HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-4-28, Page 2CONDUCTED GY PROF. HENRY G. SELL
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aice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged
authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops.
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In
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.0. M, I. would like to know about
growing alfalfa. The land is sandy
and dry, slopes to the south. Should
L seed to alfalfa in the spring with:
eats, or would a fall Seeding be bet-
ter? Should I use lime and Manure,
both? What kind of alfalfa seed,
should I use? ,
Answer: In Ontario, speaking gen-
erallye it is :wisest to practi;e spring
seeding of alfalfa. Two hundred miles
seuth climatic Conditions are such that
there is sufficient. length of growing
season before the heavy -frosts set in
for the young alfalfa to make rooting.
I would advise se,ertling With barley,
wheat or oats and my preferenee for
next year's crop would-be in the order
named.
After the ground is, plowed, broad-
cast le at the rate of 1,500 to 2,000
lbs. per acre, working this in with disk
and harrow. An application of ma-
nure is, very good practice, at such a
time. When you are sowing the alfalfa
seed, apply about 250 lbs. per acre of
a fertilizer analysing 2 per cent. am-
monia, 8 per cent. phosphoric acid, and
2 per cent. potash. If you have a fer-
tilizer sowing drill this will give the
fertilizer the best application, if not,
sow the fertilizer broadcast as you did
the lime and work it in by harrowing
thoroughly. This harrowing can serve
to cover the grain and alfalfa seecntoo.
R. IL: I have five acres of alfalfa
sod that is getting too thin to leave
for hay any longer. Did not get this
fall -plowed and would like to know
if it would do to plow this spring and
to plant to potatoes? It is high, sandy
loam. Would you advise plowing
early, or wait until alfalfa got three
or four inches high? I want to culti-
vate one year and reeeed to alfalfa.
I also have some new ground of high
sandy loam, which has been pastured
for years that I would like your ad-
vice as to putting to peas or beans.
Answer: It would be all right to
spring -plow your land for potato
growing. I would adviie plowing as
early as the land will work, especially
since it is a sandy loam type. In
giewing potatoes I would adviseyou
to apply 500 lbs. fertilizer to the acre;
use a -brand analyzing about 4-8-4.
For the peas and bean land; after
marring plowing, work the soil down
into a smooth seed -bed, following the
plowing irninediately with about 1,000
lbs. of limestone per acre, this will be
worked in as you disk and harrow the
field. Just before the beans and peas
are sown, broadcast about 200 Lbs. per f
more of fertilizer analyzing 3-8-3. p
Work this thoroughly into the soil by
:careful harrowing.
W. W.: How melt deers :grain in
cora silage depreciate in feeding value
from time it le put in Silo to -the time
it is fed? 'Corn dented' and : glazed
when cut. llow does field, Corn com-
pare with regular ensilaee corn in
feeding valise, for patting in silo?
Answer: Actual analyses Of Corn
silage show that ensilage is higher in
feeding value than is an equal weight
of, green cern just cut. Prodded that
the corn is past the glazing stage
when it is put, in the Silo, I see no
reason why deterioration should take
place in the silo. As a matter of fact,
the ensiling of corn is carried on pre-
cisely to prevent deterioration. I do
know from actual investigations and
front records of acteal tests, that en-
silage corn which has a considerable
per cent, of fairly well ripened grain
on it, makes materially better feed
than the same weight of corn without
ears. There is little difference ha the
feeding value of various types of corn
provided that you pick a variety of
corn that will approach 'maturity at
the time ithasto be out for ensilage.
This can -be greatly assisted by apply-
ing fertilizer high in phosphoric acid
to your corn field. This additional
plantfood will hasten the ripening of
corn from a week to 10 days.
K. Se F.: I have about three acres of
land where the muck has been burned
off, which P sowed to sugar beets last
spring, but they didn't come up. Later
I sowed it to millet and it didn't come.
Could you tell me the cense, and what
to do for this piece of ground?
Answer; There are probably two
reasons why your crops of sugar beets
and Millet did not 'grow on the muck
soil that had been burnt over. First,,
the burning left nothing but loose ash
which did not pack thoroughly enough.
for water to rise through it. If such
was the case there would not be suf-
ficient moisture to produce *germina-
tion of iced. Second, the burnt -over
land -would contain very little plant -
food. The material which burned was
the nitrogen carrier. There is very
little phosphoric add in amuck soil and
extremely little potash-, therefore the
ash that is left is poverty stricken
as far as plantfood is comeoped.
About all you can do is to plow the
soil deeply, bringing op a little of
the 'subsoil. This, mixed with the sur-
face soil, will in time give' it -body
You might apply 200 lbs. per acre of
ertilizer high in phosphoric acid and
otasia. This will help,
aktez•
&vitt
Garden People.
The walks are swept, the carpets laid
In gray and brown; the beds are made.
Our garden soon will ready be
For enterining ocampany:
Pete Parsnip, slim and Bobby Bean,
And little Tillie Turnip -green;
Good 011ie Onion, sometimes tearful,
And Tom Tomato, bright arid cheerful.
Kate Cabbage, with a curly head,
And Polly Popper, dressed in red;
Rob Radish, too, whose stay is brief;
And sweet Letitia Lettuce -leaf;
Then Ruby Rhubarb, pink and fat,
And Susie Squash, in ruffled hat.
Round Peggy Pumpkin, hiding pies
From Pat Potatoe's Irish eyes';
Arid,little rosy- Bessi,e Beet,
With all the sugar she can eat.
They will not toil, but day by day
We'll work for them in earnest wayl
Breed Draught Horses.
The future for the breeding of the
right type of draught horses should
be encouraging. There is a scarcity;
there is an increasing demand,—but
both of these statements refer to the
right kind of horse, with size, quality,
sound feet, and clean bones. The
culls will never bring a fair price.
There are too many of them now. In
fact, the past depression in draught
hos-so values has not been due to an
over -supply of g-ood horses, but rather
Co a surfeit of poor ones with the
buyers not -interested.
The cost to grow and maintain
horses is on. the decline, a fact that
has its interest. to both the farmer and
the city horsemen. To the breeder
and stallion owner the coming season
looks attractive; to the farther, who
has been wise enough to retain a few
of his good mares, the way seems
clear. We have all too few, good
horses, but our trouble in the past has
been rather in our even greater lack
of good mares. It will pay any farm-
er who has the facilities for horse -
breeding, to consider the improvement
of his mates, with a view to future
ina.rkets. For the good draught horse
has a certain future.
The bulk of the milking in ' New
Zealand is now drone with the machine.
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ave Yon Money to Burn?
Have you money to burn?, Neither
,have I. Do you like to take a fine
new, crisp $100 bill or a .bright fresh
$500 Victory bond, set a match to it
atiCbWateb. it curl in flame? Neither
doi.
The fact remains, however, that
Canadians are burning up money to-
day, needlessly and inexcusably. The
loss from lire in Ontario alone, in 1919,
was 810,514,232, caused by a total of
M96 fires lilighty per cent of the
fire loss is preventable. This means
that Ontario people burned up money
to the extent of $2,311, needlessly and
wastefully, each day in the year., An
end can not be put to this tremendous
waste WO quickly, '
Lightning has long been suspected
of being- the chief cause of fires upon
the farm. This question -of the fulan'clial
loss to fanners by lightning is most
important. Farm buildings' aro good
targets for thunderbolts. ' Because of
this fact, tlie house, barn, silo and all,
other structures. should be sodded, 'Nor
should the work stop here. - Wire
fences sheuld be grounded, It is a
well-known fact that horses and cattle
frequently drift along with a storm
until they come to some barrier. Often
this is a wire fence, which becomes
charged with electricity under certain
storm conditions. If the fence in the
open field is well grounded every ten
rods, and at every corner in yards, a
lightning stroke will be carried harm-
lessly into the ground.
Where grain is being threshed, the
machinery should be grounded to pre-
vent ignition of the dust from static
electricity. It should also be equip-
ped with a spark arrester. Lightning
plays too many pranks, and singles
oo
out the farmer tconspicuously as a
victim, for any of these precautions to
be overlooked or ignored.
' While lightning is the chief cause of
farm fires, it is net the only one, by
any means. After lightning come de-
fective chimneys and flues, sparks) on
wooden roofs, and snatches smoking,
as the leading causes of fire. Spon-
taneous combustion is another deadly
cause.
Shall we continue to- burn up our
money on the farms, wastefully,
shamefully, when of every dollar that
we burn' up eighty cents could be
saved and put to work to increase pro-
duction and life conveniences.
The menace of spontaneous combus-
tion is fully as great on the farm as
in the. eity. Hay, esneeially of the
clover arid alfalfa varieties, is subject
to slialitaneOus combustion, whether it
is in mews or Stacks. The first cutting
of alfalfa is believed to be the most
dangerous- in this respect, butrrany hay
that ri* rain or dew', Or not
TiTtlelli tr
IYor curedenei't
before
•1 gbeelllilegnaptiellt
fielent heat to causer fire. Thorougl
drying before placing' in the `barn and
the addition of common salt Will ren-
der hay less likely to everheat. The
main faeters leading to spontaneous
'ignition of foods and fedders may be
given, 'roughly, as moisture, bacterial
aetivity, germination' and storage in
large heapS. Where stored lots am-
ount to some hundred's of tons, spon-
taneousmm
combustion may Soetimes
be under way for two or three months
before becoming apparent externally.
m
Tne far,. supply of gasoline -'and
-kereSene :should he kept a safe 'clii-
tance,frotrinaity dwelling. No light of
any kind ,should be permitted' near to
theth., No alitomobile or gasoline en-
gine should have its fuel tank replen-
ished while running. It sheuld always
be borne in mind that the vapor from
a gallon„of gasoline, when mixed with
has. an explosive power equal to
that of eightlY-three pounds of dyna-
mite. •
The Sunday Sc' Lesson
or •
- MAY • ,
Bible TeaChings About EciUcation. bent, 6; 4.9; Proverbs
3: 13-1,8;_ St. Luke 2: 40-52.GoliTen Text— '
Prov. 4i '7.
Connecting Links—The ideal hitni-n were to learn to know and love the
,society will be intelligent, as ,avell as God of their fathers. More -over the
- industrioos. It will Value learning as leaching was tra be not Sinviily any
3, it values labor. /t bill, SeCk the leesenielerarifeil in schiook.hut also, hr
Open lanterns should never be Oar-
ried about outbuildings or left to -hang
where there is the slightest possibility
of fire being caused by them. Parlor
matches, or the old-style "seven-day"
kind, which burn slowly, are equally
dangerous. Safety matches,, which
can be ignited-' only by contact with a
prepared surface, are the only proper '
kind to use. .
The damage wrought by sparks on
wooden shingle roofs calls attentien to
the ' desirability of using Some 'fire-
proof shingres farm buildings of all
kinds. These -Cost but little more than
wooden shingles, to begin with; they
redime the premium on insura-nce
policies and -minimize the possibility.
of fires. - The combination of a defed-; b
Live chintheye and a wooden shingle
roof i.s most dangerous. Usually when
an improperly, constructed chimney t
develops cracks above a wooden
shingle roof it -is merely a matter of
time' before sparks escape through the
openings and, -dropping upon the day
wooden shingles, start to burn up the
house. The farmers who neglect to
prevent sueh a catastrophe are crimin-
ally careless.
healthy development and ' growth of
It
the mind aswell as of the body.
'will recognize that physical health
, and industrial efficiency are promoted
by edueation and will seek the be
means 'and instruments of educatio
The training of its young folk will b
together with the feeding mid elotl
ing of them, its ehie,f concern.
But this training and education- vi
be 'twofold, having regard for'char-
acter as well as efficiency, and aiming
at the making both' of good' workmen
and good citizena. It will, Kelt the
highest perfection, of both mind and
soul, both heed and heart. The fine
art of living- together requires not
inerely diligenee "and skill, and- effec-
tiveness' in toil, but also g,podwill and
sympathy, and patience. We have
fallen, upon tones in which society
beth national and international, ha
become exceedingly complex, and th
right ordering of it demands the high-
est wisdom. We have become familiar
with all sorts.' Of theoriee, some, of
them exceedingly crude or even fan
-
tastic, of reform and reconstructions:
and have heard again and again the
cry of red revolution. Our -s-afety lies
in education, and a broader and- better
education,rand an education founded
upon Christian, faith and- morals. In
talk and eonveas'ation rtr the; house
and, 'by the way, both , evening and
morning.
Prev. 3: 13-113. Happy is the -Man
st That Vilidetia Wisdom. The first nine
n. cluipteee of the 'batik of Proverbs have
er 'been aPProPriatelY called the, "Praise
1- of Wisdom," The writer seems to
have. been a teacher Of youngonfen, for
he frequently uses the term "My son"
in addressing his pupils'.
Wisdom is to him the divine plan
of the world./tie personified as God's
arehitecit ed "master workin-an." It
stands for the divine order in both
nature and human life, for both God's
work and- God's will. A anan's win -
dent, therefore, is in' seeking to know
God's will and to do lit. It lies' in,
ordering his life according to God's
, plan, for thus, and thus- only, can he
s live a true life. See, especially 1: 7;
e 3:' 1-10- and 8.
Wisdom is here presented as the
sin -tree' of true happiness, as 'the great-
est wealth, and, the most precious- of
all treasures. Wisdom pfemotes
health and long life, as well' as pres-
perity, and is compared to the tree of
life in the garden of Eden. Those
who ate of that tree would live for
ever, and 'so those who Lay hold upon
wisdorn find life eternal. -
One can 'understand' from this how
it is that the New Testernent writers
represented Ohrist as the perfect ex-
ample of wisdom, „and the Source of
Wisdern to all who follow Him. In
Christ they re'cognized one who per-
fectly did' the will of God. In Him
they • .saw --perfect faith and perfect
'Obedience, 'and they sought to be them-
eplares led by His 'SPirit. Christ was
"the power of God and the wisdom of
God" (1 Cor. 1: 24), and in Him, were
"all the ntre,asure,s of wie.drom and
knowledge hidden" (C.rel. 2: 3).
. A --true education, therefore, will not
leave Christ out. The knowledge of
Christ, and of 'f_led in Christ, will be
its crown and completion,. Knowledge
without the highest wisdom Would. be
barren and unfruitful. St. Luke 2:
40-52. Luke's brief narrative of the
childhood of Jesus culminates in verse
52, where lie is presented as a healthy,
w'ell-trained and- well -brought -up boy,
ard'varieing ib wisdom and' stature, and
infavotrnweliltihgenGc
'strong, intelligent,
religious' a-nd --social
I manhood.
. Application.
In a new country skicii as ours we
'have to guard against many dangers.
ciarid of these not the least menace is
ignorance. An in -meant m'an is dan-
11
an educated, Chrietian. people lies' our
hope for the'Tuture. ,
Dent. 6: 4-9. Rear, 0 Israel. The
book of D,euteronomy, in its present
form, combs to oe front 'the early part
of the seventh ,century before Christ.
It is a new edition, prepared' by dis-
ciples of 4the great prophets, Ame,s,
Hosea, Isaiah; and Micah, ,of the nn-
cient lawa' of -Israel of- which Moses
was the founder. Its laws are en. a
very high le2iel, and 'axe a.ccompanied
by .exhortartidalis' to 'obedience, based
Upon love to God 'and. gratitude for all
His _great kindriessee to Isinel. The
ook :makes love the Strong bond
which.' binds- Israel to',Jehovah, and
Makes loveatherefore, the ruling the-
ive of conduct for all doodrIsia.elites.
The -section of the book included in
chaps. 5 to, 11 has as its text the ten
commandments (5: ,7-21), and eon-
taing a series of- finely conceiveoll and
impressive exhortations to loving
obedience, fidelity, and, grateful re-
membrance of God's goodnee.s.
The p'assarge 'before us is . held in
high esteem by all good Jews, and is
committed to inientory and recited by
them. They often carry out, literally
the commands of vreins,es 8 and 9, writ-
ing the whole passage upon strip§ of
parchment and upon door posts., We
our -selves ves 'would'do well to imitate
them in learning it 'by heart (v. 6).
The first declarartionis. that. Jehovah,
the God • of Israel, is "One." , For
Israel He alone is God. The prophets
taught that Ile was God of all Illa-
tions, and Creator of the world, and
that ether so-called gods had- no real
existence.
The commandment, Thou Shalt leve
the Lord thy God is declared by 'Jesus
to be the first and great command-
ment of the law, and is joined by Him
with Lev., 19: 18 and 34 (M'att. 22:
37-39). „
Thou Shalt Teach. This is first, of
all a command addressed to parents.
They are to teach the laws of rellir-
gion and good morals to their children.
The .refereffee is primarily to the ten
commandments given in the precedirig
chapter, but it may very well include,
in our application of it, all that the
Bible teaches regarding,- our duty, to
God and to our fellow men - It' Is
evident from such passages as 4: 9
and Exocl. 12: 25-27 that the teaching
was to 'include the history as well as
the 'las, and Inileir0f the history con-
tained in the Old Testament 'books
seem -s to'have beeri written .with this
teaching purposeein view. The chil-
dren were to be taught by story as
w,e11,as by prec,ept„ instructed ,both in
the ,histery, and in the :law of- their
people. Tlarotigh that instruction they
POdIPY
Destroying Orchard Brush-.
Undoubtedly much damage is done
to orchards bYathe insect pests and
A half -pound shrinkage should be fungous diseases that breed in brush
allowed when estimating the weight piles. They also 'harbor rabbits Which
of eaeh dressed 'broiler. are a „serious pest to young trees.
Fowls cooped for fattening should Freshly ant Orchard 'brush may leaf
be fed lightly threee times a ,day for out and forth a breeding place for the
the first week. Overfeeding, especial- very diseases that careful spraying is
ly at the start, will cause a loss of necessary ter prevent in the trees.
appetite Obviously it dais not Pay to spray
Old newspapers are handy for 'rub- brush pile's so they must be destroyed.
bing the dust off window -panes. Sun- This' means that the best time to
shine can riot penetrate through duet destroy' them is as soon after being
—and sunshine is important to the curt as porssilalle. Of course, green wood"
health of fowls. , does not burn easily but 'such piles can
A box of charcoal may stand un- be burned by starting the right kind
touched for weeks 'by many of your of -fire. Do not try to build a little fire
hens. Use powdered charcoal in the under the brush' and expect it tp
dry'inash—it has to -go down with the spread. Such fires will soon flare up
rest of the mash. • and die out. and' the time `will be
The brooder 'house floor should be wasted. First build a good fire at the
Made a beardsgif half-inch wirosnet- edge of the 'brush or the side from
ting is first tacked across the joints, which the wind is' corning: Feed. the
aild the boards over that, rats will be fire with' sticks -and dead orchard'
unable to gnaw through. , brush until a nice bed of coals is
-Clipping the wing to prevent the -forming. Then the mass of green bush
fowl from flying, is not advisable. A Call be rolled over on the hot bedrof
better method is to 'spread out the coals and it -can frequently be burned
wing and cut the feather portion from in a short time. It will not 'burn as
each quill, leaving 'bare quills.- When readily 'at dry wood and it takes some -
the
wing is closed it rarely shows that time to produce the bed of "-coals as
it has been tampered with. Of course, a starter. But it, gets the brush out
only one wing is -thus cut, and that of the way in a short -Hine and that
should be the left one. • , is what is: needed.; -
Rats can be cleared off the premises, if brush is burned in an orchard on
it is said, by making whitewash yellow spots where a tree' is missing the fires
with copperas and covering exposed cannot be too large or other trees will
places- with it. It should-' be poured be scorched. A long -handled fork is
into the crevices frequented' by rats. helpful in throwing in the rim of brush
This it trying. around the fire which..does net burp
The color and ‚brightness of yellow After a good bed of Coale is obtained
legs can be restored by scrubbing with the brush from Other heaps can be
castile soap -suds, using an old stiff Pulled bY hand or,hauled on a stone -
toothbrush. The- legs should then be boat and rolled over on the coals. If
thoroughly dried with a woolen cloth, brush fires are located' near dry grass
and anointed with olive oil. This they must be watched carefully. A
should he repeated every other day for broom and -a pail -'of water are fine ,to
two or three weeks. I beat out fires when they start in dry
New -laid eggs kept in a cool place, grass. The wet broom will hammer
. .
will remain quite unimpaired for the out small. fires rather quickly. But
best part of a month, if stood upon wlaen a grass fire gets a good start in
their ends and turned' every ay or the wind it is so-inetim'es a cla.ngerous
two. When allowed to remain on their proposition and such fires sometimes
sides for,any length of time the yolks', cause severe financial loss.
which ,are heavier than the whites,
press against the shell. The shell, un-
able to resist the action of the yolk
upon its tissues, admits air ,and- de-
composition quickly follows. So long
as the yolk is kept suspended among
the white, the egg remains ,g-ood for
any reasonable -time; either for food
rar incubation.
Agriculture is, of all industrial pur-
suits the riche.st In facts and the poor -
Europe Coming Back.
That the nation s of Europe are
slowly ,getting hack to normal con-
ditions is pointed ,out by the depart-
ment of. agriculture_ an a statement
•
showing that the. United Kingdom is -
importing as much ,wheat as in pre-
war times. German'y's population has
laeen, considerably decreased through
loss of territory and war, nevertheless,
it is now taking wheat at seventy-five
est in their comprehension. Fact -are per,cent' Of the Pre"war importations.
like grains of -sand which are moved land and. Belgium are taking fifty
by the wind', but' -principles are thres614Praee.in. ct.se,n,ta'aiodf pthoelaiin. diforrnwheridimnetsorer
require-
tame • °.,einented int° rocks.'
raised 25,000,000 bushels of wheat is
now importing flotir
.„
A Man tam be as wise ,as an owl
about the way to raise crone ',and the
way to sell them and get good rrione'y
for them, and then Make a downright
fizzle, after all, of farming because he
doesn't know' how to mike the mast
of living.
aMny farmers 'lee' the need of if
water system, and realize its value,
but think that it is toe expeneive. They
are overlooking the fact that these is
a successful and practical water sys-
tem which is within the reach of every
&alines', Ask your county ISSUErepresenta-
No. 17-41. tive„
iffe
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, ,
rgerous. It is in the dark, unswept
' and unwashed places that vermin' "
breed and disea.se begin,s. Let in the 1,
light—open the windows—this ii the t
remedy for the unhealthy room.- We t
must maantath in our land an aggres-
sive policy of Christian education; we
must keep the newcomers from South-
ern Europe and from ,other countries
-where there is little education, well-
"infer-med. We are ilot afraid, of the
light we welcome it; but we have
every reason to dread the darkened
- .
mind.
SPIRITUAL FOOD
We would not deprive our children.'
of material food; we send them to
sille}tietteitattlouoilicli."?dvide them vrri'll '411,Sr
school for intellectual food; should wep
If you (to not -believe they are hun4
gry for it, you will be surprised tee'
note how much pleasure they will
take in listening to and .
with you the stories of Moses in then
iiralruehes, Daniel in the lions' den,. ,
and Shadraele, 1VIeshack and Abednage,
Width have as great a fascination, fer,'
be -au ti-fiii'
fcaliiirkylreinaltet ss.maTnhyeosef tshteortnie;s?
the Bibles of Jews, Protestants ,
Ronson Catholics, lead children to their
Heavenly Fathrer for protection -in '
time ef danger, and for comfort in
their little trortibles.
' Many messages in the 91st Ps'allin
,
are also very practical and 'emphasize
the 'thought' of God's 10.rotecting care,
Do the children of teeday know God
we
as uamn ethveeyriinrieasyenttuilmohiains'g s 011Thaetheolfa, ut:
did in OUT childhood, knowing' Irle
would hear and -answer our petitions?
I well remember talking to Rini as
crossed, the fields on my WaY to- echo el, ,
asking Him to help me with my ge-
ography 'griunmar.
On, looking back upon those days, I ,
realize that. it was our mother from
bwehfoomrelwvee lweaernntedtoolSuGl°ndcaly's siicehaoroilleesr'.4
church.,
A little girl of my acquaintance
loves to repeat long passages from the
Bible 'before going to -Sleep. When, she.
was learning "The Lord is limy Shep-
herd" her mother asked her to close
her eyes and tell her if she could' see,
the "green pastures!" She said that
she could, 'and then her mother asked,
if she sew the "still waters,." She -re-
plied- that she saw the waters, but
they were all `..`bunipety." The m'otlier
explained that this was because the
wind was 'blowing, that when it
quieted down the waters would be still.
Consider the spiritual influence of
these few quiet moments before sleep, '
when the little child, ini the heart of a
great 'city, closed her eyes and saw the
beautiful green pastures and ,"bump-
ety" waters and thought of the tender
Shepherd whose loving care ever pro-
tects His sheep and lambs front every' '
(inn of danger.
In these days of ,social unreel-, our
it -tie ones sho'olci all have at least a
ew moments of such spiritual food
afore' sinking into dreamland, and
arents Would profit as much as th _
hildren from these quiet talks, which
dip to obliterate the memery 'of ,any
mpleasant sights or experiences of
he day, and bring a peace of mind
hat is a welcome preparation far the'
The tracking of wild- -animals is
,great sport, but difficult unless -ane is
„able to identify 'the tracks. Bays will
find real plea,sure in making a study
of animal tracks.
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Grow My Own Roses.
I have often been asked how I grow •
rose -cuttings, dr new plants' from
choice bushes. There is a number of
ways to-do this. Which you will avant
to Use -nod -11 depend on how many plants
you need and the trouble you are will:
lag to take in growing them.
If you want only one rose, you can
layer 'a cane ox root a cutting right in
the ,garden under glass.' If, you want
as many -cuttings as you can get, you
will not wart to use the layer method,
'and you will find the„, other method
not so easy, unlers's you are eupplied
with plenty of empty rtmnblers or
glass jars,. I have found that the best
method with a number, of cuttings' is
-to use a cold -frame or 'a entting box
„covered, with glass.
.To layer a rose, bend a Cane so it is
• almost ready to break, or else cut a
chip out of one side, to about 1.h.e
middle of ,,'the cane. Bury,th,e cut or
bent partaand, plce•ine-place to, prevent
its being- whipped arenied bY the wind-.
Keep ,the soil moist -to prevent the
cane fi-,oni getting' dry, 'and it. will
callotie and form roots at t,h,e wound.'
_Layering is best' done when the cane
is d,ermant„..- Any hardy l?,ush or clinah-
ing rose will readily by
'method:
WhenrI root cuttings in the gaeden,
I eat them, from wood that is not soft
and pithy, A blooming shoot will
ustrally .d6. You 'can cut into pieces
with two eyes, if you wish, eating ,so
one eye is well buried.. Probably the
beet cuttings' are made whenea short,
firm branch is cut at its juncture with
the older taking just a little of
this limb with the cutting. The base
of a branch is' in ideal condition to
root easilY and quickly. When set in -
a louse, rich soil; which may, be right
in the rose bed, turn a glass tundbler
or fruit jar, over each cutting and ,
leave it -alone. You need not do any.. re
thing with it until it starts growing,
when You can remove the glass, and it '
'will take care of Itself. It is a -good'
idea to remove it for a short -time imi
the ,Inerning, at , first, gradually
lengthening the expasurre, 'so it
not suffer from tot> quick a change.
Rooting cuttings in a Cold -inane or
boX covered with glass irs no different
in principle from the above methods,
except that yot root a number at once,
setting th,em, in rows with the roll tilingS'
close together, amid covering with a
,glass' hotbed sash. ,
1V_rake, the soil about half sand and
half mellow 'soil. Water well -end keep r
moist, but not, wet. If a box is used,
put in plen'ty of drainage and have
a hole in the bottom.
A little time and trouble will give
you splendid home-grown Tetras. Yen
will have fun growine them too, at
least I do.