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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER RANDOLPH. UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPES Entered as second-clamatter FA, 8. 1929. at the pst office Kandofoh. Vtah, under the Act of Mar. 8, 1879. Wra. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop SUBSCRIPTION tlJIO Per Year In Advance wmc ss ted Old Timothy Stand mmv V Needs Fertilizing Early Attention Is Necessary If Satisfactory Results Are Obtained. Copyright By KATHLEEN NORRIS by Kathleen Norris SYNOPSIS Prepared by Ohio State University Agricu- WNTJ Service manded, looking like anything in the What of It? Everybody Is telephoning world rather than a girl who had been everybody else all the time. tearing, scared and chilly, across open Edith came in, flushed and pretty, country roads In a roadster exactly from church. three minutes before. It was so hot I Its boiling out Its going to be a thought Id sleep down on the side marvelous day. What a day for a picporch, on the old sofa. But its so nic! with a long sigh, as they wanlumpy dered through the great dim front hallThey all broke Into excited laugh- way and looked the opened ter, reproaches. She should have told front door into the through mellow greenness of them! the garden. t Ariel, looking sleepy, warm, bewilI know. Gall sighed, too. dered, vanished Into her room with a They were halfway upstairs, loiteryawn. Nobody followed her to dis- ing. A voice spoke from the doorway cover the clothes flung wildly here behind them. ' and there just as they had fallen when Any swill this morning, ladles? she had tom them off, or to kiss the And instantly the day burst into cheek that was still so cold from night bloom. Edith tactfully retreated to the wind. Indeed, among the three elders upper Gail came out on the regions; In Galls room there was even a feelfront steps, in her dark blue kitchen ing that Injustice had been done little apron. Van stood there grinning up at Ariel, who had run down to the drag her. store so innocently for a soda, after He seated himself on the steps; her lessons were done, and who had Gail, In a wicker rocker, had her elbeen homo and in bed for almost three bows on her knees, her hands hooped hours. over her face. ' Phil produced two small round It was heaven, sitting eat la the cakes ef violet soap, and pre- shade wth this big, tweed-cla- d young sented each girl with one. man. The violence of last weeks Peace offering, he said humbly, hopes and fears had all faded away; it but with a little laugh In the corner of was enough to sit here together, withhis eyes. I was sort of oh, rotten, out past or future. about Gails visit! he said. My dear No golf today? old girl, Ede and Id trust you to go Oh, I could have played. But I with anyone yon like to China you dont play very weljL The other telknow that Why, we depend on you. lers were all too good. Besides, my Youre the thing that has held us to- aunt wanted me; my cousins from gether all these years. Youre the Sacramento are here. Itll be rotten. Gail laughed unsympathetically. guardian angel of the Lucky LawWe might take our supper and go rences ! Gails heart swelled to bursting; she up to the old dam at Cabin River, she said, as unexpectedly to herself as to could not speak. him. She made up her mind that she How dyou get there?" would not consider the Los. Gatos End of the trolley line. And then week-enunless some formal recogni- walk. tion of the Invitation came from Mrs. He about an hour, and they But this heroic mood oozed laughedstayed Chipp. continuously. So joyous, so unstrained, was this particular meeting that Gail presently conld say, Whats this house party next " Oh, the usual thing I" Down at the Chipps place? "Yep. . Up in the Santa Cruz moin-tainback of Los Gatos. How many will there be, Van?" Oh, about a dozen. She couldnt somehow bring him to anything definite about the Invitation. He seemed to feel that that was settled. But Gail was In wild spirits when he went away, none fhe less. He had said, I take you, in reference to the house party. His aunt must be perfectly cognizant of that And she, Gail, had talked, to him easily, unaffectedly, in hen old gingham, and he had wanted to come and find her, and her jealousy of his Burlingame friends had been silly, and everything was all right The luck that had brought the BosWNU Service. ton Lawrences to California at the besod the give timothy of the gold rush has deserted some special attention this spring, in ginning the present generation. From a 4,000,-acthe opinion of agronomists at the Ohio ranch, their holdings have shrunk to a email farm, and the old family State university, who are recommendhome in Clippersvllle. The death ef ing a special top dressing with a nitrotheir father forced the three eldest children to work so that Sam and little genous fertilizer. Because of the failure of many new Ariel might continue their education. now twenty-fivhad gone Into seedings last year, it is expected that Phil, the Iron works, Gail to the public limany meadows that ordinarily would brary and Edith to the book departbe plowed this spring will be kept for ment of Clippersvilles largest store. Seventeen-year-ol- d Ariel is becoming a another year. problem, and Phil is fascinated by "that addiThe agronomists say that Lily Cass, whose husband has tional hay may be secured from these terripha deserted her. Young Van Murchison, meadows, when they are largely or scion of a wealthy family, returns from entirely timothy, by top dressing the Yale, and Gall has visions, through with him, of the of held early with 150 to 200 pounds of marriage the Lawrence luck. Dick turning Stebbins, sulfate of ammonia or nitrate of soda. Phils best friend, has the run of Hie If calcium cyanamid is used, the ap- house. Ariel is sneaking out of the house at night for joy rides. Van conplication ' should have been much tinues his social attentions to Gail, but earlier. the girl feela she is making no progOhio experiments indicate that, with ress In gaining his affections. Phil sugnormal rainfall In early spring, snch gests. to the girls consternation, that an application will raise the yield of they invite Lily Cass to the house. Van asks Gall to go with him for a weektimothy 1,500 or 2,000 pounds an acre. end with the Chipps, his uncle and aunt. however, fertilizers, Nitrogenous should not be applied alone for more than one or two years for, say the CHAPTER IV Continued agronomists, a stand of hay cannot be maintained unless phosphates and pot"Um-hnGail affirmed, nodding. or ash are also supplied. A She was grateful to Edith for taking similar analysis fertilizer is recomIt as a matter settled. Dick continued mended if these top dressings are conto regard her with an odd, an almost tinued into the third year. smile. Nitrogenous top dressing may be contemptuous, You like all that sort of thing, dont expected to Increase timothy seed now asked. he yon? two one to an bushels acre, yield "Well, I dont know that I like it should farmers with sufficient forage specially. I dont know much about desire to produce seed. Demand for timothy seed may be It, Gail answered, slightly nettled. Never having been on a house party expected to continue to exceed the of this sort, I couldnt say 1 liked it acfor at least another year, supply or didnt like it, she went on pointedly. cording to the university specialists. "Meaning that I dont know wbat Timothy seed production in 1938 was Im talking about? Dick asked, with only half normal; in 1934 it was normal. Since many seedings a laugh. GaW said, with a JWell failed last year, production in 1935 will shrug which indieaMd that bo was at liberty probably be less than normal. to put that Interpretation upon her words If he would. Wet Spots Cause of Farm The men ltogbed, and sprawled Waste; Drainage Needed placating great hand across the table. Aw, dont be mad, Gaik The drainage of wet spots in otherIm not mad. most wise good fields is probably the Yes, you are! But what do yon care made be can that worthy improvement vvhat I think of the Murchison outfit? on land today, says Prof. A. M. Goodman of the New York State College They dont. I only think, when you dont know of Agriculture. These wet spots not only waste seed a person, and that person has never he points out, but done one thing against you and fertilizer, the girl they cause greater waste In Wowing commenced stiffly. and harrowing. They cause planting Its only that I get such a kick out trouble, they interfere with cultiva- of it," Dick murmured, subsiding. Gail tried her best to feel sorry for tion, and are a nuisance at harvest time. him. Later she told Edith positively that Usually a few rods of small-sizedrain tile, laid so that it is about two she would not go to the Chipps house feet deep under the lowest part of parly unless she heard directly from these wet holes and with a slope of Mrs. Chipp. four to six inches to every 100 feet In Oh, 1 am so relieved, dearest length, is all that is needed to clear up Edith breathed gratefully. such a hole. No, its not worth while," Gall said. The backfill over the tile Is one of She grew a little bitter, thinking about the most essential things to keep in it. It wonld be the best time I ever mind. The land did not drain before had, and if mamma had lived, or papa, What's the Excitement?" because the water could not get I should take all this sort of thing as through the subsoil. Do not put this a matter of course," she said, with dig- away when Friday passed, and SaturImpervious subsoil back directly over nified resentment "However, I cant and there was no sight day passed, the tile. Place sod, surface soil, and as Phil said, I cant put myself In a of no word from him. Gail and Van, false position! stubble, at least one foot deep, directly bore it as long as she could, and then over the tile; and put the subsoil, that "Gall, she will telephone you ! Edith telephoned suddenly, reluctantly, on has come out of the bottom of the predicted fervently, to the Chipp house to Sunday of I the dont know." Gall was tired and ask for morning ditch near the surface ground. Mr. Murchison. blue. A womans voice, slightly amused, They were still talking at one oclock slightly surprised, very sophisticated, Butter Fat Content Varies when Phil came upstairs. answered show tests that I put the lights out Everyone In? with friendsher.In Van Murchison was Carefully checked Burlingame, and who the butter fat content of the milk he asked. was this, please? The sisters exchanged a look. from the same herd of cows varies Gail dared not reveal her Identity. "Ariel must be! She went with the sharply from day to day. Errors In was Mrs. Chipp herself, she susIt down to Dobbins account about for can at about only gang nine," testing ; it might have been the solupected 1 She said yon said of per cent, but the Gail stammered. tion of her whole problem If she had actual variation is often as much as she could. Phil! I said If shed be back early ! Phil been able to ask, easily, cheerfully, 1 per cent from one day to another. exclaimed. He crossed the hall, opened "Are y6u expecting me on that boose from a number results Such variation f factors. Weather conditions have a a door, and returned with an anxious party next week, Mrs, Chipp? Bnt she could not do It Instead she marked effect as does the feed given and angry faee. Where Is she, dyou mumbled he asked. something that might have show suppose? a Some breeds cattle. the must be oh, this Is per- been a name and might not and hang she Well, the than and variation others, greater fectly terrible, Phil! She must be still up the telephone with her heart poundtime between milkings and the comdown there. We conld telephone ing and her cheeks red. Moving about have also the of milkings pleteness the , she cant quiet Sunday kitchen, busy with Listen, . get away with their effects. Also tests of mornings Its after the eternal dishes and chairs, bread milk are usually lower than those of this! Phil Interrupted. twelve. Dobbins closes at midnight )ox and podding bowls, she raged at nights milk. Pathfinder Magazine. I Maybe one . of the boys started to herself for her cowardice. You fooll How I kate you I You drive her home." Alfalfa Again Maybe she decided to stay at the poor fool I She gathered the dishes expertly. Alfalfa will check soil erosion for Lovelaces Gall back and forth between a on show Wandering a began that 5,000 years. Experiments seven-inc- h layer of surface soil, on an weary note, flinging the bedclothes sink and dresser, she put them one by 8 per cent slope Cropped to corn or aside as PbU ran downstairs to the one into a shining line on the shelf, telephone and Edith fled to her room soliloquizing as she did so. allowed to remain fallow, will be comBurlingame, eh? I Imagine Id hate pletely washed away within a lifetime. for more clothing. was Gail How can I say that? I dont know all bst and It dressed, Phil Hoards Dairyman. returning from downstairs three min- anything about ltt But I Imagine or utes later, when Ariel appeared In th4 rather, I should think a boy would Down the Lane apper hallway, elad in pajamas and an hate It I wish I hadnt telephoned. Butter made in May and June has eld Japanese Jacket of brilliantly col- She didnt know who I was, though the highest color and flavor. ored cotton, with a pillow dangling in "Well, why shouldnt I telephone her hand and her soft, hair her? No harm done! Of the 3,300,000 orchard heaters in ia confusion. Suppose she does tell him some girl What's the exoitememt? she de telephoned, and he suspects Its me? use in California, 2,900,000 are oil ltural Extension It will pay to Service. re , e, well-wrappe- d 10-6-- 4 d, one-sevent-li . d 1 two-tent- 1 week-end?- s, again. Dick Stebbins turned np with his reconstructed roadster and the picnic suddenly became a glittering reality. Edith and Gall, as they so loved to do, plunged Into a glory of preparations, eggs boiling frantically; blackened old coffee pot stored with small packages of sugar, matches, mustard, pepper, and salt; cream poured back Into a fat bottle, and secured with a thick cap of paper and a rubber band. When Phil came In the ns- I picnic uproar set In; they couldnt all go in Dicks car obviously, but those that rode going could back. Phil thought he might borrow Jim Slakes car It was an awfnl looking old thing, but It did move. Gall flew up and downstairs, in and out of doors, tying strings, wiping oily Ingers, tying dingy old tin cups on a string. At four they were all off. They picnicked n the grassy plateau two hundred feet from the dam, lboking down at the world, listening to the ripple and chuckle of the creek hidden in the redwoods behind them. The grass smelt of dew and pungent the redwoods vere caught In solemn shade. Gall sat with her back braced squarely against a massive oak, Phil lay stretched with his head against her knee. The others were still eating In a desultory, protestant manner. Suddenly, from where he lay like a dead body In the grass, Sams young boyish voice rose pure and strong: Theres a long, long trail - walk-and-troll- tar-wee- d; Tut-tut-tnt-t- ut 1 taffy-yello- They all sang, even Ariel cutting herself off in the middle of a word to join. They sang for half an hour. And when they got back to the dark old close odorous house, at ten oclock, there was a message pinned eo the kitchen door. It read: Crooks Why didnt you wait for 1 me? It was signed So V. M. that this was one of Galls com- pletely happy evenings. The day had been full of pleasantness and content Everything was exactly as It should be. Monday passed. No word from Van. No sign of Van. Gail began to hope fervently that the' week-enparty wonld be postponed. Her brain her heart were sick of the constant surging back and forth of hope and fear. That night Edith asked .lightly, delicately, Any hews of our swain today? and quite suddenly Gail told the desired lie. Yes. He and Mrs. Chipp came in-- just for a minute. Gall felt her Oh, Gail, darling heart turn a little sick as she saw her sisters generous pleasure. Oh, that makes It all right ! said Edith. Whatd she say about the week-endWell, Just just that she expected d 1 ? me. After all, they might do Just exactly that thing tomorrow Van and his aunt, Gail reflected comfortably. They might easily make The lie merely an an anticipation. She tried, meanwhile, to minimize Ik They only stayed for a second. Be had probably parked the car right across the middle of the street! Ariel coming In, Edith instantly communicated the news, and then GaH knew it was too late to retreat. Innocent as the deception had seemed at first, it began to gather size and momentum like a rolling snowball. She felt ashamed of herself all evening, jumpy whenever the telephone rang, nervous whenever the casual family conversation came back to her brilliant prospects tor tomorrow. The next afternoon Van stopped his flat, open, roadster at the library at four oclock, and Gail descended the steps. She looked charming In her old brown eoat, the fox chin, Mary Tevis had given Edith, her own brown hat, Ariels best blouse with the frill, and new chamois-ski- n gloves charged that day at Mullers. Van leaped oat to take her suitcase; they were laughing, delighted to be te gether again, as they stowed it in the rumble. Then Gail was where evey girl lores to be, sunk Into fhe comfortable slanted seat beside the mas she likes, off for a holiday. One thing had especially disturbed her among many small disturbances ; ft1 had not been a happy day. There had been the consciousness of her untruth about the Invitation to begin with. There had been the allied disappoint- -, ment of the fact that Mrs. Chipp had not neutralized the lie by coming Into the library or sending a note. But these were minor considerations when compared to the disquieting effect of m conversation Ariel had had with her older sister just before Ariel had gone off to school that morning. racy-lookln- g TO BB CONTINUED. Thimbles, Ancient Device, Long Known to Old World Thimbles did not come Into general, use In England until the latter part of the Seventeenth century. The little device was known to the Egyp-- : tlans and Romans, for articles ef similar pattern have been found among Egyptian rains, and the Romans, ac--. cording to Seneca, performed the find the little pea trick with the brass or bronze ancestor of the modem thimble. The first machine-madthimbles were turned out In Holland in 1693, Iff John Lofting, a Dutch inventor to whom the patent was granted. Silver and gold were the materials first o and only conld to buy them. Later when they were made of cheaper metal, practically everybody used them. The name which the Dutch first gave them, translated literally, meant The English, however, soon their own name of thumb-belderived from the e shape of th little article and from the early practice oif wearing it on the thumb to ward off the point of the needle. About 250 years ago the quaint custom sprang up of inscribing posies and inside the thimble and it is said that In those days the thimble served the game tender purpose as the engagement ring of today. Leather thimbles were at one time introduced, but soon proved the. selves unsatisfactory. e ed well-to-d- tff-fo- rd finger-hood- ." sup--pli- ed l, bell-lik- forget-me-no- ts Odd, If Trmo The quantity of current consumed by the average electric dock ts so emot that it does not register ot the motor when all other electries! devices aa lights are turned off. Thus about of these clocks in homes, stores and offices operate during pans of the night at the expense of the central electric stations. J. K. Thane. Ithaca, N. Y., in OoWars Weekly. |