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C'ondut•tetl by I'ri fesssor Henry r, Beit
Th: abject of thin department is to place at the ler•
vice of our farm reactors the advice of en acknowledged
authority on ill muhloms peetaiotng to soles and crepe.
Address, all questions to Professor Henry el. Sell, in
care re The Wilson Publishing Ccmpany, Limited, To-
ronto, and answers will appeer in this column In the order
1n tablet' they are received, As space is limited tt is
acivls•ti,ie where immediate reply is necessary that a
stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the
question, when the answer will be mailed direct.
• Melia --What le the lust thing t(
grow for silage? Neese give cul
.ural directions.
Ati.,a,er:- T•he best (plug to gnat
for slimy. by all 8(011 d is gond tick
sora. If you live in as seetiun w'hor'e
Dent men can he successfully grown,
at all probability it will out yield Flint
variety, lluw,ver, toward the rcutro
and north of Oeterio, the: Flint v:iri,1-y
ma lure.; bettor than the Dent. • Ite-
mernbee That the hest: quality silage is
trade i'rom corn bearing ears which
are g't ty well mature. If corn is
being grown for tillage, it can be
plumed a little thicker than for ordin-
ary field corn, It also will benefit
from 811 additional application of !(ta-
mer and fertilizers.
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Henry G, Bell
> far north, lom fair eempe nsution fur
- the absence of a earpn cru AnnIyeekHinge
Hinge oats and Teas lhay carres 10.3
i• permed. crude protein against field;
1 cured ('odder corn analyzing 4.5 per-
' cent, crude protein,
.1.„v'.: --%When i>1 the proper time to'
cut scions for grafting? 1 have a dis-'
ease in my plum trees lir t is rotting
the fruit, staffing before they get ripe,:
and keeps up until all are. gone. On
tate plum trues there is an insect, a
half an inch long, shaped like a fish.]
''slimy as a fish, eating the leaves. Y'hat'
can Iciofor them?
Answer; --You will do well to write!
the lfurtieulturei Department of An-;
tarts Agricultural. College, Guelph,
for specific information as to how to
I trent your orchard. I
M1hY.:—T have four- acres of muck
that 1 am going to put hall' into onions
I and half into cabbage. What shall I
l use for fertilizer?
Answer: --In growing onions oh'
muck soil the fertilizer that is applied:
should carry from 1 to 2 per cent.l
ammonia, 8 to 12 pee cent. available
phoephnric acid and 1. to 3 per cent,
potesh if it is obtainable. Successful
onion growers 000 upwards of 1000
pounds of fertilizer per acre. Many
good yields are obtained whore 500 to
800 pounds of such fertilizer is used.
However, the largest quantity pro
duties greatest yields, Similar ferti- I
liter, applied in equal quantity gives
best reeultsalso on cabbage, when this
crop is produced on muck soils.
Farmer: --1 have a dairy of thirty
cows and would like to raise some
kind of feed that would be rich in pro-
tein instead of buying eo much ex-
pensive reed. Would it be advisable
to sow netts; with peas? 1 have about
eight acres 01' good blaek loam for
the pilrpese.
Answer: --Peas and oats, cut for
hay, make n fodder comparatively rich
in protein. Henry, in his book on
;'Feeds and Feeding", says: "A com-
Mulatiort of peas and oats, if rut early,
forms a forage of high nutritive
quality,. much appreciated,by fartn
stock, especially sheep and diry cows.
In the grain which this plant furnishes
and the Ihaty which it is possible to
secure from i(, the stockman located
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Shelter, proper feed, and good man-
agement are the requisites in bringing
sheep .<u0cesefully through the winter
8001811. While Soma shtrlter is nec-
e'esery, close housing is not advisable,
especially with the ewes in lamb.
Large, dry yards in which the sheep
hat,' plenty of mum fur exercise are
the lir,( requirement. Seven or eight
square feet et floor spare in a shed is
necessary 100 an average -sized sheep.
The Deere affords sufficient warmth in
dry weather, and for this reason the
main need for a shed or a sheep barn
is protection from storms. On most
dry nights the sheep prefer to stay
nal of doors, and will winter better
if aliowed to be there. -
While some of the roughage should
always be fed out of doors, it is more
convenient to }rare the feed racks in-
side the barn, With breeding ewes,
toward lambing time, there"is danger
of injury in their crowding through
narrow gates. In dry weather it is a
good plan t0 have a pasture on which
they can run during the day.
If the wether lambs and the cull
ewes are sold early in the fall, it will
be- possible to use Llhe winter feed
and quarters for a larger number of
breeding ewes. Sheep will usually
thrive better with not more than 40
or 50 in a lot.
•
To bring the breeding ewes to lamb-,
condition,
ing limo in good vigorous
and only in medium flesh, is the prob-
lem 0f wintering breeding ewes. This
can be done by giving plenty of ex-
ercise and the right kind of feed
regularly. When the fall grass
le soft it is a good plan
to start with a little dry feed before
the ewes are removed from the pas -
DAIRY COWS NEED WATER
13y C. 3. 11
I
awe wonder if the average farm-
er reel1zes how important it. is, for
dairy (•0(01 to reeeiv(; a proper .sup •
ply tel (bulking Water each day. When
one understands that milk is nearly
(wo-thirdo water, it beconho:; evident.,
then, that cows aught- to have plenty
of it, ready when they get thir.4Ly. I
know of farmers that are extremely
careful as to feeding and Melding
their stork, They give balanced ration,
end ere sure that the tie-up is walla
and comfortable in the winter. They
keep their cows cleaned off and pro-
vide bedding for them to lie on. Ilut,
they let the cows get whet water
they eon, not thinking it womb con-
sidering,
1 remember one day last winter, I
happened to call to see a farmer friend
who lived in the next town. He was
just turning his cows out to water.
The trough was about a hundred feet
away from the stable, It was a windy
day and very cold. As he let the
(•0088 out one by one, he would drive
them over to the water with the help
of a little stick which he used for a
whip, When they got there, some
would try to drink, but the wind blow-
ing on them kept then busy holding
their heads 00 as to protect them-
selves, and the wafer having ice en et,
made it impossible for them to drink
as much as they needed, so after
drinking a few swallow], they would
assn back to the barn, cold and shiver-
ing.
Do yen blink that your cows drink
all the water they need?" I asked him.
"Well, I suppose they might drink a
little more, if it was not so cold and
windy," the answered, "but I guess
bhey got enough to `get -by;' any-
way, cows don't need as much water
in. the winter as they (10 in 1110 same
mer."
"That cow that is drinking'," I g:oint-
ed to a cow at the trough, "seem; to
drink quite u lot, even though it is
(oact: '
"Oh, she is the fussiest eow I
have 1" he exclaimed, "Now, slie'
has not drank anything for two clays
so I expect that she must be dry, so
shun has got to drink.to-day. Yesterday
and he day before she did not drink
because it was windy ancold; d
d -but T
,
knew she'd get over being fussy if I
let her take her timet"
"But does she give much milk?"
"Well, she does pretty good 'til win-
ter comes and then she drops off."
I wonder what sort of a surprise he
might get, if he should weigh his
cows' milk; he might find that they
tune. Hay may be used at this time,
although a feed of half a pound of
grain a head daily can be fed more
conveniently.
Rape or rye, sown with small grain
or drilled in the corn, 18 excellent for
fall feed, and is also useful in the
spring. This is an economical feed,
and is helpful in keeping the sheep in
good condition. With plenty of rough-
age, such as red clover or alfalfa hay,
sheep can be carried until nearly
Ping with little grain. , Corn silage
can be used to furnish succulence,
though some losses and a great deal
of trouble have resulted from impro-
per feeding of silage. Sheep are
peculiarly subject to injury from mold-,
ly feed: Poorly kept silage is+there-
fore to be avoided.
An excellent ration for ewes with
Iambs at their side is oats and bran,
The flock should have access to water
and salt all the time. In feeding
rams during the winter season the ob-
ject is to feed them as cheaply as pos-
sible, but at the same time to keep
them in a thrifty condition
OPottitni
"To secure winter eggs it is neves
miry to breed from winter layers,'
says an expert, "These breeding hens
should be selected now. Just which
ones to choose is, of course, the thing
that stumps the matt who has never
Ogee much attention to poultry. If
n poultryman or .farrier can find five
or six hens in his flocks that :have laid
an average of thirty eggs each during
November, December and ,Ttnmtlry---
that is, ten eggs al month—these can
be bred and a small flock of good pro -
demos rnised fur next year, if the
eggs are hatched ea1•ly,
"thirty March is the Inst time to
hatch pullets for winter laying. Of
euursa,tnueat has been said about ear -
ly-laying pullets moulting in October
and November, but if the birds are fed
properly, this moult will not be a. conte
pieta one, and will be confined to the
, bead end neck: It has been my expe-
rience that the early hatched chicks—
up to April 15 --are the ones that grow
most rapidly, mature soonest and lay
, best during the winter.
"A palatable mash Which should
produce winter eggs --in a. well-bred
!Malt of fowls kept in light, roomy and
sanitary quarters, can be made as fol -
]lows: ,One -hundred pounds‘ of bran,
100 pounds of gluten meal, 100 pounds
hof moat scr'115008
1pounds of crushed
(01,8 and 150appo50unds of corn meal.
L'wo ounces of this mash, with one and
i one -Mils(' ounces of cracked corn, and
one-half omhee of whole oats should be
fed Lu each lien dally.
Glues, Pastes, and Patches.
When we fit. a .patch for the inner
vaein9, for fou' hoot or shoe, be it
leather, fabric:. or lubber, we geL.it to
,ti,:k bcttec' for service if ter make ae
feather 111190 abbot its rine. -
This is heal to do with n dull knife,
and the Usual method es to lay the
pnteh 0(1.8 piece of soft board, when
aur knife 80611 ge1:1 cull 88 we ttllip the
edge away. flus method for thhming
dawn to a feether edge is to whet 0(11'
knife 81l u"l : e tl line-g1•itted whole
`one, flow Jay o(hr patch flat upon
(tarn, ,near, and as we work and
Oil,' knife slips ant frons the edge of
ihn pitch -ts tt is pared eel', it. hecolnee
01(131 Pee 1114111181 elf /41111, 1)11(1 1110 111111-
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r ., ci, ^;n i1 dope the easier, Be
etm, yon hive 1t,hber 00111(nt :for t'ub-
ec,' n:1 . dk:;1 , leather cement .for
It ,l.b;•:' roe11-, nnd''rnck ceuu'ut for
eldest
/a,iweee 111. ; rubber ('01110121 care
it, the air Mee 1h little longer than your
illreetioem and yon will hale' 1018 tiny
ale bubble„ tomeatll the patch. '
g A. Child.
A 11)1.1e 01(11(1--a senile, a song from
Cod,
Wakening echoes from far ages past
That still endure through all the
spaces vast,
I Peopled with shades who nice this sad
earth trod;
A child to love, to lift us from the
clod;
' '1'o ctu'b our 'Panus, our virtues to
expand,
To open hide the (Suichitlg Iniaer.
hand, -
;",
to ...bow us vvlu(re fuer flowers o1
Duty nod,
'1'o bid us run, and sing.- terga( to
plod:
a little child with trusting 05(11 and
clear
Seeking for Truth, unci holding
- without feta'
j'1'he balance fair'tvvixt lbi811t0omsnees
and Fraud:
I ,A little child in loving kindnessgiven,
!'1'c, lift ane, chiidlilte, to my home in
heaven!
--Nina &M :Toole Jamieson, I
1,11.,rdson.
also, n t giving nuh milk
e
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til,y night if they could hthv.. Letter
' means In procure their water to d111,1,
A few weeks hater, I called to see
another farmer. This one kept cows
' lernilar'to the farmer des"rihe,l above,
unfired that. he had made some
('hedger in hie tie up.
• "Yee, , 1 have i.uilt a piece in the
barn with it trough, so that 1 can now
teeter my stuck halide on cold wilder
clays;' he told me.
"Do •you tinct tha it neige?" 1 ask
-ed.
"I eertaiuly do," he answered. "You
know I began last full to -weigh my
cows' milk, I found that after I trot
used to it, that it want not the bother
that I expected it would be. I have
had some surprises,"
"Did you find that the cove needed
different water arrangement;?"
"I found along the lirst part of this
winter, when the weather got veld and-
,
nd- blowy, the culvy began to give less
milk. 1 lues surprised, because I
have a nice warm barn and try to
have, them c•omforteblo. But I no-
ticed that they would not drink some
bad days as they Ought to, and on
good days they drank more. On
those days they would give mor0 mill.(,
S0 I tried an e:cperiment. When the
bad days came again, I carried water
81 pails to them. They drank all
right then. 1 could see ley the milk
scales that there was a different in
my favor when I watered them in out
of the cold weather, So I decided to
build this inside trough, And it -has
more than paid for the expense and
bother."
"But what is that arrangement you
have there, also? "I asked,
"That is another improvement. A
dairy expert told me once, that all the
record-breaking cows have water;
with the chill taken off, in the winter
time. So I tried that, too. It was
hard work carrying it from the house;
hot water to warm the water in the
trough. But I found that that also
helped increase their mill( flow, as
they drank more. So I have installed
the heater which you see, to warm they
water here so I do not have to e18'1'y it
any more,"
"By building this you have saved!
much hard work and mucic discomfort'
for your caws?" I asked,
"I certainly Have, but—the scaled
have sheete1 me that it has paid tor!
itself, I would not have believed it'
if I had not proved it that way. But,
after alt, 'experience is the best teach- •
ea'"
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
FEBRUARY 17.
Lesson VIL—Jesus Teaching by' Para-
bles: Four Binds of Ground ---
Mark 4. 1-20. Golden ']'ext,
Luke 8. 18.
Verse 1, Again by the sea -side --
The picture is cleat'—the vast multi-
tude on the beach, crowding down to
the water's edge, the Master in th
fishing boat, which is pushed out a
little from the shore.
3. The sower -On Ole hills abou
the lake in plain view were the fields
the various soils, and all the conditions
which would suggest the parable-
the sower, the path through the fields
the birds, the stony fields, the good
ground.
4. The way side—The beaten foo
path, falling on which and having no
lodgment in the crevices of the earth
the seed fell an easy prey to the birds
5. Rocky ground—Not group
mixed 'with stones, tor in those same
fields to -day one sees much loose stone,
yet the grain flourishes. This is,
rather, titin soil on the surface. with
a bed of rock beneath. The grain
11 have no deeproot and no ade-
quatecoot e
quate moisture.
7, Among thorns --Which absorb
the nourishment of the soil and thus
prevent the growth of the grain.
8. Thirty, sixty, and a hundred fold
—The soil on the plain of Gennesaret,
to -day, es of marvelotTs fertility, and
must have been the same at that time,
14. The sower—Primarily Clu'ist
himself., then his apostles, who go
forth in his name. Broadly speaking,
all teachers of spiritual truth. The
word—The divine message brought to
men by the Master. historically,
the teaching of: spiritually -minded
leaders in all the ages.
15. Tile way side•--Reproscnting the
spiritually obtuse who indeed hear but
into whose tnne• lite 1111 truth does not
enter, Satan—The truth removed
from the mind by evil influences, re-
presented by the arch enemy of the
truth.
10, 17, Rocky places . , , no root
in themselves—A superficial reception
of the truth and a quielt lodgment of
it, with a. quick germination, but not
sufficiently deep to give stability, No
depth of soil, consequently easily
scotched aid easily washed away. Sint
and rain which nourish the seed in
9 '
x u{ 0 1 dmstrcl i oa r rl
n y•y•L oe (y
place.:. Tribulation or persecution ---
A supmrlcial religion ie easily dis-,
couraged and destroyed, Affliction s
and 110rsecut1011 cannot kill a (1eepiy
rooted faith,
18 1S Among si thorns m'
, 1 int cares,
riches, lusts ---Other things 90 Bleeper
into the life, absorbing time, attenLion,l
.and interest, and ovorsitadeWing 111111-�
tors moral and religious, The seed.
strings nothing to perfection for hiclt+
of nourishment, 1'00111, and attention.;
Choke the word• --Inevitably„ for the
material (111(1 worldly life crowds out
' 1 ' it'•.
be in tet 1 e
g
20. The good ground .It goes al -5
most without saying that when the
seed has favoring conditions it gives
the best results. Each kind of soil
produces according to its capability.
It is not intended to teach that all per-
sons most inevitably fall under one of
these four classes. The point of the
parable is that the seed, in order to
the best results, must have the right
,
.,.
• t; i>,u,'..a,+::'0(AT Mr,, /d''e ne— u
Mothers end daughters of ell ages are cordially invited to write to this
department. Initials only will be published with each cluoetion and Its answer
as a means of fdentiflcatlonnut full name and address must be given In each
letter, Write on one side of paper only. Answers will he mailed direct if
stamped and addressed envelope la enclosed.
Address all corresponcientn for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 2'.':
Woodbine Ave., Toronto.
1M1r, E. Am •Three are tent, ways
•1n which ;a'I Van prt'8erve your sur-
plus pumpkin, I. Cut in strips and
dry thoroughly ton the same way as
apples) over the euekieg stove, then
park away in an old pillowcase in a
dry place. 2. Cook the pumpkin n8
if for malting pies, pack in sealer
partly screw on the lids, i>ut them
bate a wash boiler on top of a wooden
reel: placed 00 the 1(01. 081 of the boil-
er, nearly cover with cold water told
boil for en hour, titin( screw the lid,:
tightly and put away in your preee•ve
cupboard, Be sure the waters are
well sterilized by boiling before the
pumpldu is put into them. You will
find that the pumpkin is just as good
for pies as when frecshly cooked. As
for the pickled cacurrlbem that were
frozen in the vinegar. I foal) they are
now worthless, e But you might try
heating up some of them with fresh
vinegar and spleen, Let us ]snow
the result, please.
Laura: ---You are entirely mistaken,
Laura, if yule think that the reports
you see In the papers and the things
you hear about food conditions in
Europe are at all exaggerated. Con-
ditions are just. as they are painted
and the sooner the people of Canada
realize this the better. Quite recent-
ly the British Food Controller made
the statement that the time was at
Band when compulsory rationing
would be enforced in Britain. Al-
ready the sugar ration is in force. In
the Iategt cablegram received at thel
offices of the Canadian Food Control-
ler regarding conditions in France it i
was pointed out that the supply of ;
breadstuff, was causing grave anxiety.
Their bread card machinery had been
completed but the lack of cereals had
not permitted its application. There
was a greatshortage
of farinacede
foodstuffs. The consumption of meat
had been restricted by high prices to j
within the limits of the available and
greatly depleted stocks. Butter was
very scarce and milk even more diffi-+
cult to obtain. Oils and fats were;
practically unobtainable. Isn't this
serious enough, Laura?
populations of France end hntrtund
hove nu', tested flour bread f"l• 11,001 10;
a 1'anadian tut Jnr ! l., it 0l•t
Franc•(: tells of 1(8850.
Army Bakery in the c 11 Olen eve -
tion and seeing thou:andk of 1,•aut,P'1l
loaves being tolled out for the
ruluuniptioll of lacg. Cao eels. Wh,,..
ever tl • goes short he mese not. That
is why the people at home are (wing
asked to save Wheat flour, beef, 1,a ,a�,.
sugar and other 8eminnd•tr
, An .Amateur Galdeeera It t., melee
able that the sale or toe ,d' canoed
vegetables will be pr'.1051 •-1 again -
next full in order to enconra:ge the cul.
tie -Mien of buck -yard gar•1,n1 told va
cant luta in spring and summer. The:
embargo on the sale or use of canned,
vegetables 1a.=4 year wee :.ur•z•cs Yul
in accolnpli,hing it+ main pu,•poeeee
which were no., only to p>'event waste'
of perishable food but also to saved
tin-plate, of which there is a shnt•tege,,
•The Food c'ontroller's Office is peeper -
ed to do all in its power to encourage,
city cultivation this year. It is hop -I
ed that market gardeners .will .ow:
part of their land in bread grains. I
kis; Kitchenette: -•Here are some •
war time tips for you. :MI s Kitchen-!
ette :—
Dried potato paring, make good tire'
,1gghters.
Suet pudding is an excellent ,It-eeert'
for cold weather.
Ox tails make good coups and
I stews at small cost.
Next to dirt the greatest sin let the
kitchen is disorder.
Sour cream is a valuable food which'
can be used in many ways.
Never buy large quantities of spires
at a time—they spoil.
Muffins made from ]eft -o'er l,oile:d
rice are delicious.
Brown tr. n a
rot u t rad a d baked beans make)
e,
a good sandwich.
Delicious muffin, no well as griddle
calces can be made with bread crumbs,
dried and 111111 through a meat chopper.
R, E.1 A,:—Whatever you do, take
good care of every scrap of i'at, It is
becoming more precious every day for
there is a great shortage in Europe.
In Germany n0 food is fried but. every-
thing is boiled and stewed in order
that there may be no waste of fat.
Grease from the kitchen sink is care-
fully treasured and soap, the: basis of
tv' ich is edible fat, hits 138(1 0 a
luxury of the wealthy. (tan,l]es, an-
other fat product, have disappeared.
France and England also lack_f though in a lesser degree.
Iy I'I' HARI)
OR 1S�TE,'RJ N'I(1N�i, ?
Four buy's in 1du11ci-swung (lows the
strre'., 1t. was the day niter ('.lutist
Mts. The little woman in the fl•onl
lout of the 5! reel- el- can• hid her for in
her muff and a soh shook her. A mo
(meet. later else riblet her twirl Het
lips were stain/It, bat her e'5('1: told
!lips
(hat Iles bey .va* 01311'
'het, l'usiee . mea, were. talking.
!They Ii d just fiel:he') th • Y. 31. 1'. A.
deem 1,1e1 w: t m eletei'y Makin ' plans
f,.l tit,. Red t _ . campaign.
"Lae ;toga0we wouldn't ha•.e
)1o,09-110 we eouid week tide wee,"" said
the yn111'Jre(• man
"Na :(-Teed the older, "Ilut I
reel ,nh couldn't stand it now If I
didn Pee got to have something
all the time t,., take my mind off it. •
The more work the better. Nights
cello', 1 have time t. think the, t1ii.,g'
gots. rue 00 1 e an t steep. 1 wish there
was another trice eemi(g en top of
The ti$idne. !e flow era8 4,1inx° the.
,.tio41c•�. for her hu,':c,se The 1ouee-
keeper's huel:aul tea;. too (lel old to go,
1�;, children were 1x'3 girls. and she had
ee brotheror untie , (fins to he
me: teed. obviously, the. war could
Y u h-
*,., tot cvr ]ler personally. teach._
t . 11 The t: a
:•r bad abs,lh1Lvlv',' ora•, neithea• fxtth-
0t', brother not eweethe•txt.
"I feel :,u depress ] 'alt' the
housekeeper. ".'1ud I dent see why
I should, We've had no had luck ht
busineoa and ,lack can't pass the exam- -
illaton ,o I know he won't be taken.
But I tali t get over the feeling that
the 1a (tom is going to drop out ,,
everything. The future is all dark,
and yet everything points to continu-
ed good fortune in our business."
"You'd be an lmhulna❑ monster' if
you didn't. feel depressed, with all
your friends seeding their boys to pro-
tect you," came back the teacher.
"Everybody feels i1. It's in the air.
I have funght the (dime all the term
for the sake of - 11,e children, but if
something doesn't (Teak pretty soon
they'll get me yet. Half my pupils
have a fig brother or a cousingeing,
and one buy'.' father is a captain. I
have nothing' but war, and e heir to the
children it is all glory and excitement,
n
We vim enough to me, The boys are
b bY t
dropping out of alto eighth g> ate to
help the family out and there are con-
stant appeals to our purse and heart.
The could live and not feel dep08ssed;
But you needn't give nn to the
giooms."
•`It', a hard time to live," moaned
the Meed ohoppe0 who couldn't match
hex:
silk,
'Yes, but isn't. it gloriously interest-
ing?" came hack the saleswoman, "I
and so thankful I'm alive to see it all,
and live it, Nothing else has over
been worth the doing----ju:'t getting
through the days some way. But
now we can See a reason fur every
thing we do. • Every move we snake,
ever,' cent we spend, run help. It
ant ]lard at all if you took at it that
way'."
.end so the talk runs, everyone ells-
cnssing the war as it affects them, But
to one has gotten a better 1 ice; of it
than the saleswoman, We can make
t hard or interesting, just as we
please. If we please to sit around
and feel sorry became ate have to go
without white bread and frosted makes
nd baked hang, and moan for our boys
t the front, we weaken ourselves and
hurt the manse. If we choose to feel
hat every eacrifice we made, every
ore pone eve bake, every grain of sug-
ar we save Is a bullet for the right,
nd that if our boys are taken, then.'
eves have not been a sacrifice but a
priceless gift to mint, we intake the
times through which We are passing,
days e be looked hack to with etivy
because of the opportunity they gate
his to really liv0,
Don't the things which worried A;0U
three years ago look trivial new?
Tiling: of hew you worried because you
gut a crepe de chine blouse when ev-
erybody
v-
et ^bod , el a Was wearing 5 t lin Georgette;
^y �g
and how you and Jelin actually (mar ---
relied over what color to paint the
homed, and holy (inset. you got when
the scalloped oysters rnu out at the
farmer's club at your house, and how
you slapped :Johnny when he spilled
hie ,ante on the (lead tablecloth, and
how bitter you were when your 1101gi1-
bit' gni. a new tar and you still had to
drive the old buggy. How silly those
Mrs, L. A. 0.:—Yes, you would be
well advised to save cream as much
as possible and make butter. Did
you know that the Duke and Duchess
of Devonshire have discontinued the
use of cream at Ridean Hall for the
period of the war?
A Soldier's Wile:—You may rest
assured that the »hen in khaki are be-
ing well fed. Although the civilian
of way in the life of a man. The'
good ground is not only ;a well -pre- td -a7.1-7:
pared soil, but a soil atom -lily cultivate
ed and cleared of all noxious elements, ' i .ednke
e
When these are the conditions the life as
Store's
is fruitful. 1 ,
Cure Beef At Home.
Fanners can not only reduce their
e living expenses, but they can per-
form a patriotic service by curing
their own meats.
t Any of the brine or dry mixtures
which good results hi curing pork
can be used satisfactorily fol.• beef, but
since beef is leaner than pork, it
should not be allowed to remain in the
brine or mistul•e quite so long or it
t ',vill become hard and salty.
Dried beef should have the same covered a fairy.
, cure as corned beef, but it should not There were no outer little girls liv-I
d should then be washed to remove the,l„0 rut by herself with bucket and.
The Sea Fairy.
Madeleine had gone for the winter
with her father and mother, after they
had put her older sister, Lillian, into
a boarding school, to a lovely sunny
place in the far South. Their home
was right on the sea, where there w0r0'
many rocks and much sand. High
among the rocks, near the very top,
where it was too slippery for her to!
climb, Madeleine's sharp eyes lead dis- i
be allowed to become too salty, klieg near, and so Madeleine would often
excess of the cure, and smoked of tire! slhovel, t.o dig in the sand. She would+
smoked flavor is desired. A very i always first look up and smile at the
good country practice is to dry -cute, little new -Found .friend, as she con -1
the beef with salt and brown sugar, I sitei'ed her—although never 8800111 flit
using about a fifth as much sugar as 1 tiny thong accept the invitation to
salt, rubbing the meat very thorough
-I com down to la': "But then”
e play:
with - the tura every two or throe! , Madeleine would Say to herself, "you
days for about two weeks; It should' could hardly except that of a fairy,"
then be washed, wiped, and hung up Madeleine wrote a letter every week
to dry ill a warm place or transferred! or so to Lillian; or rather, being such s
were now coming in with unusual .levee,
beating and lashing against the rocks,
Suddenly Madeleine grasped her sis-
ter's hand. "0 Lillian," she cried,
"that last great wave has carried her
away!"
Nor could Lillian rind any more
sign of a white shell with its bunch of
seaweed. Looking down, slle ,ate
that there were tears in Madeleine's
eyes. "They have been playmates so
long," she `said to herself; and then,
aloud, "I'm so sorry, Madeleine dearie
At that moment Lillian'e eyes
caught. sight of a pearly looking ob-
ject on the crest of an incoming wave.
As the wave receded, it left its harden.
on the beach, and Lillian ran quickly
forward, pulling Madeleine along by
the stand,
"Look, Madeleine, look!" she cried,
"If yonr fairy has goer. Out to sea, she
seems to have sent you a present to
remember her by"
Anel t1111511 rand down to the was
tee's edge and, before another wave
coo tom ' h i
1(1 e n picked u> a beautiful
ft
,1 l
shell. With a smile, elle handed it
to her little sister who at once forgot.
all her grief in the joy of being thus
reulembered by the dear see fairy her -
elf. •
to the smoke house and given a light' a very little girt, sic told her mother;
smoke, what to say, And always there was
some word about the sea fairy.
Mother never could sae the fairy; i
but then, the glare nlvays hurt Wroth -1
Corned beef is at its very best when
it has been in the cure about ten (1075.
If Rept en the cure more -than a month,
it needs considerable freshening beeI e1•'s eves so much that she had to wear
fore cooking, If the red color of the brown glasses; and father only lattgh-
i beef is to be preserved, use a small ed when she talked of the fairy. But
amount of saltpeter, not more than to Lillian, from hearing' et her so
two otmetria to each hundred pounds of atm, the fairy. with ]ler lotrly pale ,.
the meat, t ,s improves the co 01 0. .face and her long. setegreen stair, be -
the meat but is detrimental in that it
The I'ersevering Knitter.
Then is a maid to oto' town
And she is wondrous bright,
She's knitted smelts and sweaters
A'rom morning until night,
Abd when she'd knit the Red Cross
wool
As stare a5 I'm alive,
Rhe went and shca>'ed her father's
sheep, -
Ile kept just four or fihe,
lie washed the wont end ,'i 'dc'd et.
The persevering; elf,
ho great g'1'andmotller', epirednee wheel
She spun the 7:11'1( herself.
he steeped the hells of hutt,•rnu18,
And dyed the yarn all len,
nd keit another sweater
For :ugether s,,id]rl• nix".
A S011g For 'l'a ilight.
11 all the .fulls nl 11,J, the stall
Are :eidl as hnehlle,I :beepd
he tired birds, then• .:n„>, nirl .
In ('ee tone :u',1 redeem.
tends to harden the hum fibres,
A Dustless stop.
( Make it yourself. Start with an
old broom, Cut the straw off' ;just
, below the wires whiclh hold it. to the
handle. Cover this with an old stock-
!ing and sew 011 to .this covering the
(legs of other old stockings ettt about
I twelve incites long• at111 slit. into WW-
I strips up to two enehee of one
end. wow these around an around
a
1the surface in rows about one encu
apart until the mop is of the desired
thickness. Then dip the mop into a
ablution of one-half cupful o.f melted
Paraffin and one cupful of kc'rl,eno
and allow the liquid to dry oil the
strips. The mop may be kept moist
by rolling it. tightly when not in use
and coverings i1. with 1 paper bug.
Pepcorn mixed with In01a8,ee 111(1,
brills is 11 semiile, wholesome confec-
tion,
came an important pereenage.
So when the holidays name, and 1,01- S
lien joined her family in the South,
one of the first things that she wanted (
was to see the. fairy.
"We most wait until to -morrow 8
morning, Lillian;" siad Madeleine, A
"when the stun is bright. She never
seems to conte oitt ill the afternoon, -
or if she docs I cels toyer find her."
So, although a high wind was blow-
1ng, the big girl and the little girl 1
went together vary .arty the next e,
morning to the rocks. Madeline. point-
ed to the lop of enc of thein and ex -
things 3COm 1(01' beside the real issues
of life,
T11.11y, these are interesting tinges.
A ad they are times of testing. Thoee
who respond to the lest with renewed
faith and clear vision will reap their
1c'tvat'!I in larpeu0..s of spirit, while
tal
y
(:e
lore who can :gee only the hardships,
ul lose sight of the mitts to he :die 1--
1. 10511 acne out of it heavy be ma
Saving I,tnst ('ahbage,
1 had a fino tot of l:,i,' , lth(4,, trot
arty all of the ti'1, rh•aeked open
• that i cothlrin'1e•,peet it to 10,011 in
:wage. 8111110 (Se da,lt iatre• :cur
trait, I was puzzled to know Ilov i,cv:t
save it for table use t:ntil 1my
c
•e hn gh i told me to can it as -de fleet
do years ago,
We cut. it fine and evoked it ,‘earl
as for the table. except. ;hot no
ase
<.cluttg but salt was used. M11•hch
110
St
Ci
lr
t0
n
to
claimed, "There '>11c le, Lillian! You ly
can see her green hair hating in the slow wind walk vinrld
Withse
wind," little (.rile end lixllt.
fa
uAnd singeea ,1('oy v h,i,tli m looked :nt looked; and then Mehl, geed ht. emed ightI
she said. "All 1 can sec Tladmlei o, ts
11 pale sllrl1 with seaweed blearing
about it, up there, just (115811 that
shiny piece (t' pinkish 000k."
"No, no, insisted Madeleine "it is
sea -fa y n1i1'dress."
t]le fairy x her pink
With the high wind, the weees
irly tender it: vans peeked elesely in
rs and Milled to overflowing with the
,t;hive, then processed at.d scaled
Fresh cauliflower i, eretiree w'iii8,
atul it fc:ula heavy.
Pastry ran be (nada t""0(11 ec"emittit
oil it,"te n,i el' turd.