The Brussels Post, 1917-3-15, Page 7THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell.
Thserecee0bourtof farm rls eadersartnt is theeadvloetoofple at the
an acknowl.
edged authority on all eubjects pertaining to soils and
crops.
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In
care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To.
ronto, and answers will appear In this column In the
order In which they are received. As space Is limited
it is advisable where immediate reply Is necessary that
a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the
question; when the answer will be mailed direct'
Question -H, K.: -I have some thin
land.which is not producing profitable
crops. Can I build it up by growing
Soy Beans which I can cut for hay
next summer? What variety of beans
is best to use?
Answer: --Soy beans belong to the
legume family. All legumes under
normal conditions have little knots
growing on their roots. In these
knots there live a very low form of
plant life known as bacteria, which
draw their food from the growing
plant and in return take some of the
nitrogen out of the air that circulates
in, the soil, so that the growing
legume benefits materially by their
tresence, and the ground is richer in
itrogen e
n of •
g ter the legume me
gu has been
own than
before,
provided Ib`that not
of
all of the legume crop has been cut
off and removed. Soy beans have
frequently been profitably grown
where clovers and other legumes kill-
ed out. The beans are seeded as
soon as the ground i5 warns in spring.
The amount of growth which you will
get per acre varies of course with the
fertility of the soil and the length of
season, as well as with the vigor of the
variety of bean used. If
you turn the beans under in the fall,
you will add not only nitrogen to the
soil, but a considerable amount of
valuable organic matter and thereby
Henry G. Bell.
greatly assist in building up your soil.
Speaking generally, if clovers can be
grown in the place of soy beans, I
believe you would get a larger quant-
ity of organic matter as well as ap-
proximately the same amount of
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nitrogen.
The Purdue Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, in Bulletin 172, reports
an average growth of green tops and
roots to a depth of 18 inches, deter-
mined at the time of the 'first frost,
to have been 6.6 tons per acre, and an
average of 89 pounds of nitrogen was
contained in the tops and 18.8 pounds
of nitrogen in the roots of the soy
beans. As to varieties of soy beans,
experimental p mental tests have shown that
soy beans produced at Guelph, known
as O.A.C. No. 81, is the heaviest
yielder. Early Yellow and Ito San
are also good varieties.
Question -S. P.: -How much buck-
wheat should be sown to the acre?
What time should it be sown? Does
it do well on clay loam soil? I
Answer: -The usual amount 0
buckwheat to sow to the acre is a
bushel to a bushel -and -a -half. The'
buckwheat crop is not as particular,
about its time of seeding aa some
others. Satisfactory stands can be
obtained by sowing any time in May
or June. This crop should do well
on clay loam, soil
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
MARCH 18.
Lesson XI. Jesus Saves From Sin
(Temperance Lesson). John 8. 12,
28-37, 56-59. Golden Text
John 8. 36.
Verse 12. This verse follows im-
mediately on John 7, 62; the inter-
vening verses, absent in the oldest au-
thorities, are universally admitted to
be no part of this Gospel. They are
very precious and unmistakably
authentic tradition, for all that. But
they ought to have been printed at the
end of the Gospels, separately; they
interrupt the context here. Iam-
Yet he had said to his disciples, "Ye
are the light of the world," The re-
conciliation lies in Gal, 1. 15, 16: we
are the lamps in which God kindles Mr. Neville mberlain,
the Light. Of life -So Jesus adds
another of his titles: it is Life that the Director of NationChaal Service in
(thus shines.
'the unhappy sequel. They had not Great Britain.
31. Jews -The name prepares us for
come right out from the hostile com-
munity, like the many of verse 80, wino
believed in him, These are different
persons, sharply contrasted with those
who made the great venture of faith
They believed him -They get as far as
admitting the truth of what he had
said. So do multitudes 0 nominal
, Christians to -day, who w ll wax warm
about the infallibilit of Christ and
yet neve • surrendery
r their• soulstohim.
um,
Hence his warning; they must abide
'in the word they heard. See James
' 1. 25.
32, For the special thought attend-
ing this lesson, let us point out that
Truth which delivers is not an abstrac-
tion found in books. It is a Person.
There is a famous anagram of Pilate's
question Qui(! est veritas? The an-
swer is, Est vir qui adest: `It is the
Man before you!"
33. An amazing assertion for men
who when it suited them could cry,
"We have no king but Cmsar!" Savest
thou -The pronoun has contemptuous
emphasis. So soon has he got be-
yond the limits of their "belief"!
34. Sin is personified, as the article
' in the Greek brings out. The sinner
!is carving a beautiful image, and one
! day it will come to life and he will he
her slave.
35. The parable is difficult because
highly compressed. It turns on the
fact that the slave is another's; the
slave of the house does "abide for
over" there. The slave of the enemy
is in God's house, by his forbearance,
but he cannot stay there. The Son
of that house offers him redemption,
by which he may abide in the house,
not as 'Sin's slave, but as God's free-
man,
36. The universal truth is wonder-
fully illustrated by the experience of
temperance work. There are secular
inebriate homes wltieln have had to
close, as they only reclaimed a tithe of
those on which they spent so much
science. Not so the homes in which ,
Christ is expected to break the chain!
67. Ye seek -See John 7. 1; these!
men, for all their concession to the
truth of what he said, were still one:
with the party that waited its op -i
porttmity for killing him. His word;
had convinced them up to a certain:
point. But it was like a visitor in a!
park where he must keep to one path 1
-and that path only leads to a wall!!
56. Rejoiced that he should see,
(margin) -This rendering and that of
the text are equally possible, as we'
now know. But the next clause
Milking by machinery is less expen-
sive in herds 0 fifteen cows or more.
In smaller herds it is more expensive
than hand milking.
If it pays to raise calves at all it
pays to feed and care for them from
the day they are born. Farm sanita-
tion is the all important thing in the
care 0 livestock on the farm.
Keep the cattle stables clean. Con-
tagious abortion and tuberculosis and
other diseases can only be kept in
check in this way. There is no cure
for contagious abortion, and although
after cows have aborted three times
they are usually immure from the dis-
ease they are still carriers of it and
may give it to other healthy stock.
Silage furnishes a juicy food for
winter, and thus helps to keep the
digestive organs of cattle in good
order.
Plenty of exercise and proper ven-
tilation are essential for young and
breeding stock.
For warts on cows' teats a good
treatment is applying a mixture of
two ounces each of tincture of iodine
and castor oil. Paint the teats affect-
ed twice daily after milking, and
about thirty minutes after painting
grease with yaseline to keep the skin
from getting tender or blistering,
6eetalat
At lambing time the ewes require
the constant attention of the shepherd,
especially if the weather is cold.
The young lamb must have nourish-
ment from the ewe as soon as it is
burn; the sooner the better.
If a lamb is chiller} take it at once
to a warm place and plunge it in wa-
ter as waren as the hand will stand,
then rub dry and wrap in warm flan-
nel,
As soon as revived, take it to the
mother and see that it gets nourish-
ment.
If lambs are due to arrive, the care-
taker should visil the flock once or
twice during the night. A little as-
sistance at the right time may save a
lamb, and at,
the ewe.
The ewes welcome the presence of
the regular attendant and are grate-
ful for his help,
Where suitable building exists for
the proper protection of the sow and
her young site should be expected to
raise two litters a year.
Do not allow the food to sour in the
hog feed trough.
When the little pigs are weaned, put
the cow out of their hearing for a
while.
Almost any kind of milk is all right
so long es it is good, clean milk. The
hogs will make good use of it. When
yoti once get yotne hogs on sweet mills
or on sour, keep then there. The
changing from one to the other is the
Way to trouble.
Slcim-milk Pe the hog's natural
food, Save it all.
Lack 0 exorcise is one cause of soft
pork.
A long pig has,the frame-up for n
Ves
Sprains, whether 0 muscle, tendon
or ligament, are indicated by swell-
ing, heat and tenderness of the part,
involved, and, if in a limb, lameness.
Give rest, place in position to af-
ford as much ease as possible, apply,
heat and anodyne lotion as 4 drams'
acetate of lead, 2 oz. laudanum and:
6 oz. water until acute soreness ceases,:
then apply liniment and bandage.
The stomach of the horse being
small, he must be fed at regular hours,'
three times a day, at all seasons of
the year,
Bran or linseed
ration aids in regulating the bowels,
avoiding constipation and lessening,
the liability to disease,
An English veterinarian says care.'
less or improper feeding is the prime;
cause of colic. The stomach of the!
horse being small, the dige'•stion is lim-!
ited, and if the horse is hungry and
overfed, or is allowed to gulp down a
big feed, colic is the result, Aslo; if
musty hay or musty, sour feed is used;'
or if fresh -cut grass wet with dew or
rain is hastily eaten in large quanti-
ties, colic is often the result.
Scratches in horses will never occur
when the mud has been allowed to
dry and then brushed off without the
application of water.
A remedy for scratches is oxide of
zinc, 1 dram • v
a
seine 1 ounce. Never
apply water to the logs.
The brood mare needs liberal, but
not excessive, feeding of well -cured
hay, oats and bran.
Adopt a system in harnessing and
unharnessing the horse so that he'll
understand what you are doing,
Palm)
A smooth plumage indicates health.
Always practise absolute cleanli-
ness in feeding.
The early -hatched pullet is the one
which will lay next winter. You will
desire some chickens out in April. It
is now time to get the incubator and
incubator room in order,
Anyone with a flock of more than
50 hens should have an incubator.
A hard floor on the brooder will
cause tho feet of the little chicks to
"crumble" and make thein cripples,
An incubator is less trouble than a
dozen hatching hes, and the machine
brings the chickens when you want
them.
After the eggs begin to hatch in
the incubntot (lo not open the door
more than once in every two or three
hours to remove the chicks, and do it
as quickly as possible, as the least
draft upon a picked egg may kill the
chick within.
Geese only one year old are not ma-
ture as breeders, Such females lay
fewer eggs, 0 smalls' size, with a
greater proportion usually infertile,
than is generally the case with
females t{vo or three years old.
A gander and a couple of goose are
sufficient to start with, for their eggs
are usually very fertile and they arra
excellent sitters,
Experiments have been made at
Epsom, England, on the geowhtg of
sugar' beet during the summer and
autumn, and samples of the' crop are
big hog, 1t is our work to put on to bo sent to a factory for the ex -
the aright kind 'rf siding, traction of the.sugar,
shows that this one refers• to Abra-
ham's rejoicing before God's promise
was fulfilled. My day --For such n -
deed was the birthday of Isaac, the
"seed in which all the peoples of the
earth should be blessed." In the child
of wonder and of "laughter," Abra-
ham saw the coming 0 a descendent
who was to save the world.
57. A second -century writer draws
c a
the inference that Jesus was over
forty. And strangely enough, re-
markably. strong facts have lately
come tolight in favor of B. C. fi as the
year of his birth, and A. D.36 as that
of his death. Whether we can pos-
sibly adroit them cannot be discussed
here. But it illustrates excellently
what a difference there is between a
Gospel seal a biography! Ilow little
do such historical perplexities matter
to us! The facts that matter are
secure.
58. 1 am -The Name of Cud at the
Bush is calmly assumed. There could
be small doubt about the "blasphemy"
-its truth was the only defense!
Plan Yard Planting Now.
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WAR'S FINAL STAGE
HAS NOW ARRIVED
Mothers and daughters 0 an ages are cordially Invited to write to this
department. initials only will be published with each question and its
answer as a means of identification but full name and address must be
given In each letter, Write on one side 0 paper only, Answers will b.
mailed direct if stamped and eddressed envelops Is enclosed,
Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 76
Castle Frank Road, Toronto.
D. 54--1. The hest novel on the war
is said to be "Mr. Britling Sees it
Through," by the noted English writ-
er, G. 11. Wells, A new book, just
issued, by the sante author. is also
highly recommended. It is entitled
"France, Italy and Britain at War."
A splendid work, "The Children's
History of the war," by Sir Edward
Parrott, MA. LL.D., is being issued
from time to time. Three volumes
have already appeared (price, $1.00
each) and they cover the progress of
the war to the end of 1914. They are
profusely illustrated with maps and
pictures, and more intensely interest-
ing reading it would be hard to find.
When finished it will form a complete
history of the war, and one which
every household should possess. 2.
It is said that Tennyson': greatest
message and the he wished most
g one
to he remembered is contained in these
two lines from "Lockaley Hall":
"Love took up the harp of life and
emote on all the chords with
ight;
I Smote the chord of Self, that trembl-
ing passed in music out 0
eight"
This seems to have been Tennyson's
prophetic answer to the German
"Hymn of Hate."
3I, W.:-1, On the inside of your
pantry or kitchen door fasten a strip
of molding, about six or eight inches
long. bt this molding fasten five
screws from which to hang these labor
and time -saving devices: A skewer
set, a pair of scissors, a writing tablet
with pencil attached ready to jot down
articles needed, a small round pin -
c hi withb
cushion a washable le curer of
Early 'spring furnishes the hest op-
portunity for planning to make int-'
provements in farmhouse surround-
ings. Probably spires Van Ilouttei
has proved satisfactory to more peo-
ple than any other single yard orna-
nnent, and it may well be included in
the order which it is about time to
send to the nursery. This shrub is in-
expensive, has abundant bloom and
fine foliage, improves with age, Pe
graceful in form, free i'ronn insect
pests, easy to transplant, and 00051 }e -
nous without being too much so. As
a plant to stand alone, it is unexcelled.
Bending under its pile of showy flow-
ers for weeks in the spring, it is a
joy each season. I1' banked against
the foundation of the house. it sup-
ports and rounds out the architecture
and conceals what is usually an ugly
foundation or bare corner. For a
hedge it bas no superior. Planted in
a straight row, three feet apart in the
row, it needs no pruning and compara-
tively little attention. Thus it sup-'
plies a fence -like border, ornamental,
permanent, dense and economical,
which gives an air of privacy and re-
finement to any yard. The millionaire
can find no better and the tenant can I
afford it.
THE CASH VALUE OF A FARMER
If a number of farmers were asked
to name the most valuable asset of
the farm, it is probable that each
would have a different answer, and
equally probable that each would be
wrong. For it is not likely that one
of them would think of himself in this
connection. It is a fact nevertheless
that the farmer himself represents the
greatest value on the farm even on a
purely cash basis.
Actuaries have calculated the pre-
sent value of annuities of one dollar
at all ages and have arrived at the
conclusion that an annuity of a. dol-
lar at age 40, is worth on the average
$16.51. Now, supposing a farmer,
age 40, is able to produce by his
thought and labor $1,000 per annum
out of his property in addition to itis
own maintenance, lie would be worth
to his family one thousand times the
enmity of one dollar or $1.6.510.
The same values can be ascertained
for all other ages.
Now it is strange, in view of the
high money value of the farmer, that
he frequently neglects to insure his
life. The house must be insured, the
barn mist be insured, and the stock,
but the farmer himself is unprotected.
This is not fair to him nor to his
family. If the head of the house
were taken away the farm and stock
would be left, it is true, but someone
must be found to take chmrge of the
business and work the farm, and ade-
quate iusuranco would provide the
money necessary to engage such a
manager. It often happens that, de-
pending on continued health and
strength, and good crops, that the
farm has been taken with an enount-
branco on it, in the shape of a mort-
gage. Although fanners live a
healthful life, yet they are not }m
mortal and death is always a pos-
sibility. In the event of death, who
will pay the mortgage? The widow
with the added burden of providing 1
help to work the farm? It would be
impossible and foreclosure would be 1
inevitable. Now let us suppoao that
this farmer had been wise, and had
taken life insurance for the amount
of the mortgage. At Itis death the
!ready for use, 2. Keep hanging
beside the stove a long loose linen
' mitten to slip over the hand and arm
when turning or basting anything in
the oven, It will save burns, and the
;spattering of hot fat on the sleeve.
B. B,:--1. It is said that old pota-
toes if boiled in part water and part
i milk will not discolor, 2. To clean
cane furniture first brush the dust out
of the crevices. Made a suds by dis-
solving white soap in water and add-
ing salt. This will prevsnt the cane
from turning yellow. Apply with a
scrubbingbrush,firstone side, then the
'other, thoroughly soaking the cane.
Place in a shady spot to dry and the
cane will be firm and tight. 3. Salt
should not be added to a milk dish
when it is boiling. If so it will be
likely to curdle the milk. 4. When
children's stockings wear thin at the
knee, clip off the leg just above the
heel, turn the back to the front
and sew together. 5, In preparing
a boiled icing. the sugar and water,
!while boiling on the stove, should not
be stirred. If this is done the mix-
ture will be sugary. 6. Crackers
should never be broken into soup. 7.
A teaspoonful of alum dissolved in
water and snuffed up the nose will
stop nose -bleed, 8. Silk waists'
REASONS FOR THINKING GREAT
DIVIDE HAS BEEN PASSED.
Superiority of Entente Powers Stead-
ily Increases While Germany
Drops Behind.
We have reached, after two year's
and a half, the final stage of the war,.
Now that Germany's final thrust, in
the shape of unrestricted submarine
warfare, has been made, and is fail-
ing, and the Allies are at last ready
for such a gigantic campaign in the
field as may well dismay the Central
Powers, a victorious end is only a
question 0 time, Constantly is the
Teuton morale and power declining;
constantly is that of the Entente ris-
ing. The Great Divide has been pass -
led, and henceforth the Entente powers
progress, day by day, nearer their
goal. Iu a military, naval and econo-
mit way their superiority grows every
, week. A high British military au-
thority, knowing many circumstances
and conditions yet hidden from the
public, announces that the Allies con-
; Sider the fighting season of 1917 to be
the final stage of the war. Fromm many
British and F 'al he
French officials comes t
'same opinion. They believe that, un-
der conditions as they exist in Ger-
many and Austria, one supreme, com-
bined 4iuust this year will topple over
the structure erected by Prussian
militarism. It is only a question of
time as to when the final stage will
end, but that it is here no longer ad-
mits of dispute.
Entente Superiority Increases.
should be pressed, while still damp,
with a cool iron. 9. Table napkins!
!will wear much longer if folded in'
'thirds one week and in fourths the'
next,
F. D.: ----A gift may be sent, to a!
bride at any time after the wedding
Invitations are issued. 2. Your em-
broidered centrepiece will make an
cretonne, and a string holder, made of
an ordinary tin funnel, painted in
white enamel, holding the ball of cord
inside, the loose end pulled through
ideal gift. When finished, lay it face
downward on a Turkish towel and
over it place a cloth which has been
wrung out of boiled starch, and press ,
dry with a hot iron.
From The Mile West
BETWEEN ONTARIO AND 1111I-
TISH COLUMBIA.
Items From Provinces Where Many
Ontario Boys and Girls Are
Living.
A total output or 2,30a000 pounds
of butter is Saskatchewan's record fur
1916. -
The Edmonton School Board have •
asked for $11110,000 for educational.
work,
The Lethbridge Patriotic• Fund paid
194 soldier,' dependents $1,892 during
January.
A "home Fires" Club of saldiers
The reasons for this are succinctly
set forth by this high army official.
The Entente Allies have attained a
previously unknown increase of
strength in the field, through an
abundance of artillery and munitions,
and co-ordination between artillery
and infantry. What this means was
shown at Verdun recently, when four
French army corpss recovered Douau-
mont,
mont, Vaux, Pepper Hill, etc. -all of
the original Verdun defences -in a
few hours, capturing 12,000 Germans
with total casualties on their own
side of about 4,000. Four army divi-
sions smashed up five German divi-
sions, with losses only one-fourth of
what the Germans suffered. Sir Doug -
BEDTIME STORY las Haig has declared that the Brit -
Hats Off To The Flag Of The Tin
Soldiers.
• ll'alce up, there, you fellows!"
shouted Sergeant Pepper Put to the
Tin Soldier. in Toy Town. "lie are
going to war."
The Tin Soldiers scampered out of
their beds and rubbed their sleepy
,eyes.
Outside the tramp of hurried feet
cc.uld be, heard and the shouts 0 the
nffleers,
Colonel Corn Tassel was riding
around on his beautiful white horse
Pickles, his gold sword clanging at his
heels,
Drum Major High Top was getting
the band together and everywhere
there was bury and scurry.
Captain Mustard had his soldiers
all ready at one end of Toy Town and
the other companies were getting
ready }n a lImry,
"What is all thie noise about?" ask-
ed the Big >' Bo • Doll of the Clown
1
Doll, who had just woke up.
"1 don't lnnow," said the Clowtt Doll.
"Let's go end see."
So they scampered up on a high
seat and peeked out as the sun came
up.
"Olt, goodie," said the Boy Doll, "the
soldiers are going to {earl Hurry,.
horny, let's wake up the other Dolls
and wave in the soldiers as they
starch away!"
Soon all the Dolls were seated on,
the wiralnw seat, watching the soldier
boys as they marched by. The Paris
Doll and the other Dolls had their
handkerchiefs and they were waving
them as Drum Major High Top passed
by, and when the Union Jack passed
the Boy Dolls all tools off their hats.
"I wish I wore a soldier," said the
Clown Doll,
"Orr, Psltaw;" said the Boy Doll,'
"you would run as soon as a. gun was
lined."
"Don't you believe it," said the.
('lawn Doll.
When the Clown Doll was not look.
Mg the Boy Doll clapped iris hands
real hard and it frightened the Clown
Doll so he tamest fell off his seat,
'There, I told you so,' said the Boy
Doll, laughing,
whtee and mothers has been formed in
I Edmonton.
Saskatoon soldiery. is the trenches
! may he allowed to vote at the next •
general election,
liability would be discharged with the Lieut. -Col. C. B. McLeod, Edmonton
insurance money, It is evident then' liar been aappoinled comuutndc:r of thr
that every farmer should have his' garrison depot.
life insured. A resident of Reat. Edmonton real-
1'ruhably the must desirable is thr ized 137.50 from eggs laid by thirty -
Endowment Polley Under endow- one ,tens lust month.
At the campaign in Moose Jaw, in
neat policies the amount is payable ,tic} of blind soldiers, $1,575 was real -
to the insured himself if he be living izrd in two weeks,
at the end of a certain torn of teas Poverty is threatened among the
say 15, 20, 25 or 710, Should Ile die; Indians of the north because 0 a
during that time the policy is payable; shortage in furs this year. •
to his family. The endowment poliey,l 'Tim Dr. Robertsons Chapter, 1.0.D.therefore, is a savings bank account. E., 0 Saskatoon, report 31,638,26 hay -
and an insurance at the same time,! }ng been received during the year.
It may be that the farmer may wish; The lorkton Chapter of the Daugh-
to accumulate a certain unwind , of tors of the Empire raised $3,066.09
money in ogler to enlarge his rm.;for patriotic purposes during 1916.
perty or to make some notable int Five thousand Slays horn in Galicia,
provemett, perhaps to build a house. j but of Russian faith, wino are now liv-
The endowment policy provides a ing in Western Canada, wish to join
means whereby a fund can be ac- Canadian units.
cumulated for any such purpose, and: LicuL S. W. Scott, of bruise Jaw.
it will be available in any case in the:wilt) was killed in -action, is mentioned
event of the death of the policy -
resent despatches for distinguished
hohle' cundurt on the. field.
Of the -endowment policies those on I Operated 0 full capacity, the flour
the participating plan are perhaps and oatmeal stills at Edmonton at the
preferable. Thee are a number cif present tints could produce 1,000 bar,
ways in which no insurance company rets of these products daily.
can make money", For inetmce the F. M. Blade, president of the Cal -
number of deaths occurring may turn gal•y Board of Trade, has been sp-
out to be less than the number used pointed a member of the Alberta
it calculating the premiums, Again I Board of Public Utility in sueee.ssion
the rate of interest earned may he 10 Jahns Storks, who died recently.
higher than the rate used in ealculnt-I C.',1. ii. A. Mullins, chief inspector
lug the prem}umw, or a sale of of supplies and transport for the west,
securities might be Made to the ad- has offered his services for five years
vantage of the eompmty. Participal- .free to supervise and instruct return-
ing parities by their terms share in ed solclies in stock raising if the
the profits earned by the company'
Government would make that oeru-
These profits are determined 0 re-
gulen' intervals, and are allotted to the Patjon pradiratl for {crease.
different policies, In the case of the
participating policies the amount of Rice paper is made from the pith
the profits may be* returned in cash, of a tree growing In ir'rmosa, and
or it may be used to reduce the prem-
not from rice,
iums, or again a substantial addition Owing In ran shortage farmers and
may be made to tho anrotntt of the gau•ch'ners who eontemplute using lime
policy. Policies on the pau•ticipat- the conning spring should place their
ing plan, although they have higher orders early, otherwise the lisle may
n•eminms, in the end usually turn out col be received 111 time for use. The
to bo cheaper than poliries on the nun, same advice applies also to fertilizers;
iaeticipating plan, lierauoe the pro- 300,000 cars are required to move the
fits earned are usually such that the fettilizea aatilized in the United
net cost per $1,0011, of the participat- Stales, and as a rale railroads are
Mg policy falls below that of the non- compelied to move then in about. six
participating contract. weeks tuna.
. Why Not ?
If ane monee end once manus
Together are celled "mice,"
g
T spouse an e spouse
Then one :`p e a d mt , pan a
Together should be "spice"!
ish army will be able •to smash
through the Gelman Western front
at many points this year, and prac-
tically destroy the Western army,
notwithstanding that it hes been re-
inforced up to a strength of three mil-
lion. If that can be accomplished,
German power of resistance, which
has been steadily declining in the last
year, will fall like a house of cards -
for the German army in the West is
the main part of the Kaiser's forces.
The British superiority, demonstrated
last Autumn on the Somme, is due
not only to the morale of the army,
the firm belief of the British that
they are destined to smash the Prus-
sians, but to the marvellous improve -
meet in their artillery strength to a
point quite outdistancing the best ef-
forts of the Germans. All Winter long
;British guns have thundered at Ger-
man trenches, not so much to doetroy
then as to train the new artillery
units, thousands of thein, in the bar-
rage fire which is to enclose the Ger-
man lines with walls 0 flame, pro-
tecting the advancing British infantry
and preventing reinforcements from
the rear.
Russian and Italian Development.
Were it not for German stiffening,
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Tur-
key would collapse before the Entente
without a real struggle, That much is
plain from Brussilofr's smashing of
the Austrian armies last Summer. But
the Russian armies of 1917 will be
vastly more powerful than they were
last year. Like Britain, Russia has
had the men, but needed the time to
get their trained and organized and
equipped. Britain has been busy in
the Last year seeing they got equip-
ment almost on the Somme scale,
Armored cars, tanks, aeroplanes, all
the paraphernalia of the modern of-
fensive, have been laboriously distri-
huted along Russia's thousand -mild
front. And the Italians have our -
'musty strengthened their armies,
Their equipment Inas been .built up
wonderfully. •Italy's real effort is to
be made in 1917, The common front
idea has been thoroughly worked out,
mrd when the Germans find them-
selves being slowly crushed on both
East and West fronts, what happens
at Trieste and Istria en tate Italian
front, will seem of truly minor import-
ance. Austria will then have to shift
for herself. It is not likely to he true
that Hindenburg will try a big ofrone
sive against Italy. The Teutons ran -
not afford to weaken even tomnorerily
against the British and Russian
armies, and without doing so they
cannot now spare troops for the inde-
isive movement against. Italy, The
ew troops raised from the dregs of
Ger'many's civilian population cannot
s used as were the first line troops
with which Germany so proudly be-
an the w•ar.
t
Many a poor mol might acquire • r
wealth by utilizing the time he wnstea 1 u
in bemoaning his luck.
The fovea Odell moves 0110 tan on a
smooth herd r,+ad will move eight tons
rn e railway and 32 inn" ora canal • g
luduor clothnut 111 winter �.hotddnet{ - It _.... ,-„.:.
be much heavlo titan in Sirius'; Put. I IJnele Willi nn had linen she Il nhrg
this tvetght tufo t.hu outer cl•dltitig, to lit,: little c anti} narl,hew the melnr.-
of Che tor;, '�nlu,ut." After
'Phe lat•ge'r part 0 Mtxl.•u , p, .a a r r:nlr the Pl nisi he ankcd the
of en elevated platunn, witty .,, • n•. 1,- ,r i .1 . . ;1, mrd the ru-
tnin:, on the riiet and .e. I i J t „ er arn.ol• 11:11•er b'td twe pi ,•s
1pladaaatt is of valc'suic