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rience how to from bloat at once for the lives of m, enty registered dairy cows stake ? and that held the receiver Slightly but.she betrayed oo trembled | excitement when she spoke to frenzied young neighbor: "Pm alone, Madge, but Cyclone saddled and I'll with you in a .. 'Send Peggy across the road the Baines' place. - You and out the cows that show Gd] * signs of bloat. 1 these out Where there, is plenty of room and have Ned on the horse and keep them at a ogtrot till the bloat commences to go down. Don't let-any of them a drink, = Turn the others 'into the barn, each in her own stall. Make gags out of gunny sacks, rope or'a do this. Twist the sack info force into the mouth to the hinge of the jaws. ] The gags b fot a trocar?" Yes, but I don't kno whow to use it. "Mrs. Cig," interrupted lle + Pratér, the young daughter 2 her \mearest neighbor, "I've just come n get. Helen Carson has her ne out too, for she cgme home right bend me, sa I'll tell her to-fill her car and come," Sh _ "Good! Be as quick as "Belle." Haste you can, astening to the kitchen closet, Janet Craig opened the little cabinet hanging on the inside of the door and took from one of the draw , & sharp pointed instrument in= in a sheath or cannula, the sharp point protruding below the cannula, is d for sticking animals in extreme of bloat. thrust these into our sack, knotted it and snatching air of spurs from a hook in the set buckled them on. Ei Cyclone, the saddle horse, according i ustom, was saddled. The om the saddle horn. He! eed rack where he stood | Stall bed] ] "hay. Mrs. earn Ca) She led her horse' out through way and not delaying to pu gate, swung into he saddle. The "whistled in her ears when at'a her, spurs, Cyclone leaped for- | Just she' reached her wit] i "te! "Good!" said Mrs, Craig tersely. She 'handed the trocar to Madge and| stepped briskly to a stall marked for those two. carpenters working on! Jlicht' moaning and gasping for breath. i carpen: | Stie! the | bone and tight_as a drum, the wide- bol spread logs, /zasping breath, rolling all the calls upon her The two : worked clums 3 3 of glnny sacks into thi you've come!" she exclaimed. - Belle and dishevelled, ran in the futile endeavor. to respond to nters sily but re- solutely, "wedging gags t e mouths. of struggling & Madge, catching sight of her neigh: bok, ran forward. "Thank goodness, went right to work on those that seem: ed the worst." r Cumberland Duchess, ~The splendid animal was in a pitiable condition, I' "Quick Madge, the trocar!" Mrs. Craig's voice still" held calm and strong. - ' 'Placing her left thumb on the cow's left 'hip bone; she spanned obliquély "T. H. Estabrooks Co. Candin Food Coll icone 6276 . = the next stall. "I had to stick five| but think they'll al] pull through. I've just made rounds and the rest seem to be bEtter. "You didn't take any of the gags out?" 3 "No, Dad always believes in play- ing safe so we leave 'em in as long as gas continues to form." ; "How do the gags help to reduce the bloat?" queried Madge. . - "The gag is eeable and in trying to get rid of it the animal works the jaws and throat, opening the esophagus. This permits the es: cape of gas and férmented food which cause distention of the stomach. The kneading breaks up the mass of food For a moment Ada Lamberton's fly- ing fingers paused ,and she turned a laughing face over her shoulder. "Grim, how do you spell 'receipt,' ie or ei?" she asked. There was no answering laughter in Hetty Grimshaw's eyes; instead there was an expression of worry and anxiety. "Please look it up yourself, Ada, "You'll never remember if I tell you. You've asked me half a dozen times already." ' « "But why look it up 'when you are here to ask? It would take me sev- | downward. David Craig and experi- "ence had taught her that this was the quickest way to locate the spét to iek; a point midway between the hip bone, the last rib and the backbone. Selecting a spot a trifle below the end | of her little finger, to allow for the Tu i shorter span of a woman's hand, she thrust the péint of the trocar forward and downward into the paunch. mediately. she withdrew the trocar, leaving the cannula in the opening. "Hit it just right," she announced with relief, as a faint sisss-s indicat- ed the escape of gas./\This was fol- lowed by a little of the fermented alfalfa bubbling up. through fhe can- nula. Ri The beast steadied and stepped for- ward a pace though it appeared no less distressed. ~ "Some one must keep the cannula open," ined Mrs. Craig, wiping, 'the perspirationi' from her face. "It's! likely to become. clogged as long as| gas continued" to form. . That'll be your job, Mrs. Carson," she directed, turning to Helen's mother who stood 'waiting to 'do whatever she could. "Take a piece of baling wire, a pocket: knife, . a -coars2 aifalfa stem or the first thing you find that will answer." "But how do you know when to stick?" questioned = Madge as the _amateur veterinarian hastily . wiped the trocar 'and slipped another can- into place. ; . serience mostly," curtly respond- gay hurrying to the wmext ""You are getting yours flow, | Observe the paunch, dis: level of the back: " tended above th eyes and geveral appearance of dis-. tress. = When you find an amimal in' such a condition, don't waste any time! but--stick!" she said suiting the-ac- tion to the word. Again she was Im-| that all was going 'well, he turned to | thank the women who had responded and helps work out both gas and' food." \ ; ! The -honk- of Helen's horn announc: ed her return. Morton Wilder, fol- lowed by the county venterinary, shed into the barn. 3 Wilder went at once to look at his cattle. After satisfying himself era] minutes, and then I shouldn't re- member any better than before, I'm afraid you don't know the very first principles of efficiency, Grim, dear." "I know that one of them is thor- oughness," Hetty replied quickly. "Suppose I weren't here some day?" "Then'I suppose I'd have to go to the dictionary," Ada laughed. "But I can't see what the difference is except time, afid that's in favor of my me- thod. Te, did you say?" "Ei," Hetty replied. yoti remember, please 7" "Don't take it to heart so," said Ada lightly. "I don't see but what I get along as well as the average even if, I'm not a dictionary." "But sometime something will.hap- pen," said Hetty. "You watch me!" Ada returned, with gay confidence. Two weeks later the "something" happened. 'Mr. Tomphins called Ada into the office and told her that to his wife's call for help. He cleared his throat. "I don't know how to thank you ladies for--for what you've done for me--but for you my business would have been ruined." He passed his hand across his eyes as if to shut out the sight that mentally confronted him. To conceal his emotion, he step- ped into a near by stall and began to work zealously about the cow which stood there chewing disgustedly on a gag. . 3 "Oh, can't ow is it that you and Belle know so much about bloat, Mrs. Craig?" asked Madge after her husband had|the firm had decided tostispepse with left them. rs "her service. The elder woman waited for the credulously. Up to that time, as it girl to reply. | happened, she had always been the "That's the penalty of having no one to make the change, not her em- brothers," said Belle, "I've follow-: ployérs. She did not say exactly ed Daddy around with the stock ever that, but she implied it. since I was three or four and as soon] Mr. Tompkins eyed her keenly. as I was big enough to help he gave! "I'm not surprised. You make a me something to do--carrying brand-| good appearance--bright and pleasant ing irons to begin with. I never and businesslike. The troubfeé is, you cared for housework so the other girls' don't measure up to your show win- helped Mother while I was out with dow. Dad and the stock. I suppose I'm| the past week J've happened to hear sort of a born stock wrangler as they you #sk Miss Grimshaw something say some girls are born cooks." that you ought to have known your? "And you; Mrs. Craig?" self --how to spell some word, or what "I've lived on a ranch for fifteen Province some city was in, or the yeare. 1 have had plenty of time to meaning of some term that you should gain experiefice for we have raised have learned by your third day here. th cattle and alfalfa during the en- (Each time that you did that you de- tire time," replied Mrs. Craig. "In layed Miss Grimshaw's work, and her the summer the cows are turned out Work is valuable, | moat dangerous of the if a chamber | soap every day. "| sorted carefully, Ada stared At him in<] For example, eleven times in| = iently at the doorways. in the hills each morning to graze and successful the plicky wom#&n per- ¢ operation which appeared "to one watching her skillful yet which frequently is bung-' round od down 5 loss fi as they tire of the dry feed on the 'Ia they wander back toward home. If there are weak places in the fences they. make short work of going through them. It takes a very tight fence to keep a cow out of a field of tempting green alfalfa, Nearly every summer we have a case or fwo of Bloat: sometimes a number of them. "During the first year or so if the cattle bloated when I 'was 'at home couldw't do anything but ge "horse and run th 'Then "Then you don't take care of your "typewriter... 'We had 'to call a man| jup for your machine in ter days, al- ' though it was in perfect order "when you came. He said that the trou- ble was carelessness. More expense for us. Three times Jouve blunder: ed in filing, and once it Took Mr. Case an hour to hunt up the contract you | bad misplaced. Mr, Case's time is ' valuable. . . Those things = probably seem trifles to ee but it is ust such trifles that count for profit or loss in the end. That is all, Miss Lamber- 'ton=except that I wish you better ce of better. work in And the interview was over. , bs. are used for A ould be carefully Dre and eed as tortilzer as they ashes thirty per cent. potash, "times as 'much 4s wood pay feeders bs a ih hs 'cobs and asking ge of the farm home, is the anger will bo lessened "brick or concrete is built beneath he seat of the outdoor closet Instead of the usual pit, apd if pails of galvanized iron are placed under the openings in the seat. Ac- cess to the rear of the chamber from the outside mmy be made by means of a cloge-fitting door, If the seats in the closet are kept covered the flies will be kept away. The conténts of the pails in the closet should be buried far enough awiy from the house and the family water supply to prevent contamination by drainage, ~~ Burying the excrement under a foot of earth is sufficient. The slop jars used 'in. the home should be washed with hot water and The water pitcher should be scalded once a week with a solution of common soda. Disposing of the garbage of the farm is not as much of a task as the removing of the farm-home sewage. All bits of raw or cooked food can be fed to the hogs and the chickens. Bones and gristle can be ground and fed to the chickens. Melon rinds will be relished by the chickens qr the pigs. Corncobs and fruit seeds can be buried or burned.* Many farm homes are provided with a covered galvanized iron pail or other receptacle into which garbage is placed. If the garbage pails are not covered, Jarge numbers of flies will be attracted by the refuse food. Garbage that is not fed to live stock or burned should not be buried more than a foot deep, because the germs that reduce it live near the surface of the soil. A shallow trench will therefore serve the purpose, If the garbage pail is washed often with a strong solution of soda and hot water it will not become sour, The flies will be discouraged further if the porch or shed floor where the pail stands is scrubbed with a preparation of chloride of lime water. _ The rubbish, which usually consists of broken bottles, tin cans, and old clothing and rubbers, is not danger: ous in itself but it collects dust and disease germs, Cans and bottles fill with stagnant water which-becomes the breeding place of myriads of mosquitoes. Tin cans and bottles should be placed in a pit. A cover- ing of 'soil prevents the accumulation of water and scum. Oid-Clothing and rubbers should be All garments or articles which are not fit for sale to the traveling junkman should be burned. If a wire container is used for holding rubbish while it burns, danger of fire will be lessened, A canvas bag supported from a wire hadger near the kitchen door makes a good place to store papers until * enough have accumulated to justify a bonfire. Houseflies are dangerous because they carry millions of germs on their feet. Flies should be kept out of the home. A few are apt to get past the doors, especially if there are several children in the family. The children wlil be more interested in seeing that the doors are closed if the ducts. Hints on Electric Wiring. When wiring your home for electric lights, whether new house or one not so new, bear the following points in mind; they are offered as a result of 3 good many years' experience aroun a variety of real homes: Have the lights of your main rooms controlled by switches placed conven- Take the dining-room, for instance. If it is usually approached from the kitchen, put the switch at the door to the] kitchen. The library lights should be controlled by a \qwitch from the hall door. = | A very ingenious arrangement -of, switches is possible for hall-lightieg.! Just inside the front door is placed a double switch, Pressing one button will light the first-floor hall light. Pressing the button beside it will light the second-floor hall light, You ean go up-stairs leaving the light be low burning and turn it off from a switch on second floor, while the sec- .ond-floor hall light can be turned off from either first tion, it is possible to turn on' both second and firsy floor lights from up- stairs and turn off both from the switch at the front door, 'This arrangement costs a little more thah pla oneéswitch wiring, but it is ly Avorth the difference in the ad- ded convencience. If your: home was net originally wired for lights, do not think it an' impossible n 'The day of the expos- in molding on the walls past. of concealed wiring can old hous2 as if, ¥hen the. hive , or' second floor | switch-as well, Reversing the opera- to get a decent-looking| Practically' as |. waste pro - trol by cowering all with a thin film of ) destroying their chances from the water for air were observed generally, the dar from malarial fevers and other eases which are spread by mosquito would be lessened greatly. : Whether or not there 'is a " there should be a sink in every farm kitchen, and it should be preferably of enameled iron. A plain iron sink wil] rust if free from grease, A sink requires careful attention, ! A lye solution should not be pour- ed in the drain pipe. Lye will hard- 'en the greasc deposit into a soap-like substance on the sides of the pipe. There is no better disinfectant than common soda, and a hot solution 'makes the best wash, : A closed cupboard beneath the sink is certain to be damp and evil-smell- ing. It makes a good place for cock: (roaches. If annoyed with cockroaches, | mice, and other house pests, do not {accept them as necessities, Their mere presence betrays insanitary con ditions. First discover and rectify' these, then fight the vermin, to ex~ termintation. Of course, doors, windows, and | porches used for sleeping purposes | should be well screened, See that | your screens fit tightly, and carefully, mend all breaks in them before they are put up in the spring. Not only teach the children' not to hold doors | open, but put a spring on the screens so that they will close of themselves. If you cannot afford wire screens for all of the windows, cotton mosquito neeting will be better than no protec: tion at all. Enough for all the win- 'dows in the average house may be bought for a dollar. The mother in the farm family should be the health officer for the farm, because on her falls most of the , burden of nursing and caring for the sick members. Then, too, she spends more time in the house and around the yard than any other member of the family, and it is her duty to/see that personal hygiene is observed in her home, and that the sanitary con-| ditions of the house, yard, and out: buildipgs are all they should be. Pretty shrubs, vines on the porch and around the windows, a border of bright flowers, or a well-kept lawn will often stimulate interest in order- {liness. Grounds cannot be beautiful without being sanitary. : The Government has done a great deal toward helping farmers to ime prove the appearance and healthful- ness of the farms, and bulletins on" healthful water and sewage systems |and on fighting the mosquito and the fly are supplied by the Department of: Agriculture to those who ask for! them. The country must keep up with the | city in the battle against harmful germs, and this can only be done by constant vigilance and systematic planning. With careful regard for the sanitary. conditions of the home, with proper food, and with attention to personal cleanliness, much of the fear of dis- ease vanishes, | | | up and replace a strip of flooring here and there, and a little trouble fishing the wires through, but it can be dune, and done reasonably. Any good elec: tric contractor can take your old | house, put the fixtures exactly where you, wish them, conceal the wiring, and when he is through you will hard ly know he has been in the house. And don't forget the closets! Every closet of any size--and the small ones too, if they gre situated in dark cor- ners--should have a light. "How | many fires have been started by light- ing matches in dark closets! While almost invariably overlooked, the problem of closet lighting is one of the most important points to coagider; | in wiring, ~ el a The Debt. Here are my lands! They are my country's, too. For her fields were won by valiant- men, yield is hers to take again. Here are my hands! They are my country'r teo. Ungrudged, unweighed, their works 4 ? and gains belong And all they / To her who lent them skill, who made = them strong. Here is my life! It is my countey's, boo-- A life to live for her who made me free, A life%o give for her, if need shall be. Casement ; Planting Large Trbes. should be permanent. may be changed mo year, but large shr quire years 10 'develop