PAGE TWELVE jo np Dirty Surroundings Make Dirty Milk & - Bacteira are are 'subject very of growth of larger plants. A percentage of the diseases to man is subjeet are caused by growth of these plants or germs; as for example, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria the intestinal troubles which such a large mortality among babies, especially in large cities The close relation between milk as a food and these bacteria is due to the fact that these germs thrive and multiply sa rapidly in milk. A con tamination of milk which very slight in the beginning will, in a few hours, under faverable conditi temperature, reach such a magnitfide that millions of these germs are in troduced into the system of those u ing the milk so contaminated. Nearly all of the changes which take place in milk are caused by bacteria. Milk becomes stale and gives an offensive odor because of the work of bacte ria, The ripening of clieese depend almost entirely upon the work of bac teria, The great problem of handling milk, therefore, is the control of the bacterial content; the exclusion of undesirable kinds" and the introdue- tion of those which bring about changes that are desired Milk from healthy cows is practi- cally free from bacteria when secret. ed. The problem of a sanitary milk supply, therefore, is to keep out all bacteria as far as possible. ~ Some kinds are much' more dangerous than others, and attention to excluding these kinds should be in proportion to their significance to health. It js hardly necessary to say that cleanli- ness in all operations is at the foun dation of the whole problem. Repeated tests have shown that even when a cow is qeaned as thor- oughly as possible, under stable con- ditions, particles' of dust will be thrown off from her body during milking time, and these get into the milk and eontaminate it. Cows should be kept away from sources of con- tamination, 'such as sink holes in which stagnant water accumulates, for such holes breed enormous num- bers of putrefactive lgrteria which are especially dangerous to infants, causing digestive troubles, There should be no places in the barnyard for water to stagnate, The manure should be kept gathered up, and ev- ery effort made to keep the cow free from contamination The cow should be thoroughly eleaned, preferably immediately be fore milking It is -also well to clip the Khir short around the flanks and udder, and always advisable to moisten the flank just before milk- ing. AN of these precautions tend THE MOUNTAIN | She flung the last handful of corn to the chickens and stood watching them scramble for it. The morning wind rumped her 'hair and blew strands of it into her dark eyes. "It's growing warmer," thought. "Summer is coming.' She turned toward the house. As she did so she came face to face with the mountain. She had not seen it before that morning, and it held a new aspect for her. She beheld it with repulsion. Immense at its base, the mountain rose to a summit slightly flattened as if the point had been worn off by constant friction with the sky. It was thickly clad with trees, among which there were #0 many hemlocks that its appearan- ce was dark even on gay summer days. In winter, rising between a white earth and cloudy sky it was black as night. It was directly in front of a small farmhouse where Laurie lived. Be- tween it and the door yard fence was a dark, deep stretch of-the little ri- ver, a narrow sere meadow and the road which went to town. As Laura looked at it, it. seemed to tower over her more sternly gigantic than ever. It seemed to say to her "I am her. Behold me! You can't tear,me down or drive me away with your puny strength, I am one of the everlasting hills and I mock ou." "How I hate it," Laura sighed and ran indoors to" her kitchen at the back of the house, where the moun- tain could not look into the window. But though she could not see it she felt the mountain's presence domin- ating the morning. "I'm afraid of it," she thought. She sat down beside the kitchen ta- ble and buried her face on her arm. «Upon the shelf above her Will's clock 'ticked unconcernedly. Its whole af- fair was time. "Time---goes; time "goes." It sald evenly. Gradually Laurie's thoughts began to regulate themselves in accordance with the gentle, monotonous sound. She grew . calmer. "*"I'm a foolish girl," she thought, *to let the mountain get on my ner- minute plants. They largely to the I and cause of © ,¥es. But I've lived under it three) I've never gone out of doors | or looked out of a front window that | I haven't seen it. It's the only thing there is to see. I don't sup- pose Will notices it at all; he has under #t all his life! Te thinks 8 ho reason why I shouldn't his life. He thin! about it and w Nights wheh 1 wonder how many tons it would take to blow it I hair whick Cow, rom 1 1ly + from Keep during mi feed, h collect carry it i1ld be con tle dust Id be a from bed whic and sho breeze side t 1 The as to collec Corners voided 164 sary ti ft « he ructed gc as lit as pe i sho moothed 11d be skould be an abundance of table Light best rn 3 one of rmicide whitewashed fre ' teelf has a germi- ie, i makes the Some "3 use of lime in the v t sh a ts in Killing any with which it comes in eontact, hould be provided cooling- the milk be as r ote from is practicable, and should he « n, and the air as free from dust 3. possible at al] times Some dairymen have a special room in which to take the cow for milking This room is kept freer from ria than is possible in the general sta ble, This is a very good plan, but it is not always practicable, Flie milker is often the source of some of the most dangerous bacteria found in milk, especially germs which produce contagious { Milk thus contaminated is distributed by the milkman, and a whole neigh- borhood suffers This case where there can be no doubt as to the responsibitity of the mitkman, and wilful negligence should be made a criminal offence Nearly every physician of experience in our cities has met with epidemics which can be traced directly to a contaminated milk supply. No person should handle milk who comes, in any way, into contact with a contagions disease, It is hardly necessary to say that the milker should be clean at al] times Wet hands while milking drip dirty water into the. pail, infroducing an innu merable number of germs, Water which if known to be con- taminated ghould never be used in a dairy; or it should be boiled before using. This is a very simple pre caution, the necessity of which can- not be doubted, Knowingly to use contaminated water in a dairy should be classed as a criminal offence, Dairy utensils are a very common source of contamination in milk, Choose utensils which ® well sol- dered, in which there are no more joints than are essential and in which all joints are so filled with solder that there are no cracks, Sterilize all utensils, stable chlo- This life val iter. ligh ride A special room for weighing i This rodm =k the stable bacte 1S a "Oh!" said Laurie, with relief. "That's the mail carrier." And she ran out of the house. He was stopping at their box. The voice ceased and he grinned as he saw Laurie. "Where's Will?" he asked. "He's working on the new road." "Takes his dinner, then." "Yes. And it's often late he gets home, "Leaves you kinda lonesome, Well, here's a letter for you." "A letter!" exclaimed Laurie. She took it eagerly, and as the postman drove on down the road she stood reading it, She smiled as she fin- state when Lished. "I never expected she'd write: to me again in this living world, she was 80 mad at me for marrying Will. And now she wants me to come out and see her." She caught her breath with longing. Oh, I want to go! I want to see the plains--coun- try again just to look till my eyes ache from the distance, I want to get away from this." She looked fear- fully up at the mountain. "There's a way; there's her heart beat all that day. When Will came home at night she gave him a chicken supper. 'What do you think, Will? I go a letter from Aunt Martha to-day. She wants me to make her a visit," she said. He looked at her earnestly. "Do you want to go.?"" 8 "Oh, Willi" The color left. her face. "Well I guess--you ean," he re- plied. He' sighed heavily. "You'll want to stay quite a spell, going that far, All summer, eh?" She nodded: "I've been here three years, Will. I don't seem as though I could "* She paused, He pushed away his plate. "Aren't you going to eat any more?" she asked. "I'm not very hungry to-night -- had too full a dinner pail. I guess." he answered smiling. a way!" a comes 1 le table m- | @ " - | inclined (Eats, nd "7 WISDOM OF FARMERS. f Agriculture : fortunate indeed rmer practical conclurions If he would take all the advice that offered him he | would put in all his time jumping | from one conclusion to another. The national and state agricultural | partments, the institute lectures, and the farm journals are some times to be too enthusiastic, but are seldom able, to stampede farmer into hasty and inconsid- erate action. Some times we think farmers are too congervative, because they are slow to adopt new methods, but in- asmueh as they insist on knowing they are right before they go ahead, we are bound to recognize their wis- dom. that the jump at is too to is de- they tt the Paderewski could play the piano when he was three years old. At séa an incompetent sailor called a "marine." --. is Strong Seed Potatoes 1. Avoid bruising tubers careless digging. : 2. Remove all bruised; damaged ur frost-touched tubers before plae- ing potatoes in storage, else decay is likely to follow. 3. Before the potatoes are being stored over winter in cellars or oth- er storage places, clean same thor- oughly, removing all refuse and dirt, left over from last year. Whitewash floors, walls and ceilings with a fresh lime wash containing one pound 'of bluestone in every fifteen gallons of wash. 4. Storage places should be dry, well ventilated and oool. The tem- perature should be uniform and not below 33 deg. F. and not above 238 deg. F. Store potatoes in bulk, not in barrels or bags. Providing the tubers were mature when harvested, the loss in storgge, amountin gsome- times to myore than one-third of the crog, will be greatly, if not entirely reduted, if the above conditions are throug The MISTAKES IN BREEDING. One reason why "there are _not more colts raised on tke farms is the fgpure of mares to breed; and there if a reason fer this alse. One mis- take made is in not breeding a mare until she is five or six years old, or more; another is in putting it off too late in the spring, in order to have the foal dropped after ploughing and planting are done. Start the young mares right by good feeding for de- velopment, then breed the foal when about four years old and keep them at it thereafter. Breeding on the ninth or tenth day after foaling is the surest and best methed. Do not let any of the mares miss a year if you can possibly help it, They will not be stunted or spoiled by this course; in many cases only good re- sult have been reported. ab In after years the: persual of a love letter that he wrote his wife be- fore marriage makes a man feel like a lead nickel with a hole in It. Occasionally a man stricken dumb with astonishment, but no- thing like that ever happened to his is fulfilled. J better hut more voluble half. * + Kingston, August 14, Meats Beef, local carcases, 1b. Beef, hinds, 1b, Beef, cuts, lb.... Beef, western, by ecarease, 1b. .... Hogs, live, cwt. Hogs, dressed, 1b. . Lamb, spring, by carcase, 1b. .... Mutton, carease,lb. Veal,by carcase, 1b, Veal by qtr., 1b. Fish. Bloaters, doz. .... Cod, steak, 1b, Finnan haddie, Eels, 1b. .. Haddock, fresh, 1b. Halibut, fresi, .1b. Haddock, frozen, 1b Herring, fresh salt water, doz. Kippers, (dos, Mackerel Pickerel. Perch, 1b, Pike, 1b. 1b. Woo we Trout. salmon. White fish, fb. | The Prices Paid For Produce On Kingston Market Poultry. Chickens, dressed pr. Chickens, live, 1b. Ducks, Ib. Hens, dressed, 1b. Hens, live, 1b. . Turkeys, 1b. .... Dairy Products. Butter, dairy Butter. creamery 1b. Butter, rolls 1b .. Cheese, old, 1b. se, new, 1b, .. s, fresh, doz. 18 Fruit. Apricots, doz. .... Barianas, doz. ... Cantelope Cucumbers, each Figs, .1b. Grapes, 1b. Huckleberries, qt.. Lawton berries, box Lemons, Messina, doz. Peaches, doz. Plums, doz. ...... Nuts. mixed, 1b. .. Oranges, doz, .... Tomatoes, 1b. ov Watermelons, each ;maanion BO hd BD pdt © BS 0D oon co Mo oo 40 Suckers, Ib. ..... A week later, when the weather was very bad, Lauri» set forth upon her journey. Will took her to the station. At the bend of the road the looked back at the mountain de- fiantly. "I've cheated -you," she said in her heart. Two days later she came to Aunt Martha's little ranch, set in the midst of a vast rolling prairie, with- out so mueh as a shadow of a hill in sight." How funny it looks," she remark- ed wonderingly, "Isn't there some- thing missing since I went away?" The grim, brown old ranchwoman regarded her curiously. "Why, one of the sheds blew down in the last cyclone." she said. *""but 'twan't big enough to notice skurcely." But it was not the shed Laurie did not know what it was, yet the feeling of '"'wantingness," as Aunt Martha would have expressed it, grew upon her daily. "You was a fool ever to marry that man of yours." Aunt Martha said. "Don't you see how you were? If you'd a stayed with me you'd been a good deal better off. But you can stay now for all that,." she added, cunningly, "I'd never pay out no good money going back to him." ° "Aunt Martha!" cried Laurie. "You be careful how you talk about Will to me. He's the best man that ever lived, and I love him." "Do ye?" drawled Aunt Martha, "Well, I'll say once for all I don't believe you. If you loved him one atom you'd never come way oufhere to me an left- him. Shows pretty plain how. much you love him." Laurie was silent and unhappy, for she knew Aunt Martha 'was speaking the truth. "What must he think of me?" she wondered, mis- erably. She came to hate the plains, with their eternal emptiness. More than the blown-down shack was lacking. Her eyes ached and her heart ached. She could not get along with Aunt Martha. "I can never stay here all summer," she thought. And so, six weeks after her com- ing; she went away. She did not write to Will, because she wanted to surprise him. She reached the West- more station in the midst of a gray day. 'The first person she saw was a farmer who lived on the same road with Will, and he took her home. "Diiin't make a very long visit," he said. "Will seemed to think you'd stay all summer." "How's Wil?" 'Hearty, but pretty: lonesome, 1 guess. Hello! Here's old Sugar- loaf!" They bad come around the bend and there was the mountain. such a changed mountain, such a « , "Oh!" breathed Laure. 2a Wuuntain, aX Jooks like home. » missed 80, eyes hav! ached for dt. o. : Ten minutes later she was In Will's "TL never leave you again." she Vegetables. Beets, bush. .....$ .. OBSTINATE INDIGESTION CAN BE CURED Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Go Right to the Root of the Trouble. No trouble causes more widespread suffering and discomfort than indi- gestion. The ailment takes varius forms. Some victims are ravenous for foods; others turn sick at the sight of meals; but as a rule every meal is followed by intense pains in the chest, heartburn, sick head- ache and often nausea. Indigestion assumes an obstinate form because ordinary medicines only subdue its symptoms-->but do not cure. So- called pre-digested foods only make the digestion more sluggish, and ul- timately make the trouble take a chronic form. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure in- digestion because they go right to the root of the trouble. They make new, rich blood, which so strength- ens the system that the stomach does it own work and digests the food in a natural way. Many a terrible suf- ferer from indigestion has found a permanent cure through a fair use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Among them is Mrs. H. Carmern, Locke Street, North Hamilton, Onf., who says: --"Dr. Williams' Pink Pills not only gave me new health, but new life. For five years I was a great sufferer, was almost constantly doc- toring, 4nd spent a great deal of mo- ney with absolutely no result. My stomach was in such a dreadful con- dition that frequently it would not retain nourishment of any Kind. Wien I ate I suffered terrible y a fluttering of the heart and o a feeling of mausea. In - dition to this I was In a very anaemic condition, and felt as if I was lingering between. life and death. One day while sitting' in the park a Jady got into conversation with me, and I told her my trouble. She asked me if I had tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, say- ing that they had been a great ben- efit to her daughter. When I went home I decided to try this medicine. I soon found the pills were helping me, and continued taking them for several months, when I was restored to better health than I had are ee i 8 ure o ea perience may be the means of point- ing to othérs the way to health." : A Conflict. wk "What brought you here, my po fellow?" a missionary asked a | viet. BTN TAR "I married a new woman, sir," the prisoner groa Horse hides, each, up to ..,. Cabbage, new, 1b.. Celery, bunch Lettuce, bunch,des, Onions, green, bunches, doz. . Potatoes, bush. .. Parsnips, bush. ... Rhubarb, bunch Turnips, bag .... Grain, Barley, bush. Bran, ton Buckwheat, Lush, . Corn, yellow feed, bush. Corn, cracked cwt. Corn, meal, cwt. .. Flour, cwt, Hay, baled, ton Hay, loose Oats, local, bush. . Oats, Man., bush.. Straw, baled, ton. Straw, loose, ton Wheat, bush. Hides. Beef hides, cured, per Ib. .. Beef, hides, green, 1b. Heavy balls,. 1b. . ... Veals, green, 1b. Deacons, each Tallow rendered in cakes ... Kips or grassers, lb. ... Calf skins, per Ib. Lamb and shearling, each .. Sheep skins, each, up to .... 5c 8c 16¢ 26¢ $2.00 $3.50 DATES OF FALL FAIRS, 1915. Issued by the Agricultural Societ- les Branch of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture, Toronto, J. Loe- kie Wilson, Superintendent. Almonte .. .. . . Sept. Arden "ee . Arnprior ... Bancroft Belleville Bowmanville .. Brockville . o» Centerville ... ves Cobden .... Cobourg .. .. Cornwall .. .. . Delta .. vv ou «+ Demorestville Frankville .. .. Harrowsmith .. Inverary .. Kingston .. Sept. 21-22 ..Sept, 6-8 ..Sept. 11 . .Sept, 28-29 « «.Sept. 20-30 «+. .8ept. 9-11 ..Sept. 20-22 se +n +.0ct. 9 . .Sept.-30 Oct, 1 « +. Sept. 16-17 «+ +v..Sept. 8 «+ ..Sept, 28-30 Lansdowne .. .. .. ..Sept. 16-17 Lombardy .. .. .. ....Sept. 11 London (Western Fair) Sept, 10-18 Lyndhurst .. .. .. ..Sept. 14-15 Maberly ...... .. ...Sept. 14-15 Madoe .. .. .. .. .. ..Oct. 6-7 Marmora .. .. .. .. .Sept. 23-24 Merrickville.. .. .. ..Sept.16-17 Morrisburg .. . ..Aug. 3-5 Napnee .Sept. 14-156 Newboro .. .. .Sept. 23-24 Odessa .. .. vo «00k 1 Oshawa .. .. .. .. ..Sept. 13-15 Ottawa (Central Canada) Sept. 10-18 Parham .. .. .. .. ..Sept. 21-22 Perth .. .. .. .. Aug. 31 Sept 2 Péterboro .. .. .. ..Sept, 16-18 Pieton., .. .. .. ..Sept. 21-23 Prescott «Sept, 14-16 Renfrew .. .. .. ,.Sept. 22-24 Shannonville .. ,. .. ..Sept. 18 Spencerville .. .. ., .Sept, 28-29 Stella .. .. sees. .Sept. 28 Stirling... .. .. .. 77Sept. 21-22 Tamworth .. .. .. .. ,.Sept. 9 Toronto 3Can. National Aug 28. Sept. 1 Tweed .. «+ «.Bept, 29-30 + «Sept. 21-2: a ee ae Vankleek Hill ., . Wolfe Island .. .. ..Sept. 21-2: -- THE LATE PETER WARTMAN. An Old Resident of Sydenham Who - Died Last Week. Yarker, Aug. 12.--The late Peter Wartman, EE . Farmers 3 Russia An Agricultural Country I Rr NL RT SS RR rarer Oty Although no nation in the world, save perhaps the United States of America, can vie with Russia in lavish wealth of natural resources, it is upon the fruits of the cultivation of the soil that. this vast rural popu- lation mainly depends. In recent years not only has there been con- ziderable extension of the crop-bear- ing area, but a great deal more at- tention has been paid to the inten- sive forms-of cultivation. The re- sult has been a large increase in the importation of agricultural machin- ery, especially of the more compli- cated kind designed especially to TALE OF A DOLLAR BILL, A farmer went to town to spend Some of his hard-earned dough, And in a merry jest, and just To show his printing skill, He printed his initials on A grand new dollar bill. He spent that dollar that same day, Down in the village store, He thought 'twas gone forever then, And he'd see it- ne more; But long before the year rolled by .One day he went to fill A neighbor's order, and received That same one dollar bill. Once more as he spent that bill In his own neighborhood, Where it would do himgelf friend The most amount of good. Four times in two years it came back As some bad pennies will, > And each time he'd go out and spend This marked one-dollar bill, Had he been wise that dollar might Be in his town to-day, But just two years ago He sent it far away, The people who received it then, I know have got it still, For 'twag™ a foreign country He sent his gellar bill. No more will that marked dollar Come into the farmer's hands, And never more will help to pay 'Fhe taxes on his lands. He put it where it never can Its work of life fulfill; He brought about the living death Of that one-dollar bill. dollar and A traveling man may be a tourist or a tramp. The distinction is a matter of money. 'It's the easiest thing in the world to convince the average man that he is smart. a ..e3 al eB --..-e effect labor-saving, for concurrentiy with this enlargement of operations there has been experienced a diffi culty in securing a sufficient number of harvest hands. Unquestionably, the greater factor in Russian pros- perity is the harvest, and the 'wide- spread improvement, that has taken place during the last decade--despite some disappointing seasons--is ifested in a variety of ways, only has it been reflected by the in- creased buying power of the peas- ants, displayed particularly at the great.annual fairs, but it is exhibit- ed in the large addition to the num- bers of farm buildings in all dls- tricts.--Trade and Commerce Bulle- tin, War-Time Notes For Farmers. Farmer's Advocate, Cultivate a helpful spirit, Make your something. Remember this is a year of sac- rifice, not selfishness. It never pays the stockowner to pasture the roadsides : No man can afford to be less than 100 per cent. efficient, and yet most are. The public have 'already noticed that the farmer is-about the most sensible motorist on the road. Save well all possible feed to be the better prepared for the winter campaign in stock barn .and dairy stable. - If more people would fnsist upon buying and selling on grade, or, ac- cording to quality, more would be- nefit. . "The British army is exceedingly well fed," Thus writes a war cor- respendent, Let us do our part to keep it so, We are told that the young men ing- good. The farm needs all of these men it can get, When wheat drops. to 50 cents a bushel and cheese to eight ceuts a pound, we may again pull out old Naney, Hanks and the phateon. Let the boy commence to prepare some stock for the -fall fair. If it does not pay in dollars and cents, it will in added interest in live stock Complaints are many that corn has done poorly. Make it do better by more frequent and thorough cul- tivation. Where will the farmer who wakes up and finds himself without live stock be when®the war is over amd grain prices drop? 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