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"A PRESENT" SYNOfSTS. —PART ONE—At a merry party In the studio apartment of Carter Blake. New York. Jerry (Geraldine) Harmer, Prudence’s daughter, meets Duane Allerton, wealthy Idler. He admires her tremendously, and she likes him. But Allerton gets a bit exhilarated, with unfortunate results. Jerry, resenting his assumption of familiarity, leaves the party- abruptly. The story turns to Jerry’s childhood and youth at her home In Des Moines. Only child of a wealthy father, when she is twenty she feels the call of Art and asks her parents to let her go to New York for study. With some misgiving, they agree to her going. In New York Jerry makes her home with a Mrs. Delaney ("Mintl”), an actress, who, with Theresa, a painter, occupies the house. Jerry takes an immediate liking to Theresa, who is talented and eccentric, and the two become fast friends. Jerry now devotes herself to Theresa, who returns her liking. Jerry poses for Theresa’s masterpiece. "The Ocean Rider.” Allerton calls on Jerry. The girl refuses to see him. At a hotel dinner Jerry sees Duane and is conscious of his admiration, but refuses to change her attitude toward him. Jerry becomes convinced she has not the ability to become an artist and gives her expensive painting equipment to an almost penniless girl student, Greta Vai. who cannot understand her generosity. CHAPTER Vl—Continued “Jealous! Not a bit of It. I’m just tired of supporting husbands, that’s all." “Well, the last two were—a little — uh —” “I should say they were. One stole half the furniture to hock for booze, and the other made love to everybody in the Iwuse—including me—so you know he was crazy—and neither one of them earned a cent during their—their incumbency, as you might say. Well, suppose you go on down now, Mimi, you make me wild. 1 want to work." “Isn’t she polite, Jerry? I don’t see how you can stand her. It makes me furious, just to look at her.” Mimi trailed out. In a tine hauteur, and closed the door upon the two girls. “If you ever get married. Jerry," Theresa said, “don’t let Mimi have anything to do with picking him out. She has the rottenest luck with husbands." Jerry professed her entire disinclination for a husband of any licking. But her eyes were cloudy. • •••••• A few nights later she saw Duane Allerton again. It was a studio dinner at Aimee Glorlan’s. While the other four of the little party played bridge, Jerry and Leonid Koraev, one of the new school of Russian actors, with whom New York abounds, washed and dried the dishes, and then turne 1 on the phonograph, and tagoed gayiy about the table in the center of th? room where the others were playing. Leonid was obviously enchanted, .»erry | gay and not deterring. He held her close in his arms, drawing her ardently I closer at frequent Intervals. Jerry laughed, thrust a bare white elbobetween them, crooking It impudently almost in his very face. holdln„ him a little away. Leonid kissed her arm. Jerry was looking up. directly into his eyes, teasing, laughing, as they danced slowly about. He shifted bis arm suddenly, crushing her elbow away, holding her so close that she was obliged to tilt back her head to avoid Lis face touching hers. “I shall bite your chin if you do that again.” she warned him merrily. That was when she saw Duane, who had come In quietly and was standing In the shadow of a towering highboy In the corner. Jerry strove in vain to throw off the chili of depression, to smile with the same assiduous warmth upon Leonid. She could r.ot. The others at the table, quarreling fiercely over a hand, did not even stop to welcome Duane when he joined them. When Jerry and Leonid paused to hear the argument Duane hurriedly wound the phonogra’ h and asked her to dance. Jerry shook her head. “No, thanks. Not now. I’m tired.” She even smiled a little, tc deceive the others In the room. Duane turned his back upon them, forcing her to withdraw from them a little and stand alone with him. “Will yon—after a little when you are rested?” She shook her head again, smiling, not looking at him. “I fancy I shall be tired all evening,” she said. “You are more beautiful than ever Jerry.” “Thank you.” She did not ere-, flush beneath the warmth of his - es She would. have returne I to the table, but he retained her one Instant longer. “Then you really *~efer the violent Russian method tc my more plebeian style?” “Yes. very much.” They abandoned bridge, then, and -played penny ante, the seven of them, gambling furiously for pennies. Jerry was very quiet, her hands like log, hut she kept a steady eye upon her raids, and after two hours was a winner by 42 cents. She said she knew it was playing a wicked poker to win and leave, but she had an appointment with Theresa at eleven, she must really go. Leonid also insisted he had

an engagement uptown and wou’d walk hy Reilly’s alley with her on tils way fore bus. And they went out quickly, the others barely pausing In their play to say good-by, although Duane’s eyes followed her to the door. She did not look back. Theresa surprised her one morning by asking abruptly: “When are you going home, Jerry?” Jerry blushed and marveled that she did so. She would have said she had never thought of going home. “1 don't know—perhaps not at all," she said confusedly. “1 am not thinking of It —yet. Theresa, what do girls do when—there is nothing to do —and r reasox. for doing It?’’ “God knows. I’ve often wondered." said Theresa tersely. She had tried to help Jerry come Into her own. had offered rounders suggestions in that impersonal way < f hers which kept her Interest free irom all Intrusiveness. But to every suggestion Jerry had hut the one answer: "But why, Theresa? Why?” For Jerry, still passionately In search of a raison d'etre, saw xio enticement In a hard manual work which would wear her out menta.ly, pnysIcally—for the sake of earning a few dollars she did not need—depriving some other gir who did need it ot Just that same amount. It seemed to Jerry it would be little more than a robbery. Theresa watched her moodily during those days, wondering what would come of it, knowing that eventually .Jerry would go home. “When you go home.” she would say—not “if," and Jerry always flushed and answered stubbornl.v: “But I do not know yet If I shall.” Theresa came to her door one night. Jerry was just ready to leave, going uptown to a theater with Aimee Glorian. “Theresa, you go tn bed.” said Jerry crossly. “You look so tired. 1 Just wish my Prudence could get aold of you for a few days. She'd make you step around!” “I step around too much as 1t Is.” said Theresa, laughing faintly. “That's the trouble with me. But I am tired. Jerry. I am really going to rest.” “I'll believe that when I see It." said Jerry. “You’re flesh may be tired, but It won’t rest.” “You'll see, one of these days. Jerry. I have a present for you !” Jerry was girlishly excited. “A present for me, Theresa? Where Is it? What—” “Leave your door unlocked. It will be In yom room « hen you come back. I hope you are going to like It.” “Oh, Theresa, I know I shall love It I can't Imagine what—oh, Theresa. I hope—” •'You hope—what?” “Oh, I shall love anything you give me. Theresa, you so seldom do th’ngr like that. But I hope It Is just a little teenv scratch of yours—a splash of paint on an Inch of canvas If no more. I should love something of yours. I’ve been wanting one so aw- ! fully much and —” “You're very Inquisitive” said Theresa. “But I shan’t tell you a thing. It will be here when you come back.” “I've a big notion not to go at nd,” declared Jerry. “I don’t care for the old show —I want to see my present.” “Y'ou go along.” Theresa tosseo her wrap from the chair across her shoulders. She followed her out into the hall and leaned over the banister as i Jerry stood on the second step below, smiling up at her. “Jerry, you wished once that 1 might have been your sister. Do you still?” “Yea, more than ever.” “I wish so, too,” Theresa acknowledged soberly. “But of course It couldn t possibly be. not by any manner of means.” She hesitated a little. “The things that go into making a Jerry, and those that go into a Theresa — <>h. no. not by the wildest stretch of imagination.” She laughed a little, ruefully, and, leaning over, kissed Jerry suddenly on the top of her head. “Run along now, and be a good girl.” CHAPTER VII And Jerry Saw Prudence Jerry left Aimee at the entrance to Reilly’s alley, hurriedly let herself into house, and started up the stairs on a light run. She was impatient to sec the present Theresa had left for her. She noticed no unnatural quiet in the house. And yet when she saw Mimi waiting for her at the top of the stairs, a lovely picture in her bright gown with trailing tinseled fringes, she felt a sudden chilling of her eagerness. “Oh, hello," she said. “You startled me a little. You look like a solemn i ghost in silk and fringe.” “Come into my room a while, will ' you?” Mimi asked, and there was a hollowness in her usually lilting voice. “Everybody’s out. You’re «he first one home. I don’t want to he alone.” Jerry, with her usual willingness to please, followed along into her sitting room in the rear of the narrow hall, an effective room, which Theresa found unbearably stuffy, but into Milch Mimi tilted tc nice pen .set ion. all shaded lights, with great bronze burners of pungent incense, oriental 1 hangings, silken cushions. "Sil here, dearie, in this light. It

Just suits you,” Mimi said absently, from force of habit, tucking a cushion against Jerry’s shoulder ns she and done a hundred times before. “I'm frightfully upset. You don’t mind my troubling you. do you? You are so soothing.” "Not a bit. I like It,” Jerry spoke with truth. She loved being wanted. “But I hope it isn’t a real trouble. Just a little attack of moods.” Mimi lit a cigarette and sank among the cushions on the chaise longue, pulling a cloud of smoke about her. With the light on her face, Jerry could see that she was ghastly pale beneath the creamy layers of rouge and powder. "It’s Theresa.” Her voice sounded almost Irritable. "She works too hard,” Jerry assented. “We must take her In hand, and make her spare herself a little. 1 wanted her to go to the theater with us, but she would not hear of It.” 1 “In away I suppose she could hardi b go tonight,” Mimi spoke apologetically, the tone in which she always i tried to excuse Theresa’s abruptness. । "Don't mind her, Jerry. She doesn't mean to be rude.” “I don't mind her. I think she's wonderful.” .Mimi twisted her fingers Into a rigid, knotted gnarl. “She was wonderful,, hut. but —she killed herself,” she said hollowly. Jerry cried out, struggled to her feet, and then sank back white a”d horrified among the cushions. “Mimi—no —oh, don’t.” she cried. “You—mustn’t say such thinrs —you — frighten me." Mind inhaled a great gulp of cigarette smoke. "They have taken her to Mlettn's at the corner—you know, the one with Howers in the windows. I’m frlghtully upset. It —it makes a wreck of one.” Jerry's hot young blood ran cold, a great blackness yawned before her eyes. “This terrible woman is making a fool of me," she stammered aloud. Incoherently. “She shot herself. Right In the heart. There Is blood all over the floor. She slashed her pictures—every one—with that little bronze dagger I t lU'YX'v' \ Ml I , 'LI fl® t Y r. 1 rs “Oh, Helio,” She Said. “You Startled Me a Little.’’ brought her from Rome. Her room Is a perfect mess. You —you don t mind my talking about it. do you. Jerry? 1 can't help it. I'm a wrec’..” “N -no, of course not,” Jerry stammered. “Os course not.” After a moment. when she could speak she asked in such a soft and pitiful voice: “Why did she, .Mind? She was so dever. Wasn't s-e happy?” “1 don i know why. of couise she was happy. Everyone said how- br.lliant she was. what a genius. She had a lover —she gave him up. She said she couldn't serve two masters. She was right. I tried it, ami made a muddle o’ both. She was quite right. She didn’t mind much—giving aim up. She worshiped her pictures." Jerry brooded over it bitterly. "J could have loved her much more,” she said. “But she never seemed to want —too much.” Beautiful, unfathomable Theresa, what tragedies had underlain that lense alertness! Jerry cried a little. "She might have left the pictures,” Mimi chattered nervously, with cold lips. “Some of them were fine. 1 could have sold them for a great deal of money.’’ “Mimi, did she owe you money— Theresa?” Jerry's voice was eager. She should love to do that parting kindness to the memory of strange Theresa —to pay her final debts. Mimi stared at her, shook her head. “Os courS' not. She owed nobody anything. We took this house together, but she has always borne the expense of it. from the very first." “Um, she would," whispered Jerry, disappointed that she was denied that final happiness, but understanding Theresa with the cold but kindly hand. “Oh, that is why she said good-by.

Message of Centuries Long Past Discovered

The British museum hus come into possession of a group of ancient miinu I scripts which Include two of the oldest pieces of paper known to exist on the earth. These letters are supposed to I have been indited 1,900 years ago and were found by Sir M. Aurel Stein in the ruins of military stations along , the ancient wall dividing the Chinese empire from Turkestan. The two j scraps of paper In question are tatr tered fragments, one about as big as a street car ticket, the other twice as । big. Parts of two sentences of Chinese , characters are legible on one—“ . . making a profound salutation (kow- > tow) says . . and “ . . I hoping that Mr. Hsieh Yung-ssu may under all circumstances enjoy good t health . . .” On the second frag-

, and kissed me,” Jerry whispered, i “That’s why she said she would —give 1 me a present—” i Mimi caught upon the words hopeK fully. “A present! Theresa said it? > Come, quickly." They ran feverishly down the hall ? to Jerry’s room and reached for the . button, Mimi’s hand ahead of Jerry’s, , flooding the room with light. They saw It Instant..,, standing out vivid j and bright in the small room, propped , upon the piano against the wall, The- . resa’s parting gift to the one who had 1 most desired her —the “Ocean Rider," i a tumult of green and white. Jerry stood before it, sobbing piteously, twisting her hands together. 1 “Oh, Theresa, how could you?’’ she wept. An 1 then, remembering Mlml, she tried to stifle her emotion, to he 1 quiet, self-possessed. “She —she wasn't 1 unhappy about It,” she stammered i weakly. “She was quite gay. She laughed at me and kissed me—” Her voice broke on the pitiful words. “Perhaps—she Is really getting—rested, as 5 she said." “Come on back,” said MlmL "It > makes me nervous. 1 never liked that picture. There Is something so—- , defiant—about it." They sat down opposite each other stiffly. Jerry in the great chair. Mlml lighting another cigarette as she lay , tense and rigid on the chaise longue. Looking at her suddenly Jerry realized that the painted woman In the trailing , silken gown was broken-hearted, suffering things Indescribable that her very thoughts were bleeding. “Mini!, you loved Theresa, didn’t you ?” That curious. clinging friendship between the young girl with her terrific energy, and the frivolous, light-hearted woman was the greatest mystery Jerry had touched upon In the great city. , Mimi smoked passionately, twisting the cigarette between her lips Sudonly she tossed It Into the fireplace, lit another. Her fingers were blue. "You didn’t know that 1 am Theresa’s mother, did you. Jerry? 1 don’t suppose she told you." That was more than Jerry could bear. She broke into high, hysterical laughter. “Mimi! Don't!” Mlml nodded again. “She was my daughter.” She began to explain with nervous Intensity. “She called me Mudder when site was n little baby, hut she grew up Into such h funny, long-legged monster of n child! And I had —my admirers, my career. In the profession they want you always to remain young, unmarried and free. It was absurd to lay claim to youth with a great girl like Then-sn brandishing my past In my face So we fell Into the way of using Mini! and I Theresa. Lots of them do, on the I str.gc. She liked It Theresa liked It." Jerry sahl nothing, could say noth tig. Poor Theresa! She thought of the terrible, tragic loneliness of the brilliant joung artist. Her mother she had sacrificed to youth imd beauty, her love she had given up for Art. Now she was dead, glad of her freedom from a life which had only tired her Jerry shuddered. Sho eat mo tlonless, shocked beyond words. ”<>h, you are blaming me!” Mlml •rled suddenly. “You do not understand! I tell yon It Is often done In the profession. We think nothing of it. You have never understood me. nor Theresa —none of us! You were never one of us !” “No. 1 was never really eno of you” Jerry did not resent It. St.e was glad. “Theresa didn't mind. Site liked It. From the time she was a baby she I wanted to be free, to be left alone, j She didn’t like a fu-s made over her.” Jerry shook her head, not grasping ’ it. “Chiblren —they never know what ! they want. But you. Mimi, didn’t yon ' want people to know? You should have been so proud of Theresa. My mother —why, she Is even proud of me! She —when she meets people I ' have known she likes to introduce herself that way—Just. I am Jerry’s mother.’" “1 was proud of Theresa,” Insisted Mimi. “I know how wonderful she was. But—a woman can't stop being a woman Just because she has a baby, 1 can she? I had my life, my work, my lovers. Oh, everyone will blame me! 1 Rut Theresa liked her freedom! She should have thought of me before she did this thing—she never thought of me—Art, always, before everything.” “But, Mimi,” Jerry interrupted her, ’ stammering, “if you are her mother, 1 you must know why!” Jerry is now more than ever adrift. The natural thing is for ler to go home. But will she? I I 1 (TO BE CONTINUED.) The Origin of News The word “news” developed from an : early American newspaper heading. ! The four points of the compass were placed at the top of the first sheet thus: N E W S symbolizing that the contents of the . sheet were drawn from all quarters t of the world and spread thereto. When t the design was dropped the four letters were carried In the form of . “news." —Ohio State Journal.

ment are the words M ... as soon as the foot soldiers arrived, he sent . The other pieces were found In different parts of China. One of these, thought to be 1,500 years old seems to have been written by a wife complaining of the shortcomings of her husband who, she says, has ruined a bright career by his debauchery. All in Same Profession The bride, the bridegroom, the best man, two bridesmaids aud the uncle of the bride who gave her away were all doctors at a recent marriage ceremony In London. Did the same girl ever win a dancing prize and a cooking contest I

T he KITCHEN) i : CABINJET I L j I t(jy. Western Newspaper Union.) Say not the days are evil —who’s to blame? And fold the hands and acquiesce— O shame! Stand up. speak out, and bravely, in God’s name. —Maltbie Babcock. A FEW COCKTAILS The appetizing effect of hors d’oenr•es is the stimulating of the gastric j

juices, and the enjoyment of the food which fol- i lows is enhanced i Oyster Co cktail.—Clean and 1 chill sixty oysters, ; mix with three : tablespoon fuls of

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, horseradish, one teaspoonful of tabasi co sauce, two tablespoon fills of vlne- ■ gar, live tablespoonfuls of lemon juice. I throe tnblespooiifuls of Worcestershire ■ sauce, three tablespoonfuls of catsup , and one and one fourth teaspoonfuls of salt. Mix well and serve over the I oysters, which may be placed in । glasses, lemon, grapefruit or tomato । cups. This amount serves twelve. Grapefruit and Bar-leDuc. — Gut : chilled grapefruit into halves. Remove i the seeds arid cut round each section ; with a knife, carefully freeing the membrane from the sides and bottom, i then lift out the membrane, leaving I the pulp hi place. Serve with a spoon । ful of bar Ie due currants in the cen- ' ter, and serve without sugar. IlomeI preserved currants or a few mara 1 sehino cherries will also make a good ! combination with the grapefruit. Sardine Cocktail. This is an nppe- । । tizing cocktail for luncheon or dinner. ■ i'repare the cocktail sauce below, serve In a lemon cup surrounded by lee. Cut the sardines Into Inch-long pieces and serve in the sancf, or serve them ! whole and arrange on the lee. so they ■ i may be dipped In the sauce as they j are eaten. Cocktail Sauce. -Take one teaspoonful each of grated horseradish an<l tomato catsup, a saltspoonful each of salt ami cayenne, one-half teaspoonful of tabasco sauce two tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice. Mix thoroughly and mtvp for each cocktail four to eight j small oysters. Mint Cocktail. Crush a bunch of ■ mint, mime fine and soak an hour In the Juice of two h-mons and the grated rind of one. Craik two cupfuls each of sugar and water until It spins a i thread: take from the tire and stir In 'he juice of a large orange, the lemon I and the mint. I«et stand on ice until chilled. Serve on chipped Ice Fruit cocktails of various kinds are very popular. Any combination such ; as pineapple, pears, apples with a i fruit sauce, using Juice, orange or i foneapple juice, or any canned sirup. [‘ea<’hes. cherries or small fruits like strawberries, or melons cut into balls, make most attractive cocktails. Some Good Sandwiches. A sandwich for every occasion is ' convenient. Here are a few sugges-

tions for some occasions : Hot Cheese Sandwich With Tomato Sauce. — Have ready thin slices of white bre ad. i Spread lightly with creamed butter

and sprinkle half the slices thickly with grated New York cheese. Sprinkle with salt, paprika and a pinch of i cayenne, cover with the remaining ; slices, press firmly together and toast lightly. Arrange on a hot platter, pour over each sandwich a hot tomato sauce. Sprinkle with grated cheese anil serve as a luncheon dish or Sunday night supper. Cheese. Raisin and Nut Sandwiches. —Chop fine one cupful of sultana raisins and one-half cupful of pecan meats. Moisten these with lemon juice and add a little grated rind, stir into one cream cheese; mix thoroughly and spread on thin slices of brown broad or graham bread which has been lightly spread with creamed hotter or may- i onnaise. Trim off the crusts, cut into = triangles and press half a pecan meat ' on the top side of each triangle. Toasted Cream Cheese and Pecar Sandwiches. —Mash a cream cheese and moisten with French dressing. Spread slices of graham bread with the mixture and sprinkle thickly with , chopped pecan meats, sprinkle lightly i witli salt and paprika, cover with bread sprearl with butter, trim off the crusts, j cut into finger-strips and toast lightlv I on both sides. Serve hot with a dinner salad. Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches.—Wipe two large fine-grained pork tenderloins with a cloth dampened in cold water. ■ Sprinkle them with salt and pepper i । and ilredge with flour; lard with thin I strips of salt pork and roast, basting ■ often. Remove and chill. Cut into thin slices and place between slices of , bread buttered with horseradish butter. Serve with pickled crab apples । or with baked apples. i Scotch Bannock.—When ba king I i bread take off a smaller piece of dough than is used for a loaf, roll and ’ pat it out and lay in a round pan or pie plate. When light bake and serve torn into serving-sized pieces, as cutting it will make It heavy. Hamburger Sandwiches. —Fry small | cakes of well-seasoned hamburger Steak. place on rounds of buttered bread, top with a slice of onion well i seasoned with salt, then another slice t of buttered bread, and serve hot. ) j • Mental Faculties Lasted । Doctor Johnson and James Watt wished to test whether their mental faculties had become impaired with i age. Johnson learned Low Dutch at seventy-one, and Watt learned Ger- | man at seventy-five. Both mastered . ( these languages and found tiiat their ; ' faculties were unimpaired. I Yes, Sir . Any old Jay is Thanksgiving day so- the old maid who gets married. — Vanderbilt Masquerader.

Only Two Cases of Chicken Pest

Losses in All Instances Have Been Caused by Common Ailments. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Fear of recurrence of European fowl pest, which appeared in the United States for the first time about a year ago, has caused many poultrymen in the Central West to feel alarmed at any sign of sickness among their birds. Numerous investigations have been made by representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture during the past two months at the request of poultrymen in these states. In all instances the findings have been that the losses, which in a few shipments have been quite heavy, have been caused by some of the common ailments, such as roup, or by dietic disturbances, apparently the result of hardships attending the transportation of birds, aggravated by improper feeding and confinement in insanitary quarters. Only Two Outbreaks. Only two outbreaks of fowl pest have occurred since last spring, one in New York and the other in Delaware. In the former state the disease made Its appearance about July 1 in a flock of {KM) chickens near East Hampton, on Long Island. In the latter state about 2(M) chickens on a farm near Dover were involved early in August. The usual slaughter and disinfection methods were employed in coinbating these outbreaks and there has been no subsequent spread. While the department does not wish to minimize the importance of watchfulness for fowl pest by the poultry raiser, it is desirous of impressing on those engaged in concentrating and distributing poultry the importance of maintaining their plants and equipment in a sanitary condition and improving their feeding practices. Some progress has been made, says the department, but much remains to be done. Many of these common ailments which have worried the poultrymen might largely he avoided by exercising greater care to create sanitary conditions anil to adopt approved methods of feeding. Keep Close Watch. Veterinary inspectors employed at the department’s substations maintained for animal disease and meat Inspection work in each of the chick-en-raising states are keeping in close touch with the producers, distributers, and slaughterers of poultry. When any unusual losses are reported to the bureau ot animal industry of the department, employees experienced in poultry disease work are detailed to investigate. The bureau is prepared to act quickly in the event there should he a recurrence of either fowl pest or infectious bronchitis. Cream Layer on Bottled Milk Will Vary Much Some conclusions regarding the effects of various factors on the creaming ability of market milk have been drawn by the United Slates Department of Agriculture and the Minnesota state board of health as a result of an experimental study of the different methods of pasteurizing, cooling, storing, and handling market milk. A discussion of the results of the study has been published in Liepartment Bulletin No. 1344 which has just been issued and is now ready for distribution. In the pasteurization of milk some difficulty has been experienced with variations in the depth of the cream layer on bottled milk. A uniform and

REMOVAL OF DEFECTIVE TREES WILL IMPROVE FARM WOODLOT

Winter Is Season to Get Out Defective Trees. Nearly every farm woodlot can be improved by the removal of dead, dying and defective trees, and some of tlie less valuable kinds as well. The foresters at the New York State College of Agriculture at Ithaca make this statement and say that this work can best be done in the winter months I when other work is slack. Winter is also the best season 01' the year at । which to cut timber, since those species which sprout naturally from the : stump will do so vigorously in the spring. The work of chopping and | handling logs likewise is much easier in winter. The way to go about making these cuttings follows: First, remove all dead and dying trees, or those which are suffering from disease or insect I attack. Second, remove those which ' | are crooked and defective, or which | i may be hindering the growth of others 1 more valuable. It should, of course, be kept in mind ■ that the stand of trees is not opened Permanent Tame Pasture Returns Most Net Money We have been finding out lately that permanent tame pastures return more net money than most of the acres that are cropped. Alfalfa is the most permanent if i the grasses are kept out. If one I wants to treat it as a cash crop, it is | good for around S6O a year counting on three tons of S2O hay. I The acreage of alfalfa in some secI tions has increased a thousand per j cent in the last year. Some of the store-box gentry allow that in a year | or two alfalfa hay won t be worth cut- . ting. It was ever thus. One banker I made a pretty apt reply to this objecI tion when he said : ' “Well, sir, maybe alfalfa will be cheap enough then so you can afford to feed it to your cows.” Making long-time investments such as growing alfalfa is generally a mark

I satisfactory cream layer is regarded as of great commercial importance because of the housewife’s habit of judging the richness of milk almost wholly by the depth of the cream layer rather than by the butterfat content as determined by laboratory test. The f^udy has indicated that the cream volume varies with various methods of processing, sometimes as much as 30 per cent. A study of the results of the test conducted to show’ the effect of the various milk-plant practices on the cream volume should be of value to the plant operator in determining how he can best secure a satisfactory cream layer. A copy of the bulletin may be secured free of charge, as long as the supply lasts, by writing to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. D. C. Ration Largely of Corn Not Favored for Sowa Practical feeders and breeders have known for a number of years that brood sows, when fed on a ration composed largely of corn, have not produced thrifty, healthy litters. The young from such animals have been weak, unthrifty and very unsatisfactory in the breeding pen or fattening lot. This can be accounted for due to the fact that corn is rich in carbohydrates and fats and contains but a small quantity of protein and very little ash. On the other hand, brood sows that are fed on corn which was supplemented by high-protein feed stuffs such as tankage and alfalfa hay, farrow strong vigorous young. This is not due solely to the protein feed which is added but is also due to the fact that these high-protein feeds । carry a large percentage of mineral matter or ash. The better Informed breeders realize that it is impossible to raise pigs profitably unless their , corn ration is supplemented with these high protein feeds, which provide , more mineral matter than they get in . their ordinary grain ration. Most t swine feeders use mineral feeds with their fattening herd. Winter Pasture for Sows Will Benefit Youngsters Brood sows can make excellent use of pasture in the winter time. Perhaps the statement winter pasture sounds somewhat peculiar because we ■ are in the habit of thinking of pastures as being useful in the summer i time only, but rye, oats, wheat, barley or rape can be used to as good advantage as winter pasture. The cows can get out on warm, sunny days, will i be able to obtain some green feed and i take exercise which is very important. A brood sow upon good pasture before she farrows will never have weak and hairless pigs. A brood sow’ should have from one to two pounds of grain for every one hundred pounds live weight, with good pasture or hay through the winter before the pigs are horn. —B. W. Fairbanks, livestock specialist, Colorado Agricultural college. Elements for Alfalfa Since alfalfa when inoculated can gather its nitrogen from the air, a sound policy is to supply it with the other mineral elements in a commercial form rather than through manure, because the manure can usually be used more profitably on other fields which need nitrogen. Nevertheless it is very important to apply manure when alfalfa is seeded.

up to such an extent that grass and weeds will grow where young trees should be growing. In other words, the “crown cover” should be kept so that about one-half shade will be provided. Nearly all species of trees will ieproduce naturally without special effort, and a second crop should be obtained without any difficulty. In the case of failure from this source, it is possible to plant young nursery trees to take the place of those cut. If there is no local market for the material removed from the woodlot, it is always possible to convert it into firewood with a small portable buzz saw. Cordwood has been commanding a good price in nearly all parts ' of toe country this year. The college of agriculture will be glad to send bulletins describing in more detail the work of ^binning. &RM IACTS^ The most effective method of ridding cattle of lice is by dipping. The wise farmer will keep h’s eyes on the wheat market of the world. • * • Help the valuable birds through the winter. They will repay for your kindness next summer. If you are not receiving the benefits of a systematic rotation now is the time to plan one. ♦ • • To adjust production to the demands of the market is the pertinent problem of farm management. • • • Scales have proven their value in the feed rooms, in the cow stables and many other [daces on the farm. Do you have them working for you? • • * If eggs are kept over three days in a place where the temperature is above 70 degrees, even if infertile, they are graded as seconds. Store them in a cool room and market as often as po*.