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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-6-21, Page 7we ._ ,li i,� •d'((F"!��I� }7'NfCI[. ti L r i•� erles 1fA vF.?� �•" �"�k�` it`s, i:.:.;dP t, t�iiu�.4 3 �i Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. >t? The object of this department is toplace at the service of our farm readers the advice of an acknow4 edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In care of Tho Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Tee rent°, and answers will appear In this column In the order In which they are received. As space le limited It Is advisable where immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with this Beery G. .lielL question, when the answer will be mailed direct. Question—C. K.:—I have a field of a about forty acres of heavy Jane grass sod. The land is mucky, with clay sub -soil. I would like to know if buck- wheat would be of any use to subdue the June grass on this land? I have u good crop of beets on this land seven years ago, After the beets I had oats, but they grew rather too rank and lodged, thereby killing out part of the seeding which caused the June grass to take. a start and it has been left in that way ever since,. so that it is now almost a solid. June grass sod. Now if you believe that buck- wheat would grow on this land then I would like to: know what kind of buck- wheat to get. and how much to sow per acre, Answer:—The soil that you describe should produce a rank growth of buck- wheat, The crop, however, is better suited to a clay loam. If you seed buckwheat on this soil, it should make sufficient growth to overcome the June grass, if the seed -bed is well pre- pared. In view of the fact that your grain lodged so badly, I would advise you to apply at least 200 pounds per eof acid phosphate, which supplies 'phosphorus, the kind of plantfood that gives strength to the straw of the grain. This will give strength to the buckwheat vines and will plump the buckwheat kernels. Silver Hull buck- wheat is considered a good variety and requires about five pecks of seed per acre. Another good crop to use ander the conditions you describe would be rape. This can bo sown broadcast in rows. Rape requires about five or six pounds of seed per acre if sown broadcast, and three pounds if sown in drill. Question—A.J.W.: We expect to eked. a silo 10x32 feet. Have six and a half acres, about half of this field is sand loam and the other half is clay loam. We plowed down a heavy June grass and timothy sod last year and it was partly covered with manure. We have covered it again this winter and want to plant it for silage. How should we drill the corn and how much seed per acre? Would it pay to use some commercial fertilizer; if so how much and what analysis would you re- commend? Answer:—In planting corn for sil- age, both drill and check -row systems are successfully used. The cheek - row system, which is really the hill system, allows of cultivating the corn Both ways. If the land is not very weedy the drill system is satisfactory, •. drilling it in rows about 30 inches apart. In drills it requires about 10 quarts to the acre. To make sure of the germination, you would do well to buy the seed on the ear and test the ears for germina- tion. This can be done by taking out six kernels from each ear, two from the tip, middle and butt, numbering the ear and placing the kernels on a square of blotting paper or cloth, num- bering theksquare the same number as the ear. Place the cloth in a pan or large plate where you can keep it clamp and warm, and inside of a week the kernels should have germinated sufficiently to tell you whether the ear is strong, weak or dead. Take the medium and strong ears and shell them out together and discard the ears that show very weak or dead kernels. It would surely pay you to fertilize your corn. For this purpose I would recommend the use of 200 to 300 pounds per acre of a fertilizer nalyzing 2 to 8%n ammonia, 8 to 10% phosphoric acid and 1% potash, This will start your corn crop oft: strong. and vigorous, just the same as whole mills gives a vigorous start to your calves. Question—A. C.:—I have a five acre field which has a heavy sod about four years old which was turned down and planted to beans last year. On ac- count of wire worms I did not plant to oats or corn this Spring. I have it; has been added to produce a smooth plowed again and intend planting to milklike liquid. Pour this mixture through a fine wire strainer into the spray tank, which has previously been filled three-fourths full of clean water, Cucumbers and melons should be sprayed every ten days. Tomato plants should be sprayed as soon as set out and occasionally as required. THIS IS SPR AYING TIME Methods'of Combating the Enemies of Plant Life in the Garden As soon as potatoes are well up they should be sprayed. The little flea beetle begins operations as soon as the plants are four or live inched high and so do the potato bugs. Whether or not potatoes have been grown in the vicinity before, the bugs are sure to be on hand early in the season and crops can only be protect- ed by spraying. Then, too, blight must be checked by a spraying every ten days or two weeks. Cover the. plants thoroughly with the spray, the upper and dower surfaces of the foli- age. Vitrio is a good preparation to use for this purpose or arsenate of lead and bordeau may be used. If vitrio is used ten pounds should be mixed with fifty, gallons of water, For asparagus, beans, other garden vegetables, small fruits and rose bushes, one pound of vitrio dissolved in five gallons of water will produce the desired results. Place the required amount of paste en a pail and add cold water gradually, slowly stirring until sufficient water beans, but some of my neighbors said they would take the beans. Will they? If so, is there anything I can do to prevent it? I do not find many now. Would the dry weather effect them any? The soil is a clay loam with a heavy clay bottom. Answer:—The wire worms which effected your crops last year found a suitable home in the sod which was plowed under. You are planning cor- rectly to plant this land to a cultivated crop this year, since through cultiva- tion it seems possible to get rid of the wire worms. It is impossible for me to say whether the wire worms will take the beans or not this year, how- ever, the ough tillage of the soil in preparing the seed -bed will do a great deal to drive them out, as will also the application of 200 to 400 pounds of fertilizer per acre when seeding your beans. The late Prof. Smith of New Jersey, who made a careful study of the life history of the wire worm, strongly recommends fertilizers as a means of getting rid of the wire worm. The wire worm does not like fertilizer, and beside fertilizer gives added strength to the young growing crop and hence helps it to withstand. light insect attacks. For your con- ditions, I would advise a fertilizer analyzing 1 to 2% ammonia, 8 to 12% phosphoric acid and 1 to 2%n potash, This' should be worked•thoroughlyinto the soil before you plant the beans, by scattering it on the surface of the plowed land and harrowing it in thoroughly or by drilling it in, if you have a grain drill with fertilizer dis- tributing attachment. Cultivation and fertilizers are about the only things that you can do. to combat the wire worm. I do not believe the dry weather has had very much effect on them. Question—R. W.:—We want to ase commercial fertilizer on our bean land this year and we don't know just how much is best to put on per acre to get befit results out of beans. Also, which would be best, to sow fertilizer broad- cast or in the hill with beans? Our land is practically clay land. Answer:—For fertilizing beans on clay soil, I would advise the use of front 200 to 600 pounds per acre of fertilizer analyzing 2 to 3% ammonia, 8 to 10%rphosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash. This should be worked thor- oughly into the soil when you are pre- paring the seed -bed at least a week to ten days previous to planting, It can be spread with a lime spreader or if you have a grain drill with fertilizer drilling attachment, it is well to apply it that way. The important point Is to see that the fertilizer is evenly dis- ,tributed and thoroughly worked into the soil. It is rich available plant - food if it is worked into the soil where it can dissolve so that the plants can Imake use of it. It is not best practice Ito drill the fertilizer in with the beans. Broadcasting has been found to give best results. 31Pori/��i Damp and filth are the two prime causes of disease among poultrj'. Idle- ness is a- disease breeder, busy fowls, as n rule, keeping in good health. Filthy drinking vessels breed undesir- able germs about as quickly as any- thing, germs often hiding in the scum that is allowed to accumulate. Keep the houses thoroughly ventil- ated during the month, for June Inas some very hot days and nights:' June is a good month for caponizing the young cockerels. To keep in good h.;.,lth, a hen, in propc:ation t0 its size, requires almost seven times the amount of fresh air that a horse needs. The horse sweats through his skin, but the fowl must get rid of the waste of the body by ` Means of the lungs,,therefore and he breathes seven times as fast as heated, sweating animals. For winter green feed there is noth- ing better than lawn clippings. The grass should be gathered as soon as cut, and spread out on a shed roof so both sun and air can strike it, As soon as it is thoroughly dry it should be raked up and packed in barrels for the winter, Care must be taken that It does not dry too much, or it will lose its strength and bleaeh out con- siderably. It should, however, be perfectly cured before storing away, or it may heat and spoil. In feeding, soak the grass in luke- warm water for about twelve to eigh- teen hours, after which either mix the mash or squeeze out the water and feed in troughs by itself. 0207 As long as the teeth of a sheep are strong and in good working order, it is reasonably safe to keep :her, The safety of the flock may be greatly instnod by calling up the sheep every night ancrehutting thein into a tight fold. They soon get the habit and are also move docile the year monad. A flock of sheep can not be matte too tame. A wile] flock is of less value and makes loss growth and shorter fleeces than a quiet ono, unless you :inroad to keep the lambs for horse use, lot the bucks go the Mins ute they are big enough. More money h r will in them tow that the a be after a while. You are smarter than most folks. if you can tell what the wool market will be six months from now, Ninb times out of ten it is well to sell your clip soon after shearing. Keep the little chaps that are thrifty anti have a good, thick -set growth of wool on their backs. If you want to see the lambs grow, give thein oats to eat often, There are less than ton per cont. of all weeds which sheep will not cat Cattle and horses eat only about half the different weeds, s Young celery plants should bep . ra Y.. ed in the seed bed and at intervals of ten days with a mixture of ten pounds of vitrio to fifty gallons of water, Arsenate of lead spray should bo used for codling -moth, caterpillars, flea beetles, browntail moth, gypsy moth, cucumber beetle and currant worm and cureulio. If paste is used three pounds to fifty gallons of water should he used for codling moth and cureulio. For canker worms, cater- pillars, cranberry insects and leaf eating insects in general use four pounds to fifty gallons of water as soon as the insects appear. Repeat on later broods if needed. Arsenate of. lead is deadly to human beings and must be used with care. Fruit and vegetables that have been sprayed must be thoroughly washed before they are used. ' For cabbage lice talcs a lump of salt- peter the size of an egg, and put in a sprinkler of water. Sprinkle the cab- bage once or twice and there will be no more lice on them. Bordeau mixture is a fungicide and a plant stimulant also, preventing blights and rusts during the growing season. During the growing season toma- toes, celery, asparagus, small fruits, beans, etc., will be benefited by spray- ing -with bordeau mixture. INTERNATIONAL LESSON. JUNE 24. • Lesson XIII, The Purpose of John's Gospel—Review--John 21. 15- 25. Golden Text John 20. 31. ;Con eue,ledAY 11fre.Xe.%rra law", 1 *ad Mothers and daughters of all apes are cordially invited to write to this department Initiate only will bs published with each question std t/ answer ae p means of Identlfloatlon, but full name and address must b given In each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct If stamped and addressed envelope Is encleeed, Address all correspondence for thls department to Mrs. Helen Law, 2311 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. L. T,:—For household use, the most effective and least dangerous of fly poisons is theone-to-five per cent, solu- tion of formaldehyde. To apint of water add three teaspoonfuls of com- mercial formaldehyde, It is not ex- pensive, and can be bought at any drug store. Take one or more thin table tumblers and fill each one of them half full, or more, of the solu- tion. Cut a piece of blotting paper into circular form, slightly mailer than an ordinary saucer. Place the blotting paper in the saucer and then invert the saucer over the tumbler; next, holding the hand on top of the tumbler and the saucer, quietly invert them. Then place a match under the edge of the tumbler. That will break the air seal and allow the fluid to per- colate slowly into the blotting paper, and to keep it moist, so that the flies can drink from it, This solution at- tracts flies, and usually kill them with- in two or three minutes. "Reader": -1, When a person re- marks, "I am very glad have met you. ayords. He was not trying simply to Miss B—," after havingbeen:introduc- secure assent to an historical Christ ed to you, respond by saying, "I am and stop there. For him the purpooe sure the pleasure is mutual"; or, "I of faith was that people might have am glad to know you." There is no life. Unless faith transforms life, set phrase for such occasions. 2. To individual and social, it is not faith remove tar, apply turpentine or kera- at all, but a mere imitation. To -clay send, followed by soap and water. 3. we need a conviction of the socia] Almond meal is an excellent substitute vitality of Jesus's teachings, We want for sea for use on the face. 4. Toe no mere applause for*his leadeishilr, P but a faith that will transform his destroy roaches, dip slices of potato in principles into social living. arsenic mixed with sugar. Gather 3, What kind of life? John is not up every morning and drop into boil - talking simply about life eternal as ing water, as sonic of the insects may the end of faith, but of eternal life still be alive. But never allow poi - that begins here and now. The kind son to lie around if there are children of living he wants is the kind that in the house. Paris green is anoth- Jesus aught and showed. In his er remedy, and pulverized borax is °pistil s he makes it clear that it is a 1. A social faith. Both at the be- ginning and end of his Gospel John makes it clear that he is not writing simply a human record. Just as, the prophet backed his message with,: "Thus said the Lord," so John sets forth the eternal sanction behind the life and the teaching of Jesus. Here is "the Word made flesh." Here 'is' the everlasting truth working itself, into character, Have we anything to add to that record? Is there any other body of evidence than John pos-I sessed which has come to us? IIas the Spirit led us in these twenty cen-! turies of Christian development into, more truth? What John gave us has' now been tested by the human con science through twenty centuries. It has been further confirmed by the social struggle of that period. John's affirmation is increasingly the con- viction of the human race. Most of its leaders turn to -day to Jesus for guidance. The, development o£hu- man life is not away from his princi- ples, but toward them. With all the cross -currents, the drifts, and the ed- dies in the stream of human progress, it yet moves clearly forward in the dircetion of his teachings. With an increasing number of people outside of the church developing a clear faith in the leadership of Jesus, it is no time for the people in the church to question the practicability of the ser- mon on the mount. They must develop a faith that shall triumphant- ly apply the principles of Jesus to the whole of life. 2. Why believe? John was not in- terested in developing faith for the mere sake of faith. The belief that he wanted was no mere reptition of pure and brotherly life. Those who good. profess to believe in God and do not "Subscriber": -1. The word "Argen- love their brothers are liars. Those tine" means "silvered," and is as - who do not love do not know God: thet faith yy sociated with the Plata River because me infidfess.o mItt is anr aaxiom with "plata" means "silver" in the Spanish pJohn that a man who does not love tongue. Thus the name given to the his brother cannot possibly love God. great South American country took This is to be no vague emotion: it is another form to describe the land to be manifested in gifts. It is even through which the Plata flows. 2, to go as far in case of necessity as the Mercury is the planet nearest to the laying down of life. Here is the sun. 3. A panama hat may be clean - test of faith: it must produce a ptue, ed by scrubbing with corneal and wa- brotherly, serving, self-sacrificing hfe' ter. 4. Red -bordered towels and These lives must be joined together in a social order in states and nations nephros will not fade if a little borax and a world life which is organized in justice and righteousness and peace, 4. The challenge. Is the purpose of John in his Gospel being fulfilled to- day? . This is the responsibility which the Gospel puts upon those who hear it. This was Jesus' stern test. Well he knew the fatal facility of humanity to pass resolutions and then forget them. What happened to those who listened to his teachings and did them not, he set forth in the parable of the sower and of the men who built their houses on the rock and on the sand. He requires of those who believe in him that they translate his words into life; how else shall the kingdom of Gott come? This is his challenge: "Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" Either we accomplish the social living that, he taught, or we fail of fellowship, and the end is, "Ye did it not; depart from me." Bruises of the heel will be indicated by lameness, tenderness upon pressure of the quarter of the sole, usually the inside. In severe cases where pus is forming there will be tenderness ex- pressed when the heel is pressed. Reprove shoe, pare the sole of the quarter well down to expose the corn and allow escape of pus if there be any, apply hot poultices until soreness disappears, then get shod with a leath- er sole between shoe and hoof and no pressure upon the quarter of the wall When breeding the mares, bear in mind that it pays to have one breed in a community. The greatest progress in breeding is possible where farmers cooperate to produce the best of one breed, Neither mare nor foal is bettered when the colt follows the cultivator. Keep the colt penned in a roomy, wells lighted and ventilated box stall, Do not keep them apart for a half day the first-time, Long-legged drafts are not what the 'market demands. Don't breed that characteristic into the young animals. Solea a low -set sire. Let the mare rest several weeks after foaling. Start gradually when putting her to work again. After feeding and brushing the horses, turn them out in the pasture to rest for the night. Disinfecting the stables with coal - tar dips will go a long way toward protecting the horses -from flies. Clean the stables every day in hot weather. Condition in a horse is manifested keenness for brightness of •b Ywork, eye and bloom of coat. A horse is capable of his greatest effort only when in condition. Before letting the colt to the mare at mealtime, partly,?nilk out the udder. Inn hot weather let the marc rest and cool off a fete minutes before the colt sucks. Colic often results from working a horse immediately after feeding. Al- low plenty of time at noon. A good pasture is a pig's paradise. If you want to get full value for your skim -milk, whey and buttermilk, let the pigs handle it for you. The man who buys the stuff' he feeds his hags Inas only the feeder's profit. By growing the feed he has the grow- er's profit, too. 1f the corn drowns out, sow some rape for the hogs. forage helps to put the gains on hogs at the lowest cost. Put the self -feeder where the pigs can help themselves. Let then do the work mitil marketing time, Pigs may be more important than pedigrees, but it is a wino practise to look after both in a pure-bred herd. A pedigree le valuable at selling thee, Bogs do not always tise mud -holes as the result of choice. It is often 8 last resort. A cemetit tank, sunk ten or twelve inches in the ground and filled with clean cool water, answers much better.' Castrate the male pige before they 'are weaned, When they are about six or eight weeks old. Choose a clear dry day for the work. All ls whey .from eheose'factovie axl butter milk from creameries should be pasteurized before feeding to hogs. A mixture recommended for hog pasture is burley and rape, the hogs to be turned on when 'tile barley is starting to shoot, If not overdone, the barley will keep the herd going tilt odd heads began to ripen, then the grain and Pape make a good ration Until after frost arrives. Bags on pasture require reit for greatest profits itt pork production, but a full feed i5 not economical when pasture is plentiful and grain high priced. is put in the water to set the color. 5, It is said that the juice of en onion will remove scorch marks from -silk. 6. An invitation to a church wedding need not be acknowledged unless an in- vitation to the breakfast or reception is included, Wedding silver, linen, and all- gifts intended for the bride should be marked with the initials of the bride's maiden name. Mrs. T,:-1. To clean a greasy car- pet, mix together whiting and corn meal, heat it and sift it thickly over the carpet; then cover with gasoline and rub hard until the gasoline eva- porates. Sweep clean and wipe with a damp cloth. This should only be done in the open, as the danger of fire from gasoline is very great. Be careful also in rubbing when the gaso- line has been applied. If it is not possible to do the work in the open, use only the powder, allowing it to stand for several days, then remove and repeat the treatment until the grease has disappeared. 2. The red paint marks may be removed from your dark blue wool suit by rubbing the spots with alcohol, "Lill": -1. No matter how careful one is when sewing, often an oil spot gets on a dress while making, if the machine has recently been oiled. As your fabric is silk, cover it thickly with powdered starch and leave for twenty-four hours. After the starch has been brushed off the stain will not be noticeable. Mrs. D. P,:-1, There is nothing that will take the taste of leeks from cream or butter. The best way is not to allow the cows to graze in weedy places. It is an argument in favor of cleaning up all the weeds on the farm, isn't it? 2. A good style of dress for a two-year-old boy is dark colored knickerbockers buttoned to a white or light -blue waist with large pear] buttons. Sailor suits of white cotton with navy-blue collar, cuffs and tie are also suitable. They may be had readymade for $1.50 at the large department stores, in sizes for one and a half years and upward. 3. There are two styles of hair -cut for little boys; one being the close shave which the older boys favor and the other the Buster Brown or Dutch cut. Veal& 18 • .8 The Daisy Month. This is the best of all the months, For school is ending soon; And -that is where it gets its name— "The daisy month of June"! 0—M—E—II "O—M—E—H." Dilly said the let- ters over and over to herself, "0 dearl I can never make you spell anything; she thought, as she looked down at the black letters on their squares of yel- low cardboard. "Aunt Hannah said if I put you together right you'd make a word, but I've twisted you and turn- ed you and you won't spell a thing! Of course if you didn't have to make a four-letter word, I could spell 'hem' and 'me' and 'he,' but I can't think what you can be when I have to use all the letters!" Dilly was bending over a beautiful, shining mahogany table in a mote where all the colors were soft and rich, and where a silver -voiced clock struck the quarter hours. Aunt Hannah's roost was very still, even when she was in it, and new that she was gone Dilly longed to hear some sound. She thought of the noisy nursery at home, and how she wished sine were there! But Billy l � ho1 measles, and Dilly must stay at Aunt Hannah's until he was well. 0--M—E--IH the letters stared up at her, and she looked back at thein In be- wildernment, for somehow they seemed to be speaking to her in tiny friendly voices. The big round 0 spoke first, mak- ing Dilly a funny little bow. "My dear Dilly," he began, just as if he were much older than she, "I have known many little girls in my day, and I must say I never knew one with whom I would rather play than with you, Dilly, my dear. If it were possible, my friends and I would rise from our pasteboards and join you in some game, but we are hard workers, hard workers. We must always be busy in books and papers. Did you ever SCIENCE AND THE EGG. 1 Eggs are principally composed of l'me, nitrogen and phosphoric acid. There are about fifty grains of salt and lime in the shell of an egg: I an egg six Per cent. is white, three per cent, yolk, and one per sent, shell. In 100 parts of yolk there is fifty-two per cent, water, forty-five per cent, oil and fat, and one per cent. each of albumenoids, coloring and min- eral matter. In 100 parts of white there is eighty-four per cent. water, twelve and a half per cent. albumen, one per cent. mineral, and two and a half per cent, sugar, etc. An egg is an ounce and a half of concentrated food, made up of lime, soda, sulphur, iron, phosphorus, mag- nesia, oil and albumen. The yolk of the egg spoils more quickly than the white. The hen egg is composed of fifty per cent. water sixteen per cent. protein, thirty-three per cent, fat. The duck egg is forty-six per cent, water, seven- teen per cent. protein, thirty-six per cent. fat. The goose egg is forty-four per cent, water, nineteen per cent pro- tein, thirty-six per cent. fat. The turkey eggis forty-eight per cent. water, eigteen per cent. protein, thirty-three ren cent, fat. The color is given the shell of an egg by:a pigment located in the lower sac or egg organ. The first colored egg laid in the season may be a rich brown, but with each subsequent egg this coloring matter is largely drawn upon, and naturally the color weakens and the eggs become more pale. This is more noticeable in the ease of heavy laying. Size of egg plays a similar part. The first pullet egg is small, and as production continue, the size becomes larger until, in the second year, the hen gives an eggs almost double the size and weight of the pro- duct of her first year. In her first year the hen may lay an egg of good size, but that size will grow smaller. ti In Orchard, Field and Garden. Prune the lilacs and sweet syringe bushes as soon as they are through blooming. Be sure to make three successional plantings of sweet corn ten days apart. Berries intended for shipment should not be picked when they are wet with dew or rain. Aphis or green lice on roses or ' sweet peas may be kept in check by spraying with soap and water. Deep cultivation in the orchard may do more harm than good. Three inches is deep enough around trees— once in two weeks. Late or main -crop cabbage and cel- ery plants should not be set until the latter part of June or early in July. Begin thinning beets early. Then the plants are tender, and how good they taste! Later they grow too tough g greens. for Burn the trash dragged out to the end of the field by the harrow. Don't throw it in a corner to serve as a happy bug and slug harbor. On nearly every farm there are piles of wood -ashes thrown away and stable think bow very, very many times we manure wasting, while barren fields letters are used in a day? It is words, cry out for both. Put them on the words, words, until there is seldom land. any rest for us. We should like to Double -cropping may be followed tell you the word you are trying to to advantage in a small garden. make of us, but that would be against Beans, corn, cucumbers, tomatoes and the rules. Instead, we shall tell Yon late celery follow the early crops very some of the stories we make in books." nicely. The big 0 began at once with Old Cultivate the new strawberry bed Mother Hubbard, told in a new and and the bush fruits about once in ten wonderful way; then the big M fol- days. But shallow, please! Surplus lowed with a delightful tale of the suckers in blackberry or red rasp - garden of Mary, Mary, Quite Con- berry patches should be treated just trary, The E had been used so often like weeds; don't let the rows get too in the story of The Old Woman Who wide nor too thick. Lived in a Shoe that he knew the Late cabbage and cauliflower should names of all of the old woman's chit- be set in the field now, If the land dren, and he repeated them so fast was properly cultivated through May that Dilly laughed merrily. At the it will be in fine condition for the very last the H told Dilly all about plants. In hot dry weather it is bet - the hill where Jack and Jill had their ter to do the planting in, the after - famous tumble; he had been there noon and water the plants as set. and had seen the well. Just as Dilly was imagining that she was looking down into its cool depths something seemed to touch her, and there was Aunt Hannah lifting Dilly's head from the table, where it had fallen when she went to sleep!. Amit Hannah's jeweled hand turned the let- ters about until a beautiful word lay before Dilly's -Wondering gaze. "Yes, Billy is well, and you shall go to -morrow," said Aunt Hannah. Dilly smiled, for the word Aunt Hannah had given her was H—O—M--E. What ,friends those letters had come to be! conditions with fairly heavy produc 2 y tion and without much grain. 'll here chronic ono dv 1 Breed the best to the best, Raise the calves; quit eating veal. Type is not the real test of a cow's value. The scales and tester are bet- ter indications. Keep all calf pails, and the uten- sils with which milk conies in con- tact, scrupulously clean. Scald them with hot water and then expose them to the sun during the day. To make a real success et rho fall shows, begin now to care for the pro- spective entries, it is no honor to win on an untrained, poorly fitlecl animal just. because competition it lacking. Make your entry worthy of the red ribbon if it is the only one int', its class. One farmer' says that with silage Mid clover and alfalfa hey he had been able to bring a large. herd of dairy cows through the winter in good Wsentery is present; in a dairy herd, try washing the cows' I Udders with a two per cent. solution of. coal -tar disinfectant before allowing the calves to suck, Evey heifer calf killed weans one 1 less cow. Without any restriction, the sale of calves and cows for meat proceed reseed so jai' that there will be a serious shortage of cattle, Already, good colt's never were 50 scarce and high. Any falling off it the production of live stock will be noticeable in grain farming. Without plenty of stock, soil fertility is difficult to maintain and high prices for foodstuffs coming from the soil are more likely. It is apparent t.hat something must be clone to keep the productive animals on the farm. A seed in the grout d is worth tit two j thousand on the counter. No grain crops should be grown in the orchard. It doesn't pay. Cul- tivated crops may do while the trees are young and their roots clo not need all the space; but that time is soon over, and then the trees should reign supreme.. Tomatoes should be cultivated as long as it is possible to get through without injuring the vines, In dry weather regular shallow cultivation 'will prolong the season, increase the size and improve the quality of the fruit. Look out for the yellow striped squash -bugs that attack melon, cu- cumber and squash -vines when the plants are small. The best preven- tive is to put a mosquito -netting tent over each hill, using two little sticks as supports, and covering the edges with soil to hold netting in place. Erect these tents as soon as the plants come through the ground, or sooner, and leave them in place until the vines begin to push for room Then store the netting for fnturo use. ' Keep The Weeds Down. Attack the weeds ses soon as they appear in the garden. It is less work to keep a. garden clean from the be- ginning than it is after the weeds have :made a good start. Weeds are gross feeders and rob the garden , plants of food incl innialurs they re- ' quti'0. i Dandelions, plantain and dock can I best be removed from the lawn by cutting them off below Inc crown, Fill up the holes with earth. Clut the •weeds every two weeks and all will soon disappear.