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,.,'� N EIt 'COVERING FOR STRAW
B•k1RRIES.
Strawberry plants may .be injured
by alternate freezing and thawing,
which `tends to lift them out of the
soil and thus injure or break the
roots.They may be injure, during
the cold of winter by the frost drying
out the crown of the plant and the
leaves. Heaving of the plants .seldom
eccurs'" on a well drained soil,but on
soils poorly drained' the plants are
likely to suffer considerably, particu-
larly during the very early spring
after , the snow has melted; In cer-
tain situations there may be little loss
from cold, as the drying effect of the
cold may be lessened because of the
natural protection afforded, or the
Snow may give the protection 're-
quired.
In order to make sure of the plants
carrying through the winter success-
fully it is wise to protect them with
a •muleh. A mulch of any material
tends to hold the soil under it at a
more uniform temperature. The soil
will not freeze so quickly under a
mulch and is slower in thawing than
where no covering is given. Thus.
with a mulch the plants are better
able to avoid, the alternate freezing
and thawing of spring, with its con-
•sequent disastrous results. If the in-
jury is due to drying out, which often
happens in exposed situations, the
mulch will overcome this trouble.
Plants exposed to the cold, and un-
protected from dry, cold winds, may
be completely dried out. Under such
conditions, if the air is dry, a heavier
mulch may be necessary than where
the atmosphere is humid and the con-
sequent lossfron•1 evaporation less.
In situations with a fairly moderate
climate a light mulch is all that is
necessary, as too heavy a mulch may
cairns injury because of the plants
being kept damp and mould develop-
ing. In the colder sections a good
blanket of snow can usually be de-
:pended upon, and under such condi-
tion a heavy mulch with the snow
above may alsoproduce unsatisfac-
tory conditions for the plants.
Of all mulch materials good clean
straw free from weed seed is the best.'
This is scattered evenly over the
plants at the rate of 2 tons per acre.
A coveringthick enough so that the
plants are nicely hidden from view
is usually ample, and careful scatter-
ing, giving an even light covering, is
mostsatisfactory.
A light covering!
of clean marsh hay may be used, but
more care is necessary to give a light
covering, than with straw, as the com-
Ipact hay may hold dampness in the
spring and result in decay of the
plant. Spruce boughs make a good
covering, but it takes considerable
time to ga'r;?er and place them.
The mulch should be placed in No-
vember when the . ground is nicely
frozen, and is removed in, the spring
during the last week in April or early
May. It may be gathered when dry
and used for bedding, or may be
placed between the rows to serve as
a summer mulch, thus conserving
moisture and keeping the fruit along
the edge of the rows clean from sand.
HOW CAN YOU KILL ALL THE
LICE ON YOUR HOGS.
"My hogs still have lice after I
dipped them and made a rubbing post.
How's come?" This question was put
at me frequently when I was prac-
m
1ste 73 Adelaide St, West,. Toronto
ticiug veterinary medicine. And my
reply was,:
"You have killed the lice that were
on the hogs, but you haven't killed the
lice -in the cracks of the hog -house
walls and floors. You haven't remov-
ed the source of the lice.
"Another reason is that the nits
are covered with a thick gelatinous
substance which renders them immune
to most louse treatments. If the nits
are not destroyed they infest the hog
again in a week or ten days."
"Well, Doc, how can I get rid of
these lice in the cracks, and how can
I get rid of the nits?" the farmer
would ask me.
"The best method I know of is to
clean up the buildings and pens thor-
oughly, brush all the dust and dirt
from the ciacks, sweep it into a pile,
and burn it. Don't throw it on a pile
outside the fence for the lice to crawl
back. Take a good stock dip and put
one gallon in fifty gallons of water.
Spray or soak the walls and floor of
the hog house and feeding floor. Spray
or dip the hogs. Don't let them get
into the hot sun until they are dry,
or it will blister them. This will not
kill the nits, so the hogs should be
treated again in ten days to kill the
newly hatched lice."
"Crude oil is just as good, isn't it,
Doc?" would often be asked me.
"No. Crude oil is not as good for
treating lousy pigs as a good coal -tar
dip. Dip has a healing effect on the
irritation of the skin caused by the
biting of the lice.
is being carried through the winter
months, the .eiau should be to pr;gvide
her with as near' summer cons iti nrs
as possible, with respect to 44Per9150):
succulent .feed in the form of toots,
access to a mineral leixttrre and -a
grain ration of equal parts beriey and
oats fed with skinmillr ,or buttermilk,
if it can be spared, or in lieu of skim-
milk feed about 10 per Bent, tankage.
The care given a young sow ,previous
to her farrowing her first litter is a
strong determining factor in her de-
velopment and future usefulness,';,
In 1921 the Department of Animal
Husbandry of the Ontario Agrieui-
tural College supervised the problem i
of ing+estigating 800 litters of each, of
seven different breeds, viz; Yorkshire,
Tamworth, Berkshire, Hampshire,
Chester White, Duroc Jersey and Po-
land China. This investigation cover-
ed this number of litters farrowed in,
one year. The 5,600 litters farrowed
numbered 49,400 pigs, or an average
per litter of 8.82 for a twelve menthe!
period. This average is higher than
most people would believe, and serves
to place pure-bred swine in a better
light than many see them. But when
5,600 litters of pigs from pure-bred
sows and pure-bred boars of seven;dif '
ferent breeds average all told, -a8=82
pigs per litter, the pure-bred pig, so
far as fecundity is concerned, stands
above criticism;, and while ..some
breeds are more productive • than
others it will be noticed from a sum-
mary of results that each and every
breed has a creditable record. I
The data from which the results
were obtained was secured from the
Canadian Live Stock Records, Ottawa.
When a breeder makes application to
register the progeny of pure-bred.
sire and dame he must furnish:
1. The number of pigs in the litter'
2. The number of males in the litter."
3. The number of females in the litter.
4. The date of farrowing.
These application forms furnished
Many of my good farmer clients did the source of the information which
not have any stock dip, and from them is reliable. The following table shows
I usually heard this question: "I'd like the average number of pigs per litter:.
to treat these lousy pigs, but I'll have
to wait until I can get to town to get No. of Average
litters per litter
800 ' 10.2.
9.4
8.3
8.2'.
9.3
8.4 •
8'0
Breed.
Yorkshire
Tamworth 800
Berkshire 800 •
Hampshire 800
Chester White 800
Duroc Jersey. 800, -
-Poland. China 800 .
some dip."
"I am not sure," I'd reply. "If you
have kerosene and soap, I can tell you
how to treat them. Take two gallons
of coal oil and one-half pound of com-
mon laundry soap and dissolve the
soap in one gallon of boiling water.
Add the coal oil to this solution while
it is still hot, stirring vigorously for
ten minutes, then add one gallon of
this mixture to nine gallons of water.
Spray the hog with it, after it has
cooled. Keep sprayed animals or ani-
mals dipped in this solution from the
bright sunlight. Best to apply in the
evening. Keep hogs in fairly tight
pen, as the rubbing against each other
will distribute the solution. ...It is well
to keep ,animals shaded for couple
: a
of days after treating with' the coal-'
oil emulsion. This can be applied with
a spray pump or a sprinkling can."
"Say, Doc! Do you think it would
pay me to build a dipping vat?"
If my clients kept both hogs and
sheep, I usually -advised it, for both.
could be dipped when they required it.
I knew that if they must be treated,
by hand that most times it was neg-
lected. During such discussions my
farmer friend and client would likely
say:
"Well, I see a number of my neigh-
bors use these rubbing posts, and I
wonder why they wouldn't do."
"Rubbing posts undoubtedly help to
keep hogs free from lice," I'd reply.
"But you should keep in mind that the
only thorough way is to destroy the
hatching and breeding place of the lice
and then destroy the nits when they
hatch. If you don't do this, your work
is not effective, for your hogs become
reinfested every few days."—Dr.
George H. Conn.
i This table is of interest for several
reasons. Besides proving that each
' and every -breed is fairly prolific, . ie
shows that the bacon breeds are•'iii.
the lead with the Yorkshire at the top.
This is important in Canada where
the bacon hog is most in demand. It
is well,' to, notice, too, that the Berk-
shire and Hampshire breeds, which
are sometimes considered es. ieeelaseireest
'
tween the strictly speaking bacon
type and the pronounced lard type,
are, when grouped together, lower in
fecundity than the three lard breeds,
viz.: Chester Whites, Duroc Jerseys
and Poland ,Chinas, while the Poland,'
with an average of eight pigs per lit-
ter, stands at the bottom. So far as;
size of litter is concerned they line up:?
1. Yorkshire 10.2
2. Tamworth 9.4.
3. Chester White 9.3
4. Duroc Jersey .... 8.4
5. Berkshire - 8,3
6. Hampshire 8.2 .
7. Poland China 8.0
Management of the Young Gilt
By Prof. Wade Toole, On
Care and feeding during develop
mutt.—The young gilt selected for
breeding purposes should not be
forced along as if she were going to
be marketed for pork, but rather the
system of growing her as followed
during the early stages of her life
Should be followed. A healthy, thrifty
gilt in moderate flesh should be the
objective, so that instead of being soft
and flabby when she . is called upon to
carry . her first litter, she is ' strong,
firmly 'fleshed and in a condition to
nourish and develop the foetus she is
carrying with no undue forfeiture to
herself.
• ,,, During the summer months possibly,
there is no more economic and satis-
factory method to develop the young'
gilt than to turn her out on good
clover pasture; An annual pasture
much as peas and oats, sown. at thej
rate of 214 bushels of oats and half a
bushel of small peas or 1 bushel large'
peas to the acre, together with a -mix= :
turd of cloven (red 8, alaike 3, sweet
clover 4) at 'the rate' of about 15
pounds to'the acre, gives very good.
• satisfaction. Pigs are turned into this
crop when it is about 8 'to. 10 inches
high. Rape is also a suitable pasture
crop on which to develop young gilts
being kept for breeding purposee.
Shade tsf florae description should al-
ways be of easy access.!
• While en pasture, the young gilt
does not require very much grain. A
six to seven,months- old It would'
riot require more than 3 te pounds
of Mixed .graiti per day along with !
about 10 to 15 pounds of wlte with
.
q
w'ateir '‘,ad lib,"to keep her.;in soot!
&owing condition; the amount of
' vain of course, to be overned '
grain, �'C�
tario Agricultural College
the age, size and condition of the gilt
and whether or not whey is available.
Age of breeding.—A gilt which is
well-developed should be bred when be-
tween eight and nine months of age
unless she is intended for exhibition
purposes, when it is advisable to give
her a couple of months more to grow.
,A gilt should not be bred too young
because the young sow will not usual-
ly have the . strength and • properly.
nurse her litter without sapping her
own vitality touch an •extent as to
hamper her own development. If she
is unfortunate enough to lose some
of her first litter through lack of
nourishment, her mammary glands
will not develop properly, and as a
consequence, subsequent litters will
suffer, all of which tends.to deplete
her future usefulness.
It is not advisable, however, to al,
low a well-developed gilt to run too
long before being bred, since there
appears to be a tendency toward the
development of coarseness when a gilt
runs barren too long.
Care during prcgnaney.—As the
young sow commences to show signs
of pregnancy, she should not be called
upon to rely altogether on the pasture ,
for hor maintenance. Not that she:
should be taken off it, but she should
be getting a snfflcient amount of
grain to maintain her own body as
well as develop the foetus. The value
of pasture to the'pregnant sow is not
Wily •because of its succulent nature
and nutritious variety, but because
there is in it a considerable amount of
mineral matter available which is es-
eential to the . development of • the
young..
If, ;on, the 'other hand, a .young sow
POULTRY
Fowls '•-have many diseases df the
Sed and throat, siixiilar in character
aid quite difficult to ,diagnose. In
all eases of a ,olid nature, where t.
nostrils and eyes are affected by
catarrhal condition, and: small bubble
are noticed in .the comers of the eye
and nostrils, with but little if any
odor, a simple but very efficient rem
edy is the use of two parts kerosen
and one part sweet oil. Inject bit
the eyes, nostrils and throat by t..
.use of a small spring -bottom oil can
A,few drops of camphor added to tin
will be a further aid to breathing
Where the throat seems to be mos
affected and fills with mucus, use-th
remedy more freely in the throat than
in the nostrils,
Carbolated vaseline may be use
quite successfully in mild cases, an
where the flow of mucus is slight. Ru
it in the eyes and nostrils and .force
small quantity down the throat.
To minimize the spread of the dis-
ease, all sick fowls should be separat-
ed from the well ones. Roup can al-
ways be detected by the acrid odor
which it throws off.
The .drinking water may also t
medicated with permanganate of pot-
ash,. at the rate of about one-fourth o
a teaspoonful to a gallon of drinking
water. This is a very good preventiv
to use for all the fowls, especiall
where there is any trouble of the kin
in the flock.
The roosting quarters should be
kept clean at all times, and especially
during an epidemic: Feed. good, whole
some feed in moderate quantities, be-
ing careful
Homo Education
"The GhI!d's First ephool ill the Fainily"•wFroebRl.'
ha Do You Appreciate Your Children -13y Helen Gregg Green
• I happened to be chatting at my but the other day T, no{aced she war
not leading the children in the singing
as usual. That afternoon 1 called her
to me, as she was 'washing the hoard.
I asked, 'Why is it, dear, that my liar
tie girl hasn't been. singing lately?'
A.nd to my suxprise,`'she began crying;,
'T. eau't sing. All .I do is to tiely I
could get'grades like Marie's'."
I Bald, "Oh, I thought so!"
And Miss Reid, seeing I was inter
ested, continued,
"Poor little child! She has tried Po
began and she does . good 'work in
d inize it. school: As for her cousin 14arie, she
d "I suppose you've disappointed me is a :brilliant child, but she is not ; a
b again,"' she exclaimed, while Hilda lovable one.'I had several'unfortunate
stood pulling ner--ously at her little experiences with her, while Hilda,"
handkerchief. her brown eyes danced, "is the prida�
"Wl..y is it," the mother asked, "that of my heart. She has, oh, .so. mucky
one member of the family has all the personality."
brains? Oh, Hilda, this is too dis- And then L told her the little. incl-
heartening!" she added. dent of the report.
"But look, Mrs. Field," begged "Ah, at last we have the answer,
e Hilda, handing me the report, • "Don't Well, I don't need to go down town,
you think my art:grade is good?" anyway. I'm going to see Hilda's
It was excellent, and so was her mother," she declared.
music grade, both of which the mother The next day my neighbor across
e seemed to have ignored. • the way came to see' me.
Y A few days later I met Hilda's _"Oh, what a foolish mother I've
teacher. been," she said, "breaking the spirit
d "How myis little neighbor, Hilda of mylittle
g girl, Tam so grateful., to
getting along in school?" I inquired. her teacher for opening my eyes •`.
"Well," the teacher hesitated, , "I have learned there are other assets
• don't know. There's something wrong. besides high gradee. I guess -l--
• Some is killing that child's spirit. didn't appreciate my little girl."
I can't fathom it. She has a beautiful And I thought, "I wonder how many
voice, quite . the loveliest in the room, of us do appreciate our children?"
s •neighbor's acrose the Way, when her
little daughter Hilda, and her niece, a
year older, came home from school.
e "Look at my report, Aunt May-
e belle," said Marie, thrusting her re-:
he' port at her aunt. '' -
• "And where is yours, daughter?'''
s Hilda's another demanded.
"Oki, darling, don't call me 'daugh-
etere" evaded 'Hilda.
Then coaxing the child's report card
from her, the mother b egan to serut-
a
. 'See that
the drinking water is clean and fresh
at all times. A good supply of green
stuff and a good roughage like bran
mash, should be constantly before the
fowls.: If possible, do not allow pools
of stagnant water to stand about for
the 'fowls to drink from. Do not crowd
too many fowls in one roosting place
and see that the houses have plenty
of fresh air and sunshine.
Rainfall Affecting Potato Rot.
Very careful records of the rainfall
at the College have been kept by the
Department of Agricultural Physics
.in each of the past sixteen years. In
' comparing the amount of rainfall dur- •
ing the months of July,' August and
September with the amount of rot in
the potato crop in each of the past
sixteen years some interesting infor-
mation has been obtained. The annual!
ambunt of rainfall for the three
months referred to for the eight years
in which there was no rot was 7.1
inches, for the four years when there
was a moderate 'amount of rot 9.8
inches, and for the four years in which
the rot was abundant 11.7 inches. "The
amount of rainfall, therefore, ap-
pears to have a very marked influence:
in making conditions favorable or un-
favorable for the development. of rot.
•
SHEEP -
Some flock owners consider it a
feasible practice to breed ewe'lambs'
the first year. While perhaps condi-
tions alter cases, I do not believe it
advisable to breed ewe lambs ,until
they are two years old acid have reach-
ed full maturity. It is true that some
breeds of sheep come to maturity
much earlier' than other breeds, and
again some `individuals in•all breeds
mature much more rapidly than
others, but I have always found it
poor economy to mate sheep of .any
breed, too young.
The first years of the life .of grow-
ing animals is `a,most' important pe-
riod and I believe more' depends upon
this period of growth and develome t
P�?
a any other -time. 'When animals
are young they should be ben ever.
l;� y
possible chance to grow large bone,
strong muscle and high vitality. Mat-
ing too young reduces strength and
life-giving qualities and ultimately
weakens the power of profitable mut-
ton and wool production.
Mating too young impairs constitu-
tional development and makes sheep
more susceptible to minor ailments
and diseases: Sheep of low vitality
do not possess the essential physical
strength to overcome attacks of dis-
ease and while they may not succumb
they are apt to prove unprofitable. By
good care and feeding while the ewe
webs are young, more can be accom-
plished
ccomplished in building up strong, robust,
disease -resisting constitutions than at
anyother time in the life of the lambs
rop.
I have never practicedmating ewe
lambs, but on several occasions I have
observed instances where ewe lambs
were mated the first year and I am
convinced that lambs from ewe.lambs
are generally weak and puny and low
n vitality. Then, too, the'ewe lambs
never recover from the strain of re-
production when bred too young, as
food and strength intended by nature
to make bone and flesh has been re-
quired in growing and nursing the
offspring.
The flock owner who is desirous of
building up a fine, attractive and pro-
fitable flock of sheep will look a year
Or two ahead and so manage his ewe
lambs that when they have come to
full maturity they will be strong, ro-
bust, and have the power of delivering
strong lambs. Give the ewe lambs the
est of care.
1
Some think that the Canadian cli-i
mate is too severe for best results 1n
swine This may be so, but the re -1
sults of investigational work covoring''c
85,00') litters in the States, showed al •
litter average of 8.17. While not so
many litters were studied in Canada,
our average of 8.82 pigs per litter'
looks favorable to this country. ,i.
Other interesting information was'
revealed in the work. The percentages i
of males ' and females in the 49,400
pigs studied ran 48 per cent. males
and 52 per cent. females, showing that'
the balance of the sexes is fairly well
controlled in nature.
Why pay more per pound for one
animal than for another? There is a
reason and it is this: Cattle dress
from forty-eight to sixty-six per cent.
of the live weight; hogs from seventy-
five to eighty-five and three -tenths,
and sheeps and lambs from forty-two
to fifty-eight and three -tenths pet,
cent.
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CANADA SPENDS $108,000,000 IN-EDIJCAYION
Canada's a propriatfons for eduoatton 'inorease from. three alt ua -
D d daq r
�r millions in 1871 to one
to hundred and eight millions in 1921.
The chart also shows, at left, able school attendance 1891,129,600;0.
19x1 p r•
235,600; 1921, 355,500, thilversity� students,. 1891, 6;100; 191Ei, 16,500;
1921,84 700. Teachers acid rrofesser 11$61 2,700; ,
�� 1 si � , ,.,, r7 r 1891, 23,4011; 1921, .63,30b,
' belineuendy, 1891, 19 per cent.; 1901, 14:4 per trent.; 1921, 10.5 per cent. '
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THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
WHY ROLLY RABBIT LIVES
ALONE.
Roily Rabbit made a fine nurse and
doctor. ,Soon he had Bruin very com-
fortable; so comfortable, in fact, that
he began to forget about his pain and
remember that he was really hungry.
Roily Rabbit was hungry,.too. After
he had done everything he could to
ease poor Bruin's bee stings, he said,
`Let's have breakfast. Ian. ` quite
hungry. I had just gone out to gather
a little'wood for the morning fire
when I heard you call 'help'."
"How grateful to you I am for help -
ng me.
elp-ng.me. I never could have 'gotten
away from'those.horrid bees. " I was
lust after 'some honey.for' my' break- .
ast' when the came of ' r me. Now
ou have made me; so.comfortabhe, ;.:I
r°ally`do feel",hungry' agani."
In short'order, `Roily Rabbit had
breakfast ready. 'There was porridge
and fresh dewberries: Just a, fine
reakfast!, As these two odd friends
te, they talked of many things.
A strong friendship.seemed to have'
grown up between them and soon they,
were chatting like old cronies.
"I don't see why those bees carne'
fter me so," said Bruin. "My mother`
of honey just that way last winter
nd they didn't bother her."
"Very true," said Roily Rabbit, "but
,
Storing Potatoes. - i
If potatoes are grown onlyr for home'
rise the. `crop is: Usually stored' in the'
cellars . of= the .houses or of •the: barns.•
Oecasion`ally potatoes ' .are • stored
pits. When the crop is grown• come!
mercially, however, it Is generally
placed in a potato storage cellar erect-
ed for the purpose. In. all cases it is
important to store only well sorted,
sound, clean, dry potatoes and to keep
thein constantly in a dry, cool, dark
and well ventilated. place. The temp-
erature usually recommended for the
best results is from 33 deg. F. to 35
deg. F. It 'is stated that potatoes
when placed in storage shrink about a
two per cent. per month for a period
of six or seven months.
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a
this is summer time. Didn t . you know
that bees went to sleep in the winter
To Get Rid of Vermin. time?"
with "Say, now that you remind me i do
When animals are troubled
vermin, dip them in a bath of commer-
cial coal -tar dip made and used ac-
cording to directions given by the
manufacturer. In winter dust infest-
ed parts of skin with powdered pyre-
thrum, flowers of sulphur, and tobac-
co. Powdered sabadilla is effective
for lice of cattle, but is poisonous if
licked off. Blanket animals after ap-
plying above powders. Use fluoride
of sodium on • poultry.—Dr. A. S.
Alexander.
Measuring Auger Holes.
While boring holes in wood with the
brace and bit it is possible to deter-
mine with a fair degree of accuracy
the depth of the bored hole without
measuring, simply by counting the
turns of the brace and allowing six-
teen turns for each inch of depth. The
pitch of the screw tip, which feeds the
auger forward, is a sixteenth of an'
inch, and the cutting blades advance
this much for each turn of the brace.
This method is :quite a time saver.
e•
Hoe all grass and weeds away from
the trunk of the tree. This destroys
a winter home for mice. !
An ad man has a tip for farms with
roadside markets; start your: signs
four miles or so down the road and
lead the buyer to your door.
Better put a little good rich garden
soil in the'celler or where it will not
freeze. It will come in handy to start
those early Vegetables a- i flower seed
iii next spring. 1
In spite of the fact that milk is
seven -eighths water, it.is one of the
most important of foods. It is suit.
able for persons of all ages, and 'excels
other foods by reason of the variety 1
and quality of material it furnishes
the body.
in scalding a hog, try laying it on,
a platform of any sort, ' cover 'one Side
with one: or two thicknesses of_ gunny
sacks, and pour boiling water on the
sacks. Leave a few. minutes, then'
serape the hog. Repeat on other side.
The sacks tetait' the steam and seem).
big is an easy ,mutter. Simple.—ther-
ough.--- , S. '1
remember my mother having told me
about that. You are so clever, Rally
Rabbit. But I believ I shall have
that sweet -tooth of mine pulled before
it causes me any more trouble—"
Bruin never finished that. sentence.
He didn't need a sweet -tooth to cause
him further trouble. Just as he reach-
ed for his cup • of water, he elunisily.
caught his sleeve on the- spoon which
he had carelessly left in his porridge
and now the whole `dish was bottom.
side up in his lap.
"Oh, what a meas!" said Bruin as,
he tried to scramble the most of it
back into his dish with one hand. "I
really must ;be /mere .careful with
these big hands of mine. Just Iook at
your nice clean tablecloth. I am sorry.
so"
"Oh, we all make mistakes, and it
will come out in the wash," comforted
Roily Rabbit as he bustled around
cleaning up the spilled food.
But down in his heart, Bruin knew
that it did matter. He had been carer
less again, forgetting his table man-
ners when Roily Rabbit had been so
kind to him. He remembered now
how many times his mother had cora
rected him for the same thing. Right
then he resolved that it should never
happen again; and it never did, for it
wase. lesson for Bruin.
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A Human Incubator.
The pastor of a church at Gadsden,
.Ala., was tailing upon asick Member
who lived out of town. Lavinia—er
'Viney,'.' as she .wag' celled --had in
lammatoryrheuntatism, and•, was con- ..
lned to her bed, where every move
Ment meant acute pain, ,
1Jpon this oceasioi, her eyes •ware
alight with interest. The mother ex-
plained, "Viney's chickens are: hateb..
ng to -day." "Upon inquiry) ; it de..
velgped that a number of eggs had
been placed about Viney''s niotionle.S,
fevered body, a id t)te downy chickq
were produced ' in evidence:• -,'1:' S.
D try—# --"to t r
Don't y b g ow ,house .;plants in
very warni room with a- dry atrnos
Phere for it can't be` done.
,
Cicero held that there were. two
kinds of contentions; one by reason,
one by forte; the former is proper
tnen,`the other to brutes,.
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