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The Clinton News Record, 1920-6-17, Page 3•••••••,- - Address communicatiens to Agronomlet, 73 Adelaide St. West, Ter°04 Mansging the Corn Crop.. een hours, and , as the bacteria grow Th souggelss Isms, 111 tilts sing, and inerease in number they impair field is a battle with weede 80 the nutritive value of the milk, and produce pew substances 'Whial ill dronth. A decided advantage may be many cases are poisonous. gamed by harrowing the field soon after it is planted. Every field may In order to preduee better milk we must improve our sanitary, conditions. be henefitted by A tborough harrow- The practice of enclosing cows in a ing within a week after it is planted. small yard between two buildingas or Indirectly this aids 'subsequent mai, in a ntirrOW, filthy pen phould be aban- vation •by fill.ng up the wheel tracks I cloned, " If a Man cannot dispense of the planter, so that the ,shovels ean with the sinuill, undesirable enclosare's, run closer to the plata without roll- he should at least keep them sanitary, ing huge chunks of dirt , over them. so not only the herd, but also the Good stands of corn are AD difficolt members of the family may cross it to secure that the use a the harrow• without saffering contamination. A afterthe •corn le above the ground soft and muddy surface should be ehoald not be encouraged. A weeder , drained the pools filled in, and a new eff' will do jest as eetive wosk withoet, surface muse with sa ss n available ma - dragging •clods, cern butts and Intel testa' at Moderate cost, such as crush - of teeth over the tender plants. The ed stone, gravel or cinders. • weeder should be used early to pre- The sanitary conditions must travel vent the weeds getting a start, and from the yards on down' the path to not later when. the deeper work of the the stable. It would be -of no value cultivator is needed to destroythem. to have a clean yard without.n sani- The first cnitivation of the corn is tary stsu'ble, when the farther, on the tile weeds. Weeds that are not de- approach oft winter, •puts his herd in- stroyed at this time are sure to causel doors to afford thein shelter against trouble later in the eeaeon, especially. cold and stormy weather, he exposes them to danger hardly less, fatal. Even if the 'buildings which •may be described as, a cow barn -is constructs ed to suit the needs of the dairy cattle in a majority of instances the winter quarters are a combination structure used for feed storage, horse stable, wagon shed,• and general rubbish dis- posal, and generally the herd will be allotted the basement or ground floor beneath a low, dirty ceiling, with scanty window space and poor ventil- ation, keeping in cjrculation the foul air for months. • ' Inside the barn the manure is the common source of contamination. The sight of a dairy cow with -manure flanks is DO common that it has come to be aecepted as the distinctive badge of a dairy animal. It denotes neglect and shamefut laziness on the part of the animals' keeper and the man who stands "by and watches the -noxious stuff thicken day by day, is unfit to associate with the dairy cow. It is accepted that if an animal is dirty, the keeper, and not the animal, is to blame. In summer When she is pastured. and at liberty to follow her own devices, she can select her own bed, and it is a clean -one; she uses the brush for a comb, and. water pro- vided by nature and aided by her tongue, washes and grooms her own body, keeping it free from bacteria. The milker should take all possible sanitary measures as well as forcing them on the cow. Before milking he should thoroughly wash his hands and arms in warm water well supplied with soap, dress in special jacket and cap in order to avoid all dusting and distributing Of undesirable organisms. Before beginnin,g to mills the milker should wipe off the teats with a towel, which should be kept in the Poeket of the jacket at milking time. The milker should lye careful not to handle a dirty milking stool, wipe the udder or teats, or brush the side of the anirnal with the naked_hand. The practice, of leaning the head against -the cow's body should be abandoned, and the practice of using covered milk pails should be encouraged. In general, few artiales should be used in the ordinary dairy routine, and these should be of simple con- struction. Every surface which milk touches offersan additional chance for contamination, so in the passage from the cow to the consumer the fewer vessels it touches the better. All utensils should be washed "at once after use, as the milk thickens on the sides and bottom of the ,Sessel, while the bacteria are increasing at a tre- mendous rate. A very common practice, and yet a poor one, is to store apples vegetables and other products in the dairy rooms, with milk, milk ' ;Products and utensils. The .dairy room shouldbe reserved for its set purpose because of the necessity of 'its being always kept scrupulously clean no storage should be permitted, and all small animals should be excluded. Good milk csn no longer be decided on the grounds" that it contains a re- quired percentage of solids and is free from deleterious chemicals, 'but it .must also be subject to the test of bacterial contambiation. Since bac- terial contamination may result in the conveyance of contagious diseases, such as 'typhoid diphtheria, scarlet fever, and tuberculosis, it will be ad- mitted that it it a factor deserving of attention, . 'Cheapness is the one consideration, and low-pricecl milk is acce'ited, re- gardless of the condition of the dais - lee, the health and treatment of the cows, and the unclean person handling the milk. sr- • Improving the Sanitary condition of the dairy is like helping people"Who will not help themselves, hut in the progress of the movement for clean milk this phase °Lit must sooner or later receive attention, It is so great and affects so large a proportion af the population that eventually the state will have to grapple with it. Until then, let us see What we can do. , • A pinch of baking powder added to the flour when making the crust will make the crust very light and, flaky. if they are graving close to the hills. The shovels should Mn close tothe hills and sufficiently deep to stir the -soil thoroughly. Later cultivation shoulcl be more shallow Close to the 'hills. The young plants have few long roots, so they suffer little injury from deep cultivation that would seriously interfere with the root development � f larger plants later in the season. •.By running the shovels three Or four inches deep, and RS close to the hills as possible without, injuring the plants, one• can get the soil in condi- tion so that the •plants will develop enormous root systems and snake a ' rapid early growth. Do not- run the shovels too fartfrom the rows and de- pend upon the inward falling of loose .. dirt to kill the weeds about the hills. -Not all of the weeds will be covered, • and those that are covered will not all be destroyed. It -is comparatively easy to destroy the weeds in the centre of the row later in the season, but not so with those about the hills. . The second cultiliation should begin as soon as the first is finished. Unless rains interfere with the work, so that desperatafight must be. waged with th6 weeds, . small shovels should be used. The smaller shovels that do ef- fective work and keep the soil loose and friable give the best results on the ordinary corn field. To meet the rognirements of the different cultiva- tions many corn growers have culti- vators with several sets of shovels that may be changed when the occa- sion demands. The cultivation of corn requires implements that are adapted to the crop at'• different periods of growth. Conditions are so seldom alike that one must exercise judgment In every step of the work. Whatever the type of the thltivator used, one must behr in- mind that under the ground is,a network of roots that are gathering plant food, and that the wholesale destruction oi these roots ' means a big decrease in,the yield. Three results are •gained b u1Uva- tion, i.e., king weeds, making plant food available, and • conserving ioil moisture. The killing of weeds is vent Important; they exact a heavy- toll when they gain a foothold in a field. Manipulating the soil reduces and re- fines the particles and makes plant food available. Thorough cultivation develops a wonderful amount of plant food. Next is conserving moisture. We ell know better than we do. Exper- lence teaches us that moisture has a limiting effect upon yields of corn. Tillage is the only successful method of combating serious effects of long periods of droutli, The proper wey to check the loss of moisture is to keep a Mulch of loose soil on the surface by going over the field after every rain to -prevent a hard crust from forming. The ewe that has raised one or two lambs is never in high conditten nb weening time as this is the hardest period of the whole seaams on the breeding ewe, Lambs should be weaned by the last of August or first of ISeptember, and the ewes. Should then have the best of feed, such as goodattermeth, clover or rape, If this feed is not availeble, a few roots with a light grain ration should. be fed in order that the ewes may be in good flesh before' being bred, which will add Very materially to the crop of lambs the following epring and also the Condi- tion ef those lambs. - With experiments that we have con- ducted it has been found that ewes that have not been "flushed" but have just been kepi on dry pasture until breeding, have not produeed over 100 per cent, of lambs, where those that have been turned op clover or rape and fed a light grain ration have pro- duced 160 per cent, of lambs, which Low Bacterial Count in Milk. A great many articles have been written advising the. farmer how to reduce the number of bacteria in milk to the minimum, but most of the me- thods were so complicated and expen- sive that the ordinary farmer has paid very little attention to them. There are, however, many simple methods of sanitation which , any farmer can apply, that will aid greatly in de- creasing count as well as making things more pleasant and profitable for himself. • • • There is no dairy in the country whose efficiency in peoclucing clean milk cannot be raised to a standard Lar sleeve that .of the present time; Some farms are far beyond redemp- tion, but on the main dairy farms, whether thoie of small farmer claes with a herd of a dozen cows or less, or a score ofscows, sire capable of a great improvement ,and this is of simple and inexpeneive means. The very fact' that milk is a food, not only for infants but for grown • people as well, will suggest to every man that the rules, of cleanliness am far below what they shopld be. The need of cleanly precautions is increas- ed because milk has a peculiarly active capacity for abeerbing all odors, and is a very -favorable medium for the growth and development of disease bacteria; its color and tate are by no means an indication of its quality. Tho nuniber of bacteria which con- taminate the milk at milking time vary immensely With the conditions of the stable, If inilking takes place im- mediately after feeding and cleaning the stlithlo the nrunber of bacteria Isom this source is very high, FreSh Air out-of-doors does not contain many bacteria, 4ncl if milking could take place in the open, free air, this same° of contamination would be almost excluded, Milk is the only article Or food in -Ala nearly all bacteria grow rapidly, sn& it it they multiply in an almost ineretlible marine. Prom single genii as many as two hundred may be p8o4u1ed 9,Aee hours), ten thousand t ht 11.6011, PiitiO ju Fiameial Notes A bones of 1 pest,cent, hits been de- clared by the directors of the Toronte General Trois; COrporation incennecs thin with the •current qvarterly clivi - demi of 2"/r, percent,payable July sh 2nd to arf eheiders record June 19th, • ' Net profits of the Producers and Refiners Corporation for the month of APril shoW an increese of almost 700 per cent., the figures for this year being $403,705 as compared with $2- 050 last year. Gross earnings totall- eg$6160,4,17.s, eempared, with P24,823 lntit3, Tho belief la gaining ground that the reported finds of radium in the district, between Burks Falls and Al- gentians Park are of greater signifi- cance than at first thought Work is at present being done by hand and Uhe progress is slow, but ninny claims have been taken up and developments are said to bm e of an affirmative chat - aster The statement is made that an American syndicate has options on we consider ifs due altogether to the condition a the ewes at time of sevmeoranlclaims.treal ._c arl Riordon, who is to breeding. This is a point that every b farmer should remember and put into •reeiceetVorofsitrhee.dReinotrdoanadMailln Compaangy, Lim- praetioe as it is very Profitable in ited, which is ••the outcome of the re - sheep rearing. • There is no time that mutton can be produced as cheaply as in the 'fall of the year after weaning th'e lambs. By weaning lambs early and running them on clover or rape paeture, and feed them a -light grain ration of one- half to pile pound each of equal parts oats and barley with a little bran added, for larger gains are produced than leaving them with the ewes. It is a recognized fact that no class of animals are put on the market in such an unfinished c.ondition as lambs, for quite a large percentage of them are sold very soon after weaning, at a time when the market is practically over -supplied, where, if they had only been turned out on good clever or rape pasture with a light grain ration, they wauld have very profitable gains and also be in better condition, which woUld enable them to demand the highest price. cent merger, gives a review of the outlook find resources of the company. He estimates about 25,909,000 cords of pulpwood and about 1,299,00-0,000.feet of ;white pine are owned by the Com- pany end addir. that the keynote is increased mitput at a minithum cost. Goldman & Company, -Toronto are about to offer privately a 3175,000 is- sue of Paramount Kitchener Theatres, Limited, 7 per cent., cumulative pre- ferred stock carrying a bonus of corn- • Application is made to the Govern - Chivalry and etiquette seldom exist in the poultry yard. In farm flocks where old and young chickens, ducks and probably a few geese, turkeys and guineas, are allowed to run together, some provision must be made for feeding the young stock without mol- estation from the grown birds. Other - Wise strong fowls will bully and perse- cute the weaker, younger poultry until they are half-starved. A practical plan for this protection is to contrive a portable framework of wood covered With wire netting, about six feet square, under which only the small poultry can crawl. Feed is scat- tered on the ground within the sides of the frame. The sides are built to extend within a few inches of the ground, making just enough room for the ,clearance of the bodies a the young stock. . It is hard to fatten a stunted chicken and seldom profitable. The runt eats just as much as the bird of normal size; it is, therefore, unprofit- able to keep the runt. • If chicks are given unlimited range on a grassy tract they are almost cer- tain to thrive, even though the feed- ing system is seriously defective. Wit- ness sturdy farm broods which thrive under the most meagre care or no particular care at all, except that shown,by the mother hen. Such broods are generally fed nothing but cracked corn. • In confinement chicks would surely die on. a corn diet, On range they get away with it, because pasture is the 'greatest panacea in the world for live- stock. Insects, worms, mineral sub- stances, tidbits tif greens and such like which the chicks hunt for conOtantly, and in so doing gain exercise, consti- tute those elements which make up a balanced ration. • Expert -Eyes and Fingers. • It is estimated that the eyes of an expert pianist absorb, 1,500 notes and his fingers execute 2,000 movements every minute At this rate he ought to strike 1,000,000 notes in a little over ele-Ven hours-. The flea is• really a fly, the glow- worm a beetle, and the black beetle a' Cockroach. ' Preps f r Tomato Plants, meat by the Continents' Wood Pro- ducts GorapisiaY, A aubeldierY 9tho Continental PAPer, and Bag Mills, ter the right to isle-re/We its capital to $500,000 preferred and $1,500,090 eommon• In eonjunetion with a large tract of freehold timber lands recent- ly Acquired in the $sulbury district Of Ontario, the eoinPanY ie nowserect- ing its seeend pulpwood -preparing plant and sawmill and for that pur- pose a site is being cleared. The ON. 11, ie arraneng ter sidings fel' the new mill, Brent, Noxon & Cempany, Toronto, are the sneeessful tenders of a $100,- 000 issue of Town of Sarnia deben. tures, The issue lbears interest at 5141 per eent, and 18 20 -year serial, $6,000 maturing eath year from 1920 to 1930; The price was 93.11, meaning a cost to the town of slightly over 6% per cent. Other tenders were: Dom- inion Sethrities Corporation, 92,389; C. II, Barge -ss & Co., 92,93; A...E. Ames do Co., 91,68; Wood, Gundy & Co, 91.63; and R, C. 1Vietthews & G0,, 90.60.. Keep Sweet and Smile. The day may be drear, But keep sweet and smile Every once in a while, ,And pass on the good cheer: For heart -speaks to heart; . $o play a good part, S\nd.elieer-othere here,. • - Though skies mo,y be &rear. From Their; Own Ashes, Villages In the vicinity of St. Quell - tin, France; are literally rising, Pilots- nikllice, from their own ashes. Con- fronted by a lack of stone and 'build- ing materials-, the artisans have es- tablished a big grinding machine in which the debris of he shell•shattered houses- is remade intd mortar. ..imINNIM••••comoimc THE SUNDAY SCHOOL )111MailiMe.•11.M1•••••1 .THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON JUNE -20TH. , The Lord Our Shepherd—Pealm 23. Golden Text, Psalm 23: 1. 1. My Shepherd. The poet remem- bered Isis own days and nights with the flock on the Bethlehem moors and he can find no more -appropriate figure than this to describe God's care for His people. So very often in the Old Testament is God compared to shep- herd out of Egypt "He led forth His own people like theep, and guided them in the wildernesa like a flock, and He led them safely, so that they feared not." (Psalm 78: 62.) • He is the "Shepherd of Israel" (Psalm 30: 1), who "shall feed his flock, and shall gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosons" (In. 40: 11). He is the good shep- herd of Emir. 34: 11-10, to whom Christ Compares Himself in John 10: 11-16. Compare Ileb. 13: 20; 1 Peter 2: 26; 5: 4; and Rev. 7: 17. The men of the Old Testament learned that, though they might suf- fer from the want or loss of material things, they possessed all real and perfect good in the favor and blessing of their God. • 2. In green pastures and beside the still waters. The shepherd seeks for his flock thebest pastures, and rest- ing places in the shadow of trees by springs er pools of water. The lat- ter passage is, literally, "by waters of rest." Compare Ezek. 34: 1445. It is a great faith which regards God with such simPle and. whole -hearted confidence and which can find satis- faction and rest even in the midst of perils and in the presence of foes. It is what James Russell Lowell cal- l& "confidingness and affection." It is loving and trusting Him whose goodness never fails and whose care never slackens or grows weary. We, wlio h•asie found God in Christ Jesus, know well how good a shepherd He, is, and into what "heavenly 'places" He is continually leading us. 3. He restoreth my soul. The idea is that of reviving, strengthening, giving fresh life and vigor to those who are weary and fainting. So does the Lord restore, His people. • Ile leadeth me. Just as sure,as we ase ef His care for our wants, so sure are we of His leading. Not in devious The Welfare of the Home How Shall You Answer the Greatest question a Child Can Ash Its Mother? By IDA M. ALEXANDER, Mother, where do the flowers eome from? Where de the trees thine from? Where do the ehieltens reme front? These are the queries every mother has heard, because every child goes through the question age, You answerall his questions frank- ly and truthfully and his love and confidence in his mother grows with the days, for the .questions come tumbling out almost without think- ing and yet, mother 15uble to answer them all. 'Phis feith in you, this con- fidence in your ell -knowledge, this utter faith in your truth, is put to the test on the days when he looks at you just as frankly and trestingly and asks: "Menuna, where did I come from?. Where did you get me?" • The tragedies a life are, seldom accompanied by euch a display of emotion as is shown on the semen; the utter quiet and simplioity with which a crisis faces you, is its great- estdanger. A great crisis stands be- fore you now if placed there by your child's simple, "Where did 1 genie from?" Your answer to this question de- cides whether you thall hold in the life of your child the same exalted place that you have held up to this time. If he expressed his inmost thought in words he would say: "Mother knows everything, and every- thing she tells me is true," If ever the mother needed to send out a swift, short prayer for guidance, it is now. A prayer that she may de what is rIght for the child of the question age. Truth is truth, lies are lies, and there are no` half-truths, no half -lies. ways or desert byways does God lead, but in straight paths to places of duty and of blessing. He leads in paths of righteousness, in right living and right doing, in ways of duty and honor, of truth and purity, of kind- ness and unselfish service. And all this He does for His name's sake, be- cause He must maintain the honor of His name. ,His very nature, His own essential being, the glory of His -char- acter which is revealed in His name, dem-ands this of Hirn:' God is love and His thought for His own is ever O thought of love. 4. The valley of the shadow of Death. God may lead thsough dark and difficult and dangerous ways, but He Himself will be near. There may be much pain and sorrow to bear, but His comforting presence and strength will be at haud to help. "God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear." This is the great assurance. "There shall no evil befall thee." I will fear no. evil. • The shepherd's rod and staff are the symbols of his office. He carries in his 'hand a long straight pole which he may use Inc climbing a steep hillside, or for support, or for guid- ing his sheep. There, may possiblY be also a reference In the first of the two words to a sort of club which hung by his side and which he used for defence. 5. In the presence of my enemies. For there are real dangers in the waY. There are enemies. oThere are battles to fight. But the table of God's boun- tiful hand is always sPread for His own. And not only that, but He nuts gladness into the feast and bestows honor upon His guest. For the anoint- ing. with fragrant oil and the cup filled to overflowing marked both the bountiful hospitality of the host and the honor Ise would do to him who sat at his table. 6. Surely goodness and mercy. There will be no abandonment of His flock by the Good Shepherd. His good- ness and mercy shall not cease. More, much more, he has been a guest in God's house and at His table, and will abide there. He will not go out any more There ie no contradiction here. The man who is thus the object of ,Jehovah's care b,oth goes and stays. 'He goes to his varied tasks and du- ties, but abides stiil under the care of God. Model for a Farmhouse In order to have the greatest eirsz, aunt of light and sunshine, in the rooms most used, the ideal house faces south. o In the accompanying illustra- tion is shown floor plans of a dwell- ing suited to the needs of the Can- adian farmer. That important room, the kitchen, is of good dimensions, A' large -cupboard or buffet is bbilt be- tween ther kitchen and dining, roorrif this will furnish ample space for dishes, silVerware and linen. This cup- board Dog as a serving -window, with a storage cupboard; on the other side is a refrigerator and a broom, closet, Opposite the broom closet is a built-in ironing lthard. A fuel -box could be made width: the hot-water tank to the left of the stove, and Coulci be filled from the basement stairway, The washroom may be entered from the hall, kitthen or screened porch. Thus the viols can bass through to the dining room without going through the -kitchen, The office has an en- trenee from the same novels, also from 'ralBuz .nsksr.7 !....—tir.-ar., ',... e' " "I'''s 1003' ''f)j,l'AI . .g., .,,,, !...•.. ,fflt.L..... CLCICI D051110itoott 50 LolticRootl- ..fXDROOiln 14,0',91'er ..rPer,10,0' .110',I1!0.' Or iilerfko:ti. "The snowiest flower thet blows can give thoughts that lie to deep for Ware." The whole procession. of the seasons has become a miracle and yet the essential ground work. of it all is dvelopment throUgh the simple lather-haby trinity. When you can feel that deep within you, then you know enough of the truth to be able to answer these questions of your child's question age in s•uch way that the answers will lead him naturallY Up to the des, when he will ask the great question; "111amma, where did I come from?" or possibly Ise will make it more direct and say; "41i/famine, 01 MIRO front a seed, too?" You can truilifUlly answer, "Yes. You came from, a tiny, tiny seed, but it wore no hard coat as the garden eeed doth. It Is more like the egg you saw that had no egg-shell...4elt oh, so tiny!" Then if heyeinembere what you 'bold him about planbing the flower: seeds, perhaps he asks: "Did you plant me in the ground?" and yon will saY truthfully, "No. The ground would be too cold for you, you never could grow into a baby there. Some day, when we are having our bedthne stors ies in the big rocking chair, I'll tell you all about it," ' Now most mothers put off as long as possible the day -when they toll "all about it." The longer you wait, the herbs it becomes, and- it is hardest of all when a boy is so big he no longer cares to sit in his mother's lap while she sings to him or tells stories. If a child is -to understand, If you evade the question, soon after- you can best tell 111311 Nvhile you hold wards he will hear from others such him close—tell him how as a little a mixture of lies and truths at for- seed or egg he was so tiny that he ever poisons his thought on the life had to have a warm, safe, quiet place relation between man and woman. to grow for .a long, long time. Tell Worst of all, he discovers, with a him et took nine months f or the egg shock, that his mother does not know he was at first—or seed—to grow into everything right and sloes not always a baby big enough so he -could be born, tell the truth; she has done that of and that warm place was inside the which she is ashamed and her shame mother's :body where She felt every made her Ka to him. The beautiful' movement of his tiny body and loved child -world in which he lived' where him, fed him and warmed him long mother WEIS the goddess supreme, is before she ever sew his little face, new a sordid, shameful place, and There is nothing in this that should ' Mother; you destroyed that child- , lye hard: for the mother to tell, after world on the day when you answered' she has learned herself to think more his, "Where did I come from 7"- with ebout the whole and holy miracle of a lie. His question was right and nature, no that she may connect this honest; so should your answer have story of his life with that of flower been. 'life and animal life. "Well, what shall I do?" I can hear I So the first step in telling the truth you ask, is learning the tsuth yourself. See Remember, Mother dear, what we- for yourself that the father -mother - have learned about weaning: it beginschild trinity is a part of the great at 6 months and is not completed until.' universal plan; tell the story little by 11 or 12 months; it is a gradual pre,' little, beginning with the plant forms cess." I -of life because they are simplex, and So, "telling the truth" is a gradual then animal life, so much like his process. The very beginning of it -all own. is hearing the truth yourself, I have talked to many mothers who m •So begin by thinking of the ar-I told the story to their boys when they vellous unity of God's plan for- us were six or seven years old. In every here 511 earth. Your child knows the ' case, the boy's love for his mother trinity of father, mother and child.1 grew far greater because he knew Have you thought of how the whole how very, very close the bond between animal kingdom is so built and than them had been. that the plant kingdom is so built? Let the father tell the story. of the The beauty of the flower is there, fertilization of the egg. That is his that it may serve the need of the duty, and again you must know for father and mother Parts of the flower yourself that Ise will tell his side of so that the seed babies may be fertils the story worthily. If his son has ized and develop into seeds that shall come into the world becanse of his again grow into flowers. 'Before you love for himself instead of his desire can tell the story to your child, you Inc a child, the telling will not be must feel in your deepest self the easy. It is when the father must look miracle of the flower. Here is a seed his son In the face and tall him what so tiny you could hide it under your a man needs to know, that his own finger nail. Plant it in the soil and past will rise up before him either as day by day a miracle unfolds. If you a blessing or a puniehment. When a had never seen a plant, could anyone father must stand shamed before the make you believe that this tall, scar- eyes of his young Son, than indeed the let poppy "came out of' that tiny, tiny punishment has burned and seared its seed? The growing mind of the child way deep into the inmost fibre of the is wide open to the miracles of life, man. If he has not held sacred the po- All he needs is that you may see the tential motherhood of all women he has truth yourself and then tell it to your child in all its beauty and truth. You will know when you are beginning to learn the truth,' for the work -a -day world has become a world of miracles. once. The main /Samt, shoWn in solid black, could ;be put up first; then, ,some years later, the two bedrooms 'could be built clOwnstaise, with store- room above, as shown by the dotted lines. If. there were no water system in the house, the washroom could have 8. bath, tub and pinup set in it, near enough ,to the kitchen to run a pipe across under the stairs from tho open hot-water tank in,the cools -stove. In that case the bathroom and office Saleme slielf. The dishes can be Carried to this cupboard., where they ate convoni- rent to the Ititehen sink, • A small broaklast,iaTeove is, btsilb to the went; two windows tis it, find two aboVelhe sink, furnish ample light. To the right of the cupboard, as one Otands in the kitehen,ls a &Moly waiter, The work table Will extend to the floor and will have two btead boards, two drawers lot tutlery, 8 large epee tor kitchen utensils, rind a bin tor flour, In the pantry, on ono sido,Is First noor ;len: elenty.a.retzt the hall, • • The living room has a large ilro- Placo with built-in bookeases OR each Side. it weiild be well to 'install pipelosi furnabdpand lia4o the register here, as. it is )pretty nearly in the, &save of MY hottse, The roan opening! Off the living ilsom May be tither library or bedroom; Prench doers are built between those two roams, while o eelonnede is between the living and dining rooms, ThIS lieuse need not be, built all at a hard task before him. It is diffi- cult for him who has violated the truth to talk truth, so it happens that he leaves the telling of the father - story to the mother. IHOME OCCUPATIONS 1 FOR CHILDREN A woman who ovenheard her small. daughter discussing mothers with her playmates was gratified to hear her triumphantly conclude the argument with the words, "Well, your mother isn't such a play mother RD millet" Being a , "play mother" evidently meant one who did not permit house- hold duties to crowd out companion- ship With her childsen. The' "play mother" had not known before how fully her efforts- were appreciated. Grown people sometimes fail to realize how cliildren delight in their companionship. Every mother should employ care and insight as well as love for her child when iso selects his occupations. Giten an eager desire to enter the child's world, he will wel- come her with countless suggestions. It is often the mother's privilege to modify these ideas; to snake a quiet occupation snore attractive than a aisy one, to offer materials that are large gild easily handled when little lingers show signs of restlessnees, or . to dit•ect active games when repres- ssion becomes unkind., 1:E limited to the simplest at ma- terials with children, I should choose paper. Used with pencil, scissors and pastesit has liirdtlese possibilities, and to adults who pusqle, thpiN through, ,tey departments, I should say, "When in doubt, boy paper." ' Barest!' tioor Van; Mires iarge, rooms large, plain tablet, the chihro Colored paper, cut in various sizes, a cOuld be thrown together; making a puled possess'on, the .wrapping of a °1°1:1 1,V (1fitdi; ,yoiilcdeM w111 all isa Ilit1 joyOne fou bedding cin be folded np during., the . luippv••for days four' -old was made with Sample coffee clay end kept in box -,seats ovpr the, wraphers, brighe colored and glazed, outside cellar stairs'.' ' ' "` • l•Thelittle child Shonld have the onpor.• Irot'a sniall family, this house sostlsi tunity to exPeriment freeiY• with 110W be built as a pare one -floor bungalow; material; expressing his own ideas; the two first floor bedrooms would lie should also have suggestions from be quits sufficient, if It sanito0 the mother as he needs them rind her conch were put in t110 'den Inc emorg- a,pplo.oiatiOn of every achievement. oricies. Child direction and adutt suggestion • , bedroom. The screened back porch will make a splendid sleeping, Putchi' euts..hnd should be wisely balanced in order that tho child may make the greatest progress. For more active play, there are games which tan be carried on with only a little help while the mother, is busy. The simple hiding or gnessing games can .be played, by very young , children. One game which trellis in observation consists in placing diifer- ent common household objects such as a pencil, a thimble, a spool, scissors, etc., on a tray, covering them, then allowing the guesser a brief glimpse, alter whicth he. is to 411 what he has seen. It is wiseVio be,g1n. with two Or three objects, increasing the num- ber with each turn. Physical feats also fgseinate ol?ildren. I ieeehtli Witw' a girl• amuse herself for an hour walking away from a full length mirror with a block balanced on her head, Eaeh "time it.:fell she marked the spot, then began again at the Mirror, watching the Mock as she,backed away. The same little girl bee her' happiest play thnes'being tos- sed and, swung by her father, "walk- ing wheelbarro7W", and -nylons impro- • vised 'teats being equally entertain- ing to both. • ' Why net substitute an extra fifteen minutes of games or stories for the. mom. elaborate "treats"in- offering rewords? Is it not an ideal worth :striving Inc to be considered a good • "play fal)herpr mother"? ' • I am glad to think ' Duty. I am not bound to amid Ile World go right, ' But, only to discover and to do Wiltcheerful heart, .the -work that God anpoltsts. s ---jetza IngeloW, Por Semeolns Waft, " For seagoing craft 8 window lies been invented containing 11 disk OP, glass which is revolVed by 001 osstrin motor, throwing off rain or spray that falls on it and affording clear vision at all times.