GREEN CLOAK B y Y O R K E D A V IS POULTRY • K T S • Some Birds Act as Crop Savers CThe, Wren and Nighthawk Are Particularly Valuable in Eating Insects. COWS TESTED FOR PUSH LAYING HEN MILK PRODUCTION FOR FIVE MONTHS (Prepared by the U nited State» Department W K U Servira. C opyrigh t. 1W2« pulled a little charanls-skln bag which of A g ric u ltu re .) (Prepared by the United States Department Five months per year Is enough In hung about her neck by a fine gold Birds In general are useful as well of A g ric u ltu re .) which to push hens Into extra laying chain. D r. R o n a ld M c A lis t e r , p s y c h o l­ A dulry herd Improvement associa- ns beautiful. Without birds to keep o g is t, u n d e r ta k e s to s o lv s th e by extending the feeding hours tlon Is an organization of d lry farm the insect pests in check it would be “By this," she said. “It had be­ began speaking to her Jnst then, qui­ m y s te r y o f th s m u r d e r o f s re clu e s . H e n r y M o rg a n T h e d ead etly, authoritatively, and In the Maori longed to him, the murderer, ily through the use of lights. The North ers who co-operatively employ a man more difficult to grow food. They also m a n '» p a p e rs r e v e a l th a t he h ad tongue. He was not trying to soothe mother kept It and gave It to me so Carolina experiment station has Just to test their cows for economical pro­ eat many weed seeds and so give a been In N e w Z e a la n d , w h e r e M c ­ completed Its second three-year test duction of milk and butterfat. The better chance for the planted seeds. her fears, or at least not doing It In that I should know hltn." A l is t e r h a d liv e d In h is y o u t h w i l l H a r v e y te s tifie s to s e e in g a For an Instant I did not understand, with laying hens and finds that the tester visits euch farm one day each The biological survey finds, however, any way that Is commonly practiced w o m a n In a g re e n c lo a k a t th * M o rg a n h o m e th e n ig h t o f th e by us modern people. He was giving but Immediately after, the way she period between November 1 and month, weighs the feed and milk of that some birds are not beneficial und m u rd e r D o c to r M c A lis t e r Is i her orders, orders which he was pre­ had detected our presence In that April 1 Is the period to use lights. each cow, tests the milk for butter- this brunch of the United Slates De­ a s k e d to see a y o u n g w o m a n p a ­ t ie n t in a h o s p ita l. In h e r d e ­ pared to enforce by brute strength If room, by the smell, gave me an inkling. For the remainder of the year, the fat, and figures the results. partm ent of Agriculture studies the l ir i u m th e m u tte r s In a s tr a n g e she should make It necessary. So “Then you can tell people by their birds should he allowed to feed dur la n g u a g e w h ic h o n ly M c A lis t e r The dairy herd Improvement associ­ birds in order to he able Io inform lug the normal daylight odor?” the doctor asked. u n d e r s ta n d s H e s u s p e c ts she much was plain from his manner. ation furnishes the dairyman definite farmers and legislators as to their m a y k n o w s o m e th in g o f th e m u r ­ "Beginning with the pullet year, we Of course I could not understand a “As a dog does,” she answered sim­ comparative merits. d er. A c a r e f u ll y h id d e n m a p Is have subjected liens to 3d consecu­ Information regarding the milk and d is c o v e re d b y M c A lis t e r a n d A s ­ word he said. The girl cowered at the ply. butterfat production of each cow, Eats Bugs and Weeds. s is ta n t D is t r ic t A tt o r n e y A s h to n “He murdered your father, you say, I tive months of 14 feeding .pours per thus enabling him to cull out the low voice, but It seemed to reassure her, In M o r g a n ’s h o m e W h ile th e y As a general rule, the birds that eat a re s e a r c h in g a y o u n g w o m a n for aJI of that. The wild light In her before you were born? Do you know day, securing the extra hours by us­ producers, to feed the remainder ac­ e n te rs th e h o u se In th e d a rk n e s s eyes died. They became sullen. She who your father was? What was his ing electric lights," says Dr. B. F. cording to known production, and to largely of insect foods'—for example, a n d escapes, le a v in g b e h in d a Hie wren and the nighthawk—are p a / Kaupp, heud of the poultry depart­ g re e n c lo a k . In re s p o n s e to an squatted on the floor In a corner of name?" a d v e r tis e m e n t o f th e fin d in g o f ment at state college. “This past year breed up a herd in which the daugh­ ticulnrly valuable. On the other hand, the room. Evidently chairs and their "Flanka," she answered. a g re e n c lo a k , a y o u n g w o m a n , ters excel their dams. That ull this g iv in g h e r n a m e as J a n e P e r k in s uses were as strange to her as her For an Instant the doctor gazed at marked the completion of the second Is adding to the profits of members the gray grosbeak and the brilliantly h o u s e m a id at The M e re d ith , colored painted bunting are valuable such test. Our results show conclu present attitude would have been to her wide-eyed; then, turning away to c la im s It. M c A lis t e r ta k e s tw o of dairy . herd nssocla- because — they — depend for «■ a n > great .. . Improvement . . , i -------------- »— - »— ™ i p a part ri la b o r a to r y In s tr u m e n ts to T h e Jane Perkins. conceal his excitement, he struck one sively that a hen must have a resi i M e r e d ith fo r an u n d is c lo s e d p u r ­ Then began one of the strangest palm, softly, three or four times with period between each year of exposure I !, " S 8 ln,llc“ted •'? ,,le Increase In of their food on troublesome weeds, pose T h e h ead w a ite r . W ilk in s , to t h e extra e x t r a hours. h o u r s This T h ia Is 000O...1 thut , t . „ , I t,le UUtnber Of these associations. | such o x t a i l and and n lo tu u . grass such as as the the f foxtail pigeon to the Is needed a d m its J a n a P e r k in s Is e m p lo y e d scenes I ever witnessed. Except for the other fist. It Is estimated th at the average seeds. a t th a h o te l. B y a ta to o m a r k she might replenish her depleted what I could gather from their faces, Presently he turned back to the girl. on th a a rm she la a d v e r tis e d ss dairy cow In this country produces The barn owl, like other owls, com­ th e h o s p ita l p a t ie n t M c A lis t e r and from the Inflection of his ques­ “Did your mother swear you to any­ stores of vltamlnes, minerals and vi­ annually about 4,500 pounds of milk h y p n o tis e s th a g ir l . monly Is shot on sight, but ought not tality. It Is not wise to subject a tions and her sullen, half-defiant an­ thing else?" containing about 180 pounds of but- to be, for It Is one of the most serv­ hen to the extra feeding hours for “No." swers, It was totally unintelligible to more than five months of the year, terfaL The records of thousands of iceable birds In destroying small ro­ me. Even the Inflections told me little, “Did she give you anything when CHAPTER V II— Continued and the time between November 1 cows tested regularly show overage dents, particularly the pocket gophers for the language Itself Is spoken In she died?" yields of more than 7,200 pounds of In the W est For its size, the house -ll- und April 1 Is recommended." “No." a queer sort of sing-song, which be­ milk nnd 282 pounds of butterfat. wren Is one of the most effective bird IIe stood perfectly still before her, trayed no family relationship with any Doctor Kaupp and Ids associates "Not even a message? I mean did Several associations have average enemies of the insects. Wrens usually except that the hand which held the other language I ever heard. But In have found that a sudden reduction she tell you anything, anything about mirror permitted It to swing very the doctor’s face I could read strange Flanka?" of the feeding hours will be accom­ yearly records of more than 300 rear two broods of young each year, slowly, pendulum wise, before her, matters—excitement, dawning compre­ and the parents keep busy from morn­ panied by premature molting and that pounds of butterfat. "She told me these words," said the In the Ottertail (Minn.) association ing to night bringing food for the though always at un angle that sent hension and dawning horror, too. It regular lighting will always give poor girl, she said them a great many In 1924-23 the cow produced an aver­ the beam straight Into her eyes. hungry young. The wren's diet Is al­ was strangely tantalizing to know that times, ‘Ouan feef, tl oues. Ten souL’ ’’ results In securing extra eggs. age of 299 pounds of butterfat and most exclusively animal, and a pair of From my corner of the room this mystery, the clue to which I had That Is the best reproduction I can Watched him breathlessly. Of course vainly sought, was In process of be­ returned a little more than $3 for wrens will account for an enormous every dollar's worth of feed con- number of Insects in a season. It was perfectly obvious to see what ing unraveled .right before my eyes make of the sound of them. I sup­ Cod Liver Oil May Be posed she was speaking In Maori, he was doing. The examination of her and I was as much In the dark as Detrimental to Fowls ) sun,eA Moreover, each cow returned One H arm ful Bird. until, glancing up nt the doctor, I saw eyes had been a mere pretext His ever. Prof. Eric Agudhr of Stockholm, $101 Income above feed cost. Com­ that he was as much puzzled as I The boat-tailed grackle Is one of real object In Inducing the girl to Then, as If the doctor bad read my was. Sweden, has Issued a report which menting on this record J. C. McDow the few birds th at do more damage strain her eyes upward was to throw thoughts, he spoke to the girl In Eng­ ell of the United States Department "W hat’s that?" he asked. “Say It confirms doubtt as to how far cod of Agriculture remarks that any cow than good. It Is fond of corn in all her Into a hypnotic sleep. The method lish ; liver oil may be continued in the poul­ again.” he had taken wag an old-fashioned that returns $3 for every dollar spent stages, from the first ears to the rip­ "Fanenna,” he said, “I am talking She repeated the syllables glibly try ration with desirable results. In for feed is a good market for feed, ened grain, destroys much rice, and one, and one he rarely used. At the English. I am going to ask you ques his experiments with white mice he gets most of Its animal food from laboratory he hypnotized people al- tlons In English, and you will under­ and without the slightest variation In found that the continued use of this and that a cow that each year returns the small marine animals along the tnost dally by the simple and almost stand me. Did you understand what her Inflection of them. $100 above feed cost Is a good labor seashore. “What does that mean?” he ques­ oil made the animals too fat at the m arket Instantaneous process of having them I said then?” tioned. I h a ts not your language end of the feeding period, that there lie down and telling them that they The girl nodded. And yet I was sure was a swelling of the bodies, nnd that Were going to sleep. But that method that If I had spoken to her she would nor mine.” Lighter Soils Produce various organs had been adversely af Rye Will Make Fair to She shook her head. Was absolutely dependent upon a con­ not have comprehended a word. It fected. Other experiments with larger “You don't understand It yourself?" dition which could not exist here. The was In Its way as strange and perfect Good Grade of Silage Highly Colored Fruit Again she shook her head, and re­ i-nlmals gave similar results. While patient must expect to he hypnotized a demonstration of the possibilities of Rye when cut In the flower or early The lighter soils produce earlier, cod liver oil may help temporarily. It peated once more the queer, meaning­ and he In a state of willing submission hypnotism as I had ever seen. The Is possible that It may be positively dough stage will make a fair to good more finely flavored, and more highly IVe had no reason to suppose that doctor called In Jane Perkins’ memory less syllables. grade of silage. The silage Is liable There was a moment of silence, the harmful If used continuously. Appar­ to be rather strong smelling and Is colored fruits thnn do the heavier Jane Perkins would submit herself to to act ns the girl's Interpreter. soils. This Is particularly true with ently It hns had no detrimental effects doctor gazing at her In a puzzled way, kny such test as that In the hands of What Is the man’s name," the doc­ all his faculties concentrated upon this In experiments In feeding It to poul­ liable to taint the milk, although this such fruits as the grape, and citrus. Strangers. And even with his mirror tor asked, “the man who sent you?’1 try on this continent, but before It Is can be largely overcome by feeding On the other hand, the heavier soils fresh mystery. he would not be nhle to hypnotize her the silage directly after milking rath ­ Her answer was two words that In the midst of that silence the girl made a reg ilar article of diet for poul er than before. Cnre will also have contain more plant food and have If she should suspect that this was sounded like "Osa Enns.” I saw that greater water-holding capacity, nnd try, It should be given the most care­ sprang suddenly erect, and from her What he was trying to do, and should to he exercised that the mangers nre hence give greater growth and higher for a moment It puzzled the doctor as tense attitude It was evident that she ful and prolonged Investigation. resist. But his confident, friendly well cleaned out and the silo Is cut yields for the amounts of irrigation much as It did me. But the next mo­ was listening; that she had heard Inanner, his easy assumption of au­ off from the barn as otherwise the water nnd fertilizers used. ment. evidently, he understood, for his something. To our ears all was still. thority, the fact that he came from Sodium Fluoride Useful odor In the barn Itself may be taken face lighted rather grimly. From the standpoint of physical “Hearing abnormal, too," murmured Ihe same part of the world as her­ “You came away, did you, without the doctor In a swift aside to me. to Destroy Parasites “p by ,he mllk dur,n$ milking time, structure, therefore, a fruit soil self—all this speedily disarmed sus­ the thing he sent you to get?” One Investigation Indicated that rye Then he spoke to the girl. "Fanen­ The best thing to treat hens for lice silage was about 10 per eent less val­ should be selected on the basis of the picion. She nodded. kind of fruit to be grown and wheth­ na," he said, "you are to go Into that is sodium fluoride. The best way to At the end of three or four minutes “And you hadn't been told to kill other room and wait until I call for apply Is to dip each hen, but this can uable for milk production than was er It is to be shipped, or sold on the Sf silence the doctor turned away and the old man? You didn't mean to kill you. When I want you, I will call, be done only on a warm day One corn silage. It Is, perhaps, not quite local m ark et Obviously, where earli­ Mid his little mirror upon the table. him when you stole Into the house?’’ Perkins,’ and you will come out, be-' ounce of sodium fluoride to each gal­ ns palatable as corn silage and has ness plays such an Important part in "It's five minutes past eight," he not been largely used for silage. She answered with a deep-throated the financial returns, as In our warm­ llevlng that It Is the first time I have lon of lukewarm water. Grasp the laid, with a second glance nt his guttural, even to my ears, unmistak­ er fruit districts, n soil which will called you from the bedroom. You hen by the wings In your left hand Watch. ‘‘We haven't nny time to lose, magnify this feature Is desirable. fclose nil (he windows; that's the first ably In the negative. will remember the knife and vase of and Immerse her In the water and Centrifugal Force Will “Then why did you kill him?" The Increased profit from very early Ihlng to do—and lock them. And then water, but you will believe that you ruffle up the feathers with your right Drive Out Skim Milk fruit of high quality is such that the She flung her head hack, her eyes have dreamed I t And when I call hand go that the water will go to,the w-e'll holt both doors—It won't do to _............. . hold your hand over her Centrifugal force drives the skim milk grower often can _____ blazed defiance nnd from her lips afford to use the skin. Then lake nny chances—and, In general, try the word ’Perkins,’ you will wake up nostrils" and mouth and duck 1 pi,r.ator An ln«*a»e llghter soils »<>"» for vineyard and orchard ....... bowL .......................... — , I lighter Io be ready for anything she may do. poured forth a torrent of speech. and come In. Go now.” He unlocked therefore, force» forces more skim purposes ever even though ’ more fertilizer “Stop I" said the doctor. “If you the door as he spoke. for a few seconds I in speed, 1 d’ ,herpfore- I think you'd better stand behind her If th e w e a th e r Is ton lnilk milk throuKh through the skim mllk o u tlet con con- and manure must be used to main- lhalr. over yonder, where she won't can understand English, you can talk She obeyed without hesitation. By It, too. Speak In the same language that time I myself heard footsteps ap­ t i l l s enn tie put on dry. Place a good lee yon at first. Now—are you ready?' ™ » v , I am speaking In, and tell why you proaching down the corridor. pinch of the powder 5 on * the neck, the He stationed himself where he hnd killed I Fe^ i n g Young Boar to him.” hack, one under Stood before, Just a pace or two away "Go In there after her, Phelps," said “I was sworn to kill him.” from the chair where tlte girl Iny the doctor, "and see that the windows hlg one under the , different persons operate the separator Use in Breeding SeflSOn The words enme thickly, slowly Isleep His eyes were shining, anil and doors In all the other rooms of the there can be but little uniformity of 1 ---- ° pvery line of the attitude of Ids hlg clumsily, for tongue and lips were Did you buy a boar pig at the fair > ::o « o — apartment are locked and bolted. speed unless each person makes an finding difficulty with them, hut they Sinewy body bespoke the relnxntlon Then come back here as quickly as effort frequently to count the crank and, if so, what provision have you Possible only to nervous systems of were clearly and quite Intelligibly Eng­ you can.” revolutions by their watch. The use made to bring him up to breeding sea­ lish. son In tiptop, thrifty condition? As very high order, the relaxation that I heurd a tap at the door Just as I of a gasoline engine or some constant I saw the doctor's face light up nt Is ready to exert Its utmost effort In a rule, less attention is given a boar was finishing the task, and Immediate­ IMiwer will tend to give a more uni Poultry parasites are hardy and can |n y direction; that Is braced against the sound of them, for It was the com­ ly afterward heard the doctor open IL than his Importance requires. Too form cream test than when the ma nothing because It Is expecting any­ pletion of the most Interesting exper­ When I returned to the sitting room, live from four to five months after chine Is operated by hand. often any kind of a pen that will hold iment he had ever tried. The girl thing. a hoar Is the kind he gets. Exercise he turned toward me and spoke rather chickens have been removed from the And then, softly at first hut growing was still submerged, completely. In her quickly. There wus a note of sup­ hen houses unless n strong destroyer and correct feeding are of greatest Im­ is applied. louder, he began to hnm once more wild, primitive, under-self, she was pressed excitement In his voice. portance. Enough exercise Is usually no more Jane Perkins thnn ns If she that old Maori death chant. Induced hy plenty of range In the Phelps, here’s Ashton come to pay It takes vigorous pullets with long, From my stntlon behind the clinlr I had occupied another hotly altogether, us a cull." place he is kept. A boar pig to be ::o —o - o —o •<>::< yould see nothing of the girl, except and yet, by the strange hypnotic power used late in the fall should have Without waiting for me to comment broad and deep body developed to hue hand, which hung out over the of suggestion, the doctor was com­ on the situation, he turned back to the shell out eggs In the dead of winter Avoid overfeeding the poor-produc­ the same combination of feeds used when the thermometer Is hovering ing dairy cow. yrrn of It. I fixed my eyes on that, pelling her to use Jane Perkins’ kuowl- district attorney. for gilts. Green feed and limited corn e«lge of English to talk with. around the zero mark. S lid ns I stood there saw It chnnge, • • • supplemented with skim milk or a "I thought It not unlikely,” he said, • • • Who swore you to such un oath?” Saw In It the Innex of aoine mysterl- Underfeeding good cows la ex­ niixture of tankage 70 parts, linseed that, with one Intention or another, meal 15 parts, and shorts 15 parts Is ►us Incredible transformation that he asked. Without some form of animal food, travagant waste. you would make us a visit this eve­ My mother, when she was dying. Suiist he permeating every fih.T of her • • • good feeding. Close confinement nnd to replace the summer bugs and ning." hody. It had been Jane Perkins’ hand It was a vengeance. He had murdered Records of five years show that It too much corn Is a bad combination. IBs manner was perfectly neutral, worms, hens can’t lay well, however I moment ago—a chambermaid's hnnd, niy father, lie murdered him before neither free-handed you are with grain. Tide costs $43 a year to care for a cow. friendly In the old way, nor I'Udgy, lifeless. Inexpressive. Now. In­ I was horn." e s » hostile as It might have been ex­ need is supplied by tankage, meat ,;<>♦<>—o —o —o ;: "If It happened before you were definably, It was different, altogether scraps, ground green bone, or skim A good dairy cow probably con­ a c te d to he after the scene In the different. The fingers stretched apart horn," said the doctor quickly, “then, milk or buttermilk. sumes more water than any other laboratory. • • • k little ss If they tingled with Ihe unless you knew beforehand that domestic nnlmnl. The more feed Ashton flushed a little. “Oh, I’ve Wnrmth and life of a new current. In­ Henry Morgun was the man you were come to apologize," he said. "My ac­ Pullets of the benvy breeds can be consumed, the more water the cow tenser mors electrical The hand sworn to murder, how did you know It cusation against you and Mr. lflielps too fat for laying while It Is difficult requires. Next to wheat, potatoes nre the hen you found him In that house?" kpened wide, then slowly clenched • • • to get Leghorn pullets overly f a t most Important crop grown for human tills afternoon was quite unwarranted." Out of the front of her blouse she Itself Into a fist ; and last of all It (TO D I CONTINUED.) The man who thinks he Is econo­ food. ►prang open again, distended to Its The poultry breeder should not he mizing by buying cheap milk palls Mdest reach, with galvanic quickness •M-:x:x:-X4X-:-x:x:-x-:-x-:x-:x-:-x-:-x:x:-x;-x:-x-:-x;x:x:-x-:-x-:-x-:-x:-x:-x;- Influenced by trifling Incidents that Is fooling himself. A good pall costs No one can afford to spend a dol­ Which Jane Perklna' nerves would Irritate the market. He should select a little more but It lasts far longer lar s worth of time to save a half dol­ hever have been capable of command­ “ A n t i p o d e s ” T o o O f t e n T e r m W r o n g l y U s e d nnd grade his poultry. and is cheaper In the long run. lar's worth of goods. ing. • • • • • • • • • The poultry house Is both the home The doctor broke off his song, nnd Tests nt the Minnesota experiment The term "antipodes" Is strictly ap­ America full In the region of China, of the hen and the factory where win­ Seed that Is grown locally may have there followed, for one dead moment, -talion show that a cow producing 27 k silence, which was shattered nt the plied to any two peoples or places on the Philippines and Borneo, while the ter eggs are produced, and unless It pounds of mllk dally consumed 0 0 the advantage of being acclimated, lind o f It ty a strange, weird, half sup­ opposite sides of the earth and so sit­ antipodes of Europe and Asia are In provides suitable living and working gallons of wnter while one of the sump but. If It contains foul weed seeds, It may be expensive nt nny price. pressed outcry The next Instant the uated that a straight line drawn from the South Pacific. The approximate conditions the hen cannot he expected '•reed giving 13 pounds of milk drank • • • girl had Unshed out of her chair, and oue to another passes through the antipodes of London is Antipodes to lay well. •niy five gallons of wnter. • a a The Agronomy farm at the Iowa ex­ ktood confronting me. The quickness center of the earth. Loosely, however, Island, near New Zealand.—Pathfinder • • • periment station. Ames, Iowa, has Soy bean and clover hay. If b right of her motion was absolutely Intle- the term Is applied to any place on Magazine. Dairymen who feed high protein more than fiiX) concrete fence posts on tcrlhsble. Her face was now the one the opposite side of the earth from ly cured, may be used to take the feeds may add more fertility to the i t These were placed more than nine place of alfalfa In the poultry ration We hnd seen In the hospital nnd hnd ns. China Is popularly supposed to C rip p led Induitry «•Il through manure than ts taken out years ago. • • • sllmpaed dimly In the dark In Henry be the antipodes of the United States "Jedge," a very large and deter by crops. • a • Norgnn'e study. It Is much easier to prevent lice and there Is an old aaytng that If one mined colored woman announced as • • • At the sight of me she shrank, were to dig a hole deep enough he she ushered a frighten«) ex-husband and mites getting a start than It Is A farm machine that stands^ont all Cooling cream and milk Immedl winter not only depreclntes In value, crouched, rather, for something about would fall Into China. But (hit Is a Into his honor's chamber, “dis nigger to get rid of them once they get » itely after separating takes ont the but requires a lot of extra time and k Ihe action suggested that It might be uilscotu-eptlon, for China and the ain't paid me one cent ob alimony toe hold. mlmsl heat and removing the smoth • a a followed by a spring Her hand Unit«) States are both In the north­ for sehben months.” patience to get It ready to run when objected to. flashed to her bosom and explored ern hemisphere The true antipodes The Missouri station showed how «red flavor so often it is needed again. “What'S the matter, S a m r sternly • • • there for something a knife prob of the United States Is a region In Inquired the Judge. “Haven't you been profitable It Is to add animal food to • • • In csrlng for milk and cream It Is Shly - that It did net find. What the Ihe Indian o enn west of Australia a grain ration. Euch pound o f tank­ working lately?" Chickens, as a rule, will not go nny lecessnry to have a clean place free Would have done then, whether she No part of Ihe North American con great distance In search of feed un­ ’ Nosub, ’ was the response "Ah age o r meat scraps, or the equlvslent Would have flung herself upon me no llnent has Its antipodes In any land ain't bln nhle to find niab dice."— • n skim milk (one gallon) brought an from dirt and (lies and a place which less they nre half starved, and It 1» r«'ludes the possibility of milk tok extra dozen eggs. MuiviL 1 do not know, hut the doctor surface. The antipodes of South Country Gentleman. not profitable to keep them In that ng up odors. •onditlon In order to save a little feed- STORY FROM T H E S TA R T p 1 .. Poultry Squibs t Dairy Squibs Ï Agricultural Items •