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QUALITIES OF THE AYRSHIRE
Animal Is Quito Intelligent, Quick to
Learn and of Retentive Memory
Easy to Milk.
Tho general appearance ot an Ayr
phlro, as you look at her, la striking,
being alert and full or life and re
served energy. Sho la a healthy ocw,
rarely having ailments of body and
udder, and you seldom see an Ayrshire
cow but that has four healthy quar
tern In her udder and gives a uniform
Quantity of milk from each. She la
very persistent milker, giving a
uniform quality well up toward calv
ing, and many of them are dried off
with difficulty.
Sho is very intelligent, quick to
learn and of a retentive memory,
easily taught to take the same place
in tho stable and, if required to
change, will in a few days readily
tako tho new place. She Is quiet
and pleasant to milk, not easily dis
turbed, and will aa a rule yield her
milk aa readily to one milker as to
another, and doeB not seem disturbed
by any amount of noise in the stable.
As a dairy cow sho is particularly
adapted to the production of milk for
the milkman and for table use, aB her
medium size, vigorous appetite and
easy keeping qualities make her an
economical producer, while her even,
uniform production makes her a reli
able supply, and the richness of her
milk in total solids places It above
suspicion from city milk inspectors.
Her milk la particularly adapted to
transportation, as it doeB not churn
or sour easily, and when poured back
and forth a few times will readily
mix the cream back Into tho milk,
which will not again readily separate,
giving it a uniform quality until the
s last is sold or used. It has a good
body, 1b rich looking and never looks
blue. The milk itself being easily
balanced with casein and butter fat,
1b a complete, food, easily digested,
nutritious, and is particularly adapted
to children and invalids. Stomachs
that are weak and unable to direct
other milk find no trouble with Ayr
shire cow's milk.
FOR USE IN MILKING COW
Invention of Florida Man Provldea
Vertical Partition Between Milk
er and Animal.
The Scientific American in describ
ing a sanitary structure and milking
appliance, Invented by O. M. Lummls
of Fort Myers, Fla., says:
"This invention provides a vertical
partition Interposed between tho cow
and the milker, and constructs the
same with a largo opening over and in
which a flexible screen formed of rub
ber, skin or fabric, and having holes
for insertion of the cow's teats, is ap
plied so aB to completely exclude for
eign substances from access to the
milk pall. Thus in place of taking a
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Appliance for Milking Cow.
pall or milking machine to a cow
when tied in tho open or in a stablo,
the cow is taken to a particular struc
ture and 1b confined therein while be
ing milked. The engraving showB a
cross section of a cow stall or stable
and an adjoining compartment where
the milker is located.
Cruelty to the Cows.
The milker who will thump a cow
for Bqulrming under the attack of
files ought to be hoisted out ot the
barn on the toe ot the dairyman's
boot
Why should the hired man be ex
pected to work ten hours or more
in the harvest field and then while hot
and dirty tackle the milking Job?
Prepare for Future.
It is imperative that we provide
some means ot tiding the dairy herd
over the season of falling pastures,
instead of vainly regretting that it
has ooourred.
The dairyman who depends upon
the pasture during the summer and
bay during the winter to feed hla cows
is treading on treacherous ground.
Cow Tasting.
The universal Interest in the prob
lem of increasing dairy profits through
,the cow testing associations shows
that dairy farmers are willing to learn
better ways when they have convinc
ing proof to sustain a theory.
Care In Spraying.
In spraying the cows, be careful
(hat a geherouB quantity of tho solu
tion is put on their backs, especially
just behind tho shoulders, since at
these points It Is difficult for the ani
mals to brush off the files.
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PROFITS INCREASED BY SILO
Dairyman 8hould Be Ready to Take
Advantage of Opportunities to Re
duce Hie Expenaea.
(By J. E. DOKMAN.)
If a dairy farmer wcro told that bo
could roll silver dollars down a hill
and then pick up two dollars for every
one he rolled down, and thtB statement
was verified by some of his neighbors!
and hundreds of other dairy farmers
In tho country, that farmer would stay'
up nights and roll tho dollars. But
when oi that he could double the'
profits by the use of the silo he be
comes very Indifferent and keeps on In
the same old rut, feeding dry feed,
wasting nearly half of his corn crop
and doing a lot of unnecessary work.
In theso days of closo competition,
dairymen should bo ready to tako ad
vantage of every opportunity to re
duce the cost of production, and It
will bo found that It is easier, if the
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14x28 feet; cost 1132.. No roof, clay
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proper methods are used, to do that
than to raise the selling price of the
dairy products. The results are the
same; ajargo net profit
In the corn plant about 40 per cent,
of the feeding value is In the stalk
and 60 per cent. In the ear. When the
ear alone is fed, nearly halt of the
corn crop is wasted.
Where the dry stalks aro fed, at
least halt of them remain uneaten,
while If stored In the silo tho Iobb is
almost nothing.
Every dairyman knows that cows
will do their beBt on fresh Juno pas
ture. The grass is succulent and pal-
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atable and the conditions for a maxi
mum milk, flow are ideal. These con
ditions, however, do not last very
long.
The alio comes as near to supplying
the ideal condttlona as anything tfiat
can bo found, and it is available every
day In the year. It provldea a uniform
feed for every one of the twelve
months.
Highly sensitive dairy cows resent
any sudden or violent change In feed,
and will show it by a decreased milk
flow. The change from fall pasture
to dry feed is always followed by a
shrinkage in the milk.
In changing from the pasture to the
silage, the change is not so great, and
often tho cows increase the flow of
milk when started on silage. Several
dairymen have recently made the
statement that the lncerased profits
paid for the silo the first year.
DAffiYWOKST
Cows that are on pasture should
have free access to salt
Don't hesitate to increase the grain
ration to keep up the milk flow.
The heifer whose first milk period
Is long, frequently develops the habit
of long periods.
With soiling crops and aome grain
the 4alry herd ahould maintain a prof
itable production.
Greed" feed fed to milk cowa will
insure larger proflta, and aa a good
aid to thla result is a silo.
When a dairyman learns to use the
Babcock test he Is started on the
way to economic salvation.
One paper says: "Clean up fre
quently." It would be better for the
dairy farmer to keep things clean all
the time.
Among the men who have been
phenomenally successful on the farm
those who have followed dairying
stand out pre-eminently.
If the calves that are in the pas
ture are expected to do well they
should have plenty of shado and plen
ty ot good clean water.
Vitality is a very important char
acteristlc in the dairy cow or any
other farm animal. If weak along this
lino tho best returns cannot be expected.
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AN OLD SILVER LAMP
Love Note Ten Years Old Brought
to Light. j i
1 By ALICE ORMOND.
Lethrldgo stepped Into tho hallway
nf tho deserted houso. Linen shroud
ed tho upholstery, dust lay velvety In
tho corners. There was a faint odor
of mildew. The house had bten closed
since his grandmother's death, almost
nine ycnrB ago. When last ho quit
ted the placo, thought Lethrldgo. he
was a boy of twenty-five, smooth
cheeked, bright-eyed, surcharged with
enthusiasm. Now, after his ntno busy,
successful years In tho Orient, tho
familiar surroundings brought poign
antly to mind the change In himself
a change made up largely of the re
linquishing, one by one, of his boyish
dreams. How tho old house brought
thorn back! These faded walls had
seen tho destruction of tho bravest
dream of them nil. Here It hnd met
Its death, and since then, absurdly
sentimental as It may seem, nothing
had quite filled the gap It left, noth
ing had made him forget it.
How tho memory of Polly Hnydcn
stayed with him, and yet he had not
seen her again Blnco the farewell re
ception given him hero by his grand
mother on tho evo of his depnrture
He had been almost confident, then,
thnt sho cared for him, although there
was his old classmate, Wndo Harrow,
who was regarded by onlookers as
having an equal chanco with himself.
On learning of tho sudden luck
which was to send him on his ap
pointment to Japan, Lethrldgo had
gone to Polly and asked her to marry
him. If she would consent his plnn
was to return for her In a year. She
had hesitated at first It was such
nn Important decision, she insisted,
and she wanted to bo quite sure but
she promised to givo him his answer
the evening of tho reception. Ho had
gone away happy, full of hope. And
then camo tho bitter disappointment.
Polly had come to tho reception
how lovely she looked, he recalled!
but very early she had gone away
with Wnde Barrow without word of
explanation, leaving no message. He
had been hurt, piqued, and had sailed
next day with a miserable load on
his heart.
Three months later a letter from
home told him of Polly's approaching
marriage to Barrow. Lethrldgo sent
her a very beautiful print for a wed
ding present, received n cordial note
In thanks, and that was all. Nothing
remained of the friendship except a
haunting memory of the girl.
Slowly he wandered through the
desolate rooms, reviving old and
sometimes painful recollections. At
last he drifted Into a little study at
the back of the houso and down In
a worn leather armchair before a
library table. Over theconter of tho
table was swung a Greek lamp of
dull sliver. Lethrldgo looked p at
It with pleased recognition. It was
a graceful thing. Ho hnd always ad
mired it when he was a boy. Perhaps
ho would take It back with him.
He started Into a listening attitude.
A step sounded In tho hall. Who could
it bo? Thero was not even a care
taker In the house. A shadow fell
across tho doorway. Lethrldgo rose
with an astonished exclamation as n
Mender, block-gowned woman ap
peared In ths doorway and stopped
still with a frightened expression in
her purpMlsh-gray eyes,
"Mrs. narrow!" said lethrldgo in
amazement.
"Frank!" Thero was no hesitation
In her use of tho first name. "I I
had no Idea you wcro in America.
When did you reach home?"
"Yesterday. I came straight over
to look at the old place. You know
It has been shut up since my grand
mother died, which was Just after T
went away. But you? I didn't
dream of seeing an old friend here."
Mrs. Barrow looked a little embar
rassed. -"I borrowed the keys from your
cousins." she said. "I came to look
for something I left here a a long
time ago."
"I, see! Perhaps I can help you
find It. I suppose vou've lived in New
York right along?"
"Except for the last year and a half,
which I've spent roaming about Eu
rope. I, too, have Just come home.
But tell me about yourself. How does
It. feel to be famous?"
Lethridge shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm not conscious of any particular
thrills," he replied smiling.
"You are married, of course? It's
stupid of me to ask, but I've had little
news of you lately."
"Indeed, no. I've not even been tn
love."
"No? Surely you're Joking."
"Not alnce the fair Polly Haydcn
banished bone forever from my
breast," bo answered lightly.
"I? What do you mean by that?"
she Inquired curiously.
"Why, the usual thing. You
haven't forgotten the last evening
here, In tbls very house how you
were to give me an answer to a per
tinent question I had aaked you.
Well I got my answer and atepped
aalde. That waa all."
"You got my answer?"
"The most conclusive kind. You
went off before I could get a word
with you alone, went with the man
you really preferred and left no mes
aage. By the way, waa It that you
dreaded to Inflict the -wound of tell
ing me the truth, face to face? I've
always wondered."
She was staring at him, wide-eyed,
one band grasping the edge of the
table.
"Then It is trust You never got
my no to i"
"What note?" It was Lethridgo's
turn to ntare.
"I loft one for you. But shall I tell
what happened?"
"Please do!"- His tone wns per
omptory with Btiddenly roused ex
cltemcnt.
"You see," sho began, her grasp
on the tublo edge tightening, "when
I reached hero thero wero crowds ol
people about you so 'that it was Im
possible to speak to you by your
self. 1 hnd hnd n slight headache
when I left home, and by ten o'clock
It had grown so much worso thnt I
saw it wns foolish to try to remain
tho rest of the evening. So 1 slipped
In hero for n moment, scribbled h
noto to you with my answer and
hid It. I wanted you to rend It,
nlono, In tho quiet, nfter everybody
wns gone. Then I gave directions tc
one of the servants, told him whore
I had put tho note and how ho was tc
tell you about It before you went tc
bed. Wado Insisted on going homi
with me, and to keop from distressing
anyone wo slipped away with only
a hurried goodby to your grand
mother." Sho paused. Lethridge looked at
her with a strango expression.
"I never got tho messago,"v he
said.
"I know it now. nut I didn't
know It tho next dny when I wni
slok In bed thnt headache was the
beginning of nn attnek of grip and
when I waited, thinking surely you
would come. You sniled without
'oven telephoning mo. I wns angry,
and my pride wns hurt. It didn't
occur to me until long afterward that
thero might have been a mistake.
What I balloved was that you had
changed your mind about how you
felt toward mo and that you thought
the safest way out of it was merely
to disregard my note." ,
"To what servant did you give tho
message?" asked Lethrldgo after a
pause.
"I think It wbb your grandmother's
old butler. I knew his fnen and was
sure I could trust him to deliver the
messngo."
Lethridgo's face changed. "Watson!
I remember It all. Tho old fellow waB
stricken with apoplexy that very evo
ning and never regained conscious
ness. I didn't know It till next morn
ing. So that explains It." He turnod
to her again. "And where did you
put tho note?" he Inquired.
"Here. In this room. I slipped it
Into the silver lamp there."
With a quick gesture Lethrldgo
reached up Into ' the carved rocop
taclo and withdrew his hand, cov
ered with dust. Ho held a yellowed
scrap of paper which was wrapped
around something brown and crum
bling. "That was a rose a pink rose
from my bouquet." said Mrs. Barrow,
with n nervouB ltttlo laugh.
Slowly Lethridge read tho faded
writing, his face pnllng. He finished
and put the noto Into his pocket, then
Btood gazing at her, a queer pain at
his heart. For a moment neither
spoko.
"After after I married," said Mrs.
Bnrrow, hesitatingly, "I sometimes
wondered If something llko this hndn't
happened. It was so unlike you to act
nil first accused you of acting. But I
didn't feel right about trying to find
out when I wns Wade's wife. I would
novor como hero even on the smnll
chance of finding tho note while ho
was nllvo."
"While Wado was alive?"
"Yes. You knew, of course, that
Wnde died at Carlsbad two years
ago?"
"I hndn't heard It. Poor Wado!
Hut why do I say that? Ho must
havo been happy. He had everything
a man could want to make him so."
She looked down at tho faded car
pet. "Yes, I be)leve he was very
happy," she replied. Then, after a
moment, and in a brighter tone, "Well,
mv mission is fulfilled. I have found
what I came to search for my old
note, and my belief In you. And
now It Is time to depart. Shall I look
forward to seeing you before you go
away? Come In some afternoon to
too nnd we'll talk of old days."
"Why not talk them over now?"
Lethridge moved a step nearer her.
"Say It is ten years ago. I am the
same Frank Lethridge, and you are
Polly Hayden. You're Just twenty"
"That's a far flight for fancy," she
smiled ruefully.
"For fancy, perhaps, but is It a far
flight for love? Listen: I have Just
read your note. The nine years it
took to reach me have not been long
enough to alter the question to which
It replies. Tell me the truth is it
too late for me to hope?"
She hesitated, much as she had
done on a previous occasion, a sud
den shyness In her eyes. He leaned
toward her impulsively and caught
her two bands In his.
"Polly! I'm repeating my ques
tion. What answer will you give
me?"
"You have It in your pocket," she
replied.
(Copyright, 1M, hv Associated Literary
Press.)
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years old, of Auburn, Cal. The boy
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The lad came to the notice of Bout
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Republic, a few years ago, when the
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