HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1921-9-29, Page 6The Wooten's insinner of Canada
By A. l3. CUTTING.
In the Provirus of Ontario there was their efforts to war want. Whenpeace
Minted a (Iusrter of a century Ago a 1 came there was a renewed interest in
fume wunoen's organization that hat regulrt ins'.itee work and a new de -
'spread from coast to coast of the Do- termivatton fur proximo along lines
minion And seems deithiedSoma to be. affecting the whole people. Statistics
camp world-wide, The movement in Ontario for 1920 elw'wed 28,970
started in ,Stoney Creek, a little village members, 0,30.8 meetings and 172,199 in '
made famous by wee ani worn°n. It attendance. These figures secured from
is over a hundredeach, as ever Can- Mr. Geo. A. Putnam, provincial ewper-
adieu child <knews, sine°war put intendant, alone show the marvelous
,Stoney (reek on the map of history. development ae the movement -since
It wax ori February 19, 1897, that wo• the first institute was formed 24 years
racn •star lied there en erganizatien that ego,
ltf'erweads spread over the prevfnee Although membership did not in -
and eventually over the Dentinio% crease during the war, there was no
They formed the first Womer's heti., decrease iii enthusiasm on the part of
tute in Canada, 'with 40 members. To- the old members. The regular inati-
day; in Ontario alone Mere aro over tete work was cantinue(1 to a certain
9,26 local Women's done,
with extent, but greater attention was
mostly 30,(100 'me'ebera, and all the given to patriotic work and giving.' In
other Provinces have similar institutes association with the Red Cross Society
in large but fewee numbers. There are cf Canada, the Women's Institutes
,deo district institutes, provincial fed- did their duty nobly. Boxes and bales
ovations cf Institutes and a Denlialon and parcels by the thousands were sent
federation ombraeing all the provinces. overseas for the comfort of soldiers
The somas of the mavement start- and the relief of the destitute. Most
td at Stoney Crack tris almost phen- of the donations went to the front acrd
d.mena1. Being the fiat of its kind in1other destinations through official
Harada, the dil'titelties that h:,'1 to bei channels, but many also were sent di-
e- e:Te :::.sr is imagined. Public rectly to soldiers themselves, whether
•etereg. 2 it to he aroused and, like known er unknown personally by the
the pi r J,'..:ae-e' Institute of a senders.
i e movement bed Active in the War.
r' ,. at' r uefc.e the skeptical The writer, who '"soldiered" for a
raul•1 del that there was time in both France and. England, well
i'n.y the :•n !t. " The f the institute
remembers an instance associated with
rad =1+ ; F t o;e;t of the institute an institute parcel that made him both
't a o:nnte that knawledge of thoughtful and angry. In an array hut
l:':".`":'. •: e vetch sl Il lead to
, in England, one of the soldiers i•eceiv-
i- in household architee- ed by mail a half-dozen home -knitted
err c, sr• l r .re' 011 attention to home e r , a o 1 steer socks from one of the Women's Inti -
a. to r ,: tutes of Ontario. Wrapped with the
t'^r"'e and by;;ienie onic value cftandfng socks was a slip of paper bearing the
r
. a ,a''i.: n;i 10 a rzr.re ,rientific name and address of the institute and,
r hd rr:, wi.h s view to tai;- the names of the women and girls what
u! , (h , r I s..and:,r;1 of the health had done the knitting. After the chap
`'1 ' `' read the names, he vias on the point;
• prrn;l Over Ontario. of throwing the paper in the stove
The hr::0fit that the Store Creek when I asked him to let me see it. On,
c..,.n:rsuity derived from its \Geanen's fleeing the names and the inference,'
Inst:tu'e seen was known to farm wa- which to me meant a desire for and
]ren all over the province. The in -l' acknowledgement, Tasked the chap if
:. ,.v n . n1fa il that The farrier had he did not intend to send a word of t
:�rfr sol family who needc,l assns- thanks, and he said: "No. 1 do not'].
1 :i•e :rn•1 improvement es well as did know the people, and I do not know,
tie far tier himself, ar even his live how they got my name." I suggested
stock. rained institute: to be organ- that that made the obligation of ad
oil in other places, anti: gradually acknowledgement all the more neees-
air (lntnrio was dottei with home.
za- sary, and he immediately did write a•
tuna thhat centred in the bonze. At note of thanks. It was not ingrati
ere of the early meeting, a prominent tude that made him first ignore the,
duty; it was just carelessness, But it'
made me think that probably hun-'
dreds, yes, thousands, of similar in -j
stances had and would occur of "Susie
and fields, ar is it to be found within! sewing shirts (or knitting socks) for
the four walls el he own home? Ifleoldiers" without receiving thanks or
we are going to revolutionize the. recognition of any kind. There was
farming industry in this country; if 1 no doubt, however, that the soldiers;
we are going to start slang lines of fully appreciated the gifts, even;
development that will be testing and though few of them may have shown'
he°,eful, and that have the possibilities! it. In the case mentioned, the adores -1
of raisin the farmer to the status tit' kept two pairs of the socks and
which is his doe, we shall do it not] gave a pair each to four hut mates.i
by giving frim Better barns and bettex' I made certain that I was one of the;
stock, not simply by teaching him how , four.
to pl'ew a straight furrow, but we shall! Besides the actual work done for;
do it only surely and securely by work-! war purposes, the institutes made
ing this revolution from the inside; ? large contributions in money and:
by getting right et the very heart cif, goods (over $28 per member during;
the farm; by getting right within the' the lest year of the war alone), in-
formers •hems!' eluding even ambulances. As it seems
And that is the reason not only foe ages, instead of less than three years,"
the estut also
of Women's Irate-? since the war, suffice it to say that the;
totes, but also for their rapid increase i Women's Institutes played their part'
In numbers and for their success. A ` to the full with women and other wo
Women's Institute starts at the right `: men's organizations everywhere. 1
point; it works from the heart of es have taken part in:
the % The institut
home out. And when you improve the, ail home and community problems and 1
homes of the farms of a country, all j many naticnai ones. They leave estab-
other questions in cwnnection with; lished community halls, rest rooms and
farm work are more easily and ration- libraries in hundreds of centres. They
qtly settled. demonstrated the need and praeticvibil-
Five years after the first institute I*. degree
medical school inspection to a
was formed the Ontario Government' degree which led the provincial gov-
frthe Ferrrates'
the movement as distinct, to introduce an effective mile ners' Institutes and gave vernal system of medical inspection
it separate pecuniary consideration for the rural communities of Ontario.
and assistance. iiy 1905 the member- The result has been the creation of a
Ship totalled 7,013, and at 1,428 meet-
ings held throughout the province in
the preceding year, there was a total
attendance of 54,329. Annually dele-
gates free the various branhea met
in convention in Toronto or other an-
tral plates to exebange ideas and to
plan future activities.
Learned Nubility of Work.
Through the Women's Tnstulutes, the
farm women of Ontario have learned
the nobility of worst; they have made
their work a'profession. The old cry
of drudgery now seldom is heard. The
simple things of life have become just
as important as the great. While any
years ago the whiteness of a woman's
bare kitchen floor was the gauge by
which her 'housekeeping was judged,
to -day the farm woman is artist
enough to appreciate the renovating
powers of pot paint. Instead mf keep -
leg the blinds down for fear of fading
teapots and furniture, sunshine is al-
lowed to stream in for the sake of
health. Instead of thinking only el
themselves and their hard lot, wo-
men's minds are reaching out for prac-
tical help and, to nobler and higher
things. And above all, women eecog-
nizo more than ever ,the value of spy
predation wind consideration and erne
,pithy in the home„and in the tome
vanity.
When another five years bad passed,
the membership (1910) was 10,1.04;
the numh00 of meetings, 6,483, and
the fatal attendance et meetings, 140,-
888. The next five-year period showed
in 1916 a membership of 29,046; meet-
ings, 9,264; attendance, 281,087. Then
the war exerted its 'baleful influence
en this movement as it did on all other•
geed things, beenzbership and regular
meetings decreased i» mrnrbere, for•
the women ei the ritotitntes,, t,eoa1-.
'ion with`all” loyal G''fi adisnt,,tievo'ted
tides also have 'been greatly assisted
by the ineeltutes enmaking their wont
effective in rural dletriet§, These bi-
tlnde rho W.C.T.U., the travelers' aid
sections of the Y.W.C.A.., the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind, the
(.nnadian agriculturist summed up the
need in tnis way:
"Mere is the centre of the farmer's
work? Is it to be found in the stables
and effective methods of proper feed-
ing and case of children, the aged and
sick, and in preventive treatment for
disease. The institutes have demon-
strated to the satisfaction of all per-
sons concerned that health problems,
sck4ol equipment and methods, the so-
cial life of the community, the support
of.eharitable institutions and all other
eoinmunity activities require the co-
operation of the women in the 'way of
advice and practical aaseistance. The
institutes have created in their mem-
bers a consciousness of local wind na-
tional responsibility.
Home and National Problems.
The institutes have .aided in making
effective the work of various depart-
ments of the government and the' work
of various institutions. In
with the department of agriculture,
they have been an important factor
in the success of school fairs and of
egg circles, and in the improvement
at the raw material delivered at cheese
factories, creameries and other mark-
ets. They have eo•operated with the
department cf public health in distri-
buting the instructive literature of the
department, and in making a study of
the' care of the child, of the treatment.
for contagious diseases, ate.; this in-
cludes the establishment of child wel-
Tare,eiiniry. They have co-operated
with the dcn,arte'ent of eduration in
medical school inspection, as already
mentioned, in securing school nurses,
in establishing libraries, in taking
change of libraries which have .been al-
lowed to fall into disuse, in furnishing
circulating libraries to remote sections,
etc. They Have co-operated • also with
the fire marshal's department and with
the department ad neglected and de-
ne•ittdent children.
'May' lelei filial theel ei efliale-
prominence equal with the odueational
and eeelal'tenures,
In February, 1919, the varim': we-
men's institutes of the province were
centralized under a new nerve and In
a new way—tee Federated Women's
Navy League, the Victorian Order of Institutes of Ontario, like the local
Nurses and others, The institutes institutes, this organization is strictly
have, front year to year, become more non-partisan and non•seetarian it
and more an organizationfor the every Ohne of its work, Its purpbdda
whole people. The next step In On- are "to co-ordin to the efforts .and
tar•io prababl'y will be the appointment further the plans of all local institutes
of permanent officials of the govern- for home improvement and community
mentto take charge respectively of betterment, to voice the sentimente of
the following features of the work: the ]peal 'branches on all matters of
kicalth matters, food problems, house provincial importance within the scope
problems, girls' work, business meth- of institute work, and to co-operate
ode and programs, and community with the Ontario Department of Agri -
undertakings. culture and other departments of the
I)iseuss Various Subjects.. government, in work on educational
But with all these big problems Ill of national life," Standing commit-
operation and in prospect, the 'home tees have been appointed similar to
hurl se,ial activities of the institutes
are the factors that count most. De-
those of the Dominion Featly.ion
mo strati ours conducts the which wall be mentioned presently.
n on let s d by The Women's Institutor in Oratorio
government, in food' values, cooking, have been discussed at this length ebrio
sewing, nursing, other household arts, cavae .that province was .the th elrl
dairying, poultry, gardening, and se
forth, have done much to make Homo in the work and has the largest merite!
work brighter and better. Meetings Briniel 1
1
Coluubzti to Nova Scotia, ha e'
at intervals for this and other put- similar organizations,' although in
poses have had also a social value Saskatchewan and Quebec they .are
that cannot be estimated. This soci-
ability is leaked upon in many local- known es klomenlalter I Clubs. The
ities, especially where the country is work, achievements and financing are'
sparsely settled, as the strongest fen- similar to Ontario, And all provinces,
ture of the work. In some districts, with the exception of Prince Edevard
or
Island, which has since affiliated,
the institutes offerpracticallythe only joined in February, 1919, in a Domin-1
opportunity for social intercourse. ion -wide organization, known as the
Among the innovations adopted for Federated Women's Institutes of
variety of topic and purpose are Canada.
thimble days, travel days, nature
days, recipe days and "just talk" The Domineer Federation comprises
study repressnta,itives from the various pro -
days. It is impossible to enumerate vinestwo delegates from each pro -
the many ways in which the institutes since having votes. Each provincial,
are serving the individual, the con- superintendent is an ex -officio member
munity and the nation. without voting power. Standing come
The provincial government aids the mittees have been appointed on the
branch and district institutes finan-2 following: Public health and child wee,
cially with grants. It maintains a fare, education and better schools,
provincial headquarters, with a sup-! agriculture, immigration, legislation,
erintendent and staff, to administer. publicity, and hone economies.
the work and the grant. It supplies' In 1916, the women's institutes
organization experts, lecturers to at- movement spread to Great Britain.
tend meetings and specialists tq give. There are institutes in England, Scot -
instruction in short courses. It pub -hand and Wales. On the royal estate
fishes an annual report of the proven-: at Sandringham, there is an institute
cial convention and of various local I with Queen Mary as president. A
activities and on general statistics.) speaker from England told a Canadian
Besides the government grant, the in -1 audience last year that "although only
stitutes are financed by membership; five years old, there is no greater force
fees, by grants from town, villagee in rural England than the Women's
township and county councils, and by; Institutes." An i. novation over there
receipts from entertainments, exeur-I is the establishment of Women's In-
sions, and so on. stitutes schools. The British institutes
Besides the branch Women's Insti-i, are now being organized as a British
tutes, there are in some localities sub -I Federation.
branches known as Girls' Institutes; f Plans are also under way for an
in some other places, there are girls' International Federation to include.
clubs of the Women's Institutes, These Canada, Great Britain and any other
have been organized where girls feel i national association of women's organ -
that the larger organization is more' cations with similar objects that care
for married women and will not attend I to join. Similar organizations to the
the meetings. In these ebbe, fun and Women's Institutes exist in almost
frolic, physical culture, singing and every civilized country on the face of
amusements of various kinds are given the globe.
and social liueo for the improvement
Making Water Run Up -Hill
By A. ASIIMUN KELLY.
The difference between the water at runs constantly. It never can be stale, 1
our spring -house and ua lay in the and it is pure, soft and sweet,
fact that the water couldn't run up the What about the cost? Well, about
bill to the house, and we wouldn't; at
least same of us would not. That is
to say, we objected to carrying the
water up.
We studied the matter out, looked
over the various Schemes designed to
bring the water to the house through
pipes—the wind -mill, gasoline engine,
force and lift pump at the house, and
finally the ram. It took us some six
months to decide which scheme to
adopt. In the meantime we had several
plumbing farms come and look the
thing over. One advised this, another
that, but nearly all agreed that the
ram was the best motor power. Then
we measured the water, to see if there
was enough to enable us to use a ram
without any difficulty.
We dammed the stream outside the
spring and let the water flow through
a piece of tin pipe. It flowed tweIOe
quarts a minute, two quarts more than
required. Nearby were other goad
springs, welling up in the meadow;
and in ease of need these could easily
be added to the water -supply for run-
ning the little ram. But our& is surely
e big, never -failing spring in the
spring -house.
To install the ram required a great
lot of trench digging, so that the
'ground near the house and in the mea-
dow looked as if we were getting
ready to repel an army. The ram ,pit
was five feet deep end the same in
circumference and, when walled up,
looked like •a well. Right at the spning-
house we placed an empty linseed -oil
barrel (this being called the forebay),
to act as reservoir for adding force
to the waterfall through the supply
pipe. In the kitchen we put a large
enameled sink and over it a tap, and
in the corner a thirty -gallon tank.
Then we ran a tank to the barnyard,
plating it so that the water, when
turned on, fell into a eerier tub,
It is all very simple and "works per-
fectly, The water is forced rap to the
kitchen boiler, and from there it can
be drawn through the tap over the
sink. The overflow goes by the natural
force of gravity to the barn.
The little ram keeps up its ceaseless
thumping day and night, needing ne
attention whatever, no oiling, no gas,
no starting or stopping. It asks no-
thing but to be let alone at its work.
A strainer at the spring -house and
of the Supply pipe keeps out anything
that might get under the valve. A
cover over the ram pit is made strong
enough for a etas to sweet over. At
arty time we can draw 'a glass oL ice -
told water ftom the tap, for the Wetter
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CONDUCTED 13Y PROF. HENRY 0, BELL.
The object of this d'ditartnidnt Is to place et the sole
vice el our farm :mediae the advice et an acknowledged
eutherity on all eubjeota pertelnlne to 60118 olid crops.
AddTress queatlona to t'rofebbbe Hknry D. sell, in
ogre of ho Wllaenall PabIiahlnf( pompany, l-ltnited, Toren,'
to, and answers will appear ht this cbtuttrn In, the order
In which they are received, When 0 tleg ltlpoly men*
iron this paper, AS apace le Melted Itis advisable where
immediate reply le ndolystery that. 4 stamtied' and ad.
Wooed envelope bo en010804 with the' question, when
the answer will be mailed direct
Copyright by Wilson Publishing Co., Linda
S. L.: 1 hove plkrlt'ed apple trees maye'be due to bacterial development
dvhicit Were sup'p`osed tb be Woalthiea, in the milk which increases as the
zone years ago. We have kept the sod milk stands. If: the bitterneta Orrice
away front them for seven years, 'They 'front weeds it will become less evident
areabout twelve feet high and tredve- as the milk stands. If it becomes
feet wide. They leek healthy and re- stronger it is a clear indication that
seise the barnyard miinure Water. NO it is bacterial infection, The cure 'fpr
insect seems to affect them. I do not bacterial infection ie to thoroughly
think that the eight trees cleared three pdttodrize the milk, sterilize all uten-
bushels of apples so far. Some, people tele used in handling the milk, suchtell us that they need mineral and rust, as'the milk pails, tins and forth.,
Mid there is not enough In the land. One thing is certain, the geed vitas,
They say see should drive rusty mile ar orgastisme which perpetuate this
in them, and hang rusty irate on Mein. bitterness must be killed out 'before'
Answer: Your apple trees are you will be rid of the trouble.
greatly in need of phosphoric aced The regular method+ of pasteurize-
(the kind of plantfood thitt causes the tion consists in heating up the milk to
formation of fruit and the ripening a temperature of 140 to 145 degrees
of it) and potash (the plantfood that k'., holding the milk at this temper-
causes the formation of starch in the ature from twenty to thirty 'minutes.
apple). I would advise you to first of The utensils which are used in the
all cease applying manure or manure handling of mills tan be sterilized by
water. Next prune the trees thole scalding them with boiling water. By
oughly, then next spring as soon. as careful sterilization of the pails and
the ground is dry enough to work, ap- tins, and pasteurization of the milk
ply 12 to 16 lbs. per tree of a mixture you should be able to get rid of this
carrying from 10 to 12 per cent. phos» trouble quickly,
photic acid and 4 to 5 per cent. potash. J. B.: Please tell me What to do for
Scatter this around the trees out about young fruit trees on which the bark
as far es the ,branches reach and work is injured and which safe to be dry
it into the ground by harrowing or ing up. The rabbits have injured,
raking. This should supply the nee- 'them.
essary elements to lead to fruiting of Answer: If the bark has been so
your trees, injured that the trees are not marking;
G. E. C.1 Will you please tell ane growth the best thing you can do is
why our cow's milk is bitter and the to replace them. If, however, they
butter will not separate from the but- show promise of recovery, paint over
termilk? the wound wade by the rabbits and,
Ai2swer: The bitter milk may be due apply manure about the trees, or about
either to the cows eating such weeds 5 lbs. per tree of a fertilizer rich in
as rag-weede, or other weeds which nitrogen. Work it into the soil 'by;
impart a bitterness to the milk, or it eultivation,
to
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1. C. C.: 1 raised about 150 ducks
this year but they are dying off
until now 1 have only eighty
left. They seem to go lama
and have a matter -like froth fn
their eyes. They continue in that con-
dition about three or four days and
then die. Can you give me the cause
and tell me whattis the best feed for
ducks?
When ducks have sore eyes it is
sometimes due to a weakness caused'
by a lack of grit or the improper as-
similation of food. Damp or dusty
litter may cause the trouble. Weak
egs may result from an unbalanced
ration ora general lack of vigor in the
breeding stock.
$260. But we did much of the dig -
ding and all of the filling; we dug and'
walled up the ram pit, made the cover,
l
etc. There were about 300 feet of
piping, including a waste water pipe'
that goes a good distance out to the
meadow.
Is the water supply sufficient? Last
night wife let the water run into the
sink, and it ran for about eight hours.
When I came down in the morning,
the tank bad about one foot of water
in it. That proves that the supply is
not easily exhausted.
"But the water is coldhow do you
do on wash day?" In the kitchen, we
have a very large range, and the hot-
water tank on its one end will take
nearly a barrel of water. Owing to a
very large fire -pot, which takes a
twenty -inch stick, the Water in the
tank heats 'quickly, and is always
wain from the previous evening's fire,
es we burn wood. On wash day the
water is sufficient and hot enough for
the rinse water, while the wash -boiler
on the stove es heating, too. Thus we
have plenty of 'water --soft almost as
rain -water, and pure as crystal. For
cold water, to fie tank, etc., it is only
necessary'to set a bucket under the
tarp, and while you are at work it
fills as if in a jiffy.
Try a ration consisting of mostly
wheat bran with a little low-grade
flour to stick it together. Then add
only fifteen per cent. corn meal, ten
per cent. beef scrap, five per cent. sand
and a lot of cut clover er green rye.
The use of too concentrated feed some-
times causes weakness in ducks.
Plenty of free range is a great help
in keeping ducks healthy.
Goslings need only fresh, tender
grass for the first two days. Then a
good+ mash can be made of two parts
wheat middlings and one part corn-
meal. This is moistened but not made
into a sloppy mash. Tieed lour hales
each day just about the amount they
can clean up in a few minutes and
still remain hungry. When a week
old the •goslings can be given •scalded
cracked corn. They should have a
grassy range as they are grass eaters
and that must form the +bulk of lilieir
ration. Some breeders of geese 'gi've
the goslings bread and milk for the
first few days. The bread is soaked in
milk and then squeezed out nearly dry
before feeding time.
A bug 5n a rug has nothiafg on a
smut pore in untreated+ wheat seed.
Oh, this water system is a priceless
boon to the housewife, not to mehtion
some lesser persons who formerly had
M carry all the water up -hill. We did
not want a tank in the attic, so our
resourceful plumber suggested the.
thirty -gallon boiler right in the kit -
ellen. That gave him the eonia'act, too,
for the other plumbers had more com-
plicated plans, which would have cost
more and • would not have given better
service I mention these things fox
the benefit of others who have about
the same kind of water problem that
we had and for whom a similar plan
will be good.
By all means, water in every farm-
house. Borrow the money if you have
to, and pay interest year after year,
rather thanearry the water. Tl.e man
/nom whom we bought •spent bots of
money on farm tools—we bought all
bis atilt with the farm, and were sur-
prised at the ameunt of machinery he
had, some he could have done without,
while his wife was allowed to go to
the spring end lug hack to the house
every quart of water she needed,
All the hothouse grates in the world
can't compare with •a purple cluster
',pieked in ere= own alter.
We never eat a dish of store iice-
cream without thinking what a poor
imitation it is of the kind made of
real cream, on the farm.
There is danger of being gassed in
a silo. To avoid accumulation of gas
in the 'silo, the doors should be left
open as long as possible. Men should
not stay in, the silo when the blower is
not running, and should not sit or He
upon the fresh silage. If work has
been interrupted for any length of
time, workers should not again enter
the ]silo untie the 'blower has been run-
ning for at least a few minutes. This
entirely removes the dangerous gases,
To prevent rust: An ounce of cam-
phor dissolved in ti pound of lard' is
e good preparation to Dover the bright
parts of machines. The scum that
forms .in making this mixture should
be off. The mixture should be
applied to the wellrcleened parts and
allowed to remain about twentyhotire.
Any excess may be rubbed off. The
mixture forms a coating that will tithe
a good pollsh wlicn rubbed with a soft
dloth. Axle grease is also exeelient
for keeping ]plow bottene from reef.-
ing and may be need for the bright
parts, Paint is agood rust +preventive
but is hard to get off,
Make Believe.
I live in the land of Make -Believe
Where dwarfs' and giants dwell,
Where every night at stroke of twelve
There sounds the fairy bell.
I lie upon the hill each day
And close my eyes to tight
And softly call from out the woods
My fav'rite fairy sprite.
And she will take ane by the hand
To lands that no one knows—
To far off lands of Make -Believe
Next door to Let's Suppose.
And there with all the fairy folk
That all boys love' so well,
I play till mother calls me
And breaks the fairy spell. .
Power on the Farm.
The best auto tire trade will not
stand up under skidding. You can
skid around a corner by going too
fast, or you can throw your clutch in
with a. scant when trying to start.
When you attempt to get the car in
notion from a standstill, by slamming
in the dutch and "giving her the gas,"
the rear wheels will usually spin and
not get a ready purchase on the
ground. Let the clutch in •slowly and
smoothly when you start, and when
the car gets in notion, then let the
clutch all the way in. This saves your
tires from scratches and tears. A
spinning or skidding wheel niakes -the
ground act like sandpaper on the
tread of your tites.-B. 1Y,
To clean greasy ,bands: When a re-
pair job has been finished, instead of
tryingto'wesh the .hands immediately,
give them a liberal coat of h8•rd oil or
clean gear grease. Rub' the bads to-
gether as if soaring them, until all
parts are therouebly greasy. Then
take a clean rag or bunch of cottoh-
waste and wipe the grease from the
heeds. The hands will be surprisingly
clean, after which they can be washed
with soap and waein water, using u
brush. The usual method of getting
rid of grease or carotin is by washing
the hands in gasoline or kerosene. This
'ma'ltes the hands rough, however, espe-
cially in cold weather, while the ap
plication of gear grease will leave
them soft and velvety.—R. F.
We have been using a power and
lighting plant in our home for the
past seventeen menthe and have surely
derived much benefit front it We have
lights in all buildings at the snap of
a switch and have three sets of three-
way switches, which aro surely handy,
We Can snap on a light hi the house
which lights the yard between the
base and barn, go in the barn and
cut it off, On returning, we can op-
erate the switch at barn and out it off
at the house, have the sane arrange-
ment between the garage and house,
and in the stairway of the house.' We
use a vacuum eweeper and an iron,
but have not installed a motor, as we
have an engine doing good service.
The care of plant and battery takes
such Little time that it is not worth
reenttbeing: W. X.
lens are found, in every part of the
„world, exec€pt the Polar regions,
DOING THE NEXT
ThINGt
It is easier to organize 4 group of
yomig people into a society or band
than it la to direct their petivities
afterwards. Sometimes it is a good
pion to let the rnembeis of the now
organization Orme* their Work tot
themselves. Threwn sin their own re,
haves they 111141 take pride in plant*
a good start.. Furthermore, their self-
directed efforts may move en from a
humble .beginning into a wide sphere
of oddness.
Ili one town is young people's 00-
eiety made up their minds to attack
the task nearoet at hared. According-
ly, they concentrated'"their energies
first of all en improving the room in
which they were.tte'eustorrled to meet.
Time after time they bed fleet in the
room only to„ end their con!ereneee
singularly 'Medd off inipirdt14n. At
length it odourled to one thoughtful
member that the dismal environment
aright be somewhat to blame. The
windowpanes were cracked, the wall
paper was torn, the carpet was worn
through in places. A melancholy -
looking chart on the wall was the only
decoration, The youfig libelee decided
that the room mus be : changed. And
they changed it, although the project
meant raising the required suer dollar
for dollar. Aa soon as the members
had a fund to handle and: expend they
saw the necessity of forming a finan-
cial department. Having organized
that, they installed a special sy!sttem
for raising money and appointed- a•
committee to take care of all funds
raised.
.Since the young workers felt very
seriously the responsibility of putting
their money to the best use, they set
about informing themselves on the
subject. They looked into case§ of
need and calls for help; they investi-
gated the workings of organized char-
ities;
and they studied domestic and
foreign missions: A mission study
class was formed, and as a logical out-
growthof it,—since missions are
based on the Gospel,—a Bible study
class.
Before long the little band were
turning their newly acquired knowl-
edge into power. When the two classes
were appealed to for Sunday" school
teachers' they furnished them—young.
men and women who were eager and
ready to pass on to the children of
the congregation what they had learn-
ed themselves. So, front the shabby
mooting room that "must be done
over" there grew up by natural de-
grees a live force in the church. It is
"Do ye next thynge," that ancient
admonition, will make a good practi-
cal motto • for any group of young
workers who are hesitating about
where to make a start.
How I Churn a Little Cream.
The average grain farmer's wife
seldom handles the milk of more than
one or two cows. At 802210 time of the
year the cream supply will be neces-
sarily email, and the problem presents
itself of how to churn IL successfully
and easily and yet have good, whole-
some butter. If she keeps the cream
until she has a sufficient amount for
her five -gallon churn, it is usually bit-
ter and not fit to use, owing to its age.
I salved niy problem 111 the fallow-
ing manner: 1 poured the cream
(either one or two quarts) in a eon -
mon one -gallon stone jar, and churned
it with the dasher of my five -gallon
earthenware churn. The dasher and
lid of this churn were an exact fit foe
the one -gallon jar. This improvised
churn may be placed either on a chair
or table. If the rim of your jar is
not perfectly even and smooth, lay a
small fold of some clean white ma-
terial (cheesecloth is best, as it is
more absorbent) around the edge of
sante to prevent ally splashing or
leaking of cream.
I have succeeded in churning butter
many times in fifteen minutes, pro-
vided I have the cream at the correct
tenteerature. My experience has been
that (30 degrees in sunnier and 66 de-
grades in winter bring the quickest aitd
best results. There is never any
guesswork when you use a thermo-
meter. It not only eliminates by half
the drudgery and time of churning,
but also hisu0es one of uniformly
wholesome, firm, sweet butter.
Put a Fly Wheel bit the
Cir?irid3tone.
To sharpen tools any people .have
to turn thegrindstone without assis-
tance, using the foot on a treadle and
the hands on the article to be sharp-
ened. This gives a jerky movement
to the Stone that is destructive to
gold work in putting an edge neon ar
ax or chisel. One needs a fly -wheel,
and this can cheaply be found in a'
second stone made of cement, and
mounted ora frame beside the grind-
stone. Make a circle of stiff paste-
board upon a stnooth surface tied fill
in with cement, with a few old wires
to bind the whole together. Extend
the iron shaft of the grindstone to
enter the cement, with a square sec-
tion made 021 the shaft, but leaving
the shaft round on either 'aide for
,bearings.
Wo are firm •believers in healthy
sports, but hay pitchers aro more nee-
essary than baseball pitchers.
Says Sam: "In this ached. of ex-
perience, the only college yell is a
Stiff upper lip."
It pays dairymen te Wirier the ''n'iilk
heYore milldng. Coble even at chance
te drink all they Went heap the pt111