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BRITTAIN & GREGSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-L AW.
Asheboro, - North Carolina,
HAMMER & SPENCE,
Attorneys - at - Law
E. MOFFITT,
Attorney - at - Law,
ASHEBORO, N. C.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
S(rliil rirn-i)iiiH-iiiv Cnurler.
Washington, 1). C, November 2.
The liooseveltidininistration has be
ooina vociferously notorious for the
gigantic and unhoardof frauds that
have been perpetrated since its ad
vent, to power, and also for the slight
efforts made to expose them and
punirh the offenders. A few of the
smaller fiv in the Post Ollice scan
dal have been indicted and few have
been tried, but not convicted, as the
evidence adduced lv the government
attornevs was not sufUoient to con
vince a jury of their guilt. The do
lay in investigating these scandals
has been a boom to most of the
greater offenders, for that convenient
law, the statute of limitations, has
run its course and the time has ex
pircd in which they could be indict
ed. That the statute of limitations
covers a number of these questions
is denied by eminent lawyers, but
the He publican Attorney General has
decided that it docs, and there is no
way of bringing the culprits to trial,
if the law ollicir of the government
refuses to act. As hitherto mention
ed in this correspondence, one of the
principal participants in the leuiency
of this accommodating statute is
ltopresentative Littauer, who, Presi
dent lloosevelt described as "his per
sonal friend and closest political ad
visor. Littauer was charged with
sharing in the profits of a large army
glove contract, and that he had used
his position as a member of Congress
to obtain the contract, notwithstand
ing the provision of the law that no
ollicial should be interested in any
such deal. When referred to the
Republican Attorney General, he
promptly decided that Mr. Littauer
could not be prosecuted, as the
statute of limitations had run its
course, so the "closest political ad-:
visor of the president escaped the:
l,,,,,,;i;.,i;,, ,,f ,, t I mul iinHsihle
conviction. Fraud and graft is get-
ting mighty close to the White
House w hen Iho statute of limit
tions has to be pleaded for the "per-
sonal friend" of the present, occii'
pant.
The Tost Ollice frauds are not tm
only ones that are causing sleepless
nights anil bail halt-hoiiis to many
political patriots. Evidence is ac
cumulating that huge land frauds
amounting in value to $40,000,000
have been discovered and that six
L'n i ted States Senators, several Rep
resentatives and numerous govern
ment otlicials are mentioned in con
nection with the frauds, though
Secretary Hitchcock, of the Interior
Department, is continuously entering
strenuous denials. The frauds in
connection with the Indian lands
now being investigated, has only just
begun, and rumors of other frauds
in other departments are lll'ing the
air at Washington. This delay in
xnnsing what has already been dis
covered may, us in the Post Ollice
scandal, be"made for the purpose of
lowing me siaiuio 01 iiniiuiiiuna vu
t in its work and permit other Re
publican patriots to escapo the toils
of the law.
V little thing that is causing
much comment here is theattompt of
the President, through his Secretary,
Mr Loeb, to npe the airs of the for
eign courts. He is having his White
House messengers clothed in uniform
and the report is that the ushers and
doorkeepers at the executive offices
will be the next to don the uniform
prescribed by Secretary Loeb, with
the tacit approval of i'resideut
Roosevelt. As tliev outrank the
messenger, the uniform is to be cut
in more fashionablu style, and the
other otlicials of the White House
ue to bo more brilliantly attired so
thai the rocial function will match
the gorgeousness of any foreign
court. The lute House will be
made to blaze with all the glory and
frippery and tinsel and gaudy display
of the flunkies of European effete
monarchies. These be Republican
times surely, and the people foot the
bill.
The Republican organs of the
country have been beating the tom
toms and sounding the hewgags
about "our matchless diplomacy"
that succeeded in obtaining from
China two "open ports" in Manchu
ria. One of these "ports" is named
in the treaty as Mukden, and prob-i
ably the people of the United States
would have gone on believing that
our increasing trade was nowing
through that open door if Russia
had not objected to our hating any
thing to do with that country. Our
Navy Department thereupon decided
that in the event of trouble between
Russia and Japan, tho Asiatic squad
ron under Admiral Evans should be
divided and ordered to each of the
"treaty ports." This decision of
our Naval Hoard of Strategy tired
tlu hearts of all our old salts who
gather at the Army and Navy Club,
and they were anxious for a scrap
with anyone. A young clerk at the
Navy Department, however, has up
set the plans of these wariiors in
buckram by reading a book just
published by au American traveler
name Shoemaker, who describes his
journey from Moscow to Port Arthur,
in w hich lie tells that Mukden is an
inteiior city three hundred miles
north of Port Arthur. Tho explos
ion in diplomatic and naval circles
that followed this discovery can lie
more easily imagined than described.
The damand for stimulants at the
Club, where the Hoard of Strategy
b'jlds its sessions, surpassed all pre.
vious records, and the President und
John Hay were nonplussed. The
State Department having solemnly,
by treaty, declared Makden a "port,"
H rsist in t! at declaraiion, our naval
heroes think it impossible to carry
tint tho plans of the Hoard of
Strategy, there being not enough
water to float a canoo, much less a
battleship, within miles of "the
port." The Chinese have fooled our
State Deonrtment, probably at the
instigation of Uussiu, and "the open
door" to Manchuria is still shut so
far as the sea is concerned, and our
"matchless diplomacy" has received
a check that the present uilnnnistia
tion will never be able to overcome.
The report of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Nristow on the
Postoflico frauds lias been placed in
the hands of. the 1 'resilient, consist
ing of over ono hundred and ten
thousand words, with appendices
sufficient to make nearly one million
words, it is said that only a con
dei)8ed version will be desirable, in
but few people have time to read the
whole report, but there will be in
tense dissatisfaction if the public
version is garbled for partisan pur
poses. I lie voters want to know
who are the guilty ones, whether the
statute of limitations has covered
their doings or not, and nothing less
than the exposure of the whole nest
or thieves will satisfy them. The
only punishment the people seem
ablo to bring upon their unworthy
servants, is by preventing them from
again occupying ollicial positions,
and that can only be accomplished
by the truth being told of all con
nected with the scandals from the
highest to the lowest. Any attempt
to suppress the evidence of the par
ticipation of those high in the Re
publican counsels in the frauds, will
net satisfy those honestly in favor of
reform, and will he met by the de
mand for the publication of t h e
whole repoit, cost what it may. The
partisan Republican press will report
but little of the damaging details of
the connection of its own otlicials
of the highest class with the scandals
but the facta will be culled by the
newspapers that serve the people if
they are allowed access to the truth.
It must be remembered that the
exposures of the Postollice frauds
Jlav wrung fro the iiiiwiIIiiik
Kq'blican leaders by t he force of
ImbllC """"on, and not because they
were anxious to expose the scomi
drels. Postmaster General Payne,
wheu his department was first under
suspicion, designated the first ex
posure of the frauds as "hot air",
and belittled the whole matter as far
as he was able, but the rival factions
in tho Post Ollice Department were
too intent on destroying each other,
to permit the evidence of the frauds
to be kept secret, and the investiga
tion had to proceed. If the making
of a synopsis of the report of Mr.
Hristow is left to Mr. Payne, or any
of his satellites, but little evidence
damaging to tho higher ollicials will
ever be seen by the public eye. The
Democrats in Congress will of course
demand that the whole evidence be
printed, but the minority pmty has
but little show to force such action,
unless the public vigorously demands
it. CHARLIE A. EDWARDS.
Advice On Fruit Eating.
The curative value of fruit is be
coming more und more insisted upon
by those who make a study of diet
etics. Grapes are recommended for
the dyspeptics, the consumptive, the
a laemiu und lor those with a
tendency to gout and liver troubles.
l'lums, also, are said to be a cure tor
gouty and rheumatic tendencies.
The acid fruits, especially lemons
and oranges, are particularly good
for stomach troubles and rheuma
tism.
Is it not sufficient, say the advo
cates of the fruit cure, to eat a small
iimn til y at breakfast or dinner.
One should cut from two to eight
pounds of grapes a day, or, if oranges
are the curative agency, the number
to be eaten in a day may vary from
thiee to six,
"A healthy condition of the body
depends upon a perfect balance of
foods taken. There are many other
factors entering into the (picstion,
but this feature must not be forgot
ten," says tho Syracuse Clinic.
"Few people there are who can keep
healthy without fruit.
"'How absurd!' some one says, 'to
be told to eat fruit when everybody
eats it.' 'Yes, but how do you eat
itr Do you take a dehnitu amount
of it, the same as you do of meat and
potatoes, or do you eat it as you do
candv?'
"If you suffer from au acute at
tack of indigestion after dinner of
sou, meats, pickles, sauces, salad,
cakes, pastries, with spices mid con
diments enough to blister the skin,
to say nothing of the delicate lining
of the stomach, pray do not aver that
indigestion arises from the morsel of
fruit taken at the end.
"Be honest with your stomach for
mouth. Eat no more than you
need of simple food, into which the
true luxuries of nature, such as ap
pies, oranges, pears or other fruit,
shall enter. Try, if only as an in
teresting experiment, to eat spar
ingly of the cruder articles of diet,
and more of those suited to vour
real needs, and sec to it that fruit
forms a part of each meal.
" 'Bui there are so many kinds of
fruit that I cannot eat.'
"'There it is airaiu. Because von
cannot eat seventeen kinds of food at
one meal ending with fruit, it, of
course, was the apple, or strawberries
that did the harm.
" 'But doesn't fruit make the blood
thin?'
"It certainly does, and we an
mighty glad of it. Ask any doctor
who has practiced medicine for ten
years with his eyes open, pnd he will
tell you that the great majority of
grown up folks have blood too thick
' 'The minerals and naturul acids
of the fruit are the very best con
ceivable remedies for the thickened
condition of thfl blood
Vrnit. H,n
liecomes both
food and a medicine
New York Tribune.
Mr. Hugh Parks Writes on Importance of
Oond Schools.
A word fiom School District No.
6, Franklinville township, Randolph
county N. C.
I am an old man 1 have lived out
my three score years and ten and
have all inv lite been a close obscr-
ver of men und things. I have seen
young men lise in spite of obstacles,
and cut and carve their way to sue
cess. I have seen others wjth splen
did opportunities, utterly fail. My
observation has been extensive, my
expel ience much. I was reared on a
farm taught school some when a
young man clerked some, and then
went into business tor myself, and
havt always been able to make buckle
and tongue meet by hard stretching.
And whatever succe s 1 inuy have
had in life, I owe it to the fact that
I know much concerning the opera
tivttand financial parts of business.
My experience is tlint to know when
to sneak, and what to say; when to
work and how to manage it, is wis
dom as wise as Soloman. And such
wisdom, 1 think the people of Dis
trict No. C, used on the 8th day of
August, 11102, when they voted a
special tax on themselves to build
the present Academy that adonis our
town. I have lived in this district
about 4H years, and know the boun
daries of the district, the manner of
teaching und controlling schools,and
the sentiment and interest of our
people have remained about the same.
Never before, in the history of the
district could such a revolution have
been made, us was made on the above
mentioned date. But through the
energy of some of our most progres
sive and influential citizens, and by
thc co-opperation of our efficient
County Superintendent, and honor
able School Hoard, we have a I'ublic
School building which ve AU., from
the oldest citien to the youngest
school subject in the district are
proud of. And when I say A 1. 1. 1
menu all, for there was not a dissent
ing voice against this movement, as
was proven on the dav of election. for
every vote cast, was for local taxa
tion, and from that day to this, our
people have been a unit on the school
iiiestion. bo, instead ot having n
little house, costing six or eight
hundred dollars, wc have a magnifi
cent building that cost about .f2,r00
with all modern equipments, nicely
painted, and a lino pound bell that
warns every citizen in the district at
8 o'clock, for live days in the week
and for forty weeks in the year, that
they have erected to their credit a
monument which will prove a lust-
ng benefit to theii children, and
made it possible for nil the children
in the district for years to conic, to
till their minds with useful knowl-
, w hich is so necessary for them
to have in order to make n success in
this sharp, competitive, busy, hurt
ling century. And last, but not
least, when it w.is known that our
people wanted a well-rounded up-to-
date teacher, we had applications
from some of the leading teachers of
the State, but when we saw it possi
ble to S"Ciire the seivices of Prof. D.
M. Weatherlv and his wife, we de
cided at once to employ them.
We did this for two reasons: rust,
every family in the district wanted
them. Second, 1 rot. Weatherlv has
taught within three miles of us for
ten or twelve years, w ith iacreased
success every year, ond the commit
tee knowing his ipiuliticatious, Ins
vim and untiring energy, with an in
domitable will to succeed in what
ever he undertakes, felt absolutely
safe in getting him. Our school has
been running ten weeks without a
jar, and everything is inov'iig like
clock-work. In visiting the school
I was pleased with many things 1
saw ami heard but more especially
with the drill in intellectual Arith
metic. Our school has enrolled, in
cluding different departments, 1,7
pupils. I would be glad to see other
districts taking similar steps, for
with the unbounded interest ot our
energetic Superintendent and the
willingness of our elhcieiit School
Board to help, it is my opinion, that
tho Iwst thing the people in every
district can do, is to get together,
consolidate mid build a tirstclass
school house, put in itagood library,
and then send their children to
school. Until this is done I believe
our per cent of illiteracy will remain
about the same it has for the last 4(1
years. limn 1'ahks, r.
i4
The I uencc of The Youth's Companion.
The gospel of good cheer bright
ens every page ot the outh s Com
panion. Although the paper is
nearly seventy-seven years ot age, it
does not loyk back on the past as a
better period than the present.
file toiuiNimon believes that the
time most full of promise is the time
we are living in, and every weekly
issue reflects this spirit of looking
forward and not Park.
To more than half a million
American families it carries every
week its message ol cheer. Its
stories pictures the true characteris
tics of the young men and women of
America. Its articles bring nearly
three million readers in touch with
the best thought of the most famous
of living men and women.
Annual Announcement Number
fully describing tho principal
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The new subscribers for 1904 will
receive all the issues of The Com
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THE YOUTH'S COMPANION,
141 Berkeley St,
Boston, Mass,
HOLLOW HORN, ETC.
Du Cows Have liuilow Hum, Hollow
Tails, or Lose Their Cuds.
The following inmiiry sent to The
Progressive Farmer has been referred
1 to the reijuust for a general
",UV' 1
"Is there anything in cow having
'hollow horns' and 'hollow tails?' Do
they lose their cuds? If so, please
give remedy for same; also give all
the information you can concerning
above named diseases through The
Progressive Farmer."
In reply to these questions of J.
H. S., it may be briefly stated that
'hollow tail," "hollow horn"' and
'loss of cud" are purely imaginary
diseases, existing only in the minds
of those not familiar with the normal
and diseased conditions of cattle a.
cow becomes sick. The cause and
nature of the disease is naturally a
mystery to those not educated in
veterinary medicine. Being unfamil
iar with natural, us well as diseased
conditions it is not strange that they
often mistake the former for (he lat
ter, while the true seat, and nature
of the disease is entirely overlooked.
The human mind is prone to seek au
explanation for every condition, but
a liction satislies us well us fact
where through knowledge of t h e
question is lacking.
For the last fifty years, at least,
some of the brightest men of this
and all other countries have spent
their entire energies and abilities m
vestigatinsr and studying the diseases
of entile, but not one of them has
yet announced the discovery of the
existence of "hollow horn" ami
hollow tails" u diseased conditions.
It is not denied that the frontal
sinus, a cavity of the head with
which tli natural cavity of the horn
communicates, may become diseased
and the effects extend to the horn,
but this is rare and is not "hollow
horn.'' Likewise, the tail may re
ceive a direct injury and show signs
of disease, but this is also rare and
Is not "hollow tail" or "grub in the
tail," as the imaginary disease is
sometimes called.
Ninety per cent of those cases call
ed "hollow horn" or "hollow tail",
w hich the writer has seen, have been
plain cases of indigestion or Texas
fever (distemper); while the remain
ing ten per cent have usually been
some one or another of many other
diseases equally well known to the
veterinarian.
I am well aware that some reader
will be ready with the reply that
those who have had practical (?) ex
perience with cattle know that these
diseases do exist and that such is
proved by the fact that when the
animals are treated for these diseases
I hey get well. 1 have merely this
question to ask: Who is the more
competent to judge of this matter,
the stock-owner who sees possibly
eight or ten sick cattle a year and
does not possess that technical edu
cation necessary to enable him to
understand the problems involved,
or the t rained veterinarian who sees
several hundred cases during the
same period? Whose experience is
the most "practical"? Even a large
stock owner would not usually sec
as many cases in fifty years as many
veterinarians see in one. This being
the case, is it not strange that if
these diseases really exist, outside of
the minds of the laity, some veteri
narian has not been seen and recog
nized them?
Hut why do the cattle get well
w hen treated for these diseases, and
die if not? This is not entirely so.
Many treated for these diseases" die,
while others not so treated get well.
The explanation of the fact that cat
tle frequently get well when treated
only for "hollow horn" or "hollow
tails'" is simple. They get well in
spite of the treatment. In every
animal organism there is a tendency
to return to normal conditions, re
pair an injury, or get well if sick.
Whether treated or not, many cases
get well mid I regret to state, that
us medicines are used to-day, in the
treatment of live stock in tins Slate,
those not treated gelioi illy have the
best chance for recovery. Moreover,
it may he stated, ill explanation of
conditions which many people !ie-
lieve to indicate disease, that all
horns are more or less hollow. Old
animals, thin in flesh and with large
horns, are apt to show the largest
cavities, but young animals, in simi
lar conditions, and with horns of
equal size, will show variations in
the size of the cavities.
rhat the horns, as well as other
extremities, become colder than usual
when the animal is weak from dis
use of any sort is also admitted and
the conditions which are usually
termed "hollow lmrn" are, therefore,
cither normal ones or symptoms of a
variety of real diseases1 Again, the
last four to six inches of a cow's
tail is naturally and always boneless.
Just where the Ihuics cense, or at the
upper end of this soft boneless lwr
tion, the tail is smaller and softer to
give greater freedom of movement of
the switch in lighting flics, ilc.
This natural condition is the one
that is usually thought to indicate
"hollow tail,' eveept in those rare
case's where the tail may be realy in
jured or diseased.
In conclusion, it may be stilled
that when any portion of the liody
can be cut off and throw n away,
without causing any appreciable dis
turbance of health, it is safe to con
clude that no invisible disease of the
part will cause serious consequences.
The other question, "Do cattle
lose their cuds?" is almost too ridi
culous to nieiit attention in these
days. It is now generally known by
all, that the cow rechews her food
and that iu "chewing her cud" she
is simply preparing the foodjshe has
previously gathered for more cacy di
gestion. I'o perforin this act of
rumiii-itioii, .-die usually seeks some
quiet phi'ic, and the 'sjo'hlesl. li
tiirhance will geueially cause her to
temporarily cease chewing her cud.
Likewise any distill bailee of health,
and especially diseases of the diges
tive organs, cause her to stop chew
ing her cud, or to "lose her cud."
When recovery lakes place the lost
cud is found, since she resumes her
habit of i'cchcwiii the food previous
ly swallowed without sufficient mastication.
Organize, Organize, Organize!
It l.s a shame to deprive the people
of the farm from 'enjoying the li
braries, churches, and other advan
tage of cities on account mud. I
hone the women will form clubs and
help the men. 1 think liny can do
bettei than the men. Will you
organize and cany the light into
your own counties? The road qu
lion has not received support becausi
thcie has been no oigaiiialiou. W,
II. Moore, Pres., National Gom!
ltoails Association, at Raleigh.
The Glory of Work.
Kven our schools bear w itness to
thencft- spirit. Kducatioti fifty year
ago w ,w supposed to teach men net to
work: now it teaches them how to
work. And with Mr. Gilder
know that labia' is not a curse, but
a positive good, a means of gr
"Thanking God every morning when
you get up," savs Charles Kingsh v
"thai you have something to do that
day which must be done w hether von
like it or not. lleing forced to do
work, and forced to do it your best,
will hived in vou temperance i
self control, diligence, and strength
of will, cheerfulness and conteut.aiul
u hundred virtues which the idli
never know." The young man who
fulls to learn the glory of hard work
and good work misses halt the joys
of living, l'ilv him if vou can but
never cnvv him, Progressive Farni-
Mothcr of 62 Children.
A petition signed some time ago
by 3,000 persons has been presented
to (lie Kalian government asking for
u pension uf :ii!0 per annum to be
conferred on a woman named Mad
duliua Graiinelta, who lias given
birth t" sixty-two children fifty nine
boys and three girls during her mar
ried life. In nine years she pre
si'iited her husband eleven sets of
triple', three groups of quadruplets,
one group of six, and the othei
eleven canir singly. She is ;u years
old ami incapable of work. Union
Republican.
Some Suggestions for ihe Quest Room.
In other rooms in the house dev ia
t ions from comfort are permissible,
but the geest room must be perfect
in its appointments. The following
suggestions for lining up this room
are given in a comprehensive article
in The Delineator for NoVeiuber.
The ideal guest, room is arranged
with adjoining bath and dressing
rooin;but when plumbing ciuinectiou.
are impossible, a small room for
bathing; and dressing should be pro
vided. The Hour covering. should be
I'hoseii from the Pcisian rugs in deep
colors, or matting may be used if the
conditions demand it. The wall
covering should be a plain or tvvo-
toiud hanging or some conventional
design. For the bid, the furnishing
or luass or wood may he chosen, ami
the bed fittings should be the very
best t hat one's menus can afford.
The pieces of furniture should com
prise a lounge for day use. a huiouu,
chiffonier, a night stand, a dressing
mirror, a folding screen, an easy
chair tind foot stool, a slipper chair
and roc ker, with washing arrange
ments cither stationary or movable.
Ill applying the necessary small
articles of toilet, pivfcivnee should
be given to simple, substantial qual
ities. Hook shelves and a writing
desk or laid" are a necessity, and, of
course, they liiu.-t, be provided with
fresh volumes and magazines, and
adequate .stationery.
The Influence of Feed on the Quality of
Pork.
The Department of Agriculture
has issued a farmers bulletin in
which an instructive set of experi
ments are noted on hog feeding for
pork. From these tests the conclu
sion is drawn that one great con
trolling factor in the quality of the
pork of tini.-hed pigs lies iu the
character of lliu food employed.
Indian corn and beans tend to soil
ness, i. e., to increase the percentage
of olien in ihe fat. If these grains
aru used, they must be fed judicious
ly it tirst-class, tirm pork is to lie
produced. If fed iu conjunction
w ith skim milk, it has In en shown
that a considerable proportioi. of
Indian corn may I e u.-cd in the
grain ration without injuring the
quality of the pork.
A grain ration consisting of a
mixture of oats, peas an I barley in
equal parts gives a tirm pork of ex
cellent quality.
Skim milk not only tends to
thriftness and rapid growth, but
counteracts in a very mark-d man
lier any tendency to niflncs.
Rape, pumpkins, artichokes, sugar
liccts, turnips und mangels sail he
fed in conjunction with agocd ration
without injuring the quality of the
pork.
The fat of very young pigs and
animals of unthrifty growth is soft
er than that of finished pigs that
have increased steadily to the finish
ing weight.
LH-E,
If I can live
To make some
le face brighter,
and to give
A second lustre to a Uar-iliniined
eye, r e'en impart
hie throb of comfort to an aching
heart,
( r cheer some way-worn soul in
passing by:
If I can h ml
A strong hand to the fallen, or
defend
The right uguiiiil a single envious
strain,
My life, though bare
Perhaps of much that seemeth
dear and fail
To us on earth, will have not been
in vain.
The purest joy,
Most near to haven, far from earth's
alloy,
Is bidding clouds give way to sun
and shine,
And 'livill be well
If on I hut day of davs the angles
tell Of me: "She did '.her best for
one of Thine."
Selected
Molasses as Horse Medicine.
Scientific tests in substituting mo
lasses for oats and other cereals iu
feeding horses h-ive yielded surpris
ing insults. It is now definitely es
tablished that as a horse diet there
is magic in molasses. With this
vrup on bis bill of fare the horse
rapidly takes on solid weight, devel
ops prodigiously in muscular energy,
rows a glossy coat and enjoys unin
terrupted health. For these animals
thciei'niv, molasses is declared to be
both a tonic and a health food. Iu
idditiou to the many desirable re
sults, a molasses diet reduces the
cost ot horse maintenance over.
Ivvi nlv-live per cent.
F'or scientific experimentation two
ibject and unthrifty animals were
cted. One Weighed 000 pounds,
the other 0 III. No preparation was
made for the sudden change of diet,
hut iu place of the usual allow-
uce ol hay and oats the horses were
iven, thiee limes a day, one quart
of molasses, diluted with three quarts
of water and mixed w ith five pounds
of cut hay. A marvelous improve
ment iu the annuals resulted. In
two weeks one gained forty pounds
iu weight, the other forty-live. In
four weeks from the beginning of
the molasses diet horse No. I gained
ninety-live pounds and horse No. 2
me hundred ami two pounds.
Iiolh ot these horses were shed-
ling their coals, and after six weeks
of molasses regimen their new coats
were glossy and luxuriant. Horse
.No. 1 al the end of that time weigli-
l Into pounds, and No. ' losii
All symptoms of decrepitude disap
peared. At the termination ot the
ix weeks experiment the annuals
ould not be recognized as the for
um creatures with which the tests
had been begun. In place of those
aded specimens there were led forth
from the stables two line horses, the
ieiitists describing them to be
full of lilav. life and ellergv." The
iiiimals are now employed profitably
by commercial linns.
These and other tests are cxlend
g the use of molasses as a food for
horses. Finns employing many
horses iu the hardest kind of eon
tiact and tmck work are discovering
that the animals will perform more
rvice and remain ii: better condi
tion on a diet of molasses than when
fed the choicest and most liberal al
lowance of cereals. In the United
Stales Artillery Corps there are en
thusiastic champions of molasses us
i horse diet, horses in the armies of
ranee, Russia. Germany and Aus
tria are being fed on molasses with
ii satisfactory results.
I'uite recently tests wele conduct
1 ill the United States to determine
what cllieaov molasses might have iu
luring invalid horses to health.
V brown gelding, greatly reduced as
i result of a severe accident, und a
ame and ailing truck horse were se-
d. At the beginning of the e-
leriuieiits the gelding weighed I'JoO
pounds and the truck horse 1140
pounds. Fed on a diet consisting
hiefly ol molasses the invalid horsn
improved with marked rapidity. In
fifteen davs the g'ldiuf weighed
pounds, having gained seventy
pounds. In the same period the
ick truck horse gained sixty pounds.
The total gain of the gelding in one
inonth was ;'ihi pounds and of the
truck horse 1 10 pounds.
The conclusions that eminent
pecialists have arrived at is that
;ood molasses is not only a fattening
mil energy-producing diet for horses
but that in many cases it w ill restore
tiling animals to health. The cost
is au important consideration. One
mart ol molasses at three cents
lakes the place of from three to four
marts of the best quality of oats at
from four and a half to six cents.
Saturday Evening Post,
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