The Seaforth News, 1927-03-17, Page 6THE QNTAIO GARDEN
Even on the farm or in the large
village garden one can put in the
vegetables and , flowers without ai
plan, but such a proceeding isnot
recommended. A. rough sketch on.
paper will save time, space and re-
sult in a job you will not be ashamed
to have your friends look over when
the stuff starts coining through the
rows. Many a carrot has been eaten
before its: time because 'the gardener
responsible was afraid someone would
see the crooked rows. A little plan-
ning and a stake and string would
have prevented this tragedy., Even
where one is crowded it . is surpris-
ing the amount of stuff which can
be grown in C,small space. The av-
erage yard in the village and a plot
50. by 100 feet on the farm, with a
fence around it to keep out the chick-
ens, will keep the table going in the
matter of vegetables from early sum-
mer until fall with a few bushels for
winter storage. Where horse culti-
vation is to be used all rows 80 inches
apart, except in the case of spread-
ing vegetables such as tomatoes, cu-
cumbers and similar plants, which
should have three to four feet, Early
maturing stuff, such as spinach, let-
tuce and radishes, cast be placed in
between the regular rows, as they
will be ready and gone long before
the main crop requires all the space.
Where apace and sunlight are limit-
ed run the rows north and south,
and they will not be shaded as much.
as if tun the other way. Stake and
tie up cucumbers, tomatoes and pole
beans.. ! This will mean a little -
trouble, but earlier and cleaner crops
To hasten growth give the lawn an
application of nitrate of soda, about
an ^ounce, during a rain fall, or, it
may be dissolved at the rate of one
ounce per gallon in water and applied
with the ordinary watering 'can. 1f
at all possible, get a lteayy roller
over the lawn es soon as frost goes
out. This firms up the top and packs
the earth around the roots, which the
heaving following the alternate .freez-
ing and thawing has loosened.
eremitO ,1 IiOT-B1iD.
The man with ` a hotbed has the
edge on his neighbor. He can get
his garden started from two weeks to
a month earlier than usual, and his
crops come on that much sooner also.
Lettuce and radish may, be grown
here and be ready for the table by
the first ,a April and tomatoes and
cabbage given an early start, so that
they will be giving table returns in
July instead of August. Those excel-
lent annual's, Cosmos, Zinnias, Pe-
tunias and a host of others that will
not only stand transplanting but are
actually benefited by it will be- ready
to go into the open -garden almost
half grown by the. end of May. The
construction of a hot -bed is a simple
matter. Locate facing the south,
with a protecting building, hedge or
fence on the north side and the west
also, if this is possible. Feeeh horse
manure is usually used to generate
heat for the hot -bed. This should
be •piled in a fiat -topped heap and Grand. Finale to the Winter Sports season.
watered lightly to start Fermenta------•-- — .. _,__ ___� �_ __� __, _. -
tion. When the pile starts to steam ° thrust into the ground sidewise and
fork it over, and a day or two later, covered with about an inch of sots,
old be light and rich.
QUEBEC CARNIVAL QUEEN
Miss Clarida Moreau, of Quebec City-, who was chosen Queen of the carni-
val; weeic,whicit began'Febrnary 21, the opening event being the first race in
the three-day Eastern International Dog Derby, Miss Moreau presided over
all the events of the week of festivity in which the entire city joined as a
pile it
on the o site of the e hot• e .
b d which
1 rho
I
will result. To relieve the green' One can dig out a shallow pit or
rnonotony of the vegetable garden build pp the manure pile above'
plant a few flowers in the corners ground with a frame around it. Make
and at the head'of the rows, have the sure that there is; good drainage, then
regular flower garden for cutting pile up your manure to a depth of
CLIMBERS THAT
I IJIKE
BY WARREN WIlziER BROWN.
To get strong plants ready for the hoards as well as needy mothers and
open grounds during the first warm children had received :active and prat-
June days I plant them in my sin tical aid during the year. Not only
parlor any time in March,usually hadi
they .a dentist's talk for them-
tical
selves en the care of the teeth et
Delta Branch but
o a Junior ranc arranged
FOR HOME AND COUNTRY
Up to the Women's Institutes.
"If the steady exodus to the city is stitute. "Twenty years ago' when one
to be stopped, it will be'' up; to the mentioned the work of the Institutes,
Institutes to do it," said Mrs. Wood it was answered, "Oh, yes, that• is,
of. Brockville, emphasizing some of where the woman meet to exchange
the fine work in education, immigra-, recipes." • "That still held good," Mr.
Putnam said, "though the Institutes
of to -day have broadened into the
most valuable channel through which.
Government Departments pour a
stream of service to all the people.,
They co-operate with tthe Mothers''
Allowance Board,• hospitals, the care
of neglected children, the Dominion:
and Provincial Immigration Depart.
ments, the Child Welfare and. Health
Departments, as well•as•local and'
community needs. This interest ex
tended even to the international child
when at a delightful luncheon at the
Chateau Laurier, the delegates listen-
ed to Miss Charlotte Whitton tell,
how, as one of the. greatest heritages
of the war, the various countries of.
the world now placed chief importance
on child welfare. "The question of
social and child welfare has been lift-
ed out of any spasmodic sphere up to
a key department of the state's life,"
she said, "and the' nations perceive
it as one of the greatest economic
considerations apart from the moral
side." Italy and Poland, she learned
this year at Geneva, realizing the
tion, health, and home economics at
the Ottawa Women's Institutes Con-
vention held last November.
An attempt to peeserve the history.
of each county is to be made under
the program of the Historical Re-
search Committee through interviews
with aged people and the preservation
of relics and antiques end the encour-
agement of County Museums. A. de-
lightful visit to the Dominion Arch-
ives stimulated this.resolve among.
the delegates:'
Boosting the farm income and the
means farm woolen were taking to do
it, was dealt with by Mrs. H. Aitken
of Becton. Poultry raising, fruit
growing, turkey pools, tea rooms, the.
right kind of tourist accommodation
were some of the ways in which this
was being done. One delicate young
girl turned to turkey xaising as a
means of creating an iecomo from
out-of-door work. So successful were
her efforts that her birds were this
year rated highest in those sent to
American markets., Another young
Business College teacher opened a evils of alcohol on child life,are seek -
small school in her living room where ing legislation to decrease the traffic.
she taught the farm young people A further studyt"of Canada's place
typewriting, shorthand and business in the League of `Nations carne wheii
method, thus helping both herself and Mr. Norman MacKenzie, Professor of
the boys and girls. International Law in Toronto Uni-
The Girls' Institutes told of how versity, gave an informative talk.
rest rooms, hospitals, . and school Women, who were still bearing the
placing a pane of window glass' over
purposes located here and grow your at least 18 inches, when well tramped hi the seed box. Germination .is virtual -
sweet peas along one of the regular down, and about a foot more each le I was preparing my garde ly 100 per cent. if the seed is plant-
arows. way than the size of the window for its long winter vacation the ed properly.
CARE of THE LAWN, frame used to cover it. The usual: work was started late in September' They demand plentyof moister
a o
and ended withthe
r cedure istoplantingof rev-
. After thisp o build a w
morewooden frame'
or less" _and after they open winferal thousand tulips lo y are transplanted to
c-
ter" the lawn will require a ]Effie ex- the size of the window and place this . p just before Oc-; individual pots light stakes are' nec-
tra care first thing in the spring. on top of the manure. Then add a tobee frosts sent waves of unimagin- essary to keep them from sprawling
After the frost comes out it is advis two-inch layer of fine soil and stick al forests—whilehl lovely color over our Maryland all over the place. Their final guar -
able
to freshen up tho bare spots thermometer in and cover the frame this task was under ters are the sunniest spots of the
with good seed, raking this in lightly, with a window sash, in which theway I came across a solitary coba'a garden.
or sowing: it on a late fall of snow panes fit snugly. The frame should seedling. 1 There are a number of other an -
which, when melting, will carry the ' be so constructed that the sash slopes 1 How in the world it ever happened' nual climbers for which I have a
seed down into the soil. It is best a little to the south, which will allowr;to have started its career so late in marked preference because of their
to sow in early morning, or evening,it to catch more sunlight and also the season I could not tell, but there decorative and airy effect in back -
when there is no wind. If shed ram. The temperature will rise it was all by itself and, though but a ground
pracets' few inches high, it was as healthya positions suchnas the , moon -
able, cover the freshly seeded nets quickly for the first few days,.then g flower, the cardinal climber, the
with a bit of chicken hire or trellis -f cool down, when the seeds may be little plant as you would want to see. canary -bird vine with its odd flowers,
g p with a good-sized a of scarlet runner and the climbing
work to scare awaythe sparrows. So I decided upon an experiment I like nereaten yellow orchids, the
p planted. du it u w t] d d b it
_ earth, taking care not to cut the tin-
nasturtium,
ALFALFA HAY AND ALFALFA MEAL
BY L. STEVENSON, O.A.C.
The practice of grinding hay, corn-
• stover' and other coarse feeds for live
stock is carried on to a limited extent,
and the enquiry comes is the practice
worth the cost. Some feeders say it
is, some say it is not.
In a recent experiment the digest-
ibility and net energy values of al-
falfa hay chopped to one inch lengths
and of alfalfa meal were compared
in a series of digestion and metabolism
feeding tests with cattle. The hay
and meal were given alternately dur-
ing six periods and comparisons were
made. Each feeding period lasted 21
days and the results of the experi-
ment were tabulated in detail, They
show that the alfalfa hay was slight-
ly better digested than the alfalfa
meal, probably due to a suppression
of rumination front the alfalfa meal
swallowed, at least in part beyond
the paunch. The difference was 2.2
per cent, of the dry matter.
From the foregoing experiment we
learn that there is little likelihood of
increasing the digestibility of a good
grade of alfalfa hay or other fodder
of equal coarseness, when fed to
ruminants or cud -chewing animals,,
by any grinding process. Grinding
coarse fodders may have advantages
in that coarse materials are reduced
to a condition that permits a thor-
ough mixing therewith finely divided
grains, or sweeteners. A ruminant
,animal can `eat more ground feed in
limited time, it may be forced to
eat feeds that are off flavor when fed
alone, or caused to eat feeds that are
chard to masticate, but in so. far as
good quality feeds are concerned'
'there is nothing gained by grinding.
for well grown cattle. For pigs,'
chickens or calves it may be different
land some advantage is derived by the'
use of finely divided feeds for these
three classes. But this advantage in
making the feed more acceptable is
not always offset by any showing of
profit over the cost of grinding. If
the stockman's labor is not fully em-
ployed, and he can get power cheaply,
it may be worth while to grind the
coarse feed, but no one need loose to
any material increase in value in so
far as digestibility is concerned.
Chief Causes of Pigs Not
Grading Selects.
When pigs of the right type do not
grade "select" the cause may be one
of the following:
1. Overweight—Overweight at the
market. Fed too long, possibly wait-
ing for a rising market. Feeder loses
out because the pigs sell for $1 per
cwt. less and do not make as econ-
omical gains as are made under 200
pounds.
2. Heavy Feeding Just After
Weaning—Pigs pushed on heavy fat-
tening feeds such as barley, buck-
wheat and corn too soon after wean-
ing. Pigs must be grown on protein
grown feeds and finished later. -
3. Poor Feeding—Pigs starved or
stunted in early life or held until old,
coarse,
and rough before they are up
to market weight—generally soft in
carcass and coarse in texture.
4. Under Finish—Pigs not finished
to the desired 1% inches of fat down
the baek, generally through lack of
feed or a mistaken idea of what the
finished bacon hog really is.
Extract from Ont. Dept. of Agri-
culture Bulletin 320, note ready for
general distribution through Dept. of
Agriculture, Toronto. Send there for
your copy.
Measure a Farm by its
Pasturage.
The best farming systems
Ore, a prominent place to pas-
ture crops. Without an abund-
ant supply' of pasturage, the
economical production of live -
,
stock on any large scale is sel¢
dom possible. Pasture'and hay
;gasses are important: also be
imuse they protect and hold
and enrich the soil. A Cana-
dian' farmer travelling about
his own' country: feels almost
from instinct when he enters a
section of
abundant And pro-
ductive pastures that he has
found a good farmingssectioni;
end he is usually right about it.
Freckles constitute nianv a son's
apote.
Eggs and More Eggs.
The requirements for high egg
production are clean, dry, comfort-
able houses, that are free from di-
rect draughts over the birds, and
that are well lighted. The feeding
consists of,.a variety of grains, green
feed, animal feed, grit and shell,
which is clean, sweet and wholesome,
anti is given to the bulls regularly
and in such quantities that they have
all they want to eat before guing to
roost at night;' that the supply of
drinking material is clean and abun-
dant; that the attendant is regular
in his or her work and is interested -
in the same; that the birds are bred
from good laying' ancestors, and that
they are hatched at the proper sea-
son and well reared, and are free
from disease.
St>faneson, the Jexplorer' says that
in the course of almost twelve years
spent in the Arctic regions, his diet'
was 100 per cent, meat the greater
part of the time',
fest rootlet, put it in an eight -inch
pat and took it indoors.
It was placed in the sun parlor;
which has an eastern and southern
exposure, in a position where it could
get all the sun possible and after.
that, it was given exactly the same at-
tention as my other house plants.
It got along beautifully from the
very first and, while nothing like so
rapid nor so robust in •its growth as
those raised -outside, it was soon
spreading its delicate tendrils in all
directions and showed signs of want-
ing to take possession of the wall
against which it was planted. Know
ing that this vine likes even haat I
lane waiting rather eagerly to see
what it will do in the way of bleons,
for the room. that contains it is afflict-
ed with terrific temperature ups and.
downs.
THE BEAUTIFUL COBAEA.
The cobtea (coba:a scandens) to the
is the most desirable of all annual
climbers. Outdoors in my garden it
makes a growth of 15 or 20• feet a
season and during the latter part of
the summer it is covered with its
strange and beautiful blossoms. These
resemble, somewhat, in shape the
"cup and saucer" campanula,' their,
odd characteristic being that they
Egg Laying Trials.
The highest records at the various
'Canadian ' egg -laying trials are as
follows:
Canadian National, 332 eggs, won
by White Leghorn,
Vancouver Island, 327 eggs, won
by White Leghcsn.
Dominion, 291 eggs, won by Barred
Plymouth Rock.
Prince Edward Island, 2B8 eggs,
won by Barred Plymouth Rock.
Saskatchewan, 287 eggs, won by
Barred Plymouth Rock.
Ontario, 284 eggs, tie, White Leg-
horn and Barred Plymouth Rock, each
laying 284.
New Brunswick, 281 eggs, won by
Barred Plymouth Rock.
Nova. Scotia, 200 eggs, won by
White Leghorn.
In eleven egg -laying trials held in
Canada during 1925 there were 3,930
hens, and their average was 139 eggs
each. There were among the 3,930
birds, 17 that' laid over 300 eggs each.
Egg -laying competitions give the
breeder an accurate line on what hisand will consume much more water;
stock will do eggInSave'the Lambs.
production. The Lack of it will retard the milk flow.
real producers are singled out and Every reasonable effort should be If the Iambs come before the ewes
used in the breeding pen for the made to save the lamb crop. Much have been sheared any loose tags;
r f
burdens of a war which destroyed
thousands of sons and mothers, had
pleaded: "I did not • raise my son to
be a soldier, to 'kill' some other: moth-
er's darling boy," and laid a burden
THE UNEX.P
' GUEST
t. i
Miss Allison thought of it suddenly
as she stood. by the window of the lite
tie school house 'at the cross roads,.
watching Some birds searching for
food in the deep snow outside.
Their dinner telblo ie all covered
user she said to. Robert,'who. steed
beside her. "I think we shall have
to •spread another for them,"
So she talked to Miss Payne, who
was the other teaeher ie the •little -
schoolhouse, ,and. Miss Payne, asked
some, of the bigger boys to help; and
ft wasn't long before a wide firm shelf
was milled to the ledge outside Miss
Allison's window..
The children' scattered crumbs from
their lunches on the shelf and on the
ground beneath it and waited for the
birds. to find them. They were timid
at first, but in a day o3• two they
learned to know that there was no-
thing to fear and' as soon as the
cremes were placed, would flutter
about in greatljoy picking them up.
One day, one of the boys, brought a
bag of wheat .and cracked corn to
school and some of that was scatter-
ed, too. The birds were delighted, so
after that.the grain formed part of
the daily fate
One snowy morning, just as the
class in reading was starting to re-
cite, there was suddenly a great corn -
Motion on the shelf outside the win-
dow. The birds 'flew in every direc-
tion and a noisy chattering was heard
which was not et all like the voices
of the birds.
Everybody' looked' toward the win-
dow, and there in. the middle'middle'of the
shelf was. a saucy chipmenk, sitting.
-up en his hind. legs -with. a grain of
corn in his front paws, scalding the
of debt upon the people"that consum- birds and nibbling the corn turn and
with the school board for a dental in- ed half the revenue. "In thinking turn about.
children •
laughed aloud, and at
The
potion of the school children. These internationally,".he told his audience, •
girls entertained the grandmothers, "three questions' farced themselves thThe sudden sound, the chipmunk drop
encouraging their ancestors by giv- upon ut. These were population, raw ped to the ground and then was gone,
ing prize to the youngest and,•an resources, rates, Italy and Japan
Twice during the morning the same
other to the one rvith the most grand- claim they have not room for their thing heppened: Then came recess
children. and there, was the chipmunk for the.
third time.
"We will watch closely this time,"
said Miss Allison, "and see if we can
tell where he goes."
They were gathered by the window,
then a sudden sound and he was gone.
But the children were nearer this
time, and one pair of sharp eyes saw
where he went. "There he is," cried .
Robert, excitedly pointing. There
was a great drift which started al-
most directly below this feeding shelf
andextend.ecl across the yard ten feet
or mare to the foot of a great pine
tree. "lee's sitting in a little hole
right close to the ground, in that'
drift."
people and ask .11 Canada has the
Although a most successful Girls' right to spread over half a continent.
Conference just concluded at Kempt Canada's raw resources are practic-
ville lessened the girl delegates' nuns- ally untapped. Europe wants to pool
bees, the Seniors felt the' time devoted the resources of the world. The race
to their interests amply justified by question of the mixing of the 'white,
the': fresh youthful point of view they yellow and black races is one we mutt
brought to the Convention. This wad face sooner or later. Such problems
again touched on bb Miss Emily can only be solved by thinking inter -
Guest in t a talk on . "Backward, nationally."
Around, •F'orwar'd in Nation-building"A very high note of idealism in
when down,through the generations service. was' also struck by President
was traced the -part played loyally by Itirs. Field' Robertson and the Conven-
wornen in building up this country. tion went on record as condemning
"We were happier then," said the old the narcotic evil and asking the De -
people, "when we were all the same partment of Education to distribute
in the woods and all 'helped each literature and give regular instruction
other, in self-contained homes where.as'to its evils in curriculums of
we grew and the women manufactur- schools and colleges:
ed the clothing as well as did the Equal franchise with farmers' sons
housekeeping." Then came the era in municipal elections was also asked
of brick and stone structures and the for farmers' daughters, a stricter. ob-
growth of towns, and the' homemakers servance of the Lord's Day, system -
?realized that the whole community atic training in vocal music for count
had become the home and had to be try schools, and legislation for the
made safe for the family., further care of the feeble-minded
To the girls of to -day, the women were some of the other things asked
will hand on the trust for the future, for by the Convention.
girls whose young heads, hearts and The consideration of improved a i-
-hands were being, trained for this culture reached its Climax in the hu n-
r'esponsibility through the institutes. orous 'and pithy•address of. Mr. El -
The value of practical experience ford of the Ottawa Experimental
to the individual and the fact that the P
Institute is first and foremost an
educational institution was never
lost sight of and was specially strew
ed by the Superintendent when `urg-
ing that the .girls and young women
of the community be given some re-
sponsibilities in the work of the In -
Farm who explained the whole work- said Miss Allison and .a little later,
in of'these fauns and the forthe expert, they all went out to see, Sure enough
servlet that night be had just the there was the round hale at one end
asking, while he paid o warm tribute, of the drift where they had seen him
as did the whole Convention, to the -looking out, and- there was another
work of the Superintendent, Mr. Put-
nam, in his administration of the De- round hole in the other end of the
partmental servlees from Toronto. drift, close to tee tree where the,
chipmunk lived, and through the tun-
nel beneath the snow ho went and
came no matter what the weather.
He visited the feeding shelf often
after that, and the birds learned not
to be afraid of him. There was lent
"Oh,'I see him, I see him," cried
several voices as they caught sight
of a' tiny head with sharp ears and
bright eyes, peering out of a round
hole in the side of a drift of snow.
Even as they spoke the head disap-
peared and almost at the same mo-
ment, Miss Allison called out as ex-
citedly as any of them, "There he is,
on top of the drift over by the tree."
Some of the children saw him as he
leaped from the snow to the trunk of
the tree and scampered up out of
eight among the branches.
"Ile has a tunnel ender the snow,"
egg
come out apple -green and gradually, 'producers. tl Theof re bis c no t a one ce f best
change to deep blue. There is also a'breed or varietyfor egg ggproduction,
The Costco is rather exacting in its Laying ability lies Wrote in the strain
requirements; particularly must they' or family than in the breed,
be met in the method of planting While modern poultry -keepers
seed. They object to being put to know how to get more eggs from
bed, as it were, on the flats of their their hens these eggs have thin
vre
fact '
backs, a C it took e
fme several rn years rs h
s ells
Y than
those s e 1 i
a cl under more
to learn. What they crave is to be 'natural circumstances
white variety (alba).
trouble anti loss can be avoided by around the udder or hanks should be of food' for all so they cite p near Y
having the ewes iu proper condition. waitedre-
clipped off. The lambs seem to crave by while he ate his fill, and then re -
If the lambs come on grass ostially this W001, It tennis wool balls in the turned and finished their meal.
r little special attention t i •-
very p is equ 1 stomach whichare almost certain to
ed, 12,'however, they are lambed in be fatal.
the sheepfold prior to turning cut, At from two to four weeks of age
the ewes should be watched closely the lambs should' be docked, and the
until each' lamb Itas nursed, after• male lambs not selected for breeding A limber spatula is indispensable
which very little individual attention should be castrated. The docking in My kitchen for scraping cake bat -
should be required. It is very essen- can perhaps be best perfoi'medby the ter from the mixin bowl antTe-
i
oro during the docked and castrated' do better, pre- twiner. I never knew how valuable
sent a hotter appearance and sell, for.' a round, seamless, enameled : bowl
was until I invested in one this sum-
mer. It has been in constant use
every daysince.—Mrs. L. A.
Nothing ever saved ,toe more steps
and backache than having water
piped to a sink that was the proper
height, and se high stool 011 'which I
could sit and prepare vegetables at
the work table. Mrs, L. C.
Handy Things'Discovered
by Readers.
• tial that an attendant be on watch g
for Jamba which are b th use of a hot docking pincher. Lambs moving cooked food from any Son -
night;
A few small portable pens about mot's money.—H. L. G.
4 x 4 feet should he provided to Ito -
late each ewe with her lamb for
thirty-six to forty-eight hours after
lambing, especially if they come dur-
ing the cold spell or in case for any
reason the ewe fails to own her lamb
promptly. '
Tright panels provided with hooks
and eyes can be ltoolced together and
placed along the wall as needed.
After the lambs begin to come, spe-
cial attention should be given to bed -
cling the pens; clean dry beds being
provided at all time. No considerable
depth of manure should he allowed to
accumulate underneath the bed, as
the ammonia fumes generated there-
in will cause sore eyes end retard
the developmentof the lambs.
The creep should }e. provided,
where the lambs may have access to
grain mixture and hay which can-
not be reached by the ewes. Equal
I arts of cracked corn, crushed .oats
nd bran constitute a good mixture
er this purpose. It IS surprising how
uch faster the lambs will develop
when this plan is adopted.
A good supply of fresh water
limed be'available at all times. This
s especially important after the
etas begin to conte, as the ewes are
a more or, less fevered condition
a
THOUSANDS WELCOME WHITE EMPRESS
Over 10,000 people liked the coast at 'Vancouver to welcome the Cana-
dian Pacific Empress of Canada, flaeselp of the Pacific fleet when she atom- a
t aRl
ed into her home port from the Orient recently, glistening in het new garb 2
of white paint. She was escorted by several Canadian Government seaplanes. m
The decision of the Canadian Pacific to make their entire Pacific fleet
white has met'with approval in the shipping world and also by passengers,
with whom these giant trtutts.Pacific liners are popular. They will.be known
Y
as the "White Empresses of the Pacific," and mance a beautlCul picture steam- 1
ing through the blue waters of the Pacific. 1
What We Use on the Farm.
To obtain information relating to
the 'value of products which are fur-
nished by the farm to the farm fain-
tly a careful investigation was made
on 38 fauns in One county. The
items included dairy and poultry
produce, meats, flour, vegetables,
fruits, fuel and house rent. The
farm value of these products aver-
aged $078.09 per farm.' The city
value of the same products, that is,
if purchased on the city market for
the home, was $1,263.07, These fig-
ures provide a sidelight on how omen
snore it costs to live in the city than
on a farm. Tire investigation also
revealed the fact that some farms
were -purchasing at city prices what
they shouliibe producing in th.t name
garden, A thrifty 2inot family,
making' full use of its opportunities
on the land, can keep the home going
with lueurics that people living in.
town on moderate •insom s seldom
see. We .often neglect to credit the
farm for what it aloes, and some
people on the land fail to take full
rtc.uture of the opporttmitics that the.
land on whirl) th • live offers them.
I thought a dish • clreiner was all
silliness until,I tried one, but now I
know that it is silliness to go with-
out one, for they aroso inexpensive.
They not only save time in: dsying
dishes, but save washing so many
dish towels as well,—Mrs. R:
I would not past with a handy
little centre ante thea: l paid forty-
five cents for fifteen years ago, i
call it a vegetable slicer It is a flat
piece of wood not much larger than
my hand. It has a handle, -but the •
working part is. covered with a Cor-
rugated piece of metal. On this I
slice all kinds of cooked or raw vege-
tables and fruits, ,such as cabbage,
potatoes, beets, cucumbers, apples,
etc. It wor•lcs quickly and is easy to
keep clean,—Mr's. 11. H,
•
Making the' omiflools_bnighter is the
cheerful task of the window washer,
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