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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH I i Premium on Old Coins Dependent on Rarity v TIME NOW TO PLAN FOR PROFIT MAKING Selection of Breeding Hens Important. For a hen to be a high producer T) 0 Aggstein, a Robber Castle cn the Danube. Prepared by National Geographic Society. Washington, D. C. WNU Service. Beautiful Blue Danube, Is not blue, but either brown or green according to the rainfall in its valley, bids fair to Increase in commercial prestige since the agreement at the recent Stress conference between 15 European nations regarding certain economic and political policies. For many years countries bordering the Danube have disagreed on tariffs and other regulations, thus stiffing trade on the most imporant navigable stream in central Europe. Flowing from the hills of Bavaria to the Black sea, the Danube has been called the highway of races because many races of both the Orient and .Occident have navigated the stream and held parts of its course, As one travels from the Black sea, the maritime Danube is left behind at at the head of its sprawling delta. There the Orient has been exchanged for the Occident Moslem minarets for domes, old Turkish gates for old Roman bridges. There a narrower Danube winds between blue, hills, the gateway to western Europe. ' And there you may board one of the big river steamers that all summer long ascend or descend through half a dozen countries lying between the Black forest and Black sea. Hardastern when the ly is traveler finds himself amid a wild swirl of waters, before whose terrific force his boats progress more and more resembles the freak feat of trying to mount a descending escalator. At last the shelter of an artificially walled channel Is reached. Men call e this stretch the Iron Gate, and doubtless the Argonautic heroes in their ascent gave it some equally forceful name, perhaps likening it to the battering club of Herakles. The Forgotten Island. Theres Ada Kaleh, remarks a guide pointing to an islet off Orsova. "Folks call it the Forgotten island because the Berlin Congress overlooked it. Now, would you catch an Island being overlooked in the Hudson? Why, thered be an amusement park on it Ashore the traveler glimpses a quaint island colony of Bosnian Moslems, who long ago built their little houses amid the encompassing ramifications of a dismantled Turkish fortress. It is as peaceful a sight as that of wild flowers carpeting an old shell crater. On the Danube there are customs' duties and enough local port regulations to make a sailorman go bald with worry. The river is more like a political conflict, with seven tickets in the field, which is to say, it flows through three kingdoms, one regency, two republics and a social democracy. Its length is exceeded in Europe only by that of the Volga. Its navigable portion, as shown on the chart, totals nearly 1,600 miles, and a glance at Its nine political sectors, of which three are joint that is, shared by alpairs of countries reveal that navof the Danubes most igable length Is thus shared by states which face each other from the rivers opposite banks. Presently the boat enters a sheerprofiles that faced gorge of incloses the observer in an endless waters. vesta of Through the Kazan Defile. Silent as twilight, primitive as when the daedal Danube wrought this passage to the sea, the Kazan Defile might gasily have seemed to the early Greeks Styx leading to the a underworld. Their bards called the future Danube the Istros and dwelt in awesome terms on its thus placing its origin, of the Kazan, head the source at THE 1,800-mil- e i Turnu-Severi- n, Greek-Orthodo- x -- ever-liftin- g Turnu-Severi- n two-mil- ' 1 4 one-thir- d sky-cutti- rock-walle- d Charon-haunte- i d shadow-environe- d ' where rapids still swirl malevolently over ledges of rock. But the Greeks never permitted' superstition to interfere with business. With sword in one hand and merchandise scales in the other, they unloaded textiles, pottery and arms on the aborigines in exchange for furs, hemp and slaves. A sharp-eyetraveler may discover what appears to be some vandals name scratched in capital letters on e the sheer of the defile and be may ready' to compare if to Otto Schwartz, Berlin," on the Pyramids, of W. Brown, N. Y., on a spire of Milan cathedral. But with marine glasses he will find that the scratch-ing- s s read: Imp. Caesar. . . . Aug. Germ. Pont. Maximus. Trajan, or any other Roman who could lead an army along the flat face of those cliffs by means of he will , galleries, agree, had a perfect right to cut his name there! For two days and nights the boat churns ahead between wide plains, and on the third afternoon comes into sight of Belgrade (Beograd). Perched high over the confluence of the Danube and the Sava, the Jugoslav capital presents a striking picture. Few European cities are situated on two such waterways, whose navigable lengths within Jugoslavia total 720 miles. Budapest a Stately City. Not to know Budapest Is to have missed one of the loveliest of European cities. It has its own distinctive stateliness that reflects the cultural flowering of a race whose kingdom has been enthroned on the Danube for a thousand years. After leaving Budapest, the boat heads for that section of the Danube where it makes the big turn westward. Ahead rise the Little Carpathians, forming the background of a busy port scene of quays, cranes, canal boats clustered in slips Press-burthe German guidebook calls it It commands a splendid panorama of the Danubes two arms encircling the Great Schutt," which local pride proclaims the largest interior island in Europe." To Vienna and Beyond. Beyond Bratislava the river skirts Hainburg, a hillside picture of town walls, curious gates, crumbling towers. It is one of half a dozen Danube towns mentioned in the Nibelungenlied as being associated with the downstream journey of Burgundys doomed knights. Beyond Hainburg ' the Danubes banks lower into the wide plain where lies Vienna. Owing to postwar exigencies, Vienna has achieved for its working classes a housing scheme which, planned to embrace 30,000 families, Is futuristic only because of d cliff-fac- Tra-ianu- river-washe- beam-supporte- d d -- cliff-fringe- d its novelty. Beyond Vienna Greifensteins fine old castle rises into view, as you near the Danubes region of medieval strongholds. Steaming past the Defiles crag-se- t ruins, one reflects upon the formidable amount of trade that fell to them as a result of the Crusades. In 1096 some 2,000 craft, packed with 40,000 Palestine-bountroops, descended the Danube. Three ensuing Crusades took the same route. There sprang up a river trade consisting of westbound silks, bronzes, spices, oils, and of eastbound furs, arms, and saddlery. And the Danube castles took their tolls and the flotsam rake-of- f of stranded cargoes, not to mention piratical seizures and the enslaving of ships crews. Castle Aggstein, the most dreaded of Danubian robber strongholds, must have had a great turnover in riparian loot and captive maidens. And Castle Durnstein eclipsed all local records trade when in the its gates closed upon the royal prize, Richard Coeur de Lion. Wa-cha- d capture-and-ranso- m crcolizcdlVax ( u and therefore be profitable to the poultry farmer she must mature early, lay well during the winter months and continue this production during the hot summer months. The factor causing the birds to lay for long periods is referred to as the quality of persistency and is inherited or passed on from the dam and sire, says C. J. Maupin, extension poultryman at North Carolina State Therefore, If breeding hens college. are selected in the late summer or early fall and winter this quality can be noted and only the late molters ' selected. Those birds molting In June, July, or before August 15 are lacking in this quality and should never be used in the breeding pens. The best hens continue to lay through September and October, and some even continue to lay much later, and from this group should be chosen the next years breeders. Mr. Maupin states that good males are also necessary for continual high production In the flock and that at least one or two pedigreed males should be secured for a special mating pen of the best hens. These birds should have a pedigree record with female ancestors laying 200 eggs or more. He urges, however, that only those birds of known pedigree be bought and that these be secured from a reliable breeder. Records of four of the best flocks in the state last year showed an average production of 190 eggs a hen with average returns above feed costs of $2.70 a hen. On the other hand, four of the flocks having the lowest return produced an average of only 121.3 eggs a hen for a net return above feed costs of only 85 cents a bird. Producers do not have much control over egg prices but they do control the breeding and feeding practices and in this way can Improve production and secure greater profits, says v . How valuable are old coins? A study of the dealers lists wiU surprise you, first by the smaUness of the premium attached to most coins of venerable age, and second, by the small number of coins of modern issue that command any respectably sized premium at all. The value of any coin, of course, depends not only upon its rarity, but upon its physical condition, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. A bright uncirculated coin gets a topnotch price, and this value lessens progressively with the wear it undergoes, but If you do happen to have a rare coin of considerable age, dont clean it for that automatically halves Its value. As regards the small value of some coins of great age, the dealers offer, for example, less than $1 in premium for a half-cecoined in 1794, or the large copper cent of 1800. And a silver dollar of 1794, or a large copper cent of the same year, commands a premium of only a few cents. The only common coin of comparatively recent Issuance that is quite valuable is the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. You can exchange it for a fine, complete outfit of clothes any Prospects for a larger poultry crop for market this fall and winter in view of a 7.5 per cent increase in the number of chickens being raised on farms are Indicated in the poultry and egg outlook report Issued recently by the bureau of agricultural economics, United States Department of Agriculture. Egg production, it is expected, will not exceed the high totals of last year unless there should be another mild winter this, despite a prospective increase of 4 to 5 per cent in the number of layers in farm flocks. The bureau reports July stocks of eggs in cold storage at 23 per cent less than the volume in July a year ago, and says that therefore the market this year will be relieved of the depressing effect of burdensome stocks of storage eggs. It points out, also, that although egg prices are low, they are not as low, relatively as most other farm products. Low retail prices of poultry and eggs have maintained, but not increased, consumption, the bureau finds. Lazy people need to be scared. 1)orit Netfjiect Your Kidneys nt Heed Promptly Kidney and Bladder Irregularities If bothered with bladder irregularities, getting up at night and nagging backache, heed promptly these symptoms. They may warn of some dis- ordered kidney or bladder condition. For 50 years grateful users have relied upon Doan's Pills. Praised the country over, all druggists. time. Another common coin of great value is the 1894 S mint silver dime, which is valued at several hundred dollars. The 1876 CC mint piece can buy you a fair d-hand car. 20-ce- nt Boaris ills secon- Device Test Lobster An electrical device, developed by a professor at Boston university, will determine whether a lobster is fit to eat or not. 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The problem of lightin a small house is harder to contrpl because it is necessary to have the windows open for Usuklly, ventilation. however, the windows can be shaded. Ample feeding is not a difficult problem. More or larger feeders MU take care of the needs of the birds. " Vitality Important The vitaUty of jthe chicks naturaUy depends on the degree of vitaUty possessed by the parent stock, and we cannot expect strong and sturdy chicks from poorly fed hens and cocks, wintered in poor breeding houses badly ventilated and where perhaps the sun never shines. It is a weU known fact that chickens from d flocks suffer from an aU too common disease, recognized by the Incomplete absorption of the yolk of the egg after hatching. Ul-fe- ! I is as old A MAN as his organs. or as young At fifty, you can be in your prime. Why go along with fairly good health when you might be enjoying for years? vigr you havent felt little a thing anysimple Theres one can do to keep the vital organs stimulated, and feel fit all the tune. People dont realize how sluggish theyve grown until theyve tried it. The stimulant that will stir your Caldwell s system to new life is Dr. make a most will It syrup pepsin. amazing difference in many ways. This famous doctors prescription is a delicious syrup made with fresh herbs, active senna, and pure pepsin. It starts its good work with the first spoonful. Thats all you need to drive away the dullness and headache of a bilious spell, and rid the system of that slow poison that saps your strength. Its better than a tonic for tired bowels, and unlike laxatives you can take it freely or give it to any child. And it isnt expensive. Get some syrup pepsin today, and take a little tonight. Dont wait until youre sick to give your system this wonderful help. You can avoid those spells of biliousness or constipation. A spoonful every now and then is better than constant worry about the condition of your bowels, as you or fear of grow older. Dr. Caldwells syrup pepsin protects the system. All druggists keep1 this preparation. habit-formi- ng auto-intoxicati-on |