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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1921-6-30, Page 6.4 414 P 1ti t? CONDUCTED eV PROF, HENRY G, BELL The abJect of this department le to piece at the ser- OCe of µ teatime the authority on al'inaublecta pertaining f ining tomils- and mope. Address all questions to Professor Henry G, flelt, In care of The Wilson Publlehing Company, Limited, Tpron• to, anti anawere will appear In this column in tho order In which they are received. When wrlting•teindly men ikon this paper. As spade is limited It Is advisable where enmediete reply le nealssary that a stamped andad-. dressed envelope be enclosed with the gpeation, when the answerwill eze monad direct. Copyright by Wilson P ubllshing Coe Limited 3, W. W.: 1 have a piece of runout and about 2 to 3 per cent. Potash. Pot land which, is badly infested with this on when the grain is sown. If quack grass, which 1 ant, planning on you get a good stated of oats followed summer-fallp v1leg, Do you think at by a .geed catch of clover it should would help build the land if I sow it compete pretty strongly with the to buckwheat and then plow it under 4uaek grass, and in fact should kill when in blossom cr before, or do you it out, think it would lessen my chances of F. J.: What will kill dandelion in Lilting the fluepir, grass? -' in t It lawns? hill this weed and build the the same time if possible, with u view to planting to oats and seeding with clover next spring. I plan to top - dress with manure when 1 seed to Answer: If the lawn area is not too large cut out the dandelions with a' pie may be perfectly well, but leave knife. On large areas spraying with in their tracks a trail of cases due to an iron sulphate solution will do a pollution of water into which sewage r great deal towards killing nut this has drained or through food handled oats. pest. Malto a solution of iron sal- by the "carrier" whose hands are not Answer: Some have endeavored to� phate. uissoive about 2 lbs. in a gal- scrupulously clean. kill out quack grv.as by a mothering I lon of• water. With this strong solo- So we may never know until we are crop, that is, by sowing buckwheat or tion spray the portions of the lawn, rudely enlightened, just who will poi ffi fend thick to smother the where most dandelions are growing.) lute a well, In the days when death Do You. Hove Water Fit To Drink? By Harriet Bowen have y^an ever notleed how often a is what we are doing towletee Think farmhausr: will be situated on a slight how many of our friends of a quarter hill, while the outhouse will be just of a century ago tiled of typhoid, and a little lower, while the barn with the how few Aire the eases nomeie t, well close beside it is at the bottom If we hut realized the protection al the hill? Just why the well should thrown ah out us�bv even t e ave agee be so much more convenient to the silty or barn than to the kitchen• is a matter Board of Health, we wound he thank - the farm women's clubs 'to disk ful far the age in which we live, eager cuss; the thing :that interests the to uphold the hands of that lover eve 7t, sanitarian is that slope from the out- though ever eriti better x e r than house to the source of the drinking ment may' growworather eot stip- water. worse, through While typhoid perms may never be port. inthe out-of-the-way Places introduced into your well by this sys- It is tern of drainage, there is'alway, a that typhoid still lurks. The bab ltha ;fiance that they will by introduced, brook far off in the eouutry, or for it is not only the person who is picturesque well of clear cold water actually sick who is a source of in -is the most likei piece in nhe which c 11to faction, find it. Large titles, Only a few years ago "Typhoid cities, too, have a regular system of drinking Mary" set us all guessing ley the inspection and protect wheir !r piped strange tales that were told of her, water, not only that To -day we know that there are pee- into homes, but the wells and springs pie who, having once had the disease Which are5ound within the city limits harbor the germs in the intestines Most people don't realize the ani fora long time thereafter. These porn .caro with which the city is guarded in this respect. Every ease of typhoid that were in a pity is reported to the Board of Health, and contrary to the accepted belief that municipal em- ployees are chair -warmers, this de- partment of the public weal, at least, is very much on the job. When a case of typhoid is discover- ed—usually with the help Board of Health 1 in bition to be an apostle to the Gentiles, diagnoses the case microscopically, order to supplement the finding of the callede ofGood to rrowest that Jgreat task. From doctor in charge,—there is a quiet in- order st ed forth les he vestigation of the reason. We get Iinel'Pmtional Thisthe surface of h he glass( errn t n summ will to d vs fou er+ ha ass. Otli a gram very effective. I woull not; dark, but will kill out the weeds. Int advise you to try to mix both methode,1 a few days the grass will. regain its If you ate euremer-fallowing the strength, but the dandelions will kill ground, rake up the least once in three or lour weeks and turn the pile when dry. Then keep the grcund worked at Last once in three or four weeks anti barn the pile. the ground worked set least every two 1 weeks, so as to preven'i the root stalks that yet remain from getting a firm hold on the ground. If you are growing corn or wheat, or root crops, I believe I would use the manure there and apply fertilizer where you are seeding to oats, since the fertilizer adds absolutely no weeds and the ground, if it ie thor- oug:ilg warkod, should le e f! :e shape; to grow a good crena of owe. 1100' alxut 200 1!is. to the ::c e r a feign- 1 iter analeziea '. to 3 per cert. are -1 mania, 8 per cent. pho elrrie acid,1 t out, Much publicity has been giver4 to the idea of applying sulphate of ammonia to lawns to kill out dande-i lions, but there is danger in doing; this, since sulphate of ammonia is an acid -producing salt and, will, there- ' ore, tend to make the soil sour, This is detrimental to the growth of best lawn grasses. R. H.:: Would like some Information] about insect pests on vegetables and; flowers, roses especially, and how tol destroy them. Answer: We would advise you to write the Dominion Deportment of Agriculture, Ottawa, for information reg,erdin;t infect pests on vegetables, £Towne and bushes. They have ser- e, al goal bulletins which describe this eutject thoroughly. Pahl, The ideal place for hatching and rearing summer chicks is an orchard. ''There an orchard is out of the ques- tion, the root Lest place is a corn- entire herd of animals, mcludmg field After the cern i$ about sere- herd sire, A better plan, however, is feet hove, chick coops may be seat- to grow into the purebred business.— or8 over me field, and for a week not go into it. It takes real ability In fo a email run op eo be placed to develop a herd from a few good m front m oath coat so the chicks theirt females and a good sire; anybody may become acquainted with with money can buy good mature ani - theyand heir freed m After that, mals on the basis of the records they they have theft freedom. and at night have made. they will hunt up their own coop. Using a purebred sire on common Avoid l filth fromg, and regularly scrub or grade stock will worir won - For Fo all filth the the n dens. The animals resultkilg from Far clly the diet inintr,summer only, several crosses will soon approach theceica o ld came as aiwinter, gore • purebred type. Results secured will there stuff. be less corn and more end entirely on the sire. however. green stub. There must,h however,abed Three things are essential in a good some corn to balance the wheat and sire: si other nitrogenous grains. The chicly First, be must have good breeding. t er ,s sow commercially have as This means a good pedigree. His dam their basis wheat, corn and oag;,els and grand dams should be good pro - addedcracked, with other grates deicers. He should come from a fem- abea for eelonvariety. The mashes are7y fly of consistent producers. Pedigree, also proparerl on the same basis, only however, is not everything. The sire must be a good individual. Often a sire with an excellent pedigree is,lso poor an individual that no good breeder would use hint. Type is es- sential if you ever expect to cell lany of the offspring. As far as young sires are concerned, breeding and. in- dividuality are all we have to judge from. With a bull our years old, however, there is another index to his value_ His daughters should be good producers, at least as good as their three months old, the regular scratch food may be given. Grow Into the Purebreds. The quickest but the costliest way to get a herd is to go out and buy an from typhoid was e common thing, and that is not very long ago, some. people seem to have had a certain immunity in communities where the water eras particularly bad. Then again, one person could have the dis- ease several times. At any rate, escape seems'to have been a matter of luck rather than immunity, but, modern science takes little stook in Luck; it pre era to glay 80x0. Health protection is an interesting subject. We are inclined to take so much for granted in civilized life; wo, pay our taxes and let "them" do the rest. The earnest, honest labor of many lives is summarized in the medi• cal knowledge of to -day; the plodding conscientious work of many more carries that knowledge into the daily life of the community. But of all the wonders of modern sanitation perhaps; none is. so striking and far-reaching as the romance of typhoid, and its. ab toe which The Sunday ,School Lenon JULY 41.14.444 GOOD CHEER' FROM A SOD HOU$; The Early 35* o n _' 'n Links- b or the Sunday- Acts 22: 3, According to the perfect But the man! who h Week in stars When CnOttlg Ilchool teacher, and Blblo class student mannas of the law of the fathers, Of the' sky is p t- the beat 'he'.ips for the studry of the h(11,.. - e Jew3sir septolars and teachers best friend. life and work of the great apostle Gamaliel was one of the greatest. He They were holding a farmers' meet- was wilt be found in the available cum-• as endson of Mole founder of one ing away out West. The room wise i :emBee s Oo the Ada and Epistles. w o the two Ribbinieal schools which filled with men. A. stranger war the i wou4rd xecomnnenid also th'e fo191sw- !tad an extraordinary influence over who was soon to address t meeting. ingt pist)ae (s angeief; rn by set- the mends of the people in the •time we had Hoped the farmers ffi- present said Epistles, (arranged for dally Teed- of .Christ. That he was also a man would say something abouth hisir e- leg), Patterson. Snryth s Lifeiand Let -f t le eat and liberal views .appears hies intending to shape tors of , ul , marks when the do came R, D Saw p 6. 34-40 Under his teaching i ht be as helpful as p Life of Saul, Acts 21: 3J; 22: 3, 2.8; 2 Ttflu. 3: AQ, A broody hen and a man with a Duet. 6: 4-9. Golden Text,—Hebrews 3: 7, 8. grouch aro worse than a tore thumb. a, St Pa Stalker's life of'Paul c ou x cu , so that, ln 'e Bho Pauline E istles eachin Paul ossible RQlne11 Si. Paul Lord Traveller 3tnt� studied the books 'width now form our they nl g . Roman Cltiamie and Lakes pee I tl nut -nobody said anything labout the Earlier Epistles of Paul. Next to aur Ilinvseif greatest' mut' moat outstanding figure of the Ne* Testament is that of Pawl, A tboroug'negoimg Jew, of a strict Jewish family, an ardent patriot, a Lover of !hie people ew4 of their an- cient faith, a man of quick inepulses, zealous for the cause which he had at heart, indomitably persevering, and yet with a deeply affectionate and generous nature, be 'attracts' and bolds our attention from the first. The first three lessons of our present series chow him to us as the Jew and Pharisee, the lessons that follow, as the Christian preacher and teacher, traveller and enirationrary. It was Paul who first saw clearly the significance of the •goopel''message for the whole world, and not for ;the Jews ands Jewish proso'ytes only, It was lie who conceived the noble am - from the story told of 'him in Acts finely ground. m`•� fi'st few weeks the chicks should have nothing but the finely cracked grains. After that a little mash may be given in the morning - Of the latter only enough should be given so that it may be eaten 'up clean. - It is well to keep the cracked grain ration constantly- 'before the young- sters so they may help themselves at will. A chick's crop is very small. A teatepoordul of food will fill it, and dame at the same age. I1S a sure has these this digests quickly when the chick t to qualities he le et good one. is active, Consequently hunger re- If he possesses the first two and it tarns about every hour or two, and turns out that be does not have good daughters he is no good and should not be uaed longer. If, on the other hand, his daughters prove to be better than their dams you have the kind of a ciao every 'breeder is looking for; one that builds up the herd, "Oki, it's summer, summer weather, And you'd better b'lieve I'm glad. Going to the pond with brother, Tramping ail around with dad. Looking in the 'grass for birds' egg Not to touch them --goodness, no! Oh, it's summer, summer weather, And I love the summer so." typhoid germs in but one way, ani that is by eating or drinking—usually the latter. Water, and to a less de- gree milk, aro the chief sources, and your health officer proceeds to find out what you have been drinking. If 0'ld Testament, and' in partae ar ee anoient laws, which toe Jewish deo. tors bad sought to adapt to the nems of their own time in what 'has o to be known as the MYLiahua, the mine trFrom al andthis oldseesthaool partof ofGathe maliTtalelmPudault (or Scull, as ho was tlhen'called) was taken to become an offi'eer ot she su- preme council• of the Jews, - leedhin, 22: 28. Free born. Paul's father must, therefore, have also been a Ro- man .citizen. Phe Romans were mas- ters of all, the lands about. the Medi- odd cheer! Those man saw, no Fntrope and western Asia and terranean Sea, and of longe parts ee gttle cod :house of to -clay, but the - /northern Africa. The privileges en- comfortablebome harth of therassroof; not the jeered ley those who lead the rights nof the deep, 1 troubles, leverytheng was ov y.; Ouly the best of good things• in sight. Fewr a long time one little old main from the border sat still listening, then he :bobbed up and said; "I live in a sod house. My neigh: bors live in sod houses. We hold our rneetings in a sod house, We've got a big job, and we're working at it every dayl" Not a word of complaint! Just one: strong, true, clear note of courage and citizens ip were very great, en found afterwaed in his travels•, when in difficult and dangerous places, that present, but the waving grain and tie whispering meadows of the years to ome• not the cluck of the henthat he could rely upon protection from makes believe she wants to sit, but Roman officers and magistrates. His that would not sit her time out for - Greek learning gave him approar a is all the world, nor let any other hen the people of many Londa, and his Roman citizen lliip gave him )rrotec- sit; not the grouch of the man whose tion in los great.owark. child. heart is so little that a ood cheer would fill t to theul of brim. hand and good will. His ambition was 2 Timothy 8: 14-15. Fromg It was near the end of Paul's life, and Touch a drop of ink with the finger truly imperial, being nothing less than while bee Roman prison that he wrote and it will trail a splotch of black to win the empire of the world for this letter to his younger and dearly all over the sheet upon whish you are his crucified Master, to break down beloved friend Timothy. Timothy, race barriers, and to build a temple like Paul, had been born and brought! waiting. Let it alone and by and by up in Asia Minor. His home was nil it will dry down so that you can take Lystra (Acts 16: 1), his mother was it all up with a blotter. a Jewess, his father a Greek. HisI Too many men of our day are daub - childhood, no doubt, bad been like that Me life's fair page all over with. their of humanity,.' in the midst of which the source of contagion !s a well or, ,sti nitHis epi have becomwould e vthe spring, the officer gets busy and sees 1 Chrreligion of a Jewish sect; Paul made 't safe. But that no one e t Tse. drinks water ort it what Jesus lead ; declared it would 1 ode that source untie is m it is the experience of most health officers that water is polluted because of the easygoing methods still pre- valent in the less protected sections. So if the country districts value the health and lives of farm dwellers, the wells and springs should be kept free from all contamination which might drain into them through the soil or eradieatlon from the earth; for that' from the surface. How the Fishes Got Their Colors. Long ago all the fishes that lived in the cool, clear waters of a certain mountain lake were silvery brown— as brown as the Ind-ian children who came and peered at than. Often when the little Indians push- ed their canoes out over the lake and paddled round among the water lilies the fishes would hide under the lily pads and listentotheir talk. Some- times the boys and girls pointed, to the sunset colors in the water, or to the shadows of the gay autumn trees. Sometimes birds of bright plumage went skimming across the surface of the lake, or the petals of lovely wild flowers dropped into the crystal water. At those times the quiet brown fishes, listening under the lily pads, wondered why they, too, could not be bright -colored and fair. that were sleeping in the sunshine. As for the fishes, they Were pleased and proud, - Now, all day long in the singing brook that ran into the clear lake still other fishes, the trout, played like a white ribbon under the ripe When they saw the lake fishes they, too wanted beautiful colors. T}uey if food is available the chuck will take a few mouthfuls. and scamper off again, After theehicke, are about I W" Oa: iwl 1 The outlook is for continued low prices. Ship your lot new and get spot cash. You will be treated right. Wm. Stone Sons, ]Limited WOODSTOCK ONT. Cateblished 1870 One day they gathered in a cool, shady spot where a willow tree trail- ed its boughs in the lake and there talked the matter over. They said there surely moist be some way by which they could color their coats; yet none of them could suggest a way. But after a while an idea carte to them. Sleeping in the sunsli1ne on a log in the lake were two big mud turtles and twenty little ones. The fishes swam to the edge of the Water and asked the big turtles if they would go.into the fields and bring them setae bright flowers so that they could dye their dull•brown coats and make them beautiful. The obliging turtles were very glad to 'neve a good excuse fur going to land, for they 'had long wished to see something of the world; so they left their children fast asleep in the warm sunshine and swam to the bank. Once ashore they moved slowly along, enjoying the now sights and sounds as they went. Now and then they stopped to rest in a convenient s puddle of water. They had dinner in a patch of wild strawberries with Beek cousins, the land turtles, and enjoyed themselves immensely. Then they found the field% evith the bright•colored flowers dancing in the breeze. They !pleked the flowers, piled them on each other's beak and set out for their mountain lake. Sometimes the flowers fell off and the turtles had to pile. them on again. But they kept on their way perseveringly until they reached the .lake. The fishes swam out to meet their friends and were overjoyed to seethe bowers. They colored their dull coats with the bright blossoms—some yel- low, same green, some with spots of orange and bene, A few of the fishes, 11 is true, did not with to color their coats; those stayed close at home In the sluuiow of the big rocks. When the turtles saw haw beavtl- fee the fishes were they, too, grew dis- contented. Then they got more flow- ers and palntee red and yellow mark- ings .on each other's shell and gave a bit of bright color to the baby turtles be, a world -conquering force. Acts 21: 39. A Jew of Tarsus. We are fortunate in having, both in Luke's history in the book of Acts, and en several of the Epistles, definite state- ments about Paul's earlier life. Here thus Learned, and which were able to would only keep' still, 'they might caul' tehls• us (chaps. 21 and 22) of make wise unto salvation, not intlatch something after a 'while. Paul's return to Jerusalem after his themselves, but trough the faith of i Blessed is the man who can see of the riot winch was stined. third great missionary journey, and Christ. What Paul says here about,. life's brighter side - his friend may very well reflect the It is always there. The sod house serves its dee and cratmbles down s pure pito a little heap of dust; but close by stands the better home built by hope and hard work,by courage and the Jews will to win out. Buthue$ seems all i tech them. on the slump to -day. Farm under a mob by the captain of the Roman shadow. The tug of life as hard. Do troops which held the castle, or Cita in devout Jewish homes, a snhcsreo we say !t? Broody hen, cid £ellowl deli of Jerusalem, and was afterward fort has been mads to keen t s Man with a grouch! Don't listen! pemitted by him to address the �mand, These words are repeated, ;reseal from the castle stairs. To they morning and evening. Tha law and' Get a hustle onl captains inquiry as to whet and what � the prophets and the Psalms are dill-� But here is nathir doing!'" When the answer of this t1 read. It would be stninge in- nothing is doing it is a good time. to of Paul, and by a good mother he ha been carefuliiy taught in the lioly scriptures. The 01x1 Testament stor- ies, poetry, and prophecy were fame- iliar to Bial, and Paul 'urges Birt to continue in those things which he had gloomy foreboding and their words o discouragement. These men can cluck all right, but they are not worth a cent for anything, else. They will not dig, end they will not sit still. If they against 'him by bigoted and narrow- lessons of his own childhood, 'oaf we minded Jews, who hated him for his do not need, to doubt the genuine and other nations, and for declaring preaching a gospel of salvation' to_ the Gentiles would share with the sincere piety of those simple Jewish homes, which was ted upon the sub- lime and pure teachings of the Old Testament Deut, 6: 4-9. Thou shat eac e . In the time of Christ and ever since, J the future glory of the Kingdom of God Paul was rescued from the did not know about using flowers, but .he was uo mase gen !verse deed• if the Jews dad not thus' learnt get ready. Then go out and star one day, after they had puzzled over the matter for a long time, they found a way to change their color. It •was on a June, day after astorm the trout went zigzaggingup the brook in a company until they reach- ed the spring where the stream began. There they saw, resting mer] white water of the spring, ho enda f a wonderful rainbow. Backward and forward through the rainbow colors they swam until the bow faded. Beit when the trout started down the creek again they found to their joy and wonder that, instead of being plain in hue as before, they were of a beauti- ful bled&h tint on the upper part of ng by Strabo, 441ell kn nowancient with a band of red and with spots of the thief city of the province of fact there has been developed in many wToo many of nsmem Possessed to Tarsus, the city of his birth, was much that is good, and as a matter ofwreathe/1g,, Wide, in Asia Minor. Paul's family hearts and homes a real faith in God, drop the.big blot of ink on the page; must have belonged to a colony of and. a sincere desire to do good.peld by inheritance the rights and .We.ito speak the word whish sends the Jews which had settled there, and he who have received the inestimttblo' cold chills up the other fellow's Back; privileges of a free citizen of the should seek' to know and to unhder- Roman empire. He must have been familiar with the Greek language from his childhood. Itt the schools and in the university he must have be- come acquainted: with Greek and Ro- man literature, and with the Odle osophy and poetry both of the east and the west. The university of Tar- sus rivalled, indeed; the two other great seats of learning of that age, Athens and Alexandria, and was reek- oned. superior to them in love of learn the body, with sides of silver, marked] h darker color. To this day they are known as rainbow trout. And that is the way, so.it is said., the fishes got their colors. Best Shade Tree, and Why. Forty-seven years ago the writer bought this farm. There were no buildings, so a two -acre geld was se- lected for the home grounds. As soon as the buildings were finished and the front' yard leveled we began to plan for shade. days My father, who in his younger had been a nurseryman, said: "Son, if you want the best shade, the clean - writer. Tarsus received students from all parts of thee world, and. sent teachers abroad to many lands. Front Tarsus Paul went to continue his studies in Jerusalem under, the great Jewish scholar,. Gamaliel, and so be- came an accomplished scholar both in Greek and Hebrew. gift of the know Iedg e of Christ, stand better the people from whose homes came both Jesus and Paul. Application. There may be mon who, as we are sometimes told, are beyond church in- fluence, but there are few -with whom the church has not had its epportun- ity. Abel the worshipper and Oahe the murderer. ; Moses the man of Elijah and Pharaoh the oppressor; the prophet and Ahab- the idolater; Miriam the prophetess and Jezebell the seaipent; Nero the incarnate do - to let our thumb and finger spread the dark 1ines from top to bottom of life's white sheet. Bat what is the thing to do just new? Lay the blotting paper of forget- dulness carefully over the word ttrhich was so thoughtlessly spoken; let love and hope and good shear wipe it all up. Then write something that will put firednto the heart of the one who is to read your message! Say the thing which will help others to look away from the sod house to ,tile fine man and Paul the .armee; ' Wesley! jiome of the morrow! Help men• to. the evangelist and Voltaire tltli see great fields of corn, with ears of mocker; Chalmers the savior a Napoleon the destroyer all these men were children once. In their cradles .there slumbered the energy which afterwards went forth for blasting err for bleating the world."' a •law cut in the hills, allowing a draft of air through. Here I set a row of twenty-five Lombardy poplars, fifteen feet opert. They are pleasing and graceful trees and serve admirably a5 a windbreak.' At the extreme southern end of the grounds is a beautiful cold, clear, never -failing spring coming atom est and most interesting and theunder a large !boulder setting back longest -lived trees, plant the sugar about twenty feet from the highway. Believing the advice wastHere was a slight indentation' of the maple. Bet gg good, I acted upon it. fence, leaving the spring accessible We (my father and I) went to the from the road. %Iere was placed a little run on the side hill where the young sugar maples grew tall and straight in the rich mellow soil, and there picked out twenty-five trees that seemed to us to be the pick of the granite horse trough into which un- numbered lips have dipped. Close by, and a little south of this spring, 3 sit a weeping willow, The tree must have been suited with its woods. These were carefully taken up new Some, for it settled down to bum- med cut to about twelve feet ire height. nem at once and to'day its shade cov- We properly pruned the roots and ors the entire space occupied by the carefully set them in holes fifty feet apart. 'On the left of the driveway from the road to the barn, which was south of the house (which faced east), we set a row of cut -leaf or weeping birch. This is one of the most popular of the weeping trees, clean, slender, graceful and a rapid grower. Its graceful drooping branches, silvery - white bark and delicate folia -go make it the most at1rc,ctivc single tree I know of, Along the fence, between the gar- dens and the paddock by the barna, I set six cherry trees and they have proved a wise selection, for they have furnished shade for the paddock, have been a favorite resort for the children, who feasted upon the luscious fruit; but beat of all have attracted the birds and taken them away front the gar; den and other fruits, which they sctorcoly touched when they could get the cherries, On the west side of the paddock lies of 'trees to a stranger, he could but say with us: "You could not 'have male a -better selection"; for he would see twenty five giants averaging about twenty-six inches in diameter, sound ,and thrifty, apparently good for another generations. spring and trough, and autoists find here an ideal. spot far rest and re- froshments; and if one-half of the• "slips" that have been taken from the old trees have lived and grown, there must be trees enough some-, where for a good-sized forest. Now to return to the maples: At the age of twenty-five years we found every tree alivewell-formed (due to judicious pruning) and averaging about twelve inches in diameter. Myriads of feathered friends have been fostered in those :spreading branches; children and grown-ups alike have gathered beneath their friendly shade, and the yellow leaves have done duty to tho last by furnish- ing litter for the poultry houses. During the yepenb war when sugar was wanted for the boys "over there" these giants were inducted into the service and furnished 112 pounds of fine pure sweets. And to -day, were I to show this row Sunflowers As a'Silage Crop. Much interest is being taken, both in Canada and the 'United States in, itics confined to the very young, the value of sunflowers as a silage' Throughout life opportunities are of - Sera to profit ,by the knowledge and achievements of others. An inter•• eating phase of what may bo called continuation studies is supplied by the Junior Farriers' profit competitions that have now been established, at least in Ontario, for several year;,. They are conducted under the dircrt supervision of the Agricultural Repre- sentatives sad have !:revel of the golden yellow hanging down where know the wild grass grows renk. Stop clucldng! Kill that grouch! Go out and do with. all your might the thing which will pierce the Shadow of the present moment and let in the sunlight of the better day, waiting. to get through eke clouds! Junior Farmers' Competitions In ancient days experience was the sole instructor of the farrier. To -day many are the facilities placed in hie way for starting and continuing on the right lines. Nor are these facil- crop, particularly in districts where corn is not a reliable crop. The claim is made that sunflowers are a hardier crop than cern, withstanding both drouth and frost to a greater degree. Insofar as the claims put forth for sunflowers as a food for cattle are virtually of recent origin., experiments and :nveattgatlon regarding them are practically ni an introduetnry stage. It is interesting to note, however, that, greatest value, not only in fostering an analysis of sunflower silage fed! interest among youthful farmers in at an Idaho agricultural experimental field crops and live stack, but also in etahem to keep accurate favoon rably itated that it with cornu silage. cinpCar- farm recotdst aavrabland td follow improved y ado also studies of the relative value of sunflowers and corn for sil pur- poses suggest boat in nutrition there is not any great difference, although nem in previous years are excluded. corals to he preferred where it can) Last year in Ontario -there were 240 be plentifully and easily grovel contestants in the various cnmpctl- Where: this is, not the case, sunflowers' tions, which included acre profit eerie - etre an excellent substitute. petitions with barley, turnips, corn for silage., sugar beets, potatoes, oats! Don't, always stow your rhubarb --•i in dairying, in "baby beef" production the kiddies may like it better served ami in feeding hogs, ali.in a profitable as a summer drink, and it is just as! way. The prizes eonsistcd in the ex - geed ler throne Cut up some half -1 penes connected with n two weeks' dozen; etieks of the fruit into eubes, course inelvding transportation and pour over 1'a quarts of water—It must he boiling --and add sugar to taste. Slice in n lemon, and het the beverage stand for a -good while be- fore using, when it cart be strniiieri off and served as require -d. methods of management and feeding. The competitions are open to men under thirty years of age, but win - board, either at the Ontario Agricul- tural tural College or the Kemptville Agri- cultural School. Last, year 31 aspir- ants from western Oninrlo won 'their way .tn the College and 15 from cast. ern Ontario fn the Schee}.