On her farm in Danvers, ELIZABETH R. CHOATEand her late husband, the publisher of the Boston HERALD-TRAVELER,maintained a wide assortment of domestic animals with whose habits they became increasingly familiar. This is the second of a series of papers to be continued into the winter.

The soybean could—if we were a world of vegetarians. It is rich enough in protein to replace meat, but now it is fed mostly to animals.