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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-3-12, Page 7A'Is oll+ tee Folks who want the very best use RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE Bargains in Beauty BY FRANIe "There, now, that'a done! When I go to town •i'il get a few packages of seeds and we'll see if we can't dress up this yard a bit. Wife'll like tb$tr 'Mo." The man in overalle straightened up from the gravel walk ho had been smoothing with his hoe. He leaned on the handle and frowned' a little es he continued: "have to do some scheming, I games, to get much of a flower garden this year. But --we'll see" The low cottage among the eutovers shone in the spring sunshine with new white paint. The fall before the stumps had been cleared away for .a few urea on all sides leaving only e scattering of trees to furnish shade for the dooryard. Otherwise the place was as bare of decoration au a newly laid egg -and quite as clean. On this pioneer farm for several years to come, there would be but lit- tle money to spend for luxuries but both he and Mrs. Smith agreed that some flowers they must have. "We'll see what thio dollar bill will buy," were David's parting words to his wife as he waved the greenback at her and started tor town the next day, "Try to get yellow and white as much as you can," Mrs. Smith called after him. When David Smith returned, he had the seeds. For bordering the gravel walk there were two packages of sweet alyssum. These seeds were planted quite thickly for a short dis- tance along the walk. When the plants were large enough to take up, some of them were transplanted so that they would extend along both sides of the entire walk. For two reasons this was found to be a better plan than to sow the seeds the whole length at first. Tiny seeds offer some protec- tion for each other when planted close together; and they could, in -this cue, be mare easily covered and sheltered from hungry hens. Sweet lyssum furnished a wealth of white blossoms for the color scheme. And since gold and yellow were the other shades preferred, Mr. Smith had brought two packages of mari- golds, oneFrench of F ench and one of Afri- Cana These were planted as a border close to the house and were inter- spersed with a number of white aster plants and a few purple ones which, when they bloomed, relieved the in- tense orange of the marigolds. Low - growing naturtiums edged the mari- golds in front and continued the color combination. Something to give greater height than tho flowers could furnish was needed at the corners of the house. To provide this accent, David made rude trellises of three poles each, placing the poles, together as though to make toy wigwams, and over these were trained the scarlet runner bean. The effect was strikingly like shrub plant - Inge which. the Smiths had felt they could not afford the first year. Many an expensive garden has not given as much pleasure to a family as this touch of yellow -and -white beauty gave to the Smiths. And the dollar greenbaek had covered the cost. The two packages of sweet alyssum had been purchased for twenty cents; one package of French marigold seed and one of African had cost ten cents smelt; one packet of nasturtiums was sufficient at ten cents;; and the re- maining forty cents bought aster plants. Against the house foundation, they planted cosmos. In front of these were larkspurs in biuo and white with phlox drummondi to border them, One packet each of these was enough for a twenty -foot row, so the cost for those flowers was only thirty Cents. Two peony plants, therefore, of the pink variety were selected at thirty - live cents each—one for either side of the steps. Theseperennials are not expensive considering the fact that they bloom year after year while many other flowering plants have to be replaced ascii year. The peonies were a wise choice as a part of the dollar bargain, The second year, the David Smiths did stat have to limit their plantings to a dollar, Times had been good and a five -dollar bill was to purchase the beauty for the home grounds. Two dolly's of this they spent for perman- ant shrubs; two dollars went for per - T:s A. AUST, ennials; and one dollar for more annuals. At the corners of the house, lrs.end of the scarlet runner bean on its wig - I wan trellis, were placed epirea to bring graceful eprays of wlnto flow- ers in early summer. These were bought from the nursery and"ee wore the Ivo clematis vines for the cor- ners of the porch. With the clematis •were planted native bittersweet vines from the woods. The bittersweets were a most attractiveaddition and had cost nothing except a little time and labor. Thle year instead of a color scheme of yellow and white, the plan was to have a border of mixed colors, Eight perennials were selected to be grown between the vines and the spireas, Of 'perennial phlox which blooms in a variety of colors, two kinds were used on either side of the porch. Tho earliest of these was white, Festiva 'Maxima, and . the other kind was delicate rose -white, called Sea -shell. By buying these as his first perennials David Smith felt that he was getting value received for his money, for they flowered profusely both the first and the second years from June until late September. Four bellamosa larkspurs cost twenty emits ' apiece, were also pur- chased at the nursery. These are also reliable perennials and,their deep blue shades are effective with the more delicate phlox. The annuals, lower -growing than the perennials, wore set in front of the others to complete the bed. There were annual phlox drummontil in various colors; verbenas in pink and. white; and petunias. Sweet alyssum was used this second year also, to edge the border bed and the gravel walk. Nothing eine was found to pro- duce such admirable results for so little money. In making this border flower gar- den, seeds should always be planted far enough away from the house so that'when water drips from .the roof they will not be washed out. The soil should be carefully spaded and pre- pared as it would be for a vegetable garden. The flower seeds may then be sown and raked in lightly, the rak- ing being done lengthwise of a narrow border bed. Brush will protect the seeds from the chickens and the to. warm sun until the plants appear. Then when the plants are grown large enough, they can be transplanted to the spaces where the seeds did not come up thickly. Seed packets of an- nuals usually contain enough for a twenty -foot row, and enough for double that amount of space if the seeds are planted thickly and later transplanted. All plants, annuals and perennials, should be weeded and cultivated until they are large enough to 'shade the ground. One seldom needs to bother watering them. Seeds of perennials can often be used with great success when one does not feel like spending the money for the plants. Seeds are naturally much cheaper than plants, and perennials which ' would cost from fifteen to twenty-five dollars at the nursery can be grown from seed in the dooryard for from fifteen to twenty-flvo cents. Larkspurs, for instance, when seed- ed in eed-ed-in the apring will often blossom the same fall, and if the frost comes on too early for that, they will hold over well and flower the next,spring. The mourning bride (subteen), gail- ]ardia and Iceland poppy, are other beautiful flowering perennials which may be raised in this way if one is willing to wait for the blossoms a little longer than when the plants themselves are purchased.' "Where there Is a will;' there will be a garden and beauty! Nature works with us, seeds are cheap, work is ours to give and neighbors are al- ways generous with roots and cut- tings. see -- Export of hive Stock and, FRESH EGGS and plenty of then; every month In the year If you will rear chicks, feed and care tor then; as instruct- ed in ,lir inexpensive, effective. Coldbeit Poultry Course, given by nail under the direction of the ex- pert pcultremcn, Cleo. N. Miller and *Prof, C. IC. Graham, Partin - tars gladly malted, Write Shaw Poultry School, 48 aloor W., Toronto ...,.tent Products. The number of cattle shipped to Britain from Canada in January was 3,887 compared with 20.65 in the cor- responding month last year, and to the United Stites 6,620 compared with 4,740. The beef shipped to Bri- tain was 418,500 The compared with 588,100 lbe., the bacon 0,922,100 lbs. 72 Years Old,u Acts Job BY TTIRAM Ii. SHEPA.Ii1?,ely. money on things that proved worth. Railroad Mala Attributes Good lose for stomach trouble or the most Health and Strength to obstlaato kind, TAN1.1-C made me real 1J U Tanlac, nearly two Years I lied been gradually tike au entirely different man, For MY EXPERIENCES WITH SEEDS, kion is "rapidly reduo ng the number --- getting worse, and my strength and The testing of seeds on the farm of hens available for setting. The Seventy-two years at age, but still in vitality had got so low it was hard for is very essential if one expects to have uncertainty of having enough hens possesafon of the priceless boon of me to attend to my duties, Jediges• uniform success in growing good broody at one time to have the chicks good health and actively oe the Job tion, constipation, and nervousness crops, We cannot always judge the of the same age results in the grow- with the Central 'Vermont lealirond, made lite miserable before 1 found vitality of the seed by looks or color, ing flock. The labor in caring for Where he has worked tor 40 years, Is T,AN1,AO, but now my health le nor. Each year before ordering new gar- several different small broods is also the remarkable record of H. 1•I. Moore, mai and I feel nappy as I work, I den weds we get cut all the old seeds found greater than where the chicks 24 Messenger St„ Albans, Vt., wile at - that were left over from the previous are all one age, We then begin to tributes ills present health and year, as well as all seeds that had look for a way out and the following strength to the use at TANLAC. solutions "I have never in my life seen the resent themselves: been saved from the garden, put ten p equal 01 TAl 1,AC.'' said Mr, Moore. to twenty or more seeds on a rag dol]. (a) The use of an incubator• uantiy, "Atter: spending a lot of tester and let them germinate in our (b) The purchase of baby chicks. corn -testing outfit for six to ten dam,(c) The purchase of ten -weeks' old and then read the results of the test.' pullets, Some eurprising *Things are often' The farmer who is breeding and prSceveloping Ms own flock will have 141 Sunday School Lessen shown. Samples of two different lots of the same kind' of seed will show have some means of incubation which marked differences in vitality, one wlii leaves him with a choice of operating MARCH 16 germinate quicker than another, or his own machine or getting space in a the roots of one may be considerably ecmmunitY hatchery. The smaller in - shall always be grateful to TANLA.C. TANDA.0 !s for stile by all good ante - gists, Accept no substitute. Over 40 million bottles sold, Take Tanlac Vegetable hills, Ionger and Healthier than another, cubatoes have now reached a state of The Reign of David, 1 Sam. Ch. 16 to 2 Sam. Ch. 24. Gold - Some may show up completely dead, perfection where they can be relied on It is a good idea when buying package and operated very successfully by an seeds to put the date of purchase on amateur. It pays to buy a good re- the package. I have found seeds two liable, well -tried machine even if the Saul s tragic and stormy Life ended in initial cost is a little greater. defeat by his Philistine enemies, InAnd three' conation; yothereears old what gave ere alae to dead. ger- In the purchase of baby chicks one Mount Gilboa "the battle went sore After the test lace the date and per relies entirely on the other fellow's aon thetbattlefield ha died and hieoless wn cent. of germination on the package ability as a breeder. Where chicks of sword. by at once so that there will be no mis- good. quality can be procured it elim- take. Temperature, it and t en Text—I delight to do thy will, 0 my God.—Ps. 40:8. CONTINUATION Or THE STORY— IaWs. Compare Ps, 18;20-24; 38;5;, 80:14, APPLICATION, 1, Humility. The essence of Saul's failure and David's success is in Saul's rejection for wilful pride, and in David's acceptance for his humility. Nathan's prediction of the german-, mates the difficulties of hatching, ze) Davie, woo nag peen enoeen ane g anointed by Samuel at his father's ence of his house is not made the oc- empera urs, mo a are ma ur- duces the labor of raising the chicks home in Bethlehem, who had served nasion of personal vanity. To feel ity all influence the vigor of seeds. since they can be handled in broods Saul faithfully .as captain of his arm- great unworthiness in' the face of Seeds should not be dried out too of from 800 to 400 instead of fifteen ed men who had been driven into longahigh honor, marked success, and grave quickly byhigh temperatures, nor is to twenty with old hens. The growing exile by false and cruel suspicions,+responsibility is indication of innate q l g p ' interest in the baby chick business is who had preserved, nevertheless, this greatness, Hi places are dizzy, it well to keep them in a room where ear -reaching and one now finds many earlier grace and sweetness of s frit,,Pride goeth before a fait David was there is an excess of either heat or' farmers buying chicks by parcel post succeeded to the throne, flrat of Ju- no ero,'t saint, but a man appear neither tlus moisture. To show how these condi- in preference to attempting to breed dab only, and after seven years, of greatr personal charm; his. loyalty tions influence seeds, we had occasion and incubate their own. one must alt Israel, His reign appeaxa to have friends,his deephuman oyaltio eo one year to purchase some new seed extended over about forty years, from , oats and I went to three neighbors not, 'however, buy indiscriminately, about B.C. 1010 to 970. From the be. nor his sirple, pious faith are more knows thi f til i d i bl til ' til ident undo' who said they had some excellent seed, but before buying from any of them I took half-pint samples from each of their bins and tested each ono separately. I found two lots that it would not pay to sow, one of which tested sixty per cent. and the other about seventy per cent,, and yet each of these farmers sowed the grain from those bins, putting it on a little heavier than usual in order to insure a good stand. However, those tests also showed that the germination of many seeds was slower than others, somewhat dark In color on the roots, and generally showing evidence of im- maturity. We bought the seed that gave a high germination test, and age,gp warrior and kin there are such ele- threshing machine measures showed a marketing the broilers and sell -I ed and experienced soldiers who had manta of aurpaesinq romance that ing the pullets out for laying stock.{fought under Saul, difference o about five bushels per This offers the line of least resistance. Thenceforward the growth of Da- there grows upon this great ruler the acre in favor of the good seed which , conviction of Mance and of destiny. ng no ng o e source or ginning he faced great ditfloulties. A a m ra e a m e me origin of the stock. There are on the large section of the people of bine', review, where he exhibits the rare market thousands of cheap chicks adhered to the house of Saul, and and beautiful spirit of heart search - which are hatched front inferior etude made his son king in Mahsnaim east ing in the hour of signal honor. David and sold at a greatly reduced price, of Jordan. Much of the land was still had great human faults, but he mea - This price is made possible' by the overrun by the Philistines. There was I sures up golden text of the Old Twell under the ee a ht fact that the flocks from which these bitter and growing antagonism be- tween Judah and the other tribes and tient, "to do justly, and to love mercy, eggs are taken are not developed and and to walk humbly with thy God" cue apo point where a better price government. But avli had a small' e u e, grate u earl waa t at can be demanded, Thousands of this band of tried and faithful friends who I of which the Master poke when he grade go out to our farms every year had ehared his banishment and now made little children typical of the and result in no improvement in the became the staunch supporters of his !kingdom. 'If it please God to exalt fecundity of our flocks, kingdom. 'After' ilia defeat of Abner; ;Use to invest us with authority and The third method of renewing the l at Gibeon (2 Sam, ch. 2), and the i 1 uf e e, topeopgive estabus lish in our the houset farm flock is the purchase of pullets.�heel overthrow ofwas able to win vere oby iJ ggene of . let us prey icor God's grace that we Several of the larger farms are nowioroeity and fair dealing, the tribeslmey use everything for hie glory. making a specialty of growing chicks' which at first had opposed him, and 2. More than human. In the career until they are eight or ten weeks of to strengthen his army with the train- thus far of the shepherd, outlaw, poet, culled to { no strong, well -organized system of Th h mbl P 1 h h was sown at a lower rate per acre. The pullets arrive after they are vid s power was rapid. He subdued He saes clearly and truly that it is The price of the different seeds was through the brood' Id the Philistines in two great battles � til enough to put out en range with little' He drove the Jebusites out of their stronghold in Jerusalem extended i care.The cash outlay is of necessity, a groat while to come seeding of the poor seed larger. fortifications, and made it his capita] ing process ando not a manner ofman t last the same making the cost of heavier 1 d d is spoken also of thy servant's house for pec sir y, In testing various kinds of seed we larger with this method but offers the city. ,There, for the first time, he Few lives have been more eventful. busy•fa Bu in all his varied dif ulties and farmer's t fin wife a ver convenient onve lent use our ragdoll testers thatwe test y n established the ancient sanctuary of method of renewing her laying flock.l the nation, the tent -temple of the in kis many great emergencies, David seed corn for root rot, finding them b wilderness, which had rested success- ie never without resource. He has convenient for testing any. kind of______e_,--. ively at Gilgit, at Bethel, and at been able to secure his country against Change Your Address When ShiloahY and restored the priesthood invasion. He united divided groups You Move. which had been destroyed or scattered into one nation. He executed judg- paper, such as is used in butcher b the insane violence of Saul. He tient and justice unto all his peopple,' I serve a rural mail route from n } It has been a far cry from the shop - small for tying up meat.This is small fourth-class post office. Each extended his power by a friendly a1- herd tent to the Jerusalem palace, twelve inches wide. On this is laid a day after mail trains I help sort and seafarin Hance with nation, the great ePhoeniuest of cian! find the ark of the Lord is still in a length of muslin the same width and •distribute the mail, and thereby see Moab and Edonn ani Serieasfar as' tint But whether in tont or in the about fifty inches long. The different' all that comes in. 1 Hamate on the river Orontes The lordly temple, fitting and worthy of samples of seeds are counted out and' spread In groups on the muslin, being carefully labeled. The muslin is damp- ened, rolled up and kept in the germ- inator and examined from time to time for about six or Mn days, The temperature ought to be kept above sixty 'degrees and the muslin moisten - seed. This is made by laying out on a table a length of pearl water finish When a farmer moves away it is little kingdom of Saul, under l;is power that has guided, "the Lord of very seldom that he leaves his new strong hand, grew into a great em-1hosts is God over Israel' And from address, or has the address of his Pire, but it is to his credit that he the hour of the vital message of Na-, magazines changed. His letters his ascribed ail fits greatness to the grace than, and the beauti#ul prayer of our gand favor of his God ess. es: 81 - line following the revelation that magazines -oven his daily --come in and bed God's prophets in honor and the "house" of the Lord is to be a liv-I time after time, even for months, to re nc Zing line of descendants, Israel knew • bother std his decided loss ed freely if one has no'germinating fault, tv Y These results could never have been vers e. ler a mission in the world, Ch. 7:18. Before the Lord. The king` after this cent hction never died, ant into the tent sanctuary TIE FAMILY CAE The farm family car Is the greatefit blessing mrd emancipator that has ;senna to country life in the pest 100 yearn. 64iyho a lot of farmers who ewe cars can't really afford then, but ! they have then because other farmers have. But once even a poor farmer !Owns e car, he and the rest of his 1 family find some way to keep it in, gas and rubber tires. It is needless to say that nine -tenths of fanners have found a car to be a necessity as well as a luxury, More than a family in almost any other line of business, the farm ferns ily finds ways of making the family car pay for its board and keep, About a dozen farmers in our neighborhood with small dairies haul their market milk to town in the family ear every morning for city shipment. Thu all the work teams are kept at home and rested for bet- tor field use. One farm girl living some three miles out of town is the clerk of our refrigerating company in town. She • boards at home, goes to her town work every morning, taking her father's milk cans for railroad shipments and brings home the empties at night, ha sides groceries and other things hes mother needs. Her little touring car makes' its way for her as well as for the rest of her family. Ono diversified farmer living some eight miles out makes weekly trlps to our town, bringing' in fruit and other products, and always hauling home in his family car five or six 100 -pound bags of mill feeds, which bags ride easy and do not injure the uphol. storing. • By no means are all patrons so at. outfit, This is splendid work for bad fault, This I wish to emphasize, for 1 was now set up in Jerusalem, and in but for "the practice of the presence days and pays dividends for those] there are fine, virile, wide-awake poo-' Rhioh was the sacred ark, the symbol; of God." It has always been the re - who follow it- J. L. cf pie on farms in this country of ours,' to the devout Israelite of the presence cognition of the power of the super' people who own or who are going to of God. The question, "Who amI?" � atural that has Ied ordintuy men to own their places, who are not so care- is an expression of genuine humility. do extraordinary things. And to this less—never. But so many, many pat- Ho cannot forget that he was raised hour the snperenaturalists are right.' rons fail to point out their new loca- by the hand of God from a very We should never have heard of David, tion when they move. , humble place, to the high seat of but for David's God. F til ix power, I 8 patriotism David loved his renewal of the farm laying flack It given consideration to this fault and Jehovah regarded he elevation gto Hei b ed i le nation. His is common knowledge that a pullet sought for the reason. Now a farmer,' armer, the kingdom as a small things and had patriotism became the ideal for later will lay more eggs than a yearling. or when he moves, finds himself topsy- now promised a greater thing, even times. His name become the symbol two-year-old hen. Wo also know, that turvy, both within his cranium and that his servant David's hcuse should of the Messiah, the ideal ruler. The as a money-maker the pullet is pro- without. He says, "Let Ma do it," continue "for a great while to cone."; great prophets looked forward to a dating eggs during the period of high And Ma says, "Sis, you sit down and This promise became not only the time when again a righteous king prices while the older hens are at a tell our correspondents where we're basis of the loyalty of prophets and should sit on the throne. Some of the low ebb in production due to moult gout'" cess -pop lei Judah to the successors of factors in a personal influence so far which r s BETTER EQUIPMENT FOR OUR CHICK CROP. The growing problem in the man- agement' of our farm poultry is the or more an s years I have V. 1£I, A email thing. St is as thou h country, He was glni to Iive for it, e riled tis cloy t n a or or the who Sis does not have the add The returns from the farm flock come es of the publishers, because all the David in later years but after the reaching were, " fait Not al patience energy, cour- very largely from egg sales and the more we can put on the market dur- ing the months of November, Deoem- ber, January and February, the papers and magazines and all c,res-' g o glory. "la this the manner of niott,?notg men are called papers anu ,aagneInee were uses in decline and fall of tie kingdoms of age, tact' and loyalty. When any lead - packing the dishes and fruit ja Israel and Judah, stimulated the hope er or any citizen brings any or all of mt. rs. of a revival of David's house and of these kindred gifts under the sway e patron should make a iiet of ins a new era of still greater power and of a high moral purpose, his life can greater our receipts are going to be pondents, He should prepare it weeks he asks. Is this the sort of thing that to be public men but all good men aro Knowing these factors to exist we before he moves and buy of his carrier weak humanity has reason to expect? . called to be pub le spirited. must .endeavor to have a relatively the needed post cards. He should fill By the question he shows his sense of lies_ -_ _r._ large proportion of our lain flock them out some leisurely quarter-hour,' the greatness of the lienor dant to I t within the province of every consisting of pullets. These must be possibly when it is raining and he is him by this promise of God• But cont- man to make friends by the simple hatched in time and so raised and watching hungrily for the carrier to pare 1 Citron. 17:17. means of just being friendly, 1 ith h' d fl l h l s as non w is n r a I Vs 20.22 For thy word's sake. It - 'brought into maturity that they will pg y n l• Phan ishe behoves, to fulfil God's word to get into production sono time during he should nail them not later than hi, m spoken by the prophet Sanniel September or October. Tithe presents the day before he pulls up hie mail- when he anointed hien to be king In the factors of time of hatching, rate box; 'if he would mail them several succession to Saul. He goes on to confess the goodness of maturity, and rearing methods. days before, it would be better still.' and the great Early hatched chicles aro essential His publishers will not be in the least, tress of God. for early production. The heavy embarrassed, and he can rest assured; Vs. 28-26. What one nation? A breeds usually come into production that the carrier and 'post -master will similar question is asked in Dent. 4: when six months of age the light be thankful that he did this little 7, 8. There is a conviction in the b• 1 Th ] p P lighter mind o£ the prophet that Israel's re - reeds a little earlier. We must plinn chore. eft when ne gets settled in lotion to God is nnlque, and that God Compared with 10,824,800 lbs„ and the our butches with this fact in mind, Ti his new quarters, his papers and other, had bestowed upon Tsrael ertranrdhn- pork 884,400 lbs, compared with 523,- is possible to rush pullets into praduc- mail will drop right in on him like the cry marks of favor, He has chosen 100 lbs. To the WJuited States went in tion by heavy protein feeding but. it steadfast, helpful friends they aro. Tercel to be his people, He prase that tends to brio them htto'ln in R. W. Ilart. God will ostahiish hit word of prom - the same month 822 calves compared g laying be P with 448; 22 sheep compared with 81; fore they have attained their full growth, resulting In small eggs and et greater danger of winter moult The broody, hen has become a back number for economical production e£ chicks. Careful cullingisrapidly eltmineting the . broody character from our farm flocks. 'Hens which ns st en goingrepeatedly brood are generally poor layers deo to their ere= (pent vacations, Culling for produc- energy iso and will do as he has said, It must bo hard, indeed, to sell pro- Ch. 8: 14,,15. 'The Lord preserved 559,900 lbs. of beef compared ;with gg duets that one would not eat himself, David, The prophets who wrote much 820,000 lbs.; 21,000 lbs. of bacon corn- I of this history, held David in high pared with 10,100 lbs,; 05,700 lbs. of Tt is everybody's business to see honor. As lie honored them and re - pork compered with 47,700 lbs, and b 1 1 that all good hays are enforced. coived their word to him as a very 900 ibs.of mutton compered with 700. '" °! "' word of God, so they spoke well of hint This is the time when the human, and regarded him' as a true theocratic "Well. begun is hall done," can bo as well as other ,kinds of batteries' kine, a kinin who recognized' Israel's aro tested. The farmer in particular Gorl to be ills sovereign They ( applied to the growing of crops to i i P Y Yy advantage. A good siert is necessary should take pains now to store up' declared his rule to have been just to get a good crop, ter entire ase and heliedetent, ebndietit to Jehovah's One of our near -neighbor boys ruts a large truck for a big dairyman some two miles from his Perm home, He goes to and returns from his work every morning and evening in his small touring car, saving time and steps. Two of our own boys work out sev- eral weeks of the year, sometimes near to and sometimes far from our farm home. When their work is more than a .mile away they go in theft secondhand car. Thus they are rest- ed when they arrive for work, and are not fatigued on returning home at ,light. Last but not least, an old retired farmer and his wife were at a loss to kill time, At last they solved the problem by investing in a light run- about. Now they are like real young folks again, cheerful and happy in their play, which they have well earned by a lifetime of hard work They believe it is better to waste a little money on a little ear than to leave a lot of money to their heirs to be quickly wasted on a big car, or perhaps an airplane. Poottree When the hens are fed for eggs they obtain sufficient material for the whites and yolks but the grain feed they consume cannot furnish enough lime to make strong shells on all the eggs they can produce. A lack of lime results in soft shelled eggs which e nests and this may lead to the egg -eating habit. Thin -shelled eggs are also pro- duced and they often break in the crates and smear other eggs. At hatching time it is necessary to have eggs -with strong shells or eggs will be broken under the setting hens. It is much easier to handle eggs in artificial incubation when they have firm, strong shells. Oyster shells can be purchased in 100 -pound sacks at a price close to one cent per pound. A dollar's worth of shells will furnish the hens with lime for many dollars' worth of eggs, There is no economy in doing without the well-filled oyster shell hopper. Eggs are produced in clean, sanitary packages, but we rest give heavy -laying hens plenty of lime to construct these packages. — 3 Foot -and -Mouth Disease in England. According to the Dominion Live Stook Commissioner, the slaughtering on account of the foot-and-mouth„dis- ease in England and Wales amount to only 1.1 per cent. of the cattle population, to 0.18 per cent. of the sheep, and 1.8 per cent. of the swine. These figures indicate that there is little likelihood of the importation of meat from overseas being increased on account of the destruction of Brit. ish rattle. 'The "Roreepege[" g� l� omleatlmch Ohrooto arp mnaAeOi tiltk*ar an¢ "d?)'71146:74,1;110.V1,11.1", Sined peetoal4 ono, for e k g htt, s lao thsweet iiVawhapasee.n'ia5egl .0n1hen (30 le 60 Water St. Stratford, Ont, Seeds for Sale real Co0Otf '" eot,d for it, ,.1ob 800101 food& reel flood poen, nraplttten, ant.. In ineate4 la til, tela centra of Ulf, eleltlo1, It hit lotto 911enntler 05 arlram, Varlelio1 4 std epOolal. 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