The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-09
ruts so deep that, 10 prevent the convey

nlnE BESIDE II naQ 10 press tAelT StlchS
vigorously against it. There conld
have been no carriage-lamps, for we see
at many OF the iron gateways of the old
mansions in the vicinity Of London fixed
iron extinguishers, in which the foot
man put out the light Of their dambeaux.
Hackney coaches were first let for hire
in London in 1925. In 1854 Captain
Bailey placed four hackney-coaches to
ply for hire at the ''Maypole," in the
Strand. Farmers wives used to ride be-
hind their husbands to market on horse
back, etc. The first wheel barrow was
invented by Pascal about the time OF
Oliver Cromwell. Science has changed
medical practice, for we no longer cut
and bleed They said Of the celebrated
DR.. Lettsom:
First bleed. and then I sweats 'em.
And if they dies, why then l Lettsom
Even in my time there was no gas, no
steamboats,, no railways, no telegraph,
no penny post, no police, no cabs or ON
buses, no sewers, nor W. c.'s. The old
Waterman used to call the time and
state the weather at night, and clean
boots and shoes and knives and forks
by day.
A friend of mine assured me that one
of his ancestors used to come into the
CITY BY coach which left Paddington
for London twice week. had no Sc
curity of getting corner, even to any of
our suburban districts, unless booked
my place. and we'll remember Chan
celor's coaches from Kensington to Lon
don. Seine years ago read a paper
before the London Farmers Club, on the
Past, Present and Future of British Ag-
riculture, as per my book ''How to Farm
Pro6tably,'), and lad to tell them ma
ny things that seemed oddlvnew How
we had no roast beef at Christmas, be-
cause as soon as the grass failed the fat
animals had to be slaughtered. We had
no clover, no turnips, no oilcake, or 9TH
er winter food l remember the time
when we had no mangolds in this coun-
try; when the authorities in Germany
commanded the farmers to try newly
introduce d seed, (clover) they hated the
idea of foreign seed, so, although
compelled to sow the seed, they proved
their prediction to be correct, for the
seed would not vegetate. 1t was after
wards discovered that they had boiled
the seed to prevent its termination!
Prejudice is naturally strong and often
Improbable, tor nearly all our towns
opposed the noisy, smoking railway-en-
CINE, and have had to repent at leisure.
was often asked what | thought of it,
and replied. Time is money!" and if
you can save time and pay no more for
it, there must be an advantage gained.
But 10 come to science and its effects
| Scientific Treatment OF Live Stock
| When the rising generation of landown-
ers and farmers shall receive scientific
agricultural instruction as part OF their
general education, they will know and
practice more prv6tably than at present.
Animals are physically like ourselves,
and have a winter and summer suit
provided for them like US they like dry
beds and proper shelter, especially pigs,
which have much cry, but little wool"
Sheep, having wooden jackets, can with
stand cold; but don't like rain or wet
beds. Hairy animals require more
warmth, and also shelter, especially
| during eight months out Of twelve.
Sheep tatten very quickly under cover
on straw on paved floor: no foOt-rot
there. When see cattle standing i'm
ploringly at the gate-lean, cold,
and miserable-and / then come into a
nice warm room to find fat lap-dog on
. cushion or carpet before good FIRE,
certain thoughts pass rapidly through
my mind concerning the Farm balance
sheet" Live stock account" and
science. Who ever saw lean lady's
lap-dog9 And yet what small and deli
cate feeders they are. They get their
fat from aeat. Depend upon it, high
bred Shorthorns with silky coats require
during the cold, wet months, warmth and
shelter. can readily understand why
North Wales cattle have been, and are
now, so long and so extensively pur
chased IN Essex. A long course oil
hardy acclimatisation has given to them
q tremendously thick hide, so thickly
covered that they can stand hardship and
exposure better than the Irish cattle,
which come from much milder climates
than our own, and too frequently get
lung complaints in our cold country.
The best thing TOR them az soon as they
arrive is dose or two Of EPSON salts,
some nutritious food. and comfortable
shelter. Ii arriving in summer, they
should before the end of September, be
taken into sheds. "Coid and hunger is
AN accepted axiom. Science tells Us
truly that both men and animals are liv-
ing fres. supplied with heat by the com.
bussion OF the carbon of our food. Just Is
the furnace consumes the carbon of the
coal and as the temperature OF human
blood Is always, and in every climate, 96c
and that OF cattle 100, it follows that the
colder the atmosphere the more food OF
coal must be consumed to keep up the
boily temperature. A cold November
day Increases our appetite want t.
persuade my brother-tarmers that, as !
source OF heat. coal At half farthin9 pc,
pound is . much cheaper source OF hea
than barley or other feeding-stuffs at ons
penny or more per pound. Therefore
By warm food, warm air. and proper
shelter. animals will be fattened NOR.
quickly and more cheapiy and prof.abll
than hy our present system The satur
ated coats of animals in vet. colo
weather give eft. in the condition O