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Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. • .�1
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The object of this department Is to place at the
service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl•
edged authority on all subjects pertaining to sobs and
crops.
Address all questions to ProfeesoF Henry G, Bell, In
care of The, Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To-
ronto, and answers will appear In this column In, the
order in which they are received. As space is limited
It Is advisable where Immediate reply Is necessary' that
a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the
question, when the answer will be mailed direct.
Question—C. B.:—What is your
opinion regarding summer -fallowing?
On what doessuccess depend?
Answer:--Summer-fallowing is an
efficient practice of getting rid of
troublesome weeds, if the soil is tilled
sufficiently often so as to ant off the
young weeds as they sprout. It
also stores up moisture to a consid-
erable extent and if the soil is fairly
full of organic matter, it conserves
plantfood for succeeding crops.
Success of summer -fallowing de-
pends upon working the surface of the
ground sufficiently often to prevent
the escape of moisture and to prevent
the growth of weeds which exhaust
the moisture and plantfood of the soil.
The ground should be plowed early in
spring, disked andharrowed imme-
diately after plowing, and harrowed
and disked sufficiently often to keep
,,etho surface clean and open.
Question—L. J.;—Can one pasture
new seeding for a while this summer
and then turn the cattle out and cut a
crop of clover seed? The wheat on
this field was thin last year and while
the clover came up evenly and made a
splendid growth it was weedy in places
and for that reason I do not want to
cut it for hay.
Answer:—It is possible to pasture
new seeding if there is sufficient clov-
er growth, granted that the soil is not
a heavy clay type. If the soil is
heavy clay, pasturing with heavy stock
will tend to tramp the soil together,
so that the clover setting will be
smothered out. I am afraid you will
find the weed seeds among the clover
seed a greater detriment than the
weeds in the hay. They certainly
reduce the value of the seed. Cut-
ting the crop for hay will do a lot to-
wards killing out the weeds.
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Kindness is a cheap supplement to
the ration and produces big gains in
milk flow.
Keep the calf pails as clean as the
milk pails.
The cow giving the richest milk does
not necessarily bring the biggest
cream check. It is the total amount
of fat produced that counts.
When the butter granules do not
form after churning it reasonable time,
try putting a small amount of table
salt in the churn. A little warm wa-
ter has the same effect .of hastening
the granules. Top much warm wa-
ter makes soft butter.
Heavy milkers due to calve during
July should be milked once or twice a
day for a couple of weeks before ally-
ing, -if the udder is distended. This
attention may prevent the loss of a
valuable cow from milk -fever, or in-
jury to the udder, which makes a cow
almost worthless for milking.
Memory is rather an uncertain thing
to depend on to identify the ca136s that
are taken away from their mothers
and raised by hand. When the ques-
tion of ownership or • parentage is
raised, it is much more• convincing to
have each calf marked with a metal
tag fastened to a strap around the
calf's neck. _ Records are half the
value of a good herd.
Sheep become assets on thin, hilly
land.
Don't expect to sell the increase of
the flock for breeding stock until thor-
oughly experienced in breeding.
The smaller the flock the better the
sheep will do. One sheep per acre is
the limit and often that is too many.
Pretty soon the gadfly will emerge
from manure piles and begin to tor-
ment the sheep. Be ready for it.
Smear the sheeps' noses with tare
Don't keep sheep and horses in the
same field. Some of the sheep ,are
almost sure to be hurt when the horses
run.
Sheep detest odors in drinking wa-
ter. If a tank is used for watering,
clean it often.
Mix enough sulphur with the salt to
give it a yellowish tinge. Keep the
salt boxes filled all the time.
.A long-range gun is one means of
solving the dog problem and making
sheep raising more profitable.
Sheep are now doing well. Wool
never brought such prices.
WI*
GIVE THE BOX HIS iOWNH.ROOM.
The Possession of a Comfortable Room Where He Can Keep His
Treasures Will Do Much to Safeguard Your Boy
in the Haven of His Home,
owed to keep his, treasures_ irr it,
provided they are sanitary and that
he keeps them in reasonable order,
Pride in a room is the best incen-
tive to orderliness. A boy cannot be
expected to take pride in a shoddy or
shabby room, where the furniture is
totally unsuited or is of various woods
and finishes and, therefore, unrelated.
Did you ever know a boy who did nota only excuse for a veil at night is
love to paint? 11 it is not possible; when one is motoring. 2, Since your
to have matching furniture for his . friend has invited you to her party course, the flags captured by each are societies founded for her.
Why is it that the boy of the house 1
is usually sentenced (I use that last
word deliberately and I believe appro-
priately) to the least desirable, most
uninviting room in the house, not in-
frequently two of them being packed
in together for no reason than to save
trouble caring for two rooms instead
of one? Not only is the boy's room
rather doubtfully located and of shoe -
box dimensions, but it has a sorry
habit of being meagerly furnished or
else crowded, being used as a sort of
dumping ground for the cast-off furni-
ture from the rest of the house, Any-
thing seems good enough for Bill be-
cause, mother reasons, he hardly
knows one piece of furniture from an-
other; has no conception of good or
bad taste, nor is he appreciative of
beauty. Isn't he? Perhaps he couldn't
express it in so many words, but=oh,
well, let's begin at the beginning.
The thing of first importance is that
a chap should have a room of his own
if possible. The kind of room and the
location are' secondary matters.
Some one has happily described
one's own room as "a home within a
home:" It is more—a haven. The
house may be seething, our loved ones
may for the time , 'misunderstand
(and who so often misunderstood as
the average boy?) but with closed door
in our very own room we can breathe
thankfully,
"I've shut my door and I am all alone,
Here in my room all fragrant with my
better self,
* -* * * * *
Outside, the strife and struggle and
the strain;
In here there's peace and quietude and
strength,"
and come out with new poise for the
living of life among others. And.
that is what a separate room means to
a boy, too, though he would scorn to.
express it so poetically.
With his own room the boy will
have an opportunity to express his in-
dividuality. He should 'be allowed
to hang up posters, pictures of sports
heroes, pennants and banners, and the
many other tremendous trifles in
which boyhood revels. Nearly every
lad has a collection of colored stones,
coins, butterflies, or something. This
collection he should be allowed to keep
in his own room, where; safe from un-
sympathetic fingers, he may proudly
keep it upon display upon a shelf or
table or in a little cabinet. It is his
room, remember, and he should be al-
When birds drop over as if paralyz-
ed, the trouble is heat prostration,
caused by pressure on the brain.
To prevent this, provide protection
from the sun and avoid overcrowding;
keep bird cool and apply cold water to
the head:
At this time'of the year broody hens
are in the majority and cause no little
trouble to the attendant. While it is
advisable for those who do not run
incubators and brooders to set every
broody during the entire summer, at
the same time there will be many
broodies that cansnot be utilized. How
to rid them of thehatching fever has
been the cause of many experiments
by farmers and poultrymen.
It is to be regretted that some egf
these methods are extremely cruel add
should not be allowed. In one instance
noted recently a hen was tied by the
leg with a piece of rope to a post; in
the other instance the hen was being
immersed in a pail of water. In both
these cases the hensbecame excited,and
the theory is that in this excited state
they forget their broodiness. While
that may be so to a certain extent, it
is equally true that excitement often
makes nervous, scary henry and in
the -case of fat hens it is not uncom-
mon to have them die from fright, or
meet with some severe injury. A
more humane treatment is to place
them in separate coops without nests,
or in a flock where they are kept out-
door the entire day and permitted to
roost in a house only at night.
Kindness should be an order that is
never violated.
Keep the summer chicks growing.
Provide shade, Give the youngsters
all the range possible. Exercise is the
best tonic growing stock can have.
This is considered a good month for
caponizing.
There is still a good market for
young ducklings and soft roasting
fowls.
If breeding is finished, the males
are best removed from the pens until
after the molting season.,
July is the month in which rats,
minks, 'possums and weasels do their
most deadly work. Be on the look-
out. When their presence is discov-
ered dig after them; give them no
quarter.
Baking -soda relieves the distress of
colic by getting rid of the gas.
Poor teeth prevent a borse making
full use of good feed. It may be
necessary to file the teeth down in old
horses, so the grain can be properly
ground.
A 'mixture of equal parts of „the
tincture of iodine, turpentine and sul-
phuric ether, applied onee a day for
several days, is said to be death
to splints which are forming.
As long as a horse can chew well,
meal is a poor feed for him. It is
eaten tbo'fast and sticks in the horse's
throat. Give the animal a chance to
use his grinders. That is what they
are for.
Maybe you think you can save time
by feeding the horse enough in the
morning to last all day, That is a
good way to make a job for a horse
doctor.._
If the yearlings are slow to shed and
aeena to have little appetite, try does
tering them for worms. MIX three
drams of powdered iron sulphate and.
three drams of gentian root. Uso this
dose twice a week if necessary.
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A WORD FOR FATHER 11
1
When a man succeeds in living n
good or useful life that fact is usually
attributed to the influence of a moth-
Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to this sr. When men talk of days past no
department, initials only will be published with each question and its y
answer as a means of identification, but full name and address must bet word brings forth more treasured
elven In each letter, Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be memories than mother.. When a
mailed direct 1f stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. 236 lawyer wishes to arouse a jury's com-
Address all correspondence for thle department to -Mrs. Helen Law, passion for a client he invariably
Woodbine Ave., Toronto. speaks of the effects of conviction on
the mother. Poets, dramatists, and
wear face eil i th 'n The May:- 1, It is not good form to and lenses and the girls hopping on the`'.fiction writers of .all ages have united
right foot, Another way to race is to in honoring her name. Days have
go as partners, each holding onto the
opposite ends of a clothespin. Of been set aside in her honor, pensions
are given her, flowers named for her,
room, suggest to him that he first re -land aske you to bring a man with you, retained. Ringing the Victory Bell is All this is well. The world would
move the quarreling finishes from the it would be quite proper to write to a another good game. Form an arch of be a sorry world, indeed, if it were not
variegated articles with some commer- man whom you knew well and ask him three cross poles, rising considerably so. But is there not danger of father
cial paint remover and then paint it all to go. Word the note thus: My Dear above the heads of the company. Im- Using overlooked in the shuffle? The
the same color. Pride? That boy
will take a tremendous pride in his
room. Just think of showing "the
fellows" a room full of pretty furni-
ture painted by himself!
To make order- as easy lis possible,
the room should never be crowded. The
essential pieces of furniture are a bed,
single or in couch form if the room is
small, a bureau or chiffonier, two
easy chairs for himself and a possible
guest, a desk, and a Bookcase, if the
youngster can be trusted not to get up
and read in the middle of the night—.
as some have been known to do.
Rather than an ugly old carpet or a
shoddy rug, place one or -two small
rugs upon the painted floor. If the
room happens to be large he should be
allowed to keep other things in it be-
sides those mentioned, but always with
the stipulation that he keep a reason-
able amount of order. A. room screen
is fine for a fairly large room, las it can
be made to partition off a corner for a
study or den.
If you believe in good roads, pave
the way over which ,,the pig must
travel to become pork.
A small pen built close to the sow's
pen, with a hole through which the
.pigs can pass and eat grain by them-
selves, will encourage them to eat
grain much sooner.
Alfalfa is one of the best pastures
for growing pigs. Sweet clover is
one of the earliest pasture crops on
which pigs thrive almost as well as on
alfalfa. Rape is a.good forage crop cultivating regularly and often. Your ought to be pinched off to insure
which is ready six weeks after plant- standing sign should be: "Weeds not stronger vines and a greater yield of
ing. It can be sowed in the corn at allowed here." Treat surplus runners beans.
the time of the last cultivation. the same as weeds—for weeds they If weeds get the -upper hand of you
Dead pigs at farrowing time result are it is good-bye garden 1 ,
There -
little from the sows climbing over a piece of, Some folks seem tothink that a rice Seed -bearing stops bloom. There -
fringe of growing 8pronts about
two by four in the door of the hog fore pick pansies, sweet peas, etc,, re-
house. The remedy is apparent__ the base of an apple tree looks pretty, gularly and often. •
take out the cross piece. 1 That may be their taste, but those Watch the sweet peas closely for
A small ameunt,of soft coal for the sprouts are sucking life out of the aphis, Spray with soap and water
hogs to eat is a good thing. Too. tree, Out with them' or come tobacco preparation,
Much is constipating, After a rainand before hard cruet See that the tomatoes are staked or
Marketing
a sow that can be or has : a forms, is the ideal time to harrow an kept off the ground. Some of the
been bred, is at this time comparable orchard. branches may be cut away. This will
to killing thegoose that laid the old -d If there are any tent -caterpillars on give larger fruits, but not so many.
g
en egg,The meat supply of the' your trees, give them a quick singeing Late' celery should now be set in the
country can be increased more quickly with a torch, field. Celery needs a fresh moist soil.
bymeans of the hog route than by-} A stony side -hill, sloping toward the To this end the lend should be plowed
any other, !north, taken out of an old cow pasture, end thoroughly worked down just be -
Pork production is cheaper with s t es ore ra • ores tplants. e
• It does seem that most mothers
cannot help being annoyed by their
sons' tastes, in "art." The treasured
posters are 'eyesores, the worshipped
field heroes are an abomination, the
pennants are dust -catchers. But
please, oh, please, don't throw those
things away or bundle them away out
of sight! They do mean so much to a
boy,' at least for a while. He will
throw them away himself when they
are outgrown. It is wise to give
him really good pictures that he will
like, such as Howard Pyle's colorful
pirates, Remington's superb Indians
and cowboys, or the inspiring pic-
ture of Sir Galahad. These are all
well executed subjects after his own
heart, and soon, by comparison he will
see the tawdiness of his chosen prints.
—R. S.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
JULY 15.
Lesson III. Hezekiah, The Faithful
King -2 Chron. 30. Golden
Text—Heb. 11. 6.
Verse 1-5. Invitation to the celebra-
tion of the passover. Hezekiah—Son
and successor of Ahaz; the date of his
accession in uncertain (2 Kings 18. 10,
13). Tentatively the years of Ahaz
may be given as $: C. 735-728, those
of Hezekiah B. C. 728-697. Israel—
The people of the northern kingdom;
Ephraim and Manasseh are represent-
atives of the north. Passover—For
the origin of this feast see last com-
ment on this lesson.. Throughout the
Old Testament it appears as a festival
of thanksgiving for Jehovah's good-
ness at the time of the exodus. Se-
cond month—The proper time wes•the
fourteenth day of the first month,
Nisan, but provision was made in the
law for a celebration in the second
month, by those who were unable to
participate at the regular time (Num.
9. 9-12). During the first year of
Hezekiah the feast could not be kept
at the regular elate because the temple
—; Miss — is giving a little party
next,Friday evening and has asked me
to bring a man with me. Would you
care to go? I£ you can, let me hear
as soon as possible, and stop for me
that evening at 7.45 o'clock. Very
sincerely, May— . 3. To clean a
straw sailor hat try the following:
Dissolve one teaspoonful oxalic acid
crystals in one cupful boiling water,
and, after brushing the hat thoroughly
to remove all dust, lay it on a flat sur-
face and scrub with this solution, us-
ing a small brush for the purpose.
Work rapidly, beginning with the
was not ready (29, 17); moreover the
priests were slow in' purifying them-
selves. Dan to Beersheba—The
limits of the undivided kingdom. Dan
in the far north, Beersheba in the ex-
treme south (1 Chron, 21. 2) Great
numbers—All were under obligation
to observe the feast, but according to
the Chronicler only a limited number
had kept the law.
6-9. The proclamation. Children of
Israel—The context suggests that the
author has in mind only the people of
the north, whom he considers apost-
ates (13. 5-12). Remnant—Might be
interpreted as implying the fall of the
northern kingdom in 722; but if the
proclamation was sent in the first year
of Hezekiah, and if he became king in
728, the reference can be only to the
invasion of the north. described in 2
Kings 15. 29; 1 Chron.' 5. 26. Kings—
Tiglath-pilneser IV was king 10 734;
Shalmaneser V and Sargon were the
conquerors of Samaria. Gracious—
If they turn to Jehovah in repentance
he will turn to them,in compassion and
restore the felicity of former times.
10-13. Results of proclamation.
There was no general response in the
north; only a few heeded the exhorta-
tion. One heart—There was an en-
thusiatic response in the south. Un-
leavened bread—The. feast of passover
and the feast of unleavened bread are
here identified. Originally they were
distinct: the passover originated as a
.l'omadic feast celebrated in the spring,
the feast of unleavened bread as an
agricultural feast celebrated at the
opening of the harvest. Later both
became associated with the exodus.
In Orchard, Field and Garden.
If the strawberry bed is to bear
fruit again next year it should be
mowed and worked over soon after the
fruiting season.
Any red rust on blackcap or black-
berry plants? If so, dig out aed. burn
the diseased canes, roots and all.
Too '}nuch hot sun causes picked
blackberries to turn an undesirable
reddish color, Hurry them into the
packing -shed,
The spring -set strawberry bed needs
bed the uprights in the earth and nail average father succeeds pretty well in
the crosspiece firmly on. Then de -
discharging his duty to society. He
aerate the arch with red, white and labors along persistently and quietly
blue bunting and from the top bar for six days a week that his family
hang a large bell. The game con- may be provided for; ho stands be-,
erste in hitting this bell with balls tween his family and the world, shoul-
which are provided, each player being dering the responsibility of the rent,
given three or more throws in as the taxes, the grocery and the coal
round. The tape race is fun. Have bill; he admonishes the boy and ad -
many lengths of tape as there will be vises mother, seeking always to make
players and have all the tapes about their burden lighter; he works un -
the same number of feet—ten or ceasingly, without complaint, fighting,
twelve—then provide several pairs of scheming, suffering, to the one end
sharp scissors. Attach all the tapes that his family may be assured Gorn-
to a fence. Foul or six players may fort and independence. In this he some -
crown; rinse in cold water, wipe dry 1 contest at once, according to the pairs times fails, but he keeps on trying,
and place on a flat cloth fn the sun to}of scissors available. The contestants cheerfully, stolidly, stubbornly plug -
dry. Do not let the hat become thor- hold the loose ends of the tapes, which ging along to the end.
oughly saturated with the water. they draw out taut. At the signal
Gardener:—Trycayenne pepper to each player begins to split his tape up The sacrifices that must be made•he
rid cabbage heads of worms. Sprinkle the center line with the scissors, the mamakes a and the girlThe boy
must go o too
the cabbage as soon as the worms ap- player arriving at the end which is lessons; nsd the
in must be cut, and
pear. A remedy for cutworms and tied winning the race. After each usuallyit is some luxury of father's
onion grubs is to mix the seed with set has tried, match the winners for
sulphur before planting. This may the final decision. This would be suit- that perishes by the wayside.
be used with seed corn also. able for the older guests. Another He is not so poetical a figure as
race consists in pushing four pebbles mother, not so demonstrative in his
Mrs. C. L,:—no make ane endless over a prescribed course with walking affections, so elated in pleasure, so de -
clothesline fasten two grooved wheels sticks. All four must be rolled at pressed in grief. And yet many
wherever you want your line and 'will remember a kind word here, or a
once seen in turn.
As
you a ng u line around the wheel. X. Y. Z.:—The engagement ring is thoughtful act there, that stands out,
you you hang up each wheel and thus clothing put on over the wedding ring and thus' clear and distinct, as one of youth's
can,turn the pmakein guards it. The former is removed happiest impressions.
room for the next piece directly e before the ceremony,.leaving the fin -I Not often is he appreciated by the
front of you. The clothes may be ger free. Then the bride slips back; growing boy. Often he stands in the
taken from the line by this same con- the engagement ring at her first op-' family as the official admonisher to
venient method, which saves many portunity. I whom the boy's faults are related for
W. B.:—To restore the color of black' punishment. On him falls the un -
E. T.:—A widow when preparing kid, mix ink with the white of an egg pleasant task of applying the rod; his
for her second marriage should drop and apply with a soft sponge. To is the arm that must enforce respect
the name of her former husband and clean white kid, dip a clean white flan- for mother and regard for the rights
have her household linen marked with nal cloth in a little ammonia and rub of others. In this light the growing
her maiden name. Linen procured lightly on a cake of white soap. Rub boy is likely to view him with a mix -
after her marriage should be marked the soiled parts gently, changing the ture of fear, awe and respect. Not
with the name of her second husband, cloth as soon as it becomes soiled. To until years bring a proper perspective
Frances:—The following are sug- polish tan shoes, wash the shoes clean is he rightfully understood and appre-
gestions for your Sunday school pic- with a sponge and warm water. Wipe crated—and perhaps not even then.
nic. You can have the usual races, with a dry cloth and let dry. Then
some of them for the younger folks, rub freely with the inside of a banana
From time to time during the sum-
mer go over young trees to guide their
growth. If too many limbs are start-
ing from a given point, they may be
thinned to the required number, If
a rank limb tends to fill the center or
cross other limbs, it may be removed.
If the strongest limbs all grow in the
sante direction, thus giving +a pne-
sided tree, thby may be pinched back,
thus encouraging other limbs to start
on the opposite side.
After the Lima bean vines have
reached the top of the poles, they
steps and is also a boon in case of ram.
Keyhole Testimony.
others for the older persons. Fight- peel. Wipe carefully with a dry cloth "I don't care if I don't know much
ing for the flag is a particularly time- and polish with cotton flannel. Patent �„
ly game for the younger boys and leather shoes should not be "polished" about Mrs. Ainslee Evelyn declared
girls. You will need about a dozen in the strict sense of the word. Ap_ hotly. "Sometimes a very little thing
medium-sized cotton flags of the in- ply a mixture of one part linseed oil is enough to know. I never told any
f u before but that day I went to
expensive kind. One flag at a time to two parts cream to the shoes, rub- call on her I heard her scolding that
is placed upright in the ground and bing it well in with a soft flannel lovely little Amy in a way that made
six girls or boys start in a race to cloth. This will keep the leather Inc shiver. I never could get over it.
obtain it. Give them some handicap. soft and it will not crack as readily. She couldn't be a lady and stole like
The boys can race with potato sacks, Joe:—Even though you have not that. It—it is almost more than e
while the girls can race blindfolded yet met the bride, the present should
or running backward; or the boys be sent to her. Wedding presents can stand even now to think of it. I
might race crawling on their hands are never sent to the bridegroom. suppose you all think I oughtn't to tell
it anyway, but when you are blaming
old lady; "there are so many of them, me for not wanting to 'take her in,'—
Tommy's Stamp Book.
When through my book of stamps I
look,
What wondrous things I see!
It's dearer than the storybook
My mother reads to me.
'With great delight ten times a day
I stop my play to glance
Upon these stamps of Paraguay,
Greece, Italy and France.
They beam on me in every hue
That in a stamp is seen—
In crimson, lavender and blue,
And cardinal and green.
I look upon the book with pride
To see its pages fill;
And yet T am not satisfied,
And shall not be until
The postman pauses in his tramp,
And in his outstretched hand
I see a letter with the stamp
They use in Fairyland.
The Fairy of the Roses.
Most'°people thought the old lady
who lived in the house that stood all
by itself was very queer and very
cross; but Alline said she was cross
only because she had rheumatism, and
that if you could get her to tell a There is a mistaken idea that a. same, you can't make a fair judgment
fairy story she would forget all about house is warmer if the cellar is not from a single fact, no matter what the
the pain, and be just as pleasant as under the entire building. The argu-1 fact is."
anything. ment is that there are no windows' "All right," said Evelyn. "I accept
"I'm going to her house now," said with crevices to let in the cold air: the challenge.
That a �' Three days later Evelyn rushed in.
hat m y be true concerning theY y
cracks next to the frames, but without, "0 Uncle Charliel" she cried. "X
doubt'ther will be dampness where' was such a brutal I met Mrs,
the grouts has not been excavated.: Ainslee to -day and •somehow it all.
Then. the first -floor joists are nearer,' came out. :She has to fight temper
to the frost in the earth in the winter, the way some people do drink; her
Set the first -Story beams well up father and grandfather did before her,
from the grade, not less than 24' And she tries so hard! And she told
inches from the soil. If there is a' me with tett l��t_iii tier exves•,}rory she felt
distance enf 80 inches between it is' ; en she got snot V with Amy; and "
still better. how she had explained to the child,
Excavate for a basement beneath and she always, always told her alter-
andd theyh h differentplaces.Iv
an choose such
t eren l noon,—I just can't help it."
They are also very fond of disguises—
sometimes one might take them for "Speaking of hearing things," said
butterflies, at rather times for hum -1 Uncle Charlie, "did I ever tell you of
ming birds. Often, when you can't the case of keyhole testimony we once
see them at all, you can find out just' had?
about where they are by listening." ( "It was the case ofthe Carson jewels.
"Oh," cried Alline, "what do they The testimony -was pointing to Mrs.
say?" Carson's maid, a little, frightened
The old lady shook her head. "Who I thing who lost all her professional
can tell what they say? If that were smartness and self-confidence and
p. ssible, mortals would perhaps bet crumpled up in terror over the accuse -
wiser than they are. You can often' tion. The most damaging testimony
hear them either whispering among]
was that of another maid who declare
the leaves—though there are some ed that, various things having made
who will tell you it only the wind—I her suspicious, she watched through
or singing by the brook a little tinkl-f the keyhole one night and saw Felice,
ing.songl' 1 who sometimes locked up her mis-
While the old lady and Alline were) tress's jewels, slip something spark' -
talking, a sudden. shower that had ing into her handkerchief and drop it
come up passed over, and the sun ' out the window. It sounded like in
shone again in all its warm brightness.1 vention but nothing could shake her
The birds began to sing, and in testimony till Bob Gordon, who had
through the window darted a hum-! the defense, went to the house and
ming bird. It darted right out again; ! proved that no one looking through
but not before the old lady and Alline the keyhole could possibly see the win -
had both seen it, I dew. So it turned out like a, dime
"Alline," the old lady said, "a bud i novI've often caught myself upshort
on my rose tree looked this morning g y
as if it might be pushed open soon., since then when I found myself mak-
Go to the window and see if the fairy ing keyhole judgments of things. A
hasn't come out." ! keyhole vision may be accurate so far
Alline ran to the window. "I see a as it goes, but it's extremely limited.
great white rose," she said. "That ' And you can't know .the truth about
little humming bird must have been' anything until you know its relation
the fairy. Oh, I'm so glad we botl}i ' other, thins_' '"1
sato it!" " ut, Uncle Charlie—" Evelyn cried.
Uncle Charlie smiled. "I was preach -
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Sunlight for the Cellar. ing to myself, little girl. All the
Alline, "for she promised she would
tell .me to -day about the fairies of the
roses."
"Oan you see that rose tree?" said
the old lady, when Alline was com-
fortably seated on a stool beside her,
"Well, it is owned by a fairy who, like
the. old woman who lived in a shoe, has
more children than she knows what to
do with. She is so dreadfully afraid
of having anythiii'�'' happen to them
that site has shut each one up tight
in n: rosebud. There they will stay! the whole house and do not be afraid . wards that mother had been `bad' and
i the best t rd we over lied. f setting the Tho beds until they grow big enough and strong' to provide suilficient windows. There' was so sorry. 'I don't know what I'd
'11sl little it
i Grafts need lookingafter. Aro should be root Seton before the antsis nothing quite so ()logy asthat dark' she cried, i y log 1 had my
grain and gl•egn Pm'age crops than plants enough to burst the Muds open, and g ng, r
with grain alone, Same grain is nee• they all alive and won? see that no alio taken' up. Shear the tops and clip then each one will fly away." I and damp space under the house, The' temper!' I-3 can't tell you how
ss r for fattening hos on pasture. fnseeb, pest gets after them. They off long roots. If tho weather is very "And where will the,v go?" asked! expenditure of a few dollars would felt, Uncle Charlie."
e a Y tI role amps arc very tender and lice aro especially hot and dry, water •lite plants as the Alline. have made it light and cheerful. l70 • Thiele Charlie nodded. `'X know, lit..'
Clover and alfalfa rank n among they
best craps :for swine past -urn, 'apt to trouble them. are sot. "That I cannot say," -�answored the1
not try to bar the sunlight. tie girl," he said,