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LEMON WATER ICE
Four lBi'i!€ 1'-iicl' lemons, one quart
of water, one orange. one and a qua;-_
wr pound sugar. Put the sugar and
water on to boil; chip the yellow rin.I
from the~o1~a.nge and three of the le-
nlons and add to the syrup. Boil five
minutes then let stand to cool, Squeeze
me juice from the lemolns and orange,
add It to the cool syrup' strain and
freeze. Just before removing the dish,
add the wllole of one egg`beaten'vory
stiff w‘th one -lahlespooniul of sugar to
nl-,ills wllite and frothy.
SOME BERRY DAINTIES
. Berry Bread
Almost any kind of berries can he
used, and save for beating the fruit,
there is no cooking. Take n stale loaf
of bread, cut in tllln slices and spread
with butter. Stew a quantity of ally
killd of berries, adding ll. little _cur-
rllnt juice or lemon juice to bring ollt
the flavor. When soft turn and add
lllore bread and fruit sweeter; to taste.
Ill la deep tiisil pllt a layer of the
bread; pour over a quantity of the
boiling mixture and add lnore bread
and fruit until ull has been used. \
Bluiberry Betty
Iielllovc the crusts from slices of
stale breed. Put the brcad. spread
witil butter, into a pudding dish with
alternate layers of blueberries. Sprin-
kle the fruit with sugar, a tiny pillcll
of suit and a little gratcll nutmeg.
iluve very generouslaycrs of the fruit.
When the liisll is filled and before the
top layer of buttered bread is put on,
squeeze over the juice of half a lemon.
(‘over the dish and let bake until the
berries ure tender; -then remove tile
cover and brown. Serve hot witll ll.
hard sauce.
RECIPES FOR RHUBARB
ililubarb is not only one of tho ever-
ready alldreliablc early spring herbs,
of which delightful desserts can be
laude, but it may be used to advantage
from the canning storage cellar or the
forcing plot during the winter.
Tile following recipes will prove to
you just how good this herb can be
lllade.
Baked Strawberries and Rhubarb
ll"illcc driod rilubarb, sugar and
strawberries in layers ill a baking-
dish. Bake slowly in a moderate oven.
' _ Rhubarb Fluff
ll/Q cupfuls rhubarb, 1 cupfui water,
1,5 cupfui sugar, 3 eggs wllites, 1/, tea
spoonful lemon extract, 2 teaspoon-
fuls flollr. '
(look rhubarb'in water until tender.
add sugar and our mixed together
and cook 5 minutes. Flavor and cool.
Ilcat eggs whites until stiff and fold
rhubarb mixture illto them. Put into
glasses, heap-ing up in center. Pour
around outer edge a. custard sauce
made as follows:
I It egg yolks, 2 teuspoonfuis sugar,I
W cupfui milk 1/Q tenllpoonful vanilla,
Rhubarb Taploca Pudding .
2 cupfuis rhubarb (diced) 1/, cllpful
tllpicoa, 2 cupfuls water, I/I teaspoon-
ful salt, 175 cupfui sugar, i/4 teaspoon-
ful lemon extract.
Soak tapioca ln cold water 4 hours.
(Took in double boiler until transpar-
cnt. Add salt, sugar, lemon extract
an rhubarb and cook until rhubarb
is tender. Serve with cream.
Plneappla Rhubarb Cream
1,4, envelopegelatin, 1/4 Cilhflll C015
water. 1 cupfui rhubarb, 1 cupfui
grated pineapple and juice, IA- cupfui
sugar, 1/Q cupfui' water, 1 cupfui whill-
ped cream.
lSoak gelatin in cold water. Cook to-
gether the rhubarb, pineapple, sugar
and I/Q cupfui water. and add to soak-
ed gelatin. Set aside to cool. When
it stiffens, add cream, beaten Until
stiff, and chili. ' -
Rhubarb Strswb°rry Mold ‘
It envelope gelatin, 'A cupfui COI<i
water, 1,5 cupfui boiling water, 1 cull-
flli rhubarb, 1 cupfui sugar, 3 e855
twhites., it cupfui strawberry pro-
serves. .,
lSoak gelatin in cold water. Cook
rhubarb in boiling water and sugar
until tender. Add to soaked gelatin
and stir until gelatin is all dissolved.
cool and when lt begins to set. add
gradually to stiffly-beaten eggs (whit-
es). beating nlixture constantly. Add.
strawberry preserves, put in mold and
chili. ~
Rhurbsrb and Raisin Tarts
1% cupfuls rhurbarb, diced, % CHD'
flll raisins (chopped) *A l-€i1SlJ00iif“I
calldied orange Peel (Clit 506)" VI Wi"
ful sugar.
Roll pastry to 'A-inch thickness!
cut with biscuit-cutter; _mix ingred-,
lcllts; -place 1 teaspoonful in center of
cich piece; fojd, edges together; pierce
top and bake.
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No season of the year ls so dan-
gerous to the life of little 01105 “B I”
the summer. The excessive heat
throw; the little stomach out of ord--
er so quickly that unless P\'°mP¢ “Id
ls at anal me bsby may be bwvlid
-nil llllmlm help -before the mother re-
alizes he is ill. Summer is the soa-
son when diarrhoea, cholera, Infim'
tum. `dysenfry and CUIIC U9' ‘"9"
prevalent. Any one of th9H0 U0'-lille!
may prove deadly lf not promptly
treats-l. During the summer the
mothers best friend ill BabY'5 UW"
Tablets. They regulate the bowels.
nweetell the stomach and keel; baby
healthy. 'rue 'rabbits are so d bv
medicine dealers or by mail Ht 25,
cents a box-from.'l’be Dr. William!
Medicina Co., Brockville, Ont.
OHS Clillful home Ground cornmeal,
one teaspoonful sugar, one teaspoon.
fill butter. one-half teaspoonful salt,
about one cupfui boiling water, two
tablespoonfuls milk.
Scald the meal with the boiling
water, ‘beating till of the consistency
‘¢° ‘IPOD from a spoon, yet remaining
stiff. Add _the other ingredients and
“WD f\‘0m H Slloon onto a hot griddle.
Cook slowly till brown, turn, and
serve for breakfast or iunclleon with
BYrup or melted jelly.
Fruit Bare
One cupfui of butter, one 'cupfui
brown sugar, two cupfuls dates, one
CUDIUI figs, two eggs, one-half cupfui
sour milk, one scant teaspoonful soda,
one teaspoonful vanilla. -Cream the
butter and sugar together. add the
Eggs, wellfheaten, then the milk in
which has been dissolved one scant
iflilillloonfui of soda; if the cream is
not very sour use only a half tea-
spoonful of soda. Beat up together
then add the flour, enough to make a
dough that will roll nicely, taking
care not to make it too stiff. Flour the
hoard well, tilell roll out illin alld.cut
with p narrow oblong cutter. Put the
dates and figs through a food cllop-
per. iWork together into u paste und
roll out into a thin sheet. Put ll illyor
of this fruit paste between every two
of the cakes ill sandwich fashion.
RAISED FRUIT LOAF
Work BQ cup butter- into 1 cup bread
dough, using the hand; tllcn add 1
egg, well beaten, 1 cup browll sugar.
1,5 cup sour milk, aid two thirds cup
raisins, seeded and cut in pieces, and
8 figs finely chopped (dredging the
fruit with ill’/4 cup flour). Mix and
sift 1 cup flour with 1 teaspoollful salt,
l teaspoontui cinnamon, 1/I, teaspoon
soda and ‘A teaspoon eacn, clove,
nutmeg, and mace. Add to first mix-
ture and wllcn thoroughly blended
turn into .l huttel-cd bread-pan. (lover,
let rise 1'/4 hours and bake in a very
moderates oven 1 hour.
A Spring Dish
Before the supply of vegetables in
the garden seems large enough to
gather, try taking a few of the largest
young onions, a fcw marble-sized
turnips, and a handful of pencil-like
carrots and cook them all together.
Cover with a, cream sauce and serve,
Cosmetic Economy
You would be surprised ilow much
vaseline there is ln a bottle when you
think it is enlpty._ Slightl~y heat the
bottle until the vaseline runs to the
bottom; then lay it on its side to cool.
When hardened it will leave the ln-
gredlents_"near to hand." This is a
good scheme for any nearly empty jar
of cold cream, selves, etc.-especially
if you have short lingers!
.?_-A-»-`---A
Letter File for Storing Patterns
A twentyffive-cent letter-file solves
the problem of systematically caring
for paper patterns. Often the house-
keeper wastes time ami patience hunt-
ing over a box of patterns, only to
find the one she wishes to use, rolled
or torn. Kept i~n a file, they are al-
ways at _hand and take up no more
room than s large-sized book. New
"volumes" of patterns can be added
when the one ills becomes full. Other
advantages are that the patterns can
be' kept flat, and those of a similar
nature are always together.
CLUB \SANDW'ICHES` . .
Get half a pound of cold boiled ham
or tongue; cllop it fine and put it into
it basin with n teaspoonfui of chopped
pickles a lt-aspoonful -of mustard and
it little pepper, Put about six ounces
of butter in a basin, and stir it quick-
ly with a spoon until it forms a kind
of cream; add the choppod meat and
seasoning. and mix all tlloruugllly;
cut, some bread into even thin slices,
and have home very thin slices of veal.
fowl or gnnlc, sprcall a slice of bread
with above mixture, lay on a slice of
meat, a crisp leaf of lettuce or fresh
watercrcss. Lay on another thin slice
of bread. Press together well, trim
crllsts and out illto fancy sllalleil-
These arc nice toasted top and bottolll
side alld the plate may be gnrllisiledh
with crisp grilled bacon und lllce fresh
cress.
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EMBROIDERING HANDKERCHIEFS
A wolnan`who prides herself on hu'
bcautjflllly embroidered ilanlikcrchiefs
has solved the difhclllly of fastening
the handkerchief in the cmbrnlliery
hoop so that the corner may no easily
worked. She basics thc corners, ot’
four llandkercillefs together, making
one piece. which, when put into tho
hoop, brings the corners into the cen-
tre of the open space convenient for
working. The same method may be
followed when cmbroiderlng napkins.
A good bread to use for sandwiches
1 cup scolded milk, 1 toasD00i1
lard, 1% teaspoons salt. 6 cups sifted
flour. 1 can boiling water. 1 tilbie-
spoon butter, 1 yeast-cake, dissolved
|n.54 cup lukewarm water. '
To milk and water add shortening
and salt; when lukewarm. add dissolv-
ed yeast-calte and flour, beat thorough-
ly, cover, and let rise until iight. Add
flour until dough is stiff enough to
knead; knead thoroughly. let rise
shape in loaves. let rise again and
B'--lulllll
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The grass taste in milk can be al-
most entirsiy prevented if the cows
are allowed to graze for only a few
,bours gully during the first few
weeks t ey are turned to Dssture.'i‘hie
should be during the ea.rlY DIN Of "I9
day. Then they should be Placed In
yard or stable until after the evening
milking is finished, when they can be
‘turned to pasture mr a mv hours
more. _“___ __ ._ , I
HOW TO MAKE SELECTION
The rules that govern selection are
as simple as A. B. C. to any observing
person. For instance, a hen that is
slow to feather is lacking _in vitality.
Anyone ought to know 'that. You
can't stuff ber and make her lay eggs.
She is by nature a weakling. Hens
do not lay eggs because they want
to; they lily because they are strong
and vigorous anti egg laying is a na-
tural resuit wlllch they cannot avoid.
That tendency mllst be bred in tllenl.
Why, if the average farmer would
give half the attention 'to ills poultry
that he does to ills other live stock
he'd find the poultry the best invest-
ment in many cases. Success comes
from being willing to discard.
Before mating your birds for an-
other season, take one lnore look at
thenl, alld keep the foliowillg rules in
lllind when making your selection:
1. Market those which have been
slow ill fcalllerlng or secln to lack
vitality.
2. Keep the pullcts which matured
quickly and started laying first.. Those
which start laying when loss than 200
days_ old will be the best layers if
they have the right care.
il. Keep the late mollltcrs.
4. Keep the birds with rather large
plllnlp combs and wnttics.
5. I-ions willl pale vcllts, pale bcaks
and pale logs have hccll good layers.
0, The skin of thc best laycrs
should be rather loose and flallby on
the abdomen between the vents and
breast bone.
7. The pelvic bones nlustbe thin,
straight, flexible and wide apart. '
8. Market the hens which are bag-
gy behlnd and which have a heavy,
fat, thick abdomen which hangs down
below tile polllt of the breast belle.
9. Keep the ilustlers and heavy eat-
ers that go to bed late and with full
crops. ,
10. Birds tllat have long toe' nails
that show no signs of being workers
are usually unprofitable.
11. If a bird lncets the above re-
quirements. it should have a broad
buck, long body, bc stoutly built and
in good flesh.
12. If a bird is not moulting and
still has a, small dried up comb cover.
ed with a sort of whitish substance,
or if a bird has thick or cooked
pelvic bones, which will be found on
each side ot' the vent alld above the
point of the breast bone, these are
always nloaey losers. ,
No man or woman can afford to
keep and feed a flock of ,drones at
the present prices of feed but the(
good, layers will make nlore profit
than ln any previous year.
HOW TO TREAT POULTRY DIS-
. EASE
After ll hell has been frlglltened, a
SIICII-IGSS cgi-I may break' in the egg-
passage. lWIlen this has happened,
silo lnafy be seen standing very erect,
with head up alld tail liown. ’I‘lle
feathers arc usually wet bellind, anti
her plumage looks very rougll. If not
attended to, she may die when this
accident happens, but as she is found
dead on the llcst, death is likely to
he attributed to ogg-binding, wllcll, ill
reality, it has been ca-used by the skill
of a soitt egg left in the egg-passage ‘
This irritates thc' bird, makes her
strain as silecallnot pass it, and pro-
duces -a ruptul-e lu the ell!! organs-
sonlctimcs of the body also--and oc-
casionally is the cause of a hcn bclllg
very large and down behind.
As seen as any sylllptolns appear,
the bird ought to be caught and ox-
alulnod. The skill of.the egg can
generally bc found just inside the egg-
pllssuge-or it may protrude. ‘lf it
does protrude, it can easily be with-
drawn by very gentle pulling when
the hen tries to pass it. This must be
done very stcalllliy; ifnot it will
break inside. When broken inside lilo
hell. it can be witlldl‘a.wll lry using
tweezers, bllt a piece of soft cotton or-
llnell should he tlcd on the elld of
tllcm, and it should be dipped ill sweet
oil. If this is done, the cllallce of
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DELIGATE YOUN G GIRLS
Need N°w Red Blood to Give Them
Health and Strength.
Docs your daughter lnhcrit tl dell-I
cate organization from you? The
anaemia of ,young girls may be inher-
ited, or it may bc caused by had uir,
unsuitable fcntl. hasty alld irreg-liar
eating, lnsllfllcicnt out-of-door exer-
cise and not enough rest and sleep.
it comes on grudl.lllily, beginning
with Inngllor, lntlispositioll ‘to mental
or bodily exertion, irritability alld a
fecling of fatigue. Later comes pal-
pitation of the heart, headache, dizzi-
ness following a stooping position,
frequent headaches and breathless-
ness. In tl majority of cases consti¢
potion is present. There may be n\
great loss of flesh, but usually the
complexion takes on a grcenish-yel-
low puller.
Cases of this kind if neglected, be-
come serious, but if taken in time
there is no nocd to worry. The treat.
ment is quite easy alld simple. Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills, which' are free
from any harmful or habit-forming
drug, are just the tonic needed to
remedy this wretched state of heaitll.
Though it is not noticeable, improve-
ment,.actually begin; with the first
dose. As the -blood ls made rich and
red, the palor leaves the face, stren-
gth and activity gradually return and
if the treatment is continued until
the last symptom disappears, the
danger of a relapse is very slight.
lf- any symptom of anemia ap-`
pears, prudence suggests that Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills should be given
at once, and the sooner they are tak-
en the lmorabpeedlly will the trouble
be overcome. You can get these pills
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, FOR EGG PRODUCTIONI
flammatlon follow, it is probably due
to the hen straining herself. -Hen vent
should, if there is infi-amlllution, be
bathed in warm water, wiped dry and
a large feather, which has been boiled
should' be put up the opening after
the ‘feather has been soliked with
sweet oil. It should be run up about
tilree"lnches and twisted round two
or three times so as to leave the oil
inside. The hen should be fed on hard
grain only for a few days. Tile object
is to prevent ilcr laying more eggs
till the nviduct is again in nm-mul Ulm.
dition. Egg laying is surc to cause ir-
ritatlou.
Ground oyster sllcils ulld fiillt dust
supply excellent material for lllukillg
egg-silells, and they also help hens to
digest their food. Ilene meal strength-
ens thc egg organs und uills the body
generally. _
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CATCHING EGGS ON THE FLY
How to pick fresh cl-Zi-ls out of the
nil' llnd lalltl tllcm safe withill ll
mail-car flying along thc tracks at
the rate of fifty-eight font evcry
secolltl-forty( lllilcs ull hour-tis
cllougll of ll llrohll-ln to lllaho any
parcel post clltllusiast cullgel his
brains. .
If thc ‘fast mall has to stop :lt evcry
llttic station and pllfl` around wllilc
the mail bags' ure being lo:lllcll,»slrys
"SL, Nicllolas," then it is llo lllllgcl' 11
fast lualii-it has slipped llflck danger-
ously near the :~:ow-frcigilt class.
At Shirley, Ill., ill tho “corll-bolt”
section oi' thc State, all llutolllatic
mail-ilalltliing system has been ill-
stalled which ilalllllics eggs so gently
that ollt of a carton of fourtccll that
were shot into ll cur that was going
at the rate of fifty-eight miles an
hour, not u single one was brokell. In
fact. eight eggs out of the fourteen
hatched when placed ill a fnllcllbutor
Other tests have been made with
lllail-pollciles colltllillillg glass jars
fruit jars, pastebosrd boxes and other
fragile articles. 'Flin pouches have
ilocll both reccivcll and licilvr=rl=<i Ill
pcrfoct safety, oven wilcll the train
was flying along at sixty-miie clip
or eighty-seven feet li second.
ilo\v docs this systcln operate?
At the receiving door of the car is
a gathering arm, or cradle. that
swoops past thc pouches suspended
from the station cranes, picks them
off nilnbiy and deposits them gently
witilin the car. if there is any mall
to be thrown off at this staiiiou. it ls
discharged from especial <iciive1‘_v-
chute that empties thc pouches on a
long wooden trough. When tha- sta-
tion is passed the gatllcrlllg-arm anti
the delivery-chutc take their original
positions, the gathering-arm folding
up closely against the side _of the
cur within the protection of an angie-
iron pocket, and the delivery-clllltc re-
turning safely within the chair.
AMONG IIIE HORSES
THE CLEVELAND MEETING
v-if-'~
The Grand Circuit horses are now at
Philadelphia, after a busy week at
Cleveland during which a number if
favorites fell by the' wayside. The
biggest upset at the meeting was in
the free for ull pace Saturday. when
llnsscil Hoy defeated 1Sillglc G. and
`l\/Iiss iiarris M. ill 2.01%, am Directum
I
J, bowled over the field lu thg tllil'd
heat in the same tlnlc, it being the
first heat _u‘ucl:ll to his credit this year.
J. L. Dodge also had a flielll day on
Tllllrsday wilflu he \von the Cllampion
Stallion Stake with Periscope in
2.00% and when the Plain Dealers
pllrse with Iiollyrood Kate ll] 2.06%
from Miss Perfection, Mary Coburn,
anti Brescia.
Murphy and Stokes divided the
honors at the meeting, each of them
having three winners. Tile Ohio train-
er landed ill front with Tolulny Todd
ill 2.07%, Tclllla in 2.091/I, unll itamcrl,
whose record of 2.07’/4 nlakes him tied
with Ulliall and Echo Direct for the
four year nid rccord for trotting geld-
iugs. On thc opening day of the nlect-
ing. Mlll'llily also balanced ills account
with Wilkes Brewer. in thc North
ltandlxli Purse by defeating llcr with
Royal Mack ill 2.051/I, while iotcr in
thc week he dcfelltcd I-`l'llnk llcwcy
with l)il'cct (‘. llll.rnei,i und I-il I’i`ilif`@'
ton with Auto Glly. The lllttcr trottcli
one oi thc ilcllts in her race lll 2.03*/l.,
It eqlmllcll filo fastest miic luudc this
year by The Toddler at (‘oiunllblls.
Miguola scored another victory by
defeating four irottcrs by Petcr the
Great as wcli :ls Allie Lou. Miss Wood-
bine, Early Don, and Alma Forbes,
whllo Mt-Gregor the Great won within
four seconds of his record frolll Joseph
Glly, King Watts, and Iloiiyrood
Naomi.
Valentino picked up 'two raccs Tl*
Cleveland with the pacers Jack Klcih
and Gold Qllzlrtz and scconll with
Wilkes l`ir»~wcl°. wilo has been trans-
fered to his stable. Of the other start-
ers :lt thc meeting, Henry Thomas
won the two year old trot with Natalie
the Great ln 2.13 and while llilldburg
defeated 0. U. C. anti Sanllrdn with
Roy Gratton, Ward also won allotilcr
clever race with Edith Carter in 2.06%
from Kerrigan, while Hurry Fleming
silowcd on ills ilrst start with Nctllln,
giving the Atlantic Express marc ll
win rltce of 2.05%. Will Fleming also
kept his name in the king row by will-
ning with Harvest Lad in 2.09%.
Sturgeon made but two starts during
the week. lie won the Great Direct in
2.04% and finished second with Double
G. McMahon also scored with Britton
Forbes ln 2.07% and Cherrle defeated
Mourer Boy with Amardale in 2.05%.
Tim returns for the first loop of the
circuit shows that one hundred and
five races were contested at the five
meetings. sixty-two of them being for
trottors and forty-three for pacers. Of
tllat number, Murphy won twenty, Cox
twelve, Valentine ten, Geers and
Thomas each seven Stokes live, Mc-
Mahon four, while Will Fleming
Sturgeon, Allen and Dodge have each
three to their credit. -
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is reduced to a lninilnuln. Should in-
When spraying for bugs, spray also
for bllgllt and kill the two great foes
of the potato crop with one dose. Any
arsenicai poison may be mixed with
Bordeaux mixture to accomplish the
double tullctlon. By the way, per-
suade your dealer that you are not
anxious to pay three times as much
for a green poison than for e white
one that does the work better. ‘Tile
cheapest bug -poison at present is ar-
senate of lime, and It is being lllllnu-
factured in enormous quantities now
ou account if its efficacy against llle
boil wcevii, the foe of tile cotton grow
er. -If you cannot get it this year,
howl.-vcr, usd what is at hand.
FIELD cnoPs IN CANADA
OTTAWA, Aug. 11.--A summary of
l0i1‘lZl‘apllic cl‘op reports received on
thc condilioll of field crops throughout
i‘lllladu was issued today by the dolll-
illioll burcllll of statistics as follows:
Atlantic I’l'llvillces-I‘l'illce Eliwalwl
isllllld lfflltlrioitctowll): July weather
favtlrallic for all crops. llay mailillg
cllllllllcllcctl sevcllieellth; about ouc-
tilirli out, cel'll:li crops prollliso yields
:liluvc average, lllack Log cullsvtl
nlllll-y misses in latc llotzltlles-l;potatoe~.-l
lrcc from disease look extra. good.
Roots and corll grllwlllg well. Small
fruils :lbllndant,lal'ge t'ruit crop above
avclulgc. Nov:l,Scolill (:\llllll\rst): July
weutllcr ullsctticd. ilplllllll hay good
Mllrsll fzllr. Wheat oats ulltl buck-
wheat fair, burlcy poor, potatlllls, turll-
i_p.~l also turllip scell fair; solllc cillp
rot ill cvidcllcc. flush frllit ullll apple
crop fllir. New ilrullswick (I~‘rcderfc-
tolli: Dry \vr>.alll0r durlllg curly part
of July sllortluleli .1 porlioll oi’ the iluy
and grain crops. but generally these
crops are nearly, average with potatoes
and roots promising well. Rains dur-
illg the last. tell tillys have liclllyoll iluy
but beneficial to all crops. Small fruits
have given good yield, and apples
while solllewllzlt afifetftcli by scab ure
al fair crop. `
Qllcllot'-(St. Anllo llc lu Pocaticrc):
ilclleiicial ruin has falicll during
the last tilrcc weeks of July. l’l‘.lspe-
cts much ilcttol' than a lllolltll ago. (‘e-
reals better thu_u lust year. l’otatocs
very good, field roots good. lilly ll lit-
tlo bctter than anticipated, field peuse
above average, small fruits below the
avcragt-._ Elllopeun piunls very poor.
Quebec: Hay in pasture poor, vcorll
vcrv good, grain good; roots below
average; potatoes good, small fruits
very good, apples about average,
plums and cherries bad, grapes good
rots, beets. parsnips. turnips which
are medium. (See Lellnoxviilc below.)
Ontm'io-(Toronto:) liay and fall
wheat all harvested; yields about ave-
rage, spring grains hllvc vcry short
straw owing to thc drollglli; low
yields probable, potatoes rather, disap-
polllting, roots backward but may
rally, second growths ol' clover and
alfalfa light, corn relatively bcst grow-
ing crop. Drought at picking lessened
great promise of bel'l'ic~l.
thisnitobll-(Winnipeg): Recent. wc-
atllcl' mostly hot causing very '=.1l'ly
harvest. (follsilierullle rye cut, wllcat
cutting collllllcllccs; probably' above
avcragc yield; collsiderullic rust ill
spots. Jlliy rainfall too heavy some
places too light others; straw fairly
ilcavy. Barley and corn prollliscs woli;
outs :lull flux fair, potatoes scarcely
reach average. (Morden): \Vilc:lt cul-
tillg bcgall this \vcck, lllllt‘ll rust c\'cl'-
ywherc and wht-at of rather a poor
grade, yicid not gl‘catl\l' than 50 pct'
ccllt of normal height; tclllplcraturc
high no rain.
‘Saskutcllewall-IRostllcrn): fligh-
cst tclllpcrat.ul‘e sillcc beginning llllc
hulldrcd and two on sixteenth, total
rain olle point nought, fivc crops ripc-
ning prematlll-cly, wilcllt eslilnutc
seven bushels per acre on area not
blown out, cutting ullder w-ay two
weeks earlier thull llorllllll, estimate
tllrcc-qlllllfters. sufficient t`ccli this will-
tcr bctwcell Iluckiuke, Saskatoon and
Two Itivcrs. Tile dcpnrtmcllt oi’ agri-
cuitllrc reports that wheat cutting has
comment-cd ill lllully parts. Early sown
rye tilrcl-lllcd llclll' Fort Qll'Appl‘ilc,
yields 25 bllsilcis pct' acrc. it is ox-
pccicll that Lllc llllrvcst will bc gellcr-
ui ucxt wcck in llllllost :lil llilirlcts
‘except ccrtuill parts of thc soulhcllsi-
ern district where plentiful rllillfuil
has vallscd rl llcavicl' growth iillln ill
other paris of thc provincc.(Scoitl:
\\'clltllel‘ llllllslluliy warm ullll dry, ll
few fu\'ol‘l‘ll sections report solllc rnin
and full' crops but more scciions rc-
port littlc rain and very littlc crop.
Very light, illlrvesting curly grain bus
colllnlenccll. (Indian ilclldl: (loud
rains from first to thirtcellth greatly
illlproveli crop conditions and ussllrc
an average yield in this district.:
Whcllt promises five to l0 por ccllt,
ailclld of hlst season; oats‘10 to 15 pl-r
cent.; barley not up to ovcragc; llocd
crops fair. Ilarvesting collllucllces cx-
perilnclltlli ful-ln, will be gcncrlll thro-
ugilout district by cigllt or tclltll.l'aills
have been local and nlallly districts
report colltillllcd dry wcsthcl' with
little crop or pasture.
Aiborta-(I.acombe): First thrcc
weeks July warm llnll dry', crops suf-
fcreli, rainfall over two illcilcs fell
largely dllring last tell days. crops
good in this district but light in cast-
crn section of province few curly crops
being cllt, putting up iight crop of hay
coullncnced under unsettled weather
conditions.
Ilrltish (iolulublia- dinwerlncre):
Tile extreme hcnt and no precipitat-
ion only point thirty three incil beinl:
recorded have combined materially to
reduce crop yield ilnying is llellrly
completed it has been cured under
ideal conditions and will yield above
the average this season, cereals und-
er irrigation llre fair while roots and
corn promise well. (Summerland):
Crop conditions good, appieswili be
biggest crop in Okanagan history,
yellow Newtowns :lnd Northern Spies
are light crop this year, peaches ure
good, plums only fair, potato crop not
showin up well and the yield will be
through any dealer in mcdfciné, or by '” IOW- 35490" Very dry and rain would
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mail at 50 cent; a lbox or.slx boxes Once in a while a woman actually help with crop and water supply.
for $2.50 from' The Dr. Williams' believes that her husband knows as (Agassiz): Exceptig years 1914 and
Medicine Go.', Brockville, Ont. 4 I much as he thinks he does.- 1917 this July is driest for fiftee
all vegetables very good except car-I
ditfon, corn late but growing well now
roots need lnoisture, potatoes average
early ceeais just ready to harvest,
livestock ill good couditioll.
CLOVEFI HAY
As regards raising clover for hay,
would say, I have ilad sonle exper-
ience, -and I find the best way is to
cut the clover just when the seed bus
nicely formed, anti just cllt what you
can rake up tho some evening tilat it
is cut. I’ui ill small cocks ovel' al coll-
pll- of hours lwi'ol'c drawing in, llnli
the hay will lllzlilltuin its sllilsltllllcc-
and lcllnlill brigilt zlllll grccll. I have
also found it best to ilallldlc sccll clov-
er ill till, szlllle way, bllt ici the sem!
rillcn fairly wcll bl-.forll culling, :llltl
the strllw will lllllkc good feed and
sccll will bc iletlcr grade. Oxdrift,
GRASSHOPPERS IN THE WEST
\\’cstl>.rll (`zllllllill is illl‘l~lltr-lll-ll by ll
visitation of grllssllol>llcl‘s. This if not
cllcckell, can devt-lop into a t'alr-l'call-ll
ing and serious r-lltustropllc. 'l‘llc
pizlgllc luis lslllllcli strcnglll ill Mulli-
tobll and lllls llcl-ll rcpol‘tl:ll ill Slllltll-_
eastern Soskatt‘ilc\vull. Dr. Id. E.
(ialllcrllll. wllo is ill Sal:-‘iultrloll at hre-
scllt, is taking str-ps to tight thc gross-
lloppel' but the farllll-l‘s uf tlll~ Prov-
illce lllust carcflliiy t:ll-opel'atl- with
the autiloriiics it’ this lil-vourlllg pest
is to be litwliroycll. lll ISSS, llllti carl-
icr, Mztlliiobu was ovcrrllll by grass-
lloppers, which litr-rally collslllllcd cv-
cry green tiling their pzltll, but thc
coulltr_v_ has been fairly free of tilclll
since that time. Tile diffil-uity of sc-
curlng arsenic with which to tight
the-nl is to great in Canada tllat it
and lo the Dollllnion ullll Pl'ovlncial
llepnrtnlellts of Agril'ultul'c alld no*
effort should bc rcgalxlctl-as too grcatI
to chock tile obliterate this destruc-
tive visit-ation. ' `
FANNING-MILL\ SELECTION
- (Experimental Farms Note).
Tile tl'ue_function of the fallnlilg-
nlili is to remove weed seeds, light'
grain and ally course material' tll:li.I
llllly he pl‘cse\llt. For this work lt rs,
illllispcllsullic; no seed should bcf
sown which has not been lllorougzlay
ciellllcti and gl'ulil»ll. 'i`llcl‘c are, ilow-,
l-vcr, ccriuiu iilllitations to this mc:-‘
bod oi` selection which are not always
appreciated by the grain grower.
All impllritics callllot'bc rl-moved
by the use of tile fullllillg-lnill as is
sulllctinles clailllcd. 'it is true that
a large part of thenl will be rclnovell,
but there are aiwa~ys kernels of wheat,
oats and barley that cannot he separ-I
ated. A short, plump, pill oat c`tlll-I
not he removed frolu wheat nor can
a long, plump kernel of wllcllt be rc-
movcd t`ronl'otlts. Barley and outs
present ll very difficult problem and
the por cent ot' illlpurities rellluillillg
is much larger.
Fulllling-lllili selection nlailltaius the
yielll of ll purc variety, bllt docs not
increase it as many sllpposc. Tilc
collstallt lllcrczlsc in yil-ill' that S0m€
bccll due to the ful-t that originally
have obtained from year to year has
their send was illlpllro, and the lllrgcl'
seeds llappcllillg to be tile most, pro-
dllctivc, wore sclccfcll ill the cxclus-I
icll of thc slnallcr and less prolific
grains. Also, by thc llccilielltlli -mix-
ture of a few lllrirc seeds of :lnotilcr
sort, it can be easily llllllerstood how
the ty-pc of variety may be uitcrell if
fllllllillg-mill sclccticn alone is prac-
tised. I'lowcvel', this possibility can
he avoided, alld.sllouid not (refer anyI
person from the use of the rallllrllg-
mill. Unless the grain is thoroughly
selected by this lllctlloli, sccds that
are low in vitality will be sown, thc
result being either a defective gcrlllivu-l
:llioll ol* clsc wt-:lk plnllts that areI
i\`:lllllilc:l|>pell tllruugilollt. thc. season
by :l pool' start. Grain from such
plants is illfvriol' ill .size lllld plulllp-
llcss and rellllcl-s the quality and yield'
ol' thc ;;ellcl`a\l crop.
'I‘o grow pure gl':lin of strong vital-
ity, filo flllllllllg-lllill lllust bo uscr.
ill colljullctioll with iilr- sccli Dilli-
l'l‘ut'llc,~: its lligllcst point of 1-ll`lt'iclll~_\'.
All pixlllts lllui are di|'fol'l~llt ill t_\'|l<=
can, bo rclllovcti -illliior-l~, il:ll‘w-siillg
:lull this ic.lvcs to the f':lllllillg-lllill
only tllc work of rl~_icl~|illn of till- \\'<.‘cll
scctis and illi'cl‘ior grulll. 'l‘lli.~: coul-
llilllltioll cllsllres pllro grain llllll lllalx-
illllllll pl-ollllctioll.-ii. E, Slxlllldcl-s,
Dolllilllon (lcrealiisl.
BIRDS AND CROPS.
Last spring whcp the gcesc wcro
flying north nulllcrous colllplaillts
wcrc rcccivcd about the great damage
they wore doing to fields of growing
grain. The colllpltllnllllls wished to
obtain permits to kill tllcsc gc-csc out
of season as provided in the Migrat-
ory Birds Treaty. Inspections were
mado and as tile damage did not ap-
pear serious no permits were issued.l
Thcro is no doubt that thc gccsc wcroi
eating some of thc slender greeni
shoots wllcll they rcstcd in the grain.
fields after their long flights and
fasts. I
Some persons cvcn threatened that
they would poison the gcesc, but the
birds soon solved the difficulty by-
leaving for their northern breeding
lf migratory birds are really dum-
aging crops it is the intention of the
governmcn.t to lprotcct the crops
first, by allowing permits to issue so
that the owllcr of the property may
shoot thc birds specified In his per-
mit on ills own property. Any one
rernllring such ll. permit-must state
in their application: _
(1) The species and an estilnate of
the numbers of birds committing the
damage;
or other interests tlfreaiened or ‘in-
l volved. ' , Reddfrl Bros
Olli. - I
(Froln the Saskatoon Pilocnix ,
(2) The nature and extent of the' - 0
damage; the IW-Ollie wllat ll. grand medicine
(3) The extent of the agricultural Tllnlllc ls.” -
Inumber of ‘birds killed, the dates up-
on which they were kiiled, and the
'disposition of the dead ibirds.
The geese have been gope for
months now and as the grain has
grown enough to estimate the dam-
age an expert has been sent to the
ltlistrlcts concenned. _He ltlnds the
grain on one farm damaged to the
'extent of eight dollars; and this was
the total damage in the district
where complaints were most lbitter.
llivcn at that, there is no evidence
that the geese caused this damage.
I Surely if that magnificent bird, the
-(‘allada. Goose, is to survive he must
|ellt and occasionally he may damage
crops. Bear with hilll in those harsh
days of much shooting. The cont.in=
lent was his. witllout doubt, before ev-
`en the red man came and it is to be
hoped llc and his desscendants will
'stay to lead their flock for centuries
to come.
I lf this or any other bird becomes
seriously injurious to farming inter-
ests tho rcllledy is at hand, but do
not forget to tonlpor justice 'with
'lllcrcv ill judging this bird-the Can-
Iildu. (loose.
PIGS ‘
FEEDING PIGS
lillgs :ll-l> selling for rel-rlrll prices at
the pri-scllt tillllc. lllvt-ll so, that dues
not llll-all i,|l:lt we cull :lfford to_be
wxlflll-i`lli ill llllr lllvlllolls of feeding
';lll<l l-:lrillg for illelll. 'i‘llcre is_lllore
frcllsllll llou' to l`l-all ccollolllicalily than
I cv:-r ll<\l`ul'c, ill-rllllsc ultllullgil you llloy
br- lllzllling a llrlftty fair retllrll nu your
Illogs, your llllicll l~o\\'s, or your heel'
Iclltllc, llrllbllbiy they are not rctllrn-
ing you als good a profil :ls they should
may become necessary to obtain a‘_-\\'lll~n price ot’ labor- and fecll are
Supply from the United Staind \Vhen-i tukcll into collsitlclaltillll-so that it
cvcr grasslloppcrs appear in Saskllt-Iirl ull toyllll to llluko :ls llllll-il as you
cllcwan reports should inlmcdiatcly be call ull yfliil' hogs so as to <'ul1lliifl‘2C!.
made to the university ulltllorltins I as fur as possible, ally losses you may
llllvl- in other bl~ulll;llcs ot’ 'your farm-
illg olll~l‘lltiolls. `
(Jin. of the cllezllwst ways to feed
ilog,-4 ill lilo sumlllcl‘ time is to pastllrc
lllclll. lt. is gl-lll~l':llly recognized, how.
lfvcr, illllt. hogs \\'ili not make satis-
i`llt:tol‘y gains if they have have (0 gdb.
slst on pustllre alone. The cxpcrls at
the 1-xpcrinlclltlll stations tell us that
hogs should be fed two or three
pounds of ulcal for evcry hundred
polllllls tilcy weigh when on pasture.
Whui is your opinion of tile llllltter?
iio\v llluch meal do you feed?
_ Your cxpericllce in feeding hogs on
pzlstllro will bo of value to others.
\Vl'it,, to us and tell what your lnctil-
olls arc.
Mrs. McDonald
  Gained Z0 Pounds
DOESN'T FEEL OR LOOK LIKE
SAME PERSON SINCE TAK-
ING TANLAC, SHE SAYS
“A if-w days ago," said Mrs. Emily
iii(-Dollaid of 1598 Pacific avenue, Win-
lllpcg,‘l‘c<'clltly, “I was showing la
neighbor ll pll'otograpll of myself,
w-llil-ll was taken before I begun using
'I`allillc. llllli I lluvc illlprovcd so much
illut silo could not believe it was a
pil-llll'l= ol lllc."
Mrs. l\i<lI)llll:lili. who is the wife of
ll -wcll illlowll <'lllllllll;lll Pacific rail-
rollli lllull, has llvcd in Wlllnrpcg for
thc pzlsi. sovl~lli.ct-ll yours and llcl' ex-
pllrillllcc with Trlllinc will he off ill-
tcrcsl tilrollgllollt (‘all:ld:l.
“l"ol'l_v»iiv@ years ago," she comin.
llctl, "will-ll I was oll!~y scvcnteclt
l'f‘21l's oi' ago, l had an attack of indig-
cstioll that was so severe my folks did
not illlllk I would l't~.co\'cl‘. Weil since
ibut iilllc nly stolnut-ll has never been
fitlht :lllll I have ofloll hall spells of
thc slllllo kind. About tllreo years -ago
I had ollc that :ll-lllosl fillisiled with
inc. My zlppctitc icft me cutirely and
lll_v stollllll-ll wus ill_sll<'i1 a had condit-
ioll I ilalll to iivc lllostly on eggs and
lllilk. I l-ollid noi cut a pil-cc uf bread
lllllvss it was l-ut vcl‘y_ tllill '.lll:l toast-
cll llllill il'\\':ls llllnost burnoll, null cv.
on lllcll I would often suffer lnisery.
l was very follll of pastl'lcs, but had
to give tllclll up clllircly. for if I zito
thclll I would _slli`l`+-r death, almost.
\\`ll;ll l llill cut wolllli ,sour and the
will i‘I‘0lll it would bloat mc up tcrrlb-
iy, calllsillg sllrll llwfui pains in my
lclr sitio :lull orollnll llly heart that 1
clllllll illlrlliy slzlllll ll. I uclllaily bo-
cllllle quita uilll‘llll\ll for fear I had
hvnrt trouble. (l't'tcn :lf night I would
sllffcl' so frolll this gas pressllre thai.
i would illlvo ill sit slrlligllt lip ill
I""i In 0PiiL‘i` .lil Kei ll good breath, and
night after night I could not sleep ll.
wlllk. I lost wcigilt until i was scal-cg.
ly llloro than ll frame. I felt tired and
worn olli all thc tilnc and could noi.
do till- least work willlout being com-
plcicly cxllalllstcd. l often suflercll
with lll‘:\ll:ll'lll- :lull my blood circula-
lloll wus so poor that my limbs would
got ullnl'b. I was also trollblcd with
rllolllllntislll in my ankles- They would
swcii so it was difficult for lilo to get
my sllocs ou :lull pain me terribly.
“I ilavc lricd luost cvcrytlling hllt
ncvol' got nlorc than ll little passing
relief llniii llscll Tanlac. But this
medicine has built me- up and done
lllp so lnucil good thai sevcrai of my
llcigllbors :irc now taking it on my
rccollllllcllduilon, My appetite is just
spiclllild llllll I can cat pastries or any-
tilinl: clsc- and never suffer the least
gmundg - Illlt tlftcrwards, and since the gas has
stopped forming on,my stomach I am
ncvcll- troubled 'with paipitntion or
silortlless of breath. l can lie down at
night now and siccp like ll child until
morning. All that tired feeling has
left me and l have strength to do all
my housework without any trouble.
Thc rllclrnlatism and lleadaches are
gone entirely and I have gained more
than twenty pounds in weight. I have
been benefited so much that I neither
feel nor look like the same person
and lt's n real pleasure for m to tell
'raniuc is sold in Charlottetown by,
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