The doctor toughed. “That’» under­
stood«’9 tie »aid. “You’re welcome to
take tier wherever you cun find her. In
my lalxiralary, or an) where else. But
If you don't tlnd her—”
"That's thin lee. Doctor McAlister,”
Ashton Interrupted earnestly. "If you
proceed with that express determina­
tion of yours, I may tlnd It necessary,
little us I'd like to, to have you
watched, as persons suspected of com­
pounding a felony."
"All right,” said the doctor. “That’»
understood. Watch away all you like.
But you’ll still let me have a chance at
Harvey?”
Ashton shrugged his shoulders with
a vexation thut was half-genuine, half-
simulated. “You don't deserve It," he
said, “hut I’ve made a promise and
I’ll stick to It."
CHAPTER V
was suddenly swallowed up In his In­
I fully expected that after the grill­
terest In the revelations we made to
STORY FRO M T H F S T A R T
ing he had received at the bunds of
him.
“That's one to Mallory, certainly," the district attorney, Harvey wsuld
D r. R o n a ld M c A lis te r , fa m o u s
in
his
special
w o r k — a p p lie d
he said at last. "He was right and I prove a recalcitrant and reluctant sub­
p s y c h o lo g y — e m p lo y s his le is u re
ject for the tests we wished to try
was wrong."
tim e In th e e lu c id a tio n o f c rim e
“How do you make that out?" I upon him. He was nervous, it Is true,
m y s te rie s . As th e n a r r a t iv e opens
and It took a good deal of reassuring
questioned.
he Is In te re s te d w ith A s s is ta n t
D is t r ic t A tto r n e y A s h to n In th e
“Didn't I tell you that Mullory sus­ of the most tuctful sort, on Doctor
m u rd e r. In th e s m a ll to w n o f
pected Harvey of some active connec­ McAlister's part, to get him quieted
O a k R id g e , o f a rec lu s e, H e n ry
tion with the crime, and thought that down Into anything like a normal
M o rg a n . T h e m u rd e re d m an , his
he was lying to shield himself? The state of mind; but he was perfectly
papers r e v e a l, had been in N e w
Z e a la n d , w h e re D o c to r M c A lis te r
discovery of the clonk makes It evi­ willing.
had liv e d In his y o u th .
W i ll
His first sight of the queer, mysteri­
dent that he was right. He knew who
H a r v e y has te s tifie d he saw a
the actual criminal was, knows now, ous-looking Instruments which our big
w o m an w e a r in g a g re e n c lo a k In
and was undoubtedly associated with room contained did nothing to coun­
th e M o rg a n hom e th e n ig h t o f
th e m u rd e r.
D o c to r R e in h a r d t,
her. He probably thought to save teract thut fear. To the eye of ignor­
frie n d o f M c A lis te r , tele p h o n e s
himself by giving us the clew that ance it must lisik like a torture cham­
he has a q u e e r case in his h o s p i­
would lead to her detection. In his ber from the Inquisition, brought down
ta l and In v ite s M c A lis te r to see
th e p a tie n t.
D o c to r R e in h a rd t's
eagerness, he overreached himself and to date.
p a tie n t p roves to be a y o u n g
told too much, told more than he could
My chief spent the better part of an
w o m a n , w h o In unconsciousness
possibly have seen. If his testimony hour taking the young m u around
m u tte rs In a la n g u a g e R e in h a r d t
as to how he saw It were true.”
does n o t u n d e rs ta n d .
M c A lis te r
and explaining the different instru­
sees a possible c o n n e c tio n b e ­
He broke off there with a short ments to him, aud it was not long be­
tw e e n th e m u rd e re d N e w Z e a ­
laugh. "But confess," he said, turn­ fore young Harvey began to show uti
la n d e r and th e g ir l. A c a r e f u lly
ing to my chief, "confess that this Inclination to test himself by every
hidden m ap la d isc o v e red
A g irl
e n te rs th e house In th e d a rk n e s s
discovery of I'helps puts your theory electrical and mechanical piece of ap­
and escapes, le a v in g a g re e n
of associative illusion completely out paratus In the laboratory. He had for
c lo a k behind.
of court. Harvey testified to a black- gotten the Dak ltldge mystery, for
haired woman In a green cloak, and gotten Ashton, forgotten Ids recent nr
denies that he saw more of her than rest, forgotten, even, the detective who
CHAPTER IV— Continued
her silhouette upon the shade. We waa waiting In the corridor outside.
know now that a black-haired woman
He was ready at last for our real
“I wn» on the point of telephoning In a green cloak was actually there, experiment. Nothing about Doctor
for you," he eaid, “but you've saved from which It follows that Harvey McAlister's manner suggested that
the precious hour or two by coming lied, knew that he lied. Aud to have
was any difference, from our
on your own account. Mallory re­ lied thus about a matter which he there of
view, between the amusing
ported to me here at six o'clock this knew to be vital and significant, he point
morning, having come all the way must have some powerful, and prob- things we had been doing and the
from Ouk IUdge on foot, and without uhly guilty, motive. I don't believe test which he now proposed.
“Pm going to see how quickly you
getting the «lightest trace of the mys­ that you can get away from the logic
can
think," he said. “You're to sit
terious woman who Invaded the Mor­ of that.”
down In this chair, and Mr. Phelps
gan house last night. I confess thut
“Your conclusion Is probable," said here will read you a list of words. The
her appearance throws a different light my chief, "but It's not Inevitable.”
Instant he rends a word, you are to
on Ilnrvey'» testimony. And I think
Ashton dismissed the denial with a
you'll agree that, In ull probability, mere tolerant shrug, and set it down say, aloud, the word It makes you
think of—say It just ns quickly as you
ehe is the criminal.”
to the obstinacy of old age.
cun. You've shown an unusually quick
"I've no doubt myself,” said Doc­
“You brought the cloak to town with reaction time so far, but this Is a bet­
tor McAlister, “that it was her hands you, I suppose,” he went on presently.
ter test than any of them. We hang up
thut strangled old Morgan.”
I nodded. "You'll want It, I pre­ a pair of little telephones, so—one In
“Well, then, she'e the criminal, Isn't sume?"
front of you and one in front of Mr.
ehe?" eald Ashton; and regarding the
“Yes, he said. “It may prove a val­
The moment he speaks n
answer to thia question ns too obvious uable bit of halt, not for the girl her­ Phelps.
to he waited for, he went strulght on. self, of course, but possibly for one word It makes a little mark on that re­
The moment you
"The whole energies of the police aud of her accomplices. I'll have Harvey volving cylinder.
of ull the detective force connected arrested at once. Surveillance Isn't speak, a second mark Is made. The
with our office will be bent toward good enough for him now; I want him cylinder turns round all the while,
and the distance between the two
finding her. What I want from you— In Jail."
marks shows how quickly or how
from both of you, Independently—Is
"You promised me a chance at Har­ slowly you think,”
the most complete and careful de­ vey after you got through with him.
I ran my eye down the list which my
scription you can give of the physical Do you remember?" said the doctor.
appearance of the woman who entered “I hope you don't mean to withdraw chief had prepared, with a good deal
of care, while we were wulting for
Henry Morgan’s study last night."
It."
them to bring Harvey to the labora­
"Xou can describe her for your­
Ashton stared at him. "You still tory. The first twelve words were what
self,” anl« Doctor McAlister rather think you ran beat up anything In
shortly. "You have a talent that that covert?" he nsked Incredulously. we call central, that Is, they had no
connection, so far ns we know, with the
way."
“Oh, well, I've no objection to your crime, the mystery or the Inquest. In
“What do you mean?”
trying. I’ll have him arrested at once telling us his association with them,
“You've seen her. You've enjoyed n and brought to town. Where do you
which he would probably do freely,
good look at her. She's the girl that want him? At your laboratory?”
enough, our subject would establish
Itelnhardt Rent for us to see at St.
“Yes," said the doctor. "When may his normal speed In this sort of mea­
Michael's two nights ago.’’
we ex;iect him? This afternoon, some tal operation.
Ashton stured In clenr amazement, time?"
But the thirteenth word was Loops
Hist nt the doctor and then at me.
"Yes,” said Ashton. “Not later than and the fourteenth was Pipe. The as­
“You're sure?" he gasped.
four o'clock.”
sociations he should announce with
"Perfectly," said I gravely.
The doctor swallowed the last of his
For a moment he sat silent. Then coffee, pushed hack his chair, uml rose those two words and the time he
should take in pronouncing them
he frowned.
to his great ungainly height.
would go fur toward establishing a
"May I ask whether you had any
“Now, let s have an understanding," conviction In the doctor's mind and In
suspicion, when we saw her there nt said he. “I’ve given you, freely, all mine ns to whether Harvey had guilty
the hospital, that she might prove to the information you’ve asked for. It knowledge of the menns which lind
have some connection with this case?” comprises pretty much all the Informa­ been employed for the old man's mur­
“Yes,” said niy chief bluntly; "It's tion you have which can he of any der. If he had such guilty knowledge,
your right to ask. I did suspect a con­ service to you In the solution of the If he had seen that ghastly tourniquet
nection between her and the Dak mystery of this crime. That, of course. made, and twisted It taut himself, or
ltldge mystery. I recognized and un­ Is partly due to luck. I believe that hail witnessed the operation, those two
derstood the langunge In which she I can solve that mystery by my meth­ simple little words would almost In
was chattering to herself. It’s a lan­ ods. 1 believe that with your methods fallibly recall It. The words that
guage that, with minor variations. Is you will fail. Phelps and I are going would flash Into his mind might he
spoken In all those Islands In the to set about trying to find that girl violin, perhaps, or throat, or ever,,
South Pacific. The thing she was for ourselves. In our own way. If possibly, the plain black word murder.
singing to herself was a death chant.” we find her, we will examine her In
If some such word ns that, some
Ashton looked pretty grave at that. our own way; and we sha’n’t tell you damaging, suggestive word, should
anything
about
It
until
our
Investiga­
“I won't presume," he said, "to ques­
flash into his mind, one of two things
tion your motive for your reticence tion Is complete.”
would happen. He would either say It
Ashton smiled. “Of course you uloud, or he would stop hbnself from
with me the other night. Undoubted­
ly It seemed Justlflnhle to you, hut, ns know," said he, "that you are propos­ saying It, and deliberately think up an­
a result of It, a dangerous criminal ts ing something that, under my oath of other word which, to our ears, could
now at large. I admit It was not a office, I can't permit. If you And that hnve no sinister significance. But that
result you could have foreseen, for I girl—I don't think It very likely that latter course of action would betray
remember your recotnmendutlon that you will, hut If you do, I shall be him ns certainly ns the other, for
she 1st closely watched, and I have obliged to take her away from you and thought takes time, and the fact that
no doubt that with the clew you've put her In safe keeping. And the he had been obliged to stop to think
Just given me It won’t he many hours methods I'll use to determine her guilt would he remorselessly and exactly
before we find her. A strange crea­ or Innocence will be my methods, aud shown In the chronograph.
ture like that, half-wild, chattering a not yours.”
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langunge that no one can understand,
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cannot remain hidden very long. I
can't understand, though,” he went on.
"the reason you gentlemen have for
K iller W hale Ha» N o Equal for Ferocity
wishing to withhold from me your
full confidence. You haven't given It
The killer whale Is the undisputed Is the succulent tongue of the real
to me yet. You’ve dlcovered some­
thing more that hears upon this case champion of the sea, declares Mack whale," the writer continues. “Its
Scnnett, who, as a hobby, has made an method of killing the whale Is curious.
which I haven't heard of."
“IVe have,” said the doctor, ’’and It exhaustive study of marine life In When the big fellow comes up to
was with the purpose of telling you Lower California seas. “If there Is breuthe, the killer fastens Its Jaws on
nbout It that we catue back to town anything thnt can lick the killer whale, the whale's blowhole and does not let
thia morning—that was part of our I have never heard of It," Sennett go. Finally, dying of suffocation, the
purpose, at any rate. Do you remem­ says. "Everything that swims the whale thrusts out Its great, agonised
ber the green cloak which you so con­ waters of the earth dreads the terri­ tongue. The killer nips this off and
goes blithely on Its way. It Is a com­
fidently declared to he nothing hut a ble killer whale.
"Strictly speaking." the writer ex­ mon sight to find a toncueless dead
hit of Action, born of Will Harvey's
puerile vanity? Well, we've found plains, “It Isn't a fish; It Is an alr- whule floating In the water."
that. A green clonk, with a high col­ hrenthtng mammal about 35 feet long
It has tinge Jaws and heavy fighting
lar. Just as Harvey described IL"
Ancient Inland See
Ashton eagerly demanded the de­ teeth. Its head suggest» the head of
Enyder Zee Is a wide, shallow gulf
tails ss to where and how the clonk a bulldog, as does Its disposition.
was found, and these 1 supplied him What «makes It more terrible than of the North sea penetrating (»» miles
other big sea monsters Is its great Into Holland, and formed In the year
with.
1282 b.v an Inroad of the sea which
Then there was a little silence. Ills speed Nothing can escape It.
• The favorite dish of the killer whale broke down the protecting sand dunes.
dlspleusure over our prev lous reticence
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PflUtTfiY
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CHICKS CAN’T LIVE
WITH COCCIDIOSIS
Coccldiosls Is one of the most de­
structive of all young chick diseases,
and if the disease has once gained
headway iu the flock the chicks must
die. The dlseuse may be prevented
next year by disinfecting the brooder
house and rearing» the chicks away
from the older fowls.
The symptoms of UUs disease, ac­
cording to Dr. Leonard W. Goss of
the college of veterinary medicine of
Ohio State university are loss of ap­
petite; the young birds sit around
with drooping* wings, eyes closed, and
It sometimes may be noted that the
droppings are streaked with blood.
“On opening the chicks," the doctor
writes, “It Is observed that there Is
considerable Inflammation of the In­
testines, some Just back of the glz-
zard, but the most Inflammation Is
found In the ceca or blind gut. Hem­
orrhages occur In these parts, and
they may be well distended with blood,
or In the more advanced stages the
blood tnay be washed out, leaving a
cheesy-like mass.
“In this mass are the coceldla
which are the cause of the disease
ari l are passed out In the droppings.
The best method of curing the dis­
ease is to prevent It, so sterilize the
brooder house before the chicks are
again put Into It, using strong con­
centrated lye, which will dissolve the
organisms, and move the house to a
clean, fresh sod away from the other
fowls.”
Mites Are Different
in Habits From Lice
Mites are entirely different In hab­
its and modes of living than lice, and
different methods must be employed
to destroy them. Both reduce the vi­
tality of the fowl to such an extent
that they easily succumb to disease,
writes Michael K. Boyer in the Farm
and Ranch.
The louse Is a very small Insect
that cannot suck blood. It lives on
the body of the fowl, feeds on filth,
dried blood scales from the feathers,
and scurf of the skin. It breathes
through the pores In the sides of the
body.
Lice are killed by suffocation, con­
sequently, Insect powder or even dust
will destroy them.
The mite belongs to the spider fami­
ly, and attacks fowls by sucking the
blood. The louse does Its damage by
biting.
Mites have eight legs, lice have six.
The former live in cracks and crev­
ices of the building, and visit the
fowls only at night.
AUTUMN SETTING
DAIRY TRADITION
• OF STRAWBERRY
RUINED BY FACTS
Common belief among dairymen
that cows freshening In the spring
produce milk more economically than
cows freshening at other seasons of
the year does not check with the
pure facts.
Evidence against this common opin­
ion has come to rural economists at
the Ohio State university from the
study of records kept for five years
by Medina county dairymen.
The economists divided the herds
Into three groups: Those In which
less than 25 per cent of the cows
freshened In three spring months—
MarcH, April, May—those In which
between 25 and 35 per cent of the
cows freshened In the spring, and
those herds In which more than 35
l>er cent of the cows freshened In the
fall.
Itecords on these groups showed
thnt costs of feed and labor were re­
duced In both groups where spring
freshening was practiced more exten­
sively.
Milk production per cow.Increased,
however, and coat of producing 100
pounds of milk decreased as the pro­
portion of spring-freshened' cows In
the herd Increased.
Production per cow during the five
years averaged 8,154 pounds a yenr In
herds where fall freshening predomi­
nated, 7,280 pounds In the half-way
group, and 6,822 pounds In the herds
where spring freshening predominat­
ed. Costs of producing 100 pounds of
milk varied accordingly, from $2.47 In
the fall-freshening group to $2.71 In
the spring-freshening group.
Soy Beans Are Valuable
Feed for Dairy Cattle
Another experiment has been com­
pleted where soy-bean meal and soy­
bean oil meal has been found satis­
factory for feeding dairy cattle. This
Inst experiment has been reported by
the Delaware experiment station and
substantiates other experimental datn
on this subject. In this experiment
the different forms of soy beans were
fed In comparison with peanut oil
meal nnd the results showed that It
was superior to this product.
In three experiments conducted by
other stations In which soy-bean cake
or meal was compared with linseed oil
meal, the soy-bean cake or meal was
found to be equal In one, and slightly
superior In two for milk production.
In one experiment where soy-bean
cake was compared with cotton-seed
cake, soy-bean cake was found to be
slightly superior to cotton seed enke
Turkeys on Farm Means
for milk production.
an Additional Revenue
All of these different experiments
Turkeys on every farm will mean tend to show the possibilities of fur­
additional revenue for the many ne­ nishing cows with home-grown pro­
cessities needed on the farm. An In­ tein supplements.
creased production will not lower
prices, for during the past three years
in all of the large cities campaigns Self-Feeding Dairy Cow
have been put on by the leading pro­
Is Found Unprofitable
duce men urging the consumption of
What
Is good economics In fpedlng
turkeys during the entire winter sea­
son and not just a holiday feast. The beef cattle and hogs Is a waste when
success of this campaign last season tried on dulry cows, according to the
shows that people are anxious to eat University of Illinois, which has Just
turkey any time, for on August 1 reached this conclusion after experi­
there was less thnn two and one-half ments In allowing dairy cows to "help
million pounds of turkey lu storage. Jhemselves” to the feeds they want In
Most of this will be consumed before the quantities they will eat. More
the 1027 crop is sent to market. With feed than necessary was eaten. It was
the same demands of last season tur­ found. No two cows had the same
keys should bring an exceptionally high preference for feeds, several different
kinds of mill feeds ns veil ns whole
market price this fall and winter.
grain, ensilage and hay, being used
In this experiment. Hence, the cow
testing associations have been on the
For Turkey Fattening
track In teaching dairy farmers
Ration Use Much Grain right
to house their cows in sanitary stalls
The North Dakota experiment sta­ with ventilation systems, feed and lit­
tion gives a good home mixed turkey ter carriers, Individual drinking cups
ration which consists of 100 pounds nnd special attention tq the Individual
ground barley, 100 pounds ground production and demands of the dairy
oats, 100 pounds ground wheat and 50 cows.
pounds of meat scraps. If this ration
is kept before the turkeys In a self-
feeder at all times with a feeding of Scrub Bull Lowers Herd
grain at night, It will do much toward
Record to “Goat” Level
increasing the returns at market time.
In many of our dairy herds today
Milk makes a fine food, and If not
available, meat scraps, tankage or culling should begin with th ■ elimina­
dried buttermilk are fine protein foods. tion of the sire, says Dr. J. C. Mc­
The animal protein fits In best with Dowell of the bureau of dairy Indus­
other feeds at the rate of 15 per cent try, United States Department of Ag­
riculture. Breeding to Inferior hulls
to 85 per cent of ground feeds.
may pull production down ns fast as
the culling of low-producing cows
Cull Flock Closely
builds It up.
Culling the flock closely will not
Doctor McDowell tells of one herd
only save feed and labor, but It will In which a scrub cow produced 146.8
also help to remove crowded condi­ pounds of butterfat In a year. Her
tions that often prevail on account of daughter, sired by a scrub hull, pro­
the growing young flock. The disposal duced 126.3 pounds, and the grand­
of cockerels Is often advisable for a daughter, sired by the same scrub
similar reason. It Is better to keep a bull, produced 99.7 pounds, hardly as
small flock of birds thnt pay their way much as the world's record for a
than to keep a large flock In which goat.
there are a lot of drones that ->at np
The owner Anally woke up, sold the
the profit made by good birds. Birds scrub hull to the butcher, nnd pur­
that should be culled are sure to show chased a good registered bull.
a loss In the future.
Laying Supplements
The best supplement to any ration
Is direct sunlight and green feed, ac­
cording to tests conducted by the
Ohio experiment station. Successful
feeding for egg production depended
largely «upon the use during late fall
and winter of alfalfa, clover, soy
bean hnv and codliver oil as supple-
ments. Grains and their by-product»
and packing house by-products do not
usually make a complet« ration. The
legume hay» Improved the UateUibiilty
Store Surplus Sunshine
What the Irrigation dam Is to lands
of Irregular or Insufficient rainfall,
the silo Is to dairying. It 1s, as It
were, a reservoir In which the surplus
sunshine of summer Is stored up for
use in winter, or against shortage at
, any time. In the absence of silos,
roots are used to furnish succulence
i In winter, but the cost of production
I Is greater while the range of profit­
I able use Is limited by difficulty of
storage and extra labor In preparing
the roots for feeding.
We have found the soil requirement
fo^struwberries to be one of medium
or light texture, and it should 5« higfc
in fertility before setting, writes Dan.
lei I’rovaut in the Farmer's Guide. A
locution where surface drainage can
be provided is desirable, as It often
happens that If the surface wcer can­
not run off promptly thut an entire
crop may be ruined In a few hours, if
a heavy rain that floods the field oo
curs and the sun shines out soon
afterward.
We get equally good results with
either autumn or spring setting, hut
prefer the latter. If autumn setting
Is practiced the plants should he set
aufliciently early so that they win
grow fast before winter. A light mulch
of straw over the plants the first win­
ter is necessary in very severe tem­
peratures but ordinarily we find that
plants survive quite well without IL
When berries are grown for market
It Is well to use several different va­
rieties so that the marketing eason
can be prolonged as much as possible.
I cannot suggest varieties to suit all
soil and climate conditions, as the
same varieties which give good suc­
cess on our soil and climate might not
be so satisfactory in another. The
best plan for the beginner Is to consult
with some reliable grower as near
home as possible on this subject, and
get the plants of him, If they can be
obtained. In this way he will get
plants adapted to bis particular soil
and climate.
Where the straw mulch as a winter
protection is used. It can at times ba
made useful in the way of controlling
the time of blossoming. If the protec­
tion Is not put on until after the
ground Is frozen solid and Is left on
rather late in the spring. It will hold
the frost In the ground and thus delay
the blossoms) sometimes holding them
off until after the danger of late
frosts seems to be past. For the sake
of getting some very early berries a
part of the early varieties may be un­
covered and allowed to progress If the
grower feels that he can afford to taka
a chance. On cold nights It is some­
times advisable to use a smudge fire,
which will throw a dense cloud of
smoke, thus affording the desired pro­
tection.
Fruit in Baskets Best
if Packed With Face Up
Peaches, apples or pears that are
packed In baskets are much more at­
tractive and bring better prices If they
are ringfaced, for, when this Is prop­
erly done. It provides a uniform sur­
face so that each fruit In the face re­
ceives part of the pressure of the
cover, according to fruit men at the
State College of Agriculture at Ithaca-
N. Y,
The Increased expense of rlngfac-
Ing baskets Is small compared to the
Increase in market value, they say, be­
cause, when fruit Is Jumble-packed, It
seldom carries through to market
without some fruits In the face get­
ting crushed or bruised. Blue mold
and brown rot soon start to grow
when fruit Is Injured. Even If no
mold or rot has started. Injured fruit
In the face of a basket condemns 'he
package with the prospective buyer.
In facing baskets, the fruit used
should be uniform In size and color
and should be representative of the
contents of the package. Many makes
of facers for baskets on the market
give good satisfaction. In general they
are a good Investment, especially in
handling large crops.
£ Horticulture Notes ♦
:
♦<>♦-<>-•■ - o a
Fruit trees that get no care do not
even produce good shade.
• 9 •
As a ,rule, the nurserymen do not
mulch the trees. Cultivation Is better.
• • •
It Is possible to keep trees over
winter In the vegetable cellar, but
care must he taken to keep them
from drying ouL
• • •
The strawberry Is one fruit which
should be found In every garden an
every farm In the corn belt. It Is a
universally liked fruit and there are a
number of ways of preparing It hath
In the fresh state and canned and
preserved.
• • •
The spray machinery should he
gone over and carefully Inspected.
Worn parts should be replaced < r at
least replacement ports secured. \ffpt
the sprayer gets Into the Held It will
be too late to order new valve seats,
hose, nozzle disks, etc.
• • •
The largest peach orchard In th!»
country Is that of Bert Johnson in
Arkansas, containing between l.BW
and 1,409 acres.
• • •
Of all fruits the strawberry Is about
as easily grown ns any and produce»-
within a short time after the plant­
ing Is made.
• • •
Any kind of apple trees from thre«
to four years of age. If they are ‘c*"* 1-
lings, should be grafted; or If they
havp become three-quarters of an Inch
In diameter, they should be grafted