Show OX telis TEMIS s I 1 reyis WHY is it that that valuable animal the work ox is not more generally use d by our farmers for some reason or other it has almost fallen in into to dib disuse among u us 9 at least this is ab much the case that it is rarely that a good ox team is seen at work an the tb e farms or on the road the prevalent taste is for fir mules or horses these are animals ani aul nials more suited to the fast spirit of the age and they are generally used young yount men starting in life as farmers gen generally enily eully despise the patient plodding and faithful ox they have to drive him but they aim to possess horses hories or mules the economical value of oxen on a farm is not properly appreciated or they would be more generally genei genel ally aily used A yoke of cattle can be bought for about about half the price of an ordinary span p n of mules they are more mora easily kept ep t require less attention and if properly ro perl peri I 1 cared for will perform a large amount of work in a year A noue rone or horse team after a certain age decreases in value but an os ex team after years of service can be aa beef and is then nearly as valuable to td its owner as it was when her eomme comme commenced need to work it with a horse horae or mule team there must bo be harness its purchase adds considerably to the coat of the team and in this country the elf ell elmate mate is hard on leather and if it is not kept it soon wears out but put with a an n ox team no such expense ex ia is needed nee dede A yoke and chain are all that we are necessary and where teamsters are careless they can be thrown down on the ground and left exposed i in a way that would soon ruin harness liar ness and yet they are damaged b but ut little i I 1 A large freighter who was waa extensively engaged in the business of carry ing in goods previous to the construction of the railroad informs us that be he fully demonstrated that ox teams were every way superior in freigh freighting for profit to other teams the original cost was less the oxen were tough hardy and easily ke kept t and when no longer useful for work they had a marketable value as beef these considerations make them valuable also for farmers especially ril III my for men who are just starting in life or who are opening farms we need more beef cattle than we have there is too great scarcity of cattle in the country and we venture to suggest that the more general employment of ox ex teams would be every way advantageous to the owners and be a benefit also to the community ira ifa if a young man cannot be contented to drive oxen thinks them too slow and wants a faster team then he will find mares more profitable than mules ABOUND around THE world mr 0 CB C blakelee lake the representative of bedd heed carnrick and andrus manufacturing chemists and a le leading house in that line in new york whose arrival is noticed in another place will after attending to business here go to ceal cial california thence to south america end ena back to california and from there round the world he informs us that the pepsin manufactured by the house he represents took the tho prize in paris over that article manufactured by french chemists and that this preparation and others manzil mantil manu mann nao fao ho turea turoa in new york are widely sold wd in europe t |