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An IditO.r Talk
t'VCtting en a eaels haele," WQ4 41K,11411(aRr that can be eenverted into
heeileg in a peper that attracted 0141re:icy, eiipeeially if mailot town
nottee se few days 4go. It is a grand re convenient. Miley thine are ,
eitiTeetiell. ter OS all The article Waal lowed to go to waste on nearly every
r.ot whet we expeeted to come under iferre that townepeople would be Sle41.
the title, theaiih. It adveeated wen.- to get fresh from the farm. The rent -
may met thrift; the first eelateacee beeer Mere likely to webeli All theee
iteet ° thinand. tlirn OM into cash.
"A dis.tireguislied. writer once eall * * *"
that false politiceel econen*, false, astreer. p1oltnon1"!-.:14
'Jens Mt vcctuenuo questions incorpore,e-eerea shoo esta eether eouesea eon.
eked into the adminietretion of pahliet tains this timely wcir thoughts
Offairsi eSineed the People o. the World! The war hes brought 1ome to Ise all
1" -re more aaPisk tkaneeeine very Inanely and humiliating
all the wars, Pestilence lead iaxnine"truths. There is an awful waste in
that ever afflieted the Ititnart raee, 1ynnr1rnn,neee ar_es war eaeneensee_heya-
travaganee ideas'of econ" brought to notice the unnecessary'
way have been egtfallei disastrous ttej and wicked extravagance of even the
hest regulated lives. The, first great
waste te have the , spotlight thrown
Upon it is the liguer habit, The war
has done what years of argument
seemed powerless to acceniplieh-
showe that liquor drinking is one of
the greatest fops not eeleete the so-
eiai progresS bup to sound, national
prosperity. , The it has else- been
shown that the isaue in teed and
*thing is More than sufficient not
only to maintain inenenge. &melee ne
'the' field but stipportlilie myriads here
at henie Ny110.114VP.00,t (*Ugh to 'COW
them front.StarYin0. or freezing to
deetle,„If nething"else ,earne of. the '
Wan, and national eCottiniii; in.. thew
farmers and their families.. If they
• mild live free frean mortgage they,
Mast live. Within ; their ineanla• If
they lay by. anything, they must keep
a strict ,eyoto econdmY In things 'both
great. and and small, keeping constantly
in view the .well-known old Englieli,
saying; eTake care'Of the pence; for
the pounds will take care of theirie
• Selves*.'", 'This truly excellent ' Ade
vice`arid.we will all de weil to heed
'it in: the conduct of epr.pereenal ex-
penditure, our home affairs, in ,the
s'manageMeeit of our business and of
• our office help. Strict 'Vigilante is
neceeliert at all time in de*,
Partenefitie . • '
*,^ •
respects was ithe results, the scourge
' Our expectation was along the line amine not have been in Vain- wrk°
of PaYIng °•441 fm what. one buys -.-t drUnhard, ad r glutton S11411' genie . to
the only practical business way , poverty and the ,netiotie that waste
this age. age. 'But theold credit system I their resources stall come to similar.
dies very hard, Why it continued in disaster: -
these inoneyemoving days we •cannot
explain, .unless it be that, some pee
-
pie are never banner When out of
debt,' There are certain periods when
the thought a paying up comes into
our mind and we feol like suggesting
to our readers .that they make
Oreille effort to get.eut, of debt at Snell way, we should all practise self-denial
tiznes. ` April lst ie the beginning of in the matver of eating. Life peesbr-
ei new quarter and practically •the .vation being a natural instinct of
opening °i snringz• and makes a suit' Mankind and its contingent necessity
ablepriod for rounding the Pre- that of eating, our diet becomes
vious quarter by paying off thadh- one of the most vital questions to us.
gations contracted during the winter *
or carried over from last year, The
AA old proverb -not -Very familiar
greatest setisfaation that conies from in Canada though -says it is not the
use 'of.moneY Or from moneY is t •
. le• t make the stomach to amble,
which comes -from giving joy or co.
but the stomach the legs. Food is de -
fort' to °that. Paying one's debts es,
fined. as a substance with a store of
we alwaye think, double-barrelled etc-
e.e* .* *
We recently' made the assertion that
eating too much has caused • the hu-
man family far More early deaths
than 'strong drink. Everybody eets,
but onlY a few eemparativelY indulge
in-spiritpoue liquera to excess,: An' -
latent Or potential energy,manifest
tion ---it makes debtor and ecreditor
beta- h . • • apay.-nownse le "2: as1144V:electricity, .nterlianieal:nuove--
. ...menteoreformative powere-se-as---t
can be .inadO tudifeY equal this. siA4ve ,tha purpooe. of healthy. life, Or
for tion: Unadulterated satisfacTey
the experiment and lank camps 1 a'subStance aiding the rnanifeste"
ation or application of this energy.
jab the face -Of Your crediMr and:ob' This is, rather profissionel phimeeo-
'• servO how- it will bearP• witk' deliPte• logy but it is retellY, expressive. and
pub- pen, ainounting to, at least, more than
,
If that &me not make Your' Own •he:::: true. SO emineet an authority as Sir.
thump for joy, wmym
e istake our .ale
Henry Thompson. says that 4.,propor-
• up. Bogie with yeee newspaper:p
; liher arid sseeshowastheeeexpeeinte
• -one-half of dieeitee;:-WhieNr embitters
operates 'on his Setd, elongated vieage. the -middle -and letteepare-ot-life;-is-
-• •dee to avoidable errors of diet We
Another thought before we- dreli• sincerely believe the doctor is 'right,
, this inoneY question: People somehow for have we not all seen scores of
dyspeptics who through stomach dis-
orders • and other consequences of
over -indulgence in eating, have made
eral (miners of farms sell Outt end rent lite for themselves •disappointing, un
-
their fatmto, an industrious and re- happy and profitless,,a 'term of pale• -
ePectahle tenant beeanse said. owners ful endurance; while for many it his
couldnotXeakeithe fates: pay anything, actually shortened -life; to say nothing-
' Worth 'While beyond .the outlay and about the. reieery such victims of the
cost of • living. The. teliarefe however,' blues have caused to friends who have
Will pay the rent; and besides make a to live with them.- ;Our- advice to.
like to •read and etalk about the al-.
Mighty dollar, The older ones among
our reeders have no doubt lcnown sett-
htble money to the good to that in•ii
: few years he is to •buy the fame
In our short lifetime we have known
demo such instances., • Industryhad.
, "much to clo with success.' It is wen-
: derful hew Much ineirednetive time
Wilt creep into farm life as well as
•.1 -nth an industrial concern if a .eareful
and watchful .eye not kept oil the
recurring della' program. System
elegre and outhelps• greatly in. getting.
ou with work; Regular', meal hours,
, regular work periods, being forehand-
ed 'always, doing all work to best ad -
;Vantage, haling the best labor saving
devices, Watching the leaks that will
occur in a -hundred Ways -making the,
beet use of tinte; means and then with-
otit beteg- Mean, .misetlit, or a -sieve-
driver-these things. will usuallie
Rare financial success,: . • -
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Neve that We are on :the far*, in
spite Of the fact that One of our reed-
• era of these balks teed as yesterday
that we are an armchair farther, we
essay to „direr a few'more.suggestions
. why tenants • succeed where landlords
fail. •Knowing he has his rent to pity
• overandabove makin,g the farm pay
him for his earn labor and his hired
• help, the 'renting farniee will per-
force be a farm. student, plan
ahead for his crops, field by field, and
tryto adept the eight kind of crop to
best piece on earth.
th' soll and sod emicbtioxis of each • • -7-*--es
. field; he will he careful to waste or. Wide difference of opinion exists ori
the age et which a child ;should start
going to school. School fixes the
minimum age a ye years. , e o
with those who favor the age Of seven
as young eriough to begin a reguisir
school mirk.. We. would nob object
to younger children, say of flee years,
,
on some ferns .hy ;neglect of takirtg' gejpg to school in euniniek time, if the
eareof inipiernente; housing when not eeaeeers will
see that they Spend fully
in uht',. 1049Ping good etabe of re- a half of the time out-of-doors at
•• pair so that man and team may not play. In towns' and eitiee kindergar-
• haYe g° for repairs some day ).vlieh• ten seheots should he established for
work presses; These are a'few points -Yining Children, even as yqung.as four
teme-inte4nr-thoughts,----With
years ofeage. We-lieteei greatly -In fay -
care, .systeni; Planning, eaononly, and or df kindergarten schools and wieli
' on tiMO_ with,worlr,---there must- .they S•kveye available:to Sinai chit.=
be the exercise. alWaya. Of coMmen dram SChool-age for children start-
• sense. • : ' "ing their educational career is a torde
girls me -never marry a dyspeptic!:
• ..,• , * • * * •
• Dyspeptics are never 'cheerful, and
who wants to live in a dull, Cold,
cloudy, morose atmosphere? We
should. try to get all the sunshine in
life Possible. A. ehterful home is a
kind of heaven ,here below. ,Alnieet
.everybody will pilt on, or we should
say; weir a pleasant face. when Meet-
ing friends or when AwaY-from, home.
It is true as the gospel that we pester
really know people till we live with
'and come in itiugh witli persons in
their home -life, the human heart SQ
deceitful. ,At home among loved ones
who sacrifice for them in many, ways
and COnstantly plan and work to Make
life easy lot them, the cOnfirmed
bili-
ous has few siniles- appre-
ciative words, but more than likely
frowns, grumbles, and days harsh,
cutting words that grieve the heart
of his companions -in the. home.
Reader, turn 'your. thoughts . "inward
on yourself, „ What sort of home indi-
vidual are you? In your own house-
hold do yens often display temper,
find fault with. the meals,' end day ae-
kind things instead of radiating
smiles and sunshine in Your home?
You don't 'do that :among strangers.
For goodness sake 'don't lei a grouch
in your home, butt help make zit the.
, allow to go to waste as little as pee
tale; he Will be spitematic in allehis
, --make eery step bell for progress,
so to speak; watch. the -markets, sell
at best time -usually, a rising . mar-
ket. good money. lost
AMER:ICAN W EW 'OE POLAND
. - •
e
• .40n•owing elie people lett .witiroutesnelter or feed as tneeCier• •
•
euen „era** Urertun 'cow! tr,y. ••'
chicitee Weiteinee
•
when he started in the kindergarten
classes . is somewhat •tenger. It . is
only a- matter of Months in most
eases.
stiff dough in an oven neither tim hot
tier too slow should give good results.
* * *
War conditions are going tci'work a.
• • revelution in many respects. $o many
"What would you do with a boy like men have gone to the treat from u
that?" wasthe question asked of tile vereities colleges, high and pub
editor .17°11,Ori. 4 thriving little fellow :schools that the , that se
lees than five years of age ran from teachers would' soon again be
home to jump on passing sleighs -the charge of the public schools will
most natural aet in the world, Jump- be realized in this generation.,
Ing onto passing sleighs and cutters, are told that less than 20 per ce
we mean. It is a strong temptationof. the normal attendance of etude
'-rnuch greater than maey teninta- in English colleges are now -found
bions to which, many parents yield: A them, °Wing to the response te t
lone boy playing around home and call for soldiers. Canada, _ahem
• make very dull tompanions for our -
em
eur S-4"1Y4lsn,11011101)-vind' tell they
light" '
selved, very long. at a time; and *h.* ' liar intereit and the Wender is wh
expect little. 'children to kill time,
several homes daily alone? . It is one of a permanent eharadter.
time Parents, what • do , yeti say • to
that punishment?' We older elms. times,
Buy him a handsled or toboggan, con-
struct -a slide, arrange with a neigh- ssehools is telling on, the efficiency
iihrtelortiroal4
to give the kiddied fun and occupn-
seeieg such a, chance would be a model
lad who would not "beat it," as they similar
say. What Would we do to the boy
II -the outeefericarrepastime necessaey !
Whiisth13,9tYbisurbcfnir-laneureperoviauddee; .-- '___g 1esults_othe-futzure-of-th
icn: •ther the present adjustment will
? departure of so thauyernasters fr
I war conditions is surrounded by pec
departments Of service, women. nu
net affected. a badly,' • ' i
by engaged to fili the vacant pe
umey•deiiertinents aredwill have f
all claeses- of senior public and hi
sehools. In schools as wellas in oth
: Thus the situation created
,
corlitions prevailing. T
e
:ileainge., for puitable playmates, This ie. 0
kind before this war broke out What staneea, if livieg in tovine city or vile , of
seasonable Playthings and era
we
•We•were never St) greed of Woman- ;•no.tr.-ev-
o er ami lea similarly eircum- 'says'
• . •
ip e single e 1 Pt.° e I to leen out of "all ihoportiOn to i
. ' imp:kin-ice or value'. The school is
az ' especial---coireer ' an apparent fav
•
all-roued development of character tine
miniature of the conimonwealth, st
..tet- who Views , this matter wi
woman's influence in it has hithe
the, life: of the 'world, the sha
that if school life Is a Mien:ices
progress can be made in t
threyiveratho
' do? ' Canadian thothersa'. life -of the -school is -fully- recognized',
til-wornan'S influence in the corporate
-•••°
.t KIND OPMEN -(2
'THEY'RE 'KILLING I
• ei;1-
ENDID SPECIMENS OP 1314T -
MANHOOD.
riloter Qf the Natiokt i1wLa.id
Liown 'Mk` .1141/41n,ithe
1re1tWa
libeler the title of "The Kind of
;1111,13-..tThh9-truPti-titn,RLitgli,*tV4;$sti'
Doom TrunSeript, has a very line
tribute to e couple of• young British
officers' who he happened' to know
'IterY Welli and Who have fallen a the
front. Than namesare by to 41041#
•tie fannies as many -who have ithd
.down their lives!in France and Flan,
• ;dere but what Mr CoUin wribee o• f
them shoUld he long. remembered.
They are by ens Means observe p.m-
sens.. One of them was one of the
• finest Rugby .Playere of his day, the
other almost equally illustrious As an
eipogent a Soegor;. but they Were not
better- kno•wa than• hupdreds among
-the twenty-gve thOusand Brftish, of-
fieers he havefallen ia . this war.
'They ere, in the opinion of Mr. -Col-
lins, j'Ust fine rePreseritatii-e speeimens
.of British manhood 'brave 'and, culti-
vated gentlemen Nxho epithet sought
'nor shrank from death, whoese careers.
'were just' beginning, and :ghee -bad
-they -been spared, might have become
great among the greet, ter they,lack-
gedreantontebsiseg 07 the equipment a
Bentley glair. •
ate- reale I eeds---Plie Beefs or_Al
order to malibLutItii ()1:12:1-1, recor-d--
Sorne men entettnin the , Wee the
ith
cow, she must be particulexly well
• bred, fed on specially. prepared feedSz
and stabled in the Meet 411.0deXil
stabies,!1. Pat atice;eserily tha
oa,se. . Many cows, that are a credit
• to their evener$, have attained the
Pinnacle of fame in the dairy weala
by having the rightbrood le their
,Veins, end then eimverting feeds, euele
grown on the average ranee,
We, milk and •hutter fat. Tru. the
dairynnin plays en -important part in
securing the best tron his coWe by
olluthuebilifetltYivtiodesat1i
14(llYnimthall,leencldulitealuceolmits
I in Mine' netted herds are raieed int
-101:31.wtendraoure4zilgte,
wito *2u2
esiougeee-
t h oil-ctikel -or eelf-eneal andlipele.
It le believed •that -Oa aveeaget
'farmer with his grade stoeic ean
eresSe the returna from his rows` by
judieiousty combining the feeds'
grown Ob the farm with a faX1141 quan-
tity of purchased concentrates, rich
in pretein, to form a balanced ration:
The cow ie a: Manufacturing plant, •
and the finished product will. be in
keeping- with the cepacity • of the
.rrPele4tteISItudrett•iintse,libao,lth suthIlipulda'• nt tiFriudr'
raw materiel. Palest he good. •
In •some districts dairymen • are _
rnising choice valves without skim-
. milk; and with feeding -anti', ar
• anuairit of whole milk. Dairymen
with a supply Of skim -milk have the
mevantage over these f selling whole
milk, in raising calves, A geed deal of
the auccess in feeding young or old
alpine's depends on the feeder.. ,Feede
ing stock, 80 as' te keepit in !good
cdedition all the time, it is not an
easy task. „Simply pitting Ithe feed. ,
in the -mangers is noteenough; but the,
animals must be 'Watched closely t�
see that the feed agrees evith them
There are many little attentions given
to the stock by ,a real stockman that
weuld never be considered irnportant
by an amateur. Yet, it is • paying
strict attention to details that brings '
success. • It is necessity to know each
individuals animal in the herd, and -
eadeavor •to supply lte wants. •A
variety of feeds to form as near a
balanced ration as POSsibleeregularity
in feeding, and strict atthntiens to
details, are items of importance „that
are • considered by the successful '
stockman, -Th e 'Farmers', Advocate. ,
One of . them was. Lieut. P. C. B.
ni- Blail Of the Rifle Brigade, who was
lie ..'
kitten in action in ;Ypres He was 014-
dereel to attack and had leaped from
in '
eei the trench to lead his men, when z a
" shell fell at his feet, and the next
We
nt. second was his last. Mr. Collins I
says:
nts
'Gotiofin a flash' was all the noble I
in •
'promise of his life, leaving nothing
he
ah but, a.memory and grief and pride be -
see hind. • The one bereavement whieh
lalone'had the power: to daunt ande*tio
he I depress him a Month before -his mo- i
one'
gh ther's death -now seemed alinost a
mercy. She had made the crowning
of
secrifice in eieiving up her only son
ar- ;
for the supreme mime of the Mother- ,
an • an • 1 erty, an it was we tz at
er she was spared this final blow. To
1st 0, who mourn him -.-his lonelY•father
a"-
above all -these memories I .hae
te-iiched upon, And Many more besides,
u- •
e.. are infiniteTy ptecioes . and abidieg.
be here is no occasion to paint • the
A waste and pity of it all, for these are
the iesenee inal-the irony. of war.
or Ileweeeanetay-is-thatewheise-danger
was, there went Bentley Elair, and
re ne:Cleath could. be so apt for .hirri
this, perishing in, a noble causer. Hie
r- this,
ts
a
nd
he
maiden ladies* bate,hetor " girls, we and admitted. ; It has been'very truly
should say, sisters, aye, women of said that "a large partofeducation
all agate elegises and social relations ; consists of social contaCts," As it So‘•
are doing their bit egeilly,witli men cial group tho. school cannot fully ate
in the trenches, ,Nursing Sisters are. ban its object Until -women are given
flocking to the hospitals is fast as I a fuller share of partnerelsip in what
they can get . to the wounded soldiers should be a cominon service to Mane
to give them attention and help lu i kind; but it is difficult sometimes to
every possible way -noble women they stimulate' men's imagination Suffi's
are. •We are told that hi England ciently- to en
eipeciilly •women are very active.
Over 200,006 women have responded.
to the call df the government for
girls and .women to• engage in farkn
work in the absence :if the men at the
front- Many were unaccustomed , to
•the work, which is certainly; in its
heavier • aspects, •not too inviting.
Nevertheless, the 'Women are buckling
boo with quiet heroism deserving • of
all praise. . They are doing the tough
out -doer work with cheerful spirit:
Those who need teaching are being
taught by the mere experienced. But
here is an army of women_leaving
the comfortable eneiroziment to Which
they bad been, .accastorned, and tak-
ing up what essentially-, man's
work Diem the beginnieg-happy if
they- can show their devotien to their
country. It is noble in thein. Their
work will shine out among the many
eatable reeerds of this War,
*
We. all like good bread. - It may be
of sPecial interest to our - female
readers to: knoie how students in cook-
ing schools are taught to judge
bread. ---.how be spore bread is the lan-
guage of, the school. EverybOdir is
personally inteeeeted. in good bred,
so our male reedees may also be Pleate-
main issue
,etrection, bu
le thein to see that the
'schoel life is not in --
the elevation of sOciety.
* ,
One reads with sincere curioziity
these days the varidus 'political, reli-
gious, trade and other publicationato
see the remarkable change of view-
point' that is rapidly being manifested
within the months of this , year of
grace 1916. One interesting.' writer
whose pensproduCtions we have read
weekly for years and .who we never
imagined would come round .in favor
• of prohibition for the State, owing to
• his advocacy for long time of personal
freedom for the individual in matters.
of eating and drinking, working and
playing, church attendance and reTi
.gioue duties and so forth, wrote for
his weeklit budget recently as -follows:
It his been Co long contended that
whet° prohibition has been adopted
that it does not prohibit; that 4 per -
ion riaturally supposes that in this
.Province if prohibition is crystalized
into law one migh,t be able to get • a
drink if be •wahted it. .Even, so, the
surreptitious drink is not so.geeat an
evil as the open bar Where men hav-
ing spent their *ages, are :kicked orre
to the street, The open bar is a men-
ace to the decency, the respeetabile
college and hie University will honor
bine and the annals of manly/ant'
will keep bis'laurels green, but f he
had .had the eheice he would- have
preferred (next perhapslto a spot in
e)' r
lonely grave at YPreeeewitleTahis „c
that greon.hillside of his native shlet
hjn
conirade4, and a pimple .cross abo
as • the *Intel. for. properly. attending to
the the varseus feeds' into a balanc-
ed -ration eultahle for the dairy cow
The inethode of raising calves and
feeding high -producing etas as peete-
ticethY 'a noted Ayrshire hive:lee, of
Neil:wick may coevince breeders just
• starting in the business that breeding,
, careful feeding, and proper attention,
• are the esseetials ineheilding' Op a
•show herit. •.•
• Xlie heed referrecl tie.consiets of
froze" 30 td 35 animate, in the pink
of conditien. Individual yearly re-
cords are kept, and Mature caws pro-
duce from' 10,000 to 12,000 pounds of
high -testing milk during.a lactation
period. In years past, animals from
this herd have won laurels in strong
competition at many of the big shows.
This herd is housed in a *Relighted,
frame stable. Silagerforms the basis
cot the ration, and about forty. pounds
is fed each animal per day. Corn
•for ensilage is sewn quite thickly,
as it is believed •nriore feed, and bet-.
ter, feed!. can be gown per acre than
if ,corn is ,sown with the aim of pro-,
clueing matured cobs. • In filling the '
silo, e coin is cut very fine, and it,
is believed to make better silage than i
the Coarse -cut • corn. A few eoots
are grown an the farm,and ere con-
sidered exeellent feed for dairy cows.
if 1j were net for the extra 'Athol; en-
tailed in handling a root crop, a larger
acreage 'would liee-g-roWirClover
hay is fed night arid meriling. The
concentrate part of the ratioe is com-
posed of oat chop and brine' In 'equal
proportions, •the amonet , feci each.
cow ' depending on the milt floi.v. he
heaviest milkers . are given from ten,
to twelve pounds per daye. 'w� or ,
three pounds of oil-eake e;• . goiter
seedeniesereare-leal-pea-days-elettsfere-
Spcculence Pays. • •
ot secenlence, eelietheie etipplied •ae•;
pasturage, soilage, of • rootee
are many. . Just as our 'own aepetites
axe stimulated • by • fettits and. grows,
vegetables, . sueculekit feeds - are re- • •
lishes efor - the animals of.. the farm, •
inducing them .ta core -mine .more feed
and: conveet. it into Useful arocluete. •
It is reaeonable to 'hole that' such
eseedaine.. feecls-st4-melate ifigee ion, •
az ,. it is wele-known that theiabenee
fielal laxative 'action aids,,$,-roatly
keeping the digeetive •tracts• geed'
endition. -There is mieloubt that, for. •
reeding stOcke less tense and more '
ietery flesh, a' natural ; 'sequence
eeding succuleric.e, is levee •cendeeiVe; .7
vigorous_ yoting _at birthaa-nd- to-
'Nurnerous' scientific trials and cern.
Mon .experiences on farms hgve abun.
dantly demoetrathd the value df add- -
ing succulent feeds 'ed. the rations pf.
farm apientls. The .bene'fieial effects'
enc e is given to -feeding. ollseake 'one
meal, and ccittoeseed the next. 1:be
cows 'are watered in the stable b f •
c
erg: pirned .fint ler exercise when' the h
Weather Is favoiable.• "
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the MilkFrom Thi.e Herd •f
goes to-. a' cenderestery, con,sequently*her t
e is n9 s =sleek . on which to .
Mso. the delves. When p.oasible, the
ow's are bred.to freshenein the -fail;
their hearty maiptenanceriafter, :birth
than is the eendieion hied, dry flesh - :
pe-cTducedeby feeding' only diey-feseiges,
hrough the ,winter., •• • .
the dairy cow gives het Maxima=
eterns when she is eupplied With -
ucculence, Such feeds tend toward
Lipid sturdy growth ivith the ...young..
ve asethere usually More time duripg t
it, to aziy other fame the world h
in its gift.", • ' •
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Great Athlete,. Eine Scholar.
• The .Writer had .met hien firsts.a`
guide orrsorne of his pilgrimages
the Lowlands of Scotland. He w
the inihistees son, Reid a boy th,
everyone loved. • Later on at echo
and college he had distinguished him
_self for his athletia peewees and f�
his scholarship... He played for Fette
for three years, and in the kit yea
his school teeth was the Rugby chum
pion, of Scotland. : He went to, Cam
bridge with several scholarships, an
played for his university against Ox-
ford for four years, In 1913 be wee
an international • player. Bentley -
Blair ewes a young giant, as gentle as
he was strong, and he mastered fit
studies as easilY as he mastered hi
sport. He distinguished himself.'i
the Classical Tripes, and after lea'
ing Cambridge • Studied for th
Egyptian Civil Service.' After havin
• e .calves and heavy milkers, than
there is in the spring and summer s
'months:. Whole milk is fed the .cal- r
f f
ve eek, after re
in whict the quantiiii of -Milk is geadu- f
as ally reduced and prepared calf meals in
at used. At four- Months . a age, the th
ol• cakes are fed only" four 'Pounds of tu
- whole milk, and are entirely weaned
Z' from milk by the time theyi are three. sh
months old. , Qat chqp, ailsettke si- a
r lage, and clover hay are kePtehe'foee m
- the calves. On - the above feed, 7:king p
- animals appear to be thrifty, • th
d ' Other breeders in Norwich dis- ra
trict, Who have made big and lo
butterefat records with • their .herdee bit
rely on silage, clover' 'hay, vat chop, az'
oe
in
si
pr
of
St
fe farm ammals.-__Sonte eucculeht•
-
Ood, is espechily .:benefielaT in, keep -
g the ,lierse in condition, to which,'
e' thrift of- the work horse . when.
reed; out to pasture bears eititnees. „
But horse.at hard or feet work
ould receive only a limited allowe'
ncyof these feeds. Steers andsheep '
ake rapid and economitat gains on
aster°, and grass-fed animals are: in
e b6St Possible condition to mike
pid when placed ire the feed . •
t. Athong themost important cone
ibutions of the experizneut -station:4
e their • demonstrations, • Of . the
onoiny of feeding silage to fatten,
gt cattle and sheep and of the pose'
bilities Of cheapening the cost of.
°Clueing pork through the utilitation .
pasture.--Miseonsfn,, Emeriment
ation:' •' " '
bran, and oil cake cottonseed meal,
s eto ,form the ratieri. The firet three
s Seeds mentinned:can .he .grosen on al;
n most any farm, arid the quantity of
the last three feeds necessary to 'be-
e lenge up„the ration is notlarge. Cowe,
Written his papers he was suninione
to meettlie Board of Examiners, and
there, to his amazement, instead of
testing hine on academic subieets,they
asked him his 'opinion •of the playa of
Shaw. ' It appeared that he knew as
much about them and about conteni-.
porary literatuie as he did about
Rugby, and convinced the examiners
that here was a cultivated man, Whose
mind was t� -him a kingdom, and thet
he could amuse himself and others'
even. in the lonely stretches' of a civil
year in Egypt. '
A, Agee 'Officer. •
science has of late. years been given
greater attention in colleges and espe-
cially In ladies' collegee, than. ever
before, and yet we .do not know that prohibit, for a Jninority -cannot hold
Many graduates in •cooking ',from .afoof froin the prevailing 'sentiment.
home much,
smetecohl!ais'egmuolasrti,yvbearkpasoerabsaid'e.amakci a: IWitl-temineeetmeetability feowns on drink-.
Prefer, ingit has got to stone-400Pa. Or -later.
the hOme-made variety.. States -in-the-West, our awn'
ing and baiting is an art that eVery weste-indeed, all over Canada, one
girl should learn, 'eo We will contri- secs :Ike teiumph ,pf the' prohibition
buteethisable of-ecienti6e_informat• ' principi;,. That_striunirdi is wetuun
Learning to tightly judge bread by at the door. The value Of it couldenot
, • •
pointe. will : esi ant,ieh 'tr. i bring ups the. to ever -estimated. A dry state or
standard of: quality. To this caul thie commonwealth, would -make for ;every
,
card is suFgested:
, - . sort of' advance, morel; physical aind
, Elayot . , .,... , .... , .... esSit poir,its spiritual. -.-The 13ewmaneille States -
Lightness' . :•'.... • 45 s ' owl, • . ' ' •
. grain hnd. bexturey. ; . , ... : 20 • " -,e,.. 4. .. .• -
I cCi,rtUrnagtab-Levoll)lrovr:lernPiohis, :glair,. e. ,1106. ' • •• ,ki"elleli.ephly,'astiicei:tn'szi .1(v)6ween c'Doi!iia:ullitirrii;. be-
- -
Shape and s4c • • . - • .; • ; to ' side the bed of a Man supposed to
....
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' Total . ,,,,, . ,,, ......., .100 . .
- -,e...-
•
• ‘"No," said one of them decisively,
have appendicitis.
Plavot' is Most important, for the "I think we should Wait, until he gets
value of bread depends largely, upon stronger before operating,"
its - taste. Dread Shoidd be light The other doctor .opened his mouth
throughout, determined Itirgelst by to speak, but the patient beat him to
use Of the proper emount-, of yeast, it.
and allowing bread torise the proper "What d* you take me for '2" ' he
length of time until it Just doubles, its, asked teettlY. "A cheese?"
bulk.. Grain and texture are decides:I
largely by the kneading which evenly ,' ; INintestie Dilemma. -
distributes the yeast, thus ensuring it "Charley, dear,"' Said yoluig Mrs.
hie) even- grain. The -eremb should, •. Dawson, "would yen . .enlist if' yent
be oreanny White not dingy and gray, &witty called poll?" •
and sliOuld be moist and elestk, with ••"/ tIon't •Itnow 'What to say. if I
,iio dinighiness, The crust 'should • be angwOr 'N'o;' you'll say 1 don't; love
thin,. golden *own' Old flaky, The my' country, and if' i atiewer EitegV
loaf should not be ,too large to bake you'll say I don't like to stay. at
well:in, the ' centre. A moderately bathe .
. ,
,
, • 1 e
even the case of municipality,or tomtit
or city, where there is, a minoritY o
residents •prohibition will come - to
was* stricken ildevn suddeely.;.lt is of
the very nature Of things, as the writ-
er says, to -such as he must leave be-;
hind them troops- of friends to lament.
their loss, and -that such is healrould
Ale' in war' who never -had an _enemy
except the enemies of their race. - .
FAMILIAR FACES GONE.
Organ -Grinders, Coeters and '•
Shoe -
blacks Of London.- •
It 18 tradition 'alma ej
e war.
'• in the meantime war had broken out,
and he had become 'a fine recruiting
officer,. training -not fewer than SOO
men. Be 'applied fia; a commission,
but was told that he had to gO__toi
Egypt. Thither he -went, hutas 'soon
as his first leave came he returned -to
England -and -enlisted. -lee proceeded
to the front and met death at 'Ypres,
bub not before his men had learned
to -regard bianeas 'the -best officer hi
the British Army. A few days after
vvae, killed by a shell
another, man, .hardly his interim' . in,
mental and ' physical, gifts, Lieut.
Cyril Dusey, anether friend of Mr.
Collins, met his death somewhere in
France. His father was the • Nestor
of the dIritish Parliamentary press,.
famed, too, as an athlete, but in latet
years noted Tor his mastery of chess.
Front China to Fight. •
• . being now much considere& AecOrd-
' (hie .paragraph more dig ing to a statemens, issued by 'Chief, In -
and we'll -ewiteli on to another sub.,' specter, Ce.wie,y of n'oronto Board of
loot' This is where the., Wise judg- children who enter 'piddle
mentor eominon. sense comes- ti. ',in school in., the first book "•-fo'rm,- when
. Order to succeed in this bialinees, relit they are eight, or nine years , ttkO
.
businesi methods must adopted-- suceeed passing the. Entrancea
. .
cx-
attecesSful fernier. newadays omust •amination:in a shorter time -than those
be it basilicas Irian. In the matterof entering at an earlier age. A child
-prices for.farin' ptoduce,' th quality entering when die or six years of ago
Must •ev-er.be in mind,and nnist bo usuallY remains in the schools for
Afiest-class, It is 'a •good thing•Tor 8 ellghtly over:eight. 'years. Those
eii
-fanner tad his wife to win a repute. toilog at *goo of obi and seeeis . gel
mon 1).0 ,reliable ,prediects: • EVerY"- through in it few Inenths over seven'
-thing has to be put up in a clean and yearees There is only aekey .months'
. attractive fol -in, for aPPciirii/ll'e difference between,this eflass and those
• /counts Mueb.• tutter is ?IOW wrapped eaerfog when 4 year1
' and must:net' come rontact entering When eight or :litii?YTi.isearP:7).
with. anything nob spotless „and clean, age eternitygot through:in six years,
. he taste, Muat he so good that your anti in some eases take ,P$ long as
611etereettl will telt for More. ' •A -S the seven years. Those tinder these con-
vnifous hinds orfield, garden and Ot. (Wiens who •graduated 'at . last Bk•
chard products, comes la:season ).110/4 trance •eXambations' attended school
Pricea CAI be Obtained. 'Often there, N.. p1 yars. The average timeit
jtre Jittic eurpliifieff Otte kind and tolco tipil,,to pais • the Entranee
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O)f
,
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,
Lieut. Bussy was employed by a
great blink in China when the war
broke •out, .1U -immediately resigned
his Position and returned to England.
He Marle,an.exceptien.el.nam,e-forliim-
self in handling and drilling volun-
teers, andas ,kept at his task tong
after he had begged to be sent to the
front.Finally the petthission -tame,
andit seethed as though his (leered
• wish had been granted. He carried
into- active scrvice 'the same soldierly
thoroughness and.efficieney that had
marked hins in crimp. Ilee was, as
Mr. Collins says, "a genial and hand -
Berne giant, as good as lie 'Wee greet,
unwearied,in his service of other4 and
in attention to his men." II0,, too,
been most 'hardly hit by t
Where are the .traditions of :London,
the • traditional 'institutione, :ef her
streets and, lave/eve, writes a Leaden:
cereesporident? • "All,- all' are one,
thp:Old femiliae'Ut44s V -gone 'either
to , the front.to.,fight :the Gernians.
to. the .mueition factory :to feed the
firing line. , , • -
Thus ,the iteets of the reetrepelis_
would:look strange the e etyfLa.
..iiuveriated Johnson or Lamb. • The
•absence of -the ergari-grifitiOe eivhce,
Italian or English,: hoe alergely de-
serted -the Streets 'for the trenches,
they Would naturally itot notice., ,
flut -the .,orgaregeindet is onlY One
of the many mare or less picturesque
characters fast didappettring from elle
public.places. Here it; a..list Of some.
others : Costeese eroseing sWeepers,
shoe -blacks, . beggars) match* sellers,
'hawkers of pirated music,eeffee-stell
'keepers, apple women. '
The laid -named ladies* ' it may
noted, have probably fOund,Mere into -
if. Pieturesene, employ-
ment in one of the Many man -depleted
factories, Then one Misses the elo-
quent-tanged Itinerant toy hawker, of
intlubtable Coekney Orgin, -whose
place is now being taken by swarthy
little Jails with 'soapstone .ornaments
to sell,. ' • , .
• Another personality W ose loss one
hears with mere .equanimity is that
of the eluirity canvaperL-usually a
long,• lean, tridaverous,, and be-spee-
taeled 'gentleman of clerieal collar and
untidy etiffs-,.-Adho.oriee Icrioelced gently
but persistently at our deers. •
THE DYING SOLDIER'S .DREAlet. .
Amid the iinseeted dead he lay,
His rifle in his handl' „ •
His faie se fah and Welia•SniziAel heir
-Half-buried in the send. : •. .
Again in the•Mist andShadow Of eieepe •
• He saw his native lancl•-•
Wide -through the Vision Of his deeenie
Its spScious landscape epistind*,'
Feta: thousand miles .Of "hapey"lsoneeze
-Free frpre-the foernaretelaeade ' •
.His..heart again essays to- thieibe
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4e saw, once more, the Gulf-gietalsle,
. 'And' fele' Acadia land,' . •
• New Bruessitick's , wild • and .• WU9sled
• , • slopes •
-SteeLaverence Wowing Oen&
.A. tear burst from he sleeper's14(14,
• And :felLinto the
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Again: he scaled Columbia's' range,.
Zeit Soft_Albetter,
.Saw swell ..,Sipkatch'wean's •
.
• And Manitoba's plains. '
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A pulse of desethless, freedom" shaele.
Along the deetimer'e
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A golden ' light broke thrcingh - •
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" o'sse Ontario' wide,• :
Once more, he saw his native heritee• • •
• Hie early joy and' ptide, . .• •
'And Mother, there in happy toff
• The eottage,•dooe beside. .
Re did Aot feel the. shrap'nelts-Sting,
Nor the. damp of departed dairii,•
Ivor death had ..illinnined the Land •• cif .•
• e Sleep, ••••
.And hi a lifeiess bOdy. lay
A shatteted shrine, from whidh"
• soul
Had 'Reapoft, told ' away.,
Adapted T, ðer: • •
Ottawa., March 10,1916,,
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Callereef"How is your new °Mee
'boy getting along?' lawyer----."01i,-
fine! He's got things t0' relbted,11" n W
that 1 couldn't get along without
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