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Trains will arrive at and 'depart
teem Clinton Station as icalowe:
ISUPPALO AND GODL-RICH DIV.
Going east, depart 6.33 a.m.
,. " 2.62 p.m.
polag West ar. 11.10, dp. 11.15 a.m.
" ar, 6.08, dp. 6,47 pen.
11,18 pen,
LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV,
Going South, ar. 8.23, dp. S.23 4.4
4,15 plot,
Geing North depart 6.40 p.m
" 11,07, 11.11 a.ra,
Tie DicKillop Mutual
Eire illsuranGe Goifipany
Reed office, Seaforth, One,
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Stfiee., James Evans'Reschwood;
Ser. -Treasurer, nos E. Hays, Sea.
teeth.
Directors: George McCartney, See.
ftrth; D, F. McGregte, Seaforth; J.
G. Grieve, Walteto Wm. Rine, Sea.
forth; Dd. McEwen, Clinton; Robed
Feedes, Harlock; John Bentowelr,
Brodhagen; Jaa. Connolly, Godericlo
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Ofee'Goderlehl Eincheay, Seuforth;
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(0,1(3. HALL. M. R. CLARK.
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Grow Rhubarb in Winter.
limber)) roots are frozen cerofully
and then stored in a dark collar, they
VvIll produce the finest kind of pie end
sauce ntaterial even it zero weather,
In digging the roots, care must be
taken to get as meth of the root as
poesible and also seine of the dirt
eurromaeus it. Then the ruing may
be placed on strew or other trash mit.
of -doors and eovered with more of
tfie Masai. After Owl' halo ffteen
solid, they should be brought into the
•basement, cellar, or dark room whore
the tempetettire betWeen 50 and 00
deg. F., placed In a barrel or box toed
covered Well with sand, earth er eorei
aehes, They must be kopt thelet nied
dark at all HOMO. In three or our
weeke, shObte WIII he Put eta lend
rhithath elate inay thee be gathered
Mita' than thoee Obvert etttenkleore,
Huy ThrifO Stomper
Address communimitione to reerenorolst, 75 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
Green. Manureng.
Plowing under .green mops, more
commonly lenewn as green manuring.,
is a, practice that has been in We over
a long Period of time, being, advocated
and used by the Romans in their farm-,
ing operations. And in MI probability
they obtained their knowledge front
preceding genevatiops. The peacbice
has been handed doWn from generation
to generetion'each' one adding. to the
store of knowledge eencerning it until
at the present time it has 4 recognized
valeta in our seratems of soil fertility,
It alone is noT the secret of perman-
ently productive sail, but When utilized
in the right way, and in combination
'with other recognized practices, it Is
of great value. Crop rotation, liming,
goodtillage, etc., have much to do
'With the successful use of a green ma-
nure, The greatest benefit to be deriv-
ed from green inanueing is in the am-
ount of organic matter that it -added
to the soil. However, in the -case of
-legume, and a green manure crop
should be a legume wherever possible,
tbere is also a valuable 'amount of
nitrogen added to the s6iI.
A green manure crop may be in -
eluded in the rotation, or may be used
separately as a cover crop, or nurse
crop. There are a number of crops
that may be utilized as green manures.,
but in general the one selected should
have the following characteristics: It
should have a deep root system, the
seed should be cheap, it should be a
legume whenever possible, it should
be hardy, ib ...should be qui* growing,
and in case it is sown ibroadmit, it
should be capable of miking a good
growth. Of the various crops that may
be utilieed at green manures the fol-
lowing. are well knovim: Soy beans,
vebches, fieldpees., the various 'clovers,
alfalfa, rye, oats, buckwheat, rape,
etc., all but the latter four being
legumes. The effects of a -green ma-
nure crop 011 the soil May he con-
sidered under three heads, being the,
phyeical, the chemical and the
bacteriological effects. Physically,
a green manure crop will • in-
fluence the temperature, moisture
condition, the aeration of a soil, tend-
ing to make the soil warmer, eapable
of retaining more moisture in the case
of a light soil, and allow the air to
penetrate better. .
Its action on a light sandy -.oil 18
of a binding nature, tending to melee
it more compact and capable of hold-
ing moisture, while withgt heavy clay
soil its action is opposite, making it
lighter and mere open, thus insuring
better drainage and aeration. Chem-
ically a green manure will eonserve
plant food by absorption, and by bold-
ing many of the plant food compounds
in solution, in Which form they must
be ie order to be utilized by the plant.
The root systems of the deep rooted
plants 'especially, tend to bring to-
gether the various ',plant foods, and
then when the plants are plowed under
this plant food. is brought re the sur-
face where it may be utilized by the
mere shallow rooted plants. When a
green manure is turned under many
different bacteria begin to act on the
carbohydrates and protein, breaking.
them down into various necessary
plant focel elements. If the crop is a
legume and has been inoculated, nitro-
gen evill be added to the soil through
a symbiotic relation between the plant
and certain bacteria. Bacteria re -
guise Moisture for their action, and a
variation in the water content of a
soil; as well as a Om:lotion in the
tomperoture ad amatiot will haVe
marked offeet 011 theft' action.
And, as stated above, plowing ender
a green manure hos a noeiceable effect
on the 'water content ,of a soil. TM
amount of Air in the soil will deter-
mine the claim of baeterie that will
function the moat, being either the.
oerebie (them veep:tieing air), or the
emerobie--(thme not requiring ani),
the olant food produced .evil depend
eomewitai: on the type of bacteria ace
tive. The addition of a green immure
will increese the activity of the bat' -
t0330 largelythrough the organic mate
tor ad.cled. The best time to plow
under a green manure is When the
crop melte:dm the most moiseure,.8.8
this encourages a vapid and more
complete decay. When turning under
the crop it is not a 'good practice to
throw the furrow over flat as this
forms a layer which may hinder cap-
illary action until the crop, has ranee
or less decayed. As a repult of de-
creased capilarity the sueeeeding crop
may suffer from leek of moisture.
Also, by turniug the f umow. slice only
partly over, aeration -and drolhageare
greatly helped. Dtertng the process. of
'decay of a green manure crop various
organic acids are orocluced, tending
to makeea sour soil. A.s a lomat is
necessary to apply lime during some
part of the rotation, or it may be
added when the crop is -seeded and may
be turned under with it. e
, How to Feed Straws. .
All the straws contain large mime
titles of nutrients, but' on account of
their unpalatabieness and low 'diges-
tibility, only a cona. paratively small
proportion of the nutrients is of use
to the animal. Many suggestious have
been made for increasing the palat-
ableness of straws and making them
more digestible. The forraer object is
sometimes achieved by chaffing the
straw and mixing it with pulped or cut
roots in the proportion of one part by
weight of chaff to nine parts by weight
of root. The mixture should be al-
lowed to stand for at least twiny°
hours before it ie fed to steck. The
straw absorbs water from the roots
and the fermentation whic'h results
Warms the mixture and softens ihe
straw, No doubt that treatmentenakes
the straw more palatable, but, so far
as it has been possible to ascertain,
there ie no evidence that its digesti-
bility is increased. As the season ad-
vances the straw and the roots get
dried the chaff may be moistened with
treacle (molasses) mixed with warm
water and sprayed on 'with 'a water-
.
'lug can.
For horses getting all their bulky
food lb the form of straw 1(3 15 a good
practice to add seven pounds of Oil-
seed cake per horse per week. This
Is mashecl in a tub of water. ' When
the cake is thoroughly softened it Is
stirred up, and the liquid used to
moisten the chait The mixture is
readily eaten, and giyes goodgesults.
Another method is to sprinkle the
chaff with salt at the rate of one
bushel per ton, and to sandwich thin
layers of cut green stuff amongst the
chaff whenit is but in the cOaff house.
Late cuttings of seeds, or almost any
green stuff, or pulped roots, at the
rate of one hundred pounds per ton
of chaff evill answer the purpOse. The
mixture should be wen trodden down,
and a slow fermentation will vesult.
After standing some weeks or months
the mixture develops a pleasant smell,
and Is readily eaten by any kind sif-
stock.
To throw light upon the question as
to whether hens or pullets are the
more profitable I placed sixty- two
hens and one hundred and thirty-eight
pullets in two separate coops on Nov-
ember let last year. Each lot had
equally good quarters and were fed
alike. By March 1st the heels were in
debt to me sixty-four cents each, and
the pullets had a. credit of thirty-six
cents each, just eggs against feed.
This plated them an even dotter aparb;
so if I had placed sixty-two pullets
in the place of the hens I would have
stood at a gain of sixty-two dollars
on that mop, In March the hens
jumped ahead of tbe pullete and held
there emote month until Seploanber,
when- I sold the hens to make ready
for the now lot he that mop. On Sep-
tember .1 the pullets .had a gain of
$1.79 each anclethe hens a gain ot $1.61
each, or a difference of only eighteen
cents, and I am sure I could have
kept the hens until November 1 they
would hove been in the lead.
This test convinces me that it is
the pullobs that give as the winter
eggs and the older birds lead in the
stimma, so to heve an even supply
the yeathrough it is well to keep
both. The birds were all white Leg-
horne, and the hens were about equal
in numbers of one, two and three years
old. They all would have mode a bet-
ter showing hied I not left out the meat
feom the feed from about December
20 to jemmy 10, as is shown by tho
drop in gain of pullets in January,
While the bens clitl not drop off in Jan-
uary as did the pullebe, they did not
gain ae they 00 doubt would have
done had 2 continued the meat rain.
To Inc it is plain the reason the he
/bid not pity out before March is, they
heel not recovered front the moult. The
chteks were hotelied April '4 and May
1, 1010.
Those who have meney to Invest ean
not de better than to lei* op Vectevy
bonds, Witlich 0111 progrediVe farm-
eee tes examplee of wife° men, They
lattgh Wbott yeti suggest soiling; they
Will tell you that they are buying,
buying, buying, Gevertimettli bode
are the beet inveseetent lti One MM.
fey to -day, and the preeent heidee Or
Parchaser Of Watery bonds 15 8. side.
Ing 'light Of Wiecion't and Omeadien
&rift,
dieteneeeeoe
Protect Your Machinery.
One of the factors entering into
the cost of farm production is the
outlay for machinery. The present
high prices of equipment are a serious
cause of complaint from the terming
interests, end yet many farmers aro
content to leave their machinery and
implements exposed to the weather,
often in the field where last used..
In a manufacturing plant, where
a.11 machlnes, are under peva and
well taken eare of, 10 per cent de-
preciation is written off annually.
Nirleat, then, must unprotected' mach-
inery suffer?
High prices for farm produce have
been to a certain extent conthictive
to carelessness in the costs of farming,
The lowering of prices will compel a
closer scrutiny of farm expenses, and
one of the important items 'will be
cost of machinery and repairs.
Protection of the equipment :from
weather will largely medace repair
bills. At elle end of the season; all
wearing parts of the machines should
be well greased, -accumulations of dust
removed, and they should be placed
under cover. An implement shed will
quickly pay for itself in -saving hi out-
lay for repairs, apart from the fact
that it facilitates cleaning, reintint-
eng. or repairing machinery chwing
spare time.
Seesons end weather Will not wait
for farm machinery that is unready,
and a heavy loss may oftee be the re-
sult. To the increasing 'number of
farmers who are keeping eccounts of
their farming Operations, this item of
upkeep of plant will appear as an out-
standing and largely Avoidable ex -
perm, and the more general .keeping
of farm accounts may directly effect
the reduction of the present waste.
Tractors for Hauling Grain.
Momhere of tbe Western Canade
Orate (trowel's' Alisociation ha.ve, tomul
the tractor oi greet ald in solving their
labor coet, and In delivering frau, the
then- to merket, which would moan
an endless teek ie hauling grain, or a,
high iteestmett tit teentot and wagons,
One trattor pulls seem wagoteloads
of wheat to the elevater, Titus, the
tractor perforthe tlie work of twolVe
hoeses Mei men in ten houes,
sections witere the snow le nor, deep,
then 010e1111(05 are lett the year mend.
Mimes a day will make the differ.
eitee bele/men a big or a sleitil profit
113 vebettt, so that delivery. whoe the
time, arrIvee Is fulportaet,
; • •
fixtures in the Pigeon Loft,
Selfefeeeling• itoppere areseldom,
fentld lieWadeys in the Ione of veteran!
breeders, Their Argument le tbati
they hove ,mot fornicl profitoble to,
bave several days' supply a grain I
within Tea* m the birds MAY holt);
themselves et nen. Them ars two
retmens for thie: - Virste inSerio3!
squabs are raised in lofts where :feed;
is eoestantlybefore the bied$, ad 'there
le Po regularity among the breeding.
pigeon) in feeditig their Yount
emend, title " continual pieleipo at .the
grain eventually leade Lo peer 'apes,
tites, emiulting in the squabs eufferinge
.Another.. -disadvantage in having
feed lying around, la that it •attracts
mice and even rats, and 'when once
thele enealeS get in a loft thereis
great loss of young bird's.
The.mosb populat method for 'feed-
ing is to tftive' 'stated boure for plac-
ing the grain in the troughe. Those
tioughe ate pbhced in the tenter of,
the floor, fee that there Will be PlontY
of room ,for all the 'Mode to geither
around it. ' Galvanized iron drinking
Vessels are preferred to stone fon-
talus, espe-cially for winter use.
There 'ate threeo Pen boxes 113 each
loft," Meaeorieg twelve Snehes in
length, three inches in width, and
three•inches in, depth, and' these boxes
contain oyster -shell, grit and char-
coal.
A leatletub is placed in the aviary of
each pen. Theta aro made of galvah-
izecl iron and of convenient size for
handling. During the •winter the
birds are given a • bath about
once a -week, but only on bright
clear days: In l'sammee it may be
given twice a week. These pans are
filied about eleven o'clock in the
morning and allowed to remain for
about two hours, when they are -emp-
tied' and turned upside down. If the
water is not emptied shortly after
the birds are through bathing, they
may drink'of it and -become sick.
Crop Feeding Instead of Soil
Feeding.
The results of a chemical analysis
of a soil do not, as a rule, afford a
satisfactory basis for determining
maul:trial requirements. The chemist,
it is true, can determine what the soil
contains, but no ordinary an-alysis de-
termines with exactness what propor-
tion of the several. elements present
in available form for the crop. In-
deed, there is no such thing as a con-
stant ratio of availability. 'While one
crop finds in e given soil all the plant -
food it requires, another may find a
shortage of one er, 'more elements.
Further, on the very sante field one
erop may find an insufficient amount
of potash; another may find enough
potash for normal growth, but insuf-
ficient phosphoric acid; while a third
may suffer only from the insufficient
phosphoric acid, evbile a third may
suffer only from the insufficient sup-
ply of nitrogen.
The manurial and fertilizer require-
ments are determined more largely
in moit mile by the crap than by
peculiarities in 'the chemical 'condi-
tions' of the soil.
Write down your igaeclon plans for
next summer now before you forget
what you learned this year.
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FITTING ' BOYS TO ' Scarcer. .
• DO THINGS
I
The fumes' who at time> ha $ riot,
Solt a eleelre elettly the other intin's
methods .of keeping his 'Wye 111te1'-1
ested in the evereelaY affeirs of the
fame moot be u peculiarly constitus 1
tett. indly,ttlual. A wide-awake mat .
who has the interests of, 1138 lsoya at
heart will constantly be Peking him-
self if he heti a•dontecl the best proced-
01'0. When our fumed oppraiee the
value of thole boys by the same
standard as they do their colts,
0811e8 and pigs mud study the bina of
theatment that is best suited for their
development we will Smite a ileve gen-
eration of farmeri wibh n higtter de -
degree of efficiency and n "aineelggreat-
er earning power.
It is time right now. to begin '1•0
study the boy and 1111d out what sort
of training is needed to develop hie
good qualibles. You expect the colts,
calves and pigs fromeyour beat sires
to develop into profitable Animals if
you give them proper treatment. As
much depends on yam boy's eire and
line of treatment accorded as is the
case with tho young animals on the
farm His vette on the farmsdepends
largelybn fitting him for doing things.
All young animals "are restless and the
succeas of developing them along ase -
fed lines depends on keeping them con-
tented. Many of our s•ucceesful live
stock breedms have found it possible
to continue their work in 'spite of
tho .preeent hebor ehortage 'because
they have appraised their ;boys at
semething like their true velem, and
gave them sufficient iutereat in the
herds and flocks to keep them inter-
ested in the -affairs of the.farin. Other
men have been forced to hold disper-
sion sales because the boys fonnd
more congenial suroundengs and
greater income in big cities.
Boys are especially eager to do or
try to do the things that good farmers
do. The spirit to excel Is present in
eveey normal country boy. That is
one .of the ambitions that fathers must
encourage if they bold the boy's in-
terest in farming. The ownership of
purebred animals afford them abund-
ant opportunities to try and do things
better than the other fellow, and im-
presses upon them a larger responsi-
bility than the handling of scrubs.
Boys have an 'imaginative instead of a
tactful estimate of the difference
between a. $40 and a $100 brood sow
for example. In the majority of
instances grade or scrub animals are
not valued so highly as pure-breds
that sell for higher prices. For this
reason they become interested in
blood lines and consequently give the
animals move thoughtful care. At so
critical a time in the boy's period of
development no. father can afford to
'break clown their -morale by denying
iastic workers of them than getting
them started with ee-bred stock.
of
pu
them an i_nt_erest...? _the .business
m
the far, and nothing will do more
toward malting impressible, enthes-
Oil, you say? There Is but one kind
of dabbling in OR whieh ie safe for
the farmer, 'met that is the kind that
keeps the farm implements, safe
against the asegults of the weather:
Save the Country Storekeeper
How many of you would stop to
think what it would. mean to you in
dbIlars and cents if your country
storekeeper went out of business?
I am not a storekeeper. I ein a
music -teacher, and for the last ten or
twelve summers have bad a class of
pupils in a little cotntry village.
While there I make my headquarters
in the home of the country store-
keeper. I stay in the village two days
a weelc, so I have become almost one
of the f
One evening. Mr. Smith came home
about nine -thirty, having closnol up
the stere after a long hard day. He
is a man of about fifty years or more,
and the grind of his work is beginning,'
-to show, although there is never a
word of complaint.
said to him: "You look pretty
tired tonight, have you had a hard
"Well," he said, "Pen veady
some good old sleep, all right."
"Mn, Smith," I said, "why don't
you quit; this business and take life
easy the rest, ot your days? You've
been at it, a good many years and
Surely can afford to twice a rest."
After a nioniett he put down his
paper and said: tell you. Aliout:
aM -the money I have is bled up 111 rnyl
store, and unless I could sell out for!
cash I eouldhit afford to get out of it.
"These are the•days evhen the farms
are paying, end with till the convene!
fences for farmers.' wives and the Mel
proved tools for .ferm week, farming
doesn't mean the drudgery that it
flid eafteen years ago. The folks .who
are willing to live in the country are
going to farn1 it.
"Thielsy yeers ago I eame here;:my.
besiness hes paid for itself and much
more money has gene bock into it.
Besides, we have educated one four
chiklren. However, pretty much of
that was clone in (308 0070 before autos
cemo and folks had to buy thole stuff
0001, bane. Those were the thees,
Loo, whert farmers didn't have any •
emeey until they sold their crops in
the fall, and then if it wasn't a good
year they couldn't pay until the next
yen; and we bad to caery them over,
sometimes, for two or three years.
By the way, Bess," hes aid, turn -
Mg to his wife, "Tone Brown was itt
tonight and peed that hoto."
I noted 8Atirpriscd look on her Dice,
but :before ho ould answer he ex-
plained to me: "That man has given
ine •nobe evevy fall foe tine yeare
for. a grocery bill of ;75 each year;
when fall calm he bad jest enough to
paY up 6r that year, and lie put off
the otber for another year, It was
like a to have thab Mite in
toitight,"
The net day ,I hod a tottple of
lieuee free so I livettt ovev to the Sore
where Mr, Stitith waif out delivering,
,Ttist AS :stepped in I heard Mee.
Slilitti erteeeetitig the telaphenef "q,
Mrs. Brown, Pll try to stop him when
he goes by."'
She turned to me and said: "I wish
you'd watch down the road for Mr.
Alice, Mrs. Brown says he is 011 his
way up here to the station and she
wants me to be sure to send down 41
sack of flour. They have a lot of
extra help and she has to get some
pies made for dinner."
In a few minutes I saw Mr. Jones
coming in his ear, at the rate of about
forty miles an hour. I mid: "You
never' can catch him." ,,
But 'she grabbed the sack from tbe
counter and rushed out; after calling
several times, she succeeded in 'stop-
ping lum about four or five houses up
the street ...1.1P there she ran with
the twenty-five pounds of flour on her
shoulder and—Mrs. Brown had her
pies for dinner.
"That was a good job," I said.
"Yes," she replied, "but the worst
of it is, that is about all Mrs. Brown
buys here smce they got their car.
Once in a while when She finds that
she is out of something she nee&
rightaway, she eats up hero in a
hurry and asks us to send it down.
Then on Feld -ay when they get their
milk cheque away they go to the city
and come home wall thole week'a
supply of groceries from tho 'cash'
stem; meanwhile, the 'hurry orders'
lio peacatully at test on our charge
account until falq, when sottling-up
time 'conies."
."But why dotOt you ask them for
the nioneY?" I asked:
"Ob, you 'can't do that in ihe coun-
try," she answered. "The folks here
are like one big family, and if you
offend one you have offended theni
ell; so eve juet let it go and do the
best WC ean."
Anne that I yens jest e little 11101'.0
obeervieg and found that that Wila /me
cam among it hundred just like it.
Everybody seemed to like the More -
keeper and his wife and always evoke
well et them, but it never seemed to
mem to them that they evet. impose/I
on this vevy Wildness, Since then I
have Laken special notice in other
elaces, anc1 find that conditions are
often much the 'eame.'
We 'can't get along without the
country etorekeeparii. Let's patronite
them and treat them right. Tali them
what you need and will buy „from
them, and they will be glad to keep
It in stock for you, Help your coun-
try stovekeeper to develop and you'll
find him a big •convenienee and asset
to the commtinity. .A. good reel abort)
is an .absolute neceseity to evety cone-
munity that wants to get aheaci—le
130 the harbinger of bettee Smiting,
better prate 'and bettor living,' It is
a tronatire 'without pride, te be ob-
tained threttgh itidividued thought,
fuleese end cooperation. Build rip
youv local store and you 'build tap the
velum of yetti! even farm,--Je W, e
Seale fnrinere Jove been qui* to
areal) the 10880;1 for :1921 141 tbmoltarp
deeline betel), 14 tile miniber of breed -
lag son. 11 etinease of hog breedere
la Ontario in the Met two woolce showe
that the trade in young etoole to re-
plenbilt the seepage' on farms has not
for *Maur reare been inore active than
tete fon Ono well-keown bretelee 113
Ontario etutes 110 is ahnoet sold out,
with twenty-fiveyears' knowledge of
the (Ami)1e/xi bacon trade, he attre
butesthie te the tact that fartnere
have oeme to understand that there
ie "sere money" for the man who .ean
breed for litters nokt settle>,
Yet the awakening has to go furth-
er. lil sonie sections of the Prairie
ProVineeS the deohisivas as much es
00 to 75 per cent, compereft with two
yeers ago, in the Eastern and Mari-
time Provinces alio marked reductions
Imre beea recorded. Not until overy
farmer understands that it As best to
keep or secure and tie breed at once
hie normal uumber of Sows will con.
ditions begin to be steadied.
The importatice of a quick recovery
cannot be oveoemphasized. The great
harvest of feed grains now availaele
will largely be disposee oe at a loss
if not fed " to livestock. Prices for
bogs to -day compare more favorably
with lho price of grains than for some
time and the demand ex/owls the
marleetinge. Canadian overseas Mal,
kets demand' steady support if they
are not to he lost.
In no lino of livestock Is the supply
so cut down. It Is already certa4n
that bog prices and cenaequently
bacon prices will remain comparative-
ly high next year. 'Whatever fs clone
to restore supplies must be done
quickly. Tile breeding season for pigs
begins in the first week in November
and continues only until about the
middle of December. If the opportun-
ity is -allowed to slip the recoVery iu
timbale will be so retarded that our
present cheap feeds will be still more
c'aeapened, leading to loss,
The Pump Handle.
Did you ever try to pump out a well
when the water was so low that it
did not reach the bottom of the pump?
You worked the handle, with all your
might; you got red in the face; you
said things it was not lawful to utter,
and all you got was a spray, and may-
be not even that, an•d not a drop in
the bucket. Pretty unsatisfactory
;business but thousands are working at
It all over the country.
There is tbe man who It working
along with poor cows. He Is work-
ing the pump-handlo for dear life. Only
the mist of success rewards his ef-
forts. In the end he will have to giro
It up as a bad job. That well Is too
dry,
Not es ery faetaer has ne yet joined
the "No -Scree -Gull" movement. These
men spray their clothes from head to
foot in their desperate efforts to fool
themselves and thole neighbors into
thinking they are making a groat go
of It. It is a clry well and every man
who is making a success of his nosi-
ness has found it so. Why not quit
wasting time anti,. strength with this
empty well? Drill deeper. Stop only
I when the fountain of purebred sae*
' is reached. Than working life's mune
Hlood's
Sarsaparilla
Makes Food
Taisto Cood
Orontes an appetite, Aids algoetion,
purifies the blood, and thus rellevea
scrofula, catarrh, the petite and
aches of rheumatism and gives
Strength to the whole system.
Nearly 50 yogi's' phenomenel
sales tell the story of the great
merit and stteees$ of Hood's San-
eeparilla. It is just the Medicine
you need now.
Hood's Pills help—fine laxative
or cathartic, wording to dose.
Relieve head:the, restore comfort
Imialle will bring something worth
11311:t the driest of all is found 011 the
Promisee 02 the no -snap farmer, Not
oven ft inlet here, Snap gone; more
vim needed. Let's believe it what we
aro doing, heart, mind and soul, and
nevett hem and haw and apologize for
being farmers. It is the biggest busi-
ness in all the world. When we really
believe this we will work our pump,
handles to some purpose:
Butchering Notes.
killing, hogs .et home. Give them
water, but no feed, for a day before
Keep the carcass moving In the bar-
rel. If itis left pressed against the
barrel .the hot water -can not get at
that part of the carcass.
' LTse a thermometer. Do not at-
tempt to scald with the water at above
180 deg. F. A. good scald can be ob-
tained at'140 deg., but it takes longer.
•In opening the carcass, •split the
pelvic bone between the hams with a
knife by cutting exactly in the center.
To open the breastbone with a knife,
cut a little to one side of the center,
but do not let the point of the knife
get behind a rib.
Scraping is easier if a shovelful of
hardwood ashes, a lump of lime, some
concentrated lye, or a handful of sat
soap, has been added to the water.
Scrape as quickly and rapidly tts pos-
sible after scalding. The coin car-
cass is hard to scrape well.
BI•eed the hog with an eight-ineh,
etraight-bladed lenife. Bleeding will
I be finished more quickly if the animal
I lies on a steep slope with its head
down hill. Be sure bleeding is does
before scalding. A heavy blow with
i an ax between the eyes, will stun the
animal before sticking.
To get the right temperature
for scalding, use boiling water and
•add one-fifth as Much water fresh-
ly puinped; the temperature will
be just right for the best scalding. If
several hogs me to be killed, reheat
the water Lo _and._repeat.
Increasing your net returns per sere
by 55 meaus the adding of WO an
acro, to your laud, looking at it as an
invesiment. It's entirely possible to
to tithe The how Is a matter largely
of local conditions. Tails it over with
your county agricultural agent.
The Welfare of the Home
Qualities for Parenthood.
By MARGARET STEELE HARD
, • • •
Not long ago I was startled to hone
a small neighbor remark to ray equal-
ly small daughter, eI don't think:
Father and Mother are very goodl
parents. Father's too severe and
Mother's too easee"
The whole matter of diseipline'
seems to have been put in a nut shell
by this youthful judge; for as one ab -
serves parents, he discovers that they
I twe generally of one of these tepes.
The severe parent is perhaps less
i prevalent. His severity is born
either of fundamental miecen•ceptions
regarding children and their needs, of
selfish desire to restrain and curb, so
that his oven freedom may suffer no
•annoyance OT inconvenience; 01 most
deplorable of all, it is the result of
his own ell -temper.
Let us illustrate these types of
severity. First, the child who • le
died some harmless pleasure, for
example.
"Mary, dela get water in that tea-
pot! I can't have you dripping water
all over the house. What? Well, pre-
tend there's water in it—it's just as
good." But it isn't, as any little girl
with a teapot can tell you,
Contrast this severity which is
catised by lack of intagination and
sympathy on the part of tlte. parent
with the severity of the second var-
iety, that which .11 selfish in its origin.
stop running, and behave
yourseff like a lady!" But Ellen is
ten and should not bo asked to be a
lady. In fact 310 0/10 would be more
distressed, then bee mother, should
(he child suddenly iterive et that stage
of maturity. It is simply that her
mother is disturbed by her activity.
And lastly, consider the exhibition
of iefuri•ated parenthood, froin
WO turn out. eyes as from unepeakable
Ehame.
"Come hero this instent or Pll give
you such a whipping you'll never for-
get it! Stop filet yelling, do you
hear? Step that yelling!" and the
admonishing voice or the irritable
parent reaches a -scream as he slarie
e.nd jerks about the frightened child.
The e•pposite extreme of the deplor-
ably uncontrolled parent Is the "easy
-parent" who is generally the mother.
She suffers from, ehorteightedness.
She seems to forget that in a rery
short, time her boy or girl must live
in a world that will not so readily
excuse and cajole as she; that Sat' -
alt's whims and Richard's petulance
will not be looked upon by the gen-
eral public as odd, little outshoots of
human nature; but tie weeds, pure
and simple, or does she seetn to
realize that faults in a little child,
steadily natured, instead of being
outgrown become greater!
"Sarah, what can Mother get for you''
—don't you like your dinner, dear?"
and Mother, weary after preparing
the family meal, snatches a bite here
and there between trips to and from
the pantry as she brings such food as
Sarah's whims demand; while Sarah
watches with sly eye, fully aware of
her power.
What conclusion doe e one gain from
observing parents with thew children?
That the indispensable qualities for
perenehood are understanding sym-
pathy coupled with fleetness. Not un-
controlled demands for obedience, not
sudden spasms of discipline, but stead-
fast reasonableness which creates
confidence and love when it gem hand
in hand with an eager desire to hive
understandingly in the child's world.
For, after all, discipline ie very
much like a salad. Its perfection des
pends upon the proper combination
of ingredients, given in right pro.
portion. There must be sufficient oil
to assist in seething too severe ft tang
of vinegar, but not enough to neutral -
Wm, just a dash a pepper and rims -
treed; and finally the hand which
mixes it with the tender greetn-thal
Is the touch of personality which per.
feats i(3)
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