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CHAPTER IX.
It was a very happy evening that
Beryl spent at Uplands. Mrs. Dyno
vor'B heart wont out to the pretty,
graceful girl, who seemed bo strnngj
.ly alouo In the world; Kitty had taken
a fancy to her; uml when Harold came
In for tea the three were ns much at
home ns though they hail known each
other for inanths.
"You must let me take you home,"
Harold said to the little governess,
when she camo downstairs about eight
with her hat on.
"Oh, I could not trouble you, Mr.
Dynevor, It In so far! And I am not
at nil afraid."
"Harold loves an evening tramp, and
It Is much too far for you to go alone,"
said Kitty. "Mind you come again
.soon. Mother wanti you to, don't you
mother?"
"Yes," put In Mrs. Dynevor. "I shall
ho very pleased to wee Miss Lendon
whenver she has time to come."
When they were walking down the
hroad, shady lane which led from Up
lands to Eaathlll village Harold aRked
Hlmply. "Do you know you have made
a conquest of my mother, Miss Lfn
don? I never saw her so much taken
with a stranger."
"She was very, very kind to me. Oh.
Mr. Dynevor, when I saw her and
Kitty together I could not help wish
ing I bad n mother."
' The voice was bo sad It touched his
heart
s "I wish you would conlldo your trou
bles to my mother, Miss Lendon," ho
said gently, "she would know how to
comfort you. The advertisement of
fering tho reward has not been re
peated for some weeks now, anil I had
hoped you would feel happier."
To his surprise nnd alarm, he heard
her sob. They were quite alone In n
little frequented lane. He longed to
comfort her, only he could think of no
words.
"Mlsa Lendon," he said, very gent
ly, "llko you, I have known trouhles
'one presses on me now whose weight
seems to crush me to tho earth. Hu
man friends can do very little to
soothe an aching heart; but there Is
One above who knows nil His chil
dren's griefs, and sorrows for them.
He will comfort you better than any
earthly friend."
"I know," she said, simply yet re
verently. "Mr. Dynevor, 1 had better
tell you the truth. I can trust you not
to betray me to my father, and 1 can
not bear to come to Uplands and take
kindness from you all when. If you
knew my story, you would bhrlnk from
' mo In loathing."
An awful fear crossed Hurold's heart.
What could she mean? Only a little
while ago, at the fete, she had assured
him she was not fleeing from Justice,
and ho had retorted no one could take
her for a criminal. What did her
present words mean?
"Whatever you tell me I will keep
as a sacred trust," he answered. "But,
Indeed, Miss Lendon, you are mis
taken; nothing you can say will make
me shrink from you."
"But I am the child of the two who
wronged you cruelly. I am your
enemy's daughter Reryl Lindon."
4- Ho started Involuntarily. Really
the movement was simply sui prise, but
eho thought It was due to aversion.
"I nevor meant to deceive you or
any one," she went on, her voice grow
ing a little firmer us she proceeded. "I
ran away from home because my fa
ther wrote that he had married again,
and his new wife was to have full au
thority over me. Mr. .Dynevor, that
woman had lived in the house for nine
months, openly as my maid, really as
my tyrant. Last January, while my
father was away, she she struck me,
I appealed to the housekeeper, who
JP dismissed her. Do you think I could
have Btayed to see that woman In my
mothers' place?"
"No one could huve wished it." he
answered quickly "no one who loved
you."
"I took Mrs. Tanner's situation be
cause It was the only one I could got
and the time was all too short. I had
only three weeks from getting my fa
thcr's letter to the day he brought his
wlfo home.
"When I came to Eas thill I had
never heard of Dynevor Mnnor. I had
not the least Idea my father posRcfssd
property here, or 1 should have been
y afraid to comn.
"Mrs. Tunner told mo the first night
I enme to her that the Wllmots, who
were her chief supporters here, ob
jected to my name. She said they
urged It wns a .slight to their employ
er, Mr. Lindon, that a poor little gov
erness should bo culled by his namn.
When I found that this Mr. Lindon
lived In Elchester squat e, nnd his
name wan Eustace, 1 knew It was my
father, and I waH only too thunkful
to ugree to the proposal that 1 should
change one letter of my name, and bo
kuotfu here as MIrs lendon.
V "When later I heard my father's
Etory from Mrs. Grey, and tho cruel
wrong ho had wrought you nnd yours,
I felt overwhelmed with shame
Though your sister hnd urged me to g
nnd reo her, I felt I dared not ucctpt
Iter Invitation. 1 should never have
come to tho Uplands only she frtchod
S, .un. and nil throuph my visit 1 Hit an
thoush I were deceiving ymt oil, that
if jou know the truth your urjors woulu
br closed .igalmt me,"
Harold tool: tho girl's hand In his
Tumi held It close under cover of tho
darkness.
"Do you kuow what, flr3t undo my
HodAKinton
mother take an IntcrcH In you? Your
likeness to her sister-in-law, Nina Lin
don. You must remember she and
your mother were close friends for
over three years. My father on his
death bed told me he believed flrmiy
that my Aunt Nina had never meant
to wrong us. Ho thought either tho
will hnd been extorted from her by
undue influence, or "
"Or what?" asktd Beryl eugetly.
"Oh that she was too ill to under
stand Its real purport. I suppose you
do not remember her? No, you could
not; she died before you were four
years old."
"I do remember her," said Beryl,
In a very low voice. "You see, she
was the only creature who loved me,
so I was not likely to forget. She was
very ill, and very unhappy; but, Mr.
Dynevor, 1 can't believe she did what
people think. She was too gentle."
"It wus not a happy nut-Huge," said
Harold Dynevor, in a low tone; "from
the little we know wo always gathered
that. My father wondered somutlmcj
If she lost heart after your sister's
death."
"I don't know." Beryl felt bewil
dered. "You see, I only icmembcr her
after."
"Do you tne.in you were away when
Lillian died?"
"I think I must have been," she said,
lu a puzzled toue. "I can remember
a little cottage, and n Frenchwoman
who took care of me. One day a let
ter came, and sho dressed me up In
my best, and took me a long railway
journey, and then I saw my mother.
She was In black, nnd Bhu cried when
she klseod me, ami said she would
never part with me ugnln while alio
lived. My bonnewent home, uud af
ter that I had an English nurse."
"And you are Beryl Lindon?"
"Yes. Will you tell your mother
und Kitty? I am sure they won't be
tray me."
"I urn sure of that, too; but I do
not mean to tell them. 1 do not seo
tlmt what you have confided to me
need go any further. If you are the
child of our enemy, ut lcat ho has
treated you no better than he has
treated us. I um positive If my mother
know the truth she would only feel
more kindly towards you. Como to us
when you can; you will always be wel
come." They were nt Woodlands, and, with
a close pressure of the hand, he re
leased her.
He found his mother nlone when he
got home again. She had been search
ing among old treasures, and had un
earthed an album containing photos
of bygone days. It was open at the
picture of Mrs. Frank Dynevor us she
was when sho came home a bride.
"I wanted to show It to you, Har
old," said his mother, "Just to prove
the resemblance Is not all my fancy."
He looked ut It thoughtfully.
"It Is a very strong likeness," he
said gravely; "but I hope It won't
prejudice you nnd Kitty against that
poor little girl. 1 think If ever a hu
man creature stood in sore need of
friends It is Mis. Tanner's governess."
CHAPTER X.
Five thousand poundH.
The sum seemed to burn itself Into
Harold Dyncvor's brain as the sum
mer ripened. He did not actually
kuow that Mr. Lindon meant to fore
close, btit he could not doubt Mr.
Proctor's warning. He felt that if five
thousand pounds were not forthcom
ing befoie the 2!Uh of December his
mother must leave her lifelong home,
and ho himself go forth Into tho world
a ruined man.
He had more than one long confer
ence with the lnwyer about raising tie
money. Mr. Proctor thought a private
lender would bo tho only source
whence he could obtain It. He said
that at a forced salo tho Uplands
would fetch very little In excess of
tho actual sum needed; but he thought
any one who know the property might
be Inclined to offer six thousand for
It, on tho undcistandlng 11 was to ho
redeemed. The one thousand could be
paid buck at once, the other five re
main at Interest.
"Only so very few people have cap
ital to dispose of," he concluded, "und
those few seem to fight c'oar of land.
I am making Inquiries among all like
ly Investors. Don't you think General
Craven would lonslder the specula
tion?" "He can't. His daughter Is to bo
married lu tbe autumn, and he'll want
ull the ready money he can find."
The general, Indeed, when sounded
on the subject, took what seemed to
Mr. Proctor a very hard view.
"You know, Pioctor," the old sol
dier declared, "I've no liking for Eus
tuce Lindon, nnd I'd not mind thwart
ing him; but I think for any one to
enable the Dyuevors to remain at Up
lunds would be to do them a cruel
kindness. It Is openly reported Lin
don is coming Into residence when
we leave. It will bo far and away bet
ter for Mrs. Dynevor and her children
uot to llvo, fo to sjy, at his gates. I
think It Is a blessing In disguise that
they will have to go."
"And I don't!" said tho lawyer
stoutly. "Think of tho years the plnro
has been In Mis. Dyncvor's family!
Think ho.w hnrd her son has worked
to keep it up! If he leaves L'plaudf.,
Harold goes out Into tho world penni
less." "He'd bo sure to get a good borth
as land-agent to a nobleman."
"Such posts are not so easily picked
up. I think you tako a very unBym-,
pathetlr view of tho mattor, General."
"Bother It nil," said the old soldier
Irrltnbly, "I suppose I had better tell
you tho truth! I llko tho Dyuevors.
thoy'ro tho pleas.iutcst neighbors 1
ever had, I think Harold's a son to
bo proud of; but, Proctor, l've got
only ono boy, and I haven't much
money to leave him. Allck will liuvo
to mako his way with very llttlo ex
cept his pay. Can't you seo I don't
want him to marry Kitty Dynovor, a
nlco girt nnd a good one, but without
a penny to her fortuuo?"
Beryl bow a good deal of tho Dyn
cvors In August. Woodlands broke up
for the holidays, Mrs. Tanner nnd tho
twins went to spend a fortnight near
their old homo, und Kitty camo over
to Easthtll-ou-Sea, with her mother's
orders to bring back Beryl for the
time of thulr absence.
"You are to oe sure to come unless
you have a better engagement."
"I have no engagement, and I
couldn't have a better one; only shall
I not be In your wuy?"
"Wo want jou, and we mean to
havo you!" retorted Kitty. "I to'd
Harold about It, und ho said It was
a famous Idea. I thluk you fascinated
him that night when ho saw you
looking so forlorn nt tho railway sta
tion, for you are the first visitor we
have had to stay in the houso for
years."
Mrs. Dyuevor's welcome was almost
motherly In Its goodness, but It wns
Harold's greeting which wont strnlght
to Beryl's heart. She happoued to bo
alone in the oak parlor when he camo
In, and as he took her hand he suld
gravely:
"Remember, no one here knows your
secret no ono ever will know It from
me; but if they learn it from another
source they will be content, as I do,
to remember you nro Aunt Nina's
child, und forgot you are Mr. Lludon's
daughter."
Beryl hud been nt Uplands just three
days when Ensthlll was thrown Into
a commotion. Mr. Lindon, the great
man of the neighborhood, hnd nrrlvod
and was putting up at his agent's
houso while he transacted some busi
ness counected with his property.
"Will he have the effi outcry to call
here?" Mrs. Dynevor asked her fcon.
"I should say not. If he docs, send
Kitty in to Interview him. Sho Is cup
able of freezing him If sho tries."
"I wonder If he has brought his wife
and daughter?" hazarded Mrs. Dyne
vor. "No." retorted Kitty, who always
know everything. "His wife Is not
well, nnd his daughter is at school.
Perhaps she prefers It to her step
mother's society, but she Is the same
age as I um, and I should certaluly
resent being kept nt letters."
"Poor little thing!" said Mrs. Dyn
evor gently. "I wnndor If she Is like
her mother? What is her name? Did
we ever heur?"
"It was never mentioned lu Aunt
Nina's letteis," returned Harold. "Sho
always spoke of the cbtldreu an 'Pet'
und 'Baby;' not that Bhe wrote often,
poor thing!"
Beryl was lu the room, and natur
ally heard these remarks. Sho almost
forgot herself, and contradicted his
last words, for she knew that Lillian
hail never been culled "Pet." It wns
her own name in babyhood, and had
uot been given up till she went to
the Burgesses, when, by her father's
wish, she was always culled Beryl.
No, Lillian could not huve been
"Pet." Try as Bhe would, the girl
could not recall any fond abbreviation
of her sister's numo. When srie was
brought home after Lillian's death no
one ever spoke of the dead child ex
cept her mother, and she always said
"your little sister." Mr. Lindon took
no notice of Beryl at ull. Her moth
er's muid had returned to England,
ns she bad lately heard, to take serv
ice with tbe family at Uplands. Lil
lian's nurse had ulso left tho Liu
dons, but of her movements Beryl
knew nothing.
(To be-continued,)
NEW BREAD AT PARIS.
From Freah Flour and (IreMtljr In
creates Nutrition.
Among ull the exhibits of bread and
bread-making at the Paris exhibition
the one which Interested me most was
a system of milling nnd baking com
bined. It is well known that all rood
substunces when ground to a fine pow
der havf a tendency to become oxi
dized. As Is the cuse with cotTee, which
is the best when fleshly toasted and
freshly ground, so It Is with cereal
flour, which Is never so aromatic or
so nutritious as ut the moment when
It Is first-made. The Schweitzer sys
tem, In tegurd to the milling opera
tions, Is n return to the old system or
millstones, with the exception that cor
rugated steej grinders take the place
of the millstones of the olden days,
says the Pnrls Messenger. These
grinders are so accurately adjusted as
to admit of tho making of the finest
flour, while avoiding actuul contact of
the two grinding surfaces. The sim
plicity of the apparatus, the cheapness
and the easo with which It can be in
stalled commend this system particu
larly for domestic use and for the sup
ply of villages and smnll communities.
Nevertheless, It Is capable of being op
erated on an extensive scale, as is
demonstrated by tho largo establish
ment at Lu Vlllette, Paris, where moro
than 100,000 pounds of brood are mado
per day fiom flour not more than I'l
hours old. Chemical unulysls 'shows
that tho flour mado according to tho
Schweitzer system has moro than
tvlco ns much phosphate ntoilnl us
that mado by tho ordlnury roller proc
ess. Tho Importance of this fact In
respect to nutrition should not bo lost
Bight of, and wq must admit that nu
trition, not whiteness of color, Is the
principal object of bread-making.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.1
INTERESTING CHAPTRRO TOR
OUR RURAL RKADLRS.
Mow Kiirful rftritttr Oprmt Till
Department of the I'urm A I w
IllnU to i urt of !.! Mock
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fotillrj mi it, Dntry Farm.
(Farmers' Itottan Su'iiographlf Re
port of Illinois State Dull) men's As
sociation.) F. M. Mtingcr te.nl a paper on poul
try on the dairy faun. In pnit ho
said: Just why the m.tjtirlt) of dairy
men do uot muki; poultry pay Is not
a very hard problem to solve. The
failure arises mainly either fiom Indif
ference or Ignorant e of tho needs of
poultry for profit. Now, would any
common-sense ilulryiuuu start the
business with milch cows that lu tho.r
prime would only turn out 75 pi.unds
of butter per rar, und expect Uiein
to rustic around the sttaw stack for
feed, nnd bo sheltered from tho blasts
of winter's snows around tin- corner
of the barn mid mako dairying pay?
Now, tho twentieth century hrn will
improve the 160 egg record, and 200
eggs pr year will be thn mark. Even
greater records than this havo already
been obtained.
We are having many Inquiries fiom
those who would like to kuow If
standard hied poultry can be raised
on a fHrm with profit. We know of no
place where the profit can bo as great,
provided right mnnugomciit prevails.
Thu mun that Is raising poultry for
both egg and meat will find the solid
white varieties good. The Whlto Wy
nndottes will equal any bleed and sur
pass nmny. The Barred Plymouth
Rocks enn hardly bo beaten for an all
around breed for tho production of
eggs and llcsh. But tho White Wjnu
dottcs arc still better producers of
large eggs In winter.
Tho lazy hen Is not profitable. It
is, however, u trial to the poultrymun
to keep buns nctive In winter. The
tendonites urn entirely toward slug
gishness ou the part of the fowls, but
no animal can maintain health without
exercise. W must not feed too heav
ily, or make It too easy for the bltds
to gat their fowl. They will not work
unless they are obliged to. Make them
scratch for a part of their food.
In winter fowls must be housed and
cared for properly. If the houso Is
not warm, have It well banked with
hay, straw or fodder. The simplest
poultry house Is the best. For GO heus
build a hou.e 9x20 feet; use 2x4's for
top and bottom. Twelve foot common
boards will work right for tho sides;
cut thorn Into seven and five foot
plecea. These can bo used fur tho
aides and end. Then foot boards will
make a good roof If covered with felt
well tarred. Overhead Inside should
he trimmed with cheap boutds and tho
sides should bt well covered with tar
felt paper. Perches, drop boards, and
nest boxes can be arranged to suit,
only allow- the fowls the full floor
apace. Put a board lu the center with
a well-fitted door, us part of tho houso
must be for n scratching shed, and
chaff or buy or clean straw six Inches
deep will be needed fo scatter tho
grain ration In. The house must be
tight nt back and sides, as drafts of
air, even in warm weather, will do
damage. Fowls will not thrive whore
drafts of air come over them at night.
The building site Is of much import
ance. It should be well drained, shel
tered from west nnd northwest winds
und have a decided slope to the south.
The time wus. when ull the glass that
could bo got Into the front or south
side of a hen house was thought nec
essary; hut now it has beeu proved to
be a mistake, und windows for light
ing only have beeu found thn best
plan. The houso must be dust dry,
warm, well ventilated and kept clean.
Laige fowls require different feed
from small ones. leghorns are uot
likely to get ovcrfut. A Leghorn will
leave torn on the ground and run
after a grasshopper or bug or worm,
while the larger biecds will 1111 up
on com and stand around waiting for
more. Clover piovldes the hens with
a much needed substance and Is a
good egg producer
Ilry Note.
It wus something of a surprise to Il
linois milk producers to be told by a
Wlhcoualn cheese expert that the milk
from which most creameries muke but
ter is not clean enough for the use of
the eheesemnkcr. It was supposed tlmt
the milk from which our best creum
ery butter Is manufactured Is as good
hk can be obtulned for any purpose,
Mr. Aderhold says not, and hu may
be right. In the making of butter the
milk Is passed through the separator
and a great deal of filth removed In
that process, Besides, only the cream
Is used lu the making of butter. In
the muklug of cheese the whole milk
Is used, and It is not patsed through
the separator.
It seems: to be u fact that milk as a
food in becoming less popular every
year In Illinois. Not thnt the aggre
gate amount consumed is growing
less, but that tbe relative umouut Is
lessening. Wo think the explanation j
is noi iar w hpuk. reopie novo learneu
that milk, unless drawn under proper '
conditions from healthy cows, lu a '
menace to health. No ono cures to ,
drink milk drawn from tuberculous
udders. No one cuicn to use u fluid
that has been carried In utensils that
have been washed with water from
wells In which typhoid fover germs o.x
Ist. As Is Well known thero Is no hot
tor medium for the dovelonmont of any
kind of dUenso germs than milk. The '
question Is how shall the public four
be allayod? Tho answer appears plain
to us: Mako tho conditions such Hint
the milk will bo puio and then con
vince the peoplo that the case Is ns
you slate It. Rome milk prodttcrrs arc
taking tho upposlte course; thoy are
trying to tn other ull Investigations of
the bad conditions that xlst in some
of the herda. Not long ago some milk
producers und sonio cattle man mot lu
Chicago and began war on the tuber
culin test. This Is because the tuber
culin tent tells too many truths. They
say it hurls business. The general
public will nut however tuko that view
of It. The lives ut the consumers of
milk are of nunc Important! than the
fluaticlal piospeilty of the milk pro-dut-cis
that happen to have a held of
tubciculous cows on their hands.
Treatment at limine l)Utentier
Bulletin OR of the Virginia Experi
ment stntlon rays:
The tteatment of bovine distemper
may bo divided Into hygienic und med
icinal. The hygienic treatment con
stats in allowing the uulmul plenty of
fresh air, at tho same time, however,
severe wenthor or strong drnftB should
bo avoided. The nnlmnl should huve
plenty of good, nutritious and e.vslly
dlgested food,
The medlcluul ieatment is princi
pally symptomatic, laxatives, diuret
ics, autl-pyietlcs, alternatives and
tonics are advocated.
It is woll to open the bowolB nt tho
onset of tho dlucase with one pound of
common Halts (magnesium Btilphuto),
If the cxti entitles nro swollen, a doso
of two ounces of nitrate of potash,
given ns a drench twice, a day, often
rcllotos the trouble, and nt tho same
time helps to lowor the temperature.
Where the tempornturu Is vory high
und does not seem to ho affected by
the nitrate of putush, quinine may bo
given In drnchm doses two or. thtse
times a day, dissolved In a llttlo alco
hol and given as a drench. When tho
animal Is run down, sulphate of Iron,
two druchins, powdered mix vomica.
one drachm, und powdcrod gentlun,
two drachms, given lu a llttlo corn
meal night Mid morning, tend to build
the animal up.
If the breathing Is difficult, frcquont
Inhnlntlons of steam containing a llttlo
turpentine or tnr uh a rule work very
nlcoly. Whon the nervous symptoms
are severe, bromide of potaph, four
drachms, and tincture of cannabis lu
dlca, ono ounce, given every three
hours, often quiet the animal. A two
diachm dose of Iodide of potash, night
and morning, given cither by ltsolt or
with the preceding powder, has nn ex
cellent alternative effect. Whon the
disease Is complicated by pneumonia,
It 1b well to blister the chest with a
cantharldcs blUtcr. Tho pulso should
bo watched very closely und If It be
comes weak, onc-gruln doses of sul
phate of strychnine should be adminis
tered hypodormlcally. Steam should
be applied frequently. It may be well
to add, In conclusion, that tho hygienic
treatment Is generally all that is neces
sary In the mild forma of bovlno dis
temper, and that the more severe
symptoms should be treated as thoy
arise.
I'oullrr llrlefn.
Egg-eaters among hens are unneces
sary. Often It will ha found that tho
egg-eater Is tho same hen thnt lays
the soft-shelled egg. This Is proof
that both things nrlsc from the same
source a wrong condition In tho
fowl's food or cute.
An eastern pupor reports u hen thut
hits formed a most excellent egg-laying
habit. She becan to lay about the last
of April, and up to the lust of' No
vember hud laid ono egg n day, taking
a vacation of only two weeks ut one
time. This is a slight indication of
wlmt possibilities there ate in a fowl,
We hear talk of an egg trust, but
we think this is one kind of trust tho
financiers cannot manage. At least
a combination of thut kind would bo
short lived. The Incubators und the
hens are bo numerous that the uumber
of hens In the country could be dou
bled In six months.
e
We notice In a poultry contempo
rary an article charging the gapes to
cracked corn. We supposed that this
question had been settled long ago. It
Is now- well known that the gapes uro
duo to the gape-worm, and not to any
systom of feeding, unless it be a sys
tem that permits the chicks to get all
tho gape-worms they wuut through
the medium of the gape-worms' hosts
the ungle worms.
lurreiteit Weight of Vleecri,
A writer on sheep and wool says:
Through the agency of bettor accli
matization, better methods of feeding,
bettor management, more careful se
lection of breeding stock and tho In
fluence of tbe Merino, tho average
weight of fleece in the United States
has Increased from 1.9 lbs in 1840 to
7.21 lbs in 1899. According to the
United States department of agricul
ture report, thero wero 41,883,065 sheep
in the United States Jan. 1, 1900. Of
this number Illinois has 637,719 sheep.
Illinois stands twenty-third In Import
ance as a sheep stute. We believe on
the wholo that tho sheep of today Is
more modorn than tho sheepman. To
be sure we have men who for skill
and ability In caring for sheep have
nevor been excelled, If equaled, In tbe
history of thla noble animal. Our only
regret is, thnt compared with tbe great
body of sheep rulsera throughout this
country, these men composo only a
small proportion.
The assistant Btate veterinarian of
TexitH recently found four cases of
glanders among horses In Wilbarger
county. In soveral Instances tho dis
ease had proved fatal. It was said
that the disease had been Importod
from tho adjoining torritory nnd its
spread was ruiifecd by soveral trades,
(lermnuy him Juul Lwld Uh first na
tional exhibition of awes near Berlin.
Tlieio were over 4,000 entries.
flterllltjv
Whon a row falls to concelvo It may
bo that she Is too fat from tho feeding
of corn and lack of exerclso, but wa
also find that where a cow Is run
down In condition she may not bleed
until she is kept up and got Into good
condition, not by tho feeding erf corn,
but by n frro uso of a nitrogenous ra
tion. The very fat cow should ba
turned out of doors nnd put upon a
spitro diet until nho comes In boat,
when she will bo likely to concolvo
when bred. It sometimes holpa mat
ters to give her a full doso of epaoni
salts before turning hor out, and some
go to the extremo of giving one
drachm dimes of lodldo of potash two
or three times dally, but this la un
iieccasury unless thero In dlacoae of
the womb or of tho ovnrlos.
In chronic ensos ot stortllty among
cows It tu usually found thnt the womb
or Its mouth nro diseased or there Is
a catarrhal discharge which must bo
removed before tho animal will brocd,
and It In a Homowhnt simple matter
to treat thoso rases. Tho owner should
provide himself with a fountain sy
rlngo or with u tin can holding ono
gallon nnd to which hns boon Boldered
a tin plpo, to which may bo attached
a long rubber hoso. The can Is to
bo filled with u warm 1-1000 solution
of chloride of zinc; tho froo end ot tho
huso Is then Inserted Into the vagina
nnd the solution ullowod to run freely
Into thnt organ so as to wash It out
thoroughly. This should bo done twice
dnliy for a few days, then three times
n week, and soon all dlschargo will
tease, and tho animal will be Hkoly to
breed successfully. This should always
bo dono with every cow Just after calv
ing, when It Is possible to also cleanse
out tho womb before It closes, and It
this were mado a practice upon avory
stock farm there would bo much loss
trouble from stortllty and oborttou
than Is now the caso. Whoro abortion
has been prevnlent the genitals ot all
pregnant cows should bo washed once
dally with the solution mentioned
above, und no cow should be bred
when there In dlschargo from tho va
gina. The sumo solution will be found
equally offectlvo for tho washing of
the sheath of the bull, and this should
also be attended to whoro abortion has
been troublesome. Wo also find that
In many cowb that fall to breed tha
mouth of the womb has bocomo closed
by an Incrustation which It Is difficult
to rcniovo by the lnjeotlons mentioned,
nnd whore this Is found to bo the
caso tho os utorl should bo carefully
opened by worklug the fingers In
wards In shapo ot a cono, attor which
It is posBlblo to introduce a dilator,
which, tr allowed to remain, will ren
der the new condition permanont and
at tho same time allow a discharge to
como away from the womb, which Is
a common result of this operation, so
that tho womb may than be washed
out with boneflclal results. In other
caBos thore Is an acid dlschargo from
tho womb and vagina during heat
which bos tbe power of rendering the
act of breeding ineffective and It has
been found that this may be corrected
by tho Injection ot an alkaline solu
tion, Just before breeding. A solution
of one tnblospoonful of bicarbonate of
soda In u quart of water will bo found
effective and It should bo Injected into
tho vagina of all shy breeding animals
half an hour before copulation. The
solution should be milk-warm when
Injected. Tho nnlmal after service
should bo placed In a perfectly quiet
box stall away from tho sight and
sound of othor cattle and should re
main thero until all excitement has
subsided.
Aiiilrnlliiii Hotter Supply Limited.
Information to hand by cable Is to
the effect that the price of Australian
butter Is firming In consequence of It
having become apparent that tho sup
plies of the present season will not be
so largo ns wus anticipated, nays tho
Australasian, of Australia. Before tho
season opened tho prospects were suoh
thut dairymen, exportcis, and the gov
ernment expert, Mr, Crowe, were led to
believe that the exportable surplus for
1000 would amount to fully 5,000 tone
more than was hent uway last year.
The prolonged winter In the principal
grazing districts of Ulppsland, whence
a large bulk of the Victorian supplies
romo, has diminished tho output thore
considerably. The season has not been
so severe lu thu northern and other
milder districts, and the supplies from
thoso parts will be heavier than before.
It Is, however, tho opinion of a gentle
man connected with tho trndo that the
fulllng-off from Glppslnnd for the sea
son will bo sufficiently great to more
than counterbalance any Increase from
the north, northeast, and west. He
anticipates that the price for the rest
ot the season will keep moderately
firm, and ho bases this opinion upon
the fact above-mentioned. Last year
tho season opened well In the matter
of price, and fell gradually; this season
It wan Inclined to be low at the outset,
in consequence of the Idea prevailing
in London that the export would, be
very large. The fuct that It will prob
ably not reach that of last year must
therefore have tho hardening tendency
our Informant expects.
Indian mi FHrm Laborer.
There nro now In this valloy some
thing llko two hundred Indians who
are working In tho sugar beet fields.
Thoy receive six dollars per acre for
pulling nnd topping. Bvory day from
ten to twenty of them can bo seen on
our streets ambling along from -inn
storo to nnothor where they soon ex
change their ensh for merchants wares.
Tho Indians nro a much more dcslrablo
class of field labor than tho Chinamen
becauso thoy spend nearly a tholr
earnings bore. They will wind up tho
seaBon's work with a, grand war dance
for which thoy are now preparing by
providing thomaolves with tho hrlghf.-.
est of blnnkots and gaudy trinkets.
Oregon Observer.
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