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.• !'.treses due to the infestations of
the various forty species of lice that
infest domestie fowl are•in the agate-
gate ivany thousands „of dollars an-
*tully to the poultry 'keemsee of On-
tone. Sinai) Insects working out of
sight of the human eye, their presence
is often unsuspected until the birds
show unthriftiness, less in weight,
lower egg production, and reduced vi-
tality; causing the .owner to make An
examination, If the examination is
thorough, lice are generally found In
the great majority of flocks. A few
may not be serious,. but if the little
crawlers are permitted to increase to
thousands the effect on the.poultry-
keeping part of the farm business is
serious. Infested birds present a
droopy and unkempt appearance, the
wings lowered, the feathers ruffled,
and the birds may'suffer from
diarrhoea,
INFESTING CHICKENS.
Of the forty species that infest
fowl, seven have a decided preference
for and infest chickens, The body
louse, Menopon 'biseriatunt, Is light
yellow in color and sticks pretty
close to the skin, It Iays its eggs in
large clusters on the small feathers
below the vent. It takes about three
weeks from egg to mature louse. This
species sticking close, to the skin and
' feeding thereon is very irritating. The
Menopon pallidum, is similar to the
preceding, only somewhat smaller and
has the habit of spending its life on
the feathers. It is not so irritating
and deposits'its eggs singly at the
base of the feathers. The head louse,
Lipeurus listerotyraphus, is commonly
found on the head and neck of young
chickens. It is dark grey in color,
deposits its eggs singly on the down
about the .head of the chick. It takes
�HerdtAlfalfa In4utarw.T�Ai. �u;�'��$,� �(%��/� A ]wgu b t test h beenyama!_.r_.....y ///.,tLlr�lydy "A,lfalfa inUntal^io,�1[ �1r r//',/of .A :IMP nainher of tests have been T"�!'unday SWhool
uakd pad w. the Po
co ducted in past oars en the experts
one week le reach the hatelting White diarrhoea is caused by a mental pints et the Ontario Agricul-
stage and two weeks for the young actin'known as Bastin-WI::a liuilorutn ON, College With .different varieties
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are en louse Geiaiocotee eggs from of ted hone, I is cob -
lotto
of a e ago Temple, John GoldenText—
The
louse to grow to maturity, found in the pewee of the. lien and in end strpine o a fai ff a, t was d s
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AUGUST 17.
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than d Fade g that Jesµiz Cleanses the J It 2 ]322
abdpmiitalia, sometimes called the served that meet chicks dying from the Common alfalfa from the Central My house shall be called the house of gayer. •-- Matt
"blue louse" is smoky grey in color this disease have portions of the yolk waste"' Statee wcald not live long in 21: 13 !
and one-third larger than the preced- that have not been.:abeprbed, reneges Ontario' Variegated alfelfas, sue h as
Ing. rt sticks closely to the body, ing in their bodies. I the Grimm and the Ontario Varie-
may be found anywhere and le easily; The disease develops in from three gated, however, proved hardy in this
reeogniled by its size. and largo round to ten'dive after hatching, and !n' province, These two varieties are now
arusemsle. at their administration, demand an
I, 4HRIST Tug REFORMEa of wog- explanation, What credentials he
altar, 1347. Jesus for acting in this manner?
head< I some severe forma the chicks die be-' increasing substantially as the farm- II. ClIRI6T alts NEW CENTRE 91 Jesus' answer is, "Destroy this tem
COTe theyare hatched. In seine eases! ers Appreciate their superiority over srin3TUpL woRSIrllr, 18^22.. pie, and in three days (that is, in e
Tho wing louse, d alerita caponia,», the Common, violet flowered variety, NTaODUCTI 1 very short time) I will raise it up.'
is a small, long and slender species, the infection becomes manifest im i 4x One of the first pub I the enigmatic word mystified the
with a large rounded head. It confines mediately after hatching, and in such) In one experiment at the College, ltc acts of Jesus was to claim the Jews, who remind Jesus that the res-
its activities to the wingfeathers. cases losses are extremely heavy,i alfalfa has been cut for hay three temple for the pure service of hie,ent temple had alreadybeen forty-six
he e "fluff 'louse"I Gerais causing white diarrhoea are times a year for eleven successive Father, Going up to Jerusalem at years i P
Twoother species, the. fl ff
and the "brown louse," are rarely
present in numbers,—Both inhabit the
body feathers.
CONTROL. OE
POULTRY UCE
ISY I., STEVEI1SON,
DE.'7, OF lix'rnll9,
>310Ni � el,
In the control of poultry like 'one
remedy has come very much 74 the
s front during the past seven years. It
Is aodlum flouride, a chemical that is
- eaay to obtain, easy to apply, effective
, and safe in he application, Sodium
flouride inay be obtained In fine white
powder form or as fine crystals, The
powder form, if .guaranteed 90 to pa
per cent. pure, ie the most desirable
form to apply es a dust, Sodium flour -
We retains its efficiency and may be
kept if need be in closed tight bottles
or cans and used when wanted. One
application, if thorough, will destroy
all lice on the birds and remain effec-
tive long enough to get many of the
parasites that hatch later. There are
three methods of application in com-
mon use; all are effective, but the
"pinch method" is the most commonly
practiced in small flocks. It consists
of the application of the sodium flour-
ide powder directly to the skin and
feathers of the bird, the operator tak-
ing up what he Fan hold between the
thumb and forefinger and applying
on breast, each thigh, each side of
back, on the neck, head, underside of
each wing, and below the cent. It
takes ten pinches of the chemical to
cover the bird by this method and
skilled operators can handle sixty
birds an hour.
The dusting method of applying
sodium flouride Is by mixing with a
filler material, as flour, or talc, or
plaster, to make four times the bulk
of the insecticide, and then apply by
shaker or blower duster to the ruf-
fled feathers of the bird. Greater
speed in treating the birds is secured
at a greater expenditure of.chmical,
The dipping method of applying
sodium ileuride can be practiced dur-
ing the summer and early autumn
season when there ifs ample warmth
and sunlight to dry wet birds. The
bath Is prepared in a wooden tub and
consists of one ounce of commercial
sodium flouride to a gallon of warm
water. Sufficient quantity should be
mixed to handle the work at hand.
Five gallons of the solution will do
for 100 birds, The birds to be treat-
ed are placed in the dip for twenty
seconds and just before removal the
head is soused and the bird taken out
and allowed to drain, The dip should
be body heat for fowl, about 170 deg.,
and the work done on a quiet, bright
day, when it is warm enough to dry
the birds quickly.
There are a number of other meth-
ods that have proved to be highly effi-
cient, among which the carbolic acid,
gasoline and plaster of Paris mixture
is coming into general use. This dust-
ing powder is prepared by mixing 8
parts gasoline, one part carbolic acid
(90 per cent. pure), and stirring in
enough plaster of Paris to take up
all moisture. It is applied as a dust-
ing powder with a shaker or by hand,
A. medicated dust wallow beneath
the shade in the poultry yard or
within the shelter of the building is a
great aid in keeping the louse popu-
lation down. A box partly filled with
fine road dust to which tobacco dust
las been added at the rate of ane to
six is very useful and relieves the
Id hen of many an itch.
INFESTING. TURKEYS.
n cplirae pI reconstruction• iso•
given off io the droppings of the years without re -seeding. The Stat the Passover season, he was filled with gun by Herod in the year B.C. 27 29
chicks, and infection iepegrried from' cutting this year, therefore, le the holy indignation at the desecrating the restoration works were still
thirty-fourth crop oiitained from the traffic which went on in the Tempple con-
tinuing in A.D. 26, 27, and, as a mat -
ono bird to another, I one seeding. The average yield of courts, and with fiercg geatures of i0- I ter of fact, were not completed until
Affected chicks have ruffled feath-.on per acre per annum from the tolerance, he drove the traders from A.D. 04, six years before the final
Two species are common) found on era) sleepy appearance and drooping elevenyears of this test was alightly the holy precincts, declaring that overthrow of the city by the Romans.
p y wings. They have little or no appe» r, g y God's house was not to bo turned into We know from other sources IVlark
turkeys, the Gouiodes styiifer and the tits, crowd closely together, the yolk- over four tone, an emporium, or market. Thts act of 13:1,2) that Jesus predicted the final.
Lipeurus poli repeeius. The Oouiodes sac is not properly absorbed, and In another experiment of thirty zea] for Gods house provoked the destruction of the temple, and it may
atylifer is the most common. It is a there is a brownish white or whitish four plots seeded in the spring 4f angry remonstrance of the Jews., who be that his words here contain an al -
large louse bearing Home resemblance discharge or diarrhoea is 1922, the highest yield 01 hay from asked Jesus what sign of authority luaion to the same event But his'
to the large hen louse and may be sticky g d hi k which very the first cutting of this year was of he could point to for taking upon him words had still another meaning.
g
distinguished from it. by having the •
an vas the ,c c ens a pasted- the,Varig ated type. the reformation of the customary I Vs. 21, 22, Jesus, says the eeongel-
posterior angles of the head' extended
about, usually o The Common a..a.ia has variegated usages, Jesus answered, Destroy ist, was speaking of his own coming
of this temple, and in three days I will death and resurrection the` temple c-
bristles, rd and terminating in long bd Variesatedaalfalia has violet,an green,d 1se it up," The evangelist says that tion and restoration of resurrection,
of
Variegated g these words of Christ referred to his his body." This was not understood
DUCKS AND GEESE, , blue and yellow of various blends resurrection, that in fact the roux -t at the time, but In later years the
Three species infest ducks and which' can be seen when the blossoms rection proved the validity of Christ's words came back to the minds of the
i h tch are fully opened. claim to assume control of the instil- disci 1
geese to a limited extent, the oily ns.- pea, and became a new reason
Several car loads of seed of high tubions of worship in the. name of for believing "the scripture and the
ture of, the akin of waterfowl being a very c e quality of Variegated alfalfa have God.. In future,. not the material word of Jesus."
good preventive against these external t food 1 e e o been produced and sold for seed aur- Temple' but Christ himself, would bei We see by this lesson that Jesus
parasites. The species commonly ores in each of the past two years in the centre of worship, the means and loved and valued the religious service
foundareDocophorua tictcrodes, a very ti this d' n Peel count alone. Also Ina numberthe sphere of man's approach to God. of the temple. He wished it to be a
small parasite, and the Lipeurua ti to k, 4 o I. CHRIST THE REFORMER OF WORSHIP, house of prayer for the people of God,
of other counties seed of the 'Varie-
aqualidus, a long, slender, yellowish water
13-17. I He knew also that, even if it were de -
gated type of alfalfa is being pea V, 19, The Passover began in each' strayed, even if the temple service
dated. year on the fourteenth day of the ceased, the holy work of God would
month Nisan, the day preceding our go on, a new temple would be raised
When the Drain Clogs. Good Friday, and lasted for over a to God's praise. The proof of this is
The other day the kitchen sink drain week. Jerusalem at Passover was the origin and history of the Christian
clogged, and not having the usual type thronged with pilgrims. I church. Sometimes we forget that
of force pump on hand, It was neves- vs. 14-17. The outer courts of the prayer is the principal thing in the
Temple thef b t of- l lifed k f
or else put a slop pail underneath pilgrims found it inconvenient to' of the Christian churches represent -
up appearance, Birds sit or stand
have very prominent
abdomens, andmost of the time make
a peeping noise. Frequentlythis dis-
ease is more prevalent In the'later
hatches than in the winter or early
spring hatches.
Sour milk has proved ve effe tiv
for baby chicks,not onlybecause f
its value, but because it is a
preventive ofdisease.. If in addi-
on sour roil potassium perman-
ganate is used in the drinkingt
from the time the chicks are hatched
until past the time for the disease to
make its appearance, most of the
chicks will be saved,;,
colored louse.
PIGEONS.
These birds are frequently infested
with one or all three species— Li- Baby chicks coming from a hatch
enures,baculus, Gouiodes doenicornis, that has' been affected, should be
and Goniocotes oompar. promptly marked and should• not be
used in the breeding pens.
When 'chicks are hatched, they have
portions of the yolk which must be
absorbed. For this reason they should
not be fed sooner than forty-eight
hours, and in many cases not until
sixty hours after hatching. If fed too
soon after hatching, the yolk is not
absorbed rapidly, and this brings
about digestive troubles, often pre-
disposing the chicks to white'diarr-
hoea.
Above all, take the proper precau-
tions right et the start to prevent the
disease, which is responsible for one
of 'the biggest losses in the poultry
business. Potassium permanganate
cots little and is easy to use in the
drinking water. The poultry raiser
who fails to take these simple precau-
tions surely does not value the benefit
of preventive measures which are at
least 90 per cent. effective.
One should be very careful in feed-
ing remedies to baby chicks, since
caustic and irritating drugs may do
more harm than good. Potassium
permanganate is an internal anti-
septic and a tonic which will tone up
the general health of the chicks se
that they will be able to fight' off the
germs.
THE NEED OF
ETERNAL VIGILANCE
� 7
The farmer must be ever on the
alert. He is a man of all work, a
sort of Jack of all trades. His busi-
ness as it must generally be conduct --I
ed these modern days has ,various
ramifications. No longer can the man
who is Inclined . to rest that part of
his anatomy which lies above his ears,
expect to farm with success. Brawn
has ceased to be the�only requirement.
The man who would make the farm
a successful concern these days
should be a first class mechanic. Few
occupations demand familiarity with k
a greater variety of machinery than P
modern diversified farming. More s
and more of the physical operations s
of the farm are being done by ma -'c
chinery, and more will be done as time
goes on. But we may go all up and
down the long Iine of physical tasks
that are apparent to the, casual ob-
server, from the turning. of the sod
in early spring to the shucking of the
last ear of corn in the late fall, and
still the half has not been told.
Soils are no longer virgin, most of
them have reached the point where
they need intelligent care and treat-
ment. In order to geep the soil rich
and productive we' can no longer con-
sider it merely as a "clod to tread
upon," but we must learn to know it
as a living thing, for such it is, and
teeming with bacterial life. We must
also grow a variety of crops, and not
one of them but has a life history of
its own which has to do with plant
food/requirements, insect pests, and
diseases. These may seem"trivial
things, but the success' or failure of
any plant or tree or flower is often
entirely dependent upon a knowledge
of these things and of the methods of
their control. And when we come to
ive stock there is a whole new list of
things to learn. Balanced rations,
parasites, internal and external dis-
eases and how to prevent and treat.
them,
There is a great wide range' of
things that are full of absorbing in-
terest
n-
terestfor him who aspires to do things
in the country. To know and do the
right thing at the right time and to
now how and when to prevent or re -
air the wrong thing is the price of
ucces5, There is' no time to loaf or
Jeep on the job. It is this job that
alis insistently for eternal vigilance.
Hard Luck.
Bug Lover—'"Who can spoon under
a bright light like that, anyway?"
Jamaica was originally named .%ay
mace, meaning "Land of Wood and
Water.
ICE CREAM FOR THE FARM HOME TABLE
BY BELLE MILLAR, DAIRY DEPT., 0. A. COLLEGE.
On. the farm we have the cream and
in many eases the ice also. A freezer
is all that is needed to give the boys
and girls much pleasure.
When purchasing an ice' cream
freezer get one a little larger than
what is required for the family so
when company .conies one freezerful
will do. When a freezer is purchased
that is rather on the small side, it
means extra work if two lots have to.
be prepared and frozen.
It is well` to have two openings in
the tub of the freezer, One near
the top to prevent the brine getting
too high. The other opening should
be near the bottom and kept plugged
until it is necessary to repack the ice-
creain, when the cork may be removed
and the brine run off without tipping
the .freezer,
Buy the very coarse salt such as ice
cream Manufacturers use, as it will
give more satisfactory results.
The ice should be broken' very finely.
One good way is to place it in a sack
and pound it well.
Althoughmanycook books give the
proportion of ice to salt es 3 to 1,
experiments conducted along that line
in food laboratories have found that
8 to 1 is a good proportion for freez-
leg.
Do not All the can more than two-
thirds full with the mixture that is to
be frozen, then put on the top and fill
up the space between the can and the
tub with ice and salt,
First put in enough ice to 'fill it up
ono -third of the way„ then put in
one-eighth as much salt and continue
putting it in layer by layer but keep -
Ing the same proportion of salt to ice,
It is not necessary to put salt near
the bottom as it will work lis way
down.
Recipes are many and I think.it a
good plan to make note of rosults,.
For example, if a recipe is tried and
we think too much or too little sugar
Imo been called for, mark it down so
that next time the proper proportion
may be used. • If another recipe has
given good results and a dish much
Iikd by all, make'a comment to that
effect on the margin of the book.
Some one asks, "What is the eas-
iest ice cream to make?" It is one
made by freezing a cream' that has
been sweetened and flavored.
To a quart of thin cream add three-
quarters of a cup of granulated sugar,
stir well, and when the sugar is dis-
solved, add about two teaspoonsful-of
vanilla extract and ,freeze. No de-
finite amounts of flavoring can be
named as there is a great difference
in the strength of different brands of
flavoring.
It is always best to taste the mix-
ture before putting it into the freezer
ean, remembering that It will not.
taste so sweet tor will the flavor be
so pronounced after it frozen.
There le more plain vanilla ice
cream used than any other kind, but
by making additions many fancy
dishes may be made, For example,
when vanilla ice cream is partly fro-
zen, the addition of strawberries that
have been crushed and swoetcned and
then the' work of freezing continued,
gives a can of strawberry ice creast
that will be much enjoyed.
For nut ice cream the nuts should
be chopped and .added tO the freezer
when the- mixture is partly frozen,
Thus we see that by varying the
flavorings the fruits and the nuts, we
can give the family. many pleasant
surprises.
Then we should bear in mind the
fact that it is not necessary to have
cream in order to have frozen treats.
We all kisow that fruit juices with
the addition of water and sugar snake
refreshing drinks. Sherbets are made
by taking this same mixture and,'
aftsr adding the beaten 'whites of
eggs, it is frozen, and the resultant
dish will be very .welcome on a. warns
day.:
Egg -Laying Contest Results.
Six thousand, six hundred and
eighty hens,competed in the Egg -
laying Contests conducted by the Do-
minion Experimental Farms in the
first three.years of operation. These
contests include the Canadian Contest
sary to improvise one for the purpose, amp a were scene o a busy r an war o the event God
fit, arising from the circumstance that In Jerusalem at the present day, some
We didn't have to use the pail. - bring their own animals for sacritice, l ing the Roman, Orthodox ' Greek, Ar -
I cut a block of'ood about four and were, therefore, obliged to pur-, menian and other creeds, are disgrac-
inches in diameter and a good inch chase them from the dealers on the' ed by the sale of relics and other sup -
and a half thick, boring one hole clear spot. Another circumstance In favor I erstitious objects. Hatred and strife
through the centre and another half of the local dealers was that the ani- between the different denominations
through large enough to fit tightly mals offered on the altar hal to be too often finds a place. This would
over the end of a small bicycle pump, passed by the priests as satisfying not be so if Christians all remembered
A tire -pump barrel would do just as the standard of perfection required Christ's' holy act in claiming the
by the Law• con uentlq it was con- temple for the pure worship of our
venlent to buy only such as had al -i Father who is in heaven
well, providing the plunger leathers ' p p
are tight. By making the hole slight- ready been licensed for the purpose. APPLICATION.
ly smaller, the threads on the end of
the pump barrel cut into the wood,
forming a tight connection..
A large circle. of rubber was then sew was oonged to pay annnally,i Sunday picnic is a poor substitute for
cut from an old inner tube and the could only be paid in temple -currency. the family pew. And now we have
edges tacked about the sides of the only
money had to be changed the radio, a boon and a blessing to
into temple -currency by exchangers, men but to others a
wood disk. A hole was cut in the or bankers, who made a. considerable ii poor excuse for
bottom,. The sink was filled half full revenue by brokerage. All this ac absence from evening worship. Jesus
of water, the lower end of the pump counts for the scenes which Jesus wit- went to church. And he observed the
immersed and the handle raised. This nessed in the temple courts, the jest)- helpful customs of the religion of his
filled the barrel with water. Then the ing of traders and animals, the un -i day by visiting the distant temple at
rubber was pressed about the drain] seemly chaffering; the iniquitous over- i socia tons>hedfound much Amid
of these
inter st,
and the handle forced down. Wateth
r The soul'of eJesutinsiswau;s d aorwldlithtnseosr_ of benefit and of happiness. And, best
isn't compressible and the clog was ro at the desecration of God's bol of all, he found opportunity to reach
A third circumstance explaining the
extensive traffic was that the temple
due of a half -shekel, which every male
Public Assembly. The need of this
is a living issue to -day. The motor
car has changed family habits. The
not very tight. It came out the first' sv y 1
temple, and making a whip of cords„
attempt. Now we keep this pump on' and raising his arm, he forthwith
hand for further cases of this kind.' cleared the court. "Make not my;
—D. R. V. Father's house," he said, "an house'
of merchandise."
Bands Check Tussock Moths. II. CHRIST TBO NEW CENTRE OF sPIRIT-;
The tussock moth is a midsummer UAL WORSHIP, 18-22.
should always be Watched for. Some'
pest of shade trees and orchards anal. Vs. 18-22. The traders were takes
surprise, but presently the Jews,;
o ed b the a en rebuke levelled
seasons it appears in much larger
than normal numbers and if neglected!
may do great injury. The female
moth is unable to fly and must crawl;
to any tree upon which she lays herHow
eggs.
After the eggs hatch, the young
caterpillars may crawl from tree to
tree and infest a large area. These
facts are taken advantage of in fight -
•
great numbers from all parts of the
world, with his teaching. The public
market, the auction sale, the annual
fair, the race track, the patriotic cele-
bration, any place or time where
great crowds gather, is a challenging
opportunity to Christian workers, to
meet and mingle with people, and to
"seek and to find ways and means of
honoring him who said, "Ye are my
ann y y P witnesses,"
TRAINING OUR CHILDREN
to Keep Children Happy and Contented During Hot 1
for the whole of Canada, carried on Weather. o
at Ottawa, and provincial contests
conducted at an Experimental Farm
or Station in each of the provinces.
The number of birds`. entered as !ng the insect. J Although green or succulent f ed
BY ETHEL CL ARK BICKEL. Green Feed in Late Summer.
"Oh, look, dear, see that lovely baby' flower guide. They also love to keep
oriole!" exclaimed Betty's aunt.
"'Settee me, Aunty, but it isn't an
oriole, it's a redstart," returned Betty
after a momentary glance upward.
Betty was, at that time, only a trifle
over four years old.
I have repeated my little erre re-
mark merely to illustrate what I have
tried to do for my little folks during
the summer months, namely, to teach
them to know and love God's wonder-
ful out-of-doors.
Nature study with one's children isl
the most delightful and helpful of
summer pastimes. In order to get)
the most joy out of it, one should go
to the woods often; two or three out-
ings a week' are none too many. How -
well as the average yield per hen, in- Trees that are free from the co -
creased with each succeeding contest. coons of the moth may be kept clean
The avers first year 1,610 birds gave an; by banding the trunks with soma
ge of
112;0; the second year
2. sticky material that will prevent
480 yielded an average of 134.5; and either the adult moths or the cater -
for the third year, namely, 1921-22,� pillars from reachingthe
2,590 birds dzaround
yielded an average of; Sticky fly paper may.be .tied around
146.3 eggs per bird. The average cost' the `trunk or a band of a special pre -
of the"eggs produced was approxi -1 paration may be smeared directly on
mately 25 cents. per dozen for the the trunks,
three years.
These contests are associated with
the Record of Performance. for poul
A Rainy -Day Job.
try, which grants registration to birds A good rainy -day job for these days
that lay, in 12 s i 200 or more is to clean up the apple -storage house,
eggs< weighing at least twenty-four Throwout
sweep
everything that might
ounces to the dozen. Males are also become moldy; sweep the room out
eligible for registration if they are thoroughly; open all the windows and
the sons or grandsons of reg ter d
e
females and otherwise meet official
requirements. According to the re-
port on the contests, which is issued
as Bulletin No. 38 of the Dept. of.
Agriculture at Ottawa, 23 per cent.,
of the hens taking part qualified for
registration in 1920, 26.4 per cent. in
1921, 40.8 in 1922. In the latter year,
402 birds qualified, and, of this num-
ber, 269 are reported to have been
registered by their owners. Nine
breeds were represented, the leaders
beintr Barred R
OFA
Leghorns, White Wyandottes, and
Single Comb Ancones.
Q.
Driving Comfort.
Driving a heavily laden farm truck
et a summer day is usually a pretty
hot job, which sometimes becomes al-
most unbearable when standing still.
As much of this excessive heat comes
from the exhaust pipe, quite a bit of
the discomfort can bo overcome by
covering with asbestos the exhaust
pipe where it runs in front of and
underneath tho driver's stat. The
asbestos is wrapped on and then
clamped or strapped with "thin metal
strips or with wire. When cool days
come the covering can be removed
if desired.
s, Single Comb
air it well, Then make up someood
g_
whitewash and give the whole inter-
ior a thorough dose of that.
And in this general clean-up don't
overlook the storage packages. If one
is using new barrels or now boxes
for the purpose everything will be all
right. But very frequently one uses
secondhand packages for the storage,
The worst ones' should be discarded
and the balance should be thoroughly
cleansed and aired so that there may
not be the slightest odor to them,
Few people realize how quickly an
apple will absorb odors from the cons
tainer in which it is stored, or from
the air of 'the room. Mustiness or bad
odors of auiy"kind will very soon cause
Ali apple to 'become unpalatable,
r ;Nater
Wise Worm,
Chick— Don t wpb want to play with
If London's soot for ono year could foo, Mr. Worm?"
be co Linden's
in pile, it Warm -"No, I'm afraid !t ii
!Westminster Abbey. foul play!"
• Oust• 1111,„ ca""ill
1 e p , would Over might be
track of the birds they see on each a is
1 tri and are fair) ecstatic if the always to be desired in any poultry
p, y y ration, there seems to be some justifl-
1 are treated to a song by an indigo cation for paying particular attention
(bunting or brown thrasher
•They vie to thi
with each other in the length their s matter during late summer,
gt when much of the natural vegetation
`lists of quails, bobolinks, and scarletlis so dry and tough as to render it
tanagers, as well as numerous other unpalatable,
birds they never seen in town. One of the reasons why green feed
The summer months go all too fast; is so essential is to be found in the
for the family interested in nature fact that most sorts contain vitamin
study. Needless to say, however, it B, which is necessary to normal health
may be continued throughout the year. and activity. A deficiency of this
For the wee ones, "The Burgess Bird vitamin brings about a condition
Book for Children," published by Lit- known as polyneurttts.
tle, Brown & Co., is a delight. Betty It is_ pointed out that polyneuritis
loves the stories which Jenny Wren may develop in a mature cockerel in
told to Peter Rabbit, better even than; as short a time as three weeks if he
fairy tales. is fed exclusivel
I
ever, one can study birds In one
own yard, if necessary. In our yard,
with its many trees, we frequently
have as many as six or seven varieties
of birds nesting in a single season.
We have a feeding table for them,
which the children keep supplied with
crumbs, suet, corn and other bird
delicacies. There is also a drinking
pedestal. The cardinals, bluebirds,
orioles, phoebes, woodpeckers, cat-
birds, thrushes and chipping spar-
rows visit this bathtub daily, and the
children never tire of watching them.
0ccheionaliy an unknown yeller ar-
rives, Then for the bird guldel "Oh,
bil thee, I've found out what it is!
See herb, the picture of it is on page
. ,'. Betty will exclaim delight-
edly.' Sometimes a flock of cedar
waxwings stop with us for a day,
meanwhile helping themselves to our
neighbor's cherries. Once, early in
the summer, an orchard oriole hap-
pened our' way, and another time a
flock of goldfinches. .Each event was
hailed with delight by the children,
Wild flower study, necessarily, o
must be conducted lit the woods or s
Holds or along the toiletry roads. Fre- r
quently, when the father of our film -
has finished the day's work, we all
pile into the car, and, with a simple
lunch, speed away from town. Tho
children are never happier than when e
some flower, now to them, is discover- i
od, and must be hued up in the
it
c
n order to make m lila
y ren coin- coin, Th
y on degerminated
s a corn germ is relatively
fortable in hot weather, I dress them rich in the B vitamin as are also the w
simply, bathe them frequently. and en- germs of other cereals, such as wheat,
courage them to nap tinting the hot- oats and barley.
test part of oto
allowing them to When green feed is short on
' the
remain up later in the evening when range, so that the chickens are not
it is cool. Proper clothing in summer, likely to eat enough to maintain the
makes a world of difference in chil- necessary vitamin supply, it is int-
dren's dispositions. I find that my lit- portant that the grain and mash mi
ta
tle folks are happiest when clothed in tures be made up of something other
"overalls," boys and girls alike. Ar- than degerntinated grains and by -
rayed in these simple garments, they products, or that a special supply of
can got the most out of their life in green feed be secured,
the open. I sometimes think that they
do three-fourths of their growing dur-
ing the summer,
An Engine's Firing Order.
At times wended to know without
play a quick and easy method of
finding the firing order of a gas
e.,. ,
There are several ways of doing it.
One is to take off the valve cover
plates and ascertain which are the
ntako and which the exhaust valves.
Then watch the intake valves, and
while doing so have someone turn the
ngine over slowly by hand Now ob-
arvo In what order the intake valves
the, This will be the firing order of
tho engine.
Or if the engihe is equipped with
petcocks, open them and pack c. small
wad of paper in each. Then turn the
ngine over by hand and the order
n which the compression blows the
wads out is the engine's firing order.
She.
She is the canny one who sings
Of little 'tllhiga,
Of little things,
Oh linen counted carefully,
Letters dispatched deliberately
Slow figures added manfully;
The stitch in time ou a torn glove,
Wood piled ripen a tended stove,
Books read with eyes that do not rove,
So may she reach the end et day
With uo more baggage, let us say,
Than berries gathered by the way.
Mary Casa Canfield,
Originally is
b� Y golf ]calls were quite
smooth, They easily became dented,
however, and 11 was noticed that dent-
ed golf balls travelled farther than
smooth ones. The present typo was
then introduced.