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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1915-09-30, Page 3SOW AT FARROWING TIME. The signs; of farrowing are ituown to Most Ida -keepers, and so it is as- aureed that everyone knows. The beginner often cannot Dad what he wants in books for tide very reason. We Were all beginners once, and alaY exereise a little patieuce with those who are to Succeed s aoner or later ....owner perhaps than we wish. The belly during the greater perio1 of pregnancy enlarges la a more or less eYrilmetrical manner, so Mach so that evext the exPeriencen may be mistaken in regard to an empty sow, but when about three parts gone there comes a measure of flatness in the sliaee he- tween the Point of the hip, the spine, and the dast rib—the part generally alluded to as the flank. In any species of animal I am Weed to pronounce upon I depend nlpre 1.10on this sign than any other, Ina the animal at the time must not be blown up with wind. If the udder has begun to spring, and the bearing shows signof elongation, and there is quite a drop in the belly nearer to the ground, it will not be very long before the sow exhibits Symptoms of what is sometitnee called nesting. It is true that some will put off the time 'alinoet too late, and then mane a bed hurriedly, but most sows are deliberate about it, and some will Mee Iike the eat that has Made a bad choice as if considering it after all the best has been chosen. The Place is selected tor her as a rule, and. the bedding too, and here the beginner often makes a mistake, tor he thinks that a good thick bed of long clean straw is what she ought to like, The sow knows better. She bites up the long straw alto short and com- paratively soft pieces, mostly broken leugthwise too, and push it to the sides, leaving a bare place for the ac- tual business to be done, where the youngsters will not get twisted up in •loug .straw and unable to reach the teat. One of the commonest hindrances to farrowing is a dry or insufficiently laxative diet. Drastic purgatives, given late, are dangerous, but a eoft condi- tion throughout the caual can be as- sured by a few linseed and castor oil If the case seems at all urgent. Re- peated, small doses of laxative food, such ae broad bran and linseed, Made very sloppy, answer best of an, but several days may be needed to bring about this state of things. Many pig men fear to let a heavy brood sow take exercise, but it is generally good on anything but ateep and slippery hill sides, and a little natural aperient Is thus obtained, Roots are often giv- en with the same object, but with sows heavy in pig the danger of any very bulky food, and especially of large quantities of roots, is that of giving off gas and flatulent colic re- sulting. The latter is apt to bring on premature labor, or serious illness, and death of the pigs in utero. Many people give salts before pigging, but In the writer's opinion this Is one of the few occaisions when it is an un- suitable remedy. Oil is the remedy par excellence for most animals requiring a laxative near purturition, Sulphur either as flowers or precipitated' (milk) of sulphur, mixed with a quan- tity of lard, and then with a mash of bran, will generally be taken by the itow, but force should give place to guile, and heavy SoWe Should not be drenched. FEEDING AN ORPHAN FOAL. Occasionally we has the misfor- tune to lose'a mare that has a young foal and has to bring the foal up by Wand on cow's milk. It should be re - Membered in a case of this kind that thare's milk is normally sweeter than cow's milk, but he has only about half the amount of fat and other solids that is found in the average cow's milk, consequently it is usual to add sugar to diluted eow'S milk for feeding Orphan foals. A method of feeding is sugested bY J. H. S. Johnson, of "Breeder's Ga - tette, which is about as follows: Use an old teapot for feeding with the thumb of an old kid glove, saving a eew holes punched in it, fastened over !the spout, For a very young foal, eed not more than a cupful of milk five times a day. A dessert spoon of sugar to a pint of milk is about the right proportion. Three tableepoonfuls of lime water added to this ration 'will correct acidity in the stomach. 'The milk should be perfectly sweet, the utensils should be kept clean, and the milk should be fed at normal ibody temperature. It should be ob- tained from a somewhat fresh cow that does not test too high hi butter •fat. The milk should be diluted with warm Or skim milk, After it is two months old, the foal win do very wen on skim milk alone 'to which may be added a tablespoon - tut of linseed meal. The foal should have comfortable quarters, pasture and fresh water. As soon as it is willing to eat, it should have a grain mixture put in front of it, •a little at a time, consisting ot possibly one pant of wheat bran to one part crushed oats, corn chop or Crushed barley. A little alfalfa hay will also be of benefit, eepecialty if the colt does not lieve notch pasture.—Charles 1. Bray, Colorado Agricultural College, l'ort Conine, Colorado. • THE SILO'S GOOD POINTS. Here are ten reagens why every farmer who keeps live stock should have a silo They are formulated by Professor 3. II. Skinner, of Purdue University: 1. The silo preserves the palatabil- ity and succulence of the green corn plant for winter feeding. 2 It helps to make use of the entire corn plaet. 3. The silo inereasee the live stock capaeity of the farm. 4. Silage is a good simmer feed when pastures are short. 6 . Because of the sMall amouet Of ground space required by the Silo Is an etonornical means a storing for- age 6, The elle prevents Waste of corn- stalks, leaves and husks, which eon - 'Min about two-fifths of the feeding value of the torn plant. T. The silo located near the feed manger is an iteenrance of having feed near at hand in stormy as Well as fair weather. it, The eilo aoslotg in r •• COst of grains in fattening cattle And sheep. O. Silage greatly theremes the mita flow during the winter Sealon, and dcereageS the cost of production. 10. There are no stallte to bOthet In the Manure- vhen corn is put into lo. All sbouId undeestandl that Silage fel net a complete and balaneed ration. It. Sueculent food and should b upl DIAMOND 01AMOtio N1,01 ST. LA R1MCE SUGAR HAS LONG SINCE PASSED THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE St, Lawrence is not a new or untried sugar, in an experimental stage, but a sugar which has a reputation behind it — a sugar which under the severest and most critical tests, shows a sugar purity of 99.99 per cent., as per Government analysis. For successful jams and preserves you can always absolutely depend upon St. Lawrence Sugar as its quality never varies. Remember, the slightest foreign matter or impurity in sugar will prevent your jellies from setting and cause your preserves to become sour or ferment. FOR PRESERVING It is well worth your while to ask for St. Lawrence Extra Granulated, and to make sure that you obtain it. Get the original Refinery Sealed Packages, cartons 2 or 5 lbs„ Bags 10, 20, 2$ and 100 lbs. each. ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINERIES, LIMITED, MONTREAL. 3915 plenaeuted feed, with some balancing dry .1e414.410•1044.41044***10 NOTES, As a elle a horse in thin or medium flesh never eihibits the amount of force or vim that is generally seen in norses in high condition. The lighter, better ventilated and more comfortable tee stable for all kinds of farm stock, the less it will require to keep them in eood condi- tion. Sheep are going to be more and more in demand, both for wool and far mutton. Since beef and pork are both high in price, the American people are turning their attention to lamb and mutton, and an enlarged demand has bean created among people who have heretofore not considered this most nutritious animal food,. By recent experiment the U. S. De- partment of Agriculture seems to show that scours are not due to our milk but to uncleanly conditions. If the milk is not alolwed to stand for any great length of time and not al- lowed to become unclean, it is as nour- falling to the young calf as sweet skim -milk, and as ra.pid gains were made in one case, as in the other. It was farther shown that sudden change and from sour to sweet, made no ap- parent change in the calf, although the calf was only a few days old. It was found by experiment, however, that sour milk does not prove so fav- orable in winter as in summer. Intestinal worms are a common cause of epilepsy in young pigs. The spasms may also be due to an injury of spinal cord. TPD close interbreed - tract. Divide the .pigs into small groups, withhold feed for twelve bours and then give turpentine in milk at the rate of a teaspoonful per 80 pounds live weight. Repeat for three conse- eutive days. An attempt should be made to prevent intestinal worms by providing ety, well -drained lots, free from mud 1. oles and filth. a -0, CROP ESTIMATE bitirthern Hemisphere Production 0 Cereals, Etc. The kunst number of the Bulletin of Agricultural and Commercial Sta- tistics, publitshed by the Internatiom. al Institute of Agriculture contains the latest information on produetion of cereals and other important agri- cultural products in the northern hemisphere, Wheat—New data received 4by the institute after the publication of the July Bulletin deal 'trite the, crops in Spain (39,233,823 quintals, or 123 per cent of the 191+ crop) Great Britain and Ireland 00,833,591 quintals, ur 122.6 per cent.), Russia in Ettrope (208,190,241 quintals or 133.4 per cent), Canada (winter wheat 9,242,009 quin- tals of 163 per cent.), and Tunis (3 million quintals against 600,000 int year). Thtwheat crop figure for Italy has been modified since the last Bulletin and is now 47,800,000 quin- tals or 103.7 per cent. of last year's For the group of countries ethich have sent reports (Spain, Great Bri- tain and Ireland, Italy, Russia in Eur- ope, Switzerland, Canada (winter wheat), United States, India, Japan and Tunis) the 1915 crop le estimated at 703,042,090 quintals in 1914, or 117.9 per cent of the latter amount. Rye—The production in Spain is es- timated at 7,281,002 quintaes •or 119.7 Per eent. of that in 1914, in Russia In Europe at 241,052,556 quintals, or 119.7 per cent., and in the United States. at 11,176,440 quintals or 102.9 per cent. The following eountries, taken together, the 1915 crop is esti- mated at 261,307,478 quintals against 220,223;613 in 1014, or 118.7 per cent: Spain, Italy, Russie, in Europe, Swit- zerjarid, United States. Barley.—The production in Spain Is estimated at 18,391,315 quintals 116.9per cent. of the 1914 production), in Great Britain and Ireland at 11,- 328,150 (77.4 per cent), in Bulimia in Lembo° at 107,102,810 quintals (130.9 Per cent.), and itt Tunis at 2,600,000 quintals, against 700,000 en. 1914. For the following gtottp of countries: Spain, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, fluasia in Europe-, Switzerland, Crated States, a'apa.n and Tunis, the 1916 crop 13 °etiolated at 210,628,254 quintide against 116,8440a2 in 1914, ef 119 per cent. Cats.—The crop in Spain is estiMats e.1 at 5,275,478 quintals (102.1 per sant), in Great Britain and Ireland at :11,639,155 quintals (101 per cent.) in Russia in Europe at 130,202,187 quirt - tale (122.1 per coat). and in Tuttle at 500,000 against 100,000 Jri 1014, For all the cOmitries white have sent re- ports (Slain, Great Britairreand Ire- land, Italy, Resela in Eurtme, Svelt- zerlaed, Lnited States and Tunis), the 1916 crop is estiraated at 383,623,216 quintals or 124.1 per emit, 1 THE • POULTRY WORLD , FEED FOR WINTER LAYERS. With fresh eggs going higher eaeh week and Al poultry at a fair figure,. ' the city matt with a piot of ground, longs for a rew eens that will sup- ply him with rresh hen fruit and best quality of meat, Cold -storage eggs at fresh -egg prices do not appeal to lov- ers of fresh eggs. The one dra,wbaok to many who would like to oevn a few hens is the feeding problem. When reading reports of the experiment sta- tion or some experienced Targe keeper of poultry the beginner thinks to ob- tain eggs that Ile must be an expert mixer of feeds, and that, while in a majority of cases the feeds can bo mixed by the beginner, to the one with a few hens It Is expensive and some labor. . It is proper that the big poultry - keeper with several hundred fowls should have a knowledge of mixing feeds to suit the requirements of his flock, and in this case, where feols are Purchased in large quantities, sav- ing is made. Especially is this true of the dry mash to be fed in hoppers, which the fowls can go to at all times. But the busy City man with only an hour in the morning- and a few hours at night cannot afford to give this at- tention to the feeding question, as far as eesults were concerned, was far from satisfactory, ,But with the elm - cess of the older poultry -keepers, aid- ed by the experiment stations, satis- factory feed formulas were attained. This knowledge was not kept a se- cret, and soon there appeared on the naarket a number of mixed feeds made up by poultry experts, and based on geed results teat these mixtures had made with fowls. So to -day the begin- ner can, with his few hens, rest as- sured that the high-grade • feeds, al- ready mixed, will produce good re- sults and will give one a steady egg yield from any flock that is old en- ough to lay and itt •properly housed. Too many do not feed the fowls in the best way. Especially is this true now In the price of feeds, whielt is above normal. To feed but one or two gralan and omit a good dry mash which is one elf the eseentials toward a good egg-produotion, is false economy. The growing pullets and older stock must be well fed to Produce. Thie does not mean over -feeding, which is wasteful, yet withoverfeeding one will obtain eetter results •titan under -feeding. A half-starved flock can do nothing to- ward producing eggs. The little they obtain goes only to keep body togeth- er and leaves nothing for the produc- tion of the egg, and to produce eggs in paying quantities the fowls must lie well fed, and with feeds that contain every element that goes to not only maintain the lien's body, but to make me egg, In the high-grade mixed grains and Mashes this can be found. Plte beginner, if uslng the , fed lit 'hoppers that the fowls can at an timet eat when hungry, can rest as- sured that the fowls are .getting en- ough mid the right kind of' feed, In addition to this, a morning and night feed ot mixed grains is the proper reeding system. Sotne poultry -keepers e i uself-feeders, which are regulated / to feed a Certain quaratity of grain to b a given number of fowls with some Mg. h COSS. 1 Winter eggs are not so hard to ob- g a, good many folks a lot of money to fine it out, though. Every hen shows eek thin pllysical signs which tend to prove whether she is a paying investment or not. If we had a cow that looked and aeted _as seine hens do, wouldn't she start tor the l.ciieyard before to-moreow morning? I3ut because it is "only a hen" we let her go, never thinking that she is running us:IA.11nd just as surely as the poor cow. It would be worth many dollars to most of us every year if we kept out the unprofie- able hens, Let's do it. • • 6 * ODD DISCOVERIES. Origin of Starch From Corn, Sil- ver Plating, and Brilliant Dye. How to matte stareh front corn (maize) was discovered accidentally by Thomas Kingsford, a mechanic. One day he throw a mess of eorioneel mush into a garbage pail, Xis wife emptied some lye into the sante pail, and in the morning when he emptied the pail he was astonished to fled a small quantity of starch at the bot- tom. e Thomas 13olsover, a Sheffield me- chanic, was mending floe handle of a knife made ot copper and silver. He saw these metals fuse together, an,d the idea Of silver plating was born in Itis mind. He laid a. thin plate of sliver on a heavier one of copper and heated them till the edge of the silver began to melt. He took thera from the fire, let them cool slightly, then rolled and hammered them to the de- sired thickness. This was the origin of "Sheffield plate,a all of which was made in this way until electroplating was invented.. Cornelius Dubbel left a bottle of aqua regia (a mixture ot nitric and mulatto acids) on a shelf. It fell over, the acid ran. down over a window and dropped into a bottle containing an extract of eochineal This turned to a vivid scarlet. Dubbel found that the acid bad dissolved some of the tin of the window easing and the combina- tion had produced the new color. A few experhnents added the most bril- liant color to the last of dyes. The accident by which Roentgen die - Covered the X-rays is too recent to need repeating now.—New York World, AN OPEN LETTER From -a Well Known Methodist Clerdyman of Interest to All Who Are Sick. Ona of the best known ministers in the Hamilton conference is the Ttev. Chas. E. Stafford, of Elora, Ont., who freely admits that he owes his pre- sent good health to Dr. Williems' Pink Pills, Mr. Stafford writes as follows: "Some years ago I was severely afflict- ed for a periOd of nearly four months. The leading physician in the town in which I was then stationed diagnosed ray case as one of -complete nervous prostration, brought on by over- work and which superinduced inter- cestal neuralgia and muscular rheuma- tietn, from which I suffered the most uel ti day for veeks. So weak and helpless did I mine that My atthndants had to tinge me like an infant, raising tae to and laying me dOwn with the reatest care so letease were my euf- thin If the proper Methods are follow- f ed. They conflist Of a good, well-Venti- d lated poultry house, giving four square n feet of floor space to each fowl, fresh water, grit, Oyster shell and charcoal and a well-balanced mixture of poul- try feeds, With this any well -matur- ed pullet Will lay, and any hen that? nas fully recovered front the moeltt ; but the beginner should guard against the purchase Of cheap stock that are not matured and whieh no feed will make produce eggs until they have reached maturity, erings„ Aceng on the advice of my octor, and taking his medicine, I did ot Seem to Deprave. One afternoon, While suffering great pain, the editor the Paper pUblished in the town, nd who Wats a member Of tile ciente f whieh I was then pastor, urged tae o try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I was ceptleal as to the medicinal dual[ - ie s of all proprietary medicines, but the Oreille recommendation of the ditor, who had great faith ih the Medicine, I decided to try them. To my great eurprise and supreme de- li e were ivirns tne relief, and after 1. had taken even Imes 1as fully testered td ealth. Dr, Williams' Pink Pills, Me- er God, having made Me a new man. EG as ARE "FANCY," When fresh, clear and full bodied, ee Whoa shells are sound, clean, bright n ahd of uniform eothr. Whete they weigh 24 ounces Or nore te the dOten, 11 paya to produee arid market fancy f egge. NOTES. alAratio 'DIA ("ON D ,saiwo,••••••.rminess.inimmomitn.Mat PACKING HINTS. How to Take Care of Household Goods Before Moving. For those who do their own peeking a large pito of old newepapers will be Lound to be an Indispensable requi- site.. In two or three folds the papers should, be twisted.. and tied about the legs of chairs, tables and,similaratieces of furniture. They should be mounted and fastened on all wooden frame- work. They may be made to derme as complete covering for almoot any article of furniture. Pictures of a size should be made into separate bundles in. this way: Two or three layers of paper should be placed between pictures, the entire surface of the picture and frame being covered. Only the frame, not the glass, of the top picture should be covered, so that evidence of the breakable nature of the package maY stare warningly at the moving nien. Then three or four sheets of i?aper should be folded lengthwise into long straps about five or six inches wide to form a dependable buffer. One of these straps should be brought under the bottom of the pile of pictures centrewise of th.e width and another centrewise of the length, with the band long enough to stretch well over the frame of the top picture. Straps may be lengthened by lapping one over the other for a few inches. Heavy twine should be used to fasten the straps and make the bundle firm. The glass of all mirrors should be left uncovered to temper the zeal of those handling them. Strong wooden boxes of the soap box raodel are best for holding books, With sectional bookcases each unit May be moved separately without dis- • turbing the contents, care being taken to place a. heavy covering of paper on top and. secure the whole with twine or rope. Barrels are the usual receptacles for glassware, chinaware end not too fragile brie -a -brae. But the precau- tionary measure of providing a cush- ion at the bottom of the barrel raust never be neglected, so that any set- tling in transportation shall not be disastrous to the contents. A.n quilt is ideal fOr this purpose; lack- ing this, a sufficient padding of rags may be substituted. • The resistance offered by news- paper rather than rag wrappings for • the separate pieces insures a com- forting promise of safety. Attention to close packing with. heavy Reins at the bottom and light one on top will well repay sttch discrimination. Carpets and rugs should be thor- oughly cleaned and sprayed lightly with turpentine for moth protection before ballig encased in prepared tar paper or newspaper. So far as possible all effects should be placed in boxes, barrels or other large receptacles. TOMMY ATKINS ON CANADIAN 110SPITIIL British Soldier Grows Enthusiastic Over the Work Done at Hos- pital in Prance. 666.664666606,4 DOCTOR AND IIELP Nurses, Too, Are Most Efficient and Care and Food Are the Beet. .A, British ;soldier, wouncled and tak- en to No. 2 Canadian Gen.eree Hosp1- pita', the pelaeure should be itis. itt tal, In charge et Dr. Bethune, of this city, writes as fellow'about the Igoe- tution; - Canadianis will, as usual, speak tot‘' themselves, and What they will ha,ve to say that No. 2 Canadian General Hospital will doubtless reacll the ears of those °gummed. But as a British Tommy Atkins, to whom the hospital- ity of ,that super - excellent institution bee been freely and bountifully ex- tended, 1 wish- to weigh itt with a few remark, Before this was 1 knew nothing about hospitals, except that, exterual- ly, they looked like jails. This refers, of course, to my own dear old moss - grown canary. . One is not long in France, howe.ree (now that the shooting season has commenced) before accumulating quite a lot of aecond-hane knowladga of hos pitals. Ono of the meet frequent trou- bles our boys•spolto of as happening in hospltals out here was thee they never could get. enough to eat. Anyhow, I heard quite sufficient about hospitals to enable me to make up my mind that if it was a toes -up between me and some blue -grey German goiug to hos- pital, the pleasure should be his. In my case it turned out otherwise, as the said German nal made other plans. The nature and cause of my Inquir- the are a matter et no general inter- est, so it will suffice to say that they were serious (to me) and called for expert attention and sympathetic nurs- ing. By some strange stroke of luck I was seal() No. 2 Canadian General Hospital, and every day since I have thanked iny stars fcr it. 1 was a sur- gical case, and to I was placed in X- Ward,- under the beneficial emre of Captain Bethune and his charmeng and cheery band of attendant sisters. I had never previously met you Can- nella/1e in bulk, atel 1 kn?.w, and eared very little about you, Wo Britlehers are a bit that way, althoagli se mean nothing particular by it, so don't get riled. Well, as soon as I WS able to sit up and take notice, my first and stroegest impression of you, as typified by the staff here, waS your undeniable air of effIcaoy and selarellance Of course, anybody can put ott airs, but my' impressioii was proved correct right it to the bill. It was the real ihjeg. Altheligh 1 was in for what I believe is called a "major" operation, and ma nerves were pretty wen shat- tered. I went to the operating table with every contalence that Captain Bethune *would ree me through. I bed no misgivings, no doubts. As in my case, so all the others. Patients here are enthusiastic about X ward., No. 2 Canadian General Hos- pital, and • leave it, RA I shall, with regret. But none will ever forget the unremiteing care and unflagging at- tention they have received here and will look back with pleasure to the many happy home (yes, )appy 'tours) they have had, and which they owe entirely to M. 0. and the sisters. don't know how or where you recruit the sisters for this hospital, but they are the healthiest, happiest, kindest and best -looking girls 1 have over seen within a hundred ?rants of any hospital. - Our ward (X) is cantina, and OM - BIRO of a series of small marquees connected together. Each marquee holds five beds and can be teosed off so as to be entirely self-contained. In the daytime the sides of the marquees are raised, and we have fresh air and eunshine to our heart's content. Elec- tric light also. 1 have not seen this type of teet before. I' notice It is pateated and made by a fine in Ot- tawa. My erenpliments to them. Now let's speak of toed. Better interfere with a man's liberty than his food. But here we have both, plenty of liberty and plenty of food. Goo:, food, Mee food, well cooked. They say that God sends food and the devil sends Work. We fottnd this to be ex- aetly the cage in the trenches, so the chenge now Is all the more appreci- able. As to liberty, there are no irk- ' some restrictions or red -tape regale- • tioes, Any ordinary decent man can- • not do wrong here. All this helve to improve the general condition of the patient, as it is the little worries that annoy one and retard. Much more could, and would, be • said, but in the endeavor of a gratefui •, patient to do full justice to all tnstltg- tion to will& he owes eo math; I wish , Master -14114 your garage Jo as hot to evold even the appearence of over - as art oven! statement, but, anyhow, we Britishers ° Ohauffeur—Well, sir, that's 'wheel are not prone to .gush. re Make my bread! TO N. 2 Canadian General Hospitel 4 and X ward in particular the thoughts Coal as a Charm, f innumerable British TOnamies will In bygone Englaxid coal played al over gratefally turn, and on behalf Of 'l I o promirierit part in pOpular atmerotte all my comrades who lunge Ittiewil the /Ilea Educe / have been better mid, aion, but it was a very speelal kind of:k etrortger Ileyskaily than 1 hadbeen, coal, It Wall' found (Or at any rateA h of years. irmly believed to be tound) under the waive ;root Of the Plantain on MO daY of Asked the 'the yeats--mideurnarier ove. And to Re Methodist ;finder it brought not only immunity rammation from "plague, •carbtinele and burning," for More but also n the muse of a maiden rt supplying '•*drearris o er future bit:baud. A ver- s a drive of, :ssatile elta u and. With plantaine 50 tit. To -day 1 ttproletip, not rare. Those "Coal" weretellthg 1 out an ache , probably really Old, 'discolored aoote,),, ltttdyartl 1Cii1Ing waa one ent PhYsileal but none Of the faithful believers I Poet about a nightingale that fr s s te Dr. \\91.. theta would have admitted that.---Lon.- wonted. Itgardens. Ile aid: "I Ittee M t heart- dad, 01 all 1 .esesfealer `;111tisions abotit t le* letiat't • A dust bath of ashes, plus a hand- r All Of istili)11Ur, will help banish pare" t site's P. rf fattening chickehs are kept too t or a n Thr ye minis of Ha.m :one hut to ela n, wi he. two rge W we ty inil trorig ain, ition Pia tong they tat back and nothing will • am Make them as good again. er Kill the fattened chiekens at home cm —1tea.journey reduces the weight of live j 01 11 i A man 'Who has been in the fain poultry business for five or aix years, telle ale that lie no longer looks on it tie womart's job, "The one that Inakee a success of poultry, whittizer thetitt'ttgett` It be a man or woman, must make 1,41 *nem el his mind that it. im one of the bias, tenable tett job a ever tivekled," That is just Ejal'1". What / haVe Said all sang. u Costa jamas, agO, alter rty-six years, ferthee of t t alle 1 it did, s / ha hi nec every he earnetit, care and kindly attention of Capt. Bethame, the thrice -blessed sit- ters, orderliee and staff, generittly, I am only too delighted V? hare an op- portunity of Making pablic aVOW,a1 Of this,--Xeith Leeder, 5th Settforth High- landers, 124 Elizabeth street, Meek - peel, TAtteathire, England. Ir ICiplirtg's Nightingale. GILLETT'S L'YE, EATS D1R1'• .r 4';"414.41. 00911(0111003 ',flat 0,01004 1104 4'1'44 IMEZIZS 9 Its ronowro own movois,1611,LETT COMPANYLIMITeD • Things You Ought I • TO Know +++"" ++.++++.*.)Sj:tn yearly $peruls $41,000,000 Oath: ia Chile has 251,000 acres devoted te via eyard s. California hs u population extteednig 3,00e,e0e. New Zealand yearly devotes about 240,000acres to wheat. growing. Honolulu is metering water HOPIS. New Zealand has a sugar shortage. iliirplant. isdseveloping many no elec- t r ic .itepublic of Panama expoeition is to be pooled Nov. 3. -Most of the tea raieed in Burmah itt pieked and eaten as a eoadiment. A 20,000 -acre rice field le planned for next extetyetaecarr.amento. valley in California Holland annually prod' loos about 2U,0 teal00 pounds of flax fiber and oltedee bushels of seed. There are more aucks itt ',Mina than in all the rest of the world. The Young Woman:s Christiaa As- sociation has a weal membership of 660,0e0. Fa. Peter's Cathedes,1 in Rome took so long to build that 43 Popes reigned during the cpurse of its eonstruetime Tbe best seller in the German trenchett is said to be Chales Dickens, translated, the second beet Dumas, and teen Turgenief and Tolstoy. Mons—is 33 .miles south-south-west of Brussels and is the capital of Hain- ault. with 29,00 inhabitants. It is situated on a hill above the Trouille and originated hi a fortreae built there. by Julius Caesar. It was liela by Prinee Louis of ()ranee against IA1'3 Suaniards for nearly four mouths m 1572; captured by Louis XI V. in 1601, It was restored to Spain in 1697 and ap.min occupied by the Free :11 in MI. After the battle of Melplaquet in 1701 11 was captured by Prinee Fogene. Mons It the centre of the rhief coal mining 'district of Belgium, known as I.e Borinage, the inhnieltents being called "Borttins." There Is a school of 11) inPS and a late Gothic eethedral. Shetland Islands—The- meet nortii- erly Dvitish possession in Europe, lies to the northenet of the Orkneys end member over I.00, with a combined twee of eel square miles. The eurface of tho Wanda is irregular, often rising into hills of considerable Me vation, and their scenery 15 for the most part bleak and dreary. 'rhe cost is much Indented and very pracipitous, and It is said that no spot in Shetlane is more then three miles from the sea, se that the report et' ale (Recreate,' 'in the islands of a. German eubmarine base is not unlikely to be true. Only twenty-sevea of the islands of the group are inhabited, and in some eases only teen by lighthouse attend- ants and shepherds. Tbe tote' popula- tion amounted, in 1901, to 28.106 per- sons of whom 11,753 weae women. Agriculture is primitive and the soil Poor. but barley, oats, eotatoes and inmate are grown. The chief manu- facture of the Shetland Tslaeds is that of khitted goods, remit fine work beteg turned out by the women, who also do the farm work; the men !Ire occupied in neither, which is the main- stay of the inhabitants. TORONTO FAT STOCK SHOW The premium lists of the Toronic Fat Stock Show, to be held at the union Stock Yards, Toronto, in De- eerober are just out, and carry manY new classes, among which are special prizes by the T. Eaton Co. Armour Co., Wm. Davies Co., Walker Hoes and Queen's Hotel. The secretary, Mr. C. F. Topping, of the Union Stock Yards, Toronto, would be glad to give premium ifet or any Mfottnation on aPPlicatiOn. +0 • Arabs and Girl Babies. It is a sad day hi an Arab home when a girl is born. The musicians who have dome to the house with their drums, their shepherd's pipes and all their strange muscat instruments burst into wild wailing it the door is • seen to open slowly and tt head shako silently and sadly and then withdraw behind the closed door. All the rare food whtoh has been ,prepared iho hopes that the new arrival is a bey Is put away and the wailing guests Will- ed from the house. For why, they say, shotild one feast and have music when another superfluous woman has been brought into the world? Though tut - man nature is what it Is, the little girl is not Wholly unloved. She Is given some pretty 'name such as, translated, woeld be ester," or "dawn," or "prettY," or "pleasant." When boy is born the rejoicing, on the con- trary, is hilarious in the extreme, Wel- comets are thauted by sthinged instru- ments, the "pralees of the family Are sung, and*forecast of the -great deeds to be ,detticaby the soli are recited.- Exchahge; A Startling Hat. ady's het which would no doubt te as great A, sensation to -day as did at the time of its first ap- earatice in 1852 Was that worn by lane Bouilaint, queen of Castile, wi f ete it teat £35 and nta itt P a.s1 The hat it If ,te moo ti of e ,allypre an'e- wit r at 6:01's, garnet ittl 1 w . ran, Carve the test 0 vary, ere depict idle acorn f pe rem Ora mat- tering mit t1i ‘'irafine kffv. .11irds were "gin tM'trees* dd at ,the foot were beea ng honey from ithe flowering springing up front the Verdiarea—London V'S 1 oston totting in •one of yo nd then .offico boy) for the i 'leant nd east they a bey ga basket. • RAYING (Witabi laRRIRR d flush we. Said rosette reed them all IDEAS. n Life) , vheelOd his air aton in, tti an. tor, oil% t %tfl. mt. a tor the, t. ile tiat, In nd the o eg gen large waste. ent10 Wan gale, bit he truth • geard wi a gilt of pilivicitt oat tint be an't control—a ashbucktlfl laciagitard ef th n. IIneom bra at night, he oceede, ta all Ills sue for 'a feathered p ?lis harmony, and e gots ver It that lie finally Witte gurgle," A box of sliver polish sliculd gteh.ept an the Wash; 0*.t•r the ainit and any tete:. .of silver Cleaned when a fleede it, noing away with the weeltit PPRPM• Wage of every piece for cleaning. If you once allow t110 luxury a an oven door of .glates you Will never go back to the Opaque Ones, All OM tjent;riamilaynitootrerroisasetrlthgancia ually.e0eilvklii belatt4in ,er, Walnuts and ogees chopped rotate a very fine filling for rye bread sand- wiciate when mixed with a little sour emote When the top of e our silver ink- stand is all covered with ink au d you want to Wean it, mix a little chloride of lime into a paste with water, rab the steer top smartly, and it will be. brighter than ever, lu making tomato salad with gela- tine and salad .dressing, add a touch of smoked herring cut into very ane pieces, and you will find the flavor a your ealad very muee improved. To remove toilet et, mak garment in Aalltel buttermilk OVer night and- ex - dose to sun, or wet with salted lemon toti expeee to sun Te remove smoke marks on a Ivan or ceiling, make a thick paete of starch and water, and with a clean bit of Memel, spread it over the merits anitelai:rronti allow to dos. Brush off with a 8oetttlu tbilf'111161 inka cake cane colored a. b hp' itwith a small quantity of beet juice. It is inexpensive and ebsolutely pure. A elanteltell placel ieside the tea- kettle will prevent the formatioe ef lime op the •ketale. THE FUNNY SIDE. illobbs (at the musicale)—Gee! what a voice. And I have been told she eings like a bird, Slobbs—Well, there ere crows, as well aa nightingales, Muggins—Youug Bighedde seems to think he is destined to set the world on lire. Bugins—Well, I don't see that Ale insurance people are doing any %vorrying about it. It but a fraction of the time which eatInng crowds devcte to tomfoolery were given to ewimming lessons the fool who rocks the boat would soon lost his ituportance.—Warsaw (Ind.) Times.lieg-Stok Promoter—Where can 1 Lido': The police are coming! Chief Clerk—Get into the eard-index ease. I defy any one to find anything in 111.,oer ef, 1 0J rdsgee; , you are in favor of peace?" "So meth so that I don't even "ant to get into an argument about Zito best way to secure it."—Washing- '7;7'1)111\1s...hat do you attribute your ree mike -tee health?" "Well," replied the /cry old gentleman, "I reckon I got a tood 4tart on most people by bein' born before germs were diacoverrd, thereby havin' less to worry about"— Weebington Star. "They say be's an ardent member ef the church." "Indeed, he is. When nu e have a roe, he's ale aye the leader of orm side or the ether." --a e - 'volt Free Press. "Is your wife going to give many Parties next winter?' 1 "I don't know," replied Mr. Cumrox. "I never ask any titettaer.stions about her social affairs. I'm Welty to be invited."---Wasenigton Ilubby (at breakfaste—i've got a •Inol head this morning. Wite—Pnt sorry, dear. I do hope you'll be able to shrike it of E.—Boston Transcript. elerv-w Heide*. a -fleet. telinaloce POT ANOAIN, sr% E (Detroit Free Press) Even the grimmest situations may have their humorus aspects.. Just now the ct,itertittliatini4slutatrieonpro testinagainstg withegnMetysniheollvt by the Allies of "c:nored" troops, mean - Ing thereby chiefly the Turcos of the Fre.nch force and the Hindus from Brit. ish India, The things of which they accuse these troops are certainly not nice, though they are no worse than matters that might be charged, and In fact have been charged, against white soldiery on both sides of the battlefields. But that isn't the point. While Berlin sends out its pretest against the p1110 - tiers of the French and British, it is 1t5e11 employing a million more or less of the most callously brutal and .deliber- ately erne/ soldiery on the globe, the Turks. If any one has doubt concerning the practices of the Ottoman troops he has only to read recent accounts, seem- ingly Wen authenticated, of the hideous treatment by these troops of the Armen- ian nation. Apparently a systematic at- tempt is bring made to wipe out an en- tire PeoPle, and conditions have become s- bad that the American ambassador Vonstantinople, Mr. Morgenthau, is en- tleayorthg to make arrangements for the transportation of the survivors of that long suffering race to this country so that they may be safe from future bar- harities. As long as Germany accepts the assistance of the Turks, It is in a toot' position to say anything about the me of the Hindus and the Ttrcos by the nations of the entente. ONE GERMAN ADVANTAGE. (Pittsburg Gazette-Thnes) Itt mobilizing and equipping Hs armies Germany had the advantage of tngland In its long compulsory military servier. In Ontering the seeond year of the war It Is compelled to offset its commercial and financial isolation by a resort to own- ninies and universal service that has been paralleled only in Spartan history, In the business of war the hazards inyclved and the discomforts endured are not confin- ed to the Orrinan goltlior in uniform, but embrace high and low in all ws,Ilts01 Iifo and at a cost which only the fittnre will disclose, How long will it take the allies to reach it similar mental state that will induce them to lovel social ranks, surrender individual mil/nese:: and throw all into the balance on the side of their respective governments? Itpram in Brioand. We have the name of Ypree in Eng- land-ein that or the 'Vero; tower at 115, in Sussex,though local talk knows nothing, of its proper prenun- elation and broadly calls it the "Wipers tower." It is a twelfth cen- tury building, the oldest eccular buiid- nI all the Cinque ports, and was at one time the onlenetreneetoid of the town, though later -wallas and gate' m ere built. The reason for Rs mime la to be found in the commonly ad. (=opted statement that it WaS built by 'William des Ypres, Earl of Xent.--a r.ondon Globe. THE BRITISH ARMY. Melt Journal. nolo mtvhcote$ Army is in being, and is It1W 011.1)111' soil with all the requisite 801'- '.111-8 and provided and NUMMI in a manner t hih excites Our admiration. It has orttit heett said that the British- er Is slow to move, but one,' he has .Conto to a decision „he goes forward with an • 'ray and. Mutton which are alto- , '1 aro )1e, MIN Heintans v ii'onn this, and aro well *ware tin hivi o forCe against which they o Mort heinselves; that is the eltler 011* hate. ello, ill. Glad to are you. Just got eir from ray vacatioh." "Sorry, old ow. 1 tool haul you it cent. I'm just going on mine."—St, /sods Post-Despatell,