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Conducted by Professor henry G. Bell
The object of thls department is to place at the sen
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, Toronto,
and answers will appear In this column In the order In
which they are received, As space Is limited it is advls.
able where immediate reply is necessary that a stamped
and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question,
when the answer will be mailed direct,
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J. S. G.:--1. Do you know any short
cuts that will help in this time of
labor shortage? 2, Na hat is the cense
of oats growing heavy, rank straw
and lodging before they are ripe? Is
there something ,lacking in the soil?
My neighbors tell me my ground is
too rich. We used to have a lot of
stock on the place, and used a lot of
soft wood ashes. Our hay crop is not
nearly so heavy as it used to be. I
have been working the place for four
years. Is there anything to put on
the land to make the straw grow
stronger, or to retard the growth of
it? Last year I did not have half the
crop of oats as they did not fill out
and they went down. 3. What do
you think of rape as a summer pas-
ture for hogs and calves? 4. How
does arsenate of lead compare with
Paris green in .effectiveness in the
spraying of potatoes? 5. Would you
recommend the sowing of beans on
sod land with an application of a
fertilizer containing about 1' i am-
monia and 12ee available phosphoric
acid?
Answer: -1. Many suggestions can
be offered relative to the conservation
of labor during the present shortage,
but it is difficult to bring suggestions
within the range of the average man
who has a limited amount of machin-
ery. There are two lines of attaek,
first using more efficient machinery,
second, employing better cultural me-
thods. Without detailing a long dis-
cussion of the advantages of the first,
the following figures are self-ex-
planatory. Investigations by Cornell,
Agricultural Experiment Station,
show that cultivating corn a one-horse
cultivator covered 4.4 acres a day of
10 hours. A two -horse cultivator
covered 6.6 acres. This of course is
a saving of at least eOce in man labor
when the extra horse can be added,
The season for cultivating potatoes is
nearly at hand. To a large extent a
two -horse cultivator can be used to
advantage on the potatoes and will ef-
fect the same general saving of labor.
In spraying potatoes a man with a
hand sprayer can cover from two to
three acres a day, A horse sprayer
can easily cover 10 to 12 acres, in -
relying no additional man labor. In'
cutting hay, a mower drawn by two
horses has the following cutting cepa
city, varying with the length of the,
cutter bar:-
.l,ength of bar. Area cut per day.'
44 feet 8.3 acres'
6 feet q acres!
6 feet 10.2 acres.
In handling hay,
Men Horses Waggons Tons
2 2 1 hauled 10.7:
3 4 2 hauled 14.9
5 4 2 hauled 20.1
The time for seeding winter wheat
is nearly at hand. West Virginia
Experiment Station found that it re-'
quired 23.1 hours of man labor to:
plow, disk, harrow, cut, haul and
thrash an acre of wheat. Conditions'
in that territory are somewhat the
same as in Ontario, so that these fig-'
uses of production are fairly repre-
sentative for Ontario conditions. By
fertilizing wheat when seeding, it has'
been found possible to increase the,
average yield of wheat 13 bushels per.
acre in Ohio, 10 bushels per acre in'
Missouri and 8 bushels per acre in.
Indiana and Ontario. Of course, this'
increase is the general average of see-
eral experiments. Actual yields in
Ontario of 40 to 50 bushels per acre
ere on record with in the last two
years where the wheat fields are given
careful preparation, manure(' and ferd
tilized. Now, it is obvious that if a
little less than 24 hours of man labor!
on an unfertilized wheat field produe-
Cel
arid
It is necessary to give growing
chicks green fond of some kind in
order to obtain the maximum growth
Which is so eeeential in chick raising.
For the poultry raiser who Inas
plenty of land free range will eepply
the necessary green food more eco-
nomically w sec
nonce 11 than it. res l _ secured f
y n c el in
any other way. Where the
range is
limited or when the pouituyman de-
sires to hatch chicks very early it be-
comes necessary to supply in some
other form the required amount of
green food. This may involve some'
expense, nevertheless the careful
manager will provide same sort of
green food for his growing chicks.
The green food which the poultry -
erten will feed to his early hatched'
i chicks will depend somewhat upon the
amount of time, equipment and num-
ber o$ chicks he has.
Among the many green foods which
are good for the g'row•ieg chicks may
be mentioned swiss chard, rape, let-
tuce, cabbage, kale, mangels, sprouted
oats, alfalfa, clover and beet pulp.
• Tho last three mentioned can he pur-
chased in dry form and then can be
soaked and used as a succulent food.
Whieh one of the others to use will
ed less than 20 bushels of wheat per
acre on the average, and if by fer-
tilization, the yield of the same fields
can be increased so that double the
amount of wheat is harvested, labor
used of the fields will be employed
with an increased efficiency of 100ei
Stated in another way, half the land
will raise an equal amount of grain
if properly fertilized. Applying
fertilizers takes very little more labor,
since it is distributed at the same time
as the wheat is soon. The fertilize:
distributing compartment of the
modern wheat drill gives this concen-
trated plantfood uniform and effective
distribution. 2. I would assume from
your question that you have been ap-
plying manure heavily to the land
where you are attempting to grow
grain. Manure is relatively high in
nitrogen, but low in phosphoric acid,
the plant ripener. The addition of
soft wnod ashes has tended to increase
a condition in your soil where consid-
err..ble amount of straw is produced
and the grain fails to ripen. Soft
wood ashes do not contain very much
potash, but carry a relatively large
amount of lime. Indications are that
your soil is in need of plantfeod high
in phosphoric acid and carrying a
small amount of nitrogen, and medium
amount of potash. I would advise
you, if sowing winter wheat to ferti-
lize same with about 200 to 300
pounds per acre of fertilizer carrying
1 per cent. ammonia, 10 to 12 per cent.
phosphoric acid, and 1 to 2 per cent.
potash. There is abundant evidence
to Shaw that this application of plant -
food materially improves the yield,
strengthens the straw and aids the
filling out of grain. The ferti-
lizer is best distributers through the
fertilizer dropping machinery of the
grain drill. 3- Rape, especially the
Dwarf Essex variety, has proven a
very valuable pasture crop for sheep.
It may be sown late in the spring and
produce a good pasturage in the early
autumn. Craig says in his book that
an acre of rape will carry 30 hogs for
2 months. Young cattle would have
to be handled with care on it, since
rape has a tendency to bloat. 4,
Arsenate of lead is competing strong-
ly with Paris green as a poison to be
used in the spraying of fruit trees
and potatoes. If it is well made it is
proving very effective on potatoes.
Arsenate of lead comes in two forms.
In dust form it contains 1 or 2 per
cent. of moisture and in the paste
form, in which it contains 36 to 50
per cent. of moisture. Its chemical
composition shows it to carry a rela-
tively high amount of poison which
should he effective in killing potato
beetles if carefully applied. 5. If the
sod land can be worked down so it
forms a good mellow seed bed, beans
should do well upon it. Careful soil
preparation shows best results in bean
crops perhaps more than it does in
any other farm crops. The fertilizer
you mention should produce good re-
sults provided you have grown clover
on the field preceding the bean crop or
applied stock manure to it within the
last two or three years. In applying
the fertilizer be especially careful not
to get it right under the beans. Sev-
eral successful bean growers in apply-
ing fertilizers follow the practiee of
closing up the 3rd, 6th and 9th holes
of the fertilizer section of the grain
drill, and distributing the fertilizer
through the other tubes, When it
comes to seeding beans, or if the'
beans are sown through the grain;
drill, they are dropped through the
spouts that aro closed to the fertiliz-
er. This amounts to applying the fer-
tilizer broadcast between the rows,:
not dropping it immediately under the'
beans,
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depend 1 u rm
the conditions. ons. For the
man 'who raised 500 chicks or more
time and equipment necessary for
raising lettuce, kale, or sprouted oats
is too great and there fore it cannot be
done economically. Of all the green
or succulent food for chicks perhaps.
mange's are the best because they can
be raised the year before and stored
and when wanted can be cut up or
sliced in two and hung up on nails
around the house, thus giving the
chick
a a chance
t exercise n 19
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taining their succulent food by com-'
:gently picking at the mangels. While
the chicks are very young mangels
may be used to advantage by cutting
them up in very small pieces; thus
they can learn to like them and wilt
eat more of them later on,
For late hatched chicks green food
eon be eupplied by giving them free'
range in pastures or in lobs that have
been sown to clover, oats, rye or
wheat,
No one can plow, harrow, and cul
tivate his ground in the same manner
any two successive years with the ex
pectation of growing a maximum
crop. Nature never gives a person
the same soil and weather conditions
in any two years.
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as a means of Identification, but full name and address must be given In each
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Librarian: -Why not hold an ex..Melt the fat in a saucepan, add the
]obit to arouse interest in your Public' oatmeal and fry it for a few minutes
Library? I heard recently that awhile stirring. Then acid the vegto
small toren library like yours gave 'tables and fry for a few minutes
an exhibition that resulted in a great -'.longer, Now pour in the stock with
ly increased use of its books and a pinch of salt and bring to the boil.
magazines. The plan was first ad Skim carefully and allow to simmer
vented by a woman's club, the mein-! slowly for about three-quarters of an
hers of which volunteered to do all. hour. Lastly, add the milk and re -
the necessary work. They had found heat, season to taste and serve hot.
in the library many books that were! Molly: -Seeing that you bave some
useful in helping them to make vari-i spare time on your hands you might
ous kinds of fancy work. The ex - 'use it to advantage by keeping bees.
hibit as they arranged it contained; They are very profitable and can he
The cheapest and best ration for, silage is 30e'r better than shocked the articles that they had made, and carried on as a side line without any
live stock must contain a reasonable' corn from field. The same holds close beside them the book or maga- inconvenience It is better to start
zine that had furnished the idea or the on a somewhat small scale and grad
design, But they did not limit the i wally work up.
exhibition to books on fancywork or I Mr. F. W. L. Sladen, Dominion
to books merely for women, Books; Apiarist, says: "I am more than ever
on household economy, gardening, arts convinced that for a large output of
nd crafts, hygiene and many other , honey this coming summer, one of the
ractical subjects were shown in such best bits of advice to give is to urge
way that the men a.nd the women i those who are employing and know
nd the boys and the girls who visit- I how to employ modern methods to in -
d the show could see at a glance whaticrease their holdings by purchasing or
ind of help or information they could ! leasing bees from those who, for one
et by using the library. reason or another, are neglecting their
Housewife: -1. If wall paper is i bees." It would seem that women
roken or marred in places it may be, are particularly adapted for this kind
amount of succulent feed. An abund-
ance of suitable pasture is unexcelled,
and a substitute for this feed in win-'
ter or during a drought in summer is
essential for greatest production and
profits, i
In view of the scarcity find high'
prices of grains and meals, the silo
takes on an increased value. For ex-
ample: -100 pounds total digestible'
nutrients in corn silage has a net cast'
of 54c., in bran $2.31, corn $4.02, oats
$429, etc., when silage costs $3.00.
per ton to raise and store and other
feeds are valued at present wholesale
market prices, Even in these times
of expensive labor, seed, horse labor.
and machinery, corn may be placed in
the silo at the above east. Surely'
this is sufficient reason why every live
stock farmer should consider the in
' crease in silage production, j
The adaptability of the silo to vari-.
ous parts of Canada depends on the'
location, varieties of crops which may
be grown, and, to a lesser extent, on
the class of live stock maintained. No
farmer with two or three cows should'
, think of building a silo, hot for a herd
containing ten cows or more, or the
equivalent, a silo may advantageously;
be erected. Silage is feed pre-
eminently suited to the feeding of
dairy cattle. It, however, is a very
excellent and cheap feed for beef cat-
tle, sheep and horses, In the majority,
of the best live stock districts in On
facto and Western Quebec silos should
be on every stock farm. In the
Maritime Provinces. Eastern Quebec
and British Columbia, all large stock
farms, particularly of deity cattle, can
use a silo to excellent advantage, If
any particular district is not suited to
corn growing, peas a.nd oats, peas,
oats and vetches, clover, alfalfa, etc.,:
may be substituted for that crop. In
the Maritime Provinces silos on many
farms, particularly on large stock
farms, are operated satisfactorily.
Silos For Winter Use: Silage at
$3.50 per ton is cheaper cattle feed
than mixed hay at $12 per ton. Corn
equally true of unthreshed oats or
;oats and peas saved for winter feed.
Silage from peas and oats produced
milk 20% cheaper than oat sheaves,
30ee cheaper than straw and turnips
and 40.'r. cheaper than hay. At the
same cost per ton, silage is bettor feed
than roots for beef or dairy cattle,
;Moreover, considering present labor
conditions as well as cost of harvest-
ing, keeping qualities and cost of stor-
age, silage, where grown successfully,
is more economical than roots. Sil-
age needs no pulping or other pre-
paration for feeding. Silage for win-
ter use is in itself the cheapest feed,
and it also makes all other roughages
and grains more palatable, wholesome
and profitable.
Silos ForSummer Use: Good pas-
ture, if available, is the cheapest sum-
mer, feed. Where permanent pas-
tures fail, an annually sown pasture
of rye or oats and barley may,eander
present labor conditions, be the cheap-
est substitute. However, the use of
soiling crops or summer silage may
be the only available means of provid-
ing succulents. As a rule, silage is
more profitable and more cheaply
harvested anti fed during the busy
season. Milk produced on corn
silage and green cut alfalfa' cost in
feed 66% per cwt; produced on corn
silage and mixed hay may cost 70c per
cwt; produced on soiling crop (peas
and oats) cost $1.04 per cwt. With all
lots, the heavy milkers received some
grain. Where suitable pastures are
not available the summer silo provides
the cheapest feed and greatest profits.
Finally, the farmer with a silo need
never fear losing a crop of clover,
alfalfa alfalfa or late-sowngrain. Silage
making does not depend on the shy-
ness of the weather, The silo is the
cheapest storage building on the farm
in proportion to the tonnage capacity.
The silo allows the carrying of more
stock per acre on the farm and is a
labor saver, a money maker and a soil.
enricher.
This is the season of the year to'
build more and better silos,
The Pink Peach Blossom..
Once upon a time, after a long, cold
winter, there came a few days of
warm southern breezes, and a stir of
life and growing was felt in the air.
In the old orchard the trees encourag-
ed their buds to swell. and grow and on
every hand there was planning for the
new spring clothes.
And they all worked hard --so hard
that it was almost a week before they
noticed the little, tiny peach tree over
in the corner.
"Well, well," said the old apple tree
as soon as she noticed, ``aren't you go-
ing to have any new spring ('tress?
Don't you like new frocks?"
"Oh, indeed I dol" exclaimed the
peach tree, and she could not help be-
ing pleased to have the apple tree
notice her so kindly, "but you see, I.
want a cress of my own, and I don't
know how to make one."
"A dress of your own, of course,"
said the apple tree, not quite und'er-
etanding. "Now, you set to work and
make one just like mine, pints and
white and green,"
"Yes -s -s," replied the peach tree,
"but--"
"Maybe you don't like a pinlc and
white and green dress," suggested the
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c n ee "maybe you'd lila one
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like mine."
"Yes -s -s," answered the peach tree,
"huteee
"Well," said the pear tree, `'make
a white one like mine, they're the
prettiest,"
"Yes -s -s," replied the peach tree,
"but, but, you see --I think all your
dresses are just beau�tiftel -but I want
a pink one, An all -pink one. Just
pink."
"An all -pink dress!" exclaimed the
pear tree. "Who ever heard efts like!"
"That's a good idea," said the
apple tree, who was the oldest and of
course knew best what to say, "glut
since you're so young and havelia
tried making dresses before, why don't
you, for this year, just draw tip all
the moieture you can and drink alt
the sunshine you can and work your
!rest anti make Net any dress that
you ran? 'Then, perhaps, next year
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a remnant of new paper figures or I Ambitious: --If you have any talent
groups of figures corresponding to whatever -_for public speaking or for
those that need repairing. The out .giving demonstrations then by all
line of the deeign should be care -means start something in your com-
fully followed in cutting and the whole munity. Write to the Food Board for
should be matched and pasted exactly.' copies of their various pamphlets and
If the new paper is hung in the sun bulletins. Get yourself well inform -
light till it is faded a bit the mended ed on the food question and then talk.
place will escape the notice of even a', A teacher has now a splendid opport-
critical observer. Without fading it: unity to bring home to the people in
shows very little. 2. Oatmeal soup !rural communities the facts of the
might fill the need you spe ': of, Take : food situation. Encourage the chil-
two ounces medium or fines oatmeal, 1; clten to suggest ways of saving which
onion, 1 carrot, 2 ozs. dripping, 1' will apply to their own homes, and
quart of stock, ee, pint of milk and salt: receive reports each week on the sav-
and pepper to taste. Wash and pre- ings accomplished. You will soon
pare the vegetables, ot I find the parents, as well as the chil-
i and peel and chop the onion finely.Idren, becoming interested,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
JUNE 9.
Lesson X. Jesus Faces Betrayal and
Denial -Mark 14. 10-72. Golden
Text, Mark 14. 38.
Verse 17. When it was evening he
cometh with the twelve -This is in an
upper chamber in Jerusalem, intro-
ducing the sixth day of the week -
Thursday, between 3 and 12 .m.,
-- - -- , April 6, AD. 30 The Paschal lamb
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you may be able to make the pink
frock that you want,"
The little peach tree thought that
that was good advice. So she set
to work Her very hardest and work-
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ed from morning until night, sending
moisture and sunshine and warmth
into her branches.
And after a few days of working,.
that little peach tree over in the cor-
ner blossomed out in a brand-new
dress -a pink dress, tool The very
kind she had wanted most of all,
"Thank you so much," she said
,blushingly to the apple tree when the
old tree praised her beautiful appear-,
ante. "It's kind of you to praise my
frock. I'm so glad I took your ad-'
vice. Now every year Pm going to
work like this, and maybe all my
spring dresses will be pink," 1
' And indeed she has worked, for
ever since that year the peach tree's
spring dress has been pink. I
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!was to be slain "at even" (Exod. 12.
16). The custom was not to kill it
till after the evening sacrifice was of-
'fered. They were now all together for
their last passover supper,
18. As they sat (reclined) -Origin-
ally the Paschal lamb was to be eaten
etanding (Exod, 12. 11).
19. They began to be sorrowful -
What would have been a meal of good
fellowship and blessed communion is
now turned to an occasion of fear and
suspicion and doubt. How unthink-
able that one of his intimate friends
who had been Itis companion should
now hand him over to his enemies!
As Jews they no doubt recalled the
familiar passage in Psalm 41, 9:
"Mine own familiar friend, in whom I
trusted, who did eat of my broad, hath
lifted up his heel against me." Is it
I? -Better reading, "Surely it is not
I, is it?"
20, He that dippeth with me in the
dish -To dip in the dish was a sign of
friendship. John's account states
that John, at Peter's suggestion, ask-
ed directly who was meant and that
Jesus replied that it was he to whom
he was about to give the soft (John
13. 22 24-26) This, then, was the
sign, the selection of Judas to receive
the bread which the Master would dip
into the "charoseth,"
21. The Son of man goeth-Re
erring to his death. John frequent'
used the word "go" with reference t
t e death of Jesus (John 8, 14, 21)
Even as it is written --Jesus' death
was not a mere accident in his career,
but the fulfillment of the purpose of
God. Woe unto that man -Yet, the
vee action and the responeibility of
udas are not talsen away. Ho was
not an irresponsible'
instrument,
sk ant
though hie action is in the line of the
fulfillment of God's purposes, Good
were it for that man if he had not
been born --Apologies have been made
for Judas, suggesting that he all the
time believed that Jesus would by an
exhibition of, supernatural power eon- t
found his enemies at the hour o:f be -
tragal and rise in all the majesty of his 1
Messiabship. But the Gloom here
spoken is definite and dreadful! The
doom of a traitor, a plotter of evil,
Hurd not words for heedless disciple.
22. As they were eating, he tools d
tweed, and when ho had blessed it
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ten that the virtues of mothers shall,,
occasionally, be visited on their chil-
dren, as well as the sins of their lath-
ers, -Dickens.
Farmers who ship their wool.
direct to us get better prices
than farmers who sell. to the
general store.
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who has ao h s wool oth
ways, and no a what e a -
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or, better r stir
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write ua �or our
prices; they will show you how
much you lose by selling to the
General Store,
We pay the highest prices or any firm
In the country an�pare the lar gest wool
deniers in Canada, .Payment is re-
tuittcd the same day wool Is received.
slap eta your wool to lnq--yon will be
more then pleased if you da, and are
assured of a square deal frons us. 2
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is a violation of the principle of the
interpretation of long usage to sup-
pose that this was to be taken as
the actual body. "I am the door,"
"I am the vine" are other instances
of the metaphorical use of language
precisely similar.
23. He tools a cup -Several cups
were taken during the paschal meal.
Some suppose it was the fourth cup,
sines Luke and Paul state that it was
"after the supper," (Luke 22, 20; 1
Cor. 11, 26.)
24. This is my blood -By '"this" is
meant the wine in the cup which he
gave to the twelve, and this wine is a
symbolical representation of his blood.
Of the covenant --Paul gives it, "This
cup is the new covenant of my blood."
(1 Cor. 11. 26.) The old covenant was
of the law at Sinai. Moses (Exod. 24.
8) says: `Behold the blood of the
covenant, which Jehovah hath made
with you concerning all these words."
Jesus institutes a new and better cov-
enant than the one at Sinai, which
was to be ratified by the blood of a
better sacrifice.
25. I shall no more drink of the
fruit of the vine -This is preceded by
the solemn words, "Verily I say lento
you." These were really farewell
words. It was the last occasion on
which Jesus would take part in the
passover celebration. But, there is
coming a time when all things are to
be made naw, then there will be a
passover of a newer and better kind
and a fellowehip of a higher order.
This will be in the consummation of
the kingdom of God. It is in Paul's
account that we •have tho definite in-
stitution of the memorial supper and
its destination to be observed still
Christ comes (1 Cor, 11, 24-26), and
the special injunction, "This do in re-
nuonbranee of me."
26. When they had sung a hymn ---
Some suppose this to have been Psalm
136, which is a psalm of praise to
Jehovah for his goodness to Israel.
Others are of the opinion that the
"hymn" was the beautiful series of
psalms 118-127, Unto the mount of
Olives -They had usually retired to
Bethany this week, as evening drew
near, But this time they were not to
reach Bethany ---for the culmination
of the great tragedy was imminent.
Judas had carried out his diabolical
plan, Jesus goes no more into quiet
retreat among his friends, but now be-
comes the victim of the ra.ging chief
priests and scribes. �^
Care and patience will cure the
I cow if the proper methods are
employed, One method is to pass a
rope or strap with a loop in one end of
t Around the 'body of the cow and
draw it 'tight, The cow will usually
ump at first, but when she finds silo
cannot get out of the rope she will
stand still, If this method causes
the cow to give bloody milk, place the
rope or strap behind the udder, and
raw it tight as before.
Another method is to hobble the
ow by passing the rope around each
eg behind the adder and tying just
above the hocks. 'Phis method is a
dangerous one, however, for the per-
son tying the rope. After these me-
thods have been repeated A few times
the cow will stand quietly to be milk-
ed,
lere we have the institution of the
,ord's Supper. Opinion is divided
s to when this oeeurred, but it is
lean that it was in connection with
he passover meal, The blessing was
prayer of thanksgiving and eetting
park. Gave to them --Distributing
" them ens they were reclining, 'Phis
s my body---Symbollees my body. It
Improving The Lawn
The lawn around the farm home fre,
quenlly receives less care than is no
cessary to ]ccep It in gaol condition,
The grass runs out and is replaced in
many spots by wends. It loses the
thick rich appearance which improves
the looks of the farm. 'Po bring a
lawn bark into emalit ion the mowing
sh(' begay, n e r-
foreoutilv grainnsegetrls Ii%�nl>thand sptnuingglt.biIf
the mowing is started berme the grass
grows too long it will not be neves.
I sary to rales up the cuttings. Raping
a lawn injures the roots of the grass
plants and the cuttings are valuable
if allowed to fall down on the roots
where they form a mulch which eon.,
serve+ moisture and keeps the lawn
looking bright and green ht spite of
the dry weather.
We believe that some seeding is
necessary every year to keep a lawn
looking at its best. When making our
garden seed order we always include
a small order of lawn grass seed and
use it to replenish any spots In tho
Ilawn that seem to bo growing titin.
This is less expensive than seeding the
entire lawn every year and it ]teens up
the atand of grass in a very satisfac
tory manner.
Some fertilizer will often be need
ed to bring a lawn baelc into condi
tion. We have found poultry manure
mixed with earth to be very satisfac
tory, 13y scattering it lightly over
the grass it falls clown near the roots
and furnishes them an abundance of
plant food without giving the lawn the
appearance of a freshly manured corn
field. Many of the commercial ferti-
lizers aro fine for lawns as they quick-
ly furnish available pima food and
have little odor.
The care of the lawn mower is an
important factor in the management
of the lawn. Frequent oiling with a
geed quality maehlue oil will pay. It
is best to oil the mower loth before
and sifter using. A sharp mower
saves time and does a neat job on the
lnwn. Some farmers have their lawn
mowers sharpened by specialists in
that work, but a very satisfactory
edge can be placed on the blades with
w good file and an abundance of elbow
grease. The adjustment of the mod-
err is important. It should not eut
so close that ground is shaved nr the
hot sun may kill many of the roots. It
should not cut so lightly that the lawn
needs the mower again in three or
four days. Thr size of the mower
should depend somewhat on the mem-
ber of the fancily who is to be re-
sponsible for the work. A strong
man can use a large size mower and
save time by cutting a wide swath at
each trip. A boy should not attempt
to work like a truck horse with a
heavy mower or he will lose interest
in the upkeep of tho lawn. If the boy
is to mow the lawn it will pay to give
him a mower that is not too heavy.
Mowing lawns is usually the boy's job
but it is not light work by any means,
especially when the lawn and the
mower have both been neglected. -G.
S.R.
y
My Coal -Oil Cure -All,
Coal oil is a' commodity found in
every farm home, yet its many uses
and benefits are known only to tl few
people. I have saved many a fine wa-
termelon patch from destruction by
the striped beetle by mixing col oil
and wood ashes -one part moat oil, by
measure, to twenty parts ashes- rand
putting it on the hills around the roots
of the melons.
The coal oil must not touch the
vines, and one large spoonful to a hill
is sufficient. The bugs will depart
immediately. It should be repeated
after each rain.
A handful of coal oil and salt mixed
and dropped into each mole run will
cause them to change their location.
A peck of lime thoroughly mixed with
a gill of coal oil and spread lightly
around the early cabbage plants will
prevent the cutworms from destroy-
ing them, When it is hoed in later,
it seems to act as a fertilizer.
With coal oil I cure scaly leg in
chickens by applying it directly with a
feather. I also find that a mixture of
coal oil and lime used generotrly
around over the chicken house will
prevent mites.
Headaches c es Duco Eyes.
I y a.
Many .farmers wonder why their
heads ache after a lona day in the
field. They blame the Lich food they
ate, but nine times out of ten their
eyes are causing the trouble.
The farmer thinka because he does
not .read a great deal that his eyes
should not bother him, but a clay of
plowing or of riding in the wind is as
tiring to
the eyes us of study,
If all counties required a periodical
medical
examination of school chil-
dren,
hitdren, complaints of the young farmer
would .be found and ailjusted. The
farmer world then know the ailments
of his children and incidentally find
out for himself,
A county health officer', working full
(tint, should be employed in every
county. He should test the eyes, ears,
and noses of the children sari make all
other necessary examinations,
The health officer should peep care-
ful watch on all epidemics that break
out in the county. The employment
of this officer would be a great
economic saving to the county, Otte
lease of typhoid fever caught in time
will save ten other cases,
As soon as this systemlis used by
all counties the farmer will know his
ailments, and, knowing how to treat
thein, Ito will be a healthier, happier
Inert.
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