HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-08-08, Page 2By Agronomist.
'rhra Department le for the use of our farm readers who want the advloe
of an expert en any question regarding coli, send, crops, eto. If your questlon
le of sufflolent general Interest, It will be answered through this column. if
ilstamped and, addressed envelope le enclosed with your letter, a cornplete
newer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing
Coe Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto.
Amount of Bordeaux Needed for an tate effect of poor seed, poor soil con -
Acre. ditiona nr poor cultural practices.
The amount of Bordeaux needed R.I,.:—Our maple shade trees are
acre varies with the size of the being cut back every year because of
potato vines sprayedand one electric wires running along our roads.
method of applying. Fifty gallons Will this injure the trees?
will cover an acre of small plants. Answer:—The only danger that
Very large plants may need 100 gal- would occur to the shade trees would
10ns. Seventy -Ave gallons per acre be by pruning off large limbs and
on an average for each spraying will leaving wounds that would "bleed"
willbe ample. The number of sprayingswenseverely. If any large limbs have
be led according to the duringia to be pruned off, I would advise
se. n Three may aj enough a Painting the sear immediately so as
season of.light rainfall but five is n g
common number used when eonditions to prevent the loss of sap as far as
favor blight development. possible.
B. G. 11,;—I wish to discover the
Some things to keep in mind when proper fertilizer to use on my farm.
making Bordeaux and applying it to Is it necessary to have a chemical
pbtatoes. analysis made of the soil?
1. That Bordeaux le a preventive Answer:—The chemical analysis of
and not a cure, To he effective it the soil tells the total amount of
must, therefore, be applied before the plantfood:—nitrogen, phosphoric acid
disease gets a start. and potash in the soil,—but does not
2. That the quantity of lime should distinguish between the available and
always be equal to the quantity of cop- unavailable supply of these materials
per sulphate. An excess of lime will in the soil. A chemical analysis is
do no harm as long as it is not used therefore only indicative and is not a
in sufficient quantity to clog the noz- sure basis on which to advise fertiliz-I
zies. I ing practices Toa farmer that un -
The White Plague.
Too strong emphasis cannot be
plaeed on the statetnont made by Ma.,
Keyes in her authoritative article on
this page, namely tlult un the home!
and the home aloha rests the great-.
est burden of responsibility for the
cute of tubereuloele, Doctors and
nurses can Mamma and advise but,'
as Mrs. Keyes rightly says "no drug t
has Duet• been discovered which wilt I
cure tuberculosis." i
It is a fact, unpleasant to faire but'
one that must be brought home to
all mothers if our children are to be!
saved, that thousands of cases of tub
erculosis have ended fatally because;
parents either paid too little atten-'
tion to colds and coughs, loss of;
weight, nervousness, paleness and de
bility, or else mistakenly tried to re -1
thieve them by giving the children
advertised cough remedies and so-
called "tonics."
As the cure of the individual vic-
tim of this plague rests with home
treatment so the health of the com-
munity rests with the community it-
self. To find out why the disease is
present and then vigorously to ere
move the cause or change wrong con-
ditions of living—this is our holy
duty.
Save Your Seed.
Ontario gardeners who would like
to be sure of a supply of seed in 1919
had best begin to prepare to raise
enough this summer for their future
needs. This precaution must be tak-
en, because the seed upon which the
country would! nornsally depend, will
not be forthcoming In 1919.
"The reserve supply of seed usually
aerie(' by the seed houses has never
ben so maw in the history of the busi•
were" a bulletin from the hurlieul-
terists says. "This 1+ attributable
to a number oP emacs, among which
may be mentioned the tenure of the
supply from Europe; the use of ninny
seeds for teed, an !mace' of alma
fifty per cent, in the demand for
Planting, and the adver::e wanthee
coerdit!ons.
"The old-time practice of sating
one's own garden seed eau in tide
emergency be revived will, advantage
---remembering that the fundamental
Iriuelele in successful seed saving is
sele•etion of seed only from the hest
I ith ts."
The clothes wringer will last twice
US 1081; if the pressure screw at the
top is loosened after using.
Dou't try to koop house without a
small can of kerosene. It helps in a
dozen ways: clean bathtubs, basins,
window glass, etc., and is excellent to
put on furniture dusters. A little
kerosene added to the water with
which linoleum is washed helps to
preserve the floor covering, besides
giving it a polish. Boxes, chests,
bureau drawers, well dusted with it,
are immune to moths. A square of
cheesecloth dampened with kerosene
makes a good dustless duster, Place
it in a covered tin box for twenty-
four hours. By that time the oil
will be evenly distributed.
GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX
MOTHER IS.DO
This Scourge Which 1tiweept., Away its Victims ail Ply ,I''ire Nuri.
Be• Understood to Be Cong'uet•ed.
By Helen Johnson Kaye",
Do you realist the ;Ubercu105is is been ditty in it.r care and marketing
usually contracted during early ehild-' of milk, careless in des chuieu and Pre-
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COUSIN CAROLINE' l'
"STRING.,'
Hilda's room was on the third Hoover
hut Kitty '!ravers began chattering
the moment Sarah, the maid, opene et
the door to her, By the time ante
roweled rho soeond atary hill her ru-
hood and that' whoa th0 disease cep. i paratlun of fond. It has not edu. marks bemoan" audihle.in 111111n'e mem.
pears in older persons, it le usually n l cabal its c0mmuuitics to an apprecia• "ft's winter --did you know it? 1
1 soml 0r third stage of that child.; Hon of 1104 dangers of contagion almost froze my 14(1... eomin; down
hecouci infection? I through common drinkdug cup towels 1'a1 k Street, 1 don's behave t
ile
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I livery soar there die in Canada, and so fnrch; .144,1 it. hos (101 aper,;,- avail goini; 10 he a suninu'r 8gain ..-
from this disease about 12,0110 people,! elated the health 'vli100 of floe play. nut ever. I---1Iildn h'roer, what nisei':!
In this country alone •10,000 people City conditions were nntnradly so bard 111'1 !unit 111 thernuintentcr 1140 11.-
are constantly ill with it and there; they had to he improved; country con- 100! Aren't you the luckiest girl!"
! are now about 111,000 ehildren attend-, ditions were naturally so good thsy "Cousin Caroline Granger ht•uufehl;
me our public schools who will be vices have not been e'lfeguarded, them over yesterday. , they aril
time of it before middle life utile*Steady lo:,., or weight,uec",upanied glorious aren't they?
more Is done to prevent it than ever by fatigue, nervousness and a pale, lioL theca wale no deceiving Ki el v.
has been done in the pest, Yet at run-down cep; etmenee, may be the first 8110 ;jerked her smolt sunt "almost
least 8,000 of these children could he! symptome of tuberculosis although frozen" nose ('rum the heart of one of
the roses, where mho had burled it
Ecstatically.
"Will you tell nae, Hilda, what in the
Iwould make use of them. utmost importance for the sake of its world is the mallet' with tical roses'?"
You wonder, perhaps, that I do not euro, it Is beet to take these cases atI "I 11104111111 I wasn't letting you
put this responsibility up squarely to once to n responsible doctor for a even suspect," said Kilda, ruefully.
eke doctors but no drug has Over been thorough examination.Somehow you always :see through
I discovered which will cure tuberculo- Tuberculosis is not confined to the I People, 1Cit! Well, then, there isn't a
sig and most of the eases which ar- lungs. It appears also as Iiunchbaek,1 thing the matter' with the ruses—as if
! rive in the doctor's hands are already hip disease and what ie known ars there 4011!(1 be poseihly! The matter
passed almost beyond cure. Health white swelling, In these cases the de with the string they were bled with
officers, s�ahool doctors and nurses' infection attacks the lymph glands or In other words, Cousin Caroline in-
, may do, indeed, are doing much to bones, instead of the lungs. Between formed me that they would keep tiro
Prevent ,she spread of the disease by the ages of two and nine years chi! -I weeks in this weather, and I couldn't
! dise0vering 11 in its early stages and dren are very sensitive to this form; keep rases for two weeks to save my
pointing out to mothers and fathers of infection and twenty per cent. of life --not if I cut their stems every
the ways to cut it off at that point, those who are thus infected dao fromhour and changed the water six tunes
{saved by the means which we already they may be am:meted 100 by savoral
know and could put into practice if other conditions. Beeauee an eeerie!! parents, 10aeltere and ccommunities recognition of the disease is of the-
.
The work of the doctors and nurses is it within a few years. Enlarged; a day. But Cousin Caroline is going
to discover it; the work of curing it tonsils and adenoids and decayed teeth to count the very minutes that I keep
must be done by the home, are, often breeding grounds for the them !rash, and charge the loss to my
Infection usually occurs during the germs which produce such fatal •re- carelessness. It is Cousin Carolino'n
8. Use only wooden or earthern deratands chemistry, of course, it first three years of an infant's life by sults and for this reason, as well as, way. Last winter she gave me a pair
vessels in which to handle the copper would be of value, but to the average contact in the home with a grown-up for many others, ought never to re -1 of gloves that she declared would
sulphate. This material corrodes tin man, untrained in this science, .a who is suffering from the disease. main. I wear one year for best and a second
or iron. I chemical analysis would not be of Family ties and affections beingwhat Swellings, tenderness, sins and year for every day. I cherished those4. Have both the copper sulphate, Particular assistance. Probably the quest! is f g era! interest it will be answered through these columns, they are, it is impossible to prevent stiffness n joints may be the danger gloves as the apple of my eye; I put
and the Bate diluted before they are I best way the practical farther can get closed D Currier individual cases or make diagnosis, these first infections, for that could signals for this form of the malady: them on with bated breath; I gave
combined. If they are put together, at information as to what fertilizer be done only by removing all victims and should receive medical attention,; them first aid at the slightest suspi-
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when too strong, they will not stay, will pay best on his coil is by choose
of, the disease from their homes and If these conditions continue till de -cion of a rip; yet the wretched thiugu
in suspension. 1 ing a plantfood suited to make up friends and setting them apart in formity occurs, little can be done to! went back on me in eight months -
5. Strain everything which goes in- for the characteristic weaknesses of hospitals. As long as our. sentiment relieve the patient. I and Cousin Caroline found it out. If .
to the spray barrel through a copper the soil and to meet the needs of the does not permit this, our only course The cure for all forms of tuber- only Cousin Caroline realized that
gauze sieve with forty meshes to the crop which is being fertilized. For is to fight off the disease after it is eulosis lies in: I there to a difference in the eireune-
inch. or two or three thicknesses of instance, clay soils are fairly well n at already present in its first form so 1—Large quantities of wholesome stances and wearing qualities! Well, at
cheesecloth. j supplied in all three important plant- S h i food, particularly milk and eggs. ! least, I shall not have to watch thone
G. Do not use Bordeaux which has foods, After they have been farm- 2—Long hours of sleep in fresh air.1 00808 two years."
3—Free 'play in fresh air, without! Kitty's blue eyes danced.
hard exercise or fatigue.
By Andrew F. Currier, M.D.
Dr. Currier will answer all signed letters pretalning to Health If your
if not,it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope 1s emr. u er willnot prescribe for n
Address Dr. Andrew F, Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Co„ 73 Adelaide
St. West, Toronto.
TEETHING.
Mrs. J. M. C.—Will you please ture and nerve supply, to disease, de -
write an article on infant teething? cay and poor nutrition, local or gen-
It o a old story 'h tt ething has oral.
been held responsible for multitudes uc pan maybe accompanied
of ills in babies and ,•.young children,
if no more definite cause could be
with neuralgia of the head and face,
contraction of the muscles which
close the jaw and, in infectious cases,
with abscess.
In infancy, there are certain con-
ditions not present in subsequent life
which have always tended to magnify
the importance of the teething pro-
eese.
An infant's nervous system is ex-
cessively sensitive and easily thaewn
'out of equilibrium, with the produc-
tion of convulsions, by causes which
would not disturb an older child; he
9. Remember that Bordeaux is us- a larger quantity of all three iugredi- usually come before the upper, the vomits his food at the slightest pro -
ed to prevent blight and other fol.!ents will have to be used to give sat- first set between the seventh and' vocation; his body temperature would
rage troubles. It will not overcontelisfactory results. twenty-fourth months, the second be- be fatal in an adult; he,reacts to
tween the sixth and twenty-first sensations of pain with persi,etenb
years.
as to prevent its running into the sec-
ond stage; or, if the second stage
occura, to dao our utmost to forestall
the third.
These first infections, which occur
in infants and children, are not con-
tagious. They travel four different
roads, according to the general health
and resisting power of the patient,
his way of living and his surround-
ings.
The first type recovers without
showing any symptoms of the dis-
ease. Only a test made by a physi-
cian could prove that the germ nad
ever been present,
The second type passes quickly on
to death.
The third fights hard and finally re-
covers.
The fourth appears to have recov-
ered them suddenly develops tem symp-
toms again and they prove , fatal to
the child.
It is rather a strange fact that
there are about equal numbers of agriculture and manual' work done
these different kinds of cases in the out-of-doors. Sports and athletics
city and in the country. The rea- without too much competition and
son is that the city has overcome its strain, are excellent.
natural disadvantages by means of Every community ought to enlist
health laws, housing laws, milk pas- in the army which must fight to de-
teurization, sanitary public baths, etroy tuberculosis. Write, asking
drinking fountains, school inspection, for information, to your Provincial
playgrounds and other wise preeou- Board of Health and to your Prove
tions. inial Board of Education. From
The country, possessing all the ad- these sources you will receive help in
vantages of pure air, fresh food and organizing your community for a war
imitless space for play, has neglect- against the destructive army of the
ed them. It has often shut its sun- "great white plague." Every woman
ight out of houses and schools, has should enlist!
stood over night after being prepared. ed for sometime the nitrogen and
Do not use air -slaked lime when mak- phosphoric acid become deficient. If 1fo, nil.
Mg Bordeaux. you are attempting to grow a good It is only a round-aoout way, at
7. Keep the foliage. as campleteiy crop of grass on this land you will least in many cases, of saying, "I
don't know what ails the child."
Teething is a most important Pro-
cess, but is seldom so serious a mat-
ter and so likely to produce disease
as many of us have been brought up
however, discourage growers from on sandy soil you must keep in mind to believe.
using any form of sprayer which may, that sandy soil is poor in all three There is no fixed rule for the aP-
be available. I of the plantfood constituents. Hence, pearance of Etre teeth, the lower ones
covered as possible after the plants need to add fertilizer high in nitrogen.
are five or six inches tall until frost If it is grain you are fertilizing a
or the maturity of the crop, 1 medium amount of nitrogen and
3. To be most effective Bordeaux relatively high amount of phosphoric
should be applied with a pressure of, acid with a little potash would pay
160 to 120 pound,. This should not, best. If these crops are to be grown
1
W.•
On many farms poultry accounts
have been entirely neglected even
when other accounts have been care-
fully recorded. The result has been
that the farmer has never known
what his hens were doing. In some
cases the flock has been a paying pro-
position and the hens have received
no credit for the work. The raising
of poultry has not been increased be-
cause the amount of money the hens
have added to the farm income has
not been known. In other cases the
Dock has been consistently a losing
proposition when the farmer has con-
sidered it as profitable. This has
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Verniers who ship their wool
direct to us get better prices
than farmers who sell to the
general store,
ASK ANY FARMER!
who has sold his wool both
ways, and note what he says—
or better still, write us for our
prices; they will show you how
much you lose by selling to Mw
General Store,
vie pay the highest prices of arty firm
in the countryaadare the largest wool.
dealers !n Canada, Payment is re -
6 :Jutt s9 urwoo awool isreceived.
he
snore Mad pleased if you do andnarre
assured of a square deal front las. 2
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been due to estimating the amount Six 180411 teeth in either jaw seize
!of food used and the return for the the food and cut it to four laterals;
eggs. The estimates have been very
I inaccurate on some farms and the
poultry business will be in line for
reorganization.
I The time and effort required to keep
poultry accounts is very small. When
once the habit of entering up sales
and feed bills has been formed it be-
comes almost an instinct to place the•
hand on the record book at the first
opportunity after a transaction has
been completed. Personally, I feel
i uncomfortable after a deal until I
have had a chance to unload my mind
and transfer my rough notes to the
columns of the poultry account book.
A complicated system of book-
keeeing is not necessary to determine
the profits and losses in the poultry
business. The principal point is to
record all sales or bills promptly and
then at the end of each month it is
possible to quickly strike a balance
! and know how the business stands.
Of course, it is not possible to know
exactly how a poultry buiness stands
each month because of the growing
stock which is being fed. Its value
is not definitely known. However,
if the receipts and expenditures are
carefully recorded, it will be possible
to tell the profits hi the poultry busi-
ness at the end of the year and also,
make a report on the income that will
be accurate and satisfactory,
The dairy row is a most important
factor in winning the war, Food, we'
are told, is as necessary as munitions,!
and meat is one of the prime articles,
i of food. The beef supply of the
,
near future must come solely from
the present stock of cows. Dairymen
generally attach not very much value
to ordinary calves, but keep cows
wholly for milk production, especially
those dairymen who all the whole
milk. The stock of calves for the
country's beef supply will depend
largely, then, on the price of milk. If
the be eapply is increased it must
be doe primarily by milk command-
ing eufficiently high a price as to en-
c .irage its production and the keep-
ing cf a larger number of cows, and
then by a price for beef that shall
insure a profit in raising the calves
to beef age. A considerable pro-
portion of the perk, too, comes from
pigs raised by dairymen who sell
mem or butter ante keep the pigs to
eonsame the skimmili . It is, admit-
ted, I think, tha t pigs can be grown
more economically in this way than
In tiny other. So that an increase
in pork supply is dependent in large
measure on the dairy cow.
'The ruble, bormally worth about 20
cents is Ihgr stand d coin o ppus ins,
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g or screanung.
There i
s no doubt
that many in-
fants suffer pain when the teeth are
at is transferred by the tongue and trying to break through; hot, red
teeth for partial cutting and grinding, and swollen gums indicate this, also
while the finishing grinding and the rubbing of the mouth and gums
crushing are done by six back teeth. with the fists the desire to bite hard
A full set of second teeth,thus,
numbers thirty-two. Teeth have an
important relation to one's looks;
they aid articulation• and they help
greatly in determining hard and soft,
heat and cold in food.
There are practically no third
teeth, and in some cases there are
none at any period, just as there are
cases without hair.
There may be teeth at birth or
their eruption may be deferred inde-
finitely, especially if a child has
rickets, syphilis or tuberculosis,
Delayed first teeth often have a In regard to the diseases which
bearing on the appearance and con- teething was supposed to produce,
dition of the second. most, if not all of then, are germ
Wisdom teeth are frequently di- diseases,' with their particular and
seased, deformed and of libtle use. specific cause; and, while teething
Extra teeth are possible but are us- may act as an irritant, increase the
ually imperfect and defective. child's susceptibility and diminish his
Teeth may be irregular in various resisting power, it does not, in the
ways from disease or mechanical opinion of the best modern observers,
conditions. cause these diseases.
Pain is an ever possible symptom, It is inconclusive, when meningitis
before, during, or after the eruption and teething are present, to reason
of the teeth. that the former was produced by the
It is due to their sensitive sttuc- latter.
substances, abundant flow of saliva,
restlessness. iiusd cheeks, grin
eruption, diarrhoea, and many other
evidences of disturbance.
Neither is there any doubt in these
cases that there is irritation of the
nervous system; but many of the
symptoms may be removed by ration
al procedure, scarifying the gums in
proper cases, a dose of castor oil, ap-
plications of cold, change in the food,
etc., but seldom if ever by pulling out 1
the teeth; the 'teething process has
to go on. 1
"Ililda," she declared, "I've brought
4—Clean bodies, sound teeth, clear you ,a birthday gift. I couldn't quite
breathing passages. finish It .yesterday. It is warranted
As we have said, children in the! to last for six months, with careful
first stage of tuberculosis do not treatment such as I know you will give
convey contagion; therefore, the it," and she solemnly placed a box in
elementary school does not spread the
infection except through its teachers.
About three per cent. of Wall public
school -teachers are suffering from the
malady so that many, many children
are endangered by them. Of course,
Hilda's lap.
It was a heavy box filled with de-
licious war candies.
"Kitty, you wretch!" Hilda cried.
"You really did frightenme for a mi'•
note. But, 0 Kitty, if ever I tie a
such teachers should be retired at string to anything I give anybody—"
once on pensions. High schools and "May you be haunted by Cousin
colleges are greater sources of in- Caroline's ghost!" Kitty finished,
fection as their pupils may have pass -1 helping herself to one of her own cane
ed into the contagious stages. dies.
The preventives are well -cleaned,
sun-bathed rooms, individual washing. PRAISE FROM BRITAIN.
and drinking utensils, fresh air
through all parts .of the buildings,British House of Commons Gongratu-
with fewer desk studies and more laths French and American .Troops.
The amenities of war were pleasant:
ly displayed in the British House or
Commons when Mr. Bonar Law read
to a cheering assemblage the achieve-
menta of American troops south or the
Marne. Following this outburst or
enthusiasm Sir Hubert Runciman ten-
dered the congratulations of the
House not only to the French but to
the American troops, who he said had
so fully justified themselves, and not
for the first time, on this critical oo•
melon.
From the time when she sent across
the Channel her "contemptible little
army" down to the offensive of last
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Willie's running just as fast
As his legs will take him;
But he'll hover catch that ball
. ' Unless. gaol,fsId and nooki/Adm, +.
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Chemin Des Dames.
I walked along the Ladies' Way,
Colette was by my side;
The rose of sunset dropped its leaves
Upon the eventide.
Like living jewels in the grass
The golden glow worms crept,
And in the fields on either hand
The drowsy poppies slept.
I tread the Ladies' Way once more,
Colette is with me yet;
The Red Cross burns above her brow,
Her cheeks with tears are wet;
And where the crimson poppies waved
Are splashes darkly red
That tell us where, alas! to find
The wounded and the dead.
But on the ruined road one day
Colette and I will see
The banners of the Allied host
Unfurled in victory.
Like rainbows they will span the ridge
Where falls the leaden rain,
And lo! the Way of Swords will be
The Ladies' Wad* ad's ,.
ToMend.riii "tach
How many women have Iooked
with dismay upon a silk or lisle stock-
ing that appears almost unmendable,
because of a stitch that has run down
the length of the a ocking,
Sugh. a stun can he easily mended,
Use a Ane cloche$ hook.st Irick up the
dropped stitch and continite crochet
ing all along the ra'eled part, Care
must be taken to pick up every
thread as you work along the length
of stocking,
- Fasten the last stitch securely with
a needle and thread.
If two or more stitches have been
dropped the rip is wider, but continue
working each stitch in a straight
line. "..,.:
f tite@, work Is done caeefuily tied
Mind tvili�
hardly dly be detected.
, Many Russian women, formerly ori
the nobility, are reduced to selling
newspapers in the streets of Petro-
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BRITAIN RAISES RABBITS.
Hopes Thus to Produce Hundred
Thousand Tons of Meat.
By their campaign to increase the
keeping of tame rabbits the Food Pro-
duction Department hope to produce
100,000 tons of meat by the late au-
tumn. The special value of this meat
will be that it will be produced where
it is to be consumed thus rendering
unnecessary any call either on railway
haulage or shipping.
The scheme being placed before
the agricultural sub - committees
throughout the country is to establish
one or more breeding centres in each
county, each stocked with 100 breed-
ing does, for supplying rabbits of'util-
ity strains to the thousands b1 clubs
which will be foneg a These clubs
will consist :Jilin—one ready to keep
a few 'rabbits to increase the quantity
of meat and fur available for special
war needs.
In London the headquarters of the
scheme vyill be at Neasden, N.W.,
j
l}v'here p ))ggrge .ra,bit grieilan)1e s
bd' established ant stocked vwadi,0 00
utility does. In the conntiesi in ads
dition to central breeding statroee, it
ig intended to form sub-depots---20-
doe centres—to a practically unlimited
extant,
Trq;,l•'god Production Department
will shortiy issue n detailed pamphlet
dealing with every phase of rabbit -
keeping, both for breeding and feed-
ing purposes, with diagrams of suit-
able••hutches. This pamphlet draws
special attention to the fact that as.
rabbit flesh contains a relatively small
quantity of fat the 'boss: course for all
wlio are able to adopt it is to com-
bine rabbit with pig lzseping,
43,0bi flofil and haeon legetitop
will sugpiy t‘--1,4811.1.44 tell %it-fo,p as
beef or mutto. Vol? BEa1'rlpie, D lbs.
of gllbbit and 1 lb, of bacon will pro-
vide more nitrogenous and fatty food
than is provide by .four pounds of
March, when fate decreed that she
should suffer such heavy and lament-
able loss, Britain has never wavered
or complained, says the New York
Herald. No country has excelled her
oontributlons In men, money and
materials; none has kept a stiffer lip
in time of misfortune; no armies
have fought with more magnificent
gallantry. Halg's hosts are waiting
for another mighty blow which they
may soon have to face. But we may
rest assured that it will be met and re-
pelled with the same undaunted gal-
lantry that was shown at Mons and the
Marne, at Gallipoli and Mesopotamia,
and every other spot where .Britons
hold their own,
For the American forces to win the
wholehearted admiration of such a
nation of fighters is stimulating. Ap-
probation from Sir Hubert is praise
indeed,
TOo t:O9 FOR CH1jelESE EDITOR.,
ry ;, a y,d
So He Returns Divine Manuscript
With Gresteat Sorrow,
A correspondent of the London]') sly;,
Net's fo„pvyat da„ to t,lte editor the rot.
lowing Chinese method of refuafng a
.Ql i'lbt�tslin o 14Io1] legs been reoe(ved
Prom a k'elcllt yueuu'uLti- ,,, r .. �..;T
Wo have read tits mauueoz'tpt with,
1ntl.q to delight. Never beforeave we
revel' l
led in such a masterpiece, If we
printed it the authorities would ordain
us to take it as a model, and hence.
forth never to print anything interim'
to it, As 1t would be impossible to
find its equal within 10,000 yearn we
ane compelled, though shaken with
sorrow, to return your divine 1V19„ and
for doing so we aslt of thee a thousand
pardons," ,
Logs 600 Years Did Still Sound.
.11000lt logs QM cr1Btoc s90 748114,
ago the„,,,toundati•oit of Winchester
pathsdral, England, have been one
covered. They ware found to bo In 11
amid oceodition although they had
been exposed to water for almost six
oeltturles,
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