PAGE TWELVE, THE DAILY BRITISH Wr" SATURDAY. APRIL 24 1900. Gips For Bbhe Farmers Fel BY UNCLE JOSH. There is no subject of more.impor- tance to a vast majority of the farm- ers in the districts of the Do- minion than the treatment of their cows, For many years attention has been given to the improvement of the cheese factories -and creameries, as * well as to the methods of manufacture, that. the output may 'be economically produced, and may be standard in qual- ity. It has been found, however, that no amount of skill on the part of the maker in either a cheese factory or a creamery can secure a satisfactory pro- duct unless the raw 'material is of good quality. This brings the responsibility for the failure in Canadian cheese and butter production directly home to the farmer's door. He produces the milk; this is the raw material from which cheese and butter are made. The treat- ment of the cows, the feeding, milking, and handling of the milk afterwards, until it is delivered, are the chief fac- tors in the problem. It is of the utmost importance to have the cows, the stables, yards, and everything connected with the animals or the dairy, kept scrupulously clean. This is important for two reasons. First, because of the necessity of per- fect health and comfort in the animals, that they may attain the maximum of production; and, secondly, because the produce--that is, the milk--is so easily injured by the presence of any im- purity or odor, In the stables there should be an' ample ¢ircylation of air. There should be a well-regulated sys- tem of ventilation, which: would main- tain the témperature slightly below 6o deg. ¥., and prevent the cows from losing their hair and becoming too susceptiblef to cold when turned out for water 'in winter," or to grass in the spring. Such a system of ventilation should keep the stable atmosphere pure and sweet. Where the means admit of it, a good plains to flush the gutter daily with water, and to keep a supply of gypsum at hand, which should be sprinkled regularly throughout the stable to keep down the ammonia. Regular grooming - during winter is necessary with cows, as with all ani- mals that are tied. It prevents them from rubbing or licking their skins. Géneral comfort, with a given amount of food, improves the condition and increases the produce of the animals. I'he cows should be accustomed to the 'change from dry to green feed in the early spring. In some places it is the practice to give bran and oil cake each day to the cows while on pasture. This very frequently increases the amount of the milk yield, especially when the pasture is insufficient or the grass is weak. But it is doubtful if under hormal conditions it pays. Most | dairymen in this country find it ad- vantageous to put. in soiling crops in the spring to supplement the, pastures tor their cows, especially -during the dry and hot weeks of the year. 4 worm holes and bruised all over. Of another lot of potatoes a few were of good table size, but the greater part about the size of a large marble, which no "one would buy. In each of-these cases the importer said that he would never buy more." Some farmers don't seem to realize that I would much rather eat hay out of a clean manger than to take it #p from the manure-covered floor, said a calf. No one has a right to be angry with me if I don't get fat when the wind whistles through the big cracks in the side of my pen. I can just feel myself growing "when I can stretch out in the bright sunshine. me men don't séem to realize that I must have something to replace the fat of the whole milk when they start me on skim milk.. Folks think it is funny becauce we 'suck each other's ears' sometimes after being fed, but if they would give us a little dry bran to chew on wc would not do it. -. Few farmers keep close enough ac« count of the labor .and fertilizer ex- perrded to even "approximate the cost of producing any crop. The Brunswick Potato Company of Maine, gives the following actual figures of cost per acre of growing and 'harvesting ten acres of potatoes, labor and machines' all hired: Seed, $0.81; fertilizer, $22.36; spraying, $6.58; plowing, 57; har- rowing, $5; planting and first fertili- zation, $3.18; cultivating' and weed- pulling, $2.56; second fertilization, 8oc. ; spraying, $6.25; mowing tops, §oOc.; digging, $4.50; cleaning up, gzc.; gath, ering and bagging, $543: Yield, 220 bus. per acre of first, 11% bus. seconds, sold at 6oc. and over per bus.; aver- age cost per bag, 32c. Out of forty-two counties in Canada the Yorkshire is the favorite breed, Taking the country as a whole, the tendency is 'to produce more hogs of the bacon type. - In the western part Jerkshires are being used considerably, but in the eastern counties Yorkshires are far in the lead Although swine breeders of the Un- ited States are not so much in favor of the bacon type of hog, still the Yorkshires are gaining in popularity every year. A type has been developed which approaches the. fat hog "type more nearly than those hogs raised in Canada . Keep good fowls, give them good care, 'and: you will be very likely to get good results. Hens, when laying, require more food just as a cow requires more food when giving milk. Do not use the eggs for hatching un- less 'the rooster has been with the flock several weeks The song of the hen, announcing the arrival of a new egg, may not be very musical, but at least it's very satisfying. If any very contagious or dangerous disease gets into your flotk kill or put the sick birds in seclusion and change the quarters of the flock to some place 'remote from the infected area. The germs are. likely to remain some time. Produce And Prices. Kingston, April 24.--Prices are quot- ed to the Whig as follows: Fish--Salmon trout, 124c. lb.; skin- Mr. R. H. Curry, Canadian com- mercial agent at Nassau, has forward- | ed the following letter regarding Can- | adian shipments to an importer in.thes Bahamas. It is not advanced that this | complaint is characteristic of the ex- ports to that colony, but it will serve to illustrate the manner in'which the | importer views such laxity in business. The extract is reproduced verbatim | from the letter in Mr. Curry's posses- sion "Being a Canadian, and, therefore, interested in the development of trade between Canada and the Bahamas, I would like to call your attention to. {| some shipments that have come here from that country, which are not only a disgrace to Canada, but will utterly ruin the trade. One some time ago was a-lot of Nova Scotia potatoes, which were mixed, some s& small as | to be worthless, others far too large, badly shaped, full of lumps and t« the climax covered with mud, so that by weight we paid at least one tenth for mud "More lately was a lot of apples, out of a barrel of which only twenty were not absolutely rotten, and those full of Old Folks Coughs Because Resisting Power is Weak Pneumonia Often Follows. Tells of a Sure Cure and a Never- Failing Comfort For: Colds, Catarrh. One of the worst terrors of old age that distressing = cliromic cough. Colds settle on the chest, are wrongly treated with drug-laden and chest- weakening cough syrups, and from year to year the condition has grown worse, Formerly -tho-cough-went away when fine we bad L is or now it fits tearing, "coughing make came, 1 weather mak worse and racking, burden. Because you are old is no reason Yor suffering with those terrible chest cult breathing can be thoroughly cured with Catarrhozone You imply breathe the healing end instantly ied ef = Lif te everlasting coughing troubles and diffi vapor its youl *h hy bre ezone ri fume the che ith into * throat, are cat by unpest s ol the st, | Te d lungs a direct breathable anti i reaches ever onchial: tubes wm Just think of it medicine, full of pine essences that congested membrane in No drugs to take--mnothing to harm the axed -or the infant, because. ( tarrhozone .is the purest, safest soothing two seconas, equgh, catarrh and cold remedy cover devised. Mrs. 'M. E. Walford, wile of a We II- known grocer in East 1 "For three years 1 suffered with a hard racking cough and bronchial irrita- tion which annoyed me so much night 1 couldn't sleep. 1 tried many remedies, = scatarrh tablets, sprays, syrups, ete., but they only helped for chort time. Catarrhozone brought me wonderful comfort from the first I inhaled its balsamic fumes hour or two and. am now free from any trace of cold, bronchitis catarrh. 1 can go out in all kinds of weather and don't take cold." There is no remedy so. certain and safe as Catarrhozone, but being a good remedy itis imitated, Beware of the substitutor. Large Catarrhozone lasts two months, price 81; smaller sizes, 950. and 0c. All reliable dealers or the Catarrhozone Co., Kingston, Ont. every and » cap | bag; of | of Catarrh- | balsamic | {and disporting themselves. TWese squat ned digby herring, 20¢. lb.; whitefish, 124c. lb.; pike, 10c. lb; Chinook salmon, 30c. lb.; silverside, 20c.; qual- la, 15c.; kippered herring, Yarmouth bloaters, 40c. doz.; perch, 30c. doz; frogs' legs, 40c. 1b.; Atlantic salmon, 30c. lb.: salt codfish, 7c. to 15c. lb.; halibut, 15c. lb.; fresh haddock, 10c. lb.: bullheads, 124c. 1b.; red herring, 15¢. box; mackerel, 15¢c. Ib.; ciscoes, 15c. Ib; lake herring, 8c. lb,; finan haddie, 10c. tor 124c. lb.; red snappers, 15¢. Ib.: flounders, 10c.; fresh salt wa- ter herring, 30c. and 40c.; fresh lobs- tors, -30c. Ib.; sea bass, 12§c. lb; smelts, 15¢. to 20c. Meat--DBeef, by carcase, Se. to 94c.; cuts, 8c. to 16¢c.; pork, 104c. by car- case; cutlets, 15c.; lamb, 25c.; live hogs, $7; turkeys, 18c. lb; chickens, 14c. per b.; mutton, 12¢. ' Vegetables--Potatoes, 90c. to $1 per | cabbage, $1.25 doz.; celery, 50c. doz; onions, $1 bush.;' turnips, 75¢. bag) carrots, 75¢. bag. | Grain--Oats, 50c.; local wheat, $l; THE WIFE'S HOBBY. Diversion For Mistress As Well As Master. A good deal is heard of the hus- band's hobby or hobbies. Every one agrees that it is well that he should have something to which he can turn when the day's work is done and to keep his mind from brooding over business worries, and nobody blames him for having some favorite pastime, unless, indeed, he makes himself a slave to it. Yet it seldom occurs to the lords of creation that a wife, . too, needs a hobby. In fact, if it were mentioned to many husbands, devoted and loving as they may be, that the other half of the matrimonial association requires a hobby they would think the suggestion quite surprising. ! Is the suggestion reasonable? | argument of many Benedicts would "be after this fashion: The wife is in her own kingdom all day, she has' work to perform of one kind or another, it is true, but she can practically choose her own i of carrying out the household tasks. She can go for a walk in the afternoon, and she can sit down and read for awhile, and last, but not least, she can go shopping. © The husband, en the other hand, is always at work; he has his own time for luncheoh, but he must not dawdle during business hours. He has none of the opportunities of the wife, and his worries are more intense. There is consequently no such neces- sity for a woman to have a hobby. Now, from the woman's point of view, the question is somewhat dis- similar. Within limits, of course, she can often arrange the household work or management to suit her own ideas, but it is well to note the important re- servation "within limits," for if the house is to be kept going in an orderly manner there must be system, and you cannot have system and do things at odd times. That is naturally impossi- ble: hence there is not so much free dom as one might imagine from the foregoing argument. Housework forms a constant and at times a monotonous routine. The wife is confined within her own circle and does not have the chance of working with and talking to other people; she may sit down and sew or. go out visiting, but this is_of- ten her only recreation. Some wives do not even have these amusements. In the evening she is expected to be ready to devote herself to her tired hus- band's needs--until he goes out to his club for a change, it may be. No, the fact really is that very many wives do not get enough change; that is why they grow irritable and thmgs do not go smoothly in 'the domestic regime. They are too cramped, and the household cares, the little ailments of the children and other small trou- bles weigh on them in a. manner not commensuate with their importance To keep a wife bright and happy the husband shotild see that she has some recreation, some hokby. It may be that circumstances do not admit of much' expenditure for amusement, but it is not necessary to plunge into a whirl of dissipation to be amused pleasantly. What is needed, and badly needed, in many homes is that the mis- tress should have some -congenial paj§ time, an occasional variation of weekly round of routine. And, g this, the home would be all the brighter for it. To {llustrate this point, a young ma- tron %) my acquaintance was fast reach- ing a state of nervous bréakdown. Everything bothered her--the children, planning the daily menus--everything seemed a bore. Now, this tired little woman merely put her sister in charge of her household for several days and became the guest of an old schoolmate, who lived in the 'same town, and at the of the visit 'she was 'rested both and physically and went back in a happy frame of mind to take up the very responsibilities that a few days before had weighed so heavily upon her.--ELLIS MACK. -------------------- end mentally Museum Of Cookery Open. Women usually show little interest in museums, but there is, one museum now open which will not go without their attention. It is in Frankfort, Germany, and every American woman | buckwheat, 70c.; barley, 58¢.; rye, R|0c. i to 85c.; peas, $1: corn, old, 75¢.; new, | | 75e. i! Flour and Feod--Flour, bakers', 2.90 to $3.15; farmers, $2.80 to | | $3.10; Hungarian patent, $3 to $3.20; oatmeal and rolled oats, $3.40 "Wo | 83 50: cornmeal, 31:80 to 0; bran, | 84 to $25 a ton; shorts, $26 to $2% {a ton: straw, $9 to $10; bay, loose, $11 to $13; pressed, $13 to $14. laid, 22¢. doz.; butter, lb.; farmers' butter, in | prints, to 28c.; packed, | rolls, 25¢.; tubs, 24c. Wool--Washed, 12c. lb.; sheep skins, | fresh, gi! tallow, rendered, Bic.; dea- ' kins, 75¢.; veal skins, 16c. lb; hides, No. 1. Be.:- hides, No. Te. 1b.; horse | hides, $2.50 each. BABY -NAMING IN CEYLON. | | Eggs, now | creamery 27¢c, 25¢.; 9 | Cingalese Children Take Name of | Birthplace. al { The ceremony of naming a baby in a picturesque and ims A richly draped altar, figure of Budda and is placed { Ceylon is quite | portant affair. adorned with the with vases containing flowers, in the ceptre of 'a platform. An ode | having been chanted, the procession, | enters the room. At the head are two | Buddhst priests, in yellow robes em- | broidered with gold. Behind the priests | a boy follows, carrying and disporting { themselves. These a loose canopy the | mother walks, clad in a rose-colored skirt, with a loose white robe over her, choulders. She is accompanied by her sister-in-law, Who carries the baby, all in white, and another Cingalese woman. Pévil-dancers, stick-dancers and other sperformers-bring-up the reag, chanting in two diverging lines near the altar, in front of which the mother sits upon the other two women sitting cushions before the altar, while priests recite an ode. The "head advances to the front of the eds to sprinkle rose-- upon the mother and child. [hen follows an invocation: "Buddha wishes the child health, wealth and prosperity; trusting that she (or he) will have no enemies, but have good fortune, and be a comfert to her (or child is then named after the town in. n sprinkled over the child, and the TC receives from the priest a | m mes her seat, and the whole | any seat themselves to watch the stool, upon which it was born, ..Rese-leay 11 bowing three times, the | pride in her table. ! books date back mz { These dishes are art | are displays of Vv i light the heart of every { in confidence, travelling to. that city will wish to sge it--that is, unless she is so lacking in all the traits of her sex as not to feel The museum is solely for cookery, and it has been es- tablished at a cost of $100,000. There is a collection of cookbooks from every country in the world. These cook- 1y centuries and in clude the latest issued in every land. A room is filled with rare and historic ment cardse showing many from Am erica, especially from the White House and Newport. One floor is given over to an array of dishes ready for serving. ificial and will be permanent, and it said they have been contrived so skilfully as to look if just from the kitchen. ese as dishes range from the ordinary chicken ! to the American canvasback duck and the" Chinese bird's nest. One section is given over to invalid food, and there arious "dishes for suf= erers from many specific diseases. An- other section is given over to a chafing dish exhibit, which doubtless will de- American wo- man who is a flat dweller. eet _ The Girl Not To Trust. The girl who says, "It was told me but I'll just tell it to you to think you." - what reason have receive better that your secret + will treatment. : The girl who has something unkind to *say the minute a friend's back is turned. Don't flatter yourself that that scathing tongue is stilled for you alone She who flatters. Truest apprecia- tion is not given to gush. The flatter- er can scent vanity as a hound on a trail and follow it up for her own renefit, ' The girl who overpowers you with sweetness. Overeffusiveness is - like sugared fly paper--put on to catch the unwary. ' 1s ipie-- The Directoire Watch Fob. With other things directoire come in the wide ribbon fob laden w jewgpls. This worn by women in- stead- of a watch chain. It is attached to a 'watch, which is tucked into the right side of the high skirt, where there is. a chamois pocket for it. a ------ is If vou had taken two Little Liver Pills before retiring you would not have had that coated ton- gue or bad taste in the mouth this morning. Keep a vial with your for occasional use. Time trespassers are more of a nuis- ance than those of property. The | time for it and her own way { of Carters v Hidden between two crisp, beautifully browned biscuits is a fairy-like cream, 1 ~~ with-a flavor of pure lemon juice. This is our Lemon Cream Biscuit--our New Creation. \ "About 60 biscuits to the pound. ok ° of unique design," LEMON The Dainty, Delicious New Treat MCCORMICK! LEMON CREAM BISCUITS Warehouses at Montreal, Ottawa; Hamilton, Kingston, Winnipeg, Calgary I? actory at London, will be still more greatly - increased once you and other discriminating women have "discovered its delicious quality. The daintiest biscuit! CREAM- Perfectly correct to serve at any social function. hat the (grocers sa a & Perrins' Sauce Fraser, Viger reput class of trade. & Co, Limited, of Montreal, have the ation throughout Canada, of catering to the highest This well known house also .believes in telling their patrons about their best goods. In an advertisement, which appeared in 'The Montreal, Daily Star' of February 13th., Fraser, Viger & Co, Limited thus call attention to the merits of 'The Original and Genuine Worcestershire." ; : Its flavor is unique sell Lea & Perring' Genuine W Large bottles. .... caenss Medium bottles. Small bottles. .... Genuine Worcestershire Sauce iea&perrins' Among all the various Sauces that "GENUINE WORCESTERSHIRE," and most appetizing, different fron oreestershire Sauce in three different sizes, flood the market, Lea & Perrins', the is still in the lead by a big margin. 1 all others. We $1.00 ealh 48 each 46 each at This advertisement was unsolicited by which Lea & Perrins' Sauce is held J. M. DOUGLAS Agents for Canada. us, and is a striking instance of the esteem in by the grocers, as well as by the consumers, a CO., MONTREAL Established 1857. A Running-Rapid, Rough-River Navigator light speed Eo Built strongly with Cedar linings. brass. 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