The Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-07-22, Page 3AL Rf4PORT. .01:,.: .110N. AMES So DIff' THE REPUBLIC GERMANY °WARS INCREASE IN IMBY
:ON SILENT .ENEMY DEM RAW
lintereatinx Pointer* 13y the Ontai:io Minister el
Aviculture.
*Farm:era' CIulni in Ontario now
totel over 300.
Ontario's Horticultural Soeietiee
have 14,000meMbera enrolled.
The. attendance at Varmerie and
Women's Inetitilte ,meetings laet Year
totalled 801,237. •
Methods of bolding Celery Blight iii
check have been demonstrated ).y the
the
Depeetineat.,---
Repreaentatives are tithing
a live stock census in the counties. in
Which they are located.
Varieties of corn are being tested
, by the Departnient to ascertain the
3?.eet far silage Purposes. ,
'
Onion Smut is reperted in Ontario
for the. 'first time and means have
been adopted toelteep ittiadee control.
Eighty-five Wort. 001=400 in stock
And Seed judging were heldlast year
Upder the directioia -ef :the Depart,.
Ment.
The DeeartMent last year pablished
200;000 bulletins and 201,000 .annual,
• reperte; in adition. to. 35,000 crop re-
ports.
Local apiary A0MenStratiana, 344
ling 65, were held in the province last'
:Yea!, for the better instruction of bee-
keeper. ;
Foul Breed." Among Deese .while
-* held in check by the methods of the
Department, does net eaein to be die,.
appearing.
The patarie Veterinary College,
Which is under the"Proviacial Depart-
ment of Agriculture, had an attend-
ance lest year of 234.
e'e- Two featuresofWomen"le-Inatitate
wOrielast year were Demonetretione
e Lecture Ceuraes in Sewing " and
.• rood Values and Cooking.
Last Year , the - Stationary Engin-
eers' Brae* of the Department issued
about .8,400,certificates and the Beard
'
examined 1,076 candidates:
In addition to the Winter Fairs at
• Ottawa' and Guelph, the Department
gave ,financial assistance to 25. Rem
-and 44PoultryShows.
Seventy-five percent.of the farm
help placed through the Ontario De-
partment of "'Agricultere have been
placed in yearly - engagements.
_ • At The. Macdonald Institute at
,1 Guelph the: attendance' continues to
. be limited by the accommodation. The
attendance -last year totalled • 741:—
Thirty-three dairy instructors
. were employed by the Deeertmente
and 232 district dairy meetings were
_ • held,' With a total attendance of
446.
• Thirty Courses- in Agriculture,for
farmers'. sons; and held in .various
sections of the country,were con-
ducted last -year by 'District Represen-
tatives. s
"Junior Farmers' Improvement As-
societions are being organized in ,On-
tario • wherever young Men have°
' taken short or other' courses in agri-
culture. ,
Yellow and tittle Peach disease
have been practically eliminated in
• Oaterhae.eande-measurenelrieveebeen
adopted for the control of the Ch_errY
Fruit Fly. • .
e . 'Alfalfa it being grown - invarious
,-Par,te of the province under. the
• tion of the Department, in order to
• supply farmere, with. seed suited to
this _climate. • ' • ,
Ontario's share 'of the Federal
Oen% e in . aid ' of agriculture was
$230,868.83, and of, this $100,000. was
. expended on work of District -Re-
• presentatives.- -•-
. At the Demonstration Farm at
Monteith 'many ,settlers *purchased
their seed 'last year, and the farm is
•also serving to improve the live stock
of the district.' •
.
Large quantities of Vegetablee, are
• imported into the province every
year, and the Department it 'encour-
• • aging Vegetable growers to raise
• more vegetables .under glass.
In the acre -profit competition hitt
'Year 501 bushels of potatoer were
raised on one acre by A Middlesex
competitor at a cost of $32.62; and
with a net profit of $167,18:.
The •average net 'profit of the five
coming highest last year in the acre -
profit competition for potatoes totall-
ed $124.96, and that, of the lowest five
was $18.49.
' It- is the aim' ot the Department
to have pupils look upon. the Rural
SchoolFairas a childrees-organizae
• eon,- and separate from the township
or county agriteltural feint.
, The Ape of electricity on the farm
In teitario is inereaeing, owing to the
.!
. .
•
The heat .6ow of the imported Dairy
Shorthorn herd at the Ontario Agri-
cultural College gave 11,000 pounds
of milk during the period of inertia
thin while four 40W3, averaged 8,600
poaida during their period.
• Experiments at the Ontario Agri -
'cultural College continue te Phew thet.
the variety of oats known 40 O.A.C.
No. 72 is still at the front in all tests
and is heitigainore generallygroWn
the farmers of • the Province.
The eeve. dining hell at the Ontario
Agricultural Celine 41 ene of the
finest of its kind an the continent. The
large • dining -room is equipped to seat
000, .and is without pillar or post to
obstruct the view or take UP eleace,
The Department , continues the
work of making surveys and helding
demonstrations. in ditching and tile -
laying free of -chug.. Lt year 200,
.surveys were ,ialade, covering 180-380
Acres, aael, 1,678 miles of drain. were
eRurei .sehoe fidrs are helning tor,
interest the yoUth, of Ontario in the
land. ','In 1914 there were 148- fairs.
lad to Si counties, -*Wang the chile' What Isolated" spur to the east of the
dren in 4,301. school's. There •were Apsnnino, ,is easily discernible from
70,002, entries and a, total attendance gat out me the Adriatie, aad feopt the
of 95,810; ' . .e. ' " ... . highlandi•ef the "; Austrian border
,
.
Several orchards are rented 'annu. Miles to the north. At the time of
ally by the Department to demon-
etrete the vehr et Iwo" ottivition) hSuarttiMedarvineo;r0.0 inplEilaitatrhye cliffs
sY and
dvetrhael
pruning and spraying, Deraonstra- strong, wan that auneed along lege
tions in packing apples, particularly edge to Titane's summit were a de -
in boxes, are given at 'fall faire and fence against crossbows,, javelins,
elsewhere. • and catapults. in tbeSe .daYs, of
._eet, Co-operation.andAViarYeta7Branelimodern'Wailare this strength proves
has been. established. by the Depart- •
more or lese a , alcoves
Merit in order . to asinst the agricele
OLDEST STATE LSAT WAR WITII
GERMANY'. .
an Alexia° Wag Founded 16011 Year*
9 Ago hy a Dalmatian
Monk,
•
San Marino, the smallest republic
in the World and the oldest state in
Europe, bee voted to go into the war
. -
This tiny republic did not have to
malce a formal declaration as the
mightier comhataate in the struggle
did, for with $an Marino and Austria
the relations were somewhat similar
to those getweea Montenegro and
Tuakeyi there never was peace,. and
it was only necessary for San Marino
to say that a state of war already ex-
isted. Sea Marino thus threat bite
the balance some thirty-eight knave
Mike of Apenninet raehtk and ValleYS!
950 soldiers and as many offieere as
iihe has square miles, and defied the
Austrians Ueda' their worst.
Altitede and pesition had mach to
de with getting San Marino into the,
War. The highest peiat of the re-
pablie is Monte Titeno, which rifies--4
sheer 'ellif to More than 4,620 'feet
;above _the yeller and, being 0, 110mar
MI ONS SPENT TO RID ARMY DIRE EFFECT OF WAR SEEN IN
OF VERMIN.
Vieinfecting Bath* for Everyone 'Whe
*peace Maiden Border
Into Germany.
Gamailia heroic fight against the
"tenth eneesy"-the louse --
has all but been lest in the grand
shuffle of the world 'wan and Yetit
is not the least dramatic chapter of
contemporary history. It began, by
being taken for a joke; and the ,Ger-
man. high leaders frankly admit that
just ea they underrated the English,
go they underrated these allies of the
Triple Entente. It Was for a long
tite amine of revenue to profese
ei Immorists; while With "Grand
Duke Nicolatie" it furnished a fafora
ite rhynie for the German soldiers at
the treat in Poland, and every one
of their semi -subterranean villas that
MO there ben -4 at least one. sign-
hoerd with thiesuggeative couplet. '
The field post brought -iin-inereeS-
ing tide of heraevverel „tette* from
the fighters in the Oat containing
ap-
pealg to the folks; at home to send
oet'eoropoulide and mendicamanta.for
• checking the. Unsolicited advances'. of
Poheli lice. Many Getman cities •ape
propriated fends to send out carloads.
of anti -vermin "Liebesgabee to their
brave OWIS. But no Hindenburg could
etee the irresistible advance Of their
Million' armies; in fact, Ilindenhurg
played right into their hands by
-
rounding up hundreds , of thousands
. Of Russian prisoners and bringing the
enemy into GermenY.• Their success-
ful offerisive carried them clear
hrough Gerniany VT -the emttle-IfiWire
the west; they have gained a firm,
foothold in Flanders, around Lille, on
the Oise, along:the Aisne. The mat-
ter ceased to, be e joke and became
feed , for thought for ,professors,
ecieatiete, Generals and committees of
Gchimrats, person
died6Yered that the harmless loking
Russian louse was the carrier of the
dread "spotted typhus" germ ape'
therefore threatening to became a
more terrible: scourge than all • the
Czar's swarms a Cossacks..
• Costing Millions.
• The relentless finish fight against
• the "tenth enemy" is on now to the
death. It is enlisting some of the
best brains in the Raiser's Empire,'
. and. all that German hiveetion, hie
genuity, .and oreanization can :show.
And it is co Genital millions of
&Alert: The . it stet: ,s to -aft
tack the. enemy in his owe. Country;
to attack the problem at its 'solace:
Bath trains bath autos; , and bath
wagont: are:Wing rushed to the front
in the east as fast as they can be
equipped and put into Operation.
' Patriotic appeals for funds to carry
on this, great fight are being made,
with gratifying success. Frequent
appelle"--iireepafteof-theee. mili-
tary routine hack of the firing line.
The compeey, is line& up for review;
turist. in solving marketing probleMS In tIke•ftrs`Fla"uf San MOT) va''
to deer la an educatienal. way :with4noineti-neetral-tbeistriatr-eerzu
such matters as the name of the oliKhe Venture 'across the pea* drop
bzimch would embrace, • down upon these heights for rest and
Pure bred surplus • stock of the repairs and ther.i. dart Off to attack
herds at the Ontario Agricultural Col- some interior Italian city ,or even
lege are Sold periodically by. auction., *Venice, mare than 1,*-milee upthee
At the lam sale prices as high at '13 coast. On the Other hand if the went
cents per pound was paid for iiteeite into the-war-these-sanieeventureseine
on the heofaind the proceeds- of the airmee, drop bombs that would
entire sale exceeded 4,000, • . • tear up most of 40- ancient' ivails
To clear Ontario of ,eserubse and and destroy her caPital city.
Undesirahle, sires the Department :Finally the 'decided that since she
proceeding to enforce the law .Which Was part' of Italy' and bound to. that
.sequiees the compulsory inepection of country by the, closest relations sh�
stallions this law provides that no would risk the bombs rather' than be
-grade. stallion shell be allowed to 'dome the base for the manoeuvres Of
stand or 'travel after August, 1918. hoe old enemy. • ,.
In factories and. eiereantiie estab-
FOunded by Monk.
•,.
lishments, with 229,439 employees
and inertectecl under Alia direction oi
the .Department. last year, only in 94
St. Marinus laid the foundation of
the little nation seine- 1,e00 years ago
eases were employees found to be un- ,AccOrding to tradition the founder
der 14 years. of age, Dud- in time of the 'Sate was a Dalmatian stone -
cases the law was promptly enfore- cutter named Markus, - who after
ed. , - • - working for Years at Rimini embraced
Despfte the unsettled condition Christianity and withdrew to Monte
following the outbreak of the wart the Tittine to escape • persecution under
attendance at, the antarit, Agnelli- Diocletian. His fame as an austere
tural College in 1914 totalled 1,551, anchorite reached the ears of • the
Ontario students totalled' 466,, and noble lady to .whom iebelonged and
those from .other provinces;74. On- she pretierited the mOunt to him and
tario students the pievions year matte in addition a tract of 'land, thinking
bered 449. • • - that Marintuie -was usual in those
_Yarniers' plea Take, great interest
in the 'Feeding Hogs for -Prefit Cora- ,
ayerwoeldefound monastry.
petition," and in the 20 coinpetitions He did this and More, for he found
ed a reptibtic. Bying gave Titimo
lasteyeantheeaverage net profit a the
e2r°a'gielionfer:gt-hiwe.afisrs'S.Pfk°.v;e:wwinlerithse was the';Ther4f3 todisatiPnlegoinreir anininde‘ntodinogigatiere
M10 per hog, and that the,loW- a civil ,society and live always in per -
est five 0.,§5. ' feet commnnion,and peace based upon
The, rre.04 of the Imo worm last principles .of virtue." -
year Were. reported fro -11;42 coun-
ties or districts and 234 townships.
-The last-serious-outbreakAiccurredai
1896 - At that time Brant county
escaped, while in 1914, the 'outbreak
apparently began there, and this,
coenty was the chief sufferer.
The benefits of tile drainage are
being. shown under the auspices of
the, Ontario Agricultural Cellege by;
Means of demonstration plots show-
ing the results.froni drained and un -
&pined land. e Prior • to 1914 eight
of these had been started,. and the
first reports show tie average in-
crease per acre ..ef $1412 on drained,
land. .
e•
The increase in the use of elec-
tricity, .which • is rapidly overtaking
Stettin power, is shown the,Factory
Inspeetien Branch of the Department
in a stetementadathe horse -power
em-
ploycd in provincial industries as fol-
lows:-4tearn, 386;767 hp.; ' electric,
273,357 14.; water, 5806 hep.; gas
or gasoline, 7,042 lhp. . .
For •prinhaing the study' of -agricul-- that the Ooveriiikent-forbadethe sale
ture in public schools the following of such titles. As an illustration of
were features pf 'work , at , the On- the ease with which a person with
taxi°. Agricultural- -College,. Normal long -purse could' acquire n title ,
Teachers' Chas in Elemettary- Agri- story is told of a wealthy Plebian
facilities placed at the farmer's dis:- ouiture; Summer Scheel Course for Germen who wagered 25,000 with ai
poser to secure a •suPplar from the Public School Teachers; ginniriel'• ennobled compatriot that within four
weeks he ,could, secure,_a_ higher titi
than that of his •friend. The German
,Nveut:44 San Maino,-.paid-,12,500--for
a ducal title and came back within
the stipulate -d time, making a profit
of $12,000 besides his title.
, San Marino lies about twelve miles
fromethe Adriatic coast and about
hersemo-distamee fromeRi • •
seven milealorig and five wide.. ,
The Geverimient of the republic it
really in the hands of a Great Coun-
cil of StxtY, twenty nobles, twenty
landoWnets and twenty peasants. The
executive poWer is vested in two
capitani reggenti, who are 'selected
twice a year. The judiciary is peal-.
liar in that. thejudges are not. chosen
feom arieng the people of San Marino
but from a. foreign country. The hist
two judge's, who have held Office for
twe terries of three years each, *ere
members of :the Italian bar.
• Sam 1Viarileno has ministers plenipcs-
teritiary and consultethe same as any
other European eountry.. .
There was a-tiitreaseveral year
melee the sale of patente of nobility
formed no mean pert of the. revenue.
Dukes, counts, and barons of San
Marino became so numerous in Italy
• ,Vegetable' growers in Ontario are
--e-warnedeef-thezneeessity.:of elev,eleping,
a home seed supply, since the former
• sources Of Emptily, chiefly Germany
• . and Holland, have been cid off..
There were 002 • deity factories in
,operation iii Ontario in 1914, with
88,002 patrons; let creamerieswith
110,934 patrons; and a total output of
• about 23 million Ivan& of hater.
-Legume,bacterineeultuteeetotalling.
8,467, eachculture sufficient to inbeu-
•. kite one bushel' of seed, , were distri-
- bided by the Bacteriological Depart=
ment of the OntariolAgritultural Col-.
• • The war has Stopped immigretiozi
• frere Europe, but notwithstanding
thiS the, Colonization and,Initaigtatioh
• Branch of the DepartMent handled
•. 5,018 fent laboreesand domestics last
In the dairy. herd competition, ceit-
• thicted-by-the Dairymen's Association
of Western Oritatio in 1914, the first
• prize herd produced 7,023 pounds per
cow /or the six months` from May AO
Petal/et - •
Sweet clover, to long regarded 40
'Weed, is attaining • considerable
Papulaiity in Seine oettiolia of the
province as toddea, and -is now being
investigated at the Ontario Agricul-
tural 'College. ••
Factory inspeetious last yearc' under
the direction of the Department num-
bored 10,060, an itiereateetif 8,000 over
• the preceding y;eita, and the territory
'devoted inaludee 410 cities, towns and
villages
:The Women's Inetitutee, of the
• vied° raised over $40,000 Ina year
toweede the Ileapital Ship, Red Croas
nod Ilfelgian toilet Funds, and donat.
ed-largiv quantitieu of hospital eini-•
plies aud clothing.
•
Icheel...„'_Cotuese. e tor _ School,
-Spienee ireaeh-a* andthe first Rural'
hereaConferenee_inaZIAaria.
Experiments, being carried' on at
the Experimental Fruit' Farm' if Ville -
land, include one to determine the
;value of Plum • roots for the peach
limier certain conditions; linothee in
pruning, in Which 200 Spy trees are
being used; one to determine the
value of _dynamited holes; others to
test.. atiaieties- otaatrawberries, plunia
tiears, cherries, currants and goose-
berries.,
,
SFY For • Her
lt 9
!snotAn the 'field Al -battle
that the British soldiet shows bis bree
verys, A 'civilian who wet seeing off
a' young soldier friend bound ,for the
front was introduced by him to his
wife, a rather severe -looking woman
old • enough to be his mother. The
tiviliat bad diffiulty, in concealing
his •surprise, and When Occasion of-
fered he whispered td the young man
L --"I didn't knOW you word married."
"Well, you seep" said- the soldier, heel-
tatingly, "ehe, thta, my landlady, and
her mail was killed at the front a few
rnoethe ago, nie„ she wis goy, hard pit
to it, ye seer an' 1 *hi kind O' sorry
or her Ana -as I've nobody depen-
dot* ou Me, just !limit her •so's she
,get tuy ellowartte4# •
The reason there are ao many fail.
urea is. betause so many men spend
all their time looking for the guy
. „ .
, ways, to. success.
° Together with the igth Lateerso
tie Soots ilresta *ere the first regi-
ment to b steIal1yMentiond
patcheg during, Alto _present war --11
Oir Mitt trench, •
the captain requests all tin* who
are "infested" to step forivard. The
story is told that the, first time thie
new order was 'Sprung on One. Com-
pany of- German infantry in Poland
not a znan moved forward until the
commanding • officer reared: "Don't
be bashful. I've got them, Joe,"
whereupon the whole company step -
tied forWard as ene man,
The Feet step was to establish
iron control at the border so, that no
enemy louse should in future enter
Germany. At a total cost of $2,560,-
000 the Germans are building five
huge f‘Entlatisungsanstaltee — the
technical perman name 'for disinfee-
tipn and. elimination of.'these vermin
en masse. These immense plants,
arbthrgblii1t lacing the Rus-
sian frontier, one at each of The rait-
read lines entering Germany, will
each be, able to take care of 12,000
men every twenty -'four hours. No
one will be able to enter Germany
from the east without being put
rough one or theee---"Entlausung-
sanstalten". as a precautionary Meas-
ure.
At tile same time, work is proceed-
ing systematically in cleaning up
more than 500,000 •Russian priseners
already in German hands,. for experi-
Mental PEntlausungsanstalten" in-
etalled orra srealt-scale at die various
prison. tamps where, eltuaslans ere
-guests bare -proved a .greire mimeos.
LONDON'S STATISTICS.
Day Nureeries Are Shut Because of
the Lack of
Fundy. -
'In war time the saying that the na-
tion survives Re mpg appeals
more vividly to the iinagmetion than
in-perieds---of-peagev 1314--the---hop
and proroiSe for the 'future; which it
brings,. is somewhat discounted by
the diselesures of Great , Britain's
Registrar -General's returns of births
and deaths. In 'Greater louden the
number of births *Very Week is be-
tween, 400 and ,00cP below the respect4
ive averages in the corresponding
wforeekthsefrd.grtho9vdlibasinfilretriee7;OPau111414Tli;
There is also an, increase of. infant
taortality. Children have been dying
in London at The rate of 200 a week
for the.past"13'.weeks in excess of ,
the number dying.. daring •the corre-
sponding weeks of last year.. More-
over, this is not peculiar to London..
The returns, which deal' with 05 other
great towns in England .and Wales,
show that . the increased Mortality
anapeg;Childrenis general threughent
the , country. - • '
Mich of this hezteirtoll. on child -
life isindirectlytraceable to the War.
In March there was a virulent out-
break of measles which has not, yet
run ha %awe. This is a disease of
the earlier years of Childlife, but it is
rare, though not unknown, in infants
under six months old, and mortality
is rifest nMong babies of that age.
A more probable cause is that infants
are get -Mk -Tess care for reasons arise
ing Out. of the War. There are fewer
(lectors and nurses in civil life, and
they are very mush over-worked.
One deatheirr 10amonginfants occurs
within 48, hours after birth. It is
said, further, that, the, mortality rate
It -ee,litgh-elttrinTthc first Week ditto'
Were it to tolitiniWiet the same figure
for 42 weeks all the Infants • would
Wive succumbed. '
• (Aber Adverse' Conditions.
• Other causes are the :increase in
the industrial employment' of married
women, owing to the, 'War, and the
lack of agezieies for looking after
youngechildreh-elueingethw-Ithzente-i)
the mothers from borne. • Day nur-
series have always been fewer in this
country than in France in proportion'
to the population. Their- umber in -
,ext on is now mere ina equate t an
ever, cowing to the war. - These excel-
lent inttieutioas, where children are
safeguarded and fed for a few pence
while the Mothers are at work, are
great . checks on infant mortality.
They have been. founded by kind-
hearted ladies, and Are: all mainly
supported by voluntary subscriptions.
A grant may be paid by' the Board•of
Education at 'the rate of , not more
thak. day for each .ehilde. bet
this State assistance is. said trehe
quite iesufficient; find as it is hard to
gate Money from the public or any
purpose not directly associated with
the war, several of the day nurseries
have had to be closed.
The result that Mothers who
have obtained work away 'from home
leave: their young children in the
charge of a neighbor, or professional
roiader„ te-witom they 1W3cle'-te-- 4fl.
a day .for each child. These women
cannot give • the children the ,atten-
tion and food adopted to their needs
which they would baize received at
the clay' nurseries.
• •
Nothing in Goodness,
Willie came horrid from ,sehool cry-
ing bitterly. "Mother," Inc ,sobbed,
"I'm not going to try and be gOOdany
mere;" "Why, Willie, whatever is
the matter?" asked irie mother. "Boo-
hoo!" sobbed .Wilile. , "I . was in
school to -day, .and I taw Teddy Smith
put a beet pin on the teacher's chair,
and, because 1- did not want him to
sit on it / pulled hia-cheir-away.,and•
he sat on the floor: He gave mei a
thrashing , for pulling his chair away
when he got up, and Whep I got Out-
side the school Teddy Smith hit me
her the pin ;may) anti -emit
minding my own bitsinees." ,
. -
* German -prisoners of war in Eng-
laed are allowed dnilr vb. bread,, Or
3-4 lb, biscuit;;e-4 freell meat, or
lib. (nominal) preserved 'meal 3 oz.
cheese; -5 -4 -oz. tea; 1-4 lb..-jamee3,--ore
Ana gezieral rule; two productive sugar; 1-2 oz, salt, 1-20 cis?: mastatd;
'ems are-reepiired-Lier-the-iiiptiort-of1-462.-oz:-pepper; fresbelleegee.
each Athabitante of a country, -and
where this ratio does not. exist food
must be impented.
tables, or, instead, 2 os. 'Peas, Or
beans, or dried potatoet; with 2 oz. to-
baceo a week, for makers:
'14,11e,2e 'V011it Home WOUNtitti PINANCIElta
The nolatral ratant.d. g4x *Amu avenue, New Irerit,City of lytteettin, Wile Wait.eliottoela tit hit
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• tillt A 'Ovo St1M11161, home,
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The Honda Berm • 'double the strength of the ladder amt.
th,efotolutrnaolloveosut 41wleyth,:•abtutbywhtfieltnel. sidd- but expense. -
,proper .construetion, or •barn and, Making Good Butter.
other. outbuildings" he Van SAVO the " The .easeritiala in the making of
work ,of• man, it will readily- becornel good butter can be :secitred by *nye .
clear to him that the investment one who will te.,kwe little pains, There
Pal big interest iir the long run, 1 has been. _so. nuich .41SCUSSIQW.of the
• Theiva are_La_te,W.:Oinga_ that are -l -subject. -caring • for - milk .med crani
-.00intelineeensary in the farm WO. through the columns Of the farm pap.
It Must be 'well lighted, well ventilate eta that it aeelly soma that a -bet-
ed, ..ee_eY'telNep clean, so arranged ter' • bntter could .tnade.
as to eeeneralZe spew, so ege::Mileli'.nolv with modern equipment than at .
stock . as possible can be housed, It any time in the past. And if a high -
should be easy of access, 'and its loca.:•.grade article ean be ,produced, and it; •
lion.,;should be such as. to. insure a.: is sent to Market peeked in a dainty
well -drained barnyard'. • With -the:::Manner that will' appeal , to the ,eyea, -
'above' features incorporated into the as wallas to the tastes of the bums* ..
farm.- barnt.the sort ,or. style of the 'it. will Sell at a price that will assure.
building matters_ net, . • •• !.•the Predneer ',good -margin of- profit,
. . .
A Well 'Braced Long Ladder:
•• Farmers who have occasion to use
long. ladders often _And 'them weak
and dangereus, when set up at' the
proper angle. This CO bgeovereeme
hy. a Wire brace:, Get a, blacksmith
to make two \T-shaped irons, :and fes:
ten them. to the side s?lls With Malt
holt; Bore smell holes through sills
at each end.- Take,' two 'pieces of No.
9%wire and fasten to. the sills at one
end by passing through the holes and
forming a lock by turning, the end
back through the holes. over small iron
pine, then page the wire over the V-
irens, drawing them tight with-alev-
er and fasten at the other ends in the
same way. This brace willemore than
•
Ten Good Poultry .Rulee.
.1-4',rovicle. fine grit, OharcOal, shell
:and bone the atart. ,
2-a,ofee keaee range Or plenty of
green food. • ,
-a-allaves fresh,•Clean Water always
available. ,
4—reed a Vidata,.sweet, .1,aheleeema, • .
feeds,.
a04.:-Aiold 'demi and soiled litter..
4:--pisirtfoot.. breeders frequently.
.7—Test all beef . scrap before feed-
'
8—Keep elriekene active by'alloiving
them to becenie hungry once daily., •
, 9—Feed moist mash elearinglY.
• 10—Keep dry, mash always befere
•
TREES OBLIa TO* WIN .BArrLEs.:
Forests Playing nBig Perch% Stride,
gical Moves.: ,
. Commanders Frenee are taking
full. advantage of the wooded state
teafiti*Irigee.epluancetrYaried14frOrwehaitc11-ilitellitiTin't
at einitiorteet part ' in ',Various 'etrate-
glee' moves: Fierce fights for for-
ests are of frequent* occurrence, as
such positions are a 'decided advant-
age to • the army having, possession
of Omni.. They Offer • a serious ob-
ataeleato the advance of the miemy,
for einnoVinarcie neither can
artillery. ba . rtipidly tiansperted
through .dense •meods.. What roads
are available ean also be simply block-
ed by a few 'fallen trees. r The latter
*tattles are especially effective fez'
()venlig !zp-retreate„
Manyebatteries are now secreted in
Weeds, away :0*.orn the prying eyes of
aeriarsceets, The guns are placed,
in clearings and they send out shells
in an upward direction, through holes
in the foliage Above. An army pos-
sessing a wood it, in fact, in as happy
a position as if they were safely en-
sconced hi a steel fort. They can
concentrate a destructive fire on. an
approaching enemy, and, being prac-
_tiealt• invisible, they are Safe frora
a serious counter-attack The only
effective way of dislodging an ,arely
from a wood is to fire it, and bum the
however, soldiers out. litiie
, Tohsieisarmseyldom done,
covets the -
wood for its own purposes, and is '
not likely to destroy these toatifica,
i6InnitI5Ifeflpartetifitent- War'f'orest's'are.prov.:'
ing invaluable. as a means of conceal-
ing troops from air scouts. Infantry,
cavalry, and artillery can. be -secreted
in their thousands in forests, and if
the trees cover a long stretch Of
CountrY.e.tbe 'treOPs. P.O.n.,ackance to
points of vantagesafe from imme-
diate, Attack ordiscevery,„ by land .ore -
air scouts. •
Trees are also useful in, providing' -
wood for fuel and eenstructipnal pur-
poses. Modern armiescarry with
them - meter- wOrkshops--where-rough -
wood can lie sawn rind cut into planks
and huts can thus be•constructed and
wood for aeroplanes provided.
A British...44)1Y aPPT°xj",. "
mately; 38000 men, an Austrian is
about 53,000 men; while the strength
of French, Russian, and Gernian Arnly
Corps .varies from 40,000 • to 55,000,
'mere
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RUSSIAN PRISONER'S TONGUE
Torture Becoming° a Regular Authorized Practice
of the-Cerman Arillitary Authorities -
That the niilitary spirit which'has
been se carefully cultivated in Px•lisia
is a spirit essentially brutal and de -
At "all events, WheaYedYanol.parne to
he was. alone. He _nianged..b get
lincit;to the, Russian lines and at one°
Wrote down a report colonel.
grading has . been proved over and et, was an ambulance of the Moscow: -
'over again by thelavoke and 'sense- Traders' Society 'Which picked hini
less ads of these intoxicated by it, up end., teak hirn'to his -regiment,and
eveesince the first days Of the war, 'no* he is in a Moscow hospital. Here
*rites H. Hamilton Tyfe from petro- • he wrote down for the chief Moscow
grad. ' "
newspaper, Susski Mover, .the account •
It is herd to conceive any. act More of what befell him. He cannot speak
-hideous ;than that of a soldier who and it is doubtful whether he will ever -
tortures another soldier in order to be able to articulate se as to.. make
force him to betray his ea/m.116e: The himself understood.'
very notion of it fills the mind ewith ' That is one of the two cases vbieh
shame and disgust—disgust thatany are the most recent to be inquired
man could .so debase his nature; shame into by the army authorities.' The
at belonging to the same order as the other concerns a Cossack also. Ivan.
miscreants' who thee offend agaIhst. Pitchneff is from the Aitope regiop,
the most egged Jaw ofeGed mid mane Hewas-..made prisoner neer...the.ast .
Mean that law which enjoins respect- -Prussian -frontier And -exaininek- bye -
for, the fearless execution or 'duty, an officer, who; in order to induce hiM
whatever the circumstances may be. to betray - the Russian positions; . had
I related not long ago' the treatment him -beak -up by the arms first and -
of 'Porfirio Panastile Whose earersittiletlita, brathaealersa-, -gashed his 'thigh ,
for' myself): exit almost to thc hea with a knife, which went 4atgoious,,---
liere are two More eases so sustec- ly near his femoral artery, and then.
iously- sinrilar that they pint clearly atteekeclr. his eara;EiAbnat---w-Tnaikter--
to , the gOthitanixia0 by *authority _de ef the left ear -shell was sliced off and
-his-damnableqalan7of-ektarAing4t1-04-part_of„..the_*ht_iealt.snalrt....._:;;.
mation from *unfortunate Russian spite Of this fiendish cruelty .
saldiers who fall into the Germans' formation could be 'got- Out of Pitch -
bands. • , ueff, arid, fortunatelY,for him, he Man,
VassiliVodyanoi is an Orenburg aged -toe escape; • How many Prison -
Cossack. '• He. was scouting, neer ors have been practised epee in this.
Shavii, in the Baltic Province about fiendish way end'have.initeitiaped wo
a fortnight ago. Making his wayf cannot tetleltianY limy have died 'under
trough- a *Tiede he tan into three, torture. Some may have .yieldetleili,
'Gettitinik.1C-11011;tonitniniblied"dfriddrit-7.*Ceetttinlerit'hag leeett-aaPliettin
and tveo privates. The two privates More cases than we are yekaware of, •:••
Seizedhint:and held him by the arms We only haVe'at present the testimony •
while the non-comiriissionede officer ' of victims Who were lucky enough to.
'crossequestioned him Voclyancd re- regain their fiherty. •' :
thied to -giVe"iihylaifeeinatiore At Such practices • Put: the Cerihrins:
once the corporal threatened to cut quite outside the group of tatioria•who
his ear off. "Russian Pig," he snarl- have consented together to. be Wand..
ed„ "we will make you speak." ' He. by :considerations of humanity .and
dreWthe short sword- which German honor; • With these May. be, 'foieedr
non-ebrinnissionecl officers Carry: Ved, it new white -flag treaCherY: dodge, by
rynnot WAS thrown to the: ground. One whith they have lately disgraced •- •
doldier knelt on his chest. The other themselves in the neighborhood of
tat upon his • The-tergetteit-be. .Raigroche;,..
gae to cut ayaw the lobe end shell of forward uriervied arid With ..their
hie 'Ida ear,. Not a. word would the ,hands up.. They aareled a White flag
.brave Cossack utter, though he ad- and cried -"Don'tshoot. We want to
mits that he had to bite bis liard surteeder." , At fifty pacee. frenn the .
to prevent himself from "shouting with trenches thee() met fell to the gamma..
pain. , . • : and behind them erotio. on a Party who,
• Finding his "treatment" ineffectual, tried to Mil the leussitia potitiot: In
the sergeant meet threatened to cut this: deptioally trick they :failed coni -
out Yodyanol's tongue. The Oosseek •pleteln ' They Woe caught by a
now spoke; but all he said was "You crois.-fire whenthey reaahed.theha_rb-
'ai‘e bandits, not eoldiers," mid / nm al wire and had ,to rettnea, as quickly>,
sureevetyone Who reads this vifl as they teal, leaving ninny tread Audi
.agree that inc was right, To :tho waumled behmd•theino , .
lasting shame of his nation the per. X‘tort, will be forgotten when tho,
otoybou tut oft about. a third bf, 'War ov,Oro toxidotv of *00
ooroatainOlonguo. s • ,ikrol itnoltiliko infamies 'willpordst for
' ainte4 Oa either the. Gerinerie gerieratietitio . .0 'Wand let It per.,
,4tio dad ilittt it was ,uselais to utajee. isht It., mot remain, naive to
fee lil bather Or else they were fhe void tovedebasiug end derunabloi,
alarmed by the sound of tiring hear la tluetairit.of Militarisna the "belie*
.14 .0114 thouht t ViSet,'.o .decamp4 wart?*