WORK FOR HEALTH
Exercise Absolutely Necessary to Keep the
Body in Proper Physical Condition
The sedentary man is like a stag
nant pool, while the active man is like
the mountain stream. In the stag
nant pool reptiles of many descrip
tions crawl and croak, and front it
noisome odors rise. The mountain
stream is pure and stveet and crystal
clear.
The body is a form through which
a stream of matter flows. Exercise
is the moans by which the movement
of the s’ream is accelerated so that
the blood is kept pure and the tissues
clean. The Bible says that he that
will not work shall not eat. and Na
ture says the same. A man who in
sists upon eating, even though he
does not work, pays the penalty for
his violation of natural law. The food
he eats becomes poison in the tis
sues; his body is not only like the
stagnant pool, but it becomes even like
a cesspool, and ready food for germs.
Exercise increases the ability of the
body to resist a disease. It encour
ages every bodily function, creates
appetite for food and the ability to
digest when oaten. It strengthens the
heart, clears the brain and enlivens
the spirit.
How much must one exercise? How
much muscular work must one do to
maintain good health? According to
recent English authorities the average
man should do, daily, work equiva
lent to climbing a perpendicular lad
der one-half mile, or twenty-six hun
dred feet high. If one lived in the
vicinity of Leukerbad, Switzerland, or
in the neighborhood of certain deep
mines, he might actually climb such
a ladder. Ordinarily, some other more
convenient method of exercise must
be adopted. It has been determined
that walking twenty feet on a level,
at the rate of three miles an hour, is
equivalent to lifting the body perpen
dicularly the distance of one foot.
Hence, one may, if he chooses, walk
ten miles, instead of climbing a lad
der half a mile high. Of course, hill
climbing and mountain climbing will
accomplish the same thing as ladder
climbing, and if one chooses to do
the work indoors, he may work out his
task in stair climbing. Going up and
down a flight of stairs ten feet high is
equivalent to raising the body about
twelve feet perpendicularly. Hence,
one might do the required amount of
work by going up and down such a
flight of stairs one hundred and sev
enteen times. But, first, he may do
the work while standing in a corner
and raising himself on his toes. In
such .exercise the body is elevated
about three inches. Hence, four heel
raisings* would be equivalent to rais
ing the body one foot, and to raise the
body half a mile, or twenty-six hun
dred feet, it would be necessary to
rise upon the toes ten thousand four
hundred times. One might easily ex
ecute this movement at the rate of
one a second, which would be fifteen
feet a minute, or nine hundred feet
an hour. At this rate the day’s task
would be accomplished in about three
hours. But it would be very tiresome
to do the work in this way. for almost
the entire amount of work would be
thrown upon a single set of muscles.
By placing the hands upon the back
of a chair or upon a table the arms
may be used to assist in lifting the
body so that the movements can be
executed much more easily. More or
less weight can be thrown upon the j
arms.
By raising upon thefheels and bend- !
ing the knee3. the body may be alter
nately raised and lowered through a
distance of about two feet. The exe- i
cution of such a movement requires }
nearly four seconds, or fifteen to the
minute. The body would thus be lift
ed thirty times a minute, and an hour
and a half would he required to do
the day’s work. By placing weights
upon the shoulders the rate at which
the work is done would be increased, j
and time shortened. But, on the whole,
there is no method of accomplishing
the work so good as walking, and par- 1
ticularly climbing a hill with a mod
erately steep grade.
Bicycle riding, if not overdone, is
excellent exercise. To accomplish the
same amount of work riding a bicy
cle, one must, cover about four times
the distance required for walking.
Most city people, outside the labor
ing classes, take far too little exer
cise. As a result the deficient oxida
tion of the body wastes and the accu
mulation of uric acid and other tissue
poisons after a time result in rheum
atism. neurasthenia, apoplexy, prema
ture old age and a great variety of
disorders which may be traced more
or less directly to uric acid accumula
tion.
Vital Statistics.
Everyone who is troubled with
“symptoms” will he interested in the
statistics prepared by a leading life
insurance company showing at what
ages different diseases may be expect
ed to stop human machinery. The
figures deal with a period of fifty
“Ours," Not “Mine."
“It is mine!" “I tell you. you are
mistaken; it is mine!” Divorce court.
Whic'h is a terse way of putting the
sad history of many a marriage dis
agreement over the things mine and
thine and the domestic misery that fol
lows. The way to settle such a dis
agreement is for both parties to say,
“It is ours!” Because of the struggle
for mine and thine the records of his
tory are rolled in blood, nations have
fallen, barriers of hatred have been
raised, brother has fought brother.
Envy, dissension and division have
come because men have contended for
that which is not theirs, but “ours.”—
Minneapolis Journal.
Ex-Bandit’s Son Reading Law.
Jesse James, only son of the famous
Missouri bandit, is reading law and
taking the three years’ course* in a
Kansas City school of law. This is his
first term. When the course is fin
ished he will practice law. The pro
fessors of the law' school say that
Jesse is a good student. Much of his
timers spent'in reading In the law
library in the county courthouse.
three years—1815-1S9S—during which
time 46,525 ceaths passed under re
view. They, of course, tell nothing of
individual cases, but of the average
or typical cases they reveal much.
Skilful physicians are connected
with the large life insurance offices,
to examine into the physical condition
of applicants for insurance, and to
make a careful investigation of the
causes of death in cases of policy hold
ers.
The records of the company in ques
tion show that the chances are about
six to four that consumption will car
ry off its victims before the age of
forty-five. Fifty-nine per cent of suf
ferers from this disease die before
they reach this age. Above sixty, the
per cent of cases is only twelve.
In general diseases, such as small
pox, diphtheria, measles, etc., the
chances do not differ widely. Thirty
per cent of the deaths from these dis
eases occur under the age of forty
five; 36 per cent, between forty-five
and sixty; 34 per cent, above sixty.
Apoplexy, softening of the brain and
paralysis chiefly afflict elderly people,
55 per cent of the deaths from these
causes occurring above sixty, and only
12 per cent below forty-five.
The probabilities are that sufferers
from other nervous diseases will not
reach the age of sixty, only 27 per
cent of deaths from these causes oc
curring after that age.
Heart disease afflicts principally
the elderly and middle aged, only 11
per cent of deaths from this cause
occurring before forty-five years of
age.
Although pneumonia has been called
"the old man’s disease,” the chances
are sixty-four to thirty-six against one
dying of this disease after the age of
sixty. Twenty-nine per cent of the
deaths from pneumonia occur under
forty-five, 35 per cent between forty
five and sixty, and but 36 per cent
above sixty. Other respiratory dis
eases, such as bronchitis, pleurisy,
etc., grant a little longer lease of
life.
Derangements of the digestive sys
tem do not glean from the aged a
very large number of victims, the
chances being more than two to one
against those so afflicted reaching the
age of sixty. Thirty per cent of the
deaths from this class of diseases oc
cur under the age of forty-five; 38
per cent, between forty-five and six
ty; 32 per cent, above sixty.
Victims of Bright’s disease have a
fair chance of reaching sixty, only
16 in 100 dying of this disease before
forty-five.
Complaints classified as "genito
urinary” are old-age diseases, 77 per
cent of the deaths from such cases oc
curring at ages above sixty.
Fifty per cent of the deaths from
violent causes occur under forty-five.
Fully 68 per cent of the typhoid fe
ver deaths occur under forty-five, and
only 9 per cent at ages higher than
sixty.
HEALTHFUL RECIPES.
»*
Salad Sandwiches.—Boil three eggs
ten minutes; drop in cold water two
minutes; peel, and while still warm,
mash fine with a silver fork, -work in
a tablespoonfu! of thick cream, two
teaspocnfuls of lemon juice, salt to
taste ar.d a little watercress chopped
fine. After cutting off the crust, but
ter sparingly the end of a square loaf
of good Graham bread; then, with a
thin, sharp knife, cut as thin a slice as
possible. Butter and cut until you
have slices to make the required num
ber of sandwiches. Spread a buttered
slice with egg mixture, place over it
a lettuce leaf washed and dried, then
another flic; and press well together
Trim ti e edges, removing tough crust;
cut across twice diagonally, and ar
range the triangles on lettuce leaves
on a wooden bread plate.
Toasted Granose Flakes With Nuts
and Fruit Juice.—Toast the flakes in
ti e o' vt delica'ely, but enough tc
crisp *ht-.n well; sprinkle over them
a cupful of ground p-'can or othei
nuts, dust lightly with sugar and
serve with fruit juice.
Baked Bananas—Beat two eggs and
a cup and a half of water together.
Peel one dozen bananas, dip in egg
batter, roll in granola or bread
crumbs; repeat. Place in oiled pan.
i hake twenty minutes in hot oven
! Serve with—
Orange Sauce—Mix thoroughly half
a eup of sugar and a rounded table
; spoonful of cornstarch. Then add, in
the following order, a tablespoonful
of lemon juice, the juice of one
orange, a little of the rind, thrpe quar
ters of a cup of boiling water. Cook
in ten minutes in double boiler, stir
ring constantly. Remove from fire,
whip in the whites of two eggs beaten
j stiff.
Nut Sponge Cake—T-rgredients: S.x
j eggs. 1 cup flour. 1 cup sugar. 2 table
I spoonfuls lemon juice, three-fourths
cup chopped walnuts.
Damages for Lessened “Capacity.’’
Louis Gurber. a Philadelphia musi
cian. sued a street railway company
tor injuries sustained through the de
railing of a car. He wanted $3,(00
On the stand he declared that previ
ous to his injuries he was able to
drink fifty or sixty glasses of beer a
day. but. that now the best he can dc
is less than twenty. The court inquir
ea gravely: “Would that be claimed
as an element of damage” Gurber’s
! counsel thought it ought to be,.and ap
| parentl.v the'jury thought s\ too. for
the plaintiff was given a verdict of
$1,000 on account of his reduced ca
pacity.
Town Clerk for Half a Century.
Ira N. Goddard has been town clerk
of Millbury, Mass., for fifty-two years
ami is now the unanimous choice of
the Republican caucus for another
term. At the election la=t November
he was chosen to represent his district
in the state assembly. Mr. Goddard if
75 years old. but looks fully fifteen
years younger. He and his wife will
celebrate their golden wedding this
year.
RELIGIOUS SOLEMNITY IN UPPER LOMBARDY
This solemnity, peculiar to the Sab
bia Valley, takes the form of a proces
sion preceded by weping women with
disheveled hair hanging over their
shoulders. They are intended to rep
resent grief and pain and their pray
ers are offered on behalf of all the
sufferers and mourners who on bend
ed knee line their passage. The idea
i is that the plaints and prayers of the
weepers are more acceptable to the
departed than those of the real
mourners themselves, who, on the
day of the procession, pay a pious
visit to the cemeteries.
NOW JOHN STAYS HOME.
And All Because of an Innocent Re
mark of His Wife.
Less than two years after his mar
riage Gayman began to overlook his
promises to stay away from the club,
after he reached home at night. At
first he moved cautiously, pleading a
business appointment there and prom
ising to be back in an hour. Soon that
promise began to slip his mind, and
he came home at all hours. He did
not even give an excuse for going.
Mrs. Gayman did not rush home to
her mother. She did not appeal to
his another. She played her own
game. One evening, when Gayman
showed no inclination to leave the
house she said:
“John, dear, you'll be late at the
club.”
“How do you know I’m going?" he
asked.
"Not going? Oh."—affecting intense
confusion—“it would be most awk
ward. that is—but of course you're
going.”
“Well,” he replied, “I must just
run around, for I have an appoint
ment. But I shall be back in two
hours.”
He was back in one hour, and seem
ed astonished to find his wife alone,
reading. He was glum all the even
ing. showing frequent disposition to
go out again. But the same game has
worked ever since.
Gave Up Waiting.
A young man who was anxious to
secure a job as a railroad br'akeman
wandered into one of the local yards
the other day and came across a
bunch of railroad men who were sit
ting in a shanty. He made known his
ambition and one of the men. who is
quite a joker. asked him a few fool
ish questions. The youth answered
them and then asked:
"How long before I'll be likely to
get a job?”
“Sit down and wait.” said the joker.
"There's ten or fifteen men killed here
every day and you can't tell how soon
w* will need you.”
The young man's ambition seemed
to fade, and he remembered that he
had an engagement elsewhere.—Al
bany Journal.
At the Mission.
Fair Catechist—How many Crea
tors were there? Will the little boy
on the aisle please answer?
Young Heathen—Five.
Fair Catechist—How many?
Young Heathen (nervously)—Four.
Fair Catechist (reproachfully)—
What?
Young Heathen (desperately)—
Three, then.
Fair Catechist (angrily)—What?
Young Heathen (edging toward his
hat)—Two. (And he fled.)
“Lest” Great Pianist.
Paderewski, the pianist, got lost in
Providence the other afternoon and
for a time his manager was on the
ragged edge of a fit. The hirsuite
virtuoso's private car was sidetracked
at a particularly secluded spot and
the driver of his carriage, being a
comparative stranger, mistook the way
and drove in the wrong direction.
Meanwhile a large and fashionable
audience has assembled and was be
coming impatient. In desperation the
unhappy manager was about to send
out a corps of town criers, when the
auburn-haired Russian appeareAm the
stage. • *
An Anecdote of Whittier.
A young lady teacher, who was a
great favorite with the poet Whittier,
had recently married. Meeting the
young husband one day, Mr. Whittier
remarked: “John, thee ought to be
on the school board.”
Th* young man, somewhat sur
prised, said: “Why, Mr. Whittier,
what makes you think so?”
“Because,” was the reply, “thee is
sach a good judge of schoolma’ams.”
Old Cypresses Gone.
A sad piece of news for the lovers
of old Rome is publicly announced.
The last but one of the five immense
cypresses planted over 400 years ago
bv Michael Angelo Bucnarotti in the
beautiful cloister of Santa degli An
geli, was blown down and broken to
pieces during a recent great rain
storm. The sole remaining one of
this picturesque and famous clump is
also much damaged, and must soon
fall, too. The dear Carthusian monas
tery behind the church was taken by
the Italian government, the monks
were dispersed, and the place turned
into a hideous museum of profane dig
nitaries discovered during recent ex
cavations in and around the city. With
almost incredible vandalism the fine
old well and fountain in the middle
of the Michaelangelesque cloister
were clumsily removed, and in doing
so the roots of the overshadowing cyp
ress tiees were much injured. They
at once began to decay and fall and
were carried oft for firewood.
Cosmopolitan New York.
A young Western dentist who is as
sistant to a dental surgeon uptown
had the cosmopolitanism of New York
thrust forcibly upon him the other
day, says a newspaper of that city*
An elderly Greek, accompanied by hi"
young son, came into the office to
have some work cone. The youngster
spoke a few words in English which
the dentist took to mean that the
father would take the chair first.
The dentist examined the old man’s
mouth and then looked at him help
lessly. lie wanted to ask him wheth
er he wanted bridge work or plate,
but he could not make himself under
stood. Knowing that most foreigners
speak more than one language he
called iu the other dentist, who speaks
French. In English he told his pro
fessional brother what was to be
done; in French the man translated it
to the boy, who in turn told his father
in Greek.
The reply came back by the same
route.
Good Advice in Any Language.
Tennyson once attended a dinner
where G. L. Craik proposed “The
Ladies.” In doirg so he recalled the
cynical advice given by a brother
Scot to his children: “Tak my ad
vice and dinna marry for siller. You
can borrow cheaper.” Some time later
Tennyson, at his own table, repeated
Mr. Craik’s story, but expressed the
idea without attempting dialect. His
son Hallan remarked: “Surely, fath
er. Craik did not use those words.”
“No. he did not. But the Craik is a
Scotchman and I am afraid to venture
on repeating him exactly. However,
it’s almost as good in English as in
Scotch and it's tremendously true in
both.”
First Edition of^'Ben Hur.”
Inquiries have reached the Harpers
concerning the binding of the first ed
tion of “Ben Hur.” which appeared in
1880. The first edition was issued in
a series which the Harpers were tl*on
publishing. It was in 16mo form,
bound in cadet-blue cloth and decora
ted with clusters of flowers in red,
blue and green on the front cover and
a vase of flowers in the same colors
on the back. The lettering on the
cover is black.
Cremation Grows in Favor.
Statistics for the German empire
show a further increase in the num
ber of cremations, there having been
cremated 1,381 bodies in 1904 against
1,074 bodies in 1903, an increase of
28 per cent and double the number
cremated in 1901.
Automobile Speedway.
A project is under consideration to
build a twenty-mile automobile speed
way, from sixty to one hundred feet
wide, in Mercer county. New Jersey.
It is reported that options on the nec
essary Dropert%’ have been obtained.
LAID IT TO THE CELLAR.
Uncle Recognized Superiority of His
Neighbor’s “Cider.”
Uncle George Blodgett was a farm
er near a summer resort in New
Hampshire. He was a teetotaler and
an uncompromising prohibitionist. He
raised a good many apples, and made
cider, and sold it strictly to make
vinegar. “Bill” Small ran a hotel
nearby, and he bought a barrel of
cider from Uncle Geocge in the fall
of the year.
One day in the .following spring
Uncle George was at “Bilks” hotel.
“Uncle George,” said Bill, “that bar
rel of cider I had of you last fall
doesn't turn into vinegar worth a cent,
but it is the slickest cider you ever
put inside of your frtfce, and I want
you to try it.”
“Bill” went into the cellar, and,
thinking to have a little fun with
UncLe George, instead of drawing a
glass of cider, drew a glass of Eng
lish ale, blew the froth from it, and
took it up to Uncle George. “Try
that,” he said, “and if you don't say
it is about the smoothest stuff that
ever passed vonr lips I’ll give in.”
Uncle George looked at it,* touched
his lips to it, sipped a little, and then
drank the whole contents of the glass
without stopping, set the glass down
and Remarked: “I beats all what a
difference there is in cellars in keep
ing cider,” and walked out.
Value of Teaching Obedience.
Is there any reason why our schools
should limit themselves simply to put
ting children through a certain course,
of study? We think not. In our opin
ion. if the schools fail in discipline, if j
they fail in developing a spirit of
obedience, they fail in discharging
their most vital function and at the
most vital point. And it seems to us
that this taiiure is one for which the
schools may very justly be held re
sponsible. For the very theory on\
which the state proceeds in this mat-;
ter of public education is that through
education the children will be prop
erly trained along the line of good
citizenship. But they cannot be good j
citizens unless they learn to be obedi
ent to law. In some way, therefore,
the schools must inculcate this obedi
ence.—Indianapolis News.
Grandma’s Girls and Boys.
I wish—I wish (said Grandma Gray')
That little hoys were always good.
That little girls so fond of play.
Would help their mothers when they
should.
I wl«h all boys would be polite.
" And all the little girls were neat.
That all would try to do the right.
And all had tempers that were sweet.
How very pleasant life would be
If every wish of mine came true!
It can he done, you must agree—
And all dependif^ny dears..on you!
—Dew Drops.
He Got the Job.
The Hon. Frank Jones once needed
a general man on his farm, outside of
Portsmouth, and among those who ap
plied for the place was an Irishman.
After giving his name, etc., Mr. Jones
asked him how long he had worked
for his last employer, who was also a
farmer, and why he left.
“Well.'’ said the man, “after I was
there a while the grub was very bad,
and one day an ould hog he had died,
so we had to ate It. Then, agin, one
of his sheep got drowned in a bog.
We ate that, too. But one mornin’,
two months afther, his ould mother
in-law died. Then I thought it time
to lave.”
Talk from Omaha to Boston.
The longest distance over which
speech is regularly transmitted is be
tween Boston and Omaha, 1,600 miles
A business house in the Western city
talks daily with its representative in
Boston. The human voice is trans
mitted between those distant points
on a copper wire in less time than it
would take it to cross an ordinary
room without electrical propulsion.
Treating Fruit Trees Gnawed by Mice
or Rabbits.
The winter of 1903-04 was fearfully
cold and the snow deep. The food of
the rabbits was scarce and they gnaw
ed the bark from some of our young
apple trees. Six of them were badly
girdled in this way. To pull out the
young, thrifty trees would have been
quite a loss. So 1 applied an effective
remedy, which is within the reach of
all. «
In spring as soon as the orchard
ground is dry enough, fill an old pail
three-fourths full with fresh cattle
droppings; with a wooden paddle mix
up the manure in the pail, adding wa
ter to it as needed until it is of the
consistency of mortar. Apply the pre
pared paste to the eaten parts of the
trees, putting it on as thick as it will
stick. It should be not less than an
inch thick. Now wrap all the parts
well with old cloths and tie with
strings. There is no danger of putting
too many cloths for they help retain
the moisture around the wounded
parts during the growing season.
Should the trunks be entirely
girdled, which checks the flow of sap.
cut scions of last year's growth of
wood loug enough so you can enter
them at least one inch under the bark
of the tree at the upper and lower
extremities of the wounded part. The
ends of the scions should be shaved
down so that they will wedge in snug
ly under the hark. According to the
size of the tree, fit from two to four
of these on opposite sides of the trunk,
then cover the entire work with a coat
of manure paste and wrap with rags.
If this has been properly done the sap
will circulate through the scions, and
in this way the tree will be saved. It
is said that this treatment is not like
ly to succeed with the plum and cher
ry tree, but it is fairly successful with
the pear and apple. I tried it with
one tree that was entirely girdled,
but was not successful for the top of
the tree died. A sprout grew a little
way from the ground. I did not dis
turb this when sawing off the tree,
and it made a growth of some three
feet during the season.
If the trees are two inches or more
in diameter and the entire trunks are
girdled clear through the bark to the
hard wood of the tree, it is best to
null or grub them out and plant oth
ers. \Vith the exception of the one
which was entirely girdled, all trees
that I treated in this way last spring
showed by their luxuriant growth that
they were doing as well as the young
trees which had not been damaged.
I know from experience that had the
wounded parts of the trees not been
covered the trees would have died. I
had some difficulty in getting the ma
nure paste to stick to the trunk when
applying it with a paddle, so used my
hands.
Mice will not gnaw' trees as deeply
as rabbits. Usually only the top lay
ers of the bark will be wounded, but
treatment is just as necessary as for
j those damaged by rabbits. If some
should object to the manure paste
remedy let them try this: Take five
or six parts of resin and two parts
of beeswax. Melt this and while hot
add one part of tallow. Try a coat
of this on a green stick, exposing five
minutes to the cold air. If it is too
hard and cracks easily, add a little
more tallow. With a swab apply a
coat of this wax over the wounded
parts. While applying, the wax shouid
.be kept warm, but not too hot or it
will burn the wood or bark.—Fred
' Strohschein, Winnebago Co., Wis., in
Farmers' Review.
Wind and Raspberries.
A grower says raspberries do best
where they have the protection of a
wind-break. The wind breaks the
canes when it has a full sweep. We
have noticed that in a wild state rasp
berries are found in the vicinity of
trees especially in clearings, where
there is a partial shade from trees
still standing. All that have picked
wild raspberries have noticed the in
creased size of the berries where
there is partial shade.
Alfalfa Ground.
Ground on which to plant alfalfa
: should be carefully prepared as early
in ;he spring as convenient, though
the seed in the latitude of northern
Illinois should not be put into the
! ground before the early part of May.
The plowing should be deep and this
! should be followed by the roller, tin
! less the ground is a clay loam or clay
; The seed should be sowed early
enough to give it the benefit of the
spring rains.
Irrigation and Gardening.
Tha use of extra water in the garden
is coming into use in the humid states
as well as in the arid states. Wher
ever a stream can be turned or a
pump installed with some cheap force
to work it. the use of water in the
garden is desirable. A little water at
the right time is worth more than an
abundance of water when it is not
needed. The water is an assurance
that the orop will not fail on account
of drouth.
The Kitchen garden should be
planned at once, so the work of plant
ing can be pushed as soon as the
ground is dry enough. When work in
the field? begins, the garden will re
ceive scant attention.
The man that intends to go into the
growing of peaches must determine
to do a vast amount of hard work in
a good many directions. If he is not
willing to do this he had better save
his money.
Barren Stalks of Corn.
Reason for barrenness in corn stalks
is not .really known. It has been as
sumed that some corn seed had in it
the tendency to produce stalks with
out ears, but that has been a guess.
We have yet to be convinced that it
is a good guess. One farmer tells us
that a certain corn field bore a very
large per cent of stalks one year,
when growth conditions were not
good, while the next year the same
field planted to seed from the crop
of the preceding year bore almost all
fertile stalks. The second season was
a good growing season.
I IVET
STOCK
Use of the Brush and Currycomb.
Some farmers have no use for these
two articles, but I would find it hard
to get along without t£em. I have
heard it said that a good currying and
brushing is worth two quarts of oats.
This may be a little exaggerated, but
I had rather see a man have this idea
.than the idea that there is no profit or
use in it. A good currying will keep
the horse on less feed. I do not say
that it will save two quarts of oats
a day, buf I do say that it will pay
well for the time spent in doing the
work. I have heard men say that they
had no time to waste in currying their
horses and that it might pay the men
who raised fine horses. Does it not
pay the farmer to raise good horses?
It surely does.
The liberal use of these tools pays
the practical farmer better than it
does the fancy horse trainer, for the
reason that if a farmer is not rich
and loses a horse he feels the effect of
it more than the rich man who may
have money ip. the bank with which to
buy another. So it pays the poor
farmer to give his horses the best of
care and keep them in a healthy con
dition. He has just as much time to
do it as the man who makes a busi
ness of training horses and it will pay
him just as well.
A horse should be curried daily, es
pecially when working hard. Use just
enough time to put him in the right
shape, whether it takes five minutes
or half an hour. Don’t stop until you
have all the dried sweat off. If this is
allowed to form a coat on the hair it
will stop the pores and keep the im
purities inside. Such conditions are
not healthy for the horse and will
cause some ailment sooner or later.
It will pay to use the brush and comb
for looks alone, but looks is only a
small part. How does it look tovjiave
manure sticking all over a horse and
why wouldn’t it pay to use the brush
for a few minutes? Don’t think it a
waste of time, for it will kdfep them in
better flesh and make them able to do
more work.
This is my practice, and I could not
be persuaded to discontinue their use.
I do not say that I keep my horses
better than other people, but I know
that they would be worse if I omitted
the daily use of the brush and comb.
I know that it pays me and do not see
why it should not pay all others who
keep horses. A good currying is the
same to a horse that a bath is to a
man, and how would a man feel if he
worked day after day and never
washed? How long would he feel like
working? Try it once for a while.
A well-kept horse will do lots of
work for a man in a year and should
have the best of keeping in return.
The horse is a most faithful animal,
hut the general way of keeping horses
would not indicate that their owners
appreciated it. It is nothing less than
sin the way many horses are kept and
some owners should not be allowed tc
possess horses. But we have no pow
er to prevent their owning horses. Al*
we can do is to advocate better care
for the horse.—E. J. Waterstripe. Shel
by Co., Mo., in Farmers’ Iteview.
Walls of Stables.
The problem of what material tc
use in the construction of stables Is
one that confronts the farmer tha'
is about to build a stable that he
wants to be a permanent edifice
There is some advantage in building
stable v. alls of stone or brick, or ever
gravel, but usually that advantage i'
more than compensated for by the
increase in the cost.
Wood is without doubt the warmes'
material to use, especially if there
can be an air space between twe
thicknesses of the wood. The therma
permeability of wood is about 100 tc
about 400 of stone, cement and the
like. Brick also permits the trans
mission of heat quite readily and
most serviceable when there is an aii
space between two layers of brick
Dead air lias a thermal permeability
of about 50, which gives it double the
value of yvood as a protection agains*
cold.
All materials like stone have the
advantage of being non-combustible
but this is not a very great factor as
most of the fires in barns are seri’ou'
because of the burning of the contend
ot the barns rather than of the struc
tures ihcmselves, and stone walls wil
insidT' 6111 the C°mbustion of dry haj
The question of the material out 0
yvh.ch the walls are to be constructed
must be settled by the cheapness an
abundance of certain materials in any
one neighborhood. The writer know
of one locality where the farmerfl
built their barns largely out of i a'f
flers left by the gl.cter,1 They ' ™
,nte t!lP cheapest and best materb? ?
that locality. materia, ir
The Stable Floor.
The floor cf the stable harT,
is one of the very tZL !
things that must he niportanl
when a new barn is' beh^61'60
ed. The floor must be smooth ereCt
to he easily cleaned and must en°u^
so smooth as to he kH™ 11 bt not
belj"n.l fhe coXV'ffc," 11 “
mal3 ft must be water JL?™ “n‘
vent the leaching awav 7,1 l° pre
portions of the manure It
Bible to keep a floor c,ea ‘Si.l“po.s
saturated with urine. This f, J* U Is
objection to wooden floors •,nC)Sreal
great argument in fav0r d thf
floors. a'or °* cemem
On our high-priced land*
no longer be kept for the V s can
raising a calf out of whim?Urp°8e of
beef. It costs ettoU of «'0O
to keep a cow and the calf *1° a year
that at the outset win h»mthat Costs
profit on his development^ if ^ake a
to be marketed at the „ri f he ha8
prevailing for beef. prIce usually
We have too few fnnj
,p the United StateB A°fttUe herds
century of agitation of ^7, hal' a
methods and the Important breedin?
tudes of blooded catUe ?vi muIti'
fore this have had aimJ Shou,d he
number of herds „ot?d for"8 * lar«
celleace In all the memhl 6real «•
herds. members of the
