N C LO A K
CHAPTER I
B y Y O R K E D A V IS
’ FARM»
POULTRY
£77 îc
CROSSING BREEDS
GOOD WEIGHT FOR
IS NOT FAVORED i
SIZE OF CHICKEN
there would he no difficulty on that
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score; he would present his refer
The results of painstaking care
“ Heft” your chickens often. Every
Doctor McAlister has often told me
ences In a day or two. As a matter
fowl should he a good weight for the exercised by breeders for centuries
that I take life seriously because I
of fact, he never did, but as he paid
am young That may or may not be with a hand bag and a check for a a quarter's rent In advance, and as he size. Birds that are "going light” are being wiped out In some sections
where some dairy farmers are cross
the reason, but I am convinced that I small steamer trunk, both well-worn
signed an indeterminate lease o f a w ill not show loss of weight fo r some
time
after
they
begin
losing.
Trust
ing
breeds In a mistaken effort to se
know the reason why he takes It so and both unmarked with any Initial.
house which the agent never expected
light-heartedly. It Is not because he He went straight to the real estate
to get off Ids hands, McCloskey didn't the hand rather than the eye for cure a -higher quality of milk and
more of It, says E. J. Perry, dairy
Is old, but because he has already won office of one James McCloskey and
like to press the matter. He used weigliL
In fair weather or foul,
Poultry cullers expect light-colored specialist at the College of Agriculture
from life all the reward he wants. In said be wanted to rent a house.
furniture that he found In the house,
xero
nights or rainy
In
New
Brunswick.
shanks
and
beaks
In
yellow-legged
"McCloskey took him house-hunting,
his own department of science—ap
and never brought In any effects of his
days, I have always
“ The development of each dairy
plied psychology—be has achieved and, much to that gentleman's sur own, beyond whut came with him on hens and pullets after a season of lay
found that my car starts
about us high a place as It Is possible prise, the only place In town that took
the first day, In his bund bag and his ing, but light-colored shanks and beaks breed,” explains Mr. Perry, "Is the re
instantly and performs
i
In
pullets
that
have
not
commenced
sult
of
a
process
of
selection
covering
for a man to reach. In this held his Morgan's fancy was a large, dilapidated
little trunk. He never got any letters
perfectly with Cham.
hundreds of years. Thousands of men
reputation does not have to lower Its old house In one of Its remoter quar from out of town, and apparently io lay, Indicate lack of vitality.
A bright-eyed, alert female that flies have spent the best years of their
p io n Spark P lu gs—
colors to any other In the w o rld ; and ters. The old place was In a state of
never sent off any. What his business
they’re dependable.
If In his periods of relaxation he considerable disrepair, and It con was. If he had any, no one ever down from the roost at the first break lives In breeding up pure strains of
C
ham
pion it the better
I of lig h t; that scratches and sings till cattle. Through persistent selection
chooses to be frivolous, oo one can tained a lot of rattle-trap furniture
knew.”
'
the
lust
bird
Is
on
the
roost,
does
not
certain
characters
have
become
fixed.
afford frivolity any better than he. I which the owner had never moved
“ You say that oothlng on the first
core — iu tiko.pieca
away. McCloskey had confessed that
suppose that the very Idea of frivo lity
or on the second floor had been dis need handling to show she has vigor. By crossing different breeds we Inter
construction a n d i t t t p +
he
had
never
expected
to
find
a
tenant
d a l a n a ly tit electrode«.
used In connection with I’ rof. Itonald
turbed. That would dispose of .the It Is tlie inconspicuous female that Is fere with the transmission of the fac
apt to become a carrier of disease. tors which account for the distinct
McAIIgter’s name would make most for IL The question of repairs didn't
theory of robbery."
C h am pion X -
for r Ford«
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The kind of hen that w ill not see an characters of each breed.
people laugh because of the grotesque seem to Interest Mr. Morgan much, a
“
The
whole
appearance
of
the
house
open door; tlie fowl that squawks
untitness of It; and the people who patch or two I d the roof and new
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"In crossing breeds there Is not an
and
Its
condition
would
contradict
the
know him only ns a gaunt, gray old lights of glass In the broken windows
CFusmftion-»
theory of any ordlnury robbery," the when she Is cornered. These half- exact blending of the characters as Is
Car« oth er
bachelor, with a rugged, homely, deep comprising all he asked for.
often supposed. Instead, an entirely
doctor said. “ No one would break Into sick hens go around as In a fog.
th
a n Fonda
“ When McCloskey asked him what
The healthy, productive hen Is cu new combination usually results. The
ly lined Scotch fuce and a big rough
that dilapidated old structure for such
family he had and when he expected
rious
and
friendly.
She
shows
an
In
voice, would be right to laugh.
offspring
of
the
cross
may
be
fa
irly
a purpose, unless he had knowledge of
Hut I am more an adopted son of them to arrive, Mr. Morgan answered
desirable, but fo r breeding purposes
some secret and unusual sort of treas telllgent Interest In her surroundings
that he had no faintly and Intended to
his than a mere assistant, and after
ure there. But to my mind, the man she looks th rifty. Human qualities In they are always uncertain. For in
spending the dally number of hours In live nlone. He did, In fact, live alone,
ner of killing disposes even of that chickens have a commercial value just stance, In crossing a Guernsey with a
his laboratory, watching him work his without even the service of a house
alternative. The house Is situated In as good disposition In horses and cat Holstein the offspring inherit the
,
TO LEDO, O H IO
miracles, I see his great mind relax, keeper, fqr a number of months, but
a lonely gpoL remote from all other tie is of value commercially. One quality o f the Holstein and quantity
For your protection be sure the'
and find that he Is Just a boy, more of finally engaged a respectable old wom habitation. If a robber had found can’t tell the condition of a fowl with of the Guernsey fu lly us often as they
an. who lived In straightened clrcum
a hoy than ever I was In my life.
himself In a position where he was out handling. Fowls that can be tian inherit the quantity of the Holstein
He likes the dally papers—the yel
obliged to kill, he could have risked a died without upsetting them nervous and quality of the Guernsey.
lower they are, the better; and he
“ The dairyman w ill do best to
pistol shoL and he couldn't have gnr- ly are the kind to keep.
devours a perfectly Incredible number
choose the breed that best suits his S C H O O L F O R MEN
roted his victim without taking him
T r.io i., I . , BUSINESS. TRADES or PROFESSIONS
of detective stories, good nnd bad.
tastes and meets the market require
unawares. No, I believe It to be a Fattening Turkeys Is
E n r o ll a n y tim e . S en d .fo r literatu re
Ills delight over a good one Is almost
ments. Select good Individuals of a OREGON IN S T IT U T E OF TECHNOLOQV
case of murder, pure and s im p le -
pathetic.
g
.
M
. U. A . iild g .
P o r tla n d , o r , g o .
Simple Kind of Work certain breed, and use a registered
murder committed for Its own sake
So when I read the headlines In the
sire
of
superior
merit
both
as
to
type
nnd not the by-product of some other
Fattening turkeys for the Thanks
S tra n g e In d iv id u a l
morning papers that dny, I knew per
result. And these cases, you know, giving market, or for the home tulde, and as to production. Then the build
fectly well that when work was over
An
East
Grand boulevard resident
are rather rare—"
Is tlie simplest kind of work. A1 ing up of a good-looking herd having
and we met at our special little table
high average production is reasonably received a shock recently when a mo
“ Here comes Mr. Ashton now, sir,” though people confine chickens
In a corner of the brilliant dining
torist, who proved to be from out of
snid Wilkins from where he stood not -'oops and pens and stuff them with certain.’*
room of The Meredith, I should he
town,
knocked at the door and said he
far away. " I ’ll have dinner served at feed, the successful turkey raiser
regaled with a thrilling nnd enthusi
had accidentally collided with a parked
once, sir.1
usually
lets
his
flock
run
free
In
the
Prevent
Ropy
Milk
by
astic account of the Oak Ridge murder.
car In front of the house. In answer
Both the doctor and I like Ashtoh, fields and gives them all they want
It was easy Indeed to prefigure the
Proper Care of Cow I t0 the motorlst’s request to muke it
and he often dines with us, even when I to eat twice a day of good yellow com
1 right tlie resident said: “ I can see
whole scene. Similar ones had been
During the summer milk often be
there Is no particular excuse, such as j During the first part of October one
that the car isn't hurt much, but if
enacted so many times before. I didn't
was offered by the Oak Itldge mur feed per day of yellow corn is usually comes abnormal in the respect that
altogether relish the prospect, for I
It were, I wouldn’t charge you a thing.
der, for doing so.
it becomes quite stringy and ropy.
sufficient,
hut
during
the
last
three
hate to see people smiling and nod
You’re the fifth man to h it that ear
He Is a burly, confident, quick-tem weeks before killin g time they should This ropiness is not always tlie result but the first one to stop and own up
ding behind my old chief’s back, peo
of
a
gargety
condition
of
the
udder
pered, generous-minded young chap have all they w ill eat, morning and
ple who, Intellectually or socially, or
to IL ” —D etroit News.
of about thirty, and If he keeps on as night. The exercise they take makes as is usually thought to be the case,
In any other way, aren’t fit to tie Ills
he has begun, he w ill some day ac them hungry, and they consume lurge but is sometimes the direct result of
ehoes. He doesn't mind their smiles,
G o t H is M o n e y B a c h
quire a reputation as one o f the quantities of the corn nnd, being the action of an organism, B. vlscosum,
and the light-hearted emptiness of
In plowing near Fairlee, Md., a
writes
G.
11.
Trout
in
the
Dairy
greatest
prosecutors
In
the
country.
healthy,
they
turn
It
Into
flesh
and
fat
their lives has a mysterious sort of
farmer turned up a pocketbook which
attraction for him.
He was not In evening dress tonight, with but little loss. Moreover, they Farmer.
he had lost two years ago while at
This
organism
grows
best
In
hot
LS’
and
he
dropped
Into
his
chair
al
oui
1
p,ck
up
considerable
feed
on
the
runge
And when I see him across our little
table with the air of one who has put and In that way make up a ration that weather and Is found growing espe work In the same spoL The wallet
table, Ids twinkling gray eyes glowing
In
a trying dny,
makes them fu ll fleshed nnd fa t at cially in stagnant pools and marshes. was practically decayed and a $5 bill
with excitement, Ids long ungainly
Cows wading in such places get the It contained had fallen Into seven
“ Confound these suburban trains," killing time.
arms and expressive hands working
pieces. The money was forwarded to
he said. " I Just spent the better pait
away In enthusiastic gesticulation, Ids
I f It Is necessary to separate those organism on the udder from which Washington to be redeemed for the
of an hour In one coming In from Ouk to he fattened from the rest of the they find their way into the teat canal
Idg voice booming out the story of
benefit of the owner.
H a lf an Hour Later Some Passers-by
Ridge,”
»ome sensational crime, I can’t really
flock, they can be put In a large yard, and into the m ilk pail during milking.
Scalding
of
the
m
ilk
palls
tends
to
Saw
H
im
S
trid
in
g
Up
and
Down
H
is
wonder that a good many people nod
" Ila I” cried the doctor, with an air but as the usual thing they w ill not
A c tiv e ly E n g a g e d
Rickety Old Veranda."
and wink nnd giggle.
of the most Intense satisfaction fatten so well as when allowed free keep down the spread of the trouble,
Mae—Don’t overexert yourself.
"Then you're Just the man I want to range, hut w ill get nervous and spend but is not entirely satisfactory in
The thing I did wonder nt some
John—Thanks. I find it terribly
see. Did you turn up anything at the most of their time trying to get out. eliminating the condition from the
times was, that Wilkins, the obsequi stances not very far away, to come
afternoon session of the Inquest? Th" Under these conditions they require dally m ilk supply. The cows must be hard to keep from kissing you.
ous, omnipresent. Invaluable head- every day and cook tils meals and keep
kept from such marshes or else the
account In the evening puperg leaves more careful feeding also.
waiter, contrived to preserve tus re his house In order. He let her In every
stagnant pools must he drained. Kopy
off at noon.”
spectful mask of professional Imper morning In lime to get breakfast, ami
she went away every night about
milk caused by 11. vlscosum Is not In
turbability,
Ashton laughed. “ Ton’ll not get a
seven o’clock, after washing up the
jurious to health In any way, but be
word out of me about that murder, How to Determine Body
I luid a sneaking fondness for W il supper dishes.
cause of its stringy, slimy appearance
until after the fish. I f you attempt Io
kins, based upon the fa d that lie at
"There,
you
have,
prnctlcally,
the
Conformation of Fowls Is fu r from being desirable.
I shall cnll on W ilkins here for help.
least did not underrate Doctor Mc
story of his life In Ouk Itldge, up to
To determine the body conforma
However," he added seriously, "1 do
Alister. Tonight, for Instance, It was
two nights ago. Two nights ago the
want to tnlk about this case with you, tion, grasp the bird In both hands, More Poor Cows Should
Wilkins himself whom I saw conduct
old woman got supper for him for the
for I think It not unlikely that you holding the head toward the body.
ing Idin down the long lane of tables,
last time, and went hottie as usual
Be Fattened and Killed Especially Prepared for Infants
Span the hack with both hands, point
may be able to help us."
to the corner of the room where we al
about seven o’clock. H alf an hour
Is a common practice among
ing the fingers toward the keel bone.
(TO UB CONTINUED.,
ways sat.
and Children of All Ages
later some passers-by saw him striding
Shuffle the bird around between the dairymen to fatten a cow fo r the beef
‘¿I ell our man what to bring us,
up and dowu bis rickety old veranda,
barrel
each
year.
More
of
our
poor
hands
In
order
to
get
Its
shape
and
Wilkin«,’’ lie said, waving away the
Curious Old Custom
Mother I Fletcher’s Castoria has
smoking ii pipe. Yesterday morning
handling qualities. Cure should be cows should be fattened and sold for
menu which that Irreproachable func
been In use fo r over 30 years to re
when bis housekeeper knocked at the
of
Literary
Giants
beef.
After
a
cow
lias
passed
the
mid
taken
not
to
pinch
or
hurt
the
bird
In
tionary offered him. “ You know what
lieve babies and children o f Constipa
kitchen door, there was no answer.
I.lpogrnmmntlc works, the product any way. A heavy producer w ill show dle of her lactation period or lias Jieen
we want to eat, better than wo do."
Then she went around to the front of of the early Greek authors, are those a long keel bone. The body and ab bred It Is natural for her to drop tn tion, Flatulency, Wind Colic nnd Diar
Then he turned to me, "Well, have
the house and rang the bell, also w ith hooks lu which one letter of the alpha domen should show capacity. The pel milk production nnd gain In weight. rhea; allaying Feverishness arising
you read about It?"
therefrom, and, by regulating the
out resulL She walked back a llllle
bet Is omitted throughout the volume vic hone nnd abdomen should be free Feeds which w ill fatten an animal for
"Tlie link Itldge murder?" I asked
Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimi
way tip the lawn nnd saw that one of
beef
should
be
wide
In
the
ratio
of
Tryplilodorus,
when
w
riting
his
o.iys
of
fat
at
the
close
of
a
heavy
laying
•Billing. “ No, I've waited to get the
the windows In a sort of study he had
protein to carbohydrates and fab or lation o f Food; giving natural sleep
sey, had not un “ a" In his first book,
account of It from you."
without opiates.
on the third floor was open.
nor a “ b” In Ids second. In go doing
In other words you should feed a ra
"You renll.v haven't read a word of
The genuine bears signature of
"Well, It seems thut she told vari he was hut copying the blpogrummatlc
tion low in protein, us protein feeds
It?” ha asked
ous people about her fears that all
Hind of Nestor.
stimulate milk production at the ex
Capacity
Is
Essential
"Not a word. I know that Oak
was not well with her employer, hut
Athenueus writes of an ode hy 1’in
of body weight. Good cows
Itldge Is one of our more remote and
in Good Laying Hens pense
you know what a town of Dial de dor In which the latter purposely omit
w ill, however, continue to give some
less fasblonnlde suburbs, ulid that
Capacity is essential in tlie laying milk even though they are receiving
scription Is like, Thera aren't any
ted the letter "s,” thereby leading us
there has been a murder there within
police. Most of the tnen In the place to surmise Hint lids little honx was hen. I f a hen Is to lay an egg a day, a fattening ration. To futten a m ilk
the past forty-eight hours. Beyond
commute to town’ on the early trains,
one of the literary fashions of the day. or even one every other day, she most ing cow quickly allow her to eat from
that, my Ignorance Is complete."
and with one tiling and another, it
A Persian poet once rend to the cele have room for digestive organs tlint eight to twelve pounds dally of a ra
"Y outh! Youth!" cried the doctor
was ten o’clock, or so, before the
hrated Jatnl one of his own composi w ill handle considerable food. The tion containing three parts hominy or
In mock dismay. "What Is It coming
house was forcibly broken open.
tions with Ihe letter A llf consistently evidence of capacity In a hen’s body Is corn meal, one part bran, one part
to? Fancy being under th irty nnd
"The Investlgntors found nothing omitted throuehouL Jatnl, who did | shown hy tlie spread o f the pelvic oats and one part of linseed ollmeai.
waiting all day for such a story as
| bones nnd tlie distance between the
disturbed either on tlie first floor or
not care for the sonnet, sarcastically
that, rather than read an account of It
on the second, hut In the old gentle made the following recommendation: I pelvic hones and the end of the breast
In had English. Well, yon shall have
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man's study, a finished off room In the “ You can do a better thing vet take b
1 ? nonlaylng hen these bones 9
T
N ’
c, •>
0
the story now from the beginning —
, T tl" 'r’ Th” lmndlln't of 8 6
D a i r y S q U lb s
Y
uttlc, with a couple of dormer win «way all the le tte r, from "vary word J " »
Walt a bit, thoogh. W ilk in s — “
t o l i S O T Ï T " h ,v e r
re lie f in 011,0 T«r S c
dows, they found him dead In Ills
yon have written."
I few hens ” 111 rt'!,dnJ’ show this differ-
m g and booling lo membranes o f throat . n l t o n -
The head-waiter looked up from a chair. He was leaning back In a
enee.
Length
nnd
breadth
o
f
body
are
Although the Greeks originated this
HALL a RUCKEL. Now York
low voiced discussion of the menu with queer, unnatural attitude, and when
Keep salt In the pasture salt box
Ingenious literary device, Its use was also essential In securing capacity.
the man who liad special charge of our they looked more closely, they found
every
day.
by no means exclusive with them
table. "Yes, sir."
that lie hud been strangled with a
I-cpe de Vega, the celebrated Spanish
"H a s Ashton come In yet?"
Lime for Chicks
catgut string from an old violin of
The dairy cow must have what pro-
dramatic poet of the Sixteenth «ten
"Not yet, sir, hut lie should he here his. An A string," he went on, with
An adequate supply of lime In the teln she needs or she cannot produce
before long lie ’s seldom later than rising voice ami finger that gesticu tury, Gregorio I.etl, and at a much I rntlon Is
In a m ild la x a tiv e , and haa been In us
Important fo r growing milk economically,
later day l.ord North of the court of
this, sir.”
fo r s ix ty yeara fo r the r e lie f o f con
lated only about six Inches from my
chicks. Experiment station results
• • •
"Serve for three at this table, then," nose—“ an A siring that had been de James I all employed this literary de have revealed the fact that the Inek
The consumer of dairy products ap stlp a tlo n . In digestio n and s im ila r atom
vice anil produced l.lpogranitnatlc
M id tlie doctor, “ and when Ashton
liberately removed from the fiddle ami
of this element leads to a drain upon preciates quality nnd Is willing to pay a rh disorders. A t r ia l w ill convlr
books.—Market
for
Exchange,
comes In. ask him to dine with us"; slipped In a noose around his neck,
you o f Its m e rIL 30c and 90c bottle«
the reserve supply of the hones and for products
that are clean and A t a ll d ru g g is ts. <3. G. Green, Inc
then, tinning to me, "There are some while he sat there In his chair, and
stunts growth. bs'on In the ense of
wholesome.
W
o o dbu ry, N . J.
points which the newspapers don't drawn tauL Whnt do you say to
T r a in Speed Cuts S tatic
matured hens, a lack o f lime w ill
cover that he'l, be likely to kuow that, eh?"
Static decreases and radio station lower egg production.
For mature
To make milk a more potent source
about."
" I don't see why they call It m ur
strength Increases with and tn proper fowls, oyster shell or other inorganic
Deafness—Head Noises
of vltamlne D In a practical way,
Ashton. I may say, was a rising tier." said I. "Why Isn't suicide the
tlon to acceleration In the train's compounds ore sufficient, but not for cows should be given access to fresh^
R E L IE V E D B Y
young assistant In the district at more likely explanation?"
speed, exterlments with a receiver growing chicks. Lime must be add green pasture as long as possible dur-'
LEONARD
EAR OIL
torney’» office. and I w ill add thnl he
have shown, according to Popular ed In the form of vegetable foods.
“ Oh, wise young Judge," he mocked.
"Rub Bark of E ar.”
Ing the pasture season.
worked at the detection and prosecu "For Just tills reason, my hoy; that
INSERT TN NOSTRILS
Mechanics Magazine. A steel bridge
At All hrugglst«. Erie. It
tion of crime, con nuiore; It was not the end of the string wasn't fastened
with no superstructure helped to In
Tallkr ».»«it -D E A F N E S S " co rcswtL
\
itamines
and
Minerals
Cnlf
pn|,a
«houid
be
kept
as
dean
upon his salary that be lived at The to anything. He couldn’t have com crease the volume of the reception
A 0 IZOXARP. INC. T9 TUTII AVJ1. S. T.
Heavy laying fowls require from ” the ml" ‘ ,’alls' p lrty palls cawe
Meredith
mitted suicide In that way, unless he
while one with a superstructure de
three to four pounds of oyster shell ,cours an<1
unthrifty calves.
Tlie doctor leaned tils elbows on the could reach around after he waa dead creased IL •
- * ‘
table and pointed a long Huger at me. and untie the knot behind the back of
Dairy
cows
should
have all of tha
hens have enongh protein nnd other
"Now. In (tie first place, all we know
■ RfC1* i n<i rsrbonclaa caurc agony, aotnatirr, «
his neck. No, It’s murder, and I
B u ild H ouse fo r C o m fo rt
salt they want. The quantity con
death. Taka no chance. with home-made peu'-
food
to
produce
a
large
number
of
of Henry Morgan begins three years should he Inclined to eay a singularly
Si:? « 0nS??7“ 'v , o 0 m t ’ooa- Oneapplice'
sumed w ill vary with the kind of feed
da
milling
rooms
may
he
romantic
eggs,
they
w
ill
cut
their
production
ofC
A R B O IL (a scientific antiseptic) quickly
ago."
pure example of IL"
•topa pain and draw l out eora. G etagenrr -
to look upon, but the romance caused down to meet the amount of min and the size of the animal
"Was Henry Morgan the name of the
L
*.
fro™ your drugriet today and keep it
“ Tbere’e no connection whatever
. . .
by Inconvenience at
•
era Is which they have for shells
a
L
, d- , Honey bark if not aatiafied. Don t
man who was murdered?" I asked.
with his past?" I Inquired. "Didn't
You
may
tame
a
lion
hy
beating
accept.ubatitutea-aak
forCARBOIL byname,
f»<V* Not on;y si ild , |
‘ balanced ration does not mean mere
"Yea—yes, at least It s the imine tie McCloskey ask for any references at
• FURLOCK-NEAL CO., N a s h v i A L ( . T i n n .
be big enough and not too big but !y supplying protein to balance the j him, and It Is equally possible to beat
went by during the last three years of the time Morgan rented the house?”
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labor.
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