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THE WHEAT LANDS OF
WESTERN CANADA
AN ATTRACTION
TIMELY AND PRACTICAL ORCHARD HINTS
Millinery to Sparkle With the Frost
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THE EUROPEAN WAR MAKES
THE GROWING OF WHEAT EX.
CEPTIONALLY REMU-
NERATIVE.
One result of tho Emopean War has
been to reduco tho voluino of busi
ness done by many of tho manufac
turing hiBtltutiona of tho United
States, commercial enterprises hnvo
been affected, business of many kinds
have been hampered, and a financial
stringency has been forced on almost
every community. It Is not only be
cause It has brought theso things
about, and created a lot of hardship,
but thcro la tho outstanding fact of
tho torrlblo loss of life, tho great de
struction of property, and tho disrup
tion of everything- near and dear to
those whose countries aro Involved In
tho war that makes tho wholo uffalr
highly regrettable Tho heart of tho
entlro world goe3 out In sympathy to
those within tho nrea of the trouble.
Arrangements have been made to re
lievo the distress by money and other
means Hut thcro Is one groa thing
wheat nnd flour that the European
countries will need. Tho wheat-pro
duclng countries aro no longer pro
ducing, and thcro In the gravest rea
son to fear that they will not bo for
some years. In this case, It would bo
fully as beneficial nnd chnrltablo to
make provision to meet tho loss of
Europe's grain crop by encouraging a
greatly Increased growth on this con
tinent. The wheat-growing sections of tho
United States havo about reached
their limit of production, and this
sourco cannot be depended upon to
meet a great deal of tho demand that
thore will bo for some years. Tho
only country that Is In a position to
meet it is Canada that portion
known as Western Canada. Hero
thero are millions of acres of land,
cnpablo of producing from 20 to 40
bushels per acre. All this land Is ex
cellent for wheat, and very much Is
still In the hands of tho Dominion
Government, and ltiO acres of It can
bo had by the payment of a ten dollar
entry foo.
Another vast area la that held by
railway and rellablo land companies,
held at from $10 to $25 per acre. Im
proved farms aro slightly higher In
prlco. Information regarding these
lands may be had of any Canadian
Government Agent.
The fact that Canada offers such a
splendid opportunity should bo ac
cepted with a wide-spread apprecia
tion, and not mot with attempts on
tho part of some to spread misleading
statements. Tho Dominion Govern
ment has not taken steps to deny
many of tho false statements circu
lated by those who evidently aro moro
interested In injuring Canada than
boneliting those who would be bene
fited by taking up farms in Canada,
but In order to correct a highly er
roneous impression that conscription
Is carried on in Canada, that compul
sory military service is employed and
that there is restraint as to the move
ment of thoso not Canadians, tho no
cesslty is felt of giving as much pub
licity as posslblo to a denlnl of theso
statements.
An Item to which special exception
is taken is one which says:
"Thoy aro sending them away as
rapidly as posslblo; but tho young
men aro not permitted to leave Can
ada. All tho citizens and those who
havo taken up homesteads aro subject
to military duty."
In direct refutation of this, tvo beg
. to quoto from a recent editorial in the
Rochester. N. Y.. Herald:
"Thero Is no legal process by which
Great Britain can command a single
Canadian soldier to enter the field in
her aid or even In her most needful
doronso. Great Britain cannot legally
tako a dollar of Canada's money for
this or nny other war without Can
ada's consent. All must bo given vol
untarily, If It bo given at all. Yet
men and dollars aro given to tho limit
of Canada's power to give, Just as If
Great Britain had both physical and
legal power to exact them. Indeed,
It Is posslblo that they aro given
raoro freely In this way, for what a
man gives because ho wants to glvo
Is likely to bo greater than what ho
glvo3 under forco.
"All In all It is a noblo picture of
devotion to her motherland which
Canada offers to tho gazo of her ad
miring and unenvious neighbors."
Canada's invitation for Immigration
extends to all who aro willing to go
on to the farms.
Superintendent of Immigration,
Ottawa, Canada.
Advortlscmcnt
Halted In His Search.
"They say your husband was out
looking for work.
"Yes, I bollovo ho's out looking at
work. Thero are some mon digging
a holo down at tho corner, and he
doesn't seem ablo to got any farther."
Stray Stories.
Father's Ultimatum.
"1 think two can live as cheaply a
one, sir."
"You can't edgo into my family on
that theory, young man. I'm willing
to keep on supporting my daughter,
but you'll havo to pay board."
Smile on wash dny. That's when you um
Red Cros Hall Bltie.i Clothes whiter than
mow. All grocers. Adv.
Gossip never dies from lack of cir
culation. Two heads are better than one In
kissing match.
Apple Tree Wrapped With Paper for Protection Agaln3t Rabbits and Other
Predatory Animals.
(Hy L M BUNNINQTON 1
The quince Is one of tho most profit
able market fruits grown, but is not
generally found in tho market, except
in large towns or cities.
Leaves, pino boughs, coarse, strawy
manure and old straw or hay may be
used for mulch, but whatever is used
should bo freo from weed seeds.
Pruning grapes is now in order. If
tho prunings are wanted for propaga
tion, two-eyed cutting, If long-Jointed,
aro preferred. Tie I'-teso In bundles
of 50 and bury In sand In tho cellar,
or In any well-drained spot out of
doors.
Do not let the fruit garden become
a Junglo of briers and watersprouts.
These should bo kept down nnd
pruning attended to in its season.
Burn all weeds and prunlngs. Whero
thero Is n vacant space, plow and pre
pare tho "ground for next spring's
planting.
In trimming fruit trees, especially of
largo limbs, leave a stub of one to
three feet In length, for tho first year.
Then after tho wood dies and hard
ens, cut off as closely as necessary;
FALL HINTS FOR
VEGETABLE GARDEN
Burn All Weeds and Rubbish and
Get Rid of Many Little
Injurious Insects.
The asparagus bed should bo given
a good covering of compost.
Hot-bed soil should be secured be
fore tho ground freezes nnd placed un
der shelter, where It can be had at any
time.
Light, sandy soil that will' not be
come sodden by water, Is good, and
should bo protected from frost. Havo
plenty of rich soil for top dressing.
Don't let the weeds nnd rubbish Ho
in the fence corners or other places
about tho garden. Burn, nnd thus
get rid of mnny insects and larvae of
others that haibor underneath it,
ready to como out in the spring.
Gather up all tho garden tools, lad
ders, boxes, baskets, etc., that aro to
bo used next year; repair, paint and
put under shelter. It will pay you
to do it.
As soon as the leaves of rhubarb
have been killed by tho frost, rake
them off and plow a furrow away from
each side of tho row with a small
plow; fill In tho trench with mantiro
and plow tho furrow back.
Gardens dry out from an excess of
coarse stable manuro; wood ashes
mixed with tho soli tends to keep It
moist. Tho potash becomes a solvent
and, by keeping tho soil moist, greatly
Increases the value of uny manures
to bo applied. Do not forget this
when emptying your ash-pans.
For tho vegetable garden, apply a
heavy coat of stable manuro boforo
tho ground freezes; then rldgo tho
land with a plow rldgo to consist of
a double furtow thrown up In regu
lar order ncroBs the plat. Tho soil
Is thus exposed to the benefit of froBt
ami freezing weather, tho larvae of
many insects destroyed and tho soil
dries out faster In tho spring.
Late-Hatched Chicks.
Lato-hatched chickens must havo
freo range and bo grained twice a
day to make btrong growth before tho
weather turns cold, feed mixed grain
wheat, cracked corn and mlllot seed
feed a llltlo ground bono nnd meat
twice a week.
Feeding Comb Honey.
Comb honey may bo fed nt any
llmo of tho year or under any condi
tions, but should bo warmed before
being placed In the hlws .u cold
honey ill i .niso dM'iiter
thus there will be less risk of holes
and rotting places lu tho body of tho
tree.
The persimmon is a hard tieo to
successfully transplant, but If tho seeds
be planted along lano fences, it will
grow and be n source of profit It
seems to do better growing in groups
than singly. Try planting a handful
of seeds of fine Unit this fall. Tho
fruit will keep a lung time, If pioperly
dried nnd cared for.
Yellows in peaches is regarded as
contagious and incurable; trees af
fected with it should be destioyed nt
the earliest sign of it, by burning
trunk, branches, roots and fruits, on
tho site. Dragging diseased tops and
branches through an orchard will in
fect healthy trees Late summer nnd
fall aro tho most favorable times for
tho detection of the disease Any
nurseryman can tell you tho symp
toms. The apple orchard is now recog
nized as one of tho most profltablo
investments on tho farm, or will provo
so If tho necessary amount of caro
and attention is given to it
KEEP PULLETS AND
OLD HENS SEPARATE
Young Stock Needs More Feed
to Finish Their Growth, as
Well as Make Eggs.
A good many people who might oth
erwise bo successful witli their poultry
havo their profit decreased becauso
they allow tho young and tho old stock
to remain undivided in tho sumo house
or pen or both during tho growing
period.
At this particular time the young
stock neuds a great deal of food and
needs to bo protected from tho old
ones, which, if allowed to do so, will
abuso them moro or less. If freo rnngo
Is impossible, provide separate yards
and always keep tho young in separate
buildings, If possible, or In a separate
room at least. If you haven't a sepa
rate building ou can ery easily pro
vldo an extra room of some sort for
them to loost In.
Pullcta getting ready to lay need
moro feed nu a rulo than hens which
have molted out well, becuuso the pul
lets need to finish their growth and
maturity, as well mi make eggs. This
Is another reason why tho young stock
and tho old should be kept separate.
Tho feed question should also bo con
sldered as tho young lien often needs ,
different rations than tho old in ordT ,
to produce certain qualities which the
one bus and the other has not.
GOOD ROOT CROPS
FOR THE POULTRY
Fowls Need Something Bulky and
Succulent to Take Place
of Tender Grass.
When digging ixitatoes. artichokes,
or other root crops, storo some in a
placo euslly accessible and do not for
got to glvo your fowls the benefit of
them.
Tho poultry neeih homothlng bulky
and succulent to tako tho placo of tho
tender grass and other givon vege
tation on which they have been feed'
lug for months.
Remember an exclusive grain ration
is too concentrated
Glvo thorn something "filling" for a
chango and see how thoy will enjoy
It Variety is splco for hens as well
as humaiiH, and healthy fowls arc tho
result if this truth la kept In mind,
and iniiileniiillj w might . a, In tlthy
fowls 1. 1 Mi' rpp ba. I'.' i
MAKING DIRT ROADS BETTER
Torcman Must Know What, How and
When to Plow Avoid Building Up
Too Much at One Time.
Illy U VAN HKNTMUYSKN
With a. sandy soil nnd a subsoil of
ciay, or clay and gravel, plow deep
so as to raise and mix tho cl;i with
tho eurfaco Boll and sand. The com
bination forms a sand-clay toad at
trilling expense.
If tho road bo entirely of Hand a
nlstako will bo nindo If It Is plowed,
ntilesB clay can be milled. Such plow
ing would merely deepen the sand,
mil at the samo time break up tho
nmiU amount of hard surfiu e material
Milch may have formed.
If tho biibsoil Is clay, and tho sur
face scant In sand or gravel, plowing
hould not bo resorted to, as It would
result In n city surface rather than
ino of sand or gravel.
A road foreman must know not only
what to plow and what not to plow,
but how anil when to plow.
If tho road Is of tho kind which, ac
cording to tho nbovo Instructions,
should bo plowed ovor its wholo width,
tho best method Is to run tho first
furrow In the middle of tho road and
work out to tho sides, thus forming a
crown. Results fiom such plowing aro
greatest In spring or early summer.
In ditches a plow can bo used to
good advantage but should bo fol
lowed by a scraper or grader. To
make wide, deep ditches nothing bet
ter than tho ordinary drag scrnper has
Virginia Road After Improvement
With Top Soil Gravel.
yet been devised. For hauls under 100
feet, or in making "fills," It is espo
dally serviceable.
It Is a mistake, howovor, to nttompt
to handlo long-haul material with this
scraper, as tho wheel-scraper Is bet
ter adapted to such work. For hauls
of moro than 800 feet, a wagon should
bo used. Tho machine most Generally
used In road work Is tho giader or
road machine. This machlno Is espe
cially useful in smoothing and crown
ing the road and in opening ditches.
A clay subsoil under a thin coating
of soil should not bo disturbed with
a grader. It Is also a mlstnko to uso
a grador indiscriminately and to pull
material from ditches upon a sandy
road.
Not Infrequently turf, soil and llt
from ditch bottoms aro piled in tho
middle of tho road In a ridge, making
mudlioles a certainty. It Is Important
In using a grader to avoid building up
(ho mud too much at one time. A
rond gradually built up by frequent
use of tho grader will last hotter than
if completed at ono operation.
Tho foreman frequently thlnktt his
road must be high In tho first lnstnnce.
Ho piles up material from ten inches
to a foot in depth, only to leurn, with
tho arrival of the first rain, that ho
has furnished tho material for so mnny
Inchon of mud. All mutorlal should
bo brought up In thin layers, each
lajer well puddled and firmly packed
by a roller or traffic before tho nexl
Is added A common mistake Is to
crown too high with tho road machlno
'in a nnrrnw road.
Tho split-log drug should bo used to
fill tho nits and smooth tho road when
not too badly washed. Tho drag pos
sesses great merit und is so simple In
construction and operation that every
farmer should havo ono.
Road Building Habit.
Tho road building habit Is confined
to no one locality. It bus a footing lu
48 states. All classes tako to It.
For BeBt Results.
Tho little attention that tho earth
road needs tmiBt be given promptly
and nt tho proper tlmo If the best re
sults aro to ho obtained.
Good Roads Advocates.
It Is gratifying to ohaervo that every
owner of an automobllo Immediately
becomes an advocato of good roads.
The Road Drag.
The road dr?g Is the simplest and
t k,''Mf roiitrlwinco yet do
' r . i! I rut. j earth roads.
LTIIOUGH tho small hat has trl
llintiheil for four homhoms It hIhuva
not tho slightest sign of losing ground
And tor midwinter, with fur n furore
and many brilliant trimming novelties
at the milliner's hand, the small hat
cannot bo outrivaled for beauty. Vol
vet and furs look unusually well with
the many metallic trimmings which
will sparklo along with tho frost as
long an winter lasts.
Besides the endless number of tur
ban shapuo thero are small hats with
Btralght brims, madd of metnlllc nets
or laces, and velvet crowns for thoso
who prefer brimmed shapes to tho
turban. Among tho most elegant of
models aro thoso hnvlng half the brim
Df velvet, bordered with a wldo Mango
of silver or gold laco or not, and tho
crown of velvet. For a hat of this
kind tho trimming is often a collar of
mink or crmlno or fitch. Somotlmos
a big flower of metallic net, having
oach petal bound with fur, Is used for
garniture, and sometimes brilliant Bilk
and velvet roses nro used. Hats of
this kind nro rather difficult to mako
ind requlro porfect workmanship and
tho host material.
Occasionally a moderately wldo
brimmed hat emphasizes Just how be
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THE making ot neckwenr has grown
Into a business of really great mag
nitude, und thoso who manufacture col
lars and frills for tho necks of wom
ankind keep designers as busy as thoso
who croato millinery. Theso design
ers follow tho trend ot fashion, but
must produi-o variations In all typos
of neckwear that will captivate by
their daintiness and beauty and havo
something of novelty to recommend
them.
Just now there nro several distinct
types of collars that aro fashionable,
leading off with tho Do Medici typo,
which will maintain Ita supremacy.
Then thero arc rollovur and turn
over collars, and thosu that tako tholr
Inspiration from tho sailor collar.
Added to theso aro frills that extend
all around or only part way around tho
neck.
These suvcral types aro elaborated
In all sorts of ways. There aro mcdlcl
collars with vesteos, others with capes,
und still otherB combined with berthas.
And thoy aro mado of laco or not or
sheor embroidery or orgnndlo, om
belllHhed with fine, narrow laces with
hemstitching, tucks or cords. All other
types ro mado with as great varloty
In construction and material.
In finishing neck frills, velvot and
satin ribbons and rlbbuu ilowuis aro
added to them, while tho mcdlcl nnd
sailor typos, with turn ovor nnd roll
over toll.irs. indulge in lino embroid-i-.
in vi uly l.iid tuiks and In In
t i"' l uth hemstitching and
coming the brimmed hat can bo. Usu
ally It is trimmed with a broad band
of ostrich. An example of this stylo 1b
shown in tho picture, and for shape
and manner of trimming It cannot bo
Improved upon.
In tho pretty velvet turban at tho
right a nurrow fringe of curled oBtrlch
oxtondB about tho top of tho coronet
and tho edgo of tho crown. An np
pllquo of fancy braid gives a touch of
color at tho sldo. Metallic ribbons
aro used In bows to finish turbans of
this kind. This Is nn excellent model
for women of middle age.
Moro distinctly Butted to tho ma
tronly wearer Is tho turban with a
wldo fur band about tho coronot,
headed with a band of stool beads.
Tho crown Is extended to Blmulato a
loop of velvot nt tho contor and over
hangs tho coronet nt tho back ltko a
tam. This method of draping tho
crown gives tho turban tho necessary
height.
A collar of whlto fox fur Is effective
ly worn with this smartly designed
hat. Collars and boas of ostrich servo
tho purposo of fur. Thoy aro mado In
innny colors and combinations ot
colors nnd nro very popular.
Tailored Suits
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llngorio laces to embellish tho plain
sheer fabrics of which most ot them
aro mado.
Just now, to bo worn with tailored
suits, thoro aro "laundorcd sots," bj
which is mount stiff collars nxd cuffs
which are cither plain or ombroldored,
and starched Into tho required stiff
noss. Ono of theso collars, with one
of tho cuffs to match, Is shown In the
picture. It has a small vesteo and
fnsteiiB up rather close about tho neck
Tho cuff is provided with a llttlo tab
which is pinned to tho coat sleovo.
Tho crisp freshness of theso sets adds
100 per cent of stylo to tho plain
street suit. Similar sots of sheer or
gandio nro Just as pretty.
A plain vesteo with mllltury collar,
mado of organdie, is also shown in tho
picture. Tho fronts of tho vesteo are
homstltchod, tho edges of tho collar
finished in the samo wuy, and tho col
lar attached to tho vestoo with hem
stitching, which Is tho ono decoratlvu
feature of this pleco.
This standing collar Is a novolty
that will bo welcomed b. womon who
prolor to have tho throat covered and
thoso to whom other types aro not bo
coming. Among the juettlest collars, with
cuIIb to inatcii, aro sovoro and slmplo
stylos In tho roll-ovor collar, mado ot
orgnndlo. Often the only ornament la
a narrow, transparent Muted odglng,
Tho oulluiH fasten up moderately cloau
abuiit tho nctk
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.