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Show . FEED LOT CONTRIBUTES MUCH TOWARDS PROFIT IN CATTLE t s XSeTpRboN or mrre Farms Eattn Is Open to South and Wtndttght to East. West There Is No Place on Quicker - cXljf mrittuC yc- lAtWrocn. mrc. autnop W Wbcrs Gains Can be Excellent Plan Is to Provide Shed That Up. and North. (By R. Q WEATHERSTONE busy for weeks. Some feeders allow Carrots should be raised In quanti- the sheep to dig them out of the ties whenever possible as they are a ground while others dig them for very valuable addit'on to the feed In them. The latter plan Is the beat. Many cattle feeders who do not beThey require making It palatable cultilieve that silage is a good feed will soil with and little .lght. sandy continue to stuff their animals with vation produce large crops If Linseed meal in small quantities corn fodder or timothy hay. roce or twice a week keeps horses In these men would take the pains to conduct a careful experiment they fine condition winter we saw a bunch of 85 would quickly discover that silage iteera being fed on a farm near even as. a feed would beaf corn Aurora. 111. These cattle stood In a fodder. Silage fed alone is not Ideal for fatarge lot on the side of a hill In mud jp to their knees. The barn and all tening steers. It contains a large exand some nltro ts surroundings were as filthy as cess of :ould be Imagined, and we were not gen must be put Into the feed to even iurprised when the owner, looking it up. Soy beans, clover, alfalfa hay and cotton seed meal will do this to (loomlly over his cattle, remarked: never seemed to hit off steer feeding perfection. If you have plenty of cow .peas to any great advantage land does not clover or alfalfa on the farm, not mcb Heavily timbered make good feeding ground for cattle use to spend money on bran or cottonBecause the sun cannot dry out the seed meal. A little oil cake Is good at all times. ground ss quickly as an open lot. The best class of dairy cows cannot The best feeding shed for cattle Is on the north, return a profit unless they have all roe that Is wind-tigh- t ast and west and entirely open on the clean and wholesome feed they can possibly consume at all tlmee-durtnihe south. the winter. Of course a paved feed lot is an It Is a mistake to keep cows on jxpenslve proposition at the start, but we believe that on a reasonable cost scant rations during the winter. The .he profit will more than justify the cow that goes through the winter on ratlona suffers a shock, ixpense. Even If a man cannot afford :o pave his feed lot he can drain it from which her system la very alow with tiling and by the addition of In recovering, and If the half rations gravel, and small, smooth stones Improve Its condition st very small cost Oats make an ideal feed for the a mb during the winter, but be needs ibout only a pound a day to keep In Ine condition. In addition he roust jave clover hay or alfalfa or corn fod-le- r and .turnips sod other roots at east three times a week. A Handy Feed Carrier, A very handy wheelbarrow for the 'eed lot can be made of either wood are continued any length oCJime her r Iron. The frame should be very capacity for the approachdeitrffhg, hut not heavy, iron makes a ing freshening period Is materially itrong frame and very light. It 'can creased. Good feeding does net mean the e made in four sections and bolted ed ogetber. The iron hoop should be cows should be stuffed with high-prich Inch iron and Is grain feeds but coaxed to conBade of if a size to admit a common flour sume enough ' roughage and cheat larrel up to the second row of hoops. feeds to keep them In good, thrifty The barrel can easily bf put In and condition at all timet. akin out The wheel should be made if wood with a very broad tire, not eas than three inches, and four InchsS MANURING would be better. If the frame Is made GOOD if Iron, the handles can be made of For a While Murder At Hie Heart. wood and bolted on. Wood la better tor. this purpose, You-al- l move I motffa sprinkling-car- t Do you know that some of the MassechatHCs Specialist Differs men", letting mi In on this Heat From Familiar Methods Just do appreciate It without, being yorjchalr alongside, Guggenhammer; unaller packing houses which cater ia Fertiliser ead 1 yon-aBit and Dowsett first class trade at home able to express my feelings. But am ani right there, Preparation. ure almighty curious, and Td like ter- while I Just Irrelevantly explain the tbrpad win not buy swill-fehogs at are She's virtues of this here antmala want automatic. that cost? what Mr. rible to know,Letton. your They iny Dr. J. Fisher of Fitchburg, Mass., 1 loaded for big game and ahe goes ofl led on clean corn, roughage, roots and figures of our winning is. Can you-al- l very successful In growing large crops She's a sure hummer water. eight times. give me a rough estimate? of potatoes, and he varies from our whta she started. skim of We do not think much the Nathaniel Letton did not look apgets methods principally In bis ferPreliminary remarks being over, oilk that comes from the creameries familiar pealingly at his two friends, but In the and brief pause they felt that appeal pass I now proceed to deal Remember. 1 'or feeding hogs In many of these tiliser formula, the preparation U the of seed. the Following planting no remarks about youi treamerles, washing powders are used out from him. Dowsett, of sterner aint making mold than the others, began to divine desL You done your darndest, and It lor cleaning the machinery, and this formula: Twq hundred and twenty five pounds that the Klondlker was playing. But was all right But this la my deal, and a very Injurious to hogs. of sulphate ammonia; 760. pounds niIn Skim milk that Is separated on the the other two were still under the its sp to me to do my darndest of soda; 150 pounds South Carotrate know me. Im Arm cannot be beaten for feeding blandishment of his child like inno- the first place, yon-al- l 450 pounds arid phoslina floats; afraid eavvee? Aint cence. Burning Daylight phate; 450 pounds sulphate of potash; It Is extremely er difficult, Leon of God. devil, death, nor destruction 160 pounds sulphate magnesia; . Guggenhammer began. You see. Ward Thems my four tees, and they sure cop lime; 2,876 pound per your beta. Look at that there Valley has fluctuated so, er v costing about $40. That no estimate can possibly be living skeleton. Letton, you're sure s will bo formula of this Letton supple- afraid Ip die. .Your bones is all rat made In advance, 111 be harrowed and broadcast spread mented. tllng together youre that scared. And In before planting. The seed potatoee Approximate It, approximate It, look at that fat Jew there. This little are treated with the corrosive subliIn God of In Lot. Feed sore the fear Uaeful the "It weapon's put Daylight counselled, cheerfully. mate solution to prevent scab, then don't hurt if you-al- l are a million out hi heart. He's yellow as a sick per one side or the other. The figuresll slmmon. Dowsett, you're a cool one. llga, calves and poultry- It Is a shame spread In a greenhouse and allowed to o allow a single gallon of It to ea- sprout several weeks: At planting time straighten that up. But Im that curi- You-al- l ain't batted an eye nor turned rn the need Is cut and only one sprout pe. ous I'm Just Itching all over. What a hair. , Thats because yqu're great know left on each piece, the surplus sprouts-beinto writes An farmer Illinois l on mtrkeS you-alarithmetic. And that dye say? Is a good feed for purposely broken off. Dr. FishWhy continue to play at cross pur- dead easy In this deal of mine. Youre f unthreshed wheat Wo think not If wheat Is to er considers a potatoe the sise of e two and two Dowsett and there logs. demanded sitting adding poses? abruptly know I sure got e fed at all, better thresh and either marble, which has been started in this, and coldly. Let us have the explana- together, and you-al- l way and all but the best sprout tion here and now. Mr. Harnlsh Is la- you skinned. You know me, and that toak or boll It. But we da, not for Intended was ever wheat that rubbed off, as very good seed. I you-aain't afraid And of under and false boring nothing. impression, feed. adds "Furrowing out is done with a borsw know he should be set straight ay all your money- - and log Cattle that are allowed to run on hoe and the seed Is planted under ; to die if you can hel; By this rime Letton was stiffened by you alnt the attitude - Dowsett had taken, and it." treen beet crops often scour so badly line, giving perfectly straight rows ' Ill his answer was prompt and definite. you hanged." waa Dow that they are set back from two to and exact distance between plants. lour weeks. They do not like the Each seed piece is set upright and I fear you are under a misappre- setts retort Not tried and cured Crops so well but will covered with about two Inches of a When the by damned sight. There are no hension, Mr. Harnlsh. of the ferwinnings to be divided with you. Now fun starts, you're the first I plug. Ill sat them If forced to and tbey make earth; the remaining thirdIn the drill now scattered is all ration. s tilizer live l wont you-albut good hang I fairly I dont get excited. beg of you. have right, to see tt. You-al- l die here and now but to press this button . . . English feeders raise large quan- and covered by running the horse hoe Far from excited. Daylight had all while I'll die subject to the taw's delay tities of turnips, mangles and other between the rows. The horse weeder eavvee?. Being dead, with gras roots. In the fall tbey dig enough for and cultivator are need so frequently the seeming of being stunned. He lookgrowing out of your carcasses, you the cattle and leave scattered through- and thoroughly as to avoid baud ed at Dowsett and murmured: It waa your deal, all right, and you-a- ll wont knew when 1 hang, but I'll sur out the field enough to keep the sheep dole them right, too. Well, 1 ain't have the pleasure a long time ot kicking. I'm like the player Jn that knowing you-al- l beat me to it You surely won t kill iis?f Letton poker game. It was your deal, and you-ahad right to do your best asked fn 1 queer, thin voice. Daylight shook his head. And you done It cleaned me out slick-erIts sre too expensive. You-aa whistle. He gazed at the heap on the table aint worth It Td sooner have my 'd chips hack. And I guess you-awith an air of stupefaction. And t hat-al- l aint worth the paper sooner gie ffiy chips back than go tc can the Its written on.Goldast It, you-asure deal em round when yoiTget--a AJong silence followed. Well, Ive done dealt. Its up tc It chance. Oh, no, I aint you-al- l to play. But while you're de was your deal, and you-al- l certainly done me, and a man ain't half a man liberating, I want to give you-al- l wain that squeal on another mans deal. ingr if that door opens and anyone And now the hand Is played out And of you cusses lets on there's anything the cards are on the table,-'anthe unusual, right here and'lheff'l sur start plugging. deal's over, but r '. ." They aint a soul D His hand, dipping swiftly Into his In- get out of the room except feet first. side breast pocket, appeared with the (TO BE CONTINUED ) big Colts automatic. As t was saying,' the old deal's finOriginal Suffragette. ished. Now Its my deal, and Im Mrs. Johanns Meyer, the first Danish to see if 1 can hold them four woman to speak from a platform In be aces f half of woman suffrage, attended tht "Take your hand away, you whited Universal Race congress recently held In Londoa s the delegate to the' Peace sepulchre! he cried sharply, Nathaniel Lettons hand, creeping Society ot Copenhagen. Aa soon ss tht on the desk, congiers closed Mrs. toward the Meyer began ao warahruptly arrested. Inquiry is behalf of the Danish governout. The 1 In the first illustration the toes of e horse are show turned "Change cars, Daylight command ment to ascertain the effect that, sotoes. ed. Take that chair over there, you rial and political work in England hat middle picture shows Inkneed attitude, and the third shows and Is mitigates unpleasant th appearance skunk. Jump, or Ill had on women. In 1870 Mrs Meyei gangrene-llvereWhether standing or traveling,. make you leak till folks'll think your founded O.e first organization for the against value. father, was a water hydrant and your betterment of women In Denmark. (Copvrlrht 1910. by the New Tor Herald Comp-(Copyright. 1810. by the MerUllUn Company. hatever SYNOPSIS. I'll happens. see , through." you he changed el, Returning to cabs as before, went up to hts room, and with one more cocktail for a nightcap, went to bed and to sleep. In the morning he dressed and shaved, ordered breakfast and the newspapers sent But be did not up, and waited. drink. nine oclock his teleBy phone began to ring and the reports to come in. Nathaniel Letton was taking the train at Tarrytown. John Dowsett was coming down by the subway. Leon out Guggenhammer had not stirred yet, though he was assuredly within. And In this fashion, with a map of the city spread out before him, Daylight followed the movements of bM three men as they drew together. Nar thanlel Let ton was at his offices In the Mutual-Solande- r Building. Next arrived Guggenhammer. Dowsett was still In his own offices. But at eleven came CHAPTER VIII. Continued. the word that he also had arrived, and Then the grin died away, and his several minutes later Daylight was and speeding for ace grew bleak and aerlous. Leav-n- In a hired motor-ca- r Bulldlpg. out his interests In the several the Mutual-Solande- r Western reclamation projects (which CHAPTER IX. ere still assessing heavily), he was a mined man. But harder hit than this Nathaniel Letton was talking when sag his pride. He had been so easy. door opened; he ceased, and with the he him. and They had lad nothing to show for it. The sim- his two companions gazed with conplest farmer would have had docu- trolled perturbation at Burning Dayments, while be bad nothing but a light striding into the room. The free, entleman's agreement, and a verbal swinging movements of the were unconsciously exaggerated in ne at that. Gentleman's agreement! He snorted over It. John Doweetts that stride of his. In truth, It seemed felt the trail beneath tolce, just as he had heard it In the to him that he his feet. In his lelcphone receiver, sounded Howdy, gentlemen, howdy, he rejars the words, On my honor as a sneak-thieve- s marked, Ignoring the unnatural calm were gentleman. They which with they greeted his entrance. ind swindlers, that was what they in turn, sere, and they bad .given him the He shook hands with them and gripto one another from louble-croswere striding The newspapers hands so heartily that Naright. He had come to New York to ping their forbear to M trimmed, and Messrs. Dowsett, Let-io- n thaniel Letton could not himself into wince. flung Daylight done it. and- Guggenhammer had He was a little fish, and they had massive chair and sprawled lazily, with an appearance of fatigue. The leather played with him ten days ample time room he In which to swallow him, along with grip he had brought into the SW'elevYH 'ttlWotaC . OT cotfrtie;'they dropped carelessly beside him on- the -"Bad been' unload Ingen him all the floor. Tve sure been going some," he sightime, and now they. were buying Ward Valley back for a song ere tb'e mar- ed. We sure trimmed them beautifully. It was real slick. And the beauty of the ket righted Itself. And Daylight eat and consumed play never dawned on me till the very rocktalls and aaw back in his life to end,; It was pure and dimple knock out And the way they Alaska, and lived over the grim years down and drag In which he had battled for his eleven fell for It was amazin." Letton mads a dry sound In his millions. For awhile murder ate sat quietly and waitit his heart, and wild Ideas and throat Dowsett Leon Guggenhammer strugwhile ed, his of killing iketchy plans betrayers Bashed through his wind. Daylight un gled Into articulation. "You certainly have raised Cain," he locked his grip and took out his automatic pistol a big Colts .44. He re- said. Daylights black eyes flashed In a eased the safety catch with his thumb, rod. operating the sliding outer bar- pleasant way. Didnt I, though! he proclaimed, rel, ran the contents of the clip The eight jubilantly, !!And didnt we fool em! through the mechanism. I never I was teetotally surprised. partridges slid out In a stream. He would be that dreamed easy. they refilled the clip, threyr a cartridge Into And now, he went on, not permitthe chamber, and with the trigger at ful cock, thrust up the safety ratch ting the pause to grow awkward, we-al- l might as well have an accounting. et He shoved the weapon into the Im pullin West this afternoon on . ilde pocket of his coat, ordered anthat blamed Twentieth Century. He other Martini, and resumed hia seat At ten oclock he arose and pored tugged at his grip, got It open, and dtjv ped Into It with both his bands. But jver the city directory. Then he put dont want forget, boys, when you-al- l ro his shoes, took a cab. and departed me to hornswoggle Wall Street anoth- have to do Is er flutter, all you-al- l whisper the word. Ill sure be right there with the goods. His hands emerged, clutching a and great mass of stubs, check-bookbrokers receipts. These b deposited In a heap on the big table, and dipping again, he fished out the stragglers and added them to the pile. He consulted a slip of paper, drawn from bis coat pocket and read aloud thousand Ten million twenty-eevedollars and sixty-eigand forty-twcents is my figurin on my expense. taken from the Of course that-all- s get to figurin' winnings before we-aWhere's your figon the whack-up- . ures? . It must a been a mighty big ', clean-up- . The three men looked their bepux-slemeat one another. The man was a bigger fool than they bad lmagln- ed, or else be was playing a game which they could not divine. Nathaniel Letton moistened his lips and spoke up. It will take some hours yet, Mr. Harnlsh, before the full accounting can Now Its My Deal, and Im Going to be made. Mr. Howieon la at work upon It now. We ah as you say, It has 8ee If I Can Hold Them Four Aces.1 Suppose been a gratifying clean-up- . Into the nigbtr Twice he changed cabs, we have lunch together and talk It and finally fetched up at the night of- over. IJl have the clerks work through fice of a detective agency. He the noon hour 0 that you will haveI the thing himself, laid down ample time to catch yourtrain." Dowsett and Guggenhammer manimoney in advance In profuse quantities, selected the elx men he needed, fested a relief that was almost oband gave them their instructions, vious. The situation was clearing, it Never, for so simple a task, had they was disconcerting, under theTcircum-stances- . to be pent In the same room been ao well paid; for to each In adIndlan-lik- e with this dition to office charges, be gave a bill, with the promise man whom they had robbed. They reSome membered unpleasantly the many storof another If he succeeded. time next day, he was convinced, if ies of bis strength and recklessness. If not sooner, his three silent partners Letton could only put him off long To each one enough for them to escape Into the powould come together. two of his detectives were 'to hi at- liced world outside the office door, all tached. Time and place was all he would be well; and Daylight showed ' ' all the signs of being put off., wanted to learn.I'm real glad to bear that, he said. Lis were at Stop nothing, boys," 1 dont want to mlas that train, and 1 must have this final Instructions. haTe dona me proud, gentle- Information. Whatever you do, you-al, Elam Harnlsh, known aH through Alas-- l as "Burning Daylight,'' celebrates his KMh birthday with a crowd et miners at :he Circle City Ttvolt. The dance leads o heavy gambling. In which over llOtUM) a staked. Harnlsh loses his money and its mine but wins the mail contract. He tarts on his mull trip with dogs and ledge, telling his friends that he will be n the big Yukon gold strike at the start Burning Daylight makes a sensationally rapid run across country with the mail, tppears at the Tivoli and Is now ready ,o Join his friends In a daah to the new told fields Deciding that gold will be found In the district Harnlsh tons two of flour, which he declares uys will be worth Its weight In gold, but when he arrives with his flour he finds :he big flat desolate A comrade dlscov-r- s gold and Daylight reaps a rich harvest. He goes to Dawson, becomes the most prominent figure In the Klondike tnd defeats a combination of capitalists n a vast mining deal. He returns to Ivllliatlon. and. amid the bewildering of finance. Daylight high ompUrationa inds that he has been led to invest his lleven millions In a manipulated scheme. He goes to New York. bls-het- g gold-bricke- trail-travel- s. n o ll - -superintended heavy-muscle- -- - l. 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