Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-21

5000. He said that the buildings were
III poor condition..
Fred Is. Walker, a member of the
| Board of assessors in the town Of
Mount Vernon for the past six years,
then testified that the value of real
estate in that town had not changed
for the past TWO years and that the
properly would be worth the same
two years ago that it is today.
Defense
Here the testimony fog the plain
tiff was finished and the defence be-
gan with Clifford Brown, civil en-
glneer on the stand. Mr.. Brown test
flied that he was q graduate of Uni
versity of Maine and that he had
worked for the State Highway de-
partmcnt two years. He had been
hired to go to the Fogg farm and
measure the barn fo- the purpose Of
determining how much hay it would
hold He had found that fully filed
it would hold about "a tons of hay
Much time was consumed with an eX-
PLANTATION of the method in which he
determines this and checks his re
suit.
Fred Locke then testified. He said
that he had told FOgg that the farm
had cut 2S loads of hay in 1920 and
that he figured that it weighed ton
to the load. There was little hawk
weed on the farm with the exception
of some in the field near the George
Stone line fence. He did tell Fogg
that the farm was in good state Of
cultivation and felt that it was, he
having turned up and seeded two or
three acres each year. The condition
Of the house was good at the time
that it had been sold. He did not say
that the farm would cut forty or
fifty tons in 1921. He also stated
that when Mr.. and Mrs. Fogg had
come TO the house and complained he
denied saying that they had, pressed
% tons of hay and his wife had
showed them the press bill Of the hay
Upon cross examination he said
that he had known that they had
pressed slightly over 16 tons but that
il had slipped his mind and that he
had said nothing to Fogg about the
amount pressed. There was in the
bay at the time OF sale about seven
tons Of hay.
Edward R. Oban Of Chelsea testi-
fed that he had helped Mr.. Locke
during haying in 1920 and that they
had hauled in % loads Of hay. He
had remembered this figure and had
not seen Locke since until short
time ago when he had been asked to
appear as a witness.
John Walker OF Mount Vernon
said that the hay in the field in which
the horses had been pastured was
very good in 1920. The farm as a
whole was in good condition. There
was no hawk-weed to his knowledge
on the farm.
Mrs. Walker corroborated her hus-
band.
George Stone then testified that he
had helped Locke hay in 1920. Locke
had already commenced when he got
there and had one field cleaned up
with the exception of one load. After
he arrived they had hauled in IS or
10 loads from the farm. The small
field back OF the house had cut two
or three tons to the acre.
Raymond Locke then testified that
the back field had had some hawk
weed in it some time ago but that the
field had been cultivated for three
years. being seeded in 1919 and that
he thought that the hawk weed was
| eliminated. The place was general
ly in a good state of cultivation.
Mrs. Locke testified that she knew
| nothing Of the amount OF hay cut.
that she sent the creek to the hay
pressers by her son upon receipt OF
the bill. She had shown the pres
scrs' bill to the Foggs when they had
ralled ut the house and complained
about the amount Of hay which the