[ she could never bear to go away from
the island for a minute now, for fear
the commission of a crime would oc
cur in her absence.
“ Oh, to think of It,* she cried ec
statically. “ at my age! To think of
living on so sordidly, so sanely, so un-
excitingly, for so many years I And
then, when I am almost an old women,
AVOID LOUD TALK
and very sensible, to come to a good TURKEYS REARED
little lazy island like this, and
AT MILKING TIME
LIKE CHICKENS
stumble head-first Into mystery, ad
venture and love. Ob, what luck I"
By loud talk or other unnecessary
Turkey rearing has been profitable
All day Rand worked about the
Copyright 1927 by The Bobbe Merrill Co
house perfecting bis arrangements to when chick rations and methods of reasons the cow Is blamed for not
Ingure her safety as well as he could, management have been used during giving down her milk, as we call It,
and when he left at last. In the early growing period. The results of four while the m ilker and not the cow Is
Rand knew this place of hla birth evening, he called back to her gayly. years’ experimental work with turkeys at fault, says Wallace’s Farmer.
Rand studied her closely. *1 knew
The process of giving down the
you were charming—I ’ve known It all and hls venturesome youth like
at Purdue university has shown that
Ir^ a loud voice:
book, knew the shore, knew the cove,
along. But hls devotion—*
"Good-by, Gay. See you In the the turkey Is very similar to the milk Is governed largely by the nerv
“ It wasn’t devotion, stupid. Guess and understood the movement of the morning I Eleven o’clock I”
chicken lu Its feed and management ous system of the cow. Anything
what he wanted! Oh, Rand, he want tides and currents. He believed the
Gay had expected him to come requirements. In spite of the general that affects the nervous system o f the
ed to buy my dear little Lone Pine.” man had been shot—In the club, or again In the evening, and would have
belief that It belongs to the range cow affects her production. For tlds
Rand gave a startled exclamation, boathouse, perhaps—carried out and called Inquiry, Invitation, after him, country, must be hatched by hens, reason the m ilker has much to do
sharply bitten off, and lighted his thrown Into the deep water. Perhaps
but he was gone.
fed a special diet and given an end with the amount o f milk the cow
pipe with slow consideration. He said this was before the break of day, and
When darkness had fallen she less amount of care the first few gives. It Is a recognized fact that the
nothing.
then, with the dawn, the murderers wished for him greatly. The very pre
milk Is manufactured during the few
weeks of brooding.
“ Yes. He haa bought the L ittle were horrified to see the corpse wash
cautions they had taken tended to
Turkeys have been reared on lim minutes occupied by the actual proc
CSub house and the woods, and he Ing on the sand, to hear Gay's terrl
make her nervous. III at ease, so thA ited grass range, confined to pens ess of milking. This is the reason
wanted my hilltop to round off the fled cries at Its discovery.
she
started painfully at every real or with outside platforms for direct sun why the art of milking Is of so much
circle. 1 laughed at him. Oh, Rand,
So far. Gay lent willing credence, fancied sound, and every low com
light and In pens with no direct sun Importance, and also the reason why
he offered to give me exactly twice th rillin g to every word.
plaint of the rheumatic trees In the light when the ration carried 2 per the manner In which the cow gives
what I paid for It, spot cash. I
"The Chink saw you were here, re woodland set her shivering.
down her milk Is so largely Influenced
cent cod liver oil.
lyughed at him. Wouldn't the admin ported to your friend Ingram, who
When at last came a quick knock
The “ all mash” and groin and mash by the milker. It Is also a reason
istrator die If she knew she could get came and tried to frighten, and then
today twice what she got last month?’ to buy you ouL To get rid of you at the door, without Rand’s assuring type chick rations have been used why a cow should be prepared for
Rand regarded her reflectively. because things are going on they don’t whistle, for the first time, her with equally good results. When the milking before the actual process of
thoughts leaped naturally to the pis "all mash” ration was used succulent milking begins, and also a reason why
“That settles It,* he said slowly.
want you to discover.—Why, see how
“ Whatever that chap Is up to, it la plain It Is I When Ingram was here tol In her desk, and she ran for It feed, liquid milk, grit and grains were a cow properly milked three times a
not over y e t It is not past. It la the other nlghL the Chink watched quickly, grasping It In nervous fingers. not fed, with apparently no unfavor day w ill give more and richer m ilk
“ Who—Is—there?" she asked nerv able effect on the growth or mortality than when milked only twice. It la
present.*
to assure no tntetrruptlon, saw me
also a reason why an excited cow
o f the poults.
Oay stared at him. “ That chap la coming, deliberately showed himself ously, as she crept to the door.
“ It Is I, Ronald Ingram. Nothing
The factors that have been found fails to give down her milk freely and
up to,* she repeated Indignantly, and led me Into a chase to keep me
Important I w ill come another time most Important for brooding are: completely.
“ You don’t think Ronald Ingram—’
from discovering Ingram."
If you are busy."
I f the cow Is approached quietly at
1. A good brooder with a temperature
“ Don’t be silly. Gay. Of course It
Gay’s loyalty wavered, hut she
“ No."
of 100 degrees Fahrenheit under the milking time and Is free from fear
is Ronald Ingram."
steadied It by memory of the sympa
Mindful of Rand's Instructions to be hover the first two weeks and ade that she w ill be harmed the milk man
Rand had her go back over the thetic voice, the friendly touch of the
story she had told, from the day of strong hands, the shadow In the gentle friendly, and her fears Instantly as quate heat as long at the poults show ufacturing organs work normally nnd
suaged by the pleasant voice, she a need for IL 2. A good chick ration at their best. The best method Is to
her arrival, and pieced It all together, eyes.
bravely epened the door. “ How nice
bit by bit. In chronological order.
"He looks so honest, Rand," she of you, Mr. Ingram. I was lonely to fed In the same way one would feed approach the cow In a quiet, friendly
“ All right, now," he Raid, when she protested. "He has such sort, sad
chickens. 3. A clean pen and clean manner, wash the udder, tents and
night."
had finished, “ look at this. Some one, eyes."
range ( if used) throughout the grow flank with a damp cloth. This rub
His eyes went quickly to the pistol ing period.
watching, no doubt in a panic of ter
bing of the udder before actually be
“ Oh, so’s a cow," said Rand rudely,
In
her
hand.
"Something
frightened
ror. saw you discover that body In the for he was greatly disturbed.
ginning milking stimulates Slie glands
you," he said keenly. “ Has anything
Cove, saw you run for help.—Some one
before the milking is commenced,
But upon serious consideration, he
Wet Mashes Should Be
happened?”
therefore saving time to the milker.
was Inclined to agree that she was In
“ No.” She laughed lightly as she
Fed
to
the
Goslings
no particular danger as long as she
slid the pistol back Into the drawer.
maintained an air of utter Innocence,
Goslings should be fed soft feeds, Fall-Freshening Cows
Nothing has happened, but you have
seeming not only to see nothing, but
all warned me so much about the or In other words wet mashes, made
Best, Says Floridan
to suspect nothing. Above all, be
up of say four parts corn meal, three
The dairyman who gets the best-
urged her to betray no curiosity, no deadly danger I am In that first thing parts wheat bran and one part red
Interest In regard to things that went you know you will have me fright dog. Five per cent of meat scraps financial returns from hls cows Is the
on about her, and with Ronald In ened." She laughed disarmingly.
man who plans ahead fa r enough to
In face of hls disarming friendli should be added when one week old.
gram, If he came again, to continue
This mash may be mixed with water have the m ajority of hls cows freshen
ness,
hls
regardful
Interest,
Gay
felt
her warm and friendly but unlnqulsl-
from September 15 to November 1
her suspicions of him slip away from or skim milk and fed In a trough. If
tlve InteresL
each year. This statement Is backed
scalded
and
allowed
to
cool
so
much
her. A gang I d the cove, yes: a band
Rand did not believe that the affair
up by John M. Scott, animal Indus
of murderous criminals, yes; the the better. One precaution, which
was a simple matter of bootlegging,
watchful Chinaman, yes. But never many beginners do not take. Is neces tria list of the Florida experiment
as he had at first suspected. The
sary because goslings must have a station.
Ronald Ingram with the affection
favored method In bootlegging Is a
The cows which freshen during this
certain amount of grit. This should
ately
friendly
eyea
and
the
frank
constant shifting of base, the effect
consist of fine clean sand, which may period are the cows that produce most
voice.
ing of surprise landings, first one
You are the pluckiest girl I ever he put in the bottom of the drinking milk when It Is in most demand, nnd
place and then another. The acquire
saw.
But do, please, be careful. Yon dishes or added to the mash, one naturally brings a better price. The
ment of a permanent base for their
are
too
young, and far, oh, far to pound of sand to 100 pounds of mash. cow that freshens In the fall w ill like
Illic it operations Implied a deeper and
pretty,
to
live here alone when the This mash should be fed four times wise give the least amount of milk
more deadly enterprise, and with hls
dally for the first two weeks: three during the summer months when It is
Island
Is
deserted."
usual
Impulsive
venturesomeness,
“ The united state of Maine agrees tlme9 dally for the next two weeks, lower In price.
Rand had promptly decided to get to
and then, morning and night w ill do,
The dairyman who does not plan
the bottom of IL to ferret out, alone with you." she said. “ I am afraid provided, of course, they have plenty ahead and breed hls cows from De
you
men
are
losing
your
nerve.—We
and single-handed, thia business of
cember 15 to February 1 each year
of range.
crime that had attached Itself to the women now!" she cr'ed cocklly.
w ill find himself faced with the facts
You
women
are
getting
downright
Island.
that more of his cows w ill freshen In
foolhardy.
Some
of
you
have
paid
for
Heavier
Breeds
Useful
Gay was eager to assisL
March and April than during the fall.
“ I feel now more than ever," ahe your folly, and more w ill pay. But I
for Raising Broilers In this case he w ill have his heaviest
said, "that I was called to be the don’t want you to pay.” The honest
Heavier breeds should be used for milk production at the season of the
avenger of that poor boy In the cove. voice was cordial. Intimate.
hroller production, even though they year when the demand Is least. Now
He
asked
If
she
had
by
any
chance
Me Made No Effort to Conceal Hie He came to my very feeL pleading reconsidered about selling the cottage, do mature slightly less rapidly than Is a good time lo make a start. Ev
to be avenged, and I stupidly bungled
,
Feeling for Her.
light breeds. Any of the heavier ery dairyman who does not have a
the whole thing from beginning to and she denied it quickly. “ If you breeds w ill be found satisfactory—the
good bull should get busy and get one
kook that body away while yon were end. Hut 1 shall not bungle It again, only came for that—"
“ 1 didn't come for that. Let me he particular breed adopted for the pur right away.
pone, and hid It.—Some one watched not with yon to help me."
pose depending for its success upon
for your return, snw your curious
That day Rand put extra patented honest. I came only to see you. As
work with n pencil and paper, had to locks on all Gay’s windows and doors, a matter of fact, I came over this the way it Is handled. Just as we Good Grain Ration With
know what you were up to. And and connected an attachment to her afternoon hoping you would give me often make the statement that there
Clover Hay for the Cows
found out.—Some one tried to get the electric wiring which he carried up tea and be nice to me, but I saw the Is no best breed for egg production,
Where clover hay only Is available,
sketch from you, tried to beg It, tried Into the highest branches of the tall Cavalier chap hanging around, and so we w ill make the statement that
to buy It.—Some one came In here at pine at her door, where he placed a knew you would hold me dearer In my there la no best breed for broiler pro the following mixture w ill make a
duction. There Is a greater variation balanced ra tio n : Ground corn GlK)
night, and stole It. Some one wants small, rose-colored light bulb; arrang absence."
He talked pleasantly, smoking, told between the Individuals within a breed pounds, wheat bran 300 pounds, lin
to get you nwny from here, tried to ing It among the branches where It
frighten you away, and finally tried to would throw Its light to the upper her of hls plans for the forest penin then there Is between breeds, and for seed meal 100 pounds. Mix and feed
buy you out.—And that Is no one but windows of hls grandfather’s house. sula, complaining of the high prices this reason it Is advisable to select the one pound o f the mixture for each
best that the breed offers and then three to four pounds of milk produced
your gentlemanly Ingram, Gay, mark This he connected with two switch of labor and material.
proceed to handle the flock In the most by ench cow.
“
I
feel
like
the
Landing
of
the
Pil
th a t!"
buttons Inside the cottage, one by her
Gay was sorely shaken. The evi bed upstairs, and one In the window- grims, bare rock on every hand. It’s approved manner to get the best re
Cows producing milk testing from
dence was strong. That something sent In the living room where she usu really a hard undertaking, too big for sults possible.
3 to 3.5 per cent fat should get about
crooked, something queer, had taken ally sat at her easel. This light she me, I am afraid, for I haven't much
one pound of the mixture for each
place on the good little Island she was to turn on at the slightest sus money. What does your Cavalier chap Close Inbreeding With
four pounds of milk produced by each
granted wittingly, eagerly, Indeed, be picion of any unusual stirring about do In the winter? There seems to be
cow while those producing milk test
Turkeys Is Dangerous ing about 5 per cent should get one
cause the mere suspicion added a the house, and he, on the hlllslope be nothing going on, shops closed, hotels
closed, theaters locked up—”
piquant spice of mystery to the natu yond, would keep watch for IL
Close Inbreeding with turkeys, ns pound of the grain mixture for each
"Yes. everything Is dead, and the with all forms of live stock, must he three pounds of m ilk produced.
ral charm of her surrounding.
Gay
professed
herself
frankly
The reappearance of Ronald In thrilled with these precautions for her Cavalier, being addicted to medita carefully guarded to safeguard vital
When silage Is not available It Is
gram, and hla desire to buy the cot protection. She said she had never tion. Is glad of IL He rests. He hl ity. I f you had but one old turkey not advisable to feed cottonseed meal
bernates."
tage, lent a sudden sinister aspect to loved Lone Vine so much, she said
hen so that you know that the young to dairy cows since the cottonseed
(T O B I C O N T IN U B D .»
the whole matter.
Assuming that
tom and young hens to which you re mtal has a bln-.Ing effect on the
some lawless enterprise was afoot In
fer are full brother and sister, there bowels which may cause trouble.
the bordering woods. Hand quickly
might he some danger In mating
reallxed that the residence of Aunt-
them, unless they are all especially
O ld Rom an Fountain C redited to D om itian strong and well developed. I f you **#**###*###**##******#**#
tlnilry In the Lone I’lne had consti
tuted no menace to their security
had more than one hen last year so
D a iry N o tes
Auntalmlry went to bed promptly with
Home has the reputation of being from numerous small holes In a bronze that these birds might he only partly
*
the dusk. Her strolling was limited the city which possesses the largest globe at the top and fell In a veil Into related the dangers would be much
exclusively to the pier, the grocery number of artistic and m lumental a large circular basin, lined through lessened; but vitality and develop
Hired help Is the costliest item I d
store, the church, and the hotties of fountains, which all help to give her out with marble. This fountain Is ment are essential even there and
milk production.
her friends.
She never ventured a most attractive aspecL But certain mentioned by the philosopher Seneca must always be guarded.
nlong the shore, nor put foot In the ly very few people In Home, writes a in one of his epistles, when he com
Calf scours Is caused principally by
forest, hence there was nothing to correspondent
of
the
Christian plains of the noise which was made by
infection that calves may receive from
Favor White Hollands
fear from her presence In the Lone Science Monitor, could tell you which a showman who blew hls trumpet
many sources i f they are not given
'ine.
The presence of this active, Is the oldest of all, and guides often close to the fountain.
White Holland turkeys are greatly
careful attention.
venturesome, keen e.vcd young woman miss pointing It out to the tourists and
esteemed by those who raise them.
In the vantage-point on the fringe of other foreign visitors.
They are Inclined to be more docile
•Scoop shovel" feeding of dairy
T u n in g C h u rc h B elle
the wood, constituted a constant men
than the other breeds. Probably they
At the foot of the road leading to
It Is said that an English clergy nre not quite as vigorous. The ques cows Is unprofitable. A good prac
ace, and her discovery of the body the Coliseum there lies the so-called
In the cove was evidence of the seri Meta Sudans, a fountain whose name man was the first to call attention to tion of health Is one of foundation tice Is to feed each cow one pound of
grain mixture for every three or four
ousness of this menace, so that ah > la probably derived from Its conical the fact that bells are rarely In tune stock and care.
was subjected to constant unrelaxlng shape, similar to the "metae" of the and that the fault can b- remedied
Undoubtedly the feathers of the pounds of milk produced.
vigilant guard
circus. The fountain Is believed to If a church bell was originally In tune White Holland are more highly prized
Tert your separator ones In awhile
Nor had Rand any difficulty In con have been erected or embellished by with Itself. According to bis theory, than those of other breeds. The
structing an explanation of the hody the Emperor Domltian, and It was re a bell must have at least five tones Bronze Is the largest breed and un by taking a sample of the skim Iff
that washed ashore In the cove. The produced on the special medal struck at correct Intervals to form a per douhtedly excels the other In vigor to the cream buyer, or by sending
some to your state agricultural col
rope at the ankle showed that the on ths occasion of the formal opening fect musical chord.
and vitality.
lege.
At first the work of tuning was
body had been weighted to sink, but of the Coliseum. The water Issued
done with a hammer, a chisel and a
the washing of the waves, or the cut
The best time to separate Is Just
file, and a magnificent tenor bell In
Renewing Hen Flock
ting of rocks, had severed the rope
M a d e N a m e Fam oue
Norfolk, England, was thus reduced
and released the welghL Gay had
It may not pay to replace entirely after milking when the temperature
L If
always felt that the body washed In
At first Napoleon was known by hls three-quarters of a Inch to diameter; your older hens with pullets every
shore, from sea. Rand, on the other full name. Just the same as any other but modern hell foundries employ a year, especially If you have Leghorns w ill pay to set the vessel In warm
hand, was strongly assured that It citizen or soldier of France. Later, machine with a revolving cutter that which are likely to lay pretty heavily water and get it up to 90 degrees at
bad been throw n Into the deep water when he became empertir, he assumed shaves the metal near the crown of in their second season. The cost of -east, before running It through thu
o f the cove from the rocks st the the name of Napoleon I. It la cus the bell until the tuner, aided by > raising an entire new flock may off separator.
farthest point of the peninsula, that tomary for kings and emperors to tuning fork, has hit the right pltck set the gain from a larger egg yield
It had come, not from sea, but from have hut one name.' as Wilhelm III
On one experiment with Holstein
But about half the older birds ought
land, front the Island Itself; that mur of Germany. Nicholas II of Russia.
E x c e lle n t fo r Novicee
to be replaced with pullets, and the heifers, heavily-fed animals came In
der had been done, not In the vast I etc. They also had family names.
It Is almost Impossible to drown la sale of the old hens and broilers, to to their first heat nearly four months
nesa of the wide ocean, but right there ' such as Hohenzollern and Romanoff. Great Salt lake. The salt water la gether with the heavier egg pm-luc earlier than light-fed ones, and with
on the shore, within stone's th ru * | but these names are seldom used In this lake Is so concentrated that tb< tlon w ill usually show a profit from lerscys heavy feeding hastened their
from where they saL
| referring to them
sexual maturity about two and on«
buuiau bo-ly will not s in k — Liberty
this course.
Half months.
DLE ISLAND
•F A R M ’
POULTRY
B y E T H E L H U ESTO N
WNU Service.
STO RY FROM T H E
8TAR T
On th e v e rs « o f n ervo u s c o l
lapse, due to o v e rw o r k , O a y D e
lane, a r t is t , seeks re s t a t Id le
Is la n d She re n ts a c o tta g e , th e
“L o n e P in e ,“ fro m an Is la n d c h a r
a c te r, th e “C a p ta in ,“ and hls s is
te r, A lic e A n d o v e r, “a d m in is t r a
to r ."
G a y finds th e c o tta g e
te n a n te d
by an
e ld e rly
lady,
" A u n ta lm lr y ," w h o consents to
m ove to a n o th e r abode, th e " A p
ple T r e e ." On a n e x p lo ra tio n of
th e Is la n d G ay la h o rrifie d by
th e a p p e a ra n c e o f th e d r if t in g
body o f a d ro w n e d m an. A b u lle t
w o und In th e te m p le show s the
m an to ha v e been m u rd e re d G ay
r»-iurns w ith th e “C a p ta in ,“ but
th e y find no body th e re .
G ay,
b ein g u n ab le to c o n v in ce her
n e ig h b o rs o f th e t r u t h , d ra w s a
p ic tu re o f th e face o f th e dead
m an , In te n d in g to send It to the
a u th o ritie s . She m eets a s tra n g e r
to w h om she te lls th e s to ry and
show s th e p ic tu re . H e a sks fo r
It, b u t G a y refu ses. N e x t day the
p ic tu re Is m issing. “ R a n d “ W a l
lace, w a n d e re r, and considered
s o m e th in g o f a “b la c k sheep“ by
th e Is la n d e rs , s u rp ris e s G ay at
h e r ho usehold ta sk s .
G a y ’s a c
q u a in ta n c e w ith R an d rip e n s In
to a ffe c tio n . G a y d e te rm in e s to
s ta y fo r th e w in t e r T h e s tra n g e r
w h om G ay had m e t th e day of
h e r d isc o v e ry o f th e body In
troducen h im s e lf as R o n a ld In g
ra m . “ A u n t a lm lr y " te lls G ay of
h e r son, B u d d y ,” w h o has been
m is s in g fo r years. R a n d Is s u s p i
cious o f R o n a ld In g r a m , and a p
p re h e n s iv e o f som e e v ild o in g In
i house k n o w n as th e “ L it t le
C lu b ," a p p a r e n tly unoccupied
CHAPTER VII— Continued
— 10—
And so one night, toward the end
of October, when Itonald Ingram
came again, Gay, because she was
lonely, received him with a warmth
so genuine, a pleasure so undisguised,
that springing hope sent an eager
light to hls eyes, and he made no ef
fo rt to conceal hls feeling for her.
"Vi,u Hill,' snow bird," he cried,
“ are you still here? You’ll wake up
Borne morning to find your feuthers
flecked with snow 1”
•‘And I am going to stay longer,
much longer, weeks, and months.
Maybe all winter. Maybe forever. If
1 am very happy.”
“ Oh, my dear,” he expostulated
nnxlously, "you enn't do that. Posi
tively, Il Is not sufe. Why, the Island
w ill be snowbound Inside of another
month. You cannot expose yourself
to such danger. It Is not right."
“ What danger? If I am snowed In,
certainly everybody else w ill be
snowed out I"
lie sighed heavily, hesitated a mo
ment, then, with the air of squaring
one's self for a sudden plunge, be said
earnestly, “ Then you w ill hate me for
my errand I am seeking the owner
of your hilltop Iceberg. I want to
buy It."
“ Too late, too late! It Is mine, I
have already bought It. and It Is not
fo r sale.”
“ Anything Is for sale, at the right
price,” he argued. " I must have It.
I have bought the old clubhouse down
In the wooda, and I want to corner
this whole end of the peninsula for a
nest of cottages. You see, I must
have your hilltop to complete the
circle."
“ Never, never. You cannot have IL
Not for sale."
“ Oh, come, have a heart I I am
w illing that you should make a fnlr
profit on me. Hut I must have IL
You see It Is really essential to me."
Hut It was essential to Gay also.
“ Think what It means to my bank
account." he pleaded.
Hut Gay thought only of what It
meant to her heart,
“ No. no." she said firmly. “ I should
be followed by bad lurk the rest of
my life. I tell you, If I sold my Heart’s
I'eslre.
It would be sacrilege. It
would be blood money."
“ You are In love." he said shrewd
ly, and a shadow fell across hls eyes.
Gay laughed. She would offer no
denial The very admission was sweet
to her.
lie told Gay something of hls plans
for the exploitation of that part of
the Island. He cautioned her not to
discuss hls venture too freely among
her friends, “ For I shall ItHve to buy
some land yet. and much material,
and If people think there la money
being made, prices take wings."
Gay laughingly promised discretion.
As he said good night, he took both
her hands In hls again, and said
pleasantly. "A fter all. I feel a sort of
happiness because yon would not sell
.Since we are to he neighbors, we must
be friends. I shall never feel that
you are outside my circle, but a part
of It. But If you see me or my work
men pottering about, measuring off
yards or acres In the woods behind
you, don't put t shot Into us with that
Hnhy of yours, will you?”
Gay said she would lim it her target
practice lo the lobster buoys, and lie
w e-• away at last smiling back at
her
She did not see Rand until the next
morning, wlu-u be appeared for cof
fee at eleven
••(»li. why didn't you eome last
night F’ she cried petulantly, “ lton
aid Ingram was here. I want yeu to
him. lie Is so nice.*
k»