PAGE TEN | | fi ae ! en a ALFALFA. What makes the land cape look 0 fair; 2 What blossom® bright perfume the What plant repays the farmer ton, Aud will enrich the Alfalfa! worn-out soil? What i= the crop that always And will mature in forty days, Resisting drought, the frost and heat Whose roots reach down one hundred feet? pays, < Alfalfa! What grows in loam, in clay or sand; What lifts the mortgage off the land; What crop is cut six times a year, And no foul weeds in it appear? Alralfat What make - feel, And never raise a hungry squeal; Fhe wholesome food that uever fails Fe~ put three curls into their tails? Alfalfa! the swine so healthy What makes . hice, And brings the price; What fills the milk pail, feeds calf; And makes laugh? Alfalfa! all other stock look highest marke: the the old cow "almost Drinking Water In Winter. During 'most winter weather the supply of poultry. drinking water ¥ 8 very quickly if set out at the ame temperature as drawn from the well. To permit the fowls to have waler whenever they want it, and as much as they want, it is necessary lo warm the water to about 100 degrees It will require some time for the temperature of this to fall to the freezing point. Of course, it will not stay warm all day in very cold weather in the ordinary poultry house, but by supplying newly warm- ed water two or three times a day one get along very well indeed. ' This is not too much work, and it should ne loked after. Another important aid is stoneware drinking fountains, which retain the warmth of the water much longer than pans or the ordin- ary galvanized iron fountains, The importance of a constant sup- ply of pure drinking water becomes Immediately obvious when we stop to consider that the greater part of the cggs sho produces as well as the hen's flesh is composed of water and that all the food she eats must be greatly diluted before it can he as- similated. Lack of water always results in a check to the digestive operations. Cold, chilling water also acté ay a temporary check, and affects egg-pro ducing as well. Remember, finally, that the more water the fowls drink the better it is"for them, apd the more pounds of flesh and more dow ons of eggs they are likely to pro- duce. Dairy Pointers. Watch the separator when it fs separating the cream from the milk Is It runwing at right speed, and is the "hum" right? If it isn't working Just right, you are losing some of your profits. It may need some adjusting to save cutting out or unnecessary wepr- of some of the parts, It is a great mistake to leave the separator a day or two without clean- ing at this time of year. In most stables there is more filth in the milk than when cows are in pasture, Sheep Notes, This is the right time of the year Delicate 1 Girls and Women are too often "dosed with drugs S~ when their blood is Agricultural Topics | I For Whig - Readers I FP Aridterd Toric | | | | the Babcock test to find i for starting in sheen Sheep do not inferfere with, but fit nicely into modern farming Sheep will thrive wherever dry footing way be found. Keep them off the wit lands, Someone has very properly called the cheep the animal with the golden hoot 1 "Some meu get into sheep by taging a small flock on shares, if a 'neighbor has too many. Silage, is a good thing for dairy cows, for fattening stgers, for feed ing ewes and fattening lambs. ! Flock masters should carefuils guard against exposing flocks to draft When they lie in drafts catarrh is liable to be the result If a single day passes when you do not sce 4ll 'the sheep, You may get up gome morning and find some of them dead or helpless. Count them every day. Go out the last thing at night and see if they are all right, Unprofitable Cows. Undoubtedly half of the cow upon farms other than those composing the large modernly operated dairies; are kept at a loss. This includes the ordinary dairyman's animais,. as well as the farmer's herd and the home dairy animal or animals. There are few cow owners Who know the exact producing power of their stoclk. They know that some of the animals give more and better milk than the others but they have no-idea wher her the best cows they possess are yielding them a profit or loss: The keeping of even a single ani- mal that does not yield a sufficient return to pay for the food consumed Is an unnecessary expenditure. I costs no more to keep a cow that gives six thousand pounds of milk annually than one yielding but four thousand peunds. It is the cow that gives the greatest return for the food consumed that the dairyman should consider. Dairying at its best is Tun on a narrow margin of profit. What makes one cow better than another is the inborn tendency to produce and the care she receives. No matter how well an animal je cared for, if heavy production is not a part of her composition she will never be profitable. On the other hand, there are thousands of exce:- lent animals that are.not given an opportunity to do their best. In- proper feeding and slovenly care are keeping them in the class of small producers. The care the. ordinary herd receives is not conductive to great results. The best cattle will not become profitable if ill-treated, poorly fed and improperly attended. It is impossible to tell from an ani- 81 Asuymo gg Moy | 'e8v juaBijejul,, uw mal's outward appearances what she is capable of doing. A cow may have every sign that smacks of heavy yielding and still fall far short of be- ing a profitable individual. Then again, the worst looking old scrub of an animal may be the greatest pro- ducer of the herd. Outward appear ances count for little. It is the ac- tual production that counts for sote- thing. = Dairy cattle are very decep- tive in their conformation and the best jadge of stock 'cannot tell what a cow is capable of doing when it somes to yielding milk. In separating the poorer animals from the good ones the dairyman should first bring the entire herd up to its greatest producing power through careful and proper feeding and the best of care. When every cow is given the opportunity to pro. duce at her best, then the real test of preducing power can be given through the use of the scales, to as- certain the quantity, and the use of the fat yield. As fat is the most valuable part of the milk, the value of an ani mal is best indicated by the number of pounds of fat she produces, To find the amount of fat a cow produces one must know the pounds of milk sho yielded and the percentage of fat the milk contains, 'Fhe Poultry Yard In Winter Occasionaily throw a little millet in the litter. The fowl are very fond of this grain, and will scrateh with extra vigor in order to find it. On these cold, damp mornings k 4 really starved. They need that blood - strength which comes ftom medicinal nourishment, o Frame Louse, with furnace, four bedrooms, all improve ments, good cellar and - houses; two Pris. | Ses street. Two % used on a ocormer lot, three | "bedrooms in each, all conveni \ megs, for $5,500, or will ex- change for a small farm. To Rent New house, aif #12 per wonth,. until May, 1915. -- y sun is up-Hf you-- would chances with roup. Feeding should be done promptly now that the days are getting shori- er. Seg that the fowl go to roost with full crops. Suspend a cabbage from a string in the poultry-house, in order to give the fowl green food aud exercise in getting it. Do not hang it too hige, however. Corn may be fed more than during the Joultrymen make corn one-half the otal grain ration during the winter; Have your nests rather dark if rou would lessen the chances of in- 'ulcating the egg-eating habit. Start selecting your breeders for sarly spring. Choose the pullets that ve shown the most uniform and 'apid growth and are the most alert n appearance. ' : Do not push prospective breeders) avoid. any liberally [{ Joring it they have not been laying too hard for eggs just now, ae thelr 3ggs will be more fertile in the heavily now. > Get all the stock into winter quar- ters at once, if you have not al reddy done so. ' keep-the chickens confined until the| fb; carcass, cuts, 100. to 2%c.; summer, Many ta This is last call to repair all cracks in your poultry-house and to clean It 1s a good practice to have Blenty of litter, but do not have ; that the hens cannot ui . TTR -. TT --, Ny TY : x THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1915, 6ary & Practical | Home Dress Making Lerrons R'm = Prepared Especially For This Newspaper by Pictorial Review FOR THE WINTER GIRL. Redingote costume in sand colored gerge trimmed with brown braid and wor with a togue of fur and velvet mur. As fashionable as is the long waisted redingote, there is a tendency to short. en its effect by the addition of a belt worn above the normal waist-line. Al- ways practical and appearing con- stantly in new guises is serge. In sand color it is used for this costume, 41% yards, of 64-inch material being requir- Pictorial Review pattern No. 6890. bust. Price, 15 cents. ed. The upper part of the gores Lakes 1% yard of lining, and % yard of linen 27 inches wide will make the collar, The facing for lower part of front and back gores is lald on a lei ise fold of the material and arran; be- side them are the back and' collar. Next comes the cuff, but this is placed on a lengthw! thread. The tunic comes ast on.the lengthwise fold. - Alf of the other parts of the pattern are arranged on a Temgthwise thread of the Serge. 1f the tunic is desired with an open front, cut off on line of double "oo" perforations. * Now take the basque first. Clogs under-arm and shoulder seams and hem the front &s notched. Sew flare collar to neck edge. This may be stitched with narrow braid, if desired. Asethe tunic 1s made with open front, use lining for back gore from upper odge to small "0" perforations of skirt. If closed front is made, use lining for both gores to perforations, Slash front gore to left of center-front on line of three amall "0" perforations for open- ing. Joln gores as notched. Pleat ex- tensions, bringing slot to double "00" perforations and press. Close center-back seam of tunlc. Tifn under lower edge 3% Inches for hem. Pleat, creasing on slot perfora- tions; bring folded edges near center- front and back to center and remaining folds to corresponding lines of small "o" perforations and press, If made open front, turn under front edge 1% inch. For gathered tunic, slash through fold at center-front for opening and gather entire upper edge. Arrange on skirt, centers and upper edges even; large "QO" perforation at side scam and, if made open front, bring front edge of tunic to double "oo" perforation in front gore, Sew to basque, centers even. Turn hem in belt at notches. Center- front indicated by small "0" perfora- tions. Adjust over joining of basque and tunic, matching small "0" perfora- tions, Adjust sash over crossline of small "0" perforations and tle in front or back. It glass buttons are used' to decorate the "front of the dress, a. beaded belt might be used Instead of one of guede' or patent leather. Sizes 82, 34, 36, 33, 40 and 42 Inches down to the floer every day. Unless you want the old hens for breeders, get rid of them as soon as the pullets start to lay. --Country- side Magazine. Sheep Breeding Work. . With the 'object of testing the extent of inheritance . of the twins ning faculty in sheep, twelve Oxford Down Twin ewes were secured by the Royal Agricultural College, Cirences- ter, and bred to a pedigree Oxford Down ram twin. Six of the ewes were mixed twins, one of each sex, and six were ews twine, both fema- les. "From the three seasons dur- ing which the trials were conducted," says the report, "all the twins pio- duced in 1910 and 1911 were born of the ewes from mixed twins. This | was not confirined, however, in 1912, The "twins were mostly mixed, and there was no case of ram twins .in the three years. The ewes of the lot of mixed twins produced through- out, taking twins and singlets, to- gether, a much higher percentage of ewe lambs than ram lambs: ewe of the lot of ewe twins gave birth to a much higher percentage of ram lambs." ST Produce and Prices Kingston, Jan. 16D: J. Millan re- ports the' following prices : Beef, local, carcase, 10c. to lle; hind quarters, llc. to 12¢. & mut- tou, 8c. to 12¢. per 1b.; live hogs, car- case, #8'per owt; dressed hogs, lle. per lb.; pork, lle. to 13c. per Ib; by quarter; veal, 8c. to 12¢.; lamb, ldo. to l4e, per lb. by carcase. Dairy--Butter, cteamery, 3Uc. to 35¢.; prints, 30c. to 33c.; rolls, 30c.; fresh eggs, 40c. to S0c.; packed eggs, 32¢. to 3bc. Vi jons,80¢c. to 9c. a po- X . to Be. to 10¢, each; turnips, 00, a bag; carrots, ns Celery, Be. to 10¢. "a busch. ane, Brock street, re A. Dusts grain and flour selling as fol- 8: bakers 70; - cornmeal, $2.50 26 per ton; straw, $0 per ton; 50; batley, 85c.; -- Johu McKay, limited, hide depart: ment, reports the following quota: tions on bides and skins: Hides, trimmed, green, 12¢. a 1b; hides, enred, 13c. 1b; sheep skins, fresh tak: en off, $1; decons, $1; veal skins, 150 per 1b.; tallow, fine rendered, 6c. Ib.; wool, washed, 2c. 1b.; wool, un washed, 15¢. per lb. The prices being paid for raw furs are as follows: Mink, dark, 25c. to $4; brown, 15c. to $3; pale, 13c. to $2.50; raccoon, extra dark, 10c. to $3; ordinary, 10¢. to $1.75: musk rat, 2e¢, to 25¢.; skunk, black, 25¢. to. $2; short, 10e, to $1.40; nar- row, 10c. to $1; broad, 10c. to 60c.; fox, 20c. to $5; white weasel, be. to 90c.; bear, $1 to $17; lvnx, 50c. to $10; fisher, $1.50 to $18; coyotes, B0c. to $1. R. H. Toye quotes fruit thus: Bananas, 20:. 'a dozen; oran- ges, 20c. to G0c. a doz; cranberries, Thel 124en qaart; Malaga grapes, 20c. a . grape fruit, B8¢.. to 10e. each; new figs, 15c. to 200. a Ib.; mix nuts, 20e. 1b.; hickory nuts, 10c. a qt.; dates, 100. a Ib.; Messina lemons, 20c, a dozen; Sunkist seed. less lemans, 30c. a dozen. REWARDED FOR BRAVERY. Eni Royal Humane Society Honors Clif- ford Dumbrille, Maitland. Brockville, Jan. 14.4The medal of the Royal Humane Society-wase pre ford Dumbrille, Maitland. Dumbgille displayed signal bravery in saving the lives of Mr. and Mrs, William Fox, an old couple of home was destroyed by fire in Novem- ber, 1912, The fire was observed by Dumbrille, who, knowing the helpless- ness of the couple, buruing house "and ! carried the old Yady out first, returning for Fox,whom be rescued just as the roof fell in, taking him from the bed, which was a mass of flames at the time. In addi- tion to the foebleness of advanced age, Fox was doubl handicappod in that he is totally blind, which made the rescue all the more. praiseworthy. FE ---------- >: May Contest Seats. Ottawa, Jan. 14.--~Udnlests in Terre bone and Jaeques Cartier ave not un- likely. Henri may contest the former as a napjonalist candidate and Albert Gingras the latter as an independent liberal. 'Belgium Sena Billion. The Hague, Jan. 14. ag 000,000,000 at $1 mn, in an article na u, which has reached this city. Foreign military attaches who hav been the guests of" the German amy in the western = theatre oi the war have left Jor the eastern arena. ought to he all the time. ak at home when you abuse oth: el 3 Jtop of his form in her war I give sented by Judge MacDonald to Cif. Maitland, when their |. rushed into the | Sing Bo Tor deep sen figh ng | a sea t! is But the. Dresd 'u MEINSELE AND MEIN FADER An Account For What We Have Done For Germany. (Supposed to be written by the German crown prince.) Mein fader's right bang at der you to understands, and, Donner- wetler if fader's der hot-stuff, vot is your humble servant, Leetle Willie? I give 'you der straight griffin, Leetle Willie is der ace of der pack, der rosiest apple in dér whole or- chard. Fadder and meinself had' nod been on der terms of loving for some times. Von day, he send vor me. "Willie," he say, "eet is war." I shouldt "Hoch" dree times mit much noise. "Ve give der allies snull" fader announce. "Und beans, mit socks in addi- tions," I say, nodding mein heads. Fader give his moustache von pull up and them hold oud his hand. "Shake" he cry. "Put it right there, wein poy." Und fader und meingelf vos friends .vounce . more again. 1 schtart off vor Paris at der head aof mein army mit my brave Death's Heads, but fader dodge all over der schop like a blue-bottles in a meat-cover. Tings dond"t go so vell as clockvorks. Der voolish Bel- gians say, "You shan't play in our backyards." Himmel! they turn as nasty as anytings. Ven der vay is clared by der first 'army I come to der vront tin double. queeck time. Into France we go. 1 lead my brave troops vrom der. back mit great skill. Der peoples have call me a voroward poy all mein life, but 1 prove to them different. Ve schtop vor nodings ven ve vonce get a sSclitart; und, my Lord! ve schtop at nodings! Ye reach nearly to Paris, und, all in der twing of an eye, sometings seem to happen. Schoost as ve cry, "How you like id, eh? Ve teach you to go wars!" der allies get their number two wind und" come vor us tooths und nails. Id vos nearly all U. P. mit Leetle Willie's grand army vor der mo- ment, und, though olde Von O'Clock help us oud in der neck of time, id is only by der skin of our tooth ve get clear. caniapd Anyveres and Everyveres Vere is niein fader all der time? He go anyveres and everyveres. He dodge vrom Potsdam to Aix-la- Chapelle, vrom .Aix-la-Chapelle to Cologne, vrom Cologne to Berlin, vrom Berlin to Poland. Fader makes speeches all "oundt. He tell everybody Goot is mit wus, he vreathe vords of tunder, "To Par- is!" he shout, und Paris 'seem to get almost as much distance as der place der Tommies sing aboudt. "To Warsaw nritout delay. 'Take Ca- lais, or die!" is mein fader's next war-cry, under der German -sold'ers rush in close vormation to take der alternative. Fader talk to me like von Dutch uncle over der narrow escape | have "Theeck-head!" he shouldt: "Mein son jis nod a soldier, he is von dreemendous choomp! I show you how to do id. Keep your eye on your fadder, clumsy; vatch him ride through Nancy mit der laurels of victory." Und fader put on his Sunday best uniform, mit der gold buttons, und waited to do his swank turn mit all der photographers in der kingdom roundt him. A Big Eggsploit. 1d vos nod through Nancy fader rode; der allles vos nod taking any circus pervermance schoost then. Poor fader mit anger on his face, rode off mit great schpeed und still more wisdom. I put mein finger to der side of mein nose ven you say I have done nodings great. Don't you call loot- ings a big eggsploit, eh? My vord, you still see der tings I pick up! If der vorst comes to der vorst I tink I open a schop mit der pictures und plate I find. Vere is fader? Ask me sometings easier. Fader is here und everyvere else. Von place to-day und some- vere else to-morrow; a figure of speech all der time. Dot's a joke oud of mein own heads. I'd make fader mad as a hornet, but mein fader vos never great at a joke. Der war is his strong suit. Ach! Fader's very O. T. at dot; 'und so is leetle Willie. Jah!---London Tidbits The Sinking of the Cruisers. Hull down they rode on the western swell-- HSail-ho on the starboard bow' And we forced our draught and we | drove like hell-- Sing ho for the bow guns now! Deck-washed we steamed, aud ur guns were laid, And the cold alr sang to the cutlass lade : As we turned agaiu to our fathers' trade-- Sall-ho on the starboard bow! Five ships they were, and they gav us fight-- : Sing ho for a gun well laid! - But our arms were strong and eur hearts were light-- Sing ho for the cutlass blade! We were stripped breast-bare, the sweat ran free, But we served our guns right cheerily Aud we held our rule of the Euglish 40a : Sing ho for a gun well laid! and en ran from 3 shotted Sing 2 tor the foeman™s plight! The pzig fell to a broadside strake, And the Gueisenau dipped to a for- ward rake, . But the Nurnberg sank in the Dres- dens wake-- Sing ho for a deep sea fight! Five ps were they that are now Sing ho for English LI our way! : Froui au English crew they have ent and run-- : Bot are cit ds tom gre t of a tyr'nt foe, them fair and we laid § §i° As our fathers did in the 1 © Sing ho for onr English way' a . The Seharohorst sank ere the fight | R. FP. W.:Kees, in the Lt A oe How to Save Money. If there ¥s a better way of doing your work, a way that will cost less in money or require less labor, you are losing something if you do not know oi it That knowledge is available for you, in fact every clfort-is-masdle to-induee you to acquire it, through the advertising columns. If you do not take advantage of thag information by reading the advertisemefts, you are neglecting opportunities that might benefit you very materially. You may mn immedia e use for all the things adver tisod, but it is mere than probable that vou will se¢ something to meet your personal and particu lar requirements. Read the advertisements regularly ' E LABATT'S STOUT ~The very best for use in ill-health and convalescerice 3 SAwarded Medal and Highest Points in America E at World's Fair, 1893 PURE--SOUND--WHOLESOME JOHN LABATT, LIMITED, LONDON, .CANADA and, Agent, 339-341 Kin \NS Mothers are glad to see the children enjoy Cowan's Perfection Cocoa, because they know it is so good for them. Pure Cocoa is rich in food value and is so easily digested. "Made in Canada." 5k We are Sole Agents In Eo Kingston Forthe Genuine Hurd Hockey Boots, - The Boot that all the Best Clubs Use, $5.00 a Pair. Other Good Hockey Boots at $4.00 $3.00, and $2.50. TR WA 3 > ps A i ---- EA i.