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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-10-13, Page 2444444,1.444.44#4 Fighting Quack Grass With- I The Autumn ot the Areal-. out a Hoe. , When the ;eaves are turning red, One a the farmer's problems is to And the long• hot days are over; get a crop that he wants, avoid a crop . When the silo's tnall a' corn that he does not want, and get out And the barn is full oclover; .-, on the right side of the ledger. One 1‘111t1 :ti*•.e.1:10 1: ineseQnis near— I kind o' lihe the rush o' things pests as thistles and quack -grass that - - 4 — In the autumn o' the yeer. - , has been suggested is to put a ce- Addrlisa cemmunicationa to atitioncatuee 73 adetaide st. West., Toronte. ment pavement over the place and Clean Cos aud Clean Milkers. ; who has been attending a sick per- keep it there for a feW years, or as a Then we roll out in the morning Healthy cows seeirete healthy mine. son can noi work among cow5 or in cheaper substitute: cover the laud Isere before the ris'ng sun, Bacteria and dirt get into the milkthe dairy room witheut being a $ource with tarred paper till the existing. Ere the breaking of the day after it is drawn from the cow or in; of daager to all who use the reielk plants are smothered out, all a -which' Have our early eireees all done. the process of milking. The cow is.? from such a dairy. assuming: The griddle cakes are baking Typhoid, dlini- seems peeing too much, And not the guilty perty. Mill; does not theria arid scarlet fever outbreaks that the desired result could be olethe cook is full o' cheer— ei come from the eow entirely free from; without number prove this point with tallied'1 kind o' like the mornings. bacteria, because it hs impossible to ntheie deadly resultn. 1 Another method not involving 1 In the autumn o' the year, keep the tit s a theten...7 ster'den. In the ease a &airy uteusils there, meleh use of the hoe, sew welch eieieie . however, we can keep them clean and, is still further chance of contamina- good on paper, however it might work! When the twilight shadows quicken t'evenings geow apace, reduee contamination from this Iden. This trouble is not from bac- out in practice, hAnd ne as been suggested,i SOnne. The deals a the teats, and teria that commonle adhere to these viz., to seed the plant to alfalfa and- And we feral the falany circle the crop the alfalfa till the weeds arel In a kind o' homely grace, hotly ten:eerie:ire of the cow a- utensils but from those introduced in ford ideal ecireilelees for the bacteria handling and waelting. Washing and choked out. If that would work 'W With papers, books and tamer -work the lower lusts ef the teats wiii ed o' coxeexacng fo d tirm e se tirk:endpoint of the stoa ry the Swede who want--; I Iti The passing hours ttioiethyeeearr: like the evenings to trivez!p!y ant the beet we co.n do, caring for the dairy utensils ts very would seem hard to beat; but, like' teria. By tieing the nrst few jets of water meet A supply of bacteria- doek to the ferry, and suggest - jump from the in the autunin o' tain a eenstiereide reareaer of bac-, eleantinees and the quality of the ed his chum to milk te Nee:: eta the deets, the milk laden WtIttl.' Whll WM leave sone of ed that he raight inake it in et Now the eilver threads appearing; , that lees:: 'et . the i•ail will lie praeti- the bacteria on the utensils le an coupe of Amps, thet-e might be an On the heads a" loving wives care- free trene he:eerie. If proper insidieus source of danger to con- initial difficulty in getting the stand; Tens us that the years are passing care le a:hen a: this etage a prQ-' suITIC.rS• 1".,If mire, When the milk goes pi alfalfa, ;!, And it, autumn of our lis ea; :he few I er:eria which gee 'free these utensils there is a fresh perhaps sueb suggestions may keesI2 That the time of our departere of the methods of getting rid of such 4 4 • int.1 thL. milk er.-,..e. this skeme are of eliPPIY of ti se beeteria read)" te, like the eogitations of a man too Ieey And °at' gathering in is near; ieta ittila eseeitereerese. thrive and limitiply on their new suPe' to work, hunting for some easy way; etria hand. ,ews that have lily ef feed and they grow and mube but if such men really find the easy tipde. with disestroue results. If ty-, way they are publie benefavtors. If ! , i ,liseases of tile u :ler may giVe ;eines is ,,aatan,,:rated pheid germs are in well -water they owe fail they are called dreamers, se . the heateria widsh cause this' will have a ehaece to contaminate any , we judge b,y the results. Fact is, to .., Tiler,. 7.s a wen.faundea milk that goes into the utensils after he honest, none of us rare to do worts a, • a ea: metiiieti eireies that suit theY have been washed in suet water• for nothing. ge ,... i can live and saes into the body Numerous other kinds of bacteria But to get back to the subject, we ei 1..,, user and eiiiise tee same iiies1 suck as those that CanSQ ropy, colored all start out in the spring., hoe eia as, the was affe,c.t,.,d with. and sinny milk aro frequently in well. se, bane, or with steno more Tins shows that teliereak,s;.s ei water they is used in washing the effective instrument, resolved to Cie udder may re:Oily be traesmitted d4irY utensils. keep the land clean this year. to human beings, or to young stock.! Cooling the milk immediately afteri But by the time the days get Milk from er.hea:thy ewes seouid it is drawn from the 'COW will retard hot and the weeds come fast, they neve,- be used be , iee b ; s oe to the development of bacteria and the begin to get the better of us, and soon tete young seeee oe the farm tete . more the temperature is lowered the the battle is lost again . . . . . mare the bacterial growth will bee won by the weeds. No one feels this for us and the Dominion Parliament, its object matter how we".1 the other require- being the elevation of The standard rams are mes, 5±: tee isews ereemeng retarded. Milk that is promptly re- difficulty more than the mail-order of tee oommereial /be mud; ari, 17," au ir, geed iiealte duced in temperature to forty degrees farmer, who is compelled by force of cl "str " f th A fell t output of fruit. we tali. ,, a tee. zei , an e a a emper-1 eireuinstances to accept such results After terepee preoautions in eziaidag attire until ready for use, will Reel), as he can get from others. But even we ate. =fronted 'by other treubles. f°r a 11"g time. When the milk isl for the man on the job it is no easy the trouble isi trick. To any who are interested in Fthei, it ie exits -se 1 to dust ani dirt shiPPed to the eirY la tee «t, 'e weiiii eonsiets :merely ievariably with the morning roillc,5 getting results of this kind, the fol - of dried nearare en.1 urine from the:41412 gaes into the Mlls without he-," lowing experience is recited: floor. The oew ie not a. partieuieriy ing prol elily coo.eith In the fresh Last spring we decided to put in forthcoming front brokers and in mar- c".eati anItua:1, end the sante materiels nk tb' bacteria soon exceed that some sunflowers for silage on a plat the: ere fear 1 on the th),,r wail ee m the oaler milk. that has been prop- that had quite a patelt of solid quae,k. et reports. For eleven or twelve years the work was practically con - I found, '.e.„ a greeter or tea.; degree, nr.IY oneleil. Coolting the milk does not, grass on it; and by such. cultivation as fined to the docks at Montreal, Ste dried tieen lee. flanks belie- end tail Inn any in the disease -producing bac-I could be obtained we tried to hold the John, and Halifax, and to the large If the :elm hair on the coves tail,, term .or the lactic acid bacteria, so , enTek back. till the sunfloweys got consuming centres like Toronto, Win - flanks eel udder we not ell ed a d that it can not take the place of I going. and it looked for a while like nipeg, Regina, . Calgary and Van - Still we hall with growing pleasur The autumn a' the year. Aximoremoommagsampwipears..7w OCTOBER 16. Pauli Writes to the Christians at Corinth. 1 or. 1: 10, 11; 13: 143. Golden. Text -1 Cor. 13; 13. onnecting Lieles—We are fortune' "Even unto this preeeet hour," he ate in having one lesson this month said, "we both hunger, and thirst,. and is are naked, and are buffeted, and have Irom Paul's great Epistles. There elle eisee.eetioii 110 certain.devellng place; and labor, a wealth of interest n these lettere which oar Internation- iiirerlong with our own hands," They 1 Series saltiest entirely misses. The ti1;1111Ziee4ibutAaVe pdoevg:a atgstiVir mistaken idea that every lesson ettust themselve's, Haw foolish then to mak: contein a story, or be based on a their manes the symbols of divielon story, Lode to the Mgiget of very and strife. much of the enest literature of both 13; 1-3. And have rot charity." the Old and the New Testament. Paul deals with several question's, in In etenneetion with this reading we this EnistleP which. were "i'f Prixwe liii- should review onto again the story a Rertance to the young Christian' so - Paul's eoming to Corinth in his sec-.'&ent)s.i They Isvoemree ebliefivYbsocialoclues" and iniseionary journey, and his ex- clearly that there aznigllaw'be ilhonsae.swt perienees there, and the story of what differences of opinion, Ile counsels happened in Ephesus on his third patience, self-coatrol, thoughtfulness journey. For it was from Ephesus for others, end above all love (char- thoatietthteisrsEpatsdtle pn'ersownIiIttyen in reply , 4). Of the three fundamental Chris- deeveree ban virtues, faith, hope, an d love, he puits love first. Without it all ere messages which be had received from Love crowns and completes in Corinth, fer-eroshiniltsh:aomthers, and is itself the "bond of perfectnese," Division strife quer- his friende a the Christian We recall, therefore, how Paul first 're is about custom art'd usag,te and Caine to Corinth, about the e•ear fit ' form, are! name, -well vanteh at the .h..D., after having been driven by magic touch of love. Eloquence Mith, persecutien from Philippi, and front out love is but soulless sound. Pro- Thessalonica, and from Berea, and nbetle aiftS" insight, kn°wiedgei even after a discouraging repellence in faith' are "tiling' WrItlIV" le"' Aluls- giving, martyrdom, are of no account Athens, We reoall his loneliness, his ie love be absent diecouregement, his weakness; his g' For love 'nettifeeetli long,and 13 distress a mind, and how he was COM." kind." Love is patient, itinil ', not forted and strengthened by cheering,' envious, not puffed up with vainpritle, UW s brought him front Macedonia by gentle, unselfish. I4ove does not read - his fellow -workers, Silas and Timothy.; ipliyii tianketheefigt.seeiairrogrr c:felA(Ilresti After they came and in reply to Ines - not by the discovery of his letters to the Thessalonians, whicli,ILa sages 1011.14 they brougbt, Pan.' wreteli;lesrrolmra,d.beugtileael the finding of the truth. ve is 3troeg, to bear, to believe, to are among the earliest writings of ,, hope. and to endure. It "never falls," the New Testament, and in which he ; other gifts and accomplishments fail tells something i..tf these experiences, and PUS, but. not love. I (see 1 Thess 8; 1-8; compare 1 Cor. 1 'That width is perfect." Love is cc., mpared to that which is perfect, 2; 1.-.5.) Three years or more latert Inspection Of Fruit, Of late years great improvement' has taken place in the handling and classifying of fruit in Canada intend- ed for shipment, Twenty-ilve years ge there was danger of our losing our export, trade, particularly in ap- ples, owing to earelessuess, first in hit . 't M Its A t ed b I sorting and next in packing. In 401 the Fruit Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture. Eight inspectors were appointed whose work was confined almost entirely to ports of export. Testimony as to unprovement was almost inurtediately brushed arid the udder washed the eleulle."'s in the production of milk, movements of the cow and milker set" A1.1 of. the bacteria present in cold nulk evIll become active as soon as the in motion a rain of this baeteria- laden dust and the swishing of the temperature conditions become favor- able. Cleanliness is of first import - cow's tail only adds to the trouble. ance and. cooling. is next. The dried excrement dust is rich Many mstruettve and entertaining in organic matter, and loaded with ete. icles have been written on the sub - bacteria from the intestines and urin-, et of clean nuIk, and if all of this an" passages of the cow, .which thrive' ativme could be •irried out, a prae- and multiply on the food thus given tteaue clean product could be mantle. them. By adhering to this solid dIrt But the success of such a plan in - they get into milk and find itle I a. . places to grow and multiply. When hardship upon many of the producers play. The sunflowers were then about not up to standard, the packer is noti- we drink such milk we take in many, at the present time. This is not say- six or eight feet high and fairly Red and given a demonstration in of the former inhabitants of the cow's t h tl • t • Th ing that good milk cannot be made at stocky. As a method of getting rid gradhig. If the grade is not lowered • 13 ou WOr a losIng game; but fighting or weed couver. In 1913 additional inspectors with a more vigorous and thrifty one were appointed, end a year later the Is pretty good logic, and suwly the, system of inspection had been extend-. reader will admit that the sunflower •ed to an commercial fruit -growing is a hustler. Well, pretty soon the districts. This year no fewer than sunflowers were reaching up higher sixty inspectors have been working than the quack could; and unlike corn, among the growers and packers, not the broad leaves of the sunflowers left only inspecting the fruit after pack - no spaces between for the sunlight ing, but also givng instructIone in to get down to where the quack was, the prom. methods of picking, greet - and the groundlings began to look ing and shipping, thus preventing rather pale but still there. loss in marketing and protecting the Then eame the second part of the nsumer If fruit shipped is found g present prices, but to ShOW that the some of the quack without laying off by ehe packer, the inspector may of this becomes repulse when we re- dairymen who have a few cows can from the haying, eve turned the sheep member that the cow may be throw- t mark the package "below grade" or make clean milk without having any into the field, They immediately be- place the peeper grade mark thereon. ing off tuberculosis bacilli before the, very elaborate equipment, fle can gan turning the quack into mutton ee a s'hipper requires it, he is supplied disease appears elsewhere. There is , keel/ his milk clean by sinaply giving without charge, picking only the low- with a copy of the official report re - greater danger in milk being eon -i attention to the few shnple details taminated from this source than be-; of handling the milk and the small fore it leaves the udder. Such bacteria expense involved will require but a cause seri"s diseases when taken, small outlay of time and money, into the human stomach and intes- Among ihe essentials of clean milk t.' -. . er leaves of the sunflowers that would ferring to his fruit, Inspectors are soon fall off anyway, and doing little also authorized to inspect cars, thus other harm. This done, they were insuring prompt settlement of dis- turned out. Now the ground looks putes between shipper and consignee. pretty clean, without any labor ex- Experienced traffic men are stationed • d I d —11 • ' at several points to give advice on rom I would name a. healthy COW, milked pense to get it, and we hope the quack ; a clean stable, by a clean niilker will not be so robust next spring. contamination and undoubtedly plays and a clean covered pail, and handled even greatr palt ahen thei only- by clean and healthy attendantse.— are kept in a fla clean ithy, dust -laden stable in Sand Ar, gravel is better bedding ,..o common on dairy farms. t ean dairy room and put into than straits" for shipping hogs. Straw car loading are demonetrated, and ad - Encouraging Nature - clean shipping cans and immediately heats. Hay and straw dust will give rise cooled down to forty or fifty degrees vice given on distribution. to no very serious diseases, but it and held at that temperature until w::: tend to hasten the souring of the ready to be shipped. By clean and !:, and cause various bacterial sanitary milk I mean. only such a , wths that will impart a disagree_ I degree of eleanliness- as outlined in al , odor and taste to the milk. Stich: this article, and which does not involve eust is as much out of place so far: expenses that are entirely out of reach es elean milk is concerned as the: of the dairyman's means. Healthy ether. Lactic acid germs are always cows and cleanliness will give milk present where conditions are right for: that is bacteria Tree. Cold will keep long distance shipments; complamts 11 of impropeT loading or handling are investigated; hnproved methods of t ei r growth and development, and i it in this condition. We can not get while they do not affect the sanitaryd sanitary milk from cold, dirty milk, qualities of the milk, they de affect its keeping qualities. The milkers and handlers of milk in the dairy rooms are a prolific source milk falls into the pail during milk - of contamination. Unclean methods ing. A large part of this dirt ,may of milking and handling of the pro- be kept out by the use of a small top or partially covered pail. In producing clean milk it is not more knowledge that we need 30 much as it is the desire to do decently the things we already know. It is easy bacteria as typhoid, scarlet fever and for the scientist to tell us how to keep diphtheria get into the milk. Milk harmful bacteria out of milk, but in as it conies from the healthy cow does our every day work we are doing not contain these bacteria. They pretty well if we succeed in keeping, come from the outside Alter the milk out something that is called by a 18 drawn from the cow. Any person different name. or from warm, clean milk. Both fac- tors are essential to success. Most of the dirt which gets into ducts afford opportunities for the pol- lution. of the milk by disease organ- isms, as well as dust and dirt that adheres to the milker's hands and clothing. Here is where such disease Corn Borer Causing Serious Daxnage. • Owing to the extensive spread of the European Corn Borer in the Provincee of Ontario and the States of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, in 1921, 'fifty official entomologists and agriculturists of Canada and the United States recently met at San- dusky, Ohio, and St. Thomas, Ontario. It was recognized that the natural spread of the insect and its establish- ment over large areas, makes exter- mination impoesible and it was agreed that efforts be directed to check fur- ther spreed so far as possible are to promote the speedy develapreent of practical teontrol measures. The ,conference adopted the follow- ing metheds of control, which have been found. of value:— • (1) Cut cam close to the groond and as early as possible. (2) Ensile entire crop wherever possible, and this, should include all waste from canning factories. (8) Shred or cut cornstalks before feeding, since thiskills many borers and promotes consumption of the fodder. (4) Uneaten corn stalks, ineludine: corn stover in field; lot or barn or paTte of stalks should be completely plowed or burned before May 15th. Such material should not be used for bedding or thrown into manueo. (5) Fall plowing, thoroughly done, especially early, kills many beeers. Heavy Tolling prior to plowing is sug- gested. - (6) Burn weeds 'and grasses in or neerinfested corn, • ,(1) Early planted corn is most like- ly -to become infested; consequently, von,ewlint later planting usually re- sults in relatively less injury. The Welfare of the Home PLAY -UTILITY OF THE CARDBOARD BOX By Mrs. Richard K. Thomas Have you a card -board box in the house? If you have two, all the bet- ter, a half-dozen, better still, for whether you are a mother with one child or d half-dozen, ranging froni six months` to twelve years old, you Will never find yourself at a less when the old toys pall, or the day is rainy. Of course the box must have quali- fications; and a few accessories aro necessary, according to the ages of your thildren. The accessories, are so simple that any household may have them or the children may make them. As early as six to twelve months, baby tires of his rattle. Give him the lid of a clean white box, or make two slits and; tie his rattle to it. It will never cease to amuse him anew. Do not forget the qualifications, elean and white. Then if he puts it in his mouth it will do him no harm. In his second year the child will enjoy a whole box or several boxes, which he can take apart. Also give him a large lid, into which his toys may be piled and turned out again. The child of two or three years be- gins to want accessories. - A string attached to .a box makes it into a fine wagon or coach. iNo wheels are nec- essary. Pulling and carrying 'are the first activities ,suggesting themselves to a child and a little girl -likes a few covers with the boxes, such as clean cloths to make a bed for dolly. With the new experiences of the fourth and fifth yeaTs which are going, to be reproduced (continually, the boat gains additional value. A half-dozen boxes joined with strings makes a train, ,4 few spools provide wheels and a sihokestack, A large box and a few small ones make a tea table and chairs. The painted engine and the real tea table may have lost their charm. The box toy is your alter- native. At the pre-school age a pair of scissors, at your suggestion, and a few paper fasteners, which you help adjust, awaken new possibilities. Boxes of less stiff and heavy card- board are more adaptable to the Seis- SOTS. Wagons with wheels that turn, or tables and chairs with legs are a result. One big box in which to put the furniture serves as the doll house. The suggestions that follow the idea of a "house for dolly" will be amply forthcoming from the children them- selves. With another and another year, while hands grow better trained, pos: sibilities widen rapidly. All kinds of furniture (made without your assis- tance), rows of houses, stores, a whole community in fact, may be the out- come. Your big has and girls can find -endless amusement indoors or out, making their own accessories, and collecting the boxes themselves. Further suggestions are unneees- sery. They are for the children them- eelves to make. You will find they are able to make them much more rapidly than you can yourself. What .I wish to impress upon you who are mothers or even you who know children vvhose play materials are Iimited,--ie the value oPeveighing the "play -utility" of an article before throwing it away. ,. De not discard thing's which hold possibilities for the eranine hr entertainment of your child. And save, at least, the card- board hex. he is at Epli?sus, and Vlore receivesil ne"^b1:ttgq naartrialtsbe giLeftvec4s,,Pre°1,3PheedeeY3 such cq.innriurneations from Corinth AS, tit:lem bath:" 11,e wile laves g' as :the lend him to write several letters, two grown man who has "put away enlY of which (er PoFslhlY atse Part tish things." He is as One Mil% with of a third) have been preserved. unclouded vision, looks into the fac.e ulwinlg0-ylolu.;ThatIt etalinerelate dly elviosuients. 0,,,f00-1, tielPates "'elven beat 13-1..zng ***11 .1r, eeps ed That Paul would .be: now, .as then. Lled's mw and is Trice (303. ty. Re Application. had heard, he wrote, that there were The man in whom dwells the love divisions and contentlans among of Christ "thinketh no (wit" or "tak- them. There had been various Chris- eth no account of evil." This is one tan teachers and leaders with them of the surest signe of a. loving heart after Paul's departure, and the parties just as the reverse is the sign of art had grouped themselves under their evil heart. When the weary camel respective names. So there was a falls in the desert the vultures sweep party of Paul, another of Apollos, down upon it and tear it to pieces. another *f Peter (—Cephas), and an-„ When a man or woman falls into sin, other which called itself the Christ-` there are those who immediately con - party. Just what the differences be -I; demn and say, "I told you so." Love tween them were we do not know, and; takes the kindly attitude. Love is it probably does not much matter.' quicker to detect virtues than viees. They seem to have argued on the It notes the odor of flowers, quicker ground of the superior excellence, or than the odor of carrion. When a -wisdom, or eloquence of their teaCh-• man's elturacter is in doubt, love gives eas, or upon the ground of baptism the accused the benefit of the doubt. by one or another of them. Paul urges, The eyes of love will see goodnees their oneness anti fellowship in Christ. and virtue when others fail to find He points. to the helplessness of ‘the anything but faults. Look nt the dif- world's wisdom to save inen, and to ferent way in v,hieh people think of the fact that the very gospel which' children, One outsider gives his they have received is esteemed fool- view of a neighbor's boy and what a ish and offensive by Greek and bytview it is! There never was such an Jew. There is in it, unquestionably,idle, misehief-malting, good -for -no - he says, a profound wisdom, but not thing boy since the world began. But the wisdom of that age, nor such as just listen to that boy's mother talk would divide the followers of Christ. about him and, Oh, myl you'll almost He urges also the fact that they, the be looking for his wings. She sees, Apostles, whom the Corinthians would she knows, she understands; and just make heads of their respective fat- because of her love she recogruzes tions, were not seeking such places of splendid qualities-, which the Emelt- exaltation. For the gospel's sake finder never thinks of. Love is not they were poor, they were persecuted, blind, the eyes of love are the only they were ridiculed and despised. eyes that really see. i:r observed with satisfaction quit his built the bath, and the practical fn.th- fbruird. itstrees were less attractive to tile Study Butter Scoring Contests.. One day last spring, a little girl This is the third year of the Do - asked me if it were true that robins minion Ederational Butter Sao: ng liked to eat other things than worms. Contest conducted by the Dairy ...nd I replied that robins would eat fruit Geld Storage Branch of the Depart - when they were thirsty if they could ment of Agriculture at Ottawa. Laat find no water. year aid the year before four area -- "Oh, just when they're thirsty," she eries in each province contributed a exclaimed in a tone of surprise. fourteen pound sample each month "Then I had better give them a basin from May to October inclusive for the of water' because father gets terribly competition: This year six creamer- provokedat the robins when he sees ies in each province are competing, them in aour cherry tree or in the a different creamery each month from strawberry patch." May to October sending in a sample. I told her that in the strawberry The scores for the first three months, patch robins were much more likely May, June and July, of this year show to hunt the -grubs and cutworms that Manitoba and Alberta leading with injure the -roots of the vines than to an average of 96.7 paints, Quebec next eat the strawberries, but that they did with 96, Nova Scotia followieg with like cherries. I asked her if she would 94.5, Saskatchewan with 94.3, British like to make friends with the birds Columbia with 94.2, Ontario 93.7, New and fix a place in her garden where Brunswick 93.6 and Prince Edward they could drink when they were Island 93.3. Manitoba leads in flavor thirsty or bathe and splash about in with the others according to score ex - the warm weather. She was delighted cept that British Columbia is eighth with -the idea pf 'making something and Ontario ninth. The average per useful and wanted to know how to centof salt added at chiming was build a bird bath. I gladly promised 2.37 pounds, the airerage per cent. to help her make one, and accordingly salt in the butter we‘ 1.45. Testing I went to her home one morning soon shows that from 1 to 19( per cent, after our conversation. Together we salt is about right for the export gathered several baskets full of small trade. In the oplaion of the judges, stones from a vacant lot near her the texture, incorporation of moisture, home, the we selected a snot in an and salting, so far this season, are open space in her garden where we more uniform than in previous con - set np a pyramid about three feet tests. The average per centof mois- high. After we had finished it we ture in the butter, it should be stated, filled a big flower -pot saucer with was 14.05. The color,however, varied water and placed it on top of the from almost white' to a, deep June bPiYrrdashneluinds'etdthishebath so Much that the warm weather came the shade W. water had. bo be changed several times a day. But the pleasure of watching the different birds that 'came to the garden to quench _their thirst and splash about in the cool water more than compensated for the slight trouble Of filling the bath. The other members of the child's family becaine as much interested_ in their feathery Most people overestimate their friends ai the little mason who had sorrowand undervalue their joys, h s But God' has made no better things In all the stare that rise and set Than life that grows by cherishing And cannot falter or forget. 'Tis with oer _judgments as. our watches, none go.juSt alike, .yet each believes his 'own.—pope: ' ,