Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-06-15
AGRICULTURE.

AGRdCULTURE.
LAW FOR FARMERS: IN THE
HrGHwAY. = MIR. III. A. Haigh, LII. B., of
Detroit, gives resume OF the laws on the
above subject, In the american AQrtcut
ta1rist for June, from which we extract
the following:
1t is q general doctrine Of law In this
country that the land in the highway be-
longs to the owners of land lying along
each side. With o few exceptions the
American farm extends to the middle of
the road, and the public has only the night
to pass and repass there In an orderly maR
ner, and the right to keep the way In re-
pair. Every other Use OF the highway
which does not interfere with thus pub ic
right, belongs to the farmer owning the
adjacent land. He owns the soil, grass,
trees, stones ami gravel, and everything
else upon the surface or under it, and may
use them all In any way tnat does not at
Iect the public right of passage; and the
law will protect his ownership In them Just
as much as though they were inside his
fence. No other person has any more
right to pasture his stock there than in In
closed lands; nor car he hitch his horse
TO q tree there without being liable for the
trespass, especially If the horse should
gnaw the tree or do other damage; he can,
IN fact, only pass orderly along.
AS 10 road fences, the laws do not, with
the possible exception OF those OF New
York above noted, impose any obligation;
and the farmer may, II he chooses; remove
such fences, without impairing his right
of action against the owners of any domes-
lie animals that enter and do damage by
tust means.
If person lets his cattle so In the high
way. he is liable for the irespass they
commit by simply being there unlawfully;
Tor the grass they consume, for the injury
they occasion TO the sod or by barking the
tres, and Tor any ther damage they may
do. If, whi there, they hook, or kick.
or bite any per on lawfully using the way,
he would be liable for the injury. man
once turned his horse into public place
where children were playing, one of whom
began switching the horse, which turned
and kicked and killed the child. he was
convicted of nIsnslaughter.
Notwithstanding the fact tina. the farmer
owns the laud of the road, he canuot use
1t himself 1or any purpose which at all In
terieres with the public rights there. He
can not put his wood piles, wagon, or pig
pens there; ana if he does, and the traveltr
runs into them in the night ana is injured,
he would not only be liaole for the private
damages sustained OLiusley as Bushnell,
l5 Conn. 225) but he may be indicted for
obstTLcLns puOllc way.
KILLING WEEDS WITH VITRInL,-We
have here found the use OF drops OF sui
phunc acId (oil of vitrioD an easy, neat
and entirely effective way Of destroying
scattering weeds in the grass OF small
lawn or front yard 1t is partlcula ly con-
Venient for extirpatlng such lllooklng
interlopers as plalntain. etc. To cut these
out with knife or q spud involves tor each
one several motions and serious labor; and
even this is not eff, ctual unless every root
is completely severed. Even if done ci-
fectively there ls left either q hole or a
loose dead weed. But, having spoonful
of vitriol in q small open-moulhed bottle,
fastened on the end of two foot handle,
we have only to dip the bruised end of q
small rod into 1t and touch the heart OF
weed, or four successively before dipping
again, and they are done for. We have
only 10 see II there are any more left Or
course where weeds are to be killed by
wholesale in fallow ground the rake, or
hoe or harrow is the thing TO use. and
ID walking over meadows in the spriug,
The spud (a light thln chisel about three
inches WIDE with q handle five or seven
feet loBg) is an excellent ms rument to
have in hand. 1t serves in turn as staff
apd q weeder. ANY In rud ng thistles,
docks, dandelions or the ike, can be
drawn or cut with ease. In the garden 1t
LIS q c pltal thing. lis long handle and
east OF uperatiun make 1t very handy TO
push aIong betW cen rows, slclng off the
crust AMI The coming weeds without ones
gCirg off the path For this use its blade
S. on be rent up tile 80 as TO be near
~ hCr zonsal when The end Of Tie handle
Is elbow high. 1t suits feeble persons who
Wlsh 10 DO some VT ediDg, but who can
ntiIhtJ s:oop, or lift or strike without pain.
kRKPING WHEAT AND OTHER GRAM
with thrsshlng and selling grain at harvest
or Immediately after. In Eng and more
than half the grain OF all varieties remains
Il the straw unthrashed till the next spring.
Oats aIe never put in barns at harvest;
they are stacked, very neatly and careful
iy thatchtd by a professional laSoling
thatcher. Wheat, barley, beans and peas
also are chiefly put into KICKS and thatched,
remaining til stack by stack, they are re-
Qulred to be thrashed TOR the straw quite
As much as for The grain, excepting
where capital is short.
4 NCvEL House PLANT.-The common
cranberry is most attractive plant when
cultivated In pots, and can endure
q great deal of neglect Which would be ia
tai to other plants. 1t only needs to be
X pt cool and moist. A compost of muck
and sand 10 the proper material for pctting
Il in Although usually regarded as aqua
nc in lis nature, ii viii LOt DO 10 have the
soil saturated with water. What it re-
QUires, Is that water shall be within reach
Jf its roots, and that the soil shall be one
through which water can rise readily by
capillary attraction.
FEEDING LITTLE Pics Young pivs
should be II d little at time and often
this Is the tecret Of rapid growth, If al
lowed all they Will eat, they will gorge
and bring on collie or become
poi-bellied and stunted, when if the feed
was divided into two or three feelings,
hey would digest 1t without arrangement
of the Omach. and grow well.