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bLp ty-seven years ago Leicester appears to have ^847 I11 a similar plight as now. In September, Jtjj,'111 consequence of the want of water, the Railway had to send water for locomotive If ^.P°Ses in enfjine tenders by train from Derby. 'de^? Prt'8ent famine continues it woukl be a good inc. 0 supply the town in the same way, by send- tileJ!a<:er by train from the nearest place where a ttnl supply can be obtained. c RAILWAYS.—Approximate return of 1894 e receipts for the week ending Sept. 30, Stiles open 237. Passengers, parcels, horses, Vf?es, dogs and mails, £ 3.211; merchandise, \vGevra^, and live stock, £ 2.355 total for the ha]f; aggregate from commencement of (w, ^ear> £ 80,543. Actual traffic receipts for the ^gesP°uding week last year. Miles open 237. itijj^^S'ers, parcels, &c., £ 3,119; merchandise, ?,^ei>als, Ac., £ 2,255 total for the week, £ 5,374; from commencement of half-year, Cels* jt ^-ncrease ^or week, passengers, par- increase f°r the week, merchan- W ^inemla, &-c., CIOO; total increase for the £ 192; agvre,ate increase Passengers, &c.. £ 1,821; aggregate increase,merchandise co^a-ls, &c, £ 1,030; aggregate increase from cement of hall-year, £ 2,851.

^TEOflOLOGlCAL REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 'l'a,ken by COL. HuDDLESToxt;, nt: his Residence, Llynderw. ■Datp IT Bai-o- e- Wind, Jleat. nam. meter. Max. Min. W.K. 62 44 0 30.18 X X.X.W. 65 48 0 30.10 X.N.E. 52 38 0 30.20 I N. 58 38 0 30.15 X.W. 50 35 0.24 30.20 S X.E. 55 35 0 30.20 I N.VV. 55 35 0 30.15 ° N.E. 65 36 .31 30. ,9 N.E. 62 43 0 30.45 10 X.W. 58 38 0 30.45 I1 N.W. 60 38 0 30.40 |2 w. 65 50 0 30.50 j3 W.E. 52 40 0 30.60 14 w. 55 40 0 30.50 15 W. 52 33 0 30.40 16 w. 69 40 0 30.40 S. E5 45 0 30.40 J8 N.E. 60 48 0 30.10 N.. 55 45 0 30.20 W. 55 48 0 30.10 N.E. 60 45 0 30.10| 22 X.E. 55 50 .02 29.?0 N.E. 55 40 .30 29.60 N. 55 40 .03 29.90 25 X.E. 50 38 .10 29.70 %6 E. 55 48 .04 29.70 2 W. 55 48 0 30. Vv'. 45 30 .02 30.40 N.W. 45 30 0 30.45 30 N. 45 30 0 30.50

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At Blackburn, two men, named Bradshaw and HcHeagh, were sent to gaol for six months, and another, named Brennan, was fined L-5, for a murderous assault on Constable Moran. The officer was on duty in a rough district, and had boon warned that he would be attacked. When the gang set on him he followed Bradshaw into a house, and barricaded the door until assistance ar- rived, tfat he was badly mauled before the siege was raised. A movement, which has the support of Mr. T. E. Ellis, M. P., Mr. O. M. Edwards, and Archdeacon Howell, has been starred at Corwen with a view to tho erection in that town of a monument to Owain Glyudwr.

[ALL RIGHTS PRINCE BORIS; BY ROWLAND GREY, Author of By Virtue of His Office," &0- Ok, sunk enough here, God knows1 But not quite so sunk that moments, Sure tho' seldom, are denied us When the spirit's true cwlwtvments Stand out plainly from its false ones, And apprise it if pursuing Or the right way, 07' thc 1/Jronr; way, To its triumph or undoing." R. IJKOWNINO. The piano in the Garten-Saal at the Hotel dee Quatre Saisons, at Homburg, is not a bad one but it was being mercilessly used by a tasteless player, who rattled out that wearisome tune, "En Reve- nant de la Revue," with exasperating persistency. The few old gentlemen who were lounging in the pleasant shade did not mind it. They were too busy with the latest numbers of Truth" or "Vanity Fair," eagerly scanning the pages to see if the last local on tlit" was duly exaggerated into importance. But, behind the green shutters of a tiny bedroom on the ground floor, a girl with her tearful eyes hidden in her hands felt the music to be well-nigh unbearable; she could not write or think with that jingle echoing through her aching head, and as she sat crying in the self-restrained fashion of those who are nut given to frequent tears, she longed for quiet with an intensity thaV, for a mo- ment almost seemed to shut out the crowd of other emotions striving for mastery within her. Joyce Dayrell was twenty-four and had experienced more troubles than fall to the lot of many of us so early in life. Since the dreadful day when her pitying school- mistress had gently broken the news that her father lay dead in Afghanistan, and that never again would he return to pet her and love her, Joyce had had no day so black as this bright morning at tlie end of July which had brought her two letters — one delicately written on scented paper with a heavy monogram; the other, much Iongcr,bearing the post-mark Baden-Baden." Presently she looked up, with wet grey eyes and disordered brown hair, to the portrait of a hand- some man in uniform which hung above a little table, with a bunch of roses in a vase below it. Then she took the perfumed note again and read it slowly. It was not much like the letter of a mother to her only child—in fact, very few mothers would hare dreamt of tenting the tidings Mrs. Dayrell had to tell. Her room was close at hand, yet she hild sent this missive by her French maid, with the message that she was very tired and did not wish to be disturbed at present "I have promised to marry Colonel K epcJ.n," Joyce repeated these words over and over, as if she could not understand their meaning. Long anticipation of a trouble does not make it any easier to bear when it comes. This was what Joyce experienced when she knew that her weak. pretty mother had actually consented to change her honoured name for that of the senile Colonel whose love-making all through the winter at Nice had terminated successfully at the dance last night. Joyce had all a girl's detestation of second marriages, and such a second marriage That the woman who at sixteen had won the heart of a man like Hugh Dayrell could at her present age accept this worn-out old dandy, with his false hair, false juvenility, and petty meannesses He had a family, too, of grown-up daughters and, for all his wealth, Joyce knew he was not likely to welcome any increase to it. There was not much resemblance between tiny, delicate Mrs. Dayrell, with her rouge, her soft golden curls, and her overwhelming gowns, and this tall, resolute girl, with eyes like those of her dead father. Colonel Nepean was afraid of Miss Dayrell he had tried to propitiate her with pretty speeches, but they had never been well received. No. 88, Palace Gardens, Kensing- ton-" such a good address," as her mother was continually saying—would be no home for her. She had to face the difficult problem of the future, and longed to be able to solve it before seeing her mother. Her glance fell on a little roll of manuscript, U returned with thanks" from a leading publisher. If I ever had a notion of its being possible for me to play Aurora Leigh, to go away and fight by myself in Munich or Dresden, that dream is fading fast," thought Joyce bitterly, and her cheeks flushed as she remembered that Aurora preferred toiling alone at her art to marrying her cousin Romney. Perhaps the reason she was so unsuccessful lay in the growing sadness which came of the dawning knowledge that she had given her heart away to a man who was u worthy of it. People here think I am sarcastic and strong- minded. If they only knew it, I am weaker, pe- haps, than any of the girls who are perpetually walking about at the Kurhaus flirting, or looking for someone with whom to llirt. If I had never seen Paul, never known him, I might have been happy—I might have loved Prince Boris. What would mamma say if she knew that I, despised Joyce, might have been Madame la Princesse if only I could have forgotten the past ? So Paul is actually at Baden-Baden? Well, I must read his letter, though I daresay it is only the old, old story. If he was so afraid of marrying, so as to displease his uncle and lose his chance of being a neh man, why did he make me give my promise when I was sayonng—almost a child ? I was not afraid to wait then. I did not realise what waiting meant as I do now. Paul cannot know what poverty really is if he so dreads starvation on four hundred a year he does not know what a school I have served in, although he might have guessed. That prospective money has been the ruin of his art. He began so brilliantly and has done so little since. He always said he worked best when I was with him," and a vision came to her of a happy time when she was only seventeen and had been the model for a clever picture which had made,the Grosvenor critics prophesy a future for Paul Aspern iLetty Lambert dancing with Harry Warrington at the assembly at Tunbridge." She moved the shutters slightly, so that a long Wl ahaft slanted across the thin, closely-written sheet: "My dear Joyce,—-I have received both your Homburg letters and they have thoroughly upset me. If you are as unhappy as you say, and if I am so unsatisfactory—I quote your own words—it seems to me that I had better give you back your promise. Madame Riviere is here. 1 felt so lonely that I have confided some of my difficulties to her, and it is really pleasant to meet with somebody who can undterstand one. I am act at all well—in bet, my doctor advised me to oome here and rest, and this I feel it my duty to do. I hope you will understand my true motive in offering to release ybu. Marriage is, as you well know, out of the question for as at present; and I am far too fond of you to let you waste your youth for the sake of your unworthy cousin. "PAULASPERX." Joyce crushed the letter angrily in her small, less hands. "How blind, how foolish I have' been to cling to him all these years! Yet I was so young, and I have heard others say that Paul was irresistible. Madame RiYière his confidante —that little painted doll !—never happy unless she is spoiling life for some other woman. Sitting to him, no doubt; posing as a femme incomprise I know her ways so well. Three months of the Pen- sion Potpourri was long enough to read Madame Riviere. Why is life so hard, so sad ? I have never been disloyal to Paul for a moment until now. I gave him my whole heart, and now I must face the fact that my idol has crumbled and that I am a.ll alone. Well, mamma at least will be pleased. She always disliked our engagement, if engagement it could be called. It is over for ever. There is no need for me to torment myself by writing to Paul yet. He is happy enough with Madame de Rivitre." At this moment there wa a tap at the door, and Antoinette, the maid, entered, with a message that Madame was breakfasting and would like to see, Mademoiselle. Hurriedly bathing her eyes alll, smoothing her hair Joyce crossed the narrow pass.ige and opened the door of Number Eight—a arhanuhomely-faruished roo.t,, strewn with ciriu^a expensive trifles to ecccuso the prevalent £ iK t \at pretty Mrs. Dayreli must be comfort- S Pl'eU,? Yy* Lay roll did n,jt, it must be nessec usua.ly look the part in the early morn- df1l:,ie,1''c of tlie soft fluffy curls, the delicate complexion, and the other beauties wV.ioh wcie very ehecave at night on the lvursaal terra;- exeenl however, a.i exceptional occasion. Antoinette had been sum nmned early to embellish her mistress, and in the Siiadowy lignt which struggled through the shut- Ux* she really loosed marvellously ycmni^ Rs sko Bdiy>"l>ping her c.ioco.ate, in a dainty jacket all laoe and pmk riuoons, propped up with big pillows e ieit very nervous concerning the fortlUmin- interview, and, being one of those women to whom all disagreeables are lessened if they are looking their best, she had m:vde this careful toilet to <d"c herself confidence. The big pale blue eyes, abjio'st babyish in their appealing expression, moved Joyce with an odd sensation of half-scornful pity. This little bit of Dresden china, her mother ? it reallv seemed nearly impossible After all, they had had a weary struggle to keep up appearances, and perhaps it was natural that this slender creaf.uro tfhonld h:\ve become tired of the battle. Mr*. !>iy. reli had attracted plenty of admirers ever since she Was a widow but, somehow, 1.0 one who was really eligible had come to the point until last night. My dearest mother, I hope you will be very happy," said Joyce, kissing her, for she was so full of Paul and of her own kss and sorrow that she gpoke with unwonted tenderness and sympathy. Mrs. Dayrell was much pleased. She had drea.ded some sort of passionate remonstrance on the part of Joyce as she dreaded all genuino things. "My dear Joyce, I knew you would nev r blame me, or fancy for one moment that I could forget the past. But, really, the dear Colonel was so very urgent; he said that his future happiness entirely depended upon my answer." His future thought Joyce grimly for to her, in the strength of her youth, the artificial old man seemed tottering on the brink of the grave. "I have promised him to stay here at least another month," continued Mrs. Dayrell; adding playfully, "you will thus have time to learn to know your new papa." A pause followed, eloquent enough to make Mrs. Dayrell feel she had made a signal mistake Joyce turned very pale, and her voice was hard and cold as she retorted: "Never speak like that again, mamma. Never call Colonel Nepean by the nam■; that, for me, belongs only to the dead. His daughter cannot forget I" Dayrell burst into tears, which made pitiful and picturesque havoc of her rouge and pearl powder. "How can you be so cruel, Joyce? If you had been as lonely as I have been all these ye Irs, yon would be able to understand me better. Joyce might have answered that she had bc-n alone all her life in the sense of having been whollv misunderstood but, hating to see her pretty, sii y mother crying, she changed her tone, saying "1, too, have news for you, mamma." Now, news was the very salt and savour of existence to Mrs. Dayrell, who prompt'y dried her tears and took up a hand glass to repair their ravages Paul is at Baden-Baden, and—and everything is over between us," faltered Joyce, trying hard to keep her voice from trembling. "My dear Joyce, you could scarcely have told me anything that would give me more satis- faction That most unsatisfactory half-engage- ment has been one of my worst worries. Paul Aspern is a dear fellow, but marriages between cousins are never desirable. If old Mr. Wynter were dead and Paul heir of Wynhurst it would be different; but all the Wynters live till they are ninety, and then leave their money to unexpected people." "If Mr. Wynter died to-morrow, it could make no difference to me," said Joyce firmly. Paul does not care for me as I have cared for him—that is reason sufficient; but, if you do not mind, I would rather not speak of it at present." Mrs. Dayrell was no more capable of compre- hending this calm renunciation than she had been of understanding the love that had grown up with Joyce. She dismissed the subject thankfully, and gladly reverted to the triumphs of the preceding evening. "I am so sorry you did not go, Joyce, for it really was quite a brilliant affair. Only think, Mrs. van Sneindell herself told me that my dress was the most perfect in the room She was raging with jealousy as she said it, I know but it was true, although all the best Americans were there. The Prince danced with me and gave me such charming congratulations. Colonel Nepean is such a favourite of his, yon know. Well, I must get up now just call Antoinette, for the dear Colonel will be here for lunch." "Should you mind if I went for a walk until then?" asked Joyce. "I have got a bad headache, and I will be back in time for the tennis tourna- ment, if you wish me to go." "Of course you must go, Joyce and do put on a big hat and take a parasol, if you will walk in this broiling heat." Ten minutes later Joyce was on the dusty high road leading to the cool depths of the deep woods. She felt she must have complete solitude and silence for a while, and was scarcely conscious of the heat in her eager desire to get out of Homburg, with all its smart people and its endless scandals. Whilst this interview was taking place between mother and daughter, a tall, handsome man, with a stalwart figure and closely, trimmed brown beard and moustache, had just come out of the Hotel de Russie. He mounted a black horse which was impatiently waiting for him, and rode away towards Saalburg, acknowledging the bows and smiles of passing acquaintances very gravely. Prinee Loris Maniloff was Russian by birth and French by education yet he had many of the characteristics the English are wont to arrogate especially to themselves. Men wondered and women eomplained at his not marrying; and there was not an American beauty in Homburg who Would not have given all her diamonds for the title of Princess and the chance of queening it over those Russian dominions of which rumour had scarcely exaggerated the extent. Prince Boris, thirty.five, very handsome, rich, and in high Court favour, appeared to Society a most enviable mortal. He was a brave man, and had faced death often enough scarcely to regard it a.s the "King of terrors." He was quite sufficiently loyal to the Czar and frequent: in his company to make himself a very possible target for a Nihilist pistol. Twice his life had been attempted, and he had once been severely wounded. He had fought two or three duels in Paris, and an extreme fondness for wandering had landed him in dangerous situations oftener than most men. Once outside Homburg, he hung his head and let his horse walk slowly along. He was a valiant soldier, but he had heard tidings this morning from which the most fearless might well shrink back in terrified protest. Six months ago the dreadful knowledge had come to him that, in spite of his magnificent physique, a slow, insidious disease had seized him. Almost by chance he had consulted a leading physician in Paris for some little, trifling ailment, and from him he had learnt that he might be in .30 dangerous state unless precautions were speedily taken. He had confided in no one, for his parents were dead and he saw no need to distress his married sisters. It might prove to have been a mistake, but he would take the precautions and pursue the regime indicated. On the whole he had been fairly well—well enough to conceal the idea of any special suffering from society, which is so bored and weary witn a multitude of small evils, real or imaginary, that it is slow to detect genuine unhealthiness. He had come to Homburg on the whole rather hopeful about himself, and to-day at breakfast he had read in the visitors' list the name of the woman he loved. She had once rejected him, it was true but that was six months since she might have changed. The weather was so exquisite, the bright little Bad so gay, that he felt unwontedly optimistic. Full of cheerful thoughts born of the soft summer air, he had gone to see his doctor. A half-hour that was cruelly painful followed. The kindly doctor would gladly have withheld the truth, but Prince Boris always liked to face the worst. He had heard lite own condemnation with a composure that was almost unnatural, and had ridden out into the sunshine pale, but perfectly calm. "What a splendid fellow 1" said an English physician who had chanced to be present. Every- thing the world can give is his, and yet all his riches cannot buy him life Meanwhile, Prince Boris rode along by the golden cornfields, starred with t• e Emperor's blue flowers, with the death-knell ringing in his ears. It might be months, it might be two or three short yeu.rs and he would see all this beauty no longer. The world would go on, his place would be vacant. All his great estates would pass into alien hands- Reka Dom, the beautiful home by the river where his ancestors had lived so long. He was the last of the Maniloffs, and though not naturally morbid, yet he found himself arranging all the details of the future with painful accuracy. To-day he must make his will. If only he had had someone io comfort Mm now—a wife Prince Boris had never had much to do with women his sisters were much older than he and had been married very young. He had adored his mother with an adora- tion that had lefn him very lonely at her death. The pretty Parisiennes and Russians, Parisiennes in all but name, did net satisfy him. He had a curious ideal which he could not have explained very clearly, and, strange though it might seem, he had found that ideal in Joyce DayreM. • i spite of her poverty, Mrs. Dayrel! always managed to struggle into the best set" wherever she was, by virtue of numerous aristocratic con- nections. So it had happened that last winter at Nice a fancy ball had been given by a German Serene Highness, and there the two had met. Prince Boris had not been the only man that night who had admired the tall English girl in her plain, sof-t muslin draperies. Mrs. Dayrell had an actual genius for dress, and the chance words of a French artist had suggested a costume for Joyce which, although original and distinguished, would be run up by a clever maid for next to nothing. I should like to paint Mademoiselle as Madame Roland going to execution," he had said enthu- siastically. The artist was more successful in conception than in execution, but his idea had taken Mrs. Dayrell's fancy. Joyce objected strongly to impersonating one of her own favourite heroines; but, as usual, she yielded to her mother's impor- tunities, and for once in her life was beautiful. Panl Aspern was not present; which was a pity, as he was supposed to be looking for a subject) for an original picture. •Joyce was not very happy. She cared little for balls, which meant extra expense and extra sub- sequent discomfort, and perhaps a certain look of 8W, in her clear eyes constituted not a little of her charm. She had splendid hair, dark and curly enough to bear comparison with that of the famous Girondiste, and it was left flowing over her shoulders. Her round white arms were bare, and the cro&my muslin adapted itself exquisitely to the 1i.wJø Qt her fotfr-iaftiMei igtre.

opera, based upon a very old German historical episode, and has just been adding the finishing touches. The libretto is said to be the work of Count Philip Eulenberg, and to have been edited by Baron Wildenbauch. The opera will be given for the first time before a select circle at the Roval residence, and on its success will depend the decision whether it will be subjected to the test of public opinion at some theatre. .-+-

AGRICULTURAL NOTES. (BY AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.) A fine Michaelmas was a pleasant experience after the dismal drizzling weather which was ex- perienced duriag the end of last month. A brisk and keen air has accompanied the bright sunshine of the last few days, and the frosts that we have experienced on recent mornings have taken effect upon the trees, the foliage of which, though very thick still, is becoming daily more suggestive of approaching autumn tints. Scarcely ever, within the memory of the present generation of farmers, has there been such an abundant harvest in the county, and the hill far- mers have during the past few weeks been able to gather their heavy crops together, in first rate order. There is also an abundance of green crops of every kind and though potatoes appear to be the least satisfactory crop of the season, it may be hoped that the recent spell of dry weather will have gone a long way towards minimizing any loss that might have been incurred through disease. Though the prospect of green food of every kind and winter fodder seems so well assured, store stock in our markets show veryJittle improvement, with the exception' of sheep, and in their case prin- cipally in breeding ewes. The lethargic response in the live-stock can hardly be attributed to any. other cause than the slowness with which money is circulat- ing in agricultural circles, and this is largely due to the delay which must elapse before most of the recently-erected corn stacks, in the English counties, are in fit condition to be passed through the threshing machine. As it is, the trade in store cattle stock continues in an undecided condition, though this may at any moment give place to a brisk demand, which would be followed by rising prices. The imperial averages of British corn, published in the London Gazette, during the week ended 22nd September, gives the price of wheat at 18s. 9d., oats 14s. 3d., and barley at 23s. 5d. per quarter. The average prices at Shrewsbury are given as— wheat 21s. 9d., barley 25s., oats 19s. 6d.; at Oswestry, wheat at 22s. 4à.; at Welshpool, 22s.; and oats at Carnarvon are quoted at the average price of 13s. lid. per quarter. In 1866 our total imports of and poultry from foreign countries amounted to only £300,000 annually. Last year the figures were £4,454,598. Of that sum £3,875,639 was paid for eggs; the exact number of which received from abroad during 1893 was upwards of 1,323,000,000. During the year 1893 the number of live stock imported into Great Britain from foreign countries was less than that of the preceding year by 188,648 head, of which reduced number 166,284 were cattle, 18,653 sheep, and 3,711 swine. The total number of animals imported into Great Britain in 1893 from all countries out of the United Kingdom was 402,776, against 591,424 in 1892. It may be noted that the total number of live stock imported from Ireland was 2,253 200 of which 688,660 were cattle, 1,107,960 sheep, and 456,571 swine. The number of cases of disease detected among foreign animals was larger in 1893 than in 1892. Of the United States shipments fourteen cargoes, consisting of 7,987 cattle were landed, in which thirty-six animals were affected with pleuro-pneumonia. There were three cargoes consisting of 1,676 cattle, among those landed from Canada that had four animals affected with pleuro- pnenmonia, and one cargo, consisting of 269 sheep, had one sheep affected with scab. Chili sent a cargo of 694 sheep, of which 120 were affected with scab, and the Argentine Republic sent twenty-five cargoes consisting of 12,062 sheep, of which 1 653 were affected with scab. The Agricultural Gazette, in writing on "Michael- mas in the Midlands," says: We have behind ns a spring and summer in which Nature has been prodigal of production alike in pasture, in meadow, and on arable land. It is impossible not to recognise with due thankfulness that the season of 1894 must take high rank as a year of plenty, in pleasing contrast to the season of 1893. It is true that both cattle and sheep in 1894 have been consider- ably less in number than they were in 1893, but the owners of stock know well that the return per head for summer grazing has, in 1894, not only been very good compared with the poor return in 1893, but absolutely good both in bulk and in value. A landlord said the other day that, if tenants could not pay their rents this year, it was vain to expect any year in which they could pay them out of their farm profits. And this is true, whatever arrears 1893 may have left us." October is the best month for sowing wheat. The question, therefore, of how large an area to plant of this cereal is important. We have come to the conclusion that it is scarcely advisable to grow it so extensively in Montgomeryshire. In some parts of the country wheat is now relegated to the position of a feeding crop for stock. It is however, not suitable for the purpose, unless used with much moderation, by mixing with other grains, such as maize, barley, oats, and rice meal. # Some of tho best authorities lay it down as sound economy that if wheat is to be fed on the farm it is high time to substitute some more suitable crop for the purpose. Professor John Wrightson savs that a ton of hay is as valuable as a ton of wheat costs less to produce, and is more likelv to aoree with animals. Land, if intended for wheat should if in clover, be left awhile in its present state. If in roots, it may be reserved for oats or barley. We consider that oats can be grown with much advant- age, far more extensively than they are at present especially so on upland farms, if medium soils, in this county. The use of wheat in animal dietary must be subject to careful direction. It cannot be fed in bulk alone with impunity. It should be ground roughly, or tribbled and mixed with oats or barljy, or both, in the proportion of two-thirds of wheat to one of other grain. Then this grain mixture should be balanced by the addition of chaffed straw and roots, which supplies the animal with the necessary bulk and roughness for the maintenance of health. Feeding with grain alone or with too refined a meal, is not advisable, unless it has been thoroughly boiled and swelled before being used. It is commendable in any case where wheat or barley are given>hole to stock, to boil or steam them; but unquestionably the best way of feeding grain, especially to cattle and hordes is in the shape of a pulp. Wheat, though easily masti- cated, is not very digestable, and cookino- helps to remedy this defect. ° The Emperor William has completed a one-act

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