The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 29, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 12 November 1931 — Page 6

John Gresham’s Girl

By Concordia Merrel (Copyrlsht )—WNU Service. THE STORY By chance James Lee meets Lucy Gresham, daughter of Sir John Gresham, wealthy ship builder. Lee. unjustly accused of robbing the Greshaim firm, was sent to prison - He blames Oliver Ames. Lucy's cousin, ar.d Gresham's manager, and seeks revenge. Lee Inherits wealth and. In compliance with the will, changes his name from Warrington. He secures an Invitation to the girl s birthday party. Lucy is practically engaged to Ames. She meets Lee. ■“> CHAPTER ll—Continued “Ob. I don’t know. . . . Yes. of course. . . . Only it seems to me it’s awfully difficult to know exactly what you . . -. what you feel, for a person when you've known him al) your life and been awfully fond of him. always. . , •'So he’s asking you to know?” She nodded. “And to tell him? Tonight? Before he goes?” “Yes.” •■So that is why you must; why yon want. . . . No: why you promised to dance with him again?” ••WhnUsojt jif_m:igic are you work ing, th;itr®}oti should. . . know all this?” she cried unsteadily She did not know that Ames' devotion to her was common knowledge, anil that Lee s guess was founded upon what St. Abb had told him. ’•Just the simple magic of putting two and two together." he answered, and then went off at a tangent. "Why are you Interested in me?” “Oh . .. because . . . because you look. . . -Yes?”“<'lever. ...” “Yes. and - . .-?*’ She looked up. scanning his face with very earnest eyes. •’And-t . . . and just a little . . . cruel . . She said uncertainly: “No she corrected herself quickly. “Not cruel; just a whole lot hurt . . .” He caught in a breath so sharply that she heard it. and saw that a rich color flooded up into his face. She bad been all woman in that little Judgment of him. and he had thought her Only a child. “I am particularly happy tonight.” he said slowly. one of my biggest ambitions has been fulfilled. . . ." ••Yea?” The word was scarcely "'I am here; in your father’s house’ - ; word full keen as a knife. “Am -1 have met you again." < sudden, odd excitement set her heart beating fast. Something was happening that hud never happened twfore. . . 'She rose abruptly, almost aa if sudden panic had sei red her nnd she were going to run away; but i Stood before him irresolutely. “I must g> and dance.” she said, a little breathlessly. "Will you come and meet daddy?” There was a curious tone In his voice as tie answered. “I shaP be delighted to meet . . . your father ” And he squared his big shoulders slightly as he followed her out of the room They found Sir John by the ballroots door, benignly watching the revels, and she gave James Lee into his care, # wholly firmware of the emotions that rose within him as he shook hands with the man who had gone yachting when he had lain beneath the shadow of disgrace. “Isn’t it the very strangest thing, daddy.” she said. “Mr. Lee Is the very man who picked up my beads for nie the other day. ... And. daddy, give hin the very nicest cigar you can find to console him for being completely surrounded by dancers and not . being able to dance.” She broke off abruptly on seeing , Ames coming toward her. "Yea, OHVer. I’m Just coming; this very minute . . she added, on a changed note. At sound of that name, James Lee swung round toward Sir John, He was not ready to risk being recognized by Oliver Ame*. If anyone had been noticing acutely. It would have been seen that his big hands were clenched at his aides, and that a curious stillness held him for a moment as if he were turned to stone. But quite suddenly he looked back at Lucy, speaking to her over his broad shoulder just as she was leaving to join Ames. “How long wI 11 you be?” he asked. “Oh I don't quite know. I*ll . . she began. “If you are more than twenty minutes I shall come and fetch you,” he said clearly, and followed his host to the smoking room. She caught a sharp breath, then breathed it out on a shaken little laugh, and found Ames close before her.. “Who’s that man?” he asked, abruptly. “Oh. that’s-the man I was telling you about,” she answered quickly. “Mr. James Lee. . . ." She rattled off into the story of the surprising coincidence of his being the necklace man, as they went Into the ballroom and began their dance. “He seems to have become very friendly. ... I have a sort of idea • I’ve seen him before, somewhere, but can’t think where ... I couldn’t aee his face; he didn’t turn far enough round.” .'*■ “You may have done. I believe he goes about a good deal. Lady Cordelia says that London Is making rather a sues of him . . .“ she said, in a quick, chattering way that was not characteristic of her. Away that struck hot fury and cold fear into Oliver’s heart The evening had been a torment of waiting, to him. He glanced at the watch on his wrist; it was five minutes to eleven. “I have to go. Lucy. Come and •peed the guest?" she words brought her once more fact to face with her problems. Scarcely audibly, she agreed, and he took her through the ballroom out on to the terrace and down Into the moonlit garden. By • door ta the wall, at the ead

« of the garden, they stopped, and he turned and faced her abruptly. They were wrapped in shadow through which their faces showed oddly white. “My answer, Lucy. . . . 1 must have it. . , . After all these years. All these years of utter devotion . . . You are going *.o marry me. darling. . . aren’t you?” The tearing fear in his odd, ragged. Imploring voice cut at Lucy’s heart and brought the hot pressure ot tears to her throat and eyes. She stood for the briefest moment still and silent; her eyes loking blindly into the deepest shadow. And although it seemed to her that she had never seen anything so terrible as ids pleading voice, yet in that moment all her doubts fell nway as if they had been no more than the little perplexities of childhood. She did not tove Oliver; never had; never could; it seemed amazing, in that moment of revelation, that doubt should ever have existed; she was suddenly so unquestionably sure. She forced the words to her lips: “No; I’m sorry . . . awfully sorry. . . . But I must say no. . ” His face, seen through the shadow. . allwhite and drawn, was terrible. And then, suddenly, she-was swept up into his arms and his kisses were hot <»n her face; his frenzied ( leading in het ears. . . , Rut she could only say: “No, . . . I’m sorry. ... No . . . let me go. . . ." , He released her after a tnad moment, muttered something, opened the door and was pone. . . . And she stood as he had left her. one hand crushed to her mouth, her neart beating wildly. As she stood there, James Lee’s voice came to her: “The twenty minutes was up exactly one minute and thirty-five seconds ago.” She turned swiftly. and he caught her arm to steady her. For a moment she clung blindly to him. like a little overwrought girl. And he let her. Until she steadied up and drew away, looking up at hint, with the moonlight in her tear filled eyes. “So you did not find it difficult, after all. to know what you feel for a person, even when you have known him all your llfe?“ fie said slowly. The moonlight showed him the quick flush that rose to her cheeks. ‘•No.’’ she answered, her voice a med .. . t<» know . . . quite suddenly. I seemed to be quite sure.” ... "What made you sure?" he went on. “I . . . don’t know. . . ." “What made you sure?” he persisted, “Oh. 1 don’t know. . . . I don’t km>wshe cried. “Let me go in.” She started forward, but he caught her hack: “I’ll tell you.” he said. “It Is I that have made you sure.” She stopp.•<] stone still in tTio middle ’ of the path nnd looked up It/hint with wide, amazed eyes. . . . Amazed and startled; as If she found herself face to face with something that was so much a revelation as to be almost terrifying. He stood still, too, )<x>king down at her. Yet again their eyes met and held; and to her it seemed that the whole, shadowy world around them was palpitating with the wild beating of her heart. It was true, what he said. . . , It was he who had made her sure. . . . He, with his dark, thunderous eyes and wide, unsmiling lips: with the queer, grim force of him; the suggestion of power; of relentless strength. And that nameless, unfathomable unhappiness that caught at her heart . . . res. it was he. . . . Because she loved him ... loved him . . . loved him. He watched the tremulous realization dawn in her moonlit eyes, and it awoke no chivalry or tenderness in him. Instead, triumph swept him headily Already, he had brought Ames’ dreams to nothing; already he had robbed the man who had coldly refused, three years ago. to believe in his innocence, of all that made life most worth living. The next step would be easy, for she, child that she was, was making it so easy for him. To take her from her father; to take her coldly, with only hate in his heart, and let those two men who loved her look ou while he broke the tender, childish heart of her; banished’ the sweet youth and joyousness from her blue eyes and the happy smile frum her lips. Triumph beat hot Within hitn, hut he carried it no further then; he just bowed before her. offering his arm and said: “Now take me in and feed me. please.” Her eyes were the most exquisite things imaginable, and her smile so soft and tremulous that It was scarcely a smile at all. as she put her girlish hand through his arm. But Lee was saying within himself: “She’s making It easy. She’s making It easy. . . The supper room, when they entered it together, was already more than half full. Some of the tables were only large enough for two; others could accommodate parties, but. large or small.’ they were nearly al? occupied. There was, however, an avail, able one in an alcove, which satisfied Lee. Lucy was thankful Yor the seclusion of this little table, for her heart was beating fast, and site knew that her cheeks were flushed. She had told one man that she did not love him, and had discovered that she did love another. Another, moreover, whom she scarcely knew; who said such queer, unconventional things, that she was not quite sure bow to take anything he said. . . . And jet every note of bls voice, as It had sounded, out there, tn tbe moonlit stillness, echoed in her memory. Had be meant that he loved her? Could he have meant anything else. . . . Questions were racing through her mind; confusing. tormenting. She tried to be safely conventional, but It wasn’t easy, with all that had been Mid—and so much that had been left unsaid!—between than. f There was silence for some moments, until he said: *1 suppose you were really engaged

to have supper with Ames, weren’t you?" She caught a quick breath. “Yes. Only that was days ago. Os course, since he had to go ■. . . it would not have been possible.” she answered. “It would not have been possible in any case," he said. •’Why not?” The question came on a quiver. “Because I should not have let it be possible,” he told her calmly. “Oh . . . but I had promised him. “And I had promised myself.” “What . . . what had you promised yourself?” she asked. “That you should have „upper with me." he answered promptly. “So it would have been hard to decide which promise was to be broken. . . . Yours to him, or mine to myself." She lamrhed slightly. “That is a wickedly tricky argument!" she said “And anyway, my l-roniise was made first.” “How do you know that?” “Because it was made days ago . . . more than a week. . , “Mine was made nearly three weeks •io.” ' . “Oh,” she said roundly, in astonishment. “But we didn’t really know each other then. We’d only met in the I mqst unconventional rx>rt of way. and you didn’* know who 1 was.” * P<» you really think that, it Is pure Jy by chance that 1 am here tonight? Do you really think that 1 didn’t know ■ that I was going to meet tht girl nf the broken necklace, when 1 met my hostess this evening?” I “Did you know? But how?" Her eyes were wide and innoceut. “The very day 1 met you in Bond street, 1 saw a picture of you in the , paper, with your father and—Ames . . .’’ he told her slowly. “1 told Perry I must come to this birthday party of yours, or . . . well, or that he’d get the sack.” She was not looking at him now. but ' she seemed to feel his look upon her face, even though she could not meet it. He must love her. then! To have made himself such a promise, just because of that ne meeting with her. . . , The romance of it fille<l her heart with such a happiness that she scarcely knew how to endure It. “Did you imagine that that first meeting of ours was to be our last?” he demanded, after a moment. ”1 didn’t definitely think . . she stammered. “I mean. , . “You mean that you had forgotten all about me until you saw me again this evening?” he challenged her. “No! I'd thought of you . . . often. . . . You must know I had!" she cried “Yes. I did know you had.” "Then why ask? Just to be disconcerting?" “Why not just t’o hear you say it?” he countered. And she let it go at that. He said no more for some time, and when he did speak again it was of more ordinary things. He was not J so perturbingly personal ulitil supper was over and they were once more i entering the ball room. “Now, I suppose, you will say that you have to go and dance?” he said. I She didn’t want to, but w she had to say it “Yes; r must." “Come nnd spend the fourth dance from now with me?” As he said it. it was only halt a question. The other half was sheer command. “Yes. I’ll like to. . . . Where shall me meet ?’’ "On the veranda. Will that do?" “Yes . , . thank you. . . ." She turned awav ns St. Abb carne toward her. with obvious intention in his eye. But Lee caught her arm and made her face him again. “You are going to dance because It is your duty as uostess, but you would rather be with me?" he said quickly, in a low voice. She looked up hastily. [ away, all round, then up again. ... His dark eyes seemed to look very deep into her own; ilis hand on her arm set her heart beating wildly. “You . . , you know I would !” she whispered, feeling’wringing the admission from her. "All right, then; I’ll let you dance." He released her, and she went off with St. Abb. How she managed to live through the next three dances she scarcely knew, although St. Abb made it easier than It might have been by talking the whole time of his chief. And l.e talked in terms of such glowing admiration that she found her heart beating with a new feeling; a feeling of possessive pride; as if she were listening to praise of something that was already definitely hers. At the finish of the third dance, she was just starting upstairs to fetch a cloak, when a hand over hers, as R touched the stair rail, made her stop and turn. Uver the rail, from her two or three steps of advantage, she looked down Into Lee’s face. “The next dance is my dance.” he reminded her. “Yes. 1 am going to get a cloak: you said the veranda, you know. Did you think I’d forget?" she asked softly. “1 pretty well knew you wouldn’t But I like to make sure of things. . . he answered. "Go and fetch your cloak.” She moved one step up. but bis hand held hers tight down to the banister. and again she had to stop. He suddenly realized, then, that she was beautiful He bad been so engrossed with the progress of his Schemes that all the exquisite young loveliness of her had not seemed important to him. But be realized it acutely now. and his triumph rose higher stilt Not only Ames, but all the world, might well envy him the winning of this girl! So much the better. It made his victory all the greater. He looked up, laughing, too. If SL Abb had been within earshot, he might have noticed that that laugh was a shade nearer to being a real laugh than any he had ever heard from Lee. The merest shade, but stilt nearer. And if Lee himself had noticed It, he might have heard in It a note of warning. But he did not notice it; and so the warning went by him. . . . Tbe moment held for a few seconds, then he lifted his hand and set her free, and. light-footed, aha want on her way upstairs. no BB QQKTINVBB4

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L ’J—UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson <By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. O- D„ Member bt Faculty. Moody Bible Institute ot Chicago.) (ffi, 1911. Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for November 15 PAUL IN JERUSALEM GOLDEN TEXT—For thou shaft be hin witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. LESSON TEXT—Acts Zt:l7-2S:t2-PRIMARY TOPIC—PauI in Trouble. JUNIOR TOPIC—PauI in Trouble. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIO—PauI Faces His Enemies. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP--lo—Bearingo—Bearing Testimony in the Holy City. I. Paul’s Vow (21:17-2(5). I Upon Paul's arrival at Jerusalem representatives of the church there J gave him a cordial reception. In or- i der the brethren in Jerusalem • • might graciously receive him, it was proposed to him by the elders that i he take a Jewish vow to prove tlmt i | he was in no way the law. j They recognized that such an act would in n<> way compromise or in- ' volve The Gentile brethren. Nor did It compnnnise his own principle of aetion ; namely, to the Jews he became a ; Jew amd to the Gentiles a Gentile, ail ; tliitmsAo all men in order to gain | i them for Christ. ' 11. Paul’s Arrest (21:27 ld). How far this act conciliated the i Christian Jews we are not told, but j it enraged the unbel eving Jews, causing them to resort to mob law. These maddened Jews seized Paul, dragged him from the temple and heat him mercilessly, intending to put him to 1 death. He was rescued from the mob ; by the Roman guard. In order to protect him from the murderous frenzy of the mob. the soldiers lifted him upon their shoulders and bore him up the stairs. Paul kept himself under control and politely asked permission of the captain to speak to the people. When he addressed him in Greek and mentioned bis Roman citizenship, the captain granted his request. 111. Paul’s Defensa (22 :l-27). Pauls chief concern was not his own safety. He used this last opportunity to witness unto them of Chris:. 1. His claim for a rightful hearing (VV; 1-3). 0 a. Ilis birth (v. 3). He was a Jew. born in Tarsus, a city of no mean reputation. b. His education (v. 3). He was educated under the tutorship of Gamaliel, and Instructed according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers. c. His zeal (v. 3). He was as zealous toward God as the Jews who were trying to destroy him. 2. Ilis former attitude toward Jesus j (vv. 4. 5). "I persecuted this way uuj to the death.” i 3. How his attitude was changed (vv. 6-1(5). This, change of attitude 1 was brought about by the intervention of the Lord.. While on his way to Damascus with authority to bind the Christians at Jerusalem, he was smitten to the ground by a light from heaven, and the voice of the Lord said, "Why persecutes! thou me?’ i When Paiil inquired as to what he , was to do, he was told to go into ! Damasus where he would receive in--1 structions. Ananias was sent to him by the Lord for this purpose. 4. The Lord commissioned him to go to the Gentiles (vv. 17-21). It was not of his own will that he preached to the Gentiles but by the Lord’s direct L commission. | IV. Paul before the Sanhedrin I (2.’5:1-1O). The. Roman officer in order to learn why Paul was arrested commanded the chief council to assemble and brought Paul before tlcem. This shows that there was an effort made by the Romans to give justice to Paul, which was entirely lacking in the highest body of the Jews. 1. Paul’s earnest look at the council (vv. 1.2). This was a solicitation of their honor to give him a fair hearing, and also a look of conscious Integrity and unfaltering courage. 2. Paul’s stern rebuke of the head of the council. “God shall smite thee, thou whited wall." Paul shows tha! he had the highest respect for the office. but the man now occupying it was not worthy of It. 3. Paul’s appeal to the Pharisees (vv. 6-10). Seeing that he could not get a fair hearing, and perceiving that the body before him was made up of Pharisees and Sadducees, he applied to the Pharisees, for his preaching had something in common with their belief. V. The Lord Stood by Paul (v. 11).’ He was in great .need of grace. He may have begun to question the wisdom of his going to Jerusalem, but the Lord assured him that bis course was -right. VI The Conspiracy to Kill Paul (vv. IS-22). More than forty men banded together for the purpose of-getting Paul out of the way. They placed themselves under a curse to abstain from eating and drinking until they had murdered him. Watch and Pray Whatever we beg of God, let us also work for It, if the thing be matter of duty, or a consequent to industry; for God loves to bless labor and reward it. but not to support idleness. And therefore our blessed Savior in his sermons joins watchfulness with prayer; for God’s graces are but assistance, not new creations of the whole habit in every instant or period of our life.—Jeremy Taylor. Joy in Doing The joy of living is in the joy ot doing. We db not express ourselves in words but In deeds. Words are mindless if either the speaker or the bearer have no action or reaction to the meaning for which the word is a sign. So it is with any other sign. Appearances are nothing unless the meaning is mutual and true to both Uvea.

ttn a Tmwy THE, W Imfnwl SEE THAT MILKING MACHINE IS CLEAN Simple Method by Which It • Can Be Done. Most of the certified milk produced on this continent is milked with a machine. This one statement should prove conclusively that the machine itself is not at fault when it is known that most ot the very worst milk is i also machine drawn. If we are to ' use a milking machine it has to be j kept clean. At one time this was re- | garded as a difficult proposition. To ! ; carry out the cleaning instructions i that came with most milkers would ' require an hour’s work after the milk- ■ ing was completed. This is more ' i time than most farmers are prepared i to give to cleaning up and the short I j cuts that have been adopted have re- | suited in making the machine unpopu- ■ lar with many factory operators and I distributors. Prof. E. H. Parfitt, Pur j due University, lias now come to the ■ ‘ aid <>f the dairymen with a simple i j cleaning process that takes no more ' j time than the milking of one cow. Parfitt does not take the teat cups apart, tie ‘flushes them as soon as milking is over, by drawing cold wa ter through and then hot water at a temperature of 165 degrees. Tire teal cups and tubes are then hung on a ra< k in such away that they can be filled with disinfectant and kept filled till the next milking. The disinfecting solution is made by dissolving a 13ounce can of lye in a gallon of water. This is the stock solution. Six ounces of the stock solution is added to a gallon of water and this is the solution for the rubber parts of the machine. Several manufacturers of milking machines are now recommending this method. Finds Economical Source of Dairy Feed in Silo “A well-constructed silo provides the , most: economical source of dairy feed I available for the man vvitli a herd of ten or more cows,” says John A. Arey. dairy extension specialist at North Carolina state college. “One acre of j good corn preserved in the form of j silage has a milk-producing value equivalent to about one and one-half acres when preserved in the form of shocked corn. There is a waste of about 50 per cent in shocked corn when fed as Stover. However, When corn is eon- j verted into silage, waste at feeding time is practically eliminated and the entire corn plant is consumed with relish by the Cows.” Silage is also a valuable supplement to dry feed in winter and helps to keep up tiie ntilk flow at a comparatively low cost. It is also economical for j feeding dry. cows and heifers above six . months of age, says Arey. He does not recommend a silo for a herd of less than ten cows. Succulent feed for smaller herds may be provid ed by pasture and soiling crops in summer, with the aid of root crops in winter. Pays tQ Test Cows The tester in the (Hsego-Monttnor etiey Dairy Herd Improvement asso elation, on looking through the three herd books of Mr. Logan, found that i for the tirst year of testing the aver j ! age production of butterfat was 257.2 I ; pounds, the second year it was 333.4 pounds and the third year it was ”47.2 pounds. With the price of butterfat practically the same for the three years, the average value of product above feed cost the first year was $46.7(5. the second year it was $92.24. HLd the third year it was SI(KUM—a net profit of $56.28 more per cow the third year than the first. Mr. Logan, who feeds a balanced ration according to production, said that he wanted to be in the association as long as he kept dairy cows, as that was the only way to tell which cows were paying.—Michigan Farmer. Separating Surplus Milk Reports from all over the country indicate that many farmers who have heretofore been selling whole milk are now separating all or at least part of their surplus anil shipping only their base milk. An Illinois producer found that for the first r.onth In which he followed this practice, he received $18.05 more than he did the previous month besides having several thousiind pounds of skimmilk to feed his pigs and chickens. He was actually paid $9.34 more for 1.673 pounds less milk than he had been given for the previous month when he j had ship[»ed whole milk entirely, b addition he received $8.71 for the cream. DAIRY HINTS Check up on the freshening dates for j cows. They should have at least six weeks' dry period with an abundance of good feed. Cl.eaper milk production will be the reward. • • • Production of all Guernsey cows on official test during the last year set a new breed average of 9,975.6 pounds of milk and 493.8 pounds of fat. Cows on herd improvement test averaged 346.4 pounds of fat • ■ • • Improvement in the butterfat prthss ducing ability of the dairy herd rests fully as much with the bull as with the cow. • • • A trench silo 10 feet wide at the top and 8 feet deep should feed one co”- or equivalent live stock for each foot of the silo length. • • •' Feeding tests carried on at University farm, SL Paul, show that eight pounds of skimmilk will take the place of one pound of linseed-oil meal in the ration of the dairy cow.

Better Varieties of Fruit Needed Experiment Station Head Tells of Problems of Growers. Dr. U. P. Hedrick; director of the New York state experiment station and for many years in charge of the station’s fruit investigations, when asked American Agriculturist to name Some of the important problems confronting the fruit grower, stat* ed that in his opinion economic problems were the most pressing but also more and better varieties of fruit should be grown and better utilization made of culls. ’ Citing the need for legislation to put agriculture on the same economic basis as industry and for development of ' marketing facilities and the reduction ' of unprofitable acreages in fruit. Doctor Hedrick said in part, “Too few varieties of the several fruits are grown, j Os tb.e many kinds that might be grown in one fruit region or another in j the several regions, we now find on the I markets but a half-dozen varieties of I apple’s, two or three kinds of pears, the j. Elberta peach, the Montmorency cher- ! ry. the Concord grape, and so on. i Were more sorts grown with different i flavors and colors and for different I seasons and purposes, fruit growing ; would be greatlv stimulated. 51 ■ , I “Then, too, there are too few good sorts of any fruit. The introduction of new and better kinds of fruit in the years to comewill have a great Influence in reiiabilitatitig fruit growing. | Also, there are too many culls, and too few ways of using culls. Perhaps 50 per cent of the fruit produced in America goes to waste from preventable causes, such as insect pests, poor orchard management, etc. There will always be culls and poor fruits, but the ! percentage need not be nearly so large as it is, and better means must be found for using cull fruits.” Remember Points When Storing Apples The following suggestion are given by a Wisconsin horticulturist on keeping apples: First, properly ripened fruit that is to be kept during the winter should : be hand picked. Apples should not be overmature when picked as they keep . better if they are firm but still mature. I Second, handle the fruit with care, I as bruises and punctures cause decay. ■ Only sound apples, free from disease; should be selected. Third, apples should not be stored in bins. Bushel baskets and the com . . mon apple box are more satisfactory. | for storage than the larger containers. Fourth, as sbon as the fruit has been picked and placed in baskets. It should be set where it will be shaded and yet (>rotected from the rain. The north side of building is often used. Apples may remain outdoors until time of hard frosts, at which time they should be removed to the qellar for i winter storage. Fifth, the cellar should be cool, kept as near 32 degrees Fahrenheit as pos sible. It should also be airy and ven tilated*at night. A false slatted floor should be laid so that air may circulate underneath the apples. If the cellar has a concrete floor, it s’ ,»ul , l be sprinkled frequently so that the apples do not shrivel. — Michigan Farmer. Importance of Pinning Pruning is one of the most important of all orchard operations. Great- ' er success in orchard work can be accomplished by proper pruning, and perhaps more damage done by injudicious cutting of fruit trees, than by any other orchard practice. The basis of ail pruning is closely allied to the fundamental principles of plant growth; the practices of pruning are governed by climate, kind of fruit, and the particular purpose for which the fruit is grown. The objects in pruning are to develop a strong, well-proportioned tree: to modify its shape ami growth to meet natural, local conditions; to satisfy economic requirements, such as cultivation, spraying, and harvesting; to influence production and the character of the fruit; and. to maintain the full vigor and health of the tree. Imported Seeds Colored Color, dominant >n the commercial world today, is used for the protection of the American farmer in determining the origin of imported alfalfa seed, says the United States Department of Agriculture. Federal law requires coloring of all imported alfalfa seed. This coloring enabb s the purchaser to determine ar a glance the origin of the seed. Alfalfa seed from South America must .be stained 10 per cent orange-red. I That from Africa and Turkestan must j be stained 10 per cent red. and that from Canada 1 per cent irridescent violet. All other Imported seed must be stained 1 per cent green. . 0 ■ Clover Yield Shows Value Fifty plots of sweet clover were laid out under different treatments ot confmercial fertilizers, - barnyard ma nure and limestone hy,F. E. Wilson. Okmulgee county, Oklahoma. The soil was sour and infertile before h$ made the. test, which was in co-operation with his county agent. The sweet clover made a good growth on ail plots treated with lime and phosphate. Those receiving fertilizer in addition to the limestone made the heaviest growth. Feeding Silage Returns During the winter of 1928-’29 two lots of yearling steers at tbe Madison county experiment farm, Ohio, showed returns of $71.65 per acre for corn when fed in form of silage and $50.80 when a similar area was fed as shelled corn and stover. The following year an acre of corn when fed as silage returned profit of $56.66 and a similar area returned profit of $57.06 when fed ball full feed of silage and as much shelled corn as the cattle wished.— Michigan Farmer.

•FARM* POULTRY KEEPING TAB ON AGES OF CHICKS Good Reasons Why Matter Is Important. The question may arise in the minds of some as to why it is necessary to be able to tell the differences in ages of pullets. I The answer is that when it is timeto put the pullets in the laying house,, there are some are not worth keeping. These shpuld be sorted out. and it is well to keep all of the same age and development by themselves. The earliest maturing pullets areusually the best ones. ! .If pullets of all ages are allowed to run together on range, it will beimpossible to tell the difference between the slow-developing ones of the earlier hatches and the fast-grow- ( ing ones of the later hatches. Naturally, such birds are not all of the same value and should not be placed in tlie same pen. Unless pedigree hatching and breed- ; ing. are done and all chicks banded, such pullets' cannot easily lie told apart. They can easily be marked by toe punching, or slitting the I between the toek By using different combinations it is a very .simple matter to know definitely the ages-of.th* various pullets. Poultry House Litter Carrier Has Advantage 'ln some of the newer eoinmercal poultry houses a litter carrier and track has been installed to great advantage. 'rhe' track is supported from the rafters just in front of the dropping boards.. The carrier when in position is just right to receive the droppings as they are scraped-from the boarils. The trapk may be. extended through the house if the doors, between units are arranged properly. At tlie end, or at both ends the track can be extended to allow thv carrier to be dumped into a manure spreader. This system greatly reduces the labor of cleaning the j/ouse. One great advantage of the large flock.is the fact that labor-saving equipment can be installed with-profit, permitting one nian “t'o'icare for many birds with, a minimum of labor. —Exchange. 1 Care of Ducks When duck eggs are hatched in an incubator, the temperature .should be 102 degrees during the first week. For the remainder of the it should be held as near as possible to 103 degrees. The thermometer bulb should be placel level with the top of the duck eggs. During she last ten days of the hatch the eggs can be sprinkled daily with water which is close to machine temperature. The eggs will usually begin to pip the 26th day and the machine should be closed. But if moisture appears lacking and the ducklings are having trouble in emerging, it may be best to open the machine and add moisture If possible, you should obtain the incubator instructions for hatching ducklings in the type of machine you are using. The best results can be obtained by following any, special instructions advised by the manufacturer. Poultry Hints The fact that the poultry industry can expand or contract rapidly with conditions, makes it a stable one.. Artificial light for poultry merely makes a normal condition during an abnormal time and is not a forcing process, if used with reasona’HLe judgment. . \ The careful division of pullets, into laying units makes their management and feeding in laying flocks during the pullet year easier, more economical, and more exact. ' ' • • • A poultry man who continuously selects his breeding hens from the late molting group in his flock, rfiay expect a higher egg production during the late summer and early fall. Thoroughly repair, clean, and disinfect all laying houses before the pullets are confined to winter quarters. • « • Many poultrymen find that night lighting of baby chicks increases the growth since the chicks eat and drink at night. Do not scald your squabs before picking for market. Learn to drj-pick. they have a much better appearance two or three days later than birds that were sqalded before picking. Bacillary white diarrhea of chicks can be controlled b/ testing breeding hens and eliminating the germ carriers. • • • Culling should be a continuous process, starting at the time chicks are received from the hatchery and extending over the entire laying period. • • • Principal defects of eggs delivered to candling stations which materially affect their sales value are dirt, yellow /oiks, murky whites, shrinkage, heat, looseness and poor shells. According to Canadian government reports, 34,986,508 hens in Canada laid dozen eggs in 1929, valued at $85,380,532. * * * Chickens, like people, need salad greens in their menu, the preferred varieties for chickens being cabbage, kale, rape, alfalfa, and swiss chard, Where poultry constitutes the principal farm enterprise, a flock of at least 1,000 hens is essential. Small flock owners are out of luck during times of stress.