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The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-08

nance which began six years pe1ore
when Miss Alix Mueller visited Stlll-
water prison and was permitted W
crafty curiosity common to all V1s1-
tors to that institution, to see the
Younger brothers, the only Survivors
of the James and Younger gang OF
train robbers, outlaws and bandits.
Miss Mueller was born OF German
parents, from whom she lnherteo
| sufficient fortune to enable her 10 i've
comfortably. She was ambitions and
a life of ease and inactivity did not
please her. Newspaper work proved
an attraction and she entered upon II
in St. Paul She has also worked as
reporter in Denver and Salt Lake CITY.
For a time she edited weekly news
paper in a small Minnesota town.
When Miss Mueller first visited Still
water penitentiary she had no greater
interest in the YOungers than haf
thousands of other visitors. But tht
personality of Jim Younger intereetet
her. as, indeed, it has most peop''
, with whom he has come in contact.
J He was then SO years old. She wa
2 lust "a Neither had ever had loV
S affair. Almost from the very star
s these two recognized the ahectlo
d each bore the other, and it was nc
e long before they spoke Of 1t. othei
g suspected it because of the frequenc
J. of her visits to the penitentiary.
d Miss Mueller determined to secu'
r +ha release of her convict sweetheal
i. and that, OF course. meant the reiea'
e. also of Cole, his older brother. 81
ID planned campaign worthy OF an
perienced politician. So long as
,r was possible to do so she work
a. quietly, enlisting the aid OF those ns
4 ing influence and power.
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Decans but with reliable people WHO
reside in regions where the toothsome
nut grows. In this way she became
thoroughly posted in all matters per
tanning to the present crop.
Feeling confident that pecans ~o".o
command good price, she set 70
work some weeks ago, and, aided ny
her brother and few trusted ASSIST
ants who were sworn to secrecy e'4o
quietly leased every pecan grove "au
forest Of any value In the Coloraoo
valley. When buyers appeared IN the
country, startling the ranchers by OF
fer,ng to engage pecans at tn cen:s
per pound. those who make a business
Of gathering the nuts were asto"ndeo
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TALES TOLD OF SHERIDAN.
Fashionable Eccentricities Of the Great
Playwright.


Playwright.
The grandfather OF the author OF
"rhe School for Scandal" and Ihe
Rivals" is said to have 1or1elteo n's
ehaplaincy by taking as the text Oh a
sermon ON the birthday OF George l.
the words, Sufficient unto the DAY Is
the evil thereof" But the loss trouoieu
him little, for he was gay, whimsical
soul. who loved joke as dearly as MS
versatile grandson did
In his schooluays they called Rlch-
ard Sheridan IAN imperetrabie ounce.
He became the most brilliant play
wright of his age, one OF the nnosl
successful managers that ever catered
TO London, and one OF the bravest anu
most eloquent politicians that mas
served the English people. He was an
honest man at heart, but lacked wolu!'
ly in a. sense Of responsibility ne
! drank to excess, but that was an al
most universal vice among the nne
gentlemen of his day. On the nish1
of the original production OF The
| School for Scandal" which was tre
mendcus success from the first. nc
was knocked down and thrown into
the watchhouse for being drunk ant
nuarrelsome in the streets Arrested
upon another occasion in the like con
dition. he was asked his name by thu
constable. When it finally dawnet
upon him what was wanted he struci
an attitude OF great dignity, and. Civ
ing the revered name OF the most eml
nent divine in London, answered Wi
berforce."
His admiration of Mrs. Siddons. tn
tragic actress, amounted to idolatry
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Barley Crop Is Large.

The barley crop in Washington ana
Oregon this season is the largest on
record. Prices in the East are too
low to admit OF any such shipments as
went over the Rockies last year. Caf1-
fornia and Portland are the two great
export cities and send immense guam
titles of the grain to Europe fromithe
three Western coast states. The
st eamship branch will soon leave
Portland for Europe with 5000 tons
0f harley.
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7rufic Romance ~ the
Life Of Jim Younger.

on Saturday he telegraphe" me two
words: Don't write
..He was driven to this act by perse-
cution.
81 am his wife, spiritually.
"Before God he is mine and mine
alone.
my life work will be to place him
right before the world.
While she spoke she was preparing
TO return to st. Paul to carry out the
last wishes of the man for whom she
had made such tremendous ascrifices.
And this was the end of the ro-
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q king Of outlaws. sharing the leauer-
shin of the greatest gang OF oaho''s
this country has ever known, the man
who passed q quarter OF century III
prison. enduring In the last re"
months of his life greater misery 'n""
he had ever known before.
And all because Of his worship lot
a good woman who returned his love.
He had endured without com
pfaiut the quarter of century "hicn
he passed in convict stripes IN the
Minnesota penitentiary. but wheh HIS
re,eaae came his whole being throooed
with ioy. because he believed that ne
was at last free to marry the devoted
woman who had opened the doors OF
the prison for him.
Rut he found that the freedom
granted him was an empty thing. Inc
ipexorable law still held him in chains
Justice. personified in the attorney
general of Minnesota. sternly declared
that Jim Younger was legally oeae
and that he could not marry.
He left the woman who had done 81
much for him to fight on alone. MIS-
Alix Mueller bore the sentence NOR
brayely than did the man. she wa
in Boise City. Idaho, when the ne"
reached her that her lover had kllle
himself. She had gone there IN Tn
hone that the climate would check III
ravages of consumption which had la
tened it's grip upon her. She SCENE
, to he not surprised. He had given M
a hint of his desperate state Oh MN
When the telegram announcing fouh
er,s suicide was placed In her har
she said:
"Jim wrote me on Oct. 16 sayir
that he had given up all hope. he w
out of work and utterly despondei
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Rain Water Good, If You Like 1t.

Ram WdteF 0Vo0' !" ,,,..
when a man gets used 10 orlnAiut,
rain water" said Mr.. N. ID. McDona'o
of New Orleans. to the washington
post. "there is no other water IN the
u,or,a that tastes so good. Most OF
the people in New Orleans have chs
terms in their yards which hold an
abundant supply of water caught from
the clouds-the purest and best IN
the world, according to my notioh'
The winter rainfall alone Is used. the
.unomer catch not being desirable. II
It somewhat curious that IN nor'hei.
latitudes the cistern water does no'
keep wholesome and sweet as II ooe'
in our country"
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and Rogers, the poet once said to him,
"Your admiration OF Mrs. Siddons is
so high that wonder you never mace
omen love to her" "'Fo her! Sherl-
dan cried; ito that magnificent anu
appalling creature! I should as soon
think of making love to the ArchDlsh-
Op of Canterbury"
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A Simple Beauty EXERCISE:
girl cannot begin too young to-
initiate her chest, drawing in long, full
breaths of fresh ozone every MORNING.
in a warm unbelted gown thrown over
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-08

Blood in the Human Body.
The amount of blood IN the hu"s'"
bodv is 1-13 of the body weight.
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DecIored 70 Be Leg
ally Dead. He Could
Nor Mor,Y 1he Wo-
mon He Lox,ed. and
u, HIS Despair Com
,1fffed Suicide.

Strange and terrible were the last
days of Jim Younger. The man VINO
for twenty years was an outlaw ana
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SsWINE
|. 2 6!BREEpING!;ja

The modern hok Is a very nprsefous
and popular animalsop the farr,. He
is very dlferenf from his ancestors.
who used 10 i've three to SIX years as
,agrule Il he could and< acorns and
beechnuts enough 10 live on. The mod
ern hogs average fife. OF the CONNER
eial tribe. is sir 90 eight months only.
and the parts not preserved for food
are made into glue. combs, brushes.
buttons, fertilizers. the sQueal alone be-
ing waste product. Mr.. Lovejoy In
FLOODED Stock charscterizes the mod
err hog as follows:
Hardly day passes that we do not
hear the remark as dirty as a pig
This consider utilization az the an
imal which Franklin's coiored servant
said was the only gentleman in Eng
land, from the fact that be was the
only animal that did not work In that
country. In that respect he much re-
sembles the members OF our iegisla-
tnres. He calls to order ana adjouSns
TO eat and sleep. believe that the hog
Is the most cleanly OF our domestic an
imals II raised as 1t should he and CIV
en- chance 81 roam about and not be
confined TO very close quarters.
1T has been said that the American
hog is machine that oils itself. puts
ten bushels OF grcin into less spsce
than a bushel measure and in so d.
ing doubles its value. then carries It To
the market on its back Corn loaned
to a well bred hog In money af big In
terest IL is Ike a mint. whsle The
American staple corn. 10 the bullion,
which. put into the hog. Is TRANSMITTED
Into coin. II s. an bppcst mint and
gives sixteen ounces Ry6trdup e ~ ell
lille material. Properly bred. Fed and
intelligently handled this auf-rratic
porker viii pay OF debts. place q piano
in the home. q surrey at tie door for
Yourself and family 10 ride TO town IN.
educate your boys at the Agricultural
college and leave a balance In the bank
for rainy day"
~ eas"sRIss Falgnasckshe Rsay,
The progeny Of the Poland. China
bear Perfect ] Know has never been
defeated when shown In the get OF
boar class. No boar cf the breed has
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II Is the fashion now I'm Georgia ia
set pecan groves, The trees have been
found TO grow and thriye'wel In tina,
climate. and they have varieties which
bear nuts as much larger than the or
binary Wild nut which we used ia
Snow as the improved chestnut is
better than the small wild nut. Trees
planted Fifteen 10 twenty years ago
are producing profitable crops. and
hundreds OF acres have been set to
them within the last ten years. while
Planting is going on now at a greater
rate than ever before one man near
Columbus. Ca. is about TO set eighty
acres. and II may not he long before
we see them coming by the carload Tor
our CHRISTMAS nut trade.-Ameriean
Cultiyator.
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'rhe orease,vood.

A plant which thrIves In the arid re.
gion OF the west ~ the crossword, the
young plants II which have q milky
sap and the old wood a reslnous gum
known TO be soluble I'm certain hydro
carbon solvents OF rubber. From the
young greasewood sap two inventors
have discovered method OF making
artificial India rubber, Ey this proc
ess they are enabled 10 obtain gum.
my mass OF brown color. highly fiex.
ibie. elastic. combustible and seems IA
possess the characteristics OF india
rubber. except that II has rather q bal.
samic odor. differing from the odor OF
commercial rubber The gum can be
yulcanlEed By the addition OF a guam.
lily OF sulphur In the same manner %
the india rubber OF commerce.
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Public vehicles in Paris are allowed
70 carry only as many passengers as
can fnd seats. After that number has
been admitted no one is allowed TO en-
ter. The explanation will serve 10 IN.
troduce an incident reported by cor
respondent OF the Pittsburg Dispatch
A crowd of men and women. each
with a numbered ticket showing the
order in which, they were to-enter the
next street car. stood at the Place De
rEtoiie station when the doWntown
car arrived.
Surveying the crowd. the conductor
cried out: "Oniy three places in the
carl Who has ticket No. p
With that Mrs, Blank OF Chicago, the
stoutesf woman in the American col,
ony. approached. holding up the ticket
called for.
"Step aboard. madam" said the con
ductor, ringing his go ahead bell
wait! Watt I've No. or called a
little Frenchman.
You're too sate," replied the con.
ductor. Every place is takent"
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Something Aheu, A,falt..

Alfalfa Is comparatively new plant
In thls country, but In Asia II was
known and cultivated b, FORE the date,
OF the most ancient history. II grew
In abundance In Ass, .ti
and al an early day bs..
southern Europe. and L. ..c. al, ga.
Spanish conquerers TO NJ xlco and Pc
ra. II was grown 20 eA tx .rut. bu,
not appreciated, IN lhr eastern states
long BEFORE u was recognized as OF ma.
terial value anywhere Ia this country.
In portions Of South America Il has es
capped from The delds and grows wild
over large areas. II Is now grown
largely In oil the arid and semiarid
regions Of the world aud Is everywhere
reoaEplarsi "a The most valuable forage
plant known for all sections where
rainfall Is scani. But II Is by no means
confined 10 arid sections. but ls grown
and esteemed whore rainfall IL album
oaut. lle nast perfect development,
however, seems to be where Il can get
sufficient moisture by means OF its
long taproot and does not have to de-
pend upon rains.
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HINTS FOR FARMERS


Considerable publicity has been gtt'
en-. to the remarks OF w. r. Mncoun OF
the experiment station at Ottawa.
Canada. made at the American pome'
logical meeting In discussing the reno.
Walton OF apple orchards. afr. Macous
stated that the practice az the expert.
mental farm had been to grow cloeet
In the orchard throughout the year,
AS the clover reached the blossomlpa
stage ii was cut and allowed 30 EnSaii
on the ground The last growth OF the
clover IN the autumn was not moved
but permitted to stand as a cover dur.
ing winter. This system Is In eject
a combination OF green manuring and
muiching. 1t differs from the ordinary
cultivation aud cover crop system In
that cultivation Is left out OF the pro-
gramme. N ~
A rather too wide application OF Mg.
Macoun's remarks has been made. he
was careful to state that this practice
pertained 90 their own orchard and
was the outgrowth OF peculiar soil and
climatic conditions. The subsoli OF this
orchard Is cold aud impervious. The
region In which II is situated r. rarely
visited with protracted droughts. The
object In growing the clover II 20
aerate the soil, draw out it's surplus
moisture and protect the trees from
the effect OF severe freezing ln winter.
Undoubtedly the clover mulchlpg plan
may DO applied quite widely. believe
that IL can lie praoticed with adyan-
iage In many OF the colder apple grow.
ing regions, but do not think II would
be the best pan TO follow IN sectlons
where Fainfali during the growing sea.
son was at all uncertain, In such sec
lions cultivation is essential.
The particular region described by
Mr.. Mnco n Is no, q coii moft a fiTit
section. Apples are grow Ia IA anna
teur way. aud fruit of I . quality /.
produced. ~ no lcrre areas nre de-.
voted TO the ...eusuy - toiessor John
Craig. Cornell University,
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Al dooton have tried TO cure q
SARRH By the use 81 POWDER. ac.
xasss, inbeiers and drugs in paste fvrm
Their powders dry up ths rnusoous
nserahranes causing then TO crack opsn
and >leed. The powerful scics used In
me iShalers have entirely eaten away
me sanis membranes that their makers
have aitsed 10 cure, while paste aud
Old and experienced practitioner who
has for many yeas made q closo stcdy
aud speciality OF the tIestmert OF
JAtARkH. has &C last periect~d =
Iresf n,ens which, when faithfully used,
not only relieves at once, but perme-
neatly cures CATARRH, by removing
the cause. stopping tbs discharge and
curing the inflammation. II - che only
comedy known 10 science tnar actuali
.scnes the afflicted parts. This won
derfal remedy h known ~ EAUFFLES,
the guaranteed CAtarrh cure, and Is sold
at the extremely low prics OF One l,aliar,
each package containing internal and
external medicine sufficient Tor full
months treatment and everything
necessary to its Derfect use.
'-SNUFFLES" IL the only perfect Gu
tarrh cure ever made and Is recognized
10E - Tue Only SAFE anu pOetuve cure
for the annoying and Disgusting dis
ease. 1t cures all Inflammation quickly
and permanently and L. also wonder
ally qaicb " relieve Hay Fever or lad
In the Head.
Catarrh. when neglected. often leads
70 consnmption-''Snufii will save
rou IL YOU use It at once. 1t IL no or
d-nary remedy, bat complete treat
meat which 10 positis ely guaranteed To
cure catarrh In any form or stage il used
according to the direcrions which &C.
company saoh package. Don't delay
eut order u at once, aud write full par-
fieuiars IA TO your condition, aud you
will rscisye special advice lrop the dis
eosereg Of this wosderinl remedy re-
Loving your case without cost TO you
beyond the regular price Of "spuifes.
She guaranteed Oatarrh cure"
Sentpost paid TO any address IL a;
Uaitai STAGES Sr )la~~s -. ie
ne Dollar. Address Dept, CceIot7
Edwin b. Giles Il Company, 288O IA
- Market Street, Philadelphia. Pad
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Farmer John Carter had fed the pigs.
shut the henhouse doorand come around
on 70 the SIDE -veranda to smoke us
evening pipe with bis wife. Nancy who
sat In the biz rocking chair. She had
placed his pipe and tobacco within easy
reach Farmer John sat down with a
arint. rubbed at his stif knee min
ute, and then. instead Of filing his pipe.
he slowly tsarned,t5 LIS wife and said:
NANCY. l want 10 know what's
wrong with our sIilly.r 9ttf tt
What on earth do you meang" ex-
claimed the wife and ceased rocking
90 suddenly that she almost shot out
or tho chair.
Don't try to fool me-" he continued
as he slowly shook his. head Il Amt
been askin' no questions Lcfore. but
seen for two OF three weeks that things
was wrong with NIlly."
She's bccl kind o. draggy since she
got wet soir' to camp meetin', but l
don't think we ought TO have doctor.
do youY'
II think. Nancy" he slowly replied
after hals minute Il think I'm goiu'
10 f::d oct what's the matter with
Aiily. arl Il you won't tell me III 40
over and have a few words with Sile
Johnson. Mehbe he kaows''
How should he known asked Nan
cy rs she rocked frri usiy.
'Dunrc. hut guess III walk over
there tonight
well ! s5css ySu won't John Car
ter. why caa't you mind your own
business -
A"punno.lut ! went 10 soe ssSe John
Fon."
go ere always pokin around and
maxim - eli ECn Lnzxy OF yourself.
and ] Cxpest you'll get rp and put on
one OF nay dresses some rcrnsn'. Now.
tben. t,eip' son arc so full OF curiosity.
isniiIe sei; ycs scssif;h.a Our Milly
end sale have hsla y AZ"
''I;d q .oy.-. ehfv eGeF.RA John, as
he settled himself Gown 20 hear ale
particulars
mo. 81. they asysn'ty' she snapped.
Il SD H.. aD6 jbere's heap OF diff
ference between a tit asc row.
"But they got mad at each os.seyy'
''yes. they did. and I'm backia' Nifty
for al I'm wor;h. Yeu know the day
she went pS-eF 10 Ell Warmers TO see
S-;-Hh7 wcii. fiseFs was windmill
man - Warrer's that day, and be-
cause ~ two girls sung tiss Sweet
By and By while he played on ths
orgpB siins cai.ssl Mlliy firt.r
"And-'ss,e got usd p
%Of course"
~And he sot mad7s
"Of course
'tAnd be hasn't been here for tive
weeks. and Hiliy is goin' around look
sn' rs IL she waited to die? must &c
over aud see sjle and tell bin She's al
over bein' mad aud wants TO bs friends
Eg'in-"
''Whst. What John Carter. are
you q born fool?" almost shouted Nan
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-31

A farm should. tirst OF ALI produce
everything that can be consumed. then
crops TO he sold. and the less OF the
latter the better. Stock should be kept
sufficient ga consume all food product
and the corn. oats. hay. etc.. should be
marketed "cn the hoof" Why sell
cattle or noss to feeders when they
may be fed at homer = Farm and
Ranch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-31

onsists keeping all the main or
gans 81 the body in healthy, regular ac-
tion, and qcickly destroying deadly dis
ase germs. Electric Bitters resulak<
Stomaca. LIVER and Kidneys. purify The
b God, and gives splendid a?ie tit<
They work wonders in curing K,dney
Troub e. sFF,n.s% complaintS Nervous
- a>e,, ia tipasiou. Dyf p~ia, aod
gt sySfpfo ; the ~ O
GAR ia - ~ j In e J.k
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-31

The average yield per acre OF corn
IN this country for 1901 il the lowest
on record--iwo bushels less than that
or 1881. long the record breaker FOR
low average. flIe averara FOR last
year was Dat AZ 9xieeD bushels. and
the average for What Of 1900 was twen-
ty-ays busbeIs.
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s BE aRAsPED THE SITUATION AT A GLANCE.
cy. as she rose from her chair. Don't
YOU dare stir one single stepi You'd
make u pretty muss OF things il they
was left 10 you. wouldn't yauf's
'Buf something has got to be done,R
he .prpfessed With anxious voice. sASil-
~ and Siie have been levin' each oiheF
oyer Two years. and we 10 ustn't let 'em
fail ept over little thing Ike that"
@"'N-hat's GOT 10 be done, for one
tbing. Is for you TO keep put of ii,
sI!iIy has got Q mother, and that
mother sits right here and what she
doTt, know about lovers quarreis yon
o,rsl'i't try to learn her. Now. you
'i7t I tell you. I'm expectin
son Will come sneakin' sround
49, bui II he does don't you say
sa':t about the quarrel. Jest treat
= YOU didH't know anything
4. He begun the quarrel,
= 10 lie the one to eat hum.
Lr Sticks out about 1t
,.e marriage"
~ Aese nothin' or the
at fall or the barn
5 ia.k. he'll be back here
Is.' & within two weeks:r
s;lrter thought she knew
> q. Johnson pretty well and
didn't differ much from the
OF overs. but she was mie-
t@tsn lie was an obstinate young
though It caused him loss
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In 1900 Texas produced less corn
than Illinois Iowa Nebraska. Nilsson
RI. Kansas and Indiana ard more than
any other OF the states. The farm
value or Texas corn for 1904 h put a
SIS. 522. sos.
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PIRvEcT i KNOW.

ever attained such great fame rs a sire
Of prize winning pigs as he. The H.
instfation pictures him amonS the I've
great loars now In SERVICES Ia the bs;
herd OF VIM " Mastin. Mastin. Fan
He is son of Chief Know and Is a
rencwned ribbon winner Ms wei as az
tiEeNeeiind siFp. I,ampiIghseT, Z son
OF MlssourIs BLACK Chief, was the pop.
uiar candidate for yearling hogora at
the International. although missing the
PLACE Icy oae. notch. Missouri SUNSHINE,
got 10y ideal islaok a. H.. Mas eliza i,,'
pion at the Iowa state fair-Breeder's
Gazette.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-31

Mrs Tompkins- Do you think your
sons life is blighted by that cruel girl?
3 Mrs. Simpson-Oh. no. Archibald is
too much infatuated with himself to
be seriously injured by any external
lcW affair.-petroit Free Press
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-31

Bizzer- How does your wife ike that
lady who moved in next door2
Buyer oh, all right. She hasn't as
pany gowns as my Columbus
tO,l State yournai.
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The work with swine diseases in
Iowa has not been entirely sstIsfAete.
~. During 1899 ei ,00d anilnals were
treated. OF this number Toh per ocn,
survived. while In nontTeated herds
during the years lSaa TO 1909 ouly Sc
per cent of the hogs lived.