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^ <» ^^ FARM MANURE HAS A VALUE, IT IS PART OF YOUR CAPITAL IndepsmiMiM ComM With a Garden. Th«c« «i« few people who reallM CHEMISTRY DEPT., O.A.C, Baby Beef. In tbeM (Ujra, with the market d»- noMnd for light or handywelght cattle fmn which th* »«i£h^l8« en-ll cut. the'^^iue'^f «7aK"b6^a*iI^"'thiie» •re (Atained. the I»^"ction cl baby ^hat have them have newr bad to buy beef le important and real high qual- th. thing, that come from them. A Uy»«byimv«iuattally«)l«tornear ^^^^^^^ banker recently «idd, "I ever, that thia method doea not pre- «**« top of the marltet. A few y«« ^id not realise the true worth of my vent kxwee. but lg recommended to o*« •« •^ort wm made to put tMf ^,^,0 u„tll I loit It in the drouth econon*i«» labor. When the manure ii cVaesof cattle on the market at around ,^,4 ^^5^^ I am roxe that a good drawn to a fiaW and pot in a big heap 'ourwen or fifteen montJw of age, gj^rden will r«duc« my living expen^a care .hould be take* *o make the heap â- ?«» «^»'"lf forward oven younger 75 p«r cent." a. firm ae po«ible. <•»*»" *»*?»*• ,^»'^»«^» ^"^ abattoir men , Farmers think they ar« too busy to From what has been said it is evi- now climn that theb«»f d"*. not attain ^ave a garden. The result is that not dent that there will be heavy kaafcs of '*« ^ fl^^vor until the animal is ^^^^ ^^an 40 per cent of the rural plant food during Ae storag* of ma- !f7^^**" ,f^ eighteen montha of age. p^pj^ y^^^ garden, and they ar© nuro. Lyon and Buckman in their " " ". well-known fact that there is a pjanted only in the spring. ...^^ ., .V „,book on Nature and I»ropertles of »t»ge m the aniniri s life between the ^ good garden Is something any- -.„ carbonate. This compound SoiU say. "Cororfdering the loese. y»»' ^f^^' ««^ ^"w beef weight dur- ^ody can have regardless of condi^^^^ is readily broken up with Hboration of wliich the food «u.tains during dlgcs- it^g wMch 't does not make very satis- Vegetables build strong muscles and ammonia, which being volatile may be tion and the waste of the manure in ^»<^y>ry meat, being rather tough and ^o,^ j^ g^wing children. They fill lost ThU loss of nitrogen occurs | handling end storage, it cannot be f tringy and lacking flavor, so that irt is their little bodies with blood that ia while the manure is eUll in the stable expected that more than 25 per cent 'J^? ''^ 1 u w -m "^h in iron and other things needed and the best way to dimdniah the losaj of the organic matter, 30 per cent, of ^**i carry iw^only the best poe«ible ^^^ ^^^g growing chUd. The brain wM Is by the liberal use of a bedding that the nitrogen, 60 per cent of the phos- beef type and fiiidsh but that they have ^^ ^^jj jfeveloped and energy will !« will abaorb all the liquid. phoric add, and 80 per cent of the reached the right age to Insure gwd pja^ilful. A few dollars a year in DECOMPOSITION IS KAPio. potosh of tJie Original crop will reach "^^^- i^. . . ,-^ # w u â-  8^'****' seed, a few hours a week in hon- Farmyard mam,n> mtdily under- the Und in the manuro." I ^'.J^TjA^ »!!!*, r.!!,'*!.!':^,^ est labor wUl feed the family while th« go«! deeonrposition ; ihe nature of the product formed depends on the am- ount of air admitted or excluded. If the manure is thrown loosely into a heap it becomes very hot and rapidly | The care given to the farm manure la very important. The greater part of the nitrogen and potash are found fn the urir^e, consequently, if tho liquid k lost or the manure leached with water and the leachings allowed to drain away, serious loaa of nitrogen and potaeh will occur. Again, the nitrogen of the urine Is largely In the form of urea, a compotmd that is •peedi'y changed by fermentation into immonitim WINTER SPORT S FOR RO YS AND G1RI5 fiKIINO SONO. trowel, * sUck and « knife •» good T1..T-'. -n tn,* «* ^,.t «. . f ««A modaling tools. The btocka wUl h*v» ThercTi an inch of eru.t on • foot ^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ,^ ^j,^^ hoJlowwl out or flattened, and built up in other of snow; Put on your dcis, eonw on â€" MS got You may be fine in a football line Or any old .port you're trying. plaees with eticks *od tree branchsa for re-enforcmeots. By introducing odds and ends, ther« But come on out with r>ur rids. oKI °' .TrLTIr^^S^ir:: c"SSJr«£ scout. coal, tin osna, orange skins, hamwMi I>et's see if you're good at ^r^ljrln^ .^d maiiy Uacb at hand can be You can try your skill on a half-mile iz!?:,' ,_. ^L ^_^_ *-. *..â€" . .».. hill into the snow to form eye* With a ten-foot drop at the bottom; f"'' f^V^" ^^'^^'I'^^TilLSS If you take that dip with year sHs-^ Hf Jl^**^ *?, v * embedded *^ ' In the snow block. ka-zipl You're thero if you itill have got 'em I Oh roany's the bump «s you learn to jump And many', the drift you'll sticjc in ; And when all the carving has been done, you can obtain quite staxtUngf effects by adding ot^r. Probably you would not think such a thing possibly but it can be done successfully with oalclmlnee. Of course c6kn cause the land in the manure." ... . - 1, . j 1^, »v ^ "-- ~ â€" • ""• "='" "â- Â«Â» *â€"â- â€¢"/ "...«. v.â€" It ia evident, considering all the fac beef ismade from well-bred cattle that ^^^den is growing and will provide a tors aJTectlng the composition of mfl<- hAve been allowed to nurse their dams. nure as it reaches the field that it ie Mose feeder believe that whole milk is j^ ^^ ^^^^^ impossible to give an accurate state- n«^««J7, in the production of babjr' surplus for canning and storage dur- mont of the amount of plant-food in beef, and, undoubtedly the highest! quality product is obtained from cattle I Com for Husking. In 1916 a co-operative experiment waaffva TK» nro>iini<> mttihar in this , 'table m»nure. The nitrogen will vairy 'lâ„¢ ^' ' xi x 1 ,. • * wastes. The organic matber jnUus percent, or even ^^'<='' "'^"« ""*'' "* '^"*t nine or ten^ m laig a co-operative experiment ««e », virtually burned or is "A'^ ^ghT^^f m^uc;^ b^iS^ ^^^^ <>"• Experiments at tho 0.1 was started in the testing of Varieties Ind'tJe rlnTrsTe'o?Tte'n^i'^> -T^^^ A.C have proven that under average^ «,^ recommended by the Ontario and the ammonia is one of the pro- 4 to 8 per centTand the pho^ o"**'**"^ *"th f^^ 8^^* '^°*^ i^- Com Growers Association, for Ontario ducts lost If, o^theother hand the ^r«n^-4^«P^^ J^ P^^, «^,ble profits may be made from the conditions. The tests averaged 59 per manureisconsolK^ted^«,d^topt^thor-|P^^^^^ r^n^^of h.by he.t ^^^ejY^ c.U;^\ y^,r over the period of nine yeaâ„¢ oughly moist so , ... â€" T~' : may contain from 9 to 13 o<r 14 TOUnds ""'^'' '^ *^^^*^- ^" addition to. the The yields were as follows: Golden the mass fermonts with but little rise ^j"^; J~ J'^fc poun^ of ~S ^^^ '«'"'â-  «« ^"O" °« ^^e calves will , Glow, 63.8 bushels; White Cap Yellow s!XSrCl«sTfor«^ora'-nd4^P^^^^ ^^^ *'"^»'^''' ^' aci*; Bailey. forVal Wirt fa^S^th tti^kTi^'An approidmate flguro that can be «»^ and, while the calf is yo^ng^5SJ bushels; Wisconsin No. 7. 58.5 forml will Iw far less with thib kind easily remembered is that one ton of "^'^^^ "'" """^^ '"'ts to which a little bushels; Salzer's North DakoU, 55.3 of formontation than in the P'^vious ^"^^'VJ^^^'^^r^d '^^^^^^^^^ latter dur busheU ; Uugfellow, 63.0 bushels; and one. but m both cases n^trog^n IS given â„¢; fl^^p^Jj, of phosphoric acW !"«/»«' fif>>ing Period a mixture of :Con>ptons Early, 51.1 bushel, per acre. off from the manure provt« that there ia less nurial constituents when the manure Is preserved in a box stall or pen. Undoubtedly, especially on heavy lands, the best returns from the ma NECESSARY TO EFFICIENT FABMINO. amongst the best feeds to bo used. In all steer feeding it Is well to remember Experience shows that no manure that around a pound of good alfalfa tioned. the Gold Numtet variety of flint com bae been used in the co- operative experiments for a nund)er of j'ears. In yield of grain per acre this variety ranked second in 1923 and sixth in 1922. « Feed the Bircb. can quite take the place of tho famv-i hay per 100 pounds live weight and yard manure. It is what may be I an average of one-half pound of grrain nure can be got when it is put on the spoken of as the natural return to the per 100 pounds live weight during the land and at once plowed in. The k>sse<s soil of tho constituents taken from It j feeding period generally brings good that are ine\-itable when the manure All other substances are in a sense j results. Usually the feeder starts with is stored would be prevented and a supplements, materials added to make | a smaller proportion of grain than grr-ater anwunt of organic nratter good some special deficiency iu' the that nvontioned, gradually increases addit>d to the soil. Naturally, this ia soil, or to supply some plant food con-' until the middle of the period when th.e not always possible, but when the stituent particularly re<iuired by the aniimal gets the rate mentioned, while Thousands of birds die each winter nianuro must be kept it should be crop to be grown. Hence, tho care at tho end of the period he may be and spring of starvation and exposure, made without delay into a solid heap, and treatment of the farmyard ma-j platting nearly a pound of grain per or nya&s and must not be allowed to, nure is fundamental in all good agrl-i lOO pounds live weight per day. In becomo too dry. The practice i-s some- ] culture. | the hindlinp of baby beeves, it is well times followed of drawing manure to If you are interested in Soils andj n»t to let them out on grass unless it the field during the winter noonths as| Fertilizers the Dept. of Agriculture be in paddocks and only at night. .Ml fast as it Is made. ProWdied tlie land j will be glad to send you Bulletin 322,! young cattle, particularly calves, that is not too hilly or too clayey, this wll j as prepared by the Cheradstry Dept are being pushed for rapid gains, do corn, and the three lowest were flint In addition to the seven varieties men- But do your stuff-though the sport 1 '^^'^/'^^ "' JlrTZlnTiZ is roush snow to m«t to a certain extent, bvz It's one that you'll find a kick in. It's a bully test of the pep and zeet Of a Regular Human Beiqg; Are you there with nerve and with vim and verve? Well, you'll need all you've got, tor sldingl Tliere's an inch of crust on a foot of â- now; Put on your slria, come on â€" let's GO I you need not apply them until after the totem pole ha. had a good chanoo to freeze solid. A SNOW TOTEM POLE. Of course you fellows have seen the totem poles of Indians â€" symbols of Into ths ice and pull yourself up, aa TEN-CENT LIFE INSUB.\NCE. Buy two awls, such as yon can And in any hardware storsk Connect them by a strong string. Plaoe one fc a pocket on one side and the other in * pocket on the other side, so that there will be one within easy reach of each hand. If you fall through the ice, take an awl in each hand. Stick ths pohits one, A snow totem pole, on the other hand, isn't so difficult give good results. It is evident, how- 'of the O.A.C. Vegetable Growing in the Far North. The report* of the experimentalists In charge of tho Dominion sub-stations better kept in partially darkened box stalls during the day throughout the summer. It is wise, however, to lot such cattle have some outdoor exercise both winter and summer. An hour in the open yard on line da)^ in winter Rape, Kale and Cabbage for Pasture. Rape, kale and some varieties of 'oabbaige make e.xcell€nt pasture for. and speiiding tho nights in the pad- hi the far north. Just publiehed at sheep, swine and catUo, beimg par- docks doiring summer makes for great- Qttawa, are of special interest ns tkiularly valuable for young cattle !cr vigor and bigger returns. showing the possibilities of agriculture ' and fattening steers. Grown in poul-l ' â€" ^^ * in that region. Three varieties of | try runs, tbey moke a satisfactory I Oarage Hog Troughs. radish sown at Fort Vermilion, Alta., free-ran,g« food for most kinds of ^^ ,„ako most of our hog troughs on April 80 wei'e ready for use early , poultry. They occupy a permanent in June. Ixing White Icicle sown June j place in tho regular farm rotation In were ready Juno 18. They were ex- many European countries. They are, cellent quality ar.d remained in use however, not yet utilized in Canada to until late autumn. Cauliflower is u»u- tho extent that their value warrants ally a good crop. It Is sown under glass about April 24, is transplanted a month later and ready for use in an- other month. Cabbago and Brussels sprouts were treated the same way about the same time and wore harvested in September. Tomatoes fown in hot beds April 27 and transplanted June 1 were harvest- ed between August 5 and 18. Earliest of All yielded 105 pounds large In size and of good quality. Ikmny Best, Dan- ish Export, and Earliana were also of good quality. Garden peas sown May 5 weire available July 4. Twelve var- ietiea of beans sown May were gen- erally reedy a few days after the mid- dle of July. All are reported g<x)d and tender (^nty ona variety being some- what slri'tigy. Eleven varieties of broad beans Mjwn May C and harvest- ed from July 1 to 5 wore ready for table use August 4 and all of good quality. Onions suffored from the root inag(^>t but the returns of four var- ieties were good and of two other var leties fair. from steel oil barrels which we pur- c!<.;ise from the local garages and oil stations at a very reasonable price. We cut the barrels around tho cir- , , , , . , cumterencc with a cold chi.sel about and in order to bnng them to the atr ^^ -^^^y^^^ f^^n, tj^j, top. Then both tcntlon of farmers the Dominion Ex-]pyt ^^^^ ^..^ turned and hammered penmontal tarnis Branch has recently, ^ making a rolled edge. Thus we iMued a pamphlet entitled "Fleshy j ^j^^, „ i^f^el which can be used for Annual Pastures giving information; n^j^i^g slop feed and for the trough, oonoeming the.se crops in the hope of ^hey are a lot stronger and more bringing about their more general use. durable than most anything one can These fleshy annual pastures thrive ^uy ready-made; a great deal cheaper ".!lr/ *j:?^' varietur of climate and j ^^^J^ ft,fured on the purchasing price, and quite as serviceable too. â€" J.F.N. Yet all of these birds are insect de- stroyers and therefore of inestimable and start the modeling, \-alue to the farmer, the orchardist and gardener. They deserve to be fed and should be protected by every pos- sible means. Granted that they do steal some fruit and grain, but their bene- ficent services, as a rule, exceed their depredations. Let everyone help to prevent the ruthless destruction of birds and see that they are fed and protected in winter during times of | storm and stress. They will repay our ministrations. families and clans â€" or pictures of the an animal does by using its claws. By poles, at least And some of you who placing one hand ahead of the other are Boy Scouts have attempted to jx)u may be able to "walk" jxyurself make tctem pole modela A well do- onto firm icfe. If the ice ooetinues to signed, brightly colored pole is a break as jtiu place jour weight upon novelty worth having on one', home it, use the awls as ice picks and break grounds, but it is no small job to make ' a path toward solid ice or toward the shore. Those who have broken through the ioe into water too weep to stand in A tree in the front yard, clearly j know how the hands slip on the edges visible from the road, is the place for ' of the ice when an attempt is made to the model. I crawl out, and how tho wet clothing. To start a totem pole, plaster the the weight of the skates and the cur- tree trunk with snow from the ground rent drag one down, as high as yon wish to have the pole. | In Norway, where the device made' Then roll a number of snowballs of of the two awls and the piece of string assorted sizes, from twelve to eighteen is said to have been invented, they call inches, and cement them into the snow it the ten-cent life insurance policy, foundation, with enough snow below A boy was asked, after crawling out them to support the weight I of the water with this device, how he With several balls or blocks in place, ' came to fall in. He replied, "I didn't decide on what figures they are to be, come to fall in, but I came prepared A garden to crawl out if I did fall in." WHY IHE CAKE FELL Practical Suggestions for Careless GmIcs. BY P. v.. T>RIOP. Bodl conditions, and they yield surpris- ingly well oven where the summer rainfall is light. New land may be used bo advantage for growing them, and on muck soils they are frequently more profitable than any other forage crop. The pamphlet, which may bo obtained from the Publications Branch, Dopt. of Agriculture, Ottawa, gives general information on the culti- vation of these crops and the uses to which they may be put. Homemade Goodies for Recess Nibbling. Sunday afternoons aivd one evening .„_„ .„... Sown May 1 to 4. theyl^^*'-!' "'•^^ ^»^'-o"K'*^ th. wmter w« were generally ready for use around ^^'^^ '"'"•'^ ^^ ""i; ^"{^ ^^"^ the ch.l- the middle of June. Olery, rhubarb, '^f'" ^ '*'^«' *f ^j'^*' '?•• «•««««'• '^'P- pumpkins, cucumlHirs and potatoes all : f*"'" â- "â- " ^J"^ "! *" 'T j^ *"'*'" did well. Three vurUtien of table corn I '»»'" '^ «*''^ f""' '" P«'-^hcd and salt- sown July 7 were ready from August '^\'- ^»'«: '•h"'''-''" w^"''' "« '^"' th'n.k 12 to 14 and ran from 34 N) 42 Inch**"' «t»«-«;'"K "^ '" "^ho"' without this in height. How.H AlDerta Flint was "â- **<• ^'^'^ K"""K without their iKJoks the m<>«t prolific. Most of the people who live to be centenarians ai\> light in weight. I used the cake recipe you gave richly me, but my cake isn't like yours- Yours was so light and moist, but mine was dense and dry." A dollar an acre is all it costs an How often we hear complaints of Iowa farmer for fertilizer. His fertil- j this naturo from those who are given izer is sweet clover, and on ground ; recipes which, though perfectly eal- where sweet clover has been grown he , oulated, have failed to give satisfac- increases his com yield by as much as '•'on. 25 per cent One of his fields yielded ' 1 wonder how often we \ary the 75 bushels of corn to the acre last . ing'^'ents listed in a recipe, "just a year. He does not let sweet clover i Httle" to save ourseh-es time and run i it under green either in the first fall or the following spring. Every spring he buys quite a bit of clover seed and seeds it in small g^raln. â€" Y. B. orpes call for sifted flour! So if yea would ha\« your cooking a success, use level measurements and sift your flour at least once for ntsasuring. TOOLS ABE IMPORTANT. What kind of utensils do you u9B with which to measure? Do you use teacups, coffee cups, or measuring cups? Try this test: Fill a teacup with water and then pour the water into a measuring cup You will find ;un into two full seasons, but plows ; treuble on baking day. Only an ex^ | ^"^'^^"^*^"'._^'^'^'*7 pert cook should try to do this andi^lf^ x- ^f^ ^ T t teven then it is not elwaye saf*^ ^ ^^- ^°" .'^^ *'>'>"»* '^<*'- «» All standani recipes call for a le^'el **" *^ n.ea»urmg cup and more! measurement If >-ou round >x>ur tea- "-^^^ "^^P* ^'^ '"^ "*"''« "*"» ^ spoon with baking powder or soda you have really almost two teaspoonfuls .1 The test of civilization is the est! mate of woman. Among savages she ' and this change may ruin your pro- is a slave. In the dark ages of Chris- duct, tendom she is a toy and a sentim«>ntal A well-packed cup of fk)ur equals goddoes. With increasing moral light, ' almost two cups of sifted flour. A cup and larger liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to develop as an equal human being. â€" Curtis, simply dipped in the flour bin but not packed well equals a cup and a half of the sifted Idnd. .A.nd modsm re- Thl Canadian Homemaklr ^ j9ri$» y wfaJ[£^ artic/is ceverinj. PLANNINQ . BUILDINQ . FINANCING DECORATING . FURNIflHINQ . GARDENING i^Z^r&Aiiib' How a Herd of Ayrshire Improved. An illiist ration of wKiU nn !« ac- I, If hot hfds an^ lo be of any use to raise plant.s f<yr seltiiiK -^nit early or lunch paih From tho articles they 'or crops for use. It Is now time tlint the [bring home "in trn<k)" from other] rrames weri> i«>t 'a order an;! tho man- ! pupils who covet their corn it evident-l uro obtainoil. Ocncrulty about llif last half of tho inonlh U tho j)roi>er ttmo to inako tho boil, but us tho nianuro must bo turnetl three or four limes It ily apiH-als to all y<rung.stors alike DriwI sweet corn and crab apples dri«Kl with the jx-'.-ling on are two compHshed in buiUiing up a dairy herd other thinjf* I prepuro euch fall In! must be obtained oarllor. k provi^led In the vxperlente of the gtHnlly quantitien for rectss. Ev«nthoi 2. If tho manure ncH>eaHBry for your Experimental SUlion at St.. Anne da big boy of the iMinsehoUl always bnkcsl garden and luwns has not l>een pro- la Po«^a^ier^^, Que. In li>21 the aver- J « iHiekotful to "iiililile at" when hel «-uml, <>l)taln It at onc« so thai It may age production of the milk licnl was ^ocs on a trip from home. | lie spiviud before ihe frost leaves tho 9,492 lbs. of milk, contaiiving UiiO.'Ji; | Tlieso t\iw<- dolicacio.'i have como Itn. of fat. In lU'ir, it had liicreawd down in my family through thrw gen- te 9,7B4 lbs. of milk, coiitalniilg t'Inioat orations. They originated before wo 600 lbs. of fat. I know fl)>out ciilorios niul "an apple a Tho Inorn'asing average production ', fay," hut the i'en->ral h^'ulth of my is due, for tho nwrt part, to the ob-'four mukes w fi.l that such kTiicl.- servance of fundsnienUl principles of |Un«cks" fit rii:ht in vv'lh lh« ncienfilk manavgi'mcnt, which are good fwdiing 1 thought of to-day. I hnow these tor the twivo nwmtlie of the year; things upo far inoi-o healthful than regularity in tho hi/urs of milking nn<l I the candy and cakes lon.iumed by feeding; tho keeping of milk, fat aiuli other children at the play |)eriods, for feed records; gradual ellmlnatiwi of Uvlvich my youngsters hnvo but little the poor cows and the repkicement of appetite.- Mrs. B. E. ^ one^ialf cup of milk and yea faav« used a teacup to measure the milk, how do you know when yoa have exactly helf a cup? .A. cup that ap< pears to he half full would probably, not be, ainoe the bottom is smaller^ than the top. A graduated measuring cup that holds exactly one-half pint of liquid would da away with any lack of ao« curacy. The most tusf ul kind to fcvgr, ia that which ie divided Into thlidto and fourths. These may be bought in' tin, aluminum or glaask Measuring spoons can be purcbsfed in sets of thre e a measure for oi»>- h;Uf, one- fourth and one teaspoon. Theti, if you have a slaitdard table- spoon- -nat a lia^sert spoon, which ia one-third smaller than a tablesqxwn-â€" . and if yea know that three teaspoon* equal one tablespoon, sixteen table- spoons equal one cup and two cupa equal one pint, you ha\'e a E>et of nteasures that will guard you acainak cooking failures dus to inaccurata measures. WRIRII INCatKniBNTS. For cooking in large quantities. It Ai better to weigh ingredients rather. j than to trust to measures of voluroea. Mignonette, reutstemon. SnaiulruRou. i paired. See to this now. Thf>n train '^^''"^e scales can be bought from^ oJso Petunia and Verbena, if not sown I ai once the vince to the wliee. Next i*5*y .^'?^ ^" kitch«h goods. Scale* last month. These when later ivrlcked Important Operations in Indoor and Outdoor Gardens By Henry J. Moore. C.M.H. t»lanta which sheiild bo started ilnrlng la4o Mardi. Stvda of the folUnvins sboukl now be sown Indoors: nalsam, C'olcus, I'Inks or Diunthus, Marigold. four foe! from the ground. 9. The posts which support your Urape vines and tho wires may need respowivivly to bo replaced or l>e u4T (tmnsplantedl Into flats nud finally planted out will Mower eonslderiibljr earlier than annuals sown directly out- ilDors. 6. If at all jKWitlhlo In early locali- ties llRlit Hoil areas In suuny .><holierixl lH>«lif('na should toward the end of the roots Intact month bo dug ovfv 10 rocolvo durittg April, I'arly Tona and I'otatoos. For the latter either thjxmgh the rearing of heifers from record sire* and danw or through purL-hase at an opportune tim*. Mr. Ste. Marie the Supei-lntendeiit of the Station states in his rejiort that ths logical way to get rid of mrub oows Ifl to weigh and test their pr«>iluc«\ keep records and turn tltem out l.lme can be supplied, where oyster- thell !« warce, by foi-ding cut clover hay as a gHH'ncfeed substitute, ttonld- ed and mixed In tho innsh. A (idoee of limn nlx'Ut tho si/eof a wnlniit can lie kept In the drinklng-V08S«>l. (rreon Ixine, cut up so tho fowls can eat It, furnishes coi'.siderable liino. Ri^oiind. Avoid the dlspltNisure of linv- ; Ing lhf» lawn end othiT areas rut up i later In thoKprluK. a. McloiiH and (^ucumhers for fore-! the very early crops a fxiuthorn slope luK In tho Rrtienhoiise should nof be' la heat. Positions for such crops HtarlisJ from siwds. Sow a few socds . i«hould In ail cases be Wi»U drained, to (Mich pot and later thtn out, leavlns 1 7. Uixni the hot iK-d may now be only lh<» nlr<>uK<xt. Hy tsirly April the sniwn (."arrots for onrly use. Kndlnhes l»'.uiit* should be roady to pkiut In pro- and Lettuce. In a coiivpartinent of the INiriKl miiiinds In Uie KrtH^nhonso hot bo*l may also be sown annunis of benches. The Cuiumhors, It Rrowlng ' uiany kinds. It Is safe to sow tho 8oe<l8 oondltlons are rlRht, shmilil bo rendy | of all ci-ops whon the he>at of tho hod" to cut In r.«ven wiwks and the melons > docllnee to 83 degrees F, thrort or four weeks later. | 8. The prunln« of Apples, Pears, 4. Take tho cuttlnna which have reaches. I'lunie. Quinces, flrajwa, l^ir- Iwen producoil by tho Dalilln tubers : rants and Oi>o»pl>errle« should now ro- st«rt<vl last month and insert them In; s,H'lve your attention. Tho dead tho pn>paKatliiK bench In the Rretm- Rrowths Rliould bo removed Xiom Kasp- inouth or during early May the new ' »ho«W always be in balance. E«oh| growth will preclude the possibility of ,K"^« '• regidated m its own way which; this beuiR done. 10. Rnrly Sweet Tea* duced by sowing the seeds -., , Kreenhouse or on the hot bed In pots , ni»i\y old cooks, exi-ellent cooks at, and later plantlnR them out. soil and | that, who ne\Tr iiseill any of theaa where to flower. Eight '' * I the housewife ahould hav<e her dealer, may be pro- show hrr at the tiiiw of purchaaa seeds In the I "B«t." I he*'" >^" «>'. "I »«>»'»â- , tandardiied articles for mM9uring.*i or nine seeds will sufflce for each fire I Of coui-se! Only they di> really Inob pot or other container of about j ««««'""> >«''"y carefully, in aptte of tha this site '*'* l^** ^'^^y **'' >"W> that they uo* 11. The so-palled Ten Week Stock i "nhout one-lwlf cup of nUlk." They should now :)e sown in pots or pans In ' h*\<e measured the "al>out one-half porous, w oU sifted aoll. These plants ' o«P" «> ^^g '^^ whatever utensil they do not rcQulve a temperature higher »»»» that they are suiv of the amoimt. than 55 deitrce-i or so to favor stunly > They have dt»v«k>ped n sense of mea- dovelopment, Start iho plants now ' sures which they know they can trust cither In tho window, greenhouse or â€" and fometimes tl>at sense failel hot bed .ind later you will enjoy aa Stauikirdiied measuring equipment early display of this very beautlhil eliminates the un^vrtaiaty of the re- llower. j suit of ywir reeipe. Mivtsute carefully IS. See<ls of the Txiberous BeRonla. ' and >»ur cKancva of success will be bj It sown now will produce plants to , far the greater. tlower In pots during nntnmn tn the I • ^ window or green houso. Old tut<era' Buried cities which are being un»_ house, or If tn tho window In pots of berries ami the llvlns ones be thlnnml j s-honUl at this time also be started In- covered In India prove that there wa* sand and cover them In tho latior ease \ out. leavlnn the strong ones, sjvaced to grmvth tn boxes of lljrht porous soil ' n mighty empire in tK-^t country 2,600 with RWtss sealers. j about six Inches npart.Qi ThtNse should 1 fw later iwttlng or for planting lo ' year ago. These cities had I'oett liailt &, TlMliidJN many valuable hoddlug [ then he shcrtoued to a height ut about [shady positions outdoors. ion top of ono anotltos^