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Hay -Caps Save Hay.
To secure sweet, umnolded hay,
wear the haycocks with a minims or;
medlar cover. Good. weights to hold
don the covers can be made of con -
crate. • Mix ene part tement to tvvo
parts sana; mold them like doughnets
or cakes, •embed a galvanized wire
nxiar each, and set them aside in a
damp 'plane tot seven deys before
aging,
Chief Among vittoes in growiag
gattlen is that of keeping up one's ea-
thualesm until the beets and turnips
are in the cellavi
Many farmers 'have beee banal.
capped .because they have been taught
thet clover and the -other legumee
Were the only meane of indattalng tlio
nitrogen content et. their (soils, • 01
goitre; these are the beet, evad itt
inatiy instaneee the Meat Satiefactoey
means Of adding 'nitrogen tie the tall,
'bet there are millateire ea Imeteriat.
. waiting to feed ripen roots, Moms anti
, organic mlatter that may .0. plowdil
under and twain\ 10 inte available
• nitrogen for another plonk
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• Address communications to Agronomist, a3 Adelaide. et. Wein, Toronto
The Modern Silo and Laurin quires extra help and the man with
Management.
The eilia fete in Well to 001'avetage
farm management, Thi e le assum-
ing, that the owner of a silo keeps
sufficient stock on the farm to \\w-
ent such an equipment, let us eay ten
head or more. :Rho ail° in keeping
With economie farM. Paaltato lit'
stands ever reedy to Ineure a crop
of forage or amide; In times of
dreeght, early frost or hall, what has
been grown 'can be saved, The best
11S4 of farm -grown forage and the
tiapply of a good and cheap ration are
the prihcipal valises of the silo.
To best arrange the work a the
farm so that egah department cen be
made to turn a profit Is one of the
important questions of the average
farm. Where silos are added to the
farm buildringe a change of farm
manegement must follow. Less hay is
needed, less land is regaired for pas-
time, more land must be used for corn
or at least sufficient earn must be
pleated to fill the silo. This corn can
be planted- thither tbaa where ears
alone are desired. An early maturing
variety is generally to be preferred.
The filling season requires planning
and this should be done ahead of time
in order to eecure sufficient labor.
af exchange of work is desited plan to
exchaege with farmers wire .elso fill
Coe. •Jf this cannot be arranged for,
plan to exchange work with farmers
who have other rush seasons coming
at earlier or later periodn
s, In grai
growing Sections the thaeshing is a
similar kind of work and is generally
done after silo filling. Special wan
like bean threshing, clover -hulling,
alfalfa• threshing, grass seed thresh-
ing, fru,t packing, etc., as a rule re- buy concentrates than rough forage.
the ail° can arrange to exchange so
that he can have his silo filled.
"The silo is thecheapest hareem
source el digeatible 'carbohydtates,"
This M a truth well proven by many
of the experiment etatioes and prac-
tical feeders, therefere to keep live
dealt and to keep it economigally
-means the tise of a silo, is such ie pos-
sible, and it means that the -Work of
the farm mud be planned to accom-
modate this arrangement. Sufficient
stock elweild be kepeon the farm to
consume the rough forages and to give
a steadiness to the income anal aurniele
'work throughout the year. Where silos
are filled a rotation of crepe Can easily
be arranged as the corn designed for
Ole silo is entirely removed and the
land can be plowed in the fall and put
into winter wheat, rye, or alfalfa.
Where alfalfa is desired an early
variety of corn ,sliould be planted and
should be cut before the first of Sep-
tember so that the land can be quatIcly
put in condition and planted by the
first. This will give sufficient growth
of the plant to warrant its living
through the winter.
• Where land is high it is desirable
to use both a winter and summer silo,
It is difficult indeed to obtain a rev-
enue or profit from high-priced land
in pasture. It does not grow sufficient
forage to warrant 0 profit and the silo
can be much more economically. used,
providing at least six times more feed
than pasture. Arrange to have fod-
der designed for the silo planted close
to the farm bualdings, thus preventing
a long haul at filling time. It is al -
was wise to greav the bulky forage
ration on the farm. If extra feed
must be purchased it is cheaper to
How to Kill grasshoppers.
One method•of preparing poison for
grasshoppers is to mix, by sifting, a
pound of poison (either Paris green,
white amenic- or crude arsenious ox-
ide), into a bushel a screened- saw-
dust. In 4 gallon 'of -water dissolve
three-fourths of a pound of salt and
add one-half of a cup of molasses.
Slowly pour this into the poisoned
sawdust while the rnixtare is being
stirred, after which add though water
to make a good stiff mash.
This poisoned bait can safely be
taken into the hands and spread
broadcast. It should not be left in
piles arountl the field but thould be
well scattered to prevent trouble from
its being eaten by live :stock. A
busbel of this poison ought to cover
about three acres of ground. If one
salts the cattle and other stock that
may be running in the field, before
the poison is applied, the stock will
then be less attracted to the mixture.
Publications For Farmers.
The new Bet of publications of the
Department of Agriculture at Ottawa
contains titles of nearly three hun-
dred and fifty bulletins, circulars and
other panmblets that deal with agri-
cultural practices. • These cover the
.whole range of agricultural and horti-
cultural pursuits, including dairying,
field crops, live stock, orchard and
garden • crops, poultry, insects and
plant diseases, farm building. con-
struction, farm machinery and many
other tepid. The subjects are ar-
ranged alphabetically under general
titles. Net only are the Este them-
selves available from the Publications
Branch of the Department but any of
the publications therein contained.
I11 tile drainage there are a number
of things to be considered in each in-
dividual. case •before work is begun;
however, cause .and effect are the main
elements.
Paint Puts Profits Into Your Pockets
• There is probably no one point more
neglected in the average farm home
than the judicious use of paint, net
only on the house and outbuildings,
but also on machinery and various
agricultural implements.
It is the rule rather than the ex-
ception is some sections to see
house; farm buildings and farm ame
plements sadly in need of paint. The
idea seems to be prevalent that paint
is used solely for ornamental pur-
poses, and its use is often regarded
as a luxury rather than a necessity.
While paint does, of course, serve to
improve the appearance of property,
it is far move useful for protection
than for ornament.
A small amount of money and work
expended in lceeping houses or ether
farm builaings, or machinery, properly
painted will add greatly to the length
of their life. Paint puts profit into
your pockets. Another valuable thing
accomplished by painting is the im-
proved sanitary eonditions of build-
ings and outhouses.
Much of, the work of painting can be
done by the owner of the place, pro-
vfded he has the time. The following
pointers will help:
. Staining and Varnishing.
Staining and varnishing are easily
done, but I do not advise an inex-
perienced mart to try the graining
part; only anexpert can de that.
Graining is simply rubbing some color
very thinly On a suitably prepared
ground color, a mere glaze of color,
then combing atid wiping out to imitate
the natural grain of woods. Easily
said but difficult to do, unlette. you
will be satisfied with a poor imitation,
Staining Will do very well in Place
of graining, and the stain may be
either na thin dil and turpentine stain,
a water stain, ar an oil stain. Better
get the stain from the store, ready to
apply. Paint the wood with lead
paint; colored to suit the color of the
stain; f ot oak the ground 'color should
be a straw or buff noloe; for walnut
or other (leek wood, make the ground
drab or datk huff. Cherry stain looks
best over a light reddish ground. The
store stain can be had prepared in
vanish, and a eat of this, put on
liberally, will make a fine finish. After
being sandpapered lightly it may have
andbee goat
To If Lain bare wood use water stain
or oll stain. Soft woods take oil and
Water stains best, Hard woods need
some terpentine with the oil; et water
stale will do for them. When you leave
coated the outface with the state, at
Once begin wiping off the earplug,
leaving alcmat no stain on the or -
foie; tlae will bring out the grain of
Ole Wood nicela, It is woaderaul what
u line effect fain be had on hard pine
with ell staira colored with beraht
uniber for \vainest or dark oak, or 'with
taw elehma and a 1I0Llc burnt ember
for light et natelatme oak,
After applying the stain, tub it oaf
with 15 eleth, leaving the eurface quite
chey; when the •Stain has become dry,
ay not day, rob ori fordo wait AWsh,
Limited feeding fee young chicks
daring the Ant few flays end weeke
after hatching is advised by a poeltrY
expert,
"Praatiale retarded or limited early
'fetid/nth Nature has provided the
newly hatched chlek with a 'bread
basket' containing sufficient food to
last from sixty to fieventy-two hears,
Before etnerging treat the shell the
yolk is absorbed Into the body of the
chick for nourishment during the Aret
three days of its exietence. Do not
feed too soon," •
First 'dy—Leve chicits in firth-
batqr and, supply more pare air.
Siseend day—Provide tiour milk in
shellow pans; also feed sorne thick
grit, . •
Third, day—Give first-. olid •food.
This initsh afi suggested' for one.huh-
dred chicks( One riaw. egg, three sluall
handfuls of rolled okts and three smell
handfuls of bran. Thoroughly mix by
rubbing and give four feeds three
hours apart. A. dash of fine charcoal
and bone meal helps. • -
Fourth to fourteenth day—Keep
chicks hungry and active. Give two
feedings of commercial chick feed,
two feedings of the egg, oat and bran
mixture, and one feeding of green
food, sprouted oats, lettuce, etc. Sup-
ply hourly alcim-milk for at least ten,
weeks.
. After second 'week—Simplify and
cheapen the ration. Substitute the fol-
lowing mash: Bran, middlings, corn-
meal, ground oats, equal parts by
weight, and ten per cent. meat scrap.
Increase the size of grain feed as the
chicks grow older.
These points also should be kept
in mind:
A dry mash of bran, ground oats
and meat ecrap will prevent tos pick-
ing and other cannibalism.
Do not overfeed, prevent crowding,
provide plenty of fresh water and keep
them exercising.
which is simply wax melted in tur-
pentine. Paint stores sell it. One
coat well rubbed in will do. Rub the
wax well, to a polish.
If we had fireproofed the shingles
on the large farmhouse we lived in
some years ago we would have escap-
ed a very bad fire which destroyed all
the •buildings except the huge walls.
A neighbor burned a great bunch of
dry hedge trimmings, and the wind
carried a spark to our roof.
Any good mineral paint is more oe
less proof against such an accident.
A very dry old shingle roof will blaze
from a very tiny spark. A tiny spark,
falling on a painted roof, will die out
and do no liarm.
Lime -water makes a good fire ves-
istant; in fact, whiteevash or water
from slaked lime makes one of the
most efficient fire resistants for a
roof. Saturate the shingles with the
lime -water or lime \yeah. The white
color may be tempered by the addi-
tion of some dark mineral paint.
To make up a pot of white paint in
all, have ready two clean paint pots.
Into one put seven pounds of white
lead ground in oil, and about two
tablespoonfuls of drying japan; mix
these together; add a little raw lin-
seed -oil and mix again; this should
form a stiff paste. If ci.uMide paint
is desired, add taw oil though to term
a paint of the usual consistency;
strain 'inta the other pot through
cheesecloth, The paint is then ready
for use,eaut will be better for stand-
ing a day longer, If the paint is
wanted for inside Use, thin the stiff
paste with turpentine. If color is
'desired it may be added and mixed
in while the mass is ir the paste form.
• To Paint Old Bearding.
If you have any tad weather -board-
ing to paint, say the barn or other
farm building, the first coat will soak
in as into a sponge. The dry wood
should be filled with thine cheap but
good paint. Take twenty Pounds
whiting and mix to a paste with a
half and half mixture of water and
benzine; then mix up with a little
linseed -oil fifty pounds of white Mad
ground in oil, This will forna a, paste;
mix with the whiting mass; use a, pad-
dlo to mix to a stiff paste. Then mix
equal Starts of raw linseed -oil and
awed Milk; add the milk to the oil a
,little at a time and mix well, Turn
the paste into this mixtures thin the
entire Mass to the usual paint con-
sistency, then apply. • This Works
micely under the brush and glad 4
very good surface, When dry you may
apply a coat of any geed paint, white
or dark. , Mae two data Will give
aa Solid n job ag three data of the
ordinary paints.
I3efe11e painting metal, such as
roofs, spouts' and madhimy, make
the ',surliness pettedly 'clean. Never
apply paint over rust, Itt removing
rust, 5c1'0p,0 down to the hare inetaL
Oil and grease on tooting find spouts
must; ho roitieved by scrubbing With
nap end water, Or rubbing with rags
damp cm d w, th 17o11'/20 5; ellieesvise
plat till met stick, •
Corn Smut.
The smut of corn is well known to
farmers. The smut masses which
usttally appear as swollen outgrowths
may be found on the ears, stem or
loaves. These outgrowths are some-
times quite large and make the smut
very eonspithoUs. They are at first
covered by a thin membrane, which
soon breaks away and exposes the
black mass of spares. The mass soon
becomes powdery and the myriads of
spores which each mass contains are
readily blown about by the wind. It
ii these spores that spread the dis-
euse during the growing season and
carry the smut over the winter to
the next crop.
Li many of the smuts, as the smuts
of oats and the stinlcing smut or bunt
of wheat, the spores get on the seed
and when the seed , is planted begin
growing with it and attack the young
seedling. Treatment with a solution
of formaldehyde is effective in killing
the spores on the seed and preventing
infection of the young plants. In the
cases of the loose smut •of Wheat and
the loose smut of barley the bores
are blown about at blossoming time
and grow into the very young seed.
The hot water treatment of the seed
is used to kill the smut inside the
seed. In the case of corn smut seed
treatment of any kind has been found
to be of no use, as the smut spores live
over in the soil or in manure rather
than in or on the seed. So the only
way to control the corn send is to
prevent the smut spores getting into
the soil or the manure. Not onlyado
the spores live in the Manure pile
for some time, but they may actually
increase rapidly in number if the con-
ditions are favorable.
Corn smut is found in all parts of
Canada where con is grown, Int is
more comm.= in Eastern Canada.
Generally at is not very prevalent and
the losses are not great: Where it
IS commoe, measures should be taken
to prevent its spread. The smut
masses should be cut out during the
growing season. They should be re-
moved before they have broken open
and spread their spores. They should
not be left lying where they may
reach manlike or refuse and be earried
back to the sail but they should be
gathered and burned. Rotation of
crops is also valuable in preventing
corn smut. The smut do.es not live
long in the soil and will not attack
any other crop, so time should be
given for the smut to die out in the
soil before another ceop of corn is
planted. Seed treatment has not been
found -to be of any use in corn smut,.
Before Starting a Motor.
When a motor has been idle for a
considerable time, and a force-feed
oiler is used, it is well to pump some
Milo all bearings and pipes atter the
motor has been stopped. On many oil-
ing systems a pump or crank is pro-
vided for flushing the bearings; but
where no such provision is made a
pump may be installed without a great
deal of trouble. This will save much
wear on bearings, at a good many
revolutions are made by the engine
before the oil gets to flowing properly
when the pipes mid pump are entirely
emptied by a Tong poled of idleness.
. 'Topics in Season,.
XII cleaning eisterne, pump out .oll
Ole wittet you .cfue get, then get down
In Ole Often and put g bethet or
small tub under the end sif pipe. Dap
water Into this' with small vessel while
some elle does the pumping,
Burdoek shcalla never be allowed to
geed, for the Mira are aaahlad bar alt
that touch them, Cuttiog the plants
off at the eterfeee of the, graand has
to be done over and over end the roots
are as hardy as ever. We find that
just afber a, heavy rain they can be
pulled quite easily, piled, and after.
ward Mimed.
To remove the flavor of wild garlic,
bittevweed, etc., from milk; get five
cents, •vvorth ef stielc sulphur of your
druggist; put thia into the bottom' of
your Milk pail, and milk on it. Strain
your milk off and put in 11eool, airy
.plade., Wash off sulphur dick Mal
save until limit time.
• Wire feneet that are not. grounded
catree the death of many, animals due,-
ing thanderetorms. Fenceshould be
grieunded by Terming a 'number eight
or number ten galvanized iron -ware
from each strand of the fence- inas the
ground. The wire should be twisted
two or three times about each' strand
and should reaeh to a depth of for
or live ,feet ioto the ground. If the
soil •Is particularly dry the wire should
be sunk much deeper, Field fences
should be grounded every twenty rods,
and fences above, ,barnyards and feed
lots at 'least evera ten vods.
Milking machines need special sum-
mer care. Immediately after milking,
water should be drawn through the
teats cups and tubes by operating the
machine as if actually milking. Three
pails of water should be used—first
cold water, then hot water containing
a dairy clearang powder, and finally
clear hot Water. The cups and tabes
should then be free front milk and dirt
and are ready to be placed in a steril-
izing solution and kept there until the
next milking. Plain salt brine is a
good solution; add to this chloride of
lime, and you will have the very best
obtainable. The metal parts, of the
machine, such as the pail and the
head, should be wathed in hot water
and dried. The cups and tubes mast
be taken apart once a week an•d all
parts scrubbed in hot soapy water,
inside anti out, with the special blush-
es furnished with the enathiee.
Keep all hum implemeats sheltered
during the hot weather. The heat
warps the wood and blisters the iron
parts. If the heat cracks and twists
Ole wood parts tend peels off the paint,
the machinery will soonhave a ragged
appearance.. It will deteriorate in
value very rapidly.
All wagons, buggies, and imple-
ments with wooden wheels should be
kept out of the sun. If allowed in
the heat of the sun the tires will soon
be loose and the spokes rattling. If
will cost but very little to build a good
shed against the barn for.wagons anal
buggies. I have a surrey which 1 have
run nearly every day foe five years,
and I have not had a tire reset on
this vehicle up to this date. The tires
are seemingly as tight as ever, and I
think the reason for this is because the
surrey has been kept ill the thed all
Ole time when no•t in use. Th.e repairs
an these 'five years have cost iess than
$8.
More and Better Wheat.
At no time in the histovy of Canada
has her wheat fi,elels meant so much
to the world as now. Canada produces
wheat of the finest grades and in such
_large quantities as to place the Do-
minion well up among the wheat pro-
ducing countries of the wo•rld. Both
federal and provincial departments of
agriculture have done their share in
improving wheat varieties and extend-
ing the growth of this necessary cer-
eal. An ieteresting account a the
work that has been tithe is contained
in the May number of The Agricelbur-
al Gazette, the offieial organ of the
Department of Agricultute at Ottawa.
It is there shown that the most widely
grown vanieties were dc veloped by
Canadian scientists. Preeton, Stanley,
Huron, Bishop, O.A.C. No, 104, Mar-
quis, Ruby, and Prelude have each
their valuable factors, The ihistovy
and characteristics of eaell are giver.
The Seed Branch and the Department
assists the Canadian Seed. Growers'
Association in extending the growth
of pedigreed vapieties. The Seed
13ranch iteelf encouragee seed crop
competitions and reed ham teats
seeds for farmers and merchants, in-
spects seeds on sale, and has, through
Ole Called:an Seed Purthasiag Com-
mission, ensured supplies oF depend-
able seed wheat during ecent years.
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NoVr Is the Time To
Sell old toevls and give the youirge
eters room, and sell all surplus early
ebielts for broilers. .
Biill every weed—in the gatelee ana
in the mind,
Rem the geineistone by gas er elec-
tricity. Quilt using elbow-grzase.
Stay on the farm.
Put running water and a bathroom
in every farm home.
Have pure-bred sires tor every
farm.
.Plan for a week'e vacation when
the work sleeks up,
'Give that son or daughter a plot 01
-ground, some hens, a calf, a pig er
sheep for sis ot set 1.1011)1 ,
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Highest Priced Bull Ever sold In teglattae-aousillt llY
Gliallar hull "Mingle Oaelet," gold at b0I1ltii1l salo tn. Scothentl for
;84,000,Ilo was bought by 2, 1. Elliott, of Onaiala Oat,
SHARING A PLAY
aoom.
"Tarambie Reath" Yinod With his
ego far apart and pronormeed three.
Year-old judgment, 1 like he
declared, llbecanze he alwaye 'vides,"
'that ether all is the real 'basio far
childish esOination of character aft
well' as fav mann standards, The
ehildeor grown-up who divides
Is the likeable, desirable member of
society, •
./Iow the at'a we going to make
sure of that fandamental quality itt
our ehildren 'I We are all ;familiar
with the usual. poselbilities far. gen-
eroaltY aotdiain the bie of a small
child—the diviman of write treat of
OWeetmeats, the sharing of play-
things avith haothers and sisters,
'Phase are good but we need aebasie
.far • sheringe latest. tlinn 'that offend
by such opportuultize. Sharing Should
be a continuous experience with the
creative impulse . behind it just AB
much as any other educative process.
We meet take saaring out of the im-
mediate realmof home activities and
though keeping a home connection
with it, make it a mare social activity
so thet it shallbecome a pleasure
ratherthan a virtue.
The following 'experiment worked
out in our own playrooni with such
success that it seems capable of much
enlargement and -offers at least some
light an the qaeStiop.
Last winter the childeen had sal
many books that their father built al
boolishelf running the entire length
of one side of the playeeom. It was
lona enough for the ehaldren to inspect
with ease the titles and covers of the
books—for they were avranged with
their rovers turned outward so as to
meet the need of "Thumbie Rajah" to
whom the cover, net the title, spells
the nameof a book. During the week
following the erectien a the .book-
shelf -perhaps as many as eight chil-
dren from other bermes done into the
playrocrie immediately the shelf of
books held their attentiom They drew
about it anti much conversation as to
Ole different books and their respec-
tive merite ensued. Ruth read eager-
ly to an absorbed group of younger
children from a hook, heretofore too
difficult for her sin -year-old knowl-
edge, impelled by the desire to have
them &nave the fascinating cletaiM of
the story. Before the week was over
children came daily to borrow from
the bookshelf until a childish method
of keeping account of the books loan-
ed had to be devised. Then the sig-
nificant thing occurred. Two children
came with books to lend to the saelf
and gradually 101 'grew until there was
a constant exchange of books with, a
system of regulations made ley the
children themselves.
Her was a veritable ehildren's lib-
rary; its value as compared to the
stacks devoted to children tin our vil-
lage institution, lying in the principle
of sharing behind it. Here the chil-
dren not only took books from the
shelf but brought them to it as well.
The playroom became in a sense a
community ceetre. 'Sterne was the
connecting link and sharing was
cdaliaecl to include a larger group than
Ole immediate family and became in
fact a joy rather. than a virtue in the
eight of the children.
Ban youn$ELP UP'
SO AS TO FEEL, BETTER
Eat and sleep better, PO Well go Wok
better, by taking Rood's 50411357)54-
211104. It is an all4he-yeavr0110d
modicine, good in ail oeaflono,
it purifies, enriches Lind revitalizes
the blood, mould en appetite, aids
digestiop, assists aesiMilatien of tho
00051 Yon eat, and wonderfully builds
up the whole•systion. In inany oases
it sueceeds where other medieines
fail to dO any good.
Id you peed g mild effective eathar,
tie, got Iloodis,Pills.
The Farm Beautiful.
• The beauty of the farm in large
Part depends on what la in the heart
Of the malt and woman who make it
their bone, Beapty of thought,
heauty of alarming and beauty of do-
ing entire's-but make the term home
befiutital. Pot beauty died from the
heart wheat) the lathes of life ere
born, The character of the occuPallts
may he leashed from the premises
quite as accurately as front associa-
tion or from the printed page, and if
that life be charming or sturdy these
qualities will be everywhere evident.
When the thinleing is right, there
will be well -kept buildings, note)
much because of the wormy invested
ih ahem, as on &email', of the little
touches here and there that 'keep
thinge looking well. A fresh coat of
path; which the farmer can put on
himself in these days when WO .1311
buy fine paintsall ready to spread, a
weekly teimming of the yard about
Ole house, a minute or two spent in
training a 'few vines t p the side of
the porch, these are helps to the farm
Ibeautiful
Then, too, the wife in the house
may do many things that will tend
l in the same direetion. The curtaine
and the shades at the windows 0(11
their story of the -thought back of
therm A few pretty plants .In the
yard, with a flower or two in a jar on
the well; walks clean and neat, win -
(low glass free front dust, they all
speak well for the beauty of heart
of the one who is behind the pleasant
eervice.:
But, best of all, beauty of heart
shines out and mikes the home beau-
tiful in the kindly living of those who.
love .the farm best ef all places in
the world, Love conts for mote then
paint or any NVOXIC, of the hand; for
love shows where the heart is, and
love always makes the thing it touch -
els radiant with beauty.
Life Insurance Will Net
Be' Necessary.
When evidews never need to -toil for
bread, and when fortunes are never
lost;
When no one dies neer; •
When old age neier brings depen-
dence;
When death obeys instead of com-
mands;
When'orphans nevei Inelt the necee-
'
When success becomes the univerael
rule;
When. deeedents are ulways sol-
vent;
When adminiatratoes never need
ready money;
But not until then.
The Welfare of the Home
•
Fatherhood, a Profession
We heer a great deal of the sanc-
tity of motherhood and oil the sacred
responsibilities of the mother; but
who talks about the nobility of father-
hood .and the wonderful privilege of
being a father? One would almost
supposethat children had but one par-
ent, or that, beyond the obligation of
Ruppert, a father owed nothing to his
ehildren.
As a matter of Mot, just what does
he owe them?
IC the first place, he owes them the
best possible inheritance Of health and
natural strength. If the father:, of
the present generation had been
taught, rts schoolboys, that they owed
-their children a heritage c‘f physical
• health, the present generattoe of
children woeld be a for healthier, hop -
pier lot of youngsters,
.And having given his children a
healthy heritage, the father should
there 1.1111511 Ole mother the overesght of
their children's well-being. I know—
as everyeme else clees—hosts of 110811-
511 who not only fail to take nny
responsibility - about the childrenai
• habits, but w o 11.0000 11)1, Mine, un-
conecieusly, work against the mother•
by giving ere:rept:Wove caedy, by
keeping the • children up late to play
with them and thus make leer work
with them more difficult The result
iS that Pather is very popular, while
Mother is considered "a•wfanv fussy."
• On the mental side, a child, as he
grows cider, looks more end more en
fathev, Wise ie the father who
takes at naive, interest in current
events or allies himself on the side 011
leen1 civic improvernent, for thantigh
l his example hie children naturally eta
mein a love of good citizenthip.
And my the moral arid religioes side,
'how Often Is Father a' meth figure-
head in his own famila? Usually it
IR Mother who eepresents the moral
slaw, or, if Father doe% take a hand,
it; is merely ne the execueor of her
• deereed penisinnent. • "Wait till your
Father comes home!" is a phrase filled
with tarot- for he small rebel.
Too often church attendance is left
entirely to the women. The children
see Mother dart off alone for church,
while Father remains 1150 1101110 to read
his paper. The notion that church is
•a woman's affair is formed so eater-
allsn
ytitrse
, later in life, it ems e
inn
How much radial en 11i20, hOW Much
fatbers miss, by this one-sided parent -
heed! Happy the boy who looks up
to his .father as an ideal of bodily
vigor, wisdom end anodness. And ihis
does not mean that Fethes• must stand
on a pedeetal. Fey from it! Anyone
who has read the eharening letters of
Theodore Rooseveg to Ms children
sees, as in a mirror, the picture of a
father utterly devoted to his children,
and 'utterly admed thatun. Whether
he is leaping from haymow to hay-
mow in a wild game of tag, or matinee
aloud with his children gather -ea
around him, he is always their chosen
cerapanion, their best friend, thole
gveatest hero. And there are ninny
devoted fathers! Pram:is E. Loupe
gives ne 0 charming picture of one of
his little book, "A Pay with Father."
Reversing a well-known cinotation,
1.115 may say, PITappy is the father
who knows lila • man child!" Happy
because there ie 110 more delightful
Melly than that of the development of
a child, as be progreeRes from infancy,
through childhaod to youth Happy
because of the inspiration 'that 001710.0
:from the companionehip of children,
Happiest .of all becalm, in the trying
Limas of their youth arid early meant-
ity, he will be ablle to understand _his
children. He con guide end coupeel
them, instead. of deeding beiplessly
by --an maniac; if only Canadian
:tethers would knew 111511' ellatiten,
they would find them renre intereetieg
than any basineee in the world, end
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