The Clinton News Record, 1920-1-22, Page 6lekeeotteeeept-•••—,-,e .
- G. D, McTAGGART
IL D. 5IMTAGGART
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A GENERAL BANKING BUST-
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HISCOUNTED, 'DRAFTS ISSUED,
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POSITS. ,SAT.,H NOTES FEE-
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ess — H. T. RANCE
• NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY-
ANCER, FINANCIAL REAL
ESTATE AND FIRE INSUR-
ANCE AGENT. 'REPRESENT-
ING 14 FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
DIVISION COURT OFFICE,
CLINTON.
W. BRYDONE,
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR,
NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC.
Clifice— Slop Block —CLINTON
JR, GUNN
Office cases at his resylence, con
High and Kirk streets.
DE. Y. C. GANDIER
Office Hours: -1,30 to 8.30 p.m,, 7.30
to 9,00 p.m. Sundays 12.30 to 1.80
Other hours by appointment only.
Office and Residence—Victoria St,
CHARLES B. HALE,
Conveyancer, Notary Public.
Commissioner, Etc.
HEAL.. ESTATE and INSURANCE
Issuer a ligiriage Licenses
, HURON STREET, — CLINTON.
GARFIELD McMICHAEL,
Licensed Auctioneerer for the
County of Huron. /Sales ' con-
ducted in any part of the county:
Charges moderate and eatisfac-
Hen guaranteed. Address:. Sea
-
firth, R. R. No. 2. Phone48 on
236, Seaforth Genteel.
GEORGE ELLIOTT
Licensed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron.
Correspondence.' promptly answered.
Immediate arrangements can be
made for Sales Date at The
News -Record, Clinton, or by
calling Phone 13 on, 157.
Charges moderate and, satisfaction
guaranteed:
B. R. HIGGINS
Box 127, Clinton 100.
Agent for '
The Huron & Erie Maims Cor
poration and The Canada
Trust Company
Comm'er H.- C. of 3. Conveyancer,
Fire and Tornado Insurance,
Notary Public
Also a numbeer of good farms
for sale.
At Brucefleld on Wednesday each
week.
qt.it
—TIME TABLE—
Trains will arrive at and depart
from Clinton Station as follows:
BUFFALO AND GObERICH .DIV.
going east, depart . 6.33 a.m.
2.52 p.m.
Poing West ar. 11.10, dp. 11.15 eau,
" ar. 6.08, dp. 6.47 pan.
" itr. 11.18 p.m.
LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DDT.
going South, ar. 8.23, cla 8.23 a.m.
' 4.15 p.m.
going North depart 6.40 p.m.
11 " 11.07, 11.11 a.m.
The licKillop Mutual
Fire Insurance Company
Head office, Seafortft, Ont.
DIRECTORY :
fresident, Ja.1300 Connolly, Goderich;
Fe., James Evan, Beechwood;
.-Treatiurer, Thole, E. HaYa;8.
Directors: George McCartney, Sea -
forth; D. P. McGregor, Seaforth; 1.
0. Grieve, Walton; Wro. Rini, Sea.
forth; M. MeEwen, Clinton; Robert
Ferries, Harlock; John Benneweir,.
Brodhagen; Jas. Connolly, Goderich.
Agents: Alex Leitch, (Anton; J. W.
iteo, Goderich; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth;
W. Chesnex, Egmondville; R. 0, Jar.
tauth, Brodhagen.
Any money to be paid la may he
;paid to Moorish ClothiEg Co., Clinton,
W t at Cutt's Grocery, Goderich.,
Parties desirtig M eftect insurance
transact other business will be
romptly attended to on appltcation to
ny of the above officers adereamoe to
eir respective post office. Losaite
speited by the director who lira
aced the ewe.
. mashes very acAptable. They are
Addreee conintunIcatione to Agrenefaletf 73 Adelaide Sta West, Torotite,
Get Out the irannhig-14illl. Many inexperienced blaeters mike
Winter cleye, when ;arm svork is eitees:nui;tatclIdel ePtitnaeciptrf, ei'l.lt8.ersestuTt
Meek, on he profitably employed hi that .the stumps split instead of
olearamg and grading the small faraino coming out of the groun,d
).. t_ Te gbreoliuenvto
which' are to be ued for i
fitiring seed-
,ing, If this is put off until spring ebni dpel,a,Qainaga caht-earergp7'",I7 i
bliatilwaY, the
the resh of Preparing the land and
wecticng is likely to sideatraek the
- :liar al, are •gotten.. out, large roots
e
,
buckwheat and barley can all It is also important to get the
Oats,
obarge propealy centred under the
bp greatly improved by running them otumr, Many make the mistakdnof
through the itilning-ailll an least be -ring the hole down to the centlae.
once to amine all weedasseds chaff, They fall to take into corifederation
broken and light shrunken grains. It that the dynamite cartridges are eight
is not uncommon by the use of clean,
inches long, and if three or four cart -
well -graded seed to increase the yield ridges are loaded into ono of these
two or three bushels or znore an acre, holes, It really brings the charge
but a gain of even one bushel to the ,away over to one side of the stump.
acre will, mean high wages for the The effect of this methed of loading
time spent in getting the seed ready
Is likely to, be the splitting of the
for spring SOWing. '
Clean grain will run through the Stump en two. The side under which
inore evenl.A. thereby 4/181.141114' a the charge is placed comes out, while
i
more uniform stand. It also elimn-
--a- the other aide under which no •charge
ates shrunken and diseased kernele was loaded remains An the ground.
Which seldom grow, or which if they
do grow, produce plants too weak and Spritying Is Important.
small to mature, and these have the "SpraYing
. t important
effect of weeds mineed of increasing single operation in orchard manage -
the yield. Uniformly plump, Sound itlient'"• 'says a stecessful orehardist,
kernels will germinate better, produce 'Beceuee it is so important, some OT'
stronger and hie -Leta -yielding plants chardists have thought it the only
than the ungraded grain containing thing essential to produce good fruit
small, weak kernels. and they have sprayed their ties
Several farmers can afford to own well, but neglected pruning, cultivat-
and use a fanniiig-mill co-operatively, ing and:fertilizing. This practise hag
or etteh farmer Can ,own a eniall one generally -resulted in failure or in
individualiya • ' only partial success.
a "Spraying is the moat expensive
To Cut High Cot of Living: orchard operation. The materials for
The high cost Of living has hit a .,sprey mixtures are expensive, and the
great many people right, n their
cost of equipment and labor le great.
i
pocketbooks. The man who grows a "The cost of materials can be les-
sened somewhat by spraying each
vegetable garden, a small fruit gar- :
den and an orchard feels the pinch
variety according to its_ow Trans" individual
of high prices least of all, for he has need. For instance, Yell
?exalt
...trees need much less spray -
One
large share of his living. .
nig. than Duchess 'trees. Grimes
One of the secrets of a good gaeden
'G
or orchard 'is .to order seeds, plants olden and Jonathan need fewer
and trees early. Send the orders in sprays and. cheaper mixtures than
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to theeseed houses and nurseries be-
Ben Davis.
c
fore their busy rush cornes in Febru-
'The expense for labor can be ut
ary and March. Early orders are
just about in half by the use of pro -
filled sooner than late comers because per equipment and management, Forexample, two.spray eigs arid the right
there is more time. Seed houses are
likely to be short ,of help this year, kind of a supply -tank wagon will
spray just abeut twice as mueh OT -
order early. Trees, shrubs and small so buyers should be particular to chard as two rigs alone. Or, to put
fruit plants will not be shipped right it/another way, two spray rigs with
a good supply -tank rig will spray'''.
away, but at any date specified in the
about or quite as much as four rigs
order. Ordering early Meares a bet- without the supply tank. '
ter choice of varieties. • "Proper equipment enables the
Late in the season, verietiee are grower to get his sprayingsdone on
often sold out and it le too late to time, or more nearly so. It is neces-
order another variety: If this hap time,
to have the spray on the'trees
pens earlf;'' there is thne to order
again. .............when the eggs of, insects hatch and
Go tArcdigh the old seeds now, testhe small insects begin to eat, and
also when the fungous spores are be -
them to bee if they will grow; send ing produced. A common mistake
for a 'Catalogue and' ender ,.not grow. .vhirt yea
Is to spray too late instead of too
need. Old seeds often will early.
Their can be tested by putting them
"Spraying'sh•Ctuld.
between two pieces of blotting paper, be done thorough -
kept moist in a warm room; or by 'to be drenched. Summer applies-
ly. However, the trees do not need
planting, in a cigar box full of soil. tions . should cease just before the
Ninety out of 100 .seeds shciuld sprout
drenching point. Expert sprayers
vigorously. using angae nozzles, small -hole caps
and high pressure can do a thorough
job and stop spraying long before the
drenching point is reached. This is the
ideal which the avbrageegrower has
iimme••••••••••
Remove Stumps by, Blasting.
Many farmers leave stumps in
their fields because they think it costs
too much to have them taken out. As not been able Lc attain, because he
I have had a good deal,of experience has not the expert help.
in 'blasting stumps, I know that it "For several years ,we have been
really isn't so very expensive. By doing as much of our scale -spraying
using the'estumpe forsfirewocel, con- as we ar'e ablate do lin the fall. What
siderable of the cost of 'digging them remains can easily be done in the
out can' be gotten 'back: 'The rest spring. Then after, the growth starts,
of the cost is saved many times over but not so late as to eause injury to
by the -lessened time required for the foliage, we thpray again some of
plowing, and .cnItiyating, and ,from the varieties and sections of the or -
the proceeds of the sale of the crops chard that are most susceptible to
raised on the ground the stumps oc- scab andttilotch.
cupied. "If fruit is more or less in -
To give an idea of the dynamite fected with scab Or blotch one season
needed for clearing land of stumps, I we are not discouraged, but simply
nrill submit do, following figureS: go after the spraying stronger the
Recently, in elle days' time, I blasted next seasen, with a determination to
356 stumps ranging from six lathe) get the sprays on earlier and more
up to- four feet' ia ,diaineter. Alto- thormighly. Comparatively clean
gether I used 152.5 pounds of dyne- fruit can be produced even on old,
mite and 356 caps. badly -infected orchards."
Winter eggs are the result of geed
housing, variety in feeding, proper
care, and selected females.
A good poultry house is one that
affords plenty of ventilation without
drafts. The fowls must be protected,
especially at night, while on the roost.
Fresh air never killed poultry, .but
4/feks in walls and leaky roofs have
often done so. There must be ample
room in the house so that the hens
have opportunity to scratch and exer-
cise. Comfortable, busy hens never
worry to get outdoors during cold,
blustery weather. They are content-
ed indoors—and contented, happy
hens are the ones that lay during
cold weather. ,
Eggs are the' product of _feed. We
must supply the proper feed or there
will be no eggs. Those who keep 200
fowls, or even a smaller number, will
find the commercial scratch foods and
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Oen mpg, eh a guarantee of .good
faill,he accompanied by the netehe al
the writer,
G. E. IIALL, Al. In e,
Proprietor. Editor*
well balanced and composed of a var-
iety of grains, and seeds that are
greedily eaten. Where a larger num-
her of fowls is kept, poultry/nen gen-
erally de their own mixing. They
make 'Corn, wheat and oats the basis,
and add to these the by -products ---
bran, cornmeal, middlinge and oat -
1
If mashes are moistened with skim -
milk or buttermilk they will be all the
better, The fowls will not onlyelat
them more greedily, bet, a valuable
,egg -producing iugredient is added.
Greerntood or a: substitute must be
supplied during winter. , Some poul-
trymen feed dried, lawn elmpinge,
sotrie use,aprouted oats (and this was
the greatest inaovetien in' the poultea
diet), ".eorhe. feed cahbages, but ,the
malority 'feed mangele, beets and
other roots as a substitute, 'The
fowls must have Milky food, -Steamed
cut clov t hay Za alfalfa are also ex-
` „'•
The stock must lie rdiaUlarly at -
leaded to, fid at regular hours and
kept busy scratching. Houses and
premises must be kept clean and the
air of the house must he pure.
Last, but by no means least, the
stock mast /be carefully selected —
each year breeding from the cream
-
of the floek.
All these things are necessary for
winter eggs. .
The man who is able to feed his pigs
SO that they will win in the hottest
show -ring competition ie justified 4n
believing hir method a good one, A
successful breeder depends upon the
following ration: One-third ground
oats, one-third ground barley, one-
third ground middlings. Added to
this ration. is a little bran and Oil-
meal.
‘- This ration is snack up inte-a water
slop which is fed three times a day
to the little pigs: and twice when
they get older. In addition to this
raMon, sweet skim -milk is fed twice
a day as it comes fresh from the
separator. This makes five feeds a
day.
This breeder's objectioh to feeding
skim -milk in the slop is that it is al-
most impossible to feed a sweet slop,
or one that is uniform, • He aoes mit
liko a self-feedcr fr lasedine stook
Air -slaked lime and eharcoal are
kept before the pigs all the time.
Very little corn is fed, except as a
finishing touch to show and sale pigs,
SOCkled SOWS and market hogs.
High Cest of .Liviug.
"We threw away ash& and' bay
-map. We raise dogs and haY hogs.
We catch ten -cent wish with 'a $4 roa.
We build schoelhouse$ :aid,send ear
children "away to be. educated, „Ana
all of us try to live adabratng tothe
stalidatd set' by theae Who malve just
Iftfle mere than we do:'!„ 1 ,
Is there aoy one r me who fiedSiat
arleast oue fJlrte things 7
Making limo . -And 3ilt?9n
• ,Olt H077ZiP,
.A.nyone who is ft/titillate enough to
have hoge te buteberflan have meat
nt honN thet is siiperi& to any* soak -
r' .paeduet, barna mid bacon of firie
flavor and col& Well forbled end
• .
.m.out can be cured more &ally if the
hlatehering 'la done at 4 'Wale when the
weather is not extremely cold, just
barely freezing at mght, When the
carcase has ooled, trim the jointe and
sides and lay them on a thble ea salt
down ia a box. On the flesh side of
oath ham or strip •of bacon 'sPriakle
about itt. teaspoonful of saltpeter, oz'
until the isurface aPPears as it lightly
*rested. Large hares will require
numethan n SPO011fel. Cover theaisum-
face well with salt ituid brown sugar,.
ta the propoftion of three pounds of
slalt, to one a. sugar, This covering
of salt and ,siagar should be about a
quarter of an inch thick, -Molasses
may be need instead of sugar. The
object is to improve the flavor and
retain the natimal juices, . Pack the
meat elesely, and allow it to remain
thus for a week, when tit should be
taken up and resalbedwith the 'sugar
and salt.
The length of time meat ahould re-
main in salt will al'hend. on the
weather. If mild weather prevails so
that the meat is not 'frozen nor the
salt caked, it should take salt in about
twentY days or less if the pieces are
not exceptionally large, When it has
lam in salt long enough, dip each pmee
in boiling water foe thirty seconds an
ander quifeklyto dissolve the salt as
well as tosear the suaface slig•htly.
Hang up, and begin to smoke with
hardwood chips or corncobs. Paint
the surface of each ham withonelasses
to which has been added finely ground
black pepper.
T.he old-fasbioned smokehouse was
not alWays a success—At was too large.
Muth hatter is a large box or hogshead
in which the meat On blakung closely,
A stoveathould be placed at some dis-
tance, with the pipe running in at the
bottom of the smokehouse; Thus you
wiill.geit all the smoke without the heat
from the stolid. The smoke escapes
slowly through holes in the top. Smoke
far two hours every day for ben days
pr two weeks, whet: Unspent may be
packed away or reft hanging. It is
much sal& to pack meat in some way
so that inseeits eannot reach it. If the
smoking hsis een done aftor insects
have begun to fly in the spring, the
meat should be dipped in boiling water
to Y gg Y possibly
have been deposited, then each piece
'wrapped In , andpaeked in
with dry ashes, straw, or other absor-
bent material. It may also be put
in sacks and hung where it is -dry and
coal. Never store nreat in a damp cel-
lar, and always, wfhen packed, have
some absorbent material about it.
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of as a yell that dropped down be-
hina the pupil, •
. When the trouble is In the substance
of the lens itself, IC is called leatieli-a
tar cataraet; when it is M its capsule,
it is called capsular eatiniact, The
first indicetion of tremble that the
patient notices is often a slight dim-
ness of vieban or A troublesome blur-
ring, as if the Sinai -101e glasses needed
wiping; but, on the .other hand, there
may be an apparent improvement in
vision, and the person sometimes gets
a "second sigiht," as it .were,. and is
able early in the ceurse of the affec-
tion to lay aside his reading glasses.
Sornatimes there are, specks or dark
lines before the eyes, ired in.certain
Cases there is multiple Or double vi-
sion, esreciallywhen the patient
looks at a small ,bright point, such as
a star or a distant light.
When the cataract is moderately
advanced, it can be seen as a whitish
background when,, you look through
the pupil of the sufferer's eye. The
Physician diagnoses it with greater
accuracy by means of the ophthalmos-
cope and by examining it through .a
lens by lateral illumination. Oculists
distinguish various forms of cataract
according to the part of the lene or
its capsule that is affected; but these'
distinctions.. are of little interest ex-
cept to the physician.
From time to time some remedy
Is said to have been found that will
cause a cataract to clear up without
an opdatioa, but node of the medical
methods of curing. it has thus far
stood the test of time, and.the treat-
ment therefore is surgical.
The vision in cases of cataract has
been restored in three ways: by
couching, or turning the lens over on
its side, so as to get it out of Che line
of vision; by discission or needling—
breaking up the substance of the
lens and securing its absorption; and
by extraction. At the present time
extraction is the usual .operation
when the sufferer is advanced in
years; but needling .maa be used to
cure so-called soft cataracts that oc-
cur in the young. Formerly great
stress was laid upon the importance
of waiting until the cataract was ripe,
or fully developed,' before operating.,
but now many oculists advise re-
moving it earlier, which spares bhp.
patient a long peeled of waiting with
steadily clecreasiieg vision.
Apples cored and baked with raisins
in the cores are delicious.
Cataract.
A cataract is an opaque condition
of thesrystalline lens of the eye, that
part through which all the rays of
light entering the pupil must pass to
be focused on the retina at the back
of the eyeball. The name comes from
the Greek word meaning a trapdoor
or portcullis, something let down
from above, as the ancients thought
Good Roads, Good Markets; Good Profits
Farming is essentially 'dependent
on the condition of country roads; for
whatever is not produced cin the farm
must be hauled to the farm, and many
erops of 'the farm must be hauled
away to. the railroad stations and lo-
cal markets.
Farmers sooner or later learn the
d'asirability of diversified farming.
Perhaps -no cause limits farrniag of
this description so much as bad roads,
for the arime requisite for success-
ful diversified farming is a good mar-
kel. This market may be either a
nearby town or a city, or a distant
market which requires, railroad trans-
portation.
It is a well-established fact that
market prices for even staple crops
vary..-coneiderably thrbughout tho
year. Where bad roads prevail, farm-
ers areVrequently unable to avail
themselves of favorable prices. It is
common for formers to find that they
can not haul their produce to market
when prices are highest, because the
roads are impassable. When the roads
become passable the time for market
has largely passed and produce is
compelled to move in masses whiell
frequently glut the market and break
the prices.
Fluctuations in market prices may
have several explanations.. They fre-
quently take place in regions where
the local production does not equal
the annual consemption. There are
counties rich in agriculturar possibil-
ities, burdened with bad roads, where
the annual Incoming ' shipment/ of
foodstuffs exceed the outgoing ship-
ments..M the ratio of four .to one.
Many sueh counties with improved
roads could' not only become self-sup-
porting, but could ship products to
other market/.
When the roads of tliC great pro-
ducing zones of this country are im-
proved, benefits will accrue not only;
to producers, but to consumers. When
marketing is distributed throughout
the year, storage chargea must de-
cline. This country is Paying at pre-
sent large storage prices on food-
stuffs. The disadvantages of freight
congestion in the fall can not be en-
tirely eliminated in many placee, but
,good roads will eertainly have
markedtendency to distribute haultig
over longer periods.
It is reasonable to say, therefore,
that good road e mean that diversie
fled Garman will be encouraged, the
area of peofiteble predation increas-
ed, the opportunity Ter favorable
marketing improved, and more uni-
form distribution of farm product/
-petered,
Bad made. inflist two -fold hard.
ships on the one-1.°pin district e1i001.
Where the aahool is on a poor vend,
o common practiee in seveec weatliev
Is to keep the children tit boree. The
attendance is time, At times, /Oiliest
e
and value of school work are. much
impaired. The presence of poor roads
will prove a hindrance to the tmon-
.omic consolidation of these smaller
schools into a large, strong, graded
schobl with high school conrses,
superintended by a competent body
of teaphers.
In distridts where consolidated
schools are established, there is a
marked tendency for the school to
beeimie the social and intellectual
centre of the community. Most of
these modern rural schoolhouses are
so constructed that they may serve
the community as gathering places
for public meetings of various kinds.
The school wagons are frequently
pies -sea into service te, haul farmers
and farmer t wives to grange meet-
ings, lectures, musicales, 'entertain-
ments, short courses or institute
work at the school. order that the
people may receive the full benefit of
their schools, the buildings must he
readily accessible by means of good
roads throughout the year.
Nothing contributes so much to the
efficiency of the rural man setvice
as good roads. Easentiel factors in
the value of rural delivery as a postal
facility are speed and•regularity, and
the attainment of a satisfactory stan-
dard in these particulars in absolute-
ly dependent on bnproved roads.
All social, activity ie dependent
upon the gathering of people for
some common puapose, It Is not dif-
ficult, therefore, to see the eonnee-
tion between desirable social .concli-
tions and the improvement of public
roads. Social institutions, such as
schools, churches, and public amuse-
ments are more or less subject to
valuation in any community, but they
are by no means the complete mea -
stn..° of social conditions in that tom-
munity. Those subtle and delicately
adjusted relations which obtain in
any neighborhood are equally depend-
ent in the community upon road con-
ditions. It is necessary to mention
these intangible things if one is to
have the breadth ef view to under-
' stand the influence which makes for
the final status of country life.
' Bad roadg are oftee a hanflicap to
• social intercaarse. Thaler the iverat
road rientiitioas all travel may be 0041-
plotely suspended. It is not difficult
i to 4ee suc.h conditions, but what is
! more 'difficult is to comprehend the
general improvedstle'ini Atmosphere
which adequately improved read 000-
ditions cause it aural communities.
Along improved anode there 100 VIS-
ihle tonulency CO farinera tai improve
' the appearance of, their homes and
t)heir outbuildiugs, • lN
a et, the pro-
' ence of geed rottls seems many times
; to atimulate latent aellarespect ante
praetival exproaaion, There ' no
woreler that a bog of wellltigla im-
tenable mud before 00do should
react &foveae* upon the. entiee
'etirely depleted,' JO the continuity
SELEtTING SMALL
BLOOD THAT IS BLOOD
MUMS
In baying small fruit plents paye hAendYy ,Pfohr7;:lae T:e ir:oVra9latlinei:
IndleileneAble to HPRIth.
It is required by,every Orgari Of the
pof
toroveeolneestileicapitYfuviat;ilettiiiel: 'cwohmienilitityye, itaiiitppnrtetvioas biliousness, dyspepsia,
By trading with reliable nurserymen, copetipation, k i d 11 e y omplaint,
fruit will be obtained which is true. weakness, faintnese, pimplea, blotches
Lo name' atet this saves in,pch dis- and other °options.
appoittment, Sainetimes goad plants It is pure, red, Meli, free groin hu -
can be obteined from neighbors or mors, inherited or acefuired. 1.1 gives
friends in other potions but the vitality, vigor and vim. There is no
grower should aot aecept such plants better way for securing it than by
even if they 'aro free unless semething taking Hood's Sarsaparilla', farnoua
Is knave of the varieties and health the world overaae a blood purifier,
of the Plants', ,,If raepberries are ob- vitalizer and enricher. lf you need
tallied feint a badly diseased patch this medicine gel; it today.
there will be bet little chance of grow- r,l'alve Hood's Pills for aslaxative,—
Mg them successfully, theY are gentle and thorough and
Of tenaa home fruit galiclen will be- purely vegetable,.
come mixed when a large number - • -
varieties are gdown in a small area, every farm should have a small fruit
Then if plants are taken ...from sueli garden at least for home uo. There
a patch the new fruit platen may is Prudently always a good market
turn out to betfull of m'ix'ed varieties for the surplus.
and this is a great handicap at har-
vesting time, The different varieties
ripen at different times .andit eosts The Best Crop of the Farm.
money to piek berries, If a pa611 ib r One of the grentee/teneects of the
mixed and -the fruit does not ripen farmer just now, even surpassing the
evenly, tnost of the profit will be used need of better stock, better crops and
up by the cost of labor in hunting for better help, is the need for a better
bearies. When the fruit is purchased home life. Not all farmers know
froM a reliable nurse,vman who has their want in ahis zieepect. They real -
me that something is wrong, but they
do not know how to deal with the
problem. They are too busy to stand
still and thiek it out, •
"What are we going to do about
had experience in gaoveing plants and
controlling illSeet and fungous pests,
there will be the best chance of grow-
ing the fruit at a profit,
When the fruit is to be grown com-
mercially it usually pays ta,select one this peoblem fife use to say, "Go
or two varieties rather than a large, back to the quiet old times!" We
number. Then there will be enough can't go back! The time we live in
fruit ripen at one time to make the "Will not let us. We Must go •ahead,
marketing profitable work and when and go ahead fast. Every other way
is hedged up. How, then, can we re-
adjust ourselves to the new condi-
tions, so that the home life of the
farm shall be better and sweeter and
purer?
In the first place, the fathers and
the motbers on the farms anust realize
that they have no greater business
than that of properly bringing up
their boys and .girls, What do all the
fields of corn and wheat and rye and
it is finished the grower will not have
to be bothered with small fruit again.
If there are many varieties eand
few plants of each kind, the grower
will constantly have a few crates of
this and that to take his attention
from other work. Ia. the small fault
garden is only for home use it $o100 -
times pays to select several varieties
so that the fruit will be available for
nse on the home table over a long
period. potatoes amount"to by the side of the
The acreage planted to small fruit ming folks? Small potatoes and
can only be determined by a strely of few in a hill can be made up for in
the labor supply and a comparison of soine other wayaabut good, honest,
the time taken in fruit growing with true men arid women we must have,
the time necessary for other work. or g bankrupt as a nation.
With this feat M mind, we shall
see that it is better to turn over a
few less furrows in the field and to
cultivate the hearts and minds of our
young people more carefully. We thall
never do sowing that will bear finer
crops then to scatteregood seed in'the
rich fields of the hearts of the boys
and girls. This 'will mean that we
. --
win not want to sleep so much of au
ing_amount to the equivalent of con- evening, but that we shall have a lit-
siderable money and the crop must tae more time to get close down to
pay the bill plus the .profit. the heaets of the young folks. We
In selecting the small fruit plants will try hardier to find out what they
it pays best to start on a small 'scale are thinking about and \abet they
Many farmers have had a eityafriend
ask them why tbey didn't plant fif-
teen or twenty acres..of strawberries/
sort of as a side line. Only experi-
ence .avith strawberries earl prove to
a man the large amount oa labor
Which can be expended on one acre
of this very desirable fruit. The
growing of brambles also takes con-
siderable time. The care and prun-
and then increase the plantings as_
the experience provesthat it will be
safe. Then the acreage can safely
be increased from the plants grown
to the home farm. Small fruit thrives
on a great variety ef soil and while
some soils " are better than others,
dream about when they are about the
farm.
A spring onion measuring 16 inches
round and scaling 1% lbs., was re-
cently exhibited at Wycombe, ;Eng-
land;
The We/fare of the Home
BY IDA M. ALEXANDER, M.D.
Milk is the staff of life, not bread. have "food" and "rest," why not you,
The baby begins life on it and grows too, little mother?
wonderfully that -first year. Old Age Do you know that the farm chi'.
should go back to milk and forget that dren are not well fed? The examin-
it ever tasted meat. All of us would ation of rural school children ehows
be healthier and more good-natured that five to seven out of every ten
if we drank morem ilk and ate less are halt starved or quarter starved.,
meat. This means that there are mothers
I smile when I tell you this, for I who are working so hard at other
well know how the average farm fam- things that the mother's most import-
ily shuns milk. I have tried to get ant work—bringing up her children --
them to drink it when they were is neglected. And many of them
sick—and faiied. know it but if things are to be made
The city dweller says, "I cannot different you mothers will all have
afford to use much milk at fifteen to get together to make things d1± -
cents a quart," and then pays fifty fereut. You can have your children
cents or even a dollar for enough given a hot lunch at school at uobn,
meat for three people. But the if you all vote that way. ,
baby, and especially the bottle- The mother who is a good cook
baby, is gorged with milk! Even in rarely has laege doctor bills to pay.
France I did not find a baby that was By being a good cook, I do not mean
suffering for lack pf milk but I did the making of cake and pie: I meaa
:find those .suffering from dirty milk, good bread, butter, well -cooked yege-
suffering because of too frequent tables and lots of them; I mean cern-
feedings or had combinations of food.. bread, rice, macaroni, spaghetti; I
Do you realize that many people mean good soups. I mean the real
are starving because they eat too food -things not the "trimmings."
much? Many babies are starving 7f you -would have the family well
because they are fed too often, so fed, you must think in terms of food
often that the food taken does not values. If you would buy wisely for
have tine to digest. your household, you must buy in
Of course a baby is fed often dor- terms of food values. I saw one
ing its first days of life for the eve° farmer's wife exchange • one dozen
stomach holds but two tablespoon- eggs for two packages of ready pre.,
fills. In one month the stomach cape- pared breakfast food, There was ail
city is doubled and /then in all kind- much food in one egg as in one whole
ness you should allow -Baby mole package of the breakfast food. How
time to a meal ..and three hour./ be-, much money did she cheat herself out
tween meals, I think a mother , ot by' not lcnowieg food valves?
should lie down to nurse her baby if I I know some who complain about
the is working hard. It gives thethe mice o± tea, Well, the food
baby more time and a mother should ; value of tea is zero,' tea is expensive
really take time to enjoy feeding her; at ten cents a pound. I will not drink
baby. Yes, and that baby grows fas-' it. Why do .yes give it to your chil-
ter and is happied for taking its meals ; aro? It actually does contain the
slowly and less often. harmful drug, tannin,and a child's
It has been my experience that sensitive nervous system should not
babies are overfed while Mothers are be drugged. Why not give the chill -
underfed because they do not take; dren hot milk or oatmeal porridge or
time to eat. I would not for the world ; some other food that is largely made
join the elass of those who live to ' of milk and served hot?
oat but I do realize that if this mar -1 Will not my readers look their chit -
venous human machine of ours Is go- clren over and see if they are plump
Mg to do the best week of which it cheeked and rosy, full,of play, bright -
15 OaPahle, it must he fed. No engin-. eyed and full of laughter, noisy and
eer would cheat the engine of coal rowdy even, because they have so
and Hien eXpect to. make schedule mush "pep" it them, but, "perfect
time He watches the gaup and pictures 0:e health."
whe4
n the ressure goes down, in ' If the.y are tot that, lain you not
goes more furel. 'the engine gets ask why?
"tired" atter a while .0 .ust have bo they sleep enough?
rest. Do they eat enoughl of the right
Let me ask you; if the engine must kind of food?
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ClIAMERIAN 24115 Cin CO.
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