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Zurich Herald, 1924-10-30, Page 2siossissessssssissisossssssss Address communications to A rorlom 9 WINTER CARE ;OF THE BROOD MARE. Steadily increased interest in horse breading has been apparent during the past year. With lowered prices for farm products generally, many farmers have come to appreciate the fact that the rearing of :,a few foals yearly entails a minimum of labor and a fair market for feed produced on the farm. There Is just this note of warning to be sounded, there never was a worse time to raise scrubs • and skates than the present. There is a demand for quality drafters. Such a demand will not only continue but increase, provided that the right kind of horse is available. The discouraging con- dition of the horse market has been caused not so much by lack of market as by over -production of something, the market does not want at any price,; ---the misfit horse, lacking type, qual-i ity and weight. Choosing the Brood Mare.—The stallion gets most of the blame for a poor colt; the mare gets little, and the mare's owner blames himself not at all. Admitting that the stallions are not, in all cases, what they ought to be, and that, to many farmers, choice is limited,—the assertion still bolds good that, with many of the mares bred,- the expectation of a good colt, even•with the service of the best draft stallion in the world,—resolved itself into a friendly little game of dice with Nature's dice box—the laws of heredity. In such cases, Nature uses loaded dice,—neatly always! .As to the other member concerned in the production of. scalawag horses,—the Owner, it must be admitted that many undersized, poorly -developed 3 - year -olds are the result of hot sum finers, flies, bare pastures, trudging after hard -worked mothers, and of winters where, in so far as the foal is concerned, a little grain, choice hay and a few roots are conspicuous rath-` er by their absence. C The horse is a necessity on the farm Even if a man has no pride fri a horse for a horse's sake, it pays $o have part of the working comple- ment made up of mares, and good brood snares at that, with size, quality, few hereditary objections and no her- editary unsoundnesses. Early versus Late Foaling. -Most goals come In May and June. Where he mare is, not worked after foaling, the foal gets. a good start before the heat and flies of later summer.' The tendency to trouble ,at foaling time is Much greater, however, with the early foal; the percentage of joint -ill cases ist, 73. Adelaide 8t. West, Toronto or those with weak joints or general weakness will be found greater than where mares foal later, say July or even August. The reason for this 3s,, undoubtedly, the fact that the late foaling mare spends the spring and early summer at hard work (reason-' ably hard work rarely killed an un -1 born foal), and spends' someof her: time on grass. Her system is eleans-'. ed, hardened and rebuilt, and her functions generally keyed up,—the benefit of all of which is reflected in a hardy, rugged foal that dies only through' acts of violence. A considerationof fall foal rearing has already been taken up in this, publication. There are many benefits and few objections, Suffice, in this instance, to say that, for reasons al- ready given, fall foals are almost in- variably strong foals, free from. taint or disease. The In -Foal Mare in Winter.— While lacking definite information on the subject, from all that we know, disease, abnormality and weakness— with reference to foals—are conditions practically unknown in bands of wild horses. Here, of course, nothing but an outdoor life is possible; there is no grain bin; feed is often scarce; in the winter grass may be covered with snow and reached only by pawing; after it; Nature permits .of little standing around in a sunny yard; and, not in spite of, but because of these circumstances, there are few if any weak foals! Feeds.—A brood mare should get! but little grain during the frozen per -1 sod. A fair amount of good hay, tim-; othy, mixed hay, clover or peas, oats and vetches. One feed a day of well cured mixed or clover hay or of green.; cut oat hay is excellent. There is no, better feed than roots,—the only truly; natural succulent feed possible in the winter months. Turnips, carrots or,. mangels should form at least one feed daily. They are, cooling, laxative,1 contain earth and earthy salts, are good for the teeth and gums and, lastly,—are relished. Exercise. The right kind of exer- cise, of course, is regular. work,—en- forced exercise. The foal, in utero, develops normally 'where the blood of the dam is clean: It is accumulation or insufficient scavenging from the mare's . system, of poisonous by -pro-, ducts that generally causes weak foals or, predisposes to foal ailments. Plenty; of oxygen, natural and succulent feeds and work .promote - healthy function - frig. A. marc - he healthy, natural`[ shape means that the' foal she is carrying is likely in similar condition. WIRING THE FARM HOUSE Some Fundamentals to Be Considered When Getting Ready - for Electricity. BY E. A. STEWART. The first problem to attempt to solve light should be controlled, from two in the application of electricity to points. Farm kitchens are usually agriculture is the proper wiring of the large and are- used" a great deal, as. homes and farmsteads. In planning passageways. In such cases the light the wiring of the homes a few funda- should be controlled by three-way it,ental principles- were laid down as switchesrlocated near the outside door ;necessary for proper wiring. They and near the dining -room door. In isle as follows: ' many farm homes, there is an entry 1. No electrical appliance should be room at the rear of the house: This attached to lighting fixtures. room may serve for a laundry, a wash 2. Any room used as a passageway room; or for 'i+'ariceue other' purposes. This 11 and must have the light controlled from s is usually a passageway the the points of entrance and exit. by two switches. It is desirable to 3. All lights should :be controlled place• the switch -at the kitchen door with wall switches where practicable inside of the kitchen so that a per - light should by all means be controlled and no light should be turned on by son can , carry,, an• ;article Into—the a snap switch at the socket: kitchen without setting it down •: at 4.A11, power cirpuitte should be. in-, the.. door or withou't,going outanto_the,, stalled according to Standard Code. laundry to 'turn :out -,the :light. ` floor. lam s The habit of attaching Bedrooms should be. provided with P electric irons, toasters, etc., to a fix-. some _convenience outlets. • The, cost sverydetrimental to the i re outlet dgreat to provide all race iis too -v w hu P P-. rife of the fixtures. Fixtures are made tacles for all bedrooms and it is not fe hold lamp bulbs and are not made., necessary. ,Some: openings should be, for convenience outlets. Many fixtures provided' for le floor Tamp in' one or are ruined, many pieces of fixture, more bedrooms and sufficient outlets glassware are broken, and many lamp should be provided' for use with a bulbs ruined from removing lamp vacuum cleaner. One or more bed - bulbs from fixtures and attaching al rooms should be provided with wall cord to the fixture outlet. This causes outlets for portable lamps for dress- ing tables or for a curling iron. The use of wall lights beside a dresser is very questionable practice for farm! homes. ' The same money spent for ceiling lights and wall outlets will give better service. Many women ob- ject seriously to the use of bracket - lights for a dressing table as this fixes the position of the furniture in the room once and for always the same: A' convenience outlet should be placed in the bedroom for use with an auxiliary heater, curling iron, water heater, etc, The liberal use of con- venience outlets will save much time, save fixtures, and is a paying invest- ment, besides making a home a con- venient place to work. The location of the entrance switch isurban homes. Most and meter is a ver important item - than if, for a d e y p farmers enter the home through the This is coupled up with the location back entrance when they come home of the transformer. When a home is in the'evening-. Living -rooms and to be wired for heating' devices and dining -rooms are entered more ' fre- the farmstead is to be wired forg*no- quently from the rear part of the tors, the mislocation of t.n entrance house rather than froth the front, switch may mean the wasting d a ed dollars, This Switches :for the dining -room should hundred part of the Usually be placed near, the kitchen wiring demand's more discussion than door. if •a dining -room is a passage- way. for the length of it, then• the' unnecessary expense, inconvenience and dissatisfaction. This trouble can be eliminated by properly placed cone venience outlets. Some wall recap - tables should be placed near the floor where fairly permanent connection such as a floor lamp is to be made. Kitchen outlets and outlets for vac- uum cleaners, etc., can be :placed at about three feet above the floor. Floor outlets should not be used very fre- quently, but they have their place. hey may be used for floor lamps, dining -roam appliances, etc., where a portable cord to the wall ie not de- sirable or where an outside wall is a difficult place to locate an outlet: The location switches in farm Moines is an entirely different problem can be given here and will be treated in a separate ar�tie1e. The blood of each is one and the same. When an overfat, overfed, under- exorcised, sluggish -bodied mare has e; good,pec�al uerdian an 'el, and came right tions of the D ion onustrations Stan, s � *Verdian ll, �• ,� ` ' Supervisor year Dominion Experimental'• � Y B The Habit of Concentration --B Edith Locbrid strop foal,that foal hes hada The an spite of.his another and his future !'arms last conducted an enquire'C Reid. of S,peeial Feeds, Preventives, ironies, his annual report for 1923 he ,gives How long do your children keep at Daddy's office or even the cupboard'. Etta: --Trouble at foaling time ter;later the results as follows, allowing for the things they: are doing? Do they where mother keeps the cookies, ..�ver"age Cost of Far�izz. . !tcbinery', .,,. Home Education. 'The Child"e !Wet Scheoi 1} the ,emflr•--Froet rtes ecaner. into Ithe cos • t farm machinery. In can be prevented much mere'.eesety average investment, replacement and always finish what they, start?' Do In any ease, if the central theme of than cured. The treatment generally repairs; In Prince Edward Island, they know how to concentrate? I playtime is to be "dog," insist that the indicated in the foregoing fellows na- New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Business men tell us that the one child stick to the theme, or if "blocks," tural .roes and generally, will be ,Ontario and British Columbia, the great trouble with the young fabit then keep his startsd on that subject.. found sufficient, Nevertheless, there. average charge to farmers was $2.16 they employ is their lack of the habit When Mary to color a picture are a few simple supplementary linee per acre and in Alberta and Saskat- of concentration; they cannot get re-, in 'her drawing book, see that she tins of feeding that may well be con' ;idea• chewan $1.25. It wa. found that the sults because they have not learned to ishes it 'before beginning anpth's If ed, Use medicines and to is when ax;;e of .tile cultivated area on a farm focus their attention. Bobbie decides to make a Noah's Ark n g imenagerie with his modelling clay, en- they are indicated, not as a general: is the controlling factor in- the econ-; Teachers find the same difficulty ail! hit-and-miss cure-all See that the omical use of imachiner and that thecourageit before fie him to finish Y, through. grades. Of course, they makes furniture for sister's doll mare gets salt regu:larl'y. Actable- east per acre is greater en small farms do their best to combat and correct the spoonful' of'chick-size oa ".pu1veasized! than•'on those of 'medium size. Farms fault, but this is not eas because the, House, charcoal in thetheca! in in are from twentyto lift y ! yet, while doing this, we need met feed two eie theca g .g a y trouble started 'in :the home during, force monotony into playtime, By times a week is excellent. , box in `acres showed a machinery cost of babyhood. • - force kee in an eye open mothers the yard containing a readily, access= $3,37 per acre; those between fifty y •. P • g y p, i Take' the- baby a year old, for ex-rmay guide their children in such away ible mixture of salt, bone -meal !and and one hundred and fifty acres in ample, Mother puts himonthe floor .that without friction they'will form charcoal is particularly good foe;"colts extent,. $1.65 per acre; .those, from..a d empties •a whole box:of la hin s • end growin stock `enerali•*"hut ina one hundred and fift to two hundred e rep h p? g ,hlayin of concentration even in their g , g , g 3, y or y before• him What happens. Why, playing. "Finish what you' begin" is also supp.y just what _some brood acres $:L.25 per acre; and those, from the child is flustrated with the heap. a slogan everychild Should learn .and mares may require in the way of min -,two htindred to five hundred acres and:. He grabs 'a • fuzz dogand turns it gi eral salts. In the latter connection, over $1.17 per acre. A•certain amount g y follow, for it -is the haphazard young about in lois hands once or twice and folks who were the scatter -brain Ghia- not all mares require.the same, and, it of equipment .appears equally as nets throws it down. He picks :up a bell,. dren. Yet,theyare not the ones at is well to provide for obscure •possi essary on fifty acre farms as on farms gives it few rings and awayit ors. bilities. of one hundred . and fifty acres.. On , S a .g g fault,ini but rather those who had their Joint ill its cause,method of i fec—larger farms a second set of certain Perhaps de. t -mp two kr Seen training in charge. � blocks and gives them a kick. Soon Watch a group of children outside. tion, prevention and care are, one and ` machines is found necessary; the his resources are exhausted, and: There 'is always the child who plays all, still more or less obscure, :,Lately large area under cultivation, however; mother wonders why he .can't content y P y it has been recommended' that;. utas= -'•tends •to keep• down the machinery. about five minutes and then spoils pates.; himself with his playthings.` ! everything by saying, '"Oh, let's not siulii iodide be, fed to. in -foal "snares, cost per acre. The : report recon- Well, the'fact is 'he'is in the cels, playthis anymore." hen, if the during at least the winter months of 'mends , co-operative. baying where' P T quantitiesy. ;'one practicablep tion of an adult who has been attend-; game is • changed, in possibly another pregnancy .in of ' sa , of certain' expensive ma-' . teaspoonful of this salt in the drink_ chines, suck as- seed drills, grain bin - cession; too many entertainments in sues; five: minutes you will hear the same • in water twice monthl n r dere; corm binders -corn 'cutters and cession; the program has proved too suggestion. This is the child who in , gy, o kre,first + hectic for• his nervous system. It. is babyhood had all his playthings emp- and fifteenth, for example. A:.simple blowers„ a. case of too much happening at once tied in a heap before him every morn - the Prices to 1922 and and, as a result, nothing is enjoyed ung and was not taught to enjoy any the limited experience of the Expert P fully. � W ! one of them distinctively. mental Farm System, has been accom .. 1923. Many mothers, who are conscien- i Give tine baby one thing at a time pamed by freedom farm res so!eou with - StatisticaL-•tables in. the 'report ` of to play with and make •that thing in-. tious in 'other phases of discipline' fail' 'joint „ill in foals! z mares so treat.*the Director of the Dominion'Experi- eresting. If he has a dog, let him• deplorably when it comes to keeping ed. Only further experiment, of mental Farms for the year ending have a little blanket to wrap it in or.; children interested in •"one thing at a course, will reveal the facts, as to March, :31, 1924, give comparisons for a ring to slip on and off the dog's'• time," It takes a great deal of pa - whether such treatment. caused, or was -•the years 1922 and' 1923 of• yields gild neck for a • collar. ` There should 'be tience to achieve success, but surely incidental to,.the desired result. In rices of farm crepe in Canada and some association between the to s, the. reward comes in kno in that cases where joint ill ie prevalent; vac- °P • • P ..., y. W g canes of 'reputable ori " ]ia and au -.-a comparison between 'the yields and.If he is playing. with Blocks, let :him your child goes out, into .life, equipped p g mar prices h the • Eastern Provinces,.the build a garage or the schoolhouse with that most excellent qualification, facture should ee used. While liss no.,Prairie Provinces, and British Col where brother goes to school or 'the power to concentrate. - means a sure preventive, experimental w • � - •cambia. •These tables show an increase "'--'--^ evidence shows material lessening in`priee for the crops in 1923 conipar dr i► But where do You suppose the leaves of this 111 where they are used:. yac- . year pP ed with 1922, in the case of .fall wheat, that fell the before are?" cine treatment, however, shale !be- ac-' THE CHILDREN'Sunderneath!". conipanied at° all times by ,,`cba icer, front •$1..01 to $1:02 per bushel, flax : Oh, came the- ready methods of feedingtimes! by. ement seed!.from $1.72 to $1.77, corn for � I�I TR response. as briefly indicated. We apemen ,e husking' from 83 cents to 92 cents, "Dig down and see." to abuse nature and then aely implicit-, potatoes •from 90 cents to $1.02 `per q Six pairs of little hands' quickly dug hundredweight, and turnips, mangels, . • into the cool dampearth; ly upon a veli -advertised corrective. etc., from 54 to 59 cents 'also per STORY OF THE LEAVES. , Where joint ill is prevalent; too,..thei P "This . dirt's nothing but leaves, hundredweight: Buckwheat was' ata= "What becomes of all these leaves, Auntie." Edith was the first. t� an- adopsion of later foaling practice 1 tionary at 84 cents per bushel. Auntie?" asked Elizabeth, as she and nounce her discovery. "There are bi seem to have; a distinctly;beneficial g. result. ,: ,_. • ,;., '` The total yield of the crops inches -..her playmates scuffled through the. leaves on -top but underneath the It . generally .conceded talc °there e,d Yrs the majority of mstances 1 . leaves -piled knee-deep on either • side leaves are broken and pressed': down is moresg ne attendant to p h tui;tion 1928' over 1922; the exceptions being: of the old wood road. "I know they ever so firmly," sk Rye which. decreased from $2,373,400 fall from the trees every y ar, but . "And deeper.down the leaves al with the mare than -with.' any ,ether ' somehow theynever seem to het much • "' • afar, all bushels to 23,231,800 bushels, :Peas g in little' b%ts.of iethey y -class of stock. Much of'thas iafcreased;Froin' . 3' 170 10'0 'bushels to 2,898,200 dee er 'in the woods. Whydon't they P' ccs, so, bar"dl risk has been caused by 'years Of ;de- ' P look like' leaves at all, added Elisa- bushels;: beineefrom 1:,303,.300 bushels: get ailed up .ep,high you- can'twade beth. vaation: from natural ti,eatnment. 9,,. . to 1.041 700 'bushels; for brick ei throb h' them . ,z : <; strong foal at birth -like ;hopsy— ' ' g „ g Just looks at the holo. I've dug, fro,. 13,798,4-Ou_ bushels- to 13 608,000 • .;De .you remember when we .came Miss '•Harris'.' the. L tle=B Lust grows. - , (Keep a beetle -of 1 -dine r .. ..?„ • nt ae zt oy-Next-. < ,.; bushels,":Potatoes'afrom 56,745,300'to'the woods last fall:_ Au,,. M Doorbroke'.in.:•`<I'vedud'own rest. on,hand far navel disinfeGtio:._, tQ.;.;.. r ndredwea ht to. a5 49.7 00 hundred asked, dirt" , gag.. . ,. � ,, g. r.,: , : _ , . .. time :,But a weak foal is. so..... ,.._ }. .. Q� ",.; ,. _- , weight; turnips, mangers, -etc,, .from. ...Yes, indeed! came in a chorus - "Real dirt?"questioned Aunt" Mae.; ofendlesstrouble and worry, of doubt ,, q: aee,9 73,.600 hundredweight to 38,116,- from the 'children. "Yes." Then , hothin: the •look on fill outcome, the result .an many cases + g. of undesirable conditions' :_that were 000 hundredweight, and fodder corn' "Say, we had a great time playing Miss Harris's face, "Oh, I know whet from 5;879,000 tons to, 6,320,800 tons,. , in: the leaves, ...didn't.. we, girls?, . yam nmeans It's • all rotten y !`the control • of .,they ,, •decayad. • anti"rel '� under _- .,a.._ shouted' the ' Little -Boy -Next -Door. leaves, just like that .other dirt was owner, . , Lantern Slide Lectures: i "Remember the houses and forts we ,all old rocks and stones,isn't it?" Colored lantern slides representing made, Miss Harris?" "Yes. ' That is exactly right. You • DAIRY. the improvement :of village and farm' "1 certainly do. Miss Harris smiled have dug deep enough , to see the Most cattle are bothered =tease...dwellmgs through the planting of at the happy recollection. Were the leaves in all stages of their decay, less with lice at one or another, :'trees, shrubs and flowers, are sent leayes the same then as they 'are' from the whole leaf to the moist black . A successful method of extermination out from' the Central Experimental now?" �� « soil. What is .it, Edith?" seeing a used by one .cattleman is to put t1 Farm; ,..Ottawa, to. those qualified to' "Oh, 'no, answered Edith. They puzzled look on the little , girl's: face. cattle in •a chute, , sprinkle each. 'one' .make; '.use of them for lecture' put- were', light coloreds and' dry then, and "Don't' you • understand?" thoroughly with an insect powder. spores. '"Last year, according to the were scattered •all over : the ,ground. "I and rs and about t :..,,.._ r ,,, I e t the leaves here: along the -backbone from, the poll to Report of the birec'tor, sets of elides Why, Auntie l Edith stared in •sur- In the woods, Auntie; but I was won-. the tail head and the lice disappear: with . special' •lecture: notes were sent prise at the ground beneath the trees, .dering about the leaves down in • the • - He learned this' method froni "an old. to seventy applicants for 'use in pub- green -carpeted now with ferns-. and village. Do they change into soil, cattle farmer and not ,from a bug ie meetings. Reports from forty- plants, why • Auntie Mae,. what has too? And how about the plants and professors , three' meetings showed an ;average at- become .of all the ,leaves• that, came offi Bowers that• the. frost kills and old It works; and the farmer explains iendance of about 140 persons. those trees last fall?" 1 apples and fruit that. are left to rot the fact by'saying that! every; louse --- ----- I The wind blew them into the hole y g • • on the.ground? Before -the snow comes` circumnavigates the cow once in each Every precaution should be taken lows, didn't it, Miss Harris?" asked; in the fall, there ,seem to 'be dead forty-eight hours.. When his journey nee: to. stunt the' young stock. They one little lass. - + I leaves and plants and flowers ever brings• him''to the'• powder line, .:.should ,be kept 'growing -winter and Not.•all of them,.dear.. .Come, lets. Where,. but in the spring y Louse_ does not turn back as a discreet' summer. Calves and yearlings should see what has happened to them. Pick P g when the' snow, melts and everything gets green, bug would do, but plows r'ightthrougli gain from forty to seventy-five pounds -a-few of those,fermi and notice what •I can't see those old brown,- dead and the thorough dusting he gets fin duimg_ the winter_ as gat the roots. „I things anywhere. Have they turned - • - , • ..... .. �, I. • "Old. wet leaves as. black .as _dart... „.•into 'Soar. +•- Although only 4,400 stars can • be It didn't take the children long to dies! "perhaps not all in one winter. But h n' costs. mo •e than th ::tlt'rsget eeeii with the, naked eye, .:a .catalogue• •cover .that. - ,I . Nothing. �•.. : 1 ti :.. _ eventually, they _will. ..The snow and_ f ,4 000 0O(f :i -bean. -'. r area: • ; ', :..• ('Yes • those • are •lett •; ear• s:'reaves...,, we try to =get for .nothing . * ,:o ..,. s . g. P: oJ?. rain help to rot them, the sunshine • r---• — .. .. . _. = ,__.dries them out. acid powders the n,•:anil the .wind carries -the particles from ' v •,jw.; j,.A. ,.,�>Y..: ::3 },.:Y.t;:n�:,5k,§.. n., �.;c,� x: ,.;`n"J:�i . �:}}.. 1 :a. 1, .. .-•is'F....`','r,.a' t„-. ta. n.� _.v+.}. . s,:-. :' '.':.�:c."•: ... t ... n.• ..::.Sg';:_.•.4•.,��L-°•':.4•.�..�C.�i)e,,, "''R.,a.::u•,, J„','?.'�t atis+KGz.L.aA•G};n;.,.<...4�v, }`L� x s-:. a.} ?. .v... kt.;,n.\,:.k,@R.,..,vti.i: ?::.C..:.�.,..'a. ::�'�,�`.��. :�• ; J:f�tT;`Rt�, h.4:i : S:§ }•�•. ,.<:-.::....,.i"iu •:..;�.Y:...a.i plate to place, orelS t @y O et• buratd in the ground,' where 'they -gradually. �„ r a,• , •,. ,,. :'.: ,,.::x �x::a'•: .>::: 4.:<',,:w:•.: rot and bel. .another year 'a•}:,�. •.,. •:r•�••a�: ., •.� \;�;. �':, .1::.\2.0 %•P'; tt'`<..\...,�.,.:n.,ti �s\}.�,:.::; ., :.b• o•§'ti .,E"G•:;}:;^.. ♦ .. i.....a.,. p 3' r to provd�El :j+, w 2:$t a � `, : k`b`•..N\. ,• C, a•, +., '`:�'�� .�..,`•`7, nourishment �.: - .... .,, .,. s menu for <. ...:•;,� ,,:�...,: � ...:.:., a::,..,. , ...v.. z.: ...��.� \,:..;. •,...}:::�., .. ` ;.,. ..., new fern .� ..,}.. -_:dp •,�: A ,}.., e: . ;,.• . �\:: .;.:..?.,,.'k., ti`?.u. :,`.ks,. }�, S 'flowers. ,., - ... wt - ,., _.- �, .,..•:..}.,....;£e`a,,.",pw.es":'rh:.\..,.'�.a,o�s:•`�''•,.x...\,wu.t.. ,...>..,.aS�:�., :...a...< ,, :.,.:,A.S'�.:,,,... •3.\,.x. r ,., . and. plants.” "I'm awfully glad you've told us what happens to the leaves and flow- ers, .Auntie," burst out tender-hearted Elizabeth, "for now I'll never feel bad again when the frost conies. I al- ways thought that was the end of the. pretty things." 1 "I know how you feel," said Aunt Mae. "I always felt the same way . when I was .a little girt Come, let's - pick a pretty bouquet, of feriae and flowers to take home, and we'll see who cantell the best story about them to"`Mother."---By Margaret A. Bartlett. After using an oil -can a small ern - mint of oil runs down the spout onto the can. • A good way to eliminate -this is to take a washer, one which is de- pressed in the centro, and by drilling the bole larger •it can be made to fit' the spout. The washer is then press- , ' ed on the spout withthe depressed'. side uppermost; thus when the oil runs clown the spout it will accumu « „ ,,;,: ... •F} %�^i i-a4q rhe ,, ..:�§, ki `Wm ,i,.:,$cr.r w,,*. : y..1' tµY;N,eiji�.•^>`3" 4\,�' '�,a,^ ^e.'."� .i. �D'L" t'`',-,'```', ^},v. late in the washer and we :•, {} - h .a itt. ' S5Y rrN `fv •Y• a�.,: a y,, h, alt` hi) the Can' �. IS used again It �L1M§,.,. , : � .,... ,.: , ., ,... �. ., ..,., ...:.,:..:....., : ,• .:, .�. ,. ,..,a., ...><., all rue t !N.�.,.,i>} �. _. u. t-.. .: . ...,.... ... .IE`.fi; .. ^. .. .��.R`�'*..n .. ,.. � •:,..._. ,.�....a.:a 4u°5 . k ,. ,... ?•r.4 :#: : r: 1 Lloyd's new re i ,�. ��; �,;�„t�•,• • �.:register informs usthat�•,. wY �+. rea"\',• •ya i,,h > 17..:.4, .,::^,., t.• > a ..,: , '. k xe a•x•a�. in 1"923 al' , :;4•::;:.�}„ ,, x � ,• • x�s,:,��,�,"•.,�<,. ,; �, • ; •^;�: ,.i though many new- ships were; ...,..... a x>•:..k ..., .v... ,. yks,. § cG Mitt, She carrying ca act of the P y merchant fleets of the -world decreased almost 1,143,000 tons. The merchant • marine of Cerme,ny and .I.' ai treatment, truly, and one . whi*, in •”' bell lto ti otch1 i~`OM Z9'9",t(S 1''OK ateetADA .: • p i are This group chews part of a� large, darty of Scotch uomesties, who sailed from Glasgow to Canada on the demi forging ahead eels'' trvely ias.tex than t n .E their die'it Patine liner: "Montt Laurier." Se ese gfrl:s ere all going out to asetiir'ed posts in various parts of Canada... hese •