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Conducted by Professor Henry G, Bell
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The nb)ect of this department le to place at the ser
eke of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged
leuthorlty on all eubJecte pertaining to Golfe and crops. •
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In
care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Tcronto,
and answers will appear In this column in the order In
which they are received, As space is limited It Is advls•
able where immediate reply is necessary that a stamped
and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question,
v,hen the answer will be maned direct Henry G, Bell
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Q, C'.:--1. Is.wheat, oats and barley u
good mixture to sow for pasture? 2.
I have ten acres of fall rye on a light
piece of land. Would like to seed it
to clover. What is the best time to
• sow clover? 3. What is meant by sub-
iroiling? 4. -What is the best soil for
idsike?
Answer;—t, Ontario Agricultural
College is reporting good results from
a mixture of wheat, oats and barley,
about a bushel of each per acre, for
summer pasture. 2, It is of course too
late to sow clover in ..your rye this
fall. However, very satisfactory re-
sults have been obtained by scattering
the clover seed over the rye field be-
fore the frost leaves the soil in spring.
As the "cost goes out, the opening of
the . racks provides for the burying of
the clover seed and a satisfactory
catch frequently results. You can
stake more sure of a satisfactory catch
if you top -dress the rye with 150 to
250 pounds of fertilizer carrying about
2 per cent. nitrogen and 6 to 8 per
cent. phosphoric acid. This should be
applied after the frost is„gone out and
when the ground is dry enough for the
horses to walk -across the rye field
with. a minimum of injury to the crop.
3. ;tub -sailing is the stirring of the
sed ltelow the depth at which the aver-
age plow stirs it. This is accom-
plished by an attachment for the
ordinary plow which stirs the furrow
underneath that turned over, but does
not bring the under soil to the sur-
face. 4. As a rule a medium clay
Intim is best for alsike. It should be
a fairly rich soil since the roots of
alsike are comparatively shallow and
make maximum use of the plantfood
near the surface.
Reader:—Kindly describe the hot
water treatment of barley for smut.
Is oats a good crop for a young
orchard?
Answer:—The hot water treatment
for killing the smutaof barley is as fol-
lows. Place the grain in a bag and
emoree the bag in water which has
Leen heated to about 115 to 120 de-
grees Fahrenheit. After the grain
has been. in this water for a few mi-
nutes, transfer it to another barrel
where water is from 130 to 135 de-
grees Fahrenheit. • Allow it to soak
in this water for about ten or fifteen
minutes, after which pull the bag out
of the barrel and allow it to drailh.
Spread the grain on a dry floor and
keep it stirred occasionally until it is
dry. The high temperature of the Wa-
ter will kill the spores of the,disease
which adhere to the surface of the bar-
ley seed. The use of oats as a crop in
a young orchard is.advisable if the soil
is fairly rich in nitrogen, If the soil
is too rich in nitrogen there will be
too rapid growth of wood. However,
if the soil is relatively poor, it may
be that a more rapid growth of wood
would be desired in the trees. Under
such conditions, growth of oats as a
cover crop would tend to rob the soil
of some of the nitrogen which it may
be advantageous for the trees to use.
Under such conditions, I would advise
a legume crop such as vetches or any
kind of clover rather than the growth
Of oats.
13.11.:-1. Can you advise me about
planting cedars for a ]ledge? Best
time of year, sail, size of trees, ete?
2. What is the best mixture for seed-
ing low land?
Answer: -1. Cedars for a hedge
can bo planted most any ;time of the
year. However, since the young
transplanted trees require a consider-
able amount of moisture, early in the
fall or early spring is probably the
best time to set out the hedge. The
soil should be well prepared and rich
in its plantfoods, since the young
tree's pruned roots will not be able to
reach out into the soil after more
food for a considerable length of
time. Barn manure and fertilizers
will be of material benefit in increas-
ing the chances for a rapid growth
of the hedge. When the trench for
the trees hoe been dug, the scattering
of a handful of medium rich fertilizer
—say one carrying from 2 to 4 per
cent. ammonia, and 8 to 10 per cent.
phosphoric acid ---where each tree is to
be planted will materially help the
growth of the trees. As to size of
trees, a more even growth can be ob-
tained by planting trees not over two
or threefeetin height. 2. For seed-
ing low land which tends to be damp,
the following mixture is recommend-
ed:
Timothy 41bs.
• "'Red Top 10 lbs.
Alsike 4 Ibs.
Total 18 lbs. per
acre.
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if the object is to improve the egg
qualities of the flock, it is important
that ekes be purchased that have been
bred from hens with high egg records.
Ton many males are need that have
nothing but their "looks" to recom-
mend them.
Avoid using the hen that moults
early; because these hens lay but very
few eggs in the year.
Avoid the hen that is not a busy
one. -
\void the hen that is constantly
sunning herself, roosting late in the
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Profitable Winder Work on the Feria
By T. J.
Heretofore it has been customary
for. us to talk about the planning of
the summer work on the farm, but we
have not sperm any particular thought
upon the winter's work with the pos-
sible exception that we have indicated
a few things that might well he done
in the winter so that the time might
more efficiently be spent itt the sum-
mer. In the face of the present lab-
or situation the one word that has
come to the front more than ever be-
fora is "efficiency;" another ivorcl,
"service," is now rapidly coming for-
ward, It will be necessary now to
do the work of the farm with one
haucl, where before it was done with
two, and this can only be possible
through exercising such supervision
and systematic management that the
moments of the working day will be
spent to greater advantage.
There is not a single man but who
can go back over a day's work and
find some way in which moire could
have been accomplished by the laborer.
It may be little things, such as the
fact that the man does not take the
jug of water to the field with him; it
may be that the plow has not been
scoured and that forty or fifty minutes
of the day spent in the field must be
used in digging the rubbish and ac-
cumulated dirt off the plowshare; or
it may be that a burr comes off and
loosens a bit of machinery, to fix
which will require the greater part of
an hour's time, where two or three
minutes spent in going over the ma-
chine each morning would keep it up
to standard and would make it possible
for the operator to spend all of his
time operating rather than running
around after old bolts and nuts.
This year it will be necessary, for
the workers on the farms to be as
busy during the winter as through the
summer, and there are a number of
jobs which are ordinarily done in the
summer that will perforce have to be
clone this winter.
Some Field Work Possible.
While we have thought it, hereto-
fore, well nigh impossible to do any
field work in the winter, the conditions
of this winter will force us" to think
i otherwise.
On most farms the job of hauling
' manure has been left until the rush of
spring—th:s year this job must he
'done through the winter in order that
' the busy dityts of spring may be oc-
cupied with such essentials as plowing
'and caring for crops that are to be
harvested. Further than that, it is
good business management of re -
isources to put the manure on in the
winter time since larger loads can
i usually be hauled with the only inean-
venience of it being a little harder
I to get into the field, but one season
with another, it seems to me to be
about as easy to get onto a field in the
I winter through the snow as to get on-
to it in the spring or summer time
! through the mud or soft plowed
I ground. Occasional fields here and
(there cannot be covered with manure
morning and early at night. I this winter because' of titch rolling
Avoid the hen, that on the roost atlnature, but all level fields should by
night has an empty crop. all means have the application during
Avoid a cockerel that is not up to the winter, since there will be no ap-
weighht. Avoid any cockerel that is'
constantly being driven by other cock- able leaching away and the job
ereis, or a cockerel that won't fight.' willork be dcomes when the rush of spring
Any bird that will fight has .good vig-I moreover, there are on every well
or, vitality and strength, and these ordered farm same fertilizers neces-
are essential. t sary in raising the crops and these
Avoid any male bird that crows lit-, should be ordered at once for • Jan -
tie or seldom, because the very act of eery or February delivery so that
crowing shows the masculinity of the they may be on hand when they are
bird, and to be a good bracelet he wanted. The ntatteh•'of allowing the
should be strongly sexed. fertilizer order to go until a- week be -
Do not use a stale bird that is nota foe the material is wanted and then
good, upstanding., 'deep, wide -chested, have to delay the planting season or
bread -backed and proud bird, because work the ground unnecessarily a sec -
if he does not possess these character—and time, will certainly not do this
mhos he will never do to head any year, since it results in so much incon-
mating pen. venience and inefficiency.
An authority says that his secret
of making new blood. is to pick out a' Fences and Orchards
pen of females as nearly unrelated 'as A great many farmers are deriding
possible, and put them in a pen and this year to use limestone to correct
mate to that pot two cockerels; these soil acidity and thus make it possible necessary to run the farm through an -
cockerels should be entirely unrelated to grow more clover in order to add other year should occupy considerable
to each other. Use one cockerel on
to these hens, and entirelyunrelated on more organic matter to their farms, attention and after this has been thou•-'
If the freezes and thaws are kept well oughiy settled ,such perennial jobs as
the pen of hens for five days; then in mind this limestone may be hauled oiling harnesses, making pig troughs,
take him out and put in the other one from the station in the winter and painting wagons and buggies, fanning
for the same length of time; and in spread upon the field exactly where it seed grains and cutting seed potatoes
that way blood is manufactured that is wanted, In this connection, how- should conte in for attention. Great
is marvellous for mating to almost ever, it should be said that the best re- efficiency as well as satisfaction will
suits have invariably been secured by result if these matters are completely
spreading ground limestone upon out of the way when the rush of spring
fields that have been already plowed work takes precedence over other
and for this reason the limestone can jobs. ' • 1
I out in historic consequences. They
• correctly interpreted the moral nature
' of the universe. This was a great,
I advance in religion, but there was
1 something more in their message.,
Underneath this preaching of right-
eousness and of the consegeettres of
sin is a confidence in the lovinglcind-'
Hess of Jehovah. " Even in his anger
they saw a beneficent purpose. It
was not vegeanee, but restoration that
Mathews.
be spread through the winter upon
those fields only that have been plow-
ed last fall,
Even forces may be made through,
tlle•winter. In some cases it stay be'
necessary to .have the post poles dug
and the posts set in the autumn before
making the fence in the winter, while
in other cases it .will be perfectly pos-
sible to dig the holes during the winter
season. Tile wire can easily be
stretched and staples put in some of
the good days. '
If it has not been possible previous-
ly to get•=at the berry bushes and the
orchard trees on the farm, here is
another field job that ought to have
attention before spring. The old canes
on the brambles which have passed
their period of usefulness should be
cut out and the new shoots trimmed
back. It is a saying among orchard
men that the only good time to prune'
trees is when the pruning' knife is
sharp, and so the pruning knife ought
to be sharpened up and used judicious-,
ly during the days of winter when it is
possible for a man to be out in the'
field. i
Preparing the Seed
There is no goad reason why the
oats that are to be used for seeding
next spring should not be fanned out
and treated for smut during the win-
ter. Fanning the oats has been shown
to be a good practice because it re-
sults in a quicker growth in the spring
and early oats are usually freer from
rust. The treating can be done just
as well during winter, the only pre-
caution being that the oats should be
put back into sacks that have been
soaked in the treating solution.
Even seed potatoes may be cut dur-
ing the winter. It has been proven
to be a worth while practice to allow
cut seed potatoes to sear over before
they are planted and these potatoes
may be cut with no appreciable loss
during the winter. This will save
some hours. of time when it comes to
the planting season. i
Then, of course, the seed corn should
be gone over, the cull ears thrown out
and the remaining• ears tested for
vitality. Certainly it will not pay to
spend good• time planting and raring
for corn that is only fifty or sixty
per cent. of what it might have been
had a few hours been .taken in the
winter time to be sure that the seed
would all grow.
'Then, too, there is the matter of
overhauling the machinery and wag-
ons. All parts that are broken or
bent should be listed and these sent
for at once. The broken ones may
then be replaced' and the supplies will
be on hand when the bent part gives
way. The wheels and parts can be
taken into the tool house or work shop
and repainted and even though the
average farmer is not a professional
painter, he will be able to snake his
tools look better, not to mention the
fact that the repainting is a form of
insurance and will pay in the extra
life of the tool.
Head Work
Head work is essential also during
the winter. Crop rotation systems
should be planned out and the work so
distributed that help may be (tired
I during the entire year. The fields
should be gone over carefully with re
ference to their past history and a de-
' finite outline should be made out to
I be followed during the next five or ten
years. The first of the year should
see an inventory taken of the fens
business so that the total assets of the
' farm may be compared with ite, .assets
gone year hence. The numbers of
bushels of the different kind of seeds
necessary to do the year's planting
!can easily be arrived at and these
/should be at hand when the planting
season draws on. This will stake for
better use of the labor of both the
farmer or his hands.
All of the field work possible should
be done in time, the indoor work being
reserved until the last. The head work
any hens, and marvellous, too, for lay-
ing.
Do Spring Buying Now.
Join with neighbors and older fer-
tilizers, lime, spraying materials and
any implements that may be needed
next spring, If carload lots can be
ordered the delivery will be made more
quickly than on small lots. Goods
ordered now may not be delivered be- t
fore they are wanted for use in the
spring, and if delivered snorer the
feeling of security resulting from hav-
IN'l'EItNATiONAL LESSON
DECK t1 BER 30.
'rug these things of hand is worth the —...,
.slight interest lost of the money Lesson XIII. God's Redeeming Love: they proclnlmed. The climax of this
drawn from the bank to pay forthem ..-.(vi
Reew)—Nelms 123 and j lneeenge included the powerful en-
before they are needed. The rail-
leaks. of Israel—those great conquer-,
124. Golden Text, Pea. I ors who were about to rind her be-'
roads are ed with freight, and 180, 7. 1heath their iron heel, The prophets
t conditions in this les ecu
thou
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may
psary them turning to
$God]
and included
The tP th . u•o lief s.
grow better it is hest to take no c e t 1 A them lir the great felloWsltip that
chances. Order goods way in advaitre hn'ge pant of the message and work: should dwell with him. Have we that
of the time they tire wined, other- of the prophet. ntaLesmen who ]nave; message end altitude for our foes?j
been studied this ryuarter is summer- It is essential to the building of a new
wise it shay be n.ece.ssary to go with- 'zed in the topic. "Clod's redeeming world order.
out them when they are needed, This love." Thee great leaders of their
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advice applies to seeds quina as Hutch stertor and of humanity rolled the pee-! A great advance. To call the no-
es to fertilizers and tools. pie to justice and right.enusness in pie front immoral idols who could 'be'
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oder that they might know God and bribed to A God of righteousness and
. ma caner of millc fever is frequent- experience him by thus expressing jostler was an irnntessurahle progress'
1 attributed to milking -the cote out his nature in human relationships. in religion. There is a 'stilt g'r'eater,
Asan sons alter caprin , 11 is advis- They proclaimed the. terrible wrath of, gain in the knowledge of a God of lov-
$ Jelinvah upon those who worked int - 'tri kindness, Tho Bode of a primitive
able not to empty the udder the first
day or two.
,iustire and unriglhteousnese. They re ign e tnl>bT, a The mor who
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ConAiZedby /'dxe,i{e(en. Azar
Mothers and daughtero of all ages aro cordially invitee to write to thla
department. Initials only wlil be published with each question and its antiwar
es a means oridentifloatIon, but full name and address must be elven In each
letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will ba malled direct If
stamped and addresoed envelope Is enclosed.
Address all, correspondence for this department to Mrs, Helen Law, 235
Wcediilne Ave„ Torontc,
R,S.B,:—Ask your dewier to get the I
kind of fish you want and give him no
peace until he has brought them ort
the market. There are hundreds of}
women like yourself who are willing;
to try the new varieties of but ate
finding it hard to secure thein. Fish
is the natural substitute for the beef
end bacon that are being extensively!
struck off the menu. The fishermen
are ready to supply you with all the
fish you want. You are ready to use
them, Then approach the middleman
and induce him to bring unfamiliar
varieties on. the market in increasing
quantities. If you want to know all
shoat them and the best way to cooki
them write to the Office of the Food
Controller at Ottawa for a useful lit-
tle book entitled "Eat more fish: How
to prepare, cook and serve Canadian
fish, and so conserve Canadian beef
and bacon for the soldiers at. the
front."
L.R.F.:—We are glad to be able to
inform you that the reports received
at the Food Controller's office regard-
ing the saving in restaurants through
beefless and haconless Tuesdays and
Fridays are most encouraging. Re-
ports from only 33 large hotels and
restaurants throughout the Dominion,
out of the 16,500 public eating places,
show a saving for October, 1917, of
203,000 pounds or 1317 tons. The
saving in bacon for the same 38
establishments was no less than 407,b
tons.
A..A.R.:—Better late than never!
You are by no means the only country
woman who has repented her decision
not to sign the ,food pledge card. A
number of tardy people have come to
see that perhaps there was some rea-
son underlying the pledge card cam-
paign after all. You can get these
• cards by writing to Mrs. Gurnett,
secretary of the Women's Auxiliary
to the Organization of Resources
Committee, Parliament l3uildings,
Toronto, or the provincial secretaries
of the Food Control offices at Winni-
peg, Regina, • Edmonton, Vancouver,
Montreal, Fredericton, Halifax and
Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Rose of Sharon:—A novel idea for
e wedding present? Well, what do
you think of this one? The Woinen's
Institute at South Tilley, N.B., has hit
upon the scheme of giving all brides
as a wedding gift a year's member-
ship in their organization. The Upper
I Sackville Women's Institute, N.B.,
!goes one better and makes all school
teachers, as well as brides, members
for one year. The habit once formed,
1 they are likely to remain members and
the very finest organization to which
the country woman can belong is One
of the Women's Institute's ubiquitous
1branches. Speaking recently at the
Sixteenth Annual convention of the
Women's Institutes Of Ontario held at
Toronto, Mr. Hanna said that the wo-
I men of the Institutes could do a great
deal to encourage the increase of hog
production, which is of the utmost im-
portance et the present time, Re
urged the women to forget minor dif-
ferences and to co-operate for food
conservation.
Mrs. L.R.F.: There is nothing like
asking for specific information on
questions over which you are in doubt.
If one lump of sugar instead of three,
or one teaspoonful instead of three
were used by the people of Canada the
saving would greatly help out the de-
mands of Italy, Great Britain and
Fiance. Italy's per capita consump-
tion before the war was 12 pounds;
that of France was 18 and of Great
Britain, 28. In North America each
man, woman and child consumed 90
pounds of sugar a year.
A Christmas Party in Toyland.
It was at twelve o'clock one night
shortly before Christmas when the
toys in the big top shop agreed to
have a Christmas party. The minia-
ture Santa Claus who stood on the
counter, thought of the plan, and he
tars parade and all the dolls clapped
their hands and cheered and stood up
to watch the soldiers as they marched.
After that they went to'the sand box
where the toy battleships were drawn
up for a naval exhibit.
Next Santa Claus took them to a
Punch and Judy show, and they all
laughed and shouted. Then the dolls
went to a big supper party. But the
Queerest part was that, although the
dolls seemed to have quite enough,
still the food on the plates and plat -
said: "Let us have 'a Christmas party lets was always the same.
here in the children's big playroom i Then Santa Claus told the toy masi-
and have one last romp together be -
'hal• ide, and
play, and they took hold of
halide, and Santa Claus danced with
them around a tall Christmas tree
until the policeman said:
"See, the day is dawning; I am the
fore we are sold.
Then Santa Claus called the toy
policeman and asked him to help man-
age the party. The policeman want I oris appointed to uphold the laws of
out on the floor and suddenly stopped Toyland. Each one must go to his
the motorcycle man, who was start- i place at once and be ready for this
ing out for his midnight spin. I day's sale."
"Will you please carry a message "Yes, it is time to say good-bye,"
for Santa Claus?" he said. "He I said Santa Claus; "but remember
wants all the toys in this Toyland to wherever you go it is your duty to
come to the children's room for a 1 make the children glad, for that is
Christmas party._ So go as fast as why we toys are made. You dolls
you can to the departments and invite must consent to be hugged and loved
all the toys." grad the toy motor- by the little girls; you soldiers must
cycle man broke all the speed laws in march and drill fer the little boys, and
Toyland, and nearly broke his clock- each toy has its place in the home to
work machinery as he rushed on his fill; and you will be happy in your
way, 0 new life by bringing happiness to the
Soon the toys were in the large children."
playroom. First, the dolls and Teddy 'type will, Santa Claus, good-bye'
bears coasted down the toboggan Merry Christmas!" shouted all the
slide, Then they all rode on the 1 toys.
merry-go-round until they were die - Then, by train, trolley, automobile,
zy and tired, and later they visited the fire engine, patrol tviigot, and airship,
toy farms. Here they saw woolly all the toys were carried safely back
Iambs that said "Baa-baa-bas-baaal" 'o their places, and when the great
whenever they turned their heads to store was opened for the work of the
one side, and hoses that fairly pranc- day, no one would have guessed that
ed along on their rollers. there aver had been held a Christmas
Next they saw a marvellous milt- party in Toyland.
which hurts thein contimially, so they
propitiate their gods by bloody sacri-
fices, even offering their children upon
the altar, From such a religion men
turn to skepticism. Then the heavens
are brass. There is no answer. The
wise man is but an infant crying in
the night and the universe ignores his
cry, But the prophets proclaimed
the ,confident knowledge of a God who
was the helper and defense of men
who was the friend and comrade of {r , r�
their struggles, who was on their side i' d
when they were seeking justice and
righteousness because they were then
expressing his nature. This coneep ' The lumps or swellings which may
tion of God Was .fulfilled in Jesus's be found under the skirt on the backs
declaration of the Father which calls of many cattle from January until
men to live in a new world with a Gods April contain grubs. If these grubs
whose name is love. Smell wonder that; are allowed to retrain, they will tom -
the English abandoning his conception pieta their growth, drop to the ground
of God, cried out, "The great contpan- and transform into flies which may.
ion is dead;?' Those to -day who feel i reinfest the cattle during the sprung
a personal fellowship with God are and summer. The grubs weaken the
called to develop a similar fellowship ;cattle, cause them to full off in i'lesli
on the part of the community and all! and milk, and decrease the value of
humanity to be achieved through • i.ha hide,
w it's outhis t•. purposes with o it i ea os u
F•
gg 1 p ((rubs may l,o pressed ort. through
him.
The basis of redemption, With the' t'he npenfng al the top of the swelling,
certainty of the lovingklndness of God 1 A sharp knife and a pair of tweezers
011505 the possibility of redemption,; will often matte the work of retrieving
It is Love that bears all things anti: the grubs easier. Care Should be
still cleaves to the sinter. After; taken 10 crush all the grube remov.
he had denied it, Peter well knew its i od, peevonttng their further develop -
nature and says, "the ]ongsufier'ng of mont :end transformation into flies.
the lord is our salvation.' Redemp-i
tion is a process. There is a great -1
purpaso behind it all, but: it. is depend -I Electrical apparatus eperated by a
tint upon us, It bears with ohr frail keyboard line that of s plane has
ties, teaches, and leads ua. In the' been invented for ringing church hells
dctser'hed the nnger or God working; worshipthem live m a los r o universe day of our weakness, in the Lints when! either as chimes or eontiituously.
the consciousness of universal sin
bears hard upon us, when it seems as
if there were no outcome to the strug-
gle of humanity, here is a ground for
confidence. The Eternal Love is great-
er than the needs or weakness of men.
Here is plenteous redemption, grace
More abundant. It is a challenge
not to idle trust, but to renewed effort,
din
TRAINING YOUNG
BOOKWORMS
By Irene Stillman
"That's the sixth book Willie ]las
read this week," said .a mother to me
in great exasperation. "I don't knew
what I'm going to do with him. He
has some studies which - he should
brush up before the new term, and
there are so many little things; er-
rands and the like, that be could do
if he would to save my steps. 'Public
,libraries are nuisances," she ended
vehemently.
Of course .the mother was wrong.
With a little trouble she could have
firmly limited tlhe boy to two books
a week, at the most, during• vacation; .
ane a week is sufficient far a child
during the school term, Constant
reading causes a physical sluggish-
ness and saps both physical and
.mental energy. "After I have read
too long T feel drugged," said a wo-
man to me, and any one who fres
overindulged similarly knows the sen-
sation.
A youngster's interest in a book
may be so strong that he or she will.
smuggle the book into all sorts of un-
!expected places because of the in-
! ability to wait to see which pirate
I cornea off victorious in the life and
death fight or whether the brave
1 young settler reaches his little calmly
i in time to prepare it for the coming
of the warring Indians and to bravely
Idefend the lady ofahis heart. Needless
to say, these youthful gobblers of "lit-
erature" require earefu land sympa-
thetic watching. This I know from
verp personal experience. From
eight to eleven years of age it was al-
most impossible to rouse me in the
mornings in time for school. This
my adult world was much puzzled to
understand, as I was sent to bed fair-
ly early. And no one knew until I,
too, became an adult and told the tale
upon my little self that I smuggled a
Ibook to bed with me and frequently,
after the household was sound asleep,
lit the lamp and read until 3 and 4
o'clock in the morning!
Therefore, T repeat, limit a boy or
girl to one or two books a week and
see that your edict is observed. Fur-
thermore, supervise not only the num-
ber of books mead, but their contents.
Young people cannot safely be allowed
to browse unguided in --the field of
books. If you find that you have not
time to censor their books, allow only
those from the children's department
of the library, because they are all.
carefully censored before being ad-
mitted to the shelves. When an oc-
casional book is got from the shelves
of the adult department, stipulate that
it must not be head by your young peo-
ple until you or another informed
adult has passed upon it.
Of course, the censoring must be
done diplomatically. Children may
often select books that they may well
read when they are somewhat older,
but which are not suitable for them
just at that time, Under the circum-
stances one night say, "Yes, that is a -
good book and mother would like you
to read it some tune when you are old
enough to enjoy end appreciate it
more."
THE HOME -TO -BE.
Oh, I shall have a little house,
A cosy house, a low -caved house,
Oh, I shall build a sheltered house
Low-lying from the weather;
And when'across the happy sky
The wedding bells ring sweet and high,
Oh, there we'll go, my bride and I,
And there we'll live Nether.
And flowers will bloom about us
there—
Sweet blossoms for her golden hair,
Sweet blossoms that will be her rare,
All other flowers outvying,
And we shall have a hive of bees,
A garden, too, and apple trees,
And hedges holding all of these
To keep the world from spying,
And Time will heed our earnest claims
To greater joys and higher aims
And grant us title to the navies
Of father and of mother.
So blossoms winter can't destroy
Will keep our home abrin with joy—
A little girl, a little boy,
Each dearer than the other.
So year by year will pass away
Until my wife and I are gray
But happy still as on the day
That sees our first ]tome -going.
0 little home! Your apple trees,
Your garden, flowers and honeybees
Vtrill flourish well, but more than these
Will love find place for growing.
•Gorton Ve,eder Carruth.
The Food Question.
i "Every man who can make himself
i chid his household self-supporting re -
!Heves the demand upon the stock of
I food that is available for the nation,"
I ---R, E. Prethero, Minister for Agri-
culture, Great Britain,
The above is equally true in Canada,
Every than who can make this houso-
ltold Golf -supporting relieves just what
1 food his family would otherwise con-
sume for Canada and our sillies, Now
in the time to begin to plan the garden
that is to support the family next;
year; to read and study the subject s
gardens will, be fully prepared an -
ready for each step of the work at
est' the proper time. Preparednoa3
In the garden and on the farm is.quito
as important as preparedness in the
army and navy,:
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