£ KERRY SQUARE
A NEIGHBOURLY NOVEL
f 1 by a.SACK a. lUCIIAIUND
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TFw their surprise it was ,
ktipW with the soft flaming of
camfrom top to bottom.
Bt-cdl- y Sturgis’ ear stood .11
l3w driveway, backed by that
•f Darter Fiske.
**|'ni g);ul they’re all here,''
land Jo. “They must have
Bern delayed, too.”
**T>iry must have just got
” Mackay surmised. “Vet ,
-—it seems rather strange tin* |
wtifh house should be lighted.
J nothing’s wrong. 1’er
Aop*. I’d better come in with
and see—if 1 may. And
I’d rather like to hear Hunt’s I
explanations,” he added, somc
wm* grimly.
T%»ey went in togetlier, for
tJwi front door was open, and
ifritsy met Doctor Fiske coming
4few,*th the ball. Me looked
w* n\e that Jo asked quick
Ur" Has anything happened!”
**f hope not.” But his look
cEidn’t lighten. “We can’t
ffowJ Doctor Chase in the
••©Ji!—I oughtn’t to have
tfmmr 1” Jo cried remorsefully,
wader her breath.
••That’s the way we’re all
ft*sd»ng, of course. But we
wu*t imagine what he could
!k*w done. Mrs. O’Crailv says
tk^ went .to bed at half-past 10,
full/ witli lii»r ! 1 ii<( 1 11; 11
tm ligbl was out a few minutes
jfcftrsr, Her window at the
%ark nil look toward his in the
Mjrriglit.”
44lVrhnps he couldn’t sleep,
aww} wenl for a walk,” Maekay
w*trr<~,1<d. “lie told me sleep
ing rs deeficult for him just
44Always has been. But lie
wowldn’t have been aide to go
far, and the storm should have
driven him back. Anybody on
m country road would have '
m him coming.”
Evidently Richard Fiske
v#** genuinely worried, though
hm manner changed quickly j
enough as Sally Chase came
into the hall.
4*Two more rescuers ar
rived,” he said cheerfully.
*4H'k a matter of a little look
ing. We’ll all go in different
directions, and we’ll soon find
fc'm. He may have gone in j
ewwewhere out of the storm,
a lighted window’ll tell us j
It
to
I* was at this juncture that
t>abas Hunt came dashing into j
Sbe bouse. Evidently he had
driven into the dooryard but a
•viwent after Maekay and Jo.
At a matter of fact, it wasn’t
IS minutes since the others of
tht party had reached the
and the discovery of
Schuyler's absence bad but
jrMU bf .m made. Hunt noted
ooWiy s face except Jo’s as be
straight for her.
" * an you possibly forgive
rue, Miss JcnncyT” he cried.
'* ! can never tell you how sor
rv } am—or von either. Mr
W*rkny.” IIis look swung for
**- infant to Mackay but rc- j
Awm-d to Jo as lie scanned her
mnhr-r face. “The whole story
wdt talie an hour. Hut the j
l»>eici;t tact is I couldn’t help it, i
I feel confoundedly cha
*rrtw<-<l about it. How did you
fr^t hi me T Did the others come
•eras you!’’
44Mr. Mackay brought me
b*»w<- by train,” Jo explained.
** Never mind, Mr. Hunt—
ywi’re excused, entirely. We're
of something else
Jaw®. Doctor Chase isn't here.”
" ha t here I”
fif was tohl quickly of the
if' invalid, and eagerly
«pr*-sM>d his concern. He
wwrr’d take his ear Hinl scour
countryside, he said.
But. before anybody could
1b'ssr the house, the second and
■ewre storm of the night
«Jwith fury. The weather
bv<d 4>«‘f u aridly dry for a fort
wiyHwf, with exeessive heat the
now'1 hat it had come,
wn«» as if Nature had broken
w* m blind auger amt would
fftww no warning of her blows,
Rut.ible lilft la Omaha,
Prom the Lincoln Star
My-, Sarah Jaalyn'i splendid gift
•* • 6000.000 memorial art center
*m t*»r iieopie u< Omaha, and at
Is the most rauipictcnm
em nbdlicm o> this character tilth,*
e«*«*a which Ilea between |h« Mu*
■Bnr- river and the Roriy mouti
Rm
r t ,t the Atlantic seaboard and
i* ** I»rgr Industrial reniera at
ISMardg, Inch a nr and Ohio, wtiere
■J*»t wealth has hern accumulated
u >*»# not been unusual tar men and
w*** ot targe meant to catend
CM where they have made th?lf
He* ■ It it hahra- ka la a new
There was nothing to do but to
wait till the tempest was past.
Sally Chase went upstairs
again, and Jo followed her.
Adelaide Sturgis had gone to
In r room, l»nt eame to its open
door as Sally and Jo passed it,
“You’re imagining things,
Sally,” she said, “What couid
have happened to Sehuy, in a
dead little place like this at
midiiji'ht? It's just as llieh
Fiske says: lie went for a walk
ami got caught, and they’vo
put him to bed ami lie’ll come
homo in the morning.”
“I can’t believe that explan
ation!” Sally said, under her
breath, “lie might have gone
for a walk, though I doubt it.
I«nt he wouldn’t have left us
to he anxious about him—he’d
have sent some word.”
It did look strange, Jo
thought. She went to her own
room ami took off the riot lies
of the evening, putting on a
cotton frock and stout shoes in
which she could tramp. Full
of remorse that she hadn’t in
sisted on remaining at home,
she meant to do her part in the
search, no matter whera or how
far it led.
The moment the storm was
over—ami it ceased for the sec
ond time as it had begun ami
ceased before, as if some
tu i <*li 1 tr Lit ivn/u^nlr I.... 1 l.n n
turned on and off the search
ers left’ the house. Urged to re
main behind lest her husband
conic in and need her care, Sal
ly reluctantly yielded to the
harder task of enduring her
suspense unoccupied. Even
iNornh O'Grady was ready with
a lantern, her son .limr.v be
side her, for she and he, she in
sisted, knew every nook and
byway of the village and coun
try, as the others did not.
‘‘You don’t need a lantern
—the moon’s out again, gor
geously,” Bradley Sturgis re
ported. Tie was eager for the
hunt—it was an excitement to
be welcomed. But he asserted
that, lie wa. sure old Schuyler
couldn’t be sick — couldn’t
• have met with thugs not in
this rustic neighborhood—
couldn’t have done away with
himself --
ltie.hard Eiske’s hand came
heavily upon Bradley’s arm as
he gave careless voice to these
assertions, for Sally was close
by, seeing them off. She was
very pale, though she kept her
head. Doctor Eiske knew she
was blaming herself merciless
ly for having left her husband
behind, alone except for a ser
vant. In her mind, as in Eiske’s
own, the knowledge of Schuy
ler's unsteady spiritual balance
in this illness, with its threat
ened hopeless outcome, was
reason enough for anxiety.
Though of late he had seemed
to have himself better in hand,
not to be brooding on his oros
peets unduly, both wife and
physician understood that it
took little to upset him and
bring on an attack of nervous
depression. A morbid chapter
in a book, a newspaper account
of a crime, even for so suscep
tible he was—the very ap
proach of a severe electrical
storm, such as the two which
had passed this night, might
have sent his mercurial temper
ament down to a point of dan
ger to his impulses.
The party set off. Bradley
Sturgis went with Jo—she
couldn’t prevent him. “Think
I'm going to let you dash off
alone down dark lanes?’’ he
demanded.
“They won’t be dark in this
moonlight. ’’
“If you should find him.
you'd need a man's help,’’ he
insisted, and she couldn’t deny
this. As for village gossip,
that wasn't to be thought of,
no matter whom they met. No
matter liow silently the search
was made, the whole town
would know of it, in some way,
by morning.
state. Organised as a territory In
1864, Its last territorial governor.
Alvin Baunder*. completed his term
of olfice In 18*77, alien (tie tint
•tale government s* is perfected
I’Yom 1487 to 1824 presents a
laps* of tft year*, during which
time the people of this state have
been engaged in U.e laek of con*
qorMtu; the prairie. ouitding towns,
and iTtlev churches ar.d school*,
and m establishing the business and
industrial labile, which, along with
its farm* Is the source of Its
vealtii
Because of tla youth, tt U not
at range NrbtaJti should have only
a few men end women pmeuitif
xir.
It was Gordon Maekay who
found Schuyler Chase. The
others scattered to dsrle and
pond, tragedy in the minds of
all, even 1 trad ley’s, though he
denied it. Maekay tried to re
construct the plan in the mind
of a man who came out of the
house, unable to sleep on a fine
moonlight night, lie decided
that in his physical weakness
Doctor Chase would simply
start down the road. In what
direction! Very likely it would
occur to him that lie might
meet the returning party from
tin* distant city by walking
toward them, so that they
might pick him up. If he
| went into any house, driven by
; the sudden storm, it would he
■ one on that main highway, and
that was the place, Maekay
thought, to look for lights.
binder's strength might con
ceivably have failed, he might
even he lying unconscious
sc mewhere beside the road.
Anyhow, Mackay’s instinct
was that this was the direction
to take, and lie followed it.
A quarter mile down the
read he saw the lighted win
dows of a sqiall house, but
they didn’t make him pause,
for these same windows were
lighted every night. Mortal
illness lay within, as he well
knew, for he had been making
daily calls at the plnee since he
came to the town, more than a
month ago. His sympathies
had been strongly aroused, for
an aged pair were nearing sep
aration, after GO years of life
t» getlier. ai. I the wife who was
soon to lie left belli ml was pili
fully frail. Even in bis quest,
t! c sight of that light, burning
in the outer room from which
t lie small bedroom opened,
called to him to stop. But his
anxiety for Doctor Chase was
too keen, and lie was striding
rapidly by when the door
opened and two figures came
into view, silhouetted against
the light.
One was that of the little
old woman—Mackav knew
that tiny stooped figure in ev
ery line. The other was the
one he sought. He knew that
figure, too. The tall man was
clasping the hand of the little
old woman, and saying some
thing to her, very low. Then
he was coming down the two
steps of the little porch, slowly,
his hat still in his hand. As the
door closed behind him he
stood still for a minute, look
ing up at the moonlit sky.
Then lie began to walk, with
the step of a weary man,
toward the road where Mae
kay, in the shadow of a great
elm, stood watching him.
Was it best to join him, or
to let him walk alone, in com
fortable ignorance of the fact
that the whole household had
been anxious about him? For a
minute Mackav considered the
latter the wiser course. But
Chase was likely to he met by
others of the searching party,
less discreet; and anyhow,
Mackay was eager to know
just just what it meant that he
l.nmil mini imr nut rtf* flint
particular house. Had it been
only the chance of the storm
that sent him there?
lie came up behind the slow
ly moving figure, with a quiet
hail. Chase turned, startled.
‘‘I didn’t expect to see you
here. Doctor Chase. You see.
when Mrs. Chase reached home
and found you out, she was
afraid you might have been
caught in the storm. So l came
along down the road, having a
notion you’d gone for a walk.”
‘‘I see. Yes, I suppose I’ve
aroused everybody's fears, if
they’re hack. I thought I’d be
home long before they were. I
—-have rather lost track of the
time, 1 believe.”
‘‘One does—in that house,”
Maekav glanced back toward
it. ”1 know the people well,
and know what you found
there. 1 lose track of time, too,
whenever 1 go.”
Schuyler was silent for a
minute, as the two walked
along. Then he said in a tone
which showed that he had been
somewhat shaken by his recent
1 experience: ‘‘They wanted
the wealth to make large gifts com
parable to the one just announced
by Mrs Joalyn, Judged by eastern
standards, where fortunes run into
the hundreds ot mtlllons. Mrs Jos
lyn la not a rich woman, so tier de
cision to build a $3,000,000 art cen
ter (or Omaha la all the mote Im
pressive.
Its muntflrlenre la eweeded only
by the gift ot the late William K
Nelson, publisher ot the Kansas
City Star, who left most ot hu
large fortune to the people ot Kan
sas Cltv for the establishment of
an art museum Her generosity will
| give the people of Omaha and Ne
braska an art center which will
_ Yon sec—the old man
died while 1 was there.”
it was Mackay’s turn to be
startled. ‘‘He did?” He turned
again to look back at the
house. “Why, I-”
“You ought to go back.”
“I will—but I’m going to
walk home with you first. If
you’ve been through that,
you've a right to be leaning on
tho arm of a friend. You're not
so strong yet as you're going
to be. Please!”
he offered bis arm, and
Schuyler Chase willingly ac
cepted it. Since lie bad left
i the small house lie was realiz
ing how shaky were both his
n •rves and bis sinews—if lie
had any sinews, after his ill
ness. It gave him a pang to
be leaning on the arm of a
young man only a few years
his junior, but there was no
doubt lie needed that sturdy
strength.
“1 couldn't sleep,” he said.
“I went around the Square
first. Every light was out,
though it was only 11 o’clock.
These little country towns! .
. . I came by your house—the
manse my wife had pointed out
to me. I met a boy who’d just
conic away. He asked me if J
knew where you were, lie said
one of your people was dying.
Of course, 1 thought I ought to
go in your place. The boy said
the only other minister was
away.”
“It was my job.” Regret was
sharp in Gordon Mackay’s
voice. “1 ought to have been
on call. Hut noor old .Jonathan
Cutler has been at low ebb so
often, I’d no possible expecta
tion the tide would really car
ry him out tonight. I'm mighty
sorry,”
‘‘You may he sorry for your
self." said Schuyler Chase.
"But you needn't he sorry for
me.”
The other looked at him
keenly in the bright moonlight,
which at the moment was tin
dimmed by any passing cloud.
.Mackay could see the fine pro
file clearly outlined, could
even almost see, could fully
guess at, the quiver of the deli
cately cut lips, lie wanted the
explanation of that last, state
ment, though he thought ho
knew what it was.
“I’ve always felt,” Mackny |
said gently, ‘‘that it is one of 1
the greatest privileges of a
minister's life to be allowed to
be with people in hours like
that. I’ve never come away
from such a place without be
ing sure of that all over
again.”
“You see,” Chase answered
after a little, “for some years
now I’ve had an assistant min
ister in my church. He’s done
the calling on the bereaved—•
mostly. Unless”—an odd
smile touched his lips—“they
were very important people.
Then I’ve gone myself.”
All Mackav found to say to
this was, in his turn, “I see.”
And he though he did see.
‘‘So—I've been spared a
good deal of—the sort of thing
I've seen tonight—especially
! among the poor. I think, per
Ii <) no 4 Vi 4 « V it.li 11.. n
good thing.”
'Well! The man was honest
with himself, Mnckay thought.
To tell the truth, much as he
had admired Doctor Chase—lie
had heard him preach at vari
ous times, and had envied him
his amazing a b i 1 i t y—t h e
thought of that assistant min
ister getting most of the real
contacts will he lowlier par
ishioners had bothered him. It
was an undoubted fact that the
head of a great church like
Chase’s couldn't possibly do
all the work alone, he must
have help. Yet—wasn’t the
result of it that something vital
was lost by it ? Chase seemed to
be owning up to that very
’ thing.
(TO B». CONTINUED)
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Q. What Is the coast to coast
highway that passes through the
beautiful Blue Orass Region of
Kentucky? L M.
A. United States highway num
bers 40. II. 60. 31. 70. 67. and 80 The
route Is- Atlantic City, Baltimore.
Hagerstown. Staunton. White Sul
phur spring* Charleston. «w Vs..)
Lexington, <Ky,i Louisville. Nash
ville. Memphis. Little Rock Dallas
Fort Worth El Paso. Phoetux. San
D.rgo, and Los Angeles
| OF INTEREST TO FARMERS |
PRODUCE CLEAN EGGS
Tlie production and sale of clean
-Kgs will net the producer more
I money than the production and sale
of dirty eggs. This is seen in the
difference of 12 cents per dozen in
quotations recently sent cut by a
leading wholesale produce firm.
Their grades being noted as “fresh
firsts" and “dirties.” Fresh firsts
were quoted on this date at 33 and
331 - cents and dirties at 20 and 23'
cents. Clean nesting material is an
important point in the production
of clean eon ;. As soon as the nesting
material gives indication of becom
ing dirty, replace it with clean ma
terial; wood shavings make a good
material for this purpose, or straw
may be used. A dry house and clean,
dry litter are also factors of im
portance in producing clean eggs,
since hens will track in dirt on the
eggs if the floor of the house is
clamp and dirty.
If there are not sufficient nests,
eggs are apt to be laid an the floor
and will get dirtv. An allowance of
five birds to each ne3t will provide
enough nesting space. Frequent col
lection of eggs say two or three
times a day, particularly during a
period of heavy production, will also
help to keep down the number of
dirties. Birds that spend the night
in the nests are undoubtedly re
sponsible for more dirty eggs than Is
any other cause. This can be pre
vented by having a hinged board
that runs the full length of the
nests—in front if the birds enter the
nests from the front, or in the rear
if birds enter from the rear. This
board can be so arranged a? to bar
the entrance to the nests at night
and removed after the birds heve
gone to roost or in the early morn
ing. Hinge the board so that when
raised it will close the nest and
when lowered it will leave the n»st
open and serve at a. walk which the
birds can use when looking for a
rtnet Anf av
GARDENERS FIRST TASK
Building up the soil and keeping
it built up is the iirst task of a
successful gardener. Gardeners are
now dependent to a great extent
for stable manure upon the pre
pared material from the stockyards
and great packing plants of the
country which supply pulverized
sheep manure and shredded cow
manure which are retailed by seed
houses.
They have the advantage of being
dry and more agreeable to handle
than the wet strawy manure hauled
directly from the stable and are
more easily distributed over the gar
den. In being almost free of strawy
material, there is more fertilizing
value and less waste than in the
stable product and also a ton of the
dry prepared manure goes much
farther than a ton of the wet ma
terial as it is usually delivered.
Shredded cow manure may be
spread over the garden now to be
spaded in when the ground i3 work
able in the spring. It is an excel
lent idea to give the hardy peren
nials and shrubbery a coating at
this time and it is particularly val
uable as a dressing for the lawn
distributed lightly to be washed
down to the roots of the grass by
the spring thaws. It may be used
much more advantageously than
stable manure, as it is comparative
ly free of weed seeds.
' The pulverized sheep manure is
the stronger fertilizer of the two,
but as it has less substance, it is
better to save it until the plants
have started into growh. Pulver
ized poultry manure is now avail
able at times. It is the most power
ful fertilizer of ell and must be
used sparingly when plants are in
growth, as it may burn them. It
may be sprinkled on the garden
now to good advantage so that its
strength will be diluted and dis
tributed.
If the soil Is inclined to be acid
or is of heavy clay texture, it may
be limed at any time now. Lime
is useful in helping to break up the
heavy texture 'of clay soils.
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WORTH WHILE EFFORT
It costs little or no more to bring
a 200-egg strain hen to maturity
than it dees to raise a dung-hill
fowl. Tire difference in the produc
tive capacity of the pure-bred and
the mongrel bird is certain to mea
sure one’s degree of success with
-.14.... rru„ nnil nv
I pense of maintaining a cow that
will produce 300 cr 400 pounds of
butterfat per year is little more
than the investment required to
purcha.se or raise ar.d feed a cow
that will produce only 140 or 150
1 pounds of butterfat per year. That
difference 'in productive capacity
is the measure of success in dairy
ing. It costs no more in cash or
labor to follow a system of proven
crop rotation than it does to follow
antiquated cropping methods, yet
the return in improved soil and
larger yields is a handsome reward
lor intelligent e.fort. The same
thing holds true with fruit, berries,
swine, sheep, beef cattle or any
branch of agriculture. Success is
measured by the amount of brain
work employed rather than the
physical labor Involved. Brain work
is effort, worrth while. Neither phy
sical exertion ncr legislation can be
made substitutes for cold reason.
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CARE IN DRENCHING
It Is a hard job for the amateur
to drench a hog and not kill the
animal. It Is preferable to give a
hog medicine in the teed rather
than by mouth. However, when the
animal will not eat. It Is sometimes
necessary to resort to other meth
ods. Medicine can either be given
in liquid, powder or capsule form.
If the drug is a powder, the mouth
of the hog can be held open with a
stout piece of wcod and the powder
deposited on the back part of the
tongue. Methods i*>ed In drenching
the horse or cow should not be i
tried on the hog. If the hog must ;
be drenched, use a small-dose syr
inge. Prop the jaws open and place
GRINDING \ -- SOAKING FEEDS
Grinding barley for pigs in- j
creases its feeding "alu * bv about ,
2ft per cent, but soaking it does
very little good A saving of Eft to
20 per cent, can be made bv grind
ing wheat for nogs The wheat
should be ground coarsely or rolled
Soaking wheat ta a poor substitute
for grinding.
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FARM HOOK KEEPING PATH
A farm bu*in**a without »ome
kind of record such a» in annual
inventory la tike a cl set without
hands. You cannot telt whether it
la gaining nr lo*mg. or where it
stands at any one tune.
the nozzle or pipe of the syringe
well back in the mouth. Force the
liquid out of the syringe very slow
ly, a small amount at a time. Be
patient, ar.d don’t attempt to finish
the job too quiek. Capsules are
given with a mouth speculum and
a so called balling gun, but as th s
method of medication requires con
siderable practice before it can be
used with safety, it is not recom
mended that the unskilled person
attempt it. The throat of a hog,
unlike the throat of other animals,
is very peculiar >y formed, in that
there is a blind pouch or cul-de-sac
directly over the opening of the
esavhagus or gullet. When liquids
are given to a hog too hurriedly,
there is danger that they will be
caught by this pouch and in turn
be thrown down the windpipe, tha
opening of which is also adjacent*
Result, dead hog.
SETTING PRICES
The statement is frequently made
that the person or firm who buys
the farmer’s product sets the price
to the producer and to the con
sumer. If this were true, it would
be difficult for any distributor to
fail in business. It has also been
pointed out that the spread between
what the farmer receives ar.d what
the consumer pays is too large. The
cost of getting farm products from
the producer to the consumer is too
great and there is opportunity to
lessen this cost. This is a. problem
not easily solved. Effort and care
ful planning are required to lower
the expense of our present system of
distribution which has grown up be
cause of the demands of the con
sumer. The failure of several milk
distributors in Chicago last year well
illustrates that the purchaser of
farm products does not have the
control over farm prices as soma
people think, or that he arbitrarily
fixes prices to the consumer. Tha
business of one of these firms that
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»ao oviu Jii uiu
United States district court for $422.
000. The assets of the company
were $800,000 and the liabilities
$800,000. The failure of these sev
eral milk distributors shows that
this industry, as well as the farm
ers, has its problems.
BURN DISEASED CARCASS
The best rule to follow, when an
animal dies of disease, is to burn
tho carcass. If not disposed of in
wise fashion, the carcass is quite
likely to be a hotbed of disease.
Take blackleg—a calf dead of
blackleg is a dangerous thing,
threatening to Infect the pastures
for years to come if it is no: wholly
destroyed. Burning is the most
thorough and least-expensive meth
od. An old hay-rake wheel, an o'.d
harrow, or anything that will make
a rude grating when supported on
rocks, will keep the calf off the
ground and allow a draft under
neath. Put the calf on this grating
and place plenty of brush and wood
underneath. Slash the body thor
oughly with a knife, drench with a
gallon or so of kerosene, and it will
burn.
The carcass should be burned
where it lies, if possible. If it lias
to be moved, load it an a stone-boat
wagon or sled, providing pienty of
straw to absorb any infectious dis
charges Dragging the carcass
across the fields is the most certain
method of infecting the whole route
with blackleg for future generations
of cattle. If the carcass can not be
burned, it should be buried at least
four feet down and covered with un
slaked lime.
SHREDDING \*s. HUSKING
In these days when so much at
tention is being paid to lowering
production costs on the farm, it is
interesting to note that a consider
able saving in the cost of producing
corn may be effected by husking
corn with a shredder as compared
with husking by hand According to
records secured, three bushe's of
corn were husked and cribbed per
man. per hour, while 6.7 bushels
were husked and cribbed per man,
per hour by means of the shredct^r.
This figure was arrived at afte’- de
ducting time chargeable to hauling
the stover to the barn, which was
done when the corn was husked by
me owicuuei.
On the acre basis, husking and
cribbing by hand required 16 man
hours per acre; and bv the shrert
der method. 12 hours. Haul ng tlia
stover to the bain, however, con
sumed six hours of man labor;
hence by adding six hours to 16 wa
have 22 hours as compared with 12
hours, the time required when the
shredder was used. The shredding
was done by exchanging work with
neighbors which resulted in a large
saving of hired labor that is usu
ally employed for husking by hand.
SUDAN FOR SOIL EROSION
Sudan grass is just the thing to
keep small ditches from becoming
larger, says a hill farmer who has
tried it with satisfactory results.
He puts sudan grass seed in his
drill and runs the drill wheel down
the center of the d.tch. seeding
sudan as he goes. He then comes
back on one side and down on
the other side of the ditch, so that
sudan grass wil be sown on both
sides of the ditch It seeded about
corn-planting time when the
ground is warm, the sudan gras*
makes rapid growth. If rains coma
and soil covers the young plants,
they will come on up throuah ths
washed soil and keep growing.
"That is why suaan is better than
any other grass for sowing along
the ditches—it has recuporativi
powers that other plants do noi
seem to oossess," he says. In cass
ditches are deep and narrow, plow
ing up and down the side oi th*
ditch and throwing dirt into and
toward the ditch helps to level ti
up for sowing sudan. Sometime* no
ordinary scraper Ls used to good id
vantage in filling up 'he deeper de
pressions Sudan, with Its vigorous
root system, helps to b.nd the *>*i|
particle., and prevent further wash,
ing of the topsoil.
FOUL SOIL TO BLAME
Outbreaks of hog cholera and new
corn are often asaoclatrd. although
there does not appear to be any di
rer* connection between new corn
tm» the disease. Nevertheless, re*
pot's of hot; cholera outbreaks b —
Kin to come tn usually ab)ul tha
time the hogs get acres* to file new
crop of com. iV.ssiblv -nr* is be
cause fanner* relax their u«Hari.<*
al this season, and bv turning their
host in-o the gram Held* to dean
up th* loo«e grain, am* in'o tl>#
corn Held* to n“*g down earn. eg.
pose them to the germ* the J)«~
ea*e ;*t*ai tn Hit so"
