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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1922-09-28, Page 2i I Make My Horses Obey Me. Once in talking with a friend about the management of children, I said I treated my children like my horses. He was greatly surprised, but when I explained that I aimed to get their confidence by kindness, only using compulsion as a last resort, he thought better of my plan. Horses, like children, vary greatly in temperament, and therefore do not all respond to the same managemnt. An experienced horseman can usu­ ally tell from a. horse’s eye and the shape of its head what course he must pursue to get it under perfect sub­ jection. I could go among nearly all of my draft stallions and mares in the dark, with perfect safety, but there were some that 1 wouldn’t go near, if at liberty, with ut a club. Some peopk for sfeying. It iS another instance in which the Same rule will not work in all If I can coax a horse to go up to an object and touch his nose to it, the trouble will be over. I remem­ ber one case in particular: a horse that was afraid of a large white rock that I needed to pass every day. I coaxed him a long time, but to no use; then I flogged him till he would go close up to it and stand. After that I had no more trouble with him. I follow but one arbtrary rule in all cases. It is to have a word mean one thing, and only one. “Whoa!” means stop and stand still till told to move; no horse is safe until he will do so. Having my horses broken to mind, under any circumstance, has prevent­ ed serious accidents many times. 'Sometimes it takes rough treatment to make a high-spirited horse “whoa” at once and at all times. One finej young horse that I was breaking re­ fused to stand iintil I pulled him back so sharply that he jerked his hind shoes off in the brick pavement. He was willing to mind after that. I mention these that kindness will aments alike. Artillery horses __ __o__. _ through movements by notes on the Zugie; so they can be taught the meaning of different words if system­ atically used, viz., to start, go faster or slower. They can be taught their own names. On my first farm I had a three-horse team that I cared for myself. I groomed them and put their harness on in their stalls; then, stand­ ing outside the door, called them out *n the order I wanted them to come. When I was young I had a well- broken single driver. He would stand anywhere without being tied, except when I went to see my girl; then he would walk away. He evidently did not like the match. His judgment afterward proved better than mine. —G. E. B. 7, never whip a horse instances to show not fit all temper- are taught to go How I Haul Hogs. The other day I met a neighbor on the way to town with a large fat hog. The hog got too hot and died before he hardly knew it was suffering. All he could do was to haul the carcass home to use in making soap. Such losses are expensive and un­ necessary. Here is a plan I adopted years ago for hauling fat hogs in hot weather: First, take a wagon with a good tight bed, one that will hold water, and place an inch or two of dirt in The Sunday School Lesson the bottom. Pour cool water on the dirt until you have mud. Be careful not to worry the hogs any more than possible when they are loaded. A solid floor with about six-inch sides and the balance of the body made of slats is a good arrangement. Have the bed high enough so they can stand up when they like, and don’t tie them. When tied they will worry and soon get hot. No matter how hot hogs may get, I never pour cold water directly upon them. This is very dangerous I have found it best to drive care­ fully and slowly, as the jolting of the wagon causes them to worry. A set of good wagon springs pays. I always use them on my wagon for all kinds of hauling. They are espe­ cially valuable for hauling livestock and perishable vegetables and fruits. When I start off with a load of hogs I lay a big bunch of green branches over the top of the wagon. Don’t use too much, however, as that will shut off the circulation of air. I have hauled hogs ten miles with such a wagon, and the shrinkage always slight.—R. B. R. Silage Paid, mine has had silage which to others: winter with a herd Jerseys fall and and girlis of the neighborhood gather with an equipment of work-tables and sewing machines to work on’ dresses of silk and serge and cotton. '7 At the close of the jcpurse they occasionally have a “dress parade” to display their new frocks. The Department has been making a special effort this year to serve the more elated parte ot the] the * ni le a Mt ■nrrnrrnno with Tinizueia niAivnciiaa erranno’; - o __-larger than for a baby. 1 he miilK should be fed at blood temperature, It is a comparatively simple matter to raise orphan lambs. Milk from a cow producing milk rich in fat, such as a Jersey or Guernsey, should be I fed. It can be given in any bottle ! that a rubber nipple can be fitted to, province with these courses. A sewing- teacher has been working for the past two months on Manitoulin Island, where, by the way, the Institutes are among the most progressive in the province. In a few cases the teacher has held morning classes for the younger girls of the community, and a special prize is being offered at the School Fair for samples of their work. The Manitoulin series will 'be followed by other courses in Algoma and Tem-: iskaming. Rainy River District was pretty well covered last fall. Another household science teacher was sent to give a number of demonstrations in! canning at points along the North i Shore Algoma at the season when their vegetables were ready for can­ ning this fall. Taking and keeping the nose prints of cows is a new idea. It has been discovered that like human finger­ prints the lines on a cow’s nose are personal to her and to her alone, and will serve to identify her beyond mis­ take. and should be perfectly sweet and: _____ i____.v __V-k■The lamb should be fed three a day—morning, noon and In addition, the l'amb should clean. times night. be given a mixture of equal parts of oom, oats, and bran. A lamb weigh­ ing 25 pounds will consume around ai half a pound a day of this grain, and i this should gradually increase with i age, so a lamb at two months old would eat about three-fourths of a pound a day. Lambs are normally weaned at the age of about five OT| six months. Of course the spring lamb will want to nibble at grass, and this will give valuable nourishment. S' HIGH-BROWS was two are OCTOBER 8.■u The Birth of Jesus, Luke 2: 40-52. Golden Text—And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men, Luke 2: 52 (Rev. Ver.) Vancouver, B.C.—Grebegga Faldes- sia, a Holstein of the Colony Farm here has won the world's senior two. year old milk record by passing the, previous record of 27.253 pounds of ■ milk. The cow does not complete her year’s test until September 8 th. Do You Lose Money When You Ship Your Stuff? Much of the finest intellectual work of the world has been done away from cities. In the little village of Dor­ chester, England, in an old house, hidden from the road by high hedges and thick shrubbery, Thomas Hardy has lived for fifty years, writing novels cf the country life about him, which have made him the leading Eng­ lish novelist of the day. At seventeen he -went to London to be an architect, but at thirty-one, with his first suc­ cess in writing, he returned at cnee I to the heaths and downs by the sea, to live there the rest of his life.* * * * At thirty-three Charles Darwin, the evolutionist, moved to Down, a little town in England, where he accomp­ lished the great work of his life. He was never strong. At Down he walk­ ed before breakfast. From 8 to 9.30 he considered the best working period of his day. The next hour hie read, another hour’s work, a walk, and lunch. Until four o’clock he read, took a walk, worked and loafed till 7.30. i Always to bed at 10.30. It Hooks easy, ■ but out of it arose the most revolu­ tionary thought in the history of science—ths idea that man was evolv­ ed from the lower animals.* * * * Isaac Newton, walking in his orch­ ard at Woolsthlorpe, saw an apple fall, and, thinking about it, was led to the theory of there being some force which he called gravity. Science took centre of interest; because He seemed so much at home. Why hast Thou thus dealt. Mary speaks out of the fulness of an anxious mother’s heart. All this religious assertion seemed filial in­ difference. V. 49. How . . wist ye not. A new spiritual consciousness has dawned in the soul of Jesus. All that He had done was but the result of that con- ciousness. The mystery of His birth has now become for Mary the mystery of His life. About My Father’s busi- 'ness; or “in My Father’s house.” We, ■ like Mary, cannot understand fully I these words. But they clearly mean .that Jesus feels the consciousness of , a direct relationship to God. The hand I of God is more real than the hand of Mary. III. Jesus Finding God in the Work­ shop, 51, 52. V. 51. He went down with them. Jesus went back to the old life, but i with thoughts in His heart. On these ' He would ponder in the eighteen years ; of silence which were spent in the workshop of Joseph. He now under­ stands His divine relationship, He has yet to learn His divine mission and this would shape itself in these quiet i years. Was subject unto them. He recognized the claim of earthly duties ‘ and ties. He is still a son in the home. i God has become more to Him, but I I Mary has not become less. Kept all j ■ these sayings in her heart. The mother ; _____ _____ ' heart remembers where it cannot ■ notice of the fact, and Isaac became ; understand. She thinks of them - - ; though she cannot think through j them. Jesus increased. It is still the growing Saviour that we see through this window of Luke’s gospel. Wisdom. Knowledge is the gathering of things. Wisdom is understanding them. Sta­ ture. There was a corresponding j physical growth. The body is an im­ portant factor in the life. The body is not to be despised, but disciplined. Favor with God. His communion with the Father became deeper as the days passed. And man. In His intercourse with men all those inward qualities; of His life manifested themselves. There was nothing aloof in His char-, acter. - Time and Place—A.D. 9, Nazareth and Jerusalem. Jesus, at twelve years of age goes with His parents to the Holy City. Lesson Setting—In Chapter I. we see the birth of a world Saviour and His forerunner, predicted by Gabriel as good news from heaven. In this chapter we learn of the entrance of this Saviour into human condition, finding His first cradle in the manger I at Bethlehem and His. home in Nazar- ’ eth and His heavenly Father in the i temple. We learn also His real human- i ity, seen in His gradual growth, ; physically, mentally and spiritually, in the true discharge of the duties of home, workshop, society, and church. The gateways of obedience, love, ser­ vice and communion lead Him to His greater work as a World Saviour. We learn also, that the secret of His unique relationship to God is not com­ municated to Him by His mother or i revealed, by angel, but grows like a 1 flower in His heart until it comes to full blossom in His wonderful experi­ ence in the Temple with which our lesson deals in particular. I. Jesus Finding God in the Home, 40-42. V. 40. The child grew . . filled with wisdom. After the presentation of the child Jesus in the temple and the thanksgiving of Simeon and Anna, Mary and Joseph returned to Nazar­ eth. Luke omits the return to Beth­ lehem, the visit cf the Magi, the flight to Egypt and the massacre at Beth­ lehem. The parents train the child for God as well as dedicate him to God. Grace of God was upon Him. Divine love as well as human love sur­ rounds Him. V. 41. Parents went to Jerusalem.. . . passover. All male Jews were required to attend the three feasts of 1 the Passover, Pentecost and Taber- , macles. Many Jews had become remiss in attendance, but Joseph went and j moreover took Mary with him. They i sought not the irreducible minimum of religious duty, but the maximum. V. 42. When He was twelve years. Jewish religion allowed no substitute for parental training. Until five, the Jewish child was under the care of the mother. At five, under the father’s 1 care, he learned the Law. At the age | of thirteen he became a son of the Law and a member in full of the Jew- , ish Church, and attendance at the passover became his duty and privi- ' lege. All the careful training of Jesus in the home was a real prepara- 1 tion for His great experience in the ■ Temple. The home was a door to I the Templa. i II. Jesus Finding God in the Temple, 43-50. V. 43. Fulfilled the days. The Feast lasted seven days. The child Jesus tarried; lad or youth rather than child. His tarrying was not due to disregard of His parents. A new spiritual ex- . perience held Him like a magnet. The j parents observed the passover and, i departed. Jesus found the Father and lingered. V. 44. Went a day’s journey. The men and women traveled in separate companies. Each thought that Jesus, no longer a child, was with the other, or with friends. V. 46. After three days; one day on the road, one day returning, then .dis- ■ BY HUGH J. HUGHES. If somebody could guarantee me. A lot of shippers of perishable pro- the amount, in dollars and cents, that duce think that every commission will be lost this fall and winter by ■ man is a robber. Perhaps I can ex- both farmers and consumers because plain how this notion, probably 98 of improper packing and bad handling per cent, incorrect, got its start. ■in shipment, I wouldn’t be writing this article—I’d be too busy clipping cou­ pons and planning a world tour in my private yacht! Every kind of farmer has his own shipping troubles, and so my purpose is to give a few pointers that may put you on the lookout for the places where loss is apt to occur. I recently handled a claim against a wholesaler on account of a veal that was shipped in good condition, but which was reported spoiled when paid for. The haul was about six hours by express, the season June, the weather hot. As near as I could get at the facts the shipment, made in the morn­ ing, arrived that evening; and the veal, along with other veal arriving, lay all night on a truck in the handl­ ing room of the express company. By morning the damage was done, and a fine row started. A Simple Precaution. Just one thing would have saved the shipper, who happened to be a farmer friend of mine, from loss, and that was to have shipped at night, rather than in the morning. Then there would have been no delay between the local loading station and the consignee. Where the shipment is livestock or poultry, this matter of the timing of arrival is important. Provision is made at stockyards for watering and feeding livestock, yet every experi­ enced shipper knows that markets have good and poor days, and that to get his stuff into the pens in time to get a good fill is an important 'part of the game of selling. He also knows that overloading in hot weather, and lack of protection in cold weather, cost his fellow shippers a good penny every season. And he knows that it pays to study the weather reports and to avoid shipping when extreme changes in temperature are likely to occur. But the shipper of poultry is not so likely to be posted: a dead chicken doesn’t seem quite so important a thing as a dead hog. And right there the losses begin—through negligence. Good crates are important. They get rough handling, and must be strong.! Fowls often escape from their crates.! They seldom come back. If they are j crowded into crates too small for i them, and are forced to stick their i heads out, they are liable • to have their heads crushed or sheared off by other crates. Overcrowding is com­ mon. Where it happens the strong fowls trample the weak, and the lat­ ter quickly die from suffocation. . Water for shipped fowls is import­ ant. My idea of hell is to be a, rooster and have to go to market. Some day i I hope that we shall have time to inject a trifle of humanity into the terminal handling of poultry, and in[ the meantime, for the sake of your bv!” pocketbook, see to it that every poul­ try crate is provided with easily filled watering cups. Egg losses are enormous. Candling i helps, but it doesn’t wipe them out.' With eggs, as with milk, the place to start farm, make them ature possible. Keep them dry. Don’t wash dirty eggs. Don’t pack cracked or thin-shelled ones. Use standard egg crates with corrugated fibre-board top and bottom lining. Do not nail down the centre of the cover! There must be some “give” tofi the. crate if the eggs are to arrive in usable shape. All this can be done on the farm. When the eggs get to town there are other losses to guard against. I have seen egg crates piled up and awaiting shipment in tin-roofed sheds where the thermometer was little short of boiling. And eggs incubate at around 100 degrees! Suppose your eggs lie in such a shed three or four days! He Found A neighbor of experiences with worth passing on He started last of about 30 Holsteins and which had freshened in the early winter. They were fed hay and grain night and morning, bushel of silage at noon. “ was excellent with this ration and the herd did splendidly. The first of February his silo was emptied, and immediately production decreased alarmingly. As he express­ ed it, “The cows stopped in their tracks.” A hundred pounds of grain a day was added to their feed, with hay at noon, in addition to night and morning, in an endeavor to make up for the silage, but to no avail. The ccws would not come back. Two years ago this same man did not fill his silo, and was surprised to find how well his cattle did, though their production did not come up to where it was with silage. His ex­ perience has led him to believe firmly that it does not pay to attempt to pro­ duce winter milk without silage, and that the most pronounced loss comes when cattle are suddenly deprived of silage after becoming accustomed to it.—E. L. B. with a Production I I How to Select Disease-Free Corn. You can insure having a good lot of seed corn, free from root-disease, if you will observe the following rules: 1. Select ears from stalks only which have made a vigorous growth and are firmly rooted in the soil. 2. Select ears which break away clean without a ragged appearance at the butt. 3. Reject all ears which show a mo Id-like growth. 4. Place ears selected upon a rack or frame where rapid drying may proceed without delay. 5. Wet weather after the com is in the shock favors the development of root-rot fungi, hence it is desirable to select seed ears before or during cutting of the com. Tests show that less than one per cent of the crop of corn is found to be affected where the seed was dis­ ease-free. For Home and Country Courses for Homemakers. In spite of the rush of the berry picking and canning season, and the approach of threshings and corn-cut­ ting and the sundry other demands crowding the days of the woman on the farm, the women of Ontario have found a surprising amount of time this summer to get together to study _ u ___ homemaking with the Institute’s in-1 ting and table etiquette, school lunch structors in Domestic Science, Home —-*•—1------~ Nursing, and Sewing. One might suppose that a woman; who had done cooking all her life, and good cooking at that, might not be especially enthusiastic over leaving ’ home five consecutive afternoons a week to take cooking lessons, but they do it, in numbers that sometimes out­ size the accommodation of their meet­ ing place. The reason is possibly ex­ plained by a member, who says: “What we have learned on food values and planning meals for health,' was new to even the best cooks, and young woman, but not at all strange the course has started us in the i................ direction to study along these for ourselves.” Another woman writes: “We given enough-cf the theory to the experienced cooks the reason why they had always done certain things to get certain results, while the prac­ tical part of right cooking was demon­ strated from fruit and vegetables, milk, eggs, and meats to breads, sal­ ads, and the most delicious varieties cf desserts. Those of us who had cooked all our lives until we got into ruts of our own, learned easier and simpler ways of doing things, how to make the old dishes more attractive, and tt keep variety on our tables the t year round by cooking the same things in different ways.” x A course given to a class of ’teen age girls during the summer holidays under the auspices of the Rockwood Women’s Institute proved very popu­ lar. In addition to the regular les­ sons the girls were taught table set- es and party refreshments. One of the girls says: “We have been making the things Miss Hopkins taught usi ever since.” At a girls’ judging competition ar­ ranged by the Agricultural Represen­ tative • of Wellington County and staged by the staff of Macdonald In-1 stitute, in one test the girls were ' asked, “What would you do till the doctor came (1) if a man fell off a I load of hay and broke his arm? (2); if a baby took convulsions ? ” Matters' usually rather foreign to the average right to these girls. They had cared for lines; supposedly fractured bones, and 1 studied the illnesses of babies in their were Home Nursing Course the previous show winter. And perhaps even this part of the course program was not of such im­ mediate value to them as the general health training. One junior pupil says: “What I liked best was what : we learned about getting and keeping ! fit.” The nurse or doctor giving the lessons usually gives one afternoon i or evening to a special talk to girls. Courses in sewing have been more ! popular than ever this year. Often ! in an empty school room, sometimes in a vacant farm house, the women Wife and I had a lot of peas. We thought of the hungry folks down in the cities, and we buckled to and picked and shipped a barrelful to a commission house in Toronto. Result: Nothing happened except a bill for expresis from the railroad. I know now that the dealer -was on the level, and that we were to blame, but then: —it was another matter. Now I know that if I want to ship such things as peas, lettuce, or stuff of that sort it should be cooled before shipping; and that it should be packed in crates that let the air circulate freely about the produce. Then, if there is any distance to go, the ship­ ment should be iced or travel by re­ frigerator car. It cost me several dollars to gath^hf this bit of horse sense. Potatoes are one of our biggest crops, and the losses in their handling are enormous. The next time you, happen to be in a Dig town, drop into' a grocery and find out about the sell­ ing price and quality of potatoes. It’s seven to one that you will find good potatoes selling at top-notch prices, and that you will also find poor po­ tatoes scarcely moving at any price. Maybe both lots came out of the same1 car. It has happened that way. It costs money to pick up little po-j tatpes, chunks of dirt, and stones. It costs more money to haul them to' market. There is still further cost in' sorting thus junk out of the good covery on the third day. In the midst Application. Jesus grew in stature. It is thought' by some that this means that physi- i cally He was well-favored. However i that may be, the care and develop-1 ment of our bodies are a very im­ portant part of the fourfold ideal. Ourj bodies are intended to be temples of ■ the Holy Ghost, and the shrine should i be worthy of its deity. How to be ’physically fit is a question which should engage the attention of every boy and girl. He also grew in wisdom, which is more than information. Youth is the time for study. Let us read the besti books, and above all, the best of books —the Bible. The scriptures will make us wise unto salvation. He grew in favor with men. There are two extreme views in regard to ‘ Christ. One would set Him up as i gentle Jesus, meek and mild, one who never made an enemy. The other; would set Him forth as one who was: ever a fighter and surrounded always by implacable foes. The true view is that up till the time of his public ministry, He was one of the most -popular of men. Only in His conflict X.W.X.XJ x,xx v.xxxx. xxexj. vx.x- with public evils did he incur the’hos- stuff. xA.nd these costs are all charged of the doctors. Three rooms in the 1 tility of the rulers of the Jews. He back to the producer in the form of a Temple were used by teachers of Ihejwas winsome. We can believe that he low price received for his ungraded Law for instruction. Jesus had joined [had an absolute genius for friendship, stock. Himself to the company of pupils. | He grew in favor with God. The j TT — nr — J «r* <-«1 . 4-L..A ««4-•-« J 4- urn c! 4-Vi o 4- rr-Vin-v, Downright Foolishness. I "f ” n ^rnest ^eekTr after‘truth" It saves money to sort out the kind. \ . cf stuff you wouldn’t eat at home, and standing. i He grew in favor with God. The .Hearing . . . and asking; the attitude' great proof of this was that when vxv.vh. 'Jesus came out of the Jordan in the V. 47. Astonished at His under- ■ moment of Baptism, he heard a voice ........................ " „. The lad had gone deeper out of the heavens, saying, “This is i to feed it to the 'hogs. So far from than the Rabbi in his knowledge of My beloved Son, in whom I am well being a “smart trick” to get this stuff the scriptures, and farther in his pleased.” p 1™ +c on the market, it is downright foolish-! 6XP6rie»ce . r~— t_x j x r V. 48. Amazed; because tneir sep- Sciences or uo secure me upproLwimni, ' a e aKes xt fc,r £ranted aration had caused Jesus no anxiety; of our fellows, there is nothing in this that you are a focn, or else that you because He had joined Himself to such life to compare -with the well done Would kpiAn vnnr _______ i_____ _• V. 48. Amazed; because their sep- ." Desirable as it may be to possess the approval of our own con­ sciences or to secure the approbation I would keep your unmarketable stuff company; because their son was the of God. at home, and he takes your pocketbook I • "u ■" 1 --------------- 1 ~ accordingly. | . - . .... t, , ...... . I doors suiuu, eAceuL uoian, uivvioivn iuuovu suppose you t o start with good. maje for opening one door 'in order stuff, as the great majority of ship-. to for the fires. doors shut, except that provision must pers do, there are several' things to; watch! Potatoes, or other shipments thati move in the fall, are liable to field­ frost damage. Potatoes especially. When a potato has been frozen in the field before digging, and the weather i comes out “right,” the evidences of, freezing may be mighty hard to dis-; cover. But they are there, and the potatoes that have been frosted will' begin to “leak,” and will, keep right! should prefer to do the latter, and to on doing it to the end of the chapter.1 Pay the additional freight. But, even The presence of field frost in a w is so, be sure that the utmost precaution one of the surest symptoms of bu®i- is taken. Radicad cla.iuc arc net ness trouble that one can find. And j caFh—n'ot bY 801X16 months or even yet I have known men knowingly to Y^ars. load frosted stuff, thinking they could LC___1_______ i Warm the air in your car before loading, and load as rapidly as pos­ sible. Arrange to have the car leave on the next train, and keep it rolling. More Things to Watch. All this, and more, the old shipper will tell you when you start loading perishables in cold weather. You can, ship either at your own risk or at thej risk of the railroad. Personally I' i I Railroad claims are not I plugging the leaks is on the; Infertile eggs, gathered daily, a good beginning. Then cool) at once to the lowest temper- Even when you have a refrigerator set out for your pse, and you ship at the risk of the railroad, there are some things it will pay you to watch: Do the doors on top of the refriger-i ator close properly, and tightly? Often they do not, and then if you are shipping in cold weather the heat escapes and the car freezes, while if you are shipping in hot weather, under icing, your ice melts—and there you are! Watch the doors! It pays to make a study of your market before the time to ship, ar­ rives. This is especially true of the market for perishables. And it is well to have personal acquaintance with one or more well-known and dependable dealers. 'Shipping to a stranger may bring you satisfactory results, especially in good times, but for all-round satisfaction in business give me the man who is able to recall your face and say to his men: “I know Bill. He’s a and a hard-working farmer, for our , one of the immort'als, the man who ! discovered the law of gravity. A farmer’s son, he was brought up to farm himself, and not forced to go to school after he was fifteen. But his scientific ability attracted attention, and he wais sent to Cambridge Uni­ versity. When he died he was taken to London and buried1 in Westminster Abbey. * * * * To study the lives of bees, the love life of spiders, the toad that wears a cluster cf eggs wrapped around his hind legs1, and other strange “crit­ ters,” Jean Henri Fabre left Paris for his little farm fifty years ago. He was ninety-two years old when he died in 1916. He leiarned and put into books such wonderful things about insects that he became world-famous as a scientist. He wrote about them sio simply that anyone can understand what he said. He wais a high-brow who dug world fame and fifty years of happiness out of his own little cab­ bage patch. * * * * Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, liked to spend his time on his big farm at Baddeck, Cape Breton. Recently he reached the end of his long and useful career and lies buried on the peak of one of his well­ loved hilltops beside the sounding sea. The Toad’s Secret. No man has yet discovered how the toad feeds. Science has just made a great ef­ fort at the London Zoological Gardens1, but the toad has kept his secret. We know there is a lightning-like movement of the tongue during which a beetle or meal-worm vanishes. The human eye cannot fellow what hap­ pens, and the snap-sihot camera is also baffled. However, camera was more puzzle giant toad was submitted to the test. The battery opened fire at short range i H In some parts of Norway corn is used as a substitute for money. -------------4,------------- Japanese officials must get up early- in the morning to keep pace with their I new premier. Admiral Kato begins. his conferences soon after six o’clock in the morning and keeps them up till | noon. He goes to bed at half-past nine. He goes to bed at half-past -----*----- growers can save at least a The largest ’ the .slow-motion cinema relied upon to solve one in natural history, and a while the toad enveloped two or three meal-worms. Photographs were taken at the rate of 240 a second. ‘Now wTe shall be able to see exactly how the toad’s tongue works; how it grips the food, and how it carries it to the mouth,” said Science—and went to the dark-room to develop. The answer was “in the negative!” In all that strip of pictures the toad’s tongue was visible in four only, This means that the toad needs only one-sixtieth of a second to capture and devour his prey. All part of their own seed, and best-shaped fruits of the garden should now be marked with a piece of twine and allowed to remain until they are ripe. Next year’s garden depends a good deal on this year’s based choice cf seed. Every year numerous fatalities oc­ cur among farm hands who enter a partly filled silo after the fermenting | corn has had time to form carbon­ monoxide gas, which is poisonous. Since fresh air dilutes and scatters the monoxide, no one should enter a silo till the blower has been started,! : and even then the silo doors should not be put into place until they are needed to prevent the corn from spilling. Freezing in transit is one of the causes of big losses. The man who ships in a box car during the risky season sihows mighty little sense, and I am not writing especially for his benefit, except where he is absolutely forced to ship them in order to move his stuff at all. When you do get caught in this fashion you can do a passable job of protecting your stuff by laying string­ ers lengthwise of the car, covering these crosswise with lumber, and over this laying building paper. Side pro­ tection of a similar sort can be ar­ ranged. Be sure that there is free circulation cf air underneath the false floor, behind the falsie sides, and at the ends. This air circulation must run lengthwise of the car. "Begin leading in such fashion that there will be at all times open air space be­ tween the ends of the car and the load, and between the side walls and the load. When you get to the doors, — — —... :---- , - -----------v x--------,---- put a little extra protection about the Give his stuff first-class care, and as' Canadian bacon is growing in favor sacks near the doors, and batten the good a price as the market will stand.” f^om month to month.” i i Hand-Operated Ice Machine for Use in the Home. Making ice by hand is a rapid and inexpensive precess when a small ma­ chine recently introduced in England is used. The action < ; the machine is on the principle that water freezes when rapidly evaporated in a vacuum with sulphuric acid to absorb the vapor. The contrivance is es­ pecially adapted for icing mineral waters, making ice cram, cooling but­ ter, and the like. “A hog ought not to be blamed for being a hog, but a ma A ought.” I — In connection with the controversy regarding the alleged poor quality of Canadian bacon and produce, John! Louden and Company, one of the liarg-: est importers of Canadian bacon pro­ ducts in England, made this comment: “Our existence depends on the sale of Canadian bacon, and we can sell every ounce cf it that Canada can ship. It i is quite true that Denmark is a com- | petitcr, but it will never drive Canada good scout i from the British market. Our actual Builderi imports this year will be greater than business in his neighborhood, j year, we confidently predict, and Never grab the handle of your phonograph and spin it around in a jerky way, as you would crank your Ford on a chilly morning. Wind it slowly and evenly, as you would the clock, and do net wind it tco tightly. With the lower cost of crude rub­ ber appear new ways of using it. An English firm is manufacturing rubber carpets, reversible, soft of tread and of generally good appearance, in a variety of shades. Experiments with rubber as a surfacing material for roads apparently indicate that it will be as economical and as satisfactory i as the asphalt products now in use. A ' rubber road that could contract during ' the rush hours so as to reduce dis- ' tances, say one half, would be a great | boon in these busy days.