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The Brussels Post, 1917-9-6, Page 7Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. The object of this department Is to place at the service of our farm readers the advice of an acknoWl• edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry a. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To- ronto, and answere will appear In this column In the order In which they are received. As space le limited It Is advisable where Immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the Henry G. Bcll. question, when the ..'sorer wkil be mailed direct. -• Question—A,F.:-'-I have a five -acre will get better results than you would field with good natural drainage, otherwise. which I Want to get into alfalfa next In order to still further insure a year. It was well manured two years catch, I would advise drilling in 200 ago, and sowed to wheat; not seeded to 000 lbs. of fertilizer per acre, as THE CONSERVATION OF FOOD An Article Dealing With Two Subjects of Vast Itnportance in the Present Crisis, Namely, the Saving of Wheat Flour and the Problem of Milk Supply. By Abby L. Marlett, Specialist in Scientific I-Iome 'Management. The enthusiasm with which the only when it happened to suit her, bread -matters (and brood -winners) of the hotelkeeper always hat to make the country are attacking the problem both ends meet. He knows, Of conserving wheat flour is shown Milk is a Most Valuable Food by the appearance of new recipes for One never speaks of milk without different types of bread designed to thinking of the child, and in any die: save wheat, eussion of voluntary saving of foods All these recipes fall into general during the present erisis, the rights classes determined by what has been of the child stand first. For, in the substituted for wheat, or by what last analysis, the future of any nation grain or cereal or vegetable has been is determined by the care which it to - mixed with the wheat in order that day gives to the child. less wheat need be used. Nature has stated, in no uncertain Wheat, as it comes to the house - terms, that milk is the essential food keeper's kitchen flour bin, is in three of infants and the young child. All forms: white flour, whole wheat flour, experiments to -day prove that we have and graham flour. The white is made no advance over nature in any last year. Plowed last fall, and beans advised in answer to A. F. wheat ground and refined into a multi- attempt to substitute other foods for 'Minted this spring without fertilizer. Question—B.K.:—I have a field that tude of grades. The whole wheat in - Shows a good stand of beans. The is seeded to clover on the north half, eludes all constituents except the bran. this essential in the diet of the child. soil needs lime. Will you kindly tell and the south part is in corn this year. The graham keeps everything, even Not that milk is an ideal food. It is, nee the best way to start the alfalfa, I wish to use the whole field for cow the bran. In till, of course, there is however, the nearest approach to an also when and how to lime the soil? pasture next year. What can I sow on variation dependent upon the menu- ideal food for the child that we have. facture. Wheat. flours show a very Given alone it not satisfactory starch content, low mineral ingredi- beyond the first few months and must ants, and a medium amount of protein be supplemented by other foods which or tissue -building material. Add to will supply the necessary mineral wheat flours other starchy cereals or matter in the form of iron to aid in Answer:—When the beans are harvested have the ground plowed deeply. As soon as The soil is dry en- ough to work next spring, apply a dressing of ground limestone at the rate of at least a ton per acre. Work this into the soil by disking' and har- rowing. About two weeks later sow a bushel to a bushel and a half of bar- ley as a nurse crop at the same time seeding with 20 to 26 pounds of good alfalfa seed per'acre. In order to in- sure a good catch of alfalfa, I would advise the addition of 200 to 300 pounds of fertilizer per acre. This can be drilled in at the same time the seed is sown, if the seed drill- has a fertilizer distributing attachment, If not, the fertilizer can be broadcasted the same as was the lime and worked into the soil by a light harrowing just previous to the time the grain and alfalfa seed is sown. This fertilizer should carry from 2 to 4% ammonia and from 8 to 12% available phos- phoric acid. It would be well also to have 1 or 2% potash, if it is obtain- able. Question—H.H.:—I have an eight - acre field which I want to sow to oats in the spring. This piece of land is sandy loam and in a fair state of fertility, having been covered with manure in the last two years. It pro- duced a good crop of corn this year. I want to get this field seeded to clov- er, no clover having been grown on it the south part that will make good pasture? Answer:—After the corn has been harvested, I would advise you to fall - plow this part of the field and as soon as the soil will work in the spring, sow the following mixture:—one bushel each of wheat, rye and barley. For pasture purposes it will not make any difference whether, you use fall wheat or spring wheat for spring seeding. With good weather this pasture should come along so that you can use it in six weeks. Avoid pasturing too heavily, and on the other hand, avoid allowing any of the grain to come to head. This mixture leas given good results on many farms in Ontario and in tests at Ontario Agricultural Col- lege. Question—W.F.:-1 have three acres of land which I plowed up last spring being old. sod with some June grass, and put it into barley. Could I work it good now and sow part of it to sweet clover this fall for pasture next summer? It is first class clay loam nice and level and dry. Would 'you ad- vise me what would be my best course to take to have good pasture for next summer? Answer:—I would not advise the growth of sweet clover for pasturage next spring. I have examined this crop as it grows in the Eastern half of this continent and have not been im- pressed with its usefulness as a pas - for the last six years. How would ture or hay crop. you advise sowing the clover to in- On sandy soils where there is a sure a catch? Would you inoculate the seed? I have clover chaff from about 25 loads of clover seed. Could this be used to inoculate by spreading on the field after it is plowed and worked in the soil with n harrow? Answer:—After the corn has been desire to increase the organic matter• rapidly, sweet clover can be grown and plowed under to good effect. If you wish next summer's pas- ture for temporary purposes only,— that is, for the one summer,—I would advise you to work the ground as you harvested, deeply fall plow the soil indicate and to sow a mixture of rye and in the spring apply a ton to a ton and winter wheat this fall. As soon and a half of ground limestone per as the crop has made, a fair spring' acre. Work this in with a careful growth, it will be ready for pasturing disking and harrowing. In sowing a and will continue to give good pas - mixture of clover and timothy, you turage as long as you prevent the can profitably use 10 lbs. of clover and. 4 lbs. of alsike to the acre, as well as 5 or 6 lbs, of timothy seed. Make sure that you get good vital seed. That is, have your seed purchased by early spring. Count out a couple of hun- dred seed as an average sample. Place these between two damp blot- ters. Keep the blotters medium clamp but not soaked. Place then on a plate anis keep the seed near some source of warmth. In a week or ten grairt from coming into head. As soon as the snow begins to go off hi the spring, I would advise you to sow 10 lbs. per acre of common red clover seed on the rye and wheat ground. The alternating thaws and frosts will work this seed into the ground and the young clover will come along so as to fill up the hare spaces and to make a substantial backing to the grain pasture. If you wish to seed your ground to a days the. seed should have sprouted mixture that you want to stand for sufficiently to ascertain the percent of two or three years, I would advise you good strong seed. If only 75% of the seed germinates strong, increase your seeding about 25%. I would advise inoculating the seed but not by mixing it with clover chaff. Write to Prof. D, H. Jones of the Bac- teriological Department of Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, and ob- tain a culture for clover seed from him. This bottle of material con- tains the pure line of bacterial life that lives on the roots of the clover seed. Apply this as directed and you to work it as you recommend this fall, and seed it to a light sowing of win- ter wheat or rye, say one bushel per acre; also sow timothy seed at the rate of 6 or 8 lbs. to the acre. As soon as the winter snows begin to go off, sow a mixture' of 6 lbs. of common red clover and 4 lbs. of alsike per acre as recommended above. Cut the wheat as soon as it is ripe so as to give the grass and clover mixture an opportunity to make a good sub- stantial grbwth . Paid S Improper feeding impairing diges- tion, or too much dry feed will cause hens to become crop bound, which is indicated by loss of appetite and dis- tended crop followed by difficult breathing. Give teaspoonful castor oil; knead the crop. If this fails to give relief an operation could be performed as a last resort. Poultry are naturally of a hardy na- ture, It is mainly on account of some neglect that they become diseased. A 'smooth plumage is noticeable M fowls possessing good health, and the comb and wattles are bright red in color. The droppings, too, are more or less hard, of a dark -brown color and cap- ped with white, Other indications of good health are a bright eye, it good 441,44te and an active gait, As a seminary, birds that are bright, active, with keen appetites, clear eyes, red comb, smooth plumage, clean legs ,--the male that crows, "talks," fights and digs; the female that scratches, "sings" and lays ---are birds that enjoy good health; from such can he expect- ed healthy chicks. Thero is not much hope for• the emu who is 011 the time shifting from erre breed to another, Get a good ono and atiek to it litre a dog to a root. You WEI win, Olfacv Too many breeders are so anxious to get returns that they breed young SOWS before they are developed. The result is that the sow never turns out INTERNATIONAL. LESSON to be what she would have had she SEPTEMBER 9. .attained her growth before farrowing. — The best cross to produce' pigs for bacon is one between pure-bred boars Lesson XL The Benefits of Total Ab - bacon end sows of the same breed. To speak stinence (Temperance Lcsson)— plainly, crossing of breeds is rather Daniel 1, Golden Text— risky except in the hands of one who Dan. 1, 8. thoroughly understands breeding, and Verses 1-7 furnish the historical , such man do not practise it to any ex- background of the incidents sub- is that in recognition of their' fidelity, good-bye and said, "Stay near the strugs, as the seven excited d over. sequently related. Among the exiles Jehovah gave exceptional food value Ileus°, end if you see Towser-Cat rust I Daddies pushed Trim over and over. Marty newly born pigs die fmmedi- segue ci from Judah to Babylon were to h o vegetable products they .eta. err clrrfelc and bolt the door." They rolled flim down thie hill, over I hours; for quart jars boil three and Y17 0. Gad rewtnded thele faithful -I ately after delivery just for lack of a four young !nen who were appointed mesa further by bestotvin •* extrnorclin-� Then she took her elle, in case the banking, and splash. into the a half hours. For the balance of the helping hand. If a sow farrows nine to receive thein, education at the royal any intellectual gifts. Learning -- lea; it ehnuld rain, and went out, p p 1 court. Provision was made that they r half an hour later the seven little pigs and loses throe, a loss of one her, literature, 13 isdnm—•B,>tter,i third is experienced; but few loop at `rink have the same the of font and science. The young men surpassed all Ducky -Daddies wore hunting for matter in that light, They gen- s as was served on the royal table. others in their knowledge and approeia- worms, when. Sammy, the oldest, saw theVerses 8-10. Loytllty of the fo}tn tion of literature unci science, Daniel cometh rig black behind a gooseberry orally consider themselves fortunate young men to their religious oonvio- e ceelleci also in unique prophetic pow-' blrah, that the other two-thirds of the litter , tions. Defile—The defilement plight era, Stood Before -Thea were Del "leen,inn it's Totvaer-Cat!" he pulled through.' be due to rim•crai causes; (1) the meat pohrted irersmral uCtrtuitut-: of the! About three weeks before farrowing, Aright come from unclean animals, (:-) sing, Misgi°ions . ent•llantrrs--- cried - re pregnant sows may be givers a ration the animals might not been killed Tho two i:rrms may lie used isle tv',of They all rushed for the lapse, but i g'a In of nine farts of rolled lar_ in the peeper manner; (3) the food a very general meaning ---Hien of Ezra Ducky-Dad,ile tripped over his Sammy. + 1 and three-quarter hours; .far quart I consisting g1and drink might have been ronactrat- learning. The divinely bestowed. led knitted muffler. Ile felt a dread- "So have Il cried Ezra. jars, two and a quarter hours, ley and one part of tankage, or three ed to. a Babylonian dioty. these aro wisdom of the aeon Jews Was( Pitr f r a retch dellen his back null ho was And 1BSa have II" cried all of rho' If es r d the whole of the ohieltan Ipo nds of skim -milk to one pound of all ceremonial considerations; but it superior to the kerning of the wear tl .r c . lot of Teeth- • others, and they swam out into the d i g t tri t the barley, This method of feeding must be remembered that by the Iater sure that he had lost aWray bo ps•epaxod gra ss, o as iso last t' lusty,active new- Jews ceremonial uncleanness waa place men of ce 1:e oiie. Tli rs fidelity and ars, lit hr rcrmbled up and hurried pond after their rubbers, +part. In all cases tante care not to rn pip. _ j , h i ee• voeng cls rief:s, tstmurh 'Eunuchs are 4' brothers bolt the dour. Towaor-CaC. He had scurried up the change of tempexatu n. Also, after 'a st rammnn rut re courts o ren s vegetables, such as rice or potato, and building the red blood corpuscles. you increase the starch proportion of Even the modification of milk will his the whole. In like fashion any of themav be accomplished prove the diet for the child. This ad - three elements of the flour may be dition of water in which ro egieals hah the e varied by the character of whatever soaked. other grains, cooked or uncooked, are Milk and cereals are very satisfae- added. - torycombinations for the young, as Bear in mind this principle of sub- themilk supplements the mineral de- stituting some other ingredient for ficiencies of the grains and furnishes part of your wheat flour, for upon it the absolutely essential stimulant for is based the sort of "war bread" otvth. which, in various forms, is a favorite grAs a stimulant to growth, milk, with tire- recipe makers. This is along with the yolk of egg, stands at brown crumb bread. the head of the list. Both of these tevice_laily and apply an elastic band- L,T;.65 AE . ..•..9� Conducted br' lrhra.Xe%.ea ,low o e Mothers and daughters of all egos 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 be elven In each letter. Write on one elde of papas only, Anewore will be mailed direct If stamped and addressed envelope le enoloped. Address all correspondence for thle department to Mre. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave„ Toronto. Mrs, T.:-1. To remove spots from your suit, mix a little cornstarch into a paste with gasoline, rub this on the spots and let it remain until dry, then brush out with a whiskbroom and you will find that unless the stains are very stubborn they have disappeared. Keep away from any fire while doing this. 2 A good freckle and sunburn lotion is 1 ounce of hydrogen peroxide, 1 ounce rosewater, and 2 ounces witch - hazel. Apply several times a day. 3. A dry, well -ventilated place, such as an attic, furnishes a good storage place for onions in winter, as slight freezing does not injure them, pro- vided they are not handled while froz- en. To keep well, onions must be matured and thoroughly dry. 4. It is said that eucalyptus oil will remove grease stains from any kind of material without injuring it. Apply the oil with a clean piece of flannel and rub the material gently until the stains disappear. M.C.S.:—A ,common cause of tired and swollen feet is weak instep. Ex- amine for symptoms of flatfoot. Rheumatism is another very common cause, Take an alternative hot and cold foot bath at bedtime. Apply a moist pack to the feet over night—a moist towel covered with mackintosh and flannel. Massage with cold cream- is also useful. If varicose veins are present bathe in cold water The Use of Bread Crumbs contain fat soluble substance. Ifg When the first cook stove was in its these are omitted from the diet, the l age or a cotton flannel bandage, cut on the bias about two and one-half infancy the use of bread crumbs in child is retarded in growth, and such inches in width. . cookery was antique. Undoubtedly a. serious case of malnutrition may the ancient Romans used them; ter- result that the child may die. Lucie: -1, There are two "Domin- tainly every housewife to -day knows It is for these reasons that to -day ions" in the British Empire, CanaBritishda that bread crumbs have their useful- the pressing need is to encourage the and New nZownna. 2. The t. ness in deep frying, in scalloped dairy industry. On the size of the JaCourt is known theas the Court iofd St. dishes, for puddings, for meat stuff- 'dairy herds and the measure of their 02 the becauseg Enofgland residence St. ings, and for decoratingvegetables' of King of from the was at Wil - and milk production will depend the abil-and meats. And at the present time ity to safeguard the health and nutri- James's Palace the reign of Wil - many a wideawake housekeeper is tion of the people. Not that adequate liam III. to the year 1837, in the reign realizing that bread crumbs may be nutrition may not be secured with= of Victoria. In that year the Queen used in bread making. 1 out the use of milk, but with the high Prepare the crumbs from stale prices of food to -day, there is no ad - bread left over from the table, from vice that can be given to the mother trimmings of crusts, or from dry rolls.. of a family that is of more importance Brown in the oven and pulverize. Of than to continue to supply milk for course no bread should be used for the young child of the family. this after it has begun to mould. After Variety of Milk Dishes pulverizing, seal the crumbs in jars into which moisture and spores of ! The fact that the growth stimulants mould cannot penetrate. The method may be increased through the use of of utilizing the crumbs is practically ;the green leaves of such plants as uniform. The bread sponge is made spinach, beet and turnip tops, dande- in orthodox fashion, with milk or wa_ lion, chard, water cress, lettuce, en- ter, with salt, sugar, and shortening, dive and cabbage is not so well known yeast and flour. Then the pulverized as it should be. Older people can getthis crumbs are added to form the sponge essential food product from these into a dough. Some declare that 50 sources. This growth stimulant is per cent. of the flour ordinarily used supplemented by the use of butter and is saved. But if the wheat flour em - 'used • skim milk in the preparation of food ployed is low in gluten (that tough, at the table. elastic property of wheat flours) 1 Every housekeeper knows the in - then something less than 60 per cent. finite variety of .foods that may be of crumbs must be used. Any wo-'Prepared with milk; creamed vege- man with a taste for experimentation tables of every kind; creamed gravies, will be willing to try out different pro- using all kinds of meat,poultry,fish and portions until she learns just how game. Creamed sauces used as a basis and all the rest of the royal family moved to Buckingham Palace, so far as concerns board and lodging, mere physical facts, In theory the court still resides at the squat and ugly edifice of St. James's, and levees and drawing rooms eontinue to be held there in support of the legal fiction. The name of St. James appears in connection with the present edifice be- cause a hospital for lepers was occu- pied on the site before 1190 under de- dication to St, James the Less. In 1532 Henry VIII. took over the pro- perty from its monastic possessors, destroyed the buildings and erected the palace, of which Hans Holbein is said to have been the designer. While little of the old Tudor palace surviv- ed the fire in 1809 the chimney piece in the presence chamber displays the initials H. A. as a reminder that at the time it was constructed Anne Boleyn was Queen. 3. To correct stooped shoulders try to get out of the habit of allowing them to droop, and sleep with a very small pillow or none at all. Several tines a day bring the forearms at a right angle with the arms, and place a broom -stick or other suitable stick in the angles thus form- ed in such a way that the stick will come behind the back, and keep it there for a few minutes, walking if de- sired. Inflate the lungs often and in other ways develop your chest mus- cles. "Shoulder braces" are not re- commended. 1 R.B.:—A good plain abundant din- ner, promptly served, is more popular with the threshers than a fancy one. The day before they are to come, bake pies and brown bread, then heat the former and steam the Latter a few minutes while preparing dinner, which freshens both. In the morning stew a big kettle of apples with sugar en- ough to make a jelly-like juice over them, and these are very popular along with the ham or salt pork, which the men usually prefer to a chicks dinner. The pork fried brown and crisp and with plenty of rich milk gravy is liked along with mashed pota- toes, sliced onions and tomatoes Green corn, in season, is always liked while cols -slaw or boiled cabbage goes well with the pork. ON DUTY My grandfather was swapping tales with a fellow boarder on the porch of a summer hotel, writes a contributor, while I, a small boy of 'ten or so, dangled my legs from its railing and listened, "One of the worst shocks I ever had came when I was twenty-four years old," he said, "I'd been working my way up in a drug store since I was seventeen, and was finally trusted to put up prescriptions. I had just de- cided that my increased earnings made it possible for me to offer myself to a girl with whom I waa desper- ately in love, but of whose love for me I was miserably in doubt -.when she came into the store one night with a look of terror on her face. Her lit- tle brother had been taken suddenly i11, her father was out of town, the doctor dare not leave the child, they kept no servant, there were no tele- phones in those days, and she had come alone from a suburb across the river to get a prescription filled. "I know she almost wqrshipped the poor little fellow who was, as she feared, dying; but I couldn't even desert my post in the store to go back with her; and she was soon running back alone to catch the last ferry. "After watching her out of sight, I turned back into the store and began to paste the prescription into the book, when suddenly my mind gave an aw- ful sort of backward somersault, and I knew that I had made a mistake in mixing the medicine that would kill the child, if he still lived when his sister got to him! "The ferry was a mile away and I was a swift runner, and I could still catch her, but there would be nothing to substitute for the poisonous mess I had given her. I looked at the clock; in fifteen minutes the ferry would start; the prescription, although pow- erful, was simple, and could be put up in ten minutes. For the fraction of a second I hesitated; then I mixed it, and started. "I reached the ferry, as you may guess, almost exhausted, but in time, if things had run as accurately in el those days as they do now; but the boat was already halfway across. I roared and yelled, but they either didn't hear or wouldn't heed me, and went steadily on. Then I swam for it. I knew that I would be too late, but somehow I had to keep going. I stumbled up the bank on the other side and ran on again with such a feeling of terror as I have never since experienced! "I met the doctor coming out of the gate, and saw the girl I loved, who had been speaking with him, just turn- ing back to the house. The doctor stopped and stared at me in the moon- light. "'Hello!' he shouted. 'You are the drug -store chap, or his ghost! If you are the real article, you'd better get a. new job! I knew the minute I smelled your bottle that you'd blundered, but, thank God, the baby has turned the corner and will get well without any of your help or hindrance!' "Well, man though I was, I shnply went down in a heap at his feet; and he—who in spite of his rage was as tender-hearted as a baby—carried me into the house, and when I came to, sonny" (turning to me, whose look of intense interest had caught his eye), "when I came to, sonny, I was lying in my wet clothes on the parlor sofa, and your dear grandmother was crying over nee and choking back her sobs so as not to wake the sleeping baby." • • How to Open a Book. Hold the book with its back rn a smooth or covered table; let the front board down, then the other, holding the leaves in one hand while you open a few leaves at the back, then a few' at the front, and so on, alternately opening back and front, gently press-' ing open the sections till you reach the center of the volume. Do this two or three times and you will obtain the best results. Open the volume violently or carelessly in any one place and you will likely break the back and cause a start in the leaves. Never force the back of the book. Young pigs should not run in heavy pastures when the dew is on the grass. In wintertime we talk about scratch sheds to make hens work for a living, but how about the summertime? We make our hens dig in the scratch shed litter every day in the year. dI� $torii'lis fr The Seven Ducky -Daddies. much of other products she can use in of vegetable soups and cheese dishes. There were six eggs under Amanda her wheat bread and still attain the Croquettes and souffles will give the Ducky-Daddle. When they hatched I peddle had to go to market to buy' a spongy, elastic loaf which the family peculiar value of the milk, along with out she counted them: "One, two,1 new broom. As it was raining, all the other, great value of the vee three,four, five, six, seven! I can't of the little Ducky-Daddles helped her relishes. �vege- Many who have tried this declare tables or meats, the mineral matter, believe it!" she cried. that the result is nearly identical with flavor and energy, and in most of the But there they were, seven downy regular whole wheat bread, differing cases enough of the protein, or tissue balls! only in its darker color and its sweet building, for adequate growth. Amanda and her seven little Ducky - and nutty flavor due to the browning j Do not throw away any sour milk. Daddies lived near the pond. Every of the crumbs. IThe use of it should be encouraged day she took them out and showed Hotel -men have seemingly utilized as an essential part in the prepare- them how to hunt under the grass for this,.type of "crumb" bread extensive- tion of the quick bread, cakes and worms. ly, and declare that their patrons have I some sauces. Where the amount left But before they left the house she in for worms, when Sammy save been most enthusiastic. And the con-, over is sufficient, it may be used to cautioned them: "Keep close to me. If something black behind the goose- scientious housekeeper seeking econ- make cottage cheese. But also save; you stay away a big black Towser- herr bush. omy should not- scorn such a the whey from the cottage cheese for i Cat will hurt you; and perhaps he Run, run! he cried. "It's the source of experimentation. For,' it should be used in bread making and I will eat you up. When I say, 'Quack! Towser-Cat!" whereas many a woman at home has :some types of soups, in order that the : Quack!'you must all come quickly.' always cooked in a stereotyped, rule -,valuable mineral matter of the milk! One day, when the seven little' They all started for the house, but of -thumb way, practicing economy may not be wasted, I Ducky-Daddles were hunting for their rubbers were so heavy that they ' worms, Amanda saw something furry could hardly run and Towser-Cat soon a behind the gooseberry bush. 'aught up with then. Before the easier; ho made the official in charge' "Quack! Quack!" she called loudly, seven young Ducky-Daddles could s, is j„ • n << _ of them kindly disposed. IVoror stmt the dorm his big bink paw was �� s looking—Th ough lack of sufficient or and all of the Ducky-Daddles hurried g proper food. 1 under her wing. . inside.. 11-i6. A successful experiment., "Keep close to me. I see Towser- 1 They - all pushed the door• as hard Though the chief of the eunuchs did Cat behind the bush!" Mother Amanda es they could, but it would not abut. not grunt Daniel's request, the latter: continued sharply. 1 "Hold the door tight and I will pull fait that it was safe to push the use, And of course they all stayed close'the gooseberry net over bins!" cried He, therefore, persuaded their over-; seer to try them for a short time on; to their mother until Towser-Cat had Sammy, jumping out of the window. a vegetable diet, He agreed, and, gone away. "Look nut for his clews!" Ezra call - when the experiment proved a success: Another day Amanda Ducky-Daddle ed excitedly, as Sammy pulled the net the unclean food was withdrawn, had to go to town to buy rubbers for', over Towser-Cat; when he was all permanently. Steward—A; subordin the seven little Ducky -Daddy. She tangled up the seven set up a shout; ate otl'icial,who was in personal charge! called lar children about her and "Let's push him iota the pond! Let's of Daniel and his companions. Pulse! wrapped there in their reel knitted: push trim into the pond!" —the refererdco is to vegetable food in general. Florae . fatter—Tire thought mufflers, One by one she kissed them Towser-Cat looked like a bundle of "If you eat a great deal, you will soon be so big that Towser-Cat will not Clare to chase you," she said to her seven frightened children. And at supper they ate all of their bread and milk, and even asked for more. A few days later Arnartila Ducky - into her rubbers and then put on their own. One by one she kissed them good-bye and said, "Stay near the house, and if you see Towser-Cat run in quick and bolt the door." Then she took her umbrella and started for town. The little Ducky -Daddies were hunt - Can Hens For Winter Use. "Canned chicken" may be made at home in your own kitchen out of the old hens that ought to be killed any- way. The method of operation for what is known as "straight pack" by the trade is very simple, and is given in detail as follows by Dr. Robt. Barnes, Chief of the Meat and Canned Foods Divi- sion, Health of Animals Branch, De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa:— Clean and cut up the chicken; sort out the fleshy portions, such as the legs, thighs and breast. Break off the protruding portions of the bones in each piece. Pack these fleshy portions in a gent jar or other container, as closely as possible; add salt and pepper (about a teaspoonful of salt and one-eighth teaspoonful of pepper). Fill to within three-quarter incl! of overflowing with the liquid that conies from the balance of the chicken, process for preparing which is given below. Place in boiler or other vessel containing warns water and gradually bring to a boil. For pint jars boil two and a quarter end. "Push hien way out to the middle, whore " id E chicken lace in kettle and boil till' the meat will strip freely from -the tore ft s wettest, said zea, belies; strip off all meat and pack lit In the excitement all of the seven l jar. Pour thereon the balance of the little Ducky -Daddies fell into the liquid in the kettle that has riot been pond, and all of thorn loaf their rub- I used in the first jar, If there is not bees as they tumbled over one anoth- enough liquid to flit the second jet "I've lost my rubberel"cr. tall water. 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