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BRIT ngaged in ‘ FACE IsH CY. RONT er Lord Rhondda, said recently, "Unâ€" less the people of Canada and United States speed up their food supplies, the Allied peoples may find it very difâ€" ficult to carry this war on to that conâ€" elusion which will mean a permanent peace." You may not feel that this has a bearing on your particular garden or farm products, but it is the good work that you and your neighbor, and your neighbor‘s neighbor do that is going to make it possible for Canada to proâ€" duce the largest crops in her history in 1918. _ You have used good seed, and given your crops a good start and you are planning to cultivate them thoroughly and as frequently as your labor supply will permit. _ There is yet one other thing you can do to inâ€" crease the yield, and that is to apply fertilizers along the row just before you cultivate the corn, potatoes and other hoed crops. Fertilizers are concentrated soluble plantfood. _ A side application, worked into the ground during the growing season, is just like a pail of fresh milk given to a growing calf. It is the food that makes the crop and animal growth. _ The application of fertilizers before cultivation is not so tedious and difficult an operation as might be imagined. _ A simple apâ€" paratus can be rigged up as follows:â€" Take an ordinary tin funnel which is 6 or 8 inches across the top and fit it into a piece of rubber hose or a small rain pipe, about 3 or 4 feet long. When a bag of fertilizer is swung over the back cut a hole in the corner of it and hold the funnel under the hole. As you walk along the row you can guide the loose end of the hose or pipe so that a stream of fertilizer runs along the row, not too near the growing crop. Do this before you cultivate and the cultivation will work the plantâ€" food into the soil. _ There are cultivaâ€" tors built with fertilizer dropping atâ€" tachments, which merely corfsist of a fertilizer hopper and a tube reaching down in front of the shoes. These drop the fertilizer just before the culâ€" tivator works the soil. The added plantfood gives the crop a vigorous start and materially helps in early maturing of the crop. â€" Ihave before me statements of large comâ€" mercial growers of tomatoes and other garden crops that get goodl results from sideâ€"dressing of crops. _ It is a logical practice and one which this year above all times, should render good service and increase and improve food productions both in the garden and on the large farm. Home gardeners and farmers with crops of potatoes, mangels and corn are anxious to do the right thing at this time in order to produce largest' erops. â€" Many a corn crop has been| eut short from 5 to 20% by bad cultiâ€" vation. â€" The purpose of cultivation is primarily to break up the continuous connection of soil crumbs from the surface down to what is generally | known as the water table, which is the | place where the, soil remains damp.' This may, or may not be near the: surface. â€" When the soil particles aroi thoroughly connected up, water rises in the soil by clinging from one por-t tion of soil to another until it rises to the surface where it is evaporated.! When you cultivate the spaces be-‘ tween the rows of corn, potatoes and other crops you simply break up the' Cabbage Plants Of all leading early and late varieties, 45¢. per hundrm mail preâ€" p.li{!. Lu.so per . th express co ec L PWY eWd NPPPTTT “’Xx“.; Cauliffower, Brussels Sprouts kad Onton Flentk â€"__.____. [ _ C3 _ Plants are being shipped successâ€" fully to all parts of Canada. Ask Yor price list. Merold‘s Farms, Fruitiand, Ontario WO O L € . V, ANDREWS _ C is Cnokâ€"Rdr, TORONTO _/ Sideâ€"Feeding Garden Crops. direct to us get better prices u:n fpmefl':vtho sell to the ASK ANI FARMER! who hud .ooio.whhltmho both , and n ysâ€" :r.yl:fl.ler sm‘l;afiu us & our wl:; they ghow you how much you lose by selling to the How and When to Cultivate. | top connections of the soil and prevent amenenpeny SV C TT Now, the rapidly growing cropsl quickly send their tiny roots out across the spaces between the rows, and the smallest rootlets frequently come within an inch of the surface of l the soil, hence a deep cultivation, while it may kill the weeds, prunes off large‘ quantities of these feeding roots, andi virtually works to the starving of the plant. _ Cultivate shallower and shalâ€" lower as the season goes on, and keep a little further away each time from the growing crop. _ It is unnecessary to quote figures and experiments to prove this statement, suffice it to say, there is an abundance of proof on file to show that too close and too deep cultivation, while it makes a crop look good, actually cuts down the yields much more than the average man suspects. _ Of course weeds must be kept down, but they can be cut off at the surface without digging down into the soil and upsetting the feeding conditions of the crop. _ Keep your the escape of moisture. While the crops are young and beâ€" fore the branches cause enough shade to prevent the exposure of the ground between the rows, there is a great deal of evaporation going on.‘ After a sharp, heavy rainstorm, the soil is freâ€" quently packed together so that the soilâ€"crumb connections _ spoken of above, are connected up. If you do not cultivate your crops for quite a time after the rain has fallen the proâ€" bability is that not only will the moisâ€" ture which fell in the rainstorm be evaporated, but there will be an acâ€" tual loss of the moisture you had in the soil before the storm, because the connections with the soil store of moisâ€" ture have been reunited by the rain packing the soil. Just as soon as the ground is dry enough then, after a summer rain, the surface should be stirred in order to retain the soil moisâ€" ture. hoe sharp and practice surface hoeâ€" ing, in order to kill weeds. $ It is economy to feed young and growing poultry of every kind all they need of the best feeds. Full use should be made of waste products from the kitchen, the table and the foods on the farm range for such material is excellent food for all kinds of poultry and will help to cut down the expense of feeding. There is a good chance to make money on the laying stock from now until they begin to shed their feathers because it costs less to feed them now and they produce eggs in liberal numâ€" bers. â€" Those that molt late will usuâ€" ally lay at least a dollar‘s worth of eggs during the summer and will then sell in the market for as much as could be obtained for them now. A good food for newlyâ€"hatched ducklings and goslings is stale (but not moldy or musty) bread moistened with milk and with a little fine grit and a little finely granulated charcoal mixed in. â€" This can be fed five times a day, as much as the little ones will eat up promptly at each meal. After a few days this ration can gradually be changed to one made of one part corn meal and two parts wheat bran, mixed with milk or water and containâ€" ing a little grit and charcoal. _ Feed this once a day. Little chicks and little turkeys usuâ€" ally do well if started on johnnycake, baked hard, crumbled and fed dry. Many breeders, however, start them on dry grain chick feed and they do well on that if they have plenty of chance to exercise after the first day or two and are not allowed to get chillâ€" ed or overheated. Head lice which bore through the skulls of chicksâ€"and poults and graâ€" dually cause paralysis and finally death are the cause of many losses and all chicks and poults should be careâ€" fully examined by turning the down on their heads. If the head lice are found, apply some» good headâ€"lice ointâ€" ment, or if that cannot be obtained readily, a little sweet oil or vaseline though the headâ€"lice ointment is better because it is made for the purpose. Advice is something that somebody who has been through a thing that you are just starting into gives you along with a pain. (There is no extra charge for the workmanship on the foregoing sentence.) It (the advice) is free, and worth it. As a rule, old people give young people advice and young people don‘t take it. Most of the advice in the world is about choosing a career and getting marâ€" ried, and both of these are usually dingmal failures. Once in a whole you meet a person who never gives advice, and never takes any. Stick to wEGEvEC W EeBE EBCmE C C him. He is a rare individual All About Advice. Lesson I. Beginning The Christian: Lifeâ€"John 1. 35â€"51; Acts 16. 13â€"34. Golden text, Rev. 22. 17 Verse 183. On the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river sideâ€"This verse lands in the midst of a narrative concerning the experience of Paul in the city of Philippi in Macedonia, notable as the first city in Euro%e in which the gospel was firenc ed. Following the vision which e had in Troas, Paul crosses over to Europe. _ He first touches at Neapolis on the shore (the modern Kavala)i and then goes up to the Roman colony of Philippi, named after Philip of: Macedon. _ He remains several days! in the citÂ¥, right to whose privileges he could claim as a Roman citizen. On, the Sabbath day, that is, the Jewish Sabbath, he goes out to where the ’Jews congregate, which was by the riverside. Where we supposed there was a dplace of prayerâ€"In most cities we find the Jews worshiping in a synâ€" agogue, but in this city the{ seem to | have been too poor to build themselves a house of worship. â€" They had only a "praying place," or "proseucha," by ! the river side, where prayer was wont ‘to be made. We sat down, and spake | unto the womenâ€"This was apparently [not. a synagogue service. It was not | unusual for the teacher to teach in sitâ€" | ting posture. | 16â€"24. The incidents Fecorded in this section occurred on another day in Philippi. _ It appears that a slave girl who was a ventriloquist, in the service of her masters and bringing in considâ€" erable revenue through her “soothsay-‘ ing," followed Paul, crying out through the demon su(fposed to posâ€" sess her and acknowledging Paul and his companion as "servants of the Most High God." _ Paul rebukes the "demon," the girl is restored, the spell of the demon is broken, and the | soothsaying business is broken up. The men who owned the cFirl seize Paul | and his companion and drag them beâ€" fore the magistrates. â€" The crowd is inflamed against them, their clothes are torn from them, the?' are publicly whipped with rods and 8 aced in prison :wit£ their feet fastened into stocks. 14. A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purpleâ€"That is, a seller of fabrics and clothes dyed purple. One that worshipped Godâ€"She was a proâ€" selyte and, so, disposed to interest in religious life. Heard usâ€"More properâ€" ly, was listening to us. Whose heartâ€"the Lord openedâ€"She was in the attitude of open mind to receive the truth, a sincere, unprejudiced and ingenuous inquirer for the way of life. _ She welâ€" comed the presentation of Christ through the message of Paul and with willing submission rendered the moral selfâ€"conscious compliance by which she arrived at faith. 15. When she was baptized, and her householdâ€"She dedicates her entire family to the Lord, accepting "At Ԥhe family to the Lord, accepting "At the hands of Paul the rite of Christian baptism, as the rite initiating her into the Christian church * ‘This is one of the cases of "household baptism" menâ€" tioned in the New Testament. ° (For others see Acts 18. 8 and 1 Cor. 1. 16.) It is assumed that the term "household" must have included all }ler children and, in all probability, inâ€" ants. 25. Aibout midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisofiers were listening â€"foey were probably unable to sleep because of the pain of their wounds from the awful scourging and the disâ€" comfort of their position, but with joyful spirit, unmoved by the savage treatment, they fill the prison with their jubilant hymns of praiseâ€"a marâ€" velous thing to the wretched prisoners \é%on whose ears fell the notes of ristian joy. 26. Sudder;ll_i there was a great earthquakeâ€"This evidently reads as a miraculous event, indicated b{ all the detailsâ€"the openinfg of all the doors and the shaking off of all the bonds of the prisoners. 27. The jailor . . .. was about to kill himselfâ€"The jailor was responâ€" sible with his life for the safety of the prisoners and preférred death by his own hand to exposure, disgrace, and a dishonorable death. 28. Do tarself no harm: for we are all hereâ€"Why did not the prisoners make a dash for safety when an opporâ€" tunity was afforded them? The earthâ€" a};lnke had thrown them into a panic. e eJnllor came to the outer door, called for lights, and, with the preâ€" sence of mind of a Roman, summoned the guard, and the opportunity was lost. 29. Fell down before Paul and Silas â€"He now saw in Paul and Silas no longer criminals. The’l\:hwere unlike any other prisoners. ey had been shamefully treated, but were evidentâ€" ly, to him, favorites of the gods. 80. Sirs, what must I do to be savâ€"; ed?â€"His appeal was not to be saved from the earthquake or from the| wrath of the ;odl on account of his treatment of Paul and Silas, for he was merely an instrument to carry out| the decision of the magistrates, but iti was salvation as he had heard it deâ€" clared by the apostles. | 82. They spake the work of the Lord unto himâ€"This must have meant & comrlete setting forth to this Roman and his household of the nature of the teachings of Jesus and the way of salâ€" vation through him. _ _ _ _ 33. He and all his, immediatelyâ€" The jailor brought forth fruits meet for repentance, trentinfi( now with great consideration and kindness the suffering apostles. The washing of the stripes and the baptism in all proâ€" bability took :lace in the court of the Krisgn or with water immediately at and. 34. Set food before themâ€"They are not now in the tKrisor.n but in the priâ€" vate house of the jailor with all the comfort he can ?rovid'e for them. Reâ€" joiced greatlyâ€""Joy in the Lord" is the phrase used frequently in the letâ€" ters of Paul to indicate the spirit of the churches he founded. INTERNATIONAL LESSON JULY 7. ul and Silas ‘no'i Most persons are fully aware of the ho hn unlike merits of a silo for winter use, but it wgeh:gi (}’ee:t':i I have found that a silo will pay me of the gods. | as much in the summer as in the winâ€" . I do to be savâ€", ter. , During these days of highâ€" not to be saved Priced feed it has become an absolute or from the necessity, and I have learned that it ; account of his| is very expensive to use $200 per acre d Silas, for he| land for pasture when I can raise five| ent to carry out| times"as much grain on the same land.| A successful dairyman uses tl:e fol. lowing mixture to make a thinâ€"gruel substitute for milk: 100 pounds ground oil cake, 100 pounds lowâ€"grade flour and twentyâ€"five pounds ground flaxâ€" seed. Wash the separator parts in lukeâ€" warm water and then rinse in scalding water after each separation. _ A bowl which vibrates causes a loss of fat in the skimâ€"milk. â€" Be sure that the maâ€" chine is level, and firmly attached to its foundation. # l But there is another side to this | pleasant picture, and one that seems to be little understood. It is the |fact that green grass often acts more ‘as a stimulant than an actual feed. i That, we think, invariably is its tendâ€" | ency during the first weeks of pasturâ€" |ing when grass is lush and laxative. | It very freely relaxes the bowels and 'incidentally causes a sudden release { and utilization of a hoard of nutrient matter which the cow has stored in her tissues during winter. _ She simâ€" ply unlocks her reserve supplies of nutrients and energy and draws lavâ€" ishly upon them until such time as !grass matures, loses its active laxaâ€" tive properties, and serves as adeâ€" lquate sustenance for all of the needs | of the body. When calves‘ horns are just beginâ€" ning to appear, take a stick of caustic potash, moisten it and rub it on the horns two or three times, letting the caustic dry after each application. This will prevent the horns from deâ€" veloping. The caustic should not touch any spot but the horns, nor get on the hands of the one applying it. For bloat in cattle give one or two ounces of turpentine well shaken into two quarts of milk; or one and oneâ€" third ounces of formalin in a quart of water; or one pound of baking soda and three heaping tablespoonfuls of ginger in two quarts of water. These must be given as a drench, and it is well to place a block in the animal‘s mouth so the gas can escape readily. Dairymen rejoice when at last comes the green grass season of the year, when heavy handâ€"feeding may be discontinued and the happy cows luxuriate upon pasture. They notice now that the milk has increased maâ€" terially in amount, lost much of its winter blueness, and assumed a yelâ€" lower, richer tint. . They smile with satisfaction on account of these things and because they know that grass is cheap, and so they figure that, for once, the cows now are more than payâ€" ing for their feed. CP#TDpirr‘t? \ _ Curing clover: Cut clover hay when ! about half the blossoms are brown and as soon as the dew is off in the mornâ€" | ing. _ At noon shake out the bunches, rake into windrows before evening dew | gets on it, and let it lie until next day. Next day shake out the hay as soon as ' the dew is off. You ought to be ready to haul, on a hot day, by eleven | o‘clock, or certainly after dinner. It | spoils clover hay to get too dry. It ‘ should never be put into the barn when ] wet with rain or dew, but a little sap | won‘t hurt it. If ample supplies of riper grass, forage, and grains or meals are not then available, the cow inevitably faces a starvation period after the feast of good things she has for a brief time enjoyed when green grass set it free. She now must have extra feed or her milk secretion will dry up and her body emaciate. _ Heat, flies, and drying up of grass unite in this supplementary feeding isjjSHRDLU debilitating process, and generous supâ€" plementary feeding is necessary. A hayâ€"tedder will in short order save the interest on the money investâ€" ed. â€" As a rule, farmers have been in the habit of thinking of this as a dispensable tool. _ On the contrary it is almost indispensable. Curing timothy: Cut timothy just as the bloom is falling. _ If the crop is not too heavy and rank, cut as soon as the dew is off, let it cure a few hours, rake into windrows, and haul to the barn the same day. If crop is rank, cut it in the afternoon: it will wilt some during the night and dew will not hurt it. _ Next day‘s sun will dry it in a few hours, when it can be raked into windrows. % I have also learned that my cattle do much better on silage feed than on pastureâ€"grazing. This fact is very apparent during the summer months, when the milk supply usually falls beâ€" low normal. At one time I thought that green corn or some other green feed would do just as well as silage, but last fall I experimented with this theory, and the experiment proved to be quite costly. It uuglgt me a lesâ€" There is no doubt but that a summer silo is a paying investment, and I would advise any farmer who has none to build one, even if the money must be borrowed. â€" It will pay many times over. â€" As to the size, I will say that PeC omeine e cce us T son and I now have two silos, one for summer and one for winter use. I usually have 20 head of cattle in the summer, which are well taken care of with a silo 12 feet in diameter and 80 feet high.â€"F. M. Value of a Summer Silo. The Hay Crop. July First:â€"The best literature on the history of Confederation is Dr. Colquhoun‘s "The Fathers of Confedâ€" eration." _ For biographical sketches of many of the "Fathers", read "The Makers of Canada.‘" Every boy and girl should read "The Jubilee of Conâ€" federation," which was issued last year by the Education Department of On_tgrip._ a pamphlet of 56 pages. Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordlally invited to write to mb department. initials only will be published with each question and its answe? as a means of identification, but full name and address must be given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be malled direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enciosed. #9 [# *A â€"o. s wak Picnicker:â€"®mall . sandwiches are eaten just as bread is, breaking off a morsel at a time. _ A large one, such as is often served in restaurants, should be broken; or, if accomponied‘ by a knife and fork, should be cut inw‘ morsels as needed and conveyed to the mouth by means of the fork. The different parts of a "club" or similar sandwich should be separated, the toast broken as when eating bread and the remainder of the sandwich eaten as meat and salad are. â€" At a picnic or other informal gathering, sandwiches are taken up in the fingers and, if large should be broken in two. Glad to know that you approve of the order covering picnics, afternoon teas and all such functions. A great deal of food is usually wasted at the ordirary garden party, lawn social, etc. Address all correspondence for this department to Mra. Helen Law, Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Institute Member:â€"The volun‘.ary! vation sections, because the watchâ€" rationing scheme, literally speaking, is word this year is to be "Save and "up to" the various Provinces. The l Produce." _ Regina has decided to cut Food Board has given the provincial out its customary needlework exhibit committees carte blanche to draw up' in favor of a food show. It was argued a schedule suitable to climate 'condi»|thnt needlework was nonâ€"essential in tions and crop variation. Every woâ€" warâ€"time while food was of paraâ€" man should show keen interest in this The Doctor‘s Little Passenger. _ Far up a rocky canon, to a brown log cabin, Ruth goes every summer with her mother and her grandmother, Her father, a physician in the city, drives up for weekâ€"ends. â€" Then Ruth hops about the great rocks that rim the noisy stream, and watches her father, happy with "waders" and fishâ€" ing rod. â€" There are always delicious brown trout and flaky biscuits for supper on Saturdays. Ruth has a very odd birthday. Her father says she should properly have been named Canada, Dominion or Juliaâ€"for she was born on the First of July. Last year she was so excited that she thought she could not wait to see what her birthday surprise would be. Grandmother and mother had laughed and hinted about it, and Ruth was bursting with curiosity and impatience until at last she said, "If I wait anâ€" other day, I shall go whizzing round like a pin wheel!"" "There comes an automobile now!" called her mother, who was up on a stepladder, putting some little flags round the rustic porch. "Oh, maybe it‘s father!" And Ruth scurried down the rocky path and across the tiny bridge to the canon road. It was not her father that time; so Ruth began sailing pineâ€"cone boats while she waited and listened. Tootâ€"tootâ€"tiâ€"toot! That was fathâ€" er‘s signal, and there he was, coming round the shoulder of a cliff. _ And in the tonneau of the big car was the smallest, funniest brown pony that Ruth or anyone else ever saw. Well, Ruth was as excited and full of thrills and gurgles and dimples after that as every First of July child should be. "It was too much of a climb for little Tom Thumb," explained the docâ€" tor, "and there was no train near enâ€" oughâ€"no airship, so I just decided to carry him as a passenger. . 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Canada is only entering on its raâ€" tioning scheme, although there are many people who are already on "honâ€" or rations." â€" When the schedules of the various provinces have been apâ€" proved it will be the duty of every woman to see that they are strictly adâ€" hered to. _ Rations are their particulâ€" ar business. â€" They are the controllers of their own households. Their work in the country‘s kitchens is of inestiâ€" mable importance. 9 menced and is progressing rapidly, Meg:â€"Apply to the Canada Food Board for the booklets. They are now available at five cents apiece. . You will be agreeably surprised when you see them. They deal with breadâ€" making, the cooking of fish, the cookâ€" ing of fruit and vegetables and canâ€" ning and preserving. You had betâ€" ter secure the whole series as they will be of inestimable value in solving some of your problems. mount importance larger than a St. Bernard dog anyway, and there was plenty of room for everyone. _ The little rascal enjoyed every minute of his ride, too." Ruth was patting and stroking the gentle creature, who stood quietly, as if he had understood that he was among home folks now. "So we‘ll all have a splendid Domâ€" inion Day," declared the doctor. "Ruth may ride, I‘ll fish, and mother and :nnny will fix us a picnic up on the ill." "That will be glorious!" agreed Ruth‘s mother. â€" Then to the little girl, who had climbed upon the pony‘s back, she said, "What shall you name him, dear?" Ruth thought for a second; then with a rippling laugh she cried, "Why, Skyrocket, of course!" And away she flew on Skyrocket to the stable up among the quaking aspens. Throughout the country there is an excellent lamb crop this spring. These lambs, whether for market or breedâ€" ing purposes, should all be docked. Docking is simply a means of improvâ€" ing sanitation among sheep and should be done. â€" It is not a painful or injuriâ€" ous operation to a lamb if done at the right time and in the right way. Every lamb should be docked by the time he is two weeks old. The best possible instrument for this purpose is a large pair of sharp pincers which should be heated and the tail cut off while the pincers are hot, leaving a stub not more than an inch long. The use of the hot pincers at the same time is cleanly and checks bleeding more quickly than it can be checked by docking in any other manner. Where such a pair of pincers are not availâ€" able the tails had far better be cut off with a knife when the lambs are one week or ten days old rather than to leave them on. Docked lambs sell for at least an average of oneâ€"half cent per pound more than lambs with long tails when marketed. 4 i aA* thit Glancing up at the clock, Mrs. Peters said, "Keturah Lane is late." " "Tisn‘t often Tury is behind time," said Miss Ann Tenney. "With that clockwork family of hers, everything goes along deliberate but jest to the minute, without a hitch or a happen to hold her back, most always. I don‘t know as I ever knew a person with three children and a man in the house that hadn‘t to make more allowances for upsettin‘ness and accidents." "That‘s so!" assented Mrs. Lusâ€" combe. "Tury‘s little girls are wonderâ€" ful quiet and pretty behaved, and Wilâ€" liam is a perfect little gentleman." "He is," assented Mrs. Bonney, "but if he was mine, I‘d be full as pleased to have him plain boy; the kind you‘d call Billy and spank when needful. Tury‘s trained too much of the spirit out of her children, to my thinking. Oh, 1 know she‘s done it gentle; there‘s something sort of firm and soft and smothery about Tury. _ She‘d ought to have had one child a naturalâ€" born terror, just to liven up the family." i e "Hâ€"shâ€"shâ€"sh! Here she comes!" inâ€" terrupted Mrs. Peters as Keturah Lane, with an unwonted flush on her cool cheeks and an anxious lift to her calm brows, hurried into the room.. "I know I‘m late," she said breathâ€" lessly, "but I couldn‘t seem to help it Since Grandmother Lane has been with usâ€"she‘s a really remarkable old lady, and so vigorous that Mr. Lane will only laugh when she undertakes surprising things, but I can‘t take it quite so lightly. I feel responsible, and yet, of course, I haven‘t any authâ€" orityâ€"I declare I don‘t know what to do! _ She endangers her own life every day,â€"if she doesn‘t drop with .. heart disease, it‘s a wonder,â€"and as an example to the children, she‘s unâ€" done the work of years,. The poor dears think they can do whatever granny does, or tells them she used to do, and she has simply no idea of caution. _ Lucy and Letty are turning into tomboys. _ And when she found that William couldn‘t #swim,â€"would you believe it ?â€"we found her down on the bank of the creek holding one end of a rope, and the other end tied to William, and calling directions to him how to kick himself across, pushing a board. â€" He might have drowned!" Susan Bonney chuckled. "Nonsense, Keturah, ‘tisn‘t deep enough, â€" and every boy ought to know how to swim." "Mr. Lane seems to think so," adâ€" mitted Keturah, plaintively. . "He‘s teaching William now himself. But it certainly was not a proper task for a grandmother." o Nt C > sitiw 42 en "Well, I suppose some one had to start," said Mrs. Bonney. . "Was that what kept you from getting off*" "No; that was last week," said Mrs. Lane. "But the boy who was to pick our grapes didn‘t come this morning, and I wanted them for jelly right off, and Grandma Lane knew it. I missed her, just as I was coming away, and I ran down in the garden,â€"I had a kind of fear,â€"and she and the girls had got the ladder themselves, and they were all up on the shed roof, picking together. _ My heart just turned over inside when I saw them. . How they were ever going to get down without breaking somebody‘s leg or neck I didn‘t dare think. TRAINING FOR THE UNEXPECTED “.'.I';le";;:h'“a;;cel were in a dreadâ€" ful condition, and Letty‘s knee was all scraped and bloody.._lnd a wasp had stun.c grandma on the cheek, so one eye was most shut up," said Mrs. Lane reproachfully as she noticed a lack of nEQLLy € nQUiRHE 4. Have 1C Ee enee en en NC C C d 0 sympathy in the smiling faces. . "It took me an hour to get them halfway presentable; and even then poor grandmaâ€"well, she says herself she looks as if she‘d been in a prize fight!" "And I guess she says it was worth it, too," ventured Mrs. Bonney, boldâ€" ly. "Why, yes, she does," agreed Mrs. Lane. _ "Please don‘t anybody misâ€" understand me. â€" She‘s a dear old lady, and quite wonderful, and I‘m very fond of her; but I‘m simply disâ€" tracted, never knowing what wll{lup pen next:" "That‘s all right, Keturah!" Mri, Bonney reassured her. "You mayn® like scary doin‘s, but they‘re all for the best. â€" It isn‘t good for n'nyb_oxdl UNC DEBL B _A B Leddidbs F D to have things run too cutâ€"an‘â€"dried and on schedule; takes the adaptableâ€" ness and livableness out of 'e'm, someâ€" Hoeuy e EC ways. â€" Generally, it‘s a lively youngâ€" ster or so trains us to be ready for we don‘t know what next minute; but I |'p{)|o a lively grandmother will do as well." Every vegetable used for canning, dehydrating or storing should be in perfect condition. _ For satisfactory results it is necessary not only to have products which are absolutely free from decay but to catch them at just the right stage of ¢_!evolopment. Even if perfectly sound, overâ€"ripe vegetables are not satisfactory for canâ€" ning because most vegetables undergo a decided change in texture as they reach maturity and become fibrous or pithy. This not only detracts from their quality but greatly increases the work of preparing them for canning or for drying and, later, for cooking. One factor which makes for success in seving for winter is to have all the products as freshly rdurod as possible. Vegetables which have once Ibmdhmuvfltmndmlxd good in the final .q‘.xra- as those which are canned, or stored when absolutely fresh from the gagâ€" next!" Get Them Right, . ~ /‘ on the cheek, so one