pi I SE
THE SUFFOLK PUNCH,
The Suffolk horse, or Suffolk
Punch, is of English origin and seems
to have been known as a pure breed skimming, Sometimes they
for several centitcles, They have | specks of dried cream
been cxported to South America, Aus- | scraped off the sides of the pan and
tralia, and Africa, besides the vari- | bel too dry to thoroughly soften
ous countrieg of Europe; but in Cana- | and mix with the rest
dx and the United States they have | A Massachusetts milk man was fin
never been especially popular, al-| ed $15 for having in his sion
though there are scattered herds | milk below the standard, although it
throughout the West and one or two | was shown that the milk was exactly
in New England to make them bet. | came from the cow. This is
ter known, but the first stud was im. | of the which Illustrates
pcrted only thirty years ago, at a | absurdity of the milk ard on
time when other breeds had already | percentage of fat.
obtained a strong foothold. a
The Suffolk is a compact VATS FOR SHI
parpcse he ewim 10 or 12
tion. mediom size, ution, 1 find it quite sat
weighing from 1800 swim through
It Is not so large work Into
Shire ¢r heavy the y were
but is a2hcut the then tak
mation al build
Color is § 3 § i farm a wooden tank 25 feet
body is ry deep and full, with inches w= top, 4
usual =pring pt and 8 inches wide at
giving the hody a 1 A | De
horse of this st is, as mi ¢ ex. | tongue
pestcd
and
The
White specks in some
| times merely fine
{ curd resulting from
butter are
particles of
Yr
“5h
POSses
as it ona
cases the
stand
butter
DIPPING od
Where
through a sol
fsfactory. W
generals
and ac- |
gh leg and
to 1900 pounds.
as the Clyesdale, (a
stains of Percheron rO0L De
» fon
rse of good sheep fee,
hen sheep
seems to
itter than if
for | st simply held In it and
The |
The !
un-
tank, the dip
weight
Several ars ago 1
brown on
long,
ribs. thus | feed the
$ 3 1
ttom, IAN,
fol are kn
lfc and long-lived rac
foal were shown at
Fish agrienltura
rg
the foul was
ore state
vizor and
ages. In its
i= believed
work on less
Siorses. is a
ler. and of a
sition. The w
injured the
its reputati
liable to
en macadamized
This weakness
of
being
falc
able he
dinary road suria
tivator.
own
thirty sey
Iate vears
rapidly
at all
rae for
SANITATION IN TH!
Sunlight doesn’t
not
1 and of
caly leg
condition
The odor
obnoxious
The dis
which
shank and
ral ie
cumulates
feverish
causes many deaths
affected iz most
on the south : iid to the meat
they are rrotectad fron he coldest “ne i i sd by a parasite
winds. re cH growth mn Le
> White
4 Nope n8ive
be
on ceiling,
best be ap
A liltle common
whitewash ren
rub off.
The
ed vertically fowls
wash is the mos sffootive, in. | fre he | is much as oo
wall
plank
ot durabl
permits
t
Pe nsive
ivy laid,
thromgh into
foul snd [ron
ward into the
is a decldadl unsanitary flo aff we
Whenever a n i
cement conerels
neans. Then
Ines sind no dec
The stall ©
with beards or pl
the
am inca 1
size of the gutte r X ih f 0 BOM cunmn i in Of h ales annoln
+
‘
wae
horoughly the affected
using
rub it in
Lp. a stiff-brn
and
stall flocr s
from ma:
of «ur mos
shonld be
ty inches wi
that it is not
se biz. The paseag
ter should
the gutter. It should
sarface 14 prevent
inner surface of th
very smooth tn fan
£. 1. Aderiold im Wi
Sen.
eleht rentleman
THE
EEPARATE
NINDS
neees
Very of
made in pu sit
flock before they have been quaran
tined It 5s giwayas b io kee
{ stock separate for several un
p 7" Ftil it is proved that they are In good
sconsin Dairy | peaithy ition. Disease is apt t«
| be introduced to a flock of healthy
{ birets when this is not done Farmers
|
|
teh a
Wan tting
have a rough
glipperiness
glope but slightly t
0 new
anger
weeks
ite
cond
FATTY Heme Journal
Bet water v
end keep it clean for
Use kercsene freq
sMicken roosts
wide.
Clean out the hen nest
old nesting material and replace it should be stopped
with fresh. Pour osal ofl around in | State legislation It is now the cus
«he empty dox before refilling it. | tom to whiten the fruit by use of
Dry goose feathers jn the shade, | sulphur fumes, and it Is claimed that
as the sun draws the ofl from the the proces: is somewhat injurious. —
steams of The feathers. i American Culilvator,
Gives the poultry house good ventila-
tion, expécially after night when the
tows are all In the house sleeping.
Theawe is no profit in feeding slick.
5 acd crippled chickens. Their
growth will nt make thelr retention
sitar >, and they endanger the
ath of the well fow's
When the chickens show an Inelin-
ation to roost eisewhera than cn the !
in the poultry house and to'| The brownis h spots which appear Ir
" told books are really due to the rav
ere thin in the moegtd p
ey do igs | 480 of bacteria, Tho tiny destrore
places are "Infeate d ith fice. [Is especially fond of starchy material
Hom should be greased frequently "and its propagation Is promoted by
to keep them free from lle. Warm dams,
a Jittle kerosene and lard together !
and rub a'ong the back of animals |
while they are feeding. i | 2.957,228 passengers carried In and
The sheep stables should be clean. out of New York Harbor 1907 or
«4d out at least once a month. If the sleamer:,
mwanure is allowed to remain too long |
ft begins to give off ammoenla and |
other foul gasses which Injure the
NOTES
the i320] in the
shade
hens
uently on the
under and upper
At the meet'nz of the National and
State Pure Food Departments last
year It was recommended that
bieaching of dried or
both
i, burning the
by national and
KEEP CHICKENS AWAY.
| Chickens are a nuisance in the
dooryard. The habit of throwing
| seraps of food out at the back doo
i makes them worse, Never feed the
chickens near the hcuse is a good
| rule if you do not with to be bothered
| with them —Farmers Home Journal.
— nn ARAN OI
Outside of the steerage there wers
a nn
The Portland (Oro) police court
1s to have a stove made from re
‘i volvers taken {rom criminals,
_.
HANS NE XANANARONATO TAMING
t Roads of
Molasses
PREPPY
PIE
One of Several New Mate-
ridls the Government
Is Trying,
PUPP PEPE SH IN PEON
Experiments
PETES PED PRIN
$e
are now being con-
by the Of of Public Roads
the United Staes Department of
Agriculture in an effort to build a
by combining blast fur-
with asphalt or tar.
This endeavor is of the utmost
if the hop-
unsightly
disay ppear
fice
eeo~
importance, because
for success 13 attained
mountains of slag will
from the
5000
vicinity scores of
been
estal bllshe d for vast quantities of this
materia
For sever
the Office of Public Road
many of the m
have
two great
by-products in budlding
elopmen tess roads
periments aires onducted
that 1 ro
years the scien
as weil as
re
y achieve
been warking
te
objects, the uti) lz:
re ad and
indicate
wit}
mbine
Hog 0
ad romains
and
ts
for.
water
stony
#
nn ri
Hn I
yaad
fur
3 in slag ex
Roads Office is
Mass, with a
Nn never
ww and
efMcact
gurface ma
the Public
at New
» ols &
asphalt pre
periments
also
epecial
fore which
lHeutenants hope may
as a dust binding
terial.
The
fame
might be called a
body exes a scientist
busy ton,
paratio be
tried the direct:
prove
iT
office is also preparing at
to a stretch of what
“candy road.”
would go so
regearch adopt
as a road buallding material
ily what has been
Chemist Prevost
Page's scientific
ng a half mile stretch
and in =n
supervision
iay
No»
as io
molnsses
but that is exact
Assistant
dono
if Director
fow
of
molasses road
fz the
aimost useless by produet of the great
near Newt
lasses
Cane refineries of the S
and
West
sweet,
sSURAar
the beel sugar
and Southwest! It is
nearly
refineries of
gickish!
an
ga tar and almost as werfal
binder. Having always
prodact it can be Ix
price
as black and
heen
sieht
than coal
quant
When
tency
ities
the quantity and the sticky
of this material wera
the attention of Dreéctor
number of months ago he
idea that it might ail
always difficult prod
roads. He sent
cons
called
Page a
oOney the
in solving the
lem of dusty
fo
ived
for a
Mr. Hubbard to conduct
them The molasses was blended
with olla and lime water was mixed
with rock dust, with earth and with
gand and tried out under heat and
under water. It behaved so well and
held out such promises for {deal roads
that the practical test of a real road
was recently decided upon.
Another scientist, also from the Of
detailed
dependence, Kan, In trying to devieo
a method of constructing olled roaas
analogous to the methods which have
produced the famous oiled roads of
southern California. He is mixing
heavy olls possessing pronounced as
phaltic bases with natural soll and
compacting the preparation with a
tamping roller. One stretch of this
peculiar class of highway will be un.
der ocastruction within a few days.
The oiled roads of California have
saved millions of dollars to the farm.
ers and fruit growers of that fertile
State in the last few years by sup.
pressing the dust that formerly arose
in blinding clouds with the passing
of every vehicle. Those dust clouds
floating to adjacent fields and orch-
ards depreciated the price of farm
produce and lowered the values of
real estate to a startling degree. The
sprinkling of oll was tried and the
dust was held In check. Then somo
of the roads were ploughed and the
oll mixed with the earth and the mass
firmly rolled to a properly crowned
gurface. Splendid results followed In
most instances. —New York Sun,
Mr. Carnegie gave tu libraries in
1907 $1,631,630, making the total of
his gifts for this purpose $49,605,622,
i
CLOWNS AND HOT COPLING.
nr on .
“There Are No Clowns Now,”
Whe Remembers the Codlin Song?
Jas. Doughty, the oldest.actor and
clown in thé United Kingdom, will
celebrate his ninetieth birthday on
August 28 with three benefit
formaneceg on the West Pler
Brighton.
Mr. Doughty is an Interesting link
with the theatrical past,
London Dally Mall He followed in
the footsteps of the great Grimaldi
He has worn Grimaldi's wigs
He regret
lls the days when the harle
was the attraction of a pan
and the clown its chief per.
Motley, which hé will
once more on his birthday
a garb as sacred as the
doublet of Hamlet,
“There are no clowns now.”
marks with a shade of
“last year 1 heard the tale
theatrical manager who forgot
the clown when he was
his pantomime and at
minute gave a suver
play the part!”
left
recy
quinade
tomime
former
he re
bitterness
Iaet
ast
to
Old though he is—h
to
¢ is now wheel
ormant
chair—
ed
pler in a
1
81 a pic
hig daily pert
bath
turesque He
cutaway coat and a Gilad
lar He
tod p
jis y
18]
es on
figure,
ugh
ness, and
shrieks
grandfat}
Who 1
“Hot C«
Doughty
beverages,
with expert ¢
ished
ime
od
"And
interviewer
“Hot
“Thers
what as
baked apples i
now,” said a member of
4 ¥
family i
hundreds of times
clown’ have heard that
i
and RIWATFH
fis}
cess Mr
thought It
The
had with the
when, after sing
he forgot the
three minutes to
and the aandience,
wan
greatest suc Doughty
gONE Was one cay
ing it thousands of
beginning and d¢
asking the
who, of
would not bel him
Here is a story which suggests
kind of humor the old
“lady Diana Huddleston asked me
train her dog. I went the Princes
every day train him One
day he was obstinate. Lady Diana
told me fo 1 belleve In
‘Ah
©
3
ever
times
voled
band
eve
the
clowns OV ed
tt
to
tn
him
kindness, your ladsship.’ 1 said
well, you are the judge’
iady.” 1 sald baron ia 1
judge’ and Huddleston
In fe the Exc pat
down paper and laughed.
Mr Po: aghty iz very proud of two
things—a letter of thanks from Queen
Victoria after a. performance at Os
and a certificate of approval
hens
‘the
Baron
my je
hest
the
of hequer,
: for
Cruelty to Animals
Manet's Painting.
Manet Infused new blood into pain!
ing at a time when Cabane! was nom
Without the academic correct
ness of men trained as were Basaguer
Hebert, Gerome and Cabanel
Manet, on the other hand, looked
facts as he saw them. The re
sefore you in all
lite. Ife belleved it was the businese
of the painter to paint; and so hie
“tady in Pink” and the “Boy with
a Sword” are masterpleces of frank
tivating passages of paint that re
at times a no less skilful mani
pulator than that wizard of eighteenth
Une
has but to study the Integrity of
color in his “Boy with a Sword,” the
tonal quality of floor, background and
blue hose, and the marvellous pajater
like quality of the half-pecled orange
in the “lady In Pink” to become
conscious of his faculty for painting
which I'am endeavoring to suggest
It belongs to the great traditions of
the painter's craft.—Scribner’s Mags
zine,
An Excuse.
Little Dick, the village “bad boy"
was wading through a shallow swamp
catching frogs with a small landing
net. He had just caught
specimen and transferred it to his
out for a walk happened along.
“Little boy,” she sald, “don’t you
know it's very cruel fo catch those
poor little froggies?”
Dick straightened up aha tooked at
on her head and something in its
trimmings at.*acted his attention,
“1 want ‘em to wear on my hat)
he said ~Youth's Comipanion.
CHICKEN RANCH HEROINE
Atherton in her last
“Ancestors,” makes her
a chicken ranch. A more
hardly be devised,
was a California gir]
cecupation and her
entirely in keeping
tinguished for the number of it
en who have made money in
penlent business enterprises
er girl in “Ance
Mrs. Atherton knew
she talking about In
women have bren
gsful cat
the
, and both
character
but
stors”” was a
perfectly
was San Fran
cisco
BUCCEs as
Bates the first,
calling successfully
University Club, one
tinguished men's
has a
those
erer
Was
woman's caf
women hold
erg may go
and It
Friedl:
the
cessful fr
’
MRT
: 113 4
twenty-one
Was
Hoo
prosaic th
woman 1
glead «
even 15an
wedding day
$
the Jone Yn
down wit}
eon, |
7108
matri
taly az the land
sire Miss llewellyn Jones and
mother know their Italy
us knew our Market sireet
fire. During their long resi
the country cf Petrarch, Dante and
Boceaccio they occupied a residence
of historic note,
to the tourists as is
erstwhile home of the Brownings. The
palace occupied by Mrs. Jones and
her mother bad cnce been the home
of John Bebastian Cabot. Think cf a
young bride of poetie fancy who had
once lived In a historic Venetian pa-
dull nony
y
most Jof
re the
fence In
As
be!
pointed out the
for her shopping excursions settling
from the Great White Way and tray.
elling in a commcanplace motor car,
the elevated or the subway! It is
a picture the friends of the young
woman find hard to reconcile with her
former conception of happiness
San Francisco Call
AT SCHOOL AGAIN.
Miss Sarah P. Morrison 75 sears
old, is starting in to attend college at
Bloomington, Ind. Miss Morrison
graduated with the "69 Class. but when
she returned to the university recent.
ly to attend the commencement exer
cises she became convinced that an.
her and she accordingly made plans
to spend the summer in Bloomington
and take up a few oourses of study,
it may be supposed that the lady will
the classroom. It Is not probable that
er, from a high window, and there Is
! no likelihood that she will have to be
reprimaniled for remaining out with
young men after the regular hour for
RAY
Wwe
not
retiring
i rae
i
i dent,
shall be disappointed
model stu
however, a curious
her case, It Is
€¢d that it is her purpose,
| while she is | this time,
{Investiga @ if versgification’
i Why
11
iivesg
does prove to be a
There is
nneectcd with
| fact co
| ANDoOund
¢ iif ge
me Who
the
concernis
Are not all Hoos
born poets? Why
'
ers mal
nas
WI ' i
waited seventy-five years
erning
not
Boston
been a tru
Herald
LADY
T.ady RL % 1
She
Arthur's sister, the
» Princess Patricia At her «
¢« Mizz Vinia Tree, danght
Mrs Bo Tree
the Dud of Ru!
fmate
Tors hs wey
of Mr snbohm
r of hess
has o! late developed what If
1 to be singing wvoic
sald
and is time to its om!
devoting much
ture
Prince Arthur
‘the Royal
gent
foreign powers
resental of
of people of importance
the hardest working member of
roval family —New York Times
DENT
TION
Mise 2 Pele Chamberlain, Stats
Superintendent of Public Instruction
in Idaho, is said to have done more
for education in her State than any
other nerson in a similar position
Through her efforts all the county su
perintendents in Idaho were enabled
to attend the recent meeting of the
Nationa! Educational Association in
Cleveiand and had their expenses
nald,
often been tert
Boy.” as he ie
misgions tO
has
Office
cn special
and ix always the rep
King at funerals
He ie called
the
ive the
OF INSTRUC
WON THE FIRST DEGREE
Mize Dorothea Klumpke of Califor
nia. the astronomer, who was the first
woman to win the degree of doctor
of mathematics In France, bas a spo
cial building for her exclusive use in
the great observatory garden in Paris
One of her duties is to phetograph
the stars in that section of the heave
ens known as the Paris belt. For this
purpose she has made Igeyuant bak
loon ascensions.