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Show THE TIMES-NEW- S. Hie Valley of Voices - By GEORGE MARSH Author of NEPHI. UTAII Velvet Beans Good jValue of Family Ration for Steers Living on Farm Be Substituted for CotSome Important Factors in May tonseed Meal. "Well. David, has Michel told you of the fur canoe?" demanded Steele. Stability and Safety of David's broad face wrinkled In a IMMATURE CORN IS (Prepared by the Unite St a tea Department Rural Life. B. Service. (W. f Agriculture. d BTNOPSIS. With David, grin. Taking his pipe from bis mouth, GOOD FOR SILOING In S"ulJ. Brant Steele, of the Velvet beans and corn silage he spat deliberately before be anthe United 8tatea Department American Museum of Natural Hisby (Prepared a form satisfactory quantities equal f Agriculture.) crisis he faced at Walling Ulver the swered with another question. tory, la traveling In northern Weather conditions such as hail. In such "How long we stop here?" An Important factor In the stability ration for fattening steers. economCanada. By a atream be heara loss of the trade and threatened be drought, or frost sometimes prevent beans velvet may a ration Denlse. daughter of Col. HUalre was "I don't Steele know. business and of the Whyr farming abandonment of the post, due to the safety meal, corn from reaching maturity. Undea factor at Walling River, 8t Onge. violin and of rural life exists In the housing ically substituted for cottonseed superstition of the Indians did he Interested. such circumstances the crop should superbly. He Inmore than play the cost not do Michel to they provided an relak Daveed "Wal, drop facilities, and the fuel and food withhold his own solution of the rid troduces, himself and accepts an be siloed, according to the United the (In pod) as half much We pound down per to de beeg strong water. Invitation to make the post his ceived from the born farm by the dle? Certainly there was more, much States Department of Agriculture. Such eswere faets These as home during his stay. He finds that product. sleep, mayfarmer and his family In connection more. In this strange situation which strike back In seven-eigh- t corn should, if possible, be siloed with and worried con the factor mystified. with the operation of the farm, says tablished In feeding experimentsUnited some that is mature. Silage from ImSteele had accidentally stumbled upon, be." The "log- - chateau" Is a real home. the In by ducted to Mississippi "What's not Idea? Just It's your the United States Department of Agthan the loss of the fur canoe. The of Agriculture in mature corn la sourer and more laxafurtive glances of father and daugh make another search on a mere riculture. This observation Is made States Department tive than that from the mature crop. state agriculwith the ter at Steele's reference to Laflamme, chance of finding something. There's In analyzing farm business surveys CHAPTER I Continued However, if proper care Is exercised In simi and station, tural the In feeding such silage, no 111 effects 3 her evident embar- something else cooking under that conducted during the years 1918 to lar experiment carried on by the deinvestigations black hat of yours." 1022, inclusive, covering 7,738 farms should result. "But they missed yon I" laughed the rassment at the mention of Lascelles, "We situated in SO localities In 21 states. partment at lta experimental farm at But David was noncommittal If frosted corn Is cut promptly, the "Yes! Our Inspector, Inspector at Albany; and above all, tab a look at Frenchman. the one of In Md. experi canoe Beltsvllle, de las' camp fur These farms represent varying types stalks may contain enough water so no eviMonsieur Lascelles, In his desire to her mood of despair at the rapids, made, an' shore steers ments native showing below, for little piece." of agriculture and are operated under It may be siloed without the addiget fur ignores the conditions here en- voiced so poignantly by her violin; Steele was secretly delighted at the different topographic, soil, climatic, dence of Improved blood were used. that these could no to bear relation the feeder tion of water. If the corn baa become tirely." all In the others, David's excuse of this comexpedition and marketing conditions. They too dry to pack well, considerable At the mention of the name Las- tragedy of the fur canoe to the panic would steers were employed. The experi give him for prolonging indefiwater will have to be added when prise dairy farms In New England and ments were undertaken to post. celles, Steele sensed a swift change of the Indians at the primarily As Wisconsin, cotton plantations of the determine the value of velvet beans siloing. The frosting of corn causes "Were your men trustworthy?" he nitely his stay at Walling River. In Denlse St. Onge. His curious eyes a student of Indian mythology and southern states, citrus groves and or sorgo only a small loss In feeding value, the caught a faint color In the girl's tem- suddenly asked. worship of the supernatural, the prob early truck farms of Florida, orchards when fed with corn silage cottonseed a greatest loss being occasioned by the deIn could not as his she avoided "Absolutely. They with as glance. ples compared of Its silage of tills the mystery study of the Shenandoah valley in Virginia falling off of leaves In handling and moment she had control of herself sert and hope to dispose of the fur. ing and also meal when fed, similarly on demanded effect the post Indians In New York, be fed the possible spoiling of part of the but he wondered if this then was the We and the Hudson's Bay people have his best efforts. Tt was a rare oppor- and near Niagara Falls should beans whether velvet grain and live stock farms of the corn an agreement. On the Albany at that silage owing to its failure to pack and cause of her heartache. soaked. tunity for an ethnologist, a student of belt, grain farms and grazing In the whole or ground; dry or time properly. would Into run most have is they difficult, you surely "My position Two pounds of velvet beans (In the keep folklore, to gather data at first hand. Great Plains region, extensive wheat Sometimes there is a delay in filling In see," continued St. Onge. "Luflamme the Fort Hope York boats and the But over and beyond that was the rid about to be found were equal In the Palouse country of Idaho pod) the silo, end it is necessary to cut and controls the upper country with his Martin's Falls and Henley House dle of this girl whose hands of an ar- farms and Washington and In northern Ore- feeding vnlue to one pound of cotton shock the corn. Then again on other We get considerable Little brigades. Besides, two of tbera left tist were now whisky. whole velvet busy with the dishes up gon, and farms under Irrigation in the seed meal. When the farms the silo capacity will not take Current and Drowning River trade, young wives here." beans were substituted for cottonseed care of the entire there in the factor's house. West and Northwest. crop at one filling. but Michel and I have to meet them "Still, I'm sure Michel is wrong In the ration for the steers, meal "But what do you expect to find, This surplus corn has to be shocked Six Vital Items. with our goods over at Portage Lake. about the eddy," ventured Steele, Michel? There have been two canoes much as silage about only and Is available for refilling the silo Six Items constituted 92 per cent of was eaten, the large amount of roughThere are many who fear to come to hoping to draw out the factor. "The over the ground. The Wlndlgo have the House of the Wlndlgo, on the Big Pelican whirlpool, below Lac Seul, swallowed canoe, fur and men." the value of the family living from age formed by the bean hulls being later on. Such dry corn fodder may be siloed successfully, but It is neces the worst I've ever seen, always Spirit rapids, as they call It." The small eyes of the Indian the farm, namely: house rent, fuel, responsible for the reduced consump sary to wet it thoroughly so that It throws put the stuff sucked Into It in snapped. "Daveed and Michel nevalre dairy products, poultry and. eggs, pork tion of silage. "Strange your people at Albany fall will pack well In the silo. Water may and the course of a few hours." and to realize this !" fruit and vegetables. lard, are soaked when Whole velvet beans see M'sleu Windigo. We lak to hav be added by allowing a stream from a famnow cent of the CI it this St. will realize Food made lifted his up per Onge "They heavy eyebrows look st heem. more palatable than the dry beans, but hose to flow Into the blower while fillwith a geshouse In and come an Im a we the to from of have nod assent. In Michel Is for farm, summer, "Oh, the latter are more economical when ing. The surface of the cut materlnl ture toward the three men grouped in ily living doubt about It also, but that Is what front of the shacks, "he hear Wlndlgo rent and fuel 3G per cent and 3 per the labor passe, as we say In French." 'required for soaking them should also he sprinkled as It Is dis "How is that, sir?" he tells the Indians. A man of parts one, two, many tarn. He fin' track een cent, respectively. The cow, the hog. Is considered. tributed In the silo. Corn fodder sil"Why, my Indians, except Michel, Is Michel, monsieur. He is more than muskeg ver beeg. But he hav fear and the hen ranked In the order named Grinding of velvet beans Is not ad age Is less palatable and of somewhat to the in contributions from their who is a hand family here." my right Iroquois to tab Michel to de track. Maybe down since it renders them less pal lower value than corn siloed under visable, first stood devil while at this among atable and the Niplssing and laughs pork "Yes, he looks like a good man. Did on de beeg rapids, Daveed an' Michel larder, their keeping qual the usual conditions. Owing to the Impairs talk, will not now go Into the bush you notice David, colonel?" Steele's shake ban wld de Windigo. Maybe the meats consumed. ity. While from 5 to 10 per cent less large quantity of water required, siloSome commodities entering into the of alone. They are always seeing and face lighted as he mentioned his we fin' he is nongree oen we ieea ground velvet beans than of dry ing corn fodder is advisable only on such as hearing things. Our hunter, swarthy comrade. heem some lead." And the smile family living from the farm,or under whole velvet beans are required to profarms having a water system. and to since small the leave refuses overripe potatoes, "He seemed most Intelligent," re- faded, while the swart features of the post duce 100 pounds of gain, this saving or have little sized fruits, frequently he found some prodigious tracks In plied St, Onge, "and looks as If he Indian set stiff with hate. does not compensate for the cost of no market value, and garden vegetathe muskeg and heard screaming at could pack four hundred over a port"These Steele. ha!" "Ah, grinding. Furthermore, ground velvet Water Supply for Dairy thought In many localities cannot be marnight. Monsieur, our people are pnnlc- - age, If he wished. that steers beans are so two old foxes have got something In bles Cows of Big Importance keted. Their use by the farmer's fam- will not eat unpalatable strlcken." St, Onge gravely shook his "He can, colonel." Then Steele gam- their heads." of them to make enough The milch cow, of all unlmuls, re cash the not reduce does head. "And now, as you say in Eng bled with his host's materially But knowing his people, he did not ily curiosity. "What good gains. an abundance of pure water. farm quires the On other Income. the hand, lish, the climax Is capped." me It him is how worries to keep from them for an explanation. Later, In the course of the experiments Water constitutes more than three- of liberal home quantities Steele leaned toward his host, keen- wringing Laflamrae's neck when we press requires alone with David, he would be told. was found that cottonseed meal is fourths of the raw material used by such products as butter, eggs, and more ly curious of what was coming, as St. reach Ogoke and, aside from getting So he filled his pipe and sat down palatable than velvet beans In the cow In the manufacture of milk. commodities These usually Onge finished dramatically: and that It produces more Stale or Impure water is so distastesupplies, we wish to stop at Ogoke, Michel," he asked, "why did the hogs. a form, any utiliza their and "Our fur canoe, which left here Colonel St. Onge." ready sale, Revillon Freres build this place at the have not more economical ful to her that she will tiot drink a ranid. though an ap family, to early In July, with four men, never The factor was palpably lnterestt-d- . head of these rapids instead of up at tion by the farmer'sflattens gains than velvet beans. The palatasufficient quantity for maximum milk farm the degree reached Albany !" preciable Ills narrowed eyes seemed to search Ogoke lake where they could buck La- nurse. This use of marketable farm blllty of velvet beans may be Improved production. Furthermore impure wa"Never reached Albany?" repeated those of his guest In an endeavor to flamme, face to face, for the trade of cow. by the addition of a small quantity of products Is not extravagance but rath cottonseed meal to the beans. The ter may impair the health of the the astonished listener. "They sent read his thoughts. Then, leaning for- the whole country?" The water supply, therefore, demands farmer were the for er economy, you word, by canoe?" most economical f irm In which to the dairyman's most careful attention. ward, elbows on table, he asked For a space Michel smoked. Ignor to buy these supplies or otht "Yes. they sent a relief party feed velvet beans is In the pod with the question; then he grunted obliged tensely : ing During the winter, when cows are retail In at ers stead their prices, city men who were find to my long out soaking. Velvet beens of the thin- stabled the greater part of the time, the ftem of his pipe: Whyr through to have often would be pay approxi overdue. They feared they had lost You see M'slen Lascelles at Al- I am sorry, but that Is David's se podded, speckled variety are much It Is Important that they be watered mately double the farm price. their boat In the Albany rapids and cret." In feeding value and more at least two or three times a hleher banee?" day unThe value of the family living from were following the shore." Hudson's than several varieties which less water is kept before thein conthe with I Is I palatable seel It "No, that stopped "Oh, right, then, the farm as compared with the farm "And this search party found nothhave a very thick pod, and consequent you do not tea. rsut l was curious, Bay people. Why?" stantly. It Is advisable to supply waincome varies with the change In price ing?" when he reached ly a low shelling percentage. Velvet ter to cows at a uniform temperature, Lascelles for M'sleu see eef monsieur, today Wal, you In commodities. of levels agricultural St. Onge lifted shoul"Nothing!" he asked at once how many maybe you know why," was the reply. 1918 and 1919 the value of the fam- beans of this variety are, moreover, a preferably 15 to 20 degrees above the ders and hands in eloquent gesture. here, travel It was to valuable protein concentrate. came lake." were before Where yon Ogoke you freezing point. When water stands In ily living from the farm was only "Men, fur, canoe; gone, wiped out, days' a tank on which Ice often forms. It St. Onge should be vitally In here?" asked Steele. That as the farm as much about swallowed np !" In the man, who, by the use "At Albanee." usually pays well to warm It slightly. income, but in 1921 and 1922, because Packing Apples Is Most "But there must have been some- terested This can be done by a tank heater, by of whisky, was winning the fur trade "You know him, then. But he cant of a decrease In the prices of farm thing washed up alongshore," vehe- of the whole headwater country of the Important Harvest Task live steam, or by hot water from a a good fur man to build here In products, It had Increased to mently protested Steele, "the shell of Wailing, was natural, but the observ- be Income. at apples Is a most Important boiler. If a broiler Is used for runthese 'Packing as farm much as rapids the the Spirit a the canoe small stuff and paddle ant Steele sensed more to the story harvest." of says Prof. Joseph ning a separator or for heating water the the of part OJibways." Value of Family Living. always comes ashore." than mere trade rivalry. In the attiOskamp of the New York College of to wash and sterilize utensils, steam man who build dees pos' die. "De from factor. the of the The value family living repented "Nothing!" from It can readily and cheaply be tude of the factor, nowever, he Me'cleu Lascelles ees no fool ; he not Agriculture at Ithaca. "More atten the farm ranged from nothing to over tion should be given to racking or used to warm the water. They searched the Albany and then dropped the subject and returned to for eet he eet fur for keep keep was found variation the lower Walling, for they had to the lost canoe. $1,000. This shaking the barrel to settle the fruit noder reason." After which startling pole and track most of the way as case I have statement Michel became a sphinx to among families in the same locality the "To get a tight pack, rack the bar It's far strangest by Above the Devil's mile with a somewhat less variation among rel after you know. Barley Is Nearly Equal heard of four men in a loaded canoe. Steele's further questioning. adding each In our Even localities of found peofirst localities. different the camp they to Corn for Dairy Cows Over-fillinnot will a of take without barrel the scrap leaving wiped out More than ever mystified by what where the farmer concentrated upon ple, but below, not a body, or paddle, blrchbark or a sliver of spruce as a as the apples is a good feed for dairy cows of the on Barley men racking, place the the he had left he heard, or scrap of canoe nothing!" nonfood crops, such as cotton, the will on and the pack will and and a wonderful opportunity for river shore, and rejoined his host. later settle nearly equal lo corn. Some feedclue, farm contributed directly to the food become slack. To Steele this was Incredible this ers hold It Is quite equnl to corn If It the study of this Wlndlgo superstition fac of warm In candle the the light Ms of canoe, of the fur family, through requirements mysterious tragedy does not constitute more than (X) per at first hand." "A common fault In packing apples tor's quarters Steele soon lost himself crop and animal side lines. Where dilie wlsbed he had known what had cent of the meal portion of the ration. In fur!" In the dollars to what thousnnd overfill. to is might Contrary "Eighteen St. Denlse of Onge. playing versified fanning was practiced, the happened on the Walling but a few siehed the factor, whose face was Corn is a very good feed. It Is low In a not Insure It does be tight troubled no expected, the trace of There was of the farm home was supplied weeks before, when he and David pantry lime, a little heavy, and for this reato bruise old. as they left the table, Is the fruit and and drawn wno apt pack, eyes, of the reserve or tne gin with an abundance of home-growfought day by day Its stiff current on the barrel. A properly son should be lightened with some feed all through the mute had pat evening through food. the way to the post. like bran and fed with some legume but little pressCHAPTER II meal, listening t the talk of the men. The vnlue of the family living from racked barrel needs "It's simply unbelievable, colonel." but hay like clover or alfalfa for the purhe need the and fruit slightly now ing, who In creature the gay conjured the farm on about 70 per cent of the he vigorously objected. "A swamped pose of supplying an adequate quan the barrel before of the the above Poltop "Will yon come with me to the with her violin mad dances of the fiTins varied from $200 to $300. In a canoe, broken up In a big rapid. Is tity of mineral substance. Bran Is a Is applied. a love trade-house- , time For press monsieur? and ish my averpeasants, Income Hungarian farm on the localities few the bound to throw something good feed to use with either barley or and Is of fruit the good "If German French and with quality, of the be will dlshe. even songs Italy, busy We noticed nothing, daughter beach below. aged less than $1,000 per farm, or both, because It Is bulky, has corn, a machine Is was the De some rare Here grading have crop oera. large, we shall music, temperament, in the palmy yet.rs of 1918 and 1919. Then but we were not on ttie lookout." a slight laxative effect, and lightens sort The used In be all this wasted economically. technique, training In others the average for that period may That there was more to this story nlse?" the mixture. It lacks lime but It Is "If you wish," and addressing Steele wilderness. It was monstrous Inex- exceeded $4,000. The average size of ing table Is an Important part of the rich In phosphorus. Steele was convinced ; but what perand makes have could Wlint grading will equipment 100 grading he brought "It plicable! thnn ailded from less suggestively: the farms ranged sonal hearing could It have on Denlse she acres In some sections to more than a quick and sure Job. gav music tonight, monsieur, I prom them here?" St Onge? Is arrival at "The grower should be governed by "It superb, mademoiselle your 1,(HK) acres In others. "Tet those are the facts, monsieur, Ue you in honor of your own conditions, however, and If his he cried from the "you of of Impulsively, 'House Wlndlgo.'" playing," the value The the living family and our people are mad with fear. Is a large percentage of culls, of there have constant more mad sad of course, I like appeared professionally, Is, farm the music, "But your Thnnk Heaven! Michel had a bad C fO0V 0 h OOCKKKKKKhJO-OOOOthnn the farm Income, as the farm he may be wise to sell the crop ankle and was not with the boat. He molselle." he said, "and I am clever course, In France?" run' without bothering to grade er's family have first call upon food 2.1 cool milk tells the Indians that the canoe and at washing dishes. If I could be of Cream times ns and In water as In air of the same bodies are held In the big eddy, but service." supplies whether abundant or short. itfast The culmination of the missIn the Interest of a rtable agriculture I doubt It." There was challenge In her black temperature. v I ing fur canoe Is serious for 8t it Is Imperative that the farm provide, 1 1 T Steele stared at the factor, unable eves as she countered: "Ah. monsieur. X I a What mystery Onge. not only adequate housing facilities to accept the sole Inference to be but you are more clever, I fear, at con Charcoal Is recommended as nn aband so;ue fuel, hut also an abundance drawn from Ms host's remark. St. reeling your thoughts." sorber of foul odors in the milk room. of food for the dinner's family. To As he walked with the factor to the Onge was snrly facetious. It should be freshly powdered. TO BR CONTINUED.) a this end. a wise diversification of pro he wondered precisely to "That leave us the Wlndlgo the trade-hous- e Seed selection Is crop protection. Is duction Indispensable. alluded. had milk his she to For but tie what colonel," production, or foi ory, heavy laughed, Jenny Lind, Genial Friend St. Onge was writing a lenjthy re animals, the young to growing trail stands fattening The surprise his pleasantry was met by so prosperity came and Ltnd yet again Jenny feeding of grain on pasture Is doubtand Uvo stock. grave a face that for an Instant Steele port of the sltuntlon at Walling Itlver again to the Taylors' congenial home for Is lime, Cow legumes, Off Often Drying was In doubt of the mental balance of to his chief at Albany, three hundred less the most economical method. her kindness, "sensitive, caDifficult for Dairyman Once planted, cover crop.i take care the Frenehmnn, harassed by the mis- miles downstream, so Steele joined stead; and restless as It Is, her hupricious A hooded or small-toThe dark David and Michel seated bslde the manities and milk pail fortunes of the summer. Often It Is difficult to dry off a cow. of themselves as well as of the soil. Impetuosities" won the milk from dust and dirt the eves of Ienlse St. Onge. fixed on the post canoes on the beach, smoking af affections of mother followed protects are differ by Mnny and practices boy alike, pipes. In front of the window, were cryptic. Then the fac Many a good apple Is spoiled by the falling from the body of the caw, and the Christian Science Monitor. ent formers. The practice of milking shacks, a group of shawled worn says makes possible the production of a tor smlle.l Inscrutably as he said: cows but once h day Is most common unnecessary a rough handling that atChristian humble "Great Impulses, much cleaner milk. en talked In hushed voices. Near them, "Monsieur, 1 am a furtradcr on It Is often the sole method used to tends the picking. to and heart bring watching praying river believed to be hHunted. It would three men. squatted on their heels. her Into subjection of God's will, she enil the period of lactation. conversed, heads to- Is a No one wants to produce milk from te a policy most rutnoiis for me to ad- Indian fashion, Since good air Is Just as essential There are. however, other ways to grent addition to my life." wrote No shrill shouts broke the a In gether. sick cow, nor subject the rest of mit a belief In the supernatural It food cow. as Some cow In a the should and to to water, Alice Taylor. . . . Nor was tt nslst drying up Even the play of the dusky Is It not so7 quiet. this Indian tradition. Others be provided In the barn with Just as his herd to Infection from such a him (James Spedding) only that the milk i't Irregular Intervals. source. Hut," and the speaker glanced at his children seemed suppressed. Truly great cantatrlce of the world's worship .j'k often, but do not milk dry. Klim much care and certainty. daughter, "as well believe It the thought Steele. St. Onge had not ex brought her message of beauty and 'riifinsr Mi" trriOn from the ration Is f Alfalfa hoy Is at the top of the list Wlndlgo; what other solution Is left? nggeriifcd. The air bung heavy with Joy. la tunny a letter of that date we practice tluit Is q.iite commonly fol The average hen deserves no blue fear. The Indians were In a panic. catch of Men and canoe disappear like that!' I"n-i- . roughages for the diilry cow, beIn from the rich of her shining presence ',,'eil. viewpoint of protein. like ribbon awards Dread of the fabled Windigo bad In thaiglimpseshome. and he snapped his fingers. nlfii!f:i h!y. and iilso succu fewer than cause of its high protein content and She rri'in sit! lays production. eirg quiet It was clear that St. Onge was dls wrought Its spell. At tlds rate It won'd f: can lie taken advantageous-- 90 eggs each year, less than one egg Its palatulilllty. for some reason he wr( not be Ions before the f,tes would aemhlltig n lio ile nnioiiils hile drying then every four days. Not 2.r per cent etll She Didn't Get tt Tows should be groomed dully with loath to clve bis guest the whole bark In the clearing of the nbiiinlmed re lo f, H genera ':'i,'-- i ii cient. So fur as anyone knows, no hen a curry comb and brush to keep them mothme "Yon and l last kissed o'il-fori night ro.'tn in was there What lipfore But padded post I why? story. nil ; lie lies? dairymen to bus ever laid an egg every day for tb In better ph.vslcnt condition and to n home And er didn't like It." this tragedy of fenf nntf death that a at will In what whs i.r T ii'it on both the feeding entire year, yet there are aiithentb dido" run the milk from dirt loose hshr, she dislike she what "I'll,l.croiiie would protect what there since know? the girl up Why, s: striingoi should not i!i..i"j to encourage the cow records of as many as JWfi eggs hclnr etc. Bt. Ong had so frankly revealed the of her? in a MS hen single .1iys. produced by THE FUR "Tollers of the Trail" "The Whelpe of the Wolf" (Copyright by the Pnn Publlihlng Co.) N. 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