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tr. dont' ., know -.what t ;to say,- and
+tat'$ the _truth;' "s aid Mllstreso. l'laek
ett very doubtfully indeed. "I dont
Site the Woke ye. Can ye •pay. ,fo
a littlev, dririlt' ,Piece?" ' .
"By,ry faith no; said Gervase, With
perfept bone$,ty, "'We'cannot do that,
good .dame- But. give us even a very
or 4 woman?" elte held„:,
^"Can ou of that a e i
C n. �e the. h. s
young gentlewoman.?" •
t, "Qd burn ere iii I oath!” .0011
r tress loll, "A young woman she
.he; Kit,. gentle she- la. eat,. to'.,aR
out of her' flex. 1, *Will not have
honest pall go: near 04C.h a ahamele
thing. Let her keep off, else yqu: 0
anti f. •
gow ng' yoiirsel
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"But, good another—': -
"Let the young dpxey .keep off,
say. ,She shall• not have a drop es
r.. am a virtuous woman, o And "if I
but know tghere to find Master T
pet the thirdborough, fare should
buried in the --hand and whipped
o' the county o' Derby."
• So ehocked was .Mistress
Plackett when she discovered the s
of the second Egyptian, that the fir
for all his beguiling .speech,: was li
to go hungry. Gervase and An
were desperately, keen,eet, and •t
vbry' well knew' that it was with
their power to take the milk -pail fr
the custody of thisgood lady-, and
soften her 'pr? tests by applying t
milking stool to her head. But fterc
as their hunger was, they yet hesita
ed to take such extreme measure
Still it was driving them so hard
sorely to try their forbearance. •
"The shameless hussy shall
touch a drop," said Mistress Poll: "B
you seem a proper and decent ait
fair-spoken youth, and•-yye shall su
a modest bellyful." ,
'-'Not a drop will I touch,, until
sister has drunk,"'said ,Gervase,
"Ye called her • friend just now
said Mistress Plackett grimly.
"Sister' and friend," said the yours
man, with a profound air. "He wh
finds a friend in a sister has a siste
for a friend."
Gervase spoke with much gravit
as if' this gem 'of philosophy was wo
thy of the deepest consideration. H
had already grasped the truth tha
there are occasions in, life when.
matters little what is said so long
it be welt said. And in that age h
would have -been a poor -witted fell
who having been, . bred as a schoa
could not readily assume the garb o
wisdom.
Yet after. •all it may have been les
Gervase Heriot's whimsical eeadines
that prevailed with. the good wife tha
his charming voice, his tall, fine pe
son and his gracious, manly air. Whe
• was sad this was nq Egyptian
None of the tribe of lawless wander
ers ceuld have shown such a delica
of manners when hunger, drove hi
hard.
"Ye can both drink your 1111," sai
Mistress Poll Plackett, • •
Thee needed no second invitati�ont
Anne. drank first of the warm,' del
iaus draught-4hat might have bee
ambrosia straight from. heaven,. The
rank Gervase.
Good mother," he, said as he gav
ack the "pail,'"tWo way'fardingers wil
emember you in their ,prayers thi
ght, A,nd:-our .prayers, alas! mus
t your only guerdon. But from ou
we thank you." •
Mistress Poll, shook her head. "
it be so." ,the .said gruffly. "Although
you can't cut ice with thank you, sti
I don't begrudge the milk, young man
But my advice to you is this: when
you come to a bush giye-,your young
doxey a sound beating, that shat, may
learn not to ape her betters•in such a
hameless livery." •
tittle draught of your delicious milli
and we will bless- the day that yo
were born." e-
" 1 don't doubt ye will," acid Mistress
Plackett-sourle, "if ye get a drink fo
nix." '
• Further scrutiny folloWed'hard et,-
ip
on
•on this unblushing confession of ab
sense of wherewithai.' Moreover .it
seemed to confirm Mistress Plackett'a
unfaverabie opinion.
"Do you see any green in this eye,
young men?"' said she. ,"And do you
, suppQse'that Poll Plackett has passed
three -score and five winters in a hard
world, and the same amlou-nt o' sum:
niers to match 'em, not to `have' Net-
ter wisdom' than' to give away milk
warm from the cow to a genus pair
o' strolling Egyptians?"
"Don'•t ,be, 'hardhearted, mother, I•
pray you," said the young man in' his
beguiling speech. "If only you knew
how hungry we are! Let us drink on-
ly•a very little of your delicious milk,
and God will reward you." •
"Maybe, young man,"•'said Mistress
Placket, "and maybe He will., reward
me doubly for the little ye take not.
However, here is the pail. Have a
little drink, you Egyptian, for I am
• bound to say you. have a very,. good -I
looking face." ..
"A 'thousand thanks," said GervaJse,
eagerly seizing the `milk -pail. "Eut
first may I offer it to --to my friend?"
"No, you may not," said Mistress
Plackett •roundly. '
"But why may I not, -.good mother?
We will take but a very little apice."
• But Mistress Plackett shook her
head sternly. "Be your friend a man
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ga.O. lick her face, 1 the next rno?nen'
a man oe a horse was -.bending •ever'
theft*,
•Thrusting the dog away froom her,
Anne looked up and. saw ..the `Mao,.
and• -as nh•h
e'did -so .her eart 'died with-
in her: lit was John Markham the
colter. Hie' eyes were„,hxed upon the
prostrate form of, Gervase. In., the
very fascination of tdrror she ti'atch-
e(i hits hand atray to the hilt of pia,
dagger. '
Bath the fugitives lay in the„ grass'
staring up helplessly into the grim
eyes of the falconer. They could
neither 'move, speak nor act. A chili
of horror was upon their souls But
the dog, Anneis old friend 'and cone,
panion, 'was overjoyed and continued
to •lick and fondle her.
.Of a• sudden John Markham's hand
forsook the hilt of his dagger. And
In the same instant his face changed
from' the 'tawny bloom of health to a
hue far otherwise., His .rather slow
brain had realized'`•who it was that
lay by th•e side of the escaped pris-
oner.
The falconer grew white as death.
He was the devoted servant of a good
and honored master. But beyond all
things•'he was the slave of his.young
mistress. All was mad turmoil at the
Castle. As yet none had had thought
to spare for Mistress Anne. Her. ab-
sence had not been noted, perhaps not
even by the Constable himself.. All
that was known was that the, con -
denoted man had mads his way out
of his prison, in a manner bordering
upen the miraculous., within some two
hours of the time fixed for his execu-
tion:
Here was the explanation of the
mystery! In a "moment 'of harrowing
bitterness of soul John Markham read
the terrible 'truth,.
"Ob:my mistress!" was wrung from
his lips. •
John Markham's was a.. slow brain,
but .now his high devotion lent it
.swiftness and subtlety. In that in-
stant he had learned all, .,She whom
he had adored with a passionate fidel-
ity had given ,everything• that was
hers to one whom by all the terms of -
ftts honorable service he was pledged
to retake.
Nee my nitstress!" A tear sparkled
upon' the .falconer's cheek, • •
The" fugitives, lying in ttie grass
made• no reply:: And in his anguish of
mind -..the falconer seemed as helpless
as they. In •the next`moment Came 'a
shout from the other side of the
hedge. . •
"Hulloa, Markham, tc'hat have you
•there!"
The words broke .the' spell for the
man who loved his 'young mistress
devotedly. "The dog seems' to have
found• a rabbit," was his answer.
"Naught better than that!" came in-
tones
ntones of disappointment, "We were
hoping he -had found something else."
The falconer called) off the dog, and
then immediately rode away to 'join
his companions. - • .
Gervase and Anne ]ay in the grass
until the Constable's men were out
of sight. For the moment the danger
was past. But they were possessed•
by 'fear they coitl•d• not overcome. More
and more they marvelled at'the sin-
gular Providence that held them '.In,
its care. Gervase had no knowledge
of the falconer; thtis all that had' hap-
pened was t6. him a; mystery. With
Anne it was otherwise. Yet over and
above a feeling of gratitude for the
man's fidelity was the stingof re-
morse and a 'sharp pang 'of regret for.
the glad, glorious and free life of
yesterday. , -
Lesa,. than• a :week had genie since
she had ,fast ridden in the fields with -
the falcoher, mounted on her blood,
horse Cytherea, with her pied merlin
upon her -fist. Since then the -whole
of life had changed. There had come
the :terrible breaking of the imperious
will, ' which after. all was not more
than the will of a woman. Aad hard
upon that, and doubtless• because of
it, there hat. comeethis wild said; eom-
plete surrender to the im'ptjlse of pity
Which had banis�h�ed :d her.
and forever from the world ii'fh which
she had dwelt.
Long, after John Markham' and his
companions had passed out 'of sight
she lay 'in the ,grass sobbing-heater-
Wally.- Such • a wild storm' of tears
came upon her as seemed to . $hake
the Slender form in pieces. And Ger-
vase was powerless to comfort her: ,
•
After 'a time her' .pitiful distreg'
abated, and then they found the cour-
age to go on. For some miles they
followed the river, yet with a redoub-
led wariness. Their adventure had
shaken them terribly:- They did not
'know which fray to go or What to do'.
They wandered aimlessly, • -but with
every sense a -stretch and with terror•
gnawing' at their iearts. Soon they
were hungry again yet they had not
"so much as a penny with which to buy
food. Their ;spirits drooped. The April
sun was still shining out of a clear
sky.. the birds were still .winging .gaily!
from every bush, the,earpet of spring
Sowers was ,still spread vividly before.
them, but the world was .now a di'f-
ferent place,
At noon they sew ' a. village in the
distance away to ,the right. It was
perilous to enter it? but hunger drove
them bard. Thus they turned their
steps towards it in the hope that by
same good chance they might obtain
a little flood.
i'he village proved to be, a tattier
large one, Arid In the middle of the
made street was the shop of a baker.
They felt they were taking their lives
in their hands by showing themselves
in a public place, 'sinee•,they had had
such clear .evidence that the hues' and
bry was upon . their heels, but. the
pangs of hunger rendered them des-
perate. -
Happily the -baker seemed to dwelt.
1n conitplete ignorance of the recent
'aaarppeninge • at Nottingham • 'Cattle,
Which to. be sure Was fifteen; miles
away. But in another respect the fugi-
tives Were lees fortunate. The Mane,
CHAPTER 1X
They gave good -day to Mistress Pelt
and passed on their way- wonderfully.
refreshed in body and spirit. Still
they kept by the ri or. The sun *as
now shining clear out of •a pure and
limpid heaven. Aboye and all about
'h
1 e birds were 'singing, They could
almost hear the sap running in the
trees; yellow -'daffodils shone in the
grass; the little green bunds Were
bursting from brake•,and thicket. By;
sow' a wild sense of freedom was in
their veins• and they, had a gteat• de-
ight in the company of each. other.
Yet.•behind all things—the glamour of
he earth, the golden sky, the grave
majesty of nature—lay a dark, ter-
ifying cloud. -
. Not for a moment could they, for -
et that their lives hung by a thread.
Chet',were ever looking ;back to see.
f their, pursuers wore_. yet in sight.
they raked each bush, they dame near
o see if it held an enemy: At every
rend In the river they 'mlade ready to.
ie 'sprung upon.
And, as they were soon to learn,
here was only too much reason for.
hese fears, It •hapl9ened that they
lad Made another th'o miles or so
when they came' to a tall hedgerow
unning at right angles to the river.,
ind Gervase, looking along' it in his
onstant vigilance, saw to his dismay.
:small party of mounted mien, wear -
ng the cofispicuous• scarlet livers. of,
ir John• Feversham. They were . no
Wore than fifty yards away,,and were
omilag slowly downthe hedgerown
•o
he other side, beating the .bushes as
hey came and examining them close-
t'. •
Providence for the ,moment was
vith Gervase and Anne. The height
rf the hadge:: gni' an, abrupt bend of
he• river served to hide them from
view. Instantlythey •took cover by
!ingiimg themselves full length in the
;tans en which they stood. There was
tothing else to be done; their pur-
uers were se near that flight- twes,
mpossibie.
All that remained for „them was the
rope that they had' not beets seen as
ret, and that their pursuers would not
ome over to their place, of eonceal-
nent, But as thus they lay close in
lire suspense, they were not aware of
more instant danger. Within a few
taros of thein, on their own side of
:he hedge, a man with a dog was
approaching•
As yet the man had not seen. tram,.
Litt alas! the dog had already discov-
Jred them, It ran straight to where
hey lay concealed • in the grans, and
o their horror began to fondlle Ante
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4aId, sf ouur:rlyprovedowt.p be verylkrev,
'fell'•
Flo world .onlypalt with qua of :bi,s:
soaves, e'''ven a stale' teas, on the le-
pres's eez inion 04 at was paid t
le ourrerit coin 'of the realm. wow.
he accept , a dagger with a ;Ail
wxougbt n curiously in ,silver In 1}it
ch�?nge for twenty lriece0 of tai. t prce
Gi'ou0 metal' 3SIo,. ire would not. Wo
tue for tai l`]o, i>$ wind not. a 3rar3
aso use,;for a dagg"eg,'0ilver; ;ice4:19r r
oibexwis0.:;.;11
: e oiµly +thing .he ha
nse for Vas an i 4roneSt true . P
when it Carne to a matter of a
'terr4 Ica - ,
Ail :Gervartfes persuasiveness could,
do nQxhiitg,.with 'this• sturdy Saxon
One of his 'quartehle loaves was worth
a penny, ' as had 'been those 'of hi
father before hh a •penny,. wee it
price in the open, �-'inarket, and ate
would defy the devil- himself t4 ge
one for fess. ' lilt "such eircumsta d
there was nothing for Anne and Ger-
vase to' da but to return bitterly httn-
d
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The l4ly„ xud,.. blprovfed barns •'that
uTd !reekie ,A,u4erfefefi TOW: adaeape ar'e
:.op their way' to• spin th a ,,huandiing
board' and the, spinning w set fug-
feats tae Ivtagal�ine Di$ec}t a •receata
y, article, le their place: will a we'ilew,
,. unrgAamitic buiidiags wlricit, in e
1 cases, will double the femora' VOW
Ing power, the Aigeat says...„
T change e inr
This lra g rural .a ehitecturir
is ' already. under way. 'And .Job1l
s McWetb'y, rn: "karrom's' Weekly,"'New
Y r
& .• . . .Predicts that; ; t,� .tlrrIt hen.. YeaxB!,
. America's average farm buildings wili
t 'be as different trim those of today a$
s is• modern farms'nrachinery from the
etachinery of a decade ago.
No such far-reaching change .would
occur, of course, for purely esthetic
reasons. It is being forced__ on the
a farmers by hard-• economic facts: One
Of these is the high cost of labor.
Fifteen years ago, a farmer could get
a good hired lean for• $40 a month,-
and- his keep. Today, ,farm hands are
asking as high as $200 a month, and
are few�ndt far between• even at that
price.
• Here's what mechanically -designed
! buildings ean do: c. •
John .W. Oakley owns a farm in
Western 011ie-Once, be needed the
help of three men to look after bis
herd of beef cattle. Today, with his
j buildings ' s ebuilt to' include pipe -like.
feed conveyors, mixers, ' automatic•
storage bins, and a pressure watering
'system, Oakely is able to do all the
work himself, with the part-time help
Of one son.
Another example of how building
design can•increase farm profits is in
haying operations.
The traditional nay to do the job
is to cut the hay ,with ,a mower,, let
it .lie in the field for. a day, and rake
it into windrows• or long rows. Next,
it is' forked into cocks or piles, to
allow further drying. Then it is pitch -
forked onto a hayrack; brought into
the barn, and by means of a second
team on the end of a pulley -rope,
lifted into the loft by a big hay -fork,
n" ''
Men the"mowit by pitching the
ay into the required position in the
'loft. -
This back -breaking work takes con-
gr'y to. the vi,Ilige street.
They, feared to show themselves fns
it, but alas; the 'spur of hunger isi
most instant thing. Sad indeed and
footsore already with their wander -
they. walked -through the village.
Both were tired and :thirsty and also
faint for lack of food. They kept
close 'under the /oases; expectl g at
any mnosne$ to be'sprung upon by the
men in• 'the scarlet livery.
•In the middle of .,the road, comigg
slgwly towards' thein, was a ragged
nutbrown vagaboiyd--playing a flageo-.
let for pence. He was very far from
being •a skilful performer. Indeed his
tunes upon his cracked instrument
were as ragged as himself, But .ap-
parently they did not lack the approv-
al -of, the public. For while Gervase
and Anne stood looking • wistfully .at
this draggle -tail, a well-dressed man
riding a good horse; tossed the fellow
a coin as he passed.,
Adversity is a great thingfor the
mind: Gervase at Once .took the idea
that he himself could perform quite
as 'villainously' if only he could come
by an instrument. If only he might
barter the silver -hilted dagger for a
flageolet, even of the most lamentable
kind, it might be possible in the pres-
ent condition of the public taste to
keep body and soul -together.
He gave the idea to Anne, who ap-
proved It heartily,' always assuming
that he had' some little skill upon the
instrument,
• "Why, yes," said Gervase. "I learn -'l
ed to play on the flageolet when I
was at Paris. 'Tis the only thing I
learned there; at least. it is the only,
thing. I' learned there that is likely to
serve us now."
But' how were they to come by such
a thing?..'.That was a problem indeed.
Under the spur of their necessity
they event -after the ragged fellow and
were fain to interrupt him in •the
midst of bis discoursing of the infam-
ous melody of "Jumping Joan.
He did not thank them for thein
interruption.
"Barter my pipe for a silver -hilted
,dagger, quetha? I would not barter
my pipe for all the pearls in.the head
o' the Virgin Queen. Stand out o' my
light and Iet me proceed."
He was a rude fellow and a 'fierce
one, •and he was like to stride over
them in his haste to. get •clear of the•
suggestion: '
.`Barter my pipe!" they ,could hear
him 'mutter as... heed. dothe
road.. It was as though"
he had been
asked to barter his religion. He pour-
ed out a string of curses' and then
returned to his villainous melody.
Feeling eh:nest desperate, they drag-
ged themselves along. the street until
they came to ' a door with a bush
g over it which showed it was
the village ale -house. -Here on a bench
.outside the door they flung them-
selves down. The seat was: hard and
narrow, yet infinitely' delicious to
their weariness.
Here they sat until the landlord
came to them. They marked! his ap-
pearance with, great trepidation as to
what manner of a man he was, Like
that, of 'the baker, his aspect was
large and stubborn but not genial. '
"I give you good morrow, Master
Innkeeper," said Gervase in lits frank
and pleasant fpshien..
"Gooch morrow to you, yo ing .man,"
said the innkeeper ,cautiously -
"Do you care ;too buy a dagger, with
a hitt wrought curiously, in saver?"
siderable man power for several days,
and it's inefficient. Sun -drying in the
fields robs the hay of most of its vita-
min content, When dry -hay is hand-
led, the most succulent parts ;of the
grass—the leaves—usually drop off,
leaving, the livestock only the unpal-
atable stems: Furthermore, the whole
process can be ruined by bad weather,
.;`That rI do nob," said the innkeep-
er;
.p-
er•; "I would not care to buy anything
except a halter for my wife."
'"What will it profit your wife," ash -
.ed Gervase, "if you • provide her with
a. halter?' You are not going to hang
her, I hope."
"Hang her! God bless me, no! It
is simply that tomorrow I am • going,
to iead.her in her sh ift with a halter
round her neck as far as Derby mar-
ket -place and sell her to 'the • highest
bidder. Happen, young man, you don't
.want a wife yourself?"
"What is the price -you ask for
her?" •
A gold angel will buy' her`, ,and
she's worth double the money."
"But whj: do you part with /her?
Has she a .fault in her temper, or is
it that she is not as virtuously,given
as she' might be?"
"No, her temper• is excellent; and
as• for her virtue, the. vicar of the
parish will answer for that."
"Then iii that case," said Gervase,
"a ,gold angel seems little enough to
pay for. her."
"Yes; she's a great bargain? said
the innkeeper; "you can make your
mind easy, , young man, on that
score." • ,
"One might take• her for a month
on trial, I' suppose?" said Gervase,
(Continued Next Week) "
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Performer: "1 certainly objectto
going on rightafter that monkey act."
Circus Master: ."You're right. They
may think it's an encore."
A year ago, fel. 1nstuzce' continued
rains,i aide mn' t!he !Ixidwet PAL, the. 'cut
b lay in wtndrows fn th'e' blit , It
never dnd get dry~, it spoked• Xn some
10EA"I"IrR;FJt �il4 12 AI' �M1
4r#41#, n"f per cent. of the crop was at • k, a 4 .
With totlsy,'i` forage harvesters, «.
Tar}ner, eels. hts AST in tbemarmmag
and pots it ildto'storage In time afte
hoop 'l'im' harvesti}}g machin .chops
tii,e, hay! into start Ye : ..its, en blow
it' to 3?Sd
tin a wagon I °!?,i9t .«t ; •t it
to blovyn into ,a •apeuial. storage iuil,d
ing S.Pxnetimes this ;baild1n6 is It Or
ettia,r•:hay silo, wlth'',;azx yenta aloe,
tine sides; ` sametinaes it his. 'a. mo
equipped w'fttT; pQrfoted air duct
down the middle, through wbieb .air i
forced.
tris lightin
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forecasts o
and a-ha'f :bl1il
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What will Ile. 'tate efRec?t` of the
chrn rural95!clritecture
ally? As D. 'iso rrd.Doane of •.St.
Louis;, Mo , :sees 'the- " The
main theme% t ie;;t`arrd: b uldings.of
the:entire is that'tlmey' sheuld i'e yiew-:
ed; as 'tools; rather, ,than 'as 'tomb••
stones,"
,:
•
'Phis type of building; plus the ma-
chinery that goes with. it, cuts labor
costs by two-thirdit. • Also; • 1t elimin-
ates hay loss fronm rainy weather, and
dries the :hay while in storage, slim-
eating leaf lees throtigij. excessive
I• bundling—thus producing a lay o1
higher food and vitamin content., -
What will the new, functional build-
ings look like?
Following :the findings of .farm ,re-
searchers as to which ie the most eft;
ficient type, farm buildings will be
long,. ' one -storey structures. There
will be one such building+for all farm
operations instead of 10 as on the
average farm- This means that con-
struction costs can be lowered, • for
middle partitions cost half that of end
sections: And as for the farmer's rou-
tine work, it means less ,tramping in,
rain and snow from building to build-
ing. •
The change is coming about as a
result of research in a hitherto neg-
lected
eglccted field. .One of the leaders, is the
Farm StructuresInstitute of Middle-
town, 0., organized just before the
war to co-ordinate governmental and
industrial research workers in the
fa rm-building held.
D. M. 'Malcolm, executive secretary
of the Institute, contends: "Farm
buildings of today are quite similar
to those used in the'h5rse-and-buggy
days, and on a great number of Amer-
ican !arms they are actually the same
buildings, While •they may have been
perfectly satisfactory for the farm
operations 'at. that time,. they are de-
-finitely not stisfactory•"•tor the me-,
chanized farming of today," • " .
And so the big; red barn bows "out
to a flat barn, with a silo lined with
glass composition (to prevent chemi-
cal action of ensilage. on the struc-
ture), with storage areas "reinforced
with steel mesh to keep out. rats, and
'With the machinery sheds and poultry
houses built like a Quonset hut.
Where wood is'usect, it will. be .fire-
proofed and termite -proofed, . Many
buildings, however, will be prefabri-
cated' of steel, .aluminum, and various
new alloy§. Larger structures. will be
built of reinforced concrete.
The revolution in farm building de-
ign will set a new 'mode of living for
livestock. Dairy cattle, for example,
will no longer stand with their heads
imprisoned in stanchions. They will
have a' "lounging•• room" where they
can eat and sleep in comfort- (Teats
show that they sleep More , comfort-
ably when allowed to 'pick their own
spots on the straw bedding; and are
less susceptible to cement -floor -induc-
ed bruises that when s.tanchioned).
r When milking-timecomes, three or
four cows at a time are driven into
the "milking room," where milking
machines go. to work. Then the cows
go back to the lounging room.
In farrowing time, brood sowsWill
enjoy individual apartments made of
metal and shaped like submarine con -
ping towers. Improved conditions
meat reduced`ni itality of baby hogs.
saving eight pigs a litter :instead• of,
six. -
' While such changes are taking place
in the functional farm buildings,, the
farm home will be modernized too.
..The need for this is urgent. Accord-
ing to the 1940 census, fewer than 20
per cent of America's farm homes had
running water, More than 89 per cent
lacked bathroom and indoor toilet
facilities. Only 30 per cent had elec-
OTHERS ARE ASKING.
i;1.—The stare near, us had' res. sal.
mon the other day but it wohld :not
sell me any unless. -I heughtsome .Pink
salmon which my family does, not like.
A.—No, this is a conditional sale,
and conditional sales of: any,.,,and all.
kinds are still' banned by. the Board.
Q.—A fur coat Which L bought' a
month ago is ripped and is going "to
pieces. It was apparently made from '
furs which had been used before, Can,.
you make the 'Store refund my money?
A.—I am sorry, but this is a matter
which does not come under the `jurie-
'dictioQn of the Wartime . Prices and
Trade' Beard. Our only controls over
for are those which -require dealers
to state the kind of fur which is ace ...
tually used, no matter what lts trade
name may be.
* *'>E
Q.—I bought ,.a.eau of grape jam .in.
London for 68 cents. In My home city
I paid 98 cents for the same amount
of grape jam. Can you tell me why
this should bee"' •
A.—Your question is difficultto ate
saver with the meager details you have
given use There is a price ceiling on
grape jani; but it may vary; for differ-
ent brands, t If you will give uathe
names of the brand, the size of the
can and ..the names of your retail •
dealers in both instances; we would be
glad to have the matter investigated
and will determine the legal ceiling•
price.
Q.—I understand there : was ai
change in the ceileag price of .apples
on March 1. Could you please tell me -
the ceiling price of a six -quart .basket
of Northern Spy. apples?
A,—The ceiling price 011 Northern
Spy apples grown in Ontario or Quae
bec is for. grades No. 1 95c, combina-
tion
ombination • 92c and domestic 87c per ,six -
quart basket.
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