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BY CIIIiIS•TINE MeeGILLIVRA X CAMPi3ELL..:
"Contest at school- to;morrow," sty.; It• looked like a low howl, the
whoops 13111 ctv.er the fence, to Harvey, kind they 'fill with small stones' to
who }itis stayed Koine to hoe his tur- grow bulbs in. Only It had no bottom
•nips• iso that a cheese -cloth, could be tied
"W}tat about?" 1 over it, • Somebody else • remembered
"Oh, uses of wood—who can get the tide body •e e wooden
dd heard oughsan l some -
usurp
most navies of th!ngs made of wood. wooden. trenchers, a soioneers °r -trough
Prizes for that, then one for those
who find the oddest uses for wood." Iused as a family dish into which
' Harvey puss himself up on top of washing!
everybody dipped, saving much dish -
a stout cedar fence pest. ` with!
Harve a:most won the rite
"Dupre)
y m P
Durno about• the oddest' uses. 1 his discovery (from a book) that vege-
know one of the commonest." table ivory is made from a tree, and
"
"Huh?" so many buttons are:made from vege-
I. .'
Blockheads. tab:e ivory and buttons are nbetter
Bill��� grins. "School to -morrow, than nails,. though the latter' are a
Harv. blessing in emergency, The vegetable
"Guesso; turnips about done." ivory is made from the potato -sized
Bill goes home, Torments the fam- nut of the Tagua or Corozo tree found
ily with "Say, what else is made of in Northern South America and the
wood?" !Isthmus of Panama. The nuts grow in
Harvey goes home. Pesters his' a bunch or sort of cabbage -head. It
N folks with Ditto I takes about a year to put them
Finds Government Bulletin Wood- through all .the processes used to dry
Using Industries of Ontario, another. and season and -soak them into -ma -
concerning Quebec. Whoops. Takes tenial suitable -to work. Harvey told
them to school to share with Bill. • us—as the catalogues and store -clerks
The contest turns out to be con- would have if he hadn't—that vege-
ducted like a spelling match. Captains.. table ivory can be turned into almost
Choose up sides. Each in turn navies any shape,_dyedany color, takes dif-
something made of wood. Those who ferent finishes and wears well, though
get "stuck" or name something al- it does not wear the thread. This was
ready named* go down. all so new that Harvey would have
If Harvey and Bill could have rem- had the prize if one of the girls had
embered- half of what the bulletins not objected that vegetable ivory is
said, they'd have had the prize easy. made from nuts and not from wood.
But they couldn't remember one- None of us could decide whether nuts.
twentieth. Next time they""ll be ready. could be Glassed as wood, so they let
See if they don't. the girl have the prize because she had
But the odd uses were good. Some-. found the wheels in an old clock were
body else had found the Quebec bulle- made of apple -wood.
tin andshowedthe blocks of wood "Humph! I'll bet we can find lots
used for blocking hats. Somebody of odder *uses than that 'before next
else had hit upon wooden -block pave- Friday," scoffed Bill, a bit sore efor
ments. Harvey's disappointment.
Bill told about an old . wooden I'll bet they ca:_, too.—Canadian
strainer his mother kept for a curios- Forest and Outdoors.
Winter Wheat Experiments.
Of the thirty-six varieties of winter
wheat under test at the Ontario Agri-
cultural College in each of the past
seven years the seven kinds which
.. gave the highest average yields per
acre were produced at the College by
- hybridization and by selection. Four
of these are hybrids which have not
as yet bcen introduced into general
cultivation throughout the province.
The most important winter wheat.=
in cultivation in Ontario at the pres-
ent tiers are the O.A.C. No. 104, the
Dawson's Gorden Chaff (O.A.C. til) of
the white wheat, and the Imperial Am-
ber (O.A:U. 92) of the red wheats.
The first Was originated by cross fer-
tilization and the other two by indi=
victual p:ant selection.
The following gives the ,average
bushels per acre per annum for each
of five varieties of winter wheat
grown in the co-operative experiments
throughout Ontario in .eight years:
O.A.C. No. 104, 28.2; Dawson's Golden
Chaff 0O.A.C: 61), 27.1; Imperial
Amber (O.A.C. 92), 26.1; Kharkov,
24.4; Yaroslaf, 22.3. The latter two
are red wheats which have been under
test at the College for at least seven-
teen years.
College experiments have shown the
great importance of sowing not only
the •best varieties but also seed which
le 1, large; 2, pump; 3, well matured;
4, unbroken; and 5, unsprouted.
Any Ontario farmer may apply for
the material for any one of the, foals
dowing experiments: (1) Three .choice
varieties of Winter Wheat; (2) One
variety of Winter Rye and one of
Winter Wheat; (3) Spring .applica-
tiems. of five fertilizers with . Winter
Wheat; (4) Autumn and Spring ap-
plications of Nitrate of Soda and Com-
mon Salt with •Winter Wheat; (5)
;Winter Ernmer and Winter Barley;
(6) Hairy Vetches and Winter. Rye seed. Acid phosphate will do for !er-
as fodder crops; (7) Mixtures of tilizer. As soon as the nurse erop be-
Winter Rye and, Hairy Vetches for gins to head out I mow it for hay.
seed production; (8) Testing O.A.C. To give the alfalfa a chance to grow
No. 104 Winter Wheat at three dates I do not 'cut again, but when the
of seeding; •(9) Testing Dawson's
Golden Chaff (O.A.C. 61) Winter
Wheat at three dates of seeding. -
The size of each plot is to be one
rod wide by two rods long. • Fertilizers
will be sent by express for Experiment
Number 4 this Autumn, and for Ex-
periment Number 3 next Spring. A11
seed will he sent by mail except that
for Number 4, which will accompany
the fertilizers. The material" will be
sent out in the order in which the ap-
plications are received and as long`as
the supply lasts.
Those wishing for experiental mar
teria'l should apply„ to Dr. C. A.
Zavitz, Agricultural College, Guelph,
Ontario. _
Curing Pork.
My husband has a recipe for sugar
curing pork that never fails. We have
never had any spoil cured this way.
As soon as the neat is cooled it is
cut up and weighed. The hams, shoul-
ders and side meat are ready for cur-
ing. Lay the pieces of meat on boards
in cellar or attic, where they can stay
untouched for a month. Mix in dish -
'Pan for each 100 pounds of meat the
following:
One-fourth pound saltpeter, one
quaet,af salt, one-half pound of brown
sugar.
Rub as much of this on meat as will
stick, and if any is left spread it on.
Leave for ten days. By this time it
has been absorbed. Then mix for each
100 pounds the following: Two quarts
of salt, one pound of brown sugar.
Apply this like the first and leave it
on three or four weeks. Then your
meat is ready to hang up and smoke.
—R. S.
My' Alfalfa Method.
Por alfalfa I choose good drained
land, good seed,., a lot of lime and
inoculation of seed.I sow in spring
with nurse crop of oats or barley, one
bushel to the acre and 15 pounds of
ground freezes I top -dress it with
about 15 loads of manure to the acre.
Then I rest easily until spring.—J. S.
AUTUMN CARE OF THE STRAWBERRY
BY R. E.LOREE.
Investigations in the nutrition of The strawberry grower should, coming three and five—one unbroken Leave no spaces -before, after or be
the strawberry show that the yield of I therefore, keep the soil wee:r cultivated =for $300. tti'een figures ar written amounts.
fruit is determined: very largely by and free from weeds, not on:y early; A few days ago I sold a pair coming sen rd your cheque book and never
the conditions ander which the plants in the season but during the fan two and threey unbroken, for same give a blank cheque to a stranger.
are grown in Nate .summer and fall. months. Late fall cultivation should price. I C celed h tt rned from
The value of e, flock toe pulp ets for
egg production is dependent toe very
great extent on .(he oenditions under
which the pullets have been roared.
•.]10 matter how highly bred, for Ogg
production the flock may be, unless it
is reared in healthful sp,rrouridings it
cannot be expected to produce es sati.s-
feetorily as lits breeding waled indi-
este that it should. With the tre-
mendous increase in the industry that
is taking place, this is becoming more
and more evident every year, As the
number of intensive plants increases
andthe oder plants begin to show
the effects of overcrowding, the men-
lace
en-lace of ponuted ,ground is forcing itself
on the attention of poultry keepers.
This question should receive strict and
immediate attention,
I While polluted ground means •a
heavy chick ' mortality due to cocci-
diosis end various other trotubtes, by
far the greater loss will be that sus-
' tained dater on, when the pullets go
into winter quarters, and either fail to
lay as they should, or if they bay there
is heavy mortality, due •to intestinal
parasitisrn brought about by the con-
ditions under Which, the chicks were
reared.
During the past three years, cover-
ing- the examinations of 2,600 speci-
mens sent in from different parts of
Canada for .examination at the Path-
ological Laboratory, Central Experi
mental Farm, it has been found that
losses in the flocks are traced to intes-
tinal• parasitism to the extent of 20
psi" Bent: Until poultry keepers fully
realize the importance of clean ground
for rearing the young stockthis tre-
mendous drainon the industry will
continue.
Chickens should be given a place in
the rotation similar to any other crop
raised on the farm. When poultry
farmers come to realize this .and put
it into practicethen, and then only,
will they secure the returns from
their flocks that they should obtain.
Fishing for Cat. -
- Catfish are common in almost all
rivers and creeks in our country. They
are a good food fish and, although not
as gamey as some other species of
fishes, yet they have enough pep and
fight in them to make their catching
quite interesting._.
In the daytime and when the water
is clear, catfish, as a rule, stay in
rather deep pools and in shady and
protected hiding places such as under
logs, brush, high banks and leaning
trees whose boughs droop in or just
above the water. Hence, for the best
success in the daytime, when the water
is clear and the stream in normal flow,
fish for cat in the deep pools with a
•rather• long line that easily reaches
the bottom, or at the edge of a log
or brush drift or similar hiding place.
At night catfish as well as other var-
ieties come oat of their deep or pro-
tected hiding places and forage in dif-i
ferent depths of water—often in very
shallow water.
But the best time of all to fish for
cat is After a big rain or two, -when
the creek or river is rising and a little
muddy. Then catfish move out of
their old homes and forage very wide-
ly. When the larger stream is in flood
and rising, it backs up into branches
running into it. Some of the largest
catfish I have ever hooked and landed
were taken at or near the mouth of
a small branch of a large creek or
river. This is true for either day or
night fishing.
For bait, large angleworms are best.
Fresh meat of almost any kind will do,
including pieces of rabbit and small
scale fish.
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THE, CANADIAN HOMEMAKER
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PLANNING . DUILDI NCI . r1NANC;NG
OECoRATIitig . FURNISHING , GAR.O NINGi
A FEW SAFEGUARDS WHEN SELECTING A SITE
.A reliable agent or real estate man,
on whose reputation you can count, is
usually in a position to safeguard your
interests and point out the advantages
and disadvantages of locations you
may think favorable, There are many
things to be considered. For instance,
you should rind out 'whether there are
any restrictions in the neighborhood,
if you aro expec ted to make improve -
I ments, oir Whether you are likely to be
assessed later on for new sidewalks,
ourbs, roadways or gradings. Their
there are the possibilities of railroads,
trolley lines, public utilities or mann-
featuring plants later affecting the
property. On - the ole hand, these
may be beneficial, if• not too close or
of an offensive character; on the other
Good Colts Pay.
At the sales in our county, horses
are mostly advertised as "eight 'years
old" ,or "smooth -mouthed," indicating
a shortage of horses. very soon. Now,
the hog population can be doubled or
trebled in a year if necessary; but it
requires at least four years to bring
a colt into service. The question then
is, What kind of colt? -
I recently saw a neighbor trade two
old cows worth about $50 'for a team
of four-year-old colts. After deduct-
ing the stallion fee the owner of the
colts had about $30 for eight years'
feed and care. Not much "velvet" in
hand, they are likely to bee detriment
to the neighborhood azid decrease the
value of your land.
Another thing`' to investigate is the
nature of what are caned "easements."
This is a term indicating the rights of
certain persons or firms to install
water or gas mains, telegraph or light
poles or wires, etc;, which may not en
cur to the land -buyer at the time, but
nzay disfigure the property when the
district develops.
In a built-up locality these ease-
ments are generally apparent. For this
and *thee reasons itis almost always
safer to buy a lot in a district that has
passed the initial stages of develop-
ment. The land will cost you more in
the first place, but you are able to form
a better idea at whether the locality
Will be a pleasing place to live when.
[thoroughly' settled and built up, and
,lienee you are more certain of a steady
'increase In the value of your property.
In better class districts there are
usually restrictions on the type of,
• house permitted, and also upon the
erection of places of business within
the vicinity, This restriction is axed
in order to prevent good residential.
districts from being disfigured with
shacks and othezt unattractive build-
ings whioh reduce values and greatly
reduce the possibilities of resale. To
build a substantial and handsome home
in a district where small dwellings are
(likely to predominate is to court an
eventual loss.
1398
INDIVIDUAL! SMART!
Can you imagine anything more be-
coming and more vivacious than this
stunning frock of polka-dot crepe? It.
will answer so many occasions and
serve eo many purposes with chic that
the youthful woman will at once claim
it for her own. The skirt has clusters
of side plaits in the front and bac,,
and is joined to a straight bodice hay-,
ing a boyish collar and :long set-in
s'eeves. The bodice opens at the reel.
under the tie, and a pep:um flared at
the sides is sewn to the dress at the
low waistline. No. 1395 is for the
miss and small woman, and is in sizes'
16, 18 and 20 years. Size 18 years 1
(36 bust) requires 3% yards 39 -inch
polka-dot material; % yard plain con-
•
atmng. Price zu terns.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your name and address plain.
Iy, giving number and size of sub
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number and
address your order to Pattern Dept.,
Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade-
laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by
return mail.
Swindle -Proof Cheques.
if these rules are observed there is
little danger that your cheques will
be tampered with:
Never write cheques on a type-
writer
that sort of horseflesh! Start on the "amount line" at the
One year ago I sold a pair of colts extreme :eft.
Total yield in the. strawberry plan- be shah:ow, particularly near the
Cation depends on the number of flow- plants. If the p;anats are grown in
er clusters per p:ant, the number of matted rows some attempt should be
flowers per cluster and the percentage niade to e'eminate undue crowding of
of flowers which set and develop fruit., the p:ants and to keep the rows from
The setting of the flowers and the de becoming too wide. A row twelve
velopmentof berries may be influenced inches wide is preferable to one that
by the moisture and available. pant is much wider. Runner 'plants which
food 'iii the soil during the spriug of are formed early in the'season ate the
the bearing year. The number of c.u.s ones which :are most likely to produce
tens and the nuznbbr,af flowers, how- thee largest number of clusters and
ever, depend a:nnost entirely upon tine 1;sucs -the *largest yield of fruit. In
soil and other environmental' condi-' beds where a large mm�ber of runner
Vans which exist during the time of plants have been prod i sd an early
fruit formation the preceding fall. fall thinning 'of the newly rooted
Careful studies regarding the time plants which are produced late in
of fruit;,bud formatioti in the straw= the season is advisable. This may be
berry show that in an sections of accomplished by drawing a rake across;
sduthern Canada the differentiation of the rows and pulling the runners• to
fruit buds in the spring -bearing var- the edge, where they may be cut off
ieties, such as Senator Dunlap and in some convenient manner.
Glen Mary, begins in early September l After the first killing frost it is a
and continues until severe freezing good plan to go through the patch and
occurs in late fa:}. Many strawberre remove any hardy weed's, A mulch of
beds which receive excellent eare clean ,Straw or mash hay should be
e in the reason i lit- applied for` winter protection. .
earl the are given very II pp1? , i
yi
bra+ attention during this important however; is nett usually applied until
They paid me a good profit and took
some ribbons... Besides I had the plea-
sue of •handling good colts.
ram a small farmer past seventy
have done . no more than any of yoir
can do.—L. S. H. •
I Sell by Slip.
When I sell a cow or calf or any
other anima, I always furnish the
purchaser with data concerning the
same.
This .consists of a typewritten slip
of paper giving the anima'l's name if
it has any, the age, the breed and the
amount sold for. The purchaser's
name es well as my'own are also in+'
e:tided, together with date, month and
year of sale was made.
I retain a carbon copy of this slip
for my own referenee and files,
This method prevents all misunder-
standing on the purchaser's part as
ell as on my own. ---A, G. H.
w
Tho best judges of character, ,are
children and dogs. -Sir Gilbert
period. after the ground is frozen. Parker. ...
ance_e she( re a
your bank should be at once compared
with the stub entries and the bank
notified of any discrepancy.
Got a Kick Sure."
"Somehow T never got a kick out
rr
of attending a circus --clic! yott7 ,
"Sure I did -.-whey, I aoranvied raider'
the tont."
RELISHES FOR WINTER DINNERS
BY NELL B. NICHOLS.
During my days of pickling I found cup of sant, 4 quarts ripe tomatoes, 2
out that there were definite methods to bunches celery, 2 small or 1 large head
follow if one is to get the best results.' cabbage, 4 large green peppers, 3 large
Here are some of the pickle -making ripe peppers (after chopping 6 one.
faets that we observe in our kitchen. ions).
We use only sound vegeta'bes and Put through chopper and add one
fruits. They are wiped off with a cup grated horseradish, one tablespoon
damp o:�ath unless they ,are badly soil each of pepper, cinnamon, celery seed
ed. Always wipe dry, as damp foods and brown and white mustard seed.
produce a pickle that spoils easily. Let the green tomatoes stand over -
When available we use pure cider night and drain.. Peel the ripe toma-
toes before chopping. Mix ingredients
and add four pounds brown sugar and
weakened vinegar to cover. Boil fif-
teen minutes before canning.
vinegar. Some other varieties con-
tain chemicals that soften pickles.
Overcooking pickles also makes them
flabby. A little powdered alum may
be added to provide crispness, but it
is to be used in very small amounts.
Alum is an astringent. Too much of
it is not good for the digestive sys-
tem. It gives pickles a strong, unde-
sirable flavor if used in excess. In
making and storing pickles we do not
use metal containers. Granite or
ename:ware, glass and stone jars are
satisfactory. Too strong a brine, preparation:
makes pickles flabby. If the spices Two cups granulated sugar, 2 cues
are tied in a thin piece of muslin dur-
ing the ccoking we find they will not cinnamon.
darken the pick:es so much as other When boiling add one quart of the
cooked ma:on.
WATERMELON SWEET PICKLE. _
Use the rind of ripe melon cut in
strips one and one-half inches wide
and three inches long. Let them soak
overnight in weak salt water. Drain
and boil in water until clear and ten-
der. Drain again and boil slowly for
one-half hour in the following pickle
wise.
BORDEAUX SAUCE.
Two . quarts chopped tomatoes 6
large onions (chopped), 5 red peppers
(chopped), 4 quarts cabbage after it Slice cucumbers and onions together
is chopped, 2 oz. mustard seed, 2 oz. and soak in salt water for four hours.
celery seed, 1 teaspoon tumeric, I Take out and rinse wen in flesh
Stir al,': together and add 2 pounds' water. Have the following ingredi-
sugar and 2 quarts vinegar. Boil. ents mixed together and boiling:
slowly cne , hour, put into jars and One pint vinegar, 1-5 teaspoon and
seal. I spice (cloves may be used), 1 cup
PePPER RELISH'. i brown sugar, 1-5 teaspoon mustard,
Twelve green sweet peppers, small E seed, 1-5 teaspoon black pepper, 1-5
amount of sharp red pepper (pod or; teaspoon curry powder, 1-5 teaspoon
ground), 12 red sweet peppers, 121 celery seed, small pinch red pepper.
cooking onions, 4 tab:.espoons salt, 2: To this mixture add the cucumbers
cups sugar, vinegar. I and onions. Boil for a half-hour or
Run the peppers and onions through ,until tender. Put up in jars when
^aur food chopper. Cover the mixture 000:. After two days the soy is ready
with boiling water and - _et stand five, to use•
minutes. Drain wee. Add sea and' GREEN TOMATO PICKLE.
sugar and barely cover with good; One peck green tomatoes, z tea -
vinegar of the desired strength. Cook' spoon ground cloves, x' 4 peck omion•>,s,
five minutes. Seal in fruit jars. 14 green peppers, y/Z teaspoon ground
This is one family's favorite pickle. I mace, 1 cup salt, 1 tablespoon ground
They eat it with cold or hot meats„ mustard, 1 small stick cinnamon, 3
baked beans and cottage cheese. It: pounds brown sugar, vinegar to cover.
is good added to eaba.d dressings, sand 5nice the tomatoes and onions,
with fillings and vegetable gelatins. sprinkle with salt and let stand over-
Th•e bright. co:ors of the ingredients' night, or at least six hours. Drain
make it attractive to serve either as and place in a kettle with the peppers
from which the seeds have been. re-
moved. Then add the spices, sugar,
mustard and vinegar. Cook one hour
and seal.
CUCUMBER SOY.
Eight good-sized cucumbers, three
medium-sized onions.
a relish or a garnish.
PICKLED JENNY.
Four quarts green tomatoes, add %
Baker's Bread.
"Give us this day our daily bread,"
our daily prayer.
And behold, each day the baker boy
comes round,
With his basket lunging with fat
round loaves
Of wholesome wheaten bread, brown
and white,
Still warm from the baking,
Still odorous with oven heat,
"Bread! Bread!" he shouts at the
kitchen door,
And grins as we choose of his wares.
"'Any roils? Any buns? Any biscuits
to -day?"
Think: of this miracle!
Warm, white bread of the best,
Every day of the year,
Without labor of mixing, of sottirrg,
Of bakitsg, of watching the oven.
This freckle-feeed boy of the basket
Is ,an angel of bounty, no less.
And o-•--:vc deity break bread and
give tlianks.
—Lloyd Roberts.
No Objection.
elagnete (to hard -up sailor) --
"Young man, do you know how I made
Lamy money?"
Young Mat —"Yes—but I can't per-
mit that to stand in the way of Wiurlel's
happiness."
Youngest Bishop 31.
Monsignor James Leen, Coadjutrr
Illshop 'of Tort Louis, Mauritius, is the
youngest bishop in the world. IIs Wag
born In Indiana thirty-one years ago.,
Corn Beads.
Did you ever make a string of corn
beads? Kernels stained red look very
much like some kinds of coral beads
when they are strung tightly together:
The kernels can bo stained any color
to match the cloth with which they
are worn. Not only can you make
beads from colored kernels, but
strands can be tied into a portiere to
make a door entrance for the party;
and once you haveworked on a few
strings you can think of other ways to
use corn beads,
Soak the kernels in hot water until
you can thread them. Sort out large
, and small kernels and those having
i spots or impeefections. Try to keep
!them all of a uniform size. String
them upon stout cord run through the
centre of the kernels. After the ker-
nels have been strung, dip them in a
solution of strong hot dye. Dip them
several times into the dye until the
right shade is obtained. Novel strings
can he made by dyeing, several differ-
ent batches of kernels in different
' colors, and stringing them to form a
mottled string.
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1 Won't Ditch Deeply.
In cleaning ditches on our farm we
make a wide sial:ow ditch instead of
a deep- narrow one.
The wide ditch lets the water flow
. free and won't catch drifts and sand
bairn.
narrow ditch will catchdrifts
and overflow. We clean our ditches
every spring.—L. N.
The earth'•s daily rainfall amounts
to abotit 16,000,000 tons a second.- 1