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The Brussels Post, 1919-2-20, Page 37,t . r` se ,Civ 1r r lees }rm„n C4 r,ev^..:r,rrd .w•wae�r7J'• µa,X,791tUtt' yr ,tel + Coisr octad Ily I'r()fcr ser henry G. Sell 'I'Ite allied of tide dep trttuont rs to p1eo at the ler vise of our farm readers the :::trice of art ueknowledged authority on nil muhjeete pertai:"ng to sails and peps. Addle -re: ,ill questions !r, l'rel'es,ror Beery G. Bell, in rare of elle ^e5 ilran I'ublisitlni, Company, Limited, Toronto, and mucwcre+ sill appear in Brill column in the order in whichthey Oil) received, When ,writing kindly anentioe this paper, As space iv limited it is advisable where lin- rrdt11lC reply 4 rV necessary that a stumped and aldlefe d envelope be, enelesed with the clue::lion, when the 'answer will be inose;! direct. The Iii,o'aess of Farming ---IL Water mei it importance. -Next to! tho moil t:i•oietere itself, :the supply of- Wale,- 'iron the sell is ,i. nr im-I potholes.. t•: 1. of , ';r,a` lin-1 porton. I.:situ-e every tit of leant -i hood vent .;• carbon +',. a that entero lee ' ant trust is- ii. .•.,e.i in ware, berm , it sae Li t -I.',4 up byi , the meet:, 1''.';WtWer le t, e: etore the' merle] cd s taut nutrition. Growing...wipe rerm I rr o : n..'a 1 r- I able melee ef water. Fee imennee for ov i,1 r el of ;Iry mo' t( w r cin and 1411 Il r' 'least i ab( tl'e;, of water t., carry the cri'op 1.1)eo c. frc.m 'g -••,•r. 'u':n'.ou to :maturity, e here you 41 trot ,r 50 or (10 Ino (trio of cats to l n or to to 30 11,11,54 :, of wheat e.7.- e re, or' Where you ore getting le :ens a" en -1 silage come 7o the .. i res thate e • gI t'll,ix .a great nerd f ;,,4 alien-, dent super},: of melee. La ,t : •rmmer i I saw 0c, ref potatoc•: tee!" lied made a good velar . a':;olute'.y Jeetroyed on. account of ilii:c lent sups v or voter.' Now 4th),, mall an me -mem, anmount of water is required, it is r,c.'essary for the men who is going to get m,,:rt out of itis ,,rill, to look out for the :toe- ing up of the moisture :''7t .tails dor Ing the out .nn, winter ar.l early. spring, lee anoc average rummer rains do not evenly nearly env ;:h moisture 1 to meet the great eemend.s of tee' growing 'ernes. The Leet mains for! storage emigres of fairly deep fall! plowing sled eleee attention to the ul-keel of humus lhamus in the 0 1 1 soil. But there may be too much mole-, tune 'in the •toil and this is just as deeti.metvbal to beret crops as too little.' If water c:tand:c on the soil and fills Jll11 ,le;'•i„'t 1it} tirtri !!le , •�i g17a1 ��,• 'i le e iii/,i e Tial! Tillage -The tiil•dr:'e of the sell ix nowt le intforlan•e to the deein4ge 1r' yeer fields are left. minima and ttu-t'roed eprime, or Lam eel:: r f iimietwe iv,t1l Ile 1e.4 b0 ,uc;r• til Water f+ , ri �' •! ea 0., r.+i1,Id ' -•- low the lit ru. roe lip to the ., e- I'e:e +n.i 0nota,,ady eeerate. The n;• , 'lb. .'1 by sit vv:n'7,, :Hek- iog .. 11.1 Hili im 1,1'•':.1 7,;;1 Oji 115 +'y•n1- pan; SII1isc,7 ti; and toe.ee emit_ tee l o:0411 el' m,u:L ,'i the mo_i:,- to e, iltit ih,<::•;. apo :!leer l'wn44n fat• plowingand that ;Li fn ».it' the .eoii BLISt.:tor07 that thene r, a 101 10 -t - tar r 1 111 t. 011 d i e Ir the ..roe wrens t VIOL neers tt+ivc. Or 1-110', :7.1, Plowing al'oate.rin),rlie5 lit" 1 i'urv,r,;; of emit plasm matter, wheel decays pad s.+;lpli,rs 1111.111 Its of the sail. The mernnan •in> t7, r •e y 6 la's t t. chow four types of viewing. No 1 chow•, the end out in strips anti eempletely inverted. This is the result of attompte,,g too wide a fur- row. Open spices or 'strew of grow - toy: grass remain attached between the furrows. The soil is not pulver- ized. No. 2 shows an improvement in that the :furrow; overlap. Its defect if that largo open spaces occut' at the haze o' the overlapping furrows, re- tarding sufficient rise of water in the : oih These furrows, too, are not pul- verized. No. 3 shows a complete burying of plant matter, accompanied by a them oagh pulverizing and packing of the No. 4 shows how to obtain a deep, mellow seedbed; by disking, then plowing, then disking again. Sols are worked down by d'islring,, harrowing, rolling, working with al spy; ng -tooth cultivator and dragging. i sett a 6 'YfrJ' S}n t t,., hiad,:.a NVew liaty once 301"i'•. twea:•0 'lade hair, iv,:r tir,,r t,i trl'zetan d r.:_:17. l -7,-e 114041 P.1 out aP your la id, 1.+4144•i nh• r 1411e c c,7, ; , • t+u .y .. 1 c S lloli 1 lot 17, 0'. Fond 01+111 , •pull+ nae, +,: 11 414 o,. ;_ -,i 7,'a.' ;44 Fe be:ev:• for 0 441 liJ EE 5,17, 'size- a bs;� 15 au • ? 4411. " a ai e e.. >r .�, c. � �.,.. (lot' ('rperr rI f,+.raid 1.7N %e (441it ..7 mem" :eke'''. ledge of Canatihin ee rt+1510nun,ta. Na :ratt•,r t„ a,- ;'•I1' 0..041 '0.1:•. 0117,1,-11 Was lee ar ,"het 0rnpii loo i 1, t, prorltlf. iw,r•4" „uzF;^rota "Hhur-(tela" r ttillz t,lat i,, boi,od 7,r, be ,a U.'.vas t:vy10t,g hive• -;,n i d ya , 1 ue mem steer tier for this t''00-' -:0,;0501 u-rUtiisr1 a cli,At. r: uy •,meting 'for pr+non WW1 11'14,110 IN17il(x 1TI(JN )1 L1e'SSON leteriR[7.11L' 2:7. Lees(ni V17L-•-Mores Praying for Is i' lel--' xudur• 32: 1 to 31: 9. golden Text, x7, ,1,001 :t J S 171. 3'2:1 •1. The (int 4 ('all, "Dow 1 n,am ilio mot t.+:' A +,rd n}, to 24 1e -1,:'e 11::14 e) into tile nm tt:ur .t... Co a mei r ,I n l h t I)v t } u•c ,,1:7 1 tient 4.•1-40 rlt per r ! of 4ct'rdm rt Win for the+4 rn,,let 7h leen mei e.,, , n' to th Prt sety 111 o r •;r the m'0king cf ptean:: t'+.. .4 t '1',, ,:d7,_",' -.,ley Antl riestlemb Ala, a may Irmo hecn 1ef al:• ;til''s, , -,,r.r: - '.,,ti:: ill the en l t:ii,;5 lr „l: ' 7,s• 1 „ini n of the1n ab •i , f'i• Al led 7,r a ,v'r 7,l .011:,0.4.r ref t, rOl;irai . 03111 i 71 -.them the; could 4014 we; a nture r o. c ':nr t t it did fr rem t } eoplc I1 greseiy• ignd r (lit toll. Ling :rye. c -tome'! to th" imvat •til :e 00003'4 The Road To Story -Book Land, How many children understand The winding road to Story -Book Lunde - The wiallog road' that 'will load yea straight n Through tho enchanted fairy -Tale Gate? arm Lane ' Block Lan. is the star n eIaGe1 i ( •t h u , Ft+, t peas beyond a space; 1'- :nor SI:rest come; neat ler view, e It leads to First -Reeder •A', ene,e. e Then n c n .:. Second, end Third d as ;vel t I c :rib and Fifth—but how cern I tel - Just thio p..in.::'hero you maim tb f' tern? 1 Thee deem( s on boa f,?; t yell I oitr Oh, Story -Beek ! :e i ;merles far away a1 When a f o emene child weed bee t >,,,r , play; h . !leer lav hoar, :.i atalaute by m1 nuts, • T:.,gin--all of a sudden •int find your i y self in it! —� i� Iiia{y'n ,Mi' fortune. t. 1 CJfttdS LIMITED Wrws ' TORONTO,ONTAP.I0 11� YOUR FARM LOOK / jR fit, � _ rtt ?I x9.� GOOD By John Coleman Ar.l. a eeece melt who have pale; doctor i:•ills to pay, and other lo=ses; far their homes ureter difficulties bevy' hut he never gee sour Crahopeless. they tel le and the 0 10t1i101as ale that And hie vire was of the same 'ills mettle a : hirnself. Together they worked through the year.), adding a little more Cush season, sometimes only by the gr'oatoet effort, 'to what Ithey had done before, but always r odel'ng that little. Perhaps it was a few fruit trees planted out, on un -I sightly stor pile or thicket remote ed, a neat bit of fenc-ng done, or a lttt e ra:utile or home carpentry,; But the end was gained, People, i drove out of their way to see that lit-' tie faun. Many have offered several. hunched dollars mere for 'the piece! , than it is apparently, but not act. lly,. ' worth, for beauty has a value. And the place is beautiful. In one! corner of a qudot generous orchard1 the c}ueint old farmhouse is,srpt. Al pretty sweep of lawn surrounds it, and! trees are sot here and them about the' grounds in carefully eon:edered leer)-) tions. A curvet' graveled drive leads l in from the main road•. From corner; to corner 'of the farm there is no un-1sightly fence row, thicket, stump, or; stone pile. There tis nothing fancy,' no useless frills, 'but a world of soul- setisfy'ing nontness, order, and pleas- ure for the eye. What a fiercer garden the lady of that hous'a has had in years gene by! It is beautiful yet, but less elaborate —mostly perennials now, 'because she is not able to give it the attention see once could. The memory of lits glories is talked of yet all through that For thirtyvents no countryside.0 . wedding, chr0 tening funeral, or like occasion -took }'lace 'in that community without bountiful floral decorations from this fine old-fashioned garden. Many of tes are inclined, sometimes, to neglect the beautifying -of our homes, and I camint feel othevwise than 'that we are making a mistake. I believe We would keep more of our• boy -s and girls on the farm, and he less inclined to move to town cur- ri I selves, after having made at little money, if we surrounded our homes and our work with more beauty. It need not cost a lot nor take a great :mount of time. The will 'to do it .is the meet important thug, you 7,ti.'1 7,•c': a tilos :, ao 'We.4,. I think one fins. 01,1 1114111 in o'er neigli- horhocd, w•hu has succeeded ebnee the wry „•4111 a:,,r + 1,i w i.:., 4„ rad any. "I just' tried to make my place so Neu eu .fu1 that I couldn't !pea to .o .o It," 17 ,raw s, There is good, sound score in that. A man will put up the biggest kind I of fight to keep anything that he loves I and takes pride ill. There ,is no ' doubt t4ie•t ,it is the affection the soldier; of France have for their beautiful ',and that makes them the splendid fighters they are in -day. The love of beautiful things is deeply im- planted ,in the heart of every normal person. When the beauty has been created 'by thir own efforts, the thought of erasing it stimulates them to exertions they could not other- wise make. I said 'this man whose words 1 have quoted h -ad been more than or- dinarily 'successful. I do not mean in terms of money, 'although he has a fine little peace, well equipped, and some cash ahead :for a rainy day. Other Wren in that sante neighborhood ere richer in the things we commonly mean when we use that word. But none has :been a 'better father or citi- zen, ora stronger influence toward making the neighborhood a p'l'easant place to 'li've .in, None are more happily situated' than this mat? and his wife in the 'evening of their days. i. Their children are all 0 hums close en to the old. homestead, and they visit back and forth to the old home they grow up in, bging•ing a younger gen- eration with them to make the music of young voices about the -yell'-loved old place. None cf that family left the farm to -go to the city. When they started out for themselves they took to form- ing -as naturally as ducks take to wa- ter. I count that us one of the greatest factors in this man's success, and' it was due, beyond a doubt, to his policy of "making the place so beautiful that he couldn't bear to lose it." This man rues had ill health to con- tend with, sickness in his family, MANY GERMAN SPIES IN HOLLAND ARMY OF 10,000 Kl:b" c IN TOI'CII WITH BRITAIN During the War his Big Organization Reedited From Lack of Co -opera- tion Among British Official:(, There - , Wow ,urn 0 t Itto,' German agents in Holland daring tee war. A Dutch !eln:e themetor+ plumed 'that to expel them wu,elvl Firm ,'3 mean that three places meta,! 1w 001(4141 by o'titn 1,and unknown gent,. 11 They drifted into 11,51a t•1 on r iri- s' ous pretests. y en., writ. highly ohne- ! ted men, Castel.. a of mot ' ; : the beat aiety, t icor 01 i ,,[a;lerei and tonts. The do ,p ,,h ..arts of I r t err. i •- The a a,: ten porter at o they Betel tees Ieeke, ti:, i5'al:..e,rf- a of the li 1 rade». t n p .,:•eyed to a• a Ia': thor of 'he then German Am- , _ 't (': ,n 'rt n' is a'.re'ade B: es ens C f ]klirti'i'ede formalities es of Egyptian religion. 02:7-11. The Prover of Moses. 11 "Lome why doth Thy e,raeth wax 141;4' ti a. pr fiver is teat of a large- ,. . � r , , s leader, v.hr, hC reed and na+ t 0 ^ „ h r ..0oniz, his people's s teem -mice a: d folly and is wii.ing to he patient with them mei to forr','ve erre Out of a fell heart therefore ,1:t prays for the far items' 1:° Curl !Torn fr cm Thy fierce ninth." he }-1.00.,. There is no matting light of theevil done, hut a ohs'lleng, rather, el God's men:7, and of Ibis fai'chfu1. s to the pe r made to the fatlreo The statement that "the Lord 'repentedthe '101 welchHe said He would da" le the • I 1 C I writer's way of eia,en • t'h:ti (rid hen- erod Itis serr:.rt' t i p'ee sod rya. ' merciful. C'onrr;tre Peal! 90: 13-14. i 32: 15-30. The Punishment. The story, 'as told here is complex and! Isnmewl et difficult to follow.Afte, Moses'o planer in the moo a'.in Ir' • anger ane! the :,etc punishment of the idol wor.5hippe s :stem sr n A connected and quite ,o a}:'etc tory hsttcver, preemie -NI 'a Lear S !, according to whish the prayer for fee - givcrass was offered : fier Moes 1.041 returned a second time to the moun- tain. We may suppu.-c the order of events, therefore, to beve Leen as fol- lows: -Moses came down f s om the mountain, bemire. the laws written upon two stone tat le 7,b, He found to his amazeineut a:l.l anger the nutiti- tudle of the people oiTerin'e v or -hip to tiro i mage of a young l ll. tenth the manation of his mother Aaron. exit- ing the tablets out of his hand,they were 'broken in pieces. He d< ntuele i of Aaron the reason for his conduct and Aaron made lame excuses but no apology. As for the pceplc, they had "brake!' loose" and were in frank re- beilien. Irl response to Moses' ring- ing call, "To me, whoever is on Je- hovah's side," the recites, his own tribesmen ranged 4,11 m: ell ee 'along side of him. A fierce b etle ensued, in which many were slain, but a decisive victory vas not gained by either party. Tearing the distr::trees effects oil continued strife, Moses offered him- self, his own life, as an atonement, or menu's of etmenciiiation. A truce was celled, whir Id., retire( into the mountain to pray. a1 112: •Il -34: 9.Further hn es rG Int .re Iran r and the Divine Glory.Moses u7, prayer p y confessed the people's great sin, pleaded foe the fo"givouees of God, or "It oat," he said, "Blot dna, I pray thee, out of Thy hook which Thou host. written," He meant to offer his ower life as Israel's ransom. He would rather not live if the people whom he bored were to be destroyed. Compare a similar noble declaration of St.. Paul, in Rom. 0:3. • ,. ' J ova'i' �swc •� eh ,i o answer was a refusal cid! Mosee' self-sacrifice, The guilty only, should he punished. He is bidden 4c :eturei to his task aaa leader of Israel,' but with the-assurlane that Jrhaca'h1 would no longer go with them. He will send an angel,"but: He Hlimse:f will not go. Just holy 'this is' to be oplaine.d le not eleer, but it is not at; nit satisfying to Moses. He has de -1 vended so ottirely upon the promised arc :once of Jehovah that '',•.e feels he I cannot" go forward without ,it (33: 15).1 Moses returned en find the people in a penitent mood. IIe destroyer! their' I golden image, and required the people 1 'to strip tleem,eivice of their ornaments for The furn.sjring and' decorating of !Tor tent o:'anctltnry, Then 'again ho prayed (33: 12 -it), 'and eeceiveIll tits time the entre:nem that Jehovah's!: presence 'a-aulet int -lead -go with him. The premise, "I will give thee rest," rust have come with great oetnfore t o 11:s :away hra•dencd heart. -meg, ee. i •x;,. } i //r; 1--Compl'yito inversion, but Shallow 2. --Overlapping, but little pulverizing. cut. • , ,,I ��.?• �il��.-:' ' d 4T 1 "`s �l dr• ':7,11 ?9.1L%a t n pT t 1: ti- h , '1,4A,, '. 1, • •e,•. %,a u; '� i i• +'f ( 1 '4444 i' fit � I 1 t , � cLr fl �i y / I tlf / 3,—'Goocl'inversien, good pulverizing. the spaces between the soil particles, it shuts 'out adv circulation and there- fare dee'tteys one of 'the essential con- ditione for the growth -of sol bacteria i t -ease tiny forms of life that have the duty of 'breaking down the mineral matter of the eoil, so that .it may be uses! by .the 'grow'ing craps, More- over, if: water stands on the soil in spring thesei s continuous evaporation going on which means that the evap- oratiion is continually retarding the wee nni-n.g of the soil'. Prof. King, of Wisconsin, estimated that When a peered of water disappeared from a cubic foot of soil by evaporation it takes away enough heat 'to lower the temperature of Band 32 deg. F. and clay 28 deg. F. ,That is 'wiry un- dcfain'ed iso'il is cold and backward in spnlocg. Therefore, the man that is going 'to have his soil 'in 'best shape to warm quiclely and provide early growth -will seta to it that the soil is well drains!, eo that there 'will be es little heat lost las Iposeib'le in the evap- oration of unnecessary water in the soil. There ore three kinds of drains. F'irsd', the 'o'p'en drain, miliich in many fawns us depended upen entirely to carry off the ecleai-urge water, This 'type of drain especia'ely should he watched carefully se tie to see 'that the water is flowing freely. Too 'often back fields are wet and 'late because a, little impediment in tile open drain hold bards it large 'amount of water; then there is the covered drain, 'wh'ich congis'ts mealier of stones covered with brush enc- soil. This is effective as long es it emcees open, The tided )type of drain is fortunately coming into general use 'and is capable 'of rend'ealitr'g enormous service where the rows of tile are laid with engineering skill, and auitabl'e oublets are main- taint& As the antona't 'of tilo chain that us necessary '('ar certain areas the Ifallowiing table gives an estimate: II 4—Disked before and after 1plowirg makes a deep, anellow seedbed. Do not use a spring -tootle cultivator on light friable sou'l'. It tends to make the .air' spaces too large end.results in '-' mmtittne shortage. LM not use a roller on heavy clay soil while the clay is wet, It tends to pack the soil' and undoes the benefits 'of plowing. When me roller :is used always follow with a light harrowing to proven( escape of moisture. Do not use a drag on ,heavy clay soil. There is danger of -'breaking down clay lumps into too fine particles, with :the result that the clay is ptedtlled. e, a a t�y A cow 'that is ell the time, kicking up a muss in the 'barnyard might 'bet- ter walk the plank right straight. The room of such a cow is much better than iter company, I have :seen a herd oaf cows 'gain just about 'one-fourth in the quantity of milk they gave after certain -milkers were repleocbd. It takes a good, kind, patient man to milk Ca cow right. 'Only such ought to be set at that job, We hear it said bleat there are too few cows in this country. Maybe so, but it is a fact that there are tlto- get'her' too many that are slackers. Every lest one 'of such cove should go, end go now. t, ._ . Keep Tubes Clean.' One of myneighbors o g s S t au can of milk back from the cr'eaniery eccause it was spoiled. IIo had a ini'1'Icing ma- chine and I believe the reason the anadlcspoiled -was because ., the 'tabes wore net kept clean. One thing is sure, the tallies must be thoroughly cleansed every time they are used. A few minutes will rlo it 'and! save sev- eral doldeers worth of milk, The can that man lost was worth at least 'three dolla'r's, Data Re Drainage. Distance between Rod's of tlraln No, tile :l -ft, Soil. rows of dile, per aero. per acre. Heavy Olay 15 17G 2,904 Olay Loam r 21 125 2,073 Graveley Loam , , ,114 , , , 27 97 1,013 Sandy Loam , , , , , , ,,, , , , , , , 40 40 1,090 t. 1 >ru 29 �fl Frequent cleaning and a liberal use of a good insecticide will'' aid material ly in preventing an outbreak of mites in the poultry house. For 'spraying over the walls, floc- , perches, nests and dropping 'boa,cls use the fallow- ing solutions: 1. Three quarts of kernesrne mixer! with one quart of either crude carp boric acid or commercial cresol. 2. Kerosene emulsion made 'by dis- solving half 'a paned of hard soap in a gallon ,of water by gentle 'boiling and then 'adding two gallons of hero - sane; one part of this emulsion is mixed with six parts of water. 3, Lime sulphur solution is recom- mended for dormant spraying of fruit trees. 4, 'Cresol disinfecting etelntlon made ns follows: Put three and one-fifth quarts of raw linseed oil in a five- gel'lon crock. Dissolve one pound six ounces of: commercial lye lilt another container starting With half a pint of water 'and adding more very slowly if it is needed to dissolve the lye. After these hetes very slowly add the lyo solution to'the raw linseed' oli'1, stirring constantly until. ci smooth liquid soap its produced. Then very slowly stir in eight and a half quarts of commercial cresol, The Fond Board Sills, The various interests engaged• in the (live stock business, including pro- dueote, paclter;s, transportation com- panies, and the Canadiul !tankers, have seal'izecl 'that the Cenvelian live stook 'industry must tale a greater pact in (nye national econaml;.o. Math of 'these ttarried intonate have 419 - panted representatives on a commit- tee It Government leo to confer with the G v'7, officials and each other upon 'the prob- lems in connection with the domestic and export trade in animal products. The pea sort situation interrupting our export meat business as regarded as a merely temporary one, and a policy loeichrg forward to the next five years is what is in mind. The d'evelo:lenient. looked for '7,s not merely a matter Lou' producer's to consider, but for those wriest: business It fs to manufacture, n -nd markets and distribute animal t products for human consumption, and to finance these various stages 'of the industry. The committee will meet as cceas-ion demands on. suggests as e e One day as the cel�dren were corn 111tg to :.tool theyfoetid a kitche Th shier tete; of nix a::may of men • was, of r ifl a to lie.. n in tot rh with (Gres lir thin, In the early dls.ys of e the war Chore was tie more di"faculty frozen to a p eel•ender a brielge. They opposed he heard the water triel l r,• lug and n,pu-slit it Was a mouse a tsa stint 1 up ese the pipe to wait 1100 feet lit r wet,had frozen then net he could ,.,.t get away. I The boys s went to a 0 t -r ,gots house • end got a pan of het year,-, • ed a rag - They wet the elt,th and wood it • rl the pew = i melted ited the, ice. They moon had the ice molted firm tit:, `p eve and the par kitten free, "('hen two of the;mem •car:•:cd it home. • They were vertu geld ' 0cauee they had helped a dumb beast I s, Your Own Housekeeping II theme leesm a:'er to display the viletuea el,-c,the e than under our own vine and -fly r The common <•omp'sint in that 1 merely famili- ait•' but family life tnreed contempt, lt'c• netet go abrcad to be a„cpreciatcd. When 7,.e arae. raisin: We are "recot;- uic..t for our .un t r •:l ' ' ,i ; c i r, .It:e., ...nd our ad 0nits shin.. 1,10 people :It ntg,be know all the weak jt'inte in cru m7, r. In we're, of close emaciation 111 the eaults in our make-up have e4'Grpped out. We have been seen at short Tango under all .eatditions. We could not keep up ap p -ar !::ccs all the tine and ( ,a_ ion - ally we were t.rl.cn off out gnarl. Men who 7 ctur 1 from Arctic ex- peditions hare 0uif',- d in outburst: of render that it vas eery hard, under the long ienu:•e' of the Arctic night, to keep o 7 e 'temper. The best of friends tta:c on the patience of one another and got to "picking at" one ancthcr with a new an.l strange irri- tability. The little thing:, under the ordeal of .:,'icing and waiting in the darkness hocap u ne or r r Sat Ol1S If. wee very 'm part; n toin occupation , p I a t find occupatr, n fo r mind and hared, to keep the men frcn "star+ing in their •own juice" and mor-` ally deteriorating. There has been berme our officers and mein abroad the pr'; ,lrm of the! upkeep of the morale of an army -- a .d it is more than ever a problem now that Ito tt,Sties bete ceased and the final coneununation of peace is awaited. There must be something always for the men to do—the active intellect and the strong, athletic phy- sique must find wholesome and brac- ing oecupataon. In dee life of a family there must be not a mere passive eequi'eseence in existence together, but a common eager hiter•c•-t of sone spiritual kind. A house divided i a •7,'t . • itself a et r i est can- s not stand." It father is at the club and mother is at a neighbors' house, and the. children are ata party, it might. as well he the casual associa- tion of strangers (vier dwell in a boardeug house. It Is unreasonable to expect that the family shall act as a unit in its amusements. But .there ought to be something' like •music. or reading or walking or the 'story of lateral history or the rolled kit of stamps or the enjoyment of pictures that is of ton associative tendency. There should be :something that 'brings the group together, or member, of the group together, with the enthusiasm of shared ('but not divided) interests, This sort of. sharing means .)anion, not partition. The 'mother 'who plays with her children and still' is respected by thorn is a successful moy'ter. The farther who is a comrade of his sots, whom they seey, is a father who, after his p rs :icg, wi}] be revered and remem- bered. no parents who know not .,i ire nor 1 where -their ch, lc a are what they aro doing are to be pitied. They have missed one of the chief enols of life ie and one of its greatest ea deft tions. 1 They do net know the meaning of the family wheel they hare.founded,. since. they hair. won neither its respect noel et its affection, They have built cm leas-) ed at house—but they have railed; therein to 'create a home. x11 t1Ile the r ;df h wee t,'! war. Brit- -17 r s ;::iris n .lis...: days were not w 4th the paper oil ell •.h They were produced. A young jonroali t who was in Hoi- i lend hut !had no parepert gut one from the '!'+cal consul (at Dutchman, of coerce simply on the production of a letter from house. Later on it woo rer-dc,.•.dle very difficult to get a Belt- rsh pa port, but eureiou=1y enough, !the previous issues of useless paper was not withdrawn until 'the war had hen in }progress for three full years. It need herdly e said that the Ger- man sceret service made 'good use of h the ca ele__nt_s. Dutchmen as Couriers. bream the spies benefited from the leek of co-ape:region 'between the tiff- :fere-, Le Leh departments. Thus in one , wn te., British commun- ity was ur Officially warred against petrc}.izing a certain music dealer, • who was a known Gorman agent. Yet that maty was one of the few Duttth music treeless who had a license for the import of Bti'tih music. Dutchmen were largely used as courier, between the German agents 'n Holland end the spies in Britain. 1 Loose woman and night clubs were er ploy-od as a oneans of ensnaring r your„ men for this purpose. II Another aepeet of the acti- ities of these human moles 1, as 'that of gath- ering informatien in Holland. The organisation behind them was marvel- lous. Enormous prices were paid to Dutch telegraphers for copies of En - tette code wires passing 'between the legations and Downing Street or the Quay Weepy. y. So rampant did this evil' be come that the Dutch authorities had to cool on cacti operator 'sub- ' mitting to mearclr before going on duty and again afterwards. • Photography c. 0y was used to an extra- cuidina v extent.Passengers board. Mg the boats for England were snap- sh.o'tted and the photos all carefully filed. P'n togra ,hy was elelly used to ensnare possibh. victims. On one occasit:n a i ret r atache, riding in the w•oo:ls near Waesenaae, eneoun- terecl a 'Eddy rvho had been thrown from her horse. With the gallantry of his race,n hbe went i ]t: t r o herassistance. Ce. A few days later• he was eanfrorrted with a photograph of himself kneel- ing beside the "injured" lady. He was told that the 'lady was not injured at all, ;and svcu-Id tell her own story. Threat of Exposure. • With the direst of exposure as a lover, great effort was made to turn him into a traitor.Fortunately, li e acted promptly nod with courage, and in consequence a deng'ero'tos band was broken up. This was by no means an isolated instance. One characteristic of Teutoetjk me- thods was the adoption of great pre- cautions to get the odium in the event of di:'covcry thrown en Britain. On one occa1,ion an "English" yacht, men - 5 1,y Brt> lislimeu,o ryas found stranded in foe -hidden waters near the mouth of the Scheldt. The ye-o'Itt was seized and the crew arrested. On hoard was found a fairly complete plan of the Dutch mine field protecting the mouth of the Sch erelt. The odium was thus thrown -on Britain. Happily a few days later the plot was discov- ered and the pseudo Englishmen were found to be Teutons from I•lamtb:rag, leina'11y en instance may be given of how the practice of spying has been ingrained in the 'German people. A Dutch family living at Haariem had a (ermlan boy of It staying with them ;in the summer of 1917. They found that the youngster etees keeping • a node of ell thee, was said in the con- retention about. Germany. When asked the reason of this the boy said that le bad been instructed to de so by his school teacher so that any beery (tum spoke against the Kaiser courtlier outer out and punished. That was it i-'py of 11i sea,:- 0••-'•' Compared with other animates, the h,mest:iv fowl is a -soot-all omit, but • w'id'e chi•!."Lotion- and Imo t}umberrs ural=o it very Important theft we:Marine sin this limners .of ova' flattener fend apply chIriug ileo coining eeeeteetru'c• (:ton period. Eggs, Rice millt, Deere n •important pact of our natianaIl died that senator well be replaced wiilh Ghost,itutes. ' advisable, to consult with the Live Stock Commissioner at Ottawa upon any measures 'found necessary in the prac't'eel development of the trade. Decisions of the committee after en - tion is resolved upon will lie transmit- ted to the bankers, or the railway companies, or the Live Stock Council, or 'the packers, 41S the case may no - quire by the member of the committee directly representing the inter'es't and inithils way ce oaedinabien and gener- ally epproved action m'ay'be obtained, The C ttnadiari Live Stock Couneil well be represented by Mr. Robert Miller, cif Steuifville, Ont. It is roeognieed that the live steel: industry i3 not a separate series of conflicting canlp,eitive interests, but a shale of lithe, cork depending oil the other and open that prineiplo the ,:om:nittce will 'proceed. Half ripened cream remise very slowly ---in other wards, 'the butler from it is a long time ontnieg, and the yield is net so good as from the prop- erly ripened article, The Isle of Pines promises to be- ome an important produer of iron, upper and other ores, as 11 mines rave been located. DARDEN, FiELD, LAWN S. 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