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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1919-09-25, Page 7arm Crop Queries Conducted by Professor Henry G. Boll The object of this department is to place the Jlce of our farm readers the u5<ice of an acknowledged / ■uuionty cn ail subjects pertain.ng to soils ftnd crops. Address all questions Co Professor Henry G. Bell, in care of 1 he Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, snn answers w>ll appear in this column in the order in *h!ch they are received. When .writing kindly mention this paper. As space is limited it is advisable where im­ mediate jeply is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope i,e enclosed with the question. whe»_ the answer be ..-.ailed direct L. B.:—I have some low mucky ground that I wish to seed for perm­ anent pasture, and will you tell me what is the best mixture of seed io use for this purpose, and when is the best time to sow it? . . Answer:—For grass mixture for' permanent pasture on muck soil I would recommend the following' mix­ ture: Red Top 10 pounds, timothy 6 - pounds, white clover 2 pounds, total of 18 pounds per acre. The grass could ' be sown this fall if you are in a sec­ tion where you do not have severe frost for some time. However, if you are in the colder section of the prov-! ince, you had better delay seeding until spring. If the grass is sown this fall, scatter the clover seed over the land next spring just as the snow is going- off and the thawing and set­ tling of the land will give it sufficient covering. You would do well to sow a nurse crop such as rye or winter wheat with the grass mixture at the rate of about 1 bushel per acre. Make this sowing thin so that the grass mix­ ture will get a good spring. C. W. G.:—I am regard to the slowing sweet clover. I have chance early alone little low- M2SHELEN IfAW rfiGL’th wash A BOON TO SMOKERS. toothers and daughters of ail ages are cordially invited to write to this department. Initials only will be published with each qui..-.un and its answer So a means of identiUcaticn, hut full name and address must be given in each letter. Write cn or,a side of paper only. Answers will ba mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address ali correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 2?” Woodbine Ave., Toronto.MOOTHWASH mum of time. This means crisp, i delicious Vegetables produced at a time when prices are most favorable. : When you have made out your plans, if you have any specific problems re­ garding the preparation of the seed­ bed for crops that you are planting, I shad be glad to help you. -------------------- A Useful Pamphlet. In canned goods there are two kinds of spoilage. The first is called “flat1 sour” which includes all forms of bacterial growth that develop within the food. The second type of spoilage to guard against is mold, a plant growth that is distinctly different from the bacterial growth. Molded foods are seldom more than surface affected because air is necessary for its growth, but the “flat sour” spoil­ age means that the entire can must be discarded. Bulletin No. 93 of the Dominion Experimental Faims, “Pre­ servation of Fruits and Vegetables for Home Use,” which may be had on application to the Publications Branch Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, gives full information on the various methods df canning including old and valuable recipes as well as new ones ! which have been found valuable.) Canning has become the most popular means of preserving large quantities of fruit and vegetables and since these are plentiful during ti e summer months and at ether times difficult to obtain, .it is important‘to preserve quantities during the growing season for use in winter. Moreover, the use of an abundant supply of fruit and green vegetables is essential to health at all seasons of the year. The universal mouth Antiseptic for Pyorrhoea and sore gums. Heals and hardens bleeding gums at once and tightens the teeth. writing you in and growing of a five-acre field on which I can’t seem to get clover seed to grow successfully. Would you recommend sowing sweet clover on / it? The soil is a gravelling loam and has been broken up four years. I would like to know if I could sow sweet clover with fall rye or if it must be sowed in the spring? Or would it be better to sow the sweet clover in the spring? Answer:—Sweet clover is a difficult to handle owing to the ness with which the seed germinates. You could sow it as you recommend mixed with rye this fall if there is sufficient season before frosts so that the young clover could make a good! start. I would prefer, however, to sow the clover in the spring with some spring grain such as wheat, oats or barley. I have seen excellent catches of sweet clover when started in this way. Sow from ten to fifteen pounds' of sweet clover seed per acre’. One of the important points, of course, is to have the soil in good state of till­ age. It should be plowed this fall or early next spring and worked down thoroughly by disking and harrowing. In order to make sure of a good stand' of grass and clover I would advise! you to sow from 200 to 300 pounds! of a fertilizer analyzing from 2 to 3 per cent, ammonia, about 8 per cent, phosphoric acid, and 2 to 3 per cent, potash at the time that you are sow­ ing the grain in the spring. This is best applied with a fertilizer drilling seed drill. It can be sown broadcast like lime but when this is done be sure . to thoroughly disk and harrow the soil so that the fertilizer will be work­ ed into the damp soil at a depth where the plants grow. R. K.:—Can you give me directions ' for the fall preparation of a two-acre plot for growing strawberries next year? What is the best variety? I wish also to go into truck gardening extensively and would like advice on the preparation of seedbeds. The soil is light, dry loam and badly infested with weeds. Answer:—Some successful straw­ berry growers place great emphasis i on deep fall plowing of the ground which is to be planted next year. Allow this to lie exposed as the plow I turns it up. The frosts of winter will have an exceedingly goodz effect in breaking down the soil. At the time of plowing, some strawberry growers advise turning' under 15 tons of manure per acre. In addition they i apply from 800 to 1,000 pounds of fertilizer per acre in the spring when working the seedbed down. This is; sown with a grain drill dropper or applied broadcast and thoroughly worked in by harrowing and disking. The fertilizer should analyze from 3 to 5 per cent, ammonia, 10 to 12 per. cent, available phosphoric acid, and 2 to 3 per cent, potash. This additional plantfood will give the young plants' a strong vigorous start which will; mean much to their fruit-producing powers. Regarding the advice on prepara­ tion of seedbeds for truck gardening, I would say that you would do well to keep in mind the necessity of good soil drainage so that the superfluous water from rain carried off early this water lies in the circulation of therefore retards bacterial growth which is so necessary for crop growth. Moreover, every time a pound of water is evaporated from the soil it takes an enormous amount of heat out of the soil and therefore keeps it cold and backward. Richness of soil is a principle of no secondary importance in market gard­ ening. Work in all the stock manure you can obtain and supplement it by high grade fertilizers in order to force maximum growth within a mini- i and snow may be in the spring. If the soil it prevents air in the- soil and \ Fake Fire Help. Nothing in this world seems to be too silly for belief. Consider, for instance, the powders advertised to “double the fuel value of your coal.” You are informed that a given quantity of coal will go twice as far if you sprinkle it with stuff of this kind. The powders are not alleged to have in themselves any value as fuel—liow, But, by some they indeed, could they? mysterious chemical action, cause the fuel to deliver more heat. Fifty per cent, more, according to the least claim. * They are absolutely valueless, yet people who have bought them are of­ ten heard to proclaim their efficiency. Pure imagination. Some of them are nothing but com­ mon salt. There are, as a matter of fact, not a few housewives who use salt for the purpose, entertaining full faith in it as a fuel economizer. The recent high price of coal greatly stimulated the demand “fuel powders,” and the fakers who put them up for sale to the gullible are prospering hugely. has for ? readiness to start for church, .ben Pearson had paced the floor for five minutes. “Can’t you move a little faster, mother?” he demanded. “There’s plenty of time,” came a voice from another room. “That’s what you have been saying for going on fifty years, you know.” “It’s always been true whenever I’ve said it,” replied Mrs. Pearson. “Here it is twenty minutes past nine.” “That clock Is fast. You always 99 “It’s a warm morning-;” Eben went on, ignoring that point, “and I don’t like to hurry the horse.” “Well, play I’m the horse, and don’t hurry me,” she replied. Eben waited while the discredited clock ticked away a iew more minutes. “Mother, I believe you’re dillydallying just to spite me,” he declared at last; and the charge was met by a silence that was worse than words. “I’ll go out and get in,” he continued. “If you want to go with me, you’d better come along.” He was very deliberate about unhitching, and he fussed needlessly with the harness, but at last he seated himself in the carriage. “Well, I’m off!” he called. “Well, good-bye,” came the reply. In his exasperation Eben jerked the reins, and the horse moved off. “Well, it serves her right!” Eben muttered. The feeling of justification stayed with him as far as the turn of the road leading to the village. Beyond that point he knew well enough that it was stubborn pride kept him on his way. “I’ll bet I haven’t get a pocket hand­ kerchief with me!” he said to himself suddenly, owning that if That should prove to be the case he must go back. Hopefully feeling in one of his pock­ ets, he found it empty. From another, however, he brought out the hand­ kerchief, all smoothly folded and frag­ rant with sweet clover. Mother had looked out for that. His eye fell on his coatsleeve, which he now rem­ embered to have torn accidentally while getting out of the carriage last Sunday. It was mended so neatly that you could hardly see where the torn place had been. That was mother again. She always got things done; and there were a lot of things for her to do. Perhaps that was one reason why she sometimes kept him waiting; and, after all, when had she ever really failed to get round in time ? Eben was now driving quite slowly. In fact, he had an eye out for a good place to turn round. But just then the Millers overtook him. “Good morning! W’here is Mrs. Pearson?” called out Mrs. Miller. “Not sick, I hope?” The question was embarrassing, but Eben managed to answer it. “No, not sick,” he sa.id, “but she didn’t seem to be quite up to coming.” “Glad it’s nothing serious,” said Mrs. Miller as they .drove past. To Eben it did seem serious, for ha felt fully committed to going to church without his wife. It was a charming morning, and the ride- to church had long been one of the lux­ uries of life; but somehow, in order to appreciate it, you wanted mother along to praise things up. Without her, daisies were only whiteweed, and even the bobolink’s song had a lone­ some sound. The old horse wras having an easy time of it. Eben was all over his hurry, and for once .in his life was willing to be late at church. He had no notion of walking up to the family pew alone. He would slip in quietly to a back seat, and get away as soon as possible after meeting. Eben was late, but he had miscal­ culated in one respect. The minister had just given out the first hymn, and the congregation had risen and. were facing the choir, who sang from the gallery in the rear. Thus Eben, as ha entered, was in a position to see and be seen, and everyone was out that Sunday. Even mother, hymn book in hand, was there in the family pew, showing no sign of having hurried in the least. Before the last stanza cf the hymn had been sung Eben had reached a plausible explanation of what had at first seemed a mystery. He had doubt­ less been helped by the fact that his grandson, who lived in Bloomfield, was in the pew by Mrs. Pearson’s side. His conjecture was confirmed after service by his wife. “It was my first ride in an auto- I mobile,” he heard her saying as she ■ came down the aisle. “Johnny came over on purpose this morning to sur- i prise me. I’ve hardly got my breath i yet. We get here in no time, although i we went way round by Bean’s Corner ! because it’s a smoother road.” j “When I saw Sister Pearson coma : in without you,” said the minister as , “I was afraid ■Bride-to-be: Tell me how to meet, the man is very dense he will under-; stand that he is not to be entertained keep it fast, indoors. Husband must not confine: himself to criticism, but help you by being on hand whenever the unwel­ come guest appears. As all this takes ' up time that could be spent to better advantage, and is likely to affect the! harmony cf the family besides, it! would seem that the vz.isest thing to; io would be to move, to another farm.! I know that a move is expensive and ...b wx wxux coy inconvenient, but it is far better than; Please tell me how to”make bea.ds^out remaining where you are, if conditions of paper, as that seems to be the only, su4ch f;ha“ Jhe happiness of your kind I can afford to wear. ! You can make charming beads out of colored magazine covers and illus-[ trations. Lay the picture upon a fiat surface, vzith a piece of cardboard underneath. Mark it off into triangles measuring one inch at the 'base and having the two other sides of equal' length. Cut the sections with a sharp One of the staple food products knife, using a ruler as a guide. Roll! from waste apples that is in universal each piece on a hatoin, beginning to demand is cider vinegar. Pure cider roll at the base and fastening the' vinegar commands a premium on the tip securely in place with paste. When! market. I In the process of transforming eider into vinegar, two distinct fermenta­ tions take place. First is the vinous or alcoholic fermentation which is the changing of the sugar of the cider; into alcohol, caused by the action of certain natural yeast bacteria. Second is the acetic Termentation by which the alcohol thus formed .is changed to vinegar acid or acetic acid. The alco­ holic fermentation may be accelerated ! by the addition of yeast, using a cake' to each five gallons, dissolved in warm water before adding. The acetic fer­ mentation is also aided by*the addition of good vinegar containing some mo­ ther of vinegar. It is important to allow plenty of room for air in the i barrel during all stages of fermenta­ tion and also to maintain the temper­ ature between sixty and eighty deg­ rees. Care should be taken not to McCRIMMON'S Mouth Wash deodorizes all decomposed mat­ ter and makes the mouth fresh and sweet. | McCrimmom’s Chemicals my mother-in-law and my father-in- law. . Just as you would want your own 'dear parents to be met under similar, circumstances; or, if you can project! your imagination so far, as you would want to be met yourself, should you: ever have a son and he decided to marry. Churchmouse:—A fashion article says: “Wear beads, they add a pleas­ ing touch of color to any costume.” Manufacturing Chemists UTILIZING CULL APPLES In these days it is unwise to over-! look any resources that will add good ■ nourishing food to the nation’s supply. • Therefore it is surely in order to again call special attention to the im-' portance of properly utilizing that large proportion of the apple crop which grades below standard. In some provinces the percentage of cull or cider apples runs fully one-third of: the total and .it is frequently esti-, mated that thousands cf tons of such! apples are wasted each year. No one! will deny that this loss along with all other food waste should be reduced, to a minimum. Another important consideration is the good profit that, the utilizing of these apples affords the grower. While a portion of the large culls, may be evaporated to excellent ad­ vantage, the most practical way of diverting this enormous waste into good food is by pressing. Practically, all the valuable and nutritive elements of fruits are contained in the juice. The other parts consist largely of Egg-Laying Contests Popular. The egg-laying contests throughout the Dominion are attracting consider­ able interest. Already the entries are being rapidly filled by birds from all' classes of poultry breeders. The fancier and the commerci-1 man are being represented as are also the, backyarder and the farmer, the old i breeder and the amateur. Canadians i are not going to have it all their own way either, for both the United States and England are going to be repre­ sented. The Dominion'Experimental Farm is conducting no less than seven con-1 tests this year, reaching from Prince! Edward Island on the east, to Alberta ! on the west. At Ottawa will be held I the “Canadian” open to the world, ! Other contests will be conducted at1 six of the Branch Farms throughout ■ thq Dominion. The farms selected are J Charlottetown, P.E.I.; Nappan, N.S.;j Cap Rouge, Que.; Brandon, Man.; In-1 dian Head, Sask.; and Lethbridge,! Alta. All contests start November first and continue for 52 weeks. Applica­ tion must be made to Dominion Poul­ try Husbandman, Experimental Farm, Ottawa. The time of receiving appli­ cations has been extended to October fifteenth. E The Great West Permanent Loan Company. Toronto Office. 20 King St. West 4% allowed on Savings. Interest computed quarterly. Withdrawable by Cheque, on Debentures, Interest payable half yearly. Paid up Capital $2,412,573. I a. vvuvx vkj , ivca. UllLJ tlxUUlU UC Lclikeil I1UL LUI cellular tissue and are of little value, start the second fermentation until all except to retain the juice, which in, the sugar in the cider is changed into! ripe apples runs as high as ninety alcohol, otherwise the change to vine- per cent. Therefore a short cut to, conserving the rich life-sustaining, elements possessed by even the small-, est of cull apples is by first grating: and pressing, then working up the | juice. . ! A modern hydraulic cider press will i extract an average of a little over; four gallons of cider from each bushel of ordinary undergrades. This juice can be readily converted into a variety. cf food products that are not only ap- i petizing and nourishing, but most of, them are in concentrated form con-! venient to market and easy to pre-; serve. Sweet cider, cider vinegar,' boiled cider, apple syrup, apple jelly,' apple butter and pasteurized cider are' all in active demand and can be sold; at a better net profit than is usually i obtained from the apples in a fresh condition. Even the pomace need not be wast­ ed. It is being used extensively hs feed for dairy and beef cattle, and for hogs and sheep. Many pronounce it equal to ordinary corn silage. Pomace also has a distinct value as jelly stock. because of its pectin content which; is not impaired by drying. Frequent- i ly the pomace is repressed, the result-: ing juice being used for making vine-: gar or jelly. Fresh sweet cider and pasteurized: cider are highly recommended as a| health drink by eminent physicians i and scientists. Sweet cider is a tonic! as well as a nutrient, containing nat-! ural salts and acids of special value! in the correcting of stomach com-j plaints nnd liver and kidney trouble.! Pure sweet cider can readily be made' available as a delightful home bever-j age the year around and .is far super-. ior to the ordinary type of soft drinks, j Chemical preservatives should avoided, but pasteurized to one hun-: butter cooker should be used. It make: gar will be retarded or prevented al­ together. ’x There exists in this country a po­ tential market for boiled cider that would consume a hundred times the amount now produced if the product could only be obtained. Boiled cider is the fresh juice concentrated by ; evaporation in the ratio of five gal­ lons reduced to one. In this form it i will remain in a perfect state of pre­ servation for years. It is dark brown In color and of a syrupy consistency. It has an extensive use both commer­ cially and in the kitchen, being especi­ ally desirable for making mince meat and apple butter as well as having a multitude of other culinary uses. By continuing the evaporation pro­ cess until the cider is reduced to the all have been rolled, slip them one at a time on a hatpin and, turning the pin head downward, dip the beads in shellac. Slip from the hatpin on to ordinary pins, and stick these pins in a pasteboard box until the beads are dry. Do not touch them until after the shellac has hardened, when they will be ready to string. Red beads are very much sought after at present, and a pretty string of paper beads will combine several shades of that color, with a little black, white and green. Alternate with small beads of geld color, and introduce a few jet ones if you wish. A Reader:—The owner of the farm we live upon .is a frequent and un­ welcome visitor at our house. Please advise me what to do ? A woman can not handle a situation such as this is alone; she must have her husband’s co-operation. You can be too busy to talk to the visitor when he appears; or you can always sug­ gest that “husband” is in the barn or in the “south field” or wherever he happens to be at the time, and unless i home is at stake. Busy Mother:—With four children scattered from coast to coast it .is indeed a problem to keep in touch with them all without encroaching on time devoted to those still in the home nest. One read the other day of a plan invented by a mother who lives on the old homestead on an On­ tario farm. By her plan it is possible to write fewer letters, and at the same time to correspond more frequently with the members of her large family. Five children, some of whom are mar­ ried and hav\ homes of their own, live in different parts of the country. The mother writes to her oldest boy, John, who lives in British Columbia. John reads the home news and, en­ closing his mother’s letter, writes to his married sister, Lottie, who lives in Alberta. Lottie in " turn, inclosing the letter from her mother and John, writes to Harry, who lives in Mani­ toba. So the chain of family letters goes until it has reached all the chil­ dren, each in turn writing to the next younger sister or brother and inclos­ ing all the family letters. ^Finally the accumulated letters, including the one she first wrote to John, come to the mother, who destroys her own let­ ter and writes a new one to John, inclosing those she has received from the other children. Thus, as the chain continues, each member of the family, instead of writing five individual let­ ters, writes one letter to all, and re­ ceives five letters in return—one from each of the others. Would not a sim­ ilar plan solve your difficulty, Busy Mother? Note that the law is called “testi- , mony” because it witnesses to the I ancient covenant bond between Je- l hovah and Israel (see Exod. 24), and t Xi_J- 'J- *- -1_«_x_ x... i »♦ zz 1 I In 2 Timothy 3: 14-17, Paul coun­ sels Timothy, his beloved fnjend and ! child in the Gospel, to continue in the t study of the Holy Scriptures. For ■ Timothy had a good mother and ! grandmother (1: 5) of the Jewish i faith, but his father was a Greek. Paul speaks, of course, cf the Scrip- ■ tures of the Old Testament, but what i he says is even in a larger measure ! true of the whole Bible. He speaks of the power and of the use of the Scriptures. They are “able to make salvation,” and they are i that it is also “statutes,” “command­ ment,” and “judgments.” The “fear of the Lord” (v. 9), is the disposition to obey Jehovah’s law, or the char­ acter which is based upon obedience s to it. Note also that the law (and this can truly be said of the teaching of the! Bible as a whole) converts the soul,! turning the soul from error and folly wise unto and sin to righteousness and God; j “profitable for teaching, for reproof, that it makes wise evenvthe simple,! for correction,_for instruction in right- i who knows his ignorance and seeks'its ! eousness.’ j guidance; that it rejoices the heart 1 and brightens the eyes, giving glad- i ness and beauty to life; and that it i endures, being altogether true and right. For that which is just and right and true is that only which abides forever. The law is further described as very sweet and very pre-; cious and very greatly to be desired., For by it one is warned and instructed so that he may avoid both secret or unconscious errors, and open or pre­ sumptions sins. The entire medita­ tion upon this great revelation in na­ ture and in the lai^z of God concludes with a petition that both word and i thought may be acceptable in the! sight of the Lord. The whole of Psalm 119 is also inI praise of the law, and seems to have ’ in mind especially these first five books i j ratio of seven to one the product be-1 I comes jelly, which makes a delightful j I tart spread. To please varied tastes I it may be sweetened and any desired • flavoring may be added. A ready' market at attractive prices awaits all j apple jelly offered. Apple butter has long been a stand­ by as a staple food and table delicacy and merits a place in the diet of every family. A favorite home recipe is as follows: Boil three gallons of apple cider down to one and one-half gal­ lons. Pare and quarter sufficient ap­ ples to make three gallons. Pour over these sufficient additional cider to cover apples well. After cooking until tender, run through the colander, then add boiled cider and boil down to desired thickness. When nearly done add one and one-half pints sugar and when done flavor with one tc/-l spoonful of allspice and one teaspoon­ ful cinnamon. For making apple but- be I ter on a large scale, a steam apple ilVUiUCCl MV1U yC'OUVViX XZJVXA w — -x._ ,____ - ..... 'S dred and sixty degrees for two hours' a butter with the right flavor quickly and sealing tight is effective for pre-1 and with the very least amount of venting fermentation. labor. INTERNATIONAL LESSON SEPTEMBER 21. I .STORM WINDOWS &D00I13 Sizes to suit your openings. Fitted with glass. Safe de­ livery guaranteed. Write for Price List [I'J. Cut down fuel * £ —bills— Insure winter ® ' cdiifpriJ I The HALLIDAY COMPANY, Limited "HAMILTON -JCTCRV DISTRIBUTORS CANADA The Holy Scriptures—Ps. 19: 7-14; 119: 9-16, 97, 165; Acts 17: 10-12; 2 Tim. 3: 14-17; Heb. 1:1-2. ‘ Golden Text, Ps. 119: 105. The Law of the Lord. Psalm 19 cele­ brates God’s revelation in the wonders of the heavens and in the perfection of His holy law. The heavens declare His glory, but not less certainly does the ancient law of Israel in which His will is revealed. There are set forth the principles of justice and fidelity and kindness and love, old as creation ■ and high as the throne of God. Indeed, there is in justice something more per­ manent and more sublime than in heaven itself, and therefore there ds truth in the old saying, “Let justice be dene though heaven falls.” The praise of the law is first set forth in three verses (7-9), each con­ taining two statements cast in the same form. In each statement there is the longer part telling what the law is, and the shorter part telling what it does, the more clear as below: law of the verting the soul; testimony of the Lord is sure,— making wise the simple; statutes of the Lord are right,— rejoicing the heart; commandment of the Lord is pure,—enlightening the eyes; fear cf the Lord is clean,—en- durinr forever; judgments of the Lord are ti/e,-— and righteous altcgther. ' It will make this all if we write the lines The The The Th Lord is perfect,—con- The reader who seeks earnestly to know what is the author­ ity and what the value of the inspired Book will find in Paul’s words a good and sufficient answ’er to his questions. Its power is “through faith,” and its authority is that of a teacher and a guide. To neglect or refuse this teaching and this guidance is surely the highest folly. I The Honeybee’s Work Day. When you are eating a piece of bread and honey stop and think a of the Old Testament which, in the minute about the busy little honey Hebrew 'Scriptures, are known as 1;)ee who worked so hard to gather tne “Torah” or “Law.” See especially vs. honey and keep it for you. 9-16, 97, and 165. * By taking heed to his way or conduct according to God’s law, a young man may live a clean life (v. 9). By storing up some word of it in the memory and heart he is preserved from sin (y. 11). The psalmist resolves that he will meditate upon, have regard for, and delight himself in, .its precepts (vs. 15, 16).z, comes to you on the tame. Very truly he declares (v. 165): I / ! be cared for in the ----“Great peace have they whicn love |bees ars fn hive He does not have an eight-hour working day—no, indeedy. From early morning until darkness falls he hur­ ries back and forth carrying the honey from flower to hive, and you can imagine he has to ■work hard -when it takes about 40,000 trips to the fields to gather one pound of honey as it | After the honey is gathered it must 1 be cared for in the cells, and some of i iixic iMcvio aiv iv.- u ... vuv ... y e and all Thy law; . . during the heat of the day they fan And they have„ none occasion of their wings to ventilate the hive stumblm&. j and carry off the extra water. For 'Substitute the word “Bible” for “law” you know the honey the bee gathersouvsniuLe me xvx icwy j.. v— i without you, said, i and the saying is even more emphatic- is not thick and rich, but very^ thin g]100^ Even’s hand, ally true. I 1 A J The Holy Scriptures. The historian of th6 book of Acts (17: 10-12) com­ mends the people of Berea as “more noble” than others because “they re­ ceived the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily.” | and watery, and must be cared for, and moved from cell to cell in the hive ! until it is “ripe.” Much of this ‘work caring for the honey is done at night after the flowers have gone to sleep. ‘So you see when people say the “busy” bee they know what they are They* sought .to prove and know for fdiking about, don’t they? Hollyhock seedlings may be potted themselves, by their own study, whe­ ther the things Paul and his fellow. . „ missionaries had told them were really up for wintering in cold frames. If true. The common herd received or the plants are to be left in the garden rejected without inquiry, but these give constant cultivation to promote Bereans were of the true nobility of growth and mulch the plants vzell as ! the faith.soon as the ground freezes. you were net well.” “He wasn’t quite himself this morn­ ing,” .interposed Mrs. Pearson, “but I guess hq feels better now, don’t you, father ?” “Yes, Fm all right now,” said Eben. “I suppose, mother, you’ll want to go back with Johnny?” he went on diffidently as they stood on the steps. “Well, no/' saij she. “If.Johnny doesn’t mind, I believe that I’ll let the trip one way in the auto do for a be­ ginning, t guess I shall feel a little more comfortable riding home ’long of you.”