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By Agronomist
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enewer WM be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publlohinp
Cc„ Ltd,, 7a Adelaide St. W., Trento.
GrowingOnions told Lettuce, used green it is well to' plant onion -
To get the finest results with green set deeper than if''intended to mature
onions, starting this. year you should into full-grown onions, This will
Use a good unlit y of white onion sets• cult in langur white stems,
These are not expensive. The beat
ones have very short tips, and the
bulbs are fats and unwrinkled. Avoid
those with long sprouts and the bulbs
of which are withered and :mea-
nie soil should be very rich, loose,
and with a Bandy base. They do not
do so well in:a stiff limestone -clay soil.
It will pay you to give the onion bed
special treatment as to working be-
fore it is planted. Dig, chop and rake
the soil to the limit, and when in good in this country comes from the muck
condition dig under a heavy dressing farms, which are almost pure humus.
of rich well -rotted stable manure.
Make the top of the bed as fine as for
seeds, ready to plant as soon he the
sail dries out somewhat, as it should
be drier for onion sets than for seed
sowing.
The usual way, in ordinary soil, is appropriat6 place and season in the
to set them about three inches apart, home garden. The former is planted
This is not necessary when the soil directly into the garden beds for im-
is rich and porous. As the onions
will be picked before the bulbs get
more than three-quarters of an inch in
diameter you can set them with only
an inch space between them—and get
good results.
A common practice is to make a cutting generally handled.
shallow trench with the hoe or rake, in te is to lettucescw is very thickly, and
which process the bottom thereof is Owhen it gets to be four inches high, cut
it of just above the crowns for using
as "snip" lettuce, allowing it to grow
again large enough for several more
cuttings. This is a wasteful and not
very satisfactory way.
A better way is to' sow the seeds
s whie is
the edible portion; the more of this that this appetizing product furnishes,
the more food value they have. If For a supply sufficient for a good-
the sets have not sprouted when set sized family and some to sell to local
eat, plant them an inch below the tops customers, my choice is the "hill sys-
of the bulbs, • tem," Here is how I handle my plot of
Soil For Lettuce 12 rows, 60 feet long, rowed 80 inches
As lettuce should be a, quickly grown apart, plants set 18 inches between
crop, it should have a light, rich, hills:
warm soil, well filled with humus. This After setting the plants in May in
latter quality can hardly be over- well-ptepared soil, made very rich, I
emphasized. The best lettuce grown give, them intensive and practically
level cultivation until fall. No run-
ners are allowed to take Boot, they
being regularly clippec: of. A piece
of sheet steel, about six inches wide,
formed into a hoop about 14 or 15
Maims in diameter, and to which is
fastened an upright handle, furnishes
an excellent tool to clip "tile runnere
rapidly: The bottom edge of the
hoop Is made a little larger than the
top, to prevent the soil from sticking
in the hoop. The bottom edge of the
hoop is also kept filed to a sharp cut-
ting edge, 'FIandled as described, the
plants get to be gia.t is in development
and vigor, and in the spring follow-
ing they send out an astonishing
number of fruit -bearing steins. Then,
if an abundance of plant good is pres-
ent and conditions are right, the yield
Top -Notch Strawberries.
"Nothing succeeds I.ilce success"
holds true in the growing of etraw-
berries that will sell themselves, says
a eueeeesful farmer. I have demon-
strated to my own ea -defection that
after one has grown a plot of straw-
berries which causes passers-by to
stop and wonder how such a crop can
be grown, he never needs lack for cus-
tomers for any eubsequent crops so
long as he keeps his fruit up to a
high standard in quality an(1 appear.
since and plays fair in selling,
I consider it a shameful neglect that
so many farmers and suburban dwell-
ers fall to grow a family supply of
high-quality strewberriee—the task is
so small compared to the satiefaction
This condition of soil applies. to most
of the succulent crops.
Lettuce is of two general kinds -the
"loose head," or "cutting," which does
not make tight heads, and the head
lettuce. Each of these kinds has its
mediate use as sooty as large enough,
while the head lettuce is sown in the
seed bed to be transplanted later on,
separately, in rows for heading -up.
Two Ways in Cutting Lettuce
There are two ways in which the
more or less compacted, making a
solid mass of seeleunder the small
onion -set. This makes it difficult for
the fine roots of the onion, when they
commence to forage for food and mois-
ture, to penetrate this soil. In many
eases the result is that the set is thinly in drills six inches apart in a
slightly lifted upward, checking its warm, well -drained location, dropping
growth, and making, a poor onion, of the seed from the hand so that they
doubtful quality. This can be overcome by pla;itingwill be about three to the inch. When
the plants get to be four inches high,
them so that the soil under them is not . remove every other one and repeat this
ted. Mark off the rows with process as they grow larger. This
the straight edge or use the garden- should insure good, tender lettuce as
line. With an old spoon or the point long as there is any to pick.
of a bread knife, 111t out enough soil to Make the top of the soil very fine
admit of the onion -set, insert the set, end mellow for sowing the cutting let -
pour the soil around it, and the ce. The drills can best be made by
soil slightly around it. DO NOT the straight -edge and should not
be over half an inch deep.
Cover the seeds by smoothing with
the straight -edge across the drills and
press down firmly along the rows.
As moisture is necessary to ger-
minate, do not allow the lettuce bed
In order to facilitate growth quick- to dry out until the young plants have
ly, onions when grown for eating come through the soil. However, the
green should be well and frequently watering must be done in such a way
worked. Only shallow working is as not to invite disaster. Early in
required, and when planted intensively the morning of a sonny day is the best
in the home garden this can best be time, and it should be clone with the
done with the hand -weeder, working fine nozzle of a hose, pointed into the
around the rows to keep down the air, or a fine-nozzled watering pot.
weeds and a crust from forming on Usually after the lettuce plants get to
the soil, as well as a dust mulch over a height of an inch at this season of
the top to prevent evaporation of the year they will get enough rain to
moisture from the soil. When to be keep them going—but be sure of it.
PRESS ON THE ONION-SE'I
WHILE PLANTING IT, This method
is very simple, rapid and effective.
It is based on the necessity for quick
growth and good green onions.
Shallow Working Required
In every household there is a cer-
tain amount of table scraps and kit-
chen waste which finds its way into the
garbage pail. -
Poultry is the only class of domestic
.animals suitable for converting this
waste into wholesome food in the form
of eggs and poultry meat.
Each hen in her pullet year should
produce ten dozen eggs. The average
size of the back yard flock is ten hens.
Each flock should produce 100 dozen
eggs, which at 60 cents a dozen, a fair
average price, would be worth $50, and
give the family eggs of a quantity
and freshness difficult to obtain.
Two-year-old hens had better be
sent to the market. They seldom
pay for their feed if kept over a third
season.
Grit and oyster shell should be in-
cluded in the ration for both young
enel,,old. To neglect this would be poor
economy.
Supplement the regular feeds with
a wet mash --fed crumbly. Feed all
the chickens will clean up before go-
ing to roost, but none should be left in
the trough for it will sour.
The dust bath should be where the
sun will shine on it in order that it
may be kept dry and warns as may be.
On almost all sunny days, one or more
hens will be seen filling their plumage
with the soft earth, and that will do
much toward keeping down lice and
assuring the health of the flock A
high -sided box should be used to pre-
vent the fowls from throwing the dirt
out when using the bath. The loam
should be changed occasionally so that
it will not become filthy.
effiVai
le fe large quantity of high-quality'
berries,
1 and winter protection has Much to
do with successful strawberry-raieing,
Icover my entire berry plot with
straw to the depth of about three
inches after it settles. In the spring,
when the growth commences, T re-
move most of the straw directly over
each hill, and leave the rest undis-
turbed to act as a mulch to retain
Moisture and prevent weed growth;
also, the heavy clusters of berries rest
on the straw, and are kept from the
dirt end grit that otherwise injuries the
appearance and quality of the fruit,
My Littre plot of not over one twen-
tieth of an acre yields us from 12 to
15 bushels of fancy berries in an
average season, and half of the crop
sold to customers who come after
then more than pays for all labor and
coat of growing then. My recom-
mendation is to got into the straw-
borry-growizrg game next spring with..
out fall,
Whole Wheat Crumpets.
Scald one pint of milk and add two
tablespoonfuls of oleomargarine .and
one teaspoonful each of salt and stager,
When it has become lukewarm, add
half a cake of compressed yeast dis-
solved in a few-spoonsful of tepid wa-
ter. Stir in about one and a quarter
cupsful of whole wheat flour and one
cupful of wheat flour, or enough of
the blended flours to make a good
drop batter, then cover well end set to
rise over night. In the morning star
it down,'beat vigorously and pour into
hot greased muffin rings that have
been set on a hot greased griddle. Fill
the rings half full of the batter. It
will rise to the top and bake slowly.
Cool and toast on both sides, then
epreacl with butter.
A kitchen in good repair inspires
the cook to keep it neat.
GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX
By Andrew F. Currier, M. D.
Dr. Currier will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health. If your
question is of general interest it will be answered through these columns;
if not it will be answered personally, if stamped, addressed envelope Is en.
closed. Dr. Currier will not prescribe for individual oases or make diagnoses.
Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Go., 73 Adelaide &t.
West, Toronto.
Bronchitis. Th cough 'eh 'ng
Bronchitis mean inflammation of
the mucous membrane which lines the
bronchial tubes.
These are air tubes beginning like
CO.OPERA'T'ION IN CUTTING ICE
13y Earl W. Gage,
the tear of the sled gate. It Is much
easier to handle the ice this 'way then
over the sides of the sled.
The beat method is to pull the ice
into the house by hand. Use about
thirty-five feet of three -quarter -inch
rope, the 'end at the house being hitch
ed to a rafter so it will be handy and
not slip, An ice tong should be tied
to the other end, and with this ar-
rrmgemeet one man can pull up large-'
sired cakes to a height of twelve feet
on a twenty -foot chute, The tongs
must be good and sharp to prevent
slippiug, as handling ice is dangerous
work, and light tongs are preferable
to heavy ones. It ie well to have an
assortment of sizes on hand.
Some farmers think it is too expen-
poles bearing vertical points and her- sive to cut zee, yet ice is the only crop
ing the ice to the loading platform.
An ice saw may be useful mean ordin-
ary cross -cut, one handle removed,
may be substituted.
Dividing the Work,
Three squads of men have been ing their table with delicious ice cream
found best 1n this section, each with and cool drinks in summer.
aa team. The first squad removes The Amount Required
the snow or spongy ice from the sur- The dairy farmer should put up
face the the field and
oc plows, saws and about 1,000 pounds of ice for each cow,
cutsnrte into handle and of a size most if used to cool erearn. For a twenty-
poseconveniont to 'handle for the pur-
for which the ice is intended. cow herd, ten tons of ice will be need-
Lat•ger cakes are bast if they can be ed. If whole milk is cooled, eonsid-
used, since the waste will not be as erably more ice will be needed. Under
average conditions it will take from
two to two and a half tons per cow
for milk cooling. As from forty to
fifty cubic feet are required for a
ton of packed ice, for ten tons 500
cubic feet of space must be filled.
The sides of the ice house should be
co-operative ice party cuts well insulated to protect the ice from
blocks and floats them to the side of summer heat. Sawdust is good for
the open water, where theyare ready this purpose. About a foot should
be allowed for the two outside walls,
to be loaded on sleighs. Here a which are filled between with sawdust.
tramway with a pair of ice hooks at- When filling the house, keep the top
tacked to a rope will make loading a level, and with a light stick tamp a
relatively easy matter. Let the rope liberal quantity of broken, chipped,
extend across the sled -box from thejoints. An
'We have a splendid system of team-
work in ice harvest down thie waY.
One farmer helps the other, and all
have plenty of ice and do not feel the
labor shortage, or the "high cob of
lee."
But a few tools are needed to cut
the tee. A steel scraper is useful;
some types of small road scrapers maY
be ued for this, or a very good home-
reade scraper may be fashioned of
wood and faced with a strip of steel,
euch as the back of an old cross -cut
saw. An ice plow is almost essential
if any quantity of ice is to be harvest-
ed, though for email jobs it is not nec-
essary. This aids in removing the por-
ous surface ice and simplifies cutting
into block Half a dozen Ica pike
mental hooks, are necessary in float we may say truthfully that may be .se-
euhed on the farm or near it at cost of
taking it away. And ice increases the
value of farm products many times,
and is especially useful in handling
milk, cream and fruits, to say nothing
of aiding the farm family in supply -
great. If the ice is more than twelve
inches thick blocks two feet square
on the surface are more convenient
to handle; if it is thinner than a foot
thick three feet square can he packed
well,
The Fecund squad of the community
t t loosethe
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MISS CLINTON.
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At three o'clock ane June aftetnseen
Miss Caroline Winelow arrived at her
nieee'e house. At five o'elook the
doorbell rang, and Maggie brought in
a basket of wonderful black cherries
with a spray of glowing Jacqueminots
laid across the top. "For Miss Win-
slow, with Miss Clinton's compli-
ments,".elie reported,
"What a beautiful basket!" Miss
Winslow exclaimed. "And what a
kind thing to do, Who is Mise ,Clin-
ton, Olive ---one of your special
friends?"
"She's our next-door neighbor,"'
Wire, Slater replied, . "They are
beautiful, aren't they? Sho—she al-
ways arranges things so artistically,"
Miss Caroline bed selected e cherry,
but she promptly put it down,
"Olive Slater," she declared crisply,
"you might as well tell me straight
out. It's no use trying to' keep, things
back, beoause-you couldn't keep your
voice from giving them away if your
life depended on it, What's the mat-
ter with Miss Clinton's cherries?
They aren't poisoned, are they?"
"Oh, there's nothing the matter with
the cherries," Olive deelared, "They're
famous. There's no tree like them
in the place. There's nothing then
matter anyway, Aunt Caroline. I
can't imagine what made you think
there was."
"I've told you what made are think
so -and I shan't touch a cherry till
you tell me."
Miss Winslow's manner was pleas-
ant but decisive, Her niece drew a
long breath. After all, it would be a
relief to tell some one.
"It's just—it's perfectly foolish of
me, and I know it; but I'm all . worn
out trying to keep -up. You see, it
began the day we moved here. The
a ie
furniture had just come, and M gg
was hunting for the teakettle, when
Miss Clinton's maid came over with
the daintiest little supper you ever
saw. We enjoyed it so much, Hugh
and 1, and we agreed we'd show our
and shaved ice into the appreciation by sending her ,some-
tramwa.y; hitch one horse to it and adz is handy for shaving and leveling thing lovely as soon as we got settled.
drag the blocks from the water to be the ice. Sgtfare cakes are used in So we did. And two days later she
loaded. This savor heavy lifting and the middle and uneven ones are trim- sent us a box of honey—four combs.
keeps the men from becoming unnec- I mad for the edge. Good tight joints So I made one of my lemon pies; : it
essarily wet. Ordinary ice tongs are necessary. As the ice is laid and wasn't anything like a return, but it
may be attached to the cakes, ( swept with a broom plenty of water ie was the best I could do, Then she
The is worse in a morns The third gang of men work in the .thrown over the ice to freeze the cakes
after the a nig imus have accumulated
sent me some jars of jelly, and I sent
during the night, tee -house. They placeseach load into into a solid mass. her one of pickles, It has been like
position in the house pack sawdust as Caring for the Product that all the year. And I just haven't
J '
_ _ ot more ._ fourteen
- -.- got anything else to Rend!" • Miss Winslow was lo•oking at her
The disease is due to^ inhalation rapidly as the ice is'delivered. Eight
through the nose or mouth of some d tl t ork most
men an nee earns can w inches should be left between the walls
the branches of a tree at the end infections germs. Hence the need of
rapidlyin harvesting a crop of ice by and the ice, the intervening space be -
of the windpipe, getting smaller and g th th d i
kind of irritant, either dust, gas or
The really big question is how to
raise the heifer calves, for old dairy-
men know upon the treatment accord-
ed these youngsters will depend in no
small measure their usefulness
when they stature, as dairy cows. A
few suggestions. culled from the ex-
perience of some leading milk pro-
ducers, may accordingly be helpful.
First. The dairy calf should be giv-
en its mother's milk for the first ten
days, and if it is a weak individual,
for et least three or four weeks.
Second. The calf should not be
overfed. About two quarts at a feed
is sufficient.
Third. Feed three times daily for
the first three weeks,
Fourth. The change from whole
milk.. to skim -milk should be made
gradually, during a period of ten days.
At the same time the number of feeds
given daily should be reduced from
three to two.
Fifth. Increase gradually the feed
allowance until the calf is receiving
from four to five quarts per feed.
Sixth, Replace the fat lacking in
the swim -milk by feeding such things
as ground oats and corn, with a little
bran.
Seven. Teach the calf to eat grain
by placing dry gram in the bottom of
the pail, or directly in its mouth.
Eighth. Food bright, clean hay.
Ninth. Prevent scours by regular
feeding, feeding in clean pails; avoid-
ing over -feeding, providing clean, dry
stables; allowing plenty of sunlight to
enter.,, and by keeping the manger free
frons sour feed.
If skim -milk is not available, calf
meal can be used, The following home
mixed calf meal, first tried by the Pur-
due Experiment Station, has been
found to give good results: Hominy
or corn meal, oil meal 0. P., blood
flour and red dog flour or flour mid-
dlings, in equal parts, at the rate of
one pound of mixture to one gallon of
water. This should be fed like skim -
milk, though not in excess of one gal-
lon at a feed,
Most birds eat more than twice their
own weight of food every day.
011 of citronella will restore the
color to most shades of -tan or brown
loather.
If potatoes that are to be baked are
boiled first in salt water for ten mi-
nutes they will hake in considerably
less time than is the rule.
The British will soon fix it so that a
man can go from Jerusalem to Jeri -
alto without falling among thieves.
Even honest Turks will not regret the
change.
smaller as they ramify, and ending in
the balloon -like air vesicles in which
the blood ia relieved, in exhalation, of
its carbonic acid and which absorb
from the inhaled air its oxygen.
In pneumonia the bronchial tubes
may be involved, but the trouble is
essentially inthetissues in which the
tubes are inbedded.
Anybody can have bronchitis, from
an infant in arms to a centenarian;
the chief sufferers are those who lack
good resisting power.
When the large tubes only are in-
volved the condition is not usually very
serious, it is worse when the middle
sized tubes are attacked and if the dis-
ease attacks the fine capillary tubes it
is very apt to have a fatal issue.
Infants and young children are fre-
quently victims of capillary bronchitis.
The inflamed mucous membrane be-
comes swollen and obstructs the en-
trance and egress of air in this dis-
ease and in the fine tubes the passage
is almost obliterated. It also secretes
more material than it does iii -health
and this secretion in the mild cases
is plain mucous, in the cases which are
severe and in which decomposition
takes place it is purulent, and in those
in which gangrene of the tissues oc-
curs it is fetid and offensive. • ,
Cough, expectoration and difficult
breathing are therefore the character-
istic symptoms of bronchitis.
The acute gorm of the disease lasts
from a few• days to a few weeks, the
chronic for months or years, getting
better and worse, being especially
troublesome iu'winter. is precipitated.
is me o .
r•espiratess in mining, laboratory I i ing filled with sawdust or clover chaff;
work, fighting Germans, etc.., and the January and February are the hest straw is too loose and will not pack
importance of destroying the ever -I months for the ice harvest, although tight enough. Sawdust is preferable
present germs in the nose and mouth) in this section some very good ice,' to chaff, and both are better than
by routine spraying or irrigation with' the best of the season, was put in dur- straw. Tar paper tacked on the walls
antiseptics like carbolic or boric acid' ing March. It is best to start cut- provides further insulation against the
menthol or eucalyptol. ting ice the afternoon before storing heat.
Those w.'ho live in bad hygienic con.l it, so that a good supply will be on When the ice house has been filled,
ditions, those whose habits are bad,' hand to complete storing in one day if the weather continues cold, it is well
and those who etre physically weak i with two teams hauling to the ice not to cover the top for two or three
from any cause, may get bronchitis. house. In case the weather is clear days; but before the weather moder-
It may be tuberculous in character, when beginning to cut, it is best to ates the top should be covered with
hence that must be determined. leave the cakes in the water until even- two feet of sawdust or clover chaff.
In order to prevent it, breathe deep- ing, when they should be drawn out This covering should be redistributed
ly, sleep and live and work in well to prevent freezing in, and to permit and packed into the sides about once a
ventilated rooms and keep the body
protected with warm clothing.
Keep the bowels open, use hut
drinks to promote perspiration, a to the house two chutes may be used
hot poultice on the chest to facilitate to advantage; one about twelve feet
breathing, and a hot water bag at long for low work and another about
the feet, twenty feet long to be used above
A suitable dose of quinine at the be- eight or nine -foot doors. The smaller
ginning of an attack may arrest it. chute may be made of two-by-four's
Let the food be abundant, but simple for sides, with one -inch stuff nailed
the water to freeze again. I month until the house is opened for
Packing the Ice summer ice.
In conveying the ice from the sled Ventilation is an important provi-
sion in an ice house owing to the pre-
sence of warm air which is certain to
accumulate on top of the ice. In the
newer ice houses it is necessary to
place a small ventilator in the center
of the roof which carries off this warm
air. An opening of this sort will not
melt the ice, as an opening in the end
would, yet provides space for the
warm air to pass out. Cold air is
heavier than warm air and because of
this fact the cold air which tends to
keep the contents of the building from
melting, sinks to' the floor and from
there adjusts itself around the sides of
the ice. The warm air, on the other
hand, rises to the top and escapes
through the ventilator.
and depend more upon nature for re-
lief, than upon drugs, if you can.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
M. G. S.—i. Should one who has
had a stone removed from the kidney
drink only boiled water ? 2. Is a
tripoli stone water filter advisable 7
3. Will it remove line From the wa-
ter?
Answer -1. That world, of course,
be the safest plan, but with reason-
able care, I do not think it essential.
2. It is well thought -of by some with
whom I am acquainted, 3. Not that
which is in solation, but that which
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1.4100.00 4_ryt
Ilurray! We're going to the perk
And take our supper -.-what n lark!
But, Willie's such an appetite,
I doubt if he can wait till night.
lengthwise of the chute. The long
chute had better bo made of two -by -
six for the sides, with cross braces
nailed about every four feet. Make
the chutes strong to prevent breaking
and injuring the workmen. Fasten
with a two-by-four nailed across the
top underneath to hold it against the
door. Place the other end on the
rear of the sled gate so that the ice
may be placed on the other end on
A good grooming costs no money,
and is equal to two quarts of oats.
Keep your horse's feet soft, and
have John shod often. More feet are
ruined in the stable than on the road.
Humanely destroy the worn-out, in-
curably lame horse. If you sell him,
the money that you receive is blood
money.
Punctuality in feeding and watering
the horses Is very important. They
will worry and lose flesh if kept wait-
ing beyond the regular time.
If the hoof Is kept supple and elas-
tic by soaking, there will be much less
trouble from foot lameness, which
starts because of a dry, contracted
hoof that has no elasticity.
When a horse is disposed to cough
in the stable, have his teeth put in
order by a veterinarian, as irregul-
arities sometimes cause a cough. Keep
the stable clean and well ventilated to
prevent inhalation of irritating gases.
Wet all feed. If the cough persists
give hell an ounce of glyco-heroin
three times a day, and if necessary in-
crease to one -ounce doses.
'fable of Food Groups.
Nu, 1—Body regulating substances.
Nruits; Pears, peaches, plums, apples,
strawberries, oranges, melons, etc.
And vegetables: Celery, lettuce,
greens, potatoes and root vegetables,
peas, beans, tomatoes, squash, ete.
No, 2 •.- Muscle -building: llfilk,
cheese, nota, egg's, meat, poultry,
lieh ete,
No, - roods which furnish starch:
niece in frank perplexity. "Why don't
you tell her so?" she asked. "Just
tell her you can't keep up with her
kindness."
"Oh, I couldn't!" Olive:.protested'
"Well, you needn't have those cher-
ries on your mind, for I'll take care
of them myself. But what in the world
will you do if you• don't come to an
understanding?"
"I suppose," Olive responded wear-
ily, "I'll dust keep on."
"I suppose you will," said her aunt.
The Useful Silo.
Ten good reasons why every farmer
who keeps live stock should have a
silo.
1. The silo preserves the palatability
and succulence of the green corn plant
for winter feeding.
2, It helps to make use of the entire
corn plant.
3. The silo increases the live stock
capacity of the farm.
4. Silage is a good summerfeed
when pastures are short. '
6. Because of the small amount of
ground space required by the silo, it is
an economical means of issforing for-
age.
6. The silo prevents waste of corn-
stalks,leaves and husks which contain'
about two-fifths of the feeding value
of the corn plant.
7. The silo located near the feed
manger is an assurance of having feed
near at hand in stormy as well as fair
weather.
8. The silo assists in reducing the
cost o1 gains in fattening cattle and
sheep.
9. Silage greatly indreases the mil.
flow during the winter season and de
creases the cost of production.
10. There are no stalks to bother 1
the manure when corn is put into th
silo.
Mr. Slice 0' Bread.
I am a Slice of Bread.
I measure three inches by two -and
a -half, and my thickness is half at
inch.
My weight is exactly an ounce.
I am wasted- once a day by 8,000,
000 people of Canada.
I am "the bit left over;" the glia
eaten absentmindedly when really
wasn't needed; I am the waste crus
If you collected me and my con
panions for a whole week you wool
find that we amount to 1760 tons
good bread—
WASTEDI
Seventeen shiploads of braid a
wasted annually by the people
Canada,
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Many heavy responsibilities wi
come to our children when they gro,
telephone companies, that ase enor- older, and if they have the disci/illi
mous quantities of timber specify that of regain, household duties now,
it must be cut between October lst and will help prepare the character
March ist. Experience has shown bearing them, The work must' be r
gulated by the demands of seho
hours and by the ages and strength
the children. Create a system f
the individual home that will not on
has risen 100 per cent. since the war, leave pinytime,for the children
according to official figures presented rest and recreation tdine for
in the House of Commons. mother.
Breakfast foods, cereals, rice, mac-
aroni, cakes, cookies, pastes, starchy
desserts, puddings, potatoes, etc.
No. 4—Foods depended on for su-
gar: Honey, syrup, sugar, candies,
jams, jellies, sweet cakes, icing, and
other sweet desserts.
No. 5.—Foods which produce fat:
Butter, creast, lard, suet, salad and
other oils, pork, etc.
If it is true—and we believe it is—
that the war will be 'von not only in
the trenches, but in our kitchens and
dining -rooms, then the more we know
about food values the better we will
be able to "carry on,"
'l
When to Cut Trees.
Trees should be cut in winter, as
timber dries more slowly at this time
of year and there is little danger, of
damage from season checking, Logs
can be handled most economically in
the winter months, as four times as
many logs can be hauled on sleds as
on wheels. If the logs or posts are
cut in winter they become well season-
ed before they are set, and proper
seasoning is the most economical
preservative treatment ane can give to
poets or poles,
All the great industrial organiza-
tions, such as railroads, telegraph, and
that best results have boon obtained
by cutting the trees at this time.
The cost of living in Great Britain