HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-4-4, Page 3Conducted by Professer Henry G. Hell
The object of this department to to place at the ear•
vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged
authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops,
Address all questions to Professor Henry G, Bell, In
care of The Wilson Publishing company, Limited, To•
ronto, and answers will appear In this column In the order
In which they are received. As space Is limited It Is
advisable where immediate reply Is necessary that a
stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the
question, when the answer will be mailed direct,
LAST OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE FALL wnv, ,'r YIELD;r,'; '
Early reports of fall wheat condi- fortilizera are better top-drfsssers for
tiaras in Ontario aro not promising.' wheat. Use manure to /better ad -
Thaws have removed the protecting vantage on other mope:
coat of snow, Frosts have done con- High Prices Wn ee nt Helping The
siderable damage by "heaving": Much ` i b
wheat was planted Tato and this N.f }'heat i
eop,uled with lack of moisture delayed) Top"dr Sing with fertilizera is a
germination, common, -practice in Europe. Director
}: and many other European au-
tthorities recommend top -fertilizing.
Many Ontario farmers of British ex-
traction will remember top -dressing
their wheat with sulphate of ammonia
or nitrate of soda. Unfortunately
the food of cannon is the food of where are man miles of -roads may hes u
plants. The result is that the supply which must be maintained h some slab to siftpthroughand lu on he over the front
ad
of sulphate of ammonia and nitrate Y g p
of soda is short. Blood, tankage and means, more or less inexpensively, again. The end cleats should be
other nitrogen carrying by-products On the Dominion Experimental Farms, placed so that they will not rest upon
(which are rendered available in mak- he split -log -drag is found to be one the erose stakes, but drop bieirle them.
ing fertilizers) are used in fertilizers of the most useful implements for These cleats should extend about as,
with the present supply of nitrate of this purpose. It is now in use in inch beyond the finished width of the
soda and sulphate of ammonia. many localities and an increasing platform. An extra weight may be
Proper Application Very Important mileage of the rural highways of this added if necessary but it is seldom
Proper application is the key to best country is being kept in repair needed.
results from top -dressing. Fertilizers economically by the use of this simple To use the drag, attach a chain to
are concentrated soluble plant food, implement. the left cross -pisco which is behind
To be of greatest service they must be A dry, sound red cedar log is the the front slab, running the other end
distributed evenly and dissolve read- best material for a drag, the hard of the chain through the hole in the
fly in soil moisture. Many success- woods being usually too heavy for this front slab near the right end, It is
fel wheat growers distribute fertiliz- purpose. The log should be from a mistake to hook this end of the
era on wheat, through the wheat drill seven to eight feet long and from tett chain over the front slab as in the
fertilizer attachment. This is done to twelve inches in diameter and cage- case of the other end for when the
as soon as the ground is dry enough fully sawn down the middle. The drag strikes a stone or snag there is
to drive over. The hoes or disks are heaviest and best slab should be great danger of toppling forward.
not let down, consequently they do not selected for the centre, both fiat sides With the right end of the chain drawn
injure the growing wheat. Drilling to the front and set on edges thirty through the hole in the slab as sug-
is done with the rowa and not across inches apart, giving the back half a Bested, this danger is entirely obviat-
them. set -back of sixteen to eighteen inches ed.
If you do not have a fertilizer drill, at the right end so that when the The operation of the drag is very
apply fertilizers with a lime spreader, drag is drawn along at an angle par- simple though there are many fine
Good results have been obtained by allel to the ditch on the right side of points that may be learned by experi-
following an application of fertilizer, the road, the end of the back half ence. For ordinary smoothing pur-
with a light harrowing. If you have will be directly behind the front half, poses, the drag may be drawn up and
an adjustable harrow, set the teeth as otherwise the ditch end of the rear down the road one or two rounds
back at an angle of about 45 degrees. slab would stick out past the ditch commencing at the edge and working
This prevents dragging out the wheat. end of the front slab, crowding into towards the centre. Usually it is
Light harrowing breaks the soil -crust the bank and interfering with he drawn at an angle of about 45 de -
and works the fertilizers into the soil. proper working of tate drag. grees. For the last stroke or two the
If the wheat has heaved badly, it is Two cross -pieces are wedged in drag may be drawn backward with
a good practice to roll it lightly be- two-inch auger holes bored through the round side of the slab to the front
fore harrowing. the slabs and on the right hand side and with comparatively little angle,
Good Results From Top -Dressing a piece of scantling is inserted be- There are two stages when roads
tween the ends of the slabs. This is will drag and one when you cannot
One big advantage of top -dressing of great value in strengthening and do a job satisfactorily. The first stage
is that it practically iusures a good stiffening the end of the front slab. is when they are in a very sloppy con-
gress and clover catch. If you have In working a clay or gumbo road it clition in spring or in other seasons
seeded your wheat with a grass mix- is advisable to put iron on the lower after a heavy rain. A road may then
tura there is readily available plant- edge of both flat sides. Handles may be shaped up wonderfully well, and
food for the tiny grass plants to feed be attached to a piece of iron similar after the surface has a chance to dry
upon, and a satisfactory stand is nearl to a piece of wagon tire, the irons to a little, before it is cut up with traf-
ly always secured. be hinged to the hack of each end of fie, it will make a smooth, fine road.
Wheat yields have been increased the front slab. By pressing the Dragging at this stage fills ruts and
all the way from 14 to 18 bushels per handles the drag could be raised, thus sends the water to the ditches: After
acre by fertilizing as indicated. Ohio depositing a load of dirt which is de- this soft stage, comes a sticky stage
What sthe Ontario farmer wants Experiment Station recommends sired to fill a hollow' or increase the when the mud will roll up under he
to knet6 at the present time is how to broadcasting in the spring 200 to 300 crown at some particular spot. drag and the road cannot be reduced
heal the wheat wounds and produce as pounds of fertilizer per acre. By so A platform of inch boards held to- to a satisfactory condition. After
strong and vigorous a crop as pos- doing they have obtained 13.2 bushels gether by three cleats should be plac- this again, when the surface ap-
ed on the stakes between the slabs. preaches a crumbly texture, the drag
These boards should be spaced at least may be used very suceessfuliy Ec
an inch apart to allow any earth the
Friezlna and t°'(hawing cause the
*hest plant to "heiiava" and thus break
oft the '�tvota • � illustrated above.
Jpltnta in ihtt t .dation needs top-
dressinil oPquleY f; available pplantfood
to protyete' thna'aarly arowtli'of nevi
roots.
The sum ',total of bad conditions
means mu,
eompan• .z�ch weal: wheat. The ac -
]tow Laing diagram illustrates just
off m'' eaving injures wheat: It breaks
and :tech of the central root supply
tech, "n many cases leaves poorly at-
,bd small outlying roots only, to
Car'.y sufficient food for the grow-
' f„f crop. Even these roots aro fre-
puently dislodged from their firm hold,
4 and are rendered totally inadequate
h to meet the usual needs of crop feed-
}? ing.
Feeding Wheat bike Feeding Calves
Weak calves, colts or pigs require
great attention and must have care-
ful feeding if they are to outgrow the
j handicap of their inferior start. Just
so with weakened _wheat. When
wheat is germinating, as long as the
tiny kernel lasts thee is not need
for an outside supply of manure or
fertilizers, but just as soon as the
food supply inside the parent kernel
is exhausted, the plant must get food
from the soil. If many of the tiny
roots have been broken off the plant
will be starved. If the plantfood
supply in the soil is short the result
again will be starvation.
How To Help Wheat
Creater Crop Fields
^Iri (918
If you cannot Increase the area of your fields In crop you can
Increase the yields by means of proper fertilization.
An Increase of 8 buohels per acre In wheat yield° In Ontario
thie spring would mean 8% muttons of huahela more food grain.
Thls increase was reported In 1917 by the Ontario Agricultural
College as a reattlt of torp dressing wheat la the spring with cult -
able fertilizer,
The Cenadlan Fertilizer Aseoctation announces the establish -
moat of its Soil and Crop Improvement Bureau, under the direotion
of Henry G. Bell, la native of Ontario, and graduate of Ontario
Agricultural College), formerly Profeseor of Agronomy et the Uni.
vervity of Maine.
The purpose of the Bureau ie to collect and disseminate prae-
tica! information regarding soil tillage, rertillty management end
orop production,
The Bureau co-operates with all organdzatione working for the
betterment. of Canadian Farming.
Write Jot• bulletin, "flow to
Increase Ontario Crop Yields,"
Soil and Crep improvement Bureau
OF THIS
Canadian Fertilizer Association
1111 Temple Building Toronto
A USEFUL IMPLEMENT IN ROAD MAKING
Candur�i,6lr' y`fiw JCalcir►.,CCuw
Mothers and daughters of ail ages are cordially Invited to write to this
department. Initials only will be published with each question and Its answer
as a means of identification, but full name and addrese must be given In each
letter, Write on one side of paper only. Answers wifi be mailed direct If
stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed.
Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Heten Law, 235
Woodbine Ave., Toronto.
Betty Brown:—What a delightful the old and the new. It will be
time of year for a birthday! Yes, simply pure flour. as taken front the
maple bonbons would be especially ap- wheat berry, purified and sifted ex-
propriate at your party, and here are actly as in the past, but instead of
some excellent recipes: I several grades, all the flour will be
Maple Bonbons,—Two cups maple blended together and only one brazed
syrup, one cup milk, one teaspoonful will be on the market. It must not
grated lemon, pinch of cream of tar- be supposed that because we have
tar. Put these in a saucepan, bring standard bread we must use it free -
to a boil, stirring consequently until ly. That is not the intention in bring -
it turns to wax, then add lemmon or ing it on the market. Bread must be
nuts, if preferred, spread on buttered saved just as scrupulously as ever --
platter, and roll into little balls. J more so, in fact.
Maple Fig Bars.—Two cups grated; The School Marmt—Why not have
maple sugar, one cup chopped figs,
competitions among the children for
cup milk, Boil half an hour, slowly, the best food saving posters? Here
cool and cut into bars. A delicious are examples of what some other
sweet meat. kiddies did in this connection:
Maple Raisin Drops—One cup
raisins, one of shaved maple sugar,
half cup sweet cream. Drop from
spoon on buttered paper, brown in
oven,
Maple Popcorn.—Two cups maple
sugar, half cup water, teaspoonful
buttez. Boil hard for four or five
minutes, or until it strings from the
spoon. Put four quarts of freshly "Little savings in the preparation
popped corn in a vessel, and pour the of meals all count for your country.
thick, hot syrup over it, Stir well, Kill fialeerle n ha the kitchen,"
and form into balls. Many pre- And, by the way, it is to be hoped
ler to add a tablespoonful of vinegar that you are planning to have a
to the syrup, school garden this year. Every rural
Maple Sugar Cake. --Beat half a school should have one and it will be
cup of shortening to a cream, add oneaninspiration to the children as well
cup maple sugar, crushed by thetas being a very practical way of in -
rolling -pin, two eggs well beaten, two creasing the food resources of the
cups wheat flour, heaping, teaspoon -1 country.
ful baking powder, small teaspoonful, Miss Primrose:—The boys are lin-
soda dissolved in half cup milk, tea-, ing up to help you, though, This is
spoonful ginger. Bake in a pan, enrolment week for the Soldiers of
about 1014 by 7 inches for a trifle the Soil and you will find that by the
over half an hour.
This IS a prime favorite with boys,
being the identical dainty which made
one young pessimist break into
rhyme:
"hue a birthday every fall,
Nothin' speciai to eat at all;
Dan has a birthday every spring,
Maple sugar cake and everything."
Caroline:—Yes, the standard flour and each boy who spends three
is now on the market, and 74 pounds months at farm work will be present -
of flour will hereafter be made from ed with a bronze badge of honor. The
every hundred pounds of wheat. The Canada Food Board is directing the
slight increase of flout• extracted will raising of this army and the farmers
be true flour, and not bran or dust. can count on the boys for the forth -
Formerly this slight amount of flour coming season, The Duke of Devon -
had been allowed to go into the feeds shire has given his support to the
movement and has made a direct ap-
peal to the boys, as follows; "I con-
fidently appeal to the boys of Canada
to make the best use of their brains
and muscles and to do their part in
bringing victory to our cause."
"Be canny with food."
"Peel thin and win."
"Spread butter thin --Help the sol-
diers get Berlin."'
"Bread and buns will beat the
Huns."
"Every spud is a bullet."
"Save bacon until Berlin is taken."
"Wise wives won't waste,"
"The kitchen is your fort."
time help is needed on your father's
farm there will be plenty of youthful
volunteers who are tide year to take
the place of the men in khaki. The
farms of Canada are now the second
line of defence in the Great War and
it would never do to let them suffer
for lack of recruits. The 1918 army
of soldiers will be paid regular wages
for animal consumption, but when
every grain of wheat counts as it does
now, this is far too extravagant a
practice, The flour is not dark in
color, as you had supposed. You will
scarcely notice the difference between
thing of the details of this journey
nor of any incidents on the way.
There must have been some reason for
such a detour, which ended not as we
would suppose, at his favorite lake
home, Capernaum, but which led
around to the other side of the lake
through the borders of Decapolis. A Lively Game.
32. One that was deaf, and had an Marble time is here at last,
impediment in his speech—This re-
t perimental Farms Note, gion was the one from which he had Merry times for you;
......_____•__ _ _ been practically expelled some time Even March and April clouds
only claim. The Greek also was in- before, but note he is received quite flay at marbles, too,
eludes, differently, and exercises his healing First they take some drops of rain,
power upon the deaf mute. They Green and red and blue,
28. The dogs under . the table— beseech him --This is one of the cases Where the dancing sunbeams send
Dogs are seldom mentioned in Scrip- where the sufferer is brought by his Sparkles through and through.
ture except in terms of contempt but friends to Christ. They had • Be-
it is usually the street dog, the out- sought Jesus to leave their region, Then they hang them in the sky
cast animal which infests Oriental now they seep his gracious help. Where the winds that blow
INTERNATIONAL LESSON cities as scavengers. The Jews ailed- 39- Took him arida—Usually lits Freeze them hard and smooth and
ed to the Gentiles as dogs. The dog cures were performed before the pea round,
APRIL 7 here alluded to is the little house pie. In thi case, for reasons not And as cold as snow,
1. --Jesus
Didog, likely to be under the table at stated, a less public treatment tees Then they roll them through the air
the family meal, Yea, Lord: even necessary. Instead of the cure be- To the earth below;
Lesson --TCSUs Sots en Free— the dogs under the table eat of the ing immediate he note uses means— And the little children ask,
i; V Mark 7. 1-37. Golden
children's crumbs.—"It is as if she the thrusting of his fingers in the «
v;? I Test, .Toho 8. 36. said --I grant, Lord, that the meal is ears, the spittle, and touching his How do hailstones grow?'
,_/, I for the family, and that the children tongue. These were ne doubt sim-
Verso 24. The borders of Tyro and must be fed. But are not the dogs ply visilrle signs to heap the man's The Puzzle of Legs.
HOW TO'INGRTASE WfiEAT NIE,LDSi Sidon --Jesus' purpose in going so also of the house, and is those not also faith. One Leg was idle,
The cut illustrates how fertilizer applied as a top•dressing causes the wheel far, still into Gentile territory, seems something fat them in their tuxn 2' g4, Lookhrg tap— Aa erten lie bi site And doing mat a thing ;
plant to "stool out" and produce more stems and -heads, thus increaeitta the to have been for retirement, which She does not think of contradicting the bread tit the feeding of the multi- Along came Ttvo Legs
yield. There is still time to top•dresu this year's crop. " -'--- would we 1 infer
enfrom
the
no item statement "He Jeans, tttnnsertt into an argument Sig tulle. Sighed—Or groaned. The And tied him with a string.
„ true anonly time when this word is used in
top -dressing winter wheat just as per acre increase as an average of hostility of the Jewish leaders was f ue:or of her appeal. the Gospels. An expressiou of Jesus' He whirled about on Three Legg,
soon as the ground is dry enough to twenty-three years test, In co -opera- growing in Galilee, and the ntultitude 29. For this saying—Matthew men- deep sympathy, Rphphatha—Like When in through the door
tvork. Plantfood for top -dressing tive tests conducted by the Ontario teas lnexeasing in enthusiasm, so for tions the greatness of her faith as the talittla cumi, this is an original Came Foul• Legs a -flying,
should be readily digestible, just liko Agricultural College in 1910 there a time he would get away. These two .reason that Jesus granted her re- Aramaic word, treasured as having And upped hon to the floor.
Phoenician cities figure prominently quest. Ile shotes how Jesus met her been used by Jesus. Does it seem a puzzle?
whole -milk for young calves.. That it, was a gain of 8.3 bushels per acre of in biblical history. They were great first by silence, then by refusal., and 35. Spoke plain—No strtmmering or
the top -dresser should contain at least wheat obtained where winter wheat centres of commerce and culture, but finally by seeming reproach (Matt, _tattering new. Irrrlticn indica`cd Read the tale again.
• 8 per cent. quickly available ammonia: was top -dressed with complete feat:- at the time of Christ lead lost: much of 15). Over this apparent rebuff her that he could steak articule.tei and at yir11e11 you kn01V t}to answer
and 8 to 12 per cent, available phos- lizers in the spring. Such a- gain -on their ancient importance, He (mold faith triumphed. She teas willing to once. The cure was comp:tee, y It is very plain,
phoric acid, Ammonia or nitrogen winter wheat in Ontario would net not be hid—The report of his great talcs the humblest position and take 86. The nllr::, he charged theme, to Just a top is One Lag.
causes early stalk growth and phos- over five And n half million bushels in -works had penetrated even to these, tho slightest favor, anything, so that much the more a great (teal they Now, of course, you see.
phoria acid supplies strengthening (tease. remote parte. her little daughter• might be cured. published it. --"The command to sil• A boy, a stool and Rover
• and maturing food just where the Latest reports indicate that the 25' Straightway a woman—At onced 30. Found the child laid upon the once had been earnestly and repeated- Are the other three,
plant sends up shoots for the bearingwhen it became known that he was in bed, and the demon gone out ---Tier ly laid upon them. In their excite- _
heads, price secured for wheat during the the, neighborhood, the seclusion which faith had its reward. The demon was meat they disregarded tt, and the Who Ar-~ ' "
Inst few months -will be mnlntaiuod if hm sou ht teas bralten iii u ren b A mole the drat' e Was ur ed the more t ( 7hay,
The ammonia or nitrogen supply of g I y guile, thmug', the (hirci WAS not et g g
soil has to wait upon soil warming up, slot •increased this year, suppliant, rarovered From the exhaustion of the did it stimulate their zeal to proclaim
Side by side, in summer. weather,
so .that the millions of soil bacteria Advices from ) ixrope tell of bad 20. A Greek, A S,yrophoenician lsnssession. Tt twirl bin noted that it the work." They filled the neighbor -
Bare
little mates ran out together;
can change the nitrogen -carrying• con- reheat conditions in Tinsels, with only Matthew describes her as a Cana- tuns ant tit( faith of the sufferer but head with the good news Bare and free in the sunshine sweet,
situents of soil to farms that the
a moderate supply available in the; an}t!sh woman, She belonged to the Clic fault of the mother winch stere 37. BeyoltEl measure. --"A very Brown and strong and marry and
T.rnited I{m dorsi so that prospects,
Phoenicians of the. Roman province was honored. This is one of throe strong tvotci of which this is he one fleet
plant Catl naC: hence the advantage Lar a. lively denrzuld �fnt• 1111 1 ape(ta- Of Syria. �.'}taUf,�'1h a Illrmanlelan, she inRtAlleP.a of h(�;l.11llg &t a distance, gc(umeme in the. New Testament. On the 'eentward f
Gib: area aro The impression (_elan soft they frolicked
Of app}yiltg available nitrogen which 1 spoke Greek. Besought hint --Matthew The nobleman's son (Jelin 4. 40.54) p' produced in all cases and
immediately strengthens and invigar- even greater titter they were Inst year. I trlls us that she adjured him by the and tic. (onturian`s saturant (Luke 7. by, oto• Lord i mighty works wan rat played,
Ates rho young crop before tate soil This is your last opportunity to to -I title "San of David" to have nr(1'cy 1-10) are rile two "t:hcrs, thus case, and among these half -pagan But apart from each other they
supply (ranee the yield of 1918 winter wheat inn her. Through Cha d'atvs in the 31. The went out from tho borders p(o in far greater than ever." IIs never strayed;
pisly becomes available, bordero p g They weir, one in friendship Increased crops vtetmty she had oubtic is become ac- fTyro--"Having come out of Galilee Uath ricrac all things well -Ire has p and glad
Manure distributed very finely la this spring can ilei a. everywhere (Iist.l•flsnie(1 his works m£ endeavor,
makes a good top -dresser. However, ohfrrinccl. The way to obtain them hsI quamtmcl rs:tit them i4fcsainntc, ax- far retirement, the performance of
the nitrogen of manure hes to await to trap -chess winter with fern- pcctattona and tvhtli the mutt,• "ticnl•of this miracle with the inevitable gall-
of
iiterey and has been sueeessful in The five little mates who quarrelled
bacterial Action in nyder to melte it liters carrying 3 to 5 per (ant. swirl]-! David," "liar use of this title would (•ring of the populace around ghhnt evFrti:hmg• never,
} not nc.(essarily meLln iitrtt she had Ac.. Ties cure stands crus for the man -
readily available to crops, just the able ammonia and 8 to 1.2' per cant, cepted the Jewleh Messianic hope, or beide:oil o Jeans to )cave ho neigh- paratn•e, privacy in rvldch it was par I''ive little mates, in wintry weather
sante, As has the nitrogen of tho soil. trt'tthlable pllttap111011(' acid, tient shEslta(1 a rC.ligfUl7a "faith Ill Jesus fll'1}�,a113 of ly1`e. far eller t'eglDiia fcl]'tlleci aIr(I fill' the manifestation of Slee by Side sat dawn together;
It is hard to distribute manmo mvt.n• As the Messiah: but that. she adopted therefore more likely give
)larder and intense feeling on the ptrti of Jesus. Crowded close in a tiny room,
the til;le bestowed a ro y h v( Iain thin set- .
ly, Manure give~ bettor results on 1 is hint h, his tied reflawaent be needed.' Through Left to themselves in the dusky gloom,
cultivated crops such its ems seriFERTILIZER aanntrymrr as n tvny of approach to fiidun
unto the Smit mfi Galilee- ', �.� � "- i ?5 v They Used in love, no little brother.
him rat hoe macer. -This it <r°kP Pushing nni<indly against nnothor,
_foie. i[c can accomplish this by; tr would reed him northward along rite Ii',' Ft�a4'_' #'k ,
roots, 'Thera is usuall A shortage oi, Batter than over, Write fert3ulletl(3 27• Let the ehthiren first be filled emist through the eity of Sidon, them
Y g This is the pr ieeiple an \Well his southeast ward over avers of the
manitre, And nusmlre is mat wall hal-j ONTARIO FBRTfLIZER9., LfMITED mission was to proceed. 'nu, Jim. had l,channn mountains •a difficult Ann,
anced for wheal. For these reasons WEST TORONTO CANADA the first: clnhnc, hut: his; was not the net of eeveral days. We hive no -
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Curing Sulkiness �
"Haw can I break a ehild of su-
ing?" sake a "Discouraged Mother,"
"My ten -year-old boy is good natured
so long as he Cart do just as he likes,
but if he is crossed in any way he
sullckfor an hour. Seolding, reason-
ing, even whipping has no effeet. The
only thing that keeps him sweet is to
let him do everything Ito wants to, and
that is bad fur him. What would you
advise ?"
Having had similar trouble I am
passing the letter on for advice by
other mothers who have met the de-
mon of sulkiness and conquered it.
Perhaps other wromen do not regard
it just as I da, but to me sulkiness is
worse than an outburst of temper and
insubordination. The quick-tempered
child is over the outburst in a me-
ment, and ready to repent and abase
himself in any way to melte good.
But the sulky child will spoil hours,
and even days, not only for himself
but the family as well, and usually
ends by thinking he was quite right
and a greatly abused person. And
the sulky grownup, haven't you seen
them go about for days and weeks
with a grouch and a frown, over some
little thing which did not amount to a
pin to begin with?
The average ten -year-old is a prob-
lem any way you take him. He his
Just beginning to develop the idea that
he is growing up, and is quite apt to
think he should be a law. unto him-
self, especially where there are older
children who have more liberty. It
is better to let him have .his own way
as much as possible, never confusing
liberty with license. By that I mean,
do not openly cross him is. you can avoid
it, Get around him diploniatie_ e
Play on his grown-up air, and by giv-
ing him a chance of two or three
courses, try to manage that he chooses
the one you think best. But if it comes
to a clash and you are positive you
are right, insist patiently, kindly and
firmly on having your own way. He
must learn in this world that his will
can not be a law, even when he is
grown up in every case. He will have
to learn some time to submit to cir-
cumstances or get into trouble, and
he had better learn it now. If he
sulks, do not scold nor whip him.
Send him to his room for a day if
necessary and send up his meals. Tell
him you can not have the whole
family made unhappy because he is,
so he must stay by himself until he
is good tempered.
A large amount of sulkiness is duo
to the fact that children are not al-
lowed to do things simply because
they bother grown people. Perhaps
ninety-nine out of every one hundred
things a real live boy wants to do
and is not allowed to do, are not in the
least bit wrong. It is the natural
thing for a healthy youngster to do,
but his mother uses different glasses.
She is a woman, and worse still, a
fussy woman. The thing looks to her
silly or dangerous and she forbids
son to do things he really ought to do.
He either sulks and obeys, or whistles
and does them when mother isn't
around, either one of which is bad.
If you have a ten -year-old boy to
deal with, make up your mind you
can't keep him playing with dolls
and walking sedately along by your
side unless there is something unna-
tural about him. Give him all the
liberty you can, and don't bother
about his manners too much. He'll
come to that in good time.
And above all, don't nag him. Doz-
ens of boys sulk for that one cause
alone. The healthy small boy really
seems to have little place in a perfect-
ly kept house. He is just naturally
bound to be dirty every time you look
at him. He can't seem to help scuff-
ing and kicking and stubbing his toes,
and banging chairs about instead of
sitting them down softly. And if
one was ever known to take a decent
sized mouthful of food and chew it
properly unless he was half sick, I
have yet to see him. Life is so full
for the healthy small boy that he
hasn't time for what his fond mother
considers essential. Hence he is nag-
ged and scolded and scolded and nag-
ged some more, until he, all too oftee,
develops a frown where he ought to
have only a smile.
Patience and firmness are indispen-,
sable in dealing with them. And
when patience seems to cease to be a
virtue, don't fall back on deolding. It
never does any good, and adds to your
own wrinkles, Ridicule is far better
and usually works if not overdone, not
sarcasm which cuts, but a little good-
natured teasing, Calling one small
boy "Little Happy Face,' or "Moth-
er's Sunshine," quite effectually broke
up cases of sulks. --D.
Mrs. Progress and Mrs. Oldways.
"What are you pasting' on that oiI-
eloth?" inquired Mrs. Oldways.
"This is a new cover for my kitchen
table and I always paste at each cor-
ner, on the wrong side, a square of
heavy cotton cloth. This prevents
the corners from wearing out so soon.
I have also found that the oilcloth on
my pantry shelves lasts longer if I
put few sheets of paper under it."
Plum Pudding.—.Mix laa cups of
flour, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup grated
suet, 1 cup seeded raisins, 1 cup clean-
ed currants or chopped prones, 1 sup
grated carrot, 1 eup grated potato, z/Q
rad they lived in hope, for they cup minced orange peel, nutmeg, ria•,
thought with glee. II namon and clove to taste. Stenm four
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