The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
THE MT. AIRY FAIR.
FARMERS FROM FOUR COUNTIES GATH.
Err AT WILDWOOD PARK
The Excellent Program offered Drew
a Large Crowd

The sixth annual farmers fair, tour
nament and horse show was held Fri
day and Saturday at Mt Airy. This
association is made up of the farmers
from the four counties of Carroll,
Howard, Montgomery and Frederick.
The weather was fine, and the crowd
was larger than on any previous oc-
casion
The park was filled with numerous
ttractions-merryg go-round, a num-
Der of "hit-the-coon" devices, shoot
ing gallery, throwing rings over
canes, trapeZe performance, and num-
erous other schemes for separating
a person from his money.
Friday was the serious day of the
picnic, being devoted to the horse
show and lectures by men learned in
agricultural pursuits. The fair was
formally opened by A. W. Hall, vice
president of the First National Bank,
of Mount Airy. In a short address he
welcomed everybody and said that he
wished them all the fun and good
possible to get out of the event.
The first event of the day was a
mule race in which the mule owned
by Marshall Boone, and ridden by his
son Lee, won the prize. The other
mule belonged to Milton Smith and
it's rider was Charles Fritz.
The judges of the race, who also
judged the horses shown, were Wal
lace Shipley, David Robb, Belven Pat
rick, W., H. Hobbs and c. F. Bennett
Edward Mercer acted as starter.
Entries in the horse show were not
numerous, all excep, one from Fred
erick having been from Mount Airy.
For the saddle horse class the
first prize was awarded John Boone
Roland Dorsey taking second prize
For yearling colt, Somerville Con-
don won the first prize, and Calvin
Dayhoof second.
i For the mule class, H. Griffith Davis
took first prize for remarkably fine
pair of animals.
In the single driver class the prize
winner was Marshall Warfield, anG
the second prize went to Seville War.
field. @
The double team class was won by
John Weller, of Frederick.
Dr. Mcdonald and Professor Sym.
ons were the only speakers, the form
er talking about molasses feeds ani
their value to animals, and Professor
Symons speaking of insects.
DR.. Mcdonald said that the cost o
the molasses used in feeds, a by-pro
duct from the refineries, is from cen
to cent and half pound, and con
tained 6 per cent. of sugar. He sale
that it was good to produce milk
but there was no especial nutri
tion in it. To make feed attractive
for stock he recommended for dairy
COWS the following molaSSeS feed ra-
tionS:
Equal parts of bran, middlings anG
glutenous feed; nine to 10 quarts daily
with one quart of molasses to each
cow
!. Two parts bran, one part each o1
glutenous feed and oil meal, feed with
one quart of molasses.
Two parts of distillers' dry grain
two parts middlings and one part oil
meal with Is per cent. of molasses
DR.. Mcdonald said that there are
a number of prepared molasses feeds
on the market giving satisfaction, con-
tanning substances rich in protein.
Professor SymonS, speaking of the
damage done by scale to the orchards
said that spraying, repeated two weeks
later, would prevent in many cases
the spread of the pest, and cited par
ticularly the wormy apples due to the
presence of the codling moth. He
urged every farmer to get a spraying
pump, and said that on behalf of the
farmers he would call the attention
OF the Legislature to a bill requiring
farmers to protect their orchards
against insect pests. He also express
ed himself in favor of a national law
| guaranteeing the purity of insecti-
cides.
Saturday was the big day of the
fair. 1t was expected to have speeches
by Governor Crothers and Ex-Gover-
nor Warfield, but they were not
present. The tournament, which was
the principal attraction, began at
| p. m.
The marshal was Caleb Hobbs, of
Harrisonville, who for the last 25
years has been acting as marshal of
every tournament or any Importance
in this part of the country. His her
aids were Messsrs. Frank Lewis, Jr
and Roland Dorsey.
The judges were Messrs. Marshal
T. Warfield, Pennington T. Bennett,
B. T. Hammaker, j. Windsor Williams
and w. H. Whalen.
The charge to the knights was made
by George o. Brilliant, of New Wind
sor, and after he had urged them to
ride the best for their ladies, the
jousting began.
The following riders took part and
scored in the order in which they are
named: R. H. Mercer, knight of
Pleasant Valley; Lee Amos, Knight of
Mount View; ]. Gordon Hobbs, Knight
of Rocky Glen; Frank Hobbs, knight
of Cedar Glen; Ashbury Hobbs, Knight
of Baltimore Boy; C. Dorsey Hobbs,
knight of Arlington; w "A. Perrie,
knight of Linden Hope; Herbert
Crook, Knight of Rose Lawn; A. r.
L. Pickett, Knight of Day; Vernon
Garven, Knight of Locust Grove; Rob
ert Zepp, Knight of Little Jack; Fl. e.
Penn, Knight of Woodbine.
Then, the joust over, the knights
reined up before the stand again, while
the Mount Airy Cornet Band played
lively air. The coronation address
was made by Chas. o. Clemson, of
Westminster.
Mr.. Mercer, being the winner was
given the honor OF crowning his
Queen of Love and Beauty. He chose
his wife, and Mrs. Mercer had the
wreath of flowers placed upon her
head. There were two queens, the
winning knight having the choice of |