So we call it the 
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Demand the 
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Warm, too, and wears like iron! Ideal protection for rough 
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Demand the big “C” on the tough rubber White Tire Sole; it’s your guar¬ 
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giving full information. 
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How to Handle a Hide 
There may be some farmers who butch¬ 
er their beeves for meat and make a poor 
job of skinning. Herewith I offer a few 
sketches of the work and if the job is 
done as directed he can assure the buyer 
the hide is worth more than one measly 
dollar, as is offered in some localities. 
Even if a hide is properly taken off, if 
not properly treated with salt the value 
depreciates. Many hides are just hung 
on a fence. I also see- passing here in 
Idaho trucks with a load of dry skins. 
So it must be the habit or rule here to 
let them dry out. Put slaughtered ani¬ 
mal square on its back. Make five cuts 
“** open up the hide. First cut from 
middle of low T er lip straight down the 
throat, over brisket, and down center of 
belly, between hind legs to the tail. Then 
out around front hoofs, then cut straight 
Properly Skinned Hide in Frame 
down the ffont of the leg. exactly in 
center over the knee to the brisket, join¬ 
ing first cut. Do not cut down on the 
inside of the leg; that leaves a pocket 
oh the knee. Following this cut around 
hind hoofs, then cut straight down on the 
back of hind legs over the haunch or 
flow the Poorly Skinned Hide Compares 
gambrel, joining first cut about 6 in. be¬ 
low tail. Do not out on the inside of 
the legs; that leaves a pocket on the 
haunch or gambrel. 
If these lines are followed carefully, 
being particular not to rip the hind legs 
in back, joining first cut 6 in. from the 
tail, this will leave a square hide with 
a good butt. Hides are measured by 
square, i. e., the number of square feet 
a hide will deliver inside the standard 
frames. Suppose we make a template 
with four strips of wood put together in 
rectangular form, say 4x5 ft., outside 
edges. If this frame is placed on a hide, 
and the hide extends to or a trifle beyond 
the outside edge of frame, it is called a 
No. 20 or 20 sq. ft., not termed a first- 
class or No. Al, as shown in third cut. 
If frame is placed on a hide of same 
size and shows under frame like fourth 
cut, would be classed as a No. 3 or 12, be¬ 
cause the template is 3 in. wide, con¬ 
sequently 6 in. smaller dimensions, so it 
could not get in the No. 2 class or 15% 
size. We will suppose both of these hides 
were taken from animals of identically 
the same size and weight. One can see 
how by improper skinning one hide is 
less valuable than the other. 
J. C. BERRANG. 
Property and Inheritance of Husband or 
Wife 
The following questions refer to the 
State of Massachusetts: 1. Can a wife’s 
savings bank money be taken to pay her 
husband’s debts? 2. If the husband dies 
without a will, what part of the estate 
passes to the wife? If the wife dies, 
what part of her estate goes to the hus¬ 
band? 3. What form, witnesses, seal, 
etc., are required in making a will? 
MRS. O. B. L. 
1. No. 
2. A husband, on the death of his wife, 
is entitled to one-third of her land for 
life. A wife, on the death of her husband, 
is entitled to the use of one-third for life. 
There are certain other provisions for 
the wife which apply to the husband, but 
a definite answer cannot be given to your 
question, for the reason you do not state 
whether there are any children born or 
living at the time of death. 
3. There must be three or more wit¬ 
nesses to a will in your State. We would 
not advise you to attempt to make your 
own will. It is an instrument which will 
speak for centuries after you are gone, 
and great care should be used in the pre¬ 
paration thereof. We would suggest that 
you employ a person skilled in the making 
of wills. N. T. 
Sale of Entailed Property 
A man wishes to deed one acre of a 
100 -acre farm to a sou by a second mar¬ 
riage. His first wife paid off a mortgage 
on farm many years ago, and left it en¬ 
tailed. If her children will not sign off 
claim to the acre, could it be sold with 
farm to satisfy their claim? How could 
the son get a clear title to the ground? 
The farm is worth considerably more 
than the amount of the mortgage. 
New Jersey. w. s. c. 
You failed to state whether you have 
any title to the property in question, or 
whether it was in the name of the first 
wife. If your first wife simply paid off 
the mortgage and took an assignment of 
the mortgage you could clear up the title 
so you could sell it by paying off the 
mortgage. If she held the title in her 
name you have no right to sell to your 
son by your second marriage, for you 
have no title. T - 
Husband’s Rights in Wife’s Separate 
Estate 
How far can a husband interfere with 
his wife’s property? A woman has money 
in the bank, besides real and personal 
property. Could be cut down trees or 
use the real estate for his own benefit 
without regard to her? Does he hold 
more than one-third of her estate in case 
of wife’s death, if she dies without issue? 
If a will is made can it be so arranged 
that he can only have life use of the prop-, 
erty in case he outlives his wife? This 
man has two sons by a former wife, and 
the wife wishes her property to go back 
to her own people after his death. Could 
the deed be made over to a relative of 
the wife before marriage to this man in 
such a way that the husband and wife 
could both ‘have use of the property for 
so long as they may both live, but so that 
he can have lio control of any part of it 
in case he should outlive her, except use 
of it for life? Could the deed be made 
over to said relative and recorded with¬ 
out their knowledge and the wife still 
hold the deed and have use of property 
until her death or until the death of 
both? If it was made a deed of gift, to 
become good at the death of both husband 
and wife, unless there be issue, would 
that be legal? If the deed of gift was 
made before the marriage, would it hold 
afterwards, or will it become void? 
Vermont. B. M. 
In a few States the statutes give the 
husband power and authority to control 
and manage the separate property of his 
wife, but in general, under the statute, 
he has no such authority, power to con¬ 
trol her separate estate being vested in 
herself. As to her equitable separate es¬ 
tate. his rights of control are excluded 
by the very nature of the estate. It 
would be much better for you to make a 
will taking care of your property after 
death, than to attempt to execute a deed 
or deeds which are by their nature really 
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