The Clinton News Record, 1919-7-3, Page 2G, D MeTAGGART
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CHARLES 13. HALE,
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Commissioner, Etc.
REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE
Issuer of Mbrriage Licenses '
HURON STREET, — CLINTON.
GARFIELD /VIcAlICHAEL,
Licensed Auctioneerer for the
County of Huron. Sales con-
ducted in any part of the county.
Charges moderate and satisfac-
Oen guaranteed. Address: Sea -
forth, R. R. No. 2. Phone 18 on
236, Seeforth Cala/rel.'
GEORGE ELLIOTT
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poration and The Canada
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Comm'er 11. 0. of J., Conveyancer,
Fice and Tornado Insurance,
Notary Public
Also a numbeer of good farms
for sale.
At Brucefield on Wednesday each
week.
Trains will arrive at and depart
from Clinton Station as follows:
BUFFALO AND GODERICH
Going east, depart 6.18 aen.
e e
' 2.52 p.m.
Going West, ar. 11.10, dp. 11.10 a.m.
" ar. 6.08, dp. 6.45 p.m.
I. 11.18 p.m.
LONDON, HURON/ eft BRUCE DIV.
Going South, -ar. 8.30, dp. 8.30 an.
r,
4.15 p.m,
Going North, depart 6.40 p.ra,
1f " 11.07, 11.11 a.m.
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DIRECTORY;
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Vice., James Evan'
s Beechwood;
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Yeo'Goderich; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth;
W. Chesney, Egmondville; R. G. Jar.
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• . •
BY Agronomist,
This Department le for the use ciy our farm readers who want the advice
of an expert on any questlen regerding eel', seed, monet oto. If your question
is of sufficient general Intereet, It will be answered through this column. if
6tonined and addressed envelope Is enclosed with Your letter, A complete
OrlsWer will be mailed to you. Address AgronomIst, Care of Wilson Publishing
Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St, W. Toronto,
/1.
Food Spoilege,
This term applied to agticultilre
has an important meaning. Food
aPellage, especially on our farina,
temente to A greet deal, and from a
national standpoint it is stupendous.
It is difacult always to prevent this
spoiling or wasting 'a food, especial-
ly in busy -seasons and unfavorable
weather; but much can be paevented,
ana as we advaupe in efficient produe-
tioa and economy, We will give more
attention' to this nnportant branch 'of
faain management; Without doubt,
the greatest spoilage of ;food in this
country is that of fodder', especially
with the corn plant. It•is estimated
that from twerity-five to thirty per
cent, of the value of this plant is
Protecting Newly Placed Concrete.
ctcrttlYglaaiibelementsdn5toonter6ate mtbe
pro
te
against injury from other • outside
cremes until the concrete has thor-
oughly hardened. In most caSes this
protection need be no other than a
covelang of points orb which will pre -
'vent rain from falling directly on the
exposed concrete surface,.
In certain climates, and in Certain
Seasons of most all climates, especial
precautions must be token to prertect
the concrete against freezing temp-
eratures. There are various ways of
doing this. The most effective and
also -the most usual and easily ace
eomplished is to baild.a sort of cov-
ering over the concrete either of
wasted each year after it has been boards or canvas and IF/lace under this
grown. Thousands of dollars worth (revering small stoves or heaters
of this forage goes to waste each •which are kept burning continuously
year, while at the same time stock Until the concrete has hardened. The
food is in great. demand and corn- -heat given off by these stoves will
mantling high prices. A more liberal be sufficient 'to prevent the concrete
use of silos would prevent much of from freezing, .even' though the can -
this unnecessary wastage. Vas or board covering should not he
Even where the corn fodder is put entirely air tight.
311 .5110C134 the spoilage is great, as In seasons of extreme heat -it is
winds, rain and snow all hreak down also neceesary to protect • the em-
end destroy the value of the forage, crete against direct rays of the sun
By spring little is reft which could and direct exposure, to the heat. Such
be termed good Or palatable feed. The exposure will 'cause the water in the
silo would save this forage and pre- concrete mixture to evaporate or dry
serve it in the best poss,ible form. out before the concrete has had an
Other focklers, such as kafir cormlopportunity to harden, and thus an
millet, oats, peas, and stover are inferior concrete will be produced,
greatly damaged by weather and un-! particularly at the surface, The best
favorable conditions at the time of way to protect the coperete against
harvest. Much wastings and spoiling, such injury is to keep at covered with,
could be prevented by properly hone- I water until it has hardened. In the
lug, or 'placing in silos where it couldcase of pavements or fleets, this is
be kept, if need be, for several yearseasily aceomPlished by building little
'in good /rendition. I dams of clay or other atuitable 010-
A wet season at the time Zof hare; terial 'across the surface Of the con -
vesting clover or alfalfa will often' crete and keeping the enclosed spaces
make at Impossible to cure the.for-1filleci with wtter for several days, or
age and produce hay of any value, until complete hardening has been
With a silo this food could all lot' accomplished. In other cases where
saved and put in the best possible this method is not practicable the
form. A rainy season in the fall will ; concrete may be protected by keep -
likewise prevent the curings -of such ini-the air in the room in which the
forages as kafir corn, millet, and a i concrete is located saturated with
late cutting of alfalfa. The silo '.moisture, either by means of 'escape
could here be used to save the feed. ing steam or fine spray of water.
There is a fearful loss each year, The presence of water or moisture
due to frosted fodder. This loss often' in the atmosphere will not in any way
runs into the thousands. It has be injure the concrete, either before it
found that corn Willomake excellent, has hardened or after. Before harden -
silage even though frosted if put in' ing has set in the presence of mois-
immediately after the freeeing, be -1 ture in the air is exceedingly benefi-
fore the drying -out process. Corn cial to the complete- and thorough
frozen before it matures will make; hardening of the concrete. After the
excellent silage if put in immediately/ hardening has been accomplished the
after the freezing. In this way all presence of moisture in the air will
fodder grown can be saved. Corn not affect it.
damaged by hail cansbe saved in the The application of paint or other
same cway. So long as there is any protective coatings to concrete work
forage left it can be siloed. Drought- before it has hardened will cause it
stricken corn or forage crops of any serious injury. This injury arises
kind may also be turned to valuable from the fact that the hardening pro -
feed. There is always enough for- cess will be materially retarded by
age grown in this country to feed at the admixture of any substance not
least twice as much live. stock as we properry a part of the concrete mix -
keep, but the spoilage and wasting ture. The concrete at the surface
gets rid of at least half the fodder will also be materially weakened by
we grow. The economy demanded of this application and, in all probability
us during ,the progressive years to will Peel off after the concrete below
come will frown upon this spoiling. the -surface has hardened. After the
We will find it necessary to use -pro- hardening prodess has been atimplet-
gressive economic methods in our in- ed no protective coatings of paint or
dustry, and the silo must be con- other material are necessary to pro-
sidered one of the fleet equipments tect the •concrete from the elements
to prevent this great waste, or injuries.
-314Pat-
"A cow is a milk mill that changes
grasses which folks can't eat into the
greatest food for hemans the world
has ever known," says an eminently
successful breeder of Holsteins.
"And that old milk mill is just as
sensitive as the inside of a rare
watch, And it's under as great a
strain when the milk is being gener-
ated, as a horse is in a thundering
race. I've seen my own cows stand-
ing in a tremble with the strain,
while the machinery inside of them
works up the masticated grasses into
milk. It is very wonderful—and it's
pitiful, too. Because their mills are
always working overtime,whether
they want to be or not..
"00 course, the record cows are
specially trained cows. These record
cows must be guarded from any un-
necessary excitement. Their food
must be delicately proportioned,
their.bodies must be thoroughly ex-
amined every day—and I tell you it's
no small thing to be training cattle.
"Of eourseein the end it's worth ,it,
because we are doing humanity a
service—there's no milk for babies
like the Holstein milk.
"Holstein milk is the only milk
that can be drunk whole. And that's
because it has in it solids whieh are
almost perfectly proportioned. .
"It has less buttee fats than other
milk, but butter fats are not the most
desirable solid:s in milk. Butter fats
are only fat -builders. The other solids
are probably more important than
butter fats, but people can't under-
etand that, If butter fats weve the
solids of greatest desirability in milk,
folks ought to use goat milk, becatiee
goat milk contains rnore fats Prd-'"
pbetionately than dots any other kind
of milk, but goats doe't produce as
much milk, and consequently not so
much hohe, nerve and tissue Mild -
en."
Amy horses and mules solsl hi all
theatres of war have, so far, realized
over 567,000,000,
On water alone a horse •can live
twenty.five days, but he Will only;
last five days eating solid feed With-
out drinking,
" 'A small house is big enotigh fot
love.' In great mansions form sand
state tend to damp the warmth of
etftootiouu, 0 aave seen over a little
homeni Italy the inscription, Dentin
Parise, Imee Magna --A little home
and a great quiet."
Words of Wisdom.
Old Mother Hubbaed has just now
see discovered
The value of testing' her herd,
The cow she thought best was poor-
est by test—
No* who said that to test is absurd?,
. One cow can not do another cow's
bit. 'Each must staild or fall by her-
self,
Hogs Blake cheapest gains when
from a third to a half of their feed
consists of pasture. Corn with a lit-
tle tankage malces cheaper gains than
corn alone,
To keep a cow from sucking herself:
or other anima's, insert through her
note a ring such as is used for ring-
ing bulls, with another ring attached
o 10,
A repair kit for mending breaks in
harness will save many trips to town
in rush times. The initial post of a
repair kit is small, and it often pays
lor itself in a short time.
Ten cents' worth of buckskin thong,
tied to tbe harness will often come
handy, With that and a good pocket-
knife the eight sort of a man am
fi; temporarily, any break about the
harness,
0
• There are noisily Advantages in Ule
use or self-feedera for growing Piga/
They sure more thaii tsixtY per met.
of the labor. They reduce waste of
feed to the ieast possible anuanit.
They prevent digestive troables due
to overfeeding, because the pip heve
access to the feed at nn tinea ABa
do not overeat, Mara' Pigs ean be
fed from a small trough space,..for all
do not eat at the efune time. All Piga
weak and strong, have an eclual
chance, •
A , self -feeder will scarcely prove
economical where oely two or three
pigs ate kept, or where garbage or
refuse is the main feed, Where more
than ten pigs are kept the saving in
laboir ip quite en item. Here is one
man's 'experience with a self -feeder
eeven pigs: ,
I fed them !rem self -feeder, us-
ing this ration:—One hundred pounds
tankage, 200 pounds middlings, 400
ponds corn -meal. Butchered October
15, selling for twenty-six - cents a
pound, the total sale amounted to
$490. The pigs cost $83, the feed cost
$297, leaving a profit, with no labor
item dedueted oa $110 I am satisfied
with tht results though nothing
wonderful, Think' if I had had a bet-
ter pasture 7 would have made a
greater profit, and expect to try it
again next season using some crops,
such as oats, peas and barley, follow-
ed by corn, letting the pigs do the
harvesting. The pigs ran in the
orchard and needed no labor of any
consequence, Water -pipes led to the
orchard. so that they could always
have water to drink,
Giving' Farmsteads Individual Names.
The toraCtice je groa:ng of giving
farmsteads individual names which
will add distinction to the fatale itself
and define it as a home and as a
business organization instead of an
maimed piece of land that does not
deserve a description.
With the growing need of adver-
tising farm prodacts and of identify,
ing farms in connection with com-
munity +enterprise s it is advisable
that farms should have distinctive
names. It may be pointed out that
the identities of persons' and even of
farm animals 'are recognized e• -by
names, and that farmsteads, inclu-
sive of the ;whole, are equally de-
serving. .
Possibly the commonest type of
is one which is derived from
aom8 topographic feature of Niel
farm, such as Riverdale Brooltdale
Lakeside, Hillcrest, Shady Valley and i
the lilth; and many farms take their
names from trees. Names of this
character (tee Woodlawn, Shady Lane,
Maple Grove, Pinecroft, Birch Farm,
and so on.
A. favorite form of name is made
by combining the old English words
hurst or croft, which mean home-
stead, with the name of the owner
This practice gives rise to such names
as Bensonhurst and Allanscrofta
Sometimes the name of the owner is
suggested in a fenciful way, as
the case of a farm Once owned by a i
Bailey, the 0 arni being lcnown as,
Bailiwiek. In -Mother 'instance Stone'
Farm denoted the name of the owner
and the character of the land. • In
still another instance a man who had
looked forward all his; life to acquir-
ing a farm in his own right finally
1
celebrated his ownership by naming,
his place Iona Farm.
A farm name should not be too
fanciful but should be dignified and
descriptive. In a majority of casesd
the simpler and more commonplace'
the words that are used the better
the result may be.
Taxation before the war in Great
Britain, France, and Germany, was,
per head, in the proportion of
seventy-three, eighty, and forty res -
e
]3y mb D., Huber AM,I'47D
Dr, Huber will _answer all ;toned letters pertaining to Heelth. It your
ouestieli Is of geneital interest it will be answered through these 'columns;
If not, It will be anewered personally if stamped, addreseed envelope Is en.
closed, Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual oases or make diagnosis,
Astd.dvvrees:t,D•raorJoonhtno B. Huber, M.D., care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide
Hot Weather Food.
Both over -eating and over -drink-
ing are especially to be avoidad in the
good old enamel; time. From sech
excess. comes congeetion.of the liver,
stomach and intestines constipli-
etion end the heavily cat'ted tongue.
•The bodity secretions ,are ',altered in
composition. The neevous and the
muscular systems .euffee. There nat.
urelly ensues headache, laseitucle,
drowsiness And mental stupor. Come
a hot day then, many. such a safforer
Is like to succumb to a beat stroke.
Let oue summer food be of the
' kind it takes least energy to digest.
'Energy makes heat, in, the body act
eleewhere. Eat enough to sustain,
I but no more. Three lig/it meals; if
hungry, between eneals, satisfy your -
sell! with a glass of 000l milk—sipped
I but not gulped down. Never eat
,'when tired or hot. Dine, if poseible
' in the 'evening, when the work is
I over and when there is comparative
coolness. •
' Here are sorpe blood cooling fruits:
,Fresh, juicy grapes, oranges, grape-
fruit, lemon e and lime IA aemonade;
canteloupes, watermelons, stewed
rhubarb, peaches, cherries, berries,
apples, pineapples, pears. And theve
are healthful vegetables—tornatoes,
celery, spinach, asparagus, lettuce,
beets, and onions. The cucumber
fights best when it is down—don't
tackle it in the -clog clays. All green
salads also are good --endive, chicory,
romaine, watercress, tomato, lettuce.
The right summer foods are: Thin
soups or cold bouillon; fresh fish or
fowl; roasted or broiled beef; mut-
ton or lamb in moderation, and no
more than once a day; eggs soft
boiled, poached or scrambled; simple
desserts of gelatine, cue.thrd and ice
' cream.
Cut out entirely or go very slow
on thick soups, canned meats, spices+
and condiments, nuts, beans, oils,
cheese, bananas,, clates, preserves and
hot drinks.
• Questions and Answers.
Is charcoal of any benefit in the
case of gas in,the intestines?
Answer—Two kinds of • charcoal
are • useful in medicine: 1. Animal
charcoal prepared from bone, in
powder form, odorless. and nearly
tasteless and insoluble 311 water or
alcohol. 2. Vegetable charcoal 'pre-
pared from soft wood and very finely
Poavderal, black, ehiny, brittle, in-
odorus, tasteleee and insoluble. Chars
coal is largely used ae an absorbent
fon. foul gases as a deodorant and
dielafectant. /0 is uied in flatulence
dyspepsia, in chronic Restyle catarrh,
in diarrhoea, Some people use it as
a tooth powder; for this purpose it
should be very finely pelverized.
Charcoal may be mixed with flaxseed
se a disinfecting poultice to slough-
ing corm For this purpose one can
also use a powder et charcoal and
iodoform, half and half.
My mother. is 56 years Of age and
has enjoyed the best of health her
entire Me until about two years ago.
Then we noticed loss of the use of
the thumb and index finger of the
right hand, Our doctor at that time
said it was a symptom of hardening
of the arteriee. Nothing has ehecked
the disease. On the other band it
has made rapid progress until now
her hands are badly crippled and her
back and limbs are very weak, so
that she is confined to her home al-
though not to her bect. Another doc-
tor pronounced her trouble muscular
atrophy but conkh not determine the
cause. Do you think it could he in-
fected teeth roots as she has three
natural teeth which the dentist dis-
liked to remove. Are those old teeth,
although they don't trouble her,
undermining her health in a manner
I have deseeibed?
Answer—Your Mother's malady
may be arterio seleeosis or progress-
ive muscular atrophy or rheumatism,
which it would be impossible to de-
ternune without examination. The
teeth well may be a CALM, This could
be ascertained by haven the teeth
X-rayed, Possibly at the roots there
may be some pus poelcets which are
causing the trouble, As for pro-
gressive muscelar athophy-althis is
an affection which runs a chronic
course Jesting _from four to twenty
years. Heredity is a factor in some
eases although it is not probably so
in your Mother's. Exposure' to cold
and damp, injuries, lead poisoning,
blood disease, infectious fevers are
also causes. This is, a serious mal-
ady, and the sufferer must, through-
out it, be in the hands of a good
doctor. The remedies are careful hy-
giene, good food, modierate exercise,
massage; electricity, and drugs arc
given according to the cause and the
conditions in each case.
teereetimagaletaateerateeseaSteaaseeittatatalf/,
What Jenny Wren and Her ta.
!sti. Husband Did For My Crops.
While you are figuring a way of
beating out the bugs this summer
don't forget Jenny Wren. She's the
best little exterminator of garden in-
sects I know of.
Give the lady a cordial welcome
to come and stay all season. Then
watch her and Hubby Wren, some
time, go after the 'hoppers and
beetles and the rest of their kin. It
will open your eyes. I did, and had
lots of fun, 'too.
• Early laet spring the lady of the
house came home from town with one
of those little wren houses so often
pictured in the magazines. The manu-
al training boys of our tovenship high
school made them, and the proceeds
went to some charitable cause.
pectively. I was terribly busy, but put the
PRACTICAL POINTERS ABOUT PAINTING
•
By D. WILLIAMSON.
then give the wood a priming eoat of
paint, thinned down with soinething
like one-fourth its measure of linseed -
oil (either raw or boiled) and finish
with two other good thick coats. Put
on the priming coat as soon as pos-
sible eater the carpenter week is
done; the same day, if you can.
Should the wood get wet, let it dry
completely before the first goat goes
As thc' bottom of
The man from the city stood gaz-
ing gloomily at his country cottage.
"Did you ever see such a horrible
color in your life?" he buest out at
length, •
"Well, it does look a little startl-
ing—that shade of bright pink," I
admitted. "Howa did you come to
choose it?"
"I didn't choose it; I sent a sample -
card of paints to the man who leeks
teethe my place, With a nice cream
colmemarked as the one I wanted. He
went to the store and askedrfot it—
No. 641. They were out of it, so he
SEIM: 'Give me the next thing to itr;
ana they gave him 642—sleep
And he went and put it on the house!"
the can gets thicker, thin it with
turpentine and a little 'oil.
Old work must be beushed clean,
rind all loose Scales of paint scraped
, off with a putty -knife; Two new
coats will usually be eneugh, unless
the old paint ie in bad shape, or is
very darlc in color Don't thin the
first coat, unless the woodwork is
rather Imre.
I somethnes mix my own paint,
buying the white lead, linseed -oil and
turpentine. The various white -lead
unties tunes 's ie little 1 ookl t ,
telling bow to do it. Getting the pro-
per tiet is the difficult part, I find;
but after consultation with the paint
store man, and .considerable experi-I
Now, I Ithoty of farmhouses that
The shorter the pastuth the better look to Inc as if exactly that mistakel
the line fences ought to bel, .,Once hed happened, so utterly out of place:
let a sheep get the habit of crateling is the colot scheme. • The colovs may
through the ;fence, or jumping over, look all right on the paint card, but
against o background of blue sky and
green fields they will be all wrong.
My own house is painted cream white
evitle olive green, shutters, and nothing,
and we have lost every hope of peaee
foe. the rest of the season,
When a horse gnaws the manger,
or the 'dee thestall,1
his halter rope, rub on some mutton could be better. Dark colon fade aiscl
tallow. The tette of it is very dies change, pure white gets dirty; but
agreeable to him; is few applications cream white 38 always satisfactory.
w011 beak him of this habit, For a very large frame house I
Wire- is cheaper than team Use advise a light buff (tot too yellow)
pieces of wire of good size with with cream white covnices ad porch -
which to ground at inteevals the wire es; 0 !thick or atone houne should also
fence against lightning. Beginning use cream white for these.'Havne end
at the top wire give each piece a twist Other building cm have olive green
around each wire, delve to the bot- Coors and windows; the body color
tom, and then Vsell into the ground. can be mem white .n, light tan, TWO
You may eav,e a nieo tow, orposeibly sluddne of, brown aren't bed for a barn,'
us number of them, in this waY. peovided you don't 'get than too dark,'
;To make a hitching stone which can Olive green •is good' fee gatee, chielten
be carried in the wagon and usecl coops alld farm Machinery; fence
whet heeded, take an old horseelme posts ehouici be eteem whit.
ancl imbed it ineeement, A smell tin If you use Veady-alixed paint, get
mail can be used es a meld for malting it from 00510 0110 that Yon have eon -
the 'hitching stone. This will ceine fidence in, Pay a fair price for it111 ;
brindy when then is no hitching- veey cheap petal; is the mot expen-
pest at hand. Grease the 1081310'00 sive stuff ever bought, for it won't
the pail, Or line it With ellnd aaPeti last, Lineced-oil jthe baSie of all
before pouring in cement, gdoci paint; 11; withetends the weathet
aar longee than the various cheaper
Th e -wetter clothes eve ironed, the etthetitute bile, Real costh
3130r0 glothy mid starchier they wig teal money, but ilia Worth it,
look, and this is the svay thoor ads If you are painting nevi woodevork,
lars and lingerie Wasecashould look touch uP ltnots With ebellaeI
,
little cage up on a ten -foot pole near
the garage. Then we watched and
waited, and pretty soon along came
a pair of twitteringewrens who looked
over the place, fussed around several
days, then started to build.
In due time the little home was
fitted out; then we saw. but little of
Jenny Wren for some time, except
when she made hurried trips to near-
by bushes for food. During this
period Hubby sang as he never sang
at any other time, and guarded the
nest against sparrows and other
enemies witb a vigilance that was
of ten laughable,
One day there were signe that Mr.
and Mrs. Wren were the happy par-
ents of a thriving brood, and it was
'soon after this that I made observa-
tions that changed my mind 'about
bird talk being all sentimental shift.
For three hours one Sunday after-
noon I made a careful record of the
trips made to the nest by the two
birds in feeding their young, and they
tcianmiees. in with bug morsels just 116
Jenny would come out of the bushes
like a miniature flying machine, with
a bug in her bill, light 011 the ver-
andah of the house, dart in, and the
next second out she'd come and ciff
again fer another drive on the bug
hordes that drove us mad.
Another interval and Hubby Wren
would appear with a green 'hopper
securely in his bill, and deliver it t
the hungry brood, than off again. Such
appetites as those young wrens had!
And with what feverish energy those
parents worked . to satisfy them! It
wee wonderful, and the bugs were
gettiAg it in the eieck good and pro-
per. It gave no small satisfaction
to think bow many of those same
imps of, bugdom had pethaps laughed
up their wings at my hard efforts to
soak their hides with Insecticides all
spring.
For clays you could see one 00 the
other of those parent wrens industri-
ously carrying bugs to the young-
sters. Then one day the entire brood
disappeared, but shortly after eye
found them in a detthe bush nearby.
I There were six of them, and here
they were evidently leaping under
this safe covet to hunt their own
bogs and bebeme wise in the ways
of the world. Daring this period of
ten days oe more Mother and Father
Wren cavried innumerable insects to
their brood as they had in the nest,
taking ehort intetarals of rest and
song during morning 'find evening'
hours,
How many hundred, thougands, of
bugs ,that pair of wthme ana their
brood pirt onto Mt business for us I
can only gUGSS. They were a -plenty.
If .Inegs have My means or expression
I'll warrant they counted that pair
of wrens bug -eating siemens.
What a fight theist had with the
sparrowe before they got fully settled
down in spri»gl The nervy spethowe
weve bound to occupy the little house,
tit vain they tried to evens+ Mt° the
two oetrances, but they were, only'
the aizo of a sweeter of a dollar.
When you make your box, Mamba
this if 'on want wvens and not spar-
rowe, Aay box will 00, p1113 up any.
way that it will Mend the whid and
ehed water. There might th be a
littla. opening in the roar to give
;nenting, 0 Intunage quitO well, Better
not try to tise dry color; the little
elt:eli:of oil -mixed tints that come for
the puepose are better for unskilled
t
Outside paint won't do tor herd.
tura or inside work; it Le always just
0 trifle sticky. Special intetior
oil-
pailit comes for the purpose, either
flat ot glossy, '08 you pram. In insd
home I use light buff (flat) for walls
end ceilings, gloesy white for wood -I
eepek ana brown for the floor. The
fettchen is 10 two ghettos of brown,1
Unpainted plaster takes two coats'
first time; afterward, ene new coat'
is enough,
My new 'hardwood floors gel; very
different theist:malt. 7 tiee pitste
lillar,. rubbed in With a deb, then
two mite of ehellec, flume good dose
of floor was, mewed over with
Oloth, and polished with 0 almeial
eVeighted brush or n brick wrapeed
its old carpet; Now andthen a little
mote mese mut be tabbed on the
door; thetas oll you carer need to do.
OMR YOURSELF UP
$0 A$ TO'FEEL RETTER!
Bat and sleep tsetterene well as iook.
better, by takiag llood's Sammy,
rIlla, It is•an ell-the-year-ruund
Medicine, good in all 800503133,
n purifies, enriches and rcvlballeee
the blood, creates ea appetite, aids
digestion, fisSiSta assimilation of the
food yon eat, and wonderfully builds
np the whole Systern. In many eases
it succeeds whom other Mediethea
fail te emy good,
If you need a Inild effective name
got Hood's Pine.
•
free- clreuletIon of air on hot sum.
mer days,
Another pretty exhibition of hug.
catching I saw one evening in out
garden by a Attie bard I have not
been able to identify.
I was about five paces from the
end of a TOW of dwarf peas where be
lit and began operations. He was
very systematic. He'd start at the
'bottom of the vine and clean tbe
aphids as high as he esoulcl reach.
Once in a while he'd jump up to grab
off a sinner. First here, then there,
he won't' polco his head, inepecting
every leaf.
Soon as he'd clean up one vine he'd
hop quickly to the next, and go over
it the same way. Sometimes he would
go around a vine twice, so as not to
711185 a morsel. You'd have thought
he had orders direct frets the Food
Board to conserve,,food supply. He
must have picked off a bug every
second until he flew away. I figuve
he got 444 aphids.
The more I think of that little bird
the more I marvel over his bag-cle-
vouring capacity. I had read many
times of the good friends we farmers,
have among birds, but I neves; believ-
ed half as much as I saw in those
few moments in my own garden. 80'
I say, "Keep your eyes open, folks!
—the world is full of wonderful
sights, and we can learn all the time.'"
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"PORK KNOCKER'S" CONSCIENCE
Aesialamonci That Was "Too Rig to
'
The atmosphere of romance that
surrounds diamond mining is, of
course, largely owing to the great
value of the gems and to the possibili-
ty that at any moment a jewel of such
unusual size and beauty as to be worth
a fortune may come to light.
Diamonds are easily identified in.
the raw state by their peculiar sheen
and shape, says Mr. William J. La-
varre, Jr.; but if there is any doubt
about the stones the matter Can be de.
eieled by subjecting them to pressure
between two knives. Anything except
a diamond can be crushed, In color
they vary from white" tr, pink, blue,
yellow, green or black, Their shapes
range trom spherical to flat and in-
clude some nearly perfect diamond-
shaped gem/. A few stones that I
saw In British Guiana were so perfect,
both hi color and in shape, that it was
diflicultipto belileve they had not been
cut and polished by machinery.
The largest stone on record for that
region, where the mining is carried on
In a hit-and-miss manner, weighed
fourteen carats; it was found by a.
"pork knocker" named London, who,
because of his great size and strength
and previous lawless acts, was feared
by the other bushmen. "Pork knock -
Is a local term given to a groun Of
harum-scarum men who know no sys-
tem in their progocting, but move
about here and there in the wake of
such of their group as chance to make
a discovery of any value. At that
time London was working for another
man, and, strange to say, contrary to
the precedent set by his previous life,
he turned the stone over to his em-
ployer. 1 happened to meet him af-
terwards in the interior and asked
htin how it came about that he did not
keep the stone for himsellf, With on
unlooked-for show of eloquence he
said:
"Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's,
and unto Gad what le God's—anyway
he be too beog stone tor 01133 feller -
man to steal."
His employer probably never would
have seen the itone if It hag 'peen a
mere live carats but for onataLonelon
had been awed eito hoiteetsa
How About Your 'Bey?
Here is a ;poultry keeper who has
the eight idea about boys. When his
two 'tons grew big' enough to help
him in feeding, he gave each a pen
of ./30 hens. He bought their egg pro-
duction at current market prices,
subtracting at settlement time pay
foe all feed used. One boy in the
Months of December, January and
February cleared $42.30,
"00 comae," 'said .the father, with
a twinkle in his eye, "I selected the
hen's for the boys, 3311(1 saw to it they
got fairly geed ones."
This man has .made good with hens,
end he knew how to make good with
boys. In contrast with his action
was that of the farmer, too often
duplicated, who gave his boy a pig,
yet pocketed the money it brought
when sold at maturity. The best is
none too good fot the farm boy, Dad's
cheerful helper in chore work. Let.
hint bave itl •
The equatorial circumference of
the mill has,been worked out at 24,-
872,4 English miles.
Lots of time is saved by knowing
exactly what is to bo done in the
preparation of a meal,
Woman has been a eiddle to men
foe thouscuide of years. But she is
the one riddle that he alsvays refuses
to give up,
L,
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