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Show Where did Charles Stuart go a Am Dunbar? asked Jane. He went northward to Perth. For a little while be held with Argyle and the Kirk, but the Covenanters drove him too hard. They told him he must purify his court from all ungodly followers, and so made him dismiss twenty-two English Cavaliers not godly that is, not Calvinistic enough. Then Charles, not willing to endure their pious tyranny, ran away to the Highlands behind Perth, and though he was caught and persuaded to return, he did so only on condition that his friends should be with him and fight for him. Why should the Scots object to that? asked Mrs. Swaffham. Because, answered Neville, these men were mostly Englishmen and Episcopalians; and the Whigs and Covenanters hated them as being too often reckless and wicked men, full of cavalier sauciness. In return, Charles Stuart hated the Whigs and Covenanters, made a mockery of them, and, It is said, did not disguise his amusement and satisfaction at the defeat of the godly army at Dunbar. And how did these godly men regard Cromwell? asked Matilda with undisguised scorn. They troubled us a little in the West, said Neville, and Cromwell marched the army to Glasgow, and on the next Sabbath day the preachers railed at him from every pulpit in that city. One of them met the Lord General on the street and attacked him with threats and evil prophesies. I would have shut bis lips with a blow, but Cromwell said to me, Let him alone; he is one fool, and you are another, and the very next day he made friends with this preacher, and I met them coming down the High street together in very sober and pleasant discourse. After beating these Whigs well at Hamilton, we went into and winter quarters at Edinburgh; Cromwell is now staying at Lord Morays house iiv the Canongate. He ought to have taken his rest in Holyrood Palace," said Jane. I am glad he did not, replied Tis enough to fight the living Stuart; why should he run into mortal danger by invading the home of that unlucky family? A man sleeps in his dwelling place and when he sleeps he is at the mercy of the dead. The good Not so, said Jane. man is at the mercy of God, and if he sleeps, his angel wattes and watches. I will lay me down in peace and take my rest; for it is thou, Lord, only, that makest me dwell in safety. Neville looked steadily at her as she spoke with such a glad confidence, and Janes face grew rosy under his gaze, while Nevilles smile widened slowly, until his whole countenance shone with pleasure. (To be continued.) THE LIONS WHELP A Story of Cromwell', Time Author of BY AMELIA E. BARR. The Bow of Or.n,o Ribbon- .- I. Thou and Tho Mold of Maiden Lone- .- Etc. (Copyrizht, 1001, by Dodd, Mead & Company. CHAPTER III. (Continued.) "I know who he la." "I never saw my father so distracted. And it is always give, give, George took away our last give. silver, and I am sure nearly all our money. Father has sent away all the but such as are necessary to work the land; four of them went back with George to the army. I have had to send Delia away only Anice and Audrey are left to care for ns, and father says they are more than he can afford. Dr. Verity has been here, said Jane, trying to change the subject. 'He thinks the war nearly over, Matilda." It is not. Even If King Charles were killed, there would then be King James to fight The war may last for a century. And if this is the world, I would I were out of it. Dear, shall I ever be happy again? Thus, in spite of all Janes efforts, they ever found themselves on dangerous or debatable ground. All topics were roads leading thither, and they finally abandoned every kind of tactic and spoke as their hearts prompted them. Then, though some hard things were said, many very kind things were also said, and Matilda rose to go home comforted and helped for, after all, the tongue is servant to the heart. As she was tying her hat, a maid called Mrs. Swaffham from the room, and Matilda lingered, waiting for her return. Heigh-ho!she said, why should we worry? Everything comes round in time to its proper place, and then It will be, as old Anice expects the books will find the eyes that fit them As she spoke Mrs. Swaffham hastily entered the room, and with her was Lord Cluny Neville. Both girls turned from the window and caught his eyes th. Oth.r On. -- All right, reserved.) awoke next morning, and he was ashamed of his apparent indolence and would scarce delay long enough to eat a hasty breakfast Then his horse was waiting, and he stood at the threshold. As he mounted, Mrs. Swaffham asked him if he went by York, and he answered, Yes, I know perfectly that road, and I must not miss my way, for I am a laggard already." That is right, she said. The way that is best to go i3 the way that best yon know. He did not hear the advice, for the moment his horse felt the foot In the stirrup he was off, and hard to hold with bit and bridle. When he was quite out of sight, they turned into the house with a sigh, and Mrs. Swaffham said, Now, I must have the house put in order. If I were you, Jane, I would go to de Wick this afternoon. Matilda is full of trouble. I cannot feel indifferent to her." So Jane wrent to her room and began to fold away the pretty things she had worn the previous night. And as she did so, her heart sat so lightly on its temporal perch that she was singing and did not know it. And she did not know that, at the very same moment, Cluny Neville was solacing the loneliness of his ride by the Hymn for Victory, given to its Hebraic fervor a melodious vigor of interpretation admirably emphasied by the Gregorian simplicity of the tune. " CHAPTER I Two Kinds of Humus. Professor E. F. Ladd, of the North Dakota Agricultural College, says: Of late we have heard a great deal about the necessity of humus in the soil. We have come to understand that humus is as essential in the North Dakota soils as in all othe soils if we would maintain their fertility. We have come to understand that humus is one of the great water holding constituents of the soil, that it is to the humus we owe many of the better physical qualities of the soil, and that it is from the humus tho nitrogenous matter of the plants is derived to be converted into nitrates to serve as plant food. There is one point, however, that has not been sufficiently emphasized. There are different kinds of humus, the same as there are different kinds of animal foods. Some forms of humus are worth a great deal more in the soil than others. We all recognize the fact that clover hay is vastly superior as an antmal food to wheat straw. We say that clover hay, wheat bran, linseed and cotton seed meal are nitrogenous foods, and that straw, timothy, cornmeal, stover, etc., are carbonaceous foodB. So we have types of humus that are highly nitrogenous and other types that are highly carbonaceous. A humus derived from wheat straw or wheat stubble or grains of any kind is very inferior. It furnishes no nitrogenous matter, it does not have the water holding and absorbing constituents as does the humus derived from clover, vetches, brome grass, etc. We thus see that one of the advantages of growing clover in our crop rotation is that it gives us a better type of humus in the soil. One that will put the soil in better physical coudltion will hold a larger amount of moisture, will furnish nitrogenous plant food, and will better unlock the available plant food in the soil than the humus that Is derived from carbonaceous plants like (he straw. , IV. So Sweet a Dream. Peace was now confidently predicted, but hope outruns events, and the winter slowly settled down over the level dreariness of the land with n WHERE MONEY IS UNKNOWN. Primitive Conditions in Settlement in Southeastern Utah. There have arrived in this city two young men who have made the trip across the continent from the Missiswagon sippi river in a drawn by a pair of mules, writes a Los Angeles correspondent of the Pittsburg Gazette. Their experiences have been varied and interesting often hazardous, but never more unique than when passing through southeastern Utah. In that section of the state have settled a few score of families, regardless of the fact that the nearest railroad is 150 miles away, and that there is absolutely no market for the product of their ranches. They raise what they want to eat, their ranches support their herds, and they expect to realize fortunes from their cattle and lands when a railroad penetrates the fastness and traverses that section. Meantime money Is almost an unknown medium of exchange. Cattle and grain are the units of value. The young men say that in one' settlement where they stopped there was not a dollar in money, all told. In the town. At one of their camping places they visited a nearby ranch to buy one of the numerous chickens that were running about the place. What have you to barter?" asked the woman of the house. Cash, was the reply. What, cash money? was her astonished inquiry. Do you want a she chicken or a he chicken? was the next question. They informed her that they would take a he chicken. Then, If its cash money you have, you may have It for fifteen cents, but where in the world did you get money? They told her that they had Just come through Colorado and got money there. They neglected to add that they also paid '75 cents apiece for chickens there. she remarked, Ive Oh, yes, heard that they had money in Colorado. canvas-covere- She let the open door at the same moment He was, as Dr. Verity said, a man destined to captivate, not only by his noble bearing and handsome face, but also by such an indescribable charm of manner as opened the door of every heart to him. Bowing to both girls, he presented Jane with a letter from her friend Mary Cromwell, and also with a small parcel which contained some beautiful ribbons. The pretty gift made a pleasant introduction to a conversation full of gay Inquiries and interesting items of social information. Matilda watched the young soldier with eyes full of Interest, and did not refuse his escort to her carriage; but, as she departed, she gave Jane one look which left her with an unhappy question in her heart, not only for that night, but to be recalled long after as premonitory and prophetic. During the preparations for the evening meal, and while Neville was in his chamber removing his armor and refreshing his clothing. Jane also found time to put on a pretty evening gown. Something had happened to Jape; she was in a delicious anticipation, and she could not keep the handsome stranger out of her consideration. When she heard Nevilles steady, swift step coming towards her she trembled. Why? She did not ask herself, and her soul did not tell her. It Indeed warned her, either of Joy or of sorrow, for surely Its tremor intimated that the newcome was to be no mere visitor of passage, no neutral guest; that Indeed, he might have entered her home as a fate, or at least as a messenger of destiny. For who can tell, when a stranger walks into any life, what his message may be? It was a wonderful evening to both Jane and Mrs. SwaffhAAi. Neville told over again the story of Dunbar, and told It in a picturesque way that would have been .impossible to Dr. Verity. It was a magnificent drama, though there was only one actor to present ' It. Jane did not speak; she glanced at the young man, wondering at his rapt face, its solemn pallor and my Vic exaltation, and feeling his voice vibrate through all her senses, though at the last he had spoken as people do In extremes of life or feeling. It Is In moments such as these, that Love grows even In a moments gaze. Jane forgot her Intention of captivating, and yet none the less she accomplished her purpose. For when they parted for the night he held her hand vith a gentle pressure, and quick glancing, sweetly smiling, he flashed into her eyes admiration and Interest not to be misunderstood. And Janes heart was a crystal rock, only waiting the touch of a wand. Had Her she felt the mystic contact? One eyes were dropped, but there was faint, bewitching smile around her lovely mouth, and there was something bewildering and something bewildered In her very silence and simplicity. The sun was high when Neville frame her beauty. out any apparent change in the national situation. In de Wick the situation was pitiably forlorn and desolate. Matilda would gladly have escaped Its depressing atmosphere for a little while every day, but she could not, for the roads leading from it were almost quagmires unless steadied by frost, and it was only rarely on such occasions that the horses could be spared to take her as far as Swaffham. Even the atmosphere of Swaffham, though grateful and cheering, was exasperating to the poor royalist lady. There was such cheerfulness In its comfortable rooms, such plenty of all the necessaries of life, such busy service of men and maids, such active, kindly hospitality to herself, and such pleasant companionship between Jane and her mother, that Matilda could not help a little envious contrasting. One day, near Christmas, the roads above them, and in spite of the cold were hard and clean and the sky blue Matilda resolved to walk over to Swaffham. As she left her father she kissed him affectionately, and then courtseyed to the Chaplain, who did not notice her attention, being happily and profitably lost in a volume by good Dr. Thomas Fuller. Matilda walked rapidly, and the clear cold air blew hope and cheerfulAs she went ness into her heart. through the garden she saw a monthly rose in bloom, and she plucked it; and with the fair sweet flower in her hand entered the Swaffham parlor. Jane was sitting at the table serving Lord Cluny Neville, ho was eating and drinking and leaning towards her with a face full of light and pleasure. Mrs. Swaffham sat on the hearth. Matilda saw the whole picture in a match glance, and she set her mood to it.. Dropping her gown, she let the frame her beauty for a mo--e was conscious that she s , and she saw the swift eyelids, and the look id delight which came into She was resolved to be and she succeeded. She let her to remove her hat and ie let Mrs. Swaffham make er. e sat down by Neville, and r a slice of the pasty, and and Neville her wished b own against it and and happiness. Then they ie madrigals, and as the evening gathered, Neville ell them wild, weird stories and they sat in the it pleasantly afraid of con-they had themselves rawing close together and rith a little awe, and finding hort silences that fell upon eloquent and satisfying, as then no question of that night to de Wick, soon Mrs. Swaffham Joined the servants began to build for e and spread the table g meal. lift-rule- wine-glas- rder-Lan- 1 Ma-nin- g Why Cotton Seed Meal Kills Pigs. Why does cotton seed meal often kill pigs? The answer is not forthcoming, but the experimenters are at work on the problem and have been at work on it for some years. As yet they have arrived at no that is satisfactory to themselves or others. The causa is doubtless some property of the meal or seed that is harmful when fed beyond a certain limit The first attempts to solve the problem led to the belief that the cause was a mechanical one, the deaths being produced t y impaction due to the accumulation in the alimentary canals of large quantities of the tufts of cotton clinging to some of the seeds. But this was not borne out by subsequent experiments and examinations. No matter how carefully the seed was cleaned the deaths resulted all the same when the pigs were fed beyond a certain limit not the seed or meal made from it It Is cow believed that the seed and the meal made both produce a toxic effect, when allowed to undergo certain changes. When it is remembered that food remained in the Intestines of the pigs for some days, it is easy to see that it has an opportunity to ferment and produce poisons. There are many other materials that thus Thus the change in composition. cassava root, from which tapioca is Lide, contains prussic acid, which disappears in the process of heating. But the poison has been known to come back again in old tapioca. d Not Quite What He meant. The man who thought he had the knack of saying pleasant things calculated to warm the cockles of the oldest heart, was revisiting the town in which he had spent a summer twenty years before. Im Miss Mears. I dont know as you recall me, said a coquettish elderly spinster, approaching him in the postoffice the day after his arrival. The ready heart warmer turned with bis most beaming smile, and wrung her hand. Recall you! he echoed reproachfully. As if one coull help It, Miss Mears! Why, you are one of the landYouths Commarks of the town. panion. post-morte- To Ohio Corn Growers. It now seems evident that the yield of corn is to be much below an average crop in this state this season. Conditions beyond the control of the corn grower the late spring and the unseasonable weather during the greater part of the corn months have helped to bring about this result The corn crop of 1903 Is a matter of history. All that can be done now is to carefully save and utilize what we have. This should mean something more than picking the ears and allowing the stover to waste in the field in so far as its feed value is concerned. The present crop is not only a disappointment as regards yield but quite inferior as to quality. This for many a corn grower means poor seed, an uneven stand and a poor crop in 1904. It will mean this unless great precaution be taken in selecting and drying out seed corn this fall. . While mature seed should be chosen if it can be had, slightly Immature corn carefully and thoroughly dried out by the fire, is frequently more satisfactory than the former when handled carelessly. Given a normal winter and it is probable that seed corn of which ninety per cent and upward will germinate next spring will not be easily secured. Almost any farmer can arrange for it now if he be alert It has seemed best that this word of caution be sounded at this time by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio. Plant Uce. Plant lice are tiny insects usually rounded in form and provided with two little tubes which extend upward and backward from the abdomen, says a bulletin of the Colorado Experiment Station. Lice live upon the Juices of plants by thrusting their bills of the tender through the epldr-m- la twigs or leaves. The first brood in the spring is produced from eggs which were laid the previous fall. The other generations, except the last, are females born alive, and as these young begin Immediately to suck Juices and soon bear other young, the number which may result in a single season from the hatching of one egg is almost incredible. The first generations are wingless and live not far from the In place where the eggs hatched. time, however, winged individuals appear. These fly to new feeding grounds and are the chief source of distribution. Most lice are green and escape notice, but some are made conspicuous by their colors. The last brood in the fall lay eggs. These may be seen after the leaves have fallen as tiny black oblong objects on the limbs and about the buds. An abundance of these indicates that watchfulness will be needed the following spring. Generally plant lice are kept under control by their enemies, chief of s which are the and syrphus s files. Adult may usually be recognized as oval red beetles spotted with black. The larvae are oblong, rough and commonly mottled red and black. They have three pairs of legs and a distinct head. The eggs are yellow and laid in patches where lice are abundant. The syrphus fly larvae are smooth, green or greenish white and without distinct legs and head. The eggs are white, oblong bodies which are laid singly on the leaves of Infested plants. Where the enemies are abundant they will destroy the lice and spraying is unnecessary. From the manner of their feeding it is Impossible to kill plant Uce with poisons. It is necessary to employ some substance which will kill by contact and to apply it very thoroughly, for every insect which escapes the application remains to repopulate the are food plant. These precautions valuable: 1. Spray upward with force so as to wet the under side of the leaves. 2. Spray before the winged forms appear to prevent distribution. lady-bird- lady-bird- Telling People About Spraying. Our entomologists and horticulturists, says Prof. F. M. Webster, have been trying to instruct people, but still we are encountering criticisms every year; and when we remonstrate, we are asked why in the world we do not tell people these things. Why do we not tell people? If the Angel Gabriel had attempted to tell people" he would have long ago worn out bid trumpet and retired in disgust! Why do we not tell people? Why will not people read, and listen, and remember these things that are as simple as the first letters of the alphabet? Tell people! Why, we are so sick of telling these things that we hate the sound of our own voices, or the words as they appear on paper. How in the world are we to tell you if you will not listen, or listening will not Why will yop not read these things? I ask these questions because this is really one of the most difficult After we phases of the problem. learn what an insect will do and what it will not do, there is the unknown quantity to take into consideration, viz., what the people will do if they do anything. Now, I have no wish to discount the intelligence of our people, and yet it always gives me the feeling that I am doing this when I repeat, time and again, the simplest statements and directions relative to spraying for certain Insects or fungous diseases. Pear Growing in Iowa. Pear growing in Iowa has not, In a general way, proved a success. That the failure is largely due to the mistakes of the cultivator there is no doubt, but to lay it wholly to this cause would be unjust. Pear growing is a trade or business which must be learned. Blight, the great enemy, must be combated by selecting soils and exposures, following those methods of cultivation and shading of the ground which will cause a slow growth early in the season, so that the tree will begin the winter with wood. Choose high, rather thin soil, and avoid low or level, rich soils. A careful study of the soil and methods of those who have made pear growing a success will convince the most skeptical that, with proper oare and management, any one can produce this most luscious of fruits. Head them low; cut back straggling shoots one-haevery spring, to compel dense tops; mulch or plant strawberries or raspberries to shade the ground; set them six Inches deeper than they stood in the nursery. Pears should be gathered at least ten days before they are ripe. Winter varieties may be left on quite late, placed in a dark room and ripened in the house. M. J. Wragg. d lf In Ireland. of the Irish Agricultural Organization Society a report on progress showed that the organization had gained 148 new societies and nearly 9,000 new members during the past year. During Preparing Corn Land. 1909 the societies composing the orIn the cultivation of corn we find ganization were: 24? dairy societies it Is better to prepare the ground in and 81 auxiliaries, having 86,174 mem- the fall. Select a field that has had bers; 124 agricultural societies, with a crop on It, gang plow it first and Accounted for Shortage. 12,961 members; 146 agricultural work It down fine, and leave it until When Miss Lucy wanted particular- banks, with 6,611 members; 21 poul- fall. Then plow it again and leave ly fine chickens she always drove over try societies, with 6,906 members; 60 until spring, when it should be cultito see old Aunt Etta, who had a scrap home Industries, with 2,933 members; vated and harrowed. In winter haul of a farm and made a specialty of 4 tax societies with 118 members; 17 out manure and spread It, putting on raising chickens for the quality folk, beekeepers societies, with 298 mem- the ground about ten or fifteen tons says Lippencotts Magazine. bers; 3 federations with 267 members; to the acre. It may now be plowed One day, as the lady stopped In 10 miscellaneous societies, with 862 and made ready for planting. Edward front of the cabin. Aunt Etta came members. Total number of societies, Curts. 712, with 66,020 members. out and bung over the gate. These soshe exclaimed in an- cieties last year transacted business in Chickens! At the North, where the onions ure swer to her customer's request-chick- ens! excess of 67.000,000. Lord Monteagle to be stored tor winter use, the whole of Is the s society. president Why, law, Miss Lucy, dont of crop is pulled when the plants have turned yellow, shrivelyou all know that there's been a The clover crop is an adjunct that ed and dried In the neci; sufficient to and preachers conference down here? Why, I ain't got one chick- no swine grower can afford to over- topple over. They are In fit condition en left They're all done entered the look. Clover and corn will do al- for storing when no moisture is risible most the whole Work of feeding. unon strongly twisting the necks. ministry. Agricultural At the last meeting three-fourth- camp-meel- n I The Cheezemaker's Side. There has been a good deal said in the agricultural press about cheese factories running only in summer. It Is generally argued that they should run the year around, that the production of milk in winter might be encouraged. That is an ideal condition to be looked forward to and hoped for. But for the present little can be expected in this way. The cheesemaker Is compelled to follow the course that will yield him a profit. Recently Mr. J. R. Biddulph of Bureau county, Illinois, gave to a representative of the Farmers Review the cheesemtkers side of this question. He said: The cheese industry in Illinois is not improving much, for there is no one to stir up the cheesemakers. In my immediate locality there is an improvement, but it is not general. More flats are being made than ever before, because many of the factories have a home market for them. Flats weigh from 82 to 40 pounds, while Cheddar cheeses weigh from 60 pounds up. There are four cheese factories within a radius of seven miles from my house. None of them make butter, but some of them run the year round. Mine runs from April first to December first, every day. I do not believe a factory should run all the time, nor do the merchants. They think the factories should shut down so they can have a chance to work off their stock of cheese and fill up the following season on fresh goods. However, if we had milk enough to permit us to run all winter, we would have to run. During the month of December we generally run every other day, and that is the way the factories do that run all winter. But it is a poor plan to run all the time, if it is necessary to run every other day. A factory that does that seldom makes enough cheese to pay expenses in the months when they are doing that. The most I ever received in the month of December, when I was running every other day, was 850, and that did not pay expenses. We are using now between 4,500 and 5,000 pounds of milk dally. I do not buy the milk outright, but make it into cheese at so much per pound. The patrons take the cheese and sell it themselves. They go to town and trade it for groceries, dry goods and other things they need. POULTRY Ventilation of Poultry Houses. During summer weather no ventilation is needed, as the windows and doors, where wire screens are used, will be open night and day. But in the late fall, winter and early spring, the doors and windows have to be shut most of the time, and some ventilation mus.t be provided. The dirtier the' house is kept the more ventilation will be needed. The ventilator on top of the poultry house should be discarded. Its effect was to take the warm pure air out of the house and pour down on the heads of the poultry a stream of cold air. Probably the best system to be followed is to have a long wooden tube in one end of the poultry house, said tube reaching from the top of the house to within a foot of the floor. If this is carried above the roof a draft should exist in it as in a chimney, that will draw the foul air out of the house. If the walls are double it will . be easy enough to provide ingress for the air on either side. Make a few little holes on the outside near the eaves of the root and on the Inside bore a few more holes near the floor opposite and below the holes on the outside. If these holes for ingress of the air are made only on one side of the building, they should be on the side of the prevailing winds. The Idea of ventilating poultry houses by means of ducts has been broached, but never tried, so far as we know. It would hardly pay to construct a duct for a common-sizepoultry house, as such a duct would cost more than the poultry house itself. In the case of a large poultry plant, however, it might be tried and would doubtless prove very These ducts consist of satisfactory. rows of glazed (water-proof- ) tile laid in trenches about 8 feet deep and running through the ground for 100 feet or more. Generally three or four rows of tile are laid, the ends all being sealed with cement to prevent any water entering. The work has to be done very perfectly to prevent water entering and filling up the pipes. In addition a pump should be placed in one end of the trench so that if water does get into the pipes it may be pumped out without the pipes having to be dug up. At the end of the trench, away from the house to be fed with air through these tiles, a standMilk From Silage. pipe Is erected with a hood that turns It would be interesting to hear from to face the wind in whatever way it some of our readers that have silos blows. The trench is filled with soil and feed their children on milk made from such silage. The Borden Milk and the ground leveled. The object of all this is to provide air for the buildCondensing Company will not permit ing at a temperature of, say, 50 deuse the farmers that sell them milk to the temperature of the ground silage as a feed, no matter how good grees, a depth of 8 feet. Summer or that silage may be. They claim that at milk made from such materials is un- winter this temperature will remain fit for the use of babes and that the the same,' whatever the air outside. Where a man has a number of poultry latter are always made sick when they houses they can all be connected with use milk made from silage. One of this duct by smaller tile tubes and the tnat the Borden Company declares the farmers that have silos will not feed air forced in. The only time when their own young children on milk so this isscheme falls to work is where the still. At other times the wind made. We feel certain that this is not air into the hood forces the air so, and that if any users of silage take blowing the bouse. The great advantage that position It is for the purpose of be- into about this is that comparatively warm ing on the safe side of a proposition of which they do not feel quits certain, air is supplied to the houses. Some rather than because they have any cheese factories and stock barns are definite information that milk from now using the system, which proves . The company very satisfactory. silage is unhealthful. also asserts that milk made from silage is a poor keeper, on account of Wyandottea. the unusual amount of acid it conA publication of the Department of tains. Is this true? It would appear Agriculture says: The original type not to be, as Mr. Gurler of De Kalb, of the Wyandotte was the Asiatic, and Illinois, sent silage made milk all the at the time of origin the Standard favway to Paris, France, and tt arrived ored the Cochin type more than any in that city In a perfectly sweet con- other. dition, and no preservative of any When the Wyandottea adwere kind was used in it This would look mitted as a breed to a position among as it milk made from silage keeps our Standard-brefowls they had fairly well. This milk did not begin reached a form and color which were to get off" till it was seventeen days quite distinctive. The male favored old. The fact that other condensarles the Dark Brahma in form and color, in the country permit the use of silage the body color being quite like a would seem to Indicate that other Dark Brahma. had They difmilk condensing companies hold a smooth legs of a smoky-yelloshade ferent view from that held by the Bor- and the rose comb. The females, in den Company. It is certainly to be form, favored our Silver present hoped that some experiments will be Spangled Hamburg females. There started to demonstrate the value of was an Increasing demand for Wyan-dottsilage made milk as a food for Infants. throughout the United States. Anything that resembled their deA Poor Milker. scription was sent forth to fill the deThe Chicago dally papers not long mand, and much Inferior stock was ago published a statement relative to spread about under the name of Wyanthe analysis of milk drawn from va- dotte. Soon after the original Wyanrious cows on the Gurler dairy farm at dotte there came the Golden strain, De Kalb, Illinois. Assistant 8tate the advent of which made it necessary Food Commissioner R. M. Patterson of to select a distinguishing name fog the Chicago milked a Holstein cow, and other; thus we have for the two vaWyan-dotthad her milk analyzed. It showed rieties the names Silver-Laceand Golden-Lace2.8 per cent fat, a very low percentWyandottea, have age. This was published along with Conditions of form and color the analyses of the other samples of changed from time to time. In the milk taken, and of course the con- Silvers we had the very dark, heavy trast put the 1 olsteln breed in a bad marking which almost destroyed the light. Chicago people took up the agi- top color of the males and reduced the tation and some even suggested the white center in the plumage of the fepassing of a law prohibiting the sale male (also on the breast of the male) of milk from Holstein cows. We learn to almost a stripe or small spot But however from Mr. Glover, dairy field in the Goldens a continued effort was man of the University of Illinois, that made to preserve clear top color in the the daily papers refrained from pub- males and the open center of plumlishing a very Important sequel to the age in both male and female. At the tests. After Mr. Patterson had drawn present the open center, edged about Seall the milk he could from the cow, like the plumage of a one of the regular milkers sat down bright Bantam, is desirable. Some and drew three pints more from the beautiful specimens of this type have same animal. All of our readers know been produced. that the first milk is the poorest and the last drawn milk the richest An English Kings as Horse Breeders. analysis of the 11 pounds drawn by the breeding of In considering Mr. Patterson gave 2.8 per cent; an horses, a few words regarding draught 3 of the drawn the analysis pounds by their origin, as shown by horse hisregular milker gave 6 per cent Added tory, may not be uninteresting. King was the result fourteen together about 1199, is credited with havJohn, pounds of milk with an average to Improve the horses richness of 3.48 per cent or .48 per ing done much cent above toe standard required by of his time, by importing 100 Flemish the state law. It will .thus be seen stallions and using them on native blending as thla that the agitation against the Hol- mares, and from such cart horse. Edstein was started as the result of the sprang the English ward III (1327), Henry VIII and Queen exploit of a very poor milker in tie Elizabeth kept up the good work, and tates service. in more recent years the effort few the Improvement and development of Indiana Dairy Convention. horses for heavy work resulted In a The fourteenth annual convention of free exchange of animals between the Indiana State Dairymens Associa- England and Scotland, to their mutual tion will be held at Plymouth, Decem- benefit. Lawrence Drew, who I think ber 10, 11. This town is located in did more to improve the draught horse the northern quarter of Indiana, whicn than any other man, credited James, f contains about of all the Duke of Hamilton (1749) with importcreameries in the state. A good pro ing a Flemish stallion for the free use gram Is being prepared, and a large of his tenantry, and, following that, meeting is expected. For further in- large numbers of English mares were formation address the secretary, H. sent into Scotland for breeding pm E. Van Norman, Lafayette. Indiana. Doses. Alexander Innes. sub-eart- h sub-eart- h d d es d es d d one-hal- I |