FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1923. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. ' ---------- THE LONGED-FOR APPLE Rosy Cheeked, Thick Skinned and Well Flavored. Fruit Eaters Will Welcome It -- It May Be Growing To-day In Some Ontario Fence Row--Running an Egg Factory. - i [Contributed by Ontario Department of | Agriculture, Toronto.) Somewhere on a farm in the apple | frowing districts of Ofitario there are fosy red seedling apples. Seedling APPles that may have characters that Would make them valuable com- mercial sorts, if such could be intro- duced to the public. True, there are | thousands of worthless seedlings, but Some fence row or orchard area is | BOW growing a tree or trees that pro- | duce a superior fruit. Box Packing Apples at a Premium, | Ontario needs an apple suited to | box packing, and it may be from an unnamed seedling that such want will | be really | t $000 Ob SOOO ¢ TYveeee Death's Head Beetle Has Played Havoc With Roof of Ancient Westminster Hall 20000 Back in 1399 Master Hugh Her- land, the King's carpenter, carried out a job of renovation. His work was to repair the roof of Westminster Hall, which had been erected.by Wil- liam Rufus, some 300'years previous- ly, in the village of Westminster, then separated from the City of London by a mile or so of open country. It is not on record whether Master Hugh, on surveying his work, re- marked that he guessed that would hold 'em for a while, or voiced a similar sentiment in the phrasing of his time. But in the 600 years that followed nobody ever accused Hugh Herland of being a jerry-builder. The storms and suns of six centuries ; played upon the oaken covering that he had erected for this palace of kings, but still it fulfilled its allotted A e ose hav Supplied. If those having dings, bu Now, it is exceedingly doubtful whether Master Herland ever had 80 apple worth while might | heard of a little fellow named be unearthed and introduced to the | Xestobium Tessellatum. People of the public. Western apples shipped in | present day know of this chap as the have invaded the Ontario mar- | "death's head beetle." His food and use of their color and ship- | his home alike are wood; nice, dry, Ping quality. The bright red color | mellowed oak, for preference. For attracts the buyer and the thick skin | untold years thousands of insects of preserves the good appearance of the this species had been busily devour- dividual. f ing Master Herland's timbers, and Thick Skins | early in the present century was Most Desirable. { discovered that, technically speaking, Thin skinned Ontario varieties will there was no reason why the famous pot ad the salpping . and long oa. oak-beamed roof should not have col- Stores lapsed long since. tires ue Wore er Bok | That discovery was made by a boy 89 punky and "become unfit for use, | &00d seedling apples would bring them to light so that their Qualities might be judged by those competent to do so, named Frank Baines, who had climb- ed as an adventure up among the Dut still look well, as the exterior | topmost rafters of the famous old Will stand alone. Ontario needs a hall, which now, almost surrounded %00d box pack apple, something rosy by the modern Houses of Parliament, red, of good quality, and a good thick | 18 to the casual observer scarcely dis- Protective coat. tinguishable from the rest of the Where, Oh Where, Is It To-day? Gothic pile. Years passed, and it Perhaps somewhere in a fence row | befell that the boy became Sir Frank Such an apple may now be found. Baines and the principal architect of Who knows. What have you? -- L : the Office of Works, Stevenson, Sec., Dept. of Agriculture, One of his first acts in his new Toronto. | capacity was to carry out a thorough ------ | investigation of the roof +] West. RUNNI EGG | minister Hall and to report t at, un- 50 AN FACTORY. | less the ravages of the beetion were checked, the arches and hammer Valuable Hints as to How to Make beams and trusses could not possibly the Best of the Hen. remain in position much longer. In Every flock of hens is an ©gg fac- 1914 a start was made on the work tory. Like any other factory the flock of restoration; but ,of course, the ¢an be given the best materials in war cut it short. the world to work on and still fail After the war, the necessary funds to produce enough to pay for Tun- being forthcoming, the work was ning the plant. Good feed in sufl- again taken up. It had been decided clent variety is necessary for egg to build what virtually amounted to production, but the ability to manu- a skeleton roof of steel under the facture egss from feed must be there | old oak girders, in such a fashion first. | that from the ground the alteration It pays to cull out the poor layers would be practically invisible. Pre- any time, to save the feed and labor vious to this, however, the problem A they cost, but to make & profit on of ridding the old timbers of the bor- them it is best to cull in late sum- Ing insects had to be considered; mer or early fall, before the rush since it was obvious that the rest of of spring chickens lowers the market the ancient oak would soon disappear Price of old hens. | were this not done. The suggestion Shut up all the hens and Dullets ' was made that the hall be sealed up { «. Some evening. Count them and de- and filled with chloroform; but mem- 2 cide just how many can be readily bers of Parliament, perhaps scent- kept during the coming year without ing a new Guy Fawkes plot, vetoed crowding, for this is very likely to it. Next a disinfectant called "te- * hurt egg production and increase the trachlorethane" was used with some danger of disease. The next morning , success, until the smell of ft pene- the flock is ready to be culled. | trated into the chamber of the House Cull of Commons. Then i too, hag to be abandoned. Fina Y, & mixture 1. Poor layers and ail old hens. was found which would do the work, 2. Cripples, and hens with broken but which did not possess too offen down abdomens or frozen toes. {sive a smell, and from tall towers, 8. The sick, quiet, inactive hens | ; on iniscent of fire towers in an that spend much time on the roost. | one city, the rafters and beams 4. All "crow heads" with long, were deluged with this preparation. Slim heads and beaks. As. each bedm and truss was 8. The large, coarse-headed hens thoroughly soaked with the insecti- With sunken eyes. cide, the work of placing a steel 8. All very short, stubby hens with frame behind it continued; and now feathers extremely heavy for their the last one is in place. From the breed. i| floor of the hall, where the most 7. All late-hatched immature pul- notable state trials of England, in- tots and those that are early hatehed | eluding 'hore of William Wallace, but much undersized. Sir Thomas More, Anne Boleyn, Som- 8. All hens that molt before Aug- erset, Strafford, Charles. I., the Seven ust 1. Bishops, Lovat, Ferrers and Warren 9. The persistent sitter. Hastings, have been held, very little 10. All hens with solid, fat ab- | of the work of restoration is visible, domens. Here and there, 11. All hens having bad habits shows up against the golden-colored (cannibals, feather-pullers, egg- | wood placed in position in 1399; but eaters). ood used has come from 13. Al) sockerals not needed for of Sussex (where the &_ breeding 'purposes. original timbers grew), and should Keep : soon age into harmony with its sur- . 1. Strong, healthy, vigorous hens we short, neat heads and strong beaks. roun An idea of the magnitude of the 3. The hens with long, deep, rect- bodies and parallel top and Invisible repairs may be gained from the fact that they cost approximately bottom lines. . 3. The hens with large, bright $500,000. EE -------------------------------- Widows' Weeds. a ciire APpasrance and short, | The word is derived from the old 4. The hens with duaty, Mint feathers, especially worn tail feath- 's, but having a bright, heaithy look. %. ae hens that molt late. $s. Saxon "Waede," which meant noth- ing more or less than a garment, holsy, happy, friendly hens. 7. The early risers and those late literally something woven. In course of time, however, the _8. The vigorous hens with the fad- e and shanks. term became confined to the distine- tive dress of a widow. The word hens with the soft, pliable @ hens with the thin pelvic really signifies 'her entire by wide . Leeds iy well-grown 13. Large, strong, active, quick | cockerels of desired var- type and high-producing mothers. ia Pours vrobusios omen 0 | feeding, housing, and vile' Sun i -------------------------- These in turn are another survival, In early days widows formed a dis- tinet order of society, being expected essen- that it should this veil all that ig practical d Sir Wood, M.P., of the Health a & recent meting of the Insurance at Leeds, There 'once frozen should remain until time to use them. - \ want stocky, healthy planta is or ven: The clause in admitting that a "buts." x N---- - 1A 5 was framed J the income tax law wife costs $1,000 a married man would have given othet married men at least $10,000 exemp- tion. : this country that if you coun hypocrite vote you could be On Nov. 15th and 16th Ad the U. 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Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, nt. a bit of light oak: David Meets A New Kind of Squirrel. "Well," David laughed, as he stopped before the wire cage and read the name of the creature inside, "Sugar squirrel! Who ever heard of & sugar squirrel! I suppose he's named that because he lives on sug- ar," he added. "He'd starve to death if he had to depend on sugar for a diet," laugh- ed a merry voice, and Happy Giggles, David's little elfin friend from Makebelfeve Land, stepped up besiae the wire cage. "So you think he's called sugar squirrel because he Teeds on sugar? No, I.guess you're wrong this time, David." "Ill say he's wrong," chucklei another voice, and a dear little squirrel, no longer than nine inches, a bundle of the softest ashy-gray fur David ever saw, came out from his BIRTHPLACE AT PORT HOPE. ey ; ed miral William S. Sims, late of place at Port Hope, Ont. The r with portraits of his father, elf as g cadet of 16 years. The eer on the construction of the | and married Trunk Railway, t Hope. hiding place. His tail was the same color as his body, and as bushy as a lovely plume. This proudly up over his back, down which rin a Icng black stripe, His cheeks were white with a black patch on each of them, and un- derneath his body the soft fur was a lovely white. He pricked up hts long, pointed ears, apd declared as he shoock Happy Giggles's hand: "Let me say right here that yon fellows can feel mighty proud to think that I left my bed to talk to you." "My goodness, you're as lazy as 1 am!" laughted David shaking the 1it- tle squirrel's paw. "I havent been ap very long, myself." "Lazy, nothing!" replied Mr. Sug- ar Squirrel. "I'm anything but lazy." bh \ ™> "Well, Sugar Squirrel!" "I should say you're not lazy," laughed Happy Giggles. "You sea, David, Mr. Sugar Squirrel sleeps in the daytime ani does his work at night." : "Oh, then we disturbed you." Da- vid started to apologize, but Mr. 8g- Bar Squirrel began to laugh. "There, there," he drawled. "No harm at all. I don't stick to the rulug since I came to this country." "Oh, then, America isn't your na- tive home?" David asked, "Where did you live before they brought you here?" 'New South Wales, I believe they call the place," replied Mr. Bugar Squirrel. 'They brought me over in a boat. I never will forget how one day I got - loose and ran up the mast. A sailor started up and I just spread out this membrane you s attached to the sides of my bods. here, and leaped back to the ship's deck ¥ "My goodness, then you're a fly- fug squirrel!" cried David. "We had a family of squirrels living up in our chefry tree, but they didn't 100k like you." "My American relatives, I sup- pose," chuckled Mr. Sugar Squirre. "But as yet I haven't told you why I think they call me a sugar sqairre!. Of course, I don't know this to be the real reason, but I Just guessed it, Back in New South Wales we make 'four homes in thé gum-trees, and lot : Dainty Silk Blouses fi Foryour daintiest blouses, dl the pretty things you do not ish to trust to washing with ordiuary -- use HE Hil | i iH tL 1 by a bachelor. Al i |etevping. me gay right now, they céftaluly are magnificent trees. My, I'll never for. got the hunt I gave the natives une day. But goodness me, I'm chatting too much, and losing all this slésp, 80 if you'll forgive me and call sgain some evening after the sun 80es down, I'll tell you about it then." Frisking his long, bushy tail, Mz, Sugar Squirrel scooted back iato into the hollow tree trunk, ana no coaxing on Happy Giggles's or Dav. id's part could bring him out again. i i Hs fi fg Ei if i! Hd i i ; : ] 3 i Eg i i FH i Hi | £ i E ' he held i | DOMINION STORES Ltd. 360 Princess Street. Corner Montreal and Charles Streets. TO GAIN SUCCESS you must have AMBITION. 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