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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-4-24, Page 2G, D. MCTAGGART Al, 1). 1i cIAG(:ART MCfaggart Bros. se- A GENERAL BANKING BVSI NESS TRANSACTED. NOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST ALLoW1P ON DE- POSITS. SALT) NOTES PUR- CHASED. URCFI ASED. - IT, T, RANCE -y NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY- ANCER, FINANCIAL. REAL ESTATE AND 'VIRE INSUR- ANC.E AGENT. REPRESENT- ING 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION COURT OFFICE, CLINTON. .W. BRYDONE,��� BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, l ETC. Office- Sloan Block CLINTON DR. GUNN Office cases at hisresidence, tor. }Egli and Kirk streets. • DR. J. C. GAND1ER Office Hours: -1.30 to 3.30 p.m„ 7.80 to 0.00 p.m. Sundays 12.30 to 1.80 Other hours by appointment only. Orifice and Residence -Victoria St. CI:ARLES B. HALE,, Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, Etc. REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Issuer of Marriage Licenses HURON- STREET, - CLINTON, GARFIELD McMICHAEL, Licensed Auctioneerer for the _ County of Huron. Sales. con- ducted in any part of the county. Charges moderate and satisfac- ticn guaranteed. Address:• Sea - forth, R. R, No. 2. Phone 18 on • 286, Seaforth Central. GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date et The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling Phone 13 on 157. Charges moderate and satisfaction ,: guaranteed. B. R. HIGGINS Box 127, Clinton - Phone 100. Agent Lor The Huron & Erie Mortgage Col, poration and The Canada Trust Company Comm'er H. C. 0 J., Conveyancer, Fire and Tornado Insurance, Notary Public Also a uumbeer of good farms for sale. At Bruce6eld on Wednesday each' tveelt. e Vie .-TIME TA.ULId Trains -will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows; BUFFALO AND GODEIICE DIV. Going east, depart 6.18 a.m. 2.52 p.m. Going West, ar. 11.10, dp. 11.10 a.m. n .,„ a nn a,. 6.45 p.m. 11.18 p.m. LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV, Going South, ar. 8.30, dp. 8.80 a,m, 4.15 p.m. Going -North, depait 6.40 pm. " " " 11.07, 11.11 a.m, ,l 1. The Ignifillop utua l File Insurance Company L' J 1444 Uy' Agrc1n0111ie1. This Department Is tor tho use er our farm readers whp want the advIts of ah expert on any question regarding soil, seed, trope, Qte, If your question is of sufficlent general Interest, it will be answered through this column. if stamped and sddressed envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete 'newer will be ntalied to you, Addreso Agronomist, caro' of Wilpon Pebliehinp Co.. Ltd., 73 Adelaide fit, W,, Toronto,. eWheri to Spray and What For. All the spry mixtures it is pos- sible to use on a tee° will pot do meal good unless the right applica- tions are made at tho right thio. Those directions will tell just when to spray and what for, Spraying Apples. -Four or five aprayinga aro necessary, depending on the season and how badly the orchard .is infested with insects and disease. First spray: Apply just after leaf buds burst but before bloesoms open. Use either Bordeaux mixture 4-4-50, or commercial lime -sulphur testing 32 deg. or 33 deg. Baume diluted 1 to 40. (See next article. for Sires-. tions for making Bordeaux mixture.) Add two pounds of lead -arsenate to each fifty gallons of the spray mix- ture. This spray is for control of scab, curculio and canker -worm.. Seemed spray: Just after the blos- soms fall use same. materials as for first spray, This .is for control of the codling moth,and must be ale, plied with a great deal 0 force. A power sprayer is best. . Third spray: Two or three weeks later than second spray. Same mat- erials as for first spray. If blotch is bad in the orchard, use,Bordeaux mixture 4-6-50 instead of lime -sul- phur; add two pounds of lead -arsen- ate to fifty gallons of spray material. Fourth spray: Nine weeks after the third spray. Use same material as for first spray. This is for .con- trol of scab, brown rot and second brood of codling -moth. Fifth spray: This is necessary only where blotch, black rot, bitter rot and other fungus diseases are troublesome. Use salve materials as for third spray and apply two weeks after fourth spray. Pears and Quinces need the same general treatment as apples, except that when line -sulphur is used it should not be quite so strong. Spraying Plums. -A dormant spray of lime -sulphur is applied for San Jose scale any time during the dormant season. During the grow- ing •season several sprays are nec- essary. • First spray: Just before blossoms open apply Bordeaux mixture 4-4-50. Add two pounds of lead -arsenate to each fifty gallons 0 spray material. This is for control of brown rot and curculio. Second spray: Just after blossoms fall use same materials as for first spray. Third. spray: Same materials as second spray, three weeks after petals fall. Cherries need the same general treatment as plums. Head once, Seaforth, Ont. DIREC'TO.IRY : President, Janos Connolly, Goderlch;. Vice., James Evans, Beechwood; Sec, -Treasurer, Thos. E. ?lays, Seas forth. Directors: George McCartney, Sc.*. forth; D. F. MoGreger, Seaforth; J. G. Grieve, Waltoio Wen. Rine, Sea. forth; M. McEwen, Clinton; Robert Ferries, Hariock; John Benneweir, Brodhagen; Jas, Connolly, Goderich. Agents: Alex Leitch, Clinton; J. W. Yeo, Goderich; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth; W. Chesney, Egmandville; R. 0, Jar. muth, Brodhagen. Any money to be paid .a may he paid to Moorish Clothing Co„ Clinton, or at Cult's Grocery, Goderich. Partiesdesiring to cffeet insurance or transact other business will bs promptly attended to an application to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post office. Loseea irspeeted tag the director who lives :.earest the scene.. Ole; ton News -'Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. Terms of subscriptioii-$1.50 per year, in advance to Canadian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or other foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the publisher, The date to which every still l"�eription is paid is denoted on the label. Advertising rates-7Transiont advor• tisein;nts 10 ce, Pqx �{g�tpitr it gg ' 'brat insertion an s 1{ne for s cents h s bse. Tient pox line fok each u q >s i {,ion. ,0. . wrtTilba tts Q e140 •on3a ' tca';i;MN 1314, c., inst ed One() for 80 cents, and each subsea queetlnsettion 10 cents. Conetunlcatit,ns intended for publlea- liar ntee of ' a 00 ' l a s a d n moa g do , g om rani d b the mime of aCC C 0 he � fault, > 1 the w`titer, t#, L, iiALL, M tL. CI.1:41tK, Prgnrieidir. ltrtilltaa•:c How to Make Spray Mixtures. To make Bordeaux mixture take four pounds of copper sulphate, four pounds of quicklime fifty gallons of water. Dissolve the copper sulphate by putting it in a coarse cloth bag and suspending the bag in a barrel partly filled with water. Slake the lime .in"a tub and strain the milk of lime into another tub or barrel. Pour the dissolved copper sulphate and the milk of line into the Sprayer tank, or into a supply tank, at the same time. Add enough water to make fifty gallons. For 'Bordeaux 4-6-60 use six pounds of lime instead of four. To make self -boiled lime -sulphur 8-8-50 referred to in the first article, use eight pounds of unslaked litre; eight pounds of flowers of sulphur, PrAalmea riatrel .1141,h4Cs.W,1. °Ate'Sa, ?7siF fifty gallons of water. Plage the linie in a barrel and add almost enough water to over the lime. When the lime begins to slalee add the sulphur, which should be made into a Paste by . nixing it with water. Stir the cooking' mixture and add water as needed to keep it in the form of a thick paste, which, ,should become bhinnee as the mixture coolie. In ten or fifteen minutes the heat frem the slaking lime will cook the mixture and enough cold Water should be added to make fifty gallons., This is the standard . summer spray for peached. Ilow To Get Stand of Alfalfa. Getting a stand of alfalfa is most- ly a question of soil, If the soil is right your efforts will be crowned with success. Generally, the problem is to make alfalfa succeed after you get the stand. Alfalfa requires a moderately dry soil, -well drained even durieg rainy weather. If the sail becomes water-logged for many days the alfalfa will be- come yellow and unthrifty. It needs moisture, but it likes to have . the moisture in the air and soil at the same time. 'This is the reason alfalfa does better in well -drained soils, - Although drainage is a big essen- tial in successful 'alfalfa growing, an occasional overflow of a 'creels or river will do no harm if it comes during the winter, or i£ the water is moving in summer. ' Alfalfa will not thrive, nor; even live long; without bacteria helping it. It dlas become used to then and depends upon them. Alfalfa -promot- ing bacteria will not live in all ,soils. Carbonate of lime makes the alfalfa or nitrifying .bacteria thrive. They do not seem 'to be able to live with- out it. While it is not known 'definitely why carbonate of lime -makes the. nitrifying bacteria do so well, many alfalfa growers advance the theory that alfalfa plants give off certain substances which are . poisonous to the plant. That is, the alfalfa roots give off a poison that is injurious to itself and to other alfalfa roots. When there is moth carbonate of lime in the soil this poison is 111 some way neutralized and the alfalfa is kept in health and vigor. In addition to making the soil a healthful home for good and useful bacteria, carbonate of lime' con- serves humus and stops a waste of nitrogen. When plants decay in the soils nitric acid is formed This is soluble and, unless taken up by the plants, soon leaches away. If there is a supply of lime present, the nitric acid unites with the lime to form calcium nitrate. This locks up the nitrogen and holds it. Since the lime naturally sinks in the -soil, it is best to put. it near the surface. It ought to be mixed as perfectly. as., possible with the soil,. as it is not effective when left in lumps. This is because the lime is not in contact with enough of the soil particles. As ground limestone is harmless, a person may use as much of it as he wishes. It is pleasant to work with and doesn't born like caustic dime when it gets on the skin, nor does itcake together if it happens to get wet. One may put it, on the soil at any time. It may be put on with manure, as it does not burn out the humus. Soil acids attack the particles of limestone and are neu- tralized, but the lime itself does no harm, no matter how much is used. The person who feeds swine for the purpose of producing pork should know the indications 'of an animal that will gain' weight rapidly and thereby pay a profit to its owner. If the hog raiser is feeding the lard type of hog he should seek in ani- mals for fattening those whish' possess the characteristics of the fat hog type which are a short and broad face, wide head, eters well apart, full jowl, short legs, wide and deep body with good full spring of rib. If the farmer is feeding bacon hogs he should look for a little less width about the head and face and for good leneh and depth of body at the same tiine avoiding coarse- ness. Whether a hog raiser should feed lard or bacon hogs will depend large- ly on the location of his farm. When- ever possible home grown feedstuffs should be used, because feeding pur- chased feeds is not always conducive to profit. If the farm grows an. abundance of corn and clover or al- falfa' it will be more profitable to grow the lard type, while on the other hand, if the main feeds grown are barley, peas, oats, etc:, having a narrower nutritive value, bacon hogs can often be raised to a better advantage, By far the greatest number of hogs are fitted for market during the summer and early fall months. Dur- ing the summer the requirements for shelter, Maintenance tied labor aro least, while grains cheapest and greatest. Of these the geeater resin - bee is fattened on pasture. It is pad that yiggo� f d poi n alplle 0» uegra s past'lare snake equally i great grains as pigs fed in dry lot o tk le1 once, rhtion, (plover or al- �„ ue 's than blues $r� a "`fie$ tier'�e"'4' n g e..: grade off: timothy when corn is fed in conjunction, Corn alone on Abend - ant clover pasture forms an ideal ration, excel111ng a balanced ration 0 bDrat and tankage a or mtddlittg s in 4 rapidity of gains and extolling all tither rations on pasture when rate and economy of gaine are ootelclorecl, A satisfactory system stem of pasture feeding for pigs farrowed in April and are ready for pasture in May is: The previous fall a field is sown to rye or winter vetch, furnishing a good crop for pigs when they are turned out; one acre of this supplies 100 Pigs ,and their mothers for about a montho also a ration of corn meal tankage or skim -milk is fed them. About the 'first of June the pigs are weaned and placed on clover or alfal- fa, which furnishes green feed for the nett five or six weeks. About the 15th of Jelly they are turned in a pasture of Geld peas and oats, thus supplying part of the grain ration; the- acreage ie larger because the pigs are larger, Green sweet corn is alto fed at thio time but not be- fore it reaches the roasting ear stage, sparingly at first, being, gradually increased. With this there is little or no need of corn meal ration, until shortly after the green sweet corn is ready to be feel. This is also fed in the roasting ear: stage and when bottom of the stalksbecome woody only the top portion is used. The pigs are kept on pasture, and corn whiolt becomes more mature is feel until fall or early winter, when they are ready for market. When pos- sible it is a very profitable plan to hag the corn down, thus saving a great dealof. labor. In :this ease a self feeder with tankage should bo before the hogs. The feeding of hogs for market will be found to be one of the most profitable departments of the farm, Many good pastures . have been ruined by turning the 'stock on them too early in the spring. Wait until the ground is firm and the grass well. started. klgik the ;stools before 'funning out to pasture. Lime does not take the place of other feriklierees or manures, but sappl'gmcnts them, When the 1130 'of lime in any :Corm is. eontiuued alone, and no adequate previsiott is made for maintaining the supply of other fertilisers and organic .hatter, cion y1i kepta and the fields cannot bt, t returns from the u99 of Rent in swell It argent becomes less and may fits Ally droit below that of land unlirrted,, "t 103,dl'E p LEratol Look for the Rennie 'd Display It's time to think abotit planting your garden, Make your selections now. VEGETABLE SEEDS BEAN -Improved Coition Wax ONION -Yellow Globe Danvers Lb. ab, b5c., 34 1b. 20c., Pkt. 10e. % lb. 91,25. Oz. 40c., Pkt. 1Uc. BEAN -Scarlet Runner PARSNIP -.Hollow :Crown Lb. 00c., yj Ib. 30c„ Pkt. 10c. • j4 Ib, 00c., Oz. 25a,, Pkt. 10c, BEET -Detroit Dark Red Turnip PARSLEY-Chaaaplon Masa 34 lb. 85c., Oz. 25c., Pkt. 10c. Curled 11b. 75c., Oz., 29e. Pkt. 10c. GARDEN PEAS -American won - d Lb. d5c,. 33 ib. 20c., Pitt. 10c, GARDEN PEAS -Improved Strat- agem 1 0. 50c., If ib. 20c., Piot. 10c. RADISII-Preach Breakfast 3 1h, 65c., Oz. 20c., Pkt. 10e RADISII-Lona White Icicle Js lb, 05c., Oz. 20e., Pict, 10e. RADISH -Rosy Cern, White - CUCUMBER -London Long Long' Green • tipi e'd 34 lb. 75c., Oz. 25e„ Pkt, 10c. lb, 95c., Oe. 20o,,. Pkt.lOe. CUCUMBER -Chicago Pickling TOMATO -Bunny Best 34 lb. 750., Oz. 20c., Pkt. 10e.. 14 111.$1.75, Oz. OOc.. Pkt. 10c. LETTUCE -Select Bir Boston TOMATO-Eorliana 33 lb. 91,00, Oz. 85c., Pkt. 10c. 3q lb. $1.75, Oz. 50c., Pkt. 10c. LETTUCE -Nonpareil Cabbage- TURNIP -Orange Jelly or Golden head Bain X Ib. 9Qc„ Oz. 30c., Pkt. 10c. X lb. 75a., Oz. 25c„ Pkt. 10c. CITRON -Red Seeded for Pre- SWEDE TURNIP-I;en61e's Prize serving Purple Top 34 ib. 75c., Oz. 25c., Pkt. 10c. 1,13. 91.40, 34 lb. 75c., ty'lb. 40c. ONION -Large Red Wethersfield KERBS -Sago 34 Ib. 91.00, Oz. 35c., Pkt. 10c. Oz. 91.10, Pkt. 10c. FLOWER SEEDS NASTURTIUM -Climbing Mixed 3f I1,, 750., Oz. OSe,, Pkt. 10c. NASTURTIUM -Dwarf Mixed 34 11. 90c.. Oz. 30c., Pkt. 10c, PANSY -Choice Mixed Pkt. 10e. PETUNIA -Hybrids Mixed Pkt. 10c. SWEET PEAS-Finoat Mixed 0•. Ire., Pkt. 10c TEN WEEKS STOCKS-Cbolro • Mixed Pkt. 100. VERBENA -Finest Alined Pict. 10c. SWISS CHARD - 34 Ib. $1,25, Cr. 40c., Pkt. 10c. CABBAGE -Early Wlnnigstadt !b. 98.00, Oz. $1,00, Pkt. 10c. CARROT-Chantenny Half -Lola 3e 1h. 00c„ Oz. 30c., 090.10c, CARROT -Early Gem or.Oxbcert 34 ib. 5Oc., Oz. 30c., Pkt. 10c. SWEET CORN -Golden Bantam Lb. 55c., Jg lb. 20e., Pkt, 10c. ASTER -Select Comet, Mixed Colorg PM.. 10c. BALSAM-Plnest Double Mixed Pict. 10c. CARNATION -Choice Mixed Pkt. 10e. MORNING GLORY -Climbing Pkt. 10c, SWEET WILLIAM -Finest Mixed 09f. IOc. MARIGOLD- French fatted - Pkt. 10c. SWEET MICNONETTE-Crandl- ftora WILD PLOWER GARDEN Pitt. 10c. Pkt. t0c. Should your dealer be unable to supply all the seeds you require, write us direct. Send for copynof J,.R,o,InonCrTnCokSOeaeclawoletc.S.-.u ples, TVE COMPANY WILLIAM �LIM TED KING AND MOKET STS., TORONTO ALSO AT MONTREAL, WINNIPEG, VANCOUVER Dr. Huber will answer all,signed letters pertaining to Health. If your question is of general interest it will be answered through these columns; If not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en- closed. Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis. Address Dr. John B. Huber, M,D., carg,'of Wilson Publishing Co.,,73.Adelaide 8t. West, Toronto Stomach Ulcer. ' Stomach or gastric ulcer inay re- sult from a blow on the abdomen, or from chronic hyperulcidity '(ex- cess of acid on the stomach), chronic catarrh of the stomach, blood pover- ty (anemia), heart Or kidney disease. It is the most common in women be- tween twenty and thirty, especially housewives and domestics; among men shoemakers and tailors are most frequently attacked: The usual symptom is pain be- tween the breastplate and the navel and in the back, usually sharp, bt' creased at once by food intake, and relieved by vomiting. And when the stomach is empty there may be, if not pain, a gnawing and burning sen- eetion which Pressure may relieve. Then later comes spitting of blood which has a ground coffee appear- ance, gradual less of flesh and strength, dyspepsia and serious ane- mia, We have to fear perforation of the ulcer into the abdomen, with grave shock or hemoerhage, or the development of cancer, or death from starvation. A yet a patient well at- tended to may get well the ulcer `1? 01* y RECONSTRUCTION Geed results eon, be obtained with e'hfelts by fending rolled Pato _tor ,the first week, about Ave times each day, Tien fine emelt scratch feed can be substituted and used until the chicks are large enough for whole wheat, craolced corn, ete. Plenty of sour milk induces a rapid growth. Llttlo chides cannot oat tee much bran and it can be supplied to them In hoppers from the first clay, Green food is important and can be given in the Wm of sprouted oils or cut plover, until the birds cell range and collect, their owngreen food, h'reeli watery chsrccol and grit are needed, Oit: stormy days a little tine chopped on ion helps to stimulate young chicks, Ise:lots Beed a good range and • plenty of dry mash before theta at' all time so that they will make a steady rapid growth and be ready to lay at their normal time, which should be about six, months for the Mediterranean breeds attd eight months for the American breeds. Z'he'pullets should be separated from the cockerels as soon as the sexes are easily determined and pullets should not be compelled' to range with old hens, as the hens w111 drive them from the feed hoppers and interfere with their growth. Pullets are raised successfully on about the same rations needed for laying 'hens: When wheat can be used for feeding it pays to use about two parts of wheat to one part corn in the scratch feed. Broilers can be fattened on sour milk and corn meal mixed into a sloppy mash. Tho main point is to reduce the exercise' and increase the feed that the broilers will consume. In growing broilers, it is important to keep them developing rapidly and evenly from the day they are hatch- ed. Broilers cannot be half starved until eight or ten weeks old with the idea of making up for lost time and finishing them properly on a ten-day period of fattening. Twenty to thirty per cent. of beef scrap has been ifsed successfully pn some fattening ra- in fair-haired women with delicate skin, They are caused by exposure to strong winds and to strong sun rays. Their temporary removal is not difficult. Permanent removal is almost impossible. Those who have freckles are likely to consider them blemishes. This is an erroneous point of ,view. They are really signs of a good complexion and good con- stitution and they ought to be con- sidered "beauty spots." Local prep- arations often contain corrosive sub- limate and other substances which may endanger the real skin -the derma. In any event the susceptibil- ity of the skin varies with the indi- vidual and what may not hurt one might severely injure another. The following•ointntent (to be hacl of any druggist) may at any rate be pro- nounced "harmless." Ammoniate of mercury, bismuth subnitrate, of each one dram; ointment of glycerine one ounce, to be applied every other night. Psoriasis. -1. Is Psoriasis in the blood? 2. Can it be cured? 3. Is it hereditary? 4. Are such people otherwise. healthy and strong? 4. healing with scar tissue in the stoat- Will it turn to Bright's Disease? 6, ash wall. Some people who have Is it contagious? gastralgia (neuralgia of the stein- Answer. -1. Psoriasis is not a blood disease. 2. Yes, but the cure ash) may itnagitie they have ulcer. Sufferers from peptic• ulcer ought is very difficult. 8. In some cases tog ive- u;, all work and rest in bed itis hereditary. 4. Usually they are most of the tinhealthe`for several months. Y anti strong but of a nervous Their diet at fleet should consist temperament. 5. It will not turn to practically entirely of plain milk .or Bright's Disease. 6. It is not eon - buttermilk (Half a tunlblcrful every tagious. two horn's), with the white of eggs and beef -juice. After several ,,weeks eggs, chicken, cereal and' scraped beef may be added. They should take thirty grains of., bismttth subcarbon- atethree timet a clay. For the pain sweet spirits of nitre, a de'bspooitful in water, or chkoroforlp water, in tablespoon doses. For vomiting cracked ice is preferable to water (a teaspoonful every fifteen minutes) or a mustard' plaster over the stom- ach. For thirst of any kind, cracked 1ce is preferable rab'�e t o water. For hemorrhage the doctor imperatively and at once: No food until he eorne3; lit :such cases the surgeon may hilvei to lie Called in. Questions altci Alfswert3 cause of • i the h , • --; itat s rx ecltles. W fealties on the:focal Is thele any- thilig I can 'do to take them off? Answer.--S'lreobles 9110003 mostly Of Lost . Iealth-Tgiie and Til1t;rusted deserve Strength, Consequent upon the war, the dread- ful epidetnios, trying weather and changing seasolla, is Imperative, Never was diose a .time when the blood -building, nerve -toning, appe- tite-nleking properties of Tfopd's• Bnrsaparilla were So muck nooded. This medicine, :1st, ereitl'es an ap- petite, 2d, aids digestion, 30, pol't'eets• assimilation of 01 the food you eat so that your blood and body Peeeive the benefit of 100 por emit, of thio nourishment. This rapidly adds to. your strength and gradually restores your reserve strength, naturally bringing about normal conditions and Permanent good health. hood's Sar- saparilla is at•saparilia'is Atuerica's greatest bloods purifying medicine, with a record of greatest sales and greatest cures. It originated in the successful preserip tion of a well-known physician. Hood's Pills aro a fine family ea,- thartie, gentle and effective, well adapted to help Hood's Sarsaparilla. tions. Usually -'broilers can be sold. with very little fattening if they have been well fed from the hatching time and are in good flesh. Fatten- ing poultry at a profit requires care- ful management and good vigorous young birds for the fattening crates. Three bushels of oats an acre--- and be sure to sow red clover, sweet clove:, alfalfe. 00 some other legume with it. Plant a silage crop and build a. silo to put it in; 'twill cut down the amount of pasture you need. for the cows. Zf we wish to be pretty sure that. our oats will escape rust, we must sow them early. It is the late -sowed grain which is stricken by this dis- ease. WHEN CHILDREN CANNOT ATTEND SCHOOL By JANET THOMAS ORMSTON. There„is scarcely a district in the country that has not some child, or children who; for some reason or other cannot attend the public school, It may be that some physical disa- bility makes it impossible for him; perhaps mental deficiency debars him from entering 'classes with other children, or, if he is a very little child, it may be that lie is too far from the school to walk there and back. Whatever the cause, the child who does not attend school will be seriously handicapped all through life unless an adequate substitute for the school education is provided, In that ease his present misfortune may eventually prove to be his good for- tune, provided the home instruction is made all that it is possible to makeit. Mothers may feel that it is out of the question to start him in the paths of learning themselves. But advanced knowledge is not so eeces- sary as is an understanding of the child, and who should understand a child better titan his own mother? Nor does it take a great amount of time. Once a mother gets well start- ed in the teaching of her child she will not find it difficult; very likely she will become fascinated with the work. It is a wonderful thing to watch the daily mental development of a child. The pity of it is that so few mothers have the best oppor- tunity for observing it. The thing that will bother most the mother who knows nothing about teaching is the method to employ. The olda, b, c method has been al- most descarded, because a, h, c means absolutely nothing to a little child. The "work and play" method allows the best results according to mothers who have tried it. It would doubtless be best also for schoolroom instruction were it possible to em- ploy it under present conditions in the sehools. however, it is not schoolroom education in which we are interested just now. The work and play method is really nothing but guided play. Allofthe child's amusement is made an aidto his education. He is not told that he is learning things, no set task is given hint. He absorbs knowledge) by the use of the games which' het is led to play, by the answered guess', tion, by the suggestion, hei:c and there, as a sponge absorbs water, The instruction that goes with the, games all seems incidental and a part of the play. .,Evert a tiny child can learn the1 names of colors, learn them 'under-' standingly as he looks .at a ribbon,' at the grits', at the sky. This will train the eye and the powers of oh-' servation. If lie knows, for example,! the color red, and mother some day writes it on the blackboard in red I chalk it will take him only a 1341.14, while to recognize the written word es readily as he does the color itself, If she helps him when he is playing with his blocks it will soon be an interesting part of his play to spell the word red. Games will tench the numbers, Let a child play with a box of tooth -I leeks and have him sort them into piles of two. That is nothing but fun. But he learns how many two are. Later on he is delighted to be -I come acquainted with the figure and It will not be ];round wasted to eet out fifty or sixty raspberry canes this spring. Mustard plants should be sprayed with 1t twenty per cent. solution of iron sulphate as soon as possible after the plants begin to •appear; This makes them homesick .enough to die and not hurt the small grain at all The manure from a horse or COW would be worth $25 to $80 a .year if i all of it could be saved in good con- dition • ditlon and returnedto the 'land. In actual practice it is worth from ' $5' to $10, or even $20, according to the locality, the methods used, tied the (dude of crop grown. The Way hogs pre 'ordinarily handled, their manure is ted. But when they e1 as largely W r lire used t8 pasture down crops, they help (pito ee emelt as cattle and horses, or even more. , the word two. He learns what one- half is when he divides his apple: evenly with his playmate and he will soon understand the figure one-half. Pictures of birds and animals in the natural colors are of great edu- cational value. Children learn the names of these because they want to and they are eager to have stories told about them. The reading of stories and verse to children, and the telling of stories is one of the leading helps in this method of education. There is no limit to what a taste for right litera- ture may do for n child, and especial- ly for ono who is any way handi- capped in life's race, In' time; the. mother may have the children read to her for her entertainment, not in tho recitation of a lesson. They will forget themselves and do their very best in reading for another person's pleasure. There are a hundred suggestions that might bo given, but in so brief an article only an idea of the method can be presented. Every mother who tapes up the work will find sug- gestions ' continually coming to her and she will herself develop, al- though in a different way, almost as rapidly as does the child. A word about the child who seems mentally deficient. In too many cases 710 effort is made to educate such a child. This is a culpable mis- take, If he had an atrophied muscle it would surely be given nourishment and exercise in the hope of develop- ing it. Very often a child "not bright" can be drawn out little by little until finally he ceases to be subnormal. And he is fax more likely to respond to any such efforts right in the home circle than he is ii placed among strangers. Colors and bright •pic- teees of animals, birds and flowers often appeal to such a child more than anything else. But it will rest with the mother -teacher as ascertain what particular thing is most likely to interest the child and :start the raising of the curtain that obscures the mind. Something will probably do it and infinite patience must be exercised until that somcthieg is found. It is interesting and inspirational to know what mothers have actually and easily accomplished by this me- thod. A little girl, now five ,years old, bacl lost the power of speech tht::ottgh illness when she was a wee. baby. Her mother began teaching her by the work -and -play method while she was still a baby and gradually drew her out mail she could speak. She recovered) fully the power of speech before she was four years old and is ahead of the always normal child in every way. The -three-year-old brother of this little girl can write on the type- writer, While this ntay seem pre- cocious, still is it any more so than when a child of the same ago can spell words with his alphabet blocks? It -is simply a diffeeett method of playing very treacly the same game. The three-year-old eon of Mrs. Wright knows every color and can read many words, while his big sis- tet of ten has been writing verse for several years -and rho verses are good. 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