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50 per cent. and replace with some of
the grain mixtures reeornmeneler.
The roan who does net take every
possible step te hold over his- stock,
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The World's Live Stock
The 'new USaiitttlefaitiZt.es. protectiv-e
and who, sacrifices- his assets, will tariff is having a depreseing effeet on . No n'tde waathg th'r°ugh• snow
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mare en,etmetly etteto dispese of, ptieularly segardwesternprev-
day unqualified mistake. True, the live stork situatioe this country, choked paths on a freeeingirra.nuary
a were di
-terse., . practically give away, a jurlieiously bees. This sitmrtionchowever, is not for the farmer, leaded down with
br reee' rs ,
lose though immediate, may prove a tete of A-grieulture show that in Eur- earrYing pf water frsra the el4 PumP •
aigns; etatistie; yilnarirsderiPaiacillnsgaf water for the barn-
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culled few, and winter the balance without hopefol
' troughl No more
from the faucets. Not even a cit
Andres* arromonicetions to $1-14COnOrnist. 73 Adetaicie St. West, Tvretitik tairlir thau to. stint all, Suer a gethered by the international Insti-
ding the Oki Faim -Well 1)i) New Tricks
part of the well through the exhaurre
pipe.
Thetexpeation a the air in the trap,
after midi diet -barge of the pump, exe
es enough pressure on the water in
the trap to secure a constant flew
Profit in Purebred Sires. 1° per ente more velnalale than bran
from a viniik producing standpoint. In brles.s.ing in dieguise. After rill, the ope there was a tremendous decrease on "blue Monday" for the farineide waterlsYstera mildtmalut4In a ateadr
queiotnhewh e may have ton, ethandl- only in s eep in Germany, In Britain modern farmer revolts ler Pressure °II its PiPesk
bred bull has been strikingly proved
The mode value a tieing a pure- solvdes itstelfi into one of in live stock at the end of 1920 com- wife! The
itselt it has a fairly high bre eon- P. ooieurt, re
in en int eting experiment eerieed tent. All through Essetern Caned; distrthieu ioniehn conhro of shut:plea, a pared with pre-war rare, exeepting against being If the farmhouse has a cistern, a,
pomp With pipe attachments
out 144t. year by a tamer on the i hwitoir hveerf, eoaretsed t a4ellifehnta eflopeplianwdezte, __. e by wprgirtme moa .t., eeled. In t4tel 6d5e7oreases
Padre mast, Be was abie to show a'hewn we'''° of 'cattle ea-euirdelTleisQh*isthrteuersiintaiiinnizclaaitieiniiil'hsdarOvufedFus' ,sanlaair7tardabpe, stuZiklehltre ist4MIY:tehngia nse1)64„ airal-'
differeuee in the selling, price of 03A ern produetion. Wheat by-products Ontario,with not, more hhain 0 per e2 , 8, of steep 4,638,617, ef swine up-to-date water syetera ea his fermi taint and eompressor that supply the
ntiol st
between two steers a the same age, , should be fairly readily procurable, e ildove.trhin .5 3tilld , or taboet a fifth a the nember
Heretormie, the storage tank has ' har&water faucets will provide seft-
out of the same kind a eews whiC11 oil cake and linseed ey_proditees win tetletie free aof loyae*aFad71!).ay. an WA ,a, in he min ry in 1914. In Freneee the water for laundry, and bathroom pine
had been reared aide by side on the . be high in priee, bat will apparently °,,v t. - - - --. - -.. ' suecemor to :the 4i -fashioned, beck- poses. With equal teelliey water may
65 Per een . normal croP this decrease of cattle was 2,414,000 of found favar in verious imarters as a
. . 1, EvenSow' there is no "bullish' movement eheep '7,140,400, or nearly firty per breaking, pump -and -pail method, . be piped to the farm buildings from
range and liar been nreshed together e drat u e a r Y g .te the hay market as yen i - than ' 4 - 9
tank, hewever, a spring, lake or a euninag stream.
in the mane feed iot—a difference, , at -this With Price it is doubtful if the
—.......,„--.._ 955,290, or .30 per cent'less than be- ynsder:halittshewastteorr4sguepply'is not frail, if a gasoline engine is used. an
aceorenrig to his etre statement in an . feeder whose main desire is to cut
fore the war. In Italy the dem-cams nut stale and brackish Bawl at times automatic eut-ofr is previded to stop
Amerigee farm paper. due entirely et :down on roughage cannot afford to be
were of catte 400,259, of sheep eonitiminatid with deposits of slime it when the proper premiere is reach,
the infirienee of a eureeered es against. without some linseed oil meal in the
a sereb sire. The story of the experen ration. With 10 lbs, of hay of fair
0 000, and of swine 388,074, or a seventh and ruet. ed. Thus the term owner may start
of the whole.. In Germany there were One of the best systems available the ermine and leave -it seeere in is tree ignite told in the words quildltdh 4 to 5 lbs- a straw "'d del
.. know-
decreasesf it 4 080 063
ed 'ire pet:rater himeelf: "Both eteers pending on the age ani cOri I lOn Na eolony house elieteld have more ing that there is no charms of the
than a eitii and et swine 11,349,543„ for term nee to -day disearde the eng-
age tank altogether ;end aubetitetes an air Were becoming overcernprensed.
were ,c37,v..Ni in the epring of letie, : the *Anal, a few pounds of a mixture
than ilftY chickens in it at 'al° time- or nearly forty -Ave per cent. Belgium air tank and an air -operated purrati The advantages a this system are
tree- Pees acing tee same wed elle of bran 2 parts, oats 2 parts, linseed More eggs, less feed arid more showed decreases- of 557,213 -cattle,
meility er :Lays. They were put to; oil meal 1 part, production need not be mime .
e has been the resule of culling of 59,171 sbeep, and of 565,519 swine, submerged in the well, The ether e3TIZELIMOSt endless. With an hourly eae
sentials a the equipment are an air-, pacity of 300 gallons at a total lift
eeteee ei ae, hie ee me and fed eei looked for, but the animal will be 711 out the poor Ilene early, being a depline of ever thirty per
gether degrait tier winter of 1r10-1.920. maintained, Corn, from all Indust A ragned bird that has just beg -un eent. in both cattle and sheep and et compresser, an air -trap, and an engine of eeveirty-five feet and 20Q gallone
suppiy the power, The at a lift a 150 feet, is there neything
Trey wore turned into the same pas, trolls, will be one of the heavieet craise . to molt should not be 'culled new jut more than 50 per cent, in swine. Not " 1.419t" .4)
trge in the spring of vine are, pet ever recorded in the United States- because sbe is not laying. only the countries Wit partieipated in fleet advantage of this system appears 4 man cfm net do with let neeidee
g, ;
ii ri the seine fe-71not en Deeeralier ' Thm
ie means that ground eorn may Head lice on eltiekens or turkeys the war show decreases but every in the process of installinitthe saving unlimited time and strength, it
engine, air tank and connecting aP.,IAISUreS an inewhaustible supply of
1, a leile; they were then fed all the enter largely into eur Canadiau ra.. eart be killed by rubbing on a little tountry in Europe, excepting only
aeta hay they would eat until Jared tioes. A mixture of 4 parts bran, 2 earaphorated. on. Spain and Portugal, is in the samemay be located in any ton-, fresh drinking water, free from emit
rb
tact with the open air
i' and dirt, not
te . ie 15th, when about 20 lbs. of silage parpart OU corn, 2 parts ante and 1. paoil Keeping young, mestere afjt
ion, they sue
, poon, Thus Denmark ehowa a de- verdant plaee about the farm insilihd
6 lbs. of cern were addel meal wetild be an excellent eoneen- weigh Ave pounds to the pair is a eline of GO per cent. in swine andi lugs, and the owner is saved the wed only for the family but far the stack,
pense of building a pump house or It mikes possible the more frequent
te - nr deny rations, until hiareh ' trated substitute for a rougliage. Even waste of food, for utter their combs the Netherlands, 65 per cent., them
grow they are classified in market ae teing canadire principal competitors digging si pit in witivii to bury a tankel watering of dairy cows than under the
ire i. when they were shipper, to bran and corn, as these coneentrates
as is necessary in many storagestank, old system, Also the indoor teetering
Sr me for sale. The steer sireil by ere liken' to be the most easily Pra- "old resisters," which bring topsider- in hog produets. Rename from Ruse
a 1-; rebred ben weighed tem tbe. and curedi could be fed, 4 perts bran, 2 ably less in price. era and Austria for obvious reasons systems. Often he Ands an outbuilde; which wise farmers prize highly. It
iug the best leeation if be wants to , brings water of just the right temper-
sore
lii f"r Sr Per ;be or 811230. That Parts "Tn. - Do not overow4. A great many are not given, but CzeeliceSlovaltia net double use from his gesoline en-. ature, thus encouraging the MU, to
Sired tv a serulk buil weighed 990 ihs. i The use of straw—W here roughage farm poultry keepers in their enthuse shows a decline of 30 per cent. in eat- eine in operating other farm Man.: drink all they neer and inereaeing the
and soil for fie per ibe or $59.40, the; is scarce, straw cannot be afforded as. iasm for making money attempt to tle and nearly 56 per cent, in swine, 0
difference in the eelling prehinery. A good place is the baser milk output to- a surprising degree.ice a the' a bedding material, particularly oat keep twice as many birds as they have The United States showe an increase ineitt ef tbe ramhouse, from which' The eystem furnishes plenty of
two ateers neing $53.40." : stew. It must practically all be far. room for and, by overerowding, almoet of close upon 17 per vent, in cattle, pipes an easily be run, to the Ideeheriwater to sprinkle the farm lawn and
A similar resurn demenstrater liy The practice of feeding cattle entirely entirely mit off the prOduCtiOn et wine toss of nearly 10 per cent. in sheep.
, and bathroom upstairs, as wen as to garden and to keep the hoiniewife's
enidaans wee reeently reeoreee en the on straw is, of erearre, not economical, ter egge. Each bird Should have about end a gain of Over 12
Crizeito mareet, ien met& feeler hut the ruminant must have a itertain; three square feet of floor space in the Wine. Per cent" ini hydrents in the yard anti the stable. flowee beda flourishing, Ownere a
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ehippee two earieads treat tie ime red amount of crude fibre. They ehould' house, Either build more houses or A gasoline engine or eleetric motor "show eountry plam ' may even
operates the air-eorapressoe by means gratify their eravinge for a lily pool
s'aide 'v. -miner one earleati the pre- not, however, he asked to obtain their, market the extra birds before winter
of a belt. The compressor sends the or a fountain, if their water-eupply
geny of a purebred bull. the ether puts.- energy from the comparatively low t sets in.
t .
ehneer in Ms immeliate vininity. percentage ef nutrients container in Corner nests save room, and, bennt
Tremerieein nie aeinees v.,??4,-• tri:„1 ane straw. Nevertheless, with some grain semi -dark., hens prefer them. They weather is still warm, the beeskeeper
During a honeei dearth Avid e leair m the tank through a galvanized warrants it
i
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won pipe into the well, driving it into The farm owner need not be afraid
the pump, whieh is submerged at least that the eystern will morepolize hie
grazel 'lege:her. The :mid of his own, ar coneentrates supplied, straw forms min be built in any stele desired—enn -
/ nx.dlin'.: wirlie-ed 1.ilee ins., while the, an excelleat crude fibre filler and in have solid walls, or they may be made, sheerest in all his work cerefully a,voidl
doing anything that will excite rob- six feet below the surface of the gasoline engine. In fact, he may use
water. Besides the eir-pipe leading tbe engine at the same thee to furnish
Idirehare i heel weighee :See ihs, The order that the digestive and exeretory slatted, with plastering lath. Tiled len-,
g for roblier-bees are a constant; bite the ramp, an air exhaust -pipe electric lights, grind feed and eepar-
snread in Mike was 75a per cwt., mein organs may function properly, straw, latter plan might be preferable in ' annoyance and danger in the apiary, leads out of it, Also a water discharge.d ate milk, thus considerably reducing
tre tete: lifferiege per tea I was may be made to take the plaee of most climates, as the air could enter , Bees that have nothing else to do in,
r Leer, a reeult solely to he erelited. much more valuable roughage. It is them more freely. pipe which vonnects with the air -trap, tho cost of his writeresupply. All of
The opening to the warm weather will readily yield to any
tt the pia anral sire. 4 and the faucets. Tim pressure of the which means that the pump-andsair-
i safe to say that there will be very lower nest should be about three . temptation to obtain honey in this, air, driven by the compressor, forces tauk system loses no time in paying
— !little bedding wasted this winter in inches from the floor. A pen -Anew, eine.
y After more or less fighting they( the water downward in the putali, for itself -
How Can We 'Meet the Shortage of I many parts of the East. Sawdust and board bail best be erected for the hen .4
' ' P ' Y . 5. • • • cylinder and upward again through! There is no best water -eye -tem for
Hay and traw, shavings are available in many places, to alight i
gon n flying up to the top les, eimecially those that have lost the water discharge -pipe. As it travels ' farm homes, but there are many good
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The general erop situation in On- There is no reason why eonsiderablei• nest. their queen, and will carry the honey out of the well to the air -trap and the. ones. Whoever has a gas engine or
feria during the present season in& beddiflg. material might noh be gather- to their own hives. Robbing is fre- faucets, the air eseapes into the upper electricity should have runnine water.
cats the reeessity of radleal changes ed in the form of leaves in the fall. He Got One. quently started by the eareleesness of a._ , e .t., _ epaie _
in the feeding of roughage this win- They have been utilized in the past. the bee -keeper during manipulation,
tot. How may reuglinge be saved? The advisability of cutting hay lulu of yourself, Tommy. See svhat a lot of
be ashamed
especially when removing the honey. The fall hotbed will supply the table
. Uncle—n*0u ought to ing the hour before sunset, or early in
tho morning, or under a net tent, It
What are the subetitutes, if any? It straw and of mixed feeds -13y increes- prizes your sister has got, and you In dealing with this subject in Bui-
is advisable, after the honey flow is with a few fresh vegetables during
has been shown that live stock may g the labor of feeding in the cutting haven't even earned a certcate." letin No. 26, Second Series, available the late fall and -early winter. Selezt
ended, to contract the entrances of all the wainst and sunniest spot in the
be maintained on a ration of omen- of roughage and by mixing say euti "Oh. but I get a certificate once, • •
4-t the Publications Branch of the Des hives. One tan tell if a calmly is be- garde; where -water never stands, and
trates. This is neither practical, econ- hay, cut straw, anti whatever meal is unclPertinent of Agriculture, Ottawa, the
endear nor necessary, however. In being fed, there is little doubt that a e," said Tommy.
"Indeed: What for, I should like to Dominion Apiarist points out that to ing robbed by seeing the robbers enter put the hotbed there. Dig a pit from
ver.y brief form the situation may be considerable saving of roughage mar' know?" prevent robbing, no tolony should be hurriedly with the abdomen contract- fifteen to eighteen inches deep, six
ed and leave with the roldornen die- feet wide, and as long as the hotbed
approached under the following head- be secured. Lees energy is required allowed to grow weak anti no honey
"For being born."
ings.
Care in feeding—Possibly in 75 per this cut feed, and where it is mixed
cent. of our live stock farms hay and the palatability is bettered or at least
straw have been overfer. With the averaged. Under normal feeding prate
mows full and hay cheap, oar live tice the advisability of cutting rough-
age is doubtful in that the eow is fit-
ted by nature to do this work herself,
tenence and growth by handling large However, this winter the object is to
quantities of trude fibre with a coine save roughage and the farmer who
parativelir small percentage of nu- has facilities far tutting the roughage
triente. Under these particular eendie will find a result in saving. Can the A few minutes given at a definite
tions they have come through the win- feeding value of such a mixture be time each day will keep a record of
ter at least fairly well. With hay and further improved? the farm business; and 'with accurate
straw at a premium, however, the Molasses—A straight comparison of figures at the end of the season a
question arises to what extent ean molasses with such feeds as bran, oats,
roughage be cut out of the ration of shorts, corn meal eta shows the fact
• Robber Bees.
to maeticate, digest and assimilate or syrup should be exposed jje tended, flying straight home. is to be. Let the pit extenc'. east and
stock have been asked to obtain the
nutrients necessary for their mains
apiary- If robbing has begun, the at -
"Barnyard golf links" are a pretty tacked colonies should have a bunch
sure sign of a happy farm or come of wet grass or weeds thrown over the
munity. Pitebing horseshoe S is a one entraece. Hives should be opened as
hundred per eent. Canadian sport. little as possible, and then only dur-
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Simple Methods of Preserving Vegetables
west. Build a frame around the pit,
Destroy weeds 'this faIl and they preferably of two-inch boards for a
won't ,get a chance to grow next permanent structure, having the rear
or north wall fifteen inehes high and
the eouth wall eight inches above the
Margin of the pit. Bank part of the
exeavated soil around the outside of
the frame, to give 'additional protec-
tion. Fill the pit with fresh strawy
stable manure to a depth ef fifteen
inches titter it is packed clown by
tilamping. Above this, place four
inches of rieh garden eon, in which
man can see at a glance where he is the seeds are to be sown.
making money and where lie is los-
ing it. A septic tank may save your life.
sprmg.
A neighborhood without a commun-
ity house is like e family without a
home.
While many garden vegetables can are -washed, drained and weighed. tTse
be stored in a well constructed cellar' about 3 lbsof salt for 100 lbs. of
for use during -the winter and spring vegetables. No water is necessary,
months, there are advantages in pre- beeause the salt extracts the times,
serving some ef them in erocks, bet- sary moisture from the vegetables.
the horse or eow and substituted with that molatses has a comparatively low ties, and other containers. A simple Cabbage, string beans, 'and beet tops
eller feeds which are proeurable. Very feeding value. It is true that the method of preserving vegetables by may be treated in this way. Spread a
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laver of vegetables one inch thick in
the bottom of the crock, covering with
a very thin layer of salt, being careful
to distribute the salt evenly. If more
salt has to be added the finished pro-
duct will be too salty. Fill the crock
only three-qauters full, placing a
cloth over the top, then a plate tamed
upside down or a piece of clean board,
and a weight A ten -pound weight is
amusement only. When it is realized eprinkled by the use of a watering can ing without fermentation are spinach, sufficient for a five -gallon crock.
that 8 or 9 lbs. of -good clover bay over the feed in the mangers. It is a string beans, green peas, corn and The container slimed be alloivecl to
and 4 or 5 lbs. of oat straw is all wonderful relish and the use of tom- cabbage. The vegetables are washed, stand in a vrarm room for from eight
the roughage needed for the milking paratively small quantities of it is the water drained off, and the vege- to ten days. When bubbles of gas
cow supplied with a well balanced
meal mixture and ensilage it will be
evident that hay is in the very great
majority of cases overfed to cattle,
Even for the producing dairy herd
where no other roughage appears in
the ration and where it is supplement-
ed only by coneentrates the very limit
of hay that would be required would
be 20 lbs. daily with say 8 or 9 lbs.
of oat straw and this for the cow that
is being held over for better times, and
this will deseribe the situation in
newly districts that cutting down the
quantities used in past feeding prac-
tice a full 50 per cent. and substitute
ing with a few pounds of meal would
not only effect a great saving in
roughage, but irbeidentally would bring
the cattle in question through in as
good or better shape than had been
the east where roughag,e was fed in
unlimited cnientities.
More silage and roots—In many
seetiens Ontario particularly, hay
may be substiteted by theeise of more
ensilage and roots. Where succulent
roughages such as the foregoing are
'availanie the quantity of hay fed may
.be eut to the very minimum. These
feeds will, however, not be available.
,t� any great extent in many parts of
`Quebec and the greater prat of the
'Irlaritione Provinces 'according to
present indieations,
Meal substitutes—To replete one -
hair a the ration where dry roughage
.W-8 been ,oaloulated farm the whole
ration a the cow, oat, bran and oil
Oahe are' particularly, to be recom- do not rise too canckly it vr Id t
, ou at u- In_ preparing -vegetables for fennere
fel: feeders have ever had occasion to" sugars are of considerable value from fermentation and s trig .3s emu. e
wr -.5:11 the hay ,e-hich they are feeding their carbohydrate nature. However, in Bulletin 93 of the Experimental
1! • live stock. The inanger is Ailed' as a conditioner or as an agent to, Farms, Ottawa. Such eontainers as
. pa ata e, and old kegs, butter tubs or stone crocks
rie . the operation repeated. When it render other feeds more 1 bl '
may be used. The preservation may
be -carried out either by salting with-
out fermentation, fermentation -with
every 100 The, of live weight, it will either mixed with cut feeds., distne, dry salting, and fermentation in brine.
Salting Without Fermentation.
The vegetables- best suited for salt-
nrisiclered that the standard re- on top of this, -with the very fair feed-
coi eendation for the feeding of hay ' ing value in the feed itself, molasses
to horses is at the rate a 1 lb. to . could be highly recommended to feed
be appreciated that many horses have, buted in the undiluted form over hay
in the past, eaten hay for their °will or straw, or diluted with water and
easily seen in the better condition ef tables weighed- The best results are cease to appear the fermentation. is
cattle Apparently the feeding- grades obtained by using 25 lbs. 'of salt to complete. - ,
of molasses will be fairly readily pro- every 100 lbs. of vegetables. Spread A layer ef hot paraffm wax, about
curable, particularly in the Maritime a layer of the vegetables one inch one-half inch thick, is poured over the
Provinces. Prices will be very con- deep in the bottom of the crock and top to prevent a scum forming. It is
siderably lower than have applied sprinkle with salt, being careful to
Continue very important that the wax should
within the last few years and the distribute the salt evenly. not be adcled before the fermentation
ely small quantity thatl making alternate layers of vegetables ceases.
comparatively .
would be required would be such as
to force the use of this material on
the consideration °fel-ire stock feeders
wherever it may be procured.
The value of chaff and leaves—In, and a weight. A clean brick or stone
the past considerable quantities of the may be used as a weight
moat valuable part of the plant have
been 'wasted in the form chaff,
and salt until the crock is nearly fun.
Cover with a piece of cote= or a
double thickness of cheesecloth. Over
this put a plate or a piece of board
The container should now be. set
wine in a cool place. If et the end
of 24 hours the salt ,and the
pressure Fermentation in Brine.
• Cueembers, -string beans, green, to-
matoesrbeets, peas, and corn may all
be preserved in Wash thovege-
tables, chain off the water, and pack
in a track until nearly full. Prepare
'a weak brine, using ane -half a pint of
vinegar and three-foueths of a cup
leaves, etc. These accumulate on the
f salt to each Den f ter. Ha
barn floors and too often find their on the vegetables have not extracted °-- - ga o Vra •
way to the manure pile or barnyard brine enough to cover; add a brite five-V.11°n c'elt is 'Wed', tw° and °n° -
direct. They, must, of course, reach made by &evolving 1 pound of salt in ha-- gal ole I me of lernie will be neces-
This must be covered with a
the barnyard by way of the manger. 2 quarts of water. Enough brine sar3h
cloth, a piece of dean boaed or a
In general it is difficult to offer_ a should be added added to come above the
recommendation where such a wide
variety of cases, and conditions arise.
The main advice to be given, in con-
clusion, is- after all extreme economy
in feeding hay and straw. Weights
and quantities are difficult matters to
juggle with when speaking in a gen-
eral way. The eye of the feeder is,
after all, of proverbial inexit. More
or less experinientation will be re-
quired by the individual feedert in
cutting down little by little the rough-
age which he has been accustomed to
feed and replacing it by minimum
quantities of -concentrated or grain
rations, If hap 'continues to increase
in price and if grains and concentrates
plate or. board. Set aside in a place
-where it will not be disturbed and
cover with hot paraffin wax.
Beans should be ,cut in two-inch
plate, and -a weight. The containers
must be left in aVarin place until +he
fermentation has ceased and "then
taken to a eool place where it will
pieces; peas should be shelled; while not be hediafter covering with
corn should be cooked for ten minutes hot paraffin wax.
to set the milk, after which it is cut When salting cucumbers, a layer of
off the cob -with a sharp knife. dill and a handful of miXed spice may
It bas been found that fin preparing be placed oil the bottorn- and top of the
Salted beans for the table, it is much crock. Green tomatoes naay also be
better to soak the bean g for two hours redewith ani spices. Beets
in the morning, changing the water sh6u14 mot be peeled or sliood before
several times, and also changing the ,
being fermented or they will lose their
water while cooking, rather than. to color and flavor. •Fermented corn may
allow them to soak over eight, as long be used in the proper/mi./ion a such
dishes as chowderi or omelets, where
the acid /taste may not be objeetion-
able, as it might be to some people if
the cern were eaten alone.
soaking softens the beans. -
Fermentation With Dry Salting.
nnended. Oats 15 itself is from 10 Mistily be cheaper to rut down roughage tetion with dry salting, the vegetables
The Welfare of the Home
Dealing With the Angry Child—By Jennie S. Clough.
Of the many problems which con- uncontrollable, and it ia impoesible_to
front a mother, one of the hardest is talk with him, pug him, by himi.
that of meeting in the wisest way the until he is more calm. While he is ei
undesirable traits that appear in -chile a temper be careful net to leave him
dren. In dealing with these prOblems where he ean break or destroy any -
there are two great helps. First, a thing. Often his outburst is like a
sense of humor. If a child comes thunder storm, the thunder and light.
down to breakfast epllen and bad- ning are tremendous while they last,
tempered, make sorne little joke, it but are soon over, Then, just as soon
helps to darify the atmosphere. I as possible, divert the child, get him
don't mean laugh at the child, that intereeted and busy a,hout something.
only adds fuei to the fire; but do some A much harder type of child toi deal
amasing thing, or tell a funny story with and one that tries our patience
and you will make the eleuds vanish more, is the sullen. child. He makes
like magic. Parents who appreciate no outlet for himself like the angry
fun and who are the real companions child who vents his temper in screams
ol their little ones have the happiest and passionate talk. His bad temper
and most affectionate children. But works all on the inside. - He broods
Most important of all Is grace. Grace over the trouble, distorting and en -
is that lovely, loving spirit which, no Iarging it by dwelling upon it. He
matter how trying the &Indian are, asually refuses comfort or sympathy
eannot be 'disturbed. We cannot have and seems to enjoy shutting himself
this of ourselves, it is the gift of God. away from everyone. He is usually a
He says, "My grace is sufficient for sensitive child—shy, lacking confi-
thee," so, when the thildren are noisy dean in himself, inelin.ed to dwell
and naughty and ,our nerves seem just upon himself too much. What can we
about hi:pieces, let us- say this overdo with such a child? He wont talk
and over m-sh
entally and we all be the trouble out, like the,high-tempered
surprise& at -the peace and quietness child, and it is unwise to put hira by
within ouraelves that will folldw, hniiself as you woind -the high -temper -
Granted
that we h,ava sympathy and ed child: Give him something to be
poise ourselves, we are in a fit condi- busy about as soon as poesible. Work
tion to help our children to oirbre`cnne is even more necessary -for him than
their faults. Often children are cross ror any other typerof child, for we
arid naughty because they are over- must get him out of himself. If pos-
tired, over -excited or hungry. • We sible, ha-ve him work where he will
t be sere that their naughtiness have the eompanionshipdof his broth-
, ,
does not ',come from some 'physical ers and aisters, or perhaps he eart heli,
reason that we can heti). If a 'child is Pau in what you are" &ding. Work is
in a bad temper•the'. EiSething to do a blessingsf tie :most persons, but" for •
is to quiet him. How? By being very no one more than for the child who
quiet ourselyes, lint very rfirm, lotting sir; inclined tceflive his little life inside
him see our strength and poise arid' of himself. This type of child% usu-
then trying to find 'out what has stir- reserved and takes 'things • hard,
red him. By our talking it over with but to the few people he loves he gives
-
him and letting him -pour it out, his a wealth of affection and loyalty and
nerves will be freed and he will have usually he has a dee; serong nature
an outlet Ter his passion. 11 he seems which 15 sincere and true.