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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH t ..... ;: Two Kinds of Specialists $ that that putting in your flowers i HENS THAT DO NOT MOLT UNTIL no- body? LATE ARE BEST EGG PRODUCERS Susan's eyes flashed. Tramp indeed t Hes a perfect gentleman, and he has a head full of floral knowledge. And think of his mission in life ! To beautify the world and make people happy Its wonderful, I think. Melvin said no more, but drove siin lently out into the country. a desperate mood, and when a good place presented Itself he drew up beneath the branches of a tree. Susan, he said, youve put me off long enough, and weve got to settle it here and now. Im offering myself to you, when I might have any one of a hundred girls in this town. You dont appreciate the opportunity. Im rich and you can have everything you want. You must say yes, and say It . 1 - He-wa- s . 1921, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. Melvin Hamilton was a specialist in love. , Seth Johnson was also a sepcialist, but in' a different art. Melvin was Rockfords Lothario. He was the idle son of a rich merchant, with a dark, attractive face, and when he smiled and showed double rows of dazzling white teeth, and when he brushed back his luxuriant raven locks well, the girls just surrendered their hearts. Of course, Melvins finances sometimes played a part In his conquests, but often they were just incidental. Ills handsome person and entrancing personality were the big assets, and his money simply gave him time to practice his arts. He was supposed to have on executive position in his fathers store, but he spent most of his time driving in his big car and wooing fair maidens, and when he had wooed them successfully he cast them aside. Its an age of specialists, he told a friend. Look at the doctors who succeed, and the lawyers, and the business men. They all specialize in some particular line. Ive specialized in love affairs, and thats how I conquer the young women. Love? No, I dont love any of them; but I do love to make them love me, and then I lose interest. Theres no girl I really could feel serious about. Seth Johnson never thought of love, or if he did, his mind was not permitted to dwell on it. He had admired girls, but from a distance. He lacked initiative whee they were concerned, and, besides, he was too busy special-- . iziug in something else, and, in addition, he was homelyf with big freckles, and his clothes seldom looked neat. He had to hustle for a living.. Into Rockford to live came Susan McDonald, with her curly golden hair and her smiling gray eyes and her clever mind and winning personality. She was not a specialist, except in being herself. The game of love was She not one of her accomplishments. bad never eared seriously about a man, but if she did she would not, play the because She was too frank. game, No coquette was Susan McDonald. On the bureau in Melvin Hamilton's room was a row of girls photographs reminders of his victims, young women he had won and tossed aside with broken hearts. When he saw Susan he resolved to add her likeness to the collection.- ' ' ' Pulling social 'wires ne managed to get an introduction, and ere long Susan rode in the big ear, not frequently, but occasionally. Melvin tried his arts on her, gradually working up to the climax, but-hfailed. - He had met his Waterloo, and it made him desperate. Balked In the game, he really fell in love for the first time In his life. Into the bottom of a trunk went the photos on the bureau. Mel' vin had decided to marry. Susan loved him not. The onfy terrestrial objects she cared about were her father and flowers. She lived along with her only surviving parent in the big house they had bought, and She insisted she loved him dearly. that a big flower, garden be created on the premises, and Mr. McDonald acquiesced, as was natural where his daughters wishes wer.e Involved. In the meantime she enjoyed herself observing the floral beauties of Rockford, for the town had some fame on account of Its numerous, attractive - ' lawns and flowers. Melvin was Hamilton where ..That made a'mistake in nol educating himHe should self tocare for flowers. have used bouquets instead of chocolates to storm Susans fortress, anl lie should have catered to her desires in that regard. . She never forgave .him for heedlessly stepping on a violet while they were strolling in the woods J one day. With all his specializing, Melyin had not learned that one way to a woman's heart is to specialize in her hobbies. , Seth Thomas, gardener, had been the beds in the engaged to plot out McDonald garden.- No, there was no magnet in Seth's appearance, but he knew flowers from ) the ends of the roots to the tips of the petals.. On paper he plotted out the beds, and after several consults-- ; t'ons with Susan, he started putting now. Oh, I must, must I? There was Well Ill never ice in, Susans tones. say it. Go take one of your hundred girls. You may have wealth, but you lack something greater than that Take me home at once ! Defiance flashed in his eyes, but simmered out under Susans imperious gaze. Oh, very well, he said, Ill take you back to your tramp gardener. Her eyes said a lot, but she kept still. When they stopped at her home, she leaped from the car without assistance and started for the door of the house. Melvin caught her fify the arm and stopped her. You Listen, Susan, he pleaded. must take me! Let me go! she demanded and tried to break away. - By this time Melvin was almost in a frenzy. Balked in the greatest desire of his life, he held fast to her and tried to pull her back into the car. He had lost all reason. - . You had better let the lady go, said a quiet voice, as Seth Johnson stepped into the scene, holding a geranium plant In one hand. With the other hand he calmly released Susan from Melvins grasp and stai'ted walking with her toward the house. Mplvln stared in infuriated silence, then fet in the clutch and the ear leaped away. : Ten minutes later Susan was spading in the garden with Seth. Flowers are wonderful, she agreed, as he packed the earth about a plutit lie had just imbedded. Then he added, rather wistfully: And you are just like a flower. The difference is this : One can love flowers and can have them for his own when he knows how. Susan jabbed the point of her trowel energetically into the dirt. one can Well, she said, demurely, often do things he never suspected if lie only tries. INVENTION' AND THE. LABORER - ' jin the, plants, with her assistance. Tlie . task took, weeks and during thrt time Susan became 'well acquainted with her gardener. It would have been difficult really to know him under the circumstances, hut were his pets, his hobby, his , flowers profession, and discussion of them and his fondness for them drew out Ids real nature. His knowledge of them and his fondness for them made him almost a hero In the eyes of the girl who tried to be his assistant. One day while they were planting flowers, Melvin Hamilton drew up in his car. ., dome on for a ride, he called to Susan ; but she demurred. I have Come on, lie insisted. something very important to say to you.' I wont keep you so very long. - , : ... Oh, very well, she called. I am very busy here with Mr. Johnson, but J guess he can spare me for a short (me: Mr. Johnson! he said, sarcastically. as she was helped into the machine, Do you mean that tramp wh Lowliest Workers Now Have Luxuries That Kings Formerly Only Dreamed Of. Docs labor benefit through invention? Perhaps the best way to answer this is to compare the standard of living of the average workingman today with that of his predecessor of a' ' century ago. The skilled mechanic of today, for example,' has luxuries and conven- Th (Prepared by the United Statee Department of Agriculture.) Hens that devbte too much attention early In the season to the fall styles in tein in other feeds, has been found a ' , nnn nt IS p Jo early-moltin- . three-quarte- ar ar worn-lookin- But the post-wa- r reaction which struck the United States and other countries in 1920 affected Belgium, too ; and since the spring of that year Belgium has had its share of depresfactories sion, closed and part-tim- e and unemployment. - The drought which affected many parts of the northern hemisphere has been felt in Belgium, with the result that harvests are less and food prices higher. Where the priee index, of living costs wns 100 in 1914 it was 477 in October, 1920, and had readied only to 384 in August, 192L But the adverse economic forces in operation since early in 1920 have caused suffering even- - in countries not involved in the World war; and to understand that Belgium, in spite of present trials, is in a fair way to outstrip the other war-tor- n countries in the return to normal, it is oaly necessary to consider conditions in the little kingdom before. the war broke In upon it. Its Population Is Dense. . The Belgium of today has an area as great as Misless than sissippi, and yet it has four times the population of that state. Twenty-tw- o and a half countries like Belgium would be required to make a state like Texas, and if Texas were as ' densely populated as Belgium it would have as many people as the United States and Germany together now possess. If the entire United States had as many people to the square mile as Belgium that is, continental United States, exclusive of Alaska we would have more people here than there are in the entire world today. You could concentrate all the people of the seven seas and of all the continents here and still have room for enough more to repopulate the continent of Europe as it now stands. It must follow from this that such a vast population, living within such narrow confines---7, 579, 000 souls within an area of 11,373 square miles must be a frugal people, accustomed skilled in the art of l, to economical living, and masters of the science of intensive industry ; yet with all this density of population, with one-four- th self-denia- best-love- -- Brood- good one. " Scratch Mixture. Mash,. ' 1 lb. com meal 2 lba. cracked com feathers are not the kind that please 1 lb. bran . 1 lb. wheat 1 lb, meat scrap 1 lb. oats the flock . owner. It costs too much to 1 lb. middlings 1 lb. barley support them and they demand too 1 lb. ground oat ' long a vacation period. But the hen Poultrymen resort to every possible that wears her old : clothes until means to get their hens to eat a great Rover Work for Thoir K eep. Belgium Is best the hqs almost passed deal of feed, especially in the winter on layflock, for she has kept when the days are short One way is (Prepared by the National Geographlo So- French, and only 10 per cent of tho or winter to cut ciety, Washington, D. C.) can speak .both. The Flemish ing since the previous fall the morning scratch feed to people No country injured by the World So now when you see a bird that looks about half. The hungry bird then influence never crossed the Meuse rivconnot do war set about more earnestly to er toward the east, and the Walloon shabbier than the others, goes to the mash trough and gorges achieve reconstruction than Belgium, influence reached but a short distance clude that she is of the on the dry mash. Then to Increase the one which suffered most cruelly toward the west from that beautiful kind and that her smartly dressed the consumption of mash some of it ones to keep. and dramatically from the conflict. The line of demarcation be- slsten are the is fed wet at noon nnd the hens will valley. Take Short Vacation. Though the damage done to the coun- tween the twi peoples is rather sharpdat It when they would take no more Of corns some of the hens that try through property destroyed, pil- ly marked. , of it dry. lage and financial exactions by the There is a physical difference be- tnol ted earlier, say In August and SepGermans reached the tremendous sum tween the Walloons of eastern Bel- tember, are profitable enough to keep, of 30 billions of francs according to DARKENED CELLAR and the Flemings of western but tlie cream 'of the flock is made-uthe estimate of the Belgium Comlte. gium of hens that do not change their as a difference thnro is Belgium, just URGED FOR POTATOES Central Industriel, - the people, with of tongue and stock. The Walloons feathers until October or November. characteristic industry and thrift, took are of stouter build and greater stat- Their molting will require only a few up the heavy task of resuscitating their ure, and are dark where the Flemings weeks and they will probably be laying country's industrial life as soon as the are fair, thus bespeaking tlie com- again by the 1st of January. The Exposure Light Quickly Injures g armistice had been signed. By the mingling of loafers, Spanish blood.- - On the poor. ones, the : 1920 Quality of Tuber. beginning of they had made such other hand the Flemings are the more Will not begin until about this time, great strides that, with the exception Industrious of the two peoples, and even though they have been resting of the steel and glass industries, pro- their women are said to be able to pre- since the middle of the summer. It or duction averaged the Temperature Beet Suited for Proper pare the. best meals out of the fewest takes one ubout two months and more of pre-wproduction; the coal things of almost any race in the world. other twice that long to get back Into Preservation Is One Ranging output had even reached 94 per cent Belproduction. From 32 to 45 Degree Large Living was cheap in pre-wand tho refined sugar output 100 per . gium. The people had thoroughly The poultry keeper who has an eye i Piles Are Not Favored. g cent mastered the art of intensive farming, for business will not neglect this and the land, before the great war descended upon the country with it heel of iron, blossomed with the milk and honey of plenty. Being contiguous to the North sea fishing (pound, it has always pbsseSse3 a liberal supply of fish, which is a staple article of diet with the people. v If living was cheap in Belgium it was no cheaper than conditions called for. because wages certainly were low. Many making the exquisite laces that bear the Belgium mark, worked from the rising to the setting of the sun for five dollars a week. It is said that the average wage of all the breadwinners of the country approximated only $165 a year. The children work after they are twelve, and all hands in a working-man- s family must keep busy in order that no mouth shall go hungry. Even at this it requires, even in normal times, the utmost frugality to make the buckle of income meet the tongue of So must the Belgian houseoutgo. wife be an 'excellent manager. The g classes eat but Belgian ' little animal food, and most of that is fish. lace-worke- iences that kings and princes could, not have then. They are so common that he overlooks the fact that he lias them or that they are chiefly due to the product of inventive ingenuity. Inventors have made it possible for him to transform darkness into light In' All Are Early at Work. stantly in his home by pressing a button. Invisible fuel is carried to The day begins early for everybody his kitchen stove througli pipes. in Belgium, and particularly with the Rapid transit gives him more range of More than half of Belmovement in less time for a pittance giums population lives outside the than all the wealth of monarchs could towns, and they are up at their work command a century ago. If he desires before the gray dawn is dispersed by to be amused, the voices of noted the rising sun, and on clear mornings singers and the music of orchestras tlie lights of hundreds of cottages are brought to him on a little black may be seen, vying with the stars a disk no bigger than a dinner plate, and news is shown him not they twinkle forth their message of households bestirring. read to him, but actually shown him ' in the towns and cities the people s as it has happened. are downtown almost as early as their These things are so common that he neighbors across the English Chantakes them for granted, twhereas they nel are at breakfast They get their are indeed miracles scientific mirmidday meal around noon, and they acles created by inventive Ingenuity. go home for it, since remarkably low We have this rajA development or tramway fares make this possible. So extenson of conveniences within the it is that, Instead of a mug of milk reacli of the average man simply invention ,pnd a sandwich at some quick lunch, the invention of labor many a Belgian burgher shuts up shop saving machinery lias released creaat 12, goes home to his largest u.eal tive labo.r that would otherwise rfe of the day, eats it leisurely,, and re needed to produce what we used to turns downtown by 2 oclock. call the necessities. - The less labor it The Belgian government has alwayi takes to make a thing the greater all tlie (exactions of. forced economy, number of people as a general rhie they are a people who had so ordered felt a keen interest In the welfare of and the man of small can possess it, because In most cases their relations with one another and the wage-earnthe price of a commodity follows its with their government that happiness affairs, and has. made it possible for labor cost. From Industry Illustrated. and contentment seemed to- - dwell with them to buy homes on easy terms. national savings bank Is empowthem as with but few other peoples, The ered to make loans to householders . of diverse in descent Farm. this and spite Exquisite Play for buying or building homes, and to You love flowers. I have a bouquet and diverse tongues. insure their lives, so that In the event to, give you tlie Petit Trianon, said Two Distinct Peoples. of death the family will not lose its Louis XVI to his wife, the famous in the place, and can use the small territory Within equity Belgiums was built the Thus Marie Antoinette. to wipe off the debt. Massachusetts area than insurance in smaller most exquisite play farm ever known. are nearly Taxes were made exceedingly low Here in a wood of 800 trees, beyond and Connecticut there . who cannot on small property owned by those the formal gardens of Versailles the three million Flemings who tenant it. their with Walloons, talk compatriot young queen and her court had their The entire western portion of the Walloons who canown dairy and garden and poultry,' and about as many resembles one vast market hold converse with their countrynot country to live Swiss chalet a thatched with' are no fences marking There mind habits of In their men garden. Flemings. in. Here they served suppers, the of the many small boundaries livea of methods the their and gaining queen herself serving Wer guests an lihood the two peoples differ as widely tracts, but rather little trenches that to for who, her, according experience and the French, and separate one farmers place from the the court etiquette, could ailownoone as the English in their they are as different others. ' Tens of thousands of acres speech even to Sit In her presence. of the roughest kind of land have as the Germans and the Scandinavis a tie that has bear converted Into splendid trucking there and yet ians; Friend Horse. for generations, gardens by western Belgians. In 1839 bound them Charley, denr! exclaimed young with never atogether war in their there was a wild stretch of land west fratricidal Mrs. Torkins, why do people say a is the bond of the Scheldt river called the Fays That tie modern history. horse is mans best friend? all subscribe, to de Waes, uncultivated and uninhabifor of they religion, Because he is gentle and apprethe doctrines of the Church of Rome ted. Today It is one of the most fertile . ciative. that makes them one sections of this remarkable country, I dont think thats It at all. Its with a heartiness to the squan d of the peoples of the Holy supporting 500 people due to the fact that a friend has a truck farming as Its prln with mile, See. way of Inducing jcu to take a chmic-aThai ongues are Flemish and cipal Industry. him that ctaie s you to lose inmiey.' s Best Layer of the Flock and Those That Should Be Kept for ers Do Not Molt Until November. wage-earnin- 'S'. wage-earner- s. late layer, for she is the best profit maker he has. She needs a highly nutritious ration if she is to be In the best condition to start on another year of high production. When ghe quits laying and starts to molt she has as much need for a ration strong In protein as she has when she is shelling out the eggs, as feathers are highly nitrogenous In their makeup. They use the materials supplied by beef scrap, gluten feed, and oil meal. The oil meal is very effective in keep-ji- g the feathers in a healthy condition. Hens that lay eggs late ip the fall and In tlie winter are really producing an crop, for it Is norm! for the hen to lay for a time In the spring and early summer and rest for the remainder of the year. Profitable hens are really those that have the capacity to force their machinery, but they must have the right sort of feed with which to do it. raThat means feeding tions designed for the particular class, and sometimes for the particular breed. A balanced ration Is a combination of feeds which furnish just' the necessary amount of nutrients to produce the highest and most economical egg yields. The amount of feed needed to produce a dozen eggs varies with the kind of birds. According to experiments conducted by the United States Department of. Agriculture general-purpos- e pullets - produced a dozen cggs'from 6.7 pounds of feed, and Leghorn pullets laid the same number from 4.8 pounds. - Simple mixtures are usually the most desirable. As the fall advances and the days grow shorter the birds should be encouraged to put away as much food as possible during the day so that their bodies will have plenty to work on for all of the 24 hours. A good handful of scratch grain for each bird at night will fill the crop. It Is not desirable that the liens be made to work very hard for this feed. Be sure that the hens go to roost with a , egg-maki- well-balanc- full crop. In ranking up rations it is necessary to adhere to standards within certain limits, but some feeds may be for others, as barley, wheat, and oats for corn. However, meat feeds scrap and other animal-proteican not be replaced by sub-stttnt- n ' feeds. A11 changes should be The object of storing any product is to preserve its quality during'as long a period as may be necessary or possible in order to permit it disposal at the most advantageous time. Investigations by the bureau of plant industry, United States Department of Agriculture, show that the temperature best suited to the proper preservation of potatoes is one ranging from 32 to 45 degrees. In regions where the powdery dry rot occurs a temperature of 33 to 36 degrees holds the disease in check better than a higher one. It is found best not to store potatoes in large piles when they are moist or covered with moist earth, as they quickly develop sufficient heat, to injure the vitality of the tubers. If through unfavorable weather conditions it becomes necessary to store potatoes when they are wet and dirty, they should be spread out in a thin layer until they have become dry, after' which they may be piled up. It is not desirable to store potatoes to a greater depth than six feet . Potatoes intended for' table use should always be stored in a darkened cellar or storage house. Exposure to light- quickly Injures' the quality of tlie potato for food pur- poses. ; ' SMALL HOUSE FOR CHICKENS New Lumber Will Make Best Appear- ' ance, but Packing Boxes Will Well. Answer Purpose In building a poultry house, new lumber will of course make the best appearing structure and will also be somewhat easier to work up because it can be bought in lengths most advantageous for the purpose. Houses for a ;.few hens can sometimes be constructed from packing boxes, while used material or second-han- d lumber, if it can be purchased cheaply and is close at hand, will sometimes lower the cost of the house materially. also, where a high Occasionally, board fence is available, the house can be built In the corner of the fence, thus saving .the construction of the back and one side of the house. Care must be used to cover or batten the cracks, either by means of strips or by the use of roofing paper. Construct the building so that the front of your henhouse will admit the sunlight. Send to the Division of Publications, United States Department of Agriculture, for bulletins containing plan and illustrations; Farmers Bulletin 889 13 a good one to have on hand. made gradually, , as sudden changes may decrease egg production. . A great many poultrymen nnd livestock feeders now believe that If tlie animal has a free choice It will select the ration that Is most suitable. At the government farm at Beltsvllle, Md., the following mash was made up by keeping account of tlie amounts of the different feef.sji laying flock conCEMENT FLOOR FOR FEEDING sumed : Samples of Balanced Ration. Farmer Should Remember to .Give Scratch Mixture. Mash. Slope to One Side to Insure 16 lbs. corn meal '. 1 lb. cracked com Necessary Drainage. 8 lbs. meat scrap. 1 lb. wheat 1 lb. bran 1 lb. oats . 1 lb. middlings Farmers who build cement feeding Here is a simple ration that has floors should remember, to give the given very good results with Leghorns, floor a good slope to one side. This but that has proved too fattening for Insures good drainage, facilitates Rocks nnd Wyandottes. Meat scrap, Cleaning and makes it possible for the It will be seen, makes up over 25 per feeding floor to completely fulflU Its function of providing a clean place to cent of the mash. feed hogs. Some farmers have so lo Mash. Scratch Mixture. 2 lbs. corn meal 2 lbs. cracked corn rated these floors as to get a large ' 1 lb. oats 1 lb. meat scrap amount of rainwater from roofs of For birds that are made too fat by nearby buUdlngs, which flushes the the preceding ration, the following, floor after each 'rainstorm and helps to keep them cfan and containing only 16 per cent of meat materially sera; but having considerate pro sanitary.- - . |