HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-12-13, Page 7By Agronomist
ibis Department Is for the use of our farm readero who want the advice
of an expert on any question regarding soll, aead, crops, etc, If your queetiee
Is of sufficient general interest, it will be answered through this column,
stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter, a complete
answer will be mailed to you, Address Agronomist, cre of Wilson Pubilshln9
Co„ Ltd., 73 Adelaide et, W., Toronto.
NPYEIt BURN HUMUS -MAKING MATLRIAL
Too many of us are quite thought- But we have mit yet learned to con-
iosis about the (1se Of fires on the farm. vont the rubbish which accumulates
fires, on the average farm, do far; about the place into crops•, Most of
more harm than good, • us simply burn it, Rubbish may be
Everyone who burns stuff in the defined as any sort of material, gen-
hold or menthe, does it because he be- erally considerer) unsightly, timeless
haves ho is deetr ving either weed and worthless, which is lying around
seeds or useless nbish. This atti- the premises, It may range from
tude is all .right, provided we revise scrap iron and brickbats to dead grass
our definition of rubbish and get a and leaf mold, It goes without say-
(dearel• notion of the metho:ls by which lag that rubbish consisting of lime -
weed seeds are distributed,- ganic stuff like stones, iron, etc., could
It is quite rare to find any amounts he, most efficiently used in concrete
of weed seeds, especially o1: the more work; but the organic material, with
obnixious wends, still in the seed beetle the exception of pine knots and some
and up from the ground sufficiently ot1 ei• tlinge .:rico lot very slowly,
to be burned by the usual miring fire, will . quickly decompose to suitable
In fact, one of tura chief reasons condition for-ptowiug under.
why certain weeds leave becen dubbed Value of Compose Heap
"noxious" ie because they have devel-
oped, during many generations, the There should be a 00800ost heap on
ability to survive the. various adverse every well =tinged !'arm. Several!
conditions- and rough treatments to tons of organic rubbish should bei
which the fanner has subjected them, played on the pile every yes r. • It is,
Usually the amount of vegetable really a rick or tong pile, the new ma -
matter destroyed when -stubble or oth- tenial not being thrown onto the old
er growth is burned over in the spring rotten compost but should be made
to kill weed seeds would do far greater
service if plowed under to help the
coin or other crop to outgrow the
weeds.
. Do Not Rob The Land
I have known of many cases where
stubble ground which was to he put
i, to oats or some cultivated crop was
into a long pile. Whenever some es-
pecially well rotted, rich material is
wanted for hot -bed, garden, etc., the'
7.. !ted compost is ready.
Thousands of dollars worth of or-
genie platter which should go into the
compost heap -are burned every yearns
Ontario. Any manufacturer who I
burned over for the sole purpose of would be so wasteful of a by-product
making plowing appear easier! The would deserve to fail,
15.911 who robs laud iri that way, even Outer thousands are osl by tile burn.
if the land is his. own, ought to be in-. ing of the vegetable mold, leaves, and
dieted for robbery and prosecuted to twigs which are present in newly
the full extent of the law! Such evil- cleared land. Fire, because of its
fol destruction of the most vital ele- terrible power to destroy organic mat-
ment in the maintenance of soil far- ter, has been used from the earliest
tility and tilth i$ certainly criminal, tines in clearing land. Undoubtedly
not only against the present but fire is doing much more good than
against future generations. It is this harm when one uses it td burn large
disregard for the preservation and log heaps, or big brush piles, but great
turning under of humus staking ma- care should be taken to burn these at
t(iale Which has done more than any- a time when it la damp enough to pre -
thing else to cause the abandonment of vent the fire •frons spreading and burn-
s() many farms in older section{; of the ing the leaves, twigs and leaf mold
Country—this is what causes the land over the entire clearing. By allowing
to "run down," "run out" and become the fire to cover the entire clearing
worthless for agricultural purposes one may destroy as much plant food
until the humus is restored. I in the form mt' organic matter as he
It is very fortunate that public tem replace by rotating crops for the
sentiment is being educated and un- next eight or ten years.
dergoing marked changes in this mat -1 No fire should be started on the
ter, Most everyone who was raised! farm (-mess its purpose is quite de -
in the grain growing section of our finite and useful. By exercising the
e Wetey can well remember when it! proper care along the linea outlined
was the regular custom to burn near -1 above Ontario farmers may, instead
ly all of the stubble land, large stacks; of wantonly destroying it, turn mil-
• of straw, and thousands upon thous! lions of dollars worth of humus -mak -
ands of acres of cornstalks. Now! ing materials Mtn gold that will clinkmost of us see that such wholesale In their pockets and aid in swelling the
destruction was sheer wastefulness. profits of the farm.
fit- 1
ing to lay the chauge may set them
sj esee).: back several weeks.
Every year al the beginning of win-
ter many -poultry keepers are disap-
pointed and puzzled by the failure of
apparently well grown pullets to lay
according to expectation. They 0aan
not understand why early pullets that
seemed to be developing nicely and
show the usual signs of being near
laying should remain at that stage
for weeks and sometime.+ for months.
Where the conditions are as de-
scribed, the most common cause of de-
ferred laying in an meuffieient ration.
Underfeeding in the early fall oc-
curs oftenest Oren 4- the failure of
the poultry keeper to increase the food
given to pullets on range as much as
is necessary to make up for diminution
in the supplies secured by foraging.
Underfeeding after the pullets are
put into winter quarters is usually due
to excess of care to prevent them from
becoming too fat to lay.
In either case the remedy is to feed
the birds all that they will eat of a
substantial ration, f r
I 11
6
11pro-
perper
variety the food elements requir-
ed, laking caro at the sante time to
provide for 05 much exorcise as will
keep them in good condition under
heavy feeding.
\Vhilc pullets remain ott range the
only changes in diet usually necessary
as .cool weather comes on are to in-
crease the quantities of food given, es-
pecially corn and corn products, and
if g'r'een food on the range is running
short to supply what is required to
make up the shortage.
It is desirable to have pullets in
their winter quarters about a month
before they are expected to begin lay-
ing•. Moving them at that stage does
not retard laying:, while if they are
Moved shortly before or after beginn-
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HIGHEST PRICES PMD
For POULTRY GAMia,
EGGS 4 FEATHERS
Please write for nart(outtlrs.
P. 1t011)00r3 81 00.,
39 33oase00l(R5 raalkot, 2201183:09,1
firdirffrpirffirpTiii
For RAW FURS
add GINSENG
N. SPL. VER
220 St. Paul 85. W. Montreal, t0,Q,
Reference, Union 11k_ of Canada
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-Pullets that will not begin laying
before winter sets in may be left in
the coups which they occupied while
growing as long as the weather per -
nuts them to range.
When the pullets are in winter guar-,
tors and are dependent upon the feed
er for all green food and animal food ,
as well as for grain, one of the follow-
ing rations will supply the variety re- ,
(mired, The proportions indicated ere,
parts by weight. -
Ration No. 1.
ivy 1118(1 Surat -oh rood.
3 parts bran2 parts emekl'4
2 parts middlings.
-I parts onto -moat. 1 part whoa), 1111(8,
1 i3•t poet' ser;ip 0r 01 harbor, m'
fish meal mixture of the
three.
t peon reed.
.�.+ inailnble, in constant supply,
Ration No. 2.
01y mash Se1•85,11 fendt
a parrs mixed toed Cracked 1•mrn.
((man told mho- t1t'een reed.
(lint,:;). • Cabbage in cam-
e pat!- cornmeal. strut( 140(3115.
,• ,nc s • • , •"t•
(14(1 me111.
Ration No. 3,
Early Spring Lamb..
Early spring lamb, as I understand
it, le an animal finished to January
and February, says an exeprt, It
must be young and tender and tooth-
some. I breed early Lambs from the
meat grades, 1 prefer Shropshire
and Hampshire ewes of good conform-
ation and a Southdown ram. This
cress has always produced a lamb of
quality for me that commands a top
price,
Raising early lambs is a profitable
business on tory Ontario farm. The
lambs are finished and marketed early
and the ewes are sheared during April.
At that season the fleece is in first-
class condition and will command a
gaud price in the wool market, The
wool helps to pay for the cost of feed,
And the manure is a tech fertilizer
that is worth all the etraw and rough-
age treed to make it,
I consider it costs ale about two
cents a day to reed a sheep, because I
raise all the rations and roughage on
the farm. Under my system of rais-
ing sheep, I buy the ewes al the stock-
yard in July, and the same animals
are conditioned for market and sold
the following March or April.
Indications point to high prices for
early lambs this coaling spring, and
ewe sheep will cost considerably more
than in 1910 and 1.917, but 'I believe
the price of hothouse lambs will sell
in proportion to the cost of production.
My method of handling sheep should
appeal to the busy farmer who has
limited pasture land and little waste
ground. It gives an incentive to raise
sheep because the system has many
features that must appelt1 to the busi-
1
1 pp t 1 f
nese farmer, The net profit 13 great
on the capital invested, and the work
of caring for the sheep comes after
the outside labor fa over and the obese
are sold before the next year's work
begins. The price of lamb and mut-
ton is high, and will remain above the
old figures for a long time, I am sure,
The public) is getting to prefer lamb'
to mutton, and it is up to us farmers
to encourage their appetite end supply
the demand, • _�
"It has been clearly demonstrated
that the good dairy cow }e a more
economical producer than any other
farm animal," says Prof, E. S. Archi-
bald, Dominion Animal Husbandman,
"Not only does she actually yield more
product from a given amount of feed,
but she dons that at the least cost
and the greatest profit."
"Notwithstanding these facts, the
production of milk and fart from the
average cow ie exceedingly low, being
approximately 9,800 pounds of mills
and 180 pounds of fat ,per annum,
which in value is less than the total
cost of production, Nevertheless, it
has Wbeen clearly demonstrated that
by better reeding and management
this average may be easily increased
from 30 to 80 ';i with an increased
cost of feed and labor of only 10 to 20
per cent,; the margin would be largely
profit. Such an increase is not only
a financial necesoity but the patriotic
duty of every dairy farmer."
Do not allow dirt to accuraulate }n
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GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX
By Atha B, Hubelr, M.A., M.D.
Dr, Huber will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health If yam
question is of general interest 11 will be answered through these columns i
if not, it will be answered personally if etamped, addressed envelope is en'
closed, Dr, Huber will not prescribe for individual casco or make diagnosle
Address Dr. John B. Huber, ease of Wilson Publishing Co•, 73 Wont Adelaide
Gt., Toronto.
Consumption—Death's direct door to most hard students, divines, philos
ophers, physicians, deep lovers, zealots in religion,—Old Saying,
FROM THE SECOND TO THE THIRD YEAR.
Three square meals and a little ex- self-directed envelope I will mail you
tra for baby, as follows: the information you desire.
Breakfast: 7 to 8 o'clock. Oat- Rest in Tuberculosis.
meal, hominy, cracked wheat (each What do you mean by rest in tuber -
cooked 4 hours the day before they are culosis?
used) served with milk and sugar or Answer --Such a sufferer must tst.
butter and edger, A soft boiled egg, sphere is otherwise nu hope for his
hashed chicken. Stale bread and but- emaciated body, an organism on the
ter. Bran biscuit and butter. A verge of bankruptcy. here is, of
drink of milk, course, a, factor difficult of manage -
At 10 a.m. the juice cf one orange 1 ment especially among the poor (who
may be given, furnish the majority of consumption
Dinner: 12 o'clock, Strained ',soups cases), many of whom feel that they
and broths, rare beefsteak,rare roast must somehow work in order to main -
beef, poultry, fish. Baked potato, peas Iain themselves and their own. And
string beans, squash, mashed cauli- yet there has to be rest, especially
flower, mashed peas, strained stewed when there is fever; and at least un -
tomatoes stewed earrots, spinach, as-
paragus tips. Bread and butter. For
dessert: Plain rice or plain broad pud-
ding, stewed prunes, baked or stewed
apple, junket. custard or cornstarch.
Supper: 6.30 to tl o'clock. I`arine,
cream of wheat, wheatena (each rook-
ed two hours) from 1 to 3 tablespoons-
ful, served with milk and sugar or
butter and sugar or butter and salt. A I
drink of milk. Stale bread and but-
ter. Twiee a week custard, corn -
the manger or under• the water -box. starch or 1u
It soon. becomes foul and causes the
easionally malted milk o1• weak cocoa,
animal to lose its appetite.
With three meal:, a child has a bet-
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Delicious Dishes of Pop Corn
This year because of the scarcity
of sugar we must use less for our
Christmas candies, Every pound of
maple sugar; honey or molasses that
we use instead of white sugar means'
more for food for the British and
French children. If we can, in addi-
tion, spread the candy we make over
the surface of pop corn kernels, an
even greater.. saving of sugar will re-
sult.
Pop corn, salted, buttered, or mixed
with nlolactscs, i3 a wholesome and un -
expensive confection, Pop corn codec
may be molded in the form of sol-
diers, cannon, dolls and other shapes,
Fancy boxes or net bag's filled with
prepared corn will delight the little
folk. Combinations of dried fruits
and nuts may take the place of candy
in filling Christmas boxes.
The following are excellent recipes:
Pop -Corn Bulls
Mix 2le cups Inohases and ee cup
brown sugar, 1 tablespoon butter and
1 tablespoon vinegar and boil until it
hardens when dropped into cold water.
Have ready 5 quarts of pop corn, .free
from any imperfectly popped grain.
Pout' this mixture over the corn; mix
well. Dip the hands into cold water
.and press the corn into balls,
Chocolate Pop -Corn Fudge
Cook together (a pint of sugar, half
a pint of mill., `2 squares of bitter
chocolate, 1 tablespoon butter, and a
saltdpoon of salt, until the soft ball
stage is reached. Then remove from
fire; add al teaspoon of vanilla extract
with 141 cups of coarsely chopped pop
cont. Stir until the mixture is creamy
but still soft; pour into greased pan,
and when it hardens sufficiently,
marls into squares.
Maple Pop -Corn Squares
lloil together 2 lbs, brown sugar or
maple sugar, 1 pint new milk, and reel
teaspoon creast of tartar. When the
syrup makes a soft ball in cold water,
add 2 tablespoons butter; stir it gently
and remove from the stove; acid a
teaspoon vanilla; set the put in a ves-
sel of cold water and beat until it be -
gins to cool, Then pour into greased,
straight -sided pawls, and strew thick
with pop corn, while still soft cut into
square c::, but: cut again in the same
ter appetite. much better digestion and
thrives ear better in consequence,
than those ehildren whose stomachs
I are constantly working overtime, Yet
j some especially delicate children can-
' not do without a luncheon at 3 or 8.30;
then a glass of milk and a biscuit or
a cup mf broth are right. Or a child
may at thin time relish instead a
scraped raw apple or a pear; this is
particularly judicious for constipat-
ed. children. Children recovering from
serious illness, will require, according
to the doctor's directions, more fre-
quent 'feeding.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
lines when cold. Wrap the pieces int
waxed paper,
Pep Corn Cake
One quart popped cora, 1 cup sugar,
?:i cup cern syrup -i cup water, 2.
tablespoons ntoleesee, 1 tablespoon,'
butter, 1 teaspoon salt. Pick over
the popped corn,. discarding all hard
kernels, auxd finely chop the corn, or
put through meat grinder, using a;
coarse knife. Put sugar, corn syrup
and water in saucepan, stir until it
boils, and cook to 270 degrees F., or
until candy era( us when tried in cold
water; add molasses and butter, and:
cook to 990 degrees F., or until it is
very hard when tried in cold water,'
Add corn, stir until well mixed, re-
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turn to fire a moment to loosen it,
then porn on but ,d slab or tray and
troll with rolling -pm as thin 03 pos-
Bible. Cut in squares of break in
small • pieces, - .Nola: xee malt be
E._,titted.
Maple Corn Balls
Three quarts popped corn, 1 cup.
Maple syrup. ':11 cup sugar, 1 table-
spoon butler, ee teaspoon salt. Pop
'corp and piek over, discarding kernels
that do not pop, and put in large
kettle. Melt Matter in saucepan and
add syrup and sugar. Bring to the
I boiling point, and let boil until mix-
ture will become brittle when tried in
solei water. Pour mixture step -Mall
while stirring constantly, over corn
which has been sprinkled with salt.
Shape into balls, using as little prey-,
sui•c as po , tssib 1e .
Pop Corn Fruit Cookies
elix 1 c•up each oz fine -ground pop
corn, sugar, and fine-cut figs or other
dried fruit with 'h cup each of short-
ening and n)11k and a beaten egg. •
!flowers. perhaps the best ones of a
spray which has been used on a hat,
could he slipped in the 1 -not. -The
paper may be n little hard to handle.
If it is cut in shaped pieces use parte
to keep it in place.
A pretty bag for a young woman
would look well wrapped in paper of a
Dresden design tied with light blue or
green ribbon. For 1 man a plain
brown paper tied with red or green
raffia 18 very sensible, since 0 man
has no.use for ruffles or furbelows of
any description. Bright green or yel-
low beetle are fastened on the ends of
'
010 raffia. Most !nen like red and
blue, and it would he a good idea to
add a touch of color to the strings',
where it harmonizes with the wrap-
ping,. With grl+en or red sealing wax •
. the package is complete for the male
friend or r811:11ve.
Sealing wax can he made decorative
in many ways, Green or rod would be'
the best for C'hristm,l.s, and 11 one has
nothing else to seal it with use one
of the new cotes, or a thimble, but
1110011 better wnuld be- a monogram. -
Pendent bows beaded • are especially
suitable for children.
Fel' the package for little folk the
shape should be disguised and it
should be wrapped securely. Often-
times their little eyes light upon
things Which mothers think are safely
hidden, and if the package is not safe-
ly wrapped the surprise is spoiled for
Christmas morning. Little folk are
very wise and can often tell by the
shape of a package what it colateins.
Covered with soft green or gray tis-
see paper sand tied with bright green
or red ribbon .01 raffia, with two little
bells tied to the bow, an especially
attractive package luny be arranged
far the rn.
Oftenchildsmalel Santa Clauses tied on
the boxes for little folk make a pleas-
ing impression, even through the chil-
dren Etre 'eurlous to get to the inside,
With a round package wrap the crepe
paper abutt it loosely, bring the paper
to the top to form a rosette and tie
with ribbon and with a spray of flow-
ers oe holly in the centre, .
Gradually add 1 cup each of wheat
flour and cornmeal, into which 1 tea-
spoon ,alt, las teaspoons nutmeg and;
4 teaspoons baking- powder have been
1 sifted. Roll 1-8 inch thick; cut nut
and bake in. a moderate oven.
i Fruit Nut Caramels
1 cup figs, 1 cup dates, 2 cups tval'
nuts. Wash and stone the dates,,,
1 swash figs and remove stems, and put
with the nuts through fond chopper.
Mix together thoroughly and press
firmly 9!o- inch thick into ti smell hut-
'ered pall. Cut in. squares, or shape
in small} balls and roll in icing- sugar,
1I. W. s,,
If you will send me a stamped and
til the sufferer has recuperated from
the prime predisposition to this dis-
ease. For the consumption germ
fattens an devitalized tissues.
The rest hes got to be absolute if
the bodily temperature reaches 100
degrees by the clinical thermometer;
and the had inexorably when the fever
has gone above this. The rest should
if possible, be outdoors—at leant with
open windows. When the air }s cold
warm headgear is to be worn; or the
woollen "helmet" which comes down
oven the collar bone. And the foot-
wear must he at least as ample anti as
comfortable as the heaiyear. Th.
body must' be abundantly clothed;
there are sleeping bags mad., for such
patients, The idea of sleep is involved i
in that of rest. Nowhere else should
nature's soft Hors. be so sedulously,
wooed. Insomnia is most exhausting.
in such a disease as this, when it is so
necessary to conserve and build up
the strength. Nor has any restora-!
tive osier been invented to compare
with sleep. Insomnia, with fatigue.
and over exertion, have predisposed
many to tuberculosis. We strive to!
induce sleep without medication if pos-1
sihle; ma: among other ways, be
induced by drinking of hot milk after!
the patient has been tucked away for;
the night.
How To Wrap Xmas Boxes.
Christmas packages are getting
more attention Ode year than they slid
hist, {ince gifts are to bo more
pv0011131 toad- not of the decorative!
type the outside of the package must!
be dccea nice. For the last two of
three y 1 as s people have us••d fat• wrap-
ping tissue Paper of various colors,
generally white; have tied a package!
with red, green or holly ribbon, and
have thought ams had :solved the prob. I
lem, 'Iltis year givens nn/4', cnn;ider
the individuality of every person tot
whom a gift is sent,
Again paper is scarce and every
scrap to be forint about the home
should be utilizes!. Almost every,
household has stored 111105' In the ateic
or eto•erool l rolls or parts of rolls of
wvall-paps_ . These pieces can 1,e used
for trapping the Christmas packages
to good advantage.
. For the round flat trackage contain-
ing some soft fabric, yellow could be
used tied With black ribbon, or if nec-
essary one could purchase raffia in
various colors for n small amount,
hush less than the cost of ribbon, and
when tying the bow a small bmwh of
pee l'olsh serene, reed. i' e' +U t :,; i, ' D® nee'''
e harts rhnwat. Wheat,
a parts hran Asses feed.
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R'el bugs,
er. lam.
Ration No, 4. .
tier mas1, Surnh.h 1.e9.
tr 11111114,1,lnlau;ti. Hoary netts.
•t 11:3.18 111:111, (smelt rued. -
1 (11,11 110411 5(')'8(1 or tipl•ea 10,.1 0(1(4.
fish moat,
Ration No, 5.
.tee- plash 8o0a1,•1, f'ow'l.
•t purls eolnnleul. 2 11art0 c•r814441 -
1 pari beer 80110. 50111,
1 pant 01t.te.
In deciding upon a ration it poultry -
keeper should be governed largely by
the availability sad ccst of foodstuffs
in his locality, The common grains
do not differ extremely in composi-
tion and food value, �—
Uses for Salt,
Sprinkle n little salt in the skillet
before placing the Fish in it to fry and
it Will 1101 stick to the pall,
• Make a little salt bag and rub the
griddle with it; Pancakes will not
stick and there will he no smoke or
odor.
Coles may be prevented from burn-
ing by spriltlling a little salt in the
bottom of the oven:
When grease or milk has been spill-
ed on a hot stove the odor arising from
Wm may be removed by ; p111181ing I
with salt.
Egg stains on silver can be removed
by rubbing with a little salt and a
damp cloth,
re -
ALN (, -
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etee
I wish I heti a giant top,
A big iron spiker in it,
And string as long as anything;
Oh, how I'd love to spin it,
i&difecrear
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MINNIE - WXMBLE'S
(;wREA'in- .LINT
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"If it had merely come to my ean1s
as gossip," Raid Mrs, Odlin, with
dignity, "1 should have gaud no ae-
te11tion. 1 have always thought we 1
of 8litnee Wihrble. But 1 03001 18'
Jed the testimony of my owneyes."
"Of course not, 1 uclrti ,'' 0.1.991t0 1
Mrs, Bessey, somewhat tartly, "bet
there's such a thin,, is 'e014' t.rail;ht
and underalnn,ling ereol'181-"
- "That has sew:00y a friendly ro'nta.
Susan," rejoined Mrs. Chitin tt ll'r,1-
ing. "All I caul say tw, 1 e03 h3 n
fair intelligence and 95001 l
Sight, and Minnie sYimble's 11n.1 .(1 -
joins mine, and I see whet I + If
I had a great. -aunt eighty -Thee y•'0)10
akl visltinf ate, f shmlld fulfill my
.duty to tho ogod lis 1 011,10.;;,q1 t, I
don't say that 81lunu Wirdtd d u �t't -
unda14t111(1 ]less dile .ally but --
Well! '1'o eee that poor, fraa:ildiver-
haired, tiny, old la'.dy with o 1ira;l ae-
tually doing Minnie's 'awhile' and
spreading 11 rut to dry! I Was ob e a•
ing orioles 11 08,0;th my (mere glass
and she 1001' directly in line. ::u I
saw the whole thing."
"Oh!" said Mrs. 13aseey.
Mrs, Odlin flushed, end rose to
leave. "11you p reistcntly Misin-
terpret my remarks, Susan, Pm
sorry," elle observed, "but I think I'd
better go: I have a call to ,whales on
Mrs. Teeby and a few Of the imigh-
bors.'
"And I rather thin]. that 1 have a
call to make on Minnie Wimble," melt -
inured Mrs. Bessey, Iooking after her
departing guest with a peculiar ex-
pression. "It'll probably be a pleas-
nre, and I'm quite sure it's a duty."
It was the brisk, little, old great-
aunt herself who limped to open the
door. Ml's. Wimble was out., but
Mrs. Bessey accepted a cordisl invita-
tion to come in, and the old lady was
soon chatting delightedly of the pleas-
ures of her visit,
"All my great-nieces are good to
me," she said proudly, "but Minnie'a
the most understanding. The Wears,
bless them! want to -keep me wrapped
in cotton wool so's I even% break, but--
Minnie
ut,Minnie lets me help her do things.
You wouldn't believe, now, the good
time we've been having together with
Grandmother Landon's laces. They
needed looking over, and Minnie had
ut it off till I came because she re -
membered I was dainty -fingered
handling euch things, and she'd a
notion there was one or two aright be
put in shape to use, now fichus and
capes have come in again. Grand -
Good Action in Draft Horses.v I mother Landon's wrought collars were
Size and power are of little value if, famous, and there's a rhaped net
the draft hone has not enough actionshoulder scarf with scallops and.a bas -
mo handle his big weight in an efficient I -"et -of -grapes pattern—well, you'll see
manner. 1 it soon, for Minnie's going to wear it
The action of the draft horse should guest night at the club; but you be
1,e bold, clean, and somewhat -stylish, sure, deoxy, to ask her to 1.1 you look
The feet should be carried forward et the work -close to. • It's wonderful!
I "The scarf was yellow as could be
and bard: in a straight line without When we took it out of the tru:ilc, and.
paddling, winging, or other irregul- a stitch gone here and theta and
arities of gait. It is necessary that dreadfully tender; Minnie said she was
the feet move straight and smooth in; afraid to touch it. She let me wash
order to gat the best and greatest it. and bleach it all myself, and, doary,
stride with the least energy. it's come out beautiful! Minnie's as
Knee action in a draft horse is not
important. A long
stride which: pleased as Punch. and so am I. And • -
somcllow just looking over the old
covers considerable ground is much trunk together got us telling stories
more important than high knee so- and remembering things, and talking
tion. Ability' to cover ground is what ! family talk, ma's it most seemed like
is wanted in the draft horse.
The walls is the importaant gait. It' going back to *hen Sister Maria was
should Ue true anti snappy and have'. with i'e and we used to talk Ly the
a goad length of stride. The action
hoer, sewing together for the children,
of all faun legs should lie strong, and Well, well! Maria's been dead thirty
and lefinnWs still a young one. but
the movements of the knees and hocks years now, and I'm a very old woman,
free, without indication of dragging she's understanding, my dear; sole's
or stiffness. ! understanding!" -
Although the walk is more import-. "Yes," said Mrs. Bessey, softly, "she
tort from a working standpoint, it is: • .,
necessary to note an animal's action' ]s. Soon she said good -by with a
in trotting because defects in action fniendr smile on her bps, but some-
ere more perceptible when trotting ^ her rather like the light of battle in
than when walking. her eyes, '�I really must go," she
In trotting there should be a clean, explained. You see, I have other
folding of the kites and hack, the feet' calls to make—on Mrs. Techs and et
fete of the neighbors."
being carried in a straight line. The iTo herself she murmured as she
stocks should work close together, for: reached the gate, "Lucretia Odlin's
if they are carried too far apart it I trail needs following up, and for once
causes an unsightly bandy-legged ap- it's going to be followed, and follow-
00aranee. ' ed quick."
In many cases careful shoeing will _g_..._v7.....;;;__ __
improve the gait of the draft horse Wau in
Woollen Garments.
and tend to eliminate undesirable fee- The secret of success in watching a:.
tures. I
...,___._.,t,..-__, woollens—woven undergarments, flan
I/T
nei petticoats, and cashmere capes an
dresses -is not to pour water upon t11
dry material, end not to rub soap upo
them. Plunge the garments into
Every pen should be supplied with a 1 tub of hot water in which soap li
box of air -slaked lime and wood -ashes, I been dissolved, The water should 'n
sulphur, charcoal and salt. The pigs ; he hotter than the hands can be
seem to know when to take sueb car •comfortably.
receives and eatul'ally crave them. A board should not be used f
A geed way to begin in the hog • flannels, but they should be Tubb
business is to buy one or two sews and squeezed gently between the hon
that have already been mated to a until all soil is removed. Have rea
good sire. You get results that way another tub of weak ;suds a little in
1 sooner, although it may cost a bit ter than the first, and drop them 1
more than to buy pigs and grow them it, rinsing thoroughly. Wring
up to breeding age. tightly as possible from the last wa
Now is the time
to get ready for pull and snap into shape, and
early spring litters. Make the far- firmly to the line, pulling them gel
!rowing pens 11011' if new ones are need. until all wrinkles are removed.
ed --spring and the last days before To melte them smooth, with the
farrowing is not the time. Then some pearance of a new articletake
fore quits dry and press with a a
erately hot iron until they are c
pletely dry.
cold makeshift may have to be used,
and a lot of pigs will be lost.
What Impertinence!
The Scotch express had just reached
the junction.
"All Here for Edinburgh?" inquired
the guard,
All replied in the affirmative except
one old woman, who kept silence,
After the train had started, however,
she remarked, with a smile:
"I was just goin' to Glasga mese!,
but I w•aa17a gain' to tell you inqueesl-
tive m0111" '
A Clean Giveaway.
Teacher (at roll -call) -Why is
bis Brown absent? -
Tommy Telltale -He's playing
ant, sir,
Teacher—How do' you know t
Tommy --Saw him this 'anon
sir.
Teacher --Yes, but how xlo
know that he was sent to schoo
Tommy --alis face was clean,