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over the fowl that avenet intended
to be retained for . /attire•beeeders
etteetnen:ete'tne--- . should be dieposed Pf. The birds
should be either put into a yerd or
se:tercel* eemniunicatlens to hip ononnee 13 Adelaide et Ween Terontok eonfineel to pert of the yard, the rest
di 'being limed, Plowed or spaded, and
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It is not eo mach the question of '
the "Me tin'e 14Ying on
Producing mere perk to the are but 13°rk a
'in
rather one of producing the most et Inos satialaciP"V' lnal161.with very
little attention Sewn their boss,
the lowest test. Hogging down the
corn %Tears to be the answer to the;
, Large Crops From Fell Plowing.
Problem, espeoially if we considee the
value to the other crops of the labor; There is difference 'of (Minion
saved in handling the eorn harvest. among farmers M regard to fall plow
-
The advantages to be gained from mg. Some claim great advantages,
hogg•ing down earn may be briefly while •others say that spring plowing
summed up under three heads. Fiest gives the best results. Both elassee
of all, and one that is of utmost im- may be right. In some cases there
seeded to green erop such as rape er
Tye,
All litter should be removedfrom
the house and the ceiling, walls and
floor thoronghly sweet, Movable fix-
tures should be taken out and the
whole interior give t a theroUgh wash-
ing, The hest way to do this is to use
the hose if you have one, after the
hose give the building a good flooding
and scrub it down with a stiff brush.
If there is no hose, be even more care-
ful ebout the scrubbing % After the
portenee at the present time, is that may be no decided difference in re- house has been thoroughly cleated,
the practice is ideal from a lanes,- sults between fall er spring plowing. give it a soaking with a good strong
saving ,standpoint, Every farmer is The differences are due mainly to disinfectant. One of the coal tar pre -
aware of ' the amount of man andvariations in Soils anft seasonal con- paratioes will be found satisfactoey
horse la.,ber that is required to cut, ditions. for this purpose, this .eheuld be ap-
husk, haul and erib eore, and then feed Sells are claseified as sands, sandy plied with a epray pump SQ that it
it out to the hogs in the pen. The loaens ;Gams, silt loams, clay loams, will be force& into all the cracks and
expense of these eperations may be and ciays, as the case may be. As we crevices of the building. If there is
largely saved and at the tans of the go down this Est the quantity of fine no spray pump, use a brush, but be
year when there is usually a greet material or clay increases •and. the sure to get it into these cracks and
rush of out-of-door work. !soils become heavier or more difficult crevices.
Then there is the fertility problemto work with tillage implements. The house should be left standing
that must be considered. In feeding' This heaviness or sticky nature of for a couple of days to dry out, leav-
corn in the pen there is almost pegays soils, caused principally by the am- ing it wide open to allow the sun and
a waste ef valuable fertilite any ount of elay present, is offset to a
of the manure made is retain to the great extent by good drainage or IV
sell it is ,aecomplished at quite an' gravel, seed or vegetable matter which
ex_ ense and 'only after many hours oft they may contain, so that e well-
lantrious and not altogether Pleasantndrained clay -loam soil, well supplied
wain . When harvesting their own, with vegetable matter, Tnay not clod or
corn the hogs are making manure and: bake to any great extent, and may
depo.siting it direetly .upon the land. be quite easily pulverized by imple-
They aeie also leaving 'cornstalks mental another clay -loam soil un -
where they may be turned under with- drained and low in vegetable matter
out first being hauled out to the field. may give serious trouble.
The general health of any lam ani- It is not unusual to find a sandy -
mat is always to be considered. In loam soil, low in vegetable matter,
hogging down corn the animals re-
ceive a great deal of exercise which
keeps theta contented and vigorous.
Instead of rooting around in sloppy
pig yards as is often the -case, they
are workin,g in clean fields which,
air to enter freely. It shoald then be
given a good application of whitewash.'
The fixtures, nest boxettehroosts and
dropping boards which have been re-
moved shoulcl be treated in a similar
manner.
At the time of this annual .house
cleaning it is a good plan ta rote what
repairs to the houses, fixtures and
fenees are eeeded and have them made
as soon as possible. Also clean up and
burn any accumulation of rubbish,
leaving nothing under which. venin
that will clod and bake considerably. may hide. A clean house free from
Since puddling, baking and clodding lice and mites is easy to keel; clean.
of a soil increases the difficulty of Then see that the pullets anerhealthy
prepahing a good ,seedbed, and may! and free from lice, when ,they are put
be harmful to crop growth, the ten -lin, and the problem of winter eggs is
dency of a soil to puddle is a most' more than half 'solved. .
as one may observe. is of 210 Salan important factor in determining the
benefit to hem. best time for plowing. Diseases of Potatoes.
Before turning the hogs into the The purpose of plowing must he
corn field ...hey sl -;.,),,k; h fee some taken into aecount. The prineiple Late Blight ef the potato is one
e
corn in the dry lot. At first only a' l'enr-l-e derived from Plowin" re: 1.1 of the diseases the causes serious Ioss
small am cunt, WI' u all y i nerea s'ne To bery vegetation and mailers eel to the grower. How serious the loss
the supely until they are aceustemed that they will decay and be added to may be is told in a newly issued bul-
to the feed
Hogs should not be permitted to
cover too large an area at one time or
they will not do r, clean job of pastur-
ing and hence a waste of good feed
results.
The number of hogs that an acre
will carry depends largely upon the
yield of the corn and the size and
vigor of the hogs. A fifty -bushel erop
of corn will carry ten one -hundred -
pound pigs from eighteen to twenty
„days. Three fall shotes and six spring
,pigs -may be counted upon to clean
up an acre of fifty -bushel corn in
fifteen to twenty -days,
One ehould epprexinnate the amount
cOrn that' will be hogged off and
lay plans to keep them -on that area
until they have cleared it up.
letui prepared by Paul A. Mruphte
the soil mass. 2. To pulverize the
Plant Pathologist in Prince Edward
soil in order to foem a desirable
seedbed for the crop. To conserve
Island in connection with the Dorein-
water. 4. To kill in.sects.
Light soils that blow, and soils on
steep slopes that wash, lose fertility
when fall plowed, because the fine soil
particles are removed by blowing and
washing.
The uneven surface of fall -plowed
land catches and absorbs water result-
ing from Mill and snow, while the
soil mulch. formed by plowing con-
serves this water against evaporation,
and more moisture will be mailable
for the„speing eropi -
An. experiment performed at the
Michigan Einerimett Station showed
that fall -plowed land contained more
water available for an oat crop than
A method conunonly used, M the spring -plowed land, and the yield of
torn belt is to roll down a portion of oats was increased more than nine
the field. The hogs seldom bother the bushels an acre by the fall plowing.
tanding corn as they fli.xi the knocked Freezing and thawing of fall -plowed
gown corn so much easier to procure. land helps to break down clods and
tends to put soils in a better condi-
tion of tilth for spring crops.
One of the great advantages of fall
plowing is that this work is out of
the way ef the spring rush, thus giv-
ing a better distribution ef labor.
This is an important matter, especial -
After the portion of the field that was
rolled down has been cleared up an
additional amount should be rolled
and the hogs will find this new ready
feedj . short time.
Some practice the system of stretch-
ing a temporary fence through the
corn by weaving hog -wire in between
the stalks. It is not necessary to ly should the following spring be late,
make this fence very substantial as necessitating hasty spring plowing or
the hogs seldom attempt to go beyond working the ground when it is to wet.
it r.zi long as there is good corn left Fall plowing buries many weeds be -
within the enclosure. Some 'believe it fore they mature seeds, which gives
revisable to knock down .some corn better control of these pests and
W; en using the fence system, e,spe- causes them to decay and be changed
daily at first.when the idea is rather to plant food before seeding the land. than in the Maritime Provinces (*Imre
new to the hogs, When that part of If done at the right time, fall plowing the losses have also been considerable
the field that has been fenced off is rna.y destroy insects and worms by in some years), and the Curley Dwarf
cleaned up the fence is alloyed over exposing them to the elements and with its relatives, which are found
and the animals allowed to enter the the eyes of the birds that feed upon more frequently in southern districts
on Ontario than in the more eastern
ion Experimental Feelers. le prinee
Edward Island the potato crop covets
around mow acres, the yield from
which is about 200, bushels, se aere
and the total production 6,000,000
bushels. Were it not for late blight
the yield per acre, according to the
writer, would be 290 bushels qf sound
potatoes, meaning 'nearly ,..e. third
More. The extent of the lesfrat 475c
kittLettegivn
per bushel is $2,925,000. o
' ve
eatJAhand ItTn.VWolie7nie ss. I
atinrated reePectively at 0 per' cetut.
and 25 per cent., which entails% sacra, -
flee of something like $5,600,00Cte or .
eight millions and a half foeethe three
Marithn.e Provinces. Spraying with
home-made Bordeaux Mature, cam-
pesed of two. pounds copper sulphate
or bluestone, two pounds quickliine
and 40 gallons of water, is recom-
mended as a remedy. Late Blight is
not quite so serious in Ontario:and
Quebec, but there are other diseases
that are troublesome, such as Leaf
Roll, which is more or less widespread
in Canada, and the loss from which. in
southern Ontario in one year is, esti-
mated at two and a quarter million
m
dollars; Mosaic, the loss frowhich
in a single year in New -Brunswick and
Quebec is ealculated to have been 5
per cent. or 1,525,000 bushels, and in
Ontario 2ee per cant. or 500,000 bush-
els; Black Leg, from which the losses
in Ontario are recorded as greater
previecen The bulletin goes deeply
into the resulte of the invettigations,
deseribing symptoms, the soils pritit'
cipally effected, and the methods that
should be emPlered in ehoelting And
suppressing potato diseases,
Pruning Berry •Bushes.
Respberry,'blacloberry, and dewberry
plants are usually peened in the fell,
as soon as the crop i$ harvested, but
it can be done any time before cold
'weather.
If the raspberries or .blackberries
are in hills remove ail the canes that
fruited 'apt season; aleo, all the weak
canes, leaving frorh eight to twelve
strong <lanes. If they ere growing in
rows thin .out the canes to eight inch-
es apart. The blaelebernIr
es reqUe
mere room than the raspberries;
therefore leave fewer canes. Be sure
to remove all canes that will interfere
with cultivation next sarnmer,
Lateral branches should be short-
ened by cutting them back from one
to fourefeet, depending upon the var-
iety and the bud development, The
idea is to reduce the amount of fruit
to such a quantity as tan be properly
developed. It is simply a thinning
process. , 'Unbranehed red raspberry
canes should be cut 'back to a height
Of four or five feet.
Remove all diseased canes and any
in which tree crickets have deposited
eggs; such canes will be weak. Burn
all prunings to prevent the spread of
insects and diseases and also to get
the brush out of the way.
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Quarantine of the Corn
Borer.
... As a result of the scouting Work for
the European corn borer carried on
by the Dominion Department of Agri -
!Culture, it has been found that this
insect has spread into new territory
this year. On account of the danger
of carrying the pest into 'uninfested
districts a Ministerial order was pass-
ed on August 26, 1921, prohibiting the
removal of corn, including sweet corn
and seed corn on the cob, corn stalke,
ete„ from the following townships in
the Prevince of Ontario:
Charlotteville, Houghton, Middleton,
Townsend, Walsingham north, Weis -
Ingham south, Windham, Woodhouse
in the County of Norfolk, Cayuga
north, Dunn, Rainham and Walpole in
the County of Haldimared, and Raleigh
and Romney in the County of Kent.
The order is supplementary to the
order -in -council which was paused oa
!
May 1S,..1921. All persons desiring detailed information concerning this
quarantine .should apply to the De-
nartment of Agricultiu.e, Ottawa.
The Advantages of Stacking
Grain.
Recently a test was. conducted on
shoeltect-threshed and stacked grain
which .hadegrrei in the sametfielel
lir' the' same centlitione. The shock-
ed grain was threshed as usual, while
'thestacked grain was allowed, to stand
for six weeks. The -tests were then
made en fifty bushels of each kind a
grain. The shocked grain tested nearly
fifteen per cent. moistere, weighed
feity-five and a half pounds per bushel
and graded number two on the mar-
ket. The stacked grain had only a
little mere than thirteen per cent,
raoisture weighed fifty-nine pounds
per bushel and graded number one.
Seedmen and growers of pure-bred
grain also are practically unanimous
in their agreement upon the advisabil-
ity of stacking. This is rather signifi-
cant and their experience must be con-
sidered valuable.
In one county, sixty-eight culled
hens kept five days laid just one egg.
At least a fifth of Ontario's flocks are
of that kind. Cull 'ern!
new 'clean pasture. The fence system
eateessitates a little more work but is
thought by many to be the hest.
Although the hogs are apparently
glad of the opportunity to obtain their
own food in their bevn particular man-
ner it has been the experience of feed-
ers that they should he provided with
other things besides corn, which is
high in carbohydrates, but does not
meet the protein requirements of the
hog.
This protein element may easily be
supplied and the hog allowed to ob-
tain it as his appetite and body needs
require. We are likely to -consider
the hog as at animal devoid of all
sense, however, he hat often- shown
better judgnient concerning the choice
ofthis food than some of the so-called
higher animale.
Some farmers pleated soy beans in
their corn last spring and thus have
. provided a very good protein supple -
meet for the corn feed whieh may he
ef eonsiderable value this fall in hog-
ging off the cor., Alfalfa fields ad-
joining the torn may be utilized to
supply the protein, Probably one of
the best systems is to pIa.ce self -
Isadore in the corn fields and use
tttnicage, shorts, or earl -lean
Plenty of good fresh water should
always El)e available. Troughs May be
placed at tonvenient phices in the
field and daily attended to.
Ptovided with the corn, water, mid
protofir ±ood, the hogs May be de-
pended npo to balilliCO their on rae
tion. They will work in the ee00, iay
frequent visit to the Watering
4atengit teed eetationally deetn Otfer to
0 adat4e6cler for thoir protdt Untie
Otte 'Me veloolltdot of the tires they
them.
In regard tst depth of fall plowing,
care should be taken not to go too
deeply into the subsoil at any one
time and turn too much of this raw
toil up toward the surface. It is safe
to plow as deeply as the surface soil
will permit, especially for beets, po-
tatoes or corn.
Lower freight rates help the cattle
business some. Feeders, to, are
cheaper this fall, and if broad, short
headed steers are purchased, the buy-
er should make out a lot better on the
deal than he did a year ego,
The Welfare of the Home
Controlling Children—By Margaret Wright North.
The adage that a man is not fit to
command others until he can connnand
himself is never more true than ei the
training of children. A mother who
has acquired self-control has more
Iran half won the struggle of -control-
ling her children.
In the eouTse of a conversation the
other day, a mother remarked, to me,
"I don't see why Charles has to pick
just the time when I am busiest to be
the most exasperating.” What a pin -
titre that gave me ef the mother!
I could see her im the afternoon sit-
ting quietly with her mending basket,
answering Marks' interminable ques-
tions with tact and patience, entering
into Inc "pretends," and making the
child feel that his mother was a real
pal and playmate.
Then I could tee het a little while
later, bustling about the kitchen get-
ting supper, Charles etill asking gees -
Vets. After a few half-hearted ree
Pave, mother tarns 01) %rein FRU
an la -oat -lett, "Charles, if you deriit
stop aelt-ing me questiots seta you
to bed; you drive me wild," There is
moment of silence and then another
question., "What dict I tell you? lelow
netextettetset4,atathtee vete,*
-Xel&liiena heeitta, "Say,
+thatlesi Go Tight `upstairs, take yolir
clothes off and ge to bed."
Neve *here Was the feta? WM
Honey for Horne Trade,
If the colonies are thoroughly
overhauled in September,' and found
to be strong with bees and heavy with
winter stores, little if anything more
needs to be done this month.
Care must be taken to store all sur-
plus extracting combs away from the
ravages of rats and mice, and get
things about the apiary and honey'
house in shipshape for the winter..
By all means cultivate the home and
nearby market, rather than to send to
eonnnission men, and if one produces
a really excellent grade of 'honey,
either comb or extracted, a local trade
at top-notch prices can he established,
and all disputes, with far-awan coin -
mission men will be a-voisled.
Attractive illustrated folders oh the
food value of honey, with some photo
reproductions of the apiary and pro-
eessal of extracting, will do much to
establish a trade. Glass containers
are the best for liquid honey, and for
this purpose some beekeepers have
found it both eonteniettit and econotni-
ad tons° the ordinary Jan, which can
aftetlearelbe nttilizedtlmhthe howler&
at preserving time, Orlirtetabefo/
other purpOeas.
Are you being robbed by a hal
Charles being "most exasperating" or
was it just that Mother was not in the
mood and lost her patience?
That another was expecting too
much of her child. She wanted him to
appreciate the strain that getting sup-
per put upon her mind, body, and
nerves. Since ceoking was outside his
experience, he coent not put himself
in her position. Even if she had quiet-
ly told him that she could not play
with him any mere, giving the reason,
lie would not have been shIe to change
his play without her help. He was so
filled with one idea that a new sug-
gestion was necessary.
How easy it would have been, when
the could not work with his ehatter
going on, to have suggested that he go
to the front window and count the
number of white horses going by
While she was getting supper; and' tell
how anany windows he could see in the
house across the street; ,or that he
show her hoev nice a house he colild
bun with his blocks. '
Beceuse the Mother expected the
ehild to have the self-control which
she lieTeelf lacked, displeasure and re-
sentment replaced the . sympathetic
friendliness of the efterimoon, and
Charles was utijitstly -eniniehed.
Let US remereber that ehildten are
Very much like rivers, it is impossible
to stop them, but eomparatively easy
to change their course.
Getting the Bees Reay for Winter
BY 1-11-s1117Y SANDERS
1.4 .
The time to prepare the bees for
winter varies with the Mon .and the
latitude. , The thee when the last
flowers of fall are in bloom, whatever
time that happees to be, is tho tite
when the bees should receive the last
attention, except enly that of aarry-
iig into the cellar. Where they
are Wintered outdoors, they will need
no further attention.
I The main thing to do at the time
of this last round is to avoid starting
the beet,' to robbing one another, No-
thing will cause this more than leav-
ring honey where the beas..can 2.et ao-
loess to it, Two piles of supers were
accidentally left .about in °lie of Our
yards with some honey in them. By
the time that the bees foetid their
way to it the thousands of bees that
came around resembled a swarm.
lAfter the bees had cleaned out the
honey in these supers they were so
flushed with their ill-gotten gains that
they started in tied cleaned out every
spot .of honey from several weak col-
onies near. We applied the usual
remedies and heaped each entrance of
the nearby hives with grass and then
wetted it with water. This so discom-
forts the passage of the bees that the
robbing was at an end, but the great
idea is to avoid leaving the honey
about where the bees can get to it, for
if they never get started to robbing,
the chances are that they will give no
trouble in this direction. When look-
ing through the hives late in the fall,
when the bees have not any natural
sources of honey, be careful not to let
them begin this plundering, and if a
commotion is observed when a hive
is opened let it be closed and an at-
tempt litade later.
Given a warmday, however, and a
little honey from the last flowers of
the season, the bees may now be pre-
pared for the long months of winter.
To get a crop of honey next year the
bees must enter upon it strong in num-
bers and with enough stores to carry
them until the first flowers begin to
yield them e further supply. So we
must consider the population and the
feed supply. To take the latter item
first, we know that it needs about
thirty pounds of stores to carry a col-
ony of bees till spring. This may con-
sist of honey, or of syrup made from
two peens of granulated sugar and one
part of water. There are always
some loealities where the season
pens to be very poor, and then it may
be essential to buy sugar and to feed
the bees. Where the stores are -eery
scarce in this way, it is well to join
the colonies up 'till only very strong
ones are left, for the stronger the
colony, 'generally speaking, the less
food in proportion is -required. Where,
there has been suffieient yield of
honey, the Sees will not need feeding
with, any substitute, bet care should
be taken that enough honey is left.
There is always that temptation to
"rob" the bees too far, a foolish pro:
cess that rezembIes killing the goose
that lays the golden eggs. A eolony
of bees that eats up the honey alloeved
and then starves is a poor investment.
Our practice is to take five well-filled
combs and to place them in, the brood'
nest, before we take any honey from
the colony to go to the extracting
house, and with the honey that will
be stored at the last in the top corners
of the actual brood combs, there
0 1., 71r,,
should thetabe ample feed in the hive,
Some beekeepers g9 by weight, but
this is unreliable for the Weigbt of the
combs varies to a great extent. In any
mete the hive ought to weigh about fie
emelt as an ti-VeTap man eAn com-
fortably lift when the time ponies to
put it into winter quartere,
After the question of food is set-
tled, the next matter is to be sure
that there are plenty of bees, and ape -
dialler young bees, in the eolony. It is
impeesibleeto give any hard end fast
rule, but (there ought to be at least
enough bees to cover eevee or eight
combs, and if they cover ten combs
so roach the better, . As the weather
grows colder the bees gradually draw
together, so that the bees that cover
ten 'combs on a mild day in Septentloer
cover only five when freeeing weather
sets in, so the test is not a very de-
eisive one, but the beekeeper soon gets
to know when there ere enough, when
in doubt he will err on the side of
having strong colonies. The colonies
that are extra strong, with perhaps
,two or three hivebodies full of brood
and bees, vvill be able to furnish as-
sistance to the weaker ones, arid when-
ever a frame of .brood and bees is
given, it should be set at the extrema
side of the hive and not in the centre;
or the strange bees may perhaps kill
the queen of the hive to, which they
are being introduced. Where there
are two weak colonies that are to be
united, the ibest• way is to seek out
queens, and then to put the two
queens, and then to peesthe two hives
hives together with only a single
thiekness of newspaper between. By
the time the bees have gnawed their
way throughthe paper they will unite
without fighting, and on a later day
the surplus combs can be taten out
and all the emnios placed together in
one storey.
As the days get chilly, it is iraporn
ant to keep the bees as warm as pos-
sible. The tops' of the combs should
be eo-vered with a warm quilt, such i'Zs
a piece of old carpet, pr a piece of
table oilcloth covered. With a second
quilt of any -warm cloth. Then the
cover should he replaced and should
not be removed if possible. The bees
will then close every chink and crevice
with their glue and so conserve their
heat. The entrance ehould be elosed
down to a small orifice. In the sum-
mer aelarge entrance is good,, but as
winter draws near it shodld, be very
small, two inches by three-eighths o/
an inch being ample.. The latter width
is recommended to keep out theenice,
which will get into a hive with a large
enough entrance and destroy the
combs, honey and bees. It is a curious
thing that bees, although well able to
deferrl tlaemeelvese against .mast a
their adverearies, seem to be powere
less against miee. So a small flat
entrance, too small for a mouse, is
the remedy. We have never had mice
nibble their way' into a hive, end
when we have had losses from this
cause it has always been on accouet
ef too large at entrance.
Proper temperatures and fresh air
in winter are important mattere, but
they are of no use unless the bees are
thoroughly fit to start the winter
right. Good strong colonies, plenty
of food, and tight warm hives are the
three secrets of getting ready fOr
winter.
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Once upon a time, longer than long
ago Olivet Elephant had ears about
as large as a muffin, net one bit hig-
her. It was so inconvenient for him
to hear 'cause when some little crea-
ture went to speak to him tied have
to get down on his knees and put his
trunk to his ear to find out what
they were saying; and as for his ap-
pearance, well, it was just ridiculous.
One day as he was looking eadly in
a forest pool and wondering why his
ears were so small for the rest of him,
the little old man of the woods came
by. And the little old map of the
woods is a second uncle to a fairy,
which makes him quite magic.
"What's the matter, big Oliver Ele-
phant?" asked the little man of the
woods. Oliver put his trunk behind
his ear and got down on his knees, for
the little fellow was no bigger than a
waffle.
"Beg pardon?" said Oliver Ele-
phant, politely. The old man ef the
woods repeated hie question and Oliver
Elephant asked him how it was his
ears were so small, when all the rest
of him was so big,
"If they were target any nose or my
trunk wouldant seem so long!" wailed
Oliver Elephant. The little man of the
woods shook Inc head wisely.
"They didn't grow long enough;
they must have been picked too sooh,"
he said slewly and at dowu on a tree
stump to think, After a while he
began to dance around Oliver Elephant
in excited tireles.
"I have it. I have it; we'll plant 'em
again and then when they are big
enough I'll pluek them and wish them
lea& en you.'
Oliver Elephant was a bit worried,
but when the little, man of the woocle
assured' him that he could wipe his
ears off without thpelng hire he just
lieened a big sigh an told, him to go
ahead. SO the little mat tlid and the
next thing that elephant persoh had
he eats at all and the little man of
the wOode had dug a hole and planted
. THE CHILDREN'S
those he had had. Poor Oliver Ele-
phant ---he had enormous trials for a
whole four weeks, 'cause he couldn't
hear a single thing any one said. His
enemies slipped up before he could
see them and nipped pieces out of
him, and his friends were ell mad at
him because he wouldn't answer theix
questions. How could he, I ask, edth-
out a single ear?
So filially he just weet camping by
himself right where the little man o/
the woods had planted his ears. Evcsy
day they grew larger and more shape-
ly, and Oliver was tempted two or
three timeCto pick them, but restrain-
ed himself because, of coureeehe could
not put them back, and a disconnected
ear is like a disconnected telephone—
no use.
The little man of the woods had
gone on a journey and just as Oliver
Elephant was growing, very much
frightened at the size his, ears were
Teaching he came back.
saicrthe little magic man oi
the woods, "didn't I tell you they
would grow? Are they all right?"
Oliver could not heat a word he said,
but he nodded hard, and the next thing
he was eitting. down three yards of
with a terrible headache. The man ef
the woods had wishecl his ears back so
quickly that the shock had upset OM -
ver Elephant, but hayriek% how happg '
he was. He could hear even the grace -
hoppers singitig in the grass, and, as
for Nis looks, well you know yetteself
how becoming they are. Yea, that's
the way Oliver tame to have big eare.
And you can tisk the little man of the
woods, if you do not believe me.
•Rich Vein of Copper Found
in Shetlands.
A rioli coppet vein has been diet
covered in the Shetland lelands, ac-
cording to reports received in London,
Eng. The lode was ,said to We've been
peeved to yield a high percentage
of 61)1)4'.
Exports wto are erecting a platt
where the discovery waS oisde• said
half a million tone of OTS, were le
sight. A London syndicate has so
glazed the rights to the Deepest -Ye