The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 8, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 June 1932 — Page 3

The VALE OF ARAGON

the story In New Orleans. In 1851. Loren Garde, recently f an* officer under General Jackson, is surprised by the appearance! In,ancient Spanish- costume of two men and a woman whose ( beauty , enchants him. Resenting the arrogance of the elder of this two men. Garde fights with him and wounds him He learns his opponent Is Adolfo de Fuentes, colonel in th? Spanish army In Venezuela. Ltlarde overhears a plot to overthrow Spanish rule tn Venezuela. Discovered. he fights, but Is overpowered and made prisoner on the Santa Lticrecla, ship bearing arms, for the Venezuelans. On board iire the conspirators, the lady of his 16V?, her brother Polito, and peJ Fuentes. From the girl. Garde learhs her name Is Dulce I-amartlna. He loves her, but does not reveal his .love. The vessel Is wrecked Garde reaches the Venezuelan shore, alone. He ehcounters a stra*lK«|r and sees Duloe. The stranger. Captain Monahan of the British iegipn under Bolivar, directs him to friends in Caracas. There, supplied by Monahan With the secret sign of the patriots, he is welcomed at the revolutionary headquarters. Garde attends the wedding of Dulce and ‘De Fuentes. Puice recognizes him and leaves De Fuentes at the altar. She Is torn from Garde's arms. He escapes. Finding Garde, Pule? tells him her wedding to De Fuentes was to have been the price <>f Garde’s life. They re-1 veal their mutual love. Garde la* made prisoner. Froth De Fuentes he learns Dulce has .disappeared. He 1> rescued from prison by a revolutionist, Manuel, and with Polito sets cut for. Bolivar's camp. They are Intercepted by Venezuelan soldiers. Garde discovers his companion of the night has been Dulce. and is dls1 by his lack of perception. Dulce escapes, but Garde Is seized.

CHAPTER Vl—Continued —ll——l had’seen so much of violence and of death since landing in this unhappy country that, already, J had become hardened. ti.’s’ 1 s>. :o<-1 ■to be only an onlooker in this, my own execution < and I found myself taking very Hrtlejinterest in it. I found‘one principal regret: that I bad cort near to l-w s fni! ills > t.t a lid. f.r!e-l. Yet 1 had taken hqr away from l'e )U< . find six' I: 1 pllt her life Into my hands. 1 smiled nt the thought of her masquerade. Had ! penetrated her disguise earlier how beautiful that silver night would have been. Well. I had won a portion of her 10-ve; 1 hugged that consolation to my heart as the cynical colonel gave a crisp order that caused the two Indians to release me and to stand clear so an errant* bullet might not find them. , • ‘I am ready, Senor,” said J. “I want you to know,” he said slow ty, his eye* upon'the fine bay horse that had carried me from Caracas, "that I believe every word you have told me. I believe you are Loren Garde, an American, and that ytifi have come to offer s« rvice to General Bolivar. I believe Manuel sent you here, and.that he furnished the mount for yotj; but your own act In permitting aye. aiding the Spanish "dicer to'escape condemns you. it makes no difference who he is, if he is a Spanish officer your life is forfeit. The men of Bolivar must be made .of sterner stuff. 1 am sure his excellency himself would never condone such an act. If there la something you wish to say ... A few loiterers had gathered ito watch the execution, and one. a tall commanding figure that seemed familiar. disengaged Itself from the group. •Francisco." I cried. “Francisco Perez ... Aqull" Though I had fought the scheming patriot at every turn. 1 was sure he stood my friend. •Who Is ft'?" he asked. “It Is I; Garde—San Isidro. Don't you remember me? I was on the Santa Ldereeia. an ! In New Orleans. I have djed my hair." Francisco strode forward, a halfsmile softening the grim lines of his face. He held up his hand, “Walt. <’oi<>nel Pint." he said; “1 know »hls man < ■ nel Pin! scowled. “What of It Francisco; has he not- —T* • Yes, my colonel, he has committed • grave offense, and he should pay' with his life, but I would talk to him first. If he Is from Manuel he might have things to tell us; He is an Americano, who has merely .followed the lure of a lovely lady." ••IhHta the lady, then, bring him here?" “No," said I. for I had brought the lady. "Did the lady send the Spanish officer with you?" Colonel Pin! laughed. "Thia Dauphin. whose safety—?" “No. Colonel; my companion waa the Senorlta Dulce Lamartina." “Mother of G—d!" Francisco gasped, and Pint's high laughter beat out over the Mllsi f "A builder of fairy tales." said Plnl. "Could the Americano have entered Caracas, and ridden away with the lady whom Fuentes Intended to marry? Can .you believe so wild a story?" 1 waited. "My colonel." said Francisco at last, “this young Americano is not the type of man who lies easily, though the tale Is hardly credible, if he has •ent back to safety the lady whom he followed to Caracas, he must have had gri&'l reasons for so doing. Why the entfty Manuel has directed them to the lines of the revolution we do not know, nor can we question Manuel. who enjoys the faith and the love of Bolivar. I think, therefore, the safest move will be to take him to the general, who. hearing his story, will decide his fate." Colonel Plnl smiled. “Very well, Francisco, but If Bolivar approves his execution the horse is mine—remember." “I shall not forget," Francisco said. “And If the great Simon does not approve I fear for thee, my colonel, because the Viking nurses a healthy hatred T

By FRED McLAUGHLIN Author of “The Blade of Picardy” Copyright br Bobbs-Merrlll Coe (WMI Service.» CHAPTER VII Simon Bolivar As the three of us rbde slowly down the beach toward Camatagua, where Bolivar had., his headquarters. 1 gave to Francisco an account of all that had befallen since, the waves had cast me into the jungle. The sun was high when we approached at last the insignificant town of Camatagua, which, because of the pres,me of the Lib-, erator. had assumed an aspect of great importance. Bolivar had become. In my imagination, a sort of superhuman influence, a mortal barrier reef upon which the attacks of Spain had broken and spent their force. I wondered what manner of man he was, this being to whom the eyes of Venezuela were turned In fervent hope,* for whose safety and success prayers had been offered up in many thousands of humble homes. whose ranks were filled with patriots eagpr to spend their lives in his service, and who has been called, by our own brilliant Henry Clay, the "Washington of South America." 1 .. "There he is !” Francisco cried. Before jjs lay , a spacious, brown fork house with red-tiled, roof and pillared porch, the home, no doubt, "of some prosperous Spanish planter. The Liberator—a tiny figure indeed— Stood beside one of the• massive stone columns. Just why I had' expected to find a person of enormous size I do not know, unless it be that I could not imagine so many units of greatness, so niany talents, In a man of normal ; r": “Is that Bolivar?" I asked. And I had come to offer service to this man ! Francisco smiled at the evident o>ncern in my voice. '’The bullfrog.'my 3 J . ■ 7 He Radiated a Vibrant Sort of Energy That Seemed to Deaden My Faculties. y<>ung Garde, judges one by the length <<f one's, hop. or the resonance of one's voice, for the bullfrog, only hops, or sings. The giant min<L my friend, may not seek the body 'of a g.ant." "Too true, Francisco,'* I agreed, “for, had I exercised my muscles less and my brain more 1 should not have spent my life in foolish blunderings.’’ Dismounting. 1 walked between the republican oflicers toward the house, and Bolivar descended the two rock steps and stood, waiting, on the flagstones. They released my arms, and I offered unconscious salute. His keen black eyes went over me in swift scrutiny, He radiated a'Vibrant sort of energy that s»*emed to deaden my, faculties. ■ . At last he spoke, aad I noticed that his voice, though a trifle harsh, was musical: "It would seem. I’ini. that the soldiers of S|>airt are improving." * Aye. Genera!?’ said Colonel I’ini. He considered my awkward height and, I suspect, the comfortable breadth of my shoulders, then he turned to Francisco ■ “If we bad a thousand like that . .

Plimsoll Deserving of Title “Seamen’s Friend”

By agreement among several of the more important maritime nations of the world, the Plimsoll line, marking the safe loading point for vessels, has come almost Into universal use. It has been the means of saving the lives of thousands of seamen. Before Samuel Plimsoll made his stand for humanity, seamen were at the mercy of scoundrelly owners who thought only In terms of insurance. No thought of the men who would go down with their ships stayed their hands. , Then came Samuel Plimsoll. "The , Seamen’s Friend.” He had been prosperous; he had known disaster. From a position of affluence he had come to common lodging houses. In them he met seamen and heard their stories. He was roused to a great anger, and there and then took an oath that he would never rest until he had revealed the villainy of the “shlp-knack-ers.” . He knew that before he could achievg anything be had to get into parliament That meant money. Out of the pit of poverty he climbed. He was elected to parliament and devoted M Mike" Centenary Noted London has observed the one-hun-dredth anniversary of the birth of David Hughes, inventor of the microphone. It was recalled that Hughes was the first man to transmit and receive signals via the ether. His first microphone was made in IS7S and consisted of pieces of a match box. some sealing wax and his wife's work basket Hughes spent S cents la its production.

— "Exactly what I have said to him. Excellency," replied Francisco. Bolivar sighed, and Colonel I’ini began the tale of my misadventure. 1 which lost nothing in the telling. As I had only to wait I studied the man who was to be my judge, the man whom South America now calls the greatest military genius of the ages. 1 Gen. Simon Bolivar was slim, with ' narrow chest and a spare body. His ‘ legs were too tjhin for the grenadier boots that he wore. His hands were tiny, and his teeth were white and well formed. His hair was black, his skin sallow, and his eyes were a piercing black. His head was very larger , and his nose, like the nose of able men, was long. There was a calmness about him that might have been considered mental and physical repose, or It may have been complete control; I never knew. When Pin! hiad finished his story the general, whose eyes showed nd hint of friendliness, addressed me: "Who is this Spanish officer, Senor, whose safety selemed so dear a thing to you. whose life you value above your own ?” j “Senorita Dulce Lamartine.” Bolivar pinched a long upper lip between thumb and forefinger. “Would she be the lady whom Colonel Adolfo de Fuentes journeyed to New Orleans to meet, and whom he expects to marry?" ' • . ' "Yes. Excellency." "May I assume then. that, though you come presumably to offer service to me' you would aid the fiancee of Colonel Fuentes?” Menace .•i , The world seemed suddenly filled with It. I was loss "Not because She is the fiancee o» Colonel -Fuentes, Excellency.'" I es sayed a faint smile, "but .because she was his fiancee. I had hoped—” If Bolivar smiled it was so swift a transition that only Imagination might have ca tight it. " “In time of war, Senor, may the regard that a soldier bears for a lady be sufficient Inducement —?” "No. Excellency." I admitted. "It Is difficult to explain; a sudden terror seized us." s* Francisco's Clear, incisive voice broke in: “M:-y 1 speak a word for this man, General, who, because of an overwhelming jove for the Senorita I.amartina, has blundered info trouble and out again u dozen times? I have told you about Garde, the young Americano—and Capt? Monahan. I am sure . . . There is Monahan now. He will tell you also." The red-hairod Irish soldier turned s at the two stone posts that had once been a gate anil" approached. It was good to see thaj freckled, smiling face again. He saluted General Bolivar, then he took my hand in an iron grip. "The Viking!” he cried. "I knew you would come to us, some time. Where’s the girl?" "The girl?" “Sure; the Senorita I.amartina. ■ Didn’t you tell riie that you'd bring her?" | ' . I laughed.' "So I did. Monahan—and sent tier Hack again." Monahan turned to Bolivar—whose knowledge of English was limited—and went back to Spanish again: "I met this man on the Maracay rbad. General, and showed him away to enter Caracas because. as a rival of Colonel Fuentes. he could help us. I even gave him money. He promised, with typical American boastfulness, that he would riot only disarrange the wedding of De Fuentes. but that, when he left the. city, he would bring the lady with him.” . "He tells ns t|hat he did.” said Bolivar grimly; •'jet the tale that he brings— Now Monahan looked at me with wonder in his eyes. "Garde," he gasped. “can such a thing—" “I ilid di-sart;a.nge the wed.ling," said I. “and the Senorita. disguised as her brother, accompanied me. Why Manuel should have sent her Is a thing I cannot fathom, yet I know she desired to leave ICaracM. If I cannot find belief—" I shrugged my shoulders, hopelessly, 1 A silence fell upon us. a deep significant silence that was broken suddenly by the swift drumming of a hprse's hoofs upon the hard road. The speeding triount came to a sliding halt and a swgrthy figure dropped to the ground (TO JBft eONTtNUED.)

his energivs to the measure he had suggested for Saving the lives of the seamen. In the face of violent opposition he prevailed and the measure became a law requiring a mark on the bull indicating the safely loading line. Tripper* to Sorrento Older than Rome. Sorrento. in Italy, •goes back to the day of Greek mythology. It was a Phoenician colony older than Tyre. Its name came from the famous sirens, and its power to lure men. and women, too. is as great today. Here Tasso was born, and here lived Goethe. Gorki. XJarion Crawford and many others. Ibsen stayed at a little Inn on the Corso Vmberto and finished his “Peer Gynt," and wrote *Ghosts” here. Wagner. Byron. Scott. Cooper. Dumas. Verdi, Renan. Longfellow. Bulwer-Lytton. Heyse. Wilde, and Nietzsche all have made this trip, so lovely Is the little town of the sirens by the sea. j Football and Chemistry Football was Indirectly responsible for making Sir William Ramsay one of the world’s greatest chemists. When as a youth his leg was broken In a gridiron scrimmage, he read Graham’s Chemistry through, partly to relieve the tedium of convalescence but more particularly to find out how to make fireworks. On his recovery he became a passionate chemical experimenter. For the next four years his bedroom was full of bottles and test-tubes and often of strange odors and startling noises.—-Gas Logic.

THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL.

IM PR OV ED * UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson (By REV. P. a FITZWATER. D D._ Member of Faculty. Moody Bible Institute ot Chicago.) (P. 1931. Western Newspaper Vnton.)

Lesson for June 19 JACOB THE AGED FATHER LESSON TEXT—Genesis 46:1-7, 78* 30; 47:7. GOLDEN TEXT—Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may ba long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. PRIMARY TOPlC—Joseph Honors His Father. JUNIOR TOPIC —Joseph's Father Blesses the King. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—How May We Honor Our Parents? < YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP- | Obligations to Our Parents. ’ 1. Jacbb Journeys to Egypt (45:1646:27). L Joseph sends for his father (45:16-24). At Pharaoh's request ' Joseph sent an urgent invitation to Jacob to come to Egypt, promising to give him the “good of the land” ! and that he should "eat of the fat of the land.” 2. Jacob consents to go (45:25-28). j The news that Joseph was alive and “lord of all Egypt.’’ backed up with j the sight of the "wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him,” induced Jacob to consent to gp. 3. Jacob's vision at Beer sheba (46:1-7). a. He offered sacrifices unto God (v. 1). As he was now about to leave Canaan. Jacob sought God's guidance and blessing. His soul, no doubt, was j moved with great emotion. This was niff only because tie was about to leave the promised land, but the i strange circumstances under which he was moving. b. God's response to Jacob (vv. 2-4). He bade him go to Egypt without i fear, assuring him of the divine,' presence nr.d blessing and his ulti- ■ mate return to Canaan. . c. Arrival in Egypt (w. 5-7). Jacob I was accompanied by his sons, their wives. , their children and cattle. With the meeting of .Joseph the family circle was now complete, seventy souls in all (v. 27). 11. Jacob Meets Joseph (46:28-34). Though the journey was now over, I they were faced with (lerplexing > problems. God had promised to be j with Jacob, and Pharaoh had prom- I ised to Joseph that they should "eat j of the fat of the land," but the details were not known. J 1. Judah sent before (v. 28). He was sent perhaps .to direct them to ( the Laud of Goshen. Goshen was the garden spot of Egypt 2. Met by Joseph (vv. 29. 30). Jo- | seph. being the lord of Egypt, prop* i erly traveled in his royal chariot. Though he was Jacobs son. It was proper that he should extend a royal welcome. The long separation of father and son under such tragic circumstances made it fitting that their mutual emotions should be sobbed out on each others necks. 111. Joseph Presents His Father and Brethren unto Pharaoh (47:1-6). 1. Pharaoh’s invitation (45:16-19). Jacob arid .his sons were in Egypt by the king's invitation. Joseph, though occupying an exalted position, was hot ashamed of his» father, a plaint countryman. 2. Joseph's tact (47:1, 2 cf. 46:30-.' 34). a. In Introducing his father and Brethren in a persona! way, thu? capitalizing his own influence ip favor of his kin. b. In having his father and brethren come to Goshen (45:10). Since possession Is “nine points of the law" they were already In Goshen before asking Pharaoh for permission to occupy It (v. 4). j c. In coaching his brethren (46:34). He taught them beforehand what to say because he knew how awkward they would be -in the presence of the great king. d. In choosing five, not all (v. 2). In ail probability he chose the five who would make the best appearance. 3. Their request to Pharaoh (vv. 3. 4). Joseph anticipated Pharaoh's questions and put the proper words into their mouths to be used in making their desires known. 4. Pharaoh’s response (vv. 5. 6). a. His gracious offer. They were to enjoy the best of the land according to their choice. , h. Positions of trust offered to capable men among them. He knew how capable Joseph was and surmised that some of his brethren might be likewise gifted. !V. Jacob Blessing Pharaoh (47:710). Here Is an appriilsal of true dignity. Though Pharaoh was the great king and Jacob now a suppliant at his feet, receiving natural blessings, yet morally Jacob was above Pharaoh and therefore conferred blessings upon him. V. Joseph Nourishes His Father and Brethren (47:11. 12). 1. He placed them In the best of the land according, as Pharaoh had commanded (v. 111. They were thus ready to go forward»ln business as soon as the famine was ended. 2. He nourished them (y. 12). Since there was no bread in all the land to be obtained except as dispensed by Joseph, he distributed to them according to their needs. Our Joseph. Jesus ChrisL supplies all our needs according to his riches in glory (PhiL 4:19). GLEANINGS The friend whom adversity drives away never was a friend. • • • Resignation is putting God between ourselves and our troubles. • • • The churct) that has a giggling choir gives the devil little concern. He that saveth his time from prayer shall lose It But he that los> eth his time for communion with God shall find it in a life of multiplied blessings.

’FARM* POULTRY

REMOVE BIRD WHEN OUT OF CONDITION May Check Spread of Coccidiosis in Flock. Chronic coccidiosis in adult fowls cannot be distinguished by external symptoms from other wasting diseases, and o.nly by the use of the microscope after death, says a writer in the Rural New-Worker. Vnlike the acute form occurring in chickens, the ceca do not display the evidences Os the infection, which are to be found In the intestinal contents or in scrapings from the intestinal wails. Either in chronic coccidiosis or other diseases showing the loss of appetite, dirty plumage, gradual loss , of flesh, paleness of comb and. wattles and perhaps paralysis of the legs found in such disorders, all affected birds should be removed from the flock and watch kept for new cases. The quarters used should be placed In good sanitary condition and the old ruins discarded. The parasites causing coccidiosis arid other infections of like incurability infest ground that has been used for a considerable length of time by poultry flocks, and healthy birds must be kept from such ground if avoidance of infection is to be expected. Chronic coccidiosis spreads slowly in an adult flock and removal of sick birds with sanitary precautions to prevent Infection of the healthy members should be observed. No Raiser Can Report Profit From Dead Hens Dead hens make the largest item of flock depreciation, and this depreciation is the third largest item, next to feed and labor, dr about one-fifth, of the total .expense of the laying flock, says I’rpf. E.- G. Misner of the New York State College of -Agriculture, after a study of ninety-two New York state flocks in 1930. The percentage of mortality varied from 3 to 73 per cent of the average number of laying birds. The mortality averaged 23. per cent, with no difference between large or small flocks. When hens are valued at $1 each at the beginning of the laying season and are worth 75 cents at the end of the year, a mortality of 10 per cent makes the depreciation 34 cents to the hen. If the mortality were 40 per cent, the depreciation to the bird would be 69 cents. Professor Misner warns poultrymen to give close attention to disease and parasite control. Use Judgment in Mating It is poor policy to mate up any fowls, least of all male birds, that have previously shown any signs of disease Or weakness. It is unwise to mate up undersized females to oversized coarse males, or vice versa. The. mating seldom “nicks." and It is almost impossible to secure medium sized, normal healthy progeny. B° rn poultry breeders-know by intuition, just how many males a certain flock of females wilt need to get best results. . As a general rule, in flock matings, not more than eight or ten lightweight males are required to 100 females. With heavyweight varieties, ten males are about right, providing there is little fighting among male*. Otherwise It were best to make smaller flock matings. Birds Carry Diseases Birds such as the English sparrows should be fenced out of poultry houses, says the Idaho Farmer. These pests travel far and wide and visit everybody's poultry yard In a community, and if possible, carry diseases from the insanitary yards of one poultryman to clean yards of another. Careful poultrymen also make it, a point to keep promiscuous human visitors away from their poultry houses and runs, as they.jstoo, readily carry troubles from one poultry yard to another. When visitors are allowed in the well kept poultry yard they should be provided a box of litter or sawdust, thoroughly disinfected, into which to step before entering the premises. Don’t Cut Down on Feed This is no time to cut down on the flock's feed even though egg prices art* low. In fact, low egg pFi.-es make it all the more necessary that birds be fed generously and thus be kept at the height of their ability to produce. The laying flock should have a mash before it all the time during the summer months. In addition ft should be given some grain. The only -foeding change should be the cutting down and finally the elitnination of the morning feeding of scratch grain.—Exchange. Hens Averaged $4 Hens averaged this net profit lover feed cost last year for Mrs. John Niblo, Muscotah, due. to careful feeding, culling and breeding. A hatcheryman had an order for chicks from eggs of a profitable flock —he had to know the record of 1 the flock. Mrs. Niblo had this information—she has kept records three years. Chicks from her flock satisfied the customer so well a second order was placed and other orders have followed. Quality gets the best price.—Kansas Farmer. Feeding Young Chicks Tests made at the Central experimental farm, Ottawa, have snown that better results are attained by feeding checks early than by the methods of delayed feeding formerly in vogue. The following is a chick starter, that has given excellent results at the farm: One part shorts, one part middlings, one part ground yellow corn, one part ground groats, half part animal feed mixture, 3 per cent bone meal. 1 per cent salt, 1 per cent codliver oiL

Assort the Ewes at Lambing Time Profits From Flock Depend on Elimination of Poor Mothers. (By Prof. W. T. Grams, New York State College of Agriculture.) Lambing time is the shepherds’ harvest ; and it is also the best time to cull the flock. Give black marks to the ewes that do pot give enough milk, and to those that are poor mothers; and credit marks to the ewes that have twins and triplets, so flock replacements may be made of lambs from the better ewes. Many shepherds say they prefer a single good lamb from each ewe rather than twins, but a flock can be developed that will not only bear a large proportion of twins but will care for them as well. In the central-western lamb production C. W. Wingart, the Minnesota champion, saved 63 lambs from 38 ewes. These lambs averaged 89 pounds apiece, or 147 pounds to the ewe, at four and onehalf months. The winner of the Michigan contest, from a flock of 38 grade ewes, had 141.3 pounds of lambs from each ewe at four and one-half months. Twenty-four pf the 153 contestants in Michigan had a 150 per cent, or better. lamb crop. Such lamb crops come not only from well-bred ewes but also from good care at lambing time. Immediate attention Is necessary when iambs are born weak or chilled, or when a ewe disowns her lamb. Sometimes a lamb that is apparently lifeless can be revived hr blowing into its mouth and by laying the lamb belly downwards and slapping the shoulders with both hands to Atart the lung action. When it is necessary to bottle-feed a lamb, use milk from a high-testing cow. A ewe’s milk is much richer than the typical cow’s milk. For the first few days it is best to feed about two or three tablespoonfuls of milk about every two or three hours and gradually to increase the amount of i milk and the time between feedings. The milk should be fed at about 92 1 degrees Fahrenheit; if the milk is | much colder it causes scouring, and if it Is too hot it may cause constipation. Lambs Did Well When Fed on Russian Thistle One of the surprising outcomes of a lamb-feeding experiment at the Akron (Colo.) station, was the result of feeding Russian thistle, an abundant weed pest on Colorado farms. Eleven lots of twenty lambs each, averaging 59 pounds, were fed ninety days. Russian thistle, ground and fed as roughage, was found worth 84.58 per ton in feed replacement value. Some of the thistles fed were raked put of fence corners, while others had been cut green and allowed to cure for the test. Some of the whole thistles were fed to cull lambs bn the side and it was found-that it is not necessary to grind them if they are cut when green. The common Canada thistle of the East has long been considered “pjietty good hay" if cut green. seen cows and sheep eat it as though they liked it. Dry Russian thistle runs around 5 per , cent protein and 30 carbohydrates. —Rural New Yorker. Sow Soys in Wheat Double cropping of wheat land is possible in s<>tiie sections of the corn belt. W. B. Bingham, Gibson county, Indiana, seeded soybeans in 50 acres of his wheat. He used three pecks of Sables an acre. The wheat was combined in June and made 20 bushels an acre. The season after that was very dry and as a result the soybeans did not make a good crop. They also were harvested with a combine. C. M. East, county agent, reports that despite the low yield, Mr. Bingham is convinced the plan is successful and is planning to adopt It as a regular practice. Roy Siebeking. Vanderburg county, ■lndiana, has followed this plan since; 1928 when he harvested 20 bushels of wheat an acre from a field which had been in soybeans the year before. Beans volunteered and made 24 bushels an acre on the stubble. —Capper’s Farmer. ' Silage Thoughts Silage is the cheapest known substitute for both pasture and hay, and is the cheapest stock food that can be produced on the farm. The only way to save and harvest all the corn crop is with the silo. Corn damage by drought, hail, or frost • can be entiled and made into excellent feed. The land owner would do well to equip his farm with a silo. In this way he would make it more attractive for a good tenant. He would be enriching his farm, for then live stock could be kept with a profit.—Dakota Farmer. Requeen Even’ Year “Requeen your bees every year,” was the advice given to attendants at a bee meetirvr by J. C. Kremer, bee expert, at Michigan State college during farmers’ week. “The old queen bee stops laying eggs in the first days of October,” explained Kremer. "In July a new queen should be introduced.” He said the introduction of a new queen every year would insure the beekeeper a healthy, vital colony in the spring.—’Michigan Farmer. Cattle Graze Willows Steve Adams. Union county, South Dakota, has a large acreage of overflow land in the Missouri river bottoms. It grows up thick to willows. Mr. Adams has found that while these willows are gmall and tender they make good pasture for cattle. He says cattle fatten-on them as readily as on good grass pasture. Joe Patton is another who pastures willows. Last summer be had 200 cattle grazing young willows in Union county, according to Capper’s Farmer.

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FEWER AND BETTER ANIMALS IN HERD Illinois Specialist’s Advice to Dairymen, Approximately $20,000,000 could be added to the annual income of Illinois farmers keeping dairy cattle, and no more milk would be put on the market, if the 1,099,000 cows in the state were replaced by 654,239 cows as good as the average cow in the dairy herd improvement associations, according to Prof. C. S. Rhode, dairy extension specialist of the college of agriculture. University of Illinois. Fifty-five of these associations organized In 73 counties by the college extension service are helping herd; owners increase their net returns. The associations supply dairymen at low cost with production and feed records and give them help on feeding and management problems. A cow has to give about 250 pounds of butterfat a year before she returns enough to pay for her feed. 'and an equal amount to cover other expenses, according to records which Professor Rhode has tabulated on 12,694 of the association cows. As It is, the average cow in the state produces about 180 pounds. “This is evidence enougK~that under present low prices higher efficiency in production and improved feeding practices are essential for -satisfactory returns. "Cows with a production of approximately 400 pounds of fat returned $149 above cost of feed. A 50-pound increase In production was good for an additional income of $26 above cost of feed.” New Production Record Set by Holstein Herd The purebred Holstein herd ownedby the Cherokee State hospital sit Cherokee. lowa, has set a new national production record! for a herd of 50 or more cows. According to the Hol-steiri-Friesian Association of America, ihis herd completed its year in the herd improvement registry test with an average of 15.721 pounds of milk containing 556 pounds of fat. There were .*>o cows in the herd and 13 were class A cows, milked four times a day and 37 class B cows, milked three times a day. In the United States there have been 417 herds tested located in 41 states and the Cherokee herd exceeds the national average of all tested herds by 188 pounds of fat and also exceeds the average of all herds milked three or four times a day by 157 pounds of fat. Milling Thrice Daily At the Canadian national exhibition, our representative had a chat with George Innes, the member of tbe famous firm of J. VV. Innes and Sons, who manages the big farsn where the prize-winning Jersey herd is kept. He mentioned the manner in which the men. were rotated to take care of the-■ffiree-times-a-day milking! “Do you milk three times a day to- get higher records or to increase the commercial production?” he was /asked. '“Principally to make a better showing in It. O. P., I guess.” was the answer. “Aside froth records altogether, do you think it would pay to milk three daily?" “Yes, I believe it would,” replied George after a little thought. The.same answer has often come 1 from other men of experience—Montreal Family Herald. , Cream Farming , . It would be a good thing for dairy farming if more of the folks engaged in it were selling cream instead of whole milk. For several reasons : The dairyman selling cream keeps on the farm a considerable amount of fertility (in the.skimmilk). The cream dairyman has lower hauling and shipping charges, has fewer board of health troubles, can arrange his chores to better advantage, and at present enjoys a little better income for his product. Surplus milk at present prices is. not very profitable.—Farm Journal. Pays to Test Cows The only way to tell how much a cow is worth is to test her with'scales and the Babcock test, states Cow Tester Martin Swedbred of the Woodford County (111.) Dairy Herd Improvement association. He pointed out that two of the cows in his association freshed within three days of each other. At the end of nine inonths milking one of the cows had returned a profit over feed costs of $61.20 more than the other, although the profitable cow did not look the part and would have been the one selected for sale had the test not been used. —Prairie Farmer. The Poor Cow a Liability . It costs 36 cents for each pound of butterfat to feed a cow that is producing only 100 pounds of fat a year, according to records kept on 1,500 cows. If the cow produces 200 pounds of fat it costs only 21 cents. For the cow producing 300 pounds a year the feed cost is 16 cents a pound. For the 400-pound cow it is 14 cents. When labor, housing and other costs are included the margin in favor of the high-producing cow is still larger. —Capper’s Farmer. Will Not Cull Some of the best Informed dairymen state that herds of milk cows will not be reduced these days because of the low price that is offered for the cows and the abundance of cheap feed available. Indeed it is difficult, if not impossible, to dispose of much of the feed that can be manufactured into milk and other dairy products and moved at some price. With a normal season it is even predicted that the number of cows milked will increase this coming summer.—Michigan Farmer.