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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
King Tommy
By GEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM
JORGE A. BIRMINGHAM

! II haven't said Norheys. sat
least hadn't until yesterday. What
sort OF a bird Is her
found It a little dlficult to give
clear account OF Procopius Cable.
Nobody knows where he came from.
His Christian name sounds Greek. and
have heard II said that be was orig
lnally EeyantIne Jew. could mot
call him a captain Of industry, for he
does not manufacture. nor drive other
people to manufacture. anything,
suppose he might be described IS
f1nancier. said so to NorheyA
Anything to do with ollS- be
asked
"Not that I know Of" ! said, Mbut
he may. II wouldn't surprise noe 20
hear that Cable had something 20 do
with anything In the world II there's
money TO be made out of 4.
Il mentioned H." said Norheys. ne
cause Uncle Ned said something about
oil In Lystria. / can't say much like
the idea OF living In a place that
stfnks OF parafin, nasty stun. always
getting into your food and dripping
about. However. Uncle Ned says the
good old British empire wants oil. and
II It does I'm all for it's having as
much as II can get. That's what
always say to a fellow who starts
talking about the empire: The prop
er thing Is to let the British empire
get what 1t wants with the least pos
slble fuss, whether It's OIL. or rubber.
or whatever the thing may be. I'm
Gle Ned seemed to think that In this
case 1t was oil"
us there oil in Lystrial never
heard OF IT.
'sThat fellow Cable seems to have
said So" said Norheys. "and / rather
gather-mind you, I'm not saying this
as a certain, sure thing. Ny general
impression is that If was king Of
Lystria. Uncle Ned and the jolly old
empire would collar the oilf Seer
began to see.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
Ensilage Corn
Best for Silo
Results of Tests Made With
Two Varieties at Differ
ent Stations.

Is Il more profitable 10 plant en-
silage corn for the silo than ordinary
aeid cornl is the question thar presents
Itself to many sllo owners al this
time OF the year. Ia Iowa few are
growing special varieties for the silo.
the majority OF farmers believing that
the regular feld corn. taking every
thing into consideration. can be more
probably handled than some special
ensliage variety that grows more for
age and less grain per acre.
Larger Amount OF Water.
There is no doabt but sIlage made
%rom ensilage corn contains a larger
amount OF water than that made from
lleld corn. In other words. thes the
former is more succulent than the lat
ter or that Il contains less dry matter
per pound or per ton. On the other
hand, ensilage corn produces a larger
tonnage than field corn and the CUES
ton arises whether the greater tom
mage containing less dry matter per
ton Is more economical for the dairy
COW than Geld corn sllage. which Is
more concentrated.
The Indiana experiment station
has been testing this matter for 3
number Of years and has come to the
conclusion that neld corn sllage pro
duced approximately l.5 per cent
more milk and 5 per cent more fat
than ensllage corn sllage. Ton for
ton, In other words, the field corn pro-
duced slightly more milk and fat than
ensllage corn sllage. but the yield OF
dry matter or OF total nutrients per
acre from ensllage corn was much
greater than from field corn. The DIFF
ference In yield OF the two kinds of
corn was large enough 80 that en-.
sllage corn proved the more profitable,
Similar results have been obtained at
the Ohio and Connecticut experiment
stations.
sIlo Any Part.
There Is another factor aside from
yield per acre to be considered IN con-
nection with this problem OF whether
TO plant ensIlage or Geld corn for tile
biiO. ~ tho tAtif6 Noiu NAop - " AHo
same variety. any part Of Il can be put
into the sllo. II, on the other hand,
ensIlage corn Is raised for the sIlo,
the particular field that Is set aside
for that purpose must be used. There
are times. owing to late planting or
to excessive moisture In the spring,
when some part OF the corn crop can
not be cultivated as thoroughly as
some other part. and may on that &C
count mature week or 80 later. In
such a case the late corn may be put
IL the silo. nnd the handicap due 10
late maturity partially avoided Such
late corn might not mature. and. I'M
less II could be put In the silo. much |
1f Il would be wasted.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
Best Kernels to Select
as Seed for Corn Crop

Whether to select smooth or rough
corn for seed is g subject Of general
interest. Many farmers believe that
smooth. tilnty kernels indicate deieri.
orHtl0n ia quality aud lower yields.
while others maintain that they secure
their highest yields from such seed
General observation and experiments
conducted IN many states for a mum.
Der OF years show rather concluslveIy
that smoothness OF the kernels ls not
q sign Of deterioration In quality. but
usually Indicates that conditions I'M
der which II ID grown do not favor Q
rough deep kerneled variety.
Il Is now known that rough kernels
are usually deep kernels which require
rich soil and long-growing season to
mature.
Smooth kernels, on the other hand.
tend to be shallow. They mature early.
On thin upland soil or In the drler
parts It will be better to select rather
shallow kerueled. smooth ears for
seed. and somewhat deeper kernels
and rougher ears for rich bottom
lands
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30


Tommy Norreys, an Irish GU
rate. invested In German marks
and when they went down and
kept on going Tommy ran over
20 Berlin 20 spend his faat-fading
Investment Tommy was a mod
est soul so when a gentleman
with an English accent APP
preached him IN his hotel and
called him Your Lordship.
Tommy bifnked his bright Irish
eyes. But when the head waiter
repeated the accusation. as he
bowed Tommy TO a table, Tommy
nearly collapsed.
who am IL Tommy asked
himself is Il a German jest;
am dreaming. or have 1 a dou-
bier" But before he had time 90
answer his own questions. he was
deep in sucn q mesh OF intrigue
as even his Irish imagination
never dreamed Of
A little later q very pretty
dancer threw him a note which
said: go back to London and
marry Viola Temple" Tommy
was intrigued 70 know who Viola
Temple was. but the lovely little
dancer held first claim on his
attention. SO he stayed. thereby
greatly compIIcatlng the already
complicated complications.
George A. Birmingham" ts
really an Irish preacher--Very
Reverend James Owen Hannay.
canon Of St Patrick's cathedral.
Dubiin-so you may be sure he's
portrayed King Tommy" to the
life and made him the lovable
hero OF a delightful romance In
a setting of light comedy.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30

low can't expect to step into a tlrst
rate job when he first goes into the
king line Of life"
But" / said. ''if you really are to
be a king"
AS his godfather l felt II my duty
to speak seriously TO Norheys about
his future. had thought Of quite q
nice thing to say, but he interrupted
me.
Uncle Ned wants me to- he said.
1T isn't q thing I'd have thought OF
going in for all on my own; but when
Uncle Ned has set his heart on it.
well, no fellow with any sense OF de-
cency wants TO start a family quar-
rel By going against his relations. I'M
less he absolutely has to. I've been
thinking things over since Uncle Ned
spoke 70 me. NY idea "a that kings
duty Is to make as few laws as pos
sIbIe, and 10 stop other fellows max
ing them II be can. What / always
say Is this Most fellows are ali right
II you leave them alone and don't 20
trying to make them do things they
don't want 70. OF course II they take
TO batting each other on the head.
then yUuAvs got 20 send d policeman
to stop them. But otherwise Well,
nay idea Of kings and presidents and
people like that rs that they've far too
coed an opinion Of themselves They
always think they know what's best
and want the ether fellow 10 DO It,
Whereas the other fellow knows real
y Just az well as they DO and nay
dea IT,: Let hfmL So long as II
ioesn't anmey aHyb0dy else much. lee
sann.~
Norheyr political principles struck |
ne M sommd felt that. II ever he |
'ecamA king Of Lyskrfa, should lfke
0 go an0 live there Taxes 1a9ht to l
u llwfsk fer the greater part 81 cur
laklonai lncouge seems to 30 n pay /
ng oaacials 70 eoEnpel people to DO
hangs they don't wmnt 60. There
Vould be mo expenditure OF that sort
0 IxssTim under N0FAeyM
s-TAeresn smother nellew In thas
tune." he said. besides Uncle Ned.
sveT hear eE amy ems called Cabae9s
Eve heard Of Pr0cUpana Cabla." I i
aid Everybody haa.~
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30

no breakfast might have fainted
through sheer establishment.
"A king" / said. Good gracious !
But--he can't possibly have suggest
ed your being a king. king OF whatl
wbereY'
docs seem q BIT OF q facer Just az
first, doesn't II. Uncle BHli But the
way TO look at all these things Is
this: Why noti Before you turn Il
down you ought to say to yourself.
Why notl That's what I've been say
ing 70 myself ever since Uncle Ned
sprang II on me-"
-well," l said. when you put It
that way / can see-I dare say you'd
make a fairly good king Of some very
small country. But I still find Il very
difficult to believe that your Uncle
Ned really proposed It. Did he men,
ton the name OF the country"
He did: but it's slipped out OF my
head for the minute. 1t was the same
place where my greataunt Elizabeth
went with that mucker OF hers one
hundred and atty years ago"
'Iystria," ! said. nBut-well, Of
course your Uncle Edmund knows bet
ter than I do. but have an impress
sion that Lystria isn't an Independent
state any more"
l was right about that. / looked
the matter up after Norheys left me.
Lystria. once an Independent king
dom, was Incorporated into the Re
public Of Megalla by the Treaty OF
Trianon. MegaIia Is one of those new
republics which make the map Of
Europe very confusing to people like
me who knew II before the war. No
doubt the Lystrians deserved to lose
their independence. The late king,
VI. backed the wrong side
In the war and like all who did that,
lost his throne.
"Lystria is the spot Uncle Ned men
toned" said Norheys. "Potty little
one-horse place. but Of course fell
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
Add Milk to Ration
of Young Chickens
Adds Greatly to Increased
Rate of Growth.

tPrsparsd hy thu Ualted states pspArtmsnl
Of Agricuiture.l
That the addition OF milk to the
regular grain ration OF growing chicks
leads 10 a greatly Increased rate Of
growth Is a conclusion reached by fed
eral poultry specialists who have stud.
led the matter experimentsily. The
experiments are still In progress. The
conclusion agrees with the experience
OF commercial ponltrymen who have
included milk In the rations Of young
chickens.
Another experiment conducted By
the United States Department Of Ag-
rDculture which promises 70 be OF prac.
tlcnl importance IL on the relative
etsciency OF mash rations containing
vegetable protelns. The results thus
far bear out those OF previous years
work to the effect that the addition OF
certain mineral salts to vegetable
protelns makes them compare favor
ably with animal proteins aa q pro
tein supplement for poultry. Unless
the minerals are used the protein OF
animal origin Is more efiicient.
These experiments are conducted at
the bureau Of animal industry farm,
located at Beltsvllle. Md. near Wash
ington. Last year the government
poultry specialists Matched about 1900
chicks with good results. The fowls
are used for q great variety % stud
les In breeding. feeding, and manage
ment.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30

Kentucky. says the Louisville Times.
soon Will be able 10 boast artificial falls
that are 20 feet higher than Niagara.
when the great rock-flled Dix river
iam--the largest In the world-has
oeen complete on the Dix river. near
Hlgh Bridge.
Here, between steep stone cliffs
which form the banks OF the river.
more than one and one-Quarter million
cubic feet Of rock have been used Ia
constructing a dam that Is go feet
high, 700 feet thick at It's base. taper
ing to "A feet at its summit. and has n
crest go feet long reaching from cliff
to cliff. The back waters Of the dam
will make lake stretching 80 miles
up the valley. A waterfall Of 2S5 feet
will be utilized. whereas the falls at
Niagara are only 1875 feet
In order TO provide an outlet for the
river while the dam Is being construct
ed, tunnel 900 feet long and % feet
IN diameter was carved through the
solid rock which forms the banks Of
the river.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
Raising Feed for Cows

The dairy farmer who can raise al
or almost all OF the feed for his COWS
has distinct advantage over the dairy
man who has 10 purchase bis feed. II
Ia cheaper TO raise the feed than TO
buy H. Such q farmer has two opporF
tunities TO make a profit. FIRST. IN get
ding market price for his feed at his
farm. and second. he should make
profit Oh hts dairy products. As q mat
ter Of fact, a man who has TO purchase
MI Of his feed must have an exception.
ally good market and efficient cows 70
make q profit
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
Giving Dairy Cows Rest

Giving the dairy COW a rest Of four
20 eight weeks ls g matter OF COM
mon pFmct1ce among dairymen every
where. and when we come TO study the
newer facts Of nutrition we are Inn
pressed with the necessity Of such
period for recuperatIon. The dairy
COW Is q hard-wOrked machine. Many
Of them give their own weight IN milk
nenth after month, and from year 70
yanr. and once a year give birth TO 9
calf mat may weigh close to 100
poum&s
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
CheaUen Mix Yield

The cost Of milk production depends
laFmslv upou the cost Of foodstuffs.
Tharsfors. 10 cheaper milk production
deiFyne0 should feed large quantities
OF leRumlnous roughages. such as al
falfa. clover hay. bean pods, possessing
hl@h dI@asefble content Corn siiage
smd laauninous rOughages should form
tbe baanss Of the dairy ration with
tlssm sewres Of hIgh dlgestibIe materials
tie Nxaan ration can be materially cut
dowm and the cost Of the dairy ration
rsswced.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
CHAPTER II

I took the first chance / got Of
having a chat with Edmond Troyte.
He was perfectly frank with me and
told me all about the scheme for
making his nephew king Of Lystria.
He began with the political part OF
the plan. The Lystrians are. 50 he
said. an intensely patriotic people.
and they very much dislike being
merged in the Republic Of Megalia.
In fact, Edmund admitted this to me.
the trainers OF the Treaty Of Trianon
made a mistake. a bad mistake. IN
depriving LystrIa Of it's independence.
.srhey are a people" said Troyte,
with a strong feeling In favor OF
monarchy. They don't like the re-
publican form OF government The
aristOcracy doesn't like It. The Church
doesn't like #, and IN Lystria the
Church counts for 8 LOT. Whatever
the patriarch says the people say aft.
er him. The patrIarch's name is
MeneIaus"
He went on to tell me that the Lys
trians would like to have their old
king back
but that's impossible. The En-.
tente powers wouldn't stand It. Be
sides, that fellow Wladlslaws is q bad
one. He treated his wife badly, she
was an EngllshwOman. AS 9 matter
Of fact, she was a distant cousin Of
my own
Any king who treats a relative Of
Troyte's badly deserves to lose his
throne. / saw az once that WIadls
laws had irretrievably lost his.
The Patriarch MeneIaus and the
Lystrian arisfocracy." said Troyte
know perfectly well that they can't
have Wladislaws back. So. some time
ago. they asked for an EngIlshman.
The only condition they made was
that be should marry the ex-kings
daughter. OF course we turned the
proposal down az once and no more
was heard OF IT.
sYou seem TO have turned IL up
agaip,~ said. Nov. whyT
That. IL appeared. IL where Proco
piua Cable came in. he had found
,uf chat the hYpsrian mountains were
run Of Oh. He tried to get q conces-
don for the development OF the Oh
selds. The Mesalian government hes
tated and wrangled and procrastinat.
d until Cable got tired Of trying to
leal with them. They had not money
'nough to deveicp the place them.
elves Theg had nat the knOwiedgs I
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
Fd:!I.IIIi.1!i.n!I.!E,IgtIl'

Use clean seed
Grind screenings before feeding
them 70 stock
-
Treat potato seed with formaIdshyds
or corrosive subIlmAfe.
Clean up around edges Of nsIds and
other places where needed.
Plan to grow three and cne-half
tons Of siIage and one to two Of Iagums
hay per COW.
Oct coed fertilizer soF TIRE garden.
An S-4-4 will give good results for all
kinds OF vegetables.
Boy legume seed and prepare to
plant several acres per plow 20 turn
under for soil improvement
Put In q few pIants of the red and
yellow cherry tomatoes for the chill.
dren. These baby tomatoes make
big his with the kida
when grass D. Included In a rota-
don, Il should be accompanied By
Iegume. and, for it's best production.
should remain down longer than one
year.
Soy bean seed q frequently de
stroyed By q pest known a. the com
mon bean weeviL Almost complete
control Of this insect can be secured
~ exposing the seed 10 sub-Sero tenn
Place the beans outdoors
q a sack on a cold day and leave
hem from e0 70 48 hours
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
Find Alfalfa Cheapest
Hay Produced on Farm

Cost records kept by southwestern
Minnesota farmers show that alfalfa
Ia not only the most valuable to feed
but Is also the cheapest to produce.
The records, kept under the super
vision OF the farm management dlyi-
sion OF the Minnesota College of Agri-
culture. gave sl2b1 as the cost Of an
acre Of alfalfa. Since the average
yield was % tons per acre the cost
per ton was $50.
Factors entering into the cost we're
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30
Part London
CHAPTER L


had finished breakfast and was
reading the Irish news In the Morn
ing Post. 1t gave me some pleasure
to read the irish news In the Morn
ing Post IN the early part OF 1922
The Republicans or the Free Staters
had burned my honse In County Clare,
and / liked being told that such peo-
pie come to a bad end. The Morn
ing Post told me that every day with
emphasis.
Lord Norheys wake in and greet
ed me
Good morning." Uncle Bill. Had q
good nlght7 Sleep sound and all thatl
Chewed up a satisfactory breakfast
What / always say ls II fellow
sleeps and eats he's at for anything"
/ am not Norheys' uncle, and my
name Is not Bill, or even William;
but / have known him ever since he
was born, and ! suppose he has
right to stick TO the nickname which
ne first gave me when he was a child
in the nursery. His father, the eighth
marquis, was my best friend. He and
] and Edmond Troyte. the younger
brother, were at Winchester togeth-
er. and afterward at Oxford. was
godfather to the present marquis.
"Thanks," said. Il got through
the night fairly well and the coffee
was quite hot at breakfast"
Il thought I'd inquire" said Nor
news. because what I've got to tell
you may give you bit OF a shock.
And what always say Is this unless
q fellow is pretty well braced up it's
better 70 let shock stand over for
a day or two.
Il feel as at this morning" said.
s'as I'm ever likely to; so unless your
news is really desperate--It's about |
Miss Temple, / suppose
Miss Temple-VioIa Temple OF the
advertisement hordings and the pic
ture papers-is very beautiful lady
with a spotless reputation. AT that
time all London was enthusiastic /
about her dancing. Norheys was more
enthusiastic than any one else
hoped he did not mean TO marry her,
out was very much afraid he did.
-YIola doesn't come In at all 20
far" said Norheys Though of
course she may later on. No fellow
can possibly tell who'll come into
what. can he7 You might be In 1t
yourself. Uncle Bin. before we're ac-
tualIy through H."
That, said. els extra reason for
telling me what Il is
-It's new stunt OF Uncle Media"
His uncle Ned-thls time real UNI
cle-is Lord Edmond Troyte, son Of
the seventh marquis. uncle Of the
ninth marquis Of Norheys. one Of our
zbleBt, quite our most sincerely pa
Erfotic statesman, at present minister
Ior Balkan affairs Whatever tire
stunt" was, IL must surely be safe
md decor0us Il Lord Edmund invene-
ID T. 80 ghought but 1 was wrong !
might have remembered that there |,
. queer vein OF advenfnruusness ;
md daring in the Troyfe family. Z
There was a Lord Alfred who made |
limself SORT Of Arab sheEk early Ia 1
he Elghfeenfh ceufnry. Before him 1
here was an ElEznbetham Lord 70 !
ammd who eama@ bark from tine Spas B
ID hamHm with aasapfml Of g0ad plate.
There was q Lady massmbagh TsoyRe \
mo married Prince Bosam OF Eymrfa b
. 1861 and after brilliant military 4
araex. bad hef bead cut ak By ghe b
'uFka. who were paayfnR about b Hys- .
Eaf aE fhat ffms xhex3 were others. i
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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30

In addition TO the hay. some farms
obtained hog pasture from the alfalfa
80 that the actual net cost was some
what less than the figure given. Cor
responding figures for clover and tim.
othy on the same farms show an aver
age yield Of IL tons and a cost Of
$3.50 per ton.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-04-30

~ mpral mhn4 nexsf win
ssseh es@seT Seed Influential
sesasmsrs nj @prs@ anything 10
p@a@lNle1
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-05-28
AUGUSTA SCOUT
AWARDED medal
FOR HERO STUNT

Pau Merrill, member of Troop
No. 2, Boy Scouts of this city. has
been presented with a medal for
heroism by the Kalston Purina Com
mission of st. Louis as a result of
a heroic deed last summer. At that
time Paul, who was at the Aaron
Ripley farm in Augusta with some
other boys, noticed that the woods
were afire and they tried TO extin-
guish the flames. Finding that they
could not do so Paul ran through
smoke and flames to the home of
Jchn Day, from which an alarm
was sent in to the fire department.
The distance to the house was over
a mile and when he reached the Day
home young Merrill was completely
exhausted, so much so in fact that
medical treatment was necessary. AS
result of his efforts serious blaze
was averted.
The presentation was made by
ScoutmasterAJack Hyde at the regu-
lar meeting of the Boy Scouts which
was held Wednesday evening. Paul
received the medal in his modest
way but was forced by the insistent
calls of his fellow Scouts to make
short speech, which he did In a
very graceful manner.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-05-28
COLBY SENIOR
NAMED SECRETARY
"W Boys DEPT,

At a meeting of the directors of
the Augusta Young Mems Christian
association held at the association
building Wednesday afternoon, at
tended by Harris S. Woodman,
chairman of the boys department
committee. President Milton o. Dean
and other members of the committee.
Raymond S. Grant, Colby 1925, was
elected boys department secretary
of the Augusta "Y" to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation Of
Leland L. Stacy.
Mr.. Grant, who will graduate from
Colby college at Waterville in June,
has been active in student and ath-
letic affairs whie at the Waterville
institution and has had considerable
experience in Boy Scout work before
actively assuming his duties here,
Mr.. Grant will attend the Leader
ship conference at the state Y. M. C.
A. training center at Lake Cobbos-
seecontee.
The newly elected boys depart
ment secretary was born in South
Acton, Me-, and later moved with
his family to Springvale. He gradu-
ated from Sanford high school and
then entered Colby. He has been
popular with his college mates and
the faculty in college and is a men,
ber of the Alpha and Kappa PHI
Kappa fraternities an dalso of the
Druids. He is twenty one years of
age. Mr.. Grant has also been con-
nected with Sunday school work and
is member of tho Baptist church.
He will come to Augusta Immediate
ly following commencement and
week at the state 'Y" camp.