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•> THE FATE^F AZUMA; Or, The wSouth African Millionaire. CHAPTER XI. I ger. Who wae she, to apeak to him like It had iMKMi a feeling of fear of the man •which ha<l prompted Jiidith to manoeuvre with her brother* asKiftaiice to g--'t away, and near what he had lo Kay. sh.> had known hiB diuponition very well oiK-e, n lo If lime ago it neemed now. bu'- In tnilh not «> long ago. and to-night the kiiowlidire had «oeiiie<l Buddeiily illumin- ati'd. Oiiw. in a neurone fashion, she had hee.i lond of him; now t/>-night. the very fact that nhe had been, made her fully a.ware of eharaetiri(<ti<ij Vhi<h ' niieht tell for evil o«i her tnixh. Once she h.-.d admired hi« recklrrHncts, his disre- gard of eonoMjuencee, hie impulsiveneHj. even hie Jealoxwy. To-ni«ht, »omo iimtonot â-  d'jd" not answer told htr that the latter had bet-n arouted ' ..qj ^.o,„.ee_ you'll have to tell Dun- In him by the presence of Dauveru. Of ^p^j • â- â€¢ the dtoperate stale of hi*, flnaneci'. of the 1 j^ . j,p ^.,,01,,, j,,, looked up at the eky, nlon de^-.ideiiee of hiu mind, whi<h had , 1^^^.;,,^ |,ig .^^â- â€ž,.de to eink into her mind. been br.iecd up. eo to upeak, by hin wife « ; xhey had reached the end of tie gravel e«;.ten<e, by the d.teipline and necewity , py^jj, ^nd both, by taeat coneent, turned of at leant eonforming to the lower ?tand- • i„,„ ,j,p rhoderidron grove. aixV of tKM'ieiy. thoi,e that are enforeed j ..jjy cieorge, thii! le exciuisitc." by human lam-6. framed on mans dtt- ..j „igj, y^n would make haute and tell tii;«i of mani' titatiility of purpone ">"« ^^ .^.jj^j y(>j, wanted to i;ay, Mr. « lover. " hgh ecdeavor. she knew nothing Had] .â- ^^J. (jiovtr-? Well, women are that? "Oh, well, if it oomee to that. Lady Ju- dith your brother ei<kod me, and . . ." "Of eoureo he doeen't know. " The words eei'aped her. and were intende<l to convey that if her brother had known, he -would have, of cource, been the lai^t perBon in- vited even foi' a night to (llaycourt. But it brought him quickly to the point he witched to d'ncuE)«. â- *1 «ui;ij)oete that tiobody knoww," he half whif:)er<d, and the isonHe of a i»«cret he- iween tJiem. the implied bond of a com- mon knowledBc, uiij^harcd by the world, made her flesli and her eoul rttoil. Bhe she kr:<»wn tihe might pcrhapi- have curb- ed hii' iiopetuceity by money. It might h;ive di ne more harm, -who can tell, if •lie had dealt with him ditTerenlly. have laid up for the future a foundation for I repeated annoyance and dread, but it | wo;;ld hi.ve prevented the rapid crisin 1 winch er.BUid. Whether it would have been belter or wo;ee for her, that no one. ean tell, for the better and the won-e i that h^ixpe.=« to u. are not to be under- ;^« rdrpaTh.'Z l^" foHow^d" hS^. He"r ^^cfiiu^^tr^-^'Vhi^r^re-^a^;';!:: v£r^;^.''i^::r..rr.;^^^ "^i euc<'4ii(H which bring phame inwardly; and in the d;tyc* to come it seemed to Ju- dith an if fate had perh:ipe intended to Kpare her the living of a daily lie. Yet. too. t;e the ye.-sn) came and went, mould- ing, as they do the mind and heart, and •eeniingly the lOul. ehe to'd her.elf thai If only «hr had been loved, she might have been a different woman. Yee. love • nd forgiveness, thwse are the gre^t Here he broke off. "Where doe« that lead to?" "To another path like thie one." She answered impatiently. At any mo- ment Danverd might come and kxjk for her, and ehe d;dn"t want him to find her hero with Hugh Clover. Yet. Bomething xeeuii'd lo warn her that what had to l>e uttered, had better be eaid ae far from the houee an poik.ibIe. Hhe turned down "^ Here forent h pponite. It lormen a rcwiing place bitweeii two paths, and waii ai«<>- ciated with many tlings in Lady Judith's mind. Here she had often come a« a child to cry when nhc had been punished. Here too ehe ha<l heard more than one de- claration of love, and here, of late, she often spent a quiet hour reading, when flhe had net undcrstoud what w;in pa"*- ing in her heart, hecaute it waw too full for utteranc*. .She was glud to-night that e.aponc of power over the mind« of our ^^_ ^^^ ^^^^,^^ hroughl «ic Hubert or Dan fellow men and women, whose Uve« we are the le.iet acquainted w.th, which are «e:dom used in the duelw of mind with mind, of temperament w.th temperament. â- Do<j.'n t ihin â- 'remind you?' he aKkt-d, •V they Ktipped out into the moonlight, »nd the appeal lo the pact, to the neriiu- vere here. It neemed to set them apart "The old boy lookx cold, doesn't he? ' She ra.ised her eycw for one inmant to follow the direction of hie eyes. "The old boy,' wa* hm name for a bronxe faiin, whoso satyr-like fa<« seemed to be grin ning at them from the foliage around More than half a Century of Quality is behind every package of BEMSON'S Com Staixh Always order by the name BENSON'S in oroet to get what you want Practically every grocer in Canada has BENSON'S. ouf. to wh.ch m.m so often sacnflcen the ^y^^^^_ ,^ ^^^ reHection from the moon Jure emotion« nature intendK lo evoKe „^,,j„ j^ ^^ ^^ patch on hie head, and I y her phenoaiena of sweetncir* pas ion rtiT-or.iing to the silent murnuiring of •treiirs and intoxication <t the sente;i to the perfume of gu leleff Dowers, aroused a new 'i>re>''r>n in htr being, the pass'on of ribellion. of hate, a niune.iting re- ii!!i-:oii of feeling egainst the man and the racmorie: he evoked. <auBht the d-.oijs of water falling from h's mouth, as if it fain would wrench their pure cryi.tal whitunets away from it. (ii:over conld nee. that she wan impa- tient to go, and it plet'sed him to make her waiit. Here, far awoy from human sound, her beauty biougiil back noine <:f the de»ire. He- had th. uglit to appeal to the worst which had wrmght her woe. He changed In her whi h had formed the link with co:i.;i!etely in lone the won-t in him. He m ght hive been more easily su cesefnl if he had ihosen other raetho;};-. Hhe turned on him cold- ly: â-  If. all you wauie'J to Kay, wa« to re- mind me of what I try hourly, and daily. eon<-!antly, to forget, I think we might â- s well go back to the hou e. " Hhf> spoke daringly.' trusting, to the fMRile honor of the man. He would not dare to speak to otheris than herself, the.-f.fore to-night, the last night on wh..h she would ever »peik to him alone, ihe could dare to have her fling of in- twtive. of exprir.ion of hate, m.iidly. â- he 1 ought to-night to break, not only Irom the enchaininK fo'Iy of her pa;it •cts. but from that subtle ristr:uning letter of fir awov emntions. which seem- Id to iorm a link between h'l! past and ber:- a 1 wn t link which was even more is;, liteful. more nauneating than the r»cMt itse'.f becacv^e that was so Indeli- bly eng.'cven and enhanced with so much pa 1 n . Hnl he could not riad the mind of th'- woman who h.id never concerned himtelf with anyilii'iB but Ihe be:iuty <.f the fctdv. and < liy iK.li-d emotion in the wo- mi II li<' had pretended or thought to love. Ill i-o far as it p!e:ued his own Had it Bot bull fur the anxiety v.hich seemwl ,;ih d.ubl and agony, had she not fell â- ^. ." "^... "l l-^V.^rj;'" 5.V," ^'.t, .i..^ "Look here. Judith," he began confi- dentially, throwing one arm <iver ihe baok of the stone seat, and linking il with the other by clapping his two hands together, "you know you can't marry him without telling him, and you know that when you do il will be till up; you had much better tend him aw.iy while it's 1 till all in your haiuln. and murry me. You know it's the right thing, anyway. My wife is dead, and 1 am free now, don't <her know, and well I Bupiiose we thill both feel much belter for doing the right thing. I al- ways meant to, but I w.isn't free till the other day. " Hhe w-is looking away from him, as he .poke, watching the little spray of water falling Into the basin, then jumping up- wards, a sifted fine spray, tou<hcd with moonlight here i.nd there, ironical, deli- cate, seeming to mock at s<litude. full of vilalily ill contrast with the slwpiness of the iiiglil; and at hie words, even in ihe moiinlight, he could *ee how every ] miis<le of her face <<Kit raited. How pale <he h.id irrowii. The Uiouglil flashed :hringh him that it was <l;iiigeroiia for a woman to be as bi'aulifnl us she was, thai it ci'iMid to be beauty, and became a â-ºp.ciin of »i|:iial of destruction like Ihat of some luiitour of magnificent nx'ks dreaded by 1 eafarerH. or Ihat of the siren and of |.h<it her future happinefs hung by a b.iir. might at any moment be da.hed to Ihe gri und shivered to atoms like a eryst .1 gohlit. f.om wh:<h one had hopMl to dr Ilk. she m ghl have spoken to him man revelling, not so much in her beauty, as in the d'sai ler it worked. But he ex- eggerated her diwire to diwtroy, her wish to allure. .Inst now. if she and he had known .it, she pined for virtue, for the ri>- ord of purity. When a woman is iM'auli- ^ _ i„ 1.. I., n».4 i.i.« I,, . u-.vo nil. roril 01 purny. n iien a woiiiaii is m-uiiii Bore cilmlv, difled h:in lm<, hive ap- i nn.i „„t ii.ri iciil irlv ir<H d men al :rrn^;?.od' :;;'; 'v^:^:^;^'"'^-^'"^.^ ' -vr uJik' ti;ar::i:e"mLrbe •s^em.:i ?:'. ' "„..i :L.l ii^.'.;..„.!^ ...li,..." I 1 wi<-.k<d. Nob.Hly * supremely wick.Kl fiw:id .ind warpe-.!. lingered perhaps rii'inti'r. . in what hid once bein at least Uie oatw irJ presentment of a gentleman, te it ws', from the very first inoinenl ihc ;iiit:igoii.re<l him, defied him, and de tying Icsi hiT cauiie. lie was at least in- lellaeiit enough to read between the tinis of her as umed s uperciliousnes*, the ligii: of a de:^per«i.e fear. â- Cm we ever forget?" he answered, »nli lively. "One can at lea«t try to." "I don't try.' he answered. la«ghing. "I try tj ;-eniembet." The reni;irk irritated he., exuspiratcd Iter. "II is hardly a memory to do you cnv Jit. "Well, what harm has it done? nppa- tBiitly none, *eein(t the very brilliant. »nd allo-ietlur eligible per.on, who gracen O'lycourt loniglu an your fiance." | A spe<'iii' of powei leysinss of argument ieemid to crfe.p over her. No. apiiarently ontw.irdly. no harm had been dune, sinie «h:' wiu' making a brilliant marriage, in I keeping with her poaition, her beauty,! «rveM hi-r wealth. fi>r 1 he would hive a good slim settled upon hi r by hi r fa- ther. Of Ihe inward harm, of the shame, rveii Ihe reinor;ie. wh.i'h, if it were not ] In . rojiorilon with the event, waii yet ' Uie deepes „ ... •n<c<l. Ihe turning of her brief girlhu Into srcret iuatronh<Hid; the m;itroiih<i without the compen-'-ation ; the lie livwl In some measure through I fe; the siibler- lu'/is, Ihe fraud, il she marriwl without confi.Ku.i; the 1< ti^ of the one man she ball r*Blly ciriMl for; Ihe niw proslitu- Idoii. toler:itid •be<-aiiso committed with Ihe sanction of Ihe (hiiicli. if ihe marriiil UiK Kinii whom she liked but did not lo^c; the bilteniiBs of her heart; the â- ourng of her d'wHwilion, the m/stnisl and bill <f her fellow men and women, the hea»y burden in place of the light »iire!<';Mrit. » of girlh<md, all this he could Bol kiiJW. And had she told him. he would Inve ttuintid her, and told her maybe that she WHS of these made for rapids, not for pri and women have alwaye, lo the end, some of the iiiconseiiueiice of children. Whin they haven't, when they are entirely un- scrupulous, entirely calculating, then they are not entirely women. Women prefer to be good. Often .Judith had moaned lo herself; "If 1 loiild only be loved, how happy anil good 1 W011I4I be." Aniern-an women are no better instinct- ively than < ther women, lint they are bet- ter wives biiaiise they ale more heloviHl by their hiiriliands than the women of other countries. To night it i,eemed to him that he and alio were tarred with the uame brush, tluiit t^igelher they could govern the world; that apart, each would feel that one side of his or her ;iilv:iiitages was not being brought into use. Hhe, the wo- man. liiTA n iicii beMer fi>r ber lo marry a m;iii who knew, who could never re- proach ber. And for him, he <>ould not begin to count up tho advantageH for himself. "Mrirry you â- " Hhe gave a little miH'.k- ing Uii'gh, wliiih eniiilKisiued the wcrii in iier vo;<e. "If you were Ihe only man in Ihe world 1 wouldn't marry you. I sim- ply I ;ite you.' Hhe had 1 ol t,re:. the import aiico of tem- po: ixing with hiir. to-night, of aU nights. Uie deepest feeling she had ever eiiiien- -^ -„ ,.,„, ,,, ,,,„ fa||„,.y „f w,,,,,,.,, »n<«l. Ihe turning of her brief girlhood ^j ,j^^ pri-si nt .entury. which is built up Into siTet matronlKHiil; the m;it_ronhiKid ^^^^ ,^|^| ,r ulili.ms. which are perhaiw fii.lfe. on the reading of novels, vt-i, Hint- ing nf uiicienl <-hivalry, which pioliil;"}'. .ike the chivalry of olil. Virginia, exlstiil mor- in the mind of the novel-writer than in the people of old-fashioned days. Hhe st.iU im.igu ed that he would never, never ipeak; and tonight her cne ambition w;iB to show him once and for a.ll lime, Ib'.it she bad iMi more use for him in this world, tli;il if she bad once secnuNl to care for him. It had been becaiiHe she had not iindeii'tood life, bwaiise she had been al- m<> t a child. In her anger, an anger wh.cli had bi" n citheriiig force all these montlis. . he "<â-º! uii from her seat, and in her de! ,1, musical voice, which, be<aiiso it was retriiined by the iiassion of a«iin- ierene waters, and thai ihe commonplace' iied lury within, Ihefuiy of having miss- • weetniss of maiden lafe would not have ihI th- sweetnei^s of life through this man, united her. Ihat she lierse'.f had ch:il- \ which made her mind almost like that of lenged fate, and that pretending lo re- one speaking fr ini the dnpllw of hoi', who f.el wan to play Ihe p;irt of hypocrite rcalixcs Ihe rapture of heaven, the lost Yis. he wtiii rghl. outwardly she w:;s joyu barlerid for a few nioinentii of pleai unharmed, then what did uhe complain , iire, of pasnion, fleeting onis in any ease, of? not worth the lows, it soiindwl as if il were Yet. once more sho eteayed to ehow de- ihrol-lbing. as if it would break her fiance. throat, tlie while the wo.-ds fell fluent, "I don't nuppnae that II wnc to discuss I wellchosen, refined, even though the Im- a very distressing and ri'grettable jnel-| port of them was insult. Hhe wanted to dent, ill which you played a pan most iiitnl' him; iif she didn't l<might, sho men would have regretted all their livi's. , would never he happy. If Bhe had been tliat "ou told mo you wnnlwl lo upeak to a woman of anolher chiss, another race nje. PliWHS tell me what you have lo s;iy M riuiikly as pflusible. Mr. Dnnvers i« going away lo-morrow morning, and 1 want to leliirn to the hoiine as soon as pcitible." "80 am I going away to-morrow morn- ing " °bc was silent. The similnrlly of what i«. n to have any reTer«res ^C IhC <.iihie«.| on .MKlde.ilv h* eh.inrfed la<» V.iat I am going away lo-mon-^ii •â- â- :\,f Judith.' Hhe looked aw*w ,.„^ ,,j^ ^^ ^^e an- iwerrd, shru«*^,ng her shoulderii a little: "I _W»'' .er at your having had tho im- p.'T'^Iner.ec to eooie. " The word impertinence roiiniHl hie uu lo iiavs «.ii,y n^ivi "iiT^ .J - ... Then liuddeiily he e-h.Tiirfed hie lon0 "I tuiipciie that you »ri> f\^'* '^ [o:ng away to-morr^ vf ''?„» Khe would have ot:ii1iibeil him; thiB miin who had riylnb^l her of her puritj', and who now came, she felt it, not from sense of right, hut becaiiee, through his own mioilinif of her, he hoped to win on the rebound; a bride, who givPM â- .'.notllur dO- Btinv would have been ft '"7 r.^.Vve him i-.s the mnon, B;'.ill";. Tnoiyond " th'oBe flcwf white cloud- ,<n,i(tl,t, Betiiiilng to touch an'" '„,. (i,|, ,)t the tree-toils, tho cristH of irfoiintains the peak-, of hills, and not to dwell on Ihone with anything like abandonment or oven intimacy. But becaune Ktail»l>ing him throu^th the heart was out of Ihe unestion, to-nighl it wa.i delightful to st«ib his sensibilities, <o Ihrnst p<iisoiie<l arrowr of the tongue at him, to stand there, coiiKiioif that she had caught her beauty away from him, beetowed j" elsewhere, that, ae a Btar detaches it».eJf after thoiiiiands und thous- ands of years at last, from the influence of another star whicii has impeded its progress, or hampered its individuality. and eaile uiitra,mmclled, diidainful on a plane of Its own, gathering its salellili* independently 011 die way, regardlesB of the shining metimerism before which it onc« howixl, at whote beck and call it once moved powerless, acquiescent, unre- sisting. Wrought up. a little excited per- ha.p« liy the brandy and soda, followed by the wine she had tiiken at dinner, but more than all under Ihe influence of her sudden awakening to the enormity of it all, awake to the risk she w.is running in leaving her betrothed on the laijt. night before he left in order to meet this man at this hour, in this lonely corner alone, with a fearful feeling of her own impot- ence against fate, she was for a moment like a wild animal. A wild animal pacing BtealUiily Wiith euibdued snarls and con- trolled snarling, before il finally makes up its mind to spring. And as she paced the small space 'between himself and the fountain, now and then standing erect against Uie Imck ground of dark leaves, tho mo<mlight outlining now a leaf, now some feature, now a fold of the sheen of her evening dress, giving something un- dulating to her appearance, as if she move<l in waves, which caught now the light, tlieii sank again into furrows of shadow, the hour, the mysterious quiet, tho ivhole t<-e.ie. as the lashed him with her tongue, a very Maenaed. something arose within him which was liike the fury of a lion with his mate, something which invited to dominate her, capture her. rend her if iii>ed be, but lo control. "You are infamous, infamous." Khe re- peated, "no woman, no man, ought ever to speak to vou again, to touch your hand, you ought to be hounded from every <-lulb, chased from «o<Mety, branded the bully, the infamous coward that you are. " And partly because his situation wa« eo nearly what she descr-bed, bwaiise be did rot rf<ognize the dauntwl, dii-.tp- poinled, yearning motherhood Uiat shone in her eyes, he took her fury for tho ter- ror of d'smay at his interference, for a recoRiiition of the fact that all the cards were in his hands. "Marry you 1 would ruither the whole world knew," she told him, holding her head high, "than narry you." Ho had not iMmpletely miiinpivl out hie programme yet, he had not fully made up his mind to spoil her game, to ruin her life, but he had inlende«l to come to some arrangement with her. It would be bluckm.iiil, but lecause she would never dare to tell about herself, she also would never ibe iiHile to tell about him, never. Only to reach a compromii.e she would have needwl to be in a calmer sijiirit, to meet him with suggestion, with patieiuM!, ii't !e<isl lo have appealiyl to his Jfr^titer self, instead of ar4iusing his woTwt. In- stead she had sot a fuse to all that was most evil, most rwiiless, most daring, and lie was a man to whom nothing matteriil, who had no one to consider but him««)lf, and who, when he considered himself, saw grimly that soon there would be very little left to consider. His complete downfall wae limminenl, and ho knew Ihat he had not enough friends for the world not to rejoice. The hate, the loath- ing of Judith w:is bat the replica of the hate and loathing of other women, who. while they held their tongues now. would laugh over his fall, and sing triumphant- ly ll)e<MUse horse and nider had been thrown into the sea. More than all, by her challenge, she hiul awakened the fighting spirit which liiw in almost every man. Hhe dared him. and he acceptiHl the ihalleiige. Hhe had declareil war. It was too late to snggi'st 11 truce, and when her voice <easeil its low pa m ion ate mur- muring. In whioh she had seemeil like a )ii»sing serpent, striking at him with poisoned fangs, he said, with a culm, which seeuiwl the culminaliing wrong of all; •I don't mean you to marry that mil, Uidy Judith, if you don't marry me. you sh:in't marry him. You'll have to come off your hiflh hoiise, my lady." Now when it was too late, when, with- out endiiiiK in disacler, the hour itself priK-hiiiniKl that there wae no time to en- ter upon a (lis<iisBion of compromise, S'he saw tluiit she bad used Iblunt-edged tools, blundered with melhoils to which Ijiiij man was accustomed, and Hailed to deal a fatal blow. "How are you going to prevent me?' Will she darisl hiim with ret<»rt, while something within ber dlwl away. Ho hiwl her ancestors ilelliil death, while it Blar- ed them ihet.ween the eyes, bold crusadere. and knighlis of old, and brave soldiers, who had hiiilt up the name of hiir hoii*e. the while they had fell already the axe of lllui enemy at their r<M>ts. and laugheil him to worn with their dying breath. The game w.is lust, no rfnubt, Ibut i.ii.ink (id, there was no <y>mpi jmise. Then it Ann that he lutterml the w<irdB which eciho- c<d on the night's stillnets. and conveyed so ranch, as they reached the ears of her brother and betrothed. "You'll have to marry me, my lady, when that fellow Danvers kn<»we!" (To be continued.) Bud Luck. A third mitrrlibpo is considered imUicky in certain parUs of India. A fotirth inarriagie is not. So whein a man wishes to becomie a benedict after two previous tinals and »till evade iiuperfititit>n he evokes a very clever sonome, Mr. Man of India gi>e.s through a cereinwiniiail with a bird or ainimal tir flower as tlie bridei in <irder tihat his next wife will be the foui-th ajid not the tiliiril venture. Though this may sound ridicmtoiis to many of our Amerif-an people is it any niiore eo tlvan the leaigtilis to whioh per- sons in this country will gf) to avoid the numbrr 13 or "unlucky days" nnd other iKiuseiliold bogies') IMnying It Hafo. "ClU'orge, I will promise to obey on one conrlition." "What is tihat, my dear?" ' "That before the ceremony taki'S place yuu will promise me never to command." A Side-Tragedy of the War in Serbia. A wounded Serbian soldier attacked by typhus fever and unable to proceed further on his journey. This is not an unusual sjgiht under the existing cdrcumstanoes in Serbia. Bam Roofing Fire, Liithtnlnil Rust and Storm Proof Durable and Ornamental Let us know the size of any roof you are thinking of covering and we wlil nuke you an interesting oflbh MetalllG Roofing Co. Umltod MANTTFACrUUERS TORONTO and WIHHaPEG Kow to Prevent Mold in Butter. The important losses in butter through the growth of mold upon tho tub lining, wrapper, or in the butter itself, which injures the saleability of the produce, liave led experts to investigate this eubjcct. Mold in butter is usually found in three forms: (1) Orange-yellow areas with some growth of myce- lium under the . surface. (2) Smudge or dirty green areas, either entirely inside the butter or with some surface growth. . (3) Green-surface colonies, either upon the butter, causing decomposition, or upon the container or wrappings whioh will injure tihe appearance of the butter. Experiments in producing molds artificially in samples of butter in- dicate that a growth of mold in or about butter is favored by exces- sive curd, by "leaky" butter, or by wet surfaces, wet wrappings or highly moist air. If butter molds readily, it is an indication of in- sufficient salting, as salt up to 2.6 to 3 per cent, is sufficient to pre- vent mold or reduce it to a negli- gible amount. The growth of molds, moreover, is largely reduced by keeping the butter at low tempera- tures. Improper storage tempera- tures, accompanied as they fre quentlv are with moist conditions, are favorable to mold in butter. Unsalted butter is more subject to deterioration from microorganisms than salted butter. Successful storage of such butter is therefore depende'nt upon scrupulously clean, dry refrigeration. Cellars and ice refrigeration rarely furnish conditions which will prevent mold in unsalted or slightly salted but- ter, although it may be delayed or reduced. Butter properly made and normally salted (up to 2.5 - to 3 per cent., equivalent to the use of a 12 to IB per cent, brine)., will not sh*>w mold under reasonably careful handling. Investigators in summarizing re- sulta emphasize the fact that well- washed butter is less subject to mold than that with an excess of curd, but the essential factor in molding seems to be water, not protein. "Leaky" butter from which milky water exudes and collects in the wrapper or container furnishes the aim being to make the alfali*- fed hogs to gain as much as the all- grain lot. With young pigs the saving in cost due to the alfalf* was 50c per 100 poundagain on the dry alfalfa, and 40c when the al'fAl-' fa was steamed. With the fatten- ing hogs, the saving was $1.70 per 100 pounds gain for lot fed the dry alfalfa, and $2.70 when the alfalf* was steaimed. Brood sows were also fed alfalfa hay. When the alfalfa was fed the grain ration (barley and oat*>. could be reduced one-third to one- fourth, and the sows did well on' it. No difference was noticeably between their litters and i^oafl frmm the sows fed all grain. The growing pigs were fed one^^ fifth to one-sixth as much alfalff as grain, this being the amounj that they would readily eat ana keep making as good gains as the all-grain lot. Of the dry alfalfa the fattening I hogs eat one-sevenh as much aa of the beet conditions for the begin- i grain ration, and of the steamed aJ-* ning of mold growth. From thest falfa one-sixth as much. The hogi wet areas colonies may spread to did not eat as large a proportion ol the butter itself. the alfalfa as was ex;pected. It, Mold, tne investigators find, will however, reduced the cost of mak- not grow upon the surface of a ing the gains so that it was well piece of butter exposed to air at worth while. The price put on th* ordinary humidities. The water in feeds was one cent per pound for the butter is not sufficiently avail the grains, two cents for tankage,, able to the mold to support the de- and the alfalfa $10 per ton. velopment of a colony unless evap- oration is reduced by a high-mois- ture content of the surrounding air. In closed packages, wet or damp cellars, or carelessly packed masses with cracks or fissures in which moisture collects, mold may seriously injure the appearance of the packages or acually induce great changes in the butter itself. Green molds may damage nor- The observations oi the trial in- dicate : First, that in order to get hogs started to eating alfalfa h»y in winter it is necessary to limit the grain to such an extent that the hogs must eat hay or go hun- gry. Second, that, when handled in this way, they will very readily take to the hay, and a limited amount of hay can be fed very sat- isfactorily, securing just as gix)d mally salted butter if cracks and i results, just as good gains, and at open spaces are left by bad pack- ing. Other investigators have found that paraffining the tubs or boxes prevents mold on the con- tainer and the liner by preventing the esca.f>e of water which would not leave the air space necessary for mold growth. Very moderate salting prevents the appearance of the orange-yel- low patches and the smudges. The green molds affect normally salted butter only when it is held under conditions of temperature or moist- ure that are favorable to mold growth. .\iralfa Hay for Ho^^s. A trial in feeding hogs on alfalfa hay was carried on at the North Dakotft Experiment St-ation by W. H. Peters, Animal Husbandman. The alfalfa hay was cut into half- inch leivgths and was fed both dry and steamed. 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