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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-10-16, Page 3a,.• er"r ,(t ' " "<fii'n are high in .price, too. .They do not. You Can ]Gather Eggs for Christmas. If your hens loaf during December and January, they idle away one-sixth of their year—two motiths when eggs r i „tussrs yy✓��-�4- i � need to loaf, and will not i1 managed ,,. - skillfully., Address communications Toronto A happy and health ken is rodue- c tions to Agronomist, 73 .Adelaideyst. West, Y P tive,: So: if you can keep your Nene STORING ROOTS FOR. WINTER. t and worth- comfortable and ;properly fed- N R. wise they will. become sof that s The crops grown specially for home less as food, They are, bast stored in what makes them happy—you can consumption during winter and ria anoutshed or'cool cellar packed' in dry count on getting some eggs to sell.. A will now be sufficiently mature P 8 soil or ,fine weathered ashes. A thin hen may know nothing about Santa quire immediate attention. The hard layer of sand or •soil' is firet spread Claus, but she will respond to the on the floor or in box ne t a layer' Christmas spirit. roots, such as parsnips; salsify, rota- ; a f ea yer' Tn December and Januar th d as potatoes and onions, require some cere at this time. We:go,over the po- tatoes thoroughly when the crop is lifted, The very smallandthe bruised tubers are not stOted,'of course. The crop should be lifted previous t��e1e Proper feed is ver simple an 'very perfect tubers are taken under cover ground freezing; storing part of Y p d ,. ui an outshed in the same insane' as important. The elements the hen has° and stored in boxes holding from ono trouble to get in winter are an' to two bushels each. Potatoes must we handled the. beets. I 'mall t' d be kept in the dark. The few bushels of potatoes neces- g. I fish °' n bagas, turnips and carrots are best of roots, 'covering o sot, an an cry you an Si) on until all the roots are packed I. have our furnaces and base -barriers. left in the ground as long ;as the I going to keep ns comfortable. A hen weather continues mild. Beets. are .away' doesn't aek for an r beat harvested when oil of Carrvta.are'carod for !n the same y artificial heat, but Y medium I ehe does hate drafts and wind. About size, manner. Where arsiti s can sta - in `the all you need to do to make old bid'd. Root crops already harvested, such P P y lcomforta Y. ground to be lifted : as .reryuired' the ble .is to furnish her a place M live' where wind flesh: remains tender, juicy and sweet. and drafts do not Frost does not harm them, but except bother her, give her a dry floor with in comparatively 'mild localities, the' Plenty of litter, and you have attended; • to her comfort. Parsley is m demand the year round Pro em an mineral inatter. Animal and durht the winter months it is food from meat scrap; green cut bon a scrap; or mill' must be supplied i supply of the average family are best come that difficulty by lifting and pot-� addition to he• grain ration. sary for the winter and early springl often difficult to procure. We over - stored in a cool but frost -proof cellar,' ting a few plants which are placed at meat or fish scrap can be fed excludingall .li ht. If ina sunny kitchen window wherethey a the rate of from 10 to 12 per cent. g perfectly dry by weight in the mash. Less need be when put away they will keep in good grow and thrive famously' fed if you'have condition for several months: Stored • We lift. the plants with as ntueeh. soil Y ve skim milk; sour milk, adhering to the roots as possible; this or••bttttormrlk, which the hen may m boxes placed upon the earthen floor heli facilitated b thoroughly" soa14-'drink or eat in wet mash• of our cellar they never fail to retain g Y A good commercial mineral their solidity and cmalit • to the end. ing the. ground beforehand. After lift- n neral coin:. 5 n ing, potting and watering, the Tants pound from your 'dealer, fed at the Onions which were harvested a few g' P rate of two or three per cent. weeks ago we treat differently,as the are left in a partially shaded spot int P e t. in your the 'open for: a few days ere bringing mash, will de very well: Most of the Wight dampness of the cellar, which them indoors. mineral rations for hogs will do for just suits other vegetables, quickly poultry. stored in the n 1 round heated, and the rarelyiv Pitting cabbage, a heavy layer of roc , p ur, and table salt are com- mon trouble until wellintospring the ally• straw is spread on'the ground and the mon and important mineral elements =sphere of their winter } ta'le's cabbage, which for this method' of and easy to get, if you do not use a then becoming sufficiently warm to 'storing are pulled with stem'and roots commercial mixture, Oyster shell "you adhering, are laced in rows. I will want to keep before the, 'henz all encourage growth. Previous to finallyg' P causes the onions to grow. Cabbages are usually wintered in a They are therefore t • I pit, though I find they keep nicely, . Oyster shell, shell flour, ground bone, d h k l granulated bone - spare room of the attic which is. un ' Packed m a :bane in. the outshed. I g lc sal h .phosphate the tints regardless putting them away they are well dried feed It is important under cover but where they are ex - Suppose the flit layer consists of of what else you three rows of cabbage the next layer to feed mineral r January the hen cannot range for them under snow and ice. Also, you can Help her storeup a supply of the elements in her body so she will be ready for 'the spring rush, About one :per cent. of sulphur flour in the mash is essential, and so is salt. Either bone or rock phosphate will do, and if you have one. the other is unnecessary,. Lights aren't necessary, but they are certainly effective. Two or thre hours of extra daylight, either morn ing or .evening, will show: up in th ego basket in a week or ten days very noticeably, If you have no electricty a;good gasoline or even a coal -oil Ian tern or two will do. Your. flock evil Home Education T "The Child's, First school Is the Farnlly"—FroebsLR A Man's Ideas on Discipline --$y Russell Coryell. • A smart spanking with the flat of will patiently -get them again and re - tum to. his post,under her feet. Mother will then pick him up more or less violently and carry hint into another room; scold hila with raised voice an o return to the kitchen. Johnny wi shortly return ander her feet again if the little chaps didn't have thl e' courageous persistence,' they woul f soon have all personality ,squeezed ou on of them. the hand doesn't hurt a child very much. I mean to say that it isn't very painful from a physical standpoint - 0' and it is. so simple to administer, and _ such a relief to a nervous parent t e be able to expend his overwrought feelings on the naughty child. But what a pity it is 'that often th ' spanking does the child no 'good! I 11' only one could have the satisfacti ✓ of relieving his feelings and at th come through the winter better too fo not having to 'sit on the roosts throug these long, ihungry nights. Your hens' ought to lay in December The early pullets should be well ove their latvfall molt: The late pullets of which most farms have too many should be well matured: The Gide hens have had time -enough to be zvel rested up, .So with plenty of mineral proper animal feed,, a comfortabl home, and lights; if you qui furnish them, your hens. are not doing their duty if they do not ley December eggs. You'll find it worth trying to "egg them along." e However Mother must' get dinner h same time benefiting, the child: Bu alas, it seldom helps the child from a moral standpoint, but instead nsuai ✓ ly does him harm. It is an objee lesson in violence and vindictiveneae ' A child soon learns to beat his co r`panions when he is angry. I But if we were to abandon this goo old custom of whipping, what then e could we do with naughty children The answer is rather difficult. In the first place, what constitutes naugh tiness? Is it doing eornething that i bad for the child? Or':is it doing "something contrary to i noys the parent? Let's be honest for once and admi that we want to punish children al most always because they have an- noyed `us, pestered us, made us nerv- ous. . " - Take the first case: Suppose the child is doing "something. dangerous pr likely to harm him. if it really is dangerous it ought not to be very hard to demonstrate this fact to the child. In case the child cannot be shown the danger then the only thing to do is"to remove the danger, remove the child, or keep a watchful eye on him. If you are honest with yourself you must ad- mit the inadequacys.of whipping. It simply doesn't register. Take the second case: Suppose the child is doing something contrary to cuatom, etiquette or some other of our civilized taboos. Suppose, for example, that he likes to 'play in the coal bin and get, dirty, or that he prefers to eat his food with his hands instead of his fork or his spoon. Well, these things in themeelves •are not wicked or wrong. The first makes extra work for Mother.and the `second is shock- ing hock ing to finicky old maids, but there is nothing wicked about them, 'e there? Nothing wicked until Mother has coin - mended the child never to do it again and the child promptly does it. The child has then committed the sin• of sins; he has been disobedient. I won't attempt to justify a child in being dis obedient in such a case. . -I could never convincer you. Let us rather assume that disobedience is to be avoided. I suggest, then, that if a mother doesn't want her child to disobey she would be wise not to. issue• any arbitrary commands. Don't ,tell Johnny 'lever again to go into the coal bin on pain of punishment. That's the easiest way out of it: You might explain „that you hope he won't go in again; and then suggest something more interesting to do. Now we come to the third case: Suppose the child is making a nuis- ance of himself, "driving Mother dis- tracted."''This is, indeed, a difficult case to handle for the reason that weI must ,now make Mother be reasonable! -and of course a groyvn-up is much more difficult to reason with than a t Suppose, she'puts Johnny in the othe room and shuts the door. She ha -1 a right to protect herself, and the e, she can work. Johnny, however, wil , probably shriek, He has found 'th• m to be: the most effective way of get ting what he wants. Until he wa d able to talk, crying was his only of expression, e At this oft h n there iters into I th equation Mother's, frazzled nerves She simply can't stand his yelling, s s she opens the door again and ,slap him. "What else can I dol" she asks des- perately.. The fact that she knows no- thing better to do is hardly a reason t for doing something, wrong. Suppose, instead, that Mother stop work just long .enough to explain Johnny that her work must be aceom I plished, and that it cannot be aceom plished with him under her Beet, anti that therefore he must choose betwee I playing in a corner of the kitchen where he won't disturb Mother, or sh I will have to put him in the other room ISome children will recognize . the g Hallow Eve. As I was walking homeward in The middle, of the street, I saw a figure stiff and tall Draped. in a winding sheet. Nine cats were sitting on a fence And all of them were black; A witch upon a broomstick rode Across the moon and back. I°found the house door swinging wide, The candles flickered blue, The clock at midnightwrung'its hands, The mirror cracked in two. A shadow that was not my own Arose and -touched my sleeve And went before me up the. stair— For. that was Hallow Eve. —Mina Irving, 'Tis the well-fed, not the starved, ive stock that brings the income. posed -to the air In the coursef t will be in two rows and the last layer the year around, but in December and l or three weeks, they are sufficiently one row, thus, bringing the heap to a • o wo hardened and dry to pack in baskets Peak. Pack them compactly together, • p } pl y,� or crates and, taken to the storage stem and roots upwarde, and cover all GOod Tiiln S �Ol the �OW�i en Pal Iv room- Although frozen at times they with dry straw six to nine inches J do not appear to be harmed. - thick. A trench is `then taken out In lifting beets we are careful not around the pit using the soil as a Raisin chocolates are made' with one cover to the straw. cupful of seeded retains, one cupful When storing the cabbage in a bar- rel of dates (pitted), one teaspoonful of rel the head is removed from the stem. grated orange rind, one-quarter tea -1 to bruise or cut, the skin of the roots,, as this leads to bleeding rind loss of quality. Te keep beets in perfect condition for any length of time they mast be and we finish by covering it with a few packed so that air is excluded; other- old sacks. The'•barmel 1s heavily lined with paper spoonful of cinnamon, one-half pound TETE CHILDREN'S HOUR Cocoa to drink of course should be outside the pot of gold. Pop plenty of corn -make fairly soft molasses candy and pour it over the corn boiling hot. Stir thoroughly to be sure all is coated. Cracker Jack A HALLOWE'EN PARTY. is always popular so you'll need a lot. After supper give each -a few Cut invitations in pumpkin shape .squares of orange paper and scissors, from orange paper. On this paste Offer prizes (pumpkin faces filled with - black cats or witches and write the Hallowe'en candy) for the funniest following verse: "At my house you'll find a host Of different creatures -witch and ghost -- What will you dress up to be? Come to my house, so I'll see, pumpkin face cut out -the pleasantest —the crossest-etc. As romantic Hallowe'en fortunes are inappropriate for children, try these. Arrange a parade to "the witch's cauldron" which should be in of dipping chocolate, and one-half tea -1 spoonful of vanilla. Put raisins and, dates through food -chopper. Add l orange rind, cinnamon and vanilla.I Mix well and .form into balls. Melt chocolate. in double boiler. Dip the' balls into chocolate one at a time, using a wire chocolate' dipper or a hatpin. Place on waxed p'aper.to cool, and harden. 'Banana, and peanut salad is easily, prepared. Peel bananas, slice length- wise and roll in chopped peanuts. Ar -I teaspoonful of grated 'nutmeg, one-half teaspoonful of cloves, one cupful of seedless raisins, and one-half cupful of walnuts, chopped. Cream butter well, add sugar, sift remaining dry ingredi- ents together. Add well -beaten eggs to butter and sugar•, mix well, add dry ingredients; raisins and nuts. Chill, then roll out and cut in any, desired shape. Bake in a moderate oven. "Smiles" are cookies, especially adapted for picnics or Hallowe'en. Use any good cookie recipe and make them fairly large, and of two kinds—lemon or vanilla flavored ones, and ginger- snaps or chocolate flavored ones, so as to have light and dark ones.. Use white icing on the dark cookies and range, slices on lettuce leaves on indi-chocolate icing on the light cookies. vidual plates and serve with boiled' Make icing rather stiff; and with it salad dressing, to which has beenadd- I make little faces on the flat round. ed finely ground peanuts. !dots a circle with a dot. for eyes, two Savory sandwich filling is made, dots for nose, and a line for mouth— with one cupful of, cheese put through' on the order of Jack a Lanterns. A a meat-ehopper, three-quarters of a' little practice will give ludicrous and a hidden nook. Express delight that cupful of finely chopped varied results. p g pped nuts, one I Chocolate cookies—One cupful of P.S.-Wear anything funny -my her absence enables you to have your sweet pepper or pimento, finely chop brown sugar, one-half cupful of melt - party is October 31st; b until 0. fortunes, and each take a paper slip ped. Moisten with mayonnaise or; ed butter, one-half cupful of milk from the kettle. Disappointment will thick boiled dressing and put between P Black cats or witches can also be follow as the area lightly buttered slices of one egg, one and one-half cupfuls of, pasted onisorenvelope. y, apparently blank, g Y graham or flour, one-half teasponful of soda, two buten your proposing to destroy them, white bread, stares of chocolate Cut witches and cats from dark Hard-boiled eggs mixed with equal q (melted), oriel paper and pumpkin faces from orange, h h arts of chopped1 cupful of chopped nuts Mix out and and use them together with autumn fine] chopped pickle an tongue hole' cuts in the order given roll out and y pped pickle and the whole cut as desired. leaves ,and corn stalks; and festoons p p yon moistened with mayoniraise or Russian 1 Molasses I holding one near. a flame, the fortune (which you have previously written in lemon juice) will stand out dark. You can think of endless prophecies--you be very wealthy—look in the dic- of orange paper strips, for,elecora- dressing, will make delightful sand- popcorn balls—Mix onej tionary g cupful of molasses and one cupful of, Bi Children delight i dressing find youror tin ou will travel far— egg Equal parts of hard-boiled brown sugar with a cupful of. n g up; so Y the cellar d celery cuff in pieces will also be worthy of a trial. Hard-boiled eggs, 1 i used alone, should be well seasoned and moistened with butter. should come in costume --funny com door, etc. The -"answers," cut from binations of old clothes may be topped .magazines or ads and pasted on cards, with a five -cent or even a home-made may be appropriate ;or inappropriate mask. Alittle ,ingenuity will contrive •as you wish- For instance—the card delightful ones. answering wealth - might • picture a Cover a bowl With orange paper, or puppy -dog; the travel be Fairyland- scoop out half a pumpkin. Fill with Africa --or the grocery store. On Hallowe'en. peanuts and place on table. Seat the guests and give each a few 'peanuts and pins—have also fuzzy feathers (for cats'tails)sescraps of black paper' or cloth—glue, pen and ink. Allow fifteen minutes to make witch or cat.— Inmummery that shifts and sheers, using pins for arms and legs, and 'In city blaze and hamlets dim. . inking' features. A tiny witch should be the prize for the cleverest. Falstaffs 'carouse with meidens slim, A. barrel hoop covered with.. orange . While Puritans walk stiff and ,prim, paper oe 'which nose and ,goggle eyes And gayety 'dispels our tears-- are ears— are painted, but grinning mouth is On Hallowe'en. cut out, should be suspended by two Within, the feasting tideWays brim; string's in a doorway. Two at a time Maids ser and let the children try to toss peartutelimn P Pray that mirrors" inte the mouth offering a small prize A lover's face, 'mid doubts and :feu,. for the One missing fewest times. 'The Hours fly and distant 'chests Draw a witch eat on a large sheet Paint -far across the ni hts;loW:rim- of paper. -Tack to wall, and give each g '.` . child a tail --a strip of paper with pin On Hallowe'en. through end:' Then one at a time lead them away, blindfold and lead back, Occasionally to ning round to confuse, and let them try to pin tail in right place.. This is always fun. Now you should notice the rainbow On Hallowe'enewhen colors swim •Beneath October's moon, while grim Ascetics,;troop with cavaliers —Thomas J. J. Murray. 0 'Methods ,of Cooping Lamb and Mutton. A pamphlet on the selection and strips of colored. paper or ribbons cooking of lamb cuts, issued by the fastened to fluor of party room, over Dominion Dept, of Agriculture, will wall and into dining -room, where it is tend to make lamb more popular and hidden by a screen. or partly -closed add variety to the bill of fare in they loin, : Propose a hunt for the. pot of average.. household. The points -lo be gold at .other end. This should be on considet•,ed in, buying, lamb are set wile dining -table, and may be made: of forth, the various, cuts are illustrated ' orange paper, inside of which are the and recipes for cool-ing••are given in refreshments the the hostess lifts out and detail. :Readers' who desire to secure, • passes round.' I a copy should drop a card. to the Pub A,vaiiety,; if possible, of substantia]'{ lications Branch, Dept. of Agriculture; ' sendwiclies—beef, chicken, -ham and' Ottawa, asking for Pamphlet No. 0; peanut !putter, The meat a11` ground � New Series. fine after cooking and thickened a little with its gravy.Gingerbread! Silage is'n not t o ti substitute for r' g I g grain, with raisins in it and .hocolate frost but it is hundred` per cent. substitute ;S'iice, and chocolate . 1. P' g 1 z c°olties, .•for pasture when pasture is scarce. Hermits require one-third cupful of butter, two- eggs, one cupful of brown sugar, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, one-half teasponful of salt, one- quarter teaspoonful of soda, one tea- spoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoon- ful'. of baking -powder„ one-quarter .pop -corn. water. Boil until a little dropped in cold water forma a hard mass. Add two tablespoonfuls of butter and boil. until a bit dropped in cold water be-� comes brittle. Add half a teaspoon -1 ful of bicarbonate of .soda mix, then) pour over freshly popped corn and' mix thoroughly, -Dip' the hands in very cold water, shape the pop -corn) into balls, then roll the balls .In fresh, custom Or s it simply doing, something that an - 0 s child. Mother has a"right .to her peace and comfort. But so has Johnny., Then they must both learn to compromise and be reasonable, p Let us suppose that Mother is work- ing in the kitchen. If Johnny is very fond of her and has been taught never to stray far away, it is altogether probable that Johnny will gravitate to the kitchen also. He will begin to play cars there. More than that, he will want Eo play cars just where it is most inconvenient for'Mother; right under her feet. Mother will probably tell him with more emphasis than reasonableness to get out from under her feet. She may give his cars an inconsiderate kick to one side. Johnny r BUILDING THE WORLD'S. LARGEST PILE DRIVER This is "Tarzan," the 1000 ton scow; recently built and launched in Vancouver. Constructed by the Wallace Sh,i.pyard% Vancouver, "Tarzan"will carry, the largest floating pile driver in the world Olio used b the Sydney E Junlrins Company, B.C., Limitel,:for the handling of the huge 30 ton concrete piles which 11 o c g p will go pato the con- t struction of the Canadian Pacific ,Railway's new deep sea pier tow in coarse of erection at Vancouver. e s to • n 0 and shutthedoor. logic of such a situation at once; most. children will, if they have been raised from the very beginning with reason and logic. Johnny, however, has not been so raised, and ten to one will not be reasonable. Mother will have to put him in the other room. She will have to be firm with herself. She will have to steel herself . against his wails -angry, furious wails, pleading, heartbroken wails, and "wails :in all keys. , She may have to repeat the experience more than once. It may cost her considerable effort and cour- age, but in the end Johnny will see the logic of it, and, then Mother's life will be a hundredfold easier—and so will Johnny's. Egg and Meat es of Hens. An item of much importance from a business point of view and one that should. be considere'i carefully in de- ciding what proportion of pullets and yearlings to carry through the winter, is deprceiation'in sale value. Hens have a meat value which, under a given price situation, will vary•chiefly with their weight and condition. These some Ilene also have a value as potential egg producers. If they have every indication of be- ing high -record hens this value will be considerably above the meat value, As hens grow older this egg -laying value decreases and approaches the meat value. The value of some diens as egg producers may be even less than their meat value. Such hens can be kept in the flock only at a loss. The decrease in egg -laying value is what is ordinarily meant by the term depreciation, although sometimes it is taken to include losses by death. If pullets are worth two dollars each as egg producers and can be sold at the end of their first year for but $1.50 each, the depreciation has been fifty cents a head, or 25 per cent. - If at the end of the second year of laying they are worth only one dollar, the depreciation will have amounted to another 33 1-3 per cent. of the value at the beginning of the year. Ori this basis a pullet would have to lay only enough more eggs than a yearling to pay the interest charge on a fifty -cent higher investment, in order to be'a better buy than a year- ling at the figures given. Most any pullet would be likely to do this. On the other hand, if pullets cost three dollars' each and yearlings one dollar and fifty cents, .with the meat value still at one dollar, the eggs laid by the pullet would have to be worth at least a dollar more than those laid by a yearling in order to make pullets as good an investment as yearlings, This is because pullets would be- de- preciating one dollar and fifty cents each as compared with fifty cents each for the yearling hens. It is always wise to do a little cal- culating of this sort before deciding ust how many pullets, and hens to buy or sell. --o-� — Color of Egg Yolk Affected by Feed. That the color of the yolk in eggs. varies considerably with the kind of feeds that. may be given to the ]ten has been' known in a general way for some time. Recent erpariments have demonstrated that feeds lacking in color, as white corn, produce when fed to laying hens ,yolks that lack color. Feeds that possess color. such as yel- low corn, wheat, green grass and yel- t low carrots have been found to pro- duce an egg' with considerably more color in the yolk than the feeds that lack color. An egg wr-ithsa yolk of good C 0 A tl e HAVE A COMMUNITY PARTY v Let this be a getting together of all the boys and girls in your neigh'bor- hood on October 31st.' See that every one is invited.' What if you, don't' know the boy and girl that have just moved in on the Jones farm; this is your chance' to get acquainted: 13e sociable; be awake; get together.' Don't wait for some one else to start the ball rolling. Get busy and there will be someone willing to help in the good work. Invitations can be written on rough' yellow paper with a crude drawing of a pumpkin head in one corner. Let these invitations: be different and they will attract attention. The wording can, be something like. this: "Hear yel Hear yel You are ,invited to a Ghost Party at the home of Johnny .Smith, : at eight o'clock on Hallowe'en. Wear proper ghost clothes which means a sheetand come masked, Bring some 'eats' and a lantern of some kind. If night is clear, we will have a `big walk around:' " This "walk around'" is a feature at many Hallowe'en parties. Each one is dressed es a ghost and carries a lantern. Then, in single file, they all follow a leader who takes them over a winding route, through lanes, over fences and along roads. It makes a very beautiful sight if there is a good long line, especially when the lanterns are fancy ones and fastened to the tops of long poles. ' Have the place where the party is to be held decorated with pumpkin - head lanterns and corn stalks. Cort} can be popped, stories told, and all sorts of games can be played. Re- freshments can consist of sandwiches, crullers, doughnuts, cake, candy, nuts, cocoa and sweet cider, , THREE GOOD GAMES FOR HALLOWE'EN. - Ghost Story—Have a big circle in- cluding every one, lights low or ex- tinguished, : and a story -teller in tate centre. Story must end by having the story -teller, and one or two others in- . formed in advance, giving a terrific scream ,just as the climax is reached: The effect is electrical. Clothesline Race—A numiner of dolls' clothes are collected beforehand and divided up into piles having equal numbers of clothes. A line is stretch- ed the length of the room, the piles all til: oeyre cl+-i;tenre Prey eine' th li n, At a given signal each peaadli lit &alai of a. pile must hang them up, ;ging back for each piece separately. :The object is to see who can finish hang- ing up a pile first. Laugh a Little—This game is a splendid one to produce a laugh when things begin to drag. The leader has a knotted .handkerchief which he throws into the air and everybody must laugh heartily.` When .it hits the fioor everybody must stop laugh- ing instantly and look very sober. The - leader now chooses some one who must whistle the tune selected, such as Pack Up Your Troubles, Home Sweet Home, or Yes We Have No Bananas. If the whistler dares to smile a- for- feit is required. The game continues until a number of forfeits are secured. Keeping Farm Accounts. A useful book of forms has been is- sued by the Dominion Dept. of Agri- culture to enable the farmer who is unfamiliar with bookkeeping to keep track of his accounts in operating the farm .and to make a balance sheet, showing profit or loss at the end of twelve months. The instructions con- tained in the book explain how the very simple entries are to be made. A charge of ten cents is made to cover cost of printing. Dig Potatoes When Tops Die. After digging, let potatoes cure for a few hours in the sun, This toughens the skin and prevents peeling Bins for storing potatoes should have false slat floors, four or five inches above the cellar floor, and slat backs four inches or so from the cellar wall. When a trench or pit is used for stor- age, put " flues through the top for ventilation. I{eep storage places cool, dark and frost proof. "I believe,"• said the Englishman at the radio, "I've got America. I' hear a persistent chewing sound." European farmers are gradually getting back to normal This isindi- cated by the increase in number of, cattle, sheep and swine in European countries, especially in. Germany. It is good policy to inaugurate a fall clean -ug campaign about the, farm' home, premises. This should be done - before the ground freezes for winter. An orderly looking price gives the owner a"feelinlof pride; Entomologists are recommending to farriers who grow corn in areas affect- ed by the European corn borer that, in hervesting,'they cut the stibbles''low. Ry doing this, comparatively few of he borers are left in the field, the ulk of them being either placed in the ilo or destroyed in feeding. b s °tor is, more inviting to the consumer a f_ fresh eggs than one lacking color. k nything that will help the sale of lis farm produet should receive crm- P ideration 011 the part of the producer. -- — i The concrete Hoer, is rat -proof, sand- IVI t iExcessive moisture in corn not only ads to 'the cost of getting it to' ,mt mar - et, but lowers the grade, and causes enormous toes to the railroad corn - allies and the handlers of corn as a result :of deterioration that takes place. n the COM in transit aria in storage., uch of this moisture in corn is du'e' o the producing of large, :late-matur ng varieties: ary and permanent, If properly con trusted,, it is also day and warm.