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mm The LiMl Siiol of I'lums and Cherries, repeated with each rainy period. B:idlv defoljiiteil cherry and plum Tho disease <ripplos hadly the leaf tiee.. .iro aiimuiM.v a common sight in .-iirface of the trees. .Ml the starch inany Ontario or.liards. The condi- inul sugar which is found in the fruit tion li ihie III attacfis from a discuKe is rniule Ly the leaves. Theiefoie, whi>ii ^ihows lip caily in the season by any thiiiK- which cripples them cuts makiinr the leaves turn yellow or be- down the crop. But as the disease CEREAI5 WE OUGHT TO EAT I They Should Have Daily I'lace on Our Tal)le.-> For Kea.sons of Health As Well .\s Economy. riyjceii aiiil .-^hot-holed in appear- comm(,iily 8p|)i-ars after the crop is harvested the fruit grower frcnueiitly known as leaf sp»t, '^"'''' '" rt^cMgnizc the loss which it results from the a*- come ance Thi.-. troiibN' i a di.s;.i-!e which liiiiiKs about. The (iroppinp of the tack.- of a parasitie >;ungus or micros- '''â- ''^'^s produces its srcaUst ell'ect on copio iilant which makes no food for 'â- ^^ next year's erop, keepin;; it always' itself i.ul steals its living from the , "^''''''"^''^ ""•' fre(|uently prodiicing cherry 01- plum tree. The fuiiifus i '^'"'"'''-'""s in wliich the trees produce Kains ;in entrance through the leaves, !""'>' sr^a". poorly-flavored fruit,' grow, in the ti:isues and produces! ^^^'i'^''' ''P*^'"'^ """^'fin'.V. Much of the! brovii deati spuls. In some cases the' '^""'' '""terial found in the fruit must 8po'.< dry, become brittle and are even- ' ''*" "i»'li' '•>' the leaves ol' the picced- tually whipped out by the wind. At '"f^ season and stored in the twigs, o'hir times a dark spot about one- ; '^""'•'^^â- '' *""'i'>^^t of this disease i.s to' sixleci.th of an irich in diameter is '''^"''<'' trees which ha\e lost th(!ir| "Save wheat!" This great slogan l cat cereal for breakfa.st? A diih of! of our national food campaign has : oatmeal made from one-fourth cupful been echoed an<l re-echoed for months | of the dry cereal will take the place but do We yet realize that it means | of two slices of while US? [each about half an inch thick Can we live without v.hcat ? (,'er- ! and three inches square, and give us tainly and live well. We must re- j iron besides. Served with milk, i', cogni/.e ^he scientific fact that no one i will make a well-balanced meal. When 1 food (with the exception of milk) is wc add a little fruit to give zest and indispensable. There are four let- some cri.sp corn bread to contra.st with ters in the food alphabet, A. I''uel for | the soft mush, we have a moal in 1 the body machine; B, Protein for the | which we may take a jus', pride, pro- I upkeep of the machinery; C, Mineral vided the oatmeal is properly cooked. I salts, partly for upkeep and partly ] 'r|,j. Value of Oatmeal ' for lubricatirm. ^to make all part.s , ^ ^,^^^, j^^^ ^^ ^.^^^^^^( j^ ^^ ^^^^^.^_ Co.uuurlcd Ay /ff^t Jiedyn Jit, Mothers »ncl (fausf-te-» of all agei are cordially Irjvltea to writ* «<» thl« bread, »»partinent. Initlais only mAW be published with each question and Its antwer •* a (Tieans of Identiftcatlon, but full nam« and address must be given in eaeli Istte-. V/rlts en cne aids of paper only. AnB>A,er« will be mailed direct It ttairpej and addressed envelops is encloaed Address all cor.esfjondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Lav*. 23i Wccciilna A*s.. Torontc work smoothly together; D, V'itamines, subtle and elusive substances upon i whose presence depends the successful use by the body of all the others. I These four letters, rightly combined, spell health. They are variously dis- ti ibutcd in food materials. Some- : times all are fr)und in one food (milk for example), sometimes only one (as in sugar), sometimes two or three. The amounts also vary in the different foods. To build up a complete diet, ! we have to know how many of these ^ items are present in a given food and also how much of each is there. found on the leaf, which turns yellow | '/-"^â- ''^ ^'"'y susieptible to winter m- as a result of the parasite's work. At J"""-^'- the same time* on the under side of| Keadilj Conlrolled. the diseased leaves white or pinkish ! The "leaf spot" is readily controlled gummy masses may be noticed. The.oe by summer sprays of dilute lime sul- arc made up of enormous numbers of phnr. Ordinary commercial lime sul- the small seed-like. reproductive ! phur used at the strength of one part ; ...jng then, we are apt to emphasize bod..-., of the fungus-the spores. . to forty parts of water, is commonly ; „,^.i, .nfrerences. much as we do When the.se gummy masses arc wet,' employed in Ontario orchars, ap a little taller, a li'lle heavier, have Ihev contribute to the diet. R.E.S. : â€" Of course you do not need but this mi.\ture cannot well go beyond to deny your children candy altogeth- ; 25 per cent, and produce a good bakery |cr but be careful in the kinds you let .product. Corn flour as a further in- thcm have. It would be a good plan gredient. therefore, is scarcely advis- I if, ins'eacJ of letting them buy from able. the villapTO store, you make some; \ Solilier's Mother:â€" It is little able a product as a good loaf of bread, vhctesome candies at hon^, using wonder that you are anxious to know It cannot be made without taking fruits, nuts, popcorn, molasses and so. of t''# best ways and means of sav- pains to get the right proportions of forth. The children will get to pre-jng vvneat seeing that you have a boy meal, water an<l salt, and to cook Ihor- fer Tlum to the sugared confeftions "over there." It is imperative that oughly, w'hich means at least four they usually bay in the stores and they ; ^^-g if, C'anada cut our own use of hiiurs in a double boiler, over night in' will be much better for them. D" wheat by one-fourth if we are to have a fireless cooker or half an hour at you know that ihe money spent on enough to send to the .Allies. Keep twenty pounds in a pi-essure cooker. 'candy in the United States and Canada j„ niind that the use of whole wheat Half-cooked oatmeal is most unwhole- in the past year is double the amount ^^^ graham flours is not regarded as some, as well as unpalatable. It is | needed to keep Belgium supplied with saving wheat for each has its quota of part of our patriotic duty not to give, food for a year? U is rather ap- white flour. However, here are some so useful a food a bad reputation. I palling when you look at i^ in that sj,j,pie economies you may practise. The man who does ha|;il physical] way, isn't it? Give the children syrup, ji^j^g them the golden rules of yc * honey, molasses and preserves. '^"X household • by day impress upon them the neces-: ^,^^ ^^^,^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^,,,^_ ^„ ^^^^ ^^„^ sity for leaving clean plates no mat-,, j^j^ ^^ ^j^.^ ter what it is they are having. Show. ' j,^ ,.^j ^^^ ^^^,^ ^^^^^ triem that ni leaving scraps they are I labor, especially in the open air, may ,,.,.,. I Complain that the oatmeal breakfas* Now cereals are much alike in what ^^^^ ^^^ ..^^^^ ^^,. ^^^ -j.^,;^ j^ j,^. In com- i ^,^^^^ ;j (iijjggj^ f.,j.j \^\^xx\_ he needs IS a little fat s.irred into the mush be- . un-ni umi. m iv-aMiij; ^L-la^l^ i.ii-,\ txi<z ^i .,„. ,. ..^^^^ „. « ,...,-..;-u rences, much as we ilo in . ... , ^ .u . ui i »» i i • »i. i-.»i u-i i r\ Do no', use toast as a garnish ' fore It is sent to the table, or butter robbing other little children. Do you ^ , „„,,,„-. the spores float in the water and are! plied according to following ^<^.A^^^^â- : '^^'^'^ }^^'!^.... ^.^ ^^ ^^ «-ell a« milk and sugar served with j know that in England the kiddies have' ''^''*' ''"'' *"' ''•^^'• splashed about by rains. This ex-| plaints why the disease is most severe j In seasons of abundant rainfall. Spores sonis fall. sjilasln'l from a leaf ami lodging on the .-lew leaves sprout and bore into the ti.-isiies, cau.-ing similar spores with other crop.s of spores in a week or two Disease Winters «ui Leaves The general effect of the fungus is Fir.st-Just before the bu.ls opeM.i,^ .iiflerent till to his nose but any Scconth-lnimodialely after the bios- : t„.„ „,gn ,„.,, n,„,p .,ij|,p than a man and a dog. So corn has a little less protein than wheat and considerably less lime, yet corn and wheat are, mitritionally. more alike than either is like sugar. To Make a Complete Diet it. If one must economize, the I a wonderful realization of their w-ar' Fourth â€" Every two or three weeks, depending upon the weather condi- tions throughout the growing sea.son. In the first two spi-ays two and a half t(i three pounds of arsenate of lead .-houkl be added to every fifty gallons of spray. This poison con- trols cur.-ulio. With Japanese varie- ccreal breakfast should always be the ; time duties and give things up, on rule. It is impossible in any other j principle, for the sake of the little way to provide adequately, on a small ' French, Belgian, Italian and Serbian to produce a casting or dropping of ' ties of plums .self-boiled lime sulphur the leaves. The disea.sed leaves of: mixture shoidd be sustituld f.-. ti,... cherries drop at the slightest jfir. The ' commercial lime sulphur. fungus lives over winter on these fallen leaves and produces on them its winter spore.s. In the spring the sjiores are poppeil, under favorable conditions of moisture and thus reach the leaves. For .such infections the unfoliling summer spores are produc- ed, atol the infection of new- leaves is sum. for a family especially where ' children, and, most of all, for the there are growing children. i sake of their brothers and fathers in' Next to oatmeal, hominy is one of: khaki, i the cheapest breakfast foods. It ha?;' .A.n Old Timer: â€" "Why not ship our, less flavor and is improved by the ad- ' corn to Kurope and keep our wheat at None of the cereals will make a | dition of a few dates cut into quaricrs home?" asks Old Timer. There are complete diet by Itself. If we take ' or some small slewed seedless raisins, many reasons: listen to some of them: while bread as the foundalion. we , which also add the iron which hominy I (1) t'ornmeal spoils easily in ship- must add to it something containing lacks. For the adults of the family ping. Ciirnmeal and corn are less lime, such as milk or cheese; some- the staying qualities of hominy and compact and take more cargo space thing containing iron, such as spinach, ' cornmeiil citn be increased by cutting than wheat flour. (2) Corn bread is plowing uiuler the loaves from the ^'^^K^ yolk, meat, or other iron-rich the molded mush in slices and frying a hi ^me protluct and cannot be handled preceding crop before infection of the 'o'"'; something containing vitamines. i till a crisp crust is formed. This by bakers. To be liked it must be new leave.s in the spring ian lake place ^'"•''' '"* greens or other vitamine-rich ' can be obtained more easily if the eaten when freshly baked. On this If there arc pieces of bread left, dry and grind or pound them up, using the crumbs in place \>i flour. Do not use crackers made from whoat flour, or serve croutons with 111 addition to this control measure,. is strongly advised. This is a sani- tary measure and gets rid of the gi'eatcr part of the sources of infec- tion. food; something to reinfor-c the pro- ! cereals arc cooked in a mixture of continent where a large percentage of '•'^'P ti'ins. as milk, eggs, meat or nuts. It milk and water instead of water alone, the baking is done at home, the con- softened in I.>o not use breakfast cereals matle from wheat. If you use macaroni or spaghetti, remember that they are made of wheat and do not serve brcud at the samt meal . Use cornstarch or rice flour foi thickening sauces and gravies; alsc whenever possible, in puddings. Barley bread is excellent and ver> simple to make. Here is the recipe: 1 cup liquid. 1 teaspoon salt, 2 1-3 white flour, 's to U cake yeast, \ cup lukewarm water. is not possible to make a perfect diet j'fhe milk supplements the cereal as sumption of corn bread can easily be ' ^'^ *^'V* barley flour. with only one other kind of food be- 1 acceptably as in a dish of mush ^nd increased; in Europe, where practical- Scald the liquid, cool to lukewarm INrKK.N.ATIONAf, l.l.SSON .lA.M .\|{V 27. Lesson l\'. â€" Jesus Forgiving Sin. â€" Mark 2. I 12. <;olden re.\(, .Mark 2. 10. Verse I. Again into Capernaum - 'I'lu. enthusiasm aroused by the jubil- ant leper made it necessary for him to change his plans, so he ends his brief circuit among the syiuigogues of (!ali- I»'|. and comes i)ack .Matthew says from llio other siile of the lake. '.Noised tliul he was in the hous(^ That is, that he had returned home. In all prolirtbility in the homo of .Simon. 2. No room e\en about the door â€" A giajihii- pictuie of the eagerness of tlie p» (q)le excited, pressing crowils, Ibronging all available space, as is the case to-day, <ici'asioiially in a I'ales- tini;ii! village vvlicre Ihe eii'ire popu- lace ill harmless curiosity will crush into a house on the advent (d' straiig- eis. The eMiaorciiiuiiy item here was the piesi'iice of the great Healer. He .spake ihe word unto them Was .speaking his message of good news, simply and informally. ;(. \ man sick of the palsy \\\ episixb- of intense interest, wonderful ly augmenting the excitement. Four (ir^i ihree <io>pels. neighl.or.i liiing their paralyzed , ,.iir, friend, iail find lluy laiinol even get ^y,,^ Healer. Son- -.A word with a shade of affection, and an encouragement to for example. the sufferer. Sins -Suggesting that' If w-e subslitut his conditi<jn was due to some personal ' wrongdoing. The generic idea of sin in the New Testament is "missing the mark"; Ironi this :is a root proceed all manner of specilic sins, whi< h as a rule involve both mind and body. For- given Not merely a cure for his physical condition, hut a removal of guilt, in accordance with the .lewish sides while lircad. It can be done with three; bread, milk and spinach hole wheat for white bread, wc can make a complete diet with two foods -this aiui milk. We get from the bran and the germ what in the other case we got from the spinach. .-Ml the cereals can be elfectively supplemented by milk and green vegetables. If green vege- tables (or substitutes for them like idea that restoration and lorgiveness iried peas and beans or fruit » are hard of hominy surrounded bv fried ap- wenl. hand in ham . , . , i. i i . 4- , i . " , , . • , " , .i (i. Wcribes The tirst encounter of : '" *-''''' "â- *-" should give preference to, pies; or a bowl of nee heaped with Jesus with these influential .lewish milk. Coituneal needs even more ly all bread is baked by bakers, corn add the salt, the softened yeast anc cooking than oatmeal to develop an broad cannot readily be adopted un- , half the flour. Beat thoioughiy agreeable flavor. It can be improved less housewives reconstruct their cover and let rise until very light, by the addition of an equal amount of homes, for the baking oven does not Then add the remainder of the flour I'ariiia or cream of wheat. 'â-  exist in the average European house- Knead, cover and let rise until double Cereals for dinner are acceptable hold, (.'il Our allies are already us- in hulk. Shape into a loaf, cover anc substitutes for such vegetables as ing a mixture of wheat flour with let rise again until double in bulk potatoes, both for economy and for potato rice, rye flour and some corn.; Bake. variety. The whole grains, rice, bar- â-  â-  . ._. . . ley and hominy, lend themselves best to such use. Try a disli of creamed salmon with a border of barley; one near Ihe door. •1. They uncovered thi' roof ally, "dug out the roof." On finest pictures in all the (io.spi '-"'â- r-; identilic <d the „.h„ narra teachers, the guardians and interpre- Icrs of the law. They were watching everything, saying nothing, but. in- tensely crilieising and (d)jecting, "rea- siminn' in their hearts." 7. lie blaspheineth .Assumes (lod's prerogative in pidnouncing the I'cn-- giveness of sin. H. Percei\ing in his ...pirit lie per- ceived this intuitively as he <lid on other occasions. (John 2. 21, lo.) !l. Which is easier to say Me con- trasts two declarations which is the more difficult claim to make, to heal Hie paralytii or to forgive his sins. The contras' is not between healing and fcrgiving, but between .saying "bi- forgiven" or "be healed." 10. That ye may know He now gives a pra.tical test as to whether he has Ihis authority or not. The forgiveness is shown by Ihe cure, just as the sin had manifested itself in ihe disease. 'I'he Son ol' man This is .lesiis' favorite title for himsidf in the n Mark it oc- Son of man as is seen in Kourleon times, a Alrs.-iiaiiic title cereals from which the bran coats have not been removed, such as oat- meal and wh(j|e wheat. Then the diet will not be deficient in iron, which is not supplied in large enough 'amounts from white bread ami milk.' Oatmeal is the richest in iron of all the cereals. With sm b knowledge, we may alter! iiur diet very greatly without tiaiiger of uniler-nutri'ion. Hut we must learn I to cook other cereals at least as well' as we dt> wheat. Without proper cook- ing they are unpalatable and unwhole- some, and they are not so easy to cook as wheat. They lake a longer lime and wc cannot get the same culinary effects, since with the exception of lye, Ihey will not make a light loal. , Fortunately we are not asked to deny ourselves wheat entirely, only to sub- stitute other cereals for part of it. I,et each housewife resolve when next I she buys flour, to buy at the samel time one-founh as much of some I Incubators of all types have to bear liananas baked to a turn and remov- „ i(,t of hiame undeservedly when the ed from their skins just before scrv- : ggp^ j,ip„e ^re at fault, says a success- ful poultry mail. Here are two ex- ing, and be glad that the war has stir red you out of food rutsi Cereals For Dessert Cereals combined with milk make most wholesome puddings, each almost a well-balanced meal in itself. They are easier to m:ike than pies, short- uikes and other desserts which require ^'KS-'* were wheat flour and they are splendid growing food for boys and girls. For the hard-working ni;m who misses the slowly iligesting pie. serve the (luddings with a hard sauce or aild a little butter when making them. For the growing children, raisins, dates and other fruits are welcome ad- ditiiMis on account of their iron. From half a cupful to a cupful of almost any cereal pudding made with milk, is the equivalent of an ordinary serving of pie. .•\side from the avoidance of actual waste of food materials, there seems S/0/Y£S K Coasting Song. Oh. the sky is blue as steel. .And the wind lias a biting chill. But never a touch of the cold we feel Hurrah for the coasting hill I l.'l-27, but .lesii'-.' Use of it es hini with luiinanit.v as a ole. He is thus our «dder brother. IS shown liy his title and his life. ,. ,, Authority on earth Kxercised iiv (iod man on his pallet, j„ l„.,„ ,,„. i„„ ,,1^,, i,j. ,h,, Soi, „f man , on earlb. He does not disclaim divine aiilliorily. 1 1. Take up I by bed The mat or isily rolled up. live The eager, determined t'rieni lieaiing the sick carry him up the stone ste|is on the outsiile of the house, jeadiiiir to Ihe flat roof, ami diu Ibrough ihe sod :oul din ami Inanihes covering the roof pa||,.i, which other grain, finely ground, rye, corn^^^^ ,,^ _^^^ __^^^, ^^_,^.^.^, ^^^ â-  .^^^-^^.^^ f,,^ „, ..j-t^n as town oarley, according •-' l»'^""-'-»'<". «""1 1 ,,ou.sewives to render in these critical 'â- â€" ' "" mix the two thoroughly at once. I hen -be will be sure not to ii rget to carry out her good intentions. Bread made of such a mislure '. ill be light and limbers, while the dibris raltli'd down into the midst of the lisleiiing throng below, making a hide liig enough to let down the paialylie into the very pre- Hence of Ihe Saviour. fi. .lesUH soeiiiii" their failli .Made evident by their persistence in over- coming every ob^tacle wdiich stood in the way of getting llndi friend into his presence. Seen :ilsi) in their ab- so!/'.le confidence in his abili'y to heal. 'oiild be and in diping which he would display his restored powers. Some ol' the idil ' illustrators rt'priscnt Ihe paialylic as Khoiildei ill)!- a four-post liedslead. l 12. Stinifbtway The man is whole and every mark of disease has vanish-^ ed, which in evident lo every one Were | all amazed The «Hire was open to evoiy eye. and Ihe event iii-iilieil the' iissiiraiic(. thai Ihe Son of man had the aulhoiity. tllorified d'oil The niur- The sick man hiinsell' was pi obably j muring and ilisgi unlle.l .Mribes are unable to exp|•e^s himself, bill no | .silent, fin- lu.lhiiig call be said against doubt Iheie had In en aroused in him a] the marvelous lestorAtioii of the .^i.k great hope as hi^ eo-hlidenl friends lit- 1 man. Tlie\ recognized in il ibe hand eially lo'ol.e tlnir \\,.y to tin erncious of d'od lender, and anythmn- that cannot be nmde with it had bcMer be dispensed with in these tiine.s. In The Interests of l-iconomy liesidcs the savii| of wheat for our country's sake, we shall do well lo economize in it for our own. Com- pared with o'her cereals wheat is ex pensive. We can get more food, in every sense td' the word. friMii half a pound of oatmeal than we can from a twtdvc-ounce loaf of white liroad, and Ihe oatmeal will not cost one-half as much as the bread. .\ loaf of brown bread made with one cupful each of cionmeal. ualmeal (linely ground), ryi' flour, molasses and skim milk will have two and one-half times the times as the mastery of the art of I using cereals. These must be made I to save not only wheat but meat, siiid for most of us. also money. , The most economical diet possible; is built upon a plan wherein we find for an average working man fourteen ounces of cereal food and one pint of , milk, seven ounces of meat or a good meat substitute, two ounces of fat, three ounces of sugar or other sweet- ' enera, at least one kind of t'riiit and I one kind of vegetable beside potatoes ' (more if one 1ms a garden^. ! 'I'he cereal may furnish half the fuel ; value of the diet, partly in the form of I bread stuffs and partly in some of the amples from my own experience: Last year 1 set an incubator with 2011 eggs â€" lOll from two diflferent flocks. From one lot I got an 80'c hatch, and from the other ii' < Hoth partie.< from whom 1 p'urchased selling and shipinng eggs away for hatching in considerable quantity, and both flocks had farm range. The eggs were delivered to , , I, ." .,, '^. , , . ".,, l.uckv Priscilla me 111 baskets without experiencing, • / any of the ci>mmon dangers from ship-; *-'f.,»" ^^''V go a-coastiiig ping or any chance to get damaged. The fertility of the eggs in the poor hatching lot was wholly at fault. Some years previ<>us, 1 bough' eggs for hatching in my incubator from two other farm flocks, and one lot hatched over 75 per i.-ent.. and the other under -10 per cent. I litid that free-range farm flocks' produce weak and infertile eggs about 'l"he others go a-flying. flocks kept in con- 1 A"^* ^^'h''" »' >=»*t they stop, tiiiement; and auvone who has not ! Thev find it weary plodding, made n careful test of his eggs fori Keturning to the top, fertility before setting an incubator may expect an expensive surpri.<e at hatching time. Healthy hens kept strong and vig- I Oh, down the slope we go. ' .\nd we never stop until 1 We tumble off in a drift of snow â€" Hurrah for the coasting spill! When the hill is white with snow llur little Miss Triscilla Is the luckiest one 1 know. .•\loiig with all the others, .\s soon as school is done. She takes her sled and hurries To join them in their fun. orous with exercise and cvn-rect feed- ing are one essential to good hatches. .Vi'.d another just as important is cock birds equally tit. Don't expect good hatches from hens that are mated to cocks or cockerels that have been pampered aiul stutTed and closety con- lined for weeks during the fall and early winter in preparation for ex- hibition. Such males are no better! Hu; when our Miss Triscilla Has reached the bottom, then There's always some one waiting To haul her back again. .V Winter Kvening. Soft bands of white across a sunny sky .And then the low toned twilight creep- ing oil, -A neighboring roof deep etched with burdening snow; than capons. j HiH. field and tree beyond My experience is that hens that have Hleiiding in one w ide, gentle blur of other ways which have been suggested '>«.'«'" laying «'nly » t*«'w weeks furnish' gray ; above, without any danger of under-, nutrition. Uemember the old fable' of the farmer who told his sons that, he had left them a fortune and bade' higher fertility in their eggs as a rule '^•'i^ " shrubs and withered grasses than those having laid heavily for j wave aloft months. I litul it far better to separate • Their invitation to a passing featherei; Farmers who are niilkiiig cows a« • Hide line can increnHc the prolit^ from this source by breeding their cowM so that they will freshen in the fall or early uinler months. Dairy farmers and experitnoni sliilioiis have found muiiy thiiign in favor of fall cnlvihg, the most iniporUinl of which Is the fact thai a cow freshening in tlie fall will produce mole milk and biilierfat in u year llinti a cow which fre.shenn In llu' Hpring or summer. Il used In be gani'ndly belie\'ed that the moul iiHlural time for a cow In eonie fresh was in the Mpriiig of the year, fmnier has more time to spend with a year It is in favor of fall calving. .^ cow calving in the spring gives her maximum flow of milk on pasture and ai a tinw when flies are bad and the weather hot, both ol' which are not eoiidiicive lo the maximum production of milk. Later in the slimmer the short pasture ciiuses a still further decrease in production, iinil in the fall of the year, unless one has a silo, Ihe cow goes on dry feed, which does not have a st itnulut int' efVeel upon Ihe producl ion of milk. In the case ol' the cow freshening in the fall she gives her maximum flow on dry feeds al a lime when the food value of a twelve-ounce loaf of i them dig on his farm for il alter his white bread and will cost about the' death, and how tliey found wealth not same. One half niMind of coriimeal. as buried treasure but through tlior- siippbiiiciiU-d by a half a pint of milk i ougli tillage of the soil. So one might will fill lush more of everything needed , leave a message lo every fHiiner's by Ihe bmly than such a twelve ounce loaf, usiitilly at less cost. It pays at all limes to use cereals in other forms than bread, for both wife and daughter to look in the cereal one or more pens of my best breeding hens and handle them to insure their laying not o\-er a month before hatch- ing eggs are wntited. When kept thus for breeilers their feed bill is con- siderably less, as they can be kept 'aigely on screenings and cheaper guest ; While here, and there, and here agait Faint wisps of smoke curl upward. Telling: once more the tale of littU homes. Whither the toil-worn hasten, to sit them di>wii and rest. pot, for thi'ie they can lind a kev to grains, and should be kept scratching 1 health and wealth, and a weapon to win the greatest war the wurUl ha.. health and economy. Does your famil.N i ever seen. wh»n the cow as well ni the calf (tolild soon go on paHtiire and be but Mttlti trnublo iiiid expense. While (h<« il) true as far a.i it goes, when we consider the production of Ihe cow for liei. .She is also producing her maxi- mum of milk when ilairy pro.liicls are high m price a.t compared with Ihe cow fresh in Ihe spring during Ihe flush sea.son wlioii dairy proilucl.s are al their lowest price. Toward spring, as her milk production deidiiies, she goes out on pasture, which has a teiid- eney to stimulate a higher production and will also keen ii)) her flow longer. .•\» the pasture bei'omes short and Ihe weather hot she can be dried up. riiiiM the cow calving in the fall not only gives her niH\innim flow when >lairy products are highest in price. The fall calf will generally show as much size al Ihe end of the year as the calf iliopped the previous spring, and is ready when spring comes to go out on pasture and will take but little further Hfeiuion, There is much in favor of the farm er having cows freshen in Ihe fall. It cannot be done in the ca<e of all cows, but It can be more generally practiced most of the time in deep litter for grain. The exercise thus enforced puts them in hardy, vigorous voiidi tion. The male with which the breed- ing hens are to be mateil should also be maile to scratch actively for his grain, and when the breeding sUnk is So I will spread a table, here besid* our hearth; .•V joyful feast, fer l.ove broods over it, Lending the snow-white luster of his wings. kvA now, all things made ready. 1 will wait. but she will also produce more fal and than at present. 'J'o have cows fresh- milk during the year and cm bo dry en In the fall ;hvy .should be bred w ith during part of Ihe busy season. in the next three moiitlu. handled ns I have recommended the •'^"<l '•**''"''*'â-  the voice I know so well. male can be allowed to run with the Louise May Oridley. breeding hens throughout the wintfri » ^ . . , and .".account of the better acquaint- 1 â- ,-„ j.,^^,, ^^ ;„,,„„ ..^^ , ance of the birds the feitilitv ot the! .... eggs will he Kreater. ' ' •^""'" ^*>"dow shades U'come ^' j -soiled clean them by rubbing gently ! with a soft cloth .w Cling out of a niix- Wh'.-n piliim wood high in Ihe shod, tiiie of one pint hot water and three keep Ihe front the highest. Then table-poonfuls of henzine. Then wipe the pile will not lip over. i with a soft, dry cloth. - - - I â-