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Show I CHAPTER CHAPTER XYIL Emile, without a moment'! heslta-tio- n EFT . alono, tht stood up in a cart, and began a day after Emiles furious harangue, somewhat after the to the departure ' fashion of hia old club addresses.- Intown, the young wardly he was stricken with remorse, people were rather remembering that those old appeals had but each gloomy, lost their power. He had claimed to endeavored equality, the power of rising by worth cheer the other. of character, the right e men, "I know what an refusal to bend the neck of' proinsignificant slaves; but now the wild heart of lawtector I must seem lessness asked for nothing but revenge to you in compariand triumph, blood and crime. HU son with Monsieur Emile, dear CM words were eloquent, and he took care tiiue, said julesf-nu- i, to refrain from appeals to their bru- paragon. And now thatnaecd, he la a my strength tality, but ha dwelt adroitly on the has returned, and something of my watch-crall and own spirits, I assure Equality, liberty, I shall be of Around applauded heartily as he de- better service than you you imagine. , scended. "Nay, dear Jules, I have all possible jj"You are Just the man We want! confidence in you, and so has my unelrled M. Pierre, eoming forward with cle. He told me about your generous and heroic interference for the poor rutstretched hands. scarcely control his old priest in Paris ' I have been tad hudder of disgust, but he shook because I could not throw off the dehands heartily and answered with the pression the lack of his cheerful ensnoe apparent delight: couragement waa likely enough to inI am ready- - for the work. j The duce, and I have been haunted with a whole people must come forward and fear of some danger befalling him. He behold! France Is free! Might you be is so thoroughly acquainted with the (the loyal worker for the people my forest, and so accurately informed of comrade has been speaking of are the revolutionary movements, his loss Tou citlsen Pierre? to us would be certain destruction. one; and I am prewd to "It would Indeed be I LThe very Arm in arm am overwhelmed with irreparable. and Gray falcon. gratitude M. Pierre and Emile walked into a resadmiration for him. What a wondertaurant for breakfast. Im on the ful man he is!,, No king could seem scent of a nice brace of aristocrats, half so grand to me. said the former confidentially, as be And you know not the half. I only disposed of one huge morsel after anwonder that he has ever been one of other; they escaped when the chateau the revolutionists." was burnt In the most Infernally mysNay, that la the least of my wonterious wayRbut I shall have them yet. derment. Whh his talents, his varied 1 shall expect much help from your information, his heroic nature and sagacity. You people in . Paris must heart, I cannot blame him for have got well trained byhhU time. great rising up against the oppression, for (How gt affairs? the laws of France were horribly grind"Prosperously; there Is not the ing 'upon the under classes; and that lightest doubt Louis will be beheaded, such as be should be insulted and down wife will follow, trodden would by a titled Kd theis Austrian one danger. We may get the Indeed be shameful. ignoramus 'tide so strong it may sweep some of "Yet 1 am sure he Is troubled snd Us helpers away, too. The Mountain remorseful for the part be has taken." Party and the Jacobins are fighting "Yea, his sensitive nature Is shockeach other. I promised to start the ed by the bloody issue of events. Had flame here, but you seem to have it such heroic, magnanimous natures as well performed, and I see not but I his held entire control, we should have can speedily return. Why can't you another form of revolution. quite !eeq go baok with me, citizen Pierre? There Is General LaFayette, I know ; "Willingly, brave Falcon, if I have that he believed in the overthrow of caught my birds, but otherwise I must the throne, and the establishment of a stick to this epet. I know they are similar to that of his favorite till about the place and I must watch republic, United States. He Js woefully made nets. my aware that he who touched the straw "You seem to have great interest in with fire cannot hope to control the succeeding?" flame. t "To be sure. I have double motiVes And your aympathiea, Julee, yon gain and revenge. I havent told you have not told me which way they there is a girl in the case, have I, that turn? asked the girl. extra zest to the adventure? gives both ways, I may say. I do Emile swallowed his disgust and ire not"Indeed, blame he people for declaring in as best he might, and with some trivial favor of equality. I cannot bear to aes excuse, left M. Pierre to finish his massacred. At present the nobility breakfast. It seemed to him he should because of this last sentiment I am stifle it he breathed the same air with hunted down like s wolf, and grievousthe villain any longer. k I He found himself the object of awe ly hated by the1 peoples party. I suparand reverence. One who had pasled pose therefore might be called an istocrat" so many Parisian tragedies,' through "You do not seem like one of the and whose reputation as a revolutionobserved Felicie, thoughtfully. ary orator waff so widespread, might people, "I may relocate the remark conwall draw the attention of alL cerning you, Chlotilde. I never saw It was a fore trial tor him to speak duebess or marchioness more thoroughnow. The terrible perversion of JU aristocratic in appearance. ly e former Oorts made his heart heatfct She blushed and answered haetlly: under similar attempts. He had seen - "My associates havb all been nobly for himself what revolution meant, born people." was almost ready to accept the and he "I should know it It is the same old evils patiently, in lieu of the maddened convulsion, whatever purification with your uncle. It all goes to prove the much vaunted aristocracy of blood might eventually come from it. But he had set hia task before him, is all moonshine. Educate one of the and Emile had all his life bien used common people Into the refinements of wealth, and they are far nobler than to and nobility, take them at their best ; He waa not the man to blanch or falFelicia recalled some similar remark ter. The days wore on from a week to a of ber mothers and a sorrowful exmonth, and still Emile found himself pression came over her face, and she hampered on all sides, and bound hand sat a long time in alienee, her head and toot by the press of circumstances. drooping on her arm. His heart sickened as he thought of Jules, perceiving it, hastened to find the long delay, the torture of watching an interesting book, and read aloud. After which he playfully proposed ho And waiting' in that underground retreat He was nearly frantic! with should serve her to a lunch, and to divert her mind, assumed the manners alarm as he heard M. Pierre confidently broaching the plan of hunting for of an Arab boat and actually brought a merry amlle to her lips by bis quaint caves or burrows In the forest, declaring he would dig it all over before lie language, as he brought forward some figs and dates from the generous store gafe up his search. And still no plan for their escape Emile had taken from the chateau. So passed the time, each endeavoring had occurred to him. His very popularity increased the difficulty; he had no to add to the others cheerfulness and privileges, every movement he made divert the approach of melancholy. was Rioted; he gave out notice that bd Every evening they went up to the was sent for to Paris, and made os- higher room.carefully examined the vitensible preparations for departure. cinity, and then In ntter alienee ! That very day came M. Pierre, Jubi- stepped out to breathe the delicious lant and sanguine. freshness of the outer air.. But at the ; "Wait a little. Falcon, and I can go days wore oh into weeks, apprehension with you, after I catch my prey. and anxiety seized either mind, though "You have remarkable faith, citieach endeavored to conceal It from the zen, to hold so firmly to the belief that other. the Little Forest contains fugitives. I They still practiced their little Innoconfess I should hare given K up long cent arts for diversion and entertainago. ment, but the blank amile, the absent "Oh, no, not if your faculties were look, revealed that their cheerfulness sharpened with the thirst for revenge. was all pretense. At last I am rewarded. The watchers They discovered, too, the watch In last night detected a man stealing to- the forest hsd been more closely enward the spring of water in. the center forced, for Jules had taken Emile's of the forest. One caught him fairly, place In the upper room and several wrestled he with but him, tsciped times heard the conversation of the and in the same strange way vanished. men. It has happened twice before. They He came down one night and found are foxes. I give them due credit, but Felicie weeping bitterly. X shall discover their burrow yet I " "Dear, dear Chlotilde, take heart, I have sent for tools, and Ill dig over beseech you cried not despair; the whole ground and cut down every all will yet be well.he; "do " tree, but I will unearth them She tried vainly to repress her grief, "Success to you, citizen, answered snd then burst forth piteously. to him he but longed leap upon Emile, "Emile Is gone; they have killed and throttle the exultant villain. Left alone, Emile sat a long time him! my noble, generous friepj is lost. Oh, I am all alone all alone In this with his head drooping in his hands. Something must be done, and that cruel, pitiless world! Jules knelt down before her, - and right speedily. He sprang up at length drew the drooping head to his breast. with a brightened face, and began ex"Chlotilde, dearest, that Is ungeneramining his pistols, r ous. Here la one who is ready to After that he went out to find bis everything, oven life itself. In BtD.l to-b- y, I - ' - eg 5 1 your defense. You force mm secret I meant to declare 3 yasr u -cle before I breathed It fa jour that 1 love you, deans one, with a love purer and truer and otort frf? n than I had dared to hope ibould ttlgnt-ewou! 1 my desolated life; that choose you, though I were a king the land, before the proudest lady, mo most royal princess you, a peerless daughter of the people." The startled glri bad drawa away her hands from her tearful face her soft amlle was like a rainbow in ' summer. summered "Is It possible, Jules she. wxe" ,"Ah, you are angry, you you have no love in response, ." sain Jules, in a troubled voice. She had drawa herself sway startled by her owa discoveries; her face was half averted, ber beautiful eyes downcast, a rich rose alowly flushed her cheeks. T am astonished, I am perplexed, but angry, ah, no, Indeed, Jules. 11 tm rather grateful. "But you have no love for me Is return; alas! why should I have ventured to hope so? She turned her face toward him slowly. What a sweet hope lighted1 up the lovely feature! . "I am cruel to withhold the truth. I will not be outdone in generosity. marquis I What I could not say to can answer to you, Jules ; 1 do love you; yet, you must forget that 1 htvs eald it until we aee Emile, or tosro that something has befallen him. Jules was kissing her band in th extravagance of delight "Now is the world a paradise, though I am s hunted refugee, snd know not how many hours of security are left to me." Felicie ran away to her little retreat aa soon as possible, and sat dowfi there in a perfect bewilderment of mingling emotions. Half horrified at herself for being capable of this feeling of Joy, quite frightened at the words sha had poken, it was long ere a feeling of peace and serenity returned to her. Then it almost seemed her mothers spirit returned to her and breathed upon her a saintly benediction, as In approval of her course. It la true ahe scarcely dared to think of her father; she shuddered as she put aside the thought of his anger and horror of the betrothaLof a Languedoc to the humble Jules, a rep resents tire of the class the count had looked down upon with such aristocratic acora. But her ' mother had been her guide and oracle lq life; it was not likely her sentiments should be held less sacred now that death had made he memory saintly. This little love episode gavs new Interest and Ufe.to their flagging spirits. But aa the fourth week crept on, the pair began to distrust sorrowfully the likelihood of Emile's ddkth, or Imprisonment. Jules grew grave and careworn, lng the responsibility resting npon Ita acutely; and hit fair companion though she sedulously avoided any expression of despair, showed plainly by her paling cheek and heavy eys tbs anxiety which oppressed her. r fro lirasTlmai PICKINO CHICKENS TO MUSIC. of th Itoltaa Fosltry 8w Cattotal Dealer! of Saa Fraoctaeo. The sailor has his musical shanty, to which he keeps time as he trots about the capstan until tbo anchor is hoisted to the peak the farmer trills a lay to lighten hit labors as he pitches hay into the wagon, and these songs are familiar to many, hut who ever beard or aaw a gang of Italian chicken-plckesing and denude fowls to the tune of the music? asks the $an Francisco Call. Such a scene can he witnessed any Friday evening In season at the' Clay street market, while the employee of the big poultry bouses that have their places of business there are preparing for salt the chickens that the housewife buys for tha Sunday dinner. The men aeat themselves in a half circle and each takea a fowl. One stroke of a sharp knife across the throat puts the unfortunate squawking broiler out of its misery and then tbp foreman of the gang starts hi tong. As they catch the air and the time the others chims in and In an instant tha plucking begins. With rhythmic motion the nimbi fingers grasp the feathers and puli them out during all tbo time of tht song. Feathers fly in all direction but the eong goes on until the last pinfeathers are removed and the earcasset are tossed Into a pile, ready for tht man who puts on the finishing touches and prepares them for tha Inspection of prospective purchasers. The rapidity with which a chicken la stripped of Its feathers is astonishing to the uninitiated who have tried It but a few times and so adept have tbeeq men become that they finish their fowls almost simultaneously and the process Is repeated In unison. Three dozen birds are not considered a heavy nights work for one man and wbep pressed (or time they manage to compass even more than that. The song they sing K remarkably lively and sweet and muck resembles the song of the fishermen a they row their boats, though the time is much faster. Tha Tooth-Dnu- h Flan. One of the most curious plants In the world is wbat is called the toothbrush plant of Jamaica, It is i species of creeper, and has nothing particularly striking in appearance. By cutting pieces of it. to a suitable length, and fraying the endsthe native convert it into a tooth-brusand a to accompany tbe use of (he brush Is also prepared by pulverizing the dried sterna ra h; " tooth-powd- er Kfflthberty Cbirtty. Fond Mother Isnt the baby the very image of his father? Neighbor Yea; but yon shouldnt mind that a long as hea healthy, DAIRY i V n xuuiilnl.l pm? Til tr am T I 1 kterestinq chapter OUJLRURAL FOR READERS. " hwafil ru This ttu Fllw A .. ' Cattle Is Mato The French minister of agriculture kaa lately published In the Journal OfPekin doe not exist or baa not been ficial a short report on cattle breedfound; that Is, with the present re- ing in Mexico, an Industry which Is till in its early days, but promises to quirement of tbe market than tbs latter and make a better tabla Evi- blrd ,(Ut d0 not s?aa, PelUng dently tbe right bread to crosa with Controlling-- ! Tu Stock -- give magnificent results, ssys Mark Lane Express. Unfortunately the water supply is deficient, and land which otherwise, would be splendid for cannot be used. .In spite f tbe heavy rains which tall during May, thousands of cattle die of thirst every year. In order to make these , land suitable ,ftr breeding cattle, it will be necessary to construct reser volrs. whlch will serve to provide water for the animals, and also to irrigate the land. Thi work the breeder desire to carry out with the assistance of the government, and when it la resitted this Industry will be of great, value. Up to the present, however, the loss of cattle every year from want of water causes all benefits to disapin these lands, which are so pear, well adapted for breeding purposes, two varieties of fodder grow plentifully, namely, privllego" and de Parra; both are excellent and abundant The native race of cattle are worth at three-yea- rs old from S to U (nominal), snd after being put on better feed for eight to eleven month, they are ready for the butcher, weighing from 700 to S00 pounds The breeders of Chihuahua, Tamaull pas, snd Oohahlnla carry on an active trade with the United States, where the cattle are fattened for the market of St. Lout end Chicago. It waa thought at one time that It would be a remunerative speculation to export the cattle to Europe, either alive or lu the froxen meat ships, but tbe first trials were unsuccessful, as ths Mexican cattle are too small in six, and tbelr meat is not good enough for the European consumer. As regards dairy production!, the Mexican cattle are not of great value, as they only give a maximum of five quarts per day. Breeders and others to whom the sal of milk is an important source of revenue, and whose farms are close to towns, have introduced Dutch cattle to improve the milking properties the Mexican breed. A large number of the coffee and sugar can planters are now also cattle brooding, and from inquiries made it has been ascertained that there are large tree's of land which are not suitable for coffee or sugar cane planting, but which are excellent pasture lands. As tbo banana flourish ee, the dairy cows are fed up-on green banana leaven The leaves of the sugar can are also very tasty tor cattls Combined with the growth of coffee and sugar, cattle raising, it Is considered, ought in the near future to make a considerable Increase in the value and revenue of the farms, it is regarded aa one of the elements of ths future agricultural prosperity of Many theories have been advocated as to how male or female offspring may fMtqr, be produced; and yet after all, there is no theory in the matter, but a very oa lilaakli Ua.' simple law of nature, says a writer in ILL you be' kind Dakota Farmer. Give a bull and cow of enough to state .a like ages and strength and constituyour next Issue ' tion, and tha produce of these may be the of either sex. But let the bull ba old it will pay farmer in or weak or out of condition, and tbe dairy western New York, calf will, almost without exception, be otLialr land costmale, and this is merely the law of nato $60 ture trying to reproduce ittelf, because, per acre, ing produce and aell of the two animals, tbe bull ihows evimilk on farm to dence of being tbs onq most likely to milk peddler for W die first and, therefore, tbe male calf cents per galloi would be the one required to carry on , ! please state which are the best tbe breed. In abort tbe offspring profor milk production, snd how duced is of tbe same set, as a rule, aa 1 good ones will cost per head. tbe weaker of tbs two parent. This, Alo please state how many gallons a know, Is quit contrary to the moat a good cow will give during the general theory; but I have taken the trouble to study and prove It during ??. If properly fed and csred for. E. Wind-Protbe past six and thirty years, and 1 western New York to north-- ? have found that It i invariably the Iowa is a far cry, and the case, not only aa regards cattle, but of the above question' I loalso la the case of sheep, horse, and oted at the third point of thls hypo- -j even human beings. When our colonies ttetical geographical triangle which j wera first settled and quantity rather his queries has outlined to the writer than stock waa tha one thing desired, dew. And be approxican only young rams were put to old, broken replies mate and not in any sense specific, for mouth ewes, with the result that ewe the reason that he has had practical lamb wera produced In numbera aa experience in Iowa alone. Now, sa to eighty la to twenty. But when the Whether It will pay for the New York and heavily fleeced wether war wantfarmer to produce milk and aell it et old rama were put tq ed, ten tents per gallon will depend more ewes, and the result waa that about lpon the farmer and hia method than three part of tha lamba were rama 1 enthe money value ol the land where know1 that what I have written will he hi operation are conducted. He baa contradicted by many, but I have provthe land, and it must be utilized, and year ol ed It correct during thirty-ei- x he cultivate it In a bualneaa-llk- e abroad. and home at a life, (Arming Banner It may be aaaumed that milk cu be produced and sold at ten cent FmU foe per gallon. In order to do tbl there It is difficult to give a general forclose bust be strict economy end mula that will suit all conditions, still d .vttchfnlness over all tbe details wt believe In tbe morning mash winwith tbe work. Tbe lood re- ter and summer, saye Country Gentlee, quired should be grown, so far as man. II I composed of one-ha- lf oa the farm. Intensive, and not h bran, corn and oats, ground extensive, farming, as we see followed boiled vegetable or and la many places, must be followed. In eoaked beef scrape, or cut clover hay the past, when Iowa land bad a value steamed; mixed with boiling water at It acre, dollar per sap, twenty night, covered up and left to steam, the take land ns good policy to maka .fed warm in winter. In eummer, and from place of labor gathering crops Whether to feed extended areas which by more careful cold water is better. or every other day mash this every day from secured cultivation could be.. or wheat and such less land. But with land values (alternating with wheat, .can be st about fifty dollar per, afcre, as It cracked corn mixed in winter) some sow la, a different system ought to decided by experiment Meat in be should or raw either cooked, of regret form, Yet It la a matter prevail. that Improved cultivation of the toll fed two or three times a week, and tae not kept pace with the Increase In green food every day, winter and sumin yards. Nice of land. And in making bis first mer, it fowls are confined Green cut bone Is aa excellent teed trip eastward a few years ago the writeither separately or mixed with the er waa astonished to see that In western New York it waa not uncommon mash. Our manner of feeding for eggs Is to givs the mash every other morn- to see the manure from cow stables thrown out of window and left lng la eummer and every morning in to sun; wind and rain. The late fall and winter. Car should be surplus corn, oats, mill by I token, however, not to give a full meal. ' products, etc., go eastward to feed live but sufficient to satisfy hunger, and stock in those regions, and unlese the j tj,Ui compel the hens to hunt around excrement from anlmale consuming for Whatever they may find In the the earns U saved and applied to the waria 0r Utter of the crops. We feed land, not only will the principal profit U0hlng at midday but green food, euch expected from Its purchase be lost, cabbage. end at night, wheat, oat but the land from which the main sup-- 1 aQd corn, separately or mixed anply of food to taken for use of euch together. Tbe heavy breeds being genimal! will be steadily Impoverished erally less active than the light, need aid depleted. And this 1 as true of to be carefully fed and kept btisy the rich lands of the Mississippi valif you scratching. Avoid ' ley aa of Genesee or Mohawk valleys wish an abundance of eggs. of New York state. An acr of land, either in New York, Iowa, or Efts Fa V suv. Missouri, planted to corn, in euch a We hear a great many stories about manner as to get the best results, will the bene that laid 200 egga each per produce aU the food of this class as year. - We would like to see a large aa average cow require! in a years flock of tay a hundred hens that would time. And in New York peaa can be lay even 125 egg per year each. W successfully ratted to supply the nitro- know people that have kept a steady j genous food needed to balance corn a account for years of their fowl, and a radon for cows giving milk. The were never able to get much above best cow tor milk production are such tbe g mark. In fact, if one could as will give the largest yield of stan- be assured that his hena would lay 100 dard milk or milk of richness required egg each in a year be would bav a by law. And cowa of this class are sate business In which to invest W found in nearly all breeds7 They are are speaking of the common run of also found In astonishing numbers in farm flocks. The flocks in mind were that much despised race characterized composed of Plymouth Rocks and a common, or scrub cowa From the Brown Leghorns, most of them of milk sellers standpoint choice may be doubtful age. bad among cowa having Shorthorn, to genHogs In Spite of Cholera. It Holstein, or Red Poll blood In their can farmer the that conceded 6,000 will give erally makeup. A cow that long rnq pounds of milk during the year may grow bogs at a profit-la-t- he be called a good cow. Yet there are and yet sustain the usual losses, by those that yield considerably more cholera As w view the matter tbe and should be question is never a pertinent on than whether w can afford to quit growing prized accordingly. v begs on the farm. Theto sole problem confronting him, and it a most vital Kalalag Dski Artificially. Of course In raising 10,000 to 15,000 one. to bow to grow hog with the ducks It is Important that one should least chance of lose by disease. We have the most suitable stock, writes believe the matter rest largely with Samuel Cushman in Northwestern Ag- proper methods of feeding, togethei riculturist A cut of one or two cents with a proper regard for clealiness and Per pound from the highest market an intelligent and persistent effort to rote will maka a great difference in the direction of fighting ehy of cholera the receipta. The quality must he the In the future cholera to to be retarded best The quicker they grow the short- as a constant factor in the matter ol er the time they must be kept The to the business oi pork production. It earlier they are put oa the market the the to this fad maker recognize pork higher the price they bring. There la and meet It a beet he tan. The ho more profit in one early bird told at 35 raiser from this time on who leave cents per pound than in several late to chance will be lucky Inones at is to 1C cents. Pure white everything makes ende medf in the hog he deed if feathers bring the most James Rana eerie of years of exkin has tried, all breeds of ducks and yards through . Farmer. Nebraska finds ail have their outs. Aylesbury perience. counthe As duck have white feather, but they Pure Water Essential. of surthe and their crosses are longer In matursupply older, becomes try ing and harder 'to pick. Peklne, he face water becomes more contaminate found, matured earlier by ten days and unhealthy and greater care should of k fortnight Rouen are not only be taken to supply pure water for th longer in maturing, but are tender and stock with deep wells snd wind mills delicate. Cayugas ere fine, plump birds Pure clean water Is s necessity foi and lay as well, eggs hatch as well, the condition of all kind of stock and ducklings mature as early as the Water U directly absorbed Into thi Pekins, but they are smaller, have blood with whatever Impurity may bi blacF plumage, and the dark pin contained in it. say sa exchange: It h feathers hurt their appearance. to some extent strained or filtered oi Crosses between the two were fine and what it may have of solid matter nC plump, tool on fat as readily and madissolved Jn it, but whatever is held li tured as early as the Peklne, but they solution, and some of what it may hav( cme mottled in plumage, had dark that is not dissolved to some extent skin in patebe. and dark pin feather, goes into the blood with it Thus imo brought less. Their feather also pure water poisons the very fount ol well for much less A cross between life and carries into an animal wbw Cayugus and Rouena gave all th good may be the most injurious to thi qualities of tbe former and are larger health of it. Ex. - - - t th cm of LIo r pro-Mand- er t EI con-aecte- poe-Mbl- , one-fourt- one-four- th low-pric- ! u over-feedi- gd 100-eg- this-quandt- -- ng Pall , Paula !l Qnsta For many reasons, heavy pruning which 1 a necessity for the grapevine, bad heat be given in ths fall. So soon the leaves ere off, the cutting away of superfluous wood may remain. There can be no bleeding, as the cut will dry up at once. There la some circulation v vines are left dangling on tbs trellises all winter. As soon ns the' pruning to done, th support of the main vine should .be loosened, and it should be thrown on the ground. In most cases snow will be enough protection, but If tbe vine is where the snow blows away some straw held dowt by a slight covering of earth will be needed. Vines thus treated will winter without Injury, however low the mercury may fall. The vines ibould be put up on the trellis in spring so soon aa danger from late frost has passed. If the vines are uncovered except by snow, put them up as soon as the snow melts. Lying oa the ground and protected from winds, the buds might push too early and be injured. They are not liable to this pq the trellia. Ex. Wheat In the South. The Dixie Miller, Nashville, Tenn., sfiys: Six weeks ago Indications pointed to the seeding of the largest area of wheat ever sown In the South. It to needless to say that the drought has largely upset these calculations, while many small growers will sow little or none, owing to the high prices of seed wheat. Conditions have improved some during the. last week, ss w have had light, though general rains , This will only help the situation Insofar as the wheat already sown to concerned, as wheat sown now can not promise good returns with any degree of certainty. With all these hindrances w believe 60 per cent, or perhaps an average area, will b sown.' However,1 we must not lose sight of th fact that so far It has made little progress, and, should we have cold weather early, will go Into winter quarters in poor condition. Dilapidated Farm Houses. In driving about the country one cannot help noticing many places where the owners lack of thrift to evident in the dilapidated condition of mnch about the bouse, barn or farm. The fences may need repairing. The sheda may show signs of weakness Gates may have lost a hinge and become useless Th evidence of habitual neglect may be seen in many ways about the place, and the aggregation of these little things which result from carelessness or thoughtlessness goes to give the farm a run down appearance which' It does' not deserve, and which it would not have If care was taken to keep things In a condition of good order. Wisconsin Agriculturist. Artiflctal heat is seldom necessary in buildings for the stock. Th natural heat ia better, and In barns properly built and taken care of th natural heat will be all that Is desired. 4- - |