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THE SCHOOL
AND THE HOME
PRUNE WHIP.
1,5 pound prunes.
1% cup sugar.
Whites of 3 eggs.
1.9 pint of sweet cream. Cook prunes until very soft; rc-
iuovo seeds and beat until light and foamy. add sugar and tho eggs beat- en stiff. When ready to serve, put a spoonful of the cream. whipped' and sweetened over it. This serves tcn people.
A FRENCH Dl8H.
Brown in a spider l onion; when
brown add to pound hamburg steak; when thoroughly cooked add 1 cup cold boiled rice; put all in' a. baking dish. Pour over all 1 can tomatoes; sprinkle cracker crumbs on top and brown nicely in slow oven.
FANCY BAKED POTATOES.
Take six large baked potatoes, cut
in halves lengthways, scrape out all the white part in a granite kettle, season and stir in enough hot cream to beat nicely. Add the well-beaten whites of 2 eggs and fill the potato cases. Glaze top with the beaten yolks of eggs and put in oven to brown. Serve hot. _
NEW FRUIT CAKE.
% lil. chopped dates. 1 cup seeded raisins. 1 tsp. soda dissolved ill 2 tsp.
wann..ava¢ar. -1 cup thick. very sour cream; stir this all together and then add l
1 cup brown sugar. 1/5 cup currant or blackberry jelly. 1 tsp. allspice.
1 tsp. cinnamon.
2% cups flour. Best thoroughly. odd n-uit, ond
but in square bread pan. Bake 11/5 hours in slow oven. Keep one week before cutting. .,
____ BUYING POULTRY
A Few Hints for the Housewife Who
Hal No Flock at Home `
The farmer's wife should never
have to buy.poultry from a store. but for those less happily situated a knowledge of the necessary good
poiills in a table bird will not come am ss.
What is usually desired in the poul-
try line is a chicken, and this rightly means a young male; the young-female is a pnllet and the old female of thc species u fowl, while the old male is a rooster. in dressed ll0lllll‘3'. the chicken 'or cockorcl is more usually found than the pallet because the lattcr is withheld from slaughter on account of her economic value to the poultry raiser, rather than bocauso of any inferiority in the llavor of horilcsh or because of a weight of carcass that is less than that of the malo.
Unless the intoiition of the buyer
is to boil the ment. li- young bird will he dressed and to make sure that no old hen or rooster is boiiig substitut- cdl-i`or» _the desired chicken. the breast-bono of the bird should be examined by the person .wllo'|ntends to cat lt. The breast-bono of a young birdtl terminates in gristle which yields easily to pressure, and can be distinguished from the broken breast- bone.~-which must be looked out for. up this state is _brought about ire-
lluentiy -by dishonest ' vendors with the in cation of deceiving the custo- liter. The appearance of the legs be ps to show the age of the male; no s' indicate an age of not more than __fo\ir__.mo_nths; a small spur will
bg.pi‘6s&nt' at six or seven months. b t if t s spur is hall' an inch ions
t€e` chance is that the bird is an old o e. ,Tile age of the female is not lloieaeily 1 determined as that of the mule- but the condition of the feet ial a-falrhiglllcatlon, in the case of the rolufg b the scales on the feet
1? smooth but in the old one, thick “inflow 'rho old bird is also more h _ an the yoiuls. butlts flesh be g t or stands pinching better an on a sccountis smoother than -ills flesh-' of a younger bird. A scold- _ _ bird. lsolvever. appears tile some _ ther. young or old. _aa tell-Pda all uesli, and should be avoided any- ow. » ,f 1
Ospons are so rare on the Canadian uiarket- that only the very wsu-to-do bopmvif .thinks or them; they can be, 1- lsee by the smsllness of
ts, .co ol' the entire absence of t sigh of t_he,msle when the birds o of s. ishtfsos use lim would
ii :assi s well-developed comb. if ii ca lad.
V " ‘ Turkeys
'tom at the same weight, and as only 8- small Proportion of the hens are llellli 101' breeding the hens for sale are as numerous as the toms. lf a. large turkey is desired, then the tom is the better bird aa it can remain yfllllls up to twenty pounds. while the hen gets too old in making more than twelve pounds.
Geese and ducks may . be -tested
for axe by squeezing their windplpe; if this part of the anatomy gives way to the pressure and makes a crack- ling sound the bird is young. But if it is found to be very hard the bird is getting old. In geese, the _tender- ness of the skin beneath the wings is a sign of a young bird.
FRESH AIR FOR STOCK
Visit dairy barns where stock have
been kept overnight or during the day and notice how much fresh air is allowed each head of stock. There is ample reason why often dairymen should not buy or do _not buy high- priced feeds. but' there is no reason- ablo excuse why dalrymeil should not use nil the necessary fresh air which is just as essential to economical milk production as are the lligh-priced feeds which they hesitate to buy. Too frequently the stable windows are closed with no possible chance for ventilation. This means in a very short time lil most barns where sev- eral head of stock are kept that there will be a larger proportion oi' foul air than of fresh air.
Furthermore the various other
gases which will be given up, such as ammonia, will make the air so foul that the health of the animals will be greatly impaired if kept under such conditions long. Wliy not put a ventilatlng system in your barn to keep your cows in good health, so that they will be able to consume large amounts of feed and consc- quently into diseases. such as tuber- culosis. Open your windows, taking proper precautions not to allow drafts to blow on stock. and even though the air ls lower in temperature the stock will be better off and will give as much milk if properly cared for.
m®mmmmH 2 POULTRY 3
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SORTINQ EGGS
The best' quality of poultry and eggs
will command the highest prices in the right markets. The man or wo- man who keeps 50 hens or more should constantly study how to put her pro- ducts up in the best possible form. To do this eggs should be gathered frequently during the hot weather, as well as in the cold weather. When gathered they should he placedd in a cool. dry cellar. where they should be graded ready for market. Even if iust doing a small private trade itis well tosdo this. as it establishes, a good habit for future bigger business. This sorting should be done with great care. First all cracked and soiled eggs should be removed and used at home. We all know what a variety of colors and sizes we get in a basket of freshly gathered eggs from one breed. These different col- ors and sizes are better to be graded in order to have a uniformity of ap- pearance. Of course all very small and abnormally large eggs should also stay at home.
First of all strive to produce a good
article. then seek the market that ap- preciates tlle fine product, properly put up, and cat'er to the high stand- srds of that market.
sP`nou'r£o one ron Hsu Faso
in purchasing outs. with tllo lu-
tention of sprouting tllc same to pro- vide green feed for poultry, the poul- try inun should satisfy himself that tllo oats will sprout. This kind of grain is sometimes treated with sul- pllur to make it more attractive, and oats so treated will noi. sprout. Green food is essential in keeping birds in a healthy condition, and where pro- vision of green vegetables has not been nludo, spronteil outs are most satisfactory on account of thc good small amount oi’ space necessary for keeping quality oi' the grain und the their storage.
The only reqliircnlent in thc sprout-
ing, of oats is a warm. moist elmo sphere, for they will not grow sat- isfactorily in a temperature below 60 degrees. They will grow to a height of 1% to 2 inches in 10 days if they are kept at a temperature above 70 degrees. A place near the furnace
in the cellar is very desiirble. Dro- viding there is a sntllclen ‘-amount of light to keep the oats green. The oats should be soaked for 12 hours in warm_water and then spread out in a layer of one-lialf inch deep on t'he floor or in a tray or tier of flats which have openings or holes lor a 3.16tll inch mesh wire bottom. so that the water drains freely. They should be sprinkled daily with warm water and allowed to sprout without stirring.
They reach their best feeding con-
dition when they are 1% to 2 inches in height. When oats . are being sprouted in a room of low tempera~
tvure they frequently become mouldy
lille -they are sprouting. To prevent, this they may be treated with forms- lin. using 1 pint of formalin to 80
gallons of water, which may be priiliriod over and thoroughly mired with 80 bushels of oats. The oats aould bs covered with s blanket for
'hours and tllen stirred untu they
are dry. "l‘llsy should be kept in sacks which have also been soaked in
formalin. Oats thus treated mum-. be held for a long time for sprou .
` ' OOMI POULTRY PDINTIRO.
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move them to their new quarters is
usually return quietly to their new
growth. or oven death. But the house should be well ventilated by holes bored in the ends quite close to thc roof. The root’ can be cover- eii with a piece oi' old llnoleum. or roofing felt. to make it waterproof.
'l‘ho floor should bo in the form of
li Srutinii. made of wooden bars about one inch square. and fixed two
inches ubovo tiio ground. This ul- iows the drooplngs to fall through. The sides and ends of the house should come close down to the
Freund. Tiioro should bo nii opening n front measuring two feet each way. with u sliding or hinged door to close at night. Thorn should be
never be allowed to sit on roosts till full grown. or it woud cause deform- ed breast-bones. 1 These houses can be easily and cheaply mnde on the farm any "rainy day," and ii' given u coat of tar or creosolc, and taken indoors all win- ter. they will last for yearsr
As before. the Brass-land must be
fresh and clean. so that the chick-
may pick up worms. grabs, green
etc.. to ensure sound. healthy
and also to help reduce the
six to twelve weeks
for a time much two soft "mash- dry grain a day. be liven as the
so as to pro- soratcbing ex-
for it. be equal
and be
DDB
or half
P011- 0811
time old.
fl
inches apart. and raised about six-
no roosis or porches: fowls must'
but in-
.. a » . I -- <
,the most sever; weather, . greased, and the quantities OI 1118
. , _ , . - .
Lime in some form- is indis eos- dearer ingredients' such as buck- . . 1 - able to laying hens, and most lpoul- wheat. rice and wheat, reduced. .
try-keepers provide it in the form of ' When the ground is. dry, a part at - _
crushed oyster-shell. But this ma- east of the dry grain should be scat- ’ " = "l ‘ ‘ " l
terial, it should be borne in mind, is lei-ed on the grass-land, on a fresh
of no use to male birds or to hens iece of Brollnd every day. The rest -
that are not laying. It merely pro- Rnd. all the soft meshes should be
vidlesdmaterial for shell formatioinrgiven in troughs, kept well scraped M0 an oes not- perform, as man im- nd clean. , . agine. the function of flint grit.yThe .L Care should be taken that there is Tl” ludlan- 2-09'/4- “ner “ °“mWlg“ latter ls- indispensable to fowls -at dlwsys plenty of grit available; also “f 22 "“°°°,°“ um dm' 'B "cms ‘"1 on times to onshlo them lo digest n-ooh watoi- in cloondishes placed in lll° lc” 1" Cilllwl”-_ _ -
their food. the shade out of the sun's rays. Any
To readers interested ill geese it skim-milk given as a driilk or mixed .A recent death ln lilo liorso world
may be _of advantage io know that now and again in the mash, will give is that of Bryson, 2.111%, the son of old geese lay more, larger, and more good results. Give only as much Simmons. ll‘"'t sired Jmmm S°°ll'. illllll reliable eggs than young ones. that food as the clllokolls Will oat UD 01 Pe'-el' SCOU-
tllere is less risk in using young gan- greedily, and no more-avoid having * “ * ders than old geese for breeding and uneaten sour food. and waste. Grbnd Opera, the Canadian puccr, that the proportion of fertile eggs When the chickens are about 12 which established it new world‘s ice produced by a goose in the second weeks old, the cockerels shoud be l'0C0i'd at Toronto u. week or two ngo year of laying is always greater than separated from the pullets. lt is has been sold to W. Altman oi' Brunt- the first. It is also worth noting usually possible to distinguish the ford. The figure Wlllcll bl"0lli§lll- illlfllll that geese which are moved shout sexes at this age. The pullets which the change of ownership is not known from place to place do not lay satis- it is intended to keep as laying hens, here at the time of writing.
factorily. , may be left out in the grass-field in * * *
Many poultry-keepersdo not real- the "Night Arks" us before. If the Cliarlic llnrrott nf Purkllill, ()nt:.,has
izo the necessity of giving the fowls weather is still favourable, they can sold his crack trotter, Maggie ilond, green stuff in Winter. lt should bo remain there till about 5 or 6 months 2.17’/._ 10 llliorge liallffc 01’ 'I`0l'0lll0. remembered that green food is to old, and nearly ready to commence for $3.000 and the num: will race at fowls what fruit and vegetables are laying, when they can be brought Ollllwll llllil lVl0llll'0i1ll1ll<l0F lllll ll0W to us. Cabbage is particularly val- back to the farm buildings, and put owncrsliip. Maggie Bond started four uable because it contains a large with the gencrahilock of hone in the limes ut Toronto. wlllllills the filler- proportion of nitrogen and thus bal- main henhouse. tcttc of races, taking 11110 Uillllll 11 ances the carbon of' grain foods. During this period. from il to 6 Hlllilft ilclll cllcll tlluc.
To promote laying many resort to months old, the pullets may conti- ' " *
spicy condlnients, some of which are nuc to receive much the same food Jacob itliDl>0l‘l- lilo New York liorsc- Inost harmful. The following egg- ,as before, that is three feeds u. day, mail, who died last May, loft personal pro-duclng mixture is, however, quite of which two should be u soft Dl'0ll0l'ly valued ui. 56.000000. ilmforii- innocuous and cillcacious: Ground "mash," and one of dry grain. The lllg 1-0 lllrl Wlll- Ol’ llllr lwl'H0lllll I>l'0ll-- ginger, 4 oz.; ground anisced. 4 oz.; dry grain feed may be glvcu cltbel crly ut the lllllleilll ll-ll/UI' Stuck l"lll’lll dried sulphate, 1,5 oz.; und 4 lbs. of first tiling ill the morning, or last at ht l’0llgllk00DSl0. tile horses -.mf valu- locnst meal. Mix well and add one night, as may be most convenient. if 011 lil 11 10181 01' $5l.07i5-I-ll- Sollw uf teaspoonful to the soft food for each absolutely desired to reduce the cost tl10 111081- Vlill-lliblo lllllllllllll HFC U10 three fowls. of feeding, the oatmeal may now be Blllllllllltl (llly /\XW0l'lliy. one-hall' ln-
Many have failed in trying to pro- left out of the soft mash, which l0l‘0l~ll $1.250; W\ll’l-GU-ll1l1l'i§. $l.000.oIld
duce a strain of fowls possessing a could then bo made of one part of Blll§0l00ll. $1.000.
combination of exhibition laying. and sbarps or else very flue pollard, one table qualities. It cannot be done. part of barley. meal and one part of An interesting rllcc was contested The fowls must be bred year after potatoes. The pollnrd shoud always at sl. John last week between Pearl
year for one definite object alone. if bo scolded oso soaked in bot water, Pick, owned by Emery Cdmppoll and one has egg production in view the and allowed stand covered with a Happy Lad, owned by William Law. strain of layers. Such birds may Bllllll. 1-0 llt0$l1l» f0l' ll0V¢l`8l ll0lll”S bo son. Tile rice was for it side bet' of cost more than those from haphazard fore lllic- T110 P015-1005 lnllsl lllwvlys $25 and was best thi-ce out ol' live sources. but they are the cheapest be boiled and wel! mashed. A very heals Pearl Pick won the nr-sl two birds should emanntc from a fixed little coarse poultry rice meal may heats. and Happy Lad took tho f°1|0W. in the end. be added to ,the “masli," but Indian in three and the race. 1ll the second
ltllllfr
K
corn meal should mt be given. The heat Pearl Pick covered the half mile
HINTS oN cHlc|(£N.n/l|3|N(; "mash" should always be given fair- in 1.11%, which is exceptionally good
(B S ‘TCT ) ly glgybllllll <-;;'Ul1ll€ly- Ttlie dlryl gratis time under the circumstances.
y a peca orreopondent. con c E00 02 S. D8-l'Y Wwe ull ’~‘ ’“ 0
when Cmckens are puny feafhcr. Partly slightly bruised or crushed, A fire al Dundas. Out., lust Sunday,
ed_ that is when they are fmm 5|x to lllllll the Dllllels SP0 about 4 months was the cause of the loss of one of eight weeks old' they should be tak old. lil-lt after lllllt like they should Canada's most valuable harness llors- gn from the iw., ,md pu, in ,, sep". be able to out it all without being es. the pocol- Billy Brine, li. ll. 6, hy
bruised if sradllally accustomed to Wild Brin Jr Bill Bilno was the
Hogs Fed and Wntered . . . . .
.$7.25
Cattle ........... .. ... 9.00 Lambs .....11.00
Burley ... ,...
NEW YORK
.860
Butter............. . . . . . . .,.3-lc Eggs
re . . . .
Cheese a E
'Butter Market.
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ate art f th il ld, b tt till, ' 0- - Y ' in apsepafate §,.,,,,‘;_ne|§'ate,,,,2e°d,s_ lt. Brulsed. or whole barley if avail- tho most sensational pocol- lost wint- umm from the farm bu"d|ugs_ They able, could be given once or twice a er over the ice tracks, and won so uni- Bhoum be at such ,_ dmancs from Weill! lllSl»88ll. 88 8- Cllilllge- formly over the Michigan short-ship the farm buildings that they Wm not Dllflllg l-1115 S1080. IIB always. it'clrcult last summer that ills owner. “nd meh. way back to their old will pay best to give the pullets Mr. Crow. of Chatham. refused an 5,-,,,,,,d_ no, m,X_ with me genera, sood. holirlshlus food ill plenty. but offer or $5,000 at Detroit. whore he glock or helm The best time to 315112121851.intofallleigndtggllll illgwiltlzg tgllzltlcka mark oi’ 2.071/Q over li half mile' when it is nearly dark. If kept shut t°° fat' 5° that melf may "°“"h ml* . "‘ ‘°` " up in the house all next day and only lurity and tai egghying “age “sl With tile setting in of the winter let out at dusk for a feed, they will mo" as pm” e' work has been abandoned at tile
track of the Kentucky Trotting Horse
house. If not, and if inclined to wan- . Breeders’ Association, but ilot until der back to- their old ground, a ring H¥ more than one fast young trotter gave of wire netting may be nt round ' evidence of unusual ability. The get of
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their new house for a day or two in E § Mll-ll\’l00. 3. 2.07%. atttracted the nt- the form of a run. . tentlon of horsemen by the manner in
The ¢l1lCl¢8l\5 Bl\0l-lld D6 Dllf- lil K®KQKG which they came to their speed, and,
movable wooden houses or “Night while no effort was made to develop gllékef,” tniei;.;uring about 4 feet lopg, TQRUNTC record makers, scverni yciiriings, the
ee w e, and 3 eet high, wth oldest oi the get of the iutiirlty win-
slopiilg roof. This size would hold H05? OK” CMB "" " ‘ ' '$235 ilcr of 1012. now ill Kentucky. wi-.rc about 40, but it may of course be Calle "" °' ’ " 1123 among the fastest and bcsl, gulivd of smaller for a less number of chick- Laufbs ‘° ' " do the many speed marvels ui. the track. ens. It is not advisable, however, to Bm' ey " ' c With Sun Francisco, 2.07%, already crowd more than 40 together. nor to TORQNTO _ '» arrived and Mnnrlco giving promise il.:1ake ularseil houses. as they would glllilcl' -~ -~ oi' acconlplislllng great' things, Walnut e ra ier leavy to handle easily. ESS - - - - . - - - » - - - - - - - - - C Ilali Farm will lil the i'utul'c hold even The house should be eitller mounted Cheese (N730) ----~~19C a lliglier place than in the past. The
on low wgleels, or fitted with a. ban- MONTREAL. prominence given the son of Zolnbro, die at ea ll corner, so that it may be Hogs Off Cars . ....$10.25 2.11, by the victories ol' his duugliicr. moved a little every day, to fresh Cattle .. 8.00 Mary Putney, 3, 2.05%, togctllcr with ground. It can be made of any Lambs 10.00 tile performance ol several otllers by rough, inexpensive boards, as long MQN1-REAL this representative of the Mcliinncy as the seams are close or cov- Buuer _ __ __ _ _____351/is llilc,will bi-ing to him it licavy patroll- ered by laths to exclude rain and ,Eggs ______ ,____ __ _ ___52c age next spring, and. as the best brcd draughts. Draughty houses are dan- Cheese (large) _ __ __ __13%c and most promising oi' the foals of San gerous and cause colds, stunted BUFFALQ Francisco have yet to be seen lil pub-
lic. his future appears to be vi-ry bright.
lil tl fb
Although no oillciul siutciuullt has
been made it is rumored that (7. K. G. Billings did not buy Margaret Dru- len and Lottie Lee tu retire to the breeding ranks immediately, bui. in- stead he has liupcs of driving them to pole the coming season, in an eilort to land the world's record for a pole
Farmers.Cr0iiI11l‘l’ team driven by an amateur. Over the
Separator.
This week . . . . . . . ... 30 Lust week 30 Two weeks ago 30 Same week 1915 27 1914.. . . . . . . . .......26 1913 26 i912 . . . .........,..20
Egg Market.
Prints
38 3:: 315 20 29
27% 155
New-Laid
This week . . . .._ . Lust week . . . ... . . Two weeks ago . . ._ .
36 45 48
Same week 1915 .. 30
1014 . . . .._ . 1913...... _ 1912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Grain Market
Wheat
This week .. $1.10 Last week 1.06 Two weeks ago . .. 1.05 Same week 1915.. 1.30 1914 . . . .._ 92 1013 97 1912 . . . ... 07
Sheep Market
Ewes
This week 18.00 Last week 7.75 Two weeks ago 7.50 Same week 1915 0.00 _ 1914 . . . .._ 8.75.
1913 6. ' l912_.....: 5.83
Cattlsfdsrkst
This week Last week Two weeks uso... .. . Bsmeweel¢1915.... ... 1014 .. ..
1918.......... . 1012 ..
Hog Marks!
I Toll price tho 2.24 trol. 'rho not hall
off carl in 1.07. Lucy Patchml
This week . . . . ..- . - 88.85 vrorld’s record over ice, iosdt week _ . 9.50. Ong” in 1914, ggowin
O0 .....
.‘l1¢‘........ . llil........ ill! ......,. .. ....-
1 o. ¢~-- can new
earl
...37 27 40
Fall
Oats 43 43 43
. 57
40 40 52
Lambs $11.76 11.00 10.50 9.00 9.60 9.50 7.65
$8.00 7.75
7.89 8.15 9.00 7.00 6.80
|50 l°°-
Bruuots island track ni. Plttsblirg lust fall J. ll. McCuiic. member of the Pittsburg Matinee Club, drove Ross It. and Brighton B. to polo in 2.06% which is a second and it quarter fast- er than tlio world’s record for a stunt with an amateur driver up. lt is believed that this performance stirred up Mr. Billings. and.if all goes well the New York llorsoman is llkoly to drive Margaret Druicn and Lottie Leo to polo this year for an attack on this record. Ulilan and Lewis Forest, the property ol' C. K. G. Billings trotted a mile to pole in 2.03%. but Doc. Tanner drove the mile. Mr. lllli- ings holds more amateur records than any other owner of horses, and of Margaret Druicn and Lottie Lcesllow an incliilatioii to trot together there is an excellent chance that Mr. Blil- lngs will annex the pole team record
to his long list :lf performalices.
Monday of last week saw several
new marks made in the ice races at Dufferin Park. Toronto. Paddy R. hung up'a new record when he step- ned the sixth lieat of tho 2.15 pace in 2.11%. with the first half iii 1.05%. bcatiilg Grand Opora’a record of 2.12 made only u few days before. Homer Mack’s world record of 6.42% for
three heats was broken in tra first three heats of the free for al when they stepped it in 6.38%. the times be- ing 2.13%, 2.12% and 2.13%. Two oth- er records were also broken ill the race for the fastest four heats and the fastest five. heats. Yedlla won the drst two heats in 2.13% sud 2.12%, and looked to have the third well in hand but made a break entering the stretch. Fay Richmond thou wont lil and won in 2.13%. Sho reposted in the fourth in 2.14%. but in the lfth Texas Jim won in 2.16%. Cliilcoot reduced the reéord for green trotters from 2.19% to 2.18% in the second heat of
m
ade tile st
in 1.17%. 'but she had a .tous to that race. The
three hasta, and tss four
'ril
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-lt is said that over in Sheboygan, Maine. the farmers are buying oxen for use in their work next spring. The high price of horses is the cause.
¥ U U
Royal McKinney, 2.07%, Miss Rilda.
2.08%, Sis Blngeil, 2.19%, and a half sister to Joan, 2.04%, by Slliko, 2.081/¢ are recent additions to the Murphy
stable. '
ll S
lrvlng Poetic. the Maine teamster.
wllo had such success lust season, has n black pucer, by Joc i’ai.chcn, 2.01'/,, eligible to thu slow classes, that is ox- pelztcd to will sonic ruccs in 1016.
$ $ 1=
Hot Meinl, li four-your-old paccr by
(loc-iluto, 2.111/2, out ol' Acc of llc-arts, by Electloneer, rcccully dicll at Oak Ridge Farm. Suiidwicll, Ont. The young stallion was brcll by Arthur ii. Parker. ol' lioston, owner of Shaw- sliecn lllvvr Farm. Bedford, Mass.
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J. J. Llllis, from tile Milrroile stable
ruii at fest. nlilu n|_ New Orleans last wack. vovi-rilig illi: distunicc iii 1.117 -i-5 breaking the former truck i'ecoi'd of 1.38%. The Aiiivricun record for the mile is 1.3654. made by lt. 'l‘. Wil- eon's Ainalll made at Syracuse in 1914 Tim Cnilaiiiilil rvcorii for the distance over o. Caiiliiiiaii track is 1.25715-5 made by (fllffe Edge owned ily Dick \Vatkil.Is at Fort Eric lil 1911, J. J. Llllig is 1|, brown gelding by liilnliockhui'il-Toes- ty lllitck, und is ilvi- years old. J. J. Lilis run with cuilliidcrnlile success un till: New York :intl Mlirylaiiii trucks lust. sunlinc-r.
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1 SHEEP
THOUBLES WITH LAMBS.
Over large areas of some ol' tile lin-
esi. districts many lambs are lost un- nually from lung und stomach worms, and those lambs which do ilot suc- cumb to the disease make very little progress for the twelve months after shearing. Several dreilclies are em- ployed as remedies, some ot' which kill the disease, but occasionally kill a ood many lambs. The lambs are generally attacked soon after being weaned. and if they survive until after next shearing they appeal' to get over tlle trouble.
On a certain farm the farmer gl-ew
a crop of turnips oil which llc weaned the lambs. Tlicy never lost a day. and came to the next shearing as well de- veloped als four tootlis. Probably rape or knle would be quite as good as tur- nips oil which to wean lauilis. Some of the highest experts believe lil feed- ing ns a means of killing tile lnicrobe. Tile microbe is at the bottom of all the mischief. and must eltlier be prevent- ed or killed off after lie has appeared lil the pastures.
To prevent tetanus, the hot iron
when tile lambs are being marked is one of the best safeguards. To pre- vent tape worm. food -tonice such as sulphate of iron and common salt should be given. and the same reme- dies will do for husk.
i FARM
FLATS FOR PLANTS
ldllils or snlull boxes url: lic(-vssury
for coilvfviiiciii-.e in handling plants. Flats are usually made of l/Q-inch luinber for sides and bottoms and #2 iilcll cilils. lil liicii by 22 inch and li iilclics deep is at convenient' size. Old soup or Silnililr boxes may be cut down for the purpose. 'l`lley sllolilil all llc of the shine size if pos- sible to niukc use ol' the llotbcd splice. The ailvuiltago of lllits is that they can be lnovcll from place io placc,‘ and .<lliil'tcll i`i’oin unc bed to liiiotlier us ilcslrcll. 'l`iic scerl starts' generally bctii-r ill liuts und. wllcn rclldy to transplant, the work can hi: (lone ill- sido with greater comfort. Less soil will be rcqlllrori when flats are used.
Wllon _tile plnnts :irc rr-ndy to hard-
en oif the flnis will bl- moved io u coul bull or cold frame. and the bed be given up to plants requiring more heal. When trliuspluntillg iinlc ur- rivcs ilie flats can iw tnkcn in tile field, :ind lilo plants out out with a square ol' soil s.ttlu'iiwl in them rind traiispiulilcil witllelil sllilvriiig inucil check.
The iualn wllo ilitellde to like ilnts
can niake them np tu advalitage tlur- ing tliv \‘Vlnti\.l‘ nloilills :ind ul the saiuc time lic can knock iogeillcl' ull lilo vrntcs iilat. will hc ilocessnry for the inarkcllng of his tomatoes. pota- toes, etc.. iicxi. i~lummer and Fall. Klluck-owll crates may be beyond the ordinary farm mm-llanln. but llnniiy illcll lucy lic fouull on many _farms wilo could manage to put this klnil oi' crate together if the neces- sary nlutcrlni is obtalnalile. The space slivcd iii storing such crates and the coiivcnlcncc lil returning a. _ load of them from market. when empty, will repay u lot of extra work in construction.
MANURING DEEP AND SHALLOW SOILS.
Tile allotment. or the portion of
the garden alloted to vegetables. can llc made to produce line results by rotating the crops instead of manur- lng. it is not necessary to buy nlnn- ure for the whole plot every year. Suppose a patch were fed for a call-
lowiug 'one will produce straightel roots of carrots, parsnips and beet without any feeding at all. Peas and beans and clover have the pro- perty of leaving their sites richer in nitrate than before they were grown therein. If the ‘sell is fed for beans and peas, the next season will grow flue brassicas (cabbages, cauli- iiowers, Brussels sprouts, kalc. broc- coll, and turnips) without any food being given.
There ure two main plant foods-
nitrute (nitrogen or ammonia) and potasli. 'l‘lic piiosphatlc food need not trouble the gardener. The dlf» ferent classes of plants use up the foods in different proportions. A root (potatoes, onions, carrots, beets, ctc.), or fruiting (beans. Peas, mar- rows, ctc.), crop must have potasll. Whilst potasli is the food that goes to the making of root or fruit, nl- trogcn is the loaf-making fertiliser. Cabbages and turnips grown solely for "turilip tops" require nitrogen to develop to iniicll size.
A CHEAP ICE HOUSE
As dnirylng in some form or other
is carried on in most newly-settled dis- tricts it is of importance to the resi- dent. who engages in this practice that he provide liimsi-li' with a house for the storing oi' leo so that he will he :iblc to regulate thc condition of milk during the lioi. months of the Suni- mcr. ll' his means are small but he happens to be situated near timber ii very slliisfzlctory ice-house may be izolisirlilctcll uf logs. 'l`l\e ilooi' may be of slabs, il' ihcy arc obtainable, but if not at floor of well-lumped earth on top of ii fcw ruiils of stone drain can be used. Tllc reel' will prove effective if made ef logs and u covering oi' brush inay he laid, with advantage, between the ice and the roof itself. ' If sawdust for pricing tlic ice is nut obtainable straw will serve the pur- pose :ind the use of the latter will save trouble that would occur from wusie oi’ sawdust througil chinks be- tween tlie logs of the walls.
Special attention must be given
that thc projecting sides of the logs on tile inside of the house do not inter- fere with ilu- proper settling of the materials used for packing the ice.
Tile fact that rough logs will make
u satisfactory ice-house proves that double walls or an air space are not essential to the keeping of ice, but care must be taken that tllere ig a good and sufficient packing on all sides. including the bottom of the ice pile. which must nowhere come in contact with tile walls. ll’ fine straw is used as packing about two feet of thickness of this material must sur- round tllc ice. Fine, clean chaff ans- wers this purpose or dry swamp moss is excellent.
EARLY VEGETABLES
Extravaglllli. claims are suinetiiucs
made regarding the influence of iii- lrale of soda upon the yield and earllness of certain vegetable crops. particularly those of which a vege- tative part constitutes the edible pro- duce. The claims are especially em- phatic in reference to early-planted crops, since much of their growth -must be inudc at u time when con- ditions ln the soil are not favorable for rapid ilitriiicutluil; and tlie slip- plyillg ol' nitrogen in a readily avail-
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The Agonies
0i Neuralgia
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A NERVE TROUBLE, ALWAYS DUE TO WEAK, WATERY BLOOD.
Oliiy iiiose who llnve been attacked
with neurulgin can form tile faintest idea oi’ what its victims suffer. A tingling of the tender skin, u sharp slldrlen .stub from some angry nerve: till-ll piercing pnroxysms of pain that is ncumlgia. Tile cause of thc troubli- is disordcrcri nerves, due in weak. watery blood. The cure is Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, which inakc new, ricli. roll blood, and thus sooth and strengthen the disordered nerves and euro ncurlilgln. Mr. Louis Martin. Mildlnay, Ont.. snyli:-- "l ani writing to let you know the grcllt. benefit. Dr. Willillnlli' Pink l‘illi»: have llemi to nie. 'I‘wo years iigo i was ll pliyiilcul wreck, My nerves were ull lulstrung and I suffered iortllrcs from ncilralgiu. in the head and tlirouglioiit. the nervous nyslcui generally. l was uluiosi iii|~ ill. for work. und only mnni-lgcd to gel along wiili lllc greatest. difficulty. l iloctorcd for about five months and in 'thin llinc look over forty dollars worth of medicine wltilout any lleileilt. Mori-. l was actually' growing worse. iinil iiliaily llnil to take to iny bed. My nerves get so bud 'iliat l could not turn over in bed without help and the pain ns something awful. As I am a farmnr you can easily see that necessary work was being neglected, so l sent for o brother who was ln Alberta. to colnl- to takc charge of the work. When my brother arrived he at once urged ini- to try Dr. Wlllliams' Pink Pills, telling me of some cures that had come under ills observation. I got half a dozen box- es, of thc Pills and by that time I was a well mail. and it is impossible to say how thankful l was for my release from pllin."
You con get br. williams' Pink Pills
from ally dealer lil medicine or by mail. post paid. at 50 cents a box or .six boxes for $2.50, from The D,r. Wil-
bagc or celery one season. tile fol-
liams Medicine Co., Brockville, Oni.
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