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Conducted by Professor Henry G, Bell
'tine object of this department is to place at the sen,
vice "f our fano renders the advicn of an acitnowledged
triable:ify en all huldetta pertaining lo SOiHN and Crops.
• Athlone all questions, to Professor Henry (1, Bell, in
ear-, 11f 1ts' Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto,
anis awe; ere : will appear in this column in the order in
which they are received. When .writing kindly mention
this ireiier. As space is limited it is advisable where im-
mt' '. t•> reply is. necessary that a stamped and addressed
t nreI tee be enclosed with tate gttcthion, when the answer
will le.. ;milled direct.
1;. G,:--\V•l1 you kindly explain in
wha`. 'any mucic soil differs from np-
lant° and the best way to fertilize
minis 'and?
director of Ohio Experiment Station,
who at as follows: ----"After Inure
then twterty yiotri work in the cone- `•
1 tlrsa ,( t i -nary teal the/Meal feeti--
Ai- r:- -Muck sail eliTt ,c from u•1 1neer on many cram the station is
hue„ lo many wave, The upland slit 1 eat able to cx•cd% manure wfn.h uoy
* 13 the re ,duct of weathering, Loth the va:ue be.
yon' that of the niLrog,ntl,
we r alrot'ks and cul' vegeta i rIt V11 oris, pdta.oium atnl i:me which
1,.^n. tt has failen on them, while it t:,rr r, 1i'hen meatirn c,, :es mere'
lam'). e11 144 r,mlt,,•ara cit:c fly of de- than 4 l.00 per ten aprc:al on the hen 11, is ta wise'land
layi , ameter, wires(' clod'y • t to u•e tate chemical ::°nrla,
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been on- t::y hip',:rcrl, in many •cas.'; hoer, mentioned their to buy manure,”
reending on the 00,1 On Mestere w'Itieh ;is supplemented b •
exeml::tie 1, virgin upl;tinloi;Ii cmt- .10 to 50 11...A. of ;acid 'p11J.OT:111Ln to the
t :.0 Tile lion enlaul.t of nitrogen, I ton h'aa been found to be ltig'ltly vasa-!
teal 4.* telly prettonl neetn, contain a' able, in fact, yard manure u t nhirit
needier, ,tett soot c, 1 hoepheric teed: wr ti:o correspond with that which you
, 1, i n Muck r ells on the other • ,illsoceelect suppl!rmented with 40 lbs. of
Inset • ) 1 8 a large amount of nitro- aced pl .ephetei to .the ton of m;nlure,
.ill in the :available form, a small or 320 lbs, :of aeld phosphate per acre,
suee'v, t ph::sghoiic acid and a very gine 11,04 bur1tels more earn to the
snen.l tee ,y cf 'potash, ltlueth earl;' acne and almost 0 'bushel's more
are tt: •r.fore, best adapted for ,got'-; wheat per- acre res an :average of 113
den 'neck, which is decree; ted wilen•ye,ar Wills tit the Ohio hlxperiment
the t'•tot has rtan gene teet vegeta- Seel on,
ttive growth, or fel hay crops. Speak -1 5. 11.: -Will you please advise me
n y muck -oal is slow 1 : tioty to destroy quack grass?
spike- - i crepe growing cal it tend' Answer: ---Quack grans is very dif-
t l ) 1 'rug their growth and do not' to destroy. About the only
typo" :n tutf+cient time to escape sure remedy is ,1,i work the grott111
:Nene If pata.:h-roving crops nuch as early in the spring, following the
pct •'.rte,, sugar beets, ets., are grown plowing by dirk':ng and rolling dna
after the first cells or two, there wi!1 keeping the ground fallow until after
1.1e a tentlanne fee, the vel•,: t te es to be midsummer. Every time the quack
p3otl'r fig ca 01:t, and the pl:orbs to, gnat's gets- a good start go avec the
k u :en sbrc;tel 1' e'as9. In ler'tila-, t:1a•und w,lt'h a hors' rake, raking out
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u, fee general crops cm muck Roti,! all rho root stalks after they have
tiee a fertilize; with a small aruount1staa•'ted, and taking idlest where you
of n ',r:lge,t in order to start the crops can dry and burn them. Fellow' thee
aft r!.earnu:Iy, a large amount of \eerie by p'lan'ting a cultivated crop on
1 na,•phoric acid,-•-105to 12c;, -"the land. Conell.ant cultivation will
tea It memo m to abundant supply of • kill out the weed,
1 ,,tach, mein normal conditions as t W. 1''.: -Can yea t,11 Inc how to pre-
ile:;h its 3 to 5',i•. TM's of course, vent silage from spoiling? My silo
.houirl lee worked late the '0.091 dhor age enema to mold and get hot. Do
ougle y 51 the bore the crop a, being you think it is a good idea to put
]planted, 1 water on it?
Al. F.: -'R lint is the cash value of Answer:• -S'ilag'e sh'ou'ld not spoil' i.f
well rotted manure, by the manure the silo i,, air -'tight and p';rm,9ta of
spreader load. allowing seventy, the silage settling evenly. The
bushels fora load? 'This being well: penmen 'of ,maid' shows ,titin either
rotted astable manure. 'the Pillage is too sly as11 bulky, tt'11Lo'w-
Answer:---It is very hard 'to :state ing fee 'big air circutlation between
the each v:a1210 o1.' Well.raltcd manure,1 the spaces of cut cat'n or the tonitenits
by the manure spreader load. If the; of the eilo have not been tthoa'oughly'
manure,hes been exposed, the praba-packed. The ileattmg 'of the silo
bi'llty is that .it will tarry n0 mare; shows that 'shrive fernlentattiom fu go-
tlttan 5 to 6 lb. of nitrogen to 'the ing on. Of course to quite an ex -
ton, probably not more '1Itan 2 or 3 Ib. tett this should go on, because it is
phosphoric acid, and 4 or 5 lbs, pot -1 fermentation of the silage which pre-!
ash, It is not fad: to v'a'lue this ,at duces the conditions which account!
the!p'ritce you would have to pay feel for lits peeaervlattion. However, the t
it in fertilizers, because in fertilizers, fermentation should not -go on to :the'
these plantfoade a're in as reecl.Uyi extent of destroying the ensilage. I
available atict eeneenttreitcd talon, i would not toesider it goad to pour -we-
whereas in manure, the prob'ablllty as, ter on the silage. It would tend to
that the material which remains con-' make it sloppy end .spread the d'e's'trttc-
tba!uns a considerablee amount of plant.; teen of the ;si!llage. by washing the
ilo'od in the unavailable feral. Well- j stems of mold from one pale of the
I.ept manure is highly valuable, 'but' alio to the other. If t0
g he silage is
:11 slllou'ld always the kept in mind the very :moldy you will have to throw
quality of manure lis dieectly cltepen:d--1 away the moldy paa't on top.
ciao upon its storage, and the handling 1 L.B.: Will you please give ate a
of the farm aninnale from w111211 it` balanced ration for a dairy cow? Also
was obtained. Director Chas.. D.! for fattening cattle if a different ra- �
W'ood's of Maine, saes as fot',lows: .I tion is needed.
"Piantfood in manure is not so quick•• i Answter:-Ifeeeker of Minnesate
Sy nor so oc'tnpletely available no en gives as it eattiion for 1000 pound Cow
aha better Dorms e'f chsanaoelis, butt as folllows: Crude protein, 0.7 lbs.; •
aftetr much bait:nc'firtg, of twos soul;.caattto ltyihates, 7,0 lbs,; fat, 0.1 4lbts.'
e:a015, 1t has 'be'ceene :generality supplemented ,th'i's with consider-
ed that the eamanetreia)l value of the I anode figures suggested las an allowance
plantfood contained is the 'om':ty de -1 foe the dairy cow, previa(' she was:
lirarte thing about a foam m1nere ibyi geeing mom than 8% milk, For fade
which we Call m'eaaM ire its at:grlcultural 'tening Seen at, different peeteds of
and commercial: value." I fattenim,g,_I3enry & Mto:orison, in'the'ia''
Isis opintlbn'is supptenoea1oe by that new book 001 "Feeds and Feeding"
of Director Thorne, foe 25 years give the folltowing:-
Requirenlen'ts for Given Steers alt Different Perieds of Fattening.
. Av. Wt. Dry Di'ges'tible Total iii -g. Nutritive
dari.ngg mat ter 'el:ade nutrients eaten
period proteinlbs. file. It's. ills; lbs.
giest 50 clays 1.020 22.4-20.5 2.04-2.85 18.4-20..4 1:7.0-1:7,8
Second 50 days 1,140 23.9-27.4 2.17-2.62 19,4-22.2 1:7,0--1:7,8
Third 50 days 1,200 22.7-27,.7 2.27-2.05 20.2-23.3 :1:7.0-1:7,8
1100%PR ZE COMPETITION
FOR MAKERS OF SEST MAPLE SYRUP AiC) SUGAR
Open to all user's of our well known
r ioi Evaporator
tl'n have needled to repent. 6n a larger scale, our very popular Prize
content "l 19111 which into e:rt.•d so many Maplu Syrup nn'1 Huger masers.
Vito "fret. Cash Prizes to the value of $1,000.00 13800.00 or this for
syrup arta e-coo.00 for :layer --Prizes In both elan:ton awarded uc.mrdnuf to
points seared, whieh are rieturnl(na:d by Dolor and flavor. Contestants can
enter In either the Syrup or Sugar cumpetltimt, nr both. Pull particulars
10 be lie.1 hY writing 1'nr our :lineial "Palau Uetnnetitloet Circular."
COMPElx9 'XO11r 0706A6 ,APIL= 20TH, 1919
As the "Champion" Ptvap"r•, for is rite only uta 9tltte rareb]e of nr•nkin,
the bent syrup, owners or groins nut possessing one 5lleuld get busy anti
order one right rn.ay 11y 'm doing yea will have 0, chance of winning a
substantial prize, thus reducing east of the machine.
Write at once and got fully posted on thin unparaltei;;d Maple Sirup
end $llga.r lbtrlpetItinn.
THE GRIMM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
58 WELLINGTON ST. MONTREAL
,total v n act of 729.40; c : t of feel was
I 721.09, lite have :a baance over
t cut of teed of 8,37, The test per
dozen egge wee. 339,8 erhti,
In 191'1-18, the yield'.; men. not high
in eilhel cay y and rite total difference
in egg yield in the six months was by
no means large, but the forty bite;
with ii ht ray . a better revenue than
the forty without light. This differ-
ence win, made up in the time that the
egg: were received, 1ht.;o tvi'th the
light gave their llcaa•`0 t yie'ld's in
December and January, while by far
The ocean occupies three-fourths of
the surface of the earth.
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1j Fertilizers
UPAY
Experimental Tests show that I
Fertilizers increase Wheat Yields
ains from •tae o IaIuati i
43 oni 'rel t era b a
I
Mc mouser Tenth; 1t
A
Ontario Agricultural .Gxperhutnaai
Uafon-- f
8,e tote, hall wheat g,>;iroedt
8.3 bus. Spring 11
Average or G yours' tont:
MOdin i e'tatental8 tion•
Yv a
aA to
7.00 but g aired.
n.Wh t
gg
tlt'eraga or 10 Yearn' tall.
"Slaetly what should be used will 1
depend upon the toes Iconditions, bo1 '
ltd alae 01.) 11 s'''t1ottld se rsaaemBered
elite el tall pay better to raee liberal
otnatar(ttls of fertiliser o» reheat nota
I boli {u ordl:olar v,i mss, betepauee'cvhaal
preeny aro Illi efy to t•omalin high sad
tt win flat require aauch laetaano to
the yield to pee (or liberal fartiliea •
t] on, '---Puou. A. 'd , Wt.t veno, Purdue
traivereity, Indictee,
Make Youl' 'tMatn on Wheat while
pricey tars Mgle
Fmk fur fres Mi terata, u
Soil and Crop
Improvelytent l3lfreau
of the Cauadleaibriilizat• Aasociatioti
1111 Temple Illdg.i Toronto
..,,nee.,�w a 4,. 00:4wY YY'W1 taO;m i?N.,oNw. .t,' -..
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Maned. Lght o'u't', :.lalcharel Aril
and fur the Roe,., i
1• • Jatraary anti he rc.
err
y,
The tut.} f t' c. nem the tato 1 n's'
N1',.../1 the lightwore; Num;,, of e._s,
2470; value, 713,1.32; t et ire fe.
755.18; cost of 1)511, • 11: Interne,
777.04 or a coat of :.8t5 teats per
-
dozen.
Thome vc th:ut light laid 2213 cell:.
value, $118.90; cost of fa.•1; 700.01;.
ba a hue, 8118.94, or a ea-, of o..- down
cg'g;, 32.1 cents,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON 8), They haat no mime tun' it, 0,1 th'v
'ail"Whet is it?" ta,ich in Ilebre,v
is "loan int" or "men 1:1," and so
they e. r ;:lit: l to ea:I it, •
'SVhat is now celled manna is "aha
ew'n. ja're of the Tatf:Y,
Of i, roali::k, 1: caul: s in sum:nt:r by
n ght from 11:etrunit' and l:ranche• ,
011.1 form; sons -t, court, v.h'ta grains.
Which 5c, t'y a it re to the twigo of
CIO 414leos, 0111 pt.t'y tirep to the
ground." The Arabs gather it, boil
it down, a, ' use it en their breed like
honey. Ilia Clrc -1c mord,' of Sbn:u
sell It to travellers. 11 could not,
however, have served as toot! for a
mug ^tui a of people, for it c..neeet>
aimast cntrely of sugar. The
manna which fed the Hebrews :'lust
have been of a truly miraculous
character, 11011140 we may suppose that
the memory of tree. Tare juice was,
preserved and that it grew in tra..ati-;
ifoeo to r'cmoothing very much more
and greater.
The story has a very ]sigh velem
for us ars for ancient Israel, in that
1t il:ustrattes meet signiti:1n11y and
beautifrD'y God's care for II Is peeve:.
Cotnpal'e. D-s'ut. 8: 16, turd the ,poetical
version of t'his•'• story in Psalsn 78:
18-25.
"An olner a heed." Compare v.
30. The tenth part of an opha:h would
be :about 0111 pinta.
31-33. The Pot of Manna. This
pot of manna, a pa -moue m•amerial of
ttsir• sojourn in the w:'ldeteness, vas
kept in the tncstt hilly place of tiv3
tabernacle, in front of the is'eared ark.
Compare Heb. 9: 4,
to have been lilt h le.ium, that - a
"transparent, wax ilce gI m /•; u,in,
valued for ars fragrance." The peon
Pia "gathered it, mei g,r-tteet it in
mL' ; cr beat it .in race o and secedeea it in pots and matte t zlcos of it;
er•l he tante of it etas u., the ex t•,
of fes -di 114," or oil -elle. (Num, 11:
FEBRUARY 2.
Lesson Y. The Giving of The Manna,
Isxe,d,is 16: 1-36. Golden
Text, Matt, 6: 11,
1-10. Hu.ngir in the Wildetnea,
Thp exact 4aeation of the `w'ildel•nas
of eine •'s unknown, but It must have
been a barren platin of valleys near
tfoutob Sinai. At the hest ,e was a
hungry land ,through 'which the fugi-
tive.; were pa snag, very different
from the abundance of Egypt. Long
years of sarbjectian a.r.t21 slavery hand
eapptel the manhood of Israel, and the
people had no spirit to brave the pni-
vattrions and liardteh)ps of such a
journey,
11-111 Bread from Heaven, "Al
even ye eked eat flesh." The flesh
Chine to them in the forms of flocks 1
of quads. These birds are still com-
mon int •that country. They fly in the
spring he greait numbers 'across the
(Gulf of Akabah, anti are often so
fatigued after the'" Tong flight that
they can easily be caught or killed.
Compare also Num. 11: 31-34.
"Ili the marntng yo shale be filled'
with .bread." In the morning they
found "a small round thing, email tus
the hoar frost on the ground'." It
IVO.% "like coriander steed', white; and
the taste of it was like wafers made
With honey" (v. 8`1), Coriander
seed is a small frusitt, straw-ca1ored,
about the size of a pepper conn: In
Nunn. 11: 17 the manna is attso said
THE BEEF THATEUROPE_WANTS
R:3±4•..�..{[a�.`3pi'�^:x"'v,•:T:t. ''£.�.tn@''n 5';i2:` bfiC�: ; ydi}:i.:Mr 7..W ::5';.M. rL.=..p.,i}."Sk�"a,C` ..�.'1i'
,4 x aY't fi+ �a' ,"yu :'*"Y:fitrtew; 3
: s1;E�'yaks :''rU. tY(?a � k`Sp ♦ ) Vin, ,3�r.
'�S�E�,,R
Light itt The Poultry House.
For � some some ,limo it has bee a ques-
tion
q s
tion whether artificial light: in the
poultry house NAM 11 benefit to not,
and to i101,p .solve the )'Problem, tire,
Poultry Division of the llxpatieen!tall.
Therms have,tested It foe) two 'seasons,
ria"seasa 1st
dueling the wi'n'ter of 1910-17 ao(1blh bwo
pens (40 birds i11 all) of Barred 1iocle
pulets and during last m'initer vi -alt
tees pelts of Rock pullet .and two pens
of Leglvomal pullets, (40 birds of each
breed),
In each tlighJ; pen, of: twenty hird5
two tungsten 40 watt lalnyxs mime:
03e5d. They were lamed on. ani: 6 sen.
and left trill dayiflgdat, them turned on
agate in the a_i'ten:moont tb'efoso dntait
and Cleft ttrill 9 'p. m, Tills Was started
ill November when the 'dayle .became
short and continued 'un'til 'bite sui4dia
of March when lighnt'wiacs 0ntrteceel,an:y,
test lir light pen
In like 1916-17 1 l op
laid' 1106 egg:e With a. 120;1 valve of
854,08. The case of feed! teas 722,53,
Lite oast of hiigthl 82.40, a total gest
of 724.711, Tlil"m gave a. 'balance over
octet of feed euod light. of 780,20 so
,'t pea doves eggs -of `2(1.8 cents.
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sen. �. �.YSe.�iY'�,.."J`1'S. `].•a}`�3��,��'Sf'n�i t
"Clear Pltc Way 2nd"
Grand Champion Steer at the
„t :. Fah:,
C:ne11h itutet I'au'-NIP.
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1 ,by
T. A. Russell of Toronto.
"Cleat' the Way 2titt" 18' !the perfoot
type of steer for beef, Ilse 0081
awarded the Grand 'Clltennpi,onosltllp bur
slimes% of all classes at the 1'0001'11..guvr
Stock Show :art Guelph, Ont:,, where
he c'otnpel'ed against some of the
best animals :produced ha Canada, He
wed also Grand Ohaulpfion. at the
0gluaulitaa) National Exhibition, Tor-
onto; and 'lo'ok third prize in the ekes
Poe Sb'oathmm-sited steers al ill; Val"-
Steck
183"
SLo'ck Show Sat (sh cai'9:0, and was tine
oT a he'l'd of three aaal'ina,ls w111.11 002010
a prize there as the best Shorthorn,
sired herd. Ito was •alt.,;" Iu''t rat tris
21nae as 1l sen:ai• yeah'tng aid riche
Champion atteet in Grade1 and Cros es
a'f any Breed' 011 the Guelph Show,
"Cf:'ear the Way 2nd" wets oiled .by
Sylvan Powee and bred by R. 0. Hun-
ter of Exeter, Oaut. He wall finished
t:o the top t'aoan when ehown.
"There are, of course, two sides to
Lite Canadian hive stock iiadueley,"
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..a.ek 1:'t3 owner, 1'Lr. A. 7. Ru_•':aru
""live alien. and dead 'sttoak; that is,
breeding stock and sto•310 •bred for• meat,
There Hever' was 11 ti111e When en limb.
attitent.ionr: 'waw* b long mini lily C'aruadiaa0
live stock amen to qualllcy, Prole:it
lolls
the I. the liofitt
Oat ma ''
sleeve taco'
1 n0als-
Ihig$z grade de s5toclk la the profitable kind
for dile eiopotit:'tratde, In view of the
European shortage there is an dun-
1110000 opportunity for ho@!h bfaateltes
'011 the Eve )rte �t0lt
s c iniecil*c^
Tal this
country."
"Clear 'tete 'Way '2n,d" 1 p1e0ttxIts
pea'feObiO.11 1n f00101 and Ilnttoll for
C4ut!istovas :beef. It 115 said that
p'uiane Argentine beef reaches 'the
British market of quality equal to
Canadian Christmas beef. The Ar,
genitinlc meat trade 110)0 been built up
by tire liberal realty adopted by the
hreedes% in iatlpar.h'ng the best p11212e
bred teike88 the. world affords. The
Canadian live stock industry, by
&a71''ili ail' attention ioll to quarliity, hag an
oplaortualiiby now to hold the exposit
trade, •dtivelop4;d dnaang .1114 war, pler-
nlamentt!ly, as the 3fti1)3)2pa4 c'otnl!tries.
or :Europe are 'deficient 3'11 -anile 'to the
extent cif 28,000,000 head,
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Ma2HELEN L`AW
13._ �, jet . _
Mothers end daughters of ail age* ars eo Invited to t to 411le
department Initiate onlywill b rdcy Inv tI write e
H be published with each question and Its answer
as a meant of identification, but full name and address must to a+von In eaob
letter. Write on ono side 00 paper only. Answers wits uo mailsst tercet 11
alalnped and addressed envelope is enclosed,
Address all correspondence for toes department to Mrs. Helen L0W, 233
Woodbine Ave.. Toronto,
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word, 7h 11_,` r m -•.t ht b
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FIVE t'EN CAPITAL
My .till •a L': Meet art ,'x, and ally
1 cvenal 1l:: -t Y r du .g the fir:'at
week itt I 1 ,r.i; r Ilene I might hive
Lien NCtn 1tnt yingr t:ti the rand
tri wh. rc 7n 111 .tu of a tl .'antis led
fat 1'1 Jar i hurt, w•as the black, t,
tY-oil n, , ill',. t- p 1m +;-,:nakit,ig tart!)
lnopir'_ I wt'.1 fes, a lit-noanYl
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tellervcn't? Ilave you a ;snit . p'a;:
tete l sen.niey e,{ eneel 1 ye:`
o -h..._:. n in .hall; ho v ) air
have a ma••; c!pal bele kie' 1 ler 1
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tho.n,n.a try.: ,. tier ''• ,1 '22
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P
gr'es
Ihtid Marion: --Try the p: Lee-
belns gene name everting. Ii. ie.
I•'rem tw'a 13 four is t_.1' bort nem -
her of p1ayees fee the rot- '-b
1 0 o•ns
game. lance fif,.v beans on the
table and cell ,11 the pet. Arrange
the player.] eraund it ar.1 leete_r there
A, B, C, D, from .:eft to light. Each
player takes five beans frim the pot
and puts het, bents under the table.
A begins the game by clou'ng his
left hand and bringing it up to the
tsble in .franc of 13, who 5402.4.a05 how
many beeps it holf,e. If B's guess is
correct, he gc6s a•el the bean; in the
hand; but if his guess tis above or be-
low the number ill the 'rand, then he
gtive's A t'h-e difference. For ex-
ample, if A holds three benne and 13
guesses :two, 13 most give Trim one; if
he guesses five, -he must give him two,
If A htctlds none ant 13 guesses any
number up to five he ntutst make gaod
his guess, If A holds any beans and
B gaiessee noon. he must give the
same number that A "holds: in his
1lantd. If A •holdta none and 13 guesses
none, A must pray five to 13 for his
correct guess. If a iilisalvee does not
have enough beans in his hand to
make good ills geese, he d'ra'ws five
Orem the pot. After he pays the play
goes an tis before frcan A to B, 13
to C, and so on.
Every ,tune a 1011,ayer has more than
five 'benne in his .hands, he lays the
extra one", on the table :in franc of
s it p.:5110, Inane,. 4. li 112 n }noon in in r- ' h
.o :;,, end co:err. tie, ee
1 o r Leek L' t I i 1 east
a.Y... Th en nee y' I had a
1: It •r e= , When
wet 105, r J 1 r 1 .11101:, I t.ick-
e.l an r r, 1• : t..:1, :i1,e an
extra tr,Y, 1E1,
t T 1
- •, ' 1'r is 1 ): m in
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pre. in 'e . an1 11 1:; am 1 e. t
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e .11: b. 1. m !':113 rrr ;nor., to i'+r.1
I'+ n ata; ±h': 3 r"' c;. Pottie11
,' La,t I,i'1:t L,fer'rv, 11,
r r a t.. P1•ry' of th:' -211r" wadi
r v^tn' fearp en Y'1 r ,'71v. It is
1 pedit 1,--1 in England :' i 'bound very
2ltinivc tv'th excel:rot •.?:ustra
Cells and me t'p to th pr,.:.-?,,
1 night veld , have Leeii ' 1 v:hs; i
v lo 'me the narrative of the war dewy
t tela ens orf 11)17, Pro'.111 • .ttvo :ul
ti' icn"1 vclomes w:1 compk•ta the
weer. . '11"a price at onesz:lt is T1.25
per vest ole •n .
p h h.r,g nacn•e t;eauti-
::1 or mere veluai1., 13th fee the
- rte-oo:'•t and the future.':1 lie forme
tt;tn'a net of these 1i;.1 hooks,
Cle'leiren aro delighted with them.
Evarge o writes: "I have to write;
a neper for our club on this subject,
'My Seeon3 Chance --My Children,'
Can you help me?"
1 Our saggestion would be that you
show how you can t e h year c'hild'ren
to avoid making the same mistake,
you have made in your cast life; hove
you ean instill in them your own highideals. Perhaps there are things that'
you youreelf have Tonged to do? You:
e'ill help your chl'l-dren to attain these
,'{Hing, ao'l thus be satisfied through
them. Maybe your own health Ls not:
good. You can show how, by feed-'
!ung balanced rations, your children'
may grow up to be strong and
hr-aZtlay. Yo'u can teach your children:
how to take rare of their health. Have
you not problems in your communitty
that yarn can 'help vdlth, such as bet-;
ter scbo•ols, clean amu'seme'nts, and so:
forth? Wouldn't t'h:u mean that
you were helping yaw children to
keep their hearts and minds clean?
Suggest how you tan make your home
!s attractive to the boys and girls. Show;
'hose a arise mother often leis go some
of her househoi:d duties that she may I
be a better citu'm to her children, 1
Wirth these few suggestions you
can develop a mast interesting paper,,
r.o.tmY..o.,s
. ..� in a wool plate, not exp:ased to -sun,
fire, Dir refl. The bone in the fox's
bed ehoutld be removed to :maid taint-
ing,
THE TRAPPER.
Methods of Trapping Fox.
An absolute noces'sity in trapping
fox is a good hall seen" which the
trapper must rub on the soles oi' his
shoes end on his gloves ween working
matted the traps. The foe: is per-
haps the haziest of ail wild animals
to trap and is very' sus'pieteuv of the
human odo•1', The trail scent helps
odor. :lor
1, . Tri -
t �sao'F
should be
0t .1111(lecl with 'blood to wliicll the
trail scent bas been added, or should
be boiled in 'beni!ottic water.
Traps should be set eioutg the fox
runways or where *hey aro most like-
ly to travel. The trap§ should 410
set about two feet f feet Penn'
a fat x large
tree; they •sltottici the ineli covered and
the lai1it om'ladi:tags matte to look as nna-
ture:1i as possible. About five feet
up the ,tree trunk a doz'e'n dropl;s of the
best fax halt l ot'tl' ' L o d be sprinkled,
dih'ectly above the traps. In jumping
for the bait the fox will the oaug'IOt; 0a
the itraps.
Or ta•aatalce about :tilt feet tone may
be driven into the ground so Haat bit
Onside five feet hfg'1t. A rabbit s)tott.td
be placed' on top of the stake: and a
few drops of the los 'bait pl'ac'od on'i4.
Traps 41050'4 be set on either slide a't
bite base of the stake and cova'1'811 wtl):l
With loaves, Night earth, nitre, This
atteth!oil' ettsarts foxes from gt*eat tit's-
tenets.
fox lehmuful he ctl-Oeti fu.r sidle out;
in preparing for the market, Good
'stretchers ,Mould be used im et'r'to11-
ing. Positively uo "curing pre:ow ,
Vona" y lroul'd be used -the skint, &11led
1RAW 1U Fin p&Y 1'1ah6"
raa.rkst g>.ic1a for
RAW FURS and GINSENG ROOT
22 years of reliable trading,
Reference -Union Bit. of Canada.
'(,trite for £rico List and Tags
N• 'SILVER 22orionPall's'. , 1'
The Iighes Price
RAW FURS
r'aV�
to us, no matter what quantity. We
pay the highest price, also express
charges.
Try once and you are assured of
031191eollon.
ABBEY FUR COMPANY
810 St. Paul W. Montreal, P.Q.
Reference: t9.nk or OOochelara, St.
Henry.
In business for AO gears
r..
t:
Patel S£,
W()NTH at
ligp BM.
Being taaaufeeturore and net feline to re,
oleit we alwaye aa,alre the fairest 51)110 ,8 anis
Rhotttgheat market price» Qulokatom,
No Intro Het butted lout we guarantee to
hold your (Moo aegare10 until you accept
er •efectouroder. se
elielentelltergeHemeneetelestairemseorestareismia
In 11/,1, tint:• y r: 1r up -.-250
I I o •: , ,u11 -
Ie . ,, ) 1, i•,1 . :11. As :an
1. ,1 , were ail . It !t; -"it. I :rfl U'4y
awN Ong from 00111 '.., i ..0,1
t.y '!'self.
Ia
i tip lilt of bei ,'•da1-
m -t 'teen feta c!eep, ft t..•'s 4me a
rte• Vine to dl 1 Every ,t, -i 1, rout,
and bit of rubl.'11 was c efuay rak-
ed out. It v. es very 5111., so I 'h'ad
to seO! my _:nplus i'.:1 They
were gnat 1• •1: la-:ut it
g t + .o green
heavens. I ..,,1:1 Ia3n't s"..-10 dozen
et 10 celsio a ciozen--to neighbors.
Thi re -t. 11,.:ar-t a for my,.e:f, except
it few :ha,: I g:tvr away.
I !naked a m the lar. thing
every y m e; :ore I wer to work,
and the first tl1're when I e me: in at
evening. At la .t they began to bear.
I sold the lire:. chci c.e "-pet, m en:,, first
at 10 eant al::ace, land later at 5 '
cents, to the beet re'taurant in town.
Later I used' them myself for salad
and aauee in soup, etc., and old 0am0
to my noigthbers alt 20, 10 ani 15 cents
a dozen as the se -on advanced,
When my crop was at. its height I
began -canning. I put up 50 quarts of
tomatoes and 20 b P,tfes to catsup.
October, tlth'reateroing a ltg;ht frost,
found my bushes covered with green
fruit. I gathered it and: made up a
quantity of prenesecs end' chopped
pickles.
Of eour'se, there ,:s no way of catl-
ewlatirg the exact amount of pleasure
I receivers front my work, nor the pro-
bable im rovemier.t in health and of -
F
ficreney I gathered from getting
"down on the farm" after a fashion.
I know that ing thus' -way alone my pro-
fits were highly rlo,trsiaceory. But
as to tt11e mere cash profit frsm my
nicked investment -
Planes soil (10 dozen at 23
cents) 8 4.00
F,ar'ly 10ma0t ee sold at fancy
p1ie05:
Three dozen at 10 mete each. 3.00
Flee dozen at 5 cents each3,00
What I used myself thretagh the
ecllnn,er 1 could never heave
bought (at lowest maltket
price) for lee's than 0.00
30 guatnts of tomatoes, wor411
tents a con, lees expellee of
canning and earls 10.00
20 bottles of ca'lsup, worth `25
cents a bottle 5.00
(1 had the bettl'ee on hand)
10 pints of eliopped pickles,
worth 30 cents a pint, lees
t00Si of vinegar end epinee 1.5)1
(l used oldpnttjave.)
12 quat''tu of superior 94'0oerve:,
'Math 75 cents a. quart,, less
cast of 12 jaws and tops, sugar
tants lemons, also heat for pao-
serv,:ng (72.001 '7,00
Net. profit 11.10
Martha S. Ilmitionlync.
SOLDIERS AS PROPHETS
BrltisIt Generals Who `forked on an
Exact Time -Table.
It would be interesting, 10 hear
Sir Douglas Iiaig's prediction as to
.h a' Same of his
th-end oftowl>
0
predecessors in 001010and of British
troops have been its good prophets
a5 tig'htei's.
Lord Wolseley said he. would 110ist
the Union Jack at Coomassie on b'eb-
ruary 5th, but he dial it a5 the 4th;
the end 4f the campaign, however, 111
predicted exactly to the day. Itt 1882
he said that he would break Arabi
Pasha's power on September 15111,
'tut 1t P?it Sia :+i. a�
1130110)1 ft•11ti dear Hint at Tel.ot-leeitir.'
Lord :Kitchener, too, , ttut'l.ecl to an
exact timo'tebie in his Soudan ram-
paig'11, and Lord Roberts predieLed ..
that he would enter Pretoria an May
i.titb, but was unavoidably tie1ay0i1
until ,lime titbit