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i»iii«r» miM msm A S UCCESSFU L FARM SALE A rea! farm sa^ must be most ear*' for 8»1m nwnini; under 11,000, and fttlly p>nmHl. So many things can 1% per cent for ea^s running over «ome u"- •• the m." after, !' to leave ready t< lower ma these an<l ' •poll a sa!e, even though that amount, ''â- tail* have been looked Have a bank employee to clerk the ' we'.l behooves the man sale; one unturned in getting buy. â-  day. Rain, bad roadii, and in ease he isn't he must be fruided '^t condiUens, a funers!^ â€" by the sworn statement of their assets rmtl'e" £ ^"'**** ""' ^^^ * '""'^' I^*»n^ng ia Northern Ontario. On opening it a bright gold medal' '" Northern Ontario, even as far lay before hia astonished gaze, and on ''»ck as the transcontineata'. railway, it was written: practically ai! the crops suitable for "In memory of a brave and noble feeding dairy cattle do well. Red action." clover provides exce.lent summer pss- "Molher!" he cried, "aee here! ^^^* and winter iiay, and sui^h excel- he will know the people who/|^rhat does it mean?" ^nt silage crops as sunflowers and a He is familiar with their rating, ; ..jt means." she answered, solemnly, mixture of oats, peas and vetches give "that my boy ha-i forgotten self in K^.*"! yield.-? with ordinary farm culti- others and that he ia his mother's vation. These are the miiin roughage hero!" .crops used at the Kapuskaaing Ex- Tears fsll thick and fast down the perimenUI SUtion for the milking He had done so little, he ^-^ o' about twenty-five h^ad of pure torn WINTER FRUITS GLORIFIED BT EDITH M. BARBER. many other things can Sometimes a percentage is deducted affect a sa'e materially. I have known from the purchase price for cash. If, Instances where the death of some per- notes are given in payment, the bank b^^j face •on In the viainlty haa cut the sale's will Uke up the notes and give the thought, and'They haT "madte of It so bred and grade Ayrshires. "f crowd to half the uaual number. owner cash less a di^ount. The notes much. these foods with a grain ration First, advertise the sale, and be bear the current rate of interest. This the herd gave an average of about 7,000 lbs. of milk testing about 1 p-jr cent, of fat. Charging up the feed used at market prices and labor of atten- Fruit avery day, once or twice, is a health measure for the family and a labor and time saver for the house- keeper. With plenty of canned fruit, as weli as selected apples, in the cel- lar, with seve.'al varieties of dried fruit* in tlie pentry and with a supply of oranges and grapefruit on hand, the breakfast fruit, as well as the des- sert for dinner or supper, is easily chosen. FIG TAPIOCA. ?i cup granulated tapioca, V» tsp. salt, 4 cups boiling water, 1 cup cut figs, % cup browri sugar, nuts. .Add tapioca slowly to twiling water and , . .^ ... *''â- *' ""** â- * "T""" "* ''I'"â„¢* i-aie or interest, in.s ^or was this all, for the next year earefti, that your Usted stuff ia exact- gives to the man who is holding the t^e superintendent found a p'ace for to- what you have to sell. See to it sale his full share of the proceeds as ^jn, j^ ^is own private office, whe'o tiiat the papers in all the surrounding soon as the sale is over. ^e might grow up a good and useful wrntory run your ad, and have a Look after the comfort of your buy- jnan. (MMrouB supT>ly of handbills displayed ers. The lunch folks will most likely ; In banks, elevators, on the aig:n- be glad to serve a lunch around noon- ' boards, etc. Ome â€" "hot dog" and meat sandwiches, j^ ^he little cottager but Â¥rankie had Regardingrations the Superintend- A^e minutes. Pour into pudding dish Arrange with the auctioneer for a hot coffee, etc. The ladies' club of the learned a lesson he never forgotâ€" that «'"•' <>' ^^^ Station says in his annual or into individual dishes and garnish day that he can give you and arrange community church, or the gymnasium jt jg }„ tji^ quiet home-circle, in the report, obtainable from the Publica- with halved walnuts or pecans. Serve â- with a bank to have the sale clerked chib of the rural high school, or some ^^^^y.^^y un^lfishnesa and thought- "^'""a Branch at Ottawa, that during very cold with plain or whipped crean\. tion on a cost basis the cows of pure To his mother, health and strength breeding gave a profit of $200 and of salt, and cook over hot water until had returned, and all was happlneisij grades $175 per head for the year. : clear. Add flga and su4?«r and cook properly. other organization, may want to serve fui„«,3 f^j. others, rather than the The sum the auctioneer wlJ charge lunch. Better see about it j battlefield, where the first seeds ar« differs in varioas locaMties, but a Have the stock properly marked for ! ^-^ra which make the hero, nsoal charge is on the percentage later identification. Group everything basis, with a minimum charge. In for good display. Always have the come places they charge 2 per cent, stock well groomed. A TRUE HERO BY JENNY WREN. "A hero," sighed little Frank Fan- ning, as he closed the book he had been straining his eyes in the twilight to read, which told how a little drummer- boy had kept up bis dub-a-dub allied; "it would only trouble her. a sigh of regret, and manfally trudg- ing homeward. At the door be paused. I won't tell mother," he whisper- She Keep the Ewe Lambs Growing. the winter an abundant supply of Prunea may be used instead of flga. good silage, either the mixture ofi FRIED CANNED PEACHES. oats. vetch or sunflowers are! Brown the nteringue in a mo^rate oven (350 deg. P.). COMPANY SALAD. Canned pears, chopped nuts, cottag* cheeee, car^died citron. Drain pears and place cottage ebease mixed with nuts between halves. Press together to resemble whole pear and form stem and leaf from thin pieces of citron. Place on lettuce or cabbage leaves and garnish with salad dressing at side. , Instead of the citron any small green lea'/es from a house plant or fresh mint leaves may be used. POACHED PEARS. 1 can pears, sugar, plain caka. Drain pears and n^easure juice. Add equal amount of sugar to juice and etir over fire until dissolved. Cook pears oarefuHy In this syrup for two minutes and place on .slices of cake when ready to serve. The hot syrup is served with this. For a special des- sert, rounds of ice cream may be placed on the cake under the peart. Peaches may be used. BRE.AKFAST PHUNES. Carefully look over and wash prunes. Cover with water and let â- tend two to twelve hours, according to state of dryneaa. Cook slowly in a covered dish until ter. ier. Cool with- Thia method pre- the na- Other in the same manner. If the fruit is sour peas, vetcn or sunnowers are! Drain solid peaches and sprinkle used to good advantage m mainUin-! with sugar. Fry one minute on each #"5 n* ^^"''â- y. .'»«'-<i- The catt.e are; side in melted butter and serve hot fed all the suage th^y can handle ^Ith syrup which forms in the pan XT a 1 â€" J. . ; together with a small allowance of from auMr htitt«r «rH ini..^ p^^i... No flock owner can afford to neglect bay the« two rouehaees are sunnle- v ^ L j . ^ the ewe lamb crop. When in restrict- C^Vted b? a^I°Su^ mTd^ un o^ "^^ ^' "^^'^ '° ^^^ '^''^ ed winter quarters and on dry feed. ^an;1our pa^ oaL two p^^. L^ «^^SIN AND ORANGE CUSTARD. care should be Uken to keep them l«y, two parts, and oil cake. twT> parts. ' « cups milk. 5 egg yolks, salt, H .„,„^ ,,„„ „„ •... X J ^^. i u F°^'<**° Ensilage, together with the grain, and >P- vanilla. 3 oranges, hi cup raisins, owt uncovering. withfee^ that produce bone and the hay are each fed twice daily. .^.,<="P !"«»'â- â€¢ Scald milk in double vents shrinking and develops muac-e. Ewe lambs are susceptible to q,^ clover pasture has been found ^"^f- Beat yolks slightly, slowly add tural sweetness of the fnilt. de.icate fondness for certain kinds of | about all that is required during the ^^^^r and salt and part of milk. Re- dried fruiu may be cooked food and especially for the first few;gu,„^er. sometimes supplemented by a ^'^'^ ^ 'x'"" and cook until custard same manner. If the fruit .. . weeks after coming off pasture. To ^^aU allowance of grain to the '^^^^ straight line across spoon when enough to need sugar, add when the J!*^ " ivM Jl 1- * *"'t.j?"* !'»•'*«'â-  â„¢"»^ne '=°'^- The ration for t^ted. Stir constantly during cook- cooking is finished, stirring carefully growth.^a httle attention to providing^ individual cows are determined by ''« '^^ <*<> "<* *"«'' ^t«- to boil to avoid breaking fruit and re-cover- as the size of the animal, i "^""^ Cool slightly, flavor and pour , ing at once, j Its capacity and constitution, and tbs:«7ff_ ^^'^^ *""'"*!" ""** ^*^'"* ^ 'i APRICOT BREAD AND BUTTER „„„.„_!"._.._ !."._.._ _. . "."."„-..""„'...„ PUDDING. when they" had gained the victory, I pale, he said nothing. they noticed that the sound grew The month was drawing to its close. ! ewe lambs do' muck better, and make' !"Xrinr^ut"f';J^rv'^n^^^^^ „ . - rfainter and fainter, unUl some one The time was approaching when she I faster growth, whSn kept separate, i ?I!Hilt«^"L'°/,''(JP*'^V^*^^ ^''"P' ""K*'"' 2 tbsp. flour. Cut cots for two hours in just enough going up to the spot where he bad must learn the truth, else how could i As a rule, the winter quartere for the ^^ v !«• «nfZL^ift l>i v.^fTwr'^" ** '" J^"^'' "'* "^^ ^^"^ ^° «"**•• Arrange breid in •unk to the ground, discovered that he account to her for the money? average farm flock is Umlted. Over-' "Ij iq Z/Jt^IILJ'a.^ •^y 1 ra>s»na. sugar and flour, and baks be-^ baking dish, butter-side toward dish, the brave little fellow's life-blood was Nevermind. He would tell her how crowding is sure to causa the ewe i in '!w.^ aJ?!,^; t * f i*7«« ^^^^ '° bot oven (460 reg. P.). i pour in apricots and cover with bread. ebbing fast through a morUl wound much happier he was knowing he help- lambs to suffer first and. If allowed rn,^l„.^j v5 ,w^„,-^- fhl°? i-tf «?'"'â-  *?* ^ ""* "'â„¢^' '"^' ^^"^ ^^^ ^*''« i° •«>* o'*" 4^ *>?• F) ibout caused by one of the buHeU of thejed her, and how little he missed his | to continue, will In a short time mti- \ °^„Vr,„„n^^^^ »* ^°''«' <^°^" ^*h meringue twenty minutes until bread is colde'n enemy; but, still, his last, expiring outdoor sports. Next winter, when terially retard their development. i th« q„ JH^!rH«nf -t»tL fh=^^^^^^ I 'l^'»'*« **>,"*« «' '^o eggs, brown. Apples or rhubarb may be effort was to keep up the rah-tah-too. she was strong and well again, he! We see that the ewe lambs have ! „^.„Jl^"^^" „:..,i^^..,.- 1 1. i ^^^ ^'^'^ "^"^^"g ""^^o^rth cap sugar, used in same way, and his last glance was for the flag, would enjoy them all the more. plenty of room at the feed rack and ' f„ * <f^v\^w« tJâ„¢ i- i^f.H.oiw^! In which they wrapped him as they It was the last day of the month, grain troughs. Otherwise, they are' - ' practica.iy no titrough a fiercely fought battle â€" his j will find it ont soon enough." _ ^_ ^ Uttlo red coat seen here, there and| One day when she had needed and j Mvory f ood to encourage the'appetite, i ^X flctors*^" everywhere, as he moved among the | missed him, she reproached him for.ij prudent. [jfa „_ .^ soldiery, cheering them with the gay, thinking more of his play than hisj l have always adhered to the prac- ' ability to irive"mirk!"°A''ren^irt^d^ ! k1»m pudding dilh^ sound, until ^at^tho close of the Ja,. I ^ther. but^ though _he grew a little tlce of separating the ewe lambs fnim;S£ lof ^rJa^ry^c^^T^Wnli CRANBERRY AND RAISIN PIE. , o cuos dried n ^ U !^.^j!uf!;!ri",^,!:t^:.^^„*!:!i-ound t^lv, hundred pounds and; 3 cups cranberries, 1 cap raisins. ' J ^ t^^^br^d.^ """'""' Soak aprl- lald him away to his final rest, while and Frankie was on his way to the Hkely to go under-nourished. My ex- OD the rude board that marked his < counting room to receive his pay, ' perience has been that it is better to crave they cut the words! which be had left in the superintend- provide at least a third more space ent's hands until the whole amount ' at the feed rack rather than is actual- "Here lies a little hero!" {had been reached. "That was worth dying for."! Wh^"' J" I***'"*? .^on^e .""achinery. ly necessary. The ewa lambs should be fed for difference in the two silages. ^ Haul the Manure as it is Made. Brasses. Brass that makes no souaft. But eings a song Of j-ellow all day lone â€" Sunshine on Manchnrlan pilaJns. Farmers are airways crowded with Ripening noirthern grains, . â€" . -jâ€"B â€" . 1,^ jj 1 ,. 1 ^- r.- . , , ., , . . , i^ork. As a result, many things arejPeklng palace-roofs with yeiOow ttle». thought Frankie, when from the ad-|« was suddenly put in motion. Direct-, bone and flesh growth, but not to be- ' slighted. One of these is hauling the-Axd yeUow rivers sulking njiles and Joining room, some one called his ly jn bus pathway stood a litt-e girl, , come overfleshed. A ration that manure. Often fifty per cent, of the! miles name. Be Kind to Your Heart "I wanted a glass of water, my son. I am thirsty." Frank felt a little pane>>f reproach, for his mother was an invalid, and unable to move from the lounge to which she was carried every morning, and she depended on her little boy to wait upon her. "I ought to have come before, mother," he said; "but I was reading such a -splendid story. It was about a boy-hero, mother. Oh, I wish that I could be a hero!" "And so you may be, my son! Do you know what heroism means? It means self-sacrifice. Always remem- ber that. There is no man wlto en- tirely forgets self but who is a hero. He may not know it himself, the world may never recognize." Somehow Frankie could not fora:et his mothers words as he lay that night, with wide-open eyes, in his lit- tle bed. yfh£ne\eT he closed them he broken arm mended seemed to see that soldier-boy's grave. ! strong again, and the sentence written above it. -Lyon Sharman. In -o- 'TUe Sea Wall »""* " t^! 8^»* Y «^' *;"^'y revolv- , furnishes plenty of bone and flesh ma- | pUnt-food value in manure is lost by! From yellow mountatas to a retU)w It was his mother, and It was the *<*« Franlae saw that it had caught a terial without causing the taking on weathering. With a concrete manure sea, third time .the had called him. I corner of her dress. The next mwnent of too much surplus flesh is best suit- ; pit, or good concrete floors in the ' Brass that makes no sound "Yes, mother. I "am coming," he Iw only knew that the dress was freed, ^ ed for growing ewe Iambs. I feed stalls, the losses from fermentation Sing on to me answered, springing up. *"** ** '^'"'" * "^« "*<» been saved, â- , plenty of clover or alfalfa hay and and seei>age can be lessened. and that his own strong right arm ^ bean-pods for roughage, and a light ; One of the means that many prac- hung broken and helpless by his side. ! grain ration of two parts oats, one of jical farmers employ to save the fertil- and equal bulk of wheat bran. â-  jser value of the manure is to give the ^- ^- ^ i barns a thorough cleaning once each'lJehoId Si-nnnJ^NlMWAl Frt-Ama i week. The manure is loaded directly 1 On the pale surface of the Ukkei. OCOOp-onOYei reeaing. ji^to ^be wagon or manure spreader Flotillas of pink, wthe, and red, . ,, ... „ , , , ^. ,,,.., "Scoop-shovel" feeding is bad stuff, and taken to the field. Others have an ' Flanked by thin, sheets of burnlaihed *"f_ ". _f iP^"*!- i""^. K^*^ ^"^""^ ^â- .^- Perry declares, extra wagon, placed at a convenient! bronze and green. It had all taken such a little time he 'corn, cotild scarcely realize it himself. H? ' . wondered what it all meant when they crowded around him. *'He is a little hero!" said a Water Lilies. Day. ( "Your pulse standing is 88. Now let me take it sitting." The patient was of unusual intelligence and educa- tion, yet she was surprised to know I that the sitting pulse would be lower tlian when standing, and th-» pulse lying down, «ill lower. It is because â- â-  these ample trijtha are so important ; tliat I repeat them. When this woman I learned that the heart that pumped ! blood through hsr arteries eighty- â-  eight times every minute when stand- 1 ing, had only to work seventy-six I times a minute if ;he sat down, and jwas let off with sixty-eight revolu- I tions a minute when she lay comfort- j ably still, she saw the great value of j rest lying down. She could see better â-  the value of stretching out on a . lounge or bed for half an hour after , the dinner dishes were washed, to jiet j a little rest before facing the duties a little "' the afternoon. Persons who are convalescing from But one might be a hero and yet not die. He could not understand it, and so wondering, ho fell asleep. How good Frankie had grown! thought Mrs. Fanning in the days that followed. She no longer had to call but once when, no matter what he was doing, he hastened to her side. How often she blessed him in her thought: but spite of his loving care she felt herself growing paler and weaker every day. It was m?nt3l trouble, the doctor said, as much as physical. Her mind must be kept free from care. But this was the one thing that Frankie could not do, though he well knew what was troubling her. ' Evory week their little hoard at the bank was decreasing, and Mrs. Fan- ning, who was a dressmaker, could do no work. Another month â€" if she con- tinued ill â€" there would be hardly enough left to pay the rent. On his way home, one afternoon, from the school, bitterly revolving all this in his mind, Frankie, glancing up, ,found himself opposite a large fac- tory, outside cf which was a placard, on v.-hich wa<i written, in great let- ters: "Hands Wanted." The boy looked down at his own hands, lltey were small and white, and unused to work. "But they were made to use," he whispered to himself with sudden in- spiration. "Other boys make money â€" why may not I?" Five minutes later he stood before the superintendent. In ten minutes the agreement had been made. He had to go to school one-half the day, the other half he had to work in the fac- tory, and for thLi he was to receive three dollars • week. , Tn», it would trf» away the only hours he had for play-â€" no more skat- irtr. no ra .re .tleddinf. But never mind ilat, Fra:.klo theoffht, gvlpin^ dowa fellow knew no more. . and wo pat him on the back for saying place back of the bam, into which thejUe anchored When he recovered consciousness, | jo. He points out that if a man over- manure is forked until there is a load. » his mother's pale face was bending ; feeds one-half pound of grain daily Then it is taken to the field. .An old | When windows stick, rub over him. ,„ , ^ ^'"" * month, it is just the same as gravel bed on the wagon is suitable ^°°^ wax along the groove in which "You're not an«ry, mother. he puttin-g $6.40 in the manger. If the for this purpose, if the fields are not 'he sash runs, and after it stands for , ""^y ^<""m of serious illness should give whispered. "I couldn't help it." I ^ws are underfed the same amount, too far from the barn. When using ^ ^^w minutes, polish with a cloth. 'â-  ^^ry particular eonaideration to the-» "My precious little hero!" she an-, the owner loses 810 pounds of milk, j the wagon-method, mentioned above, j Also good for drawers that do not ^^"^ about heart action. A day or swered. sealing his lips with her kisses. ' worth $24..'50. Subtract the grain cost , the manure should be tramped each I ^''tle easily. j two more in bed may steady the heart Then he remembered all. and what ! and you have a net loss of $17.90. ' day, as this helps in holding the water, j i *^-^ P"t it in better shape to carry tho that other voice had said. But what ' Really, the only way to do is to weigh | prevents fermentation, and enables . ^n baking pancakes you can avoid e=^tra burden that com«3 as soon as tho could this mean? He a hero? He, who [the feed for each cow, and keep in- ' one to haul larger loads. â€" H. Holt. j 'be smudge of the griddle, by beating Pftient becomes active. I am con- had never done anything heroic in his creasing her allowance only as longj o , into the batter a tabltspoonful of un- ^â- in<^ed that a large share of the cases lifgj I as her milk cheques pay for the extra Honest, now, is it possible to feel salted melted grease, and you do not °^ "heart failure" that come in middle He hod time to think it all over in ' ^***^- The rule is, feed all the good ; foolisher than you do when a fresh kid need to grease the griddle.â€" Mrs. L. W. ''^e are the direct sequel of some ill- eeks that cashed before his '• l*Knme hay a cow will eat. and one '. knocks your hat off with a snowball : , ness of childhood from which the little and he crew' P'^^'^d of grain for every three or four | and you find yourself forcing one of! Apply a paste of salt and vinegar patient was allowed to go back to play . poiind^ of milk. Of course, rules are those hollow laughs to show the neigh- 1 to brass and let stand for ten minutes. °^ school just cs soon as he felt like it. made to be broken, and so this rule bors what a good sport you are? | Then polish in the usual way. . A day or two lo.-.ger in bed would have should be only a starting point. If a|- â€" | | given the heart a chai ce to recover its the long w< But one day the factory superin- tendent, who had insisted upon paying all the expenses of his illness, so that he might get well in his own time, I man isn't going to check up on every! The successful business man, in A. teaspoon of honey stirred into balance. i cows feed and milk, 1 follow tiie rule. then he had best ^ these days of reconstruction, is the! the French dressing makes a pleasing Persons who are afflicted with heart one who can bring order out of chaos. ' change, being delicious with tomatoes, i disease always get great benefit from rest in bed. When you consider how greatly this relieves the tax upon the heart, you need no further explana- tion. â€" Dr. C. Lerrigo. -C. . Short Cuts in Housework. Disconnect the electric iron before you finish ironing. If you save a few handkerchi^^fs or other thin pieces for the last the iron will be hot enough for them for some time after discon- nceling. Press the silk frock or blouse that doesn't require a hot iron after you've finished your ironing. In sewing many small pieces on the machir.o, as in making children's gar- ments, plan a succession so that you neod not move from the machine to (jet other pieces, but sew from one t^ th» other vrithout breaking your thread. Baste or pin the pieces to- gether as they should be stitched and put them on a table or bask?t conven- ient to your left hand. '"orrect *he i'vin on ironing morn- ing as you are finishing up the dishe? so th.it !: \vi'.'. b.^ hot to bwgin ironing. Fold u:> g-arments when they are "right" to iron instead of letting them get di-y pnd then sprinkling them. White cloth^'s nwy need to jtay out ail day in the win to bleach, but col- ored clotti'w fade if left until dry. I.i.non thin?'! will have just enough stiffness if ironed befor«« quite dry. Start the dish water to heating â€" If you haven't a fire in furnace or raniee â€" l>efor« you begin to clear Jhe tablsw instead of fldi^eting around afterward until it gets hot.â€" M. J. M. REMARKABLE SNAP OF A CROPPER "Wandoo** turning a complete Bomci-sault. at the last fence In the Ke-ton St&eplech.ise in taaTloc led the fleid to th!s point. TIm Jockey, t... B. ReCB. feuffered a brokeia th4gh in the mi«<iap. Bogtaad altar Breeding, feeding and hou.«ing are important factors ia most liv stock enlsri â-  t < .1 I