The Downs breeds of sheep are grow
ing in demand in this country says the
Implement News. FJock'owners are anxi
ous to try something besides wool for a
profit. They see in Canada and in Eng
land that mutton stands side by side with
beef, and many are disposed to try tho
experiment here.
The influence of the mare in trans
mitting hereditary qualities is as a rule,
greatly underestimated. The female
pedigree of a horse is almost entirely
lost sight of, while the male is given
special prominence. The best breeders
agree that the mare exercises as potent
an influence over the progeny as the stal
lion. Especially in the matter of sound
ness should the breeding mare be un
objectionable.
Many farmers neglect to clear their
mowing fields of stones, sticks and other
obstructions to the mowing-machine, un
til the grass gets so high that it is diffi
cult, if not impossible to see them, and
so the knives of the mower are injured
i if not broken; this is very poor policy,
for on most mowing fields, if the work
be done before the grass starts much,
the labor of removing all obstructions to
the harvesting machines is comparative
ly light.
THK BOTSEHOLD.
STB&WBKIMiV SAUCE.
Beat half a cup of butter and one cup
of sugar to a cream; add the well-beaten
white of one egg and a large cupful of
ripe strawberries thoroughly crushed.
PINEAPPLE PUDDING.
Chop a pineapple quite fine: take some
cake which is a little dry, rub it fine in
your hands, or crush it on a kneading
board; put it into a padding dish in al
ternate layers with the pineapple, sweeten
abundantly, moistea with cold water, and
bake in a moderate oven tor an honr and
three-quarters.
maa mackkeeu.
