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STORING THE VEGETABI£S MiHc A|pt Be Qeui. Clean stable, c>an cows, clean \> BY J. H. CAMPBELL. Tbe first requtwment is sound, un- up with a b»il of «arth on th« roota damaged vegetables. Vegetabl«a tor ^n*^ setting them in a cos© bed in the •tora«« should b« lutndled ^ oarefuJy j '^'â- 'â- " j^ .^'^'^ ^^'^ *'^"..'^ P^*"'^ , , , „ . . ^"^ perfect y dry. Hand.'ini; ceiery *8 you would apples. Bruise* and^^^j ^^^^ to favor decay. Keep the breaks in the skin of a vegetable are. earth around the roou moist enough almost cfertajn to star: (teeay. j to prevent wilting but be careful not The second need is air moist enough j to wet the tops or they will soon be- to keep the vegeUblea from drying; come a slimy mass of decay. If a out. Wilting ia a sure sign that the j quantity of celery is stored, it is beSt air is too dry. | to lay sectionii of drain tile or a V- The third need is a fairly cool tem- shaped trough ot boards through the perature. Temperature is important: bottom of the bed and water from the it fcaeF« the plants and rooU from | end. For small lota, the plan I use is thinking it time to start spring original but it works. I fijl a long- growth; cold air needs less moisture j necked bottle (grape juice or catsup â- """"" ^^ I .„i^v, iZ yard which milker and clean utensils are the fac- tors in producing clean milk and cream. Milk, when pure and clean, is one of the most healthful and nutri- tious of human foodii and it does not req>.. :e expensive equipment, high priced cows or much extra work to produce clean milk. In some localities a higher price is paid for milk that is guaranteed to be „f business a clean. When a factory receives only clean milk, its butter and cheese or the cream it sells will be so improved in quality thit a hisrlwr price can be demanded ^or the products. The re- Egg Candling Station Helps BiuineM. The operation ot an eg^ candling statkuii at Millbrouk. Ontario, where producers are paid for their egijs oa a graded basis has not otvjy resulted in better returns to the farmers, status Mr. Geo. Burniuim, Millbrook merch- ant, but has 1-. Might about improved business cor.d'.ions. Mr. Burniiam finds tba* he â- ? doing a larger v\/!urae 1 that hie trade is now more largely a cash proposition. The improvemt:r.t in volume has been brouglvt about by the fact that pro- ducers are now coming to town with Ke However farm woma probably d^i plain cucumi "small" siae, kina, put dow ones sliced, e both. First, the < placed in a brim of salt to one i. their eggs, and while there secure putatmn of many a farm and factory their groceries and supplies. Previous lb based on purity of products. u> the introduction of the egg grading ^''^^^ 'n '^'s With a hea.thy herd, in a stable and station, peddlers went through the ^orty-wght hours. than warm air. So keeping it cool i type) with wat°er,'cW ft with th^ ^^["^ *'!'"=*' '^^'^ ^ ""^P' •^â- *^" *''"'-y country and collected eggs. When the After rinsing they are p. helps aLso to keep it moist. The nearer thumb until I have it jammed down °"., ^^t" •careful attention to other de- farmer did not take mercBandise for P'fkling liquid made in the to the fressing point the air can be into the roots, then I let gravity do u^lf'.^u, '^*" ^ produced which is his eggs, but was paid cash instead proportions: one gallon vineisai,, fcipt, the longer vegetables will keep , the rest. Repeat in several places In y, ^^^^^ nutritious and wholesome, by tho peddler for his eggs, he was ^^^ <="? ^^^ spices, from one cujJ vo Without sprouting. j the bed as often as needed. Head let- i ," '^^ *''.* """'«'^ '" * '^»rk stable as liable to go to a neighboring town ^'^'^ l"^^' >>rown sujtar depending J^*^, In these three points lie. all theltuce and endive can be h.nndled the '^hose Jloor is saturated vnth manure a, Mfllbrxwk. "?«" whether sweet or sour pickles; • -' ]iy of the storage of all winter «Mtme way. Remove all bruised leaves *"^ ^^f *=*' "?«^ ^'^^^ ^^^ ^'^^, ''"'^ -A- ffreat difference in the economy of »re deeirea. The vinegar may be heat- ' ^ PP^ • joes or ' ftxcept onion and squash. : from these plants ako. i ^"^^^-Jtis^ a'^-^t impossible to the operation of the store is also noted <^ °r no^^^^ f "â-  ^ ' «^ T4jeae need much dryer air than thej other drops, and the squaah needs I much wanner air. If the home cellar I # 9i , produce milk fit for human use. | by' MrV Bui^^.han;." When"egS l^r^ ^^^^r '' Jt !s heat^ and perhaps the P'"' fl'-Z:'?''^n'biowrru^rf Tabl^ i Wa.te feed, esp^ially sila^, should being taken in trade, the olerS, would Aavor of the spices is better b«,uirM>^J^^^^ -^Pj^â„¢*^^^f â- â€¢â€¢ ^^ ^J'^ â€" ' i^ A- y ., • , - u'^ removed from the mangers and not â-  gpe„d much of their time counting the ""t. The pickles are put in stone Jars ; g£?^"\„^ric 1 t^'^ ce^rv^ has a f urmKN, room ^t w an excel- f "*"?''. '^' T^xT' ^'u^"" â- ' '^ ^^"^"^ ""^^'" '** """"^ '°'" ^'^^''<S- " eggs and checking up returns while [ ^^ ^Pt weil covered or may be seal- i '^^^"hldr fent place for the squash. j ^*^ ,^* rru^r^hod Here the moisture , waste silage is left in the stable, a â-  the customers had to wait to be served. ]^ •" ?*«" i*"- If the family is amaH . '^cT ;eLetab-es before measuH-,^- i^TA^ Zr^u.r^ I auton^t'cally taken care of, sinoe^silage odor may be" absorbed by the n^w with no eirm to be handled there and the supply may outlast the season, ! , ^'^^ .eijetab.es before measuring CELLAR STORAGE. { the earth keepe it even. Place the pit milk after it is dri*-n f«>m the cow«. ' IsTo Vuch ddff ^ '""- 'â-  '''" ^-^" â€" ''-' ' **»°>^^' '"*^ *«^1^'^' <=^<=^^^" ""^ For tha ordiimrT celjar storage, where water will n jt run in and stand. ! No silage odor will be noticed in the ] The reason for the oroducers' cora- ^fu"v Tn'tSri^'T^ "*" ^'^ '"1 ^r^^' "^ 't? "^'^ «"^"?^^ ^ : â- v^"'' '' ^'* ^""' '^ "'^^^ -""* ^^^ ^^"- ' "« ^ s/o^ ^th^Sr egg^?^s carefuJy on the fteor m a comer and, contain the vegetables and fill them in ti^ated and the silage fed after milk- t^t the zradlnir station in its two .ov«red with gunnysacks. Every week to make a heap with the point a foot Ing. The feeding of silage does notj J^'^ o? o,!^tion S Lillt^ in a or two as needed, remove the sacks, above the surface of the ground, soak them In water and replace. If Cover with a foot of straw or hay and tl>e ^^f w very dry, one may pour just enough soil to hold it well. After an occanons! bucket of water on the_the ground has begun to freeze, throw floor. By all means bang a ther- on some more earth to cover a full six mometer in tha ceSar then ventilate inches over the straw. Later, when KjgttJarly to keep the temperature !»- ' the ground ie frozen up for the winter tw«en 32 and 40 degrees. Cabbage can throw over another foot of straw and be stored in the same way as tho lay on a few boards or posts to hold roots or it may be wrapped in three or it in place. They can be taken out four thicknessea of old newspaper and and moved to the cellar when the eel- packed into boxes or barrels. , Lar supply is used up. Will be in l!ne Ceflery plants easily may be stored shape if no damaged vegetables have for a month or more by digging them been stored. the latter is the better method. RIPE CUCfMBKH PICKINGS. Six pounds pared ripe cucumbers, 1 slices, .-itring beans into one-in-.-h lengths, and chop peppers. AU vege- tables should be tender; wh»>le cucum- ter returns to the farmers. New Treatment for Smutty Wheat Ontario farmers has-e for years been taking heavy losses on account of growing smutty wheat. These loss- es In the aggregate each season will > V- i 3^ How We Lived in the Com Field. BY MARGARET B. HARVEY. "So wo ought," I said; "but it's too late to go back now. We'll have to go to the orchard and get some apples." "Uncle's in the field â€" he'll see us," warned Eddie. "Well, then," I declared, "we'll have to go to the woods the other side of the cornfield, and look for some black- berries." .•\.nd off we started. "Eddie," I said, after awhile, "don't â- $ 1 My name is Maggie. I have a bro- ther Eddie. When wo were little we were nearly always together. We had' y**" 'â- '""'' ^^ °^S^^ *« ^a^'e n»a<lo our younger brothers and sisters, but we : *io"s« nearer this way? It will be too mosl£iy played by ours-lves. We lived I ^"^^ ^°'' "^ '" ^et our meals, if we have on a beattiful farm, and many plea»-l'^'> """^""^ away over here for black- ant hours W9 -tent roaming over the ^ l^rr"^s every time." ^â€" *telds nnd through the woods, picking; '"Why," he cried, full of a new idea, berries and wi'd-fowers i'-v/e can pick some in our hats and One day we were naughty, and were '. ^"^.1,^1 -""t ^^ij!'"'''^" .k. a-.<, punished. Crying as th;ugh ourl .„„^"*' "^'.i,'^"]' .?f ^"^'^'^^ <^>f«- heart^ would br.^. we ran out i„to ' ^"^^'yP^^f^J^f^'V^T '""''* ^* the garden and sat down under thej^^f Z^H'' ,^^ '^J^"^ '° ^ ^/f/ cherry trees to talk it over and t^'o^^^^ *-^^.o^^^r f^<i^ ot the .-ovn^^ld. and comfort each cthi>r. *f ^^,. 'P""^*' 'whenever we want a . iiT „t> „ â-  . T unnK. Let s run away, said I. n.. nl: i- u . j " \ I r 1 » 3 By this time, however, we had And never come back," answered ,,„/i,„j n„ k- i u v u ^ j j|.j ,j^ reached the b.ackberry bushes â€" find- ^.And live in the corn-field," I wentj [^^f ' jJvS ^l^"'^^' '''' ""'^ ^' y '"\^j 1. 1. M. » ^ Th? afternoon wore slowly away. t And mako a house out of fence- !ur ^- j t. r , .X, ^gj,l^v â- "'"*-^i We grew tired, hungry and sleepy. We " ' - j" » . J I 1 , u • -'though;, we would take a nap. in our id eat app.ea and blackberries.'^ . v t, i. ,. , .^ j . ^ '1 ri'^hc ' I '*""^*' ^"* "^ pulled it down irt the necessarily contaminate the milk. Sll age is •fed to cowo that are producing some of the highest priced milk in the countrj- â€" milk which is recommended by physicians for the use of invalids and in hospitals because of its parity and wholesome flavor. Turnips or cabbage should be fed after milking and not in large quanti- ties at first. The flanks and udder of the cow at least should- be well brushed just be- fore milking. Better yet is to wash the cow's udder with a clean sponge and then wipe dry with a clean cloth. Daily brushing of the cows during the winter months b a help toward clean- liness. Cows not in healthy condition should be removed from the herd and their milk kept separate until tbe animals are restored to normal health. Milk from diseased cows under no circum- and save yourself the heavy discounts stances should be used for food. Ser- on Smutty Wheat, ious udder trouble, causing garget or I directions for copper carbon.-vte bloody milk, should be cured before the â-  dust treatment. milk is used. | ^he dnst should be applied at the great improvement jn quaiity and bet- i cloves, ^4 cup whole allspice, 2 tablo- •poona whole mace, 2 sticks cinnamon. Cut cucumbers into one-inch pieces ;and soak in lime water three hours, drain and soak in fresh water one hour. Boil together tiie water and i.v^ quarts of the sugar and in this rapidly cook the drained cucumbers gal. Hme water. 3 qis. brown sugar, 1 â-  bers ni.t lor.ger than two and one-half gal. water, 1 pt. vinegar, M cup whole] inches. Put \'egetables into brine overnight, then freshen in clear water for two hours. Drain. Let stand in jquor of one-hall' \'inegar and one-half water for fifteen minutes and then scaW irr same liquor. To make mustard dressing, rub all dry ingredients together until smooth. for thirty minutes, chen add rest of! slowly add hot .'tnegar, stirrinpr to sugar and spices tied in a bag and i j^oep smooth. Cook over water, stir- run well over one million doEars, and ' '^^ok until cucumbers are transparent, j ring carefully, until sauce thickeTis. we have known Individual farnsars i ^*^^ ^^ ^°* ^*" *^ **a'-. ^^ 'ame Drain vegetables thoroughly and nour rind. 3 qts. ilftstard dressing over them while I'ot. MOCK MINCB MEAT. Three pounds green tomatoes. 3 who have taken discounts of from 6 I ^^P^ '"ay be used for melc c«it3 to 15 cents per bushel on from cucumbers in oil 600 to 3 !b00 bushels. If this loss were Thirty si.x-inch cucumbers not easiay preventable it would not be boiling water, 2 cups salt, m- cups' „,V"Jir" „!:r""7"'.''"";\ T-vZ'u^'.^^,.^ ^ bad. but the treatment given below salad oil, K pound bustard seed, x. i P^ ^^^lld^^C^' ti^Zl pound celery seed. 2 qts. vinegar. ^ tablesnoons salt. 1 cup suet. 1 Wash and s.ico cucumbers without , ^^^^_ .-, ^^^lespoons cinnamoi is the latest informaion on this sub ject from the Ontario Agricultunvl College, and we pass it on to you in cup paring. Soak over night in hot water Att'd with our t.ars dried and our sorrows a.most forgotten, we jumped' -i i. , ^t. ^ t , ..- «n. ,.»„ tv^.,,-* ♦!, I. J â- '"'"^r^iraih, hut they were too hard. We up, ran thro-ttcn thL> orchard, ovef the . : ^ i ,. v <.u • ti «w.. fi<.M „„.^ fK^ „i,..r^ ,._♦.! „, "P an- s-^ared at each other in bl r } clover field, past the wheat, until we rea-hred tha ten-^^cr? lot, ftlCed with tall, green, wavir i? cornv LaughiKg rally, we climbed over the fence, and hurried into the long, shady aisles forn.ed by the rows of high cornstalks. How beautiful were the leavee above our heads, like long, green ribbons, so many bunches forming a netted roof! AH along, as high- as our heads, we saw the pretty tassels of pink and I house, but we I tnJeavor to get into it. Then we tried to lie down on the at blank dismay "Let's go homel" exclaimed Eddie. I "i.et's! ' eagerly assented I. "Night'M comir.g," he said, "and we'll be eU alone here in the d.irk." I shuddered at the prospect, br'sve as I tried to be. Suddenly, a Verrible thought, came to rae. "We'll have to carry all tho t-iils bacl. to where w.- got them from." "So we will or we'll get a scolding. There was no help for the hoj>e that you will make use of it | and salt. Drain, place in crock and cover with other ingredients, well mixed. Keep covered. Stir occasion- ally during the -ivinter. SPICED CRAB APPLES. Six pounds crab apples, 1 qt. vine- gar, 2 cops sugar, 1 tablespoon whole 1 tablespoon whole allspice, 1 teasfKwns cloves, 1 nutmeg. Chop tomatoes or put through K)od chopper, allow them to drain, cover wit^ cold water, boil five min-tes. I>rain thoroughly, r.dd suet, vinegar, raisins, sugar, spices and return to fire. Cook slowly until thick, frc-m thirty to forty-nve minutes. Pack into hot jiirs or place b. scona jar and The herd should be tested for tuber- ; rate of two or three ounces per bushel culosis every year. Whenever condi-of wheat. Place the grain to be treat- cloves. . .._. ^.-., . „. , ^._-. twns seem to require it a qualified ed in a barrel or chum, about a bushel i 2-inch piece ginger-root. 2 sticks cin- ; keep tightly covered veterinarian shou.d be called. I at » time. Add the required amount ' r.amon. Cows should be supplied daily with ^f Copper Carbonate Dust and then j Mak^ a syrup from the vinegar and pure water and should not have access revolve the barre) or chum unHl the sugar. Tie the spices in a cheesecloth to stagnant pools. Watering troughs ' dust is thoroughly mixed with th.^ bag and add with the crab apples should be cleaned regu.ar.y and kept grain. After this treatment the grain which have been looked over and in good repair. Hulless Oats for Laying Stock. may be bagged and sown at once. Ma- washed. Cook very slowly until the chines are now on the market for ' apples are tender â€" about half an hour, applyinsr dust rapidly to large quan- j If syrup gets t>o thick, add a little tities of seed, j water. Pack in hot Jars and seal or Copper Carbonate may be secured place in covered crock, from, almost any Toronto dealer at 25c ; green to.m \to pickles Hulless oats proved useful for put- ' Per pound delivered, although in some ' ting weight on pullets when made a ' places as high as 11.25 per pound is part of the ration. They failed, how- ' b«ing charged. ever, to increase the yield of eggs. ; » Twenty birds getting hulless oats n .•*• xr ii Beautify Your Home. L palo-green com-ailk. At almost every .vA":;: ""; "" T'^ 7' '*• ^? /*'* step we nearly trod upon half-ripened ^"'tJ^ ^'^^'^ P*"'.^' TJ'l'^ ^"^'^ pumpkins, like great yellow globes, or * '"i t-r» ^ 1 It h ^ ? 1 â- â-  r enough we did it; but, by the time we tangled our feet i. the^trailing vines wT:;i:h;d:"n.>ht''had of the w, d mommg-g^ory. with its „^tit„<te „, ^tars. come, with sweet, snowy, cup-'iko blossoms. "Isn't it nice in here?" we asked each other. Then we called the corn our trees and the pumpkins and morning-glories our garden. Next we thought we would build our house. AVe reached home at last, weary enough; and we found that our folks were just beginning to grow uneasy about us. Before we went to sleep we came to r»_ .-i. - .1. J, ,, the conclusion that a nice supper and On one side of the corn field, near ..^„»„,.+„i,i^ i„j. ,„ u if ^v it » , .. * .- â- â€ž, , comfortable beds were better than the fence, lay a pi e of rai.s. We went LX to this pile, and Eddie took hold of one end of a rail, I the other, and the beads stood out on our foreheads. But at last we had carried nearly all the rails to the middle of the field. Then WB thought it time to sit down and anjrthing we could have if we lived in the corn-field. r > > ii» â- ? 1- ^ If Various Uses for Soap and Water. Who ha.s washed velveteen in plain "^: , soap and water? Just get two bowls We were .^n up again and at work, and use one for the soap and water. ^n we pi..ed the rai.a up. one above and fill the other with plain hot water, the other, in the form of a ho^fow place the velveteen to be cleaned in •quare. just as you make a corn-cob the lather and allow it to become thor- hou». When our new home was fin- ooghly soaked. Then lift it out of the Jshed--that 18, when we had used all s^py ^^ter and place it in the clear onr rai.sâ€" It was about as high as our water. When all the soap is rin.«ed chins, and .arge enough for us both to out, hang the velveteen up to dry. If «wv*"* "v"*" ".,*,"*• â-  .,« , . «^'»* •"*'«"*' «« "Ot ''»'»<*<' or '^ng KMi "^ ^^ â-  â- * **"* '" ""y â- '*"'^ "^ *** washing pro- W;. .. J , ..-^ . <^'' t''^ P'"* *"'•' *°»"'' "P 'tsetf- Why. said I,^^ If we put a roof on \ varnished wallpaper is never so ^,„£?" * ,J^ '"• ' ^ satisfactorily cleaned as when soap Then the rain and snow wiU come and water are employed. It is applied wttii a flannet, and finally rubbed with a chunoia leather which has previous- ly b«en wrung in coM water. Mo«t brown shoe* and boots man- •98 to get u^Iy Mack marks on them. To i«tnoTe these, rub the stains with • nail brush dipped in soap and waiter, •akd when quite dry dean in the usull yfhm a small hole Is discovered in « efflc Rtoeldnc, an un»ghtly ladder mat M pnyentwl if the hole Is dabbed gained twelve pounds against eight : pounds and three-quarters gained by| Herbaceous perennials make very an -equal number getting oats of the! attractive house-foundation planting,^ ordinary kind. The egg yield was not and once set, require the minimum of ' hnproved, as only 938 eggs were laid care. We use hollyhocks, rose vines, by the twenty receiving hulless oats : phlox, aster, shrubby rudbeckia, etc.. while 1,182 were laid by hens getting edging beds with low per nnials or oats of the usual kind. The scratch annuals. We use such wild flowers. ' feed given to one pen was made up of shrubs and vin.>s freely for such wheat, barley and hulless oats. With ' planting, with charming effect. Nearly : the other pen the hulless cats were re- ail of this work is accomplished by the . placed by common oats. The dry mash women-folks at odd times. Perennials i fed the first pen sonsisted of hulless should be mulched with manure, com- ,- oat meal with ten per cent, tanltage post or leaves before the extreme cold, CHILI SAUCE. Oni? gal. choppel ripe tomatoes, % cup chopped sweet green peppers, y^ cup chopped sweet red peppers, Vj cup brown sugar. 2 tablespoons ginger, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, "^ cup chopped white onions. 1 tablespoon mustard, 1 grated nutmeg, 1 quart vinegar. 5 tabiesp<x>n3 salt, Vi teaspoon cayenne pepper. Pee! tomatoes a.".d onions. Chop on- I One gal. green tomatoes, (> large on- ! ions and peppers fine. Boil all in- 1 ions. 2Vs cups brov.'n sugar, Vs lemon, gredients (except N-inegar) together ! 2 green peppers. 3 cups vinegar, 1 j for two hours or until soft and broken, 'tablespoon whole black pepper, 1 table- 1 \dd vinegar and simmer for one hour, spcoa wlnile cloves. 1 tablespoon all- j Stir frequently. Bottle and seal whl'e spice, 1 tablespoon celery seed, 1 table-' hot. <â€" â€" UNUSUAL JAMS AND .IF.M.IRS BY FLORENCE TAKT BATON. ._ - - ,. : ::: rrO PLUM CONSERVE. is very fine. To make, pit sufficient that this thickens somewhat as it cools. Delicious -ivith meat or mixed with cream cheese for u sandwich spread. jack's K.A.VORITE CONSERVE can be made with Kieffer or any h?.rd pears. Use 10 pou-ds of pears (peel- ed and cored). 5 lemonr-, ^4 pound of preserved or candled ginger, all put through the f<,-od-chopper. .A-dd TVb pounds of sugar and 1 tumbler of / added. The dry mash fed the other wither sets in. Keep such beds well! ^^"^.^*°_"!f''* .^ P*"""^^'.*^,** ^ I^'»,'^ wats.= r and boil 2 hours, until thick and tet was made up of equal parts of weeded, and dig about the roots occa- ' "' '"X;^"â„¢"*''^% ^ P"' TT!1]"! 'â- ''-â- ^- '^^'''"'' ^^^ preserved or candioJ common oat chop, bran and shorts, sionally. There is nothing, in the long' „:^:„^'|rr fw ^ I^""^ «'. seedea ginger is nicest, broken-up ginger rot, - run, that is so omamentiU in the bome'^^'^^; /;"'*«" ]^^'^-''' ;j"^" '^''^^- cooked with the fruit and sugar, is a • 'â- â€¢ natis-," "'*^,.^"~"^"'- *" ''°"'"~"'^"'"^<><><1 subsiitute and le.^s expensive. R-.S into sterilized g.a*sos and cover with : „„,.^ jj,^,. r^^t when the conserve is faction as the petenniails. with ten per cent tankage added. The profit on the eggs from the hens re- grounds, and gives such solid s ceiving common oats was $29.31 over faption a.s the oerennia^. the cost of feed, while in the caee of those fed the hulless oats- the profit was about $10 less. This is not re- garded as a final test, and as .an- nounced by Mr. M. J. Tinline, paraffin. RED-PEa'PER CO.N SERVE Pick seed-corn from the stalks right ! is unusual and delicious. It requires in the field. Take the ears from stalks 15 fed sweet peppers put through the the; that yield well, that have no suckers, meat-i-hopper. Add ."•?* cupfuls of I taken up. Pour into sterilized glasses, cover with paraffin. THREE-PRllT JELLY is made with "^ pe<'k each of apples Superintendent, in his annual report , that show no sign of disease and that sugar and 24 cupfu s of vinegar and of the Brandon Farm for 1925, is be- [have ears just the right height on the cook, stirring, until thick enough to ing repeated this year. stalk. spread (nearly 2 hours 1. remembering The Canadian Homlmaklr ^ je/-/« PLANNING . DECORATING cavtrinj. BUILDING . FURNISHING artic/es FINANCING . GARDENING CapyryXt iMe. DONT BUILD EXPENSIMY ON A CHEAP LOT en us," said Eddie. "Oh. never mind I We'll make a Mgger house before the rsfo ami «now come," replied I. "How can we sleep li» it?" Inquired Eddie. "There isa*t raom forus to Ma down.** "Why, we'H N« erooka^* I axylatav. •d. .\nd we both Mt fallglii!. "Maggie.** b««Mi Btdtt% aftar awhile, "we ought I ."^>ii^ cakaa 1HM1 vmf* -•Vnother thing to remember is the relation of the value of the house to the value of the lot. H is not advis- able to build an expenelve dwelling ' on a cheap lot. Qenerally sOeakInc; ! the value of a home should not be ' more than three or four times the rahw ot the land on which K is built. | A coeMy dwening cramped on a lot ' waJk. the Roadways Departmeot of the city or municipaJtty will inform you of the future level. Having seterted ycwr tot with the utmost care the next move !s to make an agreement or coutract of sale with' staked so the owner. A certain percentage of the puttdiase price Is usually S'tipu- lated as the first payment; generally with very Uttle frontage to not liable I about ten per oeait. This pa.< nK>nt to re-sell eaaUy. Remember, too. eepectaUy if the dis- trict Is nndev^oped, that the eventual level ot the roods and sidewalks ha« a bearing on the water Une, which, in turn, may resuU in damp basements. The best irfan Is to have a surveyor make a "profile" showing just what makes the contract legal and binding for a limited period. usuaHy thirty days, and d-urtn* this period th« title should bo searched tor claims or other Unipedlme>ut9 to clear ownership ot the pro|>erty. A clear title is imperative at once. esi)ecla!ly If your flnancing of the propoeitton Involvea a loan to cax- If the search of the UUe reveals dj U.XWS cr hindrances, thwe is one more thing l^) to d-on? before completing the purchase anl starting to kiikl. T1;;U Is to have the lot sunrej?-! ani that you make saro of get ting all â- ihe property you have con- tra<!ted to pay for. an;! also to insure Qji^lnst encroaching, even by a few inches, on neighboring property. I''"all- : " ure in this respect Is likely to bring ' about costly litigation in th(> future. and quinces (cut upl and 1 quart of cranberries: barely cover with water and cook until soft, stirring and mash- ing. Strain juice through a jelly bag; =::^ â-  allow a i-cant pint of hot iUgar to each pint of juici'. Coclc juice 20 minutes before adding sugar; then b\>il about 5 minutes, ar until it jellies. The re- maining pulp can be rubbed through a i cylandcr, an equal amount of sugar \ added, then boiled, stirring until thick- ened, for a good ordinary "spread for the children's bread. ! PtlJVANT QUINCE JEILY ' is one of thj fine t colored jellies muc'e and is also one o' the ni.'St delicious. To make, put H quinces through the food-chopper, add 2 quarts of cran- berries and .'5 qua'ts of wat?r and cook until very soft, stirrin:; and mushing. Drain through a je.ly-bavr. .\liow an equa measure of '.Ji^ar. L'oil bard for 20 minutes before addinsr sttga", then 'y minut.?s 'ongar. Po".r into stcrilizei glasses ;\n 1 c>'ver with paraftrn. -^-- I the grades are, or, it there la no side- ' ry oa buUdlsg operaUonsi, Having attended to these d.-'taUs' •ou are safe in completin" the pur- 1 chasv. Once you are In po»s-pssion of a deed of the land this document \ should be promptly registered with the 1 :iroFi>r authorities, in order to officially I establish year titlei. [ A Failure. He refii»?'.l f.> take a pltl. so his mother put tlie pill in a pleco of pre- erveJ iv»ar and save it to him. In a few mo-men's she saH; â€" "Tommy, have >tu taten that pear?" "Yps. mother -a '1 but the seed!" The earth reward.'! us rK>**y. For hours of-honest toil ; But all in vain our labo»- If we neglect the soil. E