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css- =t=s THE FARM BUSINESS WOMAN rXNCYWORK FOB aCUOOL BI1X8. Care oi the Naik. stender flfe of fine, flexible steel; a , pair of small, sharp cuticle sciaaors, When It IS realized that well-groom- ^i^ ^i good steel; emery board-s; l«rK« â-  «d nails are indicative of persona, ^^j an,^ji orange sticks; a Kood-siscd cleanliness and even of character, one buffer with, a removablo chamois sur- wi'.l scarcely begrudge the few mo- fg^^ Last year my daughter went away | complete a set worth many dollars, nients r«)uired to keep the tinger tips SeJect these articlvs for practicabil- to work her way through school, and | it ia a great satisfaction to me now to know that I can send her an occa gional sum of money in which I have accomplished I used to spend my fancy work; so when -P. W. QUICK LUNCHES FXJR MOTORIsrrS. "Lunches and Refreshments Served in the pink of perfection. ity rather than for appearance, since A thcrou(th hom« manicure may be they are no longer displayed on tiie HOW TO FATTEN FRYERS BY R. T. PARKHL'RST. When cockerels are alx)ul seven or the general purpose bre«ds such •â-  eight weeks old, they should b« »ep- P'^nouth Rocks, Wyandottos, Rhode arated from the pul'.ets. At this lime '«'*"'^ ^^* ""'^ Orpingtons. Whits, â€" " . - • .1. . ... buff and red varieties are preferred accomplished in fifteen or twenty min- fa-shionable dressing table. The coa-|P'Hce the most promising, vigorous, i,ecau»e of their light-colored pin- re feathers, tt' The length of the fattening period Potato Yields. them varies from two to three weeks. Al pullets, the start of the feeding period, ths As a general rule, all other cockerels poultry should be .starved 24 hours awl should be sold as soon as they are big given no water for twelve hours. The not Not all the resulU from potato enough. It is usually good economy first few days only a little feed It r to so f ton the cuticle. •''Praying are noticeable in the field, to market them as soon as they reaih given and the amount is gradually ^ ,„„^ does not yield .sufficient- The good effects are carried through a size for which the market will pay ; increased until the birds will eat all :C u ij •• #" v^ QV, -^.^o,! .nH l»™«n»H» oHH t/, th« vAriptv of ly to this softening influence a good *» the bin in preventing storage rots, a reasonable price. It is often pos- they want in 20 minutes. The i-om- the embroidering for her She S|^med «"f ,'^â„¢'^^ .^^^^^^ ''^ c.x=am is recommended. Or if, Potato spraying with Bordeaux and sible to improve the quality and in- mon practice is two feeds at twelve- pleased and •'""^htth^ee dresses^ dmksa^^^^^ a,^ brittle and the flesh at ' other capper sprays is done largely to crease the weight of these market hour Intervals, although occasionally After that the proprietor of the stow «;-^^^^^""f J" J"^"y "'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ , the sides is horny u.se warm oil instead control early and lat« blights and to cockerels by fattening either in small three feed.s a day are given. The vl allowed me to place two finished d ess- â-  '''•"Jept handy it » ^^^^'^f ''"^ ; ^f soap and water for the softening Prevent leaf -hopper injury. The In- pens or fattening-crates. 1 tlon should be the con.,istency of thick es in his display window. A «'"^" ^1 ^"f,""'"";,'^ J^" .^ „^^^^^^ ^''^ ^ process 'greased yield which may be expects! I,i pen fattening, the cockerels are 'cream. Occasionally a little salt, grit vertisement in the local paper helped little expenditure of effort.-E. S. h ^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ji^^i^^ ^j^^ ^^p^„j, ^^^ whether kept for ten days or two weeks In a| and green feed may be added profits wom'an say. In the large general store d.nys, when I have fresh Frankfurters ^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ where we trade, that she would hke or buttermilk, there are special signs, ^j^^ ^^ ^^^^ to have several of the stamped dresses I use a small alcohol-lamp stove for ; „,_..,,., ' that co.^ already cut out^d ready making egg sandwiches, and a vacuum N^-^'t «oak the hands in warm- to embroider, if she could do that kind , bottle cf hot water for serving instan- "^7:^*^?' ,^*, of workâ€" I spoke up and offered to do taneous coffee, tea or cocoa. Cold milk " uie cuticle ao< to advertise my work. I do not make the dresses; I simply embroider them, and the work is like play to me. â€"A. M. MONEY IN ANGEL FOOD. When I found that for various rea- sons I could not raise poultry to fur PABM TOOLS TO RENT. loaned every spring to the farmers around us for twenty-five cents an acre. But it aeenyxl that they usually forgot to pay, and in the spring rush the nails of overgrowing cuticle, gent- these troubles occur during the grow- My husband had a rather expensive ly pushing it back at the ba.se of the '"« season and upon the effectiveness fertiliser planter or sower, which he ' nails to form well-defined half moons, of the sprays. If the cuticle is ragged clip it e\-er so' Where these troubles do occur the carefully, but whenever possible avoid Increases from spraying as measured the use of the scissors. ! »* digging time should be substantial. Often the surface of the nails i.s un^ I" <:»»« la*® flight is present the in- even and covered with ridges. Treat' creased yield wi.l be further augment- this condition with a paste of powder-; ^^ ^y » prevention of late-blight rot ed pumice and cocoa butter to produce '" storage. a smooth surface^hich will take ani ^" checking up on spraying Increas- easy polish. •'-'â- : " es in the field it has been customary to Now apply a whitening cream under '««^'e check plots, or unsprayed rows, the nails, pressing it well' In with the through the field. .A.n insect like the well-ventilated, dry pen that does not ; ably to the ration. Watch the appe- nlsh me with a little spending money, ' work bothered my husband so much I did not sit down and bewail tha^that he refused to lend it. fact. Not much. I took stock of myi I wanted some extra money, so I abilities and found that I was able to said that for half the profits I would bak»^.-«agel-food cakes as well as I ' take charge of all the hiring. This I cotilil^ise poetry "Why not bake 'have done for four years. The farm- cakes 'jo sell?" I asked myself. Sobers bring the machine into the yard acting on this happy inspiration, 1 1 and pay me, and I see that every man bought the necessary ingredients and , gels his turn. A great deal of busi- utensils, inserted an advertisement in ! ness is done over the telephone. Last the daily newspaper to the effect that ' spring I cleared ninety-two dollars for I wx>uld bake fresh angel-food cakes ray share. It was easily earnerl money for so much per cake, according to and, in my opinion, an unusual me- eize, and then eagerly awaited results, thod. It wasn't long before orders began ' I see to it that the machine is al- to come in. Women who were enter- ' ways available for use on our own taining made such requests as "Would ^ farm and that it is returned in good I please bake them one or perhaps two order. â€" C. D. G. cakes?" I could and did. I summer-visitor profits. My cakes were found to be made of • Confronted with the problem of how the best materials and were always !t^ ^^^ t^e farm to make it pay with- fresh. Consequently, my orders in-:^„t ^ man to work it and with no weased continually, and I later even ^^^^y ^^ p^y ^^g^^ j ^^i^^^ ^ {„ this added home-faade candy, rolls and ^^^y satisfactory way: mayonnaise to my list of products. | jyjy farm is in a summer-resort vil- AH my things sell so well that I now j^g^^ ^jj^j.^ ^â- ^^^ business people of the enjoy a liberal supply of the much- j pg^jjjy ^^y^ own country cotUges. wanted spending money.â€" J. D. J. | -p^ere are also motorists coming down ANTIQUE ACCESSORIES. | to picnic and bathe. I rented the There are so many people interested barns and land, except the five acres In collecting antique furniture these of orchard around the house. days that anyone who can make the I bought paper bags, cardboard car- old-fashioned knotted bedspreads and tons and plates and advertised my hooked rugs should have little trouble homemade cooking, to be carried away in disposing of her handiwork at ex- â€" nothing to be eaten on the premises, celtent profit. 1 The city housewives were delighted to I enjoy work of this kind and find send for me for ready-cooked chickens, it possible to pick up many a welcome squabs, ham, croquettes, salads, pies, dollar during my leisure hours. i fudge and fruit; also for an occasion- The design of the bedspread is al can or vegetables or an especially •imply filled In with French knots nice cake. S laced close together. The Sunflower, My business has grown so that for nowball and Bowl of Roses patterns the three busy months a friend comes »re the most popular. The finished in and makes the desserts and candy. tpread sells for from ten to twenty- These three months furnish me with five dolTars, depending, of course, on most of my year's inaime. I live the work involved and the materials comfortably In my own house among required. " i my own friends for nine months of the The famous hooked rugs, made of year, and do not work as hard as they heavy woolen thread, in natural col- do. I raise my own squabs and chick- ors, to match these bedspreads, rival ens and can my winter apples for sum- the most exquisite Oriental rugs, and mer pies. â€" S. Allen. orange stick, The nails ar» now ready for the pol- ish which may be either a tinted paste leaf hopper, which is repelled by cop- per sprays, will go from sprayed to unsprayed vines in this event and, no or of the dry variety. If the former I '^oubt, do more damage there than is preferred ft is dabbed on each nail, i they would on the same area if the whereas the latter is applied to the| 'entire acreage were unsprayed. In buffer. In either case the desired' tl"> case of hopper burn, therefore, a lustre is produced by a moderate buff- [-el'.'ck at diggring time is likoly to over- ing. If the nails break easily avoid enphaaizo tho trouple from that vigorous buffing. For such natls an 1 S(>urce. almost imperceptibly -tinted liquid pol-l ^n the light of the knowled,;e that Ish is best. I '^"t^ blights cause definite jtorage rots When the buffing process is com- h^^icih cannot be practically controaed pleted dip the fingers in warm sudsy! "= the Wn and that the gr-wer -.nnot water, removing all traces of powder 1 ^"'"^tell bi:{rht or leaf-horpec years, and paste with the nail brush, raean-| '^^ necessuy for more complete potato while shaping the cuticle with the ^P' ^J^ng »^ <= '*i"'y Proved. Summer Pruning, Watering and Fertilizers for Roses. allow too much moving about and is sufficiently dark that It bus a tend- ency to quiet them. Somewhat l>et- ter results are obtained by using a fattening-crate. A simple home-made Tate can easily be made. If exten- sive fattening practice is going to be carried on, It will probably pay to get a galvanized-wire battery, as the bat- teries are more sanitary and will Mfit much longer. The fattening-cj<ate should be placed in a darkened, well- ventilated room. The average producer does not real- ize the value of fattening poultry for market. Only 10 per cent, of the pro- ducts reaching most fattening eetab- lishments are ready to kill. Properly fattened birds show off to better ad- vantage either alive or dressed. The best breeds for fattening are tites of the bird.'s and remove those birds which fail to eat. A good feed- er can expect about a 35 per cent, gala on springers (one and one-half pounds up), and 40 per cent, on broilers (oni and one-half pounds). A good ration for summer feeding Is: 57 per cent, grain oat gloats, 40 per cent, corn-meal, 2 per cent, char- coal, 1 per cent, alfalfa meal. The samo ration can be used for both pen and crate fattening. This feed should be mixed with sour skim- milk or buttermilk, to the consistency of thick cream. If skim-milk or but- termilk is not available, use semi- solid buttermilk, or buttermilk curd diluted one part by weight to four parts of water; or, you can use dried buttermilk or sklm-milk powder, dil- uted one part to eight parts of water. flowering wood will develop quickly. When pruning Is done a quick acting fertilizer should be distributed over the surface, nitrate of soda, acid pho«- phate or blood meal. After fertiliz- ing, should the season be dry, wiater the plants well. Early morning or early afternoon are the best periods for the watering of ro.ses ; never water late at night except in very hot wea- ther. Mildew and fungus diseasea spread rapidly under cold, moist, con- Summer^ pruning of roses is easen- ' ditions, so do not create such by ^^ter The Green Cabbage Worm â€" Artificial Control. Control experiments, involving ths treatment in three series of 5,000 early and late cabbages, with Pyre- thrum powder and lead and calcium arsenate dusts and sprays, lead to the conviction that under local conditions dusting with lead arsenate and hy- drated or air-slaked lime in the pro- portion of one part to fifteen parts is the most satisfactory form of treat- ment. The dusta were found more satisfactory than the sprays in that It takes 20' common bricks to lay ^^^' ?^ ^ â„¢^^^ ^"*^ applied with " " - :fcr BY Ahna's Party. ELLEN C. LLORAS. Housekeeping Aids. Keep remnants of sandpaper in tioth the kitchen table and sewing machine drawers. Obstinate spots on the bake- board, tables and frying, pans yield readily to sandpaper rubs. When sew- ing, if the machine needle becomes blunt, renew its point by stitching through several inches of the sand- paper. To cleanse and freshen lace that cannot l)e washed, rub a mixture of The Canadian Homlmaklr y jenes PLANNING . DECORATING . of we37(/u covering. BUILDING . FURNISHINQ artic/es FINANCING . GARDENING Alma was to have a birthday party ths very next time she had a birthday. Mother had promised her tliat. Per- haps she was thinking about it on that I .. L t. 1 : :_â„¢ powdered starch and bonax well into afternoon when she was skipping! ?~" ... ^ j -,.1. . Its threads; shake out and cover with about in the back yard with a bigj ^ ^i^^^ ^^pp-y ^^ ^he mixture and lay piece of whole-wheat bread, thickly the lace away for several days, then buttered. She wasn't very hungry ^ bring it forth and shake until the last anyway, and, dropping the generous , ^eck of powder is removed. ^.,, ^ , 1 • • Yellowed ivory can be bleached by piece still uneaten, she went running . , ,; ... , ., ' " ' ' repeated washings with white soap around the house. It was a crisp, cold ^nd water and drying in the sunshine. January day, so she came in and stood , When thoroughly bleached, wash in at the kitchen window looking out. | clear water and polish with chamois. *'0h, look, look, mother! Look, it's aj Knitting silk is fine for darning party," she called excitedly. stockings. The needle weaves smooth- It was, too ; for a dozen or more ly over and under the threads and a hungry little birds had flown down 'much n<;ater result is obtained than where Alma dropped her bread and 1 with the use of darning cotton, butter, and were picking up every | An effectual marble-cleaning pre- crumb. They were darting about and • paration Is made of equal parts of chirping so merrily that it was just' pumice stone and fine table salt, dllut- towel' and giving a final shine to the nails with the palms of the hands. To preserve the well-groomed look of the nails between manicures, re- member to push the cuticle back each time the hands are dried. Apply ajWal for bes,t results, says Prof. A. H. cuticle cream on Ice every night to' Tomllnson, O.A.C. Old flowers should keep the cuticle soft and pliable. Once' be cut away, and dead growth or weak this habit is established there will be shoots should be treated likewise. Old In'Hn'ei^hrS^.r '"f i the aid of ordinary hand dusters, in no need of using the scissors with ! flowering shoots, immediate.y after , o^o^^^^foot^^n make one fJ^^^V o"«-fo"'-th the time occupied in sp;ay- their attendant hazard of wounds and the flowers have done, should be cut '^J^'"'"' """"^^ "^^^e one foot of ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ J^.^ ^^ hangnails. ' back, especiahy early in thesea.son to ,'«''^- .j^^ ^^.^^^ ^^^ j^^,^^ ^^^^ ^^.^. ^^j^^ Here are the important tools the a strong prominent bud. With Teas, ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^j^^ home manicurust will need: A long, ' and possib.y Hybrid Perpetuals new A washing soil gathers no profits, has been added as a sticker have a low surface tension and much of the liquid la lost in tho soil. In these experiments calcium arsen- ate dusts gave less satisfactory results than the arsenate of lead dust, the lat- ter giving perfect control. Calcium arsenate applied in the liquid form gave extremely poor results as well as causing some burning to the foliage. Pyrethrum powder used with four times its weight of hydrated lime proved satisfactorj', but can hardly be used on a commercial .acale as it costs ten times as much as the arsenate of lead dust. Judging by this season's observa- tions early market calibagea escape serious injury and whether treatment is ordinarily necessary or not must be left to the grower's discretion. For lato cabbages and cauliflowers two ap- plications should be sufficient in a normal season, the first about the mid- dle of July and the second four or fivo weeks l;.ter. When the butterflies are very abundant a third application may be necessary early in September. •-^i5C«-''3iw.*A*?lll1ft!Sl£E2r>.:2^ A WELL PLANNED, MODERATE COST BUNGALOW By Edgar Praia, Architect, The greatly Increased cost of con-^add another thousand which. In view &tructlon above that of pre-war days of the cost of the house. Is the niaxl makes the "own your own home" prob- ' mum amount you should pay tor a lot. lem quittj a perplexing one for the On the basis that the yearly rental de- a good" time all by itself to watch ed with water to the consistency of jf*â„¢"^ of limited means. In addition rivahle should amount to ten per cent. them. Alma clapped her hands and cream. Smear the mixture over the to the cost of the home its«lf. the bur- , of the total cost and that you should begged "for more bread to feed the marble surface and permit it to stand <^^^^ "f carrying and upkeep are also be able to carry the housj for le.'s, you ^(P()5 j until the stains disappear. Finally greater and often turn out to be the will And this house comes well within "Why yes dear you may have wash the surface with strong salt "straw that breaks the camel's back." , the province of propriety. Interest: Well Waters From Farm Homesteads. In his lepoil for the year ending March 31st, j)25, the Dom'uio.i Chen'.- ist, Dr. 1 r'li.k T. Shutt, once more directs r ttent'or. to the m'sta-co which is frequently make of sacrificin-.r suf?- ty for oonv nicnce in chos^'i.? tho s'le of a. well. M'lj'.'y tho we 1, Dr. Shutt.^ say^, should l)e at least l.'i ) feot from tho ncjires"" i-cilding. wh;?lhe.r it b<" hou.se. !i:i"i. or stable, an: the same di.stanco from r; anure pile, cesspool or e with other possible source of dangerous those stale scraps there in the little water, rinse and wipe dry. pan on the kitchen table," said mother. ! â- * Alma wanted to go out and feed A Delicious Conserve, S!dn^ritarn^"how^o*^"at w^ith Htt'e' ^^^ '* » conserve which is both | tour thousand dollars. To this let us Interest on yx)ur own equity •iris yeT.^and were too 'shy. But oh, f^!l^?:'_^ ifj'.^^'T':!^!:. ^^J:"/..-?! From these viewpoints the aceom- ta.xes; Insurance and repairs shoul-.l be penytng illustrations should meet with considerably less than live hundred the approval of prospective builders, j dollars -not more than four hundred The Initial cost Is In the vicinity of ] and fifty dollars at the most, including ow they did fly high, and dip down, and dart about, and chirp the good tims they were having among thera- MlvM, its bast? red currant jelly. This jelly is made in the ordinary fashion, but a few minute.* before it I.k reiady to remove from the fire into each me«»- After that Alma carefully saved all """ '." '^'''P^.'^ a handful of red rasp- the stale bread to crumble outside the *'^^"^^- J*"", ^ * i^*"*"!!* I^ kitchen window for the birds to come r^r'""" Jl '^ "^'* t J* ^l^ and pick it up. All through the cold 1» f , predonunating Jhte m*thod months they came i*gularly. minimizes theamount of botf«™>me Then in the long, hot summer days "^^ ?"^ .^^^ ^ raapberrie. •!« Alma had another kind of party for «P«>»'^« '* '^ * ^^^ ^t^r'^ ker birds. At the edg« of th* back *^Ti!i*'' °"* '^'^'^ *"*•"'''' ^"^ yard stood an old stump, Just where it was nicely shaded by a shed in the hottest part of the day. Mother set a -~pan in the hollow of this stunip, and Alma wou1:i run out and fill it with water. And such fun as those btrda did have, flirting and splashing about in the co'>l water! AIrmi is quite sure fV.nt her lii'-J parties are just among tl.j vcvy r.'.c.s'. parties th«r« arai the berries. If you pknted some treea this sprina and if the weather has be«i dry,^«w away the surface dirt, doot In two or thave buckets of water, then return the soiL ThB rlfht •meant ol drver for pain* !• oiwbalf plat to *• gallon. The perspective Impresses on .... the fact that It 18 all house no ev po^ulmn. - ♦ pensive frills but just a good substan^ Examination ,.f water supp.ies sent Ual home not lackiug In the quality of to the Division of Chemistry at Ot- belng acceptable to the eye. What tawa during the year has shown fllS, would otherwise be rather plain lines per cent pure and wholesome. .lO.T •IS far as the walls arc concerned has per cent, suspicious and probab.y dan- been averted on two sides by the re- geroue. 19.0 per cent, seriously pollut- cedlng porch and on another side by ed and 18.2 [ler cent, .saline (not pot- the protruding bay window. The cot- able). .Although those percentages do tageroof; wide water table at tlio floor not difi"er rnnterially from those ob- level and attractive windows also as- tained in other years, the doctor states sist in pro.lucing a plt>asiug bungalow that there is gratifying <^v^dence that gjgg, farmers are paying greater att^ontlon From iUp porch one may go directly ' year by year to the purity and care to e.lther the kitchen or living room. ; of their woll waters. This convenience Ik often appreclate<I '. In all ca.<:c» Dr. .Shutt be.ieves it do- when coming home but perhaps more , slrablo to secure a fair degree of so as H lime saver in tho many little j filtration by lining the well with con- trips necessary to llnd out â- who's who" crete or puddled clay to a depth of, ' at the front door. say, ten feet, continuing this lining, if The living room Is 17' 6" x 10' and ! concrete, one foot above ground level has a built-in bookcase; an open flre- , to prevent the entrance of surface place with tile hearth and a large bay ; waj^h. A good, sound watertight cover window The two bedrooms are slight- 1 is also of importance. He further »ay« ly larger than usually found in small 1 that in a bored well tight sealing U homes and each has a roomy clothes , imperative lietween pipe and rock, closet. A large broom closet and well \ and also between joints in the pipe appointed bathroom and kitchen com- and cover of the wall. plete the plan and we thlnk-a desir- able home. Readers dMlrlng further hitormatlon regarding the plans and specldcations of this house sthould communicate with tlho architect direct A Clock for Cars. A. liUIe clock which nnver want* winding baa been Invented for raotof* Address Mr. | cars. Its spring is kept wound by a«, Edgar Prain. 212 Confederation Life j ingenious electric device worited fc»| Building Winnipeg, Man, ' tho current of the UtfltlBC AA(^•^l^fc