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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1913-03-27, Page 3ITCHY BURNING ECZEMA ON FACE Very Bad Case, Little Blisters Broke and Formed Scabs. Thought Would Be Disfigured for Life, Used Cuticura Soap • and Oint- ment a Month. Completely Cured. Cold Brook, St. John, N. 13.—"Out1eura $oap and Ointment certainly cured my little girl of a, very bad case or eczema. She had eczema on her face for al- aa."-lraost two years, First little aerwhite blieters covered her face, then these would break and form eeabs, and they were very Why and burn - big. I used to have great trouble in getting her to sleep at night. She scratched so I had to do all I could to prevent her, for sometimes she would serateli the scabs off and then it would be very sore ;tad burning. Sho was certainly a great rare. I treated ber for it and also used different kinds of blood medicine, and ointment bue got no cure. 1 thought she would be disfig- ured for liib. "It had lasted about two yeaes when ono day 1 saw an advertisemeat for Cuticura. Soap and Outicura Ointnient in the paper so decided to givo them a trial. I had not used them for more than a raonth when she was complete y cured. T. cannot praise Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment enough. Of course I continuo to use Cuti- eura Soap as 1 fina ie the best soap on the market for children." (Signed) airs. John Newman, Dec. 30, 1011. Cuticula, Soap and Outicura Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere. For a liberal free sample of each, with 32-p, book, send post card to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Dept. 30D, Boston, U. S. A. BUTTER MAKIN( ON nim FARM. it woeld hem that ere long it will be difficult to tesetre butter made on the farm. For yearthat waits the farmer's wife's industry—it eras her income. Some contend that, Liani. eunitary point of view, it is just as well that the farm manufacturei of butter is an- nually growing less. Not that good but- ter is not made by the farmer's .wife, but, in a great many eases, there is Jack of skill, care or proper surround- ings or utensils. In such eases the but- ter issure to lack the fine flaverr & No. 1 quality should breve. in a new country the milk and butter are apt to be better than th.ose pro- duced in a thickly -settled district. This is owing to the bacteria of an objec- tweed nature being less prevalent, and a8 a result milk and its products are not eo liable to contamivation. Cleanliness from the very start to the finieh is the great essential in the art of making good 'butter, and -too much stress cannot be laid -upon its im- portance. one but good eow s (should be toler- ated on the dairy farm. It does not pay to have poor boarders. A cow that is well fed and cared for should produce 6,000 pounds of milk containing 3.a per cent, of butter fat, or should make 250 pounds of butter per year. The milk Should be weighed at least one day each month, and a test made for buter fat. This is the only accurate way, of mak- ing comparisone and finding out what the herd is doing individually. The cow stable ehouhl be well lighted, well ven- tilated. and kept clean. Give the cows plenty of wholesome food. It is the poorest economy to stint them either in the mater of food or water. Also see that salt is always accessible to the cat- tle. e There is ne nicer place to milk Cows than in a well -kept stable. Do it quick- ly, cleanly and thoroughly. Cows do net like unnecessary noise or delay. Begin milking at the same hour, night and. morning, and. milk the cows in the same order. Wipe the cow's flank and udder to prevent loose dirt and hairs falling into tae milk. Do not wet the hands with milk, A practice to be re- commended is rubbing a little vaseline on the hands. This keeps the teats in nice condition and overcome the objec- tion some have of milking with dry hands. Nothing tends more readily to drying up the milk flow than leaving litle milk in the udder. Remove the milk as soon ae possible from the stable, and immediately strain through several thicknesses of cheese cloth. Place the cheese cloth over the bottom of the strainer and. secure it with an easy fitting tin hoop. The cloth must be yemoved and well washed after each...time of using. Tests of the skim milk show that when the milk has been properly set and skimmed the loss of butter fat is no greater from the shallow pans than from creamers. The milk should be set in clean, bright tins, and. should not exceec1 three inches in depth. It is most necessary that the milk room be clean and free from all odors, as milk so readilyt absorbs any taint that may be in the atmosphere.. The tem- perature ,should range between 50 and. 60 degrees. Avoid having the milk close to the wall or in a strong draft, so as not to have a leathery coat form over the crenne due to rapid evapora- tion, Skim beforee the milk thicken. Loosen with a thin. bladed knife that cream from the eides of the pa/ns. Lift the pan to the edge of the cream can, tilt it to allow a little of the skim milk to wet the edge of the pan, then, with the aid of the knife, quickly glide the sheet of cream into •the cream can. Many devices have been put ofl the market for ereaming milk by adding a eertain percentage of eold water. We have tried several, and do not recom- ment any. There is danger of contam- inating the cream by esing impure wa- ter. it robs the ereain of its flavor, and. Lesides the loss of butter fat is visually heavier than when deep eats ere used. The skint milk is too much diluted for feeding purposes. If the ere= 4s raised by the deep setting syetem the can should be placed immediately in water the depth of the inilk and the milk brought as soon as possible to 45 degrees or below, and held at that temperature. It is econ. may to have ice in the 'water, and just at necessary to use it in the whiter as in the summer. A water -tight box or barrel will do as effective work as an expensive eabinet treamer. We prefer a alma bottom an. with a trap to draw off the milk. Having the &hint carries away any sediment and perieks all the skim milk to be drawn ort. cams without a tap should be tkim- med with a funuel,shaped dipper, halting A long, straight handle and. no Wire larsenel the eine With a, knife loosen the 'eream hem the eides of the can, then wet the dipper in water or milk god lower point fiat into the the dipper. Repeat until ell the cream 1 lowing the eream to flow evenly into is removed. Avoid getting too much *Aim milk with the cream. Milk should alwaye set twenty-four houre before the skint milk is drawn oft, and thirty -sax house in whiter li even better. Milk allowed to stand only twelve home before skimming will give • a cream testing front 10 to 18 per cent. butter fat, while the Aiu intik will test as high as from 0 to 1 per cent, eream from, 'milk allowed to stand twenty-four hours will test farm 18 to 22 per cent. butter fat. and. the ekini milk from 25 to 35 .per cent,; or, in other words, we have m the latter ease a richer cream and hes loss in the akini Milli.' --two Idneisiikr.able conditions in the creaming of A separate article should be devoted to the hand eeparatone, otherwise much mi,ght be said at this time in favor of thie method. of treating znilk. It eel.. Willy is the ideal way of obtainbag the cream. A .separator with even only a email herd payee for it should mean lese labor, better eream and more of it. Dur- ing the collection of eream for a churn - lug the cream ean ehoeld stand in the coolest piece in the cellar in tile sum- mer, while in the winter it may be kept in a room where the temperature ranges between 50 and 00 degrees. The sur- rounding atmosphere ehould be clean and sweet The can nmet always be covered. Have a tin etirrer which reaches to the bottom and. the can and stir thoroughly from the bottom to the top ever time fresh cream is added. Each time the can is emptied) it should be well washed, scalded and put in the sunshine for several hours. In order to be able to do this it is a good plan to have two cream cans. Whenbeginning to collect cream for a churning add to ,your first skimming a culture or starter which you know has .11, clean, present, sharp aced flavor and smell. This culture may consist of a pint or two ,of sour cream from your previous churning or the same amount of good -flavored skim reason for adding the culture is that the bac- teria, which you km»v prothice a fine - flavored batter, may take poersession, of the new cream before other germs, which might prove objectionable, gain vontrol of it. Another method is to hold the cream sweet until 24 hours befere churning, then heat it to 65 degrees and add one pint of culture to every gallon of cream. In the evening cool to churninr., tem- perature or below and hold at that tem- perature over night. Separator cream ehould have the foem well stirred in, and by placing in cold water should be quickly cooled to CO de- grees in sareter and from 50 to 55 de- grees in etunener. Stir the cream occa- sionally -ivhile cooling. It is most essen tial that this thorough and quick cooling be done before adding the cream to the cream can, otherwise the separator cream cannot make choke butter. lasamine the cream and. when it has a smooth, glossy appettranee, pours like molasses .and has a pleasant acid taste and smell it is in proper conditinn to churn. .Churning should he done not less than twice a week in summer and three tithes in two weeks in winter. To Ease Tight Chest And Cure a Cold Rub On Nerviline No Remedy Half So Efficient "I didn't have to suffer long with a. sore, wheezy chest. I had a mighty bad' cokl—it held me like a vise, but I knew what to do. I took half a teaspoonful of Nerviline lin hot water and rubbed my neck and cheek every half hour dur- ing the evening. You would. hardly credit- the wayNerviline loosed up that tight chest, enabled me to breathe like a free man, gave me comfort in a few hours." This is the experience of J. P. Durand, a well-known resident of Burton's Cor- ners. In thousands of homes Nerviline is used every day. If a little child has a sick etomaele just a few drops will suffice. If there is any bowel disorder or diarrhoea, only a gmall dose is re- quired. Inwardly or outwardly, where - ever there is pain or inflammatione,Ner- viline will always relieve quieke.st and cure surest of any remedy known. Family size, 50e; small bottle, 25e, at all storekeepers and druggists, or The Ca- tarrhozone Co., Buffer°, N.Y. seees ODD LEGAL TENDER From Shells to Women, All Served Purpose. Do you ever stop to think, when you have a dollar in your hand, just when it first came iieto existence, aull what people used hundreds of years ago, be- fore such a coin had ever ben heard of? In the old civilizations,. of Italy, Greece, Egypt, and Asia *Minor there was no such thing as money. instead, the most valued possession of each country served as a basis for finance, and troublesome times:they did have, when one race of peoPle traded with another and did not agree at all on each other's standards of value. In ancient Sparta, for instanee, huge, gorgeouschariots served as dollars. If a Man wanted to buy a house and lot he had to drive a certain number of char- iots to his desired place of abode, and then give them in exchange for the land he wished. , Sometimes whole days were spent ip deciding, and outsiders had to be called in to assist in determining the value of the goods to be bartered. Itt Africe, they were a little more sen- sible ifi choosing for money articles of smeller she. The natives were extremely fond of jewelry and fancy decorations of all kinds, and so for coin they used deli- cate shells Of various sizes. To be sure they were a bit unsubstantial, and if a Man broke his shell the loss Was MS. There was no government back of Aim to redeem the currency. But the ar- rangernent seemed to satisfy on. the whole, for it was in vogue for many cen- turies. In old Japan daggers were made into money. They did not Seeln to find it hard determining the value and the metal was practicel and substantial and lasted indefinitely. The most terrible form of inoney the world has ever known was that in vogue in the days of the early Roman empire, when WOMen Were lifted quite frequently for money. lf a Man owned a beauti- ful slave and preferred land, the bar- gain was speedily made. And if the land 'or object desired were very valuable he might have to yield several of his *O. men slave. - Turbulent times there have been in the eourse of the long tentacles on the eubjeet of money. and many quarMe have arisen and many battles lia,ve been fought. And really we don't helf -Appre. -elate the value of our sineple doller ot the thousands of years it took to bring it to list preient si,ie fesesem. FOR MAKING SOAP FOR' WASHING DISLIES : FOR SOFTIENMG AITR FOR DISINFECTING SINICS CLOSETS , D NS ETC MADt IN eiktvAtIA EN: GILLErr ca LTD ) TORONTO-ONt jr/INNIPEr, vo-nINITRICAL BABY BRIDES. Four -Year -Olds Wedded in Hindu Tribe. Four henaVed weddings were celebrat- ed simultaneously recently at Surat among '7nembers of the Lewa, launbi caste. None of the brides were over twelve years old, while the bridegrooms varied from three to nine. ' lay in the laps of their parents during the ceremony, and were given sweets to keep them quiet. The caste celebrates weddings only every ten or twelve years. Colonel Dun- can G Pitcher, of the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, says: "ft is quith a common thing for the children of the caste to be married when they are only four, five or six years old, but marriagee at an earlier age than. four are exceptional. "These baby brides, of Course, do not. join their husbands when they are mar- ried. They wait until they reach the age of ten or eleven, when there ie a second marriage. "Should a baby's bridegroom die be- fore she reaches the age for the second marriage she becomes a widow and has to remain so all her lifc. "In such eases the widow at once loses caste. Her ornaments are taken off her and she becomes a Vort of out- cast, hardly treated, looked down upon and generally made a household drudge. "The husband, on the other hand, should his baby bride die before the second marriage, may marry again. In fact, he is expected to do so within a few months of the death of the bride. "If he does not marry again within a few months he loses east'. fellows refuse to Smoke or drink with him. "One of my essistants. n native, wanted to marry two months efter the loss of hie child wife. W'llen 1 remon- strated with him he said: 'Unless I re- - ir STRANGE BURIAL CUSTOMS. Strangn is the burial service among the .Andaman Islanders. it is the cus- tom of the islanders to drop the bodies of their parents into the sea at the end of ropes and leave them there until nothing remains but the bone, whieh they then gather and hang from the roofs of their huts. It is a common custom for a relative to sit by the hour stud watch the bcnes of some relative. This is the way they have of showing their love and respect. The bodies are treated in this fashion so that the evil spirit e cannot tease and pinch them. All that is left are the dried bones, and these are plaeed high so that if the evil spirits wander into the huts they will have a hard time to find them, If a, bone is carried away it means some bad spirit has seized it, and this means that Soule terrible calemity will befall the fsmily. In the Katangit district of Central Af- rica when a chief and. his wife dies there is great feasting and celebrating. Some of °these festivals last three or four days. After the bodies are laid to rest with dancing and rejoicing because they are going to rule over it higher sphere their relatives and friends do not depart until they leave one or more chairs and a supply of clothes. This is done because the souls are expected to come out and wander about their graves. A MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER MRS. E. J. TALBOT TELLS THEM TO FIND A CURE IN DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS. She Had Rheumatism, Lumbago and Neuralgia and Found the Remedy She Was Looking For In Dodd' s Kid- ney Pills. Hamilton, Ont., March 24.— (Special) --a"I know there are a lot of people who suffer and do eot know what will cure nein. Dodd's Kidney Pills will." These ate the words of Mrs. E. J. Talbot, who resides at 293 Wellington street north, this eity. And Mrs. Tal- bot speaks out of her own experience. "Last July I was very siek," Mrs. Tatlbot continues. "My heart bothered me, my limbs were heavy, and I had it dragging sensation aerose the loins. Rheumatism, lumbago and neuralgia added to my sufferings, and the doctor I ealled in did not belp the muele "r finally decided to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. 1 have used seven boxes and I am eo much stronger and better that 1 feel I must recommend them to others." Mrs.. Talbot's eomplication of trou- bles•alt None from eick kidneys. That's why Dodd'e Kidney Pills cured thein. For Dotht' Kidin. Pills' are no eure-all.. They "imply cure Malley disease of any kind. nev never fail to do that. a"'"elleillallfeellfeNeflelleenfeeef, VALUE OF A MAN Headache Over the Eyes ? Scientist Figures the Actual Look For Nasal Catarrh Intrinsic Worth, A German Scientist has figured, it out that a man weighing one hundred and fifty, pounds is worth, intrinsically, seven dollars and 'flity cents. His body contains fat to the value of two dollars and fifty cents; enough iron can be got together to make a. nail an inch long, while from the lime that is pees- ent enough whitewash, ca.n be made to cover a good-sized hen houee—or a root cellar, perhaps, if you don't keep Ilene; two thousand two hundred snatches could be headed by the phorphorus which one carries about with added. to which there is a considerable quantity of magnesia, a small teaspoonful of sugar, a pinch of salt and an. amount of albumen equivalent to the quantity fsieuaialdtit.in one hundred ed hens' eggs.—Good.i el I NOT AT ALL CHANGED. They had parted years ago. .Now, in the deepening shadows of Scotland's twilight, they met again, cd'I.lere be the old stile, Annie," he sai "Aye; and here be our initials that you carved, John," she replied. — he4.The ensuing silence was only broken by the buzzing of an aviator oyer - Honey laden memories thrilled through chtheeteirlight and flushed their glowing ek "Ah, Annie," exclalmeel John, sud- denly seizing her fair, 'slim hand, "ye'ee jist as beaattiful as ye ever were, an' I liae never forgotten ye, my bonnie lass!" "And ye., John," she cried, while her blue eyes moistened tremulously, "are jist as big a "leear as ever, an' I be- lieve ye just the :amse!"—Titelaite. SPRING BLOOD IS WATERY BLOOD How to Get New Health and New Strength at This Season. Spring aihnents .are not imagifia.ry. Even the most robust find the winter months most trying to their health. Confinement indoors, often in overheat- ed and nearly always badly ventilated roome---in the home, the office, the ehep and the schools, taxes the vitality of even the strongest. The blood becomee thin aiul watery and. is clogged with impurities. Some people have headaches and. a feeling of langour. Others are low-spirited and nervous. Stilll others are troubled with disfiguring pimples and skin eruptions. while some get ,e.p in the morning feeling just as tired. as when they went to bed. These are all spring symptoms that the blood. is Out of order and that a medicine is needed.. Many people take purgative medicines in the spring. Thie is a serious mis- take. You cannot cure yourself with a medicine that gallops thropgh your system and leaves you weaker still. This is all that a purgative does, What you need to give you health and strength in the spring is a tonic medicine that will enrich the blood and soothe the jangled nerves. Ant the one always reliable tonic and blood builder is Dr. Wilibnus'-Pink Pine. These Pills not only banish spring weakness but guard you against the more serious- ailments that follow., such as anaemia, nervous debility, indigestion, rheumatism, and other diseases due to bad blood. Miss Lillian lto-Ve, Portland, Ont., says: "A little over a year ago 1 was in a very. anaemic condition, suffering froni most of the symptoms of that trouble. Often, spent sleepless night, and felt as though I did not care whether I lived, or not. In this condition I began tak- ing Dr. Williams' Pink Nile, and after the use of ten or twelve boxes I was restored to the blessin,,e. of perfect health. I feel, therefore. that I canna' say too much in praise of thie medi- cine." If you are ailing this spriner you can- not afford, in your own interest, to overlook so valuable a medieine as Dr. Williams' Pink Pill. Siild by all medi- cine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box Or six boxes for $2.50 from The. Dr. Williams' 'Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. DRAPED. Skirts are draped. Flounees are in line. The fiehu follows along. Evening eloaks are much draped. Bodices are more or less draped. - Hat trimmings are added in draped ef- fect. Sashes and girdles bow to the craze for drapery. Coiffures are sure to give the draped, look to. glossy tresses. • Itt short, about everything save hosi- ery is brought into line. = $ CURES COUGHS '& COLDS STRAIN AT GNAT, SWALLOW CAMEL. (London Advertiser) Smart Society is shocked when women spoil Ron: greens, but seldoni stop to think that thousands of drunken husbands beat their wives, as drunken husbands, do everywhere. It is curious that one who gets excited over the action of the suf- fragettes may be the most complacent 'Person in the world on the subject of cry- ing social evils. Human nature strains at a gnat and, swallows a camel. The evils that are staged before our sight and lit by the limelight of sensation come bathe to us. while out in the unnoticed are the wailing and moanings of thbse who suffer and die in long agony. As airs. Pankhurst says, people seem to care morm for property than for lives. But do not these common evils also tniure property to an incalculable extent? GIRLS' PARTY DRESSES. Chiffon leads. There's embroidery. Or a toueh of lace serves. The aceordioned skirt is liked. Tunics are cut in a variety of shapes. The sleeves just fail to reach the el- bows. The low neck is low berause it is not high. Many mothers have the neck rounded just beyond the base of the neck. Eepeeielly at fide season of the year the fine lingerie summer dress 14 requi- sitioued. THE SOLE REMEDY. (Ilouston Post) "Is there any way you can Suggest, witteh we teen cure her of her bust- tuttion for bits " "Oh yes, that's retey. eaistse" rinean aithout letting her mart/ Lime" "Not that / lame* of." Catarrh Never Stops In One Place— It Spreads Rapldly—Often Ruins , Health Completely. In this changeable climate it is the little eolde that drift into Catarrh. Unless the inflammation is checked At passes rapidly from the throat or nose to the bronchial tubes aud then to the longs. Yo ucan't make stew lungs itny more than you can make new fingers or too, but you can cure Catarrh. The surest euro consists of breath- ing in the healing balsamic essences we GATARRHOZONE, which is simply a medicated vapor's() full of rich curative properties that every trace of Catarrh vaniehee before it. "The soothing piney vapor of Ca, tarrhozone is the most powerful meth - eine I ever used," writes Mrs, Edmond J. Christine; of Saskatoon. "Every breath &emit through the inhaler sende a. grateful feeling through the air pas- eages of the nose and throat. Catarrh. ozone cured me of frightful headaches ?rear the eyes, relieved me of a stuffy feeling in the nose, and sot irritable hacking cough that had been the bane of my life for a year. My general health is greatly improved, my appetite and. digestion are considerably better than before. Catarrhozone has been the means of giving me such health. as I al- ways desired, but never poeseased." Even though catarrh has a firm hold on you, and affects your throat, nose or ears, you. can thoroughly cure it with Catarrhozene. Large size„guarantecd, costa $1.00; smaller size,' 50c.; sample size 25e. All. storekeepers and drug- gists, or The Catarrhozone Co., Buffalo, N. Y., and Kingston, Canada, : 1 r...• 4r401/44.410+11****Crir 1 TH POULTRY WORLD 40444 114111.41141,41•041, POOR WINTER FOR POULT.RY. Although this has been a warm, open winter, with temperatures well above normal, only a very small percentage of poultry -raisers have done well with their chickens. This is explained in part by the fact that there has been a boom in the poultry industry in the last three or four years, and many of the newer breeders have not yet learned how to get the best results, Most pereons think it is easy to keep chickens. It is a dif- ferent thing, 'though to keep chickens and 'make them lay and pay. That is eowhmerese itn.he seience of poultry -raising It is an old belief that chiekens fed on corn nione will do well, but it is a mis- taken one. it is true that many farm flocks, having the run Of barns., ete., pro- duce large numbers of eggs, and their owners boast proudly that they are fed on corn only. These floeks, however, for- age for themselves, and pick pp enough oats, wheat and hay siftings around the barn to balance their ration. Florks kept an bee]: lots and on the intensive plan need wider variety than is furnish- ed in eorn alone, Corn is a fat -produc- ing grain. and if fed alone will make chiekens too fat for any purpose, except eating, and many persons do not (are for overfat ehickens, even for the table. Corn should not vonstitute more than one-fourth of the ratin, except in very severe weather, and even then -not more than one-third. Wheat, which is one of the hest egg-prodneing ,9,Tains. should make up at least one-half of the ration, and oats and other grains the balance. NVrdithr the mixed main a mash, either wet o y, should be fed. SCIENTIne HEN FEEDING. According to W. G. Krum of Cornell University, poultry raisers consider hens as machines into which, raw material is put to turn out the ‘finielied product. To produce the best ouality of eggs a hen must be fed one pound of protein to every 4.6 pounds of, fat. This formula is • main tabled when the ration consists of a pound of ground grain to two pounds of whole grain: In the morning liens should be fed enough to keep them busy, about one pint of mixed grain to each thirty hens being enougb. When this is done the hens are hungry at noon, for they have been working hard to get their morning feed, and their blood ie circulating well. The hens should get enough green food at noon to keep them eating through- out the afternoon. • Hay and alfalfa, ac- cording to Mr. Krum. are not green food. Green food is that which earries water in its natural form, as do vetretables. Crit and oyster shell shonld be available at all times. EGGS AND WATER GLASS. A great many experiments in preserv- ing eggs with water glass have demon- strated that when properly done it is one of the best methods in use, Water glass is silicate of sodinm, and it may be purchased at any good (Duel store for from 80 cents to $1,20 a gallon. The solution is prepared by using wat- er which has been. boiled and then cooled to ordinary temperature. To 'fifteen quarts of water is added one quart of water glass. The eggs are pinked: in a clean jar which has been thoroughly scalded and enough liquid is poured over them to cover them completely. Only perfectly fresh eggs can be used sueeessfully. No method can keep an egg good if it has once Started to deteri- • orate. The eggs should not be washed before packing. The jars must be kept I . in a cool, darkplaee. it is best te pokk each day's gathering of egg* inoineilate ly. .Suceems itt pre$erving ego by the water glase method depends trAl doing verything properly and At tobe right time. 4thA7101 TO POULTRY NOVITIATES. Fromg poultry expert comes this ad- vice for those about to /start in poul- try raieing: 1. Do not attempt to start in the poultry business for profit unless you are a ssood business man. 2. Decide in advance whether you are going in the businese for eggs or meat. 3, Select the proper breed for your purpose, 4. Start right with good stock, best for the money you ean invest, from a strain of strong constitutional vigor, of standard shape and volor, and from an established strain, This is very irilpOr taut and is the real keynot to red enc. cess. 5. Do not plunge into the businese up to ;your ears, but feel your way ahead slowly and earefully. Fowls never elsNo tOilT dELbS'e unnecessarily frightened, Cont tad in eiit materially af. fecte egg production. If your hens are pleasantly housed they canuOt help lay- ing if fed right. Tho more you study feeds and actual egg produetion the more firmly will you believe in sprouted. oats as an egg pro- ducer. We usually have our coldest weather in February, and then spetial care musa be given hens if they aro to lay during this time And if they do not lay well in February the whole season's work is de- layed, It is a good plan to give to breeding bens a little more roo mthan the lay- ers and to keep them both in the beet possible shape. You cannot keep your quarters too clean. Inteatinai trouble and discomfort which means less eggs, are the outcome of dirty litter, cobwebs, filthy dropping boards and roosts. It is a good plan oc- casionally to seald the dropping boards and roosts with boiling water with 1 per cent. of sulphuric acid. During February if very cold it is a good plan to give a warm drinking water to your Ilene twiee a day. Fresh air alai sunshine are important as well as food. Hens kept in a °lose, Stuffy house without suffleient air and sunshilie never lay the maximum num- ber of eggii. They are uncomfortable and not in prime conon. The heo needs variety in her feed, and she does not get it will not do her best work. "The early bird catches the worm." Early eggs, early sitters; early sitters, early cluCkens; early eggs, early pro - Exercise produces warmth and vigor. You never are at your best unless you have the proper amount of exercise. Saano with -the hen; It is therefore ne- cessary to see that Effie gets the proper amount of exereiee every day. Make her hunt for seratch feed at the bottom of a deep litter. Another way to give your hens exercise is to tie up a cab- bage so they caii reach it by jumping. Remove from the flock those birds which make sniffling and wheeeing sounds at night and treat them for colde if you have any young chieks watch them eloeely during sudden changes of weather, for they are very sensitive and easy subjeete to colds. It pays to .make the rounds of the eoops and houses each night. Nine times out of ten everything will be all right; the tenth time you may find enough gone wrong for the time spent twice everygh tinntiottl.te habitofgoing the rounds Scrub out the water fountain frequent- ly with hot water. Dirty vessels breed disease more than anything elae, so ,arrange your drinkino, fountains ao that the fowle cannot gettheirfeet or drop- pings into it and befoul it. A hen which is in the best layine con- dition hive seine fat on her body. ';'When her boidly wante have been supplied and there is some fat and energy to Sparc she is in the proper condition for egg production.Very fat hens and very lean hens are not good layers and eggs hatched from suoh fowls do not produce strong chlekene. The first part of an egg to form is the albumen, width contains 64 per cent. fat. It is therefore neees- s.aay that a laying hen have a certain amount of surplus fat. • Custom thatching has come to stay. nto snialier breeder realizes that with a good machine near by he can take or send this best eggs'and in 21 day6 or more take chicks back to his brooders, or brooder system, and there devote all the time toward growing them into broil- ers, layers or future prize winners,. The hatching machine has eome to stay.. elotstaLlabor and money -saver fo all nene flateh some ealy birds that they may be in condition .for the early fall fail -H. Early -hatched birds are not hard to raise if properly housed, are a source of profit from the broiler age on and make good breeders the following year. The breed a poultry raiser generally makes a success of is the one he admires most. To make the most out of poultry one =at like fowls. Some great breed- ers cannot see aegood thing in any fowl but the one ' they admire and breed. With such a liking for the fowl, they at- tain the most in making that breed. one of usefulness and beauty. Of course, all don't think just alike, as otherwise there would be but one breed. Do not forget to plant shade in some form for the poultry. While in many cases it will not grow large enough this year, plan for the future. Remember that natural shade is better than arti- ficial, and that it is a paying proposi- tion to have shade, not only for the young, growing chieks, but for the older fowls as well. They, will be in better condition if some summer comforts are obtained. Fifteen dollars a hundred or baby Had Stomach Rumblings Distress Before Meals Was Seldom Free From That Weary, Droopy, Half -Dead Feeling. Now Cured, And Gives Good Advice to Others Wlth Dyspeptic Tenclencles. lf you have any stoma distress at ail you will eertamly be intereeted in the following experience whioh 1. told by Mr. Alward Dawkins; "When 1 was working, around the farm bet winter I had an attack of inflammation," writes Mr. E. P. Dow - kine, of Port niehmond. "I was weak for a long time, but well enough to work until spring. But something went wrong with my bowels for I had to use salts or physic all the time. My stomach kept sour, and always after eating there w5u3 pain and fulness, and all the syruptoms of intestinal indigastion. Nothing helped ine until :f used Dr. Ifam- liton't3 Pine. Instead of hurting, like °CI- er pine, they tteted very mildly, and seemed to heal the bowels. I did not re- suire large doses to get results with Dr. Hamilton's PflJs, and feel so glad that I have fousd a mild yet certain, remedy, To -day I am well—no pein, no sour etomach, a good appetite, able to digest anythieg .This is a whole lot of good for one medicine to do, a,nd I can 64,y Dr, Ilamilton's Pills are the best pills, and my letter, 1 arn sure, proves Refuge a substitute. for Dr. Muni', ton's Pille of Maudrake and Butternut, 25c per box or five for $1.00, at all drug - and storekeepens or post paid ,from the Ca.tarrhezone Co., Buffalo, N. Y., and ,Kingston, Canada, chicks, especially Leghorns, ie a fair price to pay. We cannot see how any breeder can charge lest and make any kind of a profit, especially if the adver- tising bill is to be met, time consumeci in boxing and taking in good shape to tlic exprees office. Keep tlie. poultry house tight and clean. Givett a clean house and a roof that does not leak mueli may be done with it, The sides maY be papered with a good roofing paper. Muslin frames fitted in the front, which should face the south or southeast, and the floor ileiogyhetr.ed with good straw litter. The poultry will prove profitable if handled. Save the ,poultry droopinge. Kaep them dry and free from feather* and foreign matter of .all kinds. Remove the droppings at least three times a week, and when dry place in barrels in a dry place. They can be sold to tan- ners, gardeners, floriste and fruit grow. ere. A hen will yield 35 cents' worth each year. If it all could be saved it Will sell from 50 cents to $1,25 per bar- rel at your own door, Modern poultry keeping consists of incubators, brooders, trap nests, dry feeding, low rooste, bone cutters green cut bone, pedigree breeding, driee.3. beef seraps, cloth front houses, roosts all on the level, general'purpose breeds, breedts for heavy laying. Hens that lay 200 eggs in a year. Poultry shows almost everywhere and more every year. More farmers to raise standard -bred poultry. The poultry business is fest outgrowing its infancy and stands to -day by the side of some of the largest business en- terprises. . Alfalfa has just the material in it to form eggeshell and is an essential part of every ration for poultry. Eitc.h 1,000 pounds contains 30 pounds of lime. Hen* fed daily on it will prove to be better layers than those not so fed, and the alfalfa hens will be far the healthiest. Alfalfa should be fed during the winter in ample quantities. • aa -e The fondly „remedy for Coughs and Colds 'Shiloh costs so li,t,4tIo 4and does so touch!' ELEPHANTS WANING. It is the ambition of most big -game hunters to bag a good tusker—an ele- phant with excepaonaliy big teeth, to use the sporting terin—but that ambi- tion is iSeldoTn realized nowadays, for ele- phants, particularly thoee of record ago and size, are becoming mere rare every day. indeed, it is stated that the Afri- can elephant, from which the finest ivory is obtained, is doomed. It has practi- cally vanished from, South Africa, and is being etiowly exterminated itt other parts of the country. This exterinina- tion has been brought about by the great demand for ivory nowadays. Only a few years ego a single large firm of billiard -table makers used in a . month as many ae 95 pairs of tusks. Thus to. supply this single lirm now fewer than 1,1,40 elephants suffered death ,annually. And the demand for tusks may be gathered from the fact that about 300 tons are eold in London alone during the year. The consegeunce is that the chance of a big -game hunter corning across such an elephant as that shot by Major Powell -Cotton in the Congo State eight years ago, whose tusks weighed 372 pounds, is very remote. These were the finest pair of elephant's teetri ever se- cured by a white sporteman, although they are not the heaviest on record. The heaviest pair of tusks ever secured are to be seen in a museum in the United States. One of the tusks meas- ures ten feet four inches along the outer curve, and weighs 235 pounde ,and the others, which is an inch or . ,two less, weighs 225 pounds, giving a total of 460 pounds. The cecond of these tusks is eclipsed by one to be eeen in the British Mu- seum collection. It measores ten feet two and a half inches, is twenty-four and a half itches in circumferences and weighs 226 pounds.—Tit-Bits. • Reliable Merchants everywhere sell STEELE, BRIGGS' SEEDS Look for them—accept no other. Steele p Briggs° are the best grown. NO matter what you need in Seed, this name stands for highest quality. Bellied every packet is the Atrongest seed reputation in Canada. Thousands of successful growers everywhere 11901 Steele, Briggs' Seeds year efler year becaute they are sure of what they are buying. We retain control of our packets ancl supply them fresh each season. Look foe thie box at pour local store. If your local dealer cannot supply you, Acid in your order direct. TORSolrEwro,E014nTE: BRIGGS SEED CO. Limited HAMILTON, ONT, wINNIrico, MAN. - =IL vg w ilpmeti.. sti,L ui; We may yet adopt the Chinese fashion of paying our doctor to keep us well, and when we become sick stop his sal- ary. Preventive medicine is preferable to curative medicine. 1 1 8 The votes for WOMCI1 agitation has i now reaehed the Olnirch of England vee- , trie6. The women of the Synod of Huron want a seat in the vestry just the same Q13 the men. Now let us hear the ferniniet argtunent against granting them per- mission. - The Mayor of Chicago announces that in his opinion the city should have a squad of twenty to thirty women police, because "they would handle masy mat- ters of pollee work better thin, the nniz do." Experience and common sense show that the Mayer le 311.. The Scotch Suffragettes sprung "some- thing awful" on a bateli of students, who went to a meeting to break it up. The long-headed Scotch lassies let loose a gang of "Olasette" 'longshoremen among them, who. smashed the betide of the students and thcn threw them both notice and act accordingly. and Irish Suffragettes please take ily out of the meeting. N. B.—English It inay interest our farmers to know that the current rate of farm wages in the United States, when board 1r in- cluded, is, by the month, $20.81; by the day, other than harvest, $1.14; at liar - wet, $1.54. When board is not included tbe rate, is by the month, $29.58; by the day, other than harvest, $1.47; by the day a,t harvest, $1.87. Wages vary widely at different sections of theUnited States. For instance, the monthly rate without board is $56.60 in Nevada, $53.80 in Montana, and $51.60 in. Idaho; $17.10 in South Carolina; $19 in aliseissippi, and $19.50 in Alabama. : There has ,been. lemarkable develop- ment of street railways in Great Britain during the last thirty-four years. Since 1878 the length of line open for traffic has grown from 269 to 2,637 miles, the capital expenditure from • £4,207,e50 to £77,377,390, the number of passengers carried from 146 millions to 3,127 mil- lions, a,nd the net receipts from X230,956 to :C5,801,648. In 1911-12 the number of passengers was equal to about 69 times the estimated population—in other words, it represents 69 journeys per annum for every .inhabitant Of the 'United. Kingdom. The number of pas- sengers carried was 3,127,318,732. 4 2 : President Wilson's wife says that in Washington she will spend no more than $1,000 a. year upon her clothing, and the Society ladies hold up their hands in utter astonishment, while the modistes declare that it is a scandal. Here is an estimated apportionment of Mrs. Wilson's appropriation: Total, $1,000. For dressesand gowns, $600; for hats and gloves, $200; for ehoee and stockings, $80; miscellaneous. (lin- gerie, etc.), $120. Some ladies say that $5,00.0 or $10,000 would not be out of the way for a President's wife to spend annually on her get up. The crop statistks reported. by the United States Government and confirm- ed by the independent statistics of the Illinois 8tate Board of Agriculture ShQIN,,r that the last ten corn for the StateofrIlalivneoriasgies els higher than for .171100-2).5.,ye r period preceding (before -the teachings of the experimental station had begun to exert an influence?pon the agricultural prac- tice of ty'estate). A similar compari- son reekis a 3 -bushel increase per acre itt the wheat yield. No doubt similar progress could he shown ,as the result of the work of the agricultural experi- mental stations int Canada, The London Economist figures the cost of the Balkan war at $152,350,000. Its calculation is based on the assump- tion that the average cost of each fight- ing man is $2.50 per day. It reckons to the Economist's computation, sixty - 000 men in the field. Thus, according that the five States engaged put1,000,-$1,00 0,- four days of war cost Turkey 000 per day. Bulgeria, which had been engaged forty-seven days when the armistice was declared, was under a daily expense of about $800,000 daring that period, while Servia got off for $500,000 daily. The expenses of Greece and Montenegro were smaller. The costs of mobilization and maintenance during the armistice are roughly esti- mated to bring the war's direct cost up to $175,000.000. But the indirect cost to the nations engaged and to those nonparticipating States which were, in a way, involved. is reekoned to be ail] larger. 14.4. Lord! Curzon has taken occasion to condemn the practice of using the plum - Age of birds in millinery. Ile said that women deeorate their beads with the plumage of the motet beautiful and. Irmo - vent things in creation. The whole world has to he ransacked and ravaged to sup. ply this nefarious traffic. Suffering is mused to the wretehed vietims, for, by deplorable irons, the plumage moet itt request is that whieh ean be proenred only at the period. of neeting. So they first proetied with the slaughter of the perente, wee thie is followed by the '-starvation ef the young. The trade is also a Wanton and wicked one, beeause some of the moss beautiful speeimenesf hird life are gradually being externiln at me l,h afparadiee el quite ex - thief. The New guinea white e,4tei tq extinet in While itt VeneMoia rite of it 10.111Ita 11) 1ieiidt3'Strr-I,!ra.