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HILDREN’S
\/STORY
THORNTON W. BURGESS
OLLY, round, red Mr.
just going to bed behind
ple Hills as Peter Rabbit stole into
the Old Orchard. It was just that
beautiful hour between daytime and
nighttime when the little people of
the Green Meadows and the Green
Forest who have been busy all day
are beginning to get drowsy and are
thinking of going to bed, while
those who have been sleeping all day
are getting sleepy-winks out of their
eyes and are thinking about filling
empty stomachs. The Old Orchard
always Is very pleasant at this hour.
Peter likes to steal up there and sit
Sun was
the Pur-
.
Tu
Peter Turned to Look at Johnny and
Was Puzzled at the Look of Dis
gust on Johnny's Face.
for a while near Johnny Chuck's door-
step to chat with Johnny Chuck while
they watch the first of the Black Shad-
ows steal among the trees and listen
to the good-night twitters of the feath-
ered folk and the beautiful evening
song of Brownie the Thrush.
“Chitter-chitter-chitter-chit! Chitter-
chitter-chitter-chit! Chit. chit, chit,
chit!” Peter put his head back to
look up. Over the tops of the trees
raced a black form, this way, that
way, turning, wheeling and then with
rapid wing beats racing straight
ahead, all the time shouting Joyous-
ly. It was a bird, of course. Flitter
the Bat Is the only animal who can
fiy, and he cannot fly anything like
the darting little black form Peter
was watching. It was Sooty the
Swift.
“Sooty gets more fun out of flying
than anybody I know of” declared
Peter. “Just listen to him! He
shouts just for pure joy of using
those queer little wings. I know how
he feels. He feels just as [ do when
I race around and kick up my heels
Just for pure Joy In being alive.
Sometimes I wish I could shout then,
but you know I can't, because 1
haven't any voice for shouting. Just
listen to Sooty! He isn't much to
look at, but he seems to have more
fun than any bird I know of unless
It Is Skimmer the Swallow, and then
after all, Sooty is a swallow him-
self.”
“Hoh!” It was Johnny Chuck.
“Huh!” exclaimed Johnny again.
Peter turned to look at Johnny and
was puzzled at the look of disgust on
Johnny's face. “Huh!” exclaimed
Johnny Chuck once more. “For a fel
low who goes about as much as you
do and pokes his nose into other peo-
ple’s affairs as much as you do, Peter
Rabbit, you know mighty little about
your neighbors. Whoever told you
that Sooty Is a swallow?”
“Why—why—why, I don’t know that
any one did,” replied Peter slowly,
looking more puzzled than ever. “I
didn’t have to be told. Any one can
see that he is a swallow just to look
at him.”
“Huh!” Johnny Chuck seemed very
fond of that exclamation. “I sup-
pose any one can make themselves
gee what they want to see If they
don't use their brains enough to find
out other things. Sooty Isn't a swal-
low, and never will be a swallow, He
belongs to another family altogether,
He's a swift. That's what he ls—a
swift.”
Peter didn’t know just what to say,
Johnny Chuck spoke ns If he knew
exactly what he was talking about,
and Peter had to admit to himself
that he really didn't know a thing
about Sooty, “Chitter-chitter-chitter
chit-chit 1” Once more Sooty raced
high overhead shouting Joyously,
“He looks like a swallow anyway,”
declared Peter, “but if you say he
isn’t one I suppose he isn't. If he is
a swift he Is well named, for he cer-
tainly is swift enough in the air. I
guess I don't know much about him.”
“I. guess you don't" declared
Johnny Chuck, if you call him a swal-
low. The trouble with a lot of peo
ple is that they don’t know anything
about their neighbors and just guess
at things. You've known Sooty by
sight a long time, haven't you?”
“Ever since 1 can remember,” re-
plied Peter. “Summer wouldn't be
summer without Sooty cutting up and
racing around up in the alr. But I've
never seen him close to, or sitting
still, and I've never thought much
about him. He never before seemed
to me very interesting.”
“Huh!” exclaimed Johnny Chuck.
Everybody Is interesting If you take
the trouble to get acquainted.”
(S193. by T. WW. Burgess )--WNU Service.
To Find Truth
There are two ways of reaching
truth—by reasoning it out and by feel-
ing it out. All the profoundest truths
are felt out. The deep glances into
truth are got by love. Love a man,
that Is the best way of understand.
ing him. Feel a truth, that Is the only
way of comprehending it.—F. W. Rob-
ertson,
Frank Stee, expert casting-rod de
votee of the Lincoln Park Casting club,
Chicago, attained the utmost in his
chosen sport when he scored a perfect
100 in the National Association of
Scientific Casting Clubs tournament at
Carnegie lake, Pittsburgh. This mark
set a new world’s record for the dry
fly accuracy cast, being the first time
that a perfect score has been made.
He is
For School Wear
This smart Jersey ensemble of
green, with black and white checked
blouse, is sure to be a winner in the
classroom and on the campus this
fall. It is worn with a small green
felt hat. The full sleeves are drawn
together just below the elbow with
Jarrow snug-fitting bands,
RS Sh
A sure-footed animal Is an animal
that when It kicks it does not miss.
BONERS are actual humorous
tidbits found in examination papers,
essays, etc., by teachers.
Truancy is something which has
been proven to be true.
. * *
The Resurrection was when the
women came and found the tomb had
been rolled away.
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Blunderbuss is the name the British
have given to their busses,
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One of the rights people enjoy under
the Constitution Is the right to keep
bare arma,
* .
What kind™of a noun is trousers?
Uncommon noun becaues it is singular
on top and plural at the botlom.
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Adaglo is a kind of anesthetic dane
ing.
©. 1932, Bell Byndicate —WNU Service.
SOME SWEET THINGS
HERE are
not enjoy a meringue,
many people who do
ing
in and
cake:
Lemon Sponge Ple.—Cream two ta-
blespoonflils of butter with two of
lour, add the well-beaten egg yolks of
two the Juice and rind of a
lemon. Mix well and stir in one cup-
ful of milk, three-fourths of a cupful
of sugar, and fold in the beaten
whites, Pour into an uncooked pus
try shell and bake until firm.
Sweetmeat Wishes—Put one-half
cupful of candied orange peel, one cup-
ful each of dates, figs, walnut ments
and candied cherries through the meat
chopper, add one tablegspoonful of lem.
on juice and knead until well mixed.
Toss on a board dusted well with pow-
dered sugar, roll out to one-fourth
inch In thickness and cut Into small
rounds with a cotter. When stiff
frost with a plain orange lcing and
decorate with bits of cherry and
citron,
Orange Squares—Soak two
spoonfuls of gelatin in one-fourth cup
ful of Add
cupful of chopped nuts to the gelatin,
add one-fourth cupful of orange juice,
makes a filling like
eggs,
table.
cold water. one-fourth
two tablespoonfuls of
the grated rind of an orange.
together cupful of sugar
three-fourths cupful of hot
the soft ball stage, remove
heat and add the gelatin, stir and
cook for minutes. Pour into a
pan and sprinkle with four tablespoon
fuls of chopped nutmeats.
Fig Pudding.—Cream one-third of a
cupful of fat with one cupful of
sugar. Add the beaten yolks of two
eggs, one-half cupful of milk added al.
ternately with two cupfuls of
sifted with four teaspoonfuls of bak.
ing powder and
salt. Fold in the beaten egx whites
Bake In a quick oven
rounds or oblongs, place a spoonful
of whipped cream over the top and
place a steamed fig on each.
with a lemon sauce.
© by Western Newspaper Union.
and
Soil
and
lemon juice
one
from the
ten
flour
one teaspoonful of
Nerve
COOKIE DAY
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
V HAT day's cookie day
Up your way, hey?
Our day's Saturday
Up our way,
You ought to see the fixing,
You ought to see the flour,
You ought to see the mixing,
It takes about an hour,
You ought to see the batter,
You ought to see the pan,
It's really quite a matter
For anyone to plan
Talk about Monday,
And Tuesday, too,
Talk about Wednesday,
The whole week through,
Talk about Thursday,
And Friday some,
But Saturday's cookie day,
Um, um, um!
©. 1912, Dovglas Malloch. «—WNU Bervioe
Burns and Scalds
A burn is the effect of dry heat of
140 degrees F, and over, a scald being
the result of moist heat of over 120
degrees F. Clinically there is no dis.
tinction between them. Death usual
ly results when one-third of the total
area of the body Is affected, however
superficially,
ANAHL, a city made up entirely
of portable houses, has been
forming slowly near St Louis, Mo.,
a8 & move toward economical build
Ing construction and lower living
costs. The structures are built ef
wood. Our ph shows a view
in the main street, with gas station,
restaurant and homes,
Cost of Farming
Cut by Tractors
Assertion Made That Their
Use Means Lowering
of Expenses,
Now that Illinois farmers have in-
creased the number of tractors on
their farms more than 61 per cent
since 1025, one of the best ways for
them to cut down operating costs is
to adjust thelr power more accurately
to te needs of the Individual farms
This is shown in a study of 80 cen
tral Illinois farms, 211 of which used
The
156 farms that had replaced the most
horses by adding a iractor had labor,
$2 a crop acre less than they were on
the 15 farms where ihe tractors dis
pinced the fewest horses.
The 15 farms that had replaced the
labor,
while the 15
iber of horses
aged £7.00 a crop acre,
farms with the least nun
displaced by tractors had similar costs
This saving of
82 an acre Is an ites of considerable
importance in a time when dollars are
so valuable,
Operatons of farms in the first group
an average of six horses
added a
general-purpose
they I
ond group of farms displaced an av-
erage of only a little better than two
horses with each tracisr,
Where a
were used
there was
plication of 3
farms had a machinery investment of
£12.08 an acre as com =d with $8.55
on the farms where more horses had
been displaced. On the farms where
large number of horses
in addition to the tractor,
an
other
da
machinery, Such
also UNNDECORSAry
placed, the remaining horses worked
these farms were used 640 hours a
year. In contrast, the horses om the
other group of farme aenerated only
87 crop aches each and the tractors
were used only 447 hours during the
The farms where the larger number
of horses were replaced averaged 327
acres, or 100 more than the
farms In the other group. The
farms also had less live stock ar
than the smaller The general.
purpose tractors were used to the best
advantage on the large grain farms
ACres
OTIeR,
Soybean as Emergency
Hay Crop Recommended
Those who are in need of an emer
crop may
well consider
content ef protein and
As a rough.
age for dairy or beef eanttle it is al
most the equal of alfalfa
In facet
land on which two or three crops of
been before
seeding, they will often do better than
earlier seedings for which the seed
bed has not been as thoroughly pre.
pared,
In the early stages of growth soy
when soys are seeded on
weeds have destroyed
killing as many weeds as possible be
fore seeding.
While sudan grass makes a
emergency hay crop, it is not
soybeans and
also
quite so palatable as
Protein is by far the most ex
|
hence the more of It one can
produce at home the less supplemen
tary protein concentrates need be
purchased. Every bit of protein one
can add to a ration for cattle and
other animals In the shape of a hay
erop Is just that much gain—Wis.
consin Agriculturist,
Lamb-Feeding Results
Michigan lamb feeders =2sured bet.
year. The contest was won by Charles
His returns
pounds greater than the best results
before. Among the 118 contestants
about 80 per cent fed the ewes le
gumes. They also fed grain before
and after fambing. Eighty-two per
cent flushed the ewes, 06 per cent pro-
vided winter exercise, 78 per cent
dipped to control external parasites
and 00 per cent sorted and graded their
lambs before marketing Successful
Farming.
Cattle Like Legumes
Legume crops proved the most palat-
able to a group of steers on the United
States Department of Agriculture farm
at Beltsville, Md, when they had
choice of 25 different kinds of forage
crops to choose from. Next to clov.
ers, alfalfa and lespedeza, the steers
chose bromegrass, then alian and
perennial ryegrass and meadow fes-
cue. A mixture of standard pasture
grasses were next In line,
For Scab on Pears
The application of potato dust and
paris green is not likely to have any
marked effect in controlling scab on
pears, To control the scab, lime sul
phur spray should be applied to the
trees twice before blooming and two
or three Umes after blooming, For
the sprays before blooming, bordeaux
mixture might be used, and, if the
potato dust is a bordeaux dust, it
might have some effect, Write to your
experiment station for the best for.
mulas to use and time for spraying
«
To Protect Vines ®
From Potato Blight
Liberal Spraying in Fall Is
Recommended.
Potato blight can cause mo
struction to vines and to tubers in a
short time than can any
ease or Insect pest. The late blight
Tay appear in New York state potato
fields In late July or the three months
following.
tepeated trials show that
potatoes pays regardless of
of summer weather, but that
Ereatest increases In
tained when late blight
Growers must
days from late J un
the vines, if they wis
The spraying i 11d
parts of the vine and it is «
important that all pew growtl
ered,
Experiments
In conerol when two or three no
are used to the
pounds of pressure Is maintained a:
more than 100 gallons of £151
other dis
ying
sort
the
3
thie
Epray
crop.
show little dif
row, £0 long
to the acre. Twenty
lied at the rat
per cen
lime dust, ap
40 pound
trol. Dus
dry is waste
when the vines
“
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Operating Expense of
Machinery Vital Point
Machinery is being 1 to such a
y
Increasing extent In producine
principal erop
central 1
total operatin
corn went
including tractor and
is announced by R. H. Wi
department of farm
management, col
University of I
the ten years prior to 1022
machinery exp
tractor
and tractor expense was only
cent of the operating expense in
growing, he reported ¢
studies made by the depar
costs of production
the Increasing use
“In these
made
view of
effort should he
high
pense was
share
growing il
years. Since
penses In
clined somewhat
the ratio of these machinery expenses
to tots)
duction
cent over 1020." Missouri
Silo Not Back Number
Claims have frequently been mad
that the acids in sila
to cows. Recent investigation
State university an)
claims, according to A. BE. Perkis
sociate in dairying. Definite evidence
is available that the are
hamnful. Other claims that con
able lost occurs In storing corn
gilo are likewise without found
he states. The
cutting and storing corn fodder in t
field or by other methods is greater
than that of making It into silage
“The silo is not a back number, but
is a convenient and practical means
of handling crops,” he says—Prairie
Farmer.
five
corn rot i na
y
from the pea)
operating cost of corn
has actually Increased
discredit
acids
loss which occurs
Keep Only Best Animals
Only cows and ewes that will give a
good profit under normal conditions
should be carried by owners in North
Dakota's drought region this year
This is the gist of the recommenda.
tions made by Dr. J. H, Shepperd.
president of North Dakota Agricul-
In the opinion of Dr. Shepperd, this
is a time to use good business judg.
ment by getting rid of the live stock
that will not pay out. Now that feed
must be shipped In at a considerable
cast, there are Individual beasts In
the herds and flocks of farmers in the
drought stricken region that should be
culled out, he believes — Dakota
Farmer.
Agricultural Notes
Nearly balf the world’s population
uses soybeans daily as a protein food.
LE I
Mulch strawherries after the ground
is frozen and use mulch that is free
from weed seeds,
LA a
Fallen leaves should be raked and
piled for use as a mulch, protection
for perennial beds, or for manure for
next year's garden,
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Drain the water out of all parts of
the sprayer and oll the working parts
well before storing the machine for
the winter,
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It is especially important that late
planted wheat be treated with copper
carbonate dust to protect it from the
ravages of stinking smut.
* &
Fighting the corn borer has helped
farmers to do a better job of soll
preparation, Mowing under all trash
is a fundamental control measure.
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You ean store vegetable root crops
In a barrel outdoors If It is