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The Exeter Advocate, 1922-1-19, Page 2eerrarravoacerao AgsOnt;-mist, Ita oiseasaide et, Wesie ToronW Layers 5lay Be Show Birds, Cariaitse that iniiteeerne about reaele- Some people have the erroueous ea. iOeei that a weli-hred or prizegvinning 4. But the is an a•Iniesit unlimitee fowl is net e goaa laying one, out market for ba.con in Great Britaira they may be if preperly bred. For provided it is that which the British tristante, I Iota puiiet a few yes consumer desiree, ago from whien my present strain 6. Greet Britain imports normally originated. Thi e pullet eornenerged about e00,000,000 lbs. of beeen evert; to lay eariy ani 1 wishat to show her year, roundly 12,000,000 lbe. a. week. at 1/12r Rarrc'd InYmo101 Rock Exhibit 6. In 1913 the year before the war, tione Sae mil in the erate both going te ard aioneirg feero the ehew, impeits from Canada. were under 24,- as wen 000,000 lbst-jutt two weeke' share ef as in the coop While at the show, ard tete tiering import, kel;1"after returnbig lvele" bel 7. A "Wiitshire side" is a trade' sling a -hieing, Mist bi her class ani ispecial for toot einer Barred Plemmith otenielineafite.r otfheeeeheeaPercassef ti:,:eeitcbuotet eIteales Reek fenae in the show. This in „lee see . spite of the fact that elm:tease. liviaa e qu-arters usually stops neeie leeeiegi 81 These sides are eels gie-eu a light Natttee itself ie one ,of our grenteet iti!e9e. ill Canada'The smaing alties in pleteleeing heAvy tsg.lay, ut'iling for retail are done be- Eng - !tat strain in peulny when aideil with "lel/ cesererete, a little eoenereen sense in meting. wig • poinestiti •t.e.itte shows a tendeney for instance, a cow with great mirk- to prefer lean, streaky bezon vety produelng traits witi not prielecei similar to the prevailing test° in, utder normal conditions, any more Greet Britain. This is due prole:ably' valvez ni a given time than env that ear leerease of -city osieneerie givee very little milk. With poultry 70. One ty-pc ef hog will therefore this is different. ' catee to leeth the ileonesti•c and export Nature has les arranged it that the' tr:ttliia• This imist be the bacon -type oitittitu tomtit from the sog. i , 4w:74:led as hese at the Ottawa gen- „ an, ue t ihould naturalie- expeet to get the ee eneet most ehielis from the hen that !aye 11. The stirin'i1ex4 tliGn set requires, the most ogee, while a peer layer will jowl aud shoulder Itatt and entoothe leave Moroi her kind and Wood in '',44.„'and nevi( evenbi the flode and by eareful seleetions shie,etellge illeeluill depth drain:dant niatie from these heaveolaying oirtie straigat 'rem ba], hem telli geed; one eau veryeaeily build ep heaeao general fial*lh eliees's at. lateing flarni 12. In the -United States hog feed-' In making nay eeteetioree for inaed.,in eortlitions an4 market demand for meats differ re:Really front those in ere I also talie partieular care to anti ordy ear }-» hiais that are Cu d' nad eemPase'ne Ganmit PrG' aturdy, 1,17,O.TotIS, eetive and healthy.; Perili be mndete, 11 I cull my floeils ear:. eef" ning or mar -d " 4.'La l'oa/lau'4/1 paelcers eau k In meturidy a limited market for lard-typee, et ail that are slow ng and they eannet indefinitely take them off have ether &feels, retaining as breed-, the hande a armere who misguidedly eirs only the most desirable epeteimetee." Use a Strong Dormant Spray. The dormant spray is A SLYray ap- plied earee time after the leaves have fallen it the hitt. and. eorne time betere growth begine the aintlg, Ill ether -Words, While the tee e are dormaet it may be app/imt any- time (taxing the dorreent period. Late fall is a very gesocl time for applieatiott ae we avoid *he useel spring rush. Early epriog will do as went, or we may Apply the spray tiering the winter ifa warm spell insures the spray against. freez- ing upon the thee below it &leo The general prtice is, to apply it during early spring. The dormant spra.e- is a contsot spray, that is, it kilie by coming into contaet with the insect or fungus. It is not intended for biting, but for suelang inseets. The San Jose scale is the most prevalent and the most in- jarimis a this dess cif orehard pest. If it is present in .einall numbers, you may recognize it by smolt, reddiehi dingelored spots on the tender bark. if present in large numbers the bale a styappearance. If mason, trolled, San Jose saale will kill the largest tree in from two to four years - It will wipeout the eerrant ana goose- berry oataill in a short time. It pres, ence causes the frait to become knot- tSt linehapen, ruety and praetically worthies's,. It attacks trees of all kintie tool is sure death if left alone. Only the dormeet spray will eontrol it, ae we dare it use summer sways strorag enough to kill scade efficieetly, The aphis is controlled bY the dor- mant spray. Aphis eggs are laid in groat quantities en the twigs and the young lice hatch. out joet as the buds, open. Aphis is the cause of the dwarfe& nesshepen apales so eften *am& They cause -the young leeves to curl and eventually diet. If the dement spray is applied in sufficient strength it kills the -eggs. The decteant spray kills the fungus iwhiell is reopeessibte for apple blotch, taeunnier sprays are almost evitolly poieon sairays inteeded for biting in- eieces. They are of scone aid he con- trolling fungus but giornot wholly control it heemise we -dare not make the ni sufficiently strong. To sum up, then.; The dormant spay controls an Jose seal°, oyster shell ecaie all at 1 f minor ini- 'perb.nce, aphis, pear psolle, apple biota end various other fungous growths which disngure fruits. In one t sense it may be celled life ineweence as the trees will I:weenie worthless if it is, not applied. It also controls an- thiracrrose on raspberries and black - ceps. It must be applied tiering the - dormant period as it is used in strength sufn i nt t bu • for Harvesting the Farm Ice- cwily X 1...RtAt A Community Job --By Earle W. Cage When Jack Frost snaps away he eteaight a line without the aid of the January aecl February', it's a iiitte straight-eage, After the Arst line is for the farmer to pregare for text cut to a sutticient depth it can tee need , summer s eend the lee season is as a gide for the herse marker, if at band, Thele is no exop that -the this teca is -used. farmer haeveste, to day that is pro- After the fleid leae been lined of direed so cheaply and brings hig•her °pa direction, the cross -lines should be returns than the ice trop. It takes made. Care should be taken to have no fertility from the soil, and iosteed the eroes-lines at right angles te those at depleting the pocketiooelc, emielles first drawn, which is accomplished by i the farmer and his family in makieg the use of a square. A squar- e suitable eountry life more corafortable and the for the purpose an be inade easily, farm ,producte more reivable. First nail the ends ef two -beards to- Co-o,perattein le the lee harvest gether with a Single Measure a work is IllOre lalpOltant perhaps then distance of eight feet on the miter the tampion tommunity catoperation edge el one heard and ale feet osi, the at thrething and baying time. It is outer edetie of the ether, thee tail a best that the ice be cut and heuled third beard diagoadely eaves the twee • to the etorage house quickly for the, adjusting it until the two marks are two reaeone of permitting other ieel exactler ten feet apert an a straight to forte whits it is yee, cote and oe line. The boards then should be pail, in evontieg. waste if the ,freezeng ea together smairely. forming the de - weather is passing, Then, too, the sired square. If the first, erogs-line is work can be dame rnuch more ef drawn with otre it is eaalf to draw eiently ellen there are enough men the 'entail:datelines pAralie1. and teams to do all the esseetial op- The size of the eattes eut depende on orations at the awe time, the thickness a the ice, as well as To lierveet ice mat efficiently n upon the teole Available for harvest, few ice tools are neoeseie A steel ing, bet in any ease it is importient seroper is desirable; some typo a to have all the cakes of the wane size, small road scrapers can be used for this work, or a very good la:nee-made weeper may be faeluoned of woad apt! fae,ed with a strip of staat aadt small quentity of ice, mit the cakes as fee back of au old crosseut saw, .en twenty-two irtehes square, a size thet glicevaiaptlegenYatetiteylmost eesentiel aey "silY han(lleil with a lilaite'd °ra- ting, into bloom, /eau a dozes ieo extending from the loading.way to the the roefieieeevaile ct,TJ ttill%cpuot.rousit,:Oullt ecielpment. fat ilitates After the dekl has been in-Ark:ea at, h etrip of lee, one block in wiath And eur,face ice and greatly simplifies cut - main channel, is cut through and forced under the surface of the sur- rounding lee. This strip ehould be wed somewhat wedge.shaped, wider at the bottom than at the top, whieh allows it to be totem' down under the fiekl With ease. The operation is Tee cutting is best 'conducted with known as "sinking the heiodet"' and three squads a men, enh with a it opens up a email channel the width team. The first squad removes the of the proposed mites: The chattel is snow or spongy ice from the surface, widened by tutting, another strip to of the field and plows, saws and cute, enable the long -strips ear floats of ice the ice into blocks of a size most con- to be floated from the mate channel venient to letruile. If the lee is more to tee belie or loadingatiase than twelve inches thick blocks two, The strips of ice are then pushed feet square on the surface 'Weida be with an ice hooli along the channel to most convenient to handle; if it is the bane, where they are :owed or thinner than twelve inches, blocks chopped into cakes, The narrow elimo three feet square enn be peeked con- nel, cut at right angles to the 'main vendently. I channel. has the advantage of allew- The second squad cuts looee the ing the or,erator to get closer to the blacks and floats them to the side of cakes and to handle them more (lastly. the open water, where they are ready At the end of the narrew channel to be loaded on the wagons. Here a there should be .an inejanod track or tramway with a pair of ice hooks loading -way in which the calve are attached to a rope will make loading drawn eithe.r by hand or by a horse. a relatively easy matter. Let the rope This track may load directly into tho extend across the wagon from the, lee house or to a platform from which tramway; hitch one horse to it and the cakes are londed upon a wag= or drag the blocks from the water on to sleigh. the wagon or sleigh. The third gang The cakes should not be eut corn. of men should be at the icehouse to pletely through, but should be grooved place each load in position and pack two or three inches with the plow, and sawdust around it as repidly as pos- after being floated up the ebannel sble. Eight men with three teams cnn chopped through with a speeiel tool work most rapidly in harvesting a before beine put on the loading -way crop of ice by this method. This prectiee eaves thee and lebov. In instances where the ice is *not With regard to the cost of harvest lee, the loention of the source of thick- enough to suit the need, jag armere should siatipe the snow off supply)s, of course, the deciding lac- tuhettinsugrifaifee intlleoadlyrnsbetaio.ere zatatrtitnbge tor. hen the pond, creek, river, lake or other body of weter is locateci eeal light will be severely cold, The snow the farm, the coet of gathering sboulti night as an insulation end retards ,,_ cost inotenn.n be very small -almost negligible- reeeing, and when it is removed, rot mt' g as the dietanee nly is the entire nests of iee betterh grows greater. Investigatioes of the rozen, but a few beetles thickness is Itepaz•unent of Agrieulture sheer that Sided. ice his been eut at a price as low as On small pende the snow may be cite cent for a calce of two lumibied eraped to the shere, but on largo twenty pounds, 'making ice exclusive of hauling and nlek- elds especially if the enow is deela t is ingeracticabIe to serape ing, nine cede a ton, The usual mice, irely -off the fields. It become.% nee.- seary, therefore, to pile it in wind- ows. Winchows of snow, of course, ecupy eonsiderable space so that it Commercial lime -sulphur is gener- ally weed for this spray, It should be used strong for dormaot spraying. Observation and actual peaetice have convineed the write•r that a weak eolutioe for this dormant splay is • time and neoney thrown away. Use one peat lime-solphur edution. t about eight parts water. Remember that the San Jose scale is literally a hardened reprobate. He tarries woe tective Armor on his back. The spray uusst be strong enotigh to penetrate tide armor, Aphis eggs are protected by a emnparatively hard and varnish. ed ease. To. dean them up use spray strong. The fungolds are very Jon- aeiOUS a life. Kill them with a stieng e,ohrtion. Miscible ofle are alao used fel' this spray with good result', espe. deny on apple and pear -trees. One or two cautione; do not use fte-eulphur solution for any sprays on grape vine, Grapes do not need a dormant spray and limeesulphur in summer spray for grapes& is injurious. Do not attempt to use a dorznant spray solution after growth. stats. The faith that moves mounteine is a Aran belief i d shovele THE SUNDAY SCHOOL JANUARY 22. continue to produce omit hogs. Ifowever, juet berauzie a bird is bred to lay wet not make her lay Any more' 14. Canadian beg production on a s Wpm. than a vow didi makti a record for seal* to hold the British export trade Elijah's Flight and Return, 1 Kings, 19: 9-18. Golden utillc produetion if 'she is neglected. cannot be successfully done by drib - They both require prover feed pew Iete, with a glut at ono eeason, nor care and one of the most important is in the free-enli*easY supply a inanY varying types of carcasses. something we all must have Dear atj, Theee must be 'uniformity in hand and that is pure fresh water, East and West, and both. most furnish In breeding for exhibition Barred Plymouth Rocks, we have to make eltae Y whet the British eGnsuiner wants ff Canarlian farmers are to get two different =tinge. These we call,tho prone= winch packers agree to the light eolor anti the dark color mat - ing, and while they are both Barred" PaY after May lea Plymouth Rocks they are bred ris sop -I 16' in the ceaulle4 interest the orate as though they were different' breading of fads must be discouraged breeds. 'Their =ceases do not yield the right 17. Conformation or shape is as found from my own experience that portant as weight, Two sides from ftn- the light color mating lay the best and wotald suggest that aIl breeders difeling breeds may aPPa'rentlY have of one large flock for market mar- the repel. length over all but if the tim mentioning this bemuse Imre cooformatton for "Wiltshire sides." s.houeler of one is too thick, the belly tiesee +telly, use the light calor mating Tbey dress nicer also, and have richer yellow shanks and skin. Twenty Points on Hogs and Bacon Markets. Here are twenty points which out - Mie the present position and the main requirements ef the markets for Can - adroit hogs: • Other reeds are ungantelde and 1. Select baeen hogs must weigh the average farmer eannot efford to between 160 and 210 rase at the pack- breed them. ing plants (170-220 lbs. on the farm). 20, The two inter -linked and es - 2. „Very little more than ane-balf. of sential halves of tbe livestock industry the hogs now being marketed within are: the weight -limit to yield exportable 1. Production and marketing of "Wiltshire sidesh, farm animate; 3. There is only a very limited mar- 2. Manufaeture and marketing af .ket for the fat, lard -type of hog in meat, too thin, cr the back too at it will reduce the value of the parts from which the high-priced, well-balaneed le -ail -and -fat cuts are taken, 18. Parinerspraducers are most likely. to get the right bacon types among well selected Yorkshires, Tarn - worths or the bacon eubeseetion, of the Beekshire breed. Every•body who has 'a few good fowls in his breeding pens eon profit by showing them. Whether you rais- ed them yourself or bought them off ee some other breeder, you will never th know just how good they are in com- parison with your neighbors' fowl unless you show them fo If you purchased your exhibition. to Block, depending entirely on the past fo records of the birds or the saeoso of g the man settling them, it will pay you da to make a careful study point by point In comparing your birds with the ones eg *own against you, Aik the judge to eie lehew you the strong and weak points at 'in your birds, and he wilt .usually give eit win, but if you eardt win. keep sweet and try to learn why. Any one can win but it takes a true fancier and sportsman to lose graceifialy and pro- fit thereby. 4. • • • • • •.• • • • • - 041 eeding for Egg Production. It ean be definitely laid down that e eg•g• yield a the average flock of wl would be increased materially by erling a larger supply of animal od. So says a circular styled "Beef crap versus Skim -Milk for Egg Pro- etion," just issued by the Depart- ent of Agriculture, Ottawa,. the &or of which is the Superintendent the Dominion Experimental Sts,tion Cap Rouge, Que. The three meal polies of animal food required by ying hens are fresh green cut bone,1 of ser,ap, and dim -milk, and efj ese the last mentioned has proveu! e best stimulant to egg prodoctiont e milk may be fed sweet ore sour t always the same, as any alteration°1 liable to lead to bowel trouble. Ir, ould also never be allowed to freeze uilIk is not available hi su.ffielent: quantity, then either beef ecra,p cji fresh cat green lames can be fed to supply the deficiency. Bottarmilie is benafieia/. The main poitt is that, in order that hens may do ',heir best, they must be given animal protein to Theral ae. . These ale the eon - alone men h&1 ifter an experiment fowl Seeding conducted at Cap age for five years. FOX' Min back ird fleas table scraps have been und setestacteity, but ter the aver - e farm flock, where greater oatacar ace IS to be had, the seraps do uot early contain sufficient meat. ln dee-that the birds may oleeie slum- lk ;the quantity they -need, it is 11 to put it before them in an epee you a lot of valuable pointers. la We have often run across peo,ple in be the show -room who were there for the th first time. They started with a setting th a eggs for which they paid a good Th oe and from which they expected bit a lot ,of high-class show birds. One is shoulkl begin the study and .cu,Ning of sir these birdie when •still sinaR deck% If and watch them mitil ready for -are Ohow-Woonl. Fix Your ichmO in mind anal eoxisbantly select the ones that have developed the most neadly to that ideal . We always give first place to the Ord% nearest standard Shape. Some breeders place first, but it A' ale generally admitted: that "color reakea in he variety while shape nialces the Ro ()need," Also observe the bird's head Ya ints earefully, for nothing catches foe Ole judge's eye 411e -tier than a well- ag shaped head with good eyes, comb and sp Text Ps. 40; 1. (Rev. Ver.) Time -ho reign of Allah, /3,0 875.858. Place-Mment Horeb in the penin solo f . Connecting Links-Qtteen Jezebel the dliampion of Beal worship, eva not present at the contest on Moun Carmel, but when she beard, that the prophets of Beal had been Stale at the instigation of Elijah (eh. 18;40) she vowed a fearful vengeanee on hint. Her threat threw Elijah Into a pro found depression. It was the reactim of a. strong malice from the high ten siva involved in a difficult task. Ili subsequent flight to the soutnern wild erness was as much for spiritual re cuperation as for safety, Mount Horeb (also called Mount Sinai) in the pen- insula of Sinai was the original home of Jehovah. There after the exodus from Egypt, lie appeared to Moses delivered the law and formed the cov- enant with Ismael. And there he might appear again to Elijah to re - astute him in his despondency. At that time the universality of Jelloveli was unknown. He was preeent in some places more than others, but Mount Elheeb was His seAtial home - home Elijah's flight thither. L The Plight. 9, 10, 14. V. 9. A cave. In the mountainous regions ef Palestine caves are abun- dant and were used as places of shel- ter by fugitives anal travelers. See 1 Sane 13: 6; 22: 1; Hob. 11: 88. What cloest thou here? This question, although it brought Elijah'e despaie to utteratee, was also a rebuke. Why was he net championing God's cause Samaria? V. 10. I have been very jealous, etc. He would not allow any other .god to share Jehovah's honer or receive his peoples worship. Forsaken thy coven- ant. The covenant, formed in the wilderness ,be,tweee God and the Israelites (Ex., a. 19) was funda- merrtal in Old Testament religion. Its terms were-unclivided allegiance a-nd obedience to Jehovah' on the pelt of the people, and protection and well- being to the people an the part of Jehovah. By going over to Baal the people had broken it. Thrown down thine altars; had deeboyed the Means by which they !night worship Jehovah. alairt thy prophets; refused the rove- ilaticine which came through God's ap- pointed ministeas. I only, am left. See ch. 18: 22. In his despondency Elijah forgot that there were other prophets who still dung to Jehovah But he was the only one who had the courage to come, out in the -open against Bawl. The Vision. -vs. 11-13. . own fiery, impatient methods of ex- terminating the Beal worship. (8) - He saw that God appears in spite ordinary ways -a still small voice-- , as well as in unusual things. This new s revelation would emeourage Elijah to t feel that his work was not a failure, • III. The Message. 15-18. V. 15. God lifted Elijah out of his despair by giving him more work. His . 9wn propnetie mission -was now draw. i 'mg to a, close and he must prepare ,i for his -departure. It will be noticed s that the commission which followed t was of a politieal and revolutionary t nature. By anointing these men for office he was to set a revolution going which wetild overthrow the dynasty which had attempted to introduce the • worship of Boat. The wilderness of Damascus; the Syrian wilderness south of Dementia the Haman, An- oint Hazed. The kiugdont of Syria with jts ea,pital at Dam -meals was a , foreign, and heathen nation but Elijell !was commissioned to interfere in its ;internal affairs and set 9 a king I villa would make war on les own na- 1 tion. V. 10. And jeltu . . . over Israel., On account of his Baal worship the e kingship was to he taken from Abab 0 land given to another. Melia . . . thy room; the first intimation that his Atte was drawing to a doze. He must e appoint his successor, 1 V. 17. The sword of Hazaei; "syno. s .bolizes the Syrian ware (see 2 Kings 11 • Si 12) -whom d'isastrous course is fully i : . , . . wattles. See that the hircls are prop- tie eriy conditioned. for -the shoW-roem om for -condition is half the battle. 1)/fany rit an inferior birdaia, batigelip condition, we 11, Fish scraps and fish meal can • garefully gaoomed, has w0,11 over birds pa tbat haVe been grosaly- neglected: be 411ong those lines.• I ma -used to a limited. extent. Frosit ,at scraps are advieable only in eo4(1 iio hi the show -room determined to j vla.ther. Vs. 11-13, The Lord passed by. Compote His passing before Moses on the seine ntount, Ex. 34: 6. Frequentlyj in tile Old Testament, disturbances in nature were thought to be the mark of the Love's pant/ie. "The majeetie, though terrible phenomena of nature are the expression of His presenee " (Kirkpa,tetrelc). See Ex. 19: 10-18; judge 5; 4. 5; Pi. 18: 7-15. So in the natural upheavals that follow, Eltijall would be expected to tliecere God's presence. There tv'ere thi'ee disturb- ances: (1) 'A great strong wind; a, hurricaee of terrific force. (2) Aid earthqauke; aid to be frequent in the peninsula of 'Sinai. (3) A fire; pos- sibly flashei.d-lightning or a Volcanic eruption. None of these disturbances moved Elijah to feel that-. God was in icto. ' len a el the storm lollowedi the calm. A still sniall •rcice; or "a , . eound thie °silence/' and in that audible silence Elijah was aware oa Goa, His discovery of God in the still j emen -voice narks a great advance in the conception of God. (1) Elijah j learned that God is a epiritual -ratite): than a physical pre,eree; the greatest' .fi) ee r.jratute Tea; t de q u te to j In order to simplify the ham:Bing and packing, many fernier*, es/podia/1y those who herveet a eomparatively pike poles, bearing. veraeal points and horizontal batiks, are necessary in floating the ice to the loading plait - form. An ice saw may he USaftil, er all ordinary' oeasseut saw may be wed by removieg one handle, , , subsequent narratives. t Ina of .Jehu refers, to the massacres e idescribed in 2 Kings 9: 10; but what is meant by the sword of . . Ensile r ithe history doe e not reveal." (Skin- h „ V. 18.• Yet will 1 leave, etc. (Rev. • Ver.) The later prophets comment- : Mg with Isaiah, taught that the nation Man be destroyed beam -tee of its in, e but'a remnant rile hed been faithful r to God es?' be -spared. This doe- ti ' trine- thee 'here'. is an Israel within Israel seems to be anticipated here. it • Kissed him.. The worship of Baal neay have included the kissing and stroking ni of his image.•• The Mohanuneclana at p Mecca still:, ides the sacred stone p knowwas the 'Kaaba. See Hosea 18:2, e j 1. A discouraged and broken pro. s phet. Elijah fell from the giddy t heighte of victory' and exalted feeling t , to the depths of despair. Jezebel's in ilareat unnerved bin.. The tremendous liexperiences through which he had passed, also exhausted his netvous lenergy, and he collapsed wilier the deem oath of revenge that the queen swore, v. 2. The long race for his lilfe eo,niplieted his breakdown and caused him to pray thee he might die. o 2. The cure for despondency. The e first remedy Was sleep, so well called w "nature's sweet restorer." The second was food. Afterwards came the words I,' ot expostulation (v. 9). and finally the prephet learned that Goa was not in the •:.flirltcl. eartheuale or fire, but in iea the still small voice.' a 8. God advances through hietory de with a quiet but sure step. This was Ji the lesson that Eiitell lead to learn as id we have just- ObSertveZI. It is most necessary foe tea to ley it to beett., " also. • • The secret of progress never lies on .7 the Surface. It .is deep as the heart of mat.'-'Whafeausecl the upheaval clt St the Great, War?'. The tot:chine of the pi - is necessary to allow for an increased area of ice. The distance between the windrows depends upon the elepth of the snow however, was found to average about two cents a cake, or eighteen Cents per ton. To fled the total cost of storing ice, the charge for hauling and peeking must be added; this brought the average to about a d,olliar a ton. Loss of ice by melting depends part - ltd upon the mariner of packing. The cakes should be placed close together t is best, however, to run l'hem at so that tbe mass. will be as tight and feat angles to the main channel seed as possible, thus preventing' the irough Nyilich the ice is floated. The ere,eks and openings that will allow to,t, e ween the windrows then, can air to circulate. Perfectly cut -sec- e cut back any distance frona the -sampler cakes can be closely packed, ain channel, whereas if they run whiter put home the great need of aaaHei, to the rnain channel only that having the cakes tut in regular •size. °Ilion of the surface between can. be le beginning, a layer ot dry saw- ut before opening another dame, s the weight of the windrows of d,uist about a foot •thiek should be placed in the bottom of the ice holise, now is u,sually sufficient to make the depth of the sawdust being a few he lee On Whieil it is piled beneath niches less in the centre thee a the he surface of the water, it is best, outer edge, so that the cake e will order to prevent the ev,ater fro, have a tendeney to slide toward the overflowing the cutting surface, to .M4 walls. The elites of the mass of packed a eleep groove, or to cut through1 lee par.allet to and on both sides of iiieleg ssliould bletoesaldThYb°etilt.rinAelnieyclPort°1'iebee'-, th„Ael-wit'ciai,aitio.hveess.now off. the iee field, fore the lease is coveeed with itesulation. If sawilus.t or mill shay - it lei ready to be marked for mitt' ge tags are used a s.pace of at least 112 anarkinig must be done carefully twelve inches must )eft bet‘ereen o thia all cakes 'will be rectangular, the of the ice stack and 'the hioh aids in economical handling and walls of the buildbia, 'This e a ro acking in the me hoilas If the should be filled with dry artavdiret or roper seed is made in marking off shavings as the packing in the 'oeutre me field, no trouble will be exper- -procee4s. iced, but if not, subsequent cuttings In peeking s'rnall quantities of tee e-onve,v (2, I e pc-law:ad Ilse, that (:',,oct's inothOcl,s u,r, gentio rataer thari violent and this would rebuke his . , ill be difficalt. Seccess meeking it is a common custom to pour water pends largely on getting ,the first ,over the stack or in.eee of packed ice ne straight, which may be clone b and anew it to freeze solid before lacing stake at each end of the putting the insulation in, place. if sopaied line to serve as a guide. ' ' the weather is severe the ntass of ice A stra6grit-edg•e, coniisting of an will' freexe into a selid Week thus . . direly board 'about fourteen ' f a greatly leeecasing laeeinesmo.. lig, is then aligned with. the two ies, . ekes anci the cuttlieso tool or band - German ,ealloolaiaster and, th; steady ow run ethane. its edge" ae't a board is pashec forward • ' • •erdw -Thing are few farms whielt would ideals •-rn the Mattis ea tee • children:: tal ciuiet -; of; ivronealteadeiI an The eceret of the ml,tion-s ,greatne:as is to be found 'in the eharacter, the, • - • - • -• -co quiet, dell y cliara r ,ot t e peep.; e. Tee seceess of ehereli Ceeade -will he measured by tile extent of the 01, naobteusive effectiee rel- r131 igo ecl-L1CatlUll Of the lie:Tie. I tit lice between the etelcce sls ') s las is coaltinlled tae entire- fee_ fect,Lel,na% 1TP1011 Another t I ' . eae le 9 reLe ' line •between • -the s t a,kes and do. the IT II 1.',• -1, be .elll'e tie° .6 -Pt„ 1:2;oEt,''' oilt, Of the welting a ; hut his pi cniy ot v.- a le Mo' lily 'silage te- ethed 1,s not so caaisfactory, since •s..0: -Le ircm errn being too. ilry wITieu