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"T?" TIPS" FROM m IHAPPER TOM BY GEORGE J. THIESSEN. HardmeM of Weed Seed. The seed of some of the troublesome varieties of w«eds show a great ten- acity of life. They will resurrect long after they are supposed to have been Ti» balance of the fur season Is places for seta. But before nMUdng killed if not thoroughly and skilfully the beet." Tom Wilson laid down his any, you must study the signs to know disposed of. The Michigan Agricul- knife and through force of habit wWe to put your traps. The ama- tural College is engaged, as recorded ran his Angers oncer the edges of a teur Juat malces a set at the most con- in Bulletin No. 72 of tne Dominion mink-board he Mras making. "Yes," venl*nt place, but the experienced Department of Agriculture on Crop he continued, "from now on we trap- pelt-htinter knows that thera is one Rotation in an experiment to ascer- g<n ought to maloe big n»ney, because l>est spot and does not put out a trap tain definitely how many years the e pelts are prime." j until he has discovered that place. 1 common weed seeds will He dormant I felt flattered that he would even , "To show you what I mean, suppose in the soil and then resume growth Ineluda me among the pelt-hunters, we coriflider that spring near th« where suitable conditions come about. for Tom wiaa considered one of the bridge at Rock Creek. I've noticed) W«ed seeds are mixed with sand and best trappers in that section^lraving mink tracks nearby and also a number folfc>w6d the line for many, many of traps. The fellow years, while ^ bad made sets for only three seasons. "I know furs are at their beet," I answered, "yet my catches are few and far between. Up to the present â€" " Wilson k>oked up, reached for him corncob pipe and Interrupted: . "You don't know how to catch them, sonny. The books never teach, you that. When you have had experience, ^u find out many things that make your fur cheques bigger." I waited until the old man had "I made the sets, Tom," I confessed. Wilson seemad not to notice. "The fellow," he repeated, "over- placed In uncorked pint bottles that are buried twenty inches below the surface and one taken up every five years. The experiment which can be continued for 100 years has already looked a place whore he could haw been conducted 40 years. After being m>ade eatches right along. There is, If this length of time in the soil it has j-ou notice, a rock which overhangs the been found that black mustard, pepper water, and the minks, instead of fol- lowing directly in the path of the stream, go under this stone." "I know the place and you're wrong. grass, pig weed, ragweed, wild prim rose, common plantain, purslane and m FARM-SALE LUNCHASAMONEYMAKER BY JUDITH BASKERVILLE. "What do you do to earn n' oney?" "We use a tested grade of coffee and I asked the president of a country brew it the best we know how. The women's club. value of real cream is not overlooked. "Ser\-ing lunch at farm sales is the Since nothing tastes so good a» hot beat money-maldng field in sight for coffee when the mercury is around the rural club," she replied. "A year zero, it sells readily in the afternoon never goes by without at least a few for 'bracers.' The men do not like to sales. The men afe always there, for leave the sale to come for it, so w« it is a winter picnic for theni. What carry it around through the crowd. is more, they generally bring along j "We have a fine assortment of pies, huge appetites. j Pumpkin, raisin, gooseberry, mince, "There can't be much variety for : cherry and chocolate are favorites, such a lunch, for it is too bard to Sometimes we have a fev/ more elab- manage. We serve vegetable soup, the orate pies, but usually we stick to the bones for which are boiled the day , staples. oeforo. The .stock is then strained, j "Paper plates, cups, forks and the meat cut from the lx>nes and run; spoons are inexpensive and make the through a foodchopper and added to. serving easier. These paper utensils the stock. The ne.xt morning the vege- are gathered up and burned with the Dr. F. W. Routley Director of the Ontario division ot the tables are cooked in the broth. The soup is served piping hot and is popu- curltd dock will still germinate. Some Canadian Red Cross Society, who, at- '*'' *"" *'?'''> blustery days, of these weeds removed in the earlier ter returning from a flve-months' so-' "^'~~'' *â€" "• â€" 'â-  Toro^ There are no tracks under that | years failed to germinate but did so Journ In Paris, says the Red Cross is Sizzling hot weiners and nice rolls rest of the debris when the sale is over and the crowd has disappeared. "Ninety per cent, of farm-sale days turn out to be un.settled or freezing rock, for I've looked. You see the signs are scattered, so it is hard to tell tamped his pipe full of home-grown ' exactly where to put the trapB. I tobacco, lighted it and blew aeveral | made « number of sets, hoping a mink rings of smoke toward the ceiling «f jor two might get into thean. Us shanty. The old man waited patiently until "You're right," I admitted to my I had finished. "You're just like the friend, '^and if you could give me a hunter who shoots at a whole flock ferw hinta I know that I would have of geese instead of one. You never get better luck." j any. Ill admit you can not see any Old Ponto, J^ilson's hound, rose tracks under that stone, but mink from behind Jhe «tove, stretched travel under it, just the samo. If you himself and came towari his master, have us«d your ej-es you would have putting has coBe into the trapper's noticed that the current of water is hand. "1 gruesa I can not refuse," was quite strong where it strikes that rock, the answer, "wi>2n bcth of you start and carries considerable fine, white pleading." And with that he patted sand. In other words, the tracks are the dog's hfi<ad arnd began: quickly covered up or washed away. I "Fir&t of all, the average trapper know the minks go the route I men- to-day doss not study the habit? of tioned because you will find, on close the animals as 'he should. To illus- ! examination, where the animals rub trate: When cold w«ather comes and' against the overhanging stone as they most of the f urbsarers den up, be fails make the turn." to make eatcb?s «t all. At thds season I I confessed I had overlooked this of the year, minks are very profitable and would not only rearrange my sets for one who knows bow to fet them. , at this spring but try to use the in- And no matter bow cold it is, the formation at others as well in later years. Ragweed failed to ; doing an Indispensable and Invaluable germinate in every trial until after it work towards the rehabilitation of had been forty years in the soil. As ^ many ot the war-torn peoples of Eur- the authors of the bulletin referred to ope. (Messrs. E. S. Hopkins and W. C. Hopper of the Field Husbandry Di- vision of the Dominion ExperimentaT Farms) suggest, it is apparent that there can be nt) let up in the war for sandwiches are always good sell- 1 cold, so we try to pick out a sheltered ers. And we do not forget the onions, j comer in which to serve. Even then for what is a weiner without this many times the wind will whip around ScMuething to Make. Mary and Bob are never in doubt about keeping their napkins separate, against weeds, especially if the land | for at the end of each meal each nap- has once become infected, and that . idn is folded neatly and drawn into prevention of their getting a start is pre-emeniently the most important nwthod of weed control. Neglect for one year may result in a plague of weeds for a life-time and longer. Look Your Hens Over. a inng which has the owner's picture to Identify it. These napkin rings are easy and fun to make. Cut a flexible cardboard foundation, 6 inches long and IVa inches wide. Form a ring by bring- ing the ends of the cardboard founda- relish? We also have some kind of a sandwich made with sliced bread and ground meat. and upset our plans. It is not an easy way to earn money, but we al- ways feel well repaid for the effort.'" How Honey May Be Used. ! Honey sweetens life in majiy ways. This is apparent when we see the various uses to which it is put. For- merly it was used mainly as a spread on bread, but to-day there are n great number of other ways of using it to vary one's menu. Though the best way to serve honey is in its natural or raw form in desserts, as a sweeten- er, it is used to a large extent in cook- ' iDEfiJL- animals run. "The thing you should do is to lo- cat3 them by their tracks. If you will go along every tiny stream that flow^ from a spring â€" and there are many "You're right," I apologrized, offer- ing my hand. "And thank you for what you have explained. I'll try hard to make use of the information." The old man watched me as I walk near â€" a close examination will reveal «d down the path and turned toward the signs. And sets properly placed ' the creek. Only a few hours remained will get the animals." [before darkness. However, I "Th3 trick is to place the traps right," I lamented. "Certainly," was the reply. "You can't put your sets just anywhere in the water and hope to get results. The mink is the moat cunning of all small furbearers, and at this time of the year you must be mighty careful to make catches." The old man puffed vigorously for a few momrsnte and then continued: "As I sam before, practcailly all small flowing streams offer good found time to make one good set under the stone by the bridge, as Tom had sug- gested. I did not bother with any other locations, for I had no tim«. The traps I pulled up were hidden until the next day, when I would pass and pick th-?m up. Yes, I got fur under that rock â€" r.ilne minks were caught at that one location during the rest of the season. I knew then that the old trappsr had told the truth when he made the statement that "the balance of the fur season is the i>est." Method of Feeding the Winter Laying Stock at the O.A.C We try to simplify our methods and use only common feeds. At the pres- ent time we are using as a grrain mix- ture equal parts by weight of gfood wheat and cracked yellow com. At times ws m.Lx with these small quant- titles of plump oats, barley and buck- wheat 'Such a mixtm-e can be bought already mixed. The grain is fed in the litter of straw. This indxices the ^ birds to exercise. A light feed is fed | We Use a Hen as a Live Brooder. A few years ago we started using a hen in connection with our brooder When is a hen laving" The cues- "°" together. To prevent a ridge , ^ry both in the baking of cakes and When IS a hen laying, the qu^s- j. but!â„¢''king of bread to which it imparts tion IS often asked, "Cin you tell i , ., , j J""- "" ,, '^ " .itVio r.rnrv»r+i- cf i-<^„;.,â„¢ t-^^-^ f^,. « ' •' fflue the ends down to a small cut of ] the propertj of keeping fresh for a cardboard laid just inside the ringi^o^^ timeâ€" this is a point which all; where the two ends meet. i^^ housekeepers should note. j You must next choose material for I Besides this it is used In the mak- ccvering the ring. Mary chose some '"ST of candies, both as a centre which \ pretty flowered glazed chintz, she ' '^ '^''<"^<''^te coated and as an ingredi- ; found it in the scrap bag and its ent in many other kinds of sweets, for. colors were soft blue, gfreen, and rose. Bob preferred a striped design eggs are being produced the distance"^""* ^«' l""^' /j'""'* /"^^^ ^e liked â-  amonj{ the odds and ends. It wa.s whether or not a hen is laying?" This ' is v<ry easy and requires but a fewj obseirvations. When a hen commences laying the conditions set up in the re-| productive organs are very similar to! conditions in any pregnant animal. | Preparation is made for laying, much as for parturition in a cow. When the ovary is dormant and no between the pelvic bones is very small. ! The vent is dry, small, puckered, and' in yellow fleshed chickens has a de-| cided band of yellow pigment around the in.side. When laying commences | the pelvic bones become pliable and spread apart. The distance may in- crease from one to three lingers in a short tims. The vent becomes large and moist and after two or three eggsj '' blue inadras with slim brown lines. So very little is needed that there is never any difficulty in finding what is wanted right at home. Line tha inside of tlie ring with a plain material, selecting a color that matches one of the colors of the cut- side covering. Cut this lining 6Vi inches long and 2 inches wide. which recipes are to be found in all: good cook books. j A very appetizing new spread Is' now manufactured by incorporating' honey with peanut butt?r to make what is called "Honey-nut Butter." i .\part from entering directly into table use, it is used to make most ex- cellent vinegar, said by many to be equal to the best prmiuced. { The motorist too may sweeten his; temper by the use of it as an anti-j freuze. It has been found that equal' parts of honey, water and alcohol' with glue, let the glue partially chy, I ""^l*® ^ mixture that has proved veryi stove and liked the arrangment so well onions and radishes for five cents a have been laid the ring of yellow pig- j ^-P."'"^, '''^^';'? ^'^ /' ^«>-y «P^""f^>• ment has disappeared and the vent is ,^;„\t:'th^?h: linfnrtoTt^^df Jf ' -tisfactory to some who have taken Dieai-nea. ^ ths ring. ha.ving an even margin on j the proper precautions to see that all Tourists Buv Our Fresh ^^^"^ s'*^^- B*"'"? these margins up j gaskets and connections are tight, so 77^ J; -^ ^ ff and over on to the outside and smooth 'that no leakage can occur, for places \ laarden OtUtt. tj^^,„ down. The ends will slightly w'*'-'''® water cannot pass through: Last summer we sold all our fresh! lap. I honey mixture will. j garden stuff to the tourist camp lo-i You are now ready for the photo- We can realize the value of honey as cated near our farm. Two evenings graph and the outside covering. Glue ^ "'^tural food when we see some of a week wo loaded the car with nicely | the picture, an unmounted snapshot, ; the large breakfast food manufactur-' sorted and cleaned bunches of vege- on to the ring and trim off the edges, : ^""^ "^'^^^ advocating on all packages of tables and called on the campers. We if the picture is wider than the ring. ! cereals put out by them the use of it sold young red beets, carrots, green Cut the covering material GVi inches j "s a sweetener. .that we now use one for every brood. We try to set a hen when we set the incubators, but if none are broody at that tim§ and set later we let her set and put some chicks under her and take the hen off a day later than the incubators. We use a coal-burning brooder stove small bunch. Corn, cabbage and cu cumbers also found a ready sale. There was a demand, too, for some canned things. For instance, a few jars of freshly grround and prepared horseradish always went well. Every- thing was sold in small amounts â€" small bunches of vegetables; pint jars of fruit; tiny glasses of jam. Tourists long and exact'y 1^ inches wide. Cut neatly and sharply po there will be no frayed ends or edges. Measure and cut an oval or square out of the centre just large enough to frame the face of the snapshot. Spread the back with glue, centre the opening care- fully over the picture and working both ways, away from the picture, smooth it on to the ring. Watch the Grapefruit Cocktail. Cut 2 grapefruits into halves and run a sharp knife around inside the peel to separate the pulp from the skin; n grapefruit knife is a great convenience for this. Run the knife from the centre of the fruit out to the peel on each side -of each of the di\-iding sections. Now lift out the early in the m'orning, whHe as XKac\i ' and put the chicks out the second day as will be eaten up clean is fed at j with the hen right with them. The | don't want extra food to pack. Paper .'edges and keep them straight. Do night before the birdte go to roost, j hen will cover some of the chicks, but sacks holding two pounds of new po-j not try to fold in any raw edges; they | |-'<""^j *'^'^ "^o^^t of the tough portion SpJ^)uted cats are fed either in one . they vrill soon find out that all cannot ' tatoes sold best. feed at noon or in twx> lighter feeds , keep warm there and will seek thej Each trip netted us around at ten thirty in the morning, and j wanner atmosphere under the hover again at about two thirty in the after- and spread out from the hen to the noon. As much as will bo eaten up stove. clean is grivcn. The vats are fed with | After the chicks are a week old the 8pix>uts about one inch in length, hen is tied with a string about three! two trips a week in the car. Our gar- When available in the fall, cabbage, | feet long to keep her from scratching} den wasn't large enough to supply the rape or Chinese lettuce are fed in the feed and is put to bed in a small â-  demand, so this year we are going to addition to the oats. We endeavor to [ pen about 3x3 feet At night the i plant more vegetables and in greater have the birds eat as mueh green feed smallest chicks are put under the hen, variety. â€" Mrs. F. B. as possible. | as these are usuaJly the ones the ^^^^^^ ^^ Oyster shell is supplied in hoppers larger chicks tramp and crowd away i at all times. Once each week the from the stove. Many small-sized I drinking dishes are scrui)bed out and chicks are saved from being smothered j the birds given Epsom salts in the in this way. drinking water at the rate of one { Now comes the time for the chicks pound of salts to one hundred birds, to be turned out in the pen and at At all other times milk in the drink- i this time the hen proves her useful- ing material used. It is good practice ness. She will call the chicks out in to have both water and buttermilk the morning and back again at night. continually before the birds. j Anyone who has tried to get a b'.mch A dry niseh is constantly before the of brooder chicks In quick In case of birds in hoppers. We aim to have sudden rain will appreciate the help them eat as much of their grain in |a hen gives at this time. â€" F. W. the form of mash as possible. The will not fray $3. ' glued down. after they have been Prices were gauged by those at th«| The picture may be omitted entirely local stores. We didn't make enough! if preferred, or you may like to use to pay for a truck to do the hauling the snapshot of a pet instead of your but we did think it well worth the own picture. In some persons the arteries have begun to harden at the age of forty, while with others this process does not begin until fifty-five. inside the peel will come with it. To the pulp of the grapefruit add 1 ban- ana, sliced, the pulp from 2 oranges and 4 tablespoonfuls of sugar. After putting the desirid amounts into tall y-ass dishes, add a tablespoonful of grape juice to each portion. Serve very cold. 4 The Ck>lden Rule is all there is to good manners. formula we are UEHRg is as follows : 760 lbs. corn chop, 600 lbs. ©at chop. I Spread Tree Diseases. I spread blight through our young tHE CANADIAN HOMEMAKLR ^ jert0i y wseJt/p artic/is couerinq. PLANNINQ . BUILDINCi , RNANCING DECORATING . FURNI5HJNQ . GARDENING WINTER OPERATIONS IN THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GARDEN 800 lb*, hmn, 500 lbs. shorts, BOO lbs. ^ orchard in 1923 by using dirty prun- j low grade flour, 6 per cent, high grade ing tools. It cost me $8.50 to correct; tankage, Ithe damage, and two trees were de- Por Leghorns the percentage of stroyed entirely. The following year tankage is at times increased to eleven ' I found a way to eliminate the danger. per cent, of the mixture. The lowj A small quantity of corrosive sub- grado flour may be omitted if difficult limate was bought for a few cents, I to secure. For the past five years we and this was stirred into hot water at have been able to secure fresh hog , the rate of one part sublimate to one ; January. 1. .\ plautlug of lettuoe and a sow- ing of radishes may now be made ia- dooi"s to supply the early market or for domestic use. The former should be ready in about tea weeks and the latter in six. The latter as a winter By Henry J. Jloore. I leaf soil and sand. In the mixture leaf , 7. The propagation of warm greea- JKoil should slightly predominate. | house plants such aS Ci-otons, Dra- I 4. Tomatoes should now be planted , caenas and Uubber plants should now on the greenhouse bed about two feet!''® undert«Uen. A warm proiwgating apart. .V good way to support the "^^^^ will be neceseary to facilitate livers at a fairly reasonable price, and, thousand parts water. The mixture! S"**"''*"** ""^^^ '» specially proilt- have fed the White Leghorns at the was poured iivto a woodw buck and !«•''« *'»'^ ''* ^^^ '" produce. rate of three to four whole livSrs p«r taken to the orchard Wh«n a tree| 8. It may be necessary to top dress hundred birds twice per week. These was prouned all tools were immersed, LU^«« which are being forced tor win- are fed raw, etuck on nails on the, hi the solution before passing on to ter flowering. It may also be neces- sides of the pens and the birds allowed , the next. Saws and hooka were coated , sary to repot such as L. Auratum into to tear them up. The heavy breeds are I with the solution by using a paint the ones In which they will flower. f«d very Uttl«k if any, liver. At tun««]bnisl^ It took onlv a few minutee. Whether grown iu the home or green- when the birds begin to slacken In eaoh time to do tha job, and a bucket I'ouse Lilies should not be subjected of the mixture WM iafi\e!«nt to gel^o *«* excessively high temperature. over every k«» In tl» entire orchard. I 6" «'»«• "> '^ ^eg. Is high enough. We worked among poth healthy and! 3. For flowering in the home or prcduction a very small amount of moist mash of the same fonnula ai that fed dry is fed b^ noon^ to lt\freas« the anMunt of mash consumed. . ♦ A poor fanner cant get along with good hired men, and a good farmer can't get along with poor hired men. The good hired man ha« « job on S good farnter'i farm. diseased trees vxd tber* was no re- greenhouse bulbous plants of a sum- curr«nce of tho traublA We have since mer flowering nature such as Achl- QSod tho method among trees infected j mones and Tuberous Begonias may for with oanher, blister m and wilt, and. early ilowering be potted and started it \a mxivifflng to fln4 how much dam-j into growth. The Achimenes do well •go oaa bo prerontod by taking this in a soil composed of a mixture of peat •tm^ p(<M«utk>n. â€" V, R. (k laud sand aad the Begonias in loam, plants is to arrange wiree or coi-d vertically, tying these to horizoutal wii-es, one near the roof and one near the bed. Stakes may of course be used. 5. Oi>e ot the best thines you may now do Is to prepare a plaji upon which you wlW Indicate tho pos'itlon of your crops to be sown or planted In spring. Based upon this you will order the seeds in good time atul so not suffer disappointment at finding the varieties you require all sold. 6. Grape vines iu greenhouses and also ornamental climbing plants should now bo pruned In all cases where dormant. The rough outer bark of the grape vinos should be removed A SIMPLE AND PR.-\.CTICAL GIRLS' DRESS. If you are thinking of making a new little frock for your young daugh- ter, you will find this smart design very simple to fashion. The dress has the popular kimono shoulders, and long sleeves gathered to narrow wrist- bands. The neck has a front opening and is finished with a neat round col- lar. .Vn inverted plait at each side of the skirt gives added width, and a belt and patch pocket complete this trim little dress. No. 130t> is in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 8 years requires 2^ yards 3t>-inch, or IH yards r)4-inch material. 20 cents. Our new Fashion Book contadna many styles showing how to dress boys and girls. Simplicity is the rule for well-dressed children. Clothes of char- acter and individuality are hard to buy, but easy to make with our pat- terns. A small amount of msney spent on good materials, cut on simple lines, will give children the privilege of wearing adorable things. Price of the book 10 cents the copy. HOW TO ORDER P.\TTERNS. Write your name and address plain-, ly, griving number and size of such, patterns as you want. Enclose 20c ia stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dept, Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade-, laide St., Tororto. Patterns sent by return mail. quick rooting. They will root in a finely frcreeued ini.\turo of peat .and sand or directly in a bed of sand. S. Those who de8lT>e to raise tuber- ous Begonias from seed so as to have j them ia flower during .mtunui shouhl sow tho seeds now. It will be well i also to sow the seeds of the Fibrous I rooted bedding Begonias so as to have ,' them ready for plunting cut during! late May. ^. An inspection of tho vegetable' roots wbirh are stored away inay re- ; ve^il that certain kinds are rotting, i Carefully sort over the Carrots, Beets, Pot.atoes and others of value. 10. Shou:d opportunity occur, sort tho Potatoes and sot asMe those in- tended 23 "Seed." also sort the Only One Train. Wife- "How can this single-track railToad say they slnirty ix)uldn"t have! a coUlsiou? llo you bt»lleve if!" Hubby â€" "Yes, they have only on* train." i The farmer who eawa his wood In May or puts battens on hi* bam in' by scrapping and then they should ; Onions, tUo small to be use*l tor pick ^l''C!!f'".L,*''â„¢'"*^'*' '*"*'^ a'»dj""^' the larger for any ot their com- Aprir^lTirovrr-make "A Good I-lv, w»ur being used. l mon uee^ | -J^ ^„^ ^^ p„ ^^^^,. - " "'-'^^^^'°^^-" ' ai!!a a »JMUtM i i«aMU!.« ' -