See = - [A Visit in the Night; OR, A SERVICE TO THE STATE SHAPTER IV.--(Cont'd) During the drive, Carne spoke of the impending race, and among other things of a letter he had that morning received, warning him of an «.vempt that would probably be made to obtain possession of his gocd horse. The trainer laughed good-humoredly. "'Bless you, sir,"' he said, "that's nothing. You should just see some of the letters I've got pasted into my scerap-book. Most of 'em comes a week or fortnight before a big race. Some of 'em warns me that if I don't prevent the horse from starting, Pm as good as a dead man; others ask me what price I will take to let him finish outside the first three; while more still tell me that if I don't put 'im out of the way altogether, I'll find my house and my wife and family fly- ing up to the clouds under a full charge of dynamite within three days of the race being run. Don't you pay any attention to the let- ters you receive. I'll look after the horse, and you may be very sure I'll take good care that no- thing happens to him." "T know that, of course," said Carne, '"'but I thought I'd tell you. You see, I'm only a novice at rac- ing, and perhaps I place more im- portance just now upon a threat of that kind than I shall do a couple of years hence." "Of course," replied the trainer. "T understand exactly how you feel, sir. It's quite natural. And now here we are, with the missus standing on the steps to help me give you a hearty welcome."' They drove up to the door, and when Carne had alighted he was received by the trainer's wife as her lord and master had predicted. His bedroom, he discovered, on being conducted to it to pepare for dinner, was at the back of the house, overlooking the stableyard, and possessed a lovely view, ex- tending across the gardens and vil- lage towards where the Downs end- ed and the woods of Herberford began. '*\ pretty room," he said to Bel- ton, as the latter laid out his things upon the bed, "and very convenient for our purpose. Have you discovered where you are lo- cated?' "Next door, sir." "T am glad of that; and what room is beneath us?' "The kitchen and pantry. sir. With the exception of one at the top of the hotse, there are no other bedrooms on this side."' "That is excellent news. Now get me ready as soon as you can." During dinner that evening Si- mon Carne made himself as plea- gant as possible to his host and hostess. So affable, indeed, was he that when they retired to rest they confessed to each other that they had never entertained a more charming guest. It was arranged that he should be called at five o'clock on the morning following, in order that he might accompany the trainer to the Downs to see hiss horse at his exercise. It was close upon eleven o'clock when he dismissed his valet and threw himself upon his hed with a novel, For upwards of two hours he amused himself with his book; then he rose and dressed himself ia the rough suit which his man had put out for him. Having done 60, he took a strong rope ladder from his bag, blew out his light, and opened his window. To attach the hooks at the end of the ropes to the inside of the window-sill, and to throw the rest outside was the work of a moment. Then, having ascertained that his door was se- eurely locked, he crawled out and descended to the ground. Once there, he waited until he saw Bel- ton's light disappear, and heard his window softly open. Next mo- ment a small black bag was lower- ed, and following it by means of another ladder, came the servant himgelf "There is no time to be lost," said Carne, as soon as they were together, "You must set to work on the big gates while I do the other business. The men are all asleep ; nevertheless, be careful that you make no noise." Having given his instructions, he Jeft his servant and made his way across the yard towards the box where Knight of Malta was con- fined. When he reached it he un- fastened the hag he had brought with him, and took from it a brace and a peculiar-shaped bit, resemb- ling a pair of compasses. Uniting these, he oiled the points and ap- plied them to the door, a little above the lock. What he desired to do did not occupy him for more than a minuto, . Then he went quietly along the yard to the further boundry, where he had that sfternoon noticed a then lifted it up after him and low- ered it on the other side, still with- out making any noise. Instead of dismounting by it, however, he seated himself for a moment astride of it, while he drew on a pair of clumsy boots he had brought with him, suspended round his neck. Then, having chosen his place, he jumped. His weight caused him to leave a good mark on the soft ground on the other side. He then walked heavily for per- haps fifty yards, unvil he reached the high-road. Here he divested himself of the boots, put on his list slippers once more and returned as speedily as poasible to the lad- der, which he mounted and drew up after him, Having descended on the other side, he left it stand- ing against the wall, and hastened across the yard towards the gates, where he found Belton just finish- ing the work he had set him to do. With the aid of a brace and bit similar to that used by Carne upon the stable door, the lock had been entirely removed and the gate stood open. Belton was evidently satisfied with his work; Carne, however, was not so pleased. He picked up the circle of wood and showed it to his servant. Then, taking the bit, he inserted the screw on the reverse side and gave it two or three turns. "You might have ruined »very- thing,'"' he whispered, "by omit- ting that. The first carpenter who looked at it would be able to tell that the work was done from the inside. But thank goodness, I know a trick that will set that right. Now then, give me the pads and I'!l drop them by the door. Thea we can return to our rooms."' Four large blanket pads were handed to him, and he went quiet- ly across and dropped them by the stable door. After that he rejoined Belton, and they made their way, with the assistance of the ladders, back to their own rooms once more. Hailf-an-hour later Carne was wrapped in a sweet slumber from which he did not wake until he was aroused by a tapping at his cham- ber door. It was the trainer. "Mr. Carne,' cried Bent, in what were plainly agitated gones, 'Gf you could make it convenient I should be glad to speak to you as soon as possible." In something under twenty min- utes he was dressed and downstairs. He found the trainer awaiting him in the hall, wearing a very serious face. "Tf you will stroll with me as far as the yard, I should like to show you something," he said. Carne accordingly took up his hat and followed him out. "You look unusually serious," gaid the latter as they crossed the garden. 'An attempt get possession of your horse.' Carne stopped short in his walk and faced the other. "What did I tell you yester- ay?' he remarked. "I was cer- tain that letter was more than an idle warning. But how do you know that an attempt has beea made ?"' "Come, sir, and see for your- self,'? said Bent. "I am sorry to say that there is no gainsaying the fact."' A moment later they had reached the entrance to the stable-yard. "See, sir,' said Bent, pointing to a circular hole which now »xist- ed where previously the lock had been. "The rascals cut out the lock, and thus gained an entry to the yard." He picked up the round piece of wood with the lock still attached to it, and showed it to his employ- er. "One thing is very certain, the man who cut this hole is a master of his trade, and is also the pos- sessor of fine implements." "Ss it would appear,' said Carne grimly. "Now what else is there for me to hear? Is the horse much hurt?' "Not a bit the worse, sir," an- swered Bent. "They didn't get in at him, you see. Something must have frightened them before they could complete their task. Step this way, sir, if you please, and examine the door of the box for yourself. I haye given strict orders that nothing shall be touched until you have seen it." They crossed the yard together, and approached the box in ques- tion. On the woodwork the com- mencemént of a circle similar to that which had been completed on the yard gates could be plainly <is- tinguished, while on the ground below lay four curious-shaped pads, one of which Carne picked up. "What on earth are these things?' he asked innocently. has been made to , | horse's feet, so that when he is led out of his box his plates may make no noise upon the stones. I'd like to have been behind 'em with a whip when they got him out, that's all. The double-dyed rascals, to try such a trick upon a horse ia my charge !" "T can understand your indigna- tion," said Carne. "It seems to me we have had a very narrow es- cape."' ; 'Narrow escape or no narrow ®8- cape, I'd have 'em safely locked up in Merford Police Station by this time,' replied Bent vindictively. "And now, sir, let me show you how they got out. As far as I can see they must have imagined they heard somebody coming from the house, otherwise they would have left by the gates instead of by this ladder."' He pointed to the ladder, which was still standing where Carne had placed it, and then led him by a side door round to the other side of the wall. Here he pointed to some heavy footmarks upon the turf. Carne examined them closely. "Tf the size of his boot is any criterion of his build,'"' he said, "he must have been a precious big fellow. Let me see how mine com- pares with it." He placed his neat shoe in one of the imprints before him, and smiled as he noticed how the other overlapped it. They then made their way to the box, where they found the ani- mal at his breakfast. He lifted his head and glanced round at them, bit at the iron of the manger, and then gave a little playful kick with one of his hind legs. "He doesn't seem any the worse for his advyenture,'"' said Carne, as the trainer went up to him and ran his hand over his legs. "Not a bit,"? answered the other. "He's a wonderfully even-temper- ed horse, and it takes a lot to put him out. If his nerves had been at all upset he wouldn't have licked up his food as clean as he done."' Having given another look at him, they left him in charge of his lad, and returned to the house. The gallop after breakfast con- firmed their conclusion that there was nothing the matter, and Simon Carne returned to town ostensibly comforted by Bent's solemn as- surance to that effect. That after- noon Lord Calingforth, the owner of Vulcanite, called upon him. They had met repeatedly, and con- sequently were on the most inti- mate terms. "Good-afternoon, Carne," he said as he entered the room. "'I have come to condole with you up- on your misfortune, and to offer you my warmest sympathy." "Why, what on earth has hap- pened?' asked Carne, as he of- fered his visitor a cigar. "'God bless my soul, my dear fel- low! Haven't you seen the after- noon's paper? Why, it reports the startling news that your stables were broken into last night, and that my rival, Knight of Malta, was missing this morning."' Carne laughed. "YT wonder what they'll say next," he said quietly. '"'But don't let me appear to deceive you. It is perfectly true that the stables were broken into last night, but the thieves were disturbed, and de- camped just as they were forcing the lock of the Knight's box.' "Tn that case I congratulate you. What rasé¢ally inventions some of these sporting papers do get hold of, to be sure. I'm indeed glad to hear that it is not true. The race would have lost half its interest if your horse were out of it. By the fident as ever?' "Would you like to test it?" "Very much, if you feel inclined to bet." "Then I'll have a level thousand pounds with that my horse beats Both to start or the wager yours. is off. Do you agree?" "With pleasure. Il'll make a note of it." The noble Earl jotted the bet down in his book, and then changed the subject by inquiring whether Carne had ever had any transac- tions with his next-door neigh- bor, Klimo. (To be continued.) he THEORIES IN WHEAT. Experiments Being Made With Six- ty-Three Varicties. ; There is a touch suggestive of Omar Khayyam in the idea of three- and-sixty conflicting . varieties of wheat, but in the quiet heart of ag- ricultural Essex, England, there has been proceeding with silent in- tensity throughout the present sum- mer a singular combat, says the London Standard. The part'es are two rival theories .f agricu ture. the weapon is wheat, and the fields of battle are of various points on the seven experimeatal farms of Messrs. John K. King and Sons, the Essex seed growers. The Meide- lian theory of cross breeaing has re- cently beaa making great headway among agriculturists as well as stock rearers, and this season Messrs. King have been growing ex- perimentally two new varieties of wheat produced on the Mendelian system by Professor Biffin of Cam- way, 1 suppose you are still as con-. King believe themselves in the ays-| tem of pedigree election and not in- tercrossing and side by side with Professor Biffin's new varieties is growing a new one of their own, produced by selection over a num- ber of years. Professor Biffin's wheats were Red Joss and Burgoy- nes, and certainly in this particular soil and under the peculiar climatic | conditions of the summer their ap- pearance was not a kind to shakes Messers King's belief in-the older systems, which was represented by Snowdrop, a new white-chaffed red wheat with a good close head. The! Mendelian varieties are smaller in the ear, shorter in straw, and grew less closely together, while they are said also not to remain true to type. Messrs. Kings hold it to be a clear triumph for pedigree selection ; but, on the other hand, of several agri- cultural experts with whom one of our representatives went over the ground, those adhering to Profes- sor Biffin of Cambridge are not dis- turbed. In two or three of the var- ious trials the Mendelian wheats certainly get the worst of it, but the Cambridge men point out that many factors enter into the consid- eration, that on another soil and in another kind of weather the re- sults may be altogether different, and that the rival wheats are after all not' yet harvested and weighed against each other. Another ex- cellent wheat among the 63 trial growths on the same ground is a new selection from Squareheads Master which has not yet received a name. Those of the unsophisticated to whom wheat is wheat merely would have been struck by the sight of these ci::ty-three varieties, growing in strips side by sde, of all colors, from greenish white to deep old gold and orange red, square-headed wheat and long-eared wheat, beard- ed wheat and plain wheat, wheat from France, Flanders, Egypt, from all over England. The constant search for new and better varieties which goes on throughout the coun- try is slowly making wheat better and better, but the chief reason for the activity in experimental grow- ing is that all varieties tend to de- generate after afew years, and need to be regenerated again by special selection. One attempt which the Mendelians are now mak- ing is being closely watched by farmers. English wheat usually fetches a few shillings less per quarter in Mark lane than wheat from California, and certain kinds from Canada. The reason is that these foreign wheats are '"'strong- er,'"' that is, rise better in the loaf, than English wheats. The explana- tion is believed to lie in the differ- ence of climate, but the secret is not yet definitely known, and_ the Mendelians are now trying to breed a new English variety, which shall equal Californian wheat in strength. Dd SCIENTIFIC DRY-FARMING. That dry-farming methods, when properly followed, are successful has just been demonstrated by Professor Briggs, Kearney and Shantz, of the Department of Ag- riculture, who in behalf of the de- partment, have completed an in- vestigation of the dry farm in Idaho, U. S. Professor Briggs, be- fore leaving this city, stated that in all of the travels of the commit- tee it has not seen either irrigated or non-irrigated farming which produced better results than were to be found on the dry farms here, in the face of the fact that the year has been one of severe drought. The Woodsmansee and Webster Farm of 5,000 acres is producing 2,- 400 acres of Turkey red wheat, that will average not less-than 40 bush- els when threshed. This result is obtained under dry-farming tillage methods, and the use of 30 pounds of seed to the acre. Mr. C. H. Woodsmansee of Rex- burg, Idaho, has been invited to address The Sixth International Dry-Farming Congress to be held in Colorado Springs, October 16 to }20, explaining his methods of til- lage and business, utilized on his big ranch. Mr. Woodmansee is said to be one of the most exacting farm operators in the West, and is able to tell at the close of each year to a fraction of a cent. the cost of ploughing, harvesting and handling his erop. In the vicinity of Idaho Falls Government men found 50,000 acres of dry land grown grain that will run from 30° to 50 bushels to the acre. In addition to this, the val- ley is now harvesting 150,000 acres of diversified dry-farmed crops, all of which are producing heavily. The valley already has about 200,000 acres of dry-farmed land under what is known as summer tillage or fallow, which will be seeded this Fall. oy CONSOLING. road train)--"This window sticks so I can't get it up." Conductor--"Yes. Wood swollen a little by the rain. be all right in a few days." a average is It'll Give the half. 1 TO HIS D Struggling Passenger (on rail-} man half a chance and he'll want the other (LETTERS OF = =----séd A SON IN THE MAKING eee --By REX McEVOY & [Mr. McEvoy will write for this paper a s2ries of letters from the west. They will appear from time to time un- de: the above heading, and will give a picture of the great Canadian west from 'the standpoint of a young Ontario man going out there to make hisway. 'These let- ters should be full of inte. est for every Ontario father. |. No. 2. Winnipeg, Aug. 20th, 1911. My Dear Dad:-- : I am a long way from home now, but I didn't remember it when I got off the train here, and almost the first person I ran into was Bill Dodson, who used to keep store over at the corners. He's been out here three years now, and he has a fine house on one of the best streets in town and drives an automobile. He took me in it up to his house to dinner and asked about all the folks round home. He may be east next winter. He has done: pretty well contracting. My last letter was from Heron Bay, after our first glimpse of Lake Superior. That same night, before it got dark, we stopped at Jackfish to take on coal, The c. P. R. has an immense coaling place here perched by the side of the line on the steep slope of a hill. While we were waiting there we could see a large steam- er lying at the wharf below us. The coal was hauled up out of its hold in great buckets, which were hoisted by cables far above our heads to where dump cars were standing on a track on a lofty trestle. As soon as the cars were full they were run off down the track to a pocket or hopper, where they were auto- matically emptied. These pockets have chutes over a siding on which coal cars are put to be loaded. These cars are sent east to supply the engines of the Cc. P. R. on the long run through placev where coal is not obtainable. After leaving Jackfish we passed round a most remarkable horseshoe where the track looped right round the bay on a bank built up a long way above the water. While going round the curve I could see the engine and the first six cars of our train from my window. At first I thought the engine belonged to another train. That night I waked about one o'clock and found that the train was standing still. I raised the blind at my window --that is ome advantage of having a lower berth--and looked out of the win- dow. Two giant buildings of a grey color towered up right outside my win- dow, and I recognized them at once from pictures as the grain elevators of Fort William. They are tremendous build- ings and they reminded me from the outlines that I could see dimly against the night sky, of the pictures of Notre Dame cathedral in Montreal. Our barn wouldn't be knee high to a grasshopper beside one of these elevators. They are enormous. They were the first thing to remind me that we were getting pretty near the West and its great wheat fields, and you may be sure I was pretty in- terested. I just gazed at them till we started off again, which was not long, and the last I saw of Fort William was a great black rugged hill standing out against the sky with electric lights twinkling in the town beneath it. I am 'told that this mountain was thought by the Indians to be a sleeping giant. Well, he will sure be a surprised giant if he ever wakes up and sees Fort Wil- liam and Port Arthur at his feet, for they must be pretty busy places from what I could see from the window, and they say that their development hag practically all been in the last ten years. I woke up at Dryden, where the On- tario Government has an experimental farm, so you can judge that there must be some quantity of good agricultural land in this end of the Province. It is You don't think of Indians and scalping "puilding for the transcontinental rail- grub mother put up in the telescope vatlise for me. j core é We stopped at Kenora, which used to be called Rat Portage, in the morning. It's quite a town, with substantial brick buildings. It has a large brick Rail- way Y. M. C. A. building, close to the station. The place is right closo to Kee- Woods. There are lots of islands in the lake, and there are pretty houses on them, | half hidden by the trees. A school tea- cher who was in our car says that twenty-one Frenchmen were massacred by the Indians on this lake by the Sioux Indians in 1736. An exploring party dis- covered the bones of the victims in 1907. when you look at the pretty, quiet lake to-day. I saw the shops the Government is way at Transcona, ust six miles out cf Winnipeg. They are tremendous shops --everything seems to be on a big seale out here--and quite a town has grown up round them. We got to Winnipeg not long after noon. The teacher said that the first European to put foot on the present site of Winnipeg was a French- man named La Verendrye, who came here 180 years ago. They say that there are 170,000 people here now, and the place looks to be going ahead at a great rate. Building is going on in every di- rection, and some great buildings are being added to those which already line Portage and Main streets. The Bank of; Montreal certainly thinks that the West is going to have lots of money, for they are putting up a fine building that I saw, right in the heart of the town, and it is to have a vault about a hundred feet square, the floor of which will be eighty feet below the street. That will hold a considerable amount of money and valuables. R You meet all sorts of people on the streets of Winnipeg. You can tell what a mixed population there is when the word "Office" at the Emigration bureau has to be written in eight languages. I took a copy of it. Here it is: OFFICE. SKRFSTOFA KONTOR BUREAU KANZELEL URIAD KONTOOR IRODA Everybody 'seems to get along with English, however, so I guess the foreign- ers must mostly be sent out to the prairies. Good-bye fer the present. Loving son, JIM, % KING GEORGE A CRICKETER. > As a "Middy" He Used to Indulge In the Game and Subeequently Played in a Match There is only one occasion recorded in which the late King took part in a formal match, namely, when in 1866 he assisted I Zingari to defeat the Gentlemen of Norfolk at Sandringham, and was bowled by the first ball he received. Early in the 'sixties, when the pro- fessional cricketer attached to Eton College was the wellgnown Cam- bridgeshire player, F, Bell, he was not infrequently summoned to Windsor Castle to bowl to the Prince of Wales and the uther young and Royal mem- bers of the household. But, alas! it has to be recorded that on his return from one of these expeditions he made the direful announcement that he "couldn't make a job of 'em at all." King George, as well as his brother, the late Duke of Clarence; took an ac- tive interest in the game. His Majes- ty, indeed, who as a "middy" used to indulge in the game on the deck of the Bacchante, at the conclusion of one day's racing at Goodwood some years ago played in a match in Goodwood watin, and both are on the Lake of the) herds or decrease p cows W debt, wri & In the second place, feed our cows more intellig The feeding of a dairy herd duce profits more economically a hard proposition to put present conditions the only wa, produce butter fat at less cost dairy foods. growa foods will depend lar uyou their palatability. By ing a variety of feeds we make table tharf a few foods. of it. In feeding home-grown fee! 'and mineral matter increases the Park that was got up between the guests at Goodwood House. The team | included His Majesty and an eleven | 'captained by M. Cannon, the famous} jockey. The former is credited with | having possessed one of the most ex-} pensive bats in existence, the blade being of walnut and the bat being mounted in silver. A peculiarity with regard to the King's favorite bat, by the way, lies in the fact that high up on the blade on either side of the splice appear the famous three fea- 'thers that form the crest of the Prince of Wales. Queen Victoria witnessed more than one cricket match, but never one that in a good lumbering district, too, and! the large piles of lumber in a wood yard | near the station are the most prominent | things to be seen from the train. There | is a brick yard here, too, that seems to! turn out quite a lot of bricks for the country round. I was up and ready for breakfast by | eight o'clock by my watch. I thought | I would have breakfast in the dining} car for a change, but I found that 1| was an hour too early, as at Fort Wil- liam the watches of westbound travel- lers must all be put back an hour. It is the nearest thing to living your life over again that can be imagined. I would rather not live it over again just before meals, and I decided not to wait, so got my own breakfast out of the | the reason that the Jate Prince Leo- may with accuracy be described as a first-class fixture. On August 3rd, '1866, she, together with the Prince and Princess of Wales and other members of the Royal Family, witnessed a very | close game at Osborne between the 'Royal Household at Osborne and the otficers and men of the Royal yacht, which was won by the former by the narrow margin of twelve runs. The match was particularly interesting for pold undertook the duties of scorer, whilst figuring on the side of the sailors we find the late Duke of Saxe- Coburg-Gotha, one line of the score- sheet reading:--- H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, b Head, 10; ¢ Cole, b Archer, 2. THE BEST PRESERVES DURING THE PRE IS DAILY WINNING Its uniform high quality commends itself to all good housekeepers. SERVING SEASON FRESH LAURELS, "BEST FRUIT, BEST SUG AR, BEST PRESERVES." If a woman can't think 09f any short ladder. By means of this he mounjed to toa wp of tle wall, . "Their use is easily explained, jsir,'? answered the trainer. "They are intended for tying over the disciples in En ' gland, But Messrs. bridge, one of Mendel's foremost ache. other excuse she can have a head- | Established in 188 } Ask your Grocer for Redpath Extra Granuated Sugar ' The Canada Sugar Refining Co., Limited, Montreal i hy Jehu Redpath. CARE OF DAIRY HERI To increase the profits fro se the roduction we must eli hich individually ru ites J. W. Kelly to Under at the present time. we did last year is by ier the efficiency of our home- The feeding value of our -hon rations more appetizing and p 1 Ensilage and roots are more pz latable than dry foddezs. Cows that are fed these appetizing f : with clover hay will eat more hay than when confined to clover alone. Early cut hay is more suited the ration than late cut hay and t) cows will consume large avenger we must feed such foods in a pr tical way, as will induce the ¢ to eat more. : The more easily digested rat the larger the milk flow. | tain amount of energy is requil to prepare these foods for assimi- lation. In feeding coarse foods find this is a large per cent. Tender pasture grass is more easily digested than dry fodde Again we see the succulent food are more easily digested than dry fodders; that early cub hay is more easily digested than late cut hay and that grain and concentrate are more easily digested than hay and coarse fodders. We can make a balanced ration from corn ensilage and alfalfa hay, | but such a ration contains an ex cess of coarse fibre and requires too -- great an expenditure of energy to digest and assimilate it, Such a ration may be greatly improved by the addition of a few pounds of" concentrates. en Cows that are giving milk must -- have an abundance of protein. The more protein we feed up to a cer- tain point the larger the milk flow, -- It is the amount of food over and -- above that reauired to maintain the body that goes to stimulate the milk production, The German standard of feeding © calls for 114 pounds of protein for every ten or twelve pounds of milk. -- Another principle is ao i a ing concentrates rich in n value of the manure and much of the profits from high feeding must be made through the fertility brought onto the farm by the in- creased value of the manurial fer- tility. But, high feeding is not always the most profitable. This is a mat- ter that must be worked out by the man himself, according to his farm and condition. Conditions are not the same on two fatms.. The dit- ference in. cows. the kinds and ~ amount of available home-grown ~ foods, the market prices of dairy products and dairy foods, compel each man to work the problem as it applies to 1 1 particular farm, always Y 2x the milk flow, increasing 'the foods and pro- tein until a point is reached that yields the most profit. oy Cows must have good caye and comfortable surroundings if they © are to respond to intelligent feed- ~ ing. The great problem in connec- tion with the stable is to keep it warm and well ventilated at the same time. Pure air is just as nee. -- essary to the cow as food. Sun- light is another essential. | Dark stables where sunshine never reach- es breed disease. Sunlighs is tonic, a stimulator and invig tor to all animals. 2 There seems to be a wide di sity of opinion among dairymen as to how much exercise the dairy cow should have, and I wish to 5 that Iam not a member of the classy who believe in shutting' in the cow from October until June without -- turning them out for exercise. There is a musenlar tone au vigor that must be kept up to mair tain health., With all our present-_ day systems of ventilation and im--- proved methods of tieing the eows, we must give the cows some door exercise if we secure thy b results of production and pr: crea: tion, . If we look upon the cow as~ milk-preducing machine alone and do not place a value upon her abil. ity to bring a strong and yigo salf, it may be more profitab!e f us to keep her {nside all the time where she can turn all of he: ergy towards the producing of m alone and be discarded in two three years and another cow t her place. Such practice may pay the producer but not a maa : trying to build up a herd of . nowical butter-makers