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Show ( , NECESSITY OF SHELTERING-- FARM ANIMALS PROPERLY J, Good, Warn Quarters Providing Sanitation and Ventlla- slon Axe Right Prevents Contracting of Various Kinds of Dtsease. -- &0 Jy u ROBtnT Ams V. bemet iLLummrtJwwmTffl CI A-- SYNOPSIS. Tha story opens with tha shipwreck of the steamer on which Ml as (ienavtevs Italic, an American heiress. Lord an KnKiiMhman, and Tom Blaks, s brusque American, were passengers. The three were tossed upon an uninhabited Island and were the only ones not drowned. FUake. shunned on the boat, because of tils roughness, became a hero as preserver of the helpless pair. The was suing (or the hand of KOgUshman Miss isUe. W In thrope wasted his last match on a cigarette, for which he was All three, constructed cored by lilake hats to shield themselves from the sun. They then feasted on cocoanuts. the only food Miss Leslie showed a frH tirahle for Hiake. but detested his rough ness. Led- tty Blake, they estshfished a home in some cliffs Blake found a fresh eater spring Mum lslie faced an unpleasant situation. Blake recovered hlg surveyor's magnifying glass, thus Insuring fire, lie started a Jungle fire, killing a large leopard and smothering Several nths In ths leopard's cavern they built small home They gained the stiffs by until U fell burning the bottom of a tiee against the heights. The- - trio secured eggs from the cliff. Miss Leslies whits skirt was decided upon as a signal, Miss '.eslie made a dress from the fcmpard skin. Overhearing a conversation be ween Blake and Winthrope, Miss Lssiis hcame frightened became Winthrope 111 with fever Blake wka poisoned bv a fish and almost died Jackals attacked the camp that night, but were driven off by Genevieve. Blake constructed an animal trap. It killed a hena. On a touf the trio discovered honey and oysters. Miss Leslie was attacked by a poisonous n snake. - Blake killed It and saved its to kill game For the second time Winthrope was attacked by fever. Hs and Blake disagreed The latter made a strong door for the private compartment of Miss lslie's cave home. A terrible storm raged that night Winthrope stole Into her room, but she managed to swing her door closed in time. Winthrope was badly hurt He died the following morning The storm tore down their distress a Hag. so a new one was swung fro covbamboo nolo. Miss iJeslie helped grave with ering Winthrope' Win-throp- e, Plan of a Gancraf Purpoaa Bam. Good shelter for animal will not aeke them Iona hardy nor more susceptible to disease; on the other band, fee "many caaei. lt will prevent the contraction of dlaeaao. There la no ques-Uoabout the good of making the ahelter warm and comfortable, providing the aanltatlon, ventilation and lighting are good. Theae are thing Chat are to be looked Into carefully. One other trouble In cloaely stabling anlmala for a large portion of the year la the lack of exercise for the anlmala. It la a biological fact that ell anlmala must have a certain amount of 'wholesome exercise for and working or 'beeltk, development means girodorlngpower.- Inactivity decay and death. Keeping milch cows eloaely stalled for weeks, and even months at a time, la not right from a humanitarian point of view, and thinking persons know that it Is not good for the health of, the animal. Under such treatment, there la no wonder that so many of oufv dairy cows fall prey to oontagloua diseases. TVdr physical powers have been so reduced that they cannot resist them as they should under normal conditions. with greater freedom for ace barn Is 40 by SO and has a curb roof. It affords a large amount of storage room for hay and grain. " With all classes of stock the value of the feed is the same, whether It be fed to the scrawniest of scrubs or the best of Harley Is one of the best feeds on the farm. It contains a Utile more protein than corn. In bad weather Angora goats should be led some cheap hay or root crop If protected from the rains you will be repaid by more and ktronger kids. When good weather settles your goats will go back to their brush eating with ravenous appetites. The average market hog should weigh 300 pounds at eight months of age. x For the pig two to four months old, protein la the most Important feed. Ground flaxseed Is an excellent sub- stitute for butter fat to be fed to calves. , Use a heaping teaspoonful to every feed of milk while the calf Is from two to atx weeks old, provided you are feeding skim milk. As the calf grows older gradually Increase the flaxseed meal until the calf la getting about a heaping with each feed. This may be mixed wrtth the milk, but never mix cornmeal or any other ground feed that contains a good deal of starch with the milk, aa that la very apt to produce scours. Starchy foods must be mixed with aallva before digestion takes place, and anything that ta drunk with tba milk does not become thus mixed, and consequently It falls to become digested and acta aa an Irritant to tha alimentary tract tad-so- CHAPTER XXIII. The End of the World. the morning he met Miss with a sullen beartivity, "r The Uluatratloa shown herewith ing, which, however, did not altogether conceal his dealre to Ktvea a good outline of a general purbe on friendly terms, Having rehas barn. six It and pose single stalls she responded one bos stall for horaea, throe box gained her to this with such tact that by evening tails for springers or calves, cow each felt more at ease In the new retails for 22 cows and an open stable What Does Life Mean, Anywayf" lationship, and Blake had lost every fr for cattle or sheep. The maid floor trace of his moroseness. The fact k rviceable, and mine has proved ' Gulls and terns circled about them la unobstructed and la entered by two that both were passionately fond of (pitch cooler than I expected-or hovered over the water ready to wide driveways. A allo jnay be lomusic proved an Immense help. It cated between the two approaches or "But our new haa beat all for that swoop down upon their finny prey. on the opposite aide of the barn. Tkla bin give them an Impersonal source of ireful at mutual sympathy aniTuhderstanding Let's a stone's throw, but the curlews a good breexe theres jrt common - meeting-grounIn the take a hike. showed their greater knowledge of world of art and culture, apart from "Not to the river! The very thought mankind by keeping beyond gunshot and above the plane of their material tf that dreadful snake Unco a gjeat flock of geese drove want. No; Just the other way. Ive been high overhead, their leader honking , Yet for all hla enjoyment of the thinking for some time that we ought the alarm aa they swept above the glrl'a wide knowledge of everything to run down to that south headland suspicious figures on the beach. Like ' relating to music, Blake took .. care and take a squint at the coast be- the curlews, they bd knowledge of that their talks and discussions did yond. Ten to one it's another stretcb mankind. But the flock of white a not Interfere with the activities of of swamps, but pelicans which came sailing along In t their primitive mode of life. As soon - You think there is a chance we stately leisure on their Immense as he had finished with the barricade may find a town? a wings floated past so low that Blake he devoted himself to his tailoring .AboutNone chance In a million, felt certain he could shoot one. He while Miss Leslie, even for a native village. The slave raised hla bow and took aim, but reand r betweerrter cooking and trade wiped .the ntggerg off this coast, frained from shooting at the thought that It might be a sheer waste of his tnr and -- dally" vlstta toThe.cliff'for and I guess those that hit out eggs, bad much to occupy both her so hard they havent been precious poison. A little later a herd of large anithoughts and her hands. able to get back yet. At first every ascent of the cliff wss But it has been years slpce the mate appeared on the border of the embittered by a painful consciousness ids ve . trad a , v a s J ox h i tble u . gras s J.ungle,,., but-- , a heeled . and .dashed , The her expected to tals a larf a tlght-flttthd0orrxcludlnr 'ralnssd of The cairn over the north edge. ForAnd they dont sell beer in Kansas back into cover so quickly that Blake Brood of chicks should be, provided rata alike. One or more of the alats tunately it was not tn sight from the oh, no! T'll bet the dhows still slip barely had time to make out tjiat they with the beat quarters possible. The In front of this compartment should direct path to the headland, and, as over from Madagascar when the moon were buffaloes the flrst he .had seen be made loose fitting, o the ben may she refrained from visiting It. the new Is In bhe right quarter. At any rate, on this coast, but easily recognized by oop should admit plenty of sunshine; In and out and so the comparthappenings of her wild life soon thrust niggers are mighty scarce or mighty their resemblance to the Cape vabould be wind, water and vermin get ment be denned. may Winthrope and hla death out of the shy around "here. Tve Ttepl a watch riety.' Their flight gave him small ld proof;-shoube cosy and dry land The second compartment with foreground of her thoughts. Each day for smoke, and haven't seen a sus- concern; for the time being he was should afford eaay accesa to all parts screened door in Maybe the more interested in topography than place, shows only a she bad to nerve herself to meet the picion of It anywhere. for cleaning and caring for the little portion of tbs screen, that the Inside beaks and wings of the designed nest swamps swing arouhd Inland and cut game. chic ha. The floor should be near may be Illustrated. The -- southern headland now lay owners; each day she looked with off this strip of coast. It looked that I made that trip close before them, its seaward face m nough to the ground so that the little greater hope for the expected rescue way-t- o chicks after getting out can eaally ship, only to be Increasingly disap- iking the ridge. But tbere's a chance rearing np sheer and lofty, but the in And their way back and yet tar enough AMERICAN HEN pointed. It used to be Inhabited, and we may approach behind running down But the hours she 8ent on the cliff run across an abandoned village. broken terrace's. off the surface of the ground to Infound sure dryness. The coop should not do not see that thedisoovery the xplorers at the foot of the ridge. IS PROFITABLE crest after gathering the days supply of eggs were not spent merely In would do ua any good. Blake squinted, up at the bowlder-strewBe cumbersome, yet It should bn subwatching and longing. The inconvenslopes and tbe crannies of the "How about tbe chance of grain or stantially built The coop shows In the Illustration Secured Her Place la Agriculture iences of carrying the eggs In a hand- bananas still growing? But thats aH broken ledges. kerchief or In one of the heavy Jars 4 guess. Were going because we Likely place for snakes. Miss JenIs well adapted to ths needs of the By Producing Millions of Dollars Every Year-Ne-ed ny," he remarked,, "Guess Id better suggested a renewal of her attempt at need change. mall fancier with only a brood or basket-makinLittle Care. Memory, persevertwo and to ths large poultry raiser She nodded and hastened to pre- lead.N ance and a trace of Inventiveness en- pare breakfast, while he packed a skin alike who raise a number of chicks Eager as she was to look over into abled her to produce a small but hag with food and examined the slen- the country beyond, the girl dropped with hens. It Is built on the open (By SAMl'KI. PHILLIPS.) As a matter into second place and made no comI know from what I have eeen on serviceable hamper of spilt bamboo. der Ups of bis arrows. air colony bouse type plan. If It is Encouraged by this success she of precaution, he had been keeping plaint about the wary slowness of intended to give the chicks free range some farms that the hens made after a few weeks old and after they great deal more money Investment gathered a quantity of tough, wiry tlem in the cigarette case, where the her companion's advance. She found thsn grasa, and wove' a hat to take the points would be certain of a coat of tbe most difficult parts of the ascent have been weaned from the old ben, work and cost considered make- the sticky poison and at the same time quite easy after her training on the a roust may be placed In the back any other onn branch of farming place of the flimsy palm-lea- f Blake could have taken part of the coop and the young fowls Most farmers consider, the care of shift. The result was by no means guarded against Inflicting a chance mined almost to maturity to It poultry ''womans work," and aome of satisfactory with regard to style. Its wound. But aa he was now about to ledges and all at a run, but as he Tha coop la' 31 Inches long by IS them are actually ashamed to be seen shape being Intermediate betweena iet out on a Journey he fitted tips Into mounted each terrace he halted to spy Aorhes wide, and It Inches high in helping their wives look after the Mexican sombrero and a funnel; but the heads of his two stralghtest out the ground before him. Like Miss --Leslie, he was looking for snakes, tha rear and 24 Inches In front it fowls. What a mistake! It la not as aside from its appearance, she could shafts. when wished comfor still not a more was have fresh a beas woman's much a work two morning Into The though for an exactly opposite reason. divided man's, t compartments, is . Before showing they closed the barricade behind them He wished to add. to the contents of each compartment 18, inches cause it often involves exposure dur-tn- fortable stories and cold weather and the It Jo Blake, she wove a second one for and descended to the pool. There was the cigarette case. dialog theae dimensions even -- length man who will refuse to save his wife him. so that they were able to cast no game In sight, but Blake had no Greatly to his disappointment and Vnaller may be used with) scarcely any tttff1TTl'TSll(TBlThefsb'aTiI''nQfs'ign waste... . XheJtwo MewllAnd Jiack LfjniJUQ.X.JbUjlL hard-wor- k, possible 4e of the trip. The steady southwest of snake was to be seen all the way Are made tight, and It Is well to cover a pretty poor specimen of a farmer: at the same time. The following' morning Blake ap- wind had blown the sky clear of Us up the ridge. As they neared the Ahem with rooting paper If second If these men would study the science of a crest Blake, turned-t- o joffer --her-hls promise grade lumber Is used. The roof of poultry raising and give it as much peared in an outfit to match her malarial hase and gav -of hand up" the last ledgesand "In the know whichshould as dress. actetHlon other farmleopard-skibranch nothing any Hhact of Rifigedf'bff of should be light pin lumber covered ' whichon which hide would a make game the of ottJLuf hair calm ing. day he gultry more; money the they InstantAhey gained the top? "with roofing material. Shingles are ' one perhut to hard and hla stalk, The windj now freshening to a gale, easier." The" make made be It American -- wot and his moccasins, would hgd to this br coop' adapted any coop a In the girl with such force that hen has made for trousers atmek her skin suited long tramp. matched the place agriculture hyena quite fectly poultry house, for that matter, as Tfnrface. Blake headed ob- she would have been blown back 1,Mns dollars oFticks. tmtmntX'Blubhltron Mindful every ; "Vfien"niTt4ac,n theybecomewaTemoaiea roof is laid at the augle suited to year, and she has earned the respect '"Hey, Miss Jenny !" he hailed, liquely across to the beach. Once on down the ledges had not Blake g of every farmer in the what d- you think of this for fancy the smooth, hard sand. they swung clutched her wrist. Heedless alike of poultry house and coop construction, land. the painful grip which held her and needlework?" to hold tha warmth down on tba along at a brisk pace, of the gusts which tore at her "skirt, of adventure the with You're the spirit Splendid very picture and keen fowl. ; of an Argentine vaquero." Sever had they felt more' compan- the girl stood gazing out across the The compartment In which the ben Tuberculosis. swamps which stretched "Greaser? ugh! Let me get back ionable. Miss Leslie laughed and desolate ia confined la to tba' left, and la Tuberculosis seems to be Increasing the southwest as far as the to of snatches away, songs, sang and the to Weary Willy pants! chatted from the one to the right by tn this country. It la estlmsted that time with his club, eye could see. She did not speak beat mean are Blake you .1 very while lines dotted The picturesque the 'lats. shout ten per cent of the cows will represent That a it la It? Glad I've got or sought to whlsUe grand opera he until Blake led her down behind the" door, which ia hinged at the bottom reset on spplylng the tuberculin test blistered lips some shelter of the crest ledges. ta front of this compartment, and acta Plenty of sunshine, pur sir, ssnltsry something to call your leopardire had healed his'liberal What's the matter? he demanded. applicaUons of mm a platform tn front of the coop time before by stables and sound feed are the best gown that won't make you huffy.1 I warn youf Didn't tallow at "We ran least our call costumes antelope during the day, and at night aa a preventives of this disease. N 1 d COOP FOR HEN AND CHICKS , 5 shoe-makin- A wood-gathe- 2 . tne-whe- g .I n tree-ladde- r. - ma-Eln- g head-cover- A " i-t - - -- , t r right-thinkin- - light-hearte- d -- ' . She looked away to hide the tears which sprang Into her eyes. I cant explain only, It makes m feel so so lonely! Ob, come now, little woman; don't take on so! be urged. It might be a lot worse, you know. We've gottea along pretty well, considering. You have been very kind, Mr. Blake, and as you say, matters might have been worse. I do not forget how far more terrible was our situ tlon the morning after the storm. Yet you must realjze how'dlBappolntlng it is to lose even the slightest hope ct escape." "Well, I dont know. If It wasnt for tbe fever thats bound to come with the rain, I, for one, would Just as leave stick to this camp right along, providing the company dont change." She turned upon him with flashing eyes, all thought of caution lost In her ' anger. "How dare you say such a 1 dething? You are contemptible! spise you! My, Miss Jenny, but you are pret ty when you get mad! he exclaimed. The answer took her completely aback. He was neither angry not laughing at her, but met her defiant glanee with candid, sober admiration. There was something more than admiration in bis glowing eyes; yet sha could not but see that her alarm had been baseless. His manner had never been more respectful. Suddenly she found that, she could no longer meet his gaze. She looked away and stammered lamely; "You you shouldnt say such things, you know. Why not? Hasn't everything been running smooth the last few days! Haven't we been good chummy comrades? Of course youve got the worsl of the deal. I know Im not much on fancy talk; but I like to hear It when Ive a chance. Ive led a lonesome sortof life since they dldJor my sl ters No, I'm not going to rake that up again. I'm only trying to give yon an idea what it means to a fellow te be with a lady like you. Maybe It isn't polite to tell you all this, but It's Just what I feel, and I never did amount to shucks as a liar. I believe I understand you, Mr. Blake, and I really feel highly complimented. No, you dont, any such thing. Miss Jenny. Own up, now! If I met yon on your papa's doorstep youd cut me cold." -I should If you continued to be s rude. Have you no regard for mj feelings? But here we are, talking nonsense when we should be going" 18 he broke ia It nonsense? What does life mean, anyway? Hera we can be true friends and comrades real, free living people. It can't b that you want to go back to all those society shams after you've seen real life! As for me, what have I to gain to the everlasting by going back grind? "T don't mind work; hut when a man has nothing ahead to work for "but a hank account, whent's grind, grind, grind till your head goes stale &bd ' all the World looks black, then tlerrsTirch61ce'uOhr6wuFyour Job and go on a drunk. If you want to Maybe keep from a gun accident. But that's you dont understand It what Ive had to go through, time and again. Do you wonder I like to fancy an everlasting picnic here, with a little partner who wouldnt- - let ms come within shouting distance of her In the land of lavender trousers and peek-a-boos- ? Mr. Blake, really you are most UnI could not be so so ungrate-ful- , after all your kindness.. .1 ws should certainly be glad to number you among our friends. just! Drink and all, eh?" r A man of your has no need whatever to give way to such a habit. Course not, if hes got anything In sight worth while. "ougL my folks must have Been poor whits trash. I never could go after money Just for the fun of tbe game. No family, no friends, no Whats the use? 1 It? culture have a fair head for figures; but all the mathematics that I know Ive had to catch hot off tbe bat. It's true 1 grubbed my C. E. out of a corro spondence school; but a fellow has to crack-ueducation have an -to put him where Its worth while. to work up. You still have time You are not much over 30." wjll-powe- -- what-you-cal- k p Twenty-seven.- " should,, ...have... .!Xwenty?evan4 What m hard life you musl thought have had!" Bard work? Well, I suppose Pane ma. did ad Tor me. some, - But It wasnt 0 much that. Few fellows could hit. up' the pace I've set and come out at all." ."I do net anderatasd. Just what you might expect od i fellow In my fix all kinds of gambit and drink and the rest of it. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Too Much Advice. iYou'a got to put a certain amount o dependence on yohsef, said Uncle Eben. De man dat goes aronn lookin fob too much advice is liable to flad hiaaelf in de position of de gem-madat gita ao Interested reedin de time tab! dat he misses his traU." |