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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-8-15, Page 2ley Agronomiet. Thls Department Is for the use of our farm readers who want the advice of an expert on any question regarding sell, seed, crops, etc. If your question Is of sufficient general Interest, It will be answered through this column. If stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete. answer wilt ba matted to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St, W., Toronto. Save the Soil. (turns. And when a man has once Never before in the history ee drifted away from live stock it is all Canadian agriculture has there been the more difficult for him to take up any such a tendency toward the de- pletion of soil fertility, Thousands of farmers in our richest agricultural ref ions who were at one time growers the work where he left off. Another question arises: What is going to be the result of the present, generation of farmers drifting away of 'good cattle, sheep and hogs are be- from live stock farming on the future coming soil robbers. The high price generations of farmers? The dif- i fieulty of teaching the coming gener-I ation how to care for live stock is'. sure to hold back the development of j the industry for many years. There- I fore, grain must be grown until the farmer is affected by reduced fertility+ :and consequent declining yields. Then ;when the tide does turn, as it even- tually must turn, there is going to be a mighty problem of restoring the wasted' fertility and a mighty hunger for knowledge of live stock feeding' and soil management. One thing is certain, that unless there is a complete change in our methods of farming, grain will never; of grain is tempting them to sell in- stead of feed out the crops. One may build up his bank account by that process for a few years, only to find that he has really been selling his farm by the wagon -load. Every consideration present and prospective, points to the importance of maintain- ing and increasing the fertility of the land, and this is just the reason why every farmer in Canada whose land will support live stock ought to find some way of utilizing good animals in his system of farming. The farms on which some sort of live stock may not profitably be maintainer) are few and far between, ( be as cheap as it has been in former The high rice of grain has not years. There are too many' de - The . mands for it besides feeding it to live continued long enough to enable any -'stock. In fact, there are only two one to measure its full effects, nor; ways of increasing grain production; one by increasing soil fertility; the have we any means of determining whether the conditions which are hold- other by better methods of culture. Both of which are educational pro- cesses and necessarily slow. I Live stock raising is the best in- surance against an improverished agriculture. Those who have studied the problem know that this is true. Do not increase your acreage of grain , crops, but improve your methods., Grow fewer acres and more bushels to the acre. Do not keep too much Awe stock but use better blood and give them better care. Do not break up good pastures and put them in; grain because they offer a profitable rotation of crops and become a soil robber and a price chaser. The scales are sure to turn in favor of the live ' stock grower, and as live stock can- not be increased rapidly there is sure: to be some good years ahead. It is claimed that hogs are an exception to ;this rule, that they can be increased of farming. It is an easy matter i very rapidly, but, even with hogs, to develop a profitable system of, when the supply of breeding stock grain farming on productive land, butbecomes reduced it requires two or, it requires exceedingly good judgment' three years for production to get back' to make live stock yield maximum re- I on a normal footing. and later the sheep are turned in. They eat the rape and turnip tops' with relish and will later hollow the meat from the turnip, leaving but a, shell. Mr. McKerrow has found that a frequent change of pasture is bene ficial to the sheep. A thirty -six-inch woven wire fence in twenty -rod lengths is moved about, thus prevent=; ;ing the too short cropping of the' grass, and furthermore reducing the; internal parasite plague to a mini- mum. Water is also an important I consideration, and ewes particularly, I should have water the same as dairy cows. "I would not go so far as to say that there should be some sheep on every farm," declares Mr. McKerrow, "for peculiar conditions might not: make it practical, but I do believe that there should be sheep on the vast ma- jority of farms in this country. They, turn waste into cash. The sort of saving that the good housewife is making in her kitchen can be practic- ed with corresponding effectiveness by the use of sheep on the farm. •r ing the price of grains to their present level will continue long enough for the full effects to be realized. One ef- fect, however, is plain, that it is checking the movement toward crop rotation, stock feeding and maintain- ing the fertility of the soil. Should this continue for years to come, we fear that this terrific waste of fertil- ity that is going on will not only con- tinue but actually increase. It is going to take a number of years to measure the effect of this drifting away from live stock on the land. It has been with the utmost difficulty. even when grain was bringing moderate prices, that farm- ers could be persuaded to change from growing grain for the market to stock farming. Nor is this to be wonder- ed at; for the growing of cattle, sheep and hogs is an entirely different type "I would like to know how to do good farming without sheep," says Mrs, George McKerrow, of Wiscon- sin, one of the best and most widely known sheep breeders of American. "Why?" he continued. "Because my sheep use up the wastes of the farm. They clean up the grass, weeds, brush and gleanings, and in so doing turn into cash what otherwise would be lost." "Sheep," he says, "make the most economical gains of any kind of live stock because they c'ean up the oalds and ends. They are particularly useful on the farm in the fall of, the year, for they turn into mutton the things that otherwise would not be used. At the same time they save the feed stuffs that would be given them if they did not have access to these other things." After harvest, Mr. IVIcKerrow's sheep are turned into the oat fields for a few hours the first day; an hour or two longer the second day; and the time gradually increased until at the end of a week they have complete possession of the fields, The lambs are permitted to enter the corn before it is cut and they clean up on the weeds and lower corn plant leaves. Lambs do not pull down the lower ears of corn as do the sheep. Roots are grown for the cattle and sheep on Mr. McKerrow's place, and after the larger roots are hauled into storage for winter use, the sheep are turned into the field and eat the smaller ones that remain. Both the sheep and lambs are turned into the aftermath of the meadowe and this brings them Into winter quarters in good condi- tion. Another profitable practice nn this farm is that of plowing up fields that become weedy after. harvest. These fields are sown to repo and turnips, Farmers who ship their wool direct to us get better prices than farmers who Bell to the general store, ASK ANY !FARMER! who has sold .his wool both ways, and note what he %aye --- or, better still, write us for our prices ; they will show you how teach you loae by selling to the General Store, eve pay the highest priers of any f rat lu thecountryandere the Imzestwool dealers in Canada. Paymeat is re- mitted the sante day wool is received. Ship u5 your wool to•dny— ouwillhe mare ured�ofasqu re dealProutus, are arr3:atrzppn HI V. ANDREWS tO CHURCH ST., TORONTO 10.41Amf w.. FUNNY FOLD -UPS CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED LINES "ewe - -rulD IORW..eO- I'LL c0 AND BORROW MOiHERS MUFF I THINK THE FUR 15 JUST THE 5111ff TO MAHE A TALL DRUM MAJOR'S HAi WE HAVE NO DRUM -OUT IUHAT Of 111AT, To Blast Big Stumps. About the first work I did with dynamite was to tackle a big field of stumps. For this I used a 40 per cent. grade, which is about the proper thing to use for stump -blasting on ordinary soils. I find that on low, boggy ground, where the stumps are very large and tough, it is more economical to use a higher grade of dynamite, such as 50 or GO per cent., placing it under the stump and firing electrically by a blasting machine. All very large tough stumps over three feet in diameter, such as: oaks, hickory, and elm, should be blasted only by this method. The distributed charges will then all go off together, and the combined effect ofthe several charges so dis- tributed will give a much better blast than putting the entire charge in one hole bored directly under the stump. A few months ago a neigbbor of mine excavated a ditch through a low bottom field of his which was very much subjected to overflow. In the digging of this ditch he encountered several large willow stumps which were at least one hundred years old but still in a pretty sound state of preservation. Knowing that I was accustomed to using dynamite, he Grass clippings are an excellent green feed for chickens. The back yard poultry flock of a family often lacks sufficient green feed with a consequent reduction of egg and meat production. With the easy avail- ability of lawn clippings the poultry- man can always have green feed through the summer for his chickens. , The flock can be fed daily as much of the green clippings as they will eat. If any continued bowel trouble shows, the amount should be reduced. Tho 'remainder of the clippings can be al- �loeved to dry and fed moistened dur- ing the time between lawn cuttings. Amounts in excese can be dried for winter use. Tried grass clippings ere a good green food for winter. They can be dried and stored in sacks, These died clippings, moistened and fed to the flock, are a very fair sub- stitute for the succulent green .feeds of summer. • Pay More and Fat Lege. "One could eat two meals in succes- sion very easily in London, and leave the table slightly minus the self-sat- isfied feeling to be got by unrestricted eating in any American Cafe," writes I Raymond B. Bolton, n newspaper cor- respondent. "In addition one has to pay more on the average for a meal here than in the United Statee or Canaria," i War is our business. We cannot ruin by carrying it on se a "side line." Keep a small toothbrush at hand for cleaning round the handles of tea. :cup; and tureens, and for dishes with rough eurfacoe or ranted designs. called upon me to blast out these stumps standing in water, for it was too wet and boggy to get them other- wise I find that blasting for tree -plant- ing, either for fruit or shade trees, is one of the most profitable ways of using dynamite, R. W. Getting Even "Yes," remarked a conceited young bachelor, "I have the greatest admir- ation for the fair sex, but I never ex - pest to marry—oh, dear nol" "Indeed!" remarked a lady. "Then I am to understand that you not only admire women, but you have a sin- cere regard for them as well," One of the most important things in the operation of a dairy is the cleaniug of the dairy utensils. They must be cleaned and rinsed thor- oughly immediately after being used; this will prevent the water in the milk from evaporating and the solid matter sticking fast to the utensila. If it is found impoasible to wash the utensils at once, it will be a good plan to rinse them in lukewarm wa- ter so that the greater part of the milk will be removed before it has had a chance to stick fast to the pail or cow, Hot water should never be used until the milky substances have been removed with the lukewarm water first, ae the hot water will coagulate the casein in the milk so that it sticks to the pull and will therefore require a great amount of washing before it can all be remov- ed from the vessel. After thoroughly rinsing the uten- sils in the lukewarm water, they should be thoroughly washed in hot water, using some good brand of alkali washing powder. There are many good washing powders to be found on the market that will answer the purpose and make this part of the dairy work easier each day. Soaps or powders that contain grease as a part of their composition will not mike a satisfactory brand of soap or powder to use in this work and not nearly as good as a genuine alkali powder, It is a good plan also to have on hand several good stiff brushes that are adaptable to cleaning the various utensils used daily. If steam is in- stalled it can be used very effectively in sterilizing the utensils, but of course this is not always installed and it is necessary therefore, to fol- low out the rinsing and washing pro- cess, as I have described, Never wipe the utensils after washing them in the hat water. The heat impart- ed by the steam or hot water will make the utensils dry very quickly. They ehould be placed upside down on the racks so no dust or dirt will get on the inside of them. This is just as important as the cleaning process, Never put covers or lids on the cans or pails, but give them free access to air and sunlight at all times. This keeps them bright, clean and sanitary. Camera Used to Candle Eggs, Bad eggs are unfailingly detected by the camera. This has been dem- onstrated in France, where experi- ments are being conducted with a photographic egg -testing apparatus, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. The idea of utilizing the camera in- stead of the human eye for candling is a new one. So far it has not begh carried past the laboratory stage, but its commercial utilization at present, it is of more than passing interest. Eggs are held in a half dozen oval boles provided in a metal plate. Their large ends point toward a common centre. While intense light is passed through them, they are photographed. A powerful lens is used and an ex- posure ranging upward to three minu- tes is made. The result is a picture that shows the size of the air chamb- ers in the eggs. ti A Patriotic Urge Colonel Grimbattle—Why so gay? You were in deep mourning the last time I saw you. The Widow Lookabout---I was. But since the soldiers began to rendezvous here I've been called to the colors. GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX By Andrew F, Currter, M.D. Dr. Currier will answer all signed lettere pretaining to Health. If your Question is of general interest it will be answered through these columns; if not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en- closed. Dr. Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis. Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Remedies for Nervous Diseases. In no class of diseases are medi- cines more hopeless and useless, so far as cure is concerned, than in those which involve the brain and spinal cord and the nerves proceeding from them. I don't mean that medicines are , powerless to relieve some of their symptoms, but I do not know of any that will cure them, when once well ;established, any more than they can cure cancer. j Neither do I include in this sweep - Ong statement the milder forms of neuralgia which are often relieved and cured for the time at any rate, by external or internal remedies. i In a great many cases it is a waste of good money to buy medicines, and to expect them to cure disease will almost surely be disappointing. Three medicines and perhaps four the world could not well do without, opium to relieve pain, quinine to cure' malarial poisoning, mercury to cure f syphilis, and salicylic acid to cure rheumatism. We could manage to get along if most of the others were dumped into the sea. :More than thirty thoueand different proprietary medicines are made in North America; who would le- foolish enough to imagine that the ;0,I do; what they are adverliscal for, those who buy and take th.mi. If the money spent for them were used in buying good simple food, how much better everybody would be, ex- cept, of course, the patent medicine makers. Some nervous diseasee aro self- limited, they burn like a candle until the material cauaing them is used up, and the die out. This is so for instance, with some of the nervous diseases of childhood and early life, St. Vitus' dance and others. Medicines are sometimes given in this disease and sometimes seem help- ful, though I would not recommend the patent medicinee advertised to cure it. If a child with this dis- ease has good food, plenty of sleep, sunlight and outdoor exerciee, is clean in his habits, and is kept free from excitement, he will get well in nine cases out of ten without a drop of medicine, Epilepsy may disappear after a few years with good hygienic care, though I am aware that frequently it does not. It is so benefited by careful reg- ulation of the diet and habits, and I am free to eay there are some power- ful medicines now used for it which are apparently of great value. It may be too early to say wheth- er they will cure it permanently or not, they are not likely to cure those cases in which the cause of the dis- ease remains,- for instance pressure upon the brain by a depressed por- tion of the skull. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS F P,—Two ,years ago, my husband, who is forty-five years old, began to have epileptic fits, tend now he hoe at leaet two every week, We have not vet been able to find any help for him. Answer -If you will send a stamp- ed and addressed envelope, I will be very glad to send you an article on i Epilepsy, which you may read. FALL SETTING OF STRAWBERRIES Heretofore our preference has been spring setting of strawberry planta over fall set. I could never see what waa to be gained by fall setting as ordinarily practiced, Late August and early September is the season usually employed for this. To be sure, when weather and soil eondi- tions are favorable, and good Plants set, quite a fair growth will be made both in root and crown, growth suf- ficient to mature a fair crop of ber- ries if allowed to fruit. But if per- mitted to fruit the first season an in- ferior stand of young plants must necessarily result. The cultural con- ditions required, in each instance are altogether incompatible. The object or purpose sought in each case is wholly unlike. Then, too, I figured that spring set plants make all the growth necessary under proper conditions of soil and culture, hence, what was the use of endeavoring to establish the new plantation at a season when favorable weather conditions were so much more problematical. Another thing, the labor of creating a fine mellow root pasturage with plants occupy- ing the ground, would be greatly aug- mented. Indeed, I figured that to place a piece of ground in as excellent a condition as is possible when larger, deeper working tools may be used, is practically out of the question; hence, sizing the matter up in the light of the experience I then had, I decided that the fall setting of strawberry plants had nothing to offer us. But for some time back I have been looking at the proposition in the light of greater experience and can now see how, if fall setting can be made suc- cessful, the plan offers one very decid- ed advantage to us, viz., the setting of the plants will come at a season when other work is far less pressing. With � a large amount of work of this sort to be done in the spring some of it must necessarily be neglected; hence, any plan or system that promises to relieve the pressure of work at this time is worth a fair trial. As time passed the. attractiveness of the plan increased until I decided to try the plan- out. So this fall an acre of new bed has been set as an experi- ment. Conditions of soil and weath- er were not ideal. If the plan is a success this time, it will be possible to make late fall setting successful under average fall weather conditions, so it seems to me. To begin with, the ground used was in peas this summer. As the rain- fall has been deficient since pea har- vest the ground WAS not moisture - saturated as may be secured under ordinary spring conditions. For sev- eral weeks after pea harvest the soil remained almost dust dry. Then a shower came to moisten the soil down about five inches, when the ground was plowed and floated down with a plank drag. Other showers follow- ed in a week or so of sufficient mag- nitude to moisten the surface $o that a fairly good soil plant bed wee secured, A shower came just as the work of setting was begun; just en- ough to crust the surface when the weeder was used to re-establish the loose surface, This loose surfece soon dried out so that it bothered some in setting, for additional work was made necessary that none of this dry soil got next to the roots. Then, too, the job was more or less unpleas- ant as a fresh breeze blew the dry particles into our faces. Just how the experiment will turn out, future developments only can re- veal. Only light showers have fall- en since the setting was finished. To prevent crusting and consequent loss of soil moleture, the weeder has been used to re-create a loose surface. Be- cause of the deficient rainfall it may be necessary to reset quite a number of plants. This will be done as soon as it becomes clear that the plants first set are not starting out vigor - Of Of course, it is not expected that plants set this late in the season will make much growth in the short time. before freezing weather sets in, This is not expected. Neither is it neees- eery to the success of the plan. All that is required is that the plants get their root system established and be ready to do business next spring. It will be itnperatively necessary to eupply winter protection to these fall set plants. They wouldn't be worth shucks if not fully protected from the injurious results of exposure to win- ter's frost and sunshine, and the heav- ing action upon the soil of "Sugar Weather." One of my helpers amid, when I cautioned him against getting the plants too deep: "But just wait till the frost gets in its work." Our 1 reply was to the effect that it would 'never do to let frost get in its work. :The plants must be fully protected against such harmful agencies. Whatever may be the outcome it is certain that one feature of advantage will be m sucress; eve will have a start of a week with our spring work. Es- tablishing the new strawberry bed in spring, coming as it does right along with so much other similar work, adds largely to the strenuous life of the season. If this job can be transferred from this busy time to a season more convenient, a very de- cided advantage will be gained. After all due care and protection, spring growth may show up plants not starting out with full vigor. These may easily be replaced with plants from the propagating bed and a full stand made secure.—M. N. Edgerton. 1. A RLrGEP7'YPf FOIL OUROFATHERS -2J By Maude Dennie One beautiful night in August we gave an informal reception to our fathers, We had often entertained ' our mothers and our brothers and our boy frienda; we had gleen a farewell party for one of the girls who was leaving; and we had haul our little I fancywork "rneets;" but this event was unique and we planned most tov- ingly and hopefully, I believe, for these silent, kindly, long -neglected fathers of ours, I At first some of the fathers scouted the idea when we began talking about iit at home. Most of them nre hard- working men and unused to social 1 functions. They were perfectly will- ' ing we should have a good time, had no objection to our girls' meetings and tried to accommodate us about a pony to ride or a horse to drive whenever that were possible; but it was a busy season, they were occupi- ed with providing for our material 'needs—or extravagant tastes, as the 'case may be—and "running around I nights" was to them clearly a waste of time. As the time drew near, our respec- tive anxieties were more or less re- lieved, At noon on the very last day, I overheard some instructions to the tioys about the night chores, and an injunction not to use the best driving horses that day; I saw leather get out the new buggy and I noticed mother I hunting his best tie and laying out a shirt he seldom wears! And then when he drove the dashing team up to the door, I felt very proud of my handsome dignified father. I I wonder if girls in the city ]snow what that buggy ride in the country was like? There: was misty starlight over the dewy fields, scents of woodsy things, sounds of insects in the grass, and long low shadowy,strips of trees far -away on'the edge of the plains. And as we drove, we saw a big full moon slip up from the forked top of an old oak silhouetted against the Isky. Then there was the unaccustem- ed but pleasant chat with Father him- self. It touches us deeply in one of those infrequent hours of comradeship, to realize --and with what startling painful regret sometimes we do re- alize it—how few and precious those heart-to-heart talks are and how little of our attention and understanding ' wo give to these best of chums, these elderly men of experience whose only i thought is for our happiness and well. being. IIt was remarkable what splendid indifference these fathers displayed ' at first, and how every man invited, who was physically able, finally found his way, half -apologetically, half-in- dulgently, alfin- dulgently, into the group of other apologetic, indulgent men. The decorations were all yellow wild flowers, great stalks of sunflowers massed against the walls and huge jars of golden -rod everywhere we could find a place for them. The paper napkins were hand -painted with the club name, Kolah, which means friend, and a spray of yellow bloom. And tbere were plenty of good things to ea Howt. ever, the feature of the even- ing proved to be the little contest with which we had planned to tease them. This is the way it was play- ed: Gradually and unobtrusively we began to leave the room until not a girl remained. Then someone pass- ed slips containing a list of questions, the answers to be filled lit by our father guests. The questions read thus: How much do you notice yout ' daughter? Do you know— , I. The color and material of the dress she is wearing this evening? 3. The size of her gloves? 2. Its style or the way it is made? 4. Her style of hail -Jima? I 5. What ornaments she is 'wearing? li. Her favorite flowers, books and music?—and that beside being her Daddy, you are her truest admirer, her first 'friend, and the man she loves be ';lst?ust what is the main object of the club?" someone asked as we were getting ready to go home. "Oh, just to get people acqu. inted --," one of the girls began carelessly. j "But that isn't all," I pretested and Popularity. It is possible for a person to be undeservedly popular. His popular- ity may not be due, to good qualities, but to wealth or other advantages. Many people honor a person for sel- fish reasons. They think it pays them to have his good will, A humble person may after all have as many real friends as an honored one. The friends of the former are generally true, being friendly because of admiration for him and not because they are seek- ing worldly favor. He knows who his true friends are, but the other doesn't. When an apparently popu- lar man fails in a financial or any other way which reduces him to a humble position he soon finds who his true friends are. ,I Unless he is a very bad &erecter, one with only a few friends is gen- erally a man of better principle than is one with only a few enemies. The former usually doesn't; seek popu- larity, but the later generally does. It is easy for anybody to become popular if he has the advantages. When a person has only a few ene- mies they generally have good rea- sons for being such. Ie is found that many a popular man will be very generous in his dealings with people he wants for friends but unmerciful when dealing with those whose friend- ship he doesn't desire. One per- son may truthfully say of another that he may have acted good with nearly everybody else but that he act- ed meanly with him. Individual Churns. The cream -gathering truck stopped the weakly or daily churning for us, and the idea of table butter became a question, Tho creamery had that fixed before they asked us for our cream. The nice-Iooking, high-class cream- ery butter wrapped in tissue paper and packed in ice, right to our door every time they came for our cream, was their answer. We tried it, Fresh and clean as it was, it did not fill the want for good country butter, It is out of the question to matte a churning each week with the big churn, and pack it down until used, We have a gallon and a half glass churn which we bought at our hard- ware store for a small amount two years ago, long enough ago to know that our investment is a svecess and that it is the real wey for the farm- er to have butter Upon • his table. This sterilized glass churn is cap., able of making clean butter, and it is operated easily.—G. W B, ,w - Corks if steeped in paraffin oil for a few hour's will make excellent fire- lighterdc "Country of Mine." Country of mine, that gave me birth, Land of the maple and the pine, What richer gift has this round earth Than these fair, fruitful Nelda of thane? Like sheets of gold thy harvests run, Glowing beneath the August sun; Thy white peaks soar, Thy cataracts roar, Thy forests stretch from shore to shore; Untamed, thy northern prairies lie Under an open, boundless sky; Yet one thing more our hearts inn plore— That greatness may not pass thee byl —Helena Coleman, The Farmer's Office. Farmers are not slow in recogniz- ing the value of an article or method for the improvement of their business, so they are buying typewriters and other office conveniences, and they're using 'em, too. The typewriter is especially useful, as it writes letters in a standard way that indelibly stamps the sender as a businese man. For the sake of the letter alone the typewriter is well worth owning; but it has other uses which help prove its value. Carbon copies of all letters written can easily and conveniently be made by inserting a sheet of carbon paper and a "second sheet" under each letter written, Car- ' bon copies are accepted as evidence in the courts. Card index records can be printed by the typewriter; also bills, loose-leaf records, etc. The first cost may be a bugbear to many. This is a needless fear, as a good rebuilt typewriter can be pure chased 'for about $25 or $30. The repair expense is ueually very slight if the typewriter is oiled occa- sionally and used with reasonable care. It will be necessary to pule chase a new ribbon once or twice a yeardepending on the amount of writing done; but this is a very smut' item of expense. '1'o Conserve -Fish Waste. The Canada Food Board has been advised by Messrs, 'Ernest Scott St Company, engineers, Pull River, Mims., that they are peepared tea install equipment in Canada for the reduc- tion of fish and fish waste, to fish meal, fertilizer, oiI and glycerine. Consid- erable research has been conducted along this line by private parties and various branches of the Government in CazIada, but great quantities of the material are still being wasted. "An easy job will snit me." ''How about winding the clocks overt' week?" "T might make that do. But what's the matter with tearing the leaves off the calendars every month?" felt confusedly that as leader I should be able to verbalize, in a brentle, all our ideals and lofty motives. "That may be a very great and beautiful miasion in life, you know— just getting people acquainted," our philosopher -guest said quietly, And it is, is it not? Greater than any bridge of stun°, Across whatever waters thrown; Creator than any heaving bridge of ships across the ridg,` en ridge Of roaring seas; yea; greater still Is that strong bridge which from the will Of patriot soul to patriot mull Doth hear its to our shining goal— The unseen bridge of Liberty, Linking all hearts that would be free, Nearing Black, Black as It color of mourning has bean discarded in Europe during tho war because it had a depressing effect on the whole civilian population and also provod a scricid financial burden to the poor and a, positive men- ace to the national interests in that it diverted workmen and material from strictly necessary channels into streams that fed only the luxury of wari