Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-03-18
Washin9tou Standard
FARM AND Hot >EHOl.D.
Let the Team " ak.

Let the Team Walk.
Singular. Isn't it, how few men OWL
ing big teams appreciate til" walking
gait. Large horses will actually go as
lar and ~ quickly ut a walk and do a.
much in IA month ~ ii truttcd or
" >hackcd' at every opportunity. Still
better. they will improve IN appearance
without an increase of feed. some
wears ago proved this to one oi my
employers He WAS II pushing, active
man, kept three large teams with 4
driver far cacli, and always gave orders
{" trot the horses whenever Il level or
load permitted.
Fever fcllcd him for three weeks.
He called in his drivers and said :;
Boys, | want You to take care al the
horses. Whoever has the best looking
team when get we'll shall buy u suit
Of good clothes" AS lett the room
determined t. he the owner of that
suit, and that my team should not trot
Il single step hcnccforth. The boss
was sick and convalcsccnt about six
weeks. remember well that first
day of walking my team. They had
been trottcd so much they were not
very ambitious walkers, and it was
long after the other boys were through
and their teams put out before my
drive was completed. In fact it was
late in the evening. The next night
! finished my rounds earlier. In ten
days my team would do as much in u
day on walk as either of the other
two that were jagged at every oppor-
tunity, and my horses, noticed, be-
gan to gain wonderfully in flesh and
appearance.
Well, / did not say much, but
thought good deal and adhered to
my resolution. l did not change the
amount of grain / was giving my team
before the owner fell sick, but ! kind
of guess l rubbed them more. In fact
1 couldn't help it. The horses got so
handsome began to he very proud of
them. 1t wasn't very long before the
other boys caught the idea, but before
the boss got out they saw they were
beaten. One thing they did not learn,
that a horse does not make his coat
less handsome by rolling in the dirt.
My team was given this privilege very
often. Oh, how horses love it when
they get accustomed to this idea that
they may roll undisturbed. When my
horses had been at work, and were per-
haps tired and sweaty, they could
hardly wait for the harness to be re-
moved when they would drop and load
themselves with dirt. prefer dust or
clean loan. There is no place like a
plowed field or garden. Then would
clean them out and polish up their
coats. A long-handled broom was the
first implement, to be followed by a
rice root brush and q big cloth-a
curry comb rarely or never.
When the boss was we'll enough to
80 around to the stables to inspect the
horses, he did not know my team, and
could scarcely believe it belonged to
him. All of the horses came out, but
mine had their heads up, and began
to play like colts. We hooked them
all to wagons, and such walking as
mine did would have elated any horse
man. Urging did not make them
break into a trOt. / was taken to a
first.class place and told to pick out
the suit wanted. l selected a good
one, but the boss said: "That is not
good enough. Rollie, 1 have learned a
lesson worth the best suit in this
store" and he bought it for me.
From that time the orders for all were,
"Walk your horses" and the order
was obeyed. Any horse will soon learn
to walk we'll if taken care of and trot
ted but lttle.-Roland Smith, in Farm
Journal.
That Good Cup OF Coffee.
You read about the good cup of cot.
fee often. Unfortunately you drink
it less frequently.
The best coffee that ever was
"brewed" can be made in an old
fashioned stoneware pipkin, costing
less than 10 cents for the two quart
size. No pot Of tin or agate ware, OF
even of solid silver, is as good for this
purpose as this simple dish of baked
clay, a material which has been in use
for kitchen utensils since the days
when the Israelites made brick for
their Egyptian taskmasters.
When you serve the coffee, it can be
strained into heated coffeepot of as
aesthetic stoneware or porcelain as you
please. Such dish would be too frail
to boil it in. Do not trust a coffeepot
of metal of any kind. The black coat
ing on the inside of metal coffeepot
that has been used few times shows
that the metal has united with the
acids of the coffee more or less and
affected the liquid made.
The best coffee is only made from
the first quality of coffee bean. The
bean should not be Drowned over "a
hours before it is used, and it should
be ground just before using. The cof-
fee may be easily spoiled, even if these
conditions are fulfilled, by boiling it
in metal. Coffee made in a pot that
contains on the inside the successive
deposits of many days brewing has a
rank flavor.
When coffee is dripped, in French
fashion, it should be always made in
heated stoneware. An ordinary cheap
pitcher will do to make it in, but it is
easy to find picturesque German coffee
higgins that are not expensive, made
of brown or of blue and white ware.
Let the housekeeper remember that
it does not require anything but that
cheapest and simplest pot to make
the best coffee that ever was made, but
it requires care in selecting the coffee
and: lin boiling the water.-New York
World.
Ham Pattics.
Chop bits of boiled ham very fine.
To this add for one pint of chopped
meat, one cup of bread crumbs, one
teaspoonful white pepper, one salt
spoonful OF celery (seed or SALTY, one
half cup of milk. Mix as we'll. Fill
the patty pans and bake for twenty