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is good tea the orange pekoe quality makes finer tea and mora of it r address communication to aaronomtl7j adelaide st west toroni none of us has escaped having sore feet and in nearly all cases it is the critical period in feeding young pigs the childrens hour i talking about sparrows mr sparrow was very busy searching for insects to carry to mrs sparrow who was i setting on the pretty nest under the green trees when he flew to her side j and carried her a very nice morsel for her breakfast she told him she had got one pretty little blue speckled egg hidden away under her soft breast mr sparrow was so pleased that he flew up on a high branch of boasted achievement of a number of western states hog raisers one lit ter of eleven pigs is recorded as weighing 2438 pounds when 180 days old this is not a very difficult achievement even with selects but it is not regarded as profitable prac tice to aim at finishing so early be cause it is better to promote the de velopment of frame for a few weeks after weaning pasture or other green foods and milk with a light grain feed make a suitable ration during the growing period that is until the hogs reach 125 pounds or more after that the finishing pro cess requires an increased proportion of grain t- the all important thing is to avoid a check in the growth at the time of weaning and during the ensuing few weeks the old practice of weaning at four or jive weeks is never follow ed by skillful hog raisers at the pres ent time unless one is very anxious to secure two litters in the year weaning should not take place until the pigs are eight weeks old and some j hog raisers allow the litters to wean themselves by continuing the family together and feeding them well until the pigs negject to nurse experiments covering a period of years at the dominion experimental farm at ottawa have shown it to be profitable to supplement the mothers milk of nursing pigs by easily digest ed meals mixed with skim milk from the time the pigs are three weeks old if care is taken in the preparation and handling of this ration very little check results from weaning mid dlings and ground oats with the hulls sifted out with skim milk has become the standard weaning ration at the central farm in this ration milk is perhaps the most important constitu ent as at that tender age pigs are unable to digest and assimilate much crude fibre if the pigs are allowed to bo check- the stolen nest a story founded on fact mr and mrs song sparrow flew into the woods ono bright may morn- ing and began to look around to find l ht- f just the right place to build a nest h b the woods sir sparrow said- to hear weve got ono pretty egg what do you think of this thick brds hcard him and he to s green grass right here under the with untu the woods was fi trees mrs sparrow cocked her vith beautiful songs and alice and pretty head on one side and looked at her mother stopped talking to listen it from a low bough of a tree a few days passed by the sun im a little afraid to build there shone brightly the spring flowers she said once i bad a beautiful were beginning to blossom in the nest in the grass and a great creature woods mr and mrs sparrow were i think it was called a boy ran the happiest little birds in the woods through the field and stepped on it for in the nest were four of the pret fortunately i had no eggs in it butitiest eggs a bird could wish to have i think i will put it in a safer placoj mr sparrow brought mrs sparrow his time you know it is a great food every day and she did not often deal of work to build a nest i leave the nest but one day she wanted mr sparrow sang a sweet song to dip her bill in a spring of cool jiand then picked a few insects off the water not far away so she flew away large shoes that were not the shape of our feet there are seldom two ton litters at six months is the l5 f 15j l leaves of the tree he was on but hej just for a minute she got her drink horses that have the same shaped same size of neck and the same form ed shoulders therefore it is unreason able to assume that one collar should safe fit several horses when the collar is too wide the shoulders are pretty sure to be made sore especially if the horse is doing hard work in hot wea ther the collar should be sufficient ly long and it is important that it fit the whole neck especially the upper part or it pinches and makes a sore the face of a collar should be made so that it has a resting place on the whole shoulder therefore if it is too wide it is sure to hurt the horse every workhorse that is working is earning money and he is entitled to a goodfitting collar the only way to prevent sore shoulders in some horses is to have a collar maker make a collar that fits the horse the size of the horses necks reduce- very much when they are thin and enlarge con siderably when they are fleshy there fore the condition of the horse should be considered when having his neck fitted it is true that by using sweat pads of different thicknesses a collar can be so adjusted to the neck that a horse is made more comfortable than if wearing too big a collar the sweat pad is very useful in assisting to make the collar fit but most farmers and team owners have too few of them the sweat pad soon becomes fil thy and unfit to wear unless it is cleaned and dried daily especial ly if the horse that wears it perspires much i have found it a good plan to dip dirty sweat pads in gasoline or wash them with soap and water and hang them out in the sun much can be done in the adjustment of a collar to the neck by giving atten tion to the hames for if they are too wide apart at the top or bottom a horse never works comfortably see that the hames fit the collar if the and pretty soon he of water and flew back to the bush said where she had left her nest and her that is a very nice bush you are pretty eggs that would soon turn into sitting on we could hide a nest in there under the leaves and it would nothing could tread on it there mrs sparrow hopped around in the bush and looked it over carefully she flew in it and out of it again and she chirped over it like a busy little house wife at last she said very well we will take this bush for our home i will go right off now and look for something to build it with it is not such easy work as any one might think picking up nice bits to build a nest with said mrs spar row as she searched through the grass and pulled out some long fine roots very slender like bits of yarn but strong she wove these pieces together in a crotch of the bush the green leaves below and the green leaves above cov ering it so that she thought no one could find the dear little home that she was making for her mate and her self and the little ones she expected by and by she found some moss that she pick ed to pieces with her sharp bill and over in a field where a horse was grazing she got a few long black hairs that had come out of the tail of this fortunate horse whose tail had not been cut off she worked so hard that she hardly stopped to eat anything her mate sat on the tree close by the bush sing- sweet little birds if she could keep them safe as she lighted on the tree close by she stopped on a branch and her little heart beat so fast she almost dropped off the tree for something dreadful was happening two girls were standing by her bush they were reaching out their hands and touching her precious nest it could not be that they were going to steal it her home that she had taken such pains to build and her pretty eggs could there be in the world such cruel children mrs sparrow screamed with pain and terror mr sparrow who was just hurrying back with a green worm for his mates supper heard her and knew something dreadful had happen ed he dropped the worm and chirp ed loudly to the girls come back come back oh bring back our nest and onr pretty eggs you will break our hearts but the thoughtless girls kept on and went out of the woods carrying with them the nest with the eggs still warm from the lit tle sparrows breast while all the birds in the woods were mourning with the sparrows and crying shame shame to steal the nest and the eggs of an innocent bird that has done so much good to your trees and plants and flowers the sun went down and all the long twilight the poor little sparrows sat for every washday method rinso is ideal for any washday method you use you do not have to change any of your usual steps just use rinso where you used to use ordinary soap if you like to boil your white cot tons rinso will give you just the safe cleansing suds you need in the boiler if you use a washing machine f ollow the advice of the big washing machine manufacturers use rinso just soaking with this new kind of soap loosens all the dirt until a single rinsing leaves the clothes clean and spotless however you do your wash make it easy by using rinso rinso is sold 2ji all gfocen and department stores if jou use a washing machine soak j clothes in the rinso suds as usual in the morning add more rinso solution and work the machine then rinse and dryr you will have a clean sweet snow whits wash lever brothers limited toronto r4m ing such a happy sweet song to cheer l in the tree looking down at the bush ed at the wean ng period by improper i collar fits tho horse badshaped feeding it will be found difficult to hames often n the horses comfort bring them back to a thrifty state n regarding the saddle there and without thrift it is impossible to ar0 so many different shaped backs make any money out of hogs even that it is abs necessary to have though they sell as selects that is l ni saddle and i am sorry to say the investment of expensive to that few teamstere give this food in an unthrifty hog cannot re- matter much thought wheu buying a turn a profit to the owner fuller in- hamesg the resu jf m saddle structions on the feeding of weanlings docs not fit the back and the harnes3 and pigs of other ages are contained in exhibition circular no 60 avail able from the publications branch of tho department of agriculture at ottawa have your horses harness fit tho horse is our most useful dumb friend there is- nothing more un profitable well as cruel than work ing him in a badfitting harness it produces almost intolerable pain causes him to fret and waste time is heavy it is almost certain to cause soreness if not a wound the centre of the saddle should stand away from the ridge of the back it is also im portant to tighten tho belly girth fairly snug to hold the saddle from moving too much i find it is also important to have a nicefitting crup per if tho crupperis too small and not well made the horse heavyheaded and check fastened to saddle the tail is usually made sore but if the crup per is large and smooth the tail sel dom gets sore tho parts of a har ness that come in contact with the and consequently he loses flesh in most cases ono will lose tho service body of the horse such as the crown of tho horse while sore shoulders piece of bridle traces back strap and backs and chafes are being healed it is impossible to heal collar and saddle galls without resting the horse a harness should bo neither too small nor too large if too small it breeching should be smooth or else they chafe and make the skin sore every farmer and team owner should her that a young girl who was ill and could not sit and look out the window of a house near the woods was cheered and happy just from lis tening to the sweet song at last the nest was finished and a beautiful piece of work it was mr and mrs sparrow were both so proud and pleased that they could hardly stop singing all day oh mother said alice the little sick girl you dont know how lovely the birds sang this morning in that little piece of woodland over the way i woke up early with the old pain and was going to call you then i began to listen to the birds and they sounded so happy that while i was listening the pain went away and i fell asleep again it must have been a song sparrow that i saw flying into the woods yes terday said alices ihother the birds are building their nests this month and if nothing disturbs them we shall have a good many dear little birds flying around our garden in the summer and eating the worms and bugs that hurt our trees and flowers the english sparrow isnt good for anything is he mama i think that every bird is of some use dearie i have seen the english sparrows eating the canker worms that are so troublesome answered alices mama what are canker worms asked alice they are little green worms that where a few hours before they had had such a happy home and chirping a sad lament now they were home less and it would take them a long time to build another nest first they would fly far away to some more lone ly place and try to get away from children who would rob the birds mother said alice it seems to me tho birds are crying and worrying about something i havent heard them sing one happy song this after noon and once they almost made me cry their voices sounded so sad im afraid something has happened to them home education the childs first school is ths family froebel helping generosity to grow by martina gardner owen im so worried about paul con fided mrs miller to her sister a trained kindergartner what is the matter with paul probed miss phyllis hes selfish agonized the mother he clutches his toys he grabs his candy in greedy little fists he snatch es the reddest apple and refuses baby sister a bite splendid little egotist laughed the kindergartner then she sobered before her sisters grieved eyes paul is neither wicked nor de praved she stated selfishness is normal for a small child it is mere ly a manifestation of one of the great basic instincts the ego instinct or the just then alices nurse came in the j selfpreservation if he room and said i saw two girls about ten years old going out of the woods and they had a birds nest in their hands i tried to make them carry it back and they wouldnt oh mama they have stolet- our sparrows nest and girls too i never thought girls would be so cruel poor alice began to cry im sorry you told her said alices mama im afraid she wont sleep tonight she loves the birds so much and their sing ing has made her so happy the little girls who stole the nest carried it home and played with it a few hours then threw it away never thinking or caring how much pain and sorrow they had caused or how they had not only robbed the neighborhood of their sweet songs and robbed the world of four little songsters that come down out of the trees on a fine would have come out of the eggs and v i thread like silk we call it strineinir added much to the happiness and good own at least as many collars as he down- th t fc of v docs workhorses the collars and i fi 7 h pinches chokes the circulation of saddles should bo kept clean and the fb 1 uia a v vj ij n r the alr on the ground lighting on blood to and from tho parts which harness oiled never i usually results in congestion followed work a well horsmx 8 that thdnlltft by moro or less inflammation of tho came off one which had skin disease tratefitto the enh bruised part if too large the harness soro back or shoulders when select shifts from place causing more orl ing a harness for your horse remem- le33 friction ber a nicefitting ono costs exactly the evory one of us wears shoes but same as one that fits poorly varieties of fall turnips there is a limited acreage of fall turnips grown in ontario each year roots of this class usually yield more per acre than the swede- turnips but they do not keep so late into the win ter other names for fall turnips aro soft turnips or white flesh turnips two varieties of fall turnips have y grateful to the english sparrow for eating them are there many kinds of spar rows asked alice yes there aro a good many birds that belong to the sparrow family as we call it but the sparrows about here are mostly the song sparrows shortage of lambs the noticeable featuro of live stock movement as reported by the dominthat you heard singing sosweetiythis ion live stock branch in the third morning tho clipping sparrow month of the year apart from the sometimes called tho chippie which is increased volume of hogs was the a dear tame little sparrow with a short supply of shoop the report red head ho chirps very prettily but says toronto received only 5qperhas no real song then there is the cent of the volume of march last tree sparrow the field sparrow the been grown under test at the college year and for the year to date thejwhitcthroatcd sparrow and the fox in each of the past seventeen years shortage of sheap amounts to over sparrow theso sparrows look enough and the following gives the average 16000 head western canadas mar- alike to make it hard for any one who annual results in tons per acre of tops ketings have teen so meagre as to has not studied birds to tell them and of roots for each of the varieties barely constitute n basis for trading apart some people who dislike the despite the light volume of market- english sparrow very much want ings interest in shoep is extremely keen the report further states that suppliesarc inadequate which would indicate the wisdom of sheep raisers conserving for the breeding fiock all tho vigorous ewi iambi from gorl ewes smith human beings anna harris how to reduce the meat bill the canadian people aro relatively heavy consumers of meat the quanti ty per head of population according to official figures exceeding that of any other country as pointed out in pamphlet no- 43 of tho depart- is to live he must have many many things instinct tells him to seize and to hold rightly trained the ego in stinct is a fine thing it gives us the selfreliant man who is a community asset miriam finn scott in her book how to know your child tells us when we try to analyze the faults of our children we discover that in the majority of cases the faults are only ah unpleasant and deplorable expression of forces that in them selves were originally admirable selfishness is a valuable instinct per verted now for methods continued the kindergartner dont expect some magic to eradicate selfishness over night you must grow the flower of generosity and that is a long slow gradual process but cousin kato told me that she cured clara in an hour protested the mother clara refused to let a play mate take her doll and kate flung it into the open grate clara cried and screamed but she was cured now she shares her possessions at a word kato hasnt cured selfishness pro nounced the kindergartner she has instilled fear and etched a bitter memory that is like curing a wart on the finger by the major operation of cutting off the arm like destroying weeds by a powerful chemical which poisons the soil against all growth true generosity can never grow in a flameseared mind the correct way is to emphasize the joys of generosity miss phyllis- pointed out dont nag about sisters tears when paul is selfish smile about her happiness when brother is generous give him the privilege of passing candy to all your guests at table tell stories which emphasize the desirability of generosity as rus- kins king of the golden river sej lect others from books and current literature tf he persistently refuses to share a toy tell him the fire en gine cant stay with a selfish boy and put it away for a week plan games which involve the sharing of toys do something daily to strengthen the generosity habit the young child is incapable of genuine altruism above all be honesj meaning queried the mother i was thinking of dangerous de vices descended from antiquity ex plained her sister probably prehis toric woman sitting before her cave observing her offspring clutching aa unshared bone covered her face with her hands and shrilled motherm cry probably the child gave his play mate a gnaw from the bone then but the steenth time she tried the plan it didnt work he had dlscovered- that sho was shamming and trading on his love to the point of hypocrisy be honorable ono more suggestion caltivato sensible selfishncssyourself the most ungenerous children ive known have belonged to sweetly sacrificing moth ers dont give up your own desires and preferences when it is really not best for paul that you should do so red top white globe 10 and 263 and cow horn 58 and 197 in 1018 thercd top white globe gave 212 and tho cow horn 1515 tons of roots por acre in comparison with these in the test of the past- year ths sut- tons purple top mammoth gave 208 the suttons imperial green globe 188 and kelway green globe 16 tons per ncrr now i name my price x lost a sale by not stating the price when answering an inquirer i have learned that the majority of inquiring ment of agriculture at ottawa en- writers first of all want to know the the most infailiblo mark of ance is ajpcrstilion ignor- one cn rol malce brick from straw nor can one produce good crops from poor soil is8ue no 21 24 boys to kill him but i am sure they would bo just as likely o kill some of these other dear useful littla spar rows for even grown people cannot always tell them apart i dont see how any one can enjoy killing anything said alice thought fully it seems dreadful to me to think of taking the life of a happy little bird or frightening or disturb ing the birds in any way titled how to reduce the meat bill beef is an expensive food becauso it is so much the subject of extraordi nary wastefulness tho pamphlet in question which is procurable at the publications branch of tho depart ment of agriculture at ottawa points out that a livo animal weighing 1300 pounds well finished will yield a dressed carcass of 700 pounds but only 200 pounds of this is really prime beef namely sirloin porterhouse and price with quality a close second for several years i have done some advertising in the poultry columns from ads which specify a given price i got many orders without any pre- write i did not know but what your price was more than i cared- to pay i lost the sale because i did not state tho price for i had good utility stock and the price was reasonable w e f bathe the seed potatoes all seed potatoas should be trcatod l a corrosive sublimate bath to kill liminary correspondence from those pouto cab and blackscurf use four specifying no price i had many re- 1 ounces of the corrosive sublimate in quests for prices and catalogues but thirty gallons of water soak tho po- a smaller percentage of orders i tatoes in tho solution for one hour if a farmer at a meeting inquired there are many potatoes to be treated concerning some rhode island red n tho solution enough water should pullets i described them stating no club steaks and tho prima ribs of the prico because i had no thought of while alice and her mother were are given foro quarter theso are the cuts that aro most in demand and sell at the highest prices tho preparation and use of tho lower priced cuts is dealt with in this pamphlet which divides the carcass into eleven divisions by tho use of a carcass chart the location of each of these cuts is shown enabl ing the housewife to select tho most suitable pieces for the purpose requir ed a number of recipes for cooking selling them shortly afterward i de cided to sell them and immediately wrote him to como and sec them i stated no prico thinking ho would prefer seeing them first as he lived only about sevon miles distance two months later i saw him at our month ly meeting i asked why he did not come to see our red pullets his reply was the next time you want to sell mo something state your price when you half done bo added after each bath to make tho solution its original volume and two- thirds of an ounce of corrosive sub- limato should also be added use no metal containers vith this solution wooden vessels are best this ma terial is also very poisonous and should not be left where animals may consume it 9 one of the best times to cultivate some crops are before they are in tin ground in othor words well begun i s