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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1927. I Fatten Young Leghorns. . THE ONTARIO GARDEN „_ ' paying a little more attention to fat- H the weather remains cool it is weather following planting is like, tening and marketing Leghorns the not wise to remove the covering from It is best to dig a trench about a foot income from this source can be con-perennial plants "and spring bulbs, or so deep. Place a layer of rich soil siderably increased especially broil-but of course do not leave this on or rotted leaves or manure in the era. The Leghorn broilers fatten eas-lothered bottom covering it with about six uy when confined and force-fed for garden 'as; inches of fine loam. In this plant the about two weeks. They i sweet peas about three inches deep about two pounds of feed during this ! and an inch apart. The rains will time and should show a gain in weight new vege- j gradually fill in the trench and the of one-half to three-fourths of until young growth hi Spread manure on the gai early as possible. Order seeds early. Plan to try at least one ne table and flower this year. Look up last year's gard< or, if you have lost it, try and member how things were laid out 1926 and improve on it this time. Wilson Publishing Company plants will develop a very deep root- pound. pla» growth as a result, which will protect I have employed two methods-■ Tthem against summer droughts. Get ami crate fattening. The simplest for| n the very best seed possible, and try farm conditions I have found is pen! | some special shades. After the peas fattening. I have come up an inch or so, thin out The birds are confined in small pens I to four inches apart and supply brush when about 1% pounds in weight and saved work, strings or poultry netting at are fed the following mash: 25 pounds ,doors least thirty inches high for the vines corn meal, 15 pounds middlings, 8 to climb on. Wire netting is the least pounds meat scraps and % pound fine for this purpose, as it is. salt. This is fed as a wet mash by ing plants, j adding sour milk, buttermilk or skim-j milk. The birds are fed this three times a day and are permitted to eat for half an hour at a time, when the j seed indoors. Often several weeks can be by getting the seed started ii The best thing to use for thL , pose is a box about three inches deep, desirabi Bore a few holes in the bottom and liable to inju: put a layer of cinders, broken flower j pots or gravel over this to allow for j when soil is ready drainage. Then place a few inches; perhapg those pel.sons who are| uneate„ portion of fine soil on top and press down making ^ garden for the first time portaut that the intervals between the firm. Plan* seed m rows about an should be warned not to dig in fljeI feedings should be as nearly equal as' inch aparL the finer sorts merely be- ground ^ eaHy Many a garden possible. The object ()f feeding this; * has been ruined for one season by wet mash is to get the birds to eatj plowing or spading the soil before it j ]arpe amounts of food so they will ' has become sufficiently dry. A test' maiK€ maximum gains in the shortest! is easily made. It is necessary only, time. to take up a handful of soil andj Corn meal and milk in any form ; squeeze it. If it compacts into a are the foundation of any good fatten-lump in the hand it is too wet to|}ng mash. When milk is used not too work. If, on the contrary, it crum-1 mutn meat scrap should be fed. bles when squeezed, it probably is One reason for the wide spread just the right condition for plowing,! prices paid for Leghorn broilers a j th"se of the heavier breeds is that the active Leghorn on free range will not I take on flesh as readily. When dress-. | ed without being fattened it usually i has a scrawny, bluish appearance. iWhen confined these birds will take ing pressed into the soil, whole box with a piece of coarse sacking or burlap pressed close to soil and J then water. Leave the burlap < until the plants have pushed i through the soil, as it protects them \ from being washed out. The box \ may be placed in a warm cellar until w growth starts, then brought up and bleg placed within six inches of a bright . window. Do not place tight against d; and p]anting. the window pane, as there is always j " _ a current of cold air here. When' about an inch high, thin, and a little take a chance. later transplant. Be sure to harden! Vegetable seeds cost bu off plants by leaving outside or open-j cents. It is a good i kig the window for a few.hours each j few short rows of the hardy day, before planting in the open. | ties, such as spinach,, radish, lettuce,1 --• carrots and beets, as soon a- possible, j plant sweet peas first. If they come through, a considerable Sweet peas should be planted just'gain has been secured in earliness;; as soon as one can work up the if frost cuts them down, the loss is [ ground. These will come along in ; really trivial. Hurry them along, first-class shape no matter what the with a little nitrate of soda. pidly and will bring a price very close to that paid for the heavier breeds.--B. C. Sunday School Lesson The Eggs I Mail.. I ship eggs by parcel post ii ;n or twelve dozen cases direct t s families in the larger c Peter Becomes s of n ANALYSIS. ll of jesus and peter's h sponse, 14-18. II. jesus in peter's home, 29-31. The former lesson, Jesus 1 price I charge them amounts to about chose his disciples not from the idlers j the same or a little less than their of Galilee, but from the men of toil.: city „rocers> price. This nets me from The spectacle of their work the; four t . M cents dozen more ffiTlM^«^5M !hf« L-uld receive on the local ma, of the work, so strangely sug-' ket. Since my price is no higher than of the winning of souls to God, they have to pay in the city for ordi-l knowledge of their characters nary eggs, and because they know that ; Jesus stop and deliver to the, they will always receive strictly fresh men the summons which the next and dependable products, these people ■ records. j are always glad to pay the price I 17 The summons is: Come after , ch them_ This ice includes all I will make you fishers oi shipping chargeg with insurancc. The party I ship to returns the empty case - I. the ! men." Jesus had a greater task fo: I Peter than that on which he was til. ! this time engaged. He calls him to a to me Prepaid: I always insure 2- part in the mission of winning the cases, so in case of any loss or break-men of Israel for God. : age the customer is always protected. V. 18. The response of Peter is in-; My method for securing customers ! stantaneous. He leaves his nets, and is l0 ask a satisfied customer for the Introduction--During the Quarter ; takes the road after Jesus. The im- nameg of "friends that would be inter-, which now opens we are to engage m m,:diatem»-.- ..1 hi- actu.ii reveals the " . d*. receivin„ fresh e„„s In this the regular Study of the religious ex-; spiritual attraction or magnetism of -esteci in leceivmg iresn eggs, in iirn perience and teaching of Peter, and ! Jesus and Peter's susceptibility to way I can increase the number of cus-our object will be "to discover from!that magnetism, his life and letter the contribution of n. .tesus in Peter's home, 29-31. Peter to Christian belief about Jesus,! yg 29-31. It is not necessary to lin-and how this belief should influence "ger over the ensujng incident. Once our lives." How rich and rewarding peter nas get himself in motion to a field of enquiry this is will be ap-; f0now Jesus, he is in the way of re-parent to all who consider with what Ceiving constantly new impressions of a wealth of voluminous detail the -that unique spiritual personality to character, and especially the spiritual which he had surrendered himself, history of the apostle is delineated in ! Fittingly, the first of these experi-the gospels and in the Acts. Peter ences occurs in his own home where QUICK DINNERS WHEN HOUSECLEANING EMERGENCY SHELF TO THE RESCUE BY FLORIS CULVER THOMPSON. THE BOLERO JACKET IS SMART. Decidedly smart is the attractive dress shown here, having inverted fjlaits in the front and back of the two-piece skirt finished with a front closing belt. The lower edge of the chic jacket and sleeves are scalloped. The front opening blouse has a becom-d collar and long sleeves gath-1 ered to wrist-bands. No. 1478 is in! »izes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 10 years requires 2'4 yards 39-inch material, or 1% yards 54-inch for jacket and skirt, and 1*4 yards 36-inch for blouse. Price 20c the pattern. The designs illustrated in our new Fashion Book are advance styles for the home dressmaker, and the woman or girl who desirej to wear garments dependable for taste, simplicity and economy will find her tastes fulfilled in our patterns. Price of the book 10c the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain-fgj, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in tomers to any limit that I am able to stamps or coin (coin preferred'; wrap take care of. it carefully) for each number and I gather eggs at least twice a' day address your order to Pattern Dept., and keep them in a coo) place. Before Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade-shipping they are carefully sorted,! Jaide St., Tororto. Patterns sent by candled and packed as to size, shape : return mail. and color. Every egg is perfectly j ----*- clean and if one is badly soiled it If ever there's a time in the housekeeper's curriculum when she would like to simply drop down in her chair to enjoy a good dinner at 12 o'clock, it is during housecleaning season. Then, of all times, we hate to stop our work just when we've gotten a fine start, and cook a big meal. Furthermore, while families may occasionally enjoy a quick lunch of pancakes and sausage, or macaroni and cheese, or bread and milk, as a rule, they (including hard-working mother as well), want a substantial repast once a day. Why not give the dinner a good start at breakfast time to do away with the mad rush at noon when the cook-cleaner is tired anyway? And j why not take advantage of our can-1 ned goods and also plan for simple meals? We might set the table, too, j as we dry the breakfast dishes. Sup- j pose we try a menu or so from the following, the supplies for which most of us have on hand. delicious combination. For a split pea soup and vegetable dinner, use a piece of veal, preferably from the shoulder, and also a hock of pork. Scald and soak the peas (dried beans may be substituted) in cold water over night. At breakfast time drain, add enough hot water to a little more than cover the peas, and 1 cook with the meat in large kettle, j Before leaving the kitchen, scrape; and quarter eight large carrots and ! peel the same number of onions and i potatoes, for a family of six. Allow \ the Vegetables to stand in cold water j until an hour before dinner time.; Then put the carrots and onions into; the liquid to boil and the potatoes on top of meat and other vegetables, to At noon the vegetables and meat may be quickly drained from the \ liquid onto a platter and put into the oven to keep hot, onto brown if deo sired, while soup is being eaten. Serve horse radish or chili sauce with the vegetable and meat platter. After so satisfying a feed, surely canned peaches or pears, and perhaps some cookies from the jar, as dessert, will be declared enough. A boiled ham is a banquet, and one we are justified in attending during housecleaning season. Ham "lasts" for days; is delicious cold; and lends itself to interesting dishes. SATISFACTORY SOLUTION. Put ham on to boil over the breakfast fire. Peel the potatoes and fetch a can of tomatoes and a jar of apple-butter. Make an apple-butter pie, for which the pastry may have been made a day or two previous and kept in a cold place, or bake a pie shell separately and fill it at the last moment with the apple-butter. The poatoes must be put on to '..oil a little before 11.30. They may be mashed until creamy, or served plain. If the ham is allowed to cool over night in the liquor in which it was cooked, it will be tender and juicy when sliced. Short-ribs browned down in the oven or in an iron kettle 'or skillet on top of the stove, are perfectly delicious if cooked long enough to- soften all connective tissue. A little water, only a cupful, should be added to the short-ribs at breakfast time. They should simmer for several hours, or until tender. Their last hour of their cooking, the potatoes may be added and cooked in the rich juices. If turned occasionally and browned in the oven, the result will be dignified Franconia potatoes! From the fat in the pan a generous amount of brown gravy may be made. Why not open and heat a can of corn to accompany this dinner? And we might "top off" with plum preserves and sponge cake, made the day before. Washing injures its ap- j and its keeping qualities, j Peter ellc ____ any of the:the divine power 0f Jesus shows itself! Besides eggs these city peoph other disciples of Jesus. He is the in an act of mercy and healing, and ; often glad to buy surplus fruit, pre- j desired. In tests tspoken and the most trans- j peter learns to associate the name of; serves, an occasional dressed chicken Cobblers and Green Sprouted Seed Potatoes. The use of sprouted seed potatoes advisable where an early crop is ith Irish parent, the most passionate and hu- jesug with that blessed power to man of the group, and in him moreiwhich he iater testifies, Acts 3:12-16. than in any of the others we are able j ^hat is important to recognize here to observe the process by which a will-; ;s that when a man obeys, like Peter, ful and variable child of nature is the call of Christ to follow him, rev-transformed into a strong and resolute eiati0ns come to him both as regard: ,_„ of God. Before any person can make a contribution to Christian faith or influence the Christian lives of others, ist first be a receiving by that his Master and as regards himself. On the one hand, he discovers new wonders of holiness and grace in his Master. On the other hand, he becomes aware of new depths of i of the gift of God in Christ, i darkness in himself. He has, like It is of Christ's fulness that we all peter, to drop on his knees and to cry, receive, and Peter's life ought most "Depart from me, for I am a sinful most of all to be studied as a response man, O Lord," Luke 5:1-11. On the to the Christ who, as we read in to- other hand, he also experiences the day's lesson, entered so marvelously saving strength of his Master's out-and so unexpectedly into his life. With stretched arm, and healizes that the many virtues and not a few failings, hope of salvation lies not in our grasp Peter possessed an unusual power of 0f Christ, but in his grasp of us. recognizing the divine in life when it j -❖----- s presented to him. He was extra-1 A Warning to Anple Growers. r other produce.--B. C. ( the Charlottetown, P.E.I., Experimental 1 Station planting was done on May 5, i and the Irish Cobblers from sprouted jseed were ready for use on July 21,(a 1 while those from dormant seed were ready only on August 8. In the case of the Green Mountains the potatoes ready July 30 and August 18. My Menu for Chicks. My feeding ration for chicks is simple. For the first two weeks or so, beginning after the chicks are from thirty-six to forty-eight hours old, I feed a dry, crumbly corn-meal Wsh Cobblers from sprouted seed mash-just as much as the chicks will yielded 48? bushels peracre against eat^p clean. Small grain The Children's Hour. GRANDMA'S RAINY DAY VERSES. "What's the trouble, son?" said Grandma, slipping an arm lovingly around Bobby's neck, as he stood looking out of the window one Saturday morning. Tears were chasing each other over his plump little cheeks, as if trying to copy the big raindrops which were splashing against the window-pane. "But it's raining, Grandma, and-- I--can't go--out--and Jack was coming over to play--and now he--he---can't," and once more the little fellow gave a big sob. "Come up into my room for a bit and see how the rain looks from upstairs," suggested Grandma. To be invited to Grandma's room was always a great treat, so Bobby scampered up the stairs, calling back as he ran: "Please catch me, Grandma," and all smiles, he disappeared into the room and hid behind the big armchair in the window. First into the closet, then behind the door and under the table Grandma looked, until finally Bobby called "Cuckoo," and she soon discovered his hiding place. Seating herself in the ] big chair she gathered him into her tell you the name of the man who wrote them--Robert Loveman." 'What a nice name, Grandma! I think he must have been a very kind man and I think he loved flowers, and birds, and everything--" "Especially little boys like ypu," added Grandma with a smile. "But new look at the spot on the floor, dear. What is it?" "Oh, oh, it's the sun! I'm so glad! Now Jack can come," cried Bobby. "And thank you for my nice time, Grandma--and I won't forget your J daffodil story." , Grandma 305 bushels from unsprouted seed, s added in small por-; Green Mountains yielded 490 bushels tions around the fifteenth day and Per acre, against 380 bushels from gradually I cut away the corn-meal sprouted^ unsprouted seed respec-mash until the chicks are about four tive'v-weeks old. Then their ration dinarily sensitive to the spiritual greatness of Jesus, and to this divining quality, and to a great warm- Last year there was a report of heartedness of nature we may trace certain " appios ghipned from the SntolditSf b^uf11'" " ^ ^* ^ h™f taf.ed j>*»« J l the^fi4^s ano pETER's KE" 7^z^.^p:ur^: •r , , ,r t> t ^ *, r>^t let 78 of llie Dominion Depj er'IScan4asa wem^t^ndet^Agriculture gains additional import j stand the business which Jesus had ance. It reads Do not use arsenical | for him to do. What was* Jesus him-; secticides in either dust or spray af-; self engaged in doing? What object ter July 1, in order to ensure compli-had he set before him? The evangelist, ance wjth the British standard of! answers: "Jesus came into Galilee,jarsenica] tolerance in foodstuffs." | preaching the roM,,-; . l.:<-rn):y. 't.iul ; •,l],hv:a]vn referred to bears tiding0 of God and ^'"^The tmie Scotia is fulfilled, and tnc kingdom ol God, .„„.,, has come near: rer.nl. a.id believe inland Dust Calendars, 192*. While the glad tidings." There are two'.the authors, Messrs. Arthur Kelsall things here. First, the announcement' and J. F. Hockey, are both officers of that the kingdom of C-od, the promised | laboratories in the Maritime Prov-cra of salvation, was at hand. Second- ;ncej the text being a description of ly, the summons to men to repent .....,pi;;yS and dusts in common use with turn toward God and thus to.prepare .r hods of licati and for tWSl^J«^£8SSic of'what cause, is necessarily of value his time was inspired bv the certainty, and of interest to apple-growers gen-which had come to him'at his baptism, erally. Application addressed to the of being God's Messiah. God bad given Publications Branch, Ottawa, will him this revelation, which accordingly bring the pamphlet free of cost. becomes "glad tidings" of salvation to : -<.--- men. Whereas it was commonly j Avoid Squeaky Floors, thought that much time must-elapse an fim before God could set up his everlasting kingdom Jesus said that the time was before laying a new oak floor over it. now at hand. Whereas men said that Otherwise you may have a squeaky "signs'" must still be awaited, Jesus floor. said that God had given the sign, and---->--- that if men would surrender their Keep watch for the hen which eats wills to God the kingdom would be- no SUpper and limps when she walks, come an established fact. pick her up and examine for a torn rt^ol^l that" Jesus now fixes ' Use a healing powder (not! his'ciayce on Peter. He finds Peter grease), and it will soon heal over, j rnd his brother Andrew manipulating Then catch Mr. Tom and file his spurs sea-ting net on the Lake of Galilee, until they are dulled. ich cracked corn, wheat and they will eat up clean. I seldom fail to ra: of chicks hatched, and often per cent.--G. G. In spite, however, of the terial difference in yield sprouting ■ticable only where planted. Persons 90 per cent, growing small plots for home use or market gardeners who want an early crop will find sprouting advantage- 'Please tell me a story, dear, I love your stories." j Grandma's eyes twinkled merrily as she replied: "I haven't one quite ready --it's too early in the morning--but I have the loveliest bit of poetry that I'm going to recite very slowly and I'm sure you'll soon be able to repeat And this is what Bobby heard: It isn't raining rain to me, It's raining daffodils; In every dimpling drop I see Wild flowers on the hills. Turkey eggs for hatching should be kept in a room of even tempera-not above 50 degrees F. Turn them every day. Before wa places where "Now shut your eyes tight, Bobby, and try and see them--all the beautiful wild flowers we love so much. And now tell me what you see." "Oh, I see dandelions, an' buttercups an' daisies," answered Bobby promptly. "Good!" encouraged Grandma. "Can you see any more?" Butter-ancLeggs. Queen Anne's Lac. i-iid v "Splendid! Now open your eyes a listen again: A cloud of grey engulfs the day, And overwhelms the town; It isn't raining rain to me, It's raining roses down. "Why, Bobby, the very roses j were telling me about! No, list there is one more verse: Valuable Vinegar. Vinegar--we have coined the word from "vinaigre," French for "sour wine"--has a score or more of valuable uses beyond the ordinary ones of being an ingredient in mint sauce, salad dressing, etc. No discoloration follows a knock or blow if lint, soaked in vinegar, is laid on the place for about an hour. | To freshen and cleanse the air in a j sick-room, sprinkle vinegar on a hot shovel and wave the latter about. Steel fire-irons and the like polish easier and better if previously wiped with vinegar. Gas mantles give a much better light and last longer if before use they are soaked in pure vinegar. Do not "burn off" till quite dry. A little vinegar.added to the warm water with which an invalid is sponged has a cooling and refreshing effect. After a long walk, or anything which is physically exhausting, the taking of a warm bath in which two tablespoonfuls of vinegar has been added, banishes all tiredness, aches, and pains, like magic. There would be no cooking odors if on the range you stood a shallow tin of vinegar. It should simmer gently. An instant cure for a tickling-throat cough .is to take two or three spoonfuls of honey and vi-egar, equal parts, mixed. Fur in decanters, etc., dissolves at once when treated with a little hot vinegar. Blacking which has caked hard can be put right if moistened with a drop or so of -vinegar. And for sprains which hurt a sure alleviation is a vinegar, and bran poultice, valuable! i to 1" It isn't raining i But fields of clover bloom-- Where any buccaneering bee May find a bed, and room. A health, then, to the happy! A fig for him who frets; It's l to r lining violets. >w we do love them, Bobby if ling theii la, do yoi SERVE WELLING The above illustrations she the late John Beattie, whose con Council totals 56 years. Beattie COUNTY FOH of that for the past 3 :• in l Jal Had Figured All Right. Mary--"Have you ever figur y gripping situations?" «ay-- "Oh, been hugged i Pop Overs. One pint of flour, 1 pint of milk, S eggs beaten to a froth. Mix quickly, and bake in hot buttered cups. Serve with hot sauce.