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The Wingham Advance, 1915-08-05, Page 3[44 2sP-vrtr, CONTROL OF POTATO DISEASES. (By H. T. ("Seesaw, Dominion Botauist.) le order to prevent loos 1 Make the cultivatieu of ;Mathes more pro- fitable, itis neeessary to Strictly fol- low certain lines, laid down for the en. mination o iseeses, when it is rea.- Meltable to expect that the diseases 'will be eventually exterminated or re- duced to a minimum. .Any objections a farmer may have to carrying out the following euggestions will disap- pear when, ie finds twin experieuce that their observance reaults in a greatly increased yield and higher pro- fits to himself: DISEASES OF SEND TUBER. 1. The presence of powdery scab shall qualify any lot of potatoes for seed ourposes. Powdery scab occurs in the 'Maritime Provinces; no cases of this disease have been observed .west of the province of Quebec. In order to prevent the disseminatioa or this disease, all potatoes grown in the "infeeted area" are being ofticially in- spected and certified before shipment. 2. Potatoes entirely free from all diseases or blemishes are the ideal Potatoes for seed purposes. 3. When selecting potatoes for planting, all bruised, decayed, ex- ternally diseasea or unsound tubers should be removed, 4. Tubers showing common scab should, preferably, be all removed. Tbe chances are that scabby ;Seed will produce ft scabby crop. 6. After having removed all ex- ternally diseased and otherwise in- jured tubers, the seed should be soak- ed in bags or bulk for three home in a solution of b-ichloride of mercury, 1 part in 2,000 parts of water, After '416‘,7 treatmeet, spread out and dry. ' 6. When dry, cutting the potatoes for "sets" will commence. Provide each person engaged with a potato, knife, and keep a number of knives in a wooden pail containing a solution of 1:1,000 bi-chloride of mercury. 7. The stem end of the tuber is the seat of several internal diseases. Cut a thin slice of the stem end of each potato; if perfectly sound and free from brown streaks, rings or spots, continue catting it up to re- quired size, t 8. Discard at once all tubers show- ing discolouration, when cut as above, at the stem end, and throw cue those showing any kind of spotting inside; though the stem end itself may have shown no disease. 9. Having used the knife on a tuber showing any kind of discolouration inside, throw it at once into the dis- infecting solution, and take out another knife before.cutting up a new tuber. A. knife that has cut' through a diseased tuber conveys certain diseases to the new tuber, hence it le very important to change the knife after having thrown out a diseased tuber. It is waste of time to cut out brown spots and use the rest of the tuber. After following these precautions, everything has been done to eliminate diseases conveyed by unsound eed po- tatoes. The sets are now ready for planting. DISEASE -INFECTED LAND. In the case of powdery scab and a nuraber of other potato disesases, the casual organism persists in the soil for a number of years; it is therefore, necessary to avoid too fre- quent succeesion of pctato crops. Or- dinarily, potatoes should not be grown oftener on the same land than every fourth year. Where powdery scab has existed, it is advisable to change to land that has not paeviously produced a diseased crop of potatoes. The in- fected 'land may be used for any other crop with the exception of potatoes. DISEASES OF GROWING PLANT, The recognitian of diseases nOtice- able only in the growinet plant will invariably be most difficult. Where doubt exists, a specimen showing the suspected trouble should be mailed tto the Dominion Botanist for hs advice, but, generally speaking, care- ful attention to the elimination of .disease in the seed tubers will have largely reduced the disease affecting the growing pleat. 'Farmers should 'make it a rule to immediately remove ,any individual hill that may show kigns of yellowing, curling -up of leaves or otherwise feeble growth, as well as any individual plant with flowers of a different (toter from the rest, in order to keep varletieg mire. SPRAYING. 1. Spraying is practised for two main Tea:sone: First, to control the Colorado beetle; and, second, to cll. trol alto blight. There aro other min- or reasons. 2. Experiment; have shown that several solution% will deetroy the Col- orado beetle, but the solution acting, Most rapidly is the one to use. 3. Spraying mutt Ise done thermal). - 41. All plants, and all parts thereof, must be well coeerea. A plant with one half sprayal and tile other half f• awn of be the beetles very quickly. This will leave enough beetles to con- tinue the pest. tew spray thoroughly applied is better than several careless- ly applied. 4. We recommend two speelal ap- plications for beetles; one wircit ties Plants are from four to six incises high, to be followed be another from one to two weeke later. The interval between the sprays will »family vary riceording to the eeverit yet' the at- tack. Tlie solution we use and ream - mend is me& up as felon's: Eight to ton MilleeS of Paris green, 1St, to 2 pounds asseate of lend to 46 imperial gallons of staler. This elution (When s satisfactorily to the foliage ani Controls the ravages of the hosel.s. Spraying* will generelly cnninievee toe:ante, the let ef .Titly. 5. After the first two application hese hotel made, eve eontintas stiteying reeniarly onee vere two svelte richt lie to naeveet time, Ming "MI:30'1011s" 13014004X MiXture of the following compOSition• Four pounds of linin er more, if ne• emery; 6 pounds sulphate et (elver, 32 ounces Paris green, 40 Imperial gal - lens of water, 0. Do not spray on very \vilely •days. Spray early in the morning, Or commence two hours before Bunsen Postpone spraying in unsettled weath- er, but evilly thoroughly, particularly after a period of rain. - - ^ FIELD CHOPS AND FARM LAND STOCK Larger Acreage and Good Outlook Shown by Reports. Increase in Most Departments o Stock &own. .A. press bulletin of the Census and Statistics Office, Ottawa, reports fin- ally on the areas sown to field crops for the season of 1915, and of their condition at the end of June. It also gives estimatee of the number of farm live stock. The areas sown to field crops, prelhninary estimates of which were given a =Mth ago, aro now af- ter conclusion of the sowing season definitely reported to be as follows: Wheat, 12,986,400 acres; whien is near- ly es lac; more than the area sown, and 20 p.o, more than the area har- vested for 1914; barley, 4509,350 acres, compared with last year's har- vested area of 1,495,600 acres; oats, 11,365,000 acres; against 10,061,500; hav and, clover 7,875,000, acres againet 7,997,000; buckwheat, 348,800 acres againet 354,400; flaxseed, 1,009,- 600 acres itgainet 1,163,000; corn for husking 253,300 acres against 256,000; corn for fodder, 313,400 acres against 317,000; potatoes, 47S,600 acres against 475,900. and turnips, etc., 172,700 acres against 175,000 acres. In the three Northwest Provinces the esti- mated areas sown to wheat are 11,744,- 700; acres to barley, 962,000 to oats, 6,- 290,000 acres and to flax 1,004,000 acres as compared with the harvested areas of last year, viz., wheat 9,336,400; bar- ley, 936,000; oats, 5,353,000 and flax, 1,157,000 acres. More than half the tos tai area under wheat and 89 p.c. of the area under flax is reported from the single province of Saskatchewan. Condition of field • crops.—Corres- pondents state that in the Maritime provinces the weather (teeing June was cold and wet; growth therefore was rather backward. The hay pros- pects were, however, excellent, Ii Quebec the grain crops were good, but the weather had been dry and cold. In Ontario all crops, especially fan wheat, looked well, but the hay crop was light. In the Northwest pro- vinces the condition of the grain crops continued to be generally fav- orable. Frosts, however, about the middle of June, caused a temporary set -back. In Northern Alberta there had been too much rain, but in seuth- ern Alberta the promise was for good grain crops. Conditions in British Columbia were generally favorable. Expressed numerically, the' condi- tion of .• • principal grain erops con- tinues to be excellent. To wheat rye barley and oats are all assigned points exceeding 90 p.c. of a standard of 100 as representing a full crop. Assuming that conditions up to the time of har- vest be fairly nornial the indications are the end of June are for yields per acre in excess of the average of the six years, 1008 to 1914, by 16.6 p.c. for fan wheat, 5.5 p.c. for spring wheat; 8.3 pc. for gall wheat; 7.6 p.c. for rye; 3.7 p. c. for barley and 3.6 p.c. for oats. Not since the present Canadian crop reporting system was instituted in 1908 have the grain crops at the end of June preGented so favorable an ,appearance, and this fact, • coupled with the large increases in the areas sown causes the outlook to be highly promising, Numbers of Farm Live Stock.—It is estimated from the report of corres- Pondents that the numbers of farm live stock in Canada at June 30, were as follows: Horses 2,996,099; mulch cows, 2,666,846; other cattle 3,399,155; ali eattle 6,066,001r sheep 2,438,662; swine, 3,111,900. As 'compared with 1914 these figures represent increases of 48,261 horses, 26,624 other cattle,and 29,184 all cattle, but decreases of 6,- 440 milch cows, 19,383 sheep and 322,- 861 swine. * PANAMA HATS. How the Colombians Make the Costly Headgear. The Panama hat, industry Is con- stantly growing, and • the inhabitants et that country are becoming anxious to protect their expanding industry. Toquilla straw, from which Panama hats are made, is obtained from five or six species; of the palm. The most important of these is known as Car- ludovica palmate and grows in the warm, moist regions a the Pacific coast ot Columbia and Bquador, and also in the forests of Peru along the headwaters of the Amazon. This Pahn attains a height of eix to ten feet. The leaves 6,re fan shaped. quilla 'straw is exported to the United States and other countries where the hats are made by machineay. The way Panama hats are made in Columbia is interesting, When the palm is about five feet high the most tender leaves are cut and the veins taken out, sebnietged in boiling wet- ter several time,s and placed in the run to dry and whiten. Further to whiten the straw lime juice is added to the boiling water. Thee the straw is moistened to make it flex- ible and split with the finger nail into strips of the required width..A bunch of the straw is tied in the middle and placed in the centre of a wooden nueuld. The fibres are plaeed in equi- distant aire and weaving is began in L.1 N1 ean,:teih .144 VE/1.161 141 al 'GO t !sant ri eT Vents ROME: Toi,V 4 • PRIBINATION COMM 1° HEATER The moat efficient and conotrilcal Steve made. Will burn teal, wood, cc. c, teen ebbe or anything burn:talc. Fitted with Duplex drate, Hot Blast Tube and Sceow Dampers, Will held fire over night. Cook, bell and bake equal to tho largest range. Has a fine oven of heavy ettel sheets closely float. ed together. ROdy of polished steel. yew- dreier hes not a sample for your Insped. Con. Sz.nd direct to V.Mv1ILT04 STOVE E6 HEA:TER 00i, LIMITED SU.C.,,n:6510:6 te• HAMILTON* oNT. THE CURKY TILDEN 00.1 Canada's Oldest Steve Makers CHERRY JELLY From a recipe of Charles Fran- catelli, Chief Cook to Queen Victoria. Published in 186.5. Clean 2 lbscherries and a handful of red currants, and bruise stones and kernels in a mortar ; place in small pre- serving pan with I lb. John RadPath's sugar lode and pintspring-water '• boil on the stove -fire about (Ive minuted, taking care to remove scum kt3 It rises; pour into a beaver felly -bag and filter In usual way. Mix Juice with two ounces clarified isinglass. and pour into Jan Or mould, EXTRA GRANULATED to preserve its luscious flavor for the winter days to come. For over half a century Agit has been the favorite sugar in Canada for preserving and jelly-making—and with good reason. Because it is absolutely pure and always the same, you can use it according to your recipes, year after year, with full confidence in the results, Fruit put up right, with afgatif Extra. Granul- ated Sugar, will keep as long as you wish, and when opened a month or a year hence will delight you with its freshness and flavor. "Let sweeten sweeten it." Get your supply of sugar in Original REDPATH Packages, and thus be sure of the genuine— Canada's favorite sugar, at its best. Put up in 2 and 5 lb. Sealed Cartons and in 10, 20, 50 and 100 lb. Bags. 140 CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL. 1 : itnn.41V4N4) ...•;f(f e •1i111 eneet-r-- tett7ni. 7 si Nig ' 111 t .1011 On 1.1 20 lbs. the upper part of the cup anti con- tinues in circular form until the hat, is finished, The addition of fiber.: while weaving the crown is carefully avoided, and the number of fibers is increased to make the brim and edge. The beauty and durability of the hat depends largely upc,n the degree ot exactness with which the fibers are interwoven. Once completed the hat Is washed in ciean, cold water, a coat ot gum, is applied, and the hat is fin- ally polished with dry sulphur. A Panama hat of the finest quality is a.n expensive proposition. To weave it requires from three to six months with, four or five hours of work each day. Two inferior hats of ordinary etraw can be woven in one day. First quality hats of Toquilla are sold in the foreign retail markets at prices varying from $25 to $100 eaoh. 'Phe Panama hat is very generally liked in this country, both by men and women. It is expensive 'at the start, but it is a good Mater and be- comes quite a substantial friend. It can be cleaned over and over again. But the plain American stra.w bat, cool and light, retains Ito popularity, and will continue to be worn as the meet advantageous summer headweer for men. THE WILD SWAN. Their Amazing Speed and Endur- ance in Flight. It is impossiele for one who has seen only the common mute swan floating about in the artificial lake of eitY parks to imagine the grandeur of a flock of the great whistlers in their wild State. In "Wild Lite and the Camera,' Mr. .4.. 1.. Dugmore says the sight is one of the inost impressive in nature. As the huge birds rise into the air it seems as if an aerial regatta were being sailed overhead, the swans, each with a wing spread of six or seven feet, moving like yachts under full sail. Once theswans are fairly under way their speed. is amazing, nearly a hun- dred miles an hour, and that, too, with no apparent. effort, for the slow wing motion is very deceiving. Their en- durance ie as surprising as their speed, for they are said to travel a thousand miles without alighting. The flocks are usually led by an old and 'experienced swan, and it is said that as one becomes tire of leading, or it Might be called aerial trail breaking, his place is taken by an- other whose strength is equal to the task, and so they continue until they reach their destination, the southern feeding grounds oS the winter .or the northern breeding places of the suit, - mer. Occasionally they stop to rest in the region of the great lakes. Not many years ago, while on their way north, a largo number stopped above Niagara Falls, and more than a hun- dred were by some extraordinary nlis- dtance carried over the falls and killed in the surging waters. Whether the swans prepare itt any special way for their southward jour- ney is not known, but before starting north they indulge in the tartans habit known as "ballasting"—that is to say they eat great quantities of sand, for what purpose no ono knows. In the faraway Arctic Ocean is their breeding place, and it is believed that they Inate for life. And with so many of the water birds,. the sWatis protect their eggs with a covering of down scratched from their own breasts, so that when the birds leave the nest the two to six large, yellowish eggs are hidden froin the eyes of possible thieves and proteeted against any sud- den ehange ef temperature. It is many years before the Swans, are clothed in the feathers of immacu- late :White -110e that make them finch eouspicuougi objects of beauty, Not, Indeede until the fifth year does nil trace of gray disappear. Their first festheral are entirely gray. 'Gradually they lighten, becoming mottled with white, the neck and head remaining gray until after tile body Is completely white. She—T leagued My finger *Whet), I tried to Put thee light out. lIe Well, NI try the old-faiThionea rein- edy of kitting it and making it well. She (elenretrely)---I tried to blow it out, too..—Gottolle, Sit'aese: Raspberry Lore (By Peter 'McArthur.) The meanest man in Canada nes been discovered, but I dare not give you his name or tell you where he lives, for like all the mean men I know, he is very reepectable, and moreover, he is well off, and for that reason his neighbors look un to him. It would never do to cast a slur on so estimable, a citizen, but let ire tell You what he does, He hires the chin dren in the neighborhood to piclt raspberries for him, and it is part of thcebargain that they must whistle all the time they are in the berry paten. As he Is always within hearing lie is able in this way to make sure that they do not eat any of the delicious berries they are picking. Now, what do you think of a man like that? wouldn't consider this Man so mean had it not been that for some time past I have been trying to de- termine the origin of the name "Rasp- berry." The explanation given in the big dictionaries is perfectly absurd: "Rasp—with , reference to its rough outside—looking like a rasp." 'What nonsense. The appearance of a rasp- berry might remind one of a cluster of rubies, but never of a blacksmith's rasp. But philology, or the science of words, is a mere matter of guesswork itt many eases, so I feel quite at lib- erty to guess at the origin of the name raspberry myself. What does a healthy boy do when he slipcovers that raspberries are ripe? Anyone can answer that. He comes rushing toward the house yelling "Bahl rah! rah! The rahs-berries are ripe." Rah' an abbreviated cheer, expressive of joy. Hence rahs-beiTies Is the berry that makes the small boy cheer because of the joy he feels. Do I hear any objection to that? Of course not. Anyone, can see that that is the true explanation.. Let the makers of dictionaries take note. And now that I am at it I may as well set the learned philologists right on another point that has to do with the raspberry. They seem unable to decide on the exact origin a the word "jam" as used in raspberry jam. Once morel am amazed at their blind- ness. Also once more I go to the healthy small boy for my explanation. What cloes lie say when he ',eta a chance to steal raspberry Jam? If you cannot imagine, just use your memory and recall what you used to say. "Yum, yum," of course, With this Starter any learned professor will tell you than by the application of Grimm's law, or some similar law, this ecstatic exclamation in time became changed to "yam, yam!" Still later it wog changed to '11111, jam!" and then in the hurry of our Modern life was ab- breviated to "jam!" Do I hear may objection to that? It is all as Main as Tud. Say, 1 hetre a notion to give UP farming and go in for philology. The college profeseors and. dictionary makers seen1 to lack both lenagina- tion and knowledge of the sro.all boy. Now ean`t yell me why I consider the Man who makes the boys whistle When plaiting rasi5berr1es the meatiest Mali in Canada? The berry itself and its chief product both take their atones from the lova for them shown by the sreall bola If you do not bets live in My derivations just try any healthy boy with ripe ragmberriee and raspberry jam and see how ho will act. If lie doesn't say "Rah" and "Yurn, yum," he is not a normal boy. 4 I 0 LATIN ECONOMY. It is Practised There, Not Preach- ed, Bid is Not Irksome. Economy, as understood and as practised by Latin nations, is hoc liksome. It is a limitation accepted in good faith, and managed with Sucli dexterity that, although it may rub itow and then, it seldom becomes hard. A year or two ago a writer in the Atlantic Monthly gave a vivid and unsympathetic sketch of a French middle-class household, with its as- sured comfort, its touch of elegance, its carefully balanced expenditure. The picture was as accurate as it was pleasing. A Frenchwoman takes an aonest and just pride in making every penny of heinenoney bring its fair equivalent; and she knows that her family keenly appreciates the results a her excellent management. She goes to market. The artichokes are big and green and beautifully fresh. Her husband likes artichokes. Very well, then, there must be no salad, and no cherries. Artichokes represent that day's extravagance, and the rest of her marketing deals with necessaries. It no more occurs to her to buy both the artichokes and the salad than it (emirs to her to be sorry for herself because she cannot do so. Her good dinner represents heights achieved, and difficulties overcome. She has wisdom enough to relish the situation, says a Youths' Companion writer. Doea an Alpine climber want to be carried in a sedan chair? What charm, after all, encircles the mountain top but the supreme sense of triumph? ea. Boston woman, whose, daughter had lived for two years in Italy, lamented whimsically that the girl could 110 longer be permitted to run the house at home. "She did fairly well before she went away," sighed the amused parent; "but now she asks the cook what has become of the other half of the onion, and the cook gets up and goes," In Baty, where everything can be purehased in small quantities, half an onion looms large on the horizon. If a customer chances to want one egg, she buys one egg. No dealer looks askance at her because slie does het take a dozen. It she wants a pet of fresh butter and a tiny flask of °item, she buys them' for a few cents, and haa the comfort of knowing that both arfs Ouperlatively gocal. But no food • le wasted, and no one considers wasting as a privilege. You seldom hear economy preached in France, or Italy, or Spain; instead it is utilversally practised. Bagdad 's Mysterious Scourge. An uncanny, pernicious pest called the "date boll" scars the face of every hu- man born In Bagdad, Children invar- iably have thls droa0fui soi'o on thelr faces. Throughout the middle oast this mysterious scoursre is known by vat' - bus names—Buton d'Alep," "Nile sore," "Delhi button," etc. Its cause and its cure are unknown. First a faintred spot °wears, growing larger and runn- ing a course often eighteen months long. White 1nen from foreign lands have lived years in Arabia, only to have this boil appear upon their return to civiliza- tion. where its presence is etnbarrassingt and hard to explain, Maybe it was "date boils" that Job had: Once a British Consul at Aleppo lost almost his whole 11020 from, one of these bona. Nearly every Bagdad native you meet has this "date mark" oit his face—Na- tional GeOgraphle Magazine. Explaining Gravitation' S Law. 'If you ask a Scientific man Why a Stone falls to the ground he will toll you that he doesn't know, Not long age he would have replied that it fell to the grotmd because the earth and taton4S attract One another. This is very much the same as ettying that an uneupported stone Sails to the ground because, as has been aseertathed frequent experiments, an unsupported done fells te the gremed.--Scientifie AnIerleatie Iftb Cooking up freed newspaper)— My dear, have you seen any of these invisible suits yet? V ife.--/itvisible isuitel What are you talking about? Why, heres a New Yoeile flrni Whieh advertises "Suite Made to order with or without, matorial.—The Avat. 441 iliet.444444-#) • 440. 44••••••• POULTRY WORLD THE 1 LATE -HATCHED CHICKS, It IS during the heated term, or oe- :ailed dog days, that the average be- ginner hew troubles, esPeoially with the late-hatehed ehicks. The experi- enced breeder wefl knows the draw- backs of the heated ,season And avoids them to a, great extent by hatching earlier iu the season in order to have the chicks At an age that they can better- withstand the heat of saintlier, Late -batched chicks under careful treatment °en be made profitable, but the important essentials that must be porapliea with Can never be neglected for a day, One reads of the ,sueceeti Made with chick e hatched in June and July, but seldora thinks that to attain this success the breeder has left but few of the essentials out, and it is folly to expect that the average be- ginner can do as well in Wee first at- tempt as the experienced baeder, The average poultry keeper can have a fair measure of success it the following is faithfully carried out; If fertility ha e been geed and chicks hatched now should be strong, but like babies, they must have heat, but not too much. Under the mother hea chicks can to a certain degree seek their own heat, especially if tho place where the hen is confined is protected from the direct rays of the sun. But when the brooder is used, great care must be exercised that the proper temperature is maintained and that too much heat is not given, This is no easy matter during the change- able month of June, for one night may be cool and the next warm. A good heat to maintain is 90 degrees for the first ten days, but ,plenty of ventilation should be provided. Fresh air is essential, Chicks need less heat now than in tho early spring. The feed should be good and clean and care exercised that not too much Is given, especially for the first ten days, Milk ih any form is one of the best feeds for young chicks, Clean, fresh water, not warm, or hot due to the vessels remaining in the sun, is one of the important factors. Overcrowding is an error indulged in by not only the beginner, but many of the more experienced breeders, and Is more fatal in summer than in the spring. The brooder or colony house that raised successfully in the early spring 65 or 70 chicks should not have more than 40 or 50 Lice s.hoald be fought. They are worse in eummer than any other time of the year. The essentials for steady growth of the late -hatched chick are clean quar- ters, not too much heat, plenty of fresh air, goodfeed, roomy qUarters and shade, with pure, cool drinking. water. This is the only way to in- sure success in summer chicks. THE IDEAL POULTRY YARD. The ideal plan of yarding fowls is to provide two yards or runs for each house. Sow one of the yards with oats or some other equally quick- ' growing crop, and the other with a mixture of grass and clover, or al- falfa, if it will grow. Permit the fowls to run on one yard at a time, so as to give the other a chance to become covered with a green crop; ,that is, when the oats are three or four inch- es high, turn the fowls in on them, closing the other yard. When the grass, clover, etc„ in the other yard has made a good start, turn the fowls in on it, and sow the first ,yard to oats a second time. By following this plan a constant supply of fresh green feed is ready for the fowls all summer, and they willnot have to be supplied with lawn clippings, cab- bages, etc., in order to keep them healthy and to prevent their efforts to escape to the outside, where plenty of crisp vegetation tempts them. A POULTRY ALPHABET. A utility bird is rarely worth doc- toring, the axe being an excellent surgic,a1 instrument to apply to sick fowls. Balanced rations supply maximum of nourishment with minimum of waste. Cull closely, for it does not pay to board idlers. Do not attempt too much to accom- plish thoroughly. Every insect left to mature will de- crease the profits of the flock. F -i -l -t -h spells failure. Good stock is the best foundation, vbeantitmust be handled with common se. Hens are not magicians, so eaonet Manufacture eggs nnless given the proper materials. Indolence and poultry breeding make a.combination which would bankrupt a. wealthy fancier. Just a little observation will prove that the I -know -it -alis never make successful poultrymen, Kindness shown to fowls Pays in increased egg supply. Lice multiply rapidly in uncleanly surroundings. May chicks, pushed to maturity, make fall layers to fill in the time when earlier hatcher birds are rest- ing. No mixed flock can give the satis- faction og a. single breed. One's ,favorite breed is usually the best with which to win success. Pullets should be separate from cockerels as soon as sex can be dis- tinguished. Quickly kill the chicks which are dwarfed or crippled when hatched. Resit young birds toward maturity if you wish lenge profits. Select breeders early and dispose of all other Male birds. _ editclaileets's you feeding, careless methods or one-sid- Try to waste no feed, either by over - give your flock regtilar care, they are not likely to return pro- fits. Very feW poultrymen know so inuch that they eau learn nothing frail the experience of others. Watch the flock constantly. It is the eye Of the owner that gets re- sults. Xtilas markets are always good, but then nothing is too good for Ci7iroleuttnagires. the one who sliest take re- sponsibility for profit or loss. Zenith itt selling pure breds is found in judieious advertising and fair treat - Meet to advertizers.—Exchange. SERVED HIS PURPOSE, (Boston Tratiseript) "The liquor that Is sop in those cheap saloons Is awful shift." "Well, 1 suppose moat of their patrons ate like the Minima% When some- ona remonstrated with John for buyitat a quart of fiery, Cheap Whiskey, he re. plied: 'WM no drinicep for drinkea,tne 41ringefi for &a:Ikea' GREATER. BRITAIN This War Rae Made the Mother- land mat Indeed. Gteat Britain has become Greater Britain indeed, Sikhs and Clourkes aro fIghtleg ittIslanclers; New Zeak enders and Australians are fighting tierruanized Turks ja PgYpt; Cana- dians have won imperishable renown itt Belgium; Dutchmen, under inglish _cedersaro fighting Germatie in South. Africa* and the Nast aad the West are again figliting on. the Plains of Troy. Tho Empire 1e ce.rrylag on posa en wars at once; on the continent, itt the Dardanelles, in the Persian Gulf, in Egypt, iu Egtet Africa, in West At- ricaa and in the Cameroons. The great finanehte and ()mineral° measures to protect the °rattlers, We of the nation ana to enable England to assist her alliea have been perfect- ly shccessful, and the daily life of tria ipeoplci seems( hardly Affeetedi The etreeta tit the eity about the bank and, the Exchanges look as they used. to look On a half -holiday. The res- taurants ars only halt filled. The smart young men have disappeared, except a, few la bandages. One notices that gt, good deal of Frimolt iS epoltea, and a certain number of French and Belgian uniforms are worn ia the streets and that is all. On the other hand, the British navy has cleared the seas, and has kept open all tho great trade routes. It has convoyed armies from the emit, of the earth, and the German flag is no longer afloat except upon its navy, which, after all the swagger about "The Day," is still skulking at Kiel, though Itis hardly to be imag- ined that it will not some day, in con- Juirstion with the Zepelins and sub- marines, make, for the very shame, great adventure of a raid on Engialtd. What the lhaiear called "the con- temptible little army" of Sir John French wee Met Sent over to Flan- ders. and it was as perfectly equipped, Its fighting was a revelation, azel the whole, moral effeet of its presence was 'worth twice its number. To -day Britain has about 050,000 men in the field abroad, exclusive of the Indian and colontai contingents, all of whom with all their equipment, were trans- ported auros.: the Chanel 'with the loss of but one vessel, and, I believe, only a dozen lives; and there are up - Ward of 2,000,000 men still in training at home—From "Impreesioneof the English Attitude Toward the War," by Frederick W. Whitridge, in the August Number of Scribner's. A OUP OF COFFEE. . It Has No Value as Food, but It Has a Stimulating Effect. The infusion a coffee presents prac- tically very little material that is of direct nourishing value, says a writer in the London Tanlet, but by diminish- ing nervous fatigue, by virtue chiefly of the caffeine present, it may in- crease muscular power. It is not itself a builder of tissue. The use of coffee after dinner, it is of interest to note, is justified in a large number. of cases by the fact of its stimulating effect upon the vital centres, and it is said to serve to some extent as an antidote to alcohol. It is commonly claimed to remove drowsiness. As a matter of fact, in many subjects It produces drowsiness, but this is usually followed by marked wakefulnes. The practice of drinking coffee after a meal for the sake of the stimulus which is experienced has. much to be said itt its favor dieteti- cally. There is no reason for supposing that coffee possesses any value as a food. The berry contains a Quite important proportion Of fatty sub- stances (12 per cent. average), but these are necessarily excluded from the infusion, as, owing to their insolu- bility, they remain in the "grounds." .According to our analysis, the pro- tein eontents et a cup of coffee are small, approximating to 1.25 per cent. of the coffee extraoted. This amount can have little dietetic significance. There is also a trifling quantity of sugar present, besides traces of alco- hol, which again can possess no im- portance from a psychological point of view. Fascinated by His Model. The weekly meetieg of the Married Ladies' Society for, the Better Control and Guidance of Husbands had just been called to order by the President. "Members will 'now tell thsiir trou- bles, one at a time," said the chair. A meek looking little woman steed tip in the far corner Of the rootin "My husband," she quavered, "Is in love With his model." The buzz of gossip suddenly ceased, and all eyes Were turned upon tne speaker. "But your husband is not an artist," argued., the president. "He runs an Iron fottndry, doeen't he?" "Yes'ni," said the Meek lady, "but all the same he loves his model. You see, he a self-made men."—London Standard. Only Something. "It is extravagance to buy such dress lining, Mrs. Bargains." "It was real cheap, hubby, dear— only a dollar something a yard." "How much is "something?' What wee the 'Mee?" "It was $1.98 a yard."—New York Herald. DRs, soFtER WHITE1 SPECIALISTS lic2en.14, Asthnia, Catarrh, Pimples, Otspopshi, gollepsy, Rheumatism, Skin, Kid. hay, fileedi Nerve arid Btoddet, Disease*, ts11 Oti send history for free Advice, Medici*, furoltited ht tablet form, ileaus-10 KJ& tti 1 p,63. Ord 2 to 6 p.tn, Sundays -10 mm. i Oessulisiles torts OPS. SOPE1?& WHIllt ES 'hams St., tomato, Oat. .11114 ?Mt& ROW LONDON .GETS REMITS e4++-1.44-e-eess-e-aleasees-.44-4fe0eaSe Many and various are the ways la which Great Britain Is securing men for her army. The lot .of the youth -rho bee not donned the khaki le not itt easy one. Ile is attacked by pretty sowii and pialu women,. 010 women and youteg girls, who one luta alt que,e don him as to why he lies aot joined the .colors. ills eyesare' availed by pleadhfg or peremptory poster.; aria his ears with the droue of the lefe- pipes or the lilt of the horns ao the recruiting Donds waren througlt the streets. These bands -celleet bow and where they can. They are to be seen all over Londoa marching stolidly along, while little groups of num and beard- less lads follow them and are finally piped oft to the recruiting etarons With never a word spoken. The meld - be soldier merely falls in aud the ne.-4. thing he knows he is being examined and questiouea by army inspectors. If he passes tae requirements he speedily becomes a khaki clad Wittier and buckles down to hard work. The most interesting feature of tite new recruiting ,campaign is the num- ber and variety of the posters. They ohmage from week to week, almost front day to day. - About twenty de- signers and writers are at work upon them in London alone. The London ef gay theatrical anil other advertising posters is a thing of the past. Almost all the available tpaee is used for recruiting bills, and 11 these there are large posters for ernees and small ones for shop wins lows, and particularly brief ones for taxis, buses, ana motor vans. The tersest one is the "Join Now!" red, white and blue, which adorns many a cab, but some taxi drivers prefer the question "When Are You tieing?" or "What About You?" or Again the adviee "Rally Round tae nag," while one driver has "No Khaki, no Kisses." . The picture posters are the most successful in bringing recruits, the designers say, .and indeed some or these are really stirring, as tor ex- ample that fine group by Frank Brangwyn, which has been so widely ieproduced—the stalwart Briton sur- rounded by weeping women and children. The Nelson Monument at Trafalgar Square has its four, lions holding up four reproductions of the same highly eoloyed picture, a soldier and a work- man grasping lianas, while under- neath is inscribed "Fill Up the Ranks, • Pile 'Up the Munitions" and above 'We are Both Needed to Serve the Country," A poster much seen is a Gibson- esque father with a child on each knee, their faces turned up to his as they ask, "Father, what did you do in the great war?" Another variety of this idea is a Boy Scout making the same embarrassing Inquiry of a hand- some but harassed looking gentleman. There is generally a group gathered around the picture which shows a house struck by a bomb and a woman with a child at her skirts and a babe Tinhihse:” arms in the foreground and the query "Men of Britain, Will You Stand Two pretty women are in the fore- ground of another poster, while a line of soldiers can be seen through a win- dow and a notice underneath reads "The Women of England Say Got" A group of marching soldiers is watched by a crowd and on the in- scription you read "Join the Ranks, Don't Stand in the Crowd." A map showing Calais, Ypres, etc., says, "Come Over Here; You're Want- ed." And the same injunction is used in connection with the illustration of a soldier shading his eyes and look- ing as though for his comrades. "If the Cap Fits 'Wear It" is written across a large khaki cap, and "Surely You Will Fight for King and Come airy" has a map of England and a portrait of King George in place ot ihe words "King and Country." • . e• A distinct failure ia recruiting pos- ter art it the one which shows a large and sulky lion with some cubs and the declaration that the "Old Lion Helped by the Young Lions Will Win." This is badly drawn and col- ored and without any appeal, yet for some reason or other it has outstayed seine of its betters. A highly tinted portrait. of Lad Roberts bears underneath the words' "He Duty; Are You Doing Yours?" and a pictured group of dif- ferent types of men ancunces that "Every Fit Man Should Fight." The omnibuses which pass recruit- Ing.stationc have recently admonished the public to "Follow This Bus to the Front," and the whole side of a fence on the Kingsway was covered with this demand in red, white and blue lettering: "join. More Men Are Need- ed 'at Once!" and again "If You Can't Join the Army Get a Recruit!" Other spaces display those sen- tences: "Each Recrait Means Quicker Peace for England; Join To -day!" "Halt. Go Into the Army Help the Boys at the Front" "Fight for Free- dom with the Strength of 't'ree Men" "Young.Men Wanted Apply at theeIte- oruiting Offices." "Brieons„ Your Country Needs You." "You Think a Lot of Your Pals at the Front, but What Do Your Pals Think of Yon?' and "Will You Not Help Your Come try in Her Hour of Need?" The entire third floor of the Carlton Hotel bears quoknions Itom Englieh heroes printed in huge letters on boarding. ()n the Pall Mall side you read: "England Expects Every Man This Day to 1)0 His lattity" anti "Ne Price Can Be Too High When Honor and Glory Are at Stake," and on the Ilaylnarket side, "Who Dies While Pngland 'Awe?" and "Ile Gives Freely esho Gives First." Not many people Mop to read the 'Ong quotution front the inquest on the LUsilania irk.11018, which is plaeed all ever London to town indignation. It is too involved and too long, and Lord Nitehener's letter calling tor more men mitersfrom the same fault for recruiting purposes, A GR5AT MUSICIAN. (Philadelphia, Ledger) . Two Lancashire boys wero expatiat. lug n tho relative merits of their fathors u "My father is the greatest musician in the reset," said one. "Ohl" the other said. "When My ta- thtr starth his music every man stops said the other, "What "ITo. blows the 'Whistle for meal,c1 up et the Min.:" SOCtietY--4)allte-011, (theta, I'M so sorely troubled With enritii. Meta— irie! Why don't you interest yOtirseit in finding 'Oat how the other half lives? Societv Damee-Graelees! WhY, I'm not molting for adivoree.---Chi- e,ago NOWS.