THE DESERT MOON
MYSTERY
4 *
BY KAY CLEAVER STRAHAN
"Danny,” I said, straight'
out, never caring much about
mincing words, "I know»that*.
something is troubling you.
Why don't you tell John, or
Sam, or even me about it?
Just tell us the truth. We’d I
all, go far to help you, if we
could."
Her eyes filled with tears.
"Bless your heart, Mary," she
said. "Bless all^of your hearts.
You are all so good, here—
I was enough annoyed with
John for coming up right
then, to have slapped him. I
answered his question for
Danny.
"There is plenty you could
do for her,” I said. "You
could shut off that screech
ing radio, for one thing And
you could quiet down, and get
the ethers quited down. No
body ever told me that noise
like this was -a remedy for a
splitting headache; did they
you?”
“The dickens! By Collies! It
is a wonder you wouldn’t have
told me before, Mary.” Man
farhton, putting the blame on
me.
Danny wouldn’t hear to
John's stopping the racket.
Everyone was having such a
good time. Bed was the place
for lier. She couldn’t hear any
noise in her room, with the
door shut. And off she went.
I know now that she would
not have told me anything
that could have helped
matters. But I did not kpow
it then, and I was sorely dis
appointed. For those sudden
tears in her eyes, and her
voice when she had said,
"bless your heart,” had con
vinced me that there was
sincerity behind them, and
honesty, and good.
In the black days that fol
lowed, when all of us were
living in the dark shadows of
doubts, and confusions, and
fears and suspicions, I was
thankful, time and again, for
those certainties, for that one
. fleeting but sure insight Into
Danny's soul.
CHAPTER XIII
The Quarrel
The morning of the third
was biting hot, with that
stinging, piercing heat that
we have, when we have heat
at all. In this high altitude.
The sixty mile trip across the
deserts to TelUo, on a day like
this, would be at the right
heat for a roast of beef.
Neverless, before seven
o'clock that morning, every
man-jack of a puncher on the
place, with all of his trim
mings and trappings, includ
ing wives, squaws,*, papooses,
children and firearms, had set
off in flivvers or on horse
back, bound fcr the celebra
tion, leaving the place hole
empty, as Sam said, when he
came into my kitchen with
a gallon of cream from the
dairy.
He pulled the stool out from
under the table, perched on it,
and remarked, as cheerfully
as if he were reading it off a
tombstone, “Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof.’ ”
I didn’t want him bothering
me in the kitchen, when I had
everything to do, with Belle,
Eadle and Goldie gone gad
ding; but being a woman,
normal I hope, I asked him
what he meant by that.
“I’m not going to be sur
■ prised.” he answered, “if we
have another visiter, one of
these days.”
“Nor me either," I said,
though much astonished, be
cause it was as if he had read
my mind. At that minute I
had been worrying about
Sadie. She was expecting her
baby, before long, and Land
only knew what such a trip
as she was taking now, and
the celebration to boot, might
precipitate. “That fool girl,"
I went on. “It wouldn’t sur
prise me a bit if this was the
death of her— not a bit.”
“Pshaw!” Sam said. “What
have you found out, Mary?”
“She told me herself, the
last of July.,r
“Yes? I thought all along
that she knew.”
Since he seemed as sober
as an owl, and as serious, I
decided that there was no
answer to make, and I made
none.
“She’s off a few weeks,
though. I sent a telegram, and j
got an answer yesterday. It j
is the fourth of July.”
“Sam,” I found my breath ;
to retort, "one of us is plumb :
crazy. I think it is you. Do
you think it is me?”
"Not to make any bones
about it,” Sam said, “I have
thought, here lately, that
every dang soul on the place
was only saved from being in
the asylum because of the
ignorance of the authorities.
But, in this case, I think I
am sane and certain. I wired
the warden of the peniten
tiary. He said that Daniel
Canneziano was to be re
leased on the morning of the
fourth of July. Gaby told you
the last of July? Probably
some time off, for good be
havior.
“I wasn’t talking about
Canneziano." I snapped. “And
how did I know you were? I
was talking about Sadie’s
baby.’’
I dropped into a chair, feel
ing sort of weakened from the
news about Canneziano, and
waited with what patience I
could for Sam to stop laugh
ing.
“You mark my words," I
said, when the laugh had gone
down to a silly giggle, over
which I could make myself
heard, “all these queer actions
around here have something
to do with that man’s re- -
lease."
“I’ll bet you,” Sam said.
“But blame my soul if I know
what to do, about anything.”
“I know what I’d do about
Canneziano, if he shows up
here,” I told him.
“Yes, I know. But he is
Danny’s father, and Danny is
going to marry John. After
all, money is not much good
unless you take it to market.
If I could come to a decent
! agreement with the fellow—
And if he’d take that Gaby
with him. I’m dead certain
that her hanging around here
isn’t going to contribute any
to John’s and Danny’s married
life—”
“What do you mean by that,
Sam?” Gaby asked the ques
tion, walking right into the
kitchen. I was all taken aback;
but Sam didn’t seem to be.
“Eavesdroppers, my girl,"
he said, “hear no good of
themselves. I mean that I
don’t think any girl who
wanted to act right would
treat her sister’s betrothed as
you treat John.”
“You,” she said, very slowly,
j to make insult baste each
word, “are a damned old fool,
Sam Stanley.”
I shook in my shoes. I had
not dreamed that there was
a living human being who
would dare say that, in that
tone of voice, to Sam.
He stood up. He put his
his hands on her shoulders,
gently though, and turned her
around.
“You are a bad, wayward
girl,” he said, “march out of
here, now and get your man
ners mended before I see you
again.”
He sobered even her, for a
minute. She walked to the
door, without another word
There, she whirled around
like a crazy thing, and, I de
clare to Goodness, I don’t
know what she said. It was
the sort of talking I had never
heard in my life; my ears
were not enough accustomed
to the words to take in their
meanings. But one thing that
i she kept screaming so loudly
| mat sue couid oe neara an
| over the place, was that Sam
; had threatened her once too
often. Sam stood there, para
lyzed, I think, as was I, for
perhaps a couple of minutes,
before he turned and walked
off, into the backyard.
Hubert Hand came rushing
in. Gaby threw her arms
around his neck, and kept on
with the screaming and sob
bing. Chad came in through
the pantry. Mrs. Ricker opened
the door that was at the foot
of the back stairway.
She stood there in the door
way, watching Hubert Hand,
with both his arms around
Gaby, petting and soothing
her. She dampened her tight
lips with, her tongue; but,
without saying a word, she
went back up the stairs,
closing the door behind her.
Hubert Hand led Gaby into
the dining-room, and through
it into the living-room.
“What in God’s name hap
pened?” Chad said to me.
I went and washed my face
and took a drink of water.
“Chad,” I said, “Gabrielle
Canneziano has lost her mind.
She is insane.”
His face went white as lard.
“I don’t believe it.”
“Either that,” I said, “or else
she is the wickedest, the—”
“Stop it,” he shouted at me.
“You, nor anyone, can talk to
me like that about the girl I
love.”
“Love! Love your foot!” 1
snapped at him. The idea of
mooning about love to me, at
a time like that.
“None of you understand
her,” he said, “nor tries to.
She is in some sort of trouble
—terrible trouble. Anyone can
see that. I’d give my soul to
help her—To serve her—”
“If you are so crazy about
serving her,” I said, “you
might go into the dining-room
and set the table, and help me
serve her, and the rest of you,
some breakfast.”
He went into the yard. Like
a lot of men, I thought, who
want to give their souls and
so on to women, he didn’t
care to be bothered with
smaller details, such as feed
ing them.
I wronged him. Whether or
not a man has the giving of
his soul, in his own hands. I
do not know. A man can give
his life. That is what Chad
gave.
CHAPTER XIV
Two Departures
After dinner, which we
didn’t have until nearly one
o’clock on the fourth of July,
owing to Chad’s not getting
the ice-cream frozen on time,
John surprised us all by saying
that he was going to take the
sedan and drive down to Rat
tail for the mail.
I suspicioned, right then,
that he was up to something.
He could not fool me into
thinking that he would take a
fifty mile trip—twenty-five
miles each way—through the
desert heat for no other
reason than to get the mail.
He couldn’t do any trading,
since all of Rattail would be
off to the Telko celebration.
When Danny seemed hurt and
troubled about him going, and
when he went riding right off.
anyway, I decided that Sam
must have sent him, expect
ing some word concerning
Canneziano. I was wrong.
We had had a stiff breeze,
with a promising sprinkle of
rain in the morning; but it
had died down about noon
and, at two o’clock it was too
tarnation hot to do anything
but try to keep cool. I stacked
the dinner dishes, to wash in
the evening, and joined the
others sitting around in the
living-room with the electric
fans going full blast.
Sam, chess board in hand,
stopped long enough by my
chair to say in an undertone,
“What did I tell you, Mary?
‘It is always darkest, just be
fore the dawn.’ ”
That piece of optimism
from him was due, in part, to
the extra good holiday dinner
he had just eaten; and in part
; to a sense of quiet, edging
close to peace, that had per
vaded the place since morn
ing. I had noticed it, too, with
thankfulness, and had ac
counted for it with the sup
position tnat Gaby nad spent
all of her energy In meanness
the day before, and wai
obliged to rest up for a spell
"That’s a nice little piece,’
I answered Sam. "There is
I another one, though, isn’t
there, about a lull before the
! storm?”
That was not pure contrari
ness on my part. I was ex
pecting, every minute, to see
j Gaby break out again. She
didn’t. She yawned around
and fussed about, and ther
went and sat beside Danny
who was looking at the pic
tures in The Ladies Home
Journal, and put her arir
around her, and petted her uj
a little—a most unusual per
formance for her.
When Chad, who had beer
monkeying with the radio
got a rip-roaring patriotic
program from Salt Lake, the
1 two girls went upstairs to
gether.
A few minutes later I had
an errand upstairs—a rea.
one, I wouldn’t have taker
myself up in that heat tc
satisfy any curiosity—so, out
of habit. I stopped at Gaby’s
door to listen. I heard tht
girls giggling in there; and
knowing no/great harm i?
afoot when girls giggle, I went
on, got my scrap of pongee
silk to mend Sam’s shirt, anf
came downstairs again.
Sam and Hubert Hand wert
deep in their chess game. Mrs,
Ricker was tatting. Chad and
Martha were playing dots and
crosses. In spite of the noise
1 from the radio, there was a
comfortable feeling about tht
I room that made me lonesome
for the days we had all had
I together before the Canne
; ziano girls had come.
The radio program, whict
was to last from two until
four o’clock, had just that
minute stopped. Martha, whc
when she didn’t forget it
usually fed her rabbits about
that time of day, had gone
out to do it. Gaby came down
stairs, humming a tune.
She had on the tomato soup
colored wrap that she had
worn on the train, and the hat
to match the wrap. She was
carrying a beaded bag. She
never dressed up like that, tc
go walking around the place;
a wrap, even such a light one,
in the heat of that day, was
downright ridiculous.
Chad said, “All dressed ur
and ho place to go?”
She tossed her head at him
and hurried straight down the
room and out through the
glass doors. Chad followed
her. They stopped together on
the pdrch. She stood with hei
back to me. Chad faced me. Ir.
a minute, I saw his mouth
bend up into a grin of bliss.
Nothing would have surprised
me more. For this reason.
As that girl walked through
the room, I had seen that she
walked in mortal fear. In
spite of her humming, in spite
of her attempted swagger,
fear was in her widened eyes
in her drawn chin, in the con
traction of her shoulders.
Whereever it was that she was
going, she was afraid to go
But where could she go? Johr
had the sedan. Except for the
trucks, which she couldn’t
drive, and her pony—she
surely would not be dressed
like that to ride horseback—
there was no way for her tc
get off the place. It must be
then, that someone was com
ing to the place, and that she 1
was going out alone to meet
them. Who? Canneziano? Not
unless Sam had been mistaken
about the time when he was
to be released from prison
Usually, when people think at I
all, they think quiokly. Al]
this had gone through mj
mind while she had walked
the forty feet to the door. Be
fore Chad smiled, I had ;
spoken to Mrs. Ricker.
“That girl,” I said, “is afraid
of something.”
Mrs. Ricker darted her tat
ting shuttle back and forth
She moistened her lips, with
her tongue; but changed her
mind and said nothing.
(TO B» CONTINUED)
Invitation.
He: You are the breath of m
life.
She: Let's see you hold your
breath.
Hotels and Prohibition.
From Hotel Reporter.
The air Is thick with straw votes
Prohibition Ls being probed and
poked at. talked about and written
about, fought and defended as nevei
before. The Literary Digest has ser.
out 20.000,000 questionnaires. Hote
World his queried all the hotels o‘
the country of 50 rooms and more
Polls of every description are tlv
order of the day^ What, if anythin)
is it all about?
It seems to us that certain we*
founded deductions may be made—
of interest to the public generally
and to hfltel men specifically:
(1) Evervone is talking about
prohibition. No one knows much
about It. The wets talk wetter and
the drys talk dryer, but neither side
has so far proved its case conclu
ively or with incontrovertible evi
lence.
(2) Up to now the members of
ongress have voted dry with in
reaslng definiteness because their
onstituents have seemed to de
land it. But in the Digest poll, in
,'hich over 3,000,000 votes have been
ast to date, 42 per cent are for re
jeal, 30 per cent for modification,
md only 28 per cent are fer en
forcement.
(3) The drys have consistently
maintained that modification would
satisfy no one—that light wines and
beers would be only the first step
toward a return to the unrestricted
sale of liquor and to the comer
saloon. But the Hotel World poll
indicates that 77 per cent of the
hotel men would confine their per- 1
sonal drinking to legalized wine and
beer, that with modification. 72 per
cent would be willing to convict tho
seller of illegal hard liquors and
that 79 per cent would not reopen
public bars in their hotels, either
, with modification or repeal,
i Prohibition in all its many phases
has become the great enigma oi
1 the day. A dry minister runs on a
wet ticket. Eootleggers vote dry
Rich men have liquor lockers ir
their clubs. Poor men have lost
their only club—the comer saloon
Great industrialists want prohobl
tion for their men and liquor fol
themselves.
What does it all mean and where
are we headed? Certainly it woulc
seem that after 10 years of experi
mentation the country Is ready fo
a showdown.
Q. Of the working population ir
the United States, what percentag
is composed of stenographers? E. S
A. Stenographers form one an?
four-tenths per cent of the work
ers.
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
MUST HAVE VIGOR
Forty per cent of eggs and other
poultry products is consumed at a
sufficient distance from the poultry
yard to require marketing service.
Since the bulk of poultry products
comes from the farms, this means
that the system of feeding farm lay
ing flocks and of growing young
stock destined lor fattening should
be based on the carrying quality of
eggs, and supplying what the mar
ket wants for the fattening batter
ies. The farmer has a grand chance
io turn both cheeks to the packer
who smites him on one cheek for
his carelessness in grading and
packing eggs, and on the other for
his shortcomings in the quality of
fattening stock he ships. One trade
journal voices the latter grouch by
accusing: “One difficulty in the
commercial fattening of poultry Is
that many birds do not make satis
factory gains when placed in fat
tening batteries, due to lack of vigor
and quality of much of the farm
raised stock as it arrives at the
packing plant.” Which suggests
that if farm raised stock is to have
the reputation its importance in the
part of the nation’s agricultural in
come deserves, fanners will find it
profitable to consider the marketing
qualities of poultry products as well
as the poultry markets- Breeding,
incubation, brooding, feed and care
of farm poultry must include con
stant thought tor vigor. One night
of overheating or of chilling of eggs
in the incubator; one night of
crowding and trampling in a cold
brooder; one morning of overheat
ing in a closed brooder through
which the sun shines on chicks
trying to escape from a too hot
hovei-; one experience of chilling and
consequent piling up and trampling
under foot of chicks; a struggling
bread line because of too few feed
hoppers, are all thieves of poten
tial vigor. Productive quality of
pullets, and early maturity and easy
rattening of surplus cockerels, are
not easily secured with the same
mating, but vigor is essential what
ever the goal, and vigor is within
the reach of the poultry breeder.
The way the farm flock is eared for
and fed up to shipping time will
determine how it will lay or fatten.
If farm raised birds hold the repu
tation of unaati-Jliaotory gains in
the fattening battery, the price of
farm range stock for fattening will
fall. Since about 40 per cent of
poultry products are consumed at a
distance to require marketing ser
vice, qualities which will hold up
in shipping must be sought. The
ultimate measure of success is the
finished product and how it will
ship. Thin shelled eggs, eggs with
cracks, carry their own penalty of
loss. The cause should be investi
gated. Aside from the ration, soft
shelled eggs may be due to over
fat hens, or diseased egg organs.
The farmer's own special market
may be next door, but eventually
his poultry products may travel
hundreds of miles to the consumer.
Considering the eventual market
pays.
LOOK TO TIIE PASTURE
Tire livestock man who makes a
survey of his pasture situation at
this season is acting wisely, for the
kind and quantity of pasture avail
able have an important bearing on
production costs and income. Over
a large part of the country we are
inclined to settle back at this sea
son with satisfaction over our lux
uriant blue-grass pastures. We are
prone to forget the situation which
is likely to exist next July and Au
gust, when blue-grass pastures usu
ally are brown and dry and provide
little feed. It is not too late to
make a seeding of an annual forage
crop that will supplement the blue
grass later on. Good pastures
throughout the season materially
aid in saving feed; especially do
they help to save the higher priced
protein feeds. The last year in our
experiments an acre of rape ap
peared to save over half a ton of
tankage in fattening our spring pigs.
Also the excellent vitamin and
mineral composition of pasture
keeps the animals growing. Pigs
and lambs especially need to have a
change to live on land which is free
from disease organisms and para
sites. Providing annual pastures,
especially those containing rape, is
the simplest method of insuring
heathful land for pigs and lambs.
Furthermore, the pigs and lambs
feed on the rape leaves and thus
do not eat so closely to the ground
as is the case with blue grass pas
tures. Our experience leads us to
believe that there is no annual
crop better adapted to’ pigs’ or
lambs’ needs than rape. Seedings
of this crop may be made well up
into June, using three to eight
pounds of seed an acre. For lambs,
a combination of rape and a quar
ter to three-quarters of a bushel of
oats an acre has proved an excel
lent combination. In this section
many farmers practice the seeding
of rape between the corn rows at
the last cultivation. Where the
com is to be hogged down, this
usually works out advantageously.
GROWING CAULIFLOWER
Cauliflower is a big eater. Plant
food studies carried on by a leading
experiment station ior four years
indicate that heavy fertilizing pays
in increased yields. The results also
indicate that manure alone does not
furnish plantfood in the right pro
portions, and that some readily
available plantfood applied during
the growing season, gives greater
yields than when applied before
planting. In the tests reterred to,
the plants were sown in the green
house In March and transplanted
to the field in May, being spaced
24x30 inches. All fertilizers were
broadcast and harrowed in, except
where otherwise mentioned. Ma
nure alone, although good as a hu
mus supply, used at the rate of 10
tons and 20 tens to the acre, did not
furnish enough plantfood for a
successful crop; the lighter appli
cation produced 2,121 firsts, and the
heavier, 2,400. When the applica
tlon of J tons oi manure was sup
plemented with 1,000 pounds of
4:8:4 to the acre, asd with a side
dressing of 150 pounds of quick
nitrogen, the yields were satisfac
tory. A two-year average showed »■
increase of 2,443 firsts to the acre,
over the 20-to.n manure application
alone, and 2,548 firsts over the< 10
ton appiicr.tlon. When the manure
supply was limited, it was found
that 2,060 pounds of 4:8:4 an acre
could be used profitably. The aver
age yield for lour years with 2,000
pounds of 4:4:4 was 4.072 firsts, as
compared with 3,050 for ),(*»
pounds' of 4 8:4. Tire best yields
with 1,000 pounds of 4:8:4 were ob
tained when this amount, applied
before planting, was followed by
two side dressings (130 pounds
raert) of quick nitrogen, one three
weeks after planting and the other
two weeks later. With 1,500 pounds
oi 4.0.4, when 1.0G0 pounds was ap
plied at planting and 500 pound*
three weeks later, the yield was 733
liras greater than when the whole
amount ’.«as applied at planting. A<»
the cauliflower plant develops very
rapidly, a supply of complete soluble
fertilizer should be\ constantly
available, otherwise the growth will .
be checked and the plant will form
premature small heads, called ‘ out
tons.”
TEST SCALES YEARLY
A man told me recently that hi*
scale wasn’t weighing right—hus 50
pound tcet weight shewed only 40
pounds on the beam says a fanner
who makes a spccialtv of details.
Inspection shewed a small pebbla
wedged tightly between the edge of
the scale platform &nu the coping.
Tills make the lord weigh lighter.
I' a heavy load were followed by a
light load .the pebble would tend to
hold the platform down, thus mak
ing the lighter load weight too
heavy. Which • shows how import
ent it is to,check platform clearance
of scales. Twice a day is, none tot.
often in steady weighing, and every
time the scale is to be used if
weighings are infrequent. Beam ac
tion should be tested frequently, too
is likely to get into the working
parts in winter. Dirt thrown un by
rats may cause trouble. Scale'pit*
should be inspected frequently, and
should be kept clean. One scale
user says: “I took up the platform
and took two wagon loads of dirt
out of the scale pit three years ago.
S’pose it cughta be cleaned out
again; rats make lets o’ muss down
there.” Pits should be deep enough
to allow ready and easy access to
all parts of the scale. Where much
business is done over a farm scale,
a careful test and thorough inspec
tion once a year should prove »
good investment. Some of the scald
manufacturers put out good book
lets on the care of farm scales.
SANITATION INCREASES PROFIT
Much has been written about tha
greater profit the producer of hogs
invariably derives from raising his
pigs under sanitary conditions, but
the story bears repetition becauso
a comparatively small percentago
of the fanners the country over have
taken advantage of the sanitation
method. A leading western farmer
states that one year he had 24 brood
sows that raised 122 pigs under tha
old method of farrowing in worm
infested hog lots. The following
year, he reduced the number of his
sows to eight, and raised their pigs
in clean pasture. Prior to farrow
ing, he washed the udders of tha
sows and placed them in cleau
houses, so that the pigs never cima
in contact yith the old hog lots.
The result was that by October 1,
the 63 pigs raised by the eight sows
weighed 49 pounds more than did
the 122 the year before on the cor
responding date. It is unnecessary
to mention that the net profit per
pig was very much larger under tho
sanitation method than under tho
cld hog lot method of raising them,
and that the work of caring for
them was more enjoyable. Figure*
gathered from many hundreds of
farmers indicate that from five to
eight weeks’ time is saved between
birth and marketing age by raising
spring or fall pigs under sanitary
conditions. Besides this, a saving
of feed and other items of cost ac
crues from this better method. Let
us keen this spring s pigs out of mud
and filth.
CULTIVATE OLD YARDS
Every year, there are large losses
on account of using old poultry
yards that are contaminated wrtn
poultry droppings containing dis
ease germs and worm eggs. Poultry
authorities have estimated that 95
per cent of the round-worms and
from 60 to 70 per cent of the tape
worms can be eliminated by put
ting poultry on clean ground that
is free from contamination. Coc
cidosis is another trouble with young
poultry that can be largely elimin
ated by using clean ground. Old
birds are often carriers of the small
organism that causes this trouble.
Care in handling young chickens in
order to prevent contamination will
greatly reduce these losses, if it
does not eliminate them altogether.
Nature will aid in cleaning up dis
ease and worm contamination, if
sunshine and air are given a chance
to work. If the yard is put into a
crop that can be cultivated, the ac
tion of the sun and air will be more
rapid than where a crop is used that
will cover all of the • ground. Pota
toes and corn are ideal crops for
poultry yards, as they use up the
fertility from the droppings and re
quire cultivation. If the crop is
taken off the ground early in the
fall, it can be seeded to rye or
some other crop for early spring
pasture.
BE A “MODERN”
Modern poultry raisers buy their
chicks, and let the hens keep to
their profitable job of laying.
WELL WORTH* ^REMEMBERING
A man cannot be stingy at the
feed if his cows are to be liberal
at the milk pail.
APPLYING LIME
Lime is usually applied at the
rate of about two tons/per acre and
this application should be good for
10 or more years. Very large quan
;ities would need to be added before
there would be any injurious effect.
Ume is ordinarily applied to land
where it is difficult to obtain good
stands and growth of alfalfa or
sweet clover, since these crops re
luire a sweeter soil than ordinary
*rain crops. lime may be applied
at any time during the year, owing
to its slow action, its effect can
not be determined in less than six
months or a year. The best method\
of application is to apply it to the
surface and disc it in. Plowing the
lime under, however, is not objec
tionable. On most Western farms
the addition of lime to the soil is
not beneficial. Certain acid soils ara
benefited, however.
A LITTLE REMINDER
Hens need a green feed or green
feed substitute during the winter
months- Vegetables such as beets,
mangels, cabbages and potatoes, are
good. An occasional flock keeper
can get a storekeeper in a nearby
city or town to save the lettuce
I trimmings and other vesetabl? left—
i avers. These make excellent chick
en feed. Alfalfa in a rack or as meal
| is the most practical substitute.