= ITE TEST DAIRY COWS FOR PRODUCTION mals From Good Ones. CER = ~ “The herd improvement test ad- ~ vances the breed in two ways,” said ‘H. W. Norton, speaking at Cornell ‘university. “It gets rid of the low- producing, unprofitable cows, and dis- covers those animals capable of high production, the real seed stock of the “breed.” ~ Mr. Norton, who is superintendent of advanced registry for the Holstein- Friesian association, says that the herd improvement test meets the re- ~ quirements of hundreds of breeders who have not felt warranted in under- ~ taking advanced registry testing. Un- like the advanced registry test, in which the individual cow is the unit. this test includes the entire herd and ‘is designed to furnish the owner a definite knowledge of the production ~ of each individual member of the ‘herd. It began January 1, 1928, and for the first year 269 herds including 6,318 cows representing 36 states were ~ on test. “The improvement test will also furnish valuable information regard- go ing sires. Improvement of the breed ~ must be effected largely through the sire; and since heavy production is the chief consideration, it follows that the selection of sires having ability to transmit high production is a matter of the utmost importance,” said Mr. Norton. “In the past we have select- ed sires with a long line of high-pro- ducing dams, but this is not an abso- lute ‘guarantee that the sire will transmit heavy producing ability to his daughters. The only real proof that a bull possesses this much de- sired characteristic is the fact that ° his daughters are heavy producers. ~ Such bulls are commonly called prov- en sires. To date, we have few of them. Advanced registry testing, as ‘commonly practiced, does not prove the sire, because only the best daugh- ters are tested. : “Testing all the daughters of a bull is the real check of his ability to trans- mit the factor, for high production, and this will be one of the outstand- ing features of the herd improvement ‘test. Herds which continue with this test year after year will show the in- fluence of the sire by comparison of the productions of dams and daugh- ters. As a result many valuable sires will be saved for service, and not discovered.” 0 Careless Handling of a ~ gerous. year. First, dehorned as a calf. Second, his nose when he becomes a yearling attached to the nosering. Third clippings for green feed, but otherwise every bull in service should be con- they had the same rations as growing ~ fined to his exercising pen. Never | hicks. This flock contained approxi- under any conditions should anyome | _..... 100 birds out of 135 that were “trust” a mature animal. Even the : —should never be trusted. as mere “playing.” ‘be looked upon as a warning. Tey i Dairy Facts cent by weight. iP * * a cow will produce milk of poor flavor . * & x The farmer who has a dry pasture id should not hesitate to cut some green corn or sorghum and throw it over to the milk cows. A * ® kx i until a week before calving. *® - * seed oil meal, is palatable. We mus ito get most milk out of her. * * * fthan five good ones. ! x & * AE ®he dairyman who wants a good wy milk cow must raise her himself. Good milk cows are not for sale except in case of death or divorce. § ®* ® * production. Eliminates Unprofitable Ani- slaughtered before their real worth is Bull Always Dangerous | (Careless handling of a bull is dan- Safety demands that the sim- _ ple principles of good herdsmanship be used, without fail, every day of the every bull should be every bull should have a strong ring put in And whenever it is necessary to han- ‘dle him, a strong bull staff should be ‘bull with the habit of holding his head near the fence to be petted— the so-called “gentle as a kitten” bull When he .displays hig skill at butting in an at- tempt to catch and crush a hand or “object, it should not be looked upon Instead it should sfeofertecferfentortosferferfeoferterioofecireecfectororferfecooferierfet= Salt should be added to all grain mixtures in amounts of 1 to 2 per Potatoes may be used with success although a heavy allowance of them to After the heifers are safe in calf gradually increase the grain ration up to three months before calving and then feed besides alfalfa hay and sil- age, six to ten pounds of grain a day Any feed which is relished by the ‘cow, such as corn, oats, bran, and lin- | cater to the cow’s appetite if we are Some farmers like to milk so well |! : that they keep ten poor cows rather Stubble or stalk fields are all right for ordinary cattle, but they are not |: «good enough for the dalry cow. If Lot grit also contain a certain amount she uses her energy roaming the fields |} . 7. he birds in the she does not have much left for milk jof dime ‘that helps the bi | RAISING POULTS DIFFICULT JOB 1 i | | Sanitation Essential to Pre- vent Dread Blackhead. That the new methods of raising turkeys are about to revolutionize the industry is indicated by the success adventurous turkey enthusiasts have " experienced in many parts of the coun- try during the last season. Word has gradually spread around during the last two or three years that the dreaded disease of blackhead could best be controlled by raising the poults under conditions where the sanitation can be carefully controlled. This has given rise to experiments with incu- pator hatching and artificial brooding and to keeping the growing poalts on restricted range, says a writer in the Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman. As the result of considerable experi- menting, the new method has gradual ly taken the form of a rather definite program. Hatch the eggs in incuba- tors; brood under artificial hovers; range on fresh, clean ground, and feed | an all-mash starting and growing feed. This is summary of the modern "method now being tried with consid- erable success in many different places. The writer has had the pleasure of being enabled to visit three turkey ! raisers in three different states who have been remarkably successful ‘in raising turkeys by the method out- lined above. These places were lo- cated in three different states—Mich- 'jgan, Kentucky and Kansas, yet the ' methods followed were surprisingly similar and the results were uniform: ly satisfactory. The Michigan man has been using the same methods for two or three years and is specializing in turkey farming. He has a fine flock of more than 1,000 birds, and ' claims that his losses have been very low. The Kentucky grower lives in the famous blue grass region not far from Lexington, and is a general farmer. He. raises tobacco and other field crops, and in addition to the turkeys has a flock of more than 500 White Leghorn hens. It is worthy of note, however, that the turkeys and chick- ens are kept entirely separate. There was nothing at all elaborate about his equipment as he used cheap portable brooder houses with small coal-burning brooders, and had home- made troughs for feed, He has about 250 turkeys left out of about 340 hatched. He claims that the losses were heavier than normal because the poults were chilled when he had some trouble with his brooder stoves. The Kansas flock was found at the Kansas experiment station at Manhat- tan. This was an experimental flock, and the birds had been kept in close confinement without outdoor range, until they were sixteen weeks old. At that age they were transferred to a two or three-acre alfalfa field, and at the time of my visit, after four weeks on range, they were as fine and sturdy -| birds as could be wished for. During their period of confinement, these poults were fed plenty of lawn started. Sufficient Range for Success With Turkeys A range of one acre of sod is con- sidered sufficient for 100 turkeys from the age of eight weeks to marketable age. This area should also be divided into four sections and then each sec- tion used for only one month. The secret of successful turkey raising rests largely in providing fresh ground and the hopper feeding of all feed. In the selection of range it should be one which has not been frequented by chickens and should not be situated where drainage from the poultry yards may result in infestation. It is, of course, desirable to have all the tur- keys of the same age. There is no “question but that turkeys can be sue- - | cessfully raised in confinement and that it does not pay to allow turkeys to range for their feed. | Separate Turkeys Keep turkeys entirely away from chickens because the excrement from chickens may contain the worms which are believed to harbor the germ that causes blackhead, the most dead- ly enemy of the turkey family. There ‘is always more or less trouble from lice and mites with hen-brooded poults. The best stock you can buy will pay t | the largest profits. Experiments over a long range have shown there is no ‘money in scrub turkeys. Material for Eggs Feeding affects the texture of the egg shells. It usually is necessary to supply layers with materials from which they may make the shell for the eggs. Crushed oyster shell is kept in hoppers so the birds may eat it at will, as it contains a large per- | centage of lime. Grit also is kept in "hoppers, as it helps in grinding up the feed in the gizzard. Some kinds | _Shavertown— The Mother-Daughter banquet held at the M. E. Church Friday evening, May 17, was a very successful event. The meal, which was cooked and served by the men of the Dr. Place Bible Class, was pronounced by the women to be excellently cooked and seasoned. This might mean that scme of the men have so distinguished themselves with their wives, that they will be ex- pected by their wives to show what they are capable of at home. Mrs. Stephen Johnson ,the toast- mistress, ‘introduced the following entertainers in an interesting manner: Mrs. Allan Sanford, who led the singing and gave a few songs to the delight of the audience. Mrs. Daniel Warmouth, who wel- comed the mothers and daughters. Mrs. Vester Vercoe, who gave selec- tions on the piano. Mrs. Lillian and her mother, gave a few vocal selections. Mrs. Wm. Starr was the speaker of the evening. Mrs. Stang impressed upon the daughters the remarkable op- portunities in social life that the daughters have. She did this by con- trasting the social life of the girls of a generation ago. The response given by people who attended showed that this is appre- ciated by the mothers and daughters of the community. The many friends of Russell Rice are sorry to hear of his death. Russell attended the school in this vicinity and will be long remembered as an amiable companion and altogether fine fellow. Our sympathies go out to his family and relatives. An account of his) death appears in the columns of this weeks’ issue. Mrs. Stephen Johnson is on the sick list. The banquet committee for the Kingston township high school alumni held its meeting Tuesday evening. It was decided to hold the annual ban- quet at the Colonial Tea Room, Fern- brook, June 6. . The roast beef supper held at the Lutheran Church, Tuesday evening was largely attemded. Toe Sunday evening services at the M. E. Church are proving so attrac- tive that more and more people are attending the evening services. Mr. Kelley, an out of town minister, gave the address last Sunday evening. His subject was “Playing the Game.” Mr. Vester Vercoe sang. Willard Garey attended the senior dance at College Misericordia Monday evening. who sda They're Morally Wrong Somebody declares that most diets are wrong. We agree that they're wrong in principle. AE (NE Hg : RRR kiss u=-Noxen= —_—— i ‘ Albert Casterline, who is troubled with lumbago is trying to cure it by riding a bicycle. Born, to' Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Spencer, a baby boy, last Tuesday eve- ning. Eighty cans of trout arrived at Noxen last Monday morning and were distributed in the streams by C. A. Boston, N. W. Whitaker, eGorge Stit- zer, Rev. Yiengst, Lewis Hackling, Gomer Thomas, Richard Crosby, James Strohl and several othe: helpers. Many of the trout were of good size. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Casterline mo- tored to Drums last Saturday, taking with. them their daughter, Susie, who remained with her grandmother, Mrs. Young, who has been on the sick list. Rev. W. F. Miller and family motored to Guilford, N. Y., last Friday. Mrs. Miller and the children remained with Mrs. Miller's parents for a few days. . Mr. and Mrs. Laux spent Sunday at Noxen. |! Mrs. Laux remained wit» ‘her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Bogart, both of whom are very feeble. : J. K Mosser Tanning Company is installing a furnace in the bungalow occupied by Ira Kresge, one of the foremen at the tannery. Mrs. I. B. Avery and son, Paul, of Alderson spent Sunday at Noxen visit- ing relatives. Mrs. William Allen of Mehoonpany is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Space, Jr. The State Highway Department is oiling the road between Tunkhannock and Noxen this week. Ellsworth Fields left last Sunday for Langley Field, Virginia. where he is stationed with the Aviation Corps. Miss Mary IL. Turrel entertained several of her Wyoming Valley friends at her summer home at Noxen last Saturday. Mrs. Sallie Keiper is visiting her son, Nathan Keiper at Binghamton, N. ¥. A baby boy arrived recently in Nathan’s home. Miss Jessie Thomas, who has been very ill with influenza, is much im- proved. At the meeting of the Parent- Teacher Association the following ofi- cers were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. Lillian Auvil, president; Rev. W. P. Miller, vice president; Mrs. Lulu Gilmcre, secretary; Glen Smith, treas. urer. —0 The Dark Variety Husband in an assault case at Din- nington, Yorkshire, England: “The truth is that he made eyes at my wife, and I made eyes back at him. 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Ra | [jeware Bachelors Arline e Haas SYNOPSIS Pfeffer, when Babbitt is husband with a girl. fumer, who presents his card tion, invites the first man he sees his wife some perfume. By acct dent they enter de Brie’s shop. CHAPTER V—Continued treated. “Ah, Madame see,” Beranger, or rather, de Brie bowed again. “You would some perfume? Allow me!” and then Davis’ coat. fing the scent. it?” She turned to de Brie. “That? but mine own. Ha, ha, ha!” CAN rr EAA IE SRE He found it in the Orient. that he realized that these people had come to buy. “I call it Tombes dans Nuit—Tombs at Night. Doesn’t it make you think of all the tombs you've ever seen—tombs glistening in the moonlight, white like pale ghost hands? It came to me in Greece—the ‘ought. As I stood there on the hill looking out over that glorious town of ancient dead—" ’ “All right if you wavut that, May, take it and let’s— Davis began, anxious to get away from the smells and the conversation. “Oh, Ed, I haven't even started yet,” May pouted. “What else have you, Mr. de Brie? 1 like that one very much—such a quaint name— Tombs at Night. But perhaps you have something I might like. bet- ter.” “Ah, Madame, it is a real joy to show you my creations. It is not everyone who has what you call, perhaps, the simpatica—sympathy —that you have.” De Brie smiled delightedly and picked up another spray. “Now this,” he began, once more sending a shower of perfume through the air, “is what I call I’Orient dans Aurore. My crea- tion also. It has all the opalescent fire of an Eastern morning. Ah, ‘well do I remember how those lit- tle dancing girls came tripping in— like little, bright-plumaged birds they were.” He executed a pas seul and flashed a batik handker- chief from his pocket. “And those odors—those glorious odors- ” “Well, if it’s anything like this there’ll be no Orient on my vaca- tion schedule,” Davis muttered, holding his handkerchief to his nose. “Now don’t be disagreeable, Ed,” May ordered. “I think it's a beau- tiful perfume, Mr. de Brie.” “Ah, madame, I thank you.” Be- ranger caught hold of her hand and raised it to his lips. “It is exqui- site—but only an exquisite person like you can appreciate it.” ~ “Tommy-rot!” Davis muttered. But a sharp, reproachful glance from his wife cut short any further remarks he might have been on the point of making. “Or perhaps madame might pre- fer this.” a chair to bring down an atomizer from a shelf above. The chair wriggled precariously. Beranger caught hold of the flimsy shelf to ‘steady himself. Down came the ' pleces. The atomizer broke, send- INSTALMENT NINE Dy. Davis, recently married to May Davis, is having lunch with Joe Babbitt and his friend, Myra called away. May happens into the same hotel and 1s furious at seeing her She drops her gloves and they are returned by Claude Beranger-de Brie, a per- Davis, trying to explain the situa- de Brie, to lunch, and leaves him with Myra. Davis and May finally make up, Davis promising to buy “Oh, Ed, don’t be rude,” May en- understands, 1 like He reached for an atomizer that re- posed on one of the velvet cush- | ions and sprayed first May's fur “I say,” Davis began, trying to brush away the odor with his “What do you call That is a little creation of my own, Madame. A poor thing, He was becoming more himself, now Beranger climbed up on | ing up thick waves of perfums, ) Beranger brushed off his coat. “Oh, I'm so sorry! Are you hurt?’ May ran to the perfumer’s aid and began wiping the bits of broken shelf and the drops of pers fume from the velvet jacket. : “With your tender hands to mins ister unto me, madame, I can feel no pain,” Beranger murmured. “Do you like that odor?” “Listen, May.” Dr. Davis drew his wife aside and whispered in an undertone. “You decide what per fume you want and let’s get out of here. If we don’t, I'm 'liable to _ | take a crack at that idiot.” “Ed, you're a brute! Hg's trying to be ag nice as possible, and you say that!” May turned her back on 3’ her husband and smiled at Beran ger. “I, really think I like that ! I'Orient dans Aurore best, Mr. de ! Brie. Just let me try it again.” } “With more than pleasure, ma~ ' , | dame.” He sprinkled the air lavishs ' ly with the perfume. J “Well, if I can manage to live ' after this performance,” Davis be- ' gan. i “It’s' a lot better than all your old antiseptics,” May retorted. “And vou suggested perfume yourself.” “Yes, but I didn’t know it was going to take all day to buy it. If | handkerchief. you want that let’s have it. How “Isn’t that lovely, dear?” May |much is it?” Davis turned to Be- smiled up at her husband, snif-| ranger. “L’Orient dans Aurore? Ah, that my dear sir, that is one of my most exclusive creations.” Beranger shook his head sadly. “I make no money on it whatsoever. The bot- tle alone is worth more than the trifling price—fifty dollars an ounce.” “What! Fifty dollars an ounce! You're crazy!” Davis's jaw dropped. “Ed, all really good perfumes are expensive,” May informed him se- verely. “Well, I call it highway robbery.” He reached into his pocket and slowly began to count out the nec- essary number of bills. “Fifty dol- lars an ounce,” he repeated scorn- fully. “I wouldn’t give you a dime for a lake full.” Berangzer looked from Davis to May and then at the money. Once more he shook his head sadly and dabbed at his forehead with the batik handkerchief. “Ed, I'm ashamed of you,” May hissed, sotto voce. “Can’t you see he’s really an artist. You've hurt his feelinzs terribly. All artists are sensitive.” “I'd like to break his neck.” Deliberately May turned her back on her husband. “Pay no attention to him Mr. de Brie,” she soothed. “He doesn’t understand.” “Understand, well! Get your per- fume and get out of this place,” Davis thundered. “Don’t speak to me lke that,” May countered. A ‘ “ALL RIGHT!” Davis bellowed. He jerked his hat down on his head and made for the door, opening it and slamming it after him. “Ah, Madame,” Beranger breath- ed. “You are wonderful—wonder- ful! But your husband,” he shook . his head, “he knows nothing of the finer things of life. May I have the honor of naming a perfume . after you?” CHAPTER VI May left the perfume shop walk ing, so to speak, on air. She was delighted with the idea of having a perfume named atter her, not be. cause she was unusually suscepti- ble to flattery or even tributes paid to her charms or that it pleas. ed her vanity, but, like every nor- mal woman from time immemo- rial, it gratified her to be able to let her husband see that other men considered her attractive, lovely, even desirable. Yet not with the idea of provoking jealousy. It is, rather, a subtle way of handing a husband a compliment, of com- mending his good taste in the croice of a wife—though there have been innumerable cases where husbands have entirely mis- understood the motives. ‘ And so it was now that May found herself hurrying towards the office of Dr. Davis, humming a lit- tle as she walked. All the resent- ment she had felt over the lunch- eon episode had disappeared. And she wasn’t really angry because |; Ed had rushed out of the shop SO unceremoniusly. He had been an- | noyed by Beranger’s attentions to ! her, and that in itself was a form | of stating that he loved her. She | wanted to go and apologize and be fussed over and revel in “mak- ing up.” | But even as she hurried from . the one direction a taxi-cab, com- | ing from the opposite direction, | stopped in front of Dr. Davis’ of- | fice and Myra Pfeffer jumped out, | paid the fare and ran up the steps. : She rang the bell and waited. The click of an electric button releas- ing the lock, and she opened the, door and entered the office. “May I see Dr. Davis, please?” she demanded of Miss Calahan. “I'll see 1f he’s free.” Miss Cala- han rose and started towards the | | / ) door to the private office. “What name shall I say?” 2 (To be continued) BOILS t draws vig en EAN ma TIAL, DEY ps Fak Aan 4 eg BEAR BRAND SALYE GROBLEWSKI 8 CO. Plymouth,Pa. founded /892 o anaiural head | includes spat- ndage and tape 1s0 -
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