HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-01-22, Page 3W Y -A MANURE SPREADER
The Proverbs of. a Wise Farmer to His Son.
BY BERT M: MATHIAS.
My, son, hear the wisdom of thy My son, When the cold winds of wlp-
father, and learn the way of growing ter have continued Iong into thy
'bigger and better crops. Know thou planting season and the manure of thy
first, that thy land enr'cheth thee, as barnyard and. feedingmorral; long re-
-thou enrichest it. maineth frozen, then wilt thou -rejoice
Learn thou that the food, or humus, if thou poss•essest a time -saving
that thy soil doth most desire is Che spreader.
- humble barnyard manure. It giveth For • when the frost goeth, then
life to the, weary and worn soil, It speedily may thy fields be fertilized
maketh mellow to plow, Manured and thy crops planted in season.
soil gummeth not when wet. It shag-
eth not itself into unyielding clods
when dry.
It 'drinketh in the refreshing mein-.
ture even three -fold' above, the capa-
city of impoverished soil,
It giveth up to the drying wind its thy fields; and thy reward shall be..
store of moisture at:a rate. one-third more sightly premises and a larger;.
as rapid. Its crop`withereth not with crop yield from thine husbandry.
the noon -day sun. VII.
There, go to, my son,. and use 'a
manure spreader.
o VI.
A proverb of the wise farmer on
eaonamy.-
My son, own and use a spreader, and
then will thy stack bottoms and un
Used straw and, forage be applied to.
II.
Again: the second time the wise
termer spake a proverb to his son, husbandry hath a three -fold value to
saying:=Conservethou the riches of the farmer?
thy fertilizer by conveying cone in it to thy For it provideth a home market for
fields with thy spreader as it is pro- much of thy crops.
tendeth to crop -diversification diveralficat{on and I have a bad memory. I easily for-, subtract while sniffingdelicious cook-! tar could share, by proxy, of not actu ed occasionally with her tears, but it
duced. It P
collect needful rotation. by the Dairy and Cold Storage Branch get things, and often do not recall res, and know that if one worked very ally. Everything seemed to combine needs a' certain amount of time and
For know thou that manure
tet chemical Moreover it maketh plentiful ler of the Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa them until some duty forces them onto quickly she might have just one cookie to make this little girl happy! I team tillage provided by the other
t Berg h
ed in heaps n thereof west- tilizer for thyfields.. since 1912, has proved .a profitable in- my attention. This lack in my mental -with her glass: •of milk! But it was not always to be so.'
half, as well.
changes and the goodness
u a farmer wise in his call- stitution to the farmers who were its training, or make up, is a real Nandi- And oh, the htrills before the first Something happened to 'Daddy's buss First of all, I will lay ,dawn a few
fro away; and that the snow and rainSeest the
upon litter of the same tee eth live -stock in ; patrons. The Station when organized cap. I wonder if others are affected trip on a Pullman with Daddy, to a , Hess which took away'all the confi facts and insist that you learn them
from heavenbarnyardandling up ing, p
cloth goodlynumbers,and a manure spread- by' the government consisted of two in the same way. I hope not, at least, Convention! Mother and Daughter • Bence from his eyes, and all the peace so well that you can say them for-
thy ydissolveofeed-corral
the plant food er; and lo,the' combination keepetli cheese factories and lateranother fees to the same extent that I am handl- played the lovely game of 'sleeping. from Mother's and much of the happi- ward or backward, awake or asleep.
for -
straightway
thereof and carry it into the earth, him, tory closed its patrons desired capped: car" for weeks before with chairs and nese from Sister's and put a new, Fact No, 1. It is next to impossible
and to the creeks and rivers, where it' VII), to serve the Finch Station. The Sta- Realizing this deficiency, I began a portieres, And when the time came stern expression in Big Brother's for a garden to be too heavily ma-
doeth
n noman,shouldst exalt the low- tion almost immediately extended its •number, of years ago, keeping books, to go, and all of her clothes were which seemed to say - that he had been Hared=provided the manure is: rea-
, goodleunto , My son, thou
a man without athe extent.of operations.to the making of butter, At first these were very crude; but as packed In Daddy's' big suitcase, and graduated from' college just in
time sonably well rotted and extra well
For seest thou ly spreader even.toh selling f cream d milk'I bean to know better what a saving kissed f the last time and to be Father's strongright arm:
worked into the soil—so well worked
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thy father has spoken. land barnyards, and maketh it to more able to the patrons for during the last; duced more complete records of my ask the porter on the Pullman or the ly. Mother and Daddy playeded up and examined
Y Y and „ • take
ere ore,. readily s up with her—she would
several hours' work but the crop'will
farmer, e S it contarne
diligence 'in' es't unwieldywould have received had cheese only •system which enables me to know the for a glorious adventure—what a show them that she could find ways of repay Bolla) for the dimes spent this
cure spreader and show ge For when thou spread
use thereof. chunksupon thyfield by hand, the been made. Dr. J. A. Ruddick, Dairy approximate samount of money I can happy little girl she was! Then the making dull hours bright for them, way for several years. A ton of this
thop an- spend for clothing, fuel, food, repairs,breath-taking sightp sort of manure for every three or four-
III• same doeth nuisance when plowings and Cold Storage Commissioner,p of the inside of could learn to work in order to he]
thycrops but little. noiiucing this fact, explains that the new machinery, stock, buildings, vacs- the big hotel! The distracting sounds' take burdens from their shoulders. square rods of garden is not any too.
Also a third proverb spake the wise and profiteth p amount of thispremium was arrived.tions, etc. g y much.
farmer. IX, of the hustlin cit l The delicious, She it was who remembered to say
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My son, if thou wilt heed the counsel My son when thou gest forth to
at' by comparing the net returns to This has prevented my poor mem-i "never- before- did- anything- taste -so- grace at meals and have family won-• Fact No. 2. In a dry season, or' in a
, g the Finch patrons with the average try from getting me in bad. Not only! good" flavor of the foods Daddy ;ether ship when the family was torn up and dry section of the country, a ton of
am I warned beforehand of oblige-, order all by herself! The important transplanted to a new community and manure so worked in is worth five tons
tions to meet, and when payments
are feeling of sitting very still beside a strangely friendless environment. of rainfall.
The Station undertook as one of its to be made; but I am also warned Daddy at meetings, even when she Father's eyes finally `brightened; Fact No. 3. The tillage necessary in
objects, the extension of winter dairy- when any part of my business is get- hadn't any idea what they were all with confidence, and Mother's with working this manure into the soil will
ing. The fact that 14 per cent. of ting near the end of the expense about! And best of all, the joy of hope,.if not with assurance. Big Sister
save an equal amount of labor later
the milk was received during the win money allotted it. This gives me op- going home again and telling Mother ;craned to work, happily carrying her in the season.
r portunity to review my affairs. I ' all about everything! Jokes were so end of the load, and Big Brother was, Fact No. 4.. An hour of tillage when
cent Years, accounts for some of the often find it desirable to change from much funnier, shared with Mother, ex 'a true rock of strength. Little Sdster, weeds are just sprouting is worth
satisfactory premium that the patrons my budget allotment; but this is not periences so much more wonderful consciously:growing up, was filled three hours after they become rooted."
were able to secure through the op- done without thoughtful•. consideration, after they had been talked over with with a sense of responsibility which Fact No. 5. There is only a few
eration of the Finch Station. I might say, then, to those who are her
My son, thou shouldst have a A portrait of H.R.H, the Prince of Wales, by A. J. Mannings, was chosen
spreader because it will aid thee in i by Sargent as one of the representative examples of British portrait paint-
keepipg flocks and herds. ing. It will be exhibited at the Grand Central Galleries.
For knowest. thou not that live -stock
Government Dairy Station Finds Way to Help a Poor
Dairy
Profitable to Patrons. Memory.
The Finch Dairy Station, operated•
Home Education
"The Child's First School'a the Pamly"---Froebab"
GARDEN DAYS ARE
" JUST AHEAD
The Recompense — By Mildred Anne Leslie.
If I were a maker of conundrums I
"Play, laugh, run, strive, and work behalf, she forgot to appreciate them. woald propose one something like this,
with your children" Then -they very wisely and very grave- "What is the difference between a
There was once a little girl who had ly would just not have time for her poet and. e- •garden?" The, answer is
the most wonderful mother and father for awhile, and would let her exhaust' not that the garden often dries up
in the world. Also her brother and her own possibilities for education and but the •poet never does! The answer
sister, who were quite grown up, were entertainment. It usually didn't take' I have in -mind, is that poets are born,
the finest and most beautiful young long for her to realise that getting up not made, while gardens—real home
persons' this particular little girl for breakfast with them was much gardens—ate always made. Also a
could imagine. Unfortunately, they more pleasant than sleeping late and good farm home garden, "like a good
had to be away at school nine months Booking her own! When she insisted farm home, needs two makers.
out of every twelve, for this family on having a puppy. in addition to her I The crop of seed catalogues !s al
happened to live in a very, tiny town. cat and two pet chickens, Daddy ready hexa to remind us that it is but
Father's business was such that he bought her one; but taking care of so a matter of a few more sunrises and
made frequent trips to the country,
and still nicer, frequent trips to the
city, Whenever there'was anything
that this little girl could possibly be
interested in, Daddy was always will-
ing to let her go along.
Mother could always find, time, to
many pets soon got to be a very irks sunsets . until we shall actually be
some pleasure. It developed that there planting the seed In the warm mellow
had been a reason for his "original soil,
objection to that additional, care, tI I am assuming that all your gar.
No matter what happened, or didn dens are to be true co-operative. affairs
happen, our little girl was always find- —with "father" as the chief "open-
ing that no one else understood, no one .ative." I do not expect to fired in our
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devise some plan for a dull day. What eympathized, no one rejoiced as Moth- homes any one of those strange men'
fun it was to play school with. Mother er and Daddy did. Of course, Daddy who will cheerfully act as chef,
as a teacher! She could teach while seldom said so, but she always knew. chambermaid"and valet to all the pigs,
she was sewing, or baking, or making Mother was so busy doing things, that cows and horses on the place and then
beds, or writing' a paper' for her club, discussions were rare, but her little feels very much insulted if wife asks
It was all the more fun to have a girl always shared in that doing.
him to grind some feed for the chicks
teacher who made pretty dresses for When Big Brother and Sister came or to spend a. few hours in the garden.
her pupil while` she was actually home from college they always opened The ferns homegardenmay get much
teaching her to read or write. Iti up a delightful new world of work and tender and loving care from the better
't every one' who could learn to parties and interests which Little Bis- half of the family, may even he water -
spreader, the same is he whose ma- ownership thereof; because it pulver- and the se mg o cies an g she was k sae or a as ,
ll t th even as •fertilizer from thycorrals These extensionsproved very profit-, the;were bringing, gradually Daddy was reminded once again to Little Sister grew up quite sudden- In that when a handful of soil is pick -
Therefore,
co..ecteth and wase teeth the Pro I raduall intro-
n had and i it all looks like
thou ouldst be a wisethe plant -food which eight years of operation they received farming business.Now, from these maid in the hotel to tie her hair rib- laughed and worked andrejoicedextra rich fine . soil. This may k
Th f if o w yield p
recurs unto th 'elf a ma- th, I more than �1Q0,004 above what they books I have worked out a budget bon, and the train finally pulled out sympathized h
I have given thee, then will thy coy- fertilize thine' acres, remember now returns of cheese factories according
rats and barnyards be of no offence the manure spreader.
to the eye, nor to the nose. Ito the quantity of milk worked up.
Moreover then mayest thy' stock "For it covereth thy field with an
even coat of goodness.
teed and lie down in comfort because Then doth every part of thy crop
thein pens are not encumbered with come •up and grow evenly and leaveth
filth and mire, not some spots burned out by over-, ter months, more particularly hi re -
manuring thy servant who doeth the manuring and other spots showing
- •chores, toiling in clean yards and pens lack of plant food.
riseth up each day to call thee blessed. • - X
Yea also, when thou keepest thy At the Last spake, the wise farmer
barnyard thou dost prevent the multi-
plying of flies! and whoso swetteth the thus: .
fly destroyeth pests to his beasts, and. My son, every farmer should own
carriers of filth and disease to him- and use his own manure spreader be -
self and those that dwell within his cause as it is written, "The Borrower
is servant to the lender."
And when thou goestto borrow ma-
chinery from thy neighbor, then dost
thou make thyself an abomination
unto him.
Besides, thy neighbor may be a
Whose owneth a manure spreader, kindly man, and suffer thee to use his
saveth much arduous labor, for beho,d machine when he hath need thereof
with it his team doeth the work of himself,
many hired servants.Therefore, my son, heed the words
Or whoso hath a son should surely of thy father.
possess a labor-saving spreader, for so Own and use a manure spreader If 'shr
will he make easy for him a much -
thou wouldst leave a goodly heritage tion planting of lawn decoration, are
despised task, and thereby will he in. worldly goods, and acres rich in liable to lead to confusion in the minds
keep the boy on the farm. productiveness, of those who would beautify their
V. . Then will thy children's children home grounds. When care is taken
The fifth proverb of the farmer, rise up to call thee blessed. to familiarize oneself with the size,
shape, blooming season, growing
Milk Pooling System Settled. habits and general adaptability of a
address by Mr. P. A. small selection and then plants and
In angivencares for them, he will almost at once
Ruddick, Dairy and Cold Storage have added great charm to his home
Commissioner, at the Eastern Ontario that will become an inspiration within
Dairy Convention held at Cornwall on the neighborhood.
January 8, the story was told as to Properly: placing shrubs around a
N frequently affects turkeys, and more how the question of paying ler cheese homestead is a comparatively simple
particularly the young than old, but milk according to the quality, was. task. In fact the very first rule to
in fare cases it has, been known to settled at the • Finch ' Dairy Station. follow is to make it simple, and then
Mr. Ruddick was reviewing the his- make it natural or arrange it as near
affect chickens. For turkeys it, is a tory and accomplishments of this' Sta ma possible like nature would have it.
seriousmost morel an
turkey raising difficult.
The disease is caused by the ameba
melagridie. This can be found in the
affected birds in the liver and the
bowels. The disease is spread by drop-
pings from affected birds. The first•sdvered. The patrons were urged to of either individual shrubs or groups
symptoms noticed are a dullness and i Agree to"the more up-to-date method of shrubs in:the centre of a lawn is drooping of the tail and wings. The I of accepting payment,for their milk' not "regarded with favor by author-
are, e owl accordingsties an s alwaysdisappointing,
come mac inactive. y pose was agreed! Many varieties :o ornamental
gates,
All these things will the use of thy'
manure spreader do for thee.
IV.
My son, listen to a fourth proverb.
was a joy in itself because it Afforded hours' labor -margin between a good
_- _ afflicted vetih a poor memory, and it Once in awhile because' Mother and her an opportunity to give back in
How ln will it be before we die- is a reale affliction; that the book- Daddy were so good to this all -alone some measure the happiness of her
o g keeping idea may prove a real aid. little girl and so thoughtful in her childhood! cover the twenty per cent. of our —W Lg
cows that make us no profits The healthy know not of their
By keeping the light out of a well- health, but only the sick: This is' the
ventilated cellar,'it can be improved physician's : aphorism, and applicable
as a place to keep potatoes. in a far wider sense than he gives it,
'Flower Shrubs for Lawn Decoration
The usual long lists of ornamental tare, after checking over quite
n
t may' be used for founds- extensive list, records the following
as among the very best:
fi POULTRY.
The name "black head" comes from
the fact that the head sometimes turns
a'dark color, although this is not an
ever-present symptom. This condition
•1., Philadelphus virginal,
2. Viburnum lantana,
3. Lonicera tatarica,
4. Spirtea Van Houttei,
5. Berberis Thunbergeri,
6. Syringe Vulgaris.
Slack Apple Packing Looses plement last and permitted it to be
blue sky.
protected only thebyY
Money. John was a different type of farmer.
A considerable percentage of the Hp had a tool shed built of rough lulu -
apples shipped• in barrels from Can- her, but it had a good' roof over it.
ada to the British market open out Every implement was oiled and'greas-
"slack" when placed •on sale. This ed after being used and put away for
slackness during travel causes a the time being. There was'no deter-
bruising of the fruit, reducing eon -
One
from the weather.
siderably its selling value. To find Ono can imagine John's feelings
out the extent of the saving that when the binder was returned three
might be made by careful packing in weeks later with several bolts loose
order to overcome, this. loss, the• Do -
his
a few screws gone. He made up
minion„Fruit Branch shipped two bun 'his mind then and there that when
dred well packed barrel& to the Liver- any one came to borrow from him,
pool market. When opened on Dec- that he would tell them:
ember 17 but six barrels of this ship -
You
I„can not afford to lend it toI
meat, or three per cent,, were found You outright, but if you wish I will.
to: be slack. On the same' day 982 send one,of my men over to. your farm
Philadelphus virginal is spoken of slack barrels were found in a total
by Professor Bunting as one. of the quantity of 5,205 barrels catalogued
finest of.the mock orange group. Vi- for auction selling. The reduction of
burnum lantana Is not so well known, the selling value in this shipment on by this new policy.When he borrows,
but it is extremely hardy and very account of the slackness amounted tohe rents and pays the other fellow
ornamental. The next three plan -Win b I
to operate it for you and you can pay
me for the.man's time and rent for
the implement.”'
John has not lost a single friend
garden and'a poor one. The few extra
hours may count for half the crop.
Pact No, 6, The secret of crisp
tender vegetables. is quick growth in
rich, mellow, well -tilled soil; the se-
cret of such soil is in Facts 1, 2, 3
and 4,
Fact No. 7. Only the best seed pro-
duces
the best plants. It does not
pay to waste good time•with poor seed.
Now let's talk over these facts a
bit. A few explanations must be made,
There are one or two crops that do
not need this rich soil. Peas and
beans on very rich soil sometimes run
too much to vine, but even with these
the tall growing sorts and'the pole
limas do. better for the fertilizer. And
spinach, lettuce, beets, in fact all leaf
and root crops just grow like weeds
on that sort of soil. Spinach will not
do its best without it.. Fact No. '2 can
not be carried too far. It will not do
to say, if one'ton is worth five of
water, I' will put on ten tons and need
no rain at all! When used at the rate
suggested in Fact. No. 1, it is worth
it. • It is the extra plant feed and the
better condition of the soil that does it.
There is no_ soil that I have ever
seen that is not better for some good.
stable manure. It binds sandy soil
and lightens clay soil. Let me give
you a tip about clay soil. one I learned
frcm experience. Haul out your win -
teres ash heap and scatter on it. IC it
is coal. ash, it will be useful in making
the roil light and waren; if wood ash,
it furnishes valuable>fertilizer. In
fact, wood ash should be kept under
$460 60 Hall all the barrels been as f tin th b wed implement
the list are', all well known and may be well packed as those of the trial ship -
depended upon to give satisfactory re- ment, the loss would have been but
sults. Syringe vulgaris, otherwise $70.50. Other considerations than
known as the lilac, should be included packing enter into the question of The Dept. of Physics of the Ok-
tion that has now been disposed of as For a small home lawn, not h in. any list of the best six varieties. marketing apples, but on the packing
a government institution. Up to the kinds should' be arranged in Of these 'there are many' varieties, alone considerable saving could be tario Agricultural College is prepared
to' offer assistance in bonection with
time of the taking over of the original; ggroups near the corners 'of the lawn Probably the heat are : Abel Carriers, made' in the apple export business of the following list of farm operations
cheese factory at Finch in 1912, the and about the base of the'building. Charles X., Charles Joly, Emile Le- Canada.
h money had always been divided
orm to add -grace to the picture or to dent revy.
or opera g e erre•
Ask for Information.
Shrubs may also Be set-to a hedge morns, Madame. Lemoine, and Presi-
c cess
en the pooling system, that is, accord -I f G
evergreens, ..
are11 well known and very suitable: his binder to .Bill Jones. Now; Bill is tams for urban and: rural structures
and installations:
Loaning Farm Machinery.(1) Water and sewage disposal eye -
'
tens.
ing to weight only of the milk de-; hide unsightly objects. The placing Whenit tothet f
' comes selection o
low-growingthefollowing Three years ago John Ellis' loaned (2) Lightning rod protective- eys-
a .
Pyramidal Cedar, Thuja occiden- a good neighbor, He was willing to of all classes.` surveys.
feathers ruffled and the birds be- to its quality, This pro-{ talcs pyramidalis; Globe Ware's Ce- lend and was always ready to borrow. (9) Drainagemstorage ;ants,
d i 1 the
t' A yellowish -green green{ 1 tb but after one f t 1 Bar, Thuja occidentalis globose War- He always gave that he
care to lion- (4) coldu P
h with lack f thisb about h S Juniper, Jumperus sae'rowed property that he gave his own, (5) Concrete consruction in.all
appetite an, regi, weakening an one-half patrons' - petitioned or grounds of the Macdonald o Sege. a ina ;
Death a from three th le trop system The +Quebec.Mr. Juniperus virginiana pfitzeriana• his own meth nary properly. He uses (8) Anti -freeze mixtures.
f flesh. D t g Bellevue, f thosedays
d arhoea follows, together ae .o year's operation on rine a ou shrubs have been 'tested on the ream; avms amp ,
d loss f al t b' tamariscifolie; Virginia' Juniper,The trouble was he .did not care for branches of farm engineering.
d 'd the 1dC
o ea comes i ; return
o e o p Ste, Anne do e. evue,
to a week after the first symp- then reposed to conductlessor of Horticul- -Canadian Horticultural Council.' ally unhitched where he used the tins . The 'Dept. • o' Physics invitedo
toms, although la extrema eases the!management T. G. Bunting,. Pro -
g the factory on both systems. It was
bind may' live ten days. Occasionally advertised that on a certain day those!
the disease develops a chronic form that desired to have their milk pooled;
which will linger'on for many weeks. would deliver at one receiving, plat-
The
lat The very best sanitary measures form, and those who preferred to be!
must be taken immediately. Sick birds paid according to quality would- take
short •l `be separated from well birds, their milk to' another. It was intended
and the well ones put in new quarters to,keep the two deliveries of mill! en
Frequently i.t1ls necessary to discon tirel'y separate 'to sell'the, cheese -
: tinue the faisilig of turkeys fora year -separately, and divide•the proceeds ac- -
or' so on an infected f arm:" In secur- 'cording 'o the two systems, When the
ing •new birds'te start the flask, it' is day arrived on which the division was
always jideisable toidetermine:wheth' to' begin; not.' a single patron offered
er or not this condition has been pres- his milk at the pooling platform and
ant .in, the flock, at any 'previous sea- the question hes never "been .raised
' 'son. Birds from an infected ,,flock since.
should riot be "sold to, other breeders. , . �'
Thorough_ disinfection, especially off' If'you wish to keep the gloss on
the places, , where the flocks roost, is' your, linoleum, when washing' it use
'necessary, ; .Be careful to see that lukewarm water to which has been
when • feeding'a:nd watering the :flock added a „tablespoonful of dceeosene to
everything is ,as sanitary.. as possible, a half, bucket of water. You will find
Potassium permanganate placed, in this to be an excellent cleanser, and
'the drinking water, and also dissolved at the same time a preservatives
in water and', mixed with feed, is a ==-
prevet tive, of this disease. Ilse of this To brighten up the' piano mix equal.
• remedy with_. every hatch of turkeys parts of linseed oil, turpentine and
until they are : at least several weeks vinegar. Saturate -a soft cloth' with
old is'kyoi'th-while insurance against this mixture and rub, the. surface well.
lost of young turkeys. Polish with a clean chamois.
Despite the grasping fingers o
Old Man Whiter, Niag
ra Falls still continues.to, flow and roar
interested in anyor all of the branch-
es of the Department's work to ask
for information relative to the service
offered, and to submit problems for
Solution. ..
You Carry the Umbrella—He, the
Smile. •
"My friend, you should .carry
smile these cold rainy days as I dol"
"Great optimist, I suppose?"
"No, merely an umbrella maker, ren
friend!"
ci
Eels SioW In Forming.
. it takes from one to three years
effect the complete transfarmati
from the egg to the eel.
a
y.
to
On
cover ' and protected from rain and
unovr or it loses much of its value.
Sheep manure is ono of the be :t fer-
tilizers for the garden. It is quick
acting and works into the soil well.
Horse manute from stables:bedded
with chaff or short straw is next.:
Poultry manure is always first class.
Savo all of it and mixwith t '
he rest.
Stable manure where hay bedding is
used has plenty of fertility. Takes
More work to break up stems and get
it mixed • into the soil as well as it •
should .be. Cow manure will do if'
none other is to be' had.= It is wet,
cold and slow' acting. Spread the ma-
nure early. ' It will leach into the soil•
while awaiting the plow. •
Cat the seed cataldgues and'study
then. Next, if you are a good neigh=
bon, demonstrate it by joining with
three or four' others in ordering by
the ounce, quarter .pound or ;pound.
You can buy a pound of spinach seed
for what a quartet' pound would cost
bought in the regular packet$. ' -You .
can afford to buy more - seed, plant. ;
thicker, and get a better stand,
' Let the fires of a good book warm
your brain while the crackling wood
is keeping your feet in a sweat.
To prevent •a mussed-up,leeting oil .
stove, learn to turn the blare,,just a
sufficient height to peornote boiling
but not high .enough so that the lid
will 'be lifted i on the kettle, ail`owieg"
the steam to escape,