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 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 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 As this was a court regulation, the >' e Ibis means an entire loss for several “ You don’t think lie bad anythin' the offspring that view Is quickly ealn. czar had to suffer the rebuke of a Companion. Dipping or sprinkling with month*. changed. Beauty Is an asseL rude petroleum Is advised. I i a Poultry Facts Y Dairy Facts Live Stock Squibs t • • «