The Exeter Advocate, 1918-12-5, Page 2,REE TO GIRL
img Doll and Doll Carriage
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Ilf:011(tElt-WA.1.1laN
COMPANY
BY Agronounat
This Department is for the use cf our farm readers who want the
414fl exPert on arta question recording soil, seed, crops, etc. if your question
la of sufficient aeneral Interest, it will be answered through this columfl. lf
tamped and addreseecl enyelope is enclosed, with year letter, a conipiata
answer vital be ivailleci to yous Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Pubhahint4
Co.3 Adelaide $t, W., Tororstot
:Farms Les a Fertile atalian, 40 Years fore. There is earn° excuse•for the
Ago. pioneers taking more than one gen,
eration'a share of the fertility stored
in soil by the bendioenee, of 'Dative
dulling long, ;ages of prepa.ration. In
the pioneer days they needed and had
some right to 10,0re than their share
of this store of natural 'wealth while
making the place ready foa occupa-
tionbut. after that arab need is satis-
Canade has about 28,00.0,000 acres
fielda crops Of .which probably 20,-
000,000 acreaare in,the•tbree
,
st-
ern, Peavineesi. • Is . tile 'fertility-. of
the so1 being, kalat ap, is it being ex-
hausted, is it being increased? -To
'get an answer n the Cominissioa
Conservation caaried Out su-rvey of,
2,245 fame. We asked questions of fled, it becomes their duty to make
2,245 faarneas bleated all over Canada. the Place niore fertile While then'
We took them in groups of about bands.
thirty or forty --in all but 60 The history of 'other 'countries and,
groups, from 13ritish Columbia to other farmers sheds light, on our
Prince Edward Island. Qn this point,
we made a definite enquiry of the to our great advantage, by their ex -
farmer as to whether the fertility of perience. In central New York,
his farm was being maintained or Wheat growing Wa$ followed success -
was deteriorating. fully for 40 years. -During 20 years
Here is the answer: 30 per cent, of more the success was doubtful. Then
them reported about the same yield it became definitely unprofitable.
per acre as 20 years ago, 40 per cent. With a climate favorable Jail. agricul-
reported eome increase in yield, and ture and propitious for crop-growang,
30 per cent aeporbed some decrease. it tools 40 Years of exchisave grain
That is to say, the land, as used by growing to make that system unpro-
30 per centa of tui the men reporting, fil•able, and 20 years more to coanpel
was Poorer in Its power to produce the farmers to stop that sort of
crops, than it was 20 years before. practice. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Fiern Manitoba, 32 per cent. a the Iowa and other Western States either
farmers repoated about the -same yield have or are making similar history.
per acre as 10 years before;. not one I have gone over „them and talked to
man reported an increase; and 46 per the old men; from 30 bushels of wheat
cent. aeported some decrease. That is to the acre they came down to 14.
a summary of the answers to the We can afford to take a lesson
queetion, -when put under an intellig- from even our enemy. Germany is
entty conducted survey. a country -with a soil which on the
• We want in Canada more serious whole is not naturally very fertile.
and intelligently eondueted survey,s Within about 30 years she has been
of our'conditions in order that we may able to effect an increase of about
acquire real knowledge of facts as 80 aer •cent. in the yields per acre of
they are. Then we earl come to con- her crops. ee
elusions and plan our course of action On the other hand, over large -areas
to deal with the facts discovered .and of Canada our Methods of farming
properly laterpreted. In the West, are exhaupting the fertility of oun
the lure of land was far- a tie farms to some extent, and there ie
similar to the lure of the Yukon; and danger that -the fertility of c6rasiders
the lure of the Yukon in the main led able eines -will be reciaced below the
on to disappointed men, deteriorated point. ,of. profitable farming.—Dr. J.
health, and parts of the Yukon left W. Robertson, Chairman of Lands
with less, anaterial substance that Committee, .
aCmiasion of Conserve-
orn
could be called wealth than it had be-, tion.
problems; and we may be 'instructed Peat, lee, Teeouto.
COT 091 AND OL
I.AST NICHT I DRalik-IIS RUNN`CrIANI,
OUT ON THE'DARN —AND GEE
, „FOLD ft:42VMM,—
,WHEN.. 1 WA 3 FA51 ASLEEP IN .DED !
DREAMED TOAT IT WAS ME -
------Dain-g-Ove-r--th-e Old Barn.
For a moment -when 1 came in sight
of the place 1 did mot recognize it,
SO changed was it in appea,rance. The
buildings did not look like they used
to; the fences were different, and the
fields had been arranged on a new
and more economical plan for eav-
ing time and lessening- labor.
But the, barn was the outstanding
feature of the place. The old barn
•
had stood,in thearnidat of a low, -wet
place, quite a diatance faorn, the bouse•
The man who owned. the ailace. be-
fore it changed' hands must have
travelled many miles every day to
do the chores.
This old barn was, takeneclown and
the solid timbers moved' away to a
site 200 feet from the house. Such
of the old 'sill's, beams and other
tiinbers as were of the right size -and
length were worked over forethe new
frame. The woods afforded . logs
for what more, heavy timbers were
needed ,as well as for the 'siding.
These, siding boards were all surfaced,'
'so that they could be painted. Seine
of tae old sidingewas used in the new
barn, although much ef at was worn
very thin ha the weather. A base-
ment was put unde-r the new b-arn,
with aathirty-foot shed attached.. The
whole was given a fine. coat Of red
paint; and trimmed with white. It
looks` fine now, and- it is as good. as it
FOL 0
One Speck f Dirt Too ,Small to See May Bring Disease to You
and Your Child.
They are worth eyery ounce of the wisest love
and utmost care we can give ;therria these price-
less little ones from Heaven.
I3y Helen Johnson Keyee.
How, much knowledge and wiedora
go ' into the making of a good mother!
Constantly I rim surprised by di -
covering new things which a good
mother should know and do. - The
truth is, there is scarcely any know-
ineocia4, ebC etedelYdirt9cTlYsii(aiill bringing can-
not
children.
• Two. strong - children went feorn
home one summer toavisit an aunt.
Two d'e-Ye after their arrival they
were taken violen.tly ill with ca -amps
and vomiting.- Aatea. a week of ill-
ness they recovered, tvith-the helptof
to control the g•rowth of'these organ-
a doctor, and by fdllowing his very
isms. .The.difficalty or impossibility
wise- counsel to go without food en- "
of ne Ices on farms makes the
tirely for twenty-four hours and then getti -
problem 'harder but it must be., faced
to begin with the very lightest diet.
tend, canquerecl or we shall have eon -
After a week,..thowevea, cam of them
tanually-recurring Lases aincliges-
fell in again in" just the'same way* bon, followed by chronic sickliness
and occasional unneeeasary deaths.,
Foods require ti be used ua'alniest at
once unless they can ,be kept very
cold and co:need.' "
-The uteasils used, in 'preparing and
To see one's ehildaauffer' from ptonta
. . .
ame poisoning and eunderstand ' its,
cause would surely cure -any motaer
of carelessness -with . left -overs.
Yeasts are familiar to us in kindly
form, rnassedatogether in great multi-
tudes in, the cakes which make our
bread light,, but even, they- ma -y be-
come Unwholesome, when- for in-
-stance they ferment fruit juices.
Mold unlike bacteria -and yeast
spores., is visible- and spreads a
sickly, green danger -signal over the
food it is poisoning.
It is 'the duty of very mother
The doctor happened te be baotherairi-
,
law of the Mint and he quietly Fade
an 'investigatiori of her kitthen, for
he had often been called into this
household to cure- cases of, acute in-
digestion and' ptomaine poisoning. •
keepirgafoods •maist be• of the kind
Befoaa, very long he fouad the '• .. . • . .
. • • • -which -contain no insanitary. exa.cks
planation of 'these Many illnesses: • • ,.. „ •
irelaor. ne•cessary to feed ethe• stack. . ,• • • , and crevices, wnere caumbs and -drops
• - There were saacers of left -overs which
•
and • clean athe barn. A dia lea well
had 'been atanding uncovered evident -
near -by affords- watex..„, Altogether,
ly en- then. twerita-four hours;
itis --a good, -labor-saving barn.—E.
yesterday's milk' Was beginning to
, „ . .
L. V. sour in the pantry; •a. loaf of :baaad.
which had tiot been put aavay in an
se, a
•
• daes•ies and wash them so frequently
To Keep Chickens at Home. air -tight boxawas coated. with mold..
may lodge and .grow old, breeding
s.
poisons. The • baby -bottle with the
, , ,,
Wideanouth, ought to be the Model for
. -
all milk -container, a • •
The housewife should wear tub .
doctor's iniagiaation pictured a that they are clean. Her hands and -
A yard suraounded 'by .a Rae foot The n'aila-must be spade -as when she cooks
feace will under rnost conditions keep dish of scalloped fish made from some
tasting nnplements. Our inoath al-
sorne inside cuts of that \Moldy loaf;
a tendenef to fly over such -Et fence the
whach mast OT the thne fail to
clipped. A. fence niade of swoven •
and even so, should not be used asse.
chickens at home: If the hens, •shim scraps of- canned talnion .left-lovera, . .
contain the "'germs of diseases
flight feathers „of one, wing- slaouldhbe plus the souring milk. .In his fancy i'va3T
bealiga(mailyrnalln1 develop their deadly possibilities,.
he saw eveay. one 'of the
after that feast and within LIS because certain euratavet
who believed Irapaeventing illness, if forcee are at work in our badies de -
ha had a...die/ice:instead of wathing stroaing their power; but transferred
for it to deaelop opd then ,caring it, f.rom -Qui mouths into food and thus
heN took the left -overs and. the milk
into other peoPle's stornaehsa they.
wire is preferable to a fence made
of board or other material. -A board
should net be nsed,eat the. top Of a
wire fence, its thisi gives -the hene a
Viiible place to alig-ht and- tends ,ao
teach them to fly over a The larger
the yard which can be provided „Pie
more contentbd the hens will be.'"It
not only gives them greater. opport-
unity to exercise but often makes it
possible to maintain a sod- on the
yard, which is advisable.
Seed corn selected at busking time
looks- sliould be stored. where it will thoia
birds- when the- forcing. 1>eailis.• and strength., Stairs. lead from the ears should not touch -each other clur-
Inside are some devices to save time °uglily dry out before winter. The
depending anon the condition of the
•• Sometimes young gee -Se are, mar- aaai,„man, to the first floer and•up to ina the drying procees. The 'ears
• laeted as "green geese." Men the the scaffolds. Good -stain's ,etarichions
When;geslinge, oversix weeks of
age are to be fattened they can be
-"fed three -fades peaaday with .a aa.tioh
of one 'part corn meal and one part
, bran. Geese which have been pas-
tured through the summer can be fat-
tened on a -ration composed entirely
of coan meal. This should be given
over a period of four or five weeks,
.1-ong wing , faathers:ave, corrifortable co -via and,.
aaatteaing arecesa gi
bens' - when the
make, it
developed easiefoe the men forks. Feed ear -
until they- reach the'lan- tilb birds riers "end., litter carrieas leasea -tae
can be pearled arp- and fed the follow -
ing ration with good. results:, Four --
parts corn meal and one part beef
scrap, given. three' tames per day. A
sprinkle of salt added. to the wet
mash i(good for the birds and acts
and the bread and pitched them out
into' the Place where Such things be -
Now this,aartiele is not intended to
discourage thrift,itis just a remin-
der of those tiny disease -carrying
organisms, bacteria, yeasts and molds,
may produce the disease of atingh. ,-- ,
117.
'they -are seeds, the eurativa . forces -laar •e
being absent or weak in the systems
4 the aiietires who..eat them,
Rats, mice land even pet, animals
should be rigorgusly- kept out „af the
which„ develop ha foods if these are as mans . ;" '
\ kecitcehea.n. Theyaare carriers of :dis.
-
-exposed to slow -heat, dampness and .
air. When foods "spoil"' bacteria about the nasty fly, its fourhabits
So much has' been said arid written
yeast or tnolds aye -spoiling them. and its power to infect the „food' and
These are hundreds of •varieties of the bodies of, the babaes, childrenaand
bactersa, "Many of -which eve useful, grown-ups . On which it alights that.
can be suspended in a ea'ell ventilated even- necessary tO 'life. 1 am' noNa one may indeed .say tha.t no evoman
shed or attic.'" ' Seed corn that is speaking about the poisonous bacteria- is a good mother who does not screen
thoroughly dry will not be injured by -which 'breed in faoas, dust .allal dirt; them out of her house and use eavery
areeziag. and -Which cause More death- among method a delving thenja from the
cnilciren and. among grown-ups wham peighborhood 'and frail her children.
the ehildren needthanhas e 70a been -They are the great caiaiers of typ-
GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX
• By Andrew P. Currter, 1)1.D.
as an appetizer.
Ear. Currier will answer all signed letters pretalranae to Health,. 12 yea':
Ducks fatten -well on the mash com-
I geestion is of general interest it will be answered thr.ough these columna;
posed of one part corn meal and two. it at, it will be answered peraonally if stamped. addressed envelope is ea.
parts bran., About five per cent. closed. .Dr. currier will not preeerlbe for iudividual easee or naake diagnosis.
of beef scrap and a little fine grit, Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier. care of Wilson Publishang Co.. 7; Ade/aide
should be added to the mash to bring' St. Wan Toronto.
of all kinds.
Better quality preferre.d.
Write for prices.
STANFORD'S, Limited
128 Mansfield St. - Montreal
maavuer.
aw
She best results. Green food should. Measures for Preventing infectious prevalent. Menthol, eucalyptol, thy-
mol, lysol, boric acid carbelic acid,
,
sglicylic acid and many ,other anti-
septics are available and should be
. -
used freely -.especially in the„, presence
be given occasiorally to help in keep-
ing the digestive system in good
order.
In fattening both ducks and g.ease the nature of infectious diseases we
the principle is to increase the are in a position to eliminate them to
amount of, food consumed and reduce' a certain extent. This must. come
the exercise. Sanitary con o
Diseases.
Armed with the facts in. regard to
• diti ns agaut 'first by keeping. the body in
1 win pay
Smarket
highest
prices for
RAAA? FURS and GINSENG RDOT
21 years of reliable trading.
Reference—Union Bk. of Canada.
N. SILVER
220 'St. St. W. Idontreal,
POULTRY,
EGGS and
FEA,THERS
Highest Prit./es Patti
Prompt Iteturns--No CoramIsslon
P, POULIN'. & C�
118 Plonieetrars 744r/cat - Mr.,Watro I
us ----We pay all express charges.
ATIBEY FUR COMPANY
(In business for 30 years)
LOUIS ABINOVITCH,Manager
3.10 St. Paul St. W% Montreal, P.Q..
Reference, Bank of Hocbelaga, St.
}teary, Mentreal, , •
unammt;aceze.ftweamexemorame444.ftwentommsavumemk•nsmo
Arrange to atteniLthe Annual'
TORONTO
n
the yard.s and, pens are very necea-lso fine a condition for its daily work
sexy. The profit in fattening either that it will be able t,o offer success -
ducks and geese can be ,determined
by comparing the cost of ,good quality
corn with the- price that will be re-
ful resistance to the great army of
disease.,germs ever lying in wait to
attacic it. A good engineer never
ceived for the clucks. At the prese, overlotrs the requirefnents of his ma-
ent price of feed it requires more chine, he gives it pure water', good
than the usual amount of skill to fat- I coal, good draught; he keeps- it clean,
ten the bird's at a profit, but under -1 and well oiled, he is constantly on
' - • so it is un- the loolc-out for weak spots and when
�f such epidemics as we are now eon -
fronted with. Children should be
taualit the disinfection of the nose
and incuth from their earliest years
and if this habit ie carried through
.life it will not °lila 'make life more
comfortable but in many cases,. it
will greatly prolong 40.
Questions and Answers. _
X-1.--aaay tweltae year ald daughter
has spy:pal:ma koitre. (amid you
aecleirusuggest scanethina Willa -h. -will keep it
doubtedjy. best to give the geese andi he fiasla them he remedies them at front enlarging? • •
ducks a 'certain amount of fattening I once, if he can; In this way he-gete dead :h.uits, iaeludingetome-
* the maximum of efficiency from his toes, useful Tor one who •is bilious?
• Answer -1 --If your, child has
gol-
and then endeavor to place them on
a' market where' quality stock is ap-
Predated.
Lime in Old. Plaster.
When a ceiling falls, as they some-
times do, there is the slight console-
tionethat the old plaster can be used,
to advantage in the garden.
Crushed -limestone spread over the
soil is beneficial; it is glow ha its ac-
tion, but is henefiscial just the same,
accamplishing the same reault alts
burnt lime, but requiring more tram,
to do it. So it is with old -plaster, With warm water and plenty Of aoala
wbich is slower in ita action thanlime I -T -e can be more particular about the
but in time produces the same result. functions Of his bawds and bladder,
If old plaster is to be had do not which are identically as important to
neglect to work it into the 'garden, his well-being as sewers to a •elty.
breaking -up the lumps as fine as pee- He eanaaccustorn himself to deep,
sible. • ' breathing flooding his' bland current
Next sPring after the garden has with 0;aa'aen and getting rid
been limed with the •efacl,plastee•a•lot. (moils carbon compounds. ,It; is from,
of decayed leaVesarnay be Worked in. 'the want a this vitai exygen, that so
Sheep manure should be applied liba many people are dying to -day of
eraily to tha growing crop e atal the pneumonia, Furthermore if it. is
abtmd-ant crops will more than pay true` that germs 'are, io Mirnipresent
,
for the trouble. ana se realevole,itt, abtaulant ip the
engine. Precisely in the same way
if one would keep offetlisease he Must
have proper food; eY,erciSe, sleep,
clothing, recreations and everything
else which will enable has physical
orgaikisan to work smoothly. There
axe also extra precautions which he
might take but in the majority of
eases (lees nt. He can take better
care of his skin, which is one of the
avenues for the elimination, bf. poi-
sons, by more frequent arid tho/nougai
bathing and scrubbing, esaeciallas
mouth:and nose and -so. prone to mi -
The Sahara Desert is three times grate 'froM this base to, the parts
as large 45 the Mediterranean Sea. the body which are 'more, vulnerable,4
When I see 4 Tam Of poof soil 1 the neglect is inexcusiablo if they are
know jusrb haw the farmer looks, not destroyed before they have had
When IP see a cai'eless, shiftless, an opportunity to accumulate and
provident farmer in town' 1 can WI' more on.5 "In ()the).- Wot'ds the daily
that the soil on his.6arm..1,8 poor; he toilet of the mouth and nose with
Is surely, a poor soil farmer. `. The witable sprays, atomizers and mouth
who - ,
Union Stock Yards Toronto.' thtlft'Y' cnterpnisthg fatnl<n'' washeis as itnyort ant as, -iseaen
steps hicly and waste,: to tame, can
be boun,tecl on as a good soil turner,
,/udging 10 a.m., Thursday, Dee.
and the 'soil o8 his faunal will be Cu id
Andaon Sale of f,•;"rie IVillneVS 10 4
to -00 'Koe,t1.." Nattnially, soil 'inaY be
Friday,,Dec, 6t11,- geed es 'bad; ,lata, finally it will be,
EVerybody WeleOree Admistoo F:ree, ,.V'hott,v0r it is matte by what call a
Rt,od soil or poor soil farmer
more „important than the use ot the
tooth ibrueh. ,God atomizers are .sligb tly, compressed, it will Usually
easy to get aad !hare nri trinny:,,,cyro, stop htz'Cough., This nerve 'passes
binations of antiseptlee which twill doWn on either sideof the neck, and
efficiently disinfeat the 'upper air pas- could be colnprOsct . by pa-ssing 110
•
sagesi destroy germs and prevent flttger gen*, but flemlae along each
Tana of the sickness which is now' 80 Side of the neek.
tire, the proper- thing would be to
iilace her under' the care of -a si-
dan who' uncleratands the treatment
of that disease. If y-ou care id reed
my , article on goitre, send ,starnned,
self-addressed envelope 'and' you will
receive it.
2-1 do not know that the acid
fruits have any- particular relation to
biliousness.' „Drugs, like mercury arid
ipecac and a aeta others, are useful in
the taeatment of biliousness, but one
should take • theni under the directions
of a physician:.
E. N.—I em told that if- two
eake's of 'yea.st are eaten each day .f:or
several monthea, it will cause reduce
tioneof enlarged glands -and 'Will alga
ill.p.eitn.efaona
se. tshei;otweiiiigsh;1. ' What, is your
o
Answer.---My opinion would 'be that
it would; lie an undesirable' form af
treatment; and tate coastant fermen-
tation and gas: 'which it Would pro-
duce in tho etoreach, would lie most
,annoyinL and unconifortable,
aril troubled with corns.
Will you lcinally la.dviee me in regard
to theirAcare and cause?
Answer—If „yoti will send stamped,
self-addressedenvel op e 1 will
ybu m artielc on corns. •
baby is 18 aiontha i51d,
has hicceii‘gim everydaY`. Seems
bri gi t and wel I otherwise. Plea se
tell me what I cart de- for qiim.
n8,,,,rer.--ie -the --rihrenie nerve ;is
put or record. Twenty-thousand\of ham. -
these bacteria might scarcal7 cover Dust is not dangerous in itselanit
the head of a pin, none the less, they is dangerous because in it growncleath-
have tho ower to bring desa-aalan dealing bacteria. A mother must"
iraca faiaillea: robbing -asaveliaa of knoav how to sweep so as to callect
ohildren and elhilciren of parer.ts; the dust and destroy it, not merely
Milk rapidly develops great eol- to scatter it. .She must diligently
,
oniee -1. bacteria as soon as it is ata a scrub floor e and cornereavaith soap
Standing in a tverm condition., That and water and expoae • her
is,atin 1 insist that when 'baby's bot a -morns, particularly her aiCitchen and
tle has been -waamagal for v. afeedingapantriee, to bright, direct sunlight.
what as left in it must be thrown After food has been cleanly, prepare
away, rut kept fel! ae next feeding: ed and seraedat must be cleanly eat -
Many a fatal ales of diarrhoea has en. Children should he obliged al-
ias:a-Led Sawn the ,11. -warm- 'ways to wash, their hands and to
ing eabeas battle tw're or rimer!. This scrub and clean „their ,.nalls before
of arairee, 'does n refer to via -ming awning to the table. Most bacteria
allee *9.7rter . Ice are cenveied from the bands to the ,
Cream which has melted into a tv,aam 'mouth and thus eaten. Children put
fluid and is then ersearozen very- their hands without 'dainty scruple,
dangenous, :CM: freezing doea net kill in laid on eaeaythinga Dirt erowds
bacteria; it only checks their farther under their nails and may contain
•deve'Iopment. Many ,.epiclemies of bacteria, which ;lodging •on 'their foc>d
Indigestion which have swept through and pasaing into theix.digestive tracts
villages -nal -ter a party or pienia have Ore likely to cause cramps, hail -sea
been due .to athe fact that the aiee anal all the symptems`of indiaestionaaa,
'cream eaten was refxozen in this way., A 'ehild-specialist once said, to me
Other bacteria develop in meat, fish that if all children in Canada were
-and in canned goods which are allow, forced -to vaash 'their faces, Ands and
ed to 'stand in theacans after they -nails' before eating there would be a
are opened. These are ptomaines. -truly ,amazing fall in the death tate,
a
the Morning together with hay and
.grain, and the dame principle awil.
hold' true "with cabbage, buerest as-
- ----- :furnish a ireat, sue6ttie•nt ,fseudrectl:thd.naitryif co.ewa.lOsbatghtlesy will properlydry
±ood Lor dairy but u'sue4IY" they "tteansttitinpublautte, ti:lhoeweeofff ttniaiiinric,. they
are worth' so much for hum -an food Will tile
that it would be inipfacticable to feed , •
SaVe::Wood Ashes.
them to. the cows. Ca.bfiage 81.ould
be fed. rather sparingly. It will not
.do to give O coav all the 'cabbage she
.wants- t� eat, .espeeialla at: first, , be-
cause it will taint the milk aad the
cow will not do well, but a Onward-.
tively small 'feed of , cabbage in the
amorning" to take the place Of roots
or of eorneeilage wotad be eery
"'„ They 0.0iy' 2, good
food but their -Succulency aniSts dig-
estion and, aeow would,,cat. naol-c dry
food,and digest it' better by•incrluding
cabbage as a portion of the raffon.
11 yen would attempt' to feed a cow
nearly 'an entire 'ration 68 'cabbages
You wotild„be'very likely to get ex-
tremely poor re,snibs,beeatnig of the
large' pereentage of water.' There
would be so littledry matter and .€060.
kaitriment.in.. the cabbage that. it Cov,r
eouldn"t eat.eriough to produce a good
-flow of nilik for any _considerable
rdngth of tin. That,, I imagine, is
the reason why, some people have had
poor results 'with eabbage. Youet
the "same results With beet. 'tops. :Req -
pie harvest their beets ancl then
they turn the eOwi intb the beet -field
mid if there aro Plenty of4bect tops
they chink they 'don't" ,t),ed` hay or
grain, but they make a misitake.
ft would be much better to haul, the
beet l6ps up and feed a emallafeed In, over America,
Save the- ashes,, from wood -fires,
Store them in boXes, or, baize -le, in a'
dry :place until, spring,. 'When -they
ailiould be spread over aalte 'garden for
theiil high fertilizing value.
Recruiting Officer: "But what would
boy like you do in the Arany?" Lad:
"Don't you need -a caddie to carry
your sWerds and things `1."
, Do not ,ofpply paint to concrete
work before 'the concrete has. hard-
ened; 'ea. -paint retards the setting of
the conre,te.
'/he entries whicinhaye just closed
for The Toronto Fat Stock Show to be
-held, at the "ITniort. Stock Yards, De-
cember 5th and 6th, indicate a
splendid' dislalay of linialied live stock.
This, despite 'the ialecthat the mane(
agement have discontinaed the offer-
ing ol, promiumsTor female cattle
irt the hopb that animals ,itlitable for
breeding' purposes will be kept on
the farm for that purpose.' It'will bc
‘vell worth anyone's time, to take' in
this show and also to be present at
the Auetlion Sale of Prize Winners
which is attended by buyers from all
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