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>,â-  ^tiMtMi::,^iiaaa /â-  *^ '-"â- â€" -'-- - â€" -I 1 -â- â- - - O-' <.' INCREASING HOG PRODUCTION By W. P. TAYLOR. Pork Js scarce in the market. I do | cannot possibly b« cheap next year, not know how much the present sup- ; Pork can not be produced in sufficient ply might b« increased without lower- ' quantities to more than supply the de- Ing th« price to a point where it could , mand at the present high prices, if, not be produced with profit, but I think | indeed, it can be grown fast enough we need not worry about any immedi- ^ to keep the amount up to the present ate decline in price. Hogs are scarce, supply. So I shall feed just all the pigs are hard to find, feed is so high, ! pigs will eat, from the time they come and the demand for pork so strong ' into the world until they go to market. that the temptation to sell every hog off the farm that the buyer will taka is very great. Breed Sows for Fall Litters. If we are going to increase the amount of pork in the country two or three things must receive attention. First, we must breed our sows for fall Utilize Pastures for Profit, In the third place, we can use pas- ture in many cases economically. I do not believe it is wise to give the hogs very much good alfalfa meadow this summer, alfalfa is going to be needed next winter for cow feed. Grain is going to be very high. People litters. Of course. It will be too late everywhere are thmk ng about beans for early fall pigs before this advice ' and potatoes, and while I do not think can possibly be read. But wrs may be | }^^ «« K°'"» *<> overdo cither, still it situated sathat we can take care ofilo**" " though corn wiU be in great litters that come late, as I am gure demand. But lands not otherwise oc- that many of us are. J '='^Pl«d can be pastured by the hogs. It does not make so much difference>"d rape can be sown here and there. ;vhen pigs are farrowed, if they have and now and then a man who is .short proper carP. They may come along «' help may use the hogs to advantage in mid-winter, providing the sow has a warm place, and the pigs have chance to exercise. Of course, it is not desirable to have pigs come later than October 1, though gome of the best ones I have ever rais- ed have been farrowed later than that. After all, it is all in the care they re- ceive, though it is easier to give them that care in warm weather than in the cold of winter. in harvesting his corn, But in a general way, it seems' to me that our good meadows, either clover or alfalfa, should be cut and the hay should be properly cured and stored for winter use. except se much as Is needed to supplement the pastures, or to feed, for other reasons, on the farm. In purchasing feeds for the hogs, we should watch for by-products more sharply than before. Products from Second, w, should prepare to feed ^he breakfast food factories, salvage well the pigs that we keep. To plant Sr^ins middlings, and in fact anything a larger acreage than we can cultivate, that the hogs like, that we can afford to milk more cows than we can feed | '° "'^^' properly, or to keep a larger number Use the Self-feeder for Best Results. of pigs than we have the courage to | In the fourth place, I would feed the furnish grain for, is to increase with j hogs from a hopper feeder. It takes none of the products indicated, but but very little time to make one, and rather it has the effect to diminish the supply. If we have twice as many pigs on hand as we will feed liberally, we migbt better sell half of them to some one who will feed them, and thug make sure that all of them will be ready for market at the earliest pos- sible date. that will be saved many times over, in feeding before the silmmer closes, and the feeder will still be as good as new. Every experiment I have seen proves that hogs will make more rapid, and more economical gains when fed in • this way, than when a man attempts I to say to the hog, just how much is Feed Hogs Liberally. ! 8"°*^ ^"^ him, and how often he shall : eat. The pigs we do keep should be fed j Lastly, I would not sell the hogs un- for rapid growth If we would really 1 til they had attained to good weight, increase the sum of pork products' If unless the market looked bad. Every we have not faith enough in the bual- \ time a small hog is marketed, a cnanc-> ness to feed liberally, let us sell our j to increase the supply of food is cut pigs to someone who has. It is a off. great mistake to let a bunch of pigs j if we feed too slowly, then this live along, hungry as bears, growing | would not be good advice, for the hog You can keep the fine natural color in Raspberry Preserves IF YOU MAKE THEM WITH •" "Pure and IJncolored'' Long cookinat fades ra.''pberries. You can avoid this by using L;\JNTIC SL CAR wLicri dissolves instantly on. acconnl; of its ** FINE " granulation. LAMTIG is the best 8u<jar to use for all preserving on account of its purity and high sweetening power. Li\JNTlC is a pure cane^eugar equally good lor the table, for general cooking and lor preserving. 10, 20 and 100-lb. sacks; 2 and 5-lb. cartons. onrtFR FROM YorR crocer by name rff TUESB fULL WEKUT ORICLydL PALKACES PRESERVING LABELS FREEâ€" Send us a red ball trade -mark cut from a ba;; or cartoa and we will s<md you a book of 54 ruudy gummed priuted labels. Atlantic Sugar Refineries, Limited Power Building, Montreal ^^j ySur Gmdiut^ 6y J^^ 7(e(ey Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to this department. Initials only will be published with each question and Its answer as a means of Identification, but full namo and address must b» given In each latter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Wsodbins Av3.. Toronto. Grateful: â€" 1. It is always the | tribute to the memory of the Princ« privilege of a bride to wear wliite with i Consort 2. The two great rivers a wedding veil no matter how simple i of ^fe.sopotamia are the Tigri.s and the I the ceremony or how early the hour, ' Euphrates. 3. The original meaning I so you have your choice of white or a ' of "chiffon" is rags. I pretty silk going-away gown. Such ! a. B.:-It is said that a tablespoon- , thing., must really be decide.l by what f^j ,,f j,^^^,,,, pepper and two table- 'best suits your own plans. 2. The } ,po„nfuis „, ,,rown sugar mi.xed with ' bride provides the household linen and i enough cream to make a smooth paste you would require six sheets, six pil- j will kill flies. You might try it. low-cases, three .spreads, three table- 1 K. L. J.:-Your phlox and holly- cloths, one dozen napkins, one dozen \ h^^^.s are affected with rust, a com- lunch napkins, several centrepieces two sets of six doilies, al.so kitchen towels and pantry towels, .six each; I three dishcloths, one or two pairs of blankets and a table pad. I do not think you could manage well with less. i 3. A letter of appreciation should be I written to eno's ho.stess after return- ing from a visit. Anxious: â€" 1. To remove spots on I broadcloth try the following: Grind i one and one-half ounces of pipe clay j fine, mix with eighteen drops of alco- I hoi and the .same quantity of spirits of mon disease. The remedy is to spray with Bordeau mixture. To 4 quarts of wuler add 1 ^/% tablospoonfuls of quicklime and 1 tablespoonful of cop- per sulphate. Mix well. Perplexed: â€" 1. A reply to an invita- tion to a home wedding, explaining why you cannot attend, is sent to those who issue it, in this case the parents of the bride, and the enveUrpe should be addressed to them . The gift, with your card, Is sent to the bride. 2. A shower is given by an intimate friend turpentine. Moisten a little of the ! "^ '*>« bride-elect and may be given mixture with more nJcohol and rub on ' ""^ ^""'^ ^""^i" f .[^^^ ^«'^^", ''^^"" I the stains. When dry remove with i ^''f <-e'-«niony, and it is good form to la woollen cloth. 2. Small .swabs of ' f.** only tho,e who are very close I antiseptic Absorbent cotton should be P ""'"'^ "^ ^}^ engaged girl, as to go I used to WABh an Infant's eyes. 3. 1 ""'•''"''' "'"' °t J"«t ."^•<I""'"l«"'=«'' j The covers can bo kept on a small ! ""''"" ^"^ """''h "^ """^'"K f'"' ^^^^s. 'child at night by the use of garter! Puzzled:â€"!. Do not pay any atten- I fastenings; one end should be fastened \ *"'" 'o remarks like these. No human to the side <.f the crib and the other judgment can possibly be perfectly [end chusped to the corner of the covers. I j""*- I* ^e ''" what we consider In this way they can be kept firmly i ''Ifht according to our best knowledge 1 on, yet the rubber allows the child *» '••'>" «»^«'y 't'avo the result to a I freedom enough to turn. 4. Cotton : Higher Power. 2. It Is not worth stockings are better for children's I ^^•"â- ''ying alxiut. If you think you wear than lisle. would havo a good time at the i)icnic, ! P. H.:â€" 1. The best remedy I knmv?" '>y all means, for l)lack ants is to fill a saucer with Housewife: â€" 1. To make mint bags I sweetened wat.er, add one teaspoon of 1 for the linen closet put into little silk tartar emetic and set it where the 1 bags a mixture made of a pound of I ants come. 2. For filling cracks in ' dried lavender, an ounce of thyme, an \ floors, make a thick paste of linseed '. ounce of mint, an ounce of ground oil and wheat flour. Use after first cloves and caraway seeds and a table- coat of paint and before the second | spoonful of dry salt. 2. Food scientists ; has been applied. tell us that corn meal is not "heating" I Student:â€"!. The phrase "wearing and can therefore be used in summer. I the white flower of a blameless life" is I It is a duty at the present time to ' in the "Dedication" to Tennyson's ] use more- corn and save the wheat for I "Idylls of the King" and occurs in a | our ,\llies over the seas. Conserve The Fruit Crop just a little, but evidently preferring to die if they only could, and waiting for the corn to get ripe so that we can get somelh ing with which to fatten them. But you say. "Hold on, do you ex- pect us to pay the present high prices for feed and give it to the hogs?" Well. I am putting a sack full into the self-feeder as often as the hogs can make room for it. and the faster they eat, the more I shall get for my work. If anyone who reads this doubts that I am right, let me ask him if he ex- pects that grain will be any cheaper next fall than it is now? Think for a moment of our present wheat short- age. Consider the large amounts of breadstuffs that must be sent to the bottom of the ocean before German's submarine war can be arrested. Corn would be too old to grow economically before he attained the proper size. It should always be remembered that it costs much more to put weight onto an old hog than a young one . So now in closing, if we would in- crease the sum of pork in the country, or even if we would maintain the pres- ent supply, we must first breed all the BOWS we can; second, feed as liberally aa we can, and third, grow our hogs to a good size before we market them. Thus, if we seek economical sources of feed supply, if we watch all the lit- tle details that make for success, if in short, we put a little of our better selves into this work, we shall get our pay in dollars, and we shall help to feed a hungry world, and thus be good soldiers though employing only the weapons of peace. When chicks appear stupid, do not remain with the flock, wings droop, whitish discharge, they are troubled . with white diarrhoea. Medicinal treatment is of little avail. To prevenl : Breed from strong healthy birds; projier care and feeding of chicks; keep chicks vigorous; disin- fect incubator and brooder; feed sour milk. A gooti poultryman is not very easily discouraged. Boiled oats, after draining off the water, can be mixed with bran and corn-meal to make a valuable egg food. Clover hay. cooked or steeped and mixed with bran and corn-meal, makes a grand breakfast for hens. Green stuff intended for mixing with the soft â- â- BaiiiiHiHi^BMHaai^ Guts Labor in Half Do you flrst disinfect, and then go over all surfaces again with wbitewasn in order to keep your Btablos, dairies and poultry houses bright, cheerful and fre» from Uce, mites, fly eggs and th« germs of roup, white diarrhea, cholera, glanders, etc 7 Such a method Is a waste of time, money and labor. U»» Carbola Instead â€" it does the two things at the game time. It Is a disinfectant that dries out white â€" not dark and oolorle«fl â€" and gives much better resoiltt. I.M a minsral plKment comblnort wtm a germlalde twenty limes stronger than pur« oarbollo acid. Comes in powder form, ready to UH© aa soon as mlxod with water. Appllsd with brush or sprayer. Will not olotf sprayer, flake, bitfter nr peel oft pior â- poll by itaodlnK. No dlsHKreeable Odor. Absolutely non-polaonoua. Satisfactloo guftr- untonrl. Sold by D*al«r« Ivtrywhere S 11. S. KOWItAVD BOM! fc OO., Xitd ft I'oi'oato - Okiukda food should be cut in half -inch lengths. Cow-peas are relished by poultry, and should be added to the diet at least twice a week. Squash or pump- kins, cooked and mixed in the mash, are good for growth, production and health. All kinds of roots can be fed raw or cooked. Common field peas are egg food. Peas contain a large amount of nitro- genous substances. The trouble with so many farm hens is that they do not get enough grain during the summer months to make them produce a profitable number of eggs to pay for their keep. Molting season is near at hand. This means a decrease in the egg crop. It is necessary at that time to have the fowls properly fed and cared for, that they may pass through the ordeal safely. No two things about a farm go to- gether better than fruit trees and chickens. Make them acquainted early. Put the newly-hatched brood in a coop under a tree and surround the whole with a circle of two-foot inch mesh poultry netting. It will stand alone in the form of a circle. The shade is good for the baby chicks. The chickens are good for the tree. .As they grow, they will scratch the soil and thus cultivate and enrich it, besides destroying many insect en- emies. Order Fertilizer Early. • As a result of labor shortage and the heavy demand on transportation for the shipments of munitions and other war supplies, to say nothing of the increase of ordinary business there has developed a very large shortage of freight cars and one of the great probl«ms of the immediate future is the increa.sing of transportation facil- ities. Inveatigration has shown that the trouble can be to a certain extent remedied by shippers and consigrnees arranging to utilize the full capacity of each car. If this is done the car- rying capacity of the railroads will be increased by at least one-third. In Last summer, many women did not put up their regular supply of home- made preserves; and bitterly they re- gretted it. They became scared at what they called the high price of su- gar. When sugar Eeached TVi cents a pound, they let the strawberries and . cherries go by. When sugar sold at 8 cents and 8'k cents, they permitted the luscious peaches, pears, plums and apples to rot on the ground. But never again. This summer will see a genuine, old time revival in' homemade preserving; because the women of Canada now realize what a foolish extravagance it was to do with- out preserves; especially when the in- creased cost of putting them up is in- finitesimal. ! As a matter of fact, every woman can prove, with her first lot of straw- berries, that the increased co.-^t of su- gar is surprisingly small. ' Turning back the files of papers publishing market prices, we find thr.l in 1912, 191.3 and 1914, up to the out- break of war. the average price of granulated sugar was 5'-i cents a pound. To-day, the besi granulated sugar retails at SVi cents. This is an average of 3 cents a pound for the whole o^ the country. j .\ (luait ,iar of preserved berries or 1 fruit, requires but half a pound of sugar; so that the increased cost of preserving, due to the increased cost of sugar, is only !!>» cents a iiuart. compared with the cost of preserving before the war when sugar was un- usually cheap. Now is the time for the women of Canada to come gallantly to the aid of the country, and help to conser\'e our food supplies . The fruit crop this year promises to be a record one, both in quality and (luantity. Foreign markets being closed because of the shortage in transportation, it rests al- most entirely with our homemakers as to whether this crop worth millions is to be a source of profit or a complete loss. With the home pantries filled with delicious jams, preserves and jellies; with these delicacies served for dessert instead of pies and cakes; enormous iiuantities of wheat will be released for the troops in France and for the starving children in Belgium. -A careful consideration of the above facts will show to the Canadian house- wife that sugar is not too high for preserving profitably; that the increas- ed cost of sugar has not materially increa.sed the cost of homemade pro- serves; and that pri'serving is both an economy and a patriotic action. the shipment of no other commodity hag there been a greater wastage of car space than in shipments of fertil- izer. The average order placed by the fertilizer agent has been for a car of 2! tons. The standard box car is built to carry 50 tons. It may be loaded with a full COO bags of fertil- izer instead of the customary 250 bags, and one car made to do the work of two. If farmers will give their orders early enough, it will allow agents to make up full cars. This will auto- matically cut down by a half the num- ber of freight cars needed to move the fall tonnage. Since fertilizers are classed as preferred freight, it means freeing for other uses one half of the cars normally u*ed for shipping fall fertilizer â€" and helping conditions by just that much. Full cars cannot be ordered out un- less the farmer is in sympathy with the movement. The fertilizer trade has grown up around the minimum car. The dealer's storage is fre- quently limited to 15 or 20 tons. If full cars are used by the dealer, he must ha.ve the help of the farmers who must haul goods away without de- lay. It is very important that the agent and the farmer realize that in this national emergency full cars must be used. Farmers, order early even though it be inconvenient to unload cars during the harvest sea.son. Sweet clovec_pn a patch of wornout land or run down pasture may pro- duce surprising results. The brains of the breeder build up | I the herd. i Economy in flooding "te efficiency in production. True worth in a bull i.s vindicated by the performance of his daughters at- the pail and the showing of his sons on the block. A large milk flow is' not natural for a cow, but is an ac(iuire(l charact- er. For that reason it is only by con- .stanlly selecting the best and reject- ing the poorest that the characteristic can be retained. Selection without testing is merely guessing. No .'natter how good a showing a milker makes, she can not be register- ed unless she is the offspring of a registered sire and dam . The use of caustic potash when the calves are a few days old makes the u.se of dehorning clippers unnecessary later on. Before applying the pot- ash, clip the hair away from the but- tons on the calves' heads; moisten the stick of potash and rub it on the spots until the places bleed slightly. If loo much water Is used, it may run down gver the head, taking the hair off, or getting into the eyes where it causes serious trouble. Many feeding experiments last win- ter, in which silage was made a major part of the ration while grain was used in limited, amounts, .show that a full feed of grain is not noccs.sary to put a good finish on beef cattle. The First Embroidery Class in the World. i The first embroidery class in the world was held one early, early morn- ing thousands, oh I thousands of years ago, under a huge mullein leafl Way beforu sun-up the members began to arrive. | They tied their- I)utlcrflie8 to the' clover posts and fluttered down excit- \ edly upon the moss-green carpet. Fuiriesl of course, they were fairies! And who do you suppose taught them to embroider? Why, Grandmother Spider! " ! She brought out the wonderful web that she had .'ipun and with the fairies fluttering and flying about her she showed them the first stitches in em- broidery. She didn't use silk, though; she used skeins of mist, and when they had been worked in and out and over and over they made the shining dew drops like the ones you have often seen trembling on the grass blades in the early morning. The fairies clapped their hands and danced with excitement and begged her to let them work some. But the old spider .shook her head and sent them off to (Jathor some tiny green leaves. Pretty soon every faiiy head was bent over a leaf and the fairy needles were flying merrily. Next time you see a leaf with these delicate tracings upon It you'll know that some little fairy has been at work â€" perhaps, if you look very closely you will see her needle sticking in it. I hope so, for fairy needles are golden and v<!ry precious. I can XnW you! Well, the fairies were so delighted with em- broidery that they came again and again to Grandmother Spider's class and she grew vei-y fat and rich, I am told. .â- \nil the fairies- -why, ihe fairies set about embroidering everything in the world . The leaves and flowers, their silken coverlets, the great robe of the sea. Have you never seen the frost pictures on the window-panes in winter ? Well, that is fairy embroid- ery! Yes, the fairies learned to embroid- er from old !Wother Spider and then the kind litt'e creatures showed the human folk the secret of it. They taught them to copy the flowers from the garden upon their centerpieces and doilies and upon their dark frocks, so that the glad out-of-door things could be found indoors, too. Wherever mortals are embroidering and especially where little girls are, there are always fairies! They hover about, overhead, perch upon the needles and scissors and sometimes they steal the thimbles away to use for honey |)ails. INTERN ATION .VL LESSON JULY 22, ! Lesson IV. .Sennacherib's Invasion of Judahâ€" 2 Kings 18. 13 to 19. 37. j Golden Text Psa. 46. 1. j Verse 20. Sennacherib â€" King of .Vs- syria. B. C. 705-1)81; the expedition against .ludah took place in 701. The , king's own account may be read on i the so-called Taylor Cylinder, Col. 11, 34 to Col. Ill, 41 (For a translation ' see R. W. Roger's Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, pages .340-344). ! 21, 22. The opening words of a taunt-song (21-28), describing the ar- ' rogance and impending humiliation of Sennacherib . Blasphemeil â€" Especi- ally through (ho speech of Rabshakeh (18. 19ft.). Holy Oneâ€" A favorite (,erm with Isaiah. Describes .lehovah as holy and implies the responsibility of Israel to reflect the same holiness (see Lesson Studies for July !, verse 3). j 28.' Raging â€" The Assyrian having acted like a wild beast, Jehovah will treat him accordingly. j 29-31. An oracle directed to Heze- kiah. Sign â€" Meant to guarantee the fulfillment of the preceding promises. I Remnant â€" See Lesson Studies forj July 1, verse 13. 32-34. Mine own sake â€" If he should not do it, the observers would get a false view of his character and power. { David -The expression frequently in Kings. The leference is to the promise in 2 Sam. 7. 11-17. 35. Smote There is no reference in .SiMinacherih's inscription to this calamity, but an occurrence of this sort would explain the hasty return to .A.-^syria. .According to an Kgyptian tradition preserved by Herodotus ( 1 !. 141), the army wa.s rendered helpless by a plague of mice. Since the mouse is a symbol of pestilence in ancient tradition, the story of Hero- dotus may imply that a destructive epidemic swept through the camp of the .Assyrians. The disaster is said to have occurred at Polusium, near the Egyptian frontier, a region of swamps and marshes, which might easily breed an epidemic. 37. Assassination of Sennacherib. Nisroch-- No .Assyrian deity l)enring this name is known. Sennacherib's grandson states that the king was as- sassinated in Babylon, at the entrance of the temple. If so, Nisroch may be a corruption of Marduk, the name of the chief god of Babylon. Adram- melech . . Sharezcr â€" Called in Isa. 37. 38 "his sons." The Babylon-, ian account mentions only one son. The difference may be accounted for by assuming either that one of the sons was the prime mover or that there was only one murderer, the two names referring to the .same person. Into the land of .Ararat-- The Assyrian Urartu, the modcmi Annenia, When draft mares are used for farm work, the income from the sale of colts each year makes the cost of horse labor much less than when the work ia done by geldings. \