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v -" ON POSTAL SMS mrm Gtv the WV2 Movable hoc stay. Shelled corm have com I i FREMONT BANKER BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. to better for calves corameaL Ym MkK0r ' A Com auy be given to calves whea tkey are tkree weeks oli. The calf should be taaght te drink its mother's milk at once. Start right by getting better hens; SAYS THEY ME NOT NEEDED lA Li ; . ! i ! ( i I: , ' 'I ' II W i i 1 1 ;i : .fi rf iS ri fl 8 synopsis. UMnBaMMiMiitaniHP Amav V-"' Z- ff JfcXwZ, I itj. 4M Asserts the Banks, Under Present Conditions, Can Seldom Charge More than Legal Interest. The story op.-n.s with J lie introduction of .IoIiti Stepl't-'iis. adventurer, a Mass.1 rliu.svtts in:m m:.ritoiid hv authorities at Val;:ir-tis. Chile. ISelns interested In riiin:nn operation.: in KoHiin. hv; was de nntuired liy Chili as :m insurrectionist ind ;i :i oinHttiT4-e was hiding. At his hotel his attrii!iti:i iv.ia attracted by an ICnsl'shman ami u. young woman. Stephens rescued the yourn; woman from ii diuiikon olli'-f-r lit' was thanked by tier. Adniir.tl f the. lVriivi:in navy con fronted Stephens, toIi Iiim that war hail been declared btvit-ji Chile and Peru und offered liim llie otlire of captain. He liesired that that night the Esmeralda, a l!hili-an vessel, should le captured. Stephens accepted the commission. Stephens met a motley crew, to which lie ivas Jissigned. Hi- pave them final in structions. They boarded the vessel. They successfully captured the vessel supposed to be the Esmeralda, througli strategy. iJapt. Stephens gave directions for the de parturu of the craft. He entered the cab in and discovered the Knglish woman und her maid. Stephen quickly learned I he wrong vessel had b-en captured. It was Iord Darlington's private yacht, the lord's wife and maid being aboard. Mo explained the situation to her lady ship Then First Mate Tuttle laid bare .Hie plot, saying that the Sea Queen had been taken in ordor to ko to the Antarc tic circle. Tuttle explained that on a former voyage he had learned that the Oonna Isabel was hist in 1753. He had found it frozen in a huge ease of ice on an island and contained much gold. Stephens consented to be the captain nf the expedition. He told Lady Darlington. She was greatly alarmed, hut expressoil coniidt-iK-i- in him. The Kea Queen encountered a vessel in the log. Stephens attempted to communicate. This caused a lieice struggle and he was overcome. T'ltlle finally .sjuaring the sit intfon. Then the Sea Que-n headed south "gain. Under Tuttle'.s guidance the ves-m-I made progress toward its goal. CHAPTER XIV, Continued. "I would liko to iir.vo talk wiz you. Wons. Stephens." he said, quite re spectfully, swaying to the wild leaps of the vessel, "ftlayhe if we go to ze loo of ze cabin here we'll be out of ze win'." I followed him in silence, wondering what could be coming now, yet ready enough to take advantage of any op portunity which might present itself. De Nova hrared his hack against the mil, his cap drawn so low that 1 could perceive little of his face but the glit ter of black eyes, "We're a little bit bozzered w'at to do. Anderson an' me," lie began, evi flently ill. at ease and scarcely know ing how to express himself, "an' so we lalk it ovaire. an' decide maybe we Jiottah speak wiz you about it now, be fore ze mattaire get mor" bad, or ze men forward catch on to ze facts an get ugly. Maybe it come out all right, maybe not. but. by gar. it ain't no nice job to go sail 'bout zese seas un der a madman sacre. non!" 'A madman!" I echoed in amaze ment. "Do you mean Tuttle?" He nodded gravely, his expression clovoH of all merriment. " 'T.; ze way it was. We not know mire w'trier you see it zat way or no. wit. uamim. :vions. Stephens, u ze fellow ain't mad as ze March hare. He was ze fine sailor all right oui, zat was true nobody get more out of ze Sea Queen zan he get. Sacre! he drive ze sheep hard; it make my hair white ze way he hoi' on. Maybe I not lo 'fraid to take ze chance of ze voy age if it just be all men on board. I not care zen. for I risk my life wiz ze ozzers. I3ut. monsieur. I keep myself to sink of ze ladies down below, an how zat fellow was gettin more crazy all ze time. Sacre! it makes me crazy, too. Zere's no knowin w'at he do w'en he zat way: he take spells w'en maybe he murder. I hear him mutter it; I sec it in ze man's eye. He was much afraid of you, monsieur, an' zat is ze time w'en such fellows get w'at you call it? ze dangaire." I stared iuto the mate's face, barely able to comnrehend this niilclr insti. K fi cation of my forebodings, brought so closely home. Tuttle was odd enough to be sure, eccentric in both word and action, cracked undoubtedly in mat ters of spiritism, but that he was a I really dangerous lunatic had never r once entered my head. I shivered at ' sudden realization of the peril we were in, but remained only partially con ' vinced. F "What reason have you to think the man as bad as all that?" "Weil, monsieur, I watch him for long time; Hill, lie watch him, for we not like ze way he act since we first sail. Maybe he be luny before zen, but he get worse on ze voyage. Bill an me. we talk it all ovaire, an' ze mate not tell ze same story ze way he did in Valparaiso. He forget some, he add more. By gar. I lose much my faith in it If zat ship show up, or ze Island, either, I be mighty surprise'. Oui. oui! Ze man Tuttie, he crazy all right; we know sat for sure. Do he not talk wiz you. monsieur?" "No, not lately; indeed, he has Rr-jreely spoken to ma since our trou ble." "Zat was it; zat was w'y you not notice. Well, he talk much w'at you call ze blue streak to Bill an' me. Salnte Anne, how he talk! He have new talk every day. an ze notions he speak make a dog sick, by gar! Lis ten; I tell some sings. I was on watch, w'en he comes up from ze cabin; he not half dress, but it cold as hell," De Nova shivered; "yet he walk back an forth, back an' forth, across zare in front of ze cabin, like ze Hon in ze cage, talking wiz himself, an wringing his bands. Maybe he keep it up two hour, an I sink he freeze. Ze cook's cat was 'sleep in ze longboat. I watch w'ile he come up an' seo ze poor devil. Quick he grab her by ze tail an' fling It way overboard, like zaL I hear ze cat yell, an' zen go splash. Zat seem to make him feel bettaire, for he laugh, an zen go below." The mate changed his position, and I noticed his eyes looked sleepless and tired. "Las' night he take another turn. He dog you all ovaire ze deck, mon sieur, like he haunt you maybe. I was 'Tuttle Sneak Up Behin' You, Like He Would Hit You in Ze Back." on ze bridge so I not sec very much, but Bill, he tell me how it was. He say Tuttle sneak up behin' you twice, like he would hit you in ze back. Once, w'en you was right by ze rail. Bill, he sung out to you. so as to make you look 'round. Maybe you will remem ber zat. monsieur?" I nodded, beginning now to grasp the full gravity of these revelations. "Bill he not got mooch use for you, Mons. Stephens," the speaker went on, smiling grimly, "an' won't have w'ile his head ache, but he was no dam fool. He know w'at It mean if you was knock' out By gar. It be hell! If Tuttle was off his nut, you was ze only navigator c n ze ship, an' it not do for us lose bose. Zat was w'y Bill he care; he not want to die in zis sea; by gar, non! Well, after w'ile you go below, an' zen ze first officer did ze damnedest sing ever I saw on ze ship. He busted into ze fo'c'stle, monsieur, wizout any invite from any man Jack o' 'em, an' plumped down on his knees by Snyder's bunk, an begun to pray. Mon Dicu, I vonder zey not murder him. Larscn come out, an' beg Bill an' me to take him out, but he pray all ze time till we dump him in his own cabin. He not fight, he jus pray. Sainte Marie! it make me sick; an' ze ineii zey talk, an' ask question." He paused, passing one hand across his eyes. "But zat not ze worst, mon sieur sacre, non! he see ze ghost." "De Nova," I said, quietly, "you nave said I was an educated man. Well I have some reason to believe you are, also, and first of all I should like to know why you pretend other wise? Why do you endeavor to talk like a fo'c'stle hand?" He hung in the wind, surprised both by my direct question and the sudden change of topic. Then the old smile came back to his lips. "Maybe it was habit, monsieur, from 12 year' passed in zat sort of com pany." "I was correct then in believing you have received more than an ordinary education?" "I took ze classical course in ze col lege at Martinique, an' zen two year' of ze train' for ze priesthood. Oui, monsieur." His eyes wandered out over the empty waters. "Zen ze sea call me, an' maybe ze devil also. Zat was ze whole of it" "Yet you believe in ghosts?" The creole crossed himself. "Sacre, I know not w'at I believe. But it make ze blood chill to hear Tut tle tell w'at he see down zare In ze cabin. Ze question not w'at I believe, monsieur: it w'at we do wi bim?" I struck the rail with my fist vexed at my own inability to take the initiative. "Yes, that's the issue, De Nova," I returned quickly, "but I'm not the one to decide it I've known what I would do from the first, if I had the power. Tuttle's insanity was not necessary to make me act his brutality to those women below, his shanghaiing me into this fool scheme, were enough. I am for taking possession of the vessel, even if we have to lash bim to his berth." "Zat was not to be done, monsieur." "And why not? Must we sail with a madman? fh!s Is no regular voy age; not a man aboard has signed pa pers. Tuttle is no better than a pirate, and to overthrow him and as sume control of the yacht would not be mutiny. We might sail straight back to Valparaiso and not a thing could be done with us." The mate shuffled from one foot to the other, his black eyes hardening. "Now, see here, Mons. Stephens." he burst out, "zat was only ze half of It Sure we not reg'iar crew, but we part ners. Zat W2s zo way it is. We take ze big chance for ze j.roOt Zose sail or-men for'ard have nossing agains' zis Tuttle. Zey sink he tell truth. May be zey sink him a bit queer in ze head, maybe zey not like his praying, or his talk of ze spirits, but so long he sail ze ship all right zey stick wiz him. Zat all zey know how sail ze ship; dam ze rest! Zey believe w'at he toll, zey divide zose pesos every watch be low. Zat's it If we lay hand on ze mate, by gar, ze lads fight for him till zey drop. Zey will do It, monsieur, an' no pretty talk you put up will make zem sink anysing but zat you try rob zeni of zeir share. I know sailor-men. an in case like 7ls. you got to go dam slow." "You are speaking for yourself and Anderson as well as the men, I take it?" "Maybe so, monsieur; w'y not? Wo have long voyage, an now we not so very far from zat place we aim at Zen w'y not take look 'long zat lati tude before we turn north again? W'y not, monsieur? Sure you not blame me for feel like zat?" "No, De Nova. I don't blame you," I replied, honestly, although disap pointed at his confession. "That's natural enough. Still, I hoped there was a little French girl down below who might be worth more to you than even that fantastic dream of money." He did not meet my eyes, his own gaze out over the gray tumbling wa ters. But he smiled good naturedlv. "I nevaire suppose, aions. Stephens," he returned quietly, "zat a girl care less for man if he have plenty ze chink. A few das more not make much difference to ze ladies below. Zey have ze plenty eat, ze coal to burn. Maybe zare be truth in ze mate's story; anyway, it worth ze try. My share of ze pesos be bettaire as a sailor-man's pay. Oui, why not?" The man was undoubtedly right from his point of view, and I compre hended fully the utter uselcssncss of any further argument I was still practically alone; yet now I had an understanding which greatly strength ened me. "Then why did you speak to me about Tuttle?" "To warn you take care of yourself, monsieur; to have you keep your eye on him." "That, then, is all you expect me to do?" "So I sink; zat will be all so long as he Fail ze ship right, an' keeps away from ze ladies." Ay, but would he? The vagaries of a crazed man were beyond all guess ing, and to bs cooped up in the con fines of a narrow cabin with one, and he in virtual command, was anything but a delightful position. I no longer doubted Tuttle's mental condition; in a way I had suspected it long before, but now I possessed positive proof. Even as I gazed down over the rail at the white foam rushing past us, it was to perceive the appealing eyes of Lady Darlington. De Nova's voice aroused me. "Would you min to glv me ze pres ent position of ze ship, monsieur?" I glanced around at him, startled by so unexpected a question. "Our position! Don't Tuttle prick off the day's run on the chart?" "Maybe he do, but he keeps ze map in his own room. He get ver' mad w'en I ask him to see w'at it was. Zat was w'at he have agains' you ze takin' of ze observation. He not seem to want us to know. I understan' not w'at he be up to, but I have to guess w'ere we was for maybe two week"." I gave him our position according to my latest figures, and we went for ward to the charthouse, hunting among the maps there until we finally discovered an old one partially covering our course. By means of this I indicated with some accuracy about where we were, and the point toward which we were driving the Sea Queen. I left him studying over it i and descended the compunionsteps. unwilling longer to remain out of sight i of those I guarded. My lady met me ' in the dim light of the cabin, her lips smiling welcome. "I have just found the music you were so anxious to hear." she ex claimed, triumphantly. "Shall I play it for you now?" And so we sailed on into the piti less ice. through the cold, gray seas of the Antarctic, under a mad skipper, and I looked down at her smooth cheek, breathed the faint perfume of her hair, and strove vainly to forget CHAPTER XV. In Which the Ghost Appears. ' Difficult work it was keeping sealed . lips while we conversed upon matters j far away, each endeavoring to avoid any refcreace to present surroundings. I knew I could fully trust this woman, could safely confide in her, yet surely there was no immediate necessity for telling her this latest development in Tuttle's case. Already she had bur den enough to bear, and the manner in which she bore it awoke my sincere admiration. Whatever of despair, of womanly shrinking her private cabin may have seen during those weeks of loneliness, she brought nothing out side its doors but courage and inspi ration. Once I remember she lingered beside the rail with me. clinging to my arm for support against the Washington. Opposition to postal savings banks was voiced Wednesday before the house committee on post offices and post roads by representa tives of the American Bankers' as sociation. Not only did the speakers oppose the postal savings bank bill which recently passed the senate, but they said they opposed the principle of the government going into the banking business. R. Guerney, vice president of the First National bank of Fremont. Neb., and a member of the executive coun cil of the Bankers' association, said that the establishment of postal sav ings banks in Nebraska would cause withdrawals of large amounts of money from the banks of that state, seriously upsetting business. There was no general demand, he thought, for postals savings banks in his state. The national and state banks were able, he said, to take care of all the banking business there. The matter of the security and safe ty of the deposits greatly outweighed the consideration of the interest paid. said Mr. Gurney, and If the govern ment established the postal savings banks, offering 2 per cent interest, the deposits would come to them, even though the state banks might be offer ing 3 or 4 per cent interest Security was what the people demanded, he said. "The banks are only relatively safe," said Mr. Gurney, "but the gov ernment is absolutely safe, because it has the power of taxation to back it up. For that reason the banks can never compete with the postal sav ings banks. "Regardless of the fact also, that the postofflce might redeposit the postal savings with the local bank the latter is injured because it is de prived of the busines of many indi vidual depositors. ' "Further, the postal savings bank deposits would, in a great measure, come from the banks. The with- drawal of these deposits would cause the banks to call some of their loans. j pinching debtors and generally caus- t ing & business disturbance." j Mr. Gurney was closely questioned about the banking business in his state. He said the legal rate of in terest in Nebraska was 10 per cent, "and it has gotten so that we hardly ever charge more than that now," said Mr. Gourney, guilelessly, while members of the committee broke out in a general laugh. "We generally charge 5 per cent to the farmer on the land, 7 per cent to the merchant and as to the small borrower wc charge him from 7 per cent up to whatever he will stand." MRSdailaaP'''. f rirT rJBaHV'B bqSBSw JBBaHHflhpfj 1m - Good butter is always in demand. The clover. best hay. nest to alfalfa, is The little pigs should be supplied variety of feeds. It is better to be an honest man in one language than a liar in five. The total output of farm wagons in a year of normal trade approximates 500,000. Pure-bred poultry costs more than j tne other kind, but bring better prices when sold. Replenish the stock of wood on the back porch. Do a little better than that Increase the pile. Most shepherds believe that the blood that goes to maintain a long fat tail should go into the body of the lamb. Tho decrease of beef cattle from 1907 to 1908 was 1.492.731. and the present supply falls short of last year's total by 694.000. It doesn't make much difference whether you cook pumpkins for hog3 or not. Corn meal and bran are both good feed for them. The growing and harvesting of rape for seed Is an industry worthy of at tention in districts where the soil and climate are suitable. Be sure that the new hen house Is located where the drainage is good, and not in a place where water will stand for any length of time. In winter as much variety should bo furnished the sows and pigs as possi ble. They need some roughage. They will eat clover hay and corn stalks. In economical pig feeding we must make the most of our grain feeds by mingling them with coarse cheap foods, thereby reducing the cost of the ration. Egg-eating hens are usually hens that do not have sufficient meat diet Give them plenty of meat scraps or bugs, worms and insects and they won't eat eggs. end right by keeping them better. If you Intend to raise chickens for meat, do not invest In the egg breeds. The cost of the product is lessened by pusbing the pigs for early matur ity. The best, thing'for any dairying lo cality Is the organization of cow test associations. Get a fanning mill and resolve through its use to have good seed for spring sowing. How about your Incubator? See that It is In perfect condition, for It is time to get it started. The animal that pays the best la bound to be in evidence as dairymen become better informed. If the poultry house Is overcrowded. kill off some of the older birds. Keep stocked up with young tkrlfty layers. Do not overlook the Importance of making the pig's food palatable front the beginning to the end of the sea son. A chicken's stomach Is not made of Iron, and the same diet day aft day harms them as muck as it does a human. Crows destroy as many chicks as do hawks, but they are more cunning and very few know they do any harm in this manner. The loss of condition at weaning time may be greatly reduced If the pigs have been accustomed to supple mentary foods. We don't all like Incubators, and those of us who still use hens must use Intelligence in setting them, in or der to keep in the game. Rcosevelt Is Sight-Seeing. Khartoum Colonel Roosevelt's sec ond day in Khartoum was given up largely to sight-seeing, and the most interesting place of all to the former npaodlnnt wtc ,! KntfTAlinlfl ..r Y..... I'iJU;it. n.io Wit; uuilltTJlulli Ul rkCI v-ittit'c ttimhltncr tiA lnnpanorl Tiiti- ja.uko iuuioouq, v itv.uv.u ...... , flapping in the wind, her cheeks tin- reri, which lies seven miles north of gliug from the flying spray which oc- j Omdurman. It was here that the ad casionally lashed our faces. It was vance of the Anglo-Egyptian army un my look of inquiry that unlocked her ier Sir Herbert Kitchener was con lips to confession. I tested by the Khaliff and his troops "I cannot help it, Mr. Stephens, but numbering about 10,000, and it was the spectacle or the sea awakens al!.nere that the bodies of 11,000 dead that is divine within me." she said, dervishes were counted the day after her lips smiling, her eyes grave. "I ' fne battle must have been born with the love of it in my heart. I know that sounds fanciful, like the speech of a school girl, yet that is the fascination the sea exerts upon me. I never tire of it. and it must be that I possess the soul of the sailor." "Was it because of your innate love for such things that Lord Darlington look to yachting?" I questioned, cu riously, always eager to observe her swift changes in expression. She laughed, with a queer little indrawing of breath and uplifting of lashes. "Oh. no; far from it. He was an enthusiastic yachtsman long before we fir3t met but had contentedly confined bis cruising to the English coast and the Mediterranean waters. No doubt it was my enthusiasm which induced him to attempt longer voyages and stranger seas. I lack Interest in or dinary social life, and was far happier on board the yacht than in London drawing rooms. His lordship was was always most considerate." (TO BB CONTINUED.) Man's Fate in His Character. Mabie: A man's fate lies in his character, and not in his conditions. Ample Measure of Revenge as- Time That Pat Got Gloriously Even with the Doctor. Pat had naff trouble with his eyes, and a friend having advised him to consult an oculist, he went a few days ago to see Dr. W , a distinguished specialist for relief. On his arrival at the doctor's office he found the usual large number of patients in the ante room awaiting attention, and though he was in a great hurry he was forced to wait several dreary hours before his turn came. He lost and regained his temper several tides in the interim, btii when all uas over und he found himself out upon the street with the half day spent, indignation over the loss of va.uable time was the predomi nant note tu his leelings "But O' had me r vintre!" he ejacu la ed with a brnad :niile as he told his friend Mike about it afterward. "Oi don't t'ink he'll keep me waitin' again Ioike thot" "Phat did ye Co to 'urn?" asked Mike. "Sure an OI wint back th' next day," said Pat "OI got there at noine by the clock an' lvery toime they said 'twas me turn to go in Oi said Oi'd wait an' let some other felly have me place, ontfl the clock sthruck twilve. an thin Oi wint In. 'Well.' says he. phwat can OI do for yez this mornin. Pat?' 'NawthinV says OL lookln him sbquare in the eye as Oi turned on me heels and lift the room. Bedad. OI don't believe he knows ylt what sthruck 'urn!" Harper's Weekly. Supply of Hogs Yet Small. Cincinnati. O. Price Current says: Short supplies of boss fcr market channels is a condition which contin ues and prices have no power to change the situation at this time. To tal western slaughtering for the week totaled 330,000 hogs, compared with 330.000 the preceding week and G50, 300 last year. Marion. Ind. Professional cracks men robbed the Van Huron. Ind., bank, Dwned by Howard Bros., at Van Buren, and escaped with $1,500 in gold. Country Is on Stilts. St Paul. Minn. This country is up Dn stilts, and until something happens, such as a general strike, followed by i bunch of failures, conditions will not be right, is the opinion of A. B. Stickney. formerly president of the Chicago Great Western, who returned from a trip east "Conditions are the" same as they were just before tho Debs strike in 1S03." said Mr. Stick ney. "I think that it would be fair to give the railway employes an in crease in wages in view of the high cost of living." Corn 6ilage has proved to be the most excellent feed in fattening steers where a nitrogenous concen trate, such as cottonseed meal, has been used with it Mate your animals in breeding with reference to individual characteristics as well as known pedigrees. The pedi gree alone will not always insure the greatest merit in the progeny. The Osier theory, modified, ought to apply to poultry; when a ben sees her grand-daughters running around and figuring on being mothers, too. it's about time to make a chicken stew. Some farmers say they do not keep sheep because they are subject to dis ease, which i a great mistal:?. be cause properly cared for sheep have fewer ailments than any other farm animal. Bean growing, harvesting and threshing. like everything else, has been so much improved upon that where conducted upon anything like a large scale, it is now anything but hard or risky work. There is more profit, considering the investment and time and feed re quired, in a flock of sheep, than any other animals raised on a farm. Dip the sheep -immediately after shearing and again In about three weeks to destroy eggs and all ticks that may have escaped at the first dipping. With calves, colts, pigs or any ani mals raised by hand, other feeds than milk will be eaten in small amounts when the animals are from 20 to 30 days old. As a rule, the wisest way of han dling a bull that is Inclined to be vi cious Is to hand him over to the butcher, as an animal of this class is never safe to trust Renew the pan of charcoal In the hog lot And while you are there nail some extra boards around th bottom of the pen. A drafty bed for the pigs means trouble. A good pasture for hogs 1s one which is tender and nutritious. Blue grass makes a good pasture during the spring and late fall. Rye and blue grass make a little winter pasture. It has always been a mystery how any intelligent dairyman could see profit in lopping off $40 a year income from a special bred dairy cow iii or der to secure a scrub beef calf. The wise shepherd does no wait until his whole flock of sheep is af fected before he begins to attempt a cure, but takes every precaution to prevent the disease from- getting a foothold. RECEIVES A BIG FEE. Wrong. The lion in the circus Strict justice was denied They starved him while he was al-e. And stud him w'len he d ed! -Cleveland teader. Ingersoll's Widow Given Reward After Long Litigation. Boston. After a ten years' legal struggle, Mrs. Eva Ingersoll of Dobbs Ferry. N. Y.. received a fee of $183,323 due her late husband. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, for his efforts in con testing the will of Andrew J. Davis, the millionaire mice owner of Butte, Mont. The check was made out by the clerk of the United States circuit court The result of this suit is only a phase in the twenty-year contest over the Davis estate. Dinner to Colonel Ro:sevelt Rome. King Victor Emmanuel has decided to give a dinner in honor of former President Roosevelt upon the occasion of the latter's visit to this city. The guests will include Mrs. Roosevelt Kcrmit and Miss Ethel. American Ambassador Leishman and other3. Highest Prices For Shtep. Kansas City Three price records were established on the local sheep market Wednesday, when lambs sold for $10.05. ewes for $8.00 and year lings for 9.25. The best plan of feeding fodder de pends a good deal on conditions. If an old tough pasture is available, the most economical plan from every standpoint is to haul the fodder from the shock directly to the pasture. The amount of nitrogen put Into the soil by a crop of clover will, of course, vary much, but a good crop will probably add enough of this im portant clement to grow several crops of grain. It will probably add about 200 to 250 pound to an acre. The most foolish thing in the world Is to take an old, worn-out mare and raise colts from her. You stand a good chance to get colts that are worth little, and then. Is It not adding Insult to Injury to treat a poor old horse that way? Get your colts from good, round, bright, lively stock. Then you will have something to be proud of. Hog raisers can fall Into no greater folly than to confine their hogs to the pen entirely. Exercise and fresh air are essentials to the feeding of all ani mals. If hog3 are cot allowed suffi cient freedom to give them exercise in plenty, and they have no acce3s to &the earth so as to get the phosphate from the ground by rooting or gra ting, they will surely go wrong. Next to keeping the land rich tho main point is to get enough grass seed in It to fill up every available space, and such a variety of grasses as will furnish fresh bloom over as much of the year as possible. Corn is so high In the corn bolt that both hog and cattle feeders there have been tempted to dump altogether too many, animals on the late grass clean-up market and so the prices have felt it a little and show the result A Missouri farmer always plants about two seres to 100 squashes which he feeds to his bpgs during tho winter with excellent results. This man writes: "I have sc-ld In the reg ular market $3G0 worth of pork from two sows." When the cow gets uneasy and kicks do not get mad and rush for a club. Better see whether or not you j have been squeezing a sore teat or If your finger nails dig into the teat. Trim your nails and milk gently. Rough handling will never break a cow of kicking. Seedlings of two widely Some dairymen object to using stanchions: but the stanchion Is not hard on the cow after she becomes used to It. especially the new and im proved steel, swing stanchions. Tying a cow might be considered cruel, but the real Inhumanity of the whole thing comes from keeping the cow In the differing ( "table all of tho time and .never allow ing her to go outdoors and exercise. The health of the cows Is a matter of supreme Importance. Suitable food, pure water, good ventilation, proper tvoes have been produced by J. Bre tezlnskl from the common horserad ish, a plant described by botanists as practically never seeding. In the ex periments, as described to the Cracow Academy of Sciences, two plans of exercise and good care are all nece. stlmulatlng seed productions were aary. With dairying, the same as with tried. Grafting had no effect, but an ' other branches of animal husbandry, annular Incision around the root led ' there i3 such a thing as being "more to the production of a considerable nice than wise." and it is up to the aumber of seeds, and rome of these dairyman to draw this line and accom have germinated and yielded the new pllsh the best results at the least ex slants. Dense. v-;iH'-1' '
