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Lire xn Agriculture.
tern° has two e5 ecial 'lanetipn$ apreading,,which pie preferably' done
p on a meeet day. Fatty heaps of about
fifty hounds each provides fin applee
cation, of approximately one ton per
mixed with the lime to ;facilitate
when applied to the sorl, It neutrel-
izee aeit itiy and improves the tilth or
mechanical condition, An acid tela ie
unfavorable for the growth of many
crops, The bacteria necessary for the
growing a sP
acre,
Slaked lime is very conveniently a p
of clove ra' a ecaally canner fertilizer drill, Tt can however, be Text The Lord is my strength and song, acid he is be -
thrive in an acid sail. Low-lying and spread from a wagon box, but the al)"
conte my salvation Exod 15 2
1 liable
1
!
sl be sour. Upland e a ai also AD ry bard pressure, Moses bad won the re psalm 106, $-12: Nevertheless ho be made a delighto ye With le
U - U slightly acid from the washing awe
y vary mm iy d • some
parts of laird
consent of the Egyptian Pht I aV d them f h' na ' k ,That propriats utast and flowers, net fel
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The Sunday School Lesson
JANUARY 27
Israel Saved at the Red Sea, Ezod.12: 37 to 'I8; 27. Golden
plied to the sort by a lime spreader o
WAYS TO BEAUTIFY
THE HOME GROUNP$
The garden ie, generally spealchig,
sure index to the home, If that Its
not always true, there ie no doubt but
salvation.---Exod, T that uncared-for grounds detractf'rom
... a ever a handsome,
ho
to
0 it
the me b
especially
,
u s aro c
ill -drained so a Pe Ydisagreeableo
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a
net s
wile m 1 be Pl
is tin s an t o co a
a o
Tees
dxotiX Cortxltrfi7t.o--.Whoa, after V. 30, Tho Lord sawed Israel.` So, in Even the unproten i us nage may
tiafaoto Ground limeeiane is n to th e 'th a -
two smelts are.very much alike), of the original store of carbonate of co . on use ins u ggyy 1- s e or is ane s sae „
ohas as sou ht to keep me i withdrawal by
manyears the Maritime Provinces, For prompt raoh to the outgoing of the Isreelites,lhe mighb make his mighty power to getting a eiourisiring vegetable patch'
us h ay g lime or is w a y d
action 7lmestohe should be group so he led them (or satires God led be known, esti, Wes spend so much
fine that seventy-five per cent, of it them," 13; 17, 18) not by the direct! V, 31, Israel emu that Teat work; in the hack yard' e o ape at. e3 ere
1 i of our tamer tli pe g
w Mass rc don should be part of our home."
hundred meshes to the linear inch, ,Therefore, to enjoy fully the "outdoor
Coareer,ground limestone requires a road, "the
rho Red Sea.' This road seems to ithe strong hand of their Gad was a room," it should be made as attivia
ay from the adore which result of cropping,
fro
the putrefaction of organie The influence of lime and its cote
sties. With the dawn of the indus-' pounds upon the tilth or texture of
al era,• the problem of "manufac- the soil is meet marked hn the case of
red' smells connected with industry clays, Applications of lime to eueh
o. claimed attention. The necessity soils render them more friable and
making laws to deal with this sit- mellow, more especially when dry.
tion gave urgency to the question; Lime also has a beneficial influence
at is the effect of odors on health? on the texture of light soils as it has
Mr, X may complain to the Health a tendency to cement the soil particles
Of
cer that a disagreeable smell rendering the mass more compact and
onset from the garden of his neigh- less liable to dry out.
trr, Mr. Y, and that his family have! Lime has another function, which is
qre throats. in consequence, but the to hasten the decomopsition of potash 80 of the Experimental Farms at Ot strong wind during the night, and
th u h anxious to sup-' compounds in the oil. Too frequent taws, Lime in Agriculture," covers that the Israelites were able to cross
ealth Officer, o g p P e q
Pr
• the nuisance, has no direct evi-I or too abundant applications are to the whole subject of the purpose of probably at low tido but the Eger
de
as to the polsonousness of the be avoided as its too generous use lime and methods of application. It than army following them was over -
ell. Though there . are of course. will soon deplete the soil of its for- is available at the Publications 'Branch eturrmed ied to itsthe
waesen "the sea
of the Department of Agriculture,strength."
ieonous gases, like hydrogen sul- Bitty unless kept up by heavy manus- From the crossing of the Red Sea
ide, that have a pronounced smell,', ing, Ottawa. the book of Exodus carried the story
e cannot say that It is their smell In agricultural practice lime is ape! 1i of the wilderness journey as far us through the country oe, the warlike the seed should be sown as early in
ich is harmful nor indeed can. wel plied Particularly in three forma, as Every one knows that a cold -chisel Sinai, and the encampment there,Philistines. The ventral road led Spring as possible to give the grasses
as
• any known disease to odor.1 quicklime, slaked lime and ground and a 'hammer are the tools for cu then tells of the first giving of the straight into a long stretch of desert, a fair chance of becoming deeply
leadhem' a For eve distribution ting vitrified tile;,but not every one (law and the'building of the tent. with no water or food for the people rooted before the hot summer days ar-
People whose occupationsre t limestone. n and their flocks. The south road went
work among disagreeable smells quicklime Is placed in small heaps, knows how it simplifies the work to sanctuary, The earlier chapters of for some distance bythe Red Sea, rive. A new lawn should be regularly
von. become insensitive to them and. about a bushel in each,at regular fill the pipe with. sand. l our lesson tell also of the first pass-' watered the first summer.
fieldg y , - niCa and
I over on the night of the departure, thence amid mountains, with good .
thole,intervals on the It grazing. This region was also fa-
miliar
cxaaMlrna FOUNDATION PLANTINGS.
n- mihar to Moses, le in the home of his 11 Shrubs, vines and hardy herbaceous
1 ex-!
In repro -
tide age of hurry and bustle it aw
ie cr.neerlcd that a truck is an men- free
tial to the average farmer. Whenever eve
and wherever farmers meet the con- 'tri
versation turns sooner or later to to
trunks. Their relative size and value els
forms the topic of many discussions, of
I live on a farm of 205 acres, 170 of ua
which is cleared. During the.wave of wh
proaperlty following the war, . I pure,
chased two light trucks, one of three- O R
quarters and the other of one -ton ea- o
pacify, Tho lighter one was, prat- bor demolished in an accident re-
Gently and I found it necessary to re-T�
place -it Since I was perfectly satis- P
fled with the make of the old one, my d
only consideration was the proper s
size of the new. I hesitated for quit°. Po
a while before making my final de- ph
cision in the matter. 1 w
I had kept a record of the cost of: wh
operation of both trucks, which I cone! a
suited very carefully. I discussed thea)
matter' with neighbors who had, one
of either size, or both, and learned s
their` experiences. I' talked to a num- it
ber of truck salesmen and to one dis of.
Inlet manager and found that in the
majority of cases of farmers similar-
ly situated theilr experiences coin- of
sided with mine.
My principal market is located td
fourteen miles from my. farm, while of
ane that I use at certain seasons is t.
thirty-six miles distant. My farm is ox
on a good dirt road, one mile from
the highway connecting these towns.' an
'This gives me an excellent road with da
a low cost of truck operation.
According to my records, it cost me P°
1.7 cents per mile for gas and oil for
the three-quarter ton, and two cents s
for the ton truck. I have the original to
tires on both trucks, and apparently „e
,n
have worn about the same. In They will still be regarded as a nnis-
the item of repairs the lighter one ante and disposed
people will not be any the
suffers.. It has cost me $49.80, against more disposed to endure disagreeable
$81.50 for the heavier truck. smells. The most satisfactory way of
In regard to the saving of time, doing away with a disagreeable smell
is to remove the source of offence. If
there' is very little
difference. On the smell from Mr. Y's garden is due
personally conducted tests the short to an overflowing cesspool, the simp-
haul was made with an average sav- lest remedy is to do away with the
Ing of about ten minutes, and the long cesspool and replace it by an adequate
haul netted half an hour in favor of sewerage system, This may be an
the lighter truck. When the drivers expensive. business, however, and we
are together, which. is frequently the must consider whether . there is no
ease, there is no difference, as they simpler method of solving the probe
return together. I have found this tem Various processes for getting rid
to be real economy, especially on long of unpleasant smells, such as sedi-
mentation, for one of the trucks may de- mentations filtration of organic
velem trouble.The presence of the wastes, and oxidation, combustion or
second driver has, on several occa- aeration of the gases have been de -
slots, more than compensated me for vised by science and are in daily use.
any time one unload. The by waiting for The existence of these processes
the other to unload.
Sino I did not own trucks prior to
the war and, consequently, have never
worn out one by fair wear and tear, I
am dependent upon the' district man-
ager of a popular make of trucks far
my' information on comparative- lon-
gevity. According to the records the
average life of the three -quarter -ton
truck is 7.9 years, while the average
ton truck is in service for 8.8 years.
In consolidating my records I find health,
the lighter one cheaper to operate in
regard to gas and oil to the extent of
3 cent pe",mile. In trip time the
difference is negligible, as is the case
with tires. Repairs show a balance
of $18.30 In favor of the heavier one, Of the. 2,362,57'4 long hundred -
while statistics show its life to be six weigher of cheese imported by Great
months longer, In addition to this, Britain in the ten months ending Ce-
lts
o-
its ability to carry twenty-five per moor 31, 1923, Canada supplied 760, -
cent. more per load allows it to do 694 hundredweights; New Zealand 1, -
as
;
as much in four trips as the smaller
one does in five. This factor has been
of inestimable value to me in both
time and money during the busy sea-
sons. My experiences and investiga-
tion has proven conclusively to me
that the ton truck is the ideal size to
fill the requirements of the average
farmer,
ill through a sieve with one road, "by the way of the land of the literally, 1'the great hand,' So et prove
h Phllistluee but, b a less frequented ed in the years that followed, The
war o the wilderness of nremory of this great deliverance by
longer time to dissolve in the ac!7• av rossed shallow arm of 110 continual support to their faith The tive as circumstances permit,
A p cations of from two to ten tons se s as a le tto ti e t e.era°. i God who had vel them would save lawnis ofgreat importance;
ppli a p a b a w d, h t o h d sa The
per acre are recommended according eatioa of which cannot now be deter- again. He who led his people "like if wall kept it adds much to the to the character and acidity of the mined. It is possible that in those a flock by the hand of Moses and gen-
eral planting scheme and is a pleasing
soil, While quicklime or slaked lime days the gulf extended farther north Aaron". would continue to lead them, may
than it doee now and •that great Jehovah had proved himself stronger rt to
are best applied in 'the autumn, foil t° the colors we, im a
u d limestone may beput on at changes have taken place since. At than the gods of Egypt, and no pow- the flower borders and shrubs, The
gran an tabs the story makes it clear that ext of the heathen nations could inti-, eurfac 1
be e should b made as even as
any season of the year. Bulletin No. the waters were driven back by a mutelyprevail against him. possible, leveling any rough parts, and
For the Lord is a great God,
And a great king above. all gods,
APPLIOATION, a very small proportion of whitecloveFrom earliest days three great
roads have led out of gyptFtowards er is all that is necessary, Its prey-
the East. The north route was short- eine tends to make a thicker and
est, easiest and best watered, but softer sod. When making a new lawn
when remaldng or renewing use only:
the very best seed, It may be had
either with or without white clover;
is now well establiahed that the
sewers and sewage works is a
healthy occupation.
Less directly, however, smells have weight of lime. The heap is then coy- inches of ewing, then .run a small wire, both of narratives and laws, descrip- Pected to go the short Philistta road. sented if the rounds are of a size to
real sanitary significance. A smell ered with an inch or two of moist soil from the bell to the house, and when' tions of the tent temple of the wilder- But they were not prepared either tog
"drains" suggests the possibility and allowed to remain for two or' your wife wants you from the barn, skiff drawn fromevter l sources and face Philistine warriors, or to settle admit of their free use. A founds-,
a polluted water supply; a smell three weeks, _ when the lime will be, she can yank on the wire instead of in the new home Hance the discipline tion planting of low -growing shrubs
coal gas suggests the presence of thoroughly slaked and fall into a fine yelling till all the neighbors think to go back. .Tho Hebrew word used)
Whileplants
isA.hurt. may a quite true that to the house with taller specimens to-
ide. In such -cases, smell is a clue here means simply to "go"or to "go journey hopefully a better than to wards either end,where they will not
along." We may understand the story arrive, the fact remains that both obscure the light from windows, nor
to some event»of sanitary importance to mean that a northeast wind, dniv journey and arrival are vitally con -1 yet the view of the porch.
Ing the waters southward, accompae. ditioned by the choice of a right turn 1 t the vain the roup
nger so as to cause un Buse, Human nature and u quite small, flowering shrubs should
int of view smells are of great fm- usually low water at the fords or, P
more probably, bare sands upon which Planning tend all too oaten towards be planted freely in masses or in a
For Horne and Country
d should lead to the removal of the g grounds are not
n er which it indicates. From this i an ebb -tide, -) h the fork in the road gives us
r hare=
stanfe to health.the Israelites were able to ss. The lines of least resistance. We shrink large border which may continue
The fact that smells cannot in them- deeper water on either side made an especially from the long, hard road.! around ell sides, The border must
elves be regarded as a direct menace effectual wall of defence against any But it is not progress to cut corners' not, however, be in a straight line in
health does not mean that no steps Reports from the Girls Institutes Heti ta, p , flank attack by the enemy, while' a so fast that we miss the guide post front or the beauty and natural ef-
hould be taken to suppress them. f ' 1 d'table an "at home" at which Dr. Ross of rear guard of Israel's fighting men And on life's en gran way theca is facts will be entirely lost.
Macdonald Institute and a class of prevented too close a pursuit. For no turning back. In such a vital mat -
Flowering Flowerin shrubs should be used
her students gave a demonstration of the figure used he v. 22, compare ter it is inspiraton to remember that g
games and folk dancing. With the Nahum 9: 8, where the seas is said God has a plan, and that one of the freely; by selecting various species
other Institute girls of the county to have been a rampart and a wall ways from which we have to choose we can have flowers in the shrubbery
theytookpart in a judging comped- to the city of Thebes, and Exod. 15: is ifs way, and hence right and wise from spring until fall. There are a
g g 8 where, in the picturesque language and best for us. The pillar by day host to choose from --golden bells
tion, the first prize being a trip to
the Boys' and Girls' Club Congress hn
Chicago. (con
a ordeal -Ica has had courses in Foods ifugel�
Values and Cooking, and Sewing and V. 24. In the morning watch. That void of offence towards God and man.
Horne Nursing.'They have had sev-1 was from two o'clock' to six In the `They that wait upon the Lord . ,
eral debates at their meetings, and. morning. The Lord looked unto. In shall walk,' (no matter how long,
ha ams with Ps. '77 the poet pictures a storm as dua , weary, or difficult the journey
P°
Work, Study and Play in the Girls' Institutes. `
BY ETHEL M. CHAPMAN.
' Institutes, Guelph, and in ,October had
for the year show a airy crditable
line of work accomplished. Because
the New Year is a good time to re-
view the past twelve months and
make resolutions to fill the coming
year with even better things, we are
giving here a summary of what has
been going on in the Junior Insti-
tutes.
nstitutes.
Lansdowne made two layettes, one
for a baby at home, the other for
Northern Ontario relief; gave twenty
dollars toward improving two local
cemeteries; assisted the Senior Insti-
tute in entertaining the district an-
nual convention delegates; brought a
traveling library to the town; took up
a. reading course. at .their regular
meetings; had a course in Food Val-
ues and Cooking; arranged a picnic
excursion, a sleigh ride and several
s
th
n
c
11
to
ju
fi
sou
ceeds from it may be a menace to
social gatherings during the year;
hould be known to everyone, .so that maintained a cot in a children's hos-
he pressure of public opinion may be pital; gave prizes at the Fall Fair;
erted in support of their use, when bought a shipment of fruit for „n-
ecessary, but their choice and appli- ning at wholesale prices for the bene-
ation is generally the business of lit of Institute members; and they are
le sanitarian. The individual lesson now planning to 'organize a Horticul-
be learned regarding smells is that, tural Society.
st as there is "no smoke without
re," so there is no smell without its Freelton. This Is a "Girls' Circle"
roe, and that source and what pro- within the Women's Institute; the
girls meet regularly with the women
•
Britain's Imports of Butter
and Cheese.
BAD SMELLS.
A little reflection regarding habits
of lower animals and of man leads to
the conclusion that the sense of smell
is of great importance. The atartled
deer stands with dilated nostril to
the breeze, sure that her nose, before,
her eyes, will tell her whither to flee.
The hungry wolf presses with relent-
less speed upon a trail which the hu-
man being cannot distinguish at all.
We may believe that once all {nen
were similarly endowed, for in cer-
tain primitive tribes the acuteness of
the sense of smell is not altogether
lost, W, H. Hudson tells of the can-
nibal tribes of Queensland who were
found to hunt by smolt a large species
of boa with which they supplement
their more gruesome diet. The evil
smell of the skunk is produced to dis-
courage his enemies and constitutes
a powerful weapon of self-defence.
According to the theory of natural
selection, those species would survive
which made ase of their noses to die.
tingulsh good food .from bad, The
cunning akunk fools his enemies that
he is bad food even before he is dead,
wherefore they leave him alone.
Man, too, makes use of his, nose to
avoid bad food, We speak of the
"taste" of a rotten egg,but i1 the nose
be firmly pinched or its owner hem a
cold in the head, he will be able to
eat a bad egg without tasting its bad-
ness. The 8801e instinct which makes
hint distrustired eggs makes him also
distrust a lenity 'drain pipe (after all
212,346 hundredweights, and the Un-
ited States 39,039 hundredweights. Of a Hallowe'en party including an "ap-
4,378,227 hundredweights of butterjron contest" (explained in a former
imported by Great Britain in the same News Bulletin) the proceeds from
period Canada supplied 33,764 hun- which went to buy presents for the
dredweights, Denmark 1,555,785 hun children In the county Sanitarium,
dredweights, Now Zealand 955,612 The president says, "Our year's work
but they have some special meetings
of their own and they carry on cer-
tain special lines of work by them-
selves. They made a layette for
Northern relief; held a "Shamrock
Tea" realizing $25; arranged a com-
munity 1 held raising $77 f or,¢ithrcr° (literally shook of°
of poetry, the waters are described as and the fire by night, manifest signs double•flowering almond, Judas tree,
piled upright in a heap and frozen of that destiny that shapes our ends, • white fringe, red -flowering dogwood,
aled) in their place while the never fail the pilgrim who waits, Japanese quince, deutzis, hydrangea,
i passed on. • seeks and decides, with conscience mock orange, lilac, spirea and wei-
gelia.
The Japanese barberry can be used
with telling effect in many positions,
and is so hardy and adaptable it will •
occasionally axe age props having taken place, with pouring an not faint.
the Senior Institute. For the benefit) A Victorious Minority. It has been grow where many other shrubs would
{rain, thunder and lightning. 0 g, said that minorities are always right. .
of the community they bought five, "The waters saw thee, 0 God, fait•
ten -dollar shares in a community The waters saw thee; they were
skating rink. They held a skating afraid;
party and weiner roast with the Jun-, Th depths also trembled.
for Farmers. In June they .served, The clouds poured out water;
supper to one hundred and fifty Lis The skies sent out a sound: nor, overwrought band of bondsmen." other vines may not appeal to every-
towel
verp towel tradesmen making an advertise" Thins arrows also went abroad rants had oppressed thea{ through' one,but the writer delights in such
ing trip through the county, and real -1 The voice of thy thunder was' in the four hundred ears; a feeble mixture' a eicture. g
heaven:
ized $75, and in December ata bazaar The lightnings lightened the world: °f women andchildren diluted their; Contrary to the opinion of many
they cleared $106; part of this money. The earth trembled and shook. 'thin ranks; their masters were arm -'that ivy keeps the walls of the house
goes to the skating rink and part to' Thy way is in the sea, ed, horsede and carioted, the poor He damp, the very opposite is true; for
buy new books for the public library. And thy path in the great waters ^ brew wanderers were afoot; few of when denselycovered with leaves,
These cls also made a layette for them, it is likely, had better'
girls y V. 25. Took off their chariot wheels, than their shepherds crooks, or ma rains have a poor chance of getting
Northern. relief. The Hebrew probably means "bound." sons, building tools; their meek and near the wall itself, the water being
Stratford was organized at the; We should, therefore, translate, "He mighty leader himself had only his, shed by the leaves.
close of a course in Domestic Science; !bound or clogged, their chariot rod." Truth may often be on the' Nothing quite takes the place of
wheels" that is by malting them sink scaffold,
But behind the dim unknown
Standeth God 'within the shadows,
Which is more of truth than the cyni- Vines must not be overlooked. Ver
clam of Napoleon, that God tights on. Ver-
andahs, fences, pergolas, outsheds
the side of the strongest battalions, and even the house itself all embower. -
Pharaoh and his host are symbols of
despotic power. What of Israel?—"a ed and covered with flowering and
eines then they have had courses in' in to wet sand or mud of the bottom,
Millinery and Sewing, and have taken; and so made them drive heavily,
part in a judging competition arrang y.. 24. Returned to his strength; or
ed by the Agricultural Representative.) rather (as in margin) its "wonted Keeping watch above his own,
The first prize in each class was a. flow," It is probable that the inflow- There are divine limits set to in-' often used: for' this purpose with good
silver cup—the cups being donated by ing tide was accompanied by a change justice, and it is the cause of the effect. Dorothy Perkins with its gay
Prominent men in the county. The of wind (see ch. 15: 10). The Lord people, not the iron might of Pharaoh,ink flowers is a fine subject for such
"v rna 9lexander, or Nero, or Caesar, orcent when in bloom, as is clematis
p
a position. The wistaria is magnifi�
vines. hi giving a house a homelike
appearance. Vines about the ver-
andah are both useful and erne -
mental, Hardy climbing roses are
picnic in July and a baseball girls e a picnic, rasing eT Egyptians in the midst o the sea " I Napoleon, which prevails.
tournament and corn mast in August their Institute work; served dinner gyp f
French Canadian Cattle Thinning the Fruit on literally smothered with the gragrant,
Records.
In order to be eligible for admission Good results have followed the is no better vine than the Dutchman's
in the. Record of Performance, con- thinning of apple trees in the Anna -
The The handsome green leaves are
ducted by the Dominion Live Stock polie Valley. At the Kentville, N.S., laree and naturally drop over each
Branch, French Canadian two-year- Experimental Farm tests in thinning other, thus forming a dense screen
old cows must produce 4,400 lbs. of were made on Wegener trees ten Grapes are excellent subjects to
carryinga
—the girls have their own soft ball at the county plowing match; lead a
team,; are studying the Government very pleasant excursion to the Agri -
publication" "Laws of Ontario Con- cultural College . with the Junior
corning Women and Children"; held .Farmers, and gave donations of
money to the Navy League and Jap-
anese Relief.
Bond Head has been making a
study of Canadian Authors at their
monthly meetings; they have also ex-
changed
x
changed programs with. other. girls' milk and 198 lbs. of butter fat. A
Institutes in the county, and have had two-year-old at the Dominion Expert-
s course in Home Nursing, They seat mental Station at Cap Rouge, Quebec,
a bale of clothing to the Institute on has produced in 865 days 8,595 lbs. of
hundredweights; Australia 450,279
hundredweights, the Argentine Re-
ublie 899,781 hundredweights and
o United States. 10,578 hundred -
eights. Of ten individual Countries girls from all over Elgin County. They
applying butter to the motherland, meet the first Saturday of every
anada was ninth and the United month in the office of the County Ag-
tates tenth; but there was the un fricultural Representative. They co-
suarlly large amount of 585,893 hun
s
butter was 110,000 hundredweights
less in the ten months this year than
in the sumo period last year.
Live Stock in Canada.
According to official figures, all
species of live stock in Canada has
decreased in numbers from laat year,
excepting swine and poultry. Horses.
are said to number 8,580,641 com-
pared with 3,648,871 last year, mules
8,722 compared with 91202, cattle 9,-
246,231 compared with 9,719,869,
sheep 2,753,860 compared with 8,268,-
525, swine 4,406,316 compared with
8,915,684, and poultry 45,469,298 com-
pared with 48,443,718. Horses have
decreased in every province except
British Columbia and cattle in every
province excepting Ontario and Brit-
ish Columbia. Swine show a decrease
in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
only.
Re-
'Alio
w
C
S
u
together in the cirelo has certainly
given us a bettor realization of our
mutual need of each other."
Elgin, This is an organization of
paniculato, which when in flower is
the Indian Reserve, made a layette mill. and 399 lbs,: butter fat with an
for Northern relief, held a bazaar in average of 4.64 per cent. This is a
December, realizing $70 which will world's record in hulk for the two -
bo donated to the local memorial park year-old class of the breeds. The
fund former record, also -made by a heifer
crate cl el with rho Junior Farm- Rockwood "Eramosa" was organ- at the Dominion Experimen4tabsStoaf-
- oP as Y tion, Cap Rouge, was 8,54
dredweights supplied by countries not ors'' organization in bringing all the ized one year ago at the close of a milk, 403 lbs. fat and 4.71 percentage.
pecified. Canada s contribution of young people of the county together Domestic Science course. Since then The latter, it wiss be noticed, is still
The laying age of pullets varies
with different breeds, according to
size aid weight. The lllediterranean
fowla reach laying ago in four or five
months; the American breeds in. front
six to eight months; the Asiatics in
front eight to ten months.
in social and educational gatherings. they have taken part in a county
Believing that the community dances judging competition; held good
might be improved, the girls framed monthly meetings regularly, with de-
a "petition" asking for chaperons, an monstrations, addresses, debates, a
earlier hour for closing, eta, and pre- spelling match and a geography
aented it to the boys' committee. The l match; sent a donation to the Armen -
committee agreed to their requests, inn Relief fund, and a box of canned
with distinct benefit to the prestige of i fruit to the Toronto Siek Children's
the gatherings. At their December !Hospital. They are planning to make
Literary meeting, including a debate, a layette for relief work,
they had two hundred and fifty mem- Delta has arranged concerts by
bers present. At Christmas time the local talent; assisted the local moving
girls. sent a box of homemade candy picture theatre to bring good shows to
to each Inmate of the County Chit-! the town by helping him to sell tick-
dren's Shelter and House of Refuge ets and taking pare of the proceeds
also to a number of "shut-ins" in the; for Institute funds sold baskets for.
various .communities throughout the! the Institute for the Blind; and held
county. Tho Girls' Institute personal , a tag day, The girls report "Our first
greeting card that went with these! object was to raise money; this done,
boxes was a thing off' distinction in we aro now planning to build a bath-
house on our bathing beach end a
Brampton sent a bale of clothing to tennis court in our village." They
the Northern Ontario fire sufferers; have also given donations to the Fall
held a sale of homemade baling, a Fair, the Navy League, the Russina
garden party, and had a booth at the Relief, and the Public Library; pro -
school fair to raise money for the vided wood and clothing for a needy
County Memorial Hospital; with the family; sent flowers to sick members,
Junior Farmers they had a skating and given a present ,to each girl be-
party, a debate, and a corn roast; in ing married; and at Christmas time
Juno with the, other girls' Institute of remembered eighteen elderly wereen
Peel County they visited Macdonald of the community with a entail gilt,
itself.
the record in fat and percentage. ,
Elusive Vitamins.
There is no accurate. method for
determining the presence and amount fruit from th° thinned trees graded
of vitamlus in any food. This is part-
ly because no one knows exactly what "whet' eve rather less that{ a quay
a vitamin is and partly because the ter from the unthinned trees carne up
vitamins in various foodstuffs seem to t° that standard and that the twos,
threes and culls in the latter case
were More numerous.
1 Apple Trees. white, starlike blossoms. If handsome
foliage be the only consideration there
years planked whack were clothe the back poreh or to cover 4
good set of fruit The aim was to trellis or pergola leading from the
thin the apples to one apple to a fruit backporch to a nearbyoatshed. These
spur and to an -average of six inches p°
apart on the branches. Five trees are only used dons;'I have seen the
were thinned and an equal number grape so used and with much effect
left unthinned. The fruit was graded There is no excuse for bare fiou14
at picking time. The number of ap all be covered the �wt roary eesho should
plea harvested per tree thinned was climbing things of beauty. The ash
652 and the percentage of number pit, compost heap, chicken house or
ones 59.06, of number twos 83,88, of other building should be screened off
number three 4.4 and of mills '2.66, with shrubs or by erecting a rough
The number of apples removed per trellis on which quick -growing vines
tree was 192, From the unthianed aro grovva.
throes 764 apples were picked, Of these _______.*----
23.15 per cent, were number ones,
52.35 number. twos, 21.4 number
threes and 8.1 culls. It will be no-
ticed that while more than half the
be unstable and may be destroyed
when unduly heated, exposed to the
atmosphere under certain conditions,
or subjected to the action Of ehomi-
eels and processes. Practically the
only known methods for vitaminde-
termination consist of feeding experi-
ments with animals, These methods
are long, costly, and give only relative
value, but the only knowledge of vita-
mins has been gained in this ways At
least eighty Neiman foods contain
vitamins and apparently red liver oil
and lettuce contain them in greeateat
quantity.
During the post year 1,700 separate
broadcasting programs, averaging
live hours each in length, have been
transmitted from stations in Great
Britain.
Care of paint brush: After using,
wipe the brush with a piece of clear,
soft cloth or tissue paper. Plaee the
bruah in 3 pan or basin of vinegar.
Let the handle extend. Put the ves-
sel on the stove and bring the vinegar
to n boil Rinse the brush in the
An egg is never as fresh as it was. vinegar and boil for few minutes,
• or until the paint is dissolved in the
As monotony robe you of zest it vinegar. Wipe again with a soft
ohs- the eat Diversitfy you crop' cloth or tissue paper.
An Omission.
hire, Longwod--"What's the matter
with the Nineteenth Amendment? 1
Doesn't it guarantee women eciva
rights with men?"
Bliss Neverwed--"There's riot i1 '
word in it about marriage rites,
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A full-grown eagle edit consume toO'
young lambs at a meal,
In talksng of obstacles to snr-'cess
manymen magnify the external oneM,,
in order to tarAlice the greater oriel
within.