Kan'« study, as Phelps and I did the j next night.” “ An amazing tale,” commented Ash ton when he had tlnlshed. "And yet I I ’ve lived In this world long enough to ) he aware that amazing things are al­ ways happening In It, Intlnltely more amazing than the things men make op | to put In books. But you haven't yet told me what connection Wilkins and F E E D R E Q U IR E D MUST FEED COWS PRUNING IS VERY this housemaid can have with the ** FOR PRODUCTION crime, except hy pointing out the coin­ FOR CHICKENS NECESSARY WORK cidence that the girl comes from New Zealand. If the dairy Industry o f North Car­ From time to time we receive In­ Instead o f being satisfied with a “ But the thing I most want you to quiries ashing how much feed Is re­ olina Is to profit most from the Intro­ shabby neglected orchard producing do, the thing I most earnestly beg you quired for producing chickens, says duction o f purebred cows and bulls mostly scabby wormy fru it which cun- to do Is to suggest how I can set about the Iowa Homestead. These people brought In by farmers in recent years, not be relished by the fam ily nor sold finding this wild girl, In whose actual appreciate that the feed cost Is one of the offspring front these animals must to advantage, the farmer can manage person the crime was committed. I the Important considerations in rais- be well fed. his orchard so that his home will be beg of you to give over these elaborate I Ing poultry. Too often people believe In tlie three dairy Improvement ubundahtly supplied with clean, sound, experiments upon people who can't I that It is the whole cost, for some campaigns conducted In this state wholesome fru it from September until have an important connection with do not make allowance for other costs, during the lust three years about late spring and In addition the surplus the crime and devote this great mind such ns mortality, depreciation on 850 pure bred, well selected dairy w ill hnd a market at fa ir prices. of yours to the apprehension of the buildings, labor, etc. bulls have been placed on that many was located; ami the South Pacific Is CHAPTER VIII— Continued To accomplish these results It be­ real criminal. If we can get the girl, ! The Connecticut experiment station farms,” says John A. Arey, dairy ex­ a big place. So Morgan did what 1 4 ■ ■ comes necessary that the farmer adopt we shall get hold of her accomplice determined the amount of feed which tension specialist at the North Caro­ was. perhaps, the most sensible thing “ I ’ll tnke the responsibility," said the orchard practices In use by suc­ fast enough, or, perhaps, I should suy was required to grow White Leghorn lina State college, “ This does not In­ he could have done; he hid himself In Ashton. “ Until I know some reason cessful orchurdlsts. her principal.” and Rhode Island lied chicks till they clude a number of other fine animals that Isn't absolutely farcical for arrest­ the securest place he could find and Bruning Is necessary as a means ol The doctor smiled. "This morning were 24 weeks of age. At that age brought In through private sales. If began making a collection of maps." ing a man, I won't arrest him. At the reducing the number of cull fruits In nt the breakfast table,“ he observed, l eghorns hnd consumed 22.13 pounds the dairy Industry Is to derive any Ashton shook his head In perplexity. same time I shall be glad to hear this the crop. This Is accomplished partly “ you were very confident that the po­ per bird and the lied 25.77 pounds. great benefit from the use of the uni “ Well,” he said, “ If applied psy­ story of yours.” lice would he able to get hold of her The Leghorns weighed 3.28 pounds mala, their offsprings must be well by removing many of the badly shaded The doctor nodded. “ Well,” he said, chology w ill enable you to make dis­ and crowded branches making very In the course of the day. You Raid a and the Beds 4.3 pounds per bird. coveries like that, I apologize to It fed. T ills Is true troin the time the “ since you're in no hurry, I think I'll little growth. This kind of wood can­ wild creature like that couldn't remain The Indlunn station reports that it most humbly." calf is dropped until It has passed take time to light a cigar myself.” at liberty, I say It's true she couldn't.” took approximately 30 pounds of feed Its usefulness as a milk cow. Many not bear large apples. Most of the "That wasn’t psychology at all.” lie had it drawing comfortably and “ But,” objected Ashton, "she has.” to raise White Rock pullets to 28 heifers sired hy good bulls have been large apples grow ou strong growing had got himself comfortably ensconced said the doctor; “ it was plain logic. The doctor shrugged Ids shoulders weeks of age. From these two re­ disappointments and have been stunt­ brunches which have abundant nccess I found torn up scraps of maps In his In a big easy chair, his feet stretched to light and air. Ordinarily, hearing waste-paper basket, making It perfect­ im pu t i<-n t l.v. ‘'Why can't you he rea­ ports It would seem likely tliu l aver­ ed In growth and production by under­ out in front of him upon a tabouret, trees are apt to become dense in the sonable?" he asked. “ I f a thing's lin- I age amounts of feed needed to reach ly evident that he had destroyed them before he began to tulk. feeding when they were young.” tipper parts of the tree, thus shading possible. It can't happen. If It's true maturity would be approximately 25 after they had served, or had failed to “ Do you remember,” he asked, "what Mr. Arey states that good breeding ull brunches below it. T ills must lw that a wild creature can't go at large , pounds for Leghorns nnd from 30 to Is very Important in building up the serve some purpose of his. That put we chatted about on our drive to St. regulated by opening the top of (he In tills community for twenty-four J5 pounds for the heavy breeds. Martin's hospital the other night?” him at once out o f the class of the milk und cream production of a herd Remove upright parts of hour.^ without being apprehended, and Some figures are also available on but It is Ineffective unless the good tree. " I f my memory serves me correct­ mere geographer. I knew he must brunches at a place where another If It's also true that In twenty-four the amount of feed that w ill tie con ly," said Ashton, “ we didn't tulk about have some standard he tested these breeding Is accompanied hy good hours no such creature has been ap­ sumed liy liens In a year. The small­ feeding. Underfeeding, he states, Is part of the branch grows to the out­ the murder at all. You spent most of maps by; knew that he must keep It prehended, then there Is only one log­ er breeds require less than the larger largely responsible for dairy cows of side of the tree. Attend your local the time, unless I am mistaken, telling In some eusily accessible place. Find­ pruning demonstrations and learn how pirate stories." ing It, after I had discovered a prin­ ical conclusion to come to, namely, breeds and liens that do not lay heav­ this slate averaging only about 150 to prune for better size und color of that she has ceased to be a wild crea- ily w ill consume less Ilian those that pounds of butterfat n year The doctor nodded. “ Do you remem ciple like that to guide me, was com­ This ture, gibbering In an outlandish Ian- J «re heavy layers'. Heavy laying Leg quantity of butterfat selling fo r 45 fru it. ber my telling you how Bully Frank­ paratively easy business.” Trees must be fertilized regularly lin came to his end? He was killed 'Co on,” said Ashton; " I won't In­ gunge, and has become a much more horns w ill consume approximately cents a pound brings only $67.50 which If best results are to he obtained, ou Inconspicuous member of society." I 75 pounds of feed yearly per lien w ill not pay for the feed the cow eats by one o f his crew ns the result of terrupt any more. The strangeness of Jealousy and a love affair. Now that Ashton opened Ills eyes wide. "Whut «Idle the heavier breeds w ill need In many cases, the production may h? the average farm, stable manure Is this tale makes me feel as if I were available and should he used for do you mean?" about 85 pounds. murder hnd some rather Interesting losing my w its; but it ’s altogether too Increased from 150 pounds to 225 orchard fertilization. If it Is not ap­ consequences—” well corroborated not to listen to.” "Psychology,” said the doctor; “ ho­ pounds hy liberal feeding At 15 cents plied In the full of the year chances “ What Is this,” Ashton Interrupted. “ Now," said the doctor, “ for a mo­ cus-pocus nnd any of your other names Skim Milk Recognized a pound the 225 pounds of fat w ill are that the work is delayed until win­ * a parable? Am I supposed to draw fo r It that you choose to apply. ment we go back to Htiines. I am In­ bring $101.25 which Is enough to give some subtle, devious psychological con­ clined Io think that he got possession Feed for All Poultry the farmer a good profit for all the ter or spring and no application made. Didn't you hear me tell Reinhardt at nection between that murder and this the hospital that that girl was In a Skim milk Is a recognized feed for feeds he produces on his farm and of the other half of Franklin’s secret, one that we're concerned with?" hypnotic or subjective state? When a poultry from the baby chick on up to feeds to Ills cows. namely, the latitude and longitude of Mulch for Strawberries Not nt all," said the doctor, person Is In such n state, they can I- Hi« laying pullet, and ns a supplement the Island where the treasure was These animals which w ill not pro­ know you much too well, The connec­ hurled.” Gives Good Protection come out of It. and when they come • to either home-grown feeds or the duce as high as 225 pounds of fat tion between that murder and this Is out. they’re likely to he altogether ! commercial product, It is recommend when well fed, should he culled from A mulch for strawberries Is desir­ “ I f he knew that,” I ventured, "why literal. It s about the most direct con­ wasn’t It enough for him ! Why didn’t different from what they were when ed by successful poultrymen and spe the herd nnd sold to the butcher; hut, able In nearly all sections. Strawber­ nection that could possibly exist be­ he go and find the treasure for him they were In that state.” clnllsts the world over. no cow should he so condemned until ries ure very shallow-rooted anil much tween two evenfW separated by half a self?” Ashton sprang to his feet. “ Do yon Those engaged In the poultry busi­ she has had a chance under good feed­ damage from alternate freezing und world and nearly two decades of time. thawing is likely to result unless there know where she Is?" he demanded. ness must necessarily have high pro­ ing and care, slates Mr. Arey. “ He couldn’t dig up the whole The second murder was the logical Is a protective covering. Mulching IS “ Or can you describe her so that 1 duction. Unless they have an abun­ Island," the doctor replied. " I think consequence of the firs t; the second and my men can find her?" also desirable because It saves soil dance and a variety of feeds and know It not unlikely that he went there, only Winter W ater Supply Is act of the tragedy. I don’t say the moisture, prevents the soil from bak­ “ I don’t know where she Is at this how properly to mix them, the com­ to learn the fu tility of proceeding any last act, Itecauae 1 suspect there's an­ moment,” said the doctor quietly. mercial feed must he used. This Is Important for the Cows ing and aids In weed control. In the farther without the map. There Is other still to come." “ She was in tills room half an hour also the case with every farmer who another possible alternative; that he Dairy cows which nre giving from spring It tends to keep berries clean “ 1 ou ve actually traced a connec­ never happened upon the secret of seeks high production. ago.” 25 to 36 pounds of milk daily will need and to make picking easier, says Suc­ tion?” Ashton asked with a gasp. Commercial poultry feeds, In most from nine to ten gallons of water cessful Farming. latitude or longitude nt all, though he In thnt moment my chief hnd his “ Let me tell my story rlght-end-to,” had It lying right under his hand. At Straw und hay nre the most common revenge for all the flippancies, tolerant cases, are the result of scientific re­ daily, while cows that are giving only Bald the doctor. "You’ll see the con­ any rate, he knew that Morgan had contempt, nnd good-natured sneers search. Their efficiency has been dem­ a small amount of milk can get along mulching materials, though cornstalks, nection plainly enough when I come to the map. He knew, or felt sure, that with which Ashton hud belabored the onstrated so many times thnt there Is on half of this amount. This fad pine needles and strawy manure are It. I told you, I think, that Franklin’s with the map he could recover the profession nnd science which was dear- no room for argument, but no farmer alone demonstrates that a good water sometimes used. The material should crew liecame completely disorganized treasure, and he believed the treasure est-to Ills heart. For once the lawyer w ill make a mistake If lie seeks to supply Is a prerequisite of successful he cheap, not easily shifted by winds after Ids death, and that most of the lower the cost of production by pro­ dairying. well worth the trouble of recovering. nnd free from weed seeds. was beyond the power of speech. members of It were apprehended and I can't tell you whether he searched The time of application will vary The doctor, too, kept silent for a ducing Ids own grains and by utilizing When dairy cows are forced to go paid the penalty of their crimes. the world for his man, with the defi­ while to let the momentous nature of all the skim milk avnllahle. out into a cold northwest wind und with the climate. In colder sections There were two, however, who es­ nite purpose— the sole purpose of find­ the astounding fact which he had Just shiver while they ure trying to drink it Is desirable to wait until the ground caped. One of them was his first mate, ing him, or whether It was chance that disclosed sink In. Then he began to Preventing Egg Losses out of u trough partially covered with is well frozen. In sections where win­ Josiah Haines. The other man was at last, after a lapse of many years, explain to the astonished* attorney. It stands to reason that they will ters are mild nnd many full freezes Is Not Difficult Task Ice, 1 ranklln s murderer. He disappeared, put him upon the trail. But this much occur It Is best not to wult until not drink a sufficient amount to pro “ I want you to understand very too, at least he was never brought to The season Is near at hand for con­ I do know, that he found him at last, Uniform duce efficiently. From u standpoint severe weather occurs. clearly. In the first place, that It has Justice. The authorities, for some rea­ and that Henry Morgan was mur­ verting feed crops into eggs. No one of febd alone, It is cheaper to heal mulching is desirable but when mate­ been by my own methods, with the ad­ son, didn't seem to regard Ids capture dered us the result of an attempt dition, I II admit, of a little plain, un­ wants to put labor Into the produc­ the water with coal or oil than It Is rial Is scarce the area over the plants us especially Important, for no price llnlnes made to recover the map." merited good luck, that I've solved this tion of feeds and then lose their value. to heat it In the cow's body hy the should receive first attention. A rather was ever put upon Ids head. That “ But the woman!" cried Ashton. light mulching w ill he ample since the mystery. Harvey's testimony at the It Is estimated that about 17 per cent use of high-priced feed. man's name was Henry Morgan.” “ You've told me nothing about her!” Inquest was my clew. In my examina­ of the eggs shipped to wholesale mar­ I f the question of economy alone mulch need only prevent abrupt kets have no commercial value be 1 had seen what was coming, but It “ No," said the doctor. "In order to tion of him, which I conducted w ith ­ were the only point to consider, It changes. was dear that Ashton hnd n o t His simplify the story, so far I have left out asking him a single question, w ith­ cause c f their being dirty, broken, or would not tie so important. However, eyes opened wide, his Jaw dropped her out, but she plays a very vital part out once referring directly to the crime having chick development, or being cows w ill uot produce to their maxi slack, the cigar he held fell from his In It. To tell you vvlint that part Is, thnt was committed at Oak Ridge, I shrunken, rotten or moldy. The fo l­ mum capacity when they ure forced Woolly Aphis Injurious nerveless fingers. I shnll have to go hack to the begin­ proved him Innocent ns convincingly lowing conditions w ill almost entlrel.v to drink Ice water. When such con to Young Apple Trees “ Henry .Morgan 1” he repeated. ning of my story again. I hope I am as the strongest alibi would have eliminate losses from these sources: ditlons exist, it is only natural that Woolly aphis attacks young apple Eggs for market should weigh from “ The same man?'' not boring you." His smile, ns he proved him Innocent, more convincing­ cows w ill drink only sufficient to keep trees both on the roots underground “Undoubtedly the same. lie fled made that polite observation, hnd a ly. In fuct, because the real criminal one and one-half to two pounds per up their body requirements. and on the branches nnd twigs above dozen; he uniform In size; be free almost Immediately after committing In this case could prove an alibi, too. touch of satirical griinness about It. ground. Above ground It Is easy Io the murder, hut uot until he had gone And In my further examination of him from dirt, hut not washed; be strong Electricity Is Needed Ashton laughed a nervous laugh, and control the Insect hy spraying with They through his chief's pockets, and pos­ vvliied his forehead with his handker­ I discovered Jane Perkins, and w ith ­ shelled, fresh and Infertile. nicotine sulphate 1 purt to 866 parts chief. sibly rilled Ids stateroom besides. At out learning her exact address. I as­ should he laid In clean nests, gathered to Operate Water Motor of water. High pressure should he nay rate, he got away with what rendy “ Bored!” he ejaculated. “ Go ahead certained the neighborhood In which often, never taken from an Incubator It is easy to Install a water system used In order to drive the material nor from stolen nests; they should he cash Franklin hud upon him—and he she lived. She was the woman with with the yarn." that w ill give a supply of water at all into the woolly masses. The material was famous, I remember, for carrying whom the profile on the window shade kept In n cool, dry place until deliv­ times under pressure. The old fash “ You remember the Maori girl about ered at the market. must be brought Into contact with the a good deal—and also some papers. In the Morgan house associated Itself whom Franklin nnd Morgan had their oned elevated tank In the a ttic or out Insects' bodies If It Is to kill them. In his mind. Only by a very extraor­ The money he got was utterly insig­ quarrel? They were both In love with side on a tower w ill work, but the It Is not an easy matter to destroy nificant compared to the potential dinary coincidence could this woman, No Difficulty Is Met her. But Morgan murdered Franklin latest development Is a little compact, the Insects beneath the ground. Some with the same sort of profile, the same value of another thing he took with and then disappeared, so that from in Picking Out Layers self-contained automatic pump that persons report they have controlled colored hair and the same kind ol him. That other thing was the map, having two lovers, the girl was left costs less than $75. P consists of an the Insect hy digging away the earth No difficulty should he met In pick o f which I spoke Just now.” without any. Franklin was, no doubt, cloak, have been any other than the Ing out the best-laying or the poorest- automatic electric pump, a little pneu for several Inches, then distributing one whose hands strangled old Mor­ lie stretched out Ids arms, rose from the one she cured about, in spite of laying liens In the farm flock. With matlc tank and the necessary pipe tobacco dust over the roots and cover­ his chair ami took a turn or two about the fact that he was fat and bnld- gan. 'onnectlons. Set It at the pressure some birds, however, the distinguish the room. "The telephone conversation which Ing marks are not so distinct and may desired—when the pressure drops the ing with soil. Others have reported hended, by no means n romantic type you held In my laboratory with one of .sometimes be rather contradictory. pump starts working and keeps on success from Injecting carbon bisul­ “ I ought to amend that last re­ of lover. But he hnd a charm about mark," I • continued. "1 don't know him, there's no getting away from that, your subordinates settled her identity Thus one lien may be an early roolter until the pressure Is up again. The phide in holes punched In the ground about the trees and then filling the myself how great the potential value nnq yet yet show snow good good body body ; »nth An tank helps to maintain a steady pres nnd he carried It to the day of his almost beyond a doubt. The fact that and o f that map may lie. Its Importance death. her name was Jane I’ erklns and that other bird may molt late and at the Aire, which means a unlnform How holes. The bisulphide Is quite volatile, and the fumes In spreading through In the eyes of Josiah lluines was un­ “ Anyhow, some months after Frank­ »'■e was a perfectly conventional type same time show-poor quality Birds Of course electricity Is necessary to the coll k ill the Insects as they are of English chambermaid didn't throw th l, type Brp * doubtedly very great, and Haines was lin's death she bore him a daughter. operate the motor, hut this Is rapidly reached. Since the material Is quite In n position to know, If anyone was. She must have been bitterly disap­ me off the track for a moment, be- ducers, and the owner must decide being made available almost every Inllammnhle, one should not smoke cause I knew, as you might hava1 ............... Franklin always hnd a reputation for pointed thnt It was not a son; but, whether they should be kept or sold. where. when applying IL possessing n good business head. making the best of a bad matter, she known, that the strange, wild person­ Many as were the robberies he com­ swore the child, upon her deathbed, to a lity of the girl we found In the hos­ Affects Egg Size pital was fugitive, and possibly acci­ mitted, numerous as were the unfor­ avenge the murder of her father. Cream Separator Planting a Windbreak dental. tunate people whom be murdered out­ It Is possible In forcing feeding when A cream separator properly In “ Well, the girl grew up, and In some Do not plant windbreaks too close (TO PR CONTINVRD » right. be gained more by fraud than the hen lays day after day for a week stalled, lubricated Hnd operated un way or other— I don’t know whether It or two that the egg w ill gradually der normal conditions from day to to the buildings. The Ideal way Is to by violence. He cheated vastly more was by chance or design—she fell Into Hard to Eradicate men than he killed. I have little doubt lose In size, depending on the hen anil day should not have a wide variation have space for the garden and small the hands of Joslnh Haines, and was that he luld up a really considerable the kind of food eaten. If the hen has In tests, but there are so ninny fac­ fru it plantation between It and the used hy him as the mere Instrument In Myths About Snakes Inherited house. Where space Is limited, of fortune. But whatever It amounted capacity to lay manv eggs carrying out his purpose. 1 don't Fear of snakes has led to a be­ and she gets the right kind of foods tors. such as temperature, speed of course, conditions w ill determine oth­ to, he hid It In that particularly fo r­ know certainly whether It was by her the machine, etc., that affect the tests lie f In various myths about the hab­ she w ill lay normal-sized eggs even erwise sometimes, hut about 306 feet saken corner of the world which Is In­ aid that he got on Morgan's tr a il; hut that It Is well to give all of these fac its of different species. Children pass from the buildings Is about rlghL A dicated by a cross upon that map. As this I do know, that he dispatched her along the legend that the hoop snake though laying heavily. To lay many tors consideration before becoming temporary windbreak o f soft maple or I said, Morgan got the map and fled to the Oak Kldge house that night for normal eggs the hen must be fed suspicious of your cream buyer. When possesses the power to form Itself golden willow would live long enough to America with It." the purpose o f stealing Henry Mor­ Into a hoop and roll In pursuit o f Its Mnn,7 l ^ f »ErOt* ’ n uft><>d*' ’ UCh M «r* th* r r * am ,'Cr*‘W ” tUrned " ’ward the so that In the menntlme the ever­ “ It seems to me.” Ashton Inter­ gan's precious map from him. found In the mash, especially during center It w ill deliver deliver a a much m u c h rlohne victim. richer greens would grow and get a fair the winter. jected, “ that he would have done bet­ cream “I do not know positively whether Tradition holds that the so-called start. ter to have gone straight to this for­ he ordered her to murder hint by way saken Island and collected the treas­ of exacting recompense fo r all the glass or Jointed snake has the ability to break Into pieces, and may reas­ Avoid All Drafts ure first. But then, go fa r us that Trimming Trees Modern Dairy Methods trouble hla flight had caused, but that semble Itself later—if its head has rhere shouid be no drafts In tha The saving o f time and labor whin. goes, how do you know he didn't?” Is what she did. She made a tourni­ not been captured or destroyed. Then in trim m ing trees, It should be re­ “ Because he couldn't,” said the doc­ quet out of a violin string, with two th h J T f «hZT Wln,M' Tb< *’ P°Mible with modern dHlry barn membered there are two kinds of tor. “ Franklin had outwitted him loops In It and a pipe stem, with there is the myth of the stinging air-tight as " ’d * M n M rl* 1 Son’ ,r" « " ” ' may easily nmke snake. Although this snake has a la possible to make Terence between profit and lors/æ llan cells, fru it and wood cells One kind after all. He had to make a map, for which she strangled the old man, ex­ of cell w ill predominate at the ex­ ____ T ,? .. 1 PP" M • ' * ’ wo» dl* d »'<1 method., the management the location of the treasure was too actly according to the etiquette of the somewhat formidable tall shaped tike V pense o f the other. I f you are plan­ a horn or spike. It Is incapable of | Tills Is complex to trust to memory. But he one reason why shingle roofs of a dairy herd was a hard grind ning to grow fru it, eliminate the wood part of the world from which she made the map perfectly worthless to comes. And then she came away, hut pier Ing or S tirlin g anything with IL are not satisfactory. rhe nt. sifts , which ------- ... took all the strength a man cells, or i f yon are developing the tree, Perhaps the most popular of these unyone who was n stranger to Ills without the map. Two days after the myths concerns the belief that If through and considerable heat Is nl bad. nnd gave a basis for the asser eliminate the fru it cells. Branches secret, by omitting latitude and murder she escaped from the hivspital, one throw a hair from a horse's lowed to escape. Drafts are respon i tlon Con thnt dairying was a dogs life larger than a 56-cent piece that are longitude from It. There was nothing a fact which can’t he much of a mys­ ^ " « ' 7 colds The newer methods and modern equip cut should be covered with paint to «II into a river or lake the hair w ill about It to Inform Its possessor where. ’’racks should he compie,ely closed tery to anyone who saw her get out of promptly turn into a water snake and fill up the wound. Where trees have that comfort — ‘ h« afforded to the I Job with much less labor a< the whole South Pacific, that Island tlie third story wind w of Henry Mor- and yet do « weakness on one side, careful prun­ laying Hock I It better ing w ill make it shape up.