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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-8-16, Page 7,:: lll'";s, i, Mir' i '"� �.,- ---,„raf1 ,„„. Conducted byProfessor Henry G. Bell, Faa The object of this departmentla to place at the • service of our farm, readers the advice of an aeknowl• edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and trope. Address.: all questions to :Professor Henry G, Bell, in care of Tho Wilson Publishing Company, Limited', To- ronto, and answers will appear in this column in the order In which they are received, As space is limited It Is advisable where immediate reply Is necessary that ' a ['tamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the Henry G. Bell. question, when the answer will be mailed direct tam Question—H,S.S::—Can 'I sow scid phosphate with a force feed grain drill? It has no- fertilizer attachment but I thought possibly it might work. Answer:—You can sow acid phos- phate with a force feed seed drill if the acid phosphate is dry and finely ground. Such a method of applica- tion would not allow you to sow but a very light application. Be very care- ful to thoroughly clean out and oil the drill after use for acid phosphate sow- ing, otherwise, the metal ,part will rust. If you have a lime spreader I would advise your spreading the acid phosphate with this implement and then thoroughly work it into .the soil by disking and harrowing. This will give a better application than apply- ing acid phosphate through the seed- ing attachment of the seed drill. Question--J.B.S.:—I have eighteen acres of oats. I intend to sow wheat after oats. The field is somewhat run. I have plenty of marl near the river. Would it pay me to top -dress the wheat with marl? If so, how much to the acre? Would it be all right to spread with a shovel? Soil isn't heavy nor light. Answer:—Would advise you, after the land is plowed, to top -dress it with marl at the rate of about two tons to the acre, If you have a lime spread- er and the marl is dry, after it has been pulverized it can be spread with the lime spreader to best advantage, You can spread it fairly well with a shovel but yt,u will not get it suffici- ently evenly distributed. After the lime has been spread work it, into the ground by thoroughly disking at least a week before the wheat is planted. At the time of sowing wheat I would advise adding 200 to 300 pounds of fertilizer to the acre in order to give the young crop a vigorous start. The fertilizer should contain from 2 to 3 per cent. ammonia, 8 to 12 per cent. phosphoric acid and from 1 to 2 per cent. potash would be valuable 'if it can be obtained. This fertilizer can be applied at the time the wheat is sown or spread in the same way as is advised for lime and worked into the soil thoroughly just before the wheat is sown. If the grain is seeded to.a mixture of clover and grass seed the addition of the marl will make the soil sweet in reaction and the fertilizer will have a very beneficial effect in insuring a good stand of grass. • Market Calendar. In August all surplus Leghorn cockerels and cockerels of other light weight breeds should be marketed as broilers. They are of little value as roasters. Green ducks are young ducks from 8 to 12 weeks old. They should be sold before they moult. Ducks on the Farm. The keeping of ducks calls for little outlay in the matter of building houses. Any kind of a house, so it has a good roof, and dry floor, will do. A. plain shed with dirt floor, and hav- ing the south side entirely open makes an excellent duck -house. The floor of the duck -house must be kept dry and should be well littered with clean, dry straw. Strange as it may seem, while ducks will thrive if they have access to a stream of water or pond, they must have dry quarters at night. Ducks compelled to spend their nights on damp floors or on damp litter, will surely contract rheu- matism. Ducks are conveniently kept in flocks of about thirty. A house fifteen by ten feet is large enough for this number. When kept in flocks of thirty or more one male should be al- loted to each seven or eight females. It is never advisable to keep 'ducks and chickens in the same house or run, for the reason that the ducks will keep the drinking water in such a constant state of filth that the health and life of the chickens are endangered. Ducks require a much more bulky ration than hens. A good ration is as f'ol'lows : Two parts bran, one part each of middlings and corn meal, one-half part of beef scrap and five parts of green food. This green food may be most anything —chopped turnips, beets, pumpkins, cut clover, etc. As the breeding sea- son approaches it would be advisable to increase the beef scrap to one full part. Little . whole grain should be fed. If on range during the spring and summer months ducks require lit- tle feeding. Any of the larger breeds of ducks will yield quite a great deal in the way of feathers in a year's time. Feathers should not be plucked dur- ing the cold weather. When ready for picking, the feathers will pull easily, without leaving blood on the end of the quill. If not picked when "ripe" the feathers will fall out and be wasted. Earning Money at Home. Very often a girl ''who has been wishing fgr some way in whit to earn a little money suddenly finds a good idea close et hand in homely dis- guise. Not long ago one girl notic- ed, in wandering about the home farm, that a large amount of the fruit on the trees was dead ripe and about to go to waste, She went to her father with a question: "May T have one box of berries out of every four that I pick, and one basket of plums, one of peaches and one of apples on the same .basis?" He was skeptical but a little re- lieved, for the prospective loss of the small fruit was worrying him. "Go ahead and see what you can do," was his reply. What the girl did was to get down .to business at once. She gathered and sorted diligently, with a well-de- fined scheme in view for every pound of her own share. The fruit that fell to her lot she put up in the form of jelly, apple butter, and, peach and plum mtirmala.de, which found a ready market. The project is still flourish- ing. She buys her jars and glasses at wholesale prices, and makes a point of getting such as are of odd, attrac- tive shapes. On each one she pastes a label bearing her name and guaran- tee. She has never yet had anything returned as inferior or spoiled—a fact that, taken in connection with her suc- cess, is quite significant. By picking the fruit at just the right time and handling it carefully, she has greatly increased her father's sales, while her own income from the business is forty dollars a month, earned, for the most part, out in the sunshine and open-air. An Illinois inventor has patented a harrow attachment for gang plows to enable a farmer to do his plowing and harrowing at the same time. ' )Wn.,ePai Steers which have been kept on a loW plane of nutrition (maintenance) for a considerable time make more economical gains when put upon a full -feed ration than steers which have been upon full feed for some time, Flowerdr, steers receiving more than a maintenance but less than a full -feed ration make no more economical gains when put upon full feed than steers. which have already been on full fend, Whenever beef advances in price a demand goes out for action .that will stop the slaughter of young ani mals. Since the reason alwaysgiven for high-priced meats is the decreas- ing number of beef animals, it would seem the wise thing to bring mole beeves to maturity. And so legisla- tures and congress debate the advis- ability of prohibiting, the killing of calves under a given age, Would such action bt'ing the desired. z'esults? Would the passing of veal from our tables make meat any cheaper? Would an order to the farmer to mature his calves safari, - late him to raise beef or would it re- sult in his selling oft' his dairy or feeding feiver,animats than ever? In all probability the latter is ex- nctly 'What would happen. The intlk. business and raising calves are ing compatible. The milk that calves use is also needed by milk consumers, many of whom are babir: the calves must go. There is an- other reason why the farmer knows better what to do with his young animals than the public, or even the legislator. ;It takes pasture and feed to ma- tura beef. Every successful dairy- man is using all his land to Weed his cowls. Ii" he were compelled '% feed enlace he could keep fewercows and beef would be grown at the cost of a scarcity in milk. More calves should 'be grown to maturity, There is no doubt of that. But legislation prohibiting the Jailing of young animals isnot the way to increase the supply, of beef animals, During the summer while cows axe in pasture' or on green crops a bal- anced ration can be ntaintuined by combining with the green food the following concentrated feed mixture recommended for summer :feeding, Three hundred pounds wheat brat, two. hunched pounds gluten feed, one hub- deed pounds homily, corn -meal or ground oats. Mixed wheat food may be used :fn plaeo of wheat bran: More gluten might well be added to the cont. bination when cows are carefully Watched, KEEP THE POTATOES GROWING NOUS on the Cultivation of This Valuable 'Crop anti flow to Protect It From 1t Eneasies. Many are growing potatoes in Canada this year, for the first time and, as a result of the greatly increas- ed number of growers the crop will probably be greatly increased. Bub to insure a good crop there mast be an abundance of moisture in the sol and the tops must be protected from in- sects and disease. CULTIVATION:—The soil should be kept cultivated with the cultivator or hoe until the tops meet sufficiently to shade the ground, As most of the tubers develop in the three or four inches of soil nearest the surface, and as the tubers will not develop well in dry soil; quite shallow cultivation is desirable at this season of the year. In soil which is dry there may be good development of tops but there will be few tubers. The roots in such cases have gone down. -deep into the soil to obtain moisture but the tuber -bearing. stems, which are quite different from the root system, do not develop well Where the soil is a loose, sandy loam, hitting is not necessary and may be injurious, as the soil dries out more than if .left on the level. In heavy soils it is desirable to hill the pota- toes as it will loosen the soil and the tubers will be shapelier than when the ground is left level. When there is sufficient rainfall and moisture in the soil hilling is likely to give best re- sults in all kinds of soil as the soil will be looser and the tubers can push through" it readily. As a great de- velopment of tubers takes place dur- ing the cooler and usually moister weather of the latter part of summer, it is very important to keep the plants growing well until then. In one ex- periment it was shown that during the month of September there was an in- crease of 119 bushels of potatoes per acre. PROTECTION O' POTATO TOPS FROM INSECTS:—It is very import- ant to prevent 'the tops of pytatoes from being eaten by insects, particu- larly by the Colorado Potato Beetle. The old "bugs" do not do much harm to the foliage, as a rule, and usually the plants are not sprayed to destroy these, although the fewer there are to lay eggs the less difficulty there will be inadestroying the young ones. These begin to eat rapidly soon after hatching, and close watch should be kept so that the vines may lie spray- ed before much harm is done. Paris green kills more rapidly than arsenate of lead but does not adhere so well, and in rainy weather it is desirable to have something that wilL stay on the leaves so that they will. be protected until it stops raining and thus prevent the tops being eaten. At the Central Experimental Farm a mixture of Paris green and arsenate of lead is used in the proportion of 8 ounces Paris green, 1% pounds paste arsenate of lead (or 12 ounces dry arsenate of lead) to 40 gallons of water in order to get the advantage of both poisons. It may be that it is not convenient to get both poisons when either 12 ounces of Paris green or.. 3 pounds paste arsenate of lead"(or 1% pounds dry arscna+- of lead) to 40 gallons water could be used, or in smaller quantities, say 1 ounce Paris green to 3 gallons or, 8% cameos paste arsenate of lead or half that quantity of dry to 3 gal- lons of water. An experiment con- ducted for six years at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, showed that, on the average, where the tops were sprayed to kill "bugs", the yield was 186.9 bushels , per acte, while when the tops were not sprayed and allowed to be eaten, the yield was only 98,2 bushels per acre. It is desirable not to stop with one spWy-, ing which usually does not kill all the bugs but to spray several times, if necessary, so that as little foliage as possible is eaten. PROTECTION OF THE POTATO PLANTS FROM LATE BLIGHT AND ROT:—In some years the crop of potatoes is much lessened by the Late Blight disease and when rot fol- lows little of the crop may be left. It is, therefore, very desirable to pre- vent this disease from spreading. This is done by keeping the plants covered with Bordeaux mixture from about the first week of July, or before; there is any sign of the disease, until September. Sometimes the first ap- plication of Bordeaux' mixture is made before the potato beetles are all killed when the poison for them may be mix- ed with the Bordeaux. While the dis- ease is not very bad every year it is well to be prepared. There was an average increase per 'year of 94 bushels of potatoes from' spraying with Bordeaux mixture in three years. The formula for Bordeaux mixture for potatoes is 6 pounds copper sul- phate or bluestone, 4 pounds freshly slaked lime to 40 gallons of water. While the bluestone will dissolve more quickly in hot water; if it isnot con- venient to get this, it may be sus- pended over night in a cotton bag in a wooden or earthen vessel containing four or five or more gallons of water. The lime should be slacked in another vessel and before mixing with the cop- per sulphate solution should be strain- ed through coarse "sacking or a fine 'sieve. The copper sulphate solution , is now put into a barrel, if it has not 'already been dissolved in one, and en- ough water added to half fill the bar - ,rel; the slaked lime should be diluted in another barrel with enough water to make half a barrel of the lime mix- ture. Now pour the diluted lime mixture into the diluted copper sul- phate solution and stir thoroughly, when it is ready for. use. The con- centrated lime mixture should not be mixed with the concentrated copper sulphate solution, as, if this is done, I an inferior mixture will result. If 1 the barrels are kept covered so that there is no evaporation, stock solu-1 tions of the concentrated materials! 'may be kept in separate barrels throughout the season. It. is import-{ ant to have the' quantities of lime and. copper sulphate as recommended, but,' in order to be stu•e that enough lime has been used and there is no danger of burning the foliage, let a drop of ferrocyanide of potassium solution (which can be .obtained from a drug. - gist) fall into the mixture when ready. If the latter turns reddish -brown, [midi more lime mixture until no change of color takes place. U y .6 c3 6�oThq'4,Y PIM X Asx .i2za' Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to this department initials only will be published with each question and its answer as a means of identification, but full name and address must bo given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers, will be Mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 233 Woodbine Ave., Toronto, ' E, L,t-1, A wrist -match with an il- luminated face, a pocket flashlight, a pocket drinking cup or a solidified alcohol burner are useful gifts for a man who bas left for a military train- ing camp, 2. To disinfect a room thoroughly proceed as follows: If pos- sible, mattresses and comforts should be burned. Wet everything else well with a bichloride solution, boil and sun the blankets. Serape the walle and ceiling, wash with bichloride; also the floor and woodwork, then scour with carbolic soapsuds. Fill cracks with fresh putty, shut the doors and win- dows tight and paste strips of paper around than, Closet doors should be taken off the hinges, but left inside. Place three bricks in the middle of the floor, put an iron pan on them, into which a pound of flowers of sulphur has been placed, wet the sulphur with alcohol, stick in a short length of fuse, light it, then go out quickly, being careful to see that the door is also made tight. Leave undisturbed for twenty-four hours. The fumes will bleach any colors in the room. Dishes may be disinfected by boiling for 5 minutes. 13.R.:-1, Bureau drawers which stick can be made to slide easily by first rubbing oder the edges with sandpaper, then soaping them. 2. A garment that has had an overdose of bluing may be whitened by boiling. 3. Brown sugar can be substituted for white in pickling. 4. Try benzine to remove the tar stains from your silk Idress. 5. To make oatmeal gems, soak one cup oatmeal over night in one cup water. In the morning sift together one cup flour and two tea- spoonfuls baking powder; add a lit- ' tie salt. Mix meal and flour togeth- ter,ter, wet with sweet milk to a stiff bat- drop in gem pans and bake ins - ' m' mediately. 6. It is said that before , eating is a good time to sleep, but not i immediately after a meal. 7. Yes, raw tomatoes are good for almost (everybody who does not have ulcer of the stomach so that the use of the { tomatoes gives him pain ' If they do not cause pain onevneed not be afraid to eat them. 8. The diet of a child of two years should consist of fruits, grains, a moderate allowance of pure cream andcow's milk and vegetable purees. Purees of spinach and other "greens" are particularly good. Eva: -1, It is said that freckles can be bleached out by applying the follow- ing mixture to the' face, being care- ful to .keep it away from the eyes Two ounces of buttermilk or sour milk, I two drams grated horseradish, six' drams cornmeal. Spread the mixture between thin muslin and allow it to lie on the face at night. 2. The follow-, ing method of cleaning black satin is given by some authorities: Boil three pounds of potatoes to a pulp in one quart of water; strain through a sieve and brush the satin with it on a board , or table. The material must not be INTERNA'T'IONAL LESSON AUGUST 19. Lesson VIII: Finding The Book of The Law -2 Chron. 34. 14-33, Golden Text—Psa. 119. 16. Verses 14-18. Finding of the law in the course of the repairs described in the preceding verses. Book of the law —Deuteronomy, though in somewhat briefer form than we now have it. Most scholars believe that it contain- ed what is now Bout. 5 to 26. or 12 to 26, plus chapter 28, (For a fuller discussion, see F, C. Eiselen, The Books of the Pentateuch, Chapter 19. Rent his clothes—A symbol of grief or horror. Verse 21 shows that the book contained threats of terrible punishment for disobedience, the king. Such threats are found in Deut. 28. 20-28. Full of fear and terror, the king makes inquiry of Jehovah through the prophetess Huldah. She reports that the book contains the law of Jehovah, and that tite people must suffer the consequences of their sins. She promises, however, that the calamities will not fall during the lifetime of Josiah. 29-32. The assembly and the cov- enant. On receipt of the reply of the prophetess the king called a re- ligious assembly. Elders—The lead- ing men, heads of families and clans. Levites—According to the Chronicler, no important function could be held without Levites. Covenant—The basis was the newly found book, hence it is called the book of the cove- nant. The agreement included the promise to observe the law. Before Jehovah—Everything was done as in the sight of Jehovah. Stand to it— Be willing to observe the law. 33. Abominations—The things de- scribed in verses 3-7. Israel--Josilth extended the reforms to the territory which had fo m y belonged i! erlIsrael t o His days—The Chronicler knew that after Josiah's death, under Jeltoiakim, which made a profound impression on I the old abuses returned. Cheaper Poultry Feed. On account of the scarcity and high price en feed the poultry industry of this country is threatened by the prospect of the wholesale slaughter of laying stock and a serious .falling off in the number of pullets to be ma - The necessity for retaining for mill- ing' every possible' bushel of wheat suitable for that purpose need not be emphasized. : To provide poultrymen 'with feed >gor roaring their young stock without unnecessarily lowering the supplies of milling wheat, the federal Department of Agriculture has requested millers throughout Canada to put on the market the cracked anti shrunken wheat removed from grain before it is. milled, In addition to small and brolcon wheat these cleanings -consist chiefly of the.siteds of wild buckwheat, a neat relative of the cultivated buciyy'tvheat. The Poultry Division of the Cemi•al Expet'imental Farm has used wild buckwheat in feeding experiments and reports it to be a highly satisfactory poultry feed and ltas ordered two ears of buckwheat screenings for the Con= tral and Branch Experimental Farms from the Canadian Government eleva- The fox, finding that he could not tors at Fort William. Fowls used to get the cheese by threats, bethought good grain do not take to it at first himself of using the craft for which but when they become accustomed to the fox family is famous, He re - it they eat it readily and do well on membered how a fox once got a piece it. of .'cheese front a crow by telling the Tile mill cleanings from local flour crow what a sweet voice she had and mills also contain traces of . many' then begging her to sing. That crow other weed seeds, including several was bolding the cheese in her bill, and kinds of mustards. These, however, when she opened her bili to sing she would not. as a rule amount to more, dropped the cheese to the ground, than two or three per cent, of the whereupon the fox seized it and ran cleanings in the case of the standard away. Since that time all crows grades of Western wheat... This ma_ I have carried their food in their claws terial is specially recommended for and not its their bills: Therefore, the bockya'd, suburban and professional fox knew well that it would do no poultrymen. On farms the cleanings good to beg the crow to sing. How, from yarda and poultry houses where then, could he get that cheese? Ile it has been fed would have to bo dis- thought hard and looked hungrily up posed of sous not to dissetninato noxi- into the tree. nus weeds In grain fields: "Dear Mr. Crow," said the :fox et Thole interested in obtaining this last, "I was only joking when I spoke class ofj feed should immediately ar-1-hefore, for I am your best friend. Only range with loeal mills or feed dealers yesterday I wet telling both the wood - for a supply, Tho mills cannot be' pecker and the blue jay how touch expected to 'keep this material for pool -i more beautiful your plumage is than try unless it is demanded for that theirs." purpose and that rests with the pool- The crow answered not a wend, but tame)) thetnsolvosr looked down at his glossy blacksi des ff Efficiency In Life it Efficiency is the word of the hour. Thorn are efficiency schools and books snd courses; efficiency lectures and teachers and doctors. Vlore is now abroad a young army of efficiency en- gineers who will sot your desk near , your, base of supplies and arrange your tools to conserve your mottoes; who will teach your office -boy how to fold circulars in one move instead of three; who will buy your materials with economy and dispatch; who will order your books and save your post- age stamps, and do other laudable things. But efficiency in life is a different matter. None of us would be willing to live our days according to a set programme ---so many minutes for conversation, so many outdoors, so many for those hone tasks that are sometimes duty and sometimes clear joy. How, than, can a life be efficient yet escape being mechanical ? Does not such un}nethodical living make for waste and inefficiency ? Not if you observe certain great principles. la the first place, every life should have a purpose toward which it is liv- ing—something that it is striving to become in itself—something that it definitely aims to contribute to the world life. Right here at the begin- ning we discover the lacit in many lives, They drift on year to year, with no clear goal ahead. Business plans.. definitely for twenty-five, fifty, one hundred years; no business ever suc- ceeded without building for the future, How many of us plan that way to be strong and joyous and capable men and women ? In the second place the efficient life will take account of stock once in a while and discard the things that are valueless for its purpose, Most of us waste uncounted hours with persons wbo mean nothing to us. They mere- ly happen to be in our vicinity. And meanwhile there are other persons wbo need us and whom we need, and we regret that we have no time for then, The same thing Is true of books, of pleasures, of many other things. Look over your life, and see. And, finally, a life cannot be really and greatly efficient unless it is in contact with the Source of Power, If a telegraph or telephone wire is grounded the message cannot reach us. Too often our spiritual "%tires" are grounded—covered by a drift of little, unimportant things, not harm- ful in thetnseh•es, but fatal in the end because they have kept us from God. To keep the current clear between God and the soul—this is the funda- mental necessity of the efficient life. Poor Mastication in Children. wrung, but folded down in cloths for three hours, then pressed on the wrong side. Reader: -1, Bavaria is the largest state in the German Empire after, Prussia. 2. "Sinn Fein" is Gaelic for "For Ourselves", 3. Inflamed eye- lids should be bathed several times a day with a solution of half a teaspoon- ful of boracic acid in a cup of hot wa- ter. 4. To test nutmegs, prick them with a needle; if they are good, the oil will spread around the puncture. 6. "Neither he nor I were there" should be "neither he nor 1 was there." 6. The 400th anniversary of the Re- formation will be celebrated October 31. Cook:—Perhaps the following notes may be of assistance: Salads and vegetables neutralize usual tendency of the body toward acidity, facilitate the elimination of waste products and poisons, and thus incidentally post- pone the coming of old age. Salads cool and purify blood and freshen complexion, give jaws and teeth ex- ercise necessary to development with- out which latter decay, facilitate digestion by encouraging mastication, promote oral hygiene by leaving mouth and teeth physiologically clean at end of meal, counteract tendency to anaemia, scurvy, gout, rheumatism, are rich in lime, so necessary to bone - building; also valuable laxative. Green vegetables are particularly valuable in cases of anaemia and of other dis- eases which are ascribed to diet de ficiencies. Vegetables are deteriorated by the loss of their salts in boiling water. Not only do potatoes lose much when peeled, but carrots, as usually cooked, lose nearly 30 per cent. of their total food material when cut into small' pieces. Cabbage thus treated loses about one-third of its total food ma- terials, especially its ash or mineral matter. On the average 30 per cent. of the total salts is extracted when vegetables are boiled in water for thirty minutes. When, on the con- trary, they are steamed they lose only 10 per cent. Hence vegetables should be either steamed or stewed in a casserole or covered earthenware vessel, so popular in France. If boil- ed the water should be saved for soup or sauces. Beetroots, carrots and parsnips con- tain a large amount of sugar, and when served at a ureal there is less of a desire for excessively sweet des-; sects. Cabbage, as usually cooked, is not digested for some five hours, but eaten uncooked in salad it takes less than three. Salads, like vegetables and fruits, have little body-building and tissue re-' pairing material, hence require to be supplemented by foods rich in these' and in fat, such as eggs, meat, cheese (grated by choice or the cottage varie-1 ty) and nuts, Akonpff c5O,rks, The Vain Crow. One day a fox that was very hungry was passing through a field. Ile saw a crow on the limb of a tree busily eating a piece of cheese, and at once trotted to the tree and sat down be- neath it. "Mr. Crow," said the fax itt harsh and unfriendly tones, "you must share your cheese with me." The crow looked down at the fox, but answered not a word as he took a peck at the piece of cheese. "Mr. Crow," said the fox, in a voice that was still more harsh and un- friendly, "if you do not give me part of your cheese, I shall climb the tree and take it all away from you," " The crow looked down at the fox, but answered not a word. He knew very well that the fox could not climb the tree, and so be took another peck at the piece of cheese. with great pride. Then he held his head's, little higher and forgot to take a peck at the piece of cheese. "And to -day I was telling both the kingfisher and the hawk how mufh sharper and more graceful your claws' are than theirs," went on the fox in' very pleasant tones. The crow answered not a word, but lifted first one claw and then the other from the limb of the tree and looked at each with great pride. But when he lifted the claw that did not have the cheese and tried to cling to the limb with the claw that did have the cheese, he dropped the cheese to the ground. Whereupon the fox laughed loudly, seized the cheese and ran away to the woods, where he ate every alor-' sel of it, And the crow cried "Caw! Cnwl" in very angry totes, and flew off to find a dinner to replace the one that he had so foolishly lost. The moral is that, if a vain person) is on guard at one point of attack, there are always other points of at-' tack that are not guarded, and a cref-' ty flatterer will have little trouble in finding a way to reach them. Electric Plants Icor The Farm. One of the recognized necessities in connection with our increased agricul- tural production is better and more attractive conditions on the farm, and among the many suggestions the use of electricity should be considered. Electric power is a great convenience in the farm home, and saves much Mete to the farm help. The farm or country home situated within the area of an electric system of transmission or distribution fs fortunate, but the vast majority must look to tho small isolated plant. This alternative, how- ever, is now much morepromising than a few yenta ago, Many factor-' fes manufacture this type of equip -I tient, the operation of the plants has been simplified and cost has been much reduced. These small' plants may be advantageously used for many domestic purposes in addition to light-' ing, such as 'rotting, washing, toast - Mg, pumping water, etc.; and also for the very important use of charging storage batteries. The train of ills that follows the in- sufficient chewing of food is great and may start early in life. Many chil- dren—in fact, most children, --unless watched and corrected, will "bolt" their food. When they are healthy they are also hungry, and it is natural that they should regard the mouth as a simple and rapid channel to the stomach. To teach them how to eat is often exceedingly tiresome, but it must be done, even at the cost of nag- ging. Insufficient mastication is especial- ly harmful to the young, because the full growth of all the passages of the nose and throat actually depends on Proper exercise of the muscles of this region in the early years. The use of the jaws in mastication is one of the bust ways for a child to get this exer- cise; and if he misses it, by reason of improper habits of eating, the con- sequences may be very disagreeable. Children who are not taught to use their teeth are likely to have inade- quate nasal passages and a sluggish, local circulation, which, in time lead to constant attacks of influenza and pre.. sently to the growth of adenoids. The child whose nasal and throat -passages are well developed and constantly fed with a stream of pure blood does not continually come down with "colds in the head," and is not likely to suffer from adenoid growths. You sometimes see children whose parents are bringing them up in the most approved way hygienically. They sleep in large, well -ventilated n urser- tes• they spendhours each day in the open air, and all the resources of science are at their service; yet they are not healthy. They are anaemic, nervous, pale little mouth -breathers. It is well in such cases to examine the habits of eating. Sometimes a. physi- cian finds that the diet is too exclu- sively of the pap variety that the child does not get a fair chance to use his teeth. In other cases, al- though the food is of the proper kind, the child is not made to masticate suf- ficiently, The results are equally un- fortunate.. The nut -eating game is a good way to teach children to masticate proper. ly. The child who can chew on a Brazil nut for the longest time is the prize winner. Everyone in the genie discovers how very good the food tastes when it is eaten slowly, and be, gins to form the habit of long chews ing. With insect enemies scarce, and growth exceedingly vigorous, apple or, chards promise to be in fine shape for next year even if they are not going to bear much this season. With milk weighed every tenth day and a composite sample tested once a month, the actual yield of each cow for her full period of lactation can be found with but little trouble.