WIIO WENT - - ^MUIWiUYM^ MAOflHE CDHI®, JERVWG M fRANCE l«i!few«fTD»rrl

|«APTER XXVI—Continued.

I ran Me the butt of that ■X The Soottie made am ta the ah-, hit the

I rulllnc orer twice, each ttme

: the eerth. and then reft »tlii. abont four feet from

rt of sitting r>««ltloo. I called to p too hurt badly, Jock?" bat r. He was dead. A dark red * mis coming through hie tonic nder the heart The blood ran I* here kneea. making a horrible <*n ids right aide he carried ole | bottle. I w»* crazy for a drink led t.i reach thlz, bat for the life p could not negotiate that- four I Then I became unconscious II woke op I waa In an advanced d post. 1 asked the doctor If il taken the trench. “We took mch and the wood beyond, all ' !»• said, “and yon fellows did bit: hut, my lad. that waa thlrty-

You were lying In No

b land In that bally hole for a day | half. It's a wonder yon are alive.'' told me that out of the twenty Jvere In the raiding party, atrveoI were killed. The offleer died of

raw ling back to our trench

B was severely wounded, but one « returned without a aeratch. withi risonera. No doubt this chap •• one who had aneeaed and 1m-

ly cut the barbed wire.

■ th.- .iffleial communique our trench

- described as follows:

11 quiet on the western front, exng In the neighborhood cf Gom-f-r'. wood, where one of our raid("riles penetrated into the German • n*cd!ess to say that we had no •r our persuaders or cwne-alongs. • brought back no prisoners, and ^ I die Old Pepper's words. "Per- ' * I don't believe that that part k '>rman trench U occupied." will « come to me when I hear some * trying to get away with a Ashy

vllt Judge It accordingly.

We had gone about three miles when I beard the death-rattle In the throat of the man opposite. He had go rest across the Great Divide. 1 think at the time I envied him. The man of the Royal Irish rifles had had his left foot blown oC I be Jolting of the ambulance over the rough rood had loosened up the bandages on his foot, and had started It bleeding egaln. This blood ran down the aide of the stretcher and started dripping. I was lying on my bock, too weak to more, and the dripping of this blood got me In my unbandaged right eye. I dose'l my eye and pcetty soon could not open the lid; the blood had congealed and closed It, as If It were glued down. An English girl dressed In khaki was driving the ambulance, while beside her on the Mat was a corporal of the It. A. hi. C, They kept np a running conversadoo about Blighty which nlw recked my nerves; pretty from the stretcher above me. the Irishman became aware of the fact that the bandage from Ids foot had become loose; it must have pained him horribly, becauM be yelled In a load

voice:

“If you don't stop this bloody death wagon and Ax this d bandage ou my fdot I will get out and walk." The girl on the Mat turocu around and in a sympathetic voice naked, 'Poor fellow, are you very badly

V behind t

CHAPTBR XXVII.

'bis drat-alu post, after InocuUK with rutltetanua serum to

it lockjaw, I was pot Into an Bin-

seat to a temporary ho*(he lines. To reach this

al we had to go along a road A>c miles In length. This road under shell lira, for now and then

would light up the sky—a tret* explosion—and then the road to tremble. We did dot mind,

uxb no doubt some of us wished I s shell would hit us and end onr vry Personally. I was not partiru'i v ns nothing but hump. Jolt, rat-

aud bang.

evemi tlme^tbe driver would turn and and give us a Itieero. mates, " be there—" fine fellows. : mbulance drivers, a lot of them

"'•-*1. too.

• gradually drew out of the Are ■ »ud pulled up In from of an Im- — dugout. Stretcher-bearers carU" down a number of aiepa and ” me on a white table lu a brightly

The Irishman, at UUs question, let out a bow! of Indignation and answered. “Am I very badly wounded, what bloody cheek ; no. I'm not wounded, I've only been kicked by a canary

bird."

The ambulance immediately stopped, and the corporal came to the rear and fixed him up. and also washed ort my right eye. I was too weak to thank him. but It was a great relief. Then I must have become unconscious; because when I regained my sense*, the ambnUnc* was at a standstill, and my stretcher was being removed from It. It was nlgbt. lanterns were flashing hero and there, and I could see stretch-er-toearoro hurrying to and fro. Then I waa carried Into a hospital train. Ihe Inside of this train looked like heaven to me. Just pure white, and we met our first Red Cross nurses; we thought they were angels. And they

tag my wounds, that he would have to take me to the operating tbrat*r Immediately. Personally I didn't care what was done with me. In a few minute*, four orderlies who loeked like undertakers dressed In white, brought a strvtchcr to my bed and Placing me on It carried me out of the ward, across a courtyard to the operating room or “picture*." as T-m my call* it I don't remember having the aneathestlc applied. When I came to I waa a gala lying In n bed in Muimey ward. One of the nurses had draped a largo American flag orer the bend of the bed. and clasped In my band was a smaller hag. and II made me feel good all over to again see the “Stars and Stripes." At that time I wondered when the hoys in the trenches would Me the emblem of the “land of the free ang the home of the brave" beside them, doing lu bit In this great war of dri-

llxation.

My x.ounds were very painful, and Mveral times at nlgbt I would dream that myriads of kbakl-dothed figures would pas* my bed and each would atop, bend over me, and whisper, "The best of luck, mate." Soaked with perspiration I would awake with a cry. and the night nurse would come over and bold my hand. This awakening got to be a habit with until that particular nurse was transferred to another ward. In three weeks' time, owing to the careful treatment received. I was able to sit up and get my bearings. Onr ward contained Mventy-flve patients, 90 per cent of which were surgical eases. At the head of each bed hung a temperature chart and diagnosis ■hoe: Across this sheet would be written “G. S. W." or ''8. W.” the formrr mealing gun shot wound and the Utter shell wound. The “S. TV." predominated. especially among the Royal Meld artillery aod Royal engineers. About forty different regiments were represented, and many nirunjcnts eothe respective fighting ability of each regiment. The rivalry waa wonderful. A Jock arguing with an Irishman, then a strong C'ocxnry accent would butt In In favor of a London regiment. Before long a Welshman. followed by a member of a Yorkshire regiment, and. perhaps, a Canadian Intrude themselves and the argument waxes loud and furious. Tne patimts In the beds start howling for them to Mttle their dispute outside and the ward U io an uproar. The head Bister comes along and with a wave of the hand completely rouU the doughty warriors tod again silenctreigns supreme. Wednesday and Sunday of each week were visiting days and were looked forward to by the men. because they meant parcels containing fruit, sweets or fags. When a patient had a regular visitor, be was generally kepi well supplied with these delicacies. Great Jealousy U shown among the men as to their visitors and many word wars ensue after the vtslton leave. When a man la oent to a convalescent home, he generally turas over hli steady visitor to the man In the next

PiTsiUTNOW A FEED CONSERVE!! In Great Ptalns States Underground Type Is Quickly Constructed and Permanent

TO INCREASE YIELD OF SUGAR BEET CROP Good Care During Growing Season Will Add to Sugar I Supply. TT

Niro Uttle soft bunks and dean,

white sheet*.

A ItrJ Crons name sat beside me during the whole ride whlrii lasted thro*- b<>urs. She was bolding my wrtet; 1 thought I had made a hit, aud tried to tell her bow I got wounded, hut she would pul tier finger to her lip* and aay. “Yes. I know, but you mustn't talk now, try to go to sleep. It'll do yon good, doctor’s orders." Later on I learned that she was taking my pul nr every few minutes, as I was very weak from the loan cf blood and they expected roe to snuff It. hut I didn't From the train we went Into ambulances for a short ride to the hospital alilp Panama. Another palace and more angel*. I don't remember the trip :

across the channel.

1 opened my eyes; I was bring car-

" ,u «n. j rled on a stretcher throngb lanes of | - rgraut of the R'-yal Army Med- people, some cheering, some waving I

1 '"Ta removed my bandage* and flag*, and other* crying. The flags were I ttonwse Ui

"" my tunic. Thru the doctor. Union Jacks. 1 was In Southampton. “ sleeves rolled up. took charge. Blighty at Issl My stretcher was '‘Inkeft a | m , j M-jukad |,ack. strewn wKh flowers, cigarettes, and 1 tl.i-n be asked. "How do you feel, | chocolates Tears started to run down •►bed up , bltr ; my cheek from my good eye. I like a answered: “I’m nil right, but I'd i booby waa crying. Can you beat It?— * » quid for a drink of Bass." Then Into another hospital train, a r nodded to the sergeant, who dls five-hour ride to I*algntou, another cm »«ted. and HI be darned If he balance ride, and then I was carried rr| uni with a glass of ale. 1 Into Munsey ward of the American only open mout h about a Women's War hospital and put Into a

,rl " r »f aa Im h. b a , j got .way with ! real bed.

Moat visitors have autograph album* aud boro Tommy to death by asking him to write the particulars of hi* wounding In same. Several Tommie* *ry to duck this unpleasant Job by telling the visitors that they cannot write, but this never phrsea the owner of the album; he cr she. generally she. offers write It for them and Tommy la stung Into telling hls experiences. The questions asked Tommy by visitor* would mak- a clever Joke I took !

i a military man.

Some kindly looking old lady will : stop at your bed and In a sympathetic voice address you: “Ton poor boy. wounded by those terrible German*. : You must be suffering frightful pain. A bullet, did you say? Well, tell me. I have always wanted to know, did It hurt worse going In or coming out?"

(TO BE OOMTtWtnCDJ

SILAGE IS WELL PRESERVED

Receptacle Should Last Indefinitely— Little Material Not on Average Perm le Required—Pilling

Not Expensive.

The pit silo, not n makeshift If properly built, has become a permanent feed ■•■mserver on farms of the Great Plains region. It U inexpensive and quickly- constructed by unskilled labor during the lull in farm work Just before fall harvesting. A farmer using bla own labor, obtaining sand and gravel at a small cost, and employing n homemade hoisting apparatus for lifting the silage, can build a pit silo of ISO to 180 tona capacity at a cash outlay of about 875. cement being the chief item of expenditure. Aa a guide to those who Wish to build nuch silos, a publication of the United States Deportment of Agriculture. Fanners' Bulletin 825. 'Tit Silos" giro* the details of construction aud drawings Illustrating the process and methods of making hoists.

Many Benefits of Silo.

Property ccnstfueled pit silos, requlrIng Uttle material not already on the average farm, should last Indefinitely, sad the upkeep is small. The cost of • m**unry alio is often prohibitive In the Great Mains region because the materluls must be hauled from distant railroad points. Wooden silos often weaken rapidly under the ciimat> conditions peculiar to this region. Pit alios cannot be blown down; silage Is preserved fully as well or better than In alsive-ground types; the silage Is never frozen; filling la a much less expensive operation: and the labor of getting silage out of the pit, which comes during the period when farm work is not pressing. Is reduced by home made

windlasses or pulley lifts.

As It is Impracticable nnd even dangerous to make a pit alio lu certain types of soil, a farmer should know the character of hls soil before attempting to build one, department specialists

• Locate the alio near the feed lot If possible. If feeding is to be done In a barn. 5 or 6 feet, at lessU should be left between the edge of the pit and the bam. Fanners' Bulletins 461. “The Dm of Concrete ou the Farm," and 589. “Home-made Silos," give valuable Information and detailed Instructions concerning the mixing, handling and reinforcing of concrete, the construction

of walls, and so on. Simpla Type of Holst.

The Ulust-atiun shows one of the simple types of home-made hoists In um. This device consists of a swinging crane, a windlass, pulleys and rope, and ^ box of some sort for the silage. A strong 4 by 6-tnch piece may be UMd for the upright or mast. 2 by 4 or 2 by 8-Inch pieces for the arm. and a 4 by 4-lnch piece for the boom. Only sound tin.hers should be used. The windlass and the plates of Iron oa which tne crane turns can be purchased at small coat. The upright

Careless Blocking and Thinning la Responsible for Lew Yield*—

Poor Cultivation Also Reduces Number of Plants.

(Prepared by the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture.)

Growers of sugar licet* are urged to give special care to this crop during the present growing season In order that the yields may Im> Increased, and in this way add to the nation's supply of sugar. There lx every Indication that a normal crop hjs been planted this year In nearly all sugarbeet states. In the past the average yield of beets per acre In the United States has been approximately ten tons, yet yields of 15 to 20 tons are not uncommon. If the 800,000 acre* «f beets which were planted last year bad been carried to maturity and increase of but one ton per acre had been produced by more careful method*, we would have had 800.000 tons of beets In excess of the normal crop, which would hare added 100.000 tons to our supply of sugar. As soon as the beet* have from four to six leaves they should be blocked and thinned, so that the plants

KMM

BUILD STANDARD EGG CASES

Railroad Classification Requirement* Outlined—Make Compartments

of Same Size.

(Prepared by the United Stale* IVpart-

tacat of Agriculture.)

Do you know the railroad elnuslflcatlon requiivmi-nts for n atuodarfl **gg

you should; so here they

ease? If n

Standard Egg Case—S-lOJnc-h venoors; 7-UWnoli ends and centers; 7-1G by 114-inch cleat*; 7-10-im-h center board must be nailed In middle of case.

Good Type of Sugar Beet.

VELOCITY OF BIG SHELLS

Problem of Hew Long

Time Is Required for Stone to

Fell to Center ef Earth.

7 , „* rop •* '**•« ala. It tasted Just M >lghtr. and that U heaven to

•Buay.

£“* •eld eomMMng «o an or ' 'he only Word I .amid catch waa -rotor*, - th** ikcy pai ».*** kind

This real bed was too much fur my ut. at rung nerves sod I fainted When 1 1-am« to. a pretty Red Croas nuree was bending over roe. bathing my forehead with cold water, then abr left and the ward orderly placed a screen around my bed. and guve me n much-Beaded bath aod rlean pajamas Then the ncreea wn» letaovcd ami a

. given me.

*■! » was me for dreamland 1 opened my eyes I was lying

'••etcher. In a low wooden bowl of alramlng Kiniywlinre 1 looked I saw ; It (sated deilrlou*.

1 'iiunUes on atreu-bers, some Before finishing my aonp (be nurer the world, and the rewt with i rams bark to ask me my name and heir UMutiia number. She put Ibis Information down -‘n lopic of tbelr coni<reatl»o ! In a little Ue-k and then naked: hly. Nearly nil had a grin on “Where do yon tome from?" I an

v vf Uberty;“ upon bearing tbla

Studying the velocity of ahells and ballet* fired In the wrar led Maurice j Rauger. a French geometer, to turn to the old queatloo of the time It would take a alone to fall to the center of the earth. Hls conclusion was that It would lake shout 2» minutes 34 sec-

ond*.

Gaaaenddl. who gave the aohject > mm h ihought In the last century, nude the time 20 minutes even. Mereenne on the other band contended that *li '

hour* would b* required.

Satiger aays that as tb* stone approached the center of the earth It would be drawn downward by the core of the earth end upward by the ahelt which It had already penetrated. The rale at wlilili the density of the earth varies or Increases as we [tenetrate to greater ncoth* la unknown BxUget a formula la baaed upon cons!deratl<>:.« ..f tin no•nicnl of Inertia of the caul a* calculated from the precession of the equinoxes, which agree with

density of the earth

a.and singly at Intervals of 8 to 12 Inches In a row. the rowk being 20 inches apart. Careless blocking and thinning la responsible In part for low yields. This Is readily preventable. Likewise, caret ess cultivation reduces the number of plants and thereby cuts down the tonnage. This Is also preventable. When the beets are harvested there Is frequently unnecessary loss doe to the breaking of the roots worn the beets are lifted, and by improper topping. If the beets are not delivered Immediately after they are removed from the ground, farther loss can be prevented by covering them to prevent drying. If the weather is cold they should be sufficiently protected so that the roots will not be frorted. Labor Is one of the principal factore Influencing acreage, as more labor Is required In the growing of sugar beets than most other farm crops. From all reporta labor conditions are mere favorable for sugar beet* than they were a year ago. The department of agriculture la endeavoring to meet the labor situation not only by encouraging the shifting of labor to the centers where needed, but also by encouraging the development and produrtlon of Isbor-aiivlng machinery. This year there will lx- several beet harvesting roaeblnes on the market, some of which have been thoroughly tried out and are capable of doing sat lafactory work. Throe Implement*, which likely win be In general use |n the near future, will do much lo relieve the labor situation and thereby lend encouragement to the N-.-t-sugsr

Industry.

R'ght Way to Arrange Strawboard, Excelsior, Cork Shavings or Cut Straw for Fillera. The two compartments must be of the ■ante size. Fillers.—Hurd calendered strawboard. Set to consist of ten trays and «2 flats. Pack top of cane with corrugated nrdilnn*. excelsior, cork shaving*, or cut straw. Pack bottom of case with corrugated cushion. Vlnch cushion tillers, excelsior. cork aha Tings, or cut straw. Use flat between egg*, both top and bottom. Kxcelalor. cork shaving* or cut straw cushions must be smooth and of uniform thickness. Fillers-must weigh three pounds for ten trays and 12 flats. Nail*—Third cement-coated, largo bead. Fifteen nail* for each side—five la each end; five in center. Fifteen nails for bottom—fire la each end; five in center. Eight nails for top—flush cleat. Two nails for top—drop cleat. Two nails through cleat Into eticti piece of end. Nalls through cleat* must be clinched.

SELECTION OF POULTRY FEED Reduce Cost by Using Low-Priced Substitute Grain*—Oats Are Cheaper Than Corn.

itrted in * shaft *

tliafta.

-re driven light throu

AnW|»>dro nfter X* mlnntro :m aeron and then return lo It* starting poll at wbli ll It wmild make Its rroppei uJirr at the end »r I hour 17 minutes

On# of the Simplest Types of Homemade Holst* In L 1 **—It Consist* of a Swinging Crane, a Windlass, Pulley* and Rope, and a Box of Some Sort for the Silage—if Desired the Windlass May B* Replaced by a Pulley and a Horse or Team Useft to

Lift the Silage.

Uxitild b» braced from the top with I •ary guy w|ti-« •e>-urely anchored. If d- aired, thewlu-tla** nta) be rep'ari«l by a J-Ollry and a hoiae •«r a team u*ed lt> lift ih - silage, Tbla is (lie tvituinoa prei-ih'- where targ- numbers of ratI" *1 •1 Th • .1-1 ■ Ikis after being

r placed upon a truck, derice may be placed uaed to empty two or Whatever kina of iiagp I* built, «r pur- ! have a Irip liottani. H II may be unload..!

B!u LOSS PREVENTABLE (ITrpared by the United B'ata* Dapartmsnt of eunlculturr , It would doubtless be safe »•> aay that we are paying out an Dually aa a price f.„ shat amounts to national negtigenre graln enough to fill an elevator of 90,090.000 buahela capacity. This vast and really lorxeuaa"J I* exacted by preventable smuts. It la n waste of suf fleteot wheat to supply our allies with 4.000.000 barrel* of flour, and oat* enough to feed 1.100.000 home* far 11 year. The simple nod Inexpensive formaldehyde treatment of seed will nave moat of this loaa.

SMUTS OF GRAIN PREVENTED ' I greenish dlw.

Those Moat Readily Subject to Control rejected 1 Are Annually Destroying Wheat, Oat* with ' Oats and Barley. ' *em tu :

— . 1 ter than cunt

<Prepared by the UntUd Rtataa Depart- Indigestible In tient al Arrt. ultur. , that groin |e Notwithstanding the fact (bat man;' and ll» f.-edini

groin smuts are easily pn-vetitabh those most nadlly subject to cnnlro

Prepared by (aa I'nind States Department of Agriculture./ While fanners, as a rule, have fed their (ajultry the grain that wn* che-if*-e»t on the farm, many poultrv *pclallala and nunt suuill p-utltry keepers hove been arru*totned In uae llndr favorite poultry feed* without eoo*ldrring either the quality of the supply or the ponatbllltlro of using «heup-

I er auhatltutoo.

Under normal condition-w corn fn I hrorly all parts of the United Sion-* j Is the cheapest poultry feed. At the present time, oats are nearly everywliere cheaper than corn. When corn p.ow down to 81.50 n buolid. oat* should be 75 rent* and barley fl.Jf) a bushel to give the same value for tba money fed to poultry, a* i-oru. The common character* and conditions of grain w hich rough v dctermlno ; their value* aa poultry feeds are eu*. Ily eatlmited by the eye. or by weight j or bulk lo measure or (ontoln.-ra of

j known capacity.

J Good cracked corn I* fiord, bright, •-lean, ft**' ftvm soft and tli-iffy par-th-iea. t orn that U cni-h-l (not cracked), and ahowi much *.ift, ehnffy I and nrnly matter, almuld he rob-d proj !«>rtloiutlely below g.cd arretted cairn ! In fmvllng value. t'rar-ked corn In j which any oonsldcrnhlc amount of

•» i-.pprnre Hh.iuhl

may