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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-10-11, Page 3• Co'nd eted. y* JYn. ,Tfel n /F+,r • Mothers and daughters of ail ages aro cordially Invited to write to thla department, Initials only will be published with each question and Its answer I tter,1eWrite of lonponecside ofup per only. and An weesswillust beUe ma ledndirecteach if stamped and addressed envelope. Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this departmentto Mrs, Helen Law, 233 Woodbine Ave„ Toronto. Reader: -1. "Anzac" stands for the initial letters of "Australia (and) New Zealan[i Army Corps." The name was first coined -at the Dardanelles, St has no referee,yr ee to Canada, for there were nd Canadian trbops, just the Army Medical Corps, at the Dardanelles. 2. To remove paint from clothing, sat- urate the spots two or three times with equal parts of ammonia and turpentine, and then washout in soap suds, 3. Nothing whitens the hands so effectively as rubbing a slice of lemon on them 'once or twice a day. This is also a good way to remove stains from the fingers. Worker;—To decorate a table for a Red Cross luncheon, instead of a table- cloth use "runners" of heavy white stuff which can afterward be made in- to nurses' uniforms. At intervals down)he table arrange large crosses of red paper. In between, you might place measuring glasses, filled with red and white flowers. Bon- bons may be in the shape of pellets and placed in pill boxes, which mor- tars might hold salted nuts and olives. Instead of napkins, use squares of cheesecloth, folded bandage fashion; these may 'be saved, washed and sterilized and used for covers for medicine glasses. One of the Girls: Far your Hal- lowe'en party: Begin with the One -Yard gash. Measure off one yard on the carpet, give each boy a potato, which must be laid on a line. At a given signal each contestant gets down on hands and knees and pushes the potato with his nose until he reaches the other line. There should be a simple little prize for the winner. The Hurdle Race is for both boys and girls. Each person is given six needles and a spool of thread, and the one who first threads them all -wins the contest. Next comes the 'Standing High Jump. Hang three doughnuts in a doorway, about four inches higher than the mouths of the contestants. Tie their hands behind them and see who first bites a doughnut. For a Drinking Race each player is given a .half glassful of water and a spoon. The water must be consumed a spoonful at a time, and the one who finishes first is the winngl. If any is spilled,, that contestant is barred out. - The Bun Race is great fun. A clothes-line/1s stretched across the room, and from it are hung sugar buns at a height just reaching each player's mouth. The players stand in line with hands behind them, and at a given signal begin to eat the buns. The bobbing of the line makes this very difficult. Last comes the Rainy Day Race, Each contestant is given a shoe -box containing (I pair of over -shoes, and tied with string. A closed umbrella is also handled to each. When the start- er counts three the boxes must be untied, the over -shoes put on, and the umbrellas opened. The contestants then walk across the room asrapidly as possible to a set line, remove the over -shoes, replace them' in the boxes, tie the boxes, and close the umbrellas before they walk to their starting place. The one who arrives there first wins. INTERNATIONAL LESSON OCTOBER 14. however, no good reason for doubting the histgricity of a decree issued by Cyrus giving permission to the Jews to return to their old home: (1) Such decree would be in perfect accord with the general policy of Cyrus as reflect- ed in his own inscicfptions; (2) the im- minence of a conflict with Egypt would make j desirable to have near ,the borders of Egypt a nation on whose fidelity and gratitude he could rely. Whosoever is left—Without the • Lesson II. Returning From Captivity means of returning to Jerusalem. —Ezra 1. 1-11. Golden Gold , . silver—To purchase food Text—Psa. 126. 3. _ and other necessaries.. during the jour - Verses 1-4 contain the proclamation ney. Goods—Camp baggao and of Cyrus. Cyrus kingof Persia— furniture. Beasts—Animals tor car- rying rying the supplies. Freewill—Volum Cyrus began his career asking ofy gifts of a more private nature, Anshan, a small district of Elam, to to be used for the rebuilding of the the east .of Babylonia. Within a Tela- temple tively short time he conquered the whole of western Asia. One o This most important early conquests was Persia; hence he is generally known as king of , Persia. First year—As king of Babylon ;in other words, in B. C. 538 or 537. Jeremiah—The refer- ence is to Jer. 25. 12, where the promise is made that after sevent years the power of Babylon was OM destroyed, which would result in the liberation of the Jews. Since Jere miah's message is dated about B. C. 604 the later Jews might well see in the return of, 537 a fulfillment of Jaxemiah'srediction. The primary interest of the author is in the rebuild- ing of the temple. Jehovah stirred up—It' is only natural that a Jewish writer shmuld trace the impulse }yhich prompted 'the proclamation to divine suggestion. Cyrus himself asserts that hispolicies of kindliness and gen- erosity were inspired by Marduk the god of Babylon. Proclamation— Ezra 6. 3.5 contains a more original -form of the decree of Cyrus, Jehovah . given me -There is no indica- tion an any of the inscriptions of Cy- rus that he was a worshipper of Jehovah. The glori0cation o: Jehovah here may be due to a later working over of the decree from the point of view- of Jewish religion. There is, 5-11. Preparations for the return and the return itself. Judah . and Benjamin—Theauthor holds the view, found also iii other "Old Testament passages, that the southern kingdom consisted of two tribes (1 Kings 12. 21, 23); other passages assert that Judah alone constituted the southern king- dom (1 Kings 11. 137,32, 36) Strength- ened—The Babvlomans and the Jews who remained behind gladly assisted those who decided to return. Vessels of the house of Jehovah—Compare 2 Kings 24, 13; 26. 14, 16, and 2 Chron. 36. 7. His gods—Better "god." The chief deity [of Nebuchadnezzar was Mard.ik, who had a magnificent temple in Babylon. Sheshbazzar—Bath he and Zerubbabel are named as gov- nors of Judah (Ezra 5. 14; Hag. 1. 1, 14; etc.); consequently it has been thought by many that the two names refer to one and the same person. It is more probable, however, that they refer to two distinct persona; Shesh- bazzar preceding Zerubbabel as`gov- ernor of Judah. Platters. bowls—The meaning of the words is not absolutely ceetain. Knives—Bet- ter, "censers." The total secured by adding the figures in verses 9 and 10 falls far below the total given in verse 11. Captivity—The company of exiles accepting the offer of Cyrus. Winter is fast approaching, and every advantage should be taken of the fine weather for doing such outs door work that can not conveniently be done when the .weather 4s -cola or $''0ow is on the ground. There are fences to repair, roofs to examine for leaks, and general fixing up .of the entire House. The runs, too, need'a good cleaning up and spading. All the 'old hens, not intended to winter over, should be sent to market while the prices are good. Now is a good time to lay in sup- plies for the winter, especially shell as incubators and brooders, and to secure new blood that may be needed in the flock, - Orders are more promptly and carefully filled now than later on when there is a. general rush. The moulting season is surely put- ting a rusty, unattractive appearance. on the fowls, They need -a tonics a foW pieces of rusty iron in the drink- ing water will have a good effect, About five per scent old -process oil- meaI added to the [sash is goad medi- cine at this time; Sunflower -seed, mixed with the grain feed occasion- ally, will add luster to the feathers, HIGHEST RICES B AIb For POULTRY, G&AFEATHERIS Q fleas, wri to for particular's, P. P0ii72112 & 00., e0 sonaeoonrs Market, Montreal Caponize all the surplus young cock- erels duripg October,/ It is not uncommon on farms to al- low the poultry to 'roost outdoors in summer, on trees or wherever they may find a satisfactory perch, and. this is often permitted away into the win- ter months. The practise is not a good one, especially after the fall weather starts. If the stock has not already been placed in the houses it LANTIC Pure Cane Sugar -with its fine granulation-, is best for all preserving. 10.20 and 100.16. Snake 2 and 0.111. Cartons Tares. Soni Cook Books sent free on race pt ofhedBall 'nnda-auk Atlantic SugarRefineries Limited,Montreel Peais For clear, white delicately flavored preserved pears, use "Pure and Uncolored" 144 GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX By !John B. Huber, M.A., M.D. Dr. Huber will Answer all signed lettere pertaining to Health. If your question is of general interest it will be answered through these columns ; if not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en- closed. Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis, Address Dr. John B. Huber, care of Wilson Publishing Co„ 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. ;Tire future of society is in ENLARGED In children having adenoids there is mouth breathing and narrow chest- edness and thus poor lung expansion —by which the child becomes starved for oxygen and an easy candidate for consumption; snoring; open mouth; a vacant dull expression of the face; unpleasant, toneless modifications of a naturally pleasant voice, such as the "nasal twang"; inability to pronounce certain letters; earache and other ear affections, even deafness, by shutting up the Eustachean tube, which leads from the pharynx to the= ear, and which should always be open; mental deficiency, making a dunce of a na- turally bright child; frequent attacks of coryza (nasal catarrh); nosebleed; irregular tooth and jaw formation; stunted growth; convulsions; and a generally nervous condition, so that an ordinarily good -child is accused o wanten misbehavior or crass perver- sity. Such are signs of adenoids. In addition to hat I have alread stated deformities appear. The na tural and uniform development of th face is hindered, leading to the nar- row jaw with crowded teeth and th high -arched pallet. And it takes th highest skill of those dentists wh have made a specialty of "ortho dontry"—teeth straightening—to cor- rect those jaw deformities. In tk chest therr are likely to be alteration of shape; in some -o cases the pigeo breast, -_but in most cases the forma- tion of a hollow at the lower end o a breast plate which the child make obvious when the parts are sucked in with each inspiration. When enlarged tonsils are found in children adenoids are sure to be pre- sent also in 90 per cent. of the cases. Tonsils are sometimes enlarged from birth; but they usually become so by successive attacks of tonsilitis, or the of f Y e e e 0 e s n f s hands TONSILS. quinsy, diphtheria, .scarlet fever, measles, or in fact any nose and throat inflammation. Sometimes the tonsils become so enormous that they actually touch in the act of swallowing; also in such children there is the "throaty" voice, as if the mouth were full of food; and there is a dry cough in some cases. Much stuttering begins thus. .The glands in the neck beneath the skin are also liable to become swollen and tuberculosis all too often follows. -QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Baby is Restless. I am nursing my seven weeks old baby every three hours and whenever she wakes at night. She seems very restless at times. Answer — Possibly the feeding "whenever she wakes at night" is the cause. Babies on the breast do bet- ter on 3 -hour intervals during the day and 4 hours at night. 6 and 9 azn,, 12 m., 3, 6 and 10 p.m. are right. After the third month discontinue the t./Jo mothers." ECONOMIC PRODUCTION OF WHEAT IN RELATION TO FOOD PRODUCTION By Henry, G. Bell, Agronomist, (Concluded from last week) The, Canadian farmer is a manufac- eggs on the leaves of the healthy tuner, and he is interested in every- plant. The maggot hatches on the thing that will add to the efficiency leaf and bores into the stalk. Hay - of his crops. He finds himself short ing damaged the wheat the maggot of sufficient Manure to cover all of his wheat areas and the areas of the other important crops, such as corn, pota- toes, etc„ hence, he supplements the plantfood of the soil and manure by the addition of suitable fertilizers. Probably no phase of wheat -growing has a more important bearing on the economic production of the 1918 crop than proper fertilization. Now, what are fertilizers? They FATHER IN THE ROLE OF TYRANT "We adorod our mother, but we al ways stood in awe of father.". I turned to see whence that remark came. Not that 1t was unfamiliar—1 had heard the same thingexpressed in various ways before—but this time the statement, with all that it lin- goes into a dormant state known as plied, penetrated my understanding, the "flaxseed" stage. This flaxseed as it were, for the Brat time, and was remains in the stubble, coming out in resented. I knew tbe.father of whom 'the fly form early in August, The ebe had spoken—a kindly man, wholly life of the adult fly is but a few days, lovaUle, meek more worthy of , &no- robabl but a week or less as a rule tion that the mother. Yet his child. p Y s f a great mass of flies appear about the reason resstood thatin so ammanyofhchilimdrorenthstandexamine same time. If the wheat is sown after awe of fathers—the shirking of re - the flies appear, by the time the wheat sponaibility on the part of the mother, is up they are gone and the crop es Is this fair ? Decidedly not! capes the attacks of this insect. Now, „ It is a pernicious habit of these are carriers of available plantfood; late sown wheat is at a disadvantage, "adored" mothers bolding father over g the heads of the offspring as a threat just the same plantfood as is carried in that it has but a short time to make to enforce good behavior. You've in farm manure. Fertilizers are sufficient growth to withstand the cold heard them, singing out over back composed of materials gathered from weather of autumn and winter. By Yards, across porches, up the stairs sea and mine and air, as well as from the addition of 200 to 400 lbs. of and down the stairs, yodeling the length of the street, } Johnee—ee-e— if you dont come home here this minute I'll tell your father on you to- night. He'll make you obey me or he'll know the reason why 1" I knew a weak mother who prides herself that she loves her children too much to punish them. "But they will grow up barbarians!" I protested, Postponed Punishment • the by-products of various industries. fertilizer per acre at the time the You speak of bread carrying pro- wheat is seeded, there is added suffici- tein, carbohydrates and ash. Well, ent available plantfood to enable the fertilizers supply nitrogen, which is crop to make this strong healthy the bof protein, potash, growth, causes theasis formation of starchwhich and The wheat crop suffers material other carbohydrates, and phosphoric losses in some sections from attacks acid, which hastens the growth of the of smut. This is a fungous disease crop. Therefore the fertilizer in- which spreads throughout the growing dustry is closely linked with the farm- plant and times to its fruiting stage er's important calling in producing the food of the world. The Value of Fertilizers. ,Now, does it pay to fertilize wheat? This depends upon four -things: :da) The productiveness of the soil; (b) The yield of wheat obtained; (c) The price of wheat; (d) The cost of fertilizer. I have already dealt with the first factor, in last week's instalment of this article. The yield of wheat is directly de- pendent upon the supply and balance of plantfood. The oldest fertilizer tests in the English-speaking world have been conducted by Rothamsted Experiment Station, England, where, as an average of 51 years, there was obtained an increased yield of 18.1 bushels per acre from fertilized wheat over wheat grown without fertilizer. At present wheat prices, such in- la as a basis of explosives, Potash crease in yield is full of interest to from Europe, as you know, is now only I - No punishment should be hasty, nor the farmer. But he asks, can such should sentence be passed when a memory, and submarine activities either the child or parent is in the about the time the wheat grains are "Oh, no," she denied serenely, "1 filling. The spikelets of the infested know that they must be punished oe- cro instead of containingwell-filled casionally, even though I simply can't P, do it myself, so I just let their father kernels, contain sacks filled with lit- attend to them when they've been tle black seed -like bodies known as naughty. But when he does punish spores, which are actually the seeds them I always leave the room; I can't of this disease. The wheat crop can bear to see the poor dears cry." readily be freed of smut disease by Drivel! Have you any respect far r treatment with formalin, as indicated that p She shirks the un ant part oof f parental duty and calmlyl in the publications of nearly all of the allows the father to shoulder it. agricultural experiment "stations. Naturally, the children have an over- The profitableness of the use of emphasized awe and fear of him be - fertilizers in producing more aild bet- cause he is compelled to express a ter wheat is established. It is the double sternness and enforce twice the amount of discipline, There are logical practice in connection with the more kinds of "slackers" than one. use of good seed and proper soil till- There are several objections to post- age. posing punishment until father's eve - Five Important Factors. ning arrival. First 1s the holding up of father as an ogre to enforce good The fertilizer industry, like all other, behavior; second, the weakening of industries is encountering enormous the mother's own authority, the ad - difficulties arising from the present ' mission that she is unable to personal - war. Its nitrogen carriers are used•ly handle the situation; third, the cle- f the punishment. increase be made economically? Farm have greatly aggravated the shortage'. heat of anger; but they is such a 2 a,m. nursing repast. Try if a little labor has increased in cost; seed and water to drink_will not soothe the baby fertilizer have likewise increased. A carefulies should always havestudy oof sulphuric acid used in the manufac-thing as waiting too long.. Children at night; f the situation shows the of acid phosphate, Nevertheless, sensibly live in the present, with not the fertilizer industry is vigorously too much thought of past or future. endeavoring to supply the Canadian Consequently the child must be pun - farmer with as much available plant -,f fished sufficiently soon tot o ensure the er- food as can be assembled and manufac-; youngster's orememUeriug its fault and tured, so that he may do his part intwi e, gasather smalletrooedea into the overcoming the food shortage. Ipast, it will diminish in size, and even Let me again emphasize these points though the punishment is in true pro - to all growers of wheat—pointspast, ortion it is to the young. aptery And tto he slight st ear unjust are established beyond a question by'childish suspicion of injustice is dis• careful experimentation and actual ex -'estrous, for if there are two kinds of perience—that the largest crops of people more difficult to respect than best quality wheat can be produced' others, they are the selfish and the un - by gising careful attention to the fol -I just. lowing five important factors:The Mother's Duty (1) Thorough drainage of the soil; When a mother defers punishment (2) Thorough preparation of the:for several hours, waiting for the un - seed -bed; When male parent to arrive upon (3) Selection of suitable varieties of. the old,eand even the though offence a sense hadd wheat and good quality seed; i grown (4) Adequate fertilization; •injustice should not be roused, the (5)Control of insect pests and dis- belated chastisement cannot be so ef- fective as the prompt administration cases• of justice. Attention `to these five details will I I admit that there are times when a enable Canadian wheat -growers to do mother feels incapable of coping with still more efficient work in the cam -'the situation alone, especially when peign for increased food crops, and she has sous who are approaching thereby render great service to' manhood; thee, when sale has done_ her best and feels that it is not humanity in this tremendous crisis of ! enough, by all means let her wait for the world's history. � a conference with the father. Let her plenty of water. Cocoa. • Gan one drink cocoa daily without injury to the health? Answer—Assuredly, once a day. A most. nutritious beverage. Just a tri- the adaptability of the analyses of fie heavy in the dog days however, fertilizers used by various experiment since it has a considerable fat con- stations, but a careful charting of the tent. Not as stimulating as tea or yields of wheat obtained at Ohio coffee, but more nourishing. It is shows that acid phosphate can be used therefore preferable in cases where! at material profit on wheat. It is tea and coffee excite the nervous eye -I strongly advised by the es experiment tem, causing palpitation, tremors and! station. insomnia. This is not to say, however, I A similar study shows that nitrogen that tea and coffee are to be abjured and phosphoric acid give material pro - for most of us. When taken in modera-1 fit at present wheat prices and ferti- lizer costs. Complete fertilizers, or those carrying potash as well as nitro - that the advantage is still with the farmer. A very small increase in yield will pay for a liberal application of fertilizers on wheat. Time will not permit my going into tion the latter are wholesome. Kitchen Patriotism By Ruth M, Boyle • "My son and two of my nephews have enlisted. My daughters are mak- ing surgical .dressings for the Red Cross. I am kept so busy at horse that I can't be of any use, and it is hard to have to go on from day to day just as if there wasn't a great war• far as possible in order to conserve that we have to win. Yet there '!those that can be shipped long dis- doesn't seem to be anything that I can do to help." , She was a farmer's wife, and she was managing a home for six hard- working, healthy people. She didn't realize it, but her part In winning the war was probably as important as that of the son who had enlisted and the girls taro were making surgical dressings, This is the way a woman—a home economics expert—who is giving her time and her talent to the Government to find means of conserving the food which is so necessary and so scarce in the world just now, explained it to me: "War," she said, "depends on wealth, Now, there isn't any wealth except that which comes lout or the woods, 'out of the sea, out of the mines, and off the farms. So you see the fate of the world hangs on the farm, the far - No woman can think fora moment gen and phosphoric acid, also give a twenties, lads—most be thein just in their - soils or on soils containing a high twenties, remember that — "some- i where" at the front, and not feel inn- percent. of muck, potash is especially inloeder thatd to vtheyrmelay havecplenttyy. i Fertilizers I Fertilizers have an important bear - But no- such sacrifice as that is neves- ing on the next factor in economic sary. What does the nation ask you wheat production, which is insect and to do ? A few simple things—to save wheat, disease control. The most destructive to save meat, to save butter, to use insect effecting the wheat crop is the perishable fruits and vegetables as Hessian Fly. This insect lays its profit at present prices. On sandy should be done 'at,once. Exposed' mer, and the farmer's wife --and uo hens never have good egg 'records i t least is the farmer's wife, 1 is duringcold weather. . • the woman of the house who plans what is 10 be eaten. If she plans well, our own country and fhe sten at the front can be fed," D oda tenses. This' does not mean that you must not give your family all they need; in order to keep then in proper health, they must have plenty of wholesome food. But it does mean substituting corn and ,other grains for wheat, which is needed across the sea. iIt means using cheese and fish and all possible substitutes for meat. It means that although you may use but- ter as usual for the table, you must not use it in cooping. Above all, it earls the elimination of waste. There m should be nothing left on the plates, and the leftovers should be served at another meal. Plan your meals with the needs of your country in mind, and you are ser>ting your country as truly as any soldier in the trenches, And then it may be some consolation to you, when you think of your own boy "same - where" under the colors, to know that you, with thousands or other women, are using your skill and your wits in order that 110 may be well provided I for, • x'72 Most economical gains on hogs arel seemed while the pigs are young, and A bull is'hal` the he'd, ie he is a for that reason it is advisable to ,purebred capabld of transmitting his. fiinish hogs as early as possible, `good qualities. But if he is a poor weighing•'200 pounds when marketed. sire, he is more than half -he is neali•- Gains on adults are expensive, and ly 'all of, it. At the Ohio'station a feeding thein during too long.a period' bull whose dam had a high official ge- loses money. 1cord and- whose grand -dam had a're- ' Weaning time is the critical stage m cord of large production, sired daigh- the life of fall pigs. ..Three weeks be- tore which showed an average gain ;fore weaning teach thdm to eat, sup.'over their dams of 1,902 pounds of lying, a box or creep which admits mills and -.sixty pounds of. fat the first the little one's only reed n little Year, Their average yearly differ - middlings and skim -milk, adding rat- once was pore than 1.,100 pounds of ere some sifted I°rotnid oatsmilk. Another sire selected from eine onward It is best, however, to start a dopounds Pigs may be self -fed from six weeks of the best herds in the state showed crease of 687 of silk n[xl self-feedhl at about ten weeks of age, thirty-nine- pounds of fat. 1Iis sire With paddock feeding a self -feeder and dam itadano olTrcial records, will save fifty per cent, of the labor.' Bitterness in cream and milk is n n all and ivies Oil pasture, with harming or n can- frequent trouble during tg f animus suppl•y•of water', newly seven- ter meanie, If ,milk is bitter when ty-five per. cent, of the labor may be it is drawn, the trouble, is with the avoided. ediimadministered, haw Storks s V talk the matter over quietly with him Wingnow hard and about anywhere; for the bog; and let them decide together the wasp dry., enormity of the offense, whether pun- ishment should be "It's just as I told you, Annabel," i severe it should be, who should ad - said grandfather the next morning.' minister it etc., and than act as is "That bad fairy has gone away for- I wise and expedient ever." , For the sake of both father and Annabel's curls nodded, but he; lips achildren the former should never be The Fairy With The Lantern goodd, "Only Y- ou see, er ne was a � bombarded with accounts of the lat- ood fairy. You see, he knew that) ter's misdemeanors betoro he has eats The little fairy of whom I am going lin the dark people might walk into the; en and rested. Naturally, the an- te tell you was named Jack, and he bog and get • almost drowned. So;nouncement of trouble the moment he carried about, through all the long,' night after night Jack stayed there,, enters Ms house Urs supposed haven dark hours, a tiny lantern. During waving his little lantern to wain them i f peace after the day's perplexities— the day he must have slept very away. I often used to think howl ener exasperate the mildest of rave, havebeen." that no mortal could ever discover dear little girl," he said, laying his' Bred, "take it out" on the juvenile of- 1him. Al night, though, it was easy, hand on her culls, "who is going tour- lfenders and consequently not beta. fit enough to see what he looked like. At find all the good she can in everyone„ person to administer justice. Attar least so thought Annabel, who, her even in a fairy. ibis inner man has been fed to a iter grandfather said, had eyes that saw But Annabel, her mind still on the � bis aomplaceney-and not before—ie I what no others ever could- see. She fairy, said, "And I'm eve, if you got rhe time l bring a him those p -le declared that Jack was Putt about five to another bog, you'll find Jack there lens in child training about which you soundly, -for he was up o' nights until sleepy he must , and an exasperated man would natur- very late,—but in such snug places Grandfather smiled. "That's my i 11 ninety-nine times otlt of a hun- inches high, that he wore a peaked hat, and that the light of his lantern, 'as it danced over the big marsh near her grandfather's house, was like the blue flame of a candle. Grandfather had several times give bitter milk toward the close of their lactation period. The old dry weeds of winter pasture also give' rise to a bitter flavor in milk. The remedy in this case is to keep the cow from', such pastures, Scalding Poultry Dressed poultry for long-distance shipments had best be dry -picked, but for near -by markets or home constm19- tion scalding is perfectly proper. In fact, scalded birds sell best to home trade. The writer lutist be esv near tike boil- ing point as possible, without boiling tare must be taken in scalding. The legs should first bo thy -picked, so that it will not be necessary to immerse theta in riot water, whieh•wo[ild change their color and cause them to lose ri htness." Neither the head thou big 110t• the feel should touch wafter. If the head is ullowed to get in hol velar ' ;cow or her 'feed. Very often cows it will present a sickly appearance, window, there was 110 light. to be seen waned the little girl to visit him never to tors of other people evidently conshd- 3 int dll cerin tier ou to p y h ldren 's fa Y y i'' p c i said that f .J do with Jack. He Jack was a fairy, as she insisted, he' ens himself the fruit of a special crea- not act in such a manner as to encour• was certainly a very naughty ono, who tion. age your children saying "we adored would like nothing better than to have into marshy lands people follow himour mother, but always stood in awe of father."—R,S. where they would be sure to. be stuck ,•«-- fast in the mud; then he would laugh with his same little lantern, warning think it really necessary to consult deed, grandfather.' to keep ,away. Indeed, in he was a very good him, and let that consultation be goodly distance from any 'little member him.'" fairy, and I shall always try to re- a pito per's big ears. The long and chart of the matter is, au asp when she came 1f y rte to be a aonsclentious have an thing The man who ridicules the antes- mother and a loyal comrade to the at their plight, but never offer to help. But Annabel although she promised that she would never even try to go neat' the little blue dancing light, vs.' silted that Jack was a good fairy, and some day, she calif, they would find out that she was right, Ofie night, when Annabol was stay- ing at grandfather's, the lights burn- ed more brightly 81015 than usual. In- ' deed it was soon seen that there were two of !:hens, and then three, "Jack has borrowed another lantern r, "Trio does well to make the most of Inca time," replied grendf ithcr, "for to -101'100 m011 nt1'tt craning to li the won It of draining the marsh, the`. will 11' the last of Mr. Jeck hos lantern." '1 . • And sure ennu;h, the text time I that Annabel went to Wray with ,;rand g father, mud at night locked out of the 1 or two," said Annabel. How better can we a Increase Production ' than by putting that extra 100 lbs, of finish on a ,beef steer 1 Finished animals will bring big prices at the TORONTO FAT STOCK SHOW begin ion Stock Yards midi and Premium LIst on Applieatlon. CANADA'S TOURIST TRAFFIC Amounted in the Yens 1918 to Fifty Million Dollars. W. T. Robson, Organizer of the Canadian Travel Association, (former- ly General Advertising Agent of the C,P.R,), prepared a careful estimate of the amount of money spent by tourists in Canada in the year 1918,' Elis figures were $50,000,000. These figures place • the value of tourist traffic in the fourth position with respect to revenue from Canada's nation reeouhoes, ` The comparison is: --Field crops, 509,487,000; Forest products, 161,008,- 000; Minerals, 102,800,000; T'oorist traffic, 50,000,000; Fisheries, 411,007,- 000.