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that farmers have more grain than
they can use in the fall and, in con-
sequence, ship it out to market. The
following spring swine raisers who are
in need of grain to feed their herds
buy in the outside market at higher
prices and have the grain shipped back
again. The unnecessary expenses of
this process are Strong argument for
community arrangements which will
result in the utilization of the grain
by farmers in the immediate neighbor-
hood.
The potato industry is another field
in which community action can be of
great benefit on many reclamation pro-
jects. There is strong tendency for
prices in the potato market to fluctuate
widely and the production tends
inevitably to follow these fluctuations,
If, after mature consideration, a whole
community were to decide to make po-
tato growing a feature of their agricul-
ture and to persist in this determina-
ton in the face of discouraging condi-
tons, it would not be long before it
made itself known as a reliable source
of supply. Buyers would come to it
before looking into less certain mar"
kets and it would be possible to dis
pose of the crop at times when the in
dividual producers would have little
chance of selling at profit. Another
great advantage of community action
in this field is its effect in promoting
the adoption of q standard variety, or,
at most, two varieties, and thus max
ing possible the shipment of large lots
of uniform character. This uniformity
of production has proved of special
advantage in the case of potatoes
grown for the seed market. The same
principle can be adopted with equal
success in the case of stock raising.
Some of the most conspicuous sue
cesses attained by community cooper.
alton have been in fruit raising. AL
though there appears to be at the
present time a certain reaction from
fruit production toward other indus
tries, there is no reason why the same
methods which have done so much for
fruit growing should not prove equally
effective in other lines. Essential fac
tors, however, are far sightedness and
persistence. 1t does not do to plan for
only year or two in advance, and
whatever plan is adopted must be adj
hered to. A certain amount of expert
mentation is, of course, necessary, but
the practice of jumping from one in
dustry to another as the market fuctu-
ates is certain to prevent the building
up of a stabilized agriculture. Only
a very small percentage of those who
speculate in this way time their
changes accurately. The great ma
jority find that they have jumped just
a little too late.
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SITTING HEN SHOULD
HAVE SEPARATE PEN
Floor Should Be of Earth, Dug UP
and MOiStened-PIace Nests
Around the Side.
Clemson College Bulletin.)

|
1t is less trouble to care for sitting
hens when they are confined in a
separate pen away from the layers.
The floor of this pen should be of
earth, dug up and moistened. The
nest boxes should be placed around
the sides, and there can be 25 hens
In the pen. A box from IL to 10
in height is suitable for the nest.
Remoys the top, front and bottom.
Cover the top with a burlap sack
to provide ventilation, and nail a
wooden strip four inches wide across
the front at the bottom. Have
wide board to lean against the open
front and a brick to keep it in place
when it is necessary to confine the
hen.
Fill the bottom of the box level
with the top of the 4-inch board
with moist garden soil, and hollow
the soil like a saucer, so the eggs
will not roll away from the hen
and become chilled. The surface of
the earth should be smooth and
hard to allow the eggs to roll.
Cover the earth with a very little
straw and put in few common eggs.
Remove the sitting hen to the new
hest at night. Dust her with yellow
Insect powder, or grease her with SO
per cent mercurial ointment, and then
place her quietly on the nest and shut
her in.
The next evening, when 1t is
growing dark, dishes Of whole grain
and water should be placed in front
of the nest and the hen removed to
feed. Let her alone and do not re-
turn until night. If the hen is on her
nest and is contented, she may be CIV
en- the sitting of eggs you have select
ed for her.
Feed the sitting hens at the same
hour each day. Give them whole
grain (whole corn is best) in a
dish, so they can eat all they desire.
Even under the most favorable con-
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| prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Community cooperation is even
more of an obvious advantage on irri-
gatad land than elsewhere. Most of
these areas, especially the government
reclamation projects which now in
clude approximately 100000 producing
acres, are far removed from the great
consuming centers. In consequence,
the transportation charges are high
and the marketing problem is very
serious one. Its solution is more like
ly to be reached through cooperation
than by any other method.
The common practice on reclamation
areas is to seed the land to alfalfa as
soon as possible. This is accompanied
or followed by the planting of small
grains SO that on newly irrigated lands
large proportion of the cultivated
acreage is given up to these crops.
Under ordinary conditions neither al
falfa hay nor grain will bear the cost
of transportation to distant market
centers. 1t is a common practice, there
stock and dairy products which bring
high prices in proportion to their
weight and can be shipped profitably
over comparatively long distances. 1t
has been found that the returns Sc
cured by pasturing hogs on irrigated
alfalfa, supplemented with a light ra-
ton of grain, are frequently three to
five times as great as could be OBJ
tanned from selling the alfalfa as hay.
With grain, the gain from marketing
it in the form of pork is usually from
% to so per cent. Livestock produc-
important industry on reclamation
projects and, in fact, on q great por-
ton of the irrigated land in the United
States. For a maximum of success,
however, in livestock production, COM
munity action is indispensable. The
danger of hog cholera is frequently an
important factor in lettering farmers
from raising hogs on a large scale. The
control of this disease is, to a great
extent, beyond the power of any indi-
vidua1. On irrigated lands. in particu-
lar, the germs may be carried in the ir-
rigation water and in this way be
spread throughout the entire commu-
nifty. On the other hand, the isolated
position of the irrigation projects
makes it comparatively easy to enforce
whatever quarantine and sanitary reg
uiations are necessary, provided that
the entire community has the enforce
ment of these regulations at heart.
In addition to the prevention of dis
ease, community action results in such |
obvious economies as the shipping of
hogs in carload lots, and the most eff |
Gent utilization of the community's |
grain supply. 1t frequently happens |
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CHAPTER XXI.

Carlotta had set the hour for meet
ing Wilson at nine, when the late dusk
of summer had fallen; and she met
him then, smiling, a family perfumed
white figure, slim and young, with a
thrill in her voice that was only half
assumed.
"It's very late" he complained.
~Surely you are not going to be back
at ten."
81 have special permission to be out
late"
Goodr" And then, recollecting their
new situation: eve have a lot to talk
over. 1t will take time"
At the White Springs hotel they
stopped to fill the gasoline tank of the
car. Joe Drummond saw Wilson there,
In the sheet-iron garage alongside of
the road. The Wilson car was In the
shadow. 1t did not occur to Joe that
the white figure in the car was not
Sidney. He went rather white, and
stepped out Of the zone of light. The
influence of LIE Moyne was still on
him, however, and he went ON quietly
with what he was doing. But his hands
shook as he filled the radiator. He
had been an ass; LIE Moyne was right.
He'd get away-to Cuba If he could
and start over again. He would forget
the Street and let it forget him.
The men in the garage were talking.
ITO Schwitter's, Of course" one of
them grumbled.
"That was Wilson, the surgeon in
town. He used to come here. Now
he goes on to Schwitter's. Pretty girl
he had with him."
So Max Wilson was taking Sidney to
Echwitter's, making her the butt of
garage talk! The smiles of the men
were evil. Joes hands grew cold, his |
head hot. A red mist spread between |
him and the line of electric lights. He |
knew Schwitter's, and he knew Will |
uon. When K, growing uneasy, came |
put into the yard, he was In time to
see Joe run his car into the road ami |
turn it viciously. toward Schwitter's.
Carlotta's nearness was having its
calculated effect on Max Wilson. His
Dpirits rose as the engine, marking
perfect time, carried them along the
quiet roads.
Partly IT was reaction-relief that
phe should be so reasonable, so COM
ulaiSant--and . sast ct holiday spirit
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All iUd0 AWFUL Oh OIfSHNs
1--WE can walk back and take table
under the trees, away from those in
fernal lanterns"
She reeled a little as he helped her
out.
"Not sick, are your"
Sim dizzy. I'm all right"
She looked white. He felt stab
Of pity for her. She leaned rather
heavily on him as they walked toward
the house. The faint perfume that
had almost intoxicated him, earlier,
vaguely irritated him now.
At the rear of the house she shook
off his arm and preceded him around
the building She chose the end of the
porch as the place In which to drop,
and went down like stone.
There was a moderate excitement.
The visitors at Schwitter's were too
much engrossed with themselves to be
much interested. She opened her eyes
almost as soon as she fell-tO forestall
any tests; she was shrewd enough to
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after the days hard work. Oddly
enough, and not so irrational as may
appear, Sidney formed part of the
evenings happiness-that she loved
him; that, back in the lecture room
eyes and even mind on the lecturer
her heart was with him.
So, with Sidney the basis of his hap
piness, he made the most Of his eve
ning's freedom. He sang a little In
his clear tenor-even, once when they
had slowed down at a crossing, bent
over audaciously and kissed Carlotta's
hand In the full glare of a passing
| train.
"How reckless of your"
81 like to be reckless" he replied.
His boyishness annoyed Carlotta.
She did not want the situation to get
out of hand. Moreover, what was so
real for her was only too plainly a
lark for him. She began to doubt her
power.
The hopelessness of her situation
was dawning on her. Even when the
touch of her beside him and the soil
tude of the country roads got in his
blood, and he bent toward her, she
found no encouragement in his words !:
81 am mad about you tonight"
She took her courage in her hands |:
"Then why give me up for someone
elss?"
'That's-different.
"Why is 1t different? I am wom-
an. II love you, Max. No one else
will ever care as 1 do"
"You are in love with the Lamb -
"That was a trick. 1 am sorry,
Max. I don't care for anyone else In
the world. If you let me go I'll want
to die"
Then, as he was silent:
"If you'll marry me, I'll be true to
you all my life. 1 swear it. There
will be nobody else, ever"
The sense, if not the words, of what
he had sworn to Sidney that Sunday
afternoon under the trees, on this very
road Swift shame overlook him, that
he should be here, that he had allowed
Carlotta to remain in ignorance of how
things really stood between them.
''Im sorry, Carlotta. It's impossible.
I'm engaged to marry someone else"
"Sidney Page?"-almost a whisper.
eyes,"
He was ashamed at the way she
took the news. If she had stormed or
wept, he would have known what to
do. But she sat still, not speaking.
"You must have expected it, sooner
or later"
Still she made no reply. He thought
she might faint, and looked at her
anxiously. Her profile, indistinct be-
side him, looked white and drawn. But
Carlotta was not fainting. She was
making a desperate plan. If their es-
capade became known, it would end
things between Sidney and him. She
was sure of that. She needed time to
think it out. 1t must become known
part. If, for instance, she became Ill,
and was away from the hospital all
night, that might answer. The thing
would be Investigated, and who knew
The car turned in at Schwitter's
road and drew up before the house.
The narrow porch was filed with small
tables, above which hung rows of cleo
trio lights inclosed in Japanese paper
lanterns. Midweek, which had found
the White Springs hotel almost desert
ed, saw Schwitters' crowded tables set
out under the trees. Seeing the crowd,
Wilson drove directly to the yard and
parked his machine.
"No need of running any risk" he
explained to the still figure beside him.
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CHAPTER XXI.

1t was the Lamb who received the
message about Wilson; and because
he was not very keen at the best, and
because the news was so startling, he
refused to credit his ears.
"Who is this at the 'phone?"
"Le Moyne's my name. Get DR.. Ed
Wilson at once. Doctor Wilson, the
surgeon, has been shot," came slowly
and distinctly. "Get the staff here and
have room ready. Get the operating
room ready, too"
The Lamb wakened then, and reused
the house. He was incoherent, rather,
so that Doctor Ed only learned the
truth when he got to the hospital.
"Who has been shot? 1 thought you
said"
The Lamb turned pale at that, and
braced himself.
"fm sorry-I thought you under
stood. l believe it's not-not serious.
It's Doctor Max, sir"
Doctor Ed, who was heavy and not
very young, sat down on an office chair.
Out of sheer habit he had brought the
DdS. LIZ pun IL dOnh Ob tiiO 1iool OO~
side him, and moistened his lips.
SIS he living?"
"Oh, yes, sir. l gathered that Mr..
LIE Moyne did not think it serious"
He lied, and Doctor Ed knew he lied.
The Lamb stood by the door, and
Doctor Ed sat and waited. The office
clock said half after three. The bag
with the dog collar in it was on the
floor. He thought of many things but
mostly of the promise he had made his
mother. Cold beads Of sweat stood
out on his forehead.
II think 1 hear them now, SIR" said
the Lamb, and stood back respectfully
to let him pass out of the door.
Carlotta stayed in the room during
the consultation. No one seemed to
wonder why she was there, or to pay
any attention to her. The staff was
stricken. They moved back to make
room for Doctor Ed beside the bed,
and then closed in again.
Carlotta waited. her hand over her
mouth to keep herself from screaming.
Surely they wouldn't let him die like
thatl When she saw the phalanx
break up and realized they would not
operate, she ran from the room.
The staff went hopelessly down the |
stairs to the smoking room, and |
smoked. 1t was all they could do. |
The night assistant sent coffee down |
to them, and they drank it. Doctor
Ed stayed in his brothers room, and |
said to his mother, under his breath,
that he'd tried to do his best by Max,
and that from now on it would be I'D
to her.
X. had brought the injured man In.
The country doctor, on the way in, had
taken it for granted that X. was
medical man like himself, and had
placed his hypodermic case at his dis
oosal.
When he missed HMM the smok-
ng room, that was-he asked for him.
81 don't see the chap who came in
With u.s." he said. "Clever fellow. Like
o know his name.
The staff did not know.
K. sat alone on a bench In the hall.
lie wondered who would tell Sidney
lie hoped they would be very gentle
With her. He did not want to go home
nd leave her to what she might have
O face. There was a chance she would
SIX for him. He wanted to be near, I
q that case. The night Waterman
rent by twice and stared at him. At
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ditfons for feeding, a sitting hen will
lose about three-quarters of a pound
in weight during the three weeks of
incubation.
Examine the nests while the hens
are feeding, and if any eggs are broken
the remaining eggs should be washed
in warm water and the nest cleaned.
Moisten the earth around the nest fire.
quently, and on the eighteenth day of
incubation immense the eggs for two
minutes in warm water CLOS degrees
Fahrenheit). This softens the men,
brane inside the shell and results in
a greater percentage of chicks hatch
ing.
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He Fired at Him Without a Word.

| EifCO at THU fritfOQL q fvOf0s
on the part of a nurse. One of then
replied rather heavily: eff any, Il
would be the Edwardes operation"
"Would Doctor Edwardes himself
be able to do anything?"
This was going little far.
POSSIBLY. One chance in a thou
sand, perhaps. But Edwardes is dead
How did this thing happen, Miss Har.
rison?"
She ignored his question. Her face
| was CHASTITY, save for the trace OF
rouge; her eyes were red-rimmed.
Doctor Edwardes is sitting on
bench In the hall outsider" she an.
nounced.
Her voice rang out. K. heard her
and raised his head. His attitude was
weary, resigned. The thing had come,
then! He was to take up the old bur.
den. The girl had told.
Doctor Ed had sent for Sidney. She
thought it was another operation, and
her spirit was just little weary. But
her courage was indomitable. She
forced her shoes on her tired feet, and
bathed her face in cold water to rouse
herself.
The night Waterman was in the hall
He was fond Of Sidney; she always
smiled at him; and, on his morning
rounds at six o'clock to waken the
nurses, her voice was always amiable.
81 Oh u; In, +tn no hn16ino
a cup of tepid coffee. He was old and
bleary, Enthusiastically dirty, tOo-but
he had OWNED Sidney's romance.
"CoffeeI For me?" She was aston
ished.
"Get it down"
So she finished it, not without anxi-
ETY. that she might be needed. But
daddy's attentions were for few, and
not to be lightly received.
Can you stand a piece of bad
news?"
Strangely, her first thought was of
K.
'There has been an accident. Doc
tor Wilson"
(Which one?"
doctor Max-has been hurt. II
amt much, but I guess you'd like to
know it."
"Where Is hep
Downstairs, in seventeen"
So she went down alone to the
room where Doctor Ed sat in a chair,
with his untidy bag beside him on the
floor, and his eyes fixed ON a straight |
figure on the bed. When he saw Sid |
ney, he got up and put his arms around |
her. His eyes told her the truth be-
fore he told her anything. She hardly
listened to what he said. The fact
was all that concerned her-for sud-
1enly Sidney's small world, which had
always sedately revolved in one direc-
.ion began to move the other way.
The door opened, and the staff came
n. But where before they had moved
heavily, with dropped heads, now they
,ame quickly, as men with purpose,
There was a tall man in white coat
With them. He ordered them about
ike children, and they FASTENED to do
lis will. The heaviness of inactivity
fitted. The room buzzed. The nurses
TODD by, while the staff did nurses
york.
1t was the Lamb, after all, who
rought the news to Sidney. The new
ctivity had caught Doctor Ed, and
he was alone now, her face buried
gainst the back Of a chair.
"There'll be something doing now,
fiss Page" he offered.
"What are they going to do?"
"Going after the bullet. Do you
now who's going to do it?"
His voice echoed the subdued ex-
Itement Of the room-excitement and
CIV hope.
Cro BE coNTINUEDl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-07
COMIC OPERA PLAYERS
PLEASE THEATTRGOERS

Alice Hills and George Bogues are
two members of the Comic Opera
Players who are adding greatly to
their popularity with Academy audi
ences by their work this week in 1.-THE
Red Mill" Mr.. Bogues has the role
of the Governor of iceland and he
sings and acts the part with fine eff
feet. Probably his most important
song number is Every Day Is IAdy's
Day With Me- which he sings in the
second act with the male chorus.
In the same act Mr.. Bogues and Miss
Hills. together with the Dutch kid
diest" sextet composed OF Richmond
children. sing "Because You're You. !"
The children have scored a. sure
enough hit at every performances and
are forced to respond to numerous
encores Miss Hills, who appears to
much advantage In the role Of Ber-
tina. the burgomaster's sister, had
charge Of rehearfng the children and
Is delighted over the success with
which they are meeting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-07
SOUTHERN WORKS TO
KEEP NEGROES HOME

Especial TO The Richmond vfrrtnian. /,
washington. d. c. June Sin the
effort to discourage tho emigration of
negroes from the South which 10 re-
ported to have assumed such proper
tons that II is difficult In some locaas-
ties to socure sufficient negro labor
for farm work and other local noede.
the management OF the Southern rail-
way &ys.eHa has adopted tho policy of
taking no action to accommodate this
travel In the future. Orders have been
issued to discontinue. effective at once,
the assembling. holding and using of
extra passenger and baggage cars for
labor movements and otherwise to dis
courage tho negro exodus from the
South In every legitimate manner
Representatives OF the development
and traffic departments havs received
Instructions to devote their energies
to the promotion OF campaign TO in
duce the negro TO remain In the South,
and bankers and business men arc be-
ing urged to endeavor 10 find employ
ment OF some kind for all surplus ne
gro labor In their communities. Fol-
lowing Is the plan suggested for the
soathernis representatives. TO follow IN
the instructions issued on the sub
ject:
We should endeavor IN each com
munity to have some man make 1t hts
special business TO interest the negro
preachers and have them take strong
ground against tho people OF their race
being iured away by promise Of higher
wages In other sections. pointing out
that any advantage that the negro
might get by moving away would al
most invariably be temporary and that
IN the long run 1t VIII bel to his ad-
vantage 10 stay In the South where
he IL known ana where his labor will
always be in demand"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-07
En QRED CITIZENS
DISCUSS BONDS

ss ,a1e4ltpg con- poecdsof as1arge num-
oks0f representative coIored citizens
III e4As Gtty was held Tuesday at
p II 5nsthe Office Of the South
&on A&dsaGpciety. John Mitchell, Jr.,
oDgldant Of the Mechanics Savings
-. ps~sided; Lawyer j. Thomas
Y1n4Dres1dentso of tho American Ben
1%1Ln1 InSrrancA company, acted as
There were present repre-
1nkawee dor the various fraternai or
nlDunsrsnd beneficial clubs of tho
M 3ae<neeffng' opened with prayer
- NJ r. Davis. pastor of the
D40tFsss Bethel A NJ. E. church.
SS s ~ chairman stated the object OF
k4no9ffng ana then spoke on the
Qg0RsAHanctsI condition OF the coun-
eA uesultsof the war and told of
uxAeoessfty tor the iss~ng OF liberty
Mm 6Onds and the duty Of every citi+
Gm 100 shoulder his share of the re-
6adltty In tfurtherance OF the war
r.Gn ~ A. loyal men we should RENE
50& 8hAt we are American citizens
% sshare our portion of the bur-
np pnf upon our common country by
4xene uf this wsr. The MECHANICS Saw
Um bank and the st. Luke Penny Saw
Sn hank would In all probs biIity have
~ bonds for the convenience Of tho
I1c. Every person In the meeting
eoesAd himself IN very enthusiastic
0nMaE and showed willingness to
the movement In every possible
|NMner. The subcommittee presided
19e by Thomas NJ. Crump. secretary
Goneral managr of the Southern
GDc1ety OF Virgin. Inc. with John
baylor, secretary AID general man
- tho Richmond Beneficial Insur-
eom M nv, were rskponrfbte for fha
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-07
suite Corporation Commission.

The following charters were grant
ed yesterday through the ONCE Of the
state corporation commission
Netherlands Creamery and Cheese
corporation. Roanoke, Va. Capital
stock, $4,000. Cheese and dairy
business r. F. Boxley. president: N.
E. Fisher. secretary and treasurer,
Roanoke, Va.
The Underwritets InsurA .
Agency, Inc. Hopewell. Va Capital
stock, $4,000. Insurance agency
business David A. Lyon. Jr., preei-
dent. Petersburg. Va: Thos J. Blank
enship. secretary. Hopewell, Va.
W. H.. Harris Distributing Co., mo.
Richmond, Va Capital stock, $50
900. Soft drinks w. n. Harris. presi-
dent. Richmond, VA: J. NJ. Cochran.
secretary, Charlottesville, Va