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IS. What is the general belief in regard to the influence of a "Pre- 

 vious impregnation V" Discuss two theories advanced as possible ex- 

 planation. 



19. State briefly your idea in regard to "Intra-uterine influence," and 

 give examples illustrating what you say. 



The Seniors have no class work in this department, except in the closing 

 term of the course. Ten weeks are devoted to a studv of the rules of 

 law that govern the farmer in his relation to his fellow citizens. The 

 statutes and decisions of the courts relating to real and personal prop- 

 erty are brought together in a series of forty lectures and seminars. The 

 following review and examination questions show something as to the 

 scope of the work: 



REVIEW AND EXAMINATION QUESTIONS IN FARM LAW. 



1. Distinguish as clearly as possible between real and personal prop- 

 erty. What is a fixture? Name some of the more common things on the 

 farm that have been declared fixtures. 



2. What are the essential statements in a deed? What are the char- 

 acteristics of competent parties to deeds? Can an infant give a valid 

 deed? Gnu a married woman convey real estate? Where must a deed be 

 recorded? 



3. What are the rights and obligations of an adjacent owner in the 

 highway by which his land is bounded? What constitutes a legal fence? 

 Which control in the description, metes and bounds or courses and dis- 

 tances? 



4. Give some of the rules relating to line fences, as to location, main- 

 tenance, and liability for damage done by trespassing live stock. 



5. Where the owner dies intestate, how does his farm descend? 



6. Define the word contract. Who may be parties? When is the 

 contract of an infant void? When voidable, and how and when affirmed? 



7. To what are the rights of a married woman to carry on business 

 limited? When is she liable on a promissorv note signed with her hus- 

 band? 



8. Name the four classes of contracts that are void unless some mem- 

 orandum of the terms is made by the party to be bound. 



9. Where a sale of goods amounting to more than $50.00 is made, 

 in what three ways may the bargain be made binding? 



10. If you buy a horse warranted sound, and find later that he is not 

 sound, how should you proceed against the seller? Name some of the 

 defects that have been declared unsoundness in the horse. 



11. Write a promissory note for a hundred dollars, due in three 

 months, with interest. Write a check for the same amount. 



12. What are the characteristics essential to a negotiable promissory 

 note? In what five respects does an indorser warrant the note? 



13. When a note falls due and is unpaid, what must be done to hold 

 the previous endorsers? In what respects do the obligations of the 

 guarantor differ from those of the endorser? 



14. For what act of the hired man is the farmer liable? If the 

 employe drives the farmer's team to the village, and <>n the way runs 

 against the rig of some one else, who is responsible for the damage? 



