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The Signal, 1917-12-20, Page 4• B) Agronomist Thea Department Is for the use of our farm readers who want the advice e/ an expert on any question regarding soil• seed. crops, etc If your question stamped and add d envelope is enclosed with your letter, a complete answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide 8t. W Toronto. The problem is to produce neo tceh lesa men to du it. Nut is t time for action. Thousands of stub Can. Sans are tr'ainit:g for the Iigl They are learning -the war game: n the way it was fought in l$12, ne-th as it was riuxh$. t in I9 No, it even the way it was fought boat -u mer, but the Hay it is fought now. t day. in F'ranc•.. Antiqt uatet.. ntetho hate no plaec ie the -face of Serena slot unr J l;e rmiry shell. Antiquate farming methods have no place in th face of the world's present, food need With the result of the war dependin upon an unfailing food supply, it is n less important that we be as insister and alto in agriculture as in fightin Let 'us subjent. ourselves- to a search ing investigation. to determine wheth er we are efficient ur whether we a hindered by same old method whic we cling to, simply 'because it i easier then -to -bestir ourselves to mak a change. Without any attempt to set thing nowt) in the order of their importance I wish to mention a few things Mut mal;e for efficiency on the farm. First have the work planned ahead; it is very noticeable fact that the bei farmers know months and often year Ahead, what they are going to grow la or sufficient general Interest, it will be answered through this column. It re the Leat of theta thispr seas of clean - he ing does not consist simply in blow- ly' ing out the chaff and screening out at. some of the seeds. It is rittther a of very careful cleaning and recleaning, er process in which frequently a target etc share is discarded and a smaller t m• of the most select, clean, plum? an t o-; heavy kernels are kept for seed. The is "Riecarded portion is as good for feed n !as it is before passing through the d mill. The practice of treating seed • grain for smut is becoming quite gen-' 6.; era! and shoujd he adopted by all g growers of grain. It is • eheap, easy u and effective method of insuring and t increasing yield. And incidentally it It, will reduce the tire hazards. Two 'disastrous farm fires occurred in one -'county this season as the result of an t re explosion caused by threshing smutty h grain. The losses sustained from s these two fires would have purchased e the formaldehyde to treat all the reed i grains in that county for two years. "j Ensure Early Sowing t Another point of great importance is to,get crop' in, on time. This re- quires that the soil be well drained. a A careful investigation along this line carried out on a hundred farina in the t ° Saginaw _.Valley indicates that crops; • CHRISTMAS, 1917. ' hundreds of beetles, mosquitoes, bor- ers, caterpillars, grubs, etc., that de- stroy your fruit, foliage and the field crops. In December, itt all the cold chin- ., Wes, only the permanent residents and the winter visitants are found. Close- ly study their actions. Birds that are usually very shy will soon respond to your loving rare and become quite Y • tame. Tt.ut is one of the joys of the winter sresun. O Lime Should Be Ordered New. 'i Orders should be placed at thio time "0 little town of Belhtehem " How must thy gate:; uplift! At last, with all thy bonds unfurled Thou comest to the ( hristiau world O late, but,perfect. gift! ----- Christmas and the Birds. 11 you really want to get the ver best out of Christmas, don't forget ou feathered friends. Think of the,.litt tle songsters out in the cold and snow orad be a real Santa to them. Of courtte you will have a birds Christmas tree. An evergreen is al ways the best, but any tree will d if you tie sheaves of wheat, cornstalk and evergreee branches all over it to make it dense. Plaint it securely it a partly protected place. Hang on it wire baskets filled with suet, boxes with fronts removed, containing nut eats, millet; sunflower -seeds, wheat acked corn, bread -crumbs, rolled oa etc. Cocoanut shells cut in half and "tied with dainties can be hung from a branches. nc hes Have eral shelves, n which plate lettuce, ap- ples, cabb • and vegetables. In all col, i".tricts have deep boxes almost filled ith cotton where the half -frozen hire' 'eon find shelter and warmth. Birds often suffer from hist is winter. eat a brick or urge stone and place pan of water on it. Every bird keep from tarving will repay you b destroying •, by farmers who intend to use lime on o their land in order to increase next ',season's crop. If orders are placed ' at the present time the manufacturers a will be able, they say, to supply the agricultural needs. By being given , orders now they will have six ur eight months in which to prepare the neces- sary supply, whereas they will he g ''tramped if the orders all come next g spring. Lame applied in the fall or winter is t aa effective, as when applied in spring. • Fall and winter application of lime is •t urged as good farm practice and also t as an emergency war measure. By following this suggestion farmers will a be improving their land so as to turn d ' out maximum crops. GOOD HEALTH QUESTION SOX it) John it Huber. 14 A. M D. Vt. Heber will answer all slgeed letters pertaining to Health 11 roar esestloa Is or genera: iateteet 11 will be auew•red througa these colonial ; it aot It will be auswered personalty 1f stamped, addressed 'evolve* is tot Dr. !tuber will not prescribe for ludlvldual cases or make Mali -noel& address Dr Jobb 11 flutter, care of Wllsoo Publishing Co. 73 West Adelaide kt.. 'f ()roans. Astound body in•a child assures ata mature health, efficienek and Iongevity. BE CHILD'S DiET 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Erma the '!third to the Sixth fear. , Geta I)isz'. Select from among these articles: 1 am 28 years old. 1 get dizzy and Breakfast: Cracked wheat, corn- nest ous.at times, when i stop and get meal, hominy, oatmeal (each cooked' up quickly. This makes my heart 3 hours the day before they are used),' flutter. •My doctor says 1 am anemic served with milk and sugar, or but- but'that I havr nu organic disease. 1 ter and sugar, or butter and salt. A 5 soft boiled or scrambled egg. Rread am feet and 6 inches tall and weigh nd butter, bran biscuit and butter. A only 113 pounds. Do you Think that lass of milk. beer would help to uggt•avate those Dinned Plain sou l>r rsrr rasa dizzy spells? a2 beef. beefsteak, poultry, fish, pole- Answer—People get dizzy for ear- oes stewed with milk or baked, peso, sous reasons; in each ease the cause tring beans, strained, stewed tome- t must be ascertained and if possible oes, stewed carrots, squash, white removed. The trouble may lie in etc urnips, boiled onions, mashed esuli- strain or in errors of refraction, need - lower, spinach, asparagus tips, bread ing glasses. The ear may be affected nd bylter. For desserts: Ricepod- with Meniere's Disease. There may ing, plain bread and butter pudding, be stomach or intestinal dyspepsia, a ustard, tapioca pudding, stewed clogged liver ur constipation. 1'h' runes, stewed apples, baked apple,' reason may lie in the immoderate use raw apple, pears and cherries. Bread of alcohol, tobacco, tea, coffee - or and butter. beer. In your case the anemia would Supper' Farina,^ cream of wheat seem to be the cause. You should each cooked for 2 hours!, from 2 to weigh at least 20 pounds more. Your 3 tahlespoonsful with milk and sugar," doctor seems a good man; get him or butter and sugar, or butter and; to build you up. Mailing you furih- salt. Stale bread and butter. Breadler information. and milk. Milk -toast Scrambled i Headaches. eggs twice a week. Custard or corer 1 am the mother of 3 children: ! starch. Bread and butter. Biscuit. !they have not been as strong as we' A glans of milk or malted milk or could wish and conaaquently have, in every field on the farm. That i one of. the particular reasons for- a rotation of crops. It systematizes the work so that the termer knows in advance, what help, seed, fertilizers, a)t,d mat hinety he will need- There 's needs in ad- ra•.e•r wus a time when it was so im- # portion! to know or rand' as it is to -day. The Seed Seppls Get seed. Sealy .for use. Now is the time to (;e' good seed corn and • seed baton t;et seed corn rpw, be- . cause ,hat cb. of getting it in the • spring• are pretty ohm. Only a frac- : lion of the corn in Ontario is tit for seed. Thousands ' of acres' did not have an car of ripe corn.. in all, however, there are a good many thou- - sand bushels of corn that will make 1<trd if handlesd''•pr,rperly. There is the point. Not near!)• enough will be cored for seed. anle..:c each individ- ual farmer will take at upor, himself to go nut after his seed and save it now. � Too ufteth greit� ground fust as it c threshing machine, shrunken kernels anti at are sown from live to ten days earlier 1 on tile drained land than on land not tiled. This is a great-.dvantage for oats end barley. Nor ttoes this tell the whole story. for even though pre- pared earlier. tiled land is generally in much better condition to receive the seed than is untiled land at a later date. As a fur'fher assistance in get- ting crops in on time and in the best shape as much plowing as possible should be done in the fall. This is decidedly the best thing to do for oats, barley and spring wheat. The right kind of a seed bed for these crops is a moist, compact soil. This can most easily and certainly be obtained by fall plowing. Much more remains to 1* said in connective ,with our responsibility as "soldiers of the committsary," but let us sum up the above and give it our honest consideration. As was fore, 'I cast in the beginning it is a rambling series of suggestions on increasing 1 Six inches of stem left on dahlia e roots makes a. good place to tie the label. RRSF' By. Ella E. Rockwood. The above words meet the eye of he beholder at every turn these days nd probably hate some degree of in- fluence ih preventing accidents. Yet, • since familiarity begets contempt the legend loses its force, and, seeing, we see not in the true sense of the word. Neither do we stop, look, and listen; as we approach a railroad crossing, ! much against the wishes of the en -i ginecr, who would be spared a great I 1 A middle aged woman on a step lad- der waihing windows over -reached to get at the eery top of the glass, thr the ladder out of balance and cam down with a crash, breaking her ri leg at the knee. Result, weeks of su tering and a probable stiffened mem ber, to Ray nothing of the expertsin dollars and cents. Another w man reached for the diahpen hangin in the cellarway, lost her balane and fell down the stairs break: bw cocoa. �,caused us a little more anxiety than! e When the child has had egg for, the average, For a long time 1 have' rig breakfast this food should not he re- Iliad the most dreadful headaches at f_ peated in any form for supper. Red; the slightest worry or exertion. Also - meat should be given but three times: this last year 1 notice I am growing e a week. When the child has a chop' thinner. I am ill every morning, ut- o- for breakfast, he should have poultry terry tired out and at times horrid-' E or Rah for dinner. Carefully select- ly faint. , e; ed fruits, such as the apple, a pear or' Answer—i syatpathize with you,' deal of nerve strain if we did so, at least gave him a signal to retie his fear that the approaching train not observed By exercising even a• reasonab amount of caution many serious *cc dents might be prevented. .The u avoidable accident is in another etas and will he left out of the argument the present time. But every day e read of horrible suffering and ofttime of death brought about by a purel preventable ocrurrcnc•e induced solei ,y thoughtlessness oh the part o someone - Perhaps all 'he people i he world will never tome - to full understand how d ng ort wrists. ' ve , Such an innocent thing as a shoe is string may become a trap for the en= - wary, if not properly fastened. The le death of a young woman, and a broken i- hip for an older one resulted recently n-' in both instances from tripping on an e untied shoe fare. -Sickness in one case at, sent grandma haatily,down stairs for •e It simple remedy for a child..Slipping s' on a pair of shoes which were left un - y tjed in her hur-y, i ne foot caught in y the hanging string and she plunged f down the stairs, with the above result. n' An obstinate tap on.a fruit can re - y tutted to budge and a man's strength to removing it The modern Samson in his effort t oosen the metal twisted away th whole upper part of the glass, result ng in a badly lacerated hand. .Such ran accident would not have been poo,r� sable with the up-to-dite clamp fafit- -liners. possible the lesrron taught, if -there•hw one, is, throw away the ag- gravating old:time jars Ind buy new- s fashioned and better ones. Men are 1. often guilty of gross carelessness to r , the care of animals, which, then un- -truly, maim and kill. The gentle bull is farm efficiency for the season of 1918 The meat of the argument may be c goes into the summed up in these words: The Lme from the farmer's part in the great world war weeds, dirt, is tremendously - important and to The better measure up to the emergency rigor s t farmers use a fanning dl for the I and unceasing study, careful plannings cleaning of all their seers. Arun with vigorous execute*. angerous it is to us e was colied oil oil or kerosene for kindling a fire. 'et few neighborhoods have been 1 urtunate enough to escape at least' ne horrible . example to demonstrate' i he fact, t.'suaily it is the mother of mall children with her little one,, one r more of them, w•ho becomes the vie tim resulting from her own careless a peach, may be given at 3.30 p.m.' Am mailing you information which' supplement by a biscuit or two or by 1 am sanguine you will find helpful. stale bread and butter if it's found Odd, isn't it, how everybody's children that their use does not interfere with' always cause a little more anxiety the evening meal. I than the average. •1i Dairy heifer, should hate all the roughage %taey will consume during the winter, preferably alfalfa. 'clover. or c•ow-pea hay, with a •malt amount of grain in addition. The liberal use of roughage is cheaper than using' more grain, and at the same time it • develops the digestive organs to the o maximum, which is desirable when' e the cow comes into mirk. Next to live steam, sunlight will kill about as many germs as ony other thing that can be employed around' the dairy: A big loss among dairymen is the constant sacrifice of bulls when ma- ture and at their best. It is a ream-, 5 s Among, farmer. generallt it i. the ctonmen preetiee to sell the'hems at • sre past a year old tar poultry w n they stop laying in the fall. Und the usual conditions this is Ito lire for as a rule .ante. about half of t e floc ' lay- eell enough the sec- • and year to 1,e prutitttbie, and the farmer who has pullets enoug). to re-' place all hi. old'hen ..eel no advent- . age in keepine ant of them over, --- This. year, so :ever, those patriotic poultry keeper. who desire to do their' pact to increase the poultry and egg - supplies will find it, desirable to re - fain a considerable proportioh of the yearling hens. Farmers will find it to their interest to hold all the good yearling hens they have, making such addition t of heirlr po Itry, hoAse equip ment as may lie necessary to properly ' accommodate both pullet; and hens. Overcrowding must be avoided, as neither pullets nor hens will'do their heat. In ',electing hens to keep over, pre - es shoultL__Ire given ro those t t moult in Septernber or later, for are as a rule the most per- ms • t layers. Such hens may not be at th, . time the best looking in the flock. plumag comps am things, ho to the non - liens that at this time a the summer he ing early. The HIGHEST PRICES PAID For POUL'1Rv, GAME, EGG It FEATHERS Please writ(' for parttcuitrt. P. QtlLSle a CO., 3d e¢aeseeare - Karts t, agoatyeai ,HIGHEST PRICES PAID Lor RAW mils and (GINSENG N. -S1L VER 220'et. Paul St. W atoatr.at, WO. Rerevn .. t • i.k „f ' ttnadr 1 OUR ADVICE Sh.p to u- at none and (leap Bt:r.efits of High Prises •now prevailing, Pelee List end Shipping Tags FREE RAW FURS Red Ent, Mink, Beavers, Martens, ,Muskrats are now wanted and are in goys) demand. Write Por our price fiat, Calendar. and shipping stationery. HOERNER WILLIAMSON 4 Co 1711 It. Paul Et. W. T MONTREAL bey are likely to he rough in with somewhat shrivelled en l�pale colored legs. There th •ever. bye merely incidental su yirig and moulting period• th ppear in prime condition pa e those that moulted in ha suss they stopped lay- ei exception$. which it th may be desirabi to retain are hens wh which reared brio . r in early summer co and moulted while running with the' an chicks. nes.. The open tub or pail of hot water the imperfect covered' cistern um the teakettle p'tjlied 'by tiny linger from its resting place, kills or dig A g res for life scores of innocepts eveby year. Even the tea end coffee pot anal the kettle of hot soup„ pre- pared for the family meal are often means contribuCng to a sad accident understand the danger in familiar, and seemingly harmless objects like these. The awful results which follow teach the lesson of Carefulness to the par- ent. but'too late to save suffering and innocent lives. But not all th'e preventable accid- ts are these which claim children as eir victims. Older persons often ffer grievously from the results "f eir own carelessness. During the set Rummer- a number of such cases ve come to people within almo-t a ogle neighborhood, and not ane of em was caused by an automobile' ich su frequently is the instrument nccrned - in accidents, preventable' d non -preventable these day., an example of the danger of taking chances stint animals, of that kind. The vicious one i. - tea •caretaker be attacked u it is the one supposed ber of victims. A young farmer chastising aheroe in its stall fur (tome supposedly g.,, land sufficient reason according tettht„ own thinkttig, stood behind the anima? •hed I NEEDED "l'm really worried about Miss Eustacia;" Mrs. Jessup declared. "Of course everyone knows that it was hard for her to lose her savings and gp into the. Home, but the Home's pleasant, and she has a big room all to flea:self; and we are always sending her things or inviting her round to tea to show that Abe isn't left out; yet she goes round with a face ua long as my arm, and the tears come into her eyes if you look at , her. Really, I'm almost out of patience. I wouldn't have believed it of Miss r Euatacia," i Mrs. Crane looked out intu•the April. yard.She was a plump little wo- man w-ith tender, luminous Lruveih eyes that had a way of seeing far into the heart at times. i' "What pretty little tea parties Miss 'Stacie used to give," she said musing- ly. "She made • different 'feel' about there somehow." '1 know'it," Mrs. Jessup agreed. "I dont' know exactly why, unless because she was so happy over them herself that she made•everyone else feel the same way." "And how many summers war it that she took into ber hi,me a tit:le fresh -air girl?" asked Mrs. Crane, with an air of innocent reminiscence. "Last time it was a mother and a sink baby, wasn't it?" "I guess it must be full as mach as fifteen. I hadn't thought of that be- fore, but I suppose she does mina that!" Mrs, Crane's soft eyes shone with sudden passion. "Miss them? Things like that ---giv- ing things—were her life, Ellen Jes- sup! Do you suppose that being in- vited to tea and having flowers car- ried to her are going to make up to Mrs, 'Stacie for hating nothing to give,,, "But --she hasn't anything we want!" Mrs. Jessup said bewilderedly. "Exactly. That's what's"breaking her heart." "Beit you can't make yourself want things when ;you don't." Mrs. .lesaup ,argued. mon practise to buy a young bell, use him two years and sell him without waiting to see what kind of-ralvev'he has producled. After he has been' sold for. beef, it is often discovered that his daugtterr have read merit. j ',It is dangerous to stop milking a cow all at ,onc and think she is pro- perly dried•off. Skip one milking,' t and then partly draw the milk next r suppose not," Mr.. Crane ;aid with a sigh. "Well, I must be going along. Run over soon, Ellen."- At the turn of the road Mrs. Crane met Laurette. King. The girl nodded with sullen`brows. Mrs. Crane stop- ped. - "What's the matter, Laure►ta?" she asked, ".latter?, 1 want Mis' .Eu..tacia, hat's what's the matter. i used to un -in etery day ur two when things were hard at home, and :he'd help me hrough, bat now--'" =Have you told herso?" Mr.. Crane asked quickly. - "O-I-auretta, have you?" "Told her! her? I haven't been up there. She'll be too bu-y with all those peo- ple." - Mrs. Crane even gave her n mush. '(;o—Laurette; go thin minute. She's been eating her heart because n'.one needed her. Aril tell her that I'm oming to -morrow. 1 want her ---just her- to help me do a dozen things, Hurry, Lanrettac." But Laurette was atrradr gore. time. After a h let a whole day go by, and thus gra ally come to the end. On bright days ir\ winter, let the cows out into a lot o,a the sunny aide of the barn, for exercise and fresh air, and throw the barn\open for sir ing. The chores in the\barn can be done; more easily when the cows art out. Be sure the lot is protected from winds. ' • heellatt est OilA fee good sheep will fleeceline ware,, bil- the farmer's pocketbook. Sheep rats. he kind, ing can be tarried on without much rce and expensive. ' During the winter months proper exercise for breeding ewes is of equal importance with feeding. Animate g and vas 11R1ased in small lots without muffles-' h grasped its tail in hit hand while en exercise are weak at fembing time.' a he administered the punishment. It T)t, produce little milk and a high l tes a gentle horse lint in. its fright it death nate occurs in their lambs. kicked with both feet, striking its own- Make .such preparations now th er in the abdomen, resulting �. death. every lamb may be Moiety looked after for the first few houre aftelt it is born, Cold weather will pr •en; preparations later. hang a small bug in a .co:r:ertie place and in it put every shred of woo that is found loo=e or caught herr and there. - take num r o •s Pep armee* are making some profits this .year that speak well_for the sheep industry. The roe income of one farmer from sheep its been 200 per cent. of all his ex- pensti , including interest on invest - men•, feed and ether expenses that hould he charged against the. enter Good •_J __. H ,t. • properly cared for finger naile. chap• - peel, roughened surfacee..and haeds not thoroughly cleensed several times a des., especially before every meal, offer an excellent; carrier' for di:matte- It is much better to proteet the hands in MIMS. 'conveyances With wash eloves -than to go bare-handed. To grasp the rail on the ear or to put one's hare hands on the seat tor win - 1 aow sill is to come in contact with * good deal of misplatad matter, and it is not unusual to find these stirfieces sticky and very Much suited. In a few moments tme tnay uncon- a little later. The wonder ix 'not that . or rub the eye or wi e the lingers on the harsikerehief, eaSing germs where they will he !,truAied to the face rather that -We do' ma have more. Some think at a matter for mirth that their friends spend time manicur- ing and dii not hesitate to purchase %twit ouppliee as may he neederl, Per - hap thoee people wh5 acorn to -take ats of their own harsSi are the ones who treirore lu»g will io, called upon to pay medical, hospital and nursing bills as a reealt of serious illniros from recision or contagion which might aye been avoided by scrupulous care 1 the Minds and finger nails. 'Think bout it and you will see the impor- Lance of thix part of one's personal Is it too mdch to say that half the _ • accidents arts presentable? Overmuch (.aution makes life minerable, perhaps, b. h' d g one rom even really feeling free and unrestricted, but a neelerate demi) of thoughtfulness in matters oe'curring every day would save a great deal nf suffering. fictoe 4I I rummy Foomcopul Nohody tan tell just hat price hogs will command next falbut this much is eet•tain - -people will eat, pork if they can get it. So, go ahcitiLand breed for spring Pigs. When the pigs begin to show s of weak legs. yon may knew that y have not gio.n then) the chance th need to walk around and exercise. Hogs running in a pasture rerele getN weak in the hind quarters. Cooking feed; for irluine is not ad- I This means that the/ewine loable, because it lowers its eligerdi) vill require more food toeproeuce the ame amount of gain in weight. The, •ooking raises the expense Of ',mho, I ion and cton.down the profits. Pcdateett. field and roots), noel food in %Wilt localities, are more 'datable) and have their water con- ent loweeed when (-poked. This aloe akes it neeessary for the petit* to onsume more feed. aratURI, and takes much time R Mr I RIP - All of these thing. -.id to the repent* of production. It is usually profitable 1.. heat rinking water and water 11Pell in ixing feeds, especially in cold weath• Thls decreaseo the amens/it of ..54. requires to keep the body warm. 00 5 14 AT 11.4 a d5 ire when you give it and a tecture when you receive it. CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTCD .LINE5 One hand I place upon my hip, And lhohl wit h many groans; Anal you intsyp trn of My funny tirandmit Jones. The time tu kelp up ip,r,-e prudu quit. It pays in -the Ion run. tian is when the averag7 wants t Tell the boys .never tostanten th loose end of a halter about their bodie when the other end is fast to the col Terribl things have happenedsstha 1.114e good horse sense and a bres that ix not too stiff when cleaning the colt. One of the first things to conside when buying a horse is his feet.. Poo feet will make a horse that is. other wise good, a failure. Have you ever visited a fernier wh rabies fine hurries, and f und that al Getting the Most Out of Skating. If' you have a riusiiicion that som member of the family, in the role o of Santa Claus, is going to give you a pair of skates this Christman why not hint that you would like a pai of flat hockey skates? These have nat runners, and are meant to he screwed permapently to a pair of s mon Hockey skates put more pleas- ure into skating than you will ever understand until you try them. They never come off, they are much faster, and you can twist and turn as much as you wish with much more omit han %lib the old style rockers. You an start quicker, atop quicker. and -hey do not slide out front under you P the rocker* are likely to (In. The rot day or PO they may seem clumsk, ut MeV you become !hied to them it a ceitainty that you will never go tack to any other kind With them ou can lace your photos tightly and ate a murh hrmer support for your the rk on 'tbe farm was being done by jj ized, bony, spavined horses, while. the ood animals were being sold?' The armee has a right. to the. best, whether r hitt own work or for Old Darbbin may 'not have so ma y automatic, and makes a good aparhin t There' should be no idle horse; in ; winter. If yours are neeeesarily so, h cut the ration ,down to the actua! ff neefis of the animal, and give therwee-^ ercise each day. r The xupply of heavy horses limit-" r. ed. The demand for efficient worker, - is such that they are holding their own in cities and tnereasing in ` o', arity 011 faen1P, and will continue to \: I do so for many years. Better put a long copper rivet h through the center of each heel be- 0 f ' fore yott screw the skates in place,' a then the heela can not come (41 A Mother's Cares. A mother has so many care., a fi a , There's little time Y. She's eombing out the snarly hairs, 'Or darning holes or mending (darn 'Or Winging hurts or aoot-hing rare. ; All through the litelong day. But I and mother often say, Thoitgh tiring duties heap Upon nor *boulders as they may, The nicest duty of the day Ix When we've put the toys away And rock DUI" Nib.* to sleep. —Burge' Johnson. Top dressing for wheat . wifi help bring 9 through the winter. Wheat will be needed next year mote than' rot riling. Mrs. Progress and Mex. Oldways. "How do you manage to keep those hal:0i Mrs. Oldwaye of her neighbor. . "It s very eaey,'' replied Mrs. Pro - rens. "I put the eandlesticko and o.her small brats objects in a bath composed of one tabteepoonful of nIum to a pint of hot water. Allow each article to remain in solution for a few minutes. then polish with • woollen cloth, If badly discolored i use a littie scouring powder, hut that is seldom neeesaary." Where there is old plaster to -be hid fallen fron1 walls or from wails that have teen repaired spread it over the garden. The time it contains will be worth the labor.