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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
THE LAUGH WAS ON THE MEN IN THE
FAR

Some years ago four merchant
creditors from an eastern city
started in the same train of cars
for the purpose of attaching the
property of a certain debtor in an
interior town. He owed each one
separately, and they each we're
suspicious of the object of the
other, but did not dare to say a
word about it, although they were
all acquainted. When they arrived
at the station, which was two OF
three miles from where the debtor
did business, they found but a
solitary cab to which all rushed
Three got in and refused admis.
sion to the fourth, and the cab
started. The fourth ran after and
got upon the outside with the
driver. He asked the driver if he
did not want to sell his horse
He replied that he did not want
to, that be was not worth more
than $50, but he would not sell him
for that. He asked him if he would
take 800 for him. "Yes,o said
Jehu. The fourth man quickly
paid over the money, took the reins
and backed the cab up against the
bank, slipped it from the harness
and tipped it up so that the door
could not be readily opened, jumped
upon the horses back and rode of
at a quick lope, while the insiders
were gazing ont of the window
He rode to lawyer and got a writ
made out and served and bis debt
secured, and got back to the hotel
Just as the "insiders" came up
putting and blowing. The cab.man
soon bought back his horse for
$50. The "sold men" offered to
pay that sum if the fortunate one,
who found the property sufficient
to pay his debt, would not let on
about the affair at home.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
CARE OF THE MARE WITH FOAL.

Breeding to succeed must be
made a business not necessarily a
large business, but there must be a
plan, and this plan must be carried
out. Having a mare such as lndl-
Gated above, let us make use of this
foundation, and at proper age,
say three years, or if well develop
ed, two and a half years, breed her
to a horse of the same breed as her
sire. BY following out this plan,
we shall soon have high grade
colts for practical purposes equal
to the thoroughbred. In-breeding
may sometimes be allowed aud
even encouraged to establish de-
sirable points, but should be prac-
ticed With caution and intelligence,
A mare in fOal may be kept at
work to the time Of foalng, but
should always be allO wed ample
time for her work, and extra exer-
ton of any kind should never be
required. Hard backing especially
should be avoided. She should
always be treated kindly
An instance can be shown to-day
of colt easily startled and liable
under excitement to become al
most cay, while another of the
same immediate ancestry was safe
and gentle for children to handle
and to drive. In the former case
the dam while in fOal received a
terrible fright. After toaling the
mare should have full rest two or
three weeks, with the best of care,
and should then only be put to
light work very cautiously Ethan
Brooks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09

"The Wytheville Dispatch says :
"If the kraut factory at Rural Re
treat, and the kraut and canned
goods establishment at this place
are a success financially, and 9th
erwise this season, the cattle bust
ness, in a very short while, will be
thing OF the past in these sec
tions. The diversity of crops rails
ing cabbage, corn, tomatoes, etc,
will succeed it. And blessed will
be the time when it comes"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
FARM and HOUSEHOLD.
THE MAIN FACTOR.


Agricultural Editor, Index-Appeal. ]
The nam factor Of profit in farm
ing is fertile lanG. a mans labor
will not amount to much if he has
to put his labor on poor land. 1t
does not pay, therefore, to hire
labor to cultivate worn-out soil. 1t
is not only a question of what the
farm will produce per acre, but
what it will produce per man en-
ployed to cultivate it, that deter
mines the profit. If the farm Is
nc. fertile, no mans labor, be he
ever so good a workman, will
amount to much.
1t is evedent, then, that economy
of labor can only be fully secured
by working only good land. The
work of a man Will be twice as
profitable on fertile land as it will
on poor. The farmer, therefore,
cannot afford to expend much
money for labor, unless his land Is
in pretty good condition as to
fertility, and the owner of a poor
farm who expects to make up for
the lack of fertility by a good deal
of work that is hired, is only Civ
ing the sheriff a mortgage on his
estate. 1t is true, good and thor
ough work will make even poor
land more productive than 1t would
be without it, so that work will, IN
a measure, make mp for the lack OF
fertility. But then the same labor
expended on rich soil would be far
more productive: In times like
the present, when farm produce Is
cheap as dirt, the average farmer
cannot afford to expend very much
for bired labor to work wOrnout
land. He must make his farm
fertile, or he cannot hope to derive
much revenue from its cultivation.
4 rich and highly productive soil
is certainly the main factor In the
q -estiOn OF profit now. 1t is also
tn least costly factor. 1t costs
less to make a soil rich than it does
to pay for labor, fertilizers, I'M
plements, &C., to work poor land.
One can afford to hire labor, buy
fertilizers, &c, &c, if his farm is
fertile.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
Things She Never VIII Acknowledge,

There are a round dozen things
that you can never get a lady to
plead guilty of, be she old or
young:
That she laces tight.
That her shoes are 700 small.
That she is tired at a ball.
That she uses anything but pow
der.
That it takes her long to dress.
That she las kept YOU waiting.
That she blushed when you men.
toned a particular gentleman's
name.
That she says what she doesn't
mean.
That she Is fond OF scandal.
That she ever flirted.
That she cannot keep secret.
That she is-in lOye.-Philddel-
phid Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
STABLIN6 ANIMALS.

Farmers who pride themselves
upon their nice horses and cattle
are not aware, perhaps, that a dark
stable is a source of serious dis
comfort, to a horse especially. Any
one knows how painful it is to the
ewes to be forced to face the light
after being shut up in darkness,
aud vet a horse is subjected TO this
very pain every time he is taken
from a dark stable into the light.
Besides this, a dark stable is sell
dom a dry one. Sunshine and air are
both necessary to the healthfulness
of a stable. In the matter Of bed
ding YOU cannot be too careful
Give the animals plenty of clean
straw OF leaves from the woods
They will then require less work in
the way of grooming than if allow
ed to be down IN filth. Observe
regularity in watering as well as
feeding. II is a good plan to water
before feeding in the morning, as
the horses have been eating dry
hay through the night, are likely
TO need water before eating their
mornings meal.
Cows, too. are often rendered un-
pleasant objects to look at for the
want of cleanliness in their stables.
Their coats should be as clean aud
glossy as that of a horse, and
would be if proper attention were
paid their bedding. In Switzer-
land cows are groOmed with as
much care as horses, and their fine
sleek appearance and glossy coats
are matter Of pride to their
owners. a hasty scratching with
a curry.cOmb is highly appreciated
by cows, as may be told by the
earnestn ess with which they are
often seen to rub themselves against
trees and posts, although much of
that itching with which COWS are
troubled may be relieved by merely
K eDiug them well supplied with
b ,ding.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09

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RECOGNIZED
as the leading Farm, Garden, Fruit, Stool
and FAMILY WEEKLY Of America, the
RURAL NEW-YORKER

begs to say that II will mail without
charged 10 all who are interested Ia rural
affairs copy of tho RURAL itself, together
with FIVE copies of It's series of powerful
Farm Cartoons, printed on fine paper, and
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RURAL costs more to publish than any
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
For the Farmers.

Goodness never tends to poverty.
The mortgage eats when man
sleeps.
Keep your farm and your farm
will keep you.
No man, however rich, can live
better than the average farmer.
No better school for boys than
the farm aud the country farm
house.
How much have you learned ? is
largely the measure of your sue
cess.
ANY pumpkin can "make a crap
bnt It takes a man to develop the
soil.
"A man must ask his wife for
leave to thriye"-as true now as
when Poor Richard wrote it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09

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SHE EVtRLASTlNGLY HAD HIM.
THE PHONOGRAPH AS A THIRD
PARTY AT A POPPING OF
THE QUESTION.
From the Chicago Tribune. !

From the ChlcagO lIOuho'
"Are YOU in earnest, Mr.. Han
kinsOn ?"
The lovely girl who asked this
question OF Marcellus Hankinson
sat behind the centre table with
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ain earnest, Irenew he exclaim-
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dar@
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CANT in a great many things"
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"NIy angel, l never would want
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"Well, | never; the new diseases
they have nowadays" said Mrs.
Pellet. 81 asked the doctor how
Spleen was, and he told me, with a
very sober face, that he was con-
yalessening. Losing his flesh,
poor man, | s'pose that means"
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