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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-4-17, Page 2Ce. P. meTAoGAirr m. D, lilieTAGGART McTaggart Bros. A GENERAL 'BANKING BUS'- , NESS TRANSACTED, NOTES niscounnp, DRAFTS! ISSUED. eNTEREST ALLOWED ON DE,. POSITS, SALE NOTES leeele- 91,4,1ffipp. H. T. RANCE — NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY - ANGER, FINANCIAL REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSUR- ANCE AGENT. REPRESENT- ING 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, DIVISION COURT OFFICE, CLINTON. W. BRYDONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. Office— Sloan Block —CLINTON DR. GUNN Office cases at his residence col'. High and leirk streets. , DR. I. C. GANDIER Office 1-Ioursi—L80 to 8,30 p.m., 7.30 to 9.00. p.m. Sundays 12.30 to 1.30 Other hours by appointment only. 'Office and Residence—Victoria St. CHARLES B. HALE: Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, Etc. ' REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Issue of Marriage Licenses HURON STREET, -- CLINTON. GARFIELD MeMICHAEL, Licensed Auctioneeree for the County of Huron. Sales con- ducted in any part of the county. Charges moderate and satisfac- tien guaranteed. Address; Sea forth, R. R. No. 2. Phone 18 on 236, Seaforth Central. GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron, Correspondence promptly answered, immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling Phone 13 on 157. Charges moderato and satisfaction guaranteed. R. R. HIGGINS Box e27, Clinton - Phone 100. Agent tor The Huron & Erie Mortgage Cor' aeration and The Canada Trust Company Conam'er 14. C. of ..1„ Conveyancer, Fire and Tornado Insurance, . Notary Public Also a numbeer of good farms for sale. • At'Brueefield on Wednesday each week, %Two nvaznir,•4 ,—T1MB Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODERICII DIV. Going east, depart 6.18 aan. It if <I 2.52 pan, Going West, ar. 11.10, dp. 11.10 a.m. " ar. 6.08, dp. 6.45 p.m. • It • it 11.18 p.m, LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV, Going South, ar. 8.80, dp. 8.30 a.m. II 4,15 p.m, Poing North, depart 6.40 pax, a " 11.07, 11.11 tern. The NeKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Uohipely .Freqd office, Seaforth, Ont.. DIRECTORY President, James Connolly, Goderich; Vice.,James Evans, Beechwood Sece-Treasuree, Thos. E. Hays, Boa. forth. Eirectorst George McCertney, Sea. lorth; D. le. McGregtr, Seaforthe 3. G. Grieve, Waltere, Wm, Rine, Sea. earth; M. McEwen, Clinton; Itober6 Perriee, Harlock; John • Benneweir, trodhagen; Sas. Connolly,. Giederithe Agents: Alex Leitch, Clinton; 3'. W. Yen'Goderieh; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth; W. Chesney, Egniondville; R. G. Jar. truth, Brodhasep. Any moriey to be 'paid ee may be paid to Moorish Olothitg Co, Clinton, ar at Cutt's Grocery, Goderiele Parties desirieg to effete insurance or transact ether business will be ; promptly attended to on application to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post office. Lostes irspe.cted 1.,y• the director who lives ..,earest the scene. Clinton N ws - Re ord CLINTON, ONTARIO. Terms of subecription—$1,50 per year, in advance to Canadian addressee; $2.00 to the U.S, or other foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless et tho ontion of tho publishot. The date to which eveve subscription is paid is denoted on the label, rates-eTransient adver. tisementei 10 cent3 per nonpatell line for (lest insertion and 6 mita per lingi sebeeteelelle Vie teraa.1 ailvevtesenitelite not to eeceed one in*. etich "Lost,e "Strayed," or "Stolen," ete., insert- ed °nee for 85 corite, and each subse. quent insertion 10 cents, Cetemunieetione enterided few publiee. 'teen Mese, tur 11 gumeetee of good hitt:, be aceompanied by the tritnie the writer. • G. I. HALL, Me IL CLAM: Preprietor, rid Agrenettilat- thle Department its for the yea of our farm readers wile want the•elellee et en expert on any eueatIon regarding Boll, seed, crops, eta. 11 your question IS, of aufflalent general Interest, It will lie answered through Ole column, If sPenped and addressed envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete In*wer WIll be menet+ to Yee. Addreeo Alfr000inhit, care of Wilson P1blith10tQ / Ltd., 78 Adelaide St, W., Toronto. Cave of Young Pigs., Everg\" ownew oe a brood SOW, whether be 1:ives on e laege'faent flicl hair many, or whether he iS suburbeniee and owns one,' should fe.el a personal respeneibility to eee that the pig litters born this spring are received with the uttnest care. That means the inettee of providing proper housing tor the beeoil sows, and their youeg shouldbelle at attention. - The high •mortality among young pigs in some male oe the country can be materially reduced if peepee'hous- ing and feed are provided for the sows. According to one investigation, which covered about fifty herds, rep- resenting 930 brood sows, the evert age loss was repent thirty-three per ceet., while some feurners lost fifty to seventy per cent, of the Pigs. 18 has been found that the larger losses usually occur on farms where the housing facilities -are poor. In one inveetigation it was learned that where good or fairly good hog houses Were used, the average number of Pigs raised in a litter was five and • one-quarter, while or. &ems where the housing was poor the average number reared from each litter was only three and one-tenth. The aver- age. saving, thereon, where goad houses were used, ainounted to more than two pigs to the litter. • There are many kinds of satisfac- tory hog houses which can. be built at commeratively tow cost.' Any one of these will soon pay for itself in the Increased number of pigs saved. Both the individual house and the colony hog house have a place on the hog farm. Bothegive very satisfac- tory results inhey are peoperly con- structed. If only 0110 can be had the colony house usually is to be pre- ferred, especially where a large num- ber of sows are to be kept. The farrowing period usually extends over several weeks if there are many sows, In such cases each pen in the house may be used for two or nere sows during the period. Assuming that two sows use a pen and that by remelt of the satisfactory quarters provided two additional pigs are sawed in each litter, it would not be long until the hog house paid for itself. Good quarters are one of the best investments the swine grower ean make. The satisfactory hog house pro- -vides warmth, dryness, abundance of light, ventilation, sanitation and comfort. To meet these require- ments the .house need not be expen- sive. As a matter of fact, many ex- pensive hog houses •aro not satisfac- tory because theyodo notpossess all these requirements, while many less expensive ones properly planned and built give excellent satisfaction. The care gifen the broad sow, es- pecially in her feeding, is equally important. Help on this point can he obtained from bulletins which the agricultural college or :the Depatt- ment of Agriculture will •furnish. There is no animal -on the farm which requires better protection from the cold than the hog; none foe which a good bed is more necessary; and none so much in need of sunshine as the little pig. The horse and the cow have good coats of hair—even a calf or colt left in the cold is provided with a good fur coat; the hens' fea- thers are the best protection against low temperature, but the hog has al- most nettling between his skin and the weather. One of the first re- quisites for success with- bogs is a shelter where young pigs can be kept warm and well.supplieci with sunshine and fresh air. A little pig takes cold very easily and recovers slowly, if at all. To prevent taking cold he must be kept dry, warm, away from draughts and provided with good fresh air. Cultural Methods. for Eastern. Canada On the Central Experimental Palen, Ottawa, and severel of. the Itranch Experimeetal Farms in Eastern Care - ado, an exhaustive study 01 methode of cultivation has been conducted for the purpose of improving the soil condition and thereby increasing crop yields. The results obtained warrant the accompanying recornmerelations and explanations being -made which are applicable to average cenditione on Easteen Canada farms. UNDERDRAINAGE is without douba a most important factor and is indispensable where the rainfall is. great and soil conditions warrant. The carrying away of surplus water atom the entrame of ale into the soil, which aids An raising the tem- perature. On the whole, underdreinage improves the mechanical condition of the soil; aisists in the liberation of plant food elements and facilitates the wocking of the eon, PLOUGHING is the basic eultural operation and 'for this remote should be performed with the utmoeb care and judgment. Poor ploughing,. in eluding uneveneses in depth and width of score, impeefece baeks and finisher:, cannot be rectified by sue- ceedieg opevatiotie • of diseieg and harrowing no matter how efficient the implements available. No clear rule elm be laid -down defining the heat method of plotighing, A safe rule is to plotigh only when the soil is in ehrepe; net too Wet, especially le of tee lieave clay nature, Plough deeply, lee gnturnn, as seeeply as the eureefee peochtetithe soil will allow, turnieg an 11p-elendieg furrow. Plough shallow tn spring, turning it loweleinee or fiat futteve Plough well, then all the land and finish with straight, even furroWs and :Merle. Last %emote 111 tonio loealities, pboughfrig WaS not eoMpletee. Very thorough treattreent le floweriest to insure a crop oe grebe oie tiptieg rilottetbing, The felleWitig general treatment is suggested. Plough shallow, four to five inches, when the mil, especially of a eine type, is in condition, not too wee nor too dry. Disetbarrow within a dety after ploughing, Disc often enough to eetalelieh the connection between surface and subsurface 0013 neces- sary foe the unchecked passage of soil water to the eeecleete Roll and drag harrow to pulgerize the poll, Ploughing may be epeetled up by ttee ing two -furrow ploughs. Seencl the time saved in extre seedbed prepare - tion. HARROWING or seedbed -prepaeri- tion may be perfoemecl most econ- omically by means of the disc-harro-w. Thorough cultivation at this thee As indlePoesable and should be contin- ued .until the seedbed is level, uni- formly deep and loose. The dreg or spike -teeth harrow, too, may be employed advantageously in seedbed preparation, especially following the disc or roller to restore a Mulch, or blanket, of loose soil, a couple of inches deep, to cheek evaporation of moisture. A light or slant -tooth harrow of this 'type ' is also useful in the corn field a few days after sowing and after the corn is up to stimulate a rise in temperate. ture in the soil, to destroy small weeds and encourage germination of weed seeds and to restore the essen- tial mulch. SEEDING --This operation is now satisfactorily done by means of :the seed chill. Several types are on- the market, but the single disc drill is probably most popular. Do this work carefully and accurately. Misses be- tween drill widths are wasteful, un- sightly, and furnish breeding places for .weeds; excessive variations in ratees of seeding from too light to too thick may result in heavy losses in yields. ROLLING—The roller is too fre- quently used to put a finishing touch to the field after seeding. It may be so used to advantage on light soils,. but even then should be followed by the drag harrow to break the quickly crusted surface. The chief use oflhe roller should. be to firm and crumbee the soil before seeding. It should not be used on very damp soil, especially clay; let the surface dry first, then use the roller to break the crust. A good seedbed may be defined as one, mellow; uniformly level, fairly loose and fine at the surface but firm below, and well supplied with plant food suitable for the crop to be grown. To get such a seedbed means thoroughness and judgment in carry- ing out each step in its preparation, —Experimental 'Farms Note. Care and Repair of Farm Machinery. A big leak, usually unrealized, oc- curs through the meagre attention given farm implements. The care of earm machinery is a phase of farm management that does not usually receive the attention its importance warrants. In the rush to get the crop into the ground at the proper time and in the best possible condi- tion for satisfactory returns or to gather in the harvest promptly, the eaxe due the implements which have made eaeh operation possible is lack- ing or performed in a more or less haphazard manner. • As a conse- quence, part of the toil -earned rev- enue of the farm is swallowed up in the purchase of new machinery or in expensive repairs which might have been avoided had proper pre- caution been taken in time. On every well-managed farm at- tention is given, so fav ne eircum- stauces permit, to this factor in farm management. All implements are cleaned and placed under cover when - not in use, all polished surfaceslre- prepnration. Axle grease or other lubricaht will answer this purpose. As shelter, many typee of structure are suitable, and an expeditere not exceeding, $400 will usually provide O suitable building. Besides it As not always necessary to , go to this ex- pense since any :weatherproof build- ing already available will answer the purpose. It is advisable to go over each inn. chine after the day's operations eeiving an application of an anti lest making proper adjustments, tighten- ing loose ,bolts, making sure that the lubricatint devices are wove:111g pee- perly, that the bearinge are not too tight or too loose and that cutting parts are sharp. An assortment of bolts, rivets, speings, etc,, foe each machine is provided and allotted a definite location tbe tool room. Thie saves many trips ancl peobably valuable time rind the plan, system- aticelly carried ord, results in the prevention oe many breakageg. Be- gides it has been proven that an im- plerneet repair tie all times has, a longer life and gives more satisfac- tory seevice than one that receives erratic attendee. To carry out this work systeinatic-1 ally a properly fitted workehop ie neceseary. It provides a coenfortable place to work in during 'bad eveather and in which those who SO*deSire may develop their mechanical skill. It should be equipped with the limes- sary totils, including anvil, forge, Workbencli, vise, tongs, harnmette, hardies, pin:Mlles, drills, square, thisels, saws, Wrenches, etc, Yell can't expect your hens te tay woTi uniesa they have faCilities eor teltieg a bath. This doesn't nman, of comae, that you must give them eel) full of water. Ilena reituvally take their bath in 8311(1 or earth, It ie jut as n.eceseary, though, a.e a tub is to you. neve a box oe earth at tend where the diteet sunlight will Rall uteri it ,severel home a day, A little stile:hue '• added •to the cot:balite will helpete keep verialit in ohmic. Oged Tha flock Wdl lcOep in a more ehrefty conditien if they seewitix provided Sthhfladr)e'tlf tliltene :$5, 11710 ail; °It' teat the hind e andp furMeh a profit et the singe One. ilaZgbarriQa will foern O fine thee° poultry rEtrd• The coma covered witb thick foliege :form a demi sliede where the birds pan civet or hide from hawlee, The binds de not injtire the fruit as might h'ei sliPPosed. The berrees seene 88 he hidden from thein by the leaves end they menet jump up high enough to discover the: berry aed ellen-peek' it do. • .131aeltherries aloe can' be TaiSed On a poultry range leut we have not found them fl$ tatiafaCtOyy as red 'raspberries, Currants end goose- berries grow too low on the bush to :permit their production where the poriltry can find theni. ' Of the fruit trees, plums are un- dpubtedly best for the poultry range. Peaches have thick foliage: and they will do for shade but they have to be sprayed 'often to produce. good fruit and At is sometimes awkward to spraY teees neer poultry buildings than when they are • growing in the orchard. Apple trees do not grow as rapidly as plume and we have not found them as desirable as plums in poultry yands. Sunflewus can be planted in yards and the birds allowed to run among them as soon as they are a little over oop foot high. The Seed are valuable in the ration in the fail during (Inc moult, and if the stalks are broken over, the birds will de all the harvest- ing. Sunflower seeds are valuable when saved for winter. The entire heads can be stmed in bins and the birds will enjoy picking out the seed on cold winter days. The stalks when planted in rows form densely shaded pathways over which the bleep can run anti dust on the hot days of sum- mer. Por a permanent windbreak and a desirable shade for the yards, it pays to Want evergreens. They are hardy and grove quite rapidly and need little car.e after once obtain- ing a start. They form a pleasant shade for the hens and in the winter they are valuable as a evindbreak. They do not produce a profit, of course, but the fact that they need f10 care may serve to .balance. Fruit trees will not produce a profit unless they are properly sprayed and pruned and, of course, this costs money and. takes time in the spring when the poultryman or general farmer is very busy, e • 'How to Make Hotbeds. By the use of hotbeds and cold frames, plants can be grown through their earlier stages out of doors even before the growing season has ar- rived. By the use of these, garden. crops can be secured much earlier in the season than if seeding is delayed until the soil is warmed up in the: open garden. Such vegetables as peppers, egg plant, melons, etc., can' be so hastened in the spring as to! ensure their maturing: before the; frost period arrives in many parts. of Canada where these crops are not usually grown. Such crops as radish, lettuce, spinach, and other vegetables can be made to reach a marketable size relatively early in the summer. While hotbeds, as the teinn signi- -tee, are heated with fermenting manure, the cold frame depends upon the sun shirting through the glass sash to warm up the soil and start growth. The cold frame, for that reason, is more easily adopted, al- though it cannot be Used totes° great an advantage. This information is taken from Pamphlet No. 19 of the Dothinion. Experimental Farmse written by Mr. W. T. Macoun, Dominion Hortieuttue- ist, and available at the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. The methed of constructing hotbeds and cold frames, as well as the system of using them, are telly d ribed in this publication e Row to Seed tho Lawo. '‘`WIlet etieceive do you expect te have?" I inquired of my neighber who was sowing lawil (trees soere . "'Well, I dela stip:peke it Will grow at all, for it seems impossila nae to got a. good stand of graSS 011 MY 14w1rk;vuatched eihn sow the seed, The ground evils. frozen, and theve was 118810 chance •of the son Shining oneugh to thew it meth that <ley. There' was a' briele wind blowing end it was a safe guess Out then weuld not be much of the reed left on the lawn : by noon. • Noticingithat I was wetching him with iernitil:spleoonldt,e: „oariell;ed; "Whet's wrong with thet?" woold like to have my lawn next to y.ouvs. I would never need to sow graee seed on It. Lvvould just let you Sotir it on your lawn and let the wind blove it over to mine, and get my lawn seeded for, nothing!' He caught the point; and when I etartecl. away lee went around the corner to get his wheelbarrow, at the eame time remarking, "I'll just go over to the barn and get a few loads .of fine meich and sprinkle over it." He had' learned the lesson that others 'met learn if they want to get best results from their •efforts and money when they sow their lawns. Jest sprinkle a little dey dirt, a little :fine stable manure or something of thee sort over the spots after sow- ing the seed. Ground bone is ene of the best fertilizers to use on lawns, Tankage and fish scraps are geed, but have an unpleasant smell. Prepared sheep manure is • excellent; :ottonseeit :meal, if not too high in price, may be used to advantage. Le connection with these fertilizen use some wood ashes. —C. E. G. Government Publications. The new list of publications of the Department of A.griculture at Ot- tawa contains titles of about three hundred bulletins, circulars, and other pamphlets that deal with agri- cultural practices. These cover the whole range of agricultural and horticultural pursuits, including dairying, field crops, live stock, orchard and garden crops; poultry,' insects and plant disease, farm build- ing construction, farm machinery and many other topics'. The subjects are arranged - alphabetically under gen- eral titles. Not only are the lists themselves available erom the Publi- cations Branch of tbe Department, but any of the publications thenin contained. Teach Unselfishness. If a child is not schooled to do without things when he is six,. eight and ten, then most certainly he will have a very hard time making up his mind to do without them when he is eighteen and twenty and so on. Character can only be strengthened little by little. Those who eannOt practice little acts of self-denial can- not practice big ones. Teach a child to give up/ to other eldldren some- times; teach him to consider his fa- ther ana his brothers and sisters and to do the huncirede .of .things that require thought for others. Passing of the Homing irligeon. It is odd to realize the practical Ilse of the dove, generally accepted as She symbol of peace, in carrying on war. and it has probably surprised many people to learn that the homing pigeoe- differs materlelly from the citadel: pigeon so long associated with the bearing of messages. As 0 matter- of fact, the carrier pigeon has practically ceased carrying and is nowadays raised for its fine looks rather than-ite 11°Tinbienghohnlesitilligicet;igeon used in the army and navy is of another type, which has been trained through many getera- tions to fly. Training begins when the birds are about three months old, and the _flying distances Etre gradually increased to 500 miles, wben the bird esc is held to be qualified for real work, FARM WORK MN SCHOOL DAYS By FLORENCE I. TAYLOR The general' feeling about children which ought to force the parents to and farm week has been that children send their children to school ie not worked ge it only in their odd mo - enforced in rural sections, for it is melds when the scheole web e not in an unwritten law that parents may Beaton, and that 18 was healthful and keep their children home hem school educative work which could uot pm- to help with house or farm work. The sibly be so barinftil as indoor em. local sehool trustees Who are charged ploymene be factories or stores. • tswio,iiit;,y1t1sethctletoceanntoifoto enforce At because the iireelanlier itnotrhetilieence7 Pdliisi: farmers they would bo required to prosecute are their friends and neigh- bors. Moreover, the trustees are 'Ire- enentlY gailtY of similm negligence in regard to their owa thildecre . Another question that pvesents itself in trying to solve this problem is whether the permits 01111 afferd to hire help and keep the childeen in school. As a Matter of fact they sometimes can, but as long as they can call on the childven to help them To cite a specific instance there is they 0Lie will think they can not ile- a little girl who lives, on a dairy farm ford it. Their attitude is sotnewhat eimilae to that of the °weer of a good siesenitos farm who MIS building . a fine new tabeicied1°)elnwesiolQamseinecaghcth:elit:Beollatindobtilitegi;en.0 dairy residonee. He had six children and ewe, ealteeedlY since 241117 and ha' his excuse for keeping them out of ten -Year -01d Veal:lei are the only school was, "With all these crops on a"Isialilsi'l'etthetiirrefaamtheLhuaiso, tIlliteavtui7t .1-0o0on11(0s it is eithee keep the children out of my hands and a new house building teme. She has been ;In the Third school or hire hel and I (null 't f p; ' t n a .- Book for two years. Each yeter het father has token her out of ethoel to help: with the dairy and homework. As a subetitute for sehok Mary gets up at 4 ri.in.f and with bee, lore- ther, mince seventeee, Owe. Aftee breakfast elm separates the create, clones the sepavetor and the pans, and when the wagot reterne after delivering the Milk film elevates the Milk earls, She finis) -ms the delve' work about eleven o'clock and thee be "time to bereelf"—Miless there is lionsework to de on the yotinger thildren need eare. Li the ail:Moon _the erives tl'e cows in froni the pas., \ ttreb Ural she ema her young bvother Milk the whol herd aerate They Pee •Ash theie 'civil ark jug before stip- Vie eompulsory edticatioe lew i But investigation into the effect of farm work on school attendance has proved that these ideas are not boene out .by the facts. It was found that the Term child is, in one way more severely handicapped than the face tory child, because tho Mita attende sehdol regularly until he is fourteen years old, while the farm child ' is absent from school a linige pave of erich year from the tnne egins to go to school until, be paseee the compulsory educetioe age. ford to do that." There aro, of couese, many farm- ers, particularly among the morn' tenant class, who could get along evithorie their childre&s help only with gterit clifficeley, but by perrnit- tieg these :fumes to take their chil- demi Seem school Ise are peipeturiting a poorly teclueated obese of eartnees, Who because of their 'axle of jilt:ma- • t:10n and trebling will never be .aele to earn a fair living. nor become pre- ductivc members of the 'cornmunity ilt which they live. Retuning to Meese leer prod -Ica - remit rains the colestioa ore what is to he done with her mid the 110o/0 other chiltireti Who are week:tine eh eAriris to.dayi and Who probebly Will have as little elitteeoas 'she to become what they Watit to bonnie, riRINg Tell6 0.11-1- • WITH YOU Mrs. Doneati went: the:Meet 81 e morning routine with conaelentiOUS thorouginiees--the children's break - feet, the upstairs work, includieg the nom occupied by the two school Wieners, the examination of ice bex ahd pantry. Finally, she 01111 down at her desk to plan her mole for the 'next tweety-four home. As she pushed aside the miming Mail— Mostly bills, for it was the first of tbe month—a big, black -lettered son- eetive fairly leaped out at her from the nile: BRING THIS BILL WITH YOU Mee, Demme was seized by a fiereel dome to teav the thing to scraps, Bring it with her! As if ehe were not carrying them all with her, every- where she event—es if .even in her sleep she were not coriscious oe those: steadily mounting bills! She had not been extravagant --she never lead been so careful en all her life; yet everything kept clernbinge-•milk— reeat—butter—eggs—gas. She sat with lips sot, staring straight before her. It was herd, of course --harder than anything she had had in her life. If she (Maki only talk it over with Roger! But Roger, writing so cheer- fully erom Franco and Making light of staying over indefinitely Intl the job was cleaned up, although she knew' how homesick he was, Roger, who never had wanted to be even a day away from "the kiddies"—no, assuredly there must be no sign :to Roger. Besides, 110111 could she'when thousands of women in the world 1Mcl nothing left --nothing! Of course she could manage somehow, with finer and finer contriving, only— BRING THIS BILL WITH- YOU. Suddenly, as if it were written above the insistent words, she saw a sen- tence from one of Roger's letters— the last one before the fighting stop- ped. "You wonder how we can stand it all. I do myself, sometimes. But for one thing we insist upon ow eight to every bit of fun and leughter and happiness that we can get hold of; we refuse to carry the battles into our rest billets or even into the hours when the guns are silent." Why, of course. The thing was as true of bills as of shells'. She would pay the old thing and than refuse to have anything more to do with it. She would enjoy the walk to the :sten, and carry two of her Chinese lilies to old 1VIrs. Willets, and borrow that new book Myra Dale had offered her. She beat her small fist resolutely upon the offending bill. • "I'll take you with me as far as the gas office and not one step farther!" she de - Oared. BUILDS YOU up• The Riglee Way—Spring Medicine: thee Begine encl Buda Right, So generidly Suecoarifut ie ;Hoed's. SersePerilla tee le Speing medicine, and in all ailMente ef the blooe, storneele, livee and kiclneyS, that 18 may truly he said to give utevetsal satisfaction. It hail been before the' nubile for nearly 50 years, and to- day has the Illegal: Selo oe eV sar- saparilla on -the enerket, Nothing under the gen :multi keep up ilia great demand htit phenomenal ef- ficiency and, -loyal eimport by the, ' people of a good eneflieine. • et thoroughly renovates and vital - Ines the blood, adds rod cot:pewees, creates an appetite, perfects asserni- latiou, mimes 100 per cent. benefit of the food you eat. Ifood s Sarsaparilla represents the wisdom of one of the hest physicians. Boston over bad, combined with tho practiced experience al a pharmaeist of 50 years. Feood's Pills are highly recom- mended as a geed family cathartic. Spitzbergen Has Vast Coal Fields. According to a note in Nature:4, the accessible coal fields of Spice- bergen are estimated to have a con- tent of at least 4,000,090,000 tons of good steam coal, and this region is destined to, become one of the chief coal -producing countries of Europe. About 100,000 tons of coal were shipped from Spitzhergen to Scandin- avian *countries last year. Promising samples of iron ore have been re- ceived from this archipelago, other mineral resources o fvehich include gypsum in, enormous quantities, as- bestas, copper ore, oir shale and probt ably free oil. • Maintain Pulpwood Forest. The Abitibi Power .& Paper Com- pany, td., intends to begin a re -for- estation programme this year and has aelted for the co-operation al the Com. mission of Conservation in this work. The Commission has been eo-opera. ting with the Riordon Pulp & Paper Company and The Laurentide Com- pany, Ltd., for ono and two years re. speotfully in re -forestation work, and considerable headway has been made. The initial Studies have concerned the rate of re-lorestation of cut -over pinewood lands under natural condi. time. Investigations to date point to the fact that it will take from 50 to 100 years for spruce and baleam to grow to merchantable size on these cut -over lands, whereas lumbermen have thought that reforestation would take place in about 20 years. Another disquieting feature the investigations lieve disclosed is the fact that whore the pulpwood speciee are cut down, the new growth is proaominately hard- wood for which, as yet, there is little market. These scientific :acts are of paramount importance both to the Pull) and paper industry as well as to the governments concerned, which have always drawn large. revenues Iran, the forests. ri 1. With sahianclot olovygocildot,ela tand with 31111- 0-er velvety meadew and forest and wold. She whispering _goes, like a bride to Shy, ehilctaeirtgene:rainteg, 'maiden, a.tremble, Her garlanded tresses unbound to the Her mbalideeeizies' the forests, the plains and the seas. Shy Apre our gifts are good wishes; we pray The god of the seasons, shall bless you to-daY. According to the report of the Government statistician, the pricea of meat in Sydney in December were 66,5 per cent. higher than in July of ly914BJune, 1020, the Lands Depart- ment of New Sonth Wales will have made available 2,868,194 acres, cut up into 1,529 forme, for returned sol- diers. Dr. Currier will answer all signed letters pertaining ;to Health. If your 'question is of general interest it will be answered 'through theSe columns: If not, It will be answered personally If stamped,.addressed envelope Is en - Closed. Dr. Cul -afar will not prescribe for indivIdUat oases or make diagnosis. Address Die Andrew F. Currier, caro -of Wilson Publishing Co.,' 73 Adelaide et. West, Toronto. ' Yt1 Perhapsthe81 riLst11:intnallele.f all sum- mer subjects is milk. Impurity of Milk is one of. the greatest embers in the large infan•b mortality. Breast fed infants 'almost never suffer gam- ma complaints and dysenteries; these diseases. conte largely from cow's milk, either impure or impro- perly prepared. And this mortality can be largely avoidedet-is indeed, summer after summer, being pro- gressively diminished.. Municipal anthorities, aided most nobly. by un-! official- philanthropy,- have been ac- complishing emit improvement in our milk supplies, Pest:me:Nation bag become the procees universally re- quired by rendering milk a safe Rule. Latge dairy concerns now eeeve their milk pasteurized, or pasteuelzation can be done in the home by means of the Straus • Home Peeteuitizer. This consists essont'ally of three parts; a eine a reek to hold the bottles.of milk and a top fee the..ean, The bottles. are filled- to the neck, - the patent corks are -snapped on eted the bottlee are placed in the lack. The nek is then .so placed itt the as to be• -supported by Clete projections on the inside of the cam Boiling Water le . then pound into tho can until rt reaches .0 certain ,mark juse below the bottoms of the bottles. The cov- en are then placed on the onn and the bottles left in Me poeiteon for five minutes to heal: them through. When five minueee have paseed, the cover is taken off, the -rack is triveri a half been, an that it is no lengee supported by the miejectione on the inside of the cari; And it sinks slowly to the bottom of tho can. The diver is then -replaced. The Whole is then allowed to etned :for twenty-five min- utes, when the cover is removed, the rack lifted out, the hot watev par- tially emptied, and cold water menved into the Tan in its place. When the battles ave cool enough so :that they will not be cracked be contact with the ice, 100 is adeed to chill them as thoroughly as possible. Paetenriza- tion is thus aceompliehed with a de- gree of exactnees almost unbeliev- able imlees one lins seen the expevi- ment with the thermometev, roe the first flee minutes thee the bottles rest in tho water the milk naehee a tem- perature of 1.57 degnesi Ie. tt then remains at exactly this tempenture without veriation of more thnn two degnee free the renmining twenty minutes that the bottles are in the hot water. The cost or this man- vanee is :nominal, about a dollar and fifty ()ante. • —.— Does Not Eat Enough. :Qpestion—I -would like to know what you think of my diet. In the thoening—I have an orange and a cup of coffee withopt sugar. For lunch I have four sliees of bread Without butter and 'til apple two. For. dinnor I hare a vegetable, ena beeate—no meat except on Otto - day, but 3 hove an apple Were going to bed Anewee-iteehe diet you mention iright bo aemle for a canary but not "for a huinail being. 1 judge from yolie. letter thee your aitn is to be- cometeemite and Willowy.lilettce give em the idea mid •stay healthy, though tenclitig to entbonpoint, " o more headache foe you.—take these Deelciest . mee,t4e, t4a It,!ya&dtto Without removing the sense. geed OunnbarlAinve 61&liatiall and Liver tallote. 1.101 eat Debt 0111.6 tit.) 11001100t1 but give yell 0 i.A1040+.., 0,ao3ltlel fograteettSCS tram tho aver, niyaston 010 stornsch and cleanse tho homete. Try CAMS, Ali nrectisti, or 1'O npal tinleillt CO, —"""- 'Comae, st,