The Seaforth News, 1925-01-01, Page 7Address comnlunicatlons to -Agronomist, 73 Adelaide et. West, Toronto
WY DO WE FEED SPROUTED tremely useful hi storing: up the. food,
OATS?
L king at the table of analysis, we
rind that oats contain more cellulose
or vegetable fibrethan any of the
other domestic greens (with the pos-
sible, exception of buckwheat, which is
not at all suitable for the purpose),
and can therefore furnish a larger
sprout" than any of them. They are
needed by the sprouting seed, it must
be converted into soluble, absorbable
sugars to be of any use to the grow-
ing plant. This. conversion is brought4
about by diastase, which is present in
praetioallyall,'. seeds (it hasbeen
found in- active form in seeds known,
to be over fifty years old).
An extremely small amount of dies
Lase will be catalysis -its mere '.ples-
r enol in mmeral matters tliai'i the ens -act upon end render available
othoi gi dins alower in p 'ice Ear absorption many, many tithes its
r
•But why not feed oats in their na- own' weight of 'starch: As oats, a's well
of •eFroribmg:Sham? Because in. their I diastase than they need. for their owr•
i
tutelesi -tel stred:thee seep tee tcoublel,as many other seeds, contain more
dry state they are not especially rel-, use—that is, more than is necessary
,shed b poultry and not greedily to..cenvert all of the starch contained > i? .z.,kTma^�• 'a'
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eaten. By sprouting they become more, it'th'em excess is available for
-the .
palatableDr. J H. Jeans, of the Royal Astrono•
• and are a very 'desirable the purpose of converting any other areal Society, London, comes forward
special feed for the following reasons:, starch brought'in contact with it„ So with the startling idea that there is
1; They are succulent. That is, if that, when the sprouted oats meet the life on the planets adjoining the sun in
properlypaied, . s P routed oats con-,. other starchy grains in the alimentarY the same proximity as the earth.:
res prepared,
rain'- re,se juices, which"are. very pale' canal of the birds; the diastase of the
stable. and much relished. They con -I oats immediately attacks the starch r---
- thin these juices in a readily. absorb -i of the grains and helps to make it
able form, along with the other quickly absorbable.
substance's which they hold in solution; 3: They contain vitamins. This
such as salts, etc, term was first applied to the sub-
With . human beings at least, the stance or substances that must be
relish of a palatable food greatly in present in the diet of animals in
N creases iris value, as that stimulates order that the animal organiem. may
thtite and causes a greater flow grew and reproduce itself.
of . Their ex -
of the gastric juices. t ter is as yet unknown, as they
2. They contain diastase'(..or amyl- have been recognized and 'more thor-I standpoint of a professional builder;
ase, as it is now called) to a large oughly studied only for about the last bet Billy Carter and Ned Dunham'
degree and in an active condition• twelve years, This much, however; is:thought that she was as near perfec-
Diastase is the most common and best- known about them: They are most, tion as it is possible to have a craft
known of the plant enzymes or. far- abundant in those plants or parts of of her
size. .
merits, and isfound in a sprouting plantsd for many years
such as germs,spores, bythe crew of the not very staunch merits, and then it was that both the r
scads. Itspurpose rapid growth, u P , , a through h width there," and germinating- the boys saw many places x g
the . captains loud command,' while
those on the' pier shouted the, r selvee
'hoarse as the old craft,;swinging las-
i].y :around into the Wind, began to
glide, away.. with sufficient .speed to
leave a well-defined •wtike behind. Flow One Mother interests Her Child in Personal Cleanli-
"She' just a lime/Meg; isn't she?" nese—By Helen ,regg Green.
id'N' ti in' a tone of satisfaction, as
Home Education
.'Thr- Child's First School Is the Famlly"--Froebet."
THE WREC[C
OF THE
MARY JANE
HABITS OF MIND
Among,certain .classes in China,' it
's a thing'of pride to have long finger-
sr- , e
the. Mary Jane passed' the' town at, „Jessica dear, Gloria s air newts, es and wash out her dress and under- nails. ' These long nails indicate that
the rate, of abort two miles an hour. ' h , one belongs+"to a cuss which does not
shampoo: 'It's dead looking. Sites wear.-
Tlie tidy }s, •,}yelping ,hex' along not half so - pretty when ::alae isn't After Jessica scurried away, her have to work and the longer the nails,
r'replied the ca rain,-modes•tly,p ?tt , '' mother smiled' the more a person of leisure one ie.
some, p c J met -her g
s he held the .tiller with a- steady a ted good
.a e
to be 'a truly' natitical', position. ` I and sotno casti'.a sea for the shampoo. she said. "Well," • because of this in- cased' m wooden shields -
t would have been` safe enough tenet, she has become just as inter- to feed hi'msel'f or oven lie down, ex+
s �wse i "I beieve she neede a clean dress
1t of the boys with ted in herself. 'I wouldn't want sept en certain' positions; for fear of
if' we bad taken a o Y and .stockings, 'tor-," Jessica called ested
us;but I vomited, to'find out justhaw, m little shoe lder. Gloria to be 'ashamed of her mother,' breaking these marks of aristocracy.
She'd sail before wet get a crowd on back over, her plu p she declared, :I" fauna' a washable One is led to say with Shakespeare,
t And perhaps abath-" and made her: some sturdy wash, "What tools these mortals be•." But,
board n . .: , ; doll,
skipper and his crew ave I guess I must. have, had' a slightly le dresses and underwear. I knitted and this is a big but, 'are we not fools,
em• sn the upntthepleasure uizal look, for Mother explained,' ab socks and bought a tiny pair of too?
We- do not adhere to preeon-
themselves entirely to. qtittle ,.
of listening to the'miirniur of the '• "You see, Jens--ica for some reason; al- tan shoes, and some shoe polish. I got calved notions regarding fingernails,
wash -
water as' it rippled a against. the bow ways ' bated being cleaned up. I re-, a baby's tooth brush, some tooth, paste,' but. aro we not also in ruts? Do we
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of the gallant craft, and each felt member one day when I was bathing a shampoo ;that makes an enticing not often farm in the way we"were
that a reat mistake had been made her, she. exclaimed, "'Mother, I wish lather,; an oraxrge stick and some nail taught as the Chinese 'g cow nails as
g small sam le
in. not re ariri for a longvoyage. {water was only to drink!' Of course,ellen you can, -buy p they were, taught? Do we not often,
preparing &
,, they 'were wife satin -•the daily.baths, and the shampoos P ,res verythea . My child was de-� -with much diseomt i•'t and los'a, aill;ete
For an hour h y qor- P
fled that they -could have one to sea were real trials. She didn't want to
lighted!, but not half so much as _ I,' to ruts of thoughts and methods when
gclean.''Filiall I decided to try out get
intheboatwithperfect safety; but;be , y, for the problem of keeping Jessica' we could some ,ittle effort the
at the end of that time they were con-' an idea I had hit upon, after a par I neat and clean was salved. Ionto the smoother road of `modern
-meed that even four mires was too titularly hectic • scene, when I had err of course;' she continued, "T progress?
ested a And brushin o take the "Soo how interested she is in keep- One man is said to have his , nails
hand, and enumed" what be 'believed ga. a g t7 g over a foot long.
tangles from the doll's golden tresses, ing Gloria clean and darn-loakiri 1" He keeps them en,
and i� unload
She was not a beautiful boat in any
sense of the word, as viewed from the
great a distance for so old.a craft. I given her brown curls a much-needed
In the ,excitement of being afloat.shampoo,"
call,
anddon't e re. how dirty she gets, •of' change and progress? To -day is not
and gliding slowly away from friends There was a telephonewhen I a Y l
and home, they .had failed to notice, after that we talked of other things but now she's anxious to be clean like yesterday, end to morrow will still
that the.water was making its way, until. Jessica returned with' a shining again, while before—well, it really be different.. •
through the imperfectly calked seams,, Gloria, was a struggle." Fundamentals are always the same.
'd it .was not until,their feet were'+ cried,"doesn't Now wasn't the doll idea a cleverLThe whole universe is run wi`£unda
an "See,Mother she
wet that they realized what was sure my doily •look fine l I gave ller a bath, one? If the woe ones happen to have' mentals. They make the past worth
ly uncomfortable, even though it and. shampooed her hair, and cleaned an aversion to soap and water this while. But can we afford to sit help
might not be dangerous. and polished her nails,, and brushed way is certainly much . easier and less with our fingernails of the past
The mate set about bailing out, and •
her teeth, and changed her clothes, more pleasant than scolding and nag- and watch the world go by into a
for half an hour he worked in allots-' And now I'm going to polish her shoes ging. glorious future? May it not be well
urelyfashion, thinking• that the mat- — for each of us to ask, "Am I building
ex was not tonesone serious,f until Billy it much of a of Capt. Sprout's schooner, a perfect' upon the past, or am•I buried le it? -
would not have thought
ex
exclaimed coming in arond-alarm:Am I willing or willful regarding the
feat to . swim that distance; but, en- wreck. I tasks the modern world puts to me?"
Its in around- the stern cumbered as they were with a portion; She never made another cruise, and
post as fast as you can bail.it out, e of their clothing, it was 'all they Could it safe to say that, her :decaying ;
ando it seems to me as if a leak keeps
time," do to reach the ledge, timbers will serve for many a year to Overhaul the.Tractor Now.
growing larger all the The Mary Jan had 'sunk i ins mind Billy acid Ned never to give
been use
Ned ceased his' work for a' few mo-
f active, d
state o he had be
ina Sto aterbu
are I £ee f w g
11 t' that ,
sprouts and other succi nor fast -sailing fishing schooner, ," as could be seen when the boys after. they have learned' exactly. the Don't put it off. money I know it may be
iso to cause the or aim lar ou-sta in-eleavesr and iwater wasbeginning to trickle wore on the rocks, the tattered ensign extent of the supposed danger that hardto
dig up
the another s maybe
starch similar substances lent- growths. So that sprouted oats, Mary Jane, and that name was paint the wet g gs• dill to showing sufficiently above the surface may menace them. . you g throughn•
soluble a, tf theawl ata rata that threatened speedily
ultry,. Belfast, convinced that it would not she'll sink! n ed mariners on a rock so far m mid- Shall it be sunshine, cod liver oil, lime- cost us to give t a thorough; going
be safe- to attempt to, make' another Captain. Billy looked irround him i o th t it f m land bo meal, rock phosphate or over early in rho spriirg, and Wa ex,
Want her to have all the' fun she cant May it not be that we dq not, con-
he and ile and there are times eaivo'that life is a c,nstant process
int . s P ,
Jane
a sun n n .re
t "the fl a was still themselves up wholly to fear until Does your tractor need overhauling?
That is what we thought last year,
o mark the. spot where the old craft
had gone down.
The fact that they were s ipwrec -
present in all seeds into sugars or contain them in considerable rob lack
f tYiesel ed on timeCaptain
sterrnio Sproul. hauled his swamp the Mary Jane. HOGS The result was we paid out as- much
al f the W P be
sugar -like products. I and thus make up or ac o When a "
absorbed necessary components untie usual dry, long -used schooner on to the beach se Take in the sail and hale me, or h h' k Prevention of Rickets in Swine.- for needed repairs as it would have
Starch in itself cannot t' fed to o i e
by theP
growing cell. Thus, while ex- grain rations
e
t
POULTRY.
ocean a they were a mile from
sono, are some
fast alongside, and after having been tween the point o to e felt,. As. the hours re is no difference xn the effect of Some g
If P
you have a carefully selected, up or thrown bask upon the wagon.. g tion be an b rho
to be o the, barnyard. exposed to the rays of the sun for re departure; to gain the edge would g
veli -bred flock it is time dux. you and hauled. t h Y � er require at least an hour of time; to went by :they grew hungry, but their the type of calcium carrier when there have been avoided had we attempted
consider top -dressing with straw the greater portion of one summer, q e provisions were at the bottom of the war- an abundant supply of antirache the clam:leg up job -n time, We learn
Ii B'll had urchased her at the lot- return would take twice as long, sine
• • h o £ •tabl 't •went in the feed.: I£ ed our lesson all right, and this spring
hot but they no shelter- They a rain and sic}m milk ration is sup- a ore working time i As the owner, Bine was, o o , a -ex expected that a vessel' or a boatlied to the row a pigs, is no a Out
shoe a covering for' ,
' ; , ca taro and he shipped ec - h d Pg g Icondition
insure u a ,en over
of ten cents the wheat. It helps also to prevent P1 • t the fact that it wou,d be at-{ would soon come along to take them all likely that the vitamins is no ,
P twin in the s rirrg.l as mate in order that he might have mg o off, but no craft•of any kind hove present in sufficient amount. Where will be replaced with new. One sea-
or more a dozen over marks- ,egg It' also and tie g p !'some assistance in making repairs, for tempting to sail in the ,very teeth of son's experience in postponing a need -
rices duffing the hatching season. It also furnishes a much for the the wind! sight, and now .the tide was 'rising no nilly or green feed can be given,
"canvas!" shoutedthe rapidly, a small •allowance of COd liver oil (2 ed general overhauling is enough. The
Take in the
bun to smother the' wheat. Frozen as he•cin her, Mary Jane the Second, alarm, ,d be- did not trouble them at first, hut soon limestone plus sodium phosphate? perrenced very aggravating
y
` should be broken as he•calied;the small boat, was made The Mary Sane was midway all that was disagreeable in the situs- Investigations' haveshown that lays in rho busiest season in addition.
bunches of straw int f destination and that of our reatest troubles would
de -
planning the best way to market the
eggs which that flock will lay next' during the winter a great protection I r y P ba Tho sun sono uric m of y -tic vi ammo pi
yin ' It is more than likely that" to the wheat crop. It helps to'catch price of 'a dollar and twenty-five cents. it would be necessary to' make several, y i b f ki t m our tractor will
spring, h Bif course, tacks to reach the town while to maks i it ' t tl get a good cleaning up inside and ,
you can secure a contract which. will the snow and furn3 g
N 1 Dunham the nearest shore was impossible ow -I P t and all parts not m good co dt a
In many 'sections of the country l wheat (hieing the growing season and
there 'are baby -chick hatcheries that, assists in securing good clover 'catches.
• depend upon •farm flocks for their egg
supply. These afford a splendid mar-;
hot 'through a fairly long season to i Storing Seed Corn.
farmers and others who have well -
b • d flocks. The great winter danger for seed
it was necessary to do very much
patching before the hull would be suf-
ficiently watertight to admit of her
floating.
Neither the captain nor the mate
were expert carpenters; but they con-
trived to do the work in a manner that
The, supply of suitable hatching corn is its freezing before being thor- was partially satisfactory to them
eggs is quite inadequate, so that the' oughly dried out. Thoroughly cured selves, and on a certain Saturday
owner of good stock will have little and dried seed can stand a low tem- morning Mary Jane the Second floated
difficulty in arranging a satisfactory perature without damage, This year in rather a clumsy fashion at the head
connection even though he may, have winter came with corn carrying far of the pier. -
to ship eggs his e s q uite a distance to more moisture than usual. It should It was well-known among the
the hatchery, be mere carefully protected from low friends of the captain and crew that
(let in touch with the hatcheries temperature than usual. they were to take a voyage of four
near,' you and learn exactly how to Damage to corn caused by low tem- miles—to Sampson's Ledge—on this
meet their.; requirements. You will perature before the stored seed has particular day, and there were very
find them ready to meet you more than fully dried outis a damage not easily many applicants for passage; but
halfwayif you can produce the thing apparent on'examination, The injury Billy, with a cautiousness well becom-
they want. shows up merely in failure to germin-� ing a sea captain who fury realized
When several flocks of hens aro kept at. No matter how carefully the al of his responsibilities, replied , to'
in one long house it is considered aseedti 1 f his friends in the same words
wise practice to use wire -covered par-
titions between pens in order to pro-
vide
ro
vide for a maximum circulation of air
ddiningT is reuent y meanstoo much
tractor will not stand neglect and let
you get by with it.
Perhaps the old valves have become
burned and pitted causing the motor
to run badly and loose power. It does
not cost -much to grind them and see
that they are properly seated, or even
to replace them with new once. Such
treatment -makes the old motor be-
have like new. It may be the piston
rings are worn, resulting in poor com-
pression and !allowing some of the un-
burned fuel to escape into the crank
case arid dilute the oil. Next thing
may be a burned -out bearing or even
a scored cylinder, '
You may find an insignificant oil
hole stuck up with dried up oil or
grease. It a simple thing but has
been known to cause expensive repairs
and more expensive delays when not
looked after in time.
Th tractor has come to the farm to;
stay. We would not like to farm with-
out one, but you can not coax it, or
force it, or kid it into working when
things go wrong. It -is as strict about
its inside workings as the Bank of
England. There is no use trying to
put anything over on it. That is one
of the few things that can't be done.
mate, excitedly.
"Let it be!" shouted Billy. "I'll tie
the tiller, and perhaps we cap keep
her afloat till we get to the ledge."
"He was working'even AS he spoke,
and as soon as the helm had beep se-
cured he began to help the mate, both
At high water they knew the ledge•ounces per week per pig) is sufficient
would: be covered to the depth of six to protect against rickets. Sunshine,
inches or more, and the thought that well saved alfalfa• leaves, skim milk,
they might be obliged' to remain there pupped roots, and grain are a cora-
ail
oin
ail night, with the possibility of being bination in nutrition not easily die -
washed away and drowned was de- rupted by rickets.
cideddy disagreeable. The following mineral, mixture is
bailing as rapidly as possible, for the On the right or island side of.the used in the swine, feeding at the On -
water was pouring in so fast that
ledge the shore was hardly more than tarso Agricultural College. It is gee
their utmost exertions were necessary a mile away, but the point of landing good satisfaction: 4 bushels char -
to keep' it below the thwarts.
There was not a sail, nor even a
rowboat, anywhere within ten miles,
except at the dock from which the
Mary Jane had started; and shipwreck
on a pleasant day within sight of home
seemed inevitable.
Sixty very long minutes passed,
during which time the boys had work-
ed
has been stored, gexmma on each ied as they had never done. before, and
tests shouid•be •applied before plant-, "You see, the Mary Jane isn't as at the end of that time the crazy old
ing. It is not too early to make plans strong as some other boats, and I'd boat•.was so deep in the water that
to this end. I rather not take any one' with me but both expected each instant to have her
months.
q ly the mate till I find out whether she'll sink beneath their weight.
ng t esummer Lime. not." "Take off your jacket and shoes,"
When to Sow hold together or
As a matter of course there was no said Billy, at length, as he began to
cold weather unless the front"She's in w t appliedto the soil with
curtains aro kept closed more of the Lima may be small amount of disappointment am- set the' example. going to sink,
f the 1' d theyn sura and we've got to swim for it,"
time than is desirable. An excellent profitable results at any time o ong those who lie revs were e -
wa to get around the latter difficult year. titled to a passage by the right of The ledge was not more than two
y h Scientists declare that the beet time friendship; but they were all at the hundred yards away; there was hard -
muslin
is to cover the wire partitionscod with
or burlap when cold. weather to sow lime is in the fall when the pier • to see the voyage begun, with not ly a ripple on the water, .and fortvn-
threatens. seed beds are being prepared for fall- an angry thought toward the skipper, ately the boys were fairly good swim -
Muslin is of course to be preferred, sown crops. forthey recognized the necessity of mere.
make •
'the penslighter Lime, sown then can be worked into giving the aged boat at least. a fair The captain had thrown off his
and Wil it so ew t g the finely pulverized soil and brought show before putting her to any se- sweater and was attempting to re-
and will be somewhat easier to apply. contact with the soilpar- t, move his shoes, when he bent too and theymade every signal which
e- into intimate -ere test.
`
what course its cost will usually be some- I quickly toward theport side,and the
.:titles. Thus it will exert its full effect Billy.and Ned, were provided with a i q t k y t w could mean.distress, until, to::their
What greater than the cost of burlap: t lin the soil for the spring ,oinsrous luncheon; and, a rigging dor, old boat gave up the struggle. Itrent
Some flock owners have found it in ewes er g g e a Jane,had an old leg -of -mut -1, seemed as if she had been suddenly cam in o thee, the man wa water, - owing'enemy
ove his
worth while to build removable frames planting. to 1s1 1, pulled from under her. crew, so rapid-
which are covered with muslin and Many farmers sow lime with small sail, a faded ensign, two boards Ptoward them.
1 did she sink and Billy and Ned
which projected toward the rocks was cowl oe hardwood ashes, 8 pounds salt,.
covered with trees, and no signs of 2 quarts air slaked lime, 1 pound sul-
life could be seen. phur, 10 pounds of bone meal.
They alternately shouted, watched This preparation is kept in a suit -
for a sail, bewailed their sad fate able box in each pen where it may be
and wished for something to eat until taken by the swine at will.
sunset, when the tide was fully up, and they were' obliged to stand as After Christmas.
best they could on the rocks in six or I glance round my happy home
eight inches of water. As
During the whole of that long, ter- In this post -Yuletide season,
rible night they wandered from: rock I m dries a person in a dream,
to rock, fully convinced that they And not without some reason.
should starve to death, and the rising A corner of the living room
of the sun brought them but little With grazing herds is dotted,
cheer, for, the tide having risen again, And in my leopardrite cozy chair
they -were partially submerged. I see a spotted.
It was not until the middle of the Upon the couch' a gay red cow
forenoon that they saw anything that Has taken up its quarters,
even promised assistance, and then And from beneath the table peep
the end sight of a farmer , on the All Noah's sons and daughters.
shore with an ox team caused both Out in the hall I' know I saw
the shipwrecked ones to shout for joy. A boar o£ aspect horrid,
The farmer` answered them, but it And my bedroom's the habitat
was impossible to hear what he said, Of beasts from climates torrid,
which can • taken' down or, put u i grains- in the spring when clover e-1 and two tin cans to be peed as bailing; the
y "He must intend to some as fax as
P istepped, th a h with his shoes on,were flounder
quickly
when required. ced, This elso'is a good time be -1
dishes. The mast was me' e c h ua he can, and then have us swim out to
�cause the lints can he cheaply }near- i tattered flag proudly hoisted, and Ned I mg in t e y.
nim" said Ca -rain Billy, as he began
Top -Dressing Wheat W'th posted with the soil at the time when cast off the in obedience o I to remove his clothing.
Straw. bbl not be ,, , .ec But such n aro- . .
the season a•
as t C
;' deicing more straw-o�n my farm than will become better P � � .xi_• •� y ., g.. rL, si able astonishment of .Billy and Ned,
stables into es, to tthem
'through my grew � es �
I could'work, the man drove: directly toward
manure; consequently, T have drawn a
r -; `' ,� ' E. k ,v-i� until he arrived at the. ledge, the water
nut a large amount of strata during ` n t' a , s
��_, I , a. e > � � ,,y ; ,u • in no one place from the point. to the
the winter and -top-dressedclover
catches
as �tls:' 3� l. p, -
,. , ., '-::;• .> _,_�: �... ::.;a <.>, .>='t,:s t ,s;.. , o N • f + , rocks heip'g more than:two feet deep.
A', means Of encouraging C10'Ve1 .,�ltC e r +• x . <., \. ,'4r-, , c'"k '3 s r t'. ,,,• \ 'r- ,. ,,^ :.
,•g�•v�".� \ , !; a�;u �� ��:'n'� ,�+.3„„^ .y��`v � y"r�r.� *a.t,,"�:.: , it was' 'with, no little 'shame that"
and toprotect the wheat from adverse Y,,. e ,_ : ., �..:� xhad remained
�. �_ • � , :,� `5.�• , � vn ,. �. ,r a ��� .,. they. realized that they h
� i �s �
the t �, �� �,
during� ,
e
w �
i hl"
in I find this practice, o
rids rP
a spring.
hhawser t Under ordinary circumstances they hint," p
the sort is being Worked for the crap.
The good effects will probably Y was hardly the farmer's
if fall sown but they < . ,, s fir= �fx intention: The tide had been ebbing
as r Eiss v
For several .years • I, have ,been pilo- so gronom ted ..a '
or three hours and to the unspeak-
conditions e
'her s n
at � when
- r.^ a ,� s•,x• Y� i.r s Ledge, m 5Dn
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1 QI :;k.. � .+ .. � � ^. 'ayp.. r a '� t � ' • "� r S 3yF .. ii. w O
II :a :• ailed
it luaus w
.� _ear
,. � • could ri. .. ,
B' a n.. they Y
a .ma
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inn -h after e T
I this co Te
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l andsh
t o p it they
ri]m
r � cit t
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along walked
i
�', � and
4 1
Z • ' •ia.., a
ashore
n of .vl'teat. Y-. a ".'��.r�at .�,,�•,�i? . lt:: � '^ is3ft3,� r - �
dress a considerable area tin
land, ;jJ�,y7��. l/ f,.:Z°a i _'::: ^�-�, : .t;�e. t,� . ., t ,, �, arrived Mina .. ,
ati - l W^i I/G� t;r A'e. ty<•'JPD*l"± : 3 .?c < 7„
. in - with the ,�•, ,. � � � °• ,., ..:V e , ;Y�R< i c? �t p .' � ���,r fRvAk�: "What's the. matter. the farmer
I begin soon as
the wheatW k {n :`X °•> ::, a a `>r ' t ;:aux tile. "Wh , didn't,you
ar a, � , , �g i asked:in p- Y
straw as soon as land is trocen �o < ><� 1 v?i',�,�s�. �.�' �
ii y v t r' come .ashore? Aren't liui•t, are -,you?»
'hard enough to hold'the wa an. rl > ; . �� • „ sae. , � .;t��. „' '» • 'i c, -
gS _ y a, 1 ! fi`^�h ,.:.fin i �� Nor, said Captain Billy he-itetieg
hays tried spt�oadutg, the straw with ',' � ; t:"^ � ' r, „ ; mita: ,; k..�°�,a�'F,, : � ...•r ' r. .:, t+':d'i4;
, but I .Y ^ :, r t ly, `-`we're all right; but 'WO wanted to
• died ordinary i d it
spreader, ` r� coo tint helpus get our
” r (n , , �' r. . see if you c
rind that I can do it ntac faster -with 1 x=sunk just there where
forks, As I e ays static :my :straw boat out It's J,,
w .
-it -does not `wet in ba�ndly, and;if care -`*"Tj'''�'• �t`�' ' �. ,; �r � ;� the flag is sticking up. ,
is exercised not to uncover too much fr � ':v� I can do it easy enough if one of
<
'th t lc t no ver little treub'e
will be encountered with freezing'.mr, Ui'-mf an,—"At the movies they're
of e 5 ae a once;
yGenie,Hunte�.s.
" r
.: to the painter: Then the cattle twill
t. .. xr
100 ,�E ,
'i shoot- l`""' � 6.,r-
• a worn r:.. �' ;: � . , _ ,. it ashor
• •.a: picture Of i :.;.,; u,..... .:. _.> ..... .. _ ..,. soon yank
i, find it :a, cod rattles to.i•hrow showing p �� .. ....•,.� ,. ,,.,:. „ k �: �,.r
you .wi•',l swim,:. mit end tie this rope
understood
the straw' off in siirall piles on each ing a lion:"
i
-. • , .. enoughHis Wile- >lhat�s ncLhrug. 7]on1:. : -::: :.y ,;<. � %`��^ �,,1 �<;.; -; ,.? .. •°.`r�. �..,: �. '. e of and never had
side a the wagon, lust .A to �.h. ps i ,..,: a .. , 3: 4 a ;.,... that they were n
i ,,ot .. �. :5 � M „ L, , � .: a,. ., by <gQ�,« i :Rte(.' a„ ,
e
. p y • , you re � ', been in any anger, was cover a space thirty feet wide. e^
' f t 'd Aft niter the time 1 billed
To do this, now the boys
A horse ie` on' my writing desk,
A deer upon the table,
And in my sewing -basket lurks
A cat with coat of sable.
O little son, with' eyes of blue,
Don't let that Iion roan
Or I shale throat my dream is true
That I am MTs. Noah!
•4Y
11 ir7
t„a.
d . �� l � fix' � �� 3✓ ��,.<� x i rzb
froom? d but a slight
the straw is unloaded I go along and mouse with a 1
' t • caned to' t s1,.; •hula tale 11'Saiy Sane wase not. only
e . oh , - •e. z• -old ma ores.• , has just tete •. carried en the ox:
spread it evenly: and lightly weal errs h,t,s Dotty .7Towlett, the Lvi E..i.o 3 . ) r it ;°d aslm e, hut c
e inir: it into in Laiiclon, Wiese hor cart Belfast, -here also mal,
Wheat. Here care should be oxer It combs freeze getscarcer In Leicester after undergoing Ire, civic duties Lack to rie.lab , r
cited to spread the straw as lightly 'alio henhouse, It's a sign of damp- I father is rho mayor of Richmond. She is the youngest mayoress in England, yet be seen on the beach by the slue
as possible. Too heavy spreading isIHess. 1
0
Music a Very Ancient
Amusement.
There: are still to be found people
who talk ,of music as though it were
some new -Tangled thing scarcely worth
inclusion among the serious interests
of life. The truth is, of coarse, that .
music ' has been a living concern 'of
every people of the world far thous-
ands of yeare past. .The instruments
of music familiar to ourselvesare un-
known among some of the more an'
cient peoples, and we know nothing of
their instruments. The Chinese, the
Persians, the Turks, even the -kite'''.
can Indiana, and the South Sea Island•
era, ,have their own instruments of
music and their own ways of making'.
Tried to Ploy on Her Feelings.
"Why did you leave the room?
Wouldn't your musical friend play on
the piano for you?",
"No—tried to play on my feelings
instead,"
It is profitable to keep hens com-
fortable. Keep the coop free from
draft, still well ventilated and dry.
The coldest coop is the tightly closed,
Ill•ventilated one
It is a shrine to bank any house with
manure. Makes me ashamed of the
man who does it There are much
better ways of ' making the cellar.
warm: Point the stones up: well with
mortar. Lay the wail over if need.
be; if hard pressed, gather up forest
leaves, or haul sawdust, bolt don't for
pity's sake, use ntonure. It is not
healthy, and how it does look and
f snxeli i
music, and have had them since far
away times of centuries ago. Music
is one of the oldest possessions of the
•
world. To
think a a modern
of its
amusement is to be very tar indeed
from the mark,
-`-
Improving It Time Long
Wlfie--"'Bobbed hair continues to
improve the nerk.
Hubby--"x'oii're imp'rswing it or-
longi,,