MOTHER! CLEAN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Even a sick child loves the “fruity”
taste of “Californian Fig Syrup.” If the
little tongue is conted, or if your child
is listless, feverish, full of cold,
or has give a teaspoonful to
cleanse the liver and bowels, In a few
hours you can for yourself how
thoroughly It works all the constipa-
tion poison, sour bile and waste out of
the bowels, and you have a well, play.
ful child rgain,
Millions of mothers keep *'(
Fig Syrup” handy. They
spoonful today saves a sick
morrow, Ask your drug ggist
fine “California Fig Syrup”
directions for bables
all ages printed on bottle. Mother!
You must say “California” or you may
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_4 GooD TONIO AND APPETIZER
Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture )
The Average house owner burns too
much coal, principally because he does
not know how to regulate
say engineers of the United
partment of Agriculture in Farmers’
Bulletin 1194, “Operating Home-Heat-
fing Plant,” published by the depart.
ment, Many rural
with furnaces,
homes are
vided and the publica
to thelr
ulariy In
1 ye
of the fuel
healthful
ion, partic get
the n
ting
ost heat out
in making the home as
a8 possible,
The
ing of homes, aces
that
76
satisfactory and effi
the
1
per si anda
the proper
COTrTrid
thorougt
that it gives
the
heat
» fuel that
the
it moist, and that
consumed,
that
ir he keg
alr be
or from
house
ed so ix
in, that the n
enough fresh
ionsly
avold the or
conditions due to accumulatior
actd In sels
dis omfort
gas eting
bulletin ae
and sizes of coal should
Should Be Bropeny
The and highest-pric
improperly Installed may
isfaction than the
est put In correctly,
For this reason a
derstand his b
the plant. In
owners of
suggests that « erent kinds
he ir
installed.
ed
ed out,
hest
give less sat
cheap
Hetin,
and
says the bu
known
sho
Pe Wrest
man
to un
nusiness i
iid
furnace
who have
furnaces
selecting the
homes
had experience In
of different types
Practically all
four dampers, A
operating
heating piants hav
draft damper In
to adml
door of the ash pit is opened
air throm fire, whict
to burn ra
ted in
CANS
en smoke pipe is opened to
old alr into the flu th
with
1 the
draft
in
ated In the
me purpose
directly
if op 5 ed wide it
When reg
The damper lo
fs used for the sa
ft cold
the
as a
ugh
is admitted
air
fire, and acts
check. ated pr
CALORIMETER SHOWS
HARDEST HOME WORK
bing Most Laborious.
geries of Experiments Made on En.
ergy Expended by Woman in Per.
formance of Household Tasks
~—Ways of Lightening.
Be Thoroughly Understood.
| it admits just sufficient air to suj
{ ment that admitted through the draft
damper and causes more perfect com
bustion of the fuel, The
r 18 located batween the furnace
the check draft
the draft
wenther or at night,
not be
the ash pit, as
draft and t} 1
ne heat
bars to become warped and
¢
smokepipe
and be used
fuel in
and can
to control above the
windy
to
re-
Ashes should permitted
accumulate in this
tards the causes
the grate
AR ft
down
bent, rule it is
the a
day
and
SOO AS
the
can
reviils
Hot necessary
to shake than
yeory
shes more
Ones of Wie i except in
cold wenther, 4! should be
stopped as
1m 1
to fall in
weather coal
10
ber
the passage
of air a minute
t An ordi
(25
would thus
feet of air a minu
feet wide 20 feet
lows of this kind, th
required approxims
heat uni to
if rance
gash window
inches high)
bile te
{ 10
two
bes
hy
wine OTe WO
1 te 80 per ce
more heat It p
its roperiy
ent
id a
every
comg
hot
to maint:
the
great
lowed or
In add
3 gy #
emneratn
mper: i
LO
fition
re, mo
is
The
f the bulletin
of the United States De
Agriculture Washing
request
partment of at
ton, D. C.
INCREASE SEATING CAPACITY
Extension May Be Added to One or
| Both Ends of Kitchen Table—
| Hiustration Explains.
i —
An ordinary kitchen table may have
| an extension at one or both ends that
| will greatly Increase its seating capa-
i ity. When not required, the extension
lis easily removed. Use the same thick:
i ness of board from which the table
| is made for the extension. Cut the
i
of Agriculture.)
periment to convince any woman that
washing and scrubbing are about the
hardest work she has to do; but it will
be interesting to many housekeepers to
know the order In which Shelf tasks
rank when tested under laboratory
conditions. For this purpose a
cially desigried respiration calorimeter
was used by the United States Depart.
ment of Agrimiture. The results were
measured in calories, for a series of 53
Spe
the performance of household tasks,
It was found that such light tasks
as sewing, crocheting, knitting, darn-
ing, and embroidering required an av-
erage expenditure of nine calories per
hour more than that when the same
gubject was sitting quietly in a chair,
Washing, sweeping, and gerubbing
floors caused an increased energy ex-
penditure of about fifty calories per
hour over the expenditure ut rest
Ironing, dressing a child, and
washing each required about twenty-
four calories per hour,
Ways of lightening the labor of va-
rious household tasks were also stud-
led. It was found, for example, that
whén the height of the dishwashing
table was varied the energy expendi
ture varied. If the subject worked In
a comfortable position the expenditure
of energy was 21 cdlories an hour, It
was 25 ealories when the wash pan
was set too high so that her arms
were ralsed during work, and 30 cal
ories when she was obliged to bend
over,
Addition to Kitchen Table.
| as required—about foot
| tieable,
Cut two strips of wood
wide, seven-eighths Inch
two and one-half feet long.
strips to the under side
one is prac-
thick and
Screw the
of the
the framework of the table,
table through which the
pushed to hold the extension securely.
OF INTEREST 10
THE HOUEWIFE
ink,
. - -
Grease ‘in the sink Is a very prolifie
cause of disease,
* . *
Salad plants should be planted Ia
relays, so that there is always plenty.
» - -
Retain the full flavor of new po-
tatoes by boiling them In thelr skins,
STRAWBERRY ONE
OF BEST FRUITS
Plants Are Easily Handled and
Can Be Purchased at Small
Cost From Nurseryman,
or Wide-Matted Rows—Give Fre-
quent Cultivation and Hoe-
ing During Season.
the Unite
el Agricuiture, )
Strawberries ure easily
little room,
small fruits
should be the
way be purchased at
froin a nurseryman, pers
obtained from a neighbor,
Strawberries be grown in hills
in or wide matted
(Prepared by
handled
that if
be
KO
require
of
they
New pl
BO
one hie can
grown select
ed.
small cost
one
ants
or
may
or narrow FTOWS,
Agriculture,
in
small areas
together will
For
hills
very
close
will
fruit, but
matted rows,
For hill growing, set the plants one
foot apart in the row and the
rows just far enough apart to cultivate
easily, from two to three feet;
require more care than
have
say or
sel rows
and have a
between the
runners cut off
tion,
Some
spa
double rows,
and give good cultiva
80 as to make
of the
culture are the Marshall and
choicest varieties for
peake of the
Superb
(ie Crop
Progressive
The
10 doubt be
| eulture
1%
ties sverbearing
most
satis
arting for Matted Rows
t aatted rows, set the
srt in rows from ti
For a
first
NArrow
runners
a foot in
nners
Everbearing Varieties Are Most Satis
factory for Hill Culture,
four inches long. the roots
somewhat and set
deep as they were before they were
dug. Be especially careful not to set
them deeper and do not get earth over
the growing tips, for this will probably
kill the plants,
Give newly set strawberries frequent
cultivation and hoelng during the en
Spread
and make strong plants for fruiting
the next year. Pick off all
buds which appear except in the case
of fall.bearing varieties, on which
blossoms may be left after August 1 to
in the fall. When the ground
freezes cover the plants or the entire
inches of straw
seeds, Coarse strawy manure,
with the fine portions shaken out, is
for this’ purpose. The ob-
this winter covering is to
ject of
ture, because this freezing and thaw.
Nitrate of Soda Helps.
In the spring when the plants begin
to blossom spread nitrate of soda
along each side of the row, using one
pound to $0 feet of row. If the
ground has ‘not been mulched, cultivate
and then mulch with vegetable matter
between the rows, so as to conserve
If the bed is to be saved for another
the crop is gathered, and hoe or pull
out the older plants, leaving only
enough of the younger ones to send
out runners to make a new narrow
or wide matted row, as desired.
Old beds may be cleaned up, as just
mentioned, by hoeing or plowing the
spaces between rows and leaving the
youngest plants in the row. It is gen.
erally best, however, to start a new
bed every second year,
LET TURNIPS FOLLOW
SOME EARLIER CROP
Good Stand Depends on Weather
and Soil Conditions.
Customary Method Is to Sow the Seed
Broadcast and Trust to Luck
for Good Yield—Store in Pits
or a Cool Cellar.
(Prepared by «be United
of Agricu
hout the greater part
North, the old settlers
turnips the 25th of July
dry.” While this is not
customary to plant
of July land
an early crop of potatoes,
other
Blates Depariment
ture.)
Throug of
“Plant
whether wet
absolutely
say
is
from
beets,
the latter part
which
on
SOME early
The
turnips
the |
and, second
the time of
extremely
vegetable
removed,
of depends, first, upon
condition
weather conditions at
the seed. Elther
wet or prolonged dry
will greatly interfere with
good stand of turnips
to harrow the
even surface, then
broadcast, trusting to
soil In excellent
on
sowing
The usual custom Is
the seed
Turnips Can Be Planted After an
Some Other Vegetable.
agencies sl
vis 4
to ightiy
8
. bd 114
shiower all
cover
after
i8 sOWwWnD this will
’ t
:
seed DU give 1
give the
Sometimes turnips
rows with a
This me
where the
but
aii Way.
method Is to sow the
and trust to luck te bri
Farnips ms ren
pimost until it is
13
soil about
reeze the
long. he
The usunl method of savy
to first pull them
wever, thes
then with
tops
the turn
stored
piles,
about
potatos
Hoar
sy are not disto
best
straw and
them fron
rbed
§
frozen It is however, to
enough weil
prevent freezin
tent
IN TAKING FARM INVENTORY
Miscellaneous Collection of All Kinds
of Supplies Should be Listed
Together,
farm at
be found a
of all kinds of supplies,
feeds
and
the
On
there
every invent
will misce
collec
as
twine,
tion
purchased sod. fertilis
These,
of manure on
nalls lumber
gether with
hand, are_all
“Supplies,” according
worked out by
Department of
bolts, scre and the like can
be listed as one item,
of varying sizes and kinds,
approximate number of pounds,
Where a definite system of carrying
such shop supplies is In use, as is the
case on some of the well-organized,
large farms, the guantities of the dif.
amount
to inventory
the United
States Agriculture,
ws
counted or weighed and appraised ac-
curately
This kind of property, like machin-
ery and tools, has been bought by the
farmer and should therefore be ap-
praised at cost, plus any expense in-
curred in getting it to the fain. For
example, if a ton of bran ig bought for
£44, £1.25 spent for freight on it, and
5 cents’ worth of man and horse labor
needed to haul it from the station te
the farm, the appraisal should be made
at the rate of $46 a ton,
IMPORTANT ORCHARD SPRAYS
Insecticides Are re Made Use of for
Killing Insects and Fungicides
for Diseases,
Sprays for orchards are divided iIn-
to two classes—insecticides and fun.
gicides. Fungicide is the name denot-
ing a spray used for diseases caused
by fungl. Insecticides are divided in.
to three classes, sprays being made
to kill Insects of different character
istics, Stomach poisons are for killing
chewing insects, repellent sprays are
to prevent insects from laying eggs,
which hatch out detrimental larvae,
contact sprays kill those insects that
get their food by sucking. Bordeaux
mixture and lime sulphur solution are
the most important fungicide sprays.
The most important insecticide sprays
are arsenate of lead, paris green, toe
bacco, kerosene emulsion and soaps,
A Short Time Ago I
Weighed Only 80
Pounds---1 Now Weigh
112 Pounds and
TANLAC
is what built me up so
wonderfully, says Mrs.
Barbara Weber, 315
Van Ness Ave., San
Francisco. She is but
one of thousands simi-
larly benefited.
If you are under weight, if
your digestion is impaired, if
you are weak and unable to
enjoy life to the fullest meas-
ure, you should take Tanlac.
At all good druggists.
the safe easy way before
" worse troubles follow. Take
HALE’S HONEY
OF HOREHOUND AND TAR
The tried home remedy for breaking
up colds, relieving throat troubles;
healing and soothing—quick relief
for coughing and hoarseness.
30¢ at all druggists
Use Pike's Tootheehe Drops
DONT
DESPAIR
If you are troubled with pains or
aches: feel tired; have headache,
indigestion, insomnia; painful pas-
sage of urine, you will find relief in
GOLD MEDAL
The world's standard remedy for kidney,
Ever, bladder and uric acid troubles and
National Remedy of Holland since 1606.
Three sizes, all druggists.
Look for the name Gold Meda! on every bom
and accept no meitation
Rats in the Cellar,
Mice in the Pantry,
Cockroaches
in the Kitchen
What can be more disagreeable than a
home infested with pests! Destroy them
with Stearns’ Electric Paste, the standard
exterminator for more than 43 years.
Kill rats, mic & cockrosche:
or ants in a single night Does ne
sway like powders; ready for use
than traps. Directions in 15 |
every box, Order from yc
i 15 oz
Garfield Tea
Was Your
Grandmother's Remedy
Ta 4
acn
, waterbugs
wt blow
better
For every sto
and
This good old-fash-
ioned herb home
remedy for consti
pation, stomach fils
and other derange-
| ments of the sys
| tem so prevalent these days is in even
{ greater favor as a family medicine
intestinal
{ than in your grandmother's day.
Shave With
Cuticura Soap
The New Way
Without Mug
Tonnage.
including ships
under construction, is
The United Kingdom
claims just over a third of the world's
gtenam tonnage. There are 2.000 cap-
tains idle in England.
important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA. that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Bignature of
In Use for Over 50 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoris
Naturally.
Ethel--She swears she's never been
kissed.
Clara—Is that why she swears?
The World's
grose tonnage,
also
The
afloat and
about G2.000.000,
Always think twice before purchas-
ng anything offered at a rt
Tae ™
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TREATED ONE
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WEEK FReE
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