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mm ^ORD, / _ tCntttt Oaby- Awful at Three «'and it's Dangerous* by Ruth Brittain Grazed Woodlot Doomed to Death Furnishes Poor Pasture and 7 S Forest Is Headed for Childless Old Age. 1 i ! Thunili suckinj: does look sweet in a baby, but it is disfnisting in the three- year-old and soiuelinies It hangs on until fifteen or sixteen 1 The habit may cause an ill-foruied mouth or in duce adenoids: and it always inter- leres with digestion. Pinning the £)eeve over the hand; attaching mit tens, or putting on cardboard cuffs, which prevent bending the arms at the elbows, are some of the ways to stop the habit. Another bad habit—irregularity In bowel action—is responsible for weak bowels and constipation in babies. Give the tiny bowels an opportunity to act at regular periods each day. If they don’t act at first, a little Fletch er’s Castoria will soon regulate them. "Every motlier should keep a bottle of It handy to use in case of colic, chol era, diarrhea, gas on stomach and bowels, constipation, lo.ss of sleep, or when baby is cross and feverisii. Its gentle influence over bab.v’s .eystem enables him to get full nourishment from big food, helps him gain.- strengthens his bowels. Castoria is purely vegetable and harmless—the recipe is on the wrap per. Physicians have prescribed it for over 30 year?. With each package, you get a valuable book on Mother hood. Look for Clias. H. Fletcher’s signature on the wrapper so you’ll get the genuine. K^- Homelike Landlad.v—You have been here tliree months and have never paid any rent. Student—But you said it would be like home here. Landlady—Well, 1 liope it is. Student—At home I never paid any rent.—Berlin Per AValire Jakol). 1% '' DON'T suffer headaches, ot any of those pains that Bayer Aspirin can end in a hurry I Physicians prescribe it, and approve its free use, for it does not affect the heart. Every drug gist has it, but don’t fail to ask the druggist for Bayer. And don’t take any but the box that says Bayer, vrith the word genuine^ printed in red: “if crazing is permitted eontinuous- ly in a woodlot, it is dooineil to a c'lildless old age and death,” declared I’rof. Samuel .V. Spring ol the forestry (iefiariineni tit t’ornell univer'sity, siH'.'iking at Farm and Home week lit Ithaca. .\. Y., on tlie hisses from grazing done liy fiirin Stock in woodhits. "In the long run, grazing Is more de structive to liardwond fore.'^ts on New York state ftirms titan i.s any form of -(ittitnercia; logging. Forests may in deed deteriorate under ciireless cut- tirtg. hut if lire and grazing are kept out, a new growlli at iettst of some it] .ireeiahle value results. No such Itnpe citn he extended to woodlots continually grazed. "Little seedlings that .spring up nat- tir.'tlly in tlte forest are tlie next gen- ertition of timber tt^'es. Grazing ttni- itiais tifow.re hroad-leaved trees back to the ground. and. in tiie case of conifers, they browse off slioots and necdl&s as well and trample and de form the little evergreens. Of course, n few may escape Imt not enough grow up to prevent woodlot ‘race suicide.’ Hopeless Woodlot. “X licavily grazed woodlot was giv en an up'’ name by an investigator in Oiiio some years ago, wlio clas.sed it as ‘tlie lioi eless woodlot’ in wliicli mnttired trees, defective culls and weed trees formed the stand and grass was on tlie ground beneath He struck a koyn.gte wlien be stated that if the owner tries to combine pasture and woodlot neither will he first-class, liut if tlie owner divides them he will liave both a .^ood pasture and an ex cellent woodlot. ‘‘Grazing slowly but surel.v changes conditions more rapidly if many ani mals nccup.v tlie woodlot. Tlie soil is trampled and packed, roots of shal low-rooted trees become exposed, and as niiiture and overmature trees come down or are cut with none to replace tlicm tlie litter disappears and grass replaces it. Tlicse grasse.s growing in tlie partial shade lack nutritive value and steal food and moisture from tlie trees. As the forest grows more open tlie wind may uproot trees and tiiere are no younger ones to till tlie gap, and so tlie process goes on. Tlie ground losos fertility being robbed of its litter that releases plant food in deca.ying. Losses Are Larger. ‘‘Grazing of woodlots is honeficial from Hie owner’s standpoint- in fur- iiishing sliade to the animals and some food, hut lie loses tlie possibility of good returns from 'lie woodlots, in cxcliange for relativel.v siiuill henelits. A conimoii-sense procedure would he to fence off tlie woodlot excepting siicli a portion as will afford tlie shel ter required. Tlie owner should de cide wliat proportion he needs for wood production and manage it as in tensively as he would any other crop. ‘‘Tlie question naturally arises wliether a woodlot will come back after being grazed. There are plenty of exainple.s. At Cornell in the raan- ageineiit of the university woodlots an experiment in sliutting out grazing from a [Xirt of a woodlot and per mitting grazing in adjoining parts has been in progress fo. a little more than ten years. Conditions have steadily improved in tlie protected rmrtion and skillful cuttings have given rise to a growl li of useful young trees which will form the basis for a new crop ns mature trees are removed in tlie fu ture. The grazed part has steadily deteriorated in nmC-ed contrast to the part protected.” Swine-Sanitation System Profitable Owing to Improved Condi tions Cholera Wanes. (Prepared by the United States Department cit AKrlculture.) Tlie continued success of tlie swine- sanitatioii system, developed by the United States Depattinent of Agricul ture in Illinois and now widely used tliroughout the Central West, is dis cussed in a recent report to Hie de partment by Hr. J. U. Gibson, federal inspector in cliai’ge of liog-clioleracon- trol work conducted by I’urdue uni versity. Iti bringing tlie system to the attention of Indiana liog raisers, fed eral veterinarians have conducted [lost-niorlem (lemonstrutioiis, slmwing tlie diUimge done li.v niundworins whicli tlie system, when used, pre vents. A leading swine breeder in Kush county, Irid., stated tliat tlie benefits lie had derived from such a demon stration and lecture delivered four years ago laid ‘‘turned a losing propo sition into, one that is now sliowing a splendid profit.” ‘‘L’li t) iliat time,” lie continued, “tlie average number of [ugs per sow had been about '6V2, and tlie few pigs tliat grew to maturity, when marketed at WV2 months of age, weighed about 200 pounds. Now Hie average number of pigs per sow is it fraction aliove 7 and ilie.v weigli 200 pounds wlien about 7 iiiontlis old.” Approximately 0,000 farmers in In diana liave attended lectures and post mortem demonstrations similar to Hie one cited wliicli resulted in such strik ing success. Doctor Gibson also stated tliat the system of swine sanitation is now be ing fully carried out by more tlnin 3‘2o swine growers in 10 4idiana coun ties. Still otlier growers are follow ing the system partiall.v. Owing to tlie improved sanitary conditions wliere tlie system is followed, tlie dtin- ger of hog cliolera is reduced consid erably, though inspectors of the bu reau of animal industry keep before swine growers tlie necessity for im munizing herds as a means of pre venting hog cholera with practical certainty. Manure Supply on Some Farms Now Inadequate Tlie suiqily of manure on some farms is wliolly inadequate to tlie plant-food needs. Aiiytliiiig that can he done to increase tlie value and ef ficiency o- Hiis manure means in- cretised profits, or at least a lower fer tilizer bill, wliicli means tlie same tiling. A ton of manure is equal in fertiliz ing value to idiout lOU (louiids of a 12:5:10 fertilizer; it. other words, eacli ton of manure will contain 12 lijimds of ammonia, 5 potituls of plios- pliorie acid ami 10 of [lotasli. Tlie wetik spot of tliis aiial.vsis will be readily recognized as tlie low plios- plioric-acid content, as cotiipared with Hie •elativel.\ liigh suiqily of aniinoiiia and potash per ton of inauiire. Tliis situation can he corrected by the addition of 50 pounds of 10 per cent superpliospliate or about 40 pounds of 20 per cent superphosphate to each ton of manure. Tills addition of pliosplioric acid will give an analysis of 12:13:10 to Hie treated manure, making each ton equal to about 100 pounds of a 12:13:10 fertilizer in value. The prac tical application of ttiis treatment is Hint Hie qvailable supply of manure on the farm, increased in fertilizing efficiency, can lie applied less heavily with equal or better results than the untreated, and can thus be made to cover an increased acreage of the farm each year. fukinv Manufacture MonoftcetlcacldeBter of Stllcylictcld Two Landings The Teacher—On what did tlie Pil grim fathers land wlien they reached this country? Little Bobliy—First they landed on Plymouth rock, then they landed on tbe Indians. Alatrlmony destroys many delightful engagements. % NECESSARY AS BBEAD” Mrs. Skahan’s Opinion of Pinkham's Compound u V Ba-uguB Centre, Mass.—“I have taken 10 bottles cf LydLa B. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound and ■would no more be without a bob- tie in the house than. I would lie without bread. It has made a new woman of me. I used to be so cross with my husband when I was suffering that I don’t know I stood me. Now I am cheerful strong and feel younger than I ifl ten years ago when my troubles b«an."—Mbs. Joh.’t Skahaiv.ji 20 Emory 8t., Saugus Centre, Mass. First Year Alfalfa Is Preferred for Pasture Kesults reported from experiment station's wliere sweet clover and al falfa were, used for hog pasture have been compared indicate tliat the al falfa is to be preferred. Sweet clover makes a fairly good substitute for the alfalfa during the first year of graz ing if it is kept grazed ratlier closely. During Hie second year the crop Is ant to become too woody and stemmy to make satisfactory liog pasture. Ex periments indicate tliat. alfalfa, raiie, red or alsike clover are all to be pre ferred to sweet clover as a hog pas ture. IMS MORE S Folly By Criitenden. Marrioit Illus'ti'aiions by Irwin Myers -r W.N.U. SERVICE I ♦J* «{» ♦5» ♦J* ej* ^ bj* ^4 *J4 {* p** ^ 1J4 ^Js ♦J* t Agricultural Hints 45s Skim milk is rnucli better than wa ter for growing chicks. • * • Any fire in Hie woods, no matter how small, repres'cnts a loss. • • • Because of high prices of dairy cow.s, many more lieifer calves are be ing raised ttUin normally. • * • Tliis is a good time to iiurclinse a H^aiii of young liorse.';'. Tiiey are clieaper now tlian Hiey will be soou. • • k Legume hay is a better cash crop for iiiuiiy -New York farmers than or- ditiary gra.ss lia.v, since there is a bet ter market for it - • • • A number of insecte, such as Hie while grubs, wirewortus, and cut worms, are iilway.g present in sod They fr(*quenHy destroy corn and otii er row crops. Increasing Feed Value of Turnips and Mangels In the past few years plant breed ers have aimed at reducing Hie labor of harvesting and increasing tlie feed value of roots. As a result mangels and improved feeding varieties of sugar beets grown from tlie liiglier quality of seed, grow largely above tlie ground so tliat tlie difficulty of har vesting, wliich applies to tlie poorer, rooty strains of sugar beet, has been eliminated. Tire modern types of man gel now grow almost entirely above the soil and can easily be harvested, even wlien tlie ground is frozen slightly. The feeding content has been greatly increased, tlie sugar man gels and improved varieties of feeding sugar beets being especially recom mended in this connection. Of ccKirse, in tills ca.se, as wfth all crops, it la particularly important to use only tlie very best seed procurable. Pasture Very Important for the Little Porkers Pasture may be tlie deteriiiiniiig factor in whether or not faruiera make a proflt from tlieir hogs this season. Pasture is especially im portant tor young pigs. Experiments have sliowD that the average daily profit on young pigs grazing in for age is liiglier than on tliose .•onlined to pens. Pig.s on pasture need only half as niucli ot the muscle and bone build ing feeds such as tankage, skim milk, buttermilk and oilmeal as wli n tiiey are in tlie dry lot. Pasture crops are also rich in lime and pliosplioruS, the two minerals which are most likely to be lacking In Hie pig’s ration. Tiiey also furnish a green succulent feed. Pigs on pasture will get plenty of e.v- orcise and be under sanitary condi tions. Copy»‘igK+ CHAPTER IX—Continued —14— Then I went back to tlie house and investigated the ballroom. I found uo signs of ghostly presence, but 1 did tiiid smuethitig tliat I was sure hfid not been tliere when I left tlie house for town a month or so tiefore. Dn the floor, right wliere Hie dancers had been [iraricing to the strains of “Too Much Mustard,” I found two long chalk lines marking the sides of the triangle witliin wliich tiiey had danced. Moreover, close to the apex of the triangle, just where Mr. Glmst and Miss Gtmstess had stood when Mr. Braxton broke in, I found a nar row strip of wood nailed to tlie lloor. I’m no Sherlock Holmes and I didn't know just what those tilings meant, but I did know that they didn’t mean gliosts. I refused to helieve in ghosts tliat walked—or danced—0 cbnlk line. It followed Hiat somebody had been using my bouse and grounds without permission. Of course my first idea was that Perkins had been having in a lot of village people for a dance If tie had if would explain a lot of tilings—why he was so anxious to pre vent, Josephine and me from s'aying at Dinsmore that night, for instance. But the more 1 Hiought of it the more 1 saw that this explanation wouldn’t hold wafer. Perkins wasn't a dancing man, for one thing. I couldn’t believe that be had ever been' a dancing man; and 1 w’as sure that at any rate he hadn’t been for a good many years. And he didn’t look as if lie liad enough of the milk of hu man kindness in his veins to make liim take an altruistic pleasure in other folks dancing. Of course he miglit have rented the ballroom to somebody wlio wanted to have a dance. This was a lot more cri'dilile. But on consideration I couldn’t he lieve it, either. Nobody would dare to go through witli such a tiling with the owner in ttie house; or, supposing that they didn’t ktiow tliat tlie owner was in tlie liouse, no crowd of dancers would ever vanish in a minute wlien the owner turned up. It simply couldn't be done. Besides, 'Mr. Braxton was in it—in it up to (iligJiiUr—£u)-4nurmured word nor brush of mustached lips could alter that fact. 1 made up my mind then and there that he would have to tell me all about it very humbly before I could forgive him. I re.solved, too, not to question him, hut to let him think that I believed it all a dream. At least, 1 would do this for one day. Tlien when night came I would lay for those ghosts. If they ventured into the house again I would see to it that they didn’t get away without explaining wlio they were. Having quite made up my mind to this I left the ballroom and started upstairs to wake Josephine and Mrs. James. 1 did not need to wake them, how ever. Both of ttiera were up and dressed and ready to come down. I must have been prowling about for a good deal longer than 1 bad supposed. By the time I had explained my prowl- ings the clang of a breakfast gong downstairs told Hint Perkins had got ten some sort of breakfast ready for us. At tlie foot ot the stairs we met Perkins. When he saw me he shrank back as If he expected me to fly at him with questions. But I didn’t. I merely sent him to ask Mr. Braxton if he felt able to join us at breakfast or whether we should send him some thing. While we waited we mapped out a course of action. Tliat Is, I mapped It out, and the others promised to fol low It. 1 wanted to keep absolutely quiet about those ‘‘ghosts,” to ask do questions either of Mr. Braxton nr of Perkins and to let them think I was persuaded that all I had seen was a dream. Josephine and Mrs. James did not like this plan. They wanted to question both Mr. Braxton and I’er- kins and to threaten them with ar rest if tiiey refused to talk. They both become convinced that some thing secret was going on in the house and they wanted to take the direct way of stopping It. I didn't I didn’t want to threaten Mr. Braxton. I owed him too much and he was m.v guest besides, l wanted to punish him but I wanted to do It myself. As for Perkins—well, Perkins was small fry. “Don’t say a word today," I begged “Tomorrow, perhaps, we’ll he ready to say a lot But today I want to keep quiet I feel It In my bones that those make-believe spooks are going to walk again tonight; and If they do I want to catch them red- handed. Pm willing to call In. Fred as a guard, but I’m not willing to scare them away by letting I’erkins know that w’e suspect anything. See?” They saw; or, at least, they were silenced for the moment Probablv they wouldn’t have been silenced for long. But at that moment Perkins came back with a note tliat he had found on Mr. Braxton’s table. Perkins blinked. "Mr. Braxton’s gone awa, miss,” he said. “He left a letter for you.’’ “Gotie?” I know 1 lost my color. “Gone where? . . • Give me the note quick.” With maddening slowness Perkins extracted the note and liaiided it over. •‘I dinna ken wliaur he’s gone, miss.” lie said. “I dinna see him gang. He left the note in his roon .” I had the note open by this time. It was short. ‘‘My dear Miss Edilli," it ran. “1 am going aw’ay witti tlie doctor, who has just came in. I am going much against my will, but tlie doctor insist ed. In two or three days I shall re turn, if I possibly can. and e.xplnin some things tliat must have perplexed yon. 1 need hardly add that I am very sorry you sliouid have been frightened last night. I am leaving this note rather than wake you op at Hiis hour ot tlie day. Will you kindly tell Miss Dinsmore how grate ful I am to her for her hospitality? “Sincerely yours, “MAYO BKA.VrON.” Perkins shuffled away for the breakfast while 1 was reading Hie let ter. I looked up and saw tluit he was gone. Then 1 read the letter again. Then 1 said—No, on second thoughts 1 won’t put down what I said. It vvas a plenty. Having said it, I cried with pure rage. Tlien Josepliine came out strong. Slie seemed to understand, tliougli 1 don’t know tiow slie found out. She took me in tier arms and [letted me. “Tliere, Edie.” slie said. “Don't fret, dear. He’s coming liack, yon know.” Sure enougli, he was corning hock riint was some consolation. “Weil.” I said, ’’let’s eat breakfast, anyhow.” So we ate it. it Isn’t necessary to tell what we said us we ate nor how we said it. If tliere was any phase ot Mie day before or the niglit before Hint we didn’t ilis- cuss i don’t know wliat it was. Of course I did ninsf of tlie talking. I always do. But the others did Hieir share. But it all came to notliing. None of us could suggest any explanation tliat was at all satisfactory. We ended just wliere we had liegun. We had scarcely finished breakfast when a messenger boy arrived on a wheel with a bundle of newspapers and a cote from Fred commending tlieni to Josephine and myself. While Josephine was reading tlie note (wliich was addressed to her) 1 fell on the bundle of newspapers and tore it apart and distributed its con tents. For a half second all was silenL then pandemonium began. The papers were full of_startling news that “bore more Or less directly on our case. They had a lot about Father, ot course, and most ot them seemed to speak about him more fa vorably than tiiey had the day before. Fred’s paper had an accounL under big headlines such as papers use wtien they think they’ve got a scoop, of Josephine's and iiiy ffiglii from the boat just before it sailed. It ended with the statement that we were staying \. ith friends until we could find Father, of whose whereabouts we were as Ignorant as tlie rest of New York. All the papers had scare- head articles on the stock market, wliich it seemed had been cutting high jinks tbe day before and was expected to repeat the (lerformance that da.v. But what really excited both Josephine and 'i.e was a wire less dispatch from the Silver Heels which opened up an entirely new line of thonglit. Father bad been found I At leMt the officers of tlie Silver Heels thought he Mad been found. Suspicion for some reason had centered after Aunt Candice had changed to a homeward- bound steamer—on a passenger who had remained carefully secluded In ills stateroom. Suspicion had In creased, as suspicion does, and the aforesaid passenger had finally been forced to come on dec.f and had been identified by a lot of people. True, nobody on board had ever seen Father close up. though several claimed to have seen him from a dis tance. True, the accused man denied that he was Father and claimed that he was John Smith of New York. If he liad claimed any other name he niiglil have been believed, but nobody can claim to be Jolin Smith of New York and get away with it? This seems queer, since there are so very many John Smitlis. But it is a fact, nevertheless. He claimed, too, that he had stayed below because he was seasick. And tliis also, for some rea son, was taken for proof that he was liiding. It seemed to me that the identifica tion was pretty slim—especially tis 1 was still sure 1 beard Father talking over the telephone the day before. But, of course, it might be correcL You never can tell. We didn’t tiave very long to con sider it. for at tliat moment Ferkins shutned in. “There’s a pack of young devils outside.” he said. “They say they are reporters from the papers and tliey’re fair wild to talk with the twa of you.” Of course, we sliouid have expected this, but as a matter of fact we bad not. I suppose Josepliine and 1 liad taken it for granted that the otlier newspapers could get tbe facts from Fred’s paper and would content them selves with ttiuL Buj^it seemed that each paper' hid to get a story of its own. How they found out where we were 1 never knew (Fred hadn’t told dur address in his story), but find us they did. 1 asked Fred about it later, but he laughed and said they followed tlieir nose lor news. 1 wasn’t afraid of reporters, in fact 1 ratlier liked them. So 1 rushed out to the front porch to talk to tliera at once. Josephine came along be hind. Josepliine didn't come to talk, of course. She came to hold me down —if she could. The reporters were roosting all over the porch. They filled tlie chairs and blocked the steps and draped the rail. There seemed to be a regiineat of them. 1 never knew how important Josephine and I vvere before. They were all young and most ot tlieni were good-looking and they were all just as nice as could be. I could not imagine why Fatlier always liatcd the breed so. 1 may mention riglit here Hiat I found out wliy Father olijecled when 1 read tlieir interviews with iiie later. I talked to tliein all at once, and yet no two of them put the same words in my nioiitli. Tiiey all had tlie main facts correct, but when tiiey got off that solid basis tiiey seemed to cut Hie string and let tlieir imagina tions, suffer. Some of tliein laughed at me, others laughed witli me, otliers pitied me in tlie most outrageous im personal manner, and otliers made me talk like a forty-year-old suf fragette oratri.x. Tiiey all wanted to know wliethei Fatlier was really on board tlie Sil ver Heels. Of course 1 didn t know and 1 said so. “If we liad tliougih he was on the steamer we sliouldii’t have left it,” I iirotested. “if lie Is on if we don’t know anytliing alioiit iL But 1 don’t believe he is, for I—” Josephine trod on my foot here and I turned to look at her. “\Ve don’t know wliere Fatlier is,” she said. “\Ve haven’t had any news of him since we came asliore.” “And besides,” 1 began. “1 heard—’’ Josephine trod on my foot agaia and I stopped sliort. “Yes!” said one of the reporters— a particularly nice one witli an in gratiating manner. “You lieard—” Again Josephine trod on my fo^t and tliis time 1 caught on. I didn’t know why Josephine wanted me to keep quiet about my hearing Fatlier’s voice on the teleiihone, but I under stood that slie did. So 1 kept quieL That is, 1 cliunged Hie subject. “I mean I read in-the papers that he was still in town. I don’t believe he was ever on the steamer at nil.” I was looking over the heads of the men on Hie steps as i spoke, and I saw an auto coming rushing up the drive. Mr. I’aul was In it. “Yonder comes Mr. Paul,” I said. “He’s Father’s lawyer. Perhaps he knows something and has come to tell us. You (night ask him.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) Oriental Rug Makers Masters of the Art Although it is unknown where the making of rugs originated, says the Washington Star, ihe higliest develop ment of this art was reached in the Orient centuries ago, according to rug experts. The nearest to perfect car pets produced are said to have been made in the city of Babylon during the years 3000 to 538 B. C. The gradual retrogression In this art is said to be due chiefly to the more complete commercialization of the Industry. When rugs first were made merely for religious purposes or for the use of the maker. Hie best ol his work went into the rug; but as the foreign market gradually grew and rugs began to be exported to Europe and other markets, workmanship and art were subordinated to quantity production. Carpets made In the Orient cen turies ago cannot be duplicated today, Coloring and blending of colors, as well as tlie making of the dye, have suffered along with the quality of workmansliip. . The use of vegetable dyes, in many instances, has given way to the use of aniline or chemical ones, which are said to be harmful to- the pile or face of the carpet. By the use of chemical dyes of bright colors and then washing out tbe colors to get softer shades and tones, the oriental carpet is said to have sufferect great damage. Flowers War’s Emblems Soldiers wore certain flowers to In dicate tlieir allegiance In tlie Wars of tlie Uoses (14.55-85). When the bouses of York and Lancaster fought for pos session of the English throne the York adherents wore white roses and the Lancastrians red roses.
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