~ This Department Is for the use cf id an expert on any question regarding of sufficient general Interest, it will stamped and addreased envelope answer will be mailed to you. Address Co,, itd. 73 Adelaide 8t. W.,. Toronto. 1 Beware of Frosted Clover. | Caution should be exercised in pas- . turing red eevee after its growth has fro many farmers have 'given their horses and cattle free range of clover fields after hard frosts in the fall without injury it 1s difficult to convince them that it is dangerous to utilize this tempting feed. There are many pru- dent farmers, however, who, knowing the dangér of pasturing frosted clover will not permit horses, cattle or sheep to graze on it. f they do not fear injury to the animals they have learned from observation and ex- perience that there is no surer means of injuring a good stand of clover than to allow stock to graze and trample it down. Even though the frosted clover does not quickly injure the animals that graze on it there is such certainty of injury to the clover plants that it is poor economy to let the stand become injured in the effort to' find nourishment from feed of doubtful value. The extent of injury and time re- quired for it to become known is sure to vary with the condition of the ani- mals given access to the frosted crop. The stock may have a regular ration of roughage and grain at the barn and no visible derangement of the stomach or bowels result, but this proves nothing as to the value of the osted clover. It merely proves that under certain conditions it is not deadly, and may be used i But when animals have no By Agronomist. our farm readers who want the advice is. enclosed with your letter, indigestion, followed in due course by, scours, constipation or severe inflam-| mation of the bowels. Science has. been unable to explain just how frost affects the digestibility of clover! plants. But we do know that when) frost gets in its work, the aroma, the) juices and the gums change and even-, tually disappear, leaving only the| skeleton or woody fibre. There is a rapid passing of the plant from its perfected growth back to earth and atmosphere, where it originally came The feeding value of the plant de- The clover plant in full maturity not only contains the largest per cent. of nutrients, but it contains them in the form and quantity best suited to the requirements of the animal's diges- tive system. All departures from this perfection of feeding value tends to depreciation until it arrives at a point 'po: as FUNNY FOLD-UPS uN | Or. question | GOOD HEALTH QUESTION. BOX. eas By Andrew ¥. Currter, M.D. % er will anewer all signed lett pretal ote of general interest itll anewored ThTOUgN These" Colt wens soll, be answered th a complete Agronomist, care of Wileon Publishing of decomposition, when it is no longer fit for food. The freezing of 83 immature, succulent plant throws the j they carry +4 Taig acad Ta oroow act THERES PAPAS COAT AND HAT. OH CEEt CMROER HOV TEV LOOK ON 7 Wilk pS personally if stam . add 'elosed. Dr. er will not prescribe for toaiviacal caste ae Bees hag ° ed | Address Dr. Andrew ¥. Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Co. 73 elaide . &t. West, Toronto. The Sin of Quackery. There is a class of men calling themselves doctors and hanging out their sign as such, who pose as spe- cialists in certain disorders which are Myery common among young men, but are not nearly so serious in the maj- ority of cases as they are represent- ed to be. The Gentle Rebuke. ; When a wealthy man who was ' stopping'at-a Plorida.hotel neglected to inquire the hotel rates, the pro- prietor took -advantage of the over- sight, and at the guest's departure presented an exorbitant bill. The guest, however, paid without a murmur. Then, he said, as he fold- ed up the receipt in his wallet: "By the way, have you amy two- He had been imposed upon by a series of advertising quacks, he ima- gined he was suffering and every, time he Visited one of the quacks fuel wap added to the flame. Varicose veins may come to any- body but that they should cause such dire distress as was depicted in the literature which this poor vic sent me, while conceivable, is possible soon change into com- They aleo, as I have very good rea- n dat stampat? ounds so as to leave the plant re- son to believe, find diseases, particu- only in rare instances. es aced tt palatability and digestibility. ECOA ir! LARGE You ste larly in the sexual organs of young! The story was a fraud and an im- tics a Rss Rg etor, It is poor economy to make horses, 'DONT KNOW HOW THE HAT WILL men, whith do not exist. position. The other disease, while "Well," answered the guest, cau- cattle and sheep try to digest plants) But becawse they impose upon) possible in a man of 23 is almost eX-) tiously "how. much are they apiece?" that carry so little nutritive value, es-| these young-men-and-teil-them they! clusively confined to advanced life. | er Ae arene pecially -when-his-effort-at economy ad have serious, exhausting and perhaps, The medicines which these men give: Noite France 'nor Italy could sure to result in injury to the suc-! ceeding crop of clover, and probable; injury to the animals. | every farmer should be considering} the putting of his farm buildiags 'in the best shape possible for the winter: housing of his live stock, that is (1): -- in regard to cleanliness, (2) light, (8) | ventilation and (4) warmth. ' First--The farmer should see that: all dirt and cobwebs that may have| accumulated through the summer are: swept down and a good coat of white-! wash applied with a certain amount of disinfectant, such as is used on all! farms, added to the white-wash, In' order to eliminate as much as pos- sible any disease which may be pre-| se Nest Boxes For The Birds. Before the leaves fall is the best time to choose the spots. where the new nest-boxes are to be hung. [If this is left until Spring they must be up before the leaves are cut o: if they are to be in time for the occupants, and it is then very difficult to tell whether the spot chosen will be too shaded when the foliage has grown. Possibly, however, the most import- to If north side in order to conserve heat. portant. Third--Ventilation is most important things in live stock done in saving crops from destruc- industry, and unfortunately, one that! tion by insects. Perhaps what would there is not enough stress laid upon,| seem just now the most timely bene- for without proper ventilation, it is! fit is their lessening the need for practically impossible to get the good,| spraying and much of the spray ma-' healthy development ani benefit from) teria] {s used for various war pur- #eed consumed tnat we should have in} poses. our live stock. One of the best authorities on birds Fourth--It is also very important) has made the statement, after very to see that all boarding is tightly nail-| careful observations, that if it were ed down and all cracks closed in order} not for vireos, . warblers, chickadees, 10 -keep as uniform ture a8 Ich us and muthstches, the ob ires. set naught the. best work of the fruitgtower. The bluebird also has an excellent record as an insect destroy- er, and of this bird a noted scientist has said: "One hundred bluebirds at even thirty insects a day (and they would devour many more) would eat in eight months about seven hundred very detriment certain times. The E: imental Farm system is pleased at all times to forward bul- letins of farm buildings, ventilation,' etc., also answer questions and help. prepare plans of such buildings as: may be required on your farms. | CPouin® Treatment For Fall Colds. 1, Clean dry, comfortable quarters: fand gixty thousand insects. If these birds were destroyed or driven away, the result would be the preservation | on the territory where these birds) would have nested of about seventy! If it is natural for the cow to give milk right up to the time for dropping her calf, it will mean a detriment to her if she is checked in the milk flow. When they have drained their vic-' appeal to the imagination. Ww ANT zip tina of hai pecinngy resource) Te ahay were to dal with powert If a rejected young man can pos- drugs, the drugs would be too expen- P Oo U L. Hi RY sibly raise sehen mune he wey be cals Sage Ave ie do serious a taken in by another sharper of the! shar pte ge i vn _-- meee see of all kinds. kind: | rper's business in either case. Better quality preferred. a he ; a | That such men should perform sur- te for prices. ai = ue ge th all gone he per-| gical operations when operations are STANFORD'S, Limited ee he h ig ae a. tad hee! not called for or required is one of the 7 , us e has been duped, and he is: pauses for the disrepute of legitimate 128 Mansfield St. - + Montreal he tote when he wrote me, was then 'able x Bites ede oes pire : br what quantity | operation ed to be paid f ! Fy LoUIsé ABINOVITSH Sheth ond rect. || "ABBEY FUR COMPANY ples, ; ( fatal diseases, they frighten them be-| are probably the least harmful part'. 4; F we yond measure and extort from them of their treatinant. th ja cahee 'ei continue the war without British coal. large sums of money. likely that their only value is in their fortunate jf he at length realizes that} sf there is not and never has been any-| i. among large numbers of peo-| . i ' Das thing serious the matter with him,; Ir has led to mutilations and dis-! DPERs AN jana goes about his business with less; fgurements and loss of function in| wRi . and less worry about imaginary ail-| countless cases which were entirely! if and their serious significance.| thaycusable. , Iam not now referring to the ven-| Two hundred dollars of the earnings | ereal diseases, those are certainly as: of 9 clerk or bevk-keeper or profes-! ' bad as they can be painted, and there! gong] man means a good deal of jis a class of quacks which feast and: money, and to throw it away in this! | fatten upon them, they may or M&Y| fashion is worse than speculation in ps be -- from those to whom) stocks, Tt would be well if every; i hash teuxs "thoes. received letters | "ommunity where this evil abounds | |from the victims of the quacks and| would take pains to get rid of 2 charlatans to whom I am calling at- tention, asking me to advise them. One of these bearing the essential; marks of genuineness was from a man} i who said he was 23, was in great dis-| | tress of mind and hody and had been, told by a so-called doctor whose name } and address he gave, that he waa suf- | 'fering from varicose veins and dis-! ease of the prostate gland. t This quack got $40 out of him for }three months treatment, he then told! oe biggest ee ody DY eer | The Origin of Conscription. The Athenians had a mode of uni- versal military training more like that of modern Europe than were most of the other military training schemes of the ancient world. Every | Athenian youth was compelled to do | two years of garrison duty at Pir- | | neus, the Port of Athens. ket Prices -obarges ihe must have $75 for an operation,! | but as the patient did not have the | 'money he was obliged to dispense: with the operation. | | To sum up he had paid $200, up to; If You Want the Highest Mar Skip all your RAW FU | Of course with this man and with| _™many others who have written simi- ilar letters the disease was mainly in |his mind. n business for 80 years) - MONTREAL, P.Q. 310 ST. PAUL &T. W. . . . Hochelaga, St. Henry, Montreal, Reference, Bank of | If her natural course is to go dry, it thousand moths and caterpillars (a will mean a deranged system if she jarge proportion of these cutworms),| should be provided, free from drafts is forced to produce milk. |twenty thousand leaf hoppers, ten 2. Disinfect house with a five per, 4 ;thousand curculios, and sixty-five: cent. solution of formalin or some) thousand locusts and grasshoppers. | good coal tar product. 8. Wash heads of the affected birds with two per cent. solution of potas- ysium permanganate and also put en- * ough in the drinking .water to eve, it a deep claret wine color. (Potas- sium permanganate can be secured from any druggist. An ounce or two will probably be sufficient). For drinking purposes use about what can be placed on a five-cent piece to & gallon of water. Remove al] other sources of water supply. 4. Feed plenty of good wholesome grains and a mash (wet) of bran mid- dlings, corn meal and meat scrops, uSs- ing about a teaspoonful of mustard to each twelve chicks. The mustard has a stimulating effect, and also acts 43 un appetizer. SPD airy Two representatives of the Belgian Department of Agriculture, Dr. Vanderheyden and Dr, H. Holermans, are now touring Canada looking for Holstein-Friesian cattle and Belgian horses, in anticipation of purchasing at the close of the war. These gen- tlemen have already visited a consid- erable number of the best Holstein herds in Eastern Canada, and express themselves as very much pleased with what they have seen. They are looking for type, size, constitution and production, and breeders will do well to remember that these are qualities that must not be neglected if we are to build up an export trade with Bel- gium, Holland, Great Britain, South Africa and New Zealand. All these countries are likely buyers of Cana- dian Holsteins when shipping factlities are again available, and owners of the right sort of cattle will be in a posi- tion to do a profitable business. It is *worthy of note that all these countries prefer animals rather dark in color, the American fad for light colors: nevér having made any headway! abroad. Calves that are weakly are best castrated later than the more robust youngsters. In the ordinary calf they may" safely be operated on when a week or ten days old, Bee ing Wi «ll ees a eee Rana TERS) Cap MP" What injury such a horde of insects | could bring to the farms and gardens! | \ |in good shape for winter. Too much emphasis can not be plac-' ed upon the importance of giving the. colonies a thorough overhauling dur- ing early October, so that they will be It is far | better toe build them up strong now jand see that they have ample stores {for winter than to try to feed them in cold weather, along in November. In some localities goldenrod, asters | and buckwheat furnish abundant for- jage for bees during September and October. It is astonishing how much nectar the colonies will store from the fall bloom even where in some in- i stances they have secured practically nothing from the early flow. This is: evident where buckwheat is extensive-' ly grown. | Go over every colony as early as: possible in October, and where one is lacking strength, give it some frames' of sealed brood from stronger ones. When needed, some frames full of sealed honey may be transferred. \ Bees that go into winter quarters | with an abundance of honey are usu-; ally the ones that winter well. They! need no feeding in the spring, for at! that time they have sufficient stores | | with which to rear much brood for, | the early flow from the clovers. | It 4s best to strengthen the colonies with both bees and stores while thé weather is warm. ona, aeeeeeeny No Skirt Hanger. Fold the skirt directly in the middle of the front and back breadths, then fold again, keeping! the band even. Run a long hatpin! through the band and slip the pin | over a hook or nail. a ee "Tt is not Love that gives the clearest | 518 'For out of bitter tears--and tears un- | shed-- | Riseth the rainbow of sorrow over- ea | And 'neath the rainbow is the clearest Hight." Where silos are carefully filled, so that all air is excluded, there will be little trouble or loss from mould, 'to the invaluable little wren almost | We send them off to school again to- And the bluebirds, the destroyers of | those pests fatal to our vegetable life, | can be attracted to any spot by suit! able nest-boxes hung in suitable places) \_ Is it} i } i } and protected from dangers. not time well spent? Many of the small birds that work among the ¢rees literally saving our} forests every year can also be attract-! ed by suitable nest-boxes. The natural! home of the chicadee and the nuthatch! is a hollow tree, not an easy thing to find about most orchards now, but} a nest-box made out of an old log) with an egg-shaped oval seooped out | is almost sure to attract them. As) any sort of a nest-box will satisfy it, and no tenant will pay better rent for the value received. > A Prayer for /the World's' Rebuilders. September AW the street Is musical with patter of smal! feet And little, shining faces all the way Seem wayside posies for our smiles to greet. morning, I wonder if they ever guess or know With what strange tenderness watch them go? Just children on their way to s¢hool again Nay, it is ours to watch a greater thi ing-- These are the World's Rebuilders, these must bring ° Order to chaos, comforting to pain, and light in blasted fields new fires of psring. Dear Lord, Thy childish' hands were weak and small, Yet had they power to clasp the world withal, Grant these, Thy little kindred, strength as true-- They have so much to learn, so much to dot -- You can't eat wheat and ship it, Correct style worn by well dressed young men in all localitses. Lace bool--medium narrow recede toe, low heel--made tn black, tan or patent calf. Price, $7.00 to $10.00. Style--Plus Service at a | Fair Price HE style illustrated above is one that is largely preferred by Canadian business men--especially young men. It has the medium long vamp and narrow, somewhat pointed toe which gives the foot a slim and "dressy'S appearance, without being extreme in style. Those who like this type of shoe will find it thoroughly satisfactory in fitting qualities and a comfortable easy shoe to walk in. . This style can be obtained in several graces of black and tan. The price range--$7 to $10--considering the present leather market, is extremely moderate. : Next spring a shoe of the same wearing qualities will " cost from ten to twenty per cent more, It would cost more now except for the fact that the resources of this company enable us to cover our needs well in advance. AHM. War-Time Selections offer special Serviee Value for Men, Women and Children. Ask your dealer for them. _AMES HOLDEN McCREADY "Shoemakers to the Nation" 6T.JOHN MONTREAL TORONTO WINNIPEG _ RPMONTON VANCOUVER Wher you bay Shoes look for-- --this Trede-mark on every sole