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' The man wino exclusively minds his
own business is never in an over-
crowded profession
If a 'button comes off when you are
tear front needle and thread, take a
•sniail piece of string of a suitable
odor arid, working front the under
side, thrust it through the garment,
using a hairpin as you would a bobits-
at in fancy work; slip the button on
the etring, work the strliig again
through the goods„ and do the two
ends firmly together, This is nosh
better than trusting to the holding
qualities of a ;pili, „
Address pommunlcatlong to AOronomlct, 7„2
Adelaide St. West, Torontp
I
mproving Your Poor
Fruit 'frees: grafting wax, If both scions take, iii
RI a .cleft graft, n may be cut .off
Almost every farmer vill find a � . one m y
knowledge of buckling and grafting later. As the scione ,grow, the top
helpful. It'may be to make over an
apple tree from an inferior variety
into a palatable and salable sort, Or
:It may be to add a few new varieties
by patting two • or three kinds on one
tree.
To describe the operations of Wa-
tling and grafting, it is necessary,
first of all, to get straight on the
meaning of the terms.
'Badding is accomplished by tak-
ing a bud' from one tree and inserting
it: in another true, which is spoken of
es the "stock," The stock. is usually
only olie to three years old, and In
good growing condition.
"Grafting" consists in taking a
small branch, which is spoken of es
the "scion," from one tree and fasten-
ing or grafting it onto another, in
such a way that it will grow. The
scion is generally cut from active
young growth, about the size of a
lead pencil. It should be cut durieg•
winter or in very early spring, while
the buds are still dormant. The scion,
may be kept in sand or soil, in a
cellar, or in an icehouse.
I like to do my grafting just after
the 'buds begin to swell in the spring,
so that scions will start to grow as
soon as possible after grafting. Bud-
ding may also be done at that stage,
but I prefer doing it in late July or
August, after the buds for the next
season's growth have matured. Of
course, such buds do not start to grow
until the following spring, but they
should unite with the stock in three
or four weeks.
In budding there are three distinct
steps,
First, make your bud. This is done
by cutting a dormant bud, of the war -
lett, wanted, with a little strip of bark
three-fourths of an inch to an inch
long. A sharp knife should be used,
to make a clean cut, and a little sliver
of the wood may be left in the curve
of the bark,
'Second, make a T-shaped slit in the
bark of the stock, and slip the bud
into this so it fits snugly under the
bark.
'Third, tie the bark firmly over the
bud with raffia or soft twine, to hold
it secure without cutting it.
In a few weeks, or as soon as the
bud grows fast, cut the tie to prevent
its binding the growing stools. 'The
following spring, when growth starts,
the stock is cut off clean, just above
the g`row'ing bud, which forms the
new leader, making a new tree on the
old roots.
Grafting is of two kinds. If you
have a small tree or branch to make
over, say as big es your finger, you
can use a "whip" graft: This consists
in cutting off the stock with a long,
gloating cut, and cutting a scion of
the sante size, and in the same way,
so that the two pieces will exactly fit
together like a splice. The inner bark,
or cambium of the two pieces must
just fit together, as this is the part
which will foram the adhesion. A split
or tongue in both pieces will serve
still further to hold them in exact
position.
When I have to make over larger
trees, or add new varieties to a bear-
ing tree, I select a numiber of strong
new branches, an inch or two in dia-
meter. These are cut off clean and
square instead of slanting. Then they
are carefully split act osa the middle
so that the two scions can be inserted.
The ends of the scions_ are cut to a
slim, tapering wedge, so that they
will fit snugly in the split, cane being
taken to place then flush with the
outer edge of the split, so that the
inner bark of both stock 'and scion
will come together.
In both whip grafting and 'cleft
grafting the scions should be firmly
bound in place as soon as inserted,
and the entire joint well covered with
branches of the tree aro removed; ii
the case of an older tree, a few eaelt
year, until the new growth replaces
the old alter three or four seasons,
The Babcock Tester Who Woke Up
Our Town, e
Down here in a httle country town
of southern Illinois, is a man who has
stirred up more interest in dairying
than anyone here ever• dreamed of,
writes an Illinois farmer,' •
Our farmers had been.shipping a
little dream for some time --just tak-
ing what mills the calves did not get
and selling the creast, and that was
about all.
A man here, owning a few acres,
decided that he would like to buy
cream for some company. He knew a
cream buyer in another town, and had
learned how to test cream. Se he took
the examination and got a license to
test acid buy cream. He made a deal
with a certain company, and they sent
him an. outfit.
The cream station was rigged up,
and a little cream began to come in,
After a few months a few more
bnsckets came in, and occasionally a
whole can, This man (I will call him
Smith, although that is not his name),
having a pretty keen brain, began to
wonder if there wasn't a way to get
the farmers to use more and better
cowsso there would be more cream
to ship. His volume was so small that
the business was not paying very
well, so he suggested to his patrons
that they bring in a sample of each
cow's milk and let him test it. They
would 'then know which were their
good cows and which were their poor
ones. Three-fourths' of them never
had thought of such a thing. But they
all gladly brought in their milk
samples. Smith tested the milk with-
out charge, and insisted that they
bring a sample every week for a num-
ber of weeks, so be could get an aver-
age for a period of time.
Now we come to the interesting
part: Naturally, Jones didn't like to
have his neighbors know what poor
cows he had. That is exactly what
happened. Smith averaged these
tests, giving each patron a sheet with
the reports for everyone on it, Every
man could see how much butterfat ho
had sold each week, and how his cow
test averaged, and whether his was
better or worse than his neighbor. It
was also reported regularly in the
county paper.
Did they wake up? Well, I guess
so, Soon the farmers in bunches be-
gan to buy good dairy cows by the
carload. Old Brindle wobbled down
the lane for the last time, and was
shipped to the packer. I wish I could
make you visualize the changes that
have taken place in that little com-
munity. Many farmers now bring in
one, two, three, and more gallon cans
of create every week. Smith has a
fine 'business, but the farmers most
all have a liner one. Why, a bank has
started }where one never thought of
before! The farms are fairly begin-
ning to bloom since they have been
better fed with cow manure. Silos
are to be seem on every farm. New
barns are common, and not by any
means the least are the many new
homes .built from the proceeds.
There is keen competition between
the best farmers to see which one can
get the largest ereatn cheeks each
week. Record'dceeping is still the lend-
ing feature of interest. It takes a
real force to handle the cream books
now, whereat the start, Smith could
handle it himself. Now he charges a
small fee for testing and staking re-
ports to each one. They are glad to
pay him to keep them posted on what
their cows are doing.
I wonder if there aren't other places
that need a Smith to wake then' up?
Things You Can Do to Insure
a Big Lamb Crop.
Flock increase has much'to do with
the profit of the sheep—owner, so a
great deal depends.. upon the care
given at lambing time.
Maty a lamb have I saved by a kit-
chen stove, and many an orphan ltunb.
have I raised by hand. The gm'eateest
danger in hand raising is in overfeed-
ing, but this can be guarded against
by using a bottle and nipple as for• a
baby, and by giving only two or three
tablespoonfuls of high -testing cow's
milk every two hours, As the lamb
grows, the intervals between meals
may be lengthened and the gtiantity
increased.. It is needless to say that
nipple and bottle must be kept clean
and sanitary to prevent bowel dis-
orders.
If the mother cheep has had plenty
,of succulent feed and some grain, in
addition to good hay or forage, dur-
ing the last few weeks before the
lamb was expected, the chances are
that she will give birth to a strong,
healthy youngster. Lambs that have
Rot had such favorable condition may
come so weak that they must be given
warm milk and nursed carefully to
keep them alive. Chilled lambs may
often be revived by placing them in a
tub of warm water, in a room of
moderate temperature. They should
be dried thoroughly, and given warm
milk before being returned to the
mother ewe,
Some ewes are not very solicitous
of their young, and others will dis-
own their lambs entirely, I find this
cast be avoided by placing ewe and
lamb in a email pen, Then -if the
mother is fed on grain ,and roots, or
silage, if it is not the season of grans;
she will make plenty of milk, and will
be glad to be relieved of it, and Will
thus come to own her lamb.
Such shelter as the season demands
insist be provided if loss at lambing'
time is to be avoided, 14Iy observa-
tion has been that the #loekmastitr
who tan show a 106 per cent. Increase
is not the one who trusts to luck, He
watches the ewes closely, and when
by unmistakable signs he sees that
lambing time is only a few days away
they are confined in comfortable
quarters away front the rest of the
flock. If necessary, he remains near
to assist at the birth of a lamb, but
he relies' most on judicious care dur-
ing the gestation period to make both
lamb and ewe safe.
Should a ewe die, the orphan lamb
may be given to a lambless ewe if
she can be made to own it. This can
-usually be done if the ewe has lost
her lamb and has milk, In'casea of
this kind I place the ewe in a clerk
part of the 'barn, tying !her' so she
cannot smell the lamb and refuse to
let it suck. By putting the lamb to
the ewe every two or three hours, the
ewe will soon own it, particularly it
she ,is young. Older ones are often
obstinate, some taking a week before
adopting a strange lamb. I know one
sheepman who has another plan
which wetted successfully. This is
to place the skin of the dead lamb
over the other lamb ter the mother
ewe to smell. Usually she will own
it almost immediately. I have tried
almost every way except this,. but
have no doubt that it will work like
a charm with most ewes,
Lambs are too valuable to lose, 'and
if you are tike mo you need the cash
there is in them. I raise sheep for
two reasons: First, I like to handle
sheep—just have a natural love for
then. Then I have found that they
tam always be relied upon to help me
out ,with profits of the farin, ,Ready
both spring and £all to snake their
Contribution, I have conte to depend
on them.
Selalnon Grundy
Joihed a 1011 elub Monday,
Sold his scrubs Tuesday, '
Bought purebreds. Wednesday,
Tested his cows Thursday, .
Sold the "boarders" Friday,
Joined "Better Sites" campaign Sat.
ttrday,
Pteite 1 the t.,ord 'Sunday!
This 19 the story' of Solomon Grundy,
Good vigorous parent stock, the
proper mating cf the stock, success-
ful ixtaubation---hesve their
influence upon the
all pertceent,haof chicks
ono is going to rear,"
The time je past when you should
be breoding4,jxom .every'hen on the
farm. Ifens eeleeteci in the fall be-
cause of their late -laying ability
should be marked then and used the
coming spring as breeders, provided
they have the vigor and proper eon-
foratation. To these liens should.' be
stated males from be of known
production. Ply this method you will
be able - tp improve the egg -laying
qualities of the flocks tremendously.
After the chicks have been hatch-
ed and are ready for' the brooder, the
next .question is the type of brooder
house to use. The proper type of
brooder house;. is the one that will
give you the Lest' results. A.
size is 16 feet wide and 12 feet 'deep,
7% feet high in front and 4 feet in
the rear- In this model house the;
four upper window -sashes are hinged
so that when opened the cold air
strikes the ceiling first and radiates
throughout the room. In the case of
the two central top sashes, unbleach-
ed muslin is used instead of glass.
The purpose of this muslin is to ad-
mit fresh air without any draft. At
no time except in the hot summer
tnonths•are the lower sashes removed.
As a further means of ventilation,
there is in the back of the house an
opening through which the cool air
can come between the roof boards and
the rafters; the rafters are sealed up
for a distance of perhaps six feet.
Another advantage of this brooder
house is the great amount of sunlight
which is admitted to all parts of. the
house. In the case of hens, this might
not and. would not be desirable, be-
cause no artificial heat is employed
in hen houses. But in the case of the
brooder house, it is highly beneficial.
At no time when the sun is shining
are the chicks bunched together. The
sunlight is everywhere.
At each side of the front of the
house is a little door through which
the chicks may come out and go in at
will. An approach in the general form
of a semi -circle covered with burlap
bags serves as an ideal board walk
for the chicks.- The reason for two
openings instead of one is` that they
cut down the labor greatly and make
it easier for the chicks to find their
way into the house in case of storm.
Young hogs should 'be sprayed and
dipped freely to keep them free from
parasites and skin -diseases. •
. THE LIE
ll
"It simply wasn't irne," said Kate
in puzzled disgust, "What do you
suppose made her tell hie such a thing
When there wasn't the least need to?"
As Lucy laughed she caught herself
up.. "Oh, you -know perfectly well
what I moan! Of course there ain't
ever be , any need of a lie, But there
was stat oven the excuse of cowardice
fdr this one. It was just An offhand
invention casually , thrown into the
eenversation, When I asked her Mrs,
MacVane's opinion all onto had to do
Was to say she didn't know. What
could have poeeess'ed„her to invent
sueh'a tissue of fibs? When I spoke little farglving to be done,—.admit
to Mrs. MacVane and lnegan to tisane that: Chore is; Kate —and sore spots
how Mra,, 2olacVane felt, She'd
think elle didn't falsify anything ea-,
setatial, but merely anticipated what
Nfrs MacVane would eel.”
":Lucy IJyndott, I 041{11: 'believe it's
you talking! As if that justified a
lien"
""It didn't" conceded Lucy. "But
I'm trying to put myself in 3inilia's
place. Haven't you noticed, Kate,
that she's the kindest person that over
eame into our sat? She says the pret-
Vest, sweetest things and means
them, She gasps sometimes at our
!bluntness, which seems to her Cruel -
"She needn't! We understand one
another."
"Yes; often wo understand well
enough not to mind, and when wo do
mind, to forgive, But there's quite a
tor
her tor• her appreciation, of our ef-
forts I found ell 'd never said a word
about it to anyone, Emilia must have
made it al'1' up on the spur of the
moment, I've suspected before that
Emilia was careless about facts, but
anything like this -well, ft's the end
of everything between Emilia and tae,
I've no use foraa"
"Don't call her that! Please, ICatelI
She is, in one sense; but in another
she isn't anything so seriously bad,
and T do hope you won't avoid her.
Did you tell Mrs. MttcVane?"
'"No, though I hardly know why. 1
can't see how you can excuse' herd
Lucy., You'd cut your tongue out of
course before you'd fib, yourself."
"That's right; say 'fib' instead of
'lie,"' said Lucy, with one of her sud-
den warm smililes. "That's what Em-
ilia calls it to herself, I'm sure; she
would think that important lies are
lies, but she doesn't feel that little
ones are wicked,"
"But, Lucy—"
"Hush, hush, my child! I'm a rock-
ribbed truth -teller, just as you• are.
I wouldn't defend Emilia if you hadn't
shown that you meant to stop being
friends with her. • She has a fault,
and it's a serious fault; 'but she's
worth trying to help, And, Kate, in
one sense it's the ruinous extreme of
a virtue. She told you that yarn to
please you—"
"Please me!"
"And to encourage you when she
saw that you needed encouragement
and were hoping to find it in Mrs.
MacVane's opinion. By the way,
when you'd explained to Mrs. Mac -
Vane she did agree with you, didn't
she? And say nice things'?" '
"Yes, she was a dear; but that
doesn't alter the point."
"It doesn't in our minds, but it
would in Enmilia's. She was sure that
are 'made that take a long time to
Ileal. We're cruel with our tongues
sotnetitties even to our dearest
friends; but Emilia never is."
"But if _you can't trust what she
says—"
"We can trust her heart; she's good
and loving, And if without being
cruel we can make' her understand
how much we want to trust her word,
A Practical Hog House
The profits from the hog crop form
a very important item of the total
profits' from many farms. These
profits depend in large measure upon
the. care of the hogs, and good care
of the hogs calls for an up-to-date and
sanitary hog house.
Money put into a good hog house
is well invested under any circum-
stances, but when market hogs aro
up around fifteen cents, good shelter
is an the more important. The floor
plans here shown illustrate a popular
arrangement which is proving very
satisfactory on a great many farms
throughout the corn 'belt.
The outside dimensions of this
house are twenty-four feet by thirty-
seven feet six inches. • It contains
twelve separate pens each six feet by
eight in the clear, with an alley four
feet, ten inches wide, running the full
length of the building between the
two rows of pens. Practicaly all hog
raisers have agreed that a pen six
by eight feet :is large enough for a
sow and her Iitter, indeed --a five by
eight -foot is used by some with good
results.
• There is an outside door at each
end of the alley. Then a door opens
outward into the alley from each pen,
matter how cold the air is outside. The
hogs are more comfortable in cold
weather and do not require so much
feed to keep them in good condition.
Wood is the most commonly used
because of the ease with which it is
worked into a finished building. But
if a wood building is constructed as
warmly as one built of hollow tile or
concrete blocks the cost would pos-
sibly be the same or higher.
The roof in all cases will be of wood
and two-by-four number one yellow
pine rafters, twenty-four inches on
centre, sheathed with'one-by-four roof
(boards, number two lumber spaced
two incites apart if wood shingles are
used. If prepared roofing is used cane -
by -six dressed and matched boards
should be used. A heavy .three-ply
prepared roofing covered with crush-
ed slate will give a good roof for
twenty to, twenty-five years without
any attention. This ;makes a very
warts roof for winter use.
The metal roof whitlows let the
sunshine strike every part of the
building during the day. There is no
better disinfectant for a hog house,
no more efficient destroyer of disease
germs known, than plenty of attight
sunlight. Plenty of sunshine is bet -
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'so that the hogs may be separated
and. moved from one pen to another
with convenience inside the building.
Each pen is also supplied with an
outside door so that separate runs or
yards may be built on the outside for
each. In decent 'weather this door
could be left open so that the pigs
could have the use of the .outside run
and inside shelter at will.
These small doers should be twenty-
four inches wide and thirty-six to
forty-two inches in the clear. In cold
weather a piece of burlap or ducking
hung at the top of the door, with a
stick a little shorter than the width
of the door hailed across the bottom
to prevent the wind from blowing it
back, will help materially to keep the
'pigs warm. The pigs will soon learn
to lift the curtail] when they want to
go through, The board doors would
not then need to be closed exceptin
very bad weet:ltee, or while :the pigs
are very small.
The walls of the'buiiddng may be of
three materials: wood, hollow build-'
ing tile, or concrete. The cost of these
different materials woolen be about tine
same, provided a good warm building
is eoitstruetecl.
The hollow buildingtile is being
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used by a great many with very good!
results, On account of the dead air
spaces in the tile, such a house will
not freeze if there is stock in it, no,
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ter and cheaper than buying medicine
for the hogs.
Fresh air is alsoan essential fen -
titre of any well -constructed hog
house. Every farmer knows haw soon
theair in the ordinary pig shed be -
acmes foul when filled with hogs.
Hence to insure healthy hogs some
provision must be made. This is pro-
vided for by two ventilators. These
ventilators are especially valuable
during the cold weather in the winter
when the doors and windows are
closedfor protection from the cold.
Such a house is especially adapted
for brood spps during the farrowing
season. Each cow and litter ci'm be
provided with; a separate pen and out-
side run, until the pigs are old enough
to bo together in a large lot, The
individual peens are also useful for
weaning purposes. The pigs can 'be
shut ill' this pen and given special
care during the weaning period.
The partitions Batt be made remov-
able, and when the sows are through
farrowing, they eon be removed and
it can be used .for two large sleeping
floors for the shotes.
Altogether, this house has Iliaiy
advantages 'which reoouunerd it tto
the average -farmer. It the honed is
too large or too small for the purpose
of any individual r'ood'er, he could fol-
low the same plan of construction And
at the size to his individual needs, !
too. Besides, if we are going to be
hard because we are truthful, we are
lowering our own best virtue." •
"We, hard, indeed! I may be, but
you've a heart like a pudding! All
right, Lucy, I'll admit that with her
fibs eliminated Emilia would be a
darling! You can tell her I said so;
but mind you add that she's neither a
darling nor a friend of mine unless
they are"
T will," said Lucy soberly.
It's Only a Stub Pencil, but
it Manses Me Money.
A lead pencil can be bought for a
nickel. It will earn dollars if you
use it right. Let me tell you some-
thing about the value of a lead pencil:
How much of your farm work do
you figure out? Never do? Well, I
used to 'be that way too, but I'm get-
ting' over it. My wife says I know
just what each oat straw costs. That
is merely satirical, of course, but it
indicates something. Do you really
know how much it costs to raise any
of your crops, or to feed a horse or
a cow?
Get out your pencil and let's see.
You can't weigh each feed for a year,
of course, nor can you keep exact
record of every minute's work that
goes into a farm crop, but you can
snake a pretty good estimate in a few
minutes. Do you know about how
many pounds of ear corn there are
in a 'bushel basket? What does the
measure of oats weigh that you feed
two or three tines a day? When you
find out a few of these essential
things it will be time to start using
your lead pencil. You may miss it a
pound or so,' but it won't be much
oft the average.
My lead pencil is about three inches
long. That makes' it handy to carry
in my overalls' pocket. I figure when
I am in the field, or any old place,
when I wonder about sometlming. 1
know it pays me, and that's why I
keep at it.
Sonic of my neighbors tell me that
a farmer dare not figure out what
arty crop casts, If he does he'll find
that he is losing on every one. Well,
possibly that is true—in fact, I am
afraid it is often true—but neverthe-
less it is time to find out and get:
away from it. We farmers are en-
titled to a decent per cent. on our
'investment in land and machinery, be-
sides pay for our labor, equal, at
Least, to the men we hire. Yet we:
know we are not getting that. The
more and quicker we start using our
lend pencil, the quicker we _will wake
up and'stert something.
In our county there is a big. can-
ning factory, We get $16 a'ton for
tomatoes. Yet, on an average of 900
acres grown last year, the men who
kept lead pencils busy found that it
cost them a little better than $19 a
ton co produce those tomatoes. We
are losing $8 a ton. With an average
of six tens to the acre—which is high
for the general run—we're giving the
company $18 for the. privilege of
bringing the tomatoes in to them.
. That's only one Crop. Let's find out
about more of then. Load pencils are
cheap. Farm fertility carted away in
the form of crops is expensive. I'm
cutting out some of the crops that ars:
losing rise money. Shouldn't they be
eliminated on more farms?
THIS MING TAKE
Haod'a Sarsaparilla—A Oeed Blood.
purifylno Tpnio Medicine.
It is a medicine in winch the
people cart and do have entire con-
fidence 14 ptu'e, clean and sate.
All the cleans made for it aro,
justified by the testimony of the
gratifying results attending its use
in a multitude of eases of scrofula,
eczema or, stilt rheums, psaru,sls,
blood -poisoning, eaterrlt and i'lteu-
mimtism, and of . loos of appetite,
that tired feeling, and low or run-
down conditions common in the
spring,
It is not adulterated it is not
misbranded, but honestly labelled.
It originated in a physicians pre-
seription and is recommended and
used by many physieians today. It
has to record of nearly GO years of
wonderful success.
Hood's Sarsaparilla "makes food
taste good," Get it today and bo -
gin taking it at once.
If you need a mild laxative or
cathartic, take Hood's Pills,
Now's the Time to Overhaul
Your Tractor.
Repairs and adjustments will save
time. during the rush season,
First drain out all oil from crank
case, transmission, and differential
housings. Then remove all cover
plates, so that all parts may be in-
spected. Badly warn parts should be
replaced, or at least the new parts
should be on hand. Remove the pis-
tons and rings to see that they are
working freely in the grooves. It is
important that all carbon deposits be.
cleaned from rings and grooves.
Wrist -pin bearings can be taken up
or rebushed. Crank -pin bearings
should be taken up or relined, and
scraped its if necessary.
After cleating the carbon from the
cylinder walls, head, .and valves, care-
fully grind the valves. Adjust' Valve
push rolls so that valves open ;with
proper clearance. Valve guides may
be bushed to save contpression. Ex-
amine valve springs for wear, and re-
place if tension is weak or wear is
excessive. Go over the ignition sys-
tem and repair all breaks in insula-
tion on wires; test magneto for
strength of spark. Adjust breaker
points. Test spark plugs after clean-
ing them,
Adjust thrust bearings in differen-
tial, if any. Adjust all main bearings
of axles and transmission. Be sure
that all oil openings are clear anti
free. Clean fuel lines and fuel tank
and carburetor. Examine radiator,
and rinse out thoroughly. Go over
entire machine for loose bolts, nuts
and rivets. Give all exposed parts
a coat of good paint. Last, but not
least, refill all grease and oil cups
and oil reservoirs with the best lubri-
cant you can buy.
Webster—Ice-Cream Farmer.
A. G. Webster, a farmer, put up his
largest crop of ice winter before last.
Why? In anticipation of a summer's
ice-cream business. Last summer he
launched tentatively into ice-cream
manufacture, He used eggs hardly a
day old, the purest cream, fresh
fruits, tori -notch flavorings, and his
product made an instantaneous hit.
Ile couldn.t supply the demand for it.
He didn't have to talk about its high
I quality nor apply a fancy descriptive
name—the ice cream spoke for itself
to consumers accustomed to the mod-
ern type of ice creast in which sub-
stitutes figure heavily. Webster makes
. his ice cream right on the farm. It
•is sold in drug and confectionery
(stores. He says that it is possible to
make ice crentn as efficiently on the
farm as anywhere else, producing,
moreoyer, a better quality and at. a
I lower production cost.
I Does it take an expert to make
superior ice cream? If so, there is
1110 one more proficient than the farm
wife. Pointers for the work can be
I obtained from a manual ell ice-cream
1 making.
The ice-cream route should solve
the selling problems of numerors
dairymen. If the farmer makes the
honest -to -goodness grade cf ice cream
which he can make if he will, the
selling question will ordinarily bk..
settled.
No amount of camouflage in ice-
cream :making really can fool the con-
sumer. If the eggs and the cream
and the real ft -nix aren't there, lie
senses it. If he has never tasted any-
thing different he doesn't protest, But
let hien try some genuine farm -Tondo
ice cream—the real thing --anti ic:1te!i
what happens.
Canada's oldest Iiving Privy Coun-
cillor is Sir George E. Foster, Minis-
ister of Trade and Commerce since
1885,
—if you feel bilious, "headachy'; and irritable—
for that's a sign • your liver is out of order. Your
food is not digesting—it stays in the stomach a sour,
fermented rnass, poisoning tho system, Just take a
dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets—
they make the liver do its work—they cleanse and
sweeten the stomach t td a ton, the whole digestive stem. You'll
feel fins in the monthly. At all druggists, Ole„ or br mail from
Chamberlain Medicine Company. Toronto 14
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