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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-9-9, Page 7eredde A,Serie of instructive articles constituting, when cornpletea, an entire course on baby hygiene and care otthe child up to six or seven years old. Mothers are urged to read the :articleS as published, and cut them, out, for fature reference, The information has been prepared by physicians who have rnakle the welfare of the child a life etude% • NINTH ARTICLEe. Baby's Clothing (coated.) 1:he following are that 'are nee essery: lips—For every -day wear, there should be six plain white slip% These should be cut by the kimono -sleeve pattern and a tape run through a facing around the neck and sleeves. If they are made 21 inches long from shoulder to hone; they 'will not need shertening. . They ehould never be made longer than 27 inches. T NVO Sun- day seine may be made With bishop sle-eves and a little embroidery on the frent. Set -e -n sleeves are more diffi- cUlt to put 61.1 a little baby, For wear ender the slips baby needs also foul liannel skirts, princess style. For hot Weather these may be the very light- est weight flannel or paet flannel and cotton. Sle epeng Garments—Baby needs four "nighties" or sleeping bags of White outing flannel or knieted ma- terial. For whiter wear, the sleeves of ,the nightie. may be made 2 inches leeger and the bottom 8 enches long- dd ete Draw tapes may be run through the sleeves and the hens and baby's -hands and feet protected from the oeed. Bleeping bags are ma,de 83 inches long and 27 inches wide, open -down the front. The baby is laid in and the bag buttoned up, He can be changed without taking him out of the bag. 'Bands—Three flannel abdominal ba,nds made of soft, white unhemmed five or, six enches wide and from fourteen to eighteen inches long. Thee- should be wide enough to pro- tedh the abdomen and not nede enough to. wrinkle. They should go 'once and a. half- around the baby's abdomen, lap across the front and pin at the side. After the -cord is healed, these_may be replaced by three knitted abdominal bends, 'with shoulder straps and a tab to pinto the diaper. These should be made the lower part of wool and the -.upper part of cotton. This kind of not slip up under the baby's c est a.nd make him. uncomfortable. ' The band may be discarded altogether els in hot weather. _ Shirts—Theee shirts, wool and cot- ton, or wool and, elk; never all wool. gelid For the very hottest weather an all- cottsr. or silk shirt may be worn. The shirtre should be fitted smoothly. They reeyeeither lap or button in front. Stockings—Three pair of booties, three pairs of raerino or cashmere stockings if the weather is cold. Blankets—Three blankets of closely knitted or crocheted wool, or made from an old, soft woolen blanket. I Diapers -a -Four dozen diapers, two dozee twenty-foue inch, twe deeet. thirty -inch are convenient. For tho - first few weeks, provided it is hot hot weather, diapers eighteen inches square of old, softeleniteed weer ate very convenient. '8everal, dozen pieces of old eheeting torn into pieces ten inches square may be put. inside. . When diapers are removed, they should be put 'into e, covered pail of cold water, to which borax has been added. Leitee they should ilia. washed clean with ,pare soap, boiled, rinsed thoroughly, but not blued, and hung in the sun to dry. Soap and Wiling are very irritating to a baby's skin. 'They should be folded, pressed with a hot iron and put away. A soiledhor wet diaper should never be used a second time without washing. Jackets—For cool mOrnings baby needs three. short jackets. These are made of whete flannel over the kimonti sleeve pattern, or they rnay be knitted or ,cro e tech with close stitches. There should be no loose stitches or scallops or other taimming to catch on buttons or the baby's fingers. Out-of-door garmeats--The healthy baby ie taken out of doors, so he must have a wrap :,,und hood. This wrap is made like the sleeping bag, except it is of white eiderdown or flannel. It may be sewed dagether or bound around with a ribbon. At four months the' upper carters may bee opened so as to allow the baby to get its- hands out freely. When baby begins to walk, a very comfortable .coat may be made from the bag. Open it and hem at the bottom, shape the tOp loosely by a kimono slip pattern. For winter the hood may be made of the some material as the wrap, ori it may be knitted or crocheted. For summer a silk' or. cotton knitted or crocheted hbod of an open lace pattern and lined:with the very thinnest white silk is comfortable: Wash hbods may be made of soft white erabrolderech lawn and laundered without staich The :es on the hood should be such as can be laundered eestly. A little. chin strap fastened at one side of the hood with a snap hook- and eye is very convenient and does away with the bow under the baby's 'chin. Woollen garments—All woollen. Or part woollen garments must. be washg ed very carefully. They ehould be! washed by hand in tepid soapstidej (rnild soap), rinsed in a little soaped water and hung in the shade to dry.I When dry, they should be pulled or patted into shape or sinoothed with a warm iron before being put away. Al- ways before putting garments on'ig ba'by y e o c leek to be sure they are dry and warm dee pabulum react on growirig organs of sex. Thus, since the germ of life can have no sexual attributes, it is obvious that the pendulum theory falls to the ground. Sex investigation is not only limited to fowls, but includes all forms of Efe; and it is safe to say that we have not yet solved the riddle, despite! the fact that medical science has taken ' very rapid strides in the past few years. (01' L Sex determination of eggs is not Drily a• matter of. recent inquiry and research but that it has held the at- tention o'f thinkingmen of iall times is proved by the feet that even. three centuries before Christ men had work- ed on the question. lelost note& among the investigators were Aristotle, Pliny, the eldex; and Coluanbella. In his eighth book, Cal- umbella says the best time to set eggs for .pullets is from the tenth to the fifteenth day of the month, when the moon is increasing. Naturalists -of, to -day are still searching patiently for the much-de- Pr- sired solution. Of the many numer- ous' theories that have behri evolved, the following are a few of the MOSt popular: • ' Long mid pointed eggs are of a Ma•se cueine nature, while the short, round ones are feminine. Eggs laid before noon contain a certain sex; those after noon, the op- posite. All newly laid eggs, if placed uncler the hen immediately, and up to 'five day, precluce cockerels. Eggs when set painting to the north produce cockerels;.'pointing to the south, pullets. I.f the apex is marked with a zig- zag quirl, the egg is masculine; if round and without any indentation wihatevet, it is feminine. Some years ago a prominent group o English poultrymen met at a Lon- don hotel to witness a ,dernonserateon *A -given by a felahv paultrynian, who claimed that he had invented an in- t stemma able to foretell sex of Raul- illiKtry, 'rabbits, and mice. The invention eonsisted of a ,small pith ball suspend- ed at the end of magnetized steel or capper. When held over a male fowl, the ball would rotate; When repe.ated , over a female, the ball, welled. swing to and fro, pendulum -fashion. The X-ray, as yet., has been of very little value en determining sex, which is but natural if eve stop to consider What student of embryology tell is Stis-naned up, it is this: The firet few days the check in embryo is asexual, On the seventh clay it is distinctly " hermaphrodite—that is, containing the elementary 011gadIS 43i both sexes, After the seventh clay, one set of organo dirniviehes as the ether in- creeees. Tho merest Secede/le may determine future aesec of the bird, ae 1 the nuteitive atelstee; ekiained front a TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON SEPTEMBER 12T1I. The Glory of Solonion'S Reign, 1 ICMge 10: 1.13, 23-25, Golden Text; „Psalm 128: 1. 1-13. The Queen of Sheba oane, 11 would appear, from south-westera Arabia, There 'the old olossecal geographers, Strabo 'and Peiny, say there was a kingdom of sonee considerable importance, having an extensive trade. The reline of tits capital 'city of Nearib have been eeen by some modaen travellers, and show that it Must have 'been a place of large papulation and wealth. Solomon's trading enter - Prises with Arabia and on the Red Sea may have established commereial relatieas between the two ,countrle.s, and the queen's veva to hie eourt may have had spine political ream, in ad- diteon to her purpose to at his leen. dom to the test. Sheba Is mentioned in e'er. 6: 20 as the placed from wle:ch frankincenee ecanes. The "traffickers of Sheba" and their trade. for Tyrian wares "with 'chief of aflI ,spices nd with all predates stones and gold," are spoken of in Ezek. 27: '22. We read in Isa. 60: 6 of the camel caravans of Sheba bringing gold and frankincense, and in Psalm 72: 15 of the gold of Sheba that is to be given to Israel s king. Early Araban writers delight to tell wonderful stories of this crime, of her tich country, and of her rela- tions with Solomon. The hard questions with which she put Solomon to the proof ina.y have been simply riddles, or brief parables or proverbs m poetic form, with a hidden meaning, ouch as people of thoss lends still deleght to repeat Solomon told, her all her questiene, and so amazed his visitor, accustomed to simpler Arabian ways, with his wisdom,- and his great buildings, and his abundantlyeeapplied table (4: 22- 23), and the alert and watchful at- tendance ,oe his servants, and Me nom erous 'household, and his burnt offer begs upon the temple altar (v. 5 margin of Rev. Vers.), that, the his thrum says, there was no spirit in her. It, so to speak, took her breath away, She had expected great things but the truth was beyond all her ex- pectation. The half, she said, was net told me. Blessed Be the Lord Thy God. With out denying her 017/11 -religion, what- ever it may have been, OT adopting that of Solornon, she ,can quite freely, according to the common way of thinking of those days, recognise the God -of Soloaion and the great thingsl which He has Ione. And she is leer - self wise enough to see that the great - eat of Has gifts to the kingais the power to do judgment and justice. An sHunclred and Twenty Talents of Gold. In .actual weight a talent of goad is estimated at about equivalent to 16,1,50 eterleng, or mere than thirty thousand dollats. In -purohaseng powe ee it was worth a- great deal more. The cineen's gift, therefore, was a truly royal one'amounting to $3,600, 000 017 inote, in gold., besides the spices and peecioue stones. No .doubt she *ent away laden with rich gifts an return, for 'Soloanan gave her all her .desire, whatsoever she asked, be- side that which he gave her of his royal bounty. The Red Sea, ships brought Soloman also rich store from southern lands. The alneug trees, or alinua wood, which is specially raenthna may have been the fragrant red sandal wood, but this is uncertain. _23-25. Solomon Exceeded All the _Lenge .of the Earth If the charecter of Solomon and his, greatness.' are somewhat idealized in this chapter' the chapter which follows just is truly portrays his week/lees and leis folly. In the end it is said of him that This heart was not perfect with he Lord his God!? Hebrew tradition, assigned to Solo- mon the composition. of some part of he book of Proverbs. It may very vela be, therefore, that. it was just uch wise sayings, remembered and ften repeated; veritten down and arried abroad, that gave Solomon his reat eeputation, and ]ed people to ome from distant places tp hear his tesdam, which' God had put in his 21 Big Points to Watch in Organizing a Co.operative Association If you have co-operative market- miaus a email conatelssion for . the iag association at 'arty kind,' la your manager vrho earee for the stock and community, or are think:ng s,bart- accompanies it to merket. ing one, you may- be iltnterested in tin paying out as 'creameries do, the the twenty -once meet import:mit things expenses a the erehmery, such es neesseary to make zilch an .organiz- baxes, depreciation, etc., ehould be at:ton eac:ccesful, es they have been worked out by ,experts, FIRST2d-What es the actual need for a co-operative eiganieation in your pauticular field, Mid for your partio- elar peed:act. Consider, first, wherein the present sys.teni of hertuketeng gives peer earvice, takes too much of your profit; PC,0011a, 1N'here the present system is waseeful and expenelve; third, where, by .combining, farmers can ea 1 bett • r rex markets or turn out better goods. SECOND—Is. there enough busi- ness to lceep a co-operative organiz- ation going? A steady flow of ness the year round is needed when much money ie died up in equipment and buildings. THIRD --Do your neighbors. want to co-oberate and will they al* to- gether? 'This es what holds every aeseciation together. When, farm.ers do not have any rhoney Invested in an association, say like a live -stock ship- ping organization, unless every man ha.s the proper spirit, it is easy for competitive buyers to get their busi- ness, especially if they offer good prices, with a view to breaking up the organization. Usually this is the ease when an •association starts doing bust - nese, and. spirit de a big thing then. A membership boad will sometimes take .care of 'such a ssituation. FOURTH—Don't soatter your ef- forts. Concentrate. It has been found that lassoceations are best supported when a community is engaged in one sort a farming. However, when farm - taken care of before the profits acre divided. This provide,s a fund to take care of thee expenses. T1—Be eure you have enough working ,capital to start On. Where the assoc./tee:ion bandies the livestock only, no caretal is needed, because there is rto investment in egaipment; but where an elevator must be built. OT bought, or a cream- ery or Iva:rehouse provided, the cani- tal ,shoened be nage enough to tak care of this expense. It is. better t get the money first than have to al) peal for mare alter the association he statteci. This gives a bad impresaio.n FOURTEENTH—put one man i general 'cheeps make him responsJeal and make him plan his detailed organ ization eareetally. Thi e 'means plan ning the work of the association, an providing for the duties of the offi dais. e If eaoh man's week is deter mined beforehand, there will be no overlapping of effort, and each. mai will have so much responsibility. I vsUl.elimenate passing the buck, things .should go wrong. FIFTEENTH—Pay enough to ge an able manager, then make Mai work No matter hew good a machine is set up, it will not run to best advantage unless it is looked after by someone who knows his business. Managers or employees .should not be hired hecans they are fgiends of, members or offi dale, but because they know their tbhuesiNnveasys. Salary should not starid in of getting the right man, for ing diversified, farmers have sae- 80 per cent. of the business Tweeze ceeded byehaving a main association are due to inefficient help and man- - with branches to take eare of grain,, agentent. Good managers ean some- - ma, livestock, or ether products. times 'be obtained by taking ever the FIFTH—Tick your leaders care- fully. Real Leadership for the indi- vidual organization does not come from evethont, but is generally made up ot men taken from the ranks of the farmers who have worked hardest to organize an associatien. SIXTH--aBe sure your manager is absoluteln .square and imparbial. It has been found that if an association is to .succeecl themanager, or the man who does the grading of fruits, vege- -4.ables, or any fan' products market - EXHIBITION VISITORS Do not forget to inspecteour stock 94 88 Note Plano Rolla Perfection Rolls, for si,00, Planosigle Roes, 60e. 4 for e2.00. Word Rolls, 90c, Upward. We have the lgrgest nunaleer of' selection% best egalite, cheapest gripes in Toronto, - We Pay Specie! Attention to gut-ofs Town Customers, OCTAVE MUSIC SUPPLY 3 Adelaide St. east Toronto - 6 doors from Yonge r e The Ball That Hid. o A group of boys were playing bale - one summer day in a vacant lot. In s a, neighboring lot stood a little -cream . colored, red -roofed house, Miss stable n Timm's home. The raitng round the e, front porch was full of potted geran- - iums. Miss Abbie thought as much - of those geraniums as some other pee- d elle think of jewels. They were her - pets, and she had them all named. - There were Poppy and Jackie, and Coral, Firebrand, Flarne and a half a dozen others. t 2iss Abbie was washing dishes f when she saw a dark object come fly- ing through the air, It struck the t pot that held Coral and broke it into , pieces. Over the railing went poor Coral went, and down to the ground. Some friendly salvia bushes held out their arms and caught her so care- fully that not a leaf or a bloom was e broken. But one or two petals fell - off and lay on the grass like drops of blood. "0 dear! 0 dear!" cried Miss Able as she flew dowse the steps to rescue the unfortunate flower. Coral was her favorite of them all. After she had picked the flower up she fumbled a little among the salvia b A boy came racing across the field to the gate: "Seen my baseball, Miss Abbie?" he panted. It was Danny..Miller. He saw the broken pot on the ground and the poor little flower with bare roots in Mies Abbie's hand, and he knew well enough what had happened; but he was so buy looking for his ball that he did not take time to apologize. He did not even notice that Miss Abbie failed to answer him. That last leap of the ball had tied the score between the Red Caps and the Blue Stockings, and Danny must find the ball so that they could finish the game. Miss Abbie went round th the side of the house, to get a fresh pot for her flower, and on his hands and knees Danny searched and searched for the lost ball—under the steps, in the grass and everywhere; but he could not find it. Two of the other boys came tumbl- ing over the back fence to join hi the search, but they, too, were unsuccess- ful. It was dreadful, for there was not another baseball within a mile: After a while the boys went away grumbling. If they had looked back (which they did not do), they -would have seen Coral nodding away in her new pot as if to say, know some- thing you'd like to know!" Late that afternoon Danny came over to bring Miss Abbie a big yellow apple from his father's orchard, He stopped and looked at the little flecks of red on. the grass by the porch. "I am sorry I broke your flowerpot, Miss Abbie," he said. "Where do you suppose that ball can be?" Hp turned to look out over the yard, when—plop! something dropped be- hind him suddenly. He whirled round, and there lay the baseball! Miss Abbie was staring at it with her month puckered as if she wanted to laugh but could not. "It's funny for a ball to stay up in the air a. eyhole afternoon!" she said. "It is funny, sure enough," Dante, answered as he grabbed the ball. Then he looked at her and grinned. "I didn't know you had a packet big enough to carry a baseball round in," he said. "Well," answered Miss Abbie, "I I find that it pays to lceep c`:hoice c sows instead of ,eending them to g the market, A .good sow has many c attributes that do not 'appear in gilts. She may be a s:ow that produees a large letter of unusually sturdy pigs Anothea sow may pro.duce pigs. tha are easy feeders and which grow to maturity unusually fast, Perhaps an- other sow's offspoing'fatten easily. When one finds these desirable ee characteristics cropping out, it seems e' wasteful to send the possessor into the fatahuing pen. I make it a mace bice to keep the choice sows for sev- eral years. For instance, I own a large sow that saves /110 ten pigs out of each litter twice a year. They geow quick.ly, never ,seem to take the scours; and eaten gaickly at maturity. regard this tow !as worth a great many uncertain gifts. I feel that she oan be dePended upon to do her paTt. _Snob. 6011715 should not be Surinied to the Attenhig pen, after having pro- ducecl one litter. It is my ,observation, too, 'that pigs from old sows invariably attain size and weight faster than those from ge •yotaig sows. At an age of six months eh I have frequently noeiced a difference dr of as much as 50 pounds. In. these So days, when time counts for So much, this factor le very important. The abjection that it nests too much :f.a. to winter aid .sows I da not tconsider of vvell founded.. At lie time should tut sows be very fat. To keep them in tit moderato flesh does not requite wh great deal .of fleece, The .sow will be we mueh !better sct.ff if elle has to hustle some for A surprising what a small amount ;of food, NVill SC' CAT'llY Slow thq.-ough, the winter, if sets :so ha. a 'warm bed. „Considered from numy angles, I be to 110 the eVilt."b 1 f + . • ous (in the • Old Testament Apocrypha), written' t about 180 B.C., well describes the eireer of Saloanon, showing its great- ness and its decline: "Solomon reign- ed in a peaceable time and was Iron - red; for God made all quiet round bout him, that he might build an • • ouse in is name, and prepare Has sanctuary for ever." .Then, as though addressing himself to Solomon, the writer continues: "How 'wise west athou in thy youth., and as a flood, filled with understanding! Thy soul ' covered the whole earth, and thou filleclet it with dark parables. Thy name went far unto the iskindo• and for thy peace thou wast loVieled The countries marvelled: at thee .for thy songs, and proverbs,, and parables, and interpretationsi. By the name. of the Lard ad, which is called 'the, God of Israel, thou elitist gather ,gold 'as tin and dedst multiply erieeer as lead. Thou Iliad bow thyeelf , unto Woilieil' Ta by thy leader thou wase braughe to subjection 111011 didst stain thine nor and, pollute thy seed; so that ou broughteet Wrath upon, thy chile en and wast grieved for thy r feller, the kingdom was divided, .etc..; Ate." We were founded as a nation of rmers, and in . spite of the growth our Industrial life, it still remains ie that our whole system Tests upon e farm; that the welfare of the ole ,community degenee upon else lfare of the faience., Every patent who has a ohiht at heal. should take it to a doctor for thorough physieme examination to that the Child is in every way fit do it s work. Tf -anything is wrong leme rhsuld be itee; in remedying. defect, , ieve it wine retairi the good beood owst employees of the private enterprise Which lailed, bemuse of the cd -oper- ative association. This holds true of elevators or creameries. SIXTEENTH—Don't change man- agers and officers every whipstitch. Giving everyone a shot ateholding of- fice in a co-operative association has been found to be poor business. Old officials should be eetain.ei whenever possible, if they have proved their efficiency and know the business. .SEVENTEENTH—Be sure to keep ed through the association, must be accurate accounts. This is very im- imparbial. Favoritism has retested portant. Unless reeorde are accurate, ninny .co-operatie-e organization the association as to go to the which had a good fee tura The manag-ea wall. It is the only way of .telling every man gee:tea-square deal. if the business is being conducted at also ehould know his business, P3 that SEVENTH—Ieeep your system of a profit er a less, eine so that evetY patron can get evleat is corning to him doing busting's as simple as posisible. from the sale of his products Every Farmers are not up to a complicated business, no /natter what it may be, business; and the moat .successful depends in a large meaeure on its c:eties have started in a small way, records and .acommt% Uniform sys- and increesed gradually-ae the leaders tems of accounting for .co-operative became experienced and able to do the organizations have been developed by the Government, and can be had for work. EIGHTH—Be sure that your rules and regulations are properly framed on the right basis. Farmers leave found it wise to include the cone the asking. They are adaptable to most any kind of a co-operative SS- sociation. EIGHTEENTH—Have your ao- stutueson and by-laws reference to counts audited at leatt twece a year. capital, shares, votes, When this is clone every six months and clivieenes. Sound .0egniagnelinzbeat,rio5nhdePs' the real status of the business is known at a glance. This will uncover , any .1.raucts or will find any errors - the groundwork of these i rt. aa a succeeseul 'society must have a i' solid foundaticn. • ' in the records of the organization. H—Choose your members NINT Correct accounts are necesseay before any dividends nom be rightly &aid. NINETEENTIIg-Baee your associa- Can on community •spirit. It has been found that cooperation works beet in a loealit.y where • the people have something ,in common, such as race, religion, nationality, and where few of the farmers are shifting tenants. There are many places where the people do not have these things in common, and yet they get along, be - Caine they have the ri;ht spirit and the assooiation work brings them eo- gether if it is properly handled by the right:kind et a eeeder. • carefully. Ordinarily the member- ship in a co-operative association should be limited to farm,ers only, but this is not a hard and fa,st rule. In communeties where the town folks and business men have been friendly to the farmers, it might be well to let them have xnembeeship and some stock if they PO desire. Especially is this true ce retired farmers. TENTH—Don't give one man. or group of men any voting advantage. Real oo-ogeration means that every- on,e is on a level, .as fainaseehe organ- azation is concerned. To that end sit TWENTIETH—join with other has. been feued hest to limit the vote local ,ressoctiatiolis when ing power to one vote to the member the time comes,. For instance, if there are several small associa,tione, in the same community, but liandlthig different kinds of faxin products, it would make co-operation stranger in the section if all of the branches were gathered into one main e,ocietry. • TWENTY-FIRST—Court and seek the friendly assistance of businese end city people. Try to co-operate with city folks, because in cam/ramifies where the villagers and farmers have a friendly feeding, mutual good te- sults. Oftene the business men will fight a coeopegative aseoeiation, especially if it is a seem; !insurance company, telephone compiany, or any business where they are directly affectod. But, es a ,rule, all tight,- thinkimg business men weloome •such. organiza,ttons among farmers,. Why Plums ain't Bear. A frequent question asked is, "Why doesn't ster plum tree bear? It: bloonis heavily each spring-, but there es no lrwt Sometime:s the fruits hang on for emus time eluen a,11 'cla•op." The -answer is, "Lack ,of None of our plums will bear if we have but one variety, unless Cleve is some wad, ,plunis or oar neighbor has a plum tree near ue, Of oottese the only remedy is to plant other var- 'lateen Neehile waiting for these rtew trees to get oed .enotigh to bear, a blooming branch from another tree eet in a pail of water ttnder aur tree will serval AZ a pollinisex. regardless of the =Aber of shares owned by the individual. This feature is one of the eserTitials of a true co- operative association. Meowing ane vote to each member, everye man has .an equal voice in the affairs of the arganizettion This featifte tends to stimulate and maintain interest, ELEVENTH—Don't give any One eanber too many shares in the asso- atian. If the number of shares an thividua1.can hold is limited; the ntrol oe the organization will never dl into. the hands of one man -or a tall group of men. Some associa- ens reetriet membets to 1:ixie share; hers allow as many as five or ten; d by keeping the nuniber dowel ire farmers have a echance to be- Ire0 seven -holders., thus providing for eater membership and a agree - tiding increased interest in the g mei eation TWELFTH—Lot each member take t dividends ;in propettlon bo evhat has. put in in products. Theee are veral ways of (tinkling the surplus all of which are good. Some ide the sueplue between sthoelchold- , others pay a 'certain per oent,, d put the remainder en a sinking int, The best way, they 'say, is to y the farmers thopreaatiling mailed ce for their prodeothe eche/ging a, .ttll fee :for service, and then pay ideructs out of this seeping.. Some operative. ereameries pay out the plus eath month with the main cue, while livesteek organizations e the earmers the net proceed.s 111 ci in co fa sn in co gr 130 or ou he ee fen div ers 1111 fu par pri co - Sur elte giv y didn't think I should have to carry it long. And I didn't, you see!" lelake a budget. Buy Thrift Stamps. Keep an intelligent record of ea- pew:lett:res. The firet farmer was the first man, and all hietorio nishility rests on possession and ruse cl.tf land. PREMIUMS! PREMIUMS! PREMIUMS! Llst of Premiums for the TORONTO Fat Stock Show Now ready for distribution, Write To -clay for Your Copy. Show will be held at Union Stook Yards', Toronto December 9th & 10th C. F. TOPPING, Secretary Box 635 t. West Toronto lely experleace in keeping beee 00 my farm eovea.i a period of maw y'eare. They have always made mo, good money, I have learned to 'haw them theroughln, and to love them. I enjoy talking about the wonder of ttlih eelminatersetetp.mr.goitunctlinugsetutf uilnicarleaotfurit farm, The history of their ocean/unity life reads stringer thau the most ian aginative fiction. My aell'erY !le eocated en a Vine of trees. The gamma under the trees is ill grass, and the serreundinge neatly kept. The grove affords shade and provides convenient places for tswarms to 'alight. By having the hives near the trees, and by paying ,clese atten- tion it sewarming tine% I very seldom lose a swarm. The bee grounds are an interesting and huge' scene on a bright summer's drty. The real 'hum of beetail only be appreciated by personal 'experience. Not even a poet would like to take a morning nap in en& a bee •ga,raen. My bees are all high -producing strains, consisting of Golden Jew -Iced Italians and Red Ceoeer bees. The latter are able to extract seeetar from the red clover blossom. I purchase high -bred queens front prafeesionel beekeepers, at from e5 to $10 each. The original stock of these queens came from Cuba. In starting a new calmly, I take a queen and put her in a brood hive with three or four frames containhag comb, and with the proper number of worker bees. The queen lays eggs in the cells, the eggs hatch into grubs, and the worker bees feed the geube. It requires about three days for the eggs to ,hatch, and six days for elle grub or larva to grow. Then the cell is sealed over weth wax, and at the end of twelve days out comes a fun- gi -aim bee. If the queen is taken frean a hive or disappears from any cause, the weaker bees raise another queen. They do this bY enlarging cells intended for Worker bees, and feeding the !grab on a rich substance called "royal jeBy." This extra care, through some mysterious and wonder- ful process of nature, tot enly makes, the bee grow larger but also 'changes its sex to a female. The worker bees however, do not intentionally create a queen when they already have one. Queens are haughty, jealous creatures, tornething 'like human queens, and two ,areinore are not satisfied to oceuper the same throes at the sans -e time. If 'perchance however, a new queen should some Into being and walk the hene•yed , ace halls where an old queen reigne, a royal combat begins as S001.1 as they meet. One must die by the sting of he other. Nor:do the workers zee= o care which wins and which gees down to the shadows. They give Teem or the duel, and await the result,. which usually is not long coming. The urviving queen is recoenized as ightful. sovereign, and the woe-la:re esume their round ef duties. A queen lives four years, a (Irene Ives one season or less., Ana aewarker ides about two month% In the aver- ge colony there. are about 10.d eel worrkee bees, a eraneber f dron,es about a dozen), which are the meet ees, and one queen. Thee° malte nit colony, and the workings of this ()immunity is a wonderful story too ong to ten here. Their life, with Cr., ratable exception of the ants, is 051he highest plane of animal toommtm- lay existence, excelling ril.,%11 hi mare ays than one. I keep bees for snaleing honey, and earn the wonderful things about them. y working with thein. An of my ves leave surplus eaps on top, each ntain:ng 24 one-pound!sections. In n average good year an average col - my will fill these 24 oedipus four mos during the season, 'snaking 90 ounds of honey in ale. A good swarm a good year will make as much as 00 to 500 pounds of honey. Honey always in demand et a goad: prece Pan 'selling it for 50 cents a pound), nn&those who embark in, beekeeping till never regret it; provided they ive the bees the proper care and at- ntion at all times.—M. E. U. t Is A 111 0 0 A A A Th Fo Pee What the World Needs. men with souls of God -like mould, earless, as Gideon of old, a nobly stand in manhood's might or God and freedones sacred right, ith righteous zeal aflame to go ncl lay.Baars alien alters iow, en, who the high brewed hauglitY froven f purblind factions cannot down., ho follow not the thronging train, f those whose gods are goldea go', nd will not bend, how e'er it be t Mammon's shriae, the servile knee, en, who would acorn that deed of shame he shirkers' unearned wage t6 lad do not shrink to'veitture an - ey hold most dear at cliity's calf, ith honor for their deathless oreed; r nien. like those the world hag need. —Mra. A. r; COMO. The Carthaginiane were tbe 'first ple to pave their street% . The nearer the Equator the Moral salty sea -water become% Neer leave ttneooked moat wrappOd hi paper, The paper will absorb '614 juic4 4 UNA Viefa .104 "fit4 j.