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CARE OF THE SOM.
There Is a great difference in the na-
tural fertility of soils. There are eons
that from the start do not produce
well unless special attentiou is given
to making them productive. There are
otters that produce large crops for a
short time, and then diminish in fer-
tility. And there are others, known as
strong soils, that for many years are
productive without attention to then;
tertility.
But; unless intelligeutly managed,
even the strongest soils will wear out
In tittle.
In their growth, plants employ .13
chemical elements, nine of which they
obtain directly from the soil. These
are known at; mineral plant foodspand
are called phosphorous, potassium, cal-
cium, phosphoric acid, etc. Every year
the soil water dissolve e off a thin sur-
face layer from each particle. Plants
take this water: and in that way ob-
tain mineral plant food.
NITROGEN COMPOUND.
In addition to the already-mentfon-
ed nine elements, the growing plants
Deed four other elements, neinely, hy-
chosen, which it derives from water
twitter is a commend or hydrogen
and oxygen); oxygen, which it se=
sures partly from water and partly
from air; cotton, which is secured
from.earbonic-acid gas en the air, and
nitrogen.
In many respeces nitiogen. th the
meet:important of all the plant -food
elements, and is not Telma (only in
very limited quantities) in the rock
particles of the soil. Ordinary plants
depend exclusively upon decaying or-
ganic matter for their nitrogen. As de-
cay proceeds, nitrates are formed from
the nitrogen contained in organic mat-
ter. The nitrates are exceedingly Sol-
uble, and unless soon maue uee ot 0Y
growing crops they are washed Out of
the soil. Therefore, nitrogen is gener-
ally the first element to become ex-
hausted in the soil.
It is a good thing that certain spe-
cies of bacteria can employ atmoepliere
ic nitrogen, the supply of which is in-
exhaustible. One family of plants—the
leguenes—has learned to exchange
work witit these nacteria, and these.
plants are thus easily eupplied with
all abundance of nitrogen in a form
they can sue.
When these. nitrogen -fixing' bacteria
are present in a .soll on which a legu-
minous crop is growing, the bacteria
Invade the roots of the legume and
live there. Prof. W. J. Spillrnan, of
the 'United States Department of Agri-
culture, says their presence is usually
made manifest by swellings—the so-
called tubercules—on the roots of
thrifty -plants of cloyer, alfalfa, beans,
the soil filters into theeroots, where
the bacteria appropriate it, .manufac-
tur an abundance of nitrates and give
a portion to the plant In exchange for
starch. Tlia tissues of leguminous
plants become very rich in nitrogenous
compounds, and when they decay in
the 'soil they set free large amounts of
nitrates fcr the use of hay crop which
may be growing at the time.
The cultivation of leguminous crops
Is one of sthe most important and econ-
omical means of maintaining a supply
of nitrogenous plant food in the soil..
Nitrates may, of course, be supplied. In
commercial fertilizers; but. ferti-
lizers containing. nitrogen are very
expensive, and it Usually pays bet-
ter to suPply nitrogen by growing le-
gumes or by the application of stable
manure, which is Holt in nitrogen
when properly handled, In good farm
practice, both stable manure and legu-
minous crops are used as sources of ni-
trogen.
SOIL MOISTURE AND HUMUS.
In order to produce a ton or dry hay
on an acre of land it is necessary that
the growing grass pump up from that
acre approximately 500 tons of water,
In order to supply this enormous quan-
tity of .wetter, the .soll Must not only
be in condition to absorb and hold
water well, but it mud be. porous
enough to permit water to flow freely
from soil grain to sell grain. The
eeeseaee of large quantities of decay-
ing organie matter (humus) adds enor-
mously to the water -holding capacity
'
of the soil. One ton of humus will ab-
sorb two tons of water and give it up
readily to growing drops. Not only
that, but the shrinkage or the particles
of decaying organic matter and the
consequent looseniag of soli grains
keep the soil peen and porous.
Furthermore, humus of good quality
ite exceedingly rich in both nitrogen
and mineral plant food, The inaiuten-
ance of fertility may almoet be oath
to consist in keeping the soil well sup -
Oiled with imam, The firat step in re-
novating Worn-out soils is to give
them an abundant supply of humus
of good quality. Perhaps the beet
source of humus is stable manure con-
taining both the liquid and eau) solid
excrement, especially when the etock
are fed rich ntrogenous toed% Even
a poor quality of barnyard manure,
which has had much of the plant food
leached out of it, has considerable
value became of the humus it makes.
Another eheap and valuable source
of humus, but one which must be
used underetandingly, is crops grown
to turn under as manure.
The legumes aro eapecially valuable
for this punt= beceuse of the nitro-
gen they contain, but other crops, such
as rye, and even corn sown thick, may
sometimes be made to eupply large
quantities of humus of fair quality.
Crops thue used are called green man -
urea.
A proper circulation of air in the
soil is just as important as any ether
factor of plant growth. Nearly half of
the volume of ordinary. eon is occup-
ied by air spaces in the soil wind in
and out between the soil particles,
nen as they do in a pile of larger
stones. If the layer of water on the
aurface of the holt graina becomes GO
thick as to stop the air passages here
and there, the soil is then too wet for
most crops and neede drainage. Plants
have no special breathing organs, the
oxygen required in their breathing
finding entrance all over the surface
of the plant. Plant roots must there-
fore be supplied with air, and hence
the soil must be porous enough to per-
mit of free circulatien of air. A geed
supply of humus and proper tillage
will accomplieh this result in clay
soils. Sandy soils are usually too por-
ous, needing humus to help them re-
tain water.
Another reason why air must eireu.
late freely in the soil is that largo
quantities01oxygen are required to
insure proper decay of organic matter
to aupply pleat food, Also, carbonic-
acid gas is produced by the decay at
organic matter ,and this must eecape
easily to make room for the atmos-
pheric. oxygen needed in the soil. The
moyement of air in the eoll le fre-
quently shown by the bubbles' which
appear at the surface of the soil just
after a hard rain. As the water soaks
iato the soil it drives tbe air Out,
and bubbles may be seen at the sur-
face if water enough ia preeent
form them,
One of the moat important objects of
plowing it to locaen up the sOul. and
mix freeh air with it.
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS.
For preventing rust on iron or steel,
use: Tallow, 2 ounces; main, 1 ounee;
melt and strain while hot. Apply a
light coat of thee and you can lay
away any articles not in constant use.
for any length of time, such as knives
and forks, or mechanic's tools which
are being laid by or much expoesul.
But for axes or other new tools which
are expoeed to the air before sold,
you will find the following varnish
preferable: test alcohol, 1 gallon;
gum eandaracb, 2 pounds; guni mas-
tic, in pound. Behr; corked; . cork it
tight and shake it frequently, eons-
icnaly placing, the can in hot water.
When dissolved, it la 'ready to use.
Some farmers claim that the blos-
som test for cutting alfalfa lo unreli-
able. The bloesome should be dieee-
goaded entirely and the alfalfa cee
when the shots are from one-half to
three -fourth of an inch long.
The .second six months of the colt's
lift le very importarat, it should be
liberally fed on feed calculated to pro-
duce bone, muscle and sinew. The colt
should be kept growing, es it should
attain nearly half its mature weight
without being fat at 12 monthe of age.
—S.1L Collinson, of Highfield, de-
livered his interesting illustrated lec-
ture on the Royal NaVy to a gather-
ing in St. Luke's Church last' evening,
It was greatly enjoyed.
A
WANTED FOR THE
YAL.NA'
Canadiani wanted for the Royal Naval Comedian Volunteer
Reserve for immediate overseas service, Only men of good
character and good phpique accepted.
Pa Y- $1.10 fdlininium per day--Pree Kit.
$20.00 per Month Separatien Allowance.
Experienced mai frets 38 to 45, and boys from
15 to 18 accepted for *mice in Om CANADIAN
NAVAL PATROLS for defenee of the Comas.
Apply to COMMODORE AlMILIDS SAIWis
Natal Reereitlee Officor, Grange Area
103 Oar Street.TORONTO, or
Dept. of die Nivel Seviide
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An:wigs OF THE SEA.
Killer ViThales Travel in Packs and,
Ara•Ferodolls.
The killer aviutle usually travels and
hunts in "sehools" or packs of from
three to a dozen or more individuals.
Unlike most whales, the members of
these schools do not travel tha strag-
gling party, but &Willi side by' side,
their movements as regularly timed as
those of sailors. A regularly space'i
row of advancing long black fins
swiftly cutting the undulating surface
of the sea produces a singular enlister
effect, Tho evil improseion es well
notified, says the National Geo-
graphic Magazite, inee killers are the
most savage and remorseless of
whales. The jaws are armed with
rows of effective teeth, 'with vitich
the animals attack and devour sletted
and porpoises and even destroy some
of the larger whales.
Killers are like giant wolves of the
sea, and their ferocity strikes terror
to other evarm-blooded inhabitants of
the deep. The Eskimos of the Alaskan
coast of Bering Sea consider Milers
as actual wolves in sea form. They
believe that in the early days, when
the world was young and men and
animals could change their form at
will, land wolves often went to the
edge of the shore ice and changed to
killer whales, and the killerss returned
to the edge of the ice and came out as
wolves, to go ravening over the lane.
Some of the natives assure us that
even to -day certain wolves and killers
are still endowed with this power,
and, on account of their malignant
character, are much feared by- hunt-
ers.
Killers are known to swallow small
seals and porpoises entire and attack
largo wholes by tearing away their
flesby lips and tongues. When at-
tacking large prey they work in packs.
with all the unity andfierceness of
so many. wolves.
GUARD TME BABY
AGAINST COLDS
To guard the baby .against colds.
nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab-
lets, The Tablets are a mild laxa-
tive that 'will keep the little one's
stomach and bowels working regular-
ly. It is a recognized fact that where
the stomach and bowels are in good
order that -.colds will not exist; that
the healtii of the little one will be
good and that he will thrive and. be
happy and good-natured. The Tablets
are sold by medicine dealers or by
mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr.
'Wi1liam4 Medicine Co, Droceivelle,
Ont:
INSECT STRENGTH.
Many Misconceptions, Says
French Investigator.
At intervals there appear accounts
setting forth the prodigious carength
of lasects. Their muscular force is us•
ually compared with their size by
stating, for example, that a flea can
leap so many times it own leneen,
and that an ant can drag co many
times its own weight. Then .it te
stated that man, if he were etreng in
ibe same proportion, could jump sb
many rods or lift eo many tons, These
comparisons, according to the lereech
investigator, Leo Robida, are mislead -
leg, to say the leas*.
He states that it is iateresting to
consider, solely from a mechanleal
point of view, these comparisons be-
tween the muscular strength of man
and that of insects. Strictly .from thia
standpoint they are by no means ex-
traordinary and are only one of the
forms of what has been called "the
conflict of squares and cubes." The
law is well known—volumes decrease
In more rapid ration than surfaces.
The force that a muscle can exert
depends on its section—that le, on a
surface—although its capacity for do-
ing work depends on its volume, as is
logical. Here is the explanation of
the astonishing strength of 'insects, as
example, compare two muscles, that
of a man and that of an insect, the
latter 100 tiMes shorter than thd for-
mer. It is evident that the insect%
xnuelcle will be 1,000,000 times lighter
than the man's, 'while it's section, and
consequently the force it can exert,
will be only 10,000 times less. The
conelueion is that since a man can lift
62 potinds the inset will lift 10,000
times less, or 154 grains, mid 'one gets
the impressive epeetaele of an insect
liftlag more than 100 times Its weight
In fact, the smaller the insect is the
More it will astonish us by an appear -
epee of extraordinary strength.
But it is no longer tbe same if one
examines the inethanical work effect-
ed. The reusele of the ineect, MVOs -
ed to be one ono -hundredth of a man's
in linear dimensions, furnisliee, when
it cOntradts, a. force 10,,000 thnes lege
than the human muscle exerted
threktgle a space 100 times mailer;
the work produced will thue be 1,000,-
000 times smaller, which re -establish -
ea the proportion between weight and
Strength. •
" Moreover, it seems just as with ma-
ehineff, • eviiere the smaller are prOpor-
tionally weaker as if theinsect's
meets, Instead of surpaseingeman's in.
finitely, is notably inferior to it in
quality. Take the flea's junip, Or 111 -
Stance. By its museuiar Contraction it
gives to its Maes a Movement cep -
able Of raising it twelve inches. Man
can' raise his own weisht about five
feetby leaping. For equal weight
the.liumen Muscle tints furnishesfive
times leers work than that ot the tics,
•itt a single contraction, eineo the work
ill• the Produtt of the weight by the
leeteshe te swhieh itsIteeralssed.—sWetah-
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UNION BANK ASSETS
INCREASED 20%
IN 1916
MR.
9,Rowro IN ONE YEAR EXCEEDS
EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS—
DANK ASSISTS FINANCING OF
IMPERIAL MUNITION BUSINESS
The fifty-second annual atateMent
Of the *Union Bank of Cantula, cover-
ing the Year ending November lin 1910.
ehOWSt renutrkable growth and
strengthening of tlie 3:be1ne position,
and at the same time indicates large
cash reaourcee both in privet° anti
business mounts throughout the Do-.
The Uniou Bank, with lieadquartene
in Winnipeg and 200 branches in tne
West, au well M a eplentlid Old -estab-
lished system of bran.elleci in the .East,
ie in close touch with every part ot
Canada, and its Surprising growth for
the year reflects the financial reeov-
ery of both East and West,. and the
inereasing aavinga of the people.
Interest-bearing deposits amount
now to $60,144,940 against $50,685,304
a year ago, while deposits not bearing.
intereet have reached $29,122,848,-com-
Pared with $2,1,999,832 ehown in the
preview yeat'a statement, The as-
.sete, which a Year ago were $30,603a
063„ howed an lacrease of eighteen
and a half millions, bringing them up
to $109,040,228. This 20 per cent, ad-
vance is the more remarkable as it
follows an increase of over nine mil-
lions, or 11 per cent., in 1915, making
an hicrease for the two yeara of $27,-
500,000, or 33 per cent. From these
figures it is clear that Canadiana are
eaving co well as making money and
that the Union Bank of Canada en -
10 eel a large measure of their confid
n -
Similar strengthening of the finan-
cial position of businesses generallY,
through the liquidation of bank in-
debtednees from cunt pronto hae pre-
vented much expansion of current
loans and eiscounts in Canada, which•
stand practically the same aa in the
previous year. The new funds at the
disposal of tbe Bank are invested
chiefly, in liquid aesets and cash, of
which the Bank holde $56,587,825. Cona-
pared. with $39,138,335 at the end of
1915. This increase of seventeen and
a half millions followe an increase of
nearly thirteen million dollars during
thd previous year and constitutes "an
extremely strong reserve, readily con-
vertible into cash.
It is interesting to note that of this
reserve $13,546,248 is invested in Do-
minion and Provincial Government
Securities, Canadian Municpal Securi-
ties and British, Foreign and Colonial
Public Securities other theta •Canadian,
whereas a year ago the amount simi-
larly invested was but little over one
million dollars, By far the greater
proportion of this sixteen million item
consists of accurities of the imperial
Government issued for the financing
of Inunitien business in Canada,.
. The note issue of the Bank has in-
creased over a million dollars, to, $8,-
815,117, with a corresponding increase
in the War Tax on Bank Note Circu-
lation to $50,000. a
Profits for the year were about the
same as last year, amounting to $051,-
183. After deducting the War Tax,
$150,000 transferred to Contingent Ac-
count $10,000 appropriated for the
Pension Fund, $5,000 donated to the
British Sailors' Relief Fund, and $450,-
000 for the usual 8 per cent. dividend
and 1 per cent. bonus, the sum tf $93,-
160 was carried forward to the credit
of Profit and Loss Account. It is
worthy of note that the Bank has
maintained its dividend ,and bonus
and met all charges for depreeiation
and contingencies throughout thee war
out of its annual rcrofits and hen now
a larger profit balance than at the end
of 1913. The immense increase in
the scope 'of its business .during those
years, and the great strengthening of
its position, holds out the prospect of
greatly increased earnings upon the
return of normal conditions.
rAcTa rOlt THE CURIOUS.
Russian women predominate
erelong foreign -born —students of their
sex in Paris.
One hundred and fifty hosiery and
knit goods mills 'in Philadelphia pro-
duce 15,000,000 worth of material au-
nually.
A deed of trust, the property of 5.
D. Wright, of Judsonia, Ark., which
disappeared during the tornado there
last month, has been found. at May-
nard, 30 miles from Judsonia.
By means of an apparatus described
in the "Engineerfue Record," the
stumps of trees left after logging op-
erating in lorig leaf pine Umber lend
have been converted from a source of
expense into an asset. The device is
la the shape of a hood that is set over
Ike stump and distil's as much as 17
gallons ot heavy pine oil from it. The
process converts the stump itself into
a fine grade Of charcoal and destraes
It far enough underground to permit
plowing, •
The fossil coral of th.o Fiji, Islands
Is said, to be the best building stone in
the world. When first cut it Is almost
as soft as cheese, but it solidifies in
the air until it is as hard as gran-
ite.
Rabbit.fur is eel,' to be euppeanting
wool in felt hat' making in .Atistralia.'
The fur is regarded as much superior'
to the finest merino for this purpose,
and millions of rabbit skins are used
annually, -
Gold is being mined at a depth of
Mere than 5,000 feet lit South Africa,
and it is believed that the shafts eau
be steak 3,000 feet more. -
The world's people annually cox-.
sume more than two and a half billion
'pounds of coffee, three-fourths ef
Which is lerewn in Brazil. .
A. mirror has been 'mounted on the.
portrait photographer's camera op that
the patron inay see what the result-
ing picture Will look like.
The handle oi a new traireling bag
is so attached that it can 'be placed
Wade the bag when it is locked, les -
Froni "Ye Olde Sugar Loafe" of grandmother's day,
to the sparkling "Extra Granulated" in your own cut -glass
bowl, RedpathSugar has appeared three times daily, for over
half a century, on thousands of Canadian tables.
"Let Redpath Sweeten it
10, 20, 50 and 100 lb. Bags. Made in one grade only the highest!
2 and 5 lb. Cartons—
sening the danger uf the bag being
etolen.
Retail food prices in the United
iteinneyear
gdo marrago, about 93 per cent. higher
t
The tensile strength of rolled man-
sgqaunsersee isnteette! is 140,000 pounds to the
A jack to lift telegraph or telephone
poles from holes bas been invented her
a Chicago man.
011 le used for loecnotive fuel on 40
railroads in the United States, operat-
ing in 21 States,
Nigeria has been added to the lands
'in which valuable deposits tf coal
have been discoveree in recent years.
The "sneezewood" tree of South Am-
erica, so callea because of dust made
by sawing the wood has the effect of
snuff, never is touel..d by insects or
worms.
A.
r
pant in the United States Ma-
yine Corps is the inventor of a port-
ble topographical map that enables
aviators to make quick, and, accurate
reports of their observations made in
flight.
French phonograph records, made
on a recently invented cloth , which-
criavnbsotemnaeiglreaor.
dlieleesletters, threaten to
el
The government of nolland is plan,
ning to establish direct wireless com-
munication between the home country
and the Dutch East Indies.
Tho hawklaill turtle, from which
commercial tortoise Shell of high
grede is obtained, is eittremely plenti-
ful along the northwestern 'coast of
western Australia.
The weight of the salMon takeu in
Alaska in 1916 was about 400.000,900
Pounds. If this catch could have
been placed in barrels beeldin,ees. 200
pounds each and the barrels piled end
on end, the height of the column
would have been 1,200 miles! Or, if
the catch had been leaded into ordi-
nary freight cars, a train of 10,000
cars would have been required and
the length of the train would have
succeeded 100 miles.
c••.s-
Women as Erave
As i -he Wien
THEIR STRUGgLE SHOWS A RE.
MARkABLE SPIRIT.
Talk ,of the bravery of men, but
Where nen eon find a finer spirit than
among the half -sick women who are
fighting and struggling to do thoir
duty against the terrible odds of ill -
health, and who will not give up.
One woman in every three is strug-
gling against weakness. Moot oe them
are not exactly sick, but Oh how mis-
erable!
The burdea and misery of it all has
its foundation in the alood which is
thiu and watery. The rod cells are
too few. The very strearm of life Is
reduced in vitality, Weakness and.
inevitable ilehealth ere the eertaln
result.
Every ailing or weak wonian can
quickly regain her health in this vorY
simple way. kly filling the system with
'the nutrition that comes from rich
red blood, a quick change for the bet-
ter, will result. To accomplish this,
take two •chocolate -coated Ferrozone
Tablets cater each meal. You'll feel
better immediately for the ' simple
reason that Ferrozone renews the
blood. It gives you vim, vigor, en-
duran,ce, restores a tired, worn-out
systemvery quickly.
You'll feel like new all over once
you get Ferrozone working througl.
your blood. It puts [color into faded
ehc ks, brathtenel the (e e, et:trim:es
the sten. brings back that wonderful
feeling of youth.
One of the finest things Ferrozone
does is to make you eat lots and di-
gest it as well. With keen appetite,
sound sleep, strong nerves and lots
of nourishing blood you're' bound to
regain robust health, Any sickly girl
or ailing woman that Ferrozone won't
Make well must be incureble. There
Is a secret power in Ferrozone and
it is worth a trial at all events, Fifty
cents per box, six for $2.50. At all
dealers in medicine, or by mail from
The Catarrhozone, Co,, Kingston, Ont.
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Aluminum. in Guinana.
to the past yeer there has been eon-
eiderable excitement in Dutch Guiana,
duo to the diecovery of large deposits
of betexite ea the Surinam river, pane
four hours' journey from Paramari-
bo. It la from thee clay -like aluminum
ferrio hydroxid that aluminum is
Made, and the dieeovery of tho rich
fields of day has stirred up many
proepeetors.
One company has taken imam' 1
01 1110 hill delimits, but engineerts hose
that the Clay is probably located at
various depths. It can be easily trans-
ported, as eeverel bread, navigable
rivers run near this district, which.
Will probably be developed rapidly,
The government is very careful info-
suingeauthorizations to prospect, and
these rights are rcoerved for Meths
Widen, Surittamers or companies es -
%Meshed In the Netherlands 01: 111
SUrinalt.—eNeW York "Sun."
World's Future 'Fish Supply.
The OM beats upon 20,000 miles Of
Alaska Shore line, a distance greatv
then the eircumference of the earth.'
All of that vast stretch of waters is
teeming with the Inc* (tam() fish On
earth. Every bay is a harbor where
these fifth can be prepared for the
markets of the world, and the greateet
fillips afloat can anchor itt safety
While taking or their•x0,1:ge of food
for the huntery of all ellenee, in a few
year Alaskan 1 Inli will bo famous
whver Aire call ntelemen exteninees
peoducts of their 'toil. nu la
but One of Alaskee gottrces of etteteltie
Poultry
World
T to increase in cost of all kinds; of
Poultry foods is making many people
interested in poultry raising, =dour
to make their flocks such as will
prove profitable, and, they are eying
more'ecieneffie study and attention to
the entiresubject.
The more successful growers are
taking more pains to study the laws
governing the production of eggs,
and the ways of asceitaining which
lime are profitable to keep and which
should lee disposed of.
'They find that failure or emcees
of this business, depends upon this
eme thing largely, and most of them,
who have tried, it find the use of the
trapnest satisfactory.
The trap -nest Is a lying -fleet so ar-
ranged that wheel the hen enters it,
the nest is autentatically closed, and
CONIIIMP 11•10•••••••••=11.1111,
LET a woman ease your suffering. I want
yott to write, and let me tell you Df
my simple method of !tome treatment,
send you ten day& free trial, post- ve
paid, and put you in touch with•
women (a Canada who will
gladly tellwhat my method V•0
;
ve tsi dgeweak,
aefoti. e tcl h
If you are troubled
ache, b a c k.
ache, bear-
ing down
sensa-
Sons, blad-
der weakness,
censtipation, ca-
tarrhal conditions,
pain in the sides, regu-
larly or irregularly,
At?, bleating, ert:•e of falling or
4Z4V"'" misplacement of Internal or -
%.40 palpitation. hot It hes, dark zings
gain, nervousness, desire to cry,
•
under the eyes, or a lod' of interest
In life, write to me to -day. Address: •
Mrs. M. tummers, Car fj Windsor. Ont.
1118•1•Allebralel.••••••00...new.W•emar .••••••••••••40eiSialb.,
the bird is thereby confined until re-
loacil by the attendant. The only
aerious objection of the 'use of this
kind of nnet is the frequent • atten-
tion It requirce, but tue expellee of
keeping oven few bens, which lay
none, or but few eggs, will soon comn.
terbalaYace the extra care required.
The neste are not very expensive
12 bought from some dealer in poul-
try supplies, but they can be readily
constructed by any person familiar
with a few cemmon tools. Directions
and plane for making the mete can
be obtained with no experae from
meet of the farm experbnent stations.
One nest should • be provided rot
from three to five hens—the rel.)
varying with the she or the Mole—
the larger the flock, the =alter pro -
Portion of neste being required.
The fleets ohould be Vieltea from
three to six tilnee a day, the more fre-
quent vieibi hee.sg necessary when
the hens are laying freely orcduring
the hot weather,
Some breeder's aro trap -nesting
their pullets during the Meet six
months of their laying and use this
record from whirl to eelect 'breeders
for egg. production. '•
Those who have given thee Death
a fair trial, apealc highly in their
favor.
FEATEER-PLUCKING FOWLS.
lf fowls do not get enough albs -
mon, such ae it3 foundin cut bone,
middlingand bran, they will almost
always pluck feathere from the heads
ancl. necke of their companions. Idle
nes is another c'ause ot.
plucking.
Keep fowls always a little laingry
and force then1 to (watch foe their
food. At this time of year acatter the
grain among the straw In the poul
tryhouse, so that they have to work a
bit to find It. Let the fowle go out-
doors as much as possible on warm,
sunny winter afternoons.
In a small flock which teh average
suberbanite keeps for pleasure there
are usually one or two fowls ad-
dicted to tho habit of feather -pulling,
Dy watching the flock carefully you
may generally see who ere the of-
fenders. Wine you have discovered
the pluckers separate tbene from the
rest of the flock until they have for-
gotten the habit.
There is one mire prevention for
this bad habit among the chickette.
Rathe their heads; itt equal parts of
aloes and whiskey. They don't like
the mixture, and fowls will& have
been guilty ot the feather -plucking
will desiet. Feed your fowl enough
aleimal food, elm with • plenty of
vegetable material and bulky food.
Some authorities on poultry put
feather -eating under theheading of
"poultry dioceses," and by that the
only way to prevent Ito spread among
the others is to kill the guilty birds;
but I have had good re/mita with re
aloes mixture. The use of athee is a
Matiner remedy for ehildren who
orrew • v.a. • • • Er *No ••••• •
THE MBE
FOR GIFTS
When it IfamIltoa do not fali
to Visit Junor's, the House for
Gifts. See our display of China,
Art Pottery, Cut Glass. end 'An-
tique Furniture, Pictures, etc. You
will be mad° welcome.
ROBERT NOR
Oil KING ST. E. SOUTH BIDE
• Hamilton, Ont.
0.1,41.0.4 .4,40,•‘.•
suck their thumbs. Those evho get a
taste of it soon quit. I think it's the
mine wale the chickens,—Suburban
• Life.
NOTES.
Prof, J. E. RiceO,Tonf80ornell, advises
poultrymen to buy two different color-
ed leg bands and to place dno color on
the shank of the pullet which lays be-
fore it is six months old, as there will
bo the most money lu these.
The following year place a different
colored. bahd ou hens which are now
a year old and which continue to lay
after the first of September, as hens
which moult early in July or August
are in•varlably poor producers.
By this system there ars one set of
hens having- two leg bands, one set
with one leg band, which lay before
they are six months old, and another
eet which failed to may at that time,
but continued to lay after the first of
September.
The undesirables are fattened and
sold as soon as possible.
Green cut bone with a little lean
meat on it is the best kind of animal
food for winter layers. This is requir-
ed to take the place of bugs and
worms that hens_pick up during warm
weather.
Done and meat for hens ehould be
rcieeciit
slo.nably fresh. Feed lightly on the
start, as overfeeding at first may
cause trouble. An ounce to a fowl a
day or every other day will be suffl-
• In. the fifth international egg layiug
contest at Storrs, Conn., which closed
Oct, 29, Wyeaulottes were first with
an aevrage of 169.4. White LeghOrns
were second with an average of 16e.4,
Plymouth Rocka were third with an
average of 160.4. The heavy breeds
are the best general purpose fowle
INSTANT
FIRS
rop
lit
RELIEF
Paint
EoxnPcuttenrtoUn'.!
C
night, and corns feel
better in the morn:
. ing. Magical, the
way " Putnam's "
eases the pain, destroys the roots,
kills a corn for all time. No pain.
Cure guaranteed. Get a 25c bottle of
"Putnam's". Extractor to -clay.
A New Game Region.
Our mighty hunters who are looking
for new news to conquer, uf tor exhaust-
ing the possibilities of Africa and South
AMerica, may turn their eyes eastward
to the country of the Soyotes. This is
an almost unknown territoky in Asia in
the u.: per valley of the Yenisei river, ly-
ints partly In China and partly in Si-
beria. In July, 1914, a Norwegian ex-
pedition, led by Orion Olsen, undertook
the exploration of this region. It com-
prises an extent of • more than 150.000
equare kilometers inhabited by some fifty
or twenty thousand Soyotes, These are
individuals. belonging to the Plano-
N,grian 'race. 1. e., to the same race as
the Finns, the Lapps, the Samoyeds, and
,the Ostialts, though residing thousands
'ofmatimr2iiere,,yellis,atittsningt frcoamttlethoerse.i.einTdeheeiy.. Tlirme
expedloon referredto above has recently
returned to Europe and published an ac-
count of its exedlorations, a. resume of
which is given by Mr. Rabot In the "Bul-
letin de la Societe de Oeorgraphie. It Is
rtated that the &yet° country has re-
markable extremes of temperature. Ptah
end game are very abundant, and the
fur -bearing animals particularly will
doubtlessly attract many trappers. as In
Siberitt and the northern portion of the
i-merican continent.—"Literary Digest."
.Week -Day References.
When Billy Bennett applied for a
job as office bay he produced testi-
moniale teem two , Clergymen Wlic,
knew him well, But the hard-hearted
business man was not particularly im-
pressed by them.
"We don't want you on Sundaye, my
lad," he said. "Haven't you a reference
frOm somebody who knows' You on
week days?'—Exchange
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Please Mention This Paper.
QUEBEC GIVES A
MILLION DOLLARS
The great of one million dollars to
the Oanadian*Patriotle Fund for MT
by the Quebec Legislature lee a neest •
cheering indication of thevalue placed
on the work of the Flied by the Gov-
ernment of Sir Lomer (Muth, end may
be taken as an evidence also of US
growing realization in the province of
what deniands the war is -Making On
our .evealth in money. The Ontario
Legislature is maRIng a grant of the ,
came BIM and there is a tendency on
the part of all the Provincial Govern-
ments to aid this meritorious work.
tettehee MINA snore money in 191.8
than Was needed to Make provision
for her own familiee, .and the surplu(;
Vara &WOW to the Western ProvIneeS,
where enlistments were above the
leverage. It is probable that.a shaky
condition will algae itt 191ft,
• •
„oticopposiorimmiiimss
• • • . .
oovaL,e DISAP:PONTMENT.
(Washington Star) • •
"When a Mail NOW etn election het,"
rat, Undo Ilben, ette doubles his dis.
aeolettnent. lie &chi dat he. waSset
Ole to 'lave either 1)15 money or his
ountry."
THE LAWYER'S WORK.
(1.11c)
Judge—Are you positive the orlsente. 13
the man who stole the horse?
liltnede-1 was, your honor, till that
lawyer 0r088-exanuned me. Ite'a matt)
me feel I stele It, znyeelr,
A MOVING SERMON.
(Birmingham Age -Herald )
"Lnd Dr. Pounders preach a tueving
seenonir
"Apparently fie. Everybody In the
,*ongreeation wae fidgeting."
A CHEAPER WAY,
(Judge)
Blackly -1'm going to ghee a. doctor
hundred dollars to SaYe My hale.
Whitely—Way don't you talte an en-
velope and save it yourself?
• THE CtIARGES.
(Boston Transcript)
Lady—I want to sue my husband fee
divorce.
Lawyer—What are your charges?
Lady—What are yours first?
NOT THAT KIND,
hentsao
titat was worth a gseto
reitwtJack Qot1tely—WeI, what did she )10—
marry a chorus -man?
--gee
HE UNDERSTOOD.
go"Ntaot1 don't k
o oleiveeanin(lBeremrlahl:, wbittlitI
out
as. p(rBeottsyton Transcript)
knowing the language."
"That so?"
"Yes; for instance, one day I -wanted
a drink and I went into a beer garden
and said to the waiter. 'Look here, old
man, I'm dry! Do you understand—
dry:" and the next minute he •catne back
with three beers,"
HE
(Boston Transcript)
"Do you believe that, egotism and gen-
ius go together?"
"Not always. There would be a lot
more genius if they aid."
4.••••••••••,...n.14,411.pow.
RESTORED.
(Life)
"Has Choate regained couselousuess?"
"Yes, his mind is a perfect blank."
NOT NECESSARILY.
(Baltimore Amerloan)
He—The person who offers me a drink
insults my principles.
.SI' e—But, then, you know, It Is an in-
sult you don't have to swallow.
• THE REASON.
(Boston Transcript)
Poet (rejected and dejected)—I'll be
thought better of when 1. aln dead and
gene.
Editor—That's so; you won't be writing
any mere then. •
THE BOY FOR THE JOB.
(Boston Transcript)
"Is tits where they want a boy?"
"It is; but it must be a boy who nev-
er lies, swears, or uses slang."
"Well. mb brudder's a deaf-mute; I'll
&snit him round.
RESEARCH WORK.
(Puck)
"I heard Starr has won great honors
for research work."
"Yes, he's found an article ef food
which has not gone up in price."
444,
HIS REASON.
(Judge)
Crawford—As you watchthose kids
playing in the snow I suppose you wish
You were a boy again?
You bet I do. Then I could catch
that young rascal who just soaked me
with a snowball.
• A GR, AT CHANGE.
• (Birmingham Age -Herald)
"I understand automobiles hate) revo-
lutionized the lifo farmers lead."
"So they have, in one way."
"How is that?"
"Farmers often return home in their
ears from making a. night of it In the
cify at the hour when they used to get
up and go to work."
AN INFERNAL MACHINE.
(floston Transcript)
"Pa, what's an infernal machine?"
'Why, a' phonograph running at night
when we are trying to sleep."
-40
NATURALLY. _
(Life.)
"kiow do you painters feel about
this craze for old masters?"
"It makes us wish we -were dead."
1 ••
. HER BETTER PLAN.
(Boston Transcript.
"Do you sit up fot your husband?"
"No, I em an early riser and am al-
ways up in Vine to greet him."
A GREAT DIFFERENCE.
• (Boston Transcript.)
tie—Of course, there's a big differ -
once between a botanist and a florist.
BIle—Is there really?
He—Yes; a botanist is one who knows
al labout flowers, and a florist is one
win pay for them.
A WISE DOCTOR.
• (Puck.)
Friend—What is the first thing you
do whenza man presents himself to you
for consultation?
Doctor—I ask him if he has a car.
rriend—What do you learn from
that?
Doctor—If he has ono I know he is
Wealthy, and if he hasn't I know he is
healthy."
• 4 •
Sap. Population 77,289,596.
A total estimated popuIntion of 77,289,
520 in Japan, Roca and Formosa anti
the Japanese half of Seghallen Island,
is announced officially.
This shows an iderease of 1.670,835 over
the estimate it year ago. The Increase
for the last year in Japan prpper was
testese, or an average increase per 100
inhabitants of IA per cent., the same
percentage of Increase whit% has pre-
vailed ter the past four years. •-•
The population of Korea or Chosen
leered froth 16.801,013 to 17,519,801, an In-
crenee of 715,851 or 4.20 per eent,—Ex.
change.
Ate 'Ent All Herself.
girl.Was required' to write a brief
Sketch :of Queen Elizabeth, says the
Literary Digest. .11°14:paper contain-
ed this sentence • •
"Elizabeth was so dlabOnest that
she stole 'her soldiers' 'food."
The leacher was puzzled, and called
the girl.
"Where did yotte'get *that nOtionr • '
"Why. that's what. it says In the'
history."
The hook -vas tent for, and the pas-
sage was found. It read:
"Elisabeth was au parsimonions that
she even pinched her soldiera! rat.
Ions,"
Aninveiethr living at Troy, N.
Das patented a laundrymachine Viet
irons an entire shirt Oyer a eonleal
roller at a tingle operation,