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if these rags are sorted, torn into
strips and dyed.
1 But it . is possible. to buy ready -
prepared and dyed rags by the hank,
which are made out of new material,
and these are admirable for crochet-
ing.
' The woven rag rugs that come in
room size are very inexpensive, and
they have the added desirability of
Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West. Toronto coming from the washtub like new.
Rag carpeting strips may be sewed
STRAWBERRY ROOT ROT. `diseased plants are pulled up and the together to form a -soon rug.
roots cut transversely it is noticed These two types look especially well
During the last two years numerous that the entire root and crown is on a painted floor, painted the hue of
samples of strawberry root rot have brown or black. Healthy strawberry the predominant rug color.
been sent in to the St. Catharines'
� plants show a white central core. i Quite a bit more expensive, but as
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Path- On one farm this trouble has been durable as iron, are the plain -color
ology for examination. While some of present on the same Piece of land for linen rugs which are suitable for use.
ithout doubt directly due the last four years. Various fertiliz- in the dressiest farm room. These have
these were AV
to winter killing, many were brought,era were tried but without success.
no pile, but are woven thickly and
about by some other agency, This However, this last year this grower evenly and Iie flat on the floor.
same trouble has been reported this set out his strawberry.patch on an-, Something like the linen' rugs, but
year not only from most strawberry other part of his farm and. so far no just so much more desirable as their
sections of Ontario but also from h
States of New York, Illinois, Michi
the
evidence of root -rot has been appar-
ent. While as yet we are not able
and Idaho. The cause is given as to state the cause, we believe that con -
undetermined, although certain soil. ditions of the soil have a great deal
organisms are suggested. to do with it. We should advise any
The leaves of root -rotted plants re-, grower who is troubled with root rot
main small, are bronze in color and to set out any new plantation on al
often become yellow, but eventually piece of land that has not previously
theplant, is and crown dyes Gen
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been planted to strawberries.
pan, roe
Il thediseased plant dies before This laboratory would be very glad
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era y ise
picking time although it is not un- to receive material of any such trouble
usual to see patches of diseased plants from any grower no matter where
remain alive till sometime after. Such situated. Any material thus sent in
plants produce small, green, immature
and worthless fruit. In nearly all
cases this trouble appears in isolated
spots throughout the field. Some
rows may be affected in their entirety
but this is not the general rule. Much
more often it is only a part of the
row that is diseased. When such
will be carefully examined and re-
ported upon. In sending specimens
kindly see that they are packed so as
to arrive in good condition, and ad-
dress the Dominion Laboratory of
Plant Pathology, 204 St. Paul St., St.
Catharines, Ontario.—G. H. Berkeley,
Plant Pathologist.
them, we knew enough not o uy �° N A 1'A r ��I USE
new of this style. •
increased. price would. indicate, are
the. woven wool rugs which have no
pile. In plain colors these rugs are
delightful and may be had with
straight plain borders of contrasting
or harmonizing colors.
These rugs may be had in small or
room size.
Among the more conventional rugs
that are suited for farmhouse rooms
GOOD-LOOKING FLOORS
In Vselecting a new figured rug, I
feel that the Oriental motifs are less
suited to, the: farmhouse than to any
house. The, farmhouse idea is quaint
ness, and there is nothing quaint
about Oriental patterns. In figured
rugs, therefore, select the small a11 -
over patterns that are not inspired by.
these sources.
Straw rugs, grass rugs and matting
are suitable for the farmhouse. But
these should show no pattern other
than a stripe, a block, or an all-over
tiny figure; and - there should be no
stenciled decorations. • Linoleum is
suitable for .farmhouse use, and many
people welcome
covering of rough
are the Axministers and the Wi;tons.
The best quality Axminster rug costs
about the same as a low-grade Wilton,
and in choosing between the highest -
grade Axminsters and the lowest -
grade Wilton there is not the slightest
question in my mind that the Axmin-
ster would be the wiser purchase.
In purchasing arug like an Axmin-
ster or a Wilton it pays to -put as
ible. If
BY BELLE MILLAR, DAIRY DEPT,, O.A.C.
crocks or boxes are used for winter'
use.
The boxes have a coating of IA
fine' on the inside and it is necessary
to line them with heavy parchment
paper.' le have a 56-1b.
1 While many people
box filled for winter, in some cases it
would be much better to have it put in
two 28-1b. boxes..
The crocks should be in good condi- •
Ition, free from cracks or breaks in
the glazing.
this expedient or a When packing butter, be sure to
and unsightly floors, pack solidly. See that there area .
e
I attended an Institute meeting one
day and heard one of the ears rs
close his address with this little verse;
"Good, better, best,
Never let ie rest,
'Till your good is better,
And your better, best."
It is the very best butter that we
can make that must be packed for
winter use. -
Butter undergoes changes in the
keeping and two things necessary for
good results when keeping butter for
much money into it as poss
you haven't enough to get a fine Wil-
ton, spend it for a good -quality Ax-
minster.
Plain rugs are very fashionable the
FORFARMHOUSE ROOMS world over for every sort of house.
�a The are decorative in the highest de -
winter use are best quality of butter openings in the si
des and that th
and low temperature for bolding. 1 corners are well filled.
Use cream that has a Clean, sweet i If there is 8 er 10 lbs. of butter in
f Ch 't t a temperature a churning, do not put the whole lump
'es of to a -I
Some eight different specs P
worm are harbored by the sheep, but
Tapeworm in Sheep.
the m t found in the
est common •.!°pe
Province of Ontario is known as
Toenia expanse. This species of tape-
worm may run from eight to ten feet
in length up to eighteen feet, and from
about 1-25 of an inch wide at the
head to nearly 1-2 inch at the tail.
The entire worm is yellowish white in
livor. urn i a
1 h to bring Vas butter in nice, into the crock and then try to pack it
ow enoug r it in in pieces,
firm granules in- from 20 to W down. Rather put
minutes. I making sure that each piece is solidly
If by any chance the butter comes packed.
soft, be very careful to get rid of the Finish the top off evenly and cover
buttermilk. It will be necessary in� with parchment paper. A thin over this r
a case of this kind to use an extra; of salt paste may be p
be-
washut water.fore fastening down the lid.
Salt the butter in the usual way With crocks it will be necessary to
tie clean •
top after the lid has been put on.
All butter should be stored in a
clean, dark place where the
eowir is
and
pure and the temp
calor, and is composed of segments and work it thoroughly. Should thewrapping paper over the
T one-quarter butter soften during the process of
The experience of the Animal Hus working, put it awayin a cool place
bandry Department has been that g�
lambs suffer more from this trouble to become firmer before continuing the
d ' 192 �vorki
about ter of an inch long.
than do sheep. In 1918 an in 2 ng•
the lambs in the O.A.C. flock were; As butter keeps best in a solid, even.
badly infested, but the ewes were;
practically free from the trouble. In-•; POULTRY.
fested sheep or lambs do not thrive;;
the skin becomes. pale •and weakness' It is sometimes difficult to say just
follows, accompanied by a dry condi- where poor management stops and
woo an and very often by disease begins, but there is one ail -
tion of the w
, digestive troubles.The surest symp- ment of partly grown chickens that is
given the droppings of th h p
lambs.
gree and no room can fail of beauty Fast the sheeps or.lambs twenty
if it has one on the floor. four hours before treatment. Then
BY ETHEL CARPENTER. Some housewives object to them, give one dram oil of male shield fern
lar bu bears to the with a long -handled polisher, until the however, because they show foot-' in three ounces of castor oil to a ma
h I m self do not object toe slice or half the dose for a
tg
tom is the finding of segments of the most always traceable -- mismanage -
worm in droppings. If this trouble is ment. Poultrymen often speak of it
suspected close observation should be as "fall colds."
e s ee an
Floors are regu g h a soft glow. marks, thoug y
woman who is striving to make her, floor s ows to this in least, for a plain rug
home pretty. Like most necessities,; This makes an ideal background for to this
expected theo show and the
conventional floor coverings are apt to; the laying of small rugs, and would handsomer the rug the them, itis he
make appalling inroads on the income, have to be renewed only every six h them. But run more
t is aptt
and even then there is the danger that months or so. It may be cared for tover showhs rug, draw flat ofe the
they may be unsatisfactory from the with a dry mop, with the addition of; broom over it quickly,theeel that the
standpoint of choice. Nine times outan occasional polishing when »needed. I strokes all runthesame way, and the
of ten a woman is uncertain how any' Varnish is another finish that is in rug is as sleek as a pussycat. As the
floor treatment will look until it is; high favor, and this is usually applied pile of any flattens,the footmarks
tried; moreover she sometimes cannot' to a bare floor in the form of a va 1 se less likely to appear.
e.fford what she would like, and must' nish s am
content herself with some second or
third choice.
But if she gets the trick of knowing
what will look particularly well on
the floors of farmhouse rooms, she will • a new coat of rt app
find a certain economy no hardship,) is an, economy also, because if the
since the somewhat unconventionah floor is allowed to get -badly worn, the
floor treatments that guarantee the entire varnish finish must be removed
most promising results for farmhouse) before a new one is applied.
living are usually quite within her; Varnish finish should not be applied
means. I on top of paint, or vice versa, but al -
Floor treatments are just as im-• ways the finish of a different nature
should be first entirely removed.
portant in creating a beautiful home If the old finish is cracking, baking
as are wall treatments, window cur- j orpeeling,it must always be removed
tains and the actual furniture to be by eans of sandpaper or paint -and -
used in furnishing it.And an effec-! varnish -remover before the new coat
tive floor, which secludes its paint and is applied.
!stain, as well as its covering, does not But of all the finishes that may be
require a great deal of money to bei used on the floors of the farmhause,
spent on it to make it so. there is none so satisfactory, so suit -
What it does need, first, last and sl-, able and so beautiful as paint.
ways, is intelligent thought. A colored floor, is not too garish,
stain of the color desired. Wa-, When great wear is required in a
nut or dark oak are the colors to be room such as a dining -room. a piled lambs they will develop. The trouble be sufficientcirculation , where
is most common in wet years and on the chickens in a healthy condition so wiggly worms that will be just fine
b'ec' to f 1 t b •t" Arid off he skipped toward
As the growing birds increase in
Ire they require more and more air'
while on the roost at night. If they
are kept in close, stuffy houses where
the air circulation is poor they are',
very likely to develop colds.
It is well to be on the lookout for
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
JAC RABBIT AND WILLIE
WOODCHUCK GO FISHING. -
It was an excited little rabbit that
eali-
went running over to Willie Wood-
chuck's house one bright morning soon
after school was out.
"Oh, Willie," shouted Jackie Rabbit,
"mother says I may go fishing this
afternoon if I get the garden hoed.
r PCan you go?
lamb. Give as a drench by means of this trouble and to guard against it
a long -necked bottle. Karnak in 1s by being sure that the roosting guar- I Willie didn't wait a minute i o ans-
dram doses to mature sheep given in ters are well ventilated at • all times. wee. He just winked his eye at Jackie
thick gruel or treacle and followed by There is very little danger of draft and waddled into the house as fast as
three ounces of castor oil in a few harming a healthy, well -feathered he could. In a minute he was back
hours will expel the worms. Keep chicken in warm weather, so it is a again and the broad smile that stretch-
sheep in after treatment until all ggod plan to provide a ventilator of ed from ear to ear told how tickled
worms age expelled. This will take generous size in the rear wall of every he was.
from 24 to 30 hours. Put out on new colony brooder house. With windows "Mother says I may go just as soon
pasture, as if any segments of tape- in the front left open and the rear as I get the berries picked," he said.
worm are picked up by the sheep or ventilator also open, there will usually "Hurray," shouted Jackie, "I know
' of air to keep I can g some nice big fat
advised for this,?Zug had better show , a small figure.
The best varnish stain that money This is also a convenience in the din -
can buy is an economy in the end, and'• in -room, where spots. are apt. to de -
lied when needed' ve op on any rug. But the figure need
not be large, more of a self tone or
two tone, and the rug should not have
a central medallion. Medallion rugs
The first thing that we must de- imparts just that note of style and
character a room sometimes needs for
good leeks. Paint may be applied to
bare boards that have never had any
other finish, in which case it may be
flat paint or gloss paint which con-
tains an admixture of varnish. Var-
nish mixed with paint makes it wear
better, but paint containing varnish
had better not be used on a flat -
painted floor, or vice versa, as the new
coat is apt to flake off.
Painted floors may be richly colored,
the choice of decorative hues being
mend of a floor that is to be beautiful
is that it be quiet in effect.
TRANSFORMING SOFT -WOOD FLOORS.
The second is that it has the proper
value, which means that the lower
part of the room should be heavier in
tone than the upper part. This makes
the room keep its proper balance.
The third is that the floor should
act as an effective part of the room
scheme.
The fourth is that the right floor
covering should be selected with rela- wide. Old blue; peacock blue, which
tion to beauty, cost, wear and personal is old blue with a nearly equal quan-
preference. tity of green added to it; leaf green,
I want to tell you what floor treat- which is grayish in tone; dark apple
ments I consider particularly beautiful green; taupe, which is a grayish
and especially suited to the farm- brown; mulberry, which. is a cross be -
house. tween ashes -of -roses and wistaria;
These treatments may be divided and a gray which is not"at all bluish
into two classes: The bare floor re- in tone—a gray more the color of
lieved by small rugs, and the room- smoke.
size floor covering. The paint used on a floor should be
are in very poor taste, and even if we
wet pastures.
A deep sense of economy is almost
as effective as the "still small voice."
Ithat they will not be su
Growing alfalfa brings profits be-
yond the hay pay, many grow it alone
are still having to wear out some of for the land's sake.
In discussing the use of small rugs, darker in tone than the same color
the treatment of the bare floor must • paint •that. is . used for the standing
be solved first, and there are several woodwork.
good treatments that may be suggest- On dull brown varnished -floors, on
ed for the floor of soft wood, which is pale brown waxed floors, and on floors
the usual flooring to be found in the that are painted, very delightful small
farmhouse. 1 rugs may be used. These may be of
If the boards have been carefully: braided, crocheted or woven rags, or
selected • and laid, and the floor is M they may be hooked rugs,' which in
good condition, there is a special - their revived popularity are more than
treatment that well repays for the the .equal of real Oriental. rugs,' and
trouble of applying. When 'finished, much more suitable for use in the av-
it will, resemble a hardwood floor. 1 erage farmhouse.
Dissolve a sufficient quantity of 1 All of these small rugs may be made
burnt umber in linseed oil, thinning it by the farm wife, as they have been
with turpentine to impart a pleasant since the beginning of time, and she is
pale brown color to the floor: Rub this as capable as she always was.in mak-
mixed coloring' into the natural un- ing : rugs of beauty that the . whole
finished wood with a soft woolen cloth, world copies with •delight:
taking great care that it goes on very, Therefore I want you -to` be sure'to
evenly in tone. !consider favorably the beauty and
When this is dry, melt. about a suitability of such small quaint rugs
pound of shaved beeswax in a kettle laid on the properly. treated bare floor.
on the stove, remove from the fire and; Tr:SURES FROM' THE RAG BAG.
thin with turpentine, It is necessary 1 Woven rag rugs come in all sizes
to remove the kettle as the turpentine I
Can You Beat This One?
or ai .
colds, home to finish the hoeing.
So it was that early that aftern004
'faking a Milk Sample.
Jackie Rabbit and Willie Woodchuck
Several years of experience as a` found themselvse down by the Fishing
cow tester have indicated some points Bole at the bend of the big creek.
1 to rhe, some points in taking milk' Carefully they climbed out on the
samples that are worth passing along.' old log, that they always used to fish
The sample for a milk test for the from. With their hooks baited with
butterfat content does not need to be big ugly worms, the fish began to bite
fast, but once when Jackie threw out
large. A half pint is plenty. too far, his fishhook caught on a. log
In taking a sample, when the cow d
is milked, stir or pour the milk from
one pail to another two or three times.
Then dip out what is needed.
If the first milking taken is even-
ing and the cow gives twelve pounds,
then keep that separate, and in the
, morning take another sample careful-
ly mixed. If the cow gives eighteen
pounds in the morning then save a
proportionately larger sample of the were out in the middle of the big
morning milking. Mix the two and river, drifting drifting toward the
that gives you a pretty fair sample.
Taking the sample from two days' 1 Big 'Whatever shall we do?" asked Wil-
praetica is better, but one is morel lie with a splashy tear forming in each
Wil -
practical. of his little black eyes. We can't swim
The reason for thetwomilldngs is that far." no," •
that most ems will produce a richer Oha ." said Jackie, "we can't
imng and one sample would indicate lit- ilk in the evening than in the I swim hardly at all. But sailors don't
tie. Some cows, however,are freak- cry, Willie, and we'll have to play
ish and produce just the opposite kind we're sailors. Just sit awfully still so
of milk. you don't fall off. Perhaps a merry
Now that the half -pint is saved, little breeze will come up and blow us
care again must be used in mixing the toward shore."a
But Jackie was just as scared as
sample. ld eream
to be, somewhat wil warm Willie as they went drifting, drifting
as cold cream and milk will not mix on toward the Big Sea.
any too well. - Pouring from one mi11t-
bottle to another is about the best way
to mix. - But too much pouring is apt Horse Barns.
to incorporate air in the milk and Many horse barns, good in most
make a "shy" sample, because bubbles ''every other .particular, have poor
take up space in the pipette. floors in the stalls or, in case of a dirt
I like to make two tests of each floor, deep holes tramped, out° where
sample. That is required in official the horse must stand or lie. ' After a
work. The two samples usually are horse works all day he' is entitled to
exactly the same. If there is more a good bed. Board floors should be
than two-tenths of one per cent. dif- kept in good repair and • dirt ones well
ference the official testers are requir- filled to provide•proper drainage and
ed to make the test over again. • ! an even surface.
In reading the fat column I've found
Here's` a fish story that makes the average .rod -wielder look. like the
youthful George Washington. The gigantic musky: whose portrait iso seen
Y
above was landed by an Indian with his bare hand! .This is the gcs.peh truth.
Some few weeks ago, setting out from Devil's. Gap Bungalow Camp, on Lake
of the Woods, Kenbra, an ardent sportsman hooked this 'tremendous fellow,,:
a 35 -pounder, on a fifteen -pound test black Japanese silk line and an eight -
ounce split bamboo fishing rod with a Igo. 3; Starr double -spinner as a lure.
The captive,_ offering. the type of battle,anglers thrill to, struggled far forty
nearby. He pulled. it and pulled it an
wiggled it east and wiggled it west.
Willie did his best to help him and
finally off it came.
But -what a frightened "Oh! Ohl
Oh -h -h" it was that they both cried
when they saw what shad happened.
In attempting to loosen Jackie's fish-
hook,
sh
hook, the big log they were on had .
drifted away from shore and they`
is combustible, but after this a is poured and attractive colors very reason-
able prices. Rugs braided by;machine Svc minutes, then, at the, critical ` moment, made a supreme. effort, snappe
i the kettle may be replaced on the `d line d disappeared The sportsman groaned, believing all was over.
I
n' a fare very inexpensive; but rugs braid- the
an •
stove, so that the mixture may gradn--! S ve, so high need But'the: wily Indian guide, paddling round quietly, spotted 'the fish lying ex-
:lly heat and come to the right cone! ed by hand are mo , -y, , S P l , .
incentive ' in tour feet of wafer. 'Don move' he urged. 'She come up!' And,
erste^•, to be; applied lied easily to the that this furnishes an added^ hausted
y TSP the work at home, enough, t� 'lunge presently rose. la within a sew inch:ea of the suite:®.
lloolti f d there sre-� g t of the Indian instantly followed ,
t
1 Horses compelled to stand with their
a black pencil makes the etchings easy front feet in deep depressions in the
to read by filling them with lead. i. stall will develop weak backs. And
Cows that are just turned on pas- another bad practice is to leave hay
ture or have had their feed changed in front of a horse slightly out el
recently or have been or are coming reach when, in his effort to ggt to it,
in heat do'not give a fair sample of he must press _ against a manger'oe
milk. Wait until. they are quiet. other like obstruction. This constant
—E. R. pressure will braise • his breast 'and
�`� starts growth that is practically in-
curable :and means the loss of the
animal.
Wash Day. -
The next time the wife complains
of wet feet on wash day make a slat
Iplatform for her to stand on.
The platform is four feet long and
1 two feet: wide. The long slats are one
1 inch thick and two inches wide, and,
$farting `At it I the cleats underneath—there.are four
--- -are of the same material,
.Ior friend When you'an$ I'erdin-
ri he promised You the ' It is so light that it can. be set up
and were married D
Team of everything. Is he making on end when the wash is•.en the' line
pP evenly Amon room -size, 'ru ?., and quickly aided out
or doing . ,sure and seizing the fish
This is a lied with another g A lightning m back or ,g
wring' t en 'cloth; 3t mast be kept hot
also; Borne that may be made at home;,, •
rough .the back o[ the gni, he flung him, triuililrhantly into the canoe. rs. Youngbride—"He's` making a -0
an these are the brs►ided or crochete'd N g
• d . - - Next time you. swap yarns- R•ilh. 3^cur pals and want to cap their best gid start. He earns .enough to keep The management of the lain has a
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during the. opens ion.
ova ru s,' They may be made abed bin that 1s ng leso, remarkable than it correct in every me supplied.wltii:cold ereanr,and him-. two -fold aspect .that of o .bualness .and
After. Poor w a day.' k ,eappe,! 1 g rag ba I efforts with acmes g el ,. sRl jvit)}.s vingcrcam. ii,$t +af•e i;aaco9-
thebrick Wrapped lately without expense if ..the . ag B k thele 'q n;;)qu beat, this. one'
polish- floor with. a bel $P ... ta.'treasurei aha •;'per' .; : '
in - norm al'r. or rwlt,,>carpat: or else is made to yield ug• i
eige