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The next morning tM akjr was full
of douds. It itaa degrciavijbfllder, and
the wind sent the ragg^' 14a]^es of the
pepper tree swirling arbmid'^e drive
way. Mrs, Penfield rede^tpdNiat
w'as fortunate she had JUBtjlaldln a
supply of coal. Cornstalks and drift-
wdod might serve as kindlings, but
they made little Impression'On heating
the house and that, generous portion of
out-pf-doors which swegt, In through
cracks and knot-holes.
It^was a week of rain. .Qlotbes could-
not pe dried In the yard, w Crink cat
Tied them up to the loft as In the pre
viouk winter, except that the ascenl
was easier because of Unple Jerry’s
Hog Prices Wer^' ’:
Very Low in 1922
Pure Bred Swine Business
Suffered Depression With
Other Farm Branches.
(Prepared by thi (Jolted Statea pepartmant
of Agriculture.)
Sale pritres ,of pure bre! hogs reached
a very low level In 1922, according to
a recent survey made by the United
States Department of-' Agriculture.
Analysis of the reports on the sale of
30,382 pure bred hogs In 1922 Indicates
CHAPTER XVIII.—Continued.
—21—
The hardest thing was to wait till
naif-past seven, the hour at which-the
guests were bidden. At twenty-five
minutes past, the candfes were light
ed, a schedule which precluded the
waste of wax without a justifiable
number of observers. It was the
touch. A long-drawn “Oh-h-h 1” ex
pressed the complete gratification of
all the Penflelds. From that time on,
fairyland was an open book. Thad’s
blue eyes were unbelievably wide, and
he tiptoed about In an awed and silent
ecstasy. Crink was full of Important
errands, having gratuitously assumed
responsibilities for salient features of
the evening.
As for Lettle, she was not the same
child that had straggled Into Mrs.
Penfleld s kitchen three months before,
undernourished, bllndTy resentful
against the harshness of an unthink
ing world, ready to fight anything and
anyone to keep her starved soul in her
8tan-ed body—a creature forced by the
Indifference of society Into reversion
to elemental instincts, to primitive
pugnacity. Without volition she had
been shot Into a scheme of things that
had no place for her, that frowned up
on her with heavy disapproval. She
had been saved from the attitude, that
might have followed^th^ attitude of
a society that later holds up Its hands
In a shock of horror and repudiates
the menace that Its own carelessness
has nurtured. It will always be so
until that society ceases to segregate
Its human strays, to be housed In cor
rect stone bulldlngi and fed from long-
handled spoons, and rouses to the in-
nllenable ri^dit at the IndlvMual to in
dividual care.
Tonight Lettle was radiant. She
might later know Joy that would be
broader and deeper, but It could never
more fully Inundate her capacity.
Her thin cheeks, were beginning to take
on the curve of health; her black curls
were neat and glossy; and she was
wearing the new serge dress presented
by Mrs. Sanders. As she flew busily
through the rooms, she stopped now
and then for a look of Indifferent dis
dain at the temper gong. Could It be
possible that she had needed that—or
ever would again? In her present state
at beatitude, certainly not. The hours
of happiness are not the hours of
trial. '
“Well have to play sit-down games,”
' decided brink, surveying the tight
rows of chairs which he hafl.^borrowed
■ for the occasion.
“Yes, Crink,” laughed Mrs. Penfleld,
“but you can see how lucky ,’tis that
this was a bam. If It hadn’t been
built big ’nough for horses, we couldn’t
never bave this grand party.”
Even so, the only thing that made
the space suflBcIent was previous en-
gagemtats on ^he part of several ten
ants. In (X)n8eiuence, there were only
thirty-five who gathered and squeezed
happily Into the borrowed chairs; but
/ they all brought their most flattering
exclamations and used them freely.
Bven Mr. Wopple smiled, by which
token the Jollity of the others may be
' Imagined.
\Game followed game, apd the mer
riment increased as by Its own momen
tum. Crink Penfleld was noted in con-
' ference with Lorene Chase, and short
ly tbO'eafter It was made known that
■be had a new Christmas song. En
thusiasm grew. She gave them more
■onga. Her clear voice filled The Cus
tard Cup with melody.
All ,fills time the tree stood waiting,
but ltn| turn came at last Impressive
ly Dii Chase read oft the names;
with prodigal flourish the little Pen
flelds made distribution. Surprise was
unpai^leled. .Elxclamations were dou
bled, trebled.
, And even this was not the end.
Bather it was the prelude. Because
Immediately thereafter, refreshments
were nerved. They were Crlnk’s con
tribution, and bis pride In this am]e
of boapitality was wdll-olgh snftotet-
Ing. A few days before Mr. Drake had
given him a large tin bine of cakes
whlA a wholesale delivery boy had
dropped on the floor. The cakes, as
sorted to begin with, had been further
> and lunsaleably assorted by the fall;
but there were a few' whole ones, and
these^bad been skilfully arranged as
top layers on the plates which were
now'pnwied, Mr. Drake’s Christmas
to Orfok bad been a small package
each of sugar -and raisins and a dozen
oranges. Crink, In an embarrassment
wblcb bad all but cboked him, bad
anked^f be might bave lemons Instead
of tbc,oranges. The exchange bad been
made; and the one dozen had became
two, n marvelous piece of fortune, be-
eauee everybody knows that one lemon
la equfl to two oranges any day wiien
It coam to. Atvoriog a given amount of
water.
It was a long tUne after the paper
plates and cups bad been gathered up
fiefon the' party dispersed and left
Jhe Penflelds to beppy memories. Not
alone memories, either! The tree was
still there, and Christmas day was yet
to come.
‘‘My landy goodness!” crir-d Lettle.
‘‘I don’t never want to sen anything
sweller’n that party was. 1^ sure hit
the stars for class.”
‘T guess we’re pretty rich,” piped
Thad, skinning a finger of fir to deter
mine exactly how sticky It was.
"We sure got rich feelings,” agreed
Mrs. Penfleld. ‘‘And that’s as much as
millions of money can. put Inside you.”
“Yes, I s’pose so,” corroflorated Let-
tie, politely but with evident reserva
tions. “Say, Penzie, wouldn’t Mr.
Wopple beat you* stiff? He wished the
a Merry Christmas.”
Mrs. Penfleld laughed. “Land, Let-
tie, what do you think folks are—
hard-and-fast little sticks of wood?
They mostly ain’t nothing’t all except
what you think they are. Chances are.
If you think a feller Is mean, you’re
Just confessing the way you acted to
him first.” ■ ' '
“My patience!” sighed Lettle. “Life
Is awful hard to get used to.”
“Well, by George!” broke In Crink.
“I’m glad this here Christmas ain’t
over yet. There’s still them roast
ducks to be et tomorrow.” ^
CHAPTER XIX
Twenty Minutes Late.
“My goodness. Uncle Jerry, yon
don’t mean It!” Mrs. Penfleld paused
In her chopping of meat for the dress
ing. •
' ‘Tes.'Car’llne, I ca^e in to tell you.
I’m awful sorry, but—’’
“But Christmas dayf^ she Interrupt
ed, struggling between hurt and be
wilderment. “Not' to take dinner with
your own folks!”
“I would If I could. Wouldn’t noth
ing please me better. But I got to go
out of town. It’s a sudden call. Busi
ness I got to see to! I may not be
stBpladder: • Certainly -washings' that .'j(he; pure bred swine business has
not wait for fair .weather, because Im ^ suffered depression along with other
mediate revenue was re^lried. Crink branches of agriculture. The reports
limi asked' for a week’s pay in ad- received present a fairy accurate plc-
vance, to' finish the payment on the gf (be business, in the opinion of
coal; therefore the family were de- | department officials, although they do
pendent on the current Income. Mrs ggj represent a large number of ani-
Penfield had never planned so closely j mais.
before, but It had seemed safe. Number and Price of Hogs.
The first time that Crink returned The'number of hogs of'the five
without the money for the laundry breeds on which report? were received
which he, had Just delivered, she was Bgr^shirg^ ijq2: Chester White,
Never Before Had They Had So Won
derful a Feast
back for several days. Don’t expect
me till T come. I’ve got to hurry for
my train. Good-by. Merry Christ
mas !”
Gloomily Mrs. Penfleld stared after
him. She still had no Idea what sprt
of business he was trying out, as he ex
pressed It; certainly she could not un
derstand why any business whatever
should call him out of towA on the
chief holiday of the whole year.
The zest of the dinner was gone for
her, but she exerted herself, that the
children might not notice. And they
-did not Never before had they had no
wonderful a feast. They would live
on the memory of It for many days—
rather more literally than anyone sup
posed at the time, too. Roast ducks
and potato, gravy, squash, rice pud
ding with raisins! And all the tlirie
the tree waited for them to come back,
beckoning to th‘em with its soft, tinsel-
hung boughs and gay festoons of pop
corn and shells. .
Lettle, slightly humb from repletion,
hunched down on her table-box and
fixed her black eyes solemnly on Mrs.
Penfleld’s face.
. “What’re you thinking of, dear?
Aren’t you full?”
“Full I” Lettle left It at ttat, with
entire adequacy. i‘Wbat I was think
ing of was last year and the swell feed
I got. I bad some moldy breac}/and a
piece of bologny that L fished outa—”
“Oh, Lqttle, Lettle!” broke In Mrs.
Penfleld compassionately. “I’ll never
be thankful enough that Crink found
yon.” ,
“Neltber’ll I be, you bet your front
I
dlsappolntecji" the second tihie, she
W’as alarmeci. In each case the family
had gone out of town to spend the hol
iday week; Crink had'encountered a
maid who Informed him" carelessly
that he would get his pay the follow
ing week.
“Now, children, we Just got to plan,"
said Mrs. Penfleld, cheerfully.
Consequently they planned. Mrs.
Penfleld took no further account of
possible Income during the week, and
apportioned the supplies on hand to
tide them through till the’ day after
New Year’s. She was reasonably sure
that on that date she could depend
upon a payment from Mrs. Weather-
stone.
Mrs. Penfleld was that commercial
outcast, the cash customer, who re
ceives only the most fleeting considera
tion from the storekeeper, whereas
the customer who keeps ■hlin waiting
for his money Is the object of his
earnest solicitude and accommodation.
It seems that the less money one has,
the.niore promptly one pays. It was
probable that Mrs. Penfleld might have
opened an account at Mr. Drake’s;
but it ■ was contrary to her prudent
polltjy, “and also distasteful to Crlak’a
Ideas of independence. '
“Lan(J, I’m glad I’ve read all them
diet books,” she said to herself. “I
know now tifflt If you go without food
for a few days, you ain’t starving—
you’re fasting. And It’s turrlble styl
ish, too. Besides, water Is awful fill-
lug.*'
She drank two glasses before every
8,922; Duroc Jersey, 8,556; Hamp
shire, 4,910; and Poland China, 6,232.
The average price received for each
breed. Including all ages and both
sexes at both private and auction sales
was: Berkshire, $30.57; Chester
\yhite, $;^.72; Duroc Jersey, $45.91;
Hampshire, ^4.42; and Poland China,
$41.94. Auction sale averages were
from $10 to $25 above those sold at
private treaty. This difference. It Is
pointed out Is due partly to the large
number of pigs under eight months
of age sold privately, whereas auction
sales are usually confined largely to
more mature animals and Involve a
larger number of bred gilts, service
boars and bfed sows.
Highest Prices by Breeds.
Sales reported at less than $7.50 per
head were omitted in calculating the
averages, as sales at such low figures
were not considered to be legitimate
pure bred sales. The highest prices by
breeds Indicated by the reports were:
Chester AVhlte, $740; Poland China,
$500; Hampshire, $500; Duroc Jersey,
$550; and Berkshire, $250.
Of the 30,382 hogs reported upon,
421 brought $150 or more. These were
distributed by breeds as follows: Berk
shire, 19; Chester VJJhlte, 158; Duroc
Jersey, 130; Hampshire, 47; Poland
China, 67. A few bred sows and gilts
861d above $150, but the average price
t^as about $50. ""
This survey Is a new feature of the
. new service worl^ of the bureau of
agricultural economics, of the depart-
meal. T^herasbinlVhmenrsW d^ the first of a series of
surveys to be made at Intervals of six
months.
covered that Lettle knew this tirlck as
well as she did, having learned It by a
far more harrowing means'—not by
reading, but by necessitous , experl-
ence. , 4,.
It looked as If she would be*abw to
stoer her household craft safely
through the shallow waters, without
appealing In %ny direction; but there
was one thing which she had not,
counted on, and that was the cumula
tive power of hunger. Ravenous
stomachs accept the limited ration for
a time; then rise In gathe.'ed rebellion
and demand their full meed, totally un
like their apathy under fasting.
It was not until New Tear’s day
that this happened. Lunch consisted
of a small allowance of cortibread.
"Can’t I have som^ more, Penzie?”
wheedled Thad.
Mfs. Penfleld’s e.ves filled with the
tears that had been close to the sur
face every time she had looked at her
brave brood. ,
Lettle sprang to her feet. “You lit
tle dummy,’’ she said affectionately,
‘"taln’t cornbread you want; It’s wa
ter. I’ll get you some.”
She brought him another tumbler of
water. He drank a few swallows
obediently. He always did what Lettle
told hlift to.
“Oh,” he objected, making a wry
face, “It’s got somep’n In It. Tastes
like salty.”
“You bet It’s got somep’n in it,” re
joined Lottie. “It’ll make you want
some mwe water—and then some
more. You’re going to get full ’fore
I’m through with you. And after you
got a full feeling, you can’t tell what
gave it to you.”
“Oh, children,” began Mrs. Penfleld,
quickly, “tonight we'll have a gr-gran
—" Her voice broke. With a swift
movement she got up from the table
and went back to the stove, rattling
the dampers vigorously. /
Crink -also rose. “I got something
to see to,” he explained hurriedly.
With the air of starting on a dIMant
errand,^^ went out through the bik
front (wr.
Instantly, as if she had been wait
ing for some such circumstance, Lettle
dashed out at the back door. She ran
Rye Is Most Excellent
Crop to Pasture Swine
Rye probably Is the best crop to use
for fall, winter and spring pasture for
hogs. By putting ill successive plant
ings from two to four weeks apart It
[ is possible to have fresh pasture all
the time. Seeding for pasture should
be much heavier than for a grain crop
I —from three to four bushels an a(^re
! on good soil. Pasturing probably can
, begin six weeks after seeding, and may
continue, if the rye is not covered with
snow’, until the following April.
I 'Hog raisers can “kill two birds with
one stone” by plowing under barn lots
I and putting In such crops as rye. In
the first place, hogs need good succu-
I lent pasture as much of the time as
possible, and in the second place they
I need protection against Internal para-
, sites, such as roundworms, the eggs of
which remain In the soil. Turning
over the soil in the lots helps to get
I rid of the pests, and the crop of for
age makes It a profitable operation. In
addition to providing cheap protein
feed, pasture crops aid as laxative and
I require the hogs to take a certain
amount of exercise which Is necessary
to breeding animals and growing pigs.
Ciire for Blackhead-Has
Never Been Discovered
The United States Department of
Agriculture has this to say concerning
blackhead: “No positive cure for
I blackhead has been found. As In the
I case, of all other Infectious diseases,
the sick bird should Immediately be
removed from the flock to prevent a
further spread of the disease, and If
very sick It is best to kill It and bum
I the body. Clean out the roosting place
and spread lime In the places most
, frequented by the turkeys. Keep a
disinfectant In the drinking water;
potassium permanganate Is most often
I used, a sufficient quantity of the crys-
; tals being added to the water to give
It a wffie color, which for every gallon
of water will take about as much of
to the coop In which Bonnie Geraldine 1 the chemical as can be placed on a
clucked away the days, and crumbled , dime. If the turkeys are being fed
a reasonable lunch of cornbread
through the '-Slats. Reaching In her
pocket for more, she turned to feed FI:
Caesar.
Crink was there before her, digging
Into his pockets and spreading corn-
bread for the hungry little dog.
“I thought mebbe—mebbe Fil’d llk«
some,” he said softly.
Lettle nodded. “VVe can’t tell him—
’bout—’bout drinking water,” she whis
pered. Her Ups were unsteady, buf
she broke the cornbread with resolutl
fingers till Filibuster had eaten everj
crumb.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
I The Plighted Word.
The heaviest -fetter that evei
weighed down the limbs of .a captlvi
is as the web of the goss.amer com
pared with the pledge of people of
honor. The wall of stone and the bai
of iron may be broksoL but tbi) plfgbt
ed word, never.
heavily, their ' ration should be re
duced, as overfeeding predisposes to
the dise^ase. The feeding of sour milk
has been found to be of advantage In
keeping turkeys In good health and In
reducing the actlvltlq? of the organ
isms causing blackhead.”
In Cooling Milk Entire
Mass Must Be Stirred
In cooling milk it Isn’t suflScIent to
Just set the can of milk In a tub of
cold w-ater. T’he milk must be stirred
thoroughly until the entire mass of
milk is about the temperature of the
w-ater. Wien the milk Is not stirred,
the milk In the center of the can Is
not affected by the cold water until
the bacteria have had an opportunity
to increase greatly In numbers and as
a result the whole mass of milk sours.
The milk In contact with the container
will be cooled, but that isn’t sufficient
Control Measures for
, Flag Smut of Wheat
Several Ways Outlined for
Holding Disease in Check.
WSm
(Prepared bjr the United States Departnient
of Agriculture.)
Flag smut of wheat, a disease that
has been known by Its presence
throughout the world for many years,
was first discovered in the United
States in some fields of wheat In 1111-
nqls In 1919. Although the disease has
not caused much loss in the Infested
area, the area Is gradually enlarging
and Indications are that It may beqome
a serious disease unless adequate con
trol measures' are put Into effecL The
sympt()ms of flag smut and suggested
control measures are discussed In De
partment Circular 273, Just Issued by
the United States Department of Agri
culture.
Flag smut appears as black stripes
running leffgthwise in the leaf and
sheath? of the wheat plant which be
come twisted and rarely produce a
head. Infected plants- are usually more
or less dwarfed. The disease may be
held in check and reduced in quantity
by Judicious quarantine measures, seed
treatment, crop rotation and other
sanitary measures, and by growing re
sistant varieties of wheat through ex
periments a number of varieties have
been found which are highly resistant
to or possibly even immune .from the :
disease. It Is possible that by the use !
of such varieties, kept free from sus- |
cepflble mixtures, the disease may be
entirely eradicated.
Those interested may secure a copy
of this circular free of charge, as long
as the supply lasts, from the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington.
Take it koni tf
. tke kids.
Hava a packet ii'
year iweket fer aa
ever-ready beet.
A deiieioDS cMfco*
tion and n aid to
the teeth, appetiteb-
digestion.
Sweet Clover Is Best of
Different Honey Plants
Score another for sweet clover which
not so long ago was regarded as a nox
ious roadside weed. Sweet clover Is
the greatest honey plant In the United
States, according to G, C. Matthews of
Illinois university’s division of bee cul
ture, who points out that the several
varieties of the plant furnish succes
sive bee pasture from spring until
frosts in the fall.
“The yellow biennial comes along
about the time dandelions go out of
bloom,” says Mr. Matthews, ‘^and so
tides bees over the critical period Just
before the blooming of white clover.
The white biennial blooms after white
clover and lasts well Into August. Hu-
bam,'the white annual, begins to bloom
soon after the first of August and con
tinues until killed by frost. The bee
keeper can keep a constant honey flpw
In his community if he can but per
suade the farmers around to grow all
three varieties of sweet clover.”
Mr. Matthews tells of an Illinois bee
keeper who furnished sweet clover
seed to faripers when It was $2 a
pound until there were more than 400
acres within reich of his bfies. From
this acreage he received a share of the
seed crop and many tons of honey.
Some of his colonies yielded nearly
500 pounds.
“Grow sweet clover,” is Mr. Mat
thews’ advice to beekeepers. “Furnish
seed to your nelghbars, study methods
of getting It started and persuade road
supervisors to leave It standing along
the roadside.”
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No matter how early a man may
get up to go on a camping trip, he
will get up eariler to start homa
Hairs Catarrh
Medicine
Sweet Clover Excellent
Pasture for Dairy Cows
Sweet clover makes an excellent
pasture for dairy c(»ws. Much more
feed can be grown on an acre of sweet
clover pasture than on an. acre of blue-
grass pasture. After the plants get
well started, drought has very little^
effect on its growth. However, sweet*
clover will not grow on sour soil and it
will be a waste of time and money to
make the attempt unless your land Is
sweet. Better hav* your farm bureau
test your soil and If It Is sour apply
several tons of ground limestone per
acre.
It Is best to sow It In the spring
with barley or oats. Usqally by about
September the sweet clover wlll^be
about a foot high and can then be pas
ture for about six weeks. The next
summer It can be pastured the entire
season. Sweet clover Is a biannual
and will last only two years. The seed
should be Inoculated before It Is sown.
claim for it —
rid youi- system of Catarrh or Deaftiest
caus^ by Catarrh.
Sold bj drugtiM fur estr 40 ysars
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W. N. U., CHARLOTTE, NO. 37-1923.
BASIS 0F*S0UND PHILOSOPHY
Irish Laborer’s Advice Concerning
Commiasioner'a Worries Worth
Taking to Heart.
Saving Can Be Made on
Feeds Bought in Autumn
Dairymen who must have mill feeds
for their herds next winter should buy
them now and thus save on costs, says
E. A. Hanson, dairy extension special
ist, University of Minnesota. “The
practice of purchasing a few sacks of
bran or ollmeal whenever needed* Is
poor economy,” says Mr. Hanson.
“The cost of f6ed Is a large factor In
fluencing the profits; and a good sav
ing can be made on ton purchases of
ollmeal dr cotton-seed meal at this
time rather than waiting until the win
ter months are here.”
Charles H. Spear, head of the harbor ‘
commission of San Francisco, says
that on first taking that office years
ago an Irish laborer hailed him on the
Embarcadeho with a “Good-mamln’,
Mr. Prlsldlnt. How are ye the mam-
In’?”
“Never better,” said Spear, “and
how about you?”
“Oi’m feelln’ jlst the same way.'
We’re all iv us workln’ for ye, an’ •
workin’ fer the state, as hard as Iver
we ought to, considerin’. Ol hope y®!!
have a good admlnlsthratlon. An* l$t"
me make yez one Iv these ‘ here siggls-
tlons. San Francisco bay Is a folne
body o’ wather.. Whin thin’s don’t-go
rolght along the froont an’ yer soul
gits all full 9’ throuble about It, don't
let It wrinkle yer face nor kape ydz
awake nolghts. Remlmbffl' that that •
bay was here a long time before you
come an’ It’ll be here a long tlm’e
afther ye’re gone."
Switchmen Nee(i|ed. '' ,,T
Many a golden opportunity has boon I
wrecked for want of a genins to,'*
throw the switch.
Proper Amount of Salt
to Give Producing Cow
The cow producing an average
amount of milk, requires at least an
ounce of salt a day. A safe rule to follow
is to allow three-fourths of an ounce
dally for each 1,000 pounds of live-
weight and an additional three-fourths
of an ounce for ea^ ten pounds of
milk produced. Missouri College of
Agriculture dairymen follow this rule.
Many feeders mix three-fourths of
an ounce of salt with each 100 pounds
of grain fed and then allow the cows
free access to salt where they can eat
all they want. .
Every table
should have its
Daily Portion
GrapeNuts
q^ieres aUcason