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C:on(iucte., by Professor henry G, Bell s' ear
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Je k o► his department Is to place at the per
rice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged
authority on all sublecto pertaining to soils and crops•
Address all questions to Professor Henry G, Bell, In
arra of The Wlleon Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto,
and answers will appear In thle column in the order in
which they are received, As space Is limited It is advlsr
able where Inn.sedlate reply Is necessary that a stamped
and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, ” $i
when the answer will be malted direct Henry Q. Boll
Sithacritler:--Would soil and leaves than horse manure? We have been
taken from the surface of ground in planting them in different ground in
oak timber and spread four inches this way• 1Yhere 'we had them this
deep and plowed into light, worn-out year we would plant them again the
soil, bare any beneficial effect, or, to year after next; where we had them
what extent would it compare with last year we will plant next. year. 1)o
barn -yard manure? you think -a complete change of ground
Answer'; ---The handling of leaves, would be better? What is the best
as you have described, would be of soil? Where oats were this year, it
nrateiial benefit to the soil; provided was sod last year, would that be good?
that 1:he leaves are worked in tho- Or where corn was this year? Is it
roughly so that they will not break best to plant a whole potato or to cut
up the water connection between the theft?
compacted soil below and the area in Answer:--Seab in potatoes ie, a
which crops grow, The addition of parasitic fungous disease. Just how
this quantity of leaves should ma- it infests the potato stock is not de-
terially adcl to the humus of the soil, finitely knows, but the spores gaining
and be of great benefit to it. Fur- entrance to the stein of the potato
thermore, average forest leaves have cause it to become rough and scury.
approximately 16 pounds of nitrogen The ,spores live for a considerable
per ton, one and one-half to six pounds length of time in the soil, especially
of phosphoi•fc acid, and from 2Q to 50 if the soil is sweet.. Hence, putting
pounds of potash per ton. Well -kept on lime or wood ashes to the potato
stable manure carries from 1Q to 16 patch increases the favorable condi-
pounds of nitrogen, 5 to 9 pounds of , tions for the growth of potato scab,
phosphoric acid and a.pproximlatelyPrecautions for killing scab include
10 pounds of potash per ton. • the dipping of the seed potatoes in a
have been thinking about mixture of one pint of formalin to 21
putting hardwood sauciest on some gallons of water. 'This penetrating
hard clay land. I have a mile to haul mixture kills the spores that may be
it. Would it pay me to do so? Has adhering to the surface of the potato.
it any value as manure?, How mneh Cow manure is higher in water, but
would I apply per acre? • some lower in nitrogen, phosphoric
.Answer: -Hardwood sawdust car- avid and potash than is horse manure.
ries approximately 20 pounds of nitro- As far as plantfood is concerned,
gen per ton, 1 pound of phosphoric horse manure is more valuable.
acid anti approximately 2 pounds of I do not consider a complete change
potash. If you are going to put it of ground necessary for potatoes, pro-
en- a soil where you intend to grow vided that you have grown them in a
potatoes, it would probably be best to system of crops so that there has been
burn the sawdust and take good care opportunity for the keeping up of the
of the ashes. In so doing the potash organic matter or humus of the soil.
would be in more quickly available Under ordinary conditions potutoos
form. At present prices for this follow clover or sod to best advantage.
'constituent it would pay you to handle Relative to the size of potato seed,
the sawdust as described, Prof. Zavitz of Ontario Agricultural
R.L.:-1 would like to ask you about College finds beat results came from
planting beans in hills, how far to using seed pieces not less than two
Wont them apart and 'how many in a ounces cera, The lowest yield was
hill? produced by planting seed of one -
Answer: -In the large bean grow, ounce rise as close ns two fret apart
ing sectiona, it is the practice to sow in the rows.
TR EVILS OF TRUSTING
RFSPONS{BILIITY ON THE ELDEST CHILD
By l dill t laharu.
Thd' generality of .linitis are ter ,
thinly unselfish, but don't. you know
few who -hardly could be included fr-
dor that cntegory, even by the widest
chari'y? Whet about tin woman'
who puts a load of responsibility saa!
the eldest child and allows the poor
little mite to bear many burdens alio
gethor too great for 11er tiny shuul- j
dere? Lately I heard of one who lett
her small daughter, only six year's;
old, to give the baby of sixteen months.
its bath. The little nurse did the;
iIgork thoroughly from considerable i
practice, dried and dressed her sister!
and then pieced her before the stove 1
while she ran to answer her mother's
call; on her return she found the baby
had clambered back into the tub, y
clothes 'and all, taking with her the ,
blanket and pillow on which she had!
been sitting, the towels and her night-,
elothes.
The poor, wee nurse was inconsol-i
able, but I think the mother should
have been very grateful that it was
the water, not the fire, which had at-
tracted the baby, It it had been oth-i
erwise, who would have been to
blame? Certainly, the woman who;
laid such a responsibility on a mere
infant.
This sort of thing hardly can be
escaped in the homes of the very poor,
where the mother frequently must
go out to work in order that the chil-
dren may have food; but this example
diel not occur among the poor, but with
a mother who very well could have i
taken time herself to attend to the
baby's needs.
Deprived of Her Girlhood
In innumerable families the eldest
sister is apparently regarded as a
j sort of deputy mother and while her-
self only a child is deprived of all the
care -free happiness which is .the right
of childhood, The effect is sometimes
desirable, es it develops her sense of
responsibility and makes her dhnanda
able, resourceful and considerate' for
others; but in nine cases out of tem -if
succeeds only in malting her old,
I serious and very frequently bacl-
tempered and domineering. Even if
it should, by good fortune, happen to
have the better result, it is not fair to
the child and undoubtedly it is bad for
tine mother.
beans in rows a distance of 28 inches C.M.:-1. What is the best variety!
apart. For the smaller dwarf vas}- of raspberry? Haw far apart should
eties sometimes the space is reduced bushes be set? 2. What will destroy
to 21 inches. Most of the growers wild oats?
neo about three pecks to the acre of Answer: ----1. I am not prepared to
the small bean varieties, and about 6 say which is the best raspberry. It
pecks per acre of the larger. They would be well for you to write the
give the soil very careful preparation Horticultural Department of Ontario
and in addition to doing everything Agricultural College. 2, In order to
possible to make a mellow, well work- destroy wild oats, if the fields is badly
ed deep seed -bed, on loam soils they infected, you will have to restore to
add from 200 to 000 pounds per acre summer fallowing.
of fertilizer analyzing from 1 to 2 ILC.: Which is the best method of •
per cent. ammonia, 8 to 12 per cent. planting beans, in the hill or in the
phosphoric acid and 1. to 2 per cent. drills? What crop should they fol -t
potash. This is applied through the low? a
fertilizer attachment of the grain Answer: -- Relative to liandling I
drill, either at seeding time or a week beans, I would refer you to question
or ten days previous to planting time. initialed "R.L" above, As to the
This fertilizer may also be applied crop they should follow, beans will
with 0 lime or fertilizer distributor, thrive on. any well pampered soil.
but under such circumstances it should Necessarily the soil should be as fres
be carefully worked into the soil. of weeds as. possible, hence entre or
J.1LT.:-What is the -cause of scab potatoes make good preceding crops'
.in potatoes? is cow manure better for beans, •
Odin?
Market Calendar.
Market prices are considerably
higher in January than before Christ-
mas. Fresh killed chickens, especially
crate fed' roasters, in special demand.
Good market also for late hatched and
immature pullets.
Market in January crate fed roast-
ers, immature pullets, last young
ducks, young geese, young turkeys.
When buying screenings or damag-
ed grain for poultry be sure that it
still contains considerable food value;
for example, wheat; that is shruniken.
May be excellent poultry food but
that ev11i011 has been frosted or water -
soaked is of very little value.
Sprouted oats are the best green
feed obtainable, and make a good,
cheap feed and a great egg producer,
The fowls are font of it, Peed at
noon as Hauch as they will eat up cleats.
To prepare, take a pail half full of
Oats; soak in water for about one day,
drain water off and empty in a box
with half inch holes bored in the bot-
tom, Sprinkle night and morning with
warm water. When the oats come
mance to sprout spread thein out in
other boxes two inches thick, and
sprinkle twice daily with warm Nater,
Deep oats well stirred up each time
you sprinkle, and In about a week or
se they Ivii1 have sprouted, The
length of the sprout will depend upon
the temperature of the roof. When
sproutss aro four orf
e inches long
Y Jo the
you will head tltert all ed
meantime have another lot ready to
feed,
c Eliminate the old hen which devours
her quota of daily rations and refuses
to make tate expected return of three
or four eggs a week.
A bird with a predominating yel-
low color in shanks, beak, vent and
ear lobes and with pelvic bones close
together is not a producing bird. She
is not laying at all, or at best laying
only infrequently,
By far the best way to kill a fowl
is to pierce 'the brain with a knife.
The bird must be hung up by the legs,
the mouth opened, and the blade of a
sharp -pointed knife thrust firmly
through the roof of the mouth. An
incision should then be made in the
neck and the bird should be left bang-
ing until the blood Inas drained out,
When ]tilling an old fowl, a desert -
spoonful of vinegar should be. given)
about 12 hours before killing, and all
fowls should, of course, be starved for
from twenty to thirty hours before
they are killed. It will be found that
poultry will keep far better if the skin
is net broken, Therefore if the birds
are not to be cooked for a day or $o
after they here been killed, they
should only be plucked and not open-
ed until they are needed,
HIGHEST PRICES PAID
Por POULTRY,GAMS,
EQQdr pSATHgRS
[Mase write for nartJcuiars.
teoiiraits Is O.,
3D Aion5oconra 25a0et, titoatreat
Of course, it is hardly possible to
prevent the eldest, especially if it be a
girl, being more or less responsible; as
a rule, the mother leans on her to a
certain extent; but she should never
forget, no matter how helpful the child
may be, that she is only a child and
must be given her sham of fun and
childish gayety.
A comic incident in this connection
comes to memory. Myfie • had
ry•
niece
herself assumed a certain authority
over hal' three brothers, and one day,
their another heard heurt-hreieking
wails issuing from the rioreery. Panic-
strieken, elle rushed op, e cpectng to -
find aC least a i,.uken limb uwulting
her turd found the second boy, used
four, weeping as though his very soul.
were rent, while May stood sternly re-
garding, him; the nurse had gone
downstairs. In answer to hie moth-
er's anxious queries he sobbed out,
"May said if I didn't do what she told
rile I would be locked up In the big
black safe in Lhe hank the whole
night."
It was difficult not to laugh. brit
keeping her face us straight as e
could my sister explained: "That: is
nonsense, 1 would not let any One
take you away to lock you up, and,
anyhow, Mey could not du anything to
you. She is only a little girl herself."
The seven-year-old mentor gazed in
horror-stricken reproof on her mother
as she exclaimed: "Mlunmio! How can
you expect me to manage the boys if
you will not back me up 9"
A Middle -Aged Drudge
Every one who has ever lived in a
large family must have noticed this
tendency to make the oldest respon-
sible. Even the most unselfish of
mothers seem to do it unronsciouely,
but it should be guarded against care-
fully. It is unjust to the elder
child; it frequently endangers the
younger children because the deputy
guardian is not old enough to carry
the responsibility, and it is bad for
the another herself.
The evil results do not always stop
at childhood, either. Over and career
again you will find middle-aged women
who have never had time to live their
own lives; when they were growing
up they were expected to care fur the
younger children; then, these in turn
emoneee.shoved them aside and they
etatamietid on the shelf, put in the
background. Later, when the younger
members of the family married.
"auntie" was expected to help take
care of the children and, well -tutored
to giving up from the time she was a
child, she slipped into the niche pre-
pared for her, finding herself in the
end without home, occupntian'or as-
sured position,
This type, was common enough a
couple of generations bac.,;. Nowa-
days, thanks to the growing op; nt t
uuit:ies for women, there is less (tenger
of this empty life in middle age, but in
most eases when you find a woman in
this situation. you may make a pretty
safe guess that she was an oldest child
who Was expected to give up from the
time site • could walk and had re-
sponsibilities
.sponsibilities laid on her by a thought-
less or selfi:ll mother.
INTERR.NATIONAL LESSON
JANUARY 6.
Lesson 1. John Prepares The Way
For Jesus-friark 1. 1.11.
- Golden Text, John 1. 29.
tr
The beginning of the gos-
pel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God-•
No introductory words about the
origin of Jesus, but a concise and
graphic presentation of Jesus the
Christ in his living energy. Gospel -
Originally a reward given to the bring-,
r ofgood news inthe NewTes -a1-I
e v t
meet the good news itself, 11ow fresh
and startling Janet have been the
original announcement, "Good news
about Jesus Christ!" Jesus -Liter-
ally, help, or. deliverer. Same as
Joshua in the Old Testament. Matt.
1. 21, Christ is his official title of
Messiah, which means "the anointed"
1 of God. In the Old Testament, a
messiah was one selected by God to
pegform an important service. I•Ie
wee anointed or sot apart for this
work, The Icings of Judah and Israel
were thus "messiahs," Even Cyrus,
the Persian king, is called hi Isaiah
God's messiah, or anointed (Isaiah 45,
1). Jesus is not merely one in a long
line of messiahs, but he is The Mes-
siah, par excellence, anticipated by
the prophets and now ushered in as
the Great Restorer of Israel and
Founder of the ICingdom, of heaven,
Paul gives Jesus his complete-title--
"I,m'd Jesus Christ," indicating his
divine character, los saying work, and
his official designation. Son of God
-Omitted in this vel -se lig some of the
leading manuscripts, but in place here
as the climax of Jeans' title, It is
used elsewhere by Mork.
2, 3. As it is written in Isaiah the
prophet --Some manuscripts read "in
the prophets," for two are here quoted
(Isaiah 40. 8 and Malachi 8, 1), but
only Isaiah is given as authority.
Prophecy declares the coming of one
who should 'prepare the way of the
Messiah. In Malachi, Jehovah is
speaking, He will send his "Angel"
or "Messenger" to prepare his wiry.
In Isaiah n prophetic voice cries out 111
the wilderness calling for the preperit-
tion of the way of the Lord, Mark
Will teach us that thee o
rent
�y epoch has
g I
arrived anri 1101ro all .r
p l may is fulfilled
in the person of the one whom he now
introduces to us, Isaiah refers to the
glorious news of the return from
Babylon. Mark uses the national de-
liverance as typical of the greeter
Messianic deliverance announced by
the Forerunner, who 5,rnn(110115 the
Jews 1 o plopare for the great epoch.
4, John carne-_ The account of John's
family and his birth is given in Luke
1. Who baptized --.Lite external, ritual
purification of water, sy'mhalizipg the
Ockeedoite$G
When sheep have torn and ragged
fleeces, the buyer gets the impression
that they have had trough usage anti
that the emcees will not be first-class,
The bad fleeces hide airy good points
the sloop may have,
The feet of sheep should be tl'initned
at toast 01100 a year, and as much
oftener as necessary. Tho hoof grows
vapidly? and if the sheep are not run-
ning 00 very rough grouted the fent
will grow fester than they will wear
Mt Tho trimming may be done ill
the spt'Ing, andshould bo done from
the under tilde with a shat'p pocket,
knife or hoof knife,
spiritual purification which wits to
come through the agency of the Hetet
Spirit. In the wilderness ---The bar-
ren, rocky region in Judea borde'ang
on the lover Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Rightly called by the Hebrews "Jes-
himon," or the "appalling desolation
or "horror," a region of canyons and
chalky cliffs and gullies, devrid of
vegetation, sloping to the Dead Sen.
Preached -Heralding or procati'am
to all Cin people the inauguration of
the new sra. Repentance unto remis-
sion of sins-- Ilnptism looking totva'•,l
repentance. A Uaptiem watch tea
fleets
e -
fleets the figurative washings in Ie.nial
1. 10, "Wash you, make you clean,"
and also in Jeremiah 4. 14, and had its
counterpart in the wast:{nl s of the lane
(Exodus 29. 4). Fut its use by John
had a unique application. Repentan e
---Change of mind, change of purpe'e,
resulting in change of conduct. Bapt-
ism is profession and is related 0' re-
pentance as the outward act in Ivhich'
the inward change finds expreve irr,.
"Penance," as it is rendered by Wiclif,
is not repentance. "Penance" a, larfre-
ly external and a mortification ea the
flesh. Genuine repentance results in,
remission of sins, for repentance ie the
Scriptural ground for forgiveness,
5. The country; of Judea, and all
they of ,Terusalem The capital ari&
the entire district of orthodox Judaism'
are mightily stirred by the announce
ment of the Baptist that the kingdom'
of heaven is at hand (Matt, 8. 2) and,
hasten to prepare fur the net' ere,:
Baptized in the river Jordan---Eiglt-'
teen miles from Jerusalem, down a
descent of nearly four thou: end fe'et,'
It must have been a'thrilling interest
which summoned the multitude from,
their homes to the river -side, The
Jordan-One of the most remarkable!
rivers in the world, Its name "Dos-!
tends'" well describes thls rapid,'
muddy stream which leaps from the!
Lebanon Monntaine at annul, flows l
through Lake el IT•deh, rushes thenote1
twelve miles down to the Sea 0.f V
Galilee, prising through its twelve -1
mile reneh, and then plunges down six'
hundred feet It, sixty miles to the Deed
Sea and is lost in its salty depths.'
Confessing their sins--Gennilte repen-
ta11Ce welts outevard expression in con-
fession, rertllneiat,en, restitution, re-
construction,
6 Cannel's hair , . . leathern girdle
locusts , , , with honey ----The
garb and the fare of a desert -dweller,
Instead of the: finely -woven tulle of
elVlli'lattell, to coatt'se garment of hair-
clout; in place of the el;,aptly-•riota
lnrnidercd girdle, so much cherished
by the city dweller, a Ie11lhel mono;
p;
and Por a mono, roasted g, a:ehoppe s
and honey scooped out of a hollow
tree. Sueoly 4111 uncouth figure, but a
prophet w!11 a clarion time of reform,
to his age,
7, ITe pre;ul,od- "One taiga1icr
than 1 i, emelog, alai 1 ant tt,)I 11.01•1115'
to do for him he nomad Berlht.oi'r+)
tying his stied '1 Ile 1110on hit ri'a c
i must do t le tsc" 1.1 1,1, 11
. 901, dela,.
,eit`-effaccmen i. is one of the nn111t t.)
ttetlt.s of hie ch•,rartrt',
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te Sat Corps. and ht's; teaming home to set las
{ »v •w.wa - Ro" C �r .uleu'Gr Mao Yaw�' before he goes across the water:" A.
Me Horny
Mcthere end daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to fila
department. Initials only will be published with each question and its answer
means of identlflcat'on, but full name and. address must. be given In oaCit
letter. Write on one side of paper only, Answers will be mailed direct 1?
stamped and addressed enve,ope le enclosed
Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs, Helen Law, 233
Woodutne AVe„ 'i'oronto,
ltlft•ic,n: -- hilt do people mean' asks; Inyul• iii+,•. Lark of ahipl,ing is
when they speak of a "lin ud and but-, the answer, 1'h' world's sugar crop
ter letter," you ask. A "bread and this year will be 1,1113,000: tuns in
butter letter" is 0 nate which should exe ess of that of last year. But. right
aiwray1 lie sant to a la'vteeh after, new there are 900,000 tons of sugar
sl:0nding a day n' more at her home,; in .lava held up for task of shipping.
wh''eh expreseee again the; guest's ap- Canada's normal consumption of sugar
preciatn,n ni' a delightful vielt. It is 90 lbs. per capita. 'fo meet the
should be mailed immediately on the; Allied needs this should be reduced to
return home, 117 ]hs, It shouldn't he a case of
N.A.,T.:•-1, Tia best an iwer to a "Why can't we got sugar?" but "How
I.4 -year-old child who ,'#k,,. "Mother,! can we save sugar?" It is needed in
whero slid you get me?" inn definite' Europe more than it was ever needed'
statement. Everything that Iivc's has • before.
a father and mother, and lie, like all ; Mrr. N,N,B. --It is a pity that your
the flowers, plants, vegetables and , family is so refractory in acceding.
' animals came from father and mother. to the rerlut'ats of the Food Controller.
2. A roa=t of 18•81' eau he served for; Why not try so to arrange the menus
a small family in lie following five' that they will not notice the absence'
con-ccutive ways; 1, a' p. roast; 2 of thu u things to whish they have
with the'.rnld merit sliced and allowed • been accustomed? Don't inform them
to simmer h1 left -over gravy; 3, as' that you are giving, them a beefless or
stew cooled with vegetables; 4, in a; baconless a,• wheatless meal and they
1 meat pie, and f, in cruque'tec. probably won't notice it when no at -
A Mother:•-Anxr'rus for a new dish: tentiun is drawn to the fact ---always
that will he nourishing for the boys providing the substit'ites are adequate
' and girls, aren't you ? Well, Boston - and palatable. That, of course, is of
Roast is 0 war -time dish that is pre- prime importance, •
• eminently nuteitive. You can get' Mrs. It.A.M.:-"•What's the use of
ten serving' from the following: 2 eaying save white flour when brown
cups dry lathiest h -„n•', 1 cup bread bread is no cheaper•?” Well. it's a
crumbs, 2 cups grated these, :1 tea- patriotic duty and for tris reason the
spoons malt, ei cup liquid, 1 tablespoon 'more brown hived yo'( use the more'
chopped onion, Soak the beane for, wheat you save. The -demand for
' 2.1 hours and ionic it salted Mater' graham bread has been so limited that
until soft. Drain :led part through, the product has to be mach by ht:nd •
food cheaper. Add nal,'. cheese,' and, consequently, the labor cost is
cr'irnas, mora salt mai te cup of the' romewhut greater than in the ram of
wafer in I.hi"h the 1' "(1 re troch -d. white, bread. It is not primarily With
• Form flat, leaf t,:'ihbtbo in a nosier-' a to economy in cost that the
'ate oven fer :u, minume, hosting, nc- lama Cn'rtlo11„r hae urged the ore of
casionally with h.,l w:'.tor and "at. lo' t r hr„ 1.d but titmouse, ff substitu-
Intinisitives-'•Why ,'00'I we tion i:-: etamt-d on a l , c sotae, it
sugar when thele ie no neral search means an ilr;.o :_tn.t s.,:ino in Wheat.
father spoke with mingled pride and
anticipation of what' the news blight
mean. Ile had ,lust finished reading a
letter from has soil, who teas away at
college. The mother clasped her hands
and did whet mothers in all ages have
dine in war times --prayed for
strength to bear what might conte,
The boy came home and was wet-
caned with smiles and leers'. Ile had
been gone for two years, and his heart
leaped up as he went into his old room,
which his mother had kept for him as
it Was when he Went sWay.
In the morning, after breakfast., his
father said:
"Mother and 1 have kept up our
morning prayers. We are reading
ie John's Gospel,"
The boy sat down, and hie face burn-
ed. How eould he tell then that dur-
ing the two years of his absence he
had not said a prayer, had not even
read the Bible that his Mother had
packed with loving hand in his trunk,
As he sat, there listening, he remem-
bered that his father sometimes used
to ark hint to offer the prayer of the
morning. Two years ago it had not
seemed at all unnatural or hard to
spear: a few words of simple thanks
in his boyish way, but now. as he sat
there waiting for the chapter to come
to an end, he felt a certain terror at
!the thought of being asked to pray
aloud. Why? The answer came with
the question. Ile knew those two
years had not been years of spiritual
growth. IIe had prided himself that
when the call had come 1)e was among
the first to respond, and he knew that
hi:, menta were proud of him. Iiut
what they did not know wes the dis-
tunee he had drifter from the simple
home religion.
His father finished the chapter and
closed the Book, and then, as if it had
been two yearn ago, he looked over at
the boy and. said, John, won't you
lead us this morning?"
The boy turned and knelt athis
chair in obedience to the old habit of
ti. I11e IIott• Sun it. 13nr aliprntaut d r :» Years gone by, .but his heart thumped
, thing in hll,tfan i; not the quantity of, t:£' `�G'- ' •e ,. ;s; and its body shook- with fear and
, 7 shame. As he knelt there he rcca-
ing grace of the Holy Spirit,. Water ffjy
a.�
t�'� t»+�
eeeqaaes'
W
tinct d bits of talk e t a k with college class -
water,
wat€a to it m r t. ,,: the rcu et -i
baptism i^' simply the ul of the
! I - mates over the possible critical situa-
Holy Spirit's loons e f 1 '•,' tions that they might meet on the bat •
-
s -i f, a
e (
It came .-.._ t ..(
m to 'xr-, in cn ti's 1 1 and howthey e wy Ivould face them
in obedience to duty: •But here he
was confroneed with a crisis -for which
he bad n -t, prepared. How could he
ear 1 tin to the tome folks that he had
begun to doubt mmny of the things
that they held dear? How eould he
speak nit anal telt those oho held him
dear that he bad neglected d the practice
of prayer until ite very language was
foreign to his tongue?
It seemed to him that the time was
1 limitless before he heard his father
1 begin to pray. He bad understood,
then. He knew why the boy had been
unable to pray. And as he went on
in a petition that put into earnest
words his yearning desire for his son,
the boy broke down. Old wells of
faith that he thought were- filled up
. and choked seemed suddenly to burst
:with living water. His heart beat
high with longing for the religion of
their .11, ,t• r. Thi' lorptrsm of .issueThe, cleared all the counter::; hie father and mother. And sudden-
Ives not aceordintr to .Tuhp's baptism, They emptied the shelves; ly he rose from his knees and Ivens
repot t,l •0 unto rho remise -ion of em, rbc mile, In their haste,
over to where his father was kneeling
It Ir: "r "'t t oh' eh if to day y and knelt. down by him.
Perfect slaves of ihemeelves,
c std, a., (1111 tmn h11) 1,m --"In the , T'he father understood pc110 d ly. As
e' ',ether, name of thther, th; Sun, and the, Ihee laced and they leutsen_u, his buy ]resit `here by him, he edicat
Holy Gli t " It was "to 'fulfill all he pushed and they squeezed,
cd him to God in a prayer that the
til hte.ou nevi`;' as Jesus t •ll; us in 'Miss Centipede watching;, Loy will nerca• forget. .
Matthew's Gmel. That Is, it was Quite placid and Weaved;
One clay his father .and mother
fitting that lie. the inaugurator of the They noted a short ladder said farewell to the onn they' had
kingdom of heaven, should and rgo1 To fit her top feel:, d
the rite, symholicai of the renewing And never chew breath
and in a few weeks received ward that
"somewhere r
a: cleansing hew D"
end cleat sh vvl»ch was the a. s 1.n, I, h. re in Fra
i^very Till the job was complete. ace" on the
icer uel of hi. teaching. danger line of duty. But they know
from what he said to them before be
went a1Vay that his religious faith
was secure, anti that day and night
he would not cease to pray the prayer
of the home circle out of a heart that
hod learned the value of the eternal
God, The home religion had con-
quered.
A transition, nbw, to the P1'(4"('31 tun' Miss Centipede
of Jesus as he enters rs upon h , ban:asm' Litt a Bii:s CrnE{psis
Mark Sete his baptism omit 11.)m that
o' the Multitude. 1. tlrt v,) 1111 Went cut to eh -R,
hes;t.,v:e es he reeogrizee thego ,.,r And .t Phwfly Cetnpetly's
pre:-er'.ce (Matt. :a 14), ant yi„'fS - :,u - Made h." .tart stop.
• Je'cr,s "Suffer it to be ,o new."`: me Ir. Sheofiv conte terr:rd..
Irene Naa recti of Gn Idella -Tb, tisane All l awl ga,
town of Jesu•, Na:areth woe the .. � v,ls,t urn I do
itom,• of his childhood, youth, and n Tor vr,u, anadaan, to - w'7'
cull 5 m,nh0o . It is hitl -u11y
eituatel t-vo-li,)i.s' ride toot of the hu he I d ar.d he heckcueri;
i Sen oi' Galilee, in s1 reit cf sup s1,lo Lc .i.' ,: ci her a seat;
by the omen of saverel hills, line Ihtt t.h: ,room clerks turned pole.
New Testament l • silent n.- to the life When she put out her feet.
of Jesus spent here with hi- per::ttts. '•I1,,w many?" they f:;1t:e c:l.
He disappoar,, from our t I t ('. e' "A, malty as these," •
years or sge '•c sm ears eighteen hteen y 1; r ei..ied were eweetly,
later nt he I.rdan, to be lllptt.:_a-•:And harm- up, phase,'
• and 'o m s-' al formal e,tr-nce i n
his: mallet e, 111 the Jordan, • - Not
far f r n .5(.f.•lru, Pcrhap9 at the, `;,: they hurried and s,eulrled,
iitrkn fowl of Suectal. Thou=an:ls' The tat Shoofly clerics,
of pit inns eters spring seek to be' 4111 hustling together
bepti O e J ,n the or ?1t,, ;n imitation )`ion of And working like Turks.
10. And straightway A favoritej rind here's what they read her--
word of Mark, occurring ten times in
Chapter 1. It dr-ticaes the. vivid and :'Tow count et eon comms:
rapid movement from one stage to stn- A pair of cloth goiters.
other. Coming 1!11 out of the water! A pair of tan shoes,
-Indicating that he had • been in tie IA pair of black pumps
river, A vast majority of all the re -1 And a pair of tan ties,
presentations cf the baptism of Testis Two pairs of galoshes
in early Christian art represent him! And bests, lathes' size';
as standing in the teeter while the five pairs of silk slippers
ministrant pons water upon him from For titin evening Wear--
abuve, He raw the heavens rent as-
under -Matthew, Hark, and Luke
Rose, green, red and buff,
have substnutially an identical ac- And a rich purple pair;
,;Dunt. Luke adds that the dove was And soft hedroottt slippers
in bodily :hope. We are not told .Of crimson and gray;
whether the multitude saw thea' And a pair of bootees, -
phenomena or whether this was a By red tasselµ made gay';
0101011 to Jesus only, The language
used indicates that the crescent of the And five sets of sandals
Spirit wits 0 real ovont and not merely
it elfin. It was a special affluence Two basket -ball shoes,
pretaring hitt fn his new work. And two pairs for lounging -
11. A voice cane nut of the heavens Polepints and pale blues;
--In the Gospel dceoatat three,heaven- And six pairs for walking,
10 yoieee ere heard during the ministry And six pairs fer snow,
of Jesus; T'iret, at the baptism; sec -And six pairs to hunt in-
end3 at his aansfigo,t•ation (Mark 9. Though what, I don't know;
7); anthird. during the last week of ;And two pairs of goatskin,
his lifed in. the courts of the temple
(John 12. 281. Thou art my beloved And two pairs of duck, .
Son, in thee I am well pleased --This And four pairs of kid -
recalls Luke's tu•eou0,1 of his develop-; And on all of them stuck
meat 111 footle with Gott; and men" I The daintiest rubbers.
((Lulu. 2.52). Tide title, "Son of
Indeed, site locked sweet,
Cc,1," is one of the most important; Miss Centipede did,
,n all the Gospels, It occurs nine i As she tripped down tile street,
times in Matthew, four times in 11at'Ic, _Nancy Byrd Tur
'�i% times in Luke, and tem Limes ini y tier,
iCl
john. We may welt understand, there 2, . __-_._ 1 canker and pruning wounds as aeon
Sore, why Mark's lust. sentence is "tho i Cake_" with molasses lit them hi e -e as made,
C1nt baele the strong,r
good news" about the "tion of Clod," 1 more quickly than staters. upward grate-
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w ►..,.:, o outward growing
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"t" A•+''' d time is in the liquid , I Y 1. sad of growing
,. y „�, .d " 1 mart, which 1s too high, It admits light throw h tits
g
-��. :...W' ( -i .f --, 1 Wily carried- away' through earh' centre to fruiting branches
below; If
By incromint, 1110 ..clue of rite ma l floors. C'0ncret0)4prevents t:1,ir seep -9 the limbs cross each other or crowvd -
rime }reds, e d r. meet I'ioory in live age, masking each tion. of manure worth badly. thin thele out enough to etde
emelt t - -i Ip - a'v a;II .loin theirmet filtered sunlight to all parts of tlia
.t;,,,at 1,a 'nr. a, „awe mere and at the same time there is a! tree,
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Ase: met. :,„Intl: pia,,,. oem from greater quontil:y of thi=. material. Adtl».
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t .{7 t f .Ye
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fleece. t
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Prune to Make Orchard Profitable.
Farmers who wish to put their or-
chards in shape for profitable produc-
tion should begin pruning, whenever
the wood is not frozen, in mid -winter.
Trees in heavy bearing condition will
matte stronger growth if pruning is
done during the late winter and early
spring. Pruning dining June and
July will slightly check the rank
' growth uu trees that are mnititlg•'too
ranch wood growth and tend to throw
them into beering for the following
year. 1
Remove all dead or badly diseased
limbs. Clean out all canker wounds
on the trunk and vain limbs with a
tree scraper. . Cut well into the rim
of healthy wood on all sides of the
wound to get rideof the disease Then
paint tdre wound with (rdl linos wlifie _..
lead and ell : it, to each quart 0l!
Which h_i,yr en ackled one teaspoonful
of bloiforide of mercury dissolved in
tttr entine (about one ounce), Paint