The owner, when said seed or grain is not mortgaged, and the owner with the written consent of the mortgagee, when said seed or grain is mortgaged, may sell or dispose of not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of said grain or seed for the purpose of paying the threshing or combining bill.
Laws 1913, c. 38, p. 75, § 6; Laws 1935, p. 225, § 5.