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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1922-11-16, Page 4~a Advance tea at Ookario Evory retired*" Morninel ee smirrn Publisher Sal:acriptlea .ratOn. Year, 41.001' 141X. Menthe, 1.00 la advanea ,A.dvartising rates on application. adiertiserneats witheat speeltic asiotioas will be 'inserted until forbid 4111 charged aocordingIy. Chaesee f or contract. aavert.ise. it be ha the eifice by noon, .ors BUSINESS CARDS Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1840 • Head Office, Guelph Risks taken on all crasses insure, able property on the cash or premium note system. ABNER COSENS, Agent. Winglaarn D LEY ilOLMES .ARR13TER, SOLICITOR, ETC.. Vlotery and Other 'Bonds Beught and Sold. OffIces--Mayor Block, Wingharn R. YANSTONE BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR Morley to Loan at Lowest Rates,- WINGHAM drass. eommittnicietione to Acres:omits; 73 Xcistaitie St. Wean Torente Sweet Clover for Lighter goils. Unquestionably, White sweet clover Sweet over is fast praying itself ie the irerr beet green manure crop to be 'orse a tile moat important end bleet can be suecessfnlly grown- 1/14117 Most -wattage crew -ales isa,s , eiree a sandy land farmer with very limit - been iatroduced into this sectioned means, wh° °nee believed hitnPc"5- ie no longer qaestionecl bY iirogressive t.ility of his soil, and at the smile time Bible to huild up and maintairi the fer- Its plane in our 'eroPeing sYsteM fannerasaits wonderful cpalities have produce a liviag for his familYr is been. 4emonstrated again and, again on „si_ol,e virt.ig the problem with the aid of hundreds of fams. It is the opinioe this ardy legurne. The fat that it of the writer that several acres of will often Prednee a good' crel) of hay this valuable legume should be grow- or pasture the same season it is sown, ing on every farm, and doubtless and a fine crop of hay and an excels raanY farmers who are ferming sandy 'll green manure oroP the following seilI• will find it advisable, as has the oed--s*ni together with it4 extreme writer, to adopt sweet clover as the hardiness and wide rang° of aciaPt- principal legume crop in the regular athe ideal green mareare crop. laility, combine to make sweet clover rotation. G ROSS Graduate Royal College of Dental surgeons Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry OFFicE OVER H. E. IsARD'S STORE 6 0 BLY B Sc, M.D., C.M. Special attention. paid to diseases of Worsen and Children, having taken postgraduate work in Siirgery,, Bac. teriology and .Solentifie Office ill the Kerr Residence, between the Queen's Hotel and the Baptist Church. All business given careful attention. Phone 84„ •• .P.O. Box 113 E VOTGRAU ADVANCI1 °n we .hoeexl)eat For hay, pastime or fertilizer, sweet mir 'farms obt. C. nd M.R.C.S. (Eng). L.R.C.P. (Load). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Dr. ChiSholm's old stand) L STE , Graduate • of University of Toronto, reculty of Medicine; rdcentiate of. t.he Oatarlio College of Physicians and 811.1180Onar Mee Eotranoe: Seeonet Door, North of Zuribrigg's Photo Studio. JOSEPHINE STREET • PHONE -is soon tobe able to 'plow ander-second- clover has many advantages not ems- sessed' by any other legume. It is fully era)? sweet clover each year, for every the equal of alfalfa in feed value, and acre of cultivated eroes to be planted. is far superior to timothy, aleike, or We find that many farmers in this red clover. If a fair supply of lirne is section are planning their crop rota- 13resent, sweet clover will produce time with the same object in view. The writer has encountered a number good crops on soil that is too light to Produce aalfa rofitably It also of farmers this season who have from lf'P. ten to fifty acres of this legume grow - seems to grow quite well on meek or other soils that are much too wet for lug on their farms. If weabher and soileonditions ate normal, sweet clover may be seeded successfully, at Any time feorn April 1 to July 15. Batley, oats, pees and buokerheat are good nurse crops. The seedbed should 13e care,fully _prepared alfalfa. The writer has seen a vigor- ous bunch a sweet clover growing in the battont of a diteh, where its' roots were tovered with mud and water during most of the growing season. li PreSfwereeethaelatveer ailfanifoat .rfeocr hunesevnYae. cif eln- la:ell rief and after srelleidlYing.P.aelOedn ' sandy I tile, welledrained sails that are well, sail, chaiicee of success will usually • supplied with rime, and free frora l be best if not more than one -bushel of quack grass, os jun& grass, unless the, oats or ...barley, or one peck of buck - cost of seeding raust be 'considered. It' wheat pee eeee is sewn, r. Ilarg et C. C der will grow to perfection on such soils, but alfalfa usually produces heavier crops of hay per sore. - Per summer pasture, sweet cloversis fine crop ef hay the first season. probably without an equal. Its ability It is usually possible to secure a to withstanAfroet, droughtormd grass- stand of sweet clover on a sharply hoppers, and produce an abundance of acid soil by seeding alone, provided 1 high-class feed throughout the grow -the seedbed- has been earefull3r pre- ing season places it in a class by itself. pared and is wholly free fram weeds Many farmers are learning that this or grass. Li our experience, however, hardy legume -will solve the problem such soils have usually failed to pro- • of summer feed for their stock, and dace profitable crops. We are now at small expense. Last year a num- experimenting in an effort to deter- ber of farmers reported that their mino whether or not it is possible to sweet clover pastures carried one cow inooulate and enrich such soils so they Per acre throughout the season: On cur -hilly lands where clay, gravel, or stony soils predominate, it is useall'y„very easy to secure exeel- Seeded alone, early in the spring, on a carefully prepared; fertile soil, sweet clover will usually produce a Thimiday, Noverabe 0, 1022, ef.a wire protector or Pee made of tin Winter Care ofGeranumns I the paper to get at the tree. The use Or galvanized iron is eponoesteal in the There a're a nunriber off waiehee and BY JANE Lii;SLIE IIFT. tion ef fruit twee and the destruction winter they thould be kept in pots all the slightest eige of decay rill it out of the :nice arid rabbitis, but none of Sammer. Plante leei:it iri sratell-eized at once, or the' decay will spread to these is very satiefectory, as if the Pots all sumrner will leleern all winter,' the Test and yea will lose them all. rniee or rabbite. are numerous the Provided you keep them, in a •sunnY, Wben you are sure the enttings are pleison has not sufficient effect apon light room, It does not matter in the rooted, lift them earefelly and pot in thein to prevent indurY atogether. least if the room is quite o• ool, just' eeparrate pots, using a soil eomposed • The following methect of poiseling ,ao it is free from frost. • (of equal parts of good. garden loam, i• has been found fairly succeserfel fer Wh• en you belie them into tlie house sand and manure, The young' plants mice but rabbits are "very difficult to in the fail do not repot the'xii-, but keeP will flower in theae mine pots durieg deseCwith. them in the same small pets. Should the coming winter months without Make a mixtuTe of one part ley You,rePot them they are li'kely to start ' needring a transfer into larger sizes. , Weight of arsenic with three parts a groveing, and tide 14 the very thing 1 Germ-11111'ns must have their growth corn meal. Nail 'two pieces of board to a'void.• It is flowers, not foliage, retarded hi all easee for winter flow- . eadie six feet long and six inehies veleta which •you want. Another matter of 1 ering. When they are starved and together so as to snake a troug•h. Ie.- great impoitance is venti'lation, Ger- e potsbound, the strength of the pla,nt vert ,this near the treee to be pro.. aniums require fresh air therefore,: all goes into the blooms. R,epot them tected ancl place about a tablespoon- rale°. ties windows every 'day, if not and they `will stop fliewering• at once too cold, and, de net keep them very and devote their energy todeveloping; ' ' th • * ter owth If you keep shifting tile ., eftd, ae they are durable. • • • POleolee re ended for 'the protec- To make geranierne bloom well in there. If one, of thee', begins to ehow coed-- full of the poison on a .shartgle and 11, The originator of the phrase, "Every' 1:14: 'near. thiddi °f the day, and in every way, 1 get better and renewing: _the t11.4.71 " often all is better," -and the head ef' a now.scamol ilecessar' af heeling, whiels has consolous sug- • gestione as its basic do.etrine He is Lin -Balking the Balker. ,copaing from'. Irrarice to this country Recently I was awakened one rainy soon to i'ntroduee his beliefs. •. morning at 2.20 a.m. by hearing a Generai.Practitioner Graduate riniveraity of. Toronto, • Faculty ut Medicine. Oce—Joeephine St, two doore south • 0 Brunswick Hotel. T only:met—Office 281, Residence -151 J. G. STE ART Real Estate Agent and Clerk of the Division Court. Office upstairs in the Chisholm Block, WINGHAM, ONT, R. F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Osteopathy, Electricity. All diseases . treated. Office adjoining resideno,e, Centre street, next Aire:loan Ohms% (former- ly Dr. MacDonald's). Phone 272. wiR produce profitable crops of this legume without the use of lime. Sweet clover should not be sown in the fall either alone or with wheat lent stands of sweet clover, and it or rye. Seed sewn at -bhat tinie will grows luxuriantly. Very' likely many produce a, crop of tiny seedlings that of 115 will find it highly profitable to -will be killed by the first hard frost. I seed our hilly lands to this crop, and On sandy soil it seems to beeprac- use them for permanent pasture. In tically impossible to secure a success - that way me- despised hills may prove ful stand of sweet clover by seeding to be among our most profitable aeres. in the spring, on 'fall wheat oT rye. Probably it will be through its su- preme qualities as a soil builder that this sturdy legume will prove to be of the greatest and most permanent value to Onta-rio farmers, Continuous profitable production of 'field orops de- pends upon the adoption of a system- atic progra.m of soil feeding. The writer haseSeen that method tried rnany, many times, but has never seen it succeed. Evidently the wheat and rye absorb the available moisture so rapidly that the tiny clover Plants cannot make a healthy start. On fer- tile gravel;relay, or muck soils th. re - milts might he more satisfactory, man whipping his horse. I went -te protection of Fruit Trees the win:lour and saw an able-bodied • ' • d to small milk-vva. on frorn Mice and Rabbits. herse hooked g The man was trying all kind& a per - While the depredations from rpice suasion to get him up a elight hill; and rabbita in winter vary from one he would talk -to ihim. loilidly, and at yenr to another, depending on „the the same time pall on the 'bridle, but scarcity or abundance of food, the to no avail. 'Then he tried Whipping number of mice which are . M the him with. a light carriage -whip, but vicinity and the character of the win-' the animal would not budge.- ' ter, the injury is alway,s greatest,' Finally, an automobile passed, and when the orchard is in ead, and -when. the milkman hailed, the chauffeur, there ia rubbish lying about; heace "Say, Buddy, can't you. help a fellOtv the latter should. be removed before out of treuble?"• The machine etorr- theewinter sets in. In most cases it ped. and five men canoe back: One enge is not -necessary nor itdvisable to have gested that :they push the wagon up the orchard in sod., partieularly where on the horse, but ,another said: "No, the trees are young, although it is don't do that, tel you what to highly impoRlint to have a cover •do. Just lift up tlie right front foot crop, which also may sometimes be- and hit him on the bottom_ of the come a harbor for mice. As mice may hoof." -Then bidding the driver get be expected in greater or less numbers into the wagon, in order to be ready every winter, young trees should be to drive the home, he tapped the ani - regularly protected against their mal on the frog of the feat. Irrenecli- ravages. lrlice usually begin working ately the house plunged forward and on the ground under the snow, and they ha,d no further trouble.—Ie G. H. when they come to a tree they will '2.• begin to gnaw it if it not protected. Cattle for the Christmas Trade A small mound of soil from eight te twelve inches in height raised about the base of the tree will often prevent their injuring the tree, and even snow tramped about the tree has been quite effective, birt the cheapest and surest practice is to wrapp the tree with ordinaey building paper, the price .of practice is be -wrap the tree with is also effectual, bet trees have been injured. by using it, and it .is well to guard against: this -when leuilding paper will do as well. After the paper is wrapped around the tree and tied, a little earth should be.put about the lower end to preven.t the mice, from begirmin.g to work there, as if ,they get a start the paper will not 'Amid in their way. It may be stated, 'how- ever, .that among several. thousand young.trees which have beenwrapped with building paper for years at the Experimental Fenn, Ottawa, there have 'been practically no instances -where the mieehave gnawed through wet, keit), Cale geraniums require 'very little water. plants into larger pots, you will soon - • If you do net have plants for pot- have a window lull of growth, very ting, take- cuttings from outdoor- soft and luxuriant apparently, but no plants ancl pat them at onee in three- fiovrens, except possibly weak trues inch• Pots. -ree cuttings use good, on the end of a 'stalk a foot long. This, •firm, young gesowth, about three or , of e¢lITS.te, dfil not attractive. feu inches long. You must be large- Another trouble with soft, growthy ly governed in the length of the cut- specirnens (besides failure to bloom) ting by the condition of the wood. If is that plants in this condition are you make the cutting se' long that likely to be covered -with insects, the bottom of the slip is very tough especially green flies. These little and hard, It win be -a very long time pests, onee they gain a foothold, will In rooting; but if cut nearer to the soon attack evexer, plant in the house. ened (lathe shoot, wbere the wood Is If any of -my readers feel they slefiter, the, cutting will root in from, haven't spaee or time to devote to teo days to two weeks, awarding to raising yo -ung plants from cuttings the temperature of the place in which ansi are anxious to have their old the enitingisga-owing. 1 plants-floveer, let them earefully and In• making a geranium cut-deg,suralY remove about four inches of smooth the _heel of the shoat with a -old Wood from every. shoot. This will sheep knife, then trim off about two- sta,rt the plant to growing and will thirds of the foliage. Also, carefully form a new growth, which will likely remove all- the little wings which you prodUce some flowers; but even with will find at the base of all geranium this method an 4,o1d. plant will ',never leaves. .flower -so freery a,s a young plant, and After making the cuttings, prepare the flowers that are put- forth are some Mee sandy soil in which to plant likely to be Tether indifferent. them. The euttinge can be rooted For some unknown reason single either in separate pots or in larger varieties are always much better pots, putting se-veral cuttings in each. If M larger pots be sure these are hake -full of broken Crockery or char- coal for drainage: • Use a little stick to make holes for planting the cuttings, Have the soil pretty soft. After planting, give the cuttings a good watering to settle the earth axound them. They can stand iri anyordinary window, but you must be careful, to shade then from the sun each day until they are firmly rooted., dirnaussparra* HOW to keep up the winter milk flow is a problem confronting a great many daiTymen, more no in sections _where the temperature is severe than . :Wintering of. Steers. The:eel. lase Contained in a Domin- ion Exp!eritnental Farris partiphlet On the Winter Feeding of Steer 0 is mini- MaTiked .as felloWee 1 -me grown roughage . marketed :through steers • helps to lasep un the lertiliter Of the „ farm; steer feeding eupplies rennin- •,,erative employment &ling .the Whit• er months; expensive stablea • tient are not necessary, 0,S. steers fed 'in large pet:smoke cheaper and better „gaitte , than, those tied ' orp; stables hotild be 'ventilated and disinfected at preeentice against disease and vea, Steele of remedies theuld be 'kept on hand fee --einergeoistoe; honed steers are ,atisier anti Sar to luizedie and Make mere oeonornie4 gains, that bortiod. animals.; the beet rttiees Make.thiebest,gaitite buy ha igle •Whin pritee 'are loWeat and Mere eitteing 'the Winter when fed:flied • eetie itarots and tfrivaa ate the h1gh7 ost; finioti the animals 'sufficiently to demtnand the best joke, in the milder climate of Britesh sec It ,should be kept in mind that a 1-121101b12-- Invariably the Price of nulk freshly calved cow abund,antlsr and the „different feeds at that time, bran, oats, barley, oil meal; shorts, soybean rape, brewers grains and cotton seed meal are the 'eormnonly used concen- trates, ..Bran 4 parts, ground oats 2 parts, ground barley 2 parts, oil cake meal 1 part, makes an excellent grainmm mixture for a coercial dairy herd, goes uso in the fall and -down m the spring and just as untiringly the sup- ply drops in the fall and increases in the spring. The dairyman, given good cows, the proper proportion bred to freshen M the fall, and ceniditions seitable for .good general management in the matter of sanitatibn and thor- ough and regular milkers, it is then up to the feeder to keep the milk sup- ply up to the maximum. , Me dairy Cow is a manulaeturing machiue, and requires suitable raw ma- terial from -vehicle to, manufacture milk. She can make excellent use of much rough feed if sueglied 121 eonjunction carefully fed will usually produce the cheapest milk. At this time a pound of grain. is equivalent to several sxnuedse given later after the cow has deereased in her milk flow. - Besides the roughage e,nd concen- trates heavy producing .c5we should have plenty of clean water and salt, and many successful :feeders at. the present time provide bone meal, lime charcoal tend other rninerale. The early Deeember markets eater to the Qhristmas trade and invariably show ai premium en choice fat cattle over the general ran of good stack. • Choice cattle for the, 'Christmas markeescan ecareely be too fat, end farmers having near -finished etock of goad type might do well to prepare the same for the holiday trade and Isenefit by the inereased price per pound of gain. - • 'Three to four -weeks additional feed- ing _on succulent ladder combined -w4th a• liberal 'grain ration will put such stook in firit class condition end re- turn a good margin over cost. To the present generation the night air bugaboo is a laughable super- , , stition. A western doctor says: "No wonder there.% so much fresh air in the coun- try, the country people use so little of it "' When Airs Said and Done. When the robin sings on oherry hou h ' with concentrates hi the proper am- And the bleick'birds w..11 from yonder widely used wittier Toughages are hay, When twbr fdujrrow turns fr.om the early ounts. Among the moat popular al Parents as Educators bloerners thane -the doable flowering sort. Geraniums, require xnuch less care than the majority of house plants. Give them plent-y of ventilation, a sun - my window, scone heat (it really does not seem to matter a great deal -68 deg./ is sufficient), and water them daily but sparingly. These •truly homey little plants will be sure to respond to such treatment, and favor you with blossoms the entire winter Also, be careful not to ...,everwater seaeo Though quickly made of low-cost materials at homes the equipment of mash hoppe,rs, grit and shell hold.ers, water cont,ainers and. the like, ean still be as practical as any purchased equipment. One sirn.ple type of ,hop- per is a small shallow box, aeross the top ef'which slats are nailed at ,inter- _ vale. If tools. and materials are handy, it can' be made in not much more than fifteen minutes. Another style endorsed by side -line poultry keepers le neade of a box three inches deep and two inches wide by thirty- six inches long,' or similar proportions. A ,piece of half-inch -mesh poultry wire, cut to fit the box and placed on into the house when the time -comes for the Christmas services. After it is all over, take the tree outdoors and let it grow till spring, when you can plant it out again. • Another tree may be chosen next time and so on. In this way the trees al.* not destroyed. The wornenfollts may make the- buaket more beautiful by covering it over for Ohristmas Day with some pretty paper. To urn Waste: Pareha,se two ya,rds of one -yard -wide and three-fourths yards of (ap- proxinsately) Ave-eighths-evide hen wire: Bend the wide wire into a cyl- inder, over-laPping the teire ends, enough to make a good closing; and fasten !by twisting the cut strande of the mash, preyents the hens scratch- wire together. • What Becomes o Sonny's vv Y ottn ing the mash out. Bend over the ends of the narrow ,Wire the middle of one Si,Cie loosely to the top of the -cylinder, time form- ing a cover. This makes a perfectly •adequate, inconspieucus arid inexpen- sive incinerator for burning loose papers and waste. Set it isi a 'convenient open spot,' e secure it to the ground with a loop of itiff Vire (an old croquet 'wicket is good) and, on.ee a week, empty into it contents et scrap baskets and all waste psgere, put the cover ee. and set burning. The eel-nil:1g up of a steldee beeeze eannot blew burning on— •f'e .11 I :1 "V AN R Sonny Sonny now goes to school, and. al- . most every day brings home soine lit- tle article he has • made. He comes liome, full of enthusiasm over bi.s -work, telling just how it was done, Ohoylnd ordefe,, Mietress--"Why„ MeV, what on oath aro you doing with all the • Motet Mabee (Ai the theift" Molly—"Yea, ma'am, you told me was to replace every ono I h„rolte." Fladto oral:, telelAleriti..eomesitittileati beeft tablilisSesift 'by the ,Sapanese erne:lent btistWeen, Sapanand Corea, liqtialpaSte blix eitt, vaee- ,:teeS Ifeed itt ss thit 'tlel vent Will, rid: 'hone' e straw, enailage and roots arid, Ice dairy cows iegulte hays are elude more valuable than grass hays. For milk, production good alfalfa bay has no equal, but if this it* unobtainable, good .elever or mixed: hay is satiates, - tory. Damaged hay can be made mote palatable by eating and with Doean't it make you feel the world IS good? 1. • , - If eitheeec,f these ho,ppers is left on vel?e. making an approximate square. • Here. is eme mother'soldea. Make a .sufflciently large book of heavy brawn. wrapping -paper, eithet sewing it ,together or fastening Pit with snail] clips in 'Order that additional peges can be added as ,desir-ed,' Have see, - how long it took him, and. above all, tiens for drawing, cuttings, folded how carefully he did it. There is. Pride articles and nictures. Let Sonny, take, in. his voice as he -tells you about it-- :Cell charge, of his book, and p'aste Pride ie his bearing as he shows his each &ayes wOrk efter it hn.s" had die prize; for his work ha.s meant theught, acimira.ti,on, to keep it:clean and safe. effort, and painstelting tare. He will take great eare ef his book, What becomes ef his 'handiwork? indeed, he will he prouder of it than Probably it is praised, -then laid of the most .exPensive volume you aside, to he lost or. even thrown. away- could lay him; fox' this is ,his oWn, his and ,the. two. are, eashed 'together at. ecraps aloes , endangering crops caid t At first Sonny is ,serprisecl and just very own crork, an, pro es to lune d the top 'This bail aerangement pre - a, little disappointewhen his work what, his youngaharlds can do. vents the hens on the rim to the floats it will be necessary to clean it out 'occasional:My, as the hem will likely Str4ch pieces of litter into it. 11 is well -sometimes to mount the hop- peron platforms, in which case the water van, a container four inches or so deep. should be firmly attached on an extension. Still another style of succeseful Mash hopper: is made with a rather Wide eighty -quart vrooden pail. • With one pail in an upright position, a second, or a piece of suitable wile, is attached at right angles to it, upright, is thus diseegardd ed. Then he reaches Then not enly will , Sonny himself.' perching the "don't care" stage, where he often enjoy the beak. It will ,be a delight throws his pietures or c,ardboarol toyS to younger brothers or sisters. Many in the street on them/ay kerne. Finally an otherwise dull hour will be made his schoolwork is- done itI a oareless, bright and happy, as 'together they haphazard manner; for it has become inspect its contents, and 'big brother a mere task to be done. There is no re -males their 'favorite articles for longer any Meentive to much effort. 'them, just as he learned to do "in What can we do about it? sohool. Whet' the ralfish gives you the tang of spring, Ana the hoe calls. for its daily task, When the violete peep, warm).* allege or pulped testa. 'rho ,same holds •sveloorning— true regarding straw. To prOiride the t You thiek "What more tan a fellow teeestary stieculeiice in a ration fver1 ask en atitrY dOWD ,roOt15' .or eilage,, or betli,1 • , 4 ate irivals:tble. Not 0117 are these Theo the reasting eats and the • chickee.fryl And you' think.that -,heaveri is here for you— When you top it off with a blatlebel."r: This dues ,ntbt hold true regarderig ceitoentrates. A polettlarepraetiee'15 Would you think yeti cot& eVer to feed the cowe one pound ot grain a,giir, be bkeee for every 8 to 4 pounds of milk 'they , PrOasitie. This Is a good, general roTO When the •crape are in, arid the air folleW.• What the grain mixture • grows thin, should he Vsill,,ttoetia upon prides of And you're eott of tired through 1:Men:Oa (merit it tendert 'yeti and back up youe will To knosv all will happen again to you? fed e sueuthient but they are bulky and econpatatively Cheap. Generally it is'.good business to give a milking :ow ati thete feed e he will consurne,, .11erS oe,gi Yoiki0V. st. to Try: thee fsr y�UI ClilitISTMAS OPTS 'rbotsdatooglo, got, op. roeloidt, httrt,,,Y1 01100:16,00111116 fttiol*Id, The generous use of legume hay tits doWli the amount of protein gtainS reqUired to Settlre beat feed - 14g tasilts. „taby say we staid; yittg the day are both, blit why hurry the pre teSs:t1 unbonttlatfull ahtft :some SORT or cxtois iird i1oDtici rown by a Dutch settler on a MstiijtoL>is hones of t e size vegetables attain 011 wet01flsoil. The heavier,, the . hotter, when it For 'thareoal, grit 'and oyster shell, ce'm'e5 to 'Ilrew°6(1* -°"' a rather shallow- small box, divided., l'n'enit' 1)eeciland4101 give good heat' into three wmpartments and attached the wall will do Or another prac tieal way is to use three large tin eec. ad show cans, bending back the top edge and nailing the cans to the wall a little off the floor, The latter idea, modified. can (be uted for water. A. flat -sided pail should be eletained, aed `1a hole made near -the top with *Moll tolling 14 Over a nail in the wall. A round pail thus hung weeM give trouble. Poultry house "furniture" gets out of order and wears 'out. the time occaidolailly ' 40 olden thieigs up and renovatO• Ship-shape tecluiPmeAt eheeira the hens and cheers the pont- try keeper. Help to Save Trees. Every -year at the holiday season, acres or latid are cut °vete to get little hemlock's, pines and aporotes for • Christmas. Nothing it pirettier; no- thing pleates the little folks, more; and yet, a tree out is a t-ee gone, and. eve teed trees very meeli, not simply at the Christmas time, but also for lurnbee and pelp-wood. IIere is a suggestion which will ape peal to every lover of trees. Befeit the Christraas tree is ne6derl, get a good ,big bUcket1 a large eandy pisil ts good, lasten some handles on the 6:Ie$Oti5Itowe it bl te1tt0tes, take up the trO httAte OhOSen for the Ohristroas time and plant it in the buiket, using some geed tieli earth. That Whish comet from Where the teee grows * ,be4, Take the tree, bucket and all; Mate 'era Lay! Your hens and pullets should be laying now. If not, you can start them, and keep,thernatitwith Plattg rouitiy Reguth.tq1, thepatural tonic ttnit': „Oliriolies to cooped -up pmbrlidil:ti8d'te"iiiit161riel'ichirn4&4i'lFaSotourolree:!. health ariitvlite'r."That D'neetiiti.Ntomt EGGS. ,aPPetiteideA,geSt104$ thlho Seiesierwateieereverite end �17a5t4aad foote . re4V°171.6t,Ylottee'rt4L'ii,.'lltiegy1;:14i:c etroof,744.444461,:emio. Sea 0