HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-5-17, Page 2Conducted •by Professor Henry G. Bell.
The object of this department is to ace at the
service of our farm readers the advice ofl an acknowl•
edged authority on all subjects pertaining to eons and
crops,
Address alt 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 !e ilmited
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.
CONCRETE ON THE FRY
its Low First and . Its Dtlrebility e Make Conerelte An;
Eworiolnieal Material,
The us4, of co'icreto by the furmer , end, A ventilator can be provided by
has become quite general, through - :the simple process of embedding a six-
out the country, a condition undoubt- inch tile drain on end in the concrete.
erily brought about 'by i'enson of the} Porheps nothing is a more decided
economy which attends the use of con- improvement• to the farm than the re -
crate. It is usually a simple matter ,pl€wing of the old style cow stable by
for a. ftu•mer to obtain sand and One baving'a concrete floor with a
gravel and the only other material drop gutter, pipe stanchions and pipe
needed is the cement, which can now stall partitions. At a step one gees from
be obtained at a price easily within the rotting timbers, the germ's and the
the reach of all. I foul smells of a. stable which it is, im-
Probably the first use to which. come possible to clean, to one which is the
trete was put on the farm was fin the ,last word in cleanliness and hygienic
Question -E. L. S: I have a piece half to a bushel and three pecks to the building of foundations for houses,' construction, This too is an impro-
of sandy land which is practically un- acre of good barley seed. A variety barns end other buildings, went which is very easily accomplish-
of
Would it be wise to sow that has given the best results M On- The concrete root cellar is a farm ;ell. A five -inch concrete floor is laid
On -
it to sweet clover this spring with a tario is Mandseheuri. This is a variety . structure which has found great pop- 1 on six inches of well -tamped cinders
cover crop of rye? I want to build it developed by Prof. O. A. Zavitz of On- ulerity. Vegetables, and particular-' or gravel, the floor consisting, in cross.
lY potatoes, must be protected from section, of an alley 4' 6" wide, a drop
up, but do not know the ntost practical tarso Agricultural College, In re_
and quick method. cent years a selection has been made cold. A concrete root cellar, built gutter 1' 4" wide, 6 inches' below the
into the ground on a side hill, not only alley level, a stall 4' :8" deep raised
Answer: -Sweet clover would be a from this barley under the name of O '
good crop to put on this thin soil. A.C. No. 21. This is superior in makes freezing impossible but in ad- inches above the level of- the alley -
Under normal conditions it can be strength of straw and is a little (Mien affords protection from water j way, a manger wall 7 inches high and
sown with. rye, however, I question if heavier yielder than the average bar -
rats,
from burrowing animals, such as; 6 inches thick, a manger 1' 6" wide
the rye has not grown too rank for ley in Ontario. You can locate seed rats, mice and squirrels, and is easily sloping to a feedway 4 feet wide, 8
this spring's sowing, unless you are of it by addressing Prof. C. A. Zavitz, kept clean. A six:inch layer of inches above the stall floor. If two
seeding it with spring rye. If so, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph,
gravel or cinders isfirst placed and ;rows of cows are to be kept in the
you should prepare. the seed -bed well Question -C. D.: -Could you give well tamped and on top of this is laid :stable thio cross-section may be re -
as in preparing it for wheat, and be- me information concerning the seed- asix-inch concrete floor. The follow-? pealed on the other side o£ the build -
fore harrowing the ground spread one ing of sweet clover with fall wheat. ing day the walls, which should be 8 ing, in such a mariner that the cattle
inches thick, are erected. The earth either face
to two tons of ground limestone or a Would the clover be all right sown in each other or are Placed
ton of air -slaked burnt lime over the the spring the same as June clover? bank can be used for the outside wall' back to back as may be preferred.
ground, Work this in thoroughly in How would you sow it? Would you forms and it is only necessary to erect 1 There are many other ways in which
order to sweeten the ground. This drill it in, or would a drill cut the inside forms, which consist of 1 inch concrete can be employed with great,
should be done, if possible, a week be- wheat roots too much? How much sheeting with 2" x 4 studcmg spaced ,advantage on the farm, such as fence
fore the seed is sown. At the time would you sow per acre? 18 inch's centre to centre and braced; posts, dairy houses, ice houses, poultry
of seeding, sow about three-quarters Answer: -Sweet clover can be seed-
er. a bushel of unhulled seed to the ed with full wheat and rye, as describ- should be 6 inches thick rising to acisterns and watering troughs, drains
acre, or if hulled seed is obtained, ed in answer to question No. 1. The Peak, reinforced with 3-8 inch rods, I and septic tanks, bee cellars, bridges
about twenty pounds to the acre. In best time to seed it is early in spring. spaced 5 inches apart, running from and culverts, chimneys, fireplaces, dip -
order to make sure of a catch, I would If you have machinery for drilling the eave to peak and 3-8 inch rods spaced 1 ping vats, engine bases, feed troughs,
advise the application of 200 to 250 seed, you can get a little evener dis- 18 inches apart running from end to porches and retaining walls.
pounds per acre of fertilizer, in order ,tribution and the seed will be planted
to give the young crop quickly avail -i at an even depth. Be sure and do
able plantfood, which will cause it to , not get it planted too deep. As a
make an early vigorous start. If you rule an inch to an inch and a half is
are sowing this seed on top of fall j deep enough for clover seed.
sown rye, follow the seeding by har-i Question -J. R. M.:-(1) I have
rowing the rye, being sure that thea piece of old meadow in which I
harrows run with the rows and not: want to plant potatoes. Have plenty
across them. This harrowing will of manure for same. I want to plow
bury the sweet clover seed and should, potatoes in. Would you advise put -
give it a good start. If you are ferti-;ting manure on sod, plow potatoes in,
lizing the rye at the time of seeding and disc -harrow after plowing?
sweet clover, I would advise drilling 1 (2) How deep should sod be plow-
er broadcasting the fertilizer before; ed for potatoes?
you harrow the crop. The second! (3) When is the best time to plant
year's growth of sweet clover should! potatoes to get the best yielding
be plowed under as soon as it has' crops?
made maximum growth in early! (4) Does rye cut green make good
spring. Sweet clover will add consid- horse feed for winter feeding?
erable organic matter and some nitro_. Answer: -In preparing your old
gen, since it has on its roots, nodules meadow for a potato patch, I would they are recommended. I gricu urs o ege o. 1 are recom-
where the sweet clover bacteria live. advise plowing down the sod, about Other very good sorts, almost ort' mended among the six -row sorts.
These bacteria have the power of tak- five or six inches deep. If the manure quite equal to those mentioned, could l Duckbill, and the best strains of
ing nitrogen out of the soil air and of is well rotted, apply about five loads I have been added to the list, but it ap- Chevalier are recommended among the
incorporating it in the roots of the, to the acre, and then disk and harrow pears undesirable to recommend an,two-row sorts,
sweet clover plants so that the soil i it into the soil thoroughly. If it is unnecessarily large number of No varieties of beardless or hulless
fresh manure, do notbarley can be recommended. Success
richervinh nitrogen after growing sweet, putd it on arbor varieties. (beardless) is of very early ripening
clover than it was before. potato patch, since it tends to harbor Spring Wheat. -Red Fife and White
Question -S. L: -I would like to Potato scab spores. In order to get Fife are good standard sorts • but zath-;habit,
know how to get a sure catch of clover largest yields of best quality potatoes Peas, -Among yellow peas, Arthur
er late in ripening in northern',
and how to test seed. I work 20 you will do well to add, in addition to localities l is most highly recommended for earli-
acres, keep two horses and two cows. the manure that you put on the soil, Huron, Marquis and Early Red Fife' ness and productiveness, Golden Vine,
I sowed four acres of rye on wheat about 50 lbs, of a fertilizer carrying are earlier in ripening. _ I Chancellor and White Marrowfat are
stubble last fall and pastured it. Good 3 to 4% ammonia and from 8 to Ail the varieties mentioned are good also good sorts.
stand of rye, and now I want to seed IO,o available phosphoric aced, and for bread -making, but Huron is hots Prussian Blue, Wisconsin Blue and
this rye with clover and a little alsike. Possibly Ino potash, Scatter 200 lbs, equal in this respect to the others. It; English Grey are good colored peas. -
How would you do it to get best re-; of this fertilizer per acre over the is, however, particularly vigorous and i Experimental Farms Note,
sults? Would you harrow it a little ground before the last harrowing, productive and is highly recommended, l
and seed and then go over it with a' which will work it into the soil. At In extreme northern districts, Pee -1 Only one thing better than a good
weeder? I also want to know how to the time you are planting your pots- Jude will be found valuable if the soil. sheep -a better -one.
toes strike the plow furrows and then
seed in barley. Which is the best is fairly rich and the rainfall euffici- Housecleaning is in or. er. Have you
scatter a light dustingof fertilizer all ee
barley? Which is the best barley to upthe furrow. Follow thi t- ent. t had your spring stable cleaning?
l by Pu Southern 1
sow, a:nd where can l get it? ting in a light covering of soil over the In Soothe n Ontario, the very oats Clean out, scrape out, wash out,
Answer: -The answer to question fertilizer, then drop the potatoes and variety,Blue Stem, gives good results. sweep out. No animal on the farm
No. 1 covers the answer to the first It is rather more resistant to drought' is more worthy of a clean stall than
cover as usual. Potatoes should not
part of question No. '', granted that be planted until there is reasonable than most sorts. Goose wheat is use -la good horse.
your rye crop has not made too great Certainty of the early sprouting tubers `
a growth. If it has made too great escaping frost. In the central part
a growth already to allow harrowing, of Ontario, this would delay the plant- FOOD SHORTAGE SUGGESTIONS
do not attempt clover seeding until ing until early in May.
next season. Clover seed should be Rye cut green makes a fair quality
sown on top the winter wheat or rye hay, If allowed to grow until it is
as soon as the frost is out of the thoroughly ripened, the straw is re-
ground in the spring. It should be latively poor and lacks nourishment,
immediately harrowed in. Henry, in his "Feeds and Feeding"
Barley is sown in the same way as says, "Cereal hay (which includes rye)
wheat or oats; that is, if you have a may often be advantageously employ -
grain drill suited to the sowing of ed for horse feeding. However, rye
wheat or oats, it is also adjustable to should be used in moderation. In as -
the seeding of barley. If not, pre- tually practice we have found it to
pare the seed -bed well and then scat- give horses indigestion ff they are al-
ter evenly broadcast a bushel and a lowed to feed too freely upon it. •
CANADIAN GRAINS. I ful in extremely dry localities, though
Varieties Recommended For Use In the price of this variety is often quite
low, as it is not used for bread -mak -
Ontario, ing. Kubanka, closely resembling
It is not- the policy of the Expert..
Goose, makes excellent bread, but it is
mental Farms to advise the cultiva-', so different from ordinary wheats that
tion of new varieties of gzain which millers object to grinding it. Goose
have not yet been sufficiently tested�s usually more productive than
i Kubanka.
in Canada, or which when tried have Oats. Banner and Ligowo are two
shown no superiority over older and'
of the best sorts. Ligowo is slightly
better known sorts. the earlier in ripening, but generally
The varieties here recommended
have been thoroughly tested and have
produces a smaller crop. Daubeney
shown excellent qualities. While, may be used where extreme earliness
they may not be adapted to every con .Ss desired. O.A.C. No. 72, (a seIec-
dition of soil and climate, they have tion from Siberian), is a very produe-
demonstrated their suitability for ; tive, late -maturing variety.
large areas in the prpvinces for which A Barley. -Manchurian and Ontario
Difaa.ve
There is a theory that the way to
keep a hog well is to keep him and Isis.
food and surroundings clean. Worth
trying,
The sooner the pigs are all out on
pasture the better, It is natural for
hogs to eat grass.
A good hogpasture cuts the cost of
growing pigs and hogs in two.
Many men seem to ignore the need
and craving for grass that is as na-
tural to a pig as it is to a -cow.
,�1qfr1
Hints on Goose Culture.
While geese live to a great age, the
ganders are usually unreliable as
breeders after about nine years old,
Females, however, have been bred at
from fifteen to eighteen years of age.
An indication of advanced years is an
abdominal pouch of considerable size.
Geese do not reach maturity until
their second or third year, and their
eggs do not ehow strong fertility,
Being naturally a grazing animal,
the goose is provided with a bili that
A young fanner grew a lot of pigs has sharp interlocking serrated edges,
last year on clover and alfalfa pasture. designed to cut and divide vegetable
Ile fitted them for the butcher on tissues easily, and the tongueat the
sugar beets and corn grown on the tip is coverer] with hard hale -like pro.
farm • jections pointing toward the throat,
That pork wee surely healthy, and which serve to convey the hits of grass
cost less than it would have done and leaves into the throat quickly and
under less intelligent management, surely.
Fot' a start a gander and two geeee
are sufficient, Their eggs being
very fertile, as a rule, quite a Number
can be hatched each peat.
It requires a full month to hatch a
lose egg, ane incubation is perforat-
e y either a hen of l goose. Agood-
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protedtad froth severe cold of drift, `�M
The feeding period of the hog is
Short, and the more quickly it is grown
the greater the profit.
The pigs need shade in the pasture,
There should be trees as well as
shelter,
Do not let the little pigs hang over
a high trough -or they will grow
crooked in the backs.
Beans Contain a Large Amount of Protein and Their Food Value
• Is Therefore High. -
By Henry G. Bell, Agronomist.
Beans. ground limestone or 4. ton air -slaked
Crop reports indicate what may
amount tp a desperate shortage in
food next winter. What this .coun-
try needs more than anything else is
high food value crops in as small bulk
as possible; foor that will keep; food
of minimum bulk which can be readily
stored and shipped.
An acre of beans, yielding 28
bushels, produces as much heat and
energy -producing food as an acro of
wheat yielding 20 ,bushels, A. 28 -
bushel -to -the -acre crop of beans pro•
duces over 24 times as much flesh -
producing food as a 20 -bushel -to -the,
acre crop of wheat,
Ontario produces over 800,000
bushels of benne on 51,000 acres.
The average yield is 16.8 bushels per
acre,
App acre of beans produces from 13
to 80 bushels of dried beans.
Beans are being contracted for at
$8 to $0 a bushels •
One !Mewl of small navy beans, or
14 bushels of kidney beans plants an
acre, in rows or drills 28 inches apart.
Beans should not be planted till
danger from frost is past. They me_
tore in 90 to 100 days, Planting
dates vary from May 15th to June
15th.
Beans are suited to soils that will
grow corn and wheat, in wheat
growing sections they would he a
stitute
splendid sub where winter
wheabehas killed out.
Bean Beed•bed Pointe,
Beeps thrive best on well -drat-
1, n
soli
2. le a soil is sour, apply 1 toil
lime to the acre.
3. Prepare medium deep, fairly firm
seed -bed by' plowing, disking and har-
rowing. e.
4. For best results, fertilize the
crop with 200 to 600 lbs. to the acre
of fertilizer carrying 1 to 2% am-
monia, 8 to 10% phosphoric acid, and
1 to 3% potash.
This fertilizer is best applied by
drilling it into the seed -bed through
the fertilizer dropper. of 'a grain drill,
If you do not have a drill, scatter the
fertilizer evenly over the bean ground
and work it into the soil by disking
and harrowing before the beans are
planted. This available plantfood
will increase bean yields and hasten
the ripening of the crop;. 1
In cultivating the crop, be careful
to work the soil shallower each cul-
tivation. Do not cultivate after the
beans begin 'to ,flower
•
Buy healthy seed if possible. Santo
growers claim that spraying bean
crops with Bordeaux mixture (5 lbs,
copper sulphate, 5 lbs. quick lime and
50 gallons water) controls bean dia.
eases•
Do not Work among beans on a
damp day or before the dew is gone.
The spores of bean diseases are tar-
ried on tools and shoes, Disinfect
these by dipping them in a wash of
one Hint formalin to 20 gallons of
water,
Beans may be more effective than
bullets
A large crop of beans will eupplyl
the meet non-perishable food materiel
in smallest bulk for our armies, our
allies and ourselves. High prices are
almost certain,
oUr
Cmrdzcctecee6Y Pius X(ensL Lc r,ree
Mothers and daughters of all apes are cordially Invited to write to this
department, initials only will bo published with eeoh question and is
ansWor as a means of
Identification, but full name and address most be
given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be
maned direct if stamped and addressed envelope Is encloser),,
Address alJ` correspondence for this department to Mrs, Helen Law, 2
Woodbine Ave„ Toronto. eei
I3. S. IS, . As almost every one
from fifteen to fifty is wearing her
skirt short, you need -hdve no .leer of
not being in the mode if your skirt's
are within an inch or two of your boot
tops. 2. A$ to the important matter
of wearing -your hair up, you will be
so much more sensible to wear it ]sang=
ing, clasped at the back witha bar-
rette or ribbon:bow, which is the most
'suitable style for a girl of sixteen.
Of course, you have probably been
told this before, but it is true. Re-
member, in a year ortwo you will be
putting it up, and must wear it so for
the remainder of your life.
D. K.:-1. Yes, a pacifier for the
baby is most injurious and should on
no account bo perinitted. Continuous
sucking on any nipple is likely to
cause adenoids, enlarged tonsils, pro-
truding teeth, and misshapen jaws. 2.
Headache is not :a disease, it is a
symptom. When your head pains
you, look for the cause. And by all
means do not merely try to stop the.
headache. This can be done in a
good many ways without correcting
the cause of the pain. But no real
cure is made; you have only destroyed'
the danger signal which has been 'try-
ing to tell you that something is the
matter with you -that you are hot a
healthy person. See a doctor.
N, M,: -It is usually advisable to
allow children to have candy in mod-
eration. Candy is largely stlgar, and
sugar has a high food value, as it sup-
plies 'heat and energy. Moot chiI-
dren over two or three years of age
may usually be given candy in small
amounts with one of their daily meals.
It should be pure, hard candy that can
be sucked, preferably homemade; not
of the chocolate cream order that is
usually macerated in the mouth and
hastily swallowed,
M, B.:-1. All linen and silver"ie
marked with the bride's initials. In
your ease "M. B." should be embroid-
ered en the linen and engraved on the
silver. 2. A corsage bouquet of roses
would be entirely, suitable' when mar-
ried in a travelling dress. 3. A bride
should write personal letters of thanks
to ail those wlso.have sent presents to
her. 4. It is not good form to ad-
dress a wedding invitation "Mr. and Or shall it be the story
Mrs, John Smith and family." Send, Of Little Bo Peep I tell,
one invitation to Mr: and Mrs. John And the sheep she lost and mourned
the meuher' for
written
Smith unwithdernenaath thatof the daof her gpat
r- As if awful late befell?
ents, while another invitation should.
be addressed to the Messrs. Smith the' Oh, the pigs that went to market-.
( That's the tale for me to tell!
sons) . The great big pig, and the little pigs,
C. F. J.:-1. If white silk waists l And the wee„wee pig as well.
after being washed in warm water are Just look at the baby, bless him- .
rinsed in warm bluing water theyidil1 I The little rogue's fast
not turn yellow. 2. One should never gasleep.
use the phase "respectfully yours" un- I might have stopped Gelling stories
less writing a business letter. 3, When I got to Little Bo Peep.
Needles will not rust if• they are kept -Eben EaRexford.
in waxed paper, 4. Stale or other-
wise unpleasant odors in the cellar f• • Merry hiuy,
can be eliminated by sprinkling the When little April ran away,
teller. fleet with unelaeked lime. 5.1 Her brothers, Mud and Rain, went,
When soot falls on a carpet throw salt too,
on it to prevent it marking the carpet And then along came Merry -May -
when being swept -up."I'm very glad to be with you!
•
L. L. T.:-1, A thoroogh sun bath "I'11 smile at you all through the day!"
is the best thing for mattresses. Pil She cried to all the trees and flow -
lows should be hung in the shade as ers,
the heat of the sun brings out the oil "And little bircl-s from far away
in the feathers and will rause them to Will come to praise the sunny
stick together. 2. The reason custard hours."
and pumpkin pies raise in the centre -Florence M. Patter.
is because of air under the crust, --
Grease the tin and lay crust on and The Wash Rag Talks.
begin at one side and smooth to ratter 'Boo, Hoo!"
edge leaving no air bubbles in, then rl3oo I•Ioo Hoo!"
pierce crust in bottom and sides with
a small fork. Press the crust off with
your hands instead of a knife,
Telling Story,
know of a boy that's sleepy,
I can tell by the nodding head,
Ana the eyes that.cannot stay open
While the good -night prayer is said,
And the whispered "Tell a 'tory,"
Said in such a drowsy way,
Makes me hear the bells of Dreamland,
That ring at close of daffy.
So you want a story, dueling!
What shall the story be?
Of Little Boy Blue in the; haystack,
And the sheep he fails to see.
As they nibble the meadow elover,
While the cows are in the corn?
0 Little Boy Blue, wake up, wake up,
For the farmer blows his horn!
.. INTERNATIONAL LESSON
MAY 20
Lesson VIII, (Temperance Lesson) -
The Importance of Self-control
Isaiah 28, 1-13. Golden
Text -1. Cor. 9. 25.
Verse 1. Woe -The Hebrew word
thus translated is a simple interjection
indicating distress. Crown of pride
-Samaria, the capital of the northern
'kingdom, crowned the summit of a
IOW hill, the sides of which'were ter-
raced with vineyyards and gardens and
about which ay a fertile valley.
Drunkards of Ephraim -The dissolute
aristocracy of the capital city, The
fading flower of his glorious beauty-
Elements
eautyElements of social decay and disin-
tegration were already evident on
every hand.
2. A mighty and strong one -Re-
ferring to the Assyrian power which
was to be instrument in Jehovah's
hand for inflicting chastisement on his
apostate people,
3. Trodden under foot -By the in-
vading army of the enemy at the time
of the fulfilment of Jehovah's judg-
ment against the nation.
4. The first -ripe fig before the sum-
mer -It is a familiar fact that in Pales-
tine, as in•other fig-produclhg coun-
tries, the main crop of figs is preceded
by a few scattered first fruits. These
"first -ripe figs" are still esteemed a
great delicacy. Hosea, Micah, Nahum,
and Jeremiah, as well as Isaiah, refer
to this early fruit (compare Hos. 9.
10; Mic. 7. 1; Nah, 3, 12; Jer, 24. 2).
5. In that day -The day of judg-
ment and desolation. Will Jehovah
of hosts become a crown of glory -A
beautiful promise in figurative lang-
uage -to the remnant .or residue of;
the faithful whore Jehovah shall re-
deem and to whom be himself will be-'
come a source of beauty, strength, and l
Joy.
And even these -The men et
Jerusalem among whom the priest end;
the prophet are especially referred to
because o£ .their being the spiritual]
leaders of the people, It was they
who opposed Isaiah in the name of
Jehovah, and claimed to have the au -1
thority of divine revelation beak of
them in this opposition and in the sun -1
port of the politicians. Reel with
'strong drink -Judah, on the whole,
still contrasted favorably with Israel
but even here the besetting sin had
fpr a long time been• drunkenness,
Swallowed upof wide-Pez•h s n -
Ss wa 1st
ter, "confusewith wine," or `wholly
absorbed in their carousings," Err in
vision -Deceive themselves with re-
gard to revelations which They claim
to have received.
8. Full of vomit and filthiness-)
Literally so, these words of the
het reflecting vividly the awful state
of things existing its avnatoeratic social
circles, of the capital city. We ore'
reminded, as we reed these words. of,
the similar state' of affairs in Rome
shortly before the downfall of the ens
Aire. i
0. Whom -will he tench knowledge?
--The prophet is here quoting the
mocking retort of the nobles and.
priests whom lie has thus severely re-'
bolted, and who apparently .interrupt
him with their scoffing replies, , Thai
quotation continues through the next
verse,
10. Precept upon precept; line anon,
•=1'h Hebrew o� thisversgives:
liar e e
n series of repented monosyllablethe
evaet cense of which is not eetirely
"Wah, wail"
The wash rag stopped crying to
Retell to the towel boo -honing,
-- "What's the matter?" asked the
ate the mocking, stammering word
of drunken men as these mock th
wearisome repetition of the prophet -
warning speech, The meaning
the whole retort is: "Who are w
that we should be lectured by thi
man? Are we newly born infants
Is it necessary to repeat over an
over again to us this message as on
would teach a child?"
11. Nay, but+ by men of Strang
lips and with another tongue -Or
"for with stammering lips," Th
quotation has ended and the prophe
replies to the mocking interruption
his hearers by pointing out that hi
unwelcome and oft -repeated messag
will be followed by a severer wor
spoken by Jehovah himself tb-this peo
pie in a still more uncouth language
namely, the harsh and barbarous ac
cents of the Assyrian invaders.
12. This -The course of action ad
vocated previously by the prophet, i
the rest, the only means of averting
the impending disasters; and thi
alone is the one possible means of
bringing refreshing to the exhausted
nation.
18. Fall backward --Retreat from
their haughty position and bo cast
down, -Broken, and snared, and taken
-Defeat and capture and utter de
solation will be the inevitable outcome
of the, conflict which their apostasy
from Jehovah will in the end bring
them. ,
s Wash Rag of the Towel.
e "What's the matter with you ?" was
5 the reply of the Towel.
of "I was crying to think how dirty I
e am," answered the Wash Rag. "Jimmy
? washes his face 'and•hands and. leaves
d the diet on me instead of washing it
e off with soapa and water."
"That's what you are for. Bo hoo!
e wah! wah, wah!" The Towel was be-
, ,inning to weep once more. "He
e wipes the dirt on mc."
e "What are you for if not to wipe
°6 the dirt On -hush, talk softly, Jimmy
e is waking up."
d The Towel stopped crying and said,
"I hope he does! Serves him right.
, Do you know what he does to me? He
- wipes his face on me and then 1
at me to see how,4fkty I am!"
"Well, what should he do?"
s "He should look in the Mirror," an-
• swered the Towel. -
"You don't say so!"
It was Jimmy speaking.
When Thirst is Normal, •..-
Two-thirds of you is water. This
includes all -your brain, your organs,
your flesh, your blood, your bones.
When your lungs and your skin
breathe, they use up water. When
your digestive organs digest, water
is necessary.
Water is therefore said to be the
most important of all foods. -
tlnder normal conditions, theist is
a fairly safe guide to your water
needs. You should see to it, how-
ever, that you are thirsty for at least
six glasses a day' --ane glass with
meals and the rest -between meals,
Water with meals, provideeea person .
is in perfect health and provided the
water is not taken when food is in
the mouth and used for washing it
down, and also provided it is not ice
,water, is an aid to digestion, • e
For people who are overweight, no
liquid should be taken with the meals
or for an hour afterward, Water in
those periods seems to promote the
putting on of more weight. Between
meals, water may be taken as thirst
arises.
mike
C)effree
It is a hard tug on ewes to suckle
lambs almost as big as themselves
Separate them before the lambs are
too big.
Set your mind on having a nice -
wether for your own meat. No finer
meat in the world.
The sweetest mutton ever made was
from feeding barley with plenty of
grass and hay.
The finerr clover is in leaf and stem,
the better sheep like it, That is why
alfalfa and alsike are in such favor.
The wool a sheep bears will pdy its
way on the farm.
Get the sheep out on the pasture
while the bite is short,
Give a good feeding of hay in the
morning before turning to pasture.
When the flock has been eating
roots, the change to the fresh grass
is not so relaxing.
Any change in feed, even from dry
bay to genes, should be made with
care.
A
The cream .from diiferent breeds of
cowo does netchurn alike,
The :fat globules in the milk of a
Jerscy or a Guernseycnw"iire larger
than ;hose of other beceda, and conse-
quently break more easily.
If the milk and cream containing
large fat globules and milk containing
small fat globules are 'mixed, there
will be n loss in the churning.
It is all right to divide the calves
with the boys, but don't forget to
divide the proceeds of the sales, too,
Health and wealth in stables with
pure air everywhere.
The Cheapest winter feed that can
he producer] for the dairy cow
combination of alfalfa and ensilage.
The one safe guide in ascertaining
any cow's annual production of milk
and fat is the constant use of -`sethe,
certain, They are intended to baitales and test.
Apple Spray Schedule.
Before buds start, dormant spray-
lame-m:11:bur 1 to 8, for scale and blis-
ter mite.
When leaves of blossom buds are
out a quarter to half an inch -delay
ed dement spray -lime -sulphur 1 to
8 for scale and blister mite; "black
loaf 40" three- natter pint in 100
gallons for aphis; arsenate of lead'
5-6 pounds in 100 gallons for leaf
1 oiler and ease bearers, (If this
spray is applied it will not be neccs-
nary to make the "dormant" applica-
tion.)
When blossoms show pink -blossom
rink spray; lhno sulphur 1 to 40 for
scar; arsen to of\ lead 5-6 pounds in
0 gallons fsQ r d mo, fn'as
etc.; "black leuafbu40" 1 int itt 10be0 14-r
in10ns for dark apple redithnugease, g
, When the last•of the petals are fall-
I'in 1yxr
spray, ay, limesulphur 1 to 40
for scab; izrsenate of lead 5-6 pounds
n 100 gallons for coddling moth;
black loaf 40" onepint p zt in 100 gallons
for bright apple red bug•
i Later sprays to be determined by
, Weather conditions and 4fontrol of
scab; arsenate of lead 5-6 pounds ih
100 gallons for coddling math and
other caterpillars,