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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1923-08-02, Page 7and milk psoduetle',ven'this wee' pot 4110v'ed:to stand, and inethe'barly. menthe ,o£ 1923 'a ' ie itislt• ;Colutnbfee cow' silppassedall world bu'ttef pro- duction records and; is still 'the world';' iphampion` cow, In the consideration of Canada's �r�/f�- youth -as a dairy coyntry, such achieve- melts are commendable, and already thehieeh'type of Canadian, dairy eat- • + t,Toronto`' tle.has.'attracted wide attention and Address cojnmunicattons # 'Anronomist, 73 Adelaide &t; Wes#, o_ made these animals in great and ex-' x E c . - ea • •'me' nd a ii �or en i. a <dema h z - _ . ..•. ,', reddish t s v . ✓ p Ilk, FIRST STOP TO ARDS THE ent li the field as small`. CROP OF '19213,', ur lieh• 'discolorations' en, the leaf,' Canadian°dairy cattle are distributed. P p r^ the American continent and of the disease ail Wove t a n It may appear to but with the Progress made o the y pp -be a little is ,t '` idl. :enlarge, -shipments have been t thinking , these circular" spo e raP .Y . , .. early to crop tthe of next years n rat orfo becornescgreyish in.°British isles and'the European coli-. hec.e t ,p iik..., honey knows the s success bee -for "while the remainder of the>spot,•ttnent: Australian buyers have .se- keeper knows the success of next tco , thatshades throe h a '.reddish' brown .to cured animals for their herds in On - partitions nrom depeors',uand the ince the margin, which remains' purple. taxi() and .animalefrom the; same Prov- parytions made foAr it - and the time , ' Oc- ince• have gone to Japan Shipments . {his is'a �eiy`stril'cing••leaf spot. they are,made. large successful season nal th ee circulars otsfall out, have been made- from Vancouver to caste ly .. a P .. de ends to a ear e extent upon ooh •e. -Peru West Indies and the' Hawaiian g p g 'wing theleaf'a�shot-holo appearaitc__ , wintering. Good wintering'. depends g I 1 d upon three things, namely: colonies well filled with young bees, an abun- dance of wholesome stores, and ade- quate protection from the varyin' outside temperatures during the win- ter and early spring., '. The first thing then is to get col- onies well filled with young bees and to get them •before ' the whiter sets On eeverely affected leaves these s an s. extent. tet ", ex I ' QUALITY LITY BUTTER ' PRODUCTIO . spots may,'coalesce' to such ;an TiIGH @ A N that •irregular blotches practically' The production of such euperior cover the.etire surface of the leaflet. cattle is only one of the phases of the Sireiraar:lesions also occur on the other' endue ': The butter product, under susceptible parts of the plant, (careful manufacture. and skilful geed. Another' leaf spot, perhaps not so ing and packing, is as corresponding - common in Some districts, is:the so -11y high. These qualities have easily called leaf scorch, The leaf scorch,' extended the demand for it, and, now roust have in the early spring,' appears as email Canadian 'butter is penetrating into theThis means that ee ins countries of the world, some of the bees roduced'l etween the:months irregular purple ;blotches. not unlike{ many pthe early stages of leaf spot. Later, which have for centuries'been eminent of July and October and in order to in thee dairy industry. Between the • these spots enlarge and coalesce much do this we must Have a pie sic queen the same'as in the case of leaf' spot, years -1-86s and 1872' Canada exported „the hive` ` during s the • ,months, .of lothe . which an averse of 16 097 00Q pounds of August and September. The'first forming irregular b c s g . g pbutter, worth $2,760,000 per year, and • uciit 'a cro often cover the. entire surface of the; step, honey ore, i producing; pby the period 1898-1902.. was exporting `-• of -hone in_1924 is; toThee that"every leaflets.. The,.,central portion of.thel `- Yspot, or blotch, however, remains dark, 20,168,000 pounds. worth :$3,905,000. green is headedh with a good; prolific and ilii characteristic gives' In the year 1922, Canada's butter ex- , during•: the latter part,- of July in color, n s us a -ready means, of distinguishing ports amounted. to .21,994;678 pounds sethe frrst;week in: ill often. A good spot, diseases, As this valued at $....,243,148. This This went` to second "year. queen will > produce these•two .leaf a i $ , in the disease progresses all the leaves ofthe United Kingdom, the United the required number of beesdry, burned a on : a ear - fall but she is very, likely to get lost plant takePpI States, Belgium, Bermuda, British ante. Lesions occur not only on the Guiana, T•Ionduras, Barbados, Ja- maica, Trinidad, China, Cuba, France, Hong.Kong, Newfoundland, St, Pierre and Miquelon, and other countries. In the new trend exhibited in recent years Canada may be said to have only set out to make a mark in the dairy industry. It is only of late years that dairy farms have come to be established at all widely in the Western provinces and the cattle and wheat farms to add a stall dairy herd to their establishment. The in- crease in the number of milch cows in Canada from Confederation to 1922 has been at the average rate of 4,793 per year, and the tendency is more ac- centuated at the present time in the determination to make Canada one of the world's foremostdairy coun- tries. during -the winter or fail the follow- ing spring. A young queen reared during the latter part of June or July is the most dependable for she is not only prolific during the fall but she Is comparatively young and prolific the next spring, the two seasons of the year when brood production counts most, Every beekeeper should examine his colonies during the latter part of July and destroy all queens that show the least signs of failing, replacing them with young ,queens that are prolific. Old queens that are still producing a maximum amount of brood can be left and replaced later in the season by younger queens. • A good system of requeening the colonies is one that is combined with leaves, but also on the petiolee and fruit pedicel, where frequently sunken lesions are formed which girdle and sometimes kill these parts. As a result of the attack of both thesefungal diseases, the foliage is impaired and the vitality of the plant greatly weakened. In severe cases the leaves are so affected that the plants die. In any case, the plant is weakened and the next year's crop suffers as a consequence. When the fruit pedicles are affected, the ber- ries never mature, but become seedy and worthless. These diseases are rapidly spread during the growing season by the spores which- are developed on the lesions of the affected parts, and are swarm control measures, that is, in- wind borne from diseased to healthy troducing the young queen at the same l plants, thus setting up new infection time treatment is applied to control in the patch, This accounts for the swarming.' During the main flow necessity throughout the summer of from clover, when swarming is most repeated sprayings in badly diseased intense and the colonies have larvae patches. in queen cups, remove the old queen Control—These two diseases are from the hive and destroy ,all queen controlled by the same operations. cells present. Nine days later again When the first symptoms of either remove allqueen cells and introduce leaf spot or leaf scorch (small purple a young laying queen. By this method discolorations) have been noted in the the swarming is controlled and the patch, spray immediately. with .a 4-4- •"_,, AWarm„fi ouseaiidacool I, cellar'day and night the win- ter throith; And a in-terthroupph;Anda saving ih your coatbillsoffrom , 'rose' .; A KELSEY WARM' AIR GENERATOR lrnyear cellarwill ensurethis: Tho Kelsey isthe most efficient and:econcemicas systerit-of' home.heeting ever devised and well heat the smelliest cottege erthe largest mansion properly and heal Rife lly., MAY WE SENO: YOU PARTICULARS? Stacking Silage. It is quite possible to have silage of the best quality, even though you have no silo. The last two seasons we have stacked our fodder corn green, as soon after being cut as possible,' and we are very enthusiastic about the re- sults. Many farmers are continually coming here to see our silage stack and to ask about our method. colonies are requeened at the right 40 Eurdeaux mixture. It will be gen- We build a stack about twenty feet time. If the old queen is prolific and eraliy necessary to continue these square and try to keep it perfectly increase is desired a frame or two of sprayings every two or three weeks straight and even on the sides and flat emerging brood may be removed with during the season. The following sea- on top. We commence stacking as her and placed in a new hive. This sons; spray with the same mixture soon as we get enough cut and stack nucleus can be built up into a strong before the blossoms open, and again it before it dries out. The silage in colony by fall when the old queen can after the fruit is picked. To obtain our stack seems to be sweeter than be replaced by a young one.—C. B. Gooderham, Dominion Apiarist. STRAWBERRY LEAF SPOTS. Perhaps the most common of the strawberry diseases is the so-called leaf spot. In this, district this disease is generally found wherever straw- berries are grown. In some localities very little damage is done to the crop, but in others whole plantations have been completely destroyed. As with all other fungal diseases, the severity of the attack depends to a large ex- tent on the vagaries of the weather man. H. Berkeley,' Dominion Laboratory of The Leaf Spot first becomes appar- Plant Pathology, -St.• Cathariitds, Ont. good yields from a strawberry patch, some that is in a silo. There is only the leaves must be kept free from about a foot at the bottom of our these two diseases, and if the above stack that is sour. spray calendar is carried out faith- The first year we used anovershot folly, a good, clean strawberry patch hay stacker to elevate the bundles will result. Generally after the sec- with after it got higher than a rack, end crop the plants are plowed under. and last year we made a platform When setting out a new patch, with timbers and planks on top of a never use plants which show symp- deep wagon box. Next year we intend toms of either of these +diseases. A to build an inclined elevator with an new patch should be sprayed every endless apron or chain with• slats, two or three weeks during the first to be run with a small gas engine. The season. The following seasons .two idea in mind is to overcome the' heavy sprays only should be necessary, one work ofpitching the corn bundles up before the blossoms open, the other on a high stack: after the fruit has been picked.—G. The first year we put about twelve acres of drilled corniinto the stack. We fed the last of it the first part of June, We did not find' a bit of mold in the whole stack, with the ex- ception of about a foot on the sides and top. It is not nearly so big a task to feed from the stack as I thought it would be, After we get down a few feet the bundles come out the way they were put in. ` We cut our stack in sec- tions as we feed from it, and cover the cut with hay or oat bundles. The stack will retain enough heat all winter to prevent freezing, excepting a few inches on the face that has been cut. We do not contend that this method The Dairy Industry of Canada In the year 1922 the production of dairy products in . Canada accounted for an income of $250,618,000, consti- tuting the second largest item of Do- minion agricultural revenue, being subservient only to the returns from the.fleld-crops of the country, In the year 1910, when statistics oi value were first compiled, the value of the dairy products of Canada was $30,- 433,644, the figures of 1922 showing an increase of over seven hundred per cent: foe the twelve-year period. Be- tween these two years lies the his- tory of a rapid and sensational ascent to dairy eminence.' Every province of Canada engages extensively in dairying, as is evident from a division of the Dominion total, Of this value Prince Edward Island accounted for, $1,800,000;. Novo See A Plain :'Talk: ton for $4,400,000; New Brunswick for $2,000,0.10; Quebec for $64,000,- 000; 64,000;000; Ontario, $132,000,000; 'Manitoba, $13,500,000; Saskatchewan, $9,300,- 000; Alberta, $14,600,000; and British Columbia, $8,900.000.• It is of comparatively recent -date since Canada turned her attention seriously to dairying. Whilst the in- dustry on n-dustry'on a high standard has long been established in the East, no spe- should be adopted where it is possible tial mark, was made in achievement tobuild a modern silo. But in this and it is only a .few years since the way the small farmer and beginner West diverted its attention front the ' ran have a nice supply of succulent exclusive raising of cattle and wheat, feed for his stock even though he can't 00 a large scale,; to the gentler phases afford a silo.—William E. Smith. of raising dairy cattle. It is impossible, however, to over- look the pert. he Western provinces have played in ,t .sing Caned/. to the eminent position •wire occupies to -day in the daity, indust?g, and the signifi- The World • has -for,-as us just what we have . for it; it:. le a great, whisperinggallery which fishes, b'aok the •eekw..'e- of bur voices; g we laugh, it laughs. back; It we curse, it curses back, There is no ;joy like, that which comes from a useful life; the perpetual effort to do our level best; to try to get ahead without erowdhg' others back, and injuring their opportunilee or interfering with their rights; making' the most of ourselves not only without malting anyone 'etso the poorer,; but byhelping then as wo go. When a man goes upward he. ..can carry a score of others with him, If he will. cant development, of he dairy inane- try-there, idus-try there: The pace sit would ;eeui, to have administered a 'stiriulus to the'entire5countryc'; \� (. FIRST' REAL A0HIEVEMENT'IN 1913. The first real achievement in the production of a high type of dairy cattle in which the Dominion was to win such renown was whets the Prov- ince of Alberta developed the cham- pion milch cow of. the British Empire In the shape of Rosalind, of Old Bas- ing in 1013, This showed other prov- inces what could be done and spurred them to emulation, In 1920,,Ontario produced a world champion milker,, xt•• i ".: sts< t d , . s .'t; n �: r by CANADA FOUNDRIES & FORGINGS . LIMITCO JAMES . SMART PLANT $#L,OdiC}'ILLE. ANT a sa?3e.tt;!_;.,.; POULTRY No matter how careful you have been to disinfect your houeee, paint yonr<perches and protect your birds against body parasites, especially 'the body louse and the red mite, summer is a dangerous time for these pestis. They seem to thrive in warm weathett; multiplying rapidly. So it is an ex- cellent plan to handle some of your birds frequently, examine the skin be- low the vent and around the abdomen to see if there are any signs of body lice or louse eggs. If you find even a trace of these parasites, it is a good plan to go over your 'birder with some good louse treatment. There is probably nothing better than one of the following •methods: Either rub a small particle of blue ointment or mercuric ointment well into the down and base of the feathers just below the vent, or else dust this same section with sodium fluoride. If you want to do it with the least dis- turbance of the birds, do it while they are on the perches at night, looking them over using a dim flashlight. Even more prevalent in the hot weather are the red mites, those little bloodsucking rascals that live in the cracks and crevices of the droppings boards during the day and travel in hordes on the bird's body at night to suck the blood and irritate and pester the lien. Fortunate it is that these little fellows cannot travel over greasy surfaces. All we have to do to control them is to paint the perches, perch supports and nests with a waxy paint or a penetrating tar paint. • We used to think that kerosene painted on the perches would do the trick, but it does not, for it does not reach all of the mites and it evapor- ates quickly. Any of the so-called perch paints are excellent to use for this purpose. The summer months are generally! considered rather a slack time on the poultry farm, but to the energetic, ambitious poultry raiser, there is lots to do—repairing the plant, painting the buildings, putting the roofs in shape, mending fences and gates, set- ting broken window lights, plowing and seeding the yards to summer greens or to permanent sod, market- ing the surplus cockerels from the late hatched pullets, and there is no better time of the year to hunt up a better market for your eggs. owe' lduc $10 "The'Clillilis Fleet S.eheel is the. FalullY0e-eEroebi rb The Child Who ;Reads 'Thb Much - Jy Marion Bi wnfield The modern child reads more than ever before. Children on the way to school, music lessons, orthe dentist's carry fiction to read during every un- oceupied minute.Even children who dislike to study --because becauseit is some- thing they must do as well as some- thing "uninteresting,” will read every spare minute, The are the despair of P Y parents and teachers, because thrill- ers with the same fascination as the movies, take the precious time and eyesight that should be used to pre- vent vent failure in school! The most common type -e is the child who, a little delicate, develops into a book worm. .Ill health causes this child to feel disinclined to exertion, and reading is easy entertainment. Of course the more he reads, the less he feels like playing. Reading thus constantly reacts against °his health, Asreading is enjoyed as a diver- sion rather iver-sion`rather than as study, this should bo borne in mind when trying to break the habbit. Too often Barents will say, "Don't' read this .fine day. Run outdoors and play!" But if there is "nothing to play" outdoors,. other, than to make up some imaginary playmate in a yard that seems com- monplace by daily" association, itis hardly a counter attraction for an en- thralling fairy or adventure story. The only real cure is to provide some outdoor occupation equally as enjoy- able as reading. At first especially, the counter attraction needs to be more fascinating than , later when Gift of Shire Horses to Canada The Minister of Agriculture, Hon. W. R. Motherwell, stated in the House of Commons recently that the five Shire horses, donated to Canada by the Shire Horse Association of Great •Britain, would be located at the Do- minion Experimental Station, La- combe, Alberta. The sixth, "Snelston Topper," donated by Mrs. 'Stanton of Snelston Hall, Ashbourne, will be assigned to the Dominion Experiment- al Station at Lennoxville, Que. This disposition, the Minister stated, was in conformity with the wishes of the donors that the animals should be lo- cated in districts where some atten- tion had already been given to the breed. The horses reached Canada.recent- ly in charge of the Dominion Animal Husbandman, Mr, G. B. Rothwell. Those destined for Alberta will be ex- hibited at various western shows this summer. With the horses came a consign- ment of Ayrshire cattle, a number of sheep, and a few swine, purchased for use at the Central Experimental playing outdoors has become volun- tary. Outdoor amusement, does not need to be expensive. Clever mothers de- vise errands that require a'walk, for no child lilies to take a walk just for the sake of walking. Shopping' of all kinds can be done by children .who need exercise in the fresh air. Both boys and girls can be provided with outdoor occupation; raising flowers, vegetables, chickens, rabbits and vari- ous other pets. They will be snore enthusiastic if there is a definite aim, for, instance to cheer up the sick or aged friend. Children, too, enjoy fin- ancial profit from a garden. ' They should be encouraged to market their produce among strangers to test their initiative and courtesy. The family grocer and restaurants may become regular customers. One boy develop- ed a little nursery business by Special- izing withP ine trees he had studied about in school. Another outdoor oc- cupation that brought profit was gathering Water cress in a brook and selling it to a railwaydining car. Young children need to have out- door occupation that is purely enter- taining. A swing, teeter-totter and a sand pile are among these. Both croquet and tennis courts can be laid out by amateurs. Plants and animals should be ob- served. Contests to name, the most birds or common weeds furnish incen- tive Small bicycle and coasters are There is a lot of truth in the adage,. "411 work and" uo play n'zak+a Jack a dull boy/" but 'Jack is pretty; apt to lceep a reasonably good•1?alaple!;;:. on this account. In fact, gro n-ull Jacks could often ;,profitably take a'•; les"son from even' the hard-worlted boy' in this regard. Farmers occupy a.difl'erent position,,'' titan do: any other of the; world's" works rs, "This is articularl true of x p y the Canadian type of farmer *le? r in the worst ,of . owns his own fa m t m) y far " bu inose cases .and, his own. m � , sit practically all cases:: Of n eee s y, n,, rat' a factor in the successful opstqn of the business, he has the Working habit:' Of ,necessity, -too, he is m' .most cases'' obliged to work early and late during;] this strenuous susbmex • season on ao-' cl f nese -' count of shortage a•of.he O � P h g help. city, too, his wife ;goes -;him one better. r and easily puts in Hill in this rega d, ilas �-,„tlY p days, and more strenuous day . Toomany of us who have the work g a in habit well established' however, do not think clearly about work. We. are apt to regard;`, it as a great per conal virtue, when es a matter of feet there is little e in work for! m t e Virt u wont's sake." There:is virtue in 'a to sk well accomplished. There is virtue in accomplishing it in an easy end> quicker way than we have been accus torned' to accomplish it. We are too rselves-or apt to compliment ou, , worse . yet, indulge in self-pity, because we are busy rather than because of our, just as necessary for girls as for their actual accomplishtnent. As. a matter• brothers, and nearly all children love of fact we would do better to plan:; • on outdoor "gyri". more carefully and efficiently to make ee our work count in visible results, and to consider well the saving in work• which might be effected by the use of labor -saving -devices on the farm and in the home. There has been a great advance-' meht along this line in the past gen- eration. Farm work during. the busy haying and harvesting season is no- thing like the strenuous proposition it was a generation ago, yet there is a great opportunity for further int- prevenient along the same line on the average . farm, and Hill greater op- portunity for siinilar improvement in the average farm home. Labor-saving equipment within reasonable limits is a profitable investment for the farm- er who can keep it employed enough. days in the year to snake it profitable,. It is a still better investment for the farm home where the number of hours in which the equipment can be utilized during the year is much greater than is the case with labor-saving farm equipment. While labor-saving equipment re- quires an initial investment which may call for some sacrifice along other lines at the time it is purchased, if wisely chosen it is bound to be profit- able through making the work on the ' farm and in the home more effective in results, thus leaving more time for better planning and needed recreation, which will keep the farther andeeliis family physically and'mentallyfit, and"- give nd'"give then a more pleasurable and op- timistic outlook on farm life. - • DAIRY Cleanliness is the most important factor in the production of clean, wholesome milk. Much of the dirt and filth that gets into milk and pro- duces deterioration comes from im- proper methods of handling after be- ing drawn. However, brushing off the loose dirt and dust about the flanks and udder and wiping the udder with. a dry cloth materially assists in lessen- ing the danger of dirt getting into the milk at milking. Cows during the summer season, 1f stabled at night or confined to a yard, become more or less dirty about their rear quarters and should be thoroughly cleaned be- fore being milked. I milk my cows in a clean, sanitary stable. I spray the cows before milk- ing. I tie their tails so they cannot switch dirt into the milk while milk -I ing. I do not allow feeding to be done at milking time. I remove tho milk from the stable as soon as drawn. Insect Pests of Canada and the United States. As a result of an international con- ference on insects of importance both to the Northwestern States and the Prairie Provinces of Canada, recently held at Winnipeg, Manitoba, plans were perfected for conducting experi- mental work in the control of these insects. Tho experiments are to be carried on in such a way as to render the results comparable in all the dis- tricts involved. For the purpose of plotting the occurrence of the prin- cipal insect pests of common import- ance to Canada and the United Stbtes, a base map of, all, the international territory -affected has' been prepared. Tho principal pests discussed at the Conference were 'grasshoppers, the western wheat -stein sawfly, the pale. western cutworm, and the Hessian fly. The Bureau of Entomology of the United States Department of Agri- culture was represented at the con- ference, as web as the Dominion. Entomological Branch. Instead of Soldering. When 'yeti have a leak in your steel watering tanks, feed troughs or dip- ping vats and haven't good luck using solder, try this; Take a small piece of lead, Babbitt metal or solder—the lead out of a .22- , calibre 22-,calibre rifle shell will do. Cut this so that you can put it through the hole, letting it Stick out about an eighth of an inch on each side. Now hold an iron against one side and hit the other side of the lead plug with a hammer until both sides are riveted smoothly: This will •step the leak, and it won't , come off as the hest soldering some- times does. You can also mend all the Only. the • female Palm tree bears Farm, Ottawa,. and,. at various Sta- I leaky pots, pans or -buckets, around the { haters tions, house by this simple method. Bella • Pontiac, and since, that time Canada has gone on improving her '• stock and never permitted.the first he contract for .the new St. lvlary's Hospital to be erected in Kitchen er this year, has been awarded. The honor: to be wrested away fresh her. Ith- h sitar mo ern hospital a {lane later lade a ne at new, hospital will lave a capacity for 100 patients and will be equipped wi t e t dappliances,. A Quebec cow a , n w fr c The J Staters of St. Joseph are erecting the bending. cisr : world record ;for combined butter 'NEW' HOSPITAL `FOR KITCHENER THE CHILDREN'S HOUR EVEN AS YOU AND I. BY EDITH BARKER. I stood one day at the edge of a pond watching a number of frogs that were sunning themselves. Though they seemed lazy, but few of the flies and mosquitoes that came -within reach escaped the lightning -like snap of their jaws. Suddenly attracted by the sound of voices among the willows that sur- rounded me, I walked on and dis- covered a number of boys who were busily engaged in frog -fishing. They were using short poles upon the end of which were lines terminating in a gig" or "grapple." This "grapple" was made by bind- ing together three ordinary fish-hooks. Upon each of the hooks there had been placed for a lure a small piece of bright red flannel. It was at once evident to me that should a frog swal- low one of these hooks his fate would be sealed;, and there would be one less to help destroy the mosquitoes and their larvae. As, concealed by the willows I watched, one of the urchins caught a large frog, and exclaiming excitedly at the size of it, reached in one of his pockets for his knife; with which he intended to remove the hind legs of the unlucky amphibian. - Vainly struggling against what must have seemed to him the ap- proach of certain death, the frog closed and opened his golden eyes, and the blood from his lacerated lips flow- ed over the grimy hand of his cap- tor. Horrified at the cruelty of the child, I stepped forward and grasped the wrist of the hand that held the knife. "Don't you know that is very cruel?" I asked. "Awl" exclaimed the lad, "frogs ain't got no feelin's," I pointed to the blood that stained the child's hands. - "A frog," I said, "has a heart and nerves, and in its body the blood flows even as in yours and mine. And when hurt ho suffers pain as we do." "Then after glancing at the swollen blotches on the bare legs of the boy, I continued: "Come with me and let me show you how much more useful live frogs are than dead ones." And I led the Teaching Milk Facts: Society's need for a better under. standing of the vital place that milk', holds in the diet of growing children will receive the broadest recognition. at the World's Dairy Congress of 1923. The United States has been making an organized effort to improve the health of its school children by a wiser use of milk and milk products. Some idea of what is being accom' plished may ;be . gained from state- ments tatements made in the last report of the California Dairy Council, one of the most active state organizations en; gaged in this work. A few public schools had milk sery eda to its the pupils when the Council be- gan wrk late in 1919; blit the - idea prevailed that the children. ,got enough milk at home. The Council's milk survey showed that; of 180,908 children, dwelling in 8 principal cities, 54,238 received no milk" "at home; while 42,940 received not more than one glass (half-pint) a day. To -day, there is scarcely a 'oily of any size ire the -State of California that does riot have some sort of milk service in `the way to where other frogs sat sunning Public schoolsIn San . Franscisco, themselves undisturbed. 10,500. half-pint betties are cur- In the shade mosquitoes were hum- chased by the childion at the school min but afro 'full as large as the lunches every day, One- Berkeley g,g Y g y one the boy still held in his hand was school had milk service in the fall of catching suoh of the insects as came 1019. To -day, every school in Berle within his reach. As I kept on explaining,: a light of understanding came into the eyes of the boy as he scratched absently at' a mosquito bite upon his, leg. Then care- fully he removed the hook from the lip of the `frog he held and set it down in the, soft ooze at the edge of the pond. "Aw! Come on, kids," he yelled, "let's ge and play at something else." f The future great general is now slumbering in the reeks, the during and eeoourcefu,L 'execu- tive 'execu-tive in some .thimble olerk in shop or factory. The greatest artist, :the greatest musician, the ;greatest writer, inventor, orator,. stutesnian, scientist the greatest achiever in every field that the World has vet seen may today be working in some humble =capacity;; be 'dreaming, of the bright future he will some, clay. reaa:ea.—O, S. Marden, _{&'SUE No. ,;81=—'23.; eley has such service, Last year th.e people of the State consumed 13,5.00,000 g'all'ons of, erriillt more than in any previous year. The per 'capita consumption increased from 17%• gallons in 1921 to 22 gal.. ions in 1922; while the per capita coria suniptioe of butter increased from 22' to 22% pounds in the- same Period., The health of the rising ehereetion',: already - shows the effects of the use. of this better diet. A Labor-Siving tBrush. ' 1 A wile brush with etraiglitior'curw ed iiancile ran be made very useful'.•• about rho faint tnr,eleaning':liaidoned,': ': mud. or -dirt from .plows • or other eine plentents,preparatory to putting;theln, � away, It ib also -''useful in, cleaning-., • pal ed n.ud or accumulations• of—dirt1' .nixed with grease ftom rho chassis the 'farm; truck, 'the traotpx and ilio' rixnning gear thbibs,•fay a,ine hineaR • • f 'Tod othoughtt6draat ase.piiaiarnrtienrgb ' to our' ['.progress;