RR RNB LR ER te dias tm AB ei ti 3 HEARING IN HORSES. of vices to which a herse used saddle purposes can be addicted, being not caly very troublesome, also highly dangerous to the but rider, overbalapeing himself and Fortunately, animal falling backwards. vice ig not of very frequent occur- apce, but it may be rather easily de- veloped in a young, unmade through manship, erally the fs due. Once it is firmly ests it is most difficult and more than not impossible to b of it again: hence, when horse found to be at all to rear, the greatest care shouli be taken to avoid all occasion of encour aging it to indulge in its rearing pro- pensities by Improper methods of management or by the use of too sharp a bit. The young animal must be very carefully handled, and, above all, lightly bitted while it is Db broken in and until it has acquired the good manners which a properly. broken saddle-horse should p The vice of rearing when fit cer, is met with practically only geldings: mares are not given to rear- ing excepting in very rare in:tances, Stallions, of coursé, very commonly possess great rearing propensities, but we are not speaking of th as they not used for riding poses In dealing with a horse addicted to rearing, the standir martingale mended. This must be snd may be buckled either nose-band—if one is used rings of ti flie (or of the when a doub bridle is us the use of this kind the horse's head is that to a large animal from re to rear, it is to extend its head. When standing mar at first be put which two things are causes to which the vice ablished, often a Young is inclined 8 OC in here. are par- n that is is fairly of kept extent aring, i nece nee sgary f neck and recourse lis tingale, r get had this must be male tco short, but wd on rather not u trout long, as, horse is sed to wearing one, ¢ glderable may if the martingale is made to begin with When go got used to wearing this kind of gear, it can be shortened to quired extent. A running martingale whic ch is the kind generally used—is not nearly so efficacious In preventing rearing as a standing one, bat if it is used very short, it is of some help in checking the habit.—Farm and Home when le easily very short the horses has sha re FINISHING STEERS IN It steers have been through winter it would possible to get them on feed ish for early cattle should ture and will gains through without grain, gin to fail SUMMER roughe he and market. E004 pas and cheap pasture ssason the the summer be placed make the As in the fall, supplementary freding should begin using the new «orn crop, the whole plant being fed. They may be gradually worked full feed and fin'shed in for the early wintér marke! Cattle which have ived from a half to three-quarters of a full grain ration through the winter seasc not usually be turned to pasture profitably as these carrigd through the winter on a lighter and cheaper ra- tion. A start has been made toward fattening, and it will be Jost if they are placed on pasture. The gains made on grass will be less and the steers will have the extra cost of. the previous winter's feeding hang ing over them. For the summer markets cattle will necessarily be finished in the dry lot, In some cases it is more profit. stile w feed on grass. on gncd the dry red 0H, can- rts { did rakes, these occupy the bush growth l co ws not graze bushes remain space, If increases becomes a bush lot in time makes land. If brush RET'ASS on and bid let alone, until the and the scattered and th is ro support and fair to the pas bush wood wild growth not restored, longer contains ultivated the grow bec SANS Hn coll for ility to like Brass. In addition to growth something restore the prablem { staticns removing the muet } fert’lity the added to Here is experiment to work out. It is of important needs in New England farming. It is a question <f time when all hill will be wi graz under the present The to find out is what plan will pay best, how to the grass lands at least cost, doubt fon hill pastures have in good condition under an an- nual application of fertilizer chem! cals alded clipping off the id growth with mowing mach The ment stations should 1 what fertilizers and what be required, whether it ag well as pasture, { he goil which will need the the most only the rihless for ng system, of operating re. 10 kept by wi ines. find ost to let shoul the i gl yy 2 pasiure to plow to give some {dea to owner average hill ouch it will cost razing lands duce enough mate of how about him to improve that they will feed for more Cows much per cow the ow £0 prov § ana lied. test! n has been , Oven it res 18try. — FARM NOTES of feed €¢ $13 re wil Being Lure wWiii OrLE fed to pr It * give duce 4d a good best resulls verting food vigoroug cc gallon of feat into large, One crude p half gal of crude and an at them one 3 acid plied In a spray least once a day from the torture Do not put off the | cleaning out the weeds rowg and In the fence corners, er it be a fiell, a garden, a plot a walk driveway. jeft will go to and as a in time 80 One years’ ther ron Waa mixed toge aver will of the ws protect f tes of the tt task between wy oth iittle or or seed saves nine makes seven weeding. To prevent the in a fol. 200 aches legrees, set water to cool taste of turnips from fed on them, practices Put in hot Cows western creamery lowing method vessel and place degrees When the the temperature of the cream dish in it, The the the cream water at cream red 150 cold who pr who pt dalryman duces clean dairy products, make capital of this erg are always looking out food as they believe to be above picion as to lack of cleanliness, the man who can asseri that wares absolutely pure, and show his assertion to be true, the man who can command the best price and gectre an ever Increasing number of per should Consum- such aus and his fact, for are is I haven't much falth in pouitry doc Fowls are naturally healthy, and disease is almost always the re- Roup the most serious poultry tein comcentrates will or prairie hay will lessen the rost § period. If the corn can be ground cheaply, good results may be obtained by feeding it in and cob meal, adding clear corn mea’ ag the feeding pericd progresses. This method of feeding the grain will shorten the time necessary to finish the cattle, and necessitates fow- er hogs to save the waste than where clover hay is not available as at least part of the roughage ration. it will be necessary to feed at least ten per cent. of the grain ration in the {rm of ofl meal or cotton seed meal, The cattle should have an abun dant supply of fresh, clean wa'er, Rave galt before them at all tives: Lice and mites are sometimes the starting point of direase. Fight them constantly. Dampness should be disease = conditions Crowding In laying house or brooder ig dangerous Avold extremes of temperature and rapid changes If you would guard against bronchitis and pneumonia, Put not your faith in medicines, Keep your fowls in a clean, com: ty of exercise In pure air and sun shine, provide good wholesome food, pure fresh water and grit, and they won't need much doctoring~Countr* Life in America. THE EARLY MOULT. The Colorado Experiment Station has been trying the new system of in the hours of feeding, and the feed: er should keep his eyes open con- stantly, observing overy individual Wm. H. Underwood, in the Epitomiat, THE OLD PASTURES. Many of the old pastures of New England are about done for ag graz. ing grounds unless some plan for improvement is adopted. Grass has been continually removed from the Ind for the past half century or more With scarcely anything added t) re- {are given three weeks pasiurage.on alfalfa in July, feeding them nothing else but dry bran. About the first of August they are given a liberal grain ration with meat. Under this treat ment they begin to moult early and goon finish the process in time to begin Iaying the first of Beptember and they keep it up through the sea son of high prices. This plan is ee gentially that adopted by some east. feeding being followed LADY FARMERS Woiiéh Mike Money as Market Gardeners and | Florists. PRP IE RDRCTOCTIVRGTVRG TER to the contrary, the fact that it is possible to make money by cultivat- by Mrs. Collard and her two daugh- ters, who have taken up market gar- dening with great sveceess. The Ia- dies in question have made a special- ty in strawberry growing, and by us each acre of their land yield a crop of strawberries of the value of £150. It must not be thought, however, that these ladies have an easy time, for when the seascn is at its height they start their duties as early as o'clock in the morning, together with the aseletance of scores of pick- The gatherers walk up and down the field picking the luscions fruit ang putting it into punnets—small white baskets, each of which holds one poend, The baskets are earried boys to the three lady assistants, who arrange the fruit to make it look as © o“ ers, b y els baskets, As soon a8 a load is ready it and train, and the strawberries at Covent Garden Market i later, The picking goes on wughont the day, and by 7 o'clock there are generally over 100 helpers —men, women and children. Although the strawberry season | 8 not last longer than a few weeks, ladies do not l#t the grass grow inder their feet for the rest of the ar They plant the ground cumbers and vegetable marrows, yield another £50 per the end of August and 1% the winter and gpring months ilize the ground for early and ki 4. nm, are hry thr with h thos before te at cropa Not men only in marke making their t-zardening are mark, for Mics ii] and Miss King have made {4s success of a large flower garden at Crowthorne. They commenced erations a year cr two ago with two land which was originally q on eres of or but the plucky young ladieg fo0n to work with a will. They mence their duties at until tea time, for lunch, Now they are able to de gome hundreds of boxes of flowers in the course of week to all parts of the country by post. They com spatch chodee gpecinlize in violets, narcis flowers they have a great demand might be interesting to note that in in of over seventy fruit trees, have been presented by friends from to time. These two ladies have tH Lae growing. The fair sex have even invaded the domain of the poultry farmer, To Miss Edwards, of Coaley Poultry Farm belongs the honor of being the owner of the largest poultry farm in England managed by a woman. The farm, with a stock of well over a tand birds, and ag few boys. ed business with twenty fowls, and exception of cleaning out the houses, a boy beinz employed for that job A successful branch of Miss Edwards birds. In fact, to illustrate her suc cess in this direction it is only neces throughout the country. goat rearing was Miss Nellie Hall on her model farm at IeighonSea, Essex. Misg Hall commenced two years ago with three goats, but has | of her animals were sold last year #* prices ranging from £86 to £25 cach ~Tit-Bits. RULES FOR JAP CHILDREN. They Are Taught in Their Schools How to Treat Foreigners, An English newspaper published in Japan printed at one time an inter esting synopsis of the rules which the public schools of that coumiry were teaching their pupils on the subject of the treatment of foreigners. This synopsis is reprinted in a re cent book, “The Empire of the BEast™ by H. B. Montgomery, and Is accom- panied by some interesting facts con cersing the schools of Japan, The rules are gs follows: Never call after foreigners passing along the streets or roads. When foreigners make Inquiries an- gwer them politely. If unable {0 make them understand inform the police of the fact. Never accept a present from a for elger when there is no reason for his giving it, and never charge him anything above what is proper. Do not crowd around a shop when a foreigner is making purchases thereby cansing him much annoyance. grates us sa a nation. ” Since all human beings are broth rE Bd on dealings with them. Be neither vile ‘fnoriarrogant: Beware of combining foreigner and disliking he is a foreigner: men are to be jndged by thelr conduct and not by their nationality, dE As intercourse with foréigners comes closer and extends over series of vears there is danger that many Japanese may become enamored of thelr ways and customs and for sake the good old customs of their forefa‘*ners. Against this danger you must be on your guard, Taking off your hat is way to salute n foreigner ing of the body low is commended. Hold In high regard the ancestors and treat with warm cordiality, gard a as y cause he or ghe ig a Ch Beware of selling souls to foreigners and becoming thelr slaves Sell them no houses or lands Alm at en competition ber that our m and do tot Ho the Inet The hand not to be fre all relations re be your but our do not person enemy rigtian. your not in Remem * n % vy being your with ally preci nothing loy pie us national treasures gt to violate them. CAUGHT A ‘SEA BAT. in a Seine ON North Carolina Coast. One kmgdom to of the rarest , will State Museum ton Dispatch at Ralel A Double Play. urchin placing asked nervously Mister, ‘ave {ban}? ist le isiiie YOu man: here la quite hot “Thanks, a-shovin’ it “Down Why * os. sir. those would you mind back.” Dac. my back?” a little "un, and wae haa outside ns ter, JWT I) your wn your I'm ¢) Hal WR 11 take it, only know i've a and 1 am ir buster 5 ‘vagry, 1 am.” "Dear me. me around thes how wrong of them! here, my little chap ft is down your back. off. In an instant an bigger boy ‘as a little boy just «© The boy ran - mister, ‘ere? Say, in “Yes.” ‘And did fer? “Yeu “Ard ‘ec buy a 's'fpenny ULus did ’'e ask you to shove take It “Yea." “Yak! chain? E's got Where's your ‘em; Out rushed the baker. the big boy collared the till bolted. and tide of it all —Strand. Defrauding the Excise. One of the most curious museums has just been opened in Parie-—the “Museum of Fraud,” says a continen tal writer. smugglers to deceive the perspicacity of the city toll officials. A feature of the museum is a leath er portfolio, with a ledger, which hae a most amusing story, It was car ried day after day for Several years by an aged clerk, who with his large red book of accounts was quite a’ familiar passerby. The man was well polite. He often indulged In a chat with the officials at the gate and then | went on to his “office.” One day a new “douanier” took it into his head to examine the large red book, while the aged clerk took to His heels. The book was made of gine and weighed ten pounds—ol brandy. The quantity of cognac smug gled Into Paris by this man only during the past years may easily be imagined! The most amusing fact about the story Is that the old clerk was neither old nor a clerk. He was a thief well known to the police, but used a clever disguise every day for 1 this cular “4 0000 00600000 TRIBUTE TO GENIU: It is always pleas: nt to read of | tributes i Ben by the i 1 « BON PEOpIe, $% ald to ius such, for instance, | demonstration in Le ndon i honor nf Marcel], “the Great : of Art of Hair Waving.” ' hairdressing jour with a ity of capitals a Rreat day for nt experts built we Com as the recently Master the as nals, prodigal im him. this master, coiffures for his read, and “althoug! since retired of ¢ {1 francs, sly cons 0 wave a r for the benefit of his adm "ny ots proc de i lectation,’ | Marcel fortune ! §raci aas long with yet ented” iring g A8 perpetrated methods | > nnate iis character, consonant with cement which marks the ! {us master mind.” The geription of the “ope printed excerpts nm for the selfeft of thi da. : 100 full, but inly are edifica. ration” long to be re the following worthy ff we hi f 1 here ir certall vat { ff fate ton of {utu “Ber faa d ALTHOR unostienta ter sect) Hay LE “e AF pe al ire i¥ $s at 3 uniferm cgaontial thom OF THE VEILED di Wome are about to % because shabbiest ing eons termined and n hat enon a fall of Tos in invest mid-ses be not Lu son hat : fow ed which can worn n if she she The timoeg—but eve and stock Wo is preg can find giyles willing to buy ere ten ayed, but the; experimental that straw, ming ar admit of most « a pretty woman than when charming head swathed in folds of soft chiffon or silky net of white or of her best beloved color i he individuality, and cr looks nev. prettier her is | make. either, y Veils cet any®here from { $25, and, with her usual delightful | consistency, pay $4 for a hat i for a vel! and then her husband { how economical she has been—"See, my dear, just throwing this over my old summer hat | can make it last at least ancther month, for you know, dear, 1 am doing all in my power to retrench!”—New York Preas, ose no a for they money lovely woman will refuse i to but will pay $8 tell by —————— WHERE CORSETS CAME FROM. The corset is not, as commonly be- Hevad, a modern invention. Homer, | describing the toilet worn by Juno in | her attempt to lure Jupiter with complacence of the that girdled the waist of the goddess { er borrowed from Venus, . with all the splendor suggested by | tne poet's fruitful imagination. used during the early ages, first only walst. Under the generic name of | | fascive mamiliares (bandages for the | { bosom), there existed three kinds of | belts, known respectively as strophi | Wm, taema, and zona. It is highly probable that these fascive mamlillares | served nearly the same purpose as ; modern corsets, as among the Greeks and Romans a slender walst was oon sidered a mark of beauty. Martial | makes fun of stout women, and Ovid, caumerating the various remedies cal. culated to cure the lovesick, is careful to name above all a stout figure. No wonder, therefore, that the women of that period recurred to all sorts of y expedients in order to prevent or got ' vid of 80 grave a defect! Screnus Sammonicus, a physician of the third oqotury, acquired great ‘wealth by the sale of a prescription which he claimed would reduce the waist to reasonable proportions, All the ancient Actors advised wom. on to lace ehtly in crder to prevent a 000 OO OD! 2D WOHIMMar ' sliding WAYS New York EDUCATION AND INDU Mr Mary Martin Kel dent of th Women's ‘and T | the chairman of | women namad { Promotion of Ind by condi men | investigate | workingwo the of the « fittoe Sara} wns Col con no are House of S8imm Jane nize Wad Arnold Bost Laon lege {ly Green Balch We recently state that rapidly liealey made to the soci the i way Am n home terforating and on iis downfall. For this con name two reasons, firs the lack of scientific housekeeping | second. the immense number of boys | and girls who are growing up | out any training by which the) be able to earn a stealy living —New | York Sun. de 15 dition 1 possible hey witl v wii WOMAN PAID $10,000 TO DINE Society in London is interested ir trying to learn the name of the wom | an who surreptitiously paid $10,000 | for the privilege of being numbered | ameng the house party to meet King | Bdward at a noted country house in the midiands. A woman was among the party | whose name was not on the ust sud mitted to the King, as is the custom | The omission was mentioned to the hostess. She excused herself by say ing the woman was a relative. Owing to a quarrel between the hostess and the guest whose name wasn't submitted to the King 0 has leaked out that she paid the hostess $10,000 in cash to be permit ted to bask in the presence of roy alty as a guest It is reported that the King heard of the incident and caused the hostess name to be stricken off the court list, FASHION NOTES, Directoire ribbon bodices form an Empire back, and may be worn over any waist. Have yen noticed how easily the + princess and Greek frocks fit abont the hips? Silk Directolre belts have hanging ends, and a large rosette catching the ends together hal way down.
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