HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1917-8-23, Page 7ne
i'a3t' CO 'rTS' S
By .Earl
ftre mostna
1' vetoiz mistakes
o
feedbag of dairy Cot's on the
is that the good cows are not
given sufficient quantity ofed,
Above , required fortheir
maiittengtnce to obtain the mitis?<i"Yuixl
of milk are ', of
quantity :.t� ,ey callable
l
rpd'uein" Successful feedin of
3 3-I � . O�
da, "cows illvaj,`�,'.rte I,xo ��tl,
411 abundance otpI plata111e, nut]
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man
t#,eza�t,
be reg
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R RATION.
W. Gage.
!_s. t -tore No. 1...
_ 1
r lits,; wheat bran,
i 0 lbs.; per cent.
1 3.
WHEN THE THR
To Assist Tf'<e If
ife
the
�1E CODES
ti01' Task of >'reparktif iaieaas. Fa
Harvesters.
Not so mueiz what to. serve as what poached eggs, gre: ns, sliced tomatoes
not to serve needs to be considered in corn -bread, fruit, cake, tea or milk.
preparing -meals for threshing trews. Theboiled dinner should be started
Variety"n ust
be worked into�Il meals early in the—morning.
The t
a lova
rather than into one meal. One error pudding should be made soot; after
Ground oats, 100 that ,,�,e wornen too often make is the I breakfast and thoroughly chilled.
earn meal,;,
I00 Ibs., - .custom: of servin€; more than one kind For the boiled dinner snipe, carefully'
f digestible protein, of dessert, ;Another, is the duplica- apiece of well corned beef, plunge n-
, p1
ig waterl.• .
in-
tiont• _• four
t o of the'$1 and let simmer G
same type o£ food as, grce� to boiling z
a 1,1 114 tons,rice and spaghetti, all Qf them' oi five bo
Yr:s until the meat is eic.
er.
.
ottoseed.starclfoods wlielshould be sub -Apiece ofsalt pork from x',iieh the
•
i
st b 't � beadded
' E,. ti Uted e , removed
Y ... s ... one ox-the'.:other # t. <.II . c_� )zd.I#as b til )roved :*nati
e at onea ,' two G, �_f , together,slit t
d zne 3„ /and the c . d „.
y .> ? 7 h time o
J , h_.. menus � e-. al :. hours J , a 'e _m..
n e 8 . ' here can "` l-. ^One^ net On t <�J# t for
o� altar given e e Ire mod . a 1?4
a
r „inn and
beets. Add turnips a
I owing re � e t's,..'i ,�'. '✓,iii
1� Ont , R
carrots
e tui">iRf � and
I>.ture ,o. 2
0
llxa`.,
corn -Y3cal,
ar lbs.- per toe
';rte�.l, _.J ,
Protein. 12,7.
a
t_=xtl°#� moo. 3.' C #
n-^ ncl-c
,g00
-t
x"torr meal,-�{
i1b
s," per
0n1. of digestible protein, 155
„p
S.”
11,
nit local: condita,on
the
use
of fireless
s l
S
strongly recomeriec for
coreais rid to the stock
1 0 '
in +
NO
Z lv a
bre
such. foods `F' needlong,slow L'.G aL] _ " tender "emflV' •,,
t.s, o n x t
b y �I.
feed, 50 _bs,, 'corn teal, ?, ,l
, ilJ evening meal shouldi-Cook t'� 11- �y
#e be anti-' serve. e e
> t digestible "tern' 1 .ti
Tile n,a aa 5 vx,
sz St ,
1, 4e �� is f� 4 xr - "r zusing�the
,
Gi
a,,, d an ev �i_ . n someof lYk G,..
i• �1=e d 1-3° • herd o'.'er a lie_ , p d c.ry r�, prepared ed . eat. �t b
..y t. -a y g •
trio In
�� � ,•� ut fall'Tx� iuo #n,, that can be so prepaYell, tlYezn. Prepare ollatll
hort, p ,tale tvr_Izo i thns saving strength, time and fuel and parboil each e a
I � me
5
is
bage,
oro s axe roryz,#Iii LL o take
r m
t,b
CQG3>ies carte salter; dressing', been:.: a',va,;° sorban of tree .,��`�lr•, Ctaa�
. , z ,
It•
is purpose, SEGO#p41�9 , , 'a :: dt 1-o y
ter,T ,i ,. les, <,aa ether I4ezns ma.,„ be pkehe orgro„w aegat"�,. • 2; Y..,::in(t�t,�l24d�',,�
Col_i'z5 also
uuIacd the Ickrcsay before the f€rst pt#cal wind 'after the
aA'e sad ed t:' 4"t filed put it IA
ous4 anti pteniter , E3 -S•
#q'' leak ailF t, cereal
� pt 0.en tlxaa drEed leg IsoYehed e 4 U' } efore:
q A tgag � �� � � ti sd
at 'a `#SDA) xs e+,, he.>:tt 4•Ily 1. cB�i',�iR f+Y t .fi, The
re c.rol s Pn Tier : b�h1 ' 'ap?rbc sr,aiee, � c � 3 ^' awe Itettle to
1..°i�F d beans, hell rl exit #rage, xiesh onions,:, Ion anti 1
;ern bread, l,read, etrtarnel-eustard lett _
'itra'; Supper: C"old)
pork, fs led `petatto s, ba?ked'
ehtdeSe, etoraibread,.
les, tr`lijPped Crearn,
ps and
i the
emdale past!}see.
legumes in gees
good, production
I'`> ports 4ia
be fed to
_.+P'a9
cus
etc
sal
'0 cern.
fide' sue,
periods of drlt
and soiling
=3t12 es" n `otoired�”
Ear laretaousi* n
€a su/timer silo,
'ei,> in mind that
1 be in relation to
fed daily., A_
%It anti concl?tto
tAtC1e eihotlt
"llterefo e sir:
r`tiyicledl st<ti9y to p.
'121'1'
td:sl I;+
tti
a
to
tad, balked a,f
Pa or iiiili:,
mediatory cite±' lnca'kt3st put the
Bevan en to Book and when par boiled
est once, divide and prepare half for batt,
cd beans and allow the remainder t
the ; cook with the pork until tender, Make
Its cottage cheese,
tE)e Caramel -custard ice
by
combining three err
s1S, eggs or fouryolks,
ty cupful riftigar
age site1>tt1 )dig; a
forte-
d
e
tiou ezp-anle i`
fitC>11mr d
ect<I t Tey e ap bis eta
his EP "Inc ida ads t
and ate ed.
o-ikalales' Atolllil $te µla
•
1-11fl11-? w`•; bo d1faue -t i;*fall«4
T}t;ak, i . dt lie i.^X191 )lour
tl7,prPing ,1 ricarlir as li€s,;ib1a, Th^.
nwc)rt uq'ral}y tht twenty-four lour;)
are divided in �vtiieh the nlill:in* Irr
done tuviee,the more uniform will u+
t}tc ciuuoti.y and the quelity of the
milk produced.
1)o not expose calves to heat and
thus, but during extreme heat keep
,. 5
them in a dark, coo place until £,J:1-:
months old.
Free 'i 'ee: ,to andsalt `i es -
5 c �� water �, It 1
scntaI for the best results in dairying.
,
c } g
` r belt''!in`
A. of trees adjoining the pas-
ture
tur'e tied in vvhieh cattle pasture is a
real comfort to the animals in hot
Weather.
,�. ,. 6L3t.
Spruying h some preparation to
p
keep flies off cewvs is the price that
must be paid for a normal milk flow
from now on. Unchecked attacks
by flies may easily reduce production
twenty-five per dent;
.;ecows like° mincing
ti, c find that our
machine better than hand milking,
especially' young cows, says a writer
in Nor' -West Farmer. Se far we
have found only two cows that object
to it seriously, and that only when it
ray
of
aI :1 d:their :tli3l.-, l
tnatt. noC I
t Q me vv'ithhatnil
}i tee beta aril ' the Hese
ILA .i single sore tea!
One n)a1z t1tn milk Rain
tri
one n#ill a ht,lf toil#
iEali)1ts^„ fever his tether ai1t'
,,, shim milk fnonr the separtdr',i
The washing andthe
ti �tfi wmulti not AVs 1'1tig e alai e t}rilx
tiris .t,y.:ni1 „ tea lel tray,
1ndivideal records t f em'h clay'
milk and the atnouni; of bunter pro-
ductal will show 01) the questionable
animals.
Il°41e<tt bran and ground oats have1-
rt;suniy been considered to have ap
IJrosimatcly equall values in the dairy
ration, but the
; i l ' 'll cost of oats as
velli Jared to the marktit value of bran
I
has usually been prohibitive, so that
ents have been much less widely used
than bran,
helps the dairyman supply
l
Silage 1e1 3 1py
his herd with, succulence in winter as
assummer. It'hel s to keep
well in p P
the cows healthy and productive i' the
inter when green feed is lackingand
Winter � g
dairy prices are highest:
Inferior cows lower herd profits, but
they • can be detected by individual
milk and butter records.; Low yields
mean small profits or more often ac-
tual losses
a7
voiarivilooni
twelve situate feet of floor space in the
shed.
Skint milk and grain can be fed to
much better advantage to hogs than
Dusty feeding floors or sleeping to mongrel dairy calves.
the
be br
k1- Ian cocn9se;ri a n
dinner sl.uald lie pat lsii
iitslded ae #cIv tti 5 itch
1.1
I;t
1'1It; ?#ienratf'3 t ee ^eat ire : rek'ss
coulter after sbuliglc4t .
Break ereat, 1)]i11Ced
he 31, aerstnibled eggs, crc t`srtfed pota-
t4ses, hitt hire it-, jelly'. coffee or milk,
Dizaxiee Boiled dinner, horse-
r:Idi :,1-r shote, lettuce, corn bread,
jelly, ,t34Jioclt pudding t.ufl'ce tr
at¢pllcl�• Corned -bete hrtsh
s -'GUST <2
fJ Judah
—
2
Captivity a i,# 1--•
`o l\ . The C
Ie on ass 1 Y
i . 5 25.: 1-21. Golden
.. It i
_Eek. 33. 11.
Fest. �z
be com-
paredthe lesson text should
dJared:Jer. 39. 1-10; 52. 4-16. Kings
ells nothingof Zedokiah, the last
kingofJudah, _except the events can -
netted with the siege and fall of the
city.. Jer. `27, 28 suggests that he
became involved in: treasonable ne-
gotiations as' early as, his fourth year,
but no serious harm resulted (com-
pare Jer. 5J.. 59):- Filially -he yielded
to the pressure of the pro -Egyptian
party and revolted.
'Verses 1, 2. Siege of the city. Ninth
year . tenth month --The
siege began in January, B. C. 587.
Nebuchadnezzar—The greatest king of
the Chaldean ' empire, ; B. C. 604-562:,
Forts—Better,` a siege -wall. Eleventh
—The siege continued for;a year and
a half, due partly to the natural
Mothers ani
department. 1{
answer as: a nr¢,l. ry.
elven In each *� F fE 4,1t* `an
melted direct It !�' ar ped and adt rwst
Address all corr4slaond.nes for t
Woodbine Avse Toronto.
440.
liar invited to write to this,
r,
'each goo hien and
Int •?t!41 Slrese must by
taut
knitter. ---Bright colored .eretoiz
nettpopular
_ ?i s thematerial for
p most I•li,,;te ,,.
r a1-
a kni.„tzn�-bat - "l „ep goods of a ..
sorts from khakii anused.
to s1,k can be
Clot`�a seYea-Men circle z' cardboard
for the bottom and cover on both "Sides
with. sateen. cretonne
5 ll i �fl
plain _a_e„n.Cut atsri _ a
1J ce _x
yard and a quarter by 16 inches seam
up
s
and join tI'e p. e> Cover four
o i e. C
3
r• i,
o1-^ f1- e.1-hoopr
v zacll enlGrsride_y with,' asb-
boli and to this -it„aec Marta ole ar.d
one-half inches wide b4 eight long;,
sewing tthe lower end e the band
across the seam of the.. bait tie' r the
t
,am,tosn,This ,bag I<, roomy �R„1 vett
sit,4F elesei by ,•a,.areZi_Ie pit9,• t'?e
t•d sli sp tiro rlt the 1g,
upftl,' of soft bread t r' -Tali
in and min, a atlz one -hal
e1i-drained bo >:a;, ;11,
cupful cream and olcl in enxofu
mixture, of bread ca"U )ilia v:
ltpse-radish. ' The g, tens sI o licl,
nerved and thorougi#ay washed 1`C
to cook is the (welling. Heil pot:,
toes foe bre l`faat the follow"
)ar m t brigVait 1 ,reifi in f rc1-
2i!
144
G st rd, t a fit
At' 4 r 't1
±or the 'Ping
➢can°aa r;aa'dil"sal
whichamy' b
for the E'v'012Ifl
' Efulted custard:
At night,
tireless eQolter.
for breakfast.
tor cave*r ttigbt,
c
1'
"fir . •:9 An swat* Wttt b*
.. . di?. sit „•.! ¢i, . , and of #tees cone
M _.. ,
iia..
gist to Mr Helen Laver. 23s r� atfat.k of d?a•a•xlzoe
..Eft . a.
violent v-oa) ting'occurs,xt?
to be dreaded, and for Meir prl
ied, 11d; a ready our:. are reat!.
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QUI
DR. F '
I Extract 0
ri0 0y, )litres, tinct» preser';esfi u
fru) sw e : and tie sserts ¢ c to
*instant
� , Nuc1Y, a
a. I ...,ads. de rde tiTian for _a , s�luta?v actz�aa pl I✓ r
Q. _ lie . . d ,
as butter e a el and other, ' of �'i'idd Stra erre i
ream, s, lad ii }.xirm k til
GaEz,e fats, lard,r rid 't`be-r- k;ooki ag fast Tit re szons
t
en.
a al .ia.a z1-. cork :and b.. Q g t.,e tgo3rec�uetit a*ttl:
3n order that the meals maysun-ply ° steO15 settling the stomach an+
?Il 'the needed nutritive elentetzts one u€1 the weakened :heart renderi.
a
- arethe tem
5 sure groups poor for .. t, tilled#4 a
in» t make that ail 1 a2.
�^ e
s,. 11-
to 1 ”
at r_ 3itsn o msor
l r �, rile a £
„c err e +� e1-' < not ne ea a tl ., icald.
R '
every meas but. when the family die,' *;zr ,a es G. `.
,3 1�
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R
ar
F r. ,week
y' ss t
e 1 S
r _ ;ee a d�:t i is
is t ,a � c_ d v .=a � tl
�r
and w0,01g out, Qu.„4Wrres 5t t alrl ler s 1 i t os slcl ' .
T-
=.:y sit til ae:g*y-'i"tU
Qb 1
1ir'5 &:::^ lieges 4 M FYi2erent;.
e1 -
s
t'czvvzer s
n giving,
acrSA
racing
ithout'
bowel
T S s „f41 1,ing thr
It inti y tae i4It.w
t1 e K� hottk's'4
s,tr"Vi"",t
;82t ta',',_ turpet:
trio„
s you
011izid crJ'ti e ipa' Do
7exice r n,a 3g pea .ng 1-C; ti e it
elc? Departpaesat, 1110'1-; a; -r
as ? anal3 .e '1
or
and
to
t, £lli1.3
On•,in f,1 0r SPR'
e ps, milk,;i
iqy
1,7p
y i
Price, '4+,o.
xa;:.
ctrR.aiie rx
i eh fated an
l rt alkrast i real i#1
tunt rate lsis lilt
l.cep is; tile refrife.
leike :t;. 1i14A1k1i in t,1w;
of the ell
Cif Eg.S,
'rt
3-7.. C 11Jt1: e of It ! i rt , 1,
Supplied f orrr .let. a' f.1-, Lily, ll, f . ltsic i7ng'
586. Farmtte Cotnletre Jr.¢'',7. t?1;, lirefl:ee
38, 0. Men of wee•: The, text'•eenlei eood
to Iiav'e suffered in trl ntimission. Coin "The
,C4,
at;
pure Jar. ;19: 4; 52. 7. Perhaps we 1.' ,.
should r.ead:"And when the kingzndt e
tysem flet s. , , .
all themen of weal _a. it,they ..1 tul�ter,lo,l :iustt
and left the city by
night . . f•
a3ntc4
ate—Near the pool of Siloam. The ,1-r 1:19(1 I:)Juba
g
ti
E3
'1 hirds he
l Ifmcl?oll,
r a lit,;tt
V
igen
velre
Ile.
l', tl • T'a it`s II. d; It a °1-3,
fs Jzl , t t r,
3. lied ^ t'
1 �. till' tll� t 11JkI,"'
\Vc 11101-)11 111050 t1T tt
ex ixesston -Between the two walls" •
lg o u1+,, s,s 3n1r: sas we do"
} ~ s not quite ,;lean.. :' rabah�fhe ,, . se
id
sa)4i tsiit 3 alta; 1-a, : zl)dlilig
nJ'dan valley, Jer)cho-71ti1dt.litly
the king and his companions broke It is cocoai aly a beautiful
through the Chaldean army and t tried so yc ti teat' have fifteen min).
to escape across' the Jordan, but theyof it, if you like.
were overtaken near Jericho, It.ibinh
'1llaiik. yo.t, Aunt diarbi)
� city in the far north, in the Oro,�
of punishment frequently ripe y
theAssyrians ))ins to rebellious ansa
.y
8-12. Destruction of Jerusalem.
Burnt all the houses , brake
down the walls—The attempt was
made to blot out- the city entirely.
Captive—It would' seem that the en-
reP 1-J
17€241-1.
b,'rl thy= clirltT+a lltt
ailed tit ,x rir 1$12
ix`f£Ie. 1$, wn1gltlod #171-.::011 the
t
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01killt' l t i� i11J' 1-1) lila ire ,"
ttitflght bob.
#t, in tale i:;pitltir�.,l.
lle' did. o v
u 4
the
eller 1z t
ro + ort for ally' help, i�rItl
hoa3ght It began to
1101'
tied ' 11)e 1000 1001
r zt3 4...
;ta)t ii7, .1 ,;i.
isi3it
any 'lien e '”
go straight up ; t
$ 1
�t3le .0,11x` slTtil- 1_
.s,
S'
1
11 Tnl'y'= 1)1
Ili illsy' I:11 -y'
2:)1)14 to
f? alt it
l)iti,»e-r
e
bed, 1Ti�Q's isi,.al yYou do
.Ill.
Ito meted 5Ui'rOi
.e a: safe cage whieli
lightning from a'ezadti
•
t,
alt„
Do ncrt.. t STT£.7 ret 1-1 ti,
he ,.T
i
° sr r) from f ,1-c vt. el.
`irate ..sate c
l stand dh'e=tills+ rizi :r
not lir
h Yndeliel•, veal a ra diator, )Tor' on
mister,
for CNA
t
near ;n
iti
' Liuebell, end off ta11 the elJildron to ;ter 11Ut}ve,
rites tialley , putout eyes , M 1 ,
,, Loon, 1 i.nok 1 elite 131ta1 lit l
make the most of their c�tln itetclom. 1 ,
tic.ntl applied d l>. , �
15111 Bobby was: s1l ,e iv to ltin t'
T go 1T -an reused i. ac.,. oonT tlth
"ii)rds don't tt at ) sf~ 1g
l �� � -
as ., skipped s ��d , s - the, all LOS e 'er.
Bluebell, a1-, she :, 714.0 acro.s
grassy trianglein on the 'With its tail for 1, prop and r4-ith. a
lazgt. teras ._ front ,o1- it 1
old house :i1I which she and Bobby 'little lift to its wings the bird hitched
were spending the summer with -bait ; along its strange s`"tirwa`
Barbara. "They just flys Into the mets i Its wings are y=ellowl:At ander-
' neatly' remarked Bobby. "I'm
ta ulation of the capital and of.
the rural population all but the and: cuddle up on a 0s
poorest were carried away. Fell away
--Deserters in the course of the siege.
Multitude—Perhaps better, ` artisans.
Compare "craftsmen` and smiths_:': in
2 Kings 24. 16, Poorest --Men with-
out influence, and, therefore, not
dangerous.
quarters cause the pigs to cough much "� Rape seeded at the last cultivation A Conscious Objection.; '�
of the time, ' The 'floors should be of corn will furnish abundant :nitro-
swept or flushed off with water every genous feed for hogs in fall.
day. The only way to improve the hog
Take no chances with a sick hog. op the farm at the Iowest cost is by
Act quickly. Get a veterinarian 02' a using pure-bred males on well select
trained man immediately. USA?, the ed sows.
telephone-' or send to town at once. A pig that has been stunted in the
Only prompt action will stop hog .early stages of its life 'should never
cholera losses: Every hog saved will have a place in the breeding herd.
help win the war. :The hog makes a mature product
Feeding ,unpasteurized whey from quicker than any four -legged animal,
the factory tocalves or pigs is a and in these strenuous times should
excellent way to spread tuberculosis, be the mainstayin our efforts to in -
Breeding 'ewes require at :least crease meat supplies.
hard water are all destructive to the
I hoof , If you= must help nature it is
beneficial to fill the hollow of the foot
Care of Horse's Hoofs.
The hoof is more exposed to 'wear
end tear than any other portion of
the `horse's ,:body. The hoofs cores -
pond to the claws of other ereattres.
The outside is of hard, dense, compact,,
insensible' horn in thin layers. The
Inner hoof is supplied with blood ves-
sels and nerves, indicating sensitive-:
ness.
• If nails are directed wrongly in
hoeing and penetrate this sensitive
part of the horse's foot, they cause
pain, inflammation and possibly lock
ailw and death.
If the hoofs dry tip or become brit-
tle there
rit_tle:there are many -remedies, butnone
better than nature. The dew is cool-
ing and
ool-ing,and softening and will heal hoofs
much Vetter than bathing in hard'wa-
ter, Many horse owners laugh,' at;'.
the id1e4of nature taking care of ,the
oofsr' i1They are wr g
ling:lofi�atds dry roads
00s, ,bdtklg� Ill
or the cavity of the shoe with one part
tar oil and two parts whale oil, which
will feed the hoof . A brittle hoof
[pmrtoisptelhamyeo,isitnuraeity case, food and the
The horse's hoof is made up of hid-
den springs, self -acting pulleys and
cushions ever soft. These all hive to
It is an exception to find an 8 -year-
old horse with a healthy set of hoofs.
Nearly all are brittle, shelly-dished or
the frogs are cut away or the heels
are high and inelastic,
Pt,e heard owners complain or
blame the smith. But in the majority
of cases it's the treatment the horses
gret in the stable that is to blame.
The, horses are,left to stand all year
around on a dry, hard floor or in the
manure or be washed in hard water or
driven oarefooted on gravel roads.
Overf,ceding pr,,anything that injures
the loo
A 'recruiting eergeant,.youches for
the acturacy, of the :followingt—The
Cauvaesed---"I• .could not kill any-
thing." • The .Sergeant—"But sup -
the. heart for it. I. tried .drown
soMe•kittens the other Week and•the
cried so•much I warmed the Water fpr
them!"
IfOU CAN CURE'
LISTOP
TNE.' USE OF
they 1"
"Oh, I suppose e — • austvez•ed 1300
by, "B3ut what's ilia` out in ti #e road
Bluebell 1"
z1-
"Where ? 00, that funny: thing hob„
bingalong by the edge of the grass
returned' Bluebell. "Why, why, it's
Egg eating is a habit frequently
To prevent: Have dark nests; keep
nests ' clean and avoid feedin, egg
shells. Change of pens will some-
thnes stop the habit.
Mark the pullets this fall so that
' you will know just how old your hens
are. A leg band on the'light leg
one year and on the left leg the next
will assist' in culling the flock.
If your chicks are not doing well
something is wrong. LoOk out for
lice and for worms in the intestines.
TOOW
/ free motion of the bowels daily'
should be the rule of eVeryone, for if they
do not move regularly \constipation is
sure fo follow, and bring in its train many
other' troubles when the boWels become
clogged up.
Miss Emma E. IvIelanson, Halifax,
N.S., writes: "I am now 20 years of age
a.nd since I was 16 I have been greatly
troubled with constipation, so much so
that at times I would be in bed 3 or 4 daYs
a month. I tried all the old fashioned
remedies, castor oil, cascara, etc,. with'
only temporary relief until,my sister-in-
law gave. me some of Milburn's Laxa.-
Diver Pills. Ptforn the first they seemed
beneficial and I gave them a fair trial.
This was two years ago, and with an
occasional dose I have kept entirely free
from constipation for the period men-
•firt all dealers or mailed direoLon
Two-year-old hens had better be
sent to the market. They seldom
pay fOr-thoir feed if kept over a third
Supplement the regular feeds of the
hens with a wet mash ---fed crumbly.
Feed all the chicks will clean up he -
fore going to roost, but none should
be Jeft in the trough, for it will sour.
Chickens will do better if not com-
pelled to pick their living with the old
fowl. There will also be less trouble
from lice.
A Towing chick "Will not [thrive on
short rations. If the rig•ht kind of
food is fed, there is little danger of
oYerfeeding, especially it g. len"
of range.
wasteful thing te- do, Just enough
for use—no more ----is the best'tfile..
n keep what you have in•g#
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itio
"It is a bird," declared Bobby, 'and
it'S pretty big, but I don't believe it I
can tly, Maybe it's hurt in some way."
"No," objected Bluebell.. "It doesn't
act hurt. I guess ,it's young and its
wings aren't very strong."
"Oh that's too 'bad i" sympathized
to,get ,Litt Barbara,"
"Aunt Barbara ; Aunt ,arils 1 -g
shouted at the side door, "There's)
a, bird here going upstairs ail ho it-
self 1"
_hunt Barbara hastened after Bobby. -.
"it's a young flicker," she told the
children. "Ile knows how to take
care of himself, doesn't he ?"
-And lie gees upstairs to bed with-
out having anyone call him," said i
Be,bby,, laughing, with a shy glance at
'And now e 11 go, too." said Blue -
hell, and slipped her hand into that of
_her aunt,
Ironing day is the best time to hake
beans or make rice pudding or any-
thing else which reqnires a long fire.
HEART
The farmer has need to be the most
pragmatical of all men. He must
put everything -to the test. „There are
cep -
ase
ding you
II prevent
.resh or Rotted Manure.
ab results ootained in onr experi-
ments with fertilizers has been tile.
discovery that, as 'far as ordinary
farm crops are concerned, fresh and
rotted manure, applied at the same
rate, have given practically equal
yields. The explanation for this is
not easy to find, since rotted manure,
weight for Nveight, is very consider-
ably richer in plant food than :fresh
manure, It probably- lies in the bet-
ter inoculation of the soil with desir-
able micro-organisms for the assimil-
able forms by the fresh manure and
the greater warmth set up by its
beneficially the crop in its early
stages.
So Bad h
TROU LE
Jerseys give thin milk, an t some Hot- I A
d 11" W k of silage may not be half as good as 00 all!' way.
Cause ;zziness, ea S
ia-S- another ton. One nure bred hen will
and rnothering Sias. pure bred hen [ of theg same name.
There is often as much as nit Jer
When the heart/ becoMes affected, pre difference in the „prodYncling
qualities of two lois of seed corn of
throbbing, smothering sensation, and tne_losir cealvlunloet'Y'take an3, 'ling or
dizziness and a weak, sinking, all -gone - 't1'
feeling of oppression and anxiety. granted, but most watch and weigh,
On the first sign of the heart becoming and measure and test. It is a fortu-
weakened IVIilburn's Heart and Nerve nate thing that pearly all farmers are
Pills should be taken, and you will find tmconscions scientists. limy have the
that they will give prompt relief and soon gift ef [aizing things up They
Mg, N.B., writes: "I suffered greatly '`
from heart trouble which caused dizziness, hooks • Sometimes [this makes them
weakness and smothering spells.. used impatient of book li.,nowiodge,
a great deal of doctor's medicine but But'the book farmer, who also has
received no benefit. A fnend advised practical. knowledge, has the -iettet
me to use IVIilbiirn's Heart and Nerve of it usually tricl it is every inan's
Pills' and bef°re Cmisile4 die first riv:Ieee to vail himself' of the cur -
box --I felt so flinch lietter that I gat all- rent technical attainments of his
if-Sley water dor ,childeen should ,b4:
with, one, 'teaspaonful of r
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
CURED HER.
Mrs Albert 'Williams, -Edam, Sask.,
writes: "I'have the greatest pleasure
telling you what Doan's Kidney Pills
did for me.
Ten years ago I was so bad with my
kidneys that I would faint away and
could not stand to do atr.thing. had
been that way for two years, and had
done all I could, but did not get any
better until -one day some One put
little book in. our door, and I saw how'
another young girl had suffered like'
wasrthen, so, I thought I would try the
and art,ri,„0#4„,tosaY that aftec
thing/ag414 auks 1.0 Doan's,'?
pill for! 1:efi4
Put uP g.
the trade m
that ge
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