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( T t y r m ONTARIO GARDEN I Fatten Young Leghorna. My experience has been that by paylnsr a little more attention to fat- If th* weather remains cool it is weather following planting la like, tening and marketing Leghurng the Mt wiie to remove the covering .rom It is best to dig a trench about a foot incoma from this source can be con- perennial plants and spring bulba, or so deep. Place a layer of rich soil sidcrably increased, especially broil- bnt of ooume do not leave this on ur rutted leaves or manure in the ers. The 1/eghorn broilers fatten eas- until young growth has smothered. bottom, covaring it with about six lly when confined and force-fod for Spread manure on the garden as inchei of fine loam. In this plant the about two weeks. They will consume ••rly ai poasible. iswecl peas about three inches deep about two pounds of food during thia Order seeds early. »nd an inch apart. The rains will time and should show a gain in weight Plan to try at least one new vege- gradually (ill in the trench and the of one-half to three-fourths of a table and flower this year. plants will develop a very deep root- pound. Ix>ok up last year's garden plan growth as a result, which will protect 1 have employed two method* â€" pen or, If yon have lost it, try and re- them ngainst summer droughts. Get nnd crate fattening. The simplest for member how things were laid out in the very best seed possible, and try farm ooiiditions I have found is pen 1926 and improve on it this time. some special shades. After the peas fattening, have come up an inch or so, thin out Tho birds are confined in sninll pens PLANTING SEED INDOORS. to four inchcs apart and supply brush when about l',i pounds in woighl and Often several weeks can be saved work, strings or poultry netting at are fed the following mash: 25 pound.s by getting the seed started indoors, least thirty inches high for the vines corn mesl, 15 iwunds niiddlinKs, 8 The l>cgt thing to use for this pur- to climb on. Wire netting is the least pounds meat scraps and % pound fine pose is a box about three inches deep, desirable for this purpose, as it Is salt. This is fed as u wet mash by "'â- ''â- '' " ' i--t- adding sour niill<, buttermilk or skim- milk. The birds are fed this three times a day and are permitted to eat for half an hour at a time, when the WiUon Publishing Company dyf^ori Boro a few holes in the bottom and liable to injure the growing plants, put a layer of cinders, broken flower " pots or gravel over this to allow for WIIGN soil is READY drainage. Then place a few inches of fine soil on firm. Plant see top and press down ^"'"'P'' ^X". L'Te fiTs^ tim! "'""'^^^ P"''^'"" '^ '•™'«^«"'- ^^ '" '"^ d in rows about an T^? * ^'*"'*", ^", I hL „ tZ PO't«"t that the Intervals between th. Inch apart, the finer sorts me«»ly be- '^^"''l ''l^^'I^t "many 1 iardenl ^^^'"^^^ ''*'°"''' ^ «« "^^^^y equal as ing ,.f^ into the soil. Cove? the ^ t e^^^u^^or"^ ^a^ S ' 1;^ '"!. 1^ ^-ifT \^ '^l'^ ,. .. t X , „„ jn^et mash is to get the birds to cat plowing or spad.npr the soil l*f°>-«J; large amounts of food so they will has become ^uflicently dry. A test, „^,,^^ maximum gains in the shortest 13 easily made. It is necessary only ^j,„„ to time. Corn meal and milk in any whole l>ox with a piece of coar.se sack- ing or burlap pressed close to soil and then water. Leave the burlap on until the plants have pushed up through the roil, as it protects them from being washed out. The box may be placed in a warm cellar until „,„.,i, t. .„ n,. „„ntrorv it rrnm-l'""" â€" ' '" ""'" " growth .tarts, then brought up and 7^ J' rnnl.Jd t nmbablv^s "''''^ «"*"* •"""P «'^'>"''' ''« ^^• nlar«.d within six inchf.^ of a bright '''^ ^^^^ squeezed, it probably Is ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^_^ ^.^^ ^^^ placed wiinin six incnca or a bright .^^ ^^^ ^^^^ condition for plowing, wjnd<m. Do not plaa. tight against ^^^ ^^^ planting. the window pane, as there is always a current of cold air here. When ' form take up a handful of soil and squeeze it. If it compacts into a ai^~"the f^uTdalirn of7ny*gnod'fa*tten lump in the hand it is too wet to^ j^^ ^^^^_ ^^^^^^ ^.,^ .^ ^^^,^ ^^^ ^^ TAKE A CHANCE. One reason for the wide spread in prices paid for Ijcghorn broilers and th"8e of the heavier breeds is that tho active Leghorn on freo range will not tiike on flesh as readily. When dress- ed without being fattened it usually a scrawny, blui-sh appearance. QIM DINNERS WHEN HOUSEOfANING EMERGEN CY SHEIf TO THE RESCUE BY FLORIS CULVER THOMPSON. 1478 about an inch high, thin, and a little later tran.splant. Be sure to harden Vegetable seeds cost but a few off plants by leaving outside or open- cents. It is a good plan to plant a.^i^s Ing tjie window for a few hours each few short rows of tho hardy varie- W*'*'" /^""'•n*?*! these birds will takoj day, before planting in the open. Uiea, such as spinach, radish, lettuce, <>" weight rapidly and will bring a â-  I carrots and beets, as soon as possible. | Price very close to that paid for the PLANT swKCT I'EAS FIRST. ^ If they como through, a considerable' *'°°"'" *" •*" ^ '" Sweet peas should be planted just gain has been secured in earliness; as Koon as one can work up the if frost cuts them down, the loss is ground. Thesie will come along in really trivial. Hurry them along flrst-class shapo no matter what the with a little nitrate of soda. Our Thousand-Mile Gate. lour women traveled not less than 'twenty-four unnecessary miles â€" more If a small gate had been put on our lik^ly twice that farâ€" with a heavy farm fifteen years ago it would have i,asket of clothes in one hand and a saved us 1,000 miles of walking. largo bag of clothespins in tho other. In our hou.seyard stand the gran-; These are all unnecessary miles ary and other outbuildings. A barb- which could be eliminated by small «d-wirc fence separates this yftrd <,'ates put in where they would do the from the bjirpa and in this fence most good. â€" Z. M. there always has boen only one open- ing, a large wagon gate. Its size mudi! it unpleasant to u.sc when just running through for a minute, so in- stead we usually walked 80 feot along tho fence to a narrow open space A Warning to Apple Growers. Last year there was a report of certain apples shipped from the. between the end of this fence and ai United States being tainted owing to water lank. There wo vould pass the excessive use of certain dusts. A through sidcwise and then walk backj warning, therefore, given in I'amph along the other side of the fence to | let 78 of the Dominion Department pf tho barn door, three feet from the | Agriculture gains additional import- starting point â€" 60 feet of travel, and again the GO feet returning. Someone In the family made this trip probably on an average of eight times daily, a little o\"er 65 miles each year! Wo have lived on this place fifteen years, so wo have traveled practically a thousand unnecessary milen for lack of a small gate. And all we got out of it was to cover about three feet of space. Last week we made a narrow gate for i>cdestrians there, a gate easy to open and close. Kut consider the lime, as well a.s strength, wasted. Suppose we can walk â-  mile In half an hour. Then in the last fifteen ycar-s we have wasted sixty-two eight-hour day.i, just walk- ing. Along the fence to the water tank and back again to the barn I Again: Our two barns, side by side, have no inside door between them, so that to pasa from one to the other one must go outside and op«n and close two doors, another waste of time and strength. And again: A fence separates our bouse from the yard in which hangs our clothesline. On washdays one must go 20 feet sfjuth through a gate, then 20 feet west nnd 20 feet back north. A gate at tho wo.st side of the bouse would save 40 feet going and tnother 40 feet returning. Figuring •hows that in the last fifteen years heavier breeds.- -B. C. -^ The Eggs I Mail. I ship eggs by parcel post in six, ten or twelve dozen cases direct to pri- THE BOLKRO JACKET IS SMART. ^Decidedly smart Is the attractive dress shown here, having inverted plaits in the front and back of the vate families in the larger cities. The t*0:P'«7 f kirt finished with a front price I charge them amounts to about | "^r.^'^.^ ,^''- J'^t '*"^" ^^^ ?,^ ^^^ the same or a little less than their !^!1'*= j"'^''*' «"'? ^'f.^^^ "'^ scalU,ped. city grocers' price. This nets me from ^^"^ ^â„¢"* opening blouse has a beconv four to eight cents per dozen „,ore; '"^ '""""^^ '='*""'â-  «"'J ^""K »'««ves gatb than I could receive on the local mar- ered to wrist-bands. No. 1478 is in ance. It reads "Do not use arsenical secticides in either dust or spray af- ter July 1, in order to ensure compli- ance with tho British standard of ar.senlcal tolerance in foodstuffs." The publication referred to bears the title "Nova Scotia Apple Spray nnd Dust Calendars, 1927." While the authors, Messrs. .Arthur Kelsall and J. F. Hockey, are both officers of laboratories in the Maritime Prov- ince, the text being a description of sprays and dusts in common use with their methods of application, and for what cause, is necessarily of value and of Interest to apple-growers gen- erally. Application addressed to the Publications Branch, Ottawa, will bring the pamphlet free of cost. ^ Rye and Inciian Johnny Cake. Two cupfuls of rye, 2 cupfuls of Indian meal, 1 small tcaspoonful of soda.'a little salt. Sufficient sour milk to make a stiff batter. Bake in a cake on a griddle. Split open and butter, tlien send to the table hot. Keep watch for the hen which eats no supper and limps when she walks. Pick her up nnd examine for a torn side. Use a healing powder (not grease), and it will soon iieal over. Then catch Mr. Tom nnd file his spurs until they are dulled. VALUABLE COWS NEED AHENTION Many n«s8 ai Mglnct BY I,. STEVKNSON, O.A.C. a good cow has her useful-! i.nfkctiois mastitis. â-  milker reduced through' It is not always easy to distinguish while inflicted with the l^tween tho non-infectious nnd the ket. Since my price is no higher than i"^'^ «• ^\ ^2 and 14 years. Size 10 they have to pay in the city for ordi- if*"*." "^''Z'^ ^'A yards 39-inch ma- nary eggs, and because fhey know that *â- *•";"'' "l ^'^ y^,^f,^ 54-inch for jacket they will always receive strictly fresh f"'* skirt and l',4 yards 36-inch for and dependable products, these people ''''>"f • ^ ^"'^ ~^ '>>« Pfttem. are always glad to pay the price I ,, ^Jj" ''^^'^'l^ '"""trated in our new charge them. This price includes all i J',*"^'*'" ^^"^ are advance styles for shipping charges with insurance. Thei**^* home dressmaker, and the woman party I ship to returns the empty case'^ "^''l 7^° desires to wear garments r ™„ .,..„„„ij r 1 i -^ „ii dependable for taste, simplicity and to mo prepaid. I always insure all i •!, ,e j i ^ ^ /• iz-n i „„„.„• - , I . 1, economy wil find her tastes fulfilled cases, 30 in case of any loss or break- , . •' . , r> • ,» n. i i ,1. . . " , . 1 J in our patterns. Price of the book age the customer la always protected. ,„ ., ^ â- Kt ,1. J <• . â- " "^ . I lOc the copy. My method for .securing customers *^"' is to ask a satisfied customer for the ' HOW TO ORDER PATTERNa names of friends that would be inter- j Write your name and address plaln- ested in receiving f re.sh eggs. In this ; ly, giving number and size of such way I can incrca.se the number of cus- • patterns as you want. Enclose 20c io tomers to any limit that I am able to stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap take care of. I it carefuily) for eacD number and I gather eggs at least twice a day address your order to Pattern Dept., nnd keep them in a cool place. Before Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ad«- sliipping thoy are carefully .sorted, laide St., Tororto. Patterns sent by candled and packed as to size, shape return mail and color. F^vcvy egg is perfectly , '•* clean ami if one is badly soiled it is' Sprouted Seed Potatoes. di.scarded. Washing injures its ap- } xhe use of sprouted seed potatoes pearanco nnd its keeping qualitfes. ' jj advisable where an early crop is Besides eggs the.se city people are desired. In tests made with Irish often glad to buy surplus fruit, pre- Cobblers and Green Mountains at the serves, an occasional dressed chicken Charlottetown, P.E.I., Experimental If ever there's a time in the house- keeper's curriculum when she would like to simply drop down In her chair to enjoy a good dinner at 12 o'clock, it is during housecleaning season. Then, of all times, we hate to stop' our work Just when we've gotten «| fine start, and cook a big meal. Fur- thermore, whilo families may occa- sionally enjoy a quick lunch of pan- cakes and sausage, or macaroni and cheese or bread and milk, as a rule, thoy (including hard-working mother! as well), want a substantial repast onco a day. ' Why not give the dinner a good start at breakfast time to do away with the mad rush kt noon when the cook-cleaner is tired anyway? And why not take advantage of our can-, ned goods and also plan for simple i meals? We might set the table, too,! as we dry the breakfast dishes. Sup- pose we try a menu or so from the following, the supplies for which most of us have on hand. ! DEajCIOUS COMBINATION. ! For a split pea soup and vegetable! dinner, use a piece of veal, preferably; from the .shoulder, and also a hock of pork. Scald and soak the peas (dried beans may be substituted) in cold water over night. At breakfast time drain, add enough hot water to a- little more than cover the peas, and cook with the meat in large kettle. | Before leaving the kitchen, scrape and quarter eight largo carrots and peel the same number of onions and \ potatoes, for a family of six. .Allow the vegetables to stand in cold water [ until an hour before dinner time. ^ Then put- the carrots and onions intO; the liquid to boil and the potatoes on â-  top of meat and other vegetables, to i steam. At noon the vegetables and meat may be quickly drained from the liquid onto a platter and put into the oven to keep hot, or to brown If d»< jsired, while soup is being eaten. Serve horse radish or chili b&oc* with the vegetable and meat platter. After 80 satisfying a feed, surely canned peaches or pears, and per- haps some cookies from the jar, as dessert, will be declared enough. A boiled ham is a banquet, and on* we are justified in attending during housecleaning season. Ham "lasts" for days; Is delicious cold; and lends Itself to interesting dishes. BATISFACTOBY SOLUTION. Put ham on to boil over the break- ifast fire. Peel the potatoes and fetch a can of tomatoes and a jar of apple-butter. Make an apple-butter pie, for which the pastry may have been made a day or two previous and kept in a cold place, or bake a pie shell eeparately and fill it at the last moment with the apple-butter. The poatoes must be put on to boil a little before 11.80. They may be mashed until creamy, or served plain. If the ham Is allowed to cool over night in the liquor in which it was cooked, it will be tender and juicy when sliced. Short-ribs brovmed down in the oven or in an iron kettle or sklUet on top of the stove, are perfectly dell- clous if cooked long enough to soften all connective tissue. A little water, only a cupful, should be added to the short-ribs at breakfast time. They should simmer for several hours, or until tender. Their last hour of their cooking, the potatoes may be added and cooked in the rich juices. If turned occasionally and browned in tK6 oven, the result will bo dignified Franconia potatoes 1 From the fat in the pan a generous amount of brown gravy may be made. Why not open and heat a can of corn to accompany thia dinner? And wo might '.'top off" with plum preserves and sponge cake, made the day be- fore. V '♦' r '♦â-  'f r The Children's Hour. GRANDMA'S RAINY DAY VERSES. who or other product. â€" B. C. My Menu for Chicks. My feeding ration for chicks Is Station planting was done on May 5, and the Irish Cobblers from sprouted seed wero ready for use on July 21, while those from dormant seed were ready only on August 8. In the case simple. For tho first two weeks or of the Green Mountains the potatoes BO, beginning after the chicks are ^ero ready July 30 and August 18. from thirty-six to forty-eight hours iHsh Cobblers from sprouted seed old, I feed a dry,' crumbly corn-meal yielded 482 bi^hels per acre, against mashâ€" just as much as tho chicks will, 305 bushels from unsprouted seed, eat up clean. Green Mountains yielded 490 bushels Small grain is added in small por- ' per acre, against 380 bushels from tions around the fifteenth day nnd sprouted and unsprouted seed respec- gradually 1 cut away the corn-meal tively. In spite, however, of the ma mash until the chicks are about four terial diflference in yield sprouting weeks old. Then their ration is as the seed is practicable only where much cracked corn, wheat nnd oats as hmall areas are planted. Persona they will eat up clean. ' growing small plots for home use or 1 seldom fail to raise 90 per cent. ' market gardeners who want an early of chicks hatched, and often raise 100 crop will find sprouting advantage- per cent.â€"G. G. Turkey eggs for hatching should be kept in a room of even tempera ous. Before washing windows fill all places where the putty has loosened ture, not above iX) degrees F. Turn with a mixture of plaster of Paris them every day. and water applied with a case-knife. troublesome inflammatory condition : '"'^V"'" /"'â- '"',• ?° '^ 's always known as "caked udder." .Neglect on veasured by the dlfTerence between s profitable oow, one with four func- llottinf teats, and one with o|^ly fhrM, usually unprofitable. TBEATMKNT. well to isolate tho animal nnd treat , the case as a possibly infectious one the part of the owner to provide pro- j «hould there Im any suspicions. Dis- Mr treatment usually results in the ' infect the entire .stnl)le at once and loss of the q-iartor of the udder as n cxerci.sc great care relative to the fonctlonlng unit. This loss can be milking of infected cows and tho dis- position of tho milk. C^)w.*( tielieved to lie infi'cted with infectious mastitis should be isolated from the herd and nllcnded by someone not having any- thing to do with the other cattle. The treatment is similar lo the treatment Withliold all feed excepting some- , for simple mastitis, only more aggres- l^ng light and laxative. See that aivo. Hand-rubbing t.f the affected ttw bowels ore loose. If necessary I udder, hot fomentations and the ap- give a moderated dose of salts, not ' plication of a penetrating ointment WO large, and repeat in 12 hours if I are advised. This hand-treatment BMd be. In addition to the salts, ' should be oontinuwis if possible until aypoaalphate of soda, ginger and nux | complete relief is attained. vwnica should be given. An olnt- j Valuable cows should receive the Bl«nt containing zinc oxide and lo<line | attention of a skilled veterinarian, no llhoold be applied over the swollen udder, no cow. Valuable animals are fland and gently rubbed In. Oath worth giving the best attention no tfaa udder evwy four liours, using hot matter what the cost, as a cow that vater, rub dry and then apply the | cannot be milked is no oow at all. oinfnn«r<*. 't^il«t from tlie congested ^ Her value vanishes when her udder is conditio^ fenerally follows in 36 niinod through want of proper treat- houra. â- iiiont ...... SERVE WELLINGTON COUNTY FOR 56 YEARS Tlio above illustrations »h«\v Janvee Boattle, of FV-rgus, aad I1I9 father, the late John Bwrttie, whose comblnc»l service as cleirka of Wellington County (louncil totahs 68 }-<rmrs. Bcftltle sentor, who died In 1897, heW oflloe to April of tSiat }-car from January, 1871. His son tms servAd In the aame capacity for the past 30 yeara^ tell you the name of the man wrote themâ€" Robert Loveman." "Whet a nice name, Grandma! I think he must have been a very kind i.«rt,„i.,„ .â-  . , , ,„ . , man and I think he loved flowers, and Cr-^A^i • ° '"' '"" r . '%"' i I'i'-Js. *"'! everything-" „roir.rR;J^?^'"\"" r". 'T,"^l^i "Especially little boys like you," w out of^r "'^^' "' ^ "c^? J"?''-! added Grandma with a smile. "But ZrnTnl T "^ T ^^^^'^^llncw look at the spot on the floor, dear, morning. Tears were chasmg each Yir},g^ j^ jj,.. ' other over his plump little cheeks, as «n>, nh !t'. f»,« .„«i t'». »» »»-ji if f,.f,°r,r. f., .,,;-„ A. u! 'J '-'"' °"> " â- ' the suni im so gladi If trjing to copy the big raindrops Ljow Jack can come." cried Bobby, wht.b were splashing against thej-A^d thank you for my nice time. which window-pane, "But it's raining. Grandma, and â€" I â€" can't go â€" outâ€" and Jack was com- ing over to play â€" and now he â€" he â€" can't," and once more the little fellow gave a big sob. "Come up into my room for a bit nnd see how the rain looks from up- stairs," suggested Grandma Grandma â€" and I won't forget your daffodil story." Valuable Vinegar. Vinegar â€" wo have coined the word from "vinaigre," French for "sour wine" â€" has a score or more of valu- To be invited to Grandraa.'s room ^^^° "s^s beyond the ordinary ones of was always a great treat, 90 Bobby ib*'"K an ingredient in mint sauce. scampered up the stairs, calling back as ho ran: "Please catch me. Grand- ma," and all smiles, he disappeared into the room and hid behind the big armchair in the window. salad dressing, etc. No discoloration follows a knock or blow if lint, soaked in vinegar, is laid on the place for about an hour. To freshen and cleanse the air in a First into the closet, then behind 1 sick-room, sprinkle vinegar on a hot the door and under the table Grand- ma looked, until finally Bobby called shovel and wave the latter about. Steel fire-irons and the like polish "Cuckoo," and she soon discovered his | easier and better if previously wiped hiding place. Seating herself in the \ with vinegar. big chair she gathered him into her ' Gas mantles give a much better arms. ; light and last longer if before use they "Please tell me a story, Grandma '•"'o soaked in pure vinegar. Do not dear, I love your stories." I "burn ofT' till quite dry. Grandma's eyes twinkled merrily as' A. iittlo vinegar added to the warm she replied: "I haven't one quite ready water with which an invalid is spong- â€" it's too early in the morning â€" but "d has a coslir.g and refreshing eflfect. I have the loveliest bit of poetry that ; After a long walk, or anything I'm going to recite very slowly and which Is physically exhausting, the I'm sure you'll soon be able to repeat â-  taking of a warm bath In which two it after me. .A.nd thia is what Bobby heard: It isn't raining rain to me. It's raining dnflTodils; In every dimpling drop I see Wild flowers on the hills. tablespoonfuls of vinegar has been added, banishes all tiredness, aches, and pains, like magic. There would be no cooking odors U on the range you stood a shallow tin of vinegar. It should simmer gently. An instant cure for a tiekling- "Xow shut your eyes tight, Bobby, ' throat cough is to take two or thres and try and see themâ€" all the beauti- spoonfuls of honey and vinegar, equal ful wild flowers we love so much. And parts, mixed. now tell me what you .see." j Fur in decanters, etc., dissolves at "Oh, I see dandelions, an' butter- once when treated with a little hot cups an* daisies," answered Bobby , vinegar. Blacking which has caked promptly. . I hard can be put right if moistened "Good!" encouraged Grandma. "Can with a drop or so of vinegar. And you see any more?" for sprainS which hurt a sure lUlevia- "Butter-and-eggs, Queen Anne's tlon is a vinegar, and l)ran poultice. I.ace, wild roses " | Vinegar is valu.ible! "Splendid! Now open your eyes and; ^%^ listen Bgbin: -V cloud of givy engulfs the day, i -And overwhelms tho town; ' It isn't raining ruin to me, ' It's raining roses down, | "Why, Bobby, the very roses you wero telling me about! No, listen, there is one more verse: 1 It Isn't raining rain to me, i But fields of clover bloom â€" Where any buccaneering bee May find a bed, and room. A health, then, to the happy I A fig for him who frets; It isn't raining rain to me â€" It's raining violets. "And how we do love them, Bobby â€"the violets â€" lifting theit heads up from some mossy bank." "Oh, Grandma, do you remember, I alwa>-9 found them under the big maple tree beside the brook?" "Indeed I do, dear, and how you filled my little silver vase beside Grandpa's picture." "Please go on," begged Bobby, a« Grandma paused. "But that's all," said Grandma, "only two versea. And now I must Had Figured All RIoht. Mar>' â€" "Have jxm over fl^rured ta| •ay gripping sit nation* T" Mayâ€" "Oh. been hugged a («^. times." ' ^ Pop OVMTS. One pint of flour, 1 pint of milk, I eggs beaten to a froth. Mix quicUyi and bake in hot buttered cups. SvVl with hot sauc*. •f â- t 1 V V V â- t T 1 y < r f t r t < -I T t r r <â-  i f 4 t * t I ( V e ♦ T V « ,â€" :»Jfe .