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miltuillillllltlllilllllllllllll I Rams 1 By 2 V T c =? the boy, father of the man. Here's another of those Booth Tarkington boy-and-girl stories that set everyone laughing and living over again the days of youth. This one is much like "Penrod" and "Seventeen" and "The Oriole." It's different, too. in that It carries Ramsey Milholland and Dora Yocum through school and college life to early maturity in the World War. So it's serious as well as funny, and it's one of Booth Tarkington's best of its kind. That's enough. o =c chapter i. When Johnnie comes marching homt again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah! The men with cheers, the boys with shouts. The ladies tney win an turn uui, And we'll all fee] gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again! The old man and the little boy, his grandson, sat together in the shude of the big walnut tree in the front yard, watching the "Decoration Day Parade," as it passed up the long street; and when the last of the veterans was out of sight the grandfather murmured the words of the tune that came drifting back from the now distant baud at the head of the procession. "Did you, Grandpa?" the boy usked. '"Did I what?" "Did you all feel gay when the army got home?" "It didn't get home all at once, precisely," the grandfather explained. "When the war was over I suppose we felt relieved, more than anything else." "You didn't feel so gay when the ? war was, though, I guess!" the boy ventured. "I guess we didn't." "Were you scared, Grandpa? Were you ever scared the Johnnies would win?" "No. .We weren't ever afraid of that." "Well, weren't you ever scared yourself. Grandpa? I mean when you were Ill U uuiur, "Oh, yes; I was." The old man laughed. "Scared aplenty!" "I don't see why," the boy said promptly. "I wouldn't be scared In a battle." "Wouldn't you?" " 'Course not! Grandpa, why don't you march in the Decoration Day parade? Wouldn't they let you?" "I'm not able to march any more. Too short of breath and too shaky In the legs and too blind." "I wouldn't care," said the boy. "I'd be in the parade anyway, if I was you. If I'd been in your place, Grandpa, and they'd let me be In that parade, I'd been right up by the band. Look. Grandpa! Watch me, Grnndpa! This Is the way I'd be, Grandpa." I He rose from the garden bench where they sat, and gave a complex imitation of what had most nppeuled to him as the grandeurs of the procession, his prancing legs simulating those of the horse of the grand marshal, while his upper parts rendered {he drums and bugles of the bund, as ??ii ni. e*w* unil nrivtito? nf thu wen in IIIV (/uiwio UKM r>. , ?tvv 4MX. militia company which had been a feature of the parade. The only thing he left out was the detachment of veterans. . "Putty-boom! Putty-boom! Puttybooin-booni-bonm!" he vocifert ted, as the drums?and then as the bugles: i "Ta. ta, ra, tara !" He -addressed his restive legs: "Whoa, there, you Whltey ! Gee 1 Haw ! Git up!" Then, waving an imaginary sword: "Collumn right! Farwud march! Halt! Carry harms!" He "carried arras." "Show-dler harms!" He "shouldered arms." and returned to his seat. "That'd be me, Grandpa. Thut's the way I'd do." And as the grandfather nodded, seeming to agree, a thought recently dismissed returned to the tulnd of the composite procession and he asked: "Well, why weren't you ever afraid the Johnnies would whip the Unions, Grandpa?" "Oh, we knew they couldn't." "I guess so." The little boy laughed disdainfully, thinking his question sat lstactyoruy answereu. ? ku ole Johnnies couldn't whipited a flea They didn't know how to tight any ai all. did they. Grandpa?" "Oh, yes, they did!" "What?' The hoy was astounded "Weren't they all Just reg'lar ole cow ards. Grandpa?" "No," said the grandfather. "Thet were pretty tine soldiers." "They were? Well, they ran awa; whenever von began shoot in* at 'em \ didn't they?" "Sometimes they did. but most time they didn't. Sometimes tliev fougli like wildcats?and sometitnes we wen the ones that ran away." "But the Johnnies were had men * weren't the.v. Grandpa?" "No." The hoy's forehead. customarily va rant showed some Jittle vertiea shadows, produced by a struggle 1 tliink. "Well, hilt?" lie began slowlv "Listen, (irnudpa. listen here! Vol said?you said you never pit scare the oh* Johnnies were iroin' to win." "They did win pretty often," sai the grandfather. "They won a goo many hat ties." "I mean, you saiil you never g? scared they'd win the war." "No. we were never afraid of that. "Well, hut if they were good me and fought Ilk** wildeats. Crandpti ami kep' winning battles and ever; thing, how eotild that he? How coul you help bein' seared they'd win tli war?" The grandfather's feehle eyes twit kled brightly. "Why, we knew the couldn't, Itaihsoy." At this, the little vertical shadow od l'siir.sev'% forehead he-mine mor k iiiiiimmii iiiiii iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikii ;ey Milhi BOOTH TARKING1 iiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiesiiii pronounced, for he had succeeded In thinking. "Well, they didn't know they couldn't, did they?" he argued. "They thought they were goin' to win, didn't they?" "Yes; I guess they did. But you see they were wrong." "Well, but?" Ilnmsey struggled. "Listen ! Listen here, Grandpa ! Well. ! anyway, if they never got scared we d win, and nobody got scared they'd win ?well, I don't see?" "You don't see what?" Hut Itamsey found himself unahle to continue his concentration. "Oh, > nothln' much," he murmured. "I see." And his grandfather laughed again. "You mean: If the Johnnies . felt just as sure of winning the war as we did and kept winning battles, why shouldn't we ever have had any doubts we were going to win? That's 1 it, Isn't It?" "I guess so. Grandpa." ! "Well, I think it was mostly because we were certain that we were right." "I see," said Ramsey. "The Johnnies knew they were on the side of the devil." Rut at this, the grandfather's laugh was louder than it had been before, and Ramsey looked hurt. "Well, > you can laugh if you want to!" he objected in an aggrieved voice. "Any' way, the Sunday school sup'lntendent i told us when people knew they were on the devil's side they always?" "I dare say, 1 dare say," the old man interrupted, a little impatiently. "But in this world mighty few people think they're on the devil's side, Ramsey. The South thought the devil was on our side, you see." flint- ! In<l Ia' mlrofl If oil iir\ if ruf nidi rviuu v uiiAcg iv an u^ niore'n ever." "Suppose you look at It this way: The South was fighting for what It believed to be its right to be a country by itself; but we were fighting for 'Liberty and Union, now and forever, : "I Wouldn't Care," Said the Boy. "I'd Be in the Parade Anyway, If I Was You." 1 one and inseparable.' There's the rea- j son we had the certain knowledge that I we were going to win the war. How plain and simple it Is!" Itamsey didn't think so. He had be- : gun to feel bored by the conversation, ! and to undergo the oppression lie us- I ciifTpt-ot) In school The pnrnest \ old voice of the veteran was only a sound in the boy's ears. "Boom?" The veterans had begun | to Are their cannon on the crest of the i low hill, out at the cemetery; and from ! a little way down the street came the , rat-a-tat of a toy druiu and sounds of a fife played execrably. A file of chil! dren in cocked'hats made of newspa! pers came marching Importantly up the sidewalk under the maple shade trees; and in advance, upon a velocipede, rode a tin-sworded personage, shrieking Incessant commands but not j concerning himself with whether or I ! not any military obedience was there ! by obtained. Here was a revivifying - effect upon young Ramsey; bis slug! gnrd eyelids opened electrically; be [ leaped to his feet and. abandoning his grandfather without preface or apology, sped across the lawn and out of j the gate, charging headlong upon the : - commander of the company. "You get off that 'locipede, Wesley ! < Bender!' be bellowed. "You gimme that sword ! What rights you got to go >' lu-in' captain o' tnv army, I'd like to | know! Who got up this army, in the first place, I'd like to know! I did. myself, yestcrd'y afternoon, and you 1 get back in line or I won't let you i? h'long in ii nt ;t 111" ' i^^>>>>>>>>>?B SHELLS USED F01 11 ? '. Effectively Employed in the Philippines, 11 and Might Be Made Useful in il This Country. 'I The placenta shell. fouiul in ahund'1 mice in the southern Philippine islands, offers a unique, practical and >t decorative resource in lionie adorn, nient. says (.food Furniture Magazine " I'eing fairly flat :uul roughly eirii cular, transTucent and up to three i, : inches in diameter and about onesixteenth inch thick, the placenta shell d serves the hetter class of Filipino e ; house in place of pi ass. The strong j tropical light is pleasingly modified i- I as it passes through the shell-panes y 1 held together by wooden strips or lead hands. s iH'Coratively, the shell should find e many uses. It is already being worked llllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllL1 olland [ roN 1 Copyright by Doubladay, Page & Company ? iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir The pretender succumbed; he Instantly dismounted, being out-shouted and overawed. On foot he took his place In the ranks, while Ramsey became sternly vociferous. "In-tentlon, company! Farwud march! Col-lumn right! Rlght-showdler harms! Halt! Far-wud march. Carry harms?" The army went trudging away under the continuous but unheeded Are of orders, and presently disappeared round a corner, leaving the veteran chuckling feebly under his v.alnut tree and alone with the empty street. All trace of what he had said seembd to have been wiped from the grandson's mind: but memory has curious ways. Ramsey had understood not a fifth nor a tenth of his grandfather's talk, and nJrendy he had "forgotten" all of It? vet not onlv were there many, many times in the hoy's Inter life when, without ascertainable cause, he would remember words and sentences spoken by the grandfather, though the listener, half-drowslly, had heard but the sound of an old, earnest voice?and even the veteran's meaning finally took on a greater definiteness till it became, in the grandson's thoughts, something clenr nnd bright and beautiful that he knew without being Just sure where or how he hud learned it. CHAPTER II Runisey MfJhollnnd sat miserably In school, his conscious being consisting principally of a dull hate. Torpor was a little dispersed during a fifteenminute interval of "Music," when he and all the other pupils in the large room of the "Five B. Grade" sang repeatedly fractions of what they enunciated as "The Star Span-guh-hulled Banner"; but afterward he relapsed into the low spirits nnd animosity natural to anybody during enforced confinement under Instruction. No alleviation was accomplished by an invader's temporary usurpation of the teacher's j platform, a brisk and unsympnthetically cheerful young woman mounting thereon to "teach German." For a long time mathematics and German had been about equally repulsive to Ramsey, who found himself daily In the compulsory presence of both; but he was gradually coming to regard German with the greater horror, because, after months of patient mental resistance, he at last began to comprehend that the German language has sixteen special and particular ways of using the German article corresponding to that flexible bit of a word so ensiJy managed In English?the. What In the world was the use of having sixteen ways of doing a thing />'> ?!?1 Gin* no ti-oll Im /l/,na In onnO IIIUI I'UUIU JU91 llO ncu uc uuut III vuvi If the Germans hnd contented themselves with insisting upon sixteen useless variations for Infrequent words, such as hippopotamus, for instance, Ramsey might have thought the affair unreasonable but not necessarily vicious?it would be easy enough to avoid talking about a hippopotamus if he ever had to go to Germany. But the fact that the Germans picked out a and the and many other little words in use all the time, and gave every one of them sixteen forms, and expected Ramsey Milholland to learn this dizzying uselessness down to the last crotchety detail, with "When to employ Which" as a nausea to prepare for the finul convulsion when one didn't use Which, because it was an "Exception" ?there was a fashion of making easy matVrs hard that was merely hellish. Tim fonphnr woe hnt onfhn. slastic; she told the children, over and over, that the German was a beautiful language, and her face always had a plow when she snid this. At such times the children looked patient; they supposed It must be so, because she was an adult and their teacher; and they believed her with the same manner of believing which those of them whq went to Sunday school used there when the Sunday school teachers were pushed Into explanation of various matters set forth In the Old Testament. or pave reckless descriptions of heaven. That Is to say, the children did not challenge or deny; already they had been driven Info habits of resignation and were passing out of the aire when childhood Is able to reject adult nonsense. ltnmsey Milholland did not know whether the English language was beautiful or not: lie never thoncht about it. Moreover, though tits deeper inwards hated "German," he liked his German teaeher. and It was pleasant t<> look at her when that glow came upon tier face. " You bet your life I hate her. ' Teacher's Pet,' that's what I call her." (TO BE CONTINUED.) ^07/'" < <'<<' < < <<< < < < R WINDOW PANES j up by the Filipinos, under Atiieriear j direction, into lamp-: hade frames ir. most pleasing shapes. I, onnmo it Miiirlit An.l ? I1...H _.l II WVIHf UKII II llllll <| I I II ! I I I I. application in furniture :is in cabinet ' dour inserts or medallions in panels in wood or metal screens where tlie vision but not the light is to be barred But the greatest use of this curl ously beautiful shell would seem tt lie in the domain of the lighting fixture and lamp industry, where effect5 can be produced by transmitted light in a sure and most charming manner Limited Rule. "Believe yourself happy and you nrf happy." says a writer. Unfortunately that rule doesn't work when a mat thinks he is wise, for then lie is other ; wise. American #tc#on (Copy for ThU Department Supplied by the American Legion News Service.) HE WAS WELCOMED BY FOCH St. Paul Janitor, Former Comrade of the Noted Generalissimo, It Granted Long Interview. "Djil-Allah Laquat!" These mystic words meant somej thing that paused Marshal Foch of f France to receive an unhung janitor In his rooms at The incident ocW'Wfflb curre(I during the generalissimo's Pvisit to St. Paul, '' Jm Minn., as a guest jgfai^L of the American i Legion. It is still Foch during his tour of 42 states. The Arabic legend, written on a postal card by the Janitor, one Charles Schweitzer, was an open sesame. The words formed the name of two engagements in which the Janitor, thert a sergeant, and Foch, then a lieutenant, fought with units of the First Colonial regiment In Algiers In 1877, It was learned. Foch remembered the names, and knowing that only a comrade of his Algerian regiment would know them, sent for him forthwith. "The marshal is the saihe kindly man and good soldier that/he was In Algiers," the janitor said, after his visit with the geuerallsslmo. "Who knows? I might have been a general If I'd stayed In the army with him." HIGH HONORS TO CARLSTROM Veterans of Three Wars Appreciate Work of Head of Spanish-American Organization. Veterans of three wars honored Oscar E. Carlstrom, Illinois. He Is national comUiander-ln-chlef of I the United Spanlsh War Veterans. E , He was one of the ^43 60 men who ^or- j&Fi *y. ganized the fore- \ / V runner of the ayJj American Legion .T He is a member the ' Am Mr. Carlstrom i* was a private In the war with Spain, serving in the Philippines. Later he was captain In the National Guard of Illinois. He commanded a battery of field artillery in action In France. At Minneapolis last year he was elected chief of the Spanish War Veterans. He was one of the 60 men chosen to represent the two million members of the American expeditionary force in France to organize what later became the Legion. Company C. One Hundred and Second Infantry, G. A. R., of Illinois, adopted him as a member. Mr. Carlstrom is a lawyer. NATION'S LOVE FOR LEGION "They Like Ua?But-' Is Attitude of Public, According to National Commander MacNider. "They like us?but" is the attitnde of the nation towards the American Legion, according to Hanford MaeNider, commander of the Legion in the first address of his speaklug tour at Philadelphia. "We have to Duna up a spirit in ine Legion and do the right thing always, and in time we will have the confidence of the people," Mr. MacNIder continued. "Men who offered all they had to the country have a right to the confidence of that country. They should have a voice In Its affairs, for they never would want to do a thing contrary to the country's Interests." By building up a "spirit" among the members of the Legion and creating a comradeship with "our companions in arms in England. France. Italy and the other countries," more can he done for peace than in any other way, the speaker claimed. TO Aid OT rrcngn rncnaa. To save from the almshouse a family In a French village in which his lmttcry had been billeted. William H. Follette, formerly of Oregon but now living in Paris, recently appealed to members of bis old command to send him contributions. The family was known to all the men of Mr. Follett's battery and they liberally responded to keep their French friends from want. To Lose Canal Zone Jobs. More than 700 service men of the l World war may he thrown ont of employment in the Panama canal /one, following the government's sweeping i reduction in personnel, according to a report tiled by the American Legion at Washington. The nninher of civilian employees in the canal zone lias heen reduced 40 per cent since March 4. 1021. Liquid or Solid? "Any excitement today?" asked tlie i bootlegger's bride fondly. "Why, yes," returned her husband as he put on his carper slippers and drew a paper from his pocket. "1 ran j plump into a federal agent." "My, my." she eja culated. all of a ! flutter; "did he take anything?" The bootlegger donned his goldrimmed spectacles and stroked the cat. "Only a couple of shots, my dear," he answered.?American Legion Week ty. I LEGiON MEN KNOW HER WELL "Ma" Burdick, Famous for Doughnuts and Pies, Still Trying to Servo World War Boys. "As wo triod to serve the boys while under shell lire, so we are trying to meet their needs 1^. F. 111" tes11 f "Ma" Burdick to the men, ner doughnuts and pfes were known to the Jast of Pershli.g's army. Mrs. Burdick, who is sixty years old but doesn't show It, arrived in France in December, 1917, with "Pa," her husband. With a stove which Mr. Burdick, also an ensign of the Salvation Army, rigged up, and a sewing machine which she found and repaired, "Ma" cooked for the boys as they came from the lines, mended their clothes and made new ones out of salvaged material. "Ma" and "Pa" were godparents of the First division, and from December of 1917 until rtie armistice Mrs. Burdlck .baked her pies and made her doughnuts In every sector of the western front, as close up to the fighting lines as they would allow her. The .var over, the couple were transferred to Brest, where they ministered to the soldiers until they sailed for home In April, 1919. Mrs. Burdlck, a resident of Wichita Falls, Tex., is in charge of hospital relief work for disabled ex-service men for the Legion auxiliary of Texas in uddition to her duties as national chaplain and ensign of the urmy hosts. ACTRESS HEAD OF AUXILIARY I Miss Thais Magrar.e Is Elected President of the New York State Organization. A tribute to the stage and to those actors and actresses who gave freely of their time and * ^ men happy during \ the war was paid tlon of Miss Thais Ice In the navy, Miss Magrane spent little of her time behind Manhattan's footlights and most of it with sick and wounded soldiers returned from France and quartered in Polyclinic hospital. She later assisted in the organization of the auxiliary of S. Rankin Drew post of the Legion, composed of Broadway's actors, writers and proc^cers who were in service. Miss Magrane is a native of St. Louis, Mo. She was "discovered" while playing in a stock company in Los Angeles. She played the title role In "Everywoman," and her engagements have included the lending stock organizations which have toured the country. ? P orrvlnrr On With the ! I VUI > J I??g w f f ? American Legidn i ? Needy ex-service men of New York city are being provided for by a municipal fund under direction of the Legion. * Boy relatives of members of the eleventh Minnesota post of the Legion have been organized into a boy scout troop. The Home Onard company of Fairmont, Minn., has turned over Its war fund of $400 to furnish the building of the Legion post. ? War vessels tied up at Seattle, Wash., may be used to billet unemployed former service men, If the plan of the Hanler-Noble post supceeds. The old City clnb of Champaign. Ill, has been ohsorhed by the American Legion post there. The post will erect a community home, open to the public. * ? A fourth of the freshmen law students at Yanderhilt university are exservice men receiving vocational training and belong to a Nashville post of the Legion. ? ? "The world's only shimmying chicken" was billed in the "Joy Day" celebratlon of llendriek (la.) post of the Legion. The post claims the chicken was "horn that way." * * Half of the money for the erection i of the community memorial building to ho erected I* tlio American Legion : post iit Ktlirgis. S. Ihits been pledged j Ity its members front stato bonuses. * * Midst regimental honors and I major general nilllos. Hai ford MaeI Xider. nationnl ooniinaiidor of ?ho ' American Legion. was received hy his old regiment, tho Ninth infitntrv, <tatiorod at Houston. Toy. A loving otip was given him by tho molt. * * * Fifty prairie chickens wore tho "piooo do resistance" of ;i community food at Mom-head. Minn. The eelebration was fostered hy tin* Atnerioan Legion post, which hugged tlio game and fnrnisliod tlte hall. Delegates from every stato in tho I'nloti attended flip American Legion convention as well as from Africa, Alnska, Chili?, England. Canada. China, Cuba, France, (iiiiitemaia. Hawaii. Japan, Mexico, Panama. I'era. Porto Rico. Palestine, Turkey and the Phil* ipplncs. EOVTNE TUBERCULOJ TO ACTIVE T <>* :? >. >* 'v<^'i'* *<*v ?2~>y/ > Accrediting a Herd as Free From Tube Owner and the (Prepared by the JPnlted States Department ]< of Agriculture.) o For many years after the agitation . regarding bovine tuberculosis began, f there were very few people who entertained the hope that It would ultimate- (] ly be eradicated. Now, after many (] years of effort, first unsuccessful, but now giving great promise of success, ^ there are many who firmly believe that the time Is coming when this scourge of live stock will be conquered. Tuberculosis May Be Banished. This change of attitude has been { brought about largely through the efforts of the bureau of animal industry of the United States Department of I Agriculture, co-operating with the varl ous state officials, which have been so successful that within period of four years, during which the work has been directed toward ultimate elimination, severnl thousand herds have been ac- li credited us being free from the disease and a number of sizable ureas in different states contain practically no tuberculous cattle. These results have h demonstrated conclusively that, if sufficient funds are mude available, this menace to human health and to the success of live-stock, farming may be done away with In a practical manner. ( Tuberculosis of cattle is one of the few* farm problems that appeals with almost equal force to city people, for k the heulthfulness of milk and meat is b of vital Importance to them. This fact b ought to make it easier to get the sup- 0 port necessary for putting through t< such a country-wide program against b the disease. The cattle resources of a the country are of the utmost Import- 0 ance, and measures to reduce the risk w of loss represent nothing more than 81 common sense. Cl Insurance Feature Appeals. 11 There are more than 06,000,000 head r' of cattle in the country worth nearly " $3,000,000,000. Aside from the health aspect qt f*e problem, the Insuring of tJ this vast amount or weulth against a loss ought to appeal to all classes of ^ people as a necessary measure for the a good of the nation. At the present time various state d and federul ugencies are testing about b 150,000 cattle a month and eliminating A those that are found to he tuberculous, c< but It is expected that In the near fii- w ture probubly 1,000,000 head will be ir tested monthly by the combined forces. On that basis It Is easy to see thut- h great progress will be made toward getting rid of the plague, for the evl- * dence obtained shows that the methods b now in use are practical. When the b campaign began most of the stress was tl laid on cleaning up Individual herds, a and this was the only practical thing to do as not enough sentiment hod It been aroused to muke it possible to o get general support for a campaign In n any locality. But the advantage gained d by cattle breeders who were able to ir advertise tuberculosis-free herds was it so great that skeptics were convinced, si and now many localities have taken up a the problem und are rapidly cleaning ll up all herds within their boundaries, c< In fact, nt the present time this method of cleaning up circumscribed areas y Is the predominant'one. Nine counties in the United States ^ have now completed one or more official tuberculosis tests of the cattle within those areas, and about 50 counties are now either engaged in this work or are getting ready to take It up. In some of the counties the super- 61 visors appropriate funds to employ Inspectors who help the state and federal officials. In others the farm bureaus have taken the Job In hand. * Hillsdale County a Model. One of the best examples of what a ^ county can do in getting rid of this destructive disease/Is found In Hills- P dale county, Mich. On October 24 a " campaign was launched with the idea f> of cleaning out all the diseased cattle. e A force of 30 county, state, and fed- 11 eral Inspectors was organized. They divided up the territory, giving a part is of u township to each man. The coun- ^ ty farm bureau furnished automobiles ? that were driven by the fanners who 'r were leaders In the communities and had Influence with the live-stock own- w ers. By November 5 every herd In the 11 county had been tested. There were 2.331) herds, containing i 11 15,773 cattle, ami 375 reactors were found. This means that about 2;4 per cent of the cattle in liie county hud rite <11.- ?ase- a rather low percentage. /! In sections where the disease Is no | more extensive than this, the cost of c lean-up is almost negligible when eompared with the good that must ultimately come from it. In this county the farmers and breeders, and in fact all the people of the county, were en- f thuslastie, which helped a great deal i townr<I getting the work done in such ' |, ' a short time. j f Other Counties Become Interested. v j Some of the most progressive live- a | stock counties in various parts of the o country are now taking up this prole t Winter Feed for Hens. The hen must have a balanced ration; we can't afford to keep her for; p nothing, hut during the winter she, t< can get only such food as we give her. p so we must give her what she needs g In order to get our money hack. h Ventilation of Poultry House. There Is really no danger of getting too much ventilation In a poultry ii house, providing direct drafts are I avoided and fowls are protected oti ; b the roosts at night. f 3IS YIELDS * ESTING CAMPAIGN 0 ' > rS? . * 4 A - - - -y ?f',>-'vtT::iii1fi "i itiiii iiilifiriii * rculosis Increases Its Value to the Community. ?m of getting rid absolutely of tuber* ulosis. They have derided that it 14 he most feasible and practical way of arrylng on the work. What was acomplished in Hillsdale county is be-< ng carried on at the present time In lore than 20 other counties of the ume state. Similar work Is being one in New York, where 10 countie* re engaged in area eradication. Detailed Information regarding plans or tuberculosis eradication may be btained free from the department of grlculture, Washington, D. C. / JURY DEAD ANIMALS DEEP IN QUICKLIME Aany Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases Preventable. log Cholera Is Most Dreaded Scourge and Jeopardizes Porker Population?Old Metal Wheel Useful as Pyre. Prepared bjr the United States Department of Agriculture.) All farm animals that die from unnown causes should preferably be uried deep in quicklime. Many out* reaks of Infectious diseases owe their rlgin to carcasses which were; allowed > decompose in the open pastures or am lots to which other animals had ccess. The United States Department f Agriculture advises every farmer ho suffers mortality among his live tock fjjom unknown causes to have a ompetent veterinarian make a postlortem examination and cremate the emaiua or bury them deep in quickme. Hugs, next to poultry, are usually le most numerous live stock on the verage farm, and as hog cholera is tie most dreaded scourge which Jeoprdlzes the porker population, it la bllgatory that the, carcasses of hogs ying from unknpwn causes should be urned or buried deep in quicklime, n old metal wheel serves as an ex>Uent base for the funeral pyre. The heel should be raised five or six iches above the ground on three or )ur stones, so that a tire can be indled underneath It. The carcass of le dead hog should be placed on this heel. In order that the carcasS will urn readily and thoroughly, it should e slashed deeply with a knife so that le flames may penetrate to the fat nd all the carcass burn rapidly. Where horses or cattle die, so much ibor Is involved in digging trenches f sufficient size and depth to accoralodate-tliem that It Is preferable to ig deep a smaller grave and to dlslember the carcasses so they will fit 1 the small space. These graves tiould be not less than five feet deep nd .the carcasses should be covered ilckly with quicklime, which will soon onsume the fleshy portions. VATER FOR COWS IN WINTER f Possible It Should Be 15 or 20 Degrees Above Freezing?Steam Boiler Is Handy. During the winter, when cows are fabled the greater part of the time, ley should be watered two or three meg a day unless arrangements have een made to keep water before them t all times, says the United States epartment of Agriculture, In Farmrs' Bulletin 743, "'The Feeding of >alry Cows."' The water should if osslble be 15 or 20 degrees above rvcv.lag, and should be supplied at/ roctlcally the same temperature evry day. When water well above freez- / ig temperature Is stored in tanks nd piped directly to the cow, there i probably little occasion to warm It. i'hen It stands in a tank on which ice ften forms, It usually pays to warm siiKiMijk. nits iuii uc uuut; uy a ink heater, by live steam or by hot ater from a boiler. If a boiler Is sed for running a separator or for eating water to wash and sterilize tonsils, steam from It can readily and heaply be used to warm the drinking ater. IVOID ROUP BY VENTILATION iood Plan Not to Use Muslin Curtains at Any Time Except to Keep Out Rain and Snow. 'Roup Is largely a question of venilation, and properly ventilated chicknhouses seldom contain chickens that inve roup. In the openings In tbo ront it is a good idba to have chicken lire, and not use the muslin curtains t any time of rlie year except to keep lit snow and rain.?U. S. Vickers, . >liio State University. Getting Winter Engr To be most profitable a fiook must troduee eggs ttie year around, in win i>r ns won 11s summer, mere Is small irotit In summer eggs, but when tliej 11 up to top-notch winter prices there i a handsome profit in them. Green Feed Essential. Green food Is absolutely essential n the ration for all ages of poultry, t Is not only necessary for the layers, ut Is beneficial for growing stock uud or the breeders.