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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-07-03, Page 7nd k ` ) .::� By Agronomist, This Department Is for the use of our farm readers who`!wont the advice �S an expert on any question regarding soil,. seed, crops, etc. if your question of sufficient general interest, it will be answered through this column. If stamped and addressed enyelope Is enclosed with your letter,a complete answer will be mailed' to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St, W., Toronto. road Spoilage. Protecting Newly Placed Concrete. 1 This term 'applied to agriculture Newly laid concrete mast be pro- has an important' meaning, hood tested against the dements' and spoilage, especially on our ;farms,, against injury, from : other outside" amounts toa great deal, andfrom a causes until -the concrete has thor- national standpoint it is stupendous. oughly hardened. In most cases this It is difficult always to prevent this 'protection need be ne other than a '. in ' short time. spoiling. or wasting of food, especial- covering of some sort which will pre- triol i ,1Carmsteads Individual Names: Ten cents' for itself iain aworth of buckskin thong ly in busy seasons and, gnfavorable vent rain from falling directly on the 1 g tied to the harness will often come -weather; but much can be prevented, exposed concrete surface.. I ','The ,practice•„ is growing of giving. handy. With that and •a good pocket THE • CHEERFUL CHEK1J I shouid,n't ritourn trey persSt mrst%..kes In itnornertts dere ss:ort. r'slprovld be proud or thorn at }east Th yrs }lone5t ,self O.pre 551on ., ri!yr C4" 1nve t; Yoi i', Money DFIB rNTUttE,"y Interest payable halt yearly. The Great West Permanent Loan Company Toronto Office 20 King St. West consists of pasture. Corn with a lit- tle tankage makes cheaper gains than corn alone. To keep a cow from sucking herself or other animals, insert through' her nose a ring such as is used for ring- ing bulls, with another ring attached to it. A repair kit for mending -breaks in harness will save many trips to town in rush times. The initial' cost of a repair kit is small, and it often pays lend as we advance in efficient produc- tion and economy, we will give more attention to this important branch of .farm management. Without doubt, the greatest spoilage of food in this country is that of fodder, especially with the corn plant. It is estimated that from twenty-five to thirty per cent, of the value of• this plant is In certain climates, and in certain farmsteads individual acmes rvhicq 'knife the right sort of a man can seasons of most all olim tes, especial will;add distinction to the farm itself , fix, tem oraxil " any'break about the precautions must be takento.protect _and define it as a home: and as a fix, ems y, the concrete against freezing temp-' business organization instead., of an eratures. There are various ways” of unnamed piece of land that dogs not The shorter bhe pasture the better 'i a mud deserve a description. .fences ought to.be. Once doing this. The most effective a l I the line P r- letca sheep got the habit of crawling also the most usual` and easily aa- With the growing need of, aloe coin lishe. is build a sort of coo- tising farm products and of` identify- through 'the ''lost or jumping over, P d t° and we have lost every hope of peace in over the concrete either of ging farina in connection with the resoe season, coin-. er gt f th wasted each year after it has been 'boards or canvas and place ander this munity' enterprises it is advisable forWhen' a horse gnaws the manger, grown. Thousands of dollars worth covering small stoves or heaters, that farms should have distinctive or the sides of the stall, or chews of this forage goes to waste each which, are kept burning continuously, names. It may be pointed out that his halter rope, rub on some mutton year, while at the .same time stock until the concrete has hardened. The the identities of persons and even of, food is in great demand and . d tallow." The tast'd of it is very dis , com- manding high prices. A more liberal pie of silo would prevent much of this unnecessary wastage. Even where the corn fodder -is put in shocks, the spoilage. is groat, as winds, rain and snorw all breale'down and destroy the value of the forage. By spring ' little is left : whieh'could be termed good or palatable feed. The silo would save this 'forage and pre- concrete mixture to evaporate or dry: names from gees. Names o serve it in the best possible form. out before the concrete has had an character are Woodlawn, Shady Lane, Other fodders, such as kafir corn, opportunity to harden, and thus anl_Mapte Grove, Pinecroft, Birch Farm,. millet, oats, peas, and .clover are inferior concrete will be produced„ and so on. greatly damaged by weather and un-' particularly at the -surface. The best,' A favorite form of name is made favorable conditions at the time of 1 way to protect the concrete against, be' combining the old English words hargest, Much-wastings and spoiling ' such injury is to`keep"it covered with. hurst or croft, which mean home could be prevented byproperly hous-L water until: it has ;hardened. In the, stead, with. the name of the owner. ing,or placingin silos v he e t could case of pavements or'floors, this is' This practice gives rise to such names be kept, if ned be for several ears easily accomplished 'banding little' as Bensonhurst• and Allanscroft. p ' Y y y by g I Sometimes -the name of the owner is in good condition. {dams of .clay or' other suitable ma - A wet season at the time of hag- teriai across thesurface-of:the con -I suggested in, a fanciful 'way, :as in vesting clover or . alfalfa'- will often I trete and keeping the enclosed spaces, the case of a farm once -owned by a make it im o ibl t thefor-' filled with ovate} fpr several clays or Mr Bai'tey, the farm. being known as heat. given off by ;these -stoves will arra animals are recognize by be sufficient -,to prevent the concrete' names, and that farmsteads, inelu from freezing, even though the can- sive of the whole, are equally de - vas or board covering should not be serving. Possibly the commonest type of, Pieces of wire of good size with entirely. air tight ( which to ground at intervals the wire In seasons of. extreme heat it is name is one which is derived from: also• necessaryto protect the oon-i some topographic feature of'the fence against lightning. Beginning farm,at the top wire give each piece a twist erste against direct rays or the sun. such as Riverdale, Brookdale, and direct ex su to he heat. Such I Lakeside, 'Merest, Shady Valley and i around each wire, down to the bot- pc x • t r in'the the like; aiid many farms take their tom, and then well into the ground. exposure will •cause- t'he vete t f Hh,r agreeable to him; a few applications will break him of this habit. Wire is cheaper than cows. Use • ' Tou'inay save a nice cow, or possibly a number of their, in this way. To make ,a hitching stone which can be carried in the wagon and used when needed, take an old; horseshoe and imbed it in cement. A small tin pail can be used as a mold for making the hitching stone. This will come in handy when there is no hitching - post at hand. Grease the inside of the pail, or line it with oiled paper, before pouring' in cement. How About Your Boy? p srs e o cure or-� i Ba liwielc. In another instance on " Here is: a poultry lceeper.who has age and praduei bay of any • value, until `.complete in oth iesg -:has been, the right idea about boys. When his 'With a silo this food could all be accomplished. In other cases where farm denoted the name of the owner saved and put in -the best possible this method' .ris' not practicable the' and the character of the land. In two - sons grew big enough to help form. A rainy season in the fall will concrete may be protected by keep- still another instance a man'svho had him in .feeding, he gave each a pen •likewise prevent thecuring of such ing the air in .the room in which the looked forward all his life to acgnir- of 30 hens, He bought their egg pro- ing a farm in his own right finally duction at current market prices, subtracting' at settlement time pay for all feed used. One boy in the months "of December, January and February cleared $42.30. "Of course," said the father, with forages as kafir corn, millet, and al concrete is locatedsaturated with late cutting of alfalfa. The silo I moisture, either by means of escap- could here be used to save the. feed.! ing steam or fine spray of water. There is a fearful loss each: year The presence of water or moisture A farm name should not be too due to frosted fodder. This loss often in the atmosphere will not in any way 'fanciful but should be dignified and celebrated his ownership by naming his place Iona Farm, runs into the thousands. Ithas been injure the coner'`te, either before' it , descriptive.- In a majority of: cases, found that corn will make excellent, has hardened, or after. Before harden,- the simpler and more commonplace a twinkle in his eye, "I. selected the silage even, though frosted if put in' ing has set in the presence of mois--'the words that are used the better hens for the bays,;and eaw,to it they immediately after the freezing, be -`tire in the ate is exceedingly benefi- the result may be. fore the drying -out peocesse Corn: cial to the complete and thorough frozen before it matures will make, hardening of the concrete. After the excellent silage if put in Immediately, hardening has been accomplished the after the freezing. In this way all • presence of moisture in the air will fodde1 grown can be saved. Corn, not affect it, damaged by hail can be saved in the: The application of paint or other same way. So long as there is any protective coatings to concrete work forage left it can he siloed. Drought - stricken corn or forage crops of any. Rind may also be turned to valuable feed. There is always enough for age grown in this country to feed at least twice as much live stock as we keep, but the spoilage and - wasting gets rid of at least half the fodder we grow. The economy demanded of us during the progressive years to come will frown upon this spoiling, We will find it necessary to use pro- ldessive economic methods in our in- dustry, and the silo must be con- sidered one of the first equipments 'to prevent this groat waste, before it has hardened will cause it serious .injury. This injury arises from the fact that the hardening pro- cess will be materially retarded by the admixture of any substance not properly apart of the concrete mix. tufo. The concrete -at the surface will also be materially weakened by this application and in all probability will peel off after the concrete below the surface has hardened. After the hardening process has been complet- ed no protective coatings of paint or other material are necessary to pro- tect the concrete from the elements or injuries. e"P.Paini- "A cow is a milk mill that changes grasses which folks can't eat into the greatest food for humans the world has ever lcnown," says an eminently successful breeder of Holsteins. "And that old milk mill is just as. sensitive as the inside of a rare watch. , And it's underas great a strain when the milk is being getter - Med, as a horse is in a thundering race. I've seen my own tows stand- ing in a tremble with the strain, while the machinery inside of them works up the masticated grasses into milk. It is very wonderful—and it's pitiful, too. Because their mills are always working overtime, whether they want to be or not. "0f. course, the record cows aro specially trained cows. These record cows must be guarded from any un- necessary. excitement. Their food must be 'delicately,, proportioned, their bodies mus, t• be thoroughly ex- amined every. day -and I tall you it's no small thing to be training cattle. "Of course, in the end itis worth .it, because we are doing humanity a service—there's no milk for babies like the Holstein milk, • "Holstein milk Is the only milk that can be drunk' whole. And that's because it has in it solids which are almost perfectly proportioned. "It has -Peas butter fats than other. milk, but 'butter fats are not the most desirable solidis.in milk. Butter fats are only 'fat -builders. The other solids are probably more .important than butter fats, but. people can't under- stand that. If batter fats were the solids of greatest desirability in milk, fonts ought to use goat milk, because' goat milk contains more fats pro- portionately than does any other kind• of milk, but goats• don't produce as.. much milk, and. consequently, not so much bone, nerve and tissue build- ers," uilders ' There are many advantages in the use of self -feeders for growing pigs. They save more than sixty per cent. of the labor. They reduce waste of feed to the least possible amount. They prevent digestive troubles due to overfeeding, because the pigs have. access to the feed at all times and do not overeat. Many pigs can be feel from a small trough space, for all do' not eat at the same time, All pigs weak and strong, have an equal. chance.' A, self -feeder will scarcely prove economical where only two or three pigs are kept, or where garbage or refuse is the main feed. Where more than ten pigs are kept the saving in labor is quite an item. Here is one man's experience with a self -feeder for seven pigs: I fed them from a self -feeder, us- ing this ration:—One hundred pounds tankage, 200 pounds middlings, 400 ounds' corn -meal. Butchered October 15, selling for twenty-six cents a pound, the total saleamounted to $400. The pigs cost $88, the feed cost $287, leaving a profit, with no labor item deducted, of $110. I am satisfied with the results though 'nothing wonderful. Thinlc if I had had a bet- ter pasture I would have made a greater',, profit, and expect to try it again next season using some crops, such asoats, peas'anil barley, follow- ed by corn, letting the pigs do the harvesting, The pigs ran in the orchard and needed' no labor of any consequence. Water -pipes led to the orchard so thatthey could always have water to drink. Learn the luxury of doing good. Words of 'Wisdom. Old' Mother Hubbard has just now discovered ' The value of testing her herd, The cow she thought 'best was poor- est by test— Now who said that to test is absurd? One cow can not do another cow's bit.- Each must stand or fall by her- self. Hogs make cheapest gains when from a third to a half of their feed got fairly good ones." This man has ninde.good with hens, and he knew how to make good with boys. In contrast with his action was that of the farmer, 'too often duplicated, who gave his boy a pig, yet pocketed the money it brought when sold at maturity. The best is none too good for the farm boy, Dad's cheerful helper in chore work. Let him'have iti a,_ ----- The equatorial circumference of the earth has been worked out at 24,- 872.4 English miles. PRACTICAL POINTERS ABOUT PAINTING By D. WILLIAMSON. then. give the wood a priming coat of paint, thinned down with something like one-fourth its measure of linseed - oil (either raw or boiled) and finish with two other good thick coats. Put The man from the city stood gaz- ing gloomily at his country cottage. "Did you ever see such a horrible color in your life?" he buret out at Ienath. �s�°w'.�auri�r::T''^^!�,txa, mt.;•.�v''°q'tr°�a�ru fa�?a o-`,, i,:�i LLlLUiLftCLi- -�I�I )3y LT0h.ry. D. Itur.ber, ;A'M,M•D .id s:^� ,va�zn , � a"� � cz:� �•�'•.raan en�' � -:� :i, ,..�• �,�w,.",e tn'kai ee�T�m"�'_�" p.oe r$ 3¢sus$:u et:2oottkvfv.'rmult';ita What Jenn'y Wren Ani Her c3 ' Husfoantl .Old For 'my crop& , C,, While yon are figuring a way of beating , out the bugs this summer don't forget. Jenny Wren. She's the best little exterminator of garden in= m I sects I know'_ of ..: Give the,'lady. ,a • cordial welcome Dr, Huber will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health, If your 1 on, Then: question Is of general interest It will be:•answered .throfPgh these columna; to come and stay al sees ifs w ersonall If stamped, addressed,. envelope is en• watch her and, Hubby•_,Wren, some not, will be answered Permian), p p closed, Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual' cases or make diagnosis,'time, go after the `'hoppers and Addrer>s Dr, John, 13. Huber, M.D., care of WIison Publishing co„ 73 Adelaide beetles and the rest of;their ,cin;:'' It st,. West, Tororitc- will open your eyes....' did,,and had Hot Weather Food. powdered, .black, 'shiny, brittle, in- lots of fun, too. Both over-eatingand 'over -drink- odorus, ars Early last spring the lady of the tasteless and insoluble. Ch coal is largelyuse as an absorbent. heuse cams home from town witlr'one ing are especially to be availed in the fl, of those little wren I}ouses so, often good old summer time. 'Prom such for foul gases as` a deodorant and excess comas congestion of the liver, disinfectant. It is used in' flatulence pictured in the magazines. The Manu - d s e sic in chronic astfic, catarrh, al training boys of our township high stomach and intestines, constipa y p p g school made them, and the proceeds tion and• the heavily- coated. tongue. in diarrhoea. Some people use it as went to some charitable cause. The bodily secretions are altered in a tooth powder; for thispurpose itI was terribly,. busy, but put the composition. The nervous and the should be very finely pulverized: little cage u on a ten -foci ole near muscular systems suffer. There nae- Charcoal May be mixed with 'flaxseed g p p urally ensues headache, lassitude, as a disinfecting poultice to slough- the garage, Then we watched and drowsiness and mental stupor. Come ing cores. For this purpose one can waited, and pretty soon along came a hot des then manysuch a' sufferer also use a powder of charcoal and a pair of twittering wrens who looked Y iodoform, half and half. over the place, fussed around several is like to succumb to a heat stroke. then started to build, Let our summer food bdays,e of the My mother is 66 years of age and In due time the little Nome was kind it takes least energy to digest. has enjoyed the 'best of health iter fitted out; then we saw but little of Energy makes heat, in the body as entire life untilabout two years ago, Jenny Wren for some :time, except elsewhere. Eat enough to sustain, Then we noticed loss of the use of vrhen she made hurried trips to near but no more. Three light'meals; if the thumb and index finger of the ' bushes for food. During this near - hungry, between meals, satisfy your- right hand: Our doctor at that time period Hubby sang as he never sang self with a glass of cool milk—sipped said .it was a symptom of hardening ed the time, and guard at any other but not gulped down. Never eat of the arteries. Nothing has checked asst against sparrows .card other when tired or hot. Dine, if possible the disease. On the other hand it enemies with a vigilance that war in the evening, when the work is has made rapid progress until now often laughable. ' over and when there is comparative her hands are badly crippled and her e signs that Mr. back and limbs are very wOne day there were -weak, so and Mrs. Wen werer the g happy par. Here are sorne blood cooling fruits: that she is confined' to her home al ants of a thrining brood, had t . Fresh, juicy grapes, oranges, grape- though net to her bed. Another doe- soon after this that I made observe, fruit, lemma and limes in lemonade; tor pronounced her trouble muscular tions that changed my mind about canteloupes, watermelons, stewed atrophy but could not determine the bird talk being all sentimental stuff,' rhubarb, peaches, cherries, 'berries, cause. Do you think it could be in - For three hours one Sunday, after. apples, pineapples, pears. And there fected.-teeth roots as she has three acini I. made a careful record of the are healthful vegetables—tomatoes, :natural teeth which the dentist dis- trips made to the nest by the two. celery, spinach,, asparagus, ,lettuce, liked to remove. Are those ole teeth, birds in feeding their young, and they beets, ; and, onions. The eueuinber although they don'tam trouble her, mune in with hog morsels just e fights •'best viten it- is down -don't undermining •leer health in a manner times tackle, it in the rept; ,days..;' All :green salads a1eo.laxe,good-endive, chicory, romaine, watereress,- tomato, Iettuce. The: night summer foods are: Thin soups or cold: bouillon;` fresh fish or fowl; roasted or hrdiled beef; Mut- ton or lamb in, moderation, and no more than once a. day; eggs soft boiled, poached:: or scrambled; simple desserts of gelatine, custard and ice cream. Cut out entirely or go very slow on thick soups, canned meats, spices and condiments, nuts, beans, oils, cheese, bananas, dates, preserves and hot drinks, Questions and Answers. Is charcoal of any benefit in the case of gas in the intestines? Answer—Two kinds of charcoal are useful in medicine: 1,1 Animal charcoal prepared from bone, in powder form, odorless and nearly tasteless and insoluble in water or alcohol. 2. Vegetable charcoal pre- pared from soft wood and very finely conditions in each 'ease. I have described? Jenny would come out of the bushes Answer -Your Mother's malady like a miniature flying machine, with may be arterio sclerosis or progress- a bug in her bill, light on the ver- ive muscular atrophy or rheumatism, aitdah of the house, dart in, and the which it would be impossible to de-, next second out she'd come. and oft termine without examination. The again for another drive on the bug teeth well may be a cause. This could -:hordes that drove us mad. be ascertained by 'havi-sg the teeth Another interval and Hubby Wren X-rayed: 'Possibly at the roots there would appear with a green 'hopper may be some pus pockets which are securely in his bill, and deliver it to causing the trouble. As, for pro- the hungry brood, then off again'. Shah gressive -muscular atrophy—'this is appetites as those young wrens hada an affection which runs a chronic And with what feverish energy those eourse lasting from four to -twenty parents worked to satisfy them! It years, Heredity is a factor in some was wonderful, and the bugs were cases although it is not probably so getting it in the neck good and gro- in your Mother's. Exposure to cold per. It gave no small satisfaction and damp, injuries, lead poisoning, to think how many of those same blood disease, infectious fevers are imps of bugdom had perhaps laughed also causes. This is a serious mal- up their wings at my hard efforts to ally, and the sufferer must, through- soak their hides with insecticides all out it, be in the hands of a good spring, doctor: The remedies are careful hy- For days you could see one or the giene, good food, moderate exercise, other of those parent wrens Industrie massage, ectricity, and drugs tile; ously carrying bugs to the young-. given aecordtitgel, to the eau a sits rite stens. Then one ,clay the entire brood disappeared, but shortly after we found them in a dense'bush nearby. as There wore -six. of 'them, and •hers'• they were evidently learning. under this safe rover to hunt Hier own i k to bugs and become wise in the ways of the world. During this period 'of < f ten da s -or more Mather and Father c . S k Y t 2 i� 1U Wren carried innumerable insects to © o their brood. as they had in the nest, taking "short Pntarvals o£ rest and m av rihi gin nin and e , � Tires song du g of S' g hours, How many hundreds, thousands, 'of' bugs that pair of 'wrens and, their brood put out of business for tes I' can only -guess. They were a -plenty, If bugs have any means of e, pression Satisfactory service, be sure to I'll warrant they counted that pair ra „ of wrens bug -eating demons. ride on Dominion. Tires. The What 'a ; right they had with the extra mileage makes them the sparrows before they got fully settled best and cheapest to buy. i° down in spring! The nervy sparrows were bound to occupy the little house: In voile they tried to squeeze into the two entrances, but 'they were only RUBBER the size of a quarter -of a' dollar. When you make your box, .remember this if you, want wrenssand not spar- rows. Any box will do, put up any- way that it will stand the wind and shed water. There ought to be.a little opening in the roof to give' a 1 free circulation of air.on hot sum- mer days, sum - Another pretty exhibition of bug catching I saw one evening in our garden by a. little bird I have net been able to identify. I was about five paces from the eucl of a row of dwarf peas where he lit and began operations. FIe was very systematic. He'd start at the bottom of the vine and clean up the aphids as - high as he could reach. The ,tight Kind of Shoes to Wear. tired could dig coal so well after the Army. Thousands of Canadians have found before being in real comfort in the perfect -fitting army shoe, They might help our farming feet too. The army shoe is built on a specially designed last. It is` wide enough across the instep to allow each toe to'take its share of the lifting and forward stress of walking. The shoe is so shaped that the metatarsal bones of the toes may extend radially outward along a straight line; extending through a point in the centre of the heel. It is long enough to' allow a free forward sliding movement of the toes at each step. The heel is about an inch high. the sole is sufficiently heavy to assist the arch support as the body is thrown forward. "Well, it does look, a little start,- on the priming coat as soon as pos- A change of shoes has been found ing—that shade of bright pink," I sible after the carpenter work .is beneficial, and our troops were pro - admitted. "How did .you come to done; the same day, . if you can. vides with two pairs to each man. choose it?'= Should the wood get wet, let it dry Although soldiers wear out shoe "I didn't choose it; T sent a sample - on. before the first coat goes leather faster than men 'of any other card of paints to the man who looks on. As the paint in the bottomofoccupation, . it is money :well spent; the can gets thicker, thin it with for it has been found that developing turpentine and a little oil. Old work must be 'brushed clean, and all loose scales of paint scraped off with a putty -knife. Two new coats will usually be enough, unless the old paint .is in bad shape, or is after my place, with a nice cream color marked as the one I wanted. He went to the store and asked for it— No. 641. They were out of it, so he said: `Give me the next thing to it,' and they gave hien 642—deep pink. And he went.and put it on the house," very dark in color, Don't thin the praised as perfect ---the only one so Now, I know of farmhouses that first coat, unless the woodwork is regarded in the metropolis. look to me as if exactly that mistake rather bare. On water alone a horse can live had happened, so utterly out of place I sometimes nix my. own paint, . twentyfive clays, but he will only is the color scheme. The colors may buying the white lead, 'linseed -oil and last five clays eating solid food with - look all right on the paint card, but turpentine. The various white -lead out drinking. against et background of blue sky and manufacturers issue little booklets, Active service.was responsible for lessening the output of coal in Eng- land. Not five miners in every hun- and strengthening the feet is as im- portant as developing any other parts of the body. The stietae of King Charles I. in 'Whitehall, London, is universally green fields they will .be.�all wrong. telling how to do it. Getting the pro - My own house is painted cream white per tint is the difficult part, I find; with olive green sheittere and nothing but after consultation, with the paint -.could be better. Dark colors fade and store man, and considerable experi- change, pure white gets dirty; •but melding, I manage quite well. Better cream white is 'always' satisfactory, not try to use dry color; the little Foe a very large frame house I cans ,of oil -mixed tints. that, come for advise a light buff (not too yelfibw) the purpose are better -for unskilled with cream white cornices and porch- users. es; a brick or stone house should also Outside pajnt won't do for furni- use cream white for, these. Barns. and ture'or inside work; it is always just other buildings can have olive green a trifle sticky. Special interior oil - doors and windows; the body color paint comes for the purpose, either can be cream white or light tan. Two fiat or glossy, as you prefer. In my shades et brown aren't bad for a barn, -home I use light bpff (flat) for walls provided you don't get them too dark, and ceilings, glossy white for wood Olive green .is good for gates, chicken work and brown for the floor. The coops and farm machinery; fence kitchen is •iii two shades of brown. posts should be cream white. Unpainted piaster takes two'coats If you use ready -mixed paint, get first time; afterward, one new coat. it front some one that you have con- is enough. fidenee in..Pay a fair price for it; My new hardwood floors get very very cheap paint' is the"most expen- different treatment. `'T use paste sive stuff ever bought, for it won't filler, rubbed in with a cloth, then last. Linseed -oil is the basis of all two coats. of shellac, then it good dose good paint; it withstands the weather of floor wa_x, smeared over with n far longer than the various 'cheaper cloth, and polished with a peeie1 substitute oils. Bead linseed -oil •costs• weighted brush or a hick t lei^ea' real money, but it's worth. it. in old carpet Now and this , hides If youerepainting new woodwork, More waxmeet b r hl'el on the touch up all "fat" knots with shellac; floor; that's .511 ;,-:+„ c n_-rl ea e "Unquestionably the Best Tires IVlade", For speed, safety and thoroughly Sold by the Leading Dealers !%� DOMINION ialsauS'riaas.am tte,wasmsasimalCm sen TE Tori do Fat • "'4, .Ski) UNION STOCK YA)[WS. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Clasoee For: - Single Steers, Lots of Three Steers, and Carloads of Steers. - Single Heifers and Lots. of Three Heifers. Lots of. Three, Ten and Carloads of Sheep and Lambs. • Lots of Three., .Dive, Ten and Twelve Hogs. Further information on 0.pplieation to C. F. TOPPII'NG, Union Stock Yards, Toronto . Once in a while he'd jump up to grab off a sinner, First here, then there, he would poke his head, inspecting every loaf. Soon as he'd clean up one vine he'd hop quickly to the next, and go over it the same way. Sometimes he would go around a vine twice so as notto miss a morsel. 'You'd have thought he had orders direct from the Food Board to conserve food supply. He must have picked off a bug every. second until he flew away. T, figure he got 444 aphids. The more I think of that little bird- the more I marvel over his bug -de- vouring capacity. I had read many times of the good friends we farmers have 'among birds, but I never believ- ed half as much as i saw in therm few moments in my own garden, So ,1 :say, "Keep your eyes open, follcsl —the world is full ; of wonderful sights, and we can learnt ,all .the time." 4. Lots of time is saved by knowing exactly what is to be done in the ',reparation of a meal.