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Henry G, Belt
Conducted by Professor Henry G. Hell-
The object of this department le to place at the
service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl.
edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and
Crops.
Address an questions to Professor Henry G, Bell, In
care of The WilsonPublishing Company, Limited, Tee
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 thate
a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the
question, when the anewer will be mailed direct.
Question -M. A. C.: -My seeding taken to see that the fertilizer does
with grain last year was tefailure. It not come in close contact with the
did not catch. Would you recommend beans in the soil,
manuring and plowing the stubble for
potatoes this year? Would it do for
beans where potatoes grew last year?
It was a big growth of clover, also
immured, plowed under and potatoes
planted. I want to reserve an old
meadow to plow under for corn this
• year and will also have to plow last
year's potato and corn ground for oats
.this year?
Answer: -The land where your
seeding failed, if plowed up and then
carefully manured, should make good
potato ground this year. I would ad-
vise in addition to the manure about
400 pounds of fertilizer: Carrying 2 to
3% ammonia, 8 to 12% available
phosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash.
Scatter this down the drill rows when
you are panting the potatoes. A
good method of application is to drop
the seed pieces of potatoes and coverst+This would depend entirely on the
them lightly with soil, and then Au!' weather and whether the two wheats
the fertilizer along over the hill slid ripen at the same time. In fact, I
drills and finish the covering. This should expect them not to ripen to -
addition of available plantfood will gether. You should sow the wheat at
give the crop a strong, vigorous start. once, All that is necessary to do
This land would do well for beans, would be to harrow or disk up the
also. ground and drill in the wheat. Per -
Question -R. E.: -I have a Piece of
haps you will be able to secure spring
land that has been run for years with- wheat seed in your community or from
FOOD SHORTAGE' SUGGESTIONS
The Food Value of Buckwheat is High, As It Is Both a Flesh 1 o-
dueer and a Heat and Energy Producer.
By Henry G. Bell, Agronomist,
Buckwheat pancakes may form a welcome substitute for brealcfast wheat
cereal and bread toast, while wheat ranges around the $2.50 a bushel mark,
f Buckwheat characteristics strongly recommend this crop for cereal pro-
duetion,
Buckwheat is a dry grain which can be stored, After wheat, corn and
ryer•buekwheat contains a maximum of food in a minimum of volume.
Buckwheat is strong in both flesh producer and in energy and heat pro-
ducer. It compares with wheat as follows:
Question -de. M.: -I have about six-
teen acres of wheat that is badly kill-
ed in the low -places, and I don't wish
to plow the wheat up on account of
expectations of a high price next
year. Do you think it would be ad-
visable to drag up these low places and
sow to Spring, wheat? Could it alt
be harvested together? • If so please
tell me where seed could be procured
and how and when it should be sown.
If spring wheat is not advisable how
would either buckwheat or beans be?
Answer: -If it is not already too
late when you read this answer and
you can secure the seed, I would ad-
vise the sowing of spring wheat where
the winter wheat has killed out. It
is almost impossible to tell whether
the spring wheat and winter wheat
could, be harvested together or not.
Crop
Percent.
Water
Percent. Percent.
Protein Carbo-
(rr1esa Pro- Hydrates.
tlucer), (Hducer),
eat aril
J;nei i'rp-
Wheat 14.4 18.0 66.4 1.6 3.0 1,7
Buckwheat yields -from 10 to 40' bushels per acre.
Buckwheat requires from' 8 to 5 bushels of seed to the acre.
Buckwheat suits poor, light, dry land. It produces larger yields where
additional fertility is supplied, 200 pounds per acre of fertilizer supply-
ing one per cent. ammonia, 8 to 10 per cent phosphoric acid, gives good re-
sults. This should be drilled in when the buckwheat is sown, or braod-
castod and worked into the seedbed by disking and harrowing. You can in-
crease the effectiveness of high-priced farm labor by fertilizing the buck-
wheat. A yield of 20 to 30 bushels per acre uses the labor much more
pfefitahly than a yield of 10 bushels per acre.
Finally, buckwheat should be sown later than corn and the small grains,
It is therefore an excellent crop for "filling in" where other crops fail.
Buckwheat is quoted in Chicago at $3.20 per bushel,
Buckwheat Strong Points.
Strong food is compact volume. Food suited to storage, therefore,
valuable for export. Thrives on comparatively poor suit Makes quick
and reasonably large returns. May be planted later than other crops;
hence can.be used to fill in "where other crops fail," Buckwheat matures
in less than 100 days,
Fate Fibro Ash
Buckwheat 14 9.0 58.7 1.5 15,0 1.8
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
JUNE 3.
Leeson X. -Jesus Betrayed and Denied
-John 18. 1-18. Golden
Text -Iso. 53. 3.
Mothers and daughtere of all ages are cordially Invited t -o 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 of paper only. Answers will be
Mailed direct If stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed,
Address all correspondence for this_departmentto Mrs. Helen Law, 235
Woodbine Ave., Toronto.
"Reader": -1, Eggs should be pre- water and a good soap. Dry skin care -
served in water glass during March,'fully, apply to the spots an ointment
April, May and June, when they are March,'fully,
of 1 ounce soap liniment and 1
cheapest, 2. Protect the young I ounce ether well mixed, and allow it to
cucumber plants from the striped! remain on during the night. Wash
beetle by covering them with wire net ! off in the morning with warm water
ting. Spray with Bordeaux -arsenate 1 and rinse with cold. Continue this
of lead as soon as the plants appear; !treatment until the blackheads have
again at the appearance of the third disappeared. To contract the pores
leaf and a third time before the plants I wipe the face with a little alcohol or
begin to form runners. See that, the eau de cologne. Frequently pimples
spray strikes under the leaves as well. appear with the blackheads, and when
as on top, For the cabbage worm, this is the case make an ointment of
dust with tobacco dust, pyrethrum, the following ingredients, 2 grams
hellebore or spray with arsenate of beta napthol, 20 grams sulphur pre -
lead of obedience results in
lead or powder with dry arsenate, cipitate, 20 grams potash soap. mix an objectionable tyranny, be it ever so
"Enquirer": -Balfour is pronounced thoroughly and apply to the pimples velvet -sheathed, that is dangerous be -
Bal -as in balance-foor. It is very at night. This preparation may be cause the child loses the power of in -
hard to convey the exact pronouncia- used at the same' time as the black- itiative. Isis will becomes flabby
tion -of Joffre by phonetics, but the J head ointment. Do not be discour £rem want of use and he slowly but
is soft and the re is hardly sounded aged if you see no improvement in surely becomes incapable of any ef-
at all; it is almost as though it was your complexion as the weeks slip by. fective action except when under the
written Joff, with the ffs a mere It sometimes requires months to get
f im 1 d blkhl
direction and guidance of another -a
i
Teaching Obedience 11
"Do you think," asks a mother, "that
my little boy of three is too young to
readily obey?"
No and yes. The very fact that
the question is asked is evidence that.
the child was not taught to obey ear-
lier; if he had the mother would have
very little difficulty in securing obedi-
ence at present. It is both possible
and practicable to begin to teach
obedience when little folk are from
ons to two years old, and taught thus
early it Becomes second nature, and
parents avoid the very distressing and
humiliating contest of wills between
themselves and the children, who
simply must be taught to take and act
upon the advice of a wiser and older
person, both for their own protection
end for the comfort and well-being of
others.
Yet in most things, and especially
in child training, there is a golden
mean. While obedience must be ex-
pected, severity must be avoided. The
rd op
Meath. Viviani is pronounced anacaass. nice prospect for the days when he
Viv-a-an-e. "Perplexed": -1. A felon is an in-! P
record that they all forsook him and ' must shift for himself and perhaps for
fled, which Mark places after his J. D. 'V.: -The following are the lection of the tissue around the finger a family.
words, "But lot the scriptures be ful- i dates at which the several nations en- nail. The constant application of a
tilled." tared the European War: wet dressing, equal parts of alcohol I Therefore, one must constantly bear
9. The Exangelist sees the Master 1914, July 28, Austria and Serbia; and water, may check it. If it pre- I in mind the physical, mental and spiri-
purposed to keep his disciples out of, August 1, Germany and Russia; Au- greases a surgeon should be consulted, tual helplessness of children, and for
fromtemevil and keeat p me foht rll is work. them gust 3; France; August 4, Belgium
blathe infection 2. ory can arse check greatsecre- Thom taking advantage ofat reason if for no them. refrain
f nAn
We must assume that he made them and Great Britain; August 8, Montene-i •
gro; August 23, Japan; November 5, tion of gastric J_.___
Turkey. normal motion of the stomach. 3.' bullies of the most objectionable type.
1915, May 23, Italy; June 3, San 1 Greens and green vegetables are the There should be a sufficient amount of
best source of iron for blood building, obedience with a requisite amount of
4. The eyes should have a rest from liberty and freedom, so that there may
reading and from all kinds of fine be ample opportunity for the children
understand it was his will that they a, l aisn imus• unbelievable number of parents are
+•
should hide from a very real danger:
nothing less, surely, will explain their
absence from Calvary. The one who, Marino; October 14, Bulgaria.
with the best of motives, ran into 1916, March 8, Portugal; August 28,
temptation unbidden, gained, nothing Rumania.
but bitter experience from doing so. 9 A
1 17, pini 8, United States of work, Out-of-door recreation, such as to develop whatever natural initiative
, America; April 7 Cuba gardening Verse 1. Brook -The term implies First he endangered himself and leis and almost any form of out- and independence they may have. To
out clover or manure. Thus land is f the elevator men Unless a ravine that was dry except to the comrades by hewing et Manchus s
quite sandy and contains practically
no humus. Now, if 1 apply 12 good
loads of manure to the acre, which
would be the most profitable crop for
me to raise, corn or potatoes?• -I raised
corn on similar land last year that
went 60 crates to the acre, with
manure, Would this ground hold
moisture sufficient to grow a good
crop of potatoes?
Answer: If you have potato seed,
by all means potatoes would be the
most profitable crop for -you to grow
on the land- in question. I would re-
commend adding fertilizer to the man-
ure, as per answer to M. A. G.
Under normal conditions you should
not have any trouble from lack of
moisture. If you have to buy potato
seed, at present prices it,maybe more
profitable to grow corn, but this you
will have ,to decide from your own
local con'tiitions, If you -seed it to
corn, I would advise adding about 200
pounds of fertilizer'. 'to the acre,
spreading it broadcast and working it
into the ground before you plant tine
corn, It should carry from 2 to 3%
ammonia and 8 to 10% phosphoric
acid.
Question -W. A. C.1 -I would like to'
get your opinion in regards to plant-
Mg
lant
ing beans in hills, planted 28 inches
each way. Do you think the yield
would be as good' as if they were drill-
ed? They could bo worked.both ways
and kept much cleaner and less seed
would do. The seed is so high in price
this year it would be quite a saving in
the cost of the crop.
Answer: -I am very much in favor
of planting beans in the hill, especial-
ly on land tha'6is likely to be weedy.
or where disease has been prevalent.
As e rule, the yield will be almost as
high as if they were drilled and fre-
' quently bettor as disease is not so like..
ly to spread from one plant to another.
would
gg
n su est the
seed be tested to
learn what percentage will germinate,
and 'since seed is so high-priced, that
the drill be also tested to see if it
plants the quantity of seed desired. I
would able put on about 200 to 800
pounds of fertilizer to the acre. The
fertilizer may be put on broadcast and
worked into the ground' before the
beans are planted, or it may be put th
on as e beans are planted 11 care is
some o •
•
door employment will be found bene- deliberately "break" a child's will is
you are able to get it close at hand it 'rains. Its Old Testament name Kid- head. Then, to preserve his conceal- A. J. L.: 1. In the partly shaded ficial. nothing short of crime; to prudently
will be too late to sow it. In such ion has been turned into a Greek ment, he three times disowned his location you describe, you should be Bide that will is the only
word, as if it meant "Cedars Brook." Master, Better have "forsaken hid able to grow lettuce, early or late cab- "Housewife": -Onions and water guide
e not natural for a Cild wise want course.
case either buckwheat or beans willwell remove the smell of paint from a
Ites make a splendid' crop. In fact, Y A garden -A, orchard in q .place and fled" -as Mark put it, who a bags, cauliflower, or spinach. Do not to abs Man of ourgreatest men
1' if • b bi d th (M k room. Slice several onions, put 3 Y gr'
would prefer the planting of beans as them in a pail of water and stand the were anything but "good" boys; their
they can be put in any time up to the pail in the closed room over night, surplus energy and creative power
last of June, just so they have time W. A.; -Probably the reason baby spilled over into naughtiness, some -
enough to ripen off before frost. In house of the supper, and then went crieslift him __that times ave" waywardness. because
this case the ground should bo thor- straight for. Gethsemane. Jesus oft- 88. The earlier Gospels do not name "School Girl": -The cause of the so- hurt him by not lifting him properly. more legitimate outlets were not lug
gughly disked or liarrotvesl up and times resorted tenths] -This is ons of the aggressor, nor the officious slave called "blackheads" is the clogging of fin lifting a baby, grasp the clothing gested or offered them; and just here
tie einstanaes of John'sexactknowledge tubo thought to please his master by n poresgrease,just below the feet withyour right is where the guiding spirit of a wise
worked down, after which the beans of the incidents which attended the special show of zeal Peter fortun- the with dust and which g t
may be planted in rows 21 or 28 inches Jerusalem Life -of our Lord. All the ately escaped doing more damage. As hardens and pits the face with tiny hand, slip the left hand under the baby and sympathetic adult is invaluable.
apart. A grain drill with part of the Evangelists narrate the coming of it was, he canoe very near being de- black specks. The first step is to from below upward until the head is Have you not heard the mother who
grain tubes stopped up offers the llest Judas. John only remembers that tected (verse 26) and suffering for it. thoroughly cleanse the skin. Every reached, supporting with the hand issues a seemingly inexhaustible
means of planting the beans. WRen the spot was one belonging, it may be, The Jewish leaders were contemptu- night wash thoroughly with warm and lifting the child on the left arm. stream of commands to her unfortun-
planted this way some fertilizer can to a friend or disciple, where Jesus ously indifferent to the disciples: if ate offspring? Having heard, do you
Mark 14..82 called Gethsemane, the
scene of the agony, which John does
not record (The New CenturyBible).
2, Probably Judas went first to the
nmso pro a y one a same ar
14. 52). Of those -See John 17. 12.
The verb is changed to the active;
there it is "not one of them was lost"
10. Having a sword -See Luke 22.
try beans, eggplants, corn, tomatoes.
2. Dahlia roots need warm soil and
warm weather, so it is not safe to
plant them at this time.
also be applied. The best way probe was in the habit of going with hisdis-they could smite the shepherd, the
ably is to stop up the fertilizer tube the es+ltnacad that
knows thatherefore
he eknew would Lfler lto them would camee alatl caitemthe mob
.directly over the row containing the P g
beans but allowing the fertilizer to that followed.
run down the tubes on each side of the C y) ' 11. Only Luke knows that Jesus
h g i d f l preparation
healed Manchus, He got the detail -
so the present writer believes -from
Paul, who was there and in the thick
of it. He heard and quoted those last
terrible words about "the authority of
darkness" (Luke 22. 58; Col. 1. 18).
The cup -John had not reported the
Master's earlier. use of this phrase
(Mark 14. 36).
15. The other disciple was the auth-
or (John 21. 24). He was known unto
the high priest: the word is that of
Luke 28. 49, and implies more than
mere casual acquaintance. That he
was an eye -witness is much more im-
portant than that he should be an
apostle. Court -The quadrangle round.
which the house was built,
17. The maid -Compare Rhoda in
Acts 12. 18. Thou also -She there-
fore knew that John was one. "In
absolute voluntariness of his surrend- the original the question is put in a
er. "Once before, the majesty of his form that suggests a negetive answer,
wads had overwhelmed those who 'Surely thou art not' " (The New Cen-
had come to arrest him (John '7. 46) ; tury Bible). I am not -Peter prob-
and it would have been so now, had not ably thought lie would not be allowed
he willed to be taken" (The Cam- to stay to "see the end" (Matt, 26.
bridge Bible). 5@): it was a typical example of doing
8. This gives us the other side of the evil that good might come.
one dropping the beans.
Question -J. B. H,: -Isn't, it consid-
ered poor policy to plant corn in
ground that grew sugar beets last
year, if only a light crop? There are
two fields which are desired for corn
and beans. Ono 1e sod and the oth-
er grew beets last year, soil about the
same. Both corn and beano require
rich ground, which one will be best to
follow beets?
Answer: -Regarding beans and corn
following sugar beets, the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture studied 115
farms and found that, following sugar
beets, the yield of corn was increased
by 12 bushels to the acre and beans 5
bushels. This would indicate that
either corn or beans could be planted
in the ground that was in sugar beets.
From these figures we ought not to
judge that sugar beets make thee soil
rich in fertility but rather because
they are cultivated during the summer
the soil is put in better tilth for the
growing of the following crops. I
ad round
i tatthes
r comm d h
u e
would e
� g
be put to corn and that beans be put
in the sugar beet land as beans do not
do well on freshly turned sod or whore
too much fresh manure or organic
matter is added to the soil. If about
300 pounds of fertilizer analyzing
high in phosphoric acid are used on the
corn land and probably 200. to 250' on
the bean field, good crops should be
secured this year.
Market in June.
Alf, roosters, old hens, early broil•
ars, green ducks.
During the first week in June, kill
off, dispose of or remove from the
---fleck, the male birds after the .breed-
ing season. Their presence in the
flock after this date causes a loss of a
million dollars a year to Canadian
farmers through the sato of partially
incubated and bad eggs in the produce
which is marketed. All old liens
should also be, marketed at this date.
The propere way to carry a fowl is
to. placo it 'under the arm, the head
poletini; to tlho rear, and the feet hold
,}firmly by the hand, In this way the
bird can be Carried for miles without
the least discomfort to it or the pote-
son carrying it,
In 1cnn)or years, the common prac-
tiae was to Barry poultry by the legs,
hoed hanging downward. Tile wail a
bad mode and one that never was geed
by regular poultrymen, When the
cad is flanking
downwnrd there ie no-
thingh t' h bloodto It
tiring to' prevent n nus of ,
and it is the belief that many casee of
vertigo can be traced to such acts of
earelessnels,
But still snore gruel is listing the
body by their wings. Should the fowl
struggle when thus handled, it is a I machine, says that two men can ruin
very easy matter to snap the cords of machine, weigh milk and strip twenty
cows per hour. Ho used the machine
on.thirty cows the first morning.
probably find them there (The Handy
ofnmentar• . -
3.T e mantu eo the
made to overpower resistance was due
to the fear that the Galilean would
rally to him, Cohort (margin) -
Presumably the Jewish leaders had
asked Pilate to put a company of iris
soldiers at their disposal, to arrest a
dangerous character whom they would,
of course, bring to him for trial. They
would be under their own chiliarch
(verse 12), but Judas was guide. Note
how eager the Jewish coalition was,
each section sending its own servknts.
5. We have not sufficient informa-
tion to tell where the traitor's kiss
comes in: this narrative is manifestly
independent, and the eye -witness who
writes here does not seem to have seen
that incident, which was reported by
Peter through his pupil Mark.
6. This is told to bring out the
fie ainr
Give each calf a chance to drink wa-
ter at least twice each day.
What the cream separator has done
for farmers in the way of improved
and labor-saving methods of creaming
milk, the milk machine will dein milk-
ing cows, which is one of the most
troublesomne jobs on a dairy farm,
W. H, Johnstone of Moose Jaw,
Salk„ who uses a three -unit milking
the wings and thus permanently In-
jure the bird.'
Poultry roughly handled lose confi- A test of the whole herd does not
dente in their attendant, and lose of give the needful information; this
confidence ire the hennery often has a matter of cow -testing is a strict ques-
bad effect upon the egg crop. 'Besides, prion of individual cnpaeity.
any method that points the least bit Sixty martins of two creameries in
toward cruelty should not be permit- Prince Edward Island averaged 884
ted, Gentleness is a virtue that even pounds of fat per herd, after two
hells appreciate, years of cow -testing' these sixty herds.
The mash for the chicks may col- averaged 956 pounds of fat; this is a
sist of equal parts of bran, middlings gain of seventy-one pounds of fat per
and cornmeal, and half part of beef herd, or eight per cont.
scrap, but the composition ie more or When we cOnsidee that a five -dollar
less dependent on the feeds that are calf may grow into a hundred dollar
molt avnilablo; cote, it seems preposterous to send it
Pullets that are stunted by, poor to the butcher, '
feeding during the first few weeks of Ton many farmers do not realize
their lives will prove n decided dis- the feeding value of skim milk, They
appointment from the standpoint of think that because the fat has been re-
tiree, egg production, moved ❑ much larger quantity of milk
should be fed.. As a result, the calves
aro often overfed,
The most effective method for body
lice of hens is the application of a
dilution of either mercurial ointment
or blue ointment, Mercurial ointment
contains fifty per cent, of metallic
mercury. Blue ointment is a min-
i:ure consisting of sixty-seven per cent.
of Mercurial ointuncet end of thii.•ty-
three per cent, of vaselhio and, therc-
fore, contains thirty-three and one-
third per cent, of 11)0101117,
-ltieh Pond For The Tarin.
Why shouldn't a fertile? raise fish
as well as chickens? Given proper
fresh water supply and reasonable
epees for a pond, an netonishing
quantity may be had in two or three
years. •
Tomato Culture.
nre
Tomato seed sown in boxes in the
house in Murch will produce plants
that will fruit the same season, Plants
ready to be set out can be purchased
from seedsmen. In buying plants
select strong, sturdy plants, avoiding
the tall drawn specimens that are fre-
quently offered. Where tall, spindly
plants of tomatoes must be used pinch
off the top. This will check the up-
right growth temporarily and give the
plants an opportunity of becoming
stronger. It also causes them toI
branch.
There are several systems for grow-
ing tomatoes. Some prefer the one
o steins onl
stem system; one or two
are trained to a long stake. Th
keeps the fruit off the ground and lets
the sunlight and air reach all aides of
the plants.
Another system le to set the pie is
under trol11ses•mnde by running nar-
row strips of wood along stake about
two and a half foot above the surface
of the ground. Two strips are run
about two feet apart, braeed with
cross sections very two feet to :form
a rigid frame or trellis, The tomato
plants ate setout under` the middle
of this framework and : trained up
through the Centro, the frame support.
ing the plants when they are laden
with fruit.
Another method is to make a trellis
the shape of a funnel, setting this over
each plant. A barrel hoop on supports
is another form of the same plan.
When grown on a large scale field
culture is the system practised. The
plents are set out in long, straight
rows, cultivated by horse, and the
vines are given no support. This
system may be used also in small gar-
dens.
Beans a Valuable Crop.
Beans have a two -fold value. They
rank among the valuable foods, con-
taining a higher percentage of protein
than wheat or oats, and even meat.
Beane are also of value from a soil
cultural aspect, as they belong to a
most important class of agricultural
plants termed legumes, which are cap-
able of taking up indirectly the free
nitrogen of the air and storing it in
tubercles on the root system of the
plants in a available :form of plant
food for future.crops.
The last week of May or the first
week in June is usually the most
suitable time for planting, although
the time of planting may vary slightly
Y
according to district and season, but
should not be delayed after the soil
has become warm and dry,
Some of the best yielding varieties
of field beans are Pearce's Improved
Tree; Schofield Pea, Medium or
Navy, Common White Pea and white
Wonder, These varieties require
from 112 to 115 days in which to
reach the proper stage of maturity
for harvesting,
After planting, but before the plants wonder that her young folk are lack -
appear, which will usually be from ing in respectful attention or are re -
three to six days, depending largely sentful, even rebellious? True, it is a
upon the weather, it is advisable to constare temptation for the average
harrow the soil lightly with a slant- Parent to "don't" and "do" poor little
tooth harrow or even a light smooth- Johnnies and Marys, but it is a temp-
ing harrow. This operation will
break the crust, destroy weeds, help
warm the soil and stimulate rapid
germination of the seed and growth
of the plants. As soon as possible
after the beans are up, and can be seen
in the row, the single and two -row
cultivators should be used. It should have their interests of play or work
be the aim of every grower to keep the which it may be inconvenient for them
soil stirred on the surface. Thus as to leave at a moments notice. Given
promptly as practicable after each time to finish or to prepare for leaving
rain and in time to prevent the form- the child will render more cheerful
ing of a crust the soil should be stirred
by means of the cultivator. The work of
cultivation also should be kept well in
hand early in the season so that little
cultivation need be given after the
blossoming stage of growth has been
reached,
If you are looking for speed you
are most apt to 'find it in horses of the
color we call "bay."
If on account of the scarcity of pota-
toes it becomes necessary to utilize the kitten. This early lesson will
r potatogrow- should
planting, every gro later bring the boy to your side just
er come -by keep in mind the breed to as promptly as it brought the toddler.
growing a special breeding One mother tvho began her teaching
tation to be resisted, for you can read-
ily see the demoralizing effect upon
the child of receiving so many orders
that it is impossible to obey them all.
Give only commands and see to it that
they are obeyed.
Give fewer "rush" orders. Children
and willing service.
Many "orders" or "commands" can
be courteously changed to requests,
such as "Mary, when you have finish-
ed making that mudpie, will you get
mother a spool of thread?" instead of,
"Mary, get out of that mud instantly
and go to the shop for mei" Do leave
a child a "leg of self-respect" to stand
upon while doing the will of another.
One of the best lessons for the very
little tot is to come when called, the
first lesson that we teach the puppy or
plot from select seed, No great harm
is likely to result in plating culls in
fields where the crop is to be harvest-
ed strictly for market purpose. In
sorting out the culls for general plant-
ing, the best tubers may be selected
for planting a seed breeding plot from
which the 1918 seed potatoes may be
secured next fall.
Olkie
&®ss
A Question of "Ps"
"Pink is the proper color," the lithe
rabbit politely informed Araminta
Jane, They were having a most de-
lightful afternoon tea. Dorothy Anne,
who had been feeding them daintlee-
bits of dike, goosoteu and crackers-
had quite suddenly decided to see
Whether any of her flowers were up
and had left the white rabbit and the
china doll together under a large tree
in the orchard.
"I ani euro blue is the proper color,"
Araminta contradicted, still very
politely.
That was how it started! Both were
euro they were right and soon they
trade such a noise that a little squirrel
time to sec whet the trouble tvae.
"Ilrownl""he maintained stoutly when
they told him of the argument, A
'craw hopping after n fat worm, stop-
ped long enough to ow, "Sleek." And
he was upheld by the raven, who hap-
pened along soon after.
"I'll go and eslc the owl, offered the
squirrel After they had erg ,ed theme
selves hoarse without coming to any
agreement.
"Surely I know, for she picked me
out herself from brown and black-eyed
dolls," Araminta sobbed. "Surely
she must know that blue eyes are the
heti"
of obedience somewhat late said that
once she had taught her boy to come
immediately when he was called, just
as he would if he were a loyal soldier
and his captain summoned him, she
felt that she was mistress of the situa-
tion, because the habit of implicit
obedience in one thing was formed and
11 gradually influenced his conduct in
others.
Keep in mind that the successful
parent not only requests or commands
but follows the order issued, and sees
that they are obeyed, Better give a
youngster no orders than to allow
them to be disregarded.
Be sure to obtain the child's full at -
Back scampered the little squirrel, tention before giving him instructions;
"He says it's a question of 'I's'," he he cangot then offer the excuse that he
announced breathlessly. has not heard or did not understand.'
"Silly, isn't that what we all know,
We mean the proper color for eyes."
Just then back from the garden
danced Dorothy Anne and Elizabeth
and Ruthie, her little friends. "Oh,
look et Dottie's new doll, Aren't her
eyes the most beautiful bluel" ex-
claimed Auth, peeking up Araminta
anddancing up and down with her, your "no" be "no," never changing it
"But look at the cutis rabbit with unless justice and circumstances war -
its cunning pink eyes," Elizabeth said, rant such a change. Thus will you
"Dorothy, whet colo• do you think have peace in your household.
eyes ought to bo?"
Dorothy looked carefully at the big In these days when farmers become
brown eyes of both her little friends, used to the rapid work of the motor,
"I ----i" she started to say.
The little squirrel, who had been the quick -stepping farm horse tip-
waiting
tomaster and man alike, Slow
waiting to hear the answer, suddenly peals a
chuckled to himself, "Now I know horses make slow men, and in order
what the Owl meant," ho whispered to get the best work out of the labor -
to the rabbit as ha scampered past er and to encourage him, a good tont
pini, unquestionably n'ondets great service
1)o you? on the farm.
When it is practicable iet the child
have an explanation of why he must
do thus and so, but also teach him that,
like a soldier, he must learn to obey
without being given the reason, know- •
ing that it must be good as coming
from his parents.
And do let your "yes" be "yes'' and