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MARYhOBERT3RINEHAhT
Jtuthor of The Circular Staircate,
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Jnmpn WIlRon or Jimmy no ho In called
by his friend. Jimmy wns 'rotund' nnd
looked shorter than lio really wns.
Ills
nmbltloti
in
llfo was In be taken sar ously.
but
ooplo steadily refused to do no, hi
art In considered n huco Joke, except to
lilmnolf, If ho naked poonle to dinner ev
eryone oxpcfclcd a frolics Jimmy marries
Holla Knowles; thoy llvo together ft yonr
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range to celebrate tlio flrnt nnnlversnry
of his divorce. TIiobo Who. Attend tlio
party are Mlss Knthnrlno McNnlr, who
every one calls Kit, Mr. und Mrs. bulla
Drown, tlio MIhbob Mcrrer, Maxwell Heed
and a Mr. Thomas Harbison, a Hnuth
American cjvll citBlnoer. The party l In
full swine when Jimmy receives n telo'
Kriim .from his Aunt Rolltwi. who will ar
rive 'hi four hours to visit lilm nnd hi
wife. Tllmniy ccts his funds from Aunt
fiollna nnd after ho marries sho doubles
his. alio wancv Ho nenloots to tell her of
bis divorce as, she Is opposed to It. Jliri
my takes' Kit Into 111 confidence lin tries
to devlso some May bo that -his aunt will
not lonra that lis has no longer a wlfo.
no bubkoiis mat liu may tlio hosta
ono nlRht. be Mrs. "Wilson pro torn. Kit
refuses, but la flnolv nrnvnilpil utmn in
net the part. '
CHAPTER III.
.' I Might' Have Known It.
Tho nitnivttS; JI hnd conaontod I re
gretted' it ?A'f tor nil, what woro Jim
ruy'B troubfeY"td mo? Why should I
tiolpfhinr Inlpbso on an unsuspecting
elderly woman? And It waB only put
ting off discovery anyhow. Sooner or
later, alio would loom of tho divorce,
and Just rit that Instant my oyos foil
on' Mr. Harbison Tom Harbison, no
Anuo "callqd him. Ho was looking on
with an Vmusod, half-puzzled Btnllo,
whllo peoplo woro rushing around hid
ing tho roulotto whool and things of
which Miss Caruthors might disap
prove, and! Betty Mercer was on hor
knees,, winding up a toy boar .that Max
had brought hor. What would ho
think? It was evident that ho thought
badly of us hlroady that ho wnB con
'tomptuously nrnuaed, and then to
have to ask bin! to lend hlmsolf to the
doceptlonlf -i
i With,.agasp J hurled myself after
JJimnly,' only to honr, a atrango volco
Jin tho hall nnd to know that I was too
lat6. I was In for it, whatovor was
fcomlng. It was Aunt Sollna who was
'coming along tho hall, followod by
Jim, who was mopping his faco and
trying not to nolico tho paralyzed si
louco In tho library.
Aunt Sollna root mo In tho doorway.
To my frantic eyes sha aeomud to
tower nbovo us by at least a foot, and
beeldo hor Jimmy was a red, perspir
ing cherub.
"Hero 8ho is," Jimmy said, from be
hind n temporary ccllpso of black
cloak and traveling jbng. Ho was on
top of tho situation now, and ho was
mendaciously cheerful. Ho had not
said, "Hero Is my wife." That would
havo been a Ho. No, Jimmy moroly
said, "Hero alio Is." If Aunt Sollna
chose to think me Delia, was It not
lier responsibility? And if I choso to
accept the situation, was It not mtno?
Dallas Brown camo forward gravoly
as Aunt Sellaa folded over and kissed
me, and surreptitiously patted mo
-with ono hand whllo he hold out tho
other to Miss Caruthera. I loathod
him!
"We always, expect something un
usual from James, Miss Caruthcrs,"
he said, with his boat manner, "but
this this Is beyond our wildest
dreams."
Woll, it's too awful to llrigor over.
Anno took her upstairs and Into
Bella's bedroom. It was a fancy of
Jlm'n to leave 'that room Just as Bella
bad left It, dusty danco crirda and fa
Tors hanging around and a pair of dis
carded slippers under tho bed. I don't
think it bad been swept slnco Bella
left It. I believe in scntlmout, but I
Uko it brushed and dusted and tho
cobwebs off of It, nnd whon Aunt So
llna put down her bonnet, it stirred
cp & gray -nblte cloud that mado her
cocgn. She did not say anything, but
that look4 around the room grimly,
aad I saw bcr run her finger over
Um Ltccfc of a chair beforo alio lot
Ilajsutii, (Le maid, put her cloak on it
Aozm looked frightened. Sho ran
totS Bella's bath and wet tho end of
a towel and when Hannah was chnng-
inglfJLunt Sellaaa collar hor conces
aloa, to evening drees Anno wiped
oK tho obvious places on thofurulturo
"vtfhat a , taat young woman b
sarao?" sho asked mo sharply, whon
Anne had taken tho towel out to hldo
it
"Anno Brown, Mrs. Dallas Brown," I
replied , mookly. Evory ono replied
tueokly to Aunt Sellna,
"Does bUo llvo hero?'
"Oh. no," I said airily, t "Thoy nro
hefojtb 'dlnnor,, otib aiid'hohiisbarid.
Thoyv' aro- old friends eP -Jlm?a hud
Kilne," - , -.. ,
?,,"$ems;,to, kayjs ra. goo eye for
dirt," eald Aunt, Jellna anil wont on
raKtemng nsr urocn. wueu snp was
finally ready. sh, .vk a bead purso
from sotnowhero about hor waist and
took out a half'dQllnr, Sho lipid It up
before Hannah's eyes.
'Tomorrow mbrhlngi" sho snld
dtornly, "you tako off that whlto cap
nnd thnt fol-do-rol apron and that
black hcnrletta cloth, and put on n
calico Wrapper. And whon yoU'vo got
this ro6m aired nnd flWcpt, Mr6. Wll
aon will glvo you this."
Hannah took two steps back and
caught hold of a chair; Bho Btared
helplessly from Aunt Sollna to tho
half dollar, nnd thon nt mo, Anuo
was trying not to catch my (yb.
"And another thing," Aunt Sellna
snld, from tho head of thd stairs, "I
sent those towola over from Ireland.
Toll her td vnsh and bleach tlio 6no
Mrs. Wliht's-hernamo Urbwri used as
a duster1." ,
Anno vnrt qultd c'rOflhed ns wo went
down tho Btnlrs. I turned onco, half
way down, nnd hor faco was a curious
mlxturo of guilt nnd hopeless wrnth.
Over hor shoulder I could boo Han
nah, wido-oyed rind puzzled, Btarlng
ftftor us.
1 Jim presented ovcrybody,. nnd t.hon
ho wont Into tho don and closed tho
door nnd wo hoard him unlock tho
collnrotto. Aunt Sollna looked at Lol
la'B baro shoulders and anld sho
guessed sho didn't tako cold easily,
and conversation rnthor Inngulshod.
Max Bood was looking Uko n thunder
cloud, nnd ho camo over to mo with
a loworing oxprcnsion Hint i nau
lenrned to dread In him.
"What fool nonsenso Is this?" ho
demanded. "What In tho world pos
Bossed you, Kit, to put yourBolf In
such an euulvocal position? UnlosB"
ho stopped And turned a llttlo whlto
"unless" you aro going to warry
Jim."
I am sorry for Max. Ho la such a
nlco boy, fini good looking, too, If
only ha woro not so florco, and did hot
want to make lavo to mo. No matter
what I do, Max always disapproves of
It; I havo always hnd a deeply rooted
conviction that if I (mould over in a
weak moment mnrry Max, ho would
dlsapprova of that, too, beforo I had
dono it vory long.
"Aro yon?" ho demanded, narrow
ing his eyes a Blgn of unusually bad
humor.
"Am I what?"
"Going to marry him?"
'If you moan Jim," I said with dig
nity, "I haven't mado up my mind
yot. Dcatdcs, ho hasn't asked mo.
Aunt Sellna hnd bcon talking worn-
Quested She Didn't Take Cold Easily.
an'a suffrage In front of tho flrcplaco,
but now sho turned to mo.
"Is this tho vaBO Cousi.i Jano Whlt
comb sent you as a wedding prosont?"
sho demanded, Indicating a hldeouB
urn-shaped affair on tho mnntol. It
came to mo as an inspiration that
Jim had onco said it was an ancoatrnl
urn, bo I Bnld without hesitation that
it was. And becauso thoro was a
pause and every ono was looking nt
us, I added that It was a beautiful
thing;
Aunt Sollna sniffed.
"Hldoousl" Bho nnld. "It looka Uko
Cousin Jano, shapo and colorlng.'r
Then Bho lookod at It moro closoly,
pounced on It, turned It upsldo down
and shook It, A card fell out, which
Dallas plckod up and gnvo her with
a bow. Jim had como out of tho don
and was dancing, wildly around and
bockonlng to mo. By tho tlmo I had
mado out that that was not tho vaso
Cousin Jn.no had sont ub as n 'wedding
prosont, Aunt Sollna hnd examined
tho card. Thon-'sho Rlarod ncrons at
Pmo and, stooping, put tho card in tho
flm. I did not undoratnnd; tat all, but
I know I had In somo Way dono tho
unforglvnblo thing. Later, Dal told
mo It wna hor card, and that: sho had
Bent tho vaso to Jim at ChrlntmnB,
With ,n gonerotiB chock Insldo; Whon
sho straightened from tha" flfoplaco,
it was to a now thomo, which Bho at
tacked with hor usual vigor. Tho vaso
incident was ovor, but ho novor for
got it. Sho proved that sho novor did
wheu Bho Rent mo two urn-shaped
vases with Paul and Virginia on thorn
when I that ls( lator on.
"Tho cauBo In England has mado
great strides," Bho announced from
tho flro Ydaco. "Soon tho hnnd that
rocks tho crndlo will bo tho hand that
actually rulos tho world." Horo Bho
looked at mo.
"I'm not up on bucIi things," Mnx
snld blandly, having recovered somo of
hla good humor, "but Isn't It usually
a foot that rocks tho crndlo?"
Aunt Sellna turnod on him and Mr
Harbison, who voro standing togoth
er, with a snort.
"What have you, or you, ovor dono
for tho lndopendonco of woman?'' sho
domandod.
Mr, Harbison smiled. Ho had bocn
looking ra thcr gravo until thon. "Wo
havo. at least romuinou unmarried,
ho retorted. And thon dlnnor wna
again announced.
Ho was to tako mo out, and ho
pnmo across tho room to whoro I sat
OdUCBIHCaBMPaH
collapsed in n chair, and Dene ovor
mo.
"Do you know," ho said, looking
down atmo with hlsdoar, discon
certing "gazo, ""do you know that I
havo . Just gra8pedtho situation?
Thoro was fiUch & nolso that I did not
hear your name, and I am only real
izing now that you nro my hostess! I
don't know why I got tho lmprcBsl6h
thnt this was a -bachelor cstnirfiBh
mont, but I did. Odd, wasn't It?" 1
I positively couldn't look nway from
him. My features Boomed frozen, nnd
my oyes woro glued to his. As fori
tolling him tho truth well, my tonguo
refused to move. I lntondod to tell
him during dinner If I hnd an op
portunity: I honestly did. But tho
moro I looked at him nnd snw how
candid his oyes woro, and how stern
hlfl mouth might bo, tho moro I Bhlr
ored nt tho plungo. And, of courso, as
ovorybody known now, 1 didn't toll
him nt all. And ovtry moment I ex
pected thnt nwful old woman to nsk
mo whnt I paid my cook, hnd when
I hnd changed tho color of my hair
Bella's bolng blnck.
Dinner was n half-hour lato whon
wo finally wont out, Jimmy loading
off with Aunt Sollnn, nnd I, ns hostess,
trailing behind tho procession with
Mr. Harbison. Dnllas took In tho two
Morcor girls, for wo woro ono man
short, nnd Mnx took Anno. Lolln Mor
cor wns so oxcltcd that sho wriggled,
and ns for mo, tlio candles and tho
orchids ovory tiling dnncod nround
In a clrclo, nnd I Just scorned to catch
tho back of my chair as It flow post
Jim hnd ordcrod away tho wlnoa and
brought out Bomo weak and cheap
Chlnntl. Dallas looked gloomy at tho
chnngo, but Jim oxplnlncd In nn un
dertone thnt Aunt Sollna didn't ap
prove of oxpcnslvo vintages. Natural
ly, tho meal was glum enough.
Aunt Sollna had had her dlnnor on
tho train, so sho spont hor tlmo In
nsklng mo qucstlonH tho length of tho
tnolo, nnd In getting acquainted, with
mo. Sho hnd brought n bottlo of somo
sort of modlclno downstairs witb nor,
nnd Bho took a clnrot glassful, whllo
sho talked. Tho stuff was called Po
mona: Shnll I over forgot it?
It was Mr. Harbison who first no
ticed Tnknhlro. Jimmy's Jap had
bcon tho only thing In tho monago
that Bella dcclarod sho had hated to
leave. But ho vran doing tho strangest
things: Ills llttlo black oyes shifted
norvously, nnd ho looked queer.
"Whnt'B wrong with him?" Mr.
Harbison asked mo finally, when ho
Bnw that I noticed. "Is ho ill?"
Thon Aunt Sollnn's volco from tho
other end of tho tnblo:
Bella," sho called, In a high shrill
tono, "do you let Jnmea oat cucum
bers?"
"I think ho must bo,"I said hurrlod-
ly nBlde to Mr. Harbison. "Soo how
his hands shako!" But Aunt Sollna
would not bo ignored.
"Cucumbors and Btrawborrlos," Bho
repeated Impressively. "I was saying,
Bella, that cucumbors havo always
given James tho most fearful indiges
tion. And yot I boo you Borvo thom nt
your tablo. Do you romomber what
I wrot you to glvo him whon ho has
his dreadful apojls?"
I was qulto speochloss; evory ono
was looking, and no ono could holp.
It wna clonr Jim wns racking his
brain, and wo sat Btarlng dcsporntoly
at each othor across the candlea.
Everything I had ovor known faded
from me; eight pairs of oyos bored
Into mo, Mr. Harbison's politely
amused.
"I don't romembor," I onld at last,
"Ueally, I don't bollovo " Aunt So
llna smiled In a superior way.
"Now, don't you recall It?" sho In
sisted. "I Bald: 'Baking s6da In wator
taken Internally for cucumbers! ba-
klnu ooda in wator oxtornnllv. ruhhod
on, when hogots that dreadful, itch
ing strawberry rash,
I bollovo tho dinner wont on. Somo-
body nskod Aunt Sellna how much
overcharge Bho had paid In foreign
hotels, nnd nttor that sho won aa
harmless aa. a dovo.
Then hnlf-wny through tho dlnnor
wo heard a crash In Takablro's pan
try, ana when uo dm not appear
again. Jim got up and wont out to la
vosttgnto. Ho was gono qulto n llttlo
whllo, nnd whon ho enmo back ho
lookod worried.
"Sick," ho ropltcd to our inquiring
glances. "Ono of tho mnlds will como
In. Thoy hayo sont for n doctor."
Aunt Sollnn was for going out nt
onco and "fixing him up," as sho put
It, but Dallas gontly interfered,
"I wouldn't. Miss Caruthors." ho
Bald, In tho deferential manner ho
had adopted toward her. "You don't
know what It may bo, Ho'a boon look'
lng Bpotty nil evening."
(TO 1113 CONTINUED.)
Of 8uch Is Fame.
"You romomber whon Tuppor waa a
tow-hondod, frockle-fnccd boy
Bchool?"
"Suro."
"You didn't think thon that you
would ovor boo hla nnmo blazoned
from ono end of tho country to tho.
otnor."
"I cortnlnly did not"
"And yot today thousands of bill'
boards oxtol tho vlrtuoa of Tuppor's
pcerlcsa soap."
A Traglo Victory.
"Jim was informed that ho won tbo
boautltul Angora cat offered as a prize
In tho bazar. Ho was dollghtod."
"I don't seo why ho was delighted
at what was a literal disaster,"
"Dlsastor to win Buch a valuat!o
pot?"
"Well, you must admit It was a cat
aa trophy."
Impossible,
Tho car conductor wears a frown
lis dally oeoa
He cannot make th hobhla cown
Step lively, please.
RECORD OF RAINFALL
Value 'Increases as fFaots Thus
'GtlSretlccUrnulat .
A'fter Growth" Has Begun Development
; of Plant Tb Largely a Matter of
Adequate Water Supply
and Heat.
' (By D. A. SBELEY.) '
From seed tlmo to harvest tho tiller'
of tho coll la continually dependent
upon tho weather. There la llttlo usd
of sowing tho seed unless tho soil Is
In tho right atnto as regards warmth
nnd molsturo to start tho proceBB of
germination, na tho gorm In tho seed
will docay if tho ground 1b too wot
and cold, or will dry up and dlo under
tho effects of a parching sun.
Aftor growth has begun, tho devel
opment of tho plnnt Is largely a mattar
of adoquato water supply nnd heat,
granted thnt tho soil la fertile and
properly cultivated. Careful experi
ments havo shown that a wator supply
of about 300 pounds is required for tho
production of ono pound of corn. ThlB
amount of wator must bo carried up
through tho roots of tho corn plant,
distributed through its coll structure,
nnd ovaporated through Ub surfaco of
stalk and lcavos, In order thnt ono
pound of corn may grow nnd ripen.
With but half tho required water
upply needed for complete develop
ment, Uio plant will roach only half
Its normal atzo and weight If tho
weather la cold and cloudy, a plant
cannot grow normally. It 1b truo that
somo forms of vegetation ourvlvo tho
tomporaturo of tho frigid zono, but It
Is equally woll known that tho growth
horo Is stunted and sickly, compared
with that found in tomperato and
tropical regions.
Decided bonoflts mny bo derived at
times if, through tho aid of proper in
strumonta, weather changes can bo
foroseon, and a properly exposed rain
gun go ia tho best Indicator of tho
amount of rnln that falls at any tlmo.
Keeping a rainfall record la ono of
tho most Interesting toaks that a far
mer or gardener can undertake By
nddlng tho depth of each rainfall to
tho combined depths of those preced
ing, ho may find exactly what the
soason'B supply has boon, nnd by
noting tho condition of a given crop
from tlmo to timo ho may bo ablo to
form nn Idea as to how It baa been nf-
footed by tho molsturo recolved. Fur
thermore, tho preservation of theso
rocorda will onablo him to comparo tho
rainfall and crop conditions for any
soason with thoso of other soasons.
Any cylindrical vessel exposed in nn
open Bpaco, whoro surrounding trooB
or buildings nro fnr enough away not
to stop tho rain, will lndlcato tho
amount of rainfall. An ordinary tin
can with straight sides will servo tho
purposo, If tho top bo ontlrely re
moved.
It la obvloua that tho depth of wator
collected in a vossol having flaring
stdos would not represent tho actual
rainfall; and it is also evident that
tho corroct catch would not bo ob
talnod, ovon with a, good gaugo, if it
woro placed undor tho cavos of a
building or near a wall or treo which
would Bholter It
Tho rainfall lo moa8urcd regularly,
morning and ovonlng, by Inserting a
rulo and observing how high tho rulo
la wotted. Tho ordinary rulo. marked
off in eighths and sixteenths of nn
inch, may bo used; but in order to
comparo tho results with tho records
of tho weather bureau, It la woll to
uao a rulo marked off In tenths of an
inch.
Such a slmplo rain gaugo has this
objection: that tho rainfall In any ono
day la frequently so small that It can
not bo measured with tnuch accuracy.
To obvlato this difficulty, tho rccolvlng
vossol may bo mado with a funnol
shaped bottom, to which is attached,
below, a tube with an oponing whoso
nroa is ono-tonth of tho receiving vos
sol. A rainfall which would measuro
ono Inch in tho tipper vossol will thon
mcaauro ten Inches in tho moasurlng
tube; tho readings thoroforo can bo
moro accurately mado. Tho readings
takon from tho measuring tubo must
of courso, bo divided by 10, in order to
got tho actual rainfall.
The Divining Rod.
In speaking of tho divining rod
Professor Fuller of National State
Agricultural Dopartmont of Qoology,
says: "No appliance, olthor mechan
ical or electrical, has yet been do
vised that will dotoct water in places
whoro plain common sonso will not
show lta prosonco Just as woll. Tho
UBolOBsnoss of tho divining rod Is In
dicated by tho fact that It may bo
worked at wllj by tho oporator, but ho
falls to detect strong water currents
In tunnola nnd othor froo courses that
afford no surface Indications of wator,
and that hla locations In roglonB
whoro water Mowb In woll-doflned
channols nro no moro successful than
moro guesses. In fact, Its operators
aro successful only In regions whoro
ground water occurs in a doflnlto
. t T T
sncoi in porous mnionni. in uucn
regions fow failures to And wator can
occur, for wells can got water almost
nnywhero."
Treatment for Azoturla.
Horses that havo a tendency to kid
noy trouble, often manifest In azotu
rla, may be holpcd qulto a bit by glV'
lng them a dose of saltpeter now nnd
then, In sovoro cases, whoro tho
limbs arq affected with tho overflow
of albumen, an oxcollont modlclno Is
Fowlor's solution put on tho oats or
ground feed. Tho dose should be in
creased from' a teaspoonful at first to
a tablospoonful given twico n day.
GETTING USE OF UNDERFLOW
Man Who Has 8ubterranean 8upply
of Water In Easy Pumping Reach
Has Many Advantages.
Tho moro ono oxnmlnes Into the
Irrigation problems of tho west tho
moro dcoply ho becomes impressed
with tho advantages possessed by tho
man who has a subterranean supply
In easy pumping reach. Ho need not
envy tlio possessor of n flowing nr
tcBlan woll for tho first cost of tho lat
ter Is heavy and thoro Is no certnlnty
as to when tho pressure will easo up
nnd It becomes necessary to attach n
pump (o tho receding flow. Tho para
mount advantngo 1b that wator se
cured by pumping Is npplled direct tq
tho fnrmor'a own ByBtcm of distribu
tion nnd thoro Is llttlo loss by evap
oration or secpngo,
Tho flow is benefiting tho land
from tho mouth of tho woll to tho
end of tho smallest lateral, writes It.
B. Itdfio in tho Field and Farm. Tho
noxt Important ndvantago Is that
ho controls tho supply absolutely
nnd can start his pump nt tho hour
tho wator la most needed not
waiting his turn at tho canal sup
ply source. If this farmer will cul
tivate thoroughly and npply tho
wntor with lntolllgencq his soil
will produco such crops that a
comparatively small acreago will
satisfy his ambitions. You could
not get him to sot a price on hla
acres unless ho had mado a for
tune and hnd In mind permanent
relinquishment of farming ns a busi
ness.
Ono of tho moat practical demon
strations of tho bonoflts of the pump
ing syotom Is to bo found in this coun
try Is in tho rlco Holds of Louisiana
and Texas. In addltton to tho great
canal systomB that furnish a supply
for thousands upon thousands of acres,
thero aro moro than 2,000 pumping
wells, ench capablo of Irrigating from
forty to ono hundred and twonty
ncres of rlco. It takes n great deal
of wator to ralso a rlco crop and theso
growers pump tho wator from a dopth
of seventy feet on tho average. How
many thousands of acroB of our rich
arid noil aro underlaid with nn abun
dant water supply at similar dopths?
Look Into tho mattor nnd you will bo
astoundod. If it pays to pump water
on a rlco crop that returns growers
from twonty-fivo to forty dollars an
aero, how about our fruit, vogctablo
and alfalfa lands thnt can annually
produco crops worth from $50 to $500
an ncro?
But it is not necessary to go bo
far for object lessons nnd posltlvo
proof of tho profit In pumping Irriga
tion wator. Wo havo a good many in
stallations all around us in successful
oporatlon. Tho lands In theso sections
will grow any crop doslred. A fow
dollars an aero for a rellablo wator
supply applied whllo you wait 1b a aec
ondary consideration. In tho oastorn,
southorn and many northern Btates
tho agriculturist and fruit grower
thinks nothing of spending twenty to
thirty dollars an aero for fertilizers to
boost hla crop. It pays handsomely,
and thnt Is all ho cares to know. It Is
Just tho snnio with irrigation. What
ever tho wator costs it pays in tho
long run. Tho farmer whoso land
does not como undor somo ditch sup
ply, or who cannot obtain an artesian
flow, has still this resource If his
land Is In the right place. If all tho
acres that como within tho rango of
th,oso various Bourcea pf wator supply
woro tilled tho remainder could bo
rolegnted to rnngo purposes or left
barren.
LIVE 8TOCK NOTE8.
Whoat bran will keop tho bowola in
good condition.
Tho sunohlno should como into every
Btnblo through largo windows.
Irregularity In tlmo of feeding and
quantity will causo indigestion.
Evory window should havo ahutters
to closo tightly at night to keop tho
cold out.
An Ignorant, Ul-tomperod, loud-
voiced man should never bo tolerated
In nny stable
Young animals rcqutro a cortaln
amount of warmth, but this must not
be at tho oxponBo of fresh air.
Do not neglect to give each horse
chanco to drink tho lost thing at
night, oven it tho weather 1b cool,
Unless a man Is especially adapted
by naturo to handlo horses, ho should
raise only draft breeds and sell them
unhandled.
A horse that la thirsty all night will
loso In condition, aa compared with
ono watorod frequently, and tho last
thing at night,
A llttlo shelled corn mixed in wltt
tho ground feed you glvo your horses
will holp to koop them from swallow
ing their food too fast
Don't loave tho lco and mud. frccza
on the horsoB' .anklcB whon you como
homo from town, unless you want
them to havo rhoumntlsm,
A Juicy wether hung up In a cold,
dry placo will provldo choice dlnnerB
for tlio family until It Is usod up. Don't
forgot to havo mashed turnips and but
ter with It.
Wean gradually by giving tho colt o
llttlo grain ration whllo It 1b yot suck
ling; glvo It plonty of oxorclso and
good musclo-formlng foods later, and
It will mnko a horeo,
Tho maro la tho moat successfa
dual-purpoBe animal on tho farm, per
forming almost a season's work and
raising practically aa good a colt as
though oho apont tho entire year in
IdlenoBB.
Whon horses aro Idle, feed thom less
of corn and moro of fodder nnd other
bulky and less nutritious feeds, diva
tho horses dally exorcise In an opon
lot or pasturo every day when tho
weathor Is fit.
TEN MILLION PEOPLE
IN THE CANADIAN
WEST BY 1920
"Toronto 8tar," Dec. 16th, 1910.
Tho prediction Is mado that beforft
1920 Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Al
berta and British Columbia will have
ten' million pebplo. It Ib mado not by
r sanguine Western Journal but by
that very sober business nowspapor,
tho Now York Commercial. It is
based upon actual observation, upon
tho wheat-growing capacity of tho Ca
nadian West, and upon tho prospects
of dovolopment following tho build
ing of railways. Tho writer shows
how tho position of loading wheat
market of tho world passed from
Mllwaukeo to Minneapolis and thonco
to Winnipeg. Canada's wheat-growing
belt is four times greater than
that of tho United States, and bnly
five per cent of Canada's western agri
cultural area is under cultivation.
Thero aro 170,000,000 acres of wheat
lands which will mako theso Wcstora
Provinces richer, moro populous, moro
dependablo for food supplies than tho
Western States can over become. Tho
center of food supremacy will chango
to Canada, and 25 ycara moro will
glvo this country 40,000,000 popula
tion wost of Ontario.
All theso estimates of population
are in tho naturo of guesses, and must
not bo read too Utorally. But tho
onormous area of wheat-growing land,
tho rapid construction of railways,
nnd tho largo volumo of immigration
aro facta which must bo rocognlzed.
Thoy point to tho production of an
over-Increasing surplus of wheat and
othor corenls. Howovor rapidly tho
urban, tho Industrial and commercial
population of Canada may lncreaacv
tho IncrcaBo of homo consumption is
hardly llkoly to keop paco with that
of tho production of wheat; for a sin
gle aero of wheat will provldo for tho
averago annual consumption of four
peoplo.
Whllo production in Canada is thua
running ahead of consumption at a
prodigious rate, consumption in the.
United States is overtaking produc
tion, and tho surplus for export la
growing smaller year by year. It is
truo that tho limit of actual power to
produco whoat is as yet far away,
By methods of intensivo cultivation
such aB provall in France, tho produc
tlon could bo greatly increased. But
with tho overflowing granary of Can
ada so closo at hand, it Booms llkoly
that our neighbors will begin to im
port from us, turning tholr own on
erglos moro largely to othor forms of
agriculture
It must bo romombored that whllo
tho Northorn States resemble Canada
in cllmato and products, tbo resem
bianco diminishes aa you go south
ward. Tho wheat bolt giVea placo to
a corn belt and this again to soml-'
tropical regions producing cotton, to
bacco, cano-sugar, orangea and other
tropical fruits.
Tho man who secures a farm in
Western Canada nt tho prosont tlmo
sccuros an Investment better than the
best of bond of any government or
bank. It is no unusual thing for a
farmer In Western Canada to realize
a profit of from ?G to $10 per acre.
Thero aro thousands of froo homo
Bteads of 160 acros oach still to bo
had, and particulars can bo obtained
by writing your nearest Canadian gov
ernment agont.
Art In the Nude.
Tho photographer's lady was very
preoccupied showing somo samples of
work to prospective sitters, whon a
tall and raw-boned individual, appar
ently from "tho land," stalked solemn
ly into tho studio, and Intimated that
ho would Uko to know what tho "plo
tora" woro worth.
"Llko that $3 a dozen," said tho
photographer's lady, handing him ono.
Tho farmer gazed long and earnest
ly at tho photograph of a vory small
baby sitting in a wash basin.
"And what would it cost with my
clothes on?" ho finally asked.
Of Course.
"I seo that tho Inmates of a Now
York lunatic asylum aro going to Is
sue a weekly paper."
"Yes, and I'll bot ovory fool outsldo
will think ho could edit it better than
it is edited by tho lunatic Inside."
Avoiding the Executioner.
"Why does a hen cross tho road?"
"So as to avoid gotting into tha
chicken plq." Judge.
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