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'arm Qqp Qy|d?^ Condacted by Professor Henry G. BeO The object of thi* departrrent Is to place at the ser- vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged authority on all subjects pertaining to (ollt. ird crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To- ronto, and answers will appear In this column In the order In which they are received. As space is limited It Is advisable whsre Immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. Henry G. Ball Fertilizers and Early Ripening. ! sity of an ample supply of available The lesson of the past year 13 dear. ' phosphoric acid for growing com is Of the 450,000 acres of corn in On- 1 best shown by the exhaustive studies; made by Houston and Jones of In-| diana and published in Purdue Agri-j cultural Experiment Station Bulletin! No. 175. An area of corn was plant- ed on May 28th: the variety used,, Riley's Favorite. The soil was veryj carefully prepared. It had in the| tario, but a comparatively small per cent, was fally ripened when early frost cut .short the life of the crop. Seed corn is consequently at a pre- mium. Granted that sufficient seed com can be located to care for the 1918 Fertilziers Pay Better Than Ever fJigsrei- crops cannot be raised l)y incrpaaing acreaiff ; Shortag« of laboi- makes that inipo3.^fbk. Grow bigger crops without inci\ia«tKi LAND, LABOR or SEED by u.sing HARAB'DAV^ES FERTILIZ ER Don't depend ii|)oii barn-yard maiiurt- alone, Mauuitj is vaUial>le. but iiiauftloiem. It lielpa muintaiu CertllUy -returns pari of tlie plain. Joods j-oiir crops extract. Additional supplies cf plum food (Fertilizer) must be added lo your soil to p-ow more on your PRESENT aereaKe. E.xperlmeni8 have shown that the Nitrogen In only 100 lbs. of 2-8 i; fertilizer produced a« much as the Nitrogen in a TON of manure. A bushel of com or wheat will buy more fertilizer now than befora the war. FeitlUzein >mve advanced In price less t'haii other commo- diUes, They pay belter llian ever. Write for nean^st agent's addreeu or a.*lt fo-r agency yourself. ONTARIO FERTILIZERS, LI.MITED WEST TORONTO C.VNADA THIS WATCH FREE TO ANY BOY Thia "Raiiroad King" wat<;h is an abaolutaly fftiarant«M»d timekeeper. It is stem wind and .â- itrtUi set, double dtistproof-^fccit, nickel case. Regular man's sizi^ »end us your naufc and addrens and- we will send you 35 PacltagM o< our lovely embonsed Easter poet cards to sell at 10 ceuta'a set (six beautiful cards In each 30t». When sold send us the money, and we will ^end you the wiiioh, all cliarges prepaid. HOMER-WARREN CO. DEPT. 42, TORONTO our COOKING FOR RURAL SCHOOLS planting, is is surely high time, it is ' past ten years, received one liberal surely good business for Ontario ! dressing of stable manure, and three farmers to do all they can to mature the 1918 crop. Moreover, farmers who are fortun- ate enough to have silos know that the feeding value of the silage is ma- terially improved if the corn is fairly ripe before it is cut, applications of acid phosphate and I . By Lola D. Wangner * ♦ ! "I have found," said a school prin- 1 cla.sses. She need only serve one hot \ ! cipal, "that in country schools which \ dish each d cocoa, bake* Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to tliil I department Initials only wlli be published with eacli question and its ans' .'or as a means of Identification, but full name and address must be given in eacli letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address all correspondents for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. muriate of potash. That the land was ui,,.. .»,.. v^t- ^ \ ^ ^\ -i * • i. \. e *„ *;i;*„ t„oo =v,r.vun • '"*^* ••"•* hot-lunch system the pupils m a fair state of fertility was shown , , „„ t i ,.: , â-  \\. by the average yield of 76.3 bushels of! Jl 'L'^ '.^ ^ !v, ""'"^ '" ^ Frequently the yieW | f '"'"7" .;*>»," '^''^'-'" ^^""^ "^^^"^ ""'" corn per acre. of corn is cut short by drouth, so to avoid this contingency the experi- How is the situation to be helped ? menters arranged to irrigate the corn How can Canadian farmers avoid a repetition of this disastrous condition in 1918? The answer is by abundant fertilization of the crops, with fertil- izers for grain crops, high in phos- phoric acid. This advice is amply sup- ported by experimental evidence. Director Hall of Rothamsted wrote once a week. Samples of the crop . „„„. ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i . , - 1- 11 f _ T..„« t&m seems almost too great to under were taken periodically from Junei * 16th to November 12th. These were •lust .Si.\teen:~You and vour (pies- This may be soup, ^j^^^ ^^.^ ^^^^ welcome", Miss Sixteen, potatoes or apples, or , „ , , , something of the sort; whatever is!^"" '»'"'' '« ^e congrvatulated on your decided upon should be worked into ability Ui write a most charming let- the other lessons. For instance, ter. Regarding the spring frock, the were she to serve creamed corn, then one-piece style is decidedly advisable, It could be made the subject of the as it will be very popular this sea.son , daily nature talk. | and it is especially suitable at your . this year. There isn't a boy or ffirl Corn, wheat, rice, eggs, sago, and so adorable age. Your decision to do in Canada now who can't do a little to "^^ ^*^ I^an say that while! forth, may be used in the same way your bit by raising chickens i« com- 1 help in food production. Seeing that a cold lunch To the inexperienced yoniig teacher, in her isolated one-room school, the task of introducing this hot-lunch sys- tem take placed (in a basis of equality and pro- tected against unfair competition as well as being freed from many unde- sirable methods which have crept into the trade. Mother of Five:â€" You are particu- larly fortunate to have five growing boys who are all keen to do .something subjected to chemical analysis which she may find it difficult, she will also stages. These researches showed 1910: "It (phosphoric acid) is in that the pounds of phosphoric acid some way closely bound up with grain] taken out by ten thousand plants rose in 11 1 1 ..1. _ ., 4. «* -;4-,.„ f^"d it far from being impossible, clearly showed the amount of nitro-, _, « . . . ^ - ,. ^ •V , . ., J ^4.„„i, toi,o„' ^"^ "'â- '''^ step is to try to interest gen, phosphoric acid and potash talcen , „„, , j ^.u â-  , ^ i J ^ ^{1 â-  ,. ;„„„ithe parents, and the best way to do out by the growing crop at various ,.1- - . „ -^ ^â-  ' e. B r (â- jijg jg (.(, (.jjj] jj community meeting at the school house. This, of itself, is a big step towarci helping her as supplementary work in geography, mendable, and the work should be physiology and hygiene. Sanitation quite within your capabilities. You ; you live on a farm why not have them rear a pig, a calf or a batch of chick- follows as a natural se<iuence, care are making a wise start by studying • ens. Again they can have a garden of cooking utensils, methods of dish- the subject at the outset. If you will 1 plot and grow potatoes and all kinds washing, cleanliness of hands in cook- , wrile to the Experimental Farm,! of vegetables. Seventy-one thousand ing and eating, and why these are Ottawa, or to the Ontario .Agricultural | boys and girls of school age last year las-n our, oy ten mousaim piaiRs xvac i. , ,, , ,. " â-  1 ^ '""L-essary. ! College, Guelph, you will be sent, free. ; increased the agricultural output of formation, being always found in; from nothing to 4.3 pounds by J^'V tf take aV aXe'^lnL T in 'scS I '^^''' "^ *''^ ™«"' ^=>^'t"'-« '" "^'''"- reliable information on poultrv- .-ul- ; Ontario to the value of .$125,000. Other "-â-  -- -'--^ ^' - ^ '•• â- - "â- â€¢" %^^^^..f ?'-^'7 uiteiost in school I ^gj^j,,^,. gg^j^g conditions are pure, ture. You have our bcbt wishes for provinces did equally well. affairs if he is asked to. I" order to K.j.g_^jj ^j^. ^_,j sunlight Most rural success. Will you not report pro-! Miss R.A.A.:â€" If you want really prepare for such a meeting the teach- 1 ^^.j^^^,^ ^^^. constructed with no re- gfess occasionally, and in the autumn ' good substitutes for wheat why don't er must study up this work and be !,,„,., ^ . ,.,„f;i„,!„„ tr„.. ' , , .1,, , ^ ., „, ,1 gard lor ventilation. Here, prepared to tilk about it. She must 1 write to her provincial agricultural college, asking not only for helpful greater proportions in the reproduc- i 24th ; almost 14 pounds early in Aug- tive parts of the plant than elsewhere. 1 ust ; reaching a maximum of 41.8 by This ripening action 13 very clearly October 8th; and receding to 40.2 by seen in the Rothamsted experiments i November 12th. The big practical on barley; the plots -without phoa-' point, however, is brought out by phoric acid being, as a rule, about a the figures shown by the analysis of week behind those which received the plant at husking time^ This : ^^„^^.^^ ^^ this fertilizer ... As might be ex- showed that 80 per cent of the phos-, ^^^ ^^^ ^_^^ J ^^^^^^ pected, this ripening effect of phos- phoric acid removed by the plant was ^^ ,,; , ^, ^ will aid her phoric acid will be particularly seen in 1 found in the corn ears. Bernberg ex-j suggesnon.s tnat; aiu nei. a wet year when the crop i3 late tojperiments show that when wheat is I Enlisting Co-operation of I'arents harvest." |ripe 76 per cent, of the phosphoric: 3,,^ ^^^^ j,^ thoroughly prepared to A diagram in connection with these ' acid removed by the plants is found statements shows how the fertilized in the wheat kernels. crop matures earlier and more uni- But the Indiana experiments show formly than does the unfertilized. I more than the final analysis of the Ohio Bulletui 182, published in 1907 ' crop. As indicated, these experi- explain to the people in her district the benefits this system will bring, and to tell of her plans for carrying it out. First, supplies must be .secured. The teacher should try to interest the ; '"'°'-''^'" the^; "How again, the teacher can help and teach her pupils to help. The boys can make skeleton frames to fit the window.s. Over these sashes may be tacked mus- lin bags or double pieces of cheese- cloth. With a window at one side of the room lowered at the top and one ' ed," in-va-lid-ed raised from the bottom on the other, first syllable, side, and the cloth screens put in,j Britannia: â€" Yes, end us an account of your experi- ences. Probably there are a number of our readers who will follow .Tust Sixteen's good example. "Ypres" is pronounced in one syllable, like cepr. "Bolsheviki,"' Bol-shev-ee-keo, with ac- cent on the third syllable. "Invalid- accent on the you use rolled mixed breads. is that they w*th the new standard there will be a supply of fresh air ! loaf will soon be on the market and without a draft. But to go back to the school-lunch oats and oatmeal m The first advantage are easily obtained. Secondly, they will absorb far more water than wheat flour and retain it longer; thirdly, they are as cheap as any other ingredient which is avail- able; and lastly, the oatmeal loaf is said to have a grcater'nutritive value than even a .straight wheat flour and far greater than a corn-meal or bar- has a frontispiece showing a bird's- ments reveal an increasing need for, ^^^^,^^1^^.^ .^^^^j j.^^^ out just how the/! "How shall I actually go abou eye view of the ripening wheat plots | available phosphoric acid from early i^,jj, co-operate. One may donate a ' "cooking a hot-dish for noon?" asks at that station. The foot-notCTreads: j in Atigust until the com is ready to|(,gg]^gt ^^f potatoes, another, one oflt'>e teacher. The best answer I can " ' " " ' ' '^'' " "" '^" '" '"""^ carrots, several may agree to take Sri^'^ to this is the followihg account turns supplying milk", still others maylo* ^o^ one teacher in a small rural "Wheat on section C of the 8-year husk. This is the all-important; rotation as seen from the tower of the 'point for the farmer, especially in j main building about a week before j late, cold seasons. If the soil is short | harvest in 1905. This picture shows of this constituent which is most the early maturity of the plot re- [largely responsible for the ripening ceiving acid phosphate as part of the of the crop, the result is immattirej fertilizers. The average unfertil- corn- and large quantities of inferior ized yield of this wheat was only 5 seed for the following year. Fertll- bushels per acre, but plots 11, 12, 14.izer agents and progressive farmers and 15 yielded 24, 25, 22, and 21 can render a great national service at; bushels respectively." this time by so impressing the fore- In the Middle West of the United going facts so that corn growers in j States it is the corn crop which is general will actually pay attention to most effected by early frost and slow this means of hastening the maturity: growing season. Probably the necea-|of their crops. day price as listribut- The consumer will benefit by the 1 regulations, while the bakers will be The food value of alsike clover for cows doea not differ materially from The production nr egss in winter that of red clover. As a matter of (jom pullets, and to some extent from fact, there is not enough difference in liens, can be gieaily stimulated by the food value of the two plants to good me;hods of feeding, housing and make any difference in compounding! handling Very few eggs are secured a ration; one would take the place ion lli*^ average general farm during of the other. Alsike makes just as the fall and winter when eggs bring good hay when it is cured under just the highest prices. Poultry men. how- as favorable conditions. Cattle likeiever, by better nvaiiageineiu secure a it just as weH. But in their growing fair production during these .seasons. i' • j AN hat One Teacher Accomplislied »*» give canned vegetables, onions, fruit, ! school carries out this system: and so fcn-lh. to help the good causei Four girls are appointed each imv - ii 1 . 1 f .1. .^- r ii_ r ,1 • ' of the simplest along. • for the preparation of the following' .,, , , ,. i^ > ,- . ^ , ,, 1' I • u .: !â-  u 1- 1 • J -11 with wliolesomeness, the I'ood Con- In nearly every case, the second day s hot dish, which is decided upon . „ , „ . „j f „ .t.„ „i., „ , ,, ., , , ., . 1 ri ..1. - 1 troller has ensured for the people year finds tlie pupils eager to grow ; by the teacher. Four other girls are ^ ,^ , , , » , :, . , , , , . ... • ^ J , ., ,* ,, ot Lanada bread at as Iowa their own vegetables and. in this appointed to serve the mea , collect ., -i 1 i _ 1 in ._-i ^ , , " , , , I . , 1 ,1 1- 1. r. ^ , • . it can possibly be made ami distribut way. school gardens may be begvin. | and wash the dishes . By taking two , Following the installation of the j large girls and two smaller ones in school gardens, comes the next logical ) each group, all the girls in the school step of canning the products of these i are thus given a .share. I gardens for the .school lunches of the| The day I saw her, she served bak- coming year, .^nd, I am sure, that , ed potatoes, .\fter the morning exer- school gardens will be merely starters [cises there followed a short talk on; for much actual work in improving | potatoes as this happened to be the the school grounds. Boys and girls j subject chosen for the weekly com are generally eager to work if they I position. are properly directed and interested They will soon decide that shade trees The pupils were required to give definitions of some words u.sed in this talk, and lliese same words were giv en out to the advanced classes for their spelling lesson. On the board were written ten short paragraphs stating the food value of potatoes, why needed in the diet, and so on. The utensils put away, the habits, red clover and alsike vary con siderably and a farmer would take this into consideration, whether he In order to get the greatest egg production In tall and winter It i.s es- sential to have well matured pullets grew alsike or red clover. For in- 'which were hatched in March or April, stance, alsike will grow in soil that isj Feed the grain In a deep litter on too mtjist and too sour for red clover the floor and make the ht^us exercise to thrive in. Alsike clover grown for all of their grain. The luash may alone is much more inclined to lodge I be fed either wet or dry. and should than red clover because it has a weak 'be so regulated that A\e fowls will get or reclining .item. It is a pretty! about equal parts of mash and of tile good practice to mix some alsike clo-' starch grains. It Is iiecrasaiy to give ver in wi'h some red clover In seeding the £owIs plenty to eat-to get good down, for on much of our soil a por-! "'•'suUs, but the birds should always be tion of the field will be more adapted ' eager for each feed. In cold weather to the growth of alsike clover than of ! feed about one-ihird of the scratch red clover, consetiiiently, one is rea-; grains in the luoruing and iwo-thirds lonably stne of getting a larger yield »' "'sht. In which way the hens are of hay if he mixes them than he would ! 'o^ced to exercise more than if given to grow either one separately. Theyla" the grain they desired at the morn- do not mature just at the same time, |'»8 '"««'^- Scratch grains, mash or yet the difference isn't enough to pre- 1 S"^"'"' K''«<"^' ""'"'al proleln. green vent cutting both plants at the sameif«^- 8"'. "'"' ®'"'" ''''°"''' ''* s"PP''^^ time without very much lessening inl'" "^® winter. the value of either as a food. We! <^'«^" M'e .di-oppHig boai'fls at least most always mix a little alsike clover '"'"-â- Â«' » we^k a"<J sp'a>- "='" roosts once girls 1 are needed in the school yard, that the j yard needs cleaning up, and the out- I buildings need to be painted and kept ' in repair. In fact, the introduction of the hot- lunch system may lead up to as high a point of attainment as the teacher wishes to reach. She will lind it an easy matter to make her school the centre of the community by biiiiging the home interest to the school. Her I pupils will not only be able to do bet- I ter work, but there will be a now in- terest with each noon meal. The Necessary Equipment .lust how can a teacher in a poor, disinterested community establish this .â- iystem? First of all, a stove, fitted each desk, setting the pupils' lunch for cooking and baking, should be! boxes on the desks with spomi^ and secured. Where the school .«tove is ; bowls holding the pot4itoes. not suitable, then an oil or alcohol I This particular teacher's school \Yas stove with a portable oven should be , in an isolaTe<l, non-interested district provided. Each child should bring! and her task had been a most uphill from home a bowl or cup and tea- one. Her first task had been to in- spoon and fork. The boys of thejvite all the motliers to her boarding school may build a cupboard to hold! house for a discussion of school mat the cooking utensils anil the giils may Iters. She tactfully introduced the make the dish-cloths and towels. {subject of good school lunches and The following equipment is sug- '^showed niony leaflets ami i)ami)h!ets gested for this work: Double boiler. | she liaii secure<l. kettle, sauce-pan, strainer or siev«, I Then she followed her talk with a egg-beater, quart measure, meusur- 1 delicious lunch, serving many varieties ijig cup. can-opener, tablespoon, lea- j of dainty sandwiches, and they began spoon, paring knife, vegetable brush, , lo be i 11 1 crested. After that, it was '*'* It "is now lime for the live stock farmer lo make sheep raising one of his regular lines of production. One of the first considerations in the shelter for sheep is ventilation without draughts. Bean fodder is a*i excellent rough- age feed to be used in combination with other forage, particularly for sheep. It may also be successftdly fed to cows in small quantities. When used for sheep in combination with S/o/r'£s took their seats and the day's regular "ther roughage feeds, bean straw will work was begun. At the" -appointed '>"^'e approximately as high feeding time, without a work from the teach- value as good hay, although it will er, the fire was lighte<l and the pota- : ""t be as closely eaten, on account of toes put in to bake. When dinner the coarse stems. The feeding value time came, the pupils were dismissed "-f the forage is almost always en- A Kain-drop Song. Sing a song of rain drops, Sliding down the pane. \ Sing a song of winter. Cloudy days and rain. ! Sing a song of study time^ Things to jead .Tud wf 'W Sing a song of happy time. Faces clean and brigh*. Sing a song of teacher. Smiling as she stands. Sing a song of stories, .•\11 of distant lands. for five minutes in the open aii*. Dur- ing this time, the room was aired and four girls spread paper napkins on hanceii by the grain it contains, as Sing a song of recess even where a good job of threshing is done, some beans will nearly always ; remain in the straw. I How to Prevent Epidemic of Colds. .â- V wheezing, sneezing, nose-blow- 1 ing. soro-throRted individual should be i.solated. Colds are catching. W'atch how tlioy spread through a home, or an office, or schoolroom, or any place where people congregate. Otforiiig cures for colds is a popu- lar philanthrophy. We are all reatly to pass on our prescription and preach , its merits. But the very best time ' ro cure a cold is before you get it. | Hygiene is more efllcacious .than i drugs. Careful eating. healthful' When we run and play. Sing a song of gladness, Make a happy day. the field. Had .IJ!) bushel? of beans that |)icl^eti iwi) pounds. FREE PJ GIRLS ROLLED GOLD LOCKET AND OHAIN seed in- with the red clover seed for,** ""»""' ''"'"'« the winter with kero- ,,^j^.,,g^ ,^„jfg_ j^^.,, " rfjsh.pans, potato'ian easy niatker" to tell them 'of the reason stated above. \Wl to Boys or Girls •IMFLEX X.1TTI<E aiAITT TYPB'WBXTXR Htifl Hll letters, flgtire.s, |>*^iiw*' and comma. Rubber t.vp«. Htronj; and dur- able Iron body, and a perfect feed roller Can be used for wrltinft letter*, addres- sing eii\»l<>iies, bill-heads, tacs, etc. Send im joni' n*in« and addreaa and we wlli Mfiid ,vou Jo pactcagM of our lov«!y einbiiR.<<c(1 Saatei postOfird* to a«ll at 10 nenls a iiacltage >' 6 loveTy carda In each ijackoaei When nolil eetid U» th« inonsy 'threo Jolla.r»i and we will send voM tile i} i>n»rlt»r, all .^harRea |>repal<l. â- OKZK WABSrW, Sevt. 3t. T«B0VTO sene or some commercial preparation for killing mites. Uavt! a good supply of sand or dry din on hHtid to n.'«e on the dropping boards during the winter. If, any of the birds develop colds put as much potassium permanganate as will remain on the .surface of a dime Into a gallon of water and keep material in their drinking water for several days or until the symptoms of the colds have disappeared. He- move any sick birds from the flock as soon as noted and I real them in copps Uj' themselves, or kill and bury them If they are. not worth treating. masher glasses. food six fruit jars, six jelly | values and why they must va;-y the' water bucket, dipper, baking ''contents of the lunchbo.\. - I to catching cold, wear It has become keep the feet dry. the lead- and .-Nildreas: HOMER-W.\RREN ( 0. DEPT. 41, TORONTO. the \\ e vi'l i;! .â- â-  â- ;.» iii'a'.n:ful rollt-ii gold , â-  I.- loi-kpi and ' nam fv«e of all charKe to .sleeping windows open ram or shine an.v girl wlio win sell 3» Pockages of and a hot water bottle at the feet, if J o'u lo^'ely etni)»Med K^.-ter ivsi-ard:. , , . .. Kt 11' ••untB a paokagr needed lor warmth. Sond us vour nwinp and w will a.'rid , , , . , , Wet feel conduces lo colds. If you 1 ,>"",''"• ''•"''s "V*"" 'jy,"*" 'old. wnd nun i MM IfpMfp /I ell I'lnthe n.if,-,^. M.ir, rr>i i i i. i , . . ., « , * I US the tnone\' and Wf» wtn Ht-nd \"ou pan, tea ketue. disn-i otlis, paper nap-. That .school has long sinco ceased to ' are anxious fo get rid of a cough, or locknt .md oMnln kins. V\here Uie box is obtained i,e merely a wooden building where ' better still to outgrow the habit of' jfree, the cost of this c(|uipmont. in- ; children are unwillingly driven to catching cold, wear warm shoes, cludmg the oil stove, should not ex- 'study the "three R's. this 1 '^*'^'' 'â- ^â- ^"'â- y-'"*' "'â-  ^'"''*y dollars. The; the centre of it>. commuiiitv! teacher could get up a community en-j^r of its social side and an active! tertainment to pay for itlis and arouse Lgenf for good. All this came about' interest in her scheme, of I because one woman .saw the greni pos- The ^teaching of dome.stic science Uibilitics'' in her school work, could be combined with the hot-lunch! /JUyrV^ ShurGain Fertilizer system, and, after n time, the girls might invite their parents ot the trustees to a dinner ihey had prepared â€" anothei' way of arousing aiv' bidd- ing interest in this work. How the System AVwk.'*. How can the teacher d<i this work Rollers fur in>ar ' (hail (iroH ing Beans With Small Cost. Plowed the ground early and worked it several times both ways so as to make it level. 1 planted with two-row corn drill, twenty-eight inche.>5 apart, and dropped a bean every ten inches I \N> Mill Kt\M i!!]-^ (•â- â€¢Â« ;i II â-  .; .1 I 1 J ..1 -ii 1 free of all I'hiirge lo an.\ Biri in the row. I worked them with a | lady wlio wtli sell <« ^'el» Mita a nni. Bracelet 1.^ two-ri>w cultivator and hoed them once. Harv-.^stcd them, eighteen acres. I-'or an iii>alid or atTlicted child when one cannot alTord a wheel chair take the rbljers from a pair of skates I in one <ia.v. vs'ith two bean pullers and and fasten to the rockers of a chair a side-delivery ndte. Had two men without robbing her other classes of j which is comfortable and of size to be follow the rake to pick up any scat- valuable lime".' Ky making this cook- i l>Ui*hed through all <loors. You will tered beans. We 1et«th<>ni dry a few ing supplementrary work to the other '<""' this an excellent substitute. j days and then threshed them from r yoiiiiK K,i s I of ! I'ostiHnls at 10 Tin? MM.Misii gold i>1hI** and tits hu.v ^vw\, Send us voir ua.Tip and ivp will ».*nd you th<* i^nrds. Wtifii aoM. acnn iia th<i nion«.\" UTjd \r.. â- '!!' ; .I'it \'.;: ! 'IP t)r:u'e- HOMEKWARREN CO. DEPT. 40. - TOI^ONTO, ONT. V then there will be no more picking or ley-flour mixture, choosing and no wrappings or expen- ' -A^ Soldier's Sister: â€" .\s a matter of sive et caeteras. > fact, it is very unwise to send any It is provided that rolls may be food to your brother. It is really a manufactured and sold only in units source of waste to send food-stulTs to of specified weights. The rules pro- soldiers overseas. The rations is- hibit the wrapping of bread or the plac- sued by the Militia Department are ing on it of a paper or other band for liberal and varied. Tlic aggregate I the period of the war. By providing quantity of food sent privately to the 'for a standard loaf, unwrapped and soldiers is very large and much of it character consistent is spoiled in transit. The situation overseas is so critical that every avenue of food waste must be closed. Mrs. F. B.: â€" I have given your name and address to some prospective customers for your goose feathers. They will write you shortly.