Popular science monthly . h the lamp-post fits closely You Ever Seen aWearing Trousers?()^iI•:ll()\\? the horse in thepicture below looksashamed. Perhaps he feelsconscious of the liaggingof his trousers. Evi-dently they are not aperfect fit. Or per-haps he has ne\erworn them beforeand he is simplytr\ing to get a goodlook at them. Forall the work-horsesin Nice, France,where the photo-graph was taken, donot go trousered. Itis only when theyare called upon todo special work thatthey don the panta-loons. Trousers serve tol^rotect the animalsliide when the wagonbehind him isspreading tar overthestr
Popular science monthly . h the lamp-post fits closely You Ever Seen aWearing Trousers?()^iI•:ll()\\? the horse in thepicture below looksashamed. Perhaps he feelsconscious of the liaggingof his trousers. Evi-dently they are not aperfect fit. Or per-haps he has ne\erworn them beforeand he is simplytr\ing to get a goodlook at them. Forall the work-horsesin Nice, France,where the photo-graph was taken, donot go trousered. Itis only when theyare called upon todo special work thatthey don the panta-loons. Trousers serve tol^rotect the animalsliide when the wagonbehind him isspreading tar overthestreets. Acurtainis suspentled between the cart and thehorse, but the trousers alTord evidence ofthe extra care that is taken to prc\ent thediscomfort and disfigurement which the hottar might cause to the animal. However,France is not the only country that canboast of trousered horses. In South Americaa carnival is never complete without itstrousered horses and sheep. Xot only are they trouseredbut they arefullv The trousers protect the animals hide from the hot tarwhich is being spread on the streets from tlie cart behind 88U Popular Science Moni/ih/ \ Why DofS Sap Rise in a TreeAgainst the Pull of Gravity ? NOT everyb( )tl y knowsthat solutions oftwo dilierent on opposite sidesof a membrane or a ])ulpmake diligent eflorts loequalize their density. For examjile, take aglass tube, cut off thelower end of a potato,and peel the remainderfor about one-third of itslength. Bore a one-inchhole through two-thirdsof the potato and in theend fit a cork. Bend aglass tube into L-shajie,put vaseline on the shortarm and insert it in asmall hole bored in theside of the potato loreach the big hole, l-illthe interior of the potatowith sugar colored withink, fasten the cork andglass tubing tight. Placethis apparatus in a dishof water. The through the pulpof the potato and on reaching llu- iliinmembrane separating it from the coloredliquid it dilTiises more f
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