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WHY CONSUMPTION GETS COUNTRY FOLKS Tcople ^^ ho Live on Farms Arc Just a.^ Apt to Full Victims to it JLS Anyone Else If They Don'l Take Care of Titciuselveu. By John D. llubor, M.D. l^c doctor aiJvi^ea in every casoi many even advanced cased nre ttrrost- pusaible llmt the sufferer from con- wl in their development, so thtit tho Hcmption aliall be scni to the country,! sufferer may live as lonj; ae his iitifjh- l>ecauso tha sun.ilune and the puie 'lors if he will observe clean habits, air, rest an ! iiulntious fixxj, offeribo temiwrate, avoid stress and strain, llic patient the best chance of recovpnd v.ill r.-niain free of the unhealth- cry. ful condition in wliich Iils duscasc be- Thia course ina^ decineil best even | gun. And hy this troatmont comfort twenty ccr>t.un.ei upo. Celsua, Nedo'sjand relief from suffering: can uhvays physii-ianâ€" Ihe same Nero who fid-; bo assured even tho incurable. died v.hen Rom',- burnedâ€" -.vho wrote! yi^^^ ^^^^^e must be careful dis- Ihttt. if a man h:nc a cansumptum the! p„.,jal of the sputum, whicli is practi- hL'st thiiiR for him to do is to buy a c^py ^he only means by which this CO*, take h!H purchase up to tho top jj^^j^se j, conveyed from the sjck to of a hi:i, and U»-e on the traitâ€" Uiatthu woll. A handkerchief or cl-.th IS the miik. And, of course, the con- ,„u,t always be he!<l before the pa- Hum-piive does stand the best chance tient'3 face when ho couffhs or of recovery under such healthful con- 1 s,;eezc3 or spits, for thus ia a droplet, tlitions. ! or a sprayinjf, or nn a'tomizinp infec- Yct many natives of i-ural districts tion avoiilcd. The patient's handker- die of tu)>crcuiosis. Tho reason has chiefs, towels, linen, and tlio like must puzzled many doctors. I for my part be â- boiled by vhcm,-el\es before ibeiiif? have Kot some pretty (foo>l light on added to the general wash. Whatever the siuSjeet. Wlicu I was sixteen I can be must be burned. The cuspidor iauglit school in tho backwoods dis- must contain fronie fluid (water will trict, and "boarded round." This was suffice) so tho sputum may not dry for sixteen weeks, and In the sum- audi become inaorporlaledl with 'ths mc.'- time, becaiLse the children coukl dust of tlie atmosphere. And tiie not pet to school through the wirAsr spittoon must be B*a!ded to <lcstroy drifta. } all the tubercle bacilli. This is un- I recall that the fuod was vpyy plea.°aut but very necessary reading, had. Although a fair farming couu- «rid '' applies e(|ually to all infec- «ry and a very i,-ojd Ju/iry counti7, i'-''"' f''oiii t'^" "PPer «'i" p.is^affcs, nifeats other than bacon were almost f:»<"^» as pneumonia, whoopln;,' cmgh, never seen durinjj tho summer. Most trrippc ov.d diphtheria, of the butter, milk, and cpgs wcr<»: Secondly, there must he rest. There i'old in urban ruariict.'. Wliat milk is otherwise no hope fcr the s-ufferer't) I got was weak, and I s^>t it mostly omaciatod hody, an organism on the v,-ith weaker tea. The food was poor- verge of brinkruplcy. It is a ffiave ly cooked, iiuJigestible, and for tlie : eiror for such a r-ufferer to ga out most part did me no food. I into tho field.s and work, an would That wa^ nearly foi<ty years ago.U"y fiirm'mnd. Kcet there must be. Of 'course, so priniitivc a rural dis-; especially when there i^ fever, and trict is rarely come upon in our day.'"t lea.st until the patient has recovar- Kven at that tLmc, no doubt, my ex- f^d from 'I'c exhau-ition which has all pericnce was unusual. Whether thcra too often been the prinH> prt-disposi- ure any such communities to-day I am tion of the disease. Fi)r tho con.nump- not sure; yet, if there are, there new! tion {^.-rm f.ittens on f.vhaii.jtcl lis- be no wonder if tuherculo.«i'5 is rife .sues. in them. In any family whore there is a con- There was much dvspepsia among' f""l»^''^'« " ^''"'<?1 themiometer mu.st those rural folk, -n^o diould have had ^ ^>o'-iRhi' ind the u.e of it le.-.rned the digestion oK" ostrlche.H. And for /'<*'" ti>« fam' X <;o'^t..r. The rest ha. the relief of it the>- took what seeme^l S"^'" *" ^"^ ab.iohito if the body tcmpfT- to them a harmless procedure-a!! I "*"''« '"'^^""^"-^ 100 decree.* by the ther- *ort» of stomach bitters, some brands' '"'''^''''^^'â- ' ""^ ^''" •'"^'^"'^ "^"•''' ^'^ Y^urPeace ^arffen E\T,N tliotigh the war is over, it 'is still very neces.sary tocoutinueyour Lack -Yard Garden, as the whole world Is short of food, aud will be for some time to come. Plant • Peace Garden with Bruce'e See<ft« the best thnt grow. It will be a source of revenne to ynurself, aud v.iU fulfil a duty to your country. Ilj-Pagf Ciitnlogue nowremlv. <l*«-rrll.ins .S«cd«, Flaots Biill.8. Tuiiltry b-ipplitrji anl Cnrilen Imp!cnirnt.«, luu! jjuotiiij pri.ef. it Is free for llic atkiug. W.'itenow JOHN A, BRUCE &. CO., Ltd. EstabtUhtd 1850. HAMILTON, ONTARIO S/o/res of which contai.'ied as much alcohol as whisky doe---. Even pe<»plc v. ho held the dr.'iik.nti of whi.sky in ab- hon-ence cons.imcd doac^ out of bot- tlM highly chm-fred with alcohol, w'nich wei-e labelled "Take a table- i-poonful to a wincfflass, or more as needed. How wa.=» this ditTercnt from the whiskey-driiikins which all too to bed if the fever has gone hiyojid this. -^ I The rest should if po-<-i!)!e be out- doors - <it least v.itU open windows. ; And \vhL'n the air i:; cnld, warm hK'.d- sear is to be worn, or the woollen' liolmet which comes down over the collar-bnne. The fontpenr must at I least be warm and comfortable as the often lavs the foundation of consump- 1 li«adH:car. Tho body mu=t always be tion? Hard cidtr does ihc same thin^- warmly clothod, and (hen any amount Also, there had been in that roKion,'of cold wca'.her can be endun-d. Tub- through several Keneration.% inter- ! c»''""'°sis patient.'? properly taken care mnrntaBes between families livinj; "/ ^'^\ "'-;>' "><"â- '• ^"''•'^''>' '" *'-^^ â„¢'»t«- \s-ithin a few mile:* of each other, i '"-^'a" '" '"^^ Kummer. And, say what we will, such mar- 1 Sleep is an important po.rt of the riagea result oftentimesâ€" though, lpt!i-23t. Nowhere else Fhoukl "nature's lis thankfully <rbscrvc, not always -in soft nuw:e" bo so .-jedulously wcced. "poor slock," v.-cakencd, non-rcsi.=itairt Insomnia is mort exhausting in such bo-iies, which a!! tix) easily become i ft disea-e as this, when it is so neces- "Maklag two blades gruv.- wharo only oni- piev,- beloro." Prices Firm tor this Season Delay In ordering btanUard fertilUer in the hope of lower prices only means risk of dlsappoiutment In d( liveries^ Prices are set by cost of this season's r'^w raatoilala, ordored months ago. and labor wages, which ari tljud by thrt co;-t of lirintr. You cannot .'v:Tnrci To let ycuv land run down. ^d^xnr^ "Shyr-Gaan" Fertslizers .^ro w('i. uamed â€" they mean a sure gain to your land's fertility â€" tUey mean strong, hoady growtUs and t'aslly sold, high prUed crops. Its because our expert chemists compound thorn ou the latest knowlodgH (if v/hat Canadian farmcrn rouily needâ€" no tvUls. no oxiioriments -that ti.ey get rt'juUs. Write to-ilay tor di-icounts. priced aud Uooklet. GUNN3 LIMITED WE9T TORONTO, ONTARIO THE SCRAFBOOK FARM Edith gazed oiU of the v/indow of, her aunt's apartment and wished that in a whole cityful of little jfirls she could find one to play with. At home in the country, she thought to herself, there was not a hundredth so many little jrirls, yet she could alway* find^ a playmate. | Edith started to siirh, but at that ' very moment the doorbell rang, and the sigh stopped short. Perhaps herj wish was coining true. i But it wai only Mi-js Diiird, after' all, and Edith's spirits dropped again, j Miss Baird wa* a trained nurse, and! she was always in a tremendous hurry. "Where is your Aunt Mary?" shej asked an she hui-ried in. "I want to know if she will lend you to me for an hour." "Lend i«e?" said Edith, astonished. "Certainly," Miss Baard replied briskly. "There's a lonesome, cross! little -gii! down at the hospital, and I. 6 imply mufrt have sameboJy to play with her." "Oh!" so-d Edith. "I'll take my .-''â- .;i and her r.iw dresses and my h >< fC pj'.ints and my new book" fihe hurried away to t\r,.l Aunt Mary, and ton mimUes later she started off with Miss Baird for the ho.s>ita!. T!ie little luuc'ome ffirl wis nunicd Helen. She h.id golden hair and a ' sweet face, but her mouth drooped, â-  a nd Edi-th soon saw that it was jroing [ to be a hard miittor to amuse htr. She | ' did nut v.-ar.t to Twunr, and ?ho did not^ [ Kcerii to admire the pretty new drcs?- j es of Edith's doll. ' "I want t'o po outdoors," she said.; \ "Well, you can when you're well,"] I EJiUi answereth j I "But I'll rather live in tho big, wide | i counhy," Helen went on, "whcve I j ! can pick all the Aowera I want.'' I ; Edith's eyes brightened. "I livci in the counti-y when I nra at homo," I she i-aid. | ! "Why didn't you say so before," j I thought you I I do. Tell 1 V^aricose Veins ? WZAK THIS Kua-Blastlc Z>ao*a Sr.e'vi.lng BASITAXT, c: they rr.Ky 1 e wiished cr boiled. ADJTJSTABT.S. laced Ilk-, a ]^»K\fin always fltrf. C01(VOa'j?ABIia. made to r..i.;is;ire; light (u:(l diirubl*. COOIi, contains NO UVB. liF.iX. 1.500,000 SOLD aCONOMICAXi, cost t3;<0 CHch. cr two .'or the «ar.i» Ilnib. $6. DO, uo8ti>2id. Write for Cfttc!j«ue and S'jlf-Mf S'jieir^i-iit HIank Corll«a L.lni')Spcolalty Co. 514 Naw Blr!il Bids'. BZontreal, P.Q. N.3. SEED POTATOES Green Hebrons. Cobblers, Mountaiiia eud SII Z>fl'.VJ.TiS. •er DoUari^. Strict attention latxe or s nail ortter?. F. L. ESTAROOK8 A CO. .iieale .-y ii' Hi-" rots.t'jss 4 I'roducc) SACKVILL5, N.C. V/e pay thi bo«t price for Spr;r.3 Muakrf.ts Send cry Pur:' you have. Y.;u are assured of satisfaction lu price and treatment. ABBEY Fl'R COIVIPANY 310 St. Paul St. W., Mcntreal, Qi-e. in 'ous iae»» for 30 years naference: Dank of Hochclasa, St. Henry. j complained Helen. I lived in an apartment, as homc." 1 ine about your I Edith was willing enoufrh to do â€" ajjaBaanmaTnuBaca '^-f-m L... ffood soil for the tuberculosis germ to thrive atid multiply in. .Such thing.i explain liow many of sary to build up the strength. Not; has any restorative, any tonic, ever been invented that will compare with otir country folk contract tiiber- ' sleep. InsomPi-u, with fatigue and culoii's; why a!-so, many do not kqI well of this diswis", but die of it in the country. We may indeed observe with Doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes: iUyX lent His croatiirw light and air, And water open to tho skies; Man locks him in his stifling lair, And wonders wJiy his brothei" dies. overexertion, ha.-* brought on tuber- culosis in many a ca.se. We try to induce slco]) without pills and powd- ers if po.jsible. It may be induced by drinking hot milk after the patient has been tucked in- -with hot wntter bottles at his feet -for the night. The patient should hreatho Tresh ai'.r. and he in the blcfv.-ifNl sunshine .so 'n.e great pioneer ef IV modern '""K '""» ""^''^ '^ « "y of it. At niglit, timnnrnMit *>f 1.ut..mn!ovi.i, Dr. Breh-I"" """tier how cold, tiie windows mcr, who was himself a consumptive,! '""'•^ '"^ oi"'"- ^''^ co'^ltr the air tlyj declared that tuberculo.«is in its early I '"'â„¢'" "^^ <'"'"°- ^'-^^'^nU have done :-.tages is always curalilc. What may' well at a temperature of forty below we consider the fir.st or the carlv, the â- -^<^'"0- "'â- ^''"'-^ ••^'^ ^o be avoided by incii.ient sieges of fubercuiosis? "»''•'"'« "' « "'""^^^ '"• » hlankct-drapc 1 These e»ist when one complains of '"'"thes hoise, apjiropriati^ly placed* the following symptoms: i ""'V twicf. from tlay to ilay, should I , . I, , .- „ .1. the patients windows be closed. A 1. A cough la.itiiH' more than a „ , ... - ., , ^ .-i ., . , . , I member of the faindv shuts the win- month except vvhooping cough. ^^^^^ ^^^^.^ ^„ ,^ which lasts SIX weeks, ami oftentimes lour more. .'>uch n cough may before tlressing . 'â- f time, and opens it again when the dressing i'« completed. And at bed- course, mean tuuerculc-.ifl, ibnt it cer- .. ., .,. . , , . , 11 . XL . . !• ii time the Eumc thing is done tainly calln for a thtirough medical: „ . . . . Tuberculosis calls for plenty of nutritions fotnl and good digestion,! no that all the fuel taken into the examination. No hou'.i.-hold rcmetlie". no kindly sugge.Hliioii.s of one's nciigh- bors, will do in siirh a case. H. , , , . . • , , ,.i. n, .1.1. 1.1 1 body can be converted into heallhv, oarsenc«-5 tliat has lasted several ' . ,. ,. „,, , . , 1 o T> i-i -11 gerni-ro.'sisting tissue. The doctor weeks. .T. Poor aptictite, especially .. , . , i . -i ^ â-  ,â-  must decide upon details for indi- in the morning; indi.gestion -with the "stomach coug'h," though 1 know of no Btf>mach ailment that has a cough , . , , • ,i ,â-  .• ,r\ .â- ,. , least labor for the digeatinii. Tho ight and „„...., ,..„,.,., „... .^^.^i „„ viidual cases. lUtt, in general, wo try for tho most nourishment with the for a symptom â€" loss of we strength, paleness .'ind generally run down coiulition, whiih is so spoken of as "that t/rctl feeling." 4. patient should eat roasted or broile<l often i '"^''''^ (beef, mutton or lamb), fowl, frash vegetables and fruits, cereals with cream, plenty of augar, good but Hawking and ."pitting, e-pccially with t„r_ table salt, and at or between meals n cough in the morning. R. Night ,ix eggs nntl u (piart of milk a day. F.weat«. r.. A streak of blotxl in tho Sweets, pastries, and daintier must be sputum. This sign should n<it frigh- ; avoided. Between meals plenty of ten one unduly, for suih bleeiling may; water should bo drunk. come from many other things than: Use no m6<licincs without the doc- consumption, and yet such a sign tor's prt'scription. Cut out the patent calls for n cHi-ef,iI invcstigatiion by a^ medicines, reliable doctor. 7. Afternoon fever,! ^^ „„„ ^^^^ in,„jfine timt tlie cure showing by the fliisheil face, altemat inj; with chilly sens-ations. The hpittle has to lie examined for the tubercul- osis germ, which ia tho caus« of consutTiption. Hut it must j pâ„¢;';;,^'" i„"";,^.;;y'";,"j;;;-; not be concludetl that there is no , j„,„tn„,„t p„jp,ine,i ujx.n him. is oariy. All tho principles above nientioniid mu«t bo rigorously follow- . , ed. Alune all, the patient mu.^t be '^'J**"'^"';. olwdlcnl t.> hi.s phyaician; must lie of the The tuberculosis ,'.( tins genn l« "ot pr**- path-nt will generally be confident of •nt, even after several exnm-.mition». i ,,4^ .-ecovory; that is a stat*^ of mind The tost is ah.sohit/. If It w positive I hftp,,iiy common among such suffer- not 80 if It IS "negative. When the] ^^^ y^.j ^,,1^ „,„gj „„t „,^^^ t,,^, ^, •loftor, after a thorough examination, remains in doubt, on X ray of tho chest should be taken; and this wrJI nurely reveal any latent tuberculosis process in the lungs. tienl careleis; ho muct ever realize that hi.H improvement aiwl ultimate recovery depend largely upuii his own determination to got well. He must not i-onv.'rse with any one except his By file principles of the so-called physician «>r his nurse about his dis- modem treatment of tuberculo*!.'! , citnc, nor ailopt iho suggestions, how- moat early cmoj are curable. Also ^^q[ wdi nnfiit, of his frientls. INTER.NATION VI, LESSON MARCH 9. j Lrs.son X. Jo-sliua, Patriot and Leader â€" Joshua 1: 1-9. (Jolden Text, | Jf>:-hua 1:9. ; "The Lord .spiike unto .To.ihua." 1 That which we describe a.* tho cai! I of (iod, or as tlie conviction of a duty to be pei formed, or ar> a high; trust or commiKsiiMi in the service of; the nation, Ia often spoken of in the' Old Testament as the voice of flod. ! (Iod does not speak in audible tones j to the ears oT men, but to the inward; sense, the hearing of tlie heart. What! is here presented to us is a r^>al and I profound exiiericnce. The effect of itj is to assure Jo.-;hua that h's jippoint- mcnt to be Moses' succcs-sor is in] harmony with God's will, that Oodi will bo with him n.i He was with Moses, ami will give him succe-s in his K'l'i^at undertaking. "Oo over this .loiilan." The conn- J try east of Jordan was already in Is-; raid's hands (sec Num. 2\). The pco- ' pie now looked wc.itward acro.= .-! tha deep .Tordan valley to the great range, of hills extendi'ng nodhward to thi>l crowninc: peaks of I.eliauon and llor- 1 mon. There lay the real land ofj Iiromi.se, the land made sacred to them by tho memories of .'Vbrahum,' of Isaac, and of Jacob. Hut there also: lay the chief diflicultie.s wliirh had to; be overcome, miuntain parsys, fnrti- ' fied cities and stronghold:*, and scve^ al warlike trilies. .lo-hua is to go for- ward in the conlident as-iurance of victory, for (Iod lias promised to give him that land. Us boundaries are to extend (v. 1) from "tho wilikrnus^" , of northern Arabia in tlie cast, and ; from Mount Lebanon, even as far . north as tho "river Eiiphnitoi" and ' west to "the great sea," the Mediter- 1 ranean. j The promise that ranks first and ' chiofest in importance is that of verse 5, "I will l>e with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee." Com- 1 pare ivmilar promises in (Jen. 28:15; I Exotl. 3: 12; ;I3: 14; Jud. fi: Ki; Isaiah 41: 10; Jerem. 1: 8; Matt. 28: 20. | "Bo strong and of a good courage." 1 It is (lod's way to requii^e of a man that he â-  " " II nd fa Ho gives strength and that He is "a very pre.sent help," it is equally true that Mo dcmniuls that the man sihall use his own ytrength, shall do his own work, bear his own burden, fight as bravely as ho may his own ftattlo. "Quit you like men, be strong," lis the apostle's injunction, and again, "Be strong: in the Iiord, and in the strength of His might." (1 ('â- or. IG: 13; Kph. C: 10). The "b(M)k of tho law," referred to here (v. 8), is either the "book trf tho covenant," which contained the laws of KximI. 'J0-'J3 (see Exo<l. 24. 7), or the Dcuteronomic law.i (Deut. 12- Iti), spoken of in Deut. ,11: LM-2« as laid up "by the aide of tho ark of tha covenant." Tho ©Iwen'ancft of the law is the condntiou of tho abiding presence of (!od. He will not ahldo witS» the evil dt>cr. Tho mini who is Just and bonor«bl«, kind and gener- ous, is the man with v.'hom God c.in dwel.!. Or, aa F^alm 21 puts it, hi.» who shall stand in His holy place will be the man "that hath ^e^m hands and a pure heart." Whether in war or peace, the same law holds, and will always hold, good â€" the law of justice, and with it, per- I focting and glorifying it, the low of I love. The.ic two laws .iro funda- 1 mentally one and the same. They jhavc their origin and tlieir authority ill (!od. It is of this "everlasting ; iiiv." that .Mfrcd Noycs writes: ! "The law th:it riilc3 the stay. Our compass through ' the wide Kca, The one sure light, the one sure way. The one firm base of liberty; The one firm road that men have trod Through chaos to God." that. .\s she told alx>ut her father's, ^arm, Helen's little face cleared; thoi corners of her Ups straightened out. I ' •'! wish I could see it all!" she said.! â-  "I wish you could," Edith answered, j : She thought a long t.'jne. "I might j j show you some pictures in the maga-' ! vjincs that look like things at home." • Then all at once she thought of a plan. "Let's put ov.v farm in your new ' serapbook." Helen looked bewildered. "I'l show you what I mean," Edith said. Miss Baird fi'-adly brought maga- zines, scissors and paste, and Ediiiii set to work while Helen looked on at I first. Soon, however. Helen wa.s work-, ing as haiii as Edith. On the first 1 .page they pasted a r.Lii»ay train; j ! this train, they iiretcnded, v.as carry- 1 stars, o«r| i„g them away from the city. It v.-as| harder to fincl a suitable station, but | they Im-ned over the leaves until they, came to one. The station was put oiii the next page and labelled Radford.! after Edith's heme station. Thcuj they found a man in a buggy who' looked like Edith's father coming toj meet them. It was all gioat fun. When tho time' c:inie to come back to Aunt IVIavy'iS, ! Edith had juit found a house c::actly Mke her own, and Helen was looking for a brown-and-white celiie and for, a bay pony with two white feet.. Edith promised faithfully to return' the next aftei'novui. 1 When she came again, Helen re- ported that ^he had found many pon- ies but none of them had two white fee', At last they chose a dark pony! Then like Make Manure Twice | as Profitable by Adding Fertilizers Reports ©f Two Lead iniJ Experiment Stntions Ohio Experiment Station Covering a peri' J ct" 13 years the sverasfe iccrcasid picductiou frora soil treated wilh jia'J manure and add phosphate ova- yard manure was: Cora, 13.C7 bus; Wheat, 6.13 bus.; n»y, 1,840 Tu?. Penmylcar.ia Expsiln-.gr. I SicillM By the addiiioa 01 add phos- phate to i!i:<C'.'re at a cost of 55.0.\ the gain over untreated manure waa J23.74. Bitnilsr iurrcatts in crop j^rfds can be made c:i your farm. The Soil and Crop Improvement Bureau of tha CicFi^im I'crtim.T Vwocitiv;-! nici; TEMPLU BLDG., TORONTO world's the throne oJ T'liiil coni|«'rativcly recently the cliicks on the average farm were hatilied whenever a hen devred to sit -scniciinies when slie sti>le h;^r nest, laid her eggs and brought otf a hatch before her owaer knew any- thing alioat it. This always slocked "'x* pai<i-C'l tv,o of his feet, the farm with hite-luitchiod thicks they made him more than ever [Jod's way t<> requii^e of a man troubled by lico a le shall do his part steadfastly I ., , , . ,• lithfiilly. While it ivs true that ^«';'y liatching which (lid hot do particularly well iluriiig tlie hot weather, and which were overtaken by tuld weather while ! thoy were yet young iu\d without their nroiH r iT'-.iwili and withmit their matiiic phu-iuf::'. Chicks of tliii.'* type could not l.ty in winter because ' they were net nuitnre enough, and! the set-back that cnUl weather gave them prevented their laying until spring, often until the weather was warmer. Therefore, the owner liad to feed th;m. bouse them and caro^ for them during cohl weather when 1 eggs were high in price, without get- ting any revenue to speak of. Under such conditions it is no woiidor that ! farm poultry got a reputiitdon for profit killing instead of profit making. Eaidy hatching means chicks that , are past the <Ianffer point before hot weather sets in. Ifarly hatching means chicks le-<s and disease. means more chicks raised, Early hatching means a longer growing season. Early hatching means l)etter sfro\vn chicks. F/arly hatching moans higher pricc:- for the surjiUi.-* cockerels marketed as broilers. the tarm pony by painting a white star on his forehead. | Edilli pastcil a small photograph; of her mother by the gate of the pic- : ture house. "Hocause she would come, to the gate to meet us, you know,": Vho e.\-p!a,iiied. j Then tlicy gave a page to each; room ill the hou-^e. After the rooms | were cvimpletely furnished, they wcut| on to the barn, and from the barn to, the oichaixi, to the ganlen, and then I to the barnyai-d. ! It was not easy for Helen to find 1 juiit the right kind of picture, but shej always kept on searching patiently until she came to one that suited Edith. .And she laughed and chatted' the whole time. j Tho book was not quite finished 1 when one day the doctor told Helen j that i^he could get up and rtress if. she wanted to. A few niiniites later} .\unt Mary came in with a me»,»age for Edith; her mother and fattier hiidj come home ami wanted thci'r little: girl again. Helen stopped smiling. "Oh, don't go away!" she said. "VVe haven't | I nearly flni?he<l putting the farm in I the book." ; "1 must go." Edith answered. "But j just as soon as you get stroivg enough Early hatching means well matured 1 youVe to come down to the real farm. pullets which begin to lay in the fa' Early hatching means eggs frwn the pullets while the hens are moult- ing. Early hatching means eggs in the fall and winter when prices are highest. Early hatching means early matur- ing pullets that become broody earlier the fo!l,iwing npring. Early hatching mcAns grcat«r pre fit aivd that will be even more fun than! what wo are doing now." When Helen did come, a short time afterwards, she declared that the real farm was exactly like the farm, in the serapbook. Experts who have investigated the British owned beds of iron ore in Spitzhergen declare them without ex- cegtiojT.the largrest in Europe. Do you give your farm horses a .square deal? Tliey will labor for you from ten to twelve hours a day, si.K days in the week, aud feel amply re- paid if given a good meal and plenty of cool, fresh water. ' Perhaps you don't, but many own- ers often coiviider themselves over- worked if th:>y h:\ve to throw a bar- ncjs on the team, dump a little man ure out of the barn window, and hiteii up. And to furnish the work horses a brac'ng feed, give them a go'.xt currying, or a bed of straw is extra- vagance. It is done for fast-truttin;-, stock and pure-bred horses, why not for the average work horse? The horses that do the heavy woi-k about the farm should be conditioned. It is m necessary for them a? fot other stc»ck, and more so. The farm horse has a hearty appetite, a vigor- ous digc-itioii, and' responds, as doet no other animal, to intelligent care. To condition horses does not mean that'^they must be put on a traJning table. Start a regular, buslnessliko method of feeding, watering, handl ing, ami caring for them. A lHij.hel of corn or oat."; for cne meal and a pint at another time ha*, a had effect upon a horse's wind, di- gestion, and v.'orking ability. Gics the preparatiioii of the farm horse'.s fei\l much attention. Two iiouiids of proveiider tiaily to every hundred pounds the horse weighs is a goo>l plan. Always grind the grain; and, as most hay is usually du.sty, sprinkle it with water. If the horse's work is very hard, decrease the hay and hicreasc the grain. Place four or fls'c cgg-si7.e lumps of rock salt in the , feed box. These the horses like to lick, aiui they also proven! huity eat- ing. <i.ive the horse a long, full drink of w;iler the first thing in the morn- ing. Th?n place a third of the day's gr.iin ;>nd a fourth of the Imy i-atiou before them, r.t least an hour before â- â€¢ startii)|» to work. TIitow in tho man- ger just a small amount of hay. Wliile the hoiio is e.iting its i;vain. • vigorously apply, fia- about five min- utes, a heavy brush. While the break C;ist in the farmhouse is keeping yon * busy, the hoi-ic will have eaten al! the hay. 'ITien throw en the harness and . give the animab anotlter chance at the water tank or creek. Good work will be done until neon by a team so eared for. (rive the animals a hurried rub- tiown as they take « sho.rt drink. Supply another third of the grain and the hay ration, and lot an hour, ad least, laps© while you and youi horses rest. Another coesing dritd before you start encourages th" lio\ses to do their hMt in the after I'.t.'oa. i