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CORVAX.IiIS, BENTON COTTNTY, OREGON, TTTESDAX, APRIIi 15, 1902.
TOIi. II. NO. 51.
HERR STEINHARDT'S NEMESIS
BY J. MACLAREN COBBAN.
CHAPTER I Continued.
"Ah," he said to me, "ao you've
come to try and enlighten our Hotten
tots about a thing or two in this world
and the next. Well, you can only do
your best, you know; we'll try to make
you comfortable and back you up.
Come all the way from London today,
I suppose; have you got yourself fixed
up yet in the village? what some
author chap Matthew or Mark Sum
mat or other calls a 'Lancashire
Hell-hnie.' Well, we're not quite so
bad as that yet here, but we're getting
to it. But it can't be helped, you
know; we ha' gone forrard and we mun
go forrarder, as the rabbit said when
he let th' weasel get him into a hole.
Yes, 'Hell-hole;' but it should be a
useful change for you ; it may give yon
an idea when you want to describe to
your congregation the real"
"Jim, lad," interrupted his sister,
"you're forgetting yourself?"
"Eh? Oh? ah, well I can remem
ber, you know, when all round about
here was as sweet and pretty a place I
was born back o' th' White Moss" (in
dicating that locality over his shoul
der), "foppleton way."
Thus the full, quaint and careless
stream of his talk flowed on, meander
ing about d; o person and another, this
subject and that. He seemed a well of
curious and fearsome Lancashire lore
lore of the days when spinning and
weaving were done in the cottage homes
of remote hamlets and homesteads,
when Lancashire energy applied itself
to useful work and not to useless toil,
when its fabrics were made to be worn
and not merely to be sold the days
when the steam engine was not yet
with its all-devouring, all-enslaving ma
chinery. We had talked thus for about an hour
or, rather, listened to Mr. Birley
talk when he paused and looked round
(he had been fidgeting in his chair for
some time.)
"What's got 'Manule?" he said, ad
dressing hia sister. "Is he stuck till
midnight in his laboratory again?
Doesn't seem as if that smoke was to
come off tonight. In Paul's house now
it used to be 'Smoke where you please'
drawing room or anywhere. Poor
Paul!".
I was astonished and alarmed to
Miss Lacioix rise hurriedly, and glide
without a word from the room. Mrs.
Steinhardt made as if she would follow
her, but she did not. She sank back
in her chair with a sigh.
"Jim! Jim!" she exclaimed, re
proachfully. "Why will you say
things, when you know the poor girl
cannot bear allusions to it?"
"Ah," said Birley, humbly. "Poor
la8S! Her father," he explained, turn
ing to me, "has never come back from
London. Poor Paul!" He was visibly
affected.
"He had to go to the law courts
there," said Mrs. Steinhardt, "more
than a year ago, about some dreadful
business of the chemical works he was
my husband's partner."
"Hildersheimer v. Lacroix and Stein
hardt" (Frank turned on the music
stool to correct his uncle's pronuncia
tion.) "Well," said he, "that's all
right; anyway that was the case.
May be" turning again to me "you
remember it in the papers. It was
about the infringement of a chemical
patent 'Manuel had put them up to in
his eternal laboratory."
"Nay, uncle," interrupted Frank,
flushing up. "It wasnt' father's fault
more than anyone else's."
"Ay, lad," said Birley, "of course
you know all about it. But you're
right to stand up for your father. How
ever, Paul, as the chief of the firm,
went up to London to fight the case; he
fought and lost to the tune of 20,000
pounds damages which, I suppose,
drove him mad, poor fellow, for he's
never come back made away with
himself, very likely, or, somehow, got
made away with."
"But, purely," interrupted Frank
again, "it could hardly be the damages
did it, uncle? You remember he went
to Paris after the trial about some pat
tern business for the print works, and
then got back to London again."
"Ay, lad out 20,000 pounds dam
ages can make a man feel very queer all
the way to Paris and back. At any
rate, poor Paul's gone lost in the great
London wilderness.
"It is a very extraordinary affair,"
said I. But I dont remember seeing
anything of it in the papers.
"It got into the papers, though,"
said Birlev, "to some extent not
much. We didn't want a noise about
a private, painful thing like that,."
"But," said I, wondering, "1 sup
pose inquiries were made?
"They made inquiries high and low,"
said Birley; "they laid detectives on,
and everything, but nothing came of it
Did there, Frank?"
"No," said Frank "nothing at all.'
"Did vou try to trace him out of Lon
don?" I asked. "I suppose they did,"
said Birley.
"Yes oh ves," said Frank.
I wondered that Birley should keep
using the word "they." Had he borne
no share in the investigation himself?
I had my thought answered at once.
"I wasn't able to go to London my
self," said Birley; "I was laid up with
a broken leg; and, when I got better, I
didn't think it was any us my going.
There was an end of Paul that was
certain ; for he wasn't the man to knock
under like, and get lost just."
In a little while Miss Lacroix re
turned, with apology for her with
drawal.
"X bad a little of headache." said she.
I now saw more clearly the encroach
ments which grief, and what I cannot
describe by other words than "anxious
waiting," had made, on a young life
which would, unoppressed, I was sure,
have been so full of spirit and mirth.
I longed there and then with an earnest
desire that I might do something to
brighten her life, to remove the weight
of uncertainty and grief which burdened
it, and preyed upon it.
But I had little-further opportunity
for talk with her that night. In a few
minutes Mr. Steinhardt returned. We
heard then what were the causalties re
sulting from the falling of the bell
tower. A horse had been killed, aa,
also, had been a sow with her litter:
and two pigs had been so injured that
the butcher had to be summoned. We
were now invited into the smoking
room ; but Mr. Birley rose, and said he
must be going; be would smoke his
pipe on the way home"wi' th' parson."
"Parson Btnokes, I suppose?" said
he, laying his hand on my shoulder.
So he and I departed together. The
valley was asleep under a white pall of
fog; but the weird tongues of flame
still flickered on the elope and ridge
behind and beyond us (from coke ovens,
my companion explained), and the tall
chimneys dreamily and intermittently
smoked. The great chimney of the
chemical works, however, emitted not
so much smoke as a thin pinkish vapor,
which stole away imperceptibly over
the neighborhood to poison all green
things, and to filter through the cracks
and crevices of doors and windows, to
trouble sleepers with lethargy and head
ache. "By George!" exclaimed my compan
ion. "He'll get fined again some day.
Paul used to be always at him about it.
Poor Paul!"
So ended my first evening in Timper
ley a memorable evening for me. I
bad made the acquaintance of one
whom I have reason now to call as dear
a friend as I have ever known, and as
good a man as fortune has ever ne
glected, and of another who is now the
dearest of all earth's creatures to me.
CHAPTER II.
I frequently looked in upon the
ladies at Timperley Hall, and took a
four-o'clock cup of tea with them (not,
however, to th ; ue&lect of others if lean
pleasant, parochial visitations). Dur
ing these visits we talked without that
constraint which somehow Mr. Stein-
hardt's presence imposed upon us.
Miss Lacroix and I agreed in our opin
ions concerning the ruthlessness with
which Lancashire pushed on its indus
trial way: we often astonished poor
Mrs. Steinhardt (sometimes even our
selves) by the warmth with which we
would discuss the outrage done to man
and nature.
One afternoon we talked thus. It
was well on in springtime; the stream
was running full and all nature, in
spite of drawbacks, was striving to look
green. I told them how that morning
I had stood by the little plank bridge
just below Timperley Hall, lookrng
across at the dreadfully lumbered little
peninsula on which the ruined spinning
mill stood, when theie turned up at my
elbow an old man whom I knew by
sight as an ex-handloom weaver.
"A fine brook, that, parson," he
said.
"Yes," said I, suiting my reply to
what I thought his persiflage; "what a
pity no trout seem to know of it!"
"Ah, but," said he, sadly, "there
were trout initwonst; though there's
been none for mony a day. Trout!
Aw defy onything to live in that, bout
gettin' cured first, like a red herrin' or
a sallyniander! There was a lad
drowned like as it might be this spring,
and he were never found till like as it
might be next back end, down theer in
that mud; he were not gone at all, but
he were cured thro' and thro' ; black,
mon black!"
This I told; and then I continued:
"Drowning, they say, is an easy death;
but to drown in such a stream as that
seems horribly repulsive. I fancy no
one would care to commit suicide in it."
I perceived my stupid blunder as
soon as I had spoken; I had not
thought that what I said could be taken
as "allusive" to the disappearance of
Mr. Lacroix.
"Excuse me," said Miss Lacroix, ris'
ing hurriedly, "I do not feel very well
Do not come, Mrs. Steinhardt; I shall
get better by myself."
I of course made apology to Mrs-.
Steinhardt for my stupidity.
"Yes," said she; "you see she can't
bear any kind of allusion to her
father's end. She told me soon after
she came here (she couldn't, you know,
go on living in that big house up there
all by herself) she told me a strange
dream she had once or twice when her
father was missing the strangest thing,
but I scolded her so, she has never said
another word to me about it. Still I
fancy she thinks a great deal about her
father, though she does not say much
thev were rare and fond o' one another."
That very evening I unexpectedly
learned from Miss Lacroix herself what
that strange dream was. I was return
ing by moonlight from the house of a
parishioner along that same road which
first brought me upon the valley. Pass
ing the pond on my right (which I be
fore mentioned as reflecting the lighted
windows of the many storeyed mill), I
observed a figure, cloaked and hooded,
standing on the margin of the pond
under one of the trees. I paused
minute, while my heart beat with ap
prehension, and then I passed through
a gap in the fence and approached.
The figure turned quickly, as if impa
tient at the intrusion, and in the pale
moonlight I recognized the face of Miss
Lacroix.
"Miss Lacroix!" I exclaimed.
"Yon here!"
"Oh, Mr. Unwin," she begant in
evident-tension of feeling, "I" could not
rest indoors, and so I came down to see
Uncle Jaqaes; I could not remain with
him, and so I came out here to look at
this, which alays fascinates me.
'Look!"
I stood by her side and looked ; this
is what I saw: An inverted reflection
of the tall chimney of the chemical
works which was emitting, as it often
did late in the evening, its strange
pinkish vapor; this vapor in the reflec
tion looked as if it were slowly rising
from the bottom of the pond, and, as
its color blended with the tints the
water somehow took as the breeze ruf
fled it this way or that, produced the
impression of a slowly simmering caul
dron of red, green, and copper-brown
flame. This was so wonderfully weird
a fancy that I confess I felt my skin
creep. I turned my eyes away, and
then looked again, and again, but the
impression was ever the same.
It s indeed very strange!" I said.
trla it not?" said she. "You see it
also? Mr. Unwin," she went on, turn
ing suddenly to me, and speaking with
a vehemence which increased as the
words came, "I have wished to tell you.
You are a clergyman, and must hear
me make my confession ; and you will
keep it secret to yourself. You have
heard, perhaps, that my father my
dear father! is thought to be dead.
now just a year ago?"
"I have," said I.
"He went to London and to Paris
on business, and he never came back.
It happened while he was away that I
lived all by myself at home. I slept
sound that night without dreaming,
when suddenly I had a dream. I saw
vapor or flame slowly rising just like
that I saw a man plunge into it, and
I knew the man was my father I felt
he was. I awoke at once all trembling
and did not go to sleep again. That
was all my dream."
"Are you sure; I said, "that you
had not heard some one Mrs. Stein
hardt, for instance suggest that he had
been drowned, and then you went and
dreamt of the peculiar appearance of
this pond?"
"No, no, no! she protested with
rapid vehemence. "Did I not say that
I dreamed it the very night on which
all trace of him was lost from his hotel
in London? Nobody thought then that
he was not coming home soon. And I
do not think I had noticed this pond
then. I have dreamed the same dream
several times since, but that may be
nothing at all. I shall very likely
dream it tonights VsiaaWs':;;
I turned away from the pond, and
she followed me. We walked along in
silence for some distance.
"Oh!" she exclaimed, at length, "I
do long so very much to know what has
really happened to my dear father my
poor father!"
"I wish I could help you to find out, "
I said; "indeed I do. You may be
sure I shall think of all you have told
me, and shall try to discover anything
more. I have friends in London who
may be of use, if I may mention it to
them."
"Oh, certainly, "she answered. "You
are very Kind. Bacon's Hotel, Great
Queen Street, is where he was last
heard of."
At a certain corner where the lane to
Timperley Hall diverged from the way
through the village, she insisted on
parting from me. I let her go with lit
tle hesitation, for I knew there was no
fear of her being molested.
It may be presumed that while I
smoked my post-coenal pipe I thought
over the strange scene at the pond, and
all that Miss Lacriox had said. It was
certainly very mysterious, but all the
conclusion I could reach concerning it
that night was a resolve to go and look
at the pond by day.
(To be continued)
Where the House Acted Hastily.
The house does funny things some
times. It passed a bill the other day
establishing a lighthouse on the coast
of North Carolina. The second section
of the bill provided that the "act ap
proved March 3, 1901, be, and the
same is hereby repealed." The act
thus wiped off the statute books at one
fell swoop was the sundry civil appro
priation bill, which appropriated mill
ions and millions of dollars for the ex
penses of the government. In the sen
ate the bill was amended so as to be
less sweeping in its effect. Washing
ton Post.
Industrial Consumption of Gold.
The industrial consumption of gold
in the United States in the calendar
year is estimated to have been $16,
667,500, and in the world approxim
iately $75,000,000. Although the
United States led the world last year in
the prodction of gold, our imports of
the metal exceeded our exports by the
sum of $12,866,101. The stock of gold
coin in the country, including bullion
in the mints, at the close of the fiscal
year was estimated at $1,124,652,818,
and the stock of silver coin at $610,
477,025. Worth of a Compliment
Most compliments sound something
like this: "They Fay he is a thief, but
he never stole anything from me It
may be because I have watched him
closely, but so far I have never missed
anything." When you feel that your
friend deserves praise, why pay tribute
to his enemies in praising him?
So Stupid.
"Who was that you just spoke to?"
asked the first Chicago woman; "his
face was rather familiar to me."
"I believe," said the other, "his
name is Jenks Henry Jenks."
"Oh! to be sure. How stupid of
me! He was my first husband."
Philadelphia Record.
The Baby's None. - J
"Yes," said Mr. Hillier, as, he careful
ly dug around -my pansy bed; "oh,
yes'm,- I've seen elephants- In" India
many a time- I was stationed at one
point with the English army, you know.
where I saw one who- used to tafce care
of the children."
"Take care of the ? children! How
could it be ? What do you mean ?" '
"Well, he did, ma'am. " It was won
derful what that elephant knew. The
first time I made his acquaintance he
gave me a blow that I .had reason to
remember. I was on duty in the yard,
and the colonel's little child was play
ing about; and she kept running too
near. I thought, to the elephant's feet
I was afraid he would pul his great
clumsy feet on her by i mistake, so I
made up my mind to carry her to a
safer place. I stooped to pick her up,
and the next thing I knew I had had a
knock which sent me flat on theground.
That elephant had hit ane with his
trunk. One of the servants came along
just then and helped me up, and when
I told him about it, said he: 'I won
der the old fellow didn't kill you. It
isn't safe for anybody to Interfere with
that baby when he has it in his charge.
I have you to know that he Is that
baby's nurse.'
"Well. I thought he was just saying
It for sport; but, sure enough, after a
while the nurse came out with the child
fast asleep In her arms and what did
she do but lay It in the elephant's
trunk, as though it had: been a cradle.
And the great fellow stood there for
more than an hour, watching that baby,
and rocking It gently. nw and then!
"He was real good to the other chil
dren, too. It used to be his business to
take the family -out riding. The colon
el's lady would come out and mount to
her cushioned seat on? his back, and
then, one by one, the three children
would be given to the elephant, and he
would hand them up to the mother
nicer than any nurse or servant could,
you know, because he could reach, and
knew how to do it - Oh,: an elephant is
an uncommonly handy nurse when he
Is trained to the business and faithful,
I tell you. You can trbst him every
time." Pansy. ' ,
Little Itou -:
t - wash .ray
! !" bogged lit-
ue iou.
"It . hurts where
pussy scratched it
oo!
"Don't wash my
hands; they're
chapped, you
know.
I cut that finger,
too oh! oh!
"Don't brush my
hair!" sobbed lit
tle Lou.
"I bumped my head
to-day boohoo!
"Oh, please do
stop! that hurts!
dear me!"
But
this is how he came to tea.
Youth's Companion.
Carnegie, the Messenger Boy.
Andrew Carnegie tells of the time
when he was a messenger boy and lets
other boys into the secret of his suc
cess. He says: "My only dread was
that I should some day be dismissed
because I did not know the city; for it
is necessary that a messenger boy
should know all the firms and address
es of men who are in the habit of re
ceiving telegrams. But I was a stranger
in Pittsburg. However, I made up my
mind that I would learn to repeat suc
cessively each business house in the
principal street and was soon able to
shut my eyes and begin at one side of
Wood street and call every firm suc
cessively to the top, then pass to the
other side and call every firm to the
bottom. Before long I was able to do
this with business streets generally.
My mind was then at rest upon that
point"
Wonderful Dollie.
Talking dolls are curious surprises In
these days. One never knows what
they are going to say. It is said that
more than 70,000 dolls which are man
ufactured at Sonnenberg, Thuringla,
have been sent to America to be charg
ed" with the phonograph. A story of a
speaking doll is told by a friend of Edi-
son's, m Kew York, which points out
that these new toys may act as moral
teachers to the young. Edison's friend
had a little daughter, 4 years old, who.
In spite of scoldings and punishments,
could not be cored of the habit of tell
ing stories.-
The father brought home a specially
charged doll as a present for the little
glrL The child played with the doll for
a day without noticing anything differ
ent in it from other dolls; on the. morn
ing of the second day, however, the doll
made its voice heard. , The little girl
gave her mother an untruthful answer
to a question which was put to her,
whereupon the doll, which was in her
arms at that moment, said solemnly:
"Little girls must never tell lies; never,
never tell lies." The little one stared
at the doll and laid It down on the car
pet. Since that time she cannot be per
suaded to touch her plaything; but the
timely warning has cured her more ef
fectively of her bad habit than . any
whipping or scolding could do.
About Polar Bears.
The polar bear displays an amount of
intelligence In its quest for seals out
done only by the cunning of man. As
the hunters are partly clothed in seal
skin, it is quite natural that the bears
should take them for seals, and are
often, through this mistake, caught
without much effort on the part of the
hunter. If the supposed seal Is on open
snow the bear lays flat down In the
snow, pushing himself along, while his
front paws cover his black muzzle,
which is the only part of him not
matching the snow. Just as he thinks
he is close enough to pounce upon his
prey the hunter ends his existence by a
well-aimed shot
Strange. v
There was ft young lady named Sue
Elizabeth Harriet Prue
Lucretia Elmira
Ann Agnes Sapphira,
And she could recite it all through.
She had a wee brother named Paul
Who was just about learning to crawl.
It seems such a shame
He had but one name,
And he couldn't pronounce it at all.
St. Nicholas.
Meaning of tbe Word "Exit."
"What does 'Exit' mean, mamma?"
asked little Elsie, having noticed the
word painted over a door at the thea
ter.
"I know!" exclaimed her small broth
er. "It means the entrance out"
Mnst Have Been a Large Napkin.
Small Bobby was dining at a neigh
bor's and, holding np a large napkin
that had been given him, he asked
'"Sayr " what's this young tablecloth
Turkey Had Been Undressed. - I
Ethel's mother told the grocer to send
her a dressed-turkey, and when it ar
rived the little miss said: "Mamma,
the turkey isn't dressed at all; it's per
fectly nude." v
Saved by tbe Ice.
In the Fishing Gazette W. Howlett
tells the following story: Some few
years since I think It was in 18801
was invited to have a few days' fish
ing in the lakes at Melton Constable.
Norfolk, the seat of the Right Hon.
Lord Hastings. My first day's sport
was thirty-three good pike, the largest
eighteen pounds. Unfortunately, the
frost set In very severe and a heavy
fall of snow with It. Fishing was out
of the question, and skating became
the order of the day. Some of tha big
ponds, several acres in extent, were
soon frozen, and the woodmen and
laborers were ordered to sweep off the
snow so that the visitors might enjoy
skating. I was going straight across
the park with his lordship's favorite
dog following me a large black
"French poodle" when about half a
mile from the Ice I suddenly saw about
a dozen great red deer "stags' gal
loping towards me. In a monttent I
grasped the situation, and ran flor my
life to get on to the ice. I did, and
the dog kept close to me. Well, I shall
never forget the extraordinary per
formance when I landed on the great
sheet of frozen water. The "stags"
were determined not to be balked; they
rushed madly after the dog on the ice,
and down they went, head over heels,
all mixed up in a great heap, and the
more they tried to rise the worse mud
dle they got into. I fairly roared with
laughter, forgetting the awfully nar
row escape I liad had of losing my
life, for had these great strong beasts
; got to me they would have ripped both
i myself and the dog to ribbons. I have
to thank the Ice for saving me rrom
death.
He Was Absent-Minded.
They were quite late in returning
from the French cooks' ball, and the
car going south on Broadwarr was
crowded with the tired dancers. At the
next corner the car stopped and a
blond young man got on, who, as he
entered the car, at once attracted the
gaze even of the sleepy dancers. He
advanced to the center and hekd on to
a strap with one hand. In the other he
carried an enormous hat, unmistakably
I feminine, as attested by yards of blue
chiffon and waving ostrich plumes.
He was serenely unconscious of his
burden until, the conductor asking for
his fare, he reached for his pocfcet with
his hand that he thought was disen
gaged. He then discovered the hat.
His look of bewilderment brought forth
audible smiles from his fellow passen
gers. Then he remembered. HoWing up
the creation in blue, ana gazing tonaiy
but liquidly into its mysterious depths
of millinery, he muttered:
"Lovely girl! How forgetftil of me!"
And making a sign to the conductor.
says the New York Mail and Express,
stepped hurriedly from the cax.
It is better to say one ward that
counts than two that don't cut aiy fig
ore.
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A Model Cattle Stall.
The old-fashioned method of fasten
ing cows by means of stanchions bad
its merits, but a chain arranged so that
it .will work, freely on the bent rod
and-allow the cow a certain amount of
free movement enough to get up and
down without trouble and to move her
head freely is better. This arrange
ment is readily secured by having an
Iron, three feet or more long, fashion
ed by the blacksmith so that the ends
can be securely screwed to the side
of the stall and leave It clear from
the side from end to end to the width
of about three inches.
Fasten a strong chain to tbe stall post
MOEEL CATTLE FASTENER.
and have a ring at the other end which
is slipped over the Iron bar before It
is placed In position. A shorter piece
of chain is fastened to the first, as
shown in the cut, and at the end of this
short piece Is a strong snap which Is
f estened to the ring in the halter of the
cow. Where the manger Is placed high
er than the one illustrated, the short
piece of chain should be arranged ac
cordingly. If the chain Is strong and
the fixture put In place as directed,
there Is little danger of the animal be
coming unfastened.
Raise More But Iess.
In the olden days of farming such a
thing as a farmer patronizing a butch
er was unheard of. The butcher was
the buyer, and not the seller, and sim
ilar relations existed, to a less extent
between the farmer and the dealer In
stock foods.
There Is no - excuse for . farmers
placing themselves In a position jivbere !
UUer thest - hiy" a ir -raost ;o'tir
meat, nor-hould they buy tooA iot
stock, except where it is necessary to
buy something to fill out a ration, and
this something that cannot be raised on
the farm profitably. Still, even such
stock food should be paid for. In a
sense, by selling some other food of
which one has a surplus.
If the average farm Is rightly han
dled It should supply its owner with
most or all of the meat for the family,
all of the fruit and vegetables, eggs,
poultry and butter. It should also sup
ply most of the food needed for the
stock. Farming In this way, with cer
tain crops which one knows best how
to grow in order to obtain the cash nec
essary for Incidental expenses, one car
ries on the work in a way that is prof
itable. Silver-Penciled Wyandot tea.
While this breed of fowls Is by no
means new it is only recently that It
has attracted the attention of the gen
eral public who are Interested in poul
try. The Illustration shows a pullet of
"the breed and shows well the form of
the bird. The hens of this breed are
good layers, docile, bear confinemeat
well and are good mothers. While it
would be unfair to say that the breed
could be ranked with the Leghorns as
layers, they are crowding them closely,
and by judicious selection may before
long reach the Leghorn standard. As
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table fowls they are better than the
Shorns, though not equal to the fa
moss Plymouth Rocks. The breed Is
well worth testing and on many farms
will suit cond'tlons perhaps better than
either the Le&i Plymouth Rocks.
Kew Creameries ".owa.
We are advised by several creamery
supply salesmen traveling In Iowa that
the prospects for new creamery build
ings this spring are better than for sev
eral years. A number of new factories
are now under way, and as soon as
spring opens It will keep the salesmen
busy visiting the points which are good
"prospects." No one seems to under
stand the cause of the boom which is
surely coming, as It would seem that
the high price of feed would be a dis
couraging feature. But the farmers
liave the creamery fever, and there is
good business in sight for the creamery
supply houses. Creamery Journal.
Toung Pork. '
The popularity of young pork with
plenty of lean meat on it has proved a
boon to the farmers, for it is far more
profitable to raise the first 100 pounds
of any animal than the last 100 pounds.
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animal rapidly, bones, muscles and
flesh all growing so that every ounce
of food Is almost entirely converted
Into live weight There Is practically
no loss, and all the animal requires la
fair attention and good food. Nature
Is then able and willing to do the rest
When an animal reaches maturity, the
laying on of additional weight becomes
a slow process.
Growing Alfalfa.
The statement regarding sorghum, to
the effect that farmers are getting over
the Idea that it is mainly a crop for
favored sections, applies as well - to
alfalfa, one of the finest of forage
crops, when one comes to know It well
and to properly grow It The soil
should be well prepared for alfalfa;
and It should be a deep soil, for the
crop Is one that may be cut at least
twice a year, after the first season, for
several years. Sow the seed with a
grass seeder, using from fifteen to
twenty pounds an acre; harrow lightly
and then roll firmly. Usually the plan
is to first sow the ground with soma
grain crop, like barley, following di
rectly after with the alfalfa seed la
the quantity named. Harvest the bar
ley when ripe, but do not pasture (ho
alfalfa the first season. It is important
that this be not done, and here Is just
where so many who try alfalfa fall, for
by pasturing the first season the plants
do not have a fair chance to get a
hold in the ground. As a matter of
fact. If hay is the crop desired., alfalfa
should not be pastured at any time any
more than any crop which is Intended
for hay. The second season the alfal
fa will show Its head early In the
spring, and may be cut at least twice
that season, possibly three times. The
following seasons three crops each
summer can readily be cut from the
field. Alfalfa Is drought-resisting, the
stock like it, and it is as easy to grow
as any hay. Try an acre of it this
spring as an experiment ,
Secor Seedling Strawberry.
Waupaca County. Wisconsin, has
produced the famous Wolf River,
Northwestern Greening, and other
seedling apples. Now tbe same county
offers a wonderful strawberry, a seed
ling originated by O. G. Secor. It Is a
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hardy and thrifty grower and appears
to be self-fertilizing. The color Is dark
purple-red. good flavor, but few seeds,
meaty core, and promises to be equal
to or better than the Wilson or War
field as a shipper. This berry took
first premium over all other seedlings
at the Wisconsin State Horticultural
Society meeting at Wausau last sum
mer. This strawberry was named by
the Waupaca Horticultural Society,
which society recommends the berry.
W. H. Holmes, the secretary of the so
ciety, has charge of the distribution
of the plants.
Cowpeas and Field peas.
There seems to be considerable mis
apprehension regarding the cowpea. As
It is generally known It Is a sort of ten
der bean, hence It will not succeed out
side of a Southern latitude. While It
Is true that most of the varieties do
best In the South the early sorts may
be planted In the North even as far
as the Canada line, with fair success,
although in the States as far north as
Minnesota and Michigan tbe best re
sults can probably be had with crim
son clover or Canada fieldpeas. As
crimson clover seems to be more or
less fickle and requires a soil reasona
bly rich the pea comes in very useful.
Of the true cowpeas the varieties
"Warren's Extra Early" and Early
Black Eye succeed best In northern
sections and both of these sorts have
been successfully grown as far north
as Maine and Michigan. To get the
best results from cowpeas seed as soon
as the cold spring rains are over and
if grown for hay or fodder feed to
swine in the field or harvest when the
first pods begin to turn brown. If to
be turned under, vines as well as roots,
do the work in the fall and let the fol
lowing crop be rye and turn this crop
under in the spring; then use the
ground for anything desired. Indian
apolis News.
Pork Eaters.
The Americans have been called a
beef-eating nation, but as a matter of
fact we are a pork-eating people. Fresh
pork Is growing more popular with the
great middle class each succeeding
year. This Is attested by the present
demand for fresh cuts In the Eastern
industrial centers where comparative
prosperity exists and everybody save a
solitary vegetarian here and there is
eating meat
Caution.
It Is In order to suggest caution !n
the planting of corn and potatoes.
Plant good seed to begin with. A lim
ited area planted with good seed will
produce more than a large area with
indifferent or poor seed. Be sure of
your seed. There Is a good deal of
poor seed corn and potatoes In the
country.
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