The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 2, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 May 1931 — Page 7

Tlie Plains of Abraham

THE STORY With hl» English wife. Catherine. and son. Jeerns, Henry Bulam. French settler In Canalda In _ 17*9. cultivates a farm adjacent ■' to the Tonteur seigneuri*. Xs the story opens the Bulalns are returning from a visit to the Ton* teurs. Catherines wandterlns brother, Hepsibah. meets them* with presents for the family. To Jerinx he gives a pistol, binding him perfect himself in marksmanship Jeems fights with Paul Tttche. cousin of Toinette Ton- [ teur, whom they both adore. ’ Next day Jeems calls at the Tonteur home and apologizes for •brawling in front of TofUette. Ti e Tonteurs go to Quebec Four years pass. War between Britain and'France fames Jeerris returns from a hunt to find his home burned and his father and mother slain; He goes to the si iKi<»-uTie and finds the, tsai.»r destroyed and Tonteur arid h<s 1 servants dead. Bellevelng him an enemy. Toinette Wound* Jeems arid denounces him as an Englishman. deems returns to his murdered parents and the girt follows him. She become* convinced her suspicloris z of Jeems were .wrong.

CHAPTER Vl—Continued —l3— And then he knew what had touched tils shoulder in the darkness—Toinette'* check -pressing againsjt it for a moment as lightly as a featljier. He felt her trembling. when she looked at him/her eyes rested on the brand of the musket barrel which lay In a red stripe across his [forehead; The 'stars- teemed bigger aijd clearer when at last they catlie tot the half mile of abandoned road which ended in Lus* in s clearing, h was the r ad .. ,d»«-n w hit ii Jeei’ti- had vat died Tonteur and Paul Ta< he atid a proud little princess ride l o the sale rs before, NoW the princes* walked inis'-tridilj lit his i side. She >was white aim! fragile in jhe starlight. and her strength was gone: Her dress was torn/by brush and tiriars. and the thin sole- of her slims were almost worn fr>u|i her feet. ■ She .«• niggled bravely as th *y entered the < rearing, with the ruin of the Lou*.* ahead of them. J'.otli were *<> • mind* seized upon this •■nil of their journey as a relief from longer sup porting the burdens of the| flesh. In away. it was like coming Ito a home Whoh tio-y lad foru, Cte’i. I | ~r t p „ ■was Ln'sati's. a place filled with mem- - <>r|e* of hope mid triumph kind .bitter-' -nett-out of which it built -a welcome for, them even in it* loneliness. Toinette’s lifts almost smiled, us If she saw Madame Lu.**;in at the threshold of the door calling, to her above the laughing voice* of men and women, above her father's cheery greetings to friends and neighbors, above the restless stamping of her horse's hoofs and the crying of the auctioneer. She might have seen and heard these things but yesterday ; now there whs sleep— a dark pm! lifeless • •wing* in the tangled grass. a jungle growing where before there had been a broad and level green. Both were children now!, seeing the glf"t* eleV children cop'd *ee them. Mide-eyed and ft little nfmid at first, nnd yet, comforted by the'ne.c t.e-- of that yesterday In their lives. The stare and- the crickets and the rustling grass and the wind ii the trees seemed to listen mid move* to the can- ; Hous tread of tin r feet. \ ruble! ran ahead of them. An l ovv l flew off the roof of the house, a pat dipped in spirals and curves before tin r eyes. • and thorns caught playfiully at their ; ' whois and clothes. And they f.‘t Safe. A warmth crept through their blood, and with II a relaxation of nerves and | ,-eyeS and brain. Here was sanctnary. ! lle*t. peace. They sensed these things without s|H*ttklngi as they ap. I pro:e the budd.l.g Tie -J. ■’ i * ripen. Starlight aplaikhßd like the golden glow of candles ion the floor. They entered and *!■•■■•! sdent a* if sleeping ones whom their entrance might arouse. Emptiness was here, a spectral vacancy, but with it were neither death nor fear, f They were a little apart, and Toinette looked like a [broken flower ready to fall. __ ••Wait for ma here.** siald Jeems. **l aim going for an. armful -ra*s." He made a bed in a corner of the room, and Toinette wink upoit it. He covered her with his fathers co-it •which he had brought front the valley and went outside to watch and guard with Odd. He could hem*, her sobbing as tears ennte at last to give her comfort. He fought back a thickening in his throat rind a hot flame in his eyes as the boy in him called out for his mother. He. too, wanted ensegient for his grief. But he stood—a nutn. Odd watched tirelessly and sleeplessly with liis master. After a long time, there was silence fn the vid house, and Jeems knew that Toinette was asleep lie went tn <iuietly and replaced the coat about her. Her face was white and lovely, and wet lashes glistened-on her cheeks. Timidly his fingers pressed the silken braid of her hair. He brushed a wisp of hay from her forehead. Unconsciously his Itps moved. Hope and faith and prayer seemed to stir tn the room as he dared to raise the soft braid to his Ups. and then be returned to his place outside with something like a glory enshrined with his sorrow. He sat on the ground with the honse at his buck tfinl his bow and sheaf of arrows and the English hatchet within reach of his hands. The stillness seemed a lire thing that had barred ail sound from solemn hours of meditation. and he soon began to feel its L *<;?fiuence. Slowly and irresistibly tt WSrought the desire to Close his eyes K and sleep, arid be rose to his feet in a struggle to keep awake. Odd's teeth clicked and bis eyes gleamed with undimmed vigilance. For hours they watched together and marked every changing shadow. They skirted the edges of the open, advancing a step at a time and with as little noise as the owl wings that mow and then floated about them. They scanned Lussan's meadow, and

-e By James Oliver Curwood © by Doubleday Doran Co., Inc. WN'U Service. . Jeems climbed a tail tree to see if he could discover a glow of fire. At In tervats he returned to tife house and looked in at Toinette. It was after midnight when he sat down again, and soon the stars seemed to be laughing at him and to be drawing nearer as if they had beaten him in a game. They closed his eyes. Odd rested his 1 heavy jaws between his forepnws and gave a deep sigh. Exhaustion—then K .leep. J With an effort. Jeems roused him-' self, lie saw Odd at his feet. Day had come, and the sun was rising He sensed these things first, in a flastj of wakefulness, and then felt a weight against him and the softness of td* moi Iler’s hair on his cheek. <»ti!y if was Toinette and not his mother. ShJ> must have come to him before the dawn broke. Her head was resting on his shoulder and his arms were about her as they had been aivout hl* mother. His movement had not awakened her. but now a slow tightening of his arms brought a tremor to her lashes arid a deep breath to her liptu He kissed her pale face, and her eyes opened. He kissed her again, and the act did not seem to disturb her anv more than it amaz»>d or shocked h!n)t. There was a responsive greeting In her eyes. | Then she sat up stralght/beside him and fa<ed the rising sun. The air was so cold that She shitered. Every nih and briar and blade of grass in the clearing glistened l - i i All <*/ ■ ~;O **; ’* —x. He Kissed Her Pale Face and Her Eyes Opened. ( vvitb" fro*t. The coat she had brought from the house slipp«*d from her shoulders. and Jeems chew it about her again. They stood up. and strength returned into the cramped limbs. For a little while they did not speakThat they belonged to each oilier w.i* a truth which pre-sed itself on them without effort or confusion. Toinette was not ashamed that she had come to him n<»r that her act hud proi laimed w hat pride and false prejudice litid *o long hidden from bin tn her heart. Her eyes glowed with a light which shone softly nut <d fntliomj. -s d«';>th pf piiin and grief. She warited tim to know how completely trie folly <•: brir pride .wag gone and id she «a£ 1 hai it was he wh<► i stood beside her now. They might j have bgea years older.• so calmly, did I 1 the sense of surrender and of poises- ' sion hold them. Except for the Tend» ri<> " in her eyes. Toinette w as unchanged. But Jeenm felt himself tidier | nt’ her side and something h:id!‘en.terod Ijint which was like the spirit Os a conquerer. It waji another world I mov. A vast .mystery ahead of I him. S. >t;iet-fring to tight through, tO W;U I from, to live for. Mysterious.■ Itj was still very real, it set his heart t .rote hing with an uuappalled arid challenging force. Yesterday, black with tragedy and grievous with its pain, was a long time ago, but. with Toilette, today had become a tremendous living present. Gently her flrigtj'rtips touches! his shoulder. Then she Icjtoked with bin} toward the east and the ilicheileu—an<i what lay beyoioL

Production of United States Paper Currency

The paper used tn making -United States paper moiney is of the toughest linen and is maile by a secret pi-K'vss protected by statute penalizing Its manufacture for other pun>ose«J Sup piles of blank paper are gunrd|ed a« carefully as the finished money.; for if a counterfeiter can obtain this distinctive paper he has made a good start toward producing spurious currency. The piatc*s from which money is printed are tnade with the most exacting care. The public is not permitted to see the engravers at work, nor does any one engraver prepare an entire plate. It usually takes about a year of continuous work to complete one of the original plates. The money never Is printed from these originals, but from duplicates made by a mechanical process. The tine Hines on paper money are made upon the original plates by a geometric . machine which has as many combinations as St. Malo, Brittany Brittany, the “l-and of the Sea,? is one of the oldest lands in the world, and its Druid stones of cdllosai size date back thousands of years before the Christian era. and like those at Stonehedge tn England are visited annually by thousands. St-Malo on the coast has the appearance of a large ship at anchor. It stands on a rocky peninsula and Is surrounded by massive walls which were built in the Sixteenth century aS a defense against the French and the British. The town Is named after a Welsh monk named St Malo, or Maclou, who held a bishopric here in the Sixth century.

From the moment they had risen to their feet Odd had stood as rifeid as canon wood in the white-coated grass with his muzzle leveled toward Lussan's meadow. Something definite | had come within his reach, which made It unnecessary for him to measure the wind, and suddenly there rose above other sound the wild and raucous I crying of a blue jay, and a cawing of alarm among the crows. A second and a third bine jay joined the first, and their tumult came to an end when a piercing bird call terminated sharply in a single screeching note. “That was an arrow.” said Jeems, beginning to string his bow. “More than once 1 have had to kill a noisy blue Jay when creeping up on game.” He drew Toinette into the shelter of the house and called Odd. A few minutes later—swiftly moving, somber horrors in a world of Shimmering white—they saw the Mohawks coma out of the edge of Lussan's meadow. CHAPTER VII The spectacle of death marching backover its trail brought no terror to Jeems. He had watched for it. had half expected it. and in away It was like the answer to an unvoiced prayer which had followed o his awakening when he had found Toinette In his arms. To fight for her now. to rush forth from the house with a battle cry on his lips, and to be cut to pieces in her defense was not a prospect which dismayed him. but which, instead, Inspired tn him a fearless exaltation. It was Toinette who strved him from whatever »',lly;was brewing Itself In hta brain as he .stood with a iorig ..hunting arrow titled to his bow. j With a breathless cry. she drew hWn away from the brokendoor, and ther-x * re f« r a moment from thri savages 'who were entering the clearing, she flm g her arms about his shoulders. For in tlnse tragic seconds a look had come 1 into Jeems’ face like that which j had frightened her in the tower room [ of the ttiii!. a look hard and vengeful ! with the desire to kill. ■‘J-eems. dear, we must hide,” she pleaded. “We must hide!” TH- fuiiliyv of trying tn conceal Ihemselv•■*, when their footprint* were clearly left upon the frosty ground did r.ot occur to hint at once. It was her voice and the name it claimed for him that broke down the resolution which Soon would have betrayed them. “I know of a place.” she was saying. “We must hurry to it!" She ran ahead of him and he followed her into another room where a stair was falling into ruin. The red killers had paused at the edge of the open. They stood motionless, like stone men. listening and watchful, the Upper parts of their bodies stIH unclothed until colder days and glistening with grease and paint. Toinette did not allow Jeems to pause, and tfi« steps made complaint as they trod .upon them. Jeemi looked down front the top and savv the inarks of their foot in the dust below. Tfieir fat«< was certain if the. Mohawks came this far. but with only the narrow stair for their enemies to ascend he was determined.'in this event, that each of his twenty arrows should find a home. Toinette | receded him' into the room above. She vyent directly to a panellike board vyhich- held a vyooden peg and in a moment they were peering Into the musty gloom of a huge black hole under the ro*>f. which the Lussans bad used as a garret “.Madame Lussan brought me to this r<H«m after your tight with Paul.” she whispered. "I flung my spoiled clothes [ far back in there!” Even with the savages so near, pathos and memory were in the tremble of her voice. Jeems faced the narrow aperture in the wall which Lussan had left as a window and a gun hole for defense. Ho went to the window, and Toinette came «-lose to Ids side.- No <-.ves eODlid see them as they looked through the rectangular silt shadowed under the eaves. The Mohawks had not moved, am) from the steadiness of their attitude Jeems knew they had come u|x>n the open unexpectedly. Not a hand among the silent savages had moved to hatchet, bow. or gun. This fact drew a hopeful whi.-j.er from Jeetns. * CTO BE CONTINUED )

the best safe lock. each combination producing a different design. Each bill contains ninny symbols which tell the initiated from what plate it was printed, who engraved the plate and who printed the bill. It requires about 20 days to complete the intricate proce*< ot getting a piece of paper tnoftey ready for circulation, during which P<< ..d it is counted about 'u tina-s. The average life of . paper money in the United States is less than two years. Stem Disciplinarian Strictest of all the generals who served XIV in the earlier days of that monarchs long reign was Marshal Martinet, says an article in Popular Biography. Soldiers of those times were not accustomed to sfem discipline; the standing army, as sueh. was just beginning to come Into being, and the warriors were still permitted much of the freedom they had enjoyed In medieval days, Martinet’s hundreds of regulations, his insistence upon the correct detail always, his unfailing and impartial discipline, made him unpopular, but at the same time marked him as a pioneer. Even today the word “martinet’* means in French or In English, a stern taskmaster, a stickler for detail. Mount Vernon Old The original Mount Vernon—that is. the central part—ls supposed to have been built by Augustine Washington for his sou or by the latter U the early 1740a.

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Improved Uniform international Sunday School ’ Lesson ’ ' (Bt REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D.. Mem- ! her of Faculty. Moody Bible Institute , I ■ of Chicago.) > <©. 1931. Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for May 10 THE PARABLE OF THE POUNDS LESSON TEXT—Luke 19:11-26. GOLDEN TEXT—Moreover if is required in stewards, that a man be i found faithful. PRIMARY TOPlC—Jesus Teaches Us ! to Do Our Best. JUNIOR TOPlC—Jesus Teaches Us to ' Do Our Best. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP- | I IC—Partners With Jesus. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPlC—Stewardship of Money. The purpose of this; parable was to crirrect the misapprehension of the j i disciples sis. so the immediate estabI lisliment of the kingdom. They were on the way to'Jerusalem, and the disciples thought that immediately upon ' their arrival there Jesus would begin the exercise of his kingdom rule. Christ taught the disciples the reality of his coming and the setting up of a [ heal kingdom, but indicated that there I wouhl be a long delay after his as- I cension before he would return. I. The Absent Nobleman (v. 12). Going away to receive a kingdom was a common occurrence among the Jews Members of the Herodian family had gone to Rome and secured their appointment to rule, over Palestine. This pictures Jesus going back t>>.God to receive his kingdom. Jesus ascended on high to receive from God [ the Father a kingdom. He will return when the fullness .of the Gentiles be I come in. Though the time of his re- [ turn he unknown, and even delayed, ; let no one mistake the certainty of his coming 11. The Distribution of the Pounds (v. 13). -• These pounds represent Christ's gifts to liis servants. When Christ ascended lie gave gifts to men (Ephesians 4:7-12). To each servant was given the same amount, showing that to all a certain gift hud been given ! and therefore all will be held respon- ' slide for its use. The distribution was made by the sovereign. The ! servants did not choose as to whether j they would have a gift at all, or even j its amount. It was also a purposeful distribution. They were to put their gifts tn use during his absence. What the nobleman demanded was faithful- [ cess. -. • . 111. The Rebellious Citizens (v. 14). They hated him and sent messengers after him, notifying him of their refusal to be subject to him. This pictures the unbelief of the Jews after Christ's ascension, and their repudiation of his rule. It trtso pictures the I unbelieving, world in its hatred and ! rejection’of Christ. IV. The Accounting (vv. 15-27). 1. Its certainty (v. 15). . Christ will surely bring every one to ; I account for tire use' made of his gifts. I Men may go on in-proud unbelief and [ rebellion, but God never forgets, lie i ’ has appointed a day in which lie will I judge the world (Acts 17:31). 2. The time (v. 15) It wlll take place when Jesus comes ] back to the earth. His return will I take place when lie has received hi* [ kingdom. He will receive his kingdom when he asks the Father (I’s. 2:S). ; His delay in asking the Father for his [ kingdom is because of his long suffering mercy, extending grace to as many J as will receive him as Savior and Lord. 3. Reriards given for faithfulness : (w. 16-iit). ■ (1) The first report (vv. 16. 17). He did not say. “I have made ten , pounds.” but "Thy pound hath gained ten pounds." He recognized the lord's ownership. To this the Lord replied by commendation. He praised him and promoted him. making him ruler over ten cities. ’ (2) The second report (vv. IS, 19). I j in this case the pound had gained | five pounds. He did not get the Lord's I commendation for he had not done so [ well, but was appointed to a place of | rulership over five cities. The reward In each case was proportioned to faith- j fulness during the Lord's absence. 4. Judgment upon the unfaithful. 1 (vv. 20 27). (1) His report (vv. 20. 21). This report was entirely bad. He had not put the pound to use but laid it away, throwing the blame upon the ; Lord. He asserted that the character of the Lord was such as to produce | fear. ■' i (2) Condemnation (w. 22, 23). I The wicked servant la judged out [ of his own mouth. His excuse in- [ CrcftMfl his guilt. He Is called wicke<L I To fail to use our opportunities to serve Clirist is the basest wickedness. (.3) Strippeti of the pound (vv. 21 _M). To fail to use one’s gifts means to lose them. One of the losses of the next world will be the deprivation of what we nbw have. You Are Bom of God Y. ;: kn..w : ' t ( : •• eag «• «.:•_■* are .obtained: tf only in one way—by the eagle birth. You are born of God. You have the eagle's wings. You may not | hare known it. you may not have used them, but God can and will teach you to use them.—Andrew Murray. Prayer Prayer Is the forerunner of mercy. You have found this true in your own personal* experience. If we bad the blessings without asking for them, we should think them common things, but prayer makes them precious.—-Charles H. Spurgeon. Filled With AR His Fullness We may have the Holy Spirit, and yet not be filled with ail his fullness in all the fullness of our being, and in all the circumstances, conditions and seasons of our life. Literally it is, “Be being filled."—A. B. Simpson, Trust in Him Blessed are all J>ey who put their trust in him.—Psalms.

DAIRY FACTS MILK FOAM DOES NOT HURT GROWTH — Experiment With the Dairy Calves in South Dakota. The dairy department of the South Dakota experiment station, Brookings, recently completed an experiment in which it was found that milk foam fed to calves does not affect tlieir growth ! or physical condition tn any way. The ! experiment was undertaken because of the rather widespread idea that, milk with foam on it fed to young calves ■ hindered their growdi and gave them the scours. Experiment station rec- | ords did not reveal that any such experiment has been previously conducted. The experiment just concluded has been under way for five and <?nehalf months and to check results the experiment will be repeated. The six calves used in the test were taken from the college dairy herd. ! some of them Holstein, one a Jersey and one or two cross breeds. They [ were from three to four weeks old when the test was started. Three were fed skim milk with all foam taken off, w hile the* other three were fed skim milk with the foam which accumulated in separating plus the foam taken from the other milk. In separating the milk pails were lowered from the machine so that considerable foam was formed. Each of the six calves was fed ex- ! actly the same amount of milk by : weight. At the start each received six pounds. Later the ration was in- ! creased to eight pounds and finally to,. : ten. From four to six inches of foam stood on the pails of milk fed to three [of the calves. All were given grain ami hay in ibe customary amounts. j Every ten days of the trial all the > calves were weighed and each 30 days I they were measured. Frequently, Mr. . Olson said, visitors came to see the [ raives and attempted to pick out the : ones being fed foam In no case were j they able, to distinguish between those ' getting foam and those getting milk i without foam, he said. ('_'. ; ■ ,[ Great Danger of Cattle Wading in Cool Streams Back in the “dog days” it did look nice to see the cows standing knee deep in the CObI stream. The farmer who had such a stream or pon’d that was also fit for drinking purposes congratulated himself on this feature of id's farm. 'There are cases where cows are still suffering from one of the drawbacks of the opportunity to wade that was so pleasant to the cows in hot weather. Cattle have developed sore feet with many aggravated cases of foot-rot. Wading in the water, particularly where there is a soft, muddy bottom, softens the feet I to the point where they are easily wounded and broken by stones, brush f or even very coarse grass and weeds. ■ These abrasions afford an entrance for the germs that cause foot-rot. Where the cows have water to wade in a close watch should he kept on i the feet. At the least inflammation. ! look for the irritating substance and remove it" and nothing more will be [ required as a rule. Feeding Cows by Scales Is Profitable Practice ! Because Illinois dairymen do not I feed their cows according to produc- ; tion they are losing thousands of dollars annually, according to C. S. Rhode, University of Illinois. Howard Gallagher, Richland, county. I Illinois, made 925.69 more profit from his dairy herd in one month when he changed from feeding all his cows the same amount to feeding each one acI cording to production. i Rhode pointed out that it has been | found that Jerseys did best when fed > one pound of balanced dairy ration to each three pounds of milk produced daily and for Holsteins and Brown Swiss one pound for each four pounds milk was best. Cracked Soy Beans Are Excellent for Cattle Cracked soy beans and soy bean o|l I meai are among the very best protein [ ■ supplements available for dairy cows, j This fact has been demonstrated by ; numerous experiments can led on in various states, reports Dr. C. Y. Can- ! non. head of the dairy husbandry ! work at lowa State college, who has - been looking into this matter. Soy beaus have been unusually low ! In price and there appears to be a surplus of beans in sorne regions. Soy beans, cracked, dr soybean oil meal. I have proved equal to linseed oil meai or cottonseed oil meal, according to work at the lowa stations for dairy cows. Doctor Cannon finds. Feeding Silage Is It safe to. feed moldy silage to cows? Some dairymen are very careful to avoid all moldy material and I never have trouble that can be traced to their feed. Other dairymen are quite careless of moldy silage und they are just as free from feeling ills. This matter has been the subject of many experiments and it has yet to be demonstrated that moldy silage is harmful. It should be remembered. Lowever, that such silage will kill a horse. ■<.. Feed Is Important A short time ago Prof. G. Bohstedt, of the University of Wisconsin, in discussing dairy cow nutrition, said: “The largest factor entering into the cost -of milk production, and which is largely within our control, is that ot feed, and the most important part of the feed of a cow is bay. It has Deen found in some of our work that the use of good alfalfa hay enables to keep up fairly high milk production with simply corn and oats in addition to BiJcge."

Red Squill Now Popular Poison Effective Powder in Control of Rats Does Not Harm Other Animals. (TVepared by the United States Department \ of Agriculture.»—WNU Service. An onion-like plant that grows wild along the Mediterranean coast produces the safest rat poison yet known. It is called red squill, and it produces large bulbs that are made into the red squill powder that has proved so effective in killing rats. So says a leaflet on “Red-Squill Powders in Rat Control.” Just issued by the United States Department of-Agriculture. Powder Uniformly Poisonous. Red squill had been known in Euj rope for many years, says the leaflet, but apparently its use had not become i popular, owing to extreme variation' ■ in the toxicity of the products available. Studies by tlie bureau of biological Mirvey, United States Departi ment of Agriculture, however, showed | that drying red-squill bulbs under : controlled temperature conditions I makes it possible to produce a powder (.that is uniformly poisonous. The powder, although effective in destroying I rats, does not seriously endanger oth- ; er animal life. Reports of the progress of the investigation and the exj cellent results obtained in the early stages stimulated interest anjl powdered red squill is now manufactured in quantity in the United States. So j far as known, the first’of these commercial rod-squill powders was placed on the American market in 1926. and i in five years these products have tak- [ en a leading place among rat poisons. Preparing Baits. More than a year ago the department published a technical bulletin, • Red Squill Powders as Ratici ' s," giv- [ ing in detail the results of the investigations. The new leaflet Summarizes I in.popular forth.rhe technical bulletin and gives directions for preparing and exposing red-squill baits for. rat control. It also discusses tlie effect of j red squill on animals other than rats, ! showing tlffit this poison is relatively harmless to human beings and domes- : tic animals. As a test, one of the authors of the .leaflet shallowed 15 [ irains of a toxic rpd-squill powder ■ with no apparent harm, and later took ; 40 grains, which caused nausea an 1 j romitlng within 15 minutes, but no , other effect. “Red-squill powder, when l mixed with food in the concentration [ recommended for rat control, is nos i [ likely." it is stated, “to cause serious | harm to farm animals in good health. [ It is possible that the irritant may [ cause death under certain conditions; so far ns possible, therefore, red squill [ baits for rats should be kept out of j [ reach of other animals.” Gopies of Leaflet 65 : L, Just published, may be had free on request t.o i I Office of Information. United States Department of Agriculture. Washing ton, D. ('.. anil copies of the longer report. Technical Bulletin 134-T, may be purchased for' 16 cents each from i the Superintendents of Documents, [ Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 4 ■ Poultry in Confinement Thrived Unusually Well [ Bluegrass range does not benefit ! poultry to alty appreciable extent if ‘ they are properly fed while in con- i tinement. This is the conclusion of the Ohio experiment station after rais* i ing three lots of 100 pullets each tin- I der different conditions last year. The first lot had free access to bluegrass [ range throughout The second lot had access to a. wire screen porch but no range, while the third ‘ lot was kept Indoors at all times. ! They were given plenty of sunlight whenever the weather permitted. The average ten-month egg production was 122 in the ca*e of the lot which had ! free range. 127 in the ease of the lot which had access to the screen porch, anil 132 in the ease of th# lot kept in [ confinement. The feed consumption , was in direct proportion "to the eggs produced. ; Proper Care and Feed >. for Very Young Geese Do not. feed your goslings for 48 | hours. Give them milk and old bread I for the first feeding. They must be [ j fed often and not too much nt a time. ‘ Their best food is bread and milk or ! corn bread and milk with a small amount of very fine young grass. If ; put on the grass or clover nt the [ end of the first week they will certainly thrive .;ft er ?hat. Let them ! have some sunlight, but too much of t the hot sun will kill the Smail geese. [ It is not go<*l to let them/run with | ! the «>ld geese imtif they nearly I grown, as the old geese will take them far away and dangers in form of tur--i ties and weasels lurk In swahipy [ places. If possible keep them in some I large yard where you can feed and [ water them regularly and watch them [ grow. Alfalfa Important The fact is that alfalfa is such an Important hay crop that no live stock farmer should be without it. The man [ who doesn't make an effort to get his land in condition to produce it In abundance for his own needs it losing a real opportunity to reduce materially his cost »f milk production. There is comparatively little danger of winter killing when a hardy variety of alfalfa is grown and the land on which It is seeded is sweet. Produce Good Eggs All eggs are about the same quality when first laid. However, if they are to retain this quality and reach the buyer in good condition, proper care is necessary. One of the most important steps in this direction at this season of the year is to remove all the cockerels from the flock. Only infertile eggs keep well during the summer. Another important source of loss is due to dirty eggs. The best way to overcome this is to have clean nests and plenty of them.

pwny CULLING POULTRY IS QUITE SIMPLE Consider Four Points When Picking Out Loafers. There is no mystery about culling poultry. It is quite simple when done in the summer, since the changes in the body of the laying hen are more pronounced then than at other times. ••First,” says W. F. Armstrong, poultryman at the North Carolina state college, •’consider the condition of the feathers. If they are worn, ragged 0 and dirty, it is because the hen is a worker, not a drone, and the working hen is the heavy layer. The feathers of the poor layer will be in good eon- ; dition in late summer. They will be clean and well-kept because site is a society chicken a I spends lots of time on her appearance. The poor I layers usually get a new coat early in the Summer while the heavy layers may not moult until August, September, October, November or even later.” Next, points out Mr. Armstrong, the heavy layer does not usually get enough yellow corn or green feed to keep the yellow color stored up in her body while laying; so, her skin and I shanks bleach out and become white,. This yellow pigment is taken from the I body and put into the yolk of the egg . to color it. The poor layer does not ’ call so heavily on this reserve supply and therefore maintains her natural yellow skin and shanks. Tlie poor layer is ,fat and the good layer is usually rather thin. The latter does not have time to store up a supply of surplus fat. The fourth point is the body measurements. When laying, the hen's body expands because more room is needed to consume iriorg feed .and manufacture eggs. The poor layer will most [ likely he out of layjn late Rummer [ and will have smaller measurements ! than the one which is p- ducingf. Me > 1 tire by the width of- the hand and the ‘ lingers from |4ie rear end of the breast i hone to the fnibic hones and then between the arch of the pubic bones, says Mr. Armstrong. The best layers have the greater distance bt tween [ these bones. * ' . •!' To Increase Egg Output Eliminate Broody Fowls Not enough attention to the broody j hen problem is given by the average ■ poultryman. i This neglect is one of the reasons for low pro luction of eggs by some [ flocks during the spring, points out J. (’. Taylor, associate extension specialist in poultry husbandry at the New Jersey agricultural experiment [ station. The practice generally followed by i successful poultrymen is to confine all broody hens to crates or pens. Each j bird is banded with a celluloid leg band, a different color being used for i each month. By leg-banding the l broody hens it is possible to identify them later in the year, and eliminate i them from the breeding pen. After a bird has two or three bands she is [ sent to market. The broody hens are collected about ! twice a week to be. confined to the l pens. While thus confined they are [ given water, mash, and green feed, j This feeding plan puts them In condi- ' tion so they will resume production as soon as they are over their desire i to set. Baby Chicks Double in Size in First Few Days Baby ehicks do a lot of growing in the first fourweeks of their lives. IL L. Shrader, extension poultryman in the Unithd States Department of 'lgrithey double in size in * ! the first two weeks. Not satisfied with 1 such a record, they double iri size i again in the next two weqks. if they ! get the right kind of attention. Two essentials fpr success In rearing’baby chicks, Mr. Shrader: explains. I are plenty of heat find feed. A good ! rule to follow In feeding chicks, he says. Is to provide a hopper 4 feet long ! for each 100 chicks. At the end of three weeks another hopper should be added. Start for Hens Be careful about starting hens through the summer in an over-fat condition. A great deal of the summer loss from heat Is due to over* i fat hens. The hens should be getting i equal parts of grain and mash at this : time of the year. If you do not have natural shade for the young stock and ! old hens, build some cheap sheds for them. Keep water troughs handy. Remember that chickens like fresh water i during the hot summer months as well I as plenty of shade. Separate Cockerels It will pay to separate young cock- \ ®rels from the pullets When eight to ' ten weeks of age. This will give the I pullets a chance for better development, and enable the poutrytnan to force the cockerels for market Time and labor will be be saved by hopperfeeding the grain to the growing chicks after five weeks of age. Put the grain and mash hoppers out on the range and induce a maximum of exercise. This keeps the chicks out in the sunshine for vigor and vitality. Milk in Ration If a dependable supply of sour milk, skim milk, or buttermilk can be bad and furnished to the young chicks to drink, the dried milk may be omitted from the mash mixture. If it is not omitted, the ration may supply too much protein which is an unnecessary expense. An excess of protein should be avoided because it constitutes a heavy tax on the digestive system. Milk is splendid to mix with the mash when wet-mash feeding is preferred as in many case*.