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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-01-24, Page 6By Agronomist of this Department 1e for the use of our farm readers .whe want the advice en expert on any question regarding aotl, seed, crops, etc, If your question fe of sufficient general interest, It will be answered through this column, if anfiWePed and addressed envelope Is enclosed with your tettor, a complete' will bemailed to you, Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co„ Ltd., 73 Adelaide St, W„ Toronto. Preparing Garden Soil, When we come to consider the in paration of garden soil we must to into account a number of factors importance. The Brat of these is character of the soil itself, Is loose and easily worked? Is it a st limestone clay? Is It a sandy luau Is' it stony, gravelly, ahaley or slat \Another factor is the location of t lot to be worked, If it lies low a is damp and cold it must not be won' cd with until it has been limpet drained, although if only a portion it is soggy that portion can stand u til later on, to be then drained, as W be told later, and the warm, dryer po tion worked as e0011 as the season a mits. All fertile soils contain soil bacteri which are minute plants of a low ord which attack the vegetable matter 'the soil and decompose it by ferment tion, releasing, the plant food, especial ly nitrogen, for the use of the plant This is known as organic releas There is also a chemical release o plant food in the soil, such as w0 ge when we put •on lime, which unlock the plant food and makes it availabl for the use of the roots of the plant In preparing a garden soil for plan ing it is necessary to turn it by th spade or shovel, as this aerate. it an brings the more or less sour portio of the soil to the top, where it get light and sunshine; and the top por tion which has been sweetened mor It as fine with the edge of the she te- as is feasible as cacao shovelful is d ice An old Swedish gardener claimed 11 of the best method of digging a gard the soil eras to shovel ono trench aero it the front of a !red and dig the re lig toward yea with a garden matte n? whiell, in effect, wile merely trenw Mg. CPoiviri Every Progressive iioialtrymati keeps an account with his hens, It the only way to tell whether his plant is profitable, says a successful farmer, Ile knows the individual worth of each hen on the place. I keep a cash-book, and in it 1 record the receipts daily, whether for poultry, eggs or manure; the expenses, wheth- er for feed, labor, new stock, etc. Each month I sum tip to find whether ave made at profit or op erated the plant ata loss. When I use any poultry or eggs 00 my own table I credit it just the same as if I sell to some one else. I also keep a ledger, and send out my bilis regularly each month, since a part of my trade is with private families who pay monthly, In this same ledger' I keep an account of the farm is kno'rn, biv,;.a number aitOrlined kala at.,leg•htita 441A-14gletened about her leg, Whoti the hen is caught in the trap after laying, heat number is nlarlc0(1 on the egg. At she is credited on a record sheet which tells the brood of hens in tilt pall, when they were hatched, the number of the pen, the number of bons in the pen, the number laying that 100)1111, the minim bnot laying, and the average number of eggs per hen, f01' the month. It also gives the 'arket. price of eggs per dozen, and the total value of eggs for the morph. This v01 I h sheet records the iudividunl hen, the ng, color of her eggs, the dates on which lot same laid and the total for the month, en besides the total to elate. I can also ss tell the day a hee Went broody, the st day she was sot, and the time site was cls engaged in brooding her chicks. The shoot shows what heats have been sold, Y he If the soil is in the best of pays} nd condition, crumbling freely front' t le- shovel, it may be ratted as fast as 0 ray feet is slug, But be sure of this. of not, better wait until there has been et- rain and then do it after it gete..(1 i11, enough. r-, Success with a garden depends ve d-: largely upon the manner in which th soil has been put into condition Nat a, i the rake. Too many persons motel er; use the rake to chop the top fine, lea do }ng large clods in the interior 0f th a-' mess, which have been missed with th 1- shovel. This is not good practice. 8.! To get good results with the 1•a11) what hens have been sick, or died, orj were removed tion the pen, and the • goods received that were not paid for cause, IP on delivery, My ledger tells me This system of bookkeeping plainly, Ipwilat I owe and what others Owe me. tells the number of days in the year Each year I not only ]snow what my coda hen has been at work, the value a ,plant is worth, but the amount of busi- of her product, and what it cost to r Hess I did end the profit I derived fee(1 and take care of Ilei•, I can react -i from it. ily tell which hens are mosey -makers, ry I keep a diary of the daily hap. and e 111811 are drones. In this way e penings on the place—the weather, it is possible to pick out the non -pro 11 the visitors, the loss in stock, expert- elective, thus giving more room to the! Y moats—in fact, everything that is, workers and saving feed, v- I worth noting. This makes at valu- e able reference book that is worth all Produce infertile eggs for food.! e the trouble it tales to make it. These will not hatch and keep longer Trapnests are used. Every hen on than fertile eggs. e 0,''use it as though it were a mattock, x v a ® chopping kilong the edge of the du t• soil, pulling it toward you enough s' get the teeth of the rake clown be o ! hind that portion, and pull another lot s, forward after being made fine. t- • This involves walking on the dug e soil, but if it is in proper condition d this will not matter, as, after it is all n chopped up, you must go over it again s anyhow, to smooth and level it, and - work it into beds of the required size o and shape, tg141HEN OP 3 ri 11 I ENr D TO WALK week. Beckoning imitated Misses Answer --Mailing you tate right in. GOOD HEALTH QUESTION ,BOX r Ily Jnha 11. Daher,'fd ,A„ M.P. •,11r. Rubor1v11t 8uder0r 411 .elgaed letter,, Pertaining 'to 11ealtb. 'll YOUeneetien Is of geneval iutereettlt will be answered through those columns 7 11 not, It will be 3ne1Ored personally If 'stomped, addresllo11 envelope le .03' eIOsod, 1)r, kluber wltl •not proscribe for IndlvldonlCRIMPcae ,or make dlaga0afa Address 1)r, Jona Il, Flutter, caro of Wtleon -Publishing Co.; le West Adelaide 1't., Toronto. Those who sow courtesy reap 'friendship. Baby's Development III, out help, Obeys the. command, "(liv Seventh month: Astonishment the hand." • shown by open nluuth and oyes. Bac- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, since. Signs. Inlitatee movements 'l'a'mer Mark. of head and of pursing lips. Averts head as sign of refusal, as ono should say, "Nothing doing," Places him- self uprht un rho lap, 31311111 Month: Is astonished at new sounds and sights; at Imitations of erica of animal3. ogntras puree after four weeks'' a�- Ninth Month; Stands an feet witli'- out support. Shaws increasing inter- est in things in general or (in evolu- tionist parlance) gets in touch with his environment, Strikes hands with birth marks, are very apt to cl]eap- ;loy, Shuts eYee 0nd turns head away pear in time. If temper 1113(ks and at things disagreeable, Fears a dog. in girl babies, they are not so very Turns over, like one of those bonne- sure to outgrow them. Depends on ing toys, when laid face downward, how Manama brings Fent up. It is Turns head to light when asked where possible for such a baby to give the light is, Questions are under- whooping' cough to others, stood before 1t can speatk, Its voice Chilblains. becomes more nodulated, losing how- Asto ' u as I cat remember emember have ev • g I el Hans of its potency. tens '. Month: Sits up without sup- had chilbraius, As early as Septem- ber my feet begin to itch and this con- Tenthatl0rnpts at wanting in forty-first tineas throughout tate winter. 0 My baby girl of 4r/ months Inas a mark. between the eyes, shaped smile - whet like a V. Sometimes you can see it real plain; and then again it is quite dim. Is this a birth marls or a temper mark? Do ,you think she will outgrow it? It shows more when she cries or frets. Only for that she is a candy baby, Can a baby that has had vel -looping cough for 3 months give it? Ansevnre-Such marks, if they are O 1 .a a parents in their absence. Will miss • 1'Ormation. - a single ninepin in a set. Cannot yet By Catherine Dodge "John, hots far is it to Toronto?"; of an inside -outside self -starer over er i Mrs. Simmons asked as she dropped; the corner there for your ata?" an armful of wood into the box. t "Sure, pa, one of those Institut "About 143 miles --why do you want: ladled frown the College came up 1 to know?" school the ether day, and she told u "Wel, I've anlways a anted to go ; about that and a lot of other thing there, and I've about decided to do it.' she said we Boys might do. I evonde John stared, It was net custmnary1110w many miles ma has walked fo that 1 ?" or less by these factors, is turned uta der with a dressing of manure or oth er vegetable matter on which th bacteria can feed to release mare plan food. There are several ways of digging to get good results One ]s to take a Large Beds are Best The practice of working the garden twith the rale into many small !reds is a wasteful one. Many gardens lose one-fourth of their growing space by this practice, and it is unnecessary. It does not hurt the soil to tread upon it to plant and work it, and you will gain by working it into one large bed wad laying out the plantings with the garden line. The effect is much het - ter When the crops come up and there • is no loss of space. In the working of the .soil there will be considerable thrown into the walks. This should be worked back with the rake nett the edges made straight and even. It is best to raise the beds six to eight inches above the walks to in- sure better drainage., As stated, a dry soil is a warm one, and for this reason we raise certain 0rups or rows or ]rills. es this Manes quick drainage and rewarming by the - sun. Such plants grow more quickly. Haan if planted on the level, and We 'us this } ,, method for early ones, where quickest growth is necessary. In view of this, it is well, waren pre-: pawing the soil, ti, make the roves or, • bills while raking the soil. For this purpose go over the properly fined soil with the hoe, scraping the earth into a• ridge six to eight inches high, To get, it straight run the garden line along the top edge on each side and hoe to it. As it is a fact that a plant set on the south side of a ridge will mature s00ner than one set on top, when fess- ible, run the roves hi a general east - and -west direction, When the ridge, is finished, go over the top with the hoe and cut a slice of soil with one motion (to keep it smooth) out of the edge of the south side. On this slant- ing space the plant will be placed, ; This is done only for early vegetables grown from transplanted plants. • If potatoes are to be planted in the' space to be dug, it will be as well not to go over it with the rake as closely as for the smaller garden crops. Work it into furrows with the rake, using, the garden line to get them :straight, For potatoes the soil should be loose -- a sandy or gravelly oto is best. After several workings with the hoe the; potatoes will be on ridges, as the soil is worked around them, giving them' good drainage and a warm eoil--130 things they need. "width" of the shovel, as deep as it will go, across the bed and then go back and scoop out two or four inches of the subsoil -and scatter it over the top of the unrated earth. Another is to trench the bed by the following process: Beginning• at the left -band end of e. bed, throw out a width of two shovels, back to the end of the bed, deep en- ough to catch an incl' or two of the subsoil. Goifag to the front again, dig up the width of two shovels and throw it to the left into the trench from which the first two sh:'vel widths came. This • should be repeated until the whole Iced is dug, whenyouwill have reversed the position of the entire Boil -mass and at the same time well aerated the soil and broken it apart as fully as it can be clone with an im- plement used for digging. This is neither as complicated aeras laborious as it would seem, and is considered by English gardeners the perfect meth How To Test The Soil As the intention is to 'take the soil as fine as possible, not only through out the entire mass, but on top for -seedbed, it should not be dug until it is in the proper condition. This can be tested in this •manner: Take tv) as much of the sail as can be held in one hand, ('lose the hand, squeezing the soil into a hall, firmly. Release the grip, and if the soil falls; apart or erumblee, it is fit. to dig. If , it remains in a compete ball it is too moist for good work. If dug in the latter condition, it Will bo in hard lumps throughout the bed, and it will be difficult to get as 1139 seedbed on the top. By seedbed in this coneec ' • tion is meant a top portion of two to three inches as fine as coarse sand,' into which the seeds are planted, If the soil be sandy, pebbly, gravel• ly or slta]ey, and is in good physical condition it will crumble off the shovel and can be thrown oft' with a sidewise scattering motion. However, with the limestone roams it is best to chop! Fatnily friction. A few swecasttc words from the father, a sharp retort from the moth- er, that was all.But was it all? What about the effect upon .Johnnie and Susie, sitting there quietly at their evening 1eteon.r? And did neith- er parent noliee that Thomas slipped 'out of the house d the first intima- tion that there waa , Le a q,ru'rei be- tween his lather and mother? For quarrel it really was, ulthengh brief and clothed in the h:eguege of educat- ed, respectable persons; ami lung after these harsh and unkind words had been spoken the atmosphere of the family living -room remained changed with an emotional disturbance in whiolt no one could concentrate his mind upon his reading or study. Family friction is always fatal to happiness and when there are children ' in the home it is almost sure to work ' Irreparable harm upon their minds and f bowls, One of the most powerful causes of , he exodus of young people from their canes• at .an age when they are not tted to enter upon the worn of life is riotion in the family. Young people e by nature loyal to 'their parents, lad It is almost never that a y0tntg erson will give as a 7'ea3011 for his caving ho1ne the feet that hie father ltd 1n0tlle1 quarrel or nag at each ' other oe do taut agree Capon certain points. Friction in the home creates an in- tangible, impalpable atmosphere in which the sensitive child chokes and pants for the free air of happiness, or is harped and stunted mentally and morally. Afraid. Little noises do not bite! Darkness wi11 not harm you! See, my arms will hold you tight 'When wee .fears alarm you, . Wise ones say I do you melee', Facing dangers for you; You will not grove breve and etreng With me bending o'er yea, But the time is all too brief When FOme pain or other, And each baby fear and grief Drive you to your mother! ---}Burges Juhusnn, "Ring out old shepe8 of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lost of gold; It!ng out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand year. of pence." Toney en. *Brass pouched with nil and rotten stone will have a deep ricin yellow tone, in the Simmons family for his wife to: ra egg -beater She had Iu01 gen decide things. ; the length of the long kitchen, 8, "If she had a shelf over the table Her next question was quite as as- and 0 strip under it to hang up the tonlshmg. "Du you know how far it things she uses all the time, it tvoul is to that wood -pile and back?" This dove some of those trips she hay bee time her husband waited tor her to talking about," Jack went on. "Sh give the answer. 1 hasn't a place to put things on near "If you don't know, I'll tell you.] the sink and the stove, either, I It's a little over seventy-five feet, and guess there's a good Ileal to this hav- from the box to the stove and hack !mg things handy to where you want is twenty feet. If I've made three! to use then. I'll tell you, pa, to - trips a day to the wood -pile, and ten morrow's a holiday, and if mall sort trips a day to feed the stove,I've of plan out the things she needs walked about 000 mile:; in the last I around tho sine, and what she uses at twenty years for just that one thing.) the table, and those she ]las to have It won't take me so long to go to about the stove, we'll just see if we Toronto, for have done a lot of side- can't go Bert Evan's wood box one stepping all along." 1 better—and I don't know any reason John Simmons considered himself i why I can't keep it filled. Say, ata, quite a hand at figures, so before at- any cookies in that jar?"tacking the main issue he pulled out a 1 John Simmons was proud of his boy. pencil and did a litem ltiplying, l"I3e's got a pretty good head on him, 'You're right, ley gut', but I dont and he isn't afraid to do more than see what Toronto's got to do evith it. he's asked," John was thinking, while 1 "It's not so hard to see. Between the more -than -pleased mother was you and me and the wood box I've silently making her plans for the lit - clone some right smart travelling, but tle conveniences she rhould have had the scenery wasn't so much, Enid there twenty years before, t was . a good deal of sameness about Presently, John picked up his pen - the places I arrived at. That's why til agaip and slid some more figuring.I've decided to try a neve route." After a few busy moments he looked t John was puzzled, -"I don't ]ttaoa up at the boywl repeat a syllable. But exhibits con- siderable talent as a momologist and mule° my husband gain in weight, a imitator, as: moa, pappa, tanto, Answer—Very willingly, But you appapa, baba, tataa, pa, ernes,. •• send me only your initials and without e rrrl'r'raa, address, Send stamped and self- Eleeenth Month: Screaming is directed envelope alld I will forweeed quieted by "sh," Sitting becomes ita information by return mail. $ life habit. Stands without support. Eczema of Ear. 1' Stamps, Correctly repeats syllables. I am troubled with catarrhal deaf - Begins to whisper. Enlarges its vo- Hess. Also Itching of both ears which Underweight. cabulary. Can utter b, p, t, d, m, n, are very sore from stretching and f, 1. g, k; vowels a most used, a and rubbing. Is there any relief 'for same? ' o tale, 1 very. rare, Twelfth Month: Puehos chair, Can- n' as yet raise itself or walk With- Answer—Send stamped and self- directed envelope and information will at once be mailed to you. e__.„...• "It's my birthday present from Fidelia Bonney. She always sends i one,—she hasn't missed since eve vvere schoolgirls,—and I was just as uneasy. sea as could be when it didn't come. 1' t Jessica, pinning• on her hat, frow eel as she saw in the mirror Peg $ OPPORTUNITIES :t= ^q.'1'3}.ti.:?iL$�Cz%(�.,- � r,.^^:dJua�tt:31+•:c•35;1 Unless cattlemen oevekd to the seri- ous loss occasioned by contagious Abortion, the less due to this disease will soon surpass that due to tuber- eulmile. The disease is spveadinj rapidly. The, loss already amounts to millions of dollars amorally and, while .1101 entirely preventable, can be reduced, • This contagious dieeas8, which canoes cows to drop their calves be- fore the normal expiration of pre- gnanoY, 1s caused by a germ winch may be harbored in the throated an- imal for periods varying in length from several weeks to a year or more, The germs may be found in the milk of a 00w several years after abortion ceases, Infection of an animal or herd may (wear in V1131008 ways. An infected cow or heifer, or bull bred to abort- ing animals, may be placed in a healthy herd. Since the germs may be contained in milk, infection may come from using mnpasteur•red milk from a creamery to which milk is sent feom an infected herd. A heifer calf fed on infected mills may carry the germs in her body utatil her first pregnancy, when they become virulent and cause abortion. Infection may conte from the hands of a milker who has milked an infected cow. It is thought that hei.lthy sows may be- come infected by lying in bedding con- taminated with germs from the gen- ital discharges front other cows. Brushes and combs may spread the disease from one animal to another. Symptoms of this disease are pre- mature dropping of the calf, retention of the afterbirth, difficulty in breed- ing, and sterility, A serious form of" garget or caked udder sometimes fol- lows abortion, White scours and calf pneumonia may be caused by the abor- tion germs. Control measures aro largely pre- ventive. The spread of the disease can be checked by guarding against the use of infected milk for calves, in- fectod bulls and infection on milkers' hands. Aborted calves and after- births, together with the. infected bed- ding, must he burned or deeply buried. Diseasod animals aro best isolated from the herd. Stalls must be disin- fected with sheep dip or other good disinfectant. The rear parts of the cows should be washed every day while discharges occur and, after dry - ng, a solution ,pf compound cresol, even tablespoonfuls per gallon of wa- er, sponged on the hair and skin. An nterual disinfectant is made by die- olving several ounces of perman- b'anate of potash in a (alert of water. After vigorously shaking and allow. ng the crystals to settle, take four easpoenfuls of the solution and place n a gallon of warm water. This sole- . picking up things about the room. "I should think, Peggy, that y would want to be doing somethin worth while," she said, "instead spending all your time on odds a ends." Peggy stopped with e troubled Io in her eyes, "I with I could. I'd to to so. But, somehow, there seem re so many odds and ends to do." "There always will be if you put them first," Jessica said in her clear, 'sure" voice. "Don't you see, Peggy, :hat anybody in the world could let her time get filled up by odds and ends? One simply has to make up her mind o put the big things first, that's all; make up her„ mind and then stick t." "I "I know," Peggy responded. But h voice sounded as if: she did not lane t all. "There's that class of Italian girl "du could do beautifully with the Peggy, if You just would. Don't you ee what a chance it is to do some - ]ting really patriotic—to teach them o be real citizens? Why don't you est say you will? You'll find other things will fall into place if once you weave that they shall," "I—I'll think about it," said Peggy 'certainly. With that Jessica masa to content er8elf as best she could. She was Ory fond of Peggy, and that was why she controlled her tongue by a splen - id effort. Down in the hall she her- -led by Olga, the 11810 Swedish maid, Olga's eyes were red, but Jessica was too busy to notice. It Was Peggy who, coming down - stens a quarter of an hour later, did notice. "Why, Olga," she cried, "what's the matter? Didn't you understand that you could go out for the afternoon?" Olga shook her head. "I tank no go. In stores dey laugh. r don' like laugh." Peggy stood still, thinking it out "You mean you want to buy some thing?" she asked. "And you don' like to go to the stores to ask for it? "I tank," Olga repeated as her fat face reddened, "1 not go." An hour later, Jessica, trying on gray shoes in Gregory's while at the same time she discussed club finances with her friend, Flo Hastings, looped up at Flo's sudden exclamation. "Wiry, Jessica, isn't that your sister helping Haat Swedish girl buy 31100a? You didn't tell Inc that she was in the work, too, 1 should think she would be fine! Isn't she making that girl have a good thine—just 'buying shoes!" 'She --why, thal's our new Swedish maid," Jessica answered hurriedly. "Peggy isn't doing anything at the club, I couldn't get her to, She says she hasn't the time, 1'Vlnot di) you think of these shoes, filo?" "Lovely," Flo replied, but she spoke in as perfunctory manner. She was w•111chil1g Peggy and Olga, and think- ing one or two new tllonghts, A Present Front Norley.As a package, rather dingy anti bat- tered at the corners and several times readdressed, was put into her hands, Aunt Cla0issaa laughed delightedly, 1.1..was afraid that site must be sick, ar s gY that Uncle Si lead ane of his 'dying' t spells' again." "Why don't you open it, auntie? s ea demanded her namesake—who prefer- I g red to be called Clarice. "Ilere are' of my scissors." ? I nd Aunt Clarissa shook her head in • t good-natured disapproval at her niece. I I You're a hustling• daughter of the v0 to s nrentatty n1eas- yet just what you're driving at, but uring off spaces. "Jack, did you know ' if it's the wood box what do you want that you' mother and I'd been marriedme to do about it?" just twenty years come next month? "Well, Joss told me how Bert had The only wedding trip we took was a fixed theirs. He built a good tight across the county, though according box alongside the stove, and cut a to her figures she might have walked hole through the wall so it can be around the world several times,—so I tilled from the outside. If we had guess it's about time she got a little s one right here it would save walking lift on the steam -cars. I've been t half way around the house in the first thinking we might manage to go to t place, and 1 wouldn't have to go cleat' Toronto for a sort of •celebration next j every the kitchen evev tine I wanted ,,,aa, o ,,1 +.n. a stick Of wood." tion is also used for disinfecting the till's sheath. 'ME DOOR CALLED JOHN. musing. Story of a Long -Deferred Proposal of Marriage. In a 3111311 town, of which about alf the population were Friends, two 001110rs, John and Joseph, shared a farm that adjoined the property of arab, a spinster 111 early middle life. oth brothers in their youth hadhven n'ious suitors for Sarah's hand; but great metropolis, Clarice," she said j good-naturedly, "but I'm Worley born and bred, and I can taste my pleas- ures without bolting them whole. Just look at thataddress, please—right inf the first place; then crossed out and 'A put wrong, and crossed out twice, more, readdressed, and then back to the right one again, Fidelia knew � h ^here I'd be, 1 d told her, special,— ; b to but Joe Lake at the post office thought 'Boston' evils a. slip for 'Bolton,' and; S or changed it, to be obliging. I'm gen-; B W erally in Bolton with Cousin Anna at of •this time, as Joe ]moves very well." a• "But surely n post -office official; th "Joe Lake would! He's Joe Lake • ed first, which means everybody's friend; in general and Sister Sally's old beau • to in particular, and he's an official after- di wards. He wouldn't meddle with a A stranger's address, but I'm 'Clarry' toAt him still, just as I was when he used to' A bribe me with peppermints to go and to play in the far end of the garden while '' an he called on Sally. That's the Norley re. way. So the box went to Bolton; Wasn't Cousin Anna asn't sure where I, to was, so she tried Cousin Ruth,- and Cousin Ruth tried Cousin Mary,aud tan Cousin Mary sent to back to Fidelia,'10 and Fidelia sent it on to me, Now, I'll open it--" • 1 en "0 Aunt Clarissa! Candied mint and rose leaves! Why, that doesn't To seem a bit like a ---well, a village offer-' Mg. I never saw them anywhere ex-, e(1 cept in the Christmas parlor of- the ley were slow and diffident, and nei- ea• ever reached the point of propos- ,. g. Then an ent:erprisiug and aucla- ons young woman, who belonged to he world's people," somehow ex- acted a proposal from Joseph—or spensed with one ---and married him. iter several years of matrimony she ed, leaving hint with two little girls. s soon ay propriety permitted he bo- ok himself to his spinster ne'ighbor's id, according to local tradition, spoke - es: "It ie borne in upon ale, Sarah, that ee would 'make an excellent wife." "I have no leading to contradict ee, Jo.se'ph," replied the lady de- nt'ely. "Also, Sarah,1 believe thee compel: - t to be an admirabie mother," "Thy judgment is to be respected,. sept," "Thy housekeeping is well est;cm- Sarah, The Wemeln say there is n0 tter housekeeper in the place." - m, wouldn't—" John heard, but he hadn't quite re- covered from the astounding discovery of a few moments since. "Six hun- dred miles! Well, I never thought about that before. But I reckon we can fix up that wood box somehow. Say, Jack." he turned to a sixteen - year -old boy who had- been an inter- ested -listener, "what's all your cal. - you along,--rf your ma'd just as soon ride on the cars; I e don't exactly hanker to walk, myself." Speech was always slow with Mrs. itSimmons, but her eyes glistened. They had wasted a lot of precious time and h strength, to be sure, but her hes- band's heart had stayed in the same. spot all these years, and her boy would d know better how to avoid such mis- takes, 011, hove hard she enter work upat school • t sire good for if to help them fo get the best that life 0u can't help use rig up some sell; might hold! (�,»�(xb-oasm� � •kaemma�rommw�rscraarpe�zmj�u�x�,•rove T CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED ,LINE$ -.T.®nmRc®, •-.nsrn.. M.. xunnrv.1.74,..�,c•2rxo7... ensu ,,••17••10 "'-+ ^'A31 1141941.1.41..,a+Ye.,.aWw:41SW ,'.�,1Cmx ,v"9NSRAiA`YAr.S 'I it I rr Il r Fl Bi°weal'' sn •'sh-,.::!":rn•rr^�w,,::•-- F+mnaw„o+eu,aramsue•s�w.a4z,aa„.0 When I gu motoring with dad, I cannot help hut fool flow 1 would leave the mile, h •hand, 11 1 311erd at the eheel, s Exchange anti at the vent' • t finest grocers' and confectioners' to t They couldn't possibly keep company • with striped peppermint sticks, and • chewing gum, and gluey candy lumps en - on sticks ---the kind of things you find kit t in a country store,” Jo n "I am assured thee would not listen ,ee, light gossip, Joseph." 'Then, Sarah, will thee marry ale?" 'Nay, Joeeph, I am not moved to 'sent, But_ :thee may repeat thy id words about ale to thy brother hn if thee thinks best," So that thee will enter the family, raft, and care for the household, I r0 not by which door thee comes in, llaave no feather inclination toweled ' married state for foolish reasons!" 'Whether my reasons are foolish or Joseph, I will only come if I 11111 den by the door called John." It las by the door called John that was soon welcomed, to rule gently 1 to oder wisely a double family, A Conscrvati0u Family. • lc Spratley Sweet always ate meat Three times a clay, or four; s wife lilted it as well'ne. Jack, That Was before the war. t 110)3 their son's "eolneevhere in Fratnce," hey'pe glad to "do their bit," ey live on wheatlese, 1113E1t105e meals, And they are proud of it. 1• No," said Aunt Clarissa, delicately ' nibbling a rose leaf, "they couldn't and Sa they didn't, But they're a 'village offer- ca ing' all the same, There's been mint 1 along Fidelia's brook since before the the Indians' deeded over th farm', and cinnamon roses up against the house aro, wall since it was built, and the big bid pink hundred -leaf growing by the gale. Confectioners and exchanges she are well enough, but when I get a pre- an sent; from Norley, child, it's the kind that's never sold and never bought, and never can be. Not at any price." But • that was verging very near Jac sentiment for Miss Clarissa. She changed her tone briskly: 11i "Try a mitt leaf, Clarice. Mint's always 011011 a good, cleats tote to Bu finds) with," Parke' House rolls can be made Th with a little cornmeal in them, When you cut up fresh pork, recent- ly slaughered, the knife soon gets dull and does not talco hold, Tack a strip of good quality emery -00th on the board or table and frequently and quickly draw your knife over it, tee Those wino feed corn t0 cattle ellail]d bear in mind that 40 per coot. of the food value is in the stalls and 181(005. A rile enables one to get lux per cent. value from the coni elep.