Coalville Times | 1901-05-17 | Page 6 | Shoes for Greese-Speculation for Cows

Shoes for ! flHctel4 rr low. Cowl wearing spectacle and geete wearing shoes are not common, but they exist In Ilohcmla, when gecto nro to bo driven for n lonir dUtnnco 'o a market, they nro mado to walk repeatedly re-peatedly over patches of tar mixed with sand Thla forms a hard crust on their feet, which enables them to walk for great distances without becoming be-coming sore-footed In ono section of tho Husslan steppes aro to bo found 40,000 cows wearing spectacles. In that region the mow lies whlto on tho ground for six months ot the year, and the cattlo pick n icanty living from the tuftt ot grass which grow below It Tho aun shines so daitllngly upon the white surfaco that tho animals formerly form-erly suffered from snow-bllndneas Then It occurred to some humano er-ton er-ton to try smoked glossei for the cattle. cat-tle. Tho experiment proved a success, and largo orders wero given for the atrango spectacle