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CHAPTER XIII. Continued.
The hours grow older. At the head
of tho hall the musicians manifested
more signs of their Inexorable purpose.
A sad protesting squeal camo from tho
accotdlon. The violins moaned, but
were held firm. Tho worst might bo
precipitated at any moment.
But again there was a transfer of
the general attention toward tho upper'
;enu or the hall. The door once more
jopened, and there appeared a llttlo
group of three persons, on whom there
was fixed a regard so steadfast and
!so silent that It might well have been
peon that they woro strangers to all
present. Of the three, one was a tall
and slender man, who carried him
pelf with that ease which, Itself uncon
scious, causes self-consciousness In
Ahoso still some generations back of
tit. Upon tho nrm of this gentleman
Jwas a lady, also tall. thin. pale, with
(wide, dark eyes, which now opened
jwlth surprise that was more than half
hock. Lastly, with head up and eyes
talso wide, like those of a stag which
isees some new thing, there came a
"young woman, whose presence was
.such as had never yet been seen In the
Wei at ElHsvllle.
Astonished, as they might have been
by tho spectacle before them, greeted
'by no welcoming hand, ushered to no
convenient seat, these three faced tho
long, half-lit room In the full sense of
fwhat might have been called an awk
ward situation. Yet they did not
tshufflc or cough, or talk one with an
- other, or smile In anguish, as had
others who thus faced the same ordeal.
.Tho three walked slowly, calmly, de
liberately down Into what must have
bcen one of tho most singular scenes
hitherto witnessed in their lives. As
they reached tho head of tho social
irank, whero sat Mra. McDermott, the
wife of the section boss and arbiter
elegantlarum for all ElHsvllle, the gen
tleman bowed and spoke some few
'words, though obviously to a total ; led her forth, and who, after the oc
stranger a very stiff and suspicious l casion was over, wished he had not
'Ned, me boy,
stranger, who was too startled to
reply. The ladles bowed to tho wife
of the section boss and to tho others
as they came In turn. Then the three
passed on a few seats apart from anil
beyond tho other occupants of that
sldo of the house.
There was now much tension, and
.tho unhapplness and suspense could
have endured but little longer. Again
tho accordion protested and the fiddle
wept. Tho cornet uttered a faint note
of woe. Yet onco more there was a
pause In this time of Joy.
Again the door was pushed open, not
timidly, but flung boldly back. There
stood two figures at tho head of tho
hall and In tho place of greatest light.
Of these, one was tall and very thin,
but upright as a shaft of pine. He
was clad in dark garments; thus much
mitrht bo said. His waistcoat sat high
and close. At wrist and neck thero J
showed a touch of white, and a bit of
white appeared protruding at tho
bosom of his coat. His tread was
supple and easy as that of a boy of
twenty. "Ned, mo boy,"' he whispered
to his companion as they entered. "I'm
fcelln' fine the night; and as for yer
self, yo'ro fit for tho court o' St. James
at a diplomats' ball."
Franklin, Indeed, deserved somewhat
of tho compliment. Dressed In the full
uniform of a captain, ho looked tho
picture of the young army ofllccr of
tho United States. Simply, easily,
much as had the little group that Im
mediately preceded himself and friend,
Franklin parsed on up Into tho hall,
between the batteries which lined tho
walls.
Any emergency brings forward Its
owa remedy. Tho times produce tho
man, each war bringing forth Its own
generals, Its heroes, Its solvers of great
problems. None had chosen Batter
sleigh to tho leadership. There had
been no election for master of cere
monies, nor had Batterslolgh yet had
time to fully realize how desperate was
this strait In which these folk had
fallen. It appeared to him merely that,
himself having arrived, thore was
naught else to cause delay. At tho
center of tho room ho stopped, near
by the head of tho stern column of
womanhood which held the position on
the right as one entered tho hall. Here
Batterslolgh paused, making a deep
and sweeping bow, and uttered the
first open cpeech which had boon
heard that ovonlng.
"Ladies and glntlemon," he said In
tonc easily distinguishable at all parts
iXtX S Z !2i
AT THE
HOUSE
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THE
PLAINS
of tho room. "I'm pleased to meet ys
all this ovonln'. Perhaps ye all know
Batterslcigh, and I hopo yo'll all moot
mo friend Captain Franklin, at mo
side. Wo claim tho Inthroduction of
this roof, me good friends, and we wel
come everybody to the first dance at
ElHsvllle. Ladles, yer very dutiful
servant! It's woll ye'ro lookin', Mrs.
McDermott; nnd Nora, gyurl. sure
ye're charmln' tho night. Kittle, darl
In', how do ye do? Do yo romember
Captain Franklin, all of ye? Plpo
up, yo naygurs that's right. Now,
thin, all hands, chooso yer partners
for the gr-rand march, sure, with
Jerry's permission. Thank ye, Mrs.
McDermott, nnd mo arm so."
The BheoplBh figures of tho musi
cians now leaned together for a mo
ment. Tho violins walled In sad
search for tho accord, the assistant In
strument les3 tentative. All at once
the slack shoulders straightened up
firmly, confidently, nnd then, their feet
beating in unison upon tho floor, their
faces set, stern and relontless, tho
three musicians fell to tho work and
reeled off tho opening bars.
A sigh went up from tho assembly.
There was a general shuffling of shoes,
a wide rustling of calico. Then, slow
ly, as though going to his doom, Curly
arose from out tho long lino of the un
happy upon his side of the room. Ho
crossed tho Intervening space, his
limbs below tho knees curiously nt
fected, jerking his feet Into half time
with tho tune. Ho bowed so low be
fore the littlest waiter girl that his
neck scarf fell forward from his chest
and hung before him like a shield.
"May I hev the honor, Miss Kitty?" ho
choked out; and as the littlest waiter
girl rose and took his arm with a vast
air of unconcern, Curly drew a long
breath.
In his seat Sam writhed, but could
not rise. Nora looked straight in
front. It was Hank Peterson, who
Colonel
done so, for his wife sat till the last
upon the row. Seeing this awful thing
happen, seeing tho hand of Nora laid
upon another's arm, Sam sat up as ono
deeply smitten with a hurt. Then,
silently, uuobserved In the confusion,
he stolo away from the fateful Bcene
and betook himself to his stable,
where he fell violently to currying ono
of the horses.
"Oh, kick!" ho exclaimed, getting
speech In these surroundings. "Kick!
I deserve it. Of all the low-down,
d n cowards that ever was horned I
sure am the worst! But tho gall of
that foller Peterson! An' him a mar
lied mun!"
When Sam left tho ballroom there
remained no person who was ablo to
claim acquaintance with tho little group
who now sat under tho shadow of tho
swinging lamp nt tho lower end of tho
hall, and farthest from tho door. Tho
"grand mnreh" was over, and Batter
sleigh was again walking along tho
line in company with his friend
FrankHn, before either could have
been f&ld to have noticed fully these
strangers, whom no ono seemed to
know, and who sat quite apart and un
engaged. Batterslelgh. master of cer
emonies by natural right, and com
fortable gentleman at heart, spied out
Micso three, and needed but a glance
to satl'fy himself of their identity.
"Sir," said Batterslolgh, approach
ing and bowing as ho addressed the
stranger, "I shall make bold to intro
duce mes-elf Batterslelgh of ElHsvllle,
sir. at your service If I am not mis
taken, you will bo from below, toward
the next town. I bid ye a very good
welcome, and we shall all hopo to seo
yo often, sir. We're none too many
here yet, and a glntleman and his
family are always welcome among gin
tlomen. Allow mo, sir, to presint me
friend Captain Franklin, Captain Ned
Franklin of the th, Illinois in tho
lato unpllsantneas Ned, mo boy, Colo
nel yo'll pardon me not knowln' tho
name?"
"My name Is Buford, sir," said the
other as ho rose. "I am vory glad to
seo you gentlemen, Colonel Batter
slolgh, Captain Franklin. I was so un
lucky as to be of the Kentucky troops,
sir, in the same unpleasantness. I
want to introduce my wifo, gentlemen,
and my niece, Miss Baauchanip."
Franklin roally lost a part of what
tho speaker was saying. Ho was gat
ing at this form half hidden In tho
shadow, a llgure with hands drooping,
with face upturned and just caught
strongly about tho hoavy hnlr. Thero
camo upon him nt that moment, as
with a Jlood-tldo of memory, nil tho
vague longing, the restlessness, tho
Incertitude of life which had hnrrled
him boforo ho hnd como to this far
land, whoso swift nctlvlty hnd helped
him to forgot. Yet even hero he had
been unsettled, unhappy. Ho had
missed, ho had lacked ho know not
what.
Tho young woman rose, nnd stood
out n pace or two from the shadows.
She turned her face toward Franklin.
Ho felt her gnze take In the uniform
of blue, felt the stroke of mental dis
like for the uniform a dislike wlm
he know existed, but which ho could
not fnthom. ' With a strange, hnlf
shivering gesture tho girl advanced
half a step and laid her head almost
upon tho shoulder of tho elder woman,
standing thus for ono moment, the
arms of the two unconsciously en
twined, ns Is sometimes tho wny with
women. FrankHn npprpnehed rude
ness ns ho looked at this attitude of
the two, still puzzling, still seeking to
solve this troubling problem of tho
past.
Thero came a shift In tho music. Tho
air swept from the merry tuno Into tho
minor from which tho negro Is nover
musically free. Then In a flash Frank
lin saw It all. Ho saw the picture.
His heart stopped!
This music. It was tho wall of
trumpets! These stops, ordered,
measured, woro those of mnrchtng
men. Those sounds, high, comming
ling, thoy were tho voices of a day
gone swiftly by. These two, this
one this picture It wub not hero, but
upon tho field of wheat nnd flowers
that he saw It now again that picture
of grief ho Infinitely sad.
Franklin saw, nnd as ho gazed,
eager, half advancing, Indecision and
Irresolution dropped from him forever.
Resolved from out the shadows, where
in it hnd never In his most intimate
self-searching taken any actual form,
he saw the Imago of that unformulated
drenm which had haunted his sub
consciousness so long, and which was
now to haunt him openly and forever.
The morning after tho first official
ball In ElHsvllle dawned upon another
world.
ElHsvllle, nftor the first ball, wns by
all the rules of the PlalnB admittedly
a town. A sun had sot, and a sun had
arisen. It was another day.
To Edward Franklin the tawdry ho
tel parlor on tho morning after tho
ball was no mere four-square habita
tion, but a chamber of tho stars. Be
fore him, radiant, wbh that which ho
had vaguely sought. This othor half
of himself, with feet running far to
find tho missing friend, had sought him
out through nil tho years, through all
tho miles, through all tho spheres!
This was fate, and at this thought his
heart glowed, his eyes shone, his very
stnture seemed to increase. Ho wist
not of Nature and her ways of attrac
tion. Ho only knew that hero was
that Other whose hand, pathetically
sought, ho had hitherto missed In tho
darkness of tho foregone days. Now,
thought ho. It was all happily con
cluded, heic in this brilliant chamber
of delight, this irradiant abode, this
noble hall bedecked with gems and
silks and stars nnd all the warp nnd
woof of his many, many days ol
dreams!
Mr. and MrB. Buford hnd for tho
time excused themselves by reason ol
Mrs. Buford's weariness, and after tho
easy ways of that time and place tho
young poople found themselves alone.
Thus It was that Mary Ellon, with a
temporary feeling of helplessness,
found herself face to face with tho very
man whom she at that time cared least
to see.
(To be continued.)
Tricks of the Types.
A friend met Whitclaw Rcld, tho
veteran editor of the Now York Trib
une, the other day and said to him:
"I seo you are on the advisory board
of Mr. Pulitzer's new college of jour
nalism at Columbia university. Do
you expect to put an end to the typo
graphical error?"
"Tho most we can hope to do," re
plied Mr. Held, "Is to mitigate Its hor
hors. You can't abollBh the typo
graphical error any more than you
can original sin. I romombor when
the prince of Wales visited this coun
try of writing an editorial on the
subject. I was young and ambitious,
and thought I said some plover things.
It began: 'The prince of Wales Is
making captivating speeches.' The
next morning I picked up tho paper
to enjoy reading It In print. I turned
to tho editorial page, and this met my
gaze: 'The price of Nails Is making
carpenters swear.' " Philadelphia
Post.
Couldn't Forget His Pet Theme.
Down In Virginia, says Thomas Nel
son Page, there was an old dar.ky
preachor who had preached about In
fant baptism morning and night until
his congregation couldn't stand It any
longer. They told him to preach
something else or they'd havo to find
somo onu who would. Ho promised,
nnd the next Sunday announced his
text, "Adam, whero art thou?"
"DIs, bredern, can bo divided Into
fouh bonds," began the dominie.
"First, every man is somowhar. Sec
ondly, most men am where they ain't
got no bua'uess to bo. Thirdly, you'd
bettor look out or you'll bo glttln'
thorc you'gelf. Fo'thly. Infant bap
tism. Now, bredern, I guess w'o
might's woll pass by tho fust three
hoadB and como ImmedVly to tho
fo'th. Infant baptism."
Commercial Museums.
Tho Russian government will os
tablish permanent ooasraerclal muse
ums in Paris.
1 ill-. ii i ca
'from IhrUUtrtand U'lurti on accuracy and
rorttiOugM,bvJiirlSr.l'raU.Oiiilirk,llUnoU
The accuracy
For n rest time
review of the
daily sources of
belter methods.
library is for
co-operation
in informa
tion on the
enemies of easy errors and the
friends of forethought, to re
duce mutually c.r pensive inis
tan'cs of mechanical, commer
cial and professional peoolc.
Misunderstandings
make many miserable,
so be accurate now.
If you want to know more blamo
yourself. My best gains on myself
hnve been due to respecting tho sug
gestions of others nnd shouldering
more than my share of the causes of
trouble.
Recently I handed n man n part of
an order loo soon, then I did not re
peat it when tho remainder of tho or
der wns delivered. Wo got mixed up
and tho product came out wrong and
1 now sit down and tell you about it.
It Is split milk, what elso can I do?
Yes, I can make resolutions and 1 havo
done so, but somehow my writing to
you about It seems to weld tho wash
er down on tho resolutions. There is
another paragraph thought to go with
this one.
A flno chnnco was given mo to catch
the mistake nnd correct it, but when I
mnde an appointment on the matter
for the morning l got tho Impression
or It was permitted to grow thnt the
appointment was of minor lmportanco
nnd for any time during the day. But
the other party considered It so se
riously that he held tho work a couple
hours for me to como In. but I was
four hours later than I should havo
been and tho truth Is I camo near not
calling at all. Well, that Is ono on
me and I am supposed to bo at my
best when It comes to keeping ap
pointments. After snylng what I
havo It Is better for mo to ndd that
I nm not shouldering more than my
share of the causo of this misunder
standing. When we mndo tho appoint
ment he may havo been thinking
about another subject from tho ono I
I was talking about and If so thnt
would havo mixed us. My remarks
would havo applied to either ono of
two subjects wo had before us. How
are people to tell whether or not thoy
are thinking about tho samo subject
or the same sldo of tho samo subject?
National wars havo been started by
misunderstandings.
A Common Question.
An ambitious child tried to carry
three big clothes poles from their cor
ner in the basement.
In plnco of getting them out tho
little ono got them mixed with a chair,
tho stove, a stepladder and tho cell
ing and got penned In tho corner.
While others were laughing over tho
Holf-trapped youngster tho latter
yelled out, "What's tho matter?"
Employers, employes and customors
havo occasions wlun It Is In order
to stop and ask, "What's tho matter?"
Tho professional worker who lets his
accounts got mixed up In a way to
make them useless to him has a
chnnco to stop and inquire, "What's
tho matter?"
An attorney tells rao that ho has
more trouble collecting his own ac
counts than ho does in winning his
clients' cases. "What's the trouble?"
A farmer says ho doe3 not get tlmo
to havo a kitchen garden. "What's
the trouble?"
A noso anil, throat medical special
ist has a bad breath of his own.
What'B tho trouble?"
"What's the trouble?" Is tho begin
ning of better methods, but only tho
beginning after which must como
continuation and culmination.
"What's tho trouble?" is the be
ginning of systematic Investigation
and that leads to scientific Intelli
gence. In place of blaming others or condi
tions, stop and ask questions; then
follow them up and know more.
Small Audiences.
Lectures to audiences of ono aro
my favorites. A small audience never
worries me, as any ono person may bo
able later on to Introduce mo to thou
sands. My faith in the great possi
bilities of the future is simply unlim
ited. Yesterday a man Bald to me that I
had hotter see tho treasurer cf their
company somo morning and I was
thero soon nftor 9 a. m. this morning.
Two othor officials woro in tho room
with tho treasurer and I gave It to
thom right and left.
My lecture to these three took a
good part of an hour and It was on
tho dally sources of great individual
accuracy for omployor, employe and
customer to reduco mutually expensive
mistakos such as sickness, smashups
and misunderstandings.
While this company may never en
courage mo a cent's worth I am a
galnor by tho effort bocauso somo day
un audience of two thousand may give
mo two hundred dollars for tho vory
samo talk and my oxorclse with tho
three mou will aid me In being useful
to yon In this column.
At the time, it hurts
to bo kicked out of
hell, though you land
in heaven.
Mnny people havo been grontly dis
appointed over defont until they found
that It was tho greatest blessing that
over enmo upon thorn.
But though you know nt tho very
tlmo It Is for your ultlmnto profit
when tho defeat occurs, you do not en
joy It. Doslrnblo defeatB nro most
onjoynblo when looked bnck on from
qulto a dlstnncc.
Thoso who lnugh last laugh best,
of course, but during tho first lnugh
there Is gonorally n lack of faith In
tho no-knowlng-whon-tobo last lnugh.
ot some can laugh In dofeat during
tho enemies' laugh.
To do this, Bmllo In defeat, requires
absoluto confidence In your futuro,
or a faith In n dlvlno solution you nro
unablo to soo to-day.
A stockholder Is forcod to sell his
Interest and against his will and ho
nnturally feels ugly over It. But If
In a fow yoars tho othor stockholders
loso all their money and tho crowded
out victim 1b tho only ono to mnko a
cent by tho dlsnstorous enterprise,
then tho man who hnd n natural right
to feel ugly has a natural right to feel
good-unturod.
Lot mo toll you that any kind of
faith which helps you to smile In do
font in tho belief that It Is tho ad
vanco agent of special success Is a
mighty good thing to hnvo In your
head, heart or backbone.
My collection of confessions by me
chanical, commercial and professional
people, contains a good many exam
ples of final victory nnd ono from your
own llfo or from your observations
would bo highly prized and It might
prove- to bo your best monument lu
tlmo to come.
Examples of pluck when no one sees
a ghost of n chnnco are sources of
pluck which nover run awny from you
and thoso who review tho pnst In a
search for such events aro generally
vigorously surprised over tho lucky
findings.
My bollof Is'that If you search for
n useful example for tho benefit of
othors you derive more benefit from
It than If you mado tho hunt for sel
fish reasons. Somo vory smart men
wondor why somo very nlmplo men
ecom to stumble Into lucky discoveries
and tho real reason mny bo that thoy
possess aggressive goodness rather
than brlllnncy.
Social Fire Extinguishers.
Wo should bo ready at all times to
fight flro and mnko peace.
It requires as much skill to kill
anger as It does to bring down a dan
gerous animal.
When you got between two of your
friends who are angry with onoh
othor and you aro mlserablo until thoy
becomo congenial again, you wish you
know moro about how to do things.
Somo would-bo pcaco -makers make
conditions worse and get injured
themselves, whllo othors aro so skill
ful that a few words win tho nngry
over to each other and In a way to
keep them friends.
How do tho successful peace
makers go at tho extinguishing ot
anger? First, by a quiet and Intelli
gent self-control.
Water 1b a fighter of flro becauso
It requires a very unusual heat to de
compose It, so self-control Is a reducer
ot auger, either In self or in others,
becauso It requires a very unusual
provocation to trip It up.
People get angry only when thoy
lose their head, and if they talk a mo
ment with somo onq who has a head
they aro given a chanco to find theirs
again, and if that somo ono knows'
how to say the right word at tho right
time It certainly helps.
Whero two people got to running
to a third person with complaints
against each other tho third person
hns an uncomfortable tlmo of It un
less possessing ability to settlo tho
trouble. Such troubles aro frequent
ly imaginary and an imaginary trou
ble may bo more difficult to removo
than a real one. Dealro and study
are sources of ability.
Balancing Helps.
When wo got a thump which dims
our horizon for tho day, or which
would naturally dim it, we should havo
somo previous compliment handy to
re-read as an antidote, but more Im
portant than this Is the habit of hav
ing some previous thump ready to re
view when something comes up which
would nnturally mako us Joyful.
It Is more dangerous to be too happy
than to be too miserable.
The accuracy of being temperate In
all things includes disposition.
And ono source of that accuracy Is
to have handy tho balancing helps of
memory.
Memory Is a groat store house of
wisdom from which we cau order fore
thoughts for rooming, noon and night.
When we appeal to tho memorioa of
others we have the best balancing
holps ready to put to use.
Some authorities would havo us
think that nations remember only a
third of a contury then havo to loam
everything ovoragnln by oxponslvo os
porlouce, and that tho avorage indi
vidual romombers about threo months.
Hera is a chnnco for the intellectual
to get a bettor rucord than tho natural.
LIVE STOCK
J iPft ''Sw -8
Fluid Ucetcss for Branding.
From tlmo to tlmo attempts nro
mado to supplant tho red hot branding
Iron by n liquid. A liquid branding
material patented In Now Zealand has
boon Imported to this country and
qulto widely advortlsod. A largo num
ber ot western cattlo men tried It and
reported ndvorBoly on It It was
claimed thnt It would not lnjuro tho
hide, but tho exporlonco ot stockmen
scorns to bo that It Injures thom ns
much ns tho branding Iron. Rolatlvo
to this -mnttor, tho Arizona station
publishes tho following:
"Hon. Will C. Barnes of Dorsoy,
Now Mexico, formerly an Arizona cat
tleman, has used this namo branding
fluid undor range conditions and ox
presses himsolf concerning Us uso as
follows: "For tho mnn who, llko my
self, ha3 from two to thrco hundred
cnlvcs to brand at a tlmo, I can soo no
way of using It successfully.
" 'In branding tlmo on ray ranch wo
usually cut out from two to thrco hun
dred calves, put them Into a lano In
tho corral, cutting cnlvos into ono pen
and cows into another. Ono man
grabs tho calf by tho right hind log.
another grabs tho tall, glvos a quick
Jerk and tho calf Is on his sldo with
ono man holding his hind legs, and an
othor on his neck. No soonor does ho
hit tho ground than n man Is at him
with tho Iron, while at tho Bamo tlmo
another man marks and enstratos, and
this year a third man dohornod with
a cllppor. With two pairs of men to
throw, ono to run tho IrouB, ono to cut
nnd mark, and ono to dehorn, making
aovon men In all, wo havo frequently
branded out ninety calves In an hour
and kept it up at that clip for throo
or four hours.
Now I tried tho branding fluid un
der such conditions: I first put it
into a milkpan and used a cold iron.
It took a long tlmo for tho fluid to
penotrnto tho hair, and finally ono
vigorous calf kicked ovor my pan and
spilled tho fluid all ovor tho legs of tho
man holding him. That sottlod tho
pan system, and I got a brush and
palntod it on. That worked all right,
but took tlmo. But tho worst fcaturo
ot all was that crowding three or four
hundred calves Into a small pen that
way, they smeared and rubbed tho
Btuff all ovor each othor, tho sides of
tho corral and tho men's clothes.
" 'Branding tlmo on n big ranch la
a hurry-up period; everything Is In a
rush. To uso tho fluid means to tnko
just about ten times as long as by tho
hot Iron syBtem.' "
Rcugh Feed For Horses.
Tho Wyoming station has mado
somo oxperlmonts that domonstrato
tho valuo of alfalfa hay as a horsu
feed, says a government report, lu
discussing tho subject of alfalfa for
horses, tho California station9 says in
effect that in regions where It Is tho
Btaplo crop "tl'io quantity of protein
that can bo supplied in groen and
cured alfalfa is so great that much
less grain Is required than whon tho
coarso fodder consists of cereal hays
only. For tho Pacific coast, whero
cereal hays replaco so lnrgoly thoso
from meadow grassos, tho station rec
ommends a ration of alfalfa hay with
wheat hay or barley hay or grain. In
a recent discussion of horse feeding
under local conditions tho Louisiana
station has pointed out tho value ot
cowpoa vine hay.
Tho outcome of the different expoi
Imonts is In accordance with tho ob
servation ot .careful feeders, viz., that
tho various common coarso fodders
may bo fed to horses ob circumstances
demand. Although timothy hay is in
many regions regarded ns tho prefer
ablo coarso feed, yet oxperlonco has
shown that corn fodder, hay from
iwheat, barley and other cereal grains
and from clover and alfalfa, may be
substituted for it. That this Is what
might bo expected Is shown by a
study of tho composition ot these feed
ing stuffs. They rosomblo ono another
very closely lu tho character and
amount of nutrients thoy contain. Al
falfa, clover and tho other leguminous
hays aro richer In protein than tho
cured grassos and cereal forago. Straw
Is not much fed to horses in the
United States, but Is a aoinmon feed
ing stuff In Europe. As shown by Us
composition and digestibility, It com
pares qulto favorably with other
coarso fodders. In accordance with
tho general principle, tho substitution
of one coarse fodder for another lu a
ration should always be made on a
bnsis of composition and digestibility,
rather than pound for pound.
Our Poultry.
According to tho census of three
years ago, tho United States has 233
million chickens, 6 million turkeys, 5
million goeso and 4 million ducks. The
odd thousands aro not given, as the
millions aro near enough. It will bo
seen thnt our common barnyard fowl
Is a good ways in tho lead. In tho
matter of chickens, the loading stato
Is Iowa, which Is credited with 18
millions. Illinois comes next wltb 1C
millions, and sho is closoly followed
by Missouri with 14 millions. Ohio is
also credited with 14 millions and
T&xas has 13 millions. Indiana, Kan
sas and Pennsylvania havo each over
10 millions. Tho smallest showing
was mado by Alaska, which reported
only 176 chickens. In tho total value
of poultry and oggs produced durlns
tho census year Illinois led, and was
followed by Iowa and Mlssourl'in tho
order named. For tho census year
tho value of all tho eggs produced in
tho United States was 144 mllllocs
and of poultry products 13C millions.