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The Brussels Post, 1917-11-1, Page 3' ' • THE• CARE OF THE DAIRY CALF By W. F. Taylor oats, too, are excellent, wheat bran an1 middlings are both 'good, In fact, as we have said, nearly all the grains grown on the farm are adapted to this Purpose. , Best Roughage For Calf By the time the calf is six weeks old, we may begin to feed eneilage, very gradually at first, using care to see that it is free from mold, In a little while the calf will be able to con.. sums quite a quantity of ensilage and the amount will increase as time ad- vances. The grain fed to the calf should always depend in some degree upon the kind of roughage consumed. There is no better roughage than al- falfa hay. It is easily digested. The leaves of the alfalfa seem to, contain a principle indispensable in the de- velopment of the young animals and not present in other roughage, but alfalfa hay alone is not good for a calf. Taken in connection with skim - milk the ration is too' narrow, that is to say, the amount of protein as re- lated to the carbohydrates and fat is in excess of the demands of the animal. This condition is corrected by the feeding of ensilage and grain like corn, rich in carbohydrates. Keep Cleves Growing Now these calves should he kept growing all the time. They should not be crowded like calves designed for baby beef, but they should be kept growing. They should be fed plenty of good feed in which the nutritive ration is right. If calves come in the fail, the grain may be omitted in the fore part of the summer after they are accustomed to grathe pasture, but the time in which a calf changes from a winter ration composed of skim -milk, grain and excellent roughage eaten in the shelter of a comfortable stable, to pasture grass consumed too often hr wind and ram, is a critical time and the change should be made gradually. The calves should be turned out day- times at first and sheltered nights and some grain should be fed until they accustomed to the out-of-doors, then if the pasture is good, the grain :may be omitted es we have said. The Jersey or Guernsey heifer may fresh- en at two years or a little older. The Holstein may well postpone the begin- ning of the milking period until two years and a half old: Watch the Individual Cow If freshening is to occur during the winter, a substantial grain ration should have been fed for some time previous. Remember, the thing we 'want to do is to develop this Young co* so that she can yield milk in a and the allowance should be increased very slowly, always being sure not to her liberally the second winter and she has been on good pasture during give the calf too much. Care should the second summer, she is a beautiful be used also not to feed more hay than animal. Now, if we begin to feed her the animal will consume in from one to two hours. The hay the calf does not rain about three months before she reshens and gradually increase the eat does it no goad and while it is not ration until she is consuming four or so bad to feed hay to excess as to five pounds of grain per day, with en - feed too much grain, it is entirely use. ,silage and good clover, the machinery less to do so and should be avoided. for the production of milk -will have a • Feed Grain Dry been fully developed. For a few days It is iinportint that the calf should after freshening, we are going to be eat its grain dry. It is not bad praes very careful with her. For three days tioe to scald a little linseed meal and we will give her no grain at all and put it into the milk, providing we let then only a little, very gradually in - it settle to the bottom of the pail and creasing the amount as the days go by. allow the calf time to eat it after Now the quantity of grain that she drinkires the milk, but it is not neves will consume after the first three sary and it consumes tithe that may weeks have passed, will depend upon jests:is well be employed in some oth- the amount of milk she gives. A er, way. Allow the calf to drink its pound of grain per day to every three .milk straight and eat its grain at its or four pounds of milk producedacs leisure, taking plenty of time to mass cording to the richness of the milk,, is ticate it and the saliva will be mixed a very good rule. Still there are thoroughly with the grain, insuring many exceptions to this rule. When much better digestion. When the calf roughage is very ch-e-ap, and grain is 136301119S accustomed to the grain there expensive, it is' profitable to feed an is no harm in giving it all it ‚will clean excess of roughage and a smaller ra- up with a relish, but until that time tion of grain. Always watching the comes constaitt care should be exer- individual cow to see that she is nbt over -fed. At the same time weigh and test the milk that we may know what she is actually -doing and thus be able to feed her enough to produce the milk and maintain her body. Now, this is the theory, the success in its application will depend upon the man. The longer I live, and the more I see of dairies, the more do Is value, the individual man in the success of any program of development. It is a The dairy calf should be developed for the purpose for which she was born into the world, It is highly im- portapt that this purpose should be in the mina of the man who cares for her, One reason why so many rren fail in the proper growing of their calves is that they do not realize their poesibili. ties. Many calves are not worth feeds ing; the best feeder in the world could not make profitable sows of them. The first demand on behalf of the dairy calf is that it should be, well born, but if the breeding is right, then it is deserving of good care, and the higher appreciation its owner has of its possibilities the better he is proper - ed to do justice by it along all pos- sible lines of development, Whole Milk Essentrial The calf should first have whole milk. It has been proven beyond any question that , no other fat in the world except that found in ergs will take the Mace of the fat itt milk, If the milk is very rich, however, a little skim -milk may be added from the first •and in any event after two or three 'I'veeks the new milk may be gradually substituted with skim -milk, It is best, however, to give a little new milk in the ration until the calf is six or eight weeks old. Many men are in- clined to. give too, much skim -milk, There is a great difference in the amount of milk that different calves consume with profit, but the Jer- sey or Guernsey calf should receive no snore than eight or ten pounds per day for the first six weeks and after that the allowance should be very slowly increased with the eye of the • feeder always on the calf to see that it does not get too much. Now bear in mind that the allowance of milk herein suggested is for the average calf. There may be one found now and then that will consume a good deal more and pay for it in rapid growth, but these are the exceptions. It is good practice to feed the calf three times daily until it is three .weeks old. The daily allowance of milk- divided into three feeds will give better results than when the little animal is fed but twice. Starting With Hay and Grain As soon as the calf shows a desire for roughage it should be given a little good hay, preferably clover or alfalfa. Soon after a little dry grain may be placed in a box where the calf can eat it. Sometimes calves manifest - a desire for grain at first, that will lead them to eat too much of it, in which case they are apt'.to refuse it entirely and to give the feeder a good deal of trouble. Only a very little grain shoeld he given the calf at first rofltablequantity.If we have fed • You may be deceived Some day by an imitation of 8114 and possibly you will not, detect this imitation until the tea-pot reveals it. Demand always the genuine "Salada" in the sealed aluminum packet, and see that you get it, if you want that unique flavour of fresh, clean leaves properly, Prepared and packed. The Great National Highway By Frederick Wright, Editor of The Canadian Municipal Journal We have for some time past been 'urging the building of a national high- way across Canada, and we are pleas- ed to note that our efforts are en- couraged by many of our contempor- aries. The special reasons we give why such a trans -continental , road should be built are: First, it would find employment for our returned sol- diers at a time when our industries will be dislocated and consequently the communities not able to assimilate three or four hundred thousand men. Second, it would be nother practical link between one municipality and an- other, and one province and another. Third, it would create a tourist traf- fic that cannot help but be a boom to those municipalities through which the road would pass. Fourth, it would tap many of our natural resources that now lie dormant, but waiting to be developed: Fifth, it would be the best incentive to those parts of the Dominion, where a road is only a name. The Sixth, though not the last reason; for we could give many more, is that such a highway would be the beenenenument that the people of Caillifta could build in memory of those splendid sons who have given up their lives in her cause on the fields of Flanders. Such a road would be a real peace monument. The mile stones would bear witness to many thousands who came after us that Canada had done her duty at this time of democracy's trial. But such a national road would cost money. Our experts consider that it would take 3,500 miles of new road to link up the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, and would cost in round figures $75,000,000. A huge sum, but none too large for such a purpose. We have already suggested that the .cised, Almost any of the grains grown on the farm are good for a calf. There is uothing better than corn and the calf will eat it whole quite as well Jas in any other way, Indeed, I have seen calves shell corn from the ear, eat it and thrive as well as any calves could. If we wish to feed it in that way, there can be no objection to it whatever. Experiments demonstrat- ed that there is great Ithe in the feed- ing of whole corn to older cattle, but great thing to be able to develop a the loss was very 'slight when the dairy. The man who can do it is calves consumed the grain. Whole worthy of coefidence and respect. All weak trees and evergreens will be benefited by fertilizing with well rotted stable manure. IIIM.10311 ii1GliEST PRICES PAW For POULTRY, GAME, 83015 & FEATHERS , Please writeitir particulars, P. PO17X.n7 .85 00., 39 Sontleeollre Mark.* lam:arena 110W TO MORE MONEY 14 , ,ftes FOR THE FURS YOU TRAP q4,t Saws A117.0 he Inmost fur house its tlIe tforld tds your faro, We pay 81151,. lArrite_(or o r OF pr de at on usc. coon, usarat actin IIINPos. • latet. Pit 1 Piller' Ito. • Trappors Oda 119 their urs Ycsr atter yes because t toy eat more money and alienate cal, ON Wok win tea yoe seri tc ows the ct wont fitmang, natua aiv61214=11gcay.,l FONsrEti onms. A co. Se laccataa atuadleg 51.1.0111e, Ma, 0., 4,4451 , es; ,es014 Market Calendar. Roasters tante fed), young ducks, young geese, and some young turkeys hater . prophets, this unnamed mes- conflicts of the Israelites were•chiefly should be marketed in November. senger of Jehovah stets as an adviser . with this western group, The modern: It is worthy of note that: name,"Syrians" th derived from By systematic fattening is 'meant of royal; the periodic selection of those birds the prophet Elijah, the outstanding! "Syra," which has been the name of which are most mature and the ap- figure during Athheabr -eigiTilie0150Auboafb'odsssoessj atlituemcsountry for centuries and seinen- portionment of the fattening periods not appear. to meet the sextet requirements, ------.-s--.e.-__., . _ -_ — - — — --- - 1 Bron and rolled gets, well soaked How To Have Good Teeth, 1 otherwise seems to be fairly well, does in milk, proyide one of the chetipat If parents desire their children to , not begin to cut his teeth at the usual of poultry feeds. have sound and strong teeth, they; Age, be should be taken te. a physielan,' 1 fo rit ancl ' I ' ti 1 f • b bl bit i tt'n th r sand for dusting should be secured before it is time for any teeth to aps ner diet. - cost be divided into four parts, and borne by the Federal authorities; the Provincial author ' ities. those munici- palities through whichthe road would pass; and by public subscriptions in the following proportions -one-half by Federal money, one-quarter by the Provinces and the municipalities, and oise-quarter by public subscription. The whole of the work to be under a commission, made up principally of engineers, who should have the ab- solute control of the route and the manner in which the road should be built--diaterials, etc. -with one ex- ception and that is that the whole of the work be done by returned sol- diers under military discipline, but civilian pay. This is a great task that we sug- gest to the people of Canada, and one that some might think inopportune at this time, when every dollar is re- quired to finish the war, but we be- lieve that we would be remiss in our duty, if we failed to remind our fel- low citizens that there is the after- math. One thing is certain, the larger part of our present industries, which are munitions, will stop. And what then? Tens of thousands of family bread -winners will be thrown out of employment, and surely it would be suicidal to increase this large army of out -of -works by another large array of out -of -works, which would really be a fact if the returned soldiers are dis- banded on their arrival in Canada. What then can we do with the retells - ed soldiers to whom we as a nation are under special moral obligation? One of the answers to our mind is to put the men in the building of such a national road as we have urged, and thus use them in a great -work at once healthy and profitable to themselves and the nation. ••••••••=, 0 UP rohiez Mothers and daughters Of all ages are cordially Invited to write to this department. Initials only will be published with each question and Its spewor as a meami.of Identlfication, but full name and address must be given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct It stamped end addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address sil correspondence for title department to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Florence: -1. Florence Nightingale Was an English nurse who won nation- wide fame for her unparalleled work Among the soldiers in the Crimean War. She was in general superintend- ence of all the hospitals in Bosphorus, and had at one time 10,000 wounded under her charge. When she return- ed to London a fund of $250,000 was raised for her benefit. This was spent in founding a home for training nurses. Miss Nightingale was de- corated by ICing Edward VII. and im- mortalized by poets. She died in 1910, at the age of ninety. 2. The popula- tion of the earth is about 1,691,751,000. .7AeI and the most prominent member of his dynasty; he was king of Israel • --e- from about B. C. 875 to about B. C. ' 6pAta :,.• • of his reign the events here described us. It is not clear to what period V.I.,' 064 ,01 belong. Jehovah -The deliverance se-- is 0 will prove that Jehovah is in truth the God of Israel; he is the saviour of his people now as he has been in the past. Young men -The personal attendants, picked men, of the dis- trict leaders. The districts are the divisions of the kingdoms referred to in 1 Kings 4. 7ff. Begin -That is, marshal' the forces for the attack 16-21. Defeat of' the Aramaeans. Noon-Thateis, during the intensely 20. 11. hot period of the day. In the Orient the middle of the day is a time of rest; hence an attack at that hoer would be unthpected and, consequently, throsv the enemy into confusion. Drinking -In their drunken stuper the leaders were in no condition to devise ade- quate plans to meet the attack. Ben- hadad-This name, meaning "Son of (the god) Hadad," is borne by three kings of Damascus named in the Old Testament (compare 1 Kings 15. 18 and 2 Kings 13: 24). Since Hadad was a popeleg, deity, personal names containing his'name as an element are pot uncommon. - Sent -The text should be changed so as to read: "And they sent and told Benhadad." The initiative was taken by the observers near the city wall. Take them alive -The arrogant boast of a drunken man who could not understand why he should not have his own way. The thought expressed in verses • 19-21 seems to be that the Aran -means gave their attention to the small band of picked men who went out pf the city first. When the main army appeared, the attackers were taken by surprise group of tents, or, the camp. Set-- and utterly defeated. Syrians -.-0v, A technical military term, meaning, to "Aramaeans;" a group of Semltie prepare lor an attack, eithee by the tribes which settled near the upper formation of storming parties or by Euphrates as early as the middle of the placing of battering engines (see the second millennium B. C. The Old margin), or both. Testainent is concerned chiefly with 13-15. Measures of defense. Prop- the western Aramaeans, who had their het -Like thaiah Jeremiah and other political center in Damascus. The INTERNATIONAL LESSON NOVEMBER 4. Lesson V. -Defeat Through Drunk- enness (World's Temperance Sunday) -1 Kings 20. 1-21 Golden Text, 1 Kings Verses 1-11. Benhadad proposed terms of surrender. Ahab was ready ,to accept the first proposal (verses 2- 4), but the second was so humiliating (verses 5, 6) that the king, with the full endorsement of elders and people, rejected it (verses 7-9). Whereupon Benhadad threatened the complete destruction of the city, to which Ahab replied: "Let not him that girdeth on his armor, boast himself as he that putteth it off" (verses 10, 11). 12. At this point of the story the lesson text begins. The defiant mes- sage of Ahab infuriated Benhadad, who gave orders for an immediate at- tack upon the city. Drinking -Here, as in verse 16, the implication is that the drinking incapacitated the king fot• intelligent action. In his drunk- en condition the king'would be more easily stirred up by the irritating words of Ahab. Kings -The thirty- two vassal kings aiding Benhadad against Israel (see verses 1, 16); they were the chiefs of cities or small dis- tricts subject to Damascus. Pavilions -Literally, "tents;" probably the Housekeeper: -1. A little over 20 per cent. of the food matter in a can of salmon is protein or tissue -building, More than 23 per cent. of the food matter in a can a sardines is protein. Both of these fish canned contain 12 per cent. fat. 2. Probably the follosv- ing table will be of value to you. It might be pasted on a card and bung in the kitchen. 4 quarts make a gallon. 8 quarts make a peek. 4 saltspoonfals of liquid make one teaspoonful, 4 teaspoonirs of liquid make one tablespoonful. 4 tablespoonfuls of liquid make a quarter of a cup. 3 teaspoonfuls of dry material make a tablespoonful. 16 level teaspoonfuls of dry material make a cupful. 8 heaping tablespoonfuls of dry ma- terial make a cupful. 2 cups or 4 gills make a pint. 4 cups of liquid make a pound. 4 cups of flour make a pond or a quart. 2 cupet of solid butter make a pound. Witter the size of an egg equals 2 ounces or cupful. One heaping tablespoonful the same. 2 cups of granulated sugar make a po2u1/2nd.cups of powdered sugar make a p3oeuunpds. of meal make a pound. 1 pint of milk or water equals a pound. 16 ounces make a pound. Soldier's Sister: -1. There are many things to choose for your brother be- sides the knitted things or the comfort bag. For instance, an electric flash- light, a khaki air pillow, a pair of military hairbrushes or a trench mir- ror for shaving. 2. The best remedy for sore throat is hot water. It should be applied outside and inside; outside, by means of fomentations for fifteen minutes or half an hour twice a day; inside, by a gargle of hot water, as hot as can be used, from fifteen minutes to half an hour until relieved. Drink plenty of hot water, in order to in- duce profuse perspiration. If there is fever cool the skin, with sponge baths. Keeps the feet warm. If the symptoms are severe apply ice in a bag to the outside of the neck and give the patient little pieces of ice to swallow. A few hours of this treat- ment will effect a cure in simple eases. The inhaling of steam is a most effici- ent means of relieving pain and in- flammation. The application of oils and grease of all kinds to the throat is useless notwithstanding the pops: lar opinion. &Oka' Sib/xis Dannie's Gum. • The afternoon session was nearly over when Miss Stuart, the saw that Donnie Luce was chewing gum again. "Dannie Luce!" she exclaimed. "Take out that gum this instant!" Donnie promptly obeyed. He look- ed and felt very sheepish as he did so, for all the other pupils smiled, and some of them giggled aloud. But he did not throw the gum into the waste - 'basket. He tucked it carefully into a pocket for use after school, When the closing bell finally rang, most of the pupils promptly hurried homeward. Three or four boys- Dannie among them---svere slower in starting than the others, and they were lingering near the door when Miss Stuart came out. She had an errand to do and was in a hurry to catch a car on the avenue near by. As she 'came down the steps she took a coin from her purse; but she was in such a hurry that the coin slipped from her hand and rolled through a grating in the sidesvalk. Miss Stuart gave a little cry. "That was all the money I had with me," she said, "and I must go downtosvnl Will one of you boys lend me five cents till to -morrow ?" . A supply ofgrave r g s must begin to ta to moan ons ong or mo ays notge ig op o - All the boys felt eagerly in their pockets. Their hands brought out almost everything except money, While the others were hunting for money, Donnie had run to the grating and was on his knees, peering ,down through it. Then he jumpedsup, and his eyes were shining. "I see it,Miss Stuart,'' he cried, "and I cat get it, too! I've thought of a way!" He ran back into the schoolhouse and brought out a long pointer from one of the blackboards. And what do you suppose he did next? Miss Stuart opened her eyes wide as she watched him. He took from his poc- ket the forbidden piece of gum, wet it in his mouth and stuck it on the small end of the pointer. Then he lay flat on the iron grating and push- ed the pointer, with the gum on the end of it, far down into the hole below. An instant later he pulled the pointer carefully back again -and there was Miss Stuarts' coin sticking to the gum How they all applauded, and laugh- ed, too, and Miss Stuart loudest of all, as she thanked Dannie and praised him for his quick wit. But Dannie could not help saying, "And now you see, Miss Stuart, how lucky it is for you that I chew gum!" "Yes," laughed the teacher as she started toward the avenue, "but in school hours keep it in your pocket where it will be handy for such uses as this." More Veterinary Notes. "Quidding" of hay, or pain (tooth- ache), shown by holding the head to one side when drinking cold water or chewing feed, slobbering, or foul smell from the mouth, usually in- dicates a split or decayed bath tooth. It should be pulled with forceps, or punched down into the mouth through a hole made in the bone of the face above the root of the tooth by means of a bone augur (trephine). Persist- ent discharge from one nostril, with Sir without bulging of the bones of the face below the eyes, often is due to a diseased molar tooth which must be removed. When the front teeth greatly over. lap the lower teeth, causing "parrot mouth," the horse can not graze pros perly. Correct this, in curable cases, by notching deeply with a sharp tri. angle file across the front of the up- per teeth at the proper height ; then nip off the over -lapping -portions by moons of stmg, sharp pinchers, and Ole smooth. The lower jaev, on the Pool' of the now for use by the poultry In winter. pear. Babies, like the rest of us, Scurvy tickets is allied to ordinary The flock will .be in better health esas oply build up their bodies from rickets, but is less conimon. It is end more eggs will be secured if the such material as is given them. It I also a disease of wrong feeding, and hens are provided with solyie sort of Is baby's food is dtheiett in quantitYlmeans that the child does not.httve en - green feed in winter. Plenty of fresh table sevens, liberal amounts of bran and shorts, and green feeds, should make up a large 'met of the diet of poultry this fall in con- eideration of the high cost of grains, but tho scraps should not contain an genes of salt. "Send ine s ton of coal." "'What size?" "Well, a two -thousand -pound ton would suit 100, if tluit'snot asking too muck,'-' or quality, that deficiency will cause, ough fresh vegetable food. It also defects in teeth and but and tails, as affects the formation of the teeth by wellas :sit lahresctkstedi labaacblisir, hvalf °lily'. far the ; to ulcerate. Froth built juice, such :making the gums spongy and inclined best chance of having the sight sort of ' es that of oranges, 'find a little metheci hone substanee, and therefore of haV- potato m the child's milk will work ing good teeth. The disease known wonders with this sisoesos. as rickets is ..a form of. inainutrition Absolute cleanliness of the baby's that interferes with the proper growth youth and gums and of everything of the hetes, and the presence of that he is permitted to pet intohis rickets sometimes first manifests it mouth is very important, Vail self by delay in the Mincer:vice of the child is old enough to be taught to teeth. If, therefore, a child that 'cleanse the mouth by rolling a mouth PATRIOTS "But, Judith 1i/fat:ember, aren't you going M do a thing ? Not Red Cross work or knitting or a garden or any- thing?" Judith laughed, "That soaring imagination of yours, Clarice Anstey!" she said, "Will you please tell me where I could make a garden? In a window box?" "You might in the back yard, if the children didn't have a whole goo there." "But the children have a etio there; it's part of keeping them happy and well when they have to live in the city, poor kiddies. So that's out of the question. As for Red Cross," ---Judith's clear eyes became dark for a moment, -"I did want to dreadfully; you don't know how rauth. But I couldn't with- out leaving. things for mother to do, and I consider ray mother as much snore valuable to my country than I am, I think most of our mothers are -they know so much more than we, I sat down and figured it out one day. I decided that it would be mother giv- ing, and not I, if I took time that I owed her and studied first aid. And that wasn't fair, because mother was already giving Bob-' Judith's voice broke suddenly. "Oh, I know there's Bob," Clarice acknowledged ;awkwardly. "I know, of course, Judith. Only I thought that would be all the more reason," ' "It is all the more reason," Judith retorted, steady again. "The coun- try's going to need the children. Ws my business to help mother make them the kind of men and women that the country can't get aleng without." "Well, I must say that I never heard anyone else express it that -way," Clarice declas ed. But it was to be Clarice's day for en- lightenment. Five minutes later Dr. Campbell stopped his car at sight of her. Clarice waved her bag at him. She and the doctor had always been good friends. "I'm getting reads; to be your as- sistant," she said gayly. But for once the doctor did not re- spond. "Clarice, will you ask -your mother if she can go over to Mrs. Jennifer's until I hunt up a nurse? She's been trying to do three women's work since that daughter of hers wen; off to a service camp, and the natural result has come. Patriotism! There's about as much patriotism in it as there is food in soda water. They want the fizz -that kind! If they were looking for real service, they'd find it right at home. A woman like 1VIrs. Jennifer knows more in a day than her dough - ter will know in a year -to say no- thing of helping. with those splendid small boys." Clarice drew a hard breath. "It's so hard to knosv!" she cried. The doctor shot a keen glance at her. "No, it isn't hard to know -not a you get outside your own wants. Ask your mother to run up at once, if she can, Clarice." And he was gone. mouth (bar) between the first incisor and the first molar tooth, may be in- jured by the bit in young or hard - mouthed horses. The jaw -bone may be chipped or splintered by the bit. A raw sore forms and gathers feed and decaying saliva, which soon give off a foul odor. Probing of the wound discovers exposed diseased bone which flakes off (exfoliates) and should be removed. This is best done by means of a bone scoop or bone forceps in ten to fourteen days from the time of discovery. A discharging sore (fistula) may form under the jaw on the edge of the bone. The diseased.. bone, due to fracture, must be removed, else healing^ will not take place. Cleanse the sore in the mouth and the external sore and pipe (sinus) by syringing with a two per cent, solution of per- manganate of potash twice daily, and swab with tinetuse of iodine on altes- nate days until healed. Allow soft feed. Use a rubber or leatherseov- end straight bas bit. Do not use an overhead check. Similar discharging sinuses, farther back, are often due to Idiseased lower molar teeth which must be extracted. Fistula of the .salivery duct is located near by. wash round in it, his mother or his nurse should make a small, clean pledget of cotton and gently but thor- oughly wash the gums with a mild antiseptic 'tooth wash, As soon as the child can bo taught to hold and to use a small toothbrush, give him one and teach him to use it every night and Morning and, if possible, after •each meal. The night brushing Is I most important of all, for gorilla and particles of food lodge between the teeth and have time to do much Mis- chief during the long hours of sleep. Sugar is bad•for the teeth because stigar turns to an acid. in the Mouth, and that acid svorks on and injures the The Right Work for Our Girls. Mrs. Lloyd George is asking if the time has not come when every girl, like every boy, should, be trained for some profession? When the war is over a great many occupations that girls are now engaged in will be drop- ped and stores of youthful energy will be lying unused. Avery large pro- portion of the work our girls have thrown themselves into leads nowhere. These strangeand uncongenial tasks, which the girls have mastered with such enthusiasm is one of the great exhibitions of pluck and self-sacrifice which the war has produced. Mrs. Lloyd George is asking that some employment be found for all this energy that it may not run to waste when the struggle is ended. A large number of the girls now work- ing simply for patriotic duty will never be content to settle down at home again and do nothing. There are a number of professions open to women, and the war has opened up fresh ones. As accountants, women are proving tremendously successful - before the war W0111911 accountants were rarely heard of. In banks, too, W0111011 will probably continue to hold a place, and in the older careers, such as nursing, teaching, medicine, law, , aschitecture, gardening, etc,, there is scope for all. From among them all Mrs. Lloyd George selects teaching as the most honorable and the most ap- propriate. Trained teachers have e, great future before them. Schools will be what those teachers make them and our civilization depends more on getting the sight girls to teach than upon any single factor that can be named. Cause of Low Crop Yields. enamel coating of the teeth. It would be an excellent thing if all people, ad- ults and children -alike, were careful always to brush their teeth thoroughly, and to use a mouth wash after eating candy. Children should be token regularly Ito the dentiet, end a decayed temPors ery tooth should toyer be permitted to remain by the side of a permanent one, lest it infect the toped tooth, Vegetables properly prepared tempt the appetite. When they are soggily cooked or poorly seasoned, ranch of them Will be left on the table. Experimental Farm chemists say that to speak of soils that need lime as being 'acid"is not correct, What is -commonly called acidity they say is due to the abeence of basic calcium and magnesium and not to the pre- sence of acid. Leaching mid crop pro- duction cause a gradual loss of the national supply of bases, calcium and magnesium, in the soil and a defleiency of; these basic elemeets accounts for leVe ems) yields, When they are sup. plied by liming increased crop yields fellow. No matter what the condition may be called every farmer and geNienet do well to keep his land rpoperly limed and ferVinstl.