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THE SHORTHORN BULL. MONEY F'UFFELL •20621
bookkeeping and electricity.
But while the advertisements, with their
fascinating engravings of animals and
machines, certainly catch the eye, The
Farmer's Advocate also contained some
more serious food for thought.
First, there were a number of how-to
articles such as "Cure for a balky horse",
taken from the Kentucky Stock Farm
magazine.
The line of treatment involved tying a
piece of stout packing twine to the end of a
short stick.
Then advised the article, "tie the free
end around the animal's neck and begin to
wind the twine around his ear. Draw the
string fairly tight for several winds, then
push the stick inside the brow band of the
bridle, when the offender will wriggle his
ear vigorously, shake his head impatiently
and very soon begin to walk away with his
load as though he had entirely forgotten
that he had balked. The theory of the cure
is that a horse can think of only one thing
at a time, and the string on his ear takes his
whole attention away from his balk."
Other articles reported on the crop yield
in Indian Head, Northwest Territories
explained how to build a crate arrangment
for dehorning cattle, and how to make a
berry pruner to cut the old wood out of the
berry patch without cutting anyone's hand.
Romantic
The Farmer's Advocate also offered
something for its female readers with
a serialized novel, written in the romantic
vein of the day.
In 1897, readers followed the perils of
Miss Christie, a young girl employed as a
governess in the mysterious Rayner
household.
Now Miss Christie is obviously a plucky
character, as Victorian heroines had to be,
but she does have her trials and
tribulations.
Like the readers of the magazine, Miss
Christie would no doubt "persevere and
succeed.”
After all, how could you go wrong,
reading the magazine which unblushingly
called itself the "leading agricultural
journal in the Dominion."
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THE RURAL VOICE/SEPTEMBER 1978 PG. 17