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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-10-26, Page 340+a+00:40+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0.0+0.0+0+0+0+0+001. ff fCf s K r 3� 3'1 >:1 40+0.0+0+0+0+0.0+0+0+04.0+0,,+.+.+....3"..040+ 4.0+0,,+<EiCE+.+'t0...3rt..04' + THE HES OF 8NTLEIGH TIIE STEWARD'S SON -4. 4 3-1 3) 33 3) 3� i CHAP'T'ER XX. As Cent reached the horsepond the church cluck struck two. The Hemel startled and roused him iron, his painful reverie. All the way along lie had been going over the incidents of the miserable evening -the evening which he had looked forward to with such keen anticipations! Aur! ::s h., thought over it n11 he could s: arcely rerili•re what had happened. Ife had Leen in the torlpauy of Norah a whole evening. and they had only ex- changed a few words, and those. on her part, (.f the coldest! What was tho trimming of it? %That had he clone that she should treat him self 1I11d her father, the earl, been put- ting pees-ouro upon her, x11(1 per- suaded her to give hien up? Was silo so sickle that it few days' etbsoncc had been sufficient to bring her forget- fulness? When he got to The Chequers he was surprised to find the 1.ttlo inn diiTereutly. "I'm a stranger in t.hcso tvrappeci in slumber and darkness. 1!o Parts. Ha.o you got such a thing as had not expected Mrs. ltrowit or the maid to sit up for hila. Two o'clock a. no was to the good folks of Santleiell an unearthly hour. Inn knocked) c or, 1 at tho !o peal 1t .g .v i first, then, as no respo: se came, more loudly. Ile stood time for some minutes, live or ten, perhaps, but if The Chequers had hoot n tom!) in- man's rugSecl face. and lie • , red ,.:.- stead of an inn it could act have tier his bushy brows at t :o• :. been more silent. "'flint's my name," I • I, The time was going en, and tho "nod you—? You are 1!i atutiou WAS 50100 distance. As he gentlemen I enw at 1(ir. 1':. gee. stood there itf the quiet sleet the "1 tui)," said (grit "'1'ii..- i • n temptation to give up 1119 journey to strata -o meeting,*. Mr. furlong' Tete Brittany, give up everything, and re- is the last place in the to ••'.1 I male to :'.ear tip the trouble with should have expected to oe. et a i^ ' • Norah, assailed him strongly; hut "The place isn't half ! ,1 i," r. - ha resisted it with all his mental ed Furloq„ ginn:•inl; r , •"`:1 , . force. To turn back now that he had ''1'vo s.en worse, (111(1 I •\ t• . r .•.t i e:. - got : -got his hand to the plots. and the' Ler." first furrow cut, would be almost un- "But -but, if it, Isn't. a retie (leo, manly. Norah herself would be the tion, %;hat. ore you dole ; down he. first to regret it, if she did not oven asked Cyril, hurriedly glanri:mg at 1::; reproach hie.: and as for '.lack Wim watch. ley -well, Cyril could a'most Lear "I was trying to get a little his cynical voice girding at him for sleep," replied Furlong. es coolly : s throwing away' the first chance of if it were qu11.0 tiro usual thing (-11 winning fume and fortune. pass the nig:)t in the of -en nir. lie knocked again presently, as the ''Not a vers comfortable bed, I'u1 clock chimed out the half hour, he resolved to leave his things in Mrs. Brown's care. Ito would writo to her from London. After all, he could procure his artistic tools and some clothes when ho got to to:.n. IC would Le rather u%•rkt:ard traveling in dress clothes, I,ut he had an over- coat, and ho could keep it buttoned over his coat and gleaming shirt 1 front. 'Phare ons only just 1 line fur him to catch the train, and even if. 1:o succeeded in waking Mrs. Brown, somo time must elapse before she could get 'fess,'. Yes, it would be much better to leave his things and catch the train. Relay was always dangerous -in his state cf mind, ex- ceedingly so. Ito buttoned up his cont, and with n last glance) at the windows of The Chequers, %cut quickly down the street. Events were shaping their course us they have n habit of doing, end in leaving Snntleigh without seeing 'Mrs. ]crown, or any person who could tes- tify to his presence there One morn- ing. Cyril was but blindly f .nlott•ing tho distotea of Fate. The et (Mon wag to the left (f Snntk•i: h Pork, 811(1 (gill h ft. the rood and struck into a bypath. As he did so he heard the voices of the. village folk corning toward Santleigh, but. be dict not stop, and went on hie wny as quickly as pc•seialc. The night was glootny-the gloom that precedes lite dean -811d .(grit :t mood fully harmonized with it. Every yard ho out between hien and e;, r- Icih;h Court scorned to lengthen :r' ominously, and his s• it:t , t• f ! u.•r he saw u man half -lying, hall -sitting against a stile. Cyril had almost stumbled over him and started hack, (t eing hint almost angrily. It is unpleasant to be startled, 'I'hc man seemed to be asleep, but as Cyril was Hesitating nhether to .wake hint or not, he <lecit'exl the question by slowly rising, 1111(1 shak- ing himself "ere much us a New- foundland (log shakes hitt:soli when (trousal from a short nap. "Wile, my good fellow, I nearly lumen() over you!•• "Intl you?" snid the than quietly. "I reckon that could have been as bad for leo ns for you." Cyril started. Ilo had heard the voice. before somewhere, but he could no{ recollect for the mordent n here. "Do I know you, u,y friene?" Lc asked, peering at him. "It isn't likely, sir," ho said, in - u light about you?" Cyril took out his neetchhox 11111 struck tt light, n►id as it burned op he tittered an exclaim—ate— of sur- prise. ur- 1 )1• Ise. "Why, :t' Furlong isn't it?" :•e y, y or said. A look pf surprise came o•. cr 11;•. afraid." "I've hod better. c.nd .W (4%1;4" tc- turned Parton•;, ns hc•iure. "Do you know any ono down here'?" he asked. • "I see you're rather curious to know %sant I:rr:ight me in these out- of-the-way parts, sir," ho said. "Well, I a111, I confess," asscn:etl Cyril. "And 1'nt itange(1 if I could tell you," said 1- urloug with a short, gruff laugh. "Tho fact. is Lontlun and I don't ttgrc8 together for long, sir. It's well trough for a (own-brc.I mean, but I've been a wande'er all my life, •tad after I've been shut up in one of your great. cities for a week or two I -well, I just begin to suf- focate." "I know the feeling." said Cyril. "Look here, I've got to catch the nxirket train, and my time's; short; perhups you won't "mind Seeping me company for a half a toile; that is. uule:•n you'd ruttier go to bed again." "No, I can put my snooze o,T," sr,id Furlong. "And so you have tramped down hero for change of air?" "Ves, and change of thou; ht1!; more (f tho latter than the former, 'Mr. llurne. it's difficult for a man to leave off thinking in a bi;, city, and I'm not so fend of my thoughta as to t•. net 'cm always with rime." 1'.: i1 remembered JO::k 11'es1ey's 1 :•'-.•'•tireseel hint nn t0 the mail's -le:;t •., and glanced at 111111 • 11 t <'. h, t made you cloo:a Sant- .:• cel. 1111(1 lower as he ecru ori t' e sett t .:. ' • 1 - t r .: t S to name of this place', 1 There %yore no vuiecee t,1 I,,• i .•ard l didn't I.;..,•..." now, and tete stillness of the e, ird "The %,C;:i;o. lies the other 1.ido '•f hour was only broken by the .,r 1the part.." screech of a earncrake. Ile seeleal ! "And the 1.1g hoose--V.lint 11 Hail?" so utterly alone and solitary in the "Snntleigh Court• ore cf Lard Ar- ; stillness t hat it was n it It a start ' r.- e. - . e'n country seats," repllerl and air exclamation of scrstrise that t . '. ::utl he stifled a sigh, for with l::•• I..:, 'I.8 drop. ' t •• 1 antion of the mule back tante • Cyr ii picked it up for tier, and She' - g.o :ht•usrht of Nornh. 1 t(.ok 1t and thnnl,ctf ! 1:0, but In her "ah! 11'cll, 1 dichl't ehooFo it In cforls to gel out 1 ea money let the coW :,.C..1 patticsdnr; all pinccs are n111e to ttme basket tiro{t. v tl t h 1 L f 0r11 good nature .ria al tn0s t. Fine Fig ash The fanner manufactures bccf, pork, milk, etc., and he must properly handle his live stock machinery to get the greatest and best finished production. Juct as 1:e is careful to put oil en his harvcs:cr bearinti,s, ra should he he as careful to keep his live stoat machinery in good working condi- ticn. e. An enlmal whole digestive ma- chinery i.; heavily loaded needs more oil than c:: ` that isn't. Focd is the oil to east the load on your animal's c:i;,estive machinery, he - C. U::e it i:::rcasee the digestive tivid. owing to the food being made " tasty." it also snakes the feeder bristle with activity and vitality, msktr,g the l,luod circulate better, thereby ell:trtbuting the fleck more evenly rr• he .:?c:•d c info t over the br . it f C l paunchtallow :c' r , r retina. for - p It makes the 11ir! • �. 1 c at r,ef and glossy, giv:''•: i�.'.:"it:1:• .'`-Imus" that fetches f. .. :. tJ per hundred niorc to._:m f.-omt c:Linary feeding. Contains no'thinv ins::ricu and can stop feeding it without harmful erects. Your money cheerfully refunded by the dealer if you arc not satis- fied after feeding it. Sarre for all Clydesdale Preparation:. CIyleeeete Caitonee An:be is rill tate Tour stable clean Tre HERCULES POULTRY F000 CLvnz0.%i.a Srece. Fool, Co. Limited, s Temente, Out. Yr. "Thank you, sir. I dire soy I shall ho hack: befo:e Mr. Le.ley nils.. tie." There was silence between thein for a while, but Cyril every now end, Ives one 0f them., In 1he silent sone then found his coulpnnu•n tlilncin;: rude of his gloomy cottage he had at hila covertly; end Ile swilled to ' Ppent many an hour. since Norah's himself, as Ito thoug;:t that if Mr. arrival 'at the Court, in trying to I'urlot:g was (t bad character, hots find sumo mentis of Featuring her; but e sily en enol' (teal limn, Cyril, a to -day there had actually been no blow and ruse him of his watch and need for scheming. Everything had chain. played into his hands: eren Cyril But thin idea did not alarm hint, himself, although unconsciously. aHe had (oared that when Cyril distrust he could not get up any dotinitc arrived he wont' seek out Norah and distrait of that gentleman. "I'ou''o traveling by an early train," said Furlong. Then he settled himself 111 his cor- ner, and once more gave himself up to thinking of Norah. ClLAJ'TI:lt XXI. Guildford Derain had rctuained un- til nearly all the guests had gone; and niter Norah had vanished he had, so to sp(•ak, transferred his at- tention to Ludy Ferndale, tweet -nig about her and rendering her little services in his peculiarly unobtrusive fashion, 80 that Lady Ferndale felt almost remorseful for her poor opin- ion of hint. Indeed, when at last lio camo up, hat in li:umd, to take his furewell, +a,t• smiled upon him moro graciously than she had over clone before. "You have been very laud, Mr. Berton," she said. "1 don't know how to thank you enough for taking 50 much trouble," Ilut even as sho.spoke she caught herself asking montane what it. was in Mr. Berton's (lark, handsome face which jarred upon her. "1 have taken no trouble, La:1•y Ferndale, but have Just enjoyed with the rest what has induce! been a de- lightful time. 1 only !soot that you aro not quite worn ou: with all your exertions. It is a pity that you could not have retired with Lady Norah, but that would have been impussiole, I suppose? I trust Lady Norah will have recovered from her fatigue tomorrow.," "Oh, 1 hope so," responded Lady Ferndale, and she looked at hint keenly, for there was something in the tone in which ho spoke >' orah's name which caught her latlys!lip's aceto ears. "So that in it," she murmured, ns the watched him walk ofT in his leis- urely, i►npaasivo "manner. "Yes, he has been pitying court to her rill day. :,. Poor o r twin I wonder how •Y u h:, won( 1 ! ire! if he •w l.nt how mucic Norah dislikes hitt!" Whatey+r his feelings might hate been under such knowledge, Mr. Guildford Merton was in the best of humors with himself as he sauntercl out into the coos, early morning air; and as bo carefully chose a (.1)14111' from Iris case and cut it, a smile ( f sat iefaction Pitted over his d: -re face. I•X'ery .nen in tho gnine of life has occaaioral innings, and Guildford Porton had enjoyed scene pretty suc- (essful innings that. clay. Indeed, as Lo went over it a'1 as he walked niong, lio wr,s conscious of a fe.Jing of surprise at the good fortune which DELICIOUS IN THE CUP CEYLON TEA Is equalled by no other tea on sato for quality anj flavor. Lead packets only. Black, '-.J or Green. 40C, Soo, and bac. per Ib. At all limners. Highest award, St. Louis, Igoe, ++♦+++++++++-4+-+++++♦+4 l:nate Ca; owner wants tho horse ♦ i4. properly .find. On the other hand if they know the owner likes to see 4. the sole pared away, the frog hall ►1 u ♦ amputated fated and the bars split ip + twain, he will rtgeet rho wishes ex- + pressed and so his money. 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- +4+44-44++44+444+4+44++ - + ♦ ♦ ++++44++++++++++4+♦4 + SHOEING HORSES IN H'INTL•:a. A couple of 'tours spent in a blacksmith's shop about the time it freezes up in winter can often bo put to very good use by tho owner of horses. The writer recently "ado such a visit just as n drafter weigh- ing in moderato fart" flesh 1,720 pounds was taken to be shod. A genling weighing perhaps 1,100 pounds was just ahead of him 1n arriving and as a consequence was entitled to prior attention. The owner of the little gelding asked the smith to shoo and left it to "go down town" r. ) n tc n for something or other. ti The smith's assistant took off the shoes, an* parcel 1110 feet till they were deeply concave, cut down the frogs, cut through the bars and utado some erudite remarks about, -'opening heck;" and so forth. By and by the shoes were made some- v. ome v.!•at. smaller than the feet, hanm- n.rred on, 1110 nails clinched and the hoofs rasped oil to meet the shoe. When the drafter's turn came no such pranks were played. The shoos were taken ofT, a rag or two snipped oft the big healthy frogs, the soles were left entirely alone and rho wails were rasped level and that was all that was done to his feet. About the Farm Tied attended him. Tho shoes were beaten •1p as re- tie locant winning Lady Norah, by quircd and replaced, exactly fitting fair means a possible, by foul if foul the rim of the wall and resting on were necessary; and as to scruples- tho heel just where nature intended well, no such word as "scruple:;" they should rest. When the shoes wile in his lexicon were again nailed on there was no Some natures delight In plotting horn to be rasped off outside thein rind scheming, and Guildford Merton's and as soon as the nails were clinch- ed in good shape the job was done, save that the smith nulled to run the rasp around the hoer Just above the shote POI. THE SAKE OF NEATNESS. Both horses were led nut of the shop at the same time, the little chap with his concaved feet stepping gingerly and the big ono with Iii.; strong soles tra►nping off as if it whether •ed which►, trivfnl in thcrosolces, he trod on stone or soft road. "Yes," said Cyril, with n sigh, had kept theta apnit, and then had There is nothing new about this "I nen going to leave Englund; for Inc°the scene I:etwren Cyril and matter of slashing the equine foul monopollre her; but events had ma mod. no difference to ham t0 h. come time, I'm afraid." "Yes, sit? On pleasure, 1 hope?" "No; business,"said Cyril. "'1'hnt's i,hcasurc so:r:etirnes," re- marked Mr. furlong, philosophicolly. e�ca , , all to pieces, but it recurs with smell It ' d'' i .ford Berton could have regularity ench winter that it is "staged" it percorally lie could not worth speaking about.. Every one have clone so to greater mivantab0 knows that the nearer Cho outsi•Ie to himself. Not only to Norah, but to any ane, the placing of tl.n `.m MI( Cr two uoro 0f neo tors.8 They were nearing the station lights rinr, en B(vca'e f!n;er by Cyril .would foot. All fall when the ground is 1111' he stopped 11s 1.t: spoke. have loo':at like love-making,and iiiore or less soft, at least by eotn- "Going lmck?" sais! ('yi.a. "!fell, : pnrison; scorn men hal their horses thank you fur your company; 1 wish Guildford Berton looked up nt the you an enjoyable holiday " "'Thank yo's, sit'," said Fut•Iong; "111.(1 YOU W. 1. 1 i 11!.1011 t.0 any ono that you cll. n 1 to inset me?„ r t o one," said Cyril, •;!, . od-cis,ht; or, ratio 1 , stars with an almost ilevout than'•:- go without taking them to the :shop. fulness that his luck hod prompt •.1 • As result the sole gets goad and him at. that moment to ask Norah thick and in lino with nature's cf- to come into the n1(•. 'I'o her it j forts to provide a strong resistance must have Fcenvil as it Cyril wo•r.' to frozen ground, ice and hard carrying on at ]wast a flirtation with lumps of n11 sorts. Immediately, Mann end Guildford Berton knew i however, that the ground does get. I Cetei hurried on how Norah would regard such a pro- hard and the ice appears and there r., hare, h. ccedin;', is dire need for all the protection I �: tee Man "I farcy that. you have put a possible, these men want to have •a walk- spoke in yew own wheel, Mr. Marne" the sole thinned down to nothing and he muttered, %%lilt n sinister smile.�nlmost, the frog cut away and the lin• "That little scene with Bocce whit spreading bnrs hacked in twain. No t 1•, t• a et at ion the; require n great deal of ees timation."wonder that many a farm horse goes m... 111. Tear,. were But still 811 explanation n1ielit 1)e; dtck.•r;v when he comes out of the tea . r two persons in the el:tt(0rue. of:ered and accepted, and he knit his' shop and styli:ee (ho rough road. 111 m wits din'ly li;;htesl-u farcm•1 1.1o"'s tryi':s, to se•hetne some way'llow' car. he help It'? Barring the u, and two or three tvnmen : 1''":e.1i�.'�'it. Ile did not rknow-,frog not much more than half an n thn nu•rket totvu, 1111' yaw • . 1 Cyril was leaving Sant inch of horn between the sensitive e:nphnthalit•. I.; 1 . :! early train, and might part of the font and the ground I was making ha wry to the hi : t i• r noniks, or Gulldfor,l contracting surface of Gm sole. Cut ng of .(n, 001)•11 0110 of (gin no- l:erto): r ; :. • s tented have risen away one-half of lhls and so little 1vLo was carr; big 8 couple of • : `II 1 :.1.11.• is left to protect the ultra :sensitive • v and a hos':c! • itn(I was nil h In w :•a little angary, loo, edictal parts of the foot, on whose very 1.10.• the dirket hole, lot one of hi position with Peccn. minute bearing surface the great Tosca clever "ten have their weak weight of the animal must rest a �.a t ‘TIS mankind would have to invent milk. Milk is Na- ture's emulsion--L•.:tLer put in shape for diges- tion. Cod liver oil is ex- tremely nourishing, but It has to be emulsified before Ivo can digest it. Scott's Emulsion combines the best oil with the valuable hypo - phosphites so that it is easy to digest and does far more good than the j oil alone could. That makes Scott's Emulsion the most strengthening, nouri3hing food - medi- cine in the world. Send for frco sample. CCOTT k 13OWNE, Chemists )' Toron!o, Ont. GOO. and a' 1.00. All t:ruggi:to SO i8 t ore ora pen ,y o grccn ( • ' rr •e t • folds and fresh nir," slid Furlong. the front, let the circumotunees of "Sornewhere 1 can breathe, and con the condition of his mina be what lose the feeling lint the houses are they "might.. droning together and coming on top "Let rime get your ticke' for you. of ate." Where ore t-ou going?" "(.Ii, thank you, sir. To London, please. A stnelo." "Two thirds single, 'please," he said. 'I'I:o booking office clerk gave him one. "Two," old Cyril. "Volt sold one," remnrked the clerk with a sullen yawn. "i said two, but it (doesn't mat - tor. 1 want two, onywny." The man thing the other ticket down in 'he courteous !tenser for which the station agent is no lastly famous, and Cyril looked round for the women. Ifo Grund her jtal outside the boot: - ins; ofl.co door. gave her the ticket, and helper) her and her bundles into a carriage. 11'hen ho followed her he sow that she was a young woman of the hum- ble but respectable clnss, end AT 11e Put the bundle on the rack for her he noticed on 0111' of them n direction label, "Nova Scotia, by the ship Penelope." "You linen a long journey hefoev you, T se('," lie snid. es, sir,'' she responded. "1'm going out to join my sister in ('on - rola. She's in service there• awl have got o 140od place for me " "1'nt glad to hear flint," he said in the frank pleasant. wny. Well. 1 hole you will have 8 good time." "I understand." Snit (grit. "And rimy fri'r,d, Mr. Wesley, sloes lie ktt`ow tint you have lien 'from the house:?" "Yes," replied furlong. "i toll hint 1 wr.s going to take n few days' holiday, but 1 didn't say in whet direction f was going; 1 didn't very wel. know myself, yell see. Per- haps, sir" -he he'ftnttel for tt two- tnent "perhaps, if If doiu',, t ninke any differencet.o yon, you won't mention that you'vemet me?" "('ertninie not, if you don't wle!t "You're wondering why 1 should ask you, sir?" snid Furlong. "Well, it sec^ta rather r.trenge," said Cyril. "I don't see why yo'r should c re to hether Mr W(sley kitting or dues not know that 1 lin' a met. you." Furlong (lid not respond for n while, and ('vril tett, rather than saw, him looking at hint !ids0ys front under his bushy brows; then he said: "Strange? Yes, 1 dere say: but I've got rimy reasons. Fir, and they are not altogether whlnisicn) ones. If you insist upon rimy telling you— "Oh, come, I haven't the least wish to pry into your private nf- fake. if von have gond reasons for keepine your movements secret, Ihnt should he seflirient ler both of 00; it Is ter r^. at u►:y rater' moments, 1111' in one of these neat good share of the time. that sore- tnoments Guildford ilertotl hnd al- nese Ts the inevitable result, fit least lowed himself to ho smitten 1•v Ilecen until rho horn grows again to 00 South's black eyes. Ile had begun extent sufficient 1 , interpose a pro - by meeting her secretly and flirting shield against the inequalities of wit!) Lor. and almost insensibly h•s the ground. had (rifted into promising to marry her. AT TiiIS TiME OF YEAR, She was pretty and fresh; her half when horses must be shod, all that wild, defiant .tnnnner had taken his is neceled in the case of a healthy fancy; but seine time Infero Norah tont is to rasp etc the wall to its had nppt0►n d on tl:o scent ho had proper dimensions and let the foot grown tired of Boren, and now she threatened 10 he very mach in his go at that, leaving the sole ase thick troy, notwithstanding that she had been unintentionally of such use to hirn to -night. As he nr,l!:rid cl'ng ho tried to think whet Le steed(' do with her. licccn was not envy to get rid of. ile ml_;ht, if he had Pct about it earlier, hnve procured her a good situation in Lendnn, but Norah had. by taking hetes into her service, all unconsciously destroyed his chance of getting rid of her in that. way. Aa to marrying 1:er! 1fe smiled snrdowirnlly tit thn thought. The j. r.,on he meant to marry ons Lady Nornh, not Mecca South. the ing their horses' feet mnitrrnted. It village r:irl who had served 10 amuse is not right, of course, to let the as may be and the frog as big and strong and elastic ns Nature makes it. '1'o ruthlessly slush ittwity the outside horny covering and let the soft semi -fatty tisstce of the frog come in contact with the ground is barbarous and must handicap the horse in travelling until the frog shall have again grown n protecting covering for the more tender ports of the great euehion which has been placed in the centre of his foot to Wet up the jar and keep hie legs 1nand. It is positively wonderful niter farmers will insist in thus hay - him nod -.0 tale away a dull hour or two. (To be Continued.) Bishop Gnotlmnn (impressively) - "Only think. children! in Africa there are 10,000,000 square miles of territory without a single Sunday - school where little hnvs ntra girls con spend their Sundays Now, what should We all try and envie up ornr money and do?" ('Inas (In ecstatic union)-"Uo to Africa" torsi of the feet grow too long, but it is biter to err on this Aide than to have them filed off to fit et shoe that is too small. Most horses work better with plenty of foot than with their toes tno short. Com - iteratively there is such a assail bearing surface in the foot to carry the weight of the horse that the 1e!8 cutting there is done the better. A good big foot is a gond thing on any horse. A good thick sole 1111(1 gig healthy frog are indispensable. Skilled snmithe will not, essay to to slash the foot to pieces it they 1•'AIt11i NOTES.1 The average cow gets far more ex• ercise during the season of pasture and much more exposure during the season of stabling than is necessary to either her health, her comfort to her profit to her owner. No business is a success unless it Is thoroughly understood and at- tended to. The fanner who s.at'ts out with the idea that fanning re- quires no still, or that the farm will run itself, will very soon find out his mistake. There is no business that requires more tact, common sense and good judgment than farm- ing. Commercial fertilizers should be applied earl in spring. An extra P Y half ton of. hay per acre was re- ceived for several year's on the same land, as the result of the applica- tion of only 100 pounds of standard superphosphate, but the fields, or, at least, the grass, were in gond condition to begin with, not halt runout. As hay is such an import- ant crop on most farms, we should study to do ell we can to keep up and hicrease the yield each year by all the means within our power. Milk as a food, when combined with other feeds, has a very Much larger feeding value than when fed by itself. It also increases the value of the other feed. Just how this is, the scientists have not .yet worked nut. 'Thus an experiment was made in feeding 100 pounds of skirt milk to pigs weighing about 125 pounds. That skint milk when fed alone, made five pounds of pork. Then 100 pounds of corn was Lid alone, and that made ten pounds ol pork. ilut when the two were foil together the •oxperimcmters wcro surps'ised to find that they made eighteen pounds of pork, or these plands snore than could be ex- } iucd. LIVE STOCK NOTES. For the last five years a promire cat horseman has chopped the coarse fodders, using a rat ion ol equal parts of hay rod straw, and 'this practice has been found the most nrolitubl Mature dry cows and those NO near dry that their milk is not pay iug for their feed can be put on maintenance rations, i. e., enough feed to keep the animal in good health and enable it to maintain its present weight. • (.live a young chick plenty of sun- shine, plenty of young gross 1111(1 clover, plenty of clean water and . grit, and plenty of dry broken grains and seeds, and it will grow like n weed. It will grow two or three tunes as Gast as the winter -hatched chic•hcen, and is more than (sate ns gond to eat. A gc.o:1 dairy cow requires a large (molnit of food. This food has to he digested and assimilated. Tho digestion of food ms•ans time !ihera- tion et a certain amount of heat that must be thrown off from thio body. if tho temperature of the stable 0 too high time removal of this Invent is comparatively slow rn l consequently digestion and assimila- tion correspondingly checked. Cows to yield the greatest profit should bo fed all rho food they can make use of (eonomically, and for that reason the stable should not be warmer than necessary to make the animal comfortable. RiPENiNG CREAM. No part of the buttermaking 1s of more importance than the ripening of time cream. in winter it is fre- quently ryquently ellended twith considerablo difficulty, as few fnrtnhous('s aro provided with conveniences for main- taining even temperature. Where there are several fresh cows in the herd cream ripens better, with less danger of introducing harmful bacterin, Fresh buttermilk in such cnees triunity ft.rnishes a stnrte: suf- ficient for all practical purposes. Savo out n couple of quarts each time and stir this thoroughly through the creat" twenty-four hours before churning. SALTING CHEESE. 000(1 dairy salt, not too fine, should be added at the rate of 1wc to three pounds of saltto the cure obtaitud from 1000 pounds of milk. Great care should be exerci't'd to securing the very best salt. other- wise the highest grade of cheese crate not be secured. NO 11')Nr;l:rt, '"1 here is Charlie ]!lower, the cow net. player?" "Studying nbrrsorl.'' "Who advised him to go so far L btu(1y')„ "A11 of hie neighbors.'s LUCKY'111 I :Y' R E NOT. If all men were judged by thet neighbors hefjails wouldn't bold tie push, •