CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES. SEA ISLE CITY. N. i.

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HARVESTING SOY

BEANS IN SOUTH Saving of S37.50 Per Acre on 5P

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By An American Soldier Who Went

Arthur Guy Empey Machine Gunner, Serving in France

Cep7Tt«M WIT. bj Anker Oejr Kaprr

Bushel Crop of Corn.

Mechanical Seed Pickers Now F tmen i„ M, ny seciicn* or country Being Used Successfully in : Ha “' Cro ' , ln Fie,d and Lt,ve Many Localities.

NEW MACHINES ARE 616 AID

EMPEY LEARNS THAT SOMETIMES A STREAK OF YELLOW CAN TURN PURE WHITE.

Synopoio —VIred by tbo sinking of tbr Lusitanls. with the Ion of American Urea. Arthur Gny Empey. an American 11 ring in Jersey City, goes to England and eollat* aa a private in the British army. After a >hort experience as a recruiting officer In London, be is sent to training quarters In France, where be first hears the sound of hig guns and makes the acquaintance of -cooties.” After a brief period of training Km pry's company la aent Into the front-Une trenches, where hr takes his first torn on the fire step while the bullets whit overhead. Empey learns, as comrade falls, that death lurks always lu the trenches. Chaplain dlstlnguiabes himself by rescuing wounded men under hot fire. With pick and shovel Empey has experience as a trench digger In No Man's Land. Exciting experience on listening post detail. Exciting work on observaUon post duty. Bock In rest hllkts Empey writes end stages a successful play. Once more in Uie front trenches. EmtKT goes “over the top” In a successful but cosily attack on the German lines. Soon afterwards Emory and his comrades repulse a determined gas attack launched by the Germans. His next experience In B member of a firing squad which executes a sentence of death.

CHAPTER XXIV—Continued. On his left. In the darkness, he could make out the shador-y forms of trees; crawling on his hands and knees, atopj,inr and crouching with fear at each shell-burst, he finally reached an old or.-hard and cowered at the base of a shot-scarred apple tree. He remained there all night, listening to the sound of the guns and ever praying, praying that bia useless life would be spared. As dawn began to break, be could discern little dark objects protruding from the ground all about him. Curl-, osity mastered his fear and he crawled to one of the objects, and there. In the uncertain light, he read on a little wooden cross: “Me. H. 8. Wheaton. No. 1670. 1st London Regt. R. F. Killed In action. April ?\ 1916. R. L P." (Rest In fesee). When It dawned on him that he had been hiding all night In a cemetery his reason seemed to leave him. and a mad desire to be free from it all made him rush madly away, falling over little wooden crosses, smashing some and trampling others under his feet. In his flight he came to an old Preach dugout. half caved In and partially filled with sHmy and filthy waUke a fox b-lng chn--d by the bounds, he ducked Into this hole, and threw himself on a pile of old empty sandbags, wet and mildewed. Then— uti'-tinuciousuers. On the next day. he came to; far distant voice* sounded In h!« ear*. Opening his eyes. In the entrance of the dugout he saw a corporal anti two men with fixed bayonet*. Th. corporal was addressing him : “Get up. yon whlte4Urered blighter! t'urwe you and the day you ever Joined I* company, spoiling their fine record! Ml lie you up against the wall, and a good Job too. Get hold of him. mm, and If be make* a break, give him the bayonet, and send It home, the cowardly sneak'. Come on. you. move, we’ve tiecn looking for you long enough." Lloyd, trembling and weakened by Ida long fast, tottered out. assisted by a sohUef on each side of him. They took him before the captain, but .-ould get nothing out of him but: “For God’s sake. sir. don’t have me shot, don't have me shot!" The captain, utterly disgusted with •dm. sent him under escort to dlv!«l«n headquarters tor trial by court-nmr- •*■!. charged with desertion under Ore. They shoot deserters la France. Ihi ring his trial. JJoyd sat a* one dated, and could put nothing forward in hi* defense, only an occasional “Iton’t have me shot!" HI* sentence wa* passed: "To hr -hot at S :3V o’clock in the morning of May |K. 1916.“ ThU meant that he had only one more day to live. He did not realise the awfalne** of •ds sentence; his bruin serened para•ysed- He knew nothing of bis trip, under qprd. In a motor lorry to the sandbagged guardroom la the village, where he was dumped on ti.' floor and loft, white a sentry w l .n a fix* 1 bayonet paced up and dov n In front of the entrance. Bully beef, water sn-J nUrult* were left ••ealdr him for bis supper. The sentry, seeing that he wte noth •ng. came Inside and shook him by the 'boulder. Buying la a kind voice; “fkieero. laddie, belter eat aoaie’hlng. You’ll feel belter I*oo’t give up hope. You’ll be pardoned before morning. I know the way they run these things. They’re -wily trying to •e-are you. that’s all. Come now. that's « good 1ml. eat soutetblng. Ml make th.- world look rjifferrat to you " •Ihe good-hearted see try knew he **» lying about the pardon. He knew nothing abort of a muscle •-ould save •he pour lad

ie local hostile him su hour’s time, the chap r. sec him. bat Lloyd would ■f him. lie wasted no par i to he pardoned

had. An intense bombardment of the enemy's lines had commenced. The roar of the guns was deafening. Lloyd's fears V-nme back with a rush, and he cowered on the earthen floor with his hands over his face. The sentry, seeing his post.inn. came In and tried to cheer him by talking to

him:

“Never mind them gun*. t>oy, they won't hurt you. They are our*. We are giving the Roches a do*e of their own medicine. Our boys a.e going over the top at dawn of the mo-nlng to take their trenche*. We'll give ’em a taste of cold steel with their tutorage* and beer. You Just sit tight now until they relieve you. I'll have to go now. lad. as It’s nearly time for my relief, and I don’t want them to see me n-talkln' with you. So long. laddie, cbeero.” With this, the sentry resumed the pacing of his post. In about ten minutes’ time he was relieved, and a D company man took hi* place. Looking .Into the guardhouse, the sentry' noticed the cowering attitude of Lloyd, and. with a sneer, said to him: “Instead of whimpering in that rot' ber, you ought to be saying your prayer*. IF* bslly conscripts like yon whst's spellin' our record. We've been out here nigh onto eighteen months, and you’re the first man to desert his post. The whole battalion l* laughin’ and pokin' fun at D company, had luck to you! hot you won't get another chance to disgrace u*. They'll put your light* out In the marnin'." After ItsU-nlog to thl* tirade. Lloyd. In a faltering voice, asked: They are not going to shoot me. arc they? Why.

were bursting all around the guaYdroom. but he hardly noticed them. Wh'l* waiting there, the voice of the sentry, singing In s low tone, came t< him. He wss singing the chorus of the popular trench ditty: I want to CO boms. I want to go boms I don’t want to CO to the trenches no Where the "wMatbangi" »"■* “sanaacs*” roar gator* Take me over the ora. where the Alleman!

Lloyd listened to the words with a strange Interest, and wondered what kind of a home he would go to across the Great Divide. It would be the only home he had ever known. Suddenly there came a great rushing through the air. a blinding, a deafening report, and the sai]' ,, iag wall# of the guardroom toppled over, and then —blackness. When Lloyd recovered conscious-n.-s*. he wn* lying on his right side, facing what used to Ire the entrance of the guardroom. Now. It was only a Jumble of rent and torn sandbags. His head seemed bursting. He slowly rose on his elbow, and there In the east tindawn wn* breaking. Rut what wa* that mangled shape lying over there among the sandbags? Slowly draggles himself to It. he saw the body of the sentry. One look ww* enough to know that he was dead. The soldier’s head was missing. The sentry had hxd hi* wish gratified. He had “gone homr." He was safe at last from the “whizzbangs" and the Alietnand. Like a flash It came to Lloyd that he was free. Free to go “over the top" With his company. Free to die like a true Briton fighting for Ids king and country. A great gladness and warmth came over him. Carefully stepping over the body of the sentry, he atari* 1 on a mad race down the ruined stre -t of the village, amid the bursting shells, minding them not. dodging through or aronnd hurrying platoon* on their w:iy to also go “over the top." Coming to a communication trench he could n->t get through. It was blocked with laughing. cheering and cursing soldier*. Climbing out of the trench, he ran wildly along the top. never heeding th« rain of machine-run bullet* and shel!' not even hearing the shouts of ths officers. telling him to get bark Into the trench. He was going to Join hi* rniapany who were In the front line. He wa* going to fight with them. He, the despised coward, had come Into his

own.

While ho was raring alone. Jumping over-trenches crowded with soldiers, a ringing cheer broke out ail along the front line, and hi* heart sank. He knew he wa* too late. His company had gone over. But *1111 he ran madly. ' He would rutrfc them. He would the I with them. j Mrznwhile his company had gone “over." They, with the other eotp1 panl-s had taken the first and *—-ood | German trenche* and had t-'i*he.l | Mrrdlly on to the third line. I* cocn paiiy. led by their captain, the who had sent Lloyd to division be lnuarter* for trial, charged with dc—rtlon. Ii-d pu'lo-d steadily f*>rward uti’il they f iund them selves fur In advance of he rest of the attacking force. "Itombng out” trench after trench, and u«ing ' their bayonet*, they <arae to a ‘ • •nnau 1 . oumiHiilentiofi trench, which ended In : a Mlndoap. and then the captn:. and I v. hut wa* left of hi* men. knra they ; u.Tt- In n trap. They would -t reiwnimny net*

Growers In Many Districts Now Consider It No More Trouble to Gather Crop Than Oats or Wheat— Time for Work. TRrepared by the railed States Department ot Agriculture.) The difficulty soy !>enn grower* hare experienced in harvesting their crop lias been the greatest handicap in Increased production, hot the development of new machines and accumnlated experience with the crop have overcome most of the tronbles previously experienced. Growers In many districta now consider It little If any more trouble to harvest soy bean* except for hay than It Is to harvest oats

or wheat.

Harvesting soy beans for hay la practically the same process a* harvesting cowpea* for hay. Any difference Is In favor of the soy beans, for the vine* grow more erect and do not become tangled like row peas. Soy bean hay Is usually made by cutting when the pods are half filled and pat' tinlly curing In the swath before raking. Sometimes a tedder Is used for curing, tint not often. After the soy lieans are raked Into a windrow they may be hauled directly to the stark or ham. but the usual custom is to shock them on hollow racks made of poles. When the soy beans are shocked on these racks there Is a holl.iw space on the Inside which allows a passage of the sir and rausc* more rapid and thor mgh curing. The hay 1* so thoroughly cured on these rack* that It

By making as much silage n« can he u>etl stockmen will do much to conserve the feed supply. At least :r7 per cent of the digestible material of the corn plant Is left in the stover when the ears on'y are un-d. When corn Is ensiled thl* .T7 per cent g'M** Into the alio with the GT5 per cent In the ear. The Importance of this saving will be more aptuirent when given n money value. With a yield of SO Im-hel* an acre, the value of grain Is $75. at $1-50 a bushel. Sinn- the stover contains

UTIUTY OF VARIOUS BREEDS Wyandotte Is Early Maturing, and B«ing Well Mealed is Not Difficult to Fatten. aTcpared by the United Slates Department of AcnculturO , The common classification of breed* according to their placet In the general scheme of poultry production dlvldes them Into three principal classes laying breeds, meat breeds and gener-al-purpose breed*—that Is. breeds that are not aa ready aal persistent egg

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sentry said they’d m». For God's anke—don’t tell me i m m he shot!" and hi* voter died away In “Of courae. they’re going to stioot you. The >thrr sentry wa* Jest a-ktd-din' you. Jest like old Smith. AI»r/« a-tryle' to cheer munr one. You ain’t got no more chance o’ l>rtn’ perdoned than I have of genin’ to be colonel of my •bait.’” When the fart that all hop- wa* gone finally entered Lloyd's, brain. « rr.lro seemed to settle over him. nod rising to his knees, with hi* srm* stretched «*ut to heaven, lie |»mjed. and all of hi* soul entered Into the pmjer. “<). good and merciful G-d. give me ■trengtb to die like ■ man! IMiver me from this coward's death. Give roe a chance to d!» like my mstrs in the fighting line, to die fighting f»r my country 1 this of thee.” A pm re hitherto unknown came to him. and be crouched and cowered no mure, hut calmly waited the dawn, randy to go to hi* death. She ah ell*

they could see hundred- of Gcrmani preporing to rush tie : with bomb end bayonet They wnu' !:*ve some chance If ammunition and l--mb* could reorti tbim from the rear. Their supply wn* exhausted, and to- tn-« realized It would !>«• a case of dying aa bravely a* |*«aible. or mskluc a run for It. I»u: I* cotB|«tiy wouM not run. It *a* against their traditions and principle*. The Germans would have to advance aiTosa an open space of three t- four hund.-ed yard* before they cou'd get within bombing distance of the 'r- u^i. and then I’ would be nil their own way. Turning to hi* company, the captain

said:

"Men. It’S a case of going W. «t for n*. We are out of ammunition *nd bomba, and the Bodies have u« hi a trap. They will bomb u« out Gar bayonet* sre u*e|c*» b*-re. We will have to go over and meet them, and It’s a case of thirty to one. send every thrust home, and die like the men of I» company should When I give the word, follow me, and up and at them. Give them b ! Lord. If we only had a machine gun. »•' could Here they Colne, get

I Striving After b'rength We think that we ahal! win truth | by striving after strength. Instead of : knowing that wr shall gain sn.-ngth I Just In the degree that Wa become

I tru. — Hiimpe Brooks.

Soy Beans Shocked on Racks—Hollow Space on Inside Insures Ventilation Essential for Prorffr Curing. rnn be Imlcd out of the shock, which frequently I* done. The usual custom. : however. Is to store tlx- hay loom- In

1 the barn*.

Harvesting for Seed. ‘ In harvesting soy bean* for seed me-ctranlr-al picker* an- used quite exten- ! *1 vely. The*- pickers an- of different make*, but nil have the same general priurtpic. They run astride the row* • i.nd knock out the bean*, leaving thstem*, leave*, and hull* on the land. The machine 1* drawn by two mule* end operated by two men. One roan drive* and another throw* out the ex- | r,-** trash that accumulate* in tin- ' bark of the machine. The picker will j hold from 4 to n hnshel* of lean*, j When It I* full, the bean* an- emptied I and handled In dlfferect way*. In one i mmnton method the le-nn* are run i through a half-inch mesh sieve to re ; Move t!ie coarse tnnji wind then an- ' sacked. One or two m<-n handle the ' rteve. These men may be the same who operated the machine or they may leextra men. After thl* the henn* ancleaned with a fanning mill. Time far Harvesting. Hnrreirtine with a plrker l»egln« Atn.- time after the leave* of the plant have fallen. The time to begin I* when the first pod* pop o|ien and throw out tlie hesn*. A* the picker work* best only when the bean* an- dry. the machine l* no* ataried In the morning un j til the dew I* off. which I* umally 1 fnrni 8 to II o'clock. When the day’* , work I* once rtnried. It I- customary | to continue work until nightfall withi out stopping for dinner. In the «oy ' b-*ari district picking usually begin# shout th- la>t «f October and last* j through approximately 10 days «f i g.vel picking weather. 1? it ralii', the | maturing of the bean* I* checked and i picking I* resumed when the weather j again beromea dry. A machine will pick fn*m S to 6 aen-* I«er day. Waste In Picking. ! The waste of bean' In picking u*u- ! ally varies from one-twentieth to ••n< I fourth, and. *« a rule, averages ate.Ill one-eighth. If the plants »ra blown : down or have long branch-* so the machine cannot handle them weli. the va*te may he more than this, or If the I le-an* are left on Fv vine* too late, no j that many of them pop out. the wa-t-age may he higher. Varieties of lieati* | 'list la-gin fruiting some distance from | h-a*t" wa-'e by a Jd-ker. and tld- I* I on- advantage of the nammoth yellow *oy bean Hog* are usually turned in to elewo up the waste bean*, so ’.hat in tart tfctrw la a very UtU“ loss.

more than one-third of the food nutrients It I* worth at least one-half aa much as the grain, or $37.50. How many farmer* will willingly leave In the field $37.50 an acre? Yet thl* I* done In many section* of the country where the corn l* husked and the

stiver left In the field.

But *tfppo:*> the dry stover I* fed as roughage. Even then it I* not well saved a* completely ns In allage. When, under ordinary farm condition*, com Is cured In the shock the loss of dry matter If approximately 25 per cent and may he as high as 45 per cent. The**- losses are due to the breaking off of leaves by the wind and In handling, and to destructive fermentations. The loss of dry matter In the silo • Is very alight when the silo Is tight and the silage well packed at the I time of filling. As silage the cornstalk Is all consumed, but as stover | only the leave* are eaten unless It la | shredded, and ev en then a great r«rt j of ihe stalk Is discarded. Some feed- ! lug experim.-uts show that even In ] shredded stover :be portion dlwurded I* a* high as 31 per cent. Thl- iIn addition to the loss of dry matter

j during the curing process.

Too frequently nn unfavorable *»-aI son like lust year result* in the loss of the whole com plant or In Immature soft corn that i* of little value. By far the best method to Utilize dim which l* immature at harvesting time U to put It Into the silo. Even frosted com will make satisfactory ullage If harvested at once. If It becomes dry. It may In- saved by adding water during the filling process.

• n • -V. • r. * r - * "•C-a 1 GOVERNMENT AND LABOR 2 • * • (Prepart-l by Us* I'nltvd States <: C Department of Agrl'-ultarr ) • • No deiamncnt of government * 1 ho* any authority uu<W the law c • to seize labor nor can the gov- • <: eminent create lal-ir. The best • • we ran do is to study eaeh sitna- £ • tlon nod to furnish information • Jj and every possible aaaistnn-'- In # -.. shift lag labor from one neigh- o • ta>rh-»xl or region to noothsa. J • and If that 1* mil possible In r. • 2 given ea*e to cal! upon the towns J '■} and cl tie* dependent u(ion agrl- f> a culture to mobilize all town men " of farm experience for aid to • • farmer* If need be. by suhstitut- 2 • mg women i'- »ior-s and aliops J 2 in order to relieve the temporary •> :> emergency.—Clarence Otialey. • • A—l-tant S« Trtary of Agrleui- •

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GARDEN TOOLS NOT COSTLY Largs and Expensive Assortment Not Necessary In Home GardenThree Indispensable. (Prepared by the Onlt-l State* Department of Agriculture.) In order to have a home vegetable , garden It Is not necessary to acquire a Urge or expensive assortment of tool*. A spndc. hoe and rnke are ih>- | jouly tools that are lndls|»-n-alde. A , . gurdrti line can be hnpmvlw-d from j pie*'- of twin*-, and two sharpened ■tick* will serve a* *tak<-« A tr->wei ••an lx- fashioned fn»tn a pb—e of thin board or from a shingle, while n —rvI Iceahle aeratclicr or weetler can b«- ] made by driving three slender nail* j through the rod of a piece of lath. An•they kind of good weeder ran be node from a piece of ho«|> Iron bent nto a loop and one edge Sharpened. A wheel hoe. or rntnbliiatloh wb«-el lor und seed drill, is a splendid tool, ind there are a number of xtaall band <*oH that are uc-ful in th- garden, ujt these are not eMentlal.

Splendid White Wyandotte, producers as the laying breeds, and not as meaty and ns easy to fatten as the meat breeds, ye: combine la one Individual fowl very good laying capacity with very good tabic quality. The Leghorn. Ml: orca. Andalusian. Ancona and Complnr are well-known breeds of the laying class: the Brahma. Dorking cad Cornish of the meat class; the Plymouth Rock. Wyandotte. Rhode Island Red and Orpington of the general-pnrpose class. The breed* mentioned as of the laying class, with the exception of tb« Minorca, are relatively «mai;, very energetic and lively, mature early, and are easily kept In good laying condition. The Minorca Is of larger sloe and modified somewhat In the other particulars mentioned, yet has more the character of the laying class than of any other. In the meat breeds, there Is not the same uniformity of type that Is found In the laying breeds. The three mentioned differ decidedly. The Brahma Is most j-ipulur because it Is at th« same time the largest and the roost rugged In constitution. The Dorking excels In quality of meat, hut Is generally considered somewhat lacking la hardiness. The Cornish is rutner hard-meated, but, being very shortfeathered. has It* special place aa a large meat-producing fowl In Sonth*** ly sections where the more heavily feathered Rrahma docs not stand the summer welL Among the popular breed* of tbo general-purpose class there arc also difference* In type, adapting breed* to different uses. The Plymouth Rock Is generally regarded as the tyjie meeting the widest range of re-iulrcuienfes in the general •purpose class. The A'janduttc la a little smaller and earlier mututlnc. but sail very well i.'cated and easy to fatten. The lih«*de Hand Red has nearly the same standard* of wvlght as the Wyandotte, hut la u more a live Idrd. not putting on fxt r. a lily. Consequently it apprunehe* the laying typo and Is popular with those who want egg* and meat tat want egg* most. The Orpington Is at the other extreme In the geoeral-purj'iM- rtass being a heavier, meatier fowl than the Plymouth Rock. Such a list of breeds affords *o wide a range of choice that poultry k, ' t ’P' era can always select a standard brood better adapted to their locality and their purpose than any nonstandard stock they can procure and having the farther advantage of producing true to type.

DRY LITTER FOR SCRATCHING Damp Material Is Practically Useless—Clean It Out and Renew It at Frequent Intervals. (Prepared by the Unit*-! Ktstse Department ot Agncuttui. ) Straw and simitar material gathers moisture and when the Utter becomes damp enough to be limp It Is pmctlcnlly usele ■< for fowl* to scratch la for their groin feed. Scratching Utter la the poultry house la essential, bat ; It should l»- cleaned out and rvaewed I frequently.

Best Pullets to Keep. Keep the pullrtj which mature quickly and start laying Those w hlcb start laying ub- o less than 2U0 days old. or nearest that iff, are the test layers If they have had the best care.

Develop M>lk Capacity. The capacity t- give milk u d aped In cows by breeding early-

Necessary for Large Flocks. It is pretty geueraUy odmlttod that the Incubator and brooder are neco* allies whirs large flocks of poultry are kept