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BETWEEN TWv 1.4 Li i3(.edtp-eneiienteef> , and hot; it seemed Ssto faller
that when he was going she must elle;
the of her prowl 'happiness when he
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By air RTHA M. 01,AT. Relied her tg.„Ite bis wife; of their lime•
ineolij, and the gradual way in which
n
Daisy did not seem willing, new nn
he arrived at the conclusion that lite
dia not !eve lter.
ehnnession of paint eame ever the beau-
tiful from a Lady lay. "Dal he not love you, Daisy?" asked
"Daisla" the said, pleadiatily, "you Idala
will not eurely ieffise me -I. who am "No." reldieti Daley. "Looking back
ooly anxious for your huebaed's sake 1113°41 °lir life t"gether" feel PerfeetlY
D.€1 you= to, be of use to you." sure that he had never even the least
But Daisy had hardly studie4 the affection for •me."
eleranciee of life; ate itift of veiling "Then." Said Lady tfay, "why did he
• any unpleasant truth did not occur to marrY Pm?"
her. "That ie my puzzle," replied Daisv
"Why. I had no money; my
9 do stet see," she repiled, laonestly, egrierlYa
I
mother was a peer woman who worked "been Yon can expect me tt he what
was hard for ber living; I had no aceonni
• YOu call friends, Lady Treviya. It
' for you that zny lausbend left me. be- E•74"-S4raeatan haautin be did not !eve
eause be lowaged be see your face. I re. Ine"--srilY did be marry me?'
'member ate woisteotee sene iseeery, "You must base been pretty. Daisy,
weary, waiting for the May.' I neder- in a fair. sweet. rhildeilre fashion. I
otad it oll by ineduct, as it were. att can fancy wbat you were like two or
. Weald be glad if I were dead, tbat be time ;Years ago. Now, I want to tell
' Might be free; aud if I emad, I would .Yim. what you ought, in justice to your
die: nusoand kuow. You tell rae that he
"Imre little cbill?" anew tired 4'4' hie life in France, and
TV your
4.1)0 you twoh.111 atata Datehi tem came over bere?"
madden iisoi. "tbat my eand is a 1 "reg." said Deist, eadly: "and I was
'wove of anything but pain to me? Ile Iii,meeSt happy tiniii tbeili"
: has his father's eyes:, Larly TrevIvn, ' 4 had done ivrong." said Lady Mao.
" and those eyes. so f,,ull ef love far you. -mid I wantad to ten him SO. You will
have never looked with anything but rot be angey with me, dear; hut r
indifferent:ens at me. Fie bee eie. thee, fennel out how dearly 1 loved Idol after
lipe, and I never tetra them !tot that he had none away. I did all I could to
‘, I remember ray lentlian4 never wane. fled ont witere he was, but I could uot
i•hVino" I reeolve4 to wait =la be returned, tea
terily caressed me n is
ILady May imetv it nem mem; lett matte': how meat Years he might be
. It was almeet impessittle to, ittlp feeling ntsents and then be; Vs pardee, ask
I emu, teener; eeehee of psjy. it twee. him to for:aye me coquetry, and re-
store to me whit- I had lost, I made
' ing tbeiseeit wee some little beim te her
eninenee Kele. pejn. weet on engene: that reetoive. Fee qAf..-.-TIOt Sir Clinton.
"I tenni vo ire= the papers oaten
' "I love my lira,. bey, bet I have al.
I
ways to remember
he lets no he returnee, eni where be wet. Iwent tier'
' fattlieris love. Ain. ready Trevlya, rani tt to MM. and ftartal bire alone. Deisy, I
i einewehei e iennien en. leeett itehe knelt at his fee+. I wonlel not leave him
have thtuen whim 1 att, ens. nia aati mail he bad per Led me. Daisy, do
' band look at my eh. There wee no not be ha"it up ta himremember how
1 love In ids eyes, no pie-a:two in Ns be hated me. how pleased I was to see
tare." him, boo- I prayee. persuaded, pleaded;
, epatc (lair said L..07 ,Vi', q 4f ti F: but, new thit I eente to think it calmly
titer., Wig ,MmetilIng strange in
"POOP IDOIller: it w38 V317 ilat'i fel °Ver,
las manner trent be first. Tit' WEIS SO
YOU"
I nn.• . „,,,, ., inien, I thought he had
1 Asian Ute ietese of seine like iia cameral Vie% it .
more tbai an ber plea irate Teet4 C'eaSel.,1 S") : wm-'; he was so reserved,
1 were hi Daisy's inyee-D inev weri ia go taloa" :cane:a that Very oftee I
. tended to he so "trend an / --am. was on the e rat :f quarreling with him
1 "I repeat." she said, 'lane. if t -1,111 illt-ilia'"
1 would glailly clan; my male t %ere; le "But Yea netar did?"
1
that 'I eannet. If 1 Penal ga la nek to DeisY*
Frallee. and inlet take mv tew in my "No. I never I'd. bemuse I tried to
patient, I :•eneoled myself tbat be
w
arms. and iie fallen with him it die:" be
"Yoe ere yourns +a be so higteetate, htd. safftitei aae. *".Y 011 my account,
nod that the sena-gale had deraeged him.
i Daisy," sP1.4 Lady May.
1 "Young In years; lett the wife tit i NOW T sP, :it 4:.- Daisy -be could not
be tte n e iteeause be never for-
'
husband who levee inder anetber woman dors
i not measure her life by views. It seems a'ot Foil. hal etre"
"Do yea essay think that?" asked
ao me that I here ilvel fifty in one."
r "itecaese Fon have not been bappy, Balta. wieselv.
. Now, tell me. Daisy, are you williegto "I am Oen. sere of it," 'replied Lady
e
May, 'ern 1 I eta, till you why."
bfriende?'
I "T do not thin% so," was the candid
interrupted.
reply.
I "I road a story enee. Deist,. of two v711.1. g,'-rEACR
wwagen who loved ene man-ae wee a "I win t v.' achy," repeated Lady
•
rtiArrEatLL
thou:send tier,: more emote taau Str
eliciton. Ile levea aia teeth. then .ina,r-
riled with her; after tier he Annit mad
left heel lie marrie4 -teethe:- reeman
tben. U14 tine tete met. They did not
Tarnish hifireat took recenrsze. The
second wife bad a einill. I remember
the itionire where they Ireta-thinte, "WO
tnjured winner:a-set twine, the eidid.
011, Tansy. Feriae: tii e the Live
and foelenaranee there, tht pity, the
generesity-think nf it! Slenual you and
7 quarrel after that?"
Daisy raised her aweet, sed eyes to
Lady May's fare.
"If," she said. slew:I:v-(1f1 iirtti, Lady
asrerlyn. should you bete my ehild?"
Lady May looked at bee eagerly.
"Hate your eland. Di -Sir Olin -
eon's little eon! What do you think of
sae? No. If yen died --and 1 pray Hea-
ven with nil my bort that yen maY
live, dear -hut if you diel. I would take
your rtbild to my heart as though he
were my own."
Daisy's face softened as she heart the
weeds.
"Would you? Then yeti are very
good, Lady Trevlyn."
"Daisy." said Lady May. 'tem have
had a hard life, creelty hard. Let me
teach you something, dear -do not turn
your face from me -let me teeth you
to believe in nobility of nature, ia gen-
erosity of heart. in loyalty and good
faith. The world (tans us rivals. I sup -
wage, although a wife cen have no rival
--ever place must be her imsband's heart;
we should be called rivals, I suppose,
because we have both loved the same
maar. Now, aoross this bridge of rivalry
I offer you, ita all love, and truth, and
boom, my hand, my friendship. Will
you accept it?"
"I would so much rather not," said
Daisy. "If I touch your hand, I should
be compelled to keep my word, and like
you. How ca ga la when ray husband
likes you best?"
An expression of deep pain came over
Lady May's face.
"Poor child!" she said, gently; "it has
been hard for you. I respect you, Daisy,
more for your refusal than if you had
promis' ed, and then failed to keep yaur
word. If you will not be friends with
zee, still I will trust you, Daisy. I will
tell you me story and your husband's,
and then you will see that there are
'excuses for him more powerful than
sane I can offer. Give me your hand,
dear; let it lie so in mine. The vtomasi
tato loved Sir Clinton years ago will
not forget that she is epeaking to Sir
Clinton's wife. I knew your husband
years ago, when I was a girl, only
Dover:teen or eighteen; he was a heed -
some man -ala, Daisy, so difterent to
%that he is DOW, 80 different! -handsome,
eager, full of afe and animation. 1 bad
me other love an never shall have. We
Roved each Other very dearly, and we
were engaged to be married then?'
Lady May told the incidents of their
quarrel and separation; she did •not
aterure hemelf In the least; she told •the
truth frankly, as it had happened.
"He went away from me," she said;
amid when I asked him afterward where
ba went, he said be had gone mad."
How well 'Daisy remembered it -the
great sorrow that had dtiven' him mad,
that heel driven him out into the world,
where she had found him, senseless and
Omit deed. She interrupted Lady May,
eagerly.
"I know," she'etied; "Fit was thee thee
May, tem; tie. hots and hours that
we Mee to- 1 ettirber same 'his re-
turn he he. neve* once mentioned the
wore :eve ,nr itC:tgi, to me. On that
ewenng Wit,11 I v.,•nl' to him T was too
mush neat -L.,- -1 in.1 confused to wi-
ne.. this;1 Otetaatt him altered, wad,
restereol eaten ten.: bre that was nethe
the ti. the .•fetent: ie. Ile was to Cliffe
ijonse t."' the a, ny following, when I
\VOAeo 119:.;sy hira-so delightea;
ha.1 so mit 2' to .'ay to him -to tell
him, ani ite wa. mid, so silent. 'It is
all my Omit: 1 tent saying to myself -
'all my faint ; r itc trol him, and he me -
net forgot it.' T r member now that he
seemet enegaristel and uneasy when
11,1/tf41 bin: Anent his absence. n
tlinking be had &named the time away,
resolved upon aetate, him no more. Time
went en; he, mere than trace, hinted that
he had sont:.thing to tell me; little
dreaming what it was, I refused to
listen.
"I know all this is but a poor excuse,
• wreethes] exalts": he ougtht to have
told Inc lienestie ,in that first evening
when 1 wns with tim that he was ma -t-
ried. It would bate been a terrible blow
at the time, bet I should nave outlived
it, and I do net tlaink it would have
been worse than tae constant pain since
-pain that hat never ceased, and never,
never will; it has pooe on so ever since,
Daisy -1, Divine him, full of pain and
wonder at hit slienre; he, sad, distrait,
reserved; T, wet:doting why be never
said he loved me -why he never spoke
of mare:toe to me; he, silent and un-
happy. I men feel for him, Daisy -she
had loved me very much; he knew th,at
I loved lam, and he had not the MIT -
age to tell me that he was married. It
was weak and cowardly of him -there
IS no excuse for him; even tif the words
hadkilled me, he was bound to have
said them."
'W.hat shogad you have done if he
had told you?" she asked.
"I sieould hove been terribly pained
for a time -just for a time; but I should
have known that it was all my own
faith; and, pethaps, in the years to come
we might have been friends -he, •anet
you, and I. I should not have been
angry; I drove him from me -I could
not have blamed him."
"He should have told yen," said Daisy,
musingly.
"Yes; and then, as the time went on,
it became moire difficult. I can imagine
that, when be first saw me, he did not
cram to dampen my joy by telling me,
and that every hour which passed made
it more difficult I bave wondered at
him, my friend who lives with me
wonders at him -every one In the wide
world wonders that we have neither re-
newed our engagement nor Married."
"Does no one suspect that he is alma
aied?" asked Daisy.
"No," replied Lady May. "I am sure
net; the world wonders when the event
will take place, but no one doubts but
that, in tile end, we are Stwe to marry -
every o:ae espeets it."
"And has he been visiting you WI this
time?" asked Daisy.
"Yes " was tite reluctant reply; "but I
"And new will you refuse to be frienaa
with me?"
"No," said Daisy, shyly., "I will be
Tone friend, Lady Trevlyra"
Tile two beautiful woolen embraced
each, other. Then Lady May said:
"The tie between us shall be the wel-
fare .af the man we have both loved.
Ai*, itaieyi I may be a great beirese,
but you hews the best of it He is your
hush:lee. eau-, The mete."
"Yet you ran afford to be generous,"
said Daisy; "••hs.. invei; ison and not me."
But Lady May Shook her head
gravely
"It would be false -it would be mere
affectatien for me to deny that be loves
nee but you. are his wife. dear. and
men generally love their own wives in
the end. Then you have a little ehild.
Think what that means, He may
seem indifferent to it now that tale
trouble of his youth is upon bing soon
he will begin to remember that this lit-
tle child is the heir of his name, the
inheritor of his titles and. estates, He
will soon be keenly, quickly, passion-
ately Wive to the child's interest, and,
through the einid, to yours!"
"It may be so," said Daisy, meekly-
• "It will be so; and, Daley -I like your
alernelegoadmvaistwD
ehyouaity,it
ustAstlosu
little,
would.ieolanumt
teactia you bow to wire your hasbandas
love forever."
"I ought not to require freckle?, for
that." said Daisy.
"But I understand
Lady May. "I nave
long,"
"I will uot be outdone in generosity,"
said Daisy. "Will you tench me, Leanly
allay?"
"Olt home," said Lady May, "and ise
get:ere= with lane Speak to bin) as
one noble sonl speak to anothee. Tell
tara that you bave heard the whole
story, and that while you blame hire
for the enneealment, you pity him fee
bis suffer:poet add to that, that you
leave him quite fiee, that you make no
attempt to dictate his movements, bnt
that you yourself return to France to-
morrow." Daisy looked. half suspicious -
3y at her, "Nay. dear," said Lady
May, 'trust me in all or none. I am
advising you to do whet, were lin your
pla,ee, I sliould do me -self. 1 =detained,
Wm so well-atterapt to dictate to him,
and he mill hat late it; submit, end be
will do, in the end, wItat you wielt."
"You seem to know hire well," said
Daisy, half bitterly; but Lady aley
would not notice the bitterness.
9f you do as 1 advise you, Daisy,"
she said, "and retinal to ]'ranee, aret
generously trusting your future in his
bands, be will follow eon in less than
a week; if you reproach him taunt him,
watch him, I do not think tibat any of
us will ever see bile again."
"I will do juat what you tell mei" said
Daisyhra
ul?"
"When yoretuen to the room to
batn," said Lady May, "go to blur, put
your arm round his neck; comfort hint."
Her voiee faltered, and, for the first
time, Daisy saw tears ba her eyes. Sud-
denly the young wife remembered that
she was not alone in her grief. What
must not this lovely Lady Inlay here
sufferel-she wine had loved blra
well? She took the white, jeweled hand
In her own.
"I am very sorry that it has hap-
pened," she said; "sorry for it ell."
.
"He will suffer very muth, 'Daisy;
you must be patient with him," ihe re-
plied. "Do not grow weary when you
see him sad and sorrowful."
Daisy looked up at her quickly.
"Are you sending me back to France."
site a.sked, "beelinse you want to :see
him again? -because you want to talk
to him?"
"If you think that," said Lady May,
quickly, "do not go; I have but one
code of honor; it does not include false
speaking."
"Forgive me," said Daisy. "I think,
after all I have endured, that I should
be suspicious even of an angel."
"You shall not be suspicious of me."
said Lady afay, with a faint, sad smile.
"I was just going to tell you that I
shall send a message by you to your
husband -a message of farewell; and
that, after this, I shall never see inm
again."
Daisy looked up inceedulonsly.
"Never see him again! I thought tiha.t
you said you would be our friend?"
"Not now; if I had known at first of
this marriage, it would have been dif-
ferent; now there is nothing for us but
eternal separation."
"But why?" asked Daisy; "I do
understand."
Lady May smiled agaim.
"I will tell you why, Daisy. We are
friends -I may trust you, you will not
betray me; I say that I shall part etern-
ally from your husband, and that, after
to -day, I shall never see item again. 'You
ask why, Deist, and I tell you frankly;
I have loved your husband, more or
less, all nay life -that is, since I was
old enough to love. 'I have given him
the whole of my life, and now that I
am to be parted from him -if I am to
lose him, as I must de for my own sake,
,I would rather never see him again. I
shall send him a little note by you.
Daisy; you shall read it; and after that
en- e shall live as strangers." .
"The whole of the burden falls on
you, then," said Daisy, with bitter tears.
"Not the whole of it, Daisy; your
hueband will suffer, so will you; but it
will pass in time -the little ott .2 will help
you to love each other. and as time
passes you will g -,:w ppier. Daisy,"
she coatinned enetteren, "try to rouse
your husband -do tiot let him sink into
enervation and deepair; rouse him, and
bid him work -bid him live for others
now. You will be kind and generous,
patient and forbearing with him."
"It is a great pity," said Daisy, with
simpie earnestness, "that he did net
marry you; you would have =We him a
better wife than 1 do."
"Nay; you lave him, Daisy, and love
Is a wonderful teacher."
could swear to you, Lady Adair, with
an oath iE necessary, that he has never
once spoken to me of love or marriage.
He has always seemed more or less una
happy, and I have tried to cheer him -
that has been the chief part of our in-
tercourse. I `have been slam for leint,
and touched by his depression. You be-
ftaund him." lieve me, Lady Adak?"
ova tat your Bitiu. o tei.„ Lae, _ "Yee." enerslea Tloias 1.1 loottoon
_la
bitn." pleaded
known bite ect
not
AN OLD STUN' WALL.
N ye only knew the baeaaehes in an $dsten,
Wain.
0 Lordy me,
Prit seventy-thmel
Segue arneng these bowldem, and Pve lived
here through it ail,
I wasn't quite to bub's age there when dad
connuenced to clear
The wust of ninety acres with a hoss team and
a steer,
end we've used the stan's for teneln, and we've
built around the let.
Oh, ree tlIERed and worked them goluiy,„ ontn.
granite me, I've sot
And fairly groaned o` evenings with the twinges
in my back.
Sakes, there warift no shirkin them days; it
Was tug and lift and saek,
For it needed lots of =insole. lots of &thole,
lots of sand,
11 a feller calculated for to clear a Piece of land.
Bub, it isn't an' wonder that our backs has go
a hump,
That our arras ere etretched and awkward like
the handle en pump,
That env palnle are hard and cP
alloed. that wit
wobble in our gait.
Thema the reason right before you round the
medders in the state.
And I wonder sometimee sonny, that wee. ane
backs at all
When agger the backaches in an
Old
Sten"
[TO is CO -:TINITED./
Down.
Mr. B. -Just look, George, at these
beautiful pillows I bought at today's
sale.
Mr. B. -But really, my dear, I think
we have plenty of pillbeva now.
Mrs. B. -Oh, but I couldn't resist
buying these. They were all marked
down,
Wan.
It 79 only knew the bananas* an old stein
wallti -
We read et men
alio with a pen
Nava pried away the curses that halm embed
us their ML
I
don' begruage then/ bonOT no V the Wendell
01tbeir name,
en evnige Yankee fariere hasn't Rey use far
fame.
the man who lilted ennsee and the ma
wine lifted games
'event) bear e mite re durranie the neaten.
Father's tones.
or I lave tho humble notion, bull. that wizen
ell kinds of men.
The chaps that pr1ed with crowbar and the elope
that pried with pen,
ore waian to be measured for the tblugt
they've done below
The angel with the girth chain's tuettl girt
WI all lair thaw,
And the humble man wboa tussled with the
thane of stubborn Maine
Won't find that all hia labor has been tiumkiess
and in vain,
And while the wlse and mighty get the glorious
honors due
he Man WhO tOOk the brunt of toil will be re-
membered too.
roan who tent les setting, beer will *era bit
<emu, my child,
7 the acres ho made fertile and tate miles at
reeks he piled.
That ain't nay \dello religion, tor 1 do:et propene
to steak
What my duties are to heaven. but the g‘espel of
hard work
Is a mighty solid bedrock that I've built en
more or less.
I believe that God Almighty has it his heart
to bless
rer the good they've left behind them rough old
chaps with humped up backs
Who have gone ahead and smoothed things witk
the crowbar and the as,
For if all our hairs arc numbered end he notes
the sparrow's fall
Be understands the bacLaches in an
Old
Stun'
Wit%
-Lewiston Journal.
The retde of Trade.
Gelatletuan (who bas engaged aged
Oelored hackman to drive him from the
station to the =tell -Say, uncle, what's
your name?
Driver -My name, sah, is George
Washingtem.
Gentleman - George Washingtonl
Waliy, that name seems familiar.
Driver -Well, fo' de Lawd's sate, I
should thbak it ought to. Here I bave
been drivin to this station fin 'bout 20
years, sah.-Harlem Life.
His Practice.
"Say, you knew Deacon Hardway's
boy Hen, who went up to the city to
study medicine, didn't you?"
"Oh, yes; 1 knowed Hen well. What
about him?"
"He killed himself day before yesteri
day."
"You don't sayl What was the mat-
ter? Couldn't he git no outside prat.
tiee?"-Chicago Times -Herald.
Art at Biome.
51
nig. PARRY DOW.
Icrw soya* reiuts for ,.rudzi.ng tbis
onatieeeoleerie shown-rrof. 0, X.•
Bench's method..
Prof. Q. le 13eachof the Storm: Agri-
cultural College'Storrs Conn„ writea
thee to Hoard's Dairyman: It is fair to
assume, that the breeders of the variota*
dairy breeds are each striving; to produce
sit Ideal dairy eow• In A setae, ef tine
typea ef the various breeds by MeaDS of
tbeir offielal score cards respectively, th,.
studeut Is confused by the elisagreeroeut
Atad leek of Itarmeny • in the reepettive
amaleenif points...
This lack 01 bArmoue is tenanifest;
let, By an absonee of any syeteva
arrangement of points.
and. By different values &seamed .to
the wane etructural development. • -
Std. The different score carde are at
VaFfance As ten the peinte or etritotare
Wiliolt ettould constitute e typtc4 447
cow.
To illustratet The HO -stein nom rend,
*Rowe le points in 100 for aeperfeet
udder, the Guernsey 26 points, the Aye,
elaires 30 potato, and the•Jerso :84 pointe.
ifora .perfoct escutcheon the inoistetil
snd Guernsey allow elgh poi:et; tbe
Ayrsbire thee. pOixts, anti the 4:ergroir
.•
waiting.
For the color of itlein, texture, and
anonete of lonir the Jamey and Ayrshire
Whilst five points, the Ifelstein ten pointo
and the Guernsey 80 points. • ,
To: avoid the confuston writiat mese
Arleta in the mind of the etudent-freene an
acceptance AO application of these Yarn
outi etrandardo the following score card
bas been adopted with us .antl used
(irreipeetive el breed) in our study of
dairy %DM Thai score card Is based on
soune knowledge of the physiology a $be
e9W. as well AS ell a comparative study
of the farm cif typictil datrir eftWe. An
attempt - bag beep made to lecerporate
the few following ideas; •
let. The nieiry cow must have a lerga
digestive vapacity, aunt bence a long, deep
atel well sprung barrel.
and. Milk ie a featlanOtilred argole,
and the Peed, Of roomy laboratory or
odder is apparent.
• Ord. Milk is secreted in the udder .from
the blood, (mei Iterice the size of the mille
veins becomes an ludication of the
amount of :blood that .0= be carried
tlarough and away from theudder.
lth. The digestion. of A large Amount
of food and its subsequent •rnentifactiare
into milk otest Mass the .dairy cow as a
hard worked and wonderfully active
animal. Tim need of a well developed
"How you getting on In your clay
modeling, Kitty?"
"Oh, just lovely; I'm devoted to it"
"This is a fine head; who Is It?"
"Goodness -don't ask me. Isn't he
sweet? It is either Martin Luther or
Benjamin Franklin."
A Necessity.
"There Is a great deal of excitement
In Paris." said one French officiaL
"Yes." said the other calmly.
. "And discontent."
"Doubtless. But there isn't nearly
as much discontent as there would
probably be if there were nothing to
get excited over." -Washington Star.
A Peril Averted.
First Tragedian -Just listen to this:
"In California there are ostriches' eggs
weighing three pounds."
Second Tragedian -Great Scott! Isn't
It lucky our troupe didn't get a chance
to play in California this yearl-Cha
eago Record.
. In War and Peace.
lirepps-Who's tbe scared looking
little chap so completely under the 1 -
fluence o' the big woman?
Higson-That's Slzboom. Gota brevet
and a gold medal for daring work III
the Philippines. ---Philadelphia North
American.
The Savage Bachelor,
The Young Sweet Thing -I wonder
how it is there is no good English
equivalent for fiance?
The Savage Bachelor -How about
ldlott-Indlanapolle Journal. ..otet
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OUTLINES AND POINTS FOR JUDGING. AND
SELECTING TIM DAIRY COW.
nerve system to eelde, superintend and
control the funetilms of the bigbly eleven
oped organs of digestion and secretiou is
imperative.
tith. The dairy cow must then be spare,
depleted of all superilous liesh, in order
to -be an economical and persietent ranker.
In designing this score card, via have
adopted the suggestion of the editor of
The Dalryraan of dividing a cow into
three portions by drawing two perpen-
dioular lines, one just behind the wint-
ers, and one In front of the udder. To
the front portioa assign 18 points; to
the middle, 20 paints; to the rear, 84
points, and in addition we allow 83
points for indications of a persistent
milker.
Many dairymen are excellent judges of
dairy cows. My father used to think be
could go into a neighbor's herd and pick
out bis best oow. I believe he could do
tbis, but I lain equally sure he never
taught in. the sem et. nor was the gift
inherited. This score oard is an attempt
to give expression to our common knowl-
edge of the dairy OM. and put in teach-
able form our knowledge of the structur-
al points.
No claim is made to originality in
treating this subject.
Structural Points for Judging that Dairy
COW.
INDICATIONS 07 A LARGE AND ECONOMICAL
reobucee.
Front, 13.
Wide between eyes, eyes prominent and
bright, wide juncture 01 brain and. 6
spinal cord .
Muzzle wide 1
Shoulders light and sharp withers, fine
Barrel long and deep, with well sprung
rniebeshaped. 6
sk and head, brisket V not '0'
Middle, 20.
10
Milk Tens prominent, extending well to
front, eyelet large 4
Backbone prominent, crops scant, ribs
and vertebrae wide apart 4
Chest deep 2
Rear, 84.
Udder -Extent well to front and up be-
hind, must not be too fleshy teats even
and squarely placed IT
Deep from hip bone down 4
High arching cat ham 8
Hips broad and pelvic arch prominent4
Long align tail •.• • • • • IP 1
GT
INDICATIONS OF .A PERSISTENT 11/1,1(Bli.
Lean, epare, light front and rear guar-
tneergeh, seam crops, lacking superfluous
83
Total
100
We are oonstantly judging cows by
false standards -breed, pedigree, reputa-
tion of breeder, records for one day or
one week.
As dairymen, we intuit become better
judges of the cow, by studying her form,
by studying her physiology, by studying
her individuality.
SELLING NAV.
New Its Stonsoval RVS111 she rem. At..
/Removes the Fertility of th• Boma,
stoma rigures.
A reader of The Practical Farmer
writes: "I SIM some time ago a statenaent
In Tbe AgHoult iral Epitomiit that Le
selling off tho farm, a ton ef Waver bay
the farmer removed p.o vsorth of fertile
ity trim the farm, and of timothy hay
$5.45 tvortb, Are thine estimates csorreet?
If so, then when we are selling clover
hay At $1 a ton, and timothy hay at $6
to $6, we are doing a losing 1:mines&
Will you kindly give your views on this
point in tbe
The figures grunt were correct in years
Out, and may be now where fertilizer,
are bought at retail, to this extent; Yon
could not buy le market the nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash contained in
one ton of clover hay for Iasi then abatis
$3.4. After the clover decayed In the
ground tbe plant food from it would, be
just as good as that from fertilizers- In
addition, the clover would furnish con-
siderable vegetable matter, widish is Yalu.
able- The nitrogen in the clover would
not be as quickly available as eatrate of
• ,da, where one wanted the fertility for
enne quick growing crop; but fee erdin-
,iry farm grope in rotation, like corn,
lets. wbeet and clover, the plant food 1,
ope ton of the clover was worth as muolanetle
co the farmer as $8.20 worth of fertilizers
eontainiog the same constituents in the
same proportion. Yeti see there are many
teings to think of. Clover hay c-ontaine
a geed gimetity of nitrogen marl potash
and little phosphoric arid, Now if year
;on partionlarly Deeded phosphorlo mold,
nod was rich in nitrogen:laid poteah, why
the vier nr hot' -might pot bave roanurn
11 voile to you et e8 20; that Is, return.
mg tt re the liana might not enable yeti
to get any such 3111911ilt •Ili; Or it within
4WD or three years.
Bur, now 1 haie said, above that the
roan:arta value ef the clover IVAS $8.20,
flat there been any eiNtIbI89 Y09, A
Slight Our, beeenge the rounitimente theta
go to make ferallsere are Owner. Tbie
makes the fertilizing value of clover
illghtly less. say :theme ST a, ton. Tt
might be A little les yet If you bought
your liar:gem phosphoric aela and pot-
ash at arst hand and did your own
mixing. Of course the fertilizer melt
will sometime Fay that the plant food in
the fertilizer it a great deal more valu.
able tbau the same amount in clover. It
Is bum= nature. They want to 'oak*
you bey their goorle Sometimes, doubts
lees. they do not know any better. But
there is not a bigh satientilic authority in
tbe land wino will not tell you, if be le
lisintereated. that the above stotements
ere etsentially true and fain
Now of course one ean sell bay for a
good many years from riga land -without
=tieing numb difference. And he may
tatty, "itn all bosh About so much plant
food going off the farm, Ninny doesn't my
farni run down if tide Is truo?" Well, it
will, my friend, jute as surely as the
years roll round. =lets you make up the
lots in plant, foul and vegetable matter
in, stone way. There are pleuty of ,seos
:tine where they have found this out be
eut experienee. I would not sell clover
tey at Si a rota or 68 either. I Would
put the plant foga back into the soll and
rurn it into something tbat would bring
more doilers and take lose fertility off
the farm. It Is neerly always best to
feed nen the Mover hay, saving all the ,e
naanuro from Iota, and. then put the
manure back on the land. Wisely mile-
age& one oueht to be able to get 84 a
ton out of it by feeding eiertninly, and
then be would have three-fourths of the
manurial value at least left in the man-
ure, If all farmers would deal with these
matters from a onsinesa standpoint the
price of hay would soon be up where it
should be, Of course towns and cities
must have hay, but they ought not to
have it at a price that makes tbe farmer
work for nothing and board himself.
Surely no eastern farmer ouglat to sell
hay at any such prices as given above.
Yeti can do a great deal better. And you
must, or see harder and border times.. ,
Muth of the land in tbe east has got to
the point where the owner must consider
what he is selling off, as it has to be put
bao'k.. Feed out Urn hay, unless tbe price
Is very bigh, the clover in particular.
Save all the urine by having a cement
floor. Don't int the manure heat or leach
in the yard. Thus you will save all the
nitrogen and potash, and then you can
buy some prosphorio acid, which is cheap,
if needed. -T. B. Terry, In Practio4
Farmer.
Ridding Buildings of Fleas.
A writer in The Practical Farmer gives
the following method of ridding build-
ings of fleas: When I was a boy, father's
place became infested with fleas from
pigs sleeping at the barn, and they nearly
drove me crazy. I heard in some way
tbat salt would kill them. I suppose I
used is peak of salt, aoattering it freely
about the barn and house, and at the ex-
piration of a week we could not tell
that is flea had ever been on the place.
All gene. Since then I bage cleared our
Immo of them several times. One appli-
cation always does the work.
Watch Tour Dairy cows.
A poor man that watches and feeds
and audios his one or ilevo cows will
Boon know more and maks Mere money
out of them than will ever be made by
is man who feeds on the go-as-you-pleage
method. That sort usuallr livo ant die
14160111 knowing oho 1 2 0 at dairy
10.04114/ SILK°116'
A SIMPLE DEVICE.
One Farmer's Method of Turning Short
Without Backing.
The illustration explains the form of
our grain rack for turning short The
'1F• 'Wed& la
beams are made closer together at the
front end so the wheels ean turn under
the load without locking, allowing us to
turn as short as wheat the bed is on. A
2x4 scantling is lifted on the rack In
front, which just fits the standards to
hold the rack in place, The front cornere
are rounded to keep from hitting the
horse in going down hill. -Benjamin
Williams, in Practiaal Farming.
Don't Beep Fleecesbyer Long.
Something is very often lost by keep -
Ing the fleeces over too long. Wool dries
quickly and then becomes berth to the
hand, and thus loses something in selling
value. It becomes weak and loses ha
eative elasticity, and thin is another
detriment. It is the moisture in it which
gives strength to the fibre, and for them
reasons the place and method of storing.
:Would be neither dry nor wet, but 000l
and will aired and is little don*.