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LEMON WATER ICE

Four lBi'i!€ 1'-iicl' lemons, one quart

of water, one orange. one and a qua;-_ wr pound sugar. Put the sugar and water on to boil; chip the yellow rin.I from the~o1~a.nge and three of the le- nlons and add to the syrup. Boil five minutes then let stand to cool, Squeeze me juice from the lemolns and orange, add It to the cool syrup' strain and freeze. Just before removing the dish, add the wllole of one egg`beaten'vory stiff w‘th one -lahlespooniul of sugar to nl-,ills wllite and frothy.

SOME BERRY DAINTIES

. Berry Bread

Almost any kind of berries can he

used, and save for beating the fruit, there is no cooking. Take n stale loaf of bread, cut in tllln slices and spread with butter. Stew a quantity of ally killd of berries, adding ll. little _cur- rllnt juice or lemon juice to bring ollt the flavor. When soft turn and add lllore bread and fruit sweeter; to taste. Ill la deep tiisil pllt a layer of the bread; pour over a quantity of the boiling mixture and add lnore bread and fruit until ull has been used. \

Bluiberry Betty

Iielllovc the crusts from slices of

stale breed. Put the brcad. spread witil butter, into a pudding dish with alternate layers of blueberries. Sprin- kle the fruit with sugar, a tiny pillcll of suit and a little gratcll nutmeg. iluve very generouslaycrs of the fruit. When the liisll is filled and before the top layer of buttered bread is put on, squeeze over the juice of half a lemon. (‘over the dish and let bake until the berries ure tender; -then remove tile cover and brown. Serve hot witll ll. hard sauce.

RECIPES FOR RHUBARB

ililubarb is not only one of tho ever-

ready alldreliablc early spring herbs, of which delightful desserts can be laude, but it may be used to advantage from the canning storage cellar or the forcing plot during the winter.

Tile following recipes will prove to

you just how good this herb can be lllade.

Baked Strawberries and Rhubarb

ll"illcc driod rilubarb, sugar and

strawberries in layers ill a baking- dish. Bake slowly in a moderate oven.

' _ Rhubarb Fluff

ll/Q cupfuls rhubarb, 1 cupfui water,

1,5 cupfui sugar, 3 eggs wllites, 1/, tea spoonful lemon extract, 2 teaspoon- fuls flollr. '

(look rhubarb'in water until tender.

add sugar and our mixed together and cook 5 minutes. Flavor and cool. Ilcat eggs whites until stiff and fold rhubarb mixture illto them. Put into glasses, heap-ing up in center. Pour around outer edge a. custard sauce made as follows: I It egg yolks, 2 teuspoonfuis sugar,I W cupfui milk 1/Q tenllpoonful vanilla,

Rhubarb Taploca Pudding .

2 cupfuis rhubarb (diced) 1/, cllpful

tllpicoa, 2 cupfuls water, I/I teaspoon- ful salt, 175 cupfui sugar, i/4 teaspoon- ful lemon extract.

Soak tapioca ln cold water 4 hours.

(Took in double boiler until transpar- cnt. Add salt, sugar, lemon extract an rhubarb and cook until rhubarb is tender. Serve with cream.

Plneappla Rhubarb Cream

1,4, envelopegelatin, 1/4 Cilhflll C015

water. 1 cupfui rhubarb, 1 cupfui grated pineapple and juice, IA- cupfui sugar, 1/Q cupfui' water, 1 cupfui whill- ped cream.

lSoak gelatin in cold water. Cook to-

gether the rhubarb, pineapple, sugar and I/Q cupfui water. and add to soak- ed gelatin. Set aside to cool. When it stiffens, add cream, beaten Until stiff, and chili. ' -

Rhubarb Strswb°rry Mold ‘

It envelope gelatin, 'A cupfui COI<i water, 1,5 cupfui boiling water, 1 cull- flli rhubarb, 1 cupfui sugar, 3 e855 twhites., it cupfui strawberry pro- serves. .,

lSoak gelatin in cold water. Cook

rhubarb in boiling water and sugar until tender. Add to soaked gelatin and stir until gelatin is all dissolved. cool and when lt begins to set. add gradually to stiffly-beaten eggs (whit- es). beating nlixture constantly. Add. strawberry preserves, put in mold and chili. ~

Rhurbsrb and Raisin Tarts

1% cupfuls rhurbarb, diced, % CHD' flll raisins (chopped) *A l-€i1SlJ00iif“I calldied orange Peel (Clit 506)" VI Wi" ful sugar.

Roll pastry to 'A-inch thickness! cut with biscuit-cutter; _mix ingred-, lcllts; -place 1 teaspoonful in center of cich piece; fojd, edges together; pierce top and bake.

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No season of the year ls so dan-

gerous to the life of little 01105 “B I” the summer. The excessive heat throw; the little stomach out of ord-- er so quickly that unless P\'°mP¢ “Id ls at anal me bsby may be bwvlid -nil llllmlm help -before the mother re- alizes he is ill. Summer is the soa- son when diarrhoea, cholera, Infim' tum. `dysenfry and CUIIC U9' ‘"9" prevalent. Any one of th9H0 U0'-lille! may prove deadly lf not promptly treats-l. During the summer the mothers best friend ill BabY'5 UW" Tablets. They regulate the bowels. nweetell the stomach and keel; baby healthy. 'rue 'rabbits are so d bv medicine dealers or by mail Ht 25, cents a box-from.'l’be Dr. William! Medicina Co., Brockville, Ont.

OHS Clillful home Ground cornmeal,

one teaspoonful sugar, one teaspoon. fill butter. one-half teaspoonful salt, about one cupfui boiling water, two tablespoonfuls milk.

Scald the meal with the boiling

water, ‘beating till of the consistency ‘¢° ‘IPOD from a spoon, yet remaining stiff. Add _the other ingredients and “WD f\‘0m H Slloon onto a hot griddle. Cook slowly till brown, turn, and serve for breakfast or iunclleon with BYrup or melted jelly.

Fruit Bare

One cupfui of butter, one 'cupfui

brown sugar, two cupfuls dates, one CUDIUI figs, two eggs, one-half cupfui sour milk, one scant teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful vanilla. -Cream the butter and sugar together. add the Eggs, wellfheaten, then the milk in which has been dissolved one scant iflilillloonfui of soda; if the cream is not very sour use only a half tea- spoonful of soda. Beat up together then add the flour, enough to make a dough that will roll nicely, taking care not to make it too stiff. Flour the hoard well, tilell roll out illin alld.cut with p narrow oblong cutter. Put the dates and figs through a food cllop- per. iWork together into u paste und roll out into a thin sheet. Put ll illyor of this fruit paste between every two of the cakes ill sandwich fashion.

RAISED FRUIT LOAF

Work BQ cup butter- into 1 cup bread

dough, using the hand; tllcn add 1 egg, well beaten, 1 cup browll sugar. 1,5 cup sour milk, aid two thirds cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces, and 8 figs finely chopped (dredging the fruit with ill’/4 cup flour). Mix and sift 1 cup flour with 1 teaspoollful salt, l teaspoontui cinnamon, 1/I, teaspoon soda and ‘A teaspoon eacn, clove, nutmeg, and mace. Add to first mix- ture and wllcn thoroughly blended turn into .l huttel-cd bread-pan. (lover, let rise 1'/4 hours and bake in a very moderates oven 1 hour.

A Spring Dish

Before the supply of vegetables in

the garden seems large enough to gather, try taking a few of the largest young onions, a fcw marble-sized turnips, and a handful of pencil-like carrots and cook them all together. Cover with a, cream sauce and serve,

Cosmetic Economy

You would be surprised ilow much

vaseline there is ln a bottle when you think it is enlpty._ Slightl~y heat the bottle until the vaseline runs to the bottom; then lay it on its side to cool. When hardened it will leave the ln- gredlents_"near to hand." This is a good scheme for any nearly empty jar of cold cream, selves, etc.-especially if you have short lingers!

.?_-A-»-`---A Letter File for Storing Patterns

A twentyffive-cent letter-file solves

the problem of systematically caring for paper patterns. Often the house- keeper wastes time ami patience hunt- ing over a box of patterns, only to find the one she wishes to use, rolled or torn. Kept i~n a file, they are al- ways at _hand and take up no more room than s large-sized book. New "volumes" of patterns can be added when the one ills becomes full. Other advantages are that the patterns can be' kept flat, and those of a similar nature are always together.

CLUB \SANDW'ICHES` . .

Get half a pound of cold boiled ham

or tongue; cllop it fine and put it into it basin with n teaspoonfui of chopped pickles a lt-aspoonful -of mustard and it little pepper, Put about six ounces of butter in a basin, and stir it quick- ly with a spoon until it forms a kind of cream; add the choppod meat and seasoning. and mix all tlloruugllly; cut, some bread into even thin slices, and have home very thin slices of veal. fowl or gnnlc, sprcall a slice of bread with above mixture, lay on a slice of meat, a crisp leaf of lettuce or fresh watercrcss. Lay on another thin slice of bread. Press together well, trim crllsts and out illto fancy sllalleil- These arc nice toasted top and bottolll side alld the plate may be gnrllisiledh with crisp grilled bacon und lllce fresh cress.

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EMBROIDERING HANDKERCHIEFS

A wolnan`who prides herself on hu'

bcautjflllly embroidered ilanlikcrchiefs has solved the difhclllly of fastening the handkerchief in the cmbrnlliery hoop so that the corner may no easily worked. She basics thc corners, ot’ four llandkercillefs together, making one piece. which, when put into tho hoop, brings the corners into the cen- tre of the open space convenient for working. The same method may be followed when cmbroiderlng napkins.

A good bread to use for sandwiches 1 cup scolded milk, 1 toasD00i1

lard, 1% teaspoons salt. 6 cups sifted flour. 1 can boiling water. 1 tilbie- spoon butter, 1 yeast-cake, dissolved |n.54 cup lukewarm water. '

To milk and water add shortening

and salt; when lukewarm. add dissolv- ed yeast-calte and flour, beat thorough- ly, cover, and let rise until iight. Add flour until dough is stiff enough to knead; knead thoroughly. let rise shape in loaves. let rise again and

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The grass taste in milk can be al-

most entirsiy prevented if the cows are allowed to graze for only a few

,bours gully during the first few weeks t ey are turned to Dssture.'i‘hie should be during the ea.rlY DIN Of "I9 day. Then they should be Placed In yard or stable until after the evening milking is finished, when they can be

‘turned to pasture mr a mv hours more. _“___ __ ._ , I

HOW TO MAKE SELECTION

The rules that govern selection are

as simple as A. B. C. to any observing person. For instance, a hen that is slow to feather is lacking _in vitality. Anyone ought to know 'that. You can't stuff ber and make her lay eggs. She is by nature a weakling. Hens do not lay eggs because they want to; they lily because they are strong and vigorous anti egg laying is a na- tural resuit wlllch they cannot avoid. That tendency mllst be bred in tllenl.

Why, if the average farmer would

give half the attention 'to ills poultry that he does to ills other live stock he'd find the poultry the best invest- ment in many cases. Success comes from being willing to discard.

Before mating your birds for an-

other season, take one lnore look at thenl, alld keep the foliowillg rules in lllind when making your selection:

1. Market those which have been

slow ill fcalllerlng or secln to lack vitality.

2. Keep the pullcts which matured

quickly and started laying first.. Those which start laying when loss than 200 days_ old will be the best layers if they have the right care.

il. Keep the late mollltcrs. 4. Keep the birds with rather large

plllnlp combs and wnttics.

5. I-ions willl pale vcllts, pale bcaks

and pale logs have hccll good layers.

0, The skin of thc best laycrs

should be rather loose and flallby on the abdomen between the vents and breast bone.

7. The pelvic bones nlustbe thin,

straight, flexible and wide apart. '

8. Market the hens which are bag-

gy behlnd and which have a heavy, fat, thick abdomen which hangs down below tile polllt of the breast belle.

9. Keep the ilustlers and heavy eat-

ers that go to bed late and with full crops. ,

10. Birds tllat have long toe' nails

that show no signs of being workers are usually unprofitable.

11. If a bird lncets the above re-

quirements. it should have a broad buck, long body, bc stoutly built and in good flesh.

12. If a bird is not moulting and

still has a, small dried up comb cover. ed with a sort of whitish substance, or if a bird has thick or cooked pelvic bones, which will be found on each side ot' the vent alld above the point of the breast bone, these are always nloaey losers. ,

No man or woman can afford to

keep and feed a flock of ,drones at the present prices of feed but the( good, layers will make nlore profit than ln any previous year.

HOW TO TREAT POULTRY DIS- . EASE

After ll hell has been frlglltened, a

SIICII-IGSS cgi-I may break' in the egg- passage. lWIlen this has happened, silo lnafy be seen standing very erect, with head up alld tail liown. ’I‘lle feathers arc usually wet bellind, anti her plumage looks very rougll. If not attended to, she may die when this accident happens, but as she is found dead on the llcst, death is likely to he attributed to ogg-binding, wllcll, ill reality, it has been ca-used by the skill of a soitt egg left in the egg-passage ‘ This irritates thc' bird, makes her strain as silecallnot pass it, and pro- duces -a ruptul-e lu the ell!! organs- sonlctimcs of the body also--and oc- casionally is the cause of a hcn bclllg very large and down behind.

As seen as any sylllptolns appear,

the bird ought to be caught and ox- alulnod. The skill of.the egg can generally bc found just inside the egg- pllssuge-or it may protrude. ‘lf it does protrude, it can easily be with- drawn by very gentle pulling when the hen tries to pass it. This must be done very stcalllliy; ifnot it will break inside. When broken inside lilo hell. it can be witlldl‘a.wll lry using tweezers, bllt a piece of soft cotton or- llnell should he tlcd on the elld of tllcm, and it should be dipped ill sweet oil. If this is done, the cllallce of

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DELIGATE YOUN G GIRLS

Need N°w Red Blood to Give Them Health and Strength.

Docs your daughter lnhcrit tl dell-I

cate organization from you? The anaemia of ,young girls may be inher- ited, or it may bc caused by had uir, unsuitable fcntl. hasty alld irreg-liar eating, lnsllfllcicnt out-of-door exer- cise and not enough rest and sleep.

it comes on grudl.lllily, beginning

with Inngllor, lntlispositioll ‘to mental or bodily exertion, irritability alld a fecling of fatigue. Later comes pal- pitation of the heart, headache, dizzi- ness following a stooping position, frequent headaches and breathless- ness. In tl majority of cases consti¢ potion is present. There may be n\ great loss of flesh, but usually the complexion takes on a grcenish-yel- low puller.

Cases of this kind if neglected, be-

come serious, but if taken in time there is no nocd to worry. The treat. ment is quite easy alld simple. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, which' are free from any harmful or habit-forming drug, are just the tonic needed to remedy this wretched state of heaitll. Though it is not noticeable, improve- ment,.actually begin; with the first dose. As the -blood ls made rich and red, the palor leaves the face, stren- gth and activity gradually return and if the treatment is continued until the last symptom disappears, the danger of a relapse is very slight.

lf- any symptom of anemia ap-`

pears, prudence suggests that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills should be given at once, and the sooner they are tak- en the lmorabpeedlly will the trouble be overcome. You can get these pills

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flammatlon follow, it is probably due to the hen straining herself. -Hen vent should, if there is infi-amlllution, be bathed in warm water, wiped dry and a large feather, which has been boiled should' be put up the opening after the ‘feather has been soliked with sweet oil. It should be run up about tilree"lnches and twisted round two or three times so as to leave the oil inside. The hen should be fed on hard grain only for a few days. Tile object is to prevent ilcr laying more eggs till the nviduct is again in nm-mul Ulm. dition. Egg laying is surc to cause ir- ritatlou.

Ground oyster sllcils ulld fiillt dust

supply excellent material for lllukillg egg-silells, and they also help hens to digest their food. Ilene meal strength- ens thc egg organs und uills the body generally. _

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CATCHING EGGS ON THE FLY

How to pick fresh cl-Zi-ls out of the

nil' llnd lalltl tllcm safe withill ll mail-car flying along thc tracks at the rate of fifty-eight font evcry secolltl-forty( lllilcs ull hour-tis cllougll of ll llrohll-ln to lllaho any parcel post clltllusiast cullgel his brains. .

If thc ‘fast mall has to stop :lt evcry

llttic station and pllfl` around wllilc the mail bags' ure being lo:lllcll,»slrys "SL, Nicllolas," then it is llo lllllgcl' 11 fast lualii-it has slipped llflck danger- ously near the :~:ow-frcigilt class.

At Shirley, Ill., ill tho “corll-bolt”

section oi' thc State, all llutolllatic mail-ilalltliing system has been ill- stalled which ilalllllics eggs so gently that ollt of a carton of fourtccll that were shot into ll cur that was going at the rate of fifty-eight miles an hour, not u single one was brokell. In fact. eight eggs out of the fourteen hatched when placed ill a fnllcllbutor Other tests have been made with lllail-pollciles colltllillillg glass jars fruit jars, pastebosrd boxes and other fragile articles. 'Flin pouches have ilocll both reccivcll and licilvr=rl=<i Ill pcrfoct safety, oven wilcll the train was flying along at sixty-miie clip or eighty-seven feet li second.

ilo\v docs this systcln operate? At the receiving door of the car is

a gathering arm, or cradle. that swoops past thc pouches suspended from the station cranes, picks them off nilnbiy and deposits them gently witilin the car. if there is any mall to be thrown off at this staiiiou. it ls discharged from especial <iciive1‘_v- chute that empties thc pouches on a long wooden trough. When tha- sta- tion is passed the gatllcrlllg-arm anti the delivery-chutc take their original positions, the gathering-arm folding up closely against the side _of the cur within the protection of an angie- iron pocket, and the delivery-clllltc re- turning safely within the chair.

AMONG IIIE HORSES

THE CLEVELAND MEETING

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The Grand Circuit horses are now at

Philadelphia, after a busy week at Cleveland during which a number if favorites fell by the' wayside. The biggest upset at the meeting was in the free for ull pace Saturday. when llnsscil Hoy defeated 1Sillglc G. and

`l\/Iiss iiarris M. ill 2.01%, am Directum

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J, bowled over the field lu thg tllil'd heat in the same tlnlc, it being the first heat _u‘ucl:ll to his credit this year.

J. L. Dodge also had a flielll day on

Tllllrsday wilflu he \von the Cllampion Stallion Stake with Periscope in 2.00% and when the Plain Dealers pllrse with Iiollyrood Kate ll] 2.06% from Miss Perfection, Mary Coburn, anti Brescia.

Murphy and Stokes divided the

honors at the meeting, each of them having three winners. Tile Ohio train- er landed ill front with Tolulny Todd ill 2.07%, Tclllla in 2.091/I, unll itamcrl, whose record of 2.07’/4 nlakes him tied with Ulliall and Echo Direct for the four year nid rccord for trotting geld- iugs. On thc opening day of the nlect- ing. Mlll'llily also balanced ills account with Wilkes Brewer. in thc North ltandlxli Purse by defeating llcr with Royal Mack ill 2.051/I, while iotcr in thc week he dcfelltcd I-`l'llnk llcwcy with l)il'cct (‘. llll.rnei,i und I-il I’i`ilif`@' ton with Auto Glly. The lllttcr trottcli one oi thc ilcllts in her race lll 2.03*/l., It eqlmllcll filo fastest miic luudc this year by The Toddler at (‘oiunllblls.

Miguola scored another victory by

defeating four irottcrs by Petcr the Great as wcli :ls Allie Lou. Miss Wood- bine, Early Don, and Alma Forbes, whllo Mt-Gregor the Great won within four seconds of his record frolll Joseph Glly, King Watts, and Iloiiyrood Naomi.

Valentino picked up 'two raccs Tl*

Cleveland with the pacers Jack Klcih and Gold Qllzlrtz and scconll with Wilkes l`ir»~wcl°. wilo has been trans- fered to his stable. Of the other start- ers :lt thc meeting, Henry Thomas won the two year old trot with Natalie the Great ln 2.13 and while llilldburg defeated 0. U. C. anti Sanllrdn with Roy Gratton, Ward also won allotilcr clever race with Edith Carter in 2.06% from Kerrigan, while Hurry Fleming silowcd on ills ilrst start with Nctllln, giving the Atlantic Express marc ll win rltce of 2.05%. Will Fleming also kept his name in the king row by will- ning with Harvest Lad in 2.09%. Sturgeon made but two starts during the week. lie won the Great Direct in 2.04% and finished second with Double G. McMahon also scored with Britton Forbes ln 2.07% and Cherrle defeated Mourer Boy with Amardale in 2.05%.

Tim returns for the first loop of the

circuit shows that one hundred and five races were contested at the five meetings. sixty-two of them being for trottors and forty-three for pacers. Of tllat number, Murphy won twenty, Cox twelve, Valentine ten, Geers and Thomas each seven Stokes live, Mc- Mahon four, while Will Fleming Sturgeon, Allen and Dodge have each three to their credit. -

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is reduced to a lninilnuln. Should in-

When spraying for bugs, spray also

for bllgllt and kill the two great foes of the potato crop with one dose. Any arsenicai poison may be mixed with Bordeaux mixture to accomplish the double tullctlon. By the way, per- suade your dealer that you are not anxious to pay three times as much for a green poison than for e white one that does the work better. ‘Tile cheapest bug -poison at present is ar- senate of lime, and It is being lllllnu- factured in enormous quantities now ou account if its efficacy against llle boil wcevii, the foe of tile cotton grow er. -If you cannot get it this year, howl.-vcr, usd what is at hand.

FIELD cnoPs IN CANADA

OTTAWA, Aug. 11.--A summary of

l0i1‘lZl‘apllic cl‘op reports received on thc condilioll of field crops throughout i‘lllladu was issued today by the dolll- illioll burcllll of statistics as follows:

Atlantic I’l'llvillces-I‘l'illce Eliwalwl

isllllld lfflltlrioitctowll): July weather favtlrallic for all crops. llay mailillg cllllllllcllcctl sevcllieellth; about ouc- tilirli out, cel'll:li crops prollliso yields :liluvc average, lllack Log cullsvtl nlllll-y misses in latc llotzltlles-l;potatoe~.-l lrcc from disease look extra. good. Roots and corll grllwlllg well. Small fruils :lbllndant,lal'ge t'ruit crop above avclulgc. Nov:l,Scolill (:\llllll\rst): July weutllcr ullsctticd. ilplllllll hay good Mllrsll fzllr. Wheat oats ulltl buck- wheat fair, burlcy poor, potatlllls, turll- i_p.~l also turllip scell fair; solllc cillp rot ill cvidcllcc. flush frllit ullll apple crop fllir. New ilrullswick (I~‘rcderfc- tolli: Dry \vr>.alll0r durlllg curly part of July sllortluleli .1 porlioll oi’ the iluy and grain crops. but generally these crops are nearly, average with potatoes and roots promising well. Rains dur- illg the last. tell tillys have liclllyoll iluy but beneficial to all crops. Small fruits have given good yield, and apples while solllewllzlt afifetftcli by scab ure al fair crop. `

Qllcllot'-(St. Anllo llc lu Pocaticrc):

ilclleiicial ruin has falicll during the last tilrcc weeks of July. l’l‘.lspe- cts much ilcttol' than a lllolltll ago. (‘e- reals better thu_u lust year. l’otatocs very good, field roots good. lilly ll lit- tlo bctter than anticipated, field peuse above average, small fruits below the avcragt-._ Elllopeun piunls very poor. Quebec: Hay in pasture poor, vcorll vcrv good, grain good; roots below average; potatoes good, small fruits very good, apples about average, plums and cherries bad, grapes good

rots, beets. parsnips. turnips which are medium. (See Lellnoxviilc below.)

Ontm'io-(Toronto:) liay and fall

wheat all harvested; yields about ave- rage, spring grains hllvc vcry short straw owing to thc drollglli; low yields probable, potatoes rather, disap- polllting, roots backward but may rally, second growths ol' clover and alfalfa light, corn relatively bcst grow- ing crop. Drought at picking lessened great promise of bel'l'ic~l.

thisnitobll-(Winnipeg): Recent. wc-

atllcl' mostly hot causing very '=.1l'ly harvest. (follsilierullle rye cut, wllcat cutting collllllcllccs; probably' above avcragc yield; collsiderullic rust ill spots. Jlliy rainfall too heavy some places too light others; straw fairly ilcavy. Barley and corn prollliscs woli; outs :lull flux fair, potatoes scarcely reach average. (Morden): \Vilc:lt cul- tillg bcgall this \vcck, lllllt‘ll rust c\'cl'- ywherc and wht-at of rather a poor grade, yicid not gl‘catl\l' than 50 pct' ccllt of normal height; tclllplcraturc high no rain.

‘Saskutcllewall-IRostllcrn): fligh-

cst tclllpcrat.ul‘e sillcc beginning llllc hulldrcd and two on sixteenth, total rain olle point nought, fivc crops ripc- ning prematlll-cly, wilcllt eslilnutc seven bushels per acre on area not blown out, cutting ullder w-ay two weeks earlier thull llorllllll, estimate tllrcc-qlllllfters. sufficient t`ccli this will- tcr bctwcell Iluckiuke, Saskatoon and Two Itivcrs. Tile dcpnrtmcllt oi’ agri- cuitllrc reports that wheat cutting has comment-cd ill lllully parts. Early sown rye tilrcl-lllcd llclll' Fort Qll'Appl‘ilc, yields 25 bllsilcis pct' acrc. it is ox- pccicll that Lllc llllrvcst will bc gellcr- ui ucxt wcck in llllllost :lil llilirlcts

‘except ccrtuill parts of thc soulhcllsi-

ern district where plentiful rllillfuil has vallscd rl llcavicl' growth iillln ill other paris of thc provincc.(Scoitl: \\'clltllel‘ llllllslluliy warm ullll dry, ll few fu\'ol‘l‘ll sections report solllc rnin and full' crops but more scciions rc- port littlc rain and very littlc crop. Very light, illlrvesting curly grain bus colllnlenccll. (Indian ilclldl: (loud rains from first to thirtcellth greatly illlproveli crop conditions and ussllrc an average yield in this district.: Whcllt promises five to l0 por ccllt, ailclld of hlst season; oats‘10 to 15 pl-r cent.; barley not up to ovcragc; llocd crops fair. Ilarvesting collllucllces cx- perilnclltlli ful-ln, will be gcncrlll thro- ugilout district by cigllt or tclltll.l'aills have been local and nlallly districts report colltillllcd dry wcsthcl' with little crop or pasture.

Aiborta-(I.acombe): First thrcc

weeks July warm llnll dry', crops suf- fcreli, rainfall over two illcilcs fell largely dllring last tell days. crops good in this district but light in cast- crn section of province few curly crops being cllt, putting up iight crop of hay coullncnced under unsettled weather conditions.

Ilrltish (iolulublia- dinwerlncre):

Tile extreme hcnt and no precipitat- ion only point thirty three incil beinl: recorded have combined materially to reduce crop yield ilnying is llellrly completed it has been cured under ideal conditions and will yield above the average this season, cereals und- er irrigation llre fair while roots and corn promise well. (Summerland): Crop conditions good, appieswili be biggest crop in Okanagan history, yellow Newtowns :lnd Northern Spies are light crop this year, peaches ure good, plums only fair, potato crop not showin up well and the yield will be

through any dealer in mcdfciné, or by '” IOW- 35490" Very dry and rain would

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mail at 50 cent; a lbox or.slx boxes Once in a while a woman actually help with crop and water supply. for $2.50 from' The Dr. Williams' believes that her husband knows as (Agassiz): Exceptig years 1914 and Medicine Go.', Brockville, Ont. 4 I much as he thinks he does.- 1917 this July is driest for fiftee

all vegetables very good except car-I

ditfon, corn late but growing well now roots need lnoisture, potatoes average early ceeais just ready to harvest, livestock ill good couditioll.

CLOVEFI HAY

As regards raising clover for hay,

would say, I have ilad sonle exper- ience, -and I find the best way is to cut the clover just when the seed bus nicely formed, anti just cllt what you can rake up tho some evening tilat it is cut. I’ui ill small cocks ovel' al coll- pll- of hours lwi'ol'c drawing in, llnli the hay will lllzlilltuin its sllilsltllllcc- and lcllnlill brigilt zlllll grccll. I have also found it best to ilallldlc sccll clov- er ill till, szlllle way, bllt ici the sem! rillcn fairly wcll bl-.forll culling, :llltl the strllw will lllllkc good feed and sccll will bc iletlcr grade. Oxdrift,

GRASSHOPPERS IN THE WEST

\\’cstl>.rll (`zllllllill is illl‘l~lltr-lll-ll by ll

visitation of grllssllol>llcl‘s. This if not cllcckell, can devt-lop into a t'alr-l'call-ll ing and serious r-lltustropllc. 'l‘llc pizlgllc luis lslllllcli strcnglll ill Mulli- tobll and lllls llcl-ll rcpol‘tl:ll ill Slllltll-_ eastern Soskatt‘ilc\vull. Dr. Id. E. (ialllcrllll. wllo is ill Sal:-‘iultrloll at hre- scllt, is taking str-ps to tight thc gross- lloppel' but the farllll-l‘s uf tlll~ Prov- illce lllust carcflliiy t:ll-opel'atl- with the autiloriiics it’ this lil-vourlllg pest is to be litwliroycll. lll ISSS, llllti carl- icr, Mztlliiobu was ovcrrllll by grass- lloppers, which litr-rally collslllllcd cv- cry green tiling their pzltll, but thc coulltr_v_ has been fairly free of tilclll since that time. Tile diffil-uity of sc- curlng arsenic with which to tight the-nl is to great in Canada tllat it

and lo the Dollllnion ullll Pl'ovlncial

llepnrtnlellts of Agril'ultul'c alld no* effort should bc rcgalxlctl-as too grcatI to chock tile obliterate this destruc- tive visit-ation. ' `

FANNING-MILL\ SELECTION

- (Experimental Farms Note).

Tile tl'ue_function of the fallnlilg- nlili is to remove weed seeds, light' grain and ally course material' tll:li.I llllly he pl‘cse\llt. For this work lt rs, illllispcllsullic; no seed should bcf sown which has not been lllorougzlay ciellllcti and gl'ulil»ll. 'i`llcl‘c are, ilow-, l-vcr, ccriuiu iilllitations to this mc:-‘ bod oi` selection which are not always appreciated by the grain grower.

All impllritics callllot'bc rl-moved

by the use of tile fullllillg-lnill as is sulllctinles clailllcd. 'it is true that a large part of thenl will be rclnovell, but there are aiwa~ys kernels of wheat, oats and barley that cannot he separ-I ated. A short, plump, pill oat c`tlll-I not he removed frolu wheat nor can a long, plump kernel of wllcllt be rc- movcd t`ronl'otlts. Barley and outs present ll very difficult problem and the por cent ot' illlpurities rellluillillg is much larger.

Fulllling-lllili selection nlailltaius the

yielll of ll purc variety, bllt docs not increase it as many sllpposc. Tilc collstallt lllcrczlsc in yil-ill' that S0m€ bccll due to the ful-t that originally have obtained from year to year has their send was illlpllro, and the lllrgcl' seeds llappcllillg to be tile most, pro- dllctivc, wore sclccfcll ill the cxclus-I icll of thc slnallcr and less prolific grains. Also, by thc llccilielltlli -mix- ture of a few lllrirc seeds of :lnotilcr sort, it can be easily llllllerstood how the ty-pc of variety may be uitcrell if fllllllillg-mill sclccticn alone is prac- tised. I'lowcvel', this possibility can he avoided, alld.sllouid not (refer anyI person from the use of the rallllrllg- mill. Unless the grain is thoroughly selected by this lllctlloli, sccds that are low in vitality will be sown, thc result being either a defective gcrlllivu-l :llioll ol* clsc wt-:lk plnllts that areI i\`:lllllilc:l|>pell tllruugilollt. thc. season by :l pool' start. Grain from such plants is illfvriol' ill .size lllld plulllp- llcss and rellllcl-s the quality and yield' ol' thc ;;ellcl`a\l crop.

'I‘o grow pure gl':lin of strong vital-

ity, filo flllllllllg-lllill lllust bo uscr. ill colljullctioll with iilr- sccli Dilli- l'l‘ut'llc,~: its lligllcst point of 1-ll`lt'iclll~_\'. All pixlllts lllui are di|'fol'l~llt ill t_\'|l<= can, bo rclllovcti -illliior-l~, il:ll‘w-siillg :lull this ic.lvcs to the f':lllllillg-lllill only tllc work of rl~_icl~|illn of till- \\'<.‘cll scctis and illi'cl‘ior grulll. 'l‘lli.~: coul- llilllltioll cllsllres pllro grain llllll lllalx- illllllll pl-ollllctioll.-ii. E, Slxlllldcl-s,

Dolllilllon (lcrealiisl.

BIRDS AND CROPS.

Last spring whcp the gcesc wcro

flying north nulllcrous colllplaillts wcrc rcccivcd about the great damage they wore doing to fields of growing grain. The colllpltllnllllls wished to obtain permits to kill tllcsc gc-csc out of season as provided in the Migrat- ory Birds Treaty. Inspections were mado and as tile damage did not ap- pear serious no permits were issued.l Thcro is no doubt that thc gccsc wcroi eating some of thc slender greeni shoots wllcll they rcstcd in the grain. fields after their long flights and fasts. I Some persons cvcn threatened that

they would poison the gcesc, but the birds soon solved the difficulty by- leaving for their northern breeding

lf migratory birds are really dum-

aging crops it is the intention of the governmcn.t to lprotcct the crops first, by allowing permits to issue so that the owllcr of the property may shoot thc birds specified In his per- mit on ills own property. Any one rernllring such ll. permit-must state in their application: _

(1) The species and an estilnate of

the numbers of birds committing the damage;

or other interests tlfreaiened or ‘in-

l volved. ' , Reddfrl Bros

Olli. - I

(Froln the Saskatoon Pilocnix ,

(2) The nature and extent of the' - 0

damage; the IW-Ollie wllat ll. grand medicine

(3) The extent of the agricultural Tllnlllc ls.” -

Inumber of ‘birds killed, the dates up- on which they were kiiled, and the 'disposition of the dead ibirds.

The geese have been gope for

months now and as the grain has grown enough to estimate the dam- age an expert has been sent to the ltlistrlcts concenned. _He ltlnds the grain on one farm damaged to the 'extent of eight dollars; and this was the total damage in the district where complaints were most lbitter. llivcn at that, there is no evidence that the geese caused this damage. I Surely if that magnificent bird, the -(‘allada. Goose, is to survive he must |ellt and occasionally he may damage crops. Bear with hilll in those harsh days of much shooting. The cont.in= lent was his. witllout doubt, before ev- `en the red man came and it is to be hoped llc and his desscendants will 'stay to lead their flock for centuries to come. I lf this or any other bird becomes seriously injurious to farming inter- ests tho rcllledy is at hand, but do not forget to tonlpor justice 'with 'lllcrcv ill judging this bird-the Can-

Iildu. (loose.

PIGS ‘

FEEDING PIGS

lillgs :ll-l> selling for rel-rlrll prices at

the pri-scllt tillllc. lllvt-ll so, that dues not llll-all i,|l:lt we cull :lfford to_be wxlflll-i`lli ill llllr lllvlllolls of feeding ';lll<l l-:lrillg for illelll. 'i‘llcre is_lllore frcllsllll llou' to l`l-all ccollolllicalily than I cv:-r ll<\l`ul'c, ill-rllllsc ultllullgil you llloy br- lllzllling a llrlftty fair retllrll nu your Illogs, your llllicll l~o\\'s, or your heel' Iclltllc, llrllbllbiy they are not rctllrn- ing you als good a profil :ls they should

may become necessary to obtain a‘_-\\'lll~n price ot’ labor- and fecll are Supply from the United Staind \Vhen-i tukcll into collsitlclaltillll-so that it cvcr grasslloppcrs appear in Saskllt-Iirl ull toyllll to llluko :ls llllll-il as you cllcwan reports should inlmcdiatcly be call ull yfliil' hogs so as to <'ul1lliifl‘2C!. made to the university ulltllorltins I as fur as possible, ally losses you may

llllvl- in other bl~ulll;llcs ot’ 'your farm- illg olll~l‘lltiolls. `

(Jin. of the cllezllwst ways to feed

ilog,-4 ill lilo sumlllcl‘ time is to pastllrc lllclll. lt. is gl-lll~l':llly recognized, how. lfvcr, illllt. hogs \\'ili not make satis- i`llt:tol‘y gains if they have have (0 gdb. slst on pustllre alone. The cxpcrls at the 1-xpcrinlclltlll stations tell us that hogs should be fed two or three pounds of ulcal for evcry hundred polllllls tilcy weigh when on pasture. Whui is your opinion of tile llllltter? iio\v llluch meal do you feed? _ Your cxpericllce in feeding hogs on pzlstllro will bo of value to others. \Vl'it,, to us and tell what your lnctil- olls arc.

Mrs. McDonald Gained Z0 Pounds

DOESN'T FEEL OR LOOK LIKE SAME PERSON SINCE TAK- ING TANLAC, SHE SAYS

“A if-w days ago," said Mrs. Emily

iii(-Dollaid of 1598 Pacific avenue, Win- lllpcg,‘l‘c<'clltly, “I was showing la neighbor ll pll'otograpll of myself, w-llil-ll was taken before I begun using 'I`allillc. llllli I lluvc illlprovcd so much illut silo could not believe it was a pil-llll'l= ol lllc."

Mrs. l\i<lI)llll:lili. who is the wife of

ll -wcll illlowll <'lllllllll;lll Pacific rail- rollli lllull, has llvcd in Wlllnrpcg for thc pzlsi. sovl~lli.ct-ll yours and llcl' ex- pllrillllcc with Trlllinc will he off ill- tcrcsl tilrollgllollt (‘all:ld:l.

“l"ol'l_v»iiv@ years ago," she comin.

llctl, "will-ll I was oll!~y scvcnteclt l'f‘21l's oi' ago, l had an attack of indig- cstioll that was so severe my folks did not illlllk I would l't~.co\'cl‘. Weil since ibut iilllc nly stolnut-ll has never been fitlht :lllll I have ofloll hall spells of thc slllllo kind. About tllreo years -ago I had ollc that :ll-lllosl fillisiled with inc. My zlppctitc icft me cutirely and lll_v stollllll-ll wus ill_sll<'i1 a had condit- ioll I ilalll to iivc lllostly on eggs and lllilk. I l-ollid noi cut a pil-cc uf bread lllllvss it was l-ut vcl‘y_ tllill '.lll:l toast- cll llllill il'\\':ls llllnost burnoll, null cv. on lllcll I would often suffer lnisery. l was very follll of pastl'lcs, but had to give tllclll up clllircly. for if I zito thclll I would _slli`l`+-r death, almost. \\`ll;ll l llill cut wolllli ,sour and the will i‘I‘0lll it would bloat mc up tcrrlb- iy, calllsillg sllrll llwfui pains in my lclr sitio :lull orollnll llly heart that 1 clllllll illlrlliy slzlllll ll. I uclllaily bo- cllllle quita uilll‘llll\ll for fear I had hvnrt trouble. (l't'tcn :lf night I would sllffcl' so frolll this gas pressllre thai. i would illlvo ill sit slrlligllt lip ill I""i In 0PiiL‘i` .lil Kei ll good breath, and night after night I could not sleep ll. wlllk. I lost wcigilt until i was scal-cg. ly llloro than ll frame. I felt tired and worn olli all thc tilnc and could noi. do till- least work willlout being com- plcicly cxllalllstcd. l often suflercll with lll‘:\ll:ll'lll- :lull my blood circula- lloll wus so poor that my limbs would got ullnl'b. I was also trollblcd with rllolllllntislll in my ankles- They would swcii so it was difficult for lilo to get my sllocs ou :lull pain me terribly.