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' CONDUCTED BY PROF. HENRY G. BELL
p• The object of this department Is to place at the ler.
I vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged
• authority on all subjects pertaining to sole and crops.
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in
'care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Tpron-
to, and answers will appear In this column in the order
in which they are received. When writing kindly men -
Con that paper. As apace le limited It Is advisable where
immediate reply is necessary that a stamped and ad
dressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when
the answer will be mailed direct,
J. Fa—My farm is medium sand
loam and 1 would like to know what
kind of fertilizer would give the best
results for oats and corn. Please tell
me In what rotation the ingredients of
fertilizers are named in the printed
analysis, such as 2-12-0, etc. Last sea-
son 1 used a fertilizer of one nitrogen,
eight phosphoric acid and one potash,
which I think gave good results on the
corn and oat crops.
Answer:—For fertilizers for oats I
would advise the use of 250 lbs, to the
acre of a fertilizer analyzing 3% am-
monia, 8% phosphoric acid and 3%
potash. For corn I would advise 300
to 400 Ibs her acre of a fertillzer
analyzing 4% ammonia. 8% phosphoric
acrd and 4% potash. The order in
which the ingredients of fertilizer are
named is as above, nitrogen or am-
monia first, phosphoric acid second
mud potash third.
The 1 -S -t fertilizer that you mention
Is an exceedingly low grade plantfood,
If you get good results from it on your
cat,. and corn, much more should you
get good results from the higher
grade material which I have mention-
ed, Buying fertiiis,er is exactly like
berate, farm machinery or livesteu•k.
. You can get low grade material at a'
low price. You have to pal• higher
peke fur higiier grade materia?.
P,C,:—What suggestions have you
to offer as to the best crap to raise for
hey at the same time not depleting '
tl•e soil, and if need be, get a catch of
c?over and aislke?
ins mer: --I
cannot :td
that run he raised for lay t•,•ile,..01 de -
• the soli. You can h_eo
et • pie and eat it too. This
z! :Itat you cannot kee:s tri th•• fer-
e"! bearing eapacite cf tee sn;1,
be• ,. - mean tL c• r,;y ,•„r p 11L`,t
• ie and )'arfC=ted tale; cot
fame`,—; Itii,:n' of p'.?.tfon•?, to ,
e'oia 1:011 in 'n t.
fe :; cf ;he -c,: If the tla.er
i;':•1V,11 sad rot, ?u , -t ':- v
tea eee.:Lea of t._: . will 11ti:
h L;ter t Ic be al 11O nL
tr:. It;., -. ep:to;- to
fee Wiregen in
t It L ,, 1::- .oil phos-'
b ..., , e .1 1 eL, , ea, e ed has no
•... .. . , - .. : , I1te
... f.; : .-i..., t:ir•rcfore
if,.: a. - ;I, nhcaphorie
t ti :e o', ..:,1- Lo added if you
Ere I0111;1.11;:47'1 he =uwi•. of fer-
tike oo... i,•:,y of looting
e :he earthily question. Nature has
• ],e•:.-itied a great stock of plantfood
nta:e.r:ul in the soil, If by proper ro-
teeee of crops you eau grow a clover
t ees PACO in three or four years, you
feat to the fertility of the soil as 1
1.3n; . •..-cribed, If at the sante time
nee are able to apply a certain amount
c*. :,,enu:'e to each of the tilled fields
,you are putting back just as numb
more nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash. If in addition to these prac-
tices you make a judicious application
of fertilizer suited to the crops and to
make up the weaknesses of the soil,
you do just that much more to main-
tain this stock of plantfood. Whether
you maintain this stock of Plantfood
or nut is quickly shown by your yields
from a number of years. The general
result is that yielding capacity of the
soil is materially increased by the
practices I have suggested.
To illustrate definitely what I mean
you do not. feed your working team for
the purpose of maintaining their
weight, but you feed them in order to
get as much work out of them as pos-
sible. Is not this the logical way of
looking at your soil, The results at
all of the older experiment stations
and on hundreds of well managed
farms, where fertilizers have been
used in combination with green man-
ures such as clover and stock manure,
are that the soil instead of becoming
less productive has become more pro-
ductive.
The best way to get a catch of clover
and alsilce is to seed it with wheat or
oats which have been fertilized at. the
rate of about 200 to 300 lbs. of fer-
tilizer per acre, supplying 2 to 3%
ammonia, S% phosphoric acid and 2
to s% potash.
P.P.:—Is ground limestone good for
gripe vineyard?
Answer:—It is questionable whether
ground limestone is profitable to ap-
ply to tl•,a soil in the vineyard. One
experiment results of which we have
before us, indicates that the addition
of lime retarded the yield of the con-
certi :rine In 2 years teets reported at
Rhode Island Station. The usual place
to apply lime is to soil where a catch
of clover or any other legume is de-
sired. The benefit of its npplication
mailer these conditions is evident since
legumes like sweet soil.
K. H.1—Will you kindly explain
what tankage is, and what is its feed-
ing value for hogs and cattle?
Answer: ---Tankage is a mixture of
meat scrap and general waste from
the carcasses of butchered animals at
the stock yards. This material is
ccokecl and the grease removed. In
this process the liquid is drained off
end the solid material is dried and
ground, It analyzes 6.75 to 10% nitro-
gen and from 2 to 10% phosphoric
acid, The material is exceedingly
valuable as a source of protein for
hogs, also some at times is fed to
sheep. The protein in a ration is that
part of the food which causes the pro-
duction of flesh and muscle in the
animal. In various experiments the
neo of tankage has proven highly valu-
able in hastening the growth and ma-
turity of hogs. It is also fed in
limited quantities to poultry with ex-
ceedingly good results.
fie. hifed e (MA
i':ough thought is notgiven
h•, ;c.ru5111- lis the size of their horse
s;;:1 Is zhe opinion et L. Ogilvy, who
wilts; in "The Eireeders' Gazette'• 03
•' When I meat to tee stable I found
tee. .00 and 17 baud horses in stalls
• na: ever 4 feet 6 inches in width.
' There were a number of stocked logs,
sense big joints, and a listices sir as
deice„it they had rested badly, i1•toe•
ore;. ,h„ stall' sere damp. and they
dirt frit cental;l a snflleieut amount of
Wiese -bent Mature horses age quict:-
.y
CROSSED AYES
se,
• "'”' C A 4 BE
CURED!
I "t I have cured
hundreds of
cases, and all
without pain,
chloroform, and
in nearly every
case, in one visit
to my office.
Write to MISS
R, KNORR, 97
Joseph Street, Kitchener Ont, one
of my recent patients. Asst her about
ray skill. (Enclose stamp for reply.)
If you need my services, call or write.
Only an overnight .trip from Ontario.
R. F. O. CART R
Eye, Par, Hoge, Throat
as YEARS On 3TATiq teTersr
:1.20 S. Stets St.,CHTCAGO, ILL.
Hours a toe sunday,e 10 to 1e
4,'R co
i ly enough anyway, from the strains
!awl vicissitudes of work.
"What is the sense of aging them
prematurely by not giving them room
' tosrtotrli Sail lie at ease in the periods
devoted to rent. Sixteen hands is 5
feet 4 inches. How can any horse lie
ou his side and stretch in a stall less
than that width? Yet horses are con-
fined
o -tined for weeks and moults iu pony
pone, and expected to come fresh to
work in the morning. The heavier
the horse tile more wort he needs. A
petty leg win outwosr a draft leg any
time, other tl:lege being equel,
"Thee 1, a 1e.ocend that horses sleep
ataading,'alci,•lt tri tete when they suf-
fer from seine dieahiliry that snakes
lying and rasing distressful, or when
they are. eehere ted and cannot Ire
rc,mtoriable Bet tint does not alter
the fact that the leg belongs to the
horse, and must have the best treat-
ment poseib!c, or else it will wear
out first. If one cannot afford enough
stall room or roomy enough stalls,
they should be used for feeding, and
the horses turned Ioose in the yards,
preferably with sheds Iii which to
rest."
So let us give a little thought to the
way our horses are housed, as well as
our machinery and tractors. Steel -
horse parts can be replaced, but a
leg made unsound by improper stab-
ling is a total loss.
Do not feed green cut •bone oftener
than every other day. It is best fed
in a trough. Allow about one-half
ounce to each bird, Should too severe
or continued looseness of the bowels
follow the feeding of the bone it
should be discontinued or, the quan-
tity reduced.
OneJT=AT vouoeot ooMTarnc,a
AS 1
Spohn's
Distemper �
4I Compotind
wilt knock it In very dhorgg time, At the first elfin of a
rough or cold in your beese, sive a few doses 00
rerun, It will sot on the glands, eliminate dlseeee
arid ,brevent further destruction of body by disease,
"0P N•6' hen been the standard remedy for I3ISTSIM.
P1+7R,, INgL1J3gN'l,.l, Pe,r7IC TCYie, 'CATA.R tRA1.. 'b'02VE
COUGHS ted CO] ess tor a starter of a oentur . Atall
drug Stares, '�
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INTERNATIONAL LGs5C"f.
MARCH 21,
John's Picture of Worship in Heaven
—Revelation 7: 9-17. Golden Text,
Rev. 7: 12.
0. A Great Multitude. There is a
dll:fereuct-, but not necessarily a con-
tradiction, between this vision and the
one preceding it (v. 1-8). Jt has been
suggested that the vision of the sealed
members of the tribes of Israel may
have been drawn from an old Jewish
apocalypse. In any carie it contains
the Idea, so agreeable to the mind of
a Jewish Christian, that the Church
of Christ is the new Israel, the Israel
of faith (see Ram. 9: 0.8, "children of
promise"). And so God's promises to
Israel are fulfilled in the salvation and
future glory of the Church, which may,
therefore, be pictured as coustituted
like the tribes of Israel. But in this
Ititude
second vision 00 000 g
the redeemed are regarded in a larger
way as coming out of all nations, and
klndreds, and people, and tongues.
The ancient barriers ot race are
broken down and all men come to -
in Him
and exaltedether inltost. eternal life Redeemewith Ilam,
they stand before the throne and be-
fore the Lamb, clothed with the white
robes of the new life, and bearing
palm branches, symbols of victory.
10-12. They chant together a song
of praise ascribing salvation to God
and to Christ, Christ is here, as in
the Gospel of John, called the Lamb,
because He was regarded as having
offered Himself a sacrifice for the sal-
vation of His people, like the sacrifice
of the Ptlssover lame which ons a
memorial of the deliverance from the
plague which slew the firstborn of
Egypt (Exod. 12). Or there may be a
reference to flim of the saylug of
Isaiah (63: 7), "He was led as a lamb
to the slaughter:”
The angels about the throne take
sup the song and ascribe sevenfold
praise to God (v. 12). Compare 5: 13.
10-17. One of the Elders. The elders
appear in the throne vision of chapter
4, and appear to be angelic beings,
such as the Jews conceived as form -
leg a sort of heavenly court, or as
ministers of the heavenly Ring. They
must he taken simply us a part of the
imagery of the vision -parables. Bore
one of thane chief angels assts and
then uuswat's the apostle's gtlostion•
'l'hle great multitude is the host of the
releetned, saved by the faith of Christ,
cit mead from the corruption of sin
by fellowship with His sufferings and
by the power of Hie Spirit. They, too,
have suffered, and have carne up out
of suffering to eternal victory,
"They climbed the steep ascent of
heaven,
Through peril, toll, and pain:
O God, to us may grace be given
To follow in their train,"
In that blissful community of heaven
suffering shall be no more ----no more
hunger, or thirst, 00 scorching heat,
or wandering away, or weeping, Like
a happy flock in rich pastures, Christ
shall shepherd them, and as out of
cool springs shall they drink waters
of eternal life,
Whatever calamities come upon the
world, therefore, whether In the first
century or in the twentieth, caused by
grasping and cruel ambition, by war,
by famine, by plague, or by the perse-
cution of evil men, those who have be-
lieved in and followed Jesus Christ
have a sure refuge and a sure hope.
They may suffer, but they shall be re-
deemed, and out of earth's misery they
rise to the joy of being with Christ.
The parallel and complement of
this vision of the redeemed in heaven
is the vision of the holy city, the new
Jerusalem, which is to be built upon
the earth (chapter 21), The counter-
part of the perfect and glorious society
of heaven will be the perfected social
life of then upon the earth, from which
injustice, and uncleanness, and false-
hood, and pato, shall be banished, and
in which death itself shall be over-
come. As we pray for and dream of
heaven, so also do we pray and dream
and labor for that consummation of
the kingdom of God, that heaven upon
earth, in which Christ by His Spirit
shall reign supremo.
"Evil communications corrupt good
manners," How well this old proverb
is illustrated in sorting stored faults
or vegetables! In the apple barrel,
where there is a decayed fruit, the
next to it soon becomes decayed, and
unless the unclean fruit is removed
the whole barrel will be spoiled. And
so it es with people.
Things 1 Have Learned.
About
Parcel -Post Marketing
The parcel post in its beginning was
often hailed as a solution to the farm-
er's marketing problems. Although it
did not solve all of the problems be-
tween the producer and the consumer,
still it has been a great convenience
to the farmer. This year the parcel -
post method of marketing farm pro-
duce has been tried more extensively
in some sections. 'We have used it,
and find it a very satiefactory method
of marketing.
Eggs can be shipped safely by par-
cel post in the commercial carriers.
The packages can be returned for a
few cents, and used for another con-
signment. Even hatching eggs carry
very well through the mail if they are
properly packed. This year we had
the report of only two eggs broken
out of a large number of shipments,
and many good hatches were reported.
They were shipped in non-brealcable
containers holding either 15, 30, or 50
eggs each. Each egg is first wrapped
in paper, and fitted securely In its eec-
tion so there will he no room for jost-
ling. Parcel -post packages of hatch-
ing eggs cannot be sealed, as Is the
case with express shipments, but there
seems to be little danger that the
packages will ever be tampered with
during the trip if the packages are
tied with a stout cord.
Another form of egg package con-
sists of a box of hollow cylinders made
of corrugated paper. There is a paper
plug for cech cylinder. Each cylinder
holds one egg securely in place, and
there i:- no chance for jostling. We
have never heard of an egg being
breia:a in such a package when ship-
ped by parcel post.
Fresh butter is another product
that carries very wall by parcel post.
Special containers can bo procured,
and arrangements made with city cus-
tomers t0 take a certain amount each
week or every other week. We have
seen strawberries shipped by parcel
post, but they arrived in only fair con-
dition. This niay have been due to
an over -ripe condition of the fruit, The
boxes were also scantily filled, and
0f course the jostling of the trip
caused them to settle, and this made
an inferior -looking package. If the de-
livery man must haul the fruit a long
distance over his route before return-
ing to the post office, we would not
advise the shipping of small fruit by
parcel post, except possibly as an ex-
periment to please Bome city relative
or friend,
Poultry can be shipped by parcel
post In tine winter, and at Least Due
city customer fond that he could pur-
chase fine- broilers from a country
friend and have them stripped through
the hall, and the cost was still several
cents under the retail pries at his local
dealers; The stock was fresh and far
superior t0 cold -storage poultry.
One fault with shipping large
arnounls of produce by parcel poet Is
the fact that the carriers who use a
single buggy are not mill/Pea to tante
the Consignnlehts.
One producer who tried the system !
said: "My mail carrier looks so sad i
and sorrowful when I conte out with)
a load of packages that I pity him,
and it takes about fifteen minutes to'
locate the parcels tender the seat tied
still loave enough room for the driver I
anti the neighbors' mail;' 1
This producer believed that the oar-
rier was displeased at being incon-
venienced with parcel -post packages,
and she did not wish to bother him.
In our own experience we have found
our carrier very friendly and accom-
modating, anti he has given the best
e.atlsfaction with all packages we have
shipped, He has handled them care-
fully, protected them with robes when
it rained, and frequently weighed and
stamped thein at the office and allow-
ed us to pay him the charges the next
day. This ]las frequently been a great
convenience when we were busy, as
it takes some time to weigh up and
stamp a number of packages. How-
ever, after a little experience and a
study of the zone map, the farmer is
able to figure out his own postage
rates, and this saves time for the car-
rier, Owning a pair of postal scales
is a groat convenience to the farmer
and the mail man. They can be pur-
chased for a moderate sum at meet
city stationery stores.
The best method of using the par-
cel post is first to ship to friends anti
relatives who are appreciative of
quality goods. Then the number of
customers may be enlarged by adding
the names of buyers who are highly
recommended by people that are well
known for their integrity.
A parcel -post business in garden or
poultry products ma.y.mean some cor-
respondence, and this ehould bo cut
down to the minimum. The best.
method is to have an understanding
that so many dozen eggs or pounds of
butter are to be shipped at regular in-
tervals. Thein do not take on too
many customers, and be forced to cut
some of them out at the Sleet shortage
of eggs or baiter. It 13 best to have
only regular customers Ihat can sure-
ly be supplied and then leave a sur-
plus. There is always a market for
that surplus, and it acts as a reserve
to peep the private customers supplied
with their needs. Of course, speeial
'crops will need some telephoning or
correspondence, and this must be
tnlcon into consideration when trying
to market by parcel post at a profit.
The great advantage of tee parcel -
post is in saving trips to town.- A far-
mer with private customers and plenty
of field work may tied that twenty or
thirty dozen eggs have accumulated in
a few days. The weather may be hot,
and he wishes to sell them while fresh.
kle is too tired to drive down at night,
possibly before Saturday. The teams
are busy during the day, and the wife
does not wish to drive down while it
Is so hot, Why not pack those eggs in
substantial parcel -post containers and
send them to the .regular rustatners?
1'be cost of the stamps will be far less
than the cost of the trip to town, Of-
ten, in the winter, the roads are bad,
and butter and eggs or a carrier -of
fruit and vegetables can be shipped to
a City consumer without loss, To the
credit of the rural carriers it might
be said that the roads are seldom bad
enough to keep them at hone.
I - Are You aware that the rural mail
carrier is the most poorly pard of all
civil servants? Therm faithful Wren
have been especially hard hit by
mounting costs, so that 1roVv their
salary (which Is paid only quarterly)
is utterly inadequate fee their needs,
Parliament is now in session. Let us
use 'Our inflnenee to obtain a much
needed increase for these valuable
public servants.
LE
M HELEN 117MV
, s
Address all communications for this department to
Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave„ Toronto..
Student: You are to be congratu-
lated on having such a pleasant little
room for a study, and you will doubt-
less spend many delightful hours there
with your books. You have indeed a
line collection of volumes and you can
acid to them from time to time. There
is no more satisfying friend than a
good book. May I suggest that you
have the following lines made lute a
"motto".to hang on the study wall?
NOW may I very worthy be
Of this most goodly company—
The good familiar folic that throng
This room, from history and song:
Scholars and poets, scribes and seers,
Foregathering from other years;
High -hearted queens from distant
days,
Gray pilgrims treading patient ways;
Soldiers and captains, knights and
kings,
Bravo men of far adventurings—
Each bf earth's beautiful and best
Draws near to be my gracious guest,
Shall I not offer for my part
At least an understanding heart,
Good will, good work and courtesy
For such a gracious company?
Patriot: Have you thought of a
Community Hall as a memorial of the
boys who have not returned? It seems
a fittting monument to those who
spent themselves in the service of
others. As your town is small, the
Hall should be so planned as to serve
the needs of both town and country.
It should therefore contain a clubroom
for farmers where the latest agricul-
tural books and papers may be found
and also a check room where the out -
of -towner may leave his bundles free
of charge and where shoppers from
the country may bring their lunches
and have small children eared for. In
the auditorium, entertainments for
both town and country folk may be
held.
You wish to perpetrate the memory
c�///+Jry��/g•r
& ii s
The Story of the Clock.
"Como, Betty," said Mother, "put
away your dolls, It is tune for bed."
"Oh, mamma," pleaded Betty, "I
don't want to go to bed yet. I'm not
a bit sleepy."
"But, Betty, look at he clock. The
halide are pointing to 7 and you know
that is bedtime."
"Horrid old clocks! I wish they'd
all stop and never go again," muttered
Betty as she tucked Matilda Jane and
Josephine Into the Carriage in which
they slept.
"Tick-toek, tick -tock," sounded the
dining room clock in the night, and
In the quietness its voice seemed to
grow louder and louder.
"What's the matter?" inquired the
kitchen clock from its shelf. "You
seem to be angry."
"Didn't you hear what Betty said be-
fore she went to bed? I think I'll stop
and sae how she likes it."
"Well, If you stop, I'll stop," an-
swered the kitchen clock.
The tall grandfather's clock in the
stall paused to listen to the converse,
tion. "If they are both going to stop,
Pll stop ton. I am quite tired ticking
day anti night and would like a rest."
Betty opened her eyes. How quiet
the house was! 3301 it was quite light
and hast be time to get up, She tip-
toed into nother's room, Mother wee
wide awake, but still in bed, "Isn't it
time to get up?" asked Betty.
"I don't know, dear; the clocks have
all stopped,"
Betty dressed and ran downstairs.
Be y
No breakfrsi ready. "You see I didn't
know wlirt time it was. All the Clocks
have stopped," explained Hannah.
"Why, Betty, 7011 are very late,"
fast she put on her hat and ran clown
the street to call for her little china,
Pearl, to go to kindergarten.
"Whtl, Betty, you are very late,"
said Pearl's mother. "pearl has been
gone some time."
Betty hurried down the street. Not
a child in sight, No one on the ,play-
ground. She crept up ander the win-
dow and listened, then turned anti ran
home, the tears trickling. down her
cheeks,
"1'm sorry, little daughter," said
Mother, "lea I Ileal no way of telling
the tithe,"
,"Do you think it's anywhere near
1 o'clock?" asked Betty a few hours
later, "You know, finale James pro.
raised 1110 a ride If I came at 1."
"You'd better ren over and see,"
said mother.
But alas for poor Betty! She reef
around the corner just in time to see
tjnolo James disappear in the distance,
"Betty, Betty, Wake up!" and Betty
opened her eyes to find Mother stand-
ing b3r her Weide.
She sat uP and listened Intently,
thee. threw her arnne around Mother's
neck, exclaiming, "Oh, I'm 50 glad it
was only a dreamt"
of the lad who gave. IIe helped his
fellowtnerr to his fullest cepacity,
therefore the tribute you give his
memory should carry on the spirit of
service where he laid it dawn.
The memorial community house,
dlgntflod yet friendly in its real aspect.
designed to meet the civic end social
needs of your community, will survive
not only AS a memorial to those who
died, but will give to all the feeling of
helpfulness that makes the world. a
better place to live in.
Write to tate Director of the Domin-
ion Experimental Farm, Ottawa, for
plans and other information,
Seventeen: Who should open the a little and "made a scene;' the son
door when a young man calls upon a would have had a valuable lesson and
girl? Should file girl take his }tat? learned that Mother meant what she
Is it corroot to go to the door with a said. His love for tbe moment might
caller who is leaving? And must I berm been shaken, but eventually
always thank an escort for bringing Johnnie would have been a happier
me home? i boy and his love and respect for his
It is of no consequence whatever, mother would have bneu greater,
who opens the door when a young man The value of consistency cannot be
Balls upon a girl. If she happens to
over-estimated. The tiniest baby
be near at hand, she may open it. should be dealt with kindly, but flrnl-
Any member of the family, or a ser- lye A mother can develop the tensing
vent, may open it also, There should habit in her child while he is stlil in
be no set form of salutation. It is the cradle if site lacks this quality of
presumable that a girl would greet conslsteury. At one time when her
any caller in a pleasant way. 'baby cries she does not pent hint. up
A man is supposed to take care of for she says, "It is net good fur him
his own hat, although in the absence and he is forming bad habits:' But
of a hat -rack or hall table, it is court- the next clay if elle is nervous and nem
eous to intricate to hint where he shall willing to endure his noise, she y;el,liI
place ,it. A girl is not supposed to .'just for once." The resift a that.
hand him his hat when he leaves. she gives in to her canal more 00 1. ;a
First, last and always, a man is sup- through itis later childhood.
posed to tante care of his hat and' Again, with an older child, ti:e
overcoat.!mother wii! partially concede, a :-ort
Accompany a caller to the door, but. of compromise, and the child te keen
do not linger there. It seems to be dif-' enough to know that he ha:: gained inlet
ficult for young men to learn how point and each time he will seek to
to take leave, so girls should not en-' gain a little more, until the mother
courage them to linger, I realities when it is too late, tlt:t her
By all means, thank an escort for, prob'-em is great and her weal retry
btingiing you home, and vary the has very little weight.
thanks according to the affair. You; My advice is: be c•oc idera!e In
can say: "What a lovely ride we have your requirements of a child, and then
haul It was so good of you to take be ccnsislent in eee!ng that tinned r.'-
me with you." Or, "I can't tell you gulreueeuts ere 1.1?rind out. Aritable,
how I have enjoyed the concert, It nagging mothers and uneth'ac?ive. nm -
was so kind of you to take me to hear vows children wuulcl bo almost nn-
tlte choral society." known if i.ha fnrurer could realize tine
importance of kindness and consist-
eney, Lack of sympathy and strained
relations between parents and their
older children often spring freel hai,lt--
uai inconslstency,
Perhaps the meet important thing
of all is this, When you make a le-
gitimate request you must know with-
in yourself that you expect it to be
carried out, 1'hen if 700 are disobey-,
ed you must calmly, but definitely sad
emphatically, see to it that your re-
quest is complied with. This. method
cannot be practiced to -day grid neglect-
ed to -morrow, but mast be coaeistent-
ly followed,
Tbo future happiness, character and
well -beteg of your little one depends
eutirsly upon firm, wise and consistent
guldance. It is these fundamental
qualities of mother -discipline that
train the strong-willed little sons anis
daughters into splendid men and we-
nten -S.G.S.
Roads.
Roads are of such importance that
they may be compared to our lives:
they are both good and bad; they are
smooth, even, level, wide, and full;
they are hilly, narrow, and winding,
dangerous, shadowy, and bright; and
they show the effects of environment
and care, even tie we,
They are the very means of our life,
for over then pass the food which
muet keep the people of the cities
alive.
Without roads, cities would not sur-
vive, and country -folk would be wih-
out many of the present necassittee,
comforts, and luxuries ot life, which
the -v are now able to enjoy. They are
the connecting link between the city
business than. the manufacturer, anti
the farmer, dairyman, and producer of
food. They alone snake it possible for
boot country and city to live up to our
present standard of living,- anti they
will be largely responsible for ouy
rise which may take p.lace in that
standard.
Who then can place a volae en
roads, and who is great enough to say
what their true service to 'mulcted is?
('an any man picture a COnntry or a
land ,without roads?
A good auto sets tit cOon:pre; a
good road is likewt::c a.n exruuple, and
se r:0 have too few good When, so have
we too few good roads. We have jntt
emerged from a great teat', and both
eve p111c • end otir eltein(ee lea$ good
read•, etel I hesitate to tltivle holo lmnci1
longer we world have hied to continue
the fight, and of thew many more hoe's
would now be ;t!eeping "eves' there,'
had the toads of I'"•rand. taut 13s!git;tn
not been good,
CONSISTENCY IN
CHILL? TRAINING.
Consistency is one of the fulydie
mental qualities of discipline, and.
from my own experience I have found
it to be meet important, It should al-
ways be accompanied by kindness.
More mothers have trouble with their
ohildron because of their own iuoon-
sisteney than for any' other one roe -
Bele
Jelrnnie comes home from school
and asks, "Metter, may I go over to
Billy Baker's to play?" and Mother,
knowing that Billy's influence is not
good, refuses. Johnnie dtsplaye more
or lose temper, but Bonner Is firm,
and Johnnie stays at home. A few days
later, however, Johnnie makes the
sante request, and Mother, who is one
tertaiuing a caller, lets him go for
a little while, This 1s a case of in-
consistency, and, in order to save one
scene, Mother is laying a foundation
for many more. The probability is
that had she replied, "ielother has told
you before," the natter would have
ended there, or even if Ile had cried
And before she ate her breakfast.
Betty crept over to the clock and
whispered: "len sorry I called you
names. I'll never do it again."
Canada to be important
Fur Market.
Canada is now exporting 10 other
countriea, according to Dominion
Government figures, 81.4,000,000 worth
of furs and skins in the course of a
year, and a number are brought back
into the country, purchased by Cana-
dian dealers at foreign sales and re-
sold to Canadians. The value of furs
and skins exported during tate fiscal
year 1918.1919 was 813,737,021. Of
these 89,743,464 worth went to the
United States, $3,763,955 to Great'Bri-
tain, and 5230,202 to other countries.
Some extent of the values to which
these exports have risen can be ob-
tained from the fact that tine value of
the export of furs and skins .in 1917
was but 55,837,383. During the month
of March, 1919, the value of these ex-
ports was 52,080,704 as compared with
81,420,168 in the corresponding month
in 1918. It has been estimated that
eighty per cent. of the silver fo:coa of
the world come from Canada.
For nearly four centuries Canada
has been one. ot the largest and most
productive Reids of the fur trade, and
it is impossible to estimate tate num•
bar or the value of the costly pelta
taken from the traps of the Dominion
in this period. Yet, until quite recent-
ly,the fur trade was hardly organized
on a business baste, and beyond the
trapping and taking of the furs the
various phases of the industry passed
out of Canadian hands. Tredere
bought from the trappers and then the
raw materials went to the large for.
eign markets.
There has gradually dawned a
realization of the money lost in this
way, however, and In future Canada
will market leer own furs and Mont -
reel become one of the most important
fur markets of the globe. For rears
London, St. Louis and New York have
been the selling centres to which
Canadian furs have travelled and St.
Louis had the world's premier fur
mart, The tie^tion at eloutreal will he
conducted by a large company capital-
ized at 85,000,000 and will ee largely
co-operative its nature, It is the in-
tention to hold tiara auctions a year,
The opening cC ti t nn:ilea fttr mar-
industryket is a natural sereiopment of aril•
ficial breeding and far ranching. This
le fairly general throughout
Canada., and in Prieee Fawned Island
the Ilnlustry which has been in opera.
tion for moro than thirty years, has
assumed vary Important preporllons,
In 1914 there were in the island an
less than 250 fox ranches with neatly
400 foxes,
Not one man out of a thousand
realizes that the government of this
nabian resits right on his shoulders.
It is so, though. Not a farmer but
must hoar his part, whether he knows
it or not. The time to lift your part
of that load is at election time. Be
ready. Know what you are doing;
then lift like a Trojan.
We are doing well to 0011 i:,'olr ,cud
building roads set in'eeutl., and out'
legislation is to be commended for
etartiing title dreg ;,::hie world; but
whorl we find a travelable t'oad teeing;
past every farm through every vire
lago, town, and city, then will it be
time enough to cease Milting "good
roads." They aro fundamentally ten
senting to the highest advancement of
em awn c1Vlitzlttien.
This is art Individual problem --your
problem, There Is Nemetbnn e you can
da to promote good roads in your corm
tunny.