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Show VALUE OF BLANKETING COWS Practice Adopted In Australia Found to Give Excellent Results During Dur-ing Cold Weather. For some years past a number of dairymen In Australia have adopted the practice of blanketing cows during dur-ing wet and cold weather. The results re-sults in every case are spoken of as being highly satisfactory. When cows are kept warm the food they consume, con-sume, instead of being utilized to maintain dally heat, is largely devoted de-voted to the production of milk, and In this way the dairyman realizes a large profit on the very small outlay required to provide blankets for his cattle In cold weather. Men who have studied the subject closely say that the effect of covers on cows is very remarkable. The quiet cows become more quiet and contented, while those that are shy or nervous have their nerves soothed, and submit of being handled without fear. This is no fad of one or two men, but has become so common that the manufacturers have placed several kinds of blankets as coverings cover-ings on the markets, with a view of supplying the demand that has arisen. It is said, however, that a homemade home-made blanket, made from old wheat bags, serves the purpose as well as anything. After they have been worn for a short time they become thoroughly thor-oughly waterproof. PRETTY TIES AND JABOTS May Be Made at Home From Four-Inch Four-Inch Wide Black and White Satin Ribbon Ends. Smart ties can be made from black ind white satin ribbon four inches wide. A good-looking jabot is made from a six-inch strip of three-inch ribbon rib-bon in soft satin, with check or dot. Round the bottom edge with inch silk fringe, and across the top put a satin butterfly bow in-the same shade. This bow may have double loops on each side without ends, or can have' two loops and two ends, the latter pointed and finished with a small tassel. For quite young girls this model is prettily made of plaid ribbon, with black fringe and a black bow. 1 I A stiff, rather formal effect is had ' from a v jabot of white satin two j inches wide at the top and four and a ' half inches at the bottom, which is cut j straight across at the end, and that reaches to the bust line. The upper j part is drawn stiffly over two straight stiff loops an inch and a half on either I side. An inch and a half from the bot- torn put a two-inch band of filet lace Insertion, and above it three crocheted buttons, one above the other. This labot is especially attractive in vivid , ?reen satin, with ecru lace banding j ind small gilt buttons. |
