I _I _PA-'QE ' ‘_ _,tag-It - ' ' » _ - C_IUARDmN-._ ...ff .`.; -'~_I~-_-~-._“:-._-‘;._~'-*-I -("I"¥“`Q;'l_f`.i;‘fi' "‘ - .,§»¢`s~s'Ii¢»‘re'tl-'-». -. ~' t- - ;.t.~-_[gy 2 -_ = ; _ _ _ - ' _ _ ._ . __ '_ . t'h=*l=iifl'3l’ "l at ,-f '-.-:-:,~_§_gi;t_--_ .- .»s»=».-t -tw. -e ---~-1_-11',-n"5r“‘“if;~"1t='~{-jrrr 5-- f-_-rr' --A- -- _-_--~-~--..- ' ~ " ` --it ` . " -. I "fl" 'iw' I' ' " . T5' t7.-.f.. ,_ *_ _ ~-if ;,_.3sl1luh'a_s;_-pad?-=-_I -. LEC-"'s»f\'*~~¥~`r -`= _» ‘- We - V _ _ _,-_ _ _ .:a____ I I E) "\’ I A Affeaéhlere, I'pur¢nt`.-Q. Ipuilliem _O , _ AGAZHNIE GU D -- '_l‘O'l'HEFARMER .-tl 1 is -li’ th ir 'lg nl" s _ ouch &"'.u- .l"'2§Z p. m. Wedsqsdev. Alla deceived eller i'.“..2.3‘&‘l' “““ “`° hriuen and otll`sl'l_lnte sted are invitltl- io- ooiliibltib to Thr: Farm. 'rhe The- 'Inst and -6004 roads dopartlllnla of The' Guardian either _tfyj question. correspondence ‘or °"‘?.»».'~""‘J. *.‘l“"i “..'¢l*“‘ ""."'°?. .Hi e _ ' n ons o s e l:t%f0!t intl' |380! will be KIVUB 10 8 . ll i“l.. .‘¢%$’.° ‘3.‘l..‘£“l..“.'...“.‘l’1.i'..'li interests. ` TH-E SlZli00L , Asn I ` ' THE HOME '_ Houesnoto Norse. Rinsing is a most important part of washing. _ The open fire is ideal for toasting mars hmallc-ws . Ball bluing should be tied in a thick little bag. The water for tea-should always be freshly :boiled _ ; Bacon rinds can be saved for seas- oning greens. _ / - lt _ls better not to serve the same meat twice a week. _ A Use hot»vinegar to remove the paint stains from. glass. Three -forks instead of one will beat eggs more quickly. Hard sauce flavored with both van- illa and lemon is excellent. - Corn that is left c-ver may be used up excellently if scalloped . '~Rernove= rust ‘ironr garments by bollingyin cream of tartar water. x Keep, the fat hot if you would have the white of fried eggs fluffy. Prevént a cake from burning by placing the cake tin'inside a large tin Household refuse is better cremat- ed than` disposed of in any other way. . Save candle ends and melt together to u'e as paraffin for_jelly. `E§'o‘nomicial .frying is possible only when the fat is carefully saved after use. '-Ne-'vel' close the doors of a gas oven until the' moisture inside has evapor- ated; -_ I Neve_r_use the same utensil indis- criminately on a coal range and a gas cooker! _ _ _ Before baking apples take out the core and-fill the cavity with figs or stoned dates. - The"_lfdots of cele_ry should always he saved and served- some people find them delicious. Raisins will beeasy to stone if they stand .ln -hot water a minute or two before stoning. ' ` ‘ THE MISTLETOE. in the language of flowers holly sig- nlfiedlfgrpsight. and mistletoe-. “I have surmonnted all difficulties." " Great-fires were built by the Scan dinavfsns in honor of their god Thor. The men soon precelved that the treesupon which the mistletoe hung, were the bestfor burning. in 'l"ho»r's I!0ll0l". for the higher the- flames raged through the forest the better pleased would-be Thor. . No -matter how great enemies men were, if_ they met under the mistletoe. they dropped the-lr enmity and greet- each other as friends. Nor would they take up rams against each other un- til the dawn of the next day. This was the _tribute they paid Thor. Then came the custom of carrying home sprigs of mistletoe and hanging it in the doorway. and if any enemy csme,_they could not enter the house beneath _the mistletoe without becom- ing friends. as long as they remained there. _From this came our custom of greeting people with sprays of mistle- c-;~ HuMsl..s ssAN tsjaxse ‘ ' sxcsl.l.EN'r noAs'r. Bean_ roast makes an excellent sub- stitute_ for,meat and offers an addi- tional way._of serving beans. Follow- ing is a recipe: . it lb.'dried beans ‘A lb. salt pork _ $4, lb. .grated cheese 1% -'cups bread crumbs -Legg _ 1 teaspoon salt ' ‘At teaspoon pepper. Look 'over and _wash the beans, soak from-12 to_14 hours in cold wat- er. poured' water. Put the beans into lifcups - of cold water. Re- tess _ ofsoda and boil three to five minnt . Drain off the water. Re- turn- e .beans 'to the kettle with fl cupsof-fresh water and the salt pork. which has been washed, scraped and scored. ‘Cover and cook slowly until the beans ire soft (from 2 to 3 hours.) _ Take ont'-the pork, mash the beans add th§}'ohs_ese. bread crumbs, egg and s ing. 'Mix well and put into a"- _sred~dish. Cover with bread tit-nglbsw -ind -pic-ces of pork. Bake ons- elf hour in a pan of hot water. _ - _ C " »_~or baked .beans may be nsd%-half pound dried beans sqnsl smt ll cups of mashed beans. &'i‘hiet-* 1 st _msv he served lun or ld abd- '_-much improved if served with _, _ sauce or ketchup. _' 1 tail-lI?l'l-Asi-lee. -, "5 -_» "?.*~“‘.“ . , . _i -1.' winter months the dis- pose ‘ ss from stoves and fur- mss _ attention. Though 7 are called by the dispo aiifcn _; , ssffss ' ‘against frame bulldl -“woglsn "fences, etc.. the EXTRACTING A HEADLEB8 NAIL.” Very often old lumber -is used to make repairs about the building, but if there are any nails in the boards they are almost-sure to be exactly where the board must be cut. Usu- ally the head is broken off and it is ulmc-st impossible to get the nail. out. To cut to one side leaves the board "ither too long or too short. The other day we saw a man get around the dilliculty ve-ry nicely, llc drove a. good nail in close to the broken one, then pulled it ont. The headless' bail was then loosened quite- easily and by means of a. pair of tweezers was extracted. Others may find this means to work satisfactorily the next time a nail is in the road of the- saw. xexeueseaoaoso-vw# § FARM L I V E STOC K. _ / Have the stables been cleaned, dis- infecled and fresbened for another winter’s feeding period? _ Every loud of manure- drawn to the -it-_ids this fall anti V winter is that uuch done towards the spring’s work. Almc-st ally 'man with tools and lumber can make a colony house for swine. -Such will be found il very handy thing on the farm. There is now an excellent opportun- ity to derive some revenue from our rough, yet good grazing land. The world-wide shortage ol' sheep emphas- ized in articles in this department should act as a suggestion to many. Farm flocks and small ranch flocks should result remuneratively to any with some knowledge- of sheep hub- bandry. _ A clean. dry barnyard has many ldvantages over the \vet, miry kind too often seen. Put the manure in u compact pile, or haul it to the fields. Drain thc- barny-ard either with tile 1-r open ditches and if possible fill up the depressions with gravel. (You- crete is an excellent thing, but it‘is rather late now, on account of frost, to put it down. FARMERS BUY AUTOS. . it is said that sixty per cent. of the lntomobiles made in America last year were sold to farmers. Roughly il. million cars costing eight hundred million dollars, were purchased by Canadian and American farmers in the automobile year ending the 31st if July 1916. Manufacturers estimate that about the same percentage of' cars made this year will gc- to the farms, and as the number of cars made is expected to show an increase of about 25 per cent. over the output :-f 1916. the- money spent on this con- tinent by farmers for motor cars in, the automobile year of 1916-17 will come very close to a billion dc-liars. § Pros ;f |7165 HAVE BLIND STAGGERS. Pigs are sometimes affected with blind staggers caused by bad, stag nant blood, which is usually produced by top close confinement in ill»ventil~ ated, dirty pens. Give them exercise in the open air or in a dry, clean, well-ventilated pen with plenty of room. Throw a few pease of whole wheat into some straw or chaff on a clean floor and let them hunt for it. or a little silage .scattered over thc floor will be good. This will give them exercise and kee-p the blood circulating. ln case of an acute attack drag pig out into the open air and rub it vigorously with cloths or the hands to start the blood circulating, and give the follow- ing: For s pig 3 months old give 1 desertspoonful of epsom salts; for u pig 3 tc- 6 months old give 2 dessert- spoonsful. and for a pig 6 to 12 months old give 3 to 4. A FEW WORDS ABOUT HOGS. There is a kind of live stock, we belle-ve, so much affected by panicky conditions as are hogs. It is evident that fewer swine than usual will he fed this winter and fewer sows will __be bred to furrow in the spring. There can he no doubt regarding the price of pork next spring and summer. lt has been pretty well prove-n by in- vestigation and practical farmers that s pound of grain can he accom- plished with about four pounds of meal. In many cases a pound c-I grain can be accomplished with less, but, unde~l"aver-age conditions. we are safe in' saying that four pounds of milifeeds or chop will prc-.iuce a pound of pork. _This being true, it_ appears that even with the present price c-f feed. hogs can still be fed at a. fair margin, when the farmer does not put too much value on his labor. lf prices are as attractive next summer, as conditions indicate they may be.~ it it likely that the msn who feeds hc-rs this wlnte-r may 're- ceive t good average return for his efforts. Home -farmers make s practice of wintering young pigs, without making any`stte1npt tc- finish them for spring delivery. They prefer to let them run a while on the gl-ass and finish them in warm weather. it appears that cheaper 'gains result undeli summer conditions than in winter. t may be tbzt some farmers with lighter stores th u usual should carry their _voung pigs through thc winter in a thrifty grt'-wing condition. and then turn 'hem to grass in .tha spring until the wlu-it is thrashed ii need be. They ...assi than rndlnishul al nf wallhtl _ AMONG A- THE 3 Houses ; 2:. -t A _ - »~ A , ,.,. Arie s|5i»iS|,.:_.|elei( Sixty new stalls will be built at' Southern Park trotting track, Youngs- town. Ohio. -next spring. This will provide ample stubling facilities for one hundred and ninety horses. Youngstown is surely coming tc- the front as a trotting horse center. Guy Lee. who raced Wilkes Bre- wer 2_08iA. to her record the past season while l<‘rc-tl Jamison was out ol’ commission, owing to a few broken rigs, etc., will train next year for George W. Slaughter, whose Deep Run Sic-ck Farm is at Birmingham, Mich., near Detroit. lil li i Trotting horse lovers the country over will regret to heal' that the vet- eran New York State breeder, Will- iam Simpsou. proprietor of Empire f‘ity Farina, Cubaf N. Y.. and owner of Axworthy. 2.1554- and McKinney 2.11’/2, is seriously ill ut his home in New York. <= 4* t< Edith (‘.artcl°.. 1, 2.18%, the fastest yearling trotting lilly of the year and the sect;-nd fastest of all time, trotted to, her record at Phoenix de Lapoe'/. 2.23, out of Louise Cortex* 3. 2.24 (dam ot' \Vilbur Lou, 2.101/4), .by Chestnut Tc-zu 2.15; second dam, lngar (dam oi John A. Mclferron 2.04%), by Direc- tor 2.17. Edith trotted in 2.26% this year over .1 small oval. ANOTHER ICE MEETING FOR EIELORIMIER PARK The announcement was made in Montreal this week that bn ice meeting will he held at Delorimier Park early in the month of January, the exact dates to be announced in a few days. The- meetiu§._although under the auspices of' the Montreal Driving (‘.lub_ will be financed and nulnugell by pri- vate individuals, of’ whom lluu Donnel ly, the well-known llorsomun of- Mont real, is- tht- prime mover. Mr. Donnelly is one of the veterans of the harness racing game here and is being joined in the enterprise by some horse own- es from Sydney, Cape Breton. A num ber of horsemen will come here irc-m the Maritime Provinces, and the meet ing is creating a great deal of interest among horse owners, not only in East- ern (lanadn. but across the lines as we`l. Thi- exact dates- on which the racer will be held will he announced some time next week. as well as the differ ent classes, and the (lays on with the different events will be carried. ll is planned now -to hold u six day meet. m&m»Mm E POULTRY wi-w HOW MUCH CAN A HEN EAT? lil'-w much can sl hen ent, or how much ought she to cut? is a lunch dis- cussed topic among certain clnsses of poultry keepers. Because a hcn's ap- petite varies, depending perhaps on the particular brand of weather, thc kind of houses she lives in alld her own physical cf.-ndition, which means laying, loafing, brooding, melting etc. uo irouclnd rule can be laid down. Health also has to do with the amount of food consumed, and there are no dc-ubt other factors that help to det- ermine whether a hen should eat more or less on any particular dny. The records in the international egg laying contest at Storrs, Ct.. seems to show quite conclusively that a he-u will consume from 40 to 45 pounds of grain in the course of a year. This means all average daily consumption of about _two ounces, or from 12 to 13 pounds per duy to each 100 hens. if it be assumed that the average grain mixture weighs .115 pounds to a quart. then eight quarts or u trifle more would be about the average grain ration for 100 hens each day. This is almost exactly the amount recommended by the Maine station that-suggests four quarts corn, two quarts wheat and two quarts oats daily for each 100 laying pullets. ln the laying contest the grain ra- tion consists of wheat an'd cracked corn only, equal parts hy`weight. The oats are fed in the mash. This sug- gestion regarding the amount of grain presupposes that tht' hens will have before them at all times an ample supply of dry mush ‘to which they can help themselves fret-ly. lf permitted free access to thick sour milk hens will consume just about twice as much by weight of this product us they ' do of grain. Trials at the indiana stntidh resulted in the consumption of 93 pounds of milk per year for each laying Leghorn pullet. CHARCOAL SHOULD BE F_ED TO POULTRY No farmc-r should attempt to keep poultry without feeding charcoal regu- larly. Charcoal can he made on the place at ‘the expense of very' little tlme. and is as important for the wel- fare of poultry' as are grit or oyster shell. My method of burning charcoal is _as t`oilows_A pit about four feet square- and about eight inches deep is dug. Of course, the pit can be made as large as one des res. in the bottom of the pit, 'light brush. cornstalks or anything that will make a quick fire, is placed and on_ top of this heavier brush or dry fire wood. The pile is top- ped with seve-rai layers of green wood, cut into lengths of two. or three feet. when the pile is completely and neatly arrange-zi. pieces of old sheet iron roo - ing farr- placed on top and covered with dirt. _ The brush at the bottom of the pit is than lighted in set-emi pilscen and f el til th mass allowed to burn re y un c- esems to be well sblaset, ytllep le throwing off' dense clouds of smoke without any blnis showing the wood is charring properly, but where the smoke is light. ln,color. it is un indica- ton that the mass inside is blazins and more of` thef air shou.d be shut off._ Care should be exercised that too much of the air is not shut off for the fire will go out. The nms-3 should be kept smoking freely. Charcoal is a blood puliliel' and corrects the evil of overfcedlng and in- Judicious feeding, ltlis a good rem- edy for bowel trouble. it is peric-“.tl_v safe to keep cha-rcoal before the fowls all tho time. A-s charcoal has great absorbent powers for gases, it should be kept in`covered vessels. and only suiiicient for one dny's feeding should be kept in the hoppers il' the hoppers are filled, the char coal not immeliate- ly' consumed will soon become im-. pregnated withthe foul odors of the poultry- house- and will be unfit' and unsafe for use. When charcoal ia kept in open vessels. it should be heated before giving to the fowls.l-lent ing drives oft' the impurities anti nnaices it its good as when fresh. 5* #-0 l+¢.d»4++Q>4++e+f+‘-++4-I * j - ITURF i>i~l»°if*l'¥f*U~iI\‘4*§I*l"|'4‘rl*'/i?'l‘4~4»-1-4»€»‘+-l~4~ t4 THE HEAVIER THEIBETTER. \Vc were pleased in reading one ot tht- articles published in c-Ln' Young Furlntr’s Department. lo note that the writer had found i"om experience that the heavy horse. and the heavier ‘he butler; was the most profitable horse on the -farm. He did not go inf to the questit-3' of breeding vnlue, but liuzply mentioned the fact that for heavy haulage and the heavy farm work the- hc-rse with weight and sub stance is most economical and ac- complishes thc- work to better advan tage than lighter animals, more ol which would be required to do the sumo hauling ol' implements and loads. The heavy horse is bound to weat`rle-r thc competition of automo- bile and tractor to fur better advant- ‘xge than is the light horsc. Of :ourse, some consideration must be paid to the light horse str-_ek of the :ountr_v. and this should bc improve,-.i, out. lor the farmer with land to worll 'ind loads to haul, weight is import- iut. And, bringlnf' up tix" "--"lt ol the value of the animals as breeders the heavy horse i.. always- in betta-l 'iemand than the light horse in boom timcs as well as in periods of dull ness in the horse market. The heavy ulafo can be managed so as to do her share l;-." the farm-\vork and ut the some time raise n colt, and just nl this st-ason of the year and more es- oculillly when feed is high lu price and scarce. it is important that_ we emphasize the feeding of the draft colts und young horses on the -farm. if any of the horses 1nust'be “skimp cd" this winter, let it not be the younger animals, particularly the /:olts recently wennetl. If they are to 'xo on und reach the dc-sirable wclglit lor tht-lr respective breeds, it is ilu- portnnt that during the first and second winters at least. and particu- larly the first, tlicy get a sufiiclcnl' a mount C-I suitable feed. Do not with bold grain. Give rolled oats in suffi :lent quantities tot keep the colts ‘;l'o\viug and thrifty-a. Ain occasions] root, rzlrrt-t or turnip preferred, will hclp, und fccd liberally but judicious ly on good clover hay. Exercise is important as it tends to keep the colt.-3 healthy. thrifty' and growing well. Give' them fc-ur or flvc hours each fine day in an open yard. Rc member that weight-is important, and to get weight the colt must be kept growing. To keep the quality regular- ly for a considerable time each day. Because horses are not as ready sale as they might be at the present time. and because feed is high in price, ure nr.-t sufficient reasons to neglect the cc-its. Keep them growing.- Exo. MANY HORSES HAVE DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT Decctivc eyesight in horses ls u very serious fnult. and to it cun be directly traced the cause oi innumer- able accidents. A blind horse ls al- ways d'angcmus under the saddle' or ln single or double harness. A horse with a/"defecti-ve vision that distorts ordinary objects met with on the road is even more objectionable. in some respects, to ride or drive' than thc horse that is totally blind. Shying in many instances is the result of poor eyesight. The buyer or' owner who is appre- hensive regarding a horse's eyes or eye may satisfy himself whether k not disease exists by following direc- tions here glven for the examination of the' eye: With the thumb ami' fore- flnge-r gently part the eyelids, thus exposing to view the eye and' the muc- ous membrune linin the lids. The right hand should be used in manipulating the lids of the _left e'yc. and the left hand for the right eye, the finger 'in fialch case being pressed on the upper ( . When it is necessary to examine the inner side of eyelid's more minutely, draw upper limi' down by the eyelashes with one h-and and invert it over the tip of the' iorefinger of the other hand. Mnny forms of pronounced cyc dis- ease can be discovered in ordinary light. but where it is necessary to ex- amine the interior of the eye for incl- pent tl'lse.'.\sc or slight defects a more careful examination is necessary, The inte-rim' of the eye cannot be satisfactorily examined ln the sun- shine or unrizir it clear sky; grave de- fects can he seen under such circum- stances. but for careful examination of the eyes thc- horse should be taken where all light from above is. shut oil' where it fall on the eye from the front and side. The examiner stand- ing in front will see the reflective rays” from the cornea, the front of the lens and the back.- and can detect any cloudiners or opacity. * ~ .The most satisfactory examination --in he mat',o.ln u dex-‘.t room by illum ‘n-nf'l~_ the nr.-f-. w'-‘,i\`a lamp or smut' '~~'-'r ll-_bf vim-/-tl fo-war ' and' out ‘ fi f fl i' it ab rcs". -'nu the cya.-an mov ng » v>_'-'_»._-f- the.-_D-1nl1_f¢r-elif: <=ls'_.°.°_‘ .ff--"1 _ Tl-ls snoop. Masai- -, Much of the- success with fouls nox spring depends upoll the care nn' management of the brood iuarc du- ln' thewlnter season. We must enlphac ize exercise. No broc-J more can;dc justice to herself and her offspring it tied by the neck in a narrow stall' day lu and _day out. if she is to rnist a strong, healthy foal next May oz June, perhaps 'c~:u'lier c-;' later, shi must get a reasonable amount of e;; ercisc. and the more of it she gets the better, _provide-d it is regular. Each day, if there is no light worl or light teaming for her tt- do," sbt. should be turned out in `n -yard; noi with _vouuge-' horses or lhose.lll