SHELTER TREES.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 273, 16 June 1888, Page 7

SHELTER TREES.

I A i"K\\ wcll-fi i mcd frees along Ih."* fence IOWS. And O\tMl M.'JVlUm'iml 1) 10, mid the IV in th' 1 open field-, add grenth to the appearance and value of u farm. Oaltlo, sbocp, and otlioi faun anim.ils sullVr greatly from tho hot miv whoti confined in a bhadelcss pasture in midsummer. They will seek tho slight protection fiom the broiling sun a fence may afford, or stand huddled together for hours, with thoir heads shaded by each other in a mo.st unhealthful manner. Animals thus exposed do not give the best leturns to their owners, ami for this leason, if not for coin i'oit's sake, they should be pio»-ideil with shade. Some fanners object to trees in the pasture, because tlieii shade i\ too inviting, and keeps the livestock from feeding. Farm animals uocd not gra/.e, all the time, ami with good pasluitun*, (\u\ i\et all the gi.ms fliey neod i;i tlu- cool portions of the J^Y, betwoeu which they sbouhl have reffo^hiiig shade for chewing the cud of contentment Men ,ue not the only cieaturos that liny be MmMi uck ; cmvs tnnluly e\pos,»ii to heat. i're(]iiently become biek, quickly tail otf in milk, ami nu\ tequire weeks of expensive nursing to btinu them back to i^ood health. Tiees.uean ob-tiuetion u> tho CiiHivation of a field, ami occupy the .>oil foi several i'ect aiouml them, to the exclusion ol gi.iin or other ciops, and theiefuro it ih l>e^t to pl.mt most of tho trees al on l; tho line of bound iry fences. The tired labomer i- thmkful fora few j minuter of shade and rest, and doubtless will do moie woik b)' taking an occasional " bro.ithiiii; spell " under a tiee. A tiee in midiield may be a chestnut or hiekoiy, and make iiood letums for the space it occupies in nuts, as well as icfieshinu slmde. In many fields theie is ,i lowplace uith a spung cr a small 1 mining stieam. atvl is well-fitted fora uioup of tieci:'. In shoit.. any part of a field noi suited to culti\ \tion, may profitably glow a few tioos, th is ail'oiding uretieat for the live-stock tiom the midday sun and diiving stonily It the pasture has no shade tioeb. it will pay to provide them.

A Human Smile. — Nothing on earth can mihlo but human beings. Gems may fl.it.h loilocted li^ht, but nh.it is a diamond tl.ish compaied with an e\cil.ish and mil th dish? A face th.it cannot "smile is like a bud Unit cannot blossom, and dries up the stalk. Lau^htx-i is day, and sohiiety is nitfht, and a *n ile is "the twilight that hoveis gently between both, and more bewitching that eithei. Fathei — ' What'ri that noise in the next room ?' Mothei— 'lt's Bobby Mnscine: '' 1 w.int to be an antrt-l ' (\<2av little, fellow. 1 Fathri— ' Well, you had bettei r,o and »cc what he ib up to.' He : ' Ach ! How bietty mo /.o^e ciecn leafs on ycui ciow n!' She ; 'So glad you admire them. It's an idea of my own.' lie : ' Kvitc charming ! Z<>y remind yon of it'vy clinsring lount an olt ruin !'