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f addr communication to aflronotjlt 73 adelaide st west toront news from the womens institutes dairy is beauty only skin deep as i go through herds and see the the fact of the matter is that little attention given to the young beauty that really is skin deep has a stock i feel strongly the need of ad- mighty good foundation our grand- the womens institutes of ontario lty work simcoe institute has had a vice regarding the various methods fathers and grandfathers did not are steadily and effectively wor busy year with debates contests ban of feeding the calves know so much about the skin as we f the bttptmtmmt of their schools is 2st ha many of us go to extra pains to do they did not know that it is as rennrt re- cont the i feed the calves more grain than they important as the urinary system some ot the latcst re f j lief and local memorial fund the hor- require for best results if we are that although working in a different that maiden institute has given ticultural society the hospital for trying to get them read v for the mar- i way it does as much work and is prizes for regular attendance to the theblind and they are now agitating ket well and good but if we figure equallv necessarv seven schools represented in the in- for a local hospital palmerston in this equipment may save tained afterbirth making a post onk thcmonthefarmfordairy 0 late years girls and women have stitute delhi institutenas prcsentea st built a new skating rink you expense mortem examination or doing p then we hadbetter cut down jone in for giving the skin a lot more their school with a gramophone km- the town woodalee spent 200 in which infection may occur t vu j i a i i delhi institutehas presented stitute built a new skating rink for iib i knmv from nersonal u- i e n ittrxrthe cas- the amount of grain fed and see that attention the result isthat you find sale institue holds one meeting during furnishing a library and buying books i know from personal experience knivea special kmfe for thecas b in their forties and fifties the year at the school the children j blenheim institute arranged armis- ntinn nf afllvaq innids attu p1k r v the eating of a large amount of right at the ages where they used to giving part of the program and the ticc day services for the community on livestock farm while it is a grave a3ssns btnlcessrevj coarse feed not only enables the farm- talk of being old looking as fresh institute serving refreshments this number 11th and on old boysand that a medicine chest equipped tration 0 calves lambs and pigs first aid is necessary on a successful nceded by ever stockman an emas- mtekevrrfarmerto attempt alloti cul wlu a nda tirge e7to bring the calf toraatority much m75r5s dajghtevstthey ke institute has made window curtains girls reunion at another time muir- h stock doctorine vet oftenumcs ht ani s a winsharo- cheaper but it also produces a more a sponge or tub bath every day- for the school and gives a donation kirk institute has purchased an oil hi stock doctoring jet oftentimes ne and a blstou having sharp ffefflc d grain in m of these womcn u u not such to t school fair prizes each year and tables for the community i ii they have a room feronia in nipissing has provided hall and a volley ball for the young temperature and the their school with an organ and is en- people the institutes of haliburton se does not have to be couraging the planting of trees in the an minden each have a moving pie- thev need to use very school grounds minening has put ture machine of their own with which kept an apparatus consisting sultmg cow she from the beginning much of it but they get action on sanitary drinking fountains wash bas- they give regular entertainments for sterilized milking tube small ru0 deve a digestive system that will the skin with a rough towel and make ins and paper towels in the schooh the community bluevale institute has tube and a special metal ru0d t care of a large amount of rough- it glow pink all over as the bood muskoka falls has presented their improved the cemetery and repaired 1 and is taking a most in enriching the social neighborhood thames provides an interesting so- has some likely calves coming along wrinkles to say nothing of the lift it is another institute contributing tocial program for the community should give them theattcntion which gives to tho complexion j the support of a school nurse bluesome of the features recorded this competei operations severe injuries and in ajl cases of infectious or contagious dis eases i want to tell you in this article about the instruments and material you may find useful what you need most depends upon tho kind and num- j teats and in cases of garget the ber of stock you keep should be assorted sizes and must be keep all instruments and supplies most carefully sterilized by boiling be lli a convenient place where they will fore use be safe from frost direct sunlight i needles a few curved and straight dampness and dust needles of assorted sizes together with i keep my surgical instruments in a some braided or twisted silken cord chamois bag or in special cases and i for the stitching or suturing of keep them as sharp as possible you wounds will be necessary for cmer- kriow a dull edge causes a lot of pain gency use surgeons tape will also to sterilize an instrument boil it for prove useful fifteen minutes or more and after oakum or teased tarry rope is i plied properly will cover using clean disinfect and dry before- needed for the packing of abscess cavi- square feet of surface here is the putting away j ties application after dekorning and formula on large stock farms tho medicine on other wounds chest should hold the following sup will bring out the full capabilities an excellent whitewash this whitewash formula is probably one of the best it is much whiter than most mixtures and is almost as ser viceable as paint for wood brick and stone a pint of this wash when ap- about ten slako hair a bushel of unslaked scissors curved scissors are need- j lime with boiling water cover durin j ed for the removal of hai and ir- horse clippers are liquid through a fine sieve or strainer and add to it seven dose previously dissolved in warm water- r ii the load of the kidneys and liver and are three pounds of ground rice boiled to i iv i ii- i ii i i the heart and arteries feel better be- rec- a thin paste and stirred in while hot i i- i c om vi j v j icause of that my opinion is that suiuic i upcm j tal syringe a container rubber hose half a pound of spanish whiting ana j ook community are made of gun and funnel for douching the womb or i one pound of clear glue previously the bea 1 for a tablo s ied with screws vagina of cows mares etc is ncces- dissolved by soaking in cold water and their faeau qf i vei coration rj at plies bandages these should be of ster- li eating wounds llized gauze and unbleached muslin i also iseful tvo to three inche3 wide and three j syringe a twoounce metal yards long rolled ready for use derby syringe will be needed also a 1 and flannel bandages are used on j metal or hard rubber syringe and rec horses legs bull rings these metal jointed supplied and should be filed smooth before they eluy on every farm a hypodermi are put in tho animals nose syringe is also useful coitou sterilized cotton comes in teal instruments in addition to rolls in sealed cartons and is needed milking tubes keep on hand some teat water to the mixture stir well and as covering for wounds compresses i plugs dilators and a tost bistoury let it stand for a few days covered and swabs or slitter from dirt it should be applied hot dehorning shears or a saw may be thermometer a clinic- themo- for which purpose it can be kept lnaj used for this purpose meter for the taking of temperatures ketle over an oven or dental instruments rasps oris absolutely necessary it is best tof floats for removal of sharp points keep at least two in stock these women spend some time every vale was instrumental in securing year are a valentine party a tvrist- day rubbing lotions and creams into medical inspection for their school at mas dance and social a waist mea- the skin too they have a number of carpenter in rainy river district sure party and a play by local talent different creams and they use them the institute has a committee which the members of the pine view in- on the exposed parts of the skin in visits the school regularly to ask the stitute have improved their town hall such a way that it is quite out of the teacher if there is any way in which by painting the woodwork themselves question for grime to become ground the institute can help to improve and paying for having the walls and invo hard lines as was the case with school conditions this institute fin- ceiling redecorated wingham insti- their grandmothers some of them ances the inspection of school plots in tute gave 200 to the agricultural so- may add a little coloring matter but the district j ciety and christmas cheer baskets to my private opinion is that they arei the institutes seem to be equally several people in the community better off without it enthusiastic along their lines of com- brussels provided for several people does it make for real beauty i munitr and relief work the barwick in need of fuel and wood last winter it really makes them institute in rainy river where doc- j this institute also contributed to the decoration of the town hall the im- ieeui kii j j oe work for being well bonus of 100 towards keeping a doc- j provement of the cemetery the chil- poun s o sa treated its improved action lightens tor in the settlement delhi has erect- drens shelter the library the ar- ed bathing houses at the swimming menian famine fund the northern pool for the boys and girls this in- ontario fire relief and the sick chil- opimon is that stitute is opening a singing class for drens hospital in london goderich and starting a fund is contributing generously to local hos- stage they held a de- j pitals morpeth institute has given beauty of improved coration day at the cemetery and ar- donations to the rest room in chatham have more of the ranged a victoria day celebration at to byron sanitarium northern firo h- which they cleared 234 for commun- relief the childrens shelter i y think it does process to keep m steam strain the 1 y6ui t a v tqrs are few in rura scctionsj gives then hanging over a slow fire in j tiotiltli 1 small pot hung in a larger one filled i- i r t ii beauty that is skin deep dr c with water add five gallons of hot r from molar grinding teeth will be found useful forceps artery forceps are neces sary to stop serious bleeding and ob stetrical forceps for the delivery of pigs etc gloves rubber gloves should in variably be worn when removing a re- the winter program one of the disadvantages of farm- portable in iri this latitude is that it is to j some degree a seasonal business on if color other than pure white is ver man farms there is not a great trocar and canulaa large trocar desired a number of very different deal of opportunity for productive dagger and canula tubi sheath is sl can be had by making the fol- work during the winter season on the used to tap a bloated cow and is lowing mixtures for cream color add dairy farm or the farm where stock also useful when ringing a bull aj yellow ochre a pearl or lead shade mde a specialty this emer- smaller instrument of the same sort is used for tapping a horse when af fected with wind colic dr a s alexander winter management of brood sows tho winter quarters for dry brood variety of feed including some suc- eows need not necessarily be warm j culent feed which can be readily found all they require is a dry storm and j man or s th raa t i ture brood sow will relish a small am- wind protected place to live in it is of 1 as alfalfa or preferable to have it opening to the re clover hay or clean corn silage south dry brood sows do not appear the amount of her grain ration must to suffer from the cold so long as they j be determined by her condition and have quarters well bedded with straw j size sarley and oats equal parts and are at liberty to roam about the makes a very suitable mixture to feed barnyard for exercise at the ontario corn may be fed in a small proportion agricultural college the dry brood during the winter months when the sows are wintered in an open shed sow is running oufside owing to its facing south with the front closed in heating nature rid lowness in muscle to within four feet from the ground and bonebuilding constituents corn the shed is sixteen feet deep- ten feet should be fed sparingly during the lat- high in front six feet high at theater part of tho gestation period if back and thirtyeight feet long andj dairy byproducts such as skim milk comfortably accommodates twenty ma- or buttermilk are available they can ture sows they are given the free- be fed economically during the winter dom of a yard and so long as they months a brood sow should always have plenty of bedding are quite comj have access to some mineral mixture fortable tho litters come strong and while she is in winter quarters the childrens hour cats and how to care for them many years ago in other lands the as it is for dogs but if encouraged they will play for hours with a rubber ball or a cotton reel attached to a string it is not only kittens who enjoy a game quite elderly cats aro also fond of play at night the best place for your cat is in the house in a basket or box of her own encourage her to come in for her supper at a certain itme the strays the lost and forsaken may be obtained bv adding lamp black gency has been provided for but on lu or four pounds of umber to one pound farms where cash crops are made tho cat was not oni treate kindly and cats whom we constantly come across of indian red or one pound of common special line of production this is not we but she was actually worshipped are thc greatest difficulty our own lamp black common stone color calls the case and productive winter work if compare the lot of the cats of tv d our duty by for a proportionate four pounds of the exception rather than the rule own count to with that of but what about these others raw umber and two pounds of lamp j this is a weakness in any system of those j former times we cannot help i all animal overs hope that in tmo black farming in these days of keen com- notici the t contrast between ue wllbe v pu petition the factory which must be h authorities will erect i them keeps money in a safe place practically closed for four or fivel c i shelters and lethal chambers to which r months in the year is greatly handii we can ao w improve cneir stray cats can be taken a chequing account in a bank is a cappe s0 f as profitable operation condition is a problem of great im- holiday time when leaving homo necessity to good business farming concerned this is no less true of i p for of all our domestic am- tne summer do not forget to make it establishes your credit in the com- the farm factory than of the commer- mals there is one who is s0 ne some provision for pussy either take munity as well as with your banker c enterprise how to employ the badly usea a the p00r homeless her with youj or find a neik or it gives security in the way of its f f profitably during the unwanted puss by nature dignified f w will take care of her for returned cheques which are the best winter season should be a profitable and independent she has through our you and do not a her when healthy and tho sows are in satis factory breeding condition in the event of no shed being avail able an ashaped hut or portablo pen can be used to very good advantage as with tho open shed they should be well bedded and located where there is no danger of the floor becoming damp a brood sow must be allowed to take exercise if she does not take it of her own accord some method of in ducing her to do so should bo prac ticed exercise promotes good health in the pregnant sow and ensures strong litters where the sow has been properly fed r urcod sows in winter should get a during the winters of 192122 and 192223 experiments were conducted at the ontario agricultural college to determine the cost of maintenance of brood sows for tho experiment 9 brood sows divided into three lots vero used each year and were fed for 71 days in 192122 and 66 days in 192223 in each case one lot was put on a ration of concentrates skim milk and roots and the other two lots were fed a smaller ration along with man gels and cither alfalfa hay or corn silage tho following is a synopsis of the experiment of 192223 which in re sults duplicates that of 192122 quite closely of receipts consequently settles any subject for thought at this time disputes orcomplications which may develop through careless dealing in which receipts are neglected it keeps your money in a safe place where fire or thieves do not trouble it assists in the bookkeeping accounts which every good farmer must keep large deposits are not necessary but when sales arc made put the money in the bank instead of in your pocket it also serves as a restraint to use less or unwise expenditure as it gives you opportunity to say to yourself do i need this your account may bo held jointly so the wife may use the cheque book or she may have a separate account plainly unnecessary why do you think it unnecessary it is the best method to teach children to take that memory training course how to handle money g h harper why man i can remember every promise made in their wonderful ad vertisement after reading it only once seven years ago i tried the follow ing mixture of painting iron posts equal parts of white lead and lamp black ground in oil a little turpentine it requires more intelligence to be drier and raw linseed oil have it a a good farmer than any other occupa little thicker than ordinary paint aption in the world there must be a ply two coats after seven years my new conception of the farmers place iron posts look fresh and no rust in the economic scheme warren g showing on them i harding lot no 1 ixt no 2 lot no 3 average weight of sows 425 lbs 509 lbs 527 lb average daily ration per sow mangels 743 bs mixed chop 572 lbs whey 1877 lbs ensilage 254 lbs mangels g30 lbs mixed chop 380 lbs whey 1993 lbs alfalfa hay 172 lbs mangels 746 lbs mixed chop 421 lbs whey 1993 lbs average daily cost 108 cents 85 cents 9 cent3 owing to the fact that with the ex- tion since she showed a slight gain in eoption of one in lot 3 the sows were weight however while ixit 2 showed all pregnant gains in weight were noti a cost of 8 cents less per day indi- an accurate indication and tho powers cations were that lot 3 were in by of observation had to be relied upon far tho best breeding condition lot in the case of the one sow pregnant 1 were on thc fleshy side for best re- the ration given lot 3 proved to be suits although all eight sows farrowed a little better than a maintenance ra- good strong vigorous litters ate fall plowing followed by an lntcrtillcd crop tho following year will get rid of wild onion or garlic corn in checkrows is a good crop to 3nnt to get rid of the onions in osturcs if the plant are not- too pirmouj j each plant and destroy it sheep eat tho tops of the onion and grazing for a few years often kills it out coaltar creosote oil ap plied to each plant at the rate of about four thimblcfuls is effective in killing both thc plant and the ua- gcrminated bulbs indifference become too often a miser- j you your countr or seashore able gaunt shadow of her former self residence it is cruel and unlawful too many cats in the world you say j and that of course is quite true but are we not partly responsible for this and what are the facts you find a mailed apples sold crop family owning a cat who is fairly i iv 1 well treated kittens arrive and no t last tutumn we had 500 one troubles about what will happen s printed and posted them on in the future for the present they p 3pp are dear little things and the chil dren like them for pets in a few months they aro no longer pets they are too many cats about the place they are turned adrift and share the fate of thousands illused starva tion and death how much the better way to have destroyed most of them and for such an act you will be liable to prosecution as follows a sample apple eat it if you desire more write address the price is per barrel we also obtained from the printer several large sheets of cardboard and from these sheets made little card- painlessly soon after birth that board boxes just the right size for tho seems to be tho first and most neces- apples to fit in snugly we polished sary fact to bring home to people who each apple carefully wrapped it neat- want to help with regard to this proby in tissue paper and placed it in a lem of toomany cats if you keep j box to mail one of thcm in order not to distress i friends of the family residing in the mother make it your duty to find ontario cities were asked to send us that kitten a good home names of persons who might be inter- whcn you move this is a time ested in purchasing apples for winter when the cat often suffers greatly use in barrel or box lots we secured from want of consideration but there j 165 names in this way from a moll is a best way which you may adopt treal telephone directory wo picked in times of removal place her com- names at random especially business fortably in a covered basket and or profession men when the new house is reached shut i the apples were mailed from an her up that she may have no chance investment of less than s40 aside from of escaping you may butter her j the value of the samples we received feet which will engage her attention 83 orders and sold practically all thc and you should spare a few moments apples produced on the home farm to soothe and talk to her when dusk carry her about the new place and she will roon get reconciled as j long as she has her own people j about her never pat a cat as you do a dog we are repeating the effort this year going a bit more into detail on the sticker h w b in the wake of the threshers it seems suchr little while ago he should be stroked with the palm i tramped a furrow here and scattered on a waiting field a sowers gift of grain rut nowa golden mound of straw looms starkly by my barn- brown stubble which my harvest left is soaking in thc rain listen gn toh fza of thc hand their bodies are tender so never snatch them up and squeeze and hug them even if it is meant kindly food your cat may like one kind of food mine another and it is useless to lay down any hard and fast rules cats will generally shire with their iow sw that glass tightclutched masters the food they take themselves j dy time raw meat should h fed occasionally u its cu of and feed her at regular hours twice a how soon the sprout of stroiggtnved day butter cream milk oil theso wheat aro good and necessary for health i r jpe an urntred in water to drink should always be j w so brief a time ago within your cats reach you never my plowshare lost its rust 1 know when she may feel the need of bu lo the fruitage of my toil it and she cannot ask j grass ii good for them some pro- pic keep a- little growing in a flower- i pot on purpose for pussy play they need exercise too and this is not so easy to provide for them save staining ones handi and clothes is smiling in my bin- jay g sigmurd fo hull walnuts just run them ihrotigh thc cornshcller this will