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Trains will arrive at and depart
from Clinton Station as follows:
liUGi✓ALU
AND CODL1t1CH DIV.
Going cast, delimit . 6.33 a.m.
2.62 p.m:
Going West ar. 11.10. dp. 11.15 a,m.
" ar. 6.6S, dp. 6.97 p.m.
A r. 11.13 .p.m.
LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV.
Going South, ur, S.23, di,, 0,23 u.m,
4.15 p.m.
Going. North depart 6,40 p m.
" 11.Oi, 11,11 a.m.
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remember .a few years ago, I
bought a certain cow. This oow
looked good to isle, but there was one
thing that I did pot like about her.
That was, :because she was a small
cow. However, .I got her for a rea-
sonable price so I "tools .chance,"
I always gave my cows 'balanced
ration. To do that I had to weigh
each cow's Milk and after finding out
what one gave and estimating her
weight, I would mix a ration for her
with the correct proportion of carbo-
hydrates, proteins and fats. I, of
course, have et table which shows the
amount of these in the different kinds
of feed and tells the quantity that
cows need that give different:, amounts
of milk and butter at "according to
their .size. While all standard books
telling about feeding cows have this
information in theme, it can also be
obtained from the Department of
Agriculture at Ottawa..
After I had found out what proper
feed was best for this new cow, I
learned that she did not need as much
as the other cows that 'were larger.
And, yet she did as well in proportion
as if she were big, In fact, the s'cal'es
(by weighing the milk) showed if she
was getting too much or too little
feed,
By carefully using the scales each
time she was milked, I soon found
out when she received the right am-
ount of grain, Too' much grain is
sometimes as bad for a cow as too
little. Besides it is being wasted.
A good many farmers generally feed
each cow the same ration of grain.
They think that it is too much bother
to figure an individual feed. But, if
they would only weigh their cow's
milk they would soon be convinced
that the trouble is worth talcing.
I found out that I saved about fif-
teen cents each day by giving the
new cow a ration which was as she
needed, as shown by the milk scales.
So, at that rate, when she got too old
to keep, the saving that I had made
on her feed would more than offset
the difference which I might have
gotten if she were a larger cow. In
my case, instead of losing by•getting
a small cow, I.made; in fact, I could
afford to give her away when she got
old and still not lose.. But if I had not
weighed her milk, and done as most
farmers do, I would never have known
that I was feeding her too much, and
she would not . have done so well
either.
Of course, the principal reason for
!lead cffrce., Seaforth, Ont.
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Vice„ Jamal Evans, Ileechwood;
Sec. -Treasure:, 'I bus, R. nays, Sea.
Perth.
Directors: George McCartney, Sea.
forth; D. 1". McGreg• r, Senforth; J,
G. Grieve, Welton; Wm. Elam, Sea.
Werth; M. May. an, Clinton; Robert
Ferries, Ilarlock; John lienneweir,
hrodle:gen; Jae, Conruby, Goderice.
Agents: Alex Lettere Clinton; J. W.
Vete Coderich; hci. iiinch:ey, Senforth;
k1, Chesney. Fgreons:villu;. R. G. Jar.
unite, llrodhagoa.
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G. 17.. HALL 6I. it. CLARK,
Proprietor. Editor,
mist, 73. Adelaide St, West, Toronto.
weighing th
o cows Wilk c is to find
isc
out if easel one is giving enough to.
pay for her keeping, etc, There ale
many fame that have "Meeker"
cows which, if the nnllk scales were
used, would soon be fouled out. It
takes a pretty good guesser to esti-
mate the amount of milk in a ptoil
with a lot of froth on the tont I've
seen many uperson get "Pooled" that
way. But the Milk scales aro sure.
And if there ever was a time that
"knowledge was power," it is now-
adays in the dairy.: business,
I have found by watching the scales
that there have been times that a
certain cow would begin to drop on in
her flow. By investigating I would
find out the cause and correct it. But
if I had not been weighing the milk
at each milking I would not have
noticed the sudden"drop off" and
would have gone on milking,• perhaps,
until she got too far to get back
again. Then again, when trying some
new kind of feed, the scalee will show
if it is best to use it.' If it agrees
with the cows the scales will give the
regular milking weight or better, if
the feed is better for them. If the
feed is not as well for them or is not
relished as well by them the scales
will show it by a dropping off in the
flow. Of course, to get the -full bene-
fit from weighing, regularity;, in milk-
ing must be looked out for. It is the
littlethings which,taken care of, will
stake a cow do he-. best. If one will
only, watch the care taken of one of
the record -making cows they will
understand it better. But the scales
is the fundamental guide its their
care.
So, even if one has the best cows
that can be raised, and the ibest of
feeds to give them, and the best of
care in stabling (the best of every-
thing), and also the use of a Babcock
test to determine the quality of their
milk; with all these there is only
guesswork unless the milk scales are
used.
If farmers would begin with the
milk scales, try them for one year
in an honest, careful manner, they
would find there would be some profit-
able surprises. And, as one thing
leads to another, balanced rations and
the use of the Babcock test would
be given a trial, with other things to
help that go with therm. The farmer
would gain and the nation, too.
There is no reason why the farmer
cannot use his head as well ashis
hands, and the milk scales is the
stepping -stone in that direction. •
"Individual milk record sheets are
O.K.," said a dairyman to me the
other day, "but there are a lot of
other things to be taken into consid-
eration when we are putting the valu-
ation en a milker."
"For instance?" I inquired.
"Well, take the cow that is had
to milk," answered my friend. "Why
waste time on her when easy milkers
cost ho more money, and are just as
profitable, from a dollars -and -cents
standpoint? And look at the energy
you save!
"Then there is the kicker—same
thing is true of her kind. Consider the
satisfaction of knowing you can sit
down and mills without fear of being
slammed through the side of the barn,
and the milk wasted.
"The breathy milker comes under
the same class," he cohvtinued. "Not
only is the brea•chy cow apt to get.
hung an the wire fence and tear her
udder or teats, perhaps practically.
ruining her, but she may teach the
whole berd to be field raiders. Here
another big additional risk is incur-
red: some of the best animals in the
herd may founder through overeating
of some crop, and, even if they don't
die, their future milking qualities may
be seriously impaired. Repairing
fencing after these rogues is a big
task, too,
ed, "for when I discover that I own a
cow which wdn't lactate freely the
butcher gets her, right off the reel.
The cow that 'dribbles' along and
gives only a part of her milk down at
"Do any of your cows ever holdup
their milk?" I asked.
"No, my cows never do," he chuckl-
e time, requiring twice as long to
mills as ordinarily, is a nuisance. If
after a little training, a cow fails to
lactate quickly and freely, she's not
an Al member of a dairy herd.
"And while we're talking of unde-
sirable dairy cows, don't forget those
ill-tempered, quarrelsome individuals.
They not only make life miserable for
the rest of the herd, but also their
digestions soon collapse under such
conditions and their productive' pow-
ers are lessened.
"But don't think me a hard task-
master," hastily added niy da'iryinan
friend. "With careful breeding and
training I find it necessary- to discard
very few cows. If a cow hes the
'bloed' in her, practically all of these
undesirable traits can be avoided or
eliminated, and a gentile, tractable,
higheproducing individual developed.
I am referring more especially to the
fellow who already has a herd in
which a few of these undesirables are
cutting his profits, and where the
sending of a few cows to market
might change his balance sheet from a
loss to 'a gain,"
Don'tlotitran
too long, it will�?L
lead to chrome
Indigestion. In
the meanwhile
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I LOVE BOYS
By FRANK C. MOORHEAD.
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love boys. Not because I was one
myself, once. Not because 3'm one
yet, in some respects. Not because
I've had two of my own. "Just be-
cause,' I guess. They've such lovably
unreasonable and reasonably' unlove-
creatures, that I ean't'help loving
them all. Of course, I spank my own,
now and then; • and am sometimes
tempted to spank ,the neighlbors', too.
But what's a fw spanks between
friends? -I'm eid.enough now to real-
ize that my father was right when
he said it hurt hi'm more thanit did
one. Only, in another place.
There are immense possibilities in
every freckle on a. boy's face. There's
not a cowlick in a boy's unruly' hair
but some day may covered with a
good and great man's hat, I should
rather hear •a happy, boy's whistle
than the best grand opera ever writ-
ten. I don't care to hear him sing;
but no genuineboy does that very
often. Only on Sunday, when a real
boy is quite likely not to be real.
I can remember when I thought I
was going to be a great enan. Now
I'tn hoping my boy will be. And so
the world goes, life after life, cycle
after cycle. As we grow old, our chil-
dren keep us young, The things we
wanted for ourselves„we try to get for
our children. I never had a Christ-
mas tree. My boy has never failed
to have one. On the other hand, I
had red -topped, copper -toed boots.
Every boy deserves a' .chance to
make good. If he fails, he deserves
another chance. You, father on the
faint, give the boy something of his
own—a pig, a calf, a colt; a plot of
ground. Don't sneer if he fails. You
didn't know everything when you be-
gan, even if you think you do now.
Pat .him on the back when he does
well, and pat him when he fails. Tall:
to him as you would to another man;
listen when he talks. Pretend you're
interested, even if you're not. And if
you're not, I'm ashamed of you;
you're not a good father.
Be a coinpanion, a pal, to your boy.
You can't always go with him when
he sets out with other boys to go
clear around the world, and gets
about five miles away before he de-
cides to return. Your limbs may be
too old topermit your climbing into
the inevitable eave (I always pitied
city boys who couldn't Have a cave)
when your boy and the neighbors'
play they're Huck and Finn and Tom
Sawyer, or re-enact "Treasure Is-
land.” But don't lick him when he
conies home with his clothes torn. I
know shoes and stockings and suits
cost a whole lot; but a boy's worth
all that, and ever so much more.
I'm scolding a bit; I'll tell you why.
I had two boys, I have only one now.
I didn't always do the things I'm
_urging here. And there hasn't been
a day since that the hot tears haven't
come and that I haven't been sorry.
ambled by a competent lawyer.
In the investigation of the case re-
ferred to, it transpired that the mort-
gage had in fact been paid off, but
had not been discharged of record. The
purchaser might sometime have been
involved in expensive and unpleasant
litigation had it not been for the for-
tunate fact that he •d'ecided to acquire
the adjoining farm. Applying to his
bank for a loan of a part of the pur-
chase price, and offering a first mort-
gage on his farm for security, he was
told by the banker that the loan would
be advanced if the search proved., a
clear title to his farm. The search re-
vealed an outstanding mortgage
granted twelve years previously by
the -vendor's farther. The mortgagee
had in the meantime died, and the son
was on the battle -line somewhere in
France.
After almost endless delays and
reels upon reels of legal red tape, the
tangle was at last straightened out;
but the delay was annoying and the.
proceedings cost the purchaser quite
a lot of money. All the trouble could
have been avoided if the search rad'
accompanied the deed.
A lawyer can see defects not visible
to the men untrained in legal affairs.
It's his business to know, and he does.
For instance, the abstract of title may
show that Richard Roo had one time
deeded the property to John Doe. Was
Richard Rce at the time of making
the transfer married or single? If
he had a wife and she is still living
she had and still has a dower interest
in the property. If. Richard Roe rad
divorced his wife, .thsh her dower
rights were extinguished. If he was
unnma•iied, this fact should be estabe
fished by affidavits of members of his
family or other persons whe knew
him intimately. Again, a' search of ben
discloses a judgment filed .against a
former owner. If one exists it con-
stitutes a valid lien against the pro-
perty,
There is only one sure way to know
that your title is •clear; insist upori a'
search brought down to the precie°
date of transfer and then have that
search examined by ytiur own lawyer,
•
How About Your Title?
suppose you bought a farm on con-
tract, with the payments spread out
over a period of eight years, and, aftm
receiving a Warranty deed, found that
there was an 'olcl mortgage outstand-
ing againsb the property ag'shown by
the official books of the enmity cleric?
Such a thing can happen in the
any 1 real rrotri unless
ttansfer�oE a y fl p y>
the purchaser demands and receives
from the vendors an abstract of title
or .010040511, It can trot happen if the
traot is trodueod airtl earefull cot
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Pays to Treat Oat Seed:
Many experiments have been made
to 'show that oats treated for smelt
yield higher than seed not treated.
Often the whole crop is lost when oats
are not tteated. The method of treat-
ing is dimple. Here are the steps:
1. Spread out on the barn floor, live
os:' six inches deep, forty bushels of
oats.
2. Mix one pound of forty per cent.
formaldehyde with thirty or forty
gallons of weber., 'Stier well.
3. 'Sprinkle the mixture over the
oats until every grain is well moisten-
ed. Let one man shovel the oats
while another 'ono sprinkles.
•
4, Covet Lite pile of oats at dice
with thick blankets orsacks to keep
in the gas from the formaldehyde. The
gas does the work,
G. heave the pile •covered for from
six to tell hours, or over night, then
'remove the blankets and spread the
oats to dry. Shovel over to make
thein dry thoroughly,
If forty gallons of the liquid are
used, it may be hest to apply Only
half the solution and pile the oats fob
an hone or ad' and allow that to swell,
Then they will readily ahsorb . the
other Owenby gellcns, and the Tahoe
required Will be less,
Creosote Does the Teck.
The fence builder who now uses oak,
locust, or chestnut, as his Sather diel,
pays handsomely for has fence. These
woods are too valuable for other pur-
poses to be used as sentinels around
your cow .pasture.
But there are other ways. Durabil-
ity of woad set in the earth depends
on our ability to keep out that des-
tructive little parasite, the fungus.
When we can do this, soft maple,"wil-
llow and box -elder make good and
lasting posts.
ft1-T,1� ^Wbi
It Costs Onlyents a.
sn
or 51,50 per month for helpful Med..
Jeal treatment if YOU tante Hood's
rarsal>a•illa, known in thoaeanes
of homes tie the 'best r'Oegnelrlle-
tine tonic, Foe nearly half a c°n-
tery tells good medtelne has stood
Jo IN ciao ley
StsolP in curetl
a pow -
Or and economy. flogds
5arsai>a-
dela giros more for the money
than any other. I1 tenets up the
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whole velem, oreates an teenetleo,
promotes assimilation, so ae tO se -
Oar° for you 100 Per cent,. 0'f the
nutrition in your food.
More than this, it purities and en.
riohes the blood,.eliminetes poison-
outs matter after diphtheria, aearlet
ana typhoid fevers,
etadsCa
ten
aoroula
and catarrhe z•°lieYefl alien-
matlsm, °vormomt°e that tired feel-
log and makes the weak strong,
k','.��
arse..o.
1S PECULIAR TO ITSELP IN
EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY,
7.1
A Farm Woman's Tool Chest
•
Tile traditional woman who could inches long—are rleliessary in repair -
not drive a nail wltltoub hitting herr
thumb, and .who did not know the
difference between a chisel and a
screw -driver, is no kin to the average.
Pam woman of to -day, She is her
own "handy man" on .many a light
job; and has learned that a screw in
time will save a door hinge, and 'a
nai'1 in the loose board on the cellar
stairs may prevent a bad fall.
One inheritance however, has. come
down from the past; the old tradition
no longer bolds, but its baneful influ-
ence is still to be seen in the tools
with which she accomplishes her re-
sults. She uses not the carefully stead of moving smoothly. Beeswax,
chosen, well -kept tools of her husband paraffin, or common yellow laundry
and brothers, but a collection of dis- soap are the best lubricants for
cards from the farm shop that have
found their way into her "kitchen
drawer."
One of the first and most important
things the "handy woman" must learn
before she can tackle the simplest job
with confidence is that "tools make
the workman," or at least a great part
of his work. A tool chest of her awn,
fitted with carefully selected tools of
modern design and dependable
strength will save their first cost
many times over.
The minimum equipment for effi-
cient work is contained in a household
utility -cabinet put out by a well-
known firm. This is a box- about 12
inches wide by 14 inches long, con-
taining a hammer, saw, screw --driver,
drill and a pair of combination pliers
—the five most important tools in, the
carpenter's repair kit—and an assort-
ment of nails, screws, etc., in the most
useful sizes. This outfit is pricers to-
day at $6.50, though present condi-
tions make it likely to vary, and the
tools are -of fair quality. There ore,
however, two faults, to my mind, in
this set: the size of the box limits the
size of the saw (which should be from
16 to 18 inches long for practical use) apart. In any case, it is important
and does not provide space for the that both nails and screws be driven
Poisoning the wood, killing its food
value, has been found by far the most
effective discouragement to the per-
sistent fungus. The idea is totally to
change the post's composition to such
a depth that the rotting germ cannot
penetrate.
Painting with creosote, though more
effective than the other methods men-
tioned, is not 'the real creosote treat-
ment. This latter treatment can be
used by any farmer at very moderate
expense. A discarded gasoline drum
can be made into a satisfactory .tank,
for the creosote. Since this oil is in-
flammable, you should do the work
some distance from the buildings. Set
the tank on bricks so that there is
room for a good fire beneath it. Con-
necting a stovepipe to the firebox will
increase the draft and carry off the
smoke. Six or eight five -inch posts
(the round post is preferable) can be
treated at one time. Sometimes it is
necessary first to liquify the creosote
by moderate heating. Then place the
pests, about 4.0 incres deep, in the oil,
and increase the heat nearly to boiling
point. Too high a temperature wastes
the creosote by excessive evaporation,
and weakens the wood soanewliat.
The proper duration of this `.'bath"
depends on the ]rind of wood. Ordin-
at'ily,'five hours is ample. Now draw
the fire, and leave the posts to cool in
the creosote. ' Some experimenters re-
commend that the cooling process
cover a period half as long again as
has been taken for heating, but usu-
ally the same time is long enough.
Heat dries out the moisture in the
wood, creating a vacuum when cooling
begins, and the creosote soaks in, by
atmospheric pressure, to fill this
vacuum. Sonia men draw out a post
occasionally and cut it to see when
the creosote has sunk in far enough.
Usually, half an inch is desired,
though' an inch's penetration can be
secured by long, thorough treatment.
It has been esbimated that a pitch -pine,
post takes up one to eight pounds of
creosote, .according to length of treat-
ment, thus costing from two to sixteen
cents. Ten conbs a post, I think, is a
safe average figure.
Treatment of posts properly begins
six months previousto creosoting.
They should be seasoned or air-dried,
as much moisture makes it hard for
creosote to penetrate. Remove all .the
hark from the poets, and pile loosely
where air will circulate among them,
keeping them in the shade, as the
sun's heat will season -check the wood,
The Welfare of the Home
The Origin cf Life.
Sooner or later every normal child from the trees, those growing on the
will be curious as to his origin. For-
tunate is the one whose mother real-
izes the importance of answering
truthfully this natural quesbion of
origin and of answering it soon
enough, that is, before harmful and
plants and weeds in the garden. All
flowers grow from seeds. Everything
that lives seems to come from seeds.
Why, yes, even the little young kitten
'started as a tiny seed that grew in
a place prepared for it within its
ugly thoughts have been put into the mother. We should be very careful
child's mind by ignorant or vicious of the another cat, very kind and
Persons, Any mother can prepare gentle with het and never hurt her,
the way for a full answer as soon as Teach the child to respect motherhood
her child is old enough to be inter_' in the animals as well as in humanity;
ested in planting it seed and watch give him a lovely thought about
ing it. grow. If there is no out -of- mothers anti th'e'ir young children, and
doors garden at hand, a pretty 3vay thus make mbtlnerhood beautiful and
to impart the knowledge is to plant a saci:ed in his mind. Mahe the develop -
bean -in a flowerpot and interest the meet and birth of the infant life so
child in watching its growth from familiar and so natural to the child
day to day. that when tine time comes for him
How pleased, he will be when the to ask questions, the Gnawer can be
bean plant begins to blossom! Try1 easily given by the mother end easily
to make this blossoming important,
and thus hold his interest. Show the
little blossom to his friends and play -
Mg furniture or for holding anything
that hes been glued.
There is more even to amateur
carpentry than just owning -a good
collection of the right kind of tools,
There are tricks to all trades, to the
carpenters as well as the cooks, and
the right way is almost invariably
the easiest way to work,
The Right Way to Work,
For instance, s01115 people do not
know that wood should never be
lubricated by oiling. Oil feeds wood
and makes it swell, consequently its
use will make drawers, etc., stick in -
understood by'tho child' who has been
prepared end' who will often answer
the question' himself ,with a li:('e
mates, or better still, encourage lata, help from his mother. She might say,
to show it. Tell him that he meet not "You remember about the seeds, don't
pick the blossoms because from it will you, and how they grew in their little
come more beans. How 0,111 that be? home at the heart of the flower? You
Wait and see! If possible, place the remember hove we talked about the M-
eilen-Le m an open window where the tie kittens and how they started the'
beers can find the flowers. I same way as the little seeds?" The
After a time the flower will wither, child will oftee 'ask, "And I wa8 a
and its pretty petals fall off, butllittle seed line that?" If not, the
there is left behind e. tiny green bean
which grew in the heart of the flower.
Wath it become larger and larger
25 the days pass. Finally, the pod will
be filled with little beat children!
Hold the 'plant against the light and
show the child the tiny beans in the
pod without Picking it. Each bean in
attached to the pod by a tiny steal,
Tell the child how the life of the
mother plant passes into the little
young beans and feeds them and en-
ables them to grow until they are around cell) and 'ceenneeai, The alfalfa
large enough to ]Cava the mother steins Beed cob -meal ae better suited
plant and start out in life for theist to the needs of sheep or cattle, They
selves, When tine yoeng beans aro can rand1e more fibrous, itidagstible
fully formed and quite ready, the bean tnattsr, than pigs.,
1 rens and the beans fell out and
mother 00111 say, "You were once a
tiny seed lila that. Everybody was.
And think what a lot of growing ,you
did to make such a dear, big child
with hands and feet and ears and
eyes and everything else,'
Where pure thoughts are lodged,
loose thoughbs cannot enter.
M
Ear -corn mid green alfalfa meet the
needs of growing pigs better, and at
less cost, than chopped alfalfa and
drawers or doors that stick. Wax or
soap rubbed on a screw makes it easier
to drive in, and makes it possible to
use a slightly rusted screw without
danger of its sticking oe perhaps
splitting the wood.
In driving screws, the carpenter
'drills a hole first with a drill slightly
smaller than the screw he is going to
use; if the screw hole is an old one,
he niay first enlarge it slightly with
a reamer in order to enable it to
take a screw of larger size. If the
old hole is too large for the seem
he wants to use, he plugs it with a
piece of wood, driving the plug in
with a hammer, and then proceeds to
drill or ream as for an entirely new
screw hole. If the screw head is to
be sunk level with the wood, the
carpenter enlarges the top of the hole
with a brad -awl; in this case he fills
the hole with putty; covering the
screw head, and paints it to match
the rest of the wood.
In making repairs of any kind it
is well to remember that a screw is
of infinitely more value than a nail;
it holds more firmly, pulsing the parts
together, while a nail drives them
new tools that will probably be added
from time to time.
Wall Case Makes Best Cabinet.
The ideal household cabinet is a
in straight. A screw especially, 1i:
driven at an angle, is likely to split
the wood, and will not go all the way
in. Many amateur carpenter, do not
wall case with sufficient space to know the value, or -the existence even,
hang a large number of tools, for o£ mending plates, and the pati the;;
tools should hang each one in its can be made to play. til reinforcing
place, and not •be' jumbled about in and holding together old pieces of
the bottom of a box. Such a tool furniture. Mending plates are small
case can be bought empty for about flat steel pieces about one-half inch
:I7 or $8, but cou:ki probably be -made wide and almost any length, from once
by a carpenter for less, or,.better still, and one-half inches up. They have a
could easily be evolved at home from screw hole in each end, and when
a good box somewhere near the right screwed down firmly over a split in
size. My own tool case is a converted a piece of wood will draw the pats
medicine chest about 24 inches high, together and hold them as long as the
10 inches wide, and 6 inches deep, A wood will contain the screws. Angle
small shelf near the 'bottom takes the irons 0105 mending plates bent at right
place of the drawer for holding boxes
of nails, screws, washers, etc.; nails
are driven into the back and door—
two for each tool at just the right
distance to catch the bulge of the
handle—and a block of wood with
holes drilled through it is screwed to
the floor to hold the drill bits.
The first equipment should include,
besides the tools shown, sandpaper
of various grades, a spool of wire, an
oil can, a pot of carpenter's glue, a
can •of putty, and a three-foot folding• chisels, etc. That is the great value
yule. of a hanging tool closet; it gives each
Buying tools, however, is a passion tool a place into which it can be
that grows with their use, and the easily. put. The second rule would be,
woman who owns the tool chest will never to put a tool. to any use for
soon find that she fairly needs others which it was not designed. For in -
besides the tools listed here as neees- steno, do not use screw' -drivers as
sities.'A cabinet rasp—a kind of file— chisels, or vice versa, and do not nee
is invaluable for filing off the surplus chisels or screw -drivers to open boxes
wood when a drawer refuses- to close oe as can openers. Never hammer
Or a door suddenly becomes too largo with the wrench 0r pliers --hi fart, do
for the doorway. For this class of not use any tool for hammering' e ( P
work a broad chisel too, is extremely ceps a hntnmer. Beep your tools
useful, and a small plane is almost a sharp, if they should he so, and free
necessity. • from rust. An occasional rub with
A reamer is a useful tool that sup- an oily rag will keep the rust away.
plants the drill on many kinds of Use your tools' carefully but with
work. It is used principally to en- assurance, let your hammer swing
large old scree✓ holes to take larger freely, and look .at the nail—not your
sized screws, and to start holes for fingers. When you saw, use the whole
nailing, both necessary operations to saw, not just a few teeth in the
keep wood from splitting as nails or centre of the blade,
screws are driven in. A pair of wire- In a word, clo not have more tools
cutting pliers to 'bite off the project- than you need, but try to have all
ing ends of nails and screws are a
household convenience, they are so
easy to use and so frequently useful.
A steel try square is a valuable sup-
plement fo the folding rule; it simpli-
fies measuring and marking, and
makes it easy to do accurate work.
A pair of clamps—about 10 or 12 it again.
angles 10 the middle. They are spe-
cial life savers to old chair arms that
are breaking loose.
Care of the Tools.
Perhaps the most important advice
the old carpenter could give the be-
ginner would be on the care of the
tools he .uses. First of all, he would
tell her—as we have remarked before
—that her tools must never be thrown
carelessly into a box to knock against
each other and dull the edge of saw:.
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that you need, take care of them, and
learn to handle them intelligently.
You will find amateur carpentry n
sport rather than a chore, and your
tool chest as good an investment o.0
your see itf machine or fireless cook-
er, and will never want to be without
If yce don't get good fun out or
farming, you won't have enough in-
te'rest in it to be a good farmer, which
is necessary to get god profits, with-
out which y0u cannot have gcod
money, with which to have a good
time,
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Show the child as malty seeds and from lice, dont. try to raise it. it
geed pods as possible, those hanging will not pay you. - {
Plants build up the dead natter in
the earth into higher forms, in which
process they store up the heat and
energy of the sun. Animals eat plants
and. set free the heat and energy
which the plants have stored up.
Plants grow that animals may live.
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I LOVE BOYS
By FRANK C. MOORHEAD.
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love boys. Not because I was one
myself, once. Not because 3'm one
yet, in some respects. Not because
I've had two of my own. "Just be-
cause,' I guess. They've such lovably
unreasonable and reasonably' unlove-
creatures, that I ean't'help loving
them all. Of course, I spank my own,
now and then; • and am sometimes
tempted to spank ,the neighlbors', too.
But what's a fw spanks between
friends? -I'm eid.enough now to real-
ize that my father was right when
he said it hurt hi'm more thanit did
one. Only, in another place.
There are immense possibilities in
every freckle on a. boy's face. There's
not a cowlick in a boy's unruly' hair
but some day may covered with a
good and great man's hat, I should
rather hear •a happy, boy's whistle
than the best grand opera ever writ-
ten. I don't care to hear him sing;
but no genuineboy does that very
often. Only on Sunday, when a real
boy is quite likely not to be real.
I can remember when I thought I
was going to be a great enan. Now
I'tn hoping my boy will be. And so
the world goes, life after life, cycle
after cycle. As we grow old, our chil-
dren keep us young, The things we
wanted for ourselves„we try to get for
our children. I never had a Christ-
mas tree. My boy has never failed
to have one. On the other hand, I
had red -topped, copper -toed boots.
Every boy deserves a' .chance to
make good. If he fails, he deserves
another chance. You, father on the
faint, give the boy something of his
own—a pig, a calf, a colt; a plot of
ground. Don't sneer if he fails. You
didn't know everything when you be-
gan, even if you think you do now.
Pat .him on the back when he does
well, and pat him when he fails. Tall:
to him as you would to another man;
listen when he talks. Pretend you're
interested, even if you're not. And if
you're not, I'm ashamed of you;
you're not a good father.
Be a coinpanion, a pal, to your boy.
You can't always go with him when
he sets out with other boys to go
clear around the world, and gets
about five miles away before he de-
cides to return. Your limbs may be
too old topermit your climbing into
the inevitable eave (I always pitied
city boys who couldn't Have a cave)
when your boy and the neighbors'
play they're Huck and Finn and Tom
Sawyer, or re-enact "Treasure Is-
land.” But don't lick him when he
conies home with his clothes torn. I
know shoes and stockings and suits
cost a whole lot; but a boy's worth
all that, and ever so much more.
I'm scolding a bit; I'll tell you why.
I had two boys, I have only one now.
I didn't always do the things I'm
_urging here. And there hasn't been
a day since that the hot tears haven't
come and that I haven't been sorry.
ambled by a competent lawyer.
In the investigation of the case re-
ferred to, it transpired that the mort-
gage had in fact been paid off, but
had not been discharged of record. The
purchaser might sometime have been
involved in expensive and unpleasant
litigation had it not been for the for-
tunate fact that he •d'ecided to acquire
the adjoining farm. Applying to his
bank for a loan of a part of the pur-
chase price, and offering a first mort-
gage on his farm for security, he was
told by the banker that the loan would
be advanced if the search proved., a
clear title to his farm. The search re-
vealed an outstanding mortgage
granted twelve years previously by
the -vendor's farther. The mortgagee
had in the meantime died, and the son
was on the battle -line somewhere in
France.
After almost endless delays and
reels upon reels of legal red tape, the
tangle was at last straightened out;
but the delay was annoying and the.
proceedings cost the purchaser quite
a lot of money. All the trouble could
have been avoided if the search rad'
accompanied the deed.
A lawyer can see defects not visible
to the men untrained in legal affairs.
It's his business to know, and he does.
For instance, the abstract of title may
show that Richard Roo had one time
deeded the property to John Doe. Was
Richard Rce at the time of making
the transfer married or single? If
he had a wife and she is still living
she had and still has a dower interest
in the property. If. Richard Roe rad
divorced his wife, .thsh her dower
rights were extinguished. If he was
unnma•iied, this fact should be estabe
fished by affidavits of members of his
family or other persons whe knew
him intimately. Again, a' search of ben
discloses a judgment filed .against a
former owner. If one exists it con-
stitutes a valid lien against the pro-
perty,
There is only one sure way to know
that your title is •clear; insist upori a'
search brought down to the precie°
date of transfer and then have that
search examined by ytiur own lawyer,
•
How About Your Title?
suppose you bought a farm on con-
tract, with the payments spread out
over a period of eight years, and, aftm
receiving a Warranty deed, found that
there was an 'olcl mortgage outstand-
ing againsb the property ag'shown by
the official books of the enmity cleric?
Such a thing can happen in the
any 1 real rrotri unless
ttansfer�oE a y fl p y>
the purchaser demands and receives
from the vendors an abstract of title
or .010040511, It can trot happen if the
traot is trodueod airtl earefull cot
abs 1 Y
Pays to Treat Oat Seed:
Many experiments have been made
to 'show that oats treated for smelt
yield higher than seed not treated.
Often the whole crop is lost when oats
are not tteated. The method of treat-
ing is dimple. Here are the steps:
1. Spread out on the barn floor, live
os:' six inches deep, forty bushels of
oats.
2. Mix one pound of forty per cent.
formaldehyde with thirty or forty
gallons of weber., 'Stier well.
3. 'Sprinkle the mixture over the
oats until every grain is well moisten-
ed. Let one man shovel the oats
while another 'ono sprinkles.
•
4, Covet Lite pile of oats at dice
with thick blankets orsacks to keep
in the gas from the formaldehyde. The
gas does the work,
G. heave the pile •covered for from
six to tell hours, or over night, then
'remove the blankets and spread the
oats to dry. Shovel over to make
thein dry thoroughly,
If forty gallons of the liquid are
used, it may be hest to apply Only
half the solution and pile the oats fob
an hone or ad' and allow that to swell,
Then they will readily ahsorb . the
other Owenby gellcns, and the Tahoe
required Will be less,
Creosote Does the Teck.
The fence builder who now uses oak,
locust, or chestnut, as his Sather diel,
pays handsomely for has fence. These
woods are too valuable for other pur-
poses to be used as sentinels around
your cow .pasture.
But there are other ways. Durabil-
ity of woad set in the earth depends
on our ability to keep out that des-
tructive little parasite, the fungus.
When we can do this, soft maple,"wil-
llow and box -elder make good and
lasting posts.
ft1-T,1� ^Wbi
It Costs Onlyents a.
sn
or 51,50 per month for helpful Med..
Jeal treatment if YOU tante Hood's
rarsal>a•illa, known in thoaeanes
of homes tie the 'best r'Oegnelrlle-
tine tonic, Foe nearly half a c°n-
tery tells good medtelne has stood
Jo IN ciao ley
StsolP in curetl
a pow -
Or and economy. flogds
5arsai>a-
dela giros more for the money
than any other. I1 tenets up the
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whole velem, oreates an teenetleo,
promotes assimilation, so ae tO se -
Oar° for you 100 Per cent,. 0'f the
nutrition in your food.
More than this, it purities and en.
riohes the blood,.eliminetes poison-
outs matter after diphtheria, aearlet
ana typhoid fevers,
etadsCa
ten
aoroula
and catarrhe z•°lieYefl alien-
matlsm, °vormomt°e that tired feel-
log and makes the weak strong,
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arse..o.
1S PECULIAR TO ITSELP IN
EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY,
7.1
A Farm Woman's Tool Chest
•
Tile traditional woman who could inches long—are rleliessary in repair -
not drive a nail wltltoub hitting herr
thumb, and .who did not know the
difference between a chisel and a
screw -driver, is no kin to the average.
Pam woman of to -day, She is her
own "handy man" on .many a light
job; and has learned that a screw in
time will save a door hinge, and 'a
nai'1 in the loose board on the cellar
stairs may prevent a bad fall.
One inheritance however, has. come
down from the past; the old tradition
no longer bolds, but its baneful influ-
ence is still to be seen in the tools
with which she accomplishes her re-
sults. She uses not the carefully stead of moving smoothly. Beeswax,
chosen, well -kept tools of her husband paraffin, or common yellow laundry
and brothers, but a collection of dis- soap are the best lubricants for
cards from the farm shop that have
found their way into her "kitchen
drawer."
One of the first and most important
things the "handy woman" must learn
before she can tackle the simplest job
with confidence is that "tools make
the workman," or at least a great part
of his work. A tool chest of her awn,
fitted with carefully selected tools of
modern design and dependable
strength will save their first cost
many times over.
The minimum equipment for effi-
cient work is contained in a household
utility -cabinet put out by a well-
known firm. This is a box- about 12
inches wide by 14 inches long, con-
taining a hammer, saw, screw --driver,
drill and a pair of combination pliers
—the five most important tools in, the
carpenter's repair kit—and an assort-
ment of nails, screws, etc., in the most
useful sizes. This outfit is pricers to-
day at $6.50, though present condi-
tions make it likely to vary, and the
tools are -of fair quality. There ore,
however, two faults, to my mind, in
this set: the size of the box limits the
size of the saw (which should be from
16 to 18 inches long for practical use) apart. In any case, it is important
and does not provide space for the that both nails and screws be driven
Poisoning the wood, killing its food
value, has been found by far the most
effective discouragement to the per-
sistent fungus. The idea is totally to
change the post's composition to such
a depth that the rotting germ cannot
penetrate.
Painting with creosote, though more
effective than the other methods men-
tioned, is not 'the real creosote treat-
ment. This latter treatment can be
used by any farmer at very moderate
expense. A discarded gasoline drum
can be made into a satisfactory .tank,
for the creosote. Since this oil is in-
flammable, you should do the work
some distance from the buildings. Set
the tank on bricks so that there is
room for a good fire beneath it. Con-
necting a stovepipe to the firebox will
increase the draft and carry off the
smoke. Six or eight five -inch posts
(the round post is preferable) can be
treated at one time. Sometimes it is
necessary first to liquify the creosote
by moderate heating. Then place the
pests, about 4.0 incres deep, in the oil,
and increase the heat nearly to boiling
point. Too high a temperature wastes
the creosote by excessive evaporation,
and weakens the wood soanewliat.
The proper duration of this `.'bath"
depends on the ]rind of wood. Ordin-
at'ily,'five hours is ample. Now draw
the fire, and leave the posts to cool in
the creosote. ' Some experimenters re-
commend that the cooling process
cover a period half as long again as
has been taken for heating, but usu-
ally the same time is long enough.
Heat dries out the moisture in the
wood, creating a vacuum when cooling
begins, and the creosote soaks in, by
atmospheric pressure, to fill this
vacuum. Sonia men draw out a post
occasionally and cut it to see when
the creosote has sunk in far enough.
Usually, half an inch is desired,
though' an inch's penetration can be
secured by long, thorough treatment.
It has been esbimated that a pitch -pine,
post takes up one to eight pounds of
creosote, .according to length of treat-
ment, thus costing from two to sixteen
cents. Ten conbs a post, I think, is a
safe average figure.
Treatment of posts properly begins
six months previousto creosoting.
They should be seasoned or air-dried,
as much moisture makes it hard for
creosote to penetrate. Remove all .the
hark from the poets, and pile loosely
where air will circulate among them,
keeping them in the shade, as the
sun's heat will season -check the wood,
The Welfare of the Home
The Origin cf Life.
Sooner or later every normal child from the trees, those growing on the
will be curious as to his origin. For-
tunate is the one whose mother real-
izes the importance of answering
truthfully this natural quesbion of
origin and of answering it soon
enough, that is, before harmful and
plants and weeds in the garden. All
flowers grow from seeds. Everything
that lives seems to come from seeds.
Why, yes, even the little young kitten
'started as a tiny seed that grew in
a place prepared for it within its
ugly thoughts have been put into the mother. We should be very careful
child's mind by ignorant or vicious of the another cat, very kind and
Persons, Any mother can prepare gentle with het and never hurt her,
the way for a full answer as soon as Teach the child to respect motherhood
her child is old enough to be inter_' in the animals as well as in humanity;
ested in planting it seed and watch give him a lovely thought about
ing it. grow. If there is no out -of- mothers anti th'e'ir young children, and
doors garden at hand, a pretty 3vay thus make mbtlnerhood beautiful and
to impart the knowledge is to plant a saci:ed in his mind. Mahe the develop -
bean -in a flowerpot and interest the meet and birth of the infant life so
child in watching its growth from familiar and so natural to the child
day to day. that when tine time comes for him
How pleased, he will be when the to ask questions, the Gnawer can be
bean plant begins to blossom! Try1 easily given by the mother end easily
to make this blossoming important,
and thus hold his interest. Show the
little blossom to his friends and play -
Mg furniture or for holding anything
that hes been glued.
There is more even to amateur
carpentry than just owning -a good
collection of the right kind of tools,
There are tricks to all trades, to the
carpenters as well as the cooks, and
the right way is almost invariably
the easiest way to work,
The Right Way to Work,
For instance, s01115 people do not
know that wood should never be
lubricated by oiling. Oil feeds wood
and makes it swell, consequently its
use will make drawers, etc., stick in -
understood by'tho child' who has been
prepared end' who will often answer
the question' himself ,with a li:('e
mates, or better still, encourage lata, help from his mother. She might say,
to show it. Tell him that he meet not "You remember about the seeds, don't
pick the blossoms because from it will you, and how they grew in their little
come more beans. How 0,111 that be? home at the heart of the flower? You
Wait and see! If possible, place the remember hove we talked about the M-
eilen-Le m an open window where the tie kittens and how they started the'
beers can find the flowers. I same way as the little seeds?" The
After a time the flower will wither, child will oftee 'ask, "And I wa8 a
and its pretty petals fall off, butllittle seed line that?" If not, the
there is left behind e. tiny green bean
which grew in the heart of the flower.
Wath it become larger and larger
25 the days pass. Finally, the pod will
be filled with little beat children!
Hold the 'plant against the light and
show the child the tiny beans in the
pod without Picking it. Each bean in
attached to the pod by a tiny steal,
Tell the child how the life of the
mother plant passes into the little
young beans and feeds them and en-
ables them to grow until they are around cell) and 'ceenneeai, The alfalfa
large enough to ]Cava the mother steins Beed cob -meal ae better suited
plant and start out in life for theist to the needs of sheep or cattle, They
selves, When tine yoeng beans aro can rand1e more fibrous, itidagstible
fully formed and quite ready, the bean tnattsr, than pigs.,
1 rens and the beans fell out and
mother 00111 say, "You were once a
tiny seed lila that. Everybody was.
And think what a lot of growing ,you
did to make such a dear, big child
with hands and feet and ears and
eyes and everything else,'
Where pure thoughts are lodged,
loose thoughbs cannot enter.
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Ear -corn mid green alfalfa meet the
needs of growing pigs better, and at
less cost, than chopped alfalfa and
drawers or doors that stick. Wax or
soap rubbed on a screw makes it easier
to drive in, and makes it possible to
use a slightly rusted screw without
danger of its sticking oe perhaps
splitting the wood.
In driving screws, the carpenter
'drills a hole first with a drill slightly
smaller than the screw he is going to
use; if the screw hole is an old one,
he niay first enlarge it slightly with
a reamer in order to enable it to
take a screw of larger size. If the
old hole is too large for the seem
he wants to use, he plugs it with a
piece of wood, driving the plug in
with a hammer, and then proceeds to
drill or ream as for an entirely new
screw hole. If the screw head is to
be sunk level with the wood, the
carpenter enlarges the top of the hole
with a brad -awl; in this case he fills
the hole with putty; covering the
screw head, and paints it to match
the rest of the wood.
In making repairs of any kind it
is well to remember that a screw is
of infinitely more value than a nail;
it holds more firmly, pulsing the parts
together, while a nail drives them
new tools that will probably be added
from time to time.
Wall Case Makes Best Cabinet.
The ideal household cabinet is a
in straight. A screw especially, 1i:
driven at an angle, is likely to split
the wood, and will not go all the way
in. Many amateur carpenter, do not
wall case with sufficient space to know the value, or -the existence even,
hang a large number of tools, for o£ mending plates, and the pati the;;
tools should hang each one in its can be made to play. til reinforcing
place, and not •be' jumbled about in and holding together old pieces of
the bottom of a box. Such a tool furniture. Mending plates are small
case can be bought empty for about flat steel pieces about one-half inch
:I7 or $8, but cou:ki probably be -made wide and almost any length, from once
by a carpenter for less, or,.better still, and one-half inches up. They have a
could easily be evolved at home from screw hole in each end, and when
a good box somewhere near the right screwed down firmly over a split in
size. My own tool case is a converted a piece of wood will draw the pats
medicine chest about 24 inches high, together and hold them as long as the
10 inches wide, and 6 inches deep, A wood will contain the screws. Angle
small shelf near the 'bottom takes the irons 0105 mending plates bent at right
place of the drawer for holding boxes
of nails, screws, washers, etc.; nails
are driven into the back and door—
two for each tool at just the right
distance to catch the bulge of the
handle—and a block of wood with
holes drilled through it is screwed to
the floor to hold the drill bits.
The first equipment should include,
besides the tools shown, sandpaper
of various grades, a spool of wire, an
oil can, a pot of carpenter's glue, a
can •of putty, and a three-foot folding• chisels, etc. That is the great value
yule. of a hanging tool closet; it gives each
Buying tools, however, is a passion tool a place into which it can be
that grows with their use, and the easily. put. The second rule would be,
woman who owns the tool chest will never to put a tool. to any use for
soon find that she fairly needs others which it was not designed. For in -
besides the tools listed here as neees- steno, do not use screw' -drivers as
sities.'A cabinet rasp—a kind of file— chisels, or vice versa, and do not nee
is invaluable for filing off the surplus chisels or screw -drivers to open boxes
wood when a drawer refuses- to close oe as can openers. Never hammer
Or a door suddenly becomes too largo with the wrench 0r pliers --hi fart, do
for the doorway. For this class of not use any tool for hammering' e ( P
work a broad chisel too, is extremely ceps a hntnmer. Beep your tools
useful, and a small plane is almost a sharp, if they should he so, and free
necessity. • from rust. An occasional rub with
A reamer is a useful tool that sup- an oily rag will keep the rust away.
plants the drill on many kinds of Use your tools' carefully but with
work. It is used principally to en- assurance, let your hammer swing
large old scree✓ holes to take larger freely, and look .at the nail—not your
sized screws, and to start holes for fingers. When you saw, use the whole
nailing, both necessary operations to saw, not just a few teeth in the
keep wood from splitting as nails or centre of the blade,
screws are driven in. A pair of wire- In a word, clo not have more tools
cutting pliers to 'bite off the project- than you need, but try to have all
ing ends of nails and screws are a
household convenience, they are so
easy to use and so frequently useful.
A steel try square is a valuable sup-
plement fo the folding rule; it simpli-
fies measuring and marking, and
makes it easy to do accurate work.
A pair of clamps—about 10 or 12 it again.
angles 10 the middle. They are spe-
cial life savers to old chair arms that
are breaking loose.
Care of the Tools.
Perhaps the most important advice
the old carpenter could give the be-
ginner would be on the care of the
tools he .uses. First of all, he would
tell her—as we have remarked before
—that her tools must never be thrown
carelessly into a box to knock against
each other and dull the edge of saw:.
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that you need, take care of them, and
learn to handle them intelligently.
You will find amateur carpentry n
sport rather than a chore, and your
tool chest as good an investment o.0
your see itf machine or fireless cook-
er, and will never want to be without
If yce don't get good fun out or
farming, you won't have enough in-
te'rest in it to be a good farmer, which
is necessary to get god profits, with-
out which y0u cannot have gcod
money, with which to have a good
time,
pot of r r 1 tow`
if they £031.1 on good soil in time they!
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into other ' bean plants. 1 necessary to keep your poultry :free
Show the child as malty seeds and from lice, dont. try to raise it. it
geed pods as possible, those hanging will not pay you. - {
Plants build up the dead natter in
the earth into higher forms, in which
process they store up the heat and
energy of the sun. Animals eat plants
and. set free the heat and energy
which the plants have stored up.
Plants grow that animals may live.
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