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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL Pag 11 THE EAGLE'S FEATHER By JEAN X. BONNEAU (Copyright.) "On nd your horse i lie must lie wilil tomorrow," whlapered lliu old "inn hcinecn gronna, a li turned to hi ntlii-r aide on tlie ragged blanket. Tli boy to vi limn he apoke int lu the renter (if the teepee gating out, with unarclng eyes, at (he dlaliitit anow crowned mountain in'iik, lie hold every iiiuhiIo and nerve tenae lent the tcur almuld eottm; It would never do fur mi 1 1 M n n to weep, an Imllnn vhnaa friiiiiirnlliern anng llielr denlb annge without a quiiver; hut Die horae lil only coinpiinliin, lliu only friend. The old mnn alghcd nnd rubbed Ills hnnd arroaa hi Inflamed llil. "Look out, I'epe. " he mild. "In there not even a coyote in alght? My old tomat-h I glued to my back, end every Imne In my hody rrlea out for food. The evil one, my enemy, prexsea nil teeth Into my lienrt, nnd It burin. I there not lilntl. nothing to nee?" "Nothing." replied the hoy. "Wait ; I nee a partridge." Picking up lliu Rim, Tope Imped thrnuftti I lie opening nnd aped through the "(t wild clovi r. "I muni go fr," I'e mild to himself. "For nltlMMiifh grandfather rnn no longer nee, h Ileum doubly well," Ho run down to the little lit renin tluit rn inn from somewhere In the mouutnlnii. nnd I! red off lila gun Into the nlr. Then ho erept alowly, aa aoft ly aa a cut, to a tree n few yard from the teepee, where he cmped under tliti needle and roup until he uncovered a hnrn-ynrd hen. Cnutloua- ly ho retreated to the stream, where lie gave a triumphant ahotit, then rnn up the hill and Into Hie teepee. "See, a line one," he cried. Ho picked and rlenned the fowl dexterously, and then cooked It over the fire. The old mnn could aenrcely hrenthe for excitement, and crooned like a child over hla ahnre; but I'epe dl4 not ent. for hla henrt wni henry. He ant with hla chin In hla hnnda. watching the withered Indlnn. who wna no long er able to tell the difference between wild and domeatlented fowl. At the aoft evening mine. , nd the aun gated for the Inat time thnt dny at hla own reflection In the little poola of the vnlley, a nllck-conled hlnck borne came loping townrd the tolltnry teepee nmong the plno treea. He ahnok hla mnne from hla eyea, nnd hla long lull awept the ange-brush behind him. Throwing back hla head, he cnlled with ahrlll cries that echoed against the foothllla. Pepo atood erect; a Joyful light spread over hla face. "The horae tin come," he anld. "I need not rope him. Must ho he sold tomorrow?" Hut the old mnn wna nIeep; the clean-picked bones of the chicken lay boalde him. A low, conxlug, whinny enmo from the entrance llnps. The boy roue nnd pluced his hnnd across the quivering noalrlla of the borne, for the grnnilrn ther hud not slept In mnny houra. Then, together, boy nnd horse walked out under the murmuring plnea. Tope wns n Cree Indlnn, belonging to a Cnnndlnn tribe thnt hnd no right to expect nld from the United Ktntca goveri nt. Ho nnd hla grandfather, with a Imnll bund of these nllena, hnd been following tip the gnme, but the old nmn's feebleness nnd bllntlnesa bo Increased (hut he could not travel; and tho others, compelled to follow the food, hnd left them. Nothing remained to the old warrior but tho boy and the horae. I'ene wns courageous, strong and agile as an nntelope. At first he man aged to find senttercd gnme, but It grndunlly became more dlfllcult; tho wolf of atnrvntlon approached very near the pointed doorway; then Pope took to stealing. He did not like to stenl, for he be longed to a rnce of chiefs, and It was henenth hla dignity; besides (but this was a aecrct he told only to the horse) the white hoy thnt hunted and fished through the woods, with whom he often tnlked, would not think It right. The white boy hnd given him shot for hla gun, nnd hnd shown him his dog. hut he hnd no horse like Pope' nnd hnd envied the Indlnn boy. This evening he ant on the hnnk of the stream gazing nt the stars. "The whlte-fnced boy with the hnlr of sunshine enn run fnster than you can pace. Ills voice Is like the coyote's, vou can henr It many miles." The white boy had spoken no louder thnn Tepe, when they had met, but the little Indian was trying to Impress the borse. In his ears kept ringing the old man's words, "ne must he sold tomor row," end Pcpe knew thnt, although It might not happen tomorrow, the part Ingtould not be mnny flays ore. If the white boy would only bny " him. IIe'ould never be cruel to him ; nnd maybe Pope might sometimes see hta old companion. Several dnys after this, Pepe, on his horse, rode down the ennon. The meadow lnrk flew above them singing hi hennrlfnl snrlngtlme song, ana Pene thought he said, "Klnhoylum, til Ileum" (Qood-by, friend). But the boy's eyes were dry and his face wore the calmness of his people. in the rondway lay an engle's fenth or. Pene curved over, and deftly seized It with his little red hnnd) then he wound It tightly In the strong black mnne of the horse. "This Is so you will not forget me,' be said. Tlie horae paced down Into the val ley, and I'epe rod straight to tho home of the white-faced boy. Want sell horse, Toil buy blmT wna the Indian's greeting. "Whnt I You want to sell your horse I Thnt hornet Whnt la your renwuiT" wna the reply. "MiiNt hnve money," anld I'epe. "I Ion p hungry." Wult, let mo think," anld the while hoy. "I have a plnn. Do not sell him; rent lil in fur the summer. win give you four dollar a month, and when ever you wlnli him come and get him." Pepo nllppod to the ground and whlxpered In the horse' ear: "Itetnenihor the eagle's feather. By It I promlKe to come for you when the roaeberrlea nre rlpo." For many week the horse cnlled afler hla noisier, running buck and forth In hla corral nil night. He grew thin, nnd would hnve refused food al together If It hnd not been for a small while hnnd Hint fed him. nnd a sweet voice that comforted him. They be longed to the white boy'a little alslcr, who cn toe each dny to feed htm out and smooth his neck, Hornet lines alio would tie red rib' bona In the horse' mnne and tall, and ride til i n over the foothills. Tlie day went by, nnd the horae censed to cull ; but every night he would stand by the fence and gnr.e up townrd the canon. The grout yellow Mile were blooming on the moon lalnslile, while the red berries hung In cluster on the klnnlklnle. The huckle berries ripened and "till Pepe did not come. What do you think la the reason Jack?" anld the little sister. "You don't auiipoao he tins alnrved to denth, or hna been killed, do you?" Maybe the ofllcera hnve him." Jnck replied. "You know he la a Croc, and they are being rounded up and aont buck to Canada. They are killing all the gnme." The roaeberrlea ripened nnd the boy did not come. A the weeka nnsaed on, all the Crees to he found on the western ldo of the Ilocky mountains were grad ually gnthered at a nenrby military post, a poor, huddled mass of sick and starving humnnlly, with dull, despair ing eyes, who preferred starvation to the possible punishment awaiting them for pnst misdeed across the bonier. The band wna guarded by colored old I era atntloned there, under a white commander. Stretched on hla face, nenr one of the soldiers, Iny an emaci ated Indlnn boy. He born that way even since he come, snh. Think he crnr.y, snh." As the officer turned awny, he saw, riding across the sage-brush fiat, thnt atretchea between the town nnd fort. a party of gay young people on horse back. In a rnce, one coal-black horse outdistanced all the rest, and the girl on his back proudly tossed her head. Suddenly the horse stopped, trem bling In every limb. Ills shining, black eyes were fixed on the camp outside the fort. Then he gnve a call, high, shrill nnd piercing; hnek through the clear air enme as shrill an answer. The horse bounded forward. Over the snge-brush he Hew like a bird, and bore his rider Into the midst of the camp, pnst gunrd, pnst commander; whnt enred he for the cry of "Unit ! He did not stop until ho reached the boy. Then his rider understood, nnd lipped from nor sntime to me ground. "He hns been expecting you ever alnce the roseberrlea ripened," she snltl. "Why did you not come for your money?" "The soldiers hunt, nnd I hide In the mountains," he replied. Thnt night he told the horse nil about It; how tho old mnn hnd died suddenly, nnd gono to the hnppy hunt ing grounds. Several dnys after this, escorted by the troop, the Crees were marched awny. Behind the train enme a bnnd of horses, the ponies belonging to the In dlarfs. The dust flew Into the eyes of tho driver, but he did not care. Ills fnce .benmed with happiness, nnd he shouted with Joy as the wind blew back his straight black hair, while he cracked his whip at the drove In front. The horse he rode tossed his head; his tall sweiH the sage-brush, and be side red ribbons he had an eagle's feather twisted In his mnne. ' First Silk Hoa In Ireland. Women who hnve done so much knitting within the last few years will no doubt be Interested to know that Scotland Is the home of the knitters, and by the Scotch It was Introduced Into Ireland, where, In the 10th cen tury, the gnllnnts of Oalwny sported "fine knit silken stockings nnd foreign pnntoufles." In those days Onlway was the center of a thriving trade with Spain nnd It wns through this port that Henry VIII got his sine stockings, worn on special occasions, that no doubt were of Spanish mnnu' facture. About thnt time, possibly, knitting became a popular work and pastime for the ladles of Ireland and It Is well known thnt Its hosiery trade. Is carried on most extensively, the bnlbrlggnn stockings being known the. world over. All Right, 8o Far. Father was hanging pictures and little Tommy wns watching him, Fres' ently the small boy sought his mother In the kitchen. "Oh, mother," he asked, after the cat had stopped playing with him, "d'd you hear tho stepladder when It tum hlett over In the parlor lust now?" "No. dear." replied the mother. "1 hone father didn't fall, too?" "Not yet," was the youngster's an swer. "He's still clinging on to tb jgaa bracket." London Answer. PREPARE SEED BEDFOR OATS Disking and Harrowing In Spring Is Better for Good Yields Than Plowing. EARLY SEEDING DESIRABLE Car Should B Taken to Secur Nw Stock of Sed for Sowing Whin Local Supply 1 of Poor Quality Us Claan Seed. (Prepared by the United HUttea Depart ment of Agriculture.) When oat follow a cultivated crop, which I uaunlly the ense, It Is not generally necessary to plow the land before sowing. Oat do well on fall plowed land, but If the hind lifts) not been plowed In the fall, better yield uro uaunlly produced frotn sowing In a eed bed niado by disking and bar rowing than in one made by spring plowing. Early seeding for oat Is very desirable. As a good seed bed can be made much more quickly with the dink harrow thnn with the plow, on land that was In a cultivated crop lust year, the saving In time Is an advan tage. Two disking nnd one harrowing with the spike-toothed harrow will put clean hind In good shape for Bow ing with the drill. Buying Seed. If local supply of aeed oata la of poor quality, care should be taken In getting a new stock for sowing. It Is better to get this aupply from points to the east and west than from points north or south, as the varieties are more likely to be those which will do well locally. Varieties which may be best two or three hundred mile to the north or south may not be nt all suit able. If new aeed Is wanted, ask the county agent or the state experiment atutlon where to get It and whnt va rieties to buy. If you have been growing a variety which docs well In your locality It la better to sow well-cleaned seed of that variety grown on your own farm or In your county than tp get seed from a distance. It tnkee oata a year or two to get used to the soil and climate In any locality, nnd they will not do their best until they become adapted to local conditions. If the outs grown locally were injured more or less last summer by rains after harvest, make a germination test and prove that they will not grow before you decide to send away for seed. If your oata are light and chaffy take out about two-thlcds of the. lightest of them with the fanning mill and use the other third for seed. The Idea that oats run out and that It la necessary to get new seed every few years Is quite common, but it la Cutting a Crop of Oats and Vetch. not Justified by the facts. There is no reason why a good variety of oats should not be Just as good twenty years from now as it Is now, If care Is taken to keep It pure. Clean and Grade Seed. The seed should be cleaned and graded each year, taking out the weed seeds and the small kernels. It should also be treated for smut nt least once in two or three years. If the seed Is of good quality It will not pay to run It through the fanning mill more thnn once, to take out me sman Kernels and weed seeds. If the seed Is poor or very weedy, running It through a second time nnd taking out two-thirds or more of the grain Is well worth while. The reason It Is best to take out the small kernels Is thnt they do not make as strong plants as the large ones. The weak plants from these small kernels usually produce little grain. If the kernels thnt are sown are all about the same size tho plants will be uniform, the crop will all ripen at the same time, and the yield will bo better. Sowing With Drill Is Best The best way to sow outs Is with the grain drill. Drilling gives a more even stand than broadcast seeding, for all the seed Is covered to about the same depth. In sowing broadcast, some of the seed may not be covered at all nnd some may be covered too deeply. Germination is better from drilled seed and the growth Is more uniform throughout the season. In numerous tests at the experiment sta tions drilled oats have outylelded oats sown broadcast by several bushels to the acre. Better stands of grass and clover can also be obtained In drilled than In broadcast oata. . . . - tr1 POUCTTCY KKTS PUREBREDS PAY IN POULTRY Experiment Conducted by North Caro lina Station With Flock of Leghorn. That the value of purebred males coudU a much In poultry raising a lo tock raising I ahown by the rec ord of three flock of Leghorn, th dnta for which have been supplied the United State department of agricul ture by the North Carolina experiment stntlon. Flock 1, the egg production of which I Included In these records, consisted of common hens ; flock 2 was produced by breeding these ben to common males ; flock 8 was produced by breeding flock 1 to a rooster from high-producing hen. The following rear the original flock laid 89 eggs hen ; flock 2 laid an average of 88 egg a hen ; and flock 3 laid an average of 136 egg a hen. Thl Increase of M per cent In one year tell very apeclf- Standard Bred Rose-Comb White Leg horn. Ically the benefit of using a purebred male. But the percentages alone do not-tell the whole story, for a big pro portion of the Increase came at a sea sonMay and June when the produc tion of flocks 1 and 2 wos relatively low and the prlcea were good. HENS BECOME FOND OF EGGS Habit Oeually Formed Through Acci dental Breakage See That Neit Are Darkened. Fowls become very fond of eggs, once they begin to eat them. This egg- eating usually begins through accident. by eggs being broken. Be careful to see thotxthl8 does not happen. See that thenests are properly supplied with straw, and have them darkened. so that If an egg Is broken the fowls will not be likely to discover It. When egg-eating Is discovered among the flock, the best plun Is to kill the of fending ben. GREEN FEEDS ARE ESSENTIAL Little Chicks Cannot Eat Too Much, and It Pay to Supply Them With Cut Clover. Toung chicks cannot eat too much bran or green food. It pays to give them as much cut clover as they can eat while they are In the brooder house and allow them plenty of green food on the range as soon as they are able to forage for themselves. RIGHT PLACE FOR BROODERS Arrangement Should Be Made to Ad mit Plenty of Light Warmth of Spring Needed. Brooders should always be so placed that they have plenty of light and, if possible, so that they will be reached by the sun. Outdoor brooders are not satisfactory until the warmth of spring takes the buow away and dries the ground. DOIILWMB Feed grain once a day. e e Build a cheap house or shelter. Grow some green crop In the yard. e e e Don't keep a male bird. Hens lay Just as well without a e e male. Purchase well-matured pullets-rath er than hens. e Do not try to feed the young - tur keys until they are 48 hours old. e e e' Incubator chicks are Just as strong as hen hatched, nil else being equal. e e e Sunshine In the home is needful among hens as well as human beings. e The Incubator hns superseded the hen In the business of hatching early chicks. e Be sure to have the Incubator run ning perfectly before any eggs are put Into It A cheap but necessary part of the poultry ration all the year round- pure water. Don't expect great sdecess In hatch- Ing and raising chicks unless you have had some experience. I 1NF0RMAT0N SOUGHT ON PECAN VARIETIES Planters Becoming Interested in Possibilities of Crop. Department of Agriculture Invettigat Ing Adaptability of Varittite to Dif ferent Region and Manage ment of Tree. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) A atudy of pecao varieties la being made by the United State department of agriculture In the atate bordering the area recognized a definitely with in the pecan-growing territory. Plant er In Oklahoma, Tennessee. Ken tucky, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas are becoming Interested in the possibility of growing pecan, and are aeeking Information with regard to varieties possessing the necessary qual ities when grown under their condi tions. The work of the department during the past year has Included an Pecan Tree at Clarksville, Mo. Investigation of the range of the spe cies, the adaptability of varieties t different regions, methods of propa gatlon, soil Improvement, orchard man agement, and methods of harvesting, curing, packing and handling the prod act It appears that a considerable proportion of the varieties now being planted are so far below the general average of the best sorts In production and other Important characteristics a: to Justify their elimination. It Is be coming more and more evident, say the specialists of "the department, that greater attention should be given to the matter of stocks for use in propa gating pecans In the nursery. PLACE FOR HENS IN WINTER Fowl Must Not Be Allowed Outside Range If Maximum Egg Pro duction Is Expected. For maximum egg production during the winter months the hens must not be allowed outside range but must be confined to quarters, says T. S. Towns- ley, of the University of Missouri col lege of agriculture. The poultry keep era who get the best egg production during the winter months shut their hens In their houses as soon as the Tuonthoi- srftv hnd In the fall and keet them in until spring comes. If the birds are allowed to run at large dur- Ing the winter months they will spend most of the time standing around be hind buildings and other windbreak! trying to keep warm when they had much better be In the poultry house scratching for feed. Turning the birds out even on pleasant days dur Ing the winter months will cause slnnins In the egg production. This is probably due to the fact that when the birds get outside the ground Is cold and wet and this produces enougn shock to affect the production of the birds. If the hens are to be kept In side for several months the poultry house must not be overcrowded. Each hen should have at least two and a half or three square feet of floor space. Some attention Is necessary with birds that are confined, to insure plenty of exercise. One method of providing exercise Is by feeding all grain In a straw litter covering the entire floor to a depth of not less than twelve Inches. Another good means of keep ing the birds busy Is to hang cabbage, turnips, beets or other green stuff Just above the birds' heads In the house so that they are kept busy Jumping to get this material. INCREASE ACREAGE OF CORN One of Our Most Valuable Crop and Hard to Beat for Feed Give Good Cultivation. Corn Is one of our most valuable crops. It Is hoped that liberal acreage will be planted In 1920. As a feed crop It Is hard to beat. It yields well on g00(j jana when the season Is fair and when cultivation Is ample. IMPROVE FERTILITY OF SOIL Farm Can Be Made to Yield More and Products Will Be of Better Marketing Quality. Ways and means should be devised to Unprove the fertility of the soil so the farm will yield more and products of better marketlng quality. It can be flone and tt wm pay in the long run. 1 p 11 k&i)J BASIS FOR PORK PRODUCTION One Source of Failure I That Many Follow It a Speculation Rather Than Bueinee. (Prepared by the United State ' Depart ment of Asrtculture.) Recent heavy slumps in the bog market, a well as the high price of corn, have eliused hog raiser III va riou parta of the country to reduce the number of ow In their herds, ac cording to reports received. But hog raising on the farm should be made a table, regulnr business, department specialists believe. The man begin ning to raise hogs should resolve to f,,iinr ir venr In and year out, regard less of the price he may obtain for his hogs or the cost of the feed which he converts Into pork. Like every other farming activity, pork production ha Its ups and downs, but, according to long-time averages, tne iurm. sticks rea'llzes a fair and dependable profit, the specialists declare. One source of laiiure " many follow it as a speculation rather than as n business. They plunge on hogs Just as they would gamble on grain futures or on the stock market Operations of this character are never beneficial for any business. Because of the recent decline In the hog mar ket It does aot necessarily lonow u. . the selling price of the pig that wl be raised from the sow bred th s fall will not be satisfactory. The pig or this fall will not be ready for a year and untold changes may come about Every farmer who is conservm". careful, and painstaking in bis hog ralslng operations Is able after a few yeara of experimentation to determine approximately the maximum and min imum number of sows that he can maintain on bis farm nt the greatest net profit When he has accurate y ascertained this number be should breed that many sows every year, other conditions being equaL In ad hering to this plan the farmer is, m no sense, a speculator, but Is In real ity a business man practicing common- sense business management. uug raising throughout the localities where pork is made as a regular and depend- A Part of Uncle Sam's Big Herd of Hogs. ! able cash crop has proved . one of the, most reliable farm activities In whlchj the farmer engages, and despite mar-, ket fluctuations and the spasmodic; Irregularities In prices the prospects, are that pork production will be as, profitable In the future as'lt has been In the past 1 PREVENT CROWDING OF PIGS'. Properly Constructed Feed Trough Assures Each Individual Porker i of HI Share. j Toung pigs should be given their, feed In such a manner that each Indl-, vldual pig gets Its share. The sim plest way to accomplish this Is to al-j low the pigs to eat irom a property: constructed feed trough, one thnt will' keep the pigs out of the feed and will, lessen the possibilities of crowding. , I I IUC QTnHK NfVTFS I jej kill- w v v 1 1 jj. Every colt raised will be one mom work animal to help till farms. I e Better a nose ring for the young bull than an accident after It is too late. e Pasture Is by no means a luxury for live stock. It Is now recognized as a necessity. Silage Is a good feed for most all classes of stock, but is more popular as a feed for cattle and sheep. No other farm animals put on flesh as economically as pigs with a given amount of feed. Every farmer should have a few pigs. e e Teach tne can iu biumi ""j Calves are Imitators. If an older calf, knowing how to eat grain, Is in the pen with the smaller ones these will goon learn to eat graJs-