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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1920-04-08, Page 6• ft - f *Farm Crop .. 4,,i(u... i . eiL).„,., u pries At v 'Q • CONDUCTED BY PROF. HENRY G. BELL The object of this department le to place at the ser- vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toron- to, and answers will appear in this column in the order In which they are received. When writing kindly men- tion this paper. As space is Limited it is advisable where Immediate reply 1s necessary that a stamped and ad- dressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct, . r (� C. K.:—I have ten acres of landl have been obtained - by sowing the about one-half sand .:loam, balance alfalfa seed. right on -top -of tbe grow-, light sand, which is pretty badly run ing wheat; especially \when the wheat I down. Have a good market for ber- has been fertilized, ate of the lead ries and truck and would like to ing alfalfa grousers of Wisconsin has' know how to treat the soil for best for years spring top -dressed his grain! recuts fur the following crops, which with a . fertilizer ens:lyzi 'g &oat 2 " '''''sI have the best market for: asparagus, to 3 per cent. ammonia, 8 per cent. rhubarb, onions (bunch and mature), phosphoric acid, and 2 to 3 per cent. potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, cucutn- potash, using it at the rate of 250 hers, sweet corn, strawberries, black- lbs. to the acre. This is scattered Iserries, red raspberies, and cherries. right on top of the fall wheat and Which of these will do beet on this the alfalfa sown. Light harrows are kind of soil? then run over the patch, turning the Answer:—I assume that you No not teeth. of the harrows back so that, wish to grow simply one crop on your i they will not drag out the growing farm, but you would like to know l wheat, and harrowing the ground with which crops you should specialize in the drill rows and not across. This and how best to handle the land. i stirs the ground just suffioiently to Two things are especially -needed unf bury the seed and work in the fertil- der your conditions, ore is humui, izer, which results :n a considerable and the other plantfood. Straws advantage in the wheat itself and al - manure is of course a splendid source most insures an alfalfa catch. from which to get humus. Apply ell D. C.:-1 would like a little infor- of this that you can obtain at a reas- mation in regard to Sudan grass for onable price. As soon as your gard- sheep pasture, and the effect it has n crops are off,—such crops as on ground for following crops, as 1 i(re onions, t potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, intend to put the above into wheat cucumbers, and sweet corn,—sow a next fall. That is pasture with sheep mixture of ryetand fall wheat. Do until time to turn under for wheat, this so as to get a covering for the twenty-five acres to thirty-five .beep. soil which will prevent winter wash- Answer:—Sudan grass is not a ing. This materjal coming along pasture grass, speaking generally, early in spring will make a fairly but is grown for hay. It makes very rank growth by the time you hare to rank growth, reaching a height of 4 plow it under in preparation for your to 6'feet, and compares with some of gardening operations. You will have the ranker growing millets. It grows to make liberal use •of high grade luxuriously down the south-eastern fertilizer, applying as high as 750 coast,•under semi-ar;d conditions, but to 1200 lbs. per acre for such crops is1 not advised where better quality grass can be grown. A mixture of timothy and clover, I believe, would suit your purpose much better in Ontar'o, than attempting this newer soo 'O!'! WM TWAT oovd= CONIP01117111 Spohn's oon wIli tcaoet- 1Ltn-vary Short ti • At the ties situ of k a�•gh Qct to year horse. give a rev! dolma POI' ' IS will set on tna hada eliminate the die. vette and event further d ttr MA body •0 MN Defeo tits r ram for D�JI�j. L I. PINI >sY1, CAT '11iVV��RR 1 • as CO 05 fur • charter of a ostiturr• 4tt alit OWL 001112MIT. *Douai tatL. v,a.ai t ' • as onions, potatoes, cabbage, and sweet corn. Use fertilizer of an an- alysis running as high as 50/0 am- monia, 8ri^ phosphoric acid and 1 to le,'s potash, working this thoroughly material which is rank and poorly into the soil at the time the crops are adapted to the purpose for which you planted. After your early spring cul- are growing :t. If you want an an- tis•ation of blackberries, raspberries nual pasture to use this coming and cherries has ceased- about the spring a mixture of wheat. and oats first to middle of July --sow the same with a few pounds of clover seed mixture of cover crop, plus a little thrown in produces good annual pas- elover, among these latter crops. ture mixture in about six weeks. Use This again will form a cover crop to 1 bushel of each grain per acre. turn under the following spring. At.- S. M.:—I hate just moved onto a plying- the fertilizer as advised, -or a 160 -acre sandy, gravelly farm, and 1 fertilizer carryi"g about 4 to 5`?"c believe, pretty badly run. •1 wish to ammonia and 10 to 12'31c phosphoric sow oats and :peas this spring for acid to the cane fruits, will give good quick hay. Are the peas sowed first: results. This should • be applied In plowed in, and then oats broadcasted, spring just at the time cultivation or can I broadcast together and her - begins, A r row in? Tell me just how +toget the .1. S.:—I want to grow some cat- hest results. What can I put in an ba I have a 'ice of clayInsm Successful Since 1856 It is easy to Make claims for seeds—it is another thing to be able to substantiate them. We are emphatically able to make our claims good be- cause our record for "seeds that grow" has gone unbroken for 64 years. For seeds, bulbs, plants of all kinds, trust Simmers' goods. THEY GROW! auris for oar lisxds,w.s Nene Ipso rata:otrt today. ' J. A. Simmers Limited, Toronto CARROTS FOR SALE. CHEAP CATTLE FODDER . FROST CANNOT DESTROY We have a quantity of dried carrots available for cattle teed. All that is required is to soak In water to bring the dried article bank to nice, treat sliced carrots. Frost cannot hurt them. and there is no waste or dirt. 200 Ibis of these goods squall a ton of the raw article. We ars offering them at 7%0. per ib. while they last, which is equal to $16 per ton for the fresh carrots.' Try a sawplei bag and yott will And them much ahead of any kind of roots in their fresh state. GRAHAMS, LIMITED ", BELLEVILLE, ONT. • Address all communications for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. The Tw•:ns' Grandmother: Please Sarah are better fur business p'i:r- give a list of pretty names for, boys posey, as "Johnnie," "Will•e" .rind and girls; we want something un- "Bobby" learn early in life. usual, • Ruth: You -should af•cept the first In your quest for something "un-- invitation that. a young ti'aun offers, you even though he may not be just, usual,"avoid names that are made • up by •relatives or friends, and avoid the .one'you would choose. It to only also peculiar spelling of old and courteous and' fair. . It may teach .tad familiar names. In every c•aej. the "right roan" too, to be a little mores - , ore �, child's last tame sheUld be taken into Prompt. 1 think you daft right in `tits. con$ideration, for the given native and other affair but, nay dear, --are. Yuu nut;a ` the surname should harmonize. a bit young to he thinking so seriously Choose carefully before going outside of stieh t h' nts'! the realm of such good Old standbys t5tory-writer: .rheonly way W dis- .as Margaret, Elizabeth, John and ]rid- cover the value of n story is t.a f4end ward, which combine well with most it to the. magazines. . Type" -it care..-.. family names, fully, numbering the pages; put your name and address at the upper rigl'it - A well-chosen name i3 un asset not hand corner of the first page and itis• to. be overlooked, for either the sight number of words at the 1Y.ft corner or.. the sound of it makes a --pleasing and enclose a self-addressed. and impression, often paving ;the way to stamped envelope in case of rejection. pleasant or advantageous things, Use paper 8 inches by 10 and fol i while an absurd name may bec�onte a twice. As you have not given me an handicap, sometimes a veritable bur- clue as to the nature of the story, 1 den. cannot advise regarding the. mist Girls' names not in general use, are suitable magazines, Don't be dig' Adelaide, Agnes, Alice, Barbara, Bea- couraged if your brain -child returns; trice, Christine, Clara, Dorothea, just send it out again. Best of luck:. , Eleanor, Emilie, Frances, Grace, Ger- Discouraged: My mother ,is old-' trade, Helen, Hilda, Ida, Isabel, Jean, fashioned and will not try ons, of the Janet, Jessica, Julia, Laura, Lucy, new devices that make housekeeping Louise,- Marion,' Mariano, Olive, Paul, easier, We have just installed elec- ine, Ruth, Sidney, Sylvia, Theodora, tricity and. can afford lots of ne'w' Ursula and Winifred. things. What can I do": For a boy choaae one of these Youth loves to experiment and ven- names: Alan, Alfred, Arthur, Bert- ture and 1 have the utmost sytnpatliy ram, Charles, David, Douglas, Donald, with you, dear. On the other hand, Edgar, Edwin, Francis, Geoffrey. Goy- Experien�'►►, which your mother repro don, Horace, Lawrence,. Lewis, Mal-' Rents (this sounds like •an allegorical coli», Oliver, Paul, Philip, Richard, play 1), knows much of which Youth' Robert, Stephen, Sylvester or Theo- is still ignorant, scot cannot well take dore. • -- . 'ides. .I will, however, tell you of 2►+►. In nancing a boy. a family name . expetient-e of •a friend ui faire who (sometimes the mother's mai�len visits her. mother on the old farm name) can he used with good results. every summer. • When they, installed - Everett Smith is a good example. electricity she wished her • mother. Nicknames and abbreviations have would buy .some of the nee housckeep- the- r place in the family circle and ing devices hut her mother,,jika Moues, among friends, but the child's name 1 would not. So she arranged. a eom• should always be registered: in its promise. In her own home she al - correct form, not as "Lollie" for ways drained her dishes in s vire Laura, "Flossie" for Florence, and drainer, and though her mother di 1 "Willie" for William. School •work not approve, she did it when she and, later on, business letters and let- washed her mother's dishes. S�►•one ters sent to strangers should be sign- morning she said: "Mother. I'll agree ed with the name in its correct form, to do the dishes your way if you will for a communication signed "t'ad give this vacuum cleaner 1 have sent Flite" does .not seem 'of so much int out on approve.; just one trial." lite portance as one signed ('atherine floors all had heavy carpets and Hite. sweeping was hard, t.•ackbreaking Women and girls err" in this respect work. My friend cheerfully kept her far more than men, but they are part of .the bargain and did not even realizing that while we may prefer ask her mother how she liked the to be "Lou,' ".Mamie,' or `'Sadie" in vacuum cleaner, Lut it did not go the home circle, Louise, Mary and 'back to the dealer. Cord or. Fabric. THE - car equipped with Part- ridge Tires runs almost free from the delays and inconven- iences caused by tire troubles. partridge Tires have so unques- • tionably proved their depend- ability and economy that i • - nd , depend - ,:f they are to -day recogniz- - e as the most service the tor -them, tritesm , Therefore, shield -bearer, --and the third, - tlto . Y tr 1 +� she called Barak, whose home was in fighti►tg nista termed t lilt hors arra old orchard sowed to June grass and for your ntCneS• tires. 1ttiH ' the north, near the Jordan river "and spear, moi that I have had in sod acrd cut used as a pasture' Don't wish to dC.i"� �. .- the lake of Hulah, and who no doubt, -14-16. This Is the Day . Is Nei hayfrom, for two sermons- Cotld 1 plow it, not this year. f FTS . had been one of those to suffer most the Lord -Gone Out Before Thee? D'- expect a cropof cabbage on this. and • �n�w« r: —You can get very Rood results.frornsoy+ing a mixture of peas •• at the hands of the Canaar.:te enemy. horah's faith was s.mpte, direct and least amount• of fertilizer tfiould 1' • u!e!and cats for good hay crop. Use. ••D.rboreh" means a "bee,'' and "Bar- eery great. She was led to believe -������� Answer: It wcrrl.i l,� � ►iter ,`' y,,;t a bushel of each to the acre. These• Ak,'' "a� flash of lightning." This .corn- that this was the divinely appointed --".:'F'r y'1•)•e.�:{t�='�f{afi�i -_� .. - .. . .. ,- -�-• -:-- s--- and ,_,__ �f_-�_ �._J t�_L.... ..1... sushi p:rk out- -t precis o ►artist -i cul' ` erer o -_. est pressor. The busy arniles of His people into the battle, has not been in sod iae•t sea•ion: 'The' ztrlt's of-•tastcsle:-.•will-lye 'gotten- by' piece you have in " mind would have drilling them in with a grain `drill, -- against and I believe in view of the run-down 'PARTRIDGE, _ ___' —� activity of the woman. her -wis- For among the earliest ideas of the, been all right if it had been give re-; dont and resource, and . the people of Israel about Jehovah was, condition • of the soil it should pay - last fall. Of course it will 1v:strength, determination and hghtn- that that He w'aa a God of war, fight- ing -like • if plowed early this spring. Mv: you well to add 2Q0 to 3(10 lea, of r ,, Idea fertiiver analysing from, 1. to 3 :per ing-like swiftness of the man.. int, His people's enemies, The Lotti •idea vias that the sod turned under made for victory. Mount "Tabor, at 's a man of war," they said. Ile is cent. ammonia, R per cent. phosphoric TI/� j thehave rottedwmore completely had 2 3 Gane as T/ie/r Name the north -cast end o,' the plain of "Captain of the Lords hoat;. 11e is, the fall• plowing been done. Under acid, and to 3 per cent. potash. This „ either case, of course, you can expect would give early food for the oats i Esdraelon, was chosen. es the rallying the Lord of hosts, the Cod of the i and peas as they sprout and Would:. I point. Barak was, bidden to call the armies of Israel," "the Lord strong a good crop of eu.►bage. To. assist trihesmen of 7ehulum and NaphtalI, and mighty. the Lord mighty in bat, your soil toward this end I would mean.ar: additional yield which Would; over whom he had already some in- tie," •So even. io•Chriat:an literature.. pay big interest on the money invest et, At cleaning times it always — es, . advise you to use as high as t •►t) to : ing j :� c , ed in fertilizers, GJ'�lr fluence and authority, The chosen in the imagist; of the Apoe'alrp.; lyUUU les. per acre of a fertilizer The hest thing to' is a wise precaution t:, disinfect. - }-� ; ••- • battleground is the banks of the river ('heist is "portrayed as a warrior ✓ ►K ith,mt.4 de would be to get a (frill with fertil- The Rtant.-food value of ,ultry uta- f oett4�-aa ttxtettia. p' {, kishon, always treacherous in times. R on a white horse to the tical eo fl per cent: phosphoric acid, and 1 t„ izer-dropping. attachment. Relative nose is appreciated ever>v<here. The I ��% .1` 17 1. l ,.%.S� of flood hut well known to the men of flirt. with :inti -Christ' (Rev. 1:►; 1 t• 1i per rent, potash, Work this into •to the orchard, you . o not say whetherl poultryman close to town or city, or P � h• .• �r � Israel. Deborah's instructions 'to lilt. you intend to clean the orchard up or •in a cltsti•iet where it:tt�►tsive agrirttl • , the soil a.r tine sea•i.►al iy being arc- karat are Q,t et as the tinea of The Lor, pared, Savin wa little to a lr around; a imply let it stand until you can des , . • 1 T)isi•nmfite.! Sise ra. The K pp • 1 tore rules, neve has' elling 1 tar, chbhzge as they nee acing set: troy it. Assuming that the latter is it ata good. Ke Of 1�'f1•:R\.\T"it)\.11. i.f•:`ti(1V, .Tctiovalr, tattle was fought, na doubt with price. The ranR-a. If Thou Wilt tau Vti'ith Me. courage and sk•al, •loit it auks the in- t) ► not let -it come in souther with i the case •.and you do not wish to plots i prises is i,N rests. to =I.'2i,. u barrel, �I'Itl1. 11. it this ycsr, 1 would advise' ou to Barak • did not lack courage, but , he visible leafier Whom gave the victory. the plant or the plant roots, fieleas, ,. y with consideSh,e quantities sold at saw �f.ith a soldier's understanding Ther* t:►ca a storm, ;t Itchy fall of ,,t hos been mise.! with the soil scatter some clover seed on top of S1 More\tpoultry keepers choose t•► the ,fuel, d and air -dress the soil with use' it on their awn land. It must hel Deborah and Barak 1)eliv*r Israel— the magnitude and paril of th.• rrttet - rain, a swiftly r.: 'ng flood, tinct the. t. J. 1►,•—i have c•i ht acres ofw prise•. if this woman of virion and of ei:emy as raugltt upon soft :end, K lbs. zelr let , the rate Of about use stot ed in, a • prntectefl ' place, as ill Judge f : •1=5, 31. • (.idiien 'Text wheat that,�i would, like to .serifthi•c liar, to• the. acre. You should use faith, through whose lips Jehovah treacherous ground. amity ntar'4nr' � ciuic•kiy {o�e�i it, value- when :esrposed—•1'tsalm •16: 1. spring. it wase god plowed for e'en, �c►rtitizzers high in nitrogen, 4 to ►;: rpoke to him, would but go with hint, and quicksands, . It seemed that thea to nate, and now wltc•at. \1t,+t , , La tbA' +ur attar, _ -„- ttwn ht: fett--assurtd of a :its' itrarrn amt, earth liaci asset to per .cent, and shout iU to l:. per cent. • 4: 4 u: New Deborah. The first four -conspired • of it was mienurtd last fall t put in phosphoric acid. it will be well to — __ — verses of the chapter are• 6he intrci- hlcs...ng and so or sueeesie. Debot�ah's overthrow and Amato!: the enemy. .It .►n tw n lone of lime per acre, It„ you apply the fertilizer first then scatter ductionprovided by the editor of the answer was prompt' ane! spirited, "I was surely the Lord's doing. think it advi'able to seed to alfalfa the seed, - velli 'u*eI 1►0." But, she said, the The lesson story goes on to tell of then harrow the sod if pea- book. They tell us of the. evil -doing. in the wheat? sihle so as to work the reef! into the ' a honor of the, c.,nte rise willgo of Israel and the oppress ion of Jshin,� rP tea the flight of lasses, and of his m► nisi An-wer: 1 scr.unie your f •l i 'is t ros:r i slightly. This should make .- ',king of lalaror, ar,cl his captain, Sisera, t woman. in the tont .of licher, the Kenitc, by ' in fall' wheat :,t the present t,ime.l growth which "would give you some Sloilfifs- ' ,whose home was in the northern par -to 10-11. At His reel, that :s, "artier. .Tart, the trite of. ll,csher. ;a murder i• ye cvlingly Roud catches of alfalfa good hay. a` f r ! t ne ee Josh 11 1-1r0 and • t • • him.'' With his litte army, of ten •vrh:ch seems shocking to •ua hut was o a es► t • thousand mnen, ill-equipped but stimu- m* a+'tted as ustiliahle and r aise- ot c r whose • king and people -at anK a p eacl:er time Joshua had won a great Iated to enthusiasm and daring by the Worthy in the minds of the people at victors. Now they had recovered press*fee cf the hero:i. woman' Who that priinitive age -(see 5: 24-271. it power and were using- it ag*Inst promised victory, Barak marched to has taken the world a long time to Israel. -The historian tolls us that Tabor. learn the lesson of forgivcnese) to an the king ''mightily oppressed the 12-13. They 'Told Sisera. Nothing is enemy and to overcome the passiott children f Isel" !,41.: R1The Song said of the king's par ipation in the of revenge and hatred. and not even oaf flehoraoh (crahap. says. , tan berth, battle. Sisera appears to have put yet is that great lessois rightly learn - way); were unoccupied, and the travel- great dependence Main his t chariots, ed. The student will do yell to com- terts walked through byways for feat hut owing to the marshy nature of pare the Song of Dehoraa. with .tho •the country and the river floods they lesson etory,tand to 'notice its intetts- of their enemies. Th. -people, hrt,l miser-midiin. a�ih. were probably c.f little use. The He- sty, its passion, its graph's •power, anti jection, IM�ked fetid. mei they bac! not (brews had no r•heriote Morithe time its dramatic• ' qualities %chick • fir:,; liven weapons of t~ar with whi h to of Datil! (2 :;am. 8: 4i. The chariot exurrs•ion in ttrs,•eessive vii idly pre - and a light were:t it body, open behind, stilted scenes, proceeding rapidly t.' a fiRltt their opt), c sKnt's• a single stout axle -*with awe six to climax in which the tidir sof defe•gt- 1)rbfirah was a prophetess. :She we, R as inspired by .1*h c.:►b. Hct'it ,'e the, r'`ht.. spo;;ed wheel. 'Pie .role, Wil;, and death rcarh the motherof Sayre •,"tet t thirty• -five minutes. On a farm where i 1.eghorns and Reds aro both kept, \ Italny-nay Magician. o r , manure of ;AO birds is removed in ten The' clouds were gray ant weepy - PP to .twti a ininute•i. faced, the woods aloof and enol; Most hard-and-fast rules respeetingl The flowers looked mussed and aieepy, manure removal are m.tde only to •bi•' At two •times frequent manure re- facacl like children target of anc�►ol. broken. 'Some hogmere:Ili Joultty moval from dropping -hoards is of . keepers es�_r-cett.sPu{ cites, ;tttir --rlt nit etpectal importance.. One is the warns 'Then Robin, Spring attending him, the i•f►ostt{ only Iw:ce a year, in spring.' months when miters may he<•ome a• hart canes hippy sop along, and fall, and ore wt -epi', n{ of the prac-! drain on 'thou flock. The practice of with nothing recommending him ex- , somc. of-th* commercial poultry farms eept his little ,song. tient fPestutr.+ „f any ether policy. It . p ,,e ss no their is to clen�t tinily, and to paint the As lnoter. alot'Atlt! • part'} roosts every fortnight with a ena1-tar Lite tilled a dreary vette,.nr two with eithesr. They .clispeoiae with dropping. . i hoards and let tar, manure secenolate disinfectant. Of the twit measures, • hateful exercise, •In n hctarried c►R Rove on the around? they dcelere daily manure removal Then ran a merry reale or two to jio�. 1 (ti+>t ow• •il►e�:rl►enti iso4 mato' to 'defeat the mites, cheer the rainy skies. i. T'' fit, the pilo. •T Special -Tonga a nitig tools are' on The —Wes comp -as -elf right. " 1. ..t ' a A big Plyincnith ki,.•h poultry tarns i the market, or they can 1* improvised rainhf►w in reply; • be:level het to he : c Inspired It•f•V Is proud of its Oft -dent manure -re-; at home. A good :+wager helps to The meadows answered prettily• witht itnve-ted 'her with authority. They ' moval s}stem. 'Through a rtrefully make the job easy. When the • hen- bud and butterfly. • rani- lip to her for judgment, nt, tier planned , co.►thinetion of ••onvententi heir,* has board floors, at cleaning home %%lo .l►atween Iatrtinh and Bethel, roo4ti and overhead mortal litter cut• ttmo ncanurs will smetioies he tonna NoNotone for dilly-dahery` 1'rirr�i n liitl- t•r.ihr ri+►rth f,f .(, rusalrm. +tier, it' retuoves the inain:re of 1,(i0(1 drie,,d to tho flour in aline of the deep I Robin looked around -1 67.•(ailed Barak ttnc�.rah had ,i ,hirds And dapoeirfi it 4n $n •tt:Asia,: east litter. Water will 'often the ma- Then drew his well-ratrne�l salttrry, a''enuirtige. and faith its Glut. Ilea iiia* osossi;,•1 coTC?,•tI.'►oar►pr+ t, ►.'el! `n 1 +eri,it, ;'t, 1 .permit a thorrnngh _clean-v:,,riii , front out t he (,•retool. eei•defl 'the' sifting hand of a capon', a • t» -cit: fnATenetrtcy.-it hand- of leather to 1001:111g through the iattitt•1 wilt, too, the front of the chariot. 1'*o horses fer the return of fair rictora. were harnessed to it; or rather yoked, — __-0, _� far traces were not used. rn Sisern's ' • chariots: of irftn the Wnodwor:t v:'55' '' A well l.'oot.•woo*ilot or A platttati, ti probably strer,gihent 4 by-, , metal of forest treest;ti tate steep rocky por- ,f►!ates. Two ni' sontrt'"fnes three• mete. lion+ of the (arm oil' help snake the were s: ivied to each char.rt, one of pl:cee More M,trattive. %.