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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-10-26, Page 3J;teselee talitestee 114 :13 • • Pears For clear, white delicately flavored preserved pears use Lantic Sugar The ideal sugar for all preserving. Pure cane. "FINE' granulation. 2 and 5 -lb =tons 10 and 20 -lb bags "TheAll-PurposeSugar" PRESERVING LABELS FREE: 54 gummed and printed labels for a red ball trade -mark. Send to Atlantic Sugar Refineries, Ltd. Power Bldg., Montreal 70 INIIIIISMIIMMUSIBUIE210121.1=0 CARE OF CURRANT BUSHES. Propagation is generally made by cuttings of the ripe wood, which is us - natty done the. later part of Augnst or in September. The cuttings are made six to eight inches long, from good, sound wood of the present season's growth, out off smooth, just at the base of a bud. Cuttings planted in early fall, will usually become rooted by th.e time her It a rank llrab teiles to fill the Centre Or elves other limbs, it linty he removed. If the strongeet limbs all grow in the same direction, thus give Ing 011e -sided tree, they Way be. Pinched back, thus encouraging other /intim to Start on the opposite side to beta= the framework of the tree, In the cage a upright -growing varieties, particalarly the main limbs often tend to grow straight upward instead of epreading. In such cases the tips of these upright limbs may be pinched back, This will induce side limbs to grow outward, thus securing a spread- ing tenni, Pruning tools should be disinfected after pruning each tree affected with fire blight, so that the disease will not be carried from tree to tree, and should be disinfected still oftener than this to avoid carrying the disease from Ono part to another of the etune tree, as the pruner finds that he is cutting through diseased wood, says the Mis- souri experiment station. Self -boiled lime -sulphur for spraying peacbee and other stone fruits on which ordinary limp -sulphur cannot be used with safety, is made as follows. Put eight pounds of pure stone lime in a 50 -gallon barrel and all just enough water to start it slaking, Stir thoroughly until the lime is all slaked and the material becomes a smooth, creamy mass Fill the barrel with wa- ter and let it stand for a few minutes, then stir thoroughly and strain into the spraying tank. It should be used full strength. When carefully made, it will not injure the tenderest peach foliage. Starved and stunted trees mean poor crops and small peaches. Trees which make a poor growth suffer most from unfavorable weather at blooming time. Trees should receive enough plant food to maintain an annual growth of at least twelve inches at the tips of leading branches. We have had some degree of success in controlling the radish maggot bY scattering tobacco dust in the row made for tell seed. Land plaster lib- erally distributed in the row at the same time will give the radiehes brighter color, and some folks think it improves their quality. The sheep flock needs plenty a shade in July and August. Turn them into an open woodlot or in pasture where there are large shade trees. If this is impossible, better build them an open shed. winter sets in, and this, too, without their buds pushing into leaf. The next season they will make a far better growth than if their planting is de- fered .until spring. Fall planting of currant cuttings is Practiced by most of our leading nurs- erymen of the present time, especially by those whose nurseries are upou sone or in sections of the country where the currant ripens its wood early in autumn. The cuttings may be made, in the fall, and if it is not convenient to plant them then, they may be tied in bundles,and buried in the open ground or cellar until spring. But as the cur- rant is one of the earliest plants to show its leaves, the cuttings should be planted as early as possible. In eases where a variety is scarce and valuable, th3 cuttings may be but two or three inches in length. How- ever, in that case they need more care in handling and planting, as well as keeping the ground moist, until they become rooted. Propagation can. also be done by layers. Branches, when bent down and covered with eon, or even pegged to the surface and then covered with a mulch, will readily take root. The best time to do this, however, is in the spring of the year, because the layer will become well rooted by fall. Leave the end of the branch uncovered, only burying that part on which it is desir- able to produce root. In the fall sep- arate the layer from the parent plant Einr heel -in until spring. Outtinge grow so readily that this method. of propagation Is but seldom practiced with the currant. While the currant will grow in al- most any kind of soil or situation—it having great vitality—it req Ares good culture and a deep, rich soil to brim; it to perfection, and it is a profitable crop, The bast soil for the currant is a heavy loam, approaching a clay. But, regardless of the character of the AO% it is important that it be a rich, deep soil. The currant, being a grose feed- er, mature of almost any kind may be applied with impunity, and in al- most any pintetity. The rows should be about six feet apart, with the plants about four feet distant in the rows. Some., fruit grow- ers grow currants between the rows in their orchards. This has proved to be very satisfactory, as the growing trees fornish some shade to the currants, and the ground is occupied with a money crop while the orchard trees are toming into bearing. Durin.g the early part of the season the plants should be given frequent shallow cultivation. The currant nat- urally becomes bushy and requires but little pruning. From four to eight canes should be maintained, and these fre- quently renewed. All old canes should be removed when 3 or 4 years old, and all straggling shoots shortened in. Barnyard manure is the best ferte User for this crop. A few forkfuls Oilfield be placed around each bush in the fall, In the form of a mulch. 'This should be forked into the soil later, when it becomes rotted. FARM NEWS AND VIEWS. From time to time during the sum- mer, go over young fruit trees to guide their growth If too many limbs are starting from a given point, they may be thinned to the required num. The strawberry field should be worked all summer and kept free from weeds and grass. The cultivator should be followed with a hoe. ee. • PHIS CURED at HOME Ey New Absorption Method If you suffer from bleeding, itching, blind or protruding Piles, send me your address, and I will tell you how to mire yourself at home by the new absorption treatment; and will also send some of this home treatment free for .trial, with references from your own locality if requested. Immediate relief and permanent cure assured, Send no money, but tell others of this offer. Write to -day to Mrs. M. Sum- mers, Box P. 8, Windsor, Ont. WONDER BOATS OF TEE NAVY "Jackies" at St. John, N.B., Tell of New Marvels. CONTAINS NO ALUM — MADE IN CANADA aummanomisaawasaawaliaassawassasairmanassawastawmawsualicasiwiammaallainollammasswins10311 this country with good chances .success. "A nifty little boat, that's wot I calla it," said a second member of tee party who had hitherto held his peace. "W e've never seen her likes afore in the old North Sea and I gueee the next time we meet PrItzle he'll think we harnessed up the lightnin' bolts." "So you think he'll come out again?"or there'll be some disappoint- ed blokes in Jellicoeei outfit; I'm tell - in' you. There'll come a time when they've got to come out and fight it out with bare knucklea under the old London rules." His last remark betokened that he sometimes donned the mitts with his chums while afloat, "There'll be no "Mends, either, just one straight ise ep the end. One of us for the juse esap after that, Can You guess wher Them the land -lubber wag sure thisJoLelee ettilor was a scrap- per with hard knuckles as well as big guns, "BEAR BAD MAN WITH PADDLE," "Some say that the Germans are cowards when they beat it back to the Kiel, but that's not so," he continued, displaying his salt -sea opinion, "The Germans are scarea the Russians will come down out of the Baltic and run in the back door when they come out the front. Oh, the old bear is a bad man with a paddle. too, when he's roused, and the Russian fleet is watchin' all the time." That the British tar is not only a fair fighter but unprejudiced in his opinion was shown when he was ask- ed what kind of gun -layers the Ger- mans were. "They're not so bad at first—midlin' good I'd say—right neat when they goes into action, but the poor blokes glt excited. They needs nerve tonic, they do. When we give 'ern two or three salvoes they go into the air and their gun-layin" is jist 'orrible for a sailor to behold." He said that in the Jutland fight the German fire was very effective at first, but as ir on as the BrItieli ships got warmed up in actioa the Germnas seemed to lose their ekill and ther shells went wide of the mark WARRIOR eA.Nee ON WAY HOME. The lad who was a survivor ez 1. Warrior said. that hie ship sank nine hours after the awe hi as she was being towed home. Every tqfort wee made to keep her afloat without sum cess, and finally !he went down, with her colors flying as gaily as ever, Five hundred and tweaty men were saved off the ship before she yielded to the call of Davy Jones The boys expressed the oft mpeated opinion of the navy that more ships were destroyed in the Jutland battle than the Germau or British admiralty ever announced and that the German loss was heavy indeed, los:ng some of their finest ships, of 45 -Mile -an -Hour Cruisers -- Huns Will Fight. (St. John, N. B., Telegraph) "You won't know our navy, you won't When this war is over," said a sturdy son ,of the sea, who was on board the battleship Warrior when she was ernk in the Jutland fight, when talking to a representative of The Telegraph tact night. He was a Member of a gun laying draft of forty-three men that arrived in the city yesterday on the Chignec- to from the West Indies where the boys have been engaged in gunnery practice. Not a few of them had been ire that famous battle, but they did not seem to be wan or paralytic, in spite of that terrible experience; they were men after Nelson'a own heart, who saw their duty ahead and did it. "Yes," he continued, "no one knowo the wonderful new ships that have been added to the navy since the war began. There's two I know about, light battle cruisers in Beatty's squa- dron, the Glorious and Resolution. They develop a speed of forty-five knots amhour, those fighting boata do. Now what do e on think of that?" "FAST AS EXPRESS TRAIN." The poor landlubber could only blink hard and express his weeder - tient, "Yes, sir, fast as an express' train, and that's tearing up the water all right." The tar in question shifted hie quid to the other cheek and eaid with a twinkle in his eye, "That's a bit fasten than the exprees traitea in We coun- try. I don't know much about them, but What with the experience I've had that's my inepressicni." The other niembere of the bluejacket party laughed heartily at what they called a "direet hit." While The Telegraph admitted that perhaps Beatty would be able to go racing the retiree:de in ...mamma\ Name 2 IN ••••••••••••••orrisilimmiliasimer. Coi The ov ng burnabin. gir ...MUNI with Duplex Grate, Hot 33Iast Tube and Screw Delivers. gt Will hold fire over night, cook, boll and bake equal to the largeet range. a Has a fine oven of heavy steel sheets -41 closely riveted together. Body ef poliehed steel. 41 /1 your dealer has not a wimple for e41 your inapection, send $21 direct to us and we will prepay freight to your nears est railroad station. $21.00 HAMILTON STOVE 84 HEATER 00,0 LIMI DVI.I'VERItTh AT veva nowt TOWN Hamilton, Ont. Oanadaei ttitioat Stove Mak ST. VITUS DANCE CAN BE EASILY CURED , it3a distinct principle involved, and the child who IS allowed to play games of chance will become calloused to the finer sensibilitleg of right and Wrong, Games of chance are immoral, in that through them we hope to gain Mat for which WO have not offered honest and adequate return. They teach us to expect something for noth- ing and so discourage the disposition to proper effort. Sooner or later the one who indulges in pleasures of this kind le led into porting company aria so the ideals are bound to be lowered. Perhaps One of the. things whiell young America needs to be taught to. day is that it takes continued effort to accomplish worth while things. A genie or a lottery which awards some- thing of value creates false standards and the question soon arisee: "How else can I get what I want without effort on'iny own part?" Any game of chance should be avoid- ed and a child's parents should take Pains to explain why it is wrong and forbid participation in plays of this *kind. nivery effort should be made to arouse the mem of hoxior In the child so that there 'will be no dispceltion to do anything of this kind on the say. This does not mean that competi- tions may not be entered which offer a test of wits and skill, for this is a different matter, In a competition each person Is pitted against every other one and rewards are offered to those who can show the greateet effi- ciency in some given lines. • The very fascination and charm of .games of chance soon make it difficult to break from their hold. The gambler is not made in a moment. He has to travel a long path before he becomes obsessed with the idea that if he keeps on he may win large stakes. A Tonic for the Blood anti Nerves With Rest All That is Needed. many a child has been called awk- Ward, has been punished in school for not keeping still or for dropping things, when the trouble was 'Telly St. Vitua dance. This trouble may ap- /pear at sny age but ia most often met between the ages of aix and fourteen. The moat frequent catyse of the disease is poor blood, aggravated by indoor confinement, or mental strain at school. Under these condi- tions the blood fails to carry nourish- ment to the nerves; mad the child be- gins to show leeleeeneas and inatten- tion. Then it becornes restless and twitching of the muscles and jerking of the limbs and body follow. A. re- medy that oures St. Vitus dance and Mires it ao thoroughly that no trace of the disease reinaina ie Dr. Wil* liams Pink Pills which reneW the blood thus feeding and strengthening the starved nerves. This is the only way to cure the trouble, and parents ahould lose no time in giving this treatment if their child seems nervous or irritable. Mrs. Wm. A. Squires, Caanington, Ont., says: "My only daughter, now fourteen years of age wee troubled for several years with St. Vitus dance, She was so bad that at times she would lose control of her limbs and her face and eyo3 would be contorted. We had medical advice and medicine, but it did not help her. In fact we thought the trouble growing worse, and finally we had to take her from school. About a year ago We be- gan giving her Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and by the time she had taken five boxes she Was completely cured, and is now a fine healthy girl. I firm- ly believe We ow.e this to Dr. Wile lituree Pink Pille and are very grateful for her restoration to perfect health." You can get these pills from any dealer in medicine or by mail at 80 cents a box or six boxes for $2,60 from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brook- ville, Ont. -4 • GA1VIES AND THE CHILD, Influence On Young of Games of Chance, ere IS a certain fascination about es of &alio for young as well an old. The human mind seems to be made up along lines *which enjoy the element of suspense and surprise. This, coupled with the hopo which springs eternal in every breast, makes the aVeraege indriedual of even tender years, °Wee "taking a ehance" With the expectation of winning something. Mothers are likely to Meet this ',rob- trgin go to ens" the ng of think re. thero rns Applied in 5 Saconds -"Sore, blistering feet ?are C4 from corn-pinehed toes can be cured by o Putnam's Extractor in 24 hours. "Put- nam's" soothes away that drawing pain, ea.see instantly, makes the feet feel good at once. Get a 25c bottle of "Putnam's" to -day. STAY-AT-IOVIS' MEAT TO SING Of Their Guard of Canada, Doubted by Preacher. Coming and Going Soldiers and Their Outlook. Two crowds of men in khaki met and mingled at Quebec this last week- end. The one bunch going to the front, the other coming back from the front, —many wounded, all disabled. ' bat, and Make him real fit for it, so Ile shouldn't he ehoYed out 01 1118 job when the rest Of the boys Come back and lobs are not plenty as they are now. "Jack mild he didn't feel as if he'd ever be fit for anythng. The job he'd taken on was fighting, and he wanted to go back and finish it, and as he couldn't do that—well, you know how a man would feel. "There was another man there, half - crippled with rheumatism. and he said to Jack one day I was there—'See here, somebody's got to keep things going at home, or how cau we keep things going at the front? I've got to go into an office or something of that sort. It's not what I've been used to, but even office work's got to be done. As for you—well, I envy you. There's some things you can't do, but there's many you can, on the farm. "'11 you can't fight with 'era you can feed 'em,' he said. And Jack sort of chewed over that for a while, and said he guessed it was so. And he's doing it. Jack says his leg don't bother hin. near as much as he thought it would. And Dad says Jack is more use now than he was before. "There's lots of things they show you how to do with one arm, Only I guess, with the 'electricity, and machines for gettingepower back into your limbs when they feel like being gone for good and all, you won't have to do with one arm after all." The invalid seemed to 'see thIngs in a more cheerful light, "Well," said he; after a pause, "if I can't do my bit over there, I can't do It over here, daresay. . It won't be for lack of trying, if I don't." _ LET IN THE LIGHT, al•••••=•••••••••••..11.011.1•• Faded Carpets Are Not as Piti- ful as Faded Cheeks. Fresh air enthusiasts are familiar enough to most a us, but we • hear less of enthusiasm for light, Darkened parlors, darkened bedrooms, darken- ed sickrooms are too common, Sir B. W. Richardson, the eminent London scientist ad nphysician, dee elared that when the professore of healing enter a alckroom their- first words in most cages ought to be Goe- the's dying exclamation, "More light, more light!" The light of the sun is God's own microbe killer, germicide, disinfectant, prophylactic, sickness healer. There no phyeician, no chemical antidote oio compounded prescription to be compared with sunlight. Without it nature could not perform her func- tione. Man, beast, bird, insect would fall victims to the deadly gases thee would prevail. The horrid mists and deadly gases are dispersed and decom- posed b ytheeaction of light. Let it in, everywhere! Let the light in more and more abundantly .Faded carpete are not EA pitiful as faded cheeks. Soiled cushions are trivial compared with spoiled health. Dark- ened rooms are too suggestive of dark- ened lives.—Christian Herald. Yon could see the difference in their faces and in their walk. You could not say that one bunch was in better spirits than the other: and. yet, even in that matter there was a differ- bnce. It came out in the course of an af- ter -church conversation. There was a church parade for the men about to leave, and some of the newly -returned men were there tOo. I . The preacher, in the course of his sermon, said: "I sometimes ask myself theques- tion when we sing, '0, Canada, we stand on guard for thee,' what right wo have to sing it,—we who stay core- fogtably at home." Some of his civilianhearers inust have found it hard to give a satisfae- tory -answer to the question. Even among his soldier hearers there was at any rate One who was not altogether satisfied with himself. He was talking it over afterwards with a young fellow of the departing regiment. "I hadn't been two days in the trenches," he said, "didn't have 4 chance to do anything, befpre I got hit; and now this," he continued, looking ,down at hie right arm, "is good for nothing, It'll be months be- fore I can use it, they say, and May- be never Talk of Inc 'standing on guard' for Canada or anything else:" The other Was evidently at a loss, at first. But then an idea struck him. "I guess that's what was the matter With my brother," he said, "It's on ac- count of him getting knocked out that I'm going. There's only two of us boys, and we did moSt of the farm work between, us. lie came back with a game leg, --had to spend three months • in a convalescent hospital— one of the places that the Military hospitals Commis is running, If you ever heard, 4itejeem. "Well, they 1 ei of alasses there, teaching' book-keep- ing and short -ha type -writing, and mechanical drawing and carpen- tering and Metal -work, and eobbling, and raising vegetables and chickens and sueh like. They wanted to find out what every man was likely to do 'rm.\ ."••••••• Vven though previously entirely innocent of any knowledge in thle connection, uno really lutereeted can taeily and quickly get loto the business. A few tallefittlro BbPietntorvatelfeeallheatrett Isfeepstv, then grade ewes with a right good ram, and the Olin; la on its way. The initial. Inveatment ie Email, the daily labor le light, and the sum of work Sor the year much leee than with 'most other 'Wee uf live stock. Beeldes, the work is of zilch a charaeter that great physical strength or robust health is not ceeen- tial to succeam, though these condition are usually most neceasary to farming. There is plenty of somm there are MOW farms ready and waiting for thousands of small sheep farmers, In Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario, tu say notheig of the prairie provinces and British Columbia. Anyone at all interested in Making a living in tido country, with a minimum expenditure in capital and labor, cannot attord to neglect the peeeibtlitiee of Ibis most attractive industry, or its present returns aro most satisfactory, and even when war prices fall there is Do reasoe 'why its future eheulti not Ceritinue to prosper. and receive hIghost cash prices. W.3 send money the same day the furs are received. Charge no commissions—and pay all charges. Wo have pald out millions of dollars to thou. sands of trappere In Canada 'rho send thole f ursto us because they know.they get antlers deal, andrecelve mom money for their furs. You wIllalse. We buy moro (=from trappers for cash than any other five firms in Canada. FREEHitaIt1iaamm Wpraoileme (tDejoaggnep Hallatres Fur Ihyulrelluot(rpaages) Boot free on request • Address as foliow s: JOHN_ HALLAM Limited 201 Hallam Building, Toronto. `W..% THE SOLDIER AND THE SHEEP THE FALL WEATHER HARD ON UTILE ONES Canadian fall Weather je extremely hard, on little ones. One dRY it ie warm and bright and the next wet e,nd cold. Thoee eudden change bring on colds, cramps and c ' ella and unless baby's little stomach is kept right the result may be serious, There is nothing to equal I3aby's Owu Tabletiu keeping the little ones well. The sweeten the stomach, regulate the bowels, break up cOlds and make baby thrive. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealere ter by -mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. William Medicine Cm, Brookville, • Don't Whip a Child in Anger. It is absurd to whip a child who is overcome by anger. The best thing to d.pis to let hirn alone and let his pas- sion wear itself out. If he could be taken before the anger gets the tipper hand of him he might be controlled, What the parent shonld do la t9 study the things wheel will wipe the child's anger and then avoid these things. It is the height of folly for g parent to excite anger in a child and tben try to control it by punishment. I:raigsazwionre,se than folly; it is brute). and is likely to ruin the child.—Mother's Wool and Lambs Ca nEe 'Raised By Men Who Cannot Till Soil. (By Z. 11. Orisdale, 13, Agr, Director of Experimental Perms). "The Soldier and the Hen" was the title of it paragraph published recent- ly dezeribing tho way in which soldiers had taken up poultry -raising at some of the Military Hospitals Commission's convalescent homes. Poultry reising in ono of the out -door occupations avtulable Mr men too badly disabled for general farm work. Several kinus of farm work, however, are within the powers of men partially disabled and_ one of thee° is sheep -raise 5,2r, 3. 11. Grisdaie, Director of the Do - Menton goVerithtent's 'experimental Vane system, has kindly sent tne Military Hos- pitals Commission the following article on "sheep farming for returned sole diers"i Agriculturally, Canada is and has been a land of big things. Sheep, however, though great money-makers In many thor countriee, have received anything itt the„.Attention, their poseibilitles well orit itt this COUntry. Yet, every province Canada lies been proven to include ex - enema areas highly suitable to the suc- cessful pursuit of the sheep -breeding 111(111E30V, and climatie conditions seem favorable in practically all parts of the DonsiniOn, One peculiarity of this industry le its euitability to either fertile or inferior lands. Welt Money hart been made with sheep on farms where no other line of farming could pos.sibly have been tallow - ed. Another Peculiarity is that it may be conducted either on it small scale, earn. lilt; it satisfactory Moine, or on it sery Mtge Scale, building a tortune. '['ho sine gle-liatiSed farmer with hie tidy little, flock of high-grade Owesis pure et 14 comfortable income While the moiler with les wide seattered flocks and 1118 hired ithepherde me* he essilY on a fl. nancial par with the ratiwitY president. A mon ATTRACTIVE LINE. To the moldiers returning war -wearied to peaceful pursuits in this country, in my opinion no single lino thoind prove mote attractive Uteri itheegsfeaileittle. LINERS TO BE OVERHAULED The 0, P, R. is going to overlutul US trans -Famine linerat the beginning Of the new year. The boats will be laid up at drydock at Hong Kong for renovation and repsir. The Empress of Asia will be.the first to be laid up. She will be out of commission for about a month, The Empress of Russia and Empress of Japan will be laid up in turn --the former have a month and the latter 26 days at Hong Kong. The big linera are kept in the best of trim, being all thoroughly •overhauled once a Year. The Empress of Asia and Empress of Russia have not been completely overhauled since they were released from the Admiralty service, toward the latter part of last year. The Monteagle, which is now on her way across the Pacific, was recently overhauled in Heng Kong. DRS. SOPER & WHITE. SPECIALISTS Piles, eczema, Asthma, Catarrh. Pimples, Dyspepsia, Epilepsy, Rheumatism, Skin, Kid. nay, Blood, Nerve and Bladder Diseases. Call or send history for free advice, 11ledicine furnished in tablet form. llours.-20 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. Sundays -10 a.m. to 1 pxn. Consultation Fres DRS. SOPER & W1-90777. 25 Toronto St., Toronto, Ost, Please Mention This Paper. POULTRY WORLD REMEMBER! The ointment you put on your child's skin gets into the system iust as surely as food the child eats. Don't let impure fats and mineral coloring matter (such as many of the cheap ointments contain) get into your child's blood l Zam. Buk is purely herbal. Na pole- onolis coloring. Use it always. 50c, Box at 411 Druggists and Stores. _ .1.,11.1•111.4.11.1111MMIMI.M.M. there is no good. reason why 1 p mea- sure the two cannot be combined to a great extent. The much-discussed egg tYpe question is gradually passing DAYtly-4110 to the proof given out by the leading progressive breeders and laying contests showing thee high grade performers as far as egg PM, duction was concerned were not all one shape, type or breed, that &AIM of the fowl, color of the eye, sige of the comb, etc., has anything to do with egg production hp,s been eXplod- ed by tests under trap nests, in the hands of the leaeling breeders, the laying contests and the experiment station. All any hen must have is a body large enough, to hold a heart, a good pair of lungs and body capacity enough to hold good egg organs. These can be found in almost any of the standard bred fowls to -day, and beginners should consider carefully when purchasing the different claims made hv advocates of fancy and utili- ty. Without question the great ma- jority of the breeders of the future will be those that will combine both (mantles to the highest state ot per- fection. That it requires more time in obtaining these requirements is ad- mitted by all well-known experts, but It is worth while in the extra 'price obtained. for this class of poultry . WHEN PULLETS SHOULD LAY. The age when an April hatched pullet will begin to lay depends alto- gether on the Care she has had since hatching, If she has been fed to make a steady growth without in- terruption, she may lay in six and a half months, and possibly a month earlier. If she has been stunted. itt her growtb at any period by lack of food, improperly balanced food, overcrowd - Ing, or chilling, she may not lay until after Christmas. Then. too the wea- ther has it good deal to do with early laying. If pullets are exposed to ii3,ele- ment weather at the time when they might lay egg production will be de- layed. Again, it th ey are moved just when the egg organs are maturing, they aro likely to be set back in their laying. For this reason, it is impor- tant to get the pullets into their lay- ing houses early; move them gradu- ally; have the house clean, the pullets free from lice, and make sure that they.are contented in their new quar- ters. Chickens have their likes and dislikes. If the house suits, then, and they can settle down comfortably to scratch and sing, they will lay sooner than if they are wandering -around discontentedly, flying from floor to window, trying to escape. Chickens have very human charac- teristics; the most successful breeder Is the one who humors his birds. We used to have a hen that would fight every bird in the exhibition pen if she went itt first; but if she was put in last, she, behaved peaceably. She had to go in tail first, too, or she would flap her wings and struggle until there was danger of broken feathers. The average man won't cater to these idlosyncretelest, but it pays. N.. 0 444•••PiPo 0••• • FANCY VS. UTILITY. One of the leading quehtions among those interested in poultry is that of fancy vs. Utility. For years the dyed- in-the-wool utility poultry keeper has made the claim that breeding for fine feathers, good looks, proper color, eye, coomb, etc., retarded the utility qual- ities of the fowls. In the commercial poultry keepers' mnid was ever the idea that no prize winner or high grade show bird was worth anything from the utility standpoint. But in past years a few broad minded pro- gressive breeders have shown that this does not hold good when the military keepers' mind was ever the manner. At the very beginning the utility fowl of to -day was made and formed into the standard bred fOwl by the so -Called fanzier, and in the past, when the farmer wished to improve his flock, they sent to the fancier for new blood by either purchasing eggs Lor hatching, a male or pen of females. The standard bred fowls of to -day will not be improved fast. except in egg production, unless there is a more give-and-take attitude taken in the utilituy vs. fancy question, There should be no great dividing Hee be- tweeri the two classes of breeders, for Hew utterly weak and helpless one becomes when the nerves give -way. 1'1E1 Sleepless, nervous, irritable anddes- pondent, life be. comes it burden. But there is Dr. Chase's Nerve rood to rebuild our exhausted nervous system, restore the action of your bodily or- gans and change gloom and des- pondency into now hope and courage. Wry it—to-day. 50 cts. a box, at all dealers. Economy. "There IS much truth in the say. *wife is a woman who never allows a crumb to fall from her husband's table without carefully picking it up and putting it in her husband's bed," says a writer in an English paper. Ing of the cynic, that the economical The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.--Lessing, seepee.Weetees\Seetea. ezeseeeem wee *111..\\*1\ \\X\ ..\\ \*.•\"1"1,1,. .101. 414, ^OA; Men Wanted for the Navy The Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, wants men for immea! diate service Overseas, in the Imperial Royal Navy Candidates must be eons of natural born British subjeets and be from 18 to 88 xaars of age. pA"V $1.11) plc day and upwerds. Free Kit. Separation allowance, 820.00 monthly. Apply to the nearest Naval Actruiting Station or to the Depertmetit of the 14s.val Service, OTTAWA. iit14 I1e••••••••• w) J USTI Fl ED, (E,xchange) E•derly Rdineter--11011ceme,a, arrest that want Ile just walked up to me mei whiopered that I was the most beeutifill woman he ever maw. Pollemnan—Very Well, Ma'am. What Shall 1 acme him with—Insanity? NAUGHTY THING, (Lampoon) "Mrs. Murphy, have you seen my glass 'Yes, sor; it wee readin' ono of ',your lettere, and hid it in the bureau. see*, WHAT COOK MISSED, (Itoenestor Times) Landlady—Prim sorry you think the chicken soup isn't good, I told the ceelt how to make it, Perhaps she didn't catch the idea. Bearder—No; 1 think it was the chleken she didn't catch! • • HER VIEW OF MAN. (Exchange) Woman's changing appreciation of man, according to Mary Irwin, may be cor- rectly summoned up in three brief but definite interrogative sentences. At the ags, oe 1.3 years she asked; "Who is he?" When she hits reached the age or 24 years she asks: "What is he?"e And at the age of 35 she nervously in- auir.eal "Where is he?" • e • FOUND HIS BROTHERS. (London Tit -Bits) An Irishman went to Australia look- ing for two of his brothers who had been out there for some yeare. Their names were Pat and Ted. Whilst walidng off the railway station he saw an engine with the inseription; "Patented 1900," _."13egorra," said he, "01 have found there bheys afther all; they are bholler manufectiturers. Pat -en -ted 1900, and it was the very year, bejapers they came out here," THE FOXY CANVASSER', (Rochester Times) Irate Businees Man—You book agents rsake me so angry with your confound- ed nerve and impudence that I cannot find words to express my feeling's. .A.gent—Then 1 am the very man you want. 1 am selling dictionaries. • • • PIONEER HARDSHIPS.(Exchan,go "When we first came here," said a Da- kota man to his visitor from the east. "our nearest neighbor lived 12 miles away," "The land suz!" she cried. "Who'd ycr borrer from?' • - FACSAL MEASUREMENT. (The Christian Herald) A teacher one day asked her class if they knew 'which was the longest word in English language. A small band waved frantically. "Well, Johnny, what is the longest word?" "Smiles," promptly answered Johnny. "But that has only six letters!" "Yes'm, I know it, but it's a mile be- tween the first and last one." CLEVER HENRY. (Pearson's Weekly, London) She (tearfully) --Henry, our engagement is at an end, and I wish to return to you everything you have ever given me. He (cheerily)—Thaaks, Blanche! You may begin at once with the kisses: They are married now. HOW THEY DO IT. (Dallas News) "Well," said the Par West mayor to the English tourist. "I dunno how you manage these affairs over there, but out Isere, when some of our boys got tied up in that thar bankrupt telephone company Was tellin' yer about they became migh- ty crusty!" "Oh!" "Yus; they didn't like the way the re- ceiver was handlin' the business no- how." "Indeed!" commented the earnest lis- tener; "then, may 1 ask what they did?" 'Sartinly; 1 wus goin' ter tell yet'. They just hung up the receiver." FISH. (London Tit -Bits) In a North -country harbor a Scotch drifter was having her name repainted. 'Near to her was a British war vessel, from the deck of which a knot of inter- ested tars watched lazily whilst the let- ters "P -S -Y -C -H -E" were completed. Just then .one afflicted with a, particu- larly sensitive "receiving station," receiv- ed a "brain wave." "Ho, there below!" ho drawled, and the words squirmed along the stem of his .aged clays- --"Ce.wxet yer not spell? Was yer never at school, eh? That's net the way we spell 'fish' in the navy." • • POSITIVE PROOF. (London Tit -Bits) - Two Scottish stediers on their way to France, passed through London recently. It was their first experience of the "big village," and they were natarally keep- ing their eyes open. Their watchfulness was, however, not sharp enough to avoid a taxi in the vi- cinity of Victoria Staticin: and one of them got knocked over. . 'As he picked himself up, none the worse for his fall, his mate growled: "Ma- he yell believe it's busier than Kirkintil- loch noo. ' NOT SO $LQW. - (Exchange) The train had stopped - -and the oid lady put her head out of the window and inquired of an old railway porter wbat it was stopping for. The lug- gage smasher was inclined to be face- tious. "Engine out late last night, ma'am," remarked, with a smile, "so she's got it thirst on her this morning; they're givin' 'er a drop o' water." "Sure it's water?" queried the dame. "If you'll wait a minute, I'll inquire whether they're givin"er port wine," he grinned. "Never mind, my man, don't trouble," came the answer. "I thought, perhaps, by the way we've been getting along, it was sloe gin." ECONOMY, (London Tit -Bits) In the third-class compartment of the cit 7 train the conversation turned on the important subject of economy, Various views were expressed. Then a small inain Me one corner said, slowly: "A friend 'o mine—leastways, 'cl'a more of an acquaintance like—'e ain't spent a 'a'penny in five years." "Rot!" "What are yougivin' us?" and similar remarks greeted this state- ment, "Pact!" said the small one, briefly, as he lit his pipe. "But 'e'll he out of jail next week!" *44.4 NOT AN EVANGELIST. (The Christian Herald) The orthodox minister's son, Tommy, aged 5, had it fight with a larger boy, With the usual result. As his inothee ve4ehe0 the blood and tears from bis he eobhed: "Jinuny will g -go away into ev-ever- lasting' punishment for this, w -won't he, ma?" I hope he'll repent and be neared," said his just sojtllierh. ,w........c.ao Pe he won't," said Tose.. EVIDENCE CLOSED. Lftwyer's Wife—SO(ew."yrolrStn) client was ae- geitted of murder. On what groutids? Lawyer—Insanity. We proved that his father once event two years in an asylum. Lawyer's Wife—But be didn't, did he? Lawyers -Yes. Ito was doctor there, but we had ne time to bring that feet Out, TOO BUSY. (Exchange) An Edinburgh gehtlemari tiled the oth- er day, and a small boy—open-eyed and slent--w etched while the coffin was Vac. eo, in the hearse. "litkve you said yOur prayer, Willie?" wild his mother, after tucking him Into bed that night. 110t tIOIIIEi to say any prayers to. night," reelicel Mlle, with the air of one who hail fully made up his mind. But you must,' "No, not to -night," Willie persisted. "Why not?" asked the mother, itt atie tontsitinent. "It's no U50," Sala Willie. "They will he so busy inheaven to -night imptitithig Mr. Vates that they *ill heve no titete to itston to the praYere of Blue boys:.