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RESTORED TO HEALTH.
After Suffering With Kidney Dleon
dera for. Many Years.
Mrs. John S. Way, 209 8. 8th St
Independence, Kans., says: "For f
cumber of years I was a victim ol
disordered kidneys. My back ached
sage of the kidney se
. constantly, the pas-
cretlons was Irregu
lar and my feet and
ankles were badly
swollen. pots often
k? ' X appeared before my
'u :L.-:'-:'S.-yj'jf eyes and I became
'V-' very nervous. Aftei
using numerous remedies without re
lief I was completely cured by Doan's
Kidney Pills. This seems remarkable
when you consider my advanced age,
Remember the name Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 60 cents
box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y
Taking Father's Job.
"Why should you beg? You
ttoth youngaod strong."
are
"That Is right, but my father Is old
and weak and can no longer support
me." Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle ot
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the stf a
Signature OuxZTcdtV.
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Carrying His Audience With Him.
Nobody was more witty or more bit-
tor than Lord Ellonborough. A young
lawyer, trembling with fear, rose to
tnnke his first speech, and began: "My
lord, my unfortunate client My
lord my unfortunate client My
lord " "Go on, sir. go on!" said Lord
KHenborough, "as far as you have pro
reeded hitherto the court is entirely
1th you."
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When you begin to think It's a per
lonal matter between you and the sun
to see which Is the hotter, buy your
self a glass or a bottle of Coca-Cola.
It is cooling relieves fatigue and
quenches the thirst Wholesome as
the purest water and Jots nicer to
drink. At soda fountains and car
bonated In bottles 5c everywhere.
Bend 2c stamp for booklet "The Truth
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"Casey At The Bat," records, schedules
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Merely a Prevaricator.
A doctor relates the following story:
"I had a patient who was very ill and
who ought to have gone to a Warmer I
climate, so I resolved to try what hyp
notism would do for him. I had a
large sun painted on tho celling of his
room and by suggestion induced him
to think It was the sun which would
cure him. The rime succeeded and
be was getting better rapidly when
one day on my arrival I found he was
dead."
"Did It fall, after all, thenr asked
pne of the doctor's hearers.
"Ne," replied the doctor, "he died
f sunstroke."
The Dentist' Joke. '
At a recent dinner of the Author'i
Club In London to Mr. Owen Seaman,
Hie editor of Punch, Mr. WaKef
Emanuel, another-member ot the staO.
Kf Punch, referred to the fact that the
man with the largest sense of humor
fee had ever struck was an Englishman
dentist. He went to him, after suf
fering long Vtiih liio toothache. He re
fused to have gas, and the dentist
tmlled out a tooth, leaving him writh
ing In pain, and took the tooth to the
iwlndow, where he laughed quite heart
ily. He groaned, "What's the joke?"
"Wrong tooth," said the dentist
A Simple Matter.
"Charley, dear," sld Young Mra
Torklns, "tho paper says that the Pre
cibitlonlsta have trouble with boot
legger."
"I believe so." I
"Men are so stupid! Why don't
they put a atop to it by compelling
everybody to wear low shoes?"
In the Night 8chool.
Teacher (of night school) What do
you understand by the terms "life
sentence?" Give an example of one.
Shaggy-Haired Pupil I pronounced
you husband and wife. Chicago Trib
une.
Know How
To Keep Cool?
When Summer's sun
and daily toil heat the
blood to an uncomfort
able degree, there is noth
ing so comforting and
cooling as a glass of
ce
ostum
served with sugar and a
pmrn
rising, too, how
elements reliev
nd sustain one.
Vour is deli-
Postum is
lrink.
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CHAPTER XVI.
In those days of slowing wheels and
jllenced anvils Pouth Tredegar had Its
own troubles, and when some one tele
phoned the editor of the Morning Trib
une that Chlawasse Consolidated had
succumbed at lant. he did not deem It
worth while to Inquire whether the
strike at Qordonla. was the cause or the
consequence of the sudden shut-down.
Hut a dny or two later, when rumors
of threatened violence began to tricklo
n over the telephone wires, a Tribune
man called, In passing;, at the general
oRlees In the Coosa Building, and whs
promptly put to sleep ly the astute
pyckman, who, for reasons of his own,
wna quite willing to conceal the true
state of affairs. Yes, there was a sus-
( tension of active operations at Gordon
n, and he believed there had beon somo
hot-hended talk among the minors. But
there would be no troulile. Mr. Farley
wns at present In Ixmdon negotiating
for English capital. When he should
return, the capital stock of the com
pany would be Increased, and the plant
would probably be removed to South
Tredegar and enlarged.
All of which was duly Jotted down to
be passed Into the Tribune's archives;
and the following morning Tom, doing
guard duty with his father, the two
Helgersons and a squad of the yard
men at the threatened plant, read a
pointless editorial In which ' misstate
ment of fact and sympathy for J.he ab
sent and struggling Farleys were
equally and Impartially blended.
"i.ook at that!" he growled, wrath-
fully, handing the paper across the of
nee desk to Caleb. "One of these fine
days I'm going to land that fellow
Dyrkman in the penitentiary."
The Iron-master put on his specta
cles and plodded slowly and consclen
tlously through the editorial, turning
the paper, at length, to glance over
the headings on the telegraphic page,
In the middle of it he looked up sud
denly to say:
Son, what was the name o' that1 In-
dlany town with the big watof-plpe
contract?" ,
Tom gave It In a word, and Caleb
passed the paper back, with his thumb
on one of the press dispatches.
"Read that," he said.
Tom read, and the wrathful scowl
evoked by the foolish editorial (vy
place to a flitting smile of triurr
There was trouble in the Irjc!-rrclty
over the awarding of the jj(Sj;;f contract.
In some way unknown to the pross re
porter, it had leaked out that a much.
lowor bid than the one accepted had
been ignored by the purchasing coffli
mtttee. A municipal election was
nnnrilnir. a.nd the people were up In
arms. Rumors of a wholesale Indict-'?
ment of the suspected officials were
rife, and the city offices were In a state
of siege.
Tom put the paper down and smote
on the desk.
"I thought perhaps I could give them
a run for their money." - ,
"YouT" said Caleb, removing his
glasses. "How's that?"
"It was a shot in the dark, and I
didn't want to brag beforehand," he
explained. "1 wrestled it out Satur
day night when I was tramping the
hills after Don Williams had brought
.mother around. One member or
the
- purchaaing committee was ready to
dodge; he gave me a pointer before I
left Louisville. I didn't sea anything
In it then but revenge;, but arterwara i
saw how we might spend some money
to a possible advantage."
I reckon I'm sort o' auu, uuaay;
what-all did you doT
Wired the disgruntled one that
there was a letter and a check In the
mall for him to be followed by another
and a bigger one If hjs pole proved
ion anouah to reaota the persimmons.
The old Iron-master left nis enair
and began to walk the floor, six steps
and a turn After a little he saia:
"Tom, is that business?"
"It Is the modern definition of it"
"What's goln' to. happen up yonder
In IndlanyT"
-if I knew. Td be a good bit easier
In my mind. What I'm hoping Is that
the rumpus will be big eao--h to make
m turn the contract out ,.uy.
"Where's your heart, Buddy? Would
you take the chanoe of sendln' these
lellOWS W J v -" w. eufcv.i.
that contract?
"Cheerfully." said Tom. They're res
cals I could have bought them if I'd
had money enough; and the other fel
low did buy them.
The old man resumed his monoton
mm tramp up and down the room. Th
hardness in Tom's voice unnerved him,
After anotnor interval oi silence h
nuke again.
' "I wish you hadn't done It, son. It'i
a dirty Job, any way you look at It"
"Norman says It's a condition, not
theory; and he Is right. We are liv
ing under a new order of things, and
If we want to stuy alive, we've got to
conform to It. It gagged me atNflrst:
I reckon there are some traces of the
Christian tradition left. But. puppy,
I'm going to win. That Is what I'm
here for. There Is nothing for us to di
out to sit tight and wait If we gut a
telegram from Indiana before thc.
Idiots of ours lose their heads and go
to rioting and burning, we shall still
have a fighting chanoe. If not, we'i-.i
smashed."
"You mustn't be too hard on th t
men, Buddy. They've been mighty pa
tient." "If I could do what I'd like to, I'd
Itru tho lust man of them, It muk
mo savage to have them turn up and
knock us on the head uftor we've been
sweating blood to pull through. llavu
you seen Ludlow?"
"Yes; I saw him last rilxht. Ho's
right ugly; sworo he wouldn't raise a
hard even If the boys took kerosene
u;id dynamite to us."
"Well, ir they flo. he'll be the flrit
man to pay for It." said Tom; and In
;.'l't t!;o cMcc and the hona to m.iXe
the round of tho guarded nates.
I.uiliow won us good us hi word. Ot
l'..e nU;!il following the day of sus
pense an attempt was made to wreck
iho Inclined railway running from the
inii'es on Lebanon to the coke yard,
't was happily frustrated; but when
Turn uml hit handful of . guards got
luck to the toot if the hill they found
H II i e started In a pile of wooden flasks
I'.e.'l1-'! lU'.aluit the end of the foundry
buildlit:;.
The tiro was eaully extliigulnhuhW
!iy n willing hand or two, but Tom
.rii-d an tKP'trt'iirnt. tstcum hu Senn
kept up lu a sin I battery of holUr
.galitst emri-rc!f , end he UlMcUJ
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LYNDE
Frtneli Lynda
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Helgerson to throw open the gre.it
gates while he ran to tho boiler room
and sent tho flrecall of the huge siren
whistle shrieking out on the night. Ths
experiment was only mcagerly success
ful. Less than a score of the strikers
answered the call, but these worked
with a will, and the lire was quickly
put out
Tom was under the arc-light at the
gates whon "the volunteers straggled
out. He had a word for each mana
word of appreciation and a plea or
suspended Judgment. Most of the men
shook their heads despondently, but a
few of them promised to stand on tho
side of law And order. Tom took tho
names of the few, and went back to his
guard duty with the burden a little
lightened. Hut the succeeding night
there were more attempts at violence,
three of them so determined as to
leave no doubt that the crisis was i.t
hand. This was Tom's discouraged
admission when his father camo to re
lieve him In the morning.
"We're about at the end of the rope,"
he said, wearily, when Caleb had rlosjd
the door of the log-house yard office
behind him. "The two Helger.ions are
played out, and neither of us can stand
this strain for another twenty-four
hours. I'm Just altout dead on my
feet for sleep, and I know you are. I
know what I'm going to do. I had a
'phone wire from Dradley, the sheriff,
last night after you went home. He
funked like a boy; said lie couldn't
raise a posse In South Tredegar that
would serve against striking workmen.
Then I wired the governor, ond his an
swer came an hour ago. We can have
the soldiers If we make a formal de
mand for them."
"But, Tom, son; you wouldn't do
that!" protested Caleb, tremulously.
"Let's try to hold out a little spell lon
ger, Buddy. It'll be like fire to tow;
there'll be men killed men that I've
known since they were boys: men
killed, and women made wldders. Tom,
I'vo seen enough of war to last me."
"I know," said Torn. None tho les3,
he found a telegraph blank and bean
to write the message. There had been
shots fired in the night. In a sally on
the inclined railway, and one of them
had Kcoreirhls arm. If the rlntr
needrii strong hand to curb them,
O'sJ-'uld have It
4 Tom Blgned the call for help, read It
over methodically, and placed It be
tween dampened Bheets In the lettr.
prrtHe had pushed the electric but
Liotrwhlch summoned Stub Hel
when the door opened silently and JelT
LudloW'H boy thrust face - and hand
thrnigji the aperture.
"Well; what Is It?" demanded Tom.
more sharply than he meant to. The
strain was Beginning to tell on his
nerves.
lilt's a letter for. you-all from Me.
Stamford at the deepo," said the boy.
e auowea maybe you'all'd glmm
nickel for brlngln" hit"
The coin was found and passed: and
the small boy , was whooping and yell
ing ror Helgerson to come and let him
through two gates when Tom tore the
envelope -across and read the telegram.
was from tne indiuna city, and It
was signed by the chairman of the
Board of Publlo Works.
.Proposals for water-pipe have been
reopened, and your bid Is accepted.
Wire how soon you can begin to ship
elghteen-lnch mains," was what It said.
Tom handed it to his father and step
per quickly to the telephone. There
was a little delay In getting the ear cf
the president of the Iron City Nation
al at Bouth Tredegar, and the bound
ing, pulsing blood of Impatience mada
It seem Interminable.
Is that you, Mr. Hennlker? This Is
Cordon at the Chlawassee plant, Gor-
donla. We have secured that Indiana
contract I was telling you about, and
I'll be in to see you on the 10 o'clock
train. Will you save nve minutes for
me? Thank you. Oood-by."
Tom hung the ear-piece on its hook
and turned to face his father.
"Have you surrounded it?" he laugh
ed, with a llttlp quaver of excitement
In his voice, which he had been careful
to master In the' announcement to the
DanK president. we live, pappy; we
live and wlnl Get word to the men lo
come up here at 3 o'clock for their pay
Tell them we blow in again to-mor
row, and they can all come back to
work and no questions asked."
In gladsome easing of the strain were
the wheels of Chlawassee Consolldat
ed oiled to their new whirlings on the
road' to fortune. If Caleb Gordon re
membered how. the mlraelo had been
wrought, ho said no word to clench his
disapproval; and as for Tom ah, well
It was not the first time In the history
of the race that the end hua served to
Justify tho means to make them
clean and white and spotless. If need
were.
CHAPTER XVII.
How Tom Gordon had Informed him
Belf of the precise day and train of
their home-coming, Ardea did not think
to inquire. Hut he was on the plat
form when the train drew In. and wis
the first to welcome them.
Kh was quiek tn see and appreciate
the changes wrought In him, by time.
by the Boston sojourn, by the sum
mer's struggle with adverse men am
things though of this last she knew
nothing as yet. It seemed scarcely
credible that the big, handsome yoini;
fellow who wua shaking hands wl'l
her grandfather, helping Miss Kuphr.i
s!a with her multifarious belongings
and making himself generally us-fii
and hospitable, could be a later rein
carnation of the abashed school-boy.
"Not a word for me, Tour."' nha s;iiil
when the last of Cousin Euphrasia'
treasures' had been le.i.-ued from the
Impatient train porter und added to tli
bead on the platform.
"All tlu words are for you or thry
shall lii) presently." he l.ius;lV'd. "Just
let lie ret jo.ir lug'jic out of pawn
arrt staii al lecr-Trucifurd. and I'll
talk you la a finish."
SSho stood by and looked on while he
did It. Surely, he had grown and ma
tured In the thr-e broadening years!
There was conscious munhood, clTee
tiveness. In every movement; In tha
very bl-neas of him. She bad n llttlit
attack of patriotism, saying to herself
that they did iaot fashion uch young
men In the old World.
Mammy Juliet's grandson. Pete, wi
down with tho family carriage, and he
took his orders from Tom touching the
bestow! of the luggage as he would
have taken them from Major Dsbney.
Ardea marked this, t, and belnj
Southern bred, wrote the Oordon name
still a little higher on the scroll of es
teem. When Pete had done his office
with the European gatherings of the
party the ancient carriage looked like
a van, and there was scant room In
side for three passengers.
"That means us for old Longfellow
and the buggy," said Tom to Ardea.
"Any way," said Ardea; so he put
her Into the buggy and they drew In
behind tho carriage. Before they were
half-way to the Iron-works they had
the pike to themnelves, and Tom was
not urging the leisurely horse.
"My land! but It's good for tired
eyes to have another sight of you!" he
declared. Then: "It has been a full
month of Sundays. Do you realize
that?"
"Since we saw each other? It has
been much longer than that hasn't It?"
"Not so very much. I saw you In
New York the day you sailed."
"You did! Where was I?"
"You had Just come down in the ele
vator at the hotel with your grandfath
er and Miss Euphrasia."
"And you wouldn't stop to speak t
us? I think that was simply barbar
ous!" "But the time was horribly unpro
pltlous." "Why?"
"I'm wondering whether I'd better He
out of It; say I knew you were on your
way to breakfast, and that I hoped to
have a later opportunity, and all that
Shall I do It?"
She did not reply at once. The un
deceived Inner self was telling her that
here lay the parting of the ways; that
on her answer would be built the strus
ture, formal or confidential, of their
future Intercourse. Loyalty to the halo
demanded self-restraint; but every
other fiber of her was reaching out for
a re-establlshment of the old boy-and-glrl
openness of heart and mind. Her
hesitation was only momentary.
"You are Just as rude and Gothic as
you used to be, aren't you, Tom? Don't
you know. I'm childishly glad of it; I
was afraid you might be changed in
that way, too and I don't want to find
anything changed. You needn't be po
lite at the expenso of truth not with
me."
"I had my war paint on that morn
ing, and I wasn't fit to talk to you.
Didn't the Major tell you about It?"
"Not a word. I hope you didn't quar
rel with him, too?"
' He marked the adverb of addition
and wondered If Vincent Farley had
been less reticent than Major Dabney.
"No; I didn't quarrel with your
grandfather."
"But you did quarrel with Mr. Far
py7 or was It with Vincent? I am
goln? to make you like the Farleys."
He shook his head again. "You'll
have to make a Christian of me first
and teach me how to love my ene
mies." "Don't you do that now?"
"No; not unless you are my enemy
I love you."
(To be continued.)
STJLTAN OF TEKNATE.
(tunliit Knterlulnment Furnished by
I be Comic Oyera Ituler.
There was a time when the Sultan
of Ternate had great power nnd riches,
and lived in grand style. But now
adays, when this potentate shows him
self to his people, he rides in a state
carriage a gut rrom me government,
dating from a very remote period of
the coach building art which is
dragged and pushed by natives, whose
business it is to take the place of
horses. It is said that horses are
scarce on the island and that the Sul
tan resents the Idea of placing a native
coachman in a more elevated position
than himself; therefore, he prefers to
drive out at a Bnail's pace, towed by
coolies.
When the resident returns an official
visit he is fetched In the same vehicle,
and in the same curious style. Visits
are generally paid by the resident at
7 o'clock In the evening, and the car
riage is then accompanied by torch
bearers, which adds to the rantastic
appearance of the cortege and causes
great excitement among the Islanders,
who flock to watch the procession. It
takes half an hour to reach the palace
from the resident's house, and at the
palace the Sultan awaits his guest at
the foot of the stepsy surrounded Dy
lackeys holding lighted candles, un
arrival of the resident, the Sultan
offers him his arm and leads him up
the steps to his reception hall, where
a few chairs covered with red velvet
have been placed beforehand. The res
ident takes a seat to the right of the
Sultan, and the native secretaries place
themselves at either side of their royal
master. As soon as Jhe resident la
ucatecl a servant brings a basin of
water for his excellency to wash his
hands, If he wishes to do bo, but as a
rule the resident waves him off. Tea
and cakes are next presented; arter
which a troupe of royal woman
dnncers, to the number of half a dozen
or so, walk slowly in stately fashion
one behind the other, accompanied by
a clarinet player In the uniform of the
Napoleonic period.
At the end of the performance the
ladles walk out In the same slow and
stately manner, and then there Is a
pmiflo, during which cigars and sweets
ore presented. At the termination of
the Interval another set of dancers
this time of the male sex file in. fol
lowed by a lai at number of musicians
playlnu vio'.liu. fiut.es and drums. The
dame of the men onnsintu of a series
of jumps and acrobatic perform
ancifi, ending by their forming them
selves into a human pyramid. The
male dancers wear curious harlequin
0!vmes With three-cornered hats or
nopnmto;! v.l'.h hlrds-rf-parndlse fenth
era, the plrsht of which would turn any
nuMit erii In ly sreen with envy. It
now tinv for the resident to return
bn:ne. and tlr? ancient carriage, with
lt eunint htimv.i horses and torch
eaters. once mot e placed at his dis
rier Itini-urilliiK tne lvnlfe.
I )i.si u s!UK lalernailoual marriages,
Kena.t i' Tilliiuin said humorously at a
nun c.- In '.wi'ai!'..'3ti n:
' YliiuU, tLO. of their Queer forel
manner. They kuot their nupkins
ai;out their nocl.s, you know, like bibs.
Tney tay that a Czech nobleman,
short time alter his marriage with a
CtitiUKO heiress, appeared at the club
wi'.' his face covered wth fine scars.
Dear nie, count!' cried a friend.
'Your taie! Dueling again! Don't you
know that your lifo is more valuable
now?"
"Ah. no. count.' the other answer
ed. touching bis torn countenance
giavely; 1 have not been dueling, u
la my American wife. She insists oi)
my eating with a forn
R0FITABLE DAIRYING
Bjr HUGH G. VAN PELT
Dairy Expert Iowa State Dairy Association
Feeding the
I
It matters little how good tho herd
or how convenient and perfect its en
vironment unless supplied with feeds
In proper amounts and quality. It is
customary on the farm In the corn
belt for the farmer to content himself
with tho raising of corn largely, and
in the past it has been too often tbe
case that corn was used as the solo
ration for every class of farm ani
mals, and it was believed that as
good results could be obtained by the
use of corn and corn alone as though
other feeds were used in conjunction
with It. Corn In years gone by has
been cheap In price and it has been
possible for the farmer In tho corn
belt to raise large yields annually.
During the past few years, however,
although the crop baa yielded as large
ly per acre, the price has continued
to advance until at the present time
the farmer feels that to feed it in
such a way there Is a waste which
brings about unprofitable results.
This is true and, furthermore, It Is
true that where corn is fed alone, es
pecially to dairy cows, there is In
curred a very large waste of feeding
nutrients and profits. After any ani
mal has consumed a certain amount
of corn It Is Impossible for him to di
gest and assimilate the nutrients out
of any larger amount of this one ma
terial even though he has the ca
pacity of consuming double that
which he can use profitably. After
a certain amount of corn la fed to the
dairy cow, all in addition to that is
either wasted by passing on undi
gested or is converted into fat and
laid upon the body, which Is worse
than wasted because it taxes the di
gestive apparatus and goes to produce
beef which not only has no value, but
is absolutely a detriment to tho best
work of the cow.
Other Feed Than Corn Necessary.
In consequenoe of this the dairy
farmer has learned that it is neces
sary for him to supply some feed
with the corn raised upon his farm
that contains those nutrients In which
corn Is lacking. He knows that a
balanced ration means nothing more
nor less than the supplying of the
different feeding nutrients in proper
proportions so that the ration is the
one which will produce the greatest
amount of milk and butter fat at the
least cost. Such a ration is made up
by supplying a proper proportion of
carbohydrates and tat which are
found to the greatest extent In the
corn plant in proportion to protein
which is found in oil meal, gluten
feed, cottonseed meal, bran, dried dis
tillers' grains, clover bay, alfalfa.
cow peas, soy beans, etc. There was
a time when bran could be purchased
for $10 or $12 a ton and oil meal for
little more. Cottonseed meal the
southern planter paid to have de
stroyed. Gluten feed was very cheap
and. In tact, the protein feeds were
leas valuable than was corn. Grad
ually as the Intelligent feeder became
aware of tbe extreme value ot these
products in balancing up the abund
ance of corn raised on the farm in
tbe corn belt, ha began using them,
thus creating a demand which in time
reached or even exceeded the supply.
and at the present time we find these
commercial products, rich in protein.
Belling for a high price. Tbe farmer
ot the corn belt Has it In his power
to raise upon his farm those foods
which supply In tbe cheapest and best
forms all the protein that la demand
ed for balancing up the corn which he
raises. This can be done by dividing
the farm, practising rotation of crops,
which is one of the most efficient
methods of retaining th? fertility, and
by gro lng less corn and more oats,
barley, clover, alfalfa, sweet clover,
etc.
Raise Feeds to Balance the Ration.
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.arms In the corn belt that will not
grow any particular one of these
legumes, but it is, furthermore, a fact
that there Is scarcely a farm in the
corn belt but what will grow some
one of these legumes and It is a duty
which the farmer owes to his cows,
to his bank book and to his farm and
to himself to raise and feed more of
these other products and less of the
corn. In doing so he will find that
It requires less corn than it has In the
past and that his profits are greater,
that his cows produce more largely
and that his farm retains Its fer
tility to a greater degree than ever
before.
8fudy of tho Cow Advisable.
This, of course, means n lifetime
study on the part of the dairyman
the same as profitable and proper
banking methods demand a lifetime
study of the elements of the banking
bus.ness for those who are engeged
in that line of work. It Is not for me
to give In tbe short space here at my
command any great amount of advice
to be followed in the feeding of dairy
cows, and even If It were th best ad
vice that could be given It would be for
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the fpder to study the cow herself
and through the lessons which she is
capable of teaching determine those
feeds in quality and quantity which
her best work demands and supply
them to her with regularity,' patience
and kindness. I dare say that there
Is one rule which, if followed by every
feeder of dairy cows In the corn belt
would suffice in Itself to Increase the
butter production by one-half or two
thirds. Increasing the Milk Yield.
It is Impossible to Increase the
milk yield of any particular cow to
any great extent, no matter what the
care, feed and attention given her, ex
cept dur.'ng the period when the cow
is fresh. The proper time to begin
feeding the cow for best results is
four or five weeks before freshening.
As a rule dairymen and farmers be
lieve that the cow should have a rest
nnd consequently turn her dry during
this time It is then believed that
becauKo ehe is giving no milk she re
quires little or no feed and, in conse
quence, Bhe Is turned out, If In the
winter tme, in a cold stalk field or
in the bain lot where she has little
to eat except corn stalks, straw and
water. As a result she has no oppor
tunity whatever of storing up on hor
body any surplus flesh or fat that
can be used at a future time, but she
freshens in a poor and emaciated con
dition and does not have strength or
power or stamina to produce the milk
and butter fat which her owner da-
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sires that she should produce and the
whole consequence Is that she, being
robbed of the opportunity, never sees
the time when she can be a very large
souce of profit to her owner. It la
strange why farmers will persist in
caring for their dry cows in this man
ner because herein lies the secret of
the great success In economical milk
and butter fat production, and were I
to give as my honest opinion the
manner in which the yield of dairy
cows In this country could be in
creased most quickly and certainly It
would be this one method of feeding
them properly during tbe 80 days
which precede the freshening period
and the 30 days wblcb follow. '
Feed for a Purpose.
In his operations the feeder should
always have a definite purpose In
view, and he should bear In mind that
certain feeds will accomplish certain
purposes which other feeds absolute
ly will not. After the cow has been
turned dry, tbe purpose of the ration
given her should be that of resting
the digestive apparatus, building up
the foetus, storing up strength and
stamina In the cow's body by placing
there flesh and beef which can be
drawn upon at a later date. For the
purpose of fattening the cow there Is
nothing that Is better than corn, but
corn fed In a dry and hard dry state
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Is more or less difficult to digest and
the result would be, instead of rest
ing the digestive apparatus, to con
tinue its work even more strenuously
than when the cow was producing
milk. For this purpose, then, there is
nothing better than corn silage, which
supplies the same teod nutrients as
does corn Itself, but In a cheaper man
ner, and also supplies succulence the
a me as does green grass, and thus Is
( --rftvtlve in cooling out and resting
the d'nstivo apparatus. Oats are
c!:iin-eil, pnd re?son:th!y too, 1 believe,
to contain certain albuminoids which
other fee;!s do not contain that have
iho power of imparting stamina to the
r.nlmal and for this reason they are
i xeept!cna!l,v valuable to feed at this
time. Oi! meal renders tho Clgestlve
Hpparatus Iaxativ9 and adds to the
sappy condition of tho animal. Bran
and hay, if it be clover or alfalfa, not
only supply bulk to the ration, but
also add the much needed protein for
the development of tho foetus at this
time. With such a combination of
feeds. It is possible to place the cow
during a period of 30 days in tbe very
best possible condition for freshening
land for starting out on her very beat
work arter sh has freshened.
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Experiments recently carried on ro
to prove that a cow freshening In
high flesh will not only milk heavier,
but will also test richer, the conse
quence of which will of course result
in a great deal larger production ot
milk and butter fat, and this Is rea
sonable to believe. There Is one ob
jection, of course, to having a cow
freshen In a fleshy and plethoric con
dition, namely, that she will be more
susceptible to milk fever and this, I
believe, is the reason handed down
from generation to generation which
has instilled the feeder with the idea
that the cow should be poor "at time
of freshening. There was a time
when 98 per cent, of the cows which
contracted milk fever died. At the
present time at least 98 per cent or
99 per cent, of the cows which are af
flicted with milk fever recover by the
use of the air treatment, which Is
simple and inexpensive and can be
npplled by the feeder himself if he
has access to a milk fever outfit, or
otherwise he can depend upon the
local veterinarian. At parturition time
the heavy grain ration should be taken
away from the cow and her feed
should consist of nothing more than
hay and silage, together with a light
bran mash which should continue to
be given her for two or three days
following freshening. At this, time
she should be given a small ration of
solid foods and brought to a full feed
much in tbe same manner as does the
feeder of beef cattle bring the steers
in his feed lot to full feed. It Is well
known and admitted among breeders
that after putting large, rugged beef
cattle in the feed lot and placing them
on feed at once, sickness will result
and the steer receive a great and last
ing setback, and at the same time
realizing this, the feeder of dairy
cows will immediately nfter the cow
freshens put her on full feed quickly,
believing that in some way or other
the dairy cow is possessed of a great
er, and stronger digestive apparatus
than is ber rugged brother, the beef
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steer. This la . not only radically
wrong, but greatly unreasonable.
Heavy feeding immediately aftei
freshening is, of course, necessary 11
the cow has freshened in poor condi
tion, because she has nothing out ol
which to make milk except the feed
which she receives at that time, and
herein lies the great advantage ol
feeding her In such a way that she
has stored up In ber body milk-making
nutrients at time of freshening.
If this be the case, the ration sup
plied when the cow Is fresh can be
small In amount, stimulating in na
ture, and thereby Induce a large pro
duction at small cost It Is very
necessary, too, that the cow be stimu
lated to produce her greatest amount
of milk during the first 30 days after
freshening, because It Is during this
period that her maternal Instinct Is
more highly developed and most thor
oughly excited. It is the result of the
development of the maternal instinct
which causes the cow to give milk at
all. Where it not for her Instinct
which through motherhood Induces
her to supply milk for her offspring,
she would not give milk, and during
a large portion of tbe year this In
stinct of maternity Is of very little
consequence, and It is a mistake to
allow the cow to produce a small
amount of milk Immediately after
freshening with the belief that at a
future time during her period ot
lactation it will be possible to Increase
the yield to any perceptible degree.
Perfection of Color Blindness.
Dalton, the great chemist, said that
diluted black Ink on white paper gave
a very similar appearance to him to
the color of a florid complexion. Blood
appeared to him very like the color
called bottle-green. Grass and a Bear-
let coat seemed to be of the same
color. He considered the face of a
laurel leaf a good match for a stick of
red sealing wax.
Babbage gives an amusing account
of Dalton's presentation at court:
"Firstly, he was a Quaker, and
would not wear the sword which is an
indispensable appendage of court
dress. Secondly, the robe of a doctor
of civil laws was known to be ob
jectionable on account of its color
scarlet, one forbidden to Quakers.
Luckily, it was recollected that Dalton
was afflicted with the peculiar color
blindness which bears his name, and
that, as the cherries and the leaves of
a cherry tree were to him of the same
color, the scarlet gown would present
to him no extraordinary appearance.
$o perfect, indeed, was the color blind
ness that this most modest nnd simple
of men, after having received tho doc
tor's gown at Oxford, actually wore It
for several days in happy unconscious
neKs of the effect he produced on thi
street." Strand.
Bricks, Not Pennies.
"It s all right to live on the East
Bide when you are wtll," said the East
side flat dweller, "but not when you
are on the verge of nervous prostra
tion. Then, when you Just can't stand
anything at all, there are strains from
au out of tune violin and somebody
deep In the well of the area begins to
chant a 'hark from the tombs dirge'
that makes you wish yon were dead
and burled. And you know what these
East aide people do? Throw pennies
to them! ' I'd like a few large brick
to let fall accidentally. N. T. Sua.
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