The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 7, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 9 June 1932 — Page 3

1 ■ 4—z^L—□he Vale Os Aragon By Fred McLaughlin. dMuthor of c)he Islade of Picardy W.N.U. Cw'itt by fobbs-Mfrrill Ct SEfZV/CE.

THE STORY In the city of New Orleans, In 1821. Loren recently an officer under General Jackson, la surprised by the appearance. In ancient Spanish costume, of two men and a woman whose beaut* enchants him.- Resenting the arrogance of the elder of the two men. Garde flgWs with'him and wounds hqn. 1& learns his opponent Is de Fuentes, colonel In the Spanish gr.my In .Venezuela. Garde overhears a plot to overthrow Spanish rule inVenezuela. Discovered, he fights, but is overpowered and made prisoner on the Santa Lucrecla. ship bearing arms for the Venezuelans On board ‘afe the conspirators,' the lady of pl» love, her brother Polito, and De Fuentes. From the girl. Garde learns her name Is Dulce LamarUna. He loves her. but does not reveal his The vessel Is wrecked and Garde reaches the Venezuelan shore, alone. He.encounters a stranger and sees DUlc< . The stranger, who Is Captain-Monahan of the British legi.n under Bolivar, urge,s Garde to join the Venezuelans, but his mind is set on again seeing Dul-■ Monahan directs him to friends in Caracas. There; supplied by Monahan with the secret Sign of tj>e patriots, he Is welcomed nt the revolutionary. .id iu triers. Garde attends • I i ng of Dulce and bs Fu- • Dul-« re • snii. s him and leaves.pe Fuentes at the altar. She is torn from G.-t rdf's arms. H- c» as • - Finding Garde.. Dulce ■ ils Ilins' hep. " • Id • g t > De Fuentes was to have been the price '; of Garde s life; They reveal their tn s 1 hue <larde. Is■s r Fr< r;i 11.I 1 . Fuer.’.-v Garde learns that Du.lc-e has dls- -. -I. . ile Is r< : ; s :: I ■> a

CHAPTER Vl—Continued —lo— ; I laughed softly", for I saw another change at life. and another, glance to win the glorious Lamartlna. "If Bolivar has many men like you. Manuel—” We turned toward the south and ran for half a mile, stopping at last In the gloom afforded by a tall adobe i Here we found two I one saddled for travel, and. the other already bearing a ’n.an. “Polito!’’ I cried, for the rider’s head and throat were almost concealed' by the folds of a bandage' , • tils shoulders shook, In silent laughter 1 supposed, and he * his“lie". 1 n -. f-o-t. ! " [ y “you cannot' do this thing. It will Vj re k yoijr career, mid—and ymi owe me no sacrifice. 1 cannot let you; father would i.seek ti e firing squad.” «;■■■!, my s s : a little.' He ■ speak. gasp I. caught at his tlirc.j, .ns | went -o* into a convulsion of • ... ■ . ■ Manuel spoke.-deep earnestness In h v g.-’ . s. n< r, for i 'portame dejond upon It We plan a swift sToke'. Senor. and your assist- !’• - ' y<-i. owe your life to tl. wl o follot Bolivar. Have not a score Ilves for ■ Have n<u 1 y Now I d i' ashamed, for the crafty Manuel spoke only truth. “Yes, aiy ' friend.” said .1. I threw a leg over the horse, and the swarthy Sailor proffered pistol, which 1 pocketed. I put a hand on his shoulder. “If Bolivar needs another arm. Senor. he will find mine strong enough, and very wit-ling indeed. for I owe him much." "Viva!” said the sailor. “Point your horses toward the Southern cross and ride throughout the night; ride swiftly, for’ tin mounts you have are the l»-st this, city affords. Sunrise should find you beyond Ocumnre, where the .lines of Bolivar begin. and where yob will find Safety. Now. adi os ... A pleasant trip to both of you’” -\ ■ With the flaming Southern cross to pjint the way. with the glory of the full moon above, the open gauntry ahead, a fine horse between my knees, nnd a Companion . . well, perhaps uiy companion did lack necessary companionable" qualities. Yet 1 could attribute some of his silence to his cold and the rest of It to the black thoughts that must possess him, for no man turns his back upon his country with a light heart.' With a sidelong glance I studied the lithe figure that even the black and gray cloak could not entirely hide. “A perfect night, Polito, ehT’ He noddled. “You ar« silent, my friend.” He turned his head to give me one swift look, then regarded the road again. "I must thank, you. Polito, for the part you took in my escape this night. Adolfo planned to have me shot tomorrow morning,.sc my life Isypurs." This brought a gasp—no more—and J tried again: “Do you know, my friend.” I ventured, •'where your sister IsT* He was silent, and I continued: “I have told the Senorita, Polito, of my love, and failed miserably, as 1 deserve.” He offered no comment. “She told me, todays in the home of the gbod Tomas, that tomorrow she would wed De Fuentes.” “No,” he whispered, ”no!“ “A sort of sacrifice, my friend, for what she Imagines 1 have done for her; a thing that makes me love her very much.” “But she would not—” he said. “Not now. there la no need. Be■idea." now I laughed, “Adolfo will

marry no one tomorrow, Polito, nor the day after, nor for many days, because the proud colonel will never go into the cathedral and stand up before the people of Caracas with the face that hie will be wearing tomorrow." Polito put out a gauntleted hand. "What*'” he questioned. "You have—?" “I have done everything but kill him, my friend, and Manuel and his courageous Intrigants stayed me -Just In time. Something tn my blood calls for his life. We are proud, Polito, and he has called me ladrone.- In New Orleans did he not try to- kill me?” Polito nodded, and many weary miles were put behind us before another word was spoken. The moon was yet an hour above the crest of. the Carabobo hills when we passed through the sleeping hamlet of Cua and, turning our Horses toward the southeast, took the broad road that led to Ocumare. From Ocumare we, went south, again, between fields of cane and maize, and of melons barely visible in the graying dawn. Swiftly we took the gentle ascent approaching the broad range that is the barrier betwtn the waters of the Orinoco and the Caribbean s<-a. We thundered through a carion. and a pass opened out ahead of us. a wide pass on tlie southern rim of a vast amphitheater. Here we stopped our panting horses am. surveyed the scene ahead of us. Beyond the pass would lily, man'.fe-tly. the valley of the l»riand the-valley of the Orinoco would be, we knew, under control of those who served Bolivar. "Polito,” I said. "I do not know why you approach the lines of the revolutionists. You are. therefore. In danger. for a Spjyfush officer in the hands of Venezuelans who have heard, ere this, of Tucayan would have little chance for his life. Ocumare, with safety for you. lies not so far behind l>s ” ■ , ■- He sat with head averted. “I do not care.” he whispered; "could we not—?” “.You throw your life away. Senor; besides, the Senorita Dulce will surely nee ] you." "But. Senor,” ho whispered, "will-?" I think It had been his desire to ask what chance 1. in Spanish uniform, might have vyith the followers of Bolivar, but an interruption dame, an interruption in the guise’of a body of armed horsemen, who. approaching from the southward, appeared In the pas-: w< ..p<.i.- gleaming In the morning light. ' "Lam terrified, Senor''* I turned upon my companion In ■ ■ ■ ■ t'-r Poi’o would never have said that.' "Mother of G—d. Senorita. what madness Is this?" 1 Lio 1 ridden be-de tier through the l ight. I .id 'ta k«t of many things. What had. 1 said.»what stupid blunders b d I'm ie? | had profess,-J a deathless love for her. and had failed to see through a simple disguise. But for that look of terror in her eyes I should, have laughed. “I— ] would leave Caracas, Senor.” She had given herself into my keeping, had permitted,,, me to tell her of my lovi. Ah. that was a Joy I Now the horsemen let out wild yells and bore down upon us. is no safety here for you. Senorita; anyone who Is Spanish—” "Yes. Senor, yes; I must go.” "You will be safe In ocumare.” Dis n> J-.ng I caught the bridle of her horse and whirled him around toward, the north. “When this nightmare of murder is over, Senorita. shall I find you —? ’

Novelists’ Woes Begin With Characters’ Names

Selecting names for characters in t; *w;», writes. W. B. Holland Ln the Miami Herald, has long been a troublesome ta-k. This is especially true when the moniker is to be given to a villain. There Is danger of a libel suit If the-name of a real Individual happens to be selected, as he can sue for damages and set up the claim that be h.is been hel i up to shame cule. There have been so many of these suits in England that parliament has attended the libel laws so that the author who can prove that he did not know of the existence of the individual who had the same name as his Imaginary character can offer this as a defense and avoid being mulcted. TW numerous suits brought in England account for the unusual names often found in English novels. This precaution, however. Is not always sufficient. Mark Twain and Charles Dudley . JWarner were writing "The Gilded Ag^ u they devised the name of Col. Mulberry Seilers

Study of Geography Id the Renaissance period geography was taught chiefly as an aid to the understanding of Greek and Roman writers. The study was confined, therefore, to the world as Is known in the classical period. The first modern geography in English written explicitly for use tn schools appeared tn 1746. It was called “Introduction to Geography.” and was published in England by J. Cowley, geographer to his majesty. The first professor of geography in an American university was Arnold Henry Guyot, who was appointed to a chair at Princeton university in 1554.

She nodded. “God preserve you, Senor.” she said softly. “Adios. then 1” She waved an arm and. bending low in the saddle, disappeared in the mouth of the canyon. -The sounds of her going had died away before the revolutionists came to where I stood, waiting. They circled around use, guns to the fore, and I raised empty hands above my head. "Take me to your officer,” I said, a great happiness filling my soul. So, closely guarded by at least a score of horsemen, I rode slowly across the amphitheater and through the wide pass, coming at last to a level space where a body of men encamped beside the road. None, so far as I could see, was in uniform exceot one tall man. One of my captors spat out a stream of unintelligible jargon, and the officer’s face grew grimmer as the story proceeded. Now he faced me. hla Mack eyes holding a hostile glint “You may tell me who you are. my captain.” "I am Loren Garde, an American, 1 comt to offer service to Bolivar." "In a Spanish uniform! A likely tale. Senor. Why do you offer service j to our general?” "Because I do not like the Spanish,” I said. « ° He showed white teeth In a pleased grin. “If you do not like, the Spanish. Senor, why the uniform?” “One must get through the lines of Spain; this uniform has been borrowed for the occasion, and tfie for- ' mer owner of It doubtless nurses a broken head." I smiled reassuringly, but met no response in his eyes. "Your story Is Interesting, Senor. | Now tell me. if your desire to serve us Is sincere, why you aided the Spanish officer to escape.” ! What could I say? Could 1 tell him that, the Spanish officer was the Senorita Lamartina, fiancee of Colonel de Fuentes, and that I, coming to offpr service to Bolivar, had sent her back to the safety of the Spanish | lines? Could I have hoped to make hlni believe such a preposterous tale? "Perhaps.” said the officer after what he must have considered a sufficient wait, "perhaps this companero ; of yours was the Dauphin is disguise—eh?” “We might just ns well call him the Dauphin.” I said hopelessly. He offered another mirthless smile./, “Tucayan, Senor, has left an evil { flavor in the mouth, and the blood of many Spaniards will be required to 1 wash it out.” He transfixed me with an accusing eye. "Who sent you tiere?” “Manuel," said I.’ He gasped. '"You §ay Manuel sent you?" "Aye; the swarthy Manuel, the i clever ugly sailor who happens to be that portion of the brain ks Bolivar which operates In Caracas.” "Humph.”-he growled. He considered my horse, and I saw an acquisitive gleam in his black eyes. “A fine horse,' Senor.” } “Aye; a gift from Manuel.” j “He would look well under a colonel. don’t ybu think?” “Very well, Senor though, unfortunately. 1 do not etpect to become a colonel.” , ■ Now he laughed, but his eyes were cold, and his laughter was not a pleasant thing to hear. “The wings you will soon possess. Senor; will render the use of a poor earthly horse unn?etssary:” How 1 wanted to thrust my fist into ■ that smiling face of his. to discom- ‘ ipbro the even order of Lis teeth, to | get niy fingers ... He'must have sensed my murderous i passion, for he uttered a short command. and two <>f the llanero-- grfispe'i me by the arms. "This officer with the bandaged, head whose safety l seemed, so precious a thing to you, Senor. you do not tell me who he is." Dauphin will do as well as anyone," said I. "\ory well; oneltfe Is little enough to e;,.i to save Ape Dauphin. I com eratuiate SUII - S *'”'>F, is rocky < rest of yonder mountain—an excellent time | indeed. You may view it aS you die. | It is- more tjTan many a, poor V’ene- I zuelan has been permitted to do." The soldiers must have anticipated the wishes of their colonel, for a squad of eight swung into line be | tween us and the sun. turned to face me, grounded their gjns. and waited. (TO BE CONTINUED. 1

fur one of tlie < They were greatly surprised when a real Mui berry Sellers ap;»eared and demanded redress. He did not feel flattered ar ell In being pictured as a visionary chap who was always devising schemes to make money. No scheme ever worked, but Colonel Sellers Insisted “there's millions in it.” “So»«” Coin Some people do nut care to receive one of our rapidly vanishing 5 shilling pieces on the ground that they are far too heavy and cumbersome for modern purses or pockets. What would, they think about the $4 “coin” issued by Frederick of HesseCassel 200 years ago? This pleasant little survival from, 1731 was made of copper, was worth about 12 shillings—and weighed (and still weighs) six and a half English pounds. That w-vild have been the right type of coinage for careful fathers to Inflict on their would-be spendthrift sous—not much chance of “throwing your money about” with a $4 piece of that kind. And perhaps fortunately—for, with ammunition of that sort, if you did start throwing It about, the result would have been more like a civil war than a cash transaction.— Manchester (Eng.) Guardian. Feared for Watch My little, daughter was with me It the washroom on a train. She took up my wrist watch and I warned her to be careful It slipped from hei hand and fell to the floor. 1 took up the watch and held it to_my ear. at which my daughter exclaimed. "Ob. mother. Is it unconscious?”—Chi«ag« Tribune.

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Mighty Gotham — I I * ' i flnl I Where Central Park Halts the Northward March of Architectural Giants.

(Prepared by National Geographic Ssclaty. Washington. D. C.) —WNU Servlca. DESPITE its youth and experience compared with London, and the recent flow of gold toward the British capital. New York retains its position as the world’s leading banker. New York is a city ;of superlatives. It is man’s incomparable, feat I As incredible almost as. that ants should have built the Andes! Go up on any high hotel roof after sunset and watch the city come to life. By electric moons, rainbows, and fixed comets you see Manhattan blaze from dusk into gorgeous theatrical illumination. It's twinkling skyline ebbs and flows in tides of tempo and color. As each edifice melts into new lights and shadows. all the architectural phantasmagoria of the ages, linked .even with earth’s ancient scars, seems to unfold. In fancy you see a phantom city, a kaleidoscopic riot of Alps and Acropolis; Ming .tombs. Taj Mahal, and" Pyramids; Gibraltar. Panama canal. Tower Os Babel, with Grand canyon and Yangtze gorges formed by street caverns far below; Cologne cathedral. Pikes Peak, and, St. Peter's, a Chinese Wall against a Sahara desert of lamp-lit sky; towers and turrets, mosques. minarets v domes, steeples, roof tanks and penthouses all heaped and crowding and seeming to burn as smoke moves in electric light. Next day, from the same high place, see it again—realistic, noisy, its streets crowded with traffic. New York never rests. Higher and ever higher rise the skyscrapers. Their mastodontic bulk; their grace of geometric design;’ their dizzy height and.fearsome beauty —at first they almost hint that man's monsters have run away with him. Stare up at such a building and it fairly dominates one's mind ( and body. From their’upper stories you see bits of fog floating by. Mlles to the east stretches J.ong Island; to the south Is the Statue of Liberty, and Staten Island; to the west spreads New Jersey, -anil to the north that part‘of the elty beyond Central park. Below lie mere pigmy structures of six and eight stories. Here and there, ui> from .'among them, other skyscrapers rise in this «wifly Changing region of Mid-Manhattah, In their myriad windows one sees girls pounding typewriters ~r io*j4<lerihg their n-»st■-: 'mt. save foj a faintmetallic city hum from far below, there is no sound. Vertical Travel Is Immense. These high buildings, that visitors from all over the world stare at with such astonishment, make New York what it i«—the supreme wonder of the modern world. When the first •‘skyscraper,’’ of Only 13 stories, went up on lower Broadway, people feared it. Those In adjacent houses nioSed out in alarm. Now. higher and higher they go—so, GO. 70. 85 stories. So many there are. and so high, that today the vertical travel in New York actually exceeds the horizontal. In otfier words, elevators carry more passengers than do all the surface cars, elevated trains, taxis, busses, and sut>ways combine«l. In one skyscraper 21 elevators cover a mileage equal to the run of the Twentieth Century Limited from New York to Chicago, daily. One of the big problems tn New York is getting the occupants of skyscrapers in and out on time. The larger buildings hold anywhere from 5,000 to 1,5.000. and even 20.000 workers. In some are found people from practically every state in the Union. If all these tenants had to walk downstairs, it might take hours to empty a building. Even with express elevators, it takes nearly an hour to empty some of the larger buildings and get the people away from the ground floor and entrances, because of congested subways. If they all came down at once, it would pile people up ten or twelve deep in the streets around a building. The New York skyscraper is a city in Itself, with all a city’s problems of traffic, water, heat, lights, sewage, fire and police protection, and cleaning. Its total floor area equals that of many a farm. To run the elevators of one of them requires a starter, six assistant starters. 35 operators, and a crew of ten maintenance men. Since water from fire hydrants can be squirted upward only about 150 feet, and since firemen cannot drag a hose up 50 or 75 stories, a skyscraper has Its own upright water maims, tanks and high-pressure pumps, with an elaborate system of alarms and extinguishing apparatus. Speed In New Construction. Beneath one building are turntables for busses from railway terminls Tunnels lead from it tn many directions. Through them thousands of its tenants arrive each morning after many miles of underground travel, and through them one may wander, as in the streets of a subterranean city. In this human prairie-dog town are more than 50 places to eat, and stores selling everything from office supplies and lingerie to thermos bottles, sunray lamps, cigars, books and haberdashery. From these commercial catacombs one may ride all the way out to Long Is-

land without ever coming Into tha open air. But New York’s greatness Is not in structure alone. It lies also in the speed at which life moves and new buildings displace the old. This swift transition stuns even the blase New Yorker. Troy was wrecked and rebuilt nine times. Here history repeats. Compare the skyline now with pictures of the same region made only ten years ago. You will see that palatial homes have been demolished and whole residence districts swept away to clear sites for higher buildings. You see 1 buildings like the famous Waldorf-As-toria turn to junk, and hard on the > heels of its wreck come giants like i the amazing Empire State building. j To widen streets, houses are sliced i off in front as with giant shears. Four hundred buildings wrecked to extend a subway spur; trainloads of dirt hauled to the river front and dumped to make a park below Riverside drive. ’ In‘cyclonic devastation, whole neigh- , borhoods are razed for new bridge approaches. Swiftly the old landmarks fade. Only Grant's tomb and similar objects of sentiment seem safe. If even the Sphinx stood on Fifth avenue, somebody would probably want to wreck It to build a skyscraper! Here is no space for static things. By many cuts and running it fast, imagine this picture shown in, say, two or three hours. You would see old buildings crumbling down and new skyscrapers hastening heavenward, pushing up like giant mushrooms. It would be unendurable. Compared with medieval cities, think, how fast New York grows. Today, in New* York, bricklayers may run walls up two stories in a day. A building of 50 floors is begun and fin- | ished in abput the spine time it used ‘ to take a Sioux to kill a buffalo and ' tan its hide for his wigwam. Chrys- j ler’s tower in Abraham's time would ; have been a blasphemy, as when the | confusion of tongues fell on men who j dared build Babel. ' ; Betweeq crowds and skyscrapers is ' reciprocal? affinity. Each is the cause ; of the other. Into that part of Man- ‘ hattan Fifty-ninth street there < conies to‘work every morning an army ■ of people,, equal to the population of ; Baris or Chicago. No o'her spot on ! earth is So crowded with men and houses. " It n = ■ near a coast where-cormorants, gulls. ; ami pelicans all come to roost, other islets are, near, but the fussing birds ' crowd and defile only their favorite < rock. They pack it so tight that if i one bird raises a wing to' stretch, another is .pushed into the sea. " ' On, Under and Over Manhattan. . Thus men crowd' Manhattan rock. Not only that. They bore holes in it. | dig tunnels under rivers, and piish-j bridges over to it. so that still nmre 1 nien may reach it hastily. The pas ■ sengers on its transport • lines each ’ outnumber all the people in the i world. Those passing through Times [ Square subway station alone bast year equaled in number half the inhabitants of the western hemisphere. So jammed is Fifth avenue now that in busy hours a man walking goes faster than a bus. In many streets motors average less than four miles an hour. Civilization is shaped by beliefs. New York believes it must hurry, and you see the strain in people’s faces. They run to work and from work, and i to avoid being run over. In crowds, haste is more than speed. Draw aside in the Grand Central station and watch the mad morning rush. At such a time and place, one.expects little order; certainly no stately procession, as Noah’s animals marching into the . Ark. But here is a mob. Turnstiles afie sometimes locked to check its rushes, and guards,are powerless before Its giant pussy New York’s fighj to keep men and things in motion knows no luIL It has built a great elevated express highway, a novel thoroughfare many feet above the street. It runs along the Hudson river water front from Canal street north to Seventy-second, with ramps for access and egress at a few important cross-town streets. At Sev-enty-serond its outlet is Riverside drive. Il Thing’ what this means to crowded New York! A broad, free path of two 30-foot roadways, with no grade crossings. able to carry from 5,000 to 9.000 motor cars an hour, at a speed of 35 miles —right over all congestion. Then there’s the new tunnel, to run under tidewater from Brooklyn out to Staten island. It will take two to four years to bore this bold submarine highway. ’ Rivers and bays are crowded, as wdll as the city streets. Look- down from the Woolworth tower and see our fleets battling for trade against alien ships. So thick an? steamers that collisions seem imminent. From every nook and -cranny of the world they' come, as countrymen flock to a village store. Goods moving In scores of millions of tons. No other port anywhere is so busy.

ONLY TESTER CAN SHOW COW’S VALUE Amount of Milk Production No Criterion. A, cow that doesn’t produce SIOO above her feed cost doesn't stay Ln the J. B. Kerrigan herd, Monrde county, Wisconsin. Testing is necessary to determine production and as a guide in feeding, “A man can’t judge cows ~by the amount of milk they produce,” said Mr. Kerrigan. “I used to think it was possible. I had one cow which was pretty good at filling a 14-quart pail. I longed for a herd just like her. I am glad now that, my wish was not fulfilled. I bought a tester and set it up in the barn. When I tested that 14quart cow her milk showed 2 per cent fat “I’ve been testing a number of years and it is more valuable.to me than it was when I begap. I Will not keep a cow which does not return SIOO above feed cost. I have that returned $236. She produced more than 700 pounds of fat one yeay and 696 pounds another. She has a record of 91.8 pounds fat for one month and an average of 77 pounds for seven months. I valued that cow at SI,OOO. She returned me that much in three years and she was only a heifer. In normal times a cow must produce 300 pounds fat in a year to clear SIOO. Such production is not unusual but it makes a paying herd. Such a herd can be bpilt up by careful selection and feeding.”— i'ai>per's Farmer. Some of the Reasons Why Milk Test Varies You of course know that a cow's milk gradually becomes richer as the animal reaches maturity rind that a high test will be obtained during the first week of the lactation period, and that as a cow nears the end of her lactation period, her milk gradually be-, conies richer. Aside from these longtime changes there Is a possibility that an individual's milk may vary .2 Or .3 per cent between milkings. Some of the reasons for the day-to-day variation are simple but all have more or less effect. If the time between milkings is unequal, milk tests Higher following the short period. Mogt cows also test higher in cold weather. If all the milk is not drawn a lowered tests results. Exposure reduces the test. Irregularity in feeding, milking or handling will reduce the test as will too much When animals are tested once a month the law of averages will probably take care of any-daily variation so that the estimate for the entire year is; sufficiently accurate. —American Agriculturist. Records, Not Looks, Count “F!< is certainly not very pleasing to eye. The owner of “Floppy” was* going to sell her when he first Joined the cow-'testing association in April. 1929. but the tester suggested that he give her a' tryout before doing so. The first year she Produced 39S ppnnds fat and made an income above feed cost of 899,2”. The second year she produced only 351 pounds fat( due. to short' pastured and made $65.39 income above feed cost. Last yea'?, she has produced on an average 55 pounds fat? per nionth for .the .first seven months, and it looks as though she Will probably make above 375 , pourids during the lactation. The cow Jesting association finds the good cows as well as the boarders. —Jens KirkearaariL tester. Greene. lowa. Cow Testing .association, in Hoard's Dairyman. DAIRY HINTS Imports of cheese by the United States ip ‘1931 v. 1 at nearly 40 times the exports. Good rations and proper feeding are as important for dry cows as they are for cows in milk. ; • • • If possible, use grasses mixed with the alfalfa .in seeding down permanent or seml-permgnent pastures. • • * Even a good pasture fence will not hold a bull that wants to go, places. If one dairy farmer is required to restrain his bull, certainly it is not too much to require his neighbors* to keep their cows where they belong. • • • Purebred dairy sires should head every dairy herd milked for profit. This will Injure a high standard of production in the next generation. Joint ownership of bulls arid co-opera-tive bull associations are economical ways of accomplishing herd improve ment. .• • • Milk Is more than three parts water— hence the Importance of not skimming the supply. • • • Check up on the freshening dates for cows. They should have at Ifease six weeks’ dry period with an abundance of good feed. Cheaper milk production will be the reward. There should be sufficient windows Ins the dairy barn so that it would be light enough for-a living room for people. and this would require something like four square feet of glass per cow. • • • Any disagreeable smell about’ a separator Is an evidence of lack of cleanliness and calls for thorough cleaning and sterilization. An inexperienced breeder should have some one familiar with pedigrees to advise him about the breeding of a bull before purchasing. • • • The number of beef cattle and dairy cattle on farms has been increasing for several years while the per capita consumption of beef In five years has dropped 20 per cent.

POULTRY ♦IOS* HOW TO MAKE CUT IN RATION COSTS Use Home-Grown Grains, Is Advice of Expert. Substantial savings in thie poultry ration may be-made by using an abundance of home-grown grains in rations for the farm flock, uccordingl to poultry specialists in the department of poultry husbandry at the Ohio State university. Grains and milk, they believe, constitute the simplest rations known for satisfactory results. It is best to-keep two or more grains in feeders all the time and to give the birds only milk to drink. The choice of grains and the proportions that may .be used can be varied according tortheir price and availability. If sufficient liquid milk is not available, allow the birds free access to meat scraps alone, or with dried milk in hoppers and give water to drink. Any change Jn this system of feeding, the specialists say, should, be made gradually- If the birds obtain water from the range or elsewhere when they are receiving liquid milk, the protein intake of the ration will be too low unless meat scrap or dried milk or both are kept, availalite in hoppers. . ; ' i Legume [hay such as alfalfa, soy bean, or clover, is best available at ail times if the flock does not , have access to green gj-ass or if yellow corn does not constitute 50 per qent or more of the grains fed. ■ Birds kept in confihement are l est supplied with cod liver oil. This inay l;>e fed by sprinkling one-half pint of gold liyer oil per 100 birds over the Scratch grain iri the hoppers every other day. "" »' Easy to Minimize Loss From Hens Eating Eggs Complaints •of heiis eatittj; eggs dropped On the floor or in the’nests of the peris are quite common. The habit usually Starts from hens finding a cracked egg. Curiosity and appetite are the incentives that lead tlie hens to taste' the contents of the egg. Being very palatable they take advantage of every such opportunity and sqon look for eggs, whether broken or not. If the rieSts are kept dark thrire will be little trouble from layers offending. If the eggs are gathered regularly fjotn the floor, that will minimize the loss at that point? If the contents of the norriial eggs are removed through* one end and the shell is refilled with a mixture containing, mustard, pepper, gasoline and other ihgredients distasteful to hens, combined with any substance that. will h.old them together in a paste some may.be cured pf the habit if they taste the concoction*. Easy Way to Get Eggs Otto Harz <jf. the Greenleaf community in Washington county purchased ■some White Lculiorn males a few days ago to use in breeding up l. s flock.. In commenting on-that transaction, Leon.-., ard F. NeiY (>lf Washington, the farm agent oL Washington county, mentioned a project cafrietl on at the Kansas 'cxperinient station nt Manhattan. Mongrel hens having a trappest-record of 72 eggs a yi'ur were matd with pedigreed Leglu-rh male^l aving.an ancestry record of p)o'eggs or more. Their daughters averaged’ls6, egg«,rthe next cross I>s eggs a:i l Jim. third - r- ss 193 eggs.—Kansas Farmer. Poultry Facts A pen of White owned by .1. A. Hanson,,Corvallis, fire., led in the lllfnois egg-kiying contest in January with 132 'eggs for the month. • . As an aid to sanitation, .clean' news- ... pap'ersfan he spread over, the litter when chicks are first placed under the hover. These papers should < be changed daily for ten days. • • • Don't think chickens can be fed at any time and thrive. Have a certain - tinie f«T seeping them and feed them yourself. Chicks left to the care of others are ofiten neglected. Twenty-five million eggs are a lot of eggs, but that Is the number used annually by one chain of 121 big city restaurants, i p Painting the rdosts with nicotinesulphate just before the (.birds go to roost at night is recommended as a control of feather’ mites on poultry. ••• c ' The brooder house should always be placed far enough from the other buildings so that if the worst .comes, it won’t involve other farm buildings. • • • Culling tiaby chicks should begin when they removed from the incubator that are listless, do not seepi able to run about and have no apparent appetite should be discarded. , • • • Present economic conditions make necessary the effort to keep down household expenditures and a flock of chicks in the back yard will’ not only help keep down the outlay for food, but will add a great deal to the pleasure of living. ; f. . j ■• . • •. Laying hens need more protein thap chicks. They should have from 10 to 20 per cent protein in their feed. Meat scraps and milk are the best sources ’ of animal protein better than the protein in vegetable leeds, says an expert. '• ' • • If a few birds in the poultry flock become sick, it is usually better to kill them than; to attempt to apply treatment. They may have some contagious disease which will spread through the flock before being recognized.