. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 318 fpjs Qvez&sv cm& |tpjttremtm* May 19, 1900 THE FARM. Belgian Hare. The evening shades were falling fast, As through ou- village streets there passed A man, who bore an empty crate And cried as if impelled by fate, Belgian hare! His brow was sad, his eye was wild, And lively as a sleepy child, And like a silver clarion rung The troubled words from doubled tongue, Belgian hare! In other yards he saw the bright Red. farry fellows, free of wbice. And pidlocks kept him oat, by gar. When still his voice rang loud and far, Belgian hare! "Oh, stop!&quo
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 318 fpjs Qvez&sv cm& |tpjttremtm* May 19, 1900 THE FARM. Belgian Hare. The evening shades were falling fast, As through ou- village streets there passed A man, who bore an empty crate And cried as if impelled by fate, Belgian hare! His brow was sad, his eye was wild, And lively as a sleepy child, And like a silver clarion rung The troubled words from doubled tongue, Belgian hare! In other yards he saw the bright Red. farry fellows, free of wbice. And pidlocks kept him oat, by gar. When still his voice rang loud and far, Belgian hare! "Oh, stop!" the dealer said, "and see Mine, with a great long peddy gree: They're red in front, they're red behind," Still the voice thundered with the wind, Belgian hare! "Oh, stayl" the mBiden said, "and rest Your weary head upon this breast Filled with ; With a moan The voice came backward with a groan, Belgian hare; 'â Beware the pedigree of straw Aud hares built with a rabbit's ; 'Twas thus the preacher warned the tramp, Whose voice replied from Willow camp, Belgian hare! At break of day his corse was found Full stretcbed upon the dewy ground, And then the loose wind breathed a prayer That straggled through the startled air, Belgian hare! So in life's twilight when it comes With blatant trump and ruffled drum, May each ot us be found to say That raising rabbits doesn't pay Like Belgian hare! âPetalujia Courier. A lady writes to the National Stockman to tell how she had the "duck fever,'1 and ite effect upon her. She did not Bucceed very well in hatchiug them, but sbe hatched out 116, and raised 112 of them, and took such care of them that they averaged five pounds each at ten weeks old, a feat not always accomplished by beginners. For the first five days she gave them bread soaked in milk, all they would eat five times a day, also plenty of pure water to drink, bat they had no place where they could swim. They were in yards, a
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