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CHAPTER ill —Coflt.njed
IPt t 4 t* :.d*d tfcf bor***#. Iron
•rl up a > p-k wpea 'h- shelf so !
» r* t hear th- tw kn{ m lime ; aascd
H* r»rrvd *.t srirlcad* from the
sb-icr b- open»-e < ase*. h» spilled oat
Mrt> He iht<*r4 ■' au|ik' syrup. .
ar-fwrttrHVi nnf« a dand: rifle
•tth pb-aty ammunition books
«fc'kn candy a piano which plays
ttself. thro gut-den we-da. and all sorts
of things wi th joa 4 haw honed for
tn tbr long aco The- place was !.k*
a bar* r store, j Vd to the Wmt
with rictaa wasted or tar. who hadn't
a &ricfcbo? left Why. ere* iron, who
awed u» think for no oa» hut hieisel
had a kiUam for me. warm In hta pork
•d aad forgotten et'li a rase of hard
war* wq unshed rut its boot Sunday
sman W ho 4 *scr thick. too. that
no email a but.die ■' fir and claws
ah juM ha-.' a purr to £11 my w hole
bed with J*-y Surrly. I Vo red this
world Id mi nearly Quit, when after
•upper Iron loosed a rratnoj none
Thai Hadw«» * Hay man had shown
him a ape< a! record” from Kurland.
*h- aagel song •* fhopln* Marche
FVhebr. ~ Wn had that Prut the very
moms she oid to sine m this cabin.
Uno when ! -t*rkna<d it a shameful
uunc >or ar y n at to cry
It was Kate a voire
Oh. ted <kd toother that I'm very
grateful 1 heard her voire* filling
this plars which aacd to be her home
Thaagt a.j wit- and 1 are parted for
all our years—lew finds a way.
A week or more had passed and I'd
my strew*, b scan. The river had
(Posen ao that we could - rota to the
tasting grounds beyond, aad when we
came hack our ramp was full of meat
The truth .a scarce, being winnowed
by many preachers, and my grains
when 1 try to cat them are mostly
tan- Ina calls me a coward Hut
Jfidly oady we.gha ninety eight pounds,
aad 1 two heh«red so that I cooldn t
bait manag-d to feel brave fighting
Wr Then Iron rlalma it's not the
KB1' woman 1 aght to fight, hut the
big evil «b» did ie bringing ail our
wet tiers to death or r uin A womans
• mu is light as thisti-down, hut this
tles * Poke the pasture unless you fight
them and Chris* tiraweif fought to
Che t-ath aga-nst the evils which grew
rsidi around him. 1 doubt I've been
a cow ardtj wort ot rhrtgtfait
I'd pi so far m tk aitlng my morals
acwxbd repairs, when a new thing
luppmed. pot! ting out the way.
O'Kfyuji rode over burning the trail
from the lltndred My wit* is there'
Otlyw has ween my son. he has
aw i with Fhlher Jared, he haw
same w tl Kate from England and
he left b>r nursing at lolt Taylor’s
tadsid- StLr is as - mag Aurly Hrown
(Mia deda « re*a with a cable, to buid
a new m»w . aad start the ferry again
Kaawumr Pollock s to manage the
Tye*ar ranch Iron s to reopen the
Sky I tie while she makes his [race
••us the eaaers—U'Eiynn wants to
rwa the packing She is finding a doc
tor to tak' lld>ri practise Tearful
Gssryr is to buy an reported stallion,
aad dr»fi h.x with a bunch of East
Oregon maras to stock my empty
BOTH GOOD AMD BAD MEANING
Supn-»t * ©r,« Connected
T*me Immemorial With
W.ld Creature*.
TVrr ar» very many fvperstition*
pnnat i-tHi nith wild aiMmal* la ibr
caar of a iee. it la believed that the
weartnc of a ria» of Ik la animal will
brats im*l mtreactb
connected arttb circuses and
bare a aaylnc that when Hoot,
and aneaay. either ill hick
iy b^d »eatb» r la at hand,
that when they rocUnnaily waah
tnres In cal-Mke fashion they are
Bhtdy to have fit* of ill temper in the
nr-* the anperetitions
wtth the ti*er The native*
ie-Ueve that ita » htskers are
and that when finely
secretly pot Into a per
•on's food they win assuredly eanae
What to known aa the “evil
a>yw~ to »T-«aily drandnd In India, and
to arm this jurrtta k**« rho claws of
the “
of their chil
To m-> a wolf in supposed to be a
good rikh but if a man sees a wolf
before the wolf sees him, then he
eill become dumb for the time or lose
hia voice
i'or a hare to run across anyone's
path is considered a very bad sign in
some parts of England, because In
olden times It was believed that witch
es transformed themselves into hares
in order to bring bad luck to their ene
mies
Keep Bath Water Hot.
The usual objection to hot baths is
that the bather takes cold unless he
goes straight to bed as soon as he
has dried himself Otherwise, so they
say. he goes on perspiring and takes
a chill Now this Is due not to hav
ing had a hot bath, but because the
water was not hot enough when the
bather got out of It. Hot water has
the same effect as cold In bracing up
the sweat pores and preventing them
from continuing to pour out unneces
sary perspiration. Lukewarm water,
on the other hand, leaves the skin lax
and moist, and It Is then that people
are liable to chills The best tempera
ture at which to take a hot bath is 10<
degrees Fahrenheit, or just below
that. If more water is added after
ward it should be hot, not cold, so as
to maintain the temperature at th<
same level. With the aid of these
precautions it will be found that dry
ing is a simple process, and the skir
is left in a delightful state vithoul
any undue perspiration to follow.
Companionship in Solitude.
Solitude tries a man in a way so
ciety does not, It throws him upon hi:
own resources, and if these resource:
be meager. If the ground he occupie:
in and of himself be poor and narrow
he will have a sorry time of it Henc<
we readily attribute some extra vir
tues to those persons who voluntarily
embrace solitude, who live alone ii
the country or In the woods, or ii
the mountains and find it sweet W<
know they cannot live without con
verse, without society of some sort
and we credit them with the power o
invoking it from themselves or els<
of finding more companionship witl
dumb things than with ordinary mor
tala.—John Burroughs.
past r*> Th*- dead settlement is live
jjii i a though there had been no
»• >!1>. to rob. ruin, and murder among
:r pioneer* Ar.d then my wife will
• ad young Englishmen to school
with me for training.
Stria* by stroke this Mr. O Flynn
iiae* lashing home the news into
my hid* , as tin ugh I were being llog
g-d He >aj: be hati d me always,
but ttr*-r despised me before as he
doe* now M> wife and l should
change clothes, only I’d be too useless ,
for a woman Iron says the same, and
,n a nw st cnchristlaa way 1 thrashed
*1 pair knocking their heads togeth-1
er for putr:;g me too much in the
in y ithile I wanted mv breakfast.
They think there’s something In my
argument
The m »•* is better for being dis
cuest-d. ai:d best cf all I reckon this
man Eare who is to side-track Polly,
building a town at the foot of the
Hundred Mile Falls. The pines on
the high land, too small a trash for :
lumber, are good enough for pulp to ;
f.-ed a mill, while pap *r is the plate <
from which we eat our knowledge. I
see the black bush turning into books. I
the lands in oats or pasture till they’re
warmed for wheat, and when we come
to the rocks there’s marble to build
colieges for our sons, gold to endow
them The land too poor for any oth
er crop, is best for raising men.
It’s only because I’m happy I write
nonsense, feeling this night as
’hooch I were being cured of all my
• lmdness 1 have a sense that though
I sit in darkness, my wife is with me.
and f my eyes were opened. 1 should
tee her Is it our weakness which
glres such strength to love?
CHAPTER IV.
At Hundred Mile House.
katr-'t Aismttte.
Mr Eure inspected the woods and
water-power, then departed for the
coast, secretly to buy timber limits, j
avowedly to find a nurse and a doctor
Mr Tom Faulkner, his engineer,
surveyed, then let contracts for tem
porary sec* road. log buildings at the !
f:.im. and a telegraph line which
w< u'd secure our business from being
known at Folly's post-office.
Vr Dale reopened the Sky-line
nines, pending my arrangement with
the owners
Mr Surly Brown placed a cable
and built a s-cow in readiness to renew
his ferry business
Mr. Tearful George placed loads of
forage a day's march apart across the .
forest. Then drifted live stock into
Jesse's ranch.
Father Jared sought out young gen
U« m* a 'o be trained at Jesse s School j
of Colonial Instruction.”
Mr William O Flynn became bar
tender, despatch rider, stable man,
general adviser, and commander-in
chief at the Hundred.
A bewildered Chinaman, with a yel
low smile, cooked, scrubbed, chattered
p; ig'nEngi.sh. and burned incense
•o Jess in the kitchen.
And 1. Kate, was busy nursing and
keeping house, with never a moment
to spare for the specters which throng
• d our forest- After the snow road
diverted traffic, my one visitor was
Fete Matbson, who on Saturdays
climbed the long hill for his rations.
When my patient was well enough,
he wouid talk with “Bolt'' Taylor
about old 'lines a the gold mines, or
a the high technic of pack-train bar
s' above the comprehension of a
, v oman
Until the nurse came I was with my
j.ati-nt always, and slept in the same
clone rocn On her arrival—how I en
vied that pretty uniform—Nurse Pan
ton proceeded to set us all to rights.
She was a colorless creature, support
ed by routine as by a corset, and
1 Billy informed me that she needed to
be shocked thoroughly. He told her
that the patient, being a sailor, wanted
nursing done shipshape and Bristol
"ashion. Nurse aDd I were to have
ach four hours on and four off. with
two dog or half watches, which would
daily reverse the order, so giving us
‘ the middle watch by turns.
Whether relieved at midnight or at
lour a m l would put on my furs for
I a little prow l outdoors. To leave the
i house when It was forty degrees be
Ilow zero, felt like the plunge into an
icy bath, but gave the same refresh
ment afterward
Once setting out on such an excur
sion 1 traversed the dining hall, enter
ed the dark barroom, and opened the
nner door which gave upon the porch.
But this time I could not push the
storm door open. Something resisted,
something outside thrusting at the
panels, something alive. I fell back
against the bar. imagining bears, bur
glars. bogies, anything, while I listen
ed. afraid to breathe.
It was then I heard a vo’ee, a girl
ish voice outside in the Arctic cold,
chanting a singsong recitation as
though at school:
"Bruce, Bruce; Huron, Desoronto;
Chatham. Cayuga; Guelph—not Guelph
—oh. what comes after Cayuga?”
Then feeble hands battered against
the door, "Teacher! Teacher!”
But when I opened the door, the
girl stepped back afraid.
"You're not the teacher.” she said;
"oh, tell me before she comes. Sixty
six counties and the towns have all
got mixed.”
"Come in and let me tell you."
"I daren't! I daren't! You're not
the teacher. This is not the school.
You'll take me back!”
She turned, trying to run away, but
her legs seemed wooden, and she slid
about as though she were wearing
clogs.
"1 won't,” she screamed, ”1 won't go
back!” Then she fell.
"Dear child, you shan't go back.”
But still she shrank from me. "Oh.
leave me alone'" she pleaded.
"Mayn't I give you some tea?”
“You won't take me back to Spite
House ?"
"Not to that dreadful place.”
' Do you keep girls, too?"
There’s only a nurse, and a poor
dying man."
"And you'll hear me the counties
of Ontario?"
“Why, yes, dear.”
“1'U come then." but as she tried
to get up, “It’s cramp,” she moaned.
"Dear child, you’re freezing."
"I'm cot cold, it's cramp."
She must have fallen through the
snow which covered our water-hole,
for she was literally incased in ice
up to the breasts.
Finding I had not strength to carry
her, I shouted for the nurse, who
roused Billy, and then the Chinaman
Together we carried her indoors, gave
her brandy, and laid her, dressed as
she was, in Captain Taylor's bath
Then while Billy rode hard for a doc
tor, nurse and I filled the bath with
freezing water, which for eight hours
we kept renewed with ice.
She told me of a village among vine
yards, overlooking Lake Ontario, just
•where a creek comes tumbling down
from the Niagara heights. Her fa
He Carried In Armloads From th<
Sleigh.
tier, a retired minister, wasted his
narrow means in trying to raise th<
proper grapes for sacramental wine
Mother was dead, and nine small chil
dren had to be fed and clothed, to ap
pear with decency at church anc
school, so that they would not b<
ashamed among the neighbors.
Then Uncle John found an adver
tisement in the paper. A governess
was wanted for four children some
where in British Columbia. Th<
wages were so generous that there
would be enough to spare for helping
father. It meant so much of propel
food, and good warm clothing for th«
younger children. So references were
exchanged with Mr. Brooke, whc
wrote most charming letters, and Un
cle John lent money for the journey
My little schoolma'am pursed her lips
severely over that loan, which musi
be repaid by instalments.
Mr. Brooke met Jenny at Ashcroft
and took her by sleigh nearly a hundred
miles, getting more and more familial
and horrid until, In a state of wilt
fear of him, she ran for safety into £
drunken riot at Spite House. The
waitresses were rude and cruel, Polly
lay drunk on the floor. There were
no children.
After I learned from Mr. Eure that
I was a prejudiced witness, without a
shred of evidence, that no court
would listen to hearsay, and that the
dying girl’s confession would not be
allowed in court except it were made
under oath before a magistrate. Poor
Jenny would never have told any man
what happened at S?ite Hffuse; she
: would not have gives the last sane
, moments of her life to vengeance:
and so there was no r'Ae against eith
j er Brooke or Polly 5? a crime which
j had earned them peitiil servitude,
j Vengeance? I thins our prayers to
I gether did more good, and when the
| time came for Jenny's removal to a
bed of lint soaked in carbolic oil, she
I was prepared to face the coming pain.
! " Shall 1 die?" she asked. I could
; only kiss her.
• Then." she said, “even if it isn't
I true, tell papa 1 died game.”
She was Canadian, and there is
valor in that blood.
Before she was moved. Doctor
1 Saunderson, of Clinton, had taken
charge, and since we lacked petroleum
i enough for a bath, approved what we
had done. He used opiates, but the
pain, after a frostbite is thawed, is
that which follows burning. On the
third day came exhaustion—and re
lease.
I was obliged to give evidence at
the inquest, and my profession has
taught me quietness, restraint, sim
plicity. The coroner might talk law,
but I was dealing with men; it was my
; business to make them cry. There was
no case against Brooke, but from that
time onward visitors to Spite House
■ were treated as lepers until they left
the country.
For the rest, I would not be present
either at the funeral or at the public
meeting, or see the press man who
came up from Ashcroft, or discuss the
matter with any of my neighbors.
The theme was one distasteful to
any woman with claims to decency
These things are not discussed. And
even if through misfortune my rela
tionship with Jesse become a common
scandal, at least I need not share the
conversation. To make a scene, to
• discuss my affairs with strangers, to
seek public sympathy, were things im
possible Yet I heard enough. The
waitresses were gone from Spite
House, the constable was dismissed
from his position; the business of the
post-office and stage-line were trans
ferred to Mr. Eure's stopping-place at
the falls. Brooke and Polly were left
alone, with no power, it seemed then
for any further mischief.
Until it actually happened, 1 nevei
expected that Brooke would visit me
but perhaps from his point of view the
| event was piquant.
When I asked him to state his busi
ness, with a large gesture he claimed
the visitor's drink. It is an old eus
tom, which 1 broke.
"You think I'm a villain 7"
1 made no comment.
| "I've come to thank you. ma'am I!
you'd pressed that girl's case it might
have been well—awkward
i I told him that had I known the
law. I should have done my best to get
j him penal servitude for life.
•'That's straight." he answered In
; diligently, "you always were cleat
grit, and that’s why I want—well
! ma'am.” he lowered his eyes. "I'm go
| ing to confess. You don’t mind?" he
added.
My eyes betrayed my one desire, es
cape, but he stood in the doorway
leading to the bouse.
"Y’our presence." I said, 'is distaste
ful. Please will you let me pass?"
“Not till I've set things straight."
There was no bell with which tc
summon help, and I should have been
ashamed to make a scene.
"Go on.” I said..
“I dunno how you feel. mum. about
life. I've been disappointed, starting
in with ideals, and there're gone. I'm
as straight as the world will let me.
without my going hungry "
"Yes,” Brooke sighed. “I'm a disil
lusioned, disappointed man."
I had a curious sense that this actox
of life was trying to be real, and In
the attempt he posed.
"Not that I claim.” he w^ent on
"that Spite House is anyways holy
It's not. Of course, a sporting and
gambling joint meets a demand, a re
! grettable demand, a thing we both
abhor and would like to be shut of
But since demand creates the supply
let’s have it In high-toned style, noi
run by thugs. That's what I say."
His spacious benevolence seemed tc
confer partnership, yet to be shocked
' at my immoral tendencies.
“However.” he sighed, “it's over. It’s
done with, shoved aside. There was
! money in It, but small money, and
we pass on. Old Taylor may have
told you that as far back as Novem
ber we decided, Mrs. Smith and me
to nin the bouse as a first-class resort
for tourists. We bought the Stax
Pack-train from Taylor, and the old
cargador is making our new riggings.’
This was news indeed*
“Of course pack-trains as such arc
out of date as Noah's ark. and we'vt
; got to march with the procession
I You’ll see in this prospectus,” he held
out a paper, "well. I'll read It Let's
TOAD GOOD FRIEND OF MAN
Ill-Favored Creature Has Been Misun
derstood and Is Just Beginning to
Be Appreciated.
Few well-meaning creatures have
been more thoroughly misunderstood
i than the homely, meditative and retir
ing toad.
Formerly the toad was considered
a venomous reptile, but in our day
its habits have been more carefully
observed and its great value to the
pomologist and gardener has been
fully established on account of Its
propensity for destroying insects.
We should, therefore, cultivate the
friendship and assistance of the In
sectivorous reptiles, including the
striped snake, as well as that of the
birds.
Every tidy housewife detests the
cockroach, mice and other vermin.
Two or three domesticated toads
would keep the coast clear of these
and would be found mere desirable
than a cat, as they are wholly free
from trespassing on the rights of man
as does the cat. The toad is possess
j see—yes—‘Forest Lodge, long und-*T
the able management of Mrs. Jesse
Smith, with great experience in’ • •
• no. it’s farther on—'Forest Lodge
is the natural center for parties view
ing the wondrous wilds.' That should
grip them, eh? 'Experienced guides
with pack and saddle animals from
the famous Star atajo,’ we can t call
them mules, of course, ‘will escort par
ties visiting the sceneries and huntr
ing grounds of the Coast Range, tha
Cariboo, the Omenica, the Habine, and
the Cassiar.’ That ought to splash!"
Billy had warned me of bad char
acters settled on the lands toward
Jesse's ranch. Were these Brooke's
experienced guides?"
"Naturally,” Brooke folded his pros
pectus, “the sporting trade had to be
closed right down before the tourist
connection took a hold. Millionaire
sportsmen out to spend their dollars,
expect to And things just so. They
want recherche meals, and unique dec
‘ orations, real champagne wine, and
| everything ‘imported’ even when it's
made on the spot. They don't make
no hurroar over losing a few thou
sand at cards, but they just ain’t going
to stand seeing Polly laying around
drunk on the barroom floor. I tell
you when they comes I ain’t going to
have Polly around my place. That's
straight. She’ll get her marching or
ders P. D. Q.”
So Polly was next for betrayal.
"Yes.” Brooke became very con
; hdential. "What 1 require at Forest
i ix>dge is a real society hostess, a lady.
| Yes. that’s what's the matter—a lady.
Now that’s what 1 come about. Ever
j since I seen you, Mrs., I mean madam,
| He became quite diffident, leaving
j the doorway, leaning over the coun
j ter.
; “Would you—” he began, "would
you be prepared, ma'am, to—”
My way was clear, and I ran
Billy had held these last few weeks
j that Polly’s funds were gone, that she
! was penniless. He begged me to let
i him destroy the great sign-board
j across the road to Spite House. Fail
! ure to renew that would indeed be
1 conclusive proof of the woman’s
penury, but the meanness of such a
test revolted me. for one does not
strike a fallen adversary
Were there any funds to promote
, black pines and mosquitoes as an at
! traction to millionaires? Brooke in
his folly had divulged that foolish
scheme, sufficient to complete the ruin
of a poor wretched woman, before he
abandoned her interests to seek his
own. Was it true? I went straight
to Captain Taylor.
' Yes, Kate,'' he chuckled, "the mur
der's out at last. You see I’m not ex
actly prosperous, and my retired pay
is a drop in my bucket of debts. And
then our good friend Polly invested all
her wealth In buying trp the mortgage
on this ranch .”
"But why?”
ror fun. tor the pleasure of turn
ing me out. She kindly granted me
permission to sleep in that old barrel
which used to belong to my fox, but
then you see I really couldn't be un
der any obligations to the lady.”
"Did you pay off the mortgage?" t
“I did. So Polly strums ragtime
tunes on mv piano, Brooke wears mjr
early Victorian frock coat, they serve
their beans and bacon with my family
plate, the gentleman sports my crest, !
the lady has my dear mother's dia- !
monds which are really paste. My 1
dear, they're county society—you real- .
ly must call and leave cards."
"But the portraits!”
"The} stared at me so rudely that ;
. I burnt them. Ancestors ought to re- j
member they're dead, and they'd rath- j
er be burned, too, than be claimed as
j Polly's aunts."
"And the Star Pack-train?"
"A half-interest, my dear, a half- j
interest, that's all."
"So you're in partnership?”
"Why, no. Fact is, old Pete has
been working thirty-five years, with
his faithful eyes shining behind that
hair—it's silver new, eh? Well. I 1
' couldn't leave him in the lurch. And
j there’s the Hudson's Bay to consider,
with forts up north depending on us
for supplies. And I suppose, when I
come to think of it. I'm rather proud
of the outfit. So, in my sentimental
way. I made a deed by which Pete is
j managing owner, with a half-interest.
! while Polly is sleeping partner with
no right to interfere."
' You've toid Pete?”
'No. I suppose I've got to own
up?"
"You don't want Pete to be cheated
by his partners.”
"You’re right. Just open my desk
and look inside. It's the paper on
i top.”
1 found and read the deed
"You've read it. of course.” I said.
“It was read to me by the lawyer
chap. Isn t it all right?"
"Oh. yes.” I managed to say. '"it's
all right—such funny legal jargon.
1 looked at the names of the wit
nesses. Cultus McTavish and low
lived Joe. the worst characters in our
district. The document read to the
old blind man had been no doubt de
stroyed. The deed actually signed j
made Polly sole owner of the famous
pack-train. My friend had been
cheated.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
! ed of a timid and . ^tiring nature, lov
ing dark corners and shady places,
but under kind treatment becoming
quite tame.
Many instances might be cited of
pet toads remaining several years in
a family and doing most valuable serv
: ice with no other compensation than
that of immunity from persecution.
In Europe toads are carried to the
! cities to market and are purchased by
: the horticulturists, who by their aid
: are enabled to keep in check the mul
tipllcation of the insect tribes which
prey upon their fruits, flowers, etc.
Packing Flowers.
Send flowers in a tin box. such aa
crackers are packed in. These boxes
come in various sizes. Line the box
with paraffin paper, then with moist
cotton. Place the flowers carefully is
this, sprinkling lightly, and placing on
each layer of the blossoms a thickness
of moist cotton. Fasten the top on
securely aud wrap in stout brown pa
per. When you have addressed the
parcel print on It In large clear let
ters: “Flowers, Perishable! Keep
in a cool placn."
PURCHASING CHEAP HORSES IS EXPENSIVE
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Pure-Bred Percheron Mares—Gcod Types for the Farm.
(By J. M. BEIX.)
Many people are looking for bar
! gains in horses and mules, especially
at this season of the year.
The farmer thinks he can. no doubt,
i attend a public sale in the large cities
| and “pick up something a little sore
j but just as good for work as a first- j
! class animal." In this he is mistaken
j as he will soon find out.
The “bargains" are ail more or less
: crippled in one way or another and it
j will be well to remember that the old
1 saying that "Nature never forgives an
I injury," holds good most certainly
j with horses and mules,
j Spavins, ringbones, side bones,
! sweeny, narieular lameiess, sprung
knees, contracted heels, cocked ankles
and other similar ailments are fixtures
in 90 cases out of 100.
The writer has bought and sold
horses for over 30 years and can
hardly recall an incident where one
of the cripples has ever been made
I serviceably sound, much less actually
| sound.
So the farmer can bear in mind the
._
fact that when he buys a "knocked
up” city horse, that he is taking long
chances and he had better pay a
decent price and get an animal that is
perfectly sound, although the pur
chase price be considerably more.
These sore, stiffened horses or mules
may do fairly good work on soft,
plowed ground but when it comes to
using them on the road for any pur
pose they do not flU the bill and most
farmers have some hauling on the
thoroughfares nearly every month of
the year.
There is no reason why the farmer
should not have a sound, well matched
team—one that can do the regular,
field work, do service on wood and.
when the occasion requires, take the
family to the neighboring town or
church in proper style.
And another thing, the hired man
takes little interest in working a mis
matched, foot sore team but much
prefers one that is sound and one that
responds to good attention, which he;
is generally willing to bestow upon;
them.
LUNG DISEASE OF
HORSES INCURABLE
Treatment for Broken Wind Can
Only Be Palliative—Avoid
Dusty or Burnt Hay.
(By W. R. GILBERT.)
Rroken wind is the old-fashioned
name giveii to the chronic lung com
plaint. associated with difficult breath
ing in which, in marked cases, the act
of expiration is performed by a double
effort, inspiration being little, if at
all. removed from normal.
We have only to look at a horse's
flank to see this double effort and ab
dominal breathing and press his
throat with the fingers and thumb—in
other words to cough him, in order to
see if he is broken winded or not.
The cough is characteristic, spas
| modic at first, but as the disease ad
vances. becoming single, short and
suppressed. The trouble is incurable
: and the treatment therefore can only
I be palliative.
The difficulty in breathing increases
when the stomach and bowels are con
1 gested with food and water. Both are
to be given only in small quantities at
a time. Green food and cut grass
I should be fed at intervals.
The food should always be damp
| ened with water. Dusty, or burnt hay
are to be avoided as are also chopped
straw and overripe rye grass.
It is a good plan to mix a quarter
1 cf a pint of linseed meal oil with each
feed. As regards medicinal agents,
their action on broken wind can only
be temporary.
Every dealer has his specific for
this disease. Some give the animal a
pound of lard, or any sort of good fat
made into balls, while others give a
quantity of leaden shot. A subcutan
eous injection of morphia many re
sort to.
These things do no permanent good
and the palliative treatment, if care
fully carried out, is of great bene
fit to the poor animal and may be
looked upon as the only treatment for
a brokec-winded horse.
MAKE CULTIVATION
OF ALFALFA EASY
Several Western Kansas Farm
ers Try New Method by Plant
ing Crop in Rows.
The seeding of alfalfa in rows to
make cultivation possible is being
advised for parts of western Kansas
by W. A. Boys, demonstration agent
at Hays. He has interested nine
men in this method of planting, and
has secured some good, up-land al
falfa seed. One hundred and fifty
acres will be planted. Some of the
seed will be sown broadcast, but most
of it will be planted in rows. Even
if the alfalfa does not give high for
age yields, as compared with yields
of lands adapted to growing alfalfa
by the usual methods, the forage will
be very acceptable to balance the
ration with rough feeds easily pro
duced in this territory- Mr. Boys
thinks that the crop will be valuable,
also, in a rotation scheme for west
ern Kansas.
Cleanliness In the Dairy.
Cleanliness is of the utmost import
ance around the dairy barn. The
quality of a sample of milk, with spe
cial reference to its bacterial count
and dirt content, can almost always
be taken as an index of the sanitary
conditions surrounding the cows sup
plying the milk. Clean milk cannot
be produced from dirty cows. Cows
cannot be kept clean in a dirty sta
ble. Stables cannot be kept clean,
from a hygienic standpoint, without
due regard for the rules of sanitation
In all of its various aspects.
PROFIT IN RAISING
HIGH GRADE SEEDS
—
Ai Ever-Increasing Demand for
Sweet Corn, Garden Peas and
Beans of Good Quality.
A letter sent from the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture, division of publi
cations will be of considerable inter
est to those who follow in any degree
: tile raising of high grade seed.
Concerning sweet corn, garden peas
and beans it states there is much
profit in the raising of high grade
seed.
“Seed crops of sweet corn, garden
peas and beans of good quality are in
ever-increasing demand and the quan
tity needed yearly has become so
large that the seedman is obliged to
have the major portion of his stock
grown for him by others.
"Within the past few years there
has been an enormous increase in the
quantity of seeds produced for com
mercial purposes.
“This has been due, in a large
measure, to the development of seed
growing and its handling as a busi
ness in the United States.
“One of the largest of these busi
nesses uses buildings with an aggre
gate floor space of more than 16 acres.
This space is much larger than was
occupied by the entire seed trade of
the country only 50 years ago.
“The quality also has vastly im
i proved. One of the most encouraging
developments in the growing of gar
den vegetables is the increasing recog
nition of the practical importance of
using pure and uniform stocks of
seed whose varietal charactheristics
adapt them to distinct local conditions
and market requirements.
“Another consideration is the fact
that the growing of seed crops of
these vegetables can be undertaken
without any radical change in farm
practice or material increase in farm
equipment.
“These conditions make the indus
try well worth the attention of far
mers who are located where soil and
climatic conditions are favorable for
the best development of such seeds.
“However, the raising of these veg
etables for seed crops is not recom
mended for all circumstances, even
when soil and climate are suitable.
“The farmer who contemplates un
dertaking seed crop fanning will do
well to consider thoroughly the many
elements which enter into profits.
“Seedmen are often able to place
contracts for growing seed at very low
prices—even lower than that at which
grain of the species can be sold on
the market.
* Such a condition might £e due to
any of several causes, but usually
rests on an over-supply or a demand
for an inferior product.
The general tendency now, however,
is decidedly in the other direction, and
both seed dealers and seed growers
can do much by co-operation to furth
er this tendency.
Dealers should not buy by sample,
no matter how good the sample may
be, but should endeavor to limit his
supply to seed which he knows was
grown from pure and true stock seed
and, as far as possible, to that which
was subject, while growing to his own
inspection.
Knowledge, experience and care on
the part of the grower will also con
tribute much to a higher standard, and
consequently to higher prices and bet
ter market conditions generally.
Englishman’s Preference.
The English poultrymen prefer the
Aylesbury variety of duck, while the
French poultrvman pins his fnth to
the Rouen.
Bespeaks Good Care.
The colt that keeps its baby-fat tho
first year tells of good care, skillful
feeding and fine growth.