HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-8-25, Page 2^
Ganienmg m tate Sumner
jilAt theCa,W;e• Tr,','4C, May Is if you cultivate beriee when , the
-that tiim t ill ground is web or will lose them.
eieeee
Thc Sunday School Lcssor
AUGUST '2 .
ccue °thee, way
the peteden. n enoet 'se' was ef te
- ea re
ro . E
a to urope Act? 15. 36 16. -
et:tattier the eerinie reins, come en Mae' least another eteee .whieh g efS
wiIl
nioisture get" oat et- ere ground or at rm A
ancl,eune; v, nen the:; aro TITOSt rieed*(1 (May' from yo ne Yee' b1-5 ar th^t
e
,
eild Be lial
ll de the lnest geode but in? ieluesett; (enCek etlteestibloeleylifelfset—, Ipel4tuegoelLifelilaeiltIttriceradte,erneLoti,tel paimontwisienvvlyeiocula
tunately 'they are vere often followed t I,etters), \entitle. a the beg-ill/ring of Compare Acts 22: 17,
ith t" e er • si Ireeeeit in water, which tha, 1,, t e fa ler p env -
Acts' 16: 31.
Golaen
eli$eh Yle„ds of Good Quality re'Yee deiee belie and k ITOW C,Xtritc the a 11 4 Vii5 Set!011a greet rniegionare Trois Ale T 1t t
Mr. Ry Grower is Yoll`r ceo-o e outfit ara an it eboet Q00 weer dule- aed Augnst, There aee only two. lose, Of ceur+,-(3 there et', 11') t be jCurneY eays "1 thlak Paul was al - on the ons,
sotatInli\(velsat orT9'ath8'''anti•aien.e.(t
euceessfel one? Do you heryest oat ii went into the field We peel b Ick 'waYs in ee 11e 1 the gaillejl ean be "Yeweei s in A gareee anee readY faeling gee stir, of theet ambi- Troy was a Roman colony end wae
nt I117(7 LUL in tames cf clroette they are especiallY tiete3 ililpULSZ which afierward,s tool( the Geier seanort M the noitheivresterre
el' Iere you etnere than hale the priac.ipal ,the Rest .br'a.ught thT°'Llgii tiles° '1)el-7-
• eesfwllv yield quaii one of the fifteen -bushel -per -acre yeae, efter the 1or and iraere5t was d ; b n eis by euttleatien. liaTinful. Weeding iS a j°)Cli even we•stward• westwards took Part, of Asia edieonefee•—traciete ettitle
, No preparatien. has, 'been made for ninet ibe ltept ea religiously eheougli' lam o OMC, rep., ,o 'J.,' , it ieureee, tacre, eeeaae 'or
grain grewers? If the latter, then we pald, Our woe was iri
are in doubt concerning your manage- ,fueecled it, and, exteet foe a few minor "irri'g'ati°11 lu°st se°6*(1118 °f 'le 1:11M1'' 9
meet of' the rye crop These are thou-Lbreaks, we got aloag better then eve e'emiteY ilied the watering of the gar- aeailable medeture for the esefal the hailner of the beloved Lord,. knoen
•- , • , bourid,s ce the Empire., to plertt there nighe MOM Paul heard. the Macedon-
sands of Ontario fa -raters who may; had expected. - den le anY ether way is ent of the Pia-1AS th0 weeds, from' be 2alY eleaT'gign$ that"Cied- was
t eel
Ling um. They s art hy land: up
he teemed "good rye -men." A stud, ' But the et • , b . t .. • queetion unless the area is Texy small. seeding up ethe ground 'Tor another ' .
. / • through ehe northeim elighlands, out
eel e eex seaeon eve egan o eee ,,, ,. .
\Tv eie it become e a matter of life, season. A SPIU.tii wheeled cultivator, through the dare eases of elle ceee
tion the necessity of strictly eicheehte,,, et the men in eine rate &sloe e sem i ,, . . e .
, ,, e, , n , „I ! and death with the plants and they will treble your ability for both cue.' e
, ,,, ,. . , - , , elan gates,that town ag pass,
great f • 1 •
oT their practices brings to our atimal that we had enatie a mistake. Most ' n
1, earn. to wut, the small gavden ehould ievatiOn and weeeene. This cultivator eighty miles lortg. Then we for
to win in the "rye -growing gaepe," ' dition a considevable „create, oe oat, be watered. and it may be possible to, has attachments for almost every job days along the mountain road, till he
'touched the region of his first aniseione
to a few frindamental rules If one is aereage of rye la.s,t s,eason, and in ad- °
is rye a poer-land 'ion? We allandwheat, We had trouble with the' water eeTtain ef 'the most seriouslY an'd ''vith the bell) of Qua a gaeden can'
affected plants in the large garden. be kept in very good. shape withoet arY. journey,. .One e'vening;efeenci the
heights he looked down on Della and
much ,necessity for hand, pulling. reeoiced that he was to meet tie() old
Wateli your celery now and keep it friends- again. Next day along the uses in n
vo. 10 le, the proncems we
well cultivetecl and evell banked if you mountain road to Lyetra, where Barn--an,a us. It seonSthat t Lai—i‘e j ° i the
want it to be white and tender. Hold Ribes and he had been Jupiter and company of Pari atr_Protlz, and went
the leaves together when you bank Mercury, end where Ba-rnabas had with him as- far as Philippi wheee he
upthedirt around the plant or you, lifted hint u? for dead after the raolth
a remaecl'It has been coneeetter:ed
eel get sand and grit into the heart had stoned iini 1 gee him come into I that Paul may have previously met
of the bunch and spoil its appearance, Lenstra, and the converts crou
wd around 1'
i
, m n Pisid.ian Aetioca, or one of the
i'him delighted, to see bine, •and I amiether Galatian cities, on his first mis-
Semetimes the success cf a garden,
sure the first question is Wher_eavies 1 teeetley.e.,. journey. When Paul eeturnecl
on the time Which can be b t amebas? And the nex't is, H
ci f tl ff t f ' '
especially a small -garden, willedaeapwenedd B o e'hilippi, some years later, on his
there, and took him with ham on his
way back to Palestine, and then to
Rerne (see the same pronoune resum-
ed in Acts 20: 5 to the end oe the
to be solved, and are taught still fee- book), •
flier of the gospel of Christ; for they Pas,sing the island of Saanothrace
do not know very much, these pres- half way, they canie to the port of
byters, and there are no written gos- Neapalls, and proceeded thence inland
pels as yet to teach them. .
Timothy, wiho is introduced to us
here, is one of the most interesting
knew that rye may be grown on rather • lye 'from the last. We maw:ilia a
light and thin land, but this does not factory expert, and received much ;la-
me= that it is necessarily a peer- vice front old-time threshermen; but
kind crop. In fa,et, the best and meet to no avail. The simple fact was that
profitable craps are not raisea on pOOT OUT sepanator was too small to handle
land. The best rye growers -endeavor this long, woolly crop, except in a
to build up their light land by the very slow manner. This delay caused
judicial ue,e cf manure, clover and, some complaint, especially from the
very often, eommercial ertilizer,imen who had no rye. We could thresh.
They have &sneered that rye returns rye, but had to go slowly, and, nature
excellent pieties or such treatment ally, attempts to crowd things usually
for although it grows. on poor land proved disastrous.
it will do far better if the fertility of I Then-, when we got to oats or wheat
the soil be bre-eight up. I that threshed well, the tendency was
Agrieultural College experts have' to -crce-vd things too inuele We had
propme the value of a commercial fer- Power to spare, so the natural result
teiner carrying nitrogen an,Cl phos- was—just as it is when any grain
pherus for such lands-. Wheat groevers separator is crowded beyond its cape-
fertiliz-e the wheat crop, but few ryel eity to -separate—a wastage of grain..
grewe••s fertilize their -crop. It ist Some of the men who eame last began
time to feed the xye crop, and give iti to get warried about their -crops, for
the food with which to Produce not it looked like we were in for some
only high yield's, but also high-test wet weather; but they stayed with the
grain. The best seed cannot be ex- job rather than use an outside ma-
pected to do this unless it has the
plant feed to draw on_
Too many rye growers delay their
planting, belie-ving that rye may "go
in most any time that it is- convenient
to yet around to it," This is a fallacy cylinder at least four inches longer—
in jud,gment as proved by the experi_ ours is 20 inches—would have been a
neent farm and many' times demon- good investment. The • small size is
strated by farmers. High-test grain excellent. when grain threshes well:,
usually can not be produce,d by late when the straw is short, and' eondi-
planting. The late planting is costly I tions are -generally favorable. In
fact, it will thresh under any circum-
stances if it is handled right, 'but the
trouble is that even- where only a few
men are interested there is a tendency
to crowd it, in spite of the fact that
it is their OWT1 grain they are wasting.
Furthermore, crowding is so hard on
the separator that overhead expense
for repairs, labor, and depreciation be-
cc-mes a considerable item.
After visiting several other co-
operative threshing rings that own
their own outfits, I have decided that
riorates if allowed to mix with infe- the extremely small separator is most
zier varieties, but even then it usually useful, where three or fene farmers
chine.
Last year we finished a long week
behind every other ring in OUT neigh-
borhood. Even with a entailer number
of stockholders, we ere sure that a
to the farmer for both the yield and
quality of the grain are decreased.
Occasionally' we hear a farmer, a
miller or an elevator manager :say,
"Registered Rosen is no good after
two years." Recently a few elevator
managers have advised their farmers
against the use ,of Rosen in that the
quality of the grain is inferior. We
question, this jud,graent and feel that
such advice is not for the best inter-
ests of the farmers.
To be sure, Registered Rosen date -
pro -duces better yields than the old
common rye.
Do not expect any seed to play up
to form if you believe in planting at
any old time and on any sail that is
available. Registered Rosen has the
ability to produce, but a fair chance
should be given it. If you believe in
manuring, turning under clover, arid
other facts concernin,g sail fertility,
you will be succeseful with Registered
Rosen; but if you are a non -believer
then you can not expect to measure
up! This is no argument for common
rye, for the Registered Rosen mis-
handled is a better producer than the
common; in fact, there is no argument
for the common. Farmers so located
that a high purity standard an not be
maintained with Registered Rosen
should obtain new seed stock about
every two er three years instead of
using the impure and deteriorated
seed. An increase in 'yield of a buehel
and a half to the acre will pay the
extra cost of seed and the higher
quality of grain brings two to four
cents more on the market. Registered
Rozen, on an average, yields five and
six bushels per acre higher than the
mixed Rosen or coalmen, and at that
rate is -a very profitable investment.
If Rosen is falling down in your
community don't blame the variety,
but meet the facts squarely, and cor-
rect errors. Bring up the fertility of
the soil, prepare a suitable seedbed,
plant at the right time and use the
best seed that is available.
want to utilize the tractor already
owned in doing their own work.
The larger machines give much bet-
ter satisfaction where a number of
farmers expect to co-operate in its
use. Even then, for maximum effi-
aieney, more than ten or twelve
men should be interested in it. This
allows all to thresh out in good time,
where the usual acreage is grown (15
to 50 acres on general farms).- The
investment is not too heavy for any
of them to carry; they are better sat-
isfied, and still have help—which in
the larger rings sometimes becomes
expensive and burdensome—to keep
things running smoothly. Then, if
there is spare time and members of
the company are willing, they can
pick up out -side jobs, and apply the
net profits upon the purchase price
of the rig, or declare a dividend in
case the rig is paid -for.
FaTen Fire Losses and
Insurance.
Farm fire losses from lightning have
been unusually heavy recently. The
thunder showers which have given the
needed moisture over a large section
of the province have added greatly to
the prospective crop yield, and have
thus been of great value to the
farmers as a whole. But the 'electri-
cal belts which accompanied them
have inflicted heavy losses, on many
individual f•armens in the same area.
In. the majority of such cases there
is an insufficient coverage of insur-
ance, and in a few cases, none at all.
Our Threshing Ring Made Two Thunder storms are certain to occur.
Mistakes. They are a fixed element of fire risk
Two years ago, when OUT threshing to every farmer. They are mast pre -
ring bought a small separator with valent at the e‘eason of the year when
which to do our own threshing, we the barns are 'filled with the season's
made one mistake whit:a is- more or harveet. Yet they are but one factor
less tommon in eommein,ities that have of every farmer's fire risk, which is
faied this plan. Pe,obably we made two constant, rather than seasonal,
mistakes—first, that of buying too Farm fire losses are geneeally total
mall a machine, and, second, we in- losses, due to the inflammable nature
eluded too anany men in the company. of the risks and the general la,clt of
Our experience has shown that the fire protection. At the• same tithe farm
extremely small separate/. should be fire icesurance premiums, are reason -
avoided, because it is very apt to be able because of the isolation of the
,ee,gewerkee, even where att,tleee leen rieke. Consegttently it is the part ef
are interested in it. The hurry to get wisdom for every farmer to carry
a job done, a sudden, rein eienee, or enough insuranee to cover his peak
Tisk. The 'additional pi•emium 18 not
the attempt to take advantage of 'a
'falt of nice weather when. the season is large. It is a small item compared
bad, ale -cause erowding. Besides, there with the Possible lose in ease of fire.
are eerne Then who always !emery when When these leases' occur in one's
feeding a ehreeher, no matter hew neighborhood, it should prompt us to
figure up the reptacernent cost of the
rilow the.y are at othee times,
The ant year we operated.; ear ma_ buildings, eanlents and equipment and
ec.nipa,re the sum of these items -with
There is a right and e wrone way
to clo this necessary watering, To go
over the plants lightly with a ePrillk-
ling can and spatter a little water on
the leaves of the plant is almost w'orse
than useless., To dampen the surface
of the ground is net much better. If
you are going to water, ngater, do not
sprinkle. Be sure that the ground is
soaked for an inch or MOTO in depth.
Scratch into the ground a little and
see how deep the water is going. You
will be surprised to see bow much
water it aetually takes to wet the soil
to any depth when it has been very
dry. This is the only kind of water-
ing that counts. n penetrates to the
roots of the plant and is used. It
does not have to be done every night.
If followed up by pr,oper cultivation,
the plants will get the benefit of it
for a week.
But watering shoulcl seldom be nec-
essary in, a well -kept garden. The
rains which fall in the spring are usu-
ally sufficient to take care of the
plants for several weeks if—and this
is a vital "if" --it is properly con-
served for the use of the plants and
is not permitted to be evaporated by
the sun tbefore the plants can. use it.
That is exactly what happens to most
of the anoisture when the soil is not
properly cultivated. The top soil dries
and bakes into a hard crust evhich
draws the water up out of the IgrOund
like a lamp wick until the soil is
dry at least as far down, as the plants
can reach. The only way to prevent
this is to break up this hard -crust
by shallow cultivation and keep the
ground covered with a dust blanket
or mulch. The moisture does not pass
rea.dily through this dust blanket and
remains in the lower stgata of the
soil where the roots can get at it.
As long as this blanket is kept intact,
about the only moisture which gets
,out of the ground is that -taken out
by t'he plant. This is as it should be
and as long as the moisture already
in the ground. is conserved in this
,way, there will be very little necessity
for watering.
This is the reason why the garden
should always be cultivated shortly
after a ram, as .soon, in fact, as the
soil will not stick to the hoe. It keeps
the water.from getting away front the
plants. But watch out for the beans.
. . . • .
Ian ,and taking in the eimp y
and die'ectness of hie faieb to be a
call from God ,he inemediately made
ready to cross the sea northward into
Europe. His de,cisiop wae indee,d a
eionteritoue one, and „marks an epoch
In the history of eumanity, For it
was In Europe that the gospel was
destined to eget its greatest triumphs.
cEounrtoinpeenetas becoarle the Christian
Tho writer of this history, Luke,
you reeovere rom e ec a • e timid journey, he found Luke is -till
-des now and then. in affectionate Intercourse, and Silas
upon it in the -form of a few odd min- stoning? And so they talk together
It, may seem a little early te begin is introduced, and at night the pres-
to rtehainallyt oifa Tnhete'iGfarydeean are
1g920i211,g-latteit bYters (elders) bring their difficulties
buy any imported bulbs in the fall.
The eupply is very often limited and
unless you are Johnny-onethe-spot
with your order you may not get any.
Then again there is the chance of get-
ting them planted too late, which
means that they will not get their
roots started in the fall and conse-
quently 'will have a weak and, ,possibly
a late showing in the spring. This is
also true of bulibs for winter flowering
in the house. ,If they are to bloom
to Philippi, chief city of eastern Mace-
donia, and "a Roma.n. colony." Paul
and his companions sought and found
and engaging personalities of the Nei work, Tor they had. to support them-
'restaanent. Of mingled Jewish and selves by the labor of their hands (2
Greek parentage he had the adventa,ge These. 8: 8). On the sabbath they
of instruction both in the Jewish re- joined. the company of Jews, who had
ligion and the Greek learning. No a meeting place outside the city by
doubt he re,ad and spoke both lan- the river. They were, apparently, too
guages perfectly. Paul became strong.- feeg in number to have synagogue.
iy attached to lam and Timothy was limier such circumstances it seems to
early they must be started early. his tompanion an many long and soil- have been a custom of the Jews to
August is none too seen to select and some journey, s. meet ,hy the sea, or river, or lake,
order your bulbs for the 'corning year 16: 6-18. Phrygia and Galatia are where they could obtain water for
It is also time to conunemee to 'the older names of certain ;parts of their ceremenial washings.
Asia Minor. The Romans, however, Lydia, a seller of purple, is distin-
harden off any fall flowers which are
I included far adreinistra.tion purposes, guished as the first European convert
to be taken into the house. They
must be held, back and their develop-
ment delayed: It can very easily be
a coneiderable part of Lyeaornatand of to ,Chiristarr4y,, ate leest the first at
Phrygia, lying, to the south- and west whom we have any -definite knowledge.
af Gailatiap with that province and She was proba.bly a Greek woman who
done by reducing the amount of water' under its name of Galatia.. The had become a convert to the .Jenvis
keep them fram.wilthig. They should and Pisidian Antiocfh are ealled, there- Thyatira, a city in Asia lemons for its
they get. Give, them just enough to churehes of Derbe, Lystra, Icanium, religion. Her home had been. in
not -actually Wilt but they should be fore, by Paul the Gelation churches, dyes. She, was new a merchant in
.. • .
and it is to them that one ef his great Philleen and in her house the com-
kept rather close to the wilting point.
This will prevent 'them from develop-
ing too fast and then when they are
brought into the house and given a
full quota of water once more they
will show their appreciation and res-
pond to kind treatment. nig. tempor-
ary starvation also has a tendency to
put them in better shape for trans-
planting. It will not give them as
much of a seteleack as though they had
been taken up in the naid•st of vigorous
growth.
If your berry bushes .have fruited,
now is the time to trim them up.
They will be better if storing up re-
serve strength now for the next crop
than if ,wasting their strength on the
old wood which will produce nothing.
Make them` use their vigor where 't
will show and produce results .
Poultry Pointers.
When fowl's, are kept in not too
large flacks and have a large run they
will easily secure enough mineral
matter to supply their needs, but if
confined or kept in large flecks it is
well to supply this. in suitable form
for their consumption. Mineral mat-
ter is as necessary as food because a
considerable percentage of the ary
matter in both eggs and fowls. is com-
posed of mineral elements-. When
fowls are fed liberally of such feeds
as alfalfa, clovers, bran, and other
commercial feeds, they obtain some
mineral constituents. but not sufficient
for their well-being. The mineral foods
now recognized by authorities as best
to use are bone, shell, grit, and char-
coal. Cut green bone is one of the
best forms. Bones, obtained from a
butcher and put through a bone grind-
er will furnish, a supply. Lacking bone
meal, granulated bone, as it Is some-
times called, answers., the purpose.
The granulated form may be fed in
hoppers, enabling the birds to take
their supply at will. In the meal form
it is- usually mixed with the mash.
Hens-, as well as all other animals-,
;require a certain, a,mount of lime for
normal health and growth, but on ac-
ceunt of the lime needed for shell -
making, an:additional supply is lieces-
eery. Oyster shell is perhaps the
most convenient source of lime for
poultry feeding. This product which
Is purchasable at feed stores, is made
by crushing the shells-, the particles.
being separated into the varloue sizes
according to the purpose for which
they are intended'. Fowls that are lay-
ing heavily, aceercling to Bulletin No.
91 of the Dominion Experimental
Farms, should have a supply of crush-
ed -shell. before them constantly. '
Foevls running at large, unlees on
clay soil, will usually pick up seri.-
elent fine gravel to supply grit. Should
,thea.e be rely dolibt as to the birds, get-
ting sufficient grit from this source;
it is prudent to peeled° commercial
chino everything was in our favor:
coverage, In -most casee gelt.in a suitable hopper. This 'product
the season was dry, the straw eeasona our ilisueanee
faey sheet, an gram threshed oet the result will be a surprise, And
well. Seventeen men had been in our it ie fax better to make this comnare
old, threshing ring, and they ell ee_ son before, than after a fire lass, from
same stock holders in the' new outfit, WhiCh none, aTES immune,
Our separator coat ,1,868 delivered/ ------e..—.......—
Canadian music will be a feature at
tend we baught a secondehand steare
engem for $600, Which was a real bar -
Pin. "TtAlrititig OUT Oil, water tank,
the Canadian National Exhibition
this year. I of the rnineral elemeete.are eetracted
. ,
is made by crushing rock into sizes
suitable far the different classes of
fowl. Grit ace Is usually well under-
stood., supplies, the teeth of the fawn
inasmuch as- the birds- need it to Work
up the foocl as It paseee theoug1i the
gizza,rd, It ie believed also that same
by the birds and assimilated. .
Charcoal does not in itself supply
nutriment but is known to have a valu-
able corrective influence in the di-
gestive functions. Indeed, humans
sometimes find charcoal useful and
take it in tablet term. If given ac-
cess tp charcoal, feWls.will consmne
considerable quantities of it., This
alone indicates a lack in the food not
otherwise supplied. As in the case
of crushed shell, charcoal should not
be mixed with other food, but supplied
in a hopper in granulated size, and
keptebefore the birds at all times M
order that they neap help themselves
as they feel the need. '
A Good Picking Receptacle.
A half -bushel basket, is, a very good
receptacle for picking the fruit en to
avoid badly bruising the fruit. Such
a basket should have a hook attathed
to the handle for 'hanging on the lad-
der or tree limb. Great care should be
taken in emptying the fruit into the
barrel as bruised 'fruit will not bring
to top market price., Carefully picked
and ha,miled. f'ruit will bring the top
market price proeide-d- all other trou-
bles, are kept under control during the eleould be carefully, gone througle with
growing season. Ofte-n a fruit grower a strong pruning knife and all the
will use great care in growing fruit
but will lose the full ben.efits of his
-
work by allowing' careless,picking.
epistles is -vvritten.
The apostles appear to have intend-
ed ring on into the Roman province
of sia, which -lay along the Aegean
Sea, and occupied about a third of
vehat we call Asia Minor. It eontairied
pany of missionaries found a hospi-
table welcome.
Not only to the prosperous and cap-
able Lydia did the saving grace of the
gospel come, but also to the poor half-
witted maid, whose abnormal condi-
the well-known cities of Ephesus, Per- tem of mind. was being exploid for
gamurn, and Smyrna,1 and was the 'gain ,by certain unscrupulous traffielt-
rieheet pa.rt of Asia Minor. Paul ers in the supeestitions of the people.
Application.
When Paul decided to go west in
obedience to this vision, itavas one of
-whose inte,rest ,was al -ways in the
eities must -have-looked -with eager
desire upon this western province as
a great open field for his gospel. Just the really great moments in, human
ha* he and, his companions_were_for- history. We do ,not mean ta say that
bidden by the Holy Spirit to preach if Paul had not dene this elle gospel
there we do not know. In sons way would net have travelled evest; but it
it was made clear to them that the would have been delayed' perhaps for
time was not opportune, or that their centuries. Thus it is that our actions
work lay elsewhere. From Mysia, in have a far-reaching significance that
the northern part of this province of we very seldom realize. Sometimes
Asia, they next sought to go into Bith- we are conscious of the importance of eera
pea, the northern province wheal what we are tieing, bee more often we sium iodide, 0.3 lbs. This makes a
s, ar ron , •,
sulphate, 9 0 lbs • pates
L[ LGI'VIN0GD UFPR TgrA
As, a general proppeltion In drlyine ;
througle the doentry, tlie eleserving,
trayeller will,. note that the %mere!
living. on the main travelled and pei'-'
manently Improved roads are appaie'
wetly spurred to greatee efforts in
lteePlug thinge, up than fkre their
eelghboes Ileing On ,leelle frequented
highways, ,' 'inile is notieeable, In a
general way, not only In tee neatness
and appearanc,e of the fafrnetead, but
as well in the tillage and care given
to ;the crops, growing in' view of the
road. There are, of course, many no-
table exceptions' to this. geueral °bee& •
vation, but by and large, it seems. tee
hold good. ‘
Tele apparent psychology of this ob-
servation is that the farmers, living on
the main travelled roads appreciate
their audience, and take a natural and
pardonable pride in putting up g "good
fro -at" for its, observation, And thls
la turn gives them a greater pride in
their b•usinese as a whole, whiel is.
finally reflected in the appearance of
th-eir crops as well as the neatness of
their farms. 'Unconsciously, perhapin
they are living up to the "g,ocal front"
-which they have put up to the travel-
ling public. And as, a result they are
reaping an economic dividend, as well
as the satisfaction which a good ap- eir-
pearanco always affords. .,
We cannot' all -live on the main
roads, nor can we all afford expensive --
improvements. Nor is either essential
to putting up, or living up to, a "good
front." There is it happy medium of
thrifty simplicity in keeping with a
well conducted farm, which will pay
dividends in ca,sh as well as, in per-
sonal satisfaction, and watch eeeey
fanner may study with profit to him-
self and to his, community, since the
individual farmer's "front" is a power-
ful community, as well as personal,.
influence.
Three practical swine mixture
formulas aie here presented:
plete mineral mixture.
Equal parts by weig,int of air -slaked
lime and salt, or of wood eehes. and
salt. This mixture furnishes the main
essential elements principally lackin-g
in our corn -and small grains.
Second: A simple, but more cone,.
plete Mineral mixture.
Equal parts by weight of air -slaked
lime, -salt and bone meal (or spent
bane black). This mixture diffees fram
the simplest one in that lbone .acieled,
this addition insuring an abundance
ef bone-rnaleing materials.
Third; A fairly complete mineral,
m ixture.
Mix salt, COMMOT1 flake form, 30.9
lbs.; spent bone black, Or bone meal,
finely :ground, or hone flour, 25.0 lbs.;
-commercial kai n it, or p otassium
chloride, or wood as,hes., 12.0 Ilse;
sulphur, floevers of, 10.0 lbs.; air -
slaked lime, or linaeston,e, finely
grounds, 10.0 lbs.; Glauber's , salts or
sodium sulphate, 5.7 lbs.; easeen salts
Or magnesium sulphate, 5.0 lbs.; cop-
'bordtred on the Black Sea, but,a,rain are not. Beepc,re the great naval battle, total of 100 0 lbs.
this mysterious power intervened,The between the Russians and the Jno- - • •
Spirit of Jesus. suffered them not. tinese, Admiral Togo sent word to his This mixture carries most of the
Paul and his companions did not men: "The future of cur empire de -
teavel -alone. They were always cora rends upon your conduct here to-davt"
scio-us of that in,visible -presence. TheiriThere is a sense in neench our own fu -
Master walked -with them and 1 -lis ture depends upon decisions which
spirit guided them. He wa.s, fulfilling have to be speedily ir.ade. time-honeree and tried.' substances as
sule•h-ur. Glauber's salts, copperas, and
essential elements in- practical an,
well-known forms. It is. -compounded
so as to be acceptable to those who
wish to have included su-ch popular,
Proper Care of Raspberries.
There is a tremendous difference be-
tween the crops obtained in a pr,oper-
.,
ly kept ,and. a poorly kept raspberry
patch. One may plant the best var-
ieties but unless the /plantation is
properly looked after at the defferent
seasons of the year the patch seen
becomee overcrowded, diseased, and
practically useless. Ra•spberry cul-
ture is not a difficult sort of garden-
ing, but lilte many other farm duties,
the right thing has to be done at the
right time. It is a too common prac-
tice of the average grower, after re-
moving the crop, to alldw the plant -a -
tion to take care of Itself. This is
•
not a geed peactice because it gives
encouragement to both disease and
ins,eet eneniies, and allows weeds to
'grow and thrive and infest the soil
by 'ecattering their see -de.
As early as possible after the crop
lias. been, , ha,rvested .the ,plantation
wood , that has borne ties year cut
out close to the grourid. This pruned -
out material shoilld not be allowed to
lie around. to speead insects and dls-
ease,, but it ehould be carefully gath-
ered apd burned. It le well also at
this' time to take out any suckers that
are found coming up between...the
rows. These, howevee, will be .prop-
erly taken Care of if tile plantation Is
gone through from time to time, with
CUltiVatOT OT hoe as, it should, be,
-" One oe the most tro,ubleseme in-
sects that will be d,eatroyed ey the
cutting out. of ,the ,old canee., is the
raspberry .cane berme. Thee% how-
ever, are not always oonfinetl to the
old canes but ere apt to work In the
young shoot e as' wen. Their presence
is indicated by wilting at the tips of
the canee Title 'insect le very -com-
mon in sell& rasnbereeee which are
often noticed to have their tips a ilted
during the 'summer, Cultivated, canoe
thus, affected should be topped well
Having completed. the burning of
the ale wood and the, infested canes
a thorough spraying with bordeaux
mixture silo -0d be given. This Omelet
be either the ready mixed, conirnercial
sort, er the 4-4-40 raixture made from
four pounds of copper sulphate, 4
pounds of unslakeci lime, and forty
gallons of water. Circular No. 9
"Common Garden Insects and, Their
Control," by the Dominion Entomolo-
gist, thus describes the preparation of
bordeaux.
"Dissolve the copper sulphate (by
suspending it in a wooden or earthen
vessel containing 4 or 5 or mere gal-
lons of water). It will dissolve more
quickly in warm water than in cold.
others that are widely used in general
swine -feeding practice,
'These mineral mixtures may be
self -fed,' free -choice style, or combined
with the feeds. About a pound per
1 morah per hog is the suggateted
al-
lowanoe when hand -fed.
I •
The Purity of Parra. Seeds.
Since nearly every farmer in Cau-
ada finds it necessary to purchase at
least part of Inc seed, euppliee and
because millions of acres aro annually
seeded with graha, clovers, grasses,
roots; aed other seeds, it ts highly
important that every occas -ion be
taken to ensure the quality and per -
Slake the lime in another vessel. If ety of the seed planted. Las -t year
the lime, when slaked, is lumpy or , the Se.ed Branch at Ottawa analy-zed
granular, it seiould be strained through upwards of 23,000 samples, Of seed for
coarse sacking or a fine sieve. Pour the sole Purpose, of ensuring, 'sricocss
the copper sulphate solution into a
barrel, or it may be diss,olved in this
In the first place; half 1111 the barrel
with water: dilute the slaked lime to
half a. barrel of water, and, pour into
the diluted. copper sulphate solution,
then stir thoroughly. It, is. then ready
for use. (Never mix conemitrated
e• milk of lime and copper solution.)
A stock s•olution of copper sulphete
• .Horne -Mixed Putty; and milk of lime may be prepere,d and
The following formula will make 100 kept in isle/aerate covered barrels
pounds of good putty, and entailer throughout the sprayliag season. The
amounts can be ma,do be cutting the quantitiee olf copper sulphate, lime and
materials In halves, or in quarters: water should be carefully noted. Bbr.
18.75 pints of raw linseed -oil, sixteen dettaix mixture deteriora,tes with tige
pounds, of white lead, seventy-115re
potinds, of whiting•
'I'oroughly mix the white, lead and
oil M a pail, and stir into this mixtuee
enough whiting to make a stiff dough.
Pour out on a board- or large pane
of glaze which has been -sprit -Wed yvith
a geed layer of whiting to, prevent the
soft putty from sticking to the board.
Then knoll& gradually adding the
whiting to give the desired consisten-
ay. Tide, putty can be kept indefinite-
ly If ,covere-d with water.
el
A baby clinic conducted by the On- below tile wilted Part Ili order ,t,0 be
tario Government will bo Ono of the sure ef getting the grub which often
features- ill the Coveremene Building Penetrates well down into the cane.
h The' Cuttinge muet be burned.
itt t o 0. N. PI, this year,
and should boused ae soon fte made.
To tet bordeaux rnixttire, let s drop
of ,,Perrecyanide of potaesduna solution
fall in,to'the mixture "aihen ready. If
the mixture 'tures, roddislabrown, te'dd
more milk of lime until no change
takes place,
inhildren will 'visit the Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition on Young Canada's
Dey, They will get free, admiseieri.
' Farm -dairy equipment, demonstra-
tions and milk tests, will take tie)
a
platof the buttennealting competi-
tions' at the Ccutedian National Behl-
bitic)31 t1110 year,
It is expected that at 'least 200,000
from th-e plantings- throughout the
colmtry.
,Seeds tested, for purity and germina-
tion are, sent to the Branch froin two
main sources, 05 is also feed to be
tested for quality, The Branch in-
spectors c,ollect samples in tbeir offi-
cial travels and, 50 adaition, commer-
cial firms submit large numbers el
samples LOT illS p n f or their own
informition in the Lutrite, as in the
past, the samplee collected by the
-o-fficers ef the Branch will continuo
to be tested free, but a small fee 16
now being charged for the testing
done for peivate individuals and firms.
By financial aid and ot-her assis-
tance to field crop competitions, semi
fetire and, exhibitions,, the growing of
'pureseed is encouraged. In the celery-
ing out of -title service district &recess
of the Branch act in co-operation with
local agricultural orga,nizations and
provincial depaetments of egricultuve
In training men for the judging 0.2
}feed ttncl orops wad in other educa-
tional work. Prom tilt) labOrtaOri(?,S of
the Eimach materia,1 is furnished for
the 'Po Of SellOOlg where S,08 -b studies
are followed.
The -record attendance fax the 0, N.
E., 1,201,000, • Was. reacheee in the
Prince's year, .1910,,,