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'1 WINTER PROTECTION OF FRUIT TREES
Preparing the Flock for Winton, f cal of the breed and vieoreus, Then
The ,•iumeesa to be obtained frown the he is fed well in order to keep hint
farm flack will depend very Iargv' on virile but not too fat. He never
t'he way it has been handled during, get.i grain until about a month before
the auhnnit months. The plan ar. breeding sew;son. He is never allow•I
the J':xpe•rinhental Faint, Nappan, N,S.,l ed to ran with the ewes continually
is, before the breeding seasou opens', but put in with therm two or three
in the full :*.0 through the ;loos, nisei! hours each day.
out alt tine n rat; i oyluerrs, p , , milk .t *, I In dividing the pen for winter, a
or any th•tt may hale ',.t.l mut.he ee matu.ra ewes are put together; sheart-
epodlee wawa; also r.- tint may `e ins.: in another pen and ewe Iambi
too told foti breeding poi :mole, an I ley themselves. The latter are not
discard them, In se:,•using our t.hw bred until one year old. Should there
breeding iivek looks alone* i., not the 're any weak tines, they too are give:
only.guide, as molly times a ewe may a secsrate pen; otherwise they would
be a prel;twb:•e brooder yet be very' not get a fair show :et the trnngh
thin, due to the fart that: she has been nl with the more vigorous orris, The .
brought down by a heavy mink flux-,, above method of preparing cheep fu:
Good ewes should he reta.`ned in the winter has been retool to be most sat
flock as long its they will breed ani isfnctcry,
feed their lambs properly. •_ i
A1Otralre not intended
for breed-
ing purih:•-es are sold. If the Potato Seed $election.
market happens to he flooded it is Like begets like in theF potato field
found to to more profitable to feed a_4 elsewhere, but judging by the
them well mail January- or February,' quantities of inferior tuners used for
by putting them an goad aftermath seed purposes, the importance of this'
until learning time, then finch on' Iaw is not appreciated by many. The
roots and meal. j use of small potatoes taken from the
Ram Iamb; intended for brecviing bulk of the crop, year after year, and,
are p .d ° •;t in. a serarate field with used for seed will eventually lead to
good clover aftermath and given a' yields of inferior potatc•es,
1
light grain mixture'of eepounl oats; I At potato digging time the great
'et pound bran and 1-5 pound ollealce l opportunity for seed selection is offer•
meal. The ewe lambs are also placed, ed. With the product of each plant
in a deal by themselves, but not given! spread on the soil it is an easy mat-,
much tri -sin unless the afterfeed is I ter to se:est out talose plants that
poor. Alt breeding ewes are flushed have given the largest yield of the
during the latter part of October or most desirable type of potato and are.
the first of November. This o:onsi'ts free from disease. The Metatoei,
in putting them in a good field or; from such plants only should he Bath•
clover and riving them a light grain, ered and saved for use as seed the,
ration of cora, bran and a little oil-' following year. This saving of seed
cake meal. Hence the ewes make a l at digging time may seem to many
rapid gain in flesh. There are sev-tas an extra burden during a rush of
eral advantages front this practice., work, but it is not.
1st. The ewes which are bred in a' There is less actual labor attached
thrifty condition are more apt to .to seed selection at the time of the
threw vigor,ue lambs. 2nd. They potato harvest` than there is by
are more reliable breeders; ard, more practising any other method of seed
likely tri drop twine; 4th, the flock selection. Furthermore, the results
Will all breed more evenly together, from hill selection are reasonably ser
which makes it mueh better at lamb tain while with other methods there Ls
ing time in that the lambs are all some speculation. Potato growers
dropped within a short period of each would do well to watch closely for ex -
other, thin making less work for the' ceptionally good plants. These, har-
shepherd. vested and saved apart from the main
In wresting the flock ram it is the crop, may become the grand -dads of
endeavor to choose the very best, typi- fine potato fields in the future.
P,y0.B
One or the most impoetatrt factors
in establisbitlg a frtti't orchard is that
n!! protect:itlg the young trees from
mute and rebid:tie during the winter.
These 'pests may Hatt t'aueh a tree int
your orchard for several seasons;
then, unetpectedly, they may girdle
and lci.1 tarty per cont, of them.
Mire and rabbits usually damage only
entail tree-:, litho tigh in some cases
they attack tree's from four to six
inches in diameter. Mazy young
or,rhnrds in Ontitrlo have been seri•
ou.cty dem:tired in one winter by these
pests.
Afire and rabbits are mere active in
piing orchards during the winter
gonia, when the supply of green
food is limited, but if there is a
nil:eh abutst the Mee, or i' cover
ar„pt gr.»v up about th . t.rcri rats-:
!lith edea and ra.bldLe nnay do e.ongi•1-
erahle ,lentuge during .,g the. alt, 'Chert
is enni thing about :he bath of
' apple and pear trees that -emus parti-
ori
It Pays to Finish Poultry.
Even with the present high price of
feed no one can afford to sell birds;
and especially cockerels, in a thin
condition. The good prices received:
for poultry meat more than pay for:
the extra feed, and if there ever was a!
time when birds should be finished, it
is now.
As a war measure the marketing
or thin chickens should be prohibited.I
The most expensive part of the bird!
to produce and that which is of the!
least value for food is the frame. The
cheapest weight for the feed fed is
the flesh as it is all edible, the neces-
sity of putting this flesh on is evi-
dent.
The moat profitable weight at
which to finish coekerels is when they
weigh about 4 pounds. but even earlier
birds may be fed with profit, as sev-
eral experiments, ermducted at the
Experimental Farm this summer go
to prove.
Poultry meat of all kinds has been
a good ptice. Hens have been sell-
ing as high as roasters and broilers
have paid well. Leghorn cockerels
at the Experimental Farm have been
sold at about 2pounds each any be-
t 1
cause of being specially finished on
milk, brought good returns and paid
well for extra feed, Four different
lots marketed in August, 1512 birds,
weighed 280 pounds, they were fed
for about ten days <luring tyhicn
time they gained 60 pgun'ds, weighing
at the uttd of the feeding period 340'
pounds.' They consumed 380 pounds
24it
of mash and alio •' of buttermilk.
g
The mash was comp sed of 2 parts
corn -meal, 1 part middlings, and 1
part buckwheat screenings.
The cost of feed was 180 lbs. at 4c
per 1•b.-$7.20 and 24 gal. milk at 5c'
per gal.=$1.20, making a total
$8.l0 far feed ani milk, Add to
this the value of the birds at the start
280 lbs. of thin chickens that would
bring 35c per lb. $98.00, and it makes _.... ---------- - ----• ... ...
clearly attractive to rabbits. During
the wii:ber when snow cove 's up the
g3•:ieees and clovers for rabbit4 and
provides an agreeable t ncr under
which mice can hi ie, the young trees
eheeld hose some cheap and etYeet:ve
protection.
The only mite means of preventing
these injuries is to provide guards
for the tree. so that the animals (man -
not toueh the alk. Washes and
paints have been tried and recom-
mended, the idea bring to cower the
bark with sul)atatrees that would
rove re ul-tS• to the animals But
F p
these .substances have proved inef-
fel five in after:ling the desired pro-
tection. Such materials as blood,
liver, axle grease and other greases
have no good qualities to recommend
them for protecting young trees.
The only cafe and practical means
of preventing these winter injuries
is to put wire or wood guards about
the trunk of the trees. In case yen •
discover that serious damage is oc-
currirg. and you want to stop it im-•
mediately, wash the trunks of the'
trees with a lime•sulphur solution. or
with ordinary whitewash in which
arsenate of lead has been mixed at the
rate of two ounces to egch gallon. This
w•i!l prevent injury until the next
hard rain.
Effective wood gnerds are made of
veneer cut front logs, by special uta-:
ehinery. It comes in flat packages,
crated together, and sufficient wood
for each tree costs about one cent.,
Before putting them around the trees
soak in water and wrap them about
the trunks of the trees and tie then
with tarred string. When the wood
becomes dry it is quite hard and offers
little inducement fur the mice to
gnaw through.
These woods guards are cheap, dura-
ble and effective against mice and
rabbits, and if closely fitted and
pressed into the soil about the tree
Feed
1 help in preveu.Lieg the entl•anse of
fborers and cutworms into the trunks
of the freest. These veneer strips
conte with two or •three inches of the
! end, that goes into the ground, treated
, with a preservative. 'Phis end ehoulel
i be set in the ground to prevent the
worms and lntgi wltiuh arae -1 on tits
surface from burrowitle. in 'the trunk
of the treu under the ground.
Many crgnme:cial orchard owners
object to these wood protecteee be
cause they have to be removed each!
i spring, on account of keeping the sun• l
light from the trunk of the trees. HI
(his is not stone the can:;cant shading
of the trunk has a tendency to dazn-I
age the lard rand eaulee It to blister,
ruin rhe •k. Removing them miter)
spring reynires considerable tinno an.1
111n Wolk :lutist at a time when either
a glides iu thu orchard d.mend nt-
atrtioit.
Wire gas rds are more expensive,
They po , nes ail of Ills' desirable
cm:t•:i(ies er the wood guards except,
that. they- the not keep out worms and'
hugs, The greater cootismore than
,
off=et by the fawhen that .un moo ap•;
pied t:, the trees they do not need
to be rep!a'sl. This is a more int -I
portant it,nt int the e'oniiltei'eial or -i
eharl than en the aterage farm'
where only it few new trees are put;
oat from time to time.
Teet beet. way •t0 buy w ire tree lx•o,
leetr-ts is to buy rolls of proper•.
mczb air sixteen indica high and silt
it in straps twelve inches wide, make
ing a ro:1 about three aitd a half
inches in diameter. This makes a
very desirable shield for young taeea,
ilnleea one buys material t'epecielly'
:adlapted for tree protectors, a few1
small stakes will be needed to holdi
I the pruteittors in place,
As a rule, quarter -inch meth wire to
preferable, for a mouse can gel hisl
head through a larger opening and do'
considerable damage. It the orchard
site it frequently covered with deopj -
snows it will pay well to ate higi:rr' Lesson V. Appetite and Greed—
guards to prevent rabbits from reach (:eneais 25. 27-:31. Golden
ing any part of the trunks of the• Text, Dan. 1. 8.
young tie.,. Time.—Only a conjeutural date can
Even th.oueh the trees are well pee! ha assdga--O for this at cal Isca::
tented with guards it is well to keep; was forty yeas; old at the time of his
grasses and cover crops from settling, marriage to Rebekah, They 'tad rad
down close to the trunks of the young, children for twenty years, until in an -
trete:, basad'' there is always danger, ewer to prayer the tt roti Mian and
of fire running through the dry grass Jacob, were born. The e boys must
and '.eaves and bitrning the bark of have reached- inat-urity by elm time of
8,
total cost for thin chickens and feed:
of $116.40.
The weight of the finished chicksl
was 340 lbs., having gained 60 lbs. in
the 10 days feeding. The value per;
lb. was increased because of the'
quality o fthe flesh to 50c per lb,'
tit -taking the total value of the birds'
$170,00.
1
This meant a revenue of $54.00 for
i the care of 152 birds for less than
two weeks. It also showed that for
every pound increase on the birds it.
;took 0 lbs, of stash and 4 lbs. of;
rnd:k or an avecago cost o4 14e, per
'lb. e4 gain.
'earn.
LT Y
0 all rinds.
Reiter quality preferred.
Write., for prices.
STANFORD'S, Limited
120 Mansfield St. • • Montreal
WANTED
POULTRY,
EGGS and
FEATHERS
Highest Prices Paid
Prompt Returns --No Comtulaslon
P. POULIN & CO.
8a 08eac'Stones Iraek.t - Montreal
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OU Wesnt the Hta-rhoat
Marlcet Prlaes
Ship '
all your
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116 ---les pay all rxprnss eh u'ges.
ABBEY FUR COMPANY
(In business for 30 years)
LOUIS AII(NOVITCH, Menatget
310 8t. Paul 8t. W, Montreal, P,8.
Preference, Boni: of Ilocheinge, 51,
leery, Montreal,
Difono
Pigs thatare being tarried
through
the winter should have an opportunity
for an abundance of out-of-door exer-
cise. They should have a warns., dry
place in which to sleep and retrain
during stormy weather. They should
have their meals regularly at the
sante hours each and every day. When
small it i$ best to feed three times
per day. After they are three or
fou -r months er age they can eat :n-
ought to last them longer and feeding
twice per day will answer,
' The man who caret for the pigs
should have a love for the work and
not be afraid of au little extra work in
order to neat the needs of the pigs.
IIe should watch the pigs closely to
see that they eat all of the feed
quickly and that none is left to freeze
in the trough. IIe eheuld he willing
to puce a utile clover or alfaifa in
a rack where they can eat it each and
every day. The forage feed helps in
several ways; it hulks up the masa in
the stomach thereby making digestion
more complete and aids in the growth
of bode and muscle.
Wo should remember that it is the
growth in pounds that eau bo made
cheaper than adipose membrane. Pigs
grown rapidly far six menthe snake
their gains cheaply and bring prices
that will leave a ,handsome margin of
over . a , p. n
refit) d.t the cost f tradu,tia .
p o 1
"'Po try ie better than the thing you
try for,
To hope is higher than the height
Attained, e
To doves is greeter than the love you
eigh dor,
To seek is nobler than the object
gaited,
To 'wrestle with the eager -thus
avails,
Although themative'for the .vrestl-
ing dtti'is."
V•Storks
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OUR PFOBLEMS
NIU1
M`' -MELON
IfAW
0,8
Mothers and daughters of alt ape are cordially Invited to write to this
dePartntent Initials only will be publlohed with each quosttsn and .Its answw
as a means of identification, but full name and nddreas must be given In sxah
letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct li
stamped and addressed envelope la enclosed.
Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 233
Woodbine Ave., Toronto,
Anxiott;s Mother:—Between the sem!
and and twelfth year of a child's life,
he should Ito given from three saps to
one quart of milk a day. Between
three and eight he shoul,l never hove'
ices than one egg +fade-. For hit'
lunch hot: hard bol:ei egg or cream
cheese le excellent.. ,Jellie,, costa •-I
and mills puddings ere popular
who!erionte de -,sect.; for :wheel, cls e.
To prepare the $g tilling for sand-
wirhes that you. enquire about --tale,
1 cup chopped figs, to cup of hailing•'
water, to lemon (grated rind se 1
juice), '.0 cup aor'n syrup and 2 teb:e•
spoons torratarch. Cook the fiatng'
until it is thick enriugh to spread.
:Marguerite:—Yee, it is permissible
to send candy to the men at the fro)rt
but it is aK'ainet the law to make'
sweets in the home, using cane eug"ar,'
However, you can stake them with
substitutes sues `.i meple syrup, white
corn syrup, fruits, dates, etc.
O.ganizer:- In , suitvrn niug your;
women workers together for winter
plans, you might :Hemet; with them
the possibilities of a local community
kitchen, Ottawa women are ergan-
izing towards this end amd ;tie expect-
ed that within a month or two the
captd.al w'1:l he following the example
of rile country :!ties t:heiit lat'nnal
or ennuutltiity kit.•hena are nor; the
order of the day,
-lou wi-t be able to gel.
g1 ntr of full thin winter. Pane
tar being dot Leel by the Fend Board
to extend the di•atrihnt4an of
thdi dur-
ing the i tete, menthe the+)ugh a mail
order system for tho 1 er •fit of farm
era and thueeflying rat ..canons where'
fish ase not retailed. Pealt'ra will.
be encouraged io eater to this trade:
by packing tisk in u0 end 100 pounds
boxes, quoting' the price f.o.b. ship
pii:g pohit, and ;emcpteing Inuit nrd;trs
for delivery by express. In Hite way,
a farmer slur. ae.urd, early in the wing
ter atifficient careen fish -to last. due-'
tug the season, nue thee cut down
his tione umptio it of other mea tea.
" owe it. � arm in life and the riehe..st b'.eesieg,
God can 'betow. No man can afford
to live on his feelings; they will ein-
eaiial::y betray btu; a bal;ntsd judg-
ment beeontee iutpri 1', e
33. Swear to me frig ---The oath
sal a sacred and binding custom
IN'T'ERNATIONAL LESSON among Orientals. Jacob knew that a
NOVEMBER :3. man 'Who gaartzl aim a gee
the trees. It is also a good plait o' the present lesson,
i The purpose or the Hare ative 14 in•
; tramp the snow fn•m'y i 'itut the dicated its Genesis 25, 23, The itt-
trunks of the young trees. I dividual traits a the two men set
's.a
i Young hta
fruit trees are n valuable; faith the rnes and conflicts of two
+,
to ]copse unprotected during the win-, people—the J,domites desc.t
ended em
i ter. A little thoughtful attention' Esau; and Israel, descended from
to putting on these protectors in the people of GoIn d, overcomee .end s those who
the Chosen
fall is a good insurance against winter P p. )
despise the higher and more spiritual
; losses from mdse hod rabbits. Thee -
,
value of one good tree will more dltan'
'Verse 27s', Esau was a slciRtful 11011' repay the Cost of time and material's i era man of the field—The•is two
necessary to protect one 'hundred' p ,
hrases describe the natural character
young trees. i and temperament of the man. IIe
enjoyed hunting, 'but did not care for
But there was no way to stop him, I steady
work; thn evendiscipline re e l appealed
o
When he heard Lila's voice he jumped !
at the barrel joyfully. It tilted, then'. ductive employment; to hunt and to
settled back into lace. A second eat were his chief joys, a ear of
1' barbaric, rugged nature, not without
time he pounced upon it, and that; excellencies of a certain sort; intense
time over it went, girl and all, and. In emotion, but subject to its power.
began to roll down the long hill, slow-; Jacob was a quiet man; dwelling . in
ly at first, then faster and faster, I tents ---Tho pastoral ideal its tho key
Down on the picnic grounds a lit to this description. I't is the orderly
tie girl looked up and pointed. nictitate, Oman in edntrast to the undisciplined,
that coming?" she cried, 1 mairtular hunter; selfeontrol ks the
I main of his character; steady
"A runaway barrel!" We •or three purposes,featwurehether good or bad, rola in
other voices exclaimed, and some one his mire. Jae* was a nnan of affairs,
also said, "Bead it off'!" (a manager, capable of getting r esulte.
Two boys stopped the whirling bar•;. Such tins natural dispositions of the
rel and with puffing and pushing set! two or men; each capable of much good
it 4 and pulled off the baeket. Al
red how bobbed up and then ducked' 28. Isaac loved Peau, becatse he
out oil sight. did eat of his venison—'Phe fatherand
"A girl! A girll" they cried, Every -I the •son were unlike in msat retpeete
ane cams running. but agreed in their fondness for
Lila stood stead ht u I savory food. Was this the old man's
in the barrel:
weak anyrate, he' was
g F weak point? At
Po
spud shook the hair out of her a es., pa t l toward
Esau,au as Rebekah wa,s
She was shaken but not hurt, and 'toward Jacob. Parental
favoritism
she was winking hard to keep back: us the source of much e oiling, and it
the taws. "I wanted to watch the' was this that did much harm to thele
picnic," site said. 'two sons. It followed them ail their
"Wo didn't even know that there' days. It takes no prophet to fere-
was 0 hale girl in the house an the' twit trouble n .such a family,
„ 30, Feed me, I pray thee, with that
hilltop," the mothers said, when they 1.same red pottage—'131e word "pot -
understood, and they lifted her out •tags" is not in the original • it is, liber-
ated brought pink ice cream in a blue! ally, "some of the red, 'that. red.' :Phe
bowl, All the loris girls stood round ;thing indicated is deserlbed in verse
and smiled at Lila, and offered to, 34; it was a soup made of lentils.,
swtng•her, and she was very happv,isomethinq lilts pea soup, o>. a tla.rk,
And after a while Don, who had run tedd'ts']t brown color, atilt ,an artir.d of
diet in Syria. The expression i; env.
away when he stew the people, cameIphobic and indicates the intensity of
wagging Track and had a plate of F,sau's hunger. He wag hungry awlbones, which was more then he de-' exhausted; his natural tendency to
served. make much of mere physical appetite
was intensified. The sight and
aroma of the food took posseeeien
My Sae. aroma
his mind. -'
Somewhere in Trance there lies my81. Sell me first thy birthright-
The
birthr; htThe birthright denotes the advantages
youngest s•Oli, and rights usually enjoyed by the fleet
It seems tsucdn little time since the born eon. It Inchided a position of
was small; honor no the head of the family, a
And now his life on earth so soon is double share of the i"heriteumi and
done, gresumptivety greater natural vigor;
His Mester needed him. Ito hoard but it was believed to be transferable
to a younger son who proved himself
thWithin mo c leaI ) I dream or halm eae:lt ll. mere worth of the dignity, The
y' Bible adds to the idea of the birth -
night, right greater ispit•}tual privileges and
And wake to find he cannot come blessings. The covenant promise
•te in.e, made to Abraham was included in the
Th mixed character er
lea in e
,•: Jy s
g
Far with the coming of the morning Jacob appears in this transaction. He
light woes capable of appreciating the value
I seam to sae qua gH'ava across the of a birthright, although he ret'.trted
sea, to unfal' means to obtain it. Ile
I hcnitw the sorrow And :the bitter Ions valued aneestral privilege and knew
'That Mary :felt when an that day at the worth of divine blessing. Mere
noon phyalcah pleasure did not rule hie
Iter Son was nailed upott that cruel decisions or satisfy his .sou}. Ile
crass, knew there was a supreme sn:niettel
While all the heavens turned to value to be sought and won,
darkening gloom, 3`L, Esau said, Behold, I rani about
Oh, may 1 hop .sonic other mounting to die --'itis is rebs langva.gc of n
man who overestimates his fF lint":,
Who, li a melf, has lost Iter tuth- Exaggeration is a fundamental wehlt-
nose in character. A brief m nler;l:
loved eon, a of hunger outweighs the h'ghest peel -
i
Flow Lila Went. to The Picnic.
Lila had not been invited to the
picnic that was to be held not far
from her home, and she felt very un-
happy about it. She had heard that
there would be swings anti games and
ice cream, and she fedi that she could
not stay away.
hide behind a tree and watch,
anyway," she said.
"They would s•ee you," her mother
answered, and promised 'heti a dolls'
tea party, with lemonade and crackers,
If she would forget about the pienic;
but Lila could not forget.
She lived in aUtile white houes at
the top of a hill, and the picnic
grounds were in n level meadow at
the bottom of the hill, The might
before the picnic she stayed awake a
long titne trying to think how she
could watch the funeven if rhe could
not go. After a while she had a
plan.
The next day, an hour before picnic
time, she war very busy. Firer, site
put on her oldest clothes; then s'lte put
Don, the big shepherd dog, into the
woodshed, and went into the barn for
a while. After about ten minutes
the sante out rolling a large sugar
barrel on its side. Under herr arm
she carried a bundle of hay, and site
had a big splint basket turned clown
over her head.
When she reached the top of the
long hill, at last, she turned the bar-
rel up an end beside a stump acid put
the hay into at. After that she
climbed over the edge, pulled the bas•
kat down on the barrel like ti cap,
and wanted.
Back in the woodshed Don barked
and begged, but down in the meadow
the picnic people began to gather, A
broken place in the side of the basket
gave Lila a lookout: place fur one big
blue eye.
Ten minutes paeeed, then twenty
minutes, and there was mom and
more to watch. Games began down
below, awl grown people unpacked
baskets and spread tabloelotlts. Lain
felt that oho Net mot go down,
All at once Don's harking scented
to grow louder. Bofot'e very long
there carate a sound of panting rand
enutl'ling feet; the barite drew bearer
every moment. Lila knew what it
recant; Don bad somehow broken out
of the tvoodsiied. Rho held tight t0,
the rim of the basket as he scampered
up barking like mttd.
r
O n Dole s
h
e groaned,
cestral right world change Ills mind,'
a thing so morn!: g':von aw•ety. 1»ig'htl
he a4 coolly recalled. Ile determined'
to make the thing Sure,
34, So lerau da pisc:i bit birth 1
right -Its IId;rews 12, 18 1 atl 1st
called a "profane per,on." Toe word;
:`profane" invitee.,efare thefsne"
and indicator; the gruun•l oat -title c.f a I
temple or stirred en-'.an.;ue, IIence �
summon gruu;ed, wa'.t:ed over by mik,
and boast. A pretai e mai 18 ori e I
who niater, himself common; he lin.,
ro deep r:repot for llutnee'.1' as tt Sp!r•'
itual being. Every common appetite
21.114 passion lees'rree course in hie life.;
A. profane man l+tse4 the sense for,
sniritual value. Temptations sweep
through sur.lt a. soul :,meet. without'
uai re•
r. a •e concur l i •at
resistance. u
lessness about the great thing; of life
made 'him teak in the hour of tempta•
tion. -
From the time the Heifers are bred
until they diem their first. calve; is
another critical period in the life of
:dairy heifers, and in most instances
I they will thrive butter if kept away
from the older members of the herd,
It 'is better to keep them -by them-
eelvee for the few nm.r.ths they are,
!with calif on account of the danger
Prent abortion, either through injury
by the oleker cattle or tram corta-
gio-a, as there -are very fete herds of
i dairy cattle that are entirely free'
from this complaint. Contegiouet:
abortion is one of the meat serious
diseases that the breeders of regi.,•'
timed dairy cattle have to contend
with at the present tinge.
It i;4 quite utnecetsary that the or-
clinary farmer should convert his
.1 barns into breeding ettah'.ioltments,'
devoting his esttenilon to •breeding in
1 "s'traius"and tami!!es of a fancy sort,
• at the expense 0 his other farming'
operations.
Care of the Eyes.
.
Tltu person 'tvho wi.sahee to keep
ybugig and useful ,ethauld take excel-
lent cat'e of the eyes, Eye strain,
besides other ill-effects, causes wrin-
les,
The first rule in the care of the
eye is in avoid straining it unneces-
sarily. nit meatr4 that the eye -s
should he closed for a few seconds
now and then when employed on
work rertu•ie'ing great concentration,
It neons also that the eyes should
never he strained by trying to read
in a poor light or one that is badly
thread, It means also that es soon
as any eye trouble is suspected a
good oculist should he eonsulted.
Resides all this, the eyeo should be
kept cor,•aytantiy clean. In the morn-
ing when you get up the eves should
be wes'l:ed out with an eye -cup and a
anlutimn of boric, acid. Tilts is no-.
thing inure or leis than a ersbl tea.
spoonful of baric acrd powder dissolve
cd in a pint of previously boiled we -
ter --Ike bailing being neceoeot'y to
insure the purity of the •waeer. A
hot lie of tht9 solat.imn will last :cversl
tvLeka Thie mill antiseptu v: ill
wash any mat :from the eyrie ,r
lathes, or will remove die filar often
t night's sloe and wi!
prim rataf,ra ng p,
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le.nve the. ..se feeling clear end at -
retell eel.
e.retellerl.
Enameled I(itehen Walls.
If a painted wall is enameled it rant
be washed as often ars necessary with,
ant injuring the surfeet,
TO ran juice from leftover beef
bored, cover them with cold water,
salt and let (pole slowly for several
pours. ;Pour the juice in jars 'that
have been ftcrilized, then sell. Tilts
ran he used litter in soups, eta,
I ?BUOY AND
MRS, Ifld;Ni?: LI4
"You're a t:ru'el, h'ard'hearted wo-
man," 1?1i. Morrill deetered, looking
at Grattdntother Grate with a'!t'eabion,
"I wonder I keep on epealting terms
with yeti,,"
"There's soma freaat ntolueee.i cook•
ie.; in the biva jar, John."
Dt', John disappeared ?neo the paun-
try and returned with a -pawky in each
hand,
"Eighty -ono years old and refusing
to need a doctor!" .he grumbled.
"glow should we poor fellows lisp If
everyone treated u;4 tho was, eau do,
Pel like .to know?"
"I haven't time to bo sick," elatel-
mct•her replied sotet ,ly. "There are
tows meaty 1 tore tit g thin •; 11 du iu
(lin world. I've tarn trying re per'
et. adi i Peggy kern to lc,irn 1-..,1110 of
1.1tem--rnclrii.'1 util .':n- :14 and knit
ting. They're :;:xr to ecate :u handy'
x0'nlet• Or tater."
There 15110 a wi.;tful note in grand-
itit Jier's yoke that made the fleets
let .at in::
. i .harm • aG Pe•• •,met
the g•anre Synth a Qauey- c
it/1118:1:7g of
heti petty rare.
"lin Lilco grandnul• •1 liaven't time"'
;he explained.
The do.tor di posed of the last. o
his aookics aril picked up his hat.
"Do you happen to Hate time titr 11
dt:ve with a country doctor, Peggy?"
he melted. "Ur have you n:ttgrow:1
that?"
"0 Dr, John," (Tied Ocoey. j:hrnp
ing 'blit her Feer, "I tit tagiit ,vu r nr• ,,,
were gainkt• t, ..:k mel il-sy 1 Brite•
"Whist e,'se war 1 asking you for'!"
else doctor retorted.
In two tntnuti, they aero all'.
Peggy chattered Gayly, '1'hcy lin 1
been centradve eve,. that tiro'
i nentora',..e ride .in rtdten year,: ago
when ,site wait live ant the d t gat,
her held the oheel of his lits: new
mobile
"`ilii're?" Prg g,' asked.
"Mrs. Amosb(-ttdn':'a first."
Peggy Linked rap. •'Itr, ,Cahn. is
Mrs, Kendall ren:•:y so eery .,is' 1:': Ys' t
know' it has !tete auto:, y c:ii'i '
For a moment tlu 1.1.,..et V,'.11•; 'cel :
then he said, "1t has inert ,3.11 11,,e
It began when Sha was a child of t `)
and cern;':d 10 Learn in 1,1'
la',i !,ac:u=c s]te did•n;t iikn .itit•ne.
And ail her 1!1'e ohs l,,•nt on tri' 1n.
to ren things -het elitlri t like to 11.,,
til'aa, „Ire lure hart her way. And now,
at'ey_ ,rite lut.:n tut in:,'re=t. 1:1:11,11:11,:
worlistd--nothing to do e::ct•;et
how 111/set,tb:e she ds. Sir -i4 the
mesa unhappy- per.;. n I knots,"
,•ioot
Peg. g
Peggy looked rte c at the leo,
nape, but her dintnle betrayed d h- r.
"The moral et which t.-: Lt a good
girl and learn to conk, its y (1111'
grandnothet• -Wools you to, el a :-+m•t
day you may get bne,l Io t.,ath do°
ing nothing, einee you
put it that way.--"
"Your intuition, fillies (10:r, : ready
extraordinary," Thu dhdnr replied,
'.Praetor Safety Aitch.
When a plow coos against cry ad,•
stacle a horst' will .stop, but a tractor
contiru,ers to pull. 1'o prevent the
breaking of the plow eolith; in such 11
case an automatic elevis hie it has
been invented whirrs nude, great
strain di;cotanect-s the pt,, -a• from the
tra.r:tor.
Tree devioo consi.i.t asf'a yet e -shaped
meting with two fist parallel arms
placed horizontally, malt the open
end toward the t+ `ar, _', halt
through the traetor whitrietroe and
the open ends of tee yoke hold the
two parts together. Pov.orful cot
ed apring:a rest again 't the Hauge, of
the yoke on the Outer aide of each
arm. Through Jolts ht the dame,
of the yoke run the atm; of it I'•
shaped clev^ii hook., which Noe thrnnglt
the spring collo and :have
s
rivet-
ed
ed to their end::4, witch egg ageing.
the front ends or the syringe.
The clevis of the prow ir; attarlt.+1
directly to the I•sburped Clerk tr:,ting
upon the springs, but iii i reetly- by
means of clevie arm pivoted lu the
closed part of the Ir•shapet hook,
When the tractor pulls the 11.1 v, the
resistance of the plow will carat, n
contpt'eesion of the springs. ft the pull
reaches a certain maximum limit that
crud of the deviu arm .'!p4 nal nr 1
releases plow.
A Candy Suhstitut-c.
Tho farm bboyni and girl.; ago t,.!u• 1,
among other thinge, to 'help the war
situation by aokieg for more dishes
made from corn. Lot me tell then
about one that will plensr them:
Gather all the care of •sw'eet ec4•11
that are around, dry theta, anal then
parch the kernels by holding aver ihtt
fire :in the corn -popper. It will take
a little Monger time than to pop the
ordinary pop -corn, and the kernels will
not pap open, but will s;vel1 up and
make a popping noise, Held over the
fire until all moisture his driven out
hut tot tong enough to burn. You
can tell after little experiencesirense
just
when to stop the process, If not
cooked enough the product will stick
i,o the teeth; but When done just right
the result i$ a very good war•bima
substitute for candy. Try it.
Yellow Mixing Bowls.
A few yellow mitring bowls give
just the touch of color that hs needled
to make the kitchen look ehearful.
A comfortable their and a shelf for
hooks and household magazines also
add to the cheer,
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