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~ “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
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cent by weight.
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a cow will produce milk of poor flavor
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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.
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until a week before calving.
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seed oil meal, is palatable. We mus
ito get most milk out of her.
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fthan five good ones.
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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.
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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
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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
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| 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.
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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.
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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!”
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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 |
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door to the private office. “What
name shall I say?” 2
(To be continued)
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