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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPER matter Feb Entered as second-clas- s 8. 1929. at the pst office Randolph, Utah, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879 Wm. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop SUBSCRIPTION JO Per Year in Advance tl I CORN IDEAL FEED AS ' FAT PRODUCER SYNOPSIS nr" Quality Poultry Important, Expert Points Out. The Boston Lawrences came to California at the beginning of the gold rush, but the holdings of the family have shrunk to a small farm, and the old family home In Clippersvtlle. Phil, fey H. R. Alp, Poultry Husbandry Extension Specialist. University of Illinois. twenty-fivle working In the Iron WNU Service. j works. Gall in the publto library and Edith In the book department of a While farmers may not be In a position to compete with the commercial store. Sam la In school, and seventeen year-old Ariel Is a problem. areas, a plentiful sup- Phil le fascinatedbecoming by "that terrible" corn offers of the them ply opportunity Lily Cass, whose husband has deserted her. Young Van Murchison, scion of a jof becoming leaders In the production wealthy family, returns from Tale, and Jtf market poultry. Gall has visions, through marriage with Corn, the major grain crop of the him, of the turning of the Lawrence state, has been found to be the Ideal luck. Dick Stehhlne, Phil's friend, haa the run of the house. Gall goes with feed for producing poulVan for a week-en- d with the Chipps, discorn The fat produced by is try. his uncle and aunt. She is received tributed through the meat In a way coldly. At a roadhouse Gall Beea Ariel, similar to marbling in beef. Wheat at midnight. Next day Ariel admits she was at the place, and displays no produces the poorest quality poultry. remorse. A policeman brings Ariel It has been shown by experiments In home, announcing that a' child has been Canada. Both oats and barley are les3 killed In an automobile smashnp. Ariel was one of the cars. Dick driving satisfactory than corn. Corn not only who haa been admitted to the bar, made the best flavored poultry meat has the case Ariel dismissed. hot also, when supplemented with 6 Gall suddenly against realizes that she loves Dick and not Van. Stebblns and Ariel per cent animal protein, produced the elope, according to a note left by the best gains. girl. In addition to the needed corn, recent good prices offer further Incentive CHAPTER VIII Continued to farmers to excel in the production 18 .of quality market poultry. no use at all. Oh, With good prices being paid for qualHe told me that the cheapest place feed ity birds and the could move to, with the three chilhe available In the state's corn crop, the future looks bright for the poultry-ma- n dren and I dare say another comwho feeds for the poultry market ing Oh, Gall, no! Too often all the emphasis In poultry "Well, I wouldnt be one bit husbandry Is placed upon egg proHe told me that the only deduction, with little attention being given cent he could find were sixty places to the production of quality meat and and seventy-fivand that he simply Is its sale In an appetizing manner. It ran up a bill of couldnt It pay They true that eggs are usually responsible more than two hundred at Mullers, for the main part of the poultrymans you know, when Lilys clothes were all income, but this Is not surprising burned up. when eggs have been the chief objecknow. I Invisible stockings and on most poultry farms. tive fourteen-dola- r hats! Edith said in i the pause. And now that Joe Cass is dead and Green Sod Near Brooder Lily getting nothing from her people, Induces Goslings to Eat I suppose Phil cant afford It We never When the goslings are ready for had any too much, as it was, and Phils feeding It is a good practice to place simply added four more persons to the a green sod near the nest or brooder list. and let the young birds pull the tenYoud think, said Edith In patient der shoots themselves. This will Inscorn, that Phil might have seen that duce them to start feeding, observes a coming I writer in the Montreal Herald. I try I really do try to be decent For the first few days goslings to Lily, Gall said after awhile. I should be fed on bread crumbs moist- try to think op things that will interened with milk. When the young est her, and be reasonable when shes birds are about a week old they may helping me in the kitchen. But when be given a mash composed of equal I hear a thing like her telling Sam parts by weight of corn meal, barley that Phil has as much right in the meal, bran and shorts. This should house as we have . . . be made moist but not sloppy. The Another silence. Then Gall added, birds should be fed three or four times very low, Something rises up in my daily for about two weeks. When the soul, and I feel that I could murder weather is fine they should be given her I , their liberty but they should be proI wish we could get away, Gall, you tected from cold rains and confined and L at night Oh, I mean tojGive the goslings a good start and If we could live in Carmel? they may then be turned out on good I know. And If we rented the corpasture and the feeding of mash dis- ner for a gas station, and you and 1 continued. Make sure that the goshad that, we could live there. Then that reconciles me to the gas lings have plenty of shade and a liberal supply of fresh drinking water station Edith said, fervently. before them at all times. 1 suppose," Gail summarized it all somberly, "the only decent thing the only square thing Is to make the best Bloody Droppings of It Its one of those things that It Is said that a dogs nose Is his would be so darned easy so picturthermometer; If you want to test his esque In a book. And Its so bard health, put your hand against the tip The voice that to Edith was always of his nose which Is always cold If brave and faltered a little, but he Is well, and warm If be is sick. Gall wantedgallant no sympathy. There was Poultry, too, have a thermometer It a scowl between 'ler eyes, a gruffness Is their droppings. If you want to in her aspect that repudiated it of gauge the health your poultry flock, This effort to make the best of it take a look at their droppings each wont get ns anywhere, she said. morning while they are still fresh. ' Yet Editb was quite keen enough to They tell you the story, and sometimes notice tbe with which Gall carcourage It Is a sad one. In your baby chick ried the whole situation that night The droppings, look for bloody droppings which in the three weeks atmosphere, and If you find them, the chances are since Phils marriage had been charged one of three things Is the matter with with dangerous electricity, cleared. them worms, crowding, or coccidiosla. Gall was not only nice to Lily; she Missouri Farmer. seemed able, with her own peculiar winning sweetness, to put herself in Care in Vaccination Lilys place. It was as if she had a Ah Important point to remember In part to play, and was determined to Vaccinating against bronchitis Is to play It to its utmost limits. For the first time, tonight, she spoke examine the birds on the fifth day to make certain that each shows a "take" of the marriage, its suddenness and or Inflammation of the cloaca. If there surprise. If Lily suspected some linis no evidence of this, the bird should gering trace of apology in this she be revaccinated, according to a pout gave no sign, but she brightened visibly, and the dinner table was more tryman. If there is any doubt concernlike Its old self than it bad been since ing the identity of a previous outn the Saturday of Ediths and Gails rebreak resembling bronchitis, the should consult a pathologist or turn. Phil, In the fatuous blindness of love, .veterinarian. was radiant with satisfaction, and j Edith flt that he wool-- feel that Poultry Notes all go on living together could they After being cooled, eggs Should be indefinitely the happy family In which held at 60 degrees. men are so pathetically eager to bev j . e, , high-qualit- y Steb-bin- s, sur--prise-d. e, - 1 pool-tryma- , 1 If birds are properly sorted, even the cull birds may bring a surprisingly good price. ... toward our goaL Enough money for the smallest overhead we can manage, and then you and 111 get out out of Clippersvllle forever!" I love Clippersvllle, Edith said dreamily. I dont think anyone could love a place more. I always think of Clippersvllle as the sweetest place In the world, the younger sister pursued. Just the same. Im going to get out, Edith Lawrence And just the same, Im going with you, Abigail I This on a Monday, the last of September. On the Tuesday, on the Wednesday, Gail looked for her chance to talk to Phil, In vain. On Thursday Gall went home to lunch to find Edith and Lily in a glory of housecleaning. They appeared to be working together harmoniously enough, and Gall walked back to the library at one oclock moralizing In her own soul upon the desirability of making the best of things in this curious world, putting up with what could not be changed, enduring what could not be cured. The only way to get past certain things in life is to plunge right through them, like them or pretend you did learn from them, and go on to other lieve. No, he ' wont do that I said Gail "For Im going to talk to him tomorrow, and get everything definitely settled. Then well only have to work 1 lessons. The early October, day was somber and overcast without rain, but equally without sun. Leaves were turning restlessly in the gardens; other leaves, heaps of them, were being raked into damp, somber piles that smoked In the lifeless, ominous air and scented the world with autumn. A strange hush lay over the town; something was expected, something was drawing nearer and nearer across the great range of the eastern mountains and under the pale cool sky. Edith and Gall almost always walked home together. But Edith was not downtown today, and Gail had no need to stop at Mullers book department as usual It was the third, the night they called the houses birthday, and Gail reflecting rather ungraciously that they might as well break Lily into some of the customs of the Lawrence household, since the poor little creature appeared to be only too anxious to copy her new familys ways and ideas, stopped at the hardware store and bought twelve new drinking glasses. Did yon wish them wrapped as a gift. Miss Lawrence? Well, yes, Gall 6ald, with a whimsical twist to the corners of her mouth. Wrap them as a gift We havent given Phil and Lily anything, she thought as she walked on. Well, they didnt give us any warning. Perhaps Edith and Ill make some e-some day, before we leave. And Ariel Mothers poet To have no wedding, no fun, no beauty. And not to have loved us. She couldnt have loved us, to walk out that Christmas night and send us no word never to write. Its a funny world. Things seem to happen to us Lawrences. But such queer things, and in such funny ways. The two older Cass boys they were to be Lawrence boys soon, for Phil, in his gentle way, adored his stepsons and was eager to have them take his name the two older Cass boys were digging contentedly down at the end of the garden where the grass was sprouting green and pale in the shadow of the heavy evergreen fence. Gall waved at them as she followed tie uneven, discolored flags of the path to the side gestur- 1 door. And then Phil in the kitchen chopping ice chopping ice . . .? And Lily flying down the back stairway, with a terrible face a terrible face. Gail ! Edith was "Edith!" hurt She felL She struck her head. This was Lily. She gestured with an arm. Gall ran. Edith was unconscious on the conch, her eyes closed. Her soft tawny hair was damp, her forehead wet A girl Mary Rumbold was there, white and concerned, not touching Edith. I thought ' you were the doctor, Gail, Mary said In a still voice. We took off her shoes," she added Inconsequentially. Gall was breathing in great spent breaths. She could not speak. Her Ups moved soundlessly. She fell? asked the silent moving Ups. No. Phil was beside his sister, his arm about her.' She leaned against him, suddenly spent No. It was the statue the Neapolitan Boy, he said. One of the kids Danny ran against it. Mary and Edith were just going out, and Ede leaned over and caught at the pedestal and it toppled and struck her. How long ago? Ten minutes. We telephoned you." Doctor? Hes on his way.". Phil Phil she whispered, swal- Letters brought her beautiful messages; she found other beautiful words In books. lowing. I dont know, GalL We dont know. Lily says that one of her brothers" Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Grandma Polk, foremost In suffrage Lily knelt beside Edith, and with her gentle, common, stnbby little hands and prohibition and social work fitted an improvised Ice bag on Ediths for half a century, copied out a " head. poem for her In a trembling, beautifully Ah, thats lovely, Gall!" Edith said clear old hand. nnexpectedly in a clear, low, happy Green-gr- een I shall go gently, never fear give" Are we swimming? voice. little warning, Uke water emeralds green t, but In some Say not wet emeralds. happier sphere. She lapsed Into sUence again, sighBid you ing contentedly. Old Man Whitman, who had known Shes coming out of it; It was only sent her the exquisite Stevenson, a a shock, Phil said, frowning, with verses that genius had written for one reassuring nod and glance for GalL in ' grief; Gall was not conscious of tbe passing one of time. She was conscious of but He Is not dead, this friend; not dead. But In the path we mortals tread thing Edith. She must hold Edith Got some few trifling steps ahead, here, by the sheer power of that sisand nearer to the end. terly love that was the strongest love So that you, too, once past the bend . in her life. Shall meet again as face to face thlB triend - Doctor Peters was here, and Doctor You fancy dead. Reynolds. They wanted another opinPush gaily on, strong heart! The ion, a man from San Francisco. Conwhile You travel forward mile by mile cussion, undoubtedly, and possibly He loiters with a backward smile fracture, but it might be that both were Till you can overtake in old In the haU, undertones, slight And strains his eyes to search his Doctor Peters told Phil of other cases wake, Or whistling, as he sees you through cases from which one never would the brake. have supposed that little boys could Waits on a stile. recover. But they had. The dove, finding no place to rest Doctor Remsinger from San Fran' cisco Is coming, PhU told Gall when her foot, returned to him In the ark, said the at Ediths priest gravely she emerged, white and dazed, from the sitting room at ten oclock. Hell And browsing among the books to be here about three. And Dr. Peters which she turned with the sure inon aU If Edith goes says that right until this time tomorrow, shes got a stinct of the living creature that must fight for its life, Gall thought in lines good chance. of music. Oh, lyric love, half angel The weary eyes were raised. she whispered, "Then the only thing to do Is live, and half bird to alone the library in the walking until this time tomorrow, cool winter mornings. Oh, Edith, Lily brought her warm wrapper, her come back to me, beloved, or I Edith, slippers, downstairs, set a cup of hot die! coffee before ler. Miss Mary Tevis, the rich, eccentric Oh, thank you, Lily, Gail said, with old maid who had once given Edith the first honestly affectionate look she with her and took Gail dresses hats, had ever given her little sister-in-lato Santa Barbara for Christmas. They I Oh, Gail, If It hadnt been Danny drove down in the big Tevis car, and Lily said, weeping. at an enormous hotel, saw movie Poor Danny ! Gall murmured, with stayed queens entertaining hilarious friends at a steady, shadow of her old dinner, spent whole mornings swimsmile. ming, idling on the sand. They went She went back to her post, sitting to a big game In Pasain the low chair that had been Mot- dena, and came back to Clippersvllle hers rocker for twenty-fiv- e years. Old feeling that somehow they had cheated Doctor Peters came and went in the the year, and that there had been no quiet room. Lily was up all night; Phil Christmas at alL and Sam kept vigil In the kitchen. TO BE CONTINUED, Sometimes Edith murmured. At f about two oclock she opened her eyes, Horn Once Banned looked straight at GalL and said, in French in Some Musical Circles her own smiling way, Ill tell you, GalL Ill go first and get the cottage The French horn is one of the most valuable and difficult wind Instruments ready, and be waiting for you! in tbe orchestra. It has a slender con"All right, my darling, Galls ical tube wound round in coils upon tender voice answered. Put that comforter over her feet, Itself, and consists of four principal will you, Lily? She doesnt feel any parts the body, the crooks, the month-piec- e and the slides. too warm." been had Tbe was But she Lily body Is the main tube, the kneeling. on her feet now, and as she brought crooks are Interchangeable spiral the comforter a strange expression tubes 6t varying lengtb which alter came into her face. the pitch and key of the Instrument; Lets say some prayers, Gail! she the mouthpiece is different from other wind Instruments In that tt Is said suddenly, in a frightened tone. And she did, and not Ah, as if 1 hadnt too, Gail whispered back. We said .The slides are pairs of sliding tubes our prayers together, Just as we used by means of which the instrument may to, a little while ago, and she seemed be tuned. so sensible; Just hungry for them." The horn is also equipped with three "Doctor Remsinger is here," Phil an- valves to be operated by the player In producing the various tones In the nounced in the doorway. Phil Lily aid quickly, running to scale. her husband, catching him ImportuThe tone of the horn is mellow, rich and sonorous and is distinguished nately by the arm. Take Gall away PhU at the same time by a certain human Take? Gall echoed. She got to quality which is vastly different from her feet, looked dazedly from PhU to all the other members of the brass the doctor. The San Francisco physi- section. ' cian was beside Edith. He had The origin of the horn must be straightened ip had said something sought In prehistoric times, when, says to Doctor Peters. an authority in the Washington Post, They were trying to make her leave by breaking off tbe tip of a short aniEdith, and she would not go. She mal horn, one or at best two notes looked from face to face, terrified. were obtained. This was undoubtedly Then she was conscious of choking, the origin of the horn that was deand of seizing PhU with both frantic veloped later and used in the symhands and of trying to scream. phony orchestra. It seems strange to Then the room rocked and the world think the horn was opposed at first, rocked, and there was nothing but for now It is heard in nearly every blackness everywhere. orchestral piece. Yet when It first entered the orchestra it was considered coarse and nnfit to mingle with the, CHAPTER IX more delicate violins and oboes. GaU went to the strange country of Lichens of Importance grief. She saw the sunlight changed and sickly, the trees brassy and dead; Several species of lichens are of ecothe country town, where aU her Ufe nomic Importance, yielding dyea and had been spent, was a pasteboard foodstuffs. Iceland moss is edible, town now, a place of unreaUties and yielding a nutritious jelly. Reindeer moss Is the principal food of the emptiness. d reindeer In the winter. Archil, Every one was kind to her. She was amazed at the kindness, at the pains a violet dye. Is obtained from Roccella these good folk took, to help her tinctoria, Roccella fuclformis, and tartarea. Litmus, also a dyethrough the echoing, queer days. She thanked them absently, came suddenly stuff, Is obtained from these licbens to consciousness, confusedly thanking by exposure to the air in the presence of ammonia, potassium carbonate, ata. them again. gen-eral- ly good-nigh- good-mornin- g. - " fu-ner- aL ... dry-eye- d inter-collegia- te I trem-blln- funnel-- 1 shaped cup-shape- d. 1 Lap-lan- |