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Show rMnOra f-e n-.re Rneea It Is a matter of cjr.s: lerah'.a i'f3- I CJlty to 'e i'le fr m the a;-pearan.:e ' of a h' rse what his charxcter la S 1.1 . there are ceitaln thin; which mr be taken into nn.-'.d ra:ija that will as- j st la com In l ti x orre.-t con-lu!"n. J In the Brat p'.aee it Is well to wauh i the eyes and eira of the horse that ; baa been fmnl to b otherwise found I As a rule the h'-r-e that baa a pair ol ! Ur(t. r.m'e-1 :ik r ears, which are! ae dom moved about, it to be cons.d- I red a I ow, oh t;a i:e, ser.se. ea work- ' er, whi e the one that niavea bit eart ! all of the time ai tf constantly look i log for tr.uhle. It liable to be u'.tia- nervous and may turn out to be a run- j away animal. At the tame lime wt like to tee a pair of well cut. Intel l i Kent ears, wb.ch are art for aojnJj j of daLger or legitimate causa foi : afrighl. They InU.cate " borte sense" : and good breeilinj. and are utuaoi ; posaessed by a hors that baa goad staying quail. lis Pendulant tat that never Bud thlr proper position Indicate a s.t-isish d.tp itlon. and ! horses with this fault are very often ' what are tertr.ej dummies." as a re-suit re-suit of over-heating or other affection of the brain. Handle the eara of a horse about to be bought, for some- Umes the doing of thi will show the j prospective buyer that It Is practically i impatluie u, pJt a halter or brldie upon the animal, be having at soma time In ba life received an Injury or beating over the head which has left him vicious as to that part of his anatomy. Stand to one side after this ; and make a noiae which should draw ! the attention of 1. 1 borte and will i therefore serve to prove whether he . can hear, for some horses are deaf. ; wh.ch la a bad fauit- The eye thouid be fuil and expressive, but some o" the brightest of eyes are bilnd owing to a (Jitea called amaurosis, which la due to paraiys.n of the nerves of I a.ght. This may be detected readily by a close examination, and la indeed gulte apparent by the extra bright, "wide open" appearance of the eyea. The horse that Is always looking at one out of the corners of bis eyes, and fhows an ao. urinal amount of white, so long as the latter appearance appear-ance Is cot due to what are termed "watch" and "wall eyea," is to be regarded re-garded with suspicion, as he la extra nervous, and w.l! be likely lo prove a hyer. Avoid the eye that Is contracted con-tracted and hat sunken, wrinkle 1 lids for such ey,s in almost ail cases have been affected with "moon blindness." and It la for that reason that many a horfe la pxinv-d off upon the unwary un-wary between the p-r.o -Ileal attacks of the disease, when h.s eyes do not appear ap-pear to be b'y affected. See. too. th-it O-e cr-r'-r or '.. eye fj.e .anu-keriu.e.) .anu-keriu.e.) iloet n i come over the siitht of the eye. wbi n the horses head Is elevated. 1 his la an indication of. tetanus (lockjaw), and waa recently er-n In the eyes of a horse bought by a filend of the writer's. The man who sold the h rse knew thut It waa an Indication of tho dl-e ise. and for that reason sold bun to the buyer who was "sold." In the s'ang sense of the word, and did not find It out until he bad the horse examined by hia veterinarian. veteri-narian. It may be adJed that the hotse in quest. on died of lockjaw tie following day. The lips of a hors, In connection vr.t me o'her points of bis face, luou. be taken Into considera-t.on. considera-t.on. as they have a bearing upon th character of the air ma!. For instance, acme horres are seen to have p. ndu-lous ndu-lous lips whl. h may be eminently well calculated to gather up oats from a deep box. but do not add to his comeliness. come-liness. They ludl.ate a lack of muscular mus-cular tone of the bodv. and are possessed pos-sessed by a laxy, eaally fatigued animal. ani-mal. A "R. man nose." sometime said to be the sign of an obstinate animal, la o'trn the indication of a p'odd.ng disposition, and we have known it to be tu.-h In the caae of some of the test workers we ever saw. It ahonld not be condemned on general principles, at least not until it Is found out that It does accompany view RaswAl af Hoi. I. la-r rleslaa Cows. During this month fiurteen oSlrlal tfsts have been reported to me. Every I practical dairymin will recoftnlxe that this Is a surpriringiy large number ; under the unfavorable conditions of Intense heat. One Indlcatea nearly nineteen pounds of butter at SO per I cent of fat to the pound and a two-j two-j year-old heifer produces over sixteen I pounda. Summarized the records are a fol-I fol-I lows: Two full age cowt average years S months 21 dayt old. 38 days j after calving: milk 4"3 8 pounds; butter but-ter fat 13 So.) pounds, equivalent to 17 lbs. ( ot. bu'.ter So per cent fat, or 16 lba. i-5 ot. per rent fat. S.x I TOwe (three-yeir-oidsr average 1 years 1 I months 22 dayt old. 44 dayt after ! t-alving; milk 3S7 pounds; butter fat II 34 piun.lt, equivalent to 14 lba. I jx. butter SO per rent fat, or 13 lias !- ox. SO 7 per cent fat Six cows (two-year-oli'sl av-rage X years I months old, 20 days after calving, milk 349 3 pounds; butter fat 10 4s aowndt. equivalent to 13 IM l- ox. butler but-ler 0 per cent fat. of II Ih. I- az IS T per fat S. Hoxle. 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