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THE FARMER'S .PACE. rr%uB-'
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THE FARMER'S PACE. r r% u B- A NOTE ON BUILDING. There is a lull in the building of bungalows and country cottages just now, but I hear that at Cleveleys—between Blackpool and Fleetwood —an exhibition, on the lines of the one held during the past summer at Letchworth, is already being arranged. I am reminded of this by a question as to how one of my correspondents can keep the basement wails of a house which he is about to build perfectly dry and prevent the rainwater from soaking through. The level of the basement floor is several feet below the ground level, and the building is to be in a dry and eanjiy soil. WATERPROOFING FOUNDATIONS. It is easy to keep basement walls perfectly dry if they are covered with waterproofing, applied as follows: Put on three coats of burlap or two coats of builders' paper and one coat of burlap, each coat being laid in and thoroughly covered with hot asphaltum. Care should be taken to see that the builders' paper or burlap is lapped at least six inches, and also to see that the different layers break joints. In order to be sure that the dampness will not rise up through the brick wall itself, a damp joint such as is shewn in the above sketch should be used. This damp joint consists of the same material as the waterproofing on the outside of the wall de- scribed above, and should be applied as indicated in the sketch in order not to break the bond in the wall. If the building were not located in a dry soil, we should also recommend covering the top of the concrete used for your basement floor with waterproofing the same as specified for the outside wall, making a point between this waterproofing and damp joint where it comes through the brick wall. This would make your basement walls and floor absolutely imper- vious to water or dampness, but would not of course prevent the condensation of moisture from the atmosphere if the temperature of the basement is lower than that of the outside air. The latter can only be prevented by good ventilation. A PORTABLE WATER HEATER. A very simple portable water heater has re- cently been invented by an American; it is in- tended particularly for warming the water in a bathtub or a basin. The heater is arranged in the form of a float which floats on the water, and can thus be moved around to different parts of the tub as desired. Our illustration shews the device heating a basinful of water. It consists of a copper shell or bowl fitted into a wooden ring. The latter affords sufficient buoyancy to float the device. A gas burner is supported on the float, and consists of a pipe bent to project into the copper shell. The open end of this pipe terminates near the bottom of the bowl. At its outer end the pipe is formed with a number of perforations which permit an inflow of air to in- crease the temperature of the flame. The quan- tity of air Juimiitttd is governed by a sleeve on the pipe, which may be moved to cover any de- sired number of holes. A flexible tube connects the burner with a gas fixture. The flame of the A PORTABLE WATER HEATER. burner is directed asrain=t the bottom of the copper bowl. heatinsr the thin shell to a hirh de- pree of temperature. To confute the heat within the bowl, several rings of coiled wire are piaccd within, as indicated in the ennraving. These coils effect a pr^ot. savin-' of hei* so that the I water surrounding" the heater is raised to a high temperature at an consumption of gas. The value of this -ili be particularly felt in summer ti"'lf' when the cooking is done ordinarily on a small ![!L tOY{> ÍlF teor! of a coal ranp-e, and it is consequently difficult to obtain a supply of hot water. With this novel heater a basinful of hot water roav h" obtained in a few moments, and at short no* ice enouch can be heated for the bath; while there can bp no ques- tion as to its value on the farm or in the kennel where hot often required at short notice. CLOVER AS AN EGO-PRODTJCIB. Experienoe has often demonstrated the value of clover for egg-producing. Clover has just the material in it to form egg-shell, hence it be- comes an essential part of every ration given to the fowls. It may not be generally understood that there are nearly 301b. of lime contained in « J J • clover. The hens and pullets led daily with clover will consequently prove better egg-layers than those denied it. The clover hay should be given to fowls in winter in quan- tities sufficient to satisfy them, and to make them eat more it is desirable sometimes to pre- pare it in various ways. Cook and chop it, and mix it with meal or other stuff. This will some- times induce the hens to consume a great amount of clover every day. Cut into short lengths and mixed with warm mash, and then given only as fast as the fowls will clean it up each day, is pro- bably the most economical way to supply the clover. Some people cut the second crop of clover and place it in the poultry-yard for the birds to eat and scratch over at pleasure. This of itself is all nrrl-¡t, but it is rather wasteful. More than half the ciov. r will be lost, and the fowls do not actually eat much more than the leaves. The stalks contain most of the lime, and these should be prepared so that the birds will consume them. Cf all the f(')d that can be raised on a farm for poultry, clover is not only the best, but probably the cheapest, and a field of it is as essential to success as a pasture field is necessary to the success of dairying. A BLAUTIFUL LANT. The family of which the Canterbury bell (Cam- panula medi is a-member forms a highly in- teresting and dr-'i-l.ie class of handsome flower- ing plants for the a doration of the garden. The large hells cf the pure white varieties are especi- ally hand son e, :h; should bo freely grown for the contra-t •.vhi.fi r.htv afford with most other flowers. The double varieties are especially fine,
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I A DOUBLE CANTERBURY BELL. I and May is the best time for sowing. The pyra- midalis and alba form very useful and handsome pot plants; while the best varieties for the garden are the double white, of which an illus- tration is given, the turbinata, the calycanthemi (blue, white, and rose coloured), and perricifolis. TOMATOES. The present is a good time to sow a batch of tomato seed for second early work, says a writer. This is a work that is done in a variety of ways in market places, and very often not so well as it misrht be. Very generally boxes are used for this purpose, but for winter sowings we do not like them. In our opinion there is nothing so good for the purpose as pots 32's or 24's. These should be quite clean, and if new be soaked for an hour before getting them ready for seed sowin.fr. We usually turn a small pot upside down over the drainage hole, and fill in round this with small cinders, putting over the whole a thin layer of moss or fibre. The soil for seed-raising should be three parts light loam, one part leaf mould or fine iadoo fibre, 000 part tfand, and g-part air-slaked lime. If some powdered charcoal is to hand g-part of this will be a great advantage. The pots should be filled to within Jin. of the rims, and then be watt-red with boiling water through a fine rose. When the water has soaked away, and before the soil the water has soaked away, and before the soil I, has become cold, the seeds should be sown thinly over the surface, not like mustard and cress, as is so generally the case, but at an average of jin. I between the seeds. The whole should be covered with iin. of fine compost, and the pots be covered with sheets of glass. The propagating house should not go below 70deg.Fahr., and if the seed is rood it will soon germinate. A care- ful watch nn:3t be kept, and the moment there is seen to be a movement in the soil the glass must be removed, or the seedlings will become dra vn or spoilt. If the propagating house is a good one, the sheets of glass can be dispensed with altogether. The seed pot should be kept well up to the glass of the house—12in. will be a good distance—and with careful watering and ventilation the plants will come into the rough leaf whiK ihan 2in. high. CUCUIIUEBK The present will do well for the sowing of the seeds of cucumbers for early spring of fruit for market, and it may not be out of place to give a hint or two about the way in which this work should bo done. It may be thought that anyone can raicp a cucumber plant from seed, but we know t' *a t ruany make but a poor job of it, and that through not adopting the best methods many seeds are wasted, and where they do come up many of the plants arc poor attenuated things that rarely get away properly when planted opt. The first necessity is a cucumber house or pro- pagating pit, in which a heat of 75deg. to 80dog. can be maintained, and a bottom heat of 85deg. If a thousand plants are wanted, then quire 1,200 seeds should be sown, as no matter how good the seeds may be there are sure to be a good rnanv seedlings winch a eood grower will reject. We like- a soil composed of three parts light fresh loam. half a part good fibrous peat rubbed through a in., sieve, and the remainder made up 01 leaf rauuid and shiiru sand. To | every bushel of this compost a 48-pot full of r.ir- j slaked li;r." ihoulu be well mixed in. Small 60- 19 pots sh<»ij.( he crocked and be filled with this within 410. of their rims. The soil should i)- wde niceiv moist, and then be raised to ;ie j temperature of the hous* Then the ds shouM he sown one in ^ach pot. putting the seed 1 in <-dg\ ways .nd covr iug it af.'oin j|in. wish the j soil. The pot.- should he plugged *•• rims 1 in ashes or coco; fibre refuse., aud i1- >- o'o | be over'-d whh Tin. of rnof-- tht4- has b^en r>r». viovflj V < '.S d twi do.ni-iw «/>«•« It .c | tflmpe.ratrrLi i« l-cpt steady at as near 80deg. as tV thtt is of any use rvi'! bo up i-.h t^.t <'■" s, f!?r. nrut ;>e r rauss t"" ni..rpm.t the seeds pco., :r:r aoi! *r>'l 'vr with a deformed cot' ,n b: .u" -.1 ,-i ;V: I n, • S ,n' ru .j Ioii ra' '•* in iji. o. z' ••; be kept v.0 "••ayed, ?V: '• ¡ obes Lci ij < thf: mc <■ tiio Poet: "This, sir, is the only poem I ever wrote." Editor: "Well, cheer up. Nobody's going to take it away from you." Friend: "Are you superstitious? Do you be- lieve in signs?" Successful Merchant: "No. Newspaper advertisements are better-and cheaper." Father: What makes thiak ye-u can sup- port my daughter?" Suitor: "Well, I've been engaged to her for two years, and it hasn't broke me." Sea Captain: "What do you call this?" Waiter: "Bouillon, sir." Sea Captain: Well, well; I must have sailed on bouillon all my life and did not know it." That's arrant nonsense," said Mr. Henpeck, about there always being room at the top." Oh," his wife sarcastically replied, when were you up to see?" SHE: "Do you know what I'd do if you should try to kiss me?" He: "No. Why? She: Oh! nothing; only you don't seem to have any curiosity." Oh, Tom, that I should see you come home in that condition." M'dear, ain't I always talkin to you 'bout goin' t' sleep 'n leavin' gash buruin ? It s simply ridiculous His Wife: "You're home at last! I thought youd never come." Mr. Outlate: "And ab- sence, instead of making the heart grow fonder, has merely affected the temper." Let me learn from your eyes what my fate is to be, sang the poet; "let them teach me the secrets. "Thank you," interrupted the lady; "they have pupils enough now." Ascum: "Jabsley is awful vain, isn't he?" Wander: "Well, rather. Why, he has fitted up a phonograph in his room to play See the conquering hero comes!' when he opens the door." SUITOR I cannot boast of wealth-but I I have bruins. The members of my literary club will teii you that you would have the smartest debater in town for a son-in-law!" Father: And I can assure you, my dear fellow, that you would have, the greatest lecturer in the town for a mother-in-law! "Patience: "J saw that handsome Mr. Styles we met at the hall in his motor-car to-day." Patrioe: "Did he speak to you?" "Yes; he shouted to me to look out &8 I WM crossing the vtrcet."