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..:TB"..F* STORAGE ley VEIGETABLES.lin prectleally all plants; top fejney
The:success:61 iwintee,eatorage Of I .en d reel; thjury. Beet- enj er y reey .be
• Veotab10 a1thrng1 quite eimple is, la'rgelyseantrolled, thoee:plants Pre -
often 'unattaieed, ehiefly as a result of ,Pegetes1 et different roots, by eelecting
GIBSON SCOTT
At Sunbury, a Frontenac ceuntyewere to gen my ten thousaed dIiir
cominuniey purely ruralgthereesei time feene and put the proceeds in Gevern-
neigheorheod spirit a co-operation. , went, five per cent, bonds, I should be
• letereper cane Or neglect. Every at- i hardy ,stecir. In 'apples, for instance, , elle two church denominations have better off."
The "Prodigal Son, Luke 15: 11.24. Golden Text — will
arise and go to my father—Luk e 15: 18.
ANALYSIS. no longer worth of the name o' -r son.
y 0, worshipping in the This was sonsmered ,te be a deem_ 1. IW, saves ARE LOST: THE rATH-
-tontion may be given to growing and hardy eattee crabs lilee Transcendent, vo ,
harvesting, and a desirable result ob- er ilarde Ruesian varieties, nroduee, blending of the one, and , having the edly debatable subject, Each member' II. eio.sievi:Oertier, 11-16.
na-
tive plan/ stock Is hardier than the ea's yeaLsy,A1n7n_2F40,1IND, THE raper-
tained, yet it frequently happens that, hardy stock for roots. Such roots wale minister oe the other to preach to , of the two teams wee to epeek one,
through careless or improper eeorage, stand much more severe conditions' them. The second Melding is beteg put minute, state and establish one point
the greeter vont of tho eaop is lost hy than French crab stock. Likewise, na-
Myrobola.n, so that the first consider
tion of a :fruit grower in regions who/
trees suffer from root injury is t
ascertain that they are propagated o
hardy stock.
^ Small fruits such as raspberrie
,
So Jesus' cierscri es die beginning of
repeneance in a convicted einter.
V. 20. Meantime, what abegt hie
father? The son doee not knervv that
all the time his father is waiting
to use as a Wine while the Women'e for hie side, and melte himself hear — esus, rum 0" brokenehearted for his boy to come,
ginning a bh; mieistry, sought spe- back. Every day he is going to a
Institute El/ld the Township Council by all, i 11 • '
hintaril unite
rot or injured by
In general, the main requirements
for the storage of moet vegetables are
sameerhat eimilar. Protection from
__frost is essential, yet the temperature
meet not be high enough to permit
growth, From thirty-three to thirt•y-
eight degrees, Fahrenheit, may be con-
sidered the ex.treme range. Ven-
"a- tilatioe is necessary, esp.ecially during
the first:week or so of storage. Soon
- after hai-vest, all classes of roots lose
certain amount of moisture' by eve-
poratlon, or, as it is commonly known,
sweating. If' an adequate circulation
of air has not been provided for this,
moist -ere will condense and form wet
places, thus making f‘avbrable -Situa-
tions for the growth of moulds and
other fornis of plant life that may,.
directly or indirectly, cause rotting.
If, oif the other hand; too much ven-
tilation. is given during dry weather,
' excessive evaporation is encouraged
with a consequent wilting of the vege-
tables. During cold weather, the ven-
tilation must be Controlled to avoid
freezing. Light should be excluded
as it not oray promotes growth but
depreciates the keeping and eating
qualities of the vegetables.
Broken, bruised or- diseased' epeci-
mens should net be stored with healthy
ones, es they will in -variably rot first
and, in so doing, generate hent, which
.. will help spread tefection that may
cense serious loss before it is detected.
The above, although constituting the
general principles' for winter storage,
do not meet the requirements for all
classes of vegetables, as the different
kinds will not keep equally well tinder
the same cenditionse, Accordingly the
common -vegetablee may be grouped,
as to their storage tequitements, as
follows:
Horse -radish, parsnip and salsIfy
are not injured by freezing and may
be left in .the .ground until early
spring. It is, however, practically im-
possible to dig them out of the etezen
ground during the winter ands -fox -this'
reason, other methods of storage: are
preferable. Of these, pitting is prob-
ably the most satisfactory., When cold
• weather is about to set in the roots
are placed in a neat, conical pile on a
. well -drained site and. covered with
,straw to a depth of 'six or eight inches.
After the roots have stopped sweating,
the straw should be covered with four
er five inches of earth. Where a tee
or more a the crop is to be stored in
one pit, ventilation shafts should be
provided. In a pit Of this nature, the
-roots are, not likely to freeze, but if
• they do, they will not thaw again until
late in the spring as 'the straw and
earth act is an insulator. This class
of vegetables may also be stored in a
good, cool cellar, if.space is availeble.
Potatoes, turnips, beets and.careots
.
all require similar storage conditions.
They may be satisfactorily store' d in
-vvelleconstructed,p1ts, with a coverieg
sufficiently heavy to prevent frost in-
jury, but, as a general rule, the best
etorage, piece is a.ytell ven.telaeed, yet
-frosieproofe cellar. &knell quantitiee
may be kept in good condition by being
-packed In moist sand either in, the
cellar or in any place where frost or
a temperature above foety degrees
may be avoided.
Cabbegee, although not injured by
a light freezing, are usually of better
quality if untouched by frost after
harvest. Dry air and temperatures are
very injurious, as cabbages wild eas-
ily. Fonthis reason, out -door pitting
is , very satisfactory. The cabbages
are pulled, leaveng the roots on, piled
In a conical pile, with the heads dowel,
and covered with straw and earth in
the same manner as the pet deecribed
for parsnips. Where extremely cold
'weather occurs, an additional. covering
of straw and earth shoend be added ae
late ,in the season as possible. • Cab-
bages, may also bo stored in a 'moist
cool cellar. -
Squash and pumpkins differ from
• other vegetables in that they should
be etored in a dry place " where the
teamerature may go as high as filtY
• degrees, An attic or an unused room
in the house is usually quite satisfac-
tory, providing the 'temperature does
net go below the freezing point.
Onions require much the same con-
dition as pumpkin aad squash, exeept
that the teinpeeature intest be kept
comparatively low, yet ebeve freezing.
Celery is probably the most difficult
of, all vegetables to keep throughout.
;the eatire winter: It May be. stored in
an 'outside pit, but ie better trans-
planted late in the fell, into rnoiet
sand; M a dark cool cellar. In. doing
this as much of. the root system as
possible is retained and the plants are
set quite .elose together ThvoughOut
the arbiter, the roots must be ,Icept
moist by carefully eyittering the sand
feeni time to time. ' the tops are
wet, totthig evil" soon stat. In order
to prevent, moisture con'clensing on the
leaves, adequate ventilation is neces-
eery, Wit taro enuet be taken to pre-
vent leaning, aze celery Wili not keep
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c a y to reelaim the erring and the door, and peering down the road to
a- are considering ways arid :means to -1 Three young men irnprovised a lost, Instead of avoiding the tax- see if he is not returniag. One day
o' date To-waship Community Hall, keepers, and rang off each speaker ae their companY and even visited ;their pity he rushes oat, and clasps the son
're gether for the erection of an up -to- • gong, conetituted themselves 'time- 'gatherer and the sinner, he sought he sees, him and with a heart full of
11 They propose availing themselves of the -end of sixty seconds. The Insti_lhomes.
the Government Short Courees in tute Preeident took the chair. It was not for Jesus to wait
i until the lapsed came to him. He made Ito his heart, and kisses him.
1 it his business to take the initiative 1 y8" 21-24: The lost son llas not
s, Agriculture and Home Economies in Within forty-five minutes every per- • ' dreamed of a reception like this. , He
e the more leisured months of the year , son on either side had spoken though erne, through every: expected his father to shut the door
o and are making full use of Depart-: not six had ever been on their feet; barrier which' the
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religion of in his face or set least to impose hard
liarrow and unforgiving
y. mental speakers and literature in the before in a public, meeting. Before, his time had set ue between the saints terms upon him'. He tells his father
strawberries and grapes, which ar
grown on their own xoets, must b
given protection against root ineer
Fortunately raspberries are able 1;
stand severe conditione and it is onl
in the open prairies that they have to
be covered corapletely with earth.
Grapes, except in the best fruit areas,
should be laid clown in the fall of
the year and completely covered with
earth to a depth of six inches oe more.
Strawberries are protected by a eov
ering'of straw or some coarse materia
applied in the late fall.
Practically nothing can be done et
prevent top injury of trees at thi
and togo to diem In so doing he
• meantime: In the monthly program of the gathering dispersed, a group . of 'and the'sinners, Jeeus said that "god„,, what a vile wretch he has been, and
no more werthy to be treated as a son.
y the Institeite, 'they discover and apply the young ellen' collected eae;erly .eugelliness" was just being like, God, and to
e er urn im de
away,
local abilities in music, derrionstra- 'gesting tepees for "more of these de. be like God one must seek the .salvatidn
S; send hien off among -the servants? No,
tions papers, and social talents. bates.' - • and the•good Of every lost soul of Man. , • b k h t
or e oy s coming ac s ows a
Thie is the leeson tau 'lit in the Par-
able of the Prodigal Son. Jesus was `
public speaking, believingethat farm- munity spirit which tl
ere do not give enoegh attention to discovers and beginseto deVelop its own ciating with sinners ancl sitting with So Jesus describes the love, of God
• They. are training themselves • in The enterprising and friendly coni his heart ie changed and this being
les: utafraid, attacked by the Phariseee for aseo_ sa, - all pan be forgiven. .
learning to speak and think on their frequently hidden but none the less them at table, Luke 15:1, 2.He made to penitent sinners who return to hien,
- feet. At a summer meeting, a joInt existent practical and cultural talents answer in: three parables, all dealing Men do not know the love of God, and
1 'gathering of•nien, women anti younger quite independeutly of town or cit3r with the joy which exists in' heaven how he yearns for the sinner to came
people, when a teacher of Publie speak- influences is going to create a neigh- when a lost soul Is brought back to back. Had they known it, could they
o ing waa Viiiting the Insteeute, after borhood where the turning of a ten God' thhaeveauutPca.bertaiadnedd t3beesulosstfo?r Surelygoing after
8 the address,two of the men uggested thousand dollar farm into bonde would
I. HOW SOULS ARE LOST: THE FATH- could noe The purpose of the par-
tirne of the year, but.,the reader Shoal
bear this point in mind and for th
euttire plant only those varieties whic
have been foiled to be hardy for, hi
7 choose sides, which they did, thirteen to avail themselves of the Government' Indeed, 't ' th father h' ff •
d following it up with an application to neseee be considered, Rather those . ne. able, therefore, is to show the di-fler-
S GRIEF, 1.1 16.
e the principles laid down, In an 1111- country lovers chained by circum- v 11, 12. The tragedy unfolded in ence betveden God and the harsh and
h promptu c ebate. Two membere oe the stances to the city. would be debating
e e pare e involves mnaursrtowgoPahfaterrisegeoolutch:std,aro'r tjleies111.:
not only the erring son, but the father
s Township Council eeere deputed totheamount of initial ca.pital necessary from whose love the son turns away. is joy in heaven 'when sinners repeet.
Y to a side. Loxig Term Farm Loans in order to most. He would fain keep his bay father in .ters We are ohe pnaretle. o as
eines eel
e A farmer made the stetereent,,"If 1 get one of these farms. with him at home, Where e is safe, men are a tra,gedet o im, an
district and, in the orchard alread
planted, discontinue eultivation earl
in July so as not to eneourage lat
growth, which is liable to kill back.
Well -ripened wood Is essential and
acanndnfc'etrtbializeabttioanineadreAfprlaactteicceudl.ti:Vation
Top injury to raspberries, is very
easil3r prevented in the most sever
regions by the complete covering wit
earth, as previously referred to, bet
in districts suth as Eastern -Ontario I
is only .necessary to bend down th
caaes and place a few shovelfuls o
earth on the tips to retain the cane
in a recumbent position so that the
may be covered by the snow and thu
protected. Late cultivation of all bus
fruits should be discourages], as wel
ripened wood is just as essential as it
Is in the case of trees.
Aside from the -ravages of winter,
depredations of rodents account for
heavy losses in young fruit trees.
These animals, when food is scerce in
winter, will strip the bark from palm
trees, sometinies- ciampletely girdliri
them, causing their ultimate death
This can be prevented by wrapping
the trees in the fall of the year with
building paper, or by placing around
each tree a coil of expanded metal lath
to alheight of about two feet. These
may be purchased; cut to the required
width and length, and are easily fas-
tened together, by pieces•of galvanized
wire. They make for permanency mid
in the long run are cheaper than the
yearly 'use of paper.
41.••••••••
but the body is irniea len o see e radeen t p eeus
eeia
h Every flock has in it inferior ewes.
A Portion of these should be sold off
every year and their places taken by
o the choice of the lamb crop. llow many
a to cull out will denend upon the num-
ber of eheep the owner wishes to keep.
y If he desires to cut down the size o
e his fleck then he should cull closely.,
h If, on the other hand, he . wishes to
increase, .then only the very poorest
• li I t d
Fall is a good time to do this work.
The inferior animals Pan be readily
picked out then. Ewes with unsound
mouths, injured udders, or faulty type
should either be put in the fattening
g pen or sent immediately to market
Raising turkeys is one thing, mar-
keting them profitably is quite an-
other. The fnarketing problem, despite
the fact it is usually looked uPon as
one of simplicity itself, is a problem
of no little importance, for here rests
the harvest, much or little, for ihe
season's -toil.
Turkeys, whether sold for breeders
at a fancy price or sold to the mer-
chant for Thanksgiving or Christer/as
trade, should have, some special care
along about the first of October. In
either instance they should be kept on
range as long as possible for health,
but given very different care other-
wise. ,
Turkeys of good breeding—that is,
purebred stock ----are always in good
demand for breeders. Keep such
turkeys on range as long as possible
and feed very little fattening food. A
diet of wheat, corn and millet is good,
given very sparingly to avoid an over -
fat conditions. Unless such grains are
of fleet clasp quality, thoroughlY ina
tured and free of sap _arid mold, it Is
better to toast them in an oven to a
light brown before feeding. Fat, it is
well to remember, is an objectionable
feature in breeding turkeys.
TurkeYs for the Thanksgiving and
Christmas trade should be fat, yet pro-
ducing tide fat eanclition and savieg
the turkeys is not an easy mattet, for
it is well to temember no fat ,turkey
is long a healthy one. 'To produce a
at turkey, therefore, and at the same
time a healthy turkey, one must bring
about this fat coedition by degrees,
and not abraptly.
Exercise is essential for health,
therefore such turkeys should be kept
on range as long as nevelt& and given
eattenieg foods, such as corn, for a
period of two or more months, gradu-
ally indreaeing the amount fill turkeys
show peospects of getting fat by mar-
keting time. „
To fled a slow leak in tire remove
The Experimental Farm
" System. .
Much interesting and valuable- in-
formation is contained in the report
for 1923 of the Director of the Domin-
ion Experimental Farms, Mr. E. S.
Archibald, 13.A., B.S.A. It tells in
concise and condensed form Of the,do-
ings in ins of the fourteen divisions
Of Which the Central Farm at Ottawa
Consists, of the twenty-three branch
Farms axle= Stations, of the half dozen
Substations in. Yukon Territory, in
Northern Alberta, Northern British
Columbia, -and Northern Quebec, and
of the Illustration Stations, the nusn-
ber, of which was iecreased during
1923 from 89 to 125. There were, when
the report was prepared, six Illustra-
tion Stations in Prince Edward Island,
fifteen in' Nove Scotia, seventeen in
New Hrunswiekt thirty-five in Quebec,
seven in Ontario, twenty in Saskat-
chewan, twelve in Alberta, and thir-
teee in British Columbia. In every
instance these Stations are established
in districts where it is considered they:
will be of most assistanca to farmers.
With every province having its Farms
or Stations extending east, weet, south,
and to the opened -up districts of the
north, it will be seen that the Do-
minion Expeehnental Farm System
penetrates to all the confines of the
country.
Usually Itis necessary to pump up
the tube only two or three times and
the greatest numbee of times in my
experience was five.—D. S. B.
t' t t tli th 1
. great worl and to take the mana e-
Feeding of Bees.
Two of the essentials for good win-
tering of bees are young ,bees and
ample stores. To secure the fit
young bees, a natural fall flow or an
artificial flow produced by feeding is
required to stimulate brood produc-
tion. If ample stores are lacking, they
. .
must be provided by feeding.
The feed supplieemay be either a
honey ora sugar syrup, and in making
the latter none but the best of. white
;granulated sugar should be used.
For stimulative feeding,a light
syrup of approximately one part
honey ,or sugar to one part water is
best. This syrup may be given to the
bees in various ways, but the one most
generally used is the honey pail meth-
od which consists In inVerting a 5 or
10 -pound honey pail of syrup over
the frames, the cover of which pail
has 3 or.4 holes in it pierced by a fine
nail. .
Colonies wintered in cellar should
-weigh 60 to 65 pounds; without hive
'cover, and those wietered outside 70
to 76 pounds. Any deficiencies should
be made up by feeding one pound
sugar for every pound lacking „in
stores: The syrup given in this case
should consist of 2 parts sugar to one
part water or 5 part honey to one
part water and should be fed from 10 -
pound honey pails, as above described,
each pail having 40 to 50 small nail
holes in the cover. Fee may be given
dither hot or cold. When fed hot,
however, there is a greater danger of
granulation but the syrup is more
readily taken down by the bees.
Feeding should be doxie about the
fleet of October, as rapidly as possible
and in the evening to avoid dice
turbanee. ,
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Illustration Stations in Ontario
_ The Illustration Stations conducted
under the Dominion ' Experimental
Farm.system are being constantly ex-
tended in number. Last year especial
attention was paid th Ontario, seven
Stations in all being established, two
in Eastern Ontario, at Bourget, Rus-
sell county, and Curran, Prescott
county, and five in Northern Ontario,
all in Temiskaming county, namely at
Cochrane,. Genier, Matheson, Porgies
Junction, and Valgagne. The total
number of Illustration Stations In-
cil9u2d8edfrionmth8e, styoetie2m5. was increased in
ion o eir souls rec
rnent of his life into his own hands. APFLIOATION.
Instead of waiting till he received his -
, privileged lad to leave home and
w h was at of this over -
inheritance at theproper time heasks
to have it now. He wishes to capital- ealunge into a, life of debauchery and
, ize his prospects, so to speak, and excess! How disenchanting and de-
g° away where he will. be his own Inas- grading to find himself feeding pigs
tee,- and be able to do as he likes. and eating the husks Nvhich the swine
V. 13. The son does not say that he did eat! Is- it any more So than the
is leaving home, though it is in his , experience of any one who becomes en -
Mind to do so. But in a week or so 'slaved by drink? In Julie of 18057 we
TRAINING OUR CHILDREN
• Don't Enter Into Children's Quarrels and Arguments.
, BY HELEN GRIIGG GR,EEN.
111, don't. like Dick's mother," Bud
confided one day when he, Aunt Emmy
Lou and I were. having a little heart
to heart talk. '
"And why not, Bud?" we wanted to
know. ,
"Well, every time us fellows get into
an argument, she's always poking her
head out of tha window arid askinge
'Now what's wrong? Can't you play
without quarrelling?' And then out
she coines to settle matters. Seems
pretty nibby to me. She's always spy-
ing on what we're doipg. 1 tell you,
we don't often go to Dick's—not any
inoeeel we can, help.° •
After Bud left, Aunt Emmy -Loa,
whom all children love, scolded; "Why
inner tube and pump it up ae much as will methers elieeate the affectione of,
it will stand without bulging. If ina their children's friends! When Dick
inersien in water fails to show the is older, and Margaget wanting him
leak, as will usually be the case with to bring leis reiends home, she'll be
slow leak, hang t,ho -Labe up in a wondering , why they won't come.
place ese-tore 11 will not be disturbed. dislike these niothers who are always
Ale ain me of the has escaped, tied , little quarrels. = Children should
A day or so later evben beeonseet taking part in ehildren's arguments
plthat so
well if it hes been feveen m storagepump it up again. The eloW escape at t have a little privacy oe their owe, end
• ear will gradually erilarge the smell] eve a:newest:les' ehoted eespect it, the
WINTKII. INJURY.- AND ITS Pjzt. leak until it becomes large enough to same ae we expect them to respect
VEXTION- prodttee babbles whoa the tuba 18 ones." '
Winter injury inlay talee two forms nietsed in watar. . angen, youere right, Atest lergtay..
Lou," 1 admitted, surprieed as always
at her weidoni.
• "Mergaret will make Dick unpopu-
lar all his life le she keeps this up,"
she continued, "I was there one day
when Dick - came home with a 'torn
shirt, grimy hands and all the ear,
marks of a scuffle, After she had
eairly forced the child to tell his tale
of woe, she started toward the door,
'Whete are you going, Mother?' Wick
asked. 'I'm going to see that rough
,Dowels boy!' elle snapped. '011, Mothee,
please don't do that!' Dick pleaded,
auhrgaret Was determined. But I wet
deterailted she ehOuldn't go. And she
didn't. I gave her some good straight -
from -the -shoulder advice, but I tithes
She didn't had it,"
After Aunt Fenmy-Lou left, I
thought, "Wen, I know one thing. I'm
teev,er going to have my boy's friends
dislike me, if I can help it" And
deliberately walked ieto the house and
eloeed the doot, leaving a erowd of
youngsters in our front yard having u
meet heeled aeganient.
IN,lien Sonny' hopped in a while later
With, "Gee, Mother, you're a Sageme
I only smiled, foe I knew why he,
thought Mother a "briCk,""
he shows his real intentions by selling find the poet Byron writing from his
his effects, and bedding his father college rooms, dwelling with boyish good-byede-
. e en s to go o a dis-
tant country—we may think perhaps
of Italy arid Rome, the centre of the
greet world's life. Arrived there, he
gets into bad company, and sooe loses
all he has.
Vs. 14-16. He did not, perhapseex-
pect this, and he does not know that
days of famine are at harici, but they
light on, his late hones and heavy po-
tations. But see how he talks later
When his course was nearly run.
My clays are in the yellow leaf.
The , flowers, and fruits of love are
gone;
The worm, the canker afid the grief
Are minealone! ' •
come. Ho has nothing "efts his cam- The prodigal s°n could have said the
nanions have made off, and ;here ie
nothing for it but to take service as -a The disenchantment of those who
wander into evil ways is intended to
swineherd, and to live ort a pittance,
make them, stop, look and listen. The
with a lower standard of living than
prodigal came to himself before he
the swine. He has run through his
cane to his father. Experience teach-
floisrtcuon:clitnodn. no one pities
or reliev _es neso fools.
1 teaching goes very far home
Indeed it would appear that
II. How SOULS ARE FOUND: THE FAT 1driven ere y
.'"'" to the mark anti it is th b
BR'S JOY, 17-24. force of experience Thsufferingsf
th
by d
r
ein
k
areotof
length to himself, or to his senses. teremanrible,beuntsliatviedis so, for other-
lieg with leis head in his hands, he wise the man would keep right on in
remembers his fathee's house. How his "ghastly smooth course," until,
happy and blessed wish- everything without knowing it, he should arrive
was every one there, even the servants, at the painless hell of abject slavery
He feels faint and wretched, and won- to a mere appetite.
dere whether, if he went home, his When ehisen-odigal came back to his
father would take him back as a sers?- father he found forgiveness and real
ing man. He thinks he will try. Be toration. The heavenly Father is able
will tell his father everything, eow ut- and willing to Save unto the uttermost,
terly wrong and mean he has been, a all those who come unto God, through
sinner against God and his fatherrand Christ.
Vs, 17-19. The lost son comes at
KEEPING A F NI OFFICE
BY DALE R. VAN HORN.
A farmer who recently bought nine
head of purebred hogs by mail, said to
me e
"Yes, that man in Eastern Ontario
1 apparently had some mighty good hogs
and at mighty good prices. But -when
I received' his reply to ray query, I
was doubtful. He wrote with a pencil
on a piece of square paper ,ruled off
with pencil. His writing loolced hasty,
and there was not a sign of prosperity
about the letter. Now I figure that
a man who is in the farming business,
whether it Is wheat, corn, dairy cettle,
horses or hogs, ought to be successful
enough th use an individual letter-
head. So I passed up that offer—and,
mind you, it miglat have been a good
one ---for this chap over in Bruce
County who uses a typewriter and
some specially printed letter -heads. . .
Say, you ought to see that letter -head
Of his. Come into the house and I'll
show it th you." '
Perhaps this man was the exception
to the rule. Perhaps the average buy-
er pays no attention to the kind of let-
ter the other 'fellow writes, But other
things being equal, isn't the men -who
puts his message on a clean white
sheet, with his name and address
printed at the top, with the name of
his /arm 131 big bold leterswand espe-
cially if the message is typed, going to
have a better hearing than the one
who .Weites with a pencil or rested
pee and on a sheet teen from the hop's
school tablet?
0,1' course, that is a problem for
each one to decide. Expense is the
first ceneideration. But, after all, this
kind of good appearance is nothing
Mere than advertising itself, and one
should turn to it as instinttively ae
oho doe e when- he fixes up a little 10 -
fore the aerivel of the prospective pur-
chaser of the place,
• Even the most .simple /arm office
should contain o. reeord, and if the
equipment is to be acqeired slowly end
one. 'tens at a time, this Will con'e firm:.
vie book should be divided into var-
ies/a departeneet—eno for poultry, an-
other for daiese atother for erops and
so on. If the book is oe the looeo-leae
tsme, alteratione ear/ be me& oe 11101T
blank pages added when desired,
The iinXt ACCreliSitiOn 8.11OUid 1)0 a
letter -file. One of these can be bought
foinas-low as $6 or $6 and is certainly
worth the money. In this all business
letters should -be kept, the sheets open-
ed flat and stood on edge. If the in-
quiries which come iri can be divided
into several classes, then dividers
should be set in the main file and each
group of letters arranged alphabetic-
ally. To serve the rine purpose' but
in a more limited way, one ofthe
smaller book files can be bought for
less than a dollar.
Then come letter -heads and printed
envelopes. These can be purchased for
almost any price and they are of many
grades. The best way is to work out
the heading definitely and jot it down
en paper, then take the proposition to
several printers for quotations. A
light buff or grey paper is often 'more
attractive than plain white, If you
can afford it, a small cut of the home
place or one of the priee anhnals
should be worked hit* the heading.
Often the same type end wording
which appear on the top of your letter-
heads can be duplicated -in the upper
left-hancl corner of the envelopes.
It will pay to get a large order of
printing at one time, as 1,00 en-
velopes and letter -heads will Cost less
'proportionately thee 500. It will els*
pay to get tete sizes of envelopes --one
for straight correspondenee, and the
other of No. 10 size, which 'Will take
additional papers when neceesary.
Now everything 18 complete but the
typewriter. You ean lea.rn to use one
in a sheet time. Your fleet letter will
not be a nutsteepiece, but it veill be
better than the letter nay friend rnen-
tienced. If there is a young man or
woman in the home who secretly
CoVetS the privilege of h./arising to
write on 8 standard keyboard, why not
tarn that end of the bueincse Ovee to
him or her? Venally e book of in-
etructions, which shows hew to pre-
eeed, is included with a typewriter,
The maehine Itself may coet only $10
or $16—or it may be a bated 'neW one
and cost $100. Snit youteele, tut
it ebould pay—and pay big.
• One to 'help people is te refrain
toin grtlyig them adviee.
,
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fithacetodr: in' erEirieS 9 'f
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Callieg loudly and patieeeet , le**
bring out a siga of theirs: 4:12; '4, ,t
on one side of th
vas centadtlr -et:I:seep:0. i; are iYouin
nt choo,zi.,1 atrilti74,0::,:iPr :„..
bYroolikebnegoilelvni'°thilegfueliTeethstantd lee"
neighbee's cure when at leet,'
farther carrier of the field, -;
, hallooing—eometimes strong tallies-.
afternoon shade you 'And them.
They are not inteeeeted in going to '
stretching and yawning they do not
where they are but after much loud
the barn. They are more comfortable se
you get them on their feet and aiter, '
quietly, chewing their clads, in theleaes s
,
isestaecirtageo.r Tthheeybharanvse bttottbeeedireievl.eeng, 'Clal per.
frost leas colored the grass white, you
find them. after a long search in the, - ;
suaded to go. ' • `,,I,'''' '
bare feet Eire fairly stiff with the cold. '
early twilight, also lying down. Your
In the late fall, when the Oct,elyer , ' •l,
,
nYnodo. 'set ua snhd twhheerfiersnteronbender n:sornmeatitee , ,-,i,:,J, _
the geound warm. And then you tr.: ' • = :,
your feet. Not a cm will We "ge ' Yen • -e
make a race for the next one, there
to get the rest of them tin and started • el
w e
your voice and corninand of languag,a -
hil you are continithe t warn •'.'
:
wane yam. feet for a moment,' mid . ..-
ss
then to anotheie
There is a better way than this to
get the cows. Have some aopetizing
food waiting for them in their 4, man -
gees. Many days you will 3101, ha",.,.r;
go for them at all. They will 'be wait-
ing for you to open the stable door
but if not, a cheerful c) has! co! col
will bring them
without d
ing—and they will give more mfilc„
Can Identify Appie Tees by
Their Leaven.
The identification of varieties of
apple trees, previous to bearing, hoth
the character of the leaves, is being
undertaken, by the ElOrticultn,ral
or the Dominion Expeqn,ental
Par= Branch, according to the;report,
of the Director. Up to th/present
tithe, it has been found passible to
identify s xteen varieties 10 this way,
system whereby the variety may be
determined from the leaves of the tree,
and without waiting for the fisait, will
be of great practical value to the „
orchardist as well as ta the nursery-
man. It not infrequently happens
that trees prove untrue to name when
they come into bearing. By the sys-
tem referred to, it will no longer be
necessary to wait -for live to eight
years until this stage is reaehed, but
the young orchard may be gone over
the year after plant,ing; and uratrue
varieties discovered. By the same
method the nurseryman may positively
identify his stock and thus prevent
loss and disappointment to purchasers.
The Economy of the Silo.
The elle is the cheapest and most
efficient coarse fodder storage build-
ing that can be used on the farm. A
ton of clover or corn, field cured and
stored in the farm barn requires at
least 400 cubic feet of space. The
Barrie quantity of corn or clover would
occupy but 50 cubic feet of silo space.
The -storage of 50 tons of clever or
core made up as dry hay or core fod-
der would require a barn 4.0'x80'ac16',
costing not less ellen. $11200. The same
quantity of fodder inade up as silage
could be stored in a tile 10'ac30', cosi,
ing less than $200. With silo filling
operations nearly conepleted for thie
year the lessoa of economy of storage
space has been denionstrated once
more.
Under brders,
The orderly officer was making his
rounds.
'Halt!" eried the sentree "Who gee*
there?"
"Orderly ofecer„"
'Advance, ,orderly ofncer."
1-14 began to advance.
'Halt!" cried the sentry again.
He hatted. •
"Look here," he said, "this , is the
'seceded time you've halted me."
"Yes, ele," said the sentry. "I was
told to shone 'Halt!' three times, and
'thee sb,00t,"
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