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I r- -1 < f »* ',-i fi 1 â- # t 1 tr f »â-  â-  \ > • ., f ' -'> f ./ - !> , if putung up strawberries BY LUCILE A. DAY. Straiiet.<rrie' <«ep their color,, Do not try poariog th« whole mass Hawor, and texture *:i«< when canned; into a colander to drain or the berries with a large amount d sugar, al-lwill be hopelessly ntashed. Set juice i though they may b* voeseesf ully can- ; back over fire and continue cooking , ned with a sma'.ler amousi or with nO; until it thickens. Carefully return the •agar at ail. I berries to the jelly-Hke juice and boil After trying variou.i Kvipes I Uave.up again for from three to five min-J •elected the best for ray permar^it j utee according to the quantity «n ' cook-book. I have found that stra'r*. juice removed from the berries. Re- berriee can be succesafuMy canned ^lisive from the fire and when entirely the open-kettle method. The fruit: oifd pat into cold sterilized jars and must be in first-clasa eonditi<m, espe- j cover wrfh iselt«d paraffin. If proper- 1 cially when but little sugar is used.ily prepared tUen* sho-jM be a jelly-' Hot fruit m<jst be canned in hot steril- like mass and equal (in <favor vnd ieed, airtight jara, and cold fruit ln:c<rfor) the famous sun preserved ber- cold eteriliied jars. We have found ries which are so much trouble toj the pint jars best for a family of six prepare. i or less. \ Strawberry Jam: Inferior besries The entire cooking process should' can be used in the jam, the larger anj be brisk. Time of cooking Is from be- ' better berries can be sorted out for ginning of actual boilintr. From tweKe^the preserves. Mash thoroughly and to fifteen minutes' cooking g^ves the waahed and hulled berries lyith a best results. The best rncipes call for' wooden potato-masher. To two cup- one pound of sugar to one poand of fuls of pulp add one '.'upful of sugar, berries. If you have no scales, use Set over the fire ssd boil briakly for approximately two capfuls of sugar to. 15 minutes. Pour while hot into Kt. three cupfuls of berriej. â-  sterilized jars. If to !« use-i for pies Broad, flat-bottomed cooking uteR- or shortcake, even less sugar may be sils of granite or iduminum ware are aaed; for giiice the ocrriea are so best for the purpose. Do not cook thorough^ mashed. ther«? la no danewr more than one-half gallon of Berries of their coming to tho to?, at a time i?'. one vessel. In order toj Caimed Strawberries with a small retain their color, wash berries be- : amount of sugar <ira put up by this foro hulling. Store your fruit in a method : To two quarts of -.vnshed and ydark place â€" cover each jar with a hulled berries add tvf'> eupfala of paper bag. or store the jars in the sugar. Set over the fire ^nd boil brisk- boxas in which they are shipped. ! ly for teii mii-.utes. Seal in hot steril- EERE .VRE THE nECiPES. j ^^â- '^^ J^^- Csu-rd thus the berries wii! My Favorite Canned Strawberries: ^ =^*'^-?: ^ff^'f '"^ ^J^ '1^' Wash end hull berriea and to esch 't'-.f^'"^- '^'^ ''-^- '^^'^^^^ ^^\ pound of fruit add one pound of su^ar. i ^'^^^ ^°'"" ^. . i Let stand 15 minutes. Then place' Car.n-d Strawbenies Without over the fire and boil briskly for 15 Sugar: Waah and hull and put on to! minute-s. Remove and can at once in ^ook without any wat?r e.-ccept that hot sterilized air-tight jars. â- <i^i.^^> Sft-inch material for the complete suit. Price 20 c*nU. HOT/ TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such pattirms as yoa want. Enclose 20c ia stamp* or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each numlaer, and NICOTINE DUSTS FOR mUNG BUGS BY GRIF McK.\y. Nie«tiiie dusts for kitHng striped cucumber-beetled, potati)-aphi<, meloa- aphii, cabbage-aphis, pea-aphid, on- address your order to Pattern Dept.j ton-thrips, etc., have come to be one of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ada-,tija gtandbysâ€" no logger a novelty, lalde St., Toronto. Patterns .ient by ^be nicotine duati itiirs insects in return mau GIRL.S' CATKIXG 3ulT. . . . ,. , V KMj. â-  Although the small miss pictured! Canned^J^ch clmgs frora -^-".shtng. After j^^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^' thus the berries will not rise to the reaching the boihng PO'-"-' boil brisk- ; j,^^. ^^^ .,j^^j,^^^ ^^j^^ j^ y^^ ^^^^,- top and there wiH be little surplus; '? ff.'' jhree mmutes. Ca^ m hot^^^ y,^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ j Juice. From a crate of berries last ; sterilized jars. The jaice wiU be sur-; ^^^ j^^ -^^ ^:^^ j^^ ^^ to take a i season I had left only one and one-l P"3i>^«*y ">'Ck, and co.or and flavor^ ^^^^^^ making it necessary that thej half pints of juice. .good. | costume serve a dual purpose. The' Strawberry Preserves: To each! Ijeft-over juices can be canned for ; graeef uj model sketched provides the! cupful of washed and hulled berries | fruit drinks, or made into jelly by the^ right amount of fulness for comfort! add a scant cupful of sugar. Let stand; use of tho commercial pectin which; and is made of a light weight jersey- 15 minutes, then place over the fire|you can buy in any grocery store; ori cloth. The bloomers are made separ-: and boil briskly for five minutes. Re-; rhubarb juice can be added in the pro-! ately and joined to a sleeveless waist: \^mova.irom fire and with a skimmer 1 portion of one cupful to two cupfuls Tfnth. back closing. A number of at "ladle carefully lift out .^11 the berries. I of berry juice. this way: The fumes of the nicotine 1^ EJ L ' U J enter the breathing pares of the in- My Mother S Hand s. sect and paralyze the nervous iystem. My mother's hands are lovelier than, The dusts can be bougLt at moat any any har.do I know. i »e«<i ator«. Consult your seed catalog. \ Although they bear come scars andj The dusts are more effective if they cuts, I 'am stil! thinking so. i «» appli»Kl by using a duster that There may be v,-hit>r .1.1 n thxn theirs, !»*« « sort of canvas oone on the noz- and fingers shaped more fine, j ^^- This cone keeps the fumes con- But of ail hands on earth give me the fin«<i. keepa dust from blowing away hands of mother mine : I '^ windy weather, and puts tiie dusts -They do for me what none would do' '»?*** where they are wanted. Dusters of aU the hands on earth, ! «»" 1» bought for using this new wea- They sooths me in my sufferings and PO" of bug warfare. Last y«»x wa - guide me in my mirth. i showed a sketch of a home-made dust- They'vo worked for me full many a. '"? device that can be used with ca!- day, and many a lonely ni^t; <-'l"ni cyanid or nicotine dusts, but it They show me things that I ehould 's not so satisfactory as a good duster. see, yea, all that's true and *^^'^ thing above ail others is es- rj^t:, I sential Ln using nicotine dus*a â€" use ; They've taught me, ere I went to' "^n-y fr«sh material. The killing part' school, how I must hold my pen ; ȣ' t^e dusts is volatile, and if left in And all the clothing that I tear, her oP*i containers will soon become too| hands will mend r.gain. â-  w«aJt to till- It will ksep in air-tight ^ They do correct me when I- make mis- 1 cans. ; j takes as children make; j Some folks like to- make their own' i They wash my things, they scrub the nicotine dusts, and it is not a hard^ I home, they cook, and sew, and Job. Hero is how to do it: j I bake. t ^t a 50-gailon bajrrel and on each' ' They tuck me in my bed at night in' ^t^d attach flange unions into which' f such a tender way! I 70"^ '-â- ^'^ screw pieces o£ one-inch gas-' .They've taught me how to fold my' PJP«. These are the "a-xle," if you ' hands, when we together pray, want to call them that. The barrel What mother's hands do mean to me »â- * mounted on a stand like the old- can never^half be told, | fashio.-.ed churn stand, but the bar- But this I know, they're toveHer than' r»i rests lengthwise instead of cross-; diamonds and gold^ j wise like the old barrel chum. j â€" F. Steinmann. I -^ door is cut in the face of the' . barrel ; it is hinged so it can be open- I ed and closed. -A. han'ili? is put on the , end of one piece of the gas-pipe. ! Put 50 or 60 pebbled (one inch in ; diameter) in the barrel, then put in I 50 pounds of high-grade hydrated I lime, and en thii pour two and one- ; half pounds of W per cent, nicotine »ulpkat0. Ck»e and tauta the door and "churn" for five mi.iates. Th» resulting powder will be a 2 pt-r cent, nicotljie dust. It should b» ise J laa- mediately. To get a 4 per cc.irt. dost, use five pounds of th,- 40 per cent, nicotine su'.phate for 50 pounds of hydrated lime, and so on for other strengths. You can get the rJcotia* sulphate from your seed store. Cucumber-beetles require a dust having strength of 6 per cent. Some use 10 per cent. dust. On small cu- cumbers, one pound of dust will cover from 200 to 300 hills. The meion-aplriSi which attacks melons, squashes, cu- cum'aers and cotton, feeding on the under side of the leaves, requires from 10 to 20 pounds of du.st to the acre. The pea-aphis is one of the hardest pe^ts to handle. Dusting should be- gin as soon as tiie pest; appear. Uss from 50 to '5 pounds of dust per acre. From one to three applications wiH be needed. For use on peas, it is all right ta mix the nicotir^e dust ir. combination with sulphur, thus fighting mildew and aphis, at the same tinie. Such a mixture should be about TO per cent. flneiy ground sulphur and 30 per cent, nicotine dust of the proper strengfth. In districts where beet army-worms attack peas, lead a-^senaie can be added to the nicotir-e duft. This mix- ture will be all right for cabbage, where aphis and cabbage-worms are troublesome. The nieoiine dust Lills the aphis (which get nourishment from the plants by sucking^ and the lead arsenate poisons the cabbage- worms, which eat the leaves of the cabbage plants. Remember, nicotine dusts are for insects with sucking mouth parts; lead alienate is for in- sects that chew the plants : sulphur is for fungous diseases. Best results in dusting are secured if the weather is warm â€" say 75 deg. F. ; warmer weath«r is better still. Start dusting in the morning as soon as the dsw lca\-es the plants. 'Toi^Tire Ivy Poisoning. ivy-poison season for both the sfce'ref oot country youngsters and The Ten Chief Points in Canning. The aim in home canning should be Just the Thing. i Tommy Ftsh â€" "I'm hungry. Ma! I Ma Ftehâ€" -AU right. I'll fix yoa' tractive-looking suits are made from black sateen with bright-color trim-| ^^^^ bread and jeUy ftsh. mmg-bands, or even a good quality; ^ of gingham may be used. No. 1129 isi Most of the transatlantic liners are arsenate The Control of Potato 1 Insects. I Sprays or dusts thoroughly applied; at the right time are effective. For Potato Beetle Use: Calcium, (arsenate of lime) Ih-sl cut in sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years.; captained by ex-officers of the Royal pounds to 40 gdllons of water or Bor- the city e.iff-dwellers who camp and a palatable product with a minimum hike in the open. Victims of the pest; of spoilage. The following sugges- try the old-time remedies, one after jtions are made to further this end: another, in their efforts to relieve the! 1. Be sure the product to be can- painful irritation of ivy poisoning. Experiments and te.^ts of recent dates throw much doubt on the value of most of these old "cares" which in- aed is fresh and free from spoilage. "Two hours from the garden to th« can" is a good slogan. ^ j 2. Wash carefully and thoroughly elude Hnie, sulphur, hypo, bluestone,' to remove all traces of soil. jevwlwegd,' milkweed, plantain, minti 3. Pre-cooking shrinks the product -eaS 4Jindelia. .A. ne^v remedy which; so the cans pack better. Get it into has gi^•en relief through diflferent ; the container as hot as possible and trials is strong soap, hot water and a | place immediately in the hot canner. stiSr ecrubbing-brush. A cold-hearted This decreases the time required .for scientist says the value of most old- the material in tha can to heat time remedies is imagin.ary, and their through, 4. Either tin or glass containers may be used successfully Glass con- tainers heat up more slowly, and when these are used the time should be increased. IJnless filled boiling hot Size 10 years requires 3** yards of. Navy. THE BLUE BOTTLE FLY BY J. T. WOOD. deaux mixture, Or Paris Gr«?n, 1 to 2 pounds to; 40 gallons of water, ; Or Paris Green 1 pound, and arsen-| ate of lead 1 pound to 40 gallons of â-  water or Bordeaux mixture. j Any of the above may be applied' in the form of a dust, but should be It was a warm summer evening, capered a sort of war-dance before diluted with from 10 to 20 times thsir and little Charley, who had eaten his | the fly. If his pleasure was not of the "^'yn bulk of hydrated lime. .A.pply bowl of bread and milk, was sitting highest type, it was reasonable He J'^th duster or shake through a bur-' on the. steps of the pr.)rch. .\ sweet; had overcome an annoyance, and that '^P *ack. : honeysuckle climbed over the trellis ; is something. His victory was blood- J<'f Flea Beetle Use: Bordeaux on either side, giving a graceiid per- less, and that is something; and it i°ixture (4 I'os. bluestone, 6 lb«. hy-. fume. ! was just, and that is something more.' "^^t«^d """» af"i -10 salions water)! As he sat there, weary, thinking of I And then he began to examine his '^^th any of the poisons used fori what he had done, and what he would \ captive. [ Potato be^t.e. j like to do, a blue blue-bctt!e fly came! It was not like the house fly: it J«"^ Leaf Hopper Use: Bordeaux; buzzing aboutâ€" touched his noseâ€"' didn't resemble the gad-fly, and could; mixture; spray both <;de3 of the leaf, flew away â€" buzzed and buzzed, and i have eaten a whole colony of midges thoroughly. ... ! finally came back. land gnats and mosquitoes. ^'^^ Potato .\ph:9 Lse: Black I.eafj "Confound the old bottle!" criedj Charley lifted the goblet to study it ^'^ as soon as the aphids are at allj and sealed immediately, tin cans j Charley, vainly striking at it. "I j more carefully. .\way whizzed the numerous; spray thoroughly. Asparagus in Summer. should be exhausted to remove air. | don't see what flies are good for. Theyi fly, while Charley was Tubbing off the 5. Process fruits and acid veg©-| don't give any wool, or lay eggs, or I tickle it gave him as it went â€" away, tables, as tomatoes, or vegetables can-; draw loads, and their meat isn't good into all the space outside, as merry After the catting stasou i.-; ner, ned with acid, as pickled beets, in alto eat. and nobody wants *em in a and as happy as though it had not clean the bed of all weeds and trash, water-bath canner. Any vessel hold- show!" been a plague and torment for half Disk the entire bed .several times to reputation is gained fronJ the fact that ivy poisoning runs its course, heals, and the i;>;T!-dy last used is given credit for the cure. "It is w^a c-jCab-.lshx'J." he asserts, "that th» poisonous property of ivy is a non-volatile oil which penetrates the skin and the underlying tissi>es, pro- ducing intense irritation and much in- flammation. Few pei-sons are entirely immun« to poison-ivy and yet com- paratively few suffer severely from it. | ing sufficient water to cover the tops] Here the bottle buzzed up and hit an hour. destroy weeds. This will do some The poiton is contract.^d by cotitact of the jars can be used for this. Count j Charley on the chin: then fiew intoj Charley's mother laughed at her lit- damage to the shoots, but the Wd will ^i.! »,*v!!^ '^^ °^ ^vith other objects time from when the water starts to! the vine. j tie boy's rage and sorrow, and threats tsoon recover and make up for the which have brushed through it, such! boil. j While it was singing in and out of of ^•engeance, and quietly asked him tf temporary setback. Yen,- often it is as shoes or c.othing, animals, tooki 6. Process the nonacid vegetables, ! the flowers, Charley suddenly found the old blue-bottle did not remind him necessary to cultivate between the or sticks. There is little or no basis like peas, beans, corn and spinach, in, himself far away from home. : of sonae of his own pranks on busy rows and hii! up the erown.s if the »>^ the be.ief that wind carries the [a pressure canner. When properly ; He was transported into a great; days, when he felt lUte teasing her, small we«\ls can not be destroyed poisonous oil and the susceptible per^ used such a canr.er will pay for itself forest, and all of the trees were heavy| and did make a great deal of otherwise. Weeds killed at this stage •ons contract poison by merely pass- in decreased spoilage and shorter time! with oranges, peaches, grapes, straw- "'bother"? will not draw on the pluctfood and "in, w^ **^ ^^'^' â-  . . . '^^ processing. | berries, appies and melons, growing, Charley went out and sat down on moisture needed during the dry wea- The best cure for ivy poisoning is 7. Use the pressure canner or cook-, on the -same branches and having; the porch in the returning sunshine, ther period of the sununer. • very simple one and it is based on er carefully. Be sure the safety valve i every color. i and. as he watched the rainbow and The bed sliould !je stirred up fre- the relation of the skin irritation to is kept cJean. Do not close the petl One monstrous pippin hung close to ' ^'^^^^^ raindrops glistening on the quently during the su:iimer; if the theoilpoKon. The oil can not be re- ' cock until the air ' ' ' ' ' ' "-- "- -.jâ€" <- "^^ ^^. . . . moved with ordinary s-^ap and water,! hausted. Com but it can bo washed oif the skin by desired pressu .,. ...^ .. j,„.^ ^^ Oorougbly scrubbing, with very hot: the heat so that the pressure is kept ' suddov.ly awoke, crving because he had "^^ » lesson." goo to 400 pounds per acre of nitrate water and strong laundry soap. at this point. I ^^t t;xken the bankna. : Perhaps the lesson doesn't "stand of soda will help thin*- along. JLven altei-the irritation has start- 1 8. Keep the canned material undftri , tu„„^.>~t^,m h«A ^i=f,„.}w-4 »„•.« straight out" from the story, like a » 1 •d^^jdU^smaa pustules or blisters ob.c.r^â- aUon at room temperature for ' -^ t^^n"Tnto tt dintJ^^m To. '^*'^^ f^"* ^ h«'' """^ '^'^^ ^^ Pâ„¢*^" ^^ CutwoiTCS. 1»*!*^a?JW»sd (i«<iicating penetra- about a week in order to be sure that !^ ,,!!!; ^ many children who can find it as u,v^ v,-, .J,-*-»x3 â-  rv . .r«r ...» t^ of the oil into the skin) virtually lit is keeping, then store. j escape from the rai^ ' easily as they can the answers to some Jii^'-tl^l/tS^.' .^^^^^^^^ »11 the rritatin? oil can be removed 9. Examine all canned goods cat*- ^- there was the b.u^bottle. as of the puzzles and all can try. ;" u cf -i"?^! t£ r Ttl u5 u=o -" tt by scrulhmg. The water should be fully before using. Discard any with. !?f t ""d ^^^'^ ^ t»)<^"Ph h* o""^ They can. at any raU^ find the Kue- to,d-r co-n shiy-Vl I- tmntrn^'tl^^ IMI hot as possible and the soap used an off odor or appearance. i;^.^r t^<>y^oxxsfi. t,nd as mnsxc^l as ty.-o h^indbcXiie fly. He is flying around now 'wth o iittWol^ne-i b4n O-'e •hould b« a strong laundry type con- taste to determine whether spoiled organs. j everywhere, and b worth seeing and for-u'a for makin<^ thh b-a-i nia'^h teming considerable free alkali. A until the material has been boiled for •Now for it!" cried Charley: and studying by e%-ery one. There is not j, to ui>e twentv-fivo r.-urds'o' whea* piece of pumic»-stx>ne or a stiff brush at least ten minutes. . creeping up, ho clapped him under aja boy or grirl in all the land who is h ~ -.'(â- â- Â« Is a valuable aid, and several wash-' 10. Any spoiled material should be hig goblet on the sideboard Cruelty to Fowls Costs You DcJlars. Sometimes from lacli cf knowledge, sometimies by mistaken kindness, and quite often from wil.fulr.-3ss, fowls are treated cruelly, ".always speak to a cow as you would to a lady" was one of a succsssfai dairiTuan's mottoes, and it applies to hens as well. Not only from a humane standpoint is it best to be kind to fowl?, but from a money standpoint, too, for cruelty ta fowls is costly. One of the most cruel acts i^s ta carry fowls by the leg? with the heads hanging downward. It has been a praotic'2 for a^s, but it is cruel never- the-less, for the blood rusiies to the head. .\ neighbor one day carried a fat hen by the le^ and in a few min- utes it was gusping and came near choking to death. -Another cruelty is to carry fowls by the wings, and with heavy-bodied fowls this practice is dangerous. The proper way is to have the bird under the arr.i, the head facing the rear ol the person, and the leg? held firmly by the right hand. .A. dealer in table poultry was cn« day noticed yanking stock out of a crate. He would catch a bird by the leg or wing and otherwise roughly handle them. When remonstrated h« replied: "It d<?e8 not matter; the birds will soon be killed." It is nwro or less common to see fowls thrown over the fence into a yard. There is no tslling how they will reach th3 ground, and the .sudden jar quite frs<iuent'y does internal in- jury. This cruelty is all the greater if oonsidsrable force is put into the throw. .\. very pious old gentleman one day was vexed to the ''cu-ssing" point, be- causw his hens got through a broken fence and w^ande-red into his garden. In his ansrer he threw a stone and it lamed one of tfc.? fowlsv 'There, it more beautifully dressed, and he al- ful to animals us well as humans. wad Gardens. qua Ings should be given the infected disposed of carefully, ."(ince it is harm-' The victory was won, and Charley ways keeps "in apple-pie order." parts of the body. "Siiwwplible persons will find that after exposure to danger prompt and thorough scrubbing of all exposod skin will readily remove the oil poison beforo it has had timo to ponetrate." A solution co.n>btnin£; one teaspoon- ful of salt and one pint of \<r»ter is •lao T«ecommended. After exposure wash hands and wrists thoroughly with this solution. Throw this away, prepare the solution again and wash I never owned a garden, a and lovxfly garden. With buds and blossoms glowinjT. the ordered beds amid ; With hedges nil around it, the grec ;- est sheltering hedges, .\nd maylie too. a .sundial ; I've oft-?n wished I did. the face,, espociallv around the eves. ' i» * " j j i Th«T« nrw aWin„ ..; X- XV ®"* â- ' « wondrous gartk-n. a prim and There are skins so sensitive as to be ^^ately garden affected by contact with tomato plants, •nd tho leaves of vorbena and rose ferairfum. Try the remedies suggest- ed for counteracting: these poisons. To be successfnl. a co-ope>rativ« crgnniration requires the same busi- aeas ability that any successful busi- B«»s most have, plus some special qualities of fortitiadp and patiene* needed in the quMtioa of (gyvwvt rclatioa*. Is somehow quite denied me, tAd all the joys it yields.. Vm thankful that I'm sharing, with other folk, glad $harin«: The colorful and gracious, wild ga â-  - dens of the field:. â€" .\lix Thorr. fran, or>e pound of Paris gre^rs. one quart of cheap molasses, and three and one-half gallons of wate-r. These cor.stituents are mixed tusetlK^r. and the masih is then broadcasted ov^r the field in the lats aft^rroon or early evening at Uk» rate of about fifteen rounds per acre. The worms will little .opect the caugfi ''luyed en t'ncaa.- tr'ck that is bo- -I. R. When preparing the custard fil"r for pic9, add the sugar the last thing, and the custard !• not so apt to kiok â- wm»y« .... '."ts I'sicuus Cape T. wn orchestra, seat by the South AJ:-icaa t-J'*''"- mtnt to Wembler. Tti«y art th* ar»t orchMtrm from th« domifttoos to vMt i Kns^asU. A Successful Plan. I .:.-ed to have a spo: of very light >^il that grew poorer ii.jtsad of t>et- ' i?r under ray short rotanon of clover, â-  ore ho^'d crop, oats, and clover agrain. So 1 hauled out some rotten h^y and covered the spot while it was in clo\vr, mowing aroun.i th> sp<^t in haying. ar.d plowii-g the field tho i-est spring r;>r potatoes, followed br oats ar*d re- -â- â€¢e<>dirg With a'*ike cljver. Sire« then there has ^^n but l'V.t> difT'Trr.c* 'o'.-tween the poor spot gnj '.'. • .,'â- â€¢- , parts of the field.â€" F. 0. S. Pont let Mc» and mites be r»~t of your overhead in the roiiltry business, wh?n^ is so easy to est rid of theia. serv-es you right ; I don't pity you a bit," was the only comment on tha injury done. How much more credit- able it would have been to drive them back and repair the fenec. Overcrowding fowls in houses ot insufficient size: coopin? up stock in clor<?, badly-vontilat'.-d houses; allow- ing the supply of drinking water to run cat: ne.srlecting to feed at regular hour?; allowing filth to accumulatt in the pens â€" all these cruelties can b« laid at the door of shiftless, lazy per- sons. CounUess acts of cruelty may b« seen in breaking up broody hens. Dousing the hen.* in wy.ter. tying bj one leg to a stake, throwing in a yari of young cockerels to bo knock?v: about, yenni.-!g up in coops without food end water â€" these are cruel and costly methods. Croodicess is a pro- vision of naturw; it is a period ol rest. There is but ore humane way to get th? hen to ch:.nge her ideas, and that is by piscina her in a sep- arate coop where thcr^ arc neither nests ror male birds. When raending Jaco curtains, if a pi?ce cf net of the required siae mesh is UTTohtainab'e. a piece cf white m«»- quito netting will fill the bill exactly. B«.«t« to the curtain and wors the r>>tif in coarse linen or crochet thread a< nxjuired. The r^ended por» tion will hardly be noticeable and the c'.irtrain will be gi^â- ct^ a new lease c* â- jfe, quite an item in these days 't hi(h (rices, â€" G. S.