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OM* rend Clover Mixtures. broilers end now foe those 'Nebo are
, •
1.n Large Seotioasef Eastern Ogneda, close to a good broiler market it pay
the isaaortance of well-belaneed grass to sell their eockerels as broilers
end clover mixturea particolarly fer
• paltares, is, not yet clearly realized,
If et were, the eoramonly used mix-
• tures voneisting of timothy and red
lover or timothy, led clover and al-
• sake would be seen less oftee than ie
now. the ease.
These mixt-nee may yield, the year
after they are sewia one or two ceops
of hay cemeoeed largely of clover;
bhe folleeving year or years the hay
• crops secured wM consist almost ex-
clusively of timothy. As timothy,
• however, produces a rather scant and
slow-growing• aftermath, it follows
th,at fields sown to clovers and tim-
leuelnereepi, feeding See
tants, reeord be4ke:, deek
trating too/a Pee iput
for the coming harveSt
rqreSent prefite en
Last Year's Ye
P
Deminien staQttisatte8
sdr
paw the largest crop of p
Canada en reeoed, bath aS
average yield per acre, 1,70
rather than hold them until fall and and the Otal PeId, 134,83aet 1/
them as roastors. is a geed els, It was thought that
plan, therefore, to gat rei of as many tities would be -log in the",
cockerels as you. intend to seE, during rotting and fleeting, Jleat the nu es
the broiler etage, if the price available of the season 'reduced the leSeShse
at that time inaeee it worth while incurred to a minimum. As 'a eaehee-
and usually it does. The, selling oi c111°11ee the surigus in the h01144' of
broilers at this ,tune of the. year v..„ts farmers on March 31, 1921,ei-
ceptionally large, the largeete*re-
down on the feed bill and lAves mere cord in fact excepting only 1910,"wlien
room for the pullets to mature.
it was 44 per cent. ,compared With,40
Ducke—The only time to seli mar-
ket
per cent. this year and 25 peretie'nt.
ducks is when they are about ten
weeks of age and can be marketed
under the trade name of "green
ducks." lineally where there is a de -
mad for this class of ducks they will
ethy and harvested for hay furnish bring a bigger price per bird at this
peeture, after the hay crop has been stage than at any later stage, and
taken off, that bec.omes comparatively 'the cost of production is inaterially
poor, boal in quality and returns, as less.
soon as the clover has disappeared. Roasters—In spite of the number
For this and other reasons it pays that can sell broilers, the bulk of the ,
well to add a few other grasses and eaeherels will be sold as roasters eeen aecreaSe e.tnura e" e:Fes I sandy soil. If they are of wood or
also other clovers of a persisting na.. we Item 41/2 to 6 pounds in the s.Twn.. e°11,.!Pcluene Y, 1 is safe' eement, scrape and sweep them clean,
fall. In disposing of roasters it pays °Ive'elf that tie ,nexl..nn1141.Y°Pec"; then wash ,with a fairly strong dis-
clever mixtutea. On land ee normal; to orate feed. The last pound of flesh vihsinershthoWe, yaeardiemniTniitgiolVinaflieh,t-h°1)e.1:14.947 infecting solution. 'Sunshine, combine
ture to the ordinary timothy and
is the chea-peet part of the whole car -
&eatable quantity and in tbe suipins; ed th fresh air, is one of the best
but it is
the annual average. •of which for ten gerni destreYers we have,
years has been 26,30,000 bushelanar
less than fifty per eent. of what.
was at last reports. The average
nual merchanteble quantitY Ceffida.
for the same period was 69,730,200
bushels. In 1920athat is for ;the fiseel
yeaw ending March 31, 1921; it *is
106,608,000 bushels. '
At no tines' o the year does
limns count for More the aatiltrV
busieess than during •veaean weather,
FoWle kept in eloeed, etifling, sleeping
quarters cannot be in a really healthy
condition, ca give very• good returns.
It would be much better to have the
windows removed from the poultrY
}lease, to have t ,heen cleaned and Store
ed away in some place whore they
ootild not be damaged uatil needed
Tile Welfare of tile 11(mie
Is Marriage a Heip er Hine.ranee?
The platitude Ware that "vviwn Pavel Metely because: I em eeennenee
eety comes le at the door love Illea quit stay at home, I Mean that I AM been
'(gultyheinw/Itlepalsve'ns, 141:lel:a, does'marrinaleisaays Pediert' heBelfelet •meyannilfialerawrs isoczustitt;
is well known, le reelly an inspiretion verY great. Eut vow 1 have some -
to fineecin and final aohiesement. thing to Work tor, antorituskaeerlifine;niti:
This has been demonstrated many, often a joy. Something to be cone
Many times. But the skeptical are net enex'soud eisinS.0111tiling
again, 'end pieces of w3re netting put ehn , . ,,,„ . -,.. ,..
in the pasee of the windows. De8 that of the man
This wie of •success achieved in iixe DI ille Another instance of the good in-,
tent merely to aecept the examolen Pfiluensa c: of
11.70'irie lir
ptiavr:npeurrsp;othe,esytheioassetratoankewfh.00r,rusdternae. r rom the age of sixteen, he had wan.,
keep out any vermin and at the same ,
time anew more fresh air for the ed by large finaittli,liewsh, oarbea'a'r.
lithieeedziaotn!t' dared from place t 1 f cl'
o p 'ace, in ing
who had at great desire to Wander,
losses among
A young
ally returning to his home town. MO
emanate
fe-wls. Many of the
work in many localitiee but '
feegeent homeeeomings were SUTMiS-,
ed to be chie to his desire to see •a
certain young lady who •had always
interested him. Finally she censented
to marriage, priavided he would stay
at home and settle clown. Sometime
later he went away to work. Friendis
declared he would never give up his •
wandering, although ' they admitted
that he was a good husband, and al-
ways careful to provide his wife,
When his distant work was coinplethd,
he returned and declared he had never
been so lonely in all his life. Except '
in cases of absolute necessity, he hag
band wall well versed in managing not been away since.
adult fowl% in the summer season are
the result of unhealthy roosting guar- sitleee Y 1 Y for
s ' el three years in oidee
ters. to get a start on a place of his own,
• The poultry house ehould be that- fi an 1.
-, found that he was not one whit better
mighly eleaned. Give the roosts a than he had been oil
last yeae. Lag year the sterelpSeen a e e -e.,
eood (eat of kerosene or eome liquid tohffe deny when Y he began work. His in -
the date mentioned was 31;04000 "e" -,t""e1"---' the nests clean out nes and tentiOn had . been to work , and save
bushels while this year it vio 0 burn he old nesting matexuel, then
, , . e-
oeanjn, i.,s 0, r01006t apitia :2:en. tivi. , gaerereeli21008,sei.8,8,6e,.10ef,„,i.itiah.l. eingveinthsieden easntds ,oautth, ioeraouvigngh wthheinite-twoasdrhy-
•in the sun for a while. A thorough
ds. Ase omsedeence of a4 ti.* !praying with whitewash of the whole
theen has been somethirsg like 4,4int interior of the house will make the
This year-til.e.xe),04 it toofpeasrotilleanredniroev;icaace
fee7ithilleshoemset tell.
ere
fed to live etock:•
of potatoes and quantities leaVe"!.'tseen-.1p ace more sanitary. If the floors
fertility a elover and timothy mix-
ture, sown primarily for hay in a ro-
tation will produce more hay if a lit-
tle meaclow fescue and perhaps also
orchard grass are added. On account
the latter grasses also help a field to
produce mcceepasture after the hay
crop has been removed. The same
applies elso to other grasses, known
as bottom grasses such as Kentucky
Blue grass, Red iop, and others, and
also to 'White Dutch clover.
For permanent pastures it is of still
greater importance that the mixtures
sown contain a variety of grasses and
clovers. It is obvious that the most
valuable permanent pastures are those
whioh provide green pasturage from
the early spring until late in the fall.
Under the ciecuinstances it is equally
• obvious that the most valuable mix-
tures for permarient pastures are
those Which oontain early as well as
medium late and late pasture plants.
• This is a point that is too often
overlooked in Eastern Canada. It is
not so in Europe, where the great
value or pastures of proper composi-
tion is being more appreciated and
nhere, as a consequence, paa-ture mix-
tures holding ten or more grasses and
dossers are comenon. As an example
may be mentioned that Sul -ton & Sons,
• eading, En.gland, recoinmend, among
en a mixture "specially adapted
to produce the most profitable crops
•our to slit years grazing ernseeeeinr
eenhichse contalfis'iV4/11rthen .differh eilet
4 reel -in "
eeeeseens olereere, rmane
snt 1:4014,res oa medltenesoilga'
-Lure Winch consists of not less than
•ilea:Ay-one different pasture plants.
It is iinposisible in a short article
to discuss what Pieeticular grasses and
clovers ought to be recommended as
additions to the timothy and clover
tnixtures now commonly used, as dif-
ferent rates and combinations of quite
a varied nature are required for dif-
ferent soil and climatic conditions.
Furthermore, such a discussion is out-
side the scope of this arbicle, the ob-
ject of which -is simply to enuphasize
the advantage of including a greater
neunber of grasses and clovers in mix-
tures than is now the case.
cass and enhances the value of the
entire bird. Do not dispose of any
class of poultry stock without special
feeding, and for the larger cockerels
of their rapid growth after cutting, espeoially, the crate feeding systeen is
best. '
Turkeys and Geese.—Geese are be-
coming more popular each year and
deserve more attention on the aver-
age farm than they have reeeived. The
grass feeding habit of the goose is an
added reason for goose flesh being one
of the cheapest poultry meat pro-
duced.
Turkeys continue to be our highest
priced poultry flesh and no doubt will
maintain this position for some time,
for the ravages of blackhead eaeh
year seem to make it harder to pro-
duce turkeys. In marketing turkeys
almost more than any other class of
poultry meat, it is essential that they
be well-fed. Turkeys cannot be too
fat and in disposing of them keep in
mind that turkeys are used for festi-
val occasions. Have them ready,
therefore, in plenty of time for
Thamksgiving and Christmas, and do
not leave the inarketing of them too
near the time at which they are re-
quired for eating.
For further detail; write the Poul-
try Division, Central. Experimental
Farm, Ottawa, Ont., for their bulletin
No. 88, "Preparing Poultry Produce
for Market." "
Preparing IDer:tlie"Next Lan A Crop.
Successful sheep. husbanelry're mu.
ene
'er careful prepaeation for the next
lamb crop. It matters little What time
of the year it is, whether the ewes
are just bred," the lee -nibs just weaned
or the lamb crop just due, preparation
for the next crop should be kept in
mind. So time is more important
than during the previous lambing sea-
son. At that time notes and records
should be kept of all important items
regarding the behavior of the ewes,
the number of Iambs. eaoh raises and
wfhether they are good mothers or not,
whether their udders are healthy and
well-bileneed, or any other valuable
notes of this kind: Any ewe that does
not successfully raise her offspring
should be culled rather than re -bred.
Great care should be exercised in
the selection of the ram to be used.
Ile should be a typical, uniform, good-
sized, purebred animal, full of vigor,
active, and in good bloom. It is
WOnderful the influence a ram may
have upon the offspring of a flock of
ordinary ewes.
The selection of the ewes is also a
very imiportant feature in connection
with the lamb crop. This selection
may be done when the previous lambs
are weaned and again at breeding
time. The shepherd ha.s in mind at
this time uniformity in type. The
more uniform in appearance the ewes
are, the more uniformity will be
shown in the offspring and hence the
better the prices to be obtained when
marketing time arrives. Nothing at-
tracts the buyers like uniformity not
only in good condition but in size,
age, appearance and type. The ewee
teeth should be examined and if any
defects are found the ewes should be
culled. As a rule ewes are not profit-
able for breeding after they pass five
years of age. Not only should severe
culling be done to the mature ewes
but careful selection should be prac-
ticed in ehoosing future breeding
ewes for the laarile crop, alveays being
maul to retain those as near the
ideal type as possible. Too =eh
emphasis cannot be laid upon the cul-
lrlarketing the Surplus Stock.
' Distribute the sale of market birds
over as many of the twelve months as
possible. Sell. when the price is good
sind the birds reada. As far as pose
siale, get out of the habit of market-
ing everything in the fan of the year.
Watch the mtarkets and have your
birds ready when you can get the
prices.
Hens—The be.st prices are received
for hens in the spring of the year. A
rood plan is to cuE out all the hens
you do not intend. to keep over for
• breeding purposes another year and
sell as soon as the egg yield drops.
, This will oceur after the breeding sea-
son is over anal usually along about
the let of July for the poorer ones,
the better layer:5 a little bit later.
Whether these birds should be kill-
ed before selling -will depend upon the
demand. In state large cities, a bet-
ter price is paid for the live bird than
foe the dressed. The killing, there-
fore, will depend upon the prices
paid.
Which Ilens to Market, --When
trapavesting is foRowed the matter is
rime% for the min. -producers Oat! be
• Oohed -out at any time. Where trap -
are not used the selection is
Made much more convenient if leg
• bands are used to distinguish the hens
from the pullets, and the early -laying
• pullets from the later ()nee. With
these marks the hens and the low -
moaning pullets tan be disposed a.
The alin should be to keep over the
• eminence months only the biz* that
axe paying wen for their keep, end
that. are to be kept for bevecling pine
poem the next spring.
In the ease of Legliorns or other
)ight breeds, it may pay to loeep all
pallets over the etimmer, but this
»mat be determined by the number of
• eggs they ate laying as soon after
• their egg pieduction • eOraea below
• their et of keep Lens
• Would be dispoe44 of.
troilers.- -Brakes are chickens
tveighing not oTOtt four to five pounds
to the pair, In recent years the• de -
limed and thb prices have rber. for
Transportation and Cate -.4.','
of Fruits.
Increased attention is being gili'en
to the ee,eriage and stowage of fruits:
Every year owing to the shortage of
help and the briefness of the picking
and shipping season large quantitie,s
go to waste. This ean only be obviat-
ed by improved inethods Of handling
and by rapid distribution. It -is gratie
fying to know that fruit greevers in
all parts of the country are vigoreui-
ly taking these matters up and that
the various departments ef agrith
ture are showing an earnest desire
co-operate. Efforts are being rnadet
redloce waste to a minbnum transp
tation and to increase 'Cold store.*
facilities to an extent that all „fru/
growing centres will find aceontra<S4
time. The whole future Of Cada*
fruit trade dependseon the sucee* den
perfection of these efforItha
ready been gaiwa that, oth
grownia. °Marl can eVa
'faeilities be subessfixll
Alberta -in ooninetitian Witlinshi 'anti. were, ef-.thr.ee:.dans.alneaeueze two clays
from t'he western States. It restetwitli being devoted .to the sheep and wool
express, steamshipe and raileSaYeeene_ ;end a ihira to the bacon hog. Besides
panies to co-operate with the fruit demonstrations on the problerms Of
Sheep Management including shear-
ing, dipping, •dooldrig and castration,
attention was paid to marketing con-
ditions. Demonstrations were also
-given in killing, dressing and quarter-
ing of lambs. Regarding -.e bacon
hog, lectures were delivered with il-
lustrations on all rela.ted. problems,
With special considenation. of the re-
quirements both of the home and ex-
port trade. Points to be considered in
the selection of a good- brood sow
and in the ehoice of a hoax were
,explicitly get forth.
faithfully and then to merry.
"How about trying. it togethe,r 7" he
asked his prospective wife orie even-
ing.
"As you think best, John," She told
him.
Therm on they were married—and
they succeeded splendidly. They were
good, conscientious workers. The wife
showed herself an excellent house-
keeper and economizer, and the bus -
and dairying. At the end of threel A wife may be a harden or a help tt,
years the ,plaee they had leaeed on, her hueband. She may lie the ineeira-
practically nothing was their cwn, the tion of his life in more ways th,an one.
cattle were their own, and they,them- Those who are inclined to point to -
possible to have too much sun for the
selves were well on the road to what ward the lafe of a man vnth. a large
fowls if some kind of ;shade is not
is generally termed a good living. family and small means as an example •'•
provided in very warm weather, to be
Theirs is a typieal case. On the of married life and "living suicide"
used when needed.
other hand, there are, quite naturally, are the pessimists of society. They
Colony houses scattered through an
as Many who have failed irreparably do not think of the chances which
orehard make a very desirable edace
under the same conditions, But the come rather to .a man who is married
for fowls OT growing chickens. Al -
failures did. not pull together. and permanently settled than to the"
ways provide plenty of pure drinking
An unmarried man is restless and one who is not tied down by respon-
water in clean pans and keep it is a
seeks excitement elsewhere than in ,sibiiity and, therefore, not always to
sheltered Place, out of the sun. Be sure
his own home, with the reeult that by be relied upon. „
the adult birds are not too heavily
increasing degrees he becoines a A home is something to work for --
fed, especially on corn or buckwheat
stranger th his own hearth. It is foa one of the really worthawhile things in.
or any of the fat-proelucing foods.
this reason. that many men do mot life. But a house without a wife or
Select the fowls that you do not in-
tend :to hold over for another lereed-
ing season and sell them early while
the price is high and while they aee
in good condition, before they com-
mence to moult.
The fowls which are th be kept over
as breeders, and also growing chick-
• eas intended for stook birds, should
be given liberal range.
Free range where there is an abun-
dance of green food and animal food
Inithe form of insects,. worms, ets., to
1 .
bet had, is very essential to the beg
:gabwth, health, vigor and vitality in
stock intended for either breeding or
ia ing purposes.
beep and Swine Problems.
he sheep ..ande,swine marketing
Melee 1:eeeheretereqentiae held,:
eluablideparit• urn TheSh'eatti
growers' associations and goveenment
operatives who are working these
directions.
Lampblack or tax stains: Saturate
with kerosene. Wash with soap and
water.
Half the -Value, perhaps 111.0re, of a,
pure-bred lies in having the animal
registered. If you don't believe it,
keep your ayes open when you attend
publie sales. The pure-bred that isn't
registered sells for much less than
the registered anixnal.
Making Better Silage With Less Work
wish to be "hooked up," but prefer to
be restless, foot400se and free.
Eventually, however, they find that
men are. better off at home, beta fin-
ancially and physically, than when
roaming over the globe, and still bet-
ter off with good wives and eomfort-
able homes of their awn than without
these blessings. Nine -tenths of all
wanderers aeadily advise a youag man
to stay at home and settle down, la-
menting that they themselves diti not
receive such sound advice when ot a.
.
mai= age.
Investigated cases prove that, though
"tied down" monied men do not gen-
erally depioxe their condition, . and
that, with a few exeeptions, they are
happy in having assumed responsi-
bility. Aeyoung man, who had been
,reentiderad someerhat,efigneettled"‘ehea,
otoeseleSSYnarrSagen ovageseekseeleeWafts
liked married life and its duties. His
reply was a surprise. •
"Why," he said consider get -
tang married the best thing I ever did
in my life. Oh, I don't mean," he rested front their labens upon the sunt-
ha.stened edd, "that I ani better off mit of the rootmtairt called Fame:
That many farmers make extra of course conies in the tendency to
work for thenesel-ves by cutting their make the comparison with the figures
for water per emit. instead ot the
silage too green is clearly shown hy
,figumes for dry -matter per cent. A
a simple bit of -arithmetic. Making change from 80 to 60 per cent. water
silage of green earn means hauling a deems rather small, but a change from
lot of water from the field to the silo, e0 per cent. dry matter to 40 per cent.
and, furthermore, the nutritive value dry- matter obviously means, if the
of the silage per pound is greatly 'total amount of dry matter remains
reduced. I leave tried this problem on the same, that the total weight has
a lot of silage experts who were not been out in half.
convinced until they had figured quite "r, This bit of arithmetic points to an
a while for themselves. So get out important lesson in silage -making.
your pad and pencil and you will be The lesson is to let the water content
surprised at the results. go as low as possible without injueting
Now for the silage problem. We the silage quality, before starting to
assume a ease: Suppose that afield of fill the silo. During this period of
corn when cut ,at a certain stage growth the corn is actually gaining in
yields 20 tons of ensilage with 80 pm.'" feeding value as well as getting rid
cent. veatex content. Suppose we de- of an immense tonnage of water. Half
cide to allow the corn to stand in the the labor of overhauliag may be saved,
field and dry out until the water cone it.nel a better product secured, by mak-
tent has decreased to 60 per tent. To ing a rather dry as against a rather
simplify the problem we will assume wet silage.
also that there is no further produce This bit a .dommonly misunderstood
tion of day matter. Such would not silage arithmetic also gives rise to
be quite the case, but then this is a heated arguments ever yields of village
problem of arithmetic. The problem corn. The man accustomed to making
Is, how much would this 20..ton yield a dry silage takes with a grain ot salt
shrink in weight with the dropping ocf the story of big tonnage put out by
the water content from 80 to 60 per the man who makes sloppy silage,
ling process. cent.? • neither party eapreciating the feet
Men accustomed' to handling silage that ehiftimg themoisture content
M
After the culling and selection work all their livecome back as a rule very from 80 per. cent. down to 60 per cent.
has been completed the ewes are pre-
pared for breeding. They r,eust be well
fed and put in good condition but not
oitertat, As the breeding thee ap-
proaches they should be flushed on
sonte good, green, succulent pasture.
As many as possible should be bred nt
the tame time So that the lambs are
rive in a group end the lambing aenicel
will not then be .vreact over a long
period, which ts Ohjeetioneble.
A$ the laanhing period draws near
the shepherd appreciates the tact that
his busy time a approaching3 Be looks
to the inoreased comfort al his fie*,
the larelbe are to he bOtai
barns the Intildings are thoroughly
glibly with an answer. They reason
this way: The difference between 60
and 80 per cent. is 20 per cent., 20
per cent. of 20 tons is 4 tons, a/vett-els
they figete will be the amount at
shrinkage. The prebtlem is mot so
siniale, nor so unimportant. The true
solution of it is as folloWs:
Thi0 silage in the first place eon -
twined 4 tons 4 dry majtter apd1„,8
tons o/ water, or 20 per centtlry
matter land 80 per (cent. water. In the
second case there is the same 4 tons
of dry nla,bter,.j:2t only. 6 toaie o
Wittet, or 40 p`ogr ifiatteraiid
60 per cent water. The silage loses
just one 'half atg woight, the 20 tone
-eahoutthetwointeanesemmountered
in actual prattice—causes a reduction
of just 50 per cent. in weight per acre.
The same question is also involved
when it comes to feeding. A wet
silage has only half the feeding velue,
pourid per pound, as has a dry silage.
All too frequently this distinction is
n(otappreciated when the material is
CI Itts'?11.'t 81:0111,:t4e_feedint platform.
di -tell'aet- ••••,(-1-(1t03, . Ol'aie
,i
1,
7the mr Isall Will Is ow up the
Akei flp omit: ote VA silage 'go ofti
e EParde feeding value as 40 pounds
with * loWet percentage of Water—
as „per the probleat enith
ehildren is not a home; it is a mere
shelter front storm. On the other
hand a house that holde a family' can
be a heaven or merely a place in which
to stay. Which it shall be dependa
upon both husba.nd and wife.
, Wonderful thin,gs have been aecome
plisheil by' men •who have- married
without means; 'and, a couple, by
working together, have acconiplished
things which would have been impos-
sible were they still single. When
John Flaxman, one of Englanda.geeat
artisthe married Ann Denham, both' '
were very pope: Sir .InceelmaaReynolde, 2
meeting the hriclegthoina remarked
that the artist's career -was rubaeth,
}taxman went:home and told his Wife
what the bachelor 140 said, and she
replied brevely: "And a great. eitisteen
t.S.shhif..3.1eheieSie „h„
4selditecheeeteerfle
Iler resolve thatehis marriage ,shouhl
net 'ruin her husband /nada her stiug.
gle and economize with him, through 'a
good times and bad, tinta at last they
cleaned and disbifettedi hurdlee, shrinking to IA tons. The lisual error started Tot,
and so anxious was she to try it that
11 ahant's sharp ears caught the crackle
THE CHILDREN'S she fidgeted about and Oliver Me -
mg of the twegs.
"See -what that is!” be whispered to
Johnny. Johnny's bright eyes soon
spotted the old -witch crouched in the
hedge and he was just about to tell
Oliver, when up from nowhere, ap-
paren.tly, floated the fairies, their lit -
HOUR
Oliver Elephant had been reading
fairy stories which Uncle Abner had
secured in a rather remarkable fa-
shion. It must have been remarkable,
for he said so hir' asekf, and fairy books tie red lanterns twinkling like fire_
are not COMM031 in the jungles of flies in the dark. Oliver could not
Africa by any means. But if I amto see them distinetly, but the little
get on with my story I11, have to
leave out this remarkable peat vague dewing forms delighted him.
A fierce whisper in his big ear almost
The fact remains that Oliver had made aim sneeze.
begun to believe in fairies and stay up einewp, cried janzty Giraffe.
at nights to get a eigfht of some. "Put you' trunk higher than the
"But the only thing that bothers fairies' heads and blow!"
me," he complained to Johnny Giraffe, Without stopping th think Oliver
"is that I'll never see any!" obeyed and a mighty good thing it
Oliver was e bit shortsighted and, was, for Just above the fairies flow
having his long trunk to beak down the -witch with her shaker of magie
was sort of a disadnrantage, too. powder. Away she blew into the top
"Then, Inn liable to scare them," he af a tree and the pewder was scatter -
added miserably, end Johnny was ed in every direction, not one speck
forced to admit that they both were falling on -the little fairies, though all
rather big and ugly, us:vending to of them were blown over. -
fairy standards. An old wise man snatched out hia
But Johnny Giraffe had very sharp spy -glass andecaught sight al the
eyes and was also on good terms with witch blowing through the air and of
the birds (having so long a neck), and the giraffe and the big friendly ele-
Johnny" agreed to help Oliver find a pawn, and quickly told the queen of
fairy. With his head among the tree their deliverance. And after that
tops, as he nibbled the fresh young Oliver Elephant and Johnny Giraffe
twigs, he kept a sharp ea.r up for fairy often visited the fairies at nighttime
news, and one day from a family od arid the little creathres perched on
friendly parakeets he learned that Oliver's trunk and flew close,' so he
the fairies were planning a merry mild see how lovely they were. As
dance for the following night in the for the old witch, Oliver threw het
quietest little corner -of the forest. into the deepest pool in the jungle and
Johnny hastened to Oliver with the she wasput out, for witches disappear
good news and the two could scarcely at the nest touch of water—a fact to
eat, so excited did they become. leoth remember if you ever meet one.
determined to hide nearby and get a
glimpse of the vronderful little people, Itancid butter can be sweetened by
Long before 12 o'clock the tvvo wasliing in lime -water and rinsing in
little jungle boys stele away from clear, Oogd water or by soakirig
their homes tied went tiptoeing water to which a handful of hicarbon-
through the forest. ' Cautiously they ate of soda has been added. Then wash
concealed themselves in the thick in. sweet milk. Butter will remain
trees and waited for the fairy folk to fresh longet if put in a crock contain -
make their appearenee.
log thardoal. ' "
Some one else was waiting—the old
witoh of the woods. Grumbling amd A steel fence post, with the top
mumbling, she e,rouolied on the other ,eix inches bent Slightly inveatiel :for
side of the little clearini. For twenty ,carrying a few strands of barb Wire,
years she had: been working on a spell deeigeod in this way to give better,
to destroy the &hike of the jeegle protection to orchards " arid gardens,'
and at last—at last site had foue'. the has been recently placed on' the
right formula, The little creatures adian market " °
Were alWtOrs trying to keep pesos — •
41:1i'fiaipg...0011"dt ge„yzikal a -Grain is not needed te make firate
j74 the vole plots of dass lartha if an abundant:4S a geed
Vuv witdh herself, so that oho wag doter, pasture is provided. CheaP 4a tern
. • •
tray them. is tins year, though, a Mae corn may
• A little of the powder, she had Ivo. Profitably fe'4 :Ral5e is it V"alnabif
eec we
mined to &S
lirried-voortgid. turn these sell into froze Pastuva oral) got ktulbs* '