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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-05-24, Page 64iltit);i4taitAtitnif gi+Vtiekre+titieKi+.0+A-+Ki+ KW:(4i:E.+Aitt0,+:04.afg(+30€0:tft)if+Xf-fAitteifil4ttE+XE-014- . • CHAPTER X'S '1,etas enough to give a man a ,fleeting suspieion' that`he had a mild. touch ef delirium tremens, for Larry was no °beauty, and his singularlyrnoulded head reininded one irresistibly Of an ape's It was a holdup, pure and siniple. The boolcing clerk loses much of his swagger and importance when off duty. This partytpreved to be docile enough., at any. rate, and realizing that those who bad thus swooped down upon him must •have eel= very ° good reason foe this anxiety, he set about answering' tneir questions as well. as his knowledge of the facts wouldaellow. With. two eagerly at worlth parriping tietm he had soon related all he knew. , It was not a great deal, after all, - Several facts were brought out, but they were really no nearer an, explana- tion than before, since the mystery re- mained just aselark ae evert . Larry knew itnmediate action was the order of the hour; if harm had descend- ed upon Avis they coulj not reach her side any too rapidly. He asked his questions with this idea, in vie*, seeking 'to lay hold of enough clues to follow •the case out. In this peculiar affair his genius shone forth so remarkably that it could not be mistaken, md Lord Beckett, recognizing it, was quite content for the time being V) play second fiddle, *believing that his he* would come when other qualities weretessential. . . Larry's judgment was quick and keen; he 'dicl not stop to simply reason mat- ters to their legitimate conclusion, but jumped there' with an abounding faith regarding the truth of his hatard that was niOre than halt,the battle. , Not a single' thing came out in, this cross-questioning of the hotel man that contradicted the conclusion to which he had jumped at the start. This was to the effect that Petoskey.; the Russian sohemer,, was at the bot- tomof the whole game: Lord Hackett was 'hardly the man to show signs of alarm when there existed no reason for such a eondition of affairs, and knowing this fact, Larry felt certain a new twist had been given to the con- opiracy—that the coming of this yellow' hotel servant had brought additional cause of anxiety. There flashed through his mind what he had just been saying at thettime Abe fellow hove in sight; and the argument he had boort pressing upon the attention, -of his new and valued That Count Petoskey was in the deal to a large extent he eaw no reason to doubt. • "Courage 1 Face the music, my boy, and don't forget you are all she has to lean upon now that she's a widow," was the way he buoyed up his'spirits as .Plympton drew neat. e Thus in a measure he linolded on his armor and girded himself, for the fray. There is a deal of common •sense in thus preparing for bad news.- When Lord Rackett came un, the frown upon 11.is usually genial facewas so strongly defined that it would have frightened the average pagan into spasms. He was shaking his head doubtfully. "The deuce take it; your croalting about that sly Russian must have affected me, 'ney dear boy, for,I Seem to see a fully armed Zulu crouching' nehin.d every in- nocent busk; even the most common- place incident begins to loom up in the mostdalarming manner; and if I am so fortunate as to get any sleep to night t surely there will be phantoms to wrestle with, every one of them having a bristly gray, spliced mustachee—euch as the count wears," was the dolorous wail to which. he gave vent as he reached Laxity, • . "You have reasons for reproadhing me—you haye heard sernething that arouses your fearin spite of your de- sire to laugh them off e" "Ah, Larry, to the happy role of 'phil- osopher you add the1 of a seer, a pro- pb.et, to whom all •thoughts are an open book. I 'confess to the Soft impeach- ment. What that yellow garcon told me eves me concern." „ "About Avie?" . • "No one,else." "Well,- let me • share your uneasiness. .Two heads may be better than one; if' Vitseisrtg trailf tiaUte to be solved." tAGood 1 This, then, Is how the case stands. The heathen Chinee went up and knocked seven distinct times upon the door of her rcienn hefdrentrying to see if it was locked, and upon discover- ing it to be feat he came below to re- port at the desk. . "Then the gentleman in charge, re- membering he had 'come on duty just before I made inquiries, began to hustle about. He now • sends word that upon hunting up the other booking clerk wham he relieved he learned that Mrs, Evans is not in the house at present." . - Larry gritted his ' teeth and etifled a groan. • "Just what I, anticipated—my worst fears are on the eoint of coming to pass," and half under his breath the little man uttered a most' ferocious threat as to how he Would handle the Russian bear if the latter had a finger ;n this pie. Could Count Petoskey have heard the threathe must have dropped down on his marrow bones instanter, to plead for mercy, such was the terrifying aspect of the epealcer. • "It may be all right," began milord. "But it, isn'ts-e' the hand of the plotter is seen bacic ,of it. Think for, a minute, what would take Avis out after dark in such a city as this. andknowing as she does filet the enemies of her husband. are on. the alert, Its a put-up job, depend on that, and ir settles Petoskey'sghash when 1 land on hint" . Had the affair been lest; serfous Plympton, might have been inclined to smile at the idea of This little featherweight, throwing hie eats:tor into th.e ring in deflence of sueh an antagonist as the e big Russian ; but perbape he ,11,44... 'tletertnett t1iiouh eitfteitlithee •noi to des- pise the day of small things, for even a hornet, may be able to enforce respect. t "I have an idea, my dear boy," "Then let us have it, for Hendon's sake, since just at • this minute that seems to be the very stock of which I am decidedly short." • "The only.. place wet might sequre in- formation is with the man, Who knows --- the booking clerk Who is off duty." LarrY nodded; he was endeavoring to whip•his faculties into line, se thee, when the time came he might make proper Use of such gifts as .nature had gener- ously bestowed upon him. ' At teat, he was quick to recognize the worth of tho suggestion' advanced be this comrade, and ready to second whatever he preposed. , • "Then let us look that man up with - put a moment'e delay, and find out ,What he has to say about this singular matter," continued the Englishman, resolutely. • Larry waved Inc hand, the gesture, &emitted that he Was quite satisfied With the pointed suggestion, end de- sired Lord Beckett to lead the assault On the den of the boOkine clerk. ' A pointer at the (leek told them where to go, and preeently they were knocking at a doer, beyond which an irritable voice bade the disturbers of his reet to enter. Utz they ewooped down upon the weety knight of the pen and the dia- thoni 8111d-stud, whi wee a fair eample Of, hie eines OA found widen every can on ,earth. Ile new, there coining, and etarted up with genie little asionittlitnent anti on eern, his eiltinitift gime glenrinie from th* rosy countenence of miler(' to the peeritter phtz of Kennedy, which, in its HU, when wowed tato a savage frown CHAPTER XI. Having 'strengthened their belief through this interview with the clerk, Larry and his big friend were at the parting of the ways, „where Plans and consultations •Intist give place to action. The little man was fully aroused. He strengthened his resolution by en- deavoring toimagine what a hurricane Dr. Jack would prone could the have been present to Lake tup the business. They were not foolish enough to be- lieve such an affair, could be undertaken without more or less danger. Hence it became a matter of some moment with them that they should go armed, since no then could say what resistance might be met during' their adventure. • , • For one, Larry had had bitter. 'exper- ience with Chinese mobse and believed an enraged Celestial almost as danger- ous as a Malay "running amuck" with his murderous kriss. . • A quick inventory taken on the spot 'disclosed the fact ° that both were fairly well supplied with weapons. When Larry renee'mbered the shrieking mob that awoke the echoes in the styeet before Kai Wang's domicile, he 'was secretly -of the, opinion that should they be unfortunate .enough to encounter such a crowd in the coarse of their hunt, a fewGalling guns, more or less, would not •come in amiss. According to theclerk's narrative, Avis had left the hotel at Shannen just as -darkness' was settling over the great city. - A Chinaman had brought her a note. - Of cdurse it must be the old story, oner again --a °clever imitation perhaps of Larry's old chirography, begging her to come to him at once, that he had dist 'covered wonderful news concerning one in whom her deepest interests were cend tred. Such a trap could not fail of ,suc- cesa, with Avis ,occupying the condition of_ anxioustauspense Larry knew her •to be in. • What then 9 ,,,They,,,tretiett*find the •veldele in which she had gone away, and by bribes or threats induee the man to take them to the sarhe place. Here the clerk declared he could help them, since he had had curlositsi enough to notice particularly What happened after Mr;. Evans. left the hotel door. He accompanied them to the street, and no sooner reached that thorough- fare thari he uttered a cry of pleasure and pointed out a native cab driver as the party with whom Avis and the. coolie messenger had, gone. • Which Was quite enough for Larry, who, with the big Englishman at his heels, descended upon the felloiv very mud), asp a hurricane sweeps over the GOuthern seas. ' Thetfellow might have arranged a line of. °Alton ,if given time, but being talcen by stirprihe, he became flustrated. Perhaps he had reasons for remaining a sphimk; but, whateven these were, they did not hold good when cOnfronted with Iwo very determined foreigners who de - Mended On pain of inetant death in CaSe of refuetildthat he talce them' to where he had °left the lady. Whether fear or greed influenced Mini 1110 Man' readily agreed bo ' oblige them. A Chinese Seim would promise to take one to the infernal region:: with cheer- ful alacrity if aoked; and should he be given full lieenee In the matter the elianeee are he wOuld not tall ,far short Of yerething the etiburhe of Hader:, if emit atplacct exinte on earth. , 1, erry wile grimly pleatted, but, being cautione by natute, would not alloW himeelf to indtilge in too eariguine hop , telt they' he clowned to disap- pointment. Iie put little, trtt,t in the Chinese cher. ' rkerer, perliepe hentiuset Kai 'Wang Watt the only, tilAti Of that giiiid WM laid etStimtended hirtisillf to hie reepectful consieteratien; etttl hie eittedtttee wet' eteeltnn a net= that he hataneed accounte of maity,tlettnnuerats. It was very temeh the eamo Plympton, who entertained a feettu worn end contempt foe the nativee We Flowery rifora.gclo41. having had s experience during the Japanese that' appeared to•have utterly disgu Wm with the ettellttiee of the atiteesa soldiere. Alletareittly, then, it behooved Iehu walk a pretty straight line di,. fte. ho tit wifely his present °Mimi patron Lord littekett wee', probably batt eustomed to dealing „with this peou these of fellaws than Larry, 'anc1 hs ,t ties Were of , decided 'nature eel Might bring abmat saccess. It wits the old storkof reward or p iShment—he Wale alaundantly able bring about either," and there could n&, evasion—if the fellow did what was told, his pockets would later on erainined full of taels until he was rich as he had ever imegined while an opium dream; on the other hand, he swerve one jot from the truth a play themt false, the vengeance of gods and of English law would den° upon him long before the fall festi Kuanti came about.' 'Knowing the Chinese mind as well he did, Ittord Rackett was pretty con dent the felling would give them fai ful service so long as they could to him in hand; once he fell under Bassi Influence the game would be up. n Of course, they speedily plunged ht. the Chinese quarter, and Larry something of a chill pees throtigh h little figure as he speculated as to wh ther or not the vagaries of fortu would bring him once more in conta with the inflamed mob Mat shOuted f his blood. The prospect was., far froxn Still, a man can die but once, end he possessed true valor, he Aid. not b lieve. he could. e,htifile off this mnort coil In any better. cause than that gentlewoman; for the sake of his char ing cousin the brave Made warrior Stoo ready to meet any and all secrifices Which he might • be called. Plympton kept 'a bright lookout, an supplemented this , caution' with sundr dig's' in the -back of the evreteh,ed Jeb to whom he 'nattered. *rn-is in the or gilled Chinese. Perhaps • he desired. to constantl keep dangling before the fellow's Min the consequences dependent upon h action, and to. exhort him to carry ou nis prointses to the letter. Being quite familiar with all parts o Canton, Lord Raekett speedily realized where their course was apt to land theinIn all Chinese cities bordering upon a river, fully one-fourth. of the popula- tion livenupon the water—to them the stream furnishes both food and sepul, chre; the darkest of tragedies are con stantly taking ,place among thie fidettlig people, who hardly non. amenable to the • law that . governa those dwelling eshore. ' • _ • - Larry 1,141$ more, than a tittle Worried When his companion Announced that they were 'heading directly foe thietquar- ter. • • • • Awful -fanclee began to 'dart through tiliThrairegand he felt almost sick at the thenght, of 'suah. things ,happening to his sweet relativet • I3itterly he initeighed the Russian' schemer, who would net even allow..the taking of human life te stand in the way of bringing 'his' gigantic scheme to a . succeseful termination. • And Lord Rackett's blood seemed to boil in almost the same fashidn. How easily we forget; it had not been many years back when Larry's rightepus indignation was aroused against thiS same Plyrnpton because, forsooth, •tie had kidnapped Dr. Jack's wife in pretty much the same 'fashion. However; it was love that urged him upon such a mad, headlong course, and men can forgive metre easily when stieh ,a motive is the, cause rather than the desire for gain. •, Lord Rackett saw into these thing better than Larry, .and he found occa- sion to put the matter -before his .desn pondent companion in such a way asata arouse his hopes anew. , The precious papers were the supreme desire of the, Russian; he cared net the snap of his 'fingers for the lives of Dr; Jack and- his lovely wife if he could only lay' hands on the documents ,to they might be destroyed, and leave his company, backed by the power of the Dowager Empeess, the only one in tthe field. This being the case, the abductio& of Avis was mit Intended to work her personal injury, eince. such a thing, wouldeffectnally block his game, but to bring about ihe delivery Of the papers. Larry knew his cousin well, end .he declared. they might •despair of ever forcing her to give up the, last legacy left to her by a loving bushand. While Lord Beckett did not doubt in the least the truth of his words with re- lation to her indomitable spirit-and.he had occasion to remember it, though the recollection only brought a blush 9f shame to his cheeks—still he knew there were ways vvhereby even the most stab - born native may be conquered. "Depend upon it they will endeavor to reach her through her husband,"sald "flhihe t_ Iftreeleve—he le dead 1" gasped Larry; slow to grasp the point. "You have said so—you even believe so; but We Rick the most pesitive evi- dence. Besides, even if this he the trutti, and brave Dr. ;reek bete crossed the Styx with the grim boatman Charon, that little tact would never dismay such a height mind a8 this Count Petoekey. Why, he Would deliberately deceive Avis by deelaring they held her husband iti clittine-ethat if she handed the papers over he wmild be released, while it 01)0famed his blood mast be on her head." Larry droned. He saw the situation now arid re- alized, tnever before, what an awful lever an unserimulous Mind may make 'of divine love. "So you nee," concluded miler& grimly, "unlest; foree his hand, fide ecoundrel may be ,in a positio to call thI6,agrar.ale °c*o"uld .tlelt,r 'grind hie tient and more fervently ehttelt hie wennon, men- tally pealing' Heaven would be nery geod to them for the make of theWlitlf was In peril. - woinan 'Meanwhile Lord Raelceft maintained a careful \veldt upon, their muerte end kept up his einrimunicaffaa veltit the limn upon whom they were piecing so muds dependence, o of the vith g f °me' War sted to ped at ace Vtar QC- iich un- , to tee as didhe be in nd, the nd vat as 11- th- Id an. to elt is e- ne et or as al of d. to to u, is Ile believed that melt vtetttanee paid. Lamy was arroused intim the seeming lethargy luta whIch his runatnations and wortee had thrown him by tho sudden ,stopping of the old vehicle. "Here we aite," said Lord Raelteitt outplay, as he eoateht the open atr, rittcl when Larry followed at Ms heelhe found him In deep convennation, wlth UMW conductor. " (To be erentirmed). PURITY nuAS IlEALTII Tbaes why you should us() moNcsn potruitor cprir: For Nine Ittnedred Years It has Manu ^ facture(' Earthenware. For at least 900 years the town Ching techera In China, hue been: deveteci kit the making of pottery, Walter Clenntil, a British Consul, ,describes the place. He says' that everything Iri Chingtechen be- longs to the porcelain and earthenware industry. The houses are for the most part built of fragtnente of fireclay that were at one time part either of old kilns or of the fireclay covers in which the porcelain is stacked during firing. The river bank is for miles eovered with a deep stratum ot broken chinaware and ohips of fireclay; and the greater Part of the town and several square miles of the sourrouncling country are built over or composed of a similar deposit. . Chingtechen is- unlike enything else in China. Thetforme, the Color, the •ina, terials Used in the building, the at- mosphere are reminiseent of the -poorer parts of d civilized industrial centre. There are 104 large pottery •kilns in towns. The greater part are in use only for a short season in the sununer. Dur- ing this busy season the population of Chingteehen rises to about '400,000 souls, but Qf this 'total nearly'hall are laborers drawn from a wide area of countryewho come for the sawn, live in rows of barrack -like sheds, and not, bring their families with them. Visitors ' to Chingtechen pass along street after street where every shop is ()coupled by men, women and children all engaged in thet destgeinge_moulding, painting or distributing of. pottery. Battens' sheds, where the clay Is Mixed and moulded on the wheel, are innum- erable. The river bank isecrowded for three miles by junks either janding mat tetial and:fuel or shipping the finished precinct. — SENTEN,CE SERMONS. ' Many Mistake fluidity a mind for faiths You cannot help this world by hid- ing from it. You lift no one up by looking down your nose. • , When a erten is puffed up he is easlly blown away. • d Love's sacrifices are life's, most satis- fying luxuries. . The man with money to burn seldom gets 'up. any steam. . . The rambling preacher seldom hits the green pastures. , Heaven- is not far.'from 'him whe smiles in 'cloudy weather. People do not push Lahead by patting .themselves on the back. ' Even the Almighty cannot use people who are, born' petrified.. •• • Making •wealth common will not inhke the ideal commonwealth. Sin's crown is so constructed that it soon becomes Satan's collar. • The liar does not becomeea moral atid- lete by this mental gymnastics. ' It will take men and ',yeomen of iron will to bring in the golden age: As stem as a man is satisfied with himself the angels begin to be sorry for him. It's .a: poor kind of faith that never feels its need of ea father until it gets dark. It's the wabbly man who complains that the platform is not broad enough for him. e The man who' only: 'sees with half an eye always thinks. .the world is wait- ing for his views, When you see a man who puts all hietreligibn in a safety deposit you entry know he hasn't any. et,- IVIany a man casts his eyes up tohen- en that the world may forget that his! much'greater in the damp climate of hands are in its-pocrceas: Ontario than in therdrier climate of the ' A funeral Sermon may he a good ora- .upper Mississippi basin. But the danger tion, but 11 does not count for much as is sometimes present in the latter area as well as in the . former. 0. prophecy unless, history indorses it• You can fatten a dear sweet sister The danger israls9 greater where the into a saint on an amount of religions d'epe plants are netmetare and espeeiallY angel food that wouldn't suffice to keep when the leek- of triatarify is coristdir. a full grownmanfrom swearing. able. 'When sheep are turned :in to graze upon half-grown rape, the danger CEyLoN qtzpeN TEA instead of tile adnitero,ted feaa 0,,jaPari. Irttelurts only. 40o, iSCItt,arml etio,,per 160 At alt iraellfa, IIIGIIEST AWARD ST. LO1J1S MC D TRANSIT Is a question that appeals to all in these busy times. To the • Business Man, the Professional Man, or the Workingman — it is 'a question of vital importance. 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Manyvaluable sheep have thus been lest and in some instances cattle. •I'hey eat ravenously of the plant, cs they become' very fond of it, and where teken thus freely on an empty stomach, gas its generated to such an extent that soon the animal dies from suffocation if not promptly relieved. But with hors- es and swine no such danger is present, and probably for the reasonthat the stomach of these animals is not suffici- ently large to take the food in quanti- ties sufficient to produce the result re- ferred to. • The conditions that favor bloat, are, much- succalence in the rape, dampness on the plants from dew or rain, and deeding upon the rape, while the stom- ach is empty. I have **noticed that the tendency to produce bloats in rape is of loss is muchegreater than when the THE WRONG TIDE. repo is well,grown and has a large - amount of stalk. The danger is,consid- "mThere is a tide in the affairs of men erably greater when pie tape plants are which -taken at its flood -Meat on to "for- Wet. tune,'" quoted the moralizer. "True," When sheep and cattle are turned in rejoined the dqmoralizer, "but a 'lot of to graze on rape, the following cautt)11 men are left stranded htgh and dry should be observed... They should not every. year because they picked out the be allowed to go into the rape while wrong tide." hungry at any tinse. This is especia trae when the grazing first begins. The 0 Go{ g alig gfigtkn' i iiitillaienin alonsmtoseotililimeeersra7aeedfolegtiedaaniiscietioetahvf:e,nedimiel 1 Ul (here day and night. ' 4 Second method is to turn into the The season's first cold rape for a Meld time and then remove e anim Isth6rn in the e may be slight—may yield past,ure fno.r a leavin longegr season every darapy to early treatment, but the until they, have become accustomed to next cold will hang on longer.; . it will be, more troublesome .t0Q ' li '11 necessary to take chaiiCeS on that second one, Scott Emulsion, is a preventive as well as a cure. Take scoirs RHINO when colds abound ,and you'll hate no cold. Take it when the cold is contracted ' and it checks inflamma. tion, heals the membranes of tie throat and lungs and drives the cold out. } Send fop 're?, ompt& SCOTT & BOWNE0 Chemists 11 Throat* Ont. 016 001 $1 »Of AU Moat* Ilia rapeThis plan is safer for. cattle than the other, but under SOMO Condi- tlOns 11 may not be necessary, as when other food is growing along with the rape. RAPE IN MIXTURES. Wen rape IS sown he grain fields viong with the grain and., pastured in autumn, sometime after the grain has I eca rtenoved, the grass, and it may be weeds, aml other grain growing up s11 the field, furnish a variety of food along with the repe. BeCauee of this the clang- er from bloat is very netteli reduced. The same is true of rape, grown in mixtures. In some instance.; it ie sown (gong with cern, or sorghum or millet, to provide grazing, and vviien thus grown the hazard is reducM just in pre- pertion ae the other fode are present. If should be remembered. hovvever,that tinder some conditions the eleirient of hazard may till be present. even when the rape ,plante grow, among other food. Particularly is thie trete •In 8eponG When the food fe very sallied. A gratlis pasture at land 13 art exitel. lent aid to a rape pasture, even though the ,gratte elieuld have lest Much of its eucculenee. Title i. ept to ha the MV it tlai early autumn, Windt is the nee - eon when rape it; more commonly ready fee Wing turned in upon. venally ilo, Man is best, that turns sheep onto rape when It is welt grOWn: The rape provides more 'food when graz- ed down under t these conditions than when grazed earlier, and then ' again after it has grown up more , or less. It .is probable, however, that swine will do better on rape when, turned in some- what earlier. They prefer rape leaves green and. succulent. Sheep fatten bet - on rape' that has 'produced Mach of stem. But rape should not be grazed . bv any kind of stock when young, or the •'PlOinissomti anratsrilaYb%cimeLtr°fYedeCtio sheep and atilt) when grazing en rape, but ,ire other instances none is given The grain • fed In the early matting will likely*les- sen the, hazard from bloat, and it will • probably • pay • to feed it under some conditions, .but sheep will fatten nicely on well -grown rape under ordinary conditions without grain. Swine should have some additional grain food. - The owners of pedigreed sheep should be careful as to how they graze them upon rape. If loss should ocean it is heavy because - of the Value of the sheep. But they may be fed o11 rape cut and carted to them, without any hazard, ea the amount fed may be controlled. FACTS ABOUT. SPRAYING. The problem is to accomplish the 'Most thorough work at the smallest cost In - the shertest time. The factors are the nien doing, the work, the teams trans- porting the material tsand the tools to work with. Theitem of labor is placed first, becauee in a commercial orchard that item is far the largest cost and means should be taken to make labor most effective. " , • The work dictates ifs needs: First,. all Mixtures should be made quickly, easily and withthe least labor. The spray material Making then' needs water under uressure and means for deliver. ing the completed mixture by gravity, an elevated tank filled with water sup- ply, steam coils and draetttoft :valves,' a store room for materials, scales and supplies- convenient to the tank. Stich" a spray house I built at one end of my wagon died, providing an' oblong tank holding 450 gallons and divided into three equal compartments emelt having its own steam coil draw -off valve, says Mr. S. IL Derby. At the upper level of the mixing tank is . another platform on which stand a bine' ret containing a stock solution of blue- et storie, ohe pound to a -gallon, and a time slaking tank, and also a barrel in which to dilute the bluestone. Making bordeaux then is simply telt- Mg en many gallons stock bluestone and putting into diluting barrel' and low it to fill with waters., straining the needed' lime into tank compartment and allowing water to run in until it reacheet • . a certain mark; then (hemp the dilute bluestone over into the dilute lithe; then fer a moment using a large plunger to thoroughly mix, the Olsen is put in and also thoroughly mixed. When ready to use, simply drive' the spray wagon alongide, put a large braes strainer, 30 meehee to the inch, on the spray wagon tents, open a valve to dwhich is attached '‘ a 1%-ingh hose and draw into spray ; Wagon tank. n, wATErt cows, oviTHN. The best practice 13' to let coned get to the water as •often as they 'like. This le not always practicable in winter, but they ohoutd be watered at least twice a day. If tho water is warm, that is, heated 30' that the chill ie taken off, they will be glad to drink twice daily, evett 11) question as 10 th value of wheal during the coldest , of iTeather. Ther4 water for dairy CpWS. The, dnitnalt drink /wire, thet production of Milk it I not checked by the, entitled being eerie pelted to drinlaice water, and the rehire at the pail le inixelt itrbaftei than when , hc Ming of water 13 neglected. ' Tee teeny men *to vela into -del# don't men 8,9ellipt to trawl out* ' et_seeeaseesemeasieteeemseatialtheeie