p / m y
The
G r e e n C loak
BIG MONTHS IN
EGG PRODUCTION
FARAI
CK
GET RID OF ALL
Fall and winter months may be
BOARDER COWS FEEDING WORK
termed the profit months in poultry
B y YORKE D A V IS
' culture for the reason that the big
Get rid c f the boarder cows and
TEAM IN WINTER
C op yrigh t. I t t i
difference In production between heavy
make the good ones produce more
laying flocks and flocks which are not
milk Is the advice of Prof. 11. A. Hop-
Moderate feeding o f work horse.
profitable conies during that season
?er at the State College of Agricul- winter, always accompanied by u ler-
to do with the murder, do you?” she
o
f
the
year.
Almost
any
healthy
hen
“ Oh, no; likely not, sir. She looks
ure to New York state dairymen.
ate dully exercise, w ill bring a ti ru
asked. And then she laughed a little.
a little pale, but I fancy that Is no w ill lay well toward spring.
The m ilk situation Is largely In the through the Idle season In shape to
“ He wouldn’t do nothin' of that kind,
more than because the room is some
It Is an established fact that a flock lands o f Empire state producers, he
sir. He's Just a silly.”
what dose."
must average approximately 100 eggs ■ays, and If they take a few steps to tackle good spring work providing
they are grained well when put tc
“ I ’m Inclined to think, Perkins.” the
“ Is It?” asked the doctor.
l»er hen per year In order to return nsure plenty of m ilk during the next their
tasks.
doctor commented, “ that that's a good
“ Well, It struck me so, sir. And
the owner a profit. The difference few weeks, the usual shortage period,
Azoturia,
which Is a strange disease
diagnosis. I don’t believe W ill Har
think. If you'll allow me, It might he between the monthly flock averages of
hey can do much to meet the de- that Is largely caused by periods ol
vey, even If be showed us every
well to have that ventilator cleaned. [ good flocks and poor flocks comes nands of the New York market.
Idleness mixed with periods of work.
thought within that rather empty head
It Is really very foul, sir. I f you like, mainly during the fall and winter
To Increase milk production, dairy
of his, would ever take us very close
I ’ll speak to them In the office and months. In other words, the owners men should feed their cows more, es Is something moderate exercise and
reasonable w inter care w ill overcome
to old Henry Morgan with his maps have them send up a man tomorrow to J of profitable flocks have utilized rneth-
aeclally more protein; they should dis
and his mysteries."
do li-
ode which Increase production at a pose of boarders and give their feed or prevent. Heavy work teams kept
stables when they should have
He turned away there rather sharp
He nodded, when he spoke of the time of year when fresh eggs are
to the good cows; stable the cows open-air exercise dally are sometime»
ly, his back to all of us; tossed his
ventilator, to a grated opening In the scarce and therefore higher In price
when the weather Is cold or ra in y; be subject to this trouble.
head back once or twice, with a ges
wall, and my eyes followed him. I
Early hatches of early maturing
•mre the cows get plenty of water, and
When a lfalfa meadows are avail
ture very fam iliar to me as charac
didn’t see anything wrong w ith It birds could be set down as one of the
take good care of cows that w ill able, the late fa ll growth may be uti
teristic of his periods of Intense
myself, but the man’s eyes were evi- most Important points In getting heav freshen soon.
lized by horses without damaging the
thought. Then, turning back, he spoke dently more practiced than mine.
ler fall and wiuter production. Pul
Cows that are on short pasture
to Ashton.
The doctor feed him also, and lib- lets that start laying during the lat hould have green fodder. Good sec seeding and greatly reducing the cost
wintering them.
"Did we tell you," he asked, "that
erally, and the next moment the head ter part o f October are from hatches
and growth in meadows may be pas-
Work horses In recent tests have
Phelps and I discovered one map
waiter and the chambermaid were out that came before May 1, usually be
which your detectives bad evidently
In the corridor and the door was fore April 1. They are birds that ured i f the cows are managed care I been fed a ration of alfalfa hay and
overlooked, an odd sort of map, from
closed behind them.
j have been well fed and are fully de- fully. They should have u feeding of shredded corn fodder In early winter
iry hay before they are turned Into later getting some six to eight pounds
geographer's point of view. drawu
A t the sound of that closing door, reloped. Good birds of this charac-
he meadow, und the grass, of course, o f ear corn daily so as to prevent
Ashton exploded, not with Impatient ter w ill produce greatly over 100. eggs
mould he dry, for they may bloat If then, going off too greatly In flesh he-
anger, as I half expected he would, but per year If they are properly fed and
hey eat wet green grass.
fore spring.
with pure amusement. He laughed housed.
Increase the protein cows get, | It was reckoned that with alfalfa
loud and long, and without the slight- ! Proper feeding and housing are the
hey may be fed a mixture o f 200 hay at $16 a ton and shredded corn
est effort to suppress his mirth. Doc- ■ second factors that must receive nt-
tor McAlister paid no attention, but j tentlon In order to get a good yield jounds corn or hominy, 100 barley, 300 fodder at $7 a ton, the dally rations
heat bran, 200 cottonseed meal, 100 Li the early winter did not cost more
let him enjoy his laugh undisturbed.
of fa ll and winter eggs. Hens w ill
"W ell," said the district attorney I lay In the spring on a straight grain inseed oil meal, and 100 pounds gluten than about 9 cents a day per head.
when he had got his breath, “ I ’m really I ration. A t tiia t time they are an- feed. Dairymen who have peas, oats They ate about 8 pounds of alfalfa
ind barley may mix 1,200 pounds of and probably about 6 pounds of corn
very much obliged. A fter hearing so swering nature’s demands and w ill
he ground mixture with 400 cotton fodder as a dally average. Then when
much about these psychological exam | lay If conditions are at all suitable,
meal, 200 gluten feed, and 200 the shelled corn was added to Improve
luatlons, It’s Interesting to have been However, after the normal laying sea- seed
Jll meal.
the.’.- condition the ration cost all the
present at one."
J son is over, It Is correspondingly hard
Cows that w ill freshen soon should way from 18 to 20 cents per head
The doctor nodded rather grimly. J t0 secure heavy production. This can
he In good condition; grain fed to
" I t ’s not half as Interesting as It w ill on*y be done by using a ration that them is well Invested, Professor Hop daily.
From the middle o f December until
be In about five minutes,” he said. I supplies plenty of animal protein, mln- per says.
February 15 or so, the horses lost
He was busy with the Instruments erals’ and succulent feed In addition
Nothing helps more nor Is a better about a pound or more dally on this
on the table as he spoke. “ Do you j *° Sraln, which Is needed as the basis investment than a good supply of
care to wait and see the results?" he ) of al1 rations. Houses must be warm, drinking water for cows. M ilk Is moet- cheap ration.
Edmonds ard Crawford, at the Illi
added.
well ventilated and comfortable. In y water, but cows can’t make milk
“ Come—” said Ashton; "you don’t other words* t,le hen must be fed and without It. Huckets In the barn quick nois experiment station, have had
tro d results In feeding growing draft
really believe, do you, that you have : ,nunaSed 80 that s-he w ill feel like ly pay for themselves.
fillies by using In the first winter
found out anything, by some subtle, , keePin8 r l$ht on with her egg pro-
D
n •
nr , ,
I sheaf oats and alfalfa hay with half
scientific process of yours, about that I ,luction-
I nn ordinary ration of oats and bran.
girl?"
| Parasites and diseases are the third ‘ rogress Being Made in
i
CHAPTER VII— Continued
—13—
His first questions were about the
cloak; where she had bought It, and
whether, so fur as she knew, there
were a good many others like It. The
girl's whole interest, as shown by her
replies, appeared to Ire to perfect
her Identification of It. She ad
mlttml, reluctantly, that hundreds
of them had been sold In the
city that fa ll; admitted that she
herself had seen dozens on the street,
the counterpart of It In cut and In
color. Hut this particular cloak, she
protested, she knew without a doubt
to be her own. It was badly rumpled
and had been exposed to the weather.
was hardly fit to wear any more, but,
notwithstanding tliese facts, she knew
that It was hers.
"Was It In good condition the last
time you wore It?”
" It looked as good as new.”
“ Then how can you be sure that the
one which was advertised as found Is
the same one?”
Well, she was sure, and she pro
ceeded to demonstrate the fact by a
multitude of details—some of her own
•owing, and a putch on the lining
which she could not mistake.
"How did you come to lose the
cloak?”
“ I don’t know, sir,” she answered.
" I Just wish I did. I think one of the
•tber housemalils stole It, sir, or bor
rowed It and didn’t bring It back. I
■uppose they thought becuuse I was
•Ick I wouldn’t have any use for my
cloak. I didn’t know nothin' about It
until today. Then I looked for It and
It was gone. So I begun askin’ the
other girls about It, und at last one of
them said—she was a girl who had
given notice and was readin' the want
columns every day—she said there
was a green cloak advertised found.
So I went and <ot*IL Hut I ’d like to
get hold of the girl that borrowed IL
“ I know all about the girl already," . fource of trouble. Nothing w ill up-
Dairy Industry Is Good
w . £ f Z ’S ".
I ’d muke her take It and buy me a
sald my chief. "Hut come, were you 8et “ good laYln8 dock quicker than a
Not so many years ago the milk alfalfa. Three pounds of oats to one
new one, or I ’d have the law on her.”
really taken In by the trick?"
I *ot
troublesome mites that make production of the average cow was p,)Und o f bran was the grain ration.
Ashton had listened to this speech
“ What trick?”
' tke birds want to leave their regular around 3,(MM) pounds a year. Now It
_______________
with a show of somewhat greater In
“ Did you think, all the while, that It *,0USe8 8nd r00St ,n the trees’
Is over 4,000 pounds a year and It w ill n „ „ f l i . n L ,i„ u „ ~
terest. Evidently It occurred to him
go higher.
Last year 12,200 cows | P r o f i t a b l e H O g N e e d s
was the g irl I was examining?"
that an Inquiry as to who the girl sus
Wilkins! And by Thunder I Believe
.wiled by 700 Illinois dairymen aver
a great light suddenly burst upon Preparing for Winter
Good, Suitable Ration
pected of having taken It might be
I’ve Got Him.”
aged 7,506 pounds of milk. The aver
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'
"
;
’
”
'
c
t
“
I
’
A
r
o
u
n
d
H
o
u
s
e
productive of results.
She could
The profitable hog Is the one that
age feed cost of these cows was $77.53
on a very large scale? And the queer
easily be Induced to tell all she knew
eats the m ost It takes about one-
"D id I think It was the girl you ' A thorou8h cleaning o f the poultry and the average value of the product eighth o f a fu ll ration (by this Is
thing about it wus, that It showed
nbout the other employees In the hotel.
1187.65.
These
cows
were
“
owned
and
were examining! What else could you bouse should take place at this time
neither latitude nor longitude. There
So much was clear. Hut when, Instead
meant giving the tiog all It will eat)
have been doing? Who else was there
}e,“ r ln PreP“ ™tlo«> for winter, operated" by men who were inter to maintain the hog’s body. Then If
of following up this lead, Doctor Mc was nothing about It to indicate what
to examine?"
I ltle clean-up should consist o f remov- ested In their business, for they were you fed only enough to maintain the
part of the world It represented. I
Alister changed the subject abruptly,
“ W llklna!” said the doctor with s ‘“g ,neStS’ r<!?s,s: hoppers, drinking members of dairy herd improvement hog’s body, you could feed a 100-
brought It away with me this morn
Ashton dropped buck In his chair with
blow of his fist upon the table. “ Wll- f
3 and " other *‘<l ulPment ft® « associations. How would It do for pound hog a whole year and It would
ing. I'll show It to you presently If
• little gesture of Impatience.
some of our orators to go and tell
you enre to look at I t I t ’s there ou
kins! And, by thunder, I believe I the house. Each should get a thor
s tlli weigh 100 pounds and you would
For myself, the doctor’s course puz-
ough scrubbing with water and some them that we know enough about pro
have
got
him."
the
tnble
In
that
big
manlla
envelope.”
be out your feed for nothing. To Illus
•led me profoundly. That all this ex
duction,
and
that
prosperity
lies
In
good disinfectant The house Itself
I beg your pardon, sir”—It wus W il
trate this, suppose that on account of
amination was a mere pretense, wus,
should be swept, ceilings, walls and something else?—Ohio Farmer.
kins who spoke—” 1 wonder If you
feed being high you feed only two
o f course, obvious to me. We knew all
CHAPTER VIII
floor.
The
floor
should
be
well
scraped
pounds of feed per day. A full ration
about Jane Perkins, Infinitely more could spare me now, sir. I'm supposed
clean
of
all
hard,
dried
litte
r
and
Feed Green Soy Beans
to be In the dining room at this hour.”
Is four per cent of the live weight.
about her than she knew about her
“ W ilkins I" repeated Ashton. "What droppings. D irt floors should have at
The capacity of a trained servitor
•elf. We. knew she had worn the
sort of farce Is this?”
to
Improve
Milk
Flavor
Thp
avpraRP wp|sh‘
fr°®
21 60
least six Inches o f the old d irt taken
*
I n rtlir w lc r t o 1
n n n z la
IT'z-viim rxnm
like Wilkins for eliminating himself,
pounds Is 150 n pounds.
Four per cent
cloak ; knew that she, or the woman,
“ I f It turns out to be farce.” said off and replaced with six Inches of
Experiments
Just
reported
by
the
transforming himself into a mere piece
o ' 150 Is six pounds—one-eighth of six
rather, who had for a while Inhab
the doctor, “ It w ill be of your making. clean dirt.
United Stales Department of Agrlcul
of furniture, Is something extraordi
Is thrpe-quarters pound—the amount
ited her body, had actually murdered
If I were clothed In your authority
ture
show
that
feeding
green
soy
The final clean-up step should be a
nary. He had sat through the whole
•Id Morgan. And If the object of the
and know only what I know at this thorough spraying of the Inside o f the beans to dairy cows Just before m ilk required for maintaining the hog.
examination with a countenance of the
Then, If you feed only two pounds per
pretense were to keep Ashton amused,
moment, I would go to that telephone
ing them tends to Improve the flavor
to make him believe that
wus lead same wooden imperturbability that he and call In some trusty man to watch house with some good disinfectant. of the milk. The soy beans were fed dnyyou only have 114 pounds to make
Whitewash
helps
to
brighten
a
dark
always wore on duty In the dluing
ing him to a possible solution of the
him ; and If my guess survives the house and a freshly whitewashed In quantities up to 30 pounds per gain I f you are feeding n balanced
room.
mystery, then it had signally fulled.
lest to which I am about to put It, I house has a tendency to encournge Its cow. The soy beans were first fed when ration every three pounds of feed
The doctor unfastened the long flex
Ashton was bored and rather dis
should, w ithin the next half hour, or owner to keep It looking clean for the plants began to form pods and above that required 'o r maintenance
ible wires by which he was harnessed
w ill make a pound of gain. Divide
gusted. Hut It wns not like my chief
der his arrest."
were continued until the beans had
some time to come.
to the Instrument.
the 1’4 pounds by three and you see
to fall, and certainly there was no look
reached full Hze, but were not hard.
He
turned
away
too
quickly
to
see
that you can get only five-twelfths
I hope we haven’t kept you too
of defent about his face. He was ac
While soy beans Improve the milk
the
shrug
of
tolerant
contempt
which
pounds of gain per day when feeding
long, Wilkins," he said. " It wus very
complishing something, I felt sure,
flavor, rape fed green just before
was all the answer Ashton vouchsafed
good of you to come."
two pounds o f feed per day. Then 240
though I could not even guess what
milking
hail
the
opposite
effect,
I
in
to this suggestion. He unscrewed the
that something was.
"Not at all, sir. Don't mention It,
pnrtlng an objectiouahle flavor to the days w ill be required to mnke the hog
megaphone which had been attached
sir. Sorry I have to leave now."
gain 100 pounds. You are feeding two
His next question seemed to me to
> n o » o * o « o - o k milk.
to
the
Instrument
to
which
Wilkins
Well," said the doctor slowly, ” 1
pounds per day—two times ” 40 equals
be getting somewhat nearer the point,
A
young
guinea
Is
like
a
young
had
been
harnessed,
and
attached
to
think we’re about through, anyway.
480 pounds. Hence, It took 480 pounds
although It was the very one that
It a pair of ear tubes to listen through, grouse or quail and w ill hide when
O-—O —-O—OXX of feed to mnke 100 pounds of gain.
June here has been 111, and we mustn't
made Ashton drop hack In his chair
a glass tube which looked like a ther- I scarpd- They do not make any noise
keep her too long. I don’t think of
with that gesture of Impatience.
mnmeter and another tube which ter- I at 8,1 whpn they hide from a supposed
anything else 1 want to question you
"Are your parents living, Ja n e t’
initiated In a glass bulb, half full of a ! enen,y and are very hard to find,
about, Jane. Thunk you very much
“ No, sir. Neither of them.”
red liquid. He put the listening tubes
. . .
for
helping
us."
Ila v t you lived In this country
Always feed grain according to the
to
his
ears
and
started
the
machine.
Some
poultryrnen
place a large box
He
removed
the
title
telephone
that
long T'
hi
'Ta " S ,l,’n " ' lg" r’ and don t let j ° f poal <” ■ '-ood ashes In each section amount of milk produced.
hung before the girl's lips, and slipped
"Five or six years, sir.”
• » «
him talk, was his Injunction to me.
- - - laying houses. The hens dust
Cholera killed a m illion and a half
of - their
" lo u ’re from New Zealand, or Aus a dollar Itill Into her hand as he
For nearly a quarter of an hour In the ashes and undoubtedly remove
When calves are fed grain In stan hogs last year.
spoke.
Then
he
turned
to
Wilkins,
tralia, aren’t you? You’re not Eng
after that there was silence In the many body Uce by the process.
chions, each gets Its share.
who had risen, s till In his harness, and
lish?”
room; but at last he stopped the cylin
Live stock thrives on good pastu-es,
•
•
•
wns
scrutinizing,
with
amused
curi
That question made Ashton sit up
Alfalfa hus a high feeding value In | not on vivid Imaginations.
osity, the portentously named Instru der which was revolving In the In
Feeding
whole,
dry
oats
as
a
large
at any rate, that and the girl's answer
strument, took the tubes from his ears
ment to which lie had been nttached.
to It.
part of or all whole grain ration Is that It is palatable and nutritious.
and laid them on the table. Then he poor
The
doctor,
with
a
smile,
was
un
business. Even though the oats )
While bluegrass pasture does not
"Wellington. New Zealand, sir. Hut
turned to us.
Three leaf clover Is as lucky ns rank as high as rape or alfalfa as a
strapping the small recording Instru
bow did you know?"
are plump and bright, the hulls make
“ I was right, Ashton,” he said. “ I
ments that were attached to hla chest
them poor feed except In limited four-leaf. If the dairymen have forage crop for hogs, It does have con
The answer had come Instantly, but
know you wnnt an explanation, and quantities.
enough of IL
and wrists.
"We're very much
siderable value for fattening pigs.
the next moment, with eyes perplexed,
l m going to give It; but If Wilkins Is
obliged," he said.
“ You've really
and with a vague gesture of her bunds
to
be
at
large
during
the
time
It
w
ill
The
Missouri
College
of
Agriculture
I'alrymen
should
feed
all
the
le-
|
W he-skim m ilk Is fed with grain, six
helped us materially. His tone was
across them, she said:
tuke me to tell the story, I want ths
low
and
confidential,
not
Intended
for
has
recently
completed
some
expert
knj"
lp
hay
and
8llaRe
that
8
cow
wl11
Pounds
are worth, on an average, oac
"It's queer It seen» ns i f I had
the girl's ears. “ I don't think she's responsibility to be upon you, and not ments In which they find that In feed pal up elean-
I pound o f grain. Whey has about half
dreamed of talking to you about that.”
upon me. If I were In your place, 1 Ing hens, soy bean meal may be used I
any the worse for her examination,
.
. . . * * *
I the value o f skim milk.
’’Yon knew, didn't you, Jane, that
should order hl* nrrest."
W ilkins," he concluded.
A good dairy cow probably con
in place of ment scrap, thereby re
this Morgan who was murdered was a
(TO a t C O N T IN U E D )
ducing the cost of feed. They also sumes more water than any other
New Zealander? Oh, New Zealand has
The Nebraska station got good re
domestic animal. The more feed con
found It paid to feed mineral.
produced some great men. You're
sults from wintering brood sows on
'timed,
the
more
water
the
cow
re
young, and 1 suppose you don't remem
a ration o f three parts, ',y weight,
While the hen Isn’t exactly a graz quires.
ber. perhaps have never ever heard of
Rebuke to Em peror by M aster o f M usic
chopped alfalfa hay and one part corn.
ing
aninuil,
she
does
tuck
a
lot
of
•
•
•
Bully Franklin and Josiah llalnes.
• • •
----------
I grass under her belt during a emu-
Provide
silage
for
the
herd.
No
Old Morgan knew about them, though.
At a concert In St. Petersburg, be foreign musician administered under ,,,pr dHy, And
Animals
can
live longer without
’ he can't get I I dairyman can reach real permanent
I'll wager.” He stood for a minute
fore a brilliant assemblage which In the guise o f obedience to court ett- shp nius' havp ’ Vouted oats, cabbage
solid foods than without water. Dur
prosperity
without
a
silo,
or
Ht
least
In silence, like one who taste«. In
cluded the czar and many members quette. Hans von Ilalow, In relating mangels, or such. If she's going to
ing hot summer days the pigs should
the silo will materially Increase his
reminiscence, the flavor of an old
of tils court. Franz I.lszt was conduct his father-in-law's unprecedented act gladden you with eggs.
be given cool, fresh water at least
stability and prosperity.
•tory.
ing a symphony. During the course of courage, says George 8. Heilman,
three times daily.
• • •
Then he pulled hltnaelf together and
of the music the czar began to con who tells the story In “ Lanes of
If we expect winter eggs we most I
One
form
of
garget
Is
chronic
and
began asking the girl a series of rapid
verse In audible tones with one of his Memory," said that he would have produce our pullets from hens that I
Corn silage usually produces over
“ catching," and If yon get that Into
•ml. to me, rather meaningless ques
fa ir neighbors. In the very midst of give* a year of his life to have had are bred to lay during the winter
twice as much gain on cattle as does
your herd, the only cure Is to cell off sorghum silage.
tions. They were chiefly shout Will
the movement I.lszt gave with his ba such an opportunity to teach an em
• • •
the affected cows.
Harvey, her acquaintance with him,
ton a signal for the music to cease, peror that art must be respected.
• • •
Thoroughly spraying ths poultry
• • •
how long ago It had begun and. In a and the players stopped short.
Potatoes
are
pretty fa ir for fatten
'-pevLilly the rocetlng and
The Important thlnp for the dairy
general way. to what length of In
The abrupt alienee filled the audt-
ing pigs. They should be cooked In
-
quarter!,
with
crude
oil
or
coal
man
Is
to
provide
a
convenient
place
timacy It had gone The girl answered
W h e re Science F aite
ence with surprise, and the czar at
will destroy the red mites.
all these questions freely enough and
and an abundance of hot water for kettles or In a special commercial
onee sent an equerry to ask for an
Medical science, lengthening the
feed cooker.
with no appearance of hesitation
washing and rinsing all utensils.
explanation. Whereupon I.lszt sent span of life. Is Constantly enlarging
• • •
The period when pullets start lay
"You knew he lived at Oak Hldge,
back word :
Hog mange causes a great I'” »
the number of old people. Hut pros
ng Is u critical one. Pullets which
didn’t ysu," the doctor ashed finally,
Herd
uniform
ity
and
beauty
may
“ When the czar speaks, all the rest perlty and modern Inventions are tak
ire due to begin to lay at freezing seem to have nn Intangible value every year. Not only do many hogs
"only two or three blocks from the
must he silent."
bring a lower price on the market,
Ing away the little tasks that u«.-,j ts weather usually wait until spring
house where Morgan was murdered?"
•mly
Hut when It comes to selling hut they also fail to put on economical
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