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"North1arid";-1. 're brightee the
dreary aspect ot a northeast bedroom,
cheese paper of a warm oaealalY ten
shade, and a rug of deep` raspberry
pink (a Scoteh wool square is a godd
choice), -with curtains, cushions, etc,,
of pink and cream chintz, and have
the woodwork painted ivory white,
You will have a obeerful roam, I am
sure, 2. To brighter). a shabby carpet,
sweet) the =Vet caretully to remove
all the dust, then ge over it with a
clean, hawse Amalie' dipped in a pail ef
warm water, to which a eupful of
strong vinegar has been added. The
flannel should be wrung as dry ae Poe^
sible before it Is applied to the carpet,
'ethic"j must not be more than dampen-
ed in the process. Let the caret dry
thoroughly before walking on it. 3.
A cork pressed into. a bright -colored
celluloid rideable and the edges cut off
even with the thimble will make a pro-
tector for the end of a steel crochet
took. 4. Buttonholes can be strength-
ened by running two rows of stitching
around the edges.
H.S.W. --1. The origin of the ex-
pression, "Getting down to brass
ta,cke," has been explained in varlou.s
ways. Probably it is derived from the
custom of marking yards, feet and
fractions of a yard on the edge of the
counter in dry goods stores with brass
tacks or "brass nails." When the
cloth is actually measured the trans-
action. has "got clown to brass tacks."
The expression therefore would seem
to mean greater accuracy. 2. To clean
furs: Before putting item away heat
some clean fine sand or coarsely -
ground corn -meal as ha as you can
bear your hand in it. Rub it well into
the soiled places, then shake it out,
and beat and brush the furs till clean.
HOW TO CARE FOR THE DAIRY COW
Of All Farm Animals the Good Dairy Cow yields the Greatest
Profit.
It aos been clearlydemonstrated
that the good dairy cow is ,a more
economical producer than any other
ferns animal. Noe only does she act-
ually yield more prodeet from ft given
amount of feed but ehe does this. at
the least cost and greatest profit.
Notwithstanding thee facts the pro-
duction of milk adui 'fat from the aver -
3. Groan(' ginger is just as good for age cow is exceedingly law, beieg
plasters as mustard, even better, for it proximately 3,800 pounds milk and 130
"draws" as well and never blisters. 4. pounds fat per annum, which in value
Collars of sheer material suchas is less than the total cost ot produe-
ninon, can be cleaned by covering tion Nevertheless it has been clearly
them with a layer of corn -meal and al- clemenstrated that by better feeding
lowing them to remain for a few hours. and management this average may be
5. When Washing delicately colored easily increased from 30 to 80 nor cent.
freaks, bean water should be used in- with an increased cost in teed and
stead of soap. Tie wheat bran loosely labour of only 10 to 20 per cent.; the
in a thin cloth and rub the clothes with margin would be largely profit.. Such
it, using lukewarm water. Rinse an increase is net only a financial
quickly and hang to dry in shade. necessity but the patriotic ' duty' of
"High Scheel Qirl":-The aountries
et war are Germany, Austria-Hun-
gard, Turkey and Bulgaeia, opposed to
Russia, France, Great Britaie, United
States, Italy, Japan Serbia, Belgium, coneumed plus the reserve of feed -
every dairy farmer.
Feeding the Dairy Cow
The teak produced by a claire cow
of proper type is in proportion to feeds
Montenegro, San Marino, Portugal, stored in the body as fat and flesh. As
Rumania and Cubo. Panama, China, an examele of the latter it has been
Brazil, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras.
Liberia and Nicaragua have broken
relations with Germany.
E. K. M.:-1. The best Beek I know
of is the "Canadian Soldiers' Mannal
for French and German." The price is
25 cents, and it is 51/2 by 3% inches.
Another good book is "French Self
Taught," also 25 cents,esize 51/2 x 21/2
inches. 2. Chocolate•is a very suitable
article of food to send to your soldier
boy, as it contains much nourishment supply of fat and flesh stored on the
in a .aoncentrated form, fat, protein i dry cow of dairy type will be drawn
and carbohydrate being present, with upon when most needed and be either
very little water. given off as milk- or so take the place
"Subscriber": -1. Joppa is a sea- of feeds consumed in supplying bodily
needs that a larger proportion of these
feeds may be utilized for milk produc-
tion.
The dry cow receives' little atten-
tion from the majority of dairy farm -
The cause of splint is concussion or
direct injury. Often no lameness is
present. When it is, it will be noticed
only when the horse is going faster
than a walk, more marked at a jog.
The horse stands and walks sound.
jf not lame leave alone, If lame
apply cold as ice packs or cold water
and give a rest for a few days. If
this does not cure, apply a blister.
Oil cake added to the grain will help
to keep horses in condition during the
spring work.
If proper care is taken, the mare
can safely be used in the ordinary
work of the farm up to the time of
foaling; but as this time approaches it
is important that the load be not
heavy nor the pace gapid.
As the labor of a horse becomes
heavier, so in the same proportion th.e •
food digested is diminished. Very se-
vere work prevents digestion of food
from 7 to 25 per cent
shown that fresh cowe,may be fed on a
maintenance ration or even starved
Lor several. days, yet produce Milk in
fairly large quantities with, however,
a proportional decrease of weight and
flesh. Again it has been proven that
cows ef proper type having a store of
flesh before calvieg will not only milk
more heavily but also. more persistent-
ly during the succeeding milking
period. It is clear, therefore, thatehis
port on the west coast of Palestine,
about forty miles northwest of Jeru-
salem. 2. Trieste is an important
Austrian port on the Adriatic Sea. 3.
The area of the qerman Empire in
Europe is 208,780 square miles; in ees. The thin cow at calving is in
addition, before the war, there were poor condition to make milk profitably
colonies with an approximate area of and cannot produce the rugged healthy
1,028,000 square miles. calf fitted to withstand the enany calf
ailments. Allow the cow four to -ten
Sometimes a horse gets his foot
over the tie rope in the stable; does
es several times and you fear he wia
get into trouble. Just put him in a
box stall for a few months and, he will,
forget the trick.
For the average 1,500 -pound horse
at hard steady work a ration of 20
pounds oats and 15 pounds good hay
produces about 11,000 units of power,
which is about the work such a horse
is capable of performing.
A careful daily washing of should-
ers and withers vvith cold water or,
better, cold salt water, will cleanse
and toughen the skin of the horse.
This washing should be continued
from two to four weeks, depending an
the age of the horse and the condition
of the shoulders.
The orientals have this saying:
"One should be slow to buy a chestnut
horse, and still slower to sell one that
has proved to be a good one.",Apply
this to horses of every color and we
have one of the safest rules ever
thought out.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
JUNE 17. . .
weeks before freshening. A pound 'of
meal a day during this -dry period is
-worth as much as two or three pounds
of meal fed after the cow has fresh-
ened. On poor pasture, feed the- dry
cow green teed, silage or roots and a
grain ration composed of two parts of
any two of the following meals: bran,
ground oats, ground corn, ,ground bar-
ley, plus one part ground oil cake. To
the thin cow feed 4 or 7 pounds daily; if
the cow is in good flesh, give roughage
as needed and 1 to 2 poimds daily of
the above-mentioned grain Mixture;
if the cow is fat withhold the green,
but on the other hand da not sacriffeT
flesh or lose a thrifty c,ondition.
Feeding at Calving
Feeding the cow at calving requires
special care, varying with the in-
dividuality of the animal. Be sure
that the condition of the bowels is nor-
mal. Constipation at this time is apt
to induce really troubles such as milk
fever, caked udder, etc. After calving
give a tepid drink containing a hand-
ful of linseed oil meal per pail c_g„,
a,ter, allow to rest quietly for twelve
In milk will induce little 11 any milk
flow after tee staples body deems has
been used, while liberal feeding with
practically the sanie maintenance re-
quirements will'.iridnee heavYrnilk
production.
It is evident that milk produced un-
der the latter conditionsewill cost much
lest; per gallon.
Rations for the Mach Cow in Stable
Tho foundatiou principles of the suc-
cessful selection of feeds and the feed-
ing of dairy cattle depend upon the
palatability, variety, nutrition and ease
at digestion, andasueculence of the
ration given. All these essentiale of
a well balaneed ration' for economic
production must be considered when
raising or purchaeing foodstuffs.
The mot economical ration must
have as a basis cheap but rich nutri-
tious farm grown roughages such as
clover or alfalfa hey, ensilage and
roots. The liberal feeding of meals is
advisable to balance the roughage
ration and in addition to provide the
heevy milking cow with an extra sup-
ply ef nutrients in a less bulky term.
A pound of grain when the cow is
'fresh is equivalent to several pounds
of grain after the cow has decreased
materially in her •milk flow. Feed
1 pound of meal, for every 81/2 pounds
milk produced; as her lactation period
progresses decrease- the meal gradual-
ly to 1 pound for every five pounds of
milk produced. A fair average is 1 to
4. Folloeving are a number of well-
balanced daily rations' for the 1,000
pound dairy cow suitable to the in-
dividual needs of farmers throughout
different parts of Canada:
No. 1. -Mixed, hay 16 pounde, tur-
nips or mangels 40 pounds, meal mix-
ture composed ot bran 4 parts, groan
oats 2 parte, ground barley 2 parts, oil
cake 1 part, cottonseed- meal 1 part.
Phis meal fed at the rate of 1 pound
per alie poun.es of milk produced
No. 2. -Clover or alfalfa hay 10
pounds, mange's or turnips 30 pounds,
oat straw 10 pounds, meal mixture
composed of bran 6 parts, ground oats
2 parts, linseed oil meal 3 parts, fed
at the rate of 1 pound per 31/2 pounds
of milk produced.
No. 3. --Clever hay 12 pounds, corn
ensilage 30 pounds, meal mixture com-
posed of bran 7 parts, ground oats 7
parts, dried brewers grains 4 parts,
cottonseed meal a parts, fed at the
rate of 1 pound per 8 pounds of milk
produced. e,
No. 4. -Mixed grass hay 10 pounds,
oat straw or chaff 10 pounds, mangels
or turnips 40 pounds, meal mixture
!composed of bran 3 parts, ground oats
3 parts, ground flax 2 parts, ground
wheat a parts, fed at the rate of 1
ipound per 2 pounds of milk produced.
No. 5.-Brorne hay 10 pounds, clover
;hay 5 pounds, oat straw or chaff 10
!pounds, mange's or turneps 30 pounds,
grain mixture composed of ground
oats, barley and wheat, equal parts,,
fed at the rate of 1 pound per 8 pounds
of railk produced.
A plentiful supply of clean drinking
water and salt is essential for greatest
health and production
I Feeding on Pasture
e Over large areas of Canada the milk
produced an grass will always be the
cheapest. Hence the pepper care of
'pasture is most essential. If cattle are
allowed on the pasture only after the
alias& is from 6 to 8 inches in height
such pasture will yield most feed dur-
ing the summer and will be best pre-
pared to withstand drought. .
Natural pasture may be supplement-
ed in the spring and fall by sowing a
patch of fall rye, or during the summer
months by seeding an annual pasture
mixture composes' of oats and barley or
a mixture of oats and clover. The
most suocessful dairymen as 'a 111.43
feed a limited grain ration even when
the cows are on pasture. Bran 3 pares,
cottonseed 1 part, or bran 2 parts,
ground oats 2 Parts, and gluten or
ground peas, 1 part, will give excellent
results.
Supplementing Pastures
In the shortage of grass- provide
good soiling crops. Supplements to
pasture are peas and ()ate seeded at
different dates, second cut clover, corn
and fall turnips fed with tops tai
pulled. Summer silage, if available,
is both superior to and cheaper than
peas and oats.
Latham, iThe Risen. Master) to i
hours, after which give a warm bran
n m -
ply a collapse as the body within them mash, with two bran mashes on the
dematerialized. That the "body eel second day after calvin,g. Feed a
his glory" was not simply the "body limited supply -6 to 8 pounds -dl
clean preferably clover, Draw- a
little milk three or four times daily
for the first three days; do not milk
dry until after the third day, as such
a procedure frequently bringe on milk
of his huiliation (Phil. 3. 21) re-
suscitated,mis shown by the different
guises in which he conies, and his en-
tire independence of material condi-
tions suddenly appearing and vanish -
swallowed up of Life; the new body I fever. On the
1 ing again. What was mortal was;
fourth day start the dry
was real
(Luke 24. 39), but not of meal ration consisting of 4 pounds
Lesson XII. -The Risen Lord -John
, this order. Paul is 20. 1-18. -Golden Text I lY on the facts of the Lord's equal parts -bran and ground oats. In-
emir- crease the quantity of grain and
rection when he argues so earnestly' strength of the gram mixture to a full
,
1 Cor. 15. 20.
the utter difference of the "spiritual grain ration on arnbout the sixteenth
Verse 1. Combining this narrative
with those a Mark and Luke, we may
perhaps infer that Mary of Magdala
came alone before it was light, and
was joined by "the other Mary" and
Salome and Joanna. when the sun had
just risen. In how much of the
story of this chapter she was the leader
of a group and in how much she was
alone, we have not materials for de-
ciding. Note that all three Synoptists
name her first. Taken away -Luke's
"'rolled away" pictures the manner: it
was a very large wheel -shaped stone
that moved in a groove. Matt. 27.
66 tells 138 it WaS sealed, to guard
against its being secretly pushed aside
and replaced.
2, They -The ,form of the phrase
does not imply that she has ally peo-
ple in her mind. It is the Aramaic
idiom literally rendered, and would
answer to, "The Lord has been taken
. ." We know not -So the other
wotnen are implied already.
3. The details of the visit of Peter
and John (verses 3-10) are peculiar to
John's Gospel. Luke mentions the
visit of Peter onlY (Luke 24. 12); but
here we have the whole scene pictured
:with all the .vividness and exactness of
one who stated what he him'self saw
and took part in (The Handy Corn-
well tarY) .
4. The other dieciple WAS Still a
boy; Peter perhaps a man in the
thirties.
5. Stooping and looking in -One
word in the Greek: Peter useseit (1
Peter 1, 12) ebf angels stooping to
look into the bleseings of eedenintion.
f /leered he not in -He is restrained
by weeder, not unaccompanied, per-
hapri, by fear, at what be eees; and
Waits for hie friend and eorrepanion
(The Handy Commentary).
6, Peter, with characteristic impul-
siveness, untestraited by the awe
which hod held back his young friend,
eteoPe to the low doorway and enters
the 'hollowed vault, a tiiehe in the side
Of which had held the sacred body.
The description of the positiop of the
"gravt elothes is forcibly argued (by
7. Roiled up, on the above theory, .
day .after catving.
body" from that we know.
means fallen . flat and evenly; the Feeding the Fresh Cow
head it covered has not been with-
drawn or moved aside, but vanished
"into thin air."
8. Saw, and believed -So e'en he
did not attain the special blessing of
The feeds consumed by a dairy cow
In milk are utilized for two purposes,
viz., the manufacture of milk and the
maintenance of the body. The cow
'Verse 29. But he believed after see- weighing 1,000pounds requires the
ing much less than others. equivalent of 10 pounds clover hay and
9. The scriptures -Acts 2. 241. 10 pounds oat straw or 35 to 40 pounds
shows us which was in thought, and
also interprets the must. The great of mixed pasture grass for maintee-
ance alone. To this must be added
argument of Jesus in Mark 12. 26 -
resting on the impossibility that the ..the feed to supply eneryg necessary to
objects of God's love should pass into manufacture milk. Hence it is eel -
nothingness, is the basis of the ven- dent that the. meagre feeding of cows
tare of faith in Psa. 16. Note that
"the scripture" does not prove his res-
urrection as something solitary:
Paul's whole al:gun-lent in 1 Cor. 15
is based on our solidarity with the
:Man from heaven. It is simply that
the principle holds infinitely more ob-
viously and inevitably in his caeca and
( therefore his resurrection becomes the
!prime certainty.
11. IVIary had returned to tEeesepul-
j. cher after the hurrying apostles. Mark
. (16. 9) states definitely, what we
:gather from tine eection, that the
risen Lord's first appearance was to
: Mary Magdalene: the details of the,
; meeting ate given by Sohn alone (The,
Carnbeidge Bible). I
i 12. In white -Always the symbol of ,
I heaven. Compare Shelley's "white'
radiance of Eternity," which "Life,
' like a dome of many -colored glees,:
e -tains," • 1
13, Mary, like the sisters at Be-
thany (John 11: 21, 32), has but one
Ithought, which repeats itself unchang-
I ed, e •
j 14. Knew not --As so Often, for he
' was never known till the spiritual
j eye could see. Where were the marks
iii his hands? They vote not there
1 there till he made them appear!
16. "He calleth his own by ,iesiniej
and leadeth them out." ltabbonie-
Compare Mark 10, 51. A stronger
' form of Rabbi, "my IVIaster," treed in
times of special emotion.
A al.
Unless every cross in breeding
stands for improvement in the herd, it
shows that there is soli -daring wrong.
A cow with the ability to make good
records is hindered in production if
handled by an ignorant herdsm6.n.
We want thoroughbreddairymen as
well as highly -bred cows.
Salt, shade and water are essential
o the eve op en ,of a dairy hord.
Stagnant water Is unfit for the stock.
Drain the marshes and ponds or fence
the cattle away feet them.
Good butter makes the storekeeper
yew: beet friend. With June pastuee
. •
there is every possibility of -Welling
out an a.terdetive produet,
Every year the faemer evondere how
the paSture is going to hold out, It
is a pretty safe guess "nett it will fall
-off about August. Be reedy, for it.
Don't overload the, pastures, :
, Do not ti,y to epeed up the sepaeatee
by guese. Men have teought before
now that they could do that, but ti
speed ineheator eliewed that they were
not within forty rows of appio trees
of being right.
:The percentage a tubercular hogs
killed in the large packing houses
has doubled in the last ten years, due
no doubt, to the f act that a concerted
effort to control the disease has not
been made. Hogs become infected
by following tubercular cattle or when
fed unsterilized skim -milk or. butter-
milk from creameries. One tuber-
cular herd of eows in a community
supplying male to a creamery, may in-
fect all theeherds of hogs fed on the
by-peoduets of the creamery.
Hogs do- not usually contract the
disease .from other tuberculae hogs,
hence the problem of eeadicating the
lieease in hogs ie largely a matter of
avoiding uneterilized by-products :from
creerneriee, 'feeding skim -milk from
a tubercular herd, allowing ,the }loge to
eollow tubercelar Cattle, or the feed-
ing' of uncooked garbage titiles's it is
poeitively from a safe source.
If woolens tee) hung out on the line
drippieg wet inetead of being wrung
out they will not shrink.
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Conducted by Professor Henry G.
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edged authority on all subjects ;pertaining to soils and
crops, •
Address all questionn to Professor „Henry G, Belli In
care of The Wilson Ptiblishing Company, Limited, To-
ronto, and answers vvill appear ire this column In- ,thei •
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It Is advisable where immediate reply Is necessary that
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Question -J. C. intend sowing
20 acres of beanseend there ,are 15
acres of the land that were in beans
eolaste) eytehainr ga and alt will beto goodfer ti ifzoer it owapitsh.
It is heavy clay and the grub worked
In it some last year. What would, be
a good ° thing to exterminate them?
What is the best variety of beans?
Answer: -This ground should have
been plowed at a mediuin depth this
spring. For beans, apply 400 to 600
lbs. per acre of a fertilizer carrying
1 to 2% ammonia, 8 to 10% phos-
phoric acid and 1% potash. This
fertilizer should be worked in in the
eourse of preparation of the soil;
that is, it should be evenly distributed
on top the plowed laid and worked
into the seed -bed as the land is disk-
ed and harrowed. The tillage of the
soil will to a large extent exterminate
the white grub, and the addition of
fertilizer will make the seed -bed all
the more distasteful to this insect, as
well as strengthen the growing crop
against the attacks of the white grub.
As to the -best variety of beans, it is
impossible to make recommendations.
There are numerous varieties of two
large classes; first, the bush beans;
second, navy beans. Catalogs of any
of the reputable seed houses recom-
mend best varieties to grow.
Question -R. G. K.: -What kind of
soil is suitable for asparagus? Is
fs a profitable trap?
Answer: -Any soil that. is well
drained and is sufficiently open in tex-
ture to allow the air to circulate with-
in it, is suitable for the growing of
asparagus. .. Speaking generally,
asparagus does best on a -sandy loam
soil that has been deeply worked and
carefully manures.' and fertilized. The
asparagus crisp does not begin to bear
heavily until the second year. The
crop is grown from seed, and the
seedlings are set out into the perman-
ent rows late in spring or early in
summer, The following spring they
begin to bear. A well-prepared as-
paragus bed will bear abundantly for
20 years, and when in its best bearing
season, the crop may be cut twice a
week.
Asparagus yields and quality are
greatly improved jy topedreseing the
asparagus beds with 1000 to 1500 lbs.
of a high-grade fertilizer in the spring
just before cultivation begins. The
fertilizer should carry from 4 to 5%
ammonia, 8% phosphoric acid, and 3
to 4% potash. In cultivation, the
soil should be worked deep, bat far
enough from the plants to avoid injur.
ing them.
Question -D. A. :-I want to ine,
prove an old cut -over pasture that
gete dry every summer. The field is
very hilly, soil sandy, has never beer
farmed, think it will grow alfalfa. 1
planned to plant corn, a short variety,
and sow alfalfa- at1a§t cultivation. Is
there any drought resisting grass you
could suggest? Will a green alfalfa
bloat cattle.? Is alfalfa good for cat -
tie? Will above plan work?
Answer: -Believe your plan to get
this land into alfalfa is good. I would
not choose corn as a nurse crop. Bar-
ley is preferable. Sow about one
bushel of barley to the acre and seed
with 15 to 20 lbs. of good alfalfa seed
per acre. In preparing the ground(
after it is plowed give it a dressing of
about 5 loads df manure to the acre,
At the sainelime spread *bout 1,000
lbs. of limestone per acre arid work
these thoroughly into the soil. When
seeding the alfalfa add about 300 lbs,
of a fertilizer carrying 2 to ago am-
monia, 6 to 8% phosphoric acid and 1
to 2% potash. Harrow it well into the
soil. This available plant -food will
help the young alfalfa just like whole
milk helps the young calf.
If the alfalfa gets a good start it is
about as good a drough resister as
you can get. It ie excellent stock
feed but I fear if you pasture it with
heavy stock there will be a danger
of their tramping it out.
Alfalfa does not bloat cattle after
the dew is off it. Do not allow stock
to pasture on it while it is wet with
dew.
Question -L. C. P.: -What is your
opinion hi regard to the value of ever -
bearing strawberries?
Answer:-Everbearing strawberries
are a novelty in much the same sense
that Seven Headed Wheat is a novelty.
They do not appear to have any greati
commercial value.
A bit of powdered charcoal beats
most of the so-called bowel remedies
that are on the market.
Lice, heat and too much food make
the June chick's life a short and pain-
ful' experience.
Feeding milk a long time in the
same dish withouttwashing it,eis the
cause of. a great deal of bowel trouble
in t chicks.
Sometiriees itiis not the hen which
needs doping half so much as it is the
master, and -what he needs is a good
mess of interest in his business.
When yea "don't understand what is
the matter" with the chicks, just try
changing their runs. Many times the
very earth where they are -is foul and
full of disease germs,
A dead crowshung up by the heels
near the chicken yard is a pretty good
hint to the rest of them that they are
not welcome guests, and the crows
are smart enough to take it, too.
Don't forget te give the poultry an
extra allowance of water this warm
weather. They may be able t pick
up a good share of their living now,
but they can not pump water.
Exposure to excessive heat, either
in the house or in the run, is fatal,
especially to overfat hens.
Poultry is naturally hardy, Sup-
plied with the proper food, confined to
well -ventilated, clean and not over-
crOwded quarters, and kept free from
lice, the flock can be continuously kept
in Tgiono. oduhgehalyth.
en
tilation is what is aim-
ed at in the use of open front poultry
houses; not an excess of low ternpera-
ture. If this can be obtained., in a'
moderately warm house, by all means
have both.
Economy is the word now. Even the
weather having a little bit of winter
left over, turned in and used it after
theft rat of May.
With Europe an inunense battlefield,
its millions consuming and not produc-
ing, Ike food shortage will naturally
become worse as the war continues.
edike
8/arks
The Cow that Liked Compositions
Cara had never written a composi-
tion, At the city school nothing had
ever been said about them. But here
in the country, where they had lately
come to liveevery Friday was com-
position day, and Caro was expected
to write something on the subject
printed upon the blackboard. "Cows,"
she read, and felt perplexed at once.
"Make your compositions this week
humorous, or funny, if -possible," the
teacher said, which sent Caro home in
a' puzzle. What ,was funny about a
cow?
After school the little girl took a
paper and pencil and went out into
the pasture back of the bailee to study
their cow, and to write tier oomposi-
tion.
Billy Catpenter had told her that
cows sometimes chased people, but
this cow that her father had just,
bought looked too clumsy and to lazy
to run after anybody, So Coro sat
down upon a big stone, and wrote
"Cows" in big letters at the top of
her sheet.
The, cow witched her tail from side
to side, to drive off the flies., se pre-
sently Olin wrote:
"Cows are big ftnirria1:3, -Mit long
tails. that go wigglete-waggle,"
Then she watched to see the cow do
something. funny, but all she did was
to nibble at the grass.
Pretty soon this went down on
Caro's paper: "Cows eat all the time
and never stole They have big eyes
that stare at you, and they have hoins
to let down the bars with When they,
go home at night. Our cow is red-
dish, and isn't funny at all."
Just then the cow walked off under
a tree, and lay down chewing her cua:
"i0h," thought Caro; "that is funny
They do thein eating first, and then
they. go, and chew and chew and
chew!" So • she wrote down her dis-
covery, addieg, "I wish I could do that
way, hut mother makes me chew as I
go along." e
A railway passed near the farm, and
just then a whistle sounded ehrilly not
far away. It frightened the cow,
and, getting, on her feet in a hurry,
she came houndinga,in Caro's direction
at 0 lively pace.
"Oh!" screamed Caro, and, dropping
paper and pencil, she scampered away
toward the fence. Safely on the oth-
er side, she ventured to look bact4l.'
The, eow was inspecting the c.om- j
position. '
"Oh!" cried Caro again, and then
louder, "Oh, my!" for the paper had
vanished in her mouth!. ••
(aaro went sadly home, to rewrite;
her corriposition in a safe place, and',
she added this to her first part:
"Cows like competitions, for ours,
ate' mine up."
Tho 'next Friday afternoon, when all'
the twenty compositions were read,
the scholerS voded Caro Clyde's the
cry flUirdeSt 011e there.