SPECIAL CROPS— Continued. Page 



Flaxseed or Linseed; Imports and Exports. 142 



Germany needs Fats 143 



Fruit Production during the War, F. H. Grindley 143 



Fruit Losses from Insects in Ontario 144 



Beans, J. O. Laird 145 



Beans, British Imports of 146 



Beans, A Cash Crop 147 



Peas, Shortage of 147 



Onions, S. C. Johnston 147 



Tobacco; the 1915 Crop 149 



Dried Vegetables 150 



O.P.V. Silage for the Maritime Provinces, John M. Trueman 151 



Root House Construction in Alberta, S. G. Carlyle 151 



WHEAT AND THE WAR: 



The Course of Events — Ocean Freights and Prices — Statistical Position — 



Future Prospects, T. K. Doherty 153 



How Australia is Marketing its Wheat 177 



The Wheat Crop in Russia, W. Kotchetkov 178 



Farm Storage of Grain, E. A. Howes 184 



BACKYARD AND VACANT-LOT GARDENING 185 



THRIFT— THE NECESSITY FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ECONOMY .... 188 



Economy in the Home 193 



What Kind of Apples to Buy, D. Johnson 195 



Cheese, The Food Value of 196 



The Canning of Poultry, Dr. R. Barnes 196 



The Ben Davis Apple, Peter McArthur 197 



Household Efficiency, Miss M. U. Watson 197 



Avoid Waste, Miss M. B. Philp 198 



Household Accounts, Miss M. B. Philp 199 



Patriotic Purchasing 201 



Give Preference to Canadian-Grown Fruit, D. Johnson 203 



Use Canadian Fruit, R. M. Winslow 204 



Prices of Food Products — Canada, Great Britain, United States, Germany, 



Austria 205 



Germany's Food 206 



WOMEN AND THE WAR: 



Appeal of an English School-girl; British Women and the War; The Women of 

 Australia; Gives all her Boys to the Cause; He saw a Woman Ploughing; 

 Women of Montenegro; Italian Peasant Women; Edith Cavell — Two Opinions 



210-213 



THE CALL TO THE COLOURS: 



Provisions of the Militia Act 214 



Enlistment, Facts regarding 214 



The Path of Fire 215 



The "Listening Post" 216 



A Letter from France 216 



In the Trenches; Jam replaces Butter, Sugar for Soldiers; Newspapers and 



Magazines for the Front 218-219 



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