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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



place, has long been, and 

 drink, and from it several 

 as koumiss, are made, which 

 tonic properties. If we take 

 a map and mark the fron- 

 tiers within which mare's 

 milk, goat's milk, camel's 

 milk, and cow's milk are 

 drunk, we shall find that 

 the territory of the con- 

 sumers of mare's milk is 

 much the largest. 



T(; peoples living in a 

 state of nature the horse's 

 skin has always been \-er)' 

 useful for the makini/ of 



garments, tents, and straps. 

 In southern Russia the shep- 

 herds clothe themselves with 

 the skins of wild ponies. Cer- 

 tain of the Tartar tribes wear 

 nothing but horse skins so put 

 on that the mane floats grace- 

 fulh' down their backs. But 

 we need not look so far away. 

 Many of our own glo\'es and 

 shoes of "Russia leather," 

 with their brillianc}' and their 

 perfume, were cut out of 

 horses' hides. 



Horse grease, or rather tal- 

 low, is used in great cjuantities 

 for lighting purposes in Uru- 

 guay, where thirty thousand 

 is still, a fa\'orite horses are killed )'earl3' to furnish the supply, 

 preparations, such Chinese ladies alwa)-s keep a box of horse 

 are noted for their grease on their toilet tables, to use for their hair 



in place of bear's grease. 



The bones of horses 

 serve, like those of many 

 other animals, to make 

 soap. Thus the horse, so 

 useful during his lifetime, 

 docs not cease to be so, in 

 other ways, after death. 

 The noble animal, fa\orite 

 and companion of our great 

 historic heroes, the helper 

 and support of the laborer, 

 A Str.wv liATH the link of so manv of our 



Interior of .^ Rinixc School St.af.li-: 



Cow Po.N'iiis ON A Neuraska Ranch 



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