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For complete working plans, specijicafions and hill of materials for this 
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Every hog counts. It’s criminal waste these days to 
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□ Implement Sheds (3) 
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Various Home Notes 
A Knitting Question 
In a recent number of The R. N.-Y. 
you urge the women to knit for the Red 
Cross. I have heard rumors from dif¬ 
ferent sources that the knitted articles 
are not reriuired nor wanted, and though 
it does not .seem rea.sonable, I should 
like to know whether there is any truth 
in these reports. I have done some 
knitting, and shall be glad to do more, 
if necessary, but if the articles are to be 
thrown away, it hardly seems worth a 
busy woman’s time to make them. We 
are rather in the habit of thinking what 
The R. N.-Y. says about things is about 
right, and shall be glad to know through 
its columns whether it is any mse to 
I keei» on knitting. s. E. s. 
I Iiclaware. 
Keep on knitting by all means. These 
I stories are not true. They are part of a 
false and tren.son!il)le propaganda aimed 
to discredit the work of the army help¬ 
ers. A nnmhei- of such stories have been 
started, and it is hard to head them off. 
The articles will be needed by onr sol¬ 
diers and sailors, and will be gladly de¬ 
livered to them. 
Care of Sick Canary 
Several years ago I had given me a 
canary in a cage and having dislike to 
keeping it caged, I made a small ex¬ 
tension to a bay window, screened, giv¬ 
ing ample liberty for enjoying it and 
with a little mate they increased the 
number to more then an eight-foot room 
should contain. I have given to those 
who would keep them in aviary, and 
the birds have been entirely free from 
di.sease and very thrifty, till within a 
year or two the young at an exact age 
when the tail and the foiithors grow (al¬ 
most abnormally fast, it seems to me.) 
and then <]uite a number die. It seems 
I almost like a lo.ss of strength to produce 
I the larger feathers. They wilt and die. 
The feed is boiled eggs, bread and milk 
and always seed, lettuce and the like. 
If yon can tell me where I can find a 
remedy for this affection, I shall be so 
much obliged. s. P. T. AV. 
New Y'ork. 
goofl for birds that are not thriving. 
A craving for animal food may be satis¬ 
fied by bits of raw steak. It is not well 
to c*ontinne feeding raw meat, as it will 
cause a foul odor about the cage. For 
delicate birds, rape seed soaked in water 
overnight and carefully drained is very 
beneficial. When the old birds are car¬ 
ing for well-grown young, feeding 
cracke<i hemp-seeds will lighten their 
labors. Maw seed (poppy seed) is 
favored by I'lnglish canary fanciers as a 
stimulant, but its use must be guarded. 
It is poisonous to most animals, includ¬ 
ing man, but seems to have no effect on 
l>irds.” EDNA S. KNAI’P, 
Notes on the School Law—Number of 
Pupils per Teacher 
Could you tell me what there is in 
regard to this now school law? There are 
35 scholars in this district and 10 more 
from other districts who are coming 
here. It is more than the teacher can 
take care of. Are we obliged to take 
them, or can we make them go to soim- 
other school? t. n. ji. 
New York. 
The town hoard has anthorit.v to em¬ 
ploy such number of teachers as may lx* 
necessary. If there are 45 pupils in one 
district, the number is too large for one 
teacher. I’he rule of the Education Do- 
jiartment ha.s been that one teacher 
should not be held responsible for the 
instruction of more than 40 pupils. This 
is a case to be considered by the district 
suiierintendent and the town board of 
education. 
Township Schools 
Can you explain the new township 
school law? The farmers here are bus- 
picious of it, believing it to be a scheme 
to make the country districts pay off the 
bonded indebtedness of the schools in 
the villages. Who is responsible for the 
law and whom will it benefit? In this 
district vve have a good schoolhonse, well 
equipped, hire good teachers, pay them 
well and the children learn well.' IIow 
will we be benefited. s. c. s. 
Your daily conditions and care seem 
to be admirable for ordinary times and 
I think you have diagnosed the real trou¬ 
ble with the young binls correctly, as 
a “loss of strength to prtxluce the large 
feathers.” An authority on birds says: 
“The canaries should be kept in reg¬ 
ular-size canary cages. The bii-ds molt 
every Summer, and in this particular 
case have been having too much exercise, 
which is very weakening to them, there¬ 
fore, they have not strength enough to 
pull through the molting season. When 
they are molting they are always in a 
weak and rundown condition and should 
be fed accordingly. Rre:id and milk is 
really very bad for them, overheating the 
blood and causing excessive molting. 
Always keep a canary cool, but never in 
a draught. Never cover them at night 
unle.ss a draught is likel.v to strike them. 
Following are the directions for feeding 
canaries to keep them in the best of 
health and condition, fine plumage and 
good song. Fresh- seed and water daily; 
seed a mixture of plain canary seed, 
RW’oet Summer rape and very little small 
millet seed. One teaspoon bird tonic in 
a separate dish in addition to the seed 
once a day during the molting season, a 
little once or twice a week the year 
round is very good. A small piece of let¬ 
tuce only once a week, about as large as 
a silver half-dollar. A teaspoonful of 
hard-boiled egg pressed through a sieve 
once a week. Bathe twice a week in 
Winter and three times a week in Sum¬ 
mer. Always keep the perches rough; 
scrape, do not wash. Plenty of gravel 
on the bottom of the cage.” 
So much for advice fiom a profes¬ 
sional. He evidently assumes that the 
young birds are in the same condition 
in growing the first large feathers that 
older birds are at the time of molting and 
prescribes accordingly. The best thing 
I can find elsewhere is a paragraph from 
the Government Bulletin on “Canaries; 
their Care and Management.” This is 
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 770 and is free 
from the United States Department of 
Agriculture. 
“When the young are four or five days 
old green food may be fed, but eggfood 
must be given until they are fully grown 
and able to crack canaiy seed for them¬ 
selves. Meal worms occasionally are 
The plan of the township law is for a 
town to take over all school property 
and to own such property. This prop¬ 
erty may not be taken without due com¬ 
pensation. While the town will, there¬ 
fore, assume the outstanding bonded in¬ 
debtedness it will also pay to each dis¬ 
trict the appraised value of its school 
property. A value will be fixed upon 
the property in the district in which S. 
C. S. lives. This value will be deter¬ 
mined by a commission consisting of 
the supervisor, chairman of the town 
hoard of education and the di.strict 
superintendent of schools. A tax to pay 
for this property will be raised by the 
town and the amount of the value will 
be apportioned among the taxpayers. 
S. C. S. will receive his proportionate 
share of the value of this property. If 
there is a high school in the town his 
children will be entitled to attend that 
school without the payment of tuition. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Eastern States Agricultural and In¬ 
dustrial Exposition, Springfield, Mass., 
Oct. 12-20. 
National Dairy Show, Columbus, 
().. Oct. 18-27. 
Sheep show, under auspices of New 
York State Agricultural Society, Utica. 
N. Y., Oct. 30-31, Nov. 1. 
American Pomological Society, reg¬ 
ular biennial meeting, Boston, Mass., 
Oct. 31-Nov. 4. 
Illinois State Florists’ Association. 
Fall meeting and flower show, Gails- 
bnrg. Ill., Nov. 6-7. 
Winter short courses in agriculture. 
State College, Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 7- 
Feh. 15. 
Northwest Live Stock Exposition, 
I>ewiston, Idaho, Nov. 8. 
National Farm and Live Stock Show*, 
New Orleans, La., Nov. 17. 
Seventh Ohio State Apple Show, 
Music Hall, Cincinnati. O., Nov. 17-23. 
Pacific International Live Stock Expo¬ 
sition, North Portland, Ore., Nov. 19-24. 
Short courses in agriculture, Rutgers 
College, New Brunswick, N. J., open 
Nov. 20. 
Derry Poultry Association, annual 
show, Derry, N. H.. Dec. 11-14. 
Palace Poultry Show, New York City. 
Dec. 11-15. 
New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, annual meeting, Newark, N. J., 
December 10-12. 
University Horticultural Society, Oh’i) 
State University, seventh annual show. 
Columbus. O., Dec. 13-15. 
Madison Square Garden Poultry Show. 
New York City, Dec. 28-Jan. 2. 
