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CONDUCTED EV PROF t-,E."Niase G BELL
The object of this' deportment is to piece at the ser-
telcei of mar farm readers the advice, of an acknowledged
nuthority on all subjects perteining to soils and crops.
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Belt,
jo
sure of The 'Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toron-
to, and answers will appear in this column In the order
in which they are received, When writing kindly men-
tion this paper. As space isilinited it is advieable where
ituenediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and ad- e
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B. A. H.: After plewine,undee a 1 Nvould meet other faziners?
Veen manure •crop, how long should you advise roe to buy or rent lirst? I
before planting a crop on the• would like te go on, a small farm
tam? where I -could raise ematens and. fruit.
Answer: In •plowing under a green Answer: I would advise yom.
jOfl-
iaure erep be very earefel bo work ;rig the club in question„ also advis.e
it
thoroug-hly by die,kingand lia•rrow- you to *atten.c1 any Short'Courses which
in, otherwise there is danger of are held within reach, PrObably the
forming a loose at which will inter:- best thing you could do is to hire out,
rapt the rise of moisture in. the 5011. to a fruit end poultry man and spend
If green -crop is plowed in early in about ,a year or so, evithelim. , This
opring you should be able to plant, -would give yonepractieal experience
A M39 from two to three v,,eelss after -which youcould not get. from ally sttoy
lowing. •course.. At ,the same. time subseribe
re. W. S.: Can bread be made eit for a good magazine and Watch the
winter wheat, and if not wha.t use is papers
it? We have a large supply on hand A. P.: I- lutve a span of horses, and
and -are unable to make good bread when I turn them loose they always
et it. 4, go off some place and begin licking'
Amsever: Winter wheat, is always earth. -What is lacking in their food,
weak, that is, the gluten in it is of or what ails them? What is good
eu-rti a nature that it will not stand for worms in horses?
trofficient, expansio» so that t.he bread. Answer: In . all probability the
will rise. That is why you do not get trouble in the horse feed is that it
ge.-:4 bread from winter wheat flourdoes not zontain sufficient phosphoric'
If you will get about one-third to one- acid and lime. This fault is frequently
spring Wheat of •g•ood hard type the ease in southwesternOntarioeThe
and have it mixed by the miller in cure is, before planting your grain, to
. ,
grinding, it will make a liour that lime the field at the rate of about one
NeB1 rise satisfactorily. Ontario, pro- to -two tons Of *ground limestone per
duces a large amearat of winter wheat acre, and when sowing the grain ap-
and this is blended -with. spring wheat ply 200 to 300 Ibs. of fertilizer high
in the making of much of. the flour' in nhosphoric acid. Lime and phos -
that is used m this province. pliorie acid are the materials which
C. L.: I would like to .know what together form bone. This is what the
you would advise a man who has not animals crave. _
had any farm experience to do. My For treatment of horses to control
wife ar:d. I would like to go on a farm. worms, you had better consult a vet -
it help to Soin a Club where erinarian, who would prepare powders*.
f
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ke
Throe things contribute to a high
pereenta.ge of twin lambs, aocording
to tests eondueted by Cov-eenme.nt ex -
verse. These three thing -s are; Flush -
kg the ewes at breeding- time, early
rnating,, a -rid good gains during the
breeding seeeen. The ram has little
influence on, the nuinber of twin lanabs
produced.. •
Flushing, which meains extra feed. -
Leg of. ewes at '3•T ,e,..,31.11g,t,..1113e,,,, resulted
2.11 average inci-e-a-se -18.1. per
mut. in number ei lambs dropped.
Ewes getting- in lamb first, dropp•ecif
Itia-her p-ercentage of twins than 'ewes',
getting leinb later. To -obtain the
highest percen.tage . of twins,. ewes
tshonla gain at least se -Yen pounds a
head during the breeding season, the
The tests did not beer out the sup-
position that the proporUon of twin.
6rnies can be increased by selecting es
tyreselers mane and born as. twins,
Seleetien should be made on the bases
of averege yields.b est' different,. strains,
instead; not on the ba-sis" of 3:nal-
Eutellerir. Ls Recipes, ,-
Te,prevent molding, all stuffed sau-
rages that are to be kept for weeks or
months, should. be dipped in melted
paraffin.- This a.le,o keeps them from
getting too dry.
Sausag,o in brine: Stuffed' sausages
may be kept for several months if
pieced in a mild brine' for feur or five
aetys (seven. parts saturaeed brine and, ee-eemee , • se
Farce parts water). Rinse and smoke k
for from six to eight hours. ' -Hang in
dry,airy place.
Country sausage recipe: Use eig,ht-y-
five Teti -hes lean -pork, fifteen of beef,
from one and one-half to two pounds
of salt, four ounces of black pepper,
one ounce of sweet mfarjarani. Cut
the meat into small pieces and
eprinkle seesomeng over it, th•en. grind
fusely. Put away in a cool' place. for
rrom tweiity-ifour -to thirlyisix hours,'
then add a little water, into
cleaned hog casings and. smoke in al
very cool smoke until a -dark!, ma-
hogany color is obtained, *
To make bologna ham, take 'sixty
pounds of lean beef dropped -fine with
four pounds ef salt and one4rialf pound
of. saltpetre, Allavir the mixture to
etand twenty-four hourS in a ego'
1?1ace. Add thirty pounds of fresh
lean andsten pounds of at pork,
Iteur ounces title& pepper, three ounces
pace, five pounds 'cereal, and ten
point's water'. Mix thoroughly- and
grind so that the pork will he only of
Inseam. Ensiles -se Staff into cloth or
t3eef casings. Smoke te riiee red
fse7for, Cook ene-helf. hoer, then im-
tnerse in eold 3esatex fer five -minutes
and hang
Oomnater enelsage: 7:180 twenty-five
pounds of tuned beef', free from sin:-
'iless;• fifteen pounds ef, pork trim-
mings; from. four dX ounces of
!shit° pepper; ono ,ounee ef whole
black popper; one ounce of whole
Theistnieleseeeli. This neeipe can be Made
itp eold vireathet Only. A.11 the
,13 put: through a grinder aml epaces
are added. (NO eat is needec),efor the
beei is- fealty enough). Mix all thew-
aughtv until evenly' seasioned, Spread
•
casings, and let hang over night.
1
Smoke -feith cold smoke for severe
days. -If kept in a dry place, this can
be -kept all year. If mold. appears on
casings, wipe off with a cloth before
using.
Frankfurters: Use -about one-third
lean beef trimmings and two-thirds
pork. The pork Should -be 'about one-
helf fat, and trimmings from the cured
hams and bacon may be -used. For
100 pounds,. the following seasonings
are recemmended; but may be varied
to suit the ,censuinern, -white pepper,
foUr otnices; .rea, peisper; One mince;
mace,,,two ounces; in -gels -four ounces-
saltpetreethree ounees; salt, two and
enerhalf poun.s. Five pounds of ;lour
and twenty pounds of weter_are added.
The mass is th,oroughly Mixed, ground
fine, . and stuffed into einall 'casings.
It is enstemary to make the links
about four inches long. Press the Cas,
ing tog,ether arid, twiisr, once around.
Alternate the direction -of the twist
and the sausa.ggs will. itay
Smoke about four hours and then cook
for about *ten minutes in water be-
tween 170 and 175 (lege ees. In stuffing,
eare must be taken not- to stuff. the
casings too tight or they _will .burst
while cooking.. ,If onion is desired,
one-feurth pound to each. 10.0 pounds
of.. meat will impart en onion flavor
and will -not abe. sufficient to be ob-
jectionable. -Frankfurters -prepared
by this reeipe may be preserved in
brine if it is 'desired to "keep them
for a month_ or two. To six parts of
saturate(' brine add four parts of
water. Pack tee frankfurters the
brine and weight down to keep them
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Oyer Houses The Sunday Sichi:-.)ol
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vor r-olyii--,oz to, ue- ,r411(.1 so, ViVe'S 11'51-d etintiert. '''rittere• • jelijah Ntb(01,1111,),,,; vitleylord Kinv,s ,7 ..111) .4, -‘vit•ite.a.2,'0, frierlicl. "w‘a$,,taik
dres.ises, eeeet ie, it ee „est, ,a resseesishee con- , , 0 40111 .1i1712. • 4,, • ,erk , • -wilen, he phsflea-,,,,,,b--o,f po,tcet
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as pepui sir as tem nee -kill's; • over of: ppeple,e,A sleiteleei fdsit ilireugh a , dark - T N v ) I ig with me 'about ideals "and Werke ,
to 'build just rio.reasee vers.. tee' eiaosagetvay- re so an eaDie Aes.b, Bst,,,s, 8 6-- ,L,S -hut, as tionrad se-- bit of manustript Wirtten, ilisheia
fertalile 'and attrective benie, whieh ' ' - 1 nore heeltlifel 'Plae,er--Xozreel in the -Pl•ain Y'0111' i"etvard with cl'eafrt hands,. g.re,phs .yee ens. :mese ge,oe steel*
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giving tor 'a 'more "eenre Teems -An adelitienal window, will xnekd 8".631; , eseake•se his eLtord „yo must, Davies,
and said: tilifpite, in six para,
for
44 de2t 1,11111,.to ele,ea lesit-es, to thorns '
the work can be siliore easily " aceeni- et sitet, eue enjoyable. by dee. Escll'aololl.ian
sdmo fin it as later- A •doweesiteire washerooni makes.ii C(3°,011.aieE(ltiii1111g.uttl--.41!elatt'l------neAdtflt,,hoidneliorleiflr/erihall_tdo Vs. 17 18 The word
you will find '13.14
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plishe the Lord I It is one of the finest condensed eere
c't
the land of Israel (ch. 19: 16) and Contrast .thi- fwith the letters or Jeee,.. mons I ever lead, fie lost cosine es
sts•s,l'Itige';ittolla
henitkite-elyover lieev'a°1
plitilns17., as te° aliere lie fcend tleit ttlea frd peepe, bel After a8 it is ,this word -el the the nunsbeinef times I hav'e' real -and
Visitors to farniing distriets are ant zaeSe, *fer f•in-ii'y umbrella' eed- rah- treted a groat injustica' en one of his 'Lord 'het p el-cs it safe to live in, ilhc rareed • this eermon Feels time I find
to consider t•he farm 'wives overeensen- bars, 11101.111S that outaooe things need 1111-sahle' tubje2tS"., Adjoinillg Allah's Meet Ahab Idi-ig:!'of!'",Iirael., something new and worth while- in it.
Native, clininto the old-fasbioned not ,he, deposited in the hall Or in the s11111111€'1. •Pahlee in Jezreel, Vi'la's a 1?inQ" Of the 'ecarage Elijah ilfid•A have Now, just because, I feelit ought to
home --------------------------whteiibu. o- livinee-reom, ian the setiond „flows a yara belonging -to Nnhoth. Ahab wee heal.'Do rebuke , a king and *snatch his have wider. eitoulatiori ibeeaese I
indevei 0110
ern ' barns and Outisu'ildirigss One Closet, ,te•hieh , holds _breams aird other to 4s -eel -ire illf14'lvineYard that ebv&tei-I'PrJ,Z, 011t _ ' .*' •
answer to this criticisin is 'that farni cleaninees .uteasile 'wee save the lsous,-1, 11,13:gilt ,101.11. off, "4'1s...own -ProPe, rtY- •einhecliet.," th:e, p c.wer of righteeneeness,
e *
it „wi,les are as deeply tt.rterestei in the wif . , a ,±e13 If there is hot room! Among toe Israelite's, ho'vevar, there Ile is in the vineyard 'Consid ,i'llow else who read-`-' it, a.lid Paltiet'lail-Y ibe -
1 f re ' 1 ' in."el'' "t' I' -'''' ''..P1 '''.
e nianY - _a a o eina cin es nes was
was a limit • to the free die ios. • ' d r '0,' bes. , t cause it make -Saab sueli a .e, enclid eeemon ,
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buildings as are the natina for these at least a dinen case ancl towel cabinet niony, 000Num, 36: 7. An, inherit- that' 11740 stained by AlabSs, crime:* reprint itelieee:
buildings forin the factories of their ;in the bathroom 'or, in lite hall. " an -re on which' one's -forefathers -had' 'Ahab went out to take pos.sesion of f "In -Solomon's ,temple therewas a ,
joint industry. But housewives must' ' Do you need more space? How are lived and been 'hurled for g--lli'erations a gardell'eff 'herbs, end- there he stands . great brazen layer Stauding- on. twelve-
-also rednemher that the entire' social yea •going to 'make the house hiieger? 14- 4- l'egarded as sae'c'd and inddiens face' to face "with 11ghte°11Pa4-s, fac!e brazen -oxen, wi-th their lac'es outward;
lifeof the family clusters are -and the Without ,fienowitsg. „ the original - elan ‘a.1,51.e• ,Se• when „Ahab Proposed the Pare to- face with honor, face'to,-faee with
home. if we are to keep hays and it is, diffieliat to a:lye ,sveeiee eiree„' el -lase oT the vine -Yard, Naboth ansever- ju genen '' ( usep slikei ) ' ' three leeklig teward ' tile ileril" and
, e ..., le ore or dl'iV. 19. Ilfast thou. killed? e 41111) maY ihree le-cdd'Elg toward the -west;' and.
girl'S satisffed °1i the fal2lii-awl tilat tions, ' but ilere ure - several "ideas Loi - - -Oak 'Wicked ii"le.e; .74 es have .heeli con -if citing himself with the% three 10 0 king •tbsVard the', So Lite drul
is begging the fern- er to dearthe, horeee fully carried out . ' • ' V' 7' post th°"."°w"g°'Yer;t7 , "Are "tidelso:SI:d,g1hNtellblaotthheb:tt l
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st ,h-Maidlitielocit- (1`11-uins'.- talrlie'c'teholes'ek1L'olligir tl°;rwayasx•ate'tillff.a.re'ce111*0;:tk.ifill-:•;--jaonbl" '' * •
is evidently v•hat the whole ctiuntry remodeling that have been succees- ' l
- , ' ' ' , - ' , . you such a weakling that -one et yeur - - r, i e - • -- -
Must be made inedern and attractive. - Perhaps you have an attic, un.- stkie,ets ean- foti „cue desires ?,, Jese_ tioneremincied hint that heeves eulti- You can to
1oolt at 'it ward the eorth, .
'it is 'all very w•eil to say that the lighted ar.'cl so unattractive 'in eutline Teel, esehese- eseose'Ye, foreign principals matelY responsible for it since •he weaeh stana,s fee, alt • tthat se feeed elle
proper equipment of' barns' eut- an this, floor 'fer a lnien, eleseti install property eepecially it vie.1,e WraYS ,tee feerthh -S-seter, &wield for the New Year of 1922; I- want to
ity-Tyre---Inot understendin „ tli had sanctioned It. 'Fallen possession?
home that -was good enough foe father that it has never seemed worth while
and mother is good enough far the to finish it. Add dormers with double
young people. But the standard. of -vvindows ,to the roof; divide the in -
comfortable country living is eirang_ terior with wall -board into •• everal
Mg. For 'one thing we hive the "mov- rooms and, if you can run .water up
les" with Which to reckon. Thebringbring there, install- a slinVer,hath.-e, It this
to the children modem ideas *of -what way you have aelditiona.1 bedrooms
a house should. be, and show them perhaps a sewing-roorn, Or, if
what the latest ideas ,are about interior there are bayS in the lai'flifly, let them
decorating, comfort and entertain- have this floor for ' their personal
ment. The 'children naturally look for quarters.
some of these things at home. More- - There are times when a poic.h is
over, we, onrselVes want better things 1110re 'CX3.111.fertabk, if it is not used as
for our sons end oiaughters than cus- the enb.tance to the house., ,Lt, prae-
bstelliredvyedi_nidnePaelidfledffespllocteisonfs vb•hei eilisr!li led il'neesci- 11 Ah'10 hheadilidigilat'P'Phra7":."1"'').11.1f0w3\Tria bi•Gtthl:ys 11P0.4- to you s long 11-ultless wn-ter;
cinong..rsidelecnicietdhi‘eit`ssufbsjaetei,t_LI,sacrtilgo-ahl,tS.he-A,rhiasdef, vigre.ma (!isthear,ten,ing, nl,.070.tenoris
and eat bread. Ills covetonsnous bee
goneeto hod like a spoiled 1111111 and and are. here Pietilredt-as lidIdng up "Or Yell can -leek at '3'1°1•1r werit
refused. ,to eat._ See *kr. 4. I will give the Pods d Whi'ell had -oozed out ward the south, which sug,ge,sts tus:
tom considered neeessary at= days. ticable, leave., the front entrance of
Improvements ,ito make ' home life your house as it is, and build a Pe"911,
pleasanter 'and, home work i3asier are extension on the side of the hou,se.
,
not imettainable. , , A wide; two-storey porch will inciease
If you were building. r new house both living -roam and bedroom space.
what would you -inolude in it that is You will probably want to, screen the
not in the old house? Is it not pas- upper roreli and use it* for sleeping
sible to add some of these things? -purposes.
First of all- what about, your kit- A dining -room built as a wing often
chert? Do you need. another Window lends itself to a little extension that
aboVe the sink, or one which,will pro- can be ro-Ofed and screened to serve as
vide more daylight over the range? a hreakfast pacch in summe.t. A good
Are your cellar stair S in good -condi- inanY farmhouses have ' mit-of-door
tion, and well painted so they will not idtellehee WhY not out-uf-door dining -
need scrubbing? Have you a' good rooms such as used to be customary
huilt-in dresser or kitchen cabinet9 when the families were , large and
Is the work -table conveniently placed? much, company was expected, in the
Is the sink equipped .with a drain_ smnmer . With the , saimiss of
board? ' Ash or maple is the best cooking ' and the social 'function of
wood for the purpose, and the board eating 'bath. carried en• 911t-ef-eleer3,
and the housework reduced to a mini- for vfiong-doing. See Jonah 3: 5-9. . Ahab now appeals before us- in an- ever Wholly lost, ,
thee, etc. -Evia is eessouredui, Au of the murdered "Nah-oth. 7-111ifs loath- verdure, luxuriance 'and ease, Then
through,- his career Ahab a,ppears to senle „feate.„. was-..als'° awa. ittng e it -will be, to you simply a means to
liave been a weak- man, minpletely Ly. iinst t11011 • !nine- fenen1)' provide you with ipaeasure and em...
under,.'the domination. of !his qUeen. hut 1102.0 fort, anti luxury, and wealth, and ulti-
who was a sett Of Lad Macbeth. ' tiroubier of
V. 8:Jezebel took tlieernatterin Tree the fliersenal" eiteraY the king' He mately with
oviin hands and, wrote letters, probably is tale thbill in Ahab'S 'side, nettling "Again, .you '‘ean lace Yeul* t'uslries
from . Samaria, - the tea,pitall, rather his :guiltY 411t he mistakes teward' the west, the quarter of th4---*'."
bTshtha-noene's:ea'rcnoll,nwfhiwj:;:hrae:y,i_l;a.;i,si,Seg.6naIgavilediathv*eaa'' "plariSeesie.oauls. HEI2d3ralhervv.bhuent btheeat!!qtuilatrille'aTd-wl'gthie°11.wceihtlig-lesuscahsaedio'llbvils't'coainsiee
a fi,gure beSt friend. "The faithful- rebulter,'
n.,c1 where the day diesi. The time for
the!rmerciful inflictor of pain, is 'the „accomplishment is., so ghoit 000 eare
or, inscription. Documents of state
seal te truest friend of the wrong -doer:"* Sii.,
-e-f --C,tet, it fancies -that he Wlat loVes
were 'stamlied with the king's
attest 'that they Were officia!l. Ir. the hardly expect to realize all that one '
/las .pl.anned. Is it werth while to 'team
also. makes us mistake the character
New Testament (Eph." 1: 13-1 the be-
liever is'asaid tb he kale& with the, us and watches over us is. our enemy. s'o Much, tr-eubleefor al....tharves,t we 001- _it'.
tHo 0 az 6 ds p. i r it h. aes ealdrietarsrkt.Inthe:t. *,it.eneplobilledss,;, ..vi irA, •e-layalaba.ahawdoutl,haeubgeht0.13.-t:a,oti thedaywseelvdeise:,c_an.. never reap? Let us eat, : t
take pos,sessilan of the drink and be merry Tor to -morrow
,vhen he would '
In -all ,likelihbo.di these "are con-yertible
joy;- instead,' it became sine of lun_ terjr, y00. can iooat at. yoni,', j0-,,,) t.0_,
terms *denoting the sheiklis‘ol the Vil-
appealed to them
idles. they were the magistrates* whe' netiniee his Ilinnifillneatt; -en a'ceeunt ef da,,,,m,•the, eGeling day. , Then it will
adniinistered justice. .1 no Jez003 ea the-ir delinquencies, both he and Jeze-
e ame , ' 'A e an
ward the east, toward the sunrise, the ' *
relieved: *doom Bit -ill proceeds st
on Alyabts seem to i'0-1.1. full of lope, of wonderful '' '
1,age. -,. As heads of the leading :f
had to be tried in a local court betfore _, 4
sh°77.9 that a man sbelowaree reeentanceol,l'thelj°,sentence, 3S Possibilities, af progressive useful-,
to lIb:-.cisil,:tallo wee!' La live out iless* ' ' •
his' fellow -citizens, rather than in the m'u'uulle''
king,s_eaurt in „sanbarid. . . his life, but the punishment is, to:be "It matters ITthiiitay, alaW -we face
-Meted. out to his son, *The kingship of GM.. work. This last way is the Clutis-1
- ' V. 9. Proclaim a fast. A fast Was a
religions usage, a spontaneoui express Isa'ael 15-th liosis °1-4 of his,11°11Se alla ;otif.entailevaHy.i.eias,otoeit. 1st Bii:zed7-5.„ iihuitfh.aeithhopine ''
sion, of ,grief,or sell -abasement, and as be '$*illelll to an°th'64-'%* . e
the house is easily kept cool and tidy snail frequently a inark -of repentance • . .., ApPlication. your God!! ,N,o, good,- ,faiiihkii work i8
m,lirn. ) '' ' . '. ' < ' "Believe in. the future of your aorizi...
' ' Jezebel proposed that the jezreelites ether role We hive seen him as the
should a,ssui,n,e aeinirnie solemnity and protector of the worship of Baal. He nese, eel,/ your ..e.euetry aend yourse„),1_,
Have you heard of the new break-
fast- roams? A breakfast room con-
_ mourn, over the wrong denfe gey oe.e el appease now ag an ulglY end Teri3111SiVe, ii-edieve that .h.se goes ,,cz, ,,1" Take God
their number, Na.botli. , Thins she de- illustration of the sin of covetousnes.s.
sists of a small exiensieu of the 'kit_ graded. a. religions.eneteni to. an evil coveteusne,s,s, seee:ete her 0,vm, and, her at His word! He.,,,e the fa-it:la:bit:spill
'then, haVhig benches along three putpdse. Set Nitboth en high, net in erWn onlY. 'Dryireh said -H4...d -covet- make, the -world whole! Look: east, and
walle-andteing•iiig enough to 'hold 'a the seat of han.or," lint in the'Prisonlf.s dfis'aienratttlie fable'iga*Zs of Bra`ireue; 1 Catchlhe gleam ef 'the Sufi' of right -4
•table, of. the refectory style -that is, ladx to make his shame conspicuous: ,ea -1i -of them one -hundred hantive they eausness, rising With. healing Le, basil
a long and rather nearoW table. , V. 10. Two men. According to Jew e would! all of them be employed in wings!".
isli law there had- to be two witrmsses grasping anol gathering, and hia.r,ollv . ' '
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Turnips, either rase eooked, 7malte
an excellent addition to the *ration.
They should not be fea more often
than twice a week. Give only as many
turnips as the 'birdie will clean up be-
tween noee ar.d nights Fed in this
way there will be no turnip taste to
the eggs.
Frozen feet have never bothered in
illy hen coop, and the -weather here
flirts with zero end *below all through
the winter. I use repsite at least four
iniche,s in. diameter, made from limbs
of trees. When the fowl roosts for the
and set -ties 'herself diewn, her
whole foot and toes are covered by
her feathers.
A rooster is any animal that l'd0-StS.
.4.1MOSt all birds are roosters. What
sense or delicacy, then, is there in
calling the cock of the (lorneetic fowl
a rooster, as many people do? The
cock is no more a reosteis than the hen;
and domestic fowls are no move roost -
ere than canary birds or peaceelne.
Got of this nonsense, however, people-.
Must be laughed -rather than, reasoned
Geese, Under favorable con•ditions,
are the easiest of all dorneetic :fowls
to handle. If there is good pasture pro-
yided with water the geese may be
left to themselves half oi " mote of
each year. They do batter,' gencrallyes
if given a little grain toed along with
What they get by foragiel but this
,
IS net necessary, and per ape most
people who naiec geese give* the ol,cl
etecle 116thit'Ilt during the pasture ecu -
ft in a cool Piece and le^, -1.110 IC'OVI,9,on, and Teed the goslings' only a few'
forty hours ben stuff iele elean hog eleelese
4.1
shouldi ehesvy, wen cleated on the
under 'side and. well grooved on Cie
upper. It should be made water-
resistant by being finished with a
woad filler, and then rubbed down with
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Is there a wayeof a.rratiging a light-
ed pantry ,between the kitchen and
dining -room for dishes, and a v-entilat-
ed pantry for cooking and, table sup-
plies? Is there a porch, at your kitchen
door, and have you a w-ash-rooni an-
nex? These are all simple conven-
iences to facilitate the routine work of
this part of the house. In many cases,
when they are lacking, -they can be
added without great expepee or labdi-,
Windoeys were often skimped, in the it waiting to be developed, and that
early building. We have since learned this development is not. necessarily
that sunlight and ventilation are vital-
ly necessary to the well-being of any
family. To my mirid there -is nothing
*so important in a house as properly
placed windows, unless perhaps it is
properly. built, closets. .A.ncl. the two
really go together, far whenever .pos-
sibre closets* should have windows lx,th
"Re: tioris for making over a
Suttes t of a crime before a man could be con- one GT ;them in giving or laymg out,"
house may range from window boxes , * . . - Patched,a'acked Water jacket
eenmed to capital punishment. See J.esus uttered one of His sternest - - ,
and a new front door to a, cement -cel- Dent. 17: 6 anti, 19: 15. Sons of Belial; warnings'.against the spirit of covet- on'a Tractor. .
lar, rtumin,g water,' a -bathroom and ..1.. a Hebrew" *slang phrase • den.oting •ousness, -"Beware of it," He.saicl. We l
'useful ii , d f nothing , r 11 0, ii th , - - .6 -0 r if s fieuee bi. Every winter a score or so of fernin--
furnace. They are only • goo -.er-no.' ing ee. I owe or WOT, -7,11lay cove an& ie ma , , f .
ers write me that they rieglected to
adapted to yeur needs. The important less scoundrels" and hence "with ne papition, olethrone, or fame, Or educa-
thing to "remember is that the good character to lose arid easily bribed , -Lion; as ,well as his land.- Covetousness dram their tractors, a cold snap Siarinle,
old house may have big possibilities in for any evil purpose." Thou didst . ,. . rgrows by vsbat it feeds one just las- one and the result was a 8'ao-re or so of
the king; denounced both divine and; becomes mere 'easel "moree'sthirsty by rracked water jacket,s.* ,* *
. . ..
royal. authority and ' hence ' '
acted . ase drmiting salt water. • _Allah. heel plenty, "what is the remedy ?,, is the usual
an outlaw. Carry him , out. The B-0-' but he set. bis heart i -...'i Narioth's vine- way each of those letters ;winds ii,p.
. .
for light and ventilations • , 1' -
Have you considered that adding
daylight. to a house generally inean,s
adding -!living' space? , An extension
. . . . .
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window not on. y glees molespace
ex -pensive or difficult when conapered
with the restaing advantages.
Put down what you"think you are!
Subtract what you really are! re-
mainder is the camee of mast of your
unhappiness.
Tiles laid above the water -table
might better be hack at the fectery.
T'hey'll never discharge water unless
placed down. where the Water stops
and hunts away out. ,
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Protect the Winter Birds
, , • , . •-• . •
'During theestoseiny anont;lis of Jame.-
e-ry; .1-Sebruary and March the brave
bilxis who „reritairteto."do" service for
. .
yore, when the -ground arifdi
•
trees are snow micl ice covered. Obey-
ing the instincts, of nature they re-
main to do their -duty, even at the
cost of their little lives. It is ;no un-
common oceurrence after, a severe
storm. to go about the 'countryside and.
see many lifeless bodies • these
feathered friends dying 'about on the
'ground, or buried beneath the snow,
We' ehauld not permit this to he the
ease, but provide some enelter for
"thein, as well aslood. As long as their
bodies are kept warm with feod they
can combat old man winter's cold
Masts quite well. They need plenty of
bird houses and other plame te,oraw,t1
into, away from the raging winds and
'
Nate Of us are so poor ,in, material
thines that we cannot spare the tail -n-
o,
mings of meat, raw or cooked meet
botries, as Well euet for the birds.
Either mutton p.a. beef suet vvill pro-
vide heat and nourishment, and slip. -
flower seed heads, which, are about,
nearly every farm, are relished hr
nearly
nearly every winter bird The writer
also brings in the apples which cling
td the brenehes in the fall, thaWs
theni out, and places them with the
other „food in the feeding shelf, The
birds -fairly SUrearn with delight for
the dessert whiclethe apples aDparent-
ly are, C,an we deny these bird friends
So little?, . •
' „When theee winter birds -remain to
search out the e...gg of insects, and the
dormant forme el ineect life from. the
creviOess of bark, so that they .7111
not have a Chance to batch out in the
spring, Nye should certainly respond
.
by placing out simple food that
they require to gave their lives.
Cracked corn and °late can be placed
111 s e Sh rt' beards
stood up on ends, tepee, fashion, and
then covered.'. -With cornStalks make a
very geed feeding station for the
ground-Teedina, 1speCies.
'rhe winter ibirds may come to your
. , , , .
farm ,and pick up the weed seeds which
the summer birds had to leave: They
often join the -barnyard fowl. at feed-,
ing time,land also come to your 'door-
step" for the ertirribs and other food
you mayethrow out. Alt a the winter
birds are seciable and friendly, and
pleasant eompany for gray winter
days. They -will. appreciate ,a raw
'meat bane to pick at as well as -suet
and acorns that the childiren of the
house may have picked up ancl stored
away, *,
-The downy woodpecker, the, guard-
ian your orphan', does enough good
„
wells .in wiping out -the codling moth
tos warrant any grower putting up a
monument for it. Your appre.elation
can be ehown by giving it suet and
other fcrods for stormy days,eas well
as bird houSes or other shelter, jI
there are 'no 'rat -Oral' tree cavities in
yoer orchard, I doubt very , much
whether ,you. would need to undertake
,the very unpleasant .arid expensive
iimaying fer'deStructive insects in th38.
spring, if yeti 'have enough d,ownies
and other:winter rhiAs your oreh and.
The , downy veoodpeckerSand .other
Winter birds are eyttenYinalle with
won -diem apples. Are' we'going fiee
that our winter, l„ife,daeSlitat per,
ish? Let Its pre -6 otirselv'cl3 frienele tO
them, by helping them food and
shelter dua.'ing,theee,lean months,
.Jre • • '•
brew cdiart of:justice was usually held' yard, and. that was his undoing.. The
in the eopen square by the „..gate rof .dopin 'Which Elijah pronounced against
e city; a condemned inert was led ; AleabeWee a terrible. <me. Tne.,dogs,
thence outside the city limits for ex -1 deeliarecl the -prophet, would -lisle-the
peution and' burial, Stone him; the elting's *bided in. thee virieyard of Na -
method prescribed by Jewish thaw for ,bidth. His family .shoulcl come to gm:
eapital punishment, tiniel3r ends, 'and :Jezebel his queen
11. A -Well Merited Rebuke, 16-20. !would ,perish miserably.
V. 1 -6. -When 'Ahab heard. He and.1 We should nOt press this 'doctrine of
jezebel -were -in, Samaria when the' retribution too literally. - The -wicked
murder took place. jezreel; „there
was something ,de-epicable and epward-
ly in allowing- others to work. eut his
evil desire. Ahab rose up, etc. With
Naboth out of the way there eves n,o-
do not always meet with , s-ufi era ng or
even 'disgrace.. Often -they escape dee
tection bY their fellowmen,' oe. preAper
in spite" of 'it. None the less • the, de-
cay is withineand the process. of spills
thing to hbader Man froni satiefying natal death- is at• work,- an the heart:
Lf/L6-1'.
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- The CitY•of 'All. ,
"Te -morrow do it," ',says Bennie;
"I will, bye ancl bye," kays Seth; e. •
"Not now-preitY Soon,"" seye JeArtiee
"•0`Ihn*, adleianntnitttel,e"5asiif±leEeth. -,,
'That 'true as the stars in the sky,
The ittle street,s o -mono v, .
. Pretty Soon, Bye andd Bye,
L'ead one and, all, ' ,
straught, ey say,
-As the King's 'highway,
To the.'eity of Not At. "All,
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Hciis .t".ociftt?
,g,e*ing ansWer to that questien,
together With 'abaut 350 other 'swine
e dors, I called two .grotin
pigs at an Experiment IShation:one day
The were ,part of those in Tait)
station feeding. 'tet,. ,
There., were ten pigii altogetheir---
just ordinary, pigsLedividlecl into t92.0
families of five .eacitie "ilielfr adjoining
flotS were gown to Ville-(1,MIZE,, One
lot was tumbled End torn, 'Them woe
scarcelY 'square toot saf unturned
turf. . Tim other, was prnooth and
practically untefuelted, 'the. dtf-
_f_erenice e]ctoided Ttirthor than to tho
:lots theMsolves,-lie -extended -to 8,.0
yigs,: The "rooterS7 tipped:A-he fscrilicic
01.:,thea7nivale-7eTaaig,9411-vcrgypighldt4110001flitem-toipi,ePdolilonQlr,s;
ing bunch Of penis -one, The ,'"airone
rooters" WeiKilea 1,11 putind6
. Wasin't the only on vho tUrnied! rt0
Mx. Errs -and, 4.in charge ,70,X,' 1.7,016 • tteed1-
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-word:* "Protein." But let roe give
the history ef these two groups of
pigs. They ;were all started julY 29
at an average' weight ef -fif-ty PouncIS
each. One let was giVen shelled corn
ancl salt, self -fed, with blue-geass
forage The second lainich got exahily
the same ration, but with the stddition
of tankage, seli-fed,
The result was apparent in the con-
dition of the lots and of' the pigs. The
ration !of the anon -rooters" ,hacl been
balanced; the pro-tein that they' re-
quired had 'been supplied, in the tank-
. Content end hepey 'hey hact heen
busy putting .011, flesh. The others- de-
.
impel o ase.ce,esary element in. their feed length, -so that .the *cement' asi
,
had rooted all over the tot for worms -Pae werli-ed dOW31' into the °Poring. 7:1J.,
There are two general methods of
patcliing these crease. -Where the
crack. is a very ',Small one, not mere
than a thirty-second .of an inch in
width., the patching may be done by
ineans of the "ruet-joint" methold.
After the ice he.e been. melted, drain .
off- 'the water, then' dose the main
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drain ccok;"and ,cover the crack with
putty or tallow. Care must be taken
SO., that the .crack is not filled *with
this coating.
Fill the jacke-t high enough to cover
the crack. with a strori,g .solution oth•
atnrironitc, about one pound to a
.gallori of water, and let rit: ,stand for
about half an hour, then drain it out,
run the engine few minutes to warm
np,a-rid repea,t .tho peocess, three- ce!
four times until -blite ersycit •ife Trelseed
• Tale ether inethocl, used miler: the
crack is too liarge to rust shut, the
cement 'method, The material to risi
is a cast s-1-..eet Zenient that may be
purclin,sed in small cans at local hard,
waos-e steres insichinci shops. Full
-diem tions Toe nil:sing will be found on
each nen. •
The crack eneuld be beeeleci hack ,
about erieseighth inch along its, whole
in an 'unsuccessful' effort to bolance beveling, afarfo he
their own ration. - ham-incr, and chisel, Or rn ore
Mn Eyvard believes :that just ,here damage then ,georl will he done, When
dies the secret of Isee.ising hogs :from the crack: has been dressed clown. the
routing. He vers. tankage, sr, this es,,se paint should' be cleaned off around it
to ,st1PIAY the prot.cdn, but anynother so, that none o-f.ete will got in 1,0 the,
.gli-prote.n feed woule snow the oPel ins, to pro ont the cement 11001
same adlierinic to the freshly cut metal. di\ 11
k : rust 61•10914 be iremoeed '
Th w /F dm F, ace must be absolutely free lipt 0.1 1.
Way ee, awes ,'40a Olean cat fialorttncl the 'crack Callefully
a etled good hay, free from ,abover tirith gasoline before aPplying co -
and -weeds, axle' mix ene bushel of ment. Force the cement into- the
whoicx cern to -two bushels !of oaks, and ,erack with e Pat'*' knife Or -corn-mon
Seed amending to else of ,horse and steel knife until the 1,,a.c.isz is tilled.
work „Islie le doing. I always keep I have known ;101)S 0000 in this
ihor at work feartil two menthe before, veay to give good setwIce for a 1,7.11 Ole
!fealin , are n ' ' season,. The cement seems, to talce .
work or 11011 at day, two -or three. the amperties 'of the metati around it
times P 'week, During the libt two and does not dose Its grip on tlic •motat
u'ocks I turn her, out attring the day but .eonthaoto and expands 'with it
and put her up id 12i,,ga)..4, htTivo kovet- raid'ex, ,ordin4,17 temperawfo eh n g es.
lost 1.11 icaai70 or )&ol-L.-El 2,
1.Tnless lyeeps accountt how 00 44
No000,m-iy, ow) proi,oation 4 14.rna- , any larmd "know Oils business
018 'will decrease. Net 00 rivav are " Look for blight tankers while tit(
iloe;c1trl for pc,,,amrr t're4) 1911enil(4?x, Trim theoll ,,a;s2 ,
44444,44 41 ling, with e question,. He 0114Werfela in prochtee %pa been anals,5010, Ian aource Snfeetim.
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