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3 second brood; however, the little brown songster was determined that her August babies would not come to sorrow through accidents caused by bad boys, stray cats or other enemies. _Bo for her home she sehected a spot where at a moment‘s notice she could summon hundreds of soldiers all armed with bayonets to protect her nest. In other words, the wise bird built in a honeysuckle vine above a big hornet‘s nest. ‘ Did the bird that planned this wellâ€" Svientists tell us that animals are not capable of thought; but, when I consider a song sparrow that last year nested near my home, I am inâ€" clined to doubt the learned professors. This song sparrow was either late starting housekeeping, or it was herl second brood: however tha V It is allâ€"important, therefore, that farmers who are now breeding types and that it is doubly useless for our brecders to go in for producing that which is every year finding a more difficult outlet. fine quality bacom at home and, under the name of Wiltshire sides, to the highly important British bacon marâ€" ket. The glut toâ€"day in lard stocks is another indication that a change has come about in the United States TT Pm non s sn 4 ccrnâ€"belt, the supply of lard has never ; (f)::-e boon excessive. The thick fat of the Mix hog that yields lard has rightly heen‘ in ws considered here a drawâ€"back to profitâ€" fully able bacon production. Supplies in’I anim ecold storage in the Dominion en July’ the d 1 were, 2,141,754 lba., a drop of rOundâ€" | thag ly 200,000 lbe. simce June 1, but about ) anq ; the same quartity as was held in store | utens on January 1. |g‘iven It cannot be too clearly understood three that the demand for lard has been the | ing _ secend factor in the American fat hog | poun« trade. That trade never had a footing is no in Canada, where the best efforts hcve' worm been put forth to cater to a taste for worm Mcanwhile the price of lard, regu-] loted by a worlkbwide devand, has droy ped by roundly 50 gper coat. wif.h:'n; a yesr. For instance, the who‘lesale | price of lard in bulk in Toronto in | June last averagod 15 cents a pound,] while in June, 1920, it was 30% cents | a porndâ€"a decronse of actually 51| per cent.â€"and advertissments in the' duily press show that the retail prices corresponded closely with the whole«l 976 C00 The tected home know of the vicious incts of the hornets when repelâ€" Eetrnrrnmnmrmememmemmmmmmmmmmmmmmenns.2 2. "The Corn Be‘t," and there developed several breeds of hoga, such as the Durocâ€"Jerscy, the Polandâ€"China and ihe Hampshire, which were pariicuâ€" larly fitted for the Americoan packer trade. Since war ended, however, the increase in preparations of vegetable oils as substitutes for lard in ccokingi have reduced the demard for the lat-l ter very considerably and, toâ€"day, not only is the export cf lard from A‘m-i erlcan ports very muwch smaller than it need to be, but even the domcltic‘ corcunmprticn has declined markedly. The "Market Reporter" for July 23,' under the koading "Cold Stcrage Blocks ol Lard Break AM Rm,”l The uselessness of Canadian hog breeders trying to enter the fat Fog fheld is proved by the present glatted state of the lard market across the line. Heavy hogs, for years past, have been cheaply fed on the ~corn products in those States known &1 se cof 67,339,000 lbs., or 94 per . During 1919 the production m* the same period was only 594,â€" |â€"fone A Wise Record Stocks of Lard. Song Sparrow. T Nearly one thousand schools in Gt. Bfihhh‘voboenkovidodwithm shrines in memory of old scholars. We see but this, that when the mo mert came You raised cn high, then drained the sclemn cupâ€" The grail of death; that, touched by Defied the dread adventure to The cross of honor or the p _ "There‘s a bird‘s nest in that vine," said the little fellow, "and I was tryâ€" ing to see the oggs when (he rolled up his sleeve to show me the hornets‘ stings) a bunch of hornets came after me. You had better stay away from that nest." Did this song sparrow raise her baâ€" bies? _ Indeed, yes. I watched the three little birds learning to fly. | you, but this wammg'_ -v;;l;hwl reâ€" ceived from a boy may throw some light on the subject: | To hogs, give two and â€" oneâ€"hald | grains each of eantonin and calomel, |one dram of powdered areca nut and | oneâ€"half dram of bicarbonate of soda for each fifty pounds of body weight. | Mix it in a very little slop, or give it | in water as a drench, slowly and careâ€" , fully from a bottle, after starving the | animal for twentyâ€"four hours. Repeat ;the dose in ten days. Also see to it that the hogs go into clean quarters Cattle do not suffer much from inâ€" ternal parasites, but washing the back with strong salt water or a 1â€"50 soluâ€" tion of coalâ€"tar dip will help to lessen trouble from oxâ€"warble grubs, and also from ringworm. To keep cattle, and especially calves, free from ringâ€" worm, however, the stables should be thoroughly cleansed, disnfected, whitewashed, lighted and ventilated in autumin. ‘ ling mwraude:'ro? Well, I leave that to The | _ Sheep should be dosed with one per | cent. solution of sulphate of copper | (bluestone). The dose is threeâ€"quarâ€" | ters of an ounce for a lamb, and | three and oneâ€"half ounces for an adult |ewe or other sheep. Intermediate ages and sizes take less than the | maximum dose, in proportion. The | treatment should be repeated in ten fdu.ys. Ewes should be treated before | or immediately after service. three mornings in succession, allowâ€" ing one teaspoonful for . each 100 pounds of body weight. This helps, but is not a certain remedy for lung worms. Sheep affected with lung worms should be given the chloroform treatment by a trained veterinarian. and are fed and wutemdflfi'o;!; â€";l;.x-l utensils. Coughing pigs should be given pure turpentine in slop for ues s T. . Agal week; then stop for ten days and then repeat the treatment. Iron should nct be given to a mare that is pregâ€" nent. Give her more sulphur and salt. Colts take smaller doses. _ Considering these things, it is good practice to treat all farm animals for worms in autumn. _ Horses may be given a mixture of two parts of table salt and one part each, by weight, of dried sulphate of iron and flowers of ‘ sulphur. _ The dose of this is one tablespoonful to be mixed in da.mp-l ened feed night and morning for a lambs, in turn,. Adult cattle, swine and sheep also harbor other parasites during winter ang get rid of them in spring, to be re'i{\fested then by the same kind of parasites, or others. |_ It should be understood that adult ga.nirmals carry intestinal parasites ‘thwngh the winter season, and in ‘spring void their eggs, or embryos, |and so contaminate grass for the | young animals born at that season of " the year. Nature, left to herself, ar-1 ranges that young animals should arâ€" 'rive in spring, and so prepares rich,‘ green grass to stimulate a flow of milk for the sustenance of the foal.' calf, lamb or pig, as the case may be. Horses get rid of their stomach bots when turned on grass. Nodular disâ€" ease of the intestines, vulgarly termâ€" ed "knotty guts," is contracted on spring grass from adult worms passâ€" ing out of the adult sheep and disâ€"| tributing their eggs to be taken in by | It is a common idea that intestinal and other parasites only need be ecmbated in spring and summer. That is a mistake. Some of the most imâ€" portant items of the campaign are applied before winter sets in. ‘ rail of death; that, touched by valor‘s flame, kindled spirit burned the body up. â€"Oscar C. A. Child. â€"siltâ€"*datznt 29e w ie uidns se ard brecis of hogs that do not makc;'fmd second, the qua‘ity of fhg wool is select Wiltshire fidcs should get rid| improved ard its growth stimulated. of them and ctcck with the breeds Shearing tests have â€" demonstrated and types that do. that we‘lâ€"Cipped sheep will give from one pound to a pound and a half more Fight the Parasites Now. â€" wo’?l p&r{flee_c_e_fiun_if not dipped. To a Hero. Py to attain ; peace of , |_ In all show animals the feet and legs must be well set under the body |and perfectly straight. The bones must be strong, clean cut and the joints well defined. The shoulders | should be smooth and well knitted, eo iu to leave no depression behind them which would indicate coarseness or | lack of heart girth. The ribs should _be long and well arched, so as to in sure width of back and depth of body. The loin must be broad and the flanks well let down, while the hind quarters ‘zho:fld be strong, broad and well carâ€" graceful and easy. _ _ . _ _ Exercise is a most important factor in conditioning show stock. If not ried down. The skin and hair must indicate quality and be pliable to the which a man can win a red ribbon any time he wants to. "We pick out a better animal than anybody else, then put him in a little better shape," said the herdsman. "Sometimes our animal isn‘t any better than the other fellow‘s, but it looks better. . The judge has to pin the ribbons on what he sees and feels." | C 0 Oe PEmO NO UEmeWile, CHC HAWi was honest enough to say: "Go ask my herdsman; he did the work." The story I got from the herdsman emphasizes the point I want to make â€"that there is no hocusâ€"pocus by red ribbons. After getting a great deal of free advertising about the superiority of certain lines of breeding, one man It takes a lot more than just a good animal, well bred, to win a red ribâ€" bon at a fair. A few years ago I buttonholed the men who were showâ€" ing prize stock at the National Fair, and asked them the secret of winning you can. Live stay young. Stave off old age by keeping close to the heart of as many young folks as types; feed and finish to handy weights; get rid of the scrub. In all Livestockâ€"Keep up a steady, even supply of best quality. Profitable livestock production «& best be maintained by adhering closeâ€" ly to the following points:â€" In Hogsâ€"Breed only bacon types of the right quality; market only at right weights. Livestock markets are not wide open as they were in war time, though the best still finds a ready outlet. Weight, quality and finish have never before been so important. ’ Any time after September 1 is a good time to dip. A breezy bright day is naturally best, but if for any reaâ€" son dipping is delayed, further delay waiting for just the right day is inâ€" advisable. Particularly when poison dips are used, the sheep should be kept off the ground affording any pasâ€" ture until their fleeces have ceased dripping, three or four hours at lenstl being required. The Essential Halves of the Livestock Industry. Ogr Mgrkets Have Changed. _A draining platform with tight botâ€" tom, which will hold two or three sheep should be arranged that when the sheep is assisted upon it the drip from its wool will not run from the platform back into the tank. The dip should be made with warm water and allowed to cool to one hundred deâ€" grees F. before being used, after which it will cool rapidly. 1. Production and mark;tiwg rm animals; 2. Manufacture and marketing t call 0 of B 20 Sre cce o0 ham s on iX im e o ' Care should be taken to follow the directions which come with the dip ’ in its preparation, and means taken t> see that the whole sheep, with the fexce.ption of eyes and nostrils, gets a ' good application. ‘There is really only one way to dip, and that is by subâ€" mersion in a tank sufficiently deep to ‘cover the animal standing on its feet.' While for a small flock, as an emer-} gency measure, a molasses barrel with a foot cut off one eni may be used,’ the proper and economical vessel is a vat built about eight inches wide at] the bottom, three and a half feet deep and flaring to twenty inches wide, with one end projecting to make an incline up which the sheep may walk after submersion. In Oatfle_â€"Bregd only The benefits of twoâ€"fold: First, @ll vermin and skin troubles can be very largely cured or prevented, which has a marked effect in imnroving the hea‘th and feeding pains of the flock; and second, the qua‘ty of the wool is It is true that spring dipring of the farm fleck is very important, sin:e this gives all, including the young lambs, a clean bill, but fall pring is stA4} more important and svyould never te omitted on any farm. Keep Close to the Young. The Secret of Winning Red Ribbons Dipping Sheep in Fall. young, think young, not ‘ others on the animal, of an animai stand naturally. If the animal makes a good showing, it is due to its having been trained for months ahead of time at home. Study each animal. Some animals show betâ€" ter with their heads high. Some aniâ€" mals show better with their heads low. The best showmen are those who keep their eyes on their animals and on the judge at the came time. Never try to deceive the judge by lnd:ngl lome‘fault. At a rule, when you hide entering the showâ€"ring. A piece of ciled flannel is perhaps the best for that purpose. In exhibiting, always aim to make be polished when the animals are shown, so as to present a neat and attractive appearance. â€" In scraping and polishing horns, be careful not to‘ expose the core and thereby cause bleeding. The shell should never be scraped and polished until a red apâ€" pearance shines through it. After cutâ€" ting and filing the horns, use a piece of emery paper, then apply some oil' and polish with a woolen cloth. The‘ ’ Sheepmen begin to trim the fleece about three or four months beforeâ€" hand. Hogmen usually begin to wash their animals about a month before show time. Show cattle are best not washed too often before show time,i because the hides and hair get harsh. Likewise, the legs or horses lose their freshness by too frequent washing. The horns of beef cattle should always! too, should be thoroughly groomed, especially during the last two months of feeding. In fitting show animals, the object is to have them in the highest possible bloom when led beâ€" fore the judge. stale, their appetites pall and they soon begin to fall off in flesh. Horses should be exercised regularly. Cattle should be turned out over night, and hogs should be compelled to walk from a quarter to a half mile daily. Sheep require exercise to make their flesh firm to the touch. Horses and cattle, properly exercised_', the animals get market the bacon industry in that country permit curers to export only such bacon as has been graded No. 1 by a Government inspector. Nothing else is exported to Great Britain. Hogs that grade No. 2 and No. 3 are sent to the fresh meat market, chiefly in enable farmers to get a good lot of fall plowing done before the freeze up this fall. the It is probable that both railroad and ocean freight rates next spring will be much more favorable. Spreading the marketing of live stock over the fall, winter and spring will, therefore, prevent what may otherwise result in serious conditions. rown business, they would be justified in taking what risk there is and holdâ€" ing their stocks for the better condiâ€" tions of next spring if it were feasâ€" ible. But packers cannot hold fresh beef in the coolers long enough to protect the farmer in the market. If loaded heavily this fall, they would have to freeze the meat, adding ex-‘ pensive holding charges, and bringing: this into competition with fresh meuat‘ next spring. and advances m&k;p;:-l;;nw’b:li:ve. if faced with the same condition in their trons next spring and early srur;r-r;;;, the history of past price depressions What appeals to the packer, from a business standpoint, is that the comâ€" parativéely low prices at which feeders will probably be available this fall should be attractive to every farmer who has winter feed. While no one can positively foretell market condiâ€" | in prices. The basis of agricultural prosperity in Canada is the live stock ]ir.dustry, and a slump could not do other than injure producer, manufacâ€" ’tu.rer and consumer. Alone, packers cannot prevent this; with the coâ€"operation of farmerâ€"proâ€" ducers, much may be done to steady live stock market prices this fall. Farmers would be wise to get toâ€" gether and by coâ€"operation with all organizations plam to spread their cattle shipments cautiously over the late summer and fall months, and to hold all cattle on the farms that are not well finished. Danish Government rules governing The early harve;-t:in-g' season should not want and will not be able to disâ€" lrose of to the best advantage of the livestock industry, ‘ As a presautionary measure, thereâ€" fore, packers believe that producers Ifllou.ld carefully guard against a heavy rush to market in the fall months. The state of the packing trade is very much like that which faces / farmers â€" themselvesâ€"labor costs, upkeep, and all other charges | still comparatively high, yet with a declining market for the output. A glut in the freemors this fall would inevitably bring about that which packers are as anxious as farmâ€" ers to avoid, i.e., a disastrous slump} in Drices .. The hosls n# ardiinge .uat I The fall of 1921 will prove a de‘iâ€" eate, if not a critical, time in the Canedian cattls trade. If, due t> jpanic, there is then a rush to sell catile it will demoralize the marke‘s ‘nnd do the very woret thing for farm-‘ ers. At the same time it will load the refrigerators of the pocking plan-tsl , with a huge quantity of meat, proba.b-! |ly from thin catile that packers do| How to Steady the Cattls Trade This Fall. to a recent ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO rembove outside combs of honey and be no I place empty combs in the middle of| meat i hive. The folowing stores have been| the m found unwholesome: honey guathered j hours. harhhmfiyrheuhfluhfi- to eat. PCRX AIITE 2200000 UE CUR hive, without the cover, should weigh between 70 and 80 pounds. In places where the honey gathered is not perâ€" fectly wholesome for winter, at least ten pounds of the stores should conâ€" sist of sugar syrup. Where it is likely the honey is decidedly unwholesome or will granulate hard in the combs in winter, at least half of the stores should be sugar syrup. If necessary _ EStrength and young quecnsâ€"Un-itei ;aI! wesak colonies in September so that each hive will contain enough | bees to cover at least the equivalent of | 8 Langstroth frames; enough bees to | crowd on ten frames is better. See| that each colony has a young fertile | queen, if possible not later than the end of July, so that many young bees will} be raised in August. Storesâ€"A _ sufficient supply â€" of wholesome stores is most important, Feed sugar syrup (two parts refined sugar to one of water) during Sepâ€" tember (first week in Octcber ~in Southern Ontario) to bring the weight o!ctwesofeuchcobnyuptow.‘ poundis A tenâ€"frame Lanestroth |‘ together. Have the cases made in time to pack the hives at the middle of September. On the Pacific coast, where the winters are mild and damp, the side and bottom packing should be omitted and the roof should be well ventilated. _| We take good care to provide food ‘| and protection for ourscives and our t‘ livestock in winter but too oftem the bees, which need them just as much l‘ for their survival and comfort, are !‘neglected. Thousands of colonies die | every winter and many more are badâ€" ‘ly weakened for want of timely care in the fall. Every colony #aved wil | produce, at a Jow estimate, ten dolâ€" lars‘ worth of honey the mext year, if well managed. | Three things need special attenâ€" | tion in preparing bees for winter:â€" | Protection, Strength and Stores. ' Protectionâ€"The Reckeeper should | decide early whether he will winrter‘ | his bees outside or in a cellar. Ro'ugh-} \ly speaking, in British Columbia, | Southern Ontario and the Amepolis, | Valley, N.S., outside wintering is adâ€" | visable. For the rest of Canada use 'a well insulated cellar, deep in well !dmined ground. Much, however, deâ€" | pends on whether one has a good celâ€" lar or a yard well sheitered from winds for outside wintering. _ Bees have been wintered outside successâ€" fully as far north as Haileybury, Ont., and at Lethbridge, Alta The cellar should be fairly dry, with a steady temperature not exceeding 50 degrees mor less than 40 degrees. For outside wintering place the hive in a case with packing between. For packing use planer shavings or well dried leaves, moss, etc. Cases may be made to take one, two, or four hives each. There should be 2% to 4 inches| of packing at the sides and beneath| and a cushion on top 6 to 8 inches || thick. Cases in which the floor secâ€"| tion is separated and has sides exâ€"| tending above the entrance holes save | labor in packing. In the fourâ€"colony | case the side sections may be hooked (c) An essential condition for sucâ€" cess (probably the chief) is to estabâ€" lish good schoolâ€"home gardens, of a size proportionate with the age and capacity of the children, to visit them (b) Making the teachers and school trustees realize that the school fair is the crowning of their agricultural teaching work, and that they will be given the credit for this work by the parish. and religious) showing the usefulness and the benefits of the fairs, in order to secure their sympathy in the work as well as their active coâ€"operation. Generally ‘ speaking, the community follows the leaders of the parish in a movement of this kind. ‘ (a) Educational propagaha; ~u'n'iong thg parish authorities (school, civil In order io accomplish this purâ€" pose, it is necessary that the school fair should be successful. As the first agricultural school fair (French sceâ€" tion) of the Province of Quebec was held in our district, at St. Casimir (Portneuf) on September 12, 1914, and as we have heen sguccessful in organizing each year since an :wer-‘ age of six school fairs in the county, I might point to the following‘:i;i)vé ing the main factors of success:â€" Preparing Bees for Winter I believe that one cf the most useâ€" ful things the school fairs can acâ€" ‘complish is to make the agricultural ! profeszion more popular and better respected among country boys and girls, to train them for their future duties as progrezssive farmer citizens, and make them realize the benefits that can be got out of farming when it is intelligently done by interested people. _ The school fair gives the finishing touch to the work of agriâ€" cuitural teaching. â€" It is a comnmunity demonstration, where everyone reâ€" ceives a reward for his labor and| where all unite in giving mother earth: a token of gratitude and respect, This testimonial crestes a lasting impres-: sion on the mind of the children and corrects any false ideas that they may perhaps have entertained reâ€" g-afding the farmers‘ calling. How to Get the Best Results from School Fairs |j i BY JEANâ€"CH. MAGNAN, B.S.A. District Agronomist, St. Casimer, Portneuf, Quebec ment for nancid meat is to put the meat into skimmed avilk; there should bembuflufatinflnmilk. SBoak the meat in milk for twelve hours, change the milk and let stand for twelve hours. By this time the meat is fit ta ant ment for ns; in fact, anything and traps, poisons; in fac anything everything that will rout the rats, Pick seedâ€"corn from the field as soon as the kernels are well dented. Put a bathroom in the house 1 Now Is the Time To Fill the silo. Send your boy or girl to college, Coâ€"operate with your neighbor. Fight Hessian fly. Take a vacation, if you haven‘t done #o. _ Farmers deserve vacations, the same as other folks. argument was eourd and ad\ to the best kinds of trees to pl how to plant them. The old before he died had the cratisfa« knowing that the farm had + creased in value by the youns able land, gard middle is that ey That sixteen acr when my father and no dk)ubt, it again. I have no and 1 want to pu best possible gha "Let me first ask you," replied the engineer, "are you planting these trees for pleasure or profi(*?" "For profit." "How old are you?" "Seventyâ€"four next birthday," "Then it is my duty to tell you that there is no species of trees which will grow quickly enough to return a profit in your lifetime." "Yes there is, and you can help me to find the right kind." "How do you make that out?" "I have a good farm, and each part is devoted to the use to which i; is best adaptedâ€"meadow, pasture, arâ€" whits .63 io s & LCC An elderly farmer some years ago walked into the cffice of a Canadian forest engineeor and setd, "I have sixâ€" teen acres on my farm that will not grow anything but trees and 1 have come to you to tell me what kind I should plant to get the best results." Good agricultural elementary eduâ€" cation is the best work in rural and social reconstruction trat may be acâ€" complished by sn intelligent citizon. Progressive agriculiure will nover enter an old brain, poorly formed in the beginning. (g) The real factor of success will always be the qualified teacher, who teaches agriculture to the childnen, according to the best pedagogical principles. The school and the teachâ€" ing are only what the master makes (f) School trustees and other perâ€" sons who understand the advantages of such a day should grant prizes for the winners of the competition. Judges should always be fair, so that every one may be satisfied. __(e) Nothing should be neglected to make the fair attractive, and the parâ€" ish authoritiee should be invited to visit the exhibits of the pupils. The coâ€"operation of the priest, mayor, school trustees and officials of the Agricultural Asscciation should be seâ€" cured. The children should see that agriculture is honored by everyone. The fair should be a parish Educaâ€" tional Day, in every sense of the word. This is the day for the young farmers, a neverâ€"toâ€"beâ€"forgotten day, ant to the advantage of agriculture. l (d) Organization of a boys‘ and girls‘ gardening c!lub, the young memâ€" bers of which do some agricultural i work et school and at home, is always a factor of success for the fair, as the members attend to many of the deâ€" tails during the fair. Pupile thus get a training in coâ€"operation, in responâ€" sibility, and their spcrit of initiative is developed. Thoe pupi‘ls, teachers, and school trustecs should be made to understand that the fair is their work, and that the efforts of every one, from the humbest to the most influential, are required to make it a success. parents io their children‘s gardens and make them «eo the benefit® of the fair. carefully, and create a hcalthy rivalry among the pupils, end even take the forest engirceor 31 verea@ with a growth of s of treos for tho locality, re only four years old, it te the farm and increase if you haven‘t done and advised ho old farmer catizfaction of admitted t\ young trees ant and en in Aw..,;___ _ ____ "" wmeh several Latinâ€"American countries fnd then_ esâ€"Cubea with its suger, Ecuador with its cacao, Guatemaia and Colom . bis with their coffec and Ghile witt. iis nitrate, m"""?’%in -w“‘lfll‘l' y0u tan protect the basket. en 4 43 _ _ _2OP Termer will under. stand the condition in which seve.; oA ids 2 200 CEAmE CEWiner than usual, farmers end their familics should have an opportunity for a few hraiind? setas veallet 21 utm CEREEEY 100CE ® a good bunch, right there. Bay, wouldn*t it be interestin‘ to follow them flowers and see where they go to? Hurry up, Herry, with your buzs wagon. Less‘n @an hour to ketch the one o‘clock train it‘s , â€" Tomes, there it comes." The nurge kept cold cloths on her hoad, "I guess there won‘t be more tha» a couple of shipments more," said the Aster Man, as he finished fixing a crate of his flowers. "Had ar. 1.%1 . That night a lite girl ward II had rather a har.} She cried out that somebed ning over her, and kept sa; it comes, theore it comes," kept cold cloths on her h» other nurse, "I them the money." When the night nur duty one said, "Well, I friend Mrs. Graham has day with astors for eve: do you suppose those as every week? Isn‘t she woman" She always s patient and she never ; the same thing twice." rich peoole were like b Minnic wondered if angels were alâ€" ways dressed like this one was, and if they always carried such big bunches of flowers. She didn‘t know that anâ€" ge‘s came into hospitals. She though they stayed up in heaven, whers the Bunday school teacher said, and play ednhlnrps and things like that, With the harvest in her back, so he had. The nurse t hold of the thin arm that waved . jorked with the pain, and pricke! And that hurt too. Minnie fell as‘« Little Minnie was carried out into the ward, and put into one of the white cots, just a speck of humanity in the rows on rows of white bo. Something hurt awfullyâ€"oh, it wos in her back, oh, she couldn‘t stand i. The doctor had left a knife stick‘n> In a Toronto hospital a doctor and two nurses were dressing a little girl. "Run over with a truck loadsd with bananas," said the doctor. "Spinc‘s fractured in two plascs, Nothinz mhead for the little miss but the pearly gates, I guess." And then he added, "she will be happier there than hore, by the looks of hor clothes Make her as comfortable as you can," he said to the head nurse. |like corn, and they grow up with strong, thick stems. They stand the grief where weak blossoms would wilt right down. "The flower business is a funny thing. I look at it as m kind of religion. I don‘t get to church vory often, but I try to make religlon out of my aster business. Harry says I‘m batty, and prob‘ly I am, but I get a ’mod deal out of it just the same. 1 figger it this way: Here‘s a bip white or purple blossom. It goos to the commission house, then to the retailâ€" er, and then to the customer. ‘Spo:in‘ it goes to some hosspittle, and a =%â€"l porson gets it. < He don‘t want no droopin‘, sorry lookin‘ blossom to look at. He wants one that‘ll stand up on its pin straight as a soldier, and tell him there‘s better days a comin‘. A flower can do more @good than a sermon, sometimes, and a good ce more than some sermons I‘ve heard." do you ship your asters?" I asked "Toronto. All my flowers go to Toâ€" ronto. It‘s a thunderin‘ *‘ong way: from way up here, ain‘t #? But my asters always stands the trip finc Bome has all kinds of trouble with their asters wiltin‘ and @hsivelin‘ up, but I never do. You #ee, I manure the ground heavy, and cultivate ‘em 24 CCR Che nenlt a‘ready. ‘That fixes ‘em. But cen a good year, and I‘ve never the blossoms better. There‘s tA Inveurudh s ut ler a ag P IN THE ASTER MA:\‘s vip thhe he night numsfigme © said, "Well, I see our fgoo at somebedy was or everybody. What those asters coct her, in‘t she a wonmlerfto! ways speaks to each never scems to say twice." "If ail t like her," said anâ€" shouldn‘t berrudoa "Had on> light £aycng, "there « tims of j in chor carlier rut ore, the had for ked t wl the D