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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-3-8, Page 6arm re° t1i 11 Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. The object of this department is to plaoe at the service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl. edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops, Add' ess all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To. ronto, and answers will appear In this column In the order In which they are received. As epees le limited It is advisable where immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the queetion, when the answer will be mailed direct. Question -W W. M.: -Ie there any quantity of spring wheat grown in Kent and Essex Countiee? Would you advise planting spring wheat in Kent County on a good clay loam soil, tiled 3 rods apart, 4 in, tile? When should it be planted so that it will be sure to ripen? .Anewer:-Spring wheat has been successfully grown in both Kent and Essex counties. In 1911 Kent Gain- ty was growing 1,018 acres while in 1914 there were only 183. In 1911 Eesex County was growing 1,345 acres and in 1914 there were reported only 177 acres. From a study of the climatic conditions, both the range of temperature and the rainfall, I see nn ro.snn why spring wheat cannot be successfully grown in these counties, if pruner precautions are taken, According to invest'gations at On- tario Agricultural. College, spring wherft should be .seeded as early as the ground can be workad. I note that your ground in tiny learn and is well supplied with tile. 'fide ground should nut be worked while it 1,5 sticky, nor ithould it be left unworked until it plows up into a rough seed -bed. In order to insure a good stand of wheat, you would du well to apply 200 to 300 pounds uf a fertilizer carrying from 2 to net ammonia and 8 to Rae available phosphoric acid. The am- monia will give the young crop a good, vigorons start, while the available phosphoric acid will hasten its ripen - leg. At a recent meeting of the On- tario Femerimental Union. Prof. Zavite strongly recommended the use of Merquie wheat. If this ie. sown at the rate of one and a half bushels per acre on well rrepaeed land, there is good reason to expeet a priditable re- turn. Qinenium-S. R. had a bad is of smut in my wheat last smu- ttier. What treatment will make it Ade to use as seed next spring? Anewer: --- The disease in your wheat lest summer may have been either the loose smut oe the stinking emut.or Bunt. About the only cure for the lieiee scat is careful selection of seed from grain which is healthy, followed by seeking the seed five hours in cold water and then 10 min- utes m water at 130 degrees Fahren- heit. It is most likely that the disease in your erop was etinking smut or Bunt. ! Thio attacks the young wheat seed- lingand the seeding parts er spores are carried in sacs which take the place of the wheat kernels. Ex- perimental tests ehow that the best method of killing Bunt or stinking smut is to immerse the seed 20 min • utes in a mixture of 21 gallons of wa- ter to one-half pound of formalin. There are other treatnaents, but this is one of the handiest and most eftec- tive, as formalin can easily be pur- chased at any drug store. Some farmers prefer to sprinkle the mixture of water and formalin on the wheat and to cover the wheat -pile with bage over night, so that the formic acid gas, !which is dissolved in the mixture of water and formalin, will be kept in around the wheat as long as pee- ; sible, It is this gas which kills the !tiny smut spores. Question -K. G.: -We had 40 acres rof alfalfa which we cut three times last summer. Am afraid it went into winter rather weal:. I have a gond supply of manure. Would you al - rise manuring this field? Would you advise liming it? If so, when? Answer: -If alfalfa has gone into the winter in weak shape it ehould be given good care early in the spring, if it:; vigor is to be revived and a gond crop is to he produced. If e.ei have some fairly well rotted manure, I would advise spreading at leaet two to four tons of this to the acre on the alfalfa field I would ;Also advice ap- plying from Inc to two tons per acre of finely ground Iiineetone, evenly dis- tributed over the field When the snow ie gone in the spring and the alfalfa has gotten a good start, it will greatly help t to topaireee the alfalfa with about 21e to 400 pounds per acre of acid phosphate or bone meal. The late Joe Wing, the great American alfalfa authority, said: "The phosphorus generally etinnt- lates the little alfalfa plante and makes them huetle to get ahead ef the weeds and grass. On Wocelland Farm we have used raw bone meal and acid phosphate with about equal re - raids, as far as the eye could see. It is our practice to put on 250 to 400 pounds per acre of Het acid phosphate when the alfalfa is sown on soils well tilled with lime. Acid phosphate is about the most soluble of the phos- phatic fertilizers and thus is best for top -dressing when there is abundant lime in the soil . . . On our farm we give the alfalfa meadows a • henvy dressing ef phosphorus (phos- phoric acid, and this practice pays well. If the alfalfa field is fairly heavy soil and it appears to be pretty close- ly compacted, it would greatly help the alfalfa to work the field by har- rowing with the teeth of the harrow! turned back 50 as not to tear the! plants out. This also would stir up a soil mulch and help retain the wa- ter that is so necessary to big crops, VAreceare Impaction of the Cohen may be pre- sent for scene time without marked symptoms, then sinrht, colieky pains. Sitting on hauechee, pressing croup against any solid object, little or no, passages of freces, a general fullness of the right side cif the abiemen. are other symptom. Give a purgative. enilew by e.dram (Jaime ef aux e'en.... 1 times daily,. feed bran only.. iv� rectal injec- tions. If pain be well marked give 2 drame solid eel Met of belladenna. Oate the principal grain for', horses, but a little bran or oil cake might profitably let added to put the horse in condition, Boiled oats might, be fed oceasionally, and rare must be taken not to overfeed on hay. Don't buy a field implement without a epring seat, Why? .Because if you come in leg -weary from the field the chances are the horses will not get the attention they should have in the way of grooming after a dusty day in the hot suit. Cribbing is a vice that is bard to be kept in a box stall without mangers or racks. In the majority of cases the vice can be checked by buckling a strap rather tightly around the horses's throat, Do not have it so' tight as to interfere with breathing or mellowing , Wheat must be fed egarefully to horses in order to avfff'd digestive; troubles and akin eruptions. As .the kernels are small and hard they should', berniled for all! farm animals. If I ground too finely the meal emit be Mixed with coarser feed to avoid, forming a pasty mese in the animal's! Mouth. Wheat has feeding value! about equal to e.orn, but, for !ranee, adds are preferable. f'Better not do that, teacher," re- eponded the youngeter; ''pop charges $2 a visit. "Robert," said his teacher, sternly, "you are incorrigible. 7 shall certain ly have to Desk your father to come and nee me." Charcoal sharpens a hen's grinders. The colder the day the more corn needed. A salad of chopped cabbage puts a good keen edge on the bird's appetite. If you can't get milk maybe you can get whey. It ien't quite up to the mark of milk, but it makes a fair ilub- filitute. Cracked corn should he sifted be- fore being fed to the poultry; the arnment of meal saved will more than off set the labor. Growth and development require beth quantity and quality of feed, in order to build up good solid frames and give strength and vitality to the growing stook. Don't let any cabbage or other roots go to waste. Tie a stout string around the roots of several cabbages, and hang them in the hen -house so that the hens can just teach them nicely, Have you ever found hens on the floor under the roost, dead? Uusually the hen which dies this way is rather well along in years and has been fed freely of food that makes fat. She became too fleshy and died of fatty degeneration. It seems sometimes as if it makee little or no difference how dusty the windows of the poultry houses are. But it is a fact tat clean windows tend to health and happiness. That makes it worth while to Mean the darkened windows often, When hens eat snow, somebody is not on his job. Water is what the birds need, not snow, If you have customers who like rich brown eggs, thati means that you 'should keep some Plymouth Rocks or Brahmas, New Pumping Device. New apparatus for filling automo- bile tires with air automatirally cuts off the supply when the overinflation point is reached, The women of the Philippines melte vt'ly fine face from the fibre of the pines/elle plent. ROOFING FARM BUILDINGS The Cedar Shingle, Standby of a Past Generation, Giving Place to Lightning.Proof, Spark -Resisting Metal. By IV, E. Clatk Fifty years ago, when good cedar bolt, and burning ember's from another stock was in abundance and labor fire can do It no damage. cheap, the farmers used to manufae. Metal shingles are light in weight. ture their own shingles by sawing, tithile wooden shingles average about splitting and shaving, and there are 250 lb to the 100 sq. ft, elate about many roofs yet throughout the mum 600 lb, a first-class Metal Roof does try where split, Or shaved cedar airing- not average 1 flt., 1010 ) e lee were Mailed fifty years ago. the needed strength of the superstruc- These shingles were generally about titre and teems. Then, too, heats* % to ti" think, but time and weather and welt snow wIb not remain on slop - have reduced the thickness of the ex. ing metal recite, whereas it attaches it - posed portions to that of cardboard self to wooden shingles as readily as Under the natural tendency of things, plaster does to lathing, and this snow however, the days of split or shaved load averages sometimes 60 lb. to the cedar shingles are passed, and in re- square foot. (4'0)- C‘ •fIl !ii ti15;;01; iLJ cent years the shingle became the pro. duct of the saw mill, and the manu- facturers of shingles were not so par- ticular as to the kind of stock they used as was the farmer who laborious- ly made his own supply. The outcome was that shingles were put on the market at a price which commanded trade but gave much less satisfaction, and inane- a farmer who could afford it replaced his cedar 'shingles with gal- vanized iron in one forus or another. Omit recent years, however, a gal- vanized iron roof was a luxury, but the introduction of modern machinery bus reduced the cost of galvanizing to a minimum and it is new possible to gel a substantial and almeet everlasting roof in the form of metal shiuglee at a very moderate cost. One feature of the Metal Shingle and Roofing is that it does not take an expert workman to apply it. Any un- skilled buyer with a moderate degree of adaptability, a pair of snips and a hammer can apply these ..up-to-date ehingles as well as sheet roofings and siding. Probably the greatest virtue of the nietal roof is that the risk from fire and lightning is minimized by its use, indeeeznents in the way of reduced premiums to encourage the use of galvanized covering, as a building with such a roof, properly connected to the ground by a water spout or a wire contact, is proof against a lightning eigethitelt When spe tking of durability of a metal roof, galvanized materials only are referred to, Farmers in this coun- try, nearly twenty year ago, applied painted roofing, and the repainting of this roofing, whfch in some cases should have bean an annual affair, was neglected, and the consequence was • that corrosion set in, and the roofs :rapidly deteriorated, but this is not the case with Galvanized Roofing. In the !rural districts, where sulphurous acid ' gases aro not prevalent, a Galvanized Roof made of good material and pea - 0 U7' ducted AY- Abr.,' ),XeCeza ../.'r.:;': . 1 .'"= keteei Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to this department. Initials only answer as a moans of id will be published with each question and its teantalfiba ca tiea tl° n Iduat bffin II, anbaame ea blyandaddress must be given In each ratter, baWel 'mead dIreat If stamped and addressed envelope Is enciosed. ca.tAlaFrankddre ssaallbeaobr,rTesaprobnbdtbence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 76 Mrs, F. M.:-1. If lemons and oranges are placed in boiling water or in a hot oven for five minutes before squeezing the juice can be easily ex- tracted. 2. Vegetables should not he served in individual side dishes, but should be placed on the dinner plate with the meat. 3. .A. child's Tam o' Shatter hat after being washed should he stretched over a dinner plate to prevent it from shrinking and losing shape. 4. Cornstarch added to the flour for pie crust will make it more flaky, If you are using pastry flour add one tablespoon to every cup of flour; if ordinary flour add two tablespoons to every cup. 5. The task of washing the family haadker- chiefs is easy according to the follow- ing method: In a vessel containing at least two gallons of warm water, put four heaping tablespoons of any good soap or powder dissolved and one tablespoon coal oil. Plunge soil- ed handkerchiefs into this and bring slowly to a boil, then put them into clean strong suds and very little rub- bing either by band or machine will make them snowy white. 6. Colored clothes should be ironed on the wrong side. 7. Boil a slice of raw potato in fat which has been scorched or has a burned taste and the flavor will be restored. 8. Sprinkle starched clothes with warm water to make them stiffer. F. R. Es -1. If you wake tired it is probably due to one of the follow - Mg causes: (a) insefficient sleep; (b) the poisonous influence of stale air in the bedroom; (a) a late and heavy supper; (d) general nervous condition. Remedies for the first three are obvious. For the fourth it is usually sufficient to rise promptly, to dress briskly, thereby improving the circula- tion, and to take a nourishing break- fast. 2. To gain weight, eat raw eggs and milk, cream, rice, caveats, olive Oil and grape juice, butter and starchy vegetables. M. M. R.:-1. Towels which are to be given to a prospective bride should be embroidered with the initials of her maiden name, not that of her prospec- tive husband. 2. Nothing you could give your college friend would be mare highly appreciated than a knit or crocheted set of afghan and pillow in the university colors for the inevitable college emelt, A pennon macle of felt in the colors is also most accept- able. G, H.:----1, David Lloyd George was born in Manchester, England, in 1863, of Welsh parentage. His father, a poor and invalid schoolmaster, died in early manhood, and David was brought up in humble circumstances by an uncle in Wales. 2. To venti- late a room without draughts, take an old window screen, stretch thin mus- lin or cheese -cloth across it and tack it in place, and put it in a window as you would a fly -screen. 3. A secre- tary "pro tompere" is a secretary "for the time being." 82. Giveth-Is offering you now. O True bread -The only one that care- t pletely satisfies the name. The manna was only partially so, for those( who ate it hungered again. perly applied should give satisfaction !for half a century at least. In the march of progress a rapidly growing number ot farmers, recogniz- ling the merits of metal, are now adopt- . tug, as a safeguard agonist fire, light- ! ning and decay, many forme of sheet metal products, such as metal roof - Ings, Ridings, ventilators, 'silo covers, etc., thus reducing risk as well as I maintenance cost, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL oiruer will tkediftb his 'ioffers cnoorwdi.ngs ear. ed -As his complete Representative. - The seal was the mark of ownership. 28. This verse and verse 29 sum- marize the New Testament doctrine of justification by faith, the recovery of which made the Reformation. In every religion men "slide into the Lesson X. Jesus The Bread Of Life. treason" of thinking they can accumu- late merit ard claim God's supreme -John. 22-40. Golden blessing of right. That is like ty- Text-John 6. 35. Ing apples on the boughs of a dead Verse 24, Capernaum-It does not ttrruees. What God wants is life, and that comes from the surrender of say that they found him there. In verse INTERNATIONAL LESSON MARCH 11. t in Christ. 117 the ultimate objective is Caper- 30. That the Jews were always naum, but Mark expressly says they seeking for a sign we know from aimed at Bethsaida, and then filially many sources. On this occasion the that they crossed to "Gennesaret." deaildseerne, purely stupid'when So here it is said vaguely they found following a sign so much likethat of h• im on In onthethe otherdethe manna that they quote. It comes dial solgues of this Gospel apparently fromthat halfewittod con - 1 we regularly find Jesus going direct- servatiern that gives the past a sort ly for the thought behind the words. 27 Perisheth-Compare Col 2 22 . . . . no ni t i agine God hmselif outdoing Iris Son of man, as elsewhere, recalls his former deeds. • ultimate function as Judge of Men. 31. Written --In Psa. 78. 24. of ex officio transcendence, and can- e Joe 01.1•1014IN WgZpola0.1 0 CIV lett,IPA 000 These Kiddies Depend This group of refugees is typical of the bulk of the Belgian people to -day. Their faces show pitiably the hard- ships they have undergone in the last two yearte Meet pathetic of all are the children. Thanks to the splendid work of unsel- fish philanthropists, they are being fed well, But apart from this there ,is little that can be done for thein, It is impossible, for instance, to supply them with berries, or with those use- less but delightful gifts that charact- erize the holidays in more fortunate lands. Least of all can these chil- dren know the joy that comes of Mak- ing such gifts. Sorely in these circumstances the tenet the people of the British Empire 6(11 Upon You For Milk, [can do is to see that the Belgians and I their babies are fed, And this they have been doing, 'British, Canadians and Americans have responded nobly to the call, and have kept alive the no. tion that saved them from the Gere Mans. In full confidence that they will con - tame their generous gifts the Bel - glair Relief Committee is reminding tie that every day of the year as long as the Germans are in Belgium it is necessary that food be supplied to the grown-ups and the Wince of this stricken land. Contributions for this purpose may be sent to the Central Belgian Relief Committee, 59 Peter Street, Montreal, or to he kcal offieee in each comment/ or di griet, OAS"r de.1,1 e• The disposition of a brood sow goes a long way in making her Et profitable dam, There was a noticeable decrease last year in the number of deaths from hog cholera in places where it was long prevalent.. We suspect that a closer attention to sanitation had a great deal to do with the change. Milk, shorts, and finely -ground oats make the best feed for young pigs, and very little is required the first few weeks. after weaning. Care should be taken at all times to have the pigs clean up the feed in the trough after every meal. The feed- er must use his judgment as to the amount of grain to feed. Mixed grains makes very suitable feed for hogs, and, as a rule, tho yield is slightly higher than when these crops are grown separately. It may be necessary towards the end of the feeding period to add a little More bar- ley or corn to the ration. Rape is an excellent pasture crop for hogs. Alfalfa also gives excellent results and is considered one of the best perennial pastures. Sweet clov- er is sometimes grown, but it is advis- able to pasture it the forst year. 33. The World -As in John :3. 16: the essence of the gift is that it has no limit of race or time. • 34. The appeal is to be composed • with that of the Samaritan women in John 4. 16. Hero it seems that a real, though blind desire, for the hea- venly gift went wih ineradicable pre- judices that made it impossible for them to receive it: verse 30 is enough to prove it. . 36. This is the converse of John 20. 29. Yet is not in the Greek either here or there. 37, The form of this verse is one often found in this Gospel; see John 17. 24, where the American Revision has put the true translation in the margin. The objects of redemption are first brought together into a unity, and when distributed as individuals. Our doctrine of the church will come from the careful consideration of these passages. The Father giveth -The thought is developed in Rom. 8, 29, BO. Such statements seem to leave no room for human free will, which is authoritatively asserted by our own consciences, and set forth by Paul in the same breath with the complement- ary truth,.Phil, 2, 12, 13. The doctrine I of God's mmanence will solve the spe- culative problem, so far as our finite bisteiligenca can it here,Th fact is what ,solve Matters most: God "gives" to his son all who are willing to hear his call, and the 0010 will never reject them. CReeliat Don't give the ewes corm Corn makes them feverish and inflames the udders. Inflamed udders are a had thing at lambing time. Neither crowd nor pinch the sheep in fodder. An unruly ram is a good candidate for the meat shop. A. ewe thateie soon to yean should not be too fleshy. If your neighbor keeps sheep of the same breed as yours, be sure to have yours marked. Sheep will break out sometimes, and if two flocks become mixed it is a hard matter to divide ther The right kind of sheep in a neigh- borhood where there are the right kind of doge, ought to be a winning proposition. Unfortunately opinions differ as to dogs. Silage is sometimes fed in small with f i .1 od quantities to sheep a y go results. Be sure the silage is of good priced land we can see no other eobe- ion of the labor difficulties on quality, not moldy or soured. Start fa „ Sometimes a cow is uneasy, steps or moves or even kicks when being milk- ed. See if there are stray hairs on the udder that are being pulled. Re- move them by tho use of shears and note if the cow ie more quiet. Don't neglect to have the box stalls ready for the cows that are to calve in the early spring. "Lest we forget" let me agatn urge that if the stables are not quite Warril enough, blanket the new-born calf, Pieces of old .vool blankets washed lean are just the thing. This is bm- poi'tant. These blankets are easy; to make. Fasten them by strings, tied at the neck, around each hind1 leg, and under the belly(by the fore legs. As the calf grows these strings can be let out. My calves have grown and worn these blankets until they were a mere patch on their backs, "The dairy cow," says Professor Dean, "will help the farmer solve the labor problem by furnishing remuner- ative labor all the year round, on high on a very small quantity daily and gradually increase. Start; giving a pound or two to each matured sheep daily. Pregnant ewes have been fed up to four potirole or four and one- half pounds daily with no bad results, 02 course, cloverthay and at few oats and if possible a few roots should be fed as well. 13e sure the silage is goad. Under no circumstances feed sheep spoiled silage. Czar's Soldierin France. The correspondent of the London Chronicle with the French armies, re- cently visited the fighting front, hold by the Russian Soldieril. Most of 'twee men came from the Siberian regiments mei for the main pert; are of the peasant class, warm simple na- tures, but good fighters. The Rus - .;ion front resembles eloeoly the neigh- boriug lines held by the French troop.; and 10 held JIM as 1.i.Ottly ad tilt 1 fene 1,row to their eovrow. 1100, Not His Fault. The family were going to a picnic, and Howard had been dressed first and told to sit on the porch until the rest were ready. Soon afterwardhis mo- ther discovered him playing in the dirt, with his cleats dollies hopelessly ruined. After the patent scene which followed he was depoeitiel forci- bly on a :their and asked if he did not, remember he had been told to stay on the porch and keep clean. "Yes," he sobbed, "but why didn't you tell snme- body to watch me?" China's Grand Can] be the most wonderful artificial waterway in the world. It is over 200 miles long. rte was an old daricy, He wore no overcoat, and the icy wind twisted hie threadbare clothes about his ithriveled Indy. "Wind," be demanded whimsie piny. "whar wee yoo die time las' ,Tuiy 7" BEDTIME STORY 1 1 THE SCRAPBOOK FAIRY In grandmother's picture scrapbook there httcl lived, for oh, so many years the dearest little fairy imagine nble. Her full white dress was sprinkled with tiny rosebuds, not much bigger than the head of a pin, and a wealth of them crowned her dainty curls. The two little girls, Bessie and Ada, always asked to see her whenever they visited grandmother, who would tell them wonderful stories about the fairy. She always ended by saying, "She's 50 full of mischief that it is a very, good thing indeed that I have her safe in this book! Surely, the cov- ers will keep her there!" One Saturday, when Bessie and Ada arrived at their grandmother's they • found the house in a great state of excitement. The parrot had got out of his cage and gone up a tree; the white Angora kitten had rubbed against the newly painted cellar door, and teas now a bright green; andlast, but not least, the beautiful cake that 1 was baking for the children had been entirely forgotten, after it Was put into the oven, and had burned to a cinder, But Bessie and Ada had been brought up to be useful children, and to help wherever they could. Ada, Who was as active as any monkey, went up the tree and brought down Mr. Parrot, who was too frightened even to try to peek at her; and Bonne took hold of the kitten by its collar and neatly snipped off bundles of hair where the paint was thickest. Then tl.ey both told grandmother that they would much rather have the red- cheeked apples they could see on the sideboard than any cake that had ever , been baked. Grandmother smiled le see what capable and amiable little girls they were, although she kept repeating that she could not see haw the par- rot, the cat and the cake had all man- aged to make so much trouble at (Inc time. Supper was not quite ready; so Bessie picked up the old scrapbook, which that day was lying on the table, to look again at the fairy. The book opened almost of itself at the familiar page -but no Crary was to be found, "Why, grandmother," cried Bessie, showing the empty page, "rise's not here! What has become of her?" Grandmother looked and looked, but sure enough there was no rose -gar- landed little creature to be seen any- where -only two spots of glue where she had once been. "That book flew open this morning," said grandmother, "and the fairy has .caped! That accounts for all that has happened. We must find her and put her back again, or who knows what will happen next!" The children at once, began the sear* and soon Bessie's bright eyes found the fairy -in the fireplace al- most at the other end of the room, looking, grandmother declared, even more inischievous than ever. "Now," said grandmothar, as she brought out a bottle of fresh paste and fastened the fairy to the page again, "we will go to the dining room and enjoy our supper in peace:" A Song of Winter. Sing a song of winter, When coldest weather collies; Four and twenty snowbirds Picking up the ,crumbs; When the crumbs are eaten, The birds fly to a tree; Isn't that a pretty sight For anyone to see? A DAUGHTER OF FRANCE. Heroism in Face of the' Enemy Re- warded by the Legion of Honor. At the Sorbonne, in Paris, a ma- tinee was organised recently in honor of French womanhood, and the hero- ism of a young girl of 21 was cele- brated. This girl, Marcelle Senuner, was decorated with the Groin de Guerra and the Legion cf Honor. During the retreat in August, 1914, after the French had crossed the Somme and its canal, punted by the enemy, Marcelle Sommer had the pre- sence of mind Lo.open the ethnic gates in order to prevent the Germans from crossing the canal. Tide act .or hero- ism was carried out under the five of the Germans, who fired on her ant on the troops. As a result the enemy troops vireo held up until the follow - 105 morning. Remaining in the 'Allege, the giri was able to pick up and to hide water - ground 16 exhausted French soldiers, whom she helped- to escape in civilian clothes. Having been caught by the enemy 111 the act of feeding 0French- soldier hidden in. a 'thicket, she was condemned to death. When queetion- ed, she replied: -"I am an mediae, and have but one mother -France. Do with me what you will." She was oh tho point of being exe- cuted when n raft's from the French nrtillery dispersed the Germans, She then hid in an underground wes saved next day when the village was retaken by -the Fvench, While serving as a guide to a patrol Aha WW1, again takeu prisoner, but After being shut up in a &larch she escaped in the night through to and regained the French three. Cocoa shells aro being fed to eatt'e in n course of experiments by Prench dairymen.