Bull-Dog
Drummond
The Adventures of a
Demobilized Officer Who
Found Peace Dull
by CYRIL McNEILE
or “SAPPER”
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
IRWIN MYERS
Copyright by Gee. H. Doran Co.
(Continued from last week.)
“You cut it out, Jem Smith,” he
snarled, “or I might find plenty of
time after for others beside this young
swine.” The ex-pugilist muttered un-
easily under his breath, but said no
more, and it was Peterson who broke
the silence,
_ “What are you going to do with
him?”
“Lash him up like the other two,”
returned Lakington, “and leave bim
to cool until I get back tomorrow.
But I'll bring him round before I go,
and just talk to him for a little. I
wouldn’t like him not to know what
was going e happen » him. Antic.
fpation is always delightful” He
turned to two of the men standing
near. “Carry him into my room,” he
ordered, - “and another of you get the
rope.”
And so it was that Algy Longworth
and Toby Sinclair, with black rage
end fury in their hearts, watched the
limp form of their leader being car-
ried into the central room. Swathed
in rope, they sat motionless and im-
potent, in their respective chairs,
while they watched the same process
being performed on Drummond. He
was no amateur at the game, was the
rope-winder, and by the time he had
finished, Hugh resembled nothing so
much as a lifeless brown mummy.
.Only his head was free, and that lolled
forward helplessly.
Takington watched the performance
for a time; then, wearying -of it, he
strolled over to Algy’s chair.
“Well, you puppy,” he remarked,
“are you going to try shouting again?”
He picked up the rhinoceros-hide rid-
ing-whip lying on the floor, and
bent it between his hands. “That
wale on your face greatly improves
your beauty, and next time you'll get
two, and a gag as well.”
“How’s the jaw, you horrible bit of
dreg?” remarked Algy insultingly, and
Toby laughed.
“Don’t shake his nerve, Algy,” he
implored. “For the first time in his
filthy life he feels safe in the same
room as Hugh.”
The taunt seemed to madden Lak-
ington, who sprang across the room
and lashed Sinclair over the face. But
even after the sixth cut no sound came
from the helpless man, though the
blood was streaming down inside his
His eyes, calm and sneering,
collar,
met those of the raving man in front
of him without a quiver, and, at last,
Peterson himself intervened.
“Stop it, Lakington.” His voice was
giern es he caught the other's up-
/ |
“Stop It, Lakington.” His Voice Was
Stern as He Caught the Other's Up-
raised Arm.
raised arm.
{lme.”
For a moment it seemed as if Lak-
ington would have struck Peterson
himself; then .he controlled himself,
and, with an ugly laugh, flung the
whip into a corner.
“T forgot,” he said slowly. “It's the
leading dog we ‘want—not the puppies
that run after him yapping.” He spun
round oh his’ heel. “Have you fin-
ished?”
The rope-artist bestowed a final
touch to the last knot, and surveyed
his handiwork with justifiable pride.
“Cold mutton,” he remarked tersely,
“would be lively compared to him
when:he wakes up.” =
“Good! Then we'll bring him to.”
Lakington took “sorhe crystals from
a jar on one of the shelves, and placed
themin"‘a tdinbler, Then he added
Bury ior
“That’s enough for the
i
‘
-
EE EEE REP SERRA,
“a few drops of liquid and held the
glass directly under the unconscious
man’s nose. Almost at once the liquid
began to effervesce, and in less than a
ininute Drummond opened his eyes and
stared dazedly round the room. He
blinked foolishly as he saw Longworth
and Sinclair; then he looked down
end found he was similarly bound him-
self. Finally he glanced up at the
man bending over him, and full real-
ization returned. eo :
“Feeling better, my friend?” With
a mocking smile, Lakington laid the
tumbler on a table close by.
“Much, thank you, Henry,” mur-
mured Hugh. “Ah! and there’s Carl.”
He grinned cheerfully, and Laking-
ton struck him on the mouth,
“You can stop that style of con-
versation, Captain Drummond,” he re-
marked. *I dislike it.”
Hugh stared at the striker in si-
lence.
“Accept my congratulations,” he
said at length, in a low voice which,
despite himself, shook a little. “¥ou
are the first man who has ever done
that, and I shall treasure the memory
of that blow.”
«I'd hate it to be a lonely memory,”
remarked Lakington. “So here's an-
other, to keep it company.” Again he
struck him, then with a iauugh he
turned on his heel. “My complimeats
to Miss Benton,” he sald to a man
standing near the door, “and ask her
to be good enough to come down for
a few minutes.”
The veins stood out on. Drummond’s
corehead at the mention of the girl,
but otheewise he gave no sign; &nd,
tn silence, they waited for her arrival.
She came almost ar once, a villaine
sus-looking blackguard with her. :na
as she saw Hugh she gave a picitut
little moan and held out her hand te
am.
“Why did you come, boy?” she cried
“Didn't you know it was only a for-
gery—that note?”
“Ah! was it?”
“Was it, indeed?”
“An interesting point,” murimures
Lakington. “Surely if a charming gir}
§ unable—or unwilling—to write her-
self to her fiance, her father is &
very able person to supply the defi-
ciency. Especially if he has been kind-
ly endowed by Nature with a special
aptitude for—er—imitating writing.
“But time presses. And 1 don’t
want to go without telling you a little
about the program, Captain Drum-
mond. . Unfortunately both Mr. Peter-
son and I have te leave you for to-
night; but we shall be returning to-
morrow morning—or, at any rate, 1
‘shall. You will be left in charge of
Heinrich—you remember the filthy
' Boche?—with whom you had words
{the other night. As you may expect,
he entertains feelings of great friend-
ship and affection for you, so vow
should not lack for any bodily cotn-
forts, such as may be possible in your
present’ somewhat cramped position.
Then tomorrow, when I return, 1 pro-
' pose to try a few experiments on you,
ang, though I fear you will find them
painful, it's a great thing to suffer in
"the cause of science. . . . You will al-
ways have the satisfaction of knowing
that dear little Phyllis will be ivell
cared for.” With a sudden, quick
said Hugh softly.
. With a Sudden, Quick Movement He
. Seized the Girl and Kissed Her Be-
. fore She Realized His Intention.
movement, he seized the girl and
' kissed her before she.realized his in-
tention. The rope round Drummond
creaked as he struggled impotently,
and Lakington's sneering face seemed
, to swim in a red glow.
| “That is quite in keeping, is it not,”
i he snarled, “to kiss the lady, and to
' strike the man like this—and this—
{ and this? . . ." A rain of blows came
down on Drummend’s face, till, with
a gasping sigh, the girl slipped faint-
ing to the floor.
“That'll do, Lakington,” said Peter-
son, intervening once again. “Have
| the girl carried upstairs, and send for
Heinrich. It's time we were off.”
‘With an effort Lakington let his
hand fall to his side, and stood back
from his victim.
“perhaps for the present, it will,”
he said slowly. “But tomorrow—to-
scream to heaven for mercy, until 1
take out your tongue and you can
scream no more.” He turned as the
German came into the room. “I leave
them to you, Heinrich,” he remarked
shortly. “Use the dog-whip if they
shout, and gag them.”
The German's eyes were fixed on
Hugh gloatingly. :
“They will not shout twice,” he said
in his guttural voice. “The dirty Boche
to it himself will see.”
TWO
“We appear,” remarked Hugh quiet-
ly, a few minutes later, “to be in for a
cheery night.”
For a moment the German had left
the room, and three motionless, bound
figures, sitting grotesquely in their
chairs, were alone.
“How did they get you, Toby?”
“Half a dozen of 'em suddenly ap-
peared,” answered Sinclair shortly,
“knocked me on the head, and the next
thing 1 knew I was here in this d—d
chair.”
“Is that when you got your face?”
asked Hugh.
“No,” said Toby, and his voice was
grim, “We share in the matter of
faces, old man.”
“Lakington again, was it?’ sald
Hugh softly. “Dear Heaven! if 1 could
get one hand on that . . .” He broke
off and laughed. “What about you,
Algy?”
“I went blurndering in ever the way,
old bean,” returned that worthy, “and
some dam’ fellow knocked my eye-
glass off. So, as I conldn’t see to kill
him, I had to join the picnic here.”
Hugh laughed, and then suddenly
grew serious.
“By the way, you didn’t see a man
chewing gum on the horizon, did you,
when 1 made my entrence? Dogrob-
her suit, and face llke a moter-mas
cot.”
“Thank God, 1 was spared that!” re-
narked Algy.
‘Good !” returned fiugh. “He's prob-
ally away with ii by now, and he's
Lo fool. For [''n thinking it's ouiy
Peter and him between us and—" lle
left his remark unfinished, and for a
while there was silence. “Jerry is
over in France stiil, putting stamp-
paper on his machine; Ted’s gone up
to see that Potts is taking nourish-
ment.” :
“And here we sit like thres weli.
preserved specimens in a bally
* ‘gave the only illumination.
=aorrow, Captain Drummond, you shall’
i-museum,” broke in Algy, with a rue-
{ful laugh. “What'll they do to us,
' Hugh?” .
But Drummond did not answer, aud
the speaker, seeing the look on his
i face, did not press the question,
| Slowly the hours dragged on, until
: the last gleams of daylight had faded
. from the skylight above, and a soli-
tary, electric light, hung centrally.
Period-
ically Heinrich had come in to see
| that they were still secure: but from
| the sounds of the hoarse laughter
(which came at frequent intervals
through the half-open door, it was evi-
Gent that the German had found other
tnd more congenial company. At
length he appeared carrying a tray
with bread and water on it, which he
placed on a table near Hugh.
“Food for you, you English swine,”
he remarked, looking gloatingly =f
cach in turn. “Herr Lakington the or
der gave, so that you will fit he t1o-
morrow morning. it for the torture.”
He thrust his flusted face close
Drummond’s, aud then
spat at him.
Algy Longworth gave a strangled
grunt, but Drummond took no notice.
With a quiet smile, he looked up at
the German.
“How much, my friend,” he
marked, “are you getting for this?”
The German leered at him.
“Enough to see that you tomorrow
are here,” he said.
“And I always believed that yours
was a business nation,” laughed Hugh.
“Why, vou poor fool, I've got a tho.a-
sand pounds in notes in my cigarette
rase.”
“You hof, hof you, . the German
vrunted. “Then the filthy Boche will
for you of them take care.”
‘Hugh looked at him angrily.
“If you do,” he cried, “you must let
me go.”
The German leered still more.
“Naturlich. You shall out of the
Louse at once walk.”
He stepped up to IL rummond and
ran Lis hands over his coat, while the
others stared at one another in amaze.
ment. Surely Hugh didn’t imagine
the swine ‘would really let him go; he
would merely take the money and
orobably spit in his face again. Then
:hey heard him speaking, and a sudden
gleam of coinprehension dawned on
-helr faces.
, “You'll have to undo one of the
ropes, my friend, before you can get
at it,” said Hugh quietly.
For a moment the German hesitat-
ad. He looked at the ropes carefully;
the one that bound the arms and the
tpper part of the body was separate
[rom the rope round the legs. Even if
he did undo it the fool Englishman
was still helpless, and he knew that he
was unarmed. Had he not himself re-
moved his revolver, as he lay uncon-
scious in the hall? What risk was
there, after all? Besides, if he called
‘me one else in he would have to
| shure the money.
And, as he watcned the German's
Indecision, Hugh's forehead grew
'damp with sweat. . . . Would he undo
the rope? Would greed conquer cau-
lion?
Fes
deliberate +
re-
(To he Continued..)
Comparative Values.
A former judge who had become
cashier in a western bank declined to
honor a check that a stranger had pre-
sented. “The check is all right,” he
said, “but the evidence you offer in
identifying yourself as the person to
whose order it is drawn is scarcely
sufficient.”
“TI have known you to hang a man
on less evidence, judge,” was the
stranger’s response.
“Quite likely,” replied
“but when we're givin
we have to be careful.’
the ex-judge,
up cold cash
MANY REASONS FOR FAILURE.
Men fail for various reasons, little
and big.
Most men fail because they are lazy.
To be lazy means—to be late, to be
slovenly, to be a poor economist of
time, to shirk responsibility.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society where none intrudes
By the deep sea and music in its roar.
I love not man the less but Nature more.
It means to say of anything thatis
clamoring to be done: “No, I'm not
going to do that, because it isn’t my
work.”
Laziness is at the back of most of
the lesser reasons for failure. The
minor causes are derivatives from
that one great major cause.
It is so easy to dream in the sun
and let the world go by; to dawdle and
rocrastinate, till one wakes up—too
ate.
Late and lazy are, in fact, first
cousins.
If you are late, you waste other
people’s time as well as your own.
Lazy people have all the time there
is, and yet they haven't time to be po-
lite. They disdain the forms of cer-
emony that sweeten life.
They are grouchy, surly, gruff. It
pains them to be pleasant, to say
thanks and to smile.
To be deferential is not to be ser-
vile. It is merely to be decently re-
spectful.
The biggest men are the most unas-
suming and the most unpresuming.
It is “thé insignificant people who
fluff themselves up with a false and
foolish pride and are forever orating
from the flimsy and slippery platform
of their own touchy dignity.
Failure is generally elective. It
rests with the man himself to decide
whether he cares enough for success
to pay the price.—Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
CENTRE HALL.
Mrs. E. S. Ripka is entertaining her
sister.
Ray Decker has been laid up for
several days, threatened with fever.
Mrs. F. P. Geary and daughter Ag-
nes spent the past ten days in Ber-
wick.
Mrs. Fred Kurtz, of Lewisburg,
spent a week at the home of Mrs.
Margaret Smith.
Farmer William Stoner lost one of
his best horses last week, the animal
dying of heat prostration.
Mrs. James Gregg, of State Col-
lege, was the guest of Miss Helen Bar-
tholomew for several days.
Mrs. Best, who died at the home of
her brother, Al. Krape, was buried in
Nittany valley on Saturday.
Mrs. Powell and daughter Geraldine
are visiting at the home of Mrs. Pow-
ell’s sister, Mrs. W. M. Luse.
Miss Beatrice Emerick, daughter of
Domer Eemerick, of Altoona, is visit-
ing her grandparents, Mi. and Mrs.
M. L. Emerick. :
My. and Mrs. John Rossman cam
up from Mifflinburg last week. They
brought Mrs. Mary Dinges up to
spend some time with her son Harry.
Preparatory services will be held in
the Presbyterian church at 8 o’clock’
this (Friday) evening, and commun-
ion services Sunday morning at 10:30
o’clock.
Mr. Emerick, who makes his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Will Fetter-
olf, became quite ill when he made his
daily trip to the creamery on Tues-
day morning. His condition is quite
serious.
Asher Stahl, accompanied by Rob-
ert Meyer, motored from Altoona to
Centre Hall last Saturday night,
reaching here at 2 a. m. Sunday.
Mr. Stahl’s wife and three boys had
spent the previous week with grand-
pa and grandma Stahl.
EOALSBURG.
Mrs. Emma Stuart
friends in State College.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Meyer spent the
week-end at Pleasant Gap.
Miss Sara J. Keller spent several
days last week in Bellefonte.
Miss Behen, of Pittsburgh, is a
guest at the home of Prof. and Mrs.
Hoffman.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Koch and
daughters, of Sunbury, visited at the
home of Roy Coxey last week.
Fred Reitz and Harold Fisher, who
are employed in the silk mill at Beile-
fonte, were off duty for several days
on account of mumps.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sweet and
sons, of Instanter, and Frank Sweet,
of Washington, D. C., were week-end
visitors at the home of William Mey-
er.
Squire and Mrs. J. F. Zechman and
son Cyril made a trip to Snyder coun-
ty in their new Ford. Miss Margaret
is visiting
-| Bingaman is a guest at the Zechman
home.
‘Mrs. William Engle, Mrs. Camp-
bell, M1. and Mrs. Bilger and Mr.
Zeigler, of Sunbury, visited at the
heme of Henry Reitz on Wednesday,
en route to State College.
Prof. and Mrs. E. H. Meyer and
daughters Elizabeth and Loraine, of
Newark, N. J., arrived in town on
Sunday to spend their vacation at
their home on Pine street.
Mrs. Charles Segner went to
Stroudsburg on Wednesday and was
accompanied home by her daughter
Rachael, who is recovering from a re-
cent operation for appendicitis.
I
From these our interviews, in which I steal
From all I may be, or have been before,
To mingle with the universe, and feel
What I can ne'er c¢xpress, yet cannot all
conceal.—Byron.
Helps for Campers.—Every camper
has no doubt been bothered to find his
matches so damp that they would not
strike and all this trouble can be
avoided by providing himself with
water-proof matches. We discovered
a way to make our own. This is the
way to do it: Melt a few lumps of
candle wax in an old can, allow it to
cool, and then dip matches in it, one
at a time. Dip the heads and about
one-half of the wooden part. Then
cool. When striking them you have
to do it a trifle more firmly so as to
get through the film of wax surround-
ing the head, but once the flame starts
they burn very readily. I have been
told that matches treated this way and
which have been soaked in water will
burn readily. Any ordinary matches
will do.
No doubt when one is camping it is
much better to have an outdoor fire
when possible, but in this climate itis
necessary to be able to cook indoors
also. When the weather is bad camp-
ers often find it damp and disagree-
able in a tent especially if it has been
raining and everything seems so cold
and damp. I have just discovered a
good way for heating a tent and which
will be well worth trying. If you have
a metal pail, dig a hole in the ground
which is slightly less in diameter than
the pail. Let the hole go down about
two feet and at the end of the day
when your camp fire is getting low
gather all the embers from it and put
them in the hole. Press them down
well and put the pail on top and in a
few moments the bucket will start to
radiate heat and this will be maintain-
ed for many hours. A few sods of
earth placed around the part of the
pail where it rests on the ground will
keep in all smoke and fumes. In the
morning you can clear out the hole or
at night if you so prefer. and then it
can be fiilled up with embers.
A rude camping stove can be made
with simple materials. You want,
first, to get a barrel or box that is
about three or four feet high. An
opening must be made in the bottom
about 2 foot wide, and a little more
than a foot from top to bottom. At
the upper part of the barrel or box
make a hole, into which a chimney is
to be fixed. The chimney can be made
out of a piece of sheet iron bent round,
or even a number of tin cans can be
used. Only you will want the large
size. These can be fitted together if
the tops and bottoms are melted
away over a fire, and to make the one
to fit the other use a pair of pliers to
open each tin out. Now you can set
your barrel or box up and then it
should be plastered over with clay.
If you are not able to get clay, take
mud from the river bottom. What-
ever mud you use, be sure to have
your box thickly covered. Mud should
be about 10 inches thick or over. Then:
you proceed to bake om the clay. This
is done by building a good fire inside
the box or barrel, and as soon as this
is burned away the fierce heat bakes
the clay or mud into a hard coating.
Your stove will be finished and you
will find it extremely useful. You can
toast anything at the opening, and it
is fine to cook fish or similar food, and
in the cool evenings it is pleasant to
sit around, as it really gives out a
great deal of heat.
A great many campers find it diffi-
“cult to build a fire out of doors, es-
Willis Houtz, who recently under-
went an operation for apnendicitis, at
the Bellefonte hospital, is recovering
nicely. John Wright is in charge of
the hay making and harvesting dur-
ing Mr. Houtz’s absence.
GLYCERINE MIXTURE
SURPRISES BELLEFONTE.
The quick action of simple glycer-
ine, buckthorn bark, etc., as mixed in
Adler-i-ka, is surprising. One spoon-
ful relieves ANY CASE gas on stom-
ach or sour stomach. Adler-i-ka acts
on BOTH upper and lower bowel and
removes all foul accumulated matter
which poisoned stomach. Often
CURES constipation. Prevents ap-'
pendicitis. One lady reports she has
no more pain in back of ‘head or gas
on stomach since using Adler-i-ka.
Runkle’s Drug Store. 66-27
——Read the “Watchman” and get
all the worthwhile news.
pecially if there is a strong wind blow-
ing, and sometimes it is wise to build
a special fireplace. One can be made
by cutting piles of sods of earth, and
if you pile these on top of each other
at the back and on either side of the
space which should be just about the
size of your pan or kettle. When you
have built it up to the size of about a
foot, or perhaps a little more, place
two or three bars of iron across the
top opening from side to side. By the
way, it always pays to take some of
these bars with you when camping.
Place one more sod all around, and
your fireplace is ready for use. Gath-
er together the material for a fire and
place the kettle in the opening and
light the fire and you will soon have
a splendid fire going.
For those who take a camera along
when camping I am going to make the
following suggestions: You have, no
" doubt, often wanted to change your
plates, or something has gone wrong
with the camera and you have to in-
vestigate it and you have wondered
how you can do it. If you have an
overcoat or raincoat you can do it in
the following way: Sit down on the
ground and spread the coat, outside
up, over your legs. Tuck it under
your legs and around in under your
feet. Put the camera or dark slide
under the coat, about as far down as
the knees. Then insert the hands in
the outer ends of the sleeves and push
them inward. Tuck the collar end of
the coat about the middle of the body
and bend slightly forward, so as to ex-
clude all light. You will then find that
you can carry on any operations you
wish in perfect safety.
Walnut Coffee Cake.—A walnut cof-
fee cake isa bit more elaborate than
some recipes, but is not at all difficult
to make. Sift together three cupfuls
of flour, five tablespoonfuls of sugar,
four teaspoonfuls of sugar and a tea-
spoonful of salt. Add to this a half
cupful of chopped raisins and a half
cupful of broken walnut meats. Add
three-fourths of a cupful of milk,
three tablespoonfuls of melted short-
ening and one egg, well beaten. Mix
to a soft dough. Roll out a half an
inch thick and cut into two long strips.
Twist them together and form on a
pan into a ring. Sprinkle with sugar
and finely chopped nut meats and bake
in a hot oven 15 minutes.
When white voile waists become
worn too much for outside wear cut
the sleeves out at the armholes, cut
off collar and cut the waist a little
lower in the back of neck, then sew
on a tiny frill of lace around neck and
armholes, and this will make a very
dainty corset cover.
FARM NOTES.
—Preventive measures are the best
against insect enemies. Rotate the
crops, avoid introducing insects. and
, diseases, practice frequent cultivation,
‘and employ fertilizers to stimulate
plant growth. A vigorously growing
garden may produce a crop in spite
- of injurious insects, but in fighting in-
' sects be thorough.
—The striped cucumber beetle and
i the 12-spotted cucumber beetle attack
cucumber, squash and melon vines
throughout the east. The best protec-
tion is to cover young plants with
cheesecloth covered frames, which
may be made on barrel hoop arches.
When the insects actually get access
to the leaves a solution of arsenate of -
lead and Bordeaux mixture is effect-
ive.
—Windbreaks are in many ways a
farm asset. They tend to prevent the
soil from drying out quickly and they
protect grain and orchards from inju-
ry by the wind. A belt of trees near
the farm buildings protects them from
extreme cold and from summer’s heat.
' Trees make the farm a pleasanter
place in Rich to live. The windbreak
may be also a source of wood supp!
for fuel or for sale. Ppy
—Cutworms appear in early sprin
and cut off the stems of Yorn er
at the surface of the ground. They
are quickly destructive. The best rem-
edy is poisoned bait. For a small gar-
den mix 2 level tablespoons of white
arsenic, arsenate of lead, or Paris
green into 5 pounds of dry bran. Add
from 4 to 6 quarts of water, in which
half a pint of sorghum or cheap mo-
lasses has been mixed. After the
mash has stood several hours scatter
it thinly over the garden or a small
quantity at the base of the plants.
Put the poison on late in the day, so
it will be moist during the night when
the cutworms feed.
—Sheep are not very generally kept
on farms for supplying the family
with meat. There are many areas, es-
pecially in hilly or mountainous re-
gions, United States Devartment of
Agriculture specialists point out,
where nearly every farm could keep
a few mutton sheep to advantage.
Boys’ and girls’ clubs in some parts of
the country have done much to foster
home poduction of mutton.
Sheep naturally graze over rather
wide areas and seek a variety of
plants. This habit adapts them to be-
ing kept in large numbers on lands of
. sparse vegetation or which furnish a
variety of grasses or other plants.
They do better on short and fine grass
than on coarse or high feed. They
, will eat much brush and, if confined to
small areas, will do a fair job of clean-
ing up land. When used in this way
or on land producing brush only they
can not be expected to prove very sat- .
isfactory in producing good lambs or
good wool. Useful ' information for
any one undertaking the raising of
sheep will be found in Farmers’ Bulle-
tin 840, while slaughtering and meth-
ods of cooking and curing the meat is
discussed in Farmers’ Bulletin 1172.
—For health and for economical use
of the pasturage it is undesirable to
keep sheep on the same ground more
than from 10 fo 14 days, say special-
ists of the United States Department
of Agriculture, in discussing the ques-
tion of raising sheep on temporary
pastures. The most generally useful
size of lot is 1 acre to 25 sheep. This
area, on an average, furnished in ex-
periments 14 days’ feed.
Arranging the size of lots on the ba-
sis of 1 acre to 25 sheep is more sat-
isfactory than seeding larger areas
and using hurdles to permit advance
to fresh feed each day. Less labor is
necessary, and by going to entirely
new ground after 10 or 12 days the
danger of picking up parasite larvae
on ground grazed over earlier is pre-
vented. With a 1-acre lot for 25 ewes,
or correspondingly larger ones for
larger flocks, it is an added advantage
if their length is two or threz times
the breadth. :
With a heavy crop of forage that
would last longer than was consider-
ed safe to hold the flock on the same
ground, a short piece of cross fence
can readily be put down to divide the
pasture into two parts. The smaller
lots are also convenient with purebred
flocks to provide for the separate pas-
turing of smaller lots of ram and ewe
lambs.
Movable fencing is not likely to be
satisfactory for the outside lot fences
unless the whole area to be used lies
in a long strip with side fences, when
only two end pieces need to be in place
.at one time for the ground being
‘grazed.
—The most destructive garden
plant enemy, and one which made its
appearance within the last half of the
nineteenth century, is the common
Colorado potato beetle, known to far-
mers as the potato bug. This potato
beetle passes the winter in the ground
and emerges early in the spring, so
that he is on hand when the first pota-
to leaves begin to push through the
ground. :
Within a few days the familiar lit-
tle clusters of yellow eggs may be
found on the underside of the leaves.
They hatch in from 4 to 7 days, and
the shiny, dark red larve, commonly
called “slugs,” commence devouring
the leaves at a disastrous rate. They
attain maturity in about three weeks
after hatching. There are from 1 to
3 broods a year, and, as one female
potato bug is known to lay between
| 500 to 1800 eggs, it can easily be seen
"that the rate of multiplication is ap-
palling and that the insect would be a
veritable scourge were not destructive
measures employed. ;
An arsenical may be applied dry,
mixed with 10 to 20 parts cheap dry
flour or hydrated lime and dusted on,
preferably when the dew is on, by
means of guns or bellows, so as to
cover the plants and leave as little as
possible. The application must be re-
. peated as often as new larva hatch.
A spray is generally preferred. It is
.nrepared by mixing the arsenical with
water or Bordeaux mixture at the
. rate of 1 pound of poison to 50 gallons
of the liquid. A small quantity of
quicklime in the mixture will prevent
scorching the leaves. Arsenate of
| lead is sold in either dry or paste form
and should be mixed at the rate of 1
pound of paste or 3 pound dry powder
to 15 or 25 gallons of water or Bor-
deax mixture. Two or three spray-
'ings will suffice for the spring brood,
'and the same number should be ap-
plied for the second and third genera-
tions.