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.
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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.
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Build a cheap house or shelter.
Grow some green crop In the yard.
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Don't keep a
male bird. Hens lay
Just as well without a
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male.
Purchase well-matured pullets-rath
er than hens.
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Do not try to feed the young - tur
keys until they are 48 hours old.
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Incubator chicks are Just as strong
as hen hatched, nil else being equal.
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Sunshine In the home is needful
among hens as well as human beings.
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The Incubator hns superseded the
hen In the business of hatching early
chicks.
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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.
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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
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Better a nose ring for the young bull
than an accident after It is too late.
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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.
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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-