A Great Historical Romance of Love and War and Adventure OUR NEW SERIAL By SAMUEL McCOY Tippecanoe is a story that dealswithapagein Amer ican history as romantic as anything that forms a part of our contribution to the world’s store of treasures —the battle of Tippecanoe, over one hundred years ago, when Indiana was still a frontier country. It does not falsify history for the purposes of romance, and it is quite as human as it is historical. The people it portrays are as interesting and as en tertaining as though they were purely imaginary. Besides these merits, the story is written in absorb ing style. The hero is a eaver who, in England, ias gone through the troubles that arose after the invention of machin ery to do away with hand work. Various celebrities such as Gen eral Harrison, Captain Zachary Taylor, Colonel Posey, the Prophet, Simon Girty and Judge Parke are also introduced. You will finish the story with an admirable notion of the times and a clearer under standing of history. If historical romances have a fas cination for you, you will find great pleasure reading Tippecanoe. Don’t Miss the Big Treat Offered in This Story! The First American Story to Blend the Question of “Pre paredness” with the Histori cal Facts of America’s Last Armed Invasion by a Foreign Country. BLUE GRASS BEST FOR FATTENING HOGS ON BLUE-GRASS PASTURE AT MISSOURI COLLEGE. (Bv F. B. MUMFORD, Dean of Missouri College of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo.) Probably no state in the United States has so large an area of blue grass pasture as Missouri. Certain advantages in this state have led many men who farm, and particularly those controlling large bodies of land, to fol low grazing on permanent pastures. When the price of land was low and the value of grain less than at present, blue-grass farming was more profitable than rotative farming. A change of conditions makes more skillful han dling of grass lands necessary. Investigations carried on at the Mis souri experiment station for five years, comparing blue grass with ten other rotations, including the best forage crops known for Missouri, show that the average return per acre which can be accredited to blue-grass forage for fattening hogs Is $22.30 per acre, esti mating pork at 6 cents a pound, and corn fed at 00 cents a bushel. A rota tion of rape, clover, and corn yielded an annual income of $22.42 per acre. A succession of corn in which cowpeas were planted at the last cultivation gave an annual income per acre of $19.48. The figures indicate that it is not necessary for men who farm to plow up all the land devoted to blue-grass pastures in order to make it pay a good income even on the basis of high t land values at the present prevailing in this state. SHELTER ESSENTIAL FOR A SHEEP FLOCK Dry Floor, Good Roof. Abundance of Fresh Air and Feed Space Are Important. It is impossible to suggest any very definite sheep barn plans without knowing under just what conditions the barn is to be built, but Prof. H. Hackedorn of the Missouri College of Agriculture makes some general suggestions. He says: “In planning barns or sheds for a breeding flock of sheep, a space of 10 or 12 square feet per ewe will give sufficient room. The essentials of shelter for sheep are (1) dry floor, (2) good roof, (3) an abun dance of fresh air, (4) avoid drafts (5) avoid narrow doors and passages so ewe heavy with lamb will not be in jured, and (C) provide sufficient feed ing-trough space so all the sheep can eat at the same time. “We find that a shed 25 or SO feet wide and as long as necessary to house the flock gives very good results at tiie Missouri agricultural experi ment station. It should open on the south and may be built with a feed trough and feed alley along the north side. Economy of rack space may be secured by the use of movable racks so arranged as to make as many lots as are needed in the shed. These par tition racks can be moved out of the way whenever a wagon is driven in to ;>e loaded with manure. The shed should be high enough to afford plenty of loft room. As we feed baled hay, a loft five feet high at the eaves gives us room enougii to store a winter’s supply for the flock, but if loose hay is put in and fed correspondingly, more loft room must be provided.” dLAUKLcu is must INFECTIOUS DISEASE Trouble Is Caused by Seed-Form ing Organism Gaining En trance Through Wounds. (By A. HAIINEK, Idaho Experiment Sta^ tion.j Blackleg is a specific infectious dis ease of young cattle, caused by a spore or seed-forming organism that gains entrance to the tissues through small wounds in the skin. Cattle between the ages of six months and two and one half years are most susceptible. The main noticeable symptom Is the occurrence of a large gaseous swelling beneath the skin of the hind quarters, the shoulder or the lower portion of the neck. The swelling crackles when the hand is passed over It, and if cut into the muscle is dark and a yellow ish bloody fluid escapes. Associated with this symptom are others common to bacterial infections, viz.: Elevation of body temperature, loss of appetite and rumination, dullness, and difficult breathing. The best method of handling is to burn or bury deeply the carcasses of dead animals, disinfect the spots where they died, remove healthy stock from infected pustures and vaccinate the susceptible cattle. CARING FOR DAIRY VESSELS Wash With Hot Water Into Which Some Good Alkaline Powder Has Been Added—Avoid Soap. Wash all dairy vessels in warm wa ter first, then in water as hot as the hands will stand. Into this hot water put some good alkaline wash powder. •Do not use soap, it may leave a taste. PLOW GARDEN PATCH IN FALL Land So Treated Will Stand Much Wet Weather Next Spring—Light Soil Likely to Drift. Plow all poorly drained or heavy gardens and potato patches In the fall. Land sc plowed will stand much more wet weather the next spring than spring plowed soil. It Is seldom a good plan to plow light soil In the fall especially in re gions where the wind is likely to cause the land to drift CARE OF WIRE CUTS AND OTHER INJURIES Practical and Timely Hints Given by an Expert of Missouri College of Agriculture. (By L. S. BACKUS, Missouri College of Agriculture.) First aid is most important. Quick healing leaves smaller scars. Don't use dust or lime to stop bleed ing. Bleeding that can be stopped with powders will soon stop itself anyhow. Frequent washing irritates wounds, prevents prompt healing and may cause proud flesh. Small concealed stab wounds such ns those from nails are the most likely to cause death. Find them and keep them clean and well disinfected. Swab out deep cuts with pure tinc ture of iodine as soon as it can be Secured and they will take care of themselves then if the normal pus dis charge is removed. A long continued discharge from a wound indicates an abcess pocket, a bone injury, or the presence of a snag or something else that should not be in the wound. Call a veterinarian. As soon as bleeding has been stopped, wash the wound with a pint of warm water to which two teaspoon fuls of creolin, ‘ lysol, carbolic acid, <>r some similar disinfectant has beer added. A wound should be healed In about three weeks. If it is doing well, the swelling will gradually go down, and the discharge will be odorless, thin, and bloody at first, and thicker and whiter later. Antitoxin will prevent lockjaw after nail or other puncture wounds. If not so prevented, very few of the lockjaw cases ever recover. The hard crust lime forms over the surface of a wound favors lockjaw by shutting out the air. Bleeding from a leg can always be stopped by tying a small rope loosely about the wound, then twisting it with a stick or small rod. Tighten till bleed ing stops. Apply bandages and re move the cord if possible. If band ages c-aunot be applied, prevent serl- ; ous bleeding by pressing the fingers against the cut blood vessels until a veterinarian can be called. STUDY THE MARKET DEMANDS CAREFULLY Farmer Must Strive to Produce Only Best Animals and Meet Needs of Consumer. (By S. T. SIMPSON, Missouri College of Agriculture.) We must study the market demands and select good sires of the types that will enable us to meet them. If we find that the butcher or packer likes an animal of extreme beef type be cause that animal yields a high per- ! centage of the high-priced cuts, the sires must be selected accordingly. If we find that the horse buyer takes the big, drafty, sound horse in preference J to the chunk when his order calls for horses for heavy work, we must secure ' sires that will get colts of that type, if we ship or sell to a market which demands bacon hogs, then the boar should be the best obtainable Indi vidual of a bacon breed which is In ' good demand In that market. In any case, we must strive to pro duce only the best animals and to be sure that they are uniformly good and that there are among them no mis fits or inferior specimens which do not meet the consumers’ needs. Selecting Breeding Stock. . I In selecting breeding stock, the rec ords of the near ancestors are the ones to be studied most closely. The more remote the ancestor, the less Its 1 influence on the Individual. Wheat Bran for Chicks. Give the young growing fowls all the pure wheat bran they wljl con sume. Fatherly Pigeon. The older a male pigeon grows the more fatherly be becomes. B4DDYS mWG -w-V r >1^ /T MiRT m © MARY GRAHAM BQNNEB SCHOOL CAT. “What would you like to hear about tonight?” asked Daddy. “Well,” said Nancy, “I think I would like to hear a Story about an Animal.” “Ah! I have Just the one then,” said Daddy, so he commenced his Story: “It was the first day of School, and Marjorie had had to leave her x»et Kit ten Home. It was the very first time Kitty had ever been left Home—for he had come to Marjorie during the Marjorie Was Reading. ill CL UWJ O cation tiuu; and ever since he had always been tak en aloug.nit'.Ou l'icnics lie ‘ had been given deli cious bits of Ba con and drinks o( the most wonder; ful Milk — and sometimes—some times a little Cream! “But, of course, Marjorie had to go to School again. Kitty did not see quite why Marjorie had to auj nurir iiuw ira*c iiiui* i'ui »uai jorie’s Motlier and Teacher did. Even Marjorie, herself, thought it would make her learn her Lessons more quickly—because then she would get through and have her Kitty to play with. “Half the Morning had gone by and | the Childreu were having their read ing Lessons. Marjorie was reading, ! ‘“The Cat sat on the Floor in front of the Fire.’ “ ‘Me-ow. meow,' cried Kitty—for lie had followed Marjorie anil unseen by anyone hud walked into the School. “'Is that a Cat?’ asked the Teacher. “ ‘Me-ow,’ the Cut answered quite plainly. “ ‘It isn't my Cat.’ said Marjorie, i for mine always wears a little Bell, ! and he can't move without it jingling. We gave it to him partly to make him ! happy and because lie couldn't catch • Birds then.’ “‘I thought I heard a Cat,’ said tin Teacher, 'but now I don't. Look j around Children and see if you can find one.’ “All the Children looked and not a Cat was to be seen. For Kitty had hidden himself in a great Box filled with wood at one end of the Room, and had moved so as not to ring his Bell! “The Lessons went on and the Cat was forgotten about. It was not long ; before a strange smell of smoke filled the Room and the Teacher and Pupils soon became very nervous. “They looked all over to see if some- j thing could be> burning and then the , sounds from Kitty came again. “ 'Me-ow, meow, meow,’ he wailed, j and his Bell jingled from his Neck. j Oh, such cries of terror! “ ‘That's Kitty,’ shouted Marjorie, j ‘Oh, oh, I do hope nothing's happened ! to him. Where can he be?' “And still the cries came—and they | sounded queer and muffled. “ ‘I've found him!’ shouted Mar- - jorie, ‘and. look!’ She gasped in hor- j ror. “They pulled Kitty out—but a Fire j had started in the Wood Box—and that was where the smell of burning was coming from. “The Janitor of the School came rushing in with Pails of Water and quickly put out the F*re. “‘We would never have known where the Fire was,’ said Marjorie proudly, ‘if it hadn't been for my Kit ty.' And she hugged Kitty tightly, who had not been hurt but only very much frightened. " Ana it s tne first time a Cat has come t o School,’ said the Teacher, ‘that has been a help to me—and if Kit ty will behave like this and keep quiet unless there is danger—and unless we talk about Cats—h e can come t o School each day.' ‘He’s a Prett> | Fine Animal." mr- .i.umui ouhi, mat uai saved the School, for he rang his Hell in time before the Fire had become well started. He’s a pretty fine ani mal. He knows when to ring that lit tle jingle of his, and when not to!’ “And after that, Marjorie and Kitty came to School together each day, ind Kitty slept in the Wood Box. “No more strange Fires broke out ind Kitty kept his Bell quiet. “But whenever he heard the Chil Jren talk about Cats he said, ‘Me-ow, ne-ow,’ for he wanted to let them all Snow what was one Lesson he didn’t seed to study! And he wanted to let them know that that wasn’t the rea son why he came to School! “Later on, when it was Marjorie’s Birthday, to her great surprise Kitty a-as given a Box from the School Chil iren, in which was a Collar. WritteD in large letters on the Collar were the words, ‘To Kitty the Brave!’ ” Never Out of Style. The dress you thought so pretty a fear ago, may look out of date when rou bring it out this season. An old photograph often looks fairly gro tesque because the style of doing the hair and dressing has changed so completely. But good manners and kind words and smiles never go out of fashion, because any change from these styles could not fail to be a change for the worse.—Girl’s Com panion. Easily Seen. “This baby of ours will never be « success in practical politics.’* “Why not?” “Too much of a squealer.” ♦ ECONOMY IN NOME MANY WAYS IN WHICH MONEY MAY BE SAVED. Substitutes for Expensive Meats and Other Table Furnishings Are Pos sible, and Health of the Fam ily Will Be improved. By Nellie Maxwell. Department of Farmers' Institutes ot the University of Wisconsin. We all know, if we have given the ■subject any thought that the feesling if the family is the most expensive •tern in the list of household accounts. Every housewife should keep a care ful account of her income and outgo. Too many of us are like the young bride who was given a set of books in which to keep her accounts and when asked by her husband at the end of the month if her accounts balanced, showed him the book, on one page was written. “Received of John, sixty dol lars,” on the opposite page these words “spent it ail.” Since tiie cost of living is constantly advancing it is vitally necessary that real concern he paid to reducing cer tain items of expenditure, and as meat is one of the most expensive of our foods, any economy in the pur chase of it will make a noticeable re duction in the food bill. By using meat substitutes of cheese, I nuts, milk and eggs which are less ex- j pensive but fully as nutritious, the ex- ' penses may be reduced. Cheese has a food value of twice that of meat pound for pound, and can he used with much less waste. The use of cheese in com bination with milk and eggs makes a most satisfactory substitute for meat. The cheaper cuts of meat may be utilized more often and on the farm all kinds of meat may be salted, pifkled, canned or dried for future use. So that in time of plenty prepare for the famine. I’ork sausage, fried to scar both sides of small cakes, packed j in large jars and covered with the | boiling hot fat so that it makes a per- j feet seal over the sausage will keep to use in midsummer and is a constant ' source of satisfaction for it is so easy < to get it ready for breakfast as it ' needs but little more cooking. Chick- j on may be canned when too much is • ooked and set away for another time when an emergency calls it forth. The utilizing of left-overs in the planning of the meals is another im portant point for the housewife to con sider. It goes without saying that she j plans her menus days ahead in order j to save expense and use these left- j overs acceptably. Fruits and vegetables lend them selves to all sorts bf combinations as salads and soups, and make dishes j that are tasty and wholesome. The costly habit of eating more than we need is not only wasteful of mate rial, bad on the complexion, but vast ly more important, ruinous to the digestive organs. Preparing more food than is used, paring away vege tables and fruits, cooking vegetables in so much water that much of the food value is wasted, throw!rig away the trimmings and bones of meat, that would make good broths, stews ot soups—these are some of the wastes that need to be watched. Constant vigilance is the price of success in ex penditures as in other things. Lemon Preserve. Peel and cut one dozen lemons In slices and soak for a day in cold wa ter. Then boil four pounds of sugar and a cupful of water for about twenty minutes and stir to keep from burning Next add the lemons, some chopped raisins and almonds and let thicken slowly. This is a delicious and new filling for sandwiches to serve with Iced tea or lemonade on a warm after noon. To keep lemons fresh, put a layer ol fine dry sand at the bottom of a large earthen jar. Place on this a layer of lemons, stalk end downward, being careful that they do not touch one an other. Cover these with a three-inch layer of sand. Add another layer ol lemons, and so on until the jar is full. In a cool, dry place lemons packed like this will keep a year. Some Favorite Potato Recipes. Potatoes Fried Whole—When nearly boiled enough, put small potatoes into a saucepan with butter or beef drip pings. 'Shake them about to prevent burning until they are brown and crisp. Drain them from the fat. It wilf be an improvement if they art floured, dipped in beaten egg and rolled in fine bread crumbs and then friend. Potatoes for Breakfast—Cut cold boiled potatoes in slices lengthwise, dip them in beaten egg and put on a but tered pie plate in the oven. As soon af they are brown and hot, serve. Cucumber Sandwiches. One cupful cream whipped stiff, one small cucumber cut very line, three tea spoonfuls powdered gelatin, salt to taste, also parika to taste, five table spoonfuls vinegar. Soak gelatin in as little cold water as possible and dilute n as little hot water as possible. Mix together and set on Ice to cool. Then spread on thin slices of bread. Pickled Beet Root. Two beet roots, pepper, salt and ^ finegar. Wash the beet root, taking ! 'are not to break the surface. Bake n a slow oven for about three hours ! A hen cold peel and slice thin, sprinkle 1 vlth pepper and salt, pour over a little j rinegar. I.eave for n few hours before serving. Keeping Pongee Like New Wash pongee in a warm smls ul rtinte soap and hang in the sun until bone dry. Then iron on the wrong side without sprinkling. To Prevent Cakes Burning. Sprinkle the bottom of the oven with fine, dry salt to prevent cakes, pies md other pastry from burning on the bottom. 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