Small amount in glass of water often relieves distress in stomach after eating. If meat is too stale, wash it in water in which soda has been dissolved. Milk beginning to turn may be sweetened by adding a trifle of soda as you heat it. Sweet Peas Suggestion. A few years ago, an article appearing in your paper advised amateurs to try planting sweet peas in the early winter. I tried it but did not quite follow directions, which were to plant eight inches deep. I planted six inches deep and covered that with leaves. The result was a few straggling vines approaching the latter part of June. The first of December, 1914, I planted in the same row, covering with earth two inches deep. Then the trench was filled in with the dead and dried plants that had been left in the garden and the whole covered with manure. The next spring after danger from frost had passed, the covering was removed and the trench grafts were filled in with oil as the plants grew. The result was a good supply of flowers fully a fortnight before my neighbors. Mrs. Tulloch. Where Insects Fail the Winter. During the winter, very few persons give a thought to the various insect pests which threaten their crops in the summer, and yet at this time certain methods of control can be practiced which will greatly lessen the trouble the following year. 