Show FfARM w r MISrnJXANY < Ice on the Farm Ice is one bt tho great luxuries at modern times and is fast becoming a necessity Its use has many phases It la exceedingly valuable In the dairy all through the summer and by IU t help tho enterprising farmer la abl to put ou tho market a higher quality of milk butter and cream than would otherwise bu possible Ico outers Into tho problem of food preservation and tho farmer that has an abundant supply sup-ply of it can Indulge In tho luxury at fresh meat much oftener in the sum mcr than ho otherwise could The farmers wife always appreciates the advantage of having Ice that she can use as sho wishes in her culinary operations op-erations Ico Is ono of tho things that Is easily obtained on most farms in the North but it requires some work to secure it However the tlmo of Ico harvest comes when no other harvest can bo gathered Many of our farmers farm-ers have ponds that aro largo enough and clear enough to provide n first class quality of Ico Where the farmer lacks such n pond ho can generally buy his ice from some neighbor at a cost of about ten cents a ton ho to do the cutting and hauling Time Inhabitant Inhabit-ant In tho city pays all tho way from I 5 to 7 per ton for tho Ico that IB j delivered at his door Time aggregate cost to the farmer Including cost of 1 hauling interest on valuo of building for storage packing material and packing pack-Ing should not bo over 50 cents a ton i We arc glad to know that many of our farmers havo built firstclass icehouses ice-houses and every year fill thorn with 1 enough ico to last till cold weather comes tho following year Tho best ico houses are thoso that are square and as near a cube as possible In such a houso Ice may bo so packed jJ that It will present tho least possible surface toward tho outside and will j produce tho least possible lateral pressure pres-sure Tho walls must bo well built to prevent the bulging of tho building j A building that Is very tall will permit oj tho Ico to sag to ono sldo and this I will cause tho bulging of tho building on tho sldo against which the Ico 1 comes Wo havo soon such buildings with great props against thorn to prevent pre-vent still greater damage 1 In building an Ico houso for farm J use a few principles need to be observed 1 ob-served rho first of these Is to give > perfect drainage Tho houso should be cither on an eminence and havo a natural i nat-ural drain or it must have tile laid to carry off the water as fast as It Is made by tho melting of Ico It water Is permitted to accumulate it causes tho more rapid molting and consequent loss of ice Tho walls of tho house should bo built doublo to give a good sized air space Tho packing of the Ice should bo carefully done as this Is a very Important factor In preventing the melting of the ico I The GeneralPurpose Horse The thought of a general purpose horso is one very firmly fixed In the mind of tho average farmer that has not settled down as a specialist We often hear tho specialist say there Is i no such tiling and that tho general purpose idea is a humbug Wo aro j ready to admit that people often hold to this Idea when a special purpose idea would bring them a greater measure jp meas-ure of success J The generalpurpose farm horse Is a ono that can bo utilized in ordinary 6 farm work of all kinds and can also f do the limited amount of road work needed in connection with the working iy work-Ing of tho medium sized or small farm A horse called a chunk in market f standing fifteen to sixteen hands high weighing from 1100 to 1400 pounds 1 i compactly built with good feet and k logs a tractable lively disposition a good clean rapid way of going at 1 walk or trot Is In brief tho kind of a horse I would call a generalpurpose j horse This kind of horse has a place Jon J-on tho farm of the Northwest and wo may say Is the most valuable class so j far as farm work is concerned As I described above you will note that ho partakes of tho qualities of both tho draft and coach or heavy roadster types In both his conformation and j disposition George McKorrow in Bulletin 127 Wisconsin Station 4 Length of the Horses Foot If a horsos foot Is too long It Increases In-creases tho fatigue of the horse In I using It It requires an increased amount of energy to lift and advance this foot There Is also an Increased i tendency to interfere The habit ol keeping tho hoof long has been fostered fos-tered by dealers because this lend t style to tho horse as It requires mart exertion In tho lifting of tho foot If tho farrier Is allowed to do as he thinks beat ho will cut down the fool to tho natural proportions It the owner is wise he will not provon him from doing this 1 j Forest Reserves More and moro tho national government Q1 gov-ernment Is taking an Interest in tho matter of reserving tracts ol land for forest growths In most J cases the tracts reserved are not 01 valuable for agriculture of any kind j It is not perhaps known to moib J Americans that the United States hna l a forest reserve In Porto Rico t Is 1 in tho eastern part of the island and embraces about 65000 acres or about 100 squaro miles Tho region Is very mountainous and at the present tlmo Is unsurvoyed A groat variety of woods are however found on the rem I servo < |