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MINERALS FOR YOUNG STOCK
13Y CHARLES A, MATTHEWS.
Animal nutrition studies indicate liodide, the latter form being the
that et deficiency of certain mineral cheaper.
element in the feed of pregnant fe- Where the ration contains legumin-
maks. is largely responsible for ver- ous roughage, tankage, or other feed
i^ieh in calcium, there is usually no
need for supplying additional calcium,
and the same holds true for phos-
phorus where wheat brim, wheat mid -
sous 'ailments among the young of osie
farm animals,
This is said to be particularly true
in sections around the Great Lakes• dins soy rice polish, cotton -
There it often happens that the young ' g,beans, P ,
of homes, cattle, hogs and sheep are seed meal, tankage or skins intik are
born dead, or weak and hairless or fed.
alsnearly hairless, as a result of goitre. 11 atuie aiiitireq or meat atiitiral -
Goitre also occasionally develops in the ttsuaily do not require mineral supple
after birth. meets. It is the young, growing ani-
youngmai, the pregnant or lactating female
This is attributable to a deficiency end the laying hen that require a
of iodine in the feed or drinking water atea.• f greater concentration of minerals in
of the dam during pregnancy, or of the ration.
the 'young during earliest develop-
ment.
The minerals in which the ordinary
Mineral mixtures are easily made
up and need not be expensive.... Al•1
should contain.eommon salt and a cal-
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D,•.,.,.,�.,,�o:;,� �.-r,-...-sem
:Henry 1)i.sston, of '1.'oroeto rias just completed what are seaimed
feed is most likely to be deficient are citim supplement. The following are to be the two largeat saws ever mads in the British Empire, meusuttng
calcium, phosphorus, sodium, chlorine, suggested: 108% inches in diameter.
and iodine. Nonleguminous forage is A mixture of equal parts of ground .
particularly apt to be deficient in these limestone and salt, or of wood ashes
'RHUBARB WITH VARUAT]
Rhubarb, that Mood spring fruit our
grandmothers set such store by, mane
of the moat valuable of plants fox its
spring tonic effects. Few housewives
realize its possibilities as a dessert;
they-aasign it to the�saueepan without
any attempt at further improvement,
unless it is the making of a simple pie,
The following ways will help to vary
its use:
Boiled Rhubarb Pudding• -••To half a
pound of chopped rhubarb add half e
eup of finely chopped suet, five cups
of sifted flour, two teaspoons ofhale-
ing
hak
ing },xowdar, one eup of sugar and
enough iniik to make a stiff batter; tie
in i floured cloth and boil three and a
lea?f: hours; Serve with hard slued.
Rhubarb Dtunplings•--Stew rhubarb
which has been cut into inch lengths
in a little more than kali? its weight in
sugar and jest enough water to keep
from burning. (It forms plenty of
juice when it begins cooking.) Make e
batter of two cups of flour, half a
teaspoon of salt, two teaspoons of
baking powder, a scant cup of sweet
minerals, especially when grown on and salt will furnish calcium but -will Plums From Stones.
Grace for Gardens.
acid soils. be deficient -in phosphorus. A mixture r „�„r �a, ,, n a ,,,;it a ,l .t�.,i ;,� Lord Clod in Paradise,
Look upon our sowing,
Bless the little gardens.. cooked rhubarb in a well buttered bale -
And the good green grovvingl ing dish, then a layer of bread crumbs
Give us .,sung (either white or brown bread),
Give us rain, sprinkle with brown sugar and China -
Bless the orchards mon, and; repeat until the dish is full.
And the grain! Bake in a Moderate oven .until brown
Forage and pasture crops grown on of equal parts of steamed bone meal
lime soils. are generally found to con and salt will supply both ealgium and
taiu calcium and phosphorus in quasi- phosphorus.
tities sufficient for normal require -1 For hogs a mixture composed of 45
meets. Leguminous roughage also parts of ground limestone, 45 parts of
usually contains satisfactory quanti- steamed bone meal and 10 parts of
ties of both calcium and phosphorus. tankage is said to give exeeilent re-
Fortunately, any or all of the min- sults. Hogs that are not on green
erns required for best results may be pasture should always have free access
easily supplied as supplements to the to some simple mineral mixture, or an
farm ration. addition of about 2 pounds of =minerals
Calcium may be supplied in the to 100 pounds of dry concentrates.
form of high-grade ground limestone, •Iodide is not recommended as an in -
bone meal, steamed bone meal, spent gredient of mineral mixtures for gen-
bone black, wood ashes, ground rock eras use. It is not definitely known
just stow much iodide is required to • •
valueble information in the recently
published bulletin on "Plum Culture,”
by the Dominion Horticulturist, which
can be obtained by applying to the
Publications Branch of''the Dept. of
Agriculture, Ottawa. Of special in='
terest is a chapter on "Seeding Var-
ieties, which indicates that no part of
the country need be without plums of
some kind and which can be easily
cultivated. After remarking that
while many fine kinds of plums are
grown in Canada, there is always a
possibility of getting something bet-
ter, the bulletin goes on to say -that in.
the colder parts of the province there
milk, and drop this into the boiling
rhubarb by spoonful. Serve, hot either
with or""without cream.
Rhubarb Betty—Place n layer of
Lord God in Paradise,
Over my brown .field is seen,
Trembling and adventuring,
A miracle of green,
,Seed such grace ,
As You know,
To keep it safe
• And make it grow!
and serve with plain or whipped
cream.
Rhubarb Shortcake—Make a short-
cake as for strawberries or peaches,
but use for the filling the follow ing
mixture: Rhubarb which has been
stewed and sweetened to taste and
mixed with chopped citron or candied
phosphate acid phosphate or ground1pt goltie m regions ovheteors I orange peel. Garnish the top with
lime. Of these, high-grade curs. A dose of 2 grains of potassium is excellent opportunity for develop whipped cream. lime and steamed bone meal are re- d' iodide daily head for! ing hardier and improved sorts. All Lord God in Paradise, e
or sodium
io i e azy per lea o tow For the wonder of the seed,Rhubarb J Jelly—Cook one pound of
girded as the most desirable sources ! that is probably necessary is to „chopped rhubarb in it cup of ovate=
COWS, ewes,mares and caws through -
of calcium.through-! seedlings from the stones of the most Wondering we praise you while and one of sugar until tender. Have
out the gestation period is recom-1successful kinds grown in the vicinity We:tell You of our need.
mended. ready one tablespoon of gelatine soak -
so
quantities maybe poisonous,"oT Nearest thereto. Stones, should be Loni a Driscoll, ed in half a. cup of cold water, to
so care should be exercised ill ssated from the largest plums from :• which has been added either four
f theh ColonyH
The bone meals and rock and acid
phosphate are also sources of phos-
phorus, steamed bone meal being the
form most preferred.
tering iodide. A tablespoonful of al the most productive tree o oar- Move r e cruse• tablespoons of lemon or orange juice
mixture composed of 1.otmce of iodide iety of which .seedlings are desired: One of the most coll�nloti losses in and some of the grated rind of
which -
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IODIDE. .
If possib' these stone•s should be
WHEN TO USEO
CGmman salt will supply all the dissolved in 1 gallon of water will con- planted' imhlediateLy after the fruit brooding chicks during the spring is
needs for both sodium and chlorine. tain about 2 grains of iodide. This b and u
becomes ripe o
of either potassium iodide or sodium
conI soil infection, resulting fi.om
to become dry. Stones can be kept coccidiosis, worms and digestive dis-
i but not wet sand. The process to It has only been within the last
opal; colors, gential blue and opal; i pursue, which es called stratification; 'few years that the successful pouitry-
height five feet; seadou of iiowering,i is to• place a layer of sand about an man has appreciated the wisdom of
July -August. Campanulas (the bell- � inch in thickness along the bottom of changing the range each year and
ld not be allowed' f
Iodine may be supplied in the form quantity may be sprinkled over on
mixed with the feed. •Duet winter in boxes mixed with moist orders of numerous lands.
The Perennial Border.
Many owners of homes who hesi-
tate to grow flowers on account of
the time it would seen= to take would
find the labor problem largely solved
by the growing of perennials. Modern
perennials include many of the finest
fischeri
we have and have great de-
corative value for the hon=es. Peren-
nials may be grown as the individual
plants, but they are better adapted for
border planting, along a fence or wall
bY beside a planting of shrubs and
trees which go as a background. A
positiee of full sunshine is necessary
for •luxuriant growth. In no case
should a herbaceous border be planted
in the centre of a small lawn. It may
flank a walk at the side of a lawn
with very good effect. Perennials like
many forms of garden plants, require •
well drained good soil. That is to
say, where one may expect a satis-
factory crop of potatoes, perennials
will usually do well. In preparing for
a perennial border, well rotted ma-
nure should be deeply dug in.. As the
plants are to remain where planted
for several years, a good supply of
manure is needed from the beginning
'to assure fine bloom year after year.
Bone meal lasts well in the soil and
should be freely used when preparing
for a perennial border. 'The width of
the border will depend largely on the
breadth of the lawn. It may vary
from three to twelve feet.
The planting *of the border is im-
portant. The tallest growing kinds of
plants should be used for the back. In
very wide grounds shrubs may occupy
the position next the fence that is to
be screened. The first line of peren-
nials should not be closer than
eighteen inches from the fence or
shrubbery background. The plants
should be arranged in groups of three,
each group set four er five feet apart,
and the individual plants in each
clump about twenty inches apart.
Line No. 2 should be composed of
plants of intermediate heights and
should stand not nearer than two feet
from Line No. 1 in the rear, The
clumps here should be planted oppo-
site the vacancies in the back "row.
Line. No. 3 still farther forward,
should consist of several dwarf var-
teties. The arrangement 'should be
similar but correspondingly closer in
order that the ground -may be fairly
well covered when the plants have
made their full growth. Live No. 4,
which should form the front edge of
the border,c should be about fifteen
flowers), latiiolia varieties, violets the box, cover this with stones, then brooding his chicks on clean ground.
purple, chiefly blue, five feet and less, place another layer df sand, put more This is au excellent utattice will andgooda.',
June-August Delphinium moerheimt, stones •on top, and continue until the as' far az itgoes, i! pay
white, four_ feet, July. Aconitum box is filled, and bury the -box "out- lioultrymen to brood in calory lido lass
(the aeonite),'clear blue, three side where there is good drainage .or 'using colony brooder stoves, n
and a half feet, September. Aquilegiaikeep in the cellar. The stones should at least once or. possibly twice during
(the columbinea), various, two feet,, be planted not =more than one inch the brooding season move •the.coony
May -June. Michaelmas daisies, purple,' deep a=id the soil should be kept thor houeas to a new clean spot on the
two -three feet, autumn. rleones oughly cultivated during the summe . mange. .
mousquetaire, brilliant scarlett,; one The nett spring or the one following,. When the youngsters are little they
and a half feet, June -August. Iris,' the youn trees should be planted ; :confined close to the house, and
variety canary yellow, two feet, Maya about ten feet apart and left to fruit, throughout their brooding and :grow -
Iris pumila; blue, nine inches, April-, which .they will do in from three to uig Period they have a tendency to lie
May. Hepatica, single red and six years.around the.house rather than roam
double red, six -nine inches, April. �•--- long distances. It is n0 wonder then
Arabis (rock cress) albida, single and pi that the soil immediately adjacent to
double, white, nine inches to one foot,
April -May. Phlox subulata varieties, Fruit trees for use on the poultry
mauve and other shades, six inches, farm are a wise inyestment. They fur -
May -July. Dianthus (pinks), Mrs. nish necessary shade and 'often pro
Sinkins, white, nine inches, June -July. duce fruit` of considerable quality with
Helleborus' nip; Christmas. rose, less spraying than is needed •1n the
snow white, one foot, November- commercial orchard. Large apple
December. Campanula carpathica, trees are quite art asset oe the range
blue, one foot, June -August. C. Car- of the young stock. They furnish fine
pathica alba, white, one foot, June- fresh air roosting places until time to
August. ' place the pullets in the laying houses.
Practically all of these plants can
be grown from seed, when a year One of the least expensive portions
The seed is sown in rows as is the
must be lost before bloom is secured.
of the dairy cow's diet_ is water. It
seed of annual flowers, transplantedshould, therefore, be furnished in
and cultivated during the first year ) abundance at all times, kept pure and
in readiness for planting out in theclean.
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border in the autumn. The plants,
on the other:.' hand, may be secured Happy is the man or woman who
ant Trees for Poultry.
from the grower ready for planting in nos some one to believe In bite or Tier
the fall or spring. The perennial
border after planting cannot be left
to take care of itself. It must be hoed
land raked froin•time to time similar
to any other garden crop. If the culti-
vation is done sufficiently frequently
to keep the soil loose on top, there
will be no difficulty from weeds.. Nor
can the border when once planted be
left for many years without replant-
ing. Some of the plants will be much
more agressive than others and will
the brooder house becomes quickly
contaminated.
It is. not easy nor possible to cleanse
this ground when the chicks are run-
ning on it.
It is very easy, however, to hitch
onto the colony house with a team of
horses or a tractor and move it forty
Of fifty feet in any direction, simply
placing it on a new piece of ground
which has not been intensively crop-
ped. +r Farm records show that dairy herds
in which a portion of pie cows freshen
an the fall give larger net returns than
do the herds kept under sirnilar'con-
ditions except that the cows freshen
in the spring.
Greatness comes only by growth.
EAST INDIA TIP CAT.
Every town -bred Canadian boy
knows how to play the tinle•.honored.
game syled "tip cat." In' England,
also, this famous 'sidewalk, pastime is
vastly popular, and the historians of
sport pretend to trace its history back
have a tendency to crowd out those to early Saxon ti=nes. Few people,
that are less vigorous. From time to however, are aware thin" tip cat is
time, therefore, the border should be
taken up, the plants divided, the indulge d in so far East as India, or
ground refertilized, and pieces of, the
larger clumps returned to 'the border,
This replanting affords an excellent game.
opportunity for changeng changingthe plan In India tip cat is known as "guiIli-
and introducingvarie ' danda"—th.at is, cat stick. The little
new testes.—Can..
Iioi•t. Council. Hindoos or Mahommetans scoop out
a small hole in the ground. This hole'
is known as i'•gurchi," the cat •or peg
being "gulls," and the stick to strike
with "danda."
that the dusky urchins of Bombay and
Madras are positive adepts at the
The Foster Mother of the
World,,
ever fruit is used, Combine and you
into a wet mold. ,,Serve when ..flint
with whipped or plain cream or a thin',
custard.
Rhubarb Taits-Cook half-inch
lengths of rhubarb, without peeling
(if very young), and without adding
water. Sweeten to taste and never
with grated orange peel, Add to each
cupof rhubarb the beaten yolk of an
egg. Cook -until thick and fill into
pastry shells; Put a spoon of stiffly
beaten •.and sweetened Whites on the
top of each tart and set in a moderate
oven to bi,•own.
Rhubarb' Ice Cream—To three pints
of chopped rhubarb add enough water
to cover and cook until tender. • Put
in two cups of sugar and stir until
dissolved, then strain through a fine
sieve. When almost cold add one pint
of cream and more sugar if desired,
then freeze.
Rhubarb Sa.ad—In some menus a
fruit salad takes the place of dessert,
To prepare such a salad from rhue
barb, soak three tablespoons of pow
dered gelatine in half a cup of cold
water until soft, then add two:cups of
boiling water and stir until the gela
tine is dissolved. Stir in four table-
spoons of lemon juice and half a cup
of sugar.
Pour into a square granite pan to
the depth of about an inch and set on
the tee to harden. When it begins to
congeal add a pint of chopped rhu-
barb, which has been steamed until
tender :and sweetened slightly, and
one cup of chopped nuts. When cold
and hardened cut into . three-inc
squares and serve on any kind of
salad green with a mayonnaise dress-
ing. A white sal=ad dressing, excellent
for this salad, is made by adding hall
the whipped weito of an• egg or hall
a cup of whipped cream to the usual
mayonnaise mixture (made with
lemon instead of vinegar)•.
Rhubarb Shrub—A delicious drink
may be made with rhubarb, Cut into
small pieces ten stalks of rhubarb, mix
it with four ounces of chopped raisins
and six eups of water and let simmer:
for an hour. Strain and add two
tablespoons of lemon juice and serve
r with shaved ice.
Preservation of Eggs.
At the St. Anne de la Pocatiere,
Dominion Experimental Station, Que-
bec Province, an experiment has been
tried to ascertain the best method of
storing eggs for winter use. The ex-
periment included eggs stored in one -
dozen cartons, without treatment;
eggs wrapped in tissue paper and
stored in one -dozen cartons; eggs dip-
ped in boiling water and stored in
one -dozen cartons; eggs dipped in boil-
ing neater and wrapped in tissue pa-
per and -stored ie one -dozen cartons;
eggs placed on shall ends in earthen
jars and covered with salt; eggs
placed in earthen jars and covered;
with water glass solution and eggs
placed in earthen pars and covered
with•lime water. The eggs stored were
new laids, infertile, sound in shell and
clean and Were stored from July 15.
to December 15, 1923. . They were
placed in a cellar on a cement floor,
the tempreature varying from 40 to
50 deg. P. This first experiment
would indicate that the use of coin-
niercial 'water glass so'-tition (obtain-
able at most drug stores) and lime
water, which can be home-made, are
the two best means of ,preserving eggs
for a fairly long period. • The con-
tents of the eggs in• the lime water
were just as :good as those in the
water glass solution, there being same
difference in. the appearance of the
shells. Salt .gave poorer results, but
can be used advantageously for short
periods. Eggs wrapped in tissue pa-
per followed in results, but those dip-
ped in boiling water and unwrapped
turned out poorer than steer.
They Also Serve.
God doth not need&
Either man's works or His own gifts;
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aria," which is certainly a more ins- who best
posing title. Bear his mil=l yoke, they serve Him
The court is marked out into seven best; His state
squares, each of which has a name, Is Kingly; thousands at His bidding
as follows: Elaria, dukaria, tikaria, speed,
kachkolan, sustanawa, chotka and And post o'er land and ocean without'
barka. A round piece of tile (kh.a- rest;
polio) is thrown successively into each
of these squares and kicked out by a
player hopping on one foot. __ „
In passing the - fifth and sixth
squares (sustanawa and chotka), the How She 'Knew. . .
player has to jump straight in and A citybred girl married a young
then straight out again from the fainter. As her husband canis into the
chalk•line without treading on any of house ane day, she exclaimed: "Oh,
the intervening squares. When the Sohn, I fount four duks' eggs among
tile has' been kicked out of the last the two clozen yoit cbrought an• this
square (barka) without any rules hav- morning•"
"Ducks'„e.ggs," said Sorin. "s=low do
you know. they were ducks' eggs?" ,
"1Chy," she answered, "I put them in
water end four of them floated.'
They also serve who only stand and,
wait. - —Milton.
ing been broken; the player scores a
point.
"Ekaria dukaria" is a most abcorb-
inches from Line No. 3, and trine inch- The cow is, a most wonderful labor- Players arrange their turns by a ing game to the little Indian boys,
es from the grass or the walk which atory. She takes' the grasses of the Ilindoo version of the familiar "eeny and even the grown-up folk, squatting
g
it skirts. This row should consist of pasture and roughage of the. field and weeny rainy ino." Player No. 1.'takes at their shop doors take an interest
edging plants of quite dwarf nature, converts them into the most perfect the "danda" and strikes the "gulli" in it. Indeed, it is by no means ere
arranged in clumps of considerable food for man. , In that food there is (made exactly like our cat) as far as common to :rte a grave and reverend
size. In the planting it is not metes- a mysterious 'something which scien- it will go. The opposite player fetches merchant temporarily lay aside his
sary to adhere to a straight line for tilts liave found essentialto the high.the "gulls," and endeavors to throev it long pipe, and step down into the
the dif eeent rows. These should be est, health of the human race, and back into the hole, or "gorch," If he street to iliusteate for his boys' bene-
suffielenti:y irregular as to take away
all ,appearance of rows in the border.
In the 'choosing of pleats questions
to be eensidered are hardiness, time
of flowering,- duration of flowering,
and color. There are endless kinds
and varieties of perenutal plants from
which to choose. Mr. H, J. Moore, a
well; -known landscape ` horticulturist,
has recommended to the Ontario Hor-
ticultural Societies a suitable list, hav-
ing reference to colors, hardiness and
time of flowering, ae follows: Anchusa
(an anret) varieties, dropniore and
which can be found nowhere else. does not succeed, player No. 1 scores
Men have sought for centuries the a paint and has another chance with
Fabled Fountain of Youth. The near- the donde.. On the other hand, if he
est approach to that fountain which pops the peg into the gurchi, player
has yet been discovered is the udder No; 1 is put out, and the next in order
of ,the cow. Without her milk chip takes his place.
dren languish, the vigor of the adult But tip cat is not'the only gamea
declines, and the vitality of the hu- knowledge of which' our boys shale
man race tt ns low.—F. O. Lowden. witliipthe lade of India. In the bazaars
and public places of all the big cities
One lamp, the mother's love, amid from Sirni0 to Ceylon, the youthful
the stars shall lifts its pure flame Hindeo and Mahonemetan. enters en -
changeless, and before the throne of 'thusiestical.ly into the excitement oe
God burn through eternity. --N. p; W, hop scotch. Thely call it "eketiaediess
tit a knotty point in the theory or
practice et the India hop scotch.
A form of blindman's buff is also
played in parts of India, and, Inlet
the slipper is popular• --an untwisted
turban being used. in lieu of a slipper.
Games of merb".es the writer has also
seen in full 'swing in Madras and
Lucknow, while leapfrog is not un-
known in the northern parts of India.
But the pet sports of the Hindoo' boy
are "ekaria duicaria" , and "gu
dande," or., as we could say; hop scotch
d ti t
Put Her Ring on the Hook,
"When a: gee starts fshing' for : a
proposal sieve: should I do?"
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1040
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A FLATTERING AFTERNOON
GOWN.
Navy blue twill or heavy silk inter
pests this delightfully fresh afte nooe
gown. The side plaits give a width tc
the narrow silhouette which is always
welcomed by the active miss and small
woman. There is a freshness ..a:bou(
the grey set-in front of contrasting
nraterial, while the plaited frill about
the neck and sleeves is always youth-
ful and flattering to the s=mall woman.
Very attractive is this model, No.
1040, made in brr''liatit-colored tissue
or gingham. • Hemstitching gives a
pleasing trimming for the set-in front.
The gathered friars are much more use-
ful when the dress is made of wash
materials. Cutin sizes 34 to 42 inches
bust. Size '38 requires 4% yards of
36 -inch material.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your name and address plains
ly, giving number and size of such pat,
terns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each ilunlb'i i', and
address your' order to Pattea:ii Dept,
Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade-
laide St,, Toronto. Ordersfilled by
return mail.
Rhubarb Custard.
For each egg use one cup of stewed
rhubarb which has been put through
a sieve. Add the rhubarb to the well
beaten yolks, sweeten to taste, then
beat. in the whipped whites. Put the
whole into a buttered baking dish and
bake until firm and it show e signs of
cracking;. Serve when cold.
Blow the stu=ns :;nix stones et
w ep P :
you are likely to blow xp when tie
`plow hit one.
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