Aff
I By
I
Ward Kill Lamcn,
Lincoln' Friend s.nd Ecdyu&d
Siech Opposing Subtreasury.
"Fellow citizens, it is peculiarly em
barrassing to me to attempt a .continu
ance of the discussion on this evening
which lias been conducted in this hall
on several preceding ones. It is so b
cause on each of these evenings there
was a much fuller attendance then
now. without any reason for its being
so except the greater interest the com
munity fuel in the speakers who ad
dressed them then than they do in him
who Is to do so now. I am. Indeed, ap
prehensive that the few who have at
tended hare done so more to spare me
of mortification than in the hope ot
being Interested In anything I may be
nuie to say. This circumstance casts a
uamp upon my spirits which I am sure
I shall he unable to overcome during
the evening.
"The subject heretofore and now to
be discussed is the su'otreasury scheme
Of the present administration as a
means of collecting, safe keeping,
transferring and disbursing the reve
nues of the nation as contrasted with
a national bank for the same purposes.
Mr. Douglas has said that we (tha
Whigs) have not dared to meet them
(the Locos) in argument on this ques
tion. I protest against this assertion.
I say we have again and again during
this discussion urged facts and argu
ments against the subtreasury which
they have neither dared to deny nor
attempted to answer. But lest some
may be led to believe that we really
wish to avoid the question I now pro
pose In my humble way to urge these
arguments again, at the same time beg
ging the audience to mark well the po
sitions I shall take and the proofs I
ehall offer to sustain them and that
they will not again allow Sir. Douglas
or his friends to escape the force "of
them by n round and groundless asser
tion that we dare not. meet them In
argument.
"Of the subtreasury, then, as con
trasted with a national bank, for the
before numerated purposes I lay down
the following propositions, to wit:
"First. It will injuriously affect the
community by Its operation on the cir
culating medium.
"Second. It will be a more expensive
fiscal agent. ,
"Third. It will be a less secure de
pository for the public money."
Mr. Lincoln's objections to the sub
treasury were those commonly urged
by Its enemies and have been some-
i what conclusively refuted by the oper-
ction of that admirable institution
: from the hour of its adoption to the
: present "The extravagant expendl-
tures" of Mr. Van Buren's adminlstra
I tion, however, was a standard topic of
the Whigs In those days, and, sliding
; gracefully off from the subtreasury,
Mr. Lincoln dilated extensively upon
this more attractive subject. This part
of his speech was entirely in reply to
Mr. Douglas. But when he came to
answer Mr. Lamboru's remarks he "got
In a hard hit" that must have brought
down the house:
"Mr. Lamborn Insists that the differ
ence between the Van Buren party and
the Whigs Is that, although the former
ometlmes err In practice, they are
always correct In principle, whereas
the latter are wrong In principle, and
the better to Impress this proposition
lie uses a figurative expression lu these
words: The Democrats are vulnerable
In the heel but they are sound in the
heart and t head.' The first branch of
the figure that Iss that the Democrats
ere vulnerable In the heel I admit is
not merely figuratively but literally
true. Who that looks but for a mo
ment at their Swartwouts. their Prices,
their Harringtons and their hundreds
of others, scampering away with the
public money to Texas, to Europe and
to every spot of the earth where a vil
lain may hope to find refuge from Jus
tice, can at all doubt that they are
most distressingly affected In their
heels with a species of 'running Itch.
It seems that this malady of their heels
operates on the sound headed and hon
est hearted creatures very much like
the cork leg in the comic song did on
Its owner, which, when he had once
got started on it, the more he tried to
stop it the more It would run aw:;y.
At the hazard of wearing this point
threadbare I will relate an anecdote
which seems to be too strikingly In
point to be omitted. A witty Irish sol
dier who was always boasting of his
bravery when no danger was near, but
who Invariably retreated without or
ders !t, the first charge of the enijoue-
EDWAED D. BAKER.
incoSn! Love
airs
And His Early
Experiences as
a. Lawmaker
ment. Being "asSeu by "his eaptiin" why
he did so, replied, 'Captain. I have as
brave a heart as Julius Caesar ever
had. but somehow or other whenever
danger approaches my cowardly legs
will run away with It.' So with Mr.
Lamborn's party. They take the pub
lic money into their hands for the most
laudable purpose that wise heads and
honest hearts can dictate, but before
they can possibly get it out again their
rascally vulnerable heels will run
awp.y with them."
But. as In the lecture before the ly
ceum. Mr. Lincoln reserved his most
Impressive passage, his boldest imag
ery and his most striking metaphor for
a grand and vehement peroration:
"Mr. Lamborn refers to the late elec
tions In the states and from their re
sults confidently predicts every state
In the Union will vote for Mr. Van
Buren at the next presidential election.
Address that argument to cowards and
knaves. With the free and the brave
It will affect nothing. It may be true.
If It must, let .it. Many free countries
have lost their liberty, and ours may
lose hers, but If she shall, be It my
proudest plume not that I was the last
to desert, but that I never deserted
her. I know that the" great volcano at
Washington, aroused and directed by
the evil spirit that reigns there, 13
belching forth- the lava of political cor
ruption in a current broad and deep,
which is sweeping with frightful veloc
ity over the whole length and breadth
of the land, bidding fair to leave un
Bcatbed no green spot or living thing,
while on Its bosom are riding, like de
mons on the wave of hell, the imps of
that evil spirit and fiendishly taunting
all those who dare to resist its destroy
ing course with the hopelessness of
their efforts, and, knowing this, I can
hot deny that all may be swept away.
Broken by It I, too, may be; bow to It
I never will. The probability that we
may fall In the struggle ought not .to
deter us from the support of a cause
we believe to be just. It shall not de
ter me. If ever I feel the soul within
me elevate and expand to those dimen
sions, not wholly unworthy of its al
mighty Architect, it Is when I contem
plate the cause of my country, desert
ed by all the world beside, and I stand
ing up boldly, alone, hurling defiance
at her victorious oppressors. Here,
without contemplating consequences,
before Heaven and In face of the
world, I swear eternal fealty to the
just cause, as I deem it. of the land of
my life, my liberty and my love. And
who that thinks with me will not fear
lessly adopt that oath that I take?
Let none falter who thinks he is right
and we may succeed. But if, after all.
we shall fall, be It so. We still shall
have the proud consolation of saying
to our consciences and to the departed
shade of our country's freedom that
the cause approved of our . judgment
and adored of our hearts in disaster, in
chains, in torture, in death, we never
faltered in defending."
Considering that the times were ex
tremely peaceful and that the speaker
saw no bloodshed except what flowed
from the noses of belligerents In the
groceries about Springfield, the speech
seems to have been unnecessarily de
fiant.
Following Up Douglas.
In 1840 Mr. Lincoln was a candidate
for presidential elector on the Harrison
ticket and stumped a large part of the
etate. He and Douglas followed Judge
Treat's court all around the circuit
"and spoke in the afternoons." The
Harrison club at Springfield became
thoroughly familiar with his voice.
But these one sided affairs were
not altogether suited to his temper.
Through his life he preferred a joint
discussion, and the abler the man pit
ted against him the better he liked it
He knew he shone In retort and sought
every opportunty to practice It From
1838 to 1858 he seems to have followed
up Douglas as a regular business dur
ing times of great political excitement,
and only on one or two occasions did
he find the "Little Giant" averse to a
conflict. Here, in 1840, they came In
collision, as they did In 1839 and as
they continued to do through twenty
or more years, until Lincoln became
president of the United States and
Douglas' disappointments were burled
with his body. Once during this Har
rison campaign they had a fierce dis
cussion before a meeting assembled in
the market house. In the course of his
speech Lincoln Imputed to Van Buren
the great sin of having voted In the
New Tork state convention for negro
suffrage with a property qualification.
Douglas denied the fact and Lincoln
attempted to prove his statement by
reading a certain passage from Hoi- j
land's "Life of Van Buren," contain
ing a letter from Van Buren to one Mr.
Fithion, whereupon "Douglas got
mad," snatched up the book and, toss
ing It Into the crowd, remarked sen
tentiously, although not conclusively,
"Damn such a book!"
"He was very sensitive." savs Mr.
Gillespie, "where he thought he had
failed to come up to the expectations
of his friends. I remember a case. He
was pitted by the Whigs in 1S40 to de
bate with Mr. Douglas, the Democratic
champion. Lincoln did not come up to
the requirements of the occasion. He
was conscious of his failure, and I
never saw any man so much distress
ed. He begged to be permitted to try
t nH was r"'vT!ntlv Indu'ied.
ana in the next elort beranscendedi
onr highest " expectations, "ii'.'n.eyer
heard and never expect to hear such a
triumphant' vlnfl! cation as he' then,
gave of Whig measures or policy." He
never after., to my -.knowledge, fell be
low himself." i
CHAPTER XII.
Abraham Lincoln's Last Love Affairs
i Are Complicated.
, J T must by this time be clear, to the
reader that Mr. Lincoln was nev
H er agitated by any; passion more
intense than his wonderful thirst
i for distinction. , There IS good evidence
that it furnished the feverish dreams
of his boyhood, and no man 'that knew
him well can doubt that it governed
ill his conduct from the hour when he
astonished himself by his oratorical
success against Posey and Ewing in
the back settlements of Macon county
to the day when the assassin marked
him as the first hero of the restored
ITnion.- re-elected to his great office,
surrounded by every circumstance that
Dould minister to his pride or exnit his
sensibilities a ruler whose power was
only less wide than his renown. He
never rested in the race he had deter
mined to run. He was ever ready to
be honored. He struggled incessantly
far place. There is no instance where
an important office seemed to be wifh-
;ln his reach and he did not try to get
It. Whatsoever he did In politics, at
the bar. in private life, had more or
less reference to this great object of
his life. It Is not meant to be said
that he was capable of any shameful
act. any persona! dishonor, any surren
der or concealment of political convic
tions. In these respects he was far
better than most men. i It was not in
his nature to run away from, the fight.
to deseft to the enemy, but he was
quite willing to accept his full share of
the fruits of victory.
Born In the humblest circumstances,
uneducated, poor, acquainted, with flat
boats and groceries,, .but a stranger fe
the drawing room, it was natural that
he should seek In a matrimonial alli
ance those social advantages which he
felt were necessary to his political ad
vancement. This was. In fact, his own
view of the matter, but it was strength
ened and enforced by the- counsels of
those whom he regarded as friends.
In 1839 Miss Mary, daughter of Hon,
Robert S. Todd of Lexington, Ky.,
came to live with her sister, Mrs,
Ninian W. Edwards, at Springfield.
Like Miss Owens, Miss Todd had a
stepmother, with whom she failed to
'agree." and for that reason the Ed
wardses offered her a home with them.
She was young just twenty-oue her
family was of the best and her con
nections In Illinois among the most re
fined and distinguished people. Her
mother having died when she was a
little girl, she had been educated un
der the care of a French lady, "oppo
site Mr. Clay's." She was gifted with
rare talents, had a keen sense of the
ridiculous, a ready Insight Into the
weaknesses of individual character and
a most fiery and ungovernable temper.
Her tongue and her pen were equally
sharp. High bred, proud, brilliant wit
ty and with a will that bent every one
else to her purpose, she took Mr. Lin
coln captive the very moment she con
sidered it expedient to do so.
- Mr, Lincoln was a rising politician,
fresh from the people and possessed of
great power among them. Miss, Todd
was of aristocratic and distinguished
family, able to lead through the awful
portals of "good society" whomsoever
they chose to countenance. It was
thought that a union between them
could not fail of numerous benefits to
both parties. Mr. Edwards thought so,
Mrs. Edwards thought so, and It was
not long before Mary Todd herself
thought so. She was very ambitious
and even before she left Kentucky an
nounced her belief that she was "des
tined to be the wife of some future
president." For a little while she was
courted by Douglas as well as by Lin
coln, but she Is said to have refused
the "Little Giant" "on account of his
bad morals." Being asked which of
them she intended to have, she answer
ed, "The one that has the best chance
of being president." She decided In
favor of Lincoln and, in the opinion of
some of her husband's friends, aided
to no small extent In the fulfillment of
the prophecy which the bestowal of
her hand implied. A friend of Miss
Todd was the wife of an elderly but
wealthy gentleman, and, being asked
by one of the Edwards coterie why she
had married "such an old, dried np
husband, such a withered up old buck,"
Bhe answered that "he had lots of
horses and gold." But Mary Todd
spoke up, in great surprise, and said:
"la that true? I would rather marry a
good man. a man of mind, with, hope
and bright prospects ahead for posi
tion, fame And power, than to marry
all the horses, gold and bones in the
world."
Mrs. Edwards, Miss Todd's sister.
tells us that Mr. Lincoln "was charmed
with Mary's wit and fascinated with
her quick sagacity, her will, her na
ture and culture." "I have happened
In the room," she says, ''where they
were sitting often and often, and Mary
led the conversation. Lincoln would
listen and gaze on her as if drawn by
some superior power Irresistibly so.
He listened, but never scarcely said a
word. Lincoln could not hold a.
lengthy conversation with a lady, was
not sufficiently educated and intelligent
in the female line to do so."
Enter Sweetheart No. 4.
Mr. Lincoln and Mary were engaged,
and their marriage was only a question
of time. But Mr. Lincoln's love affaire
were destined never to run smoothly,
end mow one Miss Matilda Edwards
made her "sweet appearance" and
brought havoc in her train. She was
the sister of Ninian W. Edwards and
came to spend a year with her brother, i
She was very fair and soon was the
reignin;: .belle.. No r.aonec didLjncPln j
HAST TODD.
know '?jr"thiIi ue'ieu ms tieai't change.
The other affair, according to the Ed
wardses. according to Stuart, accord
ing to Herndon. according to Lincoln
and everybody else, was a "policy
match," but this was love. For awhile
he evidently tried hard to go on as be
fore, but bis feelings were too strong
to be concealed. Mr. Edwards endeav
ored to reconcile matters by getting
his sister to marry Speed, but the re
bellious beauty refused Speed inconti
nently, as she did Douglas, too. and
married Mr. Schuyler Strong. Poor
Lincoln never whispered a word of his
passion to her. His high sense of hon
or prevented that, and perhaps she
would not have listened to him if it
had .been otherwise.
At length, after long reflection, in
jrreat agony of spirit. Mr. Lincoln' con
cluded that duty required him to make
a candid statement of his feelings to
the lady who was entitled to his hand.
He wrote t.er a letter and told her gen
tly but plainly that he did not love her.
He. asked Speed to deliver it but
Speed advised him to burn It "Speed,"
said Mr. Lincoln, "I always knew you
were an obstinate man. If you won't
deliver it, I'll get some one else to do
It." rBut Speed now had the letter In
his hand and. emboldened by the warm
friendship that existed between them,
replied: "I shall not deliver it nor give
it to you to be delivered. Words are
forgotten, misunderstood, passed by,
not noticed In a private conversation,
but once put your words in writing
and they stand as a living and eternal
monument against you. If you think
you have will and manhood enough to
go and see her and speak to her what
you say In that tetter, you may do
that" Lincoln went to see her forth
with and reported to Speed. He said
that when b.e made his somewhat star
tling communication she rose and said,
" 'The deceiver shall be deceived woe
is me!" alluding to a young "man she
had fooled." Mary told him she knew
the reason of his change of heart and
released him from his engagement
Some parting endearments took place
between them, and then, as the natu
ral result of those endearments, a re
conciliation. We quote again from Mrs. Edwards:
"Lincoln and Mary were engaged.
Everything was ready and prepared
for the marriage, even to the supper.
Mr. Lincoln failed to meet his engage
ment Cause, Insanity!
"In his lunacy he declared he hated
Mary and loved Miss Edwards. This
Is true, yet It was not his real feelings.
A crazy man hates those he loves when
at himself. Often, often, is this the
case. The world had It that Mr. Lin
coln backed out, and this placed Mary
in a peculiar situation, and to set her
self right and free Mr. Lincoln's mind
she wrote a letter to Mr. Lincoln stat
ing that she would release him from
his engagement The whole of
the year was a crazy spell. Miss Ed
wards was at our house, say, a year. I
asked Miss Edwards if Mr. Lincoln
ever mentioned the subject of his love
to her. Miss Edwards said: 'On my
word, he never mentioned such a sub
ject to me. He never even stooped to
pay me a compliment' "
In the language of Mr. Edwards,
"Lincoln went as crazy as a loon," and
was taken to Kentucky by Speed, who
kept him "until he recovered." He
"did not attend the legislature In
1841-42 for this reason."
(To be Continued)
Additional Locai.
Rev. E. B. Jones who is assisting in
the revival services at the M. E. church,
Siuth, will preach each evening this
week. He is a strone preacher and the
meetings are growing in interest.
W. O. Heckatt, the popular contractor,
was yesterday awarded the contract for
SuaallVnew brick building. It is to be
41 x 70, one story, with Roman pressed
brick front The work of tearing down
tbe buildings now occupied by the Small
establishments is to begin next week,
and work on the new structure will be
started as soon thereafter as possible.
This speaks volumes for tbe progress
Corvallis is making and Small & Son are
to be congratulated for their public
spirit and energy in thus adding to the
growth of the city.
Ollie Felger yesterday pleaded guilty to
selling liquor in violation of the local
option law and paid a fine of $50.
Successful Treatment For Scoars.
Good success was attained at the
South Carolina station in treating
calves affected with scours by adding
formalin to the milk at the rate of one
part to four thousand. Eleven calves
out of twelve treated recovered with
out any further attention, seven on the
second day, three on tha third and one
on the ninth. The calves were yoiTng
ones, fed chief;" -,n mill".
CONCERNING THE SILO.
Bow It Has Been Improved Adyaa
1 :T tasres of IJsinsr Sil&sre. -"
The shape is not of vital importance.
The first silos were built Inside and
were rectangular. They were a suc
cess, though not as marked as the silDS
of today. Two things needed improve
ment They were not easy to fill, and
the silage settled unevenly. The rouu
silo was bu'lt to obviate t'lis latter.
The lack cf oraers m:ik.-s it possible
to pack t!ie ted UUe-, ami it sottlos
mo-v i v.i!y. 'iiieiv k::;wleJge was
m?w.y t uu.Iio tha silo a success
knowledge ca the part of the feeder,
la tii eaily days its enthusiastic sup
porters made great claims for it. These
were naturally too good to last. But
the silo has outlived these enthusiasts,
and men can now consider it in a safe
and sane frame of mind. The feeding
values of dry fedder and of silage are
about the same, according to chemical
analysis. The trouble is the cow is not
a good chemist. She has her tastes and
demands. She will eat silage up clean,
but refuses kindling and small stove
wood the butts of the stalks.
Reason For Silo.
The advantages of using silage as a
rough feed over the method of dry
feeding are many. First, it will save
every particle of green stuff that grows
in the row and convert it into an easi
ly digested rough feed; second, silage
corn or corn fodder raised on the land
with proper . cultivation keeps it clear
of weeds, and the tillage at the right
season liberates plant food for ' the
succeeding crop it shades the ground,
thus preserving fertility; third, it
places the largest bulk of rough feed
In a compact and convenient place for
handling during the feeding season:
fourth, it is easily handled without
waste; fifth, it is a feed that is of it
self succulent and partially digested;
sixth, it keeps the herd in a fine, sleek,
thrifty condition; seventh, it produces
more than twice the digestible nutri
ents from a given amount of land that
dry fodder does and makes it possible
to keep more than twice as many head
of live stock on the land; eighth, by
its use as a principal rough feed the
cost of producing milk can be reduced
at least one-third. These are but a
few of the reasons, says a writer in
Kimball's Dairy Farmer, why silage is
good and cheap food.
Advice For Cfceesc Factory Patrons.
In cheese making two things are
necessary, -rood milk an-.l a good cheese
maker. A cheyse maker's success too
often depends on his ability to make
marketable cheese out of milk that
ought never to have been delivered at
the factory. Thousands of dollars are
lost annually in the cheese producing
sections by milk beinjj delivered in
such condition that factory methods
must ba modified to eliminate defects
that ought not to have existed. While
it is true that a competent cheese mak
er can produce good cheese from a sec
ond class grade of milk. It Is also true
that the same cheese maker with first
class milk will make a better grade of
cheese and enough more in quantity to
pay well for the extra care given to the
milk by the producer. Every time that
patrons require a cheese maker to over
come the effect of overripe 'or gassy
milk they lose on the quantity of
cheese produced in addition to the
quality. E. A. Haven, Michigan.
Feeding Milk Cattle
If you feed little you lose what .you
feed. If you feed generously your cow
makes you a good profit.
Winter and Sumner Silos.
The most successful dairymen are
now using both winter and summer
silos. At the Ontario experiment farm
they feed only twice a day a succulent
ration with meal and clover hay an
hour and a half afterward, in the morn
ing and at 3:30 p. m. the same ration
with long hay. They estimate that a
cow should receive a pound of meal
for every five pounds of milk she gives.
Feeding tlie Dairy Calf.
The cheapest and best way to raise a
dairy calf is to feed with its mother's
milk for three weeks, then gradually
change to skim milk with boiled flax
seed for another three weeks, then
change to grain gradually. After four
months old they will grow very well
on a mixture of 100 pounds of linseed
meal, twenty-four pounds of ground
flax and fifty pounds of low grade
flour, mixed thoroughly together; also
some choice clover hay, bran or crush
ed oats daily. If there is plenty of
fresh separator milk it may be fed in
stead of natural milk after the first
few days.
Give tbe Cows Salt.
I do not favor any guesswork In any
feeding and especially not In feeding
salt, says L. W. Lighty. Many people
put a lot of salt Into a box so the ani
mals may help themselves, but often
the box is forgotten and gets empty,
and when the u&Kt supply comes the
animals are so salt hungry that they
overeat. Some use rock salt, but that
Is objectionable because some animals
will not take enough and sometimes
the salt contains many impurities. The
best and purest fine salt Is not too
good for your animals, and you should
make It a rule never to feed grain
without a definite portion of salt being
fed with it. I want salt every meal
and so do my animals. I find a large
tablespoonful twice a day (a little bet
ter than two ounces) is about what a
cow In full flow of milk needs. A
horse should not have much less, but
animals on pasture and not getting
much grain will require less. Many
stock f'jr.-ls m.-'.Ce quite largely
of olhreal tad salt anJ therein lios the '
recrc-t of their virtues, but buying ;
these articles la that form Is far fi-oia '.
economy.
THE PURE BRED
DRAFT MAkE
It will pay the average farmer' in
this country to keep pure bred draft
"mares. It does not cost any more, to
feed a pure' bred draft mare than it
goes to feed a' grade mare of the same
size. The pure bred mare will do just
as much work as the grade mare. One
good pure bred stallion colt at one
year old will readily command as much
money as will a pair of high class five-year-old
grade geldings. :
The speaker has in mind at the pres
ent time a dozen or more farmers in
Iowa, Illinois and Kansas who are
using pure bred draft mares to per
form their farm work and in addition
raising good colts from the mares each
year. The stallion colts find ready
sale when froin one to two years old
at from $400 to $700 each. These men
have settled the question as to whether
or not It will pay to keep pure bred
draft mares.
One farmer in northern Illinois at
' tended a neighbor's sale in March, 1903,
and In order to help matters along bid
on a few things which he thought he
did not need. He escaped trouble un
til a pure bred five-year-old Percheroa
mare, in foal, was led Into the ring.
He bid on her, and she was knocked
down to him at $300. He thought he did
not need her and thus offered her to
another neighbor for $290. but did not
succeed in making the deal. He kept
the mare, and she has raised him a
good colt each year. He has had the
mare a little more than three and one
half years, and she has done her share
of the farm work, he has sold three of
her colts for $1,250 and has one left,
for which he refused the small sum of
$500 before it was eight months old.
Has this mare paid her way?
j The owner is a most enthusiastic
breeder of pure bred swine, but he In
' formed me that pure bred mares were
' even better property than pure bred
I sows. Professor W. J. Kennedy Be
, fore Iowa State Breeders' Association.
I Champion Coach Horse.
The German coach stallion nannl
; bal, champion at the International Live
Stock exposition, 100G, attracted much
GERMAN COACH HOKSK.
attention at the exposition and wa
greatly admired by breeders. The Il
lustration is from tbe National Stock
man and Farmer.
Caring For Brood Mares.
The brood mares in fact, all the
horses and colts that are not at work
In the winter should be turned in a
good sized yard every day unless it Is
stormy. This yard should not be Icy,
as there is danger of their falling and
getting hurt. We stable all our horses
and colts nights and feed them twice a
day oats and clover hay with some
bran, writes David Imrie in American
Cultivator.
When spring comes, be careful with
the brood mares and any other horses
that may have been Idle during the
winter. Work them lightly at first
taking some time to get them used to
work. In this way you can do more
and have your horses In better condi
tion when you are through with the
spring work.
I prefer to have "the colts come about
the lat of June, as by that time we
have our spring work done and can
give the mares a better -chance. Have
a clean, roomy box stall. It Is well to
whitewash it every year and disinfect
It with some good disinfectant. Be on
hand when the little fellow appears.
Feed the mare lightly for a few days.
Increasing her feed gradually. If you
have to work the mare, never let the
colt follow, her. Keep It In the stable
and bring the mother In In the middle
of the forenoon to let the colt suck.
The colt will soon learn to eat oats
with his mother. Give him all he will
eat twice a day or leave the lid of the
oat box open and let him help himself.
If the mare and colt are on pasture,
feed her night and morning, so the colt
will learn to eat oats.
Feed Important.
We have heard a lot about blood and
breeding. Let's think a bit about feed
and feeding. It Is worth more than
blood. Many a man has gone to wreck
on the rock of blood alone. He thought
his duty done with good blood added
to his flock. His pure bred rams were
supposed to make full feed racks un
necessary. There is no more fatal mis
take, says a writer in Kimball's Dairy
Farmer. If the sheep are to starve for
a part of the year they had better be
of unimproved blood. The Mexican,
the Merino, the ill shaped sheep ot
Tennessee, any of these can stand
starvation better than the well bred
cheep. Before those good rams come
pile up the hay. If it Is prairie hay cut
it while the sap is in it, whili It Is yet
green. Only the sap will digest and
stick to the ribs. Cut it before that is
Cried np. Make meadows of alfalfa.
Sow brame grass. Sow rape. Make
any and all provision for wiuter feed.
Then you are in position to get the ad
vai:t".sri f your goo.? bxl.