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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-5-19, Page 2144441.44 144-, Here's Father's Chance to Do Mother a Mighty Good Tarn By F. W. Ives , e . It wae raining. The mud was deep, ti ou a the water passing through the Ades e communicatiens te eegrotionest, 73 ... Adetaide st, west. 'remota ari. . le et the roads badly cut f w, ei up, So, etheet pipe, The cost of installing a pitche 'Wr The 'White Grub in Eastern Canada—e 5 reeeie•ed meat, eggs, ene, and the top othe ridge as reachedthpump complete should not exceed $15 I greeea respeetively, and the mortal- radiator of nay ear had boiled dry. Ai in addition to the eoseof the sink. Methods of Controh The Gravity Tank, ' ' ' . 90 18 28 and 24 while the dim light through the misty dusk - e I 1. The Dominion Eomologist reports average gain per bird was 3.32, 3.44, showed a farmhouse. I walked up to Another suceessful scheme is to, nt that from informatiorgathered, par-, 2.79, and 2.81 ounces. These figures the door, where my knock as answer- mount e tank just above the sink. This tieularey by Mr. Il• F. Hud -an of the, dearly „lemma strate the vabee of eggs ed by a bent old eneinern who gave me: tank; with a capaeity a iTore 80 to Entoneoiogizal Laboratory, Serathroy,'as one of the first ingrediente of food! two pails aetd Paid: "You will fled the: 60 gallons, is pumped full by the men I path to the sprink eroond in back." lin the morning, ancl will hold enough Now, that path wound elown ieto for ordinary household purposes or ravine about 80 feet below the house, 1 one day. A force pump is ueually The spring eves fully 100 yards from:necessary for this sort a work. On 11, ti on during recent yeacom- To exterreinate thistles, Wile Y the back, door, When the toe wase:. one farm the pumping ie done by a i rs. The plete life eyele ef the insect requires' mow them when in bloom. Ont.. it. is. exeeeied that ireurr by the for. young .chloks. white grub will be effected this yeare in Eastern Canada. This important; !newt has been reeteving mueli atten-i. Topics in Season. reaehed, 1 VMS in about the eame ewe-, winchmll each morning aa the stock from three to feur years, In aeso-, A. barrel which has had kravt in it dition as the gar—wet, muddy =all tank is being filled, he being a eau= with :tulles en the life-histore I was also filled with wonder as: three-waY valve instelled at the pump. 'a en be cleaned with salt, Rub dr hot eo: When turned in one direction, the , salt ort the inside a the barrel, leave to why it eves necessary to carrY a the coma -tuna kinds of white grub M observatioes have been made on i it a while and then wash it off. Or much Ni-ater up hill whet* so meat Was ',ater s the bouse tark and ea, hen the erop ons ellowed on awns. you eau on the barrel with salt brine, falling' on the roofs of the buildinge.I turned in another direction the water roeatiff where the grubs have been decidedly!and leave it in day or two I The old woman said the had lived goes to the stock tank. This ie merely . . a . a a moot ca ton of e gravity a as • iniurittee, and also ex: farms where'. To treat binder tteine so that gras5.-il there fifty years, that she bad made, sometimes pieced .n lit -tie or no injury has an:tarred. As heppers and crickets will not cut it ,I at /east three trips to the spring a i the attic. Its.. e ;.1'-i.' good feature is that of being inex- the ir:seet spereis the greater part a, dip the twine in a raiuture a three; day, tbst she always took two Welt', peneive. It hue the disadvantage of eliele to treat The pest, it lets been' ishine oil. Ii•erosene alone will do, but; were made. valuable space in a 5111411 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL ite life in the eail, where it is not pose' p• ares of Itereeene and one part of 1114..t. eta, and that on washeeys more trit,ei. taking up found that e:neeie eensiaete control, twine 'kites treated will be likely to The spring offeavd o ortunity foriltitthen; ale°, if the water is used for MAY 22. The Christian -View of the Family. St, Luke 10: 38-42- ' 2: 51- 2 Tim. 3. 14 15 GoPen Text— Col, 3: 20 21 Connecting Links—There is a fine in His infancy, and His own early, deseription of the good man's home 'wise, and thoughtful vrords. • in Psalm 128. It is the home of al The boy is described as growing up man who fears God and walks in His in the home m a fourfold development ways, who earns the food of his fare- of healthy and strong and clean young ily by labor, and whose children manhood—pi intelleetual, physical, gather. happy and healthy, about his spiritual, and social character. The table, like the branches e-ound about verse (2: 52) has been Tightly taken the cdive tree, The ideal woman of as setting forth normal mad healthy Old Testament times. is deseribed in grOWth. It suggests the need in pray., el: 10-31, she is a geed wife, every eommunity and in every IMMO a good mother, and a good mistress, of a fourfold training, a feer-sided She works here& and wisely guides education, which will take ace rant of the work of others. She makes all all the needs a a boy or Wel. It susg., the work of her household a task a gests that sadal and physwal train honor, and "in her tongue is the law ing should be set aide by side with O kindness," She is the true bornetintelleetual and spiritual„ and so shows us where, in much of our meker, St. Luke 1.0: 38,42, A certain vie, . church and home life we are fatimg to lage. This, as we knew, was Bethany, do the best for our young folk. The near Jerusalem, the home a those erameie of the education a the boy Jv'elrueLeaartzaeructs,anAdiarit°hYaa,1 afnrdiendmearoyf. Jesus as a good one to follow. 2 Timothy 3: 14-15. But continue , Martha was, apparently, the elder sis-, thou. Timothy bad had a gced start ter, and direeted the ;affairs of the in life. HiS father was a Greek, and , household, She received Jaime with', of him. we know eothiug, but his , ready hospitality, and busied herself mother wee a Jewesa, and she in- to provide enteetainment for Him and etee t d hi u well in the seriptures of It Esaieln:. aof unyrad;t1Phr goes loVuetr°,toWtIbtiel '' the 1.'011 Tiestarnent, which v.vere her Iabout much eerving. while her eister' Mine was Eunice, and sneaks (11 II) sat idly at Jeetre feet. We are sorry his mother, WileSe busy housewife who was cumbered Bible. Paul knew ' however, that she lost her temper' a: xnefoltulherrfaith and a that of hie grand.. °Blinn' 15: 1-.), Living in Asia Minor, 'when Paul preached. the gospel there us that Jesus read the character of l'"eve 1 e in the heathen city of leyetra (Acta and spoke so crossly to her guest. they had kept their home But a /ittle refie tut a ill the tWO sisters rightly. martha wa3!religion et' their fathers. And .eo, and thew hearts fixed m the PP • - drinking, it wM get quite Warn; be-' can he d' r. et* followilag at short eateh and break when mailing a hydraulic ram and a plentiful suel)-4 fore the day is over. An insulating crop rotation in whieh grass or clever• through the binder. ., I ply a water. LiUewiee, there was We jacket will help to -keep the water cool. em 3 mixture of tlee same shall not. y silo b There is no best silo, for all arn with a driveway on s. knell a! The gravity Lank has many apot ceeeree the ?mei for more than two rightly made is good: But the mast. u little higher than the ceiling ilia; catione. It may be hicated in a timer, yeats, ane pr" h' rot more than' eNmsive silo, poorly construeted, IN house., What a fine Place fur 4 C/S"! in the attic or tapper etorey of the olro?. In in Nee. i fieltie where grubs' worse than none. i tern! Plenty a -water from the real house or an outhuedine on a huh in :: eie sere nieneuring from one-half ; e made a toy windmill, placed it on: to more than seer,y te int., tech in leeeeli the following 3 pOle set it in the garden with the. , - no PI1iUg‘ 11 "11 the needs Avithi the bank approach to the barn, or on any other eonvenient elevation within ea .„, eteetiee has eecn fount to give pate about a foot deep. The vibrations. cantos:, compiere control:— I When 1 reaellea borne that evening* a reasonable distance of both. the sup,. land noise keep the moles out. some calculatious sl w I th follow - ano First year: plant the infested Reid. Never *et young plants immediate e Id ina facts. In carreing the =ter from i may ply an the house. Tim gravity tank•things, be filled in numerous waees, de- time tie think or to learn, Jeees wee ,,hle ete,eeer, ie Boole ite had lcnown zo much so that she had not 0 ouz many they were among the first to believe. Wh n Paul wrote this letter from , under :he teteve er+i in the sprirg of Fte veete ( 0. . : . , .... realo anceu 4 I: - pp 4 4. - ver end, return, or one -1 h Setond year: elover ray crap. Plow a s a by , , arth ha i • . e.. ,- • - - a ' - • ' * 1 'Jar's worth of honey, t ie - I' 1 I listen There Was so much to be done still u i • e h• lea the third year. xi rearit I : cated en a hill above the twill, from, for the household and her fuestlItii 4 eatherie eolitaitude. Ti part:caller he Th the gurel, and au moms •es . ma w Teem 3 41M 4% .11, , 4 y hydretz le ram, rem & spr ng o- . i he !en! to whivit bees bring to thew miner, t(I fourth the dastanee arceend the world, orchertis. 111' It tl la. la • . th • Iti Sh ' • . ag as the ag eet an e uor . e , e , , neglectful„or turmanaifu o her s lire ''', 't''''''' , ,,, . when tips of sheets on pear trees had carried 1,100 toes of water alldeuuy af a ItrawItY sYstern '5°1'4' "e eare-, of the labor, but just now she was eo , - 1: . , -neee i eale to vonsidiered before installing an' wrapped, illeIll what Jesus was saying illac'" eauteusive uteclutuical water-supPlYothat she forgot everything else. She Yelitii„et,ITS1 rerli,,1 which he /eel Teamed from has aduld- ‘-* ;tilt, '''''..T. ' „'s 'scoter' turn biaek and leaves wither, blight ' this distance. It fir t .r., _ letle211 I... -','''t 4,j1,..te ":',1;e'llotlt..cttvilitratee%te.‘,"e is the eauee. The disease is carried ' Ail this vast amount of work eves, outfit. asvz4v..4lotn" t'ltrougla d• own the breaches to the tree by II filar yeere re, crepe el citaver are st . tee' useless. A email expenditure of moneer; eveere it is possible, the gravity things could wait, And the Lord maid ,,.e.1 ,. Christ Jesue. I put her Master's words first Other as-"" p Hence, the way to cheek trouble ' would have put water in the house ' Our 'Itiezien'e 'set forth three thiegs 7'"' ' wn' T174%; ''''''''"n" l'c6;:dres ''''''.111g• Prae" is to cut out the tips as soon as pos- with no work on the part of the house- system may not he the eheepest in to her, "She hath chosen that good tl,,,," , e.„„e , , a,„„".,.., eleuee ee „.4 1 I ell'e'ulai charaeterize the Chris- ' lint cost, but if the water is obtained part -which AO not be '1 en away autli,r;y:n": ioi itilHelltgr "tilli;;;:(1):)a"; to oats and seed to clover. ° after a heavy rain, The sun se3 the spring, this woman had walimi 4 pendinr, on local condit 9 te g pea ng d nd alit them. Wait a few hours. 1 • distance equal to that from Mont- ns. I lia.ve aehtt , ki unforgettable, Tbuttby a goo many years. He seen theee tea flled. force pump words but M a d not t me to d s own e n peal:eye la safe w say that they bring $15 In In doinr, she had aecended and the roc! a the barn or house, mad houseluad caree ea. ere, to ‘er Fourth year: p'ae, •he lend to oats nt - front flowing well, Tile possibility importance. xary .u7 ustrlicy teirerzenl 16:ip..1147(cterattgui„ve ibrao.lae ir,tie9alolde ereaeed apple trope to the ownere deseeuded a mountain 150 times as maintrala the kull s• tble. To prevent spreading the ths-lwife. With average rainfall, 93 tens b melte. er by hydraulic ani the, from her." d " r eaee, alisir.fect the tools after each cut of water coeld have been stored in a. Y g Is there anything. like this borne of e*e' fert;t*v cistern from the roof of the barn in cost of operation iS Very small. !Bethany in the home life of the pres- * • all-rounal education for therehildrden, . -..t a.ii ..e Viet -reel an 14,c:th- eta lap an add pasture. except that the with corrosive sublimate. This sheuld Nor must the windmill be overlook- ent day? Are we too busy to think, end (3) a reverent regaral or an a. ralgi-troTlit oTuOIZ gitth.e Bible as the e , lie kept in a bottie out of the reach the course of a. year, or four times' eel eleethi he fail plowed and woreett f bed d h id h labeled, ed. Because the wind -does not blow to read, and. to pray? Is business the. e o e a ren, an E. ell e - as much AS the WOIrinil had earriea' . es frequeloty es pteesible. " I . ., every day, many haVe abalidened tile all-important matter to us? Are -we APPlication. If poison" in large letters. n cutting' up the hill. The spring was large.' pigs are allowed a free run of out, cut a little distance below the, enough for a water ram to force over wind power in favor of gasoline or, choosing in our lunnes the better part, i I Sometimes a Chrittian hooseholal mi " terially help to eontrol the pest.. root ellt ninny of the grubs and rna- removed, . part, and burn all portimes' I one year. At the time this aneulent " ' cheep wind power must be seriouslyi like Iluartha? rising higher, the! bystlintg, bard -working materualists!ae a Christian Churele Not long ago i we heard a builder say thet one ma- , t the midet of a community le as potent tee-leaorhood 1,a.11y infested pasture lanai, they will diseased 400 tons of water to the kitchen in' fuels constantly kerosene With the prices of thesel as Mary chose, or are we simply.busy Ashes or road -dust will kill pear-, occucred, a ram, complete with fit- ' d I T1 t f atisfac-1 2 51-52. He went down with them. desirable family in a them, they will start to dry up. so. „,,... tory water supp 7 roan wan rweni "4 pumps lies in the gravity tank of a1geezintweLbtoltrio slaI5o., eivirtescausbjacettoytle si ta.°uu•-enelit'olrszi etvilierat ;rye Bliget lyre annr(1 white grubs. awl shoula be encouraged, I been installed at a cost of Dornestie poultry feed readllY Cal elugs. The minute dry dust gets on' tings, and a kitchen sink, might have eonsi eret. le secret o e -sd 4 . P Jesus lived with His parents in their , could ieusea thes vaiilue 1(11 priiler(Y to fellow, the plow as much as pose The largest grapes in the world are materials. A cistern might have been on the grubs. , sure between four and five inches a total eost, including labor, of less - ball or roller bearings, large oil i mg mad learning His trade at the, the and epee, B.aelt birds, crows and other grown under Wass in England. Grapes constructed in the approach to the csepacity largo enough to tide over la obedient son, taking His part and rospeetability to the whole neighbor - birds, as well as skunks, also feed. of the Giant Gros Variety often mea- barn, and connected with a sink, for calm days, Improved windmills, with share in all the life of the lunne, work. hood. In an Onnotilajoionalag.e:.ir ritaoteivs: reservoirs, an sewn a ca y designed d ' VII 11 • carpenter's bench, helping, after theiwns wereplolisnitteilout to us by a reeident Ca 5 Wlio said, "The family living in. that laround, and clusters weigh twenty or than $200. vanes and blades take advantage ee death of Joseph, an t le ringing up. nest reeding Rations for Young thirty pounds each. Of course, $200 is quite an expense. the lightest breezes. I had a. neighbor who put a little But does a farmer hesitate to pur- Chicks. Gravity tanks of ell kinds are sus- , salt in every hole where she set a eab- chase a binder costing $200? The As a preliminary step in the study ' bage plant, to keep away the cut- average farm uses a binder about six ceptible to 'trouble. Freezing in winter ef the nutrition of poultry the Central. worms. I reasoned, "Why not Salt working days each year. The average Experimental Farm at Ottawa made, the whole garden?" The next spring, binder lasts about six or seven sen - mi test with twelve pens of forty-two before breaking up the garden. soil, 1 sons with our 'careless ways. . This young chicks last year. These birds: sowed salt about as thick as I would cistern, if built right, would last fifty were fed for a five-week period, dux..." broadeast turnip seed. I have prate years. The water will be used 365 Ing which time the weekly gain in ticed this for fifteen years, and have days every year. I b of His younger brothers and sisters, house has done more for this village And with Him eanstantlY was the/than we shall ever be able to estimate. mother's watchful and loving care,/ Father, mother, and all of the five is likely to burst the tank, especially while the treasured in her heart thel children are Cluestans, and in every things which had been said about Him good eause they can be counted on."_ one of small dimensions and square et weight was carefully noted. The an- not been troubled with cutworms nual report of the Farms for that year since. states that the basal ration in this Scattering boric acid on the green - experiment consisted of finely ground, house walks the last thing at night the housewife save labor as well?" corn, wheat and oats and finely ground, kills many cockroaches that are out When a young man is eourting, he bran, shorts and cornmeal. Pen No.I to destrey plants growing in the seldom 'asks "her" if she is willing to 1 received the basal ration only, the house. carry 1,100 tents of water up a moun- rations in the other pens being sup- I Fighting the cutworm: The growers tain 650 miles high for him. plemented by one or more feeds, e.g., around here always use paper bands There are meny ways of getting greens, eggs, meat, and milk. Pen' to protect newly set plants from cut- water into ethe kitchen that do not No. 1, the poorest, loat 31 birds and worms. It would be quite a lot of cost ;200. Some cost more. You say, "The binder is necessary in order to save labor." Very well, I say, "Why should not the survivors made an average gain work and useless expense to hold of inly 1.67 ounces. Pen No. 9, fed these bands together with cotton A Sink is Necessary. • eggs ami greens in addition to string, Here is a way to hold these Inall the methods given in the M- ane ;meal ration, suffered the lowest bands together. Take tough paper, Immg thsaassi.ens a kitchen sink is eality, namely, 4 birds, or 10 per long enough to make the band, and included. A kitchen sink must have ceee., and gained 5.26 ounces per bird; about six or eight inches wide. Fold a sdram to take away waste where it whiee in pen No. 11, which had a' this together lengthwise in the middle will not contaminate the ration similar similar to No. 9 but had milk shove one end of this into the fold ings or water supply. The sink with a drain just long enough to stick through the Aide of the house is not a sink. Nor is the zinc -lined box with a hole in the bottom that drains into an ancient candy pail a sink. It is just as bad to have to carry water out as to have to carry it in. All of the methods given have been in use on. various farms long enough to tell their good and bad point's. Most of them may be seen in any community. The cheapest and simplest method of securing a kitchen water supply is that of plaoing a rain -water barrel on brackets under the eaves at a height that will allow the water to flow from a tap into the sink. The total cost of such an installation need not exceed $5. A kerosene barrel, a short length of one-half,inch pipe fitted to the barrel with lock nuts and gaskets, an ordinary bibb er faucet, and a few pieces of scantling may constitute -the materials. To double the capacity, use two bar- rels, connecting them with a piece of pipe at the bottom. A screen over the top will exclude dirt and leaves, and prevent the breeding of mosquitoes. The objection to this scheme is that it works only when the rains come at fairly regular intervals. It is also useless in winter. But it is good while it works, and is far better than carry- ing all the vveter. The pitcher pump at one end of -the sink has the virtue of getting water into the house without carrying, al- though it does take a little ,effort to work the handle. The pitcher piunp is of the suction type, hence water may be drawn vertically, oely about 22 feet or lase. Neither will it work satisfactorilyrif the clstern or well is located more than 50 feet horizentallY from the pump. The -above limitations are doe to the forge off gravity and the frie- -to drink, th,e mortality was 7 birds,1 of the other end about an inch, and but the gain of 5.87 per cent. was the, there you are. In using, make a little highest pen average. The relative Itrench around the plant with the value of these four feeds can be well finger, so to get the band about an shown by a cotnparison of the results I inch in the ground. Draw a little when they were fed singly in addition! loose ground around the outside to to the basal ration. Pens 2, 3, 4, and hold the band in place. Dairymen buy milking machines for one of three reasons, or for all three reasons. First, because they realiee a, milker will save them labor if they do the milking themselves, or labor hire if they have many hands. Second, the milking machine saves time. Third, • firsteclass milking machine milks the same way every day, and the treatment which the cows receive is not dependent upon the whim or humor of a hired man. The three motives, in short, are time sa.ved, labor saved, and the good effect on cows, or increased milk production. In my particular case, all three of these items were duly considered and I made up my Trend that it would be economy for me to buy a milking ma- . chine that would accomplish for me those three things. • At that .time was milking only ten cows, but wibh the intention of increasing my herd, +which I have since dome. I bought one of the best milkers • and do not hesitate in saying it is everything the trianufaceurere said it would he. I have been lasing it twice ?ix day now for the past nine months, gind it has always given me complete eabisfaetion. The cows really seem to like it, and while I have met kept re - omelet and have added new cows to my herd from time to time, I am Rem - kr convinced that the tows r had be installing the milker are now giving more milk than they did when I milked them by hand. It used to take an hour and a half to milk ten cows, whereas I now milk fourteen in about one hour. I have not had a case of teat or ucklee trouble since putting in the milker. The milker is easy to clean and keep sani- tary. Its upkeep has been nothing, wibh the exception of a few rubber teat -cup liners, which expense is not worth mentioning. I follow the op- erating instructions to the letter and find that it pays. Nine months' experience with me- chanical milking has made me such a saving that I believe I am safe in say- ing that a good milking machine vvill actually pay for itseLe in a year. And had to go back to the old method Of hand milking, I feel pretty sure that dairying would soon lose its at- tractiveness to me. To forget wrong is the best revenge. ' — .1.400k out for squalls when the clothesline breaks. . The calendar should contain a month of Will as well as a .monthef May. There was once a man who lead to drive down a, stake to tell where he left off weeding the (mien row. 'How- ever, after he got a farm of his own, . that sort o1. eiing came .ta anend. shape. In -the ease of the large tanks or cisterns for storing water ever long enough to supply the needs of the periods, carelessneas in closing fan- family, the following scheme has been cest may result in the less of the used: A basin about 40 feet square entire supply. This anay be remedied was mode in the top of a. rise above th by the use of good self-closing e level of the tank. The basin was of by '°'elca' paved with concrete reinforced with Freezing may he taken care fencing, and sloped to a central drain careful packing of pipes and other ex - surfaces. A tower s tank, provided with a trap to prevent en- posedastrance of trash. The water was con - usually erected, is net very ornamen- tal, and a tank in a building or built ducted through a filter to the tank straddles its neck and backs the calf located farther down the slope, and into a corner, The pail a milk should intaia bank is likely to be more satis- factory. The attic tank should al- from there was piped to the housebe held in one hand and the nose of This supply nets about 30,000 gallons the calf should be grasped with the ways be set in a in pan provided each year. The land upon which it other. race two fingers in the ealf's with a drain. Leaks, condensation, or w breaks from freezing will then be as built was practically valueless mouth. The calf's nose is then forced taken care of automatically. All tanks should be provided with an overflow a size larger than the inlet pipe. The amount of water that may be collected from a roof will depend upon capacityand a small dam to flow the A good e•oke must have a good po:nt, , the annual.rainfall, the size of thebut it should never be aimed at any water into the vessel are all that are roof, and the ability of the spoutimg and gutters to handle the maximum needed to determine the flow. There me must also be an opportunity to get a faiTI.he mean annual fall of three feet or more below the Calculating Cistern's Capacity. spring for the operation of the ram. tar*. for example, irainfell in On- Roughly speaking, the ram will, ele- s very close to vete the water about ten times as high . 35 inches. Of this, it is reasonable as the available working head or fall,1 to ,expect that 25 inches may be con- and will pump about one-seventh of ducted into a cistern. The loss of the water furnished it. The hydraulic 10 inches comes through small show- ers that barely wet the roof, from ram is not a perpetual -motion ma- chine, but it is a faithful servant. I moisture absorbed by the roofing. ma- have known a ram that operated for terial, from evaporation, snow blown ten years without stopping, except; from the roof, and overflow of,gutters when the spring failed in an extreme- I in heavy showers. ly dry season. To find the amount of water that Of the mechanically driven water supply systems there are many. A great degree of perfection has been reached by a considerable number of these syetems.° Teaching a Calf to Drink. . A calf that is weaned from its ' mother should be kept without food for at least twelve houra, at the end of which time it will be hungry and will usually cleirile milk from a pail much more readily than when not hungry. Warm, fresh milk Trona the mother should be put into a clean pail and, held near the floor, in front of the calf, which will generally start to nose about the pail. Place one or two fingers in the calf's month, and draw the hand down into the milk as the calf begins to suck the fingers. The ealf in this way gets a taste of the milk and often starts to drink without further trouble. If .not, the process must he repeated. But sometimes the calf refuses, and force must he resorted to. The feeder, facing the same direction as the calf, for any other purpose. The hydraulic ram is a possibility where a spring has a flow of three gallons or more per minute. A watch with a second hand, a vessel of known into the milk. The cock of the walk is finally cooked in the pot. may be -collected from a given roof in Ontario, we would first measure the ground area of the structere. This area multiplied by the total rainfall will give the volume of water. Thus, a budding 30x40 feet has ma area of 1,200 square feet. Multiply this by the equivalent of 25 inches, or 2 feet, and we find a vokime of 2,400 -cubic feet, 02 20,000 gallons. Now, if we are using water constantly, it will not be necessiary to make the cistern to hold the full amount. An 8,000 - gallon cistern will hold the water from. one wet season to another in Ontario. The easier water is obtained the More it will be used, and that is ex- aotly what we wish to lead to. In the average family where the watee is carried, the daily conaumption may be as law as two gallon's for each person. With an unlimited supply, this quail- etity :will be as high as 60. to 80 gal- alons. This water will be used for more freqpent bathing, for better laundry wore, cookery, drinking, and toilet parposes. It will be safe to. compute the size of cistern Water eupply, as the case may be, on a bags of 40 gallons' each day for each grown person or two children in the family. Where the roof e are not large ••• iiIpEs -WOOL-FURS With the coming of spring, you - will be having wool, hides, skins and horse hair to sell. Ship it to us or write.. for prices. We will use Yott right. • Vill'.1.1AM STONE SONS LIMITED WOODSTOCK ONTARIO ESTABLISHED 1870 • ...etee:, in particular. Perfect galvanizing., Big wires. Full size rolls. A mechanically hinged joint. Backed by 21 years of quality fence building. . ASK YOUR DEALER TO SEE THIS FENCE Made by The Canadian Steel & Wire Co. LIMIted • HAMILTON, ONT.