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m FATHER AND SON PARTNERSHIP :. i A ReUtioiuhip Thmt U Profitable to Both. BY AN OBSERVER- I Kept BUI on the Farm. All the neigiibors' nona were gfoin^; to tlie city and imtura'.ly my boy want- ' ed to do the sanr.e. Then jJie queation '. atoa« : '"How am I to keep my son on the fanr.?" I ne<»d<?d hl^: help, as farm labor was scarce in my ncifjhborhood. '')ne mornini» in early spring I made , Humanity airivca for Bomething In have the nwney. When I waa a lad, I • the future, or at least expects 8ome-| raised a late-hatched flock of chickens, j him thia proposition: "Bi!!, if you will thing, striving or not. So, when a lipy | The money was mine, and I remember ^ .stay with me on the farm this summer la more interested in any branch of I the enjoyment I had from owning so I will give you that 'owei- com fte'.il farm work, or in an individual animali much money (J3.65). eo lioddlej eliaU | and help you with the cultivation, if because there is going to be some ulti- 1 have the retunw from the roar, heifer. | you will help mo with my work." itMte gain, be is not so much differ- And do you know," he added with at Bill agreed to stay and in the fail ent from the rest of ua members of j twinkle of the eye, "it's going to pay! when hb com vnis gathered he had the human race. David Grayson, the j me." |350 bushels. Tliat year coin wa« sell- wrltor of the charming Adventures,! He then spoke of the pride of own- ling for %l a bushel. When nil hi.n haa lauded the pride of ownership, ing a well-fed beast, and the desire crop was sold I never saw a happier You, Mr. Farmer, have felt it. How on the part of iha owner to do hfs your very being has thrilled as son»e very utmix^t in order to make the anl- farm friend ha« complimented you on mal respond. Ho referred to the lea- your fine farm, your excellent stock. ! son it teaches the lad in the value of How proud you have been as you have ' kindness, of explicit care in fewiing, ' driven to market sonte exceptionally | yes, and of enthusiasm. Enthusiasm fine hoirs or cattle â€" your breeding, really is only another word for "love," your feeding, yours. They represent and without "love" no one can hope to your efforts, your skill. They brand: produce a fine beaet or flowers. The you as sucoeaafuL I little crippled girl who, when asked Just so It is with the boys. They how she managed to grow such excel- a]eo derive a great deal of satisfaction '«"* pansiee, repaed, "I love them Into from the pride of ownership. Do you growing." The childish remark is not remember how elated your little true, though, of every line of endeavor lad was when he came Into possession particularly of growing things. CaU of Us flrat Jack knife or watch? Per- 't enthusiasm if you like, it really haps your memory may even go back amounts to love, and it is contagious. to the day when you received these Because the lad has it, he Ukes great- tokens of manhood. They were yours, f' ca^e of all the calves, as well as of hot borrowed, not given ta keep for a ^^ o*n- Because the lad does this, whi>, but youra to own and to enjoy, the father does the same. _,.... i i. i.u u Baby beeves can be turned over in The other day I came into the barn ^^^^ ^^^j^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ of a very successful cattleman. His ^^^ ^^.^ ^^^^^ ^^^ exceptionally ap- etock was in excellent condition, and p^opriate for a farm boy's hobby. Boys as we (the farmer, his th.rteen-year- ^^/^^^j „f j^^ turnH>ver3. What old son, and I) went about, adm.nng ,^^ ^^ ^^^ cherished, at one time or the fine quahttes of the stock, the lad ^^^ ^^^ get-rich-quick scheme? remained m the background. But as g^^ j^ ^^ ^^^ ,^^^ ^, ^^.^. ^ we mov«I on toward the end of the ^^j, ^^ . ^ ^j^^.^ ^^^ ^^^^ row, he pushed forward, and soon we ^^^^. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^j^^^ came to where he was standing, his. p^^^^^g ^^.^ realize that in the arm about the neck of a sleek roan __, _..„ _, „ , .„„„ „_„ „„^ , ,, _ . ,. t i majority of cases, farm boys are more heifer. For a moment we contemplat-^^^^ earning their keep years before ed in stance; then, with his face cov- ^j,^,^ ^^^^ ^^^.^^ ^^ The boy who ered with smiles and blushes, he vol- ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^j^.^^ ^^ ^^^ chickens unteered, "she's mine." 1 before and after school, should receive CHARMING FROCK FOR THE JUNIOR MISS. Fashionable frocks for girls from 8 to 14 years of age are developed in fabrics as modish as those worn by the grown-ups. The vogue for com- bining printed and plain material finds expression in this graceful frock, which slips on over the head and has a flared apron tunic tied at the back with a wide sash. The shoulders are cut kimono, and the sleeves may be finished short, or with an extension gathered into a narrow band at the n':ist. The foundation of this frock is perfectly plain and in one-piece, with the tunic set on. No. 1287 is in sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 10 years requires 'iha yards 39-inch, or 1% yards 54-inch material. Price 20c. Our new Fashion Book contains many styles .showing how to dress pnzc-winning baby beef. Soon he' are really working for your children. The field on which I had been scatter- : boys and girls. Simplicity is the rule would cash in on his investment of j But you should remember that they! Ing tUL* refuse was too wet to use, and for well-dressed children. Clothes of capital and time. They say that the [are looking at the question from the i remained so for about ten days, so I character and individuality for the ultimate end of-the beef animal is the standpoint of youth, prompted by the| piled the retuso, which consl.sted of junior folks are hard to buy, but easy desire to own. Taking it all in all, 1 1 corn-cobs, a few com stalks and hog ' to make with our patterns. A small believe the happiest farm homes are ' manure, In one corner until I could , amount of nionoy spent on good ma- those where father and son work in i set en the field. A pile accumulated terials, cut on simple lines, will give partnership from the time the lad is about five feet high, and perliaps six children the privilege of wearing ador- Thero waa more pride, more joy in g^me compensation, or it will seem to that short phrase than many of ua can hij„ that the parent who aUows his jjpiairir.5. Tl was a glowing example city friend his freedom out of school of Grayson's pride of ownership. For, iioure is more desirable than the one ten months this lad had cared for and' ^ho extracts work, "loved" this baby beef into its well-j you, Mr. Farmer, must realize that conditioned form. No wonder that your enthusiasm regarding any branch to-day he should be proud to say "she's* of your farm work, is gauged by the roine." remuneration you receive. You should Soon he hoped to lead her intofthe. also realize that your son is of his local, and perhaps larger, show rings,] father's flesh, and desires to "have there to reap the glory and honor of something in the world." It is quite ownership, especially ownership of a ' all right to argue the point that you boy in my life. The following spring Bill came to me and said that h' w.int^d to rent the lower corn field ajjain. "Rent," I ga.sped. "Bill, you know j that it is yours." "But, dad," he enh], "I want to rent it this year and I'm going to try gardening." I thought it would be a good plan if I put in some garden truck, too. The summer brought such a bountiful crop th-;t 1 purcha.s^d a truck to haul our wares to town. My truck never went to town without a goodly portion of Bill's products. He became so well satisfied that I never again heard him mention going to t'ne city. To-day Bill is knoWTi as one of the county's best gardeners. And another thing is of great im- portance â€" be square with the boy. When you see that he is in the wrong, reason with him kindly, not author- â-  itatively. Some of my neighbors em- phatically refuse their sons the tour- ing car, but once a week Bill has my car to drive into town, or whatever ho wishes/'and more often, if the occa- sion demands. â€" L. D. .> Farm Fires That Start Themselves. The subject of farm flres is one on which I can speak from experience, as we lost our firsit bam from this cause a number of years ago. It burned In the early morning hours. There was no electrical storm, and no one was near it, so far as I* known, later than the previous evening. It Is Idle to speculate on what may have caused this fire, but It may do some good to te'jt how we came very close to having ano tiler one. I had been feeding about 20 head of hogs on the cement floor of the bam driveway, and It was necessary to clean this floor before each feeding, as the pigs would get It very filthy. SUNSHINE BY THE YARD Use Yellow to Brighten Up Dark Rooms. BY JULIA WOLFE. Dark ruonu need not be daric Sun- line between them is very narrow, shine that wili lighten them up can 'This is a good color for the evening, be bought by the y«rd. That cheerful 1 There is a pale golden j-ellow that color, yellow, will turn the trick, and ! is very warm in tone, and is well used if carefully applied, it works wonders in dining-rooms. It gives a pleasant by chajnng shadows out of dark glow, and lighta up at night better corners. ^ than most yellows, which are apt to "Sunshine by the yard" is what we, disappear at night and look white or exclaim, when entering a room decor- j cream. ated in yellow, but â€" gay yellow, it must be, for ye'Jow of a mustard hue is heavy. Yellow is the color to use in rooms facing the north, and for dark rooms. A light room facing the north may be pale yellow and delicate, but as the room becomes darker, so should the yellow become more orange and bril- liant. In jur the same way, the amount of co! ,r will vary according to the tone Ad TO MATERIALS. Pale yellow materials are always de- lightful Tftffetaa, linens, damasks â€" all are beautiful. One may use a common cotton or linen, in pale yel- low, and it will be as effective as the richest material when properly made up. With pink, it is the best color for lamp-shades and will give a moat pleasant light at night. The deeper yellows are not so easy to use. Orange may be had in many of co.or. A de.icate yellow shou.d be t„„,,^ j „ -i, u j â- *• -i j ' , ,, . , tones, and will be good if we.l used, matte or, at most, eggshell in gloss; ^ but a strong buttercup color will be 12*7 block. The lad, though, thought more of the returns than of his pet's end. What boyish dreams "were his, I leave for the reader's imagination. "Yes," the father said. "Laddie shall able to more than earn his keep. Veurieties of Alfalfa. Co-operative experiments have been conducted by the Ontario Agricultural College with varieties of alfalfa for twenty-six years during which time seed has been sent to each of 2,329 Ontario farmers for co-operative tests on their own farms. A definite co- operative experiment has been con- ducted with the Ontario Variegated | acres and the Grimm varieties on each of l.TSO farms within the past fifteen years. Each experimenter was asked to so locate the plots that thoy might remain undisturbed for several years. Quito a number of these experimental plots which were sown as far back as 1911 still remain unbroken and the re- sults are both interesting and valu- able. On November 27th, 192-5, a blank form was sent to each one of the 1,790 experimenters asking for in- formation regarding their experiment. After receiving upwards of three hun- dred replies we were able to summar- ize the results. In answer to the in- feet in diameter, i able things. Price of the book 10 The day before I Intended to haul It i cents the copy, to retain and sow as much as po.ssible â„¢^; ^ °^''^ the pUe smoking and I g^^ ^O ORDER PATTERNS, of the 90,000 bu.=;hels of seed which i f'^'"^ ''f a vory offensive odor. When , ,^„ „.. ^,L^.i ^r, n^*^^i^ i^ 1Q.7S n.,, ' opened the pile I found corn-cobs I Write your name and address p.aln- was produced in Ontario in 192.5. Our _/ ^,,... , ' . .,„,.. „^ ,u „.,„,.: i v. olivine- number And si«> nf c„,.l. alfalfa production has been trebled in the last ten years and doubled in the It is estimated that a half million acres last three years. there were over of alfalfa grown in Ontario in the last season. It is believed that the alfalfa area will soon reach one million , and stalks charred black as though | ly. giving number and size of such i they had been In an oven. In the ' patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in I center was a small place where the ' stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap I cobs and stalks were burned to a white i it carefully) for each number, and I ash and went to pieces as soon as air address your order to Pattern Dept., came la contact with them. I hustled i Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade- Pattorn:: sent by that iatuff out of the bam pretty quick. This shows that a hay-mow Ls not the only place in which a fire can start I Itself. Yet, in spite ot such evidence ; as this, there are people who will , argue that there is no soich thing as ' si>ontaneous combustion.â€" D. I'. laide St., Toronto, return mail. -« Breaking Off Com Stalks and Stubble. In a few weeks it^will be spring and fami work %vill comnience with ai ^^.jj^^ ^\^^ „p ^f^,,,^,, ^„ „.,,i^,^ rush; yet many a field of corn, esp^ ^^^^.j^ ^u^^bers aro to run. Instead of cially in the sou h-western part of the ,,,^ehlng tlie ends of the striugs to province is stul standing with thou- g^,.;^^ ^^^.i, la the ground I take uar- sands of l.vmg borers m the stalks. ,,,,,. ^0^^^^ j^„j j,;,, g„,^^ ^.y^ p^^. It is best done In paint on the walls, hacDV with a slossv surface esneci- " '* '' ^^^'^ dearer in tone. A glossy napp> witft a glossy surface, especi- 3^^^^ j^ ^sMilly desirable, with a ahy If the room is inclined to be dark. i,.iâ„¢i.t .u a J- -n ' bright orange, or tho reflections will YEixow HAS MANY SHADES. break the brilliance of Uie surface and The very pale yellows are to be leave the pleasant oii'tjt of the color, found in many shades. There is the yet not too harshly. Orange la not nicest yellow to go with green. It also usually a pleasant color to use on should be matte in finish. It may be woodwork of a room; it is too hard, used on the floor as a paint, or on ceil- and does not mingle well with the rest ing. It is a most comfortable color, of the room. Thus a patchy effect is a coo! color, and should not be used created, unless the walls are orange, in dark places. j too, and then there is too much cok>r. Lime yellow is another cool yellow. ' The best way to use orangje is on the It has a tone of green in it, but when walls and to have the woodwork some decorated with pictures having white otiier color â€" say lemon or grey. or cream frames it shows up excellent- ' The muitard yellows are very diffl-'; ly. In the same way, paintwork of cult to use. Thsy are best avoided in white or cream (or both), and lime bulk, but now and then a touch of this yellow walls will look well, especially color with brown is useful, where, by in hails. But never use this color on contrast, it will ^sok more golden than floors: it shows the dirt, and is there- 1 mustard. fore unsatisfactory. 1 Old gold, which ranges from yellow PALE YELLOW iNFt'SES SUNLIGHT, i ^ brown, is a favorite color with many Pale orange yellow is the best to' J^P'*:- ^"'^ '? ^ successful it must be infuse a sunlight effect into a north f**^ '," good material, such as silk. room, provided there is enough light damask, etc. ; if tried in cotton or wool to show it up. To go with it. soft j '' becomes stuffy, colors must be chosen, and pinks will scheme fob a north room. help most. These will give additional j Here is a good decorative scheme for gaiety to the room, as the mixture of â-  a north room. Walls, pa'<e orange, pink and yellow is al-ways festive. j glossy, and very slightly mottled; Pale apricot yellow is a lovely color, â-  woodwork, lemon y-illow, and cornice but it is better used in textiles than to match; ceiling, pale blue, matta as a wall decoration. Still, in a room surface; floor, pale vermilion, glossy; with walls of a soft pale apricot, ivory j orange cord carpet v.ith fringed ends; paint on the woodwork, and light- curtains, orange and lemon .striped, covered coverings, with a good deal of silk lined, or white with yellow dots; soft green in them, will be very pleas- 'glass curtains, pale orange silk; lamp- ing. Care niu.st be taken to use apri- shades of pink parchment with ver- cot, not shrimp pink, as the dividing' rai'.ion lining. Let the Boy Serve the Meals. | Do you kn^nv that the average man ' hates carving and serving at hia owti , table us he dioftj poison? What Is \ wroug when this aversion prevails? it Is hard to teach old dogs Four Ways to Use Feed Sacks. I have a neighbor who uses feed ... ,. , , J . . u ,j J sacks for quilt filling. The sacks are Just thl,.--lt is nard to teach old dogs dipped open, washed and dried. Then new tnck.. and if a i"^'" ha.^ never ^^ey are cut all one size and placed served until he becomes the head of „„„ » , . .., ,., ,., ^ , , . , .J .,. â-  . , , 019 *>" top of another until there are his own household, it is too ate for ..1 .u: i it- mi â-  . , , , , ' . , . . , , three thicknesses of Imuig. This him to acquire the art ol do ng t wltli „ , .. , , ,... * ,., â„¢ , .makes a light, warm fii.ing that u ease. To many a man the carving ^ it set Is a horrible Invention of the Ad- ! ^ , '^ ] , ... vc-rsary and he would rather be court- ', ,f ^ '"t^' ""^^ novel fringed rugs. martialed than sen-o a pouclie.1 egg. ' f^"' """^'"^ """^ P/'-'f '"« "'? ^."•-•'\^ -•Ml this confusion and discomfort \V T^ -^'^^ u ""' 'â- "^. '^"'*'^T^' thsn 1 cut six-mch strios from tho may be avoided If. when the boy ar- rives at the age of ten or eleven, he is vi serving ins fu!i at him if he inanlpuates the carving knife clumsily or forgets to gave the better results in the local test it is interesting to note that of the fourteen years from 1911 to 1924 Inclusive, the majority of the experi- Now is the time to break these stalks way in. I lay the boards down flat and off close to the ground. Tlii.^ can beitj^ ^he ^^^^^ j^ the nails. This looks done easily and quickly by dragging neater, Is more ea.slv worked around oyer them a railroad rail or a log or:„„^ prevents weeds from coming up plank. Choose the first frostly morn- between the vines. The plants are mg when the ground 13 bare or nearly, ,ggs ,.;keiv to be disturbed bv s-trons quiry as to which of the two varieties bare for this job, and. if going overj^.imj,- which often pull the single the field from one direction leaves i sticks up.â€" H. L. some of the stalks unbroken, drivel crosswise to hit these from a different- ,, , . ,. angle. Then a.<= soon as the stalks ^^^^^ "^^^^^ '" cid.nary circum- When Tracing Designs. When stampinggoods with carbon paper, instead of placing: the carbon paper between pattern and goods, pin ' the pattern on tho wrong side of the j ^"^ "^ helping of pea* on somefaoiiy-a goods to be stamped, end place the i "'''''' '^"'^"•' '^''" -' '" ^^ in the game carbon paper on the table with thei"'^^ ^"^^^ '*° ''^^ ^*'"-'"" ^° P"'-" 't as right side up. Place the right sid,i of j ^•^•''""'''' as marbles or haskei-baU. tho goods down on the carbon paper ' ^^ ''"'"'^ '^'°' ^"*'^'" '"to tho spirit of it. and trace the design. This method ^''^^ ^^^^^ *"*"''" «"* tablespoons wIM others, raveling both sides to four threads do\vn the centra. The frimied given tho respon^;ib;^ity „, ^^, . .^^ .1 ., ...,,. when only the immediate f.imiiy is pr*."*^*^*' "^""^ ^^^" '^•^^'^ together and sent. Never make the mistake of jiok- menters favored the Ontario V'arie- seem dry rake them up into neat win- gated in the years 1912, 191.'?. 191G, ] drows: and burn them. .\ side delivery .stances are inillionaivos of cheerful- ness. They make their neighborhood avoids the carbon marks of pins. .> Good for Something. .A.bout three feet of a discarded automobile casing, leak-proof of course, makes an e.xceilcnt tray, I find, for holding water under the grind- stone to keep it wet whilo in u?o. The piece of casing may be attached to the frame of the grindstone by wires or other moan.-=. â€" .\. C. H. soon less their terrors if manipulated three times a day. Tell him which foods sliould 1)9 served with a fork and which with a spoon, and teacii him how much constitutes a heiring. It ia tiiese llfctle details that try men's beginning at ono er.d of the founda- tion, I sew the strips crosswise, keep- ing them close together 30 nothing of the work except tho fringe will show. When halt the found.itio?! has been covered I begin sewing fr.nn the oppo- site end. The last or centre strip is almost entirely fringe. The rugs may then ije dyed any color to harmonize with tho riHim furnishings. They are easily cleaned and can be kept fluffy and fringy by simply sw-joping them with :i stiff broom. I make hooked rugs by drawing narrow stripti through thj burlap, fol- soulfl, but which children comprehend â- *'"'i"'K a design marked on th? sack. 1918, 1920, 1923 and l9-_'4 and the ma- i rake app-.irently make, a better wind-' ^''''',^^'''.'"- ^^appier, and a better plae-e jority favored the Grimm in each of. row than the ordinary hay rake, the *° ^â- 'â- ^"" ""J" ":^^"".''5^''^",!;^*"=/.^*>;.,'^=*',*''* the other- seven years. (U' the 1S8 who latter leaving an underisable amount!'^'' ^?Vh'. ' '^^'^"' answered this question, 9.j preferred of loc.<e, straggly stalks. around them. the (irinaii and &3 the Ontario Varie- In tho case cf those who cut tlieirj . gated. In resjKMise to the question as corn last fall but have not yet plowed to tho most exten.<ive'y sriiwn var- , the slubb"e under, it will be wis:- to leties of alfalfa i.i tho vniiou^ dis-fhreak off the stubble now and thus tricts, 119 farmers raeutiot'.ed (.)ntario make it murh»:-si.>r toburj- it all th^r- Variegated, CO Grimm. 4 Coni:non. and! oughly when plowing; for if the stt^- 1 Turkestan, whi'.e M other* -"iniply , ble i.-i long it i â- â€¢ oftsn uifficu!; to m:,l;<.> i a thorough ji.b of the burial. Tho Provincial Kntimologi-it r> questr every man this year in tho infestci counties to do his share to save tho com crop < f lyili; fro.n tho borer. The Urltiali Ministry of Asriciiliiire lot for blocks has forty boys' and girls' club.-* in four- toc!^ Eugiish ciHir^titf. mentioiie.I Northern tJrrw! .\ good many varieties and strains; of alfnlfs secured from vtiri.ni.'j sour- ces have been tested at different times at tlie Ontario .Xsricultural College.. In 1909 ono test of sixty-cijrht p'ot^ and uiv>lher of seventy-one plots were started at the College. These wore contir.'.ied for ten years. Other ex- perimepts have been conducted for shorter and longer lengths of time. The Outario Variegated and the Blowing Soap Bubbles. (In stormy days, when th" chiMrei play indoors, let them b!ov.- joap l.it hies. It keeps them busy hours at a time. For n bubble pipe they use a Grimm vjirieties have given the best • section of hollow cane thrust into an retur!)< when hardiness of plants, | empty spo<>l. I shave laundry soap yield of green fodder, hay and !»eed , info a cup of hot water, let it dissolve are taken into consideration. Ontario 'and give each ohild a little of the Is indeed fortunate at tho present time' soapy water in a bowl. An old blan- In having a»i abundant supply of seed kcl spread down on the floor cntche.- of hitrh quality of the Ontario Var- [the bubble.^ and keeps them frt)m readily and never forget. Whea the boy has been serving the family re- gularly for a f>»w months, eucourapo him to Kerve whcu guests arc proi^ent. uot referring to such s-ervice In any v.a.v, but taking it eui u matter of course. Anythtng the boy hates is to ' iVel that he Is doing st.>methfns 'lif- ferciit from hi^ pals. This courfo ! fait-Ufuih- pursued wli! i-ob table serv- I ing of lid qualms and mal;t> hospitality , a pleasure. 1 If girls are taught how to cook, why not tench their b.-o;bers how to serve? i In this way all my colored rags and old stocking tops ai-e made into some- thing both useful and pi-etty. My needle for this work i.s one my liuv>- hard made from a pieo: of hickory wood. The clo.sely woven sacks maV.e goo<l ap-oris 'or doing heavy work. I cut mine and bind them with bright- colored cloth, addinc big pockets of tho ?anie material. These are the aprons I wear when working in th" garden or with my chick-'n?. â€" C. II. K. ': INDIAN BRAVES COMPETED AT BANFF Indian jjf^ervatlons in Alberta sent their hest and mIghiioKt young men legated alfnlTa which can bo obtained breakii.g when they fall. .\ little gum t" coii.tiele to^ various contests «h!ch were »tag(st at Banff during the Winter Gibhage fcr a King. KouK'vo f<>ur i:r livi> la;g-.> loaves , from a cabbage. Chop half of a small i-abbago as one wcumI for alaw; sdd six or seven cr.ickers rtdle-.i line, two tal<!psp<7oufuis ot melled bul.iev, one ••â- r two csg."!. .'ult and pepped fo la.^te. -Mix tho ingredients and lill the sever.il ;arR> cabbage leaves with the ralxiur-. Roll t';e leaves togethfr, tnd fasten jwkh .'triiig or toothpicks. Cover the c.Tbhage rr.ljs with milk and cook tlowlT in a deep kettle or do-jbl^' boiler until Iborougblr done. 'ihe famo reclpo may h-y used hv baking the iiigreuienia !ti a baking . dish an;} not using (Ae largo cabbage !eav..f. Cover well with milk bak? 6la#lr for SO to 45 minutes. a ad at a very modorate price. The farm-, arable added to the water makes the Cftmiv.i1. Immediately oa iwrlvinK in Banff tho young Indian bravca put up their wigw.ims Ju the middle of the S'treet, unrolled their bl.inteta, and pre- pareil to make themselves at heme for a fortnight. The Indian corepetitTons coMisted of packing and unpacking food, sup- plies rnd clo-Jilng. as for hunting or exploring expeditious; sliooting with , bow and arrow at a fixeil mark; and running, jumpiug and swimming. ers of this province have an opportun- j bubbles tougher, and t. rep or two of Ity. 83 re\er before, of securing .«^eed' fruit coViring gives the-i thi- ;cft for sowing on their own farm.s. The'jfVam of a rainbcw.â€" B. H. H. demand for this hanly seed is increas-! «â-  ~- ing in th? l'n!t*d States. It would l>e A .square me<»i and a round table go well 'or tl.-j farmers in this province well ^gether. Yesterday we had to accept the gcv- en>nient sixmfs word for the corn ; borer's presence: today we c;in find jit for ourselves wi-hoat imuh iniuble ilf wo know what to look for; fo-mor- :tnoT Us presence wUl be (brus^ upon , tts when we come to find oiir oorn- Makes Hemlo-:k Floor Coniforteb'c. Kour winters aj;o « > \'ji.:<i the problem of a creepin^^c baby and a cold hcm'<Hk floor. To anyciK' who has been vexed with a henil^u-k floor, there is no nei»d to describe the splinter?! whicii get iiTio little b-iids and feet, not to mention the mofi whwi we -ar« cleaning ihc floor. Our nookelbcol. wa^ in such a flat- tened Andilion that it would rot per- mit us to buy lino>u!n or carpet. Oiu* day my hiisiiaiid camo uc.'-cs.'i with thi^ Idea. We had two rollsiof th^-e^^p!y roofing left from re-roofing the bar:-. .\fter filling ;hs cracks with pfeces of wood to fit. h" laid the roofirrSf on the floor with the edges just ra?eting. Xo nniis were used. For a cheap and durable substitute for flooring, it can't iw best. It is far easier to cis-.^;; Cran the wood floor, with the added advantage of being warm. Our neighbors followed the same plan, but laid th? roofing with .stalks pu:ri<i with th* burrowing? of edges ovcrlapfiug, and it is wearing J the borer. j ^^^ ^n these s«««b.-L. H.