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The Wingham Advance, 1912-09-12, Page 3POULTRY NOTES POULTRY NOT PAYING . In the majority of etteee 'where ponl- try do 3tot pay, it otil usually be found that the method of seleetion of stoek, housiug or breeding is at feult. Look svell into yottr preeent methods, this 'will be found to be the real cause of failure. The domeetie hen in a proven article. It reete with you to use the right hen, in the right piece,. in the right way. Pro- bably the greatest failures, are through bite hatching of eirlekens, you thee have nothing ceming lu from. your ehickene all winter, just the time when they should pay well. LIME DRESSINO. When poultry are confined to runs a good dressing of the eun with lime followed by two wk' rest (a inoath in dry weather is praetieally essential. Nothing fresnene up a stale run eo mull us growing crop on it, 'one seeson's clop will work wonders, The runs be- come saturated with manure and re- quire freshenieg. The, best method is to divide the run, and let the chickens have the tese of each part for a few monthat a time. When a poultry -yard becoinee saturated with manure, sooner, or later, you are in for a dieease out- break, but long before thie happens the hens will not turn out the same quan- tity or quality of eggs, az they would on freeh ground. BAD EGGS. If on testing eggs with the light they Show any of the following "symptoru.s' throw them out: (1) If they are cloudy, 'opaque or black. (2) If you cannot distinguish the yolk, ()Wing to the N.shite having become muddy -looking, (3) If the yolk dose not come ,"right (side -up" when the egg is moved. (4) if you see blood Spots, vein, or a dark spot hi the white near the shell. (5) If the egg does not show any of these features, but lies a musty smell better throw it •out, by doing so you will get a better priee Tor the rAmainn der, A freeh -egg shows A bright -white, and LL yolk in the centre. Every farmer ehould possees a good egg tester with a powerful "Bull's eye" glatee, the -whole thing complete in itself, with ouch a lamp you can see right into the*egg, and know for a certainty what class of egg you are handling. THOROUGHBRED VS, MONGREL. The mongrel chicken is rarely a pay- ing chicken; apart from having no pedi- gree to work on, wo are troubled by the lack of uniformity in size and con- dition which counts heavily in a good raarke t. We mate up a pen of mongrels, but We canna even guess what the progeny Will be like; we have all colons showinn Up, an sizes and conditions of chiekene•s they eat as much tie a Thoroughbred, and for our season's work we have noth- ing but mongrels; as stook birds they ere ueeless; they have no power to trausinit their good qualitiee (even, if they possess any) to their progeny; only by accident do we get the same color again. Against this take the pedi- gree Thoroughbred with its uniformity of color, size, markings, shape, with its good features passing on from ,gen- eration to generation in a straight line. We get (something to look at, beidee -we grasp a "sure thing;" with the mon- grel chieken we have to take what we get, ma enat we ask for. The winter egg crop can only be obtained as a cer- tainty by the mazi handling. pedigree layers, The ecience of poultry culture is now becoming as true as that of the dairyman; until we thoroughly realize this we are only groping in the dark in the chicken business. TURKEY Ree TeeING, The more natural you handle the tur- key chick the greater will be your suc- cess, but there is alwaye o, danger that the turkey mother will stray too far and exhaust the thieks in her hunt for food; the -se natural runs are the very thing that help the chicks on as soon as they are old enough to stand it; the hunting for natural food give e the exer- cise required, at the same time we must always provide food. 'Dame nature is the • beet teacher, but man has so modified her phere over the chicken business that in many eases ,he has. knocked out all the maternal sense out of the old birds, therefore he has to keep a watch- ful eye on the turkey hen with chicks, but the WA:ey hen le best raised on na- tural lines. Leave ail artificial methods severely alone over the turkey -raising part of your poultry, we cannot im- prove on nature. Nature's methods, are the best, but do not always work quick enough for mules requirements, but, however artifivial your methods of hatching and fearing become, see that your stock birds are reared on natural -Uttley, in Canadian .Farm. LEGHORNS IttST MONEY MAKERS, Most persons raiee poultry for money; solve do it for pleaeure alone, but they are few, and If the fancy was made up of thee lone, it, would be a mighty sma•il items, says Norman Lindeay. Yes, when. orie thinks of raieing poultryethey, think of money first. They invariably want births that are most- popular and will afford remunerative reterna. Some went meat and eggs. othersenter the bust, nese for eggs alone. There is money in ridging fowls for the market, too, but there 18 more money in eggs. Eggs coun rimed good prices the entire year n•nd tepeeially froe October until March. The 444444 1 It.,'°°‘ ftfAXW EL es 1.11G1-1 SPE - GHAMPION is in elate by itself—the easteet running, tee most substantially built, the meet zetisfactory wahr, ever invented. Only washer worked welt crank hendle at side as well as top iever—ana the only* cne where the whons top owe up. Ask your detler to thew you the "Cbarepion" Wesher. "Favorite" Chum Is the world's best churn. Write for tettakeue. IAVII MAXWELL &SONS ST. UMW% owe. Baby's Rash Became a Mass of Humor Parents Decided He Could Not Be Cured. "Cutieura" Soon M act() 1 -lis Skin Perfectly Clear. A Toronto men, Mr. Robert Mann, 01 'Ma Queen St. East, eaye: "Our boy aa.e born ie. Toronto on Oet. 13, 1908, awl when three moethe old a slight rash eppealea on hia cheek. What appeered to ti, water blister would form. When it broke, !natter would run ont, eterting new bilstere until 1de entire face, bead end sboulders were a mess ot Scabs and you could not see e particle of clear skin. 'We did not Imow what to do ter Intu anci tried about every advertised remedy without avail, in. deed some of them only added to las Buttering and one in particular, the -- Remedy, almost put the infant 'into cow/pistons. The family doctor pre- scribed for big!. This did not do anygood, so we took him to a hospital. He was treated as en out-patient twice a week atul he got worse, if anything. We thea called In another doctor and inside of a week the boy was, to all appearances, cured and the doctor said his work was done. But the 'very next day it broke out as bad as ever. "We deeided that it could not be cured and must run its course and so we just eept his arms bandaged to his side to prevent his tearing his flesh, The Cuticura Remedies were reeorrimended, We started using them In May, 1009, and soon the cure was conaplete. Cuticura made his skin perfectly clear and he is entirely free from the skin disease." (Signed) Robert Mann, May 8, low. In another letter, dated June 29, 1911, he adds: "My boy has never had any more trouble since using' Cuticura," For more than a generation Cutleura Soap and Ointment have afforded the rnost suc- cessful treatment for skin and scalp troubles of infants, children and adults. es single set Is often sufficient. Although sold by drug- gists and dealers throughout the World, a, liberal sample of each, with 82-p. book on the skin, will be sent free, on application to Potter Drug iSs Chem. Corp., 58 Columbus &ye.. Boston. TT. 4, A. prices for fresh eggs are always good. Prices range from 20 to 50 cents the dozen mostly all year, Now, some people think they eau raiee a heavy breed for meat purpose and also collect its many eggs from the heavy fowls as can be eecure.1 from white leghorns. Let me set!: right now that those who labor under this impres- sion are greatly mistaken. I suppose some people will want me to prove why the S. 0. white leghorne are the most popular fowls to -day and the biggest money makers of the feath- ered family. Here are a few proofs: More poultrymen raise white leghorns than any other breed.. White leghorns have won every egg -laying .conteet worth while. They lay large white eggs. Eggs of the white leghorn bring from 2 to 4 eents the dozen more than any oth- br eggs.. They begin laying when four months Of age; they never Bet, therefore, they Jay from warty fall till next molting sea- son. They soon grow a new coat of feathers, and. again are laying before cold weather starts, in. Some people claim the white leghorn is not a good winter layer. 1 insist that Buell is not the ease. . The leghorn Is one of our best winter layers. Write any poultry journal, and ask what is the 'best breed for laying; you will be told that the leghorns are the best layers of the large eggs. One hundred leghorns can be bred a year on the same amount of feed it takes to feed 50 fowls of the heavier breds. Then, too, many of our large broiler &dens raise onlywhite leghorns for broilers. They will put on two pounds quieker than any of the heavier fowls. It is known the world over that the S. C. white leghorns are the money- makers of the feathered tribe, Go to any show or fair and see the large numbers shown. They are many timeh double the quantity of any other breede shown. They are, indeed, beau- tiful birds. To those who are now rais- ing S. C. white leghorns I need not mention this, but to the beginner, or to those who do not raise white leghorns and want to get their share of money from poultry, say: Begin now with eingle comb white leghorns and stick to them and you will make your share of money with poultry. In closing I can only add: Others are doing it and so ean you. "NA.011U-CO DYSPEPSIA TABLETS Proved of Great Value to Me le There is only one explanation for the numbers of enthusiastic letters that we receive praising Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets, and that is that these tablet certainly do cure any kind of stomach trouble. Here is a typical letter from Mies Armsworthy, Canso, N.S. "It is with pleasure I write to inform you that your Na-Drit-Co Dyspepsia Tablets have proved of great value to rue. 1 tried. reniedy after remedy but without any lasting good. Having heard of your tablets curing such eases as mine I decided to give them a fair trial. They proved satisfactory in my case," The remarkable succese of Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets is such a success as can only come to an honest remedy, compounded according to an exception- ally good formula, from pure ingre- clients, by expert chemists. If you are troubled with your stomach just ask your Druggist about Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets, compounded by the National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited, and sold throughout the Dominion at soe. a box. 142 A MIXED FEE. A story is told of a ecrtairi lawyer who pritetised iii the police courts of this city a number of years ago. Ile was very unfortunate in obtaining Intsinese, !Ind WAS TiOt only drivee to use (wet'," artifice to get elleitts, but was compell- ed to swept any fee, hoWever email. Ot one oecasion he Wee retained by ft young man to defend hint from a (Intro of burplery. The evidenee insuffi- elent to obtain a eonvietion and the prieorier erne dieeherged. -Whe t fee did von get 9" the lewyer was itithed by st friend upon the dit4ints. gni of the ease. "rwo (tilers, n rieg, a pocket knife - and It Nettle" Avt.S the rAply. it eves everything the fellow pereisted the ititerrogater with a sneer. "Well 4t Was eVetything the fellow. had," was the sipelogetie revise—N. "Y. Herald. -- 800t1 .POrti.lOTTEN. (Michigan Gargoyle.) Stittie- -le it possible to coefide trot to erou? Friend Certainly. I will be fle Silent as the grave. }etude olVell, then, I have a pressing need for two bucks, Frieed --Do not worry. It is as if had heard nothing. • ;••••••••0040.1.4•6000.4.404.44.4.1VA.41•040.,.... FARM NEWS iff FOR LURFL Alllvh Is ola;t1 about alfalfa tor dairy cows, young caelle, hoge and sheep, but See have regarded it eeriettely as a, horse feed. 'nacre, is uu doubt but that well- eured altalfa inuicee une of the beet haYe fur winter feeding of farm horees. teveot ioeue of Wallace's Farmer von - table the toiluveing, taus!! from an Mi- nute, leaernere' leetituie eircular; "In Western ria farin home have beeti svintetd on a daily rotation of ten peutide or alfalfa hay and some stover, and thin horses fattened onalfalfa hay and a little cute, It has been found that horsee du nut lined a heavy ration of Alfalat hay. Fed with grain, pro- babey ten or tifteen pounds of it is equal u mangeful of other hay, Alfalfa has 0. nutritive ratiu of vile to four. An ordi- nary 1,000 -pound horse, if given mil he will eat of It, win eat from thirty to forty pounds in tweettyeeour heurs, The altalfa containabout. 11 per cent. of ease, 11y-d1gested prutein, and the horse will take into his system nearly four ante pile - half pounds of protein, whereas about two and une-half pounds ot digestible protein Is all that all ordinary horse of 1,G00 pounds weight, when at work van utilize, It a horse Is allowed to eat such quantities, half of it is wasted; more- over, it is likely to injure aim by mak- ing him soft and easily sweated when suddenly put to work. "It has been rumored that eding al- falfa to horses produces kidney trouble. aShe foundation tor this Minor is tae fact that, when alfalfa is fed to a horse the first time, it does stimulate his kidneys so that there is a noticeable increase in the amount of urine voided„ but the symptoms disappear in a short time. It alfalfa is fed in moderatien, it is not like- ly it will ever so affect him.. "A. prominent horse -owner says that before alfalfa COMIC into use on his farm there were nearly altvaye one or more horses with heaves; but eine° alfalfa has been used, not one case of this disease has developed, and that cone in nis homes iv a rare thing, and would Pro- bably never occur again if the men did not occasionally feea inJucliciouely of coin, or overfed with alfalfa hay. Ai- falfa leaves and stems are free from the emal hairs that cover red clover leaves. and sterile, and which catch dust and ir- ritate the bronchial passages of tee herse; this is ono reason that alfalfa is better than clover for horses."—leariesre' Advocate. TED illaSSIAN PLY. Many or the farmers of Ontario are not aware that the Hessian Fly has been attacking their wheat and eausing much destruction. They have noticed numer- one brolcan-down straws in the fields when cutting the grain, but have attri- buted them to other eauees than the real one. In some fields this year GO per cent. of the crop has been destroyed by thie the worst insect enemy of wheat. Some of thee who have suffered severe- ly the last few years are thinking of dropping winter wheat out of their rota- tion until the Heesian fly ceases to be a menace. The life -history of the insect and the best meane ot eentrul will, there- fore, be of interest to farmers. Life-alistory.—The adult fly resembleo closely a mosoealto, but is a, little smaller tend darker. It is seldom noticed at this stage, but has three other stages, viz., em maggot and pupa oterlaxeeed ,stages. At the date ot writing, August 9th, the Insect Is in the pupal stage in the Wheat fields. These pupae look very like flax- seeds, and are to be found in the wheat sterna near the ground. Remove the biade from the stern just above the first or secona Joint from the ground, and these reddish brown pupae will be seen. Some - Oasts as many as twenty are Clustered together on it single, badly -attacked titer°. In a few weeks these pupae will change into the black, mosquito -like adult; in fact, some hal'a already done so in illy rearing cages; these flies live a few (says and lay their eggs on the waeat plants that spring up in stubble fields or ir early sown fields!. Soon little legtess maggots hatch from the eggs and feed on tho young plants at the crown, frequently doing much damage and caus- ing, the wheat fields to leek a elekly-yel- low color late in fall. 13ei!ore winter, most of the maggots are full grown and have changed to the flaxseed stage. Next spring, about June these transform into the adult flies. The now lay their. eggs on the lower wheat leaves, and the maggots, on hatching, work usually jest above either the fiest or second joint be- tween the leaf and the stern, causing the latter to become weak and bend over, or not infrequently to break off. The feed- ingof maggots deprives the head of its proper supply of food and thus injures the grain, In some cases a plant is so badly attacked that it is unable to head out at. ell. Means of Control. --The best means of control is to prepare the seed -bed with extra care, so that it will be in excellent abape when sown; to select food, large, plump, unsprouted seed (small grains can be removed by the fa/stung mill), and not to sow any wheat before the 5th of September. In the warmer parts of the Province, the 10th or 15th would be pre- ferable. If the seed -bed Is in proper condition this late -sewn grain should grow rapidly and produce good vigorous plants before winter. The better it grows, the less injury it is likely to re- ceive fromt he fly. The object of late sowing is to wait until the flies have laid their eggs elsewhere, or died before the new crop appears above ground. Plowing down or burning over wheat stubble as soon as the grain alas been hauled In, or, on the other hand, running a. cultivator or disk over the field to start the wheat :growing, and induce the flies to lay eggs in, and then plowing it under just before keeding the Whole field, are each help- ful methods of control wherever they Call be applied. But the main remedies are those first mentioned. Late sowing is likely to be very effective this year, be- causethe showers we are getting. in .Au- gust , wil hasten the appearance of the flies more than dry weather would, and, therefore, they are likely to lay their eggs considerably earlier. Several kinds of parasites are attacking the maggots and pupae of the Hessian fly, Some have already emerged In my rear- ing cages, but it is not. safe to depend upon them to keep it under control. -0, A. C., Guelph, in Farmers' Advocate. 11' — HE TOOK HER TO A GAME. "Grace and Frecl have had a dreadful quarrel," said the Detroit Free Press 11111.11. "What's the trouble?" "He took her to a baseball game the other deg." "Oh, I see; and be lost his temper over the fool ovieetions she asked. hien?" "No; I knew you'd think that. But in the fifth Inning Ty Coble tried to keel _ second and the umpire called him out." ::GWrcli?" aelejurriped up and called tho min pire a robber, and Fred didn't like it. 'He wale safe by a mile,' she said to bine. 'That blind man out there is givinc,0,11,15 the worst oi it Then Fred suggessted that inaernucit as the umpire was cliiee. to the play than they were he could 6ee it better and ought to know whether Ty !made the base or not. That's where Graoe brake with Fred. She said. rine man wto WAG foot enough to think thli umpiro woe right When, deolded againet the home team was too big a fool to ma.ke, a good hueband for any girl, and she didn't want him ever to peak to her anadn," itstpairommaret When troubled with fall rashes, edzeinal or any skin disease apply Zantiank I Surpti*Ing It6vt quickly it eases the matting and stinging? Also cures cuts, burns, sores and plies, Zam.Buk is Matte fro m ouzo hot. bat ot sauces. NO animal fah—no Mineral polsOns. Plneet heaier briwiets ariet States Evseinvhart, howoompoiammaloommisageoform.' .00e STOP I READ 1 AND CONSIDER I 1 NEVER FAILS TO 4:111AtE WI Broadway, Winnipeg, Man., June eth, 1912. aleeero., Tito ttnol Manufacturing' Co., Gentlemen,—For some years past I had eon months ago I had 'Acute innammation suffered with Inn kidneys. About elaht- of these organs, when. ,f wae ordered to bed IV Ute medical men attending; me. 1 reeeivett considerable relief, but after a few weeks the trouble started again, It was then that I. decided to try aianol," of which I had both read and heard. After taking two bottiee 1 felt very much better, and my condition raeldlY improved. When 1 had taken the eon - leets of eight betties I felt better than I had -done for some years, for my kidney treuble had entirely left inn It Jo now about three months since finiehed with the medicine and I am en- joying the best of health, I intend to visit you in the course of a few days to make arrangenuns for send- ing eight or ten bottles to my brother in lengland, who is anxious to benefit by your wonderful remedy. I am, gentlemen, Tours truly, G. Henry Wage's Hamilton, Out., Aug, 17th, 10L2. The Sanol afanufaeturing Co., Dear Sir,— Winnipeg, Man. 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The Sanol Manufacturing Co., of Canada, Limited, Winnipeg, Man, Another sere euro is Sanol's Ante.Dia.- betes for Diabetes, s f 77: He—Hasn't Gertrude beautiful teeth? She—Yes, Just like the stars. Thee come out at night. CONCIERGE LOST. Tried to Dictate to Young Lover. All Vienna is delighted at the result of a trial in- a local point by which a hausmeister or concierge was fined $025 or in default three daps imprisonment for insulting a young man who was es- corting his fiancee home. In Austria the hausineister plays the role of a domestie Cerberus, as he has the prescriptive right to the stun of two- penee for his trouble in getting up and opening the door whenever any one en- ters or leaves the heave after 10 pan. In this ease, however, he wished also to play the part of Rhadamantbus, for when the plaintiff made bold to accom- pany his sweetheart up the stairs to the door of her mother's flat, instead, of saying good night in the street, the haus. meister declared that such conduct was a scandal and that he would not connive at such practices by letting him in again. The young man dully paid his eecond twopence a minute later when he left the house, and the next day brought an action. The result of the trial gives the more satisfaction because the hausmeisters are generally treated with excessive len- lowly by the courts, presumably a tradi- tion from the time when they acted as police spies on suspicious political char- acters, and the Viennese have to suffer much from their often surly and dis- obliging demeanor. *eat. OUR PRECISE ARTIST He was tongue-tied. NEW USE FOR PHONOGRAPHS. Hitherto the phonograph has been considered merely ae a source of pletteure or of torture. Now an in- genious writer, quoted in the Daily Telegraph, ouggests that it should be pressed into practical use. Everyone recognizes the skill with whieh the. porter calks out stations can disguise tha himpleet place names. Long practiee with portatiantersex bas made lam mester of the portmanteau wok. Why not, one writer tglIggeda, l'apia00 the human but uncertain vibratione of the porter's voice by the brazen throat of the phonograph In reeponee to the mere premiere of a button the docile lively moot t will ej e til at e with inipeee. able eloeution es many times as you please the name' of deetinations. ie an excellent idea, variable of indefinite extenAion, which mess well opert for the phonograph, elreely eernee what out o,f fever as a, mere amuee- ment, a new era of fruitful seevice. * - KNEW ABOUT HOBSON, Representative Hobson, of 'Nfernirnee, sTap. war wire and other fame, was riding toward Washington the other day, aotiording to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, wben a, stranger, aerompanied by a email 'boy, nmeied out to him and in- quired: "You're Captain -Hobson, &Delft you?" Yes." admitted Hobson. "Well," eaid the man, "if eeat have no objections, I'd like to introduce my little boy to yom I think it would help him r‘ith In Ameriettn history to meet a War hero." 441 Intbson obligingly aequieeeed. "And, now," the fond father tasked the boy, "let' if eou eau remember what it was that Captain Ifiebegm NW° "I know," asserted the lad, "Tre's th I eilow that blew up the Ntairte," ;4; r—--' ,k 9 • -,9--,,••••••11#1,41.•••••,••••••••.-•• BULBS FOR SPRING eeesester , Everyone is fond of the beautiful . sepring-blooming lane, and all will de- sire to have at letust a few of them to brighten the garden and frout yard as soon WS the snow goes away in tile early spring. These ate the iret garden flowere widea meet ue after the gard.en has lain under it bed of suow all through the dreary winter, and in order to have them at all they must be plant- ed in the fall of the year, This is so because they will not give good Woeful maces they have first grown a fine large Maas of fibrous roots., and to do this they Valltit have time to grow them be- fore hard freezing setups growth, on the approach of winter. Bulbs can be planted any time after the filet week of September, e.nd itt locations north of the 'Ohio River the sooner they ape planted after get the better, as this will give them a tenger season of growth. They »mos 7»ake all their growth thie fall; neat, entire; rll the roots do is to fu '.1 eh stimulus to the shooting bloomennkea; the more tied larger the roots the fine: the tpikes will be; hence we get them in early for bast reaults. If the lelbs are to 1.e phiets1 hi leds or borders in whiell beddine plantnave been grown (hullo-, the parst SuMMer, there will, more San likely, have been manure added whea the soil was pre- pared in the spring, and the reaultant cultivation will leave the soil in good condition for Indies, In (such causes, have the soil dug as soon ass it is time to remove the bedding plants, and allow it to lie opeu to the sem and air for several clays' withont raking. When ready to ea the bulbs, rake it roughly and. duet the eurface with fine bone meal, and a dusting of air -slaked lime, to ineure againet acidity. of the soil, and it will be ready for use. 11 a new bed or bolder is to be Inade in which to set the bulbs, the soil ean be made by tieing ordinary good garden loam :le a base and adding an equal bulk of wellerotCet1 horee manure. This should be pulverieed when dry LO that it will mix thoroughly with the soil. To this mixture add for each bttshel from one quart to a quart and a pint of bone meel, ancsrding to the richness of the Goininen. aesi egein 111i2C thoroughly. If thee eoil-baee ',ender loam, or there 14 any Fee,. to sitspset aceidity of the soil, duet eng the pile pewdered limn enough to make it white. 1.*;1!e ie not a fertilizer—it merely has a chemival reaction on the soil, whereby it unlocks the plant food therein, and makee it available for the immediate use of the rootof the bulbs. Soils may be rich in unavailable plant food, and be of no use to anything planted in them. If garden loam le eon available as a base from which to make a soil for spring -blooming bulbso get sects from the rondside, preferably thatiin which clover Is growing, and pile them up to. rot the tops, and then chop them up and mix withequal bulk of manure; or, If the latter be unavailable, get leaf mould from the woods to take the place of the manure as humus, and inereaee the quantity of bone meal one-half, using the lime as before. The above givee enough alternative soil -formulae to en- able any one to make a soil. When new beds are to be made, they should be excavated to a depth of twp feet, saving all the etones and rubbieh to be used ae drainage material, which nuey consist of stones, bricks, cinders or other material rubbish, broken to the size of railroad ballast, which ehould be put in the bottom of the excavation to a depth of three to four inches., and on this the soil is placed. The bulbs are planted at a depth varying with their diameters, excepting that the tulipe and nareisi Will do better' and stand upright if planted deeper than other e in proportion, The planting should be done by making a wide hole the required depth, setting the bulb with the base down, and cover- ing with the required quantity of soil. When there is a design to be outlined in buttes, euch as crosses, hearts, dia- monds or other figuree, the top three inches of soil is left off, the soil levelled aed the bulbe placed. to make the fig- ures, and all covered with the remainder of the Roll. The bulbs ahould not be preesed down in planting, as that makes the soil hard under them and they are liable to. heave out of the soil. When all are planted, the top of the soli is carefully watered until thoroughly soaked, Whieh settles the bulbs and pre- vents heaving. The soil for the bulbwhicb it is de- sired to pot up for' winter blooming, indoors, may be the same as that given above, The pate should be of a size to take the Wiles according to your in- tended scheme of blooming. Many per - sone nee earthenware pans, similar to pate in which are planted from four to twelve bulba, while others like the effeet of a. ;single bulb ise one. pot. For the latter purpose use a four- in& pot for firetesime naroiseus, or daffodil, and. a thfee-inch one for one first -size tulip. When more than 0110 /6 to be bloomed in Otto receptacle, it is best to use pans, as they are mere shadows and. better proportioned to the plants when in biloome-seSantuel Armstrong Hamilton In Woman's World for Septemben Tell a woinan that distance lends on, chantment to the view and she will at once become dietent. , American and Canadian Scientists tell us the com- mon house fly is the cause of more disease and death than any other agency. FL lis WS 1 kill all the flies and the disease germs too. 1,101101110101....1.01 EIrCO'NY tIM116 0 M ,rTFGRouro,011:titi-rfte heti u11ij 11111111111N lestuniiiiil i. 111111 11111111111111.11111111111ili1lilillilliiiiiimil1ll HIUI MOST PERFECT MADE MAKES LIGHT WHOLESOME BREAD. REFUSE SUBSTITUTE% _ ( snow litiSHROOMS °nfaiaarz:y°f“ IsaiteulL'etit°1 ilesit'usfl3roailn"illr*gtif'owillna; kept mushrooms. This fear is useless Where the Agarieus teampestrie variety is grown, 'Phis mushroom is absolutely safe, and can be tuld by the under sure fttaiiclei no gf Ilsaet ecra pt,o Wati hlpitniisc, iciii;edarnlyn waltnee, brown varieties to a graYlsh browil, and later still to black. The comrnon eauees for failure in tee cultivation of mushrooms is the use of poor spawn, killed by linproper storage; spawning at a. temperature injuriously high; use of too naive yater at sPaWnitig time or later, and improper preparation cf the bed. Professor Bouquet, the vegetable gar- den expert of the Oregon Agricultural College, says there is no use trying to raise mushrooms it you do not start &tart right. If the bed dues not heat, if the manure is not right, and if spawn- ing is done before the heat Is low en- ough, the heat will kill the spawn. ln mushroom Towing one of the first requisites is to secure fresh, reliable epawn, Ittost ot the spawn used in Ms country is imported, being grown in Ieng- land awl France, but there Is a consider- able amount or good American spawn also put on the market, which is usuallY quite reliable. The important thing is to secure the so-called virgin spawn, or a new growth of allitelluni of the Agaricus Capestrle. This spawn ean bo. obtained from reliable seed/nen or from certain mushroom spawn dealers in various parts of the country, The euetomary price is lel for enough spawn for 3o square feet. Mushrooms mey be grown in any place Where the condition of the temperature and moisture are favorable, A shed, cave, cellar, or any vacant space in a green -house may be utilized to advanta,ge, The most casential factor is the Obtain- ing of proper temperature, which should grareie rgso bforionign bee3stt.o Co degrees, 55 to SS de - The second most Important factor is that of moisture. The place should not be very damp, although a inolat atmos- phere is desirable for the best growth ot the fungus. In selecting a place in which to grow mushrooms it will be necessary to consider that the cold is less injur- lous to mushrooms than heat. This ac- counts for many mushroom houses being constructed hale below the ground, SO that there is less trounle in keeping down the temperature. Cold may render the bed unproductive for a time, but heat stimulates the spawn to too rapid grow- th. Tho eeason of the year at which mushrooms are usually grown le early sprins- or summer, as welras in fall anci early "%linter. They may he produced the year around, however, in properly con- etructed houses, Light is usually ex - eluded from the mushroom houses, but a little light may be allowed, so that one may work among and harvest the mush- rooms. The odor of the product will be materially improved by darkness. Professor Eieuquet says that. suitable XXIalltare may be used in the preparation Of the beds. It must be in the primary stages of fermentation, and, if possible ehould not contain more than it moderate a.mount of straw or bedding-, or Of such eubstitutes as sawdust or shavings. When the manitre is first obtained It should be piled in a heap three or four feet high, and if it is dry It should be watered. slightly so as to start fermenta- tion, In four or five days it shoukl be turned, and a second turning Is also ne- cessary in seven or eight days. This is to permit even of fermentation and to pie Vent it from burning in spots. In fifteen days or three weeks the temperature will begin to fall, the fermentation will have been uniformly started, and the compost will be ready for the beds. It is customary to make the beds abtaut three and a half by four feet and ten to twelve inches deep, with boards on the outside to hold the mnnure. When put int() the beds the manure should not be wet or dry but may be moist The onl.Y practical test to be relied upon for mois- ture content is that of pressure—when water cannot readily bo squeezed out the compost is in condition. It may be piled in layers of four to MIX inches and slight- ly packed, so that there Is a minimum number of air spaces, and so that fer- mentation may proceed slightly. After the beds are prepared the tem- perature will be too high for speav'ning. It should fall to 75 degrees before the spawn is put in the manure. Beds should never be spawned at a temperature great- er than 80 degrees. Trio -Frptiwn which is bought commercially comes in bricks, which are broken or cut into pieces two inches square, making ten or twelve pieces to a brick. These are put ten Indies apart an inch or so under the stir - fags of the manure. It is usually neces- sarw to water the beds after sPawnIng) for water applied to young spawn almost invariably muses it to damp off. If the bed is examined about two weeks atter spawning, and It is found that the epawn is not running the difficulty mAtY be with the bed. Failure to grow is indi- cated by the absence of white threads In the manure about the spawn. "Casting" consists of epplying it layer of loam, not too heavy or too light, about an inch and n. haIf deal) over the surface of the bed. This should be fine and previously screened, and should be barely moist, to prevent the bed front dying out. When the mushrooms appear they may be given a. light :sprinkling once or twice a week, hut they should never be soak- ed, To have the motet atmosphere in the mushroom house the walks and walls can be watered and lceot inOiet. Under favorable riremnstances a, bed will Nome into bearing within six weeks. and the period of the euccessful bed will vary from six weeks to three month. Many growers fieure a profit in =fel- tmime Yielding' half a pound to the square f:oot of surface. and many report two pounds to the square foot. When a bed bas eeased to bear or es no longer pro- fitable commereittlly, the manure rim' hs telten out and used for gorden PurPoseks• It is useless, of course, for the growing of mushrooms; again, as all the heat is exli au st ed. 4 : Tramp—Lady, kin to earn a breakfast? class lawn mower. Lady—Go away. Yo like an old rake. 11' do soneethin' I'm a first u look more JELLY MAKING TIPS. Now Is the Time to Get Ready for Winter. If you would have your winter eloseta weLl etoeited, ta,ke advantage of the present abundance of fruit. For your winter's roaet you will want currant jelly. This is the season when currants are at their best and cheapest. Heat the currants until the juice flows from them freely. Mash the fruit, squeeze out the juihe and strain, it through a cheesecloth bag; then meas- ure carefully. Put one pint of the juice Into an enamelled pot. Add one even pound of sugar and boil, When the drops cling to the spoon in jelly fashion it is done. Pour at -onee into glaeses, cover with as sheet of paper to keep inquiring in- eeete from it until cold. Another way is to boil a pint of cur- rant juice far 20 minutes,and add to it while boiling a pound of cut sugar that has been made quite warm in the oven. Stir the sugar into the boiling juice and let the juice jut come to the boiling point again. Be careful not to boil -after the suk-ar has been added. ...kfter the glaeees are filled and cold then paste labels on eaell glass denoting the kind of jelly and the date of ite manufaeture. Vile is a great help when you go for ange.t.lads.s of jelly for some special purpoee, and find at once the special kind. you Currant jelly is it refreshing drink when diesolved in cold water for a fever- leb greatly to the beauty of It altsioe nat(ids the oid-faslioned and deliciouie dish called floating itsland, which was a com- pany dessert in our grandmother& days, and no wonder, for it ie mighty good. if made properly. She—Some day I must show you our family tree. He—I'll bet it's a peach. 4 OATMEAL BEAUTIFIES. Keep a ?Mx ot oatmeal on the toilet stand and rub it freely on the hands af- ter each washing. This dries and sof- tens the skin, preventing It from becom: Ing red and rough when exposed to the air. 41••••••••••t •••••• CLEAR AS MUD. Blinks—Why did Smith jump off the steamer? Jinks—He had financial troubles. Blinks—Oh, 1 see. He jumped into the ocean beeamee he couldn't keep his hekt above water.—Cincinnati Enquirer. * OF NO ASSISTANCE taa Itt Rearch of a certain kind of bug, anti 1 thought perhaps you 1iiit bo ablo to help tue to - Vanier (who knows the English langus.ge)-----Durno's 1 kW, ma'am. bed it bug workin' fur me las' year, but he got to aola' Pit/ plow crazy that heel to la hi:o no right In ba yiug time. Potatoes will be ?heap this year. The eopione value ruined the stnall potato crop. . ; %VD] Bramwell Boeth ale° name hie e neves- or to the Salvation Army throne? In shining the Panama Canal hill Ineeid( tit Taft may he Vt.' 111S (AVM intlitkia death warrant. aseet Our farmer friendshould keep a looks eat for their latest enemy, the potato (linker, It beats the potato hug. An Angionlerman eonference ma,y be held in London for the purpose of pro - 'noting Moline. relations between the two countries eoneerned. Something is eorely needed along thie line. 1 1 ehild welfare exhibition will be held in ,tiontreal in Oetober, If it re- -.nits in lowering the death rate among the infantile population of that city it will not have been held in vain. The worla ie beginning to see that the tie -man Emperor is 3 Mall of peace. While on a. sick bed the other day, cable eorrepondents feared that if he died, the peace of the world would be broken!. He iteed to he looked upon as a fire-eater. The :ltoche9ter Derald prints an edi- torial headed "Did. Washington Swear?" and answers it in the affirmative. "Did Lincoln ever take a drink?" is another queetion it aeles. It answers that it doesn't matter whether he did 01! not. \Ve suppwie not. But why raise the question? • & The moving picture to teach employers and employeee in factoriee how to safe- guard neptinst industrial aecidents is the laet campaign to be undertaken by t'he American- Man uf ▪ eurera' ..A. mac ia ti on. Copiee of the fame might be secured for -Canada. The possibilities for good al the moving- picture show seems to be -• 4 The eoal oil -lamp ,explosion is again working iteelf to the front as an emis- sary of death. The blazing oil Bete fire 10 somebody's -clothing and sometimes the home ie burned down. Now there toilet he a cause or causee for these expleetione. Are tiley preventable? is poor oil to be blamed or caaeleesneee in keeping the lamps in proper trim? The Vancouver ;C;014utell of Women he endeavoring to find the names and ad- dresees of all the little "shut ins" in - that city who, by reason of some men- tal or physical deficiency, are prevented from attending the public or other schools. The women believe that these unfortunate children should have it thence, end they are going to try to give it to them. 7 e It ie now said that the noises of ha great, city are responsible for nervous prostration and other nervous diseases that affliet men and women, and the Societies fur the Suppression of Noise have taken a new grip on the matter. It is well known that a large number of eity noises are preventable, and efforts are being made to en t them out. Please begin with the motor cycle and the car with a flat wheel. Mrs. Ella lilagg Young, Superineend- eut of Chicago's Public Scilools, itthet. minted report to the School Board sap that on Mae.1 the board adopted, Dean Welter T. Sumner's recommendations advocating the setting aside of $2,500 for the education of parents es a means of teaching sex hygiene to their children. 1Ve believe, that the home, and not the diol, is the proper place for Auch edu- cotton. Young girl teachers are not the proper person. to 4,...4,totieh siteh inattere. The complaint is general among Chtietian workers in New York, says the New Yolk Sun, that never within their reeollection has the interest itt churelt matters been so slight or the at- tendance so slittj as this summer. That eeems odd when we consider the recent nctivitiee of the Men and Religion For- went Afovement all over the continent. Does religion eome itt wavea of enthusi. nem, only to (lie away with the receding title? it looks like it. sopen-air picture bowie inaugur- t.ze The azette says that the ated thie mintier by a committee of the to continue Chill's Wel fagrievinig!xihiliebaitqltot:ie stenentielniskeolyf thoneande. And. this through a new litehion lately established among charit- ably ni;posed people, who have hit upon the plan ef eelebrating birthday anni- veesariee by paying for an entertain - o1 thie kind. Thus for the stuall stun of twelve &flare, it is possible for any portent to give An entertainment which will b- attended by from twelve ;hi twenty thousend people. S111, it., l'unlpiltql itt tllJ1IflV re(1011tly the tilq Nix monthA nt A totil (if pereons took the'ar wen live- 141 Nev. Volk Stele. Of the va4:011-- ehe-en the favotite neolo i..'it.41 WaS e.1 s. te : sMtlt 12-111,sed th,N by 111; iriai-M1 11)- 114,. 1 1.1 illiIVOI111,r by ',ha _;• 1,..; 1.;;!1,1 1.1 it* Ti,*. 111.1Mlivi .11 --hi, V.;• .u.1 t -ir2.:1'1.-t :7i .1 een1,1 nerost,,,..1 1 IttII voi l/11,-41 orie - ttr U(9.0 illiVva thvir WM.