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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1922-05-25, Page 4Fe. .1110...11Vmgtialn At %We PuoneheO Wingharn, Ontario Every Thursday Morning A. G. SMITIrl, Publisher SUbscription rates; — Ono year, .Pk)", • SIX lixonths, 81.00 in advance, Advertising rates'On application. Advertisements without specific fi1. reetions will be inserted Until fOrbld and charged accordinglY, OhangeS for d'ontract advertise, mezits be in the ofilee by noon, Tion - da BUSINESS CAR • Wellingtorr.Mutual Fire Insprance Co. Rstablished 1840 Head Office, Guelph Risks taken on all classes ef Maur, able property on the cash or premium note system. ABNER COSENS, Agent, Winglaam DUY 110LIIES BARRISTEFt, SOLICiT013, ETC. , Victory and Other Bonds Bought and Sold. ' Office—mayor Block, Winghom • R. VANSTONE BARRISTER ANC) SOLICITOR IVIoney to Loan at Lowest Rates. • WINGHAM L 0.S. Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pennsylv ania College and licentiate of Dental Surgery of Ontario. Office in filacdonald Block. DR. G. }.1. RO erncluate Royal College of Dental - Surgeons Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry OFFICE OVER H. E. ISARD'S STORE W. R. AMBLY B.Sc., M.D., C.M. Special attention paid to diseases of Women and Children, having taken postgraduate work ifr-Sn•gery, Bac- tcriology and Scientific Medicine, Office iv. the Kerr Residence, between the Queen's Hotel and the Baptist Church. AR business given careful attention. Phone 54. P.O. Box 113 r Robt. mond rel.R.o.s. (Eno). L R.C.P. (Land). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Dr. Chisholm's old stand) DR. .L STEWART' Graduate of. University of Toronto, Faculty Of Medicine; Licentiate of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. • Office Entrance: Second Door North of Zurbrigg's Photo Studio. SOSEPTHINE aTREET PHONE 2$1 Dr. Margaret C. Calder General Practitioner Graduate University of Tonto, Faculty a Medicine. Offiee—Josephine St., two doors soath • of Brunswick Rotel. Telephones= --Office 281, Residence 151 1 SELL Town and Far111 Properties, Call and sec my list and get my prices. I have some excellent .falues. I G. STEWART Phone 184 •. WI NGH - • Office in Town Hall RUGLESS Pi SIC!N • CHIROPRACTIC a.sier to keep 'well than to aet cover lost health, Chiropractic Ad- lustMerits is the Key to Better Health. They remove the Cause et Disea.se. OR. 4. ALVIN FOX Phone 191. Hours -2-5 and 7-8 p.m. NAGE• P1 S1CMN • OSTEOPATHY •Oft. P. A.. PARKER %opathie Physielain only gettlified Oateetiath In NOVI Enron. ustment dfstlie spine Li More 4tettil-'ie*eolte4 *tut 'fater treat - manta than by' aty ether method. • .413 otr,vvesitire and 'other eimmitine •CVE p1,3 silt% TOR To *OW ,Titir SL .tbot tte jpitat.c.ftt,o; mix ,oentstreeti, rimy be 04.041; 014 eliffite Mat. i,InitOtteetit VON0r,',Iet', tine' be alite What edgened. Add ress ornmunications to Aoronoin ote.to Culture. , Potatoes are easily grown, Th,,cY •are a vexy valuable cheap food. In elle form ier another they are wanted • everybOdy's table, every day, everywhere throurheet the eiyilized world. Potatoes have been cuStavated by Europeans or a •litt1e over three hundred years. • They new seeinire over thirty -Ave mithon acres of, land and produce over five Wimp busbelo of food annually, The average yield of this crop is about 14444 bushels per acre. The average yield in Canada is ab.out ,1611/2 boshelS,per acre The' follo-wing suggestaons are. given from experience and exPeriments on "Spied 'slated." Soii--Potatoes do hest in a warm, rich, dee, sandy loam , roil. They re- quire a lot of reel:stare and Should have good well drained .sciI. Seed—Like begets like. The seed potato trade a,slcs for Irish Cobbler arid Green Mountain. They are eecom- I-needed as among the best. Grow the potatoes that people want. Get seed free from disease.. It is obtainable. Select it rigerouslY. Treat it with fmegleides before cutting Use large fresh stets. Seed bed—Potatoes require a lot of work and attention and like other worth -while things, pay back most when they receiveit. Pio* and week the- soil, make it friable, work it theirs oughly until the necessary tilth is ob- • tained. A clover eoel trip. -,dressed with 10tons of barnyard manure plhowed in early autumn and thoroughlry spring worked makes a good seed bed for potatee.e. Should your land need more fertility teed at weal, potato fertilizers. Planting—Plant as mon as the land es warm enough. Do net allow the seed to -get chilled before covering.' Planting machines are sa,tistfa.ctory. Make the rows straight and from SO to 36,inches apart, Thie wiiil eheapen your eoat of production. Plant the, seed about 4 inches deep and from 12 to 14 inches apaet.. Cultivation—Ilenrow the potato field • with sinootbing harrow before the young plants appear and once after they are up. Cover the plants with three inches of soil when three heches above ground. The rear discs on the, perteato planter do this ?best. •Use. horse! cultivator alter eve-ey rain and at least every ten days until the plants ceowd you out Throw ea toweeds plants :with ese1i cultivation, billing them so that the tubers are a1 nrell covered. Spraying—Spraying is safe insur- ance that pays its own premiums. Start spraying in July end keep all the foliage'covered with Bordeauxand poison or dust' fungicides throughout the stetason until the first frost • kilis the disease spores. Harvesting — -Harvest immatueee plants for seed. Dig potatoes in dry weather. When disease is present leave thern in the ground until a feint ,occuts if possible. When the soil is very dry he.ne the digger move a let 1st, 73 Atilelaide St. West, Toronto be injured by the machine. Handle a ll poeatoe.s as cerefu'ty as eggs, Eery braise lowers their value and renders them more susceptible to &tease. Al- low them te sweat in the Ayen and give them good ventilation ar,d cool quar- ters tar storage. Potato tubers must have sir to live. • • Scaly Legs—How to Treat Them • There is nothing more unsig'uttly in the appearance of a fowl than scales on the leo', No matter how attraet.ive a fowl may be otherwise, these scales• .condernn This condition is due to a mite which burrows under the scales, causing the scales to lift tip gradually. There is a etheoxy that this is due to a deficiency of oil in the skin parte affected, but I am rather inclined to believe that "poor • hoesekeeping"—unclean quar- tets—has more to do with it than anything else. • It is generally considerect that the condition is contagious and' that a scaly -legged fowl will soon teems/nit the disease to the rest eof the flock; but this is not aleveye so. I have had teveral badly afflicted hens in a flock and not one of the others caught the disease. But where there axe suCh exceptions I have notioed that the immune hens .wexe exceptionally vigor- ous. And there may, too; be esome- thing in the theory that they had an abundanee of oil isi ekin and feathers. The ecales become raised ani loseen- ecl due to the accumulation of a crusty substance that: werles beneath them, after the mite has done its burrowing. A scaly -legged hen should never be set, if one wishes to a.veSithe trouble with the chieke. 1 be -eve that the tilisease is transmitted ir.are rapidly ;in ihths manner than in any other. The sovereign remedy seems to be grease or oil. A very satisfactory treatment is to waeh the legs and feet with tot water and ea:stile seep -suds. When dry anoint the- affected parts with a mixture of equal parts of melt- ed lard and kerosene. Rub this in well. Repeat daily until cured. While being treated the fowl should be kept in a clean cage bedded with cut straw, to out an dirt. Other recom- mended tures are:- Fin a tin quart measure neatly fan of water, with one tablespoonlul of kerosene oil float- ing on the surface. Tie or fasten the measure to a bax to hold it firm. Dip the legs, both at the same time, into the liquid, holditegd them there one minute. Repeat this after three days Ar2other remedy is to dip the feet and legs up to the hock.s in a /mixture of coal-eil and linseed -oil, the pro- portiaes of which may be varied ac- cording to the onnnber of treatments to be given. The larger the proportion of coadenil the more effective is the mixture. - Except in hurry cases, not more thaainall coal -ail should be used, while for cases so little developed that the treatment is as mfieh.preventive as active, one part coal -Mi to two of elay so that the potatoes may not parts lineeed-dil is preferred. The hen stood on the garden lot, Whence all but she had fled; And didn't :leave a planted spot In the early onion bed. 'Wrath vim she worked both feet and legs, • And the gardener said he "bets She WaS trying to find:' the lcind of eggs, On which the •onion sets." Cremation is the best way to dis- pose of dead, diseased fowls. If buried doge may dig them up, no matter how deeply they may be covered. My remedy See a fowl that is gasp- ing for breath is to dip its head in kerosene oil. Do it quickly. If after reasenable time the fowl repeats the gasping, give it a seamed dip. 1 have nevem- known this cure to fail. * Litter which is damp oe filled full of droppings is a menace to poeltry. It is a warning, too, that sameleody'e pocketbook is goieg to grow thin for want of eggs to sell. Put the, two hints together and timer point the way to a good house -deeming. . Some of the grit that we get for our birds him not ranch grit to it; and 90lt dtl'es not helpdigestion as it should. The sharper the grit_the bet- ter. Sharp grit aids in exukhing and wearbig the food into fine particles and reany helps things., for digestion does not take plane until the feed is aolt and fine in the hs 'glazer& Feather -plucking is s. disgusting Vice, and generally teased from lank of exereise, To prevent trouble frem feat.her-pkeleing pot a teespootful f lOpteare salts in the drinking water ie every twelve hone he the flock, /id anoint the bare spots of the eric- idens With a mixture el .euloher,and or bathe *ith cratteele-bark /tram leas in the heralionee Were itty an- al Sentries trimble. I found that X meets were the breseAg PIneesS M.' The heat srn the bodies laying Ilene evidently waS iethig fasten , Fre,gtient then., e fleeting Material: ItOttlid ts. nefilhet'st thete peett, Mad ef tel daft tatettlel keep Wider etatitel, Bat diSeetered ter waY1 1.rttleyett the iketteill tbifi ti.t4 110Ste; exld im the4r 1,',1111,,Pri,HL (31 .r place tacked on rustlese or galvaniz- ed mosquito wire netting: In ;this way the breeding and hiding plates of the fleas were eliminated, the -nests were made molar, and the dust that usually collects sitted through the bote tom of the neat instead of accumulat- ing es ormerly. l3esides, fewer eggs were broken at laying time, by, being dropped upon a board that had beet temporarily bared. Iron Sulphate for Dandelions. Many people are not impressed with the beauty Of the dandelion in their lawax and. seek :its eradication. Iron sulphate spray is recomniendied to rid lawns of dandelions: The spray selution is prepared 'by dissolving in one gallon of water one and one-half pounds of the iron sul- phate, also known as green vitriol et copperas, and is obtainable at most hardware or drug stores. This amount of spr0.9- 'will cover about one and one - ball square rods of lawnWhile fairly good 'results are obtreemed when the spray is applied with the ordinary sprinkling can, much better remits will follow when put on with a hue mist nozzle that carries 'the liquid well down into the foliage eS the plants. The eolettio" n should be made in wooden or earthenware vessels, as it corrodes 'metals, Care should also be taken to keep the solution from wet- tieg eenient or stone walks, the loon- de.tions of buildingselothieg, etc., as it leaves a stain which is extremely difficult to tern:eve. . • The eprarshonid he applied in klity just before -the dambelions start bloom- ing, and ehonlei be xePeated onee or twice at. intervales . of three or lenr weeke. One or tan additional applie cations• .can be leade'Ute in the mine mer tend fall if teceseiren Where properly &see, entagi,ng every third yea'? Will keep the lawn Prnotieo-11y-. free front clandeleena. The blackeieing of the gisteSs imme- diately Sietioning erode application el -foetid teeming/ tie aleren es thlswilt soon disappear Where the grasS is growing rapidly. liere spots, whith are dee Se the killirtg of, the tlandee thetild be 'reseeded to graet, ecena baif gro Wen, heed, full lood. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE, ,Picking the Good Heifers. Aecently the writer had a dispute with a young breeder who seemed to be poseeesed ef more enthusiasm than• experienee or good jedgment. We were looking over a huneh of hie iseifers—yearlings and two -year-olds. On the whole, they were a geed lot tnd we coniMended them. There were however, at least two, and perhaps three, that did not look to us m if they had "any milk in them," and we 'mentioned the feet. Their owner en- tirely, disagreea with us. • He, toll ns that the dams of the heifers in ques- tion were really good milkers and that their sire was of record breed- in.g. • Out friend, like many breedexs, has yet to Mare that the breeder has not yet been been who can make every one of his heifer calves, into a good milker. Why is this? Apparently every heifer is born either a good Or • poox milker and subsequent condi- tions have very little to do with her performance. •1 ' Professor Ecklee carried out a *- les of expensive experiments, covering several -years, to determine the influ- ence of feed on the milking q-ualities of cows. Some heifers we fed extra well; others were reared on short ra- tions. - As a result of these experi- ments, Prefeeeor &Ides decided' that while good feeding would increase the ,size of, dairy cattle, and, therefore, increase theirecapacity to handle feed, their ability as milkers was not affect- ed materially by their feeding trim birth to milking age. Some of the best and poorest milkers were found in all three lots. It is possible to cull the heifers when they are onlsr a few months old, taking out those that give little indications of milking ability. The promising heifer yell early ehow mammary development and will earry that somewhat indefinite character known. as dairy quality; this will be particularly in evidence in the head. • en einnuaes are older it will be easier to 'pick out the proba,blenrofit- able milkers but the only real test is the pail test. By the first milking period., if records are kept of individ- ual production, the dairy fanner will be able to select fairly aceurately. Marketing of Live Stock rn Ontario. A state/neat issued 'by the Live Stock branch. at Ottawa 'covering the last four months 'respectively of 19,21 and 1920 shows thatwhile the nuniber of cattle slipped to stock yards last year from four of the 'five live stock shipping provinem, namely, Quebec, - Alberta, Saskatchewan, and 1VIanitoba, was fewer than in the preceding year, the munber shipped from pointe in Ontario was greater, the figures show- ing 130,861 in 1921 0mPa/ed. with 94,455 in 1920. 'Phe same was true of the number shipped direct to packei-n but to a far less extent. The store cattle shipped in last year numbered 20,193 compared. with 31,885 in the eame period Of the preceding yew'. There were also mote valves shipped , to the Ontario stockyards but fewer to the packets. More hogs were shipd „zed last year to beth stockyards and peckers -Mit few,er sheep to both. Tha s,taternent alto gives the enernber of live steek shipped from the different countieS Of each proviiree. Thlk 811.0* that of the 51 countiee or districts el Ontario enumerated; the largest ship- pers in'the last low menthe of 1921 of cattle were Middlesex, Breice• and Renfrew; of calves,' York,' Hastings and Frentenac; of hogs, Kent, Sinicoe, Essex and York, ahd of sheep, Grey, Simcoe, Renfrew, and Wellington. On - barrio she:We an increaee in the handling of rattle, calves, and hogs, but a de- crease in sheep; Queliee a decrease in cattle, but an increase in valvee, hogs and sheep; Manitoba. en increase in hogs alone, and Saskatchewan and Al- berta as,. increase in' both hogs and sheep. To prevent crows from pullin,g up cone, pat a tablespoonful of turpentine into the planter box, and stir eanh time t,he planter box is filled,e This will net barrn the seed. HOW to Pick Strawberries. Pickers ele.ould be teught the prOper method of picking. strawberriee, Large comietitieS of deeirable berries may be mined by cateleenaess,. indifference, or theirperierica io Fieldng is ciex-e best by the use of the theixtb and forefinger, mob berry beieg pienhed off with , a stem about three-eighths one-half in.ch long, and placed in the box carefully, not thrown, tos,seci,or dropped into the box. To -gain speede there flAways is a tendency for the picker to pull or snatch off the berries and toss them' into the boxes, Some pickers crusb, braise or squeeze much fruit while picking, by holding too many berries in the hand at one time; others pile 'up beeries on feill trays which muet latei be taken Siff and placed in otheritioxes. Such prac- tices reiult in bruised berries as well as raany without the hull or cap. Damaged berries and berries without hulls -do not carry'veell to the market, and in Proper picking are not allowed in the boxes. Unless each row is pack- ed 'clean of all berries that are ready at each picking, the next picking will contain overripe fralt. Growing .Delicious Sweet Corn. The GoldeaTI3antaan is the sweetest sweet cern I have eveF eaten and forms the basis of all our planting. One year I found that by planting a row of other later and larger core. near the Bantam the ears would be size increased in by the mixing ef the varieties and yet could not eee that the , quality Svas. lowered mach. This is a simple thing to do and Well worth trying by all lovers of this splendid variety. If the tassels of the Bantam are removecl early to peovent their fertilizing the ears it might be a further improvement, but it Would be• essential to be pure the other crop had pollen at the same time as the Bantam or you might fail to get any cern at H. Saved a Frosted Garden. My very best garden stunt happened ene /nee/Tina when I was up before sunrise and found a heaysr Idiling frost covering e-verything in the gar- den. ENNI1 the radish leaves -were Good tleoughte ,canie to me in a hurry. el hed otterf sprinkled. house plants with cold water when frosted) And,. I thought, why not try- the cold water plan on the garden. I filled the sprinkling pot several times anci went/ over the entire garden and saved' everything, even the beans, -which is the most lenderful of all. The neighbors/ gardens were ruinesd potato tops black to the ground. I hope this may benefit others.— Mrs. K. Jones. Therrsdar, May 25, Writing for the Local Paper BY HILDA itICIIMOND, •in connection with saoe item, eittelf aa: 411}ve of Rose Cornea% *0001. delighted a large crevid with. the littlo play 'Red Riding 0000' on Wednesday everalego" This eelnlhisole$ the plaee„ cfilar!aoter of the ember. tali -resent 'and the time, pleasingly, and gives the reader the desire to km:* mare ab.stet it. • One of the pleasantest and moat in- structive thine a country family ean do is tee write for the local centatY newSpaper. This • work does not wnY's Pan in actual, mob, hut usually tho newspaper will Airedale stamps and paper for the work, atm titter :gives a subeeription to the paper in addition. The profit h./ the undertak- ling lies in the Sant that ,writing is in • itself an' edoestion, and that it is al - moat ineposeible to undertake this lit- tle WeeklY without• branching later infd wider and more, enjoyable fielde of journalist/. Add to all this the habit of news gathering, the abil- ity to pot /myth pleasing ,form and the renalarity with which the jeb must be: done, and you have nianY rettsonts why it is e pleasant and pro- fitable task, ' • First of all the coontry corres- pondent must net be .eatisted With the deadly dull: monotony of .some newa gatherers, but ,neuet Seek; to iniprove week by week and people to look for his iternst the minute the paper is received. If yen will take up any country newSpaper,,•you -will s.ee tehevew;lilmc paretre ',e()Scrlioelins13"Sdmellittlis who • bais purchmed a new wagon," "The ram interfered with the oats harvest last week," "Mrs. Abner Penrose is very at this writing," "Miss jessie Blake called an the home a Julia Idles last eiTeek," and so on through the uninteresting list. Now, it isn't that there are no local happe-niegs, nor that people are no,. -interested an reading news, but that the corres- pendent has never satodown, to con- • slider the -seal :value of improving his work.• , .SuPpose instead of putting in that John Smith has a new wagon, which certainly is not interesting to any one , but John Smith, the writer had given I sem,: iten?, about the line cattle or or hags owned by Mt. Smith. IA wagon is a useful and necessary thingabout a farm, but does net in- te:eat any one 90 much as an account of "fiTre stock Would. If any one. has had an unusual crop of elover-seed; , big yield of este, a record-breaking , open crop, or some such item of in- terest, it is well to record it, If John , Smith had purchased the. latest model Of -threshing ontfit, 'oe a lam truck of the latest make, those things would he more worth telling abotit then a emunionplace wagon le Children's Activities Make Good Reading. Al 1 club- •cheeechd,inegoeial andtescheol chodl" vifles „ „ , . • .nee, children are deliglitea to see their names in print, and often fatheos, and mothers whe ere urupre- greseive enough to refuse to take a paper ter. eother esaseels yola sub- scribe becapee the children hag for the peeivilege si seeingetheir little school entertainments nicely written up, The country emerespontleet must be am- bitious to help the publishers increase the circulation, fat- in a sense the writei of local items is a stockholder iii bbs Littl,ffeevrel features ahottc the' tertainments should be emPhasized, rather than such general statements as, "A very. large crowd was present," or "The usual interesting .eicereises were carried Out by the Sell:eel:" It is peosibleeto tell of the large Crowd Kilhiug a Willow Clump. • e Grub out the roots of the willow as tbetroughly as possible. Continue per- sistent sprouting at regiSer intervals until 'winter, not allowing any willow sprouts to remain long above the ground before cutting them off. Re- peat the sprouting next year and as :mg as necessary until the willow: clumps are fined out. If you do not object to 'making the seal eterile ,you can soak the soil about the clump with hot weber in which you have dissolved two or three pounds of salt per gallon) Then repeatedly ohop out all • the sprouts as suggested above.—V. A. 0. . „ Fender Cracks. Very frequently small cracks Make their appearanee on the 'edge of the fender or ether sheet Metal parts whieh -will rapidly become big breaks unlees they can be attended to as soon as' they make their appearance. Drill. a small hole .thtough the track, near its outer end. Sliei a rivet through`the hole, rim on a washer and then rivet the head firmly. Thio method prevents vibration of the edges of the crack canoes the spreading of the crack. A. blushful of enamel or Paint will render this repair ievisible. I Parents as Educators Give Commands • RarelY—By, Edith Lockridge Reid In a well -ordered. household Where rends it afal:then (hives slowly until the Children are properly 'trained, it he has negotiated the turn But after is slirin.heng neer few irect tom._ muteh ;driving over the.same stretch of . road he knows he must slow up and Mom& are neeesiarY• damps ot the brakes withont 'even Stich reMarlm da "Close the door," glee -wing at the sign. As far as he is "Stop your noise,';", "Lteit?t throw cenee.reed the sign could be removed ed out in the eict orchard and a' box_ lows," "Bat with -your leek," and "13e for lie doeen't need it. • was pllaced in one earlier to .furnisli a careful of those boles," are temecesa , However, the irepottant point with warty eary bemuse they have been implied Mothers is to get the,siga up in thee. ;Beery moaning Derr Would tarui a all:through the live t of the children. Of course there is some Work to mak- eouple nd shovelfule of sod so the little A baby t,',00 years, old hes learned the ing signboards. They have to be pg could get seine fresh roots., Move fundearientals that control actions re- carved and ant/lined and painted, and, the pen over to a new place, give it „sultingefrem,theie,and..similar seni aftmeratelseput.eup Severely, hut seenetaill the ,sratn. milk it Would drink op, mandee Ee kteo ,establiebed..-they.do-their,duty. I andplenty, ot fresh water. eneessand do it lauletly until the aetion ,Sei it is with our commands.' Ther,At noon lie treuld ,give ft a ,slop Made is reflekS .doesn't need to be -told first two orthree years we prepare the, of Milk, porn Meal and bran and -the to stop his , net* beeame lie has signbearcl, . And after that the, rules:,sarne te.;spooneul leasneelethat any exCessive uproeeshees eviiieh govern the rend Are learned so ef. taxseed every, otbi,er tin011easent consequentes, .,The ueri. wei1 that. we teed' tot call atiention' Ita began, by feeding One 'teasPeon Of threw 'a pillorr he 'Was any. longer. to the bonnie- and entrves: corn ineal and One tableSpeon of bran and rough siiiets. The childeen elow, in. each feeding,,:of.myilt, d inereased up for these without being told and' the amnia krniii he Willi feeding Yea, there an uteri's:MI W'hy pil. without arii effort from" us. half cep of the corn Meal .end 'a:cup P1OWS Shenklotot ti-a-owliabout isdpo, finit in a well-trained et bran it day at the end of two 116014 olikti.ited, inthcfs mind he idoesn't latialy; that -the ectut ntrdh; art nienths. This was 'tot beeteased.'entil. ha to na,,f4e1..eaeal &tie Oe with Sal*, ;and heemerse esi the a fart when the first ef September, when Ben made teen& neater aesnasne, they -are given, oleedienee is almost as- a self -feeder anti gave it all a the Fute,j resemble the sign bar* /,.., Ittt 1E0 a4POWeit41 l'IlVdilit14 bray and Coin meal etixe4 that it board atesttisng.the 'highway that that .w.,e adntire bee:Mist it rend so would eat until fair time, When his ..„ says 4'lliangerotre rye „aneadt" 'the smemaw ono temeesessly, someone be- pig not on.,:i7 weighed ;sixty 13,6.waide 01'14 iSati time' the Oitiver goes over the; othe.., settee heel been the More than any.Other Pig of the Seine t,6ita 116 .0teneeete4 eeesieelY by bbs wheetS, an4 in, this taa*, $0:1',4E0311r,ib litent, bo.l•zite hfroolugthhte..1.beieTt tot rotog tho stt,Pt *that' 1ig in Do l[clit say that the hostess eerved e, delicious and, appetizingeluncheon at the chose of the meeting:at hen home, end then 'go en' to 'name the articles, she served, but condense to "DAM'S. eta itieSeream and Sake were Served by he hostess,'" end .save your space.. for the fact that the, oldest eimieber of the Society was present for the'first time in Years, or that thereeWeee viSiters, from Coliftenia, or that the • six-yes.r:-Old; daitgleter of the 'IfOrne re- ' cited very nicely-, 'or that 'the ladies sewed ,toer..the Polor and Were able to give • Several 'qpilts to a rnistiOnexy School aS result- of their' work that day. Refreshments aee pretty' nstith alike the country evier; and unless these is ,soneethieg Specially new the spate should not be given t4., enumerating mice, picklre .coffee end ,sandwithes. If ..the hbotese had been able te serve something novel, then theladdes would eagerly read the item. Death notices should ..1;e brief and ' dignified " The old habit Of writing many stomas of poetry and long flowery notices has gone out with: the beet papers. 'Wedding notices should tell of the brides firrese, in which oU women, are bound to be 'interestede who performed the cerentanY; where the young folks are to live and ths wedding journey, if theee is one. 'Give a' brief description_ el ths affair as intereitingly as possible. Try to pack into evea, sentence sorriething interesting and attractive. News Is Never Partial.. . In some way try -to notiee each and every family in theneighborhood at some time. Maher country particularly the children inthefamil- lee, axe timid and backward hi the extreme, yet their little'social affairs' and item e of interest 'please, then/ Me- mens.ely when redaced to modest news notes in the papet. Try to be im- partial and fait to your neighbor. Often it is easy to find two-thirds of the loc.al iterat 'dealing exclusively with one Or 'i.*0 prolnintent families while the rest are ignored. , If the writer really enjoys the worlc, it will: net be long until something mote ambitious will be andentaken. Crop reports for the agricultural papers, answers to mize contests, let - tea -s to editore. commending or criticiz- ing certaie articles, church items for the religious weekly, letters to the Open Forum of die daily papers, and many., other small opportunities are eagmly embraced, .to Slereak into Print," as some ‚writers terni it. And when the day comes that the first cheque is reeeiseed for something (he editor thinks is wootiry of Pay, the thrill that that little slip of paner gi've:s win never be forgotten,. The metioryof the first chegeS I ,receired foe., Writing its es 'freeh and vivid as though it were yesterday that it came. 1 sni truly sorry I ever eaehed the cheque for it would be worth fax .More lilian its facevalue as a seenreair*of that happy hour if couid haire it now. , ' 1 THE CHILDREN'S • HOI.J.IR What The Runt Did. Mr. Watkins owned some choice -white hogs that were registered stock and he was very Snood of them. • Among the last litter of pigs, born in Marela there was One that would tot • grow. They were old enough to wean but thee little fellow was no larger than it was when enly a week old.. Bee, a lad of fourteen years, was as much of a hog fancier as his father, and whei Mr. Watkins decided to. kill the runt Ot the March litter, Ben beg- ged eo earnest& for the little life that his father gave a eeluetant content upon the cenclitions that the eigmust be removed froin the rest et the litter and be eared fore by Ben. The boy fashioned a snialI pen frorn some boards six feet long and. of vary- ing widths. They Were nailed together in :the form of a triangle 'which be could easily move around-. It was plat - oho** that ,tt Olt Om istzn, ikna eieit it also lore a corner of the ,4 pil- boys' club, one for the largest pig fp! its age and one for the best of its bsec ffe ee;theltthat ited. fleie sumess wasedue to the -tonical sneezes of the dandelion and othei• roots which the little pig seemed to crave, and to the morning's feeding 'el fresh sour The doc- tor had 'tolki ham to drink it fresh Seery morning if he wished to feel good, and he felt that if it was good for hien,it might be. good for the pig. The pig had all the green feed it would eat aBl summer,.besides its slop. ,The green toed consisted of the orchard grass and weeds and such garden waste as poor beets, carrots, • eabbage, etc., when Bee culled -out as • he worked in the vegetailes, fbe Pepper Box Sprayer. For the contrel of insects, many of the garden plants.' need to' he dusted land , plaster, or similar materials. Unless one ba.s a regular sprayer, this dusting bas several dis- agreeable features, Seine of the tilde • terial is ofteh -b101,),11 in tile face of the worker; the hands have to come in contatt :with' the material; and, vi,beit the 'Plants 'ate' small, it ie Vaek-hreaking job. If the n'iterial ie S?ented withekeomene, turpentine, OT carbolic add, as is often tare ease; it is worse than -eYer, For the grower whose acreage does -,11,0‘ft Parinif him to iiivest in an ex. PenSive Sprayer, tileed troubles may be avoided Oto a large eltent bPlacing ,t11.4?,;.Material. in a .pepper box, neiled ,te. 'the esed, Of a h Tito person '41)4414 walks l'eWs and sifts eenne over melt hill. vein if the vowel- does not possess a pod spraY- peneriowolienbp4'tihellip,tnts i.rtreosivalrl,smtahiel size, will swim a lot of 'wash of 1114- teriab.A/44.4 the Milne title is easier to carry. •, ga,eden Wad SerraIl arid so I help- ed thernipkin vines te get a ottixt the wire fence. Atter they get ,etattecT, Otte; tank Sere' Of' theiriselVeS. harvedt Wod good. There will lit mere thia ysgr.—W JW.'