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Fourteen Reticles For Cows.
Jeneeys and Guerneeys should have
one pound of grain for every three and
one-half or tour p,ounels o nU1 thee
give; Hostehus, Shortherns and AeTe
rehires, one to every our or leer and
one-half wends of milk. This rale is
300' pound's barley
100 " oeteonseed-ineal
100 " alfalfa. meal
100 wheet bran
Ration 11
100 pounds barley
200 " oeeanut-meal
100 " ground oats
100. " wheat bran
genetral, of cosine, and every dairy, Restien 12
man should wateli his ewes to see that
Ther are getting' all the grain they ean
Profitably use, and no meee.
Clover and alfalfa hay is the best
kind ece roageage. Timothy bay is
poor. Coen eilage furniehee energy
end takes the place of grass. If good
allege of SOIlle kind is net available,
mots can he lilted.
• For :feeclime with timothy hay, on
xodder, niiflet, rowen, and other
roughayee low in protele, use these
egnen rations:
Ration 1
100 peued•e groniel oats or cor
cob re.eal
100 whet bran
200 cottonseed -meal
200 lineeed-meal
Ratice 2
100 pounds cornmeal
eottanseed-mea'l
100 ." 1d precese lineeed-enea
200 wheat bran
Ration 3
200 pounds corn-an,d-cob meal
100 " cottonseedeneal-
100 old prece.se linseed-reeal
Ration 4
200 pourels cornmeal
150 e cottonseed -meal
300 " *gluten • feed
100 " wheat bran
Ration 5
200 poiIscornmeal
100 " cettorieeedaneet
100 " ground. oats
100 " old process lineeederneal
Ration 6
300 bounds cern-and-cob meal
200 " eottoeseed-mcal
Ration 7
200 pounde -barley
200 " cottomeeedensal
100 alfalfa meal
100 " wheat bran.
Tithen feeding euch roughages as
slover, alfelfa,• soybean, or vetch hay,
or aher legeerne hays, all of which are
eich in protein, these grain mixtures
are good:
Retion 8
400 pounds cornmeal• -
10G) " cottonseed -meal
100 " gluten feed
100 " wheat bran
• Ration 9
400 poen-ids toenmeal
200 " gluten feed
200 o4d process lineeedaneal
100 " ground eats
Ration 10
-and-
300 pounds cone -and -cob meal
200
100
100 "
Ration 13
100 p-ouuds
100 "
100 "
Ration 14
100 pounds
200 "
100
gluten Teed
tottoeseeclaneal
wheat bran
ememeal,
meeese lineeed-mea
ground oats
ground oats
coeneand-colo meal
gluten feed
• Why Incubators Pay.
In the days when brooders were poor
in quality some poultryman doubted
the value of incubators 'because ef, the
lerge mortelrity aanoeg ehicles brooded
artificially. But with modern brooding
equipment to care for the ehielcs, we
find that the incubator is practical and
profi table.
When, only hops are used for hatoh-
ing it is difficult to hetee early, Often
• the best hens that lay through the
winter are the hens that Wish to set
first in the spring. Sometimes these
hens are set oil eggs laid by the poorer
layers that have started to lay later
in the winter, This means that the
best hees are turned away from the
production of eggswhen they are most
needed to produce chicks.. The hens
• of less value which have not become
broody are then producing the eggs
for hatehing.
The incubator enables the poultry-
man. to keep all his hens busily pro-
ducing eggs. For example, a 360 -egg
incubator .will be doing the work of
twenty-four hens. Those hens will be
laying and I believe. the strain on the
vitality of a hen due to laying is less
than the devitaliain,g effect of three
weeks steadily on the nest, followed
by a long period of worrying- while
penned up in a brood coop mothering
the chicks.
It seems tohelp in breeding out the
tendency to broodiness in a flock if
leech atom god brooders , are used and
the liens are broken up promptly and
returned to leying condition. One of
the items of work in managing floeks
of the American and Asiatic breeds is
to conkantly be penning up broody
hens from spring lentil winter and
even during the eoldest part of win-
ter. It tertainly pays to breed from
hens with the smallest possible ten-
dency to broodiness. A good incubator
not only produces -vigoroue checks but
pays for itself by seeing time for the
hens.
The Children's Hour
The Swifter"
Each whiles.- for the past several
eears The Weekly Record had. offered
a $50 prize to the speediest beb-sled
in the county, and: a silver leap to the
hob -wieffning the long-distance race.
Reece had the Blaine ha won both
prizes, andenever had, a Magnolia We
been a whaler. In its last issue the
Record had announced the coining
.8aturday as the day chosen for the
vexes.
The conditioos were few and. simple.
• la the speed cm:fleet. the bobs were to
• Mee theee abreast, and there were
• eighteen entries which meant six
races to pick six wiemere. These would
then fight the final issue.
Tee course was a steep hill about
half mile long, with a long smooth
stretch at the bottom. The Record
office fated en this smooth stretch,
had its.parch served, as judges' stand
eppesite which stood the finishing
stake.
This year the races promised to be
mom exiting than ever and the vehole
tome was talking about them. Eight
•neighboring villages 'were represented
in the entries, with the eame bob e that
won lost year entered again. Magnolia
supporters heel lite hope of 'whining,
for kat year both their bobs had been
baldly beaten. yea e these were
enteted again e but the people did not
show much enthusiasm' about them.
To be sure, there was a new entry;
but no one had seen the bob and it
belonged to a "couple. of kiesel. and
altogether people didn't know what to
eeesect
MearevAile, Waiter .and Feed had
sletennined to win, Ne treuble had
been spared to nuke their bob a sue-
•sesee end there were a number el
points in its favor. The 'sleds, instead
a wpg. hipid solidly to the .cennetting
khp,,,f,ra, -were both hinged so that it
gethe over rough plades they eseoald
teen, atlas than dig through the
banes, This eletstieity els° lessened hoes, ringing out wildly for the
'Om 4:1,l'ain en the hoard Theme was Mayor, the hob, and its ownersavva-
hill. • Immediately Magnolia's hopes
revived. With mad haste the boys
pulled their bob to the top of the hill,
all the -while answering es many ques-
tions as beeath would allow. By the
rbime the hob was in, position, it was
the centre of an admiring throng.
Carefully Walter ran a file over her
four runners and the new hob was
ready for her maiden trip. The boys
scmambled into plaee and Fred, insist-
ing that Walter be the first to steer,
took his positioileat the beck ready to
shove off. But just ass they were reader
to move, they heard themselves greet-
ed from the sidewalk.
"Well, boy,$), what have you got
there?" It was Mr. Weoezen, the
Mayon- of Magnolia who spoke. All the
boys answered. excitedly, but it was
Walter who finally explained about
their big, the plan,
“Ara you say this is the first trip?"
"Yes, sir." Walter looked very
proud.
"Well, that's fine, and what have
eou named her?"
Ilere was something none had
thought of. All agreed .a name was
rueceseetxy and many names were
promptly suggested. • At lest Mr.
Woodson. raised' bis hand and the hos%
fell silent
'Hew does the `Swifter' strike you,
boys?"
The name was adhpted with cheers
and huercalts. • ' '
"Well, then let's christen her," eon-
tinued the .Mayor an soon as he could
be heard, and laying down the buiulle'z
he was caerying, he stepped, to the aide
of the bob. The boye formed a circle
around hitn,
Solemnly, stazding with one hand
on the steering box, he spoke:
"I artistes' this bob the `Seviftere
and may she bring success to Mag-
nolia en Saturday,"
A elver burst frem the watehing
impeee'ed eteeritig gear, i2 .of .ter said dater that it wee the protteleet
anelnenat -elf his life; and he linked it,
too, for tears of joy etreanied down
lth.theeka
. Rather timidlY he asked Mr. 1,17o -o&
tot ta sponsor. to Ade- doWn en the
teiel trip seed Weriadelighted when, )16
M the bar, With the Mayer at hie beele
aoceeted. Again -Welter table life place'
crosS-tar winah not Only, Meant
e.tcering .1bee lett ream for ,e3le
other peseeteeer,: None eif theeothee
teen .bed. eoele , so equiplied, bee, Were
ee. tote d lee the eldefeehielled ieoPe,
Melee' evOeS the ,euellernetiges ot dc
it prd violl-D; for the iirst
lica:0, the new sled .0Peared on. fhb
Reaciy„" he eelled, and at lest the.
1"Swifter" WAS off,
Loaded to capacity, it hed respond -
rd to Fred 'e slight push alma t with
a bound and Was fast speeding down,
be lii11 Oth)er sleds thee bee started
With it were eenn ontddetaleeed. Foe
the first few aezonde, Walter merely
held the bob to :the vourse; then very
gently lee tried the new steering ap-
parates.• It woreecllike a charm—the
slighte.se touch was enottgli to siveree
the heavy bob. )11bere was nO friction,
The respoese seemed more like the
smooth even pity of maseles than of
wood and iron.
They pass.ed the hale-waY mark at
such speedthat the trees looked like
fence pickets and the wind beat so
terribly against .Walter that he eosad
searcely breathe. Tears blinded him
and be was earnest frightened' at the
power ef this thing welch only he wee gritted his `teeth, net daring to1v
light boo fiere Geceetten slid into pee
eitioie. A emmeet it imna reetionlese;
then .the eterter gent ie. cie ite,wely and
the : eace,e lied began,. Tlee ''"Wied"
took its pinc&ani.. Shot ie.pureuit.lie)sre. NOW' :Catele ;Betty' BecaMe Catefixl
ismaller nobe eollewed, mid thee the .
, ,
"Dett" wee reedy., , Off -sbe went: eo • DY' CAROLINE •COI.,I'INS .
e Home
the eeeend of lusty clicerime. One after
another the sleds loll. -
IIow. Walter and Fredwondered
about the fated ranks -being made at
the bottom a the hill. To win, they
had to beat them •all, At Net their
turn came and, with Mr, Weod,eon
Walter's back, Fred peeled. off. I,
The "Swifter" gained speed slowly,' s
While Cheer rose upon cheer and the f
crowd sarged beyond the ropee so that
some, of its nuenber were "almost ran ' t
down. - Walter it eeemed as if he in
were flying through a narrow black)
lane of yelling,. gesticulating fonne.1
• "Never Was:there a Mild. so eare-
QS$ 13etty," thoagist Bettyde =ether
sheas picked up Irani the lawn a once
;welly heir-eibleon, none ,etterly reined
by the rain of the night before.
13etty was not only ,carelek tho
•natter of hair -ribbons bat wae ,always
°sing 'her leanclkercihiefe,' needlessly
,ctiffieg new ,shees and ,tearing little
rocks.
"Of eourse she doesn't realize that
hese things cost Money," mesed eer
iother, "and yet she is not too y,oning
o learn that they do." Then she con -
1 • 13 y e'
alue in no better way thiae to earn
! was delighted with the plan alga Einz.,
1ut14gin and it was eurprielog
- how rawly tasks mother found for her
to do, wisely paying only what fihe
coaeidered the actual value of the
week to be, And intidentelly Betty
learned thet her work had, to lee well
done before she icould be pail! for it.
Dendolions .cleg out ef the lawn,
brought a, number of penniee te Betty, i
and going on errands was aloo ree
enumerative, Then. at dish -washing
time, she wiped the silver and the
smaller pieces of china,
E,agerase Betty did. sable task each
day, which was not se irksome with,
Almos,t in front . of The Record As they reached the sin th - u el tte morney a;c1 pay or some o e
sled in front of hini. She heard the g 43, eiy, on anlenglaseat, waving and
"Swifter's" gong and in trying to get cheeeing him on Rae a erazy even,
out of the way upset herself. The few while his mother, with a strained look
bystanders stood horrified as the en her faceaelutehed the shoulder of sented itself, for Betty Tam,e namely
speeding •bob swept . fowled the pees- 'Florence Wolfing, his pexticuler home from school, fiu,shed, and starry-
eyed, with the news that an -outdoor
trate figure. Those on the sled friend,
shrieked. Walter alone was calm. Tire lane , harrowed as the peoplelfgersotoivriadel was tsohothe:orhaesldtoenbothoeneseohleonl
eadging the dietance to a hicety and crowded eleser. The boy's every facul-
swerving, tale bob, he swung around ty. was alert. suddenly he beeame j, i,gipritoluipbiof fairies; "all dressed lei white
the -child aed back into the centre conscious of a pain in, his shoeilder 1 g: bows of ribbon ,ore our hair."
eious speed.
without even losing any of the pre- and realized that in the excitement dTiheednasalhlerateyoenselecaBi eotntyt'hse et;enthcirruatremci
It was a master stroke. Mr. Woodson was pulling unmerci-
a few inches; anda. hoarse, wild cheer in his ear. Past The Record effice
wrenched free ribbon that her antes,. had 1,pund on
le.et it the evenhug befere, but he
The bob fully at hie arm. He
missed the little girl by no more than and heaid the man shout seenething the lawn. She remembered having
broke from the onlookers, at the reai- had been so anxioas to play she had
QQ gao jags Tient onee at first,
offrce,. the boy saw little girl. on a Walter e,aught aglimpee of hiS fathee- more exprisbre Ques as she grew
older. • ,
That very day the ,:epportunity pre -
f • f
ization of Walter's pluck and proMpt
action. e e
• The bob; to be sure, had swept on
two runners, but had righted itself
without unseating its frightened treys:
On they went, and soon reached a
series of humps on the road. Over
the bumps they sped with hardly a
ier. This was a,great victory for the
hinged sleds and might easily mean
the winning of the clistaane race; since
to any sled not having the hing-ce the ready, trie lest big ,eseent.beg,ae. The
bunips were impassable, and must be first three bebs to take their places
steered around with a serious less of were the :"Ralph," "Wind" and
speed.
"Light.' This race the "-Wind" won
On and on they slipped along the
level 'stretch belorw the hill. Worild
they ever stop? They passed the
stake which marked the spot where
last year's distance winner had .stop-
ped, and it was twenty feet farther be-
fore the bob slowed to a stole on
ground never before reached by any
racer. 4
Each afternoon many people gath-
ered on the hill te watch, the "Swift-
er." Every one was- disappointed,
however, for not once did it reed'', the
fir.st mark; Disquieting news had also
mane from. Harwood that the "Wind"
and the "Flyer" were also •equipped
with hinges and steering gear. And
it was not until the "Svolifter's" lust
trip on Friday night that the fiTiSt
mark was reached. again.
On Saturday morning the hill was
given over to the out -of -±own contest-
ants, and by eleven o'clo ck all ) the
bobs, had arrived. Welter and Feed
with their team-mates steed on the
porch of The Record' office and watch-
ed their rivals speed by There were
they sped, hands from everY Window
waving them on.
Seim the speed began to slacken
and Walter noticed other bobs at the
readeicle, the "Wing," the "Windy and
the ."Flyer" among them. Then he
saw the "Dart." 'Slowly his bob crawl-
ed toward her, came even with her,
.ancl then—a wild cheer went up, for
the "Swifter" had wen.
As soon as word- was passed that
the judges for the seed race were
three sleds that had steering bars, the
"Flyer" and the "Wind" of Harwood,
and the "Dart" of Lawson. The rest,
while they were fine bobs, dM not
worry the boys.
The "Flyer" and the "Wind" de-
served their names; and ea& time
they pawed, the boys' hopes fell. But
th,e first view of the "Duet" was the
last etnaw. Carredng twelve Me% it
seemed literally to jump from the top
to the bottom of the hill. With heavy
hearts, the 1VIagnolia boys trudged
home to lunch; and it was a silent lit-
tle group that pulled the "Swifter" up
the hill a few minutes before two
o'elock.
A finer collection in: bobs would
have been heed to find than that which
greeted the eyes of the editor <A The
Record as he s ed forward and
form -ally weloom ' .he visitors.
"The first Tace el be for distance
mid Pll not keep you waiting While I
do a lot of talking," he smiled' at the
expectant and exeited bob -crews be-
fore him, "but -will let you start at
once, There are but two conditions:
the first that yiou start at half -minute
intervals and the second, that the 3.4a.g,
nolia bobs go last. All right, and thank
you." •across the finishing tape went the
As he stepped back the "Wing," a "Swifter," half a length ahead. The
by a full length. Next followed the
"Flyer," "Gyp" and "Speedy," and
the '-``Flyer" won. Then the three
Magnolia bobs staxted, but it was not
Mach of a race, for the "Swifter" mob
left the others far, behind'.
• The last three races followed and
were won by the "Dart," "Wing". and
"Rapid." As the six winners again
elimbed the hal, all were quiet, even
,the onlookers. At the top of the hill
the eaptain of each crew thew a slip
of pallier froni a hat. On three slips
there were erossiese the others were
blank. Those drawing cao,sses, would
race together as wail& those drawing
blanks. • The erosses'were to race first
and peeved to b,e' tee "Whiele' "DMA"
and -"Wing." - •
The road was wide -end equally. well
packed,. position mattered little.
Nevertheless. -the ,crew drew for po-
sition )and bhe "Wing" won the centre,
with the "Dart" at -the Tight and the
"Wind" at the lefts In this race the
"Dart" took the lead immediately and
held it
Walter and the other two, captains
drew for ;position -I, The "Rapid" wen
the eentre'the "Flyer" the right and
the "SWiftet" the left side. As Walter
waited for the signal, he lookedenxi-
OliSly at his opponents. "Rapid" had
but ,six fellows while the "Flyer" car -
Tied .eight Just here Mr. Woodson,
svh,o had also been looking over the
other two hobs:, whispered, "We've got
the weight. At the start the 'Flyer'
will gain a bit but we'll win. Rapid'
worette in it"
Just as .Mr. Woodson had said, the
• "Flyer" orept slowly, ahead. For a
few seconds the "Relict" was neck and
neck with the 'Swifter" then fell be-
hind never to catch up. The snow eut
by the runners of the "Flyer's" back
sled flew in Walter's face. Even with
his goggles he squinted.
The "Flyer" was just its leng,th
ahead at the half -way point, but the
"Swifter" was gaining:There was lit-
tle cheering. Walter's eyes were fixed
on. the forward point of the "Flyer'"
freest sled. That was his goal.
Slowly he ,crept toward it; then fas-:
ter. They were gaining. Just as they
darted past the little group of Wal-
ter's folks, the bobs were ever)and
enaeat
WASlifeee-TON AND HIS Li
Ind the ebony tiee Georgt, but gel
it ATO
lwith this bill-J.04.0f nbs."
lees (London)
not stopped ±0 piek it up. 'Slowly she
looked' at her mother. "I'll need a
iiew one, Mother," she said. "Yes, you
rieed a new one," he,r mother
answered, "but suppose you earn the
money for it all by yourself." .Betty
reel contest lay now between
"Dart" and the'Swifter,"
As the two teams went un the hill
far the last time, their friends ,eheer-
ed; but the boys' hearts were heavy,
and Welter trembled from head to
the
an end in view, and prou sbe eount-
ed hea ofpeneties evlctiich grew day
b.y. day. —
Then er the night exclee th.e fest-
vaa nether ,end, Betty went to 'shop
A TALK ABOUT
BEGONIAS
ectual4oel'Hus:to7'hli:'Ioevireiiiiicne:11:'°rtZet1)°;w11411:°<1.11'471113-c)Taotstofhlinit()i
of our farrehouseseThis deka Wile -me
plants is satisesetoeY, and more beaue
tiful in many ways than oily other a
eur s,oet-wooded Vont% And they
have, moreover, one great )advanbage
over most of the eaft-wooded plants --
they are seldom troubled with hiseetts.
To be successful with begonias
through their blocenring season„ much
depends on how you have oared fer
them during the summer, Many pee -
pie prefer to keep ela plente over
from year to year, but this is rea4Y
n poor plan, )because ,aster a 'begonia
is one year old it inveriably becomes
straggling and elia,eplese. So it is
'very mach better te raise yo,eng
1 Me each yeage During the hot
weather, they require a light, sandy
for the coveted ribbot which 13etty
0ilenaenecitla
s-ubr tahee.got al
d17eshalthese
ae4insn7Pliees
Wise suggestien that fairies usually
'a
herself was to, s,eleot. At her inotheies 111o,
seek, butt are not soalclexi and burned
'
dressed in very dainty- eolorse Betty
chose a lovely pale blue ribbon,
Uow of feZetijetleade BeertlYnswheit8leeelilsei:clir tre4alyy
faiTy4fice in her dainty white costuane,'
while the ribbon, like a huge butter-
flY. adereed her babe
That night as Mother was ready to
tern outtthe light after- totking her
little girl in bed, Betty suddeply
When the time eornes to pot them,
it will be necessexy to put plenty of
lerekee crockery' in the ,bottom 'el the
flPenta btehfoartetthheeyeowilim87:00inni. bYetotuerWill
small sized ,Pots., ev*01:e they will make
,streng roots. Aetc-r you have potted
the plants do not allow them to stand
.on the ground. If yo,u feel takethis
precaution 'the pots will become infest-
spreng n13,, 'Palling, "Oh! wapiiottji=o3; )itethclowlolatihisfaert7onin°16de;:alctailinniouploh.petelAlrily,svoislialerktsto:iPtl
minuteeMothere wacot to
my new ribbon, You Meow that eost
a lot el money."
is not conducive to strong, vigorous.
And Mother siniled
happily. •Betty was at lea,st beginning r°°mte-gulyovItefil
15 varietnes aTe quite soft
to leaal) the value of her things' and -break easily, so it is better to
tie them u to small t 1 h
should he as inconspicuous as poesible.
e Florists sell them for a cent exch, and
plow points and desks are sharp. -9..
good geincletene Tun by e 'smell en
gine will do the work in craick time
• The Farm Work Shop.
Before .preparing land, see that th
foot as be took his seat. The "DaTt's" rehs010 t elm the stone faster then you
crew were all smiling. would by hand. ,
"Dart" were gaining but, like a bell -
At first dt Sleemed though the ,s,a,\Thv reeaeld,gecaodososa-cwust—....„„alrolecid-neacwocietibraeckn-
dog, the "SwifteT" Clung to its side, eeery farm. An old saw for. timbers
The tense crews waechecl each other. with nails in will save the go,oci saw.
Neck and neck, not meee than two When a e,acevy breaks, the easiest
-feet apart, the bobs pa.ssecl the bake waer ,bo remove •it is to use a screw
and then the three -gee -der marks. ext-reetor. Just drill a hole in the
The etrain was killing. Every mese ibroken screw, insert the point of the
de in Walter's body ached. 4 luarip
rose in his throat, ancl in, his anxiety,
Ise pleaded frantically with the -"-Swift-
er" to win. As if she knew what was
expected )of her, the bob mschienly drew
ahead and Won the final heat by a
few feet.
Your Wife Isn't to be
lamed.
One way you can help yeux wife to
economize on fuel is to get her a good
,stove. A great many women are
Moaned fer wasting wood and coal
when, as a nmtter of fact, the etoves
they have to Wolk with are goad for
,extractoe, -WM the screw out on its
own threads.
Salty- grease and ' bacon rinds do,
mare harm than• good -wheal used on
epee bleats. A.feer uging, put the saw
in a dry place. Vaseline or a good
grade ef mead:lie o-il wild prevent
nesting: ..Hang the saw so the blade
ie not bent.
We have electric lights in the house,
'barn, granary and blacksmith
We have ,ernalllight plant of our
own, and we like it very well; it has
been installed for nearly a year. We
have a yard light which we find eery
coevenientee going to or coining fie=
the barn, or in unhitching a team at
nothing but old ireee Weld be night. All in all, we like, eeeetricity
econoany to change and get a geoid veryennich—M. B. S
etove. It would. soon pay fee itself. - Engineers have a. rule SOT quickie -
And then, there is nrtieli in the ear° estimating water powee, which is
of stoves. Often they get so they cook quite simple. Multiply the number of
slowly and do not bake Well The
isecond-feet by the fall of water and
trouble may he that the space under divide by elevee, which will give the
the oven Is filled up with eoot and approximate horse -power on an eighty
ashes., When the little door made for per cent, efficiency basis. The term
that purpose hes been opened and the "second -feet" is the number of cubic
soot all cleaned out, the stove will feet per second passing a given point.
work as well as it ever did. One af the best cleaners 4 or tJze
My neighbor's wife had trouble with -windshield is a piece ef untanned
her sto-ve sinoking. Her busbaild, who sheepskin, six inches sgetaxe, with,
had his thinking, cap on, found that shert clipped' wool. y dampening the I
17,700,1 and rubbing this over the glass,
enough Oil will remain, in au invisible
film, to prevent rain or frost from -ad-
hering to interfere with 'the driver's
visiere
Winter Flowering Bulbs.
'Some axe pretty light affairs end will Given a g•ooti basement and abun-
soon hire nut. There sboeld be a geed dant winker space in the living or
metal body, and the part newest the epare reams of n ordinary, home,
there was another stovepipe opening
on the opposite side of the kitchen
chimney; capping thee he put an end
to the smoking.
Merey farieere are putting in pipe -
less furnaces. When buyieg these, he
careful that you get a substantial one.
fire inu,st be etroneg andederable, for
the, heat will.be 'iaterese ine told vrea.r.
the.T. Thin, flimsy furnaces are not
worth put -ting ins We need .to re-
member thetestoeee and fueeaces•OXe
not bought for a day. They.are )ceet-
ly and shotdd be of the best posSible
material, • •
Loading Lege by Power.
Loading heavy legs ie a melee job,
and no rnietake. ) When motor treekS
are used for 'hauling logs, a log 'loader
takes the dames) , and most oe the
• beekache -out of the job. A friction
drive takes power diteatly from the
erive shaft -of the 'motor -track and by
means elf.a emeerful worm vet trans-
mits it to a tong. -windieg ehaft,, or
small atinn, whith ".-extenxio'rbbe length
-of -the traolchect, being Moutteci
lel to it and just leader the edge.
ns loading .chains are attaehed
this drmn,a leyee engages the friction
wheel, and the deiter- ean Stahd ,
the truck Step and,watela the peogeese
of the log; having; it in lull view tai
-the tine. He tan raise or lower -the
lhg, stop it -at ease point, lock' it if
desired, oo that he can leaye 'the step
and 'Make odjuStreents to the log,
ehein oe, 1,1:a .chain breaks, th,e
div-er ieSoet ef the Way IV dangels
If a log. lies in a Poor positiene it is
o is,hor± task to h,00lt the Chain Ion one
eed end ming the log into place. Tfile
driver places his Amok, places the
skids again:et the beleters, rollee the
log on the lower end of the 'Aide, and
Macke it. (Maine ere then, Pert wooed
the leg ,end looze (Ode ere hooked to
tlie, truck beds l'ho power 18 applied
and the leg main nip the skids et to
the unek,
grow' lo s,o11,0,
where the indocile temeerateres are eat
permitted to register mare tli,an six
degrees of frost at any time, and, it
iS: possib•le to have bulbs bloom. from
Doceineer until springtime. So eays
th,e superintendent oe the 13oinipion
Experimental Station et Vancouver,
B.C., -whe, judging by a -bulletin on
"Bulb and Bulb Bloom" recently is-
sued at Ottawa, has axhatietively gone
into line seibject. It is well to collet
on Roneae hyacinths and, Papex White
nercis,sus drucl Freesiae, be ence, to
suPply indoor blooni, up to the end of
Jarmary. After February 1, the Dutch
hyacinths, and early varieties ef nar-
cissi should be relied upon., All that
ie needed are some bulbeeof a good
vaelety, firm end of good, size, flower
peen paee or boxes, some fine gaieden
1003n, Send; Well decayed, neamiee,
a little indestry and intelligence. Liste
of deeieable verieties of hyacinths,
alarei,seue, lilies), and ether bulb -
ons planta -for, indoor and outdoor eel-
tuxe are ',gieeen le the hieletin along
with instructions as to the methods
that should'be pursued, In distsiets
of intense told, outdoor plantieg
should be done in September and be
well pxotettedThs btiltstfuz also eon-
-tains nattionlaro as to, fertilising, her-
veseing, euring and storing over '1/17inr.
er, besides give* infornoutioft en the
way bele may be propagated,
to sure your chieken eoop isedre
ahla ;free lean, &ORS. , Dame, COM and
winds are !Shore ohlili1aig them even See
epee dry 4te1d.
DOSI,I;1 be en1iiteci, to pew:beet the
agaiscoated effeedeer of. eteek -feted
etegeedVen:111..1ioneeeiek peosieeters who
re finding Iattatfie, .goad .profvticts
eee.06 money.
g,
s,
'sow 1,1ievt OitY leiboreee
when painted geeen they aTe really el-
inewethohneviishe11 ibeltea.comes 4nci you must
take in the plants, place them in south
windows and give them plenty of
1 can hear some readers say, "Oh,
dear! • 1 haven't any south wiadows,"
Well, in that case, use the sunniest
onee you have for your begonias. You'
will find they will thrive best in a
sverm -atmosphere, and will e-ven stand
furnace air , better thed almost ariy
other Plants. That is Qne yeason they
ean be recommended for house plants.
If you notice that they are dropping
their flower buds, and that their leaves
begin to titre yellow, you may be eat-.
isfied you have them in too wee an
atmosphere.
Begonias are not so tractable under
the clippers es eonne pants aeo. So
if you intend to keep them dwarfed
:and bushy, you must start te pinch
them when they are tiny ,specimens.
Just 'take out the merest tip oe each
shoot. If you eut a strong shoot half
we:flyer aelc'eatethet
ee s!aluTtheen
6is TterirYe
It is very ben eficiel to -set the plants
in the bathtub oceas.ionally and
sprinkle them well. This seems to
keep them -clean and leash -looking and
they grow and flower better.'
I Inuve found that almost all lailuree
to Winter flowering begonias ere clue
to over -potting ex trying to malevold
plants do erliat they axe past doing.
So it is better to grow young plants
every year from euttiegs. They vvill
root readily in a window in a pot of
sand,- if care is taken that they are
never too wet. • Thie matter of not
over -watering is most imp octant.
When you make the slips or cuttings,
use no hard weed, but only the tips
of the young shoots. Make them about
three inches in length. After rooting,
pot them in small pots it sandy eon
and see that they have plenty of drain-
age. It iS safer to have too much
than too little.
Experience As a Teacher.
Tkere is no: teacher like experience—.
In every experieneenhere is a value
able leeson-- Which -will be helpful to
us• if we :leit recogniee and a,pely it.
This is: partieulaely true of ,business
,xperiences, and, applies tb farmers
ndividually and eollectively .juef,
rely as to nien engaged in any line
f business. In.faCt, oilT present heel,
less pra,ctices pee the Teenat of eve.
utien an,d improv,ement resulting
IriPemluptansrbe eixPin:n%levleuelesi.it ,
e.ss practices and -seethe will dep,end
pen nee Tecegnition and oppliCatioe •
f the leeeens which masent theme
elves to us our pee.sent eeperieeees,
.te
tl
-the e01,1111(1 One, ,11:1xelytioat, to Voi8
al,0111c1 be made if the posts are of
spruce, hemlock, any Of the true
firs, whose heart400d and san•AvOod
are about 0411411y, clItitable.'11 the p:oetff
are to ibe treated with ereceete ox
some ,other preservative, the rotted
pest is proterablo to the 'split; far the
heartedeood feseee on split posts do ,xxot,
as a roan, dam& the preservative, se
Well as the •sapeweed,
• Split or R:ouncl?
Which posts lasits longer, split et
mind ? some say split mite, s.anse
ound. Fact is, one kind will last
bout as long as the other if the per-
ertage beariewood and sap -wood
the same in both. If the percentage
sap•wood Is increased by splitting,
le split post will Inc less durable then
Sellinig liege ,and htlying
S., 0'0111;41)1e. VII,Setles TOV .ths man, -who
greeee • theehoga
,D.6 pot ,hreak 1,0 diplomatic a.-
tiOnS With your nilgVoor .beeanee h,r.
diSegreee with you, foe itmay bo that
Seine you Mae T;eete
that he is right, ,