I Runaways j
ByCharlei Powers Mitchell
lleve myself of this unheard-of perse
cution. I love .Vul, he wUiie me to
marry him, and I Intend to do o."
"Never, while I am la cbaie of
you r Insisted Miss Wall.
"We shall ee!"
"We nhall r
And Miss Wall did. It was three
days after the climax explosion, and
Florence had not spoken to Mlaa Wall
In the meantime. She aat In her room
at dusk, mourning over her unhappy
fute, when aornethlng whizzed through
the air and fell upon the carpet. Flor-
enct went to the spot to pick up a
Japanned tin box, ai ihe thought. Thou
IttiA fi-ttiAf I. . . aha 4 half m no rr h
WvZXZ" -ntm. through which a atrlng
ran, Knotted on the insiue. ine inug
"This In Intolerable!" cried pretty, trailed out of the window.
vivacious r mrence lung, ana si ..It. , teepnonei , toy one, and
loofted prettier and more vivacious ob cleTer Nea,r Dreatbea Florence
man ever as sne racea ner prim, anien.i. anA h ,hrllled and
strulght-laced aunt with flushed cheek her fye, gparklc(J. In , mBtant she
ana Dashing eyes. messed the aouree of thin aueer vlsl
i Know my place and duties," re- tstlon. She held the little talking cup
plied the thin, sallow-faced Miss Wall, n her hand and stood near the win
with viucgiirlNh asperity and decision, dow. It grew taut. Kb applied It
I hope you will not compel roe to pro- to ber ear. There waa a confused
ceod to eitreme measures." buzzln sound, then, distinctly :
Kxtreme measures ! gasped Flor- t am ud In a tree, lust beyond the
ence. 'Kxtreme measures I" she re
peated, this time In almost a shriek.
"Could you go any further than you
have, shutting me Into my own home a
garden wall. Can you bear me? I am
Neal."
"I can hear you distinctly," replied
the delighted Florence. "Oh, this Is
prisoner, forbidding me the privilege j0Mt delicious and romantic I I know
of seeing my friends) What new In- yoll are jvea Ther Isn't a aweeter
dignity and persecution have you de- yolct In the world."
"Do you notice a sort of quiver to
the telephone?"
"Why, yes what about Itr
'That's where I'm sending you
kiss."
"And here are two of them for you.
Oh, dear Neal I what are wt going to
vised for me? Extreme measures I II
suppose you are thluklng of locking ma
up in the basement and feeding tne on
bread and water."
"What I have been forced to do la
all for your own good," asserted Miss
Wall.
"Oh, yes I feel awful good, I do," dor
mimicked Florence. "I feel so meek I Mora tender nonsense, and then Neal
and lowly and charitable, I could I Ward developed his plan elopement,
scratch your eyes out I" and with this I He dearnnted on the terrible persecu
ting crisis of Indignation Florence I tlons of Miss Wall, his own deep anxle-
ruhed from the room, quivering and In I ties and worries for her sake. He told
tears. I her that he would be beneath ber win
"Of all the vlperlsh, uncontrollable I dow with a ladder at exactly eight
tempers I" gasped Miss Wall. "Defy-1 o'clock the next evening. An automo
bile with a trusted chauffeur would he
on band Just beyond the rear garden
wall. Klght miles away was a clergy
man. Oh, he would make arrange
ment, for anything! Would she con
sent? And Florence, resenting the
treatment of Miss Wall and prettily
spiteful enough to outwit this hard
hearted guardian, said yes, and fol
lowed the word with a dozen kisses
over the Impromptu telephone line.
"Not a miss," spoke Neal buoyantly
as, the next evening, up the ladder,
down the ladder, across the lawn, with
Miss Wall unconsciously dozing on the
front porch, they passed on rapidly and
reached a closed automobile.
"And how deliriously romantic I"
whispered Florence, snuggling up close
to him, "I hope papa won't scold when
be geta back. Oh, dearl maybe we
hud better wait."
You understand the route, chauf
four?" spoke Nenl.
All right, air," answered a gruff
voice In front from the mnflled-up fig
ure at the wheel.
Florence wua trembling with excite
ment and Neal radiant, aa they stood
before the clergyman half an hour
later.
We ought to have a witness to the
ceremony," suggested the minister.
"Will the chauffeur do?" suggested
NeaL
Surely," and Neal went out, hailed
the driver of the automobile. Imparted
to him Iila wlshea and waa followed by
him Into the little parlor. He was
apparently a gruff, unsociable being,
2 piilfirl
SILAGE IS GOOD
WINTER ROUGHAGE
Particularly Valuable During Sea
son When Animals Are f die.
MOLDY SILAGE IS DANGEROUS
Pr " - i4m
Feed for Horses and Mules Should Be
Made From Thoroughly Mature
Corn Frozen 8llage Also
Should Be Avoided.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Good silage properly fed is a splen-
"I Know My Place and Duties."
Ing my authority I Willfully wicked!
Amazingly antagonistic! Well, I shall for jie never raeJ th0 p,k of n,
hold to my duty, unyielding aa ateel." caD nor trm( down the envetoulng
wins nmn itica or uuiy naa neen collar of his greatcoat,
unil..ll...l el... 11 1 I
r,-,urU u nun i. nun w. nan- Th, ceremony w eollll,eted. and
sister of Florence's fallier, and when ,h.nfr.n .t . n,i i....
Mrs. King died had come to the King
huhie to act as housekeeper and coin'
paninn, and mentor of Florence. From
the first she hud antagonized the girl
gyman came forward and attached his
name as a witness to the marriage cer
tificate.
You have my best wishes," spoke
I lei 'waspish ways, her assumption of , mlai,w blandly, a he handed
uinoruy. ner spyuae acuoiia una Flounce the document.
rimieu me warm-neartea young girl And my blessing!" added the chauf
feur, with startling suddenness. "Flos-
When Mr. King was called away on Lie. mv daughter. Neal. inv son I" and
business to Kouth America, he had told the cap and coat were flung aside, and,
Florence Unit he left her In charge of beaming and chuckling, Mr. King ex
Mlss Wall, und, know lng her high tern- tended bis arms towards the two run-
per, asked her to l indulgent and re- aw a vs.
specirui to miss nail. V,hi aee. 1 hamiened to come home
"Fact Is, Flossie," he acknowledged, lust aa that clever telephone mischief
I rnncy i mime a mistuke In bringing of your was In play" explained Flos-
her here, but I onn t get rid of her all ale's father. "It was easy to bribe the
at once. When I return we will niake chauffeur to let me take his place
a rhnnge. He tolerant and dutiful tin- What you will do, Is to go to the city.
til then, won t you, for my sake, pet?" and reappear the contrite ami tearful
I ll no an) thing for you, papa," de- eloocre well, say In three days. Mean
clared Florence, mid although aha had time, the shocked and Inmwent father
a hard time of It she had got along I will aee what can be done with Miss
quite well with her tyrannical relative Wall "
mi n I a climax materialized. Miss Timt imllmnint ladv noiinc,1 nut ,
Wall by insistent gradations had pro- the house for good, when she was told
moled herself from companion to chap- hy Mr. King that a telegram from the
rone, from that to censor and ahso- runaway announced their nroanectlv
lute tyrant, and theu the frail chain return, and that he was lucltucd to be
of shallow harmony was snapped to tolerant and forgive theiu.
iwsm ey me nign-apintea Florence. -Now we'll try to be harmonious an.1
It was all about Neal Ward, whom hanuv." he advised the wauderera. aa
ane naa known tor over a year. It was he welcomed theiu home In his Jolly
,if,ll,,,B( il...ft lt.u h-.t I . I. . ... ... .
"'"v"""'" "vi imviui en- hearted wav SKI tney u o and went.
gagea wnue air. Mug was away, for
Good for Fair Sex
The Saturday half holiday and the
observance of Sunday as a day of open
air recreation, a writer states, are
working powerfully aud beneficially
tow ard health and longevity. Girls and
women stand peculiarly in ueed of
exercise, and activities which give
tlu in an entirely new set of mental
iiikI physical Impulses, Gardening and
botmilxliiK, motoring parties, excur
sions, lil id study, and all the things
Unit iimuse sin! luterest, Including all
IlKlit utliletlc sports, especially If
tlii-ne ciin be practiced In the open air,
me Nplctxtkl.
HAULING CROPS TO MARKET
Average Farmer Must Haul Hla Prod
uct Six and One-Half Miles-
Other Points.
How far must the average farmer
In the United States haul his ctod
did feed for horses, particularly dur to market? Exactly six and a half
Ing winter when the horses are idle, miiesj. It can be answered, for the bu-
Hiiage for horses and mulea should De rMU 0f croD estimates of the depart
made from thoroughly mature corn, merj cf .riCulture has completed an
properly stored so that It will not mold, inquiry Into the whole mutter of farm
in many eases horses have been Kiuea haullnc throughout the country. In.
by eating moldy slliige, and the care- cldentally, the results of the Inquiry
less person -who fed It at once blamed thow that if only one wagon were
trie slliige itself, rulher than his own available to haul crop It would re-
carelessness and the mold which real- quire about 15,747,000 days for it to
ly wus the cause of the trouble. Horsea complete the Job for only the mar-
are peculiarly susceptible to the effecta keted portion, of three most prominent
of molds, and under certain conditions I form products wheat, corn and cob
cert u in molds grow on slliige which are ton.
deadly poisons to both horses and The InvestlgaUon shows that It re-
mules. Molds must have air to grow qulrea about half a day for the aver
and therefore slliige which is packed age fanner to make a round trip to
airtight and fed out rapidly will not be- market, and about two-thirds of a day
ome moldy. If the feeder watches th on the average for the farmer farth
slliige carefully us the weather warms est from market to make a similar
up he can soon detect the tiresence of trip. That market distances are grow-
mold. When mold appears, fading to lng shorter is shown by the fact that
horses or mules should stop Immedl- In 1906 It required almost 50 per cent
ately. more time for the average round trip.
One reason for the Improved condl-
It Is also
frozen silage on account of the danger
of colic. This Is practically Impos
sible to avoid in very cold weather,
especially In solid-wall silos. By tak
I ii K the diiy's feed from the unfrozen
enter of the silo and chopping away
(lie frozen Hllngo from the edges and
piling the frozen pieces In the center
he mnss will usually thaw out In time
r the next feed
The value of slluge for horses Is
greatest as a means to carry them
lirough (lie winter season cheaply or
to supplement pasture during drought.
As the danger of mold Is greater In
summer than In winter, silage should
not be fed to horses In that season un-
mh a large number of animals are
getting It, and the dally consumption
Is so Inrge as to preclude the forma
Hon of mold tin the surface.
To cheupen the ration of brood
mures In winter no feed has more
value tlinn good corn silage. If th
grain goes Into the silo with the stover
no additional gruin Is needed for brood
mures, hay being the only supplemen
tary feed necessary. If there Is little
gruin on the corn the silage should be
supplemented with one pound of old-
process llnseed-oll meal or cottonseed
meal dully per 1.000 pounds live weight.
sprinkled over the allege.
Starting en Silage.
Horses to be wintered on a silage
and bay ration should be started on
about live pounds of silage daily per
1,000 pounds live weight, the grain and
hay ration being gradually decreased
as the slluge Is Increased until the ra
Hun Is no pounds sll.ige and 10 pound
of buy dally per 1,000 pounds live
weight. It will require about a month
to ron i-li the full feed of slluge, but the
Dinner of Colic.
, , , , . uona, ii is pointed out, is mat since
unsure to feed horses ' .
aow i ue gleam rmirouu mileage ju
the United States has Increased 15 per
cent and that many new freight-car
rylng electric lines have been built.
Another point brought out by the
Inquiry Is that there has been marked
Improvement In public roads since the
The Pumps of Lassigny
Red Cross Nobly Comes to the Assistance of Re
maining Residents of Wrecked French Village
Lassigny was pounded to pieces In the two years that the Boehe trenches
lay Just before it It was a deserted village when the Germans retired last
spring.
But there were cellars among the Jagged bits of wall left standing, and
here and there a corner of roof that the big gnna had missed. A few families,
which had crowded into the towns behind the line waiting their chunce, moved
forward into what they called their "homes," sleeplDg anywhere often on
damp straw.
The government sent In a tralnload of wooden barracks, and the army com
mander sent in a group of boches to set them up. More refugees moved la.
The Boche laboriously dug out the wells that other Boches hud laboriously
shoveled full of dirt and manure. Lassigny Is a long village, struggling along
the road from to ; und it had many wells in the days before
the war. When the Germans left, they filled the wells so carefully that six
months later the grass and weeds concealed every trace of what lmd one been
village wells. Only the end of a ladder sticking out of the tall grass betrayed
one well.
The stone walls of the wells were solid, and far down below the water
was good French chemists analyzed It after the Boche prisoners had, shovel-
full by shovel-full, cleaned out the well-holes. But the wells ure deep, and to
haul up buckets of water by hand is a long hard task. There ore no strong
men in Lusslgny these days; only the little children, und the old men and
women and the two brave nurses of the Union des Femmes de trance.
So the word went back along the line. "Bumps for Lassigny!" There
are no pumps to be had In the ruined region about Lassigny, fertile and busy
as It once was; so Uie Bed Cross delegate sent to I'urls; and the Red Cross
purchasing department there sent out n buyer to find pumps for Lussigny.
The town has Its pumps now ; and even the tiny bure-kneed tots can start
the water flowing. And when the Bed Cross man comes to town, the town
folk greet him with a smile. When he was Inst there, there was a knock at
the door of the bnrracks where he was chatting with a French nurse and In
came an old peasant woman, bearing her token of gratitude and friendship a
plateful of ateumlng hot baked apples, and a brown Jugful of fresh water
pumped from one of Lasslgny's wells.
Winter Colds
By Dr. Samuel C Diion
Commiuiooer ol Health oi Penajylvtoia
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rnlutHll RaiH In MtaaiaalnnI
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bureau' Investigations In 1000, for
the size of the average load hnuled
has nearly doubled since then. A day's
baul of wheat In 100(1 was 56 bushels
now It Is 112 bushels. In 1000 1.700
pound of cotton was hnuled in a
period may be decreased eo'uiewhat. JWi now veage dully haul Is
depending on the Judgment aud skill
of the feeder.
Mures fed In this manner will be In
splendid condition for foaling, and, so
fur us the writer's experience goes, the
foals will be fully as vigorous, with
Just as much size and bone, a If the
mares were fed the conventional grain
aud bay ration.
Work horses when Idle can be win
tered satisfactorily lu this manner, but
much slluge Is not recommended for
horses at heavy work for the same rea
son that a driving horse cannot do his
hest while on wutery grass pasture.
8,000 pounds.
The Inquiry developed the fact that
the load hnuled In the cotton country
are the smallest but the most valu-
ible. Thus the average vulue of a
load of cotton was found to be $183,
wheat $43 and corn $128. The longest
hauls were found to be in the Kocky
mountain states, where Nevada holds
the record with an average haul for
all farmers of 18 miles. The shortest
hauls were shown to be In the middle
West, Ohio at the bottom of the list
with four miles.
BIG GOOD ROADS DIVIDENDS
MAKE SUCCESS WITH LAMBS
Animals Must Be of Good Form, Uni
form In 8lxe and Rightly Bred
for Making Profit
Motorists of Massachusetts Spent $25,-
000,000 Last Season, aa Result
of Good Roads.
Motorists spent $2.000,000 In Massa
chusetts last season, largely as a re-
To feed well with profit, lambs must suit of the fKid roads of that state.
he of good form, uniform slse, rightly
bred, not tin) fat when bought, worked
onto full feed very grudually and
liipix'il and sold lit Just the right time.
luich of these things requires a little
eipert knowledge und this can only be
gulued by experience or very close ob
servation.
the hitter liked young Ward and he
had never discussed uor ceusured his
atteutlons to Florence. M1m Wall had
taken It U'H herself to refuse to sanc
tion or recognize the engagement. Very
peremptorily t,he hud ordered Neal
from the house. Just as Insistently
me naa rorblUden Florence to meet
him or speak to him. Then Mlsa Wall
had cut off those charming little par
ties of Florence's with her friends
And the last fell blow was a refusal
to allow Florence to go down town
alone, she always m-compiinylng her.
Florence hud rebelled. Hhe had hor
rified the old liuild by kissing her hand
to Nenl when he pasxed the house. Khu
smuggled all kinds of notes to her
lover mi. I received many In return.
This last feature of the situation, how
ever, had bcn now eliminated, for.
Miss Wall detecting the go-between, a
housemaid. Involved In the clandestine
correwmletne., promptly discharged
ber fr.nu service. She bnd prohibited
even the reception of Florence' girl
friend, except when tie was near by,
exerclslug the vigilance of a cat and
the sum-Uliinee of an eagle.
"I shall write to my father aud very
oon change the condition uf things,"
declared Florence.
"lie is n bis way borne and by a
loug route, and I do not even know
where to write him myself," responded
Miss Wall.
"Very well, lil find uui way to re-
Make Your Mind Master.
To uiiike your life count you must
hejcin now. The youth who applies him
self tins th best advantage. But It
often huppens that bright young folks
have to play the fool for a few yers
to Kuril (he value of opportunities
Some of them nevrr get over It. They
are the ones who know It all and re
sent advice from their better. But
anyone euii rise If he want to. Set
the proper task and see that It's real
ized. Make your mind master and th
result w ill b to your credit.
SHARP GRIT OF IMPORTANCE
Necessary for Proper Dlgeetion
Fowls' Food Place In Boa
Handy of Access.
of
Fowls ciiuuot digest their food well
utiles they have clean, sharp grit and
It Is usually best to keep a box of the
regular coinmerclul grit, sold by poul
try supply dealers. In each pen of th
hen bouse during cold weather when
the hens cannot get outside and aearvh
for pleves of course gravel, etc.
SEPARATE HOUSE FOR GEESE
United State Lake.
Kxcluslve of th Ureat Lake, th
1'nlted states ha 21 lake each oi
which hue an area excvAding 104
square tulle.
Firmer Should Be Careful to See That
Floor Is Dry and Wtll Bedded
With Straw.
He sure Unit the shed for the geese
(which should be separate from the
poultry house, duck house and turkey
shed) has a dry. well -bedded floor, for
geese vv lil not do well unless they have
s dry resting pinco.
HIGH PRICES TEMPT FARMER
Not Only Induced Many to Sell Pigs
at Light Weight, but Breeding
Animals Marketed.
The extremely high price of grata
feeds and market hog-t have not only
Induced fninii-m to market their pig
at light weights, but have tempted
many of them to cash lu on a large
number uf their breeding animal.
Bather a tine dividend!
Great progress has been made In Im
proving the road in Minnesota, but
there are communities which as yet,
apparently, see but one side to the
good roads qutvtlon, and that Is, cap
ital going out and no dividends com
ing back. While the returns from
motor travel are Indirect, neverthe
less they are certain. It Is obvious
that any town 1 at least Indirectly
benefited by having such good roads
that motorists delight In milking It an
objective on their week-end tours.
Any district that has bad road be
comes Just as well known, hut of
course adversely. Unfortunately, too
many specific case might be given.
Minneapolis Journal.
During the frigid weather, you wnnt
to keep well nourished. To do this,
your meals should
be taken with reg
ularity, and you
should take a
moderate amount
of exercise, not
too near meal
time. No better
form of exercise
can be found thnn
that of walking
with a good brisk
step and swing
ing of the arms.
You should keep
up a good circu
lation of blood
thnt the digestive glands may secrete
a healthful quantity of digestive fluids,
and the food be prepared for aud as
similated by the body.
No excesses should be Indulged In,
particularly the taking of alcoholic
beverages. You should live in pure air
night aud day, but the very young and
the very old should not be exposed to
extremely low temperutures.
Careful observance of these sugges
tions will do much to prevent, and at
least to some extent, help pull you
through congestive or even Infective
colds, which are prevalent when the
wenther Is so very changeuble as it is
In winter in our North Atlantic climate.
urul Ice. American Ice factories and
refrigerating plants, according to fig
ures of the United States fuel admin
istration, use uuntially 15,000,000 tons
of coul.
Try a New Way to Cook
Potatoes Just a Few of
the Styles in This List
It is claimed that there are more
than ICS) ways to cook potatoes, from
the primitive (and still prohahly the
best) methods of boiling or buklng
with the skins on, to the most com
plex und seasoned dishes. Here are
some of the ways known to the United
States department of agriculture.
Ilnve you tried them nil, or do you
know nbout as many more? Boiled,
chips, lyonniilse, mushed, pun browned,
sulad, In chowders, baked, shoestrings,
hashed brown, mnshed fried, stuffed,
In fish cakes, lu light bread, pluln
fried, french fried, gnuffre, souf
fle, rlced. In hash, biscuits, snute,
creamed, croquettes, nu grutin, soups,
in stews, in meat pie crust.
Greatly Improve Road.
Py keeping a road drag and drag
ging th road along one' land after
heavy ralus the road may be greatly
Improved. It is an easy matter to
have an agreement so each fanner
will drag the road in front of his
farm. This would maintain the road
till the regular hands could be called
out at stated Intervals or till the com
missioner could make the repair.
Sixteen-Foot Roadway.
Maintain at least a 10-foot road
way.
War Help Good Roads.
Highway building In Indiana will be
accentuated by th war. rather than
topped, tate official announce. Flans
have been completed for the building
of 800 mile of paved road next year,
at aa estimated expenditure of nearly
13,000,000. One road will extend from
th Great Lakes to the Ohio river nd
three will traverse the state from the
Ohio to the Illlnoia line.
Operstlng a Drag.
If th drag cut too much, ahortn
th bitch.
Save Natural Ice For Use
In Summer Saves Ammonia
'as Well as Conserving Coal
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment oi Agriculture.)
All who can possibly do so are urged
by the United States department of ag
riculture to harvest a supply of natural
Ice this winter and store it for sum
mer use. This Is of vital Importance
at this time, for every ton gathered
will help In the war-time conservation
of ammonia which Is necessary in the
manufacture of Ice.
Ammoula salts are regurded as nn
essential In the manufacture of certain
fertilisers and the cost of fertilizers is
dependent to some extent on the mar
ket value of ammonia. Of extreme sig
nificance at this time, however, Is the
fact that the most Important ehemiculs
used In making ammonium nitrate and
other explosives are readily made from
ammonia and every quart of America's
already small supply of this substance
that can be saved means more power
to America's armies.
Thus the farmer Is Interested In the
conservation of ammonia not only from
a national standpoint, but because of
his personal Interests. Ammonia saved
through harvesting of natural Ice
means more ammonia for fertilizers
and more ammonia for ammunition.
The man who harvests ice now and
stores it in pits or ice houses, next
summer may have the satisfaction of
helping out his uelghbor who depend
ed on an Ice plant.
In addition to the saving of am
monia, conservation of coal Is to be
effected through the harvesting of nat-
Cash and Carry.
tjulte providentially It happens that
the doctrine of carrying home one s
groceries promises to attain full
growth at a time when capacious and
decorative bags are not only fashion
able, but almost necessary for house
wives. It Is evident, says the Spokane
Spokesman Kevlew. that there Is In
tention of seeing that the buyer is
paid In cash for carrying his own fol
home. Already dealers are lopping
cent sand even nickels off the cost of
things not delivered. A cent, for In
stance, goes thus with every loaf of
bread. Cents and nickels grow rapid
ly to quarter-, and quarter will buy
war stamps that pay 4 per cent. It he
hooves us to lH'k closely to such details.
Enemy of the Dog Figures
High Cost of Keeping Pet
A dog hater in New Hampshire, stim
ulated by the campaign for food con
servation, sharpened his pencil and this
is what he figured :
One person In 20 keeps n dog; that's
5,0(10,000 dogs. It costs ten cents
a day to feed a dog, or $.30.50 a year
for one, and $182,000,000 per annum for
all of them. With flour at $15 a bar
rel, this sum would buy 12,100,000 bar
rels of flour. If loaded 12 barrels to
each motortruck, l,000.t00 trucks
would be required to loud the flour, at
one time; and they would make a pro
cession 2,272 miles In length.
The figures seem to be all right and
unquestionably impressive, but who
enn estimate the heart pangs and per
sonal loss of 5,000,000 small boys If
deprived of their dearest treusure7
Popular Mechanics Mugaziue.
CANDLE EVERY EGG SHIPPED
Simple Outfit May B Made of Ordi
nary Pasteboard Box Defects
Should Be Cast Aside.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Only first-class eggs can be mar
keted by parcel post The shipping of
bad eggs not only will cause dissatis
faction or even loss of the customer,
but, In Interstate shipments, will vio
late the federal food law if there are
more than 5 per cent of bad eggs in a
shipment. The limit allowed, however,
Is no excuse for any bad eggs among
those marketed.
In spite of the greatest care it will
sometimes happen under ordinary farm
conditions thut an occasional bad egg
will appear among those sent to mar
ket. It would he wise to candle every
egg shipped. Candling Is "the process
of testing eggs by passing light through
theiu so as to reveal the condition of
the contents." A simple candling outfit
may be made of an ordinary paste-
hoard box sufficiently large to be placed
over a small hand lamp after the ends
have been removed. The bos should
have a hole cut In It on a level with
the flame of the lump. Several notches
hould be cut in the edges on which the
box rests, to supply air to the lamp.
The box should be sufficiently large to
prevent danger from catching fire. An
ordinary pasteboard box will serve the
purpose. Candling Is done in the dark,
or at least nvvay from strong light, and
each egg Is held against the hole In the
side of the box, when Its condition may
be seen. An egg that shows any defect
should not be marketed.
SELECT EGGS FOR HATCHING
Sufficient Number of Choicest Fowls
Should Be Housed in Temporary
Pen and Yarded.
It is seldom necessary und never de
sirable to use eggs for hatching from
all of the fowls on the farm. A suffi
cient number of the choicest fowls
should be selected for use as breed
ers. The breeding fowls may be sepa
rated from the main flock two or three
weeks before It is necessary to begin
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The Champion Wood Chopper.
A record In wood chopping Is claim
ed by L. J. Ilnugen. tiftv. who
lives near Clinton, In. I'p to the
opening of the present lumbering sea
son he chopped 0.207 cords. He la a
Norwegian. During the summer he
works for fanners about the county.
but as soon as the first touches of
winter are nppurent, he shoulders his
ax and starts for the timber lands.
He figures his chopping career from
the time he was twenty, since which
he has averaged two cords a duy dur
ing the chopping season.
Mollie Wellington, Light Brahma,
With Record of 325 Eggs in One
Year. '
to save eggs for hatching. They
should be housed in a temporary pen
nnd yarded nt one end of the regular
poultry house or In portable colony
houses and returned to the main flock
ns soon as the breeding season is over.
POULTRY AIDS MEAT SUPPLY
No Source as Rapid or Cheap Every
Farm Should Have Carefully Cull
ed Flock of Fowls.
I'oultry Is profitable. No source of
uieut supply Is as rapid or as cheap.
Kvery pound of poultry produced will
help lu sending a pound of meat
across to the boys that are fighting
your battles. Every farm should hnve
a carefully culled flock of not less
than two hundred fowls.
Wise and Otherwise.
Never Judge a man's good or
bad qualities by whut his neigh
bors say about him.
Once in a while there Is a man
so good nnt tired that he is nice
to his wife's relatives.
What goes up must come down
as many an airplune chauffeur
Is discovering.
A shrewd man may be both
wise and honest, but the chances
are that he is neither.
If common sene w ill not teach
a young man etiquette a book on
the subject Is of little use.
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EARLY HATCHED CHICKS
Something to Think About
The fl.Kd waters which go to p
stuius'ly In the jrrent centra! valley of
the C tilted Stat.-s and often cuti
ert destruction ef provrty. If im-
tummlet! and eimdoved In the elevelorv ewr!niI .hi k -....
t " -j v. uiip-j States
ment of electric power. woulJ render cloth manufacturers.
(Prepared by the United States De
partment of Agriculture.)
The early hatched chicken Is
not only the chicken that lays
the winter egg, but It Is the
chicken best able to withstand
disease and parasites.
It is in the midsummer
months that chickens are hurt
most by lice. The late hatched
chicken has not hud time to be
come large or strong enough fo
resist lice attacks, but the early
hatched chicken by midsummer
has become strong and hardy f
onnnch tn ,1 - crt A.t i, -I
the early development of the
early hutched bird has preceded
the extremely hot months, It is
more npt to live through the
summer.
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WINTER RATIONS FOR FOWLS
the use of mineral coal unnecessary
within the borders of the countrv This
u.u.ein cas oeen made repeatedly " Change Is Necessary Make It Grad-
iv "'uii'irn-ui engineers.
ually Feed Plenty of Cracked
! Corn on Cold Nights.
Do n..t keep clumping rations.
."lux,se a ration and stick to it If a
change must be made, make it grad
ually. Corn and outs will have to be
th" standi' s this winter; use them
alternately and use cracked corn ex-
eepmig on very cold days when the
Use of Wine Encouraged.
The Prltlsh war cabinet, with an eye
on the shortage of beer as a cause of
Industrial unrest and the consequent
Increased demand for spirits, has de
cided to allow the release from bond of
wine up to the full amount rai,..
In 1916. In releasing this quantity the 1 U- "mt 'at l'u'"f' us Int'' ns f
" ' expresses the hopes that
all those who could afford to drink
wine will refrain from drinking beer.
Mexico Stops Dyes.
i'.ve.n; material has been coming In
considerable volume from Mexico dnr-
H'le to keep them wurtu through the
night.
f :le two However, the
MoWsui tresurv department has an
nounced . prohibition of the exnort
ana'ine and val tar dyes and natural
artificial vegetable dye. The difficulty
caused by the new re-n!nri.n jti .
FRESH AIR VERY IMPORTANT
Poultry House Should Be Well Venti
lated and Fowl Permitted to Exer
cise in Open.
There Is nothing wore important to
the health of th tWk than plenty of
fresh air. The poultry house must
iv well ventilated and the birds
should be allowed to exorcise la the
"pen air. Wturi the sun shln.es or the
weuiher is U)iUl, open the windows
sad door.