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The principal reason why winter dairy- Good succulent feed in the winter is 



ing can be made most profitable is that necessary to the maintenance of a good 



in nearly all cases higher prices can be milk flow. Now is the time to look after 



readily obtained. this. 



With proper care in management, the All working of the butter after the salt 



more feed the cow 'can be made to con- is incorporated is injurious to the grains 



sume and turn into milk the greater will of the butter. Work only sufficiently to 



be the profit. get into a proper shape to send to market. 



CHILD-HOOD FANCIES. 



Whene'er at night the thunder 

 Went rolling o'er our heads, 



I said that God was pulling out 

 The angels' trundle beds. 



At evening, as I watched the clouds 



Go moving softly by, 

 I used to cry, "Oh, come and see, 



The circus in the sky!" 



For in these clouds strange forms I saw 

 Of beasts and birds and men, 



Moving in swift procession, tar 

 Beyond my childish ken. 



And in these downy, fleecy clouds 

 That were so soft and white, 



I sometimes saw my mother's face 

 All radiant and bright; 



And hosts of angels with bright wings 

 And trumpets in their hands 



They changed again to palaces, 

 And then to fairy bands. 



Oh! wond'rous panorama that 



Unfolded to my view; 

 Oh! wond'rous golden fancies 



That I in child hood knew. 



No longer can I see as then 



The visions in the sky, 

 No time have I to watch the clouds 



As they go floating by. 



My fairies and my palaces, 



My ships and angels too 

 And many another fancy 



Have faded from my view. 



I'm older now, and wiser too 



But ah, to sit once more 

 In innocence and happiness 



Beside our kitchen door, 



And see once more the pictures that 



I saw with childish eye 

 When I used to watch the circus 



That was passing through the sky. 

 L. W. 



