Farmers Family Journal du lieu suivant : Topeka, Kansas • 16

August, 1904 THE FARMEIiS FAMILY JOtJUNAL 16 New $50,000 Agriculture, Horticulture and Dairy Exhibit Building Iowa State Fair Grounds, Des Moines, Iowa. AGRICULTURAL COURTSHIP. A potato went out on a mash, And sought an onion bed; "That's pie for me," observed the squash, And all the beets turned red; "Go 'way," the onion, weeping1, cried, "Your love I cannot be; The pumpkin be your lawful bride, You cantalope with me." But onward still the tuber came, And laid down at her feet; "You cauliflower by any name And it will smell as wheat; And too, am an early rose, And you I've come to see, So don't turn up your lovely nose, But spinach at with me." "I do not carrot all to wed, So go, sir, if you please!" The modest onion meekly said, "And lettuce, pray, have peas. Go, think that you have never seen Myself, or smelled my sigh; Too long a maiden I have been For favor in your rye." "Ah, spare a cuss!" the tuber prayed; "My cherished bride you'll be; You are the only weeping maid That's current now with me." And as the wily tuber spoke He caught her by surprise, And, giving her an artichoke, Devoured her with his eyes. Florida Parishes.

The Tamily Lalvyer buildings with roofs too steep to scale, and a fire fighter can use this to help himself up. A few pails of water always should be kept handy in case of fire, as one gallon of water at the start is worth a barrel after the fire has had ten minutes' headway. Farmer's Voice. By Ernest R. Simon.

THE HORSE'S PLEA. Up hill whip me not. Down hill hurry me not. Loose in the stable forget me not. Of hay and corn rob me not.

Of clean water stint me not. With sponge and brush neglect me not. Of soft, dry bed deprive me not. Tired or hot leave me not. Sick or cold chill me not.

With bit and reins oh, jerk me not. When you are angry strike me not. With tight check-rein torture me not. Vick's Family Magazine. a show hog, therefore avoid the show hog.

If you are a breeder you understand things and can buy or not, as suits you best, for you know how to reduce this animal without impairing his growth or usefulness. The man who has not given the subject special study doesnt know how, and he becomes disgusted, and that without reason. It is unfortunate that the average farmer will not buy a hog unless he carries a good deal of fat. The breeder is quite willing to put him in that shape because he knows that fat, like charity, "covers a multitude of sins." By all means visit the hog pens, get acquainted with the breeders, ascertain the line3 of blood they carry, look over their pigs, admire them and praise them, and then get something of the same blood that is not dangerously pampered. Get it two months before you want to "use it, so that you can quarantine it and keep It by itself, lest it may have picked up some disease at the fair; so that you can feed him on grass and clover and alfalfa, and afterwards give him exercise; let bim get acquainted with his field of usefulness; and then you will in nine cases out of ten have "luck" with him.

In our observation, bad luck with hogs is usually bad management. Wallace's Farmer. In this department will be carefully considered any legal problem which may be submitted. Make a brief, plain and concise statement of the facts, and give your name and postofflce address. If you desire a prompt and full reply remit a fee of $1.00, and Mr.

Ernest R. Simon, attorney-at-law, Topeka, will immediately send such information as is desired. Any Journal reader may ask any question it would be proper to answer in these columns. Address, The Farmers Family Journal, Topeka, Kan. Wager Contract.

T. E. Rossville, Kan. A. agreed to give B.

fifty dollars if the Democrat national convention nominated Parker for president. Parker is nominated, and now A. refuses to pay. Can he be made to pay? Answer. The contract cannot be enforced for two reasons: First, there was no consideration for promise, and, second, if there had been the contract would have been a wager, which the courts refuse to enforce, as such contracts are against public policy.

Injury by Horse. Liability of Owner. Medford, Okla. A. was riding in a road-cart along the public highway, in a careful manner, and passed B.

who was proceeding in the opposite direction, riding one horse and leading another. Each turned to the right on passing, but when the led horse was even with the road-cart lie suddenly whirled around and kicked the xcart throwing A. out and injuring him severely. Can A. recover for his damages sustained? Answer.

The rule of law is, that where an animal is rightfully in the place where it inflicts the injury complained of, the owner is not liable in the absence of knowledge of the vicious propensities of the animal. -Unless A. could show that B. was negligent in the management of the led horse, or that the horse had been in the habit of kicking on passing other horses, and that B. knew it, or should have known it, he cannot recover.

The Kind of Boar to Buy at the Fair. As soon as harvest is over our readers will be attending the state and county fairs, and many of them while there will look over the herds of swine on exhibition with the idea of buying a male or at least finding out where they can buy one afterwards. This is very, provable business and frequently pays for the entire trip of the farmer to the fair. At other times it don't pay. Whether it pays or not depends on what kind of a selection you make.

If you buy, don't buy one that -as been Jong kept in show condition. Look at him, study him, see what skiU ana feeding will do; out unless you are an old and experience- breeder don't buy that hog. Look mose that the breeder has brought there expecting to sell them, that whilst in good condition are not in show condition, that are well well muscled, not over fat, and have evidently been fed on food "convenient" for them, bone makers, muscle formers, feed3 that put vigor and life and stamina into the animal. If you don't do this, but being simply a common farmer growing hogs to sell in the market, you buy some fancy show hog, you may regret it, and you may conclude that that breeder and his hogs are no good whatever. The trouble is not with him, but with you.

In order to take premiums he must put his hoga in show condition and for the time being take them out of breeding condition. You want a breeder, not Great Prize List. The extended and complete classification of prizes for the Live Stock Department of the St. Louis World's Fair, recently received from Chief Chas. F.

Mills, is considered by the most eminent authorities as the most complete and creditable prize list ever published. It was the purpose of Hon. F. D. Coburn, ex-Chief, and Chief Mills to make this not only the test classificatio i to dale, but one that would serve as a model for years to come, and they succeeded most admirably.

The wide extent of the classification, a list of prizes never before equalled In "if extent or generosity, together with the ample and attractive provisions for the comfort and exhibition of the entries will be fully in keeping with the magnitude and importance of the industry to which they pertain. The appropriation of $280,000 of the Exposition money for prizes to live stock, to which has been added large sums from states and associations of breeders, makes possible, and assures in each class a presentation of and a competition between the best specimens in To Avoid Fires on Farms. Whenever a farmer has not a good big, bank account ahead, it is his duty to keep his buildings and contents insured, as a fire easily might bankrupt him. We do not advise heavy insurance, as the insured ought to carry enough of his own risk to make him very careful and watchful over his own property. Matches should be kept in metal or earthenware receptacles, and those carried away from the house be kept in small metal boxes, never loose in pockets, as many farmers do.

A good strong ladder, long enough to reach the eaves of the highest building on the farm, should be kept where it can be had the darkest of nights, an if roofs are of shingles and very steej a light scaling ladder, such as metal roof painters use, is needed. One hundred feet of light "picket chain" costs but two dollars, and can used to throw over Subscribe for the Journal, Just 25 cents. V- Repairs on Leased Property C. Butler, Mo. A.

rents a farm of B. on which is a house. The house is old and the roof leaks badly. The owner refuses to make repairs. Can the tenant compel the landlord to repair, or can he himself repair the roof and keep the cost thereof out of the rent due? Answer.

You will have to look to the terms of your lease, as a landlord is not. bound to make repairs, unless he has specifically agreed to do so in the lease. Division-Line Fence. H. B.

Haviland, Kan. In 1886 A built a fence through a quarter section cf land, dividing it into two eighty-acre tracts. The next year he sold the north tract to B. and the south tract to C. B.

and C. have held possession since that time, and neither ever questioned the correctness of this division fence until 1903. when B. discovered that the fence was too far north and that four acres of his land was on side of the fence and being farmed by C. C.

will not consent to a removal of the fence and also refuses to pay B. for the four acres. What recourse has Answer. Possession of land up to a division-line fence, without questioning its correctness, for the statutory period of limitation, (fifteen years in Kansas), is such an acquiescence therein as to defeat a subsequent claim that the fence is not located upon the true division line. As C.

has held the undisputed possession of the land south of the fence for sixteen years, B. has no recourse against him. A f-i Vicious Dog. Liability of Owner. J.

C. White City, Kan. While A was walking along the highway in front of house, dog ran out and bit A. B. saw his dog running out toward A.

and called to it, endeavoring to keep it from biting A. The dog has twice before ran out and bitten people passing, of which fact B. was aware. Is B. liable? Answer.

B. is liable. Where one keeps a dog, knowing that It has bitten people before, he keeps it at his peril, and if the dog bites a passer-by, negligence will be presumed, and the owner is liable for any damage done by It. Agricultural Hall, Missouri State Fair. Scdalia.

This Is One of the Fairs of the Country..