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shown  as  exhibits  of  the  children  from  various 
schools,  also  prizes  for  articles  made  by  school 
children.  Live  stock  came  in  for  its  share  of  at¬ 
tention,  from  the  horse,  cow,  hog,  down  to  the  chick¬ 
en  and  pets.  It  didn’t  seem  that  a  jollier  crowd 
could  be  found  anywhere,  and  the  old  town  did  get 
advertised,  for  the  moving  picture  man  got  in  on  if, 
and  I  wonder  how  mauy  thousand  readers  of  this 
paper  have  seen  the  pictures  of  the  Ironton  Apple 
Show,  which  have  been  shown  in  every  city  over 
the  country.  It  is  the  cheapest  way  to  advertise  a 
town  or  community  and  its  products,  and  bring  the 
city  and  country  people  together,  and  get  better  ac¬ 
quainted  and  a  better  understanding  of  the  business 
of  each,  and  where  to  got  a  supply  of  the  needs  of 
each  from  the  other. 
While  Huntington,'  Ironton,  Portsmouth.  Chilli- 
cotlie  and  Circleville  have  some  great 
_  opportunities  and  greater  resources 
of  natural  products,  there  may  be  a 
few  thousand  other  towns  and  cities 
that  could  be  benefited  by  holding 
some  kind  of  a  home-coming,  Fall  fes¬ 
tival,  street  fair  or  what  they  want 
to  call  it.  Now  is  the  time  to  start 
t  it.  u.  t.  cox. 
k-  Lawrence  Co.,  O. 
Fall  Festivals  as  Means  of  Advertising  of  «ie  lurches  took  booths  and  served  relresh- 
0  ments,  some  apple  growers  had  space  and  sold  ap- 
Bringing  The  Country  and  Town  Together  pies,  good  ones  to  eat  of  the  famous  Grimes,  Jon- 
FO'R  three  or  four  years  a  good  many  of  the  nthan,  and  others  of  high  quality,  and  furnished 
smaller  cities,  mostly  county  seats,  have  held  boxes,  mailing  packages,  souvenir  packages,  of  ex- 
Fall  festivals  under  the  management  of  the  chain-  tra  fancy  fruit  from  the  home  county  for  visitors 
bers  of  commerce,  ns  means  of  advertising  the  cities  to  send  to  their  friends  all  over  the  country, 
and  their  products  and  business  houses,  and  the  sur-  An  airship  made  flights  every  day  through  the 
rounding  country  and  farm  products.  They  try  to  week.  There  were  side  shows  out  in  some  of  the 
give  it  a  name  for  each  place  that  is  appropriate,  streets  for  which  was  charged  admission,  but  no 
At  Ironton,  Ohio'  which  is  the  county  seat  of  Law-  immoral  shows  were  allowed  space.  Some  free  per- 
rence  County,  and  the  home  of  the  famous  Rome  formers  were  hired.  Two  fire  companies  of  the  city 
Beauty  apple,  they  decided  to  call  it  the  Apple  fought  a  water  battle  with  the  lire  hose,  one  side 
Show.  Portsmouth,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Scioto  being  literally  washed  away.  Lectures  were  given 
River,  famous  for  the  corn  grown  around  there,  every  day  on  farm  topics  by  specialists, 
called  it  Korn  Karnival.  Other  places  they  called  Premiums  were  offered  on  a  large  list  of  pro- 
it  Farmers’  Fall  Festival  and  some  just  the  name  ducts.  The  apples  wore  shown  under  canvas  in  the 
of  the  city  or  town,  preceding  the 
word  festival.  There  are  two  moth-  _ 
ods  of  financing  the  shows.  One 
Who  Owns  the  Horses? 
ON  page  1066  there  is  a  question 
from  a  young  Virginia  farmer 
about  horses  based  on  the  original 
gift  of  a  mare.  My  answer  to  the 
would  be  as  follows: 
young  man 
•  *  The  gift  of  the  mare  colt  to  you  was 
- a  valid  gift,  and  the  absolute  title 
vested  in  yon.  The  gift  was  not  the 
less  valid  because  you  were  a  minor 
at  the  time.  A  minor  is  as  compe¬ 
tent  to  receive  and  hold  property  as 
an  adult,  though  he  may  not  divest 
himself  of  property  by  contract.  The 
contracts  of  a  minor  are  in  general 
voidable. 
The  gift  mare  is  viewed  under  the 
^  common  law  as  a  personal  chattel,  as 
J&afr  tangible  personal  property.  Title  to 
JT  new  personal  property  often  arises 
under  the  doctrine  of  accession.  Un¬ 
der  Ibis  doctrine,  the  offspring  of  an 
animal  belongs  to  the  owner  of  the 
dam.  The  common  law  so  held  for 
two  reasons:  First,  for  convenience, 
since  the  identity  of  the  sire  was  not 
- - always  known,  and,  second,  and  more 
important,  for  natural  justice;  since 
_  the  owner  of  the  dam  is  usually  de- 
Iprived  of  her  full  measure  of  work  or 
production  during  at  least  the  latter 
part  of  her  gestation,  lie  should  be 
3,-lijl  compensated  by  awarding  to  him  the 
x|||  offspring.  The  rule  here  stated,  as 
all  others  in  this  answer,  is  the  rule 
of  the  common  law.  The  common  law 
is  the  basic  law  of  all  our  States,  ex¬ 
cept  Louisiana,  in  which  the  civil 
law  governs.  The  common  law  has 
been  altered  in  some  States  as  to 
some  matters  by  statute,  but  this 
question  involves  only  fundamental 
principles,  seldom  changed  by  statute, 
and  it  may  safely  be  said  that  this 
answer  is  as  applicable  in  Virginia, 
as  in  New  York  or  California. 
There  were  certain  horses  or  mules, 
jit, jj  of  small  value  upon  the  farm,  beside 
your  gift  mare,  when  you  took  up  its 
management.  These  it  is  your  duty 
to  replace  to  an  equal  value.  After 
that,  all  the  offspring  of  your  gift 
mare  are  unquestionably  yours,  assuming  that  they 
have  been  worked  to  more  than  cover  their  keep. 
If  they  have  not  been  worked  since  you  left  the 
farm,  they  would  be  subject  to  a  lien  for  their  keep. 
I  assume  also  that  the  $200  mentioned  was  not  re¬ 
ceived  as  a  settlement  in  full  between  you  and  your 
father,  and  that  you  have  never  abandoned  your 
claim  to  the  colts.  L.  carl  sargent. 
The  Bull  Rake  in  Operation.  Fig.  465 
ernaele,  hut  finally  a  permanent 
brick  building  was  put  up  for  the  oc¬ 
casion.  and  rented  for  other  purposes 
at  other  times  of  the  year.  Booth 
spaces  of  about  10  feet  square  were  -r 
sold  at  $50  each,  and  there  may  have 
been  150  to  200  such  spaces  sold,  all 
they  had  anyway.  The  merchants. 
factories,  agencies,  etc.,  put  up  the 
very  nicest  displays  they  could,  and  •  'j 
had  advertising  matter  in  abundance 
and  courteous  attendants  to  enter¬ 
tain  the  people.  They  had  a  stage  up 
in  front  with  a  hand  to  furnish  the  •/ 
best  of  music,  had  some  of  the  best 
performers  of  the  country,  some  of  ' 
the  most  talented  singers,  and  gave  a 
performance  each  afternoon  and  _ _ 
evening  for  a  week.  Admissions  were 
25  cents  and  it  was  said  there  were  Sa&p1 
62.000  paid  admissions.  Season  k 
The  county  agricultural  agent  there 
had  charge  of  the  premium  depart- 
ment,  liberal  premiums  being  given 
on  most  everything  to  he  shown  at 
all  kinds  of  fairs.  Apple  displays  Sfffi3HQ§j 
shown  in  trays  the  size  of  the  face  of 
a  bushel  box,  on  racks  sloping  from 
the  side  wall  to  near  the  floor,  made 
attractive  exhibits.  I’lates  of  apples, 
peaches  pears,  plums,  pa  paws,  etc., 
were  shown  too.  Grains  and  vege- 
tables  occupied  shelves  on  the  oppo¬ 
site  walk  Canned  fruits,  women's 
work,  etc.,  occupied  tables  and  wall 
spaces,  making  a  grand  display. 
Everybody  was  interested  in  some  JGm&kiS! 
way,  and  had  a  grand  old  time  in 
the  town.  Special  days  were  given  to 
various  people  or  other  towns.  Grand 
automobile  parades  through  the  streets  enlivened 
things,  all  kinds  of  floats  being  devised  and  pre¬ 
miums  given. 
The  Apple  Show  at  Ironton,  Ohio,  was  held  just 
before  the  show  at  Huntington,  W.  A'a.,  20  miles 
away,  along  the  sides  of  the  streets  under  canvas- 
covered  booths  rented  at  $1.75  per  front  foot,  the 
merchants  having  preference  of  the  space  in  front 
of  their  stores.  Each  person  having  a  booth  furn¬ 
ished  his  own  decorations  and  displayed  his  wares 
and  advertised  as  he  wished.  H  was  free  to  every¬ 
body  to  go  as  long  as  they  wished,  and  as  often,  and 
the  whole  town  turned  out  every  day  and  night  too 
to  see  everything  and  everybody.  They  came  from 
the  country  and  all  nearby  towns  and  cities,  and 
former  residents  from  all  parts  of  the  earth  come  premiums  given  to 
back  to  see  the  town  and  friends,  and  a  happy  and  Some  of  the  more  c 
jolly  crowd  it  was.  There  .may  h«we  been  40,000  paintings,  etc.,  were 
t..  60,000  people  on  tlie  street  siWera!  days.  '.Some  from  the  elements  of 
The  Stacker  on  a  Montana  Farm.  Fig.  466 
An  Orchard  Cover  Crop  of  Cow  Peas.  Fig.  467 
