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Five Principles of Soil Fertility, iyields of next sum'mer's strawberries,
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SoQI lloistuz�--Underl in alt other. and the man who takes advantage y g f what opportunities are at hand will
requisites fax maintaining the -cella- � pPo
fly of the soil is the proper resole-, get the largest number of boxes of
tion of the moisture supply. It deter- fine fruit at the least cost per box
urines the solution of ntfood, thea at next berry time. The strawberry
p is a heavy consumer of plantfood, but
physical condition of the soil, the effi-. _
cieney of tillage, the effect of feral-. its root system does not prepare it
izers, and the biological activity. It to forage into the soil like corn or
is therefore the first thing to be ad- oats or other vigorous growing farm
lusted. This may involve irrigation,' crops. There is a tremendous call for
as hi arid sections; or it maynecessi- plantPood between the time the straw-
wa
tate drainage. Always, hwever, it berries set and the ripening period,
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means the proper handling of the soil. This is what the commercial straw -
iii order to conserve and effectively berry grower prepares for in the fall
use the water received and stored, or in the spring.
therein. Large areas of land require! If a young strawberry bed is to be
better drainage, particularly of the set, no doubt you will be preparing
subsoil. I for deep fall dowing, turning under
Lime --Lime stands seeond in range as much humus -bearing crop as Pose
of importance. It maintains the pro- sable, Some growers prefer to apply
per balance between the acid and the fertilizer in the fall, even while pre-
alkaline constituents of the soil, As paring for next spring's planting. By
a result of tillage and cropping, soils so doing they claim that the fertilizer
may become more acid—a condition hasopportunity to dissolve and worle
unfavorable to most of the important. through the feeding areas of the sell.
farm crops. Lime is best suited to so that it is immediately xeady for
counteract this tendency. It may be consumption when the plants are set
used in different forms, depending on in spring, Other growers prefer to
the local situation, of the farm. Lime,, apply the fertilizer on the fall plowed,
is not a plantfood. o land just as soon as the soil is sum -
Organic Matter or Humus—The eiently dry,
maintenance of a fair amount of des! Since the strawberry crop is such
caying organio matter is essential be- a heavy feeder, plant food of high
cause of the nitrogen which it con-' grade is required in. order to get best
tai„s and which is most eeonomicalay results, Experience has shown that
secured by the aid of certain soil been 400 to 500 lbs. per acre of fertilizer
terra and leguminous crops, and be-, carrying 4 to 5 per cent, ammonia, 8
cause of its many beneficial physical to 12 per cent. phosphoric acid and
effects on the soil. Its increase is ac-' sometimes 4 per cent. potash, worked
eomplished,according to circum- into the soil, supplies an exceedingly�-
stances, by means of large residues g;,o plantfood ration for the young
to which rotation and in z ration con- , plant.
tribute, by the use of stock manure. If you are anxious to strengthen
and by the utilization of green ma- the plants now standing so that they
pure crops. may bear another crop, a similar ap-
Tit, stirsT.13dge, deep and thor-;, placation to the growing plant during
ougli, stirs and fines the soil, incur-; the fail is an exceedingly good thing,
porates manures and fertilizers that, It gives vigor of stalk, leaf and root
may he added,
and contributes gen-
to
growth, which means that the crop is
eral ventilation and sanitation. Vari :ready to begin business as soon as
cording
implements may be employed, ac- . growth starts in the spring. In ap-
cording to the needs of the soil. ` plying fertilizer to the standing crop
Fertilizers—The chemical nature of in fall, it is good practice to work it
the average soil is such that by the in around the plants by late eultiva-
of moisture, lime, organic matter a
proper adjustment of the conditions make
tion so that they may lisle use of this strengthener-
ke imine -
tillage, the largest possible quantity the Talk of reduction in. crop prices
of splantfood will be made available seems to be general at this time, Un -
and soil will be maintained in a doubtedly, if present conditions con -
be
condition. Fertilizersrs should tinue, the market gardener and fruit
be appliell in such quantities and grower will have to face his share of
forms as will give the greatest econ- such conditions, but he should keep
vinic results. The treatment preced ' in mind that when falling prices pre -
Ing the application of a fertilizer wail, it is quantity and quality yields
shouldall contribute to a rise in its that make the difference between pro -
efficiency c fit and loss. If he feeds his straw-
berry crop well this fall or early in
Fall Feeding of Strawberries. , the spring, he can make sure of larg-
Considerable can be done in the nest est yields of fine quality fruit.—Henry
Couple of months to ensure maximum G. Bell, B.S.A.
I'm not a little orphan, sir,.
But 1 am just as sad,
A-peakin' and a-pinin' for
The love I never had.
Dna tench of human sympathy
Would melt my poultry natuz';
But I refrain from hope so vain,
For Ma's an incubator!
When first I burst my parent shell—
How hideous the dream—
No "cluck, cluck,” fond love to tell,
No sound, alas, but :team!
I felt in vaSn for sheltering wings
Within that broiling crater;
And then, in Booth, the horrid truth
Ma was an incubator!
Clipping the wing .and tail feathers
of young chicks that grow this plum-
age quickly will prevent droopiness:
The plumage should never be pulled,
as there is danger of injuring the
sockets where the feathers grow. A
new feather will grow to each socket,
but it will generally be without color.
The best layers usually roost on
the front perches. The reason seems
to be that they stay up to scratch and
hunt for food as long as there is
light. The layers are the ones first
off the roost in the morning and busy
at scratching.
When the litter in the house was
cleans a poultryman with 440 hens
found the egg production to be,212 a
day. He left the same litter in the
house until it became befouled, and
gradually his egg crop went down to
eighty eggs a day. He then put in
clean litter and changed it frequently,
and in two weeks time the egg yield
went up to more than 200 a day.
A good disinfectant and vermin ex-
terminator is the waste oil from auto-
mobiles that is usually thrown away
at garages. It can be diluted with
kerosene, and . its effectiveness is in -
=eased by mixing a small quantity of
sulphur in it. This oil own be secured
free of cost at some public garages.
It can also be used successfully in pre-
venting toe -pecking by little chicks.
When a toe has been pecked, simply
dip it in the olid., and the other chicks
will cease to bother it after one or
two applications.
Hens worry. Some folks laugh at
rine when I told them so. It is a fact,'.
uaevertheiess. By watching my hens
when I shot them up in close guar -
tees, after they had been in the open
Meld, I saw that they spent most of
their time running up and down the
yard hunting for a place to get out.
Thee surely were not happy. When
I counted my eggs, there were few to
count; worrying caused a shrinkage.
But when I gave the hens a yard so
large that they scarcely missed the
free range, they stopped worrying and
did their old-time stunt of laying free-
ly. The proof of the pudding is being
able to count the eggs.
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Try Selling Red Apples at
Your Next Fair.
Of course, your school, your Sunday
school, your clan or club, or perhaps
the church, is to have its annual fair
shortly and vent', very naturally .you
and Mother and small sister will want
to take part. •
But, just what part?
The candy table, the ice . cream
booth, Punch and Judy, the fish -pond
—each and all have been bespoken
quite this long time. The same is
true of each and every one of the
other long-established features of
every such fair.
Just what to do then? -
Has it ever occurred to you to sell
red apples? Just. ordinary, big red
apples which people can munch as
they go along.
It wouldn't pay?
Indeed it would; especially since
selling them at the fair would remake
it quite the fashion for each and all
to munch the apples there; and, lik-
ing them, they would buy more to eat,
and stili more to take home.
Of course, there are ways and ways
of selling apples. Yau don't want to
have just a barrel, and expect people
to come up and buy, Instead, rig up
a simple box -cart, such as the French
use in the cities. Mount this on a
pair of wheels. Any smithy will
gladly loan you these,`as•his "bit" for
the occasion.
If you can't getthe apples donated,
you can get some friend to let you
take them out on consignment; that is,
you pay for what you sell, and return
the rest.
Five cents, even ten cents, might be
ehaeged for big red apple; end; peo-
ple will gladly pay it.
If mother and sister and you dress
up like French apple -vendors, you will
catch the eyes of every passer, and
sell even more in the end. Selling
the apples will be quite good sport,
seeing which of the three can outsell
the others. Then, too, selling the ap-
ples will net the bazaar rnighty good
returns in -the end..
It is only by labor, that thought can
be ,trade healthy, and only by thought
that labor can be made happy; and
the two cannot be separated with im-
punity --Ruskin.
The .Welfare of the Hoye.
Sensible Shoes for the Day's Journey In and: Around the
Home. '
By IDA M. ALEXANDER, 11 LD.
Because a woman walks from fifteen and mix thoroughly. At night all a
to twenty-five miles in doing a day's large basin with water as hot as you
work, it isdesirable that she be ,well can stand it, add a handful of the mix -
shod for her journey. Too nand* we- tore and soak your feet in this solu
men think any shoe is good enough tion until the tiredness goes out.
to wear at home, so the dress shoe
which is too shabby for "best" be-
comes the work shoe, With styles
what they are at the present day, we
know by experience the difficulty in
getting the nice broad toe in a shoe
that looks neat and business -like, and
is above all things comfortable.
A good shoe and a good looking
shoe to wear while doing our work
and our walking, is made on a last
which considers the outline of the
human foot and not .the outline de-
sired by the shoe designers. It has
a low broad heel, it fins snugly over but you will find your pad friend cal-
the ankle and permits the toe to point sous back with you in a very short
forward in walking instead sof, point- time unless the irritation which caus-
ing outwards, This shoe is Iong ed the first corn has been removed,
enough so that all the toes can spread When the corn is on the little toe, we
in walking just as they do when you are likely to find that the real cause
walk in your bare feet, The snug of the corn is a dislocation of the
fit over the ankle depends upon the toe joint. So long as the dislocation
last of the shoe. The smaller towns remains, the corn will return. If you
seldom stock a slice that is narrower want to really cure that corn, you will
than a D last and as a result, the evo- pull your toe out to its fall length,
man with a slender foot deer not get and exeroise your toes when you get
a shoe that fits at the ankle, unless your shoes off at night.
she buys a shoe that is too short for Bunions, too, are the result of dis-
located toe joints, The callous is the
result of the rubbing of the shoe en
the joint and may be removed by the
application of earn cures, but that will
not remove the bunion. These really
need a specialist's Dare.
Thhen go to bed with your pillows
under your feeeinstead of your head
or use something to raise your feet
higher than your head. By morning
your feet should feel ready for an-
other twenty -mile walk about the
house and farm.
If you have developed corns and
bunions, the advertised nostrums that
will "cure a corn in three days" or
overnight may look very. attractive.
They 'may even take off the callous
on your toe which you have been blam-
ing as the source of all your pain,
the toes,
We do not blame the shoe man for
this, but rather our own lack of judg-
ment in permitting the changeable,
sometimes foolish tiring called "style"
to tell us just how our feet are to be
deformed this year and the next.
Of course we do have shoes made
now that conform to the foot, but A very convenient adjunct to the
these are stout, mannish shoes with barn ,is the root cellar Especially is
heavy soles and heavy calfskin leath-
er, or occasionally, you will find a it affords hint a very handy place for
shoe Orale after the style of fifty storing the root crops which he in -
years ago with a Ave inch top and.sal tends to feed to his herd during the
extra long vamp. They are hideous winter. The cellar is, however, useful
and inartistic hs the extreme, and: the to any farrier, whether he keeps a
most earnest advocate of sensible number of cows or not, as it can be
be pardoned for aloes-
. faotsveax can pa d used to store any crop, such as po
ing a razor -toe shoe rather than this.
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A Handy Root Cellar.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
THE .SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
OCTOBER 24TH
What the King Requires, St. Matthew
5. Golden Text, St. Matt, 5: 48.
4. They That Mourn. Luke has
"Ye that weep." Peter, in his first
Epistle (1; 6), speaks of those who
have been• put to grief in manifold
temptations," in which their faith is
tried and proved. Their mourning is
the natural grief and sorrow of those
who suffer loss or pain or affliction
because of their ad�herenoe to the
right and, especially, in the service
of Grist. For them there shall be
comfort. There is no doubt, too, that
the Lord would extend this comfort
to all who mourn the loss of loved
ones or share in loving sympathy the
grief and pain of others, A prophet
of the earlier age pronounces a well
deserved doom upas: those who "are
not grieved for the affliction" of their
nation .(Amos 6; 6; compare Ezek. 9,
4-6). And an apostle enjoins the
Christian fo'lk who would follow
Christ's example to "weep with them
that weep" (Rom. 12: 15).
5. The Meek. The meek are those.
who do not seek their own good by
trampling on others, who are eareful
of the rights and interests of others,
Their spirit is just the opposite of the
tyrannical, the self-assertive, and the
aggressive. The meek pian will do
much and will yield much, in things
that are not essential, for the sake of
pease, although in matters of prin-
ciple he can be strong as adamant,
It will be remembered that Moses has
been called "meekest of men." Jesus
reoalls an ancient promise that "the.
meek shall inherit the land" (Psalm
37; 11), a promise which assures us
that the best of mat)erial blessings
are not altogether for the selfish and
the self-seeking.
6. They That Hunger and Thirst,
This is a blessingg for those who do
not think themselves to be good, but
who long for goodness with all the
hunger of their souls. And they desire
with the same longing that righteous-
ness and justice may be established
in the world, and are willing to give
themselves in whole -hearted endeavor
for such an end: The heart of the
heavenly Father goes out to His hun-
gry and thirsty children. They shall
be filled.
7-9, The Mereiful are the kind-
tattc. 0r it ma be used as a hearted, the patient, the forgiving, It is thepe
To the pure in heart. is prouuaed the
vision oGod, and to the peacemakers,
that they shall, be called sons of God.
Florence Nightingale, • whose heroicg
pioneer work in nursing seek and
wounded soldiers in time of war ham.
made her name forever memorable,
wrote the following words: "Blessed.
are the pure in heart; for they shall
see God—in all temptat1oszs, trials,
and aridities, in `he agony and bloody
sweat, in the cross and passion; this
is not the prerogative of the future
life, but of the present," So Ruskin
says that these words of promise, they
shall see God, have always been
understood by him as having refer-
ence, like the other Beatitudes, to ac-
tual human life, and not to some ex
perience beyor.d the grave. It is here
and now that the pure in heart see
God. But impure and selfish thoughts
and deeds obscure that v,lsion of faith.
10. Whdeh Are Persecuted, The
disciples of Christ who heard these
words were destined in after years to
suffer much persecution. They must
have often recalled them. with great
comfort, so that even in the midst
of persecution they could rejoice.
Compare 1 Peter 3: 14-18; James 1:
2-4.
Our Lord goes on to show His dis-
ciples further what must be the char-
acter of those who are to enter into
the kingdom of God, and what their
relation to the world about 'them.
They must be like ^living Snit, like
shining lights. In tat relife they must
not mere to the letter,
be obedient y r
but to the spirit of their ancient law,
which will find fulfilment in His gos-
pel. Above all they must be govern-
ed by the law of love:
43-48� Compare Lev. 19: 18, 34 and
l eut. 423, 6. While love was taught
in the Old Testamnent, and even love
to one's enemies, yet in the law, and
iu the Psalms there is preserved some-
thing of the ancient spirit of hatred.
Jesus would make love supreme in
every concern and relationship of life..
For love is Godlike, and our human
nature can only attain its best in God-
likeness Even in war love must be
BUB. supreme•. If we hate the evil
deed, and seek to capture or drive off
the evil doer, it. must still be with
genuine love for ham. and desire to
do him good. Even if the stroke of
death 'must be inflicted it must be with
love and sorrow. Love makes perfect,
and love only, Love fulfils every law,
"bond
perfectness,"
as
of
xfet„ ,
An increasing number of women are shelter for the storage tank from.
actually ashamed of foolish footwear svhioh water is obtained for the stock.
to the extent of remarking to the per The root cellar is best located under
the driveway leading into the barn
son who wears comfortable and well -
fitting shoes, "I never wear these at and gives one fair-sized room in which
home, they are only my dress -up to store sugar beets, mangels, ruta-
shoes."One evening while talking to bagas, turnips, etc. The ceiling of the
two women who stood for bra tleseder root cellar of course slants upwards
Federal
in the world, one holding a eal
towards the floor of the barn. There
office and the other a provincial
office with the same organization, I is a door opening through the wall of
looked at their feet with pity that the basement of the'barn through
was sometimes actual pain. It was so which across to the cellar is obtained
easy to see that their shoes were very* .and the roots are easily carriedto
new, very tight, and. very painful to
the cows stabled in the barn basement.
wear. A short time after, they s'ke, A window may be placed in :the side
of not beimg able to go of the cellar for neces'eary light and
out for a walk though they both for shoveling the roots through, and
wanted to very much. I knew what if desired, one outside door, although
they were missing for I had just come this is not always necessary.
in from a walk and the sunset over The root cellar is most conveniently
installed
the river had been glorious, but being when the barn is built but it
footbound they could not see these may be added to any basement barn.
glories, Honestly, do you think we Care should be taken to have it frost
should send missionaries to China to proof, so that the roots will not freeze.
teach the Chinese not -to bind up the
feet of their children when our women
who are reputed to be well educated
and wise, deform their feet and limit
their labor and pleasure? .
Imagine the woman who weighs
hundred and sixty pounds suffering in
a pair of modern shoes. Only eight
square inches of her foot area art
allowed to touch the ground, which
meansthat there is a pressure of
twenty pounds of her weight on every
square inch of area. And then she
wonders why her heel aches like the
toothache and :walking in her bare.
feet on the floor means pain across
the ball of the -foot, and more pain
in the calf of the leg, not knowing
that the muscles of the calf of the
leg have really become shortened as
a result of the .high heeled shoe.
The high heel which tips the body.
forward, makes dt absolutely neces-
sary for the wearer to throw the body
backward in order to maintain the
erect position. This throws an added
strain on the muscles of the back;
the angle of the pelvis is changed and
the natural muscular support: of the
reproductive organs changes its slope
is such a way as to be conducive to'
displacements. Nature makes her
protest with headaches and backaiehes,
painful feet, and a general tiredness,
, but if the protest: remains unheeded,:
does herbest; .to .maintain normal
health under abnormal , conditions.
When she fails, little by little the poop
fashion devotee has to pay for her ,
folly.; How serious, this may be .will - `•.
depend on how much other health
habits and her method of earning a
livelihood add to or lessen the danger
of faulty standing position. We should
be very, very kind to •the faithful ;feet
that carry ui•
One woman -whose work made it
'necessary foe her to' do much walk-
ing, were French -heel shoes. Her
father remonstrated vainly. After`
two years, the condition of her feet
was such that she went to see an
orthopedist. Now she„ is spending "six
months in bed while her feet are be-
ing put in- condition to support ,tier
body once mere,
Since our feet were made for use
and not only, for looks, why not have
foot coverings made for the same pur-
pose?
- Sometimes, even ,with the best of
care, the feet will be tired and aching,
especially during the hot weather. For
this< condition • get 'a half pound 'of -I
borax and n'n equal amount of alum,
add the same amount of common salt,
It may be built of heavy planks, or
better still, of concrete. No addition-
al space is needed for this cellar, and
if it is built when the barn is put up
considerable labor in hauling ' gravel
for the driveway is saved, for instead
of having a solid fill, the cellar occu-
pies the space. When finished, one
has both a good . c:riveway and root
cellar combined. •
For the convenience of travelers a
collapsible milk bottle heater has been
invented, solidified alcohol being the
fuel used.
Buy Thrift Stamps.
The French Canadian Horse.
The French Canadian horse, which
is comparatively little known outside
the province of Quebec, is claimed to
be one of the most durable and other-
wise useful horses to be found any-
where in Canada. In bulletin 95 of
the Experimental Farris, the author,'
Mr, Gus Langelier, points out that.
this breed is descended from the old -
thee French Canadian pony, sent
from France to Canada by Louis XIV.
These ponies were the best that could
he procured in their native land. They
remained for three years the property
of the king, and were then distributed
among the farmers of Canada, in
order to encourage the development
of agriculture.
Some few years ago the pedigree
records for the French Canadian'
horse, maintained by the Quebec Gov -
element, were transferred to the Na -e
tional Live Stock Records. Other,
steps have been taken to maintain the,
breed as pure as possible. One of the'
latest methods, •as pointed out in the
bulletin which. can be obtained from
the Publications Braneh of the De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa, has
been the establishment of a horse -
breeding farm at. St. Joachim, situat-
ed some twenty-five miles east of
Quebec City. This farm, whichis op-
erated under the .Experimental Farms
system, has some thirty well selected
brood mares. These, toegther ;with
fifteen of similar quality, kept on the
Experimental Station at Cap Rouge,
Que., form a collection fromwhich it
is hoped to produce a superior nest
foundation stock for the breed.
Children's health is nation's wealth.
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