HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-4-21, Page 2Castrate and Doe.k Ye tr Larabs lov;z good drale!tq,e, Other success-
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Prepee shepherding tient •faihire It-ieretuitartand rients Off elicSe up to
&felt, and 'castrate leinlas. No 'matter' the bOrlY; 'Llet,-einasoUla•tees' may be
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how go•oil a - feeder and caretaker used.
,traikt,A"rs,,,e a mart May be, he is a It pays the sl sap owner to have his
"as -shepherd -if he negleets lambs eestrated., "Wetlaer laanhe sell
-these iniportant dtities; It IS a ,at pi-ere:lima nilanve They
ful"Siglit in. the auterinn ,to soe'raM ',Intake beteer getinS aSethey are Mere
leafilis keeping the fen-rale:6 eontint os.t restful. They do not anntOy the 'ewes,
cn titeC"t-cOire', utert• on lY losing 'flenilt a -Te ferreed -and: if 'there is no
tlieftWiveS but 'hindering the entire "saleefor them in the fall, they' may be
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floetell'ont making; satisfaCtory
COritentnient irittll„quietneSs are essen-
tial.in a flock, The buyer goes the
negitea flock only when force d to
because properly handled flocks are
sold out. ,
-Whether it is rush of work in the
• sPring of. year, fear of fatalities, lack
Taere is no truer. indication cf 4-101 1'41 atethp,ls followed are to cut the
'kept - OVer and Sold ' Elhearbalgs,
-strhereas it -is next to impoLesible to do
this •witir any number of raw. lambs.
If the buck Iambs are not castrated
the danger exists of having the best
ewes bred to peer rani lambs.
Docking lambs inay he done with a
sharp knife or chisel. A good plan
of education or just carelessness on is tog' uste, a long -handled, red-hot
time as it is cut. This is a sanitary
method and assists in controlling
bleeding. The proper age for this
operation is tate same as that for
castrating, and, whale it may appear
• libe done at once. An inch stub for
males and two-inch for females looks
well. Half -tailed lambs are almost as
unsightly as undocked lambs. -
Docking should not be neglected.
The tail tends to collect manure and
is frequently the cause of maggots
locating on the hips and rumps of
lambs. Ociasionally the manure
the part of the shepherd it i$ difficult 1 chisel and s.,ear the tail at the same
to state, but the fact rernalns that in
a• groat many floeles castrating, and
clocking are left undone. These com-
bined reasons do not justify rieglect
hag these two important tasks. The
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sheepanan will find very little employ -1 like severe treatment, both jobs may
anent that will eompensate ham ete
ter than decking and castrating. The
operations are simple and easy to
learn. Garelessness is no excuse arid
the owner, if pursuing haphazard
methods, had better dispose of his
flock as it is more than likely a bal-
ance will ,Show on -the wrong side of
his ldger. Stockmen, generally cost --
demi' those who fail to castrate cakes and stops the action of the
hor,ses, cattle -or -.hogs and why shouhl bowels. Docicing improves the corn -
not the 'shiPleerd lik'etvise be severeay ,pact appearanceof the larribs and, is
critieized?' The lamb is the easiest 'a sign of good management, Docking
to unsex of the common domestic conserves the strength of the ram by
animals. facilitating the breeding of the ewes.
The best age to castrate is about -
two weeks. A sha-ip knife should be
Potato Scab.
used and with it the lower third of Common Scab.—This, as the name
• the sCriturn "cut off. Then sever the by which it is known implies; is one
cuter immediate coverings of each of the most common troubles affect-
tasticle and draw thetrn out with at- big potatoes. Although the occur-
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tached cord, using the teeth or fing- rence of scab does not, as a rule,
ers. Wash the opening with a weak! affect the yield, it detra,cts consider -
antiseptic solution. Some operator.s 'ably from the value of tube.rs for both
do not sever the bottom part of the seed and commercial purposes. The
sera -tutu but this is advisable and al- seed value is affected owing to the
feet that the eyes of badly scabbed
•tubers are likely to be injured t'hereby,
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and the unsightliness of scabbed. tub-
ers combined -with the considerable
trouble and waste entailed in prepar-
i-nig, them for the table, renders th.em
undesirable for domestic use.
discouragin-g- experience frequent-
ly encountered by potato growers is
that, notwithstanding the use of per-
fectly clean and sound tubers forseed,
a considerable percentag,e of scabbed
potatoes is in evidence at harvest
time. This is due to the fact that
the scab organism occurs naturally
in the soil, particularly if alkalinity
has been increased by the application
of wood ashes, lime, fre.sh. manure, or
other substances of an alkaline na-
ture. As an instance, it frequently
occurs that where potat.oes are pltant-
ed on land 'Whitt recently been
cleared and burnt over, or where they
are pla.nted iimneditately ,after an ap-
plication to the land of 'fresh. barnyard
manure, the result is a scabbed ero.p.
On the other hand, it hs been found
thatthe plowing under of green crops,
Such as clover, has a tendency to de-
-crease the liability of injury from
the disease.
The potato Trees shoukl be included
in a rotation so planned as to allow
for the plowing under of clover sod
;during the fall betfore•plarnting pots,
toes, This practice, combined with
that of seed disinfect...fen le;i7:t..reattrent
with feimaldehtiele or eorrosi-ve sub-
liersate, while not providing a guar-
antee thata 'crop 'a Totatoe% Will be
free from scab, eonstitutes -reaSen-
able safeguard:against its occurrence.
The following points should be par-
ticularly borne an mindestplanting
time:---,
(1) Plant only' clean tubers.
(2) Disinfect seed by imn,tersing it
for twothonrs' in a solution of com-
mercial formalin -1 pound to 40 gal-
lons ,of water, or -
• (3) For' 3 hours' in a selutien of
corseelve sublimate (bichlaride of
mercury) -2 ounces to 25 'gallons of,
Water.
(4) Us,e only wooden or earthen-
ware vessels for corrosive sublimate.
(5) Corrosive sublimate is intense-
ly poisonous. All tubers treated with
this, and Telt over after planting is
completed, should be immediately
destroyed.
PowderytSeab.---sThis disease differs
consid'erably in appearance from Com-
mon Stele The scab spots. are darker
in -color and .usittellty snore uniform in
size and shape. It -Is -not so eonlnton
or wtscliespeead' Otriximon Saab, and
'usually occurs 'only in damp, cool
seasons. '
Portatoee affected with 'Potedery
Scab shosild not be planted mild in
every Cease aal seed tvhich has come
isi conta-ot with any tubers sheering
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inqullumwmi Wesalmilugumsalia*sur
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YOI can'wiTord to neglect fertilizers tilis*ea
Here are their advantages:
Fertilizers:
(1) payyottr hiciney back '‘vith hasten ripening.
lite, interest. •(5) eilininare triet er-
e (2) inuease Yields- tent crop filet:tea.
(6) help banish weeds,
0 (3) improve (plaint
a 'ts '
(7) el t down lab r costs
ta Last sinner $1 Invested in fertzlizer for potatoes
growiog near London returned in one case SR.9.4, and i•n
o,
a a ti other 4.5e.
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; Pigure your needs, and place your orders at once so
g that you can receive fertilizers in time for seeding.
Ai • •
* The Soil and Crop linprovernent Linrn
of of the Canadian Fertilizer Association
III Henry G. Ball, 13.S.A.., Director, H Manning Arcade, Toronto; Ont.
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"atittitaisaasistatitansaalasealienisaialitaataisatilisiasianitiateatamistaisiseastoallii
illing Qu aek-Gtass
Quack -grass lmotitices seems under- loci 1, get. out the mower and go' to
ground' as well. as above 'garotte& These Work.underground itents have', joints :in.
them with a bud at each joint,- just as
,
do the stems above ground. And it is
the underground steno> th.at make
quack -gases a bad weed. Every bud
an such stems can throw up a new
Every time one of the under-
ground steins is broken with a plow or
cultivator, you have a new plant be-
ginning from the. Part broken eft.
The Time to Strik'e and the Reason.
If you...dig, into a 'quack -grass sod
in easily' spring, you will find great
number's of undergroUnd stems. At
the approach of warm -weather wine
of t'he buds on these atenestbegin.
grow straight to the surface. There
they throw out a ring of real toots
and form a croWri "from whieh a lot
of leaves and steins grow. But at -this
time of the year ell the stents that
COMO out of a crown grow upward;
and nio new underground sterns are
formed until the plant begins to
blossom.
Suppose now we let the geass grow
undisturbed •untlia. it begins to bloom.
At that time the., old underground
steins are done, and need feather
attention; mid there is ne seed onsthe
growing plants. If we cut the grass
for ,liay just at Ole:ening time, we.
can feed the hay. with safety, for it
will scatter no seed oyei, the farm.
The cutting elso stops the formation
of new uhderground sterns for two or
three weeks.- There -is thus a pericsd
af nearly a monthejust after haying
time, when quack-graes is not a weed
-itt. all. By thattI mean that it has no
means of reproducing itself except by
growth from theerown. It is as help-
less as a field of -young oats, and can
be killed just as easily.
How to Strike.
To eradicate:the pest completely, at
thine, all. we have to dotis to kill
the .growing crown S of the 'plants. The
best way -to do this is to skin the sod
loose from the underlying soil in as
thin a layer as poesible—say not over
Then while the plant is in blooms a three orr three and one-half teeees
new eroP of underground stems be- thick. This ean be done by plowing
gins to grow. All these 'stems come with a broad, sharp share that will
out of the crown, just 'as the stems cut the sod entirely loose from the
thalt grew. 11Pright; end never form soil beneath. Deeper plowing will
any other pert "acr-the plant. If the leave too much dirt attached' to the
grass is out for hay at exactly this roots, and: the plants -will go right on
time, the growth of underground growing,. The idea is to have as little
stems is completely stopped for a few dirt in the turried sod as piossible--
weeks. The plant ea/1 not produce eetooe the teeellew ,vetteeg.
undergeound growth -without a let of If the weather is, dry, the over -
leaves up- in. the semi'? ght; and. if the tweed sod will die proanetly, 'and the
plant has been cut who': e blamn, tt work of eradicating the quack is fin -
immediately 'begins to throw all its
energy • into the prod. -action of new
leaves and stems above 'ground. This
fact is very important, as we shall
soon see.
It is else of very great import:a-rpm
that, by the time the plant bloseoms,
the old underground stems have done that 'will move everypiece of sod jut
their lifework, which. was "to "etlirorw enough to keep lit from getting its
up new growth to the surface ` of the roots. into the underlying soil again
soil. They are throsugh; and will before cold weather. A spring -tooth.
essort
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Poverty OW VVealtli',.1.844,,5':''846.;-Aloo';$:
16; Ofo,Iden TextS.t. L410 12: '34.
Connecting leinks—W.hese sociel holy <lave eager to return to their
and ooimo cOuditionte Axe, suell'thet dishones,t ,teaffie. They ,defretid thel,
Mem-who work haid:tand-loligtelo itot PeoPle Who thiy by making the epliale
earn -enough eto keep themselves and or 'bushel measure, -small,: and. the
their families, in -eamfolte to feed and shekel (=about 3',3 oz.); 'with Vebiela
clothe mid, Mutate ..-their children, they •weitthed the -silver bits which
there is 'eVidently` sainithing 'Writhe. 'Were` affeeed "in. Pa:Oriente 4166 '.great.
This is especiallY 'true in a laird 'like; Far a paltry debt; a bit" of erlilVer,"er
the Pelee of a Pair of. sastealso, a poor
snarl or his children might be sold Into
slavery. Moreover, /Amos chargee
these same o.y'arteleue merchants with
selling to the or "the 1.-efase a the
wheat," vailit for huma'n. food.
Amos believes that sueh ill-gotten
viealtht can lbrinig no. real goad tte, ittS
poeisessore. The justice of God is
thallentged by it, and God never for-
ef' -poverty and. unemployment the gets.
eirewoid,t1Tegs, of
hniedui!Tutho dfiee'sldosf,' eisntits°., in ant.. • LIutkiels 1riVt'ith9te-25richAtmeaenretsaivvneerillt
'our fi.shenes, and our mines cannoti that is condemned in the perable—it
--find enolightlaborers? Dees not the, is bus calleas indifference to the need
remedy for 'Canada, in very large' of the poor -sufferer at his gates" The
part, Ile •nt more end still more pro- very doge had- more compassion than
duction, and, ther:efore, the eneeg-
mg of more and still mere werken
,in our great produetive industries?
our own, a land al abundant resoureee.
It is folly, in this county of free peo-
ple and free democratic in,stitutione
to blame the few who have gathered
wealth or to talk revolution. The
remedy hes with ourselves', in, careful,
patient effort to discover the causes
of inequality anti injustice and, pover-
ty, oral when diseorverede to rEMOVe
them. Is not one of the chief causes
Ms contrast is strikingly set he-
- the rich Iran faring sumptualis-
And it will lie with our go -tenement th ly,and the,beggarefull sores. Can
'provide by law that there shall be a these Men' be 'brothers,' SerS of the
fair and an adequate' recompense to 'eaine Hearveilly' Father? Can 'there
every .henest 'Workers and restraint be 'any lotre :between thetil? Hastthe
or oomPuisiort or some sort for ..both rich, rearisshown a real`hrotherly 'feel -
the idle loafer and the busybody.
Isa. 5: 8-10. Woe Unto them. The
pxophet, -living mote than seven hurls
• deed years before the hirth of Christ,
sees the• injustice of his time and is
-filled with a pasfion for reform,
nig bytthrowang .a penty. to 'the .beg-
gar as he passes- him by? What, would
Jesus Christ have done? Would He
have taken the beggar into HiSholme,
and fed" and Mirka him to health;
and helped -libel to- a place -of indet
ESpeciallY is lie diaturbed by the, fact penderice end comfort
that the lan,c1 seam's to be paseing out Carried" 'by the "Angels. The par
of the hands of its 'original owners, able sug,gestS the lessen that the
-0,),e free men of Israel, into the posses- 'wrongs andinj'ustices, of this' life may
siontof a few great nobles or rich men.. be set right in the World. to ceme. But
Henceforth -they' who had been their it suggests evith2equa.1 "clifeetitess and
own masters, owners and cultivators force that the time for men to .begin
of the landebecome p.ractieally elarves, honestly and: unselfishly, trying to
or leave their poor homes to find a set things.right is here, and now. The
rich' manenteglected his oppeettinitY
and was lost. A man lay Innigry,
•'thirsty, and sick ..a.t his gate, `and he
'did' not miniSterto him. .
The Bible does not -teach that evil
lies in the making ,or int the „posses -
skin of wealth Rather dose it com-
mend industry, and thrift, and right-
ful What it Condemns: is wrong
ways 'of makimg wealth, mid the
wrong and selfish use" of the Rawer
that wealth gives. ."
Application.
Many -diseases. which were once
thought incurable are TDOW often treat-
ed with sutelt skill that the pattenite
recover. A distingafished-medic.al. inen
said 'recently that thecterire in:triable
was ten times as much. , ought neves.' to be applied to any di.s-
ARTIOS 8: 4-7. Hear this. Amos, like ease. SO it is In regard to sects!'
Isaiah, denounc.es the' spirit of greed diseases; we have too lone r.egarded
erhich was so prevalent in his time, poverty as something which is intervit-
the immoderate and unscrupulous able.- It is net so, and one of the
seeking of gain, and the preying upon tasks awaiting an earnest church is
the poor. It seemed, indeed, tas if they to show that p.overfy is not n-toese in-
-would ,destrey poor men out of the evitable than were many physical dis-
land, .greetly were the ,rich land- -eases, Nyhi,ch are .now ..disapp.earing.
lords -and traders forrnore.andemere: 1Yruch 'of the poverty in Christ's day
New Moon and Sabbath' were holy *as due' to men's .Selfisamess Most
days set apart for rest and womehip. poverty among us -is du.e to the sante
ished. - But if :the season is wet, you ers are Inpat en o e cause.
These trad, t f th
will need to run a disksharrow, with
the disks -set straight, across the
strips' of overturned ,sed. The harrow
will cut the sod into 'small squares.
.Alter this, go once over the field about
'eVery ten days using some ini.plement
precarious living la the shops and
markets of the city. -
Isaiah foresees 'trouble coming upon
the rich landegreibbers, whose, insati-
able lust for more would seem to indi-
vete that they wished to dvrell alone
in the midst of the earth. A fareigri
enemy, the Assyrian., :Will soon invade
the country, and their fine leduses
shall be left desolate, and their vine-
yards and' corn fleldS waste and,e, unt
productive. Then ten acres of vine-
yard shall yield one bath, that is only
eight or nine gallorili;' end the seed
a an homer shall yield an ephah that
is one-tenth only of what was sewn.
For an ephah contained- about nine
gallons by dry measure. emit= homer
'gradually die during the latter pant
of the summer. You do not need to
pay any, attention to them. :
, Same fanners make the mistake of
stewing to kill thetunderground •s*rn's
_early in .the season. Thia is alriio-st
a useless task, for at that time ,of the
year every' joint of these underground
.stems can make- a new plant But
aftes the plants have reached the
hloomingt stage, 'the old. underground
stems have finished their work. . They
do not need. killing then, forthey are
aleesed,y 'beginning to. die. So don't
try to kill the chi undergralind Stems
of quack -grass. They 'can't he killed
before midsummer, anti after thatt
they die :anyhow.
the 619e0e.,_ -01e164 tie iFeat64-3,'fiti
'corrbeihite sublitagtot—rikl ifte ortganism
4;„kIll'5•WA'4,7A-iirlive for several years in
• :r41-4"-; 00' Tilt P°.teitoe's ehould,net be Ploot-
ed on the land 'where i ha a occurred
ALL G001) 1.1_v_;„,„LERs for at least' four Vase.
Ask for prices- They are
attractive,
ChiLd w,elfeatt3 wtork is eenteded to
be one of the biggest tages berme the
women of the tountry to -day, and
there is al. crying need for this work
in the country a,,3 well as in the oiler.
In order to 'tell when ;quack is in
bloarny Witch it' earrefuliy 'till You see
the bles.torns open,: arid,' the ,anthers
hanging out of the flowers -on slender
threads. Thits, will be about two or
three weeks after the grass heads out.
When the 'earliest, plants begin to
harrow is excellent for seeh stirring
of the sod; (but any tool that will
move the sods about will' do. If
growth is prevented until the end of
summee, there will he no quack on the
'field the next -spring. -
To Sum Up. /
Curt the quack for hay while it is
in bloem. 'Get the hay off -as soon as
it i's, possible. Thei/ ;skin the sod ldtt
from the underlying sail in as thin
a layer as -possible- lif the season is
dry, this will kill the grass, completely,
If the ground is moist, run a disk -
harrow, with disks set straight,
trasswise of the at -rips of -upturned
sod, to cut it 'into -squares: • Then to
prevent the'sod froingetting its roots
into th.e -underlying soil again, stir' the
pieces of sod everyten days till frost.
A 'spring -tooth harrow, or any culti--
oathir will do for this. l'he field will
be 'clean of quack -grass the next
spring. Many fields have bee -n cleaned
this way. ' '
gram
When a hard -worked horse stands
idle for a day or two, and during that
time is ,well fed on grain rich in
protein, or on corn rich in. carbo-
hydrates, he is to contract what
popularly is ;termed "Monday Ines/ling
disease.' It has earned thtat natio
-becs.use it often attacks a horse that
thee been idle on Sunday andris feetrid
anchoenter:edirrehtarietstaaffon m.naw
when thernmodriivn
liedriver
g.
The condition is due to gorging.of the
lymphatic vessels with the products
et nutrition which are not used for
the repair Of waste tissite, or in gen-
erating heat end energy. ' When the
horse is at work these TaatteTe are
used up, in comb/lotion, and watte or
'effete matters are got rid of by sweat-
ne•rmal action of the kidneys
and bowels, •
The e1feete4 home 1/ee high fevet,
blowS iiittrfi, has fast, full.- bounding
pulse and sweets withepaint Appetite
reesee. OThe hind leg, usually'the lef t
one, le swollen -high up in the region
Of th.e gro4ni, end when that part is
handled,, 'on theitrier 'side Of the leg,
the horse evinces intense pain, lilts
the leg and tries to hop to the side, On
the sound leg. The pain is in the
tymehatie vessel -which is clogged and
may hate germs caught In the nodes
bandages may be removed, and , the
leg bathed three times a , day with
vinegar and ,cold water Or Iritia
mild astringent lotion prescribed by
•the veterinarian. One attack subjects
the horse to another.
Now is the Time to
Graft trees.
Plant' strawberries.
Start an asparagus bed. -
Plant trees for a woodlice.
Spray apple and other trees.
Inoculate the sail for clovers
Gather stones from the fields.
Use ,self -feeders for fattenin-g hogs
on pastuee..
-Screen your home. Start the cam-
paign. against flies at entce.
Change sheep very gradually from
-dry roughage to, pasture.
Get the oil stove in readiness, and
buy or make a firelee:s edoker.
dime its course; fee one function Of
the -lymphatic vessels is to catch, at
these, Places-, germor foreign'bedies
which enter the lymph they carry.
Gradually the swelling deseendssuntil
the entire leg is "ae, big- as a post" andi
the swelling pits under pressure, like
putty or day. Whelp, the entire leg
has becoine stwollenyeecute pain arid
tfever usually subside ..5.to gradualaY
the swelling -disapPea-rs When the
horse is worked or" eatereised.
The it/lir/of:taut CenSideration is not
to have etsch cases, They', nia'Y readaY
be , avoided by never . anIt
horse to stand fora 'tingle day with-
out Work or ontdoorrexercise, and dur-
ing idle times cutting down ihe grarmn
'feed '
- Treatment cerisists 'of bandaging
.the leg from .foot hedy Wirth a soft
straw or Irs,y rope to he leept'oeriartiant,
IY wet with cold or,hot water, accord -
40 the season Of the year. Sloppy
brat Mashes may ,be. allowed, along
Writh;ta.thbttIle grastS er hay, hut grain
should be withheld until the animal
recovered. Medicinal, b.-eat/nett
ten 'obits- in dissolving in the driniting
Water tiviterla,ily one tablespoonful of
powdered saltpetre; and the verterin-
arian 'oleo gives at .sreiall dose of tine -
fere of aconite every three Or four
themes, nail the lever abates. As soon
as the swelling has inVolired &i of the
leg a;nd n ten se pain, enbsidee the
Planting, Strawberries.
Plant 'strawberries iii the spring- -as
soon as the 'sail is:in good condition
to Work. Procure plants front a reli-
able party, and if they 'ate a little
wilted when you get them, they .should
be heeled in very thin in theiow and
shaded front the sun until they
freshen. Before heeling in cat off
one-thiid of the evenly' ensi leave
three or four leaves. Cloudy weather
is considered best for planting, al-
though if your Plants are in good.
condition, the forenoon and afternoon
of clear vvea.thee is safe enough.
•
Every -school child must have a hot
dish at'nelon to supplement the .1unch
brought from home. Cafeterias are
becoming the rule rather than the ex-
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1 'LIVING WITH ''TliE
CHILDREN
Is; ,
"Oh, listen, little I)ear-irry,Soul,
To, the fairy voices Calling,
F'Oot• the, MOO* atgh in the misty sky
And the
The fairy Voices , that tealletl to, rus
in -OUT' 'childhood 'are. 'sal' elialling to ;
nithie4steliciitlicitrAn, ofrmt,pte-4 clia4.,:ehh;t:411-Tinrtt-theria
conditioirS'iwtgdiht'i,kirreiindqitlieni.''rrztheie •
diner voliea are more diffterufft ter 'hear.,
It is 'for the. parents a.nd teak/I/era -
to realtiie that this atanosphere of iinr
:rest has a decided effect upon ,the
lite -
f the Children and that it is at -until*
th their development.
. ,
Let , us seelt "tespirati'on that/tele.
mAy be guides, the • leaders of On*
little people. We, who through :,a3E--
lthfe
the rare chance of being led to, that
toPht::triensvi):Sirieimita. 'thkri:wlit:ieteefh4417:
,priceless, 'treasure, tthe -Fairy GelettOt-
..
else feel the thrills, for it is thronith
Where do we go for our intspii-a--
thins? • gometimes th the poets, "WiltO,
sting of brooks, of iblioesomse lairds and'
bowers, af dews andeeins, and lorielY
flowers." ,
, The repetition of familiar nursery
rhymes and songs creates an intiinacte
,b`ett,ween,mo'thers arid young children
Which -is very elotse and dear. -Sikh,
rhymes aS "This little pig went
market," "Ride a cock 'hors -e," add.
'9.toek-a:bye-ibathy;" have made thati-.'
Sande of little children 'happy, since
la -tighter, song end 'Ipla3r combine .14
the strong bond of love.,
Then Wrii& is this bond/tot continued
„ as the 'C'hild igrowst older ?` -He is ready
'and eager for irrtiniaey With t
mother and is dieitiglited 40 have her
amplify -his experiences. Unfortntnate--
ly her knowledge of poetry is too often
limited to Mother Go-ose land she d'oe.e:
'not realize that children nieecl.poetry" '
andthythin long after they have parse -
sed the Mother Goose stage., •
There are snany delightful rhynters
and poems abou-t animals, flewers,,
birds,, and -the seasons which, we malt'
bring to the children arid it is in -to the
home that we shoultil- bring then i for
that is where poetic feeling s.hatild
have its beginning. The ,school room
alone ;cannot 7griVe the instillation from-
whiCh these expressions, these harm-
onies of worixis, thoughts and. rhyiniest
have sprung. When the ear beceniest
acenstarned to the best language,' a
taste is formed for ,good literature, the
best protection against much of the .
poor trash which periodicalRy
the market ,
The tfolio-wing boolos give a good
variety of poems for ethilldren,4ages: Pinafore -Palace, by K. D. Wig-
gin and. N. A. Smith; The- Posy Ring,:
K D Wrgelt and N ' A Smith.:
The 'Heine Ronk. of Verse, for Young
F011os, by B. E. Stevenson; Sing Song,
. Christina Rossetti; The Golden
Staircase, by L. Chisholm.
Facts About Insects.
The number of insect specaci is.
greater by far than that of the species
of all other -living creatures combined.
Twelve 4million plant -lice have been
. .
found en one ;tree.
A single pair OS Colette -do potato-
beetlie,s, if allowed to ino-rease without
molestation, would in one .season am-.
cunt to 60,g00,000.
A pair of hop-vine'aptiia 14 capable
of breeding thirteen times fin one year,
end the progeny, if theY au lived,
would be ten sextillions.
The unrestricted increase of eine
-pair ' of' gyPSymkiths. 'would 'in -eight'
years 'be numerous encingli: to devour
all the foliage in Oaiada. -
Many ''.eaterpillars daily eat' twice
their weight in leaves.
There is a flesh-feeding;larva that
consumes, in, tw-entr-foiir Irours 200
tines 14s ''Oritgintal *eight
Every yea- insects 'ea -use lo -ss of
-more -than' $108,040,000 to the farm-
ers, truek raisers tarndt-, mit growers of
Canada.' • -
,,Fitte-one Speek,e3 hirdS eat hairy
caterpillarth- thirtyl-edight'; species
feed; on - •
By ,putting isp birdshoeses, ,by
aIim-
irating the enemies . of bird life, by
feeding the birds M. ;winter and by
planting tree's, shrubs and -vines ,to
supply them with their natural frUilt
foods, the murniber of our birds can be
greatly increased.
Marl Ideal for Poultry.
Having a marl deposit oui our farin
that we use extensively for agricul-
tural purposes, I noticed for quite a
while' that chickena expressed a fond-.
ntess for it in pebble :form. Where -
ever it would trickle from the wagon
the fowls 'would gather and eat it.
This Ted me to do some experiment-
ing, and I could readily detect an in-
creaseln. eggs after feeding my 'hens
marl for two weeks. The -marl is of
the Precipitated ' freSh-water kind
found along branches and creeks of.
mineral Water' floWing thithigh thou-
sands of farms throughent the court,
try. Come to think about it, such
marl irS a natural: tonic for poultry,
carrying, as it does, practically all the
mineral .0,ropt,;titiies of the water, in-
cluding lipae,, iron, alum, etc.,
in various proportions all of which
serve the..fowl. just as the rtninera.1
waters from which it is made serve
the human „race. `,
J screen my marl for poultry, into
pebbles about as large as a grain ortf-,,,
trArtheat, end place it in vessels 14 pouf -
try yard. , I feed it year around with
most gratifYing results.
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and the unsightliness of scabbed. tub-
ers combined -with the considerable
trouble and waste entailed in prepar-
i-nig, them for the table, renders th.em
undesirable for domestic use.
discouragin-g- experience frequent-
ly encountered by potato growers is
that, notwithstanding the use of per-
fectly clean and sound tubers forseed,
a considerable percentag,e of scabbed
potatoes is in evidence at harvest
time. This is due to the fact that
the scab organism occurs naturally
in the soil, particularly if alkalinity
has been increased by the application
of wood ashes, lime, fre.sh. manure, or
other substances of an alkaline na-
ture. As an instance, it frequently
occurs that where potat.oes are pltant-
ed on land 'Whitt recently been
cleared and burnt over, or where they
are pla.nted iimneditately ,after an ap-
plication to the land of 'fresh. barnyard
manure, the result is a scabbed ero.p.
On the other hand, it hs been found
thatthe plowing under of green crops,
Such as clover, has a tendency to de-
-crease the liability of injury from
the disease.
The potato Trees shoukl be included
in a rotation so planned as to allow
for the plowing under of clover sod
;during the fall betfore•plarnting pots,
toes, This practice, combined with
that of seed disinfect...fen le;i7:t..reattrent
with feimaldehtiele or eorrosi-ve sub-
liersate, while not providing a guar-
antee thata 'crop 'a Totatoe% Will be
free from scab, eonstitutes -reaSen-
able safeguard:against its occurrence.
The following points should be par-
ticularly borne an mindestplanting
time:---,
(1) Plant only' clean tubers.
(2) Disinfect seed by imn,tersing it
for twothonrs' in a solution of com-
mercial formalin -1 pound to 40 gal-
lons ,of water, or -
• (3) For' 3 hours' in a selutien of
corseelve sublimate (bichlaride of
mercury) -2 ounces to 25 'gallons of,
Water.
(4) Us,e only wooden or earthen-
ware vessels for corrosive sublimate.
(5) Corrosive sublimate is intense-
ly poisonous. All tubers treated with
this, and Telt over after planting is
completed, should be immediately
destroyed.
PowderytSeab.---sThis disease differs
consid'erably in appearance from Com-
mon Stele The scab spots. are darker
in -color and .usittellty snore uniform in
size and shape. It -Is -not so eonlnton
or wtscliespeead' Otriximon Saab, and
'usually occurs 'only in damp, cool
seasons. '
Portatoee affected with 'Potedery
Scab shosild not be planted mild in
every Cease aal seed tvhich has come
isi conta-ot with any tubers sheering
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Here are their advantages:
Fertilizers:
(1) payyottr hiciney back '‘vith hasten ripening.
lite, interest. •(5) eilininare triet er-
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(6) help banish weeds,
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illing Qu aek-Gtass
Quack -grass lmotitices seems under- loci 1, get. out the mower and go' to
ground' as well. as above 'garotte& These Work.underground itents have', joints :in.
them with a bud at each joint,- just as
,
do the stems above ground. And it is
the underground steno> th.at make
quack -gases a bad weed. Every bud
an such stems can throw up a new
Every time one of the under-
ground steins is broken with a plow or
cultivator, you have a new plant be-
ginning from the. Part broken eft.
The Time to Strik'e and the Reason.
If you...dig, into a 'quack -grass sod
in easily' spring, you will find great
number's of undergroUnd stems. At
the approach of warm -weather wine
of t'he buds on these atenestbegin.
grow straight to the surface. There
they throw out a ring of real toots
and form a croWri "from whieh a lot
of leaves and steins grow. But at -this
time of the year ell the stents that
COMO out of a crown grow upward;
and nio new underground sterns are
formed until the plant begins to
blossom.
Suppose now we let the geass grow
undisturbed •untlia. it begins to bloom.
At that time the., old underground
steins are done, and need feather
attention; mid there is ne seed onsthe
growing plants. If we cut the grass
for ,liay just at Ole:ening time, we.
can feed the hay. with safety, for it
will scatter no seed oyei, the farm.
The cutting elso stops the formation
of new uhderground sterns for two or
three weeks.- There -is thus a pericsd
af nearly a monthejust after haying
time, when quack-graes is not a weed
-itt. all. By thattI mean that it has no
means of reproducing itself except by
growth from theerown. It is as help-
less as a field of -young oats, and can
be killed just as easily.
How to Strike.
To eradicate:the pest completely, at
thine, all. we have to dotis to kill
the .growing crown S of the 'plants. The
best way -to do this is to skin the sod
loose from the underlying soil in as
thin a layer as poesible—say not over
Then while the plant is in blooms a three orr three and one-half teeees
new eroP of underground stems be- thick. This ean be done by plowing
gins to grow. All these 'stems come with a broad, sharp share that will
out of the crown, just 'as the stems cut the sod entirely loose from the
thalt grew. 11Pright; end never form soil beneath. Deeper plowing will
any other pert "acr-the plant. If the leave too much dirt attached' to the
grass is out for hay at exactly this roots, and: the plants -will go right on
time, the growth of underground growing,. The idea is to have as little
stems is completely stopped for a few dirt in the turried sod as piossible--
weeks. The plant ea/1 not produce eetooe the teeellew ,vetteeg.
undergeound growth -without a let of If the weather is, dry, the over -
leaves up- in. the semi'? ght; and. if the tweed sod will die proanetly, 'and the
plant has been cut who': e blamn, tt work of eradicating the quack is fin -
immediately 'begins to throw all its
energy • into the prod. -action of new
leaves and stems above 'ground. This
fact is very important, as we shall
soon see.
It is else of very great import:a-rpm
that, by the time the plant bloseoms,
the old underground stems have done that 'will move everypiece of sod jut
their lifework, which. was "to "etlirorw enough to keep lit from getting its
up new growth to the surface ` of the roots. into the underlying soil again
soil. They are throsugh; and will before cold weather. A spring -tooth.
essort
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Poverty OW VVealtli',.1.844,,5':''846.;-Aloo';$:
16; Ofo,Iden TextS.t. L410 12: '34.
Connecting leinks—W.hese sociel holy <lave eager to return to their
and ooimo cOuditionte Axe, suell'thet dishones,t ,teaffie. They ,defretid thel,
Mem-who work haid:tand-loligtelo itot PeoPle Who thiy by making the epliale
earn -enough eto keep themselves and or 'bushel measure, -small,: and. the
their families, in -eamfolte to feed and shekel (=about 3',3 oz.); 'with Vebiela
clothe mid, Mutate ..-their children, they •weitthed the -silver bits which
there is 'eVidently` sainithing 'Writhe. 'Were` affeeed "in. Pa:Oriente 4166 '.great.
This is especiallY 'true in a laird 'like; Far a paltry debt; a bit" of erlilVer,"er
the Pelee of a Pair of. sastealso, a poor
snarl or his children might be sold Into
slavery. Moreover, /Amos chargee
these same o.y'arteleue merchants with
selling to the or "the 1.-efase a the
wheat," vailit for huma'n. food.
Amos believes that sueh ill-gotten
viealtht can lbrinig no. real goad tte, ittS
poeisessore. The justice of God is
thallentged by it, and God never for-
ef' -poverty and. unemployment the gets.
eirewoid,t1Tegs, of
hniedui!Tutho dfiee'sldosf,' eisntits°., in ant.. • LIutkiels 1riVt'ith9te-25richAtmeaenretsaivvneerillt
'our fi.shenes, and our mines cannoti that is condemned in the perable—it
--find enolightlaborers? Dees not the, is bus calleas indifference to the need
remedy for 'Canada, in very large' of the poor -sufferer at his gates" The
part, Ile •nt more end still more pro- very doge had- more compassion than
duction, and, ther:efore, the eneeg-
mg of more and still mere werken
,in our great produetive industries?
our own, a land al abundant resoureee.
It is folly, in this county of free peo-
ple and free democratic in,stitutione
to blame the few who have gathered
wealth or to talk revolution. The
remedy hes with ourselves', in, careful,
patient effort to discover the causes
of inequality anti injustice and, pover-
ty, oral when diseorverede to rEMOVe
them. Is not one of the chief causes
Ms contrast is strikingly set he-
- the rich Iran faring sumptualis-
And it will lie with our go -tenement th ly,and the,beggarefull sores. Can
'provide by law that there shall be a these Men' be 'brothers,' SerS of the
fair and an adequate' recompense to 'eaine Hearveilly' Father? Can 'there
every .henest 'Workers and restraint be 'any lotre :between thetil? Hastthe
or oomPuisiort or some sort for ..both rich, rearisshown a real`hrotherly 'feel -
the idle loafer and the busybody.
Isa. 5: 8-10. Woe Unto them. The
pxophet, -living mote than seven hurls
• deed years before the hirth of Christ,
sees the• injustice of his time and is
-filled with a pasfion for reform,
nig bytthrowang .a penty. to 'the .beg-
gar as he passes- him by? What, would
Jesus Christ have done? Would He
have taken the beggar into HiSholme,
and fed" and Mirka him to health;
and helped -libel to- a place -of indet
ESpeciallY is lie diaturbed by the, fact penderice end comfort
that the lan,c1 seam's to be paseing out Carried" 'by the "Angels. The par
of the hands of its 'original owners, able sug,gestS the lessen that the
-0,),e free men of Israel, into the posses- 'wrongs andinj'ustices, of this' life may
siontof a few great nobles or rich men.. be set right in the World. to ceme. But
Henceforth -they' who had been their it suggests evith2equa.1 "clifeetitess and
own masters, owners and cultivators force that the time for men to .begin
of the landebecome p.ractieally elarves, honestly and: unselfishly, trying to
or leave their poor homes to find a set things.right is here, and now. The
rich' manenteglected his oppeettinitY
and was lost. A man lay Innigry,
•'thirsty, and sick ..a.t his gate, `and he
'did' not miniSterto him. .
The Bible does not -teach that evil
lies in the making ,or int the „posses -
skin of wealth Rather dose it com-
mend industry, and thrift, and right-
ful What it Condemns: is wrong
ways 'of makimg wealth, mid the
wrong and selfish use" of the Rawer
that wealth gives. ."
Application.
Many -diseases. which were once
thought incurable are TDOW often treat-
ed with sutelt skill that the pattenite
recover. A distingafished-medic.al. inen
said 'recently that thecterire in:triable
was ten times as much. , ought neves.' to be applied to any di.s-
ARTIOS 8: 4-7. Hear this. Amos, like ease. SO it is In regard to sects!'
Isaiah, denounc.es the' spirit of greed diseases; we have too lone r.egarded
erhich was so prevalent in his time, poverty as something which is intervit-
the immoderate and unscrupulous able.- It is net so, and one of the
seeking of gain, and the preying upon tasks awaiting an earnest church is
the poor. It seemed, indeed, tas if they to show that p.overfy is not n-toese in-
-would ,destrey poor men out of the evitable than were many physical dis-
land, .greetly were the ,rich land- -eases, Nyhi,ch are .now ..disapp.earing.
lords -and traders forrnore.andemere: 1Yruch 'of the poverty in Christ's day
New Moon and Sabbath' were holy *as due' to men's .Selfisamess Most
days set apart for rest and womehip. poverty among us -is du.e to the sante
ished. - But if :the season is wet, you ers are Inpat en o e cause.
These trad, t f th
will need to run a disksharrow, with
the disks -set straight, across the
strips' of overturned ,sed. The harrow
will cut the sod into 'small squares.
.Alter this, go once over the field about
'eVery ten days using some ini.plement
precarious living la the shops and
markets of the city. -
Isaiah foresees 'trouble coming upon
the rich landegreibbers, whose, insati-
able lust for more would seem to indi-
vete that they wished to dvrell alone
in the midst of the earth. A fareigri
enemy, the Assyrian., :Will soon invade
the country, and their fine leduses
shall be left desolate, and their vine-
yards and' corn fleldS waste and,e, unt
productive. Then ten acres of vine-
yard shall yield one bath, that is only
eight or nine gallorili;' end the seed
a an homer shall yield an ephah that
is one-tenth only of what was sewn.
For an ephah contained- about nine
gallons by dry measure. emit= homer
'gradually die during the latter pant
of the summer. You do not need to
pay any, attention to them. :
, Same fanners make the mistake of
stewing to kill thetunderground •s*rn's
_early in .the season. Thia is alriio-st
a useless task, for at that time ,of the
year every' joint of these underground
.stems can make- a new plant But
aftes the plants have reached the
hloomingt stage, 'the old. underground
stems have finished their work. . They
do not need. killing then, forthey are
aleesed,y 'beginning to. die. So don't
try to kill the chi undergralind Stems
of quack -grass. They 'can't he killed
before midsummer, anti after thatt
they die :anyhow.
the 619e0e.,_ -01e164 tie iFeat64-3,'fiti
'corrbeihite sublitagtot—rikl ifte ortganism
4;„kIll'5•WA'4,7A-iirlive for several years in
• :r41-4"-; 00' Tilt P°.teitoe's ehould,net be Ploot-
ed on the land 'where i ha a occurred
ALL G001) 1.1_v_;„,„LERs for at least' four Vase.
Ask for prices- They are
attractive,
ChiLd w,elfeatt3 wtork is eenteded to
be one of the biggest tages berme the
women of the tountry to -day, and
there is al. crying need for this work
in the country a,,3 well as in the oiler.
In order to 'tell when ;quack is in
bloarny Witch it' earrefuliy 'till You see
the bles.torns open,: arid,' the ,anthers
hanging out of the flowers -on slender
threads. Thits, will be about two or
three weeks after the grass heads out.
When the 'earliest, plants begin to
harrow is excellent for seeh stirring
of the sod; (but any tool that will
move the sods about will' do. If
growth is prevented until the end of
summee, there will he no quack on the
'field the next -spring. -
To Sum Up. /
Curt the quack for hay while it is
in bloem. 'Get the hay off -as soon as
it i's, possible. Thei/ ;skin the sod ldtt
from the underlying sail in as thin
a layer as -possible- lif the season is
dry, this will kill the grass, completely,
If the ground is moist, run a disk -
harrow, with disks set straight,
trasswise of the at -rips of -upturned
sod, to cut it 'into -squares: • Then to
prevent the'sod froingetting its roots
into th.e -underlying soil again, stir' the
pieces of sod everyten days till frost.
A 'spring -tooth harrow, or any culti--
oathir will do for this. l'he field will
be 'clean of quack -grass the next
spring. Many fields have bee -n cleaned
this way. ' '
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When a hard -worked horse stands
idle for a day or two, and during that
time is ,well fed on grain rich in
protein, or on corn rich in. carbo-
hydrates, he is to contract what
popularly is ;termed "Monday Ines/ling
disease.' It has earned thtat natio
-becs.use it often attacks a horse that
thee been idle on Sunday andris feetrid
anchoenter:edirrehtarietstaaffon m.naw
when thernmodriivn
liedriver
g.
The condition is due to gorging.of the
lymphatic vessels with the products
et nutrition which are not used for
the repair Of waste tissite, or in gen-
erating heat end energy. ' When the
horse is at work these TaatteTe are
used up, in comb/lotion, and watte or
'effete matters are got rid of by sweat-
ne•rmal action of the kidneys
and bowels, •
The e1feete4 home 1/ee high fevet,
blowS iiittrfi, has fast, full.- bounding
pulse and sweets withepaint Appetite
reesee. OThe hind leg, usually'the lef t
one, le swollen -high up in the region
Of th.e gro4ni, end when that part is
handled,, 'on theitrier 'side Of the leg,
the horse evinces intense pain, lilts
the leg and tries to hop to the side, On
the sound leg. The pain is in the
tymehatie vessel -which is clogged and
may hate germs caught In the nodes
bandages may be removed, and , the
leg bathed three times a , day with
vinegar and ,cold water Or Iritia
mild astringent lotion prescribed by
•the veterinarian. One attack subjects
the horse to another.
Now is the Time to
Graft trees.
Plant' strawberries.
Start an asparagus bed. -
Plant trees for a woodlice.
Spray apple and other trees.
Inoculate the sail for clovers
Gather stones from the fields.
Use ,self -feeders for fattenin-g hogs
on pastuee..
-Screen your home. Start the cam-
paign. against flies at entce.
Change sheep very gradually from
-dry roughage to, pasture.
Get the oil stove in readiness, and
buy or make a firelee:s edoker.
dime its course; fee one function Of
the -lymphatic vessels is to catch, at
these, Places-, germor foreign'bedies
which enter the lymph they carry.
Gradually the swelling deseendssuntil
the entire leg is "ae, big- as a post" andi
the swelling pits under pressure, like
putty or day. Whelp, the entire leg
has becoine stwollenyeecute pain arid
tfever usually subside ..5.to gradualaY
the swelling -disapPea-rs When the
horse is worked or" eatereised.
The it/lir/of:taut CenSideration is not
to have etsch cases, They', nia'Y readaY
be , avoided by never . anIt
horse to stand fora 'tingle day with-
out Work or ontdoorrexercise, and dur-
ing idle times cutting down ihe grarmn
'feed '
- Treatment cerisists 'of bandaging
.the leg from .foot hedy Wirth a soft
straw or Irs,y rope to he leept'oeriartiant,
IY wet with cold or,hot water, accord -
40 the season Of the year. Sloppy
brat Mashes may ,be. allowed, along
Writh;ta.thbttIle grastS er hay, hut grain
should be withheld until the animal
recovered. Medicinal, b.-eat/nett
ten 'obits- in dissolving in the driniting
Water tiviterla,ily one tablespoonful of
powdered saltpetre; and the verterin-
arian 'oleo gives at .sreiall dose of tine -
fere of aconite every three Or four
themes, nail the lever abates. As soon
as the swelling has inVolired &i of the
leg a;nd n ten se pain, enbsidee the
Planting, Strawberries.
Plant 'strawberries iii the spring- -as
soon as the 'sail is:in good condition
to Work. Procure plants front a reli-
able party, and if they 'ate a little
wilted when you get them, they .should
be heeled in very thin in theiow and
shaded front the sun until they
freshen. Before heeling in cat off
one-thiid of the evenly' ensi leave
three or four leaves. Cloudy weather
is considered best for planting, al-
though if your Plants are in good.
condition, the forenoon and afternoon
of clear vvea.thee is safe enough.
•
Every -school child must have a hot
dish at'nelon to supplement the .1unch
brought from home. Cafeterias are
becoming the rule rather than the ex-
ceptron 1 ten' city sc co s„ ansi all
up-to-date viral schools are adopting
the hot Misch at noori,
et' fire%
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1 'LIVING WITH ''TliE
CHILDREN
Is; ,
"Oh, listen, little I)ear-irry,Soul,
To, the fairy voices Calling,
F'Oot• the, MOO* atgh in the misty sky
And the
The fairy Voices , that tealletl to, rus
in -OUT' 'childhood 'are. 'sal' elialling to ;
nithie4steliciitlicitrAn, ofrmt,pte-4 clia4.,:ehh;t:411-Tinrtt-theria
conditioirS'iwtgdiht'i,kirreiindqitlieni.''rrztheie •
diner voliea are more diffterufft ter 'hear.,
It is 'for the. parents a.nd teak/I/era -
to realtiie that this atanosphere of iinr
:rest has a decided effect upon ,the
lite -
f the Children and that it is at -until*
th their development.
. ,
Let , us seelt "tespirati'on that/tele.
mAy be guides, the • leaders of On*
little people. We, who through :,a3E--
lthfe
the rare chance of being led to, that
toPht::triensvi):Sirieimita. 'thkri:wlit:ieteefh4417:
,priceless, 'treasure, tthe -Fairy GelettOt-
..
else feel the thrills, for it is thronith
Where do we go for our intspii-a--
thins? • gometimes th the poets, "WiltO,
sting of brooks, of iblioesomse lairds and'
bowers, af dews andeeins, and lorielY
flowers." ,
, The repetition of familiar nursery
rhymes and songs creates an intiinacte
,b`ett,ween,mo'thers arid young children
Which -is very elotse and dear. -Sikh,
rhymes aS "This little pig went
market," "Ride a cock 'hors -e," add.
'9.toek-a:bye-ibathy;" have made thati-.'
Sande of little children 'happy, since
la -tighter, song end 'Ipla3r combine .14
the strong bond of love.,
Then Wrii& is this bond/tot continued
„ as the 'C'hild igrowst older ?` -He is ready
'and eager for irrtiniaey With t
mother and is dieitiglited 40 have her
amplify -his experiences. Unfortntnate--
ly her knowledge of poetry is too often
limited to Mother Go-ose land she d'oe.e:
'not realize that children nieecl.poetry" '
andthythin long after they have parse -
sed the Mother Goose stage., •
There are snany delightful rhynters
and poems abou-t animals, flewers,,
birds,, and -the seasons which, we malt'
bring to the children arid it is in -to the
home that we shoultil- bring then i for
that is where poetic feeling s.hatild
have its beginning. The ,school room
alone ;cannot 7griVe the instillation from-
whiCh these expressions, these harm-
onies of worixis, thoughts and. rhyiniest
have sprung. When the ear beceniest
acenstarned to the best language,' a
taste is formed for ,good literature, the
best protection against much of the .
poor trash which periodicalRy
the market ,
The tfolio-wing boolos give a good
variety of poems for ethilldren,4ages: Pinafore -Palace, by K. D. Wig-
gin and. N. A. Smith; The- Posy Ring,:
K D Wrgelt and N ' A Smith.:
The 'Heine Ronk. of Verse, for Young
F011os, by B. E. Stevenson; Sing Song,
. Christina Rossetti; The Golden
Staircase, by L. Chisholm.
Facts About Insects.
The number of insect specaci is.
greater by far than that of the species
of all other -living creatures combined.
Twelve 4million plant -lice have been
. .
found en one ;tree.
A single pair OS Colette -do potato-
beetlie,s, if allowed to ino-rease without
molestation, would in one .season am-.
cunt to 60,g00,000.
A pair of hop-vine'aptiia 14 capable
of breeding thirteen times fin one year,
end the progeny, if theY au lived,
would be ten sextillions.
The unrestricted increase of eine
-pair ' of' gyPSymkiths. 'would 'in -eight'
years 'be numerous encingli: to devour
all the foliage in Oaiada. -
Many ''.eaterpillars daily eat' twice
their weight in leaves.
There is a flesh-feeding;larva that
consumes, in, tw-entr-foiir Irours 200
tines 14s ''Oritgintal *eight
Every yea- insects 'ea -use lo -ss of
-more -than' $108,040,000 to the farm-
ers, truek raisers tarndt-, mit growers of
Canada.' • -
,,Fitte-one Speek,e3 hirdS eat hairy
caterpillarth- thirtyl-edight'; species
feed; on - •
By ,putting isp birdshoeses, ,by
aIim-
irating the enemies . of bird life, by
feeding the birds M. ;winter and by
planting tree's, shrubs and -vines ,to
supply them with their natural frUilt
foods, the murniber of our birds can be
greatly increased.
Marl Ideal for Poultry.
Having a marl deposit oui our farin
that we use extensively for agricul-
tural purposes, I noticed for quite a
while' that chickena expressed a fond-.
ntess for it in pebble :form. Where -
ever it would trickle from the wagon
the fowls 'would gather and eat it.
This Ted me to do some experiment-
ing, and I could readily detect an in-
creaseln. eggs after feeding my 'hens
marl for two weeks. The -marl is of
the Precipitated ' freSh-water kind
found along branches and creeks of.
mineral Water' floWing thithigh thou-
sands of farms throughent the court,
try. Come to think about it, such
marl irS a natural: tonic for poultry,
carrying, as it does, practically all the
mineral .0,ropt,;titiies of the water, in-
cluding lipae,, iron, alum, etc.,
in various proportions all of which
serve the..fowl. just as the rtninera.1
waters from which it is made serve
the human „race. `,
J screen my marl for poultry, into
pebbles about as large as a grain ortf-,,,
trArtheat, end place it in vessels 14 pouf -
try yard. , I feed it year around with
most gratifYing results.