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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1916-12-07, Page 3- . . yei - '111014.'1.31PVt. ..v!--40NotworeiellfrIffttgiforgpsvorspositiwitilliT7,. T . _ v**40e-ree C.1 An 'Editor. :Talks. Music In eebeels iti ever popular. we read thlai itent in a lalteir Inabligae oSolne %WOW ago we advocated More tiola: thoroegli teaching 0 music, us it Is A newspaper reporter in citY rje universally enjoyed by all 41'1300 Width celebrated °Pay up” Weelt res ltn °IMO land, One Writer has .Sinee centli, started a dollar bill Mat on given streamer exnreesion te Olar :be NOTtaday, with sieplip of paper attatth- lief in saying that the development of ed. During the week all threngb the eubject o Mande in rschoela is Whose hands the dollar PasSed wrote' advisable because nillelc.le an alesoltate their naMeb Upon the paper, and on necessity in the be of ,the Canadian Saturday evening, Friend Reporter people, Or any other peoPle., If Chita received back the dollar In Ids pay Idea Is revived threuglh. the press and envelope TWentY-Seven, !Manes were the s a is kown in all educational inscribed on the paper. In One Week quarters, the Canadian 'youth has suf- the bill had served to pay the butcher, tleient ability to inStire D. gratifying the baker, and, figuratively speaking, harvest' of . results. The country the Candlestick maker, 'and the doctor eaule to Peraefit•socieelly and° morally and newspaper, .pablisher, tee, no front the suceess of „Vie movelne14, doubt '. Dining our visit to ',the neighboring Gentle reader, does not. this little republic we noted the attention given incident appeal to yaw sense of lion: ta music in the schools of New. York,. Or, too? "Owe no.Man anything' but and we are infliemed that an energetie love," la the divine injunetion, but an general °Ellotitenlent is well. under our object in Carling -attention te'this War to popularize the slogan "Mu* pretty "pay up!' story has a double in Every Home," in a general, nation- 'purpose. It vividly illustratea that al and effective -manner. . '• the real basis of wealth is work.. This , • * * * truth was self-evident in the days When money lwas not Plentiful and people dealt' onthe barter or trad'e. principle. Later with the growth 'of commerce men developed money as medium 'of eirchange,•and.te-clay too many 'confuse the medium with the base. The dollar bill, it Is' seen, . did the work of ,twenty-seven. But It hi itself did not create any wealth. The dollar bill was merelythe medium of exchange of value. It did:, not in- crease its value in any sense. It was till a one -dollar bill. The twenty- seven dollars were created by the twenty-seven men. And just, so, _every time YOU' do a dollar's worth of useful work, YOU. create a dollar, bring a dollar of wealth into exist- ence for you where there was none before, and this whether you are the man who. works in the lictory, the pencil pusher in the office facilitating the labor, or the man who furnishes the capital and administrative ability to make the labor possible. If mere 'gold and silver ' constituted real wealth, this would be a poor world indeed. . • ' - * *_•*, How very exasperating it is for a , One musical journal makes a very strong appeal for the introduction of . violin playing a's a school study. We think there*: force, too, in the nes,: ono advanced. 'What -finer music does . orie hear than that from a viojin in the hands of a good player? This excerpt is from an editotiitli , A perusal of the press comments on the matter reveals the fact that no longer does the term public school Ann& mean only the practice of vocal note reading`, and choral singing, but . -instrumental music is coming into view. Both piano and Violin are get- ting a great deal of attention, and the latter instrument, on account of its merits 6f portability and Cheapness, is Particularly. favored. There are fevt, ° children whose parents are unable t• o piovideari instrument at the cornpara- tieely low ,price at which violins are . sold. Bests who de not feel any at- traction to singing, will undertake the Study �f the violin, accepting it as. an instrernerit for the masculine set and • not so definitely feminine as the piano'. Vielin study is; however, by no means confined to . boys, as in one class of two hundred school pupilset*o-thirds were girls. The growth of class sing- busy man to go to a meeting on time • and findthat the majority of the mg and instruction in schools has menibers are 16 to 30 inieutes late. been a matter of 'somewhat slow de - This Is onee when the man in the yelopment. Violin teaching in Public right is punished by the .inesii in the wrong, oe, as we once saw it express- ed: Procrastinationis the thief of time -to the punctual man. So it is. Our confrere very aptly,says that in venous meetings and organizatione ' The question of violin teaching in the want of puneteality of a number the public schools, we may add, is of the members baterfeees seriously , • not entirely a new idea, as it has been with, the proceedings. Sometimes going on for some years in theschoolswhen the hout for opening the meet - of that musical and intellectual cen- ing arriveiethere is such e small pro - tie, the thy of Boston, where it is a portion of the niernberehiP present • ' euecesi. For some reason Qur neigh- i that another fifteen Minutes, more or bm's across the line ,to the south el- less, is allowed, and the time of those eways get re lead on us in new educe- • already , present is sacrificed ' to , the ,tional idees,as so in this matter of • dilatoriness of tardy comers:: Begin- .. teaching :violin playing in th3 public /ling a meeting late means, by con- . . schools. • , Whether the, success a the sequence, ending it late, so that some c•'.: Boston schools has 'spurred on other have to 'herrY away before the close, centres. er net, we cannot say, but and the latter.part•a the proceedings' anyway, the study of the violin is now is likely to be Unsatisfactory and at- berng taken up in various cities and tended with some confusion. One can `towns th that cotiritrY, and only last imagine that a:lecturer who has been sureiner the most reCent advance step invited to address a gathering at say; :.;took 'place when a class, of instruction half -past three o'clock, must feel -inviolin• playing was provided - for somewhat ,chagrined when he or she • teachers in connection with summer is not called upon till almost half an courses' in New Yet* University. Our hear later. It woujd be an excellent leforenant states that this proposition thing if every business, organization, was so radieaj that it attracted fav- club and society made it a rule to be- : arable prose coininent. . In speaking gin promptly at the hour 'announced of his wor15 in the Boston Schools the foe beginning, and would Adhere to ..auneevu.4or of violin teaching said: ;the rine as itwere the law of the 4When I first planned to do this wen'k.i Medee and •Persians: Be on time al- -1 thought that perhaps fifty per cent. Ways is a.good injeinctioa. of the children might be found to have • * * .• mueleal ability if they had °peel -tun- May we talk.a little here on a reties- , ity 1 underestimated the 'numbertion that interests a. very wide con- Eighty.per .gentof the children show stituency of readers? It is about the' -ability--ereal ability. newspaper •situation. • Every sane •.' e have one school in which there Canadian; mate and female, should be are Russians, 'Italians, Polese--chil- , interested in the local newspaper • dren of almost beery.nationality., They egipeciallykis well called the "home go haif mad with the joy of the me- „e„. A Jive -Wire editoerecently sic. Their bodies.swily to it and their wv-rvoien'i'his paragraph:. . eyes Are rapt They make any .saeri- DO your city papers say anything •'flee :to be Able to buy their violins, in•reeard to your locality? Do they 'There are • teachers who tell me '7 • schools which will be the. same must be e matter of class teaching, rather ' than individual lessons, . and it calls for a system adapted to clasp work. * * * • U00; even 1arg0 aPaCel in, newt - mere Used only OccesiefiellY, ,f011. the desired effect.. It lathe peridetent advertleing that Wise% the mune 9f)a firm to become, beemehold *Ord and inetantly associated hi the, mind, with daily needs Of Piirchaeere. Definite advertleieg IS necessary and the ceiotetion ,ef prices ie a peat fader geining public attention and leter. est. Advertleing must be honest also; for the publid. le quick to dis, cern the false freer. the -true, and, less facts Are adverthied, public cone fidenee is lost- The persistent Oyer, thane often bhnefits freM theadverts- Ing of the occasional advertiser, as people have accustomed thenselves to the name of the persistent advertising firm and often respond by going to the sore of Oita latter for goods advere tied ler lame other firm whose Mime appears .enTy occaeionally in the pub- lic prints': Mreyirright Eaye instances in Which this had occurred his' own experience." . • .* *, • •• Thf Boys' Conference -which was held in Toronto .recently must rernilt in great good throughout this pro- vince,' Representative leaders in communities,. churches, schools, Y.M. C.A.'s and other organizations.haying for their ohject the helping of boys and young men to clean, useful and honorable lives, gathered for three days to discuss boy. problems which are many and varied. It seems to us that eiery city, town vilrage and ru- ral community has the' boy problem ever before it and uppermost among the Many questions that 'demand at- tention. A writer on boys and their interests truthfully saYs: A boy's life is divided into three periods, in- fancy from birth to six years of age, childhood from six to twelve, and the adolescent period from twelve .years to' manhood. The trying time in the government of a boy is in the adoles- cence. One-third of all the popula- tion of this city is in the adolescent •age, and so you eee we •are dealing with one-third of all the people. .,"Why should" parents relax the reins of guidance for the bay in his teens, when he is in the most critical stage -the 'street\ gang' stage. This relaxation is not intentional on the part of the parents, it is only that the boy himself feels the call of,the street arid the gang and the parent fails to go with him. In k way the gang spirit is legitimate, but the father should in spirit go With, the bey and the mother and the home should receive the gang. Recall in mernery the plea- sures of , your young days when you went with a crowd and have Sympathy with your child in that same enjoy- ment.'?"' • e - WINTERING HORSES CHEAPLY. • Brief 'Artiele By One of the -Officers, , . of the Department lf,•Adriciilture. • • t«. Below are given, seine restOts _ obl tained at tlie-EirPerirnental Station, Cap Itotige,.Que„ in the ellen') winter- ing .of idle horses. The methods fol-. eloveed and the feeds used were -such as.. i to niake the e'en applicable to, and 1 worth A trial in, practically all parts 11 of the Dominion. "; t ., „ . • , • Help is ."- Seeree; ' high-priced, • and oiftentinies.: unreliable, °so that ,large : implements and more workieg stock -• have to be employed. It is not always e possible to buy a good, -team at ' a •.'reasonehle, price in the spring; While It is often hard to get a decent figure ' for the' same anirnals in , the autumn: I It w.ould thug seem advisable,• when . . , the ground' feeezei, t� lay aside; as it: - were, for the Winter, all horses. which Aro net absolutely' required . and. t� - feed them as cheaply as possible with- .. -- out intpairing their 'future ereefulness. I 1 '• To gather data uPon this ..'eubje.et, an experiment was started at the •Capl. Rouge Station in 1911 andhas • been •emitinued ' during .five . consecutive inters, with . nares end geldings, some nervous, ethers evict, aged five to • eighteen • years. It has been found • thiat .they fared••eyell on a, daily _ea- ' Ltion of on pound mixed hay, - .one. pound pat' straw, and pne pound car- I• rots or swedes for .eatle one hundred , pounds of their weight.- Not .only did ,- the ain an f tW t ine r Areelaree'Ve4presee-eliessereetalrestelatomrs1110111111.1.1.01tetere elattitiir these toughages would be greater than that .of the extra feed necessary to supply the energy used ln mastieating there. The MAO Werik ahead" most of the tirne, for the ex. perinienta; and it seema better to give them thus, though itie net absolutely necessary, as long as they 0,re net of such sizes as to be swallowed whole, when there may be danger 0 choking,. It was noticed at 'Cap Itouge tha the legs, of horses kept in box stalls, and fed as previously described, did net i3tock up. If there is no Ibex stall, It is 'advisable te turnthe animals out every day, when the weather permits,, so that they may take some exercise,. In this case, it probable that some- what more feed will be needed, to make up for the lost energy. and heat. As to the number of times to feed, it seems ;•that ' twice a day. is sufficient, and that about the same quantity Can be given both Morning and evening. , • KAISER'S RAPACITY, Pillage& Ottom'an Shrines and Turks • Eat Dust Before Him. .• The London Times .has^reeeived the following. letter on the subject of •the Kaiser's rapacity, of which a further instance is fernished; • When in Palestine a few years ago I visited, at Damascus, the tomb of Saladin, the great Saracen command- University degree, viz., Bachelor of " er in the time of the Crusades. • The Education. Kaiser had been there some years .. previously, paying his devoirs at the Provost Turnbull, Bridge .of Allan, shrine of one who had defeated an has intimated his intention of resign- after- 19 years' 'service on the English king, and he $observed that tinowgn council. the cedar sarcophagus (of inestimable value intrinsically and artisticalaY) The Provost of Prestwick, Mr. was unworthy of so great a hero, krut Thomas McClure, has reported for that he :would provide a more befit- service, and is to take up duty in the 4 motor transport. ting teinb. At his request it was A partylf 22 Serbian boys has packed up And sent to Berlin, and some tine after a very inferior, Ordin- arrived. in Glasgow,brought by are rangement with the Serbian ' Relief Committee, London. • • A well-known figure in Motherwell has been removed by the death of Mr. But the. Turkish authorities were prepared, and ' are prepared, as we Dalziel Parish Council. William King, collector of rates to knew, to eat dust before the Kaiser. Three oPthe men deported 'feom the Did they net break down the Wall of Clyde dietrict have been allowed to Jerusalem, se that the gates can be return, on an undertaking not to im- ne more shut, ti:: allow the Imperial pede the output of niunitiOns. ,entourage to pass in without diffi- culty! -while at:Haifa, on the Bay of the« 'Mr. ,Ilarry Lauder has purchased estate of Glenbranter and the • Acre, they built an ornamental stone Pier with electric light for the Hphen- , lands of Ballii`nore, Argyllshire, cot- ' sisting of about 14,000 acres. ,zellern to ne alongside: This pier I Sir Robert Inches has definitely de - was never used for any 'other purpose, ' ekled to resign ' the Lord Provostship and in 1911, at the time Of my Visit,- of Edinburgh. The names' of Coun- was quite ruinpue, With • the electric cillors Lorne MaeLeod and Harrison standerds twisted : into fantastic are mentioned in connection With the shapes by the storms C).f the ,Mediter, vacancy. .• . raneans, , s, • • ... Mlles of fields have been 'under ' e eta. 4i,e -wee NOTES Or INTEREST ilt6ivi IIEE BANKS AND BRAES. NI/bat le Going On In the Highlands and Lowlands ef Auld . Scotia. • For hawking whisky; a GlasgoW Wb - Man Was fined $§00. It bas been decided to form • a Volunteer corps .in Galashiels. Lady Campbell, of Succoth, opened a new, Y.W,O,A, hotel' for girls in 'Glasgow. ' A ease of anthrax has been reporV ed'on the. tarm Bogrie, in the parish. of, Cancaibiel Damage estimand et $260,001; was cauaed by a fire that oceurred in the Blackland mills, near Paisley. Mr. Matthew. Ross, TWeedmouth, the present sheriff of Berwick, has consented to act. fel another year. Pte. Peter McGregor, 'A, & S. H., who was well known hi -Edinburgh musical circles, has been kiiled in action, The King in Cotineil has sanctioned the .institution of a new Edinburgh ary article was received, of stucco work, as. well as I remember, which, of course, heel to be accepted. ycitir schools, that the. Whole tone •,of their schools. ledges, churches and, hundreds of lo- bes changed 'sinee. their children have eat matters of ifitere.st • whieh your been: able to express themselves in home paper publishes? Not are item. The children are cleaner,. Do they say a word calculated to draw • .liappiere and 'mote, tradable:" • ( • ' Attention to your town and aid your - * * enterprises2, Not .a line. And yet' Thi•s supervisor 'shelve how thor- there are men • Y,eho take contracted• oughly 'practical the system works'. 1, who in that To every child is•given a practice unless they are geiPing .as • many card with the hours of practice ruled square inches of reeding matter in off on it. An hoer of practice a day their home paper, they ,are.not get is the. mile and the card--muit-be'•fill--ting--the-worth--of-their mone-Y4.-•Take- ed out,and signed every week by the the Pity. paper if. you want 0004 but father or -mother. If a child. don't show such a lack of wisdom' as , falls below a eertain 'standard of to ,crowd ! out tbe Meal- paPerfrom practice be is dropped from the class. your hinnee • :Builew• are dropped. And there are ' daily newspaper should be taken eneny-who soon Outstrip the class and. in every home where it can be got. make such 'rapid progress that they regularly, but it can never wield an: must ha4e private teachers to.stiptihe- 'influence there that 'a:local paper With tnent the 'class- work . : high moral ideals. exerts. For this This reneical advance is not the reason the "home paper" should hold ..thebretieni propagende of faddists,- 'first place . in every Canadian home: but is -A- suggestierr that .achnits of It should be read, tin), by eVery mem, 'great beneficial results: in this country bei of the household, and often be as well if Introduced. into ' Canadian read aloud, and its contents .discussed peblie Scheols. Who will dare ,to sey in the family. among children is the dream of A We do not, often "talk ...shop" in Visionary? It is something that ght the.se columns: so that we, may be for-, 'wisely and advantageously t 1 given ' give on more i em o a welhbeina .of Canadian Ionics •be in- business nature. , While it is more • troduced into .our schools -so that we for business men than others,. atill it may have "Music in every home"; and, should possess some interest, for all'. further, ,it ivill be just as acceptable men. We try in these •Tallee to reach and beneficial. and just as possible 'in • and interest all •classes. Mr. gee., A. Canediaa schools and hoines as in Wright gave an eddeeys befeee . a those. of the: eropublie across the -lava ratteeting of newspaper men on "Ad.. .. 4 . ler. • • • VertisIng from' an advertiser s` The subject of thrift in the hoindi a Canada was given sorne attention • in. these Talks a few weeks since. -To- • day the thought came to us what • • great stroke of enterprise and bnsi- ness it *mid he if every man and woman who ova e dollar' and up- , wardS 'would start out at once to •'clear eft every small. inclebtednese bee fdrooNevernber rune out! What •An ' amount �f genuine pleasure Would be -experienced both by debtor arid ere- ditoi and hot,' delightful it would be tor till who possibly Can to get out et • ebt before the Christmas gift giving aeon cpMea tonrid again. To -day * * ^ point" and here are e'fow eitatenients , he made: The foundation of his firm's . business was laid by advertising. Its growth wee dee to/ advertising, aud- its .contirined inerettaing volome is the result of persistent advertising, The -report of his .address tentinueti ."Persistent and definite! advsrtisitig was the keynote of 'Mr. -Wright's vertisifig ereed, whieh years of 'ex- perience had taught hiin was the,core red method to preclude hstilts. News- paper apace with hardbills earefully distributed, as an auXilitiry,' conetitutle ed the best advertiSing. Spasmodic advertising is of vcry , • •.• 'OFFER TO SELL ESTATES.. • • • .watet at Kirkintilloch, where the Kel.: vin and•LUggie overflowed their banks _riteris F • ind ar Tax Titled ,and en many places the water was a Heavy above .the feendatiOns of ,the houses. • • • « ' Burden: . , , • . . While the yawl Retie& was 'hauling ' The Duke of Setherlend is advereis,•-• her lines neer Freserbuigh,. a heavy ing in American newspapers an effer 'sea ,twamped her and.thr86••the to sell' the nontherii-,part. of his Scot- ' ctew were • drowned. •' They were tish estates,"Including 'abbut" 283,348 TeylOr, .James%Crawford 'and George ,t. : • ourner in Englan,d, possessing Ahriost In view sef • coniplAints 'regarding 1e509,000 acyes, be is Only one of litany the insffibient lightibg Aberdeen titled, men'evho are eager , to sell' Part , streets, the chief t.constable 'has sane - of 'of their holdings because of the heavy !, tioned the ljahting• , of he' additional, war larnp.S,' bringing' the nernber up to 150: The young. DUke-•elit'i was b.p.rn' in for the city,- "'.. 1888 -,..inherited west holdings in •window . memory of Robert land, Scotland and Caeada.. Despite Taylor, A,' & S. Highlanders, eldei. the fact that be has ail income of a son of Provost , Taylor, Clydebank, couple of Million delleeee annualtY, be- '!Who,. at the age of.19, fell at, Ypres, cause of the a* tax he undoubtedly_ to be erected' in. -Union ...U. .F. is, being pressed: to Meet 'the' levy. .hurch, Clydebank. The Duke announces e that'. the The Weetern. branch of the Second - tete irt Scotland ' includes "all round arY Educetithi Associationi at a sporting properties, varying from 16,- meting in Glasgow, decided to seed a 900 to 44,000' .aerei, and embraein.g . requisition to schopt boards. hi' the - seine of the best deer stalking, groupe 'West of Scotland foe a substantial war and other shooting; salmon and • trent , horreS to all. teachei.S , of Secondary fiehing in Scothind." • • :Schools. • • • . • 7 Not long .age the Duke pi nted,te A convoy of motor arabillencese the Government 12,090.acres of .land censiating of 25,, ambulance', cars .a• in Scotland, which -be recifieestecl to. be repair wagon, a kitchen. car and ati divided 2 among . Wounded .soldiers.,K-roy ear • has, been given by. ' the. There was rnueb eritieism of the gift, -"Scottish ,beanch of the 'British Bed however,. because some of the news (ii SoCiety., to the Rum:inhale Gov,- papere contended that „the einnient.. . • - worthlessn,nd .that the Duke was giv-e. . ' • •• • • mg. at avy,ey.tr: -order to escape taxa.; The Ideal' Cittz6n. don.. •. ' "I .ncither. argue politics -.nor re- . but I'll tell .you what do." . Don't get into the • habit of • ping.' -"What's that?" around with your° bristles -up.. "I• both vote. and ge church." • . acres. While he is the, largest land 'Meclive. ' t: • g averageo en y -n • —• • . 'pounds during the five months of the te5t, ey shoved,1 e. .o owing teeason, that they bad lest .no vitality , tor energy. • The rules -generally folloVeed tvaseto , graduallYcut doWn the werle,• &dia. the ! feed, hem" November' 1 • until Notrem•;;* ' her 1.5 when the. animals under, test, ! were placed in box stalls. They. never Went out,•during the winter, with t exception of an occasionaj drive of 'mile or .t.zo.• On • April' 15, criSy jobg •were givea to . them and a small qUentity of concentrates was allowed: until by May i they, could be under harn'ess ten hours a day Andovere on full feed.• Therm are important riciinte not to be forgotten : to lower, raise the ration little by little, and' tp. leave the horses pratticallY '.•If horses, dee. to • a ,hai:d season's .w8r1e,-areinlowspitelitiete, thy ,hieuld*,,. be:fed.np te their .nornial weight be- foi being left aside. for the winter, andhough exerciee ehould'he allowed 'during' that perio'dito prevent stock• - in • Another ood thin is to itte • a purgative So' as to'clean out the sy.e- tem before'the long rest. . One •shinild , also remember that some animate arel more' ,restless than others and (hest - pate More energy; ineane that; More, feet will be Modred, so,that the'! • Above- men•iiont•d quantities should he •be inCreascd or decreased slightly, cording.tio.cireuthstanees.' •• I Mixed, hay,'for this purpose, ranbe • of any grass- -or .weed which •horPes will eat, must not be intlety, 'and should not be Worth more thee half of timothy. nO0tS be carrots, man - gels or swedes, though the first are al - Ways liked, and the two latter are sometimes refused at first, which •re- quires 'kilt On the part of the feeder ' to have enough eaten ; if mote are not given, bran ehould, form part of 1 the ratitia, as animals at rest will soOn ; get costive • and will not thrive very well on dry 'rougliages alone, •' Oat straw shOtIld be used, as it is Mom! palatable than • other sorts. If ',would probably, be well chef! at least half the hay and strew, but as the itlee is Lo lowers expenses, there seems no doubt thot the cost of a oiMitescoodreenanste.raorgmentealmmoolreity........ oormreasaraussm...... 407, •••MgrA; '6",p tee 40111.40.0. I. N • • &melte, • Seed Orel/les-Early attention shontld be given to the Seed grain which is to be sown next spring. If 219 sPeeial liable for seed MP:Piffle were grown last etnimmer, next seasons require - Manta may be met by very careful re- cleaning' ef the main erop harveetha lapt autumb. One can never afford to sow weed, sfeds, and one Can'Seldoin afford' to' SW grain more or less mixed WitlY other types. Thafanning min ShAuld furhigh-plump seed free from Weeds. g other grains ere Present, 'Such as 040 in Yvbeat, or barley in oats, it will be necessary, and quite vrorth'Whilet to hand-pick two or three inishelcs dwing the winter 'so as to have a field of An acre or,tWO to fur- nish pure seed for the 'following year. ious to any one who has not tried it, Hand-13ialting may 'appear too labor. - but by devoting to it en hour or -two. at a, time a great deal can be accom'- plishecl in the course cd a few weeks 'and withent undue strain on the eyes. It there is any doubt about the yital- ity ef the seed, testAhould be. made before. the winter is very' far advanc- ed. . While the laboratories of the Dentin:. ion Goverment are.always available for farmers who desire to have an O - ficial report on their gialb; any die can make a test for himself without delay by placing about tem hundred seeds between layers of blotting paper or cloth, anctkeeping them damp for a sfew days., An ordinary dinner plate is very handy for this purpose, with position. , another plate set on it in reversed , The gr'ain after being meistened must not be allowed to begonie dry, and must not be exposed to frost. After about six days the sprouts from the seed of strongest vitality will, be sufficiently developed. peeds which take an unustielly, long time to sprout generally giVe weak plants. If less than about ninety per cent of the be necessary to sow such an increased and *since January, 19167 -the begin - teed produces strong sprouts, it will • quantity as will bring the strongly ning of this-. training stable-ma:11Y, vital kernels up tobe usual ninnber 'four -footed beasts have ,been. saved and passed out again to work. . Change Of Seede-eThe best adi•eiee in . savage beyond Words," says. Lieut. "They &Me to me, Wild, terrifiede per acre. • • • Rimington. "Poor thingsl it's not, their fault. Those.,who deal with then' reduce them to this state of,sevagery through lack of understanding. "Take 'Critapen,' for instance -a free froth weed seeds. A 'very great horse that came to me after having danger in pbtaining seed from a long 'killed A groom with a kick, and eeenee • t If you have reaeon to belieee that shake hands, e,at sugar out of one's 1, :distance is that it may Contain new ed beyond hope. eHere he is -after and dangerous Weeds.. I' being vvith me a short tune he Will, the returns from your 'fields riee'lees hand, and can be ridden or driven. than they should' be,!. considering the'; Soon I' hope to draft him out again." cherecter and fertility of the soil rindl Often shoeless, because no man ,can the time given to its preparatien, it Attie them, the relee's arrive at the • might be advisable to test 'smile new sta.bles. Lieut. • Rimington terns .' wvariety.of grain front the list of !them into th.e big,field behind the varieties reeommended fee your dis- ( stables, where they find other pa- trict Per the first season the new ! Vents, not quite so new as themselves. sort should be sewn beside the old, and I ,"Let thein talk to each other for a a careful comparison •inade Of relative .merits. - . . . their I start," is the advice of this wise • be purchased, inqUiries should be nlade schoolmaster. "Their language is as Purchase of,Seed.-eIf new seed is to good early in the 'winter from .those Who tell the new one that I'm not such a good sta odes, and the old patients have grain for sale. No large pur- bad sort of a chap. They Say, ,too, ere isn't a whip in the t are out to be kind,' , ' • • poosible, It le the indefatigable farnk sem wife that makee the farm horn*" Altogether toe often she makes it a real home in spite of her husband er than AS a result of his co-operation, with her. Ite, to shame be it ,said,. • too often has by far a greater aPPre- . elation for hop, rattle grain and bay and their proper housing and care than the enniPment. and, -entairmunente that make predicable the • proper rearinff of his own children. 'Yet be. will complain that •the young people will not stay on the farm. -American Lumberman. 'Fire Pail 'Protection. • Useful articles to have on the farM' are -buckets of water ° properly distri:`• bided around the barn., Vire buckets, with rounded bottoms, 'Which, on ac- - 'count of their shape are inconvenient; for, general use, can he placed in round hole cut in a shelf -or bench" they should- be covered and lngpected regularly to assure their being kept • full. Ta preventtreezing two pounds of fused calcium Chloride Per Pan outY: ..be used. The talekete should Paint. , ed red so that they will be more eon- aipietiouse a constant reminder of the danger. of tire. • STAR HORSE BREAKER, Reforms Worst 'Animals in l3ritish , Army by If.indness. The worst rakes in the • British Army -horses and mines no man can manage -are sent to ,I4ieut. Mike Rimingtozi, the man who reforms - them with kindness. Not far from Shrewsbury, Lieut. itimington does his work. To save these dumb ani- mals from Sudden death its Lieut. Bim - 'Mitten's daily task, under the direction ef the Reinount Department of the4 When a horse or male proves be- yond hoe it is sent to Shrewsbury regard to change of Seed is this: - Change only When you are Sete yeu • are , getting something super- ior, to, .your 914 .stock. The new grain, should be true to variety and chase.'a seed should be decided place; that pod without first seeing a sample and ob- UP°n not cruel. taining a statement as t� its germina- , ../ put them 'tion, and as to the quantity of other h • fi • g To n ng pur- chasers of seed gram the Dominion ethem for holies at a time, talking to them kindly. I try to Show them that Cerealist will be glad to furni'sli .in - I an; not afraid, and their fear vari- formation as to possible sources of idles. If they want to kick -well, supply of the varieties they 'desire. ' let them! I stand just at the exact Farniers who have seed grain for side distance I know to an inch, and dodge •are requested to eernmunicate with us. ' free • distribution of samiles of .seed kicking for Jong. • • heels.. "And they don't go on Free Distribution of Samples -A flying for the aason of 1917. , Painters who "We have, an eXciting life -here; it's • grain will be made from this Farm desire to test some other.variety than while. Once a mula -bolted; :and I a risk all the time, but it's worth_ "" those they are already familiar with chased it for . six miles down the may obtain airee.sample in this way. river... Anether day Vwo horses and a The quantity of seed supplied is 5• mule rein into a pond in the field with pounds in the case of wheat, ,barley an ermeewegon, and got stuck in the and peas and fear poundo.in the case mod, , h t h rainspresent.' i t di - le a loose -box when stand behind • -• ' i is re,quired.-C. E. Saunders Dominion male and . the wagon straight out 'Of . how soon the rich black mpuld'distip- Curious Statistics Collected in. Regard ion' Cerealist at"Ottawa. No postage , for it bolted with theoother three ani-, pears after the soil has bee r - application forme write. to the Domin- : tor,' and. it 'flied tiei to its reputation, of Oats. . Only .ene samplen• o..b.f ogrue.ahint.I . _..To. get,, t, ettilitisau , 1 .arneseed on a . C iNTINUITY Ole. 'WET WEATHER. ' the pond, across the fieki; and slap into a hedgh!". horse that was sent to .me ate a 'bol-'' • . . • , , . . w 11 he sent to each Perm. For an un.er cu ivation. - The reason for e_ ..,..• this is that the Vegetable • matter in ' ' Mr. E.. V.' Neninham, of the Itoyel• of a very ensta.ple condition. It. is the rainfall of several localities -- in Meteorological Society, has studied such soil hasbeen redticed to huin -es en down. so that soon net* trace of it , hothe ,British isles in order to find ' 'out • w -oftenrain fa -lls on the •-claY fel-- readily.attaeked by .bacteria and brok- . is te• be 'found. ' The exclusive grew_ , lowing successive -7 ruts of one, two, ing .of grain crops, so general• on new 'three or more wet days, or an equal land and by which but .little vege-' number of fine ones. The- remind are . -table matter is returned to the sail, .unexpected: Iris geperaily supposed -hastens thisprecess of depletion. The that -after along succession of ..-Wet • preeeie is also most, rvid in •soils that -days the effitiice Ora fine ,dafiktimea . 1 are naturally the aCids'foinied by the decay that conclusion: Generally sneaking,. . • ly rich ilfslune, efthis nen.' greater, but statistics do not Support ; - af humus and provides, Ideal working the expectation' of rain on any par* ' • -s---'71,-- ' Cerealist,: Ottawa. . ,Adding Fibre to. the .Seit. . Everyone who! has -had experience in breaking up new land. has noticed. • • ! e 0sa 5- tt,s,rot,. conditions lo.L.......the,LAE. tgatuipiti ticular da has been found. to .. in-. breele down organic matter. . :. jet -ease rapidly as etie ,nurn er of evet In restoring -humus to•the soil"by the ' dayspreceding it increeses,. and ' to growing of logurne.s, the -plowing down dimieish in accordance- with the nun. of green (Tons aed the application of bor. of seccessive fine days immediate- . manure, vegetable, nutter ofe a more hbefore it After very log spells ' fibrous netthe thanthat which is found , of. either kind ef weather, %e' expect - On the:finest floor,. is added.. This is ation of furtherrain reecho an al.: net readily -reduced • to humus. It most 'steady. Witte 'Th.:, Same coneIti--' contains considerable cellulOSI". weedy matter, which' offirs eensioer- „ 0r ---siert holds for the oxpeetation,:of rain • able resistance to the autielee- of . the 1 ielf1:11.4.0t given beer, after tiiiferept periods 'or dry-leture. 'As an illustra-. bact erta' of decay. ' This .' fibreus mat- ti„,.., of m,.. • Nowtainm's diaeok,erica, f.el.', VI IlenAkivt,e,1 re O.., ,1e.', .1:” - et he foui.,',1 th,,. . , ,....,!,..1.L.,, (.,:r ill 3 , store of vegetable matter, which is. 1 broken down. into humus and. -fine- lair . .• seven arS 0 • eroug , lain ails- (511 ' southwdestern ,ceitist olift. Ire,la.ndf; ' aftb.r. Into available pleat food very gi'adu ly. Veg.etable matter from this 'origh; _the eighth day twentAteur tiinea out doea net disappear from the soil, as of one hundred, but After aeven rainy •eigdhty-ctix.-° thnee. , Fee - Kew, rapifilY •as the hninuti found in newly dr4 cleared innd. ' Permanent produe_. near Londoh the correspopumg in- ' 1 crenso is less, naniely, from twenty -s1 geVen to seventy-three. • .. 9 , • • 'Phe Duchess of Deienshire and Lady Anne emetic:ails The Duke' and Puehess ef•Devenshire hnve arrived in Canada e, take, up the grect charge jult.t relinquished' by T.R.H. the Nil«, and Duchess of Connaught. To fellow thiise who heve.made themseltes so tiniver. Ily be- • hived is_ et) easy task, bet, it is prophoMed ni'Englend that the --hew 'Gov- ereor-Cteneral and. hie el.arining wife will quickly win our heart 4: The Duchess of Devonshire, as a daughter of Lord Lansdowne; does, not come to Canada as an' -entire stranger," Mame her dietinguiehed father wasllever. rior-thaertil 'front 1968. te 18S, end then went on to India as Viceroy, 'as did Ziord Uinta • . • tiVity. in soil demands a supplyof this libroits material. • The Farm Home. ' • . A time will 'Come when enlididened fariraert will realize that the farm jousehold is the' soutee 'of nil energy, enterprise and, Intelligence that Makes ',farming SUCCOSS' and life on.the farm • . • • ti- '• 4. No Worelerlie Was. „ • Barber (entertaining hia eastotner; laq tistml).--..yothr getting veryl , graY, tie. • ountotior—Vm not serprised. flurkt yy up, •