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EXCELLENT UTILITY HORSE
FOR GENERAL FARM PURPOSES
While Medium -Sized Animal Can Do Heavy Work In Pro
portion to His Weight. Yet He Is Unlit for Anything
Else —One of Medium Weight Is Best
for Agricultural Work.
♦
vßk Burn
A good type of farm horse. This is a cross between a German Coach
stallion and a standard-bred mare. Has fine action and spirit and is heavy
enough for all general work on the farm.
(By J. M. BELL, Virginia.)
The heavy draft has his place, so
does the diminutive pony, but neither
of these extremes in horseflesh fills
the bill for general use on the farm.
One horse on our place, now in his
twenty-third year, was practically
sound after nineteen years of steady
work, work which included hauling
cordwood, lumber and railroad ties
over roads which were never of the
best, and this faithful beast did his
part day after day in all weathers
alongside of mules and other horses,
many of which were heaving and the
majority are now out of commission
from age and other infirmities.
“Old Major,” as he is known
throughout the countryside, was raised
and for 21 years belonged to the party
who raised him, and was bought by
the writer last spring.
His former owner was a country
storekeeper, farmer and wood mer
chant, and withal a fox-hunter, weigh
ing close to 200 pounds.
He and his saddle are a load for
any horse in a run across country aft
er a pack of Virginia hounds.
During each season and for a dozen
years or more, “Old Major” bore his
master on hunts innumerable with
never a blunder, and from the time he
was two and one-half years old until
he was sold last spring he was the
general utility animal around the
premises.
It seems like stetching the truth to
recount the 19 years of steady work
of this remarkable horse; work under
the saddle, in light and heavy harness,
that would have killed many a heav
ier, or lighter horse long ago (for
there is no more wearing work than
that of the general-utility horse on
the farm), a week’s plowing followed
by two or three days’ light harness
work, then a few more days’ plowing,
next, hauling the wood in a team, to
say nothing of the Sunday trip to
church.
It is not my object to say anything
derogatory regarding the merits of
any type of horse, for, as before stated,
they all have their uses.
However, in passing, it is worthy of
note that while the medium-size horse
on the farm can do heavy work in
proportion to his weight, yet the very
heavy horse is utterly useless for any
thing but heavy work, being entirely
out of place when it comes to work in
the saddle or in light harness.
There are. many farmers these days
who are working on the intensive sys
tem, cultivating small areas of crops,
some of thes^ having left the city for
the country.
Their families will want the horses
to ride or drive occasionally, and un
less these farms can keep extra horses,
teams for work and also the pleasure
horses, let them keep those of medi
um size weighing 1,000 to 1,100 pounds.
When a team of this size is not busy
at farm work, they can be put to the
surrey or carriage and make a fair
showing on the road, as a pleasure
team.
Beside doing considerable farm
work since I have owned this horse, I
have driven him regularly.
The conformation of “Old Major”
is most excellent from a standpoint of
service; his head is well set on his
neck, and his neck is well set in his
shoulders, which are strong and deeply
muscled at the same time; his barrel
is fine and round; in other w'ords, he
is well ribbed out.
His coupling is good, his hips wide
but not ragged, while his loins and
thighs are indicative of strength.
His hocks are good and clean of
blemishes, likewise his pasterns; with
the exception of slight wind puffs, his
common bones are flat and broad; his
feet are rather small and too narrow
at the heels, causing him to suffer at
one time from contracted heels, ow
ing partly, no doubt to poor and care
less shoeing. This defect has been
greatly remedied since I have had him
shod under the direction of a compe
tent veterinary.
One more word about our old
friend: His feed, since he was weaned,
up to the present time, was corn on
the ear as a grain ration, from 12 to 15
ears twice daily, hay for roughage,
• with corn stover, cut shucks, occasion
■ ally, but generally hay.
i He has had very little shelled oats,
. bran or mill stuff.
• Since I have owned him, which is
■ for the past year, I have fed him some
’ bran and oats, but he still grinds
; whole corn well.
GOOD PLAN FOR
SELF-CLOSING GATE
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Illustrations and Detailed In.
etructions for the Construc
tion of a Convenient
Entrance.
Here is a good plan for a self-clos
ing gate, writes E. J. Wehrlin, in the
Orange Judd Farmer. The upright
piece at the hinge end of the gate is
made higher than the post it swings
on. A crossbar is driven tightly
through a hole, at right angles with
the gate. Make the crossbar 2 feet
long or over and run wires from the
. ends of the crossbar to a point 2 feet
from the crossbar and continue by a
single wire for 1 foot.
A spiral spring from a mower
binder is here attached and a wire
is connected with this spring and run
to the second post of the fence. This
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Gate Latch Construction.
gate will swing either -way and be
pulled shut again. A latch made as
described in the drawing will be a
great help. Take a piece of hard
wood, oak or maple, and saw as indi
cated at c. This should be Bx2x2 and
sawed so e should be 1 inch thicker
than the thin parts. Two pieces
should be sawed like b, just so the
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Self-Closing Gate.
thin part of c will slide easily through
it. Then saw a, making the groove
1% inches wide and its edges round
ing so the latch will work easily, and
attach to the fence post horizontally.
A spiral spring from a shade roller
is attached as shown in sketch. This
in inexpensive but serviceable, and
works finely if rightly made.
Milk From Common Goat.
■ A common goat will eat only one
eighth as much as a cow, but will
give more than that proportion in
milk. Butter made from goats’ milk
will not keep and must be eaten fresh
from the churn. In many parts of .
the east goats are being raised in
larger numbers than ever before to
supply milk and butter for the very
poor.
Laborers in South America.
Farm laborers in the South Ameri
can republic of Argentina receive ??
in gold a day and their board durin;;
the busy season. On account of the
cholera in Italy no emigrants fron
that country are now permitted in Ai
gentiua.
SUFFERED TWENTY-ONE YEARS
FINALLY JOUND RELIEF
Having suffered for twenty-one
years with a pain In my side, I finally
have found relief in Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp-Root. The physicians called it
"Mother's Pain” and injections of mor.
phine were my only relief for short
periods of time. I became so sick that
I had to undergo a surgical operation
in New Orleans, which benefited me
for two years. When the same pain
came one day I was so sick that I
gave up hopes of living. A friend ad
vised me to try your Swamp-Root and
I at once commenced using It. The
first bottle did me so much good that
I purchased two more bottles. I am
now on my second bottle and am feel
ing like a new woman. I passed a
gravel stone as large as a big red
bean and several small ones. I have
not had the least feeling of pain since
taking your Swamp-Root and I feel It
my duty to recommend this great med
icine to ail suffering humanity. Grate
fully yours,
MRS. JOSEPH CONSTANCE,
Avoyelles Par. Marksville, La.
Personally appeared before me, this
15th day of July, 1911, Mrs. Joseph
Constance, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the
same is true In substance and in tact.
WK. MORROW, Notary Public.
Letter to
Dr. Kllaer A Co.
Blacbanton, N. T.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will
convince anyone. You will also re
ceive a booklet of valuable Informa
tion, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale at
all drug stores.
He’d Be There.
Lee Harrison says he was stapding
at Forty-third street and Broadway
when a young man wearing one of
those Poughkeepsie looks approached
him and said:
"Excuse me, but I want to find my
cousin, who lives in New York.”
“Very well,” replied Lee. “It will
be all right this time. What’s your
cousin’s name?”
"Cohen.”
“Say,” said Lee, grabbing him by
the arm, “come out here in the middle
of the street and yell ’Cohen.’ You’ll
probably be able to find him in the
crowd that answers.”
Kaiser as Writer.
The German emperor, had he been
born a commoner and chosen news
paper work as a profession, would
without doubt have become one of
the most famous journalists of the
day. He has written a great deal
which has never seen the light, but
which will doubtless be published in
the future. Recently the emperor as
sisted in the preparation of an article
entitled “How the Kaiser Works,” for
the Strand Magazine, the proof sheets
which he read and corrected himself.
Such Confidence.
The bride, to show her undying con
fidence in her new husband, gave him
a night key.
Then she telephoned for the lock
smith to change the lock.
TO KEEP THE SKIN CLEAR
For more than a generation, Cuti
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have
done more for pimples, blackheads
and other unsightly conditions of the
complexion, red, rough, chapped
hands, dandruff, itching, scaly scalps,
and dry, thin and falling hair than any
other method. They do even more for
skin-tortured and disfigured infants
and children. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers throughout the world, a
liberal sample of each, with 32-page
book on the care of the skin and hair
will be sent post-free, on application
to "Cuticura,” Dept. L, Boston.
Another Duty.
“You are my wife’s social secre
tary?” he asks of the beauteous crea
ture who is seated at the small desk
in the study. “Yes, sir,” she smiles.
"I am supposed to take Mrs. Blirrup's
place in as many social details as pos- ,
sible.”
"Well—er—she doesn't seem to be I
coming downstairs this morning, and
it has always been her custom to kiss
me good-by when I start for the of
fice.”—Judge.
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS
CULLL TONIC. You know what you are taking.
The formula Is plainly printed on every bottle, i
showing it is simply Quinine and Iron tn a tasteless
form, and the most effectual form. For grown
people and children, 50 cents.
Sun a Lamplighter.
In the acetylene burning lighthouses |
along the Panama canal will lie in- 1
stalled copper cylinders exposed to ,
the sun. When the sun rises in the
morning and the rays fall upon these
cylinders they will expand and close :
valves that admit gas to the burners.
As night approaches and the sun's i
i rays diminish in power the cylinders |
i will contract and again turn on the
gas, which will be ignited by small
pilot jets.—Scientific American.
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Damp One. i
Mra. Suburbs—l’m going down cel
lar.
Suburbs —Well, bon voyage.—Har
per’* Bazar. ’
Death Lurks In A Weak Heart I
It Years to flattortfig er weak, ase “RCNOWNK.” Mate »y Vaa Vlaat<MaaanaM Drag Ca^ Maa*»Ms. Taaa. Price 91.00
HE WAS SOMEWHAT PEEVED
Attendant at Spiritualistic Seance Con
sidered Himself Aggrieved
and Said So.
Charles M. Cross of Indianapolis
thinks variety adds spice to life, so he
went to a spiritualistic service.
It was a lively affair with sepulchral
voices sounding through trumpets,
tambourines playing mysetriously in
mid air, and cold, clammy hands of
partially materialized men and women
making free in the dusky room with
those who were in the flesh. In the
midst of it something dealt Mr. Cross
a vicious whack on the nose and he
called for lights in a tone not to be
disobeyed. With the light the circle
as disclosed was all natural and hu
man again. The most human member
of it was Mr. Cross, with a bloody
nose, spoiling for a fight and all the
"madder” because he did not know
whom to fight.
"Who did that?” he demanded of
the medium.
The medium said the gay spirit was
that of St. Peter.
But even this explanation did not
satisfy Mr. Cross.
“Well, all I ask of St. Peter,” he
said, "is to materialize for just one
minute and if I don’t make a vacancy
for a new gatekeeper I won’t ask to
get in.”—lndianapolis News.
AFTER THE DOCTOR FAILED.
Even the most stubborn cases of
malaria yield to Elixir Babek.
"In the summer of 1896, I contracted
the disease known as Malaria. After a
year’s fruitless treatment by a promin
ent Washington physician. I was en
tirely cured by your Elixir Babek.”—
Brasle O'Hagan, Troop E. 6th U. S. Cav.
It is equally rood for bilious disorders.
Elixir Babek, 50 cents, all druggists, or
Kloczewski & Co., Washington, D. C.
Self-Sacrificing Essential.
“You don’t claim to be a party
leader?”
"No,” replied the quiet citizen.
"Everybody wants to be the leader of
the party. It strikes me that some
body ought to be willing to be the
party.”
A Hint.
Staylate (at 11:45 p. m.) —The light
Is going out.
Miss Weary—Are you going to let it
beat you?
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the y-jw zr
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
Signs of a Winner.
“Does your wife win at bridge?”
“I don’t know for sure,” replied Mr.
Meekton, “but I think so. The women
all look as if they disliked her very
much, but they keep on inviting her
to play.”
An Untimely Death.
An untimely death so often follows
neglect of slight cough or cold. If
Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullein is taken in time it
will prevent any evil results. It cures
coughs, colds, consumption, Whooping
Cough, etc.
At druggists, 25c., 50c. and SI.OO a
bottle.
One Was Lacking.
Head Clerk (to applicant for gov
ernment post)—Are these your Iden
tification papers?
Applicant—Yes, sir.
Head Clerk —H m, your death cer
tificate is missing.
Certainly.
Guide —No one has ever been able
to find out what the Sphinx stands
so it represents!
American Tourist —That's nothing!
We’ve got a lot of congressmen home
the same way!—Puck.
Proved.
"I wonder if Jack knows I have
money?”
“Has he proposed?”
“Yes.”
"He knows.” —Kansas City Journal.
PUT NA MF A DELES S DYES
Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye One 10c package colors all fibers They dye in cold a^ter tow than anv ( Other dye. You caa
dye any garment without ripping apart. Write for tree booklet —How to Ibe, B.ea^h and Mix colors. MONROE DRL G COMPANY, Quincy, 111.
Happy Future.
Apropos of the marriage at Reigate
of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and
Mrs. Hollis McKim, a New York man
said on the Olympic: “I met Vander
bile at the Metropole at Brighton a
few days after the ceremony, and I
said to him, byway of a joke:
“Well, is the course of true love
going to run smooth?”
“ ‘Smooth and straight,' said he.
‘There are banks on both sides, you
KllOW.’ ”
PIT.ES CI'RED IN 6TOII DAYS
Your druggist will rexund money if PAZU OINT
MENT fails to cure any case of Itching. Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6to 14 days. 50c.
The Rest of It.
She —I have a biil for you on hand.
He—Well?
She —Foot it
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces Inlsmma
Uoa, nllnjrs pain, cures wind Mlle, Sic a bottla
Thoughts are often known by events.
A sudden accident opens the closet of
the heart—Carlyle.
IJETTERFUR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAN CASTOR 01,
SALT3.OR PILLS, AS IT SWEETENS AND CLEANSES THE SYSTEM MOKE EFFKENTLY AM*
B FAI MORE PUASANT TO TAKE.
IS THE IDEAL FAMILY LAXATIVE, AS ^^33365390
IT GIVES SATISFACTION TO ALL, IS
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AGED.
Helen —No; I shall never marry. I
have borne too long with the sorrows
and trials of life alone to add to my
burden by—
Ethel —Beg pardon; you mean
you’ve been born too long, don't you?
For COLDS and GRIP
Hicka’ Capudink is the best remedy—re
lieves the aching and feverishness—cures the
Cold and restores normal conditions. It's
liquid—effects immediately. 10c., 25c., and 50c.
At drug stores.
Consolation.
Father (to his daughter’s suitor) —I
have sad news for you. I am ruined!
I have lost everything!
Suitor —Console yourself, dear sir,
with the thought that you are now in
no danger of losing your daughter.
Welcome Words to Women
Women who suffer with disorders peculiar to their -
sex should write to Dr. Pierce and receive free the
advice of a physician of over 40 years’ experience
—a skilled and successful specialist in the diseases
of women. Every letter of this sort has the most WaMs.
careful consideration and is regarded as sacredly
confidential. Many sensitively modest women write
fully to Dr. Pierce what they would shrink from
telling to their local physician. The local physician
is pretty sure to say that he cannot do anything
without “an examination." Dr. Pierce holds that i■ w-
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Dr. Pierce’s treatment will cure you right in the privacy of
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It is the only medicine of its kind that is the product of a regularly graduated
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