yi ae BusinessCards _ LISTOWRL, MILVERTON, * ee Grataace of On A AR PUBLIGNED -- ; BVERY THURSDAY MORNING ao SEMAC SIN OR ato : "wae ee ere. The Sun Printing Office Mal = MILVERTON, ONT, 1 -rates:--O ear, $1.50}; st Frenne Th actibers in ar able to pay $2.00 per year, Advertising rates on application, -- Advertisements without apecific) direction: will be inserted until forbid and charged &\ tordingly, By Agronomist. e use of our farm readers who want Of an expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. If your qu Is of sufficient general interest, it will be answered through this column. Stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter, a complete | answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd, 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. This 'Department Is for th nt the advice iy y) . 'Changes for contract advertisements must in the office by noon Monday, MALCOLM MacBRTH, | ioe 'Publisher and Proprietors aes t j : ee rf Dr. M. C. Tindale, L.D.S. Honor graduate Toronto Untyersity. "CROWN and BRIDGE WORK, a spectalty, ; "Phone No, 88, ~ Office: 'Over Bank of Nova Scotia, snes Moedioal. 'Dr. P. L. Tye Office: Punire DRVO STORE, MILVRRTON Houre:. 10 to 12 a.m,, 9 to# p.m, f and T to 8 pap. es Lega! ~H.B. Morphy, K.C. Bollcitor for Bank of Hamilton. ATWOOD, Offices: Listowel, Milverton, Money to Loan, +y Harding, Owens & Goodwin Barristers, Solicitors, &c, Gordon Block, - STRATFORD, ONT. Money to Loan, ' RT. HARDING W. 6, OWENS W. B, poonees Veterinary. J. W. Barr, V.S. ' ' tario Veterinary College, Toronto, Wrenats all diseases of domesticated animale All calls promptly attended to. Sooletics. Milverton Lodge No. 478 ~AAB. & ACM., G.R.C, }rapid growing crop and thrives where seed with the disk drill, running the! 'disks light, and sowing the fertilizer at the same time. would be all right, would you advise | sowing the same way'this wheat is-- sowed or go crossways? Answer:--lI believe you would do' well to top-dress your spring wheat with manure or fertilizer, Indications , from experimental tests are that you | will get biggest return by applying | the manure at the rate of about 5) tons,to the acre. If you have a ma-) nure spreader, you will be able to dis- tribute the manure evenly over the | wheat. In view of the;fact that you | are going to seed this field to grass and clover, I would advise you to top- dress. it. with a fertilizer carrying 3 H. J. S.:--I had a field of beans last year, would it be all right to put in beans this year again? Is fertiliz- er any good for growing beans? -- 2. What percentage .should _ fertilizer have for growing tobacco? 3. Is there any way of finding out if the Winter wheat has been killed before spring comes? Would it be advis- able to sow spring wheat? ' \Answer:--1. The largest bean growers of the East, are large users of fertilizers. The bean crop is a there is a ready supply of available plantfood. Investigation of their methods show that many successful bean growers use from 200 to 600 pounds of fertilizer per acre, carry- ing 1 to 2 per cent. ammonia, 8 to 12 per cent, available phosphoric acid and 2 per cent. or over potash. In applying this fertilizer, on account of | the tenderness of the crop, do not ap- ply the fertilizer too near to the row. Many successful growers apply the fertilizer through the fertilizer at-| culture for inoculating alfalfa sold in tachment of the grain drill 7) bottles is a success? What- kind of to 14 days before planting the alfalfa seed should I sow, Grimm or beans, and never at planting time. If common alfalfa? I have a fairly good you do not have a drill, any broad-| ground, sandy in character. Is it all cast distributor may be used, pro-/| right to sow with oats in the spring? vided that you thoroughly harrow and | Answer:-- Well prepared inoculat- disk the land after the fertilizer is ed cultures for alfalfa, sold in bottles, spread. Wher the fertilizer is ap-| have proven very successful. © I be- plied with the grain drill at planting lieve the Bacteriological Department time, it should be allowed to run in | of Ontario Agricultural College is putting out such cultures. Best re- the he on either side of the one drop-| ping beans, and not in the hoe drop-| sults are obtained by sowing Grimm Common alfalfa seed does not ping the seed,' 2. A good tobacco' seed. fertilizer for medium loam soil, car-| tend to be as strong in germinating ries 8 to 4 per cent. ammonia, 4 to 8) quality. The oat crop, I am afraid, per cent. available phosphoric acid, will provide a little too much shade and 8 per cent. or more potash, 38.) for a good catch of alfalfa. I would There is no way of finding out wheth- | rather recommend about a bushel and er wheat has been killed or not, until} a peck of barley seed per acre instead there has been sufficient growing | of oats. I know a successful alfalfa cent. available phosphorie acid. The method you have in mind of applying, the fertilizer is all right. I would by all means advise sowing the same way that the wheat was drilled. C, F. H.:--Please advise me if the of the crop. Do not be in too great'a {tempts to get a good catch of alfalfa hurry to plow up your winter wheat | without applying 250 pounds of ferti- field, In view of the shortage of|lizer per acre. . This available plant- Meets every Monday evening on or before moon veers onth in their hall in J, B. Weir's block, : 'Visiting brethren always welcome Geo. J, Coxon, W.M, W. J, Soager, Ses. Silver Star Lodge No. 202 LO. Oe 8: Meets every Friday night at 7,30 in thelr hall over Bank of Hamilton, Visiting brethren always welcome W. Henry, W.K.Loth, G. A. Barth, \N.O, _ Fin,-Becy. Rec,-Secy. food cereals, it is my opinion that} food gives the ygung crop a strong, Ontario farmers would do well to put| vigorous start. The fertilizer for in a conservative acreage of spring| this purpose should analyze 2 to 8 wheat. per cent. ammonia, 8 to 10 per cent. F. C.:--I have 8 acres of wheat|available phosphoric acid, and pos- that was sown in good time but didn't | sibly 1 per cent. potash. It can be get a very big top. Would it be advis-| applied with the fertilizer dropper. of able to top-dress with manure on the | the grain drill at the time the alfalfa snow? Now, I am going to seed this| is sown, or broadcasted like lime and field in the spring, and I thought of | then harrowed into the soil just be- getting some kind of fertilizer, then | fore the seed is sown. Notary Public. estion | If you think this > i A to 4 per cent, ammonia and 8 to 10 per) . weather to allow for the germination! grower in Wisconsin who never at-)} o Greater If you cannot Increase the a & oy An increase of 8 bushels per this spring would mean 6'% This inerease was reported College as a result of able fertilizer. Bs - ment of its Soil and Crop Improv of Henry G. Bell, (a, versity of Maine. The ptirpose of the Bureau is crop production. betterment of Canadian Farming. Soil and Grop ; j 1111 Temple Building ea of your flelds in crop you can Increase the yields by means of Dodie? fertillzation. sige millions of bushels more food grain. in top dressing wheat ae The Canadian Fertilizer Association announce ement Bureau, und native of Ontario, Agricultural College), formerly Professor of Agronomy at the Unt- tical information regarding soil til The Bureau co-operates with all orga 'Write for bulletin, "How to Increase Ontario Crop Yields." mprevement Eureau OF THE Canadian Fertilizer Association 'Yields 'ields acre in wheat ylelds in Ontarlo 1917 by the Ontario Agricultural in the spring with sult- sg the establish- er the direction and graduate of Ontario to collect and disseminate prac- lage, fertility management and nizations working for the tf 7 Toronto Why should the elementary schools teach children the laws of health, that study which goes by the name of hygiene? The purpose is that they may live in a way which will make them healthy. This seems like a very simple ans- wer but when one watches the way in| which hygiene is often taught to lit-| tle children, one sees that the reason for the teaching is often entirely for- gotten. 'Tots are made to repeat sen- tences out of books which they can not possibly understand, statements about the way the body does its work | and why germs are a danger, and yet, in the meantime, they may drink coffee every morning and come to school with dirty nails and unbrushed teeth. This kind of instruction puts the cart before the horse. Children younger than eleven years | old are not at all interested in rea-| sons. On the other hand, those are| the golden years for teaching them | |habits.- All lessons then given chi =| dren should be of the kind on which) they can act, put into practice. Never | again will they learn habits so easily, | thoroughly and permanently. ate, an age when they must be shown what to do, not why. The first lesson is hygiene must be a clean schoolhouse. 'No lesson re- garding germs will have the effect on character which a room kept clean all the time, will have. The teacher | on a tiny ribbon bow. MOTHER-WISDOM. Forward With the Teaching of Practical Health Habits! By Helen Johnson Keyes past week, the child who has eaten most wisely receiving a brass button -In these les- sons the terms calories, proteins, car- bohydrates and so forth should not appear. They would take the fun out of it for any child under twelve.~ At the elementary school age a child should be taught what to do but not the science behind it. Clothing is a matter of importance and it is difficult to deal with in com- munities where some of the children are in poor circumstances.) However, the investigation of these cases very often,shows that neglect and ignor- ance, not poverty, are the causes of poor clothing. 'When this is so, the importance of clean laundering and neat mending should be spoken of freely. Other matters of importance are well-shaped shoes of the correct size, dresses which are hung properly so that they do not pull on the tips of the shoul- ders, twisting the muscles ef the back into deformities; coats, shirts and shirtwaists with collars which are not so high that they run the neck for- ward and produce "pigeon-chest,"-- as a hollow chest with forward-thrust shoulders is called, and which do not cut in at the hollow of the shoulders in front, producing wing shoulder blades, by which is meant a protrusion and lump on each side of the shoulder at the back at the base of the arms. Ventilating the schoolroom is a suspenders | "00D HEALTH n Dr. Currier w question is of general interes if not, it will be anSwered personally closed, Dr. Currier will not preseribe Address: Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care St. West, Toronto, a k Rickets. \ X.Y. Z--Please write an article on Rickets.. My baby eleven months old cannot sit up, and seems to have 'no power in her back. What kind of 'food is suitable and how long does (the disease last? : | Perhaps your child is not affected 'with rickets, but with some other dis- 'ease. Rickets, or rhachitis, is the 'yesult of bad nutrition, affects all the i tissues of the body, and chiefly leaves 'its. mark. on the bones--which it softens and then deforms. : | It ugually occurs before the third | year, but the bone deformities appear later. It is caused by food which is not assimilated, but also by neglect of the skin, bad air, insufficient sleep, etc. The child of the poor have it, but so do those of the rich. In the great European cities one sees it everywhere. The urine of rhachitie children contains phosphates in abundance and the bones, being de- ficient in lime, bend and break easily. Rhachitic children have soft spots in the bones of the skull; and the membranous portions of the skull, where you notice throbbing and pul- sation in an infant, and which ought to 'harden during the first few months of life, remain soft. All the bones of the skull, instead of | being firmly united, are loose and eas- ily moved. ' The face of a rhachitic baby 18 small, and the head seems dispropor- tionately slarge. The liver, spleen and lymphatic glands are enlarged, the muscles soft, and the ligaments weak. The child's appetite may be good, he may even seem voraciously hungry, but his food doesn't appear to nourish , him, he becomes fretful, gets diarrhoea and this alternates with constipation. He is sensitive, cries when touched, | iis diarrhoea is offensive, the appear- | | ance of-his teeth is delayed, and when | | they break out, they are irregular and | of poor quality. When he begins to walk, the weak- ' ness of the bones of the legs becomes apparent and they bend or break eas- ily; the joints are weak and he falls frequently. LS - 8 Maite Ser ieee cant aon a , 4 0 When he tries to move himself with, |his arms, 'the arm. bones. bend, or" 'break and there may be an outward -- 'hump on the spine, ~ 3 | On the ends of the ribs there are. knobs bdr bead-like structures, -- the breast bone projects and. the child be- comes pigeon breasted. ig | The pelvis may become deformed 'and, in females, this has a very im- ysortant bearing upon the successful delivery of offspring, if impregnation _ should ever oceur. fe Rhachitic childrén are frequently -- bow-legged, knock-kneed or flat-foot- ed; they are also sensitive to | prenchitis and croup, and die from these diseases more frequently than children who have better physical de- velopment. : If they reach maturity, they are -- short and poorly formed and their limbs often reveal the marks of early disease. : Rhachitic children should be taken to the mountains or sea-shore, if pos- sible,.and should have abundance of good plain food which they can as- similate--which will be indicated by the change in their stools and in their general nutrition. Fats in the form of cod-liver oil, or olive oil, should be given them; also as much of eggs, milk, and cereals as they can dispose of. Treatment with mechancial apparatus is important t prevent deformities, and they shoul 4 'have all possible benefit from public parks, sea-baths, sleep, fresh air, and life in' the country when this can be provided. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. _ X. 1--Can water on the brain be cured? The patient in question is a child two years and nine months. 2--Do you advise an X-ray exam- ination? < Answer--It is sometimes possible to tap the skull and draw off some fluid in this condition--which : is known as "Hydrocephalus." But un- less skilfully done, this is likely to do~ harm--and even when skilfully done, it ig by no means always successful. The condition is usually a hopeless one. 2'There would be no harm in hay-. ing an X-ray examination. The Old Sugar Bush. | Let me sing of the March wind in the | maples, The frost and the snow and the O Our meat supply is short and more | flaming sun-- | Hear the tinkle of the drops in the | poultry will help solve the problem. should be spotless herself, both as to, person and clothing. In this way) there will take root in the children a standard of cleanliness. Slowly and kindly, the teacher good, practical way of showing that | bucket | More ee oe more rgsel me fresh air is necessary to health. It} That tells of a bountiful sap run! | More eggs an a try 'g ast nagar will lead naturally to the subject of | Tender wind, in the high tops of the | ea "ee SUPPLY. Mee tian. a supplying home, too, with corstant| maples, |taised at Patel weer <5 der ina fresh air and of sleeping with open! Wise sun playing havoc with the | Maturity quicker than any other should start a personal inspection two, windows. } snow, Wes live, stock. ae aa or three times a week, of all her chil-|. When the necessity of fresh air dur-| You speak to me with voices soft and | Never allow the mother hen " dren. Hands, nails, teeth, hair, head,| ing sleep is mentioned, the amount of | gentle, range with the young rig unt neck, ears should be looked at, not to! sleep required by children will natur-| Of pleasures that were mine long they are at least two weeks 0 "hick criticise those who are dirty so much ally come up for discussion and the ago. | Enormous numbers of -- c ' s as to praise those who are clean. imatter of clean, well-aired night} are lost each year by ays ing ee Soon a pride will develop and clean. clothes, well-aired and neatly made) The breezes brought a whisper from | %° eae the wet grass during thelr water, individual soap, individual beds and the personal toilet. | the Southland, agen eect Sn" iiale Bisd EE etal OE wash cloths and individual towels can! y the time children are eleven or} Summoning the sulky soap to rise-- | h cing | me ; Man million dol- be supplied for the use of those who: twelve years old, practical lessons in| And the blue in the sky above the | 1 rm nd i akk year by allowing the are not up to the standard. This in-, domestic science should begin, includ- hilltops, ey. ig ee oe ee io pres spection may be made almost like a '78 the boys. The care of foods,, But echoed my little sweetheart's ae oan Fake < Produdé. tha game and should be kept thoroughly water and milk, sanitary ways of | eyes. Bs via ons wt a5 he ae good-natured so as not to hurt the! Cleaning and the care of clothes may There was happiness in sweet sunny |) 2 oe ea th gt cae 7 Mesttet ty pride of the pupils or of their families. all be taught by "doing. corners, ae a bere catia at s A badge, such as a piece of brightly | better quailty fs. When | there is no second room in the school-| That even a cynic could not miss--} . mans 9 Saba ' : , : ; ; ; 2 r poultry. colored ribbon, may be given as a And the syrup in the simmering ket- | FP ams Ha S Etitatal eae ak tin' és prize each week to the class having, et ; house where such work may be per-| tles | the best d for cleanness. | By satel | siden: re teacher tions: io be hejd in their leitchens. kiss! ay a bb: d 1 beet : ae : S; 8 \ little scientific knowle f | |mer use; cabbage and mangel beets weed = ion spoonfuls Rs Rew nal ean find out what foods the children - aes th piyeicloe oe tng inkae Store cabbage and beets ; : nr sith e = A ab aed eat. When she is supplied with this: to most people. The laws Seanedines in a dry room or bury in a pit and cov- give one-fourth pint, which should) ;nowledge she can draw some day on hich ees h | ae with Biieer A: Barth gradually increase to one-half pint! the blackboard a picture of a sheep! }°4" re syne ae re ed Fa Siva eggs during April and May et i body does its work and how ventila- thes eee Sprine-|_ ~2¥ when the lambs commence to eat | and another of a goat. Under the' nae bile wooing Spring | for winter use by. preserving in water- grass. When two months old they : : = | tion is accomplished are of. interest ' y may have a pint of milk. eo "~ pond a pe ae sae ace only to special kinds of minds and| 'Telling of the olden-time sap run, fees > a a ee So much for quantity; now for feed-| gor the deat those which atte urtful, | 22¥ be saved for: special and advanced| The sugar bush, its buckets and its! diocese coo hd 2 ae q aaah ing times. The first three weeks, feed | This will give a note of merriment to! kinds of education. To know and fires, fe hipaigdocm rreserve regularly every three hours during | {he instruction which will not be there to sorlow the rules of health, however,) The shy little kiss my sweetheart | Suse ce : $iion- sh a diver eee the day; after this. feed every four|jf she merely writes, "nourishing," is necessary to the well-being of every gave, : St oe rae ae Pe = + jus ; 2 | one, Are as far and as faint as fading ee Store. ti pel place "tor eye hours. When they begin to eat} "no Pa See She : y g eat! "not nourishing." The children will Away with textbooks, then, and for- se elie Poultry meat can be raised quicker Ait isn? i grass, féed morning, noon and night,, | Jaueh when th re asked if pickl : " : with a stinking fluid. : »ilaugh when they are asked It pickles| ..+q with talks, inspeetions, contests| That lie on my little sweetheart' and finally drop the noon feeding. are sheep or goa{s--and laughter of) ..4 practices in teaching pik childsends ave) y ttt S| shan any dther lind of wheat end etuld be made a mést important source of * Prevention is all important in these i ' ; a WEES ee : diseases. Stable thafageotine should | ¢ Talways, ueepottle.and nipple." 0) this kind is Sxcellent, even in a school-) 1 vpiene! * Nina Moore Jami : |feed with until the lambs learn to} y Speen, --Nina Moore Jamieson. : : be such that no horse is allowed toj gyink. Where one has a large num a '11 lead t acter Ge supply for the nation. If breeding ¢ ° * ' *. } te be = a is Wl ea oward useful mstruc- ; " ; - a at fancy prices and egg laying will be- caustic, oakum saturated with tinc- ture of iron, or a solution of two ounces of sulphate of copper (blue- stone) to the pint of hot water, is bound upon the sole in such a way as to cause firm pressure, for pressure is absolutely necessary. The dress- ing is changed or renewed every twenty-four hours. Dry dressing powders also are useful, such as a mixture of equal quantities of calomel, subnitrate of bismuth and tannic acid or burnt alum, or a cheaper mixture of slaked lime, alum, sulphur and} charcoal. Naphthalin sometimes is} added, - Notary Publio the Counties of Perth and Waterloo. . Conveyancer, deeds, wills, mortga and affidavits made. re Village clerk, ' | Office: Weir Block, over Bank of Nova Scotia) A. Chalmers, - Notary Public Conveyancer, Issuer of Marriage Licenses S ae W. D. Weir, Auctioneer 0 | gee draws, Dry Stables, Sound Feet. Every practical horseman knows that the disease known as thrush is caused by allowing the horse to stand with hig feet constantly in wet and filth; but,few, comparatively, under- stand that canker of the frog and |sole is caused in the same way, says a veterinary surgeon. Thrush is characterized by inflam- 'mation of the fine skin between the toes in cattle; pus forms and tends to underrun the horny wall of the foot. In horses the frog is the part affected, and its cleft, normally shal- low, becomes deep and exudes a thin, foul-smelling liquid. Gradually -- the frog becomes rotten and loose and the disease may spread to the surround- ing parts; lameness is rare. Canker of the frog, and sole, differs from thrush in that the horn of the sole becomes soft or spongy and readily bleeds when cut. In canker, the sensitive tissue (pododerm) of the sole, which ordinarily is covered with solid horny tissue, seems to have tak- én the place of the solid material. |The sole is made up of sprouting fungous tissue and is extremely sensi- tive and vascular. If it be cut away it may grow again in a single night and the entire affected part is covered | J.P. for the County of Perth. Real estate bought and sold. A few choice va : farms for immediate sale, - MONKTON,. ONTARIO --_-- OSteeblats Raising Lambs by Hand. Whefi raising lambs. by hand the only caution is: Do not feed too much. A baby lamb should receive Nelson Merrick, - Auctioneer " for Waterloo, Wellington and Perth Counties., Estimates given on sales of farms ' and farm stocka. Office, next to Bank of Nova Scotia, Linwood seat ; : ' + formed, mothers are often willing to : é lerable amount of the grain ration, Hotels take turns in allowing the demonstra-| Was sweet as my little sweetheart's | , vetch, and rape for sum- The Queens Hotel _- Beat accommodation for eommercial trae 3 ellera and others. As sweet--and yet as far from my possession-- Two large Sample Rooms. Empty memories of days far done, 'Ave You Insured ; Pal eo CANADIAN ORDER OF ts FORBSTEHRS offere protee- tection for wife and corey at minfxaum cost. Investigate it C. Spencer CRs: uN. Zimmermann, 2.3 "------_---- ay cee The Centre of Hospitality. The centre of hospitality in the | FREN =<. Sop RT Nothing will take the place of ob tis gies sunlight for a vegetable garden. Don't try to raise crops under trees. The Sow " \tion on the choice of food and the CH FLYER, and filth. In horse ~° stables 'where | ous, as each lamb must: have a sepa : the: manure ja removed. "now and value of chewing. Wholesome com- : ; : rate pan, and milk must be measured,| binations of food can be written on _ Has Had Ma ny Escapes and Numerous __Mishaps. < Among the men on whom the Aero Club of America has recently confer- yed its war medal is Lieutenant Nun- gesser, who since the death of Cap- tain George Guymeyer has become the first "ace" of France. Never were honors more thoroughly earned. Lieu- enant Nungesser has far outdone the cat and appears to have not nine, but. ninety lives. He has lived through a core of bad accidents, and although 1e has twice been condemned as unfit for further service he keeps on add- ng to his total of victories in the air. At the present time he has brought down something like thirty-five Huns, so that if his luck holds it may not be 'Jong before he becomes the premier ee eee After * eee reading through the following. st of mishaps that have befallen' "Lieutenant Nungesser none will doubt that he is fearless of death. He typi- ~fies the spirit of France. He has had a fractured skull, concussion of the five fractures of the upper jaw two fractures of the lower jaw, splinter in the right arm, both es dislocated, one knee dislocated second time, piece of bullet in the | uth, atrophy of the lower tendons , f the left leg, atrophy of the calf, ! wo more fractires of the jaw, dislo- | ation of the collar-bone, internal in- hile his left wrist and right been dislotated. f the best starches Hee St eee "(nitric acid. tice has been boil-, === s Gaus u Za) Shur-Gain then," the "nows" and the "thens" sometimes coming months apart, so Feedi : 3 J ae eeding too much will produce that Pat gene ngs ee into hed} scours. Lessen the quantity of over a high barrier of manure, It 18/ milk and give a dose of castor-oil little wonder that the animal con-| (gone teaspoonful) followed by ten Se ite drops of ginger extract. In Severe rush consists IN T€-| oases increase the dose and give moving the cause, cleansing the affect- |}, owed flour gr . : , 3 r gruel. To liven weak, ed foot thoroughly, then cutting chilled lambs give a little milk, and Faway all loose, rotten and underrun . : 'keep them in a warm room. [If lambs vhorn of the frog and on each side of | look droopy and walk stiffly, give it, and packing the cleft of the frog') castor-oil, age * eer ors R Samia of| {have had lambs brought me which calomel, powdered wood charcoal,| were wet and chilled, and appeared subnitrate of bismuth and slaked lime. dgad. I pour a spoonful of milk This is to be covered with oakum, down their throats and lay then' on: upon which pine tar has been spread, ' ine furnace register and the dressing is to be renewed at they: et op and Gate intervals of three or four days. The} | feed the lambs for stall floor should be kept clean, | uth? i sprinkled with slaked lime or gypsum) months. (land-plaster) and bedded with saw- Ger 'dust or planing-mill shavings. - Canker is best treated by the train- ed and experienced veterinarian, but there is no specific remedy. Before succeeding with a bad case it usually is necessary to alternate remedies and try a great number. The first step in all eases should be to cut down the sprouting growth level with the walls of the foot; then it is usual to cauter- ize the sole with a red hot-iron or with some Strong caustic. We usual- ly employ terchloride of antimony, or full strength formaldehyde to start with, and if that does not suffice 'change to chromic acid, or strong After applying the for some drink faster than others. skim-milk the last two oS arene arenene 'This 'Hen Seldom Lays.' amidst filthy surroundings. The hen that is fed on a corn diet alone---or any other grain exclusively. The hen that is lazy and grows fat, when she should have to earn her grain ration by scratching it from four to six inches of clean litter of striw or leaves. The hen that roosts in a poorly (through poor drainage or a leaky roof) and sows seeds of rhuematism or youp. = In Canadian cities 28 per cent. of the buildings in business districts are lof frame or brick veneer, whilst in residential districts the proportion is k \ In a few hours | about three | 'The hen that is compelled to live | The hen in cold winter quarters g¥| sultry summer coops. -- j ventilated place, or which is damp . | the blackboard for the children to copy and take-home. In their turn, | the children can bring a list of the 'foods which they have eaten for the | / shade is bad, and the roots of a tree, spreading as far out as the crown spreads, "wolf" the moisture that the vegetables need. \ j \ CUT OUT AND FOLD | PUANY FOLD UPS ON DOTTED LINES | } | t ' 1 POLD : Foo , FOREVARD | oem + aac at , = seg ata ed P ereteretete mt - ertilizer 69 per gent. i _ | Seett aes On the bases Willie's fine, -- Captain of the sixth grade nine; And he needs this run to win, you cen help bim ig 1 There it is prepared in 'ed' home is that point about which the \family itself gathers most often. This point is in most homes the fire-place. Hence its location -are of vast importance in building a The fireplace, if there is only one, should be in the living-room, for there the family and friends can enjoy it most. It should be located in the side or at one end of. the room. Select the space which will permit the great- est number of people to sit around it. In the construction of the fireplace you must not forget that its chief pur- pose is for a fire. The more simple the lines of construction, the better taste is displayed, and the more room the open fire receives. There is a great variety of mater- jals suitable for a fireplace, and your individuality and taste can be well ex- | pressed in this important factor of the | home. | tile substitutes may be used. These offer great possibilities both for good color and design, and lend themselves to any style of architecture. iS "y es A Mammoth Bean, A bean of fairy tale proportions has been successfully introduced in the semi-tropical portions of the United "States from Papua. Specimens grown 'five inches and a weight of eleven pounds. Unifke other beans the pod alone is edible. It is prepared like eggplant, but its flavor is said io be feyen superior to that vegetable, "says is extensively cultivated in Japan. many ways for ter use. @ is also sund and construction 'home. | centre of a wall space, either on one* Brick, tile, wood) and many | will make the situation clear. there have attained a length of thirty- | i Popular Mechanics. The Papuan bean gin in September. 2 ~~ fo -- A Boy That Laughs. I know a funny little boy-- The happiest ever born; ze i His face is like a beam of joy, Although his clothes are torn, 'I saw him tumble on his nose, | And waited for a groan-- 'But how he laughed! Do you suppose | He struck his funny bone? There's sunshine speaks, | His laugh is something grand; ,lts ripples overrun his cheeks | Like waves on snowy sand. in each word he | {No matter how the day may go, | | You cannot make him cry; 'He's worth a dozen boys I know, | "Who pout and mope and sigh. | } i aan eee | ----*fo- -- ! 'Paradox of Airplanes. |, Airplanes flying below sea level, as jreported by Gen, Allenby, may,appear -- ppseedaricn at first thought, although '¢ \a little calculation as tothe conditions | The commander of the British iforces in the Holy Land told of airmen sailing 400 feet below sea level bombing Turkish sheds on the Dead | Sea. As the level of the Dead Sea i¢_ 11,292 feet below that of the Mediter- | yanear the British airplanes must have been at an elevation of 892 feet. . - a RTILIZER PAYS"