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l I l l I I ' Â¥HÂ¥++Â¥4+++++++++Â¥Wt ‘ PART 111.. CHAPTER i.â€"tlelnueli'). “llc is really such a good fellow. and it would make us all so happy to have you near. and you would make him so happy. And his; mother wishes it. she even asked me to try to bring it on." “Oh!” returned Alice. with a sigh of relief, "in strict confidence. I suppose, Miss Sib. A pretty conspirator she chose when she lighted upon you. You sweet goose, if you must needs amuse yourself with match-making. you could not hit upon a worse plan than to show your hand.” “But. Alice. do be seriousâ€"" "Dear child. I am serious. and I wish you to understand once for all that it is a mistake. and to help me spare him the pain of a direct refusal. 1 saw it all months ago. and have done my best to put a stop to it. I even thought of go- ling away for a tune." “It is in your power to make him so happy,” said Sibyl. pathetically. “You might grow to care for him in time, you know." “Never.” she answered. “1 could never, â€"in any caseâ€"have cared for a man of that uncontrolled dispositionâ€"even sup- posingâ€"" “Supposing what?” Sibyl asked. with a keen look. “Oh. nothing! I mean . if I had loved him, I could never be happy with such a man. I am like my mother. I saw her misery, Sibyl. child as I was. There was that in my poor father which made her feel him her inferior; it is not for me to speak of his faults. ill once found what I could not impact in a man, I. could not live with him. I have a sort of prideâ€"” "But. Alice," interrupted Sibyl. quick- ly, “if you can not respect Paul Annes- ley. whom then can you respect?" “Oh. I beg his pardon.” replied Alice. he: breath taken away by this sudden indignation; “I spoke widely. Of course I respect our old and true friend. Paul. But a husbandâ€"that is difierent; it is something stronger and deeper than reâ€"I Ispoct; it is reverence that» a husband compels.” “And what can you not reverence in Dr. Anne-sley‘f" asked Sibyl, with such remomeless persistence that Alice began to wonder if Paul Annesley could be the name of him who had troubled her friend’s peace of mind. “He is at the mercy of his own im- pulses.” she said. “And they are always good.” pursued‘ Sibyl. vindictively. "You say a bold thing when you say :that of any human being. Sibyl. No. I can only give my deepest reverence to the man who is master of himself. 'Give me the man that is not. passion’s slave.’ I can value this one as a friend. butâ€"â€" no nearer. No one knows what is in Paul Annosley; any turn of fate may bring him into a totally opposite direc- tion; he might do anything. I tell you in the very stth confidence what I would tell no other human being, I trem- hle for him now.- he will never be the same again. now that his circumstances are so changed. and what he will be. Heaven alone knows. As you say. he has good impuLses, LUI. what are they withâ€" out a guiding principle and a compell- ing will?" “And you alone can give his life a right direction,” urged Sibyl. “0h. Alice! think what it is to hold this man’s fate in your hands!” “And what if I hold anotherâ€"” stopped short and colored. you are indeed a stanch triend." she added, in a gentler voice. “If he could win you nowâ€"a heart is so easily caught at the rebound.” "rhere will be no rebound." replied Sibyl. in so even a voice that Alice was sure of the platonic nature of her regard for Paul. "I‘he kind of malady you in- spire. you dear creature, is inctlmbte.‘ l She “Dear Sibyl. People soon get over the slight shocks l Idminister. but you are fatal.”, Alice smiled tenderly upon Slbyl, but made no rejoinder. and they walked on noisclaly over the rich turf. deep in: thought. Sibyl's regard for Alice had. as ’ the other well know. something of wor-. ship; her ardent nature invested her friatdships with a romantic enthusiasm [but sometimes made her calmer friend I I | I l I 4 4 A Q 4 4, + 4. a 4. + A s s s + 4p + l. + + 4» + 4. + + + 4, 4. + + + 4. A. 4» + + 4. 4. + s I “ace to Face accesses OR, 0 ERVASE RIUKMAN’S AMBITION. d I I l 'I l I I l l +++++++++++++++++Â¥++++‘ l + 4. + + + + + + + + A. I + + i i + 1 + E § 4. + + + + + I + tune." Flby] n-pllcd. kissing: the little red list. “not for all the funds of (itcch- hrorth. shepherd." “l 'lows you wouldn't. miss. Doctor Annesh'y have took a heavy wright on the shoulders of ‘n. A many have been bow-ed down by riches. a many. as I‘ve a yerd my." “And many have poverty.” Alice said. “Zure enough. "I‘aln‘t for we to my what‘s good for us. Miss Alice. A per- sonable man. but it doesn‘t. come up to the captain. the doctor doesn‘t." “Oh. he is only a lieutenant. You mean Lieutenant Annesley. don't you. \iaslcr Pink?" said the ready Slbyl. “When 1 zecn he. and you walking to- gether. Miss l..ingm-d." continued the shepherd. gravely. “l was to Inezelf. I 2915. ‘Marriages is made in hcuvcn.’ I And Mam Gale. she zaysâ€"” “0h! Master Pink. you won’t forget about the soeaangs. will you?" cried Alice. starting up. “It is getting so late. We have stayed too long." And with hasty farewells Alice left the cottage. forgetting the basket. and leav- ing Slbyl to follow in more leisurely fashion. She walked so fast that she had reached the gate at the end of the field through which the cottage was ap- proached before Sibyl had left the garâ€" den. and waited for her there. with flushed cheeks Sibyl's ready tongue was unaccountany tied when she joined her; a strange pain was gnawing at her heart, and Alice‘s attempts at common- place cliat did not succeed. “I can’t help thinking that this same Mr. Edward Anncslcy might. just. as well write to us. Alice,” she said at last. “That little note to mother the day after he left was the briefest formality." “Perhaps.” replied Alice, who had now regained her self-possession. “he thinks the same of vs. You can scold him when he comes.” ' “But will he come?" asked Sibyl. with been crushed by [such an eagerness in her voice that Alice stopped on her way and looked with sudden misgiving into Slbyl‘s dark. ar- dent eyes, and read all. “Slbyl.” she said. “oh! Sibyl!" and she tried to draw her nearer; but Sibyl push- ed her back with a look Alice had never seen before. and walked on in silence. In the first bitter flood of jealous agony that surged into her heart Sibyl felt capable of hating her friend; then the mortifying memory of her self-deception made her so hot with self-contempt that every other feeling was swallowed up in it. and she longed for the earth to open and hide her away forever. It seemed as if she had better never have been born than make so dreadful a blunder at the very threshold of life; she thought she could never endure to live any more. Then things came back her memory. little insignificant detai which had passed unobserved at the time. but which now showed the general meaning of the whole story. just as the iestal lights reveal the general outlines of a building. and she saw clearly how things stood between Edward and Alice. How could it have been otherwise? She felt the charm of Alice too deeply herself to wonder that she should have been pre- ferred. It was inevitable that those two should choose each other. But for her everything had come to a full stop. “Entbehren soltst du,” was the massage the woods and fields and sea had for her that day: it was written in the deep. cloud-piled sky. and in the solemn sha- dows about the bills; the rocks. sailing home in stately chanting procession. re- minded her of it, and the blackbirds. fluting nlournlully down in the copses. repeated it; even the lark, fluttering upâ€" ward with the beginning of a song and dropping back into silence. had the same meaning in his music. She paused and allowed Alice to come up with her. and seeing that she had been crying. kissed IIL‘I' with a sort of passion. “DO you remember the day you first came to Arden. Alice." she said. “when I found you crying in your room after we were sent to bed?" “And you comforted me, and we 'agrced a‘wnys to bt‘ friends." "And now my crossntsi has made you cry, you poor tlear! And you are dearer t' . . . pli‘t».y CPISIII‘II no: St‘lt't'tS. Kim slippcd‘ Iawuy lit the solitude 0! her min :ouuz under the prvlrr? of Ihflflll‘. {II"I .~rI': l lulusulg long a‘ the op”). ultimo. (it-rvase in the lll“:t.'l'.lII.-" Lad lakvp ills Violin. and. Iranng against the ;.'I(.tl1 .zililer-1e. wht-III r ltw illumom \\ as llu\almost gone. tin-n his tum strings so that tlII'y III:I.I.- :tll almost Ihuman cry. a uumd tlIIIt nv'\l'l' talk-It I.) bring Sitiyl to hrs >1III‘. and 5)... Hum. out and sat in tllv su-zlt lIi-IIr-atll lIlIn. .wlille he playml on in ollflll‘t‘ strain; A... mounmful and on tI-Iutcl' that tip-y drew the overcharge of I'm-ling II'I'lll lIcr lit-art .and the refreshing: trm‘s to her eyes. till the “f-lntbetlclIrcII stills! (in. mllst outbo- hren." which the l:-I'|\ and tho breezes sung to ho-r III the ilIl"lllIKI!l. >t‘t‘fllt‘u‘ the sweetest I‘t’If‘illIl ll] IIII‘ \\Ivrld. \‘v'hllc he )Iklyi-it. u scrim (I! pictures 1-“qu baton: thrvusek IIIIIIIl. pI'r-tIII-I-s~ in which he saw lIIIIN-lf lintlllng by mn- linual thrusts the [div which to Alice seemed so lnvlnI-Iblv. until he had hound Edward to his sister. and Alice lu him- self. Alice heard the music from her win- dow. and it drew It‘ill‘> from 1101‘ cyrs. (,IIAF'I‘ER lI. It is beautiful to be on the line of rail which runs along IIII‘ .lurn: the mountain rises sheer on one side and the sleep falls suddenly away (In thu other. while the trawllcl' Is home with lili'\1»llkl‘ swiftâ€" n.‘:% and dlrecliIv-ss along lhc lIlll-sldv‘. secure. wllhnut effort. straight. to an ap- parent block which hinders further pro- gress. But a closer view shows a black spot in the rocky mass. liin as the nest of some sea-bird on a cliff: lt grows as the distance lessens. till it becomes a dark arch. and into that darts the. train with angry thunder and impatient, panting. and therc‘ls blackness all around, and thick air. and a vang distress of body and mind for awhile. 'l‘hen gleams a pale light and a sweet rush of air fol- lows. and out like a bird darts the long train. as if suspended in midair by the mountain-side. till another tiny bird-hole appears. and growing. swallows up the darling lcngth of the train. which is soon cast forth once more on the open face of the steep cliff. Au this is pleasant in itself. but still more pleasant. to one \\ I10. llki‘ Edward Annesley. is impatient of the journeys length and anxious to reach its end. He liestowrd various inward maledic- lions upon continental railways as he journeyed on. and wondered how such fl blessing as steam came to be bestow- ed upon a people so inapprccoatlve of the speed to be got out of it. But the swiflest English express would have been slow in comparison with the winged deslres which boxe his heart onward to the goal of Alice Lingard's presence. The three months' embargo was now taken off and Paul was not yet engaged to Alice; Ed- ward was therefore free to prosecute his own suit. The frontier is cleared. the intermin- able delay of the customs oliiccrs at an end. and now the long sweep of the wa- ters of Neufchatel shines grayly along the shores in the dim. misty morning. And is this the glory of Alpine lakeland? this long, gray river between the low gray shotm? Where are the mountains? where the pearly gleam of the far-off snow-peaks. shaming the less ethereal lustre of the white cloud-mames? where the blue shadows in the mountain-flanks, the distant hint of glacier and crevasse, the purple folds of the wooded spurs lower down? There is nothing but a pail of gray sky brooding heavily over a sheet of cold. gray water, ruffled slightly by the Scplcmber breeze; the sedges and reeds about the bunks rustle mournfully; a bird‘s wild and desolate cry is heard: no boats glide over the lonely lake; the train creeps on. and Ed ward feels the inward chill of disappoint- ment that. reality often brings to long blooded hopes. The train stopped to the Iaccompaniment of cries of “Chanson.” he got out and strolled through the nar- row street to a broad-eyed house with a low portal opening on the pavement. and was soon standing in the cool, flagged hall. clasped in the arms of a bright. golden-haired girl. and the centre of" admiring and sympathetic glances from other fair-haired girls who were flitting up and down the uncarpeted staircase and signing for the day when fathers and brothers should come to fetch them away to their foreign homes. “I say, Nell." he l'emonsjrated. alter a resigned kiss. “if this kind of flung could vucy.” “I dare say." sobme Eleanor.” when l have not Spokl‘ll English for months or seen anybody from home for a year. Walt till you get tlclmwctl. you hard- -hcartcd thing!" “Well. pack up your traps and let. us ghe said. followll'lg hIs sister into the ill]- igust presence of the old submit-mistress. "from whom he. had murlI dillicully m smile and open called forth 3 gentlerc.i1§l me than any body in Uii: whole unl- “resting the required IJI‘I’IIIISSIUII. ‘l'hen. buke from her. Perhaps Alice‘s affection? [or the younger and more impeluuus girl] was as stmng as Sibyi‘n‘. though if cx-l phased itself 55 pmkinntci)‘. and had! a strong dash of maternal compassionfl Nothing had ever come between "1ch since "my had first mot. l\\u SlIv stranger girls of thirlom. in the porch of Arden Manor. an instantly on their shyness in the Il‘llti‘.V'-IL‘etizlg It cngon.I wed between IIII-II'I. ‘ The llxsl bar was to come that (1.15,! It happened in Daniel l'lnk'> siltllut'y thatched cottage. Which was hunt in u. aablllre hollow under the down. The“ girls entered the irw porch, ltke the not» mine gumls they were. and mi m the dim. smoke-bku-Lt-n-xl mum. handlngy and discussii‘g IEIx- nmtl‘. lzttll' Pink by: turns. while- llk: \Ilciiftll‘d with 2" plI_-.-;s>\l lat-c. \VY‘II Illt' ijcposp‘] baby in . is urns rm? tum chubby chil~I drum it little (flier . II ting in ms know;- “l,.;ak at Iil‘.‘ 3:»). ' 'oa'tl the proud father. “mtlrtiy 3c down. Miss. Sibyl. ‘u do." ' “I wontan carry him a 511k for a forâ€"I “use.” . "sum." “And there is Gcrvase out by the ricks \\'llll(1t?t‘ttlf_‘: why we are so late. Let. us make haslv home." Then Uurvxrsc caught sight of tilt-m and came- to mcel thcni. scoldingr them both with fraternal impartiality for being so late. He had lately tuktn to living in l'(~)_tl]\ at Medlnglon to sum time in go- ing and C(lllllllg frqu l.u~II:-.1<.~. and now Ilz‘t'llik'tlt visits to .Xl'dl'll. He looked at Silly] and saw that some- lh.l‘.jJ was wrong: and Alice looked at the III'III :IIi-l $3 or \l'Ilh .I sort of mmorsn. III spit» at tin-:'\';L~t"< \tL‘II-fltill‘il II]'()H1({|*.§ Luna“, she has not ~uri‘ llIul shr‘» had not driwu IIIIII I'rmII Il‘.‘ home. and now she Ir."‘I\l'lI milliaut It In- :wIIII-llizng \\«tl'\l' to his Sister: It‘lt'lc In lll'f. ail this \\it.\ .: pour mplltul in the family it which she had mun lx't‘v‘i\'t"-,I. a lamp; 'with the dctica'e transparency uI somelcf the opposite I:‘. Emw Iulry. unsubstantla‘. pugi-zuli. and yet so :(Ieilt‘tEII'Jy child. The qwetlcm ‘._II\\ :II-usr. should >Ilt‘ :81 "use \Kl'l‘flf...’< right”? How would sue stand ugallbt tlII- l:qu :ll'i'lcjlill of Fair? 1 She lrll sum 3 Ill.‘lDI"$‘Ilt‘:’§ us u‘uu- ,stroug god.» a; rest. gudmg about lhc!m.k gmng in the Hitter bI‘Ing Illtt‘wltlcl'd tr: tlu- of Miss Ilileanor's best fI-IuII-gis. and dining in a {wry femlnine and fillf-llltutt'd manner I'wllu the whole Sisterhood. he lmrc new oil at last in tI'luInph by !l.-: afternoon train. And men a mum ‘I'I happ-“Inul. By this 1Itlme the streets wot-I'- tlnmlcll “ill! the 'mu‘u: gold of autumn allIhItJIl‘. and the [lake waters spurkll'd \\iltI supplIlI'O IT,“ .llccllons. and lo! the heavy pull of gray. tyne-led to I»? lt‘cutl‘il 1H 3 pltl§t in “35‘ flail been swva (may by unset-I. builds. :31“.- lIleIlld ll. spreading. unity min Inâ€" llinte dun tIt.‘11tllL'P>. gleaming bun-call} a clear ." lay range upon range 'It tlllgi--sl.:nluwwl Alps. HIE-Ir ptII'l} lII:II_ one above the ry depths of lllr’: pain- :lI. 'I'iitl‘c“ they lily, II-r- .uw; gl'uIiItI-Iu'. Itrr-am- tinted white. :thm' ~\. 'liku in tumr IraIm‘dtous br‘uuly. {I'm} um! Sr) ‘rmilty. *2 ‘ owl-acne in tlI-‘lr massive a rL-prtsv ’JlF’y liar! In their lynu I‘l‘CIInt‘d lzlce link-«l sul' mtg, our: i.\\’ the I only be done with some attempt at. pri-i .b: off to Neutchatel by the next tI'ulII."I [lake and low'ml: . ' ‘ Isllil III the "NI .\c tasked. watching her broilers , l 3rapt :idrnlrntiwli ullll plum-It rlvllulzl, ’ . "Thvrt‘ is r'ltI'l'lktIlII‘ll'tl'. ll: It. Arr there rerun-J. . . I ‘ I-'l.n:_ the earth l-Ilrzinoi'.’ .- l ‘f' 1. .wltt‘llcs h: I‘rulmutp. Neill" It“ “Univ Silly} Hickman. who Ililict'a' for something if the kind. So nothing; (tune: of your IIII‘IHIlIln. Ned?” “Whlcll om?" he replied. lranquillyu “One a work as the average you gII-ls lmputr to me." ’ L “Oh! we hrrml all about It. Han-let wrote me some long letters from Auntg l‘ltcalior's thls summer. Auntie told her’ all about Sll‘IJ’liiw” “I hope Mst RIckIIian boxed the imp‘s cars well." , “'I'lle lllckmans were pleased. 'sald. vspcunlly Gcrvasef’ “Stuff! I >11)’. Nell, [I‘ll me what those pt‘ttkS are called?" “Of course you have heard about Paul‘ and Alice litigant?” ’ “Heard what?" he asked. abruptly, fac-I mg about with a defiant gaze. “It's not given out yet. I believe." re- plied Eleanor. tranquilly. not unwilling to ldlilflltzv her brnlhcr new that she had SlIL'L'lX'dt‘tI in interesting him. “but. of course. as llarrlcl says {for fifteen. I must say Harriet is very obwrvanl). no-t l l I I I auntie body with half an eye can doubt. what lsi going to happen. Paul was like her sha- dow the whole time. and when a girl acâ€" cepts presents from a man ” “Do you mean to say." Edward asked.I with slow and distinct utterance. “that- Paul is engaged to Miss Lingaru?” “Didn't I say it Is not given out? But auntie already makes plans for herself. and decides not to live at Gledesworth with Alice. Not that they don't get on well. for Alice is like a daughter to her. Harriet. says. Everybody thinks it a great lift for Miss Alice. I never much admired her myself. I believe she has an awful temper. You saw her. of course?“ “Of course. I was there in the spring.“ he replied. absrntly. and turned his face away to study the splendid vision of the fur-spreading mountains before him. Stern and awful those couched giants loode now. lying so still in their snowy beauty; the pltiless purity of the lonely »lCE-pf‘iikx' struck chill to his very soul. \\‘hy had he come? Would it not be bet ‘ter now. after escorting Eleanor on port way to join her aunt. just. to leave her and go back? It was too great an ad. vantage for Paul to be near Alice in all Ithose months; What else could have becnl expected? Naturally he would die out ch her memory. however stmng the im- pression made in those few blissful days at. Arden might. have been. It was hard and bitter. but the only thing was to face it like a man. Yes. he would go in and join the party as before proposed. and see Alice once moreâ€"there was no fear that he should trouble her peace, ap- pearing thus at the eleventh hour. All. the circumstances. which at. the time had seemed so strong in confirming the hope that. she returned his feelingâ€"airy. in- cssential things. as they were. tones, glances, the turn of a head. the quiver of a tip. the faltering of an even stepâ€"â€" faded into nothingness now; probably she had never even guessed at his own devotion; so much the better, “So that is the Jungfrau." he said at last. in response to Eleanor‘s long cata- logue of summits and ranges. “No? on. you mean that? Yes. Very fine. Yes.” There were tears in his eyes when his sister looked down at him. and his face; was quite pale. which signs she set down to emotion at the first glimpse of Alpine splendor. “When was Harriet at Medlng‘lon?" he' asked. suddenly. “Just now. She left in time for auntie t3 start. She was awfully sorry to go; she wanted to see things come to a cri- sis. 1 am to much progress and describe the denouement." (To be continued). ~_â€" §+H+++++++++++++ +++++ ithoutlhe Farm . +H+++++++*++++++§++f ‘ DAIRY HER!) FROM COMMON STOCK. When dr‘\‘e]llplng lh.- daily herd from. Common stock. it Ls not I‘Icressary to go} to great expense. but 2: It". years .'-f1 :tlme ul'i‘ notessary in which to acmnr‘ pllstl tlIl<. wrlles Prof. 'l‘liomas Shawn. .I'l'lIc dillllttlll of time CtIIIt‘tI [or will. 'I): ismic extz-nt. in: dependent on til;- charm-.1 for of it 0 stock. lil:t is. Illv’ foundation; ,slcck. at flu outset. and-to some exteu’. m the cliseness .f the culling or so? lectlon that " p iiced. ' stances :I flue d' ry tirrd may be built: up in tho or three {IPI‘J'I‘I'IIIUEIS of cor-l . t§+§¢++§+§ I l l rrct br’ ding. ir. clltcr instances a longer time may be required: but It. ,Ishould not require more than {our rI. {live Lcniraliuns of proper Ill'x‘U'JlllfJ. "1‘ ‘any evrnl to effect flu: t‘IliIllfl".'~’ sriuuti‘. A great change in the lure of Improve-I mum Ill-sired . oulvl Tubal” iroIII tlir llirst cross tirade. I The plan to Lu: toliw‘w-l-l l< in outline 'as IQIIOWrZI Ill‘gln \\' {h s... funnies as. can be got ccnvl-nEI-IILy ‘-\'II!11)II1 {JI‘HlI-I .91' Cost Illiitl may ll" lCl’lllN‘I Culnmoil H‘I'ZCPS >U'Il a: an u~:i.i5i;.' null for Cum-l 'mon stock. (live tIlI: pr-lclince to those; _lhut him.- IDLIlL'filltII]: of :i I'l‘it:GnllL , ‘amount of mllk-ghlng.I cIIpui-Ity. Mat-.3 .tvilh these a pure :II'C‘ =If UIIL‘ of Ii‘u' Idalry breech with Illillu‘l' IIII'III bleeding. ltctum :Ill tin" trmalc pro-1 ’gcny for future iumdzng that firm,- lean. fund to puss-2‘s m: Infill-unlit: rpm? ‘Illy in a high dour-:0. Discard those‘ ’ as soon as tinII will. until/up thi- same iIrI~- of Iii-ulna :In’.: the «Ix- :crilcnce smash: has Il-‘f‘ll ' :II tirasl continut: It UlI-I Inn high grades of Ian active carriage and Iwhlch may be prclcrred. In some I!!- ' ‘ "(July thf‘ to tho m'crugv- rt tho herd from which the su-cs haw been r‘lIrIsi-n. ’I‘Iili FORMATIth ITI5..\1.\I.lC_\‘. In one sense It Would he (orrcct to say that :1 :50] dairy herd may be bum, up from any class of females that are: mltllllI and healthy. While that true. .I Is also true that to begin such change a beef foundation “III tukz‘ a longer time to produce good. dairy cattle than if the foundation were ‘cuuunon tom!!th of mixed bleeding. but. already priwsst-d of milk-giving quali- ties in n COHSIIIUI'HIIIO degree. Mixed' breeding is no detriIIInnt in such a case. I’llst. look for a cow with a large, llngT and capacinlu' barrel. open and? rather \vxdely spaced in the ribs whicht should Spl‘lllg well downward. Sceond.. look for cvldcncns of refinement as seen. Ir. a head inclining to long. a neck long land slim. crops somewhat sharp. and: limb< inclining to fine. Third. look for the present cvldcnccs 9' good milk glw ing capacity. Fourth. look for evidencu cs of stamina as indicated by good widtlu through the lower part of the chest. by' a bright, fulll eye. I-‘ifth. prefer the cow that has a.‘ nice soft, handling hide and silky coat. Iliriosc sires from that dairy breed: The straight. 'ualry breeds that stand in the front for tth country are the Holstein. Ayrshire. Guernsey and Jersey. named probably. in the order of relative size. The Dutch Belted cattle. not very numerous, are much like the Holstein. The choice being made, don’t change the breed from which the sire is chosen. and exer- CIse great care in choosing the sire. The individual points of a good dairyl sire cannot be given in detail here, but two of these will be mentioned, because they are in a sense indispensable. The first is. the evidences of much stamina and bodily vigor. The second is, an amplitude of soft skin on the underline in front of the testicles. distinctly trace- ablc milk veins and miniature teats of good size and wide spacing. The performance of the ancestry of the bull should be examined. The more good performers in the upward line of his ancestry the better. Good perform- ance on the part of ancestral dams means the giving of large quantities rt‘ milk. rich in quality and persistence in: milk giving for :1 long period. The successive sires should be chosen from the same breed. If chosen from another breed disturbing factors are- claosen. This may not be apparent at the first. but it. will be later. The unâ€" tagonism likely to result cannot be ex- plained here. By adhering to the same line of breeding the improvement should. be rapid and continuous. at least for several generations, but the improve- ment will be less noticeable with each sucbeeding generation. CONTINUED SELECTION. No matter what the line of breeding,. where a high standard in dairy quali« ties is to be reached and maintained.. there must be culling and discarding. with every generation. Evidences of physical inferiority are sometimes to» apparent at birth. that the decision to. discard such specimens may be made forthwith. As soon as it is known that the animals fall below the standard. the eye should not pity nor the hand spares They should be sent to the shambles by a short cut at the earliest possible mo- naent. Every man will. of course. set his. own standard. If he fails to set a stand-A 9rd he is not likely to reach high at- tainment in his work. Breeds differ in« their capacity to produce milk. hence, high grades of these will also differ- With no breed of dairy cattle or their grades, however, should the standard be" set at less than 6.0th pounds of milk per year. old and young. This is pro- bably more than twice the amount pm- dv.csxl by the average herd in the United States to-day. The animals thus grown must be pro- perly fed to have them grow into high- lype dairy cows. 'Ihey must be fed“ such food as will keep them in n sappy and growlhy condition until maturity’ is reached. They must not be made lat nor should they even be lean. The system outlined very simple and inexpensive. The man who wants tr. got better dairy stock does. not re. quire to expend one dollar extra in the purchase of cows. Let him begin with such as he hos. There will be some expense in getting a bull. but i! he is. tumble to bear it. alone. let some neigh-r b we help him totpurchase it. or if not. let them patn'-ni.'.c his sire by sending llzeir cow: for service at it reasonable pzicc. It \vIll not answer the name pur- [058 to get ii grade buil. even though n illgvl‘ grid. for iransm'mwu from such I variable 31'! ii. _-._.-._.__>‘I,_ \Vili' llli it.\l).\"l‘ l'lilfl‘ l'f‘. 't'ii'mias Timidly was about. to take ‘;1 slur-l. sta voyage. lunmus hat-Ed the sea for in: always 57 red horllbly when on the bl'lxly bosrn: but he had to no. and then: was no help for it. 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