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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-4-20, Page 6BETWEEN TWO LOVES. IT Ji;Stirntl& CLAY. (Continued.) She turned away lest he should read ale sorrow oe her fare. Be went eel talklug, to her about the journey With In the ealra unconcern imeginable. "You must send some some pre- sents to your mother, Daisy," be stgd; "though I suppeee elle would rather liave one loot at your face than arty, tleng you could send her." "tfy poor mother!" said 1>a1.sy. "She Ise bore me." "Oc eouree the did." he replial, not sederseateling the elst of he: see ehould like you to cheese her some- tiage-ti bendsvnie velvet these," 'and I shall go down to Iternvale my. self to take ft." "Shed: you?" asked Daisyher rale rave !Tightening. 'Yees, end I tell your mother yoe ere so grantly la love with the feirland of Fetriee, that you could not leave it, Iril% for Axel tat was ail he understood about C]EIAPTER XXIV. see CLINTON', SVaPitt51;3D. Never 4 weed sell Daley. She el nee hr„slin.iszti [a ali hie peel:dee, the cereal his boots eta papers. "I need not talee tleii3e," seid Sir Ca- ton. "1 eimil he beek in the autumn 1 ean tate: them there" She did aot complain or reproach Lim, but fele by day the grew peorer awl thnrer; her eyee grew snore earl, her Celle came lees frequeetly. lie waa kind to her, but he did not eotice the allege; evea iend he deue ree, be weeld never hive attributed it to anything coop:wetted with himself. It was her Own wilds to remain -he did not know eat that wish was prompted by his in- differeace to ber. She saw that frem the hour be decided on returnieg to Englaud, hie spirts gtaw higbee and lighten the besird, him elegant once, some sweet Title seateh of 8g -a thew he bad never done since they tan been reerried; he geeerallY eeZhel sewn: It a mail overburdened with ginner, Ile euag arid laughed. he telred gayly alatut some frienas wbeni tte Lop- es! to meet, be eeented better and bright- er Omsk Ile had been for years. is relieved to get awuy from me,," thouelat Deese.; "the very thought oe I bee elaee.red bine Why did ha acartn, see?" Ho made cot/threat carelese referenees to the te when be sbould be gesae, sineenectotte thet each one was aa a s -word in tie young wifea heart. Then ,tbe, day genie alien his preperatioes sere all completed, and it Was thud to Wirt. 1 le one ebeereul and smifine, when Le bid her atizeie "lou itre quite sure. Day, that you Ado not repeetr be tiaid, "It k net too tate. it you wetild ake to go; I will wait wail toenorrow." ! "1 do not repera," the replied. To „Mill enjoy being by yourself." Ile did not cantrallet it. tbough the would have elven the whole world to tare heard hen say it was not so, Fie held ter tightly in Isis arms, en kneed her. "Good -by, Daisy," he said: "take case oD yourself, enjoy youesent have , ‘v er y - grating you want; and if you feel dull, be sur e tint yen write and tell me se; tben I shell come for you at once." , The next troment he was gone. If he bad turned his head, he woull have ,tovn th it Diller, his wife, had fallei like one dead to the grimed; but he etigoer tutored to look it her, and so 'tweet en to his doom. . * 0 1 • I It was strange to he in l'Ongiand , again, to hear the ovelnenown tongue .on all sides, to see the familiar white todillle, to feel at home. A few :mien laud he was In London-Londen, the i aeene of his love and his serrow. Men - like, the first place he went to was his , club; there he knew tint he should hear ' all the news, all the ruiners of the tiny; . Macre, without having to ask any quae- ;Inoue hiebelf, he would hear all there New; to tell. ; Ile was most warmly welcomed. Sir Clifton Adair had always been a greet i ifaverite in society, and when he was seen once arain at the club, every one egreeted him with delight. Where had e been? What bad he been doing? le was overwhelmed with questions. N'het had induced him to leave Eng- , teal so suddenly? What mede him tay away so long? Ele es-aded all those 1 oestione-answered them jestingly, 1 i en sat down with a daily journal in ris bands. One of his oldest friends, ilSir Gregory Hetwell, came in, and was Sestotiuded at seeing, him. i "1 begrin to fancy, Adair, that we 'othould never see you again. The on 1 axle have you been? What have Yon 1 een dosing away from home so long? ,We have heard all kinds of rumors !Lbc, ut you." "None of them true," said Sir Cldn- , oige.lit:slthnieetrnautt, lmiasg IiIihneaods;a Isewyeerent ac -to ! ranee to reeeuit nayself, and found my - so happy there I did not care to oine home. There ia nn mystery in my qabsenee, you see." 1 ' "But why did you never write to any lief us?" . "T should imagine that the principal raesma was because I had nothing to sy," replied Sir Clinton, krugaingly. "I jouppose the workl at home has gone oar liust as though I had been in it?" 1 "1 euppose to; we are none of us miss- ed for long -not even the best and eevereat. You have just reached home theefor the close of the season. I 0.11 at & grand ball last evening." i "Where was that?" asked Sir Clinton. t "It was one given by the Duelaces of She re., bang of the season," osetarre hegiverel by far the He had nerved himself to hear her Fame; It might even be that he should be compelled to look on her face or to Speak to her; it was quite impossible Le tell what complications naight arise. •XIe had ateeled himself, as be honestly 'believed. "The Duchess a Rogecarn?" be said. PI ' knew both the duke and daehab , Wheal I left /21,ngland." "They were only married last yaw," 00.1 Sir Gregory, . "They were not married whea1 knew them, although there was some idea of it even then. How 4. the duke?" He longed to eisy, "How is the duchess?" but his courage failed hire. His heart beat, Ins pulses thrilled at the sound of her name. He did not even bear Sir Gregory's answer, "N'irlaat folly!" he said .to himself., "I, soh° ought to be, who swore to be. strong! I will -I will be master of my- silf! Neither her name, nor her fa*, nor her Yoke shall have power to more IMO!" "HOW is the duchess?" het asked; and is flieud wondered at the strange tone 9f his voice "She. is what she always promised te be, the prettiest woman in London, and, / think, one of the most popular, too." "She was always that," said Sir Clinton. "No. not always, 1 taint." replied Skr Gregory. "She altered very much after her marriage." Then he went au to speak of some ether friends whom Sir Clinton had knowes "Altered eluce her marriage! Hew vas that? -in what way?" he tried to think. "Was she more or lese beautis tul, male or less, amiable, more or lese proud.? Hew had she altered?" lie would have given anything ts know. not that it concerned him par- t:en:arty, but it is always Interesting to hear of a change in a person one bee knewn weil. Ile WaS overwhelmed with invitee ;Aims, but be eteadfastly refused them, IB' was not going to plaee himself i the way of temptation. Lady t'-unt assed hint to come to her entertain- ent. "You will meet the Duke and Duel -tees of Reeecara," be $44), "and the duke 1 so intieh Improved eltice Ida mar - "It is a great inducement," he repti- ed. "but I must deeline He laughed bitterly to himself whee Lady Sant had gone aWaT, "SO ;Pooh improved, has he? Lady May has improved him, 1 suppose- teeght hint elocution, perhaps. among other accomplishments/ I did not know tbat thee was room fon improvement in his grace!" Be began to weeder if, after all, he had done wisely in Mumble. If he wee to bear coetieuelly about LatlY May, he had better bare remained in France. Two nights afterward be went w:th some friends to a concert, given et the neeresion of a great princessfor charitable purpose. Sir Gregeory join- ed him there. "We shall have all the celebrities of Lereleta, here to -night," he said, "and, ethers. tile Duke and Ducheen arn." '1 do not think I shall remain," he said, laa.ealy, tie was a strong man, but the theught of seeing her ramie hu trem- ble like a reed in the wind. Then be reproaelied himself again for his folly, for wetness, "What is she to me now?" he said - "only another man's wife, just as 1 nut another waraan's Ininbaud. What am it mettee whether I see her or not?" "There is the duke," said Sir Gra gery "and the duchess, too. She is Wising to Lady Sant, and Lady Sant is my particular aversion." She was there. He did not look Im- mediately, for a blood -red mist came isolate his eyes, the noise of rushing waters in his ears; he trembled like a leaf, then clenched his hands and bit his lips, to keep himself steady. "The duchess looks very lovely to- night," said Sir Gregory; "in my idea the is the best -dressed woman In Lon - He remembered her --dear Heavenl how well he remembered her, as the stood in the full glare of the light, her jewels gleaming, her proud eyes flash- ing seam: How well he remembered the queenly gesture, the wave of the white band, the cruel, cutting bitter words that came from her lips! Was ho med, to run the risk of meeting hen. again? "Ito you think the duchess muct changed?" asked Sir Gregory. Then be raised his eyes and lonked. Great Heaven, that was not Lady May! "I do not see the dughess," he said, in a strange voice. "Do you see the lady in the cream - colored broeade?-that is the duchess. She has a diamond tiara. She Is talk- ing- to Lady Sant -you know tady Sant?" "Yes," he replied, slowly; "I know Lady Sant Is that lady the Ducheas of Rosecarn?" "Yes; I tbooght you said you knew bee," said Sir Gregory, almost im- patiently. "She was one of the Lan - dales -Lady Anne Landale -and she has improved wonderfully since she be- etune Duchess of Rosecarn." delenat was not the lady I expected to see," soid Sir Clinton, slowly. Sir Gregory laughed. "Whom did you think the duke had married, then?" "I fancied I bad heard thoat he wire engaged to some one else, but I may have been. mistaken." He was beginning to speak slowly: it seemed to him that the life -blood was freezing in his veins -that his lips were growing stiff and would not move. "I never heard that the duke was en- geged to any one else. He was in love with Miss Stanhope, people said, and with Lady May Trevlyn; but he was never engaged to either of them." Great drops stood on his forehead. He clutched the back of a chair, and leaned heavily upon it. "I read it -I remember now," he said. "I read in one of the papers that he we s to inarry-" Then he stopped abruptly; not to have saved las fife could he have uttered the narne., "That he was to marry Lady Miry Trevlyn," said Sir Gregory, coolly. "Yes, I remember reading thnt; but it was contradicted the next day." "Then it was not true?" said Sir Clinton. "Tree! Hew could it be true? Your wits have left you, Adair. How could it be true when he married Lady Anne? I know that he admired Lady Teeviya very much, but she would have nothing to say to Irina." "Why?" he asked, in a beanie voice, quite unlike his own. "I do not know," replied Sir Gregory,, lightly. "People were kind enough to say it was because she liked some one else. tilhat has come to you, Adak.? \\that are you looking at? I believe you have left your sense, and reaeon, and -ta • , .1W "This London world is new to me," he said. Just Oren the Duke of Resecarn saw him, and came acrose the roenn to greet "You are en entire stranger, Sir aim tcn," he saki; "you have had time to travel over the world. You find a great many changes axnong as, Let me lutroduee you to the duences," And, berore Sir Clinton could answer, be ass bowing to a very lovely lady, worn pink and white face, golden brown heir, owl Laughing eyes. How different to I.atly May! ITe never rememhered what. he had said to her, and the cluen- &ea must have thought him strange, for ettee he came to a full consciousness or what was passing around, him. she was asking aim if he had been He never knew either how the night went on. People spoke to him, and he ateswered thou; they greeted beim, mei le replled to their greeting; but one Lion p(ssessed, one thought euereesee hen- araer all, Lady May hail not married Ii s rival! 0114.PTER XXV,„ "IF I LOST, lig HAS NOT won." A beautiful morning, anti Sir Clintm Adair sat at leis sumptuously appointed ' teanfoet table. A bright vvarm, sunnY -,omieg, the world laughing under the critly fight of the sun. He had Mkea, up the papers one after auother, and itteach of them toand an announce - meet of hie arrival. "Sir Clinton Adair returnee emu the Coetineet on the 2ard." teemitag home, therefore, would ea long he a seeret A euermis feeling was ort biro; Ueda. ally he awoke to a new feeling, of lire; new senoatioe, as of Lope and am. bition, stirred within him. It was sue'a busy world. A bright, busy, hopeful world; men, all seemed intent on busi- ness or pleasure; there was notion, energy, aninfation-how different from the lite of etegnation be had been living at .Seville. He shuddered as he thought of it. "After all," tle said to himself, "raen bora to be teem not hervaite," Ile knew that he should never bave gae brongh the hermit'a stege of hie ex:e e but for the love and the star - raw that had driven him mad, His return would be a matter of pub - Ile to -day, to-utorrow torgetteal but oue thing struck him, he must de - bis marringe; no one here in England knew anything about it, and every moment in ishieb the announee- Ment was delayed it became more dif- &ult. Why, be could not Id. Daisy was a lovely, lovable girl, devoted to him; she wels graceful and accoutpliedt- ed, he had no need to feel ashamed of her; no one knew anything of her birth or connueetions, neither was _there any need for them to know. He asked him- self, over and over again, bow it W1,18 that he disliked the idea of announcing It? Perhaps he feared that he would be teased for leaving his beautiful young wife far away; perhaps he dis- lilted the idea of making himself the subject of conversation. Whatever it was, Sir Clinton thoroughly disliked the task. "I will do it to -morrow," he said; "A few hours` peace is all I Ho looked through the "Fashionable Intelligence;" there wns no news of Lady May. He longed to ask. He thouglit to himself that he would speere tee morning at his club; there he should probably hear some news of her -she was one of those of whom men never weary in speaking. On his way there Ito met one or two old friends. He would have given the whole world for strength to have asked one of tbem something of Lady May -to hive thrown, his head back, with a carries., jaunty air, and have asked: "By the way, how is Lady May Trey- lyn? Is site married yet?" He even, in the solitude ot lois own room, tried how the words would sound; he said them aloud, blushing horribly at his own folly. Even there alone, with no eye to see him. no ear to bear him -even there he stammered over the words. No, it was impossible; he gave up the idea -of no man or woman living could he ask the question, to no man or woman could he speak of his lost, dear love in cool, unconcerned tones. He tuust trust to chance; surely there at the club, where they discussed every one and everything, they world talk of Lady May. He was profuse in his greetings, al- ways hoping that in return for what be had said some one would speak of Lady May. It would have seemed as though there WOO a general conspiracy not ot mention her name; no one even alluded to her. All the gossip of the day was freely and fully discussed -the Duchess of Rosecarens ball, Lady Leeson's party, the dance at Lord Rushtoxes-but of the one subject of which be thirsted with bis whole trout to hear there was not a round. He listened intently, hardly losing one welt that was sad on either side of him; be would fain have turned to them and cried: "Tell me something of Lady May." He asked questions thet he thought world lead to the subject, but they failed. So far as learning one nerd which eOneerned his beautiful, lost love the whole morning was a failure. He could not help feeling, touched by the warm welcome given to him everywhere -he was literally inconvenienced with invitations. Where had he been? What bad he been doing? Where had he hidden him- self? His hand was grairped in friendship a hundred times; one pressed tem to dine, another begged for the evening. In shoat, Sir Clinton Adair was half bewildered by the warm welcome ex- tended to him. , "And this is the world I fiew from," he thought to himself; "these are the friends I left in disgust, simply be- muse a woman's folly had driven me mad." He lunched with Colonel Dempster, and as they sat at the table he trial hard to introduce the name of Lady May. The gallant colonel talked of an the belles and beauties, but never men - Wined her. Len no onerrintritee] THE GLASb OF FASHION. Jet is again much in favor among spring trimmings. When used on decal- lete waists, it is framed in white tulle. A new epiral is rather long at the back and without seams. It falls in sin- uous, eltnging folds over a detached 1 foundation. The newest kind of chiffon is plaited Iio many directions and has a curious moire effect. In dull black it is one of the softest and prettiest of mourning materials. The plaizt. tight sleeve is coming in, bat the modistes are hesitating to leave off the beconaing little caps which have been such an addition to the sleeves for some time, There are indications that the plain or simply rolled collar will reign in the immediate future, and lace and chiffon ears and, frills will be abolished front the nape of the neck. Kid cloth is the name of a pew fabrio which looks not unlike the surface of a suede glove. It adapts itself admirably to the lines of the figure. an importaut requisite now, and is newer even than satin cloth. Fine unported challies are more lir- tistie in design and coloring than ever before and promise to rival foulard gowns. Like the new organdies, they ehow either very small or extremely large floral desigps. The difficulty in ranking an old gown hate a fashionable one is chiefly in the length of the skirt, and one way to overcome this is to add 4 deep yoke of velvet, silk or lace over silk, whichever is most suitable for the material. The ribbon makers are showing what they Vet' 49 this spring, fOr their rod- ucta have never berm lovelier. Erabroid- ed and painted ribbons are the latest wrinkle, and the shirred ribbons make very stylish triuunings for gowzts of thin cotton material, STAGE GLINTS. It is now rumored, that Charles Wyndham. the distinguished English 1 comedian. will soon be knighted. Minnie Palmer is the latest vande- ville recruit. Her debut will be made in one of Proctor's luames in New Yoria Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou are the two principal historical personages in Mr. Edward Bean new play. "in Days of Old." "Adana and Eve" was the title of an operetta recently given in Vienna. Marie Halton was the representative of the first woman. Preparations aro being made at Faris for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Racine's death, welch fails on April 20 Ma Gray of "Emit Lynne" fame and Charles F. Tingay, her lmeband, have returned from England after a two years' tour of Great Britain. The manager of a London music hall announces that any one who purcintees a ticket for the performance may have his or her teeth extracted for nothing. A bill has been introduced in the New York senate providing, for a theat- rical censorship. It is opposed by the dramatic papers on the gronncl that the existing lures are good enough if en- forced. Mrs. A. Dow Currier, who was in- strumental in introducing Julia Mar- lowe to the public, is said to have dis- covered a potang actrees of unusual tal- ent in Janet Wnlderf, who is playing successfnlly in the west, Olga Nethereole is still accompanied in her jonrneys by her collie Barrie, which was named after the Scottish writer, J. H. Barrie. In addition, this year Miss Netbersole has a young fox terrier. McKinley, in her train. TURF TOPICS. The $10,000 Louisiana prize foals of 1898 received 693 nominations. Handspring, 2:20%, is entered in $57,000 worth of stakes for 1899. Peter V. Johnston has been driving 41 years and says he will not be seen in the sulky again. A man in Chillicothe, Mo., has named his horse Regulator, because, he says, "all the other horses go by him." E. D. Bither has in his stable a very promising colt named Kazan, by Krem- lin, dam Orphan Lass, by Florida. The get of Baron Wilkes have won over $113,000 on the turf in the past four years, a showing said to have been never equaled. The Empire City Trotting club has decided togivea $5,000 purse, free for all trotting stallions, mile heats, at its grand circuit meeting. The Peoria (Ills.) mile track was sold under a mortgage Feb. 23. It was bought in' by a number of the' old stockholders, and there will be a reor- ganization. Hydrants will be placed 100 feet apart clear around the inside of the course at Empire City park. New 'York. These hydrants are connected with the city water mains, and it will be possible to literally flood the track on short notice if desired. Santos, dam of Peter the Great, has a 2 -year-old colt by Judge Hayes' Iowa stallion Spottswood. Peter V. Johnston, who developed Peter the Great and drove him to his memorable victory at Lexington, is handling the youngster and pronounces him great. -Turf, Field and Farm. SHORT SERMONS. The greatest wrestler lit the world is truthr and it never gives up till it wins. There are many people who can stand adversity better than they can stand pro.s pen ty The best men are those who attend to their own business and never meddle with a neighbor's unlese invited. -,Ex - ohmage. SEEDING. Sown* Wise words and TimelY Abent k. Necessity for 'Thorough Preparn- tion and Soil Tilth. The return of snring brings to the farmer a measure cdf anxiety about the spring work on the num, and espeoially in regard to the operation of seeding, He knows that much of the success r par- tial failure of the prospective orop de- pends upon the preparation of the soil and the character ef the seed sown, It ie not uecessary to remind the wideawake fanner of the wisdom of having bis im- plements and tools looted over, repaired if repairs aro needed, and put its first, - class condition for their work, to beve the teams and their barness well prepared for their part, and to have the seed grain cleanee and reedy to be taken to the ileitis as soon as the land is sufficiently dry to work satisfasitorile, All these things will naturally suggest themselves to the roan who is watohing every point witli a view to making the best use of the time for seeding when it arrives. It is generally eonceded that, as a rule, by far the best results are received from the earliest sown grain crop, espeen ally itt the ease of spring wheat and oats, while in regard to barley and peas early sowing is more generally approved of now than formerly. As early, then, as the land is suffielentlsr dry to work with- out penciling it is well to make a start with the cultivation and preparation Qf the seed -bed, which should be well work- ed and stirred to a depth of at least three inehes, aud 11 b doubtful whether there is any advantage in the vase a land that was *wen in, tbe fall in working it to a greeter depth than four Moises. We are persuaded that a largo proportion of Can, atlian farmers, espeoially in the older provines and on clay or clay iotatl gag, are sustaining heavy losses every year P or itemilleient culItivationof the Mtruedr itt the preparation of the riecendred• The probability is Quit in XiIUQ CARS out of ten the failure to produce reaoonably profitable crops is not nearly so umeh owing to the laek of a sufficiency 01 the elements of fertility in the soil as to the fact that the mecluoaleal coedition of the Foil has not boon made snob that tile (trope Can appropriate them and use them for their development. In far Mo many eaSezi the implemoute used are Pot eelcu- late•41 to do effectual, Work in breaking up the land, stirring aud pulverizing It so as to make a proper seed -bed. In some tide 14 due to the unsuitable construction of the implements, and in others to their not being properly sharpenee and kept In the best condition to do thorough work. To thins the land with a jumping oultivator which cuts only here and there the width of its boos, leering ono half the surface soil unbroken anti molting an imperfect seed -bed, is to court failure in the harvest unless the season be excep- tionally favonible. A protracted drouth may defeat the best of cultivation and management, but the probabilities even in that ease aro largely in favor of the wellaultivated neld, other thiugs being equal. The fanner in his seeding opera- tions will do well to prepare for the worst possibilities of either excessive drought or excessive rainfall by thorough cultivation and thorough drainage; then, baying done his part to the beet of his ability, he luts no delinquencies to regret, and has good grounds to hope and trust for a entishaetory outcome. So great faith lutve vve in the benefits of thorough till- age that wo aro willing to believe the Ulnae Is coming wben the cultivation of grain crops will not end with the seed- ing operations, but will be continued till the crop is half-grown. lie view of the manifest advantages of booing in the case of roots, eorn, and garden stuff, why should wo doubt that similar tillage would produee proportionate results in other orops? We are fully persuaded that this idea might profitably be carried out in most grain crops to the extent of har• rowing them once or twice after the gents aro above ground, or oven before ey aro "braidea," as the Scotch say, if the land bas been peeked by a heavy rain and is in danger of baking. The only reasonable objections to this course is in cases where clover seed has been sown, and even in that event it is a question wbether more of the clover plants would not perish in a baked soil than n). ri loosened and friable bed. Winter wheat, too, is often greatly benefitted by a good harrowing in the spring, followed by the roller. The difficulty of securing a catch of clover in some districts, and especially on clay soils, is to many a perplexing question and one which will bear discus. Bien, as it is a serious matter when re- peated failures are met with, the regular rotation of crops being interfered with and e,ontinued cropping resortecbto, the land being thus depleted of fertility when it should be recruiting. No doubt the lack of humus in the soil is largely accountable for this difficulty, and it Le certain that top dressing with short rnan- pre worked into the surface soil is one of the best measures known for securing a catch of clover, but it is obvious that the supply of manure on the average farm is insufficient for this and the many other purposes for which it is required. -Lon- don Farmer's Advotate. Feed Trough for Hogs. The trough shown in the illustration I have found quite convenient. The board between the uprights b can be removed when the trough is to be cleaned. Placed etre FEED TantrOtt FOR HOGS. In an opening in the fence as in the out, the slops can be poured itt from the out- side. If used in the open lot the middle board keeps the hogs out of the trough. --Orange Judd Farmer. Keeping Tree Roan; Out of Ermine. W. G. Brown of Sarnia, Ont, gives the following valuable hint to The Prac- tical Farmer: I have just finished laying a tile drain in front of my house' over which I intend to pla,nt a row ofchest- nut trees. In order to prevent the roots of the trees from entering the joints I paint- ed the ends of the tile with coal tar. Coal tar is death to all vegetation. When the roots touch the joints they will stop right there. This is much cheaper and aimpler than covering the joints with cement. Badly done while tile is piled up, and lets in the water while It keeps oat all growing roots. PREPARATION OF FEEDS. Experiments With Grain Cooked emit Haw as It Caine From the Threshing Machine -The Eeu1ti. Experiments have lairen oondueted tii diSeover the relative value of grebe, when steamed and fed wane as compared with Frain when fed raw and cold. The grain m both cases was ground, The pigs on the steamed warm grain increased Itt weiglit more rapidly than those fed upon the same grain raw and cold. The grail' used was a mixture of equal, parts of pease, barley and rye, ground and fed inixetl with water, 'When fed steamed and warm 4.16 pounds ef grain were con- sumed for every pound of increase in live weight; but when fed raw and cold 4.25 pounds ef grain per pound of increase in live weight were consumed, The follow- ing are the conclusions from the experi- ment says the report of the Commis- sioner of Agriculture: I, There is no appreelable difference tn the number of pounds of grain required to produce a pound of increase in the live weight of swine, wben it is fed steamed and warm, as compared with it when fed raw and colds 2. On the average there is a gradual and greet increase in the quantity of gi-ain consumed for every pound of crease in the live weight of swine, after the seconel month of the fattening period, and after the average live weight exceeds 100 pounds. 8, It is econornicel to market SWIM' tiA be slaughtered when they weigh About 180 rentiale, live weight. 4. Tim consuraptiou ot feed per day to greatest at or near the period of their fattening, when the quantity of feed COu. sumod per poinul of inerease itt weight te mealiest, In feeding grain itt the ground eat. Alid in tbe whole or =grouted state, it founti t et swine ocin-sumed about tea per cent, more of the unground grain pee pouncl ef inerease in live- • weight. The ten per cent, wciuld pay for the grhading; and he every case swine fed. on the ground grain have shown strouger legs and better health generally. (MD xxonesn OCkiiiNSCY COW, NORMAN'S This cow was awardtml a Ara prize at1 recent linagtsb dary show and the 124 liarees cup in the rontest. Wats, iq a good row of good she and length, with at large espaelly for ai":9:mihrtin4 food, She is it ingoal Cuvrasey and much admired. There is always a risk to the general health of the pig from the feeding of whole grain only, unless the swine be felt grown before they aro put up to be fattened, It has oleo been found profit,. able to have the ground grain soaked for an average perioa of ;Meat 30 hours be- fore it is fed. 'When ground grain is fed dry the hogs fatten up without develop- ing itt length and depth. From feeding experiments extending over three years in the fattening of 112 swine upon grain, It appears that: 1. On the average 4.38 pounds of grain (barley, rye, pease, wheat, frosted wireat, and wheat brim) was the quantity con - humeri per pound of increase in the live weight. 2. Itt the feeding of grain, considering quantity of feed conSnined, and the gen- eral health of the nein:els, it is profitable to feed the grain gr mud and soaked in water for an average period of about 80 Lours. 3. It Is profitable to nail abont throe to five pounds of siainivailk or buttermilk per bead per da.y to the grain fed to fat- tening swine. In the feeding of frosted wheat te swine, it is found that according to the condition and quality of the swine to which it WaS fed, from 9.01 to 15.46 pounds of increase in the live weight of the swine were obt Lined per bushel of ground wheat consumed. The following are the conclusions from two series of tests: Conclusions -From tests with heavy swine it appears that,: 1. 'Wbon the frozen wheat was fed, ground and soaked for 12 hours, 11.8 pounds of increase in the live weight were obtained per bushel of wheat. 2. 'Wheu the frozen wheat was fed un - ground and soaked for 12 and he hours, 9.1 pounds of ineremie in the live weight were obtained per bushel of wheat. 8. When the frozen wheat is to be fed unground, it should be soaked for at least 42 hours. 4. Leaving out of the reckoning the weeks during which the frozen wheat unground, and the mixture of wheat, barley and peas unground, were soaked for only 12 hours, 5.24 pounds of frozen wheat were con.sunaed per pound %Crease, and 5.22 pounds of the mixture of wheat, barley and pease wore consumed per pound of increase in the live weight. From other tests with swine weighing an average of 61 ponirde each in one pen, and an average of 14 pounds each to another pen, it appe;Ire that: 5. When the froeen wheat was fee ground and soaked for 12 hours, 14.1$ pounds of increase in the live weight wore obtained, per bushel of wheat, and Q. In the feedin4 of swine from an average weight of 61 pounds each, until they reached an average weight of 145 pounds eaoh, 15.46 pounds of increase hi the live weight were. obtained per bushel of wheat. When swine are fetching five cents pee pound live weight, %vita an allowance of five per cent. for shrinkage, frozen wheat fed under the leasil favorable ordinary conditions may maize 43 cents per bushel. At the same prices for wine, frozen wheat fed onder very favorable eonditious in the quelity and age of the wine and the preparation of the feed, may re.alize 73 cents per bushel. As has already been mentioned, et Is a I good plan to feed roots to growing and ) breading swine Slitting the winter. Raw potatoes are useless for that ptirpoeo. Boiled potatoes, as a rule, are nmeh too dear. Mangolds, carrots, sugar beete and squash may be useil with profit. If they', can be cooked arta afterwards mixed with the grain, the best tesults will be obtaine1 ed. Dry and warm neeping quarters are essential VS the getting of much value; from the feeding of roots to serene grow- ing hogs. For that gurpese the hay May be out on the green side before the heads are ripe or the stems lave become woody.