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CONDUCTED BY PROF. HENRY O, BELL,
She oeject of this department ho to place at the tete
else of our term readers the advice of an acknowledged
authority on all aubloota pertaining to coils and crops.
Address all queetlons to Prnfeseor Henry 0. kelt, In
-ease of Tho Wilson Publlchinti Cornpany, Limited, Toren•
to, and answers will &.polar in this column in the order
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Immediate reply is necessary that a stamped and ad•
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eh answer will bo mailed direct
J. e. --•i am thinking of sowing
some spring- wheat next spring and
-would like your advice regarding its
tiVoeld you dse commercial fertilizer?
If iso, ,rhea would you supply it, and
at ;:lett time in the spring th0uld the
wheat be sown?
\u -For spring wheat you should
cheor:e well drained fields with soil
in fairly good state of filth. As to
variety, it is doubtful if you can do
better than to sew Marquis wheat.
•One of the hest methods to employ
in order to increase the yield, and
meat.. sire of a good clover catch, if
emu oreseeding clover and grass seed
at :he sante t'me, is to apply nbout
200 to 301) leis. of fertilizer per acre,
at the time you are sowing the wheat.
I would recommend for a medium
login :tuil an analysis running about -
2 per cent, ;t nnnonla, 8 per cent. phos -
phone acid and 2 per cent.. potash.
Best results will be [Unified if you
,hill this id through the fertilizer
dlluppiug compartment of the grain
drill al the time the wheat is being
::oven:. Wheat should be sown as soon
ne the land will work well in the
spring.
L. M.—t would like to know if it
is advisable to put dry cornstalks in
silo now? 1 did not get mile up in
time to fill when corn was cul, How
much Crater will it need? I ant think-
ing that the silage will rot donna like
a manure heap if dry stalks are soak-
ed with water. 1 have husked out most
of the corn.
Answer•.--• It would not be advisable
to cut up dry cornstalks to put in
the silo at the present lime chiefly
because earustalke is such a state
contain such an innount of dry fibre.
You have the wrong idea of the mak-
ing of silage. It is not a case of the
coral rotting down like the manure
but of the material being saturated
with the sugar crf corn which is fer-
mented and turned into a light acid.
Precisely the same thing goes on in
the silo as happens in the peeser've
cans where the raspberries, straw-
berries and other fruit have been
boiled with sugar and set aside for
use in winter. Now it would be im-
possible to cut up dry cornstalks and
by nixing water with same to pro-
duce a liquid which would ferment
and preserve the corn.
Under the conditions you describe,
I believe you would do much better
to have the corn cut up with the
regular cutting box just as it is need-
ed for feeding the stock. It may he
well to sprinkle salty water on the
corn just before feeding, This will
add to its palatableness.
S. G.—How much commercial .fer-
tilizer of so-called grade of 1-8-3
would have to be sown per acro to
equal ten loads of manure per acre,
mostly stable manure, said loads haul-
ed on spreader rated at eighty bushels
capacity?
Answer. --• Commercial fertilizer'
gnarnntoed (not to -called), analyzing
1-8-3, means that the fertilizer carries
1 per cent, of a ton of ammonia, 8
Iter cent, of a ton of phosphoric acid
and 3 per cent. of a ton of potash.
This means that a ton of fertilizer
carries 20 lbs. of ammonite, 160 lbs.
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Charges, aro about the game
whether you got 20 bushels. per
mere of wheat or 40 bushels( 40
bushels per sore et oats or 85
bushels; 5 One 5114)30 Der aero cr
le tons: 80 bushels of potatoes or
On(pldo Agricultural College
iiulletin No. 278 (Prof, A. Leitch)
reports:
(lOCtI? 14102 ,2)f AND
waren 1'tte1feW8
Per year
labor
Thome wile harvested income
Below 111'1 e,i(1.0411'. yields, ))600,00
81-0036 " 683,00
01-100%" 081.00
101-110% 850,00
(11.1001n 1208,00
Over 12011 " " leele0
?:'anti smile seep etehl5 nbeva the
avoe go tad pet the me Leber
Amomise. 1i'or incrnae, ,, etel4e tat
i:131, apply 7i'ert113zars, 4t'rtto
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limpt`o00nleant 211110au of the
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1.'tt'emerge 1t a-111,,; W 'd'nt'ltnto
of phosphoric acid and 60 lbs, of
potash. Assuming aha(: a bushel of
manure weighs 60 ]he., an 80 -bushel
spreader would contain 2 tots, and
10 sprcaderfuls would contain 20
tuns. .'u ton of average stable manure
ec 1t.ains about 10 lbs. nitrogen, 5 lbs.
phosphoric amid and 8 lbs. potash, or
20 inns would contain 200 lbs. nitro-
gen, 100 lb:-, phosphoric acid and 160
lbe. of potash. You will see o11 the
face of the analysis of the fertilizer
that it is impossible to choose any
exact :lumber of tensof1-8-3 ferti-
lizer which would equal exactly the
plant food carried by the manure. For
instance, in ordar to supply 200 lbs.
nitrogen which the ten loads of ma-
nure supply, it would take ten tons
of fertilizer, but 10 tons of fertilizer,
would supply 1,000 lbs. of phosphoric
acid instead of 100 and 600 lbs. of
potash instead of 160. Answering
the question from the acid phosphate
standpoint, in order to supply 100 lbs.
of phosphoric acid, as is supplied by
len loads of manure, it would take less
t11111 1 tot of 1-8-3, while to supply
110 the. of potash which is supplied
Iin 10 loads of manure, it would take
2 2-3 tons of 1-8-3.
I Yeti can get nearer to the analysis
by using a 2-8-2 instead of a 1-8-3,
when 4 tone would supply just about
the same as tell loads of manure. Of
course 4 tons of a 2-8-2 would sup -
!ply 640 lbs, of acid phosphate in-
' stead of 100 lbs. but almost the same
amount of nitrogen and exactly the
same amount of potash as 10 2 -ton
loads of manure.
H. W.—I inteea putting out an
acre of strawberries. Flow many will
it take e'er the acre'? What are the
best varieties, and when is the hest
Nine to set them uot, spring or fall?
Where can P got the plants and about
what will they cost per hundred?
Answer,—An acre of strawberries
requires about 8,600 plants when they
are set 15 inches apart in rows 31
feet apart. I believe you would do
well to write_the Dominion Depart-
ment of Agriculture for their Bulle-
tin No. 92 on the Strawberry. This
gives a fairly thorough description
of the slabject.
As a safeguard to a good stand of
plants, I would advise the supplement-
ing of the fertility of the soil with
a fair application of high-grade fes
tilizc.r—about 500 to 760 lbs, per acre,.
This should be worked in to the soil
thoroughly before the plants are set,
Many practical strawberry growers
have found suc11 a use of fertilizers
produces 0 good stand of vigorous
plants.
The strawberry plants can be ob-
tained from any of the leading seeds -
men. They vary in cost like outer
commodities.
J. 13. S. --This year I sowed my fer-
tilizer broadcast and worked it in
with a disc about a week before sow-
ing wheat. Now I have been told that
I would not get touch benefit from the
fertilizer sown thiswvay, and that it
should be Brown with the wheat,
Answer.—You are misinformed re-
garding the result .of applying ferti-
lizers. You should get results next
spring if you have used a fair ap-
plication of high-grade fertilizer. 1'f
the fertilizer has been low grade,
your chances for good results are the
same as they -would be from using
any other low-grade commodity in any
way on the farm, -
Best results, however, are obtained
front' fertilizers when the fertilizers
are sown through the fertilizer drop-
ping compartment of the grain della
This deposits the concentrated p111111
food at a depth where the tiny roots
of crops begin to feed, It also gets
the fertilizer into the area of the soil
where therm is sufficient moisture to
1 dissolve it .and change it into such
form that the plants can take it up,
whereas broadcasting and discing
may leave Solum fertilizer in the up-
per dry area while other fertilizer is
buried almost too deep for the early
poets of any crop.
Another advantage of using the
combined fertilizer and grain drill is
that ono operation of the drill com-
pletes the seeding and fertilizer dis-
tribution and thereby cuts down the
labor cost.
Having applied your fertilizer to
the fall wheat, the chalices neo very
strong that you will get good results,
bemuse the rains of autumn and
winter will welsh the plant food down
so Hutt most pf it: will be disslilved
in the spring,
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until he ie on Ore with his West ink,
lntl:ll his enthusiasm is great enough
to clear all obstacles out of Ilia path,
A, man, from his shoulders down, le
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It is just ns important 111 1rww, boards, fie ,1, n,(1 111 11v 1n eu:• . 1.ie
how to skin r:n,l handle the fur-!
bearers 111 to know when and how to
trap them. The trapper who takes,
puns in skinflints, stretching midi
handtirg bis furs will be well reward
ed for the extra time anti effort spent,!
O5 10' will ('Elmo', the value of hi:al
collections eeneiciet 11ly. The better!
the condition the •kin is in when re -i
ee.ive l by the fur huger, the. 1.t tither,
he has to put into it, therel'n'e, he'
van well afford to pap a higher ogeel
for the properly skinned and well
bundled fore.
There are two ways of skinning'
fur -hearing animals—"eased" am(I
"open." Skunk, mink, muskrat, co-
yule, otter, marten, fisher, white
weasel, red fox and wild eat are skin-.
nod "cased."
The "cased" method of removing
the pelts is as follows: Out the skin
(town the under side of the hind legs
and sh'aie;ht across to the root of the
tail. Split the tail part way. Then
remove the tail bone by- slipping a
split stick over the tail, grasping the
slick with the right Uloid and hold-
ing the animal's body with the left --
a quick pull and the bone slips out.
Thou pull the skin over the body to
the front legs, keeping as clean of
flesh and fat as possible. Work the
front legs out. Pull the skin some
store—use the knife around the ears
and eyes—and take off at the end of
the nose. To make the work of skin-
ning easier, a strong cord may be
looped around the hind legs and the
animal suspended from the limb of a
tree or some other projecting object.
Muskrat tails are worthless and
should be cut of. Otter tails should
be split open on tine under side the
entire length, spread out fiat and the
edges fastened to the board with
Leeks.
Raccoon, 'beaver, badger, timber
wolf and 01010 should be skinned
"open." The "open" method of skin-
ning is cutting the skin down the belly
from the chin to the root of the tail,
then peeling it from the body, using
the knife whenever necessary. The
fur should be tacked on to a wide, flat
board to dry. Beaver should be
stretched as round as possible. Pro-
cure a hoop and fasten the skin at
four points in the hoop. Then grad-
ually stretch between these fasten-
ings, using a large bag needle, pass-
ing the string through the skin and
around the hoop.
Preparing the Skin.
Alter the skin is taken from the
oareass, it should be fleshed, that is,
all superfluous fat and flesh should
be 'removed. A dell knife may be
used to good advantage for this work.
If all fat and flesh is not taken off,
the skin is liable to become tainted
or ha.irslip, o1' grease -burnt. A taint•
ed or hairahp skin is one from which
the hair comes out in large bunches,
and such skins are pi-actically worth-
less. Grease -burnt skins crack when
bent, and are of but little .value. Al-
ways skin the animal as soon as pot:-
suble after killing.
"Cased" skins should be puts o1
and buck en th • other,104111
with half a dew tail A. Slott seer- U3'('3'11'53:1: 10111.
rat, mink, white ire.+e, met will tel _
may be slapped flesh oat - !," :, e't' Multitude—Se plat.
other fur -beam -re should 1,e turned Jt, le 1''r•edel the
when dry and slipped fur out. thew 11. Holden Text—St. Matt.
Never dry furs near the Yeast of a 14; 16,
fire or in the sun, bet put +hem 111 o J>3 -:'t. When Jews llca.d. F:vd..
cool, dry- place. 101 rot a Balt or
u 011our fire as it •is Irh'llr 11 le dentiy, it Das vrben Jesus hr:+r.l what
1111,1 J
to the skins land b'„e•us their value. Herod was : ay,nt; about Ilan,. and
Be careful nut 1F, 1')4:r,:1tretch the saw that aft a remelt of 1L•r.,d's ('ear,:
skills. 1)cn'i: try 0, make a bu'gc one His life+ might .b4" t 1 i,n.nt,ilat 4 ""-
nut of (a medium. You can't fool the. ger, that He determined to withdraw
buyer and you win Le, the 10,01, ea to a remote. )4i(110 apart with 11ie we -
the fur is spread over too large a ciplec. He had yet touch to tell theme
}nee= to explain and teach, iuel
surface, thereby herommg thio, and very
Iledesired to have theta with Hint
alone, Put Hie purpose was at this,
time thwarted by the a tion of the
multitude who watched the course of
the boat which conveyed Him across
the lake, and followed on foot around
the shore. Instead of quiet hours of
rest with His Immediate circle of di,-
ciples, Jesus found Himself again
pressed upon - by the curious, eager,
enthusiastic crowd. He might hove
been angry, or resentful, or impatient,
but Ile was not. He was moved with
compassion. That was the effect the
sight of the multitude always had
upon flim. He could he angry with
the meddling, officious, self-righteous
scribes, but not with the hungry an
(.11111 :kilts will not be graded an
No, 1,
Stretching the Fur.
There are several kinds of steel
fur stretchers 1,u i.he market, which
are very good for that purpose, and
particularly useful to the beginner.
However, a supply of stretching
boards can be made from shingles
and other soft wood. Average size
]stink boards should be about thirty-
two Inches long, four and a half inches
wide at base and four inches at the
shoulder, then taper to a blunt point
at the nose. The skunk board ought
to be about twenty-eight to thirty
inches long, five to seven inches wide
at base and four to six inches at the uncared fel' People. They seemed to
shoulder, from there coming to nearly Him as "sheep not having a shep-
a point, about an inch" wide at the herd" (Mark 6: 34). He healed their
end. The muskrat hoard should be e1uk, IIe "began to teach then many
about twenty-two jnehes long, about things." (Mark 6: 34.) He "wel-
six inches wide at base and about corned them and spake to therm of the
five and a half at shoulder, then
taper to a point.
When the skins are thoroughly dry,
they are ready for shipping. Pack
them flat, one skin on another. Never
put' one skin inside another, Tie them
together securely and wrap in bur-
lap. Most fur houses furnish id0n- own weariness or disoumfort, but of
tificatiol cards, which are sent free! their need.
to the shipper. The contents of ytiurl When It Was Evening. Apparent-
shipinent should be listed on one of ly the day passed without any effort
these, your name and address plainly on the part of the disciples to get
written on it and the card placed in- food for lite people. They naturally,
side the bag or bundle. Also be sure with their .limited resources, thought
your name and address are plainly that impossible. Now they come to
written on the outside tag and that beg their Master to dismiss the pee -
it is securely fastened to the bundle, ple that they may go and find food
Small packages may be shipped by for themselves. The place where they
parcel post. Larger bundles should
ght,l ivere, however, was o1 the northern
go by exprese. Never ship by freight, or north-eastern side of the lake, and
as the delivery is too slow and your probably remote from villages. They
furs might spoil while in transit. Wright have had to go a long way for
All important thing to the trapper' the food, with which in their eager -
is to ship his furs to a reliable house. ness and thoughtlessness they had
Of course, it is hard to tell which is failed to provide themselves. Jesus
which unless you have done business said, They need not depart, or, as
with tient before.. There ire many Rev., Vers., "They have no need to
reliable fur houses who will treat the go away."
shipper "square" and most of these The command of Jesus to His dis-
Kingdom of God, and them that had
need of healing Ho healed" (Luke 9:
11). John says that when He saw
the multitude' He turned to Philip
and said, "Whence are we to buy
bread that these may eat?" (John 6:
5). His first thought was not of His
will Hold furs separate on approval
and submit -a valuation. If you have
any doubt in your mind regarding the
House to whom you are Making your,
shipment, it would bd well to request.
the shipment held separate. Then if
the offer is not satisfactory, you can
have the furs returned.
Skin, stretch and handle 'your furs
with care, use judgment in shipping
and trapping will pay 3'00 well.
My Home Medicine Chest.
Cuts, sores, scratches on horses,
and other minor ailments, I find, may
properly bo cared for by the farmer.
Then it is possible in some cases to
relieve pain by simple treatments
while waiting :for the veterinarian's
arrival. This, of course, presupposes
a thorough knowledge of the case in
question, because ai wrong step nlny
be fatal.
With this work I found e medicine
chest very bendy and valuable, There
were a great many things 11111(tis seem-
ed to be necessary, but I finally re-
duced tho stock of medicines to a few
staple supplies. ``111030 1 kept in a
clean place where they alight .be found
in in hurry when needed. I built a
cabinet in the dairy barn whore 1110
milkers changed their clothes. It was
a place convenient to the horse stables
and piggery. In it I put the :follow -
tag articles: Douche pomp, drench
bottles, tett knife mincing tubes, two
thermometers, a package of umbilical
cord tape, bandages), and- a milk -fever
outfit. On the upper shelf I put me-
dicines which aro commonly needed.
{Mese included: Iodine, carbolic acid,
lysol, easter oil, ,boric acid, Epsom
salts, Glauber salts, saltpeter, borax,
sulphur, pine tar, cast;ile soap, a good
liniment, and ointments.
I took a great deal of pride hi my
medicine ehest, and after I had linen -
ed that it was a good 'investment I
bought' some standard bottles from
the druggist. Of course, I had to see
that the supplies were replenished
from time to thine as they were used
1.1)).
While my medicine chest was new
and hovel, I hied lots of !:rouble. The
nen 'found it an excuse :for not caring
for the aui1118t1s they were intrusted
with. Instead of using precautiol8 to
prevent. collar sores by keeping' the
c01110s clean, they depended on my
"cure-all," which they used very free-
ly and extravagantly. Some of them
had ills of {:heir own, and used my
medicines profusely; and Sento were
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inclined to overdose, whether it was
themselves or one of the animals.
I had looked for opposition on the
part of my regular veterinarians, but
to my surprise they welcomed the'
innovation, and found many occasions'
to use it. Once the "vet" and I were
attending a mare who was havhng
some trouble foaling, and I feared
laminitis. When the colt was born
and everything seemed all right, he
said if 11e only had his kit along it
would be all right.
He had been called in early morn-
ing, and had conte without it. He
emitted some umbilical cord tape altd
some iodine to disinfect the colt's
navel. I told him that I thought I
could fix 1111n up, and led hint to the
chest. It interested him very much,
and he exclaimed:
"How long have you had this? It's
just the thing. Every farther gimlet
have one."
ciples to give, even though what they
had to give seemed very little and
altogether inadequate, illustrates a
great truth of His gospel of human
service. Giving is to be measured by
quality and not by quantity. That
which is consecrated to service is al-
ways multiplied. One gift becomes a
thousand, The kindly word or deed,
the song, the prayer, is multiplied a
thousand fold. That thought which
a mart has cherished in his heart and
timidly feared to speak, becomes
when spoken, an inspiration and a
light, it Inay be, to millions and to
future generations. There is no truer
story in the Gospel than that of the
five loaves and the two fishes.
'He Went Up Into a Mountain
Apart. The scenes and events of the
day had moved Jesus strangely. The
persistent following of the Galilean
multitude and their warns attachment
to Him must have appealed. to Him
very strongly. John tells us that
Jesus saw "that they were about to
come and take Hint ley force and make
Ilim king," He was not yet prepared
to take that step, which would at
once have involved Him in war with
the Roman powers. His kingdom, Ile
believed, was not to be gained by
war. And so He sent the people
away, persuaded the disciples to re-
turn to Capernaum in the boat, and
110 Himself went apart alone into
the mountain to pray. What thoughts
Blessed by Luck.
Thejtolidays lie just ahead,
With promise of a Christmas tree,
And dreams cone to sti restful led,
01 gifts the Yule will bring to me.
It is a time of gladsome cheer,
Of 1010100, eontenttteet, and repose.
My crops all in—the hour so near
When every Christmas candle glows.
A while, at least, my chores are light,
No worry, Will the dawn of spring.
And prospects seem sublimely bright
For May and all the birds that sing.
The ]cord is better than of yore,
Each cow a ribbon -winding belle,
How could ne,fellow ask for more?
I think I'm doing mighty well,
And 50, each evening, by the fire,
'The tattle +iu3, the barn as print
As any parlor, my dceiro
Is linked with prayer -thoughts and
a hymn,
I'm HJtanlctul for this elm of rest,
When, in my slippers, I can sit
Anil rode. and figure how I'm blessed
By luck and bort 0' hugged by it,
Peed the young heifer like a little
cow and o1, cow foods. Let calf and
stock Mods alone, Feed good bran,
"v '1 n
nirdlin t little 1 '..�
middlings, i t 0. lit -.al, clover-,
hay, :singe and that (ori of foods.
ket'ir }ler growing, always ire goad
flesh, never overfeed to destroy or
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oreepied 1Iis mind, what petitions He
offered up to God,. V,0 do not lurow, .
But we +nay well believe Ile prayed
for those people 'Atone He bad sent •
away d)steppamted, and fee 1H lvetif
that the same npirit which came upon
Hint at baptism would guide Ilio
through the perilous vr,;l perplexing
days which lay ahead.
IC is Luke who tells n, do h.i, go--'
pet most of what we knew of Ie u;'
habit of prayer. -how Ile prayed to,
His bapti((0, and lifter the strenuous
labors o£ a Sabbath day- 111 Caper -I
naw 1, before setting out upon His.
fleet tour of Galilee; how He prayed..
before His fleet encounter with suspi-1
(10us and jealous Pharisees, and :.pent
all night in prayer before Hie choos-i
iug of the twelve; how He taught Itis,
disciples to pray, prayed with three'
of them in the mount of Transfigura-
lion, prayed for Peter, and prayed in!
the agony of Gethsemane, Prayer'
was His constant resource, 'His tum -I
mullion with Crud. Prayer was they
expression of Hie unwavering faith.{
24-33. From the mountain of pray -f
er Jecus went after His disciples and
tames unto them, walking upon the!
sea. The story of- this amazing actl
is told as simply and naturally as that!
of the multiplying of the loaves and;
fishes. The evidence is as complete!
and full as that for any other event'
of Jesus' life. To reject it is to say,'
practically, that we know nothing,
with certainty of what Jesus did or!
said, and that no scholar of repute
would assert to -day. And if Jesus
did these things who and what was
He? Must we not with His disciples
worship Hint and say, Of a truth thou
art the Son of God?
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A Queer Conversation.
The paper and string felt rely
blue—though one was snow white and
one a cheerful red.
"If I were only a doll or a rock-
ing horse, what a lo; of happiness
I would give," sighed the string.
"How wonderful to be a book—
what good ant I?" mourned the paper,
dolefully.
"If we could only have a part in
Christmasl"
"Have a pati? Why, my dears,
you have a part—the very delight-
fulest and most important part! Why,
if it were 1101 for you there would
not be any surprises to Christmas at
The two looked up in astonishment,
for they had supposed themselves
alone. There on the inkwell perched
a little Christmas fairy.
"'Tis you who keep the secrets,"
she laughed, merrily,
"Why, half the pleasure of Christ-
mas is trying to guess what is in the
gayly tied packages. Dear me, old
St. Nick could not get along with-
out you at all."
The paper began to fairly rustle
with importance. "That's so," he said
cheerfully. "And I'll hold out as long
as 11100."
"So will I," said the string. "We'll
keep them wondering a long time. I
tell you, it takes chaps like us to keep
a secret!"
The little fairy smiled wisely and
flew away, for she saw that ale was
no longer heeded.
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Potat
refits
Last Spring a farmer came to no telling no he wee eronderiee whtthee
fertll:ter would help hie potatoes, We said it would. Pio thought
it over and finally eaI4 t You tell .mo what fertilizers ate goad for
potatoes and 1''11 sty them out.
He bought Cents Shur -Gain 4.8.4 and. 6-13 Pertilizere'-weed them
aide by side but planted a few rows without fertilizer for a ehaelr,
All rows were 440 ft, long-•-nat8ee the results—
TTwo wo tours fertilized with - I4 yieldedx60 beehola markstseble premiere -
rwo " UNFERTILIZED " 10 t, ,t '
In other words the jeall11101xe use of fertilizer elouisieat the eltieh
$t will pay YOU to pleas
,'i'he for o3)onseli0n 1,1(110c10.
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A New King of ::hristsnas
Giving.
Presenting your friends with tm -
terl,ti; from which to make their own
Ohrist-na's presents 1111y (00011 11
strange kind of gift giving, but in
reality.' it is a very euetweeful one. It
m1' a0,.l'htee giving eta t isle that the
recipe Me will know 11,0 to usc, and,
sircc it lnlnst tub. 50111a time to make
the gifts, the wink will keep l'rc:'h
a le el!zitOon of th greet t will that
preeiptc,i 11 .i' Lcti 1 1 llnrruver,
such gilt, 31,,t hie antra t: -e Iir'k•up
work for leisure hour. - 11 d,ied of re-
laxation that most burry persons up -
pt e'fate.
The cleave of material ie almost
unlimited, If you wish 10 1.011W111W1'
an old lady, seats 11111' sante DOW milt
pe(tterrs, tegeth(E 01111 sufficient ma-
terial with whlc11 to make the top of
it ;guilt. Attractive cnmbinatimis for
a simple lune+ -patch design are: white
muslin with pink -and -white checked
giefehetn, light yellow gingham or
Dutch blue calico. For a large quilt
allow three yards of the colored goods
to four of the white. Your old friend
will welcome the gift all the more if
its true eiders harmonize with the
furnishings in her room.
A woman who likes to embroider
would appreciate 'a stamped dresser
scarf or table cover with some at-
tractively -colored floss. White or soft -
colored linen, crash and hucicaback
snake excellent scarfs and covers.
Send white floss with a white material
anti, with a colored material, floss
that will harmonize with it. An ecru
o1• tan cover, for example, would look
well embroidered with dark brown
floss, and a very soft light blue em-
broidered with blue of a starker shade.
Black French knots and such soft
colors as sago green and dull yellow
are also effective on tinted back-
grounds. Cheese simple designs; a
cluster of small flowers or a neat
conventional pattern in eaoh corner
es all that is required to give the
work distinction. Or' you can send
the friend in question a set of collar
1 and cuffs stamped for embroidering,
or some sheer, stamped handkerchiefs.
A young girl would like to receive
a new and attractive pattern for 0
sweater and sufficient yarn with
which to knit it. When you select the
yarn consider the complexion of the
girl who will wear the sweater. If
it is sallow, a soft, clear color, such
as old rose—not pink, which is too
bright—will Help to give it freshness
and calor. A sweater with sharply
contrasting colors—black or navy
blue, for example, trimmed with
white—will also become her. If the
girl has a ruddy complexion, select
colors that will tone it down, not ac-
cent it; for example, choose buff, Nile
green, tan or soft blue.
If you wish to give something to a
little girl who is learning to sew, try
a bagful of odds and ends of rib-
bons, silk and more substantial tlta-
terials. Or give her sone paper
dolls to cut out, some sheets of dif-
ferent colored tissue paper and a tube
of paste, and let her make frocks for
the dolls. An older child would en-
joy several yards of white cotton
crape and a strip of pretty imitation
lace with which to make a dress for
her doll,
Boys will appreciate jig saws With
extra blades, some sandpaper and
several pieces of soft wood—bass-
wood is an excellent wood to use for
jigsaw work.
Drawing materials, the "makings"
of an interesting scrapbook or a pret-
ty pincushion, enough silk with
which to knit an attractive tie, a
cushion .over with a Blear -cut design
and with prettily colored floss, crochet
and cross-stitch designs together with
the materials with which to work
them out, a nightdress or a chemise
stamped with an attractive motif—
those things and many others will
make unique and welcome gifts.
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Keep a hopper of dry plash before
the flock at all times. A good nlasit
may be made es follows:—Bran, mid-
dlings, cornmeal, finely ground oats
and beef meal, equal parts.
In the horning, feed seratdh grain
in the litter—cracked corn, wheat and
oats, equal parts by measure, or some
simpler mixture. This should he fed
sparingly, just about a pint to 25
birds will bo sufficient, At noon give
green feed, sprouted oats, =angels. or
something similar; a little scratch
grain may 11e scattered to start the
birds to work.
A moist leash may be fed either at
noon or in the evening, which ever is
11101(t convenient.. A considerable pro-
portion of this 1n0ist mash should be
greens. At night the flock should be
given a full feed of scratch grate.
Tlio birds phould !Rave grit, oyster
steel), charcoal and clean water before
them at all tfln0s. If milk can be had
mix the moist mash with it, also sup-
e v it as drink; if mill( is not avall-
able keep a hopper of beef scrap be-
fore the flock
lie feeding', the endeavor should be
to ,imply everything that Is required
11 1'naonl:age the fleck to cohsitme its
large a proportion of tench feed as
exigible, as records show that: in„
ci re l i,rnehlotdot correspothi a ?0 ler
ore:Reel 10ltttnnption of mash,