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The Seaforth News, 1926-12-30, Page 3TILE WOOL INDUSTRY OF CANADA in Winter, Precautions Against Fire ` Steady ';progress continues to .be "i 1.000 lbs (420,000): BritishColum- Read; mark, learn, and thorough! bi.,, 210000 lbs, (161,000 digest is good advisee regarding a made in the Canadian wool industry ) Manitoba, article in the last number of Season According to the estimate of the Gan 18 5,000 lbs. (160,000); Quebec 102 able Hints, a periodical issued thr 400 lbs. (93;000); Nova Scotia, .67, times aby P g• adieu Co-operative Wool Growers ,490 lbs. (85,000) ; Prince Edward Is- year the Dept. of Agri Ltd.,the Dominion. wool clip of the land, 30,000. lbs, (40,000); New ensure at Ottawa.The Dominic past season has been about 11,000,000 $runswielc, 19;000 lbs. 21,Ot10 dealt l Husbandman; G. B. Rothwel pounds, as.compared with 10',000,0001 The 'Eastern domestic woos,, com- and dwells the tendo of farm - fire punds' in 1925, •an increase of about in from Ontario, by fire aurin Precautions a Rothg Quebec, and the by. fire during` winter. As Mr.; It ten per cent. This is only the' wool Maritime Provinces, have been quite well suggests that -although the men as removed from the mature breeding up to,the usual standard'in the mat - sheep and does not include`any lambs' ter of length, strength of staple, and •oareleam ' oanflagratrions. by lightning, b or pu3hed. wool, Accerdingto the same`clean'liness. The Western domestic exte:es'sness of .tramps, and to son authority the woo' has, for the main wools, as coming from the farm sec- extent by heontaneous combustion, i part been removed in good condition, tions,-areconsidered the. best ever pro- tthetoved, there is danger in winter i and there is, every indication; that duced there. With regard to the range and, very concentration oft of the hours gradually a -superior product is ,coin- wool of Southern Alberta and South- 'Fir in the comes he a cf the dark hours Ing from the producers of wool iirthis'ern Saskatchewan, it is sated that First a*fhe necessity s care i o the use of the clean, 'lantern whie country.- It, is now only the occasional 'the fleeces are easily from one to one aboard be kept clean,, supplied wit clip- which reaches the market in any and half pounds heavier than the the best x�ay,ensuitable for sale in direct coin,' general average of six years ago, med, wieks,aand above all when de of oil, with rou peti�ion with the main grades frons This is largely attributed to the wider of . hand should be, other con/Aries. I use of fine wooled Rambouillet rams p' --'mooed well' awe This ; is in marked contrast to the with the Western range flocks- Gen- inflammable mtha ceiling, the wails, and.e situation a few years ago when wool eraLy speaking, the efforts of Govern- trulytsays is asideaitasMr. Rothwel produced in ,Canada was offered for ments and. livestock and wool growing isi gads that the from combustion sale in Such an unsatisfactory -state organizations to arising during evstage of method g promote the cheep encs^age the best preventive method that •even Canadian manufacturers industry in Canada would seem to be can be described in one word—order eegarded ndiffe encehe Indomestic onsiderable measure meeting With a gratifying success, liness. Avoid artificial heating in the. revolution is, due to the imeasuc- ONE HALF OF CLIP EXPORTED. barns es much as possible but when tion ,of Government gradin and the Approximately half of the wool clip absolutely necessary use the greatest marketing of Canada remains in 'the Dominion care in selection of the instrument CanadiancCo-operative effected for manufacture and the remainder is used, in handling, in material and in' ex orted. A ecoids P n toplacing. ad - the trade returns Mr. reducers' gvi Rothwell ur P own organization. i ntit: to - Tob'e gl day C'apudlan wool is not only used the twelve exported months •en671 July, sof vises no ^eth in farm buildings extensively in Canadian industry but Canada 6,456;671. $2,255,282, of and suggests net cards should be be going in ever girgatei: extent to raw wool valued at as placed in prominent positions bearing foreign 'iw in ens. ; compared with 5,618,092 pounds worth the legend "No Smoking" or "Dept INCREASING PRODUCTION. $2,426,156 in the previous correspond- � Smoke." Special care with matehes ing year, and 5,935,835 pounds worth and' in dumping ashes is advised, Figures of the Canadian Cooper- $1,986,134 in the year.ended July,' Close outhouses rigidly at night and etive Wool Growers for the present 1924. Of the' 1926 total 6,416,562 keep. a good dog as precautions season are indicative, not only of in- pound's, worth $2,238,990 went- to the against the entrance of tramps. Iieep creasing production but of a growing United States, as against 4,781,7945-a good flre extinguisher and have re-' ; conviction on the part of producers, of pounds worth ,$1,956;899 in the pre- gard to the water supply and' to the the profit in consistently marketing, vious year. The United Kingdom -in a handiness of the hose are Mr. Rof1- the wool on -a graded basis. Ever eine the past year took -only 17,868 pounds well's concluding items of counsel. 1921 an increasing •amount of the Do- worth $6,622 as compared with 878, minion wool clip -has been coming for- 031 pounds'wodth $463,399 m the pre - ward on consignment to the growers' vious year. own organizatiotn,- for 'grading and -That there is very broad oppor- - While the. writers of Bulletin No. sale of the collective basis', and 1926 tunity in wool production in Canada 72 of the Dept. of Agriouiture at Ot- has made the best showing to date. is indicated in the figures of imports: tawa (Messrs. E. S. Hopkins .and W. Approximately 3,750,000 pounds, it is In the twelve months ended July last, C. Hopper of the Field Hus'6anday Di - estimated, will be (handled co-oper- Canada imported 14,913,072 pound's of vision, Experimental Farms do not atively this year as against 3;270,000 raw wool es against 18,827,686 pounds recommend alfalfa • hay •and grain! pounds last year. All provinces, with in the previous year. Of the current alone as an ideal feed for cows, they the exception of the Maritimes; have year's total 5,855,393 pounds came point out that at certain experimental registered increases, from the United States and 5,228,012 stations in the United States alfalfa) 1' FOHoents son heare the wool consign- pounds from the United Kingdom. and concentrates have given -as -ova' Canadian Co-operative This is a volume greater than the en- results as when corn silage has been e Wool Growers in 19,^•,6, with the lig-tire Dominion production and suggests fed in addition. They think that in. ares foil 1925 in brackets Alberta, the need of. -expansion to meet domes-, d'istrects where alfalfa will growi _* 1,•800 000 abs. (1,550,000) ; Ontario, tie needs without regard to the 'Rossi- factorily it might be used satn 7,;0,000 lbs. (740,000) ; Saskatchewan, bilities of export. g sed to advan-�. xP tags to replace the hay (usually y 0 ee s s h- y to n wor n h m- t y Y. l y 5 Alfalfa as a Feed. *11 tr r;f THE CANADIAN HOMEMAKER series g' aseeTy _articld's covertly, PLANNING .BUILDING . FINANCING DECORATING . FURNISHING GARDENING •" Copyrr,9ht '5525. 44 `• all iffa HI'` if rat .....a,+k_,e,.*� -,) 'I, % WALTa5 ae a e Pavey, 1.--"----."S �, / � �---mss. oeo IlicNrronn STTnecj; Leases ,Onjnceo. THIS SEMI-DETACHED HOME -IS DIFFERENT By Walter Stuart Pavey, Architect Many semi-detached• homes possess living room light, very marked and objectionable tens- The dimensions are. 42 ft. x 28 ft. menet character lint the tendency of ilonow the backing and brick are sug- this design is to oreate the impression Bested for the first floor walls with of a private residence instead of ser hollow tile and white -stucco above. emanating the fact that it is not, The This permits the interim plaster to be cottage roof, for instance, and the well applied direct to the tile or it may be .separated front entrances both contra- furred and strapped, and then lathed buts to this eueca and plastered' In the usual way. The small porches are also an in • - teres,ting departure from the Rill widthGood quality cedar shingles should verandah which has become such be used an the felt avbrs striking Et and attractive effect can be Obtained byhaving v ng the satingles dipped in A Rotation for Dairy Farmers. A three-year rotation that Messrs. 6). S. Hopkins and W. C. Hopper, of the Field Husbandry Division of the Dominion Experimental Farms, re- commend to dairy farmers who re- quire much silage and possess only a small acreage of land, consists. of corn, grain and clover' hay used in ing commercial eatt:e, and this' con - that order. This short rotation they ference is of the opinion that a great es superior feeding .quality, Messrs.1 point out is admirably suited to twain- benefit would accrue to the livestock Hopkins and Hopper wish it M be taro the fertility of the soil. The industry if all commercial. cattle were remembered that alfalfa pasture has. clover crop coming once: every three dehorned." The resolution then goes a tendency to bloat ruminant animals,( years helps to maintain the nitrogen en to appeal for '•the support of all and that, consequently, considerable; and organic matter supply of the soil. ,interested and the encouragement of care should be exercised in placing' The rotation, the authors also say,, is deherning of commercial cattle . be- them on the pasture. ' They 'ad'd that suitednot e average farmer be- tween March 15 and April 15 or dur it might.•be advisable to have in addi- cause it contains a rather larger ing the month of October. tion to the alfalfa some mixed clever and timothy' pasture, both from the standpoint of the avoidance of 'bloat- ing when the alfalfa was wet and, as a protection against winter -killing red' clover, alsike and timothy) and pas-' professors from agricultural colleges, tura frequently employed with grafi common_ and deplorable feature of. bosses of this type. They afford much several shades of brown and some re rusty and 4o not obstruct the d more pr' n� _ _, but remember also that the success of representatives of live stock •associa- as n cropping practice. Unless the tions, packers, railway men and the land is well supplied with fertility. in Canadian Council of Agriculture, such a practice the writers say the; should be sufficient to commend the yields of hay, and pasture become so'• small as to be unprofitable. While pointing out that on soil to which it is adapted alfalfa not only, gives a much larger yield per sere than other hay crops but also vossess practice and to ensure its general adoption. '"Experience has proven," runs bhe resolution, "the great advan- tage from every standpoint; of dehorn• - aoueage of corn and a smaller acreage of hay than is desired and is only applicable where it is thought advis- able to feed the cattle indoors the elntire year or where other land is ter, making greatergains, are insnore available for pasture. demand, •are in' greater comfort them- . They advise thee•applicatior of farm selves' and are easier to, handle. An rnamure, for the benefit of the corn extra Large commission firm is quoted crop. Unless the ;and is too rolling as saying: "No single step or opera - it is customary to spread the manure tion in the handling of cattle yields on the sod land during the winter and bigger returns in money than the M, plow it under in the Spring. singee act of dehorning." The foregoing, it should be stated, is taken from Bulletin -No, 72, publish- ----- o ed by the Dept. of Agriculture at Ot- tawa, consisting of 57 pages dealing Skins Milk for Laying Hens. with crop rotations and soil manage- ment in Eastern Canada and procur- able without cost by applying to the Publications Branch of the Depart Ment. ' A four-year rotation described in The pamphlet proves that not only are better prices obtained for de - horned cattle, but that serious losses are avoided, that the cattle feed bet - A four-year test at the Nappan, N. S., Experimental Farm shows that lure selection :of this cross -bred var- skim milk . has a very high feeding iety was . given the designation of Value for laying hens, The experi=:Mackay Ottawa Number 25. In com- ment was conducted in order to deter- parative trial plots on practically all . the bulletin adds pasters to the rota- and skein milk •as a ounce of •suis al Ottawa for several ear rt the three-year rotation inprotein for poultry. The hens used: in has produced large. yields both of Y that the the test were divided grain, and hay crop is allowed to sterid two years rd d into two pens -straw. The peas are creamy instead of being plowed after one crop and fed a regular grain mixture ahcl in; color but rather darker than most of hay has been secured. Then follow dry mash. One pen was given beef sorts and carry the black eye of the descriptions of.five and six-year rota -scrap in_ad.dition and the other skim old Maarowfat. This variety yields tions, combination, d'oilele and other milli, Both pens received all the well both of grain arul straw malting rotations and a great deal of matter water they could take. Taking the it en excellent fodder' crop when sewn on soil and methods of cultivations. Peas for. Grain and Fodder. The growing of peas has dropped to a :ow place on many Canadian farms With a view to securing more pro- ductive varieties, . the Experimental Farms have been crossing some of the sorts that were -largely grown years "ago, More than, thirty years ago a Variety of exceptional merit was pro- duced front a cross between Mummy and Black-eyed Marrowfat, A pure mine the relative value of beef scrapof the Branch Farms as well as at tion but otherwise only differs from m years, thus so Why Cattle Should Be Dehorned. Experience has abundantlyproven p oven that the man who offers horned com- mercial cattle for • sale, is acting disadvantageously 4o his own inter- ests. In this connection the Chief of the Dominion.Live Stock market in- telligence division and the Dominion Animal Husbandniitn of 'the Experi- mental .reams, Messrs. P. E. Light and G. B. Rothwell respectively,in a pamphlet numnb'ered. 15 that -le being reissued et .Ottawa, and can be ob- tained at, no cost by addroaaimg the Publications Branch there, call upon 'breeders and •farmers• generally to. "cater for higher market' prices," Illustrations showing benefits. derived by the cattle themselves emphasize the subject, but the reasoning employ- ed more than justify the wisdom of &horning. Apart from the material gains shown by the painphlet the folileowing resolution unanimously adopted at:, a average cf four years the profit per with such varieties of pats as Banner bird 'over feed cost was $1.67 for the or O.A.C. No. 72, which take about the skim inillc pen and 1.18 for the pen memo number of days to ripen, This receiving be1ef scrap. The hens re- mixture is giving excellent results in ceiving skim 1nP'k laid considerably the form of hay for feeding to dairy mere eggs and cost slightly less for cows and other stock. The Dominion feed than did the others, Cerealist announces in his report for 1925, available at the Publications Branch, Ottawa, that a i large an g ?L her of farmers were thisear •su supplied Pp ed ,with seed of this variety for testing on their own farms. The Agricultural .Representa- tive e �' presEnta= tive Says— y What to do cm a rainy day? Always keep a lift of the things Our Non -Freezing Pump. that can be done in the shop or barn. We have a pump in our horse lot How many of your Mops ase under that was frozen up about half the shelter. now? timein winter. • We put the cylinder No moan can hive by 0500 crop Y � r P a:oiie. about four feet below the ground sur - Your community ze:.ecte what lou face and then drilled a are and what you belie. e. small hole 'Tis about stock -taking time. about the size .dofe ea shingle nail just k akmg ��-tie. -: above the Cylinder in the pipe. ' That Don't let January slip up on you, was t vo ee e . .ago and we have never without taking an Inventory. • had it freeze yet. LImed 'land produces without a we also had the same trouble with grouch, our pipes leading to our tank under YouMi never find any moneyin ground when the pipes would freeze. farming—you ll have to work for it. We finally made a false well at the !hake a map of your farm, showing lowest point of this pipe and put in fields and rotations. a small' hole to let' the water dlri- out. IP .4, at first au don't succeed lime ,'e haven't had any more trouble with conference pfgovernmentaltiental chiefs,"au�d then sow clover. frozenpipes and purnpe,—B: J. "such tt wepends on random variegation and should never suggest having been studied. The wales proportioned ,casement win- dows, with stationary shatters and window boxes painted a bright green,! are not only pleasing from a strictly; detail viewpoint but blend in perfect: harmony with the enoemble. It may 1 seam rather "die trop" to mention that the window sills are of brick with the 1 brick laid en edge, but if the effect be i good—surely the cause is important, + The floor plane show that the house at the right is slightly larger than the I other. It its not noticeable from the perspective, which is absolutely sym, metrical in every respect, but you will notice in the plans -that the dividing partition wail is nearer the windows at the left. However, the layout of each house provides the same accom- modation and convenience as regards the number and position of the rooms. Reader desiring further informa- tion regarding the plans and apeclfl- c.a 'on: for this house should communi- cate with the :,rrhitect direct, Ad- dress, Walter Stuart ,Pavey, 380-Rich. mondSt., London, Ont. •toes Me Nem. NV. THE PRETTIEST ROOM IN THE HOUSE BY ETHEL CARPENTER, When I first went to housekeepin I made up my mind' that my kitch would be the prettiest room in th house. There was nothing convention a4 about the kitchen; in fact, the floor plan of the room wasn't even squared having three straight sides and one diagonal one. The walls and wood- work ool work were in a &hocking condition; the dresser wars straight in front whereas the wa i back of it was diagonal; there wasn't even a drain- ing board by the sink. And yet the room had three lovely windows from which could be seen wide country views. Window views of the out-of-doors count• so in kitchens where much work is to be done every day, And I counted on urine not only to make working hours pass pleasantly but to inspire me to build in my room a proper frame of beauty around them. The first year or so I didn't spend much money on my kitchen; instead I 'created what magic I could with paint and gay flowery stuff at the windows. Everything I did counted, and count- ed big. AWAY WITH DULL' KITCHENS.-` ; I water -tinted the walls in cream these heel been pink and were flaking badly; but when:I saw them: in their new dress I was encouraged to paint the o:d dirty yellow woodwork a lovely peacock blue, which I made by mixing together light blue and porch -chair , green—two-thirds •of the former to one-third of the latter. I painted nzy1 floor a greenish blue too, but to this . mixture I added enough varnish to insure good wear as a kitchen -floor , finish, giving the floor two coats" and promising it a fresh one about twice' each year. I was amazed at the difference al- ready to be seen in the beauty of my ltitehee. So I set out with a real thrill to ,choose my curtains and my little rag rugs. I found just the curtain material to trend 'sparkle to my scheme; it was a cretonne, showing a sweeping design of. birds and flowers in orange red, black and b0ue on a cream ground, the design straggling sufficiently over the surface to allow plenty of the cream color to show g through. I made these curtains' on en I rings, and at night I pulled then te- e gether for privacy, a pleasant prat - I tice which dispensed with the need of i widow shades. Three tiny rag rugs ,I in blue end red .and black added a lasof decoration to my floor as well as relieving the wear on these much - creed sections in front of the sink, table and stove. . - With such fine beginnings it was an easy matter to deoide to use paint of a soft cherry rose for the interiors of my blue dresser and the interiors of a kitcheh cabinet which had been done on the outside in cream color to match the walls of the room, Two wooden chairs and a stool were painted cherry rose too. I' just loved to work in this room,. and perhaps that is why I canned more than I really needed during the first summer, for I saw several hun- dred jars' of fruit, vegetables end pre- serves gnadua1.•y and colorfully take, their place along the shelves in my dresser and cellarway. I So often we hear kitchens discussed !from the side of efficiency alone. But how can any room be a hundred per cent. efficient if it is not beautiful too? And the kitchen, of a_I rooms, may be, as I know, the prettiest room in the house if, just a very few aids to beauty are tendered • it. So let us have done with dull kitchens once and , for all, striving instead for effects which radiate sunshine and cheer,. When we think of the quaint old co:onlal kitchens with their wide hearths, their hanging cranes and burnished copper, their settles of pine and tables of dead -kitchens : which. have been honored in classic poem and prose, and wliich- are now found wor- thy of being 'reproduced not only in museums but in the homes of people whocan afford such reproductions ef. quaintness—.perhaps we_realize more positiveliythan ever before that the beauty as well as .the efficiency of our kitchens is very near the heart and ideals, of our 'land. And whether.' we strive for :a beauty which is . repro- duced or a beauty depending upon a colorful simplicity or whether we de- pend upon our own planning, we may feel sure that our efforts will be worth while and repaid by lovely results. In answer to the simplest planning any kitchen at•all can be made beauti- fies For every kitchen has walls, Woodwork, windows -and, floor, the best places for beginning real kitchen beauty. As a further aid to real ef- fect, in 0 kitchen there isn't the temp- tation to be too pretentious; this room cannot err as can 5o many others through being too overstuffed or too gilded or too plashed. COLORFUL EFFICIENCY. Here in the kitchen you have simple things like spindled chairs and rag ruga to deal with; you may have paint, and chintz, and rows of alumi- num pans so well scoured they are as beautiful as pewter. You may enjoy the •efficiency- of tiers of convenient kitchen -cabinet units, 'end you may enjoy also the way you have painted them yourself to go with your own color scheme, Kitchen color schemes should be sufficiently decorative to afford in- tense pleasure as everyday duties are done; it costs nothing more, really, to choose kitchen crockery . of yellow. when the woodwork of the kitchen is blue; it takes no extra tune, really, to thrill with the joy of fixing red and yellow and greed salad on a large plate of green. Curtains used in the kitchen may be as colorful as desired, whether pat- terned or plain; but usually if there are valances these should be fulled rather than fitted.Curtain material, of course, should be washable, but cretonnes, calicoes, chintzes, •ginghams and prints' copying cheaply. old totes de Jolley, as ,a rule may bo tubbed most successfully; it is the simpiast matter In the world to wash a sample before purchasing the goods. Pots of flowers on the window sills may be planned to accent the color echenae. A pewter pate or so, some oand'iesticics of brass, the recipe books in now jackets of calico or cretonne, some colorful bits' of china picked up for the pure joy each' 'aff'ords, may de lend special beauty to hanging wall ra aheives-or shelves'bracketed in; some ha edd wall space just waiting fns• such q improvement, Ants in South America' Kaye been known to construct a tunnel thteie utiles long. The Goose's Little One, •d "It's 'kettle -5g very cad said the humming bird, It ruffled its shining green and red feathers and tucked away one foot to keep its toes warm OMNI cozy, Bub the wind lifted its - feathers and brew in underneath and the humming bird grew colder and colder. Up in the tree a squirrel stuck its head out from its holo and looked down at the humming bird. It was trying to snuggle up to the bare tree trunk and it wasn't succeeding very welly "Looks like snow in the east," said the squirrel cheerfully„ "Yes," said the humming birds It was really boo mid to say any more. "Well, good night," said the squir- rel from its waam hole.' "Better go home before you grow icicles on the ends of your toes." "Thank you for the advice, said the polite hummingbird, Then, snow- flakes began to fall very gently through the still air. "This ins not so goody" said the ham- ming bird. "It is time for all wise humming birds to fly to the South- land, T would have gone sooner but I wanted' to finish my mending first." So he spread his, wings and flew to- ward the Southland -_+through the fall- ing snowflakes he tirade ono bright spot on that dull afternoons He flew mid he flew and he flew and still the flakes feli and the wind blew batter cold. It is a very .on way to the South and the little bird was geting sleepy, Suddenly a great w'hfte goose flew by. His wings made such flappings that they .bl'ew the humming bird to one side. "Excuse me, little one," said the great white goose and began to paddle its red feet to go more slowly. "Certainly," said the polite little humming bird. "I see you are going to the Southland too." "Yes, 'little one, but it's still three nights away. Get on my back and ride in my soft feathers. That's a quicker way to the South than on these two-inch wings." "Oh,: thank you, thank you, my goosie." The : humrning bird got aboard and smuggled down gratefully into those white soft feathers and slept. The goose flew on and on. And in the morning the humming bird woke up and stuck its head over the edge of theeespose's back.. Far below, the land lay in '1 soft light of early morning, Smoke was• eehnning to curl up from the chimneys and a tilde girl in a pink dress was sweeping theme'' front steps. "Hello, 'little one:" said the goose, turning round its long neck and wink- ing at the humming bard. "Oh, my goesie, we've came a long - way. The snowflakes aren't falling now and the wind is kinder." So they flew on and on and the goose's great white wings flapped up and down for two more days and nights. Then one morning, he sailed down to a green meadow. "This is the Southland, little one, and T must sleep," said the goose, "Yes, yes, sleep, my goosie, and I will watch." The goose curled' up in the sweet- smelling meadow grass and for a long, long time the little humming bird watched over it with great care. Footwear Hints. New shoes which do not polish well should 'be rubbed.with a cut lemon, ' Leather wheal is only slightly damp is difficult to polish. Rub a little paraffin en before applying the ordi- nary cream, In muddy weather put an extra amount of polish along the Tom be tween the uppers and the soles -This will not only make the footwear waterproof, but will also prevent the mud caking on the leather. It. is possible to overtone the 'squeak" in a shoe by rubbing sweet oil into .the sole. Another plan is to get a Large needle and push this in and out between the upper and the sole on both sides. Wet shoes retain their shape while drying if "trees" are inserted .• or .if the shoes are stuffed with tissue paper after they are taken off. Saving the Lawn Under Rainspouts. 1f you do not have a cistern for storing rain -water from the roof, your lawn is often damaged by the water as it gushes down the gutter pipe— at least, mine was, until I. remedied the trouble by malting a baffle of concrete,. Instead of the water. coming down forcefully and tearing up 'portions of sod, this baffle plate breaks the force . of the' water and lets is run: oft harm- lessly. c To build this baffle plate,' set two wide boards on edge, •about ten inches apart and parallel, Fill the trough with concrete, the botteni` several inches below the surfarce, and press a,' ep groove in the top,' Connect the in pipe with the upper. end of the ffle with •a piece of, angle tile, or a uarter-sectiotz of an old auto tire- i casing.—D. R. V. H, Of Course Not. Professeor (etu students in back row) 'can you hear nue !back :there?" Students (in tui son)—"No,"