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Show r V CONFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL IN BREEDING DRAFT HORSES Of the 100,000 Animals Marketed Than 3,000 Would he Termed - - at Chicago Not More Economy of Heavy Mare on Farm for Work and Prod n dog Colts Is Summed Up by Expert. -- A-- 1 ATaLC OF THE PLAINS PAMDALUPADPISM' My Lady Or Ike South. vV pr ia Was Kim a EtcJtc jA L UUL stintin her. 'D 8t th ' r r A , toT uHy convinced as to Mrs. Murphy's b&Agood will, Keith slipped back Into the tpers darkness, and returned with the gtrL introductions were superfluous, as the " mistress of the Occidental cared little vr'trail,ttl8easily la . fejltecrf y along tta single circled the outskirts s end . pVaess of T debris, until be halted . ... the black shadow of tnW only to-ttoredifice in the place. This whs .the Occidental, the hospitality of wjlch he had frequently tested. A light etrei rued from out the front windows, bu uncertain who might be harbored Within. KeUh tapped gently at the tick door. It waa not opened Immedl ly, and when It was finally shoved slide the merest crack no glow of light ijvealed the darkened interior. The volcewhlch spoke, however, was amply sufficient to Identify its owner. tin-can- yt-4osld- Jk y rrdpA yi urn Si- - nT army, 8iEV roller from the wflcer In th Ca meriy The plainemae au4 J,ave become come upon cell, nod later tin ket In the mad dueerf rney to be ft a cabin and dad recoitniie ea a youna City. Tin girl singer In "h"1tir)nthere In search of from the tifiTlr whe had dewrted Induced her to ,a4 ur.cabin Hawley he lo-- 1 while sought the neto brother. Hawley appears,to Si.d as Black Keltb tn hiding recognises himlove to the to make Bart Hawley trie In the battle terrific a There arkened room In which Keith overcome Black Bart. Home are appropriated, and the girl who saya that her name Is Hope. tils Joins In the escape. Keith explain situation and the fugitives make for Port J ? f i, 'I ' ttf Lamed. y " that ye agin, Murbhy. a playin av yer dirthv thrlcka? s "No. Mrs. Murphy," be hastened to Keith, explain, "this Is Keltb-r-Ja- x of the Bar X." "The Lord deliver ue!" was the Instant exclamation, the door opening wide. They do be either tellin me av the th rouble ye was in over at Carson, an Oi fought maybe ye moigbt turn up this way. It was Is ck CHAPTER XII 1 (Conti nusd,) It was noon, the sun pitiless and hot above them, before they straggled within the partial shelter of the sand dunes, and sank wearily down to their meager lunch.- - Their supply of water was limited, and the exhausted ponies must wait until they reached the river quench their thirst Yet this was very far off now, and Keltb had seen enough of their surroundings to locate the position of the ford. Slow as they must proceed, three hours more would surely bring them to the bank of the stream. They discussed their plans briefly ss the three sat together on the warm aand, revived both by the food and the brief rest There was not a great deal to be determined, only where the girl should be left, and how the two men bad better proceed to escape observation. Fort Larned was the nearest and safest place for their charge, none of the party expressing any desire to adventure themselves within the immediate neighborhood of Carson City. What her future plans might be were not revealed, and Keith forebore any questioning. His duty plainly ended with placing her In a safe environment, and he felt convinced tiat Mrs. Murphy, of the Occidental Hotel, would furnish room, and. If necessary, The sole problem recompanionship. maining after ahe had rather ly agreed to such an arrangement was to so plan the details as to permit the negro and himself to slip through the small town clustered about the post without attracting undue attention. No doubt, the story of their escape bad already reached there embellished by telling, and serious trouble might result from discovery. Keith was surprised at the slight interest she exhibited in these arrangements. merely signifying her acquiescence by a word, but he charged it to physical weariness, and the reaction from her night of peril; yet he took pains to explain fully bis plan, and to gain Ol'd talks hAlp&ne." regardlog ceremony. An is out, this you, my dear? 'to . her consent This Anally settled, they ' mounted - again and rode on through the lanes traversing the sand dunes, keeping headed as straight as possible toward the river. The ford sought was some miles down stream, but with the , horses thirst mitigated, they made excellent progress, and arrived at the , spot early in the evening. Not in all 'the day had they encountered a living object, or seen a moving thing amid the surrounding desolation. Now, looking across to the north, a few gleaming lights told of Fort Larned - perched upon the opposite bluffs. CHAPTER XIV. The Landlady of the Occidental. Keith had crossed at this point ao frequently with cattle that, once having his hearings, the blackness of the night made very little difference. Nevertheless, In fear lest her pony might stumble over some irregularity, he gave bis own rein to Neb, and went forward on foot, grasping firmly-th- e tired, animal's bit It was' a long .stretch of sand and water extending from bank to hank, hut the water was a hallow, the only danger being that of straying off from the more solid bottom Into quicksand. With a towering cottonwood as guide, oddly misshapen and standing Out gauntly against the slightly lighter sky, the plainsman led on unhesitatingly, until they began to climb the rather sharp there uplift of the north bank. Heresmooth-aesa was a plain trail, pounded Into hy the hoofs of cavalry horses ridden down to water, and at the summit they emerged within fifty yards of the stables. The few tights visible, some stationary. with others dancing about Uke revealed Imperfectly the contour of various buildings, but Keith turned sharply to the right, anxious to slln past without being challenged by a sentry. Beyond the brow of the bluff other lights now became a. she endeavoring to curb her voice to secretive softness. Shure, Jack Keltb has told me ail about it. .an II safe It Is yer goto ter be here. Come on In; Olll give ye number forty-two- , thets next bebtnt me own room, an' we'll go up the back sthalrs. Hilp the young loldy. Jack, fer shure ye know the way." She disappeared, evidently with tome hospitable purpose tn view, and Keith, clasping the girls hand, understock the delicate task of safely escorting her through the dsi;k kitchen, and up the dimly remembered stairs Only a word or two passed between them, but as they neared the second story a light suddenly streamed out through the opened door; of a room al their left. Mrs. Murphy greeted them at the landing, and for the first time saw the girl's earyWhlte face, her eyes filled with appeal; and the warm Irish heart responded Instantly. Y e poor Utile lamb; Its the bid ye want, an a dhrap o whiskey. Jack Keith, why didn't ye till me she was done up wld the bard ride? Here, honey, sit down lb the rocker till OI get ye a wee dhrink. Itll bring the burst , efill guard you as though you were her osn daughter She Is a bit rougu. tsaybt- - but a big hearted woman, aud despises Hawlyj Sue nursed me once through ajouch of typhoid yet, by Jove." glancing about In sudden In this very room, recognition too." kTbe girls glance wandered over the plain, neat furnishings, and the rather pathetic attempts at decoration, yet with apparently uo thought for them. "You you bavs not told me, where you were going." He laughed, a little uneasily, as though" he preferred to make light of the whole matter. Really, I have hardly decided, the world is so wide, sod I had po reason to suppose you Interested." But I am Interested," resenting his tone of assumed indifference. "1 sonld not want, to feel that our was to Wholly end now." "Do you really mean that?" Why should I not? You have been a real friend to me; I shall remember you always with a gratitude beyoud words I want you to know this, aud that that ! shall ever wish to retain that friendship.". Keith struggled "with himself, doubtful of what be bad best say, swayed Hr unfamiliar emotion- -; You may be sure I shall never forint." he blurted forth, desperately, "and. If you really wish It, IU certainly see you again." "I do." earnestly. pJ'Tben. Ill surely find a way. I dout know now which direction we will Hde, but Im not going very tar until I clear up that murder out yonder on the trail; that 'la ray particular Job . , just now." - Before she could answer, Mr Murphy and forced her to drink the concoction prepared, the girl Accepting with smiling protest .The landlady, empty glass In hand, swept her eyes about the room. "Bedad, but the place looks betther than Iver Old belaved, wld the gyurl Olve got tlndln to It Shes that laxy ahe goes ter slape swapln tbs Hare. Jack, would ye moind- - bllpln me move the bid; shure, Its rale mahogany, an so heavy It breaks me hick lntolrely to push It round." H took bold willingly enough, and the (wo together ran the heavy contrivance across the yoora to the position selected. Once a leg caught In the mg carpet, and Keltb lifted it out. bending low to get a firmer grip. Then be held out his hand to the girl ' "It Is not going to be good bye then. Miss Hope: Ill find you." 8be smiled up Into his eyes, much of the weariness gone from her face. I am going to believe that," ahe answered. gladly, because I want to." Mrs, Murphy lingered until bla steps ounded On the stairs, as he slowly n (elt bis through the dark - red way-dow- Dess. He do be a motghly folne bye. Jack Keith," she said, apparently addressOI wish Old a ing the side wail. knowed hln). whin OI sssA gyurl; fbure, its not Murphy me polmed be low. Oiro tinkln Left alone, the girl bowed her bead on her hands, a hot tear stealing down through her fingers. As she glanced ap again, something that glittered on the floor beside the bed caught her Oes. She stopped and picked it up, the trinket lo the light, Joldlng as it though fascinated. It was the locket Keith had taken from the leek of the dead man at dmmaron Crossing. Her nerveless fingers pressed the spring, and the painted face within looked up into her own, and till clasping It within her band, ane "Shure Ite Safe It Is Yer Gain Ter Be Here." ank upon her knees, burying her face a nate trick ye played on' the lolkes roses hack to the cheeks av ye." She on the bed.. . k sv em. Jack, but this Is a dom poor was gone, bustling down "Where did be get that?" her Ups place fer ye ter hide in. Bed ad. therea stairs, and the two were aloue in the kept repeating Where did he ever In the parly now talkin room, the girl looking up Into his face, get that?" a about It, wid a couple av officers from her head resting against the cushion(TO BC CONTINUED. ed back of the chair. He thought be the fort- - Is the eager wld ye? saw a glimmer of tears In the depths She Probabjy Wee Worth It Tea. but we have no Intention pf eyes, and her "1 proposed last night and today 1 hiding here. Id rather take my of her Dave to see the girls father. chance In the open. The fact is. Kate, round white throat seemed to choke. "A painful ordeal." "You will be perfectly secure here," we started off for the Bar X. " Yea; I (eel morally certain that no "Av course, ye did; Oi waa shure av be said, soothingly, "and can remain v ss long as you please. Mrs. Murphy IS going to borrow at least $50." It" "But down on the Salt Fork we ran across a young girl whom Black Bart had Inveigled down that way on g lie. We bad a bit of a fight and got her away from him. This is what brought us back here to put the girl where she will he safe out of his clutches. New-Bor- n The door was wide open now, sod Mrs. Murphy outside, her interest at Muscles of the Forearm Especially half a minute. At four ' '. . fever beat--- , days old the Seem to Be Powerful, Saye a dillde atrcrigilT has Increased, and "Ye had 4 foight wid Black Baitl indon Periodical. the time and a half minute Oh, ye divll! An ye ticked tbedtrthy lor SS per cent of babies Th maxi-nuan got away wid his gyurl! spalpane, The mylh of the Infant Hercules, a fortnight Few is attained at Glory be! . And would Oi take her? who t rang led two aerpeqtefln hie infants can bang on for more thaa Well, Oi would. Niver doubt that, me cradle, may not have been a myth at bye She may be the quane av Shaba, all. but a tact, says the Londoa Tele- an and a half minutes, though on an she may be a Digger Injun Squaw, exceptional young Hercules remained Modern science has proved suspended for two minutes and 31 but the lolkes av him had better kape graph. it la quite a possible feat. The seconds by bls right hand. After that away from Kate Murphy. Its glad that new-bormock babe is relatively he wtill on with bla left fix II 01 am ter do it! Bring her in. OI stronger than a n man. ac- seconds hung It Is not stated longer." dont want ter hear no more." to the result of medical testa: hose babies were put through, these "Just a word. Kate; I dont know cording The muscles of the forearm are sur horizontal bar gymnastics at th early whether she has kny money or not. prisingly rigorous. - A few bourj after of from on hour to a fortnight but HI pay her bill, as soon as it is birth a baby suspended hy Its finger safe for me to come back." to a stick, or to the finger of a per'Oh. the divll take her bilL ' Shell son, can hold Itself In the air for tea 4 woman rarely uses toilet vinegars have the best ta the house, anoyhow. seconds, and. in the esse of particu- hd oils In her dressing until she la an Oim only hopin that fellow will larly strong Infanta, for as long sc ?Mt her naiad days. tbe-dar- balf-dose- lash-shade- d Streegth of tte Is-t- n full-grow- An Excellent Farm Team. There are a number of considerations for the farmers to keep in mind in breeding horses for the draft horse trade. Among these are that alze, weight, condition and character each bear am Important Influence In determining the prices paid on the markets and therefor that this influence is reflected upon the prices which they receive from the country shippers and buyers, aays the Wisconsin Agriculturist. Nothing that Influences th large central markets for th products of the farm falls, to affect the ale of a tingle article directly on the I farm. one the Probably thing which the general run of horses that reach the markets lack more often thyn any other; is six - and Incidentally therefore weight. It Is stated from good authority that there are more good horses marketed in the Union Stock Yards at Chicago than, any other place in the United States, and yet - the horses marketed there not more than 25,000 woqld weigh over 1,550 pounds, and not more than 5,000 were what would be termed l horses. First class-drhorses for the city trade should not weigh less than 1,600 pounds when jn working of 100,000 A-- aft condition, and If they weigh 1,750 pounds they will satisfy all the better. To carry such weights horses should stand about 16 hands high or over and should have conformations ,!n proportion. The condition of a horse Ja all important, both ai to' soundness and thrift Horses that have poor feet bad hockBrWeak wind, or poor shoulders are sticklers on the market They ell very slowly and at very low o also do horses that are In prices. a poor condition of thrift Fat always helps to sell horses quickly and at good prices, for it makes them look good and the horses, moreover, do not need to be conditibned before they can be put to work, A horse which looks thin when It leaves the farm Is liable to look considerably thinner after it has been shipped and arrives at the sales stablea Fat horses ship far better than tbln, thriftless ones. Then, too, the suspicion of being a poor doer on the best of care is liable to attach itself to. the thin horse In the mind of the buyer, whereas when be looks upon a well conditioned horse no such suspicion occurs to him. Character Is a valuable asset to any horse that Is placed on the market, and like size and weight is generally lacking in tbs usual stock of horaea to be selected from in the country. A horse that shows intelligence, good breeding and those qualities that come . through careful handling and good training will outsell the common, plain looking horses a considerable margin; size, by weight and condition being otherwise alike. ' The man on th farm engaging in horse production from the viewpoint of dollars and cents aud anxious to makd his acres earn the highest net returns should breed bis mares to the best sires that are available combining size, weight, soundness and character, and should breed to them consistently, They should endeavor also as soon as possible, either hy purchase or by breeding up, to possess themselves of big drafty mares combining those qualities. The only regrettable thing about the sale of the dapple gray mares on tbo January 11, 1912 Chicago horse market for $1,000, is . that the mares were not purchased by some good farmer to be used (or breeding and farm work purposes instead of by a Chicago teaming firm to draw a big wagon. It Is regrettable that they should over have gotten away from the farm, for If they were worth $1,000 for drawing a big wagon and heavy loads, certainly they were worth that on the farm -- ' wherethey could do workjto earn their coat of maintenance and raise , colts worth $1,000. ' The economy of the heavy mare on the farm, both from the standpoint of doing farm work and producing colts compared with light and medium weight mares is nicely summed up as follows hy Secretary Dinsmore of the Perchqron Society of America: "Th cost of maintenance under farm conditions is about the same, the heavier mares are more efficient in the work of th farm, th colts are ready for Work a year younger, ahd If carried to the same ags, will bring about twice as much as th colts from th tight weight mere and about one more than the third or colls from the medium weight mares." This summary waa drawn up after some careful thinking, upon the question being put to the secretary hy aa extensive land owner looking forward to the purchase and breeding of horses, "What kind of mares should I use? 1 want to know all things considered, whether I should buy a 1,200 pound, a 1,400 pound or a 1,700 pouud mare?" In other words, the land owner as a business man wanted to know whtat would be the relative cost of maintenance, what this relative efficiency on the farm and what the relative market value of the colts produced, of these three classes of mares. Here Is bow he thinks out the matter, and his thinking was based on extended observation and experience: All three classes can, of course, he managed, ao far aa maintenance cost is concerned, at about ths same gen- one-quart- er . .. eral figures. But In respect to working ; efficiency. If we rate the 1,700 pound horse at 100 per cent, liberal allowance Is made If pound hors is credited at 9 per cent, and the 1,200 pound hors at 80 per cent Th colts bred to a good draft sire will 1,500 average somewhere ' about pounds; colts from M50 pound mares 1,600 to 1,700 pounds, and colta from 1,700 pound tnarea, 1,800 to 2,000 pounds Then, too, the lighter weight colts necessarily, make their full weight only at maturity and they will V be-A- t t MltsstU they ere four or five years of age. Th and one-hal- f same is true of the medium weight colts, hut -- buyers are scouring the country for heavy colts. Every good gelding is 'gathered up at thros years of age. The heavier colts sell earlier, or if carried until they are older tnd then put on the market, the prices advance accordingly- - Coits weighing around 1,500 pounds will not bring more than $140 to $175 on the average, because they come in competition with the great glut of common light drafters on the market Those weighing around 1,650 pounds to 1,700 pounds will bring $200 to $240, and heavy weight geldings will bring $300 to $350. The heavy mares therefore produce colta that bring from to twice as much money as th lowfr weight tnarea the-1,45- -- one-thir- ' d "" USING GROUND FEED FOR HOGS Fed in Conjunction With Cora Will Brins Animal Up to Lars Weight In Short Time, In finishing bogs I make a alop of ground oats and shelled corn (ground) and a small handful of ollmeal to each hog, says a writer In 8wlne Breeders This feed. In conjunction Journal. with ear corn, or shock corn If possiblewill bring hogs up to large weights in a surprisingly short tlms. I believe that most stock raisers will agree that with such kinds of grain as wheat, rye and barley, grinding and inixing with other feeds is absolutely essential. For example, no one would think of feeding Wheat to bogs without' first thoroughly soaking it or running It through a feed mllL It may not bo necessary to grind it very fine, hut it should at least ho crushed pretty completely, or ground fine enough so that the hard, compact portions of the grain will not go through the animal, undigested. This is true for oldjs .well as young animals. Another point upon which most people will agree is that for the young growing stock, especially animals w hlch do not have a full set of teeth, grinding is necessary. It not only enables young animals to get more of their feed, but they eat greater quantities and grow much more rapidly.' On ungfound feed of th type noted, a young animal would do very little good; but if wheat, barley, rye, etc be ground and mixed with a little corn, they will thrive. r Leveling Board. leveling board attached to the cultivator help to reduce the loss of soil moisture hy evaporation. When the ground te kept fine and level, lee surface is exposed to the air and the csplljarity at th surface is less A r I! 5., lb, V' 7 k |