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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1922-04-20, Page 6he Win i6ham Advance Published at Wingharii, Ontario cvary Theredae Mosaisia A, O. SMITH, Publieber Subseription rte: — One year, $2•00; six months, $1.00 Sn advance, Advertising rates on applieetion, Advertisements without specifie de rectione will be inserted. until forble and cearged accotdingly. Changes for. eentract advertise - meats be in the office by noon, Eon - day BUSINESS CARDS • in. force "make it extremely desieable address, communications to 44roniinliat. 73 am:later et. West, Tereeta. Spraying Notes. With the ansospeat a the new Fruit Marks Act regulations easing into ea feet thii season thte question, a finish and quality in fruit is one which mere than e -ver atteact. the ',attention a growers. The new re asitione wheels are much more specific in their state - 1 ment of what constitutes blemishes for the highter grades thee the act now Wellington Mutual Fire I that the' sprays to be used should be ea,refully s -elected. 'ahe wholesale use of Bordeaux mtx- bare, sieconspart:ed as it generally is bY lack of finisa and often by an actual russeting of the fruit, should be pracased with extreme caution. Rueseting may now be responsible for as high a percentage of loss in the highest grade (extra faecy) as a moderate infeetation of scab. Where- as Bordeaux is reetp,onsible for much russ•etisse; of the fruit, it is likewitse Insurance Co. Established 1840 Head Office, Guelph Risks taken all classes of Maur - able property on the cash or preraiuna nate system. ABNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham DUDLEY HOLMES BARRISTER, SOBJCITOR,, ETc. Victory end Other Bonds Sought and • Sold. Oace—Mayor Block, Wingham R. VANSIONE BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR ivicney to Loan at Lowest Rates. WINGHAIVI , A_ HUR 1R-$1 IN D.D.S., L.D. S. Doctor et Dental fitirgery of the Pennsylvania. College and Licentiate of Dental Surgery of Ontailo. Office in isiaadonalci Block. Tlituaday, April 20, i92e. THE WIDaGIIAhl ADVANCE The Making of a Lawn,. Put Thistles to Flight. A getc.cl lawn ene tlie first es- Five years ego when I purchaeed sentials in making a !beautiful home, my farm there were few serres en it There is nothing thet can Wee the thee leeked alanest werthiese. There place of a 'beautiful greeneseercl about were potatoes planted on this four any holies if it is to be essallYetttraes stares two seasons before and I was in-- tive. Those Who ail plenning to build foamed only' 26 bushels ear acre were should include the lawe M the <neighs -al harviested. The field was leing idle plan for the home. Draw up plan when I made the purchase. All there we is to be highly eommended. Lupe of `the corsteur 9f, the ground adjoin- wes glowing ot it wee, esz I called aulpirer ehould 'be avoided. As an in- lag „the propesed site. The area et it, a little poverty grates, here and S. will depend upon the amount ee• eiblere sets, esid a good Istaml orr secticide, to. be combined with the Bordeaux, Tee ore to one .eed eta- land available. In the ceuntry this thistles. half potunde dry arsenate of lime every ferty g.a.lioes of the ,saraY Uwe. This combination has proved en the Experimeatel Faeres to be a thoroughly efficient control for blight awl potato bugs. The min, the Cow, the Feed. ' Man Y facto= enter , into successful builaing reneoved, the surface sod is daily farming. Three 'of them are of brought back and used to make a seed vital importance. First, there is the bed for Cheolawn grasses. man. It le 'said. that sorne men attempt The lawn sbould be as permanent as to qualify as expert machinists who the house, and requires equal care in could not keep a wheel.barrow rUn- the making. The autumn is a good ning properly. Similarly, some nem time to do the tgrading and filling. attempt to make dairymen out a This shoal& be done at intervals, al - themselves when they, have no quell- lowing heavy rains to settle the LTane- fieations for handling live stock. They posted sea several times before the are out of their element. The man who final grading, ploughing and thorough does not like live stock, but who is tillag.e of the.. spring. This -will pre - admitted that lime al41131har is cal): , good at following rules, may get along vent depressions developing alter- able of actually improving- the finish! fairly well withdairy cattle. But tiles wards in your lawn and tennis court. of the product and is in addition an 1 is the exception, an & not the rule. Befere seeding, a finer condition of 1 efficient fungicide. . when we find. milk reaching city mar- tilth is required than for any :farm As the resseting is naturally caused kets containing up to ih fty .million crop: Keep at it until the soil is like a garden or about seedy for seed - should be not less than lour times the area ef the house site. In exeavet- .Me, remove all the rich surfaee soil .separately. The subsoil from the ma cavation is then used for filling de- pressions and grading se that the Sur- face water will always flow away from the house. When the house is com- pleted, and the rubbish incident to by these splays, given, alter the bloom has fallen, the use of Bordeaux pre- vious to that stege may be advocated where deeneedeadviseble. LInclaubtedies the old 4-4-40 Bordeaux ie. the ga-eater bacteria per ethic centimeter and see the great number of undernourished scrubby looking dairy herds that are found in every county in the country, we are ahno•st inclined to believe that smiler in respect to eusset inesey than the aroportion •of misplaced -workers the newer recommendations of 3-1.0-4 , • asry 4-8-40, etc., and the later formulae cularly large. should he used in, preference to the Any man who tsictes Iike live stock, 0 • the d ' industry must be ptarti- I plowed et thoroughly the Ara eprieg end ebwed to oats, seeding. to clover, ptoclucing a 'good stand of both; latir—the dry weather ,saortened the oats crop one-half and also the clover. Hewever, I let the seeding stands and the thistles made a rapid growth the following season, aleng -with the .ariall amount of (Rover, so I clipped the field the last week of June, letting the stubble of the thistle slay a few days, then I" sharpened a plow point and plewed the piece about four inches deep, being very eareful to cut every thistle sleet at this depth, Being a new man in the neighbor- hoofl I had all kinds questSene asked me whY I plowed so eihallow, and if that was the way 'alwaya done. I only laughed and said, "in a ease like this, as this is only an -experiment." The Weather was dry and hot for some three oe' four weeks and I used the seeing tooth harrow a temple of times, settin.g it the depth that the field was plowed. Being hot and ray by the middle of ing onions. If the lan•d is not in good August the thistles were losing viealaty heart, a heavy coat ,,of manure should. so I vet in plowing with the .-selky plow be worked in during preparation, and turning up about nine inches of soil. The piece plowed very easy owing' to the dust nvelch retaining the neersture., I inunsediately prepared a ts,evel bed for wheat which I stowed the lest week in August, when necessary, a heavy dressing of fertilizee will greatly help to make the soil as rich as it should he for growing potatoes or roots. -inc seeding should Ise very beaey. Parents as Educators _Gardening 13y Mabel R. Young. "Oh, Painter of the fraits and flowers, We thank Thee for rally wise design', Wbereby them human hansle et ours rzi nature's, garden Work vvitb Thite," .—Frotebei. Down deep hi every adita heart is a love for his mother -earth. How a child eidoye making mud -pies, digging holes, or just eittina ia the dirt, work- ing it with his 'hamlet! Often the mother thinks more of the storitled cloth- ing and dirty hande than of her baby's developing love of Naibere; but why not leave him happy end free -in a gpr- den all his own? If yeti are fortunate enough to 'have a yards. by all means lett eouX child have little cornier of its if you 'hap- pen to live in an spa/an-pa a win- dow box or a flower pet, woiild make a fair substitute, On the window Sill where the brightestesunehime enters., the box ow pot should be placed. Here the little tots can sow the seeds', water mid care foe the plants as they de- velop. What a Illeilight to watch the first green tsboots burst forth and the tiny green leaves. appear! In the win - dew garden, beight-colored or -sweet- scented floe/sere are the beet, easter- teams, sweet alys,som and pansies from seedts; or tulips, hyacinths and jon- quils from bulbs. But if your child can have a garden of hie own, let bun prepare the toil older one. Taking_ into censicleration however, is wilding to intelligerstlY 'Ile best lawns aee made by having a Now, the field being in a run-down (Imlay; in short, the pack, out, the milk production, can make a surer best grab for shade and open lawns is to prodece a, crop of wheat. As I had a ' t tl r it of about 60 pounds or 4 of fertilizer deckled to make sense ceintroi t.bal.), finish of freit and study the problems eonnected with great many fine stalks of grass. The condition, it -needed-some nourishment follovsine; recommendations for orch- living out of the dairy ('"aw than from a a, en en no money to purchase a great tamount commendable: 1st spray ---either BO- Then 'comes the cow It is wasted busliels per acre. It weighs 14 pounds herne-made fertilizer. aa:d nse would seem to be the most any other line of f ran a le a e DG, ROSS deaux lime sulphur, and spray— effort to give tgood care and good feed to the bushel. The seed merchants sell UL either Bordeaux or lime sulphur, 3rd to cows that just sbnply haven't it m reliable mixtures; these usually con- . - Graduate 1.... Royai ollege of Dental spray—lime sulphur, 4th spray—lime them. to make milk in profitable quan- min a large perce-ntage of Kentuelty Surgeons • • titles. The peofitahle dairy herd is 13lue Grass •andt White Clover. Tirri76-the The absolute necessity of applying composed of cows from good produc- Faculty of Dentistry OFFICE OVER H. E. ISARD'S STORE three or more sprays should be under- in an,cesters, either grade or pure - Graduate University of Toronto sulphur. stood. Trees not sprayed, or poorly bred, that have been themselves prov- W. R. HAMBLY sprayed, will not cede- produce poca en peoducers through one or more lac - quality of fruit and less of it, but, on tation periods. Sometimes we are in account of foliage injury brought on caned to believe that there are more B.Sc., M.D., C.M. by fungous diseases as well as insect poor feeders than poor to-ws, and that Special attention paiAl to diseases of pests, axe in no condition to form a many of the se -called 3,000 -pound cows 'Women and Children, having taken postgraduate work in Surgery. Bac- teriology and Scientitc Medicine. Office in the Kerr Residence, between the Oven's Hotel and the Baptist Church. All husiiie.ss 'given careful attention. Phone 54. P.O. Box 113 Dr. Robt. C. R erop of fruit buds for the succeeding would pxoduce 5,000 or 6,000 pounds year. of milk if only given half a chance,. In order to determine possible re- On the other hand, there aee cows pro- duction of crop by the use of spray! ducing 5,000 and 6,000 pounds of milk mixtures an actual count of some! that should he producing 8,000 or 9,000 thousands of bloom was made last pounds on the feed and care that they sea.son at the Central Experimental receive. The ability to select good cows is the first and most important attribute of a good -dairyman. Finally, there is the geestion af feed. 1The farmer who is a good dairyman and. has good cows, will be only an in- different suceess unless he operates his farm to produce maximum quanti- ties of nrurtritious roughage. On the dairy feign, large acreage will be de- voted to legumes such as red clever, sweet cloverand alfalfa, to the produe- tion of succulent 'crops, such as roots and corn for ensilage with a small acreage Comparatively in grains. Where such crops are grown, very lit- tle feed. will need to be purchased out- side of heavi concentrates to supple- znent the melee grains produced at heme and there will be a maximum of inCreaSe, a minimum of outgo, and Sat- isfactory profits. Farm and the following results noted: 'Where lime sulphur, •specific gravity InOnd'007, was used 17.4% of the blooms set fruit. Where Bordeaux 3-10-40 formula was used, 17.7% of the blooms set fruit. There was practically no difference in the vet of the avo plots dee to the earay used. ' These results do not indicate a lose 1)R R I, STEWART M.R.C.S. (Eng). (Lond). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Dr. Chisholm's old stand) due to the use- of lime sulphur as a a a a spray for orchard us.e in the Province 1 Graduate of University of Toronto, a (3ntafrie. Calcium Arsenate for Potatoes.— Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate o" the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office Entrance: Second Door North of Zurbrigg's Photo Studio. JOSEPHINE STREET PHONE 22 Dr. Margaret C. Calder General Practitioner Graduate University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. Ofilee—aosephiee St, two doors south of Brunswick Hotel. Teleptiones--Oface 281, Residence 151 I SELL Town and Farm PrOoerties. Call and see my list and get my prices. I have some excellent values. J. G. STEWART WINGHAM Phcne 184 Office in Town Halt DRUGLESS PHYSICIAN CHIROPRACTIC it is Getter. to keep well than to z. cover lost bealth. Chiropractic Ad- justments is the Key to Better Healtb. They remove the Cause of Disease. DR. J. ALVIN FOX Phone 191. Hours -2-5 and 78 pea With the advent of calcium. arsenate as an insecticide it should, on account of its eheaanees and insecticide prop- erties, clisplace_the use of Paris green en potatoes, Which is •always liable to be attended by foliage injury. For the control of fungous aiseses ef potatoes Bordeaux mixture of the 4-4-40 form - 'stoves with grates constructed for that purpose. However, it is not usually considered as satisfactory as the hard coal. It pays to have a box in each eolony house that will hold nearly a week's supply ef Coal. This eaves car- rying fuel in bad weather and reduces the time necespery to eare for brooder flees. If you use oil -burning brooders it . f k Chesture hard coal makes the most satisfactory fuel for the coal -burning brooder stove as: it seldom goes out if the fire. is given the proper atten- tion and there is no difficulty hianals- ing the fire last all night. Coke make.s a hot fire while it burns and can, be used in brooder steves but the stove may teed attention during the night to be sure that the fire will last until mornieg. Soft coal can be us -ed in anodes' pay to buy the best glade o erosene 'DRUGLESs PHYSICIAN or the grade commonly sold by the oil companies for ineubator use. This first -grade oil gives,the most heat for OSTEOPATHY the money and there is less soot and __see odor. DR. p. A. PARKER It payS to use a goed grade •ef fuel osteopathic Physician, Mey qualified in spite of the coot, as the expense can Osteopath in, North Hurons; he divided among two or three hen- Adjustntent of the spine ita Moro quickly secured and with fewer treat - Monts than by any other method. Blood pressure and other examine.. tons Made. OPVIOE OVER CHRISTIE'S STORE Piglating Sows. rig -eating Owe should be fed abeet three pends stilt pork tut in stripe, or the pigs may be Feinted 'with Mac/liege centateleg equal parts of tin:dare of alarms and Asafoetida es wen es the pig% are dry. A litte wheat 'Lean er linseed, oil steel le the sew's .ration WM prevent teetissencies. farrowing thee, Be Ito t die seived; Gal le not 'Mcleod; fee planting by himeelf. The •grouna, meet be dug and raked ovnz, for whica he will needl Casten set, pro - at eniall cost, Allow him to choose his ewe eeeds or plants, even if 'hie elleape differs from your own, My small sea took about &semi, sprouted' onions from the pantry and plentea them, ats tab -order around my Pasisseibed, but. he bate moperieoced more joy from these onions than I could have from a hundred posies. As the •seedet sprout and the plants grow, let your eleild enjoy tbene to the full. Tell him -stories ebout his garden, the min which warms it, the ram that moieties* it, and the earth, that feeds it: And) when the bloseents 'appear, be ewe he picks them to hie heart's cons' tent, yet always makieg use of the fiewere Show him what /beauty and sweetness they add 'boa room. e A child, in caring for his .garden, :weeding', watering and loosening the Soil, will learn all the wonderful re- tu.ree Nature giaes for the week and the care she exacts. And as the garcleh blooms, your ehilid's heart and mind will also un- fold. He has learned from his. little garden mese than you could have taught him in words; be has learned the lesson of growth and development, of work and its aewards of beauty in all things., and of 'Golds the Giver of all good. 1 THE CHILDREN'S HOUR she was se hungry that she touldn't watch foi that MOUSE a single min- ute more. She thought of the MILK SAUCER by the back DOORSTEPS and she said to bee -self ..,•"If I can't leave MOUSE, MILK won't taste so had • A Pussy -Cat Party. ..., . after add." When Billy'e mothee decided to give So BLINKY made her -way back him a .birehday party she poureed upon se through the heape etf HAY and soram- tbe ressy-eat pla 1 ri, partly beeall'— bled doans the LADDER to the HAY- - ssy willows are fleueishing in April:, • MOW and ran along' the winding I collected all the weed ashes 1 c seal lest Mostly beeause lattenst are favor-. PATH to the back DOORSTEP. And get hand -y, -which was about Pa tons. . ites with nine and tee -year -tubas a elso some fifi; manuee. and eifted a ' ' ' ' • there euro nough--was a SAUCER The invitations were folded "kitty- - together so 1 coulKI use it in a fertilizer ' full of MILK all ready for her to c6nered," and inside of each appeared ' - a fat, fuzzy little gray puss talsen hungrily and was perfectly happy! and Red Top, when added to the mix- drill. When ready to use I took a toe lure, are satisfactoryegrasses for mak- of the mixture mid put in 100 laminas ing a permanent lawn. To secure a of acid phosphate. satisfaetory seedin.g, take about one- half of the seed for the area and sow the area one way, carefully by bands then take the other half and sow . acrosa the first seeding. By this means rect from the etable to the field eov- ydu would avoid -any misses and secure ering it theeoughly. an even stand. It was a nice sight at harvest time To avoid having the lawn hare during to see what an even 'stand I had. From the early summer, sow oats at the this poverty stricken field I threshed opened. tlm fertilizer pact- wide -open and deilled 1Y2 busbele et good clean seesi wheat to the acre. Dur- ing the winter Ilse/tiled theenanue•e di- In passing along the highways -we have noticed that -this is oftenee neg- lected than cared for, consequenrbly these neglected roadsides are growing up to ragweeds, docks, thistles, etc. Perhaps in a few years the June grass will get a geed start and crowd these weeds out tend make a decent looking roadside, but at that think of the work without pay that we have been doing keeping these weeds down and of the weed seed that has been distributed about, also think of the ppor advertis- ing this earelessness has given our farm. Seven years age last fall such a road was buiSt along the farm that now be- longs to the welter of this article. The next spring the than ether of the farm diseee and dnagg-ed his saie of the road into a very Andy pulvesized condition and sowed it to altalta, sow- ing with it a small amount of oats for a nurse tctop. When the alfalfa had a good gait the oats was rnowecl down, The .owner cut one cutting of alfalfa later on in that season. The writer purchased the farm, and moved into it thtat winter and for the past five • yeere has cut three -cuttings et -alfalfa a year along his tide of the road while on the ,oppesite side of the road there hest been a continued fight against the weeds. without any •sulta- ble reward for labor expencled. Theee is no ether grate that makes tired thieks, Malang the fuel vest per. cbiek very small. And if the AreS ,go as beautiful a roadside as th.e alfalfa Out the iuey to a brood may he go when it is in bleseorn or about a week greet thet no amount Of feel economy after lit -hag been cut whet the next east make tip for it, crop is just getting stetted. * no writer feels *tall he haa not Caring for the Roadside. scented the three-fOurths to a ton a The last two years Mel' the next few Year extra of -hay tebeve what -he ether - years will cenatitute an era ef read wise would have, had, that the loolte 'building. When properly cempleted of the rotelsidee :along his farm cow- l/hese roads Si1101.11d heve a nicely Pared• to a great many obretehes of graveled roadberl with -a well -shaped roadsides, in hie county would have roadside. been big pay for all the seed and time The ItaW eaeli //Mame should see exeended maleing the roadside beatie to that these readeales are seeded tifigssalq, ' to -eoure eutitable rates eted -with a mese eeep to keep the weeds from Nearly one-thisel of the popeletioe getting the stteet ef the gfitee. Where- of the Weald are Chrietiana ae ass have no such lame it would be Itellarebber ae a 'meting eresieg atneil Meeks was known over 150 yeere ago. drink. So BLINKY lapped: it up very, from a real pussy -willow lerarsche A ( nd that's the way PUSSY'S "Pees" had pen-andeink ens, whiskers,: PROWLINGS ended.) • and tails and sat epee t:My red - The next game was called "Hunt the painted fence vest, Mouse." Billy had hidden a chocolate Guess wheal hid you weleome gay mouse somewhere in the rooms and the On Billy Beyant's ninth birthday, children were asked to be kittens and Next Saturdiay at half -past three. try to ±1-4 'it-. Whenever !anyone came (Be sere to, ciente and then you'll see.) very near the hiding place, Billy Pussy *ill, oh! • meowed loudly, or' if everyone was very far from it Billy woeld may mew faintly. The "kitten" Who discriverecl the mouse was allowed to keep it fee a reward. . auether rOnnt the children had a chance to hunt for those mittens' tvlhich circle fer thateBillea•semether explain- the "naughty kitten's" once lest. Many ed a new game. It wan called "Xitty tiny-- red paper mittens were scattered; through -out the rooms, where they Kitty," -and was played on the lines of "Spin the Pletter." `Tie every child's eould be much more easily found. than ear Billy whispered/ the name ef some the 'chocolate mouse. rate of from 4 to '6 beshele per acre fou.r mere bushels of tvheat te the acre The first geine was a good romp at before the last cultivation in prepare- than any ef my neighbors, and 4 -id net "Puss in the Corner." That was fol - tion for seeding. This will form a see a half dozen stalks of thistles. I lowed by 'the foolish but funny old dense greensward within three weeks, now have a stand of alealta on the game oil "Poor Pussy," While the ohilteren were etas in a and though requiring frequent cutting with the lawnanower, will not only make a beautiful lawn, but will serve as e nurse oro- for the grasses until they are -Well established. Cover your lawn se.ed with a garden rake and roll from time to time after rain. The name "Mary" has been given to seventeen daughters among twelve monarchs of England. George III. and Queen- Victoria had each three daughters bearing this name, together with others,. Dampness Kills the Hens. Dampness is at the bottom of most poultry diseases, and poor ventilation in the henhouse es what causes`damp- ness. The only way to have well - ventilated chicken houses ist to build them right. s The .proper 'house is of open -front cohstruction. Plearar of light should be furnished from windows on the side as -well as from the front. se— Making Drains.Permanent There is no farm improvement to which the adage, "A chain is no stronger than its weakest link," is more applicable than to a system of tilesdeainage. The links in this, Chain are four in number. They are in sequence: 1. Planning the system. 2. Selection of tile to be used. 3. Construction of the system. 4. Maintenance. No drainage system will function long uniese proper consi-deration is given to each. A failure eny sys- tem of drainage can always be teemed to a weakness in One Or more of these links. In planning a drainage system it not infrequently happens that soil Ind subsoil conditions are not care- fully studied when the d-epth and fre- quency of drains are 'being determin- ed. As a result tile may be laid so deep, as has been done in several oas- es of which the writer has personal -knowledge, that water cannot get down to them because of an impervi- ous l-ayer of subsseil, above them. The result is little or no drainage. More essential to the continued overeaten of frequently, however, tile are net plat- a drainage system. It is hard. to eon- seroyed bemuse proper preeautions were not taken during its construction. Often the tile are not laid to a true grade. Carelesenese in gradanig results in humps and! dips in the drains and a consequent reduction _in 'their water - carrying capacity. Tf these faultshaxe pronouniced enough the tile will event- ually become filled. with silt. Allowing the wells of the trenches to <lave in before covering or prinaing the tile often raises them above the required grade, and may eause gaps of an inch or melee between adjoining tile through which soil can enter readily. Paeltily constreeted and poorly protected out- lets are amoug the ether sources of tamable that might be mentioned, The otely way to insure a•gainst impreper coestruction is to have rthe 'work done by a reliable, experienced conteactot who plates quality of wools above quantity. A' tile -drainage system should be a permanent improver/tett. Economy demands that eveey reason -- able able precaution, be "Dagen in its ten- struction. Pieper maintenance and care are eel deep enough, with the result that little or no clrainage is obtained over a considerable tarea betw-een drains-. No tiles/Rein is stronger than its weakest tile. A farmer in the eastern pest, of Ontatio was, obliged, last spring, to replace two earleads of eotft °lay tie which had broken down cone; pletely within a period. of a few years after being installed. Numeroes in- stancee mulct he given,. of sorverete tile fleeing deteriorated to suchen exterst that nothing but a gray, -gravelly resi- due iedicated where thee' had t been. It is poor eeonemy ,tts consider test be- fore quality When, purchesing tile. The el:ea/met tile may he 'the rnost •eipens sive in the ends arid lakeerne the cosi:- lieet tile, the leaet expereive, No one- /etre its economy earl effisieney by beer - Would think of latilding a goed bare' hie, the plan made by an easeericeced 1 ma a foundatice mad:a el materiel drainage engineer; by usine, simile but Wheals etrength, is questionable, and tile oli known strength aria <liveability yet InallY farmers derrt, he:settee te tale tile that, sbowe signe of being week, in an equolly expensive drainage .syss telesesoeser a man sotereth, that a Wiz* thing for each fattier liviog then: beeilie reap -" - talealg a navi- toad.,t0 Oast heateelf. 44 sort - of carts ae, for instance, tiger, "yeller," green-eyesecloubleetoes, Mal- tese, Angora, black and white, gray. He then oceupied the centre of the circle and 'spun a tin pie plate. As he did so he called oat one of the names that he had assigned, and cournted trapidly out loud up to ten. Thus: "Green -eyes one, two, three, four, five, six, sevens eight, nine, ten." The child who had • been given the mese "Gre.en-eyes" was supposed Co' jump up and •snatch the pie tin before Billy finished counting ten. If "Green - ceive of any neglect thee is more cost- ly than that tot failing to perioditalla inspect and clean out catch -basins, and to keep the outlet open and well pro- tected against the entre:nee et rata skunks and woodchucks, wh-o leek -Upon thern as homes built eepeetielly for their benefit. A tase in which e skunk -worked its way into a drain so far that it could neither go ahead nor 'back, was recently brought to oar at- tention. This (Wain was tompletely clogged. Conelderable labor and drain- age be testes might h,ave been avoided, had elm outlet been given tise proper atterition. Any farmer wbo. ceatemplates in- stalling a tile <aaiiilage System two in- The supper table. delighted the chil- dren. In the centre of it sat a big stuffed eat surrounded. by chocolate micea-and at eaeli. tehild's place was Ile tiny plueli eat with the sebild'e on a tag tied to the neck 'bow. Such toys eati usually be 'bought in five -ands ten -cent stores. Puaeyswillow sprays laid flat on the caoth decimated the table gracefully. The napkins were tile paper ones that feature bleak eats art Hallowe'en. Litube earnekies of ereaaned ehicloen . pleased the children quite as much as eyesa tailed then he had te take Billy's if they had been puesy-cate. ith "kitteracernerecla eandiesches of lerorwai bread filled with cream -.cheese and ehopped nuts. There was hot cocoa too, and for dessert individual molds -of chootlate' Nene-mange with whip- - • ped eream and a •oandied. cherry 011 top. Needies.s to say, tbere 'was a birthday cake Which was brought..in ablaze with red candles:Jana set beeore Billy to serve. Eech guest received a souvenir Chocolate mouse, and was quick to de- clatre upon departure that the auessr- cat party bad been, oh, so jolly. a e. There is Safety in Diversity. Thete is. lin ,get -rich orop. A estschaniged seats. The story teller young tawnier should consider tale feet also tried to. g'at a seat and, if she 5e1*1°.13s17- Any one -crop system is a specula/tam arid few men gain by suck risks alwtays. It is the careful Nasti- ness anan that avoide speteletions who. succeeds' at last. The sense principle is true in farm- ing. 'The feemer who rases enough corn and.hay for OliS stook; keeps cows for milk and butter; raises ha own iplace. Billy too, course, had a the chicken Bilar's mother selarecl pussy -cat name. A.nother made game that was fun was called "Pusiesas Prowliges." It was on the ceder of stage coach. Billy's motherr told the Mary of a kitteas adverauetes, encl before she started to tell it she' whispered to every child the name of some 'object which was to have a place in the -story. For instance she gave out "haymow," errilk saucer," moue% hole." -Every timeethat she mentioned any such narne ie the progress of the story the child who had it was expectesl to rise foom ehair, tare around! three. times, mull et down egain. When the words "pussy's prowitings"'were men- titneds all the players jumped up and Ii efficiersey of. a drainage seeteiti 'by employing the most advance Methods et constriabiee; and by giv- ing it tlie attention it chid have, after eompletiors. II•ere, an elsewhere, etince of ptevention is Viertb in frequently ate/eared tor mitirely de- poirria ol cure" 1 enceeeded, the child who was finally left without one had te .contiame the story. s Here is the story that Billyat another toldes- PessY's Prowlings. °nee there was a PUSSY CAT named BUNICY who said to herself meat anti work stock; graWs potatoes one day: "I'm tired of MILK to, drink and truck crops ; helps his wife and aad I'm oh, so bungles for MOUSE. I children with the slackens, ducks and nufst go Ofl a MOUSE hunt." turkeys; keeps, a few hives et bees aul a Mall Oreharti; plants peas and So BLINKY tstole out of the red BRICK HOUSE where the lived very ptunpkine inla corn field, emit raises happily with the JONES FAMILY, turnips, cabbage and beans 'before he She pattered down the baels DOOR- tures his attention to a money erop, STEPS where her IVIILK SAUCER may live mid be able to buy seised was set as she scampered along the books, school shoes, clothing end winding PATH to the BARN. Christmas toys, and pay his taxes, (That's the way PUSSY'S PROW- Cattle anxi bogs pay better profits LINOS began.) st than .etairi Maps. Fat cattie are el - Up the' LADDER to the HAYMOW ways in demand at some cash vallie, she clot and, through the heape ef and -hogs nniltiply faster than ether sweet choker HAY to a BOIS, IN THE farni animals if you use serum to pro - WALL. There BLINKY knew lived beet them againet hog tholetta. Czettle a -MOUSE. So she erouched close to mid hogs are not perishable like veget- the MO:USE-110LE, as stiui as athI frame mid they ate talw7ys eatable, cwootztledhealeelmaand,s6Wootelvtieatelht. Afinosda :hhee a,ndlizeotkil tsi4naher, rolsieceep theni" until you "kgr tlat MOUSE meet have been 2 t" fkeethilif:fee'arriliif,urniptr,thtyamolree aaUnii .. away freal Mese tr ate very buse mule and clover en a farm, -With cern, down in its noLr, for it never once pale, hay uha vegetables to fatten stuck LIN1Y filitati<°1, 1\TwOafjetTG ILcli"dWht tliel.‘en bittin)$3'gatV' Crt abnedti t'tel4redilerowpla HAYMOW for three, long, long houses [ and ineeezis,e the ealtse el the lazed.