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Home Grown Cows. | ^ave brought cows in that way into A neighbor of ours never raises a! my herd and seen them fight for days ealt, always dependirg upon cows ' to settle the matter of whj is boss. It picked up here and there for such ani-l is hard wcrk; and sometin^es I have; mals as he may need in his dairy. ' had to separate cows that fought each] The reason for this, as he states it, other tha.t way for a lon^ time; and b that he can buy cows cheaper than ; I am not sure but the best way .is to he can raise them. In this respect dispose of one or the other of the this friend of ours is repreicntative ' belligerents rather than to have the Df a large class of farmers. On the herd all stirred up by constant fights. farms, of these men we seldom see al Going a little deeper into this mat- calf or a heifer coming on. | ter, it is worth while to notice that But there ii this thing that I no- ; when we grow our own calves we may tice. This neighbor, and others I by mating cows of certain character- know who do not raise calve?, ara all jitics with bulls the parentage and the time changing their cows otf forj quaVties of whose ancestors we under- <me reason or another. While these stand, get calves which are superior men do not say so, I have my suspi- j in many ways to any we can buy, cions that this tendency to shift tha'r j and butter than those we already have, stock is due to the fact that they do; And this possibility of breeding bet- not get cov.-s that are . atisfactory ; ter stock is ore that is well worthy â- when they buy them. It is a risky; of more attention than mo:,t of U3 matter to buy cows, especially v.-here give it. one does not know the man of whom ; he buys. Ncr is the fault always with ! Housing Farm Machinery- the former own 3r of the cow. For it j The thrift, business abilitv. and is a fact that the cow which may do ,„p„,3 „i ^ ^_^rmer may be faioiy â- well tor you may be an entirely dif-; estimated by the care he takes of his feretit cow for me, with my peculiar f^^^m tools and implements. These ways of feedin- ?.nd cnvmg for stock.; ^i^g ^^ economic a-riculture in Can- In my opinion, then, hoipe-grown ^,^^ ^g^^j,^ ^^ ^^ j^^ge saving every «0W3 are the best all four^d. It may ,^.^^^^ ^^^j ^^^ thoughtful person must C05t rather mere to get the.e cows up 'acknowledge the iramen.se los.-es in the through to maturity, but when we get aggregate which would result from them we know better what we have ^â- ^^^ ^^^^^^^ f^.^^-g properly to house than where we steR out and buy aj^j^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^-^ ^,^^3 ^^ machinery. - strange cow. For cows ^.re big b«n-^j, investment of such proportions in dies of peculiarities, seme of which , g^j^i^^ ^^..^-^^ ^^^ ^^^^ f„, „„,y ^ comparatively short time during each * '^iUette I ^1 n 3 A are inherited, more acquired. I have watched this matter of per- sonal characteristici quite carefully.: and always with interest. Usually l! have found that it is the mother which puts the imprint of her own disposi- 1 tion and eccentricities on the calf she ' brings into the world. If the cow .is a I longYnilker, we may look for the heif- I er she drops to be so, too. Littler notions about standing when bein;;' milked, or being light-footed or dis- ! year must impress one with the im- i portance of providing suitable hou.s- j ing for the relatively long periods j when the implements are not in use. I It is unnecessary to provide an j elaborate or expensive building fori this purpose, be?ause its principal use is to protect thft machinery from the weather. The implement house is un-j like the barn, v.'nich, especially in cold j climates, must be built to prote<rt 'OR the Gillette owner, Ufa is one long holiday h-om stropping and honing. It is a round o£ daily luxuiicus shaves. The shaving quality of the hard-teirpered, l-ieen and lasting Gillette Blade is a never failing source of satisfaction. You, who are planning a vacation, should include one pleasure you can enjoy tvv'elve months each, yearâ€" buy a Gillette Safety Razor. Free your holiday from strops and hones. The new Kit Setâ€" the Pocket Edition Gillette Safety Razor â€" in a limp leather roll case, complete with twelve double-edged blades and a mirror, takes only a few inches of space in your kit Remember how the Gillette was the choice of the soldiers of all the Allied armies. You Virill need a Gillette to remove your open-air growth of beajd. orderly, are also transmitted in many. ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^.^,j ^^ ^^^^ granary, cases. In my own herd I have seen a long line of cows marked by the mother to be short-seasoned in the flow of milk. That is, they almost uni- versally have the fault of drying olT early, and net coming back until they have had a long period of rest. The loss from this kind of cows is great in the course of a term of years. None of us can afford to keep a cow that does not hold out^Ti her milk yield. Cows that grow up on the place have another advantage not always taken into account, and that is, they know what to expect from the man who has handled them from the start and they are at home in the pasture and in the yard wi:h the other cattle. T4i's shows it-'elf strikingly when the cow is transferred to another environ ment. If a cow, for example, has al- ways been treated kindly and has been liept with other cows that she likes to be with, and then is suddenly sold and put under the care of a man who has little feeling for his eovi's, looks upon thern as "machines" and sends them out into the yard or pasture with a lot of cross, "scrappy" cows, she is almost sure to drop off in the flow of her milk. "Getting wonted" is what we say of the cow which is undergoing this change, and some- , ., ,. ... ,. , times she is homesick and under the ; b"-:";"^ "?" ^'''''^ ^^'"^ "^ weather generally for a long time. I THE PRICE IS $5.00 529 with his thighs, rather than depending' upon his stirrups, before he took to the saddle. After this was accomplish- ed and the proper aids were taught' and practiced, the recruit was in- structed how to put his mount through all the paces and movements. A great ^ many men came to the camps who had rode and handled horses for years in their own natural way. These had to be "unlearned" many things which were aga-inst the canons of military equitation and taught again correctly, i but in a gi-nat m.-jority of the cases these men, after becoming accustomed to the army way, agreed thai, the lat- ter was the most logical and made for| the better training and preservation of the horse. In the motor-iirawn artillery regi- ments certain men were given inten- sive and h'ghly specialized courses in motors. The tractors used are not un- like those used on the great farms of ' the west, and the so: â- â€¢â€¢rs were given i the opportunity to lear.: not only howi to run and take care of tractors and] wheeled material, but al.-io to observe the possibilities of these machines for domestic use The trained infantryman was per- ; haps the military "Jack of .A.11 Trades." His courses included irrigation, sani-' tation. trench digging, and build'ng of revettments and sheltei's. all ex- clusive of drill and the use of the rifle and bayonet. The Jackies of the navy, bes'ides learning much of the â- ;ame things that the Tommies were taught, also came to understanil the secrets of weather prediction and the tying of many kinds of useful knots for vnn'ous purposes, all of which will be of practical help to tiieae boy.'? when they return to the farms. Considered as a whole, the nation at large, and the farmers in particu- lar, will benefit largely from the great war in a way which will make for greater efficiency of the worker, bet- ter economy, and a grsater output and production from the soil, because of the more intelligent application* These results will become more and more apparent as the youns.' patriots who enlisted in the service of their country return to resume their work in the great and growing agricultural sections of the country. IN TEN YEARS SCO Dollars If Invested at 3% will amount to $897.78 If Invested at 4%, interest cum- pounded quarterly, will amount to $744.28 But if Investi'rt in our Si^o-J Debniiturns will amount to. . $860.2Q Write for Booklet. The Great West Permanent Loan Comuany. Toronto Office 20 King St. West For Profit Write for Free "BcslUUn Ca4ario Fertilizers./ Limited r^k Ck Toronto 'â-  s^. _ FertiSfzing Fai! Wheat How about using acid phcs- phato alone? A total of fO years' experiments at Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and Virginia Experiment Sta- tions shows the followlns aver- age Increases per r.cre from the use of single clemaiit and com- plete fertilizers. .*.veraKe Aero Material Added Inoreasci Obtained Ammonia or niiioKen .Siibus. I'hciphprtc act J 5 ns " Nttroneii ;.nd rho.j, :icld S.04 " Complete fertllis.-r.'» 11.13 " You can net on increaso from aold phospiiatc alone but you can Bet over dtuble the Increase frcm somplcts Jertllliers. Lay ynur plans fur lantct re- turns per acre wliUo wheat rrlces *ro hiKh. WrlLA for frs« b^oltUt, The Sc,il and Crop Improvement Bureau 01 th» C*iiadiaa ]t'ci-tUl;:«|r As:ioolaUoa 1111 Teiupl* BtaiOiar Toronto (•VKVW^^^VVVWWWN which must be capable of holding a great weight of grain. .A.11 that is necessary is a building of simple con- struction, strong enough to support its own roof, together with the pos- sible snow loads, and rigid enough to I resist wind pressure. I Perhaps the cheapest, most avail- 1 able and commonly used material is wood, v.hich. if kept carefully painte.!, is reasonably durable. Galvanized cor-' rugated sheet metal is also useti to \ some extent, either for covering the: entire bu.dding or only for the roof. ; Cciu'rete is best for the foundation ! walls and piers. If built in a well- drained location, floors are unneces-j &ary. Floors of concrete are, how- ever, sometimes used to good ad-| vantage. ; Open implement sheds â€" that i3,i structures having a roof and witlv one â-  or more sides open â€" are sometim.es built to shelter ''arm tools, but, gen- â-  erally speak'ng, a building which canj be closed all around and yet built with doors in such a way that an opening, is available at any point en one side is the most satisfactory and service- 1 able. If farm tools are to be housed j at all, the slight additional expend!-; turc necessary to close entirely the: bein well hoJ.sed. A convenient implement house re- ' ! cept'ly built by a neighbrr fanner is i I about 28x64 ft. in size. The roof is j covered with cori-ugated galvanized j sheet metal. .-V concrete floor in onO; end provides a place for buggies withi rubber tires of other vehicles which! should not stand on a dirt floor. This' j building has two Ifi-foot doorways on,' one side, and one 16-foot door.vay onj I the opposite side, giving easy access! I to any part of the buildin;;. One con-' ; tinuous door hanger track extends i alcng the entire side on whrch tha two J } doors are located. ' The openings in an impkinent ! house must be of large size, nbout fC 1 feet wide, to accommodate the v.ddcst ; I farm machine.-, and sliding doors are^ i the only practical kin'i. Swing doers! ! of large siiio are sure to warp and 'sag, especially when made of stock I lumber. Th-,-y aro also subject to; bt.Sig blown about by the wind, dam- ; aging either the door or the hinge , fastenings. , .Mthough the doors of this building, are made in one section, it is muchj .better practice to use two doors to' : each opening. These may be oper- ; ated independently or may be flexibly | • connected together by t'vo strips ofi 1 steel or wood, one near the top of the i i door and the other near tha bottom. | I Tbi's permits the movement of the two ; sections a^ one, but overcomes to a 1 ; large extent the tendency of large ; doors to warp. It is freciuently desirable to parti- tion off one end of the implement house to be used as a garage. In that case an 8-fcot opening into tha garage may be provided. The garpge should have a concrete ficor, andl windows enoi'gh t'l give good light. .\ small viork bench and a cupboard for stor- ing supplies, etc., will be found con- venient. In fact, lif the garage is made a trifle largo and a door open- ing is provided into the main part of the implement house, it "will be very convenient to use in making light machinery repairs. <> To remove â- shellac from clothing use alcohol. Turpentine removes paint. The Soldier's Return to the .Farm By O. W. When John Roberts returned from overseas and resiamed his duties on the old farm a short time ago, he gave his kind-hearted old father a bit of a jolt one day, when he said: "Dad, what in the name of Sam Hill have you been doing to that harness? You got it less than two years ago and now it looks almost ready for the scrap heap. Next time you're in town get a couple of cans of saddle-scak, a sponge and some neats-foot oil and I'll show you the way we kept hor.^c equipment in the army. ".•Vnd for the love o' Mike, who shod that horse? Wait 'till the lieutenant sees â€" " "Why, what's the matter v.ith that?" broke in the surprised father. "The shoe fits and it looks like a durn good job." "Yes, it looks neat," was the re- joinder, "but the bird who taicked tiiat shoe on ought to get the stone- pile for a year. Can't you see he's cut the hcof to fit the shoe instead of shaping the shoe to fit the hoof? .\nd look al the way he's cut those bars; that nag w'll go lame in two days. Wait 'till I see that blacksmith grty." Thus it was that Farmer Roberts began to find out what the army did for his boy, and thus it is that farm- ers all over the country arc? coming to realize the same thing with the boys in their own localities. It has been sci'd that there are more men alive in Canada to-d;iy than there would have been had the war not occurred. The reason for this is the fact that the rigid dis.'ipiine, splen- did setting-up exercises and the rug- ged out-of-door work to which every recruit was subjected, so built up tha thousands of recruits to the army and navy, that hundreds of Lives were saved â€" hunlreds of lives of young men, who, because of their scvlentary occupations and lack of out-of-door work, had become so emaciated and run-down that they would never have survived the terrible ravages of the epidemic of influenza which swept over the world a few months ago. This is true, more so of the city man t'nan of the boys from the country. It is the one big benefit resulting from the war to the mstropol'tan di.-'triL'^s of this country, and the men who re- turn from the service will resume their work v;ith new life and a re- newed vigor, whi.'h wi'Il muTtiply their personal efficiency and make them more valuable as citizens. The men frcm the farms and out- lying distr'cts, however, were as a whole, far above the city man in physical condition and the results cf the systematic training were /not so marked in their cases, a'lhough it tended to make thc-n mora iiiert and .active.. To these men, however, came the great benefit of the splendid courses of training along lines which are practical and can be put to use in their everyday work u:'on the farms. The farmer boys who are so fjrl:'.:- nate aa to have served with the artil- lery units of the army receivtit per- haps the greatest amount of in;truc- tion which they can later utiliza on EV.'V.N'S. the farm. In the horse-drawn outfits practically every recruit was taught the methods of handling horses. IJe was .instructed first in the nomencla- ture of the horse, until he could name and refer correctly to the various \ parts of the horse anatomy. Next he was taught the most systematic, and hence the quickest, method of groom- ing, and also the simple tests of whether or not the horse is well , groomed. Following this a course was ! given on hor.--e-shoeing, and although , it was not the purpose to make every I ^ man a practical and expert horseshoer, yet he learned the correct way .to shoe , a horse and the dangers to be eneount- i ered and the results to be had from im- proper fitting and adjusting of shoes. j How to judge horses for speed. ! strength and endurance, was one of j the important things which the arti!- i lerymen learned. He v.'as taught how i to size up the various animals and to 'pass judgment as to their qualifiea- ' tions for the special work for which they were needed. Feeding is another thing which was taught to the re-, cruits. Out on the farms it has been • the custom to give the hors-? about so many forksful of hay or so many ' scoops of grain at (V.fTerent times but upon very few farms in the coun- ! try has this been done intelligently 01 with any special system. A horse in good health will genei-ally cat ail , the grain which is placed before it, or until it can eat no more. Overfeed- . ing lis one of the greatest sources of hor.so ailments, and this panifular eour; e taught in the army was to in- .-truct the men in the exact amounts and proportions of the different feeds, to be given to the horses of various sizes and weights, during the differ- ent seasons and in accordance w.ith the amount of work which th„' animals were doing. It is the system which has been worked out after years of experience and observation by the re- mount specialists and veterinarians of the army, and is bound to be a great boon to the farmers, both in economy of feed, and in keeping the horses fit and well. 1 Care of the horse .'n accident and disease, is a course which is particu- larly valuable to the farmer boy, and- one which was given a great amount of attention in the horse-<lrawn artil- lery regiments and in the cavalry. Knowing the proper thing to do at the proper time, in case of aci.'dent or sickness to a horse will often save a valuable animal to years of further usefulness and this was the aim of thi«i particwlsr course of study. To- gether with this the lessons given in •••cientifieally dear.ing and car.'ng for harness will go a long way toward.? reducing the exnonse in this part of the farm equipnient. The course which was perhaps the most enjoye<l by the young men from , the country, and wiiich wa i equally abhorred (at first) by the city-bred re- cruit?, was c^iuitation or horseman- ship. Starting off in the most diffi.;ult ! v.ay, th? soldier vas targht first to ' ride bare-back, then with the blanket ; and Fur-cingle and I.tter wi:h the army saddle. The theory of this was to I give the man his ser. e cf balance first and the kn*ek cf gripping his mount Betty'g Return. Mary \i\n and Dean were two very happy children. When one day they overheard mother say. "We v.-ill have to get rid of the old cat 'Betty.' Her days of usefulness were about over; she was stiff, homely, and always underfoot." The aged house pet was placed in a bag, tied securely and put in the v.-agon, as father was instructed to "take her so far away that she could never get back." It was just before Christmas and the fanner was on h.'s way to the nearest copnty town with a lead of pork. When fifteen miles away from heme he untied the string and "let the cat-out of the bag," thinking that would be the last of Betty. Well, what do you think? Scarcely four weeks had passed when, in the middle of a cold, blustering night, the thermometer down to zero, snow two feet deep on the ground, there was a scratching on the back door and mew- ing. How quick the little ears heard the famiVar sound of old Betty. Out of bed jumped Dean and down to the kitchen as fa.-t as his little logs could carry him, crying "Come, mother, open the door quick." Sure enough. Betty had come back, and walked in as unconcernedly as though she hadn't been away an hour, rubbed up against the children as if to say, "Here I am again." Poor old Betty was so thin, and to think she had come all th.at distance in the deep snow. No ti'me was lost in placing a nice di>h of warm milk before her, the children clapping their hands and saying. "Betty di<l come back, as Marx .A.nn said ?he would." When Betty had finished her milk, she leisurely walked around to her old spot back of the stove and lay down, purring contentedly. Which goes to show a cat has the seme of distance which .is not found in human beings. The Prince's Day. If princes of old lived lives of lazy luxury, modern princes take matters more seriously. Here is a typical day in the life of the Prince of Wales. Seven o'clock, rise. Eight to nine, breakfast. Nine to ten. heavy corres- pondence. Ten to twelve, public en- gagements, interviews, etc. One to half-i)a::t two, luncheon. Three to live, pnblio engagements and visits. Five, tea. Six to seven, work in the library. Eight, dinner. Naturally, the prugramine varies, and the Prince is ,ia enthusiastic sports!^,i when ho is free of engagoineiits. A good deal of his time is taken up with the business side of his estate, the Duch." of Corn- wall, from wliich he draws about £50,- 000 a year. Last year he spent half that sum on benefiting tho estate. On the occasion of the visit of H. R.H. the Prince of Wales to Toronto, a State procession will'oe held through the streets on Monday, August 2otb, thg day our next king will open the Canadian National Exhibition. He vvv.il pass through several miles cf thor- outhfaro fi-om the Government House to th« Exhibition grounds. INTERN.VTIONAL LESSON AUGUST 17. Christian Missions â€" .\cta 1: 8; I-'J: 1 to U: 28. Golden Text. .Mark 16: 15. Acts 1 : 8â€" Ye Shall Receive Power, and Ye Shall Be Witnesses. These are among the last recorded words of Jesus to His disciples. Theirs is the great commission. He tells them, to be witnesses unto Him "both in Jer- usalem, and in all Judea, and in Sam- ara, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth." Theirs also is to be pow- er from on high to perform that work. It was not for them to know "times or seasons," the time or manner of His returning again and setting up a kingdom upon earth. They were stil! hoping for the restoration in Palestine of the kingdom of David. It is sig- nificant that Jesus neither denies nor affirms that hope. But He bids them to be witnesses for Him in all the world. We are not wiser than our Master. Let us leave off. therefore, vain and foolish speculations about times and seasons of His coming, and set ourselves to the fulfilment of our misEi'on, the mi.ssion handed down to us from the apostles, in obedience to our Lord's last command, .^nd may .it not be that in this very way. by carry- ing His Gospel in the power of His Spirit to all the world, that we shall not only prepare the way for and hasten His coming again, but actu- ally bring .it to pass as a spiritual fact, a spiritual Presence, the domin- ant and vitalizing force of Christ in the Spirit patting all enemies under his feet, and asserting His final and everlast ng dominion over the minds and hearts of men? .\ets 14: 1-7. "In Iconium." Paul and Barnabas are upon their first great missionary journey. From .'^n- tioch in Syria they have gone over the sea to Cyprus, and having traveled from end to end of that island had sailed northv.'ard to the coast of Asia Minor. Hence they hid gone through the mountain passes into the interior. ! and from P'sidian .\ntioch had turned eastward to the cities of Iconium, Lystra. and Derbe. They had met with varied experiences, the most dis- coitraging of v.hich was the bitter and determined hostility of many Jews. From them the apostles turned to the Gentiles, a^d opened wide to them the door of faith (13: 4(;-IS». The prom.ise of power was being surely fulfilled in their preaching. In Iconium they "so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and Greeks believed." But again there was persecution and they dec to "the cities of Lycaonia." 14: 8-20. "At Lystra." Tho powcT which Jesus had promised was some- times manifested in Paul, as .'.n -Tesas Himself, in w^orks of healing. Here, in Lystra, he made a cripple stand on his feet and walk. The Gentile people marveled, and thought that he and Barnabas m.ist be gods in human form. There was a story current at that time in that country tlr'-t certain of the gods had visited Ihani. and It was natural that they shoi.ld become greatly excited over what they now supposed to be the.'r return. Similar things have happened in oui own day, where missiinaries with the \ healing skill of modern medical science, or with the methods and ap- pliances of modern chemistry and physics and engiineering, have seemed to the simple folk they Vvorc trying to aid to have supernatural power. Tha story is told of a Scotch medical offi- ; cer with the British army of occuj-'a- tion in Mesopotamia who had been able to treat successfully many cases of blindness among the .\rab3. "The result is that he is beset by tho blind. People come leadiing blind relatives and friends from miles and miles away." In some eases cure is im- possible, but "they think he could cure them all if ho wanted to. They even go so far as to make prayers to him and try to propitiate liim with gifts, as though he were some kind of god." .\nd indeed the ro'ssionary is often, as Paul and Bamahas were, in tha place cf God to such people. He brings to them some true knowledga cf God, and exemplifies his tea:'hing by his daily life and by the service he renders them. Yet he seeks no honor or worship for himself, but only â-  fbr the Gcd whoi?e representative he I is. Here the apostles "scarce res- ; frsired" the people from ofTering sac- i iificc to them. N.'thing could more I cfTectivcly demonstrate the pitiful need cf huir^anity for that which the ' Christian missicnnry can bring. 1 * In order to 3cco'v.:T>odate the Cana- i diap. V.'ar Memorials paintings at tha Canadian National E.Khibition. an ex- temion of 130x.'!0 >cct to \Mi Fina Arts Gallery is necessit.iled. Soma of thu paintings ar« over 20 feet long.