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press tiny burg the st. the Â¥ or r@ of the In preparing the seedbed, be very careful to avoid using sprouted seed. In sprouted seed the little germ coverâ€" ing iz broken. If seed hu(beon @prouted and the sprout has‘ been broken cZ, **ere is little lHikelihood Most farmers have wheat drills, but many good farmers have to rely upon sowing the winter wheat on the harâ€" rowed ground and then covering it by harrowing and rolling. If such is the ease, be sure to take care that the seed is thoroughly covered. Ther® should be very little difficulty ~this year as to the seed sprouting after it is planted, because the land has been blessed with seasonable showers. It is just the same story with wheat. | Just because a sample of wheat is otl a particular variety is no criterion ; that it is of firstâ€"class quality. You} should use a fanning mill to sift outf the small and shrivelled grain, beâ€" cause inferior plants take up soil J room, absorb moisture, consume plantâ€" | food and fail to return the good reâ€" sults obtained from superior seed. If | you have time, by all means test the vitality of the seed, that is, count out ' 100 wheat seeds. Place them between ; damp blotters, and keep them nmf| the stove, In about four or five days | | the wheat should have sprouted sufâ€" l‘ ficiently for you to count the nnmborz‘ that are going to grow, If you find s that the wheat sprouts but $0%, inâ€" |, crease your quantity 20%, if you exâ€" 4 pect to get a normal stand, L There is something beside variety, however. _ All cows are not recordâ€" breakers. Thero are some that give ten, twelve and fifteen thousand pounds of milk in a year, and then again there are some that do not give enough milk to pay their board and are an actual expense to the farmer. To counterâ€"balance this, there are a few that produce extraordinary high milking records, upwards of twenty thousand pounds or over a year. These are very valuable and their calves are eagerly sought as breeding stock. 1 on the basis of the results obtained. For Ontario the following varieties have been found to give good results: Banatka, American Banner, Imperial Amber, Yarroslaf, Crimean Red. The fAirst variety of wheat is especially good milling wheat, since it is hard and fiinty and makes strong flour. Most farmers know that Dawson‘s Golden Chaff is one of the good varieâ€" ties. This is a heavy yielder, but proâ€" duces a rather soft grain. Volumes have been‘written about best varieties of wheat. The Canaâ€" dian farmer is fortunate in that he can refer to his provincial or Dominion tests. On both the experimental fields of Ontario Agricultural College andl the Dominion experimental farms, leading varieties of wheat. are care fully tested year by year. Only those that show superior value are retained. After theso have been earetully, studied, recommendations are made | If, after the ground is plowed, it has been carefully disked and harrowed, possibly rolled and harrowed also, the kernels of soil are packed sufficiently so that the moisture supply for the young growing wheat will be sufficient. This moisture supply is all important, because it is the carrier of plantfood. The plant obtains nearly all of its food through its roots, and this food can be taken up only when it is disâ€" solved in the soil moisture and root Juices. If this very simple explanaâ€" tion were fully comprehended by all Ontario ~â€"wheat erowers, it would ofl-' minate a great number of f@uure. Winter wheat cannot grow in a pool of water. It has to face the rigors of a rather severe winter, hence bad drainage conditions tend to retard its development and subsequently weak, illâ€"nourished wheat makes an unsueâ€" cessful attempt to face the severity of the Canadian winter. It will be of little avail to seed winter wheat in ground that is poorly drained. Use wellâ€"drained ground so that the plant may have suitable growing conditions. Now, there are ways and means by which the average farmer can increase both his wheat and his net profits. Be sure to see that the seedâ€"bed has very thorough preparation. A rough, lumâ€" py wheat seedâ€"bed leads to uneven planting, since many seeds are buried o deep and others fail to get sufâ€" ficient covering. Ontario farmers at this time are busy with their preparation of the winter wheat areas. They are taking special care to give the ground the very best preparation, since winter wheat this year means money. Prices are high and there seems every indiâ€" cation that they will remain so. In fact, wheat prices have but a very few times surpassed that obtained at the present time. The United States has just harvested a moderately large crop and the government is calling for an increase of over 30% of the crop proâ€" duced in 1917. Uncle Sam aims at over a billion buskels of wheat this coming year. lt * . uh : yeo 2\ . > M e%’ | Henry G. Bell WINTER WHEAT POINTERS The object of this department is to place at the serâ€" vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Beli, in care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, and answers will appear in this column in the order in which they are received. As space is limited it is advisâ€" able where immediate reply is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell . _ _An electric shock is felt most at wheat last fall at $ the elbow joint; the latter obstructs| Who received the di , the current, "Id leaps from one{that price and $2.80 bone to the other, price which recently : |If such an imcrease can be accompâ€" ‘lished on the?nurlo farms this year, | the farmers of the province can take |great advantage of the high prices ; which must prevail this coming year. °| Fertilizers may be new to some Onâ€" ® | tarto farmers, but they are not new in _ | their use in wheatâ€"growing sections. > |England has been using immense t | quantities of fertilizers for nearly 100 & | years. So have the eastern provinces ‘ |of this country and the eastern states * | of our neighbors to the South. _ The " |State of Ohio, which produces large y |quantities of winter wheat, makes ~| wide use of fertilizers, Prof,. Thorne, ; Director of Ohio Agricultural Expertâ€" _\ mental Station, has recently pointed ‘out that if the farmers in the county | where the â€" experiment station ls' located followed the fertilizer pracâ€"| | tices of the station, they would have‘ | Increased their wheat yields 14 bushâ€" | ols per acre, It is not a question ‘of {theory, it is a point already demonâ€" strated. Ohio Experiment Station has ‘ increased its wheat yields from 12 to lu bushels per acre by proper fertiâ€" lization; Indiana, 11,6 bushels; and | Misgouri, from 4 to 10 bushels where | {careful tests have been carried out, | Decide to have a poultry house this Winter. Don‘t let the birds roost in the horse stable for anâ€" | Fertilizers will not supply humus, ias manure does. They induce rapid |root growth and consequently add to ‘the humus of the soil, in so far as they produce this result, but they are { not essentially a source of humus. | They should be used then intelligentâ€" | ly, knowing that they are concentrated | plantâ€"food. _ Now the plant never uses pure nitroâ€" £@, which is a gas, or pure phosphorâ€" us or potassium, which are metals. We said a ton of fertilizer carries from 40 to 80 lbs. of nitrogen, from 160 to 200 Ibs. of phosphorus and posâ€" sibly 20 to 40 lbs. of potash. The rest of the ton is made up of the carriers of these various plantâ€"foods. ‘ ’ Under present internationai condiâ€" tlons, there is a great scarcity of the next plantfood ingredient, potash. Some‘ fertilizers offer one per ceont., but many are sold with only the first two ingredients of plantâ€"food in them. Potash causes the formation of starch or the filling of the kernel. It also gives the plant power to resist disease. Speaking generally, wheat soils are fairly well supplied with potash, so the lack of this plantâ€"food for wheat is not seriously noticed, as yet. We said that some of the food in the milk which the calf drank went to building the bone of the animal. Bone is composed of a combination of lime and phosphoric acid. Now, strange to say, it is the phosphorus from this same kind of a compound which is used by the plant to give strength to the growing plant and to hasten its maturity. The per cent. of phosphori¢c acid (P205) shown by the analysis on the bag, will tell you how much of this: kind of plantfood there is in the‘ mixture. I a| Many farmers are interested in forâ€" s | tilizers this year, but unfortunately ) | not all understand what fertilizers are, |or how they should be used. Fertiliâ€" â€"|zers are carriers of plantâ€"food in such . form that the plantâ€"food quickly disâ€" y : solves in the soil moisture and can be | used by the crop. Now, some of the "elements of the milk which the calft + drank went to building its flesh. | Other food in the milk went to buildâ€" 1”“ the bone of the animal. It is ’somewhat similar in the food of the plant. ~So that the farmer may know "tho relative amount of plantâ€"grower, | plantâ€"ripener and plantâ€"strengthener , that the fertilizer carries, the Dominâ€" ijon Government in 1909 decreed that jthls should be stated on the bags in which the fertilizers are sold, and that )the analysis should be guaranteed.' , Now, the farmer reads that the ferâ€" | tillzer contains 2 to 4% mitrogen, we | shall say. That means that the mixâ€" ;' ture contains 40 to 80 lbs. of that kind | of plantâ€"food, which causes the wheat | i plant to grow rapidly. Manure conâ€" }tains to the ton about 15 lbs. of this | kind of plantâ€"food. _ Of course every | bit of stock manure should be careâ€"|! fully spread on the ground and worked in, in order to increase the growth of || the ciops. Fertilizers should be used | to supplement the manure, or to mako] € it go two or three times as far. V You took good care to feed up the young calf or the young pigs early in the spring, because you determined to have strong, vigorous stock. The same care should be taken in the feeding of the wheat crop if best results are to be obtained. that it would produce a good healthy plant. wheat last fall at $1.40 per bushel. Who received the difference between that price and $2.80 per bushe!, the price which recently prevailed ? i| | provide clean fresh water. make good hog feed; byâ€"products from !' Salt should be supplied at the rate| canneries, bakeries, fisheries, packing | of five to seven ounces a week, given|Plants and the like can be utilized as |as often as twice during the week, Do|hog feed and to better economic adâ€" |not use a common salt box in the yard| vantage than in any other way, Dairy | unless all the cows are absolutely free| wastes are particularly vyaluable as |\ from disease, hog feed and promote rapid growth It pays in dollars and cents to give| with a good mo‘hey return for overy‘ ‘ the cow extra care, The cow that is| gallon fed, f ‘ {kept comfortable will give the best| The farm ogémfd furnishes large returns . ?uantit!el of windâ€"fallen or defective It is always desirable to grind all|fruit, which is relished by hogs, and il‘ grains for the dairy cow because of beneficial if fed in small quantities the large amount of feed that a cow frequently, and not all at ong feed, must dfgut in order to produce well, |Garden wastes, tops of vegetables, There is no advantage in cooking or| culls of all sorts, even weeds, ara read. steaming feeds for dairy cows, Some ily eaten, and such ag msy not be‘ unpalatable feeds may be consumed in / eaten will be worked over, going into larger quantities if cooked but cookâ€"| the bedding and adding to the manure, | ing does 'got ordinarily add much to Kitclwnot fmf hlri an â€" @xcellent‘ the palatability of grains and may evyâ€"| source of or ho % shoul t en decrease their digestibility, kept at a l:mmm, b&n‘. pra bt" ind hn e e tipnaregeneereey linlltoodwrodform’sm' It is estimated that cighty per cent. | °0°%U!d be eaten by him . lf of the Canadian farmers sold their Miilimmaomemias, .copmematiie.) C Commes ind C c l arccal s o 2 eai ie * C Oen . nessey ~There is no advantage in cooking or steaming feeds for dairy cows, Some unpalatable feeds may be consumed in larger quantities if cooked but cookâ€" ing does not ordinarily add much to the palatability of grains and may ev-l en decrease their digestibility, It is always desirable to grind all grains for the dairy cow because of the large amount of feed that a cow must dfgut in order to produce well, It pays in dollars and cents to give the cow extra care, The cow that is kept comfortable will give the best returns . Salt should be supplied at the rate of five to seven ounces a week, given as often as twice during the week, Do not use a common salt box in the yard unless all the cows are absolutely free from disease, Cows need much water and should be induced to d rink two or three times a day if possible. The average milch cow requires nearly ten gallons of waâ€" ter a day and more than twoâ€"thirds of that must come as drink and the balâ€" anee from water in the food. _ Always provide clean fresh water. i Do not feed the dairy herd as a herd, for cows differ in their food reâ€" quirements just as human beings do. By feeding all cows in the herd alike, some are sure not to get enough for the greatest profit and others will get more than they can use to advantage. 2. The God of strength. Law inâ€" volves retribution. Cause and effect God. As the old prophets, some of them in exile, saw his character in all its fullness, so we are beGginning to get an allâ€"round vision of God as we see him revealed in social ]frogress. We find the God of love is also the God of law. We discover that he deals with sin and evil not by whim and fancy, but by fixed laws. In these laws the[ operation of divine love is seen séek-l ing to save the individual and the comâ€" | munity from the consequences of sin. | CA Thiprpi® Lesson XIV. The Goodness and Severiâ€" ’ ty of Godâ€"Review. Golden ’ Text Psa. 103. 8. 1. The God of love. _ Modern Christianity has been passing through a period in which the love and forgiveâ€" ness of God have been emphasized. His relations to the individual have been dealt with almost exclusively. His lessons for the nations and for humanity have only recently come again into prominence. With this emphasis on the other half of the law and the gospel there comes a fuller vision of the character and purpose of | Did I keep in mind that children who do not have plenty of fruit and vegetables need whole wheat bread and whole grains served in other ways ? m * Did I keep in mind that while cerâ€" eals are good foods in themselves, they do not take the place of meat, milk, eggs, fruit, and vegetables ? Did I take pains to get a variety of foods from the cereal group by servâ€" ing a cereal mush once during the day ? Was the bread soggy ? If so, was it because the loaves were too large, or because they were not cooked long enough ? Were all cereal foods thoroughly cocked ? Did 1 make good use of all skimâ€" milk by using it in the preparation of cereal mushes, puddings, or otherâ€" wise ? _ Have I taken pains to see that the ’ milk that comes to my house has been handled in a clean way ? If I was obliged to serve skimâ€"milk for the sake of cleanness or economy, did I supply a little extra fat in some other way ? Were the fats which 1 gave the child of the wholesome kind found in milk, cream, butter, and salad oils, or of the unwholesome kind found in doughnuts and other fried faods ? J Questions Every Mother Should Ask Herself. Did each child take about a quart| Did each child have an egg or an of milk in one form or another ? equivalent amount of meat, fish, or Have I taken pains to see that the | poultry ? mWR Whie 4 enc n deee a l w F ‘ INTERNATIONAL LESSON SEPTEMBER 30. Atlantic Sugar Refineries Lamited MONTREAL Lantic pure Cane Sugar, with its fine 3“““1‘5::: is best for all preserving, 2 and 5â€"1b. cartons e es of Send us Red Boll Tridoomant tor hree copl THE CHILDREN‘S FOOD leaves the tableâ€" with an sure to return wjth one." point for food conservers, _ *‘Even though the hog furnishes the ’most meat for a given amount of feed and will produce it in the quickest time, it is pointed out that this meat should be produced mainly from food wastes and not from good grain that would furnish food directly to man. The great economy in pork production comes from the fact that pigs furnish | a food byâ€"product from these wastes| and do not need the highâ€"grade feeds that beef cattle must have, 4 l Wastes on fa_rml and in the towns | with man. must be left in the hands of God, then they faced their proper task of reâ€" claiming the sinner and preventing the sin. _ It must be the same in the relations between nations. Criminals and crime must be prevented, but the social consequences inherent in the sin of those who offend against inter-; national {:stice and righteousness will after all be visited most severely upon their own heads. ‘The penalty can be le_ftL with God. _ The prevention lies| ';‘;ggoézzrralnfjner;gg‘s,quil;nces of sir’\r fiq‘ MENDING MELISSA‘s DRESS | causes. ; ing | glfnglty of s_t;cit;l zin is a challenge tg M:}lil::!)setlh:::son %:fisss’:ck‘xvna:nd;:g) e community to disc d | * | its rooty. _ * C “““°"°‘ oldest and largest doll, and Elizabeth _ 0. To whom vengeance belongeth. did not know how she had ma.m\gedl‘ There is a constant desire of men to to tear her new summer dress. Still,| take a situation of wrongdoing into! it did not matter much how it happenâ€" | their own hands_ and to punish the | ed, after all, The only thing to do was | violaters of law. The result is evident‘to'mend the dr d y Melissa | in the old Eenal system, which, seekâ€" emunt hepaintnes | ing to work vengeance, has failed to W"" "° able_to mend it hers.elf Elizaâ€"| benefit either the community or thej beth was trying hard to do it for her.| criminal. When men learned that the| Besides, it was Elizabeth‘s birthday,| consequences of sin for the slinner;l and she was going to have a party in | must be left in the hands of God, then the afternoon. â€" Of course Elizabe: 1| g:gnifxagwgh:hesii; nI;l!“OP:rl“d task of t_re-; not allow Melissa to wear a torn dress j1 r the ain" 3, G°[p V NC preventin®) to the party. | Was the food served in a neat and orderly way and did the child take ; imeâ€"<ta.chew his food properly ? 22°00 .} work out irresistibly in the monl'u;.u at universe. They owrm constantly in | when a) gocial progress. e discover famine‘ tricked « and pestilence to be not the sudden; it then â€" whim of an angry God, but the dire ef. !t then : fect of broken law. Nations have reâ€"| great de: fused to work economic righteousness,| =â€"=â€"â€"â€"â€" they have refused to obey the moral laws that are related to health, and hence they pay the cost in suffering, o This is the sevorl’tÂ¥ of the moral uniâ€" verse, but it is still the strength of love. _It is not punitive, but correcâ€" tive. It is penalty, not merely iplmish- ment. This makes it possible for men who learn the consequences of sin to MENC discover and remove its causes. The Elizabe penalty of social sin is a challenge to‘ Melissa‘s the community to discover and remove | its roots. | oldest an Were the sweets given to the child simple, i. e., unmixed with much fat or with hard substances difficult to chew, and not highly flavored ? Was he allowed to eat sweets when he should have been drinking milk or eating cereals, meat, eggs, fruit or vegetables ? Was the child given sweets between meals, or anything that tempted him to eat when he was not hungry ? A/AVFT‘ 3 Did either the fruit or the vegetable disagree with the child ? If so, ought I to have cooked it more thoroughly, chopped it more finely, or have reâ€" moved the skins or seeds ? Were vegetables and fruits both on the child‘s bill of fare once during the day ? If not, was it because we have not taken pains to raise them in our home garden? _ _Did any child have more than this of flesh foods or eggs ? If so, might the money not have been better spent for fruits or vegetables ? If I was unable to get milk, meat, fish, poultry, or eggs, did I serve dried beans, or other legumes thoroughly cooked and carefully seasoned ? 6 +eager JookeG observed© that "he w‘l’:,tflod to m:':d“ovo‘rdhg m. ‘fi im "eut, o he mt hy i d is we 2l 1 conservers. reâ€"1s .t‘m ng"..‘."‘ Te -...IE.LEQA ind adding to the manure, | astes are. an Qlu:gentj d for hogs, but should he nimum, becfmn prac ,‘ prepared for man‘s use en by him . l B4 s forne â€"q are the most valued treasure on the preâ€" serve shelf. ONTARIO ARCHIVES ToRronto Peaches "Pure and Uncolored" 139 |dows the rord, | *"Btop, Teaser!" ~cried Elinbot?, "Stop, i say, or you will tear it worse!" f But Teaser did not stop, He only pulled the harder, Buddenly, with an extra tug, he pulled the dress trom1 Elizabeth‘s hands and dashed througl” the door, with the dress flyin’l behind him, Elizabeth leapgd from her bu-' sock and ran after him. , © "Come back ! Come back !" she cried. "Come back here this instant, Teager |" _ Tegager Jooked ovyer his ghoulger and Teaser barked again, No doubt h« knew very well what she said, but he had no idea of giving up so easily, Buddenly he seized Melissa‘s dress lyn hig teeth and pulled it. â€" "Yes, yes, Teasor," said Elizabeth, "I know that it is a beautiful day, and I want to go out and play with you, but this dress simply must be mendâ€" in little, short leaps, stopped in front of Elizabeth Jong enough to bark sharply,. and then bounded to the door and back again, "Don‘t you dare to bother me, Teasâ€" er!" said Elizabeth. "I‘m as busy as I can be!" But Teaser was not to be put off in that way. He jumped round the room Then, just as she was putting some more thread in her needle, Teaser came bounding in through the door. "I can‘t stand it much longer!" sighed Elizabeth. "But I just must mend this dress so that Melissa can go to the party. O dear!l It‘s such a job!" "Oh, come out! Oh, come out! Oh, come out!" the robin was singing, alâ€" most as plainly as a person could speak the words, It was a beautiful summer morning, and it was the hardest thing in the world to stay in the house on such a morning, let alone mending a dress that should not have been torn. Just outside the windo.. there was a robin singing in a maple tree. ‘ 1 Obstacle Raceâ€"There is plenty of laughter in this game. Those who do | not know it are‘sent out of the room > | and let in one by one. ‘The boy or girl | who is called in is shown two or three small objects, such as a footstool, a | vase, milk bottle, etc., that have been | placed in a line on the floor. The orâ€" |der is, "walk blindfolded past these objects without touching them." The |player is accordingly blindfolded, but | before the hazardous trip is begun all the obstacles are removed. The boy or girl will pick steps very carefully, j trying to sidestep what is really not there at all. At the end of the game, when all the players who have been tricked except the last one whose turn it then is are present, there a very great deal of merriment. If the feet are to be guessed instead of the hands, the screen should be raised a foot or so from the floor so that the shoes may be seen underâ€" neath and the rest of the body hidden. ; Hands and feet guessingâ€"To play this game divide the party into two ’bands. One is sent out of the room, the other stays in it Place a screen ,(one of the folding kind) in front of an open~ door. The members of the ,band« that has been sent out of the room then w&lk past the open door behind the screen holding up one of their hands as they pass. The memâ€" bers of the band left in the room must ; then guess whose hand it is For every hand guessed correctly a point is scored for the band. After all of one side has shown a hand it is the turn' of the other side to go out and do the same. The side scoring the most points in the end wins. Bchool Girl:â€"Try the follcwing games at the party for your school friends;â€" _ Mother:â€"Here is a sample day‘s diet for a threeâ€"yearâ€"old child.. Breakâ€" fast, scraped fresh apple or orange juice, strained oatmeal and top milk, milk to drink. Morning lunch, milk, biscuit. Dinner, poached egg, tender vegetable put through sieve, stale bread and butter, corn starch pudâ€" ding, milk to drink. Supper, rice and top milk, seedless jam sandwiches, milk to drink. Address alf‘éJF;qufiu;fi;:‘f;; Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Mothers and daughters of all ages are department. Initials only will be published v as a means of identification, but full name ar letter. Write on one side of paper only, / stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed § 394. T1 : Spol heso §A ropfem 1 ;1; 12 ®" Or8 0f all ages are cordially invited to write to this ’lnitlala only will be published with each question and its answer IrAAREIMnaSLe koa alas c l Lo C 12 Oe P MEERCTCT RAC TVS RNBWeT , but full name and address must be given in each of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct‘ if v . ‘ Wis 1 of leas Alittle later, when Eilizabeth looked | }") qhu:uf" t:e:?: your c Yeeper jnto the box that the doll had ; Maple leaves make fin come in, she found there several exâ€" ; the compost heap. _ Pile tra dresses. One of them she promptâ€"| et them rof over winter \ly gave to Melissa to tgke the place L ready for use as m | of x:tldlpdhlml torn dress that m‘lprint. A lmlino ‘5“ 3 own away. 8 leaves have rne | now fit only to be thrown away.| . And [eaver hate bewp ho "Ohb, then she‘s mine, after aill }" said Rlizabeth, and she seized the beautiful new doill from her perch on her father‘s other knee and hugged him and the doll at the same time, "And ‘Jeaser knew it al} the time and was tmflttn tell me |" Alittle later, when Elizabeth looked ~‘"Well," he said, still laughing, "that new doll has come to your birthday party. I was brlngln. her home from the village, and the parce! fell from the wagon‘ just before I got here. Teaser saw it fall, but it was too large for him to carry, and he made you go and get it before I could go for jt myâ€" self," Then Elizabeth‘s father laughed, and took her on one knee and the wonâ€" derful doll on the other knee. hy Mnsd Pelon Lait "Like it!" cried Elizabeth, "Of coursel would like it, but of course I caff? have it! Some little girl has lost itâ€"or some little girl‘s father was taking it home to her," ‘"Would you asked, in, "Oh! Oh!" was all that Elizabeth could gasp; and Teaser, who was much excited over the box and its wrappings, barked two or three times as loudly as he could. Melissa‘s mother decided to open it. Perhaps there would be a name or an address inside. And when they took off the wrapping paper and removed the cover, what do you suppose they found ? A beautiful doll, about the size of Melissa, dressed in the loveâ€" liest clothes ! _ _"See, mother!" she cried. _ "See what Teaser found in the road, where he had dragged Melissa‘s dressâ€"the horrid thing !" P The parcel bore no address. It was a long box, wrapped in plain brown paper. What could it be? Who could have lost it ? tougher where there‘s none.‘ Not far from the house Teaser sudâ€" } 3‘.'?!“. to pay pretty high for any denly stopped in the middle of the |thing we get nowadays, Uncle Peleg,‘ highway. He dropped Melissa‘s dress I says, as he started to go. and began to sniff at a parcel that| * ‘Yes,‘ says he, ‘but that isn‘t so looked as if it had just fallen from a ’t;ac: tbyuhng, i evinne lgel'n:' fl;'l: /A hame All. e 8, B 4 @ passing wagon. At first Euza!?eth wa-s‘ m.setting down 4o 4 £008 square so eager to pick up Melissa‘s dress, tml at home, I seem to see some of now more soiled and torn than ever, |those hungry people across the water that she did not see the parcel; but |looking on kind of wishful; and it Teaser barked again and danced ‘makes me feel real guilty, as if I was round her in such a way that she had .lgettint more than my share.‘ to notice it. She picked it up and ran ‘ "After the old man had gone out, with it back to the house. l eonvarsatinn CenameA in â€" 2t c â€" eas on the verge of tears, calling to him in vain as she pursued him. K Just then Elizaboth‘s father came Honey and nut bran muffins are a valuable addition to the lunch box. Here is the receipe: % cup honey, 1 cup flour, from % to % teaspoon soda, % teaspoon salt, 2 cups bran, 1 tableâ€" spoon melted butter, 114 cups milk, % cup finely chopped English walnuts. Sift together the flour, soda and sait, and mixâ€"them with the bran. Add the other ingredients and bakeâ€"for 25 or 80 minutes in a hot oven in gem tin® This will make about 20 muffins,. _ | this department to Mrs. Helen Law, Mincedâ€"beef _ sandwiches, _ apple sauce (in jars) and cake. _ Cold slices of meat loaf, soda crackâ€" ers, buttered; stewed fruit put in a little jar with screwâ€"on top, and a plece of gingerâ€"bread. Bakedâ€"beans sandwiches, orange and a couple of pieces of candy. Hard boiled eggs, rye bread and fruit. Crisp rolls hollowed out and filled with chopped meat or fish; season with a little salad dressing; a peach and an apple. } Mrs. 8. D.:â€"Lunchâ€"box bills of fare are very important, and you are a wise mother to pay special attention to them. Pennies spent in the candy store at noon can undo all the good of the nourishment taken under watchful eyes in the morning and at night, and & nice lunch is the very best rival of & penny candy store. Here are some bills of fare that can be made up from dinner leftâ€"overs: Word gameâ€"Choose sides and apâ€" point a scorer and a timekeeper. A player‘from A‘s party is sent out of the room while B‘s party picks out a | letter. The A player is then called in | and the timekeeper says "Go." The | letter is told and then he must say as fast as he can as manyâ€"words beginâ€" ‘nln: with that letter as he can think ; of on the spur of the moment. At the | end of a minute the timekeeper stops * him and his score is counted.. One of . B‘s side then goes out and does the,l same thing. So on the game goes unâ€" " til all players alternately have had a 1 turn. The scores of each side are | then counted, the one with the greatâ€" {1 est number of words winning. Z and |! X may mot be chosen. l‘ â€"b'lhd‘ ‘ T@‘T’:‘:fl '01\‘3:; # lonQ' é2n04 84 soop as they‘vs '.wfi"«u‘m:flw like that doll ?" he _ All weeds and other .;:::;I:i:“('lo- bris from the garden should be thrown into the pile, _ There is nothing bet, ter for this purpose than leaves, Do not burn jeaves> that fall in the autumnkuko dtho- into b.o pile l‘und permit them to decay, as they ma e a splendid fertilizer, If a neighbor wishes hmdiopou of leaves lndua;lhln to dunip on your compost pile, ulgnpln lnv:a make fine mhrzl fop t BDMmEGE Benas hate c .02 C( F | posted soil. Composted soil is preâ€" pared by making a long flat topped pile of alternate layers of manure and | grass sods turned upside down, or if this cannot be had use earth. The | sides~of the pile should be made as \nearly perpendicular as possible and the top fiattened to permit of the ’ rains soaking in. It is well to build itheplloluaah.dypheeud,lftho I"‘“" is available, to give an 00â€" casional good soaking. After the pile has been bullt and has been allowed to settle for a cou: of weeks it should then be -p-m over; thet is, throwing the entire pile a ghovelful at a time over into anâ€" other place, in order to thoroughly in. corporate du manure with the soil, If it has not already been done measures should at once be taken by the gardener who contemplates growâ€" ing vegetables under glass next spring to provide himself with a pile of comâ€" |_ "After the old man had gone out, conversation seemed to take a dif. ‘f‘ere‘nt‘tt}rg;i‘l guess we had all been soil." This last is invaluable for use in greenhouses, hotbeds and cold frames where a rich soil is necessary in order to give quick action. The compost is mainly used for top dressâ€" ing a growing crop, for fertilizing the soil in n_ed beds and for melon hills. Well rotted li;;url';-;r other organic matter is known as "compost," or when mixed with soil as "comnosted 1 PeCR Cmm CV VERs reminded that there are some things in the world a little more heartâ€"rendâ€" ing that the high cost of living in Bloomfield." i e un o Coor oo ol BC TL ‘‘em has lost weight, and they never ]were healthier or happier. He says l.the generality of folks eat too much ‘and â€" too expensively, and that we \|never can know how little is enough j until we have put the question to the test. ‘ "But most of our Bloomfield people ‘do their fighting of the high cost of ; living simply by word of mouth. That ‘lwu what I found a lot of ‘em doing ’when I stepped into Silas Pride‘s proâ€" | vision store the other night. _ They | weren‘t giving the monster a leg to stand on. They all agreed that it was ‘unjust and outrageous and heartâ€"rendâ€" |ing the way prices were mounting up; and that flesh and blood couldn‘t stand |it much longer. Silas himself joined |right in with the rest. He said it made | him fairly sick to have to charge such |prices, but what could he do ? |_ "Just then old Peleg Dawes came to buy his Sunday dinner. 1 suppose Peleg was the only man there that you might say was actually feeling the pinch of poverty. _ He‘s past work, with not much to do with, and it was kind of pitiful to see him pricing one ng after another and then shaking ghud. Finally he settled on half a pound of.tripe, ___ "‘A good piece of tripe, "udz cooked,‘ says he, ‘goes about as w as anything, this time of year Some calls it a little tough, but I tell ‘em it‘s tougher where there‘s none.‘ y ,, ) becaer _A different principle, Eben says that it doesn‘t cost him so Yery much more to live than it aia five years ago. He was always a great figurer, you know. He‘s set what he calls a fair price on each of the comâ€" modities. Of course he can‘t control the price, but he can regulate the quantity. So when sugar, for examâ€" ple, takes a jump of ten per cent., he marks down the amount to be used in just the same proportion, and so keeps even with the game. You might supâ€" pose that the family would be on scant rations by this time, but Eben says not. According to his tell, not one of ‘em h:n lonE woigh_t, and they never _ " Why,.yes," said Reaben, "They all seem to live along in pretty much the same old way. Of course there is some scaling down. Extravagant ones are tlghtonlflg up a bit, and the close nhas ara a kar mE 306 2 "I suppose the folks back home still nunuotont.llv!n.luuluoftho high cost of it ?" said the dweller in the city to his boyhood friend, Reuben Bparrow, who hagd driven in from Bloomfield that morning. seum _0 5. ° Aer onl eperation, _ Now is the preparations :uw y up and PS i P