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vegetables ie noS.
eatisfactoayt gt Many eellaas
bee:antic the tempeaatare is i.ePlf too
liigh. Ther e is a natural desiee to
keep the eellar everts!, of course, be-
crinee thie materially aids in inaina
-teeing tannfortaltle Tonle above, Thwon e
celler, howevea, partimelarly
if the'ifoor ie of canto:It. has a drY
atmeepliere, aed yeaetables wilt
beelly therein. •On the othea hand,
if the eellae10 warn-, and Ilmist>
arowth and rotting are mere likOly
o tire place. Taus dry, warm cel-
lar is faverabSe to the storage of
emmeh and pumpkins only and not
suitable for 'vegetablee other than
these. Temperathre is really the
prilne factor in the auccesefal stor-
age et 'vegetable crops. A temper -
attire slightly above freezing will
carry all vegetables in fresh condi-
.
1922 Xmas Seals.'
Tho.N.ti anal
Sanitarium Associa-
tion 03 to be con-
gratulated on the
liandserne . X in a 1,1
Seals--nevr on. sale
in aid -of, the
Atoka Hospital for
,Oonsumptiven. '
-Posigned to shown
above,Worked. out '
in --gold and red
With, .10 touchor
green and,- black,
the seal, is "very' at-
tractive,and Should be widely used
ter ddoorative purpotios on Clirintrnaa
Asaekagee, letters, etc.
The Hospital 30 in need 'of Innis
to carry on its work,' WhY'not buy .
these seals in lieu of others?. Not
oPIY :9411 , you, get goad value in ,re-
turn,' hilt 'Ytt:11,r money wiU be mado
to nerve a greater end. for " it will
to' to help someone in' distress.
ror sale by school children, Hanks,
or direct ,fmni, Xmas Seal Depart-
ment,',Clage Institute, Toronto, Ont.
ti 10d wtb1.
ilj1144.0OE
i0 011 00 to 112614) 00 vegetable
etoaasse re001 separated from the
Main celler. This room ehould
have eenneetiens vvith the outside
through whieli a free eircitiation ef
ontSide flit: may be meintained, prob-
ably an open eellar window ecreened
with cotton would be quite eatisfac.
tory ,until cold Wmttller Sets in, when
of couree, atiditienel proteetion weuld
be neeeeeary. A glees „window
hinged On the inside in closed aSter
the firet el Decembee whenever ne-
cessary to prevent too low a tem-
Peretrue, 'the cotton, eloth still re-
maining n thci outside for uee in
warm lpello Snell a plan bee been
followed by tbe writer be storing the
home ,supply of vegetables and has
given every satisfaction. .
The larger, the quantity, of vegeta-
bles ,the' better the ventilation re-
quired. With a large quantity n
Ls better to have separate openings
for the cool air inlet and the -warm
air outlet, one at a greater height
than the other, thus. facilitating the
freer circulation of the air.
If the cellar is eueli that wilting
of the vegetables is likely to take
place becamse of the dryness of the
aor
shile''filadV;.Xsateegtii°vIelnoftilsenarild., There is
little danger of wilting if a free cir-
culation of outside air thus keepin,
up the humidity is -maintained.
In the storage of larger_ quanti-
ties of vegetables additional, attention to ventilation must be given.
A large built of vegetables usually
generates beat more quickly than it
can escape— ,Conseqtiently —slatted
ventilating shafts should be. placed
at regular !Intervals of about` for
feet to prevent possible „higb _tem-
perature and consequent -rotting In
the pile. Two five -inch -hoards for
two of the Sides, make -a fine ventil-
ating Shaft for a toot pile. ThiS
04 on
fl arni
gml escaPou bheoy. follr
feet vvide made ia 0 0 01.4 110'h
boprds epaced one Melt apart and
nailed to eech !fide of the upright
studding will eery° the viola Pure
poee and in addition will eeParete
the various, lots.
For melon end cabbage storage no-
thing eeems to be as ;eatable as
slatebottomed sholvee, one foot deep
for onions and tevo feet for eebbinee,
placing about to incites of onion
or two rowe of cabbage to s shelf.
Celery 'demands a e001 and Mod-
erately dry atmosphere for best
etorage, The recite' should be COY^
eted 'with damp send and the whole
S3) arranged that the sand may be
watered occasionally in order to
keen the plants frone wilting, Pour
bunches together may be placed up-
right in a row, with sand col/01111g
the roots, and a space a foot wide
left between this and the float raw.
This space affords a suitable Path
for watering. In no eaSe should
water be poured on the plants as!
dainpriess on the foliage favors the
developeinent of Tog A good cir-
culation of air 'is iMportant in order
to prevent dampness on the foliage.
iileetlafaS •Ateting,,
it) ffiela d)ladt, $up,-
orititendent of the Iiixperiniental,
tion, Xentville, N. 5.
"I)On't Worri, About Me"
Tom's Asouring IVIesAage
ori a little farm away 013 north
Tote, 'Hired irlth 1118 P111,11/03 '(0114 000
br0,010r. Nis father, weft ee 111
found unable to cionlintio the
bald wtoric or rat -ming, no Tom tool
up the burden. The. become ,was not
large, and the lad signed 013, with a
lumber gang, woriting nettrby--„sawlrig
lege, stripping molt and (haying' the
teams. Altogether. Hone two jobs,
farmer and lumberman, kept Ithi Cialc
so well' Plied that, he had time for
'little more than Sleep. Nature re-
, 00111110 atthis burcien--eou-„
sumption elanned another victim.
After trying various ways to ove0-.
ecarce his phynteal wealcuens, Ito' went
to the Muskoka Hospital, Ills nal: -
onto aro anxious about him, they send
, the Mimi' 0011 t0- }AIM 'often, for
they' aro old sald feeble and JourneY-
inn' is a :hazardouS undertaking to
' them, 'l'om's own troubles are .nevor
,E30 real to him that he forGets 01.11018.
11asks tor 'theme about him, lives
for little bits of neWs about his home,
and never, fails tw send this Ines -
nage back,' "Don't Worry' about Inc.
The people hero, sure' do treat you
White.° • .
wonderful 'work to being done hy
the National 'Sanitarium Association.'
'The death ratd from tuberculosis in
Ontario has been 'reduced by more
thati,one-half during' the last twenty
An ciiIth floor is much better for eearee rmeas your help to make its
celery storage, than a cern-ens. orie;
conseqeently a cement floor should
be covered to a greater dePtIl with
earth before putting these vegeta-
bles thereon.
A Sinall patch of parsnips sboulel
be left M the ground for spring use.
These should be dug as soon 80 the
frost is mit and stored in a coo!
cellar with a covering of sawdust or
Sand*
Leeks may be stored in the same
way as celery. A patch Of this also
should be left for spring use. It
should be dug early and stored in
O good cellar in, damp sand in the
AN EPOCH IN THE RAILWAY HISl'ORY OF CANADA
' The recent appointmeM of'Sir Henry Champlain. While this. considerably a practically unexplored mountain king*.
Thornton as `President of the. Canadian shortened. the trip to New 'York, ft doin of , the Canadian Rockies, fel-
National Railways, and'his coming ito WaS still ' no easy journey, entailing lowing along the, central ' valleys of '
'Canada to take up' the ,stupendotis -task 'two. ehringes----firSt,. the trip across the British Colunibia to Prince Rupert,- .
of managing the greateSt'single' railsraY- river by Ierrli'to St. 4ambert, thence by In 1903. ' the 'Grand Trunk Pacific i
syetenaie the World, Marks'an epoch in Amin to lake Champlain, and''a second Railway and tke Dominioe Govern -
the railwrCY history of Canada. 'ehringe 'to. -the boat ,going 'sotithwarci me,nt agreed' tP„co-operate on this
'Canada -has adOpted the polies' o* down LakeeChemplain and the'Hudsoe eenaceetieeetee Hee, aree to, build it.
public ownership d• thonsands of`miles, River:. In this year the ant to lneor- in tissi grand divisiiiins, The, western,
' of railway, Which formerly, conifirised'pCrate the.C.tand Trunk of Canada 'Was division 'to- be known de -,the ' Grand
- it . number of . separate :systernS,' each passed arid "construciion. conimenced.-.. Trunit Paciffc, extending from Winnipeg
thider itS OWn ManageMent, ilalnelift,, By this timetheeinterest 'in -the new" 't, ,prince ' Rupert, and comprising a
the Canadian' Northern, Grand, Trunk method' of trayel. Had aniounted to .a Mileage ef 1;755 miles; to. be bout by
aeific and ' Grand e Trunk' .Railway ralh0ay,-rnsuia, and &nnpanies sprang the Grand . Trunk Pacific Railway.
,yeitem, together with the Canadian up oncticallY - over `night, applying 'Th, eastern di„iion.., ephiprising..1,804._
ev,ern meet Railways camprising- the for charters' to build roads here and there,- ;nines east of Wiertipeg, to. be built by
Prince .EdWard mostly for, Short - distances, 41 the, the Canadian ,Governnient undeS' the '
Intercolonial Railway,
- Island .- Railway rand the National , Maritimes d quebed and 'Ontario; for at supervision.of the Cominiesioners of the ,
TranscontMenfal, On October 10, when that time 'the. great north-west' Vas Transcentinental. Railway, and leased
the nrst mieeting of -the new I3oard' of known,to the fur -traders alone, and Per- to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway for
Directors was held at :Toronto: these Imps,,a few, misseonartes. . .. a period of fifty years. So that, by
krarious systems were amalgamated into .Dozens -of tharte'rs Were granted in the 1914, the Grand Trunk and the Grand
the consolidated' system , of Canadian fifties, but the next 'pioneer -road to .be 'freak Pacific .Railway-,:togethen com-
National Reili"ays, and.all placed:under. u,niplet,d, also draw it, traffic largely Prised over 7,500 miles of rails; operated ,
one'Presidentand one Boardof Directors. from ..,Wlontreal,..- ' That was the St. beats ab the Pacific 'coast ,betweett '
i in this 'far-flung' System, thepeople Lawrenee and i Aria:MI6; opened in 1853 Seattle, VaacouVer, Vieteria„.. Prince
of'iCana.cla not only own ,ever 22000 between- L.ongeuil; oppdeite' Montreal, Rupert and Alaska ports; huge grain
'itifilea of railway lines: toaahiftg, everY' and Portland, Maine. ', " .':. . , 'elevators at 'various. important. tide -
important.' city and seaport" in the .
• In' 1854', -severel projects' that had water and lake terminals, and ,a chaia
Porninion, Ina alsO a telegraph 'and of splendid hotels.
cable service reaching with -its,. 0„0., been:: entered into by -the''Graffil, Trunk
-eiated lines, , 75,000 -points, in ,*.anat.la; were amelfl4iaafed .,i by LeA•°- of Par' Out M the Province of Maaitoba,
. , , . • •
.11nited States and Mexico; a . fleet of liament,' 'In i this year the 'line' ffoni
Quebec .to-ittichrnond • was opened, lin,k, through a rich ,but sparsely settled
,Section, in 1896, aPPeared thP rails -of
I, nerchant ships comprising the Canadian ing. Montreal with„ tlie uaStt as Well as. a, hundred 'Mile. stretch of road which ,
Government. Merchant Marine, carrY-
'in,Canadian products overthe.seyen the -South, In 1855 :the - Inc from. '. •
was ' to be the nuclehs of the trans-
ug111Ontrealto ; Brockville yas Opened. continerital line of the Canadien•North.
ars operating' up and down.,thn pacific By the :end of the following- year Ole, am, Railway,. ,Its.,birth . took •placei
as; a lieet of otodern passenger steam -
steel aims . extended .frorn Brockville . to 'in an auspicious hour, for -news ,Of the
' Coast.; freighters, and car -ferries on the, wonderful fertility of the vast Canadian
'Great Lakes; a chain of palatial hotels; Toroutbi'-'and .on . westward.' to . Sarnia.
the Canadian National . Express -Ceinti Buildilt was ' als° g°ing;alfead:t° 'lle west,. with ita free grants of land, had,
eastward, extending as Mr as Rivtere spread. practically atounel the worldi and r.
pany, and other properties throughout
the cotititry. All. this icpresents a 'da• Loup,'' making a ' total of 872 miles a great tide of inireigretion was rolling
'very large investment from which' under -Grand , Trunk . management in into the country, Frain, Great Britain,
1860, . Th&•total mileage In .Callada Europe and the United StateS a. con-
' hhe nevl President and -Board of Dime -
at .this time was 1,880 miles,' ' ', ',. stant stream of settlers carie; teeing
105 believe -Canada' will everitually , , „
:- elite material benefit,' ' 'Prior to 18417,. no -railroads had heell Wrangle) over night, ai it were; settlers
„, . ,
' Sir , Henry Thornton;, the . newly built in the IVI.arttitne" Provinces, except clamored ;for aeilways; the line' spread ,
appointed -President comes to :ctinacia a coal tramway in Nova Sdptia from the as 0 by magic, westward' to Winnipeg „
with an enviable "record, having had' "Albien ' teal' Mines' 'te tide ' water. 'and eastward to Pore Arthur at the -
wide experience land 'sigaal, succes' lint -in 1855;sa' 'nip ' from Idalifax, to head of lake navigation, and the lines. '
i in directing- the 'management and-oPera- Tleto sflae completed aud ; by 1867 of the Northern Pacific- Railway in
bon' ,7...of -varietia . important i• raiiwaY efamided, to, Pietou Landing, 'while' in Manitoba were acquired, giving con- •
,sysicies iri'the United States, England 1860,a' route from St...Johe•to Shediael riection with the great tail arteries of .
and :on the continent,: Due (0 11101(0 had been -established. SurVeys had. the .Western ',States; so that -in 1:901, .
the ,i4ational Railways:. a 'success the :ale° been made Mr -a line tci.contin ue the , Canadian Northern' had 975 miles
. co-operation of the PeePlc Of Canada from Truro to, C011tlect the 'MarititMs of 'rails"- under' its control. -- 'The .
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ii., ,,,,,..,,i.n.,,. „Ina a a. iee.cho,y of „wet., with, "the other„,proYinces, but'mothing steel soon crellt 101. the rich,. fertile
. .0-tie...Canadian 'Id...assist in Making this Wee- clone until. after Confederation in valley-, of the - North Saskatchewan
-,prort.,iarty....0,,,,, national asSet it shoultdbe. 1867, when the building of thisrcenneCt- River to Echhonton, , Lines were 014
Doubtless,. at; this, trine, it will; be," of,i ing , link was -. made a condisioe• of quircd in the eastern part of Canada
' hiterest tolealit'selllsillifl-g,°1 Ihe )11J).-13' `ohrruice, into the UontecleratiOtt.. :file and linked together; Mid by 1905 the -
historV -and; 'IA Midis::: . w , the .rends- 1)ominimi Goverrinient 1ittelertoolS,,the iiital mileage of the 'system amoutffeff
, now e mai-peed e a the Cznadiatt National tash, n'tal by '1 S76 the 500 mileS between to approximately 2,846 Mites. ' In the,
'' Frtilways. It must be reniembeited Trttro and 'Iti.vier.e CU 140up were opened next fwe years the mileage Was almost '
lthat. it is !era fi,,,,i,,,,, 1,,,,area yeare Mr trafik throughent. The line from, doubled. By 1015:the line had orept
'egg eiece the Stet stretch of 'railway' In 1,Ialifax to 'fret.° and several other lines. westward .to Edamiiton, pierced the'
Calihda was buiit, in the Maritimes had bees prirchased;',,Rockies and proceeded, down the Fraser
Le 1832 a charter was st:atiteil to the by the federal government, „and , the ,Vallcy to yancotwer, on the -Paeific
'00111pany of the Chat-600in. ud - St, entire systern was- 'called 'the Inter- Coast, At ,the same time it adept ired
Laurence Railrotal for a portage -road •coloniui Railway, Three years later the and extended lines irt: the east,- so that
16, utiles; long from La .Prairie ow.the federal, government, purchased a, lino its total mileage in that year amounted,
SI,. Laivreace .1.0 St, J01)1o1 Oft, the ::71/0111. litiviece du 00,1 10 Point. l_evls to 9,362emiles,
Richelieu, to :facilitate the handling of Real the S.l..1',R, lit 1S9S, the geveril-' 'The outbreak of. wav,, and its effects
traffic lid \wen Aloritrcaland is;CW'Y'rovic.. meat Pla-dhased thelprtnnaload C. t ' en finance, resulted in a.efinclitiOn which
In 1836; this litte was opened for traille, RailwaY, CMiticli§re . to ;Ste. .P..::°)Rtalifi, compelled the Govetinnient to take ,
- • - . - over these coinponent parts now forming
, The rails, unlike -the solid'iteei enesi,of and macle acruigelnent'S wit:It-the Q.T.R:,
' ic-daY, Were of` weed with strap iron, for '"ollit 'Usitr of ltlinir lino fit") Stn, the Cahadian National Railways, but
ort Ihe tipper surface,, and fhe ,creeate , Rosalie to' MontrealS.. ,,,, . : - until the,present,:- the Grand Trunk: -
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conStrocind -chanties were drawn by In the Meantime the -Grand Trunk and the Cenadien %National Railways.
Rail'wey,.by extension. and acquisition: while teeming a, co-orilinated system, -
' In 1837. the proprietors imported' aw had ctivered ' the Province' 6* 0ittari0 has each been under' 'its own board of ' .
engine and segiener, the first to be used with 0 'netwock of lines,"inud had in inanageiffent. ' The appointment of Sir ,.
in. Canada, a rakish- little 'engine, that' ;see. absorbed :,the great 'West:ere Henry Thornton 'and the new Board of ,
rattled along atless thati• twenty miles Railway. It had also extedeled its Directors marks the 1)eginaing of the
main line to Chicago, the great traffic complete amalgamation under erie pre-
' . in 1842' it Was deckled, .to build 'a centre of the Continent. -, sident and One Board of Manharnent.
rdad froin aloniretil to 'Lachine to Foraceing the develOpment of 1„Vestern The past twe years . have "-semi e
replace .thd 'earlier "#age reute around Canaria, the management of the Grand substantial , recluCtion in' the i deficit
the rapids. These 'pioneer road's, the Trunk -Railway System conceived the of the National lines and therets eVery,,,
first connectiee , Montreal with the idea of, constructing a new trangcon- reason to believe that the coming, year ,
outer world, were 50r110 twenty years tinental line from coast td coast.- 'It will see this deficit further reduced..
later, 'absorbed by the Grand, 1:riinir ,tvac to extend . through the fertile It is the aim of, the neW matiagenlent
,
i. Sciiten . , ' timber lands Of northern Quebec and le Make the Canadian National Railways' ,„,
. St, lemberE opposite ' ivIontreal, and through. the . great prairie pro- that it will merit the confidence and
- In 1852 the rails were extended to Ontario . to ,1Vinnipeg, on westward service'eonform to such e high starietaed
r:ohthtrard to RO0S0'0, POird, 011 Lake vinees, through ,Yellowhead l'ass and support of the" Canadian -people, -
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et.
L9ciortiotiVe
1815'3 —1922
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efforts still more e active.
Contributions may be sent; to Hon.
Charlton,' 223 'College Stroe
Toronto. ,
' DREDGE , TURNBERRY
TOWNSHIP BOG,
!One ^of the largest drainage enter-
prizesee ever attempted in Huron le
now under way in Thrilbeiry' town-
ship, where ditches, are being exca-
vated to drain the famous
berry hole," which caused aleam and
concern throughont the district some
years ago at a time when trees and
cattle were swallowed up in "the
.
qeagmire. At the rate of progress
now being made With the excavations
the hole. will soon be a thing of the
past, and many fertile aeres will be
added _to the .arable area of the
flow to Oct th,e Bet Out (af a
Skin While ethe ,ffSlirc se teerta..
Havel the 1.1wifis Sharp—Avoid
Wrinkling Cut Car:e1.1111y About
the Lees.
(Contributed by Ontario Department 0
Agrieulturo, • onto.)
Ert1rillg the autumn seiteon, con-
edderable farm butchering is deue,
and in the operation many good hideS
!are epolled, in the slain -zing. To do a
good job easily select a clean herd
lepot in the ;theater of a tree or ia
building it the floor is good. A, hlock
stud tackle or other hetet arrange -
'moot !should be rigged in a eon.
venient position.
Skin While Carcase IS Warm,
The animal should be clean; it not
'it will be difficalt to keep the hide
and carcase in, proper coedition. The
akiening should ;dart imnaediately
the animal is dead, and the ` more
quickly it„ is done while the animal
'is warni the more easily the hide
Will come off Make sure thet tho
Je ife 1 s1are. .After stunning and
sticking 1.110 animal it should be see -
paraded to facilitate bleeding. When -
in th sue ended pointion the oPer-
ekteut eight year ago a long.
_strata of road between two conces-
sions of Turoberry was noticed to be
sinking, and almost immediately af-
terwards the depression, extended for
some distance around., Evora in the
drie.st of summer cattle ,and horses
wOuld sink to their fetlocks` in the
bog and the road became impassable
because -of a big, Pit which opened.
inc pit -appeared-to lae without leot-
e p
'plea' should begin 'skinning the head,,
lieeks and fece. When ekionlag 0-100
he face leave the ilesh 'On the head.
'The presence- of meat on the hide is
objectien. The head is removed
from the ;leek at the -atlas joint, or
end of the spinal" Column. The horns
Should not be removed from the skull.
yvith thehead out of the way the
animal .should be completely lowered
'and placed breast up, being hele
this position bya oinked stick bal.
tWeen' briaket and floar, The legs
should then be skinn.ed out and,. the
leet removed.
Avoid- Forming ot Wrinkles.
..*ter removing- the feet the . hide
Should be ripped down -the belly frem
the sticking cut to the tab. Tito sides
should then ,be skinnErd by working
torwardto the brisket and then Miele
to the Ronde ,of , the hind' lege dose
,to the tail. The -free hand should be
ked t� lIft away, pulling outward and.
upward Against the knife. Cere
;Mould be takee to prevent the form-
ation of•wrinklee under the hide as
it ii.being,removed. ' The laide should,
be skinned off nearly to -the back
,one, leaving -it attached at the thighs
"and shoelders. Change the proP over
to the Meier side.of larhaket end akin'
the other side in the same manner.
Out Ouretuuy AboUt1119 Legs;
For the cut at the front legs start
In the center, cutting the` skinewell
tom and rai1s. and posts would dm- 14'--tward. at the hrteket and in advance
appear entirely when thrust into it
Determined to stop the inroads ot
the "sink" the council -and' the' far-
mers got together and planned to
fill up the hole. 'Pieces, loge, bould-
ers and gravel wereibauled in great
quantities and dumped into the thir-
ty-two foot depression. Some of
the stories used -were as much as two
teams could, clravv.: "afoot" $3,500
was expended before the appetite of
the ,quicksands andebogs was satis-
fied, but -finally an. intnression Was
made and the riaad 'made fairly sol -
There were still many hundred
acres of land on either eide of the
-worst part Of the bog; which might
be made arable by 'drainage. The
soil is the richest.black amuck and it
was •quite apparent that"it would add
muchto the yalue of the district. It
was decided eiarly his fall by farmers
;who 'Would be benefitted by the sche-
me to appeal for action by the coun-
cil. • This Was finally agreed upon
and arrangements made with John
Drury of Arthur, to. dredge the sec-
tion and construct the necessary
drainage. ditches. The -work is to
Pc paid for out of the•toweship tax-
es. Repairs which, may later be-
come necessary through cave-ins or
similar accidents will be effected by
the farmer on whose land the acci-
dent occurs,,,
While it was believed that the
Government would „enbsidize such an
eittensive drainage schemo, it is un-
derstood it Was decided to peened
without recourse to this , assistance.
The work will cost something like
$2,000 for the ditching part of it,
but the returns will be worth man))
times that. The drains ;will carry
olli large quantities of surfaee water
ae well as :water from the quagmire
which' has been making a useless
swamp of a wide area for yeaeS.
The ditches Will empty into the
Maitland about one and a half miles
f-rom the Vim. Campbell rarm.
;of the front legs, out -back- to the'
Many Nreeks after the big fire the people slept on boar( s and in.
few cases mattresses were available: The picture ehows the firet bed VS'
be given out at one of the Relief ommittee's stations/ Hundreds oil
families in Northern Ontario needs beds, clothing food.
01•111111b,
Union of :the fore leg end:body, and:
on down the inside of' leg to meet
the Out-made-wheireskinning the shin.
ekinnine- the.- hang,' legs Stare at -
the center- line about six inchee'from
the tail and split, the skin in etraight
line to the hock., Skin -over the'rump
and thighs. At this stage it is best
to insert -a gambrel, above the hock
pints suni raise the carcass se that
the ehoulder will still test on the
floor. split the, skin on. the under
Nide of tlee tail and skin out the 'tail
bone to the' end.
Slidu-Away From Tail and Legs.
1 Skin the hide oarefully away from
tlinbase Of the tail and striP from the
'
legs and ` back, ueing• :the fist - or a
'blunt isi,truxnent such,'as ii„knife
.handle, -skinning stone' 'Or the back
Of a -cleaver. Be careful and' do not
'cat ..the hide,' since each cut reduces
-the value. When skinned ,down' to
the shoulders the carcass is hoisted
elear of the deer and, the skinning
oortipleted down over the neck, Split
the mars by cutting Iengthwisce:and
feId the hide flesh side in, Tie tor
Shipment. —Ontario Department of
Agriculture, Toronto,
TIIE CARE Oi-0 FARNI
INIPLEMEIsITS
(Experimental Tiler= Note.)
The annual loss due to ignorance
or negligence in the care of farm ins-
plemeMs is appalling. Figures have
been published from time to time
showing depreciation on implements
from lack of shelter and care, still
many farmers winter their imple-
ments in the field where they yea°
last used, or scattered about the
farm yard. A manufactruer, if he
is to prosper, inust keep .his produc-
tion cost at the lowest possible fie.
gure, The same applies to the far-
mer, who is no less a inanufacturer;
and one of the ways in which: he can.
'Materially 'cut down his expenses is
in; the proper care ef iinplements
411'AdlriMispleinents, When not its' use
shouldebe under cover, and not left
exp,osed to the influence of the wea-
ther." A neachine'or iniplement shed
all .and every class to regular cora-
it can be Wholly closed, so much the
-need not be an elaborate affair. If
petttive trade channels; 2, that the
better. It should, be coirveniently,
situated, and -the front should con-
sist largely of roller doors, so that
any implement can be readily obtain-
ed. As to the arranging- of the var-
i0US implements,ea binder' being used
practically at one 508805101 the year,
may be Stored in a far corner, leav-
ing space nearer the door for inow-
ere, ploughs- and other implements
used at various times throughout the
season: . '
A stitch in time saves nine, and
'many an expensive,repair item inight
be saved by repairing a machine at
the first appearance of trouble. When
implements are taken out they should
be looked over eakefully, nuts tight.
ened, adjustments and trivial repairs
made, which left might develop no
,end of trouble. Far too little' ma-,
chine oil is used, causing excessive
wearing on bearings and castinles,
10 has been noticed on the 13airci
Tarim where the dredge has been
worlting for the last few days, there
are oily pools on the surface of the
water. Theee are many springs
just at that Point and it M believed.
the "oil is -inexely from vegetable
matter :far ,beloev. the surface.
18efore the work proper could be
commenced on- the ditching, trees
and stumps hatl to be removed and
it then became necessaty to .cleae a
evay for the dredge and the ste.el
rails on which it rune.
The cleedge 'cuts a drain about eix
feet deeP and throvn the earth about
ten feet on each side.
Already' some of the water seems
to have receded andl hopes aro held
that it will be only few years till
the land alongside will be beefing
heavy erops of grain and roots.—
Huron Expositor,
'
THESE THIEVES WERE
RESOURCEFUL
QUEBEC ILETOPULA ISES
BACON HOGS
A stimulating example pi tlice
"long pull, the strong pull and -1,11€
pull altogether" in the ituprovemen
of livestock is fundsleed by Tee01113
action in the province of 'Quebec.,
There has been a bright, progressive
forward movement, 'probably- unsus-
peeted in the other provinces e4
Canada, which 'might be well taken,
as an encouragement in remodelling
our hog types in order to secuee that
far larger share of British bacon
trade urgently wanted to restore '
prosperity to farming.
Last "vrinter a campaign wag
Started by the Provincial Govern.,
ment in coneunction e °mine,
ion Department of Agriculture to
popularise, or rather to,re-popular-
ise, the, bacon hos e The work wad
based on three facts: -1, that the ex-
ceptional overeeas demand for farm;
products had changed' from being
wartime army and ration Supplies of
Cheap.' Ice' For the Farmer. .
, .
Formers who have not already done
so.' aliciuld. prepare to lay by a store
-ef ice foe cooling milk and for house-
hold ifile next summer. The" cost of
harvesting, and storing ice "ls' low
when compared with the saving ef-
fected: Ordinarily, it is safe to har-
vest two tons 01 ice for each eow
in the herd: ' This will allow far melt-
ing and leave enough for family
needs. Where 'cream only is tfold,
about- one-third or• that quantity of
ice will be needed.,
.Dhl :you ever try. co-operation in
Ace harvesting? .It 'works like a
charm. Get one or,' two of your
neighbors to go into Such a scheme.
One pond or stream and , oee set of
tools will; answer for all. The equip-
.
merit neceesary for ' harvesting and
storing ice consists inanely' .of saws,
tango, an,d iron bars for puehingthe
blocks of ice around., •
- A rough board enelosure ten feet
square, and eight feet high will hold
ithilleieut ice to provide fifty pounds
Per ditY 01' -180 days after allowing
for a reasonable ainotint or wastage,
An important fact to be remembered
that theesnialler the quantity of ice
'stored the larger ie the proportion of
waete, The bottom of the enclosure
should.be covered with,a foot of saw-
dust, and a toot et space left between
the boards and the icoa which should,
also be -filled with eaevdest. The ice
should be, similarly covered, .The
drier •the sawdust the bettet. If the
0011' beneath the enclosure 10 imper-
aioae clay, a layer of gravel fintier„the
sawdust Is advisable. -
tr sawdust is loot obtainable, plan-
er mill shavings will eerve. If neither
is to be had, two feet of marsh imar
or any wild inty will answer, The
roughest hind of a shed that will re--
elet the weather is all that le 00-
Two care were standing outside a
Toronto buildings each with one
wheel protected by it locking device,
When the owners came out one
ette had gone and the othee had the
two locked wheele On it. IT the in-
genuity which is expended upon
criminal eXpleitS were pract,ised in
legitimate industry, bow differeet
Would be the rewardS WhiSh those
inventive minds would retop,4-Thr4
onto Star,
after -war demand for.meats eves of ai,
much higher standard than during the
war or even before 1914; 3.. that the
great - expansion in Cenadiaif bacon
exports during the war had revealed
the possibility of a larger permanent.
trade if the right quality were pro,
duced.
These facts were urged everywhere
in the press and public. In the late"
winter and spring several short
courses were- held to demonstrate the
right types for export. This work
"caught on" with remarkable suecesrs.
Younger farmers partigularly took up
the work with avidity. , Hogs soon.
formed one of the main subjects ofi
conversation in rural districts. Not
only was interest keen but the dire
ectioneof the work. was well - thought
out and co-ordinated. A special
committee on swine production 11E.
ancl working untold
on the commended, that any bonus given by
machine. A coat of paint not only.
injury
numerous agricultural eircles should
the Provincial Government to the
adds to the appearance, but greatly
prolongs the life of both woo5 and
iron. Polished r surfaces, such as
plough shares and mould. boadals,
should „be Smeared with grease eor
painted with kerosene and lamP black
when not in use,
A good farmer must be a good
mehcanic, more especially 11 he „en -
crates tractors and other lanai ma-
chinery, otherwise his repair items
will beabigh, and usefulness of the
tratcor or machine greatly impaired.
If possible avail yourself of some
course at a. tractor school, and be-
come familiar with the intricacies of
Your motor. In this way you will
obtain better service, and- there-
pair items and mechanics' bills will
be reduced to a minimum.
A' work shop, with a small loege
and anvil, and some good tools for
both wood and iron, 10 a great con-
venience, and indeed a necessitY on
many farms. Having this, many
repairs and adjustmenst can be made
plough shares pointed and sharpened
and a holt of other things done that
would necessitate a trip to the local
blacksmith or 'machine shop.
No one takes 111000 pride than the
owner of a well-ordeeed and „cared.
for fatm where there is a place for
evoierthing and everything, lin its
. •
place. R. 0, Newton, Superintend-
ent, Deperimental Station, Inver-
.
mere, B. C.
If: you aro not maltleg moaey 015
the tarrn, scratch your head ,and 110
some hs,rd thialting.
-Keep feeding the hens or. they'll
etop laying. Keep feeding the pulleti
or. they'll stop ,.grow0 g. „
WII0 18 ELIGIBLE FOIL OF OE
A new foem of declaration, passed
et last oession, ie now to he- signed
by a csndidate for municipal ellice.
This allowe' anYone Who is owner of
tenant of a dwelling, or ownee Of
land, and entered oh the voters' list,
O British enbieet ever 23 yearli of
age with takes' paid up and living
• ef the neutticipalit
to hold et/ice.
lA, Choral Socie.ty has been orgam.
ized 1» Winghana,
be confined strictly .to hogs of the
recognized bacon types. The for-
mation of 54 boys and girls' club'
was authorized and the Quebec De-
partment of Agriculture agTeed tt
pay one-third of their money peizes.
Members were further encouraged
by the Provincial Government pay-
ing $5.00 each to everyone who ac-
companied a carload lot to the stock-
yards" and now they more and 01000
follow their animals right threngli
the abattoir in order to learn the ex-
act requirement of hogs designed for
Go British market—a market whose,
fringe Canada has yet only touched,
Any Observer now goiiag through,
the province is at once impressed witia
the rapid improvement that is tak-
ing place. The movement is not
confined to theolder settlements but
it can be traced quite as naarkeclly na
Go newer regions, oE which the Lakei
St. John district is a first-class it-
lirstration. Almost all the hog0
there at present are of bacon type,
While there are faenaeas in .every
province who show a commendable
Councillor Walter Rose of 13rusesla
won nine prizes for his Leglaorns aOl
the Toronto Winter Fair.
Hydro has been officially turned on
in the villages of Ceediton and Cen-
tralia. A celebration with an eye.,
tee supper, took place in Creditor,
on Priclay night hi -honor of the
event.
Delmanarcannumemsemsonta
Northern Ontario Still Needs Help.
'N'ow that winter hes gripped the North help 18 moro urgontlY needea
ever, , Ilere is a typical scene —a little 'boy who travels nutny ortileg
or the daily supply of food, for e large fetalloy, 1Iis *other is building tt
newtheuse to replace the one destroyed to the big fire, 1n the Meeutin-tk
oiother and the Children live in an eiltt shaCk p the OntSliirts of °chalk