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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-4-25, Page 3+ia b arm r cries W 4 Ik.,in"nxc,c=ervra-.,.ae:4 nt.:ytYrlr k, , i T, t Iw•Bt0'rlld_�5n,v..-�a--�- Ftr7� Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell The object of thie departn•ent Is to place at the ser. vice of our farm readera the edvlce of an acknowledged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry Q. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, and answere will appear in this column in the order in which they are received, As apace Is limited It is advis- able where immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. gs /' ,a• II. J.: -"Will you kindly send me a recipe for malting grafting wax?" Answer: -A good grafting wax is made as follows: Into a kettle place one part by weight of tallow, two parts of beeswax, four parts of resin. When completely melted, pour into a tub or pail of cold water, then work it with the hands (which should be greased) until it develops a grain and becomes the color of taffy candy. Subscriber: -1. Can alfalfa' be grown successfully on heavy clay sail which will grow rest clover all right? Can it be sown with oats same as clover? If a field were sown this spring how long would it be be- fore the first clop of hay? What does innoculation of the seed mean? How much alfalfa does it take per acre? 2. Which is most production and which easiest grown, mangels or turnips, for cattle or sheep? What is the best variety for heavy clay soil? Answer: -Clay soil which will grow red clover successfully should be suitable for alfalfa. I would not re- commend sowing alfalfa with oats, eine° the latter crup produces rather too heavy a growth, shading out the young tender alfalfa plant, If you seed a field of alfalfa this spring, it should not be cut before next spring unless the growth is very strong be- fore fall. Innoculation of alfalfa seeds meters introduction of the pecu- liar bacteria which live on the roots of the alfalfa plant. Innocula- thin is accomplished by feeding the seed with a culture containing the bacteria you wish to introduce. These 'cultures may be obtained from the Bacteria Department of the Ontario Agricultural College, or from com- mercial sources. Directions accom- panying, the package should be fol- lowed closely. If the alfalfa seed is of high grade and germinates strong- ly, from 12 to 15 lbs, to the acre will be suffiedent. Large growers of alfalfa use between 12 to 20 pounds to the acre, normally. 2. From a labor stand- point, turnips are looked upon as an easier crop to grow than mangeis. As a food mangeis contain a little more protoiu than do turnips, but less starch. As a table suitable t.._. _. • How an i I variety for heavy clay soil you will do well to consult a reliable seed cata- logue. Farmer: -What will be the best crop to sow on five acres of sandy land for the paster° of three or four cows? Have been thinking of sow- ing rape, and eoafd I seed it and stand u chance of getting a catch if sowed with the rape? It was sown last year to millet and buckwheat and seeded, but failed to get it good stand of clover. Answer: -For a pasture mixture on sandy soil, you will do well to sow the following per acre: 1 bushel of rye, half bushel wheat, hulf bushel oats, and dive pounds of common red clover. This mixture will make a summer pas- ture. In order to get a successful per- manent covering, I believe you will have to peep stock off this area for a season and then seed your ground to about Ph bushels of barley and grass seed mixture, consisting of 10 lbs common red clover, 2 lbs. alsaee, 6 lbs, of timothy, and 5 lbs. sweet clover In order to matte sure of the catch you would do well to fertilize the soil with about 200 lbs. to 300 lbs, of ferti- lizer carrying 3 to 5 per cent, am- monia and 6 to 8 per cent, phosphoric acid. This should be thoroughly work- ed into the soil at the time •the seed bed is being prepared. R. S^: -Would be glad to have ad- vice in regard to sowing winter vetch and spring rye this spring to plow under late in summer for fertilizer purposes. Would it be a success or is something else more successful? Answer: -Half a bushel of winter vetch seed, with a bushel and a half of rye to the acre should be sown. The ground should be thergughly pre- pared and the seer] drilhefor har- rowed he carefully. In preparing the ground you will do well to apply about MI ton of fine ground limestone per acre, harrowing it in carefully. This will make the soil sweet, which condi- tion is most suitable for the rapid growth of vetch, In order to make sure of a satisfactory catch, you will do well to fertilize at the time of seeding as recommended in the last question. When To Spray Apple, peach, plum, quince, cherry and pear trees are seriously injured by San Jose scale and will be killed very likely unless freed from these in- sects. Shade trees are also troubled by scale and also some shrubs, par- ticularly lilac. The trees should be pruned so as to get out all sunerfluous wood, which should be completely burned. Leave no stray pieces about with insects on them, This clone, scrape off the rough bark so the scale under it may be. reached with the spray, as spraying while the trees are dormant is the only remedy. If the trees are badly infested two sprayings may be necessary. Spray as soon as possible and again just be- fore the buds begin to swell. Wet MUSKRATS WANTED I will pay highest market prices for Rats, Ginseng hoot and all other raw furs. 20 years of reliable trading Iteforenee-]inion Bk. of Canada N. Sd L VE 220 St. Pani :3t. 'W.,, Montreal, P.Q. Abse ntely oared, in any horse, any case, no inn Iter how bad. 22 years of 131ICeea9, la our reason for aolling CAPITAL HEAVE REMEDY with our moneyback guarantee. It must cure your borsooryourmoneyfarefunded. A PULL WEEft'S 'TRIAL On receipt of 0o. (stamps (vetiver) to cover postage and wrapping, we will send you a full woke trial. with full portionless andguarantee •i oteausfaction,write noiv egrenteenv supine( UOUSE y G iS°Cooper Street, Ottnrvn,Ont. ' t eaasmseorascasvrIIEPSECIMIWZ=VaTsseasr,.OSUR Make It yourself The Tile Everlasting Cost only $4 to $8 per M Hand and Power Machines Prices from $49 up send for Infertile. Com Farmers' Cement Tile Machine Co, Walkeevlfle Ont, «.,r:.z.,... etvery part of the tree, or the Iabo racy he in vain. Lime sulphur is generally used. It is effective on San Jose scale, oyst shell scale, blister mite and scab an also. destroys the eggs of plant lie Oil emulsion may also be used. In bad cases of scale where the in sects have not been discovered anti the foliage is on the tree they ma be held in check by spraying with fis oil soap, one pound to six gallons water, or with kerosene emulsion, dur ing May or Jure when the voting in sects hatch, depending on the seaso and locality, Well cared for trees ti.stematicall sprayed are not troubliA with scale Aphis or Lice There are two kinds of insects tha injure plants, those which chew an those which pierce the foliage an such the juices. The former are con trolled by poisons, but the latterinus be reached by contact sprays and b hit by the sprays, which hills them The biters which chew will be killed when they eat the poisoned foliage even if they appear after the spray is applied, but those which suck the juices must be hit with the contact speay; the fact that it is on the foli- age will not bother them. There are two forms of aphis or plant lice, one appearing on the tree, the other on the roots. There are several kinds of aphis that attack the foliage of plants, and all are controll- ed by the contact sprays, Aphis attack apple, plum and other fruit and ornamental trees. ,' They are small reenish insects, rsct s sometimes g , assuming pinkish or an almost black color. They suck the juices from the foliage, usually feeding on the under side of the leaves, causing them to curl up, dry and drop. Iterosene emulsion, 10 per cant. strength, or tobacco extracts will rid the trees of tihem. Spray as soot as the aphis appear and before the leaves curl, as it is difficult to reach the in- sects with the spray after the leaves roll up. The root aphis are more trouble- some, The dirt around each tree should be removed to a depth of three or foto inches in a circle three or four feet in diameter when the tree is growing vigorously. `,Chen soap the space thoroughly with kerosene emul- sion, 15 pet cent. strength -16 per ce)tiemulsion, 85 per ceet4,wator--us- ing at least two gallons per tree, and then replace the carne Apple Worm The codling moth is a whitish or pinkish caterpillar half. to throe -quer. ten of an inch in length, The adult R Thee Shoukli be included in Your Order LOOK FOR THE STARS The numeroue item In the Io•nnie 1918 cata- logue en Toyed In star boo Lie lien this s t u.w h&j. value standards. lull will to mien:J.1 at the bargains. • Pkt. oz. le Ib, lb. BEANS -Dwarf White Wax (Davie) .10 'Al70 BEET --Crosby's Egyptian .06 .25 2,60 CABSAGE-Danish Summer Roundhead .10 .90 2.75 CAR ROT-Renaie'sMarket Garden .10 .40 1.20 CORN-Reanie's Go)den Bantam. .10 .25 CUCUMBER -Davis' Perfect...-. .10 .25 .75 LETTUCE - Burpce's h:arliest Wayahead .10 .36 1.00 ONION ---Early Yellow Danvers .10 .40 1.35 Rennie's ]extra Early Red ,05 .35 1.00 Rennie's Longlceeper Brown Globe .10 .35 1.00 rARSNIP-RenniesXXX Guernsey .10 .30 1.00 PEAS -Thomas Laxton, Extra Early .10 .15 Senator -Best Second Early .10 .15 RADISH -Crimson (ebbe-Non Plus Ultra 05 .20" .65 2.20 Japanese Mikado (Winter) .... 10 .36 .90 3.25 TOMATO -Bunny Best 10 .60 1.75 Blue Stem Early -King Edward 10 .60 1.76 Prepaid Not Prepaid Ib, 61bs. ib. sibs. ONION SETS -Yellow Sets -Selected .35 1.70 .26 1.20 White 'MultiplierSets. .50 2.25 .40 1.85 FLOWER SEEDS Pkt. New Giant Astermum-Mixed 16 Rennie's XXX Defiance Balsam -Mixed 16 Nrew Red Sunflower 25 Gold Medi Hybrids Delphinium 26 Rennie's XXX Prue Ruffled Giant Fetunia-Dtixture ' 25 Rennie's XXX Giant Spencer Sweet Peas -Mixture 16 Giant Zinnia -Mixed 1$ When buying from dealers, insist on Rennie's. If your dealer hasn't them, we will ship direct. 3.50 2.25 3.00 4.40 3.75 3.75 3.50 .45 .45 Sibs, 3.25 . 2.00 2.00 moth lays its eggs in the spring an the leaves or small apples soon after' blooming time. The young caterpil- lars, about one -sixteenth of an inch in length, enter the apple usually at the blossom end. Arsenate of lead is sprayed into the calyx cup, which poi- sons the worm as soon as it starts to eat its way into the apple. When the worms enter the apple they attach the core and remain there about a month, then bore out through the fruit. There are likely to be.+.,• generation' whicn weet l e controlled, Spray with arsenate of lead, two or three pounds to fifty gallons of water. The first application should be made ;when the calyx is open and extended so the poison can be forced into the blossom end of the young apple and before the blossom end closes. The wide open cluster is Let right; r the stamen crowd upon the pistils, closing the heart of the flower, but just when the • petals have fallen, er when the calyx is open, is exactly the d right time to drive in the poison e^ spray, Later the calyx will close and the worm will be safely sheltered. - Use strong pressure -160 pounds- - and spray thoroughly. y Curculio. h Plum cumuli°, a small grayish °f brown beetle, attacks plums, apples, peaches, pears and quinces, making a small cut on the fruit under which it n lays ,its eggs. The larva, a small white worm, feeds on the fruit and Y causes it to drop. • The codling moth spray for apples will control the curculio. Wild crab - t apples or hawthorn growing near the d orchard should be destroyed. Gather d all fallen fruit and destroy it. Plums should be sprayed with ar- t senate of lead, two or three pounds to 0 fifty gallons of water, just after the blossoms fall. Add to this milk of lime, made by mixing four pounds of fresh slaked lime with sufficient wa- ter to dissolve it. Add this to each fifty gallons of the arsenate of lead to prevent burning of the foliage. Spray tore weeks later with the same solution. This second splay is most important and should thorough- ly cover the fruit. Canker Wortns Canker worms feed upon the leaves of fruit and shade trees ill the spring and autumn. Arsenate of lead, four potmds, to fifty gallons of water, will destroy the caterpillars when they are young. Bands of eticky substances or cotton bound around the trunks of the trees will keep the wing- less female from getting or the trees, Bucl moths atta.ek the terminal leaf bads and blossoms. Where lime sul- phur is used before the buds open for scale on apples arsenate of lead, two pounds to fifty gallons, may be added to control the bud moth. Spray again with arsenate of lead alone, sang' strength, just before the blowing open. Tent. Caterpillars The egg masses are laic] on the twigs, forming a grayish brown knot - like bund, Gather the egg lasses in winter and burn them and burn the webs when they appear on the trees. The spraying recommended for codl- ing moth will control tent caterpillars. Borers Borers attack apple, peach and oth- er fruit trees, also soft maple, birch and other ornamental trees, They enter the tree through small round hales iu the barge, usually at the baso of the tree, from which sawdust some- times sifts out; a discoloration of the bark is an indication of the borers' presence. The only remedy is to cut the borers out with a sharp knife. Watch the trees and get the borers as soon as they enter. A stiff wire can also be used to push up the hole and (till the borer. Go over all the trees in April and again in the autumn. Painting the trunks at the base with white lead mixed with raw lineeed oil .s recommended. Make the mixture' the consistency of thick house paint and apply early in the spring before May, after the borers have been cut out, Do not use boiled linseed oil common house paint with a drier in it. Remove all gum from the peach trees when going over the trees in the autumn, painting the wounds where the borers have been ebt out. (Concluded next week.) 1 BY MOHELEN i.`AVV 0 1=4�l t - --- -- - I _ Mothers and daughters 'o all ages are cordially invited to write to thls department. Initials only will be published with each question and Its answer as a means of Identification, but full name and address must be given In each letter. Write on one side of paper only, Answers will rte mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave:, Toronto. S. Se --your leiter arrived too late for insertion last week. I am afraid the only thing to he done with the rug is to send it to a professional cleaner, expluining the accident. Regarding the scratches on the mahogany desk, an authority informs me that the only remedy is to have the finish removed and a new one applied. This work ceuld be satfactorily done only by an expert. T. E. 0.:--1. When applying tur- pentine, mix with it one third the quantity of lard and it will not blister. 2. For sore and tender feet use the following powder: Talc, nine ounces; boric acid, one ounce. 'Mix and shake into the shoes and dust on the stock- ings after they have been drawn on the feet. This is said to give great relief. Polly: -Do you use stews as much as you might in the course of your substitution campaign? Do you know how good they are? They may, be so varied that you can have a dif- ferent one every day in the week and all of them delicious. It needs only I a small piece of meat to give flavor to a hearty dish. It's a mistaken idea that you must eat a lot of meat to be strong. Bleat helps to build up the body but so do many other fonds and a little meat with vegetables and cereals gives the body what it needs. All kinds of stews are coolced in just about the same way. Here are directions which will serve for making almost any kind: Cut the meat in small pieces and brown with the onion in the fat cut from the meat. Add the seasoning, two quarts of water and the rice, or other cerdai, if it is to be used. Cools for an hour, then add the vegetables except potatoes. Cook the stew for half an hour, add the potatoes cut in quarters, cook for another half an hour and serve. Left over or canned vegetables need only to be heated through. Add them fifteen minutes before serving. Dried peas or beans should he soaked over night and cooked for three hours be- fore adding to the stew. Reader: -"A contest, something children will like and not too diffi- cult." Here is a flower pastime that I think was arranged by a teacher and used when she took her spring class frit. it walk. Fur a prize you may give a basket of pt ,ies, ol` you may award a flower to the clii!d who first answers correctly., I. What fair maiden lived between two Mountains? (Lily of the valley.) 2. What is the emblem of her Nam - 2 try? (tiLaple Leaf.) 3. What did she do each early i morn? (Rose.) 4. Glee names of her three sisters. (Daisy, Violet and Myrtle.) 5, What was the big brother's name and with what did he write? (Jon - quit ) I6. What was her baby brother's name? (Sweet WilIiam.) I7. What did he always call hie fether? (Poppy.) 8. What did the father call to the older• son each morning? (Johnny' jump up.) 9. What hour did they riee in sum-, mer? (Four o'clock. i 10. What bells rang through the - valley on Sunday? (Bluebells.) 11. Who breached in their church?; r r..,.,. a,. .>,. °r r rt. ' i �'Ifrie Grain for chickens should be clean and free from mold. Moldy -grain will often cause death or result in any one of several diseases common to th digestive tract. Birds affected be come weak and inactive and ofte manifest an intense thirst. Such an individual/may be given a teagpoonfu of Epsom salts and if recovery is no rapid it should be killed. No flock of hens is so good but that there are certain individuals which are far superior to certain others. Neither is there a flock of hens that is so small but that it will pay to select a few of the best for breeders. Only a small breeding flock is necessary on many farms, since fifteen hens will lay during the breeding season of two and a half months from 400 to 500 eggs, If each year the best are selected as' breeders, remarkable pro- gress can be made in just a few sea- sons, toward producing a strain of vigorous, large -bodied, late -moulting, high -producing hens. It also means iceeping fewer reale birds, which at four to five cents a bird per week for feed is a considerable saving. Method of curing hens of the egg - eating habit: Blow the contents from several egg shells and fill them with plaster Paris, or pulp plaster. Fill a dozen or two ---they will set hard in a few hours. Put these in the nests and around on the floor. Why Trees Winter -Bill. Pulpa.. )• 12. (low many came to hear him? (Phlox.) 13. What selection was played on the organ? (Narcissus.) 14. Who cooked the Sunday dinner? I (Black-eyed Susan.) 16. What vegetable had they? (Sweet peas.) 16. From what did they drink? (Cups and saucers, or buttercups.) 17. What great event of the king did they desire to see? (Carnation, i.e., coronation.) 18. 1,Vhat fine animal did they see at a circus? (Dandelion.) 19, What accident happened in the barn one day? (Cowslip.) 20. With what was John punished? (Goldenrod.) 21. With what were the girls pun -I ished? (Lady slippers.) 22, As John never married, wh�} did he sew on? (Bachelor buttens.F 23, S'V•hen Lily left home, with what did she kiss her mother? (Tulips.) 2.1. What did her mother say? (For- get-me-not.) INTERNATIONAL LESSON APRIL 28. Lesson IV. Jesus ~Rebukes Selfish- ness -Burk 9. 30-50. Golden Text, Mark 9. 3-0. Verse 33. They came to Capernaum e -Here he had begun his Galilean - ministry and here he was 'to bring it n to a close. We have no knowledge of. Iris being in the town again. He was' j i now to go southward. In the house' t he asked them -Ile lead probably, heard them disputing as they came along and now, having overheard. some of the conversation, avishes to' ilearn of their difficulties. 34. Held their peace ---It was no- thing to be proud of, The fact that he had selected the three to go with him up the mountain may have led' them to wonder why they were thus] ' preferred and hence the subject under discussion. Who was the greatest --1 iTheir conception of the kiogdom about which he had said so much dealt with grades and ranks of service and now naturally they were concerned to know who was de 'leader among them, 86. Sat down ---'Phe usual attitude of a Jewish teacher. Called the twelve . It wes needful that the entire band of disciples should know in what true i greatness consisted, as it was funda- mental to their own suceess in the future. elf. any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all -The humility of greatness and the greatness of humility. Preemin- ence in the kingdom is marked by ser- vice and not by rank; a service which is for all without diserimination. This is the general principle stated. 36. Took a little child -They were in all probability in Peter's house, i Was this Peter's boy whom Jesus called to him? He calls the child to I THE ONLY*PUS* , MIX RESULT ig Ail tx . ,i , r x f; z e;,;e Very few housekeepers get alon), without ]tired help regularly or• ir- rogulariy an busy times, in emee- ],moles and wbein Snvkaess and dearth invade the, home. Kindly evighi)ors ti„ what they cart fOr u day ur trvo but most, of rte arc HO Situated tints and again that Some tiort a help must be obtitined to ears the burdens. ]:van those fortunate ladies who always have "steady help," and ttcv are few arid far between, Wive tri hire: twees- iunally. I remember one bright and particu- lar :+ tat• winshumt down upon our tangled domestic affairs like a full moon in one emcr)rt>ncy. That girl transformed the dlsordeety house in I• -hurt ,order and did not make any cemmetinn fining it.. She seemed to have the happy faculty of tearing out without seeming to do so, -and the first thing we knew everything was run - ring smtiothly and happily. More- over, she was giving us three good meals a day while digging at the ac- cumulated dirt, and doing it all cheer- •- fully and well. It is hardly fleece- Nary to record thee. her own home shines with cleanliness and that she and her husband are prosperous. But from that glowing account we fell into the dark ages, so to speak, in the next emergency. The good na- tured, slatternly girl quickly "did" everything asked of her, but such a do! The clothes were dipped in wa- ter and hung on the line; the entire contents of the cupboards were taken down to put clean papers on the shelves, though she had been told time and again to tape one shelf at a time; the dusting was done with a slam hang that threatened destruction to everything within reach, and all the housework was slighted and hurried out of the way as quickly as possible. When I saw her own home I pitied the young farmer who had married her. Everything was in a huddle and no- thing in place. Her cooking was done as she did everything else and the. table was untidy and unattractive. That man couldn't succeed shert of a miracle, for indigestion was on his track from the very start of his mar- ried life. Of course, there are men who suc- ceed in spite of all drawbacks, but they are the exceptions to the general rule. A man needs a neat, trim house presided over by a neat, clean wo- man. And he also needs clean clothes to wear and good meals three times a clay. A very capable young farmer who went from one place to another as a tenant and never succeeded was a mystery to some of the neighbors, but not to those who knew his wife and the inside workings of his house- hold. When a meal was ended his latternly wife. weuld proceed to throw 11 the remains of food to the chickens, to matter how much or how little here was. Her widowed daughter worked for us after the young farm - r had grown gray moving from place o place, and at the close of the first eal, meat, potatoes, vegetables and 11 went to the chickens. When I in- uired why she had done so the wo- an said she had been brought up that way. She absolutely exercised o judgment in the amount to cook nd had no compunction in throwing the remains out. "The chickens have to eat something," she explained 'hen I asked her to save the food ram the next meal. Now, is it any ',ender that man was never able to buy a place of his own? To be suave. there are emergencies hen meals are poor and the house ets dirty and sickness makes it nee. sary to hurry over the patching and indred tasks, but in every well order- ed household emergencies do not par- alyze the faculties and -the system as they do he slatternly homes. It makes all the difference in the world who is .the housekeeper, even in sickness and emergencies and the treat, capable wo- man quickly rallies front every house- hold disaster. It is useless to tell a young man in love to beware what kind of a house- keeper he is about to get, but the ones not in hove may listen to a word of caution, The time to investigate such things is before any attention is paid to the girl at all. With the ex- change of work common in every country neighborhood and the gossip floating about it: isn't hard to find out what hind of housekeepers girls are. ; "Like mother like daughter" often olds good an young men wishing o h o d v t I g Y g S succeed should shun poor housekeep- ers as they would the plague. The mistake of marrying a • poor house- keeper can rarely be made right, so prevention is worth a hundred times as much as cure. --R. B. A Curious Gardener. Old Quin Queeribus- fie loved his garden so He wouldn't have a rake around, A shovel or a hoe, We have now a transition to an in- s cident reported by John of one who a was rebuked for casting out demons and who was not one of Jesus' dis- t ciples. 48, John said AThe first time in which John appears as spokesman in the e Synoptists, but his name occurs in t. connection with James when the re- m quest was made for the chief places a in the kingdom, anti it is these two q who at another time propose to call m down fire upon a Samaritan village because the people had been discourt- eous to the Master. We saw one n I casting out demons in thy name -We a are not told where this incident took 'place. It occurred to John to tell it because, no doubt, Jesus had refer t red to receiving one in his name. We f forbade him -By using the name of n Jesus and not being' in the regular company of disciples John thought this outsider was taking a liber' " Have you studied the matter of wetter -fling cause? In Ontario fruit trees suf- fer from winter -killing on account of Making too late growth in the fall, and the wood is not properly harden- ed up before the freezing weatheribe- gins. It has been found that .mud of this winter -killing eau be prevented by stopping the cultivation of the soil in the orchards early in August, and sowing a cover crop of clover, rye, or any other cover crep desired. This cover crop takes the moisture from the soil, and some of the available Plant food, thus preventing the rapid soft growth of the trees late in the season. In consequence the wood growth already made hardens up, and is able to withstand the severe win- ter weather. fruit trees and tl Carrots are third in the list of roots and tubers in nourishing value. Po- tatoes stand first and parsnips second, his side, lifts him up in his arms and then gives the immortal lesson. It is Mark alone who tells of his taking the child in his arms. For fuller details as to what he said wa turn to Mat- thew's account (Matt, 18)3„HaSmr t thew's account (Matt. 18, 3). There is ' no picture more beautiful and signifi- cant than this ---the Supreme Teacher with the chile] in his arms presenting to his disciples the never -to -be -for- gotten object lesson. 37. Whosoever shall rrceivo one of snob littl 'children in my nume--The child represented the true disciple-- docile, trustful, unasstnning. In my name-- That is, "out of regard for me" The "name" represents all that a main is known to be and do. The name of Christ ie all that he is reveal- ed to us to be in spirit and deed, Re- ceiveth hits that.. nt me - To receive a hnluble disciple in whom we re- cognize the spirit of Christ is to re- ceive Chri,t himself, tuid as Christ is rho sent of God it is essentially to re- ceive God himself. the name of Jesus; he tried to stup w him. g 39. Forbid him not -Jesus' influence es must have wrought mightily outside k of the circle of his immediate follow- ers, inciting them to genuine works of power in his name. To rebuke such an bne was an excess of zeal. We have hero a nrdnednle of wi de ap- plication, There is surely Christian grece and !ower in many circles which do not bear dr name. Well and good if they honor the name of Christ. 40. He that is not against us is for us -In another connection he said "IIe that is not with . me is against me" (Matt. 12. 30). The cases are in principle the same. No man can be against Chr'pa if he has faith, though imperfect, in his name. One cannot be a friend of the Master if he has so little faith in him as to think that his works are the works of Satan. In one case it is our attitude toward others, in the other it is our inner at. tdtud 41. A cup of water to drink, be- cause ye are Christ's -John's question had broken in upon Jesus' talk con- cerning the, childlike spirit. He now resumes that topic. He speaks of the worth of the smallest service render- ed to a disciple in the spirit of the disciple. 42. Whosoever ahall cause one of hese little ones to stumble - esus is ever the champion of the. caws A spirikual injury done to one of the humblest of his disciples brings severe consequences to the guilty party. Start with pure stock -that will make the increase and eggs for hatch• ing marketable at better prices. Getting lodged trees to come down is always hard, dangernue business, We have learned that by chopping a good-sized piece out of the tree to he felled, in the direction we wish the tree to lie, and then sawing on the op• posit°. side with a cross -cut, saw, we can threw the tree about where we want it. A wedge driven into the • saw -cast back of the saw will hasten and help matters, , Pot each potato's eyes he bought Fine spectacles of gold, And mufflers for the eorn, to keep It,s ears from getting cold, On every head of lettuce green -- What do you think of tha .1. - And every head of cabbage, too, Pe tied a garden hat. Old Quin Queoribus llo loved his„garden so Ho reuldn't eat his growing things, lie only let them 'grow)