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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
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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
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Farm
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PASTURING RAPE.
Rape furnishes [Inc"pasture for horses,
cattle, sheep and swine, also fowls,
writes Prof. Thomas Shaw. But some
-care is necessary, in grazing it down
with cattle or sheep, lesabloating should
result. 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* '
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