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ish casings, wipe off y with a cloth before ~ Frankfurters; Use about oueithind an beef trimmings and two-thirds k. The pork should be about one- little half fat, and trimmings from the cured infil enge on the number of twin lambs ing, which means, extra feed- 5 at breeding time, resulted * higher percentage : v ¢ Sime in lamb later. To obtain the highest percentage of twins, ewes | should gain at least seven pounds a © "head during the breeding season, the tests indicated, : tests did not bear out. the sup-| ing sition that the proportion of twin Bamba can bs incronees by selecting as "breeders rams and ewes born as twins, - Selection should be made on the basis of average yields of different, strains, stead; not on tha" basis of indi- hams and bacon may be used. For 100 pounds, the. following seasonings are mended; but may be varied to suit the consumer: white pepper, four ounces; red pepper, one ounce; 'mace, two ounces; sugar, four ounces; y neces; salt; two and one-half pouns. Five pounds of .lour and twenty pounds of water are added. The mass is thoroughly mixed, ground fine, and stuffed into :mall casings. Jt is customary to make the links about four inches long, Press the cas- together and twist once around. Alternate the direction of tie twist and the sausages will stay linked. Smoke about four hours and then cook for about. ten minutes in water be- tween 170 and 175 degiees. In stuffing, care must be taken not to stuff the asings too tight or they will 'burst while cooking. If omion is desired, «pound to each 100 pounds in the p them 'either raw or cooked, make tian excellent addition to the. ration. not be fed more often or tem | adding living space? An extension of window not only gives more space HELE z 3 need scrubbing? Have you a good built-in dresser or kitchen eabinet? Is the work-table conveniently plaged © Is the sink equipped with a drain- board? Ash or maple is the best wood for the purpose, and the board should b eheavy, well cleated on the under side and well grooved on the upper. It should be made water- Tesistant by being finished with a wood filler, and then rubbed down linseed-oil. tid 3 Is there a way of arranging a light- ed pantry between the kitchen and dining-room for dishes, and a ventilat- ed pantry for cooking and table sup+ plies? Is there a porch at your kitchen door, and have you a wash-room an~ nex? These are all simple conven: iences to facilitate the routine work of this part of the house. In many cases; when they are lacking, they can be added without great expense or labor. Windows were often skimped in the early building. We have since learned that sunlight and ventilation are vital- ly necessary to the well-being of any] family, To my mind there is nothing so 'important in a house as.properly placed windows, unless perhaps it is properly built closets. And the two really go together, for whenever pos- sible closets should have windows both for light and ventilation. } ; Have you considered that adding daylight to a house generally means 1 living-room. Oni the second floor a closet which holds brooms and other cleaning utensils will save the house- wife many a step. If there is not room on: this floor for a linen closet, install at least a linen case and towel cabinet in the bathroom or in the hall. Do you need more space? How are you going to make the house bigger? Without: knowing the, original plan, it is difficult to give specific direc- tions, but here are several ideas for remodeling that have been success- fully carried out. . Perhaps you have an attic, un- lighted and so unattractive in cutline that it has never seemed worth while to finish it. Add dormers with double, windows to the roof; divide the in- terior with wall-board into several rooms and, if you can run water up there, install a showerdbath. Ir this way, you have additional bedrooms and perhaps a sewing-room. Or, if there are boys in the family, let them have this floor for their. personal quarters, b) There are times when a porch is more comfortable if it is not used as the entrance to the house, If prac- ticable, leave the front entrance of extension on the side of the house. A wide, two-storey porch will increase both living-room and bedroom space. You will probably want to screen the upper porch and use it for sleeping purposes. A dining-room built as a wing often lends itself to a little extension that can-he roofed and screcned to serve as a breakfast po-ch in summer. A good many farmhouses have out-of-door kitchens. Why not out-uf-door dining- rooms such as used to be customary when the families were large and! much' company was expected in the summer-time? With the business of cooking and the social function of eating both carried on out-of-doors, ' the house is easily kept cool and tidy and the housework reduced to a mini. mum.' © Have you heard of the new breek- fast rooms? A breakfast room con- sists of a small extension of the kit- chet, having benches along the three walls and being big enough to hold a table of the refectory style--that is, a long- and rather narrow table. Suggestions - for making over a house may range from window boxes and a new front door to a cement cel- lar, running water, a bathroom and a furnace. They are' only useful if adapted to your needs. The important thing to remember: is that the good old house may have big possibilities in it waiting to be developed, and that this development is 'not necessarily expensive or difficult when compared with the resulting advantages. 3 AER AACE Put. down what you think you are! Subtract what you really are! The re- mainder is the cause of most of your unhappiness. Tiles laid above the water-table might' better be back at the factory. They'll never discharge water unk placed down where the Water stops and hunts a way out. Protect the Winter Birds ACARI. During the stormy months of Janu- ary, February and March the brave birds who remain to do service for you, perish when #he ground anc} trees are snow and ice covered. Obey- ing the instincts of nature they re. main to do their duty, even at the| cost of their little lives. It is no un- a severé| spring, we should certainly respond by placing out the simple food that] they require.-to save their Lives.| Cracked corn and oats can be placed | in a sheltered spot. Short boards stood up on ends, epee fashion, and | len covered with cornstalks make a very good feeding station for the i = is si your house as it is, and build a porch|mhe summer . lane to Naboth, anxious to secure the Israelites, was a limit to the free disposal of roperty. y if it were a patri- mony. See Num. 86: 7. An inherit- ance on which one's forefathers had lived and been bu Loki generations was Tegarded as and inalien- able. when a PSrosed the pur- chase of the vi , Naboth answer- ed "The Lord forbid. 1. A Wicked Plan, 7-10. wp Tr con at yn y a 'wi " one ur pi can foil your desires?" ed bel, coming from a foreign principal- y--Tyre--not othe ied the sturdy independence of the Israelites, believed in a despotism which did not consider the subject's rights. Arise and eat bread. His covetousnous be- gone to bed like a spoiled child and refused to eat. See v. 4. I will give thee, etc. Evil is resourceful. All through his career Ahab appears to 'have~been a weak man, completely under the domination of his queen, who was a sort of Lady Macbeth. V. 8. Jezebel took the matter in her own hands and wrote letters, probably | from Samaria, the ital, rather than from Jezreel, Sealed . , his seal, seal was a ring with a precious stone on which was engraved a figure or inscrip Documents of state were stam with the king's seal to attest that they were official. In the New Testament (Eph. 1: 18) the be- liever is said to be sealed with the Hoy Spirit as a mark that it belongs to God. The elders and . . . nobles. In all likelihood these are convertible terms denoting the sheikhs of the vil- lage. As heads of the leading fam- ilies they were the magistrates who administered justice. That Jezebel appealed. to them shows that a man had to be tried in a local court before his fellow-citizens, rather than in the king's court in Samaria. V. 9. Proclaim a fast. A fast was a religious usage, a spontaneous expres- | sion of grief or self-abasement, and as such frequently a mark of repentance for wrong-doing. See Jonah 3: 5-9.) Jezebel proposed that the Jezreelites! should assume a mimic solemnity and mourn over the wrong done by one of | their number, Naboth, Thus she de- graded a religious custom to an evil | purpose. Set Naboth on high; not in| the seat of honor, but in the prisoner's, box to make his shame conspicudus, | V. 10. Two men. According to Jew- ish law there had to be two witnesses of a crime before a man could be con- | demned to capital punishment. See Deut. 17: 6 and, 19: 15. Sons of Belial; a Hebrew slang phrase denoting "good-for-nothing fellows" or "worth- less scoundrels" and hence "with no character to lose and easily bribed] ing denied its satisfaction, he had!C dered Naboth but this pointed ques- tion reminded him that he was ulti- mately responsible for it since he had sanctioned it, Taken possession? If Ahab had disapproved of Naboth's murder he might have shown it by refusing to take the vineyard. Where dogs licked the blood. In ocastern if the dogs are public scavengers and are here pictured as licking up the of blood which had oozed out of the murdered Naboth. This loath- some fate was also awaiting Ahab. V. 20. Hast thou . . . mine enemy? In chs. 17 and 18, Elijah appears as "the troubler of Israel," but here as the personal enemy of the king. He is the thorn in Ahab's side, nettling his guilty conscience. But he mistakes Elijah when he calls him an "enemy." Had he but known it, Elijah was his best friend. "The faithful nrebuker, the merciful inflictor of pain, is the truest friend of the wrong-doer." Sin also makes us mistake the character of God, it fancies 'that he who loves us and watches over us is our enemy. Ahab had thought that the day when he would take possession of the vineyard would be one of unmixed joy; instead, it became one ef un- relieved doom. Elijah proceeds to an- nounce his punishment; on account of their delinquencies, both he and Jeze- bel are to be cut off. Upon Ahab's show of repentance, the sentence is modified. He is allowed to live out his life, but the punishment is to be meted out to his son. The kingship of Israel is to pass out of his house and be given to another. Application. Ahab now appears before us in an- other role. We have seen him as the protector of the worship of Baal. He appears now as an ugly and repulsive illustration of the sin of covetousness. Covetousness seeketh her own, and her own only. Dryden said: "Had covet- ous men as the fable goes of Braireus, each of them one hundred Lands, they would all of them be employed in grasping and gathering, and hardly one of them in giving or laying out." Jesus uttered one of His sternest warnings against the spirit of covet- ousness, "Beware of it," Ho said. We may covet another man's house, or position; or throne, or fame, or educa- tion, as well as his land. CoVetousness for any evil purpose." Thou didst . . .1 grows by what it feeds on, just as one the king; denounced both divine and| becomes more and more thirsty by royal authority and hence acted as'drinking salt water. Ahab had plenty, an outlaw, Carry him out. The He-|but he set his heart on Naboth's vine- d, pigs at an Experiment Station one brew court of justice was usually held: in the open square by the gate of' the city; a condemned man was led thence outside the city limits for ex-! ecution and burial. Stone .him; the, method prescribed by Jewish law for! capital punishment. II. A Well Merited Rebuke, 16-20. V. 16. When Ahab heard. He and Jezebel were in Samaria when the murder took place in Jezreel; there was something despicable and coward- ly in allowing others to work out his evil desire. Ahab rose up, ete. With Naboth out of the way there was no- thing to hinder him from satisfying yard, and that was his undoing, The doom which Elijah pronounced against Ahab was a terrible one. The d declared the prophet, would lick king's blood in the vineyard of Na- both. His family should come to un- timely ends, and Jezebel his' queen would perish miserably. We uld not press this doctrine of retribution too literally. The wicked do not always meet with suffering or Sten oe ge. ten they escape de. on by their fellowmen, or prosper in of jt. None the less the de- cay Is within, and the process. of spir- itual death is at work in the heart, ogs, the The City of Not At All "To-morrow I'll do it," says Bennie; "I will, bye and bye," says Seth; "Not now---pretty soon," says Jennie; "In a mintte," says little Beth. _ OH, 'dear little people, remember That true as the stars in the sky, The little streets of To-morrow, Pretty Soon, Bye and Bye, Lead oné and all, : As straight, they say, As the King's highway, To the city of Not At All - RTS X breeders, I called on two groups of The pigs were part of those in station feeding tests. : eon dg as ttt % a word: "Protein." But let mé™Pive the history of these two groups of pigs. They were all started July 20 at an average weight of fift pound each. One lot was given shall ort and salt, self-fed, with Blue-grase, forage. The second bunch got exactly the same ration, but-with the addition of tankage, self-fed. i The result was apparent in the con- dition of the lots 'and of the pigs. The ration of the "non-rooters" had been balanced; the protein. that they re- quired had been supplied in the tank: age. Content and happy they had beer busy putting on flesh. The others, de- nied a necessary elément in their feed, had rooted all over the lot for worms' in an unsuccessful effort to balance their own ration. Mw