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summer versus winter they constituted almost a half by pruning weight of the entire ration the subject of summer pruning has at this time the chicks were wcan- long been a moot one among fruit j ed and the hens removed so that self- growers some men have claimed that feeding hoppers could be installed for summer pruning produced fruit and the entire flock wheat was fed in winter pruning produced wood some clean litter every morning to induce have claimed that if the trees were xereise and charcoal grit and fresh pruned in summer they would bear water were kept before the birds at fruit at an earlier age than those all times the hopper feed was pruned in winter cracked corn and oatmeal and as the in the writers own orchard a block thicks became more developed some of ten acres was summer pruned in i cracked corn was soaked in sour milk order to get a comparison with the j and fed in the evening rest of the place that received only fiftyseven chicks were raised to winter pruning after a period of several years no difference could be seen in this tenacre block it did not como into bearing notice ably earlier than the rest of the place broiler size and by the last of de cember were ready for market when dressed the total number weighed ninetyfour pounds net before shipping i wrote a reliable the above photograph shows d h warren dairy expert of washington who with the aid of the xray can examine the holes in swiss cheese and determine whether it is fit to eat nor has it produced any more fruit commission merchant for prices and to look at it today no one could tell advice on shipping the shipment where the tenacre block ended and j netted me fortythree cents a pound the rest of the orchard began this one experiment does not prove that there is no value in summer pruning one experiment seldom proves anything it is only by taking the results of many experiments that we finally arrive at a little of the truth in horticulture even then we may occasionally go wrong other growers have felt that sum mer pruning increased the fruitfui- ness of their trees in som5 cases there has been a distinh increase in the number of fruit buds produced after a year of summer pruning in such cases emphasis is laid on the fact that the work was done early in the summer before the trees had fin ished their annual growth in most of the applegrowing sec tions this would be before the first of july the fruit buds for the next year are developed early in the sea son and the tree must be pruned be fore these buds form if any results are to be secured if the pruning is done after the buds are established no more would be accomplished than by winter pruning i h the best strawberry mulch the questions as to what materials to use for a mulch on the strawberry bed is often a serious one and if one must grow some crop especially for that purpose it ought to be decided upon at once of course if wheat oats or rye is grown largely in a section that set tles the question very satisfactorily or if one is in a section where pine needles or straw can be had they make a very good mulch but in sections where none of these standbys can be had- one is often at a loss how to supply the need to begin with if there is any low swampy land on the farm which grows grass in abundance this ought to bo cut and the hay used for mulch since one is almost certain that such material will contain seeds of no plants that are likely to come up as weeds in the strawberry bed there may also be available some hay fields on which the grass is so poor as not to have much feeding value and which may therefore be added to the mulch supply but under the best of conditions the man who grows a half acre or more of strawberries is often obliged to grow some special crop for the mulch various crops are grown for this purpose the choice depending on ones locality and to some extent on the soil available two of the best arc jap anese millet and sorghum the latter sown thick enough so that the stalks do not become too heavy an advan tage of sorghum is that it if heavy enough so that it is not easily blown about the one solution which ought to be avoided at all costs in this strawberry mulch problem is to mow all the odd corners about the farm and use the hay thus secured for the purpose such material is certain to contain al sorts of weed seeds jftcr express and commission charges were deducted forty dollars and fortytwo cents in all since that time i have raised sev eral broods of late summer chicks for broilers with slightly varying success and although i could not advise any poultryman to take up this branch of work as a specialty i do affirm that it offers a profitable means of disposing of late chicks the american or general purpose varieties such as the wyandottes rhode island reds and plymouth rocks rank as the best broiler breeds a firstclass broiler when ready for market should be plump and full fea thered comb and wattles should be small here the rosecomb variety takes precedence and if skin and legs are yellow these points will add to appearance and valua the poultryman specializing in white leghorns is not in a position to raise the large or medium broilers but his latehatched chicks are espe cially fine for squab broilers when forcefed in a similar manner they can be made to average one pound or better in eight or nine weeks in dressing broilers fur winter mar ket dry picking is better than scalding but all other work is conducted in the same manner as for adult fowls a house party on the farm the question of entertaining and having company is one that interests every family especially where there aro young people one of our contri butors a college girl whd lives on a farm writes that her family gave an enjoyable house party last summer in spite of conditions that did not at first seem advantageous wo thought of a house party she writes but did not know we could have it wo were in moderate circumstances the house was not large it was seven miles from town it was summer and mornings the guests played read wrote sang or did whatever they pleased we had planned that they should have some time to themselves this gave the home boys a chance to do the odds and ends necessary about the farm the pony did not get much rest for all the girls wanted to learn i to ride of course the evenings were the best time of all one evening we in vited all the young people of the the riddle of the tides smith smith land surveyors and engineers lindsay ontario surveying municipal engineering sewerage drainage roadways summer session is held in the ellsott yonge and charles sts toronto from now until sept 2nd when our fall term opens superior instruc tion in all departments enter any time write for cataloguo w j elliott principal tho sea bristles with problems of which few aro more puzzling than tho tides and their action today al though we have proved that the tide3 are influenced largely by the moon wo know almost as little as the an- church and their friends for another j eients did of the vagaries of the tides evening tho fathers and mothers were am of the various phenomena con- invited on both occasions we hadj with them music games and simple refresh- 1 at bournemouth england for ex- mints wo wanted the neighbors toi ample there are what are known as enjoy tie guests and get pleasure double tides caused it is believed by from their visit the night wo camp- tidal stream running from spithead there was nothing to offer intho way j f the moonlight cd we sat around a small camp fire and told stories one evening we played such games as hideandseek latehatched broilers almost every year on the average canadian farm where fowls have free range some hens will steal away in the late summer months to appear again- a few weeks later with broods of baby chicks what to do with these youngsters is often a serious problem it had been my practice to give away such late broods hens and all to avoid the trouble of raising them but a few years ago when i offered some to a farmer acquaintance he ad vised me to forcefeed them for the broiler market pen them up he said and begin feeding for quick development this is september and by christmas you should have a fine shipment of broil ers weighing from one to two pounds each plenty to do in the orchard from this time on the cultivation in the small fruit plantations shouid be made especially thorough we are getting into the period in sections where there is likely to be dry weather we have also approach ing the period or have reached it when the bush fruits are ripening their crops and the combination of dry weather and a heavy draft of water by the plant to mature its fruit is likely to result in a shortage of soil moisture moreover as the picking season comes on one is very likely to let down a little on cultivation partly because of the extra work involved and partly because cultivation makes the conditions not quite so comfort able for the pickers dont do it keep the cultivators going it will pay in the extra size and attractiveness as well as the extra yield of the fruit of entertainments concerts or other attractions the farm was a half sec tion with the usual fields pasture grove and a creek running through one end the barn was only of mod- ovate size no mountains lakes for ests or natural wonders were near to help entertain our guests lets take account of stock and seo what we have that will help suggest ed mother the we included father mother two brothers an older sister and myself but all were young enough to enjoy a good time six rooms we might have beds in said one a big fine dining room added another three teams a hay rack a wagon a surrey a pony and lots of good walking said father each added his contribution to the general list but there appeared fourteen names of guests whom wo wished to invite and where could they sleep and what fcould we feed them there were the potato patch the garden the orchard every one of our guests declared it was the best time ever youths companion camera supported this family my camera has been to mo not only a source of pleasure to myself and friends but i have made it of commercial value when my husband died leaving me with three children to care for he also left me a camera and some know edge of how to use it i not only did view work but por trait work as well learned to finish them myself and supported myself and children mostly with it for sev eral years mrs e d progeny of six- yearold sow already number over 140 for productiveness arthur clow rr no 4 rockwood is the posses- and the poultry yard to draw from of a sow that has broken all breed- australia to build northsouth transcontinental railway a despatch from adelaide says it is understood the federal govern ment has definitely promised the south australian government to undertake the construction of at least a portion of the northsouth trans continental railway premier gun in conference with th federal minister of works claimed the completion of the line should precede all other com monwealth projects and understood the minister gave his assent subject to the conditions whici the govern ment is considering v hen the north ern territory was transferred by south australia to the common wealth validating act gave south australia first claim to construction of the first big railway by the federal government duke works as laborer to build belfry on estate a meat wagon passed every day we had plenty of milk cream and butter finally some one suggested a tent for the boys to sleep in we knew where we could get a goodsized tent at a reasonable cost so we decided that we could have the party we sent the following invitation to fourteen young people father and mother are going to turn the farm over to us for a weckbeginning aug ust 14 they are to be our guests for the week we invite you to be a guest also bring your old clothes a blan ket your musical instrument and some music- all four of us children sign ed it of course we took care in making the list to leave out the fussy tho sentimental the very sensitive and all others who would not mix well we asked only these who could enjoy wholesome hearty pleasures and who would appreciate our friends and neighbors they all accepted we carefully planned everything in detail and wrote down suggestions for each day we set the tent up in a grove dug n ditch round it and made it ready ihg records for western ontario al- thls stream tends to keep back the tide in southampton water with the result that at various points along the coast the tide rises tor seven hours ebbs for an hour then rises again for about an hour and a half near arklow on the irish coast there is no perceptible tide at all yet lu the bristol channel tho tide3 are among the heaviest known round our shores here the spring tides some times rise to a height of nearly fifty feet s what the ancients believed the worlds highest tides are those experienced in the bay of fundy where they often rise to a hundred feet this variation in the height of tides has claimed much expert attention what are known as spring tides are changes that occur at or near the time when the moon is new or full while neap tides coincide with the moons firsfor third quarter the seaside visitor if he is obser vant will have noticed that periodical ly the tide reaches its greatest height and then ebbs to its farthest point this rise and fall diminishes for a week and then as gradually increases bargains farm implements farm wagons harness scufflers mowers horse rakes corn cultiva tors and other farm machinery these articles must be sold to make room wo offer liberal time payment cash or credit h herman phono 1003 stouffville climbing roses imported good stock eight differ ent varieties usual line of box plants such as tomato plants aster plants etc floral tesigns for all occasions muston sons phone 7001 stouffville though only six years old this hog has j un at the end of a fortnight the given birth to no fewer than ten lit- i maximum ebb and flow is reached ters of pigs two litters a year num- once more it is these highest tides bering all told one hundred and that are termed spring tides while the seventy of which one hundred and lowest are known as neap tides forty were raised on may 16 ihe plato recorded his belief that waves brought into the world a litter of and tides were the result of the con- nineteen sixteen of which are living vulslons of a mighty marine monster and thriving of this number the whose rhythmic breathing caused the mother is raising thirteen the other e and flow stouffville lodge no 384 meets every monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethern welcome henry slack w r sanders n grand rs sec m tait financial secretary loyal orange lodge no 1020 regular meetings friday fat 8 pm on or before eull moon stouffville ont three being bottlefed by their proud owner the moons powerful pull aristotle attributed tidal movements to the sun in which he was partly right tho suns influence however be ing much less marked than that of the moon a satisfactory explanation of the problem was not forthcoming until propounded his theory of gravitation two centuries ago i this influence of the moon is still imperfectly understood by large num- t bers of people briefly it may be ex- plained in this wayi the moons pull on the earth affectsthe near side more ment than it does tho centre while the sea the contract for these coins is the j responds more readily than the solid first that has been received from- the surface the result is that the waters soviet government since the two on the side of the earth nearest the we put down some horse j countries patched up their diplomatic i moon are drawn together in a heap as british treasury coins for soviets the population of russia will no longer be handicapped in the matter of coins with which to carry on demo- j newton cratic commerce provided they can overcome the difficulty of gaining pos session of these monetary conveni ences the british treasury has al ready started on an order to mint 45- 000000 coins for tho soviet govern- mrs a griffiths corsetiere for spirella corsets for stouffville and vicinity stouffville phone 15303 blankets and canvas to serve as rugs the beds were straw ticks on home made frames wo do no extra cook ing in preparation except bake a lot of cookies difficulties these coins will also be j it were high tides being a result tho first soviet coins ever minted tho coins are mostly one two and five ruble pieces the design for the money is the work of an englishman it we met our guests at the railway although suggested by the soviets station all the girls rode out in the is exceedingly plain one side of tho surrey the boys and baggage come coin carrying the soviet coatofarms along in tho wagon they all brought and tho other the value of tho coin and the date comfortable old clothes the list of musical instruments included three cornets a flute two mandolins two guitars and a clarinet several could play the piano before our guests had been at the house an hour they agreed that two boys and two girls from among them those who would care to sec a duke should be deputed every day to help acting as stonemasons laborer should us w the cooking and dishwashing go to invcrary castle argyllshire 0n our side we had planned that- two says a glasgow despatch here minus us a boy and agirl should alterf c in nitll his coat and waistcoat and with his na with the other two in doing the sleeves rolled up the 52yearold duke housework one of the two would too much tidiness that place is so tidy i would go mad if i had to live in it a man said the other day after paying a visit to a friend whose wife had the just so mania one can certainly have too much tiddlness as the small european busi- so far as the far side of the earth is concerned the moons pull affects the surface less powerfully than the centre the water being still farther away giving less than the land hence we have high tide on this side of the earth also with low tide occur ring halfway between the two sides on which there is high tide six hundred miles an hour what are known as tidal waves are the result of the sun moon and earth being in a straight line the pull of gravity then affecting one part of the earth more forcibly than any other such a wave may sweep right round the world at a speed of six hundred miles an hour contrary to popular belief tho winds effect on waves is comparative ly slight it haa been proved that the fiercest gale has no influence on water below a depth of fifty feet whereas a tidal wave moves the whole bulk ot the ocean in its path causing an up heaval that may do in an hour or two more damage than a century of gales les sugar in goats milk goats milk is richer in fat than cows milk but contains less sugar that some are rich shows others may become rich thai of argyll is working daily on the- i after the outside work and the when the telegraph wa first intro duced- there in the days of nasr ed din i the persian clerks in charge thought that the messages being transmitted were too untid so they carefully f e- arranged them putting all the con- sonants together sending them over the wire and then following up with the vowels i erection of a belfry in the castle other to the comfort and cntertain- grounds which is to house a fine peal j m of the guests so there were of bells pi great antiquity s 0 us each day to do the house- wearing kilt balmoral bonnet with work thieflv out of curiositv i agreed ioi ori rod too gray woven for breakfast we had a cereal eggs experiment andthe slxtyfivl tbabyl the keeper of the great seal of bread and butter with fruit the chicks nil white wyandottes with seouand can be seen carrying heavy dinners were also simple consisting of their respective mothers were confined ones and acting as assistant genor- a meat vegetables and dessert for in an unused shed with a small yard a to tne skllicd stonemasons whose suppers we had a salad cold meat or twentyfive hundred sea lions have for rinire orders he accepts like any other work- fish one warm vegetable cooked fruit been killed by the dominion govorn- 17m ihft vorv fiit the feeding i and hc k to trade union and usually cakes one noor a bigmcnt patrol boat givenchy during mhoos prescribed by mv friend fori hoo i chicken stew with dumplings was tho the weeks off vancouver is- this flock were almost identical with thoic i had practiced with other you slrck tho only exception being that the percentage of fleshbuilding elements such as beef scrap- ground bone and chopped green clover or alfalfa were increased gradually until iprincipalpart of themcai on tho land the s lions prey upon the only cool evening we had a supper of jft nnmwiffhc the many have got into the habit of baked beans and brown bread destroy lar nurabcrs ot them the being dissatisfied v- i ho8 true to god whos true to man lowell v destroy large numbers of them t 7 boat worked along the productive sal- cvcningwo paired off and each couple nrcas in t vicinity of the vir- got its own supper and cleared up rocks with great success machine afterwards wc gave a prize to the an rifle were used in killing pair who prepared the best supper j u sca hona a successful business the quantity of butter a creamery is turning out every week is one of the main things the success of a creamery depends upon every creamery could double their make with very little extra expense it takes a certain amount of butter to pay therunning expenses and the butter made over that amount is what a creamery business depends on it therefore requires a considerable amount of cream and to get the necessary amount of cream you must be able to pay the highest price and render the best service and a square deal to all such is always our aim and with our firstclass equipped factory turning out a brand of butter which has found a maiket for itself among the lead ing brands enables us to pay the price for cream and ren der satisfaction in every- way more so this summer on account of renewing our contract for more butter than ever before we will be pleased to have your cream this summer as well as other summers you can deliver it or our truck will call at your farm stouffville creamery co phone 18602 open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings also agents for the delaval separator