Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-25

fore the patient and faithful animals
drop dead on the street-take them and
mercifully kill them. We favor the de-
velopment Of the plan of using horse
meat as food for the sole reason that
were such the practice it would secure
for the old horse at least good food
and care during his last days and a
merciful death.
It is quite common thing for horse
men to refer to the horse which does
not keep his end Of the whiffietree up
as a lazy horse, one not doing his fair
share Of the work, when the truth Is
that whenever horse thus hangs back
and causes the doubletree to defect
from a right angle line Of draft that
horse is pulling more than his share
Of the load, as such a position short
ems his end of the doubletree and
lengthens that Of the other horse CORE
spondingly. The tagging horse should
not be whipped up to make him pull
more Of the load, but rather that he
may not have SO much to do.
There should be q small orchard on
every farm, enough trees to supply the
family with an abundance Of good
fruit. The kind and variety Of fruit
which should be planted will vary
greatly with latitude. altitude soil and
location. Some varieties Of plums and
apples will grow upon almost any farm
in the United States, save possibly the
semitropical sections. Peaches may be
grown in thousands Of places where
none are now produced. Given sunny
hillside and intelligent care, the grape
will load down the vines from Texas
to Winnipeg. The strawberry is at
home everywhere and is by all odds
the most accommodating fruit Of the
whole list of horticultural luxuries.
Fruit, especially that raised by the
eater, is to living what art is to bust
ness-the refined essence Of toll and eff
fort. Boys who have to steal applies
in order to get them sometimes grow
should be removed from them.
We passed a model farm home while
riding on the train the other day. Here
is what we saw: The farm contained.
as we could judge, about eighty acres.
1t was we'll fenced and under a good
state Of cultivation. The homestead
was the most attractive feature; the
barn and other buildings were removed
from the home lot by lane bordered
with trees. the buildings were neatly
painted and the fences in good repair.
The house was not large-perhaps con-
tanned six or seven rooms. 1t had a
pretty porch. with vines trained over
it, with flower garden and lawn fenced
in to keep out the pigs and chickens.
There was half acre devoted to small
fruits and garden, an acre of orchard
trees, and inclosing both home ground
and farm buildings on the north and
west was a fine evergreen grove. There
was an air of neatness. care and taste
about his whole establishment that
could not fail to attract the attention
and favorable comment Of every pass
erby. 1t was almost impossible to be-
lieve that there was a mortgage on this
farm or that any other than happy
family were sheltered within the walls
Of this pretty farm home. What this
man and woman have done in beauti-
flying their home at really small out
lay Of money is what should be done
to the thousands Of farm homes where
the chickens roOst on the veranda,
where the garden Is weed patch and
the orchard dying from neglect. If
men could learn how to make their
farm homes beautiful and attractive,
wives and mothers would naturally be
more contented and the children would
not want to leave the farm the first
chance they got
to mans best intelligence A pigeon
will fly a thousand miles over an un-
known country to reach its home; a
tiny warbler will travel from Canada
to Mexico safely and do it every year;
dog or a horse or cat never be-
comes lost; the bird and the animal
anu even the bee and the ant will make
a wise provision of stores for long
winter, while many man lacking this
sort Of sense has to starve and freeze.
Man, while lord and master of all. is
still, when run down and analysed,
90 nf