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The Brussels Post, 1917-2-22, Page 3cop 1ue ies' aelefos Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. The object of this department Is to place at the • +, eervioe of our farm readers the advice of an aoknowl. edged authority an all subjoota pr•etalning to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Sell, in care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To. ronto, and answers will appear in this column In the order in which they are received, As space is limited It is advisable where immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. loe Question—I3. C.—Would it be pro- fitable to put a piece of land into spring wheat this spring, and would it be alright to use artificial fertilizer if no manure is used? What are the best varieties of seed? The soil is gravelly loam? Answer. --1f the price of wheat re- mains anything near what it is at pres- ent, spring wheat should be a very pro- fitable crop in 1917. Prof. Zavitz of Ontario Agricultural College advises using from 1% 'bushels of seed per acre. He recommends the Marquis wheat which has done best of its type in teats throughout the various parts) of the province. Another good spring wheat is Wild Goose, which produces an exceedingly hard kernel but one not of very high quality. Early Java spring wheat is another variety which, I believe it would be advisable to ap- ply at least 260 lbs. of fertilizer per. acre in order to insure a good vigor -f ous start of this money -crop. For a gravelly loam, I would apply a fortili-; zer carrying from 2 to 3% ammonia,' at least 8% phosphoric acid and 1 to - 2% potash, This can be broadcasted with a lime spreader, but is better ap- plied through the fertilizer dropping attachment of the grain drill. W. H. H.—The Maples—I have 500 acres pasture land and 700 acres meadow. Am carrying a little over 100 head of beef cattle, 100 hogs and; 35 sheep at present. Ain anxious to. make my land carry more. What can you suggest? Answer—If water stands on your meadows or pastures late in spring, obviously drainage is necessary. See Cha° Sau eWigt Henry :.Bell. that surface drains are kept open, and add tile drains as you are able until all the land drams freely. Valuable pasture and meadow grasses and clov- ers lowers will not thrive in water-logged soil, If clover is scarce in the sod and sheep sorrel grows freely, it is likely your meadow or pasture land is sour. ; Apply two to four tons of finely ground limestone per acre, or its equivalent of burnt lime or marl. Tina, ,can be spread on the land as soon as it is dry enough to drive over it in • spring. A broadcast limesower is best to use in spreading the lime. It may be the plantfood of your grass land is getting scarce or inac- tive. If so, spread from 5 to 10 loads of manure on your meadow next spring just as grass growth is starting. Finally, the kinds of grasses grow- ing in your meadow may be naturally low yielders. If so, let your next seeding be of high-grade seed of good varieties. Prof. Zavitz of Ontario Agricultural College, after 10 years' tests, recommends the following mix- ture. Grasses. Lbs. per A. Orchard 4 Meadow Fescue 4 Tall oats 3 Timothy 2 Meadow I+'oxteil 2 The average 10 -yr. yield was 5.09 tons per acre, Legumes. Lbs, per A. Alfalfa. 5 Alsike Clover 2 White Clover 1 Yellow Trefoil 1 Total 24 lbs. is also successfully grown. If farmers were determined to raise as much of their feed as possible, per- haps dairying would not look so down in the mouth. "Animal heat" is a term loosely used, but it means something when it comes to maintaining stock in midwin- ter. It will never do to let the fire go down, however hard it may be upon the feed bin, The best way to bring cream to the right temperature for churning in cold weather is to put the pail in a tub of very warm water. Stir the cream constantly so it wi11 get warm evenly. If it is overheat- ed the butter will be greasy and cheesy. If cream is held too long it will be- come bitter and hard to churn. No herd of cows can do well unless the supply of water is abundant and clean, If the herd can be watered in the stable, and help themselves, so much the bel.'et . Certain breeds of sheep are dis- tinctly more fertile than others. Not a bit of the droppings of a flock should be wasted, and a flock winter- ed in roomy quarters under cover will give an increased profit. The litter will absorb all the liquids, and the flock will keep the mass pack- ed down so it will not heat. Sprinkle lund-plaster over the pen frequently to keep down any odors. Keep the pens well littered with clean bright straw, and keep them per- fectly level. Keep the ewes very thrifty by watchful, careful feeding. 13e sure that your ewes do not crowd though narrow doors. Crowding or jamming may kill an unborn lamb, and possibly the ewe. OJfacif Many temps in pig breeding can bo avoided by proper care of the sow during the gestation period. If a pig has a cough give it some oil -meal in its feed, Oil -meal is laxative and it will often help a slight Cold, Wheat middlings made in a thick slop is one of the hest foods for grow- ing pigs. Never feed heal dry to pigs; make a thick slop always. Don't forget to give tbo pige lots of bright clovor.hay or alfalfa. They will eat it and it is the best thhrg in the world for them in connection with other feed. Watch the bowels and if cunet:ipat.ed givo sone sneculence; roots are good in such cases, Don't: •overfeed the brood saws and got them loo fat. A fat sow Hever has a gond litter of pigs. Keep the llrood SOW:, ,alive. Po1.&' This is the time of the year that colds are most prevalent. Keep the front of the house open, but see that there are no openings in the back or aide walls to cause draughts. Everybody too busy to give the hens a fresh drink, yet there is no other lit- tle chore about the farm more import, ant than watering the chickens. Fix up a sheltered corner for the early broody. A newspaper in the 'bottom of the neat helps to keep the ' eggs warm. A dry atmosphere is a pretty good insurance against canker and roup•' Shun low, damp, foggy places for the poultry business. Growing birds need mineral matter in their feed a good deal more than do those that have gained their full growth. Old birds are not making bone and muscle as much as they did once. But it stunts chicks and young hefts to get short of grit and shells. The hen never lays an egg until all the ingredients necessary for the complete development of a chick are present. Since the egg contains pro- tein as well as carbohydrates, any amount of carbohydrates fed in the form of grain will not offsetthe ne- cessity of protein. Mille given to the birds, either as a (}rink or in the form I of wet mash, will double egg yields.! Commercial meat scrap is of equal! value, and may be substituted when milk cannot be obtained. PIGS IN CLOVER, Three girl pupils who are learning farming nndrr the nnsplees of the J.otthtgham lOducatlon Committee with some little plge whk,h are among, tiro animal, ender their charge, POTAT9ES FOR ONTARIO The Third of a Series of Five Special Articles by Prof. Henry G. Bell. If Ontario produced in 1917 300 hue. per acre of potatoes on the acreage devoted to potatoes last year, she could provide one pound of potatoes a day for a whole year for a population of 8,260,000 people. Can she do it? I believe she can. Such an accom- plishment is but the result of applying methods which have "proven out" no further removed from Ontario than Aroostock Co., Maine. The yield per acre obtained in this county has fre- quently exceeded 300 bus. for areas not of 5 or. 10 acres but on whole farms of 75 to 150 acres. Ontario for the most part has a good potato soil. The range of tem- perature and rainfall during the grow- ing season is usually such as favors good yields of potatoes. Labor is very scarce, and potatoes probably require more labor than most farm crops. Nevertheless, if Ontario farmers would individually or co-operatively equip themselves with modern potato machinery, a great deal of hand labor could be avoided, and large areas handled with little more labor than it now takes to work the common 3 to 5 a. potato patches. There are at least five great essentials in growing this crop, each of which must be care- fully observed if big yields or first quality are to be harvested: lst—Potato soil must be fairly open, friable, and must be well drain- ed. Potatoes will not thrive in water- logged soil. See that the open drains are clear and the tile drains are doing their work. Plant your trop on sod land that was deeply plowed. The tu- bers swell rapidly in July. They must not be constricted by heavy, closely packed soil. Disk and harrow the seedbed till it is mellow. 2nd—Potatoes must have an abund- ance of moisture, especially when the tubers are filling, "Ah, yes!" you say, "that is just where we cannot control conditions." Are you sure you cannot control the moisture supply, at least to a con- siderable extent'' i Is your Boil deeply fall plowed, so that it can catch and retain the great amount of water that falls upon it in the shape of snow and rain during winter and early spring? Is your soil well stocked with I` de- caying plant material—stubble, second crop clover, strawy manure—humus? It acts like a sponge, catching and holding the moisture till it is needed. 3rd ---Suitable well-bred varieties al- ways outyield mongrel stock. Seed late, stockearly nt .ate whether should bo pure, otherwise there will be un- equal ripening, and frequently a vari- ation in size and quality which great- ly discounts the product when it is ready for market. 4th—Potatoes require en abundance of well-balanced plant. food. Remem- ber, Potatoes have to be fed just like your hogs, or calves, or poultry, if you are to get largest yields of best qual- ty. Manure is the great farm plant food supply. It will supply much ne- essary food to potatoes as well es to other facet crops. However, in many of the large potato growing sections, the growers prefer to put the manure on land set apart for other crops such as wheat or meadow, and ,to give the potatoes their additional food in the form of fertilizers, Stock manure, If a horse shows measiness, paws n little, looks around to the flank, has an irregular appetite, with evacuation of small quantities of dry faces, or little or no motion of the bowels, he is suf- fering front constipation. Administer a moderate purgative as 7 drams aloes and 2 drams ginger. n Peed on bran only until bowels act freely. Give 2 drams aux vomica 3 times daily, and give rectal injections c of harm, soapy water every 5 or 6 hours. Tho principal object in grooming a horse should be to stimulate the sur- face of (he body by friction, If you have a fall colt, get it to eat- ing ground oats in a little manger by itself as soon as possible. Keep the colts well bedded anis ('lean, A manu•e-]aden colt is a re- buke to its owner. Never close the stable at night un- til the mud and ice are all cleaned off the horses' legs. I urn wintering a mare and e three- year-old colt on the stubs loft front the sheep and a small grain ration at noon, A set of chains for use in nn unex- pented icy time or to got a smooth shod horse to the shop, is a gopil in- vestmebt. The idle evert, horeee ,houid not be fed so much grain IN when at week, but they .,Heald have n ,:msll 141,1 .41. I especially if fresh, forms a splendid Ilodging place for the spore, or tiny seeds of the potato scab diseases. A good fertilizer for potatoes should carry from 2 to 4 per cent, of am- monia. It is the nitrogen which forms ' 82 per cent. of the ammonia, which greatly aids the rapid and sturdy growth of the potato vine. The potato fertilizer should also supply from 8 to 10 per cent. of available phosphoric )acid. It is the phos. acid which causes the plant to ripen and form 'its tubers. Before the war potato growers were using from 3 to 10 per cent, of potash in their potato plant food. It is this important food which aids the starch to form and fill out 'the tuber. Under present conditions !potato fertilizers had best curry 1 to 3 per cent. of potash. ' If you have a quantity of wood !ashes you will do exceedingly well to scatter it on your potato seedbed and to work it into the soil. Well -stored wood ashes carries from 2 to 3 per cent. potash, Flow much shall you use? Prof. Zavitz at the recent conven- tion of the Ontario Experimental Union reported that as a result of 95 tests of potato fertilizers throughout the province (luring the last 5 years, the experimenters obtained an aver- age yield of 122.4 bus. per acre with- out fertilizers, and 141.3 bus, per acre where 320 lbs. of fertilizer was applied, and 161.9 bus. per acre where 960 lbs, of fertilizer was added. Dir. Woods of Maine Exp. Sta, be- gan a special fertilizer experiment in 1916 testing low potato fertilizers for Maine potatoes, On one test where potatoes followed sod lie applied 150(1 lbs, of fertilizer to the acro, and har- vested the following: Field Per A. Plot Trealme„t hush per .1, 1500 -lbs. fertilizer supplying nitro- i gen and available ph.'sphorie geld, but no potash 9�G 15an lbs. fertiliser nnaiv;,infi SOUP .drahlea. Conceac e ,.6Y/fro ,Yd'(ers 1 cw Mothers and daughters of ail ages are cordially Invited to write to this department. Initials only will be published with each question and its answer se a means of identification but full name and address must be given In each letter. Write on one aide of paper only. Answers will bo malted direct if stamped and addreseed envelope Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 7$ Castle Frank Road, Toronto. Business Girl: ---1. IL i.=. impossible to mix business with pleasure suc- cessfully. All day in en office argil all evening at the social game burns the candle at both ends, and spells disaster. An occasional dissipation is stimulating to all of us, and the tem- porary loss of sleep it entails can be made up; it is the camtant dra}n that tells. 2. If a girl who is entertaining another girl at her home receives an invitation to a party, she may with perfect propriety ask the hostess for permission to bring her guest. Violet: --1. A cup of but water or cocoa taken before retiring will sooth the nerves, and induce sleep. 2, For a sallow skin, eliminate sweets, pas- tries, rich gravies, fried foods, fat meats, and use fruits and green vege-' tables as much as possible. Drink! two glasses of water (hot) on rising, two more about 11 o'clock, two in the early evening and two before retiring. Mrs. L. H.:--1. Probably lack of flavor in the meat is due to the manner of cooking. Have the oven very hot! at first, then the meat will be seared on the outside, and this will keep the juices in. After twenty minutes the temperature of the oven can be con-! siderably lowered. Steak., and chops should be put into very hot pans, and turned quickly, then temperature low- ered. Meet should be seasoned just before it has finished cooking. 2. Scrambled eggs become watery when they cue allowed to cook too long. Teacher: ---The "Teutonic" territory 1 occupied by the Allies is about 748,- 1860 square miles, including captured colonies. The "Allied" territory oc- 'ruined by the Central Powers Is about 125,000 square miles, Mrs. B. K.:—An emery wheel on a sewing machine is most useful for sharpening knives and lead pencils. Get a roll of half -inert adhesive tape from the drug store, cut off a strip !just long -enough to reach. around the small wheel of the machine and press it firmly to the metal, Next, cut a strip of fine emery cloth the same length and width and glue to the tape, then wind the wheel all around with a strip of tape or muslin to hold in place until the glue is dry, which will take a day or so, when it may be removed. When worn out another strip of emery cloth can be glued over the first. When using the emery wheel adjust as for filling a bobbin. Miss G. L. B.:—The colors for spring are pretty, navy blue, and all shades of grey. a new green called spruce green, and Copenhagen blue. Wool and silk embroidery in bright lines of gold yellow, chinese blue, Persian pink, and jade green are used on hats and dresses. Pockets are large and appear in pairs, one at eith- er side of the skirt or coat. Pleats and tucks are in favor. Skirts no longer flare but take an mivard curve 'around the ankles. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FEBRUARY 23. Lesson VIII. Jesus At The Pool Of Bethesda—John 5. 1-15. Golden Text—John 5. 15. Verse 1. A feast—Some good auth- orities have the feast; that is, Taber- nacles, clearly, in any case, the Evangelist sees no significance in the Particular feast, which belongs to the old order (hence of the Jews). It gave Jesus an opportunity of meeting great crowds in the temper of worship, 2. By the sheep pool, the (pool] which—So read, without altering the pronunciation of the Greek text. Hebrew—That is, Aramaic, as often, Bethesda—There is considerable varia- tion among the authorities. Porches Covered shelters to keep the sun off. ! —3. The interesting gloss at the end of this verse seems to have arisen early and in Palestine. It is drawn from local folklore, and its omission by the oldest copies rids us of a great difficulty: the Evangelist no longer guarantees an absolutely nonmoral miracle! "Each man for himself" was, the motto of the crowd, and the best' `,legs carried off the prize. No doubt there were geniune mind cures there as at other holy wells: superstition as well as faith can influence the body witness "Christian" "Science" to- day! 5. Symbolic interpreters make much' of the thirty-eight: like the Israelites of old, he had lived thirty-eight years in the desert before he came into his' promised land! Unless we are out for. discrediting the narrative, it is better to recognize a little touch of detail; such as as an eyewitness loves, 6. The Lord's question seems strangely superfluous! But he asked - Bartimaius one much like it. By such simple questions he drew out the man's state of mind; the very expression of the need wax a preparation for meet- ing eeting it. 7. Troubled— The Evangelist does not stop to explain the allusion, which does not concern him. It may have been an intermittent spring; Or pos- sibly (es Dr. Dondel Harris suggests) the world-wide notion of getting "the luck of the water" on New Year's Day. (See Expositor, Derembe', 1tlOd,) 8, Compare Mark 2. 11. The millet' (margin) might have been a mere mat, but the word itself (one from the vul- gar tongue) rather suggests a light. frame, such as we see in India. 10. People who could solemnly dis-! cuss whether a man with a wooden leg night carry that burden on the Sab- bath—such was the national lack of', humor! --fastened on this breath of! their law. Jesus could have told the' man to fetch his property next day!! But he regularly set himself to dis- credit it law which made the Sabbath , a weariness instead of a delight. 11. One who could do stele a deed must have God's authority to regulate the Sabbath. It is the same atti- tude a that of the blind man In John'. 9.133.. 14, In the temple ^Returning tt, give glory to God." This is a key to ve: so 15, where the man thinks he silences objectors by mentioning the name of him who had mediated God's gift. Sin no more—Not that sin had directly caused his trouble (John 9. 3), But sin would bring, here and hereafter, it worse thing than even all years of helplessness. 5.6 ammonia Available Ph"s, -1•'kl Potash 424 in applying fertilizers, as a rule not more than 400 lbs. should be sown in the potato chill or furrow. Amounts in excess of this should be sown broadcast over the potato seedbed and carefully harrowed or disked into the soil before the potato drills are "struck" or the crop is planted. Of course the potato planter, with fertil- izer dropping attachment deposits the fertilizer in the row, to best advent - age. Proper potato fertilization is un- doubtedly the secret of big yields. It' is the measure that Britishagr rt i tl- twists are so strongly advocating at this moment. As long as they were able to obtain available phosphoric acid, potato fertilization was what made it possible for Britain's enemy ; to produce such quantities of potato' food for man and beast, 5th—Control potato disease. This is the great perquisite that to- gether with the foregoing means lar-' gest yields and best quality potatoes.' This paper is already long, hence we shall delay discussion of this large subject for a subsequent ueut ar icl e. Remember that well drained land, plentifully supplied with hums, en - niched with suitable available fertil- izer produces largest crops of best quality potatoes, if good seed is plant- ed and care is taken to control dis- ease and insect posts. A Counter Move. STRAW AS FODDER, A popular trooper in an Australian cavalry contingent owned a large tract of land on which his present colonel had worked for all a week be- fore the war. '!'het reaper went be- fore his CD, for a smell offence, and the penalty was fixed et a severe re- primand and two days' pay stopped. "I'm sorry," the colonel told hie late employer in a friendly way afterwards, "But Won' 14 ever, you know, and I can- not overlook things." "All right," said the trooper."I don't think 1 de er\'ed 11, so 1 hove cabled to my 1" stop the money out of your In effect, a recent bulletin of tho United States Department of Agri- culture asks why the American farm- er cannot pub straw to the same use as it is put by the European farmer, In Europe the farmer knows as well as the American farmer that straw is not liked by stock, but instead of burning it, or otherwise wasting it, the European farmer chops it up, mixes it with beets, mangels, silage, or other feeds, and makes it so palate able that it ran be fed to good advant- age. 'aceeeitasee Fibre From a Flower. Fibre useful in textiles and cord- age has been extracted from the ven- ter hyacinth of Indo-(1hina by a Frenchman. The Bedtime Story THE HAPPY CHICK. Blim, blim, blim! "Oh, Mother, dear! I hear some one knocking outside the coop. I must run out and see who it is," Charlie Chick started from under his mother's wing with a rush. "Wait, wait! Take it calmly. Let me peek out and see who it is. You must not be too hasty. especially when you are young," said Mrs, Plymouth Rock, cuddling Charlie under her wing ae she peeked out of the coop. "Ah! I tolyl you so. It is Rover, the big dog, gnawing at a bone back of our home. You must beware of dogs and cats." Mrs. Plymouth Rock settled herself once more and Charlie closed his eyes for a nap. When he woke up he stretched his wing over his little leg and yawned. Then he asked: "Mother, why door a dog have horns?" "Borns? Borns? I did not know that a dog bud horns—do you mean ears?" asked Charlie's mother, laugh- ing. "Yes; that must be it. But why haven't I borne or ears that stick ant."" .'You do not need them, my dear. Mother Nature does not want us to be burdened with things which are of no use to us, A dog needs his ears to hear with. They are placed where they will retch all the sounds that come to him. He must hear the rustle of the grass which tells him that a rabbit is near." Irirs. Plymouth Rock looked lovingly at her sot and cuddled hire once more under her wing. All was quiet far a time and then Charlie Chick poked h}s head out from under Itis mother's wing and said, "How may we know our enemies, mohr, � t e dear ." "My child, you ask a lot of , ues- tions"for a tiny chick; still, you will never lea.ru if you do not ask. Be- ware of things which have four legs. Beware of birds that fly in the air, lest you chance to fall into the claws of a hawk. Keep your ears open, even if they do not stick out like a dog's, for the shrill cr'y of the hawk will warn you when you are in danger." "Thank you," replied Charlie Chick, as he sauntered forth into the lot. By and by he saw something mov- ing toward him. Remembering what his mother had said, he looked and snw that the object had two legs. Sure enough! It was Buddie from' the big house coming to feed the thickens. Such u scampering in the hen yard! Charlie was soon surrounded by at lot of otter chickens, till hent on having their share of corn. When he and his mother hed eaten their fill, they both wens back 10 the eonp and Chnvilie said; "I saw Buddie coming and 1 knew that he was a frieucl because he had turn legs; but, other, 41000', he did not have. cars bike Rover•," "No,"- anicl Mos, Plymouth Bark, Softly, •'but we must not try to tell our friends by their ears or eyes, but by the kindness tshioh they chow to- ward a A.1. -,.r Keying this Charlie's mother peeked under her wing and found that he was fast wheel). "How happy is childhood!" she saki to herself. 'nut is the way should be," FROM MET COAST WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Progress of the Great Brest Told in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. A Nanaimo boy, It, Ceowe-Sword, has been awarded the Military medal. Burnaby ratepayers will be called upon to provide $36,850 for educa- tional purposes. Estimates place number of regia- tration cards sent east from British Columbia at 60,000. Over $16,000 has already been pledged for the returned soldiers' home at Vancouver, I Horned Arctic owls ate the much. admired black swan at the Stanley Park Zoo, Vancouver. Seventy families • were provided with coal from the city bunkers at False Creek, during the temporary shortage there. Mission City has passed a resolu- tion in favor of the reimposition of the poll tax, proceeds to be used for returned soldiers. The shingle industry Jn Lynn Val- ley, in the district of North Van- couver, is developing into considerable proportions. The Chinese lottery raid, causing many prisoners to be kept at the provincial jail, cost the province of British Columbia $1,076. At New Westminster, B.C., the customs show a record advance, re- turns being about double the amount for the same period last year. C. C. Worsfold, government district engineer, New Westminster, has of- ficially taken over the big sea wall on behalf of the Government. A grant of $1,0110 has been applied for by the water commissioner, to repair the dam at Elk Lake, which has been pronounced very unsafe. I The Russian Polish Jewish Society of Victoria is giving great publicity to the appeal for the famished and homeless Ruseian Jews of Poland. Both the province of British CoI- urhie and the city of Vancouver now rank among the manufacturing dis- tricts of Canada, according to statis- tics. According to recent reports from the Cheakamus River fishermen of these parts are in for a good time es soon as the snow begins to melt from the hills. At New Westminster, a deputation waited upon Col. J. D. Taylor, M,P., in connection with the proposal to build a highway along the internation- al boundary. The farmers of Ni:;omen Island are waiting upon the Government to ask them to urge energetic action for their proteetiun against floods from the Fraser River. '''Ilk; PRACTICE OF ECONOMY. The True Meaning of Thrift and of the Nord Extravagance. ,Just now when everyone is being admonished to save, save, save, to practise economy on a scale voter i dreamed of in times past, the word !extravagance takes on a new mean- ing. There is always considerable confusion of the proper meaning of the word. Many people connect ex- travagance with the spending of large sums of money, while actually tine amount of money involved in any !transaction has nothing to do with the matter of extravagant expenditure. When time, money and labor, which are needed for individual or general requirements are diverted to unasaou- tials, this is extravagance. Spending five cents for something unneeded when there is no other five cents for the thing that is needed is extravagance. Paying many dollars for something to gratify a personal taste is not necessarily extravagant because of the money spent or of the non -utilitarian character of what ' is purchased. It only becomes extrava- gance when the dollars are needed for something required d for personal or fancily well-being or when labor and capital which ought to be devoted to producing necessities are diverted to producing non -essentials. A wealthy person buys a rare book, and there is no extravagance, since the money is !current and the hook has not lessen- ed productive forces. If a wealthy per. eon buys much more of foodstuffs than is needed, at a time when food- stuffs are generally needed, and if that surplus is wasted, there is extra- vagance, not because of the money spent,of the but because waste. Many are extravagant not because they spend eo much as they waste so mach. Anthony Hope once defined economy as "going without some- ! thing you want now so that you may have something you won't want some time in the 'future." There are many who act as if they subscribed to this philosophy. What is inveighed against now is lark of thrift, and this means wastefuinesr. What we eeecl is a sensible standard of values, so that we may conserve the present prose perity for the things which really count, eousn'te that WO may give to the nation, '~tilea(. Eaters. It is estimated that Americans aro the greatest meat eaters, the consume• Lion being averaged at 172 pounds pet• lean or women a year, 119 in England, 113 in Germany, 80 in France and Mee ' ' iif in Austria-Hungary, 50 hi is a, and 10 in Spttin