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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-08-02, Page 3THR klE,ED I IN. Planting the seed is not the only important factor in raieing garden fituft. It is the after attention that comas, especially now that the sune are hotter and the rains more or less frequent. The terms "tillage" and "cultiva- tion" are often confused. They are distinct operations, and not the same thing, Tillage is the breakiug up and Pulverizing of the soil, work done pre. paratory to the sowing of seed. Cul- tivation is work done after the seed have sprouted, with the view of caus- bag a rapid growth of the plaint, and at the same time keepingsdowa the weeds, The surface of the soil should not be permitted to bake, or even to form an appreciable crust. It is profitable to constantly stir the soil between the rows and about the plants, with tools or wheel cultivutoria This permits the air tcr penetrate the son, when chem- ical action and bacterial activity are facilitated, weeds are destroyed which if allowed to remain would use up a large amount. of plant food, and the supply of moisture will be conserved, In cases where the vegetables grow closely in the rows, ' hand weeding may have to be done, and, while in- struments may be purchased for this purpose, better work can be done by pulling up the weeds by hand. This should be done oh wairn, bright days, so that the weeds, when removed from the eoil will at once be sihrivelled up by the sun. When weeds are pulled during damp weather and permitted to lie on the ground they are apt to take root again. WHEN TO CULTIVATE. Cultivatioa should uot take place too soon after a rainstorm. A good gardener is careful in early spring not to dig the ground when the soil is too moist, and he is equally cautious about cultivatiug right after rains When very muddy soil is stirred, it puddles ipto a compact, cement -like mass, in which plant food becomes se- curely locked. But attention must be given the garden as soon as the exce.s. sive moisture from a rain has taken place. Unless stirred at .this time a crust is apt to form on the ground, which, besides restricting the plants, prevents the access ot air, and also facilitates the loss of moisture throngh evaporation. It is lnaportant that the crop be kept tree from weeds and the soil loose so that air and moisture may more freely penetrate the roots. When cultivttion Is thorough and the subsoil is broken In midsummer, there is not so much 11. ability of the roots suffering from var- iations of temperature and moisture, and the growth of the plants is more uniform sad the roots less weedy and distorted. Care must be taken not to injure the leaves of the plants, which are the lungs -which, when impaired, result in unhealthy action. FACTS WORTH MAKING NOTE OF, Now ie the time for farmers- who I have the faeilities to get lato the pore - bred owine-breeding game by Wing of a reliable breeder registered etock of the Berl:411re or other good breed, and raising pigs for breeding purpos- ee, as well as for the market, There is going to be a good demand for this kind of etock for a long time to come. Compactness of form or an approach to it is always more important in the boar than in the sow. A pig well started after weaning is in pretty good form for making a valuable porker. With home, size, bone, form and constitution must alwaya be regarded first in breeding. A. fast walk and a telling road gait are to a great extent matters of edu- caton, Growing pigs cannot be pushed too fast provided the right kind of feed Is used. With common stook the animal Pos- sessing the largest amount of vitality will usually mark the offspring. When sheering the sheep mark the ewes that for any reason it is con- sidered best to dispose of later on. The most common defects in flavor In butter comes from cream standing too long before churning. With the farmer the richer the soil the greater his resources and the more secure his investment. There is no work on the farm too light for the draft horse where a horse Is needed at all. The cow is a producer, and the bet- ter she is fea the larger her yield of milk and butter, In the breeding stallion see that he is a good individual first, and then that he has a good pedigree. Raise such stock as the market de- mands. When the purchaser seeks the producer the best prices are ob- tained. Stop the churn aa soon as the but- ter granulates if you want to wash out all of the buttermilk. A pig that has been etunted ix the early stages of its life should never have a place in the breeding herd. Always teach a colt to lead by the halter and foretop, to be tied up and to have its feet handled. •• • — , CULINARY DELICACY. Soy Bean Which Comes from China, is a Meal in Itself. For full particulars concerning the Goy bean, say sthe New York Evening Post, it would perhape, be best to consalt the natives of China and Japan or else the Italian army. It eeema like a long jump from the Goy bean fields of China to the battle -front of the Isonzo, but that is the route that the anly respeete.bre lot of soy beans yet Shipped to the United States has tak- en. It appears that the soy bean, dea- pite the fact that it is the world's champion all-around food, did not leap into instant popularity on ite arrival here, and so in the course. of events it was shipped over to Italy' to nourish the boys in the trenchea. Not only is the soy bean the world's champicn all-around food -a dish, in fact, that makes a laughing -stock of our elaborate course dinners, since it is everything from soup to nuts, all rolled into a bean -but it ie, so. far as Is known, the only bean in captivity that grows whiskers, and red ones, at that. Unfortunately, the soy beano sel- ected for exhibition by the department of agriculture 'have all .been sbaved, ad look as smooth -skinned and sleek as any Dean ever mined in Boston town; but, for all that, in their natur- al state the soy beano are feund dwell- ing two to five in a pod, and "covered with a stiff reddish hciir." There are, by actual 'Count, forty- nine varieties of the aoy, or soja, bean, and these forty-nine varieties could easily .be grown here and used to keep the great American people alive and well and out of the poor -house, wheth- er meat and eggs; and other popular fodder went soaring or not. New York, In fact, has already taken fancy to one of the innumerable roles In which the red -whiskered bean of China Jo wont to masquerade. It's the juice of the soy bean that forma the basis of Worcestershire sauce -that India- nensable relish which, we all insist 'on having in restaurants ,though seldom at home. And that isn't the only guise in which we know the soy bean. Persons who patronize Chinese or almost Chindse restaurants know that there is an indefinable something that distin- gulehes everything the Chinese cook. It is the soy bean, the eauce froni which is put into nearly everything produced in a Chinese kitchen. But aoy sauce is only a side -line compared with the other activities of the soy bean. Under treatment, the soy bean can be made into butter, milk, oil, breakfast -food cereal, crack- ers; cakes, bread, muffins, pancakes and a kind. of April -fool coffee, which, being free from injurious caffein, ahould be just the thing tor the nerves of the tired business man. Be- sides theae thinge ,there are delicious ensilea to be had from roasting, bak- ing, broiling, frying, stewing, boiling and hashing the soy bean. At least, they must be delicioue, since they're served to keep one of the oldest civi- lizations in the -world alive these many years and have cciatrilmted largely to "the endurance and strength of the Japanese and Chinese soldiers and ath- letes." Evaporation is the passing off 'of water from a wet surface into the air. During a drY spell of weather the water of the soil evaporates from, the surface, and other water from below rises .to take its place. Durin& wet weather there is a downward move- ment of the water in the soil. - Growing plants are composed large- ly of water. This water is taken on by the roots and passes off in a vapor through the leaves. The leaves,,how- ever, cannot take in much water. There is seldom enough water in the soil during dry weather to furnish a spin - cleat supply for the requirements of crops. Much of valuable soil Water is lost during dry weather by permitting weeds and underbrush to exist. Certain mineral matters ara, dis- solved in soil water, and these miner- als are carried in the roots •ot rttnts by the soil water. The water passes off by transpiraVon, but the mineral :natters remain in the leaves. A „plant must have healthy leaves or it will not thrive. When a seed germinates it sends out two shoots -one of these aims downward and becomes the root; the other goes upward and becomes the stem. The root holds the plant In the soil and furnishes It with water and food. It is necessary that the soil be suf- ficiently porous that plenty of air may be admitted to the roots of the plants. Without air the roots would die, There should also be plenty of food in the soil, in a soluble condition, for the needs of crops. What is known as humus is vege- table of animal matter in which de- cay is well advanced but not complete. Humus affords the soil an opportunity to retain more water than it would be possible otherwise, besides has a tendency to prevent the soil from baking. Stable and barnyard manures are the best agencies for furishing humus to the soil. Another good eiource for enriching the soil with humus is glowing under unharvested crops. STARTERS FOR FORD CARS Guaranteed to start anY Ford car while eitting In seat, without having to get out, perhaps In rnud or slush, te crank It. Aleo doe* away with the danger of getting arm hurt by engine backfiring. Price only $15 on receipt et which Starter will be shipped, with express charges prepaid, with foil directions; foe InetallIng. Representative* wanted all over Canada. Address THE MILLS SALES CO., box 344, TORONTO, ONT. • ++++++++4-4-41-•-*********** •• 5-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-*****44-40-**1-**-** Classic Revenge in Baltic Sea Mystery 4-0-•-•-***4-•*4-0-4**•-•-•-•-*******-* When Petrograd received a Wireless one evening last spring from the transport Irkutsk, on her way with 2,000 troops to Riga, that the vessel was being attacked by a German war- ship in the Battle nobody in Admiral. ty circles had the slightest doubt or the outcome. The Irkutsk was an old ship with only medium calibre guns, and it was known that the enemy squadrons operating between the Scandivanian penipsula and the Rus- sian coast were of the mosaupettadate type. The Irkutsk was given up for lost, and as days went by without fur- ther news of the veesel she was writ- ten off in the Admiralty records. Simultaneously in Bertha the an- nouncement was made that the de- stroyer Coburg was missing. The last; message sent from the COburg told of her hailing attacked a Rassian trans- port, having surrend'ered after a short, .engagement. The Coburg, the mes- sage added, was towing her prize to , Libau. After that there was no more word from the German. destroyer. • • FARM NEWS AND VIEWS. A Government expert says the best remedies for the cabbage Worm are arsenate of lead and Paris green. The forMer being cheaper at the present time is recommended at the rate of two pounds in powder form or Nur pounds In paste form to 50 gallons of water. Adhesiveness is enhanced by the addition of the same amount by weight of crude resin soap or resin- fishoil soap. The best form of spray- ing machinery should be used, witb ;specie attention to nozzles in order to SeeUre a mist -like spray. Borax is valuable around farms and Out of doors to keep down the flies. One pourid of borax to 12 bushels of Manure will be found desirable as a fly poison without injuring its Man- urial qualities or farm stock. Scatter the borax over the manure and sprin- kle 'with water, SUNLIGHT AND SOIL. Causes of the Differenoe of Color in Foliage and Flowers. DRAMATIC STORY OF WAR. Behind those bald official announce- ments there is hidden one of the most dramatic stories of the war. Piercing together unofficial detailg and ampli- fying stories' told by the fetv survivors' of the Irkutsk it is possible to recon- struct an amazing tragedy. of the sea. BY one of those strange' coinci- dences to which the mixture of races In European Russia give rise the 2,000 soldiers aboard the Irkutsk, sent to Riga when the German threat of an offensive in force s,gainst that port Was occupying the serieue attention of the Russian strategists, were Finns. Finland demands independence of Russia, • but her sons are fighting Russia's battles. In command of the troopship was Captain Zaborowski, Pole. Under him were Limits. Belthy and Protopoff, Poles, and Ensign Clot- kowski, likewise a Pole. The Teutons had just declared with a loud flourish of trumpets to the neutral nations that Poland was henceforth "an auto- nomous kingdom" -under the tute- lage of the German and. Austrian Kaisers -but that did not induce these Polish officers to regard the Germans as anything but the sworn enemies of the Slay. Thus it happened that when the commander of the Irkutsk after hav- ing lost touch with the convoying cruiser in a thick fog, eaw within gun's range a Gernaan warship and gazed at the signal "Stop" displayed from the yard he decided not to stop, but to fight. • He ordered full steam ahead and opened fire on the German was a first clase destroyer with his three 3.2 inch guns. Put the Ger- man had four 6 -inch guns trained on the transport and her firet shell struck the Russian amidships, causing an explosion in the engine room, Fur- ther resistance was useless, so Zabo- rowski hauled down his flag. A boat came from tne Coburg. In it were three sailors and Ensign ton Biebenstein. The latter bowed ironi- cally to the Russian commander and uttered it few remarks on •Germanic civilization and humanity. He said he did not intend, unless forced to do so, to sink the transport With her hu- man cargo. He would take her in tow to Libau. So the towing began. The Finns of course remained aboard the Irkutsk, bait the officers were transferred to the Coburg. That night Capt. Za.borowski wail sitting with his head in hishands in his cabin. Through the porthole he could hear the melancholy songs of the Finns as the san was setting. He wondered it what von Biebenstein had said was true -that he was a "prisoner ot a special class." He touched the electric button. Fritz en- tered and saluted respectfully. The Russian gave him an order and before the sailor returned went on deck. It Is sunlight that chiefly causes the difference In the color of the folitege and floWera of plants. .The foliage and flow - erg of plants absorb sun rays of certain cohere and reject others, and this it lis that maims the flowers take on their proper tolors. We know that the character of the boll and possibly a difference in climate may cause flowers to change their colors, Some wild flowers of New jersey are of quite a different shade of color from the same flowers in Illinois, the character of the son causing the flowers to change their selection or the sures rays, and thus the color or the newer is changed. To prove that the character of the god may change the color of flowers take any of the pink flowering varieties of Hyd- rangea hortensis, repot the plant, careful, ly washing away the old soil, and replace In soli in which alum has been incorpor- eted, 'rhe proper proportion is half a pound of alum broken into pieties the size of a hickory nut to each bushel nf soil. In this soil the plants, instead of produeing pink flowers, as formerly, will produce flowers of blue. New shades of flowers are preduced by crOSPing One color with another, /some. v:htst as an artist mixes paints to obtain deinred ehades and enters, but with fat more trouble and far less accuracy. •Sonielimee on the same stein flowers ot different colors are netted du te the hYbridizatien or to freak of nattire, the tendency to break away from the es. tablished type fe nature nothing stands still. It is rater progreselon of retro. wet:Mon, The range of color fel* es -oh Oneida Peons to be confined within certain lims Ito, through the hybridizer is gradeally extending these linnet. Yellow, whits, end purple are the commonest eolors In wild flowers In the order named, yciii,w is the mintiest lend Most prim!. ecior and bum the latest end most Widely *Nolved.—Exchinge. lowed, Inetinctively their eyes sought the Irkutsk, There she was, an en- ormous mass in comparison to the German destroyer, to which she was attached by two steel cables. The Coburg was ploughing her way along at full speed, great vo!Ernes of smoke flowing from the funnels. "Long live Poland:" said Zaborow- ski in a low voice. "Long live Poland -the real PO, land!" replied his comrades. "And long live Russia!" added Zab- orowski. Suddenly the staccato notes of the wireless struck their ears. "Probably the latest news of colos- sal victories' sent out by the Wolff Agency," remarked Ensign Ciolkow- ski. The Kapitan Leutitant came out of the wireless room with a serioue look He crossed to the bridge. The officer on duty signalled below. The cables attached to the Irkutsk felt a sudden strain. "Perhaps it is our own anuadron that they've been warned about," mut- tered Jaborowsii. "I shouldn't mind even if we were struck down by the first Russian shells." • Officers hurried to the commander's cabin, 'Von Gerbow came out and strode toward the poles. "Gentlemen," he announced, "we are in bad luck. I have just been in- formed that important Russian units are right in our path. You know it was not ouy intention to sink the Irkutsk, but rather than abandon the vessel -which ruight then be picked up by your--" "Well?" gasped Zaborowski. "War is cruel." The Russian officer shuddered at the fate of the ship which had been confided to his care. "But -the troops?" he said. "Oh, the Finns," and. Von Grebow shrugged his shoulders. "Gentlefnen," be continued, after an instant's silence, "I do not propose to give you -an order, but my advice is for you to go to your cabins." amourilmorm.410. 1,1.1••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.......0011..M..........,:mra.••••.•4*•41..•••••••••.......F.O.01.1,<.• wm••••••••••••••••••••,. given before, but with Teuton °bed!. *ace to diecipline they had waited. "Quick, gala!" sheeted Yon Ore - bow. It Wass too late. Powerful arms entwined the necks of the maim} and their bodies struck the water before they realized their danger. At the saine time the other two Poles had seized the men operating the machine guna. A sharp struggle and they, too, went overboard, Now the Poles were manning the gime. A hail of bullets swept the decks, snowing idowia the tit rmane who had started to rush the Poles as soon as their design had become ap- parent, The Irkutsk was going down by the bow, Men were dropping from the )arde to which they bad climbed as she sank. Von Grebow, swore at intervale between orders to men who no loager heard. Why had he spared those Poles. He fired in their direction with his revolver. They were protected by an angle of the deck works. The Irkutak plunged under the waves, The cables painted straight down. Von Grebow had a last hope that the steel strands would break. The Coburg began to awing in a circle. Suddenly the German destroyer's bow rose, roae as her stern was sucked down. Von Grebow dropped from the bridge. He had fired the last cartridge of his revolver into his brain. The Coburg followed the Irkutsk. THE ODOR OF SPICES. MOM. Often Used by Writers to Stimu, late Their Imagination. , On sOrne portions of the globe spices are worth more than gold or silver. "In the arctic region spices are es- sential to health and happiness," writes an explorer. "A dash of pepper, a pinch of ground cinnamon, a little - nutmeg or a pinch of ginger root re- vives the jaded appetite wonderfully in the north. I have seen shipwreck- ed sailors fight over an ounce of spices with more fierceness than they ever did for money." . The psychological effect of spices is of more importance than the physipl- ogical. Many writers have confessed their inability to write without the odor ot. spices in their rooms. One great musician composed his master- piece under the influence of cinnamon and cloves steaming in a kettle of pre- serves in a neighbor's kitchen. There- after he composed only 'when steamed cloves and cinnamon were on hand. The food of one man, however, very often happens to be more or 1e8e violent poison for another. In the annals of insane asylums there are many cases on record where the odor of cloves, cinnamon, pepper, allspice or ginger has driven patients into vio- lent paroxyms. Yet all the world loves spices. In the fear thai the source of supply would eventually become exhausted chemists have sought to make spices synthetically. They have succeeded in a number of instaiices to such an extent that cheap adulterations are sometimes used. -Exchange. ' • They felt a hidden menace and obeyed. Sitting at the open porthole in his cabin Zaborowski noticed that the line of the horizon was gradually shifting. The Coburg was going about. Soon the gigantic mass of the Irkutsk was before his eyes. Suddenly ha saw the Finns gat w ith awestruck eyes toward him. Sol- diers ran wildly up and down the decks. Scores stood apparently with- out the power to move. Small as was the field of vision Zabarowski thought he saw 6u the summit of a wave the (lark, sharklike outline of a torpedo. Flames burst from the stricken side of the troopship. A frightful explosion made even the Coburg rock. Through the smoke Zaborowski saw that his ship was listing heavily. 'What savages," he shouted. Find- ing the cabin too small for his rage, he rushed on deck. If he had met Von Grebow he believed he would have hurled himself in blind fury at the Teuton. • Worse was to come. The explosion of the torpedo had killed scores of the Russian troops. Araong the sur- vivors the coler ones began to launch lifeboats. Two boats capsized as they touched the water. Others were launched. Hundreds of Finns jumped, preferring to take a chance of reach- ing the boats to remaining aboard the doomed vessel. From the bridge came to the ears of' Zaborowski the order: "Machinengewehr!" MACHINE GUNS IN ACTION. TREATED AS GUESTS, Apparently he was not watched. An- other man of the Coburg's crew sal- uted as he passed. The commander of the destroyer, Capt. von Grebow, invited Zaborowski and his compan- ions to dinner. There was nothing to do but accept. During the repast the German made a point of treating the Poles as guests. Enemies to -day, per- haps,- but surely brothers to -morrow. Wilhelm had freed their country - why not? Why should not the Poles hail the Kaiser as the liberator of their fatherland. The Poles ate in silence. Zaborow- ski spoke only when he declined, on behalf of himself and his companions, the German's invitation to Cigars and coffee with the younger officers of the destroyer. "As you will, nty dear kamerad," said Von Grebow. "You'll probably As Zaborowski's companions, who also had heard the order, came and stood, horror stricken, by his side, four German sailors, each couple car- rying a machine gun, appeared on the after deck. It took only a few seconds to place them in position and get the range. Bang -bang --bang. There 'was a hetacomb in the Russian lifeboats striving with all the strength of pow- erful oarsmen to get out of range. The fire of the machine guns never stopped. In a minute there was noth- ing M sight but dead and wounded Finns floating and sinking, Von Griebow cried through his teeth at the Poles: "You were wrong not to heed My advice." "We are learning," retorted Zabo- rowski. The Polish officer after a rapid glance at the after deck, bent down and whispered a word to his com- panions. They separated, two by two. More explosions were heard aboard the Irkutsk. 'With the waves cover - Mg the deck on the port aide the tran.sport was sinking feat. 'Loose the eables',' came the order change your mind later., from the Coburg's bridge. Zaborowski went on deck to enjoy The sailors were ready for the or - the fresh breeze. His eorapaniong fol- der, They knew it ehould have been raidner.welasSissa German Finance is justified. No war boom surpasses hers. Her industries are prosperous, and her savings bank deposits in- crease. But all German accounts are. in paper, and the paper le not good outside Germany. The mark is at a discount of over 40 per cent, in neighboring neutral countriee, and soon may not pass at all. As Ger- many prints her own marks, there is no reason why the sapoly should not equal the demand. But Germany is beginuing to spend gold abroad. That is the official report, All through the war Germany has been as miserly with gold as generous with paper. In the speech anouncing the new credit Count Roden said: "Gold in the form of jewelry ar.d coins must be laanded to the Reichsbank." The reason for the order is that the Reichsbank with- in a fortnight reported the first loss of gold since the war, It was only 76,- 000,000 marks, less than $20,000,000. But why was it parted with? The customary explanation is that it was desirable to support the bank's ratio of exchange. But what does Germany care for exchange if it can buy with printed money? And how far would that trifling sum go in supporting bil- lions of marks afloat?' It is equally easy to imagine that Germany needed something which paper marks would not buy, and had no option but to part with gold. So long as Germany held her gold she published her iron and steel sta- tistics. She was as proud of them as of her swelling debt. They furnished proof of the German will to conquer, and bounded up faster than the prices of her industrials in the illicit market for them. But for recent months the figures have not been available. It is as disturbing almost as Would be the suppression of the bank statement. Perhaps labor power is falling. Per- haps the gold went for some indispen- sable allow. Be the reason what it may, the world will watch the German gold stock even more clasely than it watches the bank reports. (Nev York Times.) Saturday's cablegrams brought the result of the sixth German loan and the announcement of the ninth Ger- man credit. The latest loan produc- ed $13,120,000,000 marks. The pre- vious credits voted were around 80, 000,000,000 marks and the credit at present asked Is for 15,000,000,000 marks. To appreciate that burden it is necessary to recall the budget statement for 1917. There was a de- ficit requiring 3,566,000,000 marks to • balance the 'extraordinary expenses, and 1,250,000,000 to balance the ordin- ary budget. New taxes were an- nounced, and the margin upon bauk loans to facititate subscriptions to the new imperial loans was reduced from 25 to 15 per cent. Even in ordinary times the German budget was custom- arily balanced by borrowing. Now Germany is borrowing to pay interest. Of each new loan something like a fifth is now absorbed on interest ac- count, and that fraction will not grow smaller. Germany is proud of these figures and the budget speech pointed out how superior the showing was to to slavery foreign creditors, a refer- ence not too obscure to the billion dollars procured here by Germany's enemies. Germany may not need the dollars, but Surely Germany would not scorn the materiels pur- chased here with the credits granted to our allies, our "slaves" in German view. The figures above are German, and supply, about all that is known of Germany's financial affairs. To be above suspicion of bias, the comment on the figures also is best supplied by German authorities, In April 0. K. Davis reported for the Times an In- terview with Herr Haverstein, the president of the Reichsbank. Be thought that the limit of Germany's financial capacity would be reached when its interest charge absorbed its total annual increase of wealth. He believed that a debt of otte hundred billion marks would bring Germany to the point of collapse. As the interest Germany already pays exceeds the limit which Herr Haverstein set as impossible to be reached because vic- tory would be won previously, the preeent stage of hostilities must be in- cluded as a part of the financial pic- ture. On the surface German complateacy Ij A 11 'farm- II.S.LICArt .9:....7•11 • 2 Ana 5 lb, Cations - 10I e'0# 60 and 100 lb. Baia. _ • & has never been offered as "just as good" as some more lamoas brand.; for Sixty Years it has itself pen that more' famoiti brand—and deservedly. "Let keiipaila Sweeten it," 13 'Madam* one grade only—lite. big' host ! —THE— Poultry World L••••••••••.W.1.111•1111IMMIONAI SWAT THL BOOSTDIt. During these war tlmeo when all the farmer and poultry keeper producea costs many times more than in former years, economy must be practiced in every manner possible. The up-to-date peultry keeper realizes that to make a profit the pouttry must be well fed and eared for to be well grown, So in the matter of the feed bill there cannot he much of a reduction. But all melee that are not to be used in future breed - big pens Can be mold on the market or to private trade and in good condttion should be retained. In thetle fowls, un- der proper care, there 10 still a fate yield benfruit to be expected during the summer months, with the price of eggs gradually advancing. Theee older feWls do not consume as much feed as the young pullets, and while they will not make the early winter layer due to going tiassugh Or recovering from the mould, nevertheless when the summer egg 31:tilealzdy,is 3cionorsolhd e reendd, aenedrItyli ea iirainnulsa ryy,le ibd'e b. to dcounrisnIdgetiehde seuvlmthmegr000ldid peh•legehsenfore megogres of a money-maker than 'some poultry keepers think. It is true that the big early winter egg production comes from the early hatched pulleta, but the cost of growing these pulleta must also be taken into consideration, and It takes the full 305 days from the first egg laid to chalk the profits up in favor of the pel- lets, while in the case of the heno that have already paid for themselves, they start the year with a clean elate. Hens over two years, unless of exceptional breeding value, should be sold as soon as a marked decrease in egg Produc- tion is noticed and before they enter heavily into the moult. All males; ex- cept those to be used for future breed- ing operations should be sold as soon as large number of males will find profite to -day. 11 roper weight is reached, according to the season end marked The poultry dwindling' with feed prices as they are da keeper who attempts to keeo over a It should be remembered that it takes from five to seven months for the pul- lets to lay from the time of incubation, according to the variety, the strain and mariner in which they are grown. Only a small percentage of breeders can grow first clatio pullets, the other percentage are trailers, a well-known fact. The hen Is going to he more valuable this year than ever before, and the wise poul- try keeper will hold all those that are in good condition for another yea's wo,k. Again the hen is move valuable as breeder In the early spring. As a rule It is the hen mated to strong, early - hatched cockerels that will have the strongest fertility and hatch the chicks that have the life to them, the kind that under ordinary care and conditions will live and thrive, "Swat the rooster and keep the hen," should be the poultry misers' aim from now on.—J. Harry Wolsieffer, in Philadelphia eiRecord. ,Ambassador Gerard shrewdly re- marked in this city that the Reichs- bank and the war loan banks do not make their reports on the same day. The Reichsbank notes are secured by gold, but the provincial banks state their accounts simply in marks. There is no means of knowing wLether the currency of Germany is Reichsbank totes' or war loan notes. When the Reichsbank wishes to make a good statement it calls in its notes from the provincial banks and issues to them war loan notes. A few days later the process is reversed; and the ratio of the Reichsbank suffers, -with nobody the wiser. staggers credulity to believe that Germany can buy the materials it needs with paper marks, or that it would dare to part with gold enough to buy them. If the war loan banks' operations are intelligible at all, all Germany is enslaved to the govern - Merit, financially as well as politically. If the war loans are repudiated, every, German will be beggared. If the war loan interest is paid—the principal cannot be paid in hundreds of years —it will absorb the latlor,of every able-bodied German to support the others in Governnient institutions as wards of the State. THE STORY OF THE FAIRS Every time you go upstairs you can test your state of health—the condi- tion of your blood. Do you arrive at the tbp of the stairs breathless and distressed? Does your heart palpitate violently? Do you have a pain in your side? perhaps you even have to stop half way up, with lirabs trembling and head dizzy, too exhausted to go fur- ther without resting. These are un- failing signs of anaemia. As soon as your blood becomes impoverished or impure the stair -case becomes an '.n.- strument of torture. When this is so you are unfit for work; your blood is watery and your nerves exhausted, you are lbsin the joy of an active life and paving the way for a further break -down and decline. In this 'con- dition only one thing can save you. You must put new, rich, red blood in- to your veins without further delay, and so build up your health anew. To get this new, rich blood, give Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills a fair trial, and they will give yott new vitality, sound health, and the power to resist and throw off disease. For more than a generation this favorite medicine has been in use throughout the world and has made many thousands of weak, despondent men and. women bright, active and strong. You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail at 50 cants a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. .............-0....4.—. Helplets, , If wicks for ell stoves are starched and ironed they can be fitted into the oclwr elloetsIstesdpithficitisitgOod for hold- buArnNerio• s ing small pane en the stove while stir- ring. A. email bag of camphor inside the pi- ano will protect the felt from moths. Put salt under the baking dish andthe corceternotssenerislhofitnefobuinr. cleaning a, zinc breeds, such as Aghorns, at the en o vases with narrow the third laying year, All hens, there. or weantaemr e bl eodt obe an thotiu, b v. fore, should be disposed of when their tope can be easily cleaned if a handful of best laying days are o'er, and all poorly rice Is dropped in, after adding a little developed ehlekens shotild be culled out arnmohia to the wash Water, and shak- arid used as meat. This way of die- ticIslrie4d ;map on mildew stains posing of unprofitable fowls allows the I nue Use I goohreol poultryman to feed his grain to youn- aiLdeinheaintgiulincetha6nd5usna.lt with the aid of ger and more productive fowle. , Reducing the cost: of feed by elitni- vinegar will remove fly apecks front tutting wheat, etc. may be all right, but the sun wIll remove rust stains!. vb,u•Ittrnclionev:, picture frames and woodwork, pan before putting In milk Will prevent A little 'water boilea In the sauce- will give the same reaults. If some pout- terles'omehnigahreh!rypirnioge,totmildse ecnodreikvriniegh to the thing to do is .to find substitutes that Ammonia brightens widow glass and overcome the loss of high priced grain ely the use of beef scraps, which are oil cloth and linoleum with tepid cite/I-per than grains, considering their inNivrraosrhs, water and wipe with cloth dipped in food value, just how far can one ga with., out lineeing the poultry fall off Ili heti; Fingerprints on varnished furniture ean growth and egg produetion. Corn and eqttal parts cold milk and water. he removed by rubbing with a cloth dam. beef scraps will not give resulta the full pened with stveet oil, *while ireroMene aila days, either in growing young chicks or producing egge. Other grains must Brooms m.id ,shisiu 5,0 giffened and be %teal, reasnuditga, good mash fed, to get is better for oiled 'wood. - preserved by oecaslonally dipping for a et -* • • i • Economy Sauce. Rosy Ohooks. veprrrain. nd and. To have theni, Drink rivers of water. Though nadosthohuigt lneefta. It's a taltwpookned:r:em go Learn to breathe deeply, ToAluirdd,i Walk often and Joyousl$,, Try It on these, few peas or beans— Wearing oensible litele. Juot plain everyday cream sauce, Keep the body free of waste. Thitik cheerful, ,cltan, healthful you anew, thoughts. Poor tea that can be.sold at a. loVt ......,........4.40........i.:....a Not by flatteriat otir•appetiteS; he, peace is mogt ottgavagot, it( uses,. 01,,, 'COOP THE MOTHER HEN. Do not allow the 'mother hen to range unrestricted evith her chinks, With such freedom the hen frequently takes her brood through wet grass and as a result some are chilled and die, especially the weaker ones, which are likely to be left. behind. The loss of young chicks which follows this practice is large and mainly preventable. Furthermore, the food which a brood allowed to range with the hen obtains goes very largely to keep up the heat of the body and the chick do not make as good growth as they otherwise would. Chick losses of this nature can be large- ly prevented by shutting the hen in a coop, the United Stateli Department of Agriculture facornmends: Any style of ccop which is dry, ventileted and can he closed at night to pro'ect the brood against cats, •rats and other animals ind which while confining the hen will allow the chicks to pass in and out free- ly after they are a few days old will be satisfactory. The hen shou1d. be con- fined until the chkets are weaned, though a small yard may be attached to the coop if desired to allow the hen to exercise. The fence an be raised from the ground far• enottgh tb allow the chicks to g0 In or out, hut not high enough fdr the ben to escape. By usina a coop the chicks cen find shelter and warmth under the hen at any time, and the weaklings after a few days may de. velop Into strong, healthy chleets. Where chicks are raised with hens they are likely to become infested with lice. If the lice get vole, Immserrooltristlithaeyndgrmeaety- ly retard the chicks' even cause thele d,eat.h.- The hen ehould be powdered thoroughly with some good else& powder before she ft' put in the coop with the chicks and an Intervals of several days or a week thereafter. The Deby chicks should be examined for lice, particularly on the head, under the wings and about the vent. If Any are feund a little grease such as lard, should be rubbed on In those places. • Apply grease moderately as too much will in- jure the chickens. The chicks should be examined frequently and the treatment reLeated if lice are found on them. A MAN WOuri) 'Mr% Newlywed—Oh, Jitak! wish yon ,‘ ere a inan worth while, like Lionel 49 veyser, moiler gives him a thou. week and paye all hls bills be, )1Ities: NOTES. . June -hatched enlace will do well whea given proper. care. Do not overcrowd the chicks in the poultry buildings; see that. they have shade and fresh, water, two essentials In summer -grown Chicks. Do not neglect the feeding of green food in some form for the growing chicks. This essential must be complied with to obtain the very best results from chicks, Sprouted oats, cabbage, lawn clippings, beets; etc., can all be tad with 'good re- fsotClii•tasbP•reeding purposes not only Inereas- onizing the cockerels not intended es their size but makea the meat more de, sirable. Ducks grow rapidly, and most breeds, weigh from five to six pounds at ten Np eepkesr 1 yo fed. and managed, frequently iteep the poultry house clean and sant. tory. Millions of dollars worth of poul- try are lost every year through disease alone, resulting feom Improper care at the fowls. Buckwheat can be sown until the mid. dle of July and is not. exacting in soil requirements. It is an excellent poule try food, easily threshed by the poultry and the stra.w serves for litter. Use two to three bushels of seed per acre. Cull close all specimens that do not make the same growth as the rest of the Reek should be disposed of either for home consumption or to the market. The greater profits can be derived from keep. mg only quality poultry. There 13 more in the straw of a var. lete and good breeding than many sup- pose. To the beginner a chicken may bo just chicken, all look- alike and all worth the same price, but the poultry keeper is seldom in the business many year be- fore he realizes that there is quality in some strains that are worth having. The proper heat under any brooder 11 100 degrees for tho first week, gradually reducin.g the heat as the chicks become older. Too little heat will cause bowel trouble. A chick once chilled, especially during the first week, will seldom re- cover and make the growth it should. Fowls of the heavier breeds, such as Plymouth Rooks, cease to produce a profitable nurnber of eggs at the ehd of the second layin year, and the lighter SOUNDED SMALL. ( (Louisville Courier-Journai) "eount, I wish }ant wouldn't call me A.tem." "My inglish is imperfect, my friend." "In my case your accent is untortens dee My name Is Adam." A LAST -RESORT. (Puck) Over Twenty-One—Do you think WO- - nen ignited Prollose? 'Voting Thing -1 don't know. Have eau tried everything else? • _ • A CLEVER GENERAL (Lite) Marie Willis- (at the beach)—Kit is Mete A eleyer Social general. Jane Oillis—Yes. She event througli last? season's campaign without the loos If a men, • I WANTED TO BE NEAR (Roston Transcript) Sergeant—Why do you want particular- ly to be drafted Into the Seventy-fifth infantry? Rookie—I want to be near me brother that's in the Seventy-sixth. HARD LINES. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "This backdoor begging ain't what it wuz." "No?" "No. With a garbage on every lot, you glt no hand-out until you've wash- ed a couple 'of wheels Or pumpea Up a lese tires." teW minutes In boiling soapsuda. AN INDIRECT GAG. (Washington Star) "T.here will be a great restraint on conversation 19. alt news is withheld." "Why?" inquired Miss Ca.yenne. "The most reckless conversationalist Ori Earn' iS the person who doesn't know what he is talking about." e• • • HIS MISTAKE. (Life) "I couldn't serve as junior, Judge; one look at that feilow convinces me he's guilty." "Sh-h—Thates state." the attorney for the NOT WASTED YET. (Boston Transcript) Maid—Is this paper I got from Mr. Scribbler's room waste paper, mum?" - Landlady—No, he hasn't written any- thing on it yet, LITERALLY. (Baltimore American) "Do you ever run across any of your old friends on your automobile trips?" "Not if they have sense enough to get ut of the way." _ * THE LIBERTY LOAN. (Buffalo Express) "I was called out of bed at 3 this morning to subscribe to a loan." "How's that?" "A friend of mine got pinched and. I had to lend him the money for his cash bail." o'clock liberty by awakening the eroic tha.t SIMIllieN little good tea, like Salads., Makes, in every heart can any teligiOn fink • many iore cups; honest it's rya economy. e A SAFE BET. (Boston Transcript) "I don't have to work for a living," said the shiftless individual. "Of course you don't," rejoined the busy man. 'If you did, it's a safe bet that you wouldn't he living." A GOOD REASON. (Puck) Jack—I. can't decide whether to go In for painting or poetry. Jill—I'd go for painting if I were year. Jeck—Then you've seen some of my paintings? JIII—Oh, no; but I've heard ,some of ycur poetry!• HIS CHOICE. (Buffalo Express) "'Did he favor volunteer Or sory service?" "Neithef. What be•wanteds was unteer exemption." compul- BOTH SHORT. (Baltimore American) "Since he has been at college Ha.rry'a letters are all so short," -So's Harry. That's 'why he Writes THE NEW CAR. (Washington Star.) "Do you like your.new motor car?" .replied Mrs. Chuggins. "My husband isn't away from honcte nearly as much as be used to be." "How does he spend hia time?" "Trying to get the car started." HER PREFERENCE. • (Jage.) He -Do ,you believe in life limn. ance? She—Some of my hnsbands did—but personally I prefer alimony. JUST THE REVERSE. (Washington Star.) "Is your boy John Itelping you on the farm?" "No," replied Farmer Corntossel. He's gone at agriculture so seriously that it begins to loek now as If I was tielpin' Josh." HE GOT Thia JOB. (Louisville Courier -Journal.) "Now do you think,you can be sat- isfied on $10 a week?" . "No, sir. I'lldmmediately begin try- ing to make myself worth fifteen." He got the joie. NO RETURN POSTAGE. (Puck) Friend—I will return your pleasant call, Young. Author (absently)—I3ut I have given you no'postage! 1•••••k.••••••.. HARD TO SUIT. (Italtlmere Amerldan) "Have you a good automobile, Mrs. Ccmeup?" "Oh, a fine one, but we can't get a chefonyear to suit." sse•-•-- A NEW ORAND. (Boston Tratecript) "Well, little miss," said the grocer. "what ean I de for you?" "Please, sir, mothee -wants ii. bottle Of good-natored alcohol." BUD -.AND BLOSSOM. Where twilight *walked her anelent way sew the gray bud of the day reified itto a sunset rOse That made a spring of mountain snOwe. Rs golden netels from ter !UAW. Shed drifting beauty o'er the Intim Till all the wide world seemed to bo fairlyland of memory. As MP whose breeding fattey tees The promiee of the Centuries in some shy flower, 80 I found. My Mountain rose with fahey erOwned. In life's VAAL garden, TruthIs Still A bud with trilesion to fulfilee To be, through tenturles unfurled, A rose'WhieSie bhautY lights the werall —Arthur NVailliee Pf=11, in Boston TrabSetipt. If thou bast a loitering servant, ,send him of thy errand. just befell b14 !dinner. Amer, .