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Make
Your
Toeless Refrigerator,
Do not let the food spoil]. 'Here's
at way to keep it cool for $3.17, and
it's nothing but a wooden frame with
ai cloth around it. Any smart .girl
,can build one.
• The iceless refrigerator is a fine
•t in.
Zu ,,, simple and cheap. 141issionar-
-ies in India discovered that if they
were to live in the intense heat of
that region they must stretch wet
sheets :;cross the doors and windows,
and the hot winds blowing through
made the rooms comfortably cool.
This is the simple principle of the
iceless refrigerator. A wet cloth sur-
rounding a frame will make the space
en the inside cool enough to keep the
milk sweet, the butter hard and the
other foods in good condition. If
you live where ice is hard to get or
'if you • havo no ice house or cellar or
even if you have a cold cellar, save
steps lith an iceless refrigerator. -
There are four corner posts, each
3 ft. ti in. high, and made of 1x2 in.
lumber. Tha shelves should be made
of 1x12 hi. limber and the corners
sawed out 1x2 in. to fit the corner
Posts. The shelves are 15 in. long.
The middle shelves may be made of
strips or of poultry netting so as
to let the air through.
An easy way to frame it in your
;mind is to "play" you are going to is too warns to play. Make them come
build two ladders, one on each side, fortable in the 'cool, dark room pre -
The steps of the ladder are the cross pared for just this use early in the
bars at sides of refrigerator, These morning with heavy cotton comfort -
are 814, in. each. The top bars should ables on the floor and coal pillows,
!nineties and everymotherershot
should real-
ize that upon her depends the good
spirits of the family.
Babies are better if underdressed
than overdressed in hot weather. If
ab d f
bowels there is little 1 f
flavor. Left -over cooked peas, moist-
ened with a salad dressing, also ,in-
prove the taste and looks of the meat..
Blackberry pudding: Haif'fill a bak-
ing-d•ish with berries; sprinkle well.
with anger and dot with butter; cover
with a batter made by beating to-
getheratwo eggs, two small cupfuls
of flour and enough sweet milk to
make a batter as thick as righ cream.
Beat well, add two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, a ]little salt, pour over
the r'
berries andbakef •minutes
for
forty
in a moderate oven. Blueberries can
be used in the same way,
1-I1NTS FOR INVENTORS.
an o flannel is kept around the -
c anger rem
chills, even though the only other
garment is a loose romper or bloomers
and waist. Sleeves from father's and
mother's wornout flannels, or a three-
inch section cut from the leg mare
excellent bands' as they will stretch
enough to permit their being drawn
up into position and no pins are re-
quired to hold them.
In dog days givea light breakfast;
do not insist that' little children eat
what is set before them if to do so
means starting the day with tears and
bickering. At ten o'clock a few chin
sandwiches and a glass of lemony
will make sup for the lack of brea
fast.
Early in the' morning thiow o
downstairs room open to the co
fresh air, and as soon as the sun
fairly up close it tightly, shutting 0
every possible degree of heat: I
mediately •after dinner tell the lit
people, and children are little peop
from two years of age to twelve; th
they may stay up later in the evenin
if they will take a nice nap while
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be 1 in. from the top of the posts.
They should fit between them. and the
Mails (8 -penny finish nails) ,should be
driven through the posts into the end
ef the bars.
and, using firmness if necessary, insist
that they go to sleep. The average
child will sleep until three or -four
o'clock and the most intense heat of
the day will then be passed.
The second •"step" should be 12 in.After supper allow them to play
below the first and the third 12 in. in the yard until dark, •and give them
below the second. This makes the a special bed -tine treat' either of
fourth bar 15 in, below the third. fruit, ice cream,'a cold glass of some
Now when you have the two Iadders kind of fruitage, or any delicacy
' or sides drone, you can fit your Iower easily prepared.
shelf right on and nail it, then the ' ..
next and the next and last of a1 the
top shelf. To brace the whole frame
there really ' should be a cross bar
under the top shelf in front and hack,
How To Do Things.
Ice cream is a real food and not a
delicacy. Families having their own
freezers should serve ice-cream often
-and the same undee tile. lower shelf, for dessert. Its cost is no- greater
.also. The door is too simple to need than that of pie and take and it furn-
des'tription, ishes nourishment.
The pan was made to order to fit Those who go picnicking should boil
the top and cost $1.00 but you can all drinking water and milk before
use a bread baking' pan that fits snug- drinking. People who have been auto-
ly. Or this can be tin, painted and mobiling or picnicking in an unfam-
then enameled to prevent rusting, iliar neighborhood often wring home
The whole frame should be painted in their bodies typhoid -fever germs
to keep it from warping. A wire which develop later.
screen may be put around the sides Mint sauce can be made now for
and on the door if you wish to make `inter use. Gather the leaves when
it ;touter and to exclude insects. dry and clean; chop finely, put in a
A cover of canton flannel, burlap, or bottle and fill with vinegar; cork well.
dock is made to fit, the frame. Put When used pour out the quantity de -
the smooth side' out if canton flannel' sired for flavoring, and add to it more
is used. It will require about three' vinegar and sugar to taste.
yards of material, This cover is buts' During hot weather give the baby
toned around the top of the frame all the cool water—not ice water he'
and down the side on which the door' will drink. Keep him out-of-doors all
is not hinged, using buggy hooks and day, if possible. Dress hint lightly
eyes or large -headed tacks' and eye- and bathe him night and morning with
lets worked in the material. On the water at about the temperature of
front side arrange the hooks on the the air.
top of the door instead of on the' To keep fly -paper from blowing off
frame and also fasten. the cover down the table, or wherever ,it is placed,
the latch side of the door, allowing a tack a sheet of it to a small board
wide hens of the material to overlap about the same length as the paper.
the place where the door closes. The It will be found much easier to handle.
door can then be opened..without un -I When your feet grow tired and ache,
buttoning the cover. The bottom of and it is not practicable to take off
the cover should extend down into the' your shoes, lie down and raise your
lower pan. Four double strips, which feet as high as your Bead and higher.
taper to 8 or 10 inches in width, are The blood will flow away from them
sewed to the upper part of the cover.' and they will feel easier. This is
These strips form wicks that dip over the plan sometimes used by soldiers
into the upper pan, on a march.
The iceless refrigerator ha, the ad -1 In the season of thunder storms it
vantage of not drying out. The cloth; is wise to have ladders and buckets of
folded into the pan of water at the' water at hand. Often a fire that
to acts the same as the lamp wick • would destroy buildings and stock
which draws the kerosene upto the could be extinguished if .instant mean
flame. The cloth. around the rofriger- were taken, Chemical fire extinguish-
atoredraws the water ;just like a wick, ers, not too heavy to be handled by a
and the cloth is kept wet all the way: woman or child, that are simple in
down to the'botto i. All you have to operation and non-explosiive, are a
do is keep the pan flllcd with water, I great protection, and should be found
just as you must keep your lamp filled in every home.
with oil. I A broom wi1'1 last longer if on each
The iceless refrigerator should be wash day, after the clothes are all
placed where the air is in motion.boiled, it is dipped for a moment in
motion.;
soapy suds. Then shako it as free
The Comfortable Child. I from water as possible and hang up
The uncomfortable child is always by the handle. Slip an old newspaper
MSS. If mothers would spend a little underneath to catch the drippings. I£
more time in discovering the causo there is a tendency to Iop-sidedness,
back of John's bad temper •or araay's press the broom into shape while it
sulkiness, family life would be a much is wet and pliable.
pleast,i�ter thing. If there is eve. a1 Use short cuts in your work; one
time for b:::a-g good-natured its short cut is to punch holes in the bete
when the mercury runs up to tae tom of a tin can and put it in your
rinsing pan. When you wash the
silver knives, forks and spoons put
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thein upilight in it and pour hot water
over them. Drain a moment, then
set on the back of the strove to dry.
No wiping will be needed.
A garnishing of shredded lettuce,
watercress, parsley, nasturtium bios-
Suggestions That Will Keep Their
Brains From Becoming Ossified.
That "nothing is impossible" is one
of the most popular of theories, ac-
cepted by nearly unanimous consent.
Anyone who would controvert it would
expose himself to the accusation that
he was behind. the times, an old fogy,
n person of narrow mentality, one who
failed to comnprehend the unlimited
mastery of inventive genius.
Naturally, we are reluctant to invite
such accusation. However, we deem it
to be not out of order to submit a par-
tial' list of products of inventive 'gen-
ius whose possibilitity, from time to
time declared, remains to be demons-
trated by accomplishment. Those that
just now occur to me are:
Power for industrial purposes de-
rived from tidal movements.
Storage 'of the sun's summer heat
for use in winter.
Extraction of gold, in paying quanti-
ties, from the waters of the ocean.
Perpftual motion.
Storage of winter atmosphere' for
use as a substitute for ice in the sum-
mer.
A cheaper 'substitute for gasoline.
A device for– supervision of the
opeation of the law of gravitation in
case of accident to aircraft.
Communiciation with the inhabi-
tants of Mals.
The harnessing of atmospheric elec=
tricity. ,
Prevention of earthquakes.
Production of rainfall when it is
needed.
• Accurate weather predictions. •
Doubtless, in many minds there are
many other theoretical possibilities
whose realization would be of great
benefit to mankind. To avert contro-
versy, we shall not dispute the asser-
tion that everything is possible, but
patiently await further practical de-
monstrations of its truth.
The Harvest. .
Summer's smilin' and the oats
Have put on their yeller coats.
Noddin' 'heath the skys of blue
While the binders' song anew
Fills the air with hummin' din,
Singing, "harvest's here ag'in."
Bob o' link an' meadow lark
Sweetly sing from morn 'till dark
Near the brooks and in the wood
Lazy Cattle chew their cud.
In the barnyard mistress hen
Braggs "I've laid au egg ag'in.
Yesterday' while walking by
Shocks of oats, I chanced to spy
Sweetest vision of a maid,
Resting in their coolie' shade,
Eyes o' blue and lips so red
:dust a been where cherries bled.
So 1 paused a moment there
\S. -etched the soft lights in her hair,
Watched her lips, we asked the hiss
if they wasn't ripe to kiss.'
Now I'm gladest that I've been
Harvest time is here
AIR RAID SECRETS
tendon Knew When
To Be Let
Colonel H. De
Royal Engineers,
teresting things
German air raids
ing the war.
As far as Zeppelins were concern-
er, these were by no means an un-
qualified success.
"For every ship that got to these
shores," said Colg de Wattevlille, "you
may be sure that there was an acci-
dent somewhere in Germany. Dur-
ing the war no fewer than 120 of
these enormous airships were built,
and yet there was never at any time
more than 15 or 16 that were fit to
take the air."
"Wireless telegraphy played a very
considerable part in the navigation
of these ships over the water. We
discovered this in 1915, and niacle
full us 'of it,
"The actual apparatus had better
not be described, but I can assure
you that some of us in London actu-
ally knew Calf an hour bef,rre a ship
left the sheds [in Germany that a raid
was coming to these shores."
a Zeppelin Was
Loose.
Watteville, of the
has had some in-
to say regarding
over England •dur-
Lord Jellicoe was received at Port
Lincoln, Australia, by "Black Fanny,"
the oldest of the district aboriginals,
Loan Company soros,, slices of lemon, or hard-boiled who, swathed in a Union xIaek, play -
Toronto Office 20 King St. West eggs, give to a dish of cold meat a fully tapped leis Lordship on the
more appetizing appearance and cheeks.
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No crop, Ontario grows ,shows'better profits with proper fertilizing than
.Fall wheat. Returns 12 to 30 extra bushels per acre --•with the same labor
cost, remember—are proven over and over again. Sown with the seed,
"Shur -Gain." E'ertilizer starts the plant off with vigorous grov, th, gives
strong, numerous rootlets that shake off the heaving and root -snapping In-
fluences of frost, and supplies the rich, balanecd nourishment needed for
a heavy crop,
"Shur -Gain Shur -Gain
Fertilizers
Are compounded by experts who know from ac-
tual field experience what Ontario farms need.
They are concentrated, finely ground, quick]
y assimi-
lated by the soil. They give nitrogen. the stalk -framer;
phosphoric acid, the plant ripener, and root invigorator, and
notash fqr strength and disease resistance. Forty years of
success.
SEEDING TIME IS NEAR
GET YOUR SUPPLY NOW
This advertisement will be wasted if we don't impress you with the clanger
of delay in ordering, risking shipping delays, last-minute rush and scarcity
of materials. Don't let the other fellow beat you out. Get early shipaing
discounts. Get your "Shur -wain" now. See or phone your dealer today.
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Liquid Manure.
Solid manure is a food, while liquid
manure is a stimulant. All soils re-
quire solid manure, and this should
be applied in the autumn, if possible;
certainly in the early spring before
planting or sowing.
The tulle to apply liquid manure is
when the plants are making growth
'or .just as the plants are about to
fruit on flower, if they are grown for
the flowers.
Fruit plants, are best treated with
liquid manure when the fruit is in a
half adAyel'oped condition; flowering
plants just before the bode show color;;
vegetables when about half grown,
and foliage plants that make new
growth in the spring when the new
growth is well started.
Never apply liquid manure when]
thesoil is dry. Water dry soil lightly
before applying 'liquid manure.
Liquid inanure may be prepared
from stable manure or from cows,
sheep, fowls or pigeons.
A barrel containing thirty -'six gal-
lons of water in a secluded place in
which a bag of half a bushel of horse
or,cow manure has been placed can
coveniently be renewed. The bag
should be moved about until•the con -
teats have pretty well dissolved. Draw
off as wanted and dilute with water
until: the color of weak tea.
Fowl 'manure is' strong 'and only a
peck may be used to thirty-sim garllons
EFFECTS OF
VEGETABLE POISONS
Sixteen years ago a young pian eras
'brought into the iieepita] at Cairns,
in Queensland, 'suffering from a
strange paralysis of the optic nerves.
Ixt spite of skilled treatment, he be-
came ,blind.
Other cases occurred in the Sanie
district, and were traced to the eating
of a wild fruit "known as the finger
cherry, a IOng, bright red berry, which
has nothing in common with. aur Can-
adian cherry,
The effects of certain 'vegetable
poisons are ett present beyond scien-
tific explanation, The finger cherry
is not the only Australian pant which
has, a. baneful effect upon • tba, optic
nerves.
Some years ago Mr. W.' I3, Morri-
son, a well-known Australian horse
breeder, wrote to the Sydney kerning
Herald pointing out that numbers of
horse were being blinded by eating the
wild melon, which is common in many
parts of Australia, and which grows
in great profusion after the 'breaking
of a long drought.
One of the most terrible plants in
existence is the Asclepias gigantee,
which is common in Abyssinia, and •
grows also in Ceylon. When cut, a
mirky sap exudes from the stem and
leaves, and the least drop of this will
cause total blindness if it comes an
contact with the eyes.
The aselepias is used Iargely for
firewood, but the men who cut it have
to exercise extreme care. If a man ac-
cidentally rubs his eye with his hand
while engaged in •cutting this wood,
acute ophthalmia is certain, and the
sight of the eye is gone for goad.
There is no cure. Yet the strangest
thing is that goats eat the aselepias
without suffering harm.
Goats, too, can eat the Texan loco
weed, which kills horses and cattle.
This poisonous plant drives horses
mad. They run in circles, and some-
times are seized by a sort of mania.
There are plants, even in the British
Isles which are none too safe to med-
dle with. Reference is not made to
the regular poison plants -such a n hem-
lock, deadly nightshade, or wild pars-
nip. There are plants which ale
popularly supposed to be harmless or
even wholesome, yet which have very
queer effects on certain individuals.
Mountain ash, . for instance. The
pretty fruit of this tree is made into
jam, jelly, and a sort of spirit. The
spirit has the extraordinary power of
destroying the memory.. •
Mixtures of fruits or .leaves, each
of water. Always apply liquid manure harmless in themselves, may have un-
directly to the soil, not over the foli- pleasant consequences. Be careful not
'age or flowers. ' Pot plants should not to eat spinach and an orange et the
be given more than one application same meal. The :oxalic acid of the
a week. former is freed by the nitric acid of
the latter, and the result is a more
or less sharp case of paisaning. To-
mato must not•be followed by Iemon
or the result may be the same.
Some fruits are injurious in an.
unni.pe condition. The juice of a raw
pineapple if injected under the skin
is most dangerous.
The Grasshopper Ca c Ler
When grasshoppers make their ap-
pearance they can be destroyed by the
common poison bait method. But there
is another way of getting rid of grass-
hoppers that makes the pests pay for
the trouble of killing and catching
them. This method consists of driv-
ing a grasshopper catcher through an
infested field, catching all the grass-
hoppers that hop and then feeding
the insects to chickens, They can be
dumped, into sacks and hung up to;
dry and fed as dry grasshoppers, ori
if it is preferred to feed the grass -I
hoppers, alive the machine can ;bed
hauled to the poultry yard and placed;
so that the front will face the light.
The [insects will find their way own!
but none too fast for an ordinary flock'
of chickens. ' Thus the grasshopper
catcher becomes a self -feeder.
An analysis of grasshoppers shows
then to be high in protein and •there-
fore good chicken feed. It is known
that chickens are more piroductive.
when insects are a part of theirra-
tion, and grasshoppers when dried
can be used with other feeds during'
the winter.
The grasshopper catcher, which has
an advantage over the old style hop-
perdozer in that the insects can be
I utilized for chicken feed, is about six-
teen feet long with an upright but
curved piece of tin in front, and so
arranged that the grasshoppers will
strike it as they hop up, failing to
the bottom and back through a
{ narrow trap opening into a box be-
- The tin front does not extend
quite to the bottom, where just in
front of the tin shield is a strip of
tin placed so that there is an opening
about one and a half or five inches
wide. This frent strip or lip niay be
made by using a sixteen foot length
of gutter one side of which is flatten-
ed outward. The back and top of the
box in the rear is covered with wire
screen and the top should be so dinged
that it can easily be opened and the
accumulated ' grasshoppers shoveller]
out as needed.
A horse i$ hitched at the extended
beam at each end and the catcher
dragged through the infested ife5t"
l
area be-
ginning at the sides and working to-
ward the centre of the field.
To prepare your stock for the
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To be held at
UNION STOCK YARDS
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Early preparation produces the prize winners.
Premium List, which will be ready for distribution in three
weeks, carries more classes than ever before.
Low -Headed Apple Trees.
Old apple trees frequently grow
skyward until they reach a height
that makes them difficu.•t to harvest.
Apple pickers cannot afford to waste
their time trying to gather fruit from
small limb, which shoot far beyond
them when working from the last
safe round of the ladder. It pays to
dehorn many trees of this type. At
least they should be headed back so
that all of the fruit can bei reached
without • excessive effort. Then the
strength of the trees will be con-
served for the lower limbs and they
will produce more fruit and fruit of
better quality.
• The open centre is of value ,in tho
old apple tree to allow the 'sunshine
to enter and color up the fruit. Trees
which have a bush -like centre aro
difficult to spray and harvest p yest aund the
fruit may be dull and green because
of a lack of sunshine. Many old apple
orchards have reached a stage where
most of the trees cannot be made
profitable even with the best of care.
It will pay to cut down such trees
and plant a new orchard or use the
land for another purpose. It is good
to recommend the proper tale of old
orchards but some of diem have
reached a stage where they cannot
profitably compete with new commer-
cial orchards, and farmers cannot af-
ford to waste time caring for half-
dead trees, When the trees aro good
enough to rejuvenate the low Bead
and open centre should be emphasized
(11 training then, ''1
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"With -Drawing" Room,
Drawing -room" is en abbreviation of
"with drawing room," which was
originally the apartment in a house
to which the ladies withdrew from the
hall, which was the usual living and
dining room, The custom of withdraw.
ing after dinner is derived from the
Norsemen, for 'the Vikings always Ms -
missed women frons their drinking
bouts.