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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-7-14, Page 6N • CONDUCTED BY PROF, FIENRY O. BELL The object of this depertment Is, to place at the sea Woe of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged authority on all eutelects pertainiog to sone and crops Address ail questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in ;are of The Wileon Pubiailing Company, Limited, Toron. to, and answers will appear in this column in the order in which they are received, When writing kindly men- tion thlepaper. As space is limited it is advisable where harneoltate reply 18 neceseery that a stamped and ad. dressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the anewer will he mailed direct copyright by Wilson P ublishing Co, Limited . C. P.: At what stage should a mix- i kill both the ivy and grees. The patch- ture of oats and peas be cut for hay es Model then be thoroughly raked 1 to get the best results for horse feed? end the roots of the weed should he Anti -ever: Nee iancit oats should be, de,g up. After this thotreug.hly 4aut just as the 'oats are beginning- to I sprinkle the patcbes so as to wash the exeess salt out and re -seed to good grass, If the ground ivy erompletely 'covers your lawn it will be necessary to dig up the lawn and give it one ip protein. If you overfeed' pearl semener's thorough eultivatien in bors'es with this tonstituent of food! order to kiel out this troublesoMe they well tend to develop Icticiney I weed. Every bit of roots left should tamable tutleass they are at continuous ibe raked out of the soil and destroyed. A. L.: What is the beet fertilizer for currant and raspberry bushes? The soil is gravelly and needs build - several farmers about it and some say lug up. ono thing and some another. One . Answer: An exceedingly good fer- farmer foid me that if I would put blazer for currant and raspberry twenty pounds of vetch and one bushel bush" is one carrying 3 to 5 per cent, of eats to the are any time this ammonia and 10 to 12 per cent. avail - month, it a mild make good hay. Does Met' make good hay for horses; if not, what weidd you advise me to sow on Lae three acres to make hay? Does Haire voich make good cow feed? • linewer: By the time you receive the rea-er to your question it is preb- we that the best crop for you to row for hay will be millet. Of course 'nee; andoats make -exceedingly good ho..y, but the middle of July will bei alt g th t 1 e sow e mixture Moot head, lin ord'er to make the beet mixture of hay. In feeding thea to herses you weld have to be very oare- ful, place this- feed is :relatively rich heavy work. H. H.: I am plowing three acres that la mostly light Sand. I have asked able phosphoric said. Apply this at the rate of 400 lbs. to the acre adcing the spaces between the bashes and canes, and work it in by cultivation. A. J. C.: Can you tell xne how to get rid of poison ivy and quack grass? Answer: The first part of your ques- - tem is answered above. It is very difficult to get rid of 'quack grass in any other way than by stammer fallowing the land that is e acte e quace grass land Mould be fall -plowed so as to turn for hay this year. Mallet hey -will have to be fed carefully to horses, since if it is fed exclusively for a long period St tends to develop lameness and gen- eral muscular trouble. It shou2d be fed with a mixture of other material, especeally a jedicious anment of con- tentratee, such as eats. In eowing mallet thirty pound& to the acre is sufficient if the seed is of good qual- ity. W. G. 33.: What is the best way to kill ground ivy which is spreading over my lawn all the time? Answer: To kill ground ivy, if the weed is concentrated in certain parts of your Lawn, apply salt heavily over the. surface of these areas. This will the Toots and root stalks up to the sue and frost. This should be followed in early spring by discing and harrowing e -any two or thrie weeks, so that the ?act stalks wal not get a Mance to make a fine, attechment again., Each tone the field. is. harrowed it Will he well to go over it with a hay rake gathex-ing together the root stalks so that they can be (heed. and burned. Some men find it good practice to fol- low this treatment by growing a smothering crop the follovring year, such as rape or buckwheat, seeding it very heavy in order that the growth may completely =ea- the ground. This smothers out any remadruing stalks which may have been aniseed. The Peddler Man. We if I were the peddler man Who sells things in our town, I shouldn't ,patch my ragged eoat With patehes gray and brown. I'd gather up the autumn leave, All splashed with gold• and red, And make my patches all so gay I'd be a king instead! Oh, if I had the Peddler's bell That makes a weary sound, rd ring it aceed with might and main Till people's hearts would bound', And everybody in our town Came dancing down the street— And skip and turn and laugh aloud To hear a song so .sweet. Oh, if I had the peddler's pack Of algal- things and toys, I shouldn't take the pennies from MO little girls and boys. But I should give to -every And let the grown folks bu-y. I wi;.-In I were the peddl'er man, And he were merely I! The Magic Bags. This is an okl, etoey. Orlee121Poin a time there was a man who <lid a (lea]. cf traveaing in the world, and ordaIl of his journeys, he carried two maigie bags, one over his left Mad- der and 0110 over his right ehoulder. In the bag over his left shoulder popped all. the pleasant words that peaple said -to hiera the eheere, gentle speeches all the smiles and happy songs arl'ell good-natured, jolly pemorks that came his way. And he earaded this bag over his lieft shoulder, for he -wanted them good things near to thee heart. In the other bag he 'dropped all the coarse words that people growled at him, all the frowns and scowls and iecoldings, ell. the cruel rrieckang `Speeches that he hemid. eel his iota-- , neys. This bag he carried on his alight .shoulder and dh the bottom, gears and ducks, be cut a greet big hole so th,at as fast as the ciess words rfeX in the top they fell out the hole and were lovb. Whieh is exactly what he wanted them to be. So this old traveler, no matter how far he journeyed, was airways happy and Itight-thearted, for the beg that lee -taint:red ever his left Moulder puffed ip iike a btalloon and carried him reether. And as the croVe words were lost as soon as they drupped into his other bag nevee had them voeighing upon his ilea,rt or anakirog him sad. `We are ail traveler's in this hig 'world and we 41 have two lbageto carry with as. Did you blow that? Only we !carry thean ow heads, And. into one we rshould drop ail the cress Weald's and tempery speeehes, and that bag we should call our for getting bag. And the °fiber 'bag is our remembering bag, and into that we want to pop all the good, pleasmt, joLliy thiegs we hear and the cheerful thoughts and happy songs, because that is the bag that will puff up like a fairy balloon and carry us over all the hard spots en our journey. And we want to •give other folks onda pleesant, happy words to -store away in their remernbery hag and none at all to drop into their forget- tery one. And be sure, sure, SUR,S that year remembery bag is whole and strong so none -of the sunshiny weads will escape, and be sure, sure, SURE that your forget -betty bag has a big hole in so all the cross and dis- agreeable words can fall out. Will you? Remember the good And lorget the bad, Make every one happy And nobody sail Exportation of Eggs. A valuable trade has sprung tip in recent years in the empottation of eggs.. In order to enceueage and con- serve this trade under the provisions of the Live Stock and Live Stock Pro- ducts Act, the Dominion is divided in two seetions,, east and west for the carrymg on of a thoroughgoing in -e speetien eervice. Ontario, east of P•ort Arthur, Quebec and the Mari- time Provinces, constitute the eastern section and ail west of the Great Lakes the western. For the eleven months ef last year extending from Jaanary. 1 to November 30, 334,111 cases of eggs were inspected, of which 148,668 cases were consigned to Great Britain. It has been found that in- spection is Often requested by ship- pers not only for the export but also for the domestic trade. Inspection is by approval, the shipper being re- eruired to candle and grade the eggs according to the Canadian. standards, marking the cases with the class and grade of the contents. Inspection is then made on requisition. If the ship- ment is' found properly graded a cer- tificate of approval is issued and the case officially ranked. Inspectors at seaboard are advised of shipments go- ing eheie way and they are required to repeat conditions on arrival, supervise methods of handling and stowing on shipboard and keep track of market- ing conditions. Steps are also being taken for the better control of eggs imported into Caritada. Concrete floors, ot efiiii other kind far that matter, should, always be well +bedded, so as to keep the cow dry and her ladder trona eorning in +contact with ,tlue cold floor. It is a wise provision to lay on top of the cement a Wooden ating, cork brick. or creosoted weed Friaita. et,eaSi YeigerteilelOS. Meet Of the car ea 'the erearing qa have ben Q -Ver lb•PfP're this article ape ars, but .eometieles littera tion toweceis, the mot of .the- etesisea well miee. erop in ease the yield, ee'aeeea-eeeaeseee-...:---ee.iressisies Municipal Tabeiculosis Older, Sund hoOl Lesson withelet 'detention or test. Under the friee at Ottawa -seine years ago, and the, • more recently adopted ai:qa.,4 plan .onypen.EAtion, le pad for • animals Ohm ly slaughtered end AlleY the ownere are ea-mitted ander Teen-, The CalaVeraiaill 11 the seasan fa,voralile for the lateeii to realize weete,eie teley• elm id1.74.1°' ineatthriei fr°11"1 the eieile?edi!eitiiitiseLeeiiiiiiii-lesi e* : ceeeeetieg Tini 41,thisilr5eetiet, But this Teo, a spray make a marked difference C Gble.a.1, Text-- ana G nports o aeon. was t , e • , <1. al n we in the quality of the fruit. The spree- eee d firel t tree way. el alrendy an open thoroughfare, con leg or currants with Bcadeaux mix- During recent years, 'id partieular- life as a. Pharesee strict observance he citirrfr„ different sections ;of the citi lie during the 'war 'cried, Canada's ex- cif the le-wr, he siise ed41116 viith Inc 'Pen at the -fact ture to prevent diseases of the- leaves a, ise: , ee yore. jag God in persecettme the Christians, eliants (teller side. It was, line whieli -appear in late sumnier should ii"cor„P., 'dad e ileve,dil3 ere , a he was not happy. He deacrib9s the , with colt -mina the .lateee, or which ca, be done tbefere the foliage is injured, "ie is lirdiveil °Y' due tit'et experiepee of that period! of his life I elan be seen. , 11 POSTE, FROM PARis The Oeetznae,delivereeed.the, ilret mail reen after el -ht ()alai& 'S6 ,Nelicer I geegg, who did •tuet • aeg, to if for the officio, until „half past eight, had I. time to watch Chian <tome down' th b • • e -. 'street. Yetiee of watchine, Tor things .ehat layer:came could i-itot reh Naney a of the thrill of hope she felt .teateh I'r'b4'1'tI't'inig;n'iwe''hIt1te'1lb';'.,hthse5'wa'tii1"1;e'tP°aF'ntItsiil'l;a''e1.lr'csl- f theca de•ys ego,". said. "Or there The eerily dreepieg of leaves for ear- that ljat Year e±Perte bac'en fr°111- in the seventh chapter or the Riese,. have heard by nianv 0 ts ou account of disease Ies,sens the the Dominion .amounted in vateie to to the Romans', an e ai • epee eeie s- rae, • • • yield aor the following year, $34,000,000 and thoit ,our killiegs of Icometeterhe t 't ' Celery should be kept well sprayed with Bordeaux mixtere until it is dry, to ensure it against disease, and the to oa potatoes also must be protect- ed with it to the end of the growing season to prevent late blight, Horne -grown seed is usually very satisTectory. As far as possible the best of each kind of vegetable should e mare the tarect ited dread ,Q hogs in eight yeape doubled in. num-i meet to deepede. The carnet-meal/10MS Damaseus, arid the Ceeletian , es. • eacong al-, Saul's, name fiaa, already reineliei ben while .those ,Derunerk and Ire-, (or lani) 'Wil ch woe erderined to life," there knew Of his amine end wile I, ileereaSeer iddrieicierably. With the this, he ",found te- be unto he-hadt •corrie for. Yet at the call .o f, might lbe invitatiorato tfrora that nide 'Iola wheiiteked nay name e at church. 0 my, just think of having t a meal Ina real .home someivhere! f ybe theire'e a letter:hem Rue Baker- s, —or °lie from Aleut Tayrza." le postman wire next door, now. Nancy ranidosyn'to intereelit him. banded her a miseellaneoue assort- ment of post cards, letters ,and nu; ws- ostlers. And net one of them was +ad -dressed to Nance% Yes, there Wee, rei a to narmal conditions, vigorous before hills ideal 'I death." For the law continually set duty, t•lect. c.all of hie Lerel Anania efferts will h. ' . aye to be made in order reach. eie to, aed svas a continuel i • if> maintain this position 1111 s, ev "tech he emilel. net went to hire. drid not know. but tlie . e rye le- lig might cost him his life-earaer- der of his faults, his errors, and Stock Brauc'h of the Deminion Depart-11de sthortcominge. The law was holy, merit A-griculture has entered upon and just, and good, but it rneent d.eath a special campaign to stimulate the to him. Re fo-und a conflict within him be- •tyveen good and eviti. For, he save "that whierh de I know not; Tor not what I +would, that do I practice; bat what I bate that I de,' "For the good which wauld, I do not; but t.he evil which I would not, be saved 4.01' seed. To ensure, having production of •ho,gs of the +bacon type. eeed that will g-ermioate well the next In co-operation with the, provincial de - season, it is important to clean and partments, an arrangement has been dry the seed as soon as possibleeend made to oiler 'attractive prizes to keep it dry until spring. 13eans, Peas members...of boye' and giris' pig clubs who exhant at local fairs, both for and corn will soon lose their germin- ating power if they are damp. If cab- bage begin to burst and it is not yet time to pull them, it is clesirelale to twist the plants so as to loosen them in the ground, thus checking the de- velopment of the eabbage. Once the ceoler and moister weather of early autumn tomes there will be little rip- ening of onions, and they are likely to go on growing rather than ripen- ing, hence they Mould be puiled and cured while the days are hot enough. 'While squash and pumpleine will kee.p for a time in ithe outhouse or cellar wthJAe the weather is coanparatively warm, they should, on the approach of winter, be put in a warm, extern where the temperature will be 50 degrees P. or above, when they keep much longer than if they are near freezing. 12 one has some cauliflower heada that are only partly developed, it is a good 1 e .plants before they are inaurecl by frost and heel them in the euilLlar, when one may have good caulifloweas for some time. When one has grape vines in the garden it is well to remember that the grape is one of the few fruits that do not improve after harvesting, if pia - ed green, hence the importante of leaving grapes on the vine until thor- oughly ripe, if possible. If frosts threaten before the grapes are ripe, it desirable, where one has but a f eve vines, to protect them, as once frost ire over there may he e Ito•ng spell of warm weather, when the grapes will ripen. If the foliage is killed by frost the grapes do riot ripen, 'satisfactorily,. suctessful, a number of herds having been accredited, while many others are under test. Mere is no an agree- ment betweert .this ecnintry and the United 'States that -cattle from ac- credited herds may enter either way, quality of product -end ability in judg- , pale ce. Frem this coaffict ing. Where each elu,bs do not exist, he found no way,of escape. Evil seem- slihasetaiiiineapirso dzttiooinily btuot I attempts at organization will be made, edr to triumph. He Wars being brought stiternuelteelaenede' dIzelts°palraftlirve4tYcri'teos sin. But "t) wretched But When, in knowledge of actual market require- ments and thus to create a standard 1.11.Cist. ' num, that I am! Who shall deliver 9 ' , the ens wee coin es, "Jen s And so he says. (8: 8), type of bacon hog for the entire Do- "What the law could. not do,' Jesus minion. When it is stated that the Christ did. Theee is no condemnation British market imports annually 500,- to them that ere in Christ. • 000,,000 pounds of bacon, understand" Paul must have been impreseed by ing is possible of the value of the trade that is at etake. It is hardly -necessamy to suggest that the hearty co-operation of fanners end everyone interested is hoped for. Rules and regula.tions governing the com,petition may be obtained from the Dominion Live Stock Commissioner at Ottawa. Precautions Against Bovine Tuberculosis. A. few years ago the United States breeders of pureebred cattle, recogniz- ing the necessity of more effective measures for the coritrol of tuber- culoeis, maanged a conference with of-ficials of the Burea.0 of Animal In- duetry at Washington, the result of which was the adoption of what is known as the accredited Herd Plan, meaning that the herd had been thor- oughly tested and found entirely free from any symptoms of tuberculosis. The plan proved so successful—over a thousend herds +being aceredited in a brief period—that a decision was ar- rived at to adept the system in Can - ie see he went- • A ,cluieen lease]. . There tame, by thier weed of ineoiration, to Ananias is peanise of -what such a men as Saul might become, if conveteted Cariso tre - y. meal his lemming great ability an'a kriowledge of world might indeed by the ,chosen. v sel to bear Christ's name before Gentile.s. and kings and the ehildien Israel. Arid that was the divine w to A e. He -enteral the leouse and greeted' his enemy as "Brother Simi." Who could resist 'the spirit of brotherhool and go.edwill which was so manifest among those early Cheistian.s? Paul's heart was won and his eyes were opened. The great decision+ was ineete. He was baptized, making public. eon - and tee! It was from France! What in the the world - 1 ei , • the Jeaney tole it open—it was a catae of logue fro•ni. one of the great Manch. ord •Shops. As she flirte,d the piige.s furs fession that be now believed in Jesus Christ, and would follow Ilini. It was vne not bong until he was preaching Christ speech of the martyr, Stephen, in the y go, ties. which he had heard, and by the heroic. "The coming- of Jesus to Paul was and patient courage with which he 'for him from the veryt firer a miracle of met his death. He must have met end Glheart,oclasavora,norun'gra.exacne4tileidd e Avil silipuidanyg oorf • power... 'Ile experience could only be the work of God; 2 or itagave him what he had long ',been seeking—rest of soul, peace of conscience, a free for- giveness, and a love that was also an inexhanstabde source of moral power." --Straehen. Paul repeats the story of his con- version twice in the Beek of Acts, once to the crowd which thronged about the stairs el the castle (22: 5- 16), and again before Fesrbus and Agrippa (26: 12-20). In both cases •declares that he saw Chrest. So also M 1 Con 15: 8, he says, "He `was „seen of me alsee as of one born out ef dud time." daam I not" an apostlerehe- "Ilaoe I not seen Jesus our Lord.?" This testimony of Paul in 1 Corinthians is indeed the earliest record, earlier than any of the tear ie testimony of many other Christian roen and women. While he carried ton his work of fierce persecu- tion this leaven must have been work- ing in his mind and heart. The climax of the conflict was reached on the way to Damascus, and Paul's great de- cision was made then and in the days that followed. 9: 1-2. Desired of him letters. The high priest was still ,the chief magiss trate of the Jewish people, and his authority wae recognized] by Jewish communitiee even outside of Palestine. Though subjeet to Rome, these Jewish 'communities , were allowed, a large measure of freedom and self-govern- iment, and Jewish magistrates, appear, to have had, at certain times and places, the power not only to imprison, but even to inflict the death penalty, although the latter was usually held y the Roman governor only, or those gospels, of the appearances of the deputed by him. The letters, there- risen Lord. fore, which Saul received from t'ne Pani could never forget Ciai vision. Da'gh priest would be respe.cted by the Nor couldhe, foe -get that tie! Christ ws Damascus, a,ndi would author- whom he had pereecuted had I -el -giver' 43 the arrest and punishment 02 the him, and had dune him this great is tame. honor, melting him His apostle. 3-7. A light from heaven. What thank him that enabled me," he writes, xactay. it was that happened we do "even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that t know. We might conjecture that He counted me Seithfutl, appointing was a sunstroke, or an epileptic fit, me to His servi,ce; though I was be- t no such• eeeplanativa can frilly ac- fore a blasphemer, and a tpersecut,or, lent for what followed. That a can- +and syb injurious, Hoeit I obtained -ct had been .goislig 111; the mind of mercy, bemuse I did it ignorantly in a eeemsebeyond question. His men- unbehef. And the, grace of osir Lord tal egitatien may have helped to pre-laboencled exceedingly with faith and duphysiced-crisis. But, however, I love -which is in Christ Jesus. Faithful that may be, the one certain fact is the saying,, and worthy of all ac - that pod spoke to the trunest S0111 aTiceptation, that Christ Jesus came into this zealous persecutor, and comp.el-lthe world to save sinners; of whom I led him to see and to acknowledge the' am chief." (1 Tien. 1: 12-15). truth. It was God, and yet it was - Application. Jesus, too, whom he met that day et It is consistent -with the Divine atti- the way to Demoiselle. "I am ,Jesus tude de revealed .at many times that svhom thou persecuttest," the vision Jesus should commence speech with said. In all this early Christian ex- the erring persecutor with a question. perience there isr an identification of Men who do wrong are not only sin - Jesus with God. Paul, who had fought ners but fools. Through tne centuries hard against Hine now calls Him God has been tryin,g to get His chi]- , rd, "Lydell, What wilt Thou have me dren into a sensible frame of mind. "Israel cloth not know, my people cloth not consider. Came and let us reason together, caith the Lord" was the message of Is.ariale "There is a way that eeemeth right unite man, but the end thereof are the ways of death," was the weed of that writer who SO earniestlo- urged the. a.clivartages of acted, a good man and true, whose wisdom,. It was the same spirit which ne was Ananias, who was commis- 'Ezekiel. exier,essee in "Turn ye, turn ned to lead into the way of ye, why will ye diel" This was the h. buerlen of Christ's own complaint over he street which is called Straight, Jerusalem. "How often would- I. . which Sane had his lodging:is still but ye would not," This is a righteous e seen in that ancient city. Most world, governed by a God who loves ets 'of eastternecities in those days goodness. There is no figaro of speech e simply open places, square or strolls, enough to describe the folly ng, inside the gate, where. -the of the' mar." who yields himself to keters bought and sold, and where wierce,clacise. The whole universe is elders held canna: and the judges confederated against him. ie.__ • .... - iTe iz a a. Regulations 'were promulgated (11 which, came into force in September, 1919, and have proved gratifyingly e no . it In building siatabasins in the tile hu 'drain 'have the bottoan dt`the basin at fli least a foot below the level of the idle. ENG -OE -RAGING THE "SON TO " The Spirit of Play Wisely Directed Produces Astonishing Results. Not many year ago the though prevailed that the wisdom of the age could be eibtainecl only from venterible sages. In other words, the individual would have to go througla a process of ei,pening by age before he was con- sidered a valuable asset to the com- munity. But now, it seems that the tendency is toward the fulfillnieat of the prediction that "the h'hi1d Shall lead them." Young men and young women now occupy positions of trust and responsi- bility. This makes,. it seem that the young of to -day have skipped years" ea experience which were deemed eseen- tiel lar developing good judgment im the world's activities. Young electors, lawyers and other professional men no longer think it necessary to grow a mustache and beard to give them the appearance ol age and ripened exper- ience. las fact, the time of safety razors and barber shops is here, not only beeaase of greater sanitation in the smooth shaven face, but also be- cause to -day the endeavor is to keep young instead of trying to appear ma- ture and sedate as quickly as ,possible. That this is truly an age of youth is shown by the success of boys' and girls' work in rural communities. This work has &anger', aurally a young life from one of country drudgery to a life fell of keen and happy interest in rural affairs. The will to do has come with a knowledge of the oppor- tunity in rural communities for ac- complishing things worth while. The young folks are rapidly learning that rewards of happiness as well 05 of material things teeming to those living in rural teornmunitiee give greater sat- iefactien than do the rewards of city life. Primarily the patents are supposed to he the educators of, 'and guides to their children, but with the develop- ment of civilization more and more of the child's education and preparation come from outside the family. At least, in the r,eeent development of boys' and girls' club 'work parents have not been eouraellors of their chii- In fact, it seems that now the, child quite often leads the paren,t to 'better things. He may have shown: through h'is work, ays to better and a more profitable farming and to happier and more coneenient homes. Nor should the older folks feel dis- eouraged at ,this condition of affaire, r t They should rather feel- happy 'that s the children have learned through education much that ...the parents gained through years of experience. They should feel pleased that, because ro of this the a,dvancement 'of civilization is likely to progress faster than ±tha. It should make men optimists, for one cannot view these thing e without feel- ing assured that the werld is growing beater every day. - As a duty to the children, Cho world, and to themselves, parents should en- sip causege their children to undertake nal some kind of good wok. They should eio, stand behind the boy and girl and en- fait 'courage them to greater efforts, forT encouragement is the most potent ien stimulant to .aceompais,hment. Many g'rie-' have become famous because they haci 0,er someone to- advise and encourage oiee them. Others who were naturally mar capable have remained mediocre be- the cause they have had no worths of ap- to do . 842. Beheld, he prayeth. It is sign], ficant of the reality eatel•treth of the Vision and experience which had ,come to him that Saul was driven to prayer. He, came to persecute; he remained. to pew And his prayer was answered. For there came to him, 'divinely in- proval from those in whe'in they had confidence. Ernerseri says, "The chief want in life .as -somebody who shall make us do the beet we can." It therefore seems -that one ean do no greater thing for the future genera- tionethan to give co-operation and en- deuragement to the laudarble 'ambitions of the young. These boys and girls can be en- couraged in their week bY ishowing the results cif their efforts to the public. The fairs arid local shore furnish ideal plaices for making such ealeibitions, since in. these places the spirit of ton - test, one of the rnest compelling in,- stincts of youth, prevraile. The winning of an award brings horkor'to the boy or girl who makes the entry, arnd to be defeated will often stimulat;e greater determination for the next contest. The spirit of rivalry Is al- ways „a great incentive to more earn- est endeavor, especially among the younger people. In view of the- remarkable success attending the work among the boys and girls of the country, and the in- fluence their work has ha,c1. upon .the older people it truly seons that the old adage 'which has been repeated to the rising generation for eentandes, ancl which reads, "Children .shedd be seen and not heard," might well, be Shantgeci to, "Parent, , listen 10.w:hat (ho children have to say." etityliow,"it would seem important that evere par- ent do his or her utmest to encourage the "Son to Shine" Agricultural Education at Universities. - Agriculture heirug the basic indus- try of the country, every advance made in the development of agricul- tural education is of mamma' value. Recently,-sevetal provincial universi- ties !have presented extension courses for the benefit of farmers end others. To this end: the educational author -Hies have co-operated with farmers' organ- izations with highly encouraging- re- sults. In the case of Manitoba'a course of lectures was given on rural econ- omies and socielagy, supplemented by special lectures on a vaaiety, of sub- jects appeeling to other aections of the community. In 'Ontario also, the University of Toronto was intnated'to give a similar eourse. A zeteworthy feature of the course was the taking of students to the stock -yards, the abattoirs, and other places 02'a prac- tical illustrative value. It is felt that the alliance thus established between the agricultural .industry and those engaged in educational work will tend to a better understanding of economic problems which .affect the welfare of town and country Jam A good sprayer it4 almost a meets,- sity in the garden,' One of the knap- sack type Will be found convenient and of eufficient capacity •to do all the necer3sary spraying in e. large garden Value of Boys to Agricuiture. On the principle Cif teaching and training the young idea, Australia is encouraging the emigration of boys from the old. land. The ages of boys -so transplanted are between 16 and 20. In four years the state of Victoria teak 3,000 of, these tholsi New South Wales 1,500 and South Australia 300. New Zealand has also adopted the system. It is interesting to note that 96 per cent. of the passage money advanced has ibeen paid back. The advantages of the policy are claimed to be that the boys arrr good adver- tisers by their lettere home, that the country gets a longer 'life In the set- tilermore earsily transplantd, ethan adults' of t for the same test, that boys are hb,eozfot by s tata c1;3:v cut you.. time and gorgeous gowns flickered be- fore her eyes._ A sudden angry red surged into her f,hee., Of all the irony oe fate when she was trying. to . . . squeeze out, man.ey for a pair of. plain . everyday shoes! But how in the world „lie did they get lir add -Tess? Suddenly Nancy began to smile. "I am the sort of young woman," she deelared to the hall mirror, "who receives advertisements from. Paris. Severely plain, your c:ostume, mii dear, but very, very 'chic. The Whole effect dep,en.ds on getting your hat on right, and to do that you've got; to caniy yourhead with an air--" Naney, expeeimenting with her hat, was laughing now, and Mrs. Collins, coming eat of the kitchen, spate im- pulsively: "I've just been baking sonie gingerbread. Mebbe you'd like a piece for your lunch." "Indeed Mould," Nancy replied warmly. "It smells delicious." "And besidee," she told herself as she went down the steps, "ten cents saved toward your shoes, my dear. Here's e Freneli stamp for you, Next- door Bobby." i Bobby drewee hand from behind his beck. It held a pink rosebud. "For me?' Nancy cried. "How blohotehlydialy.,I, feel as if I were having a She put the rose on her desk when she reathed the office. Merle EVartG stopped beside' her wistfully. "Isn't it lovely?" she cried. -ours when you go home ancv replied promptly; eand I've got eame fresh gingerbread for lunch." aleries eyes widened. "Have you - had a 'raise?" , Nancy laug,hed. "It was a raise— of my head," she retorted, "It pays to hold yaur head up. That's a little fashion hint I had from Paris to -day." Advance in anaRity Canned Goods. In June, 1918, an Order in Coiresii was promulgated at Ottawa eeiablish- ing new standeads of quality for fruit, vegetables and evaporated apples. These standards resulted from an - formation that lad' been gathere.cl and tests that had been made, ocvering several years. It had been revealed' that under the old, order of thinge neither the retailer nor the consumer had any protection from mis-state- ment as to quality. Investigationthad shown that inferier contents were Ails- ' guisecl with florid and expensive dabels. Previous to their becoming law the standards were s.ulenitled to menufacteirers and proved. by inspec- tors to be workable, die inenufaciturer tun now geode his products in such a mann er that a statement can be placed upon .ehe case er tin atTercling the putelia.ser a reasonably accurate Icnowlecige of the contents. The pro- cedure was a step in advance, of that f &Jawed lia canners of any other country and proved so successful that it was followed by the California Can- e ers , incorporated, the largest fruit marketieg organization in existence. On the strength ef those s.ta.nclarcis and oayinia to close supervision and in- .speetion, Canada was able in one year to ship overseas k ,pottecis, of evaporated •apples at a higher price than was paid in the United State; for a simile/. product. She ,Felt Small. A good story is related • .of a very _young end rather shY surgeon who was invited to dinner by a lady , Who was,, at least fifty, but frivolous enough. for twenty, „.She imagined. herself ,clever when •making rude .rernarks, `, At din- ner '14,51xeci the young surgeon to carve a •fowl, .and not having done it • re lie failed lamentably.. Instead -a-, rying to cover his• confusion, the esa called attention to it pointedly 'tying loudly and looking tdoWn the e:• . Weal, indeed, you may be a very„ or surgeon., but if I wanted ,a leg off I would not dream of coining to ' • "No, madam, I should think net," he Tolitely replied, "but then, You see, you are not a chicken." A fertilized egg will ,start incubat. ing At sixty-oight degree.3. Then, 11 the .temperature IS , not . taised toand and maintained near one, litindredde-. grees,. the,,gerin in '..the .egp- dies and decay or rfittutg .starts. A ,clean, ae • fertile, egg kept , In, a dry piaeo, never rot, and that their develaiiment is greater and of more benefit to the surround- ings. That Canadian fanners are alive to the benefits derived from tb,e system is proven by the fact that the Dominion Bureau of Agrieultura1 sta- tistics records the feet that in 1914, 32,417 applications were received for juvenile immigrants and 2,838 eup- plied emelt that in 1919, 11,718 similar applications were made. Flevvers are the sweetest thing% that God ever made and forget to put a Soul into.—Venry Ward 13 lie , -• Properly drainedlands will abeorb and hold for the crops a larger. Amount of the rainfall on the land titan land lacking in drainage facilities.