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In Four Staples Alone the Farm
ers of Western Canada Pro
duced 408 Million Dol
lars In 1915.
The Calgary (Alberta) printers have
n houao orgnu, called "Tho Mngnot,"
and la its columns a few weeks ago
appeared an nrtlclo entitled "Who's Got
tho money?" It was cloverly written,
and but for Its length, tho writer would
hnvo been pleased to have copied tho ar
ttclo In its entirety. Tho purpose for
which this article is published, how
over, that of lotting the readers of the
paper know of tho great progress that
Is being made In agriculture In West
ern Canada, will bo served by copying a
portion of tho nrtlclo. Many of tho
readers of this paper doubtless have
friends In one of the three provinces
Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta,
and they will bo Interested In feeling
that their friends are enjoylug a
portion of tho wealth that has come
to Western Canada farmers as a re
sult of careful tilling of n soil prodi
gal In everything that goes to make
good grain, cattle, horses, hogs mid
sheep.
Reproducing from the article:
The Government does not produce
money. It can stamp "One Dollar" on
n slip of white paper, and wo accept
It at a dollar's worth, but neither tho
paper nor tho printing are worth a
copper. What gives it value Is the
promise of the people of Cannda which
stands behind the printed slip, and our
faith In that promise.
Now do you know who's got the
money?
Let us put It Into figures. The farm
ers of -Alberta, Saskatchewan a&H
Manitoba last year rnlscd 342,048.000
bushels of wheat. If wo take for an
average 85 cents a bushel In Manitoba.
81 cents In Saskatchewan, and 70 cents
In Alberta tho season's wheat crop was
worth $2S0,G29,000. Add to this an
oat crop of 3114,810,000 bushels,
worth $0:5,457,000 ; a barley crop of 35.
254.200 bushels, worth $15,871,000. nnd
n flnx crop of 10,559,000 bushels worth
$15,843,000, and you find that on these
four staples alone tho farmers of West
ern Canada produced a wealth of
$407,800,000.
IMeaso note that this wealth Is In
money. It Is not In real estate at In
flated values, Industrial stocks that are
half water and the rest air, fictitious
goodwills or unsaleable merchandise.
It Is In hard cash, or which Is better
hard wheat.
These figures are only for tho staple
grain production. They do not in
clude tho millions of dollars represent
ed by tho live stock and dairying Indus
tries, or thn additional millions includ
ed In Uio root, fruit, and garden crops.
The creameries of Saskatchewan, for
Instance produced more buttermilk
and Ice cream last year than their
total production amounted to six years
ago. The milk, butter, and cheese pro
duction of Albertn for 1015 was valued
at over eleven million dollars. The po
tato crop of the three provinces wns
worth five millions nnd a half. Corn
nnd alfalfa comparatively new crops,
charged with tremendous possibilities
amounted to over a round million.
Even honey you didn't know we
raised honey (tho bee kind) In this
country, did you? Manitoba produced
105,000 pounds in 1015, and there Isn't
a bee In tho province that doesn't
swear he's n better honey-sorter thnn
nnythlng in Cnllfornln or Washington.
That's where the money Is; In the
Jeans of our honest friend tho farmer,
who was too slow to got Into the cities
when tho rest of us saw short-cuts to
wealth ; who hadn't Imagination enough
to tufak a mnn can make money with
out earning It, and who wns too dull
to know that hard work Is foolish.
Well, he has the laugh now. Likewise
tho money. Advertisement.
Weo Bit Sane.
AVhlle u certuln Scotch minister was
conducting religious services In an
asylum for tho Insane one of tho In
mates cried out widly:
"I say, have wo got to listen to
this?"
The minister, surprised and con
fused, turned to tho keeper nnd nsked :
"Shall Pstop speaking?"
The keeper replied:
"No, no; gong along, gang along;
that will not happen again. That man
only has onb lucid moment every seven
years." The Christian Herald.
WHY SUFFER SKIN TROUBLES
When a postcard Will Bring Free
Samples of Cutlcura?
Which give quick relief for all Itch
ing, burning, disfiguring skin troubles.
Batho with tho Cutlcura Soap and hot
water. Dry and apply Cutlcura Oint
ment to tho affectod part. Thoy atop
Itching instantly and point to speedy
hoalmcnt often when all eloo falls.
Freo samplo each by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dopt. L,
Boston. Sold ovcrywhero. Adv.
Reminder.
"She seemed pleased with your so
ciety last evening."
"Yea; she said I reminded her of a
loved and lost one. lias alio lost u
sweetheart by death?"
"Nope; all sho over lost by death
was a Boston bulldog."
Good deeds speak for themselves
but wo do not always hear them.
MNlf ROAD MAKINGJS IMPORTANT V- VJLVJJ J JLJ"' lIfl
HINTS FOR TURKEY RAISERS
One of Greatest Difficulties In Suc
cessfully Handling Fowls Is
Lack of Hardiness.
(By A. BASS, Minnesota Experiment
Station.)
Lnck of vitality and hardiness In
tho stock is one of tho greatest dlfll
cultles In successfully handling tur
keys. Bronze turkeys are tho largest
and hardiest of all domestic varieties
Hero arc some pointers for turkey
raisers :
1. LIco cause great loss in turkeya
Kill them on the hens nnd on the
young turkeys with Insect powder, ap
plying once a week when cooped up.
2. Turkeys do best when kept scpa
rato from chickens. If the two nro
kept together tho turkeys arc likely
to take chicken dlsenses.
3. Tho growth of turkeys Is rapid.
Give plenty of nutritious and easily
digested food. For tho first live days
feed four quarts of bread crumbs and
one part of boiled eggs. Feed ono
meal a day of rolled oats nnd give all
the sour milk they will drink. Chnngo
gradually, and In three weeks feed six
parts of wheat and two parts of corn,
with rolled oats onco n day. From tho
time tho birds are ten weeks old until
maturity give: "Wheat, ten parts;
Healthy and Active Type.
whole oats, two parts, increasing to
ten parts in two weeks; cracked corn,
ten parts.
4. Access to fine gravel, crushed
shells and broken charcoal is neces
sary. 5. Give plenty of green food. It pre
vents digestive troubles.
G. Blnck or red popper and ginger
In food or drinking water aids In over
coming chills nnd prevents bowel trou
ble, especially on cold, damp days.
Plenty of grit and oyster shells, to
gether with well-selected, wholesome
food, eliminates this necessity in
"most cases.
7. If young turkeys get wet, take
them o a warm room until thorough
ly warm and dry.
8. ' Tho more exercise the better. Al
ways give free range In dry weather
If possible.
0. Dampness, lice nnd filth aro
deadly foes to young turkeys.
TIME TO SELL THE BROILERS
Surplus Cockerels of Quickly Maturing
Breeds May Be Marketed to
Good Advantage.
(By A. C. SMITH. Minnesota Experiment
Station.)
Surplus cockerels, particularly thoso
of the higher nnd more quickly matur
ing breeds, may Lo marketed now to
advantage. Poultry raisers, particu
larly thoso not largely engaged In tho
occupation, market their surplus cock
erels sooner or later. All realize that
cockerels of the lighter breeds become
n nuisance very early In life nnd for
that reason It is very desirable to get
rid of such at the broiler uge. This
Is comparatively easy to do, as broilers
aro used at nil seasons In the larger
cities. So active, In fact, Is the de
mand for chicks under two pounds
that often a price of nt least two cents
a pound above other quotations Is of
fered for them.
While chicks of tho broiler size aro
always salable. It must be borno In
mind that they will not always bring
tho same prices, and that the present
Is the time of high prices, which nt
the top about July 1 drop fioon nf for
wards, and with accelerated rapidity
nt tho season advances.
BEST FEED FOR YOUNG BIRDS
Ducklings and Goslings Should Be
Given Mashes Mixed Crumbly,
but Not Too Wet
Don't try to raise ducklings and gos
lings on dry feed, but give them
mnshes mixed crumbly, but not wet.
A good mash for those more than a
week old Is "one part common! nnd
two parts wheat bran, mixed with milk
or wnter and containing a little grit
and a little finely granulated charcoal.
Work Should Be Done In Late Spring
or Summer to Get Well Settled
Before Cold Weather.
Road making Is a matter of a lot
of Importance to tho city man and tho
farmer allko. Many thousands of
dollars aro oxponded annually in this
work. Far too great n per cont of
tho work la dono in tho fall, somotlmes
running clear Into tho wlntor, for tho
good of tho road nnd for tho Judicious
expenditure of tho monoy.
Tho rond that Is mailo in tho lato
Bprlng or summer becomes woll set
tled nnd solid boforo tho frcozo of
tho winter season, nnd If properly
taken enro of Is a good road nil wln
tor. Wo hnvo driven over n good
Road Drag Is Essential In Putting
Roads In Good Condition.
many miles of roads during tho last
winter, mado in tho Into fall, that
wero all but impassablo practically
all wlntor.
A new road made in tho lato fall
can hardly help but bo rough all
wlntor. This kind of road means a
lot nioro wear on tho auto, a higher
gasolino expense and a very much
general wear on tho car. It also
means that tho farmer cannot haul
nearly as heavy n load with his team
and a quicker wearing out of tho
wagon.
In tho rural districts a lot of road
work Is dono by voters working out
their poll tax. This work is gener
ally dono when thoy can best sparo
tho timo, which is in tho fall. If
tho men who do -this work would
consult their best Interests wo bo
llevo thoy would arrango to do It
in tho summer, even if it wero not bo
convenient and it cost thom more.
Road ovorseors who hnvo this work
in chargo can help in this lino mora
than anyono else. If they will but try,
a lot of this work" now dono in the fall
can bo dono when it should be. This
official should look moro to good roads
than to Ills own convenience Twen
tieth Century Farmer.
"GOOD ROADS DAY" WORKERS
Governor of Pennsylvania and Others
Contribute Their "Bit" to Improve
ment of Highways.
Governor nrumbnugh was one of the
150,000 Pennsylvnninns whognvo May
25 to the cause of better highways.
The photograph shows him doing "his
bit." Many womenfolks of the com
munity gave their day's work to tho
Improvement of the roads. Not only
did tho governor make the dirt lly
I
Governor Brumbaugh Riding a Log
Drag.
with his shovel, but he also drove n
split-log drug, which Is one of tho
3vst effective road machines yet con
trived. Making Roads Better.
Only 10 per cent of ho estimated
2,300,000 miles of roadway In tho
United States can be classed as "Im
proved" according to the American
Highway association. Hut road Im
provement is going forward in 1010
faster than at any previous time In
tho history of the country. Good
rich Magazine.
Another Highway Link.
A new connecting highway has been
proposed leading from Savannah, Ga.,
to Seattle, Wash., crossing tho Lincoln
highway at Oiuaha. An Invitation will
shortly be extended to all the cities
along the route to send delegates 'io
a contention to be held in Omaha In
February.
Courtesy on the Road.
Being courteous on tho road does
not cost anything, but It makes tho
trip much more pleasant for-you, and
the other fellow, too.
Smnll boi'vIco Is truo servlco whllo It
lnsts.
Of humblest friends, bright crcaturo,
scorn not ono.
Tho daisy by tho shadow that It casts
I'rotectB tho lingering ilowilrop from
tho mm.
Wordsworth.
SUCCULENT" SALADS.
The fresh, juicy vegetables nro
most acceptable for the salad courso
on the hot days.
Cress, Cucumber
and Tomato Salad.
Water cress
makes a delightful
salad alone, but
when combined
w 1 1 li cucumbers
and tomatoes It Is
especially so. Pre
pare a bed of well washed, crisp cress ;
arrange slices of cucumber and bits
of; tomato; dress with three table
spoonfuls of oil and one of vinegar,
season well with salt and n dash of
red pepper; add tho dressing just as
It goes to tho table, otherwise tho
salt will wilt tho crisp vegetables.
Tomato Jelly With Celery Salad.
Soak three-fourths of n box of geln
tine in n half cupful of cold water.
Cook a can of tomatoes, half an onion
nnd n stalk of celery, a bay leaf,
two cloves, n tenspoonful of salt and
n das,h of paprika ten minutes; add
two tablespooufuls of vinegar and tho
gelatine and strain Into u ring mold.
When cold turn from tho mold and
fill the center with tender celery, wal
nut meats and French dressing; well
mixed. Gnrnlsh the center with the
tender leaves of tho lettuce and bits
of curled celery around the border of
the Jelly.
Sliced Tomato and Cucumber Salad.
Arrange overlapping slices of toma
toes on n chop plate and In the samo
manner sliced cucumber. When serv
ing have tho salad dressing passed
and each may thus bo served In tho
proportion desired.
Tomato and Onion Salad. Peel and
shred four tomatoes; slice thinly a
very mild .onion and separate In rings;
add oil and vinegar and season with
salt and pepper. Tarragon vinegar Is
simply good vinegar with tarragon
leaves steeped In It. Ono mny prepare
It as well as mint vinegar when tho
herbs nro green before blossoming.
Cabbage and Pepper Salad. Shred
crisp cabbage ; add two green peppers,
finely shredded for u quart of cab
bage and a half cupful of nuts. Mix
well with any desired dressing and
servo well chilled.
A linppy lot nuiBt suns bo his
Tho Lord, not slavo of things
Who values llfo by what it Is,
And not by what It brings.
John Sterling.
TASTY TID-BITS.
A delirious Jelly Is made of equal
parts of qulnco and apple. Cook the
fruit separately as tho
quinces require longer
cooking or when the
quinces are nearly ten
der tho apples may bo
added. Strain and pro
ceed as with any other
Ji'lly-
Fig Toast. Wash and
cook hnlf n pound of
pulled figs until tender;
add one-fourth of u cup
ful of sugar and the grated rind nnd
Julco of half n lemon. Cook until tho
sirup Is well reduced. Cut tho crust
from a thick slice of brend and saute
In butter until brown on both sides.
Drain on soft paper; then heap the
figs upon It, cover with two-thirds of
a cupful of thick cream, slightly
sweetened. Servo at once. Sponge
t ake may be used Instead of tho brend,
nnd other fruits like prunes, apricots,
peaches or strawberry preserves may
bo used.
Mushroom Cromeskles. Now that
the delicious field mushroom Is abroad
In the land, Is the time to use the
delicious morsels. Wrap mushroom
caps that have been cleaned and
peeled with strips of bacon and either
bake In the oven on n broiler over n
pan or sauto iti a hot pan. Servo on
toast.
Canned Apricots With Rice. Put a
half n cupful of rlco over a hot flro
to boil in a pint of milk and half a
toaspoonful of salt and let cook in a
doublo boiler until tho milk Is absorb
ed. Mcanwhllo cook half a can of apri
cots with four tablespooufuls of su
gar and tho grated rind of an ornngo
for six minutes. Mako a bordor of tho
rlco on a serving dish and turn tho
apricots and nirup into tho center of
tho dish. Servo as a dcusort for lun
cheon. Pineapple Sponge. Ilent a pint of
grated pineapple over hot water, sprin
kle Into It one-third of a cupful of
tapioca, the minute kind, mixed with
two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, and
half a tcaspnonful of salt; when tho
tnploca Is transparent add tho Julco
of u lemon ami tho whites of two
eggs, beaten stiff. Serve with cream
and sugar.
Tapioca and Banana Sponge.
Sprinkle Half a cupful of tapioca and
two-thirds of u cupful of sugar Into
a pint of boiling water; ndd half a
tenspoonful of salt and cook over hot
water; stirring occasionally, When
the tnploca is transparent add the
Juice it two lemons and fold lu tho
whites of two eggs, beaten dry. Servo
spread over sliced imnnnus with crenm
nnd sugar or with n cold boiled cus
tard. Other fruit may be used, such
as peaches, the Julco being used In
stead of water.
Not understood. How many breasts
aro aching
For lnck of sympathy! Aht day by
day,
How many cheerless, lonely hearts nrs
breaking!
How many noblo spirits pass away,
Not understood.
IN RASPBERRY SEASON.
This delicious-flavored berry Is u
source of pleasure from tho tlmu the
first rosy berry nppears
until the last Jam Is
oaten.
Delicious Dessert.,
Hako a loaf of angel
cake In a Hat tin, cut In
squares or rounds tc
sorvo; pour over tho
ciiku somo raspberry
Julco and heap on top n
spoonful of whipped
cream, Rnrnlsh with a
spoonful of the berries.
Filling for Cake. Tnko thrco
fourth of a cupful of heavy cream and
ndd u fourth of n cupful of milk;
bent until stilt; ndd n third of n cup
ful of powdered sugar, one-half cup
ful of muqhcd raspberries and a dash
of vanilla.
Raspberry Cream. Put a quart of
berries through u sieve to remove tho
seeds, add a pint of whipped cream
which has been sweetened with a half
pound of sugar and flavored with n
little grated lemon peel. Mix well,
serve in tall glasses,- garnish with a
few choice berries.
Raspberry Ice Cream. Add a quart
or moro of standard berries to a
quart of thin cream, a pinch of salt
and sugar to taste. Freeze and servo
garnished with tho fresh fruit. A lit
tle lemon adds to the Uavor nnd makes
a more pleasing color. Thero Is no
more delicious frozen dish than this
one. Ono mny servo tho cream with
small cup cakes flavored with rose.
Rnspberrles served with plain boiled
lice, whipped cream and sugar Is a
delicious combination. Mold the rice
In u ring mold nnd fill the -center with
well-sugared berries. Pass tho cream
If unwhlppcd, or cover with whipped
sweetened cream.
A New Way to Serve Grapofrult.
Cover tho halves of tho fruit prcparod
for bronkfast with a thick layor ofi
honey. I)y morning tho honoy will all
bo dissolved and tho grapofrult especi
ally dollclouB.
And If you fall why, rlso again!
Oct up, and go on: you may lit) sorely
brulsod and soiled with your fnll, but
Is that any roaBon for lying still, and
giving up tho strugglo cowardly.
Charles Klngsloy.
COMBINATION SALADS.
Solomon might have said of the milk
ing of salads there Is no end, for" tho
possibilities of now
combinations a r o
always at hand,
so that we may
ever have variety.
Sweetbread and
Cucumber Salad.
Arrange the leaves
of head lettuce so
that its shape Is
not destroyed, llavo ready a pair of
sweetbreads, cooked In salted acidulat
ed water 20 minutes; then cooled and
cut In small cubes and marinated; al
so thn. same quantity of cucumbers,
cut In dice, chilled In lcewater and
dried upon a cloth. Drain the French
dressing from the sweetbreads and
scatter tliu bits of meat through the
lettuce. Press three-fourths of a cup
ful of firm mayonnalso through n pns
try tube In little stars here and thero
throughout tho lettuce and servo at
once.
Chicken and Fresh Mushroom Salad.
Peel fresh mushrooms, break In
pieces and sauto in melted butter five
minutes with n slice of onion; ndd
chicken liquor or hot wnter and sim
mer until tender. Remove tho mush
rooms from the liquor nnd Ret asldo
to cool. Add tho liquor and tho
mushroom stalks to tho liquid In which
the chicken is to bo cooked, then put
tho chicken and mushrooms together
with celery or lettuce with any fa
vored dressing.
Duck and Olive Salad. Cut meat
from u roast duck In small pieces and
slice stuffed olives very thin, using
two tablespooufuls of olives to ono
cupful of meat. Servo on n bed of
cress or lettuce.
Oranges cut In slices and dressed
with French dressing Is u good salad
with duck.
Chestnuts cooked In chicken broth
and mixed with twice as much celery
makes a delicious salad.
Green and White Salad. Cut cooked
chicken or sweetbreads In small cubes,
mix with seeded skinned white grapes
and tender blanched stalks of celery;
take equal portions of celery and meat
and half as much seeded grapes. Mix
with French dressing nd let stand an
hour before serving. Garnish with
mayonnaise and pistachio nuts.
No bother to
get summer
meals with
these on hand
Vienna Style
Sausage and
Potted Meat
Tuit ODcn and tcrveh
Excellent for sandwiches)
Inihl en Lthy'$ at
your gnter $.
Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicagd
HE HAD MADE NO PROMISES
Substitute Was Not Asked If Ho
"Could" Play the Game, but
Only If H "Would." (
Although he will not get many op
portunities of playing In crickot
mutches this year, Georgo Roboy will
help to keep himself fit by practicing
at the net3 at Lord's.
The famous comedian lms a great
love, for tho summer game, nnd ho fells
an amusing story of ono of thoso off
days, when everything goes wrong,
which onco befell him. Ho wns watch
ing a game when one of tho cnptnlus
cumo up to him, explained that ho wag
"n man short," and asked him if ha
would play.
"Certainly," ngrced Iloboy.
Ho went out to field, and chiefly dlo
tinguished himself by missing two
catches, fumbling tho ball, and so on.
Not content with that, ho mado a. duck
when he went in to bnt.
The captain who hnd got him to play
took things badly.
"Why, you can't piny at all I" ho said
snecringly,
"Sir," replied Georgo Roboy majes
tically, "when you nsked mo to piny
you asked mo If I would, not if I
could. And so Hint's that." Penrson'a
Weekly.
As the Years Roll On.
You remarked fatuously tho other
day, "I'm Just as young us I over was.''
Oh, no, you're not I If young people
weren't too polite they'd soon unde
ceive you. You have been so busy lead,
Ing n successful llfo that you havo for
gotten to notlco that your successful
life has been led. Youth 1b flouting
you every day. Youth Is through with
you. You appeal to It for recognition,
nnd It laughs ut you.
You still young? You? No, Indeed I
Look nt real youth pursuing Us fantas
tic preferences; nt Reginald Warnc
ford, engaging n Zeppelin single-handed,
in regions near tho sun; nt Otto von
Wcddlgcn leaving Ids brldo to carry
on a desperato wurfaro under sens.
Do you honestly sympathlzo with
them? Atlantic Monthly.
Talked Too Much.
"So you're homo nt last," said tho
farmer as his wlfo drovo In tho yard.
"Oh, yes," replied tho wlfo.
"Ilorso'looks tired. Did you spealc
to him?"
"Oh, yes, I talked to him nil tho way
home."
"Woll, I'm nfrnld you'vo overdone
It."
It Is awfully risky for a pretty girl
to go Into a dark hall with a man
and that may bo why she likes to do
so.
Somo men work hnrder to got oven
than to earn money.
r
Grape Nuts
embodies the full, rich
nutriment of whole wheat
combined with malted
barley. Tliis combination
gives it a distinctive, de
licious flavor unknown to
foods made from wheat
alone.
Only selected grain is
used in making Grape
Nuts nnd through skillful
processing it comes from
the package fresh, crisp,
untouched by hand, nnd
ready to eat.
Through long baking,
the energy producing
Btarches of the grain are
made wonderfully easy
of digestion.
A daily ration of this
splendid food yielda a
marvelous return of health
and comfort.
"There's a Reason"
Sold by Grocers everywhere.