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Conduejed by Professor henry G. Bell
Tho object of this department Is to place et the
service of our farm readers the advlte of an acknowl.
edged authority on all subjects pertaining to eons and
crops.
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Sell, In
care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To-
ronto, and answers will appear In th s column In the
order in which they are received, As space Is limited
It is advisable where immediate reply s necessary that
a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the
question, When the answer will bo mai ed direct.
Question --.H. Ii,;- .I have some thin greatly assist in building up your soil.
land which is not producing profitable Speaking generally, if clovers can be
crops. Can I build it up by growing grown in the place of soy beans, I
Soy Beans which I can cut for hay believe you would get a larger quant -
next stammer? What variety of beans icy of organic matter as well as ap-
is best to use? proximately the same amount of
Answer: --Soy bean:. belong, to the nitrogen.
legume family. All legumes under The Purdue Agricultural Experi-
normnl conditions have little knots ment Station, in Bulletin 172, reports
growing on their roots. In these
knots there live a very low form of
plash life known as bacteria, which mined at the time of the first frost,
draw their food from the growing to have been ,1.6 tons per acre, and an
plant and in return take seine of the average of 89 pounds of nitrogen was
nitrogen out of the air tlr. circulates contained in the tops and 13.8 pounds
in the soil, so that the growing of nitrogen in the roots of the soy
legume benefits materially by their beans. As to varieties of soy beans,
presence, and the ground is richer in experimental tests have shown that
nitrogen after the legume has been soy beans produced at Guelph, known
grove than before, provided that not as 0.A.0. No. 81, if, the heaviest
all of the legume crop has been cut yielder. Early Yellow and Ito San
off and remnoved. Soy beans' have are also good varieties.
frequently been profitably grown Question—S. P.:—How much buck -
where clovers and other legumes kill- wheat should be sown to the acre?
ed out. The beans are seeded as What time should it be sown? Does
soon as the ground is warm in springit do well on clay loam soil?
Answer:—The usual amount of
buckwheat to sow to the acre is a
bushel to a bushel -and -a -half. The
buckwheat crop is not as particular
tin average growth of green tops and
roots to a depth of 18 inches deter -
The amount of growth which you will
get per acre varies of course with the
fertility of the soil and the length of
season, as well as with the vigor of the
variety of bean used.
If about its time of seeding as some
you turn the beans under in the fall, others. Satisfactory stands can be
you will add not only nitrogr.r to the obtained by sowing any time in May
soil, but a considerable amount of or June. This crop should do well
valuable organic matter and thereby on clay loam soil.
ro Cvlalzetea Pb,' - _ oa
Mother, and daughters of all ages ere cordially invited to write to this
dc.partrnent. initials only will be published with each question and Its
answer as a means of Identification but full name and address must be
glven in each latter. Write on one aide of paper only. Answers will ba
mailed direct If stamped and addresrgd envelope la enclosed, -.
Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 78
Castle prank Road, Toronto,
D. 8.:--1. The best novel on the war This seems to have been Tennyson's
Pro hetet answer to the p German
"Hymn of Hate."
M. W.:-1. On the inside of your
is said to be "Mr. Briding Sees it
Through," by the noted English writ-
er, G. H. Wells. A new book, just
issued, by the same author, is also pantry or kitchen door fasten a strip
highly recommended. It is entitled
"France, Italy and Britain at Wai." of molding, about six or eight inches
A splendid work, "The Children's ! long. In this molding fastenfive
History of the war," by Sir Edward screws from which to hang these labor
Parrott, MA. LL.D., is being issued and time -saving devices: A skewer
from time to time. Throe volumes set, a pair of scissors, a writing tablet
have already appearet' (price, $1.00 with pencil attached ready to jot down
each) and they cover the progress of articles needed, a small round pin -
the war to the end of 1914. They are cushion with a washable cover of
profusely illustrated with maps and cretonne, and a string holder, made of
pictures, and more intensely interest- an ordinary tin funnel, painted in
ing reading it would be hard to find. white enamel, holding the ball of cord
When finished it will form a complete inside, the loose end pulled through
history of the war, and one which ready for use. 2. Keep hanging
every household should possess. 2. beside the stove a long loose linen
It is said that Tennyson's greatest mitten to slip over the hand and arm
when turning or basting anything in
the oven. It will save burns, and the
spattering of hot fat on the sleeve.
B. B.:-1, It is said that old pota-
toes if boiled in part water and part
milk will not discolor. 2. To clean
cane furniture first brush the crust out
of the crevices. Made a suds by dis-
solving white soap in water and add -
message and the one he wished most
to he remembered is contained in these
two lines from "Locksley Hall":
"Love took up the harp of life and
smote on all the chords with
might;
Smote the chord of Self, that trembl-
ing passed in music out of
sight,,,
ing salt, • 'This will prevent the cane
from turning yellow. Apply with a
scruhbingbrush,flrstene side, then the
other, thoroughly soaking the euro.
Place in a shady spot to dry and the
cane will be firm and tight, 3. Salt
should not be added to u milk dish
when it is boiling, If so it will be
likely to curdle the milk. 4, Who,'
children's stockings wear thin at the
knee, clip off the leg just above the
heel, tura the back to the front
and sew together. 5. In preparing
a boiled Icing, the sugar and water,
while boiling on the stove, should not
be stirred. If this is done the mix-
ture will be sugary, G. Crackers
should never be broken into soup, 7.
A. teaspoonful of alum dissolved in
water .and snuffed up the nose will
stop nose -bleed, 8. Silk waists
should be pressed, while still damp,
with a cool iron. 9. Table napkins
will wear mach longer if folded In
thirds ono week and in fourths the
next,
F. D.:- A glft may be sent to a
bride at any time after the wedding
invitations are issued, 2. Your em-
broidered- centrepiece will make an
ideul gift. When finished, lay it face
downward on a Turkish towel and
over it Mate a cloth which has been
wrung out of boiled starch, and press
dry with a hot iror.
Drink Hot Water
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With Meals To Stop
Stomach D Borders 1
e, Physician's Advice
Thousands of unfortunate people suffer
almost daily from dyspepsia, indigestion,
fermentation, sour acid stomach, flntu-
loses, Rases or distress after Outing. If
they would only form the agreeable habit
of slowly drinking • with cavil meal a
glassfoOn'ful oal ofr hot nater vontainhq; a hull
teasV112114' blsuratcd magnesia
they would soon find their ,stomach so
crmgeahenhriadest na»ouenodst tehattafyig
heals without
the least symptom. of In-
digestion,
Nearly all s0 called digestive troubles
aro caused by an excess al acid ,end an
Insufficient blood supply in the stomach
cayslltg fhe 1'nurt to le1•mellt and sour• bo -
fore digestion can bike Dlace. •A glass of
liot -water will draw the blood to the I
stomach and the l.lism•ated magnesia w111
neutralize the sic tech colds and make I
the food contents bland and sweet. Easy,
natural digestion without distress of any
I:innl is the result. )llsurated bTrl,easant
Is nota laxative, 15 harmless, pica.9a01
and easy to take and can bo obtained
from any local druggist, Do not confuse
lilsuratecl Magnesia with other forms or
magnesia—rllka, citrates, etc., tiut get
tt In flip 0010 blsurated 1511)1 (powder 01'
ptabose.
lets) especially prepared for this pur-
Where suitable building exists for
the proper protection of the sow and
her young she should be expected to
raise two litters a year.
Do not allow the food to sour in the
hog feed trough.
When the little pigs are weaned, put
the sow out of their hearing for a
while.
Minot any kind of milk is all right
so long as it is good, clean milk. The
hogs will make good use of it. When
you once get your hags on sweet milk
or. on sour, keep them there. The
changing from ono to the other is the
way to trouble.
Skim -milk is the hog'e natural
feed. Save it all.
Lack of exercise is one cause of soft
pork.
A long pig has the frame-up for a
big hog. It is our work to put on
the right kind of siding.
Ockeeeat
At lambing time the ewes require
the constant attention of the shepherd,
especially if the weather is cold.
The young lamb must have nourish-
ment from the ewe as soon as it is
burn; the sooner the better.
If a lamb is chilled take it at ante
to a warm place and plunge it in wa-
ter as warm as the hand will stand,
then rub dry and wrap in warm flan-
nel.
As soon as revived, take it to the
mother and see that it gets nourish-
ment.
If lambs are due to ar dve the care-
taker should visit the flock once or
twice during the night. A little as-
sistance at the right time may save a
lamb, and ofttimes the ewe.
Tho ewes welcome the presence of
the regular attendant and are grate-
ful for his help.
When you orderspring seeds think
of the flower beds.
The Mending
fferiptiOned
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THE CASH VALUE OF A FARMER
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If a number of farmers were asked;
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to name the most valuable asset of
the farm, it is probable that each
would have a different answer, and
equally probable that each would be
wrong. For it is not likely that one
of them would think of himself in this
connection. It ;s a fact nevertheless
that the farmer himself represents the
greatest value un the farm even on a
purely cash basis.
Actuaries have calculated the pre-
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sent value of annuities of one dollar
at all ages and have arrived at the
conclusion that an annuity of a. dol-
lar at age 40, is worth or. the average
$16.51, Now, supposing a farmer,
age 40, is able to produce by his
thought and labor $1,000 per annum
out of his property in addition to his
own maintenance, he would be worth
to his family one thousand times the
annuity of one dollar or $16.510.
The same values can be ascertained
for all other ages.
Now it is strange, in view of the
high money value of the fanner, that
he frequently neglects to insure his
life. The house must be insured, the
to the insured himself if he be living
1 at the end of a certain term of years,
I say 15, 20, 25 or 30. Should he die
'during that time the policy is payable
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This is not fair to him nor to his
family. If the head of the house
were taken away the farm and stock
would be left, it is true, but someone
must be found to talcs charge of the
business and work the farm, and ade-
quate insurance would provide the
money necessary to engage such a
m:�iiager. It often happens that, de -j
peeling' on continued health and
strength, and good crops, that the
farm has been taken with an encum-
brance on it, in thv shape of a mort-
gage. Although farmers live a
healthful life, yet they are not im-
mortal and death is always a pos-
sibility. He the event of death, who
will pay the mortgage? The widow
with the added burden of providing
help to work the farm? It would be
impossible and foreclosure would be
inevitable. Now let us suppose that
this farmer had been wise, and had
taken life insurance for the nmount
of the mortgage. At his death the
liability would be discharged with the
insurance money, It is evident then
that every farmer should have his
life insured.
Probably the moot desirable is the
o his family. The endowment po icy,
therefore, .i3 a savings bank account,
and inncat time.
It mayan be thatsurathee £armorthesame may wish
i to accumulate a certain amount of
money in order to enlarge his pro-
perty or to make some notable im-
provement, perhaps to build a house..
The endowment policy provides a
means whereby a fund can be ee-
•cumulated for any such purpose, and
1 it will be available in any case in the
event of the death of the policy-
holder.
Of the endowment policies those on
the participating plan are perhaps
preferable. There are a number of
ways in which an insurance company
can "make money". For instance the
' number of deaths occurring may turn
'out to be less than the number used
in calculating the premiums. Again
the !'ate of interest earned may be
higher than the rate used in calculat-
ing the premiums, or a sale of
securities might he made to the ad-
vantage of the company. Perticipat-
ing policies by their terms share in
the profits - earned by the company.
These - profits are determined at re- side the tent door,
barn most be insured, and the stock, Endowment Policy Under endow- gulag intervals, and are allotted to the; "There is a hum of aeroplanes, in
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'Elle Cur'e'of' Infants' Eyes. `
The most impressive lesson (Vignola.
gnor.
anc't+, of neglect of the infant; lelearn-
ed when vieiting one cif the several
schools or asylums foil blind children,
who have never seen ihe'iliiht of day,
nor the very things about them or
,those who are nearest and deafest to
them.
When ono recalls the `fact that
twenty-five per' cont, of these chil-
dren: have lost 'their sight: from
"babies' sore eyes," better: known in
medical teems a:r ophthalml;r neona-
tornm, an entirely preventable dire„se,
we may rightfully reproach ourselves
not having Made some attempt to
avoid such disastrous injuries, more
especially since they occurred among
infants who are themselves the in-
nocent victims of this serious affec.-
11en.
The solution of the problem lies
selely hi the prevention of the disease
largely responsible for blindness
among infants. Ophthalmia j neane-
torum can be prevented and tilt blind-
ness which may result avoided by
treating the eyes Of the infant;imme-
,liattely after birth with a suitable
antiseptic medicine applied by your
family' physician.
Feeding Convalescent Child.
Every one who has had the are of
a convalescent child knows hoed hard
it is to make: hlln'eat the things that
the doctor has prescribed. Ingenious
mothers and nurses have invented all
sorts of schemes and devices tp'make
the simple diet of the side child ac-
ceptable and Intere ling.
The little invalid who refuses to
take his milk and eggs will : often
drink an eggnogg from a tall glass
through a. straw, A little gill ad-
mires parties, and will eat almost any-
thing if it is served from a doll's tea -
set, especially if some of her dolls are
invited to share the feast. '
The desert may be covered with a
little tent, house, or wigwam, with a
tiny doll standing guard at the doe-,
and no peeking is allowed until every-
thing else on the tray is eate,l.'
Faces may be sketched on the eggs
rind hats or caps tied on them. Toast
cut in fancy shapes is most exciting.
It can be trimmed with a knife and
made into little houses with doors
and windows, or it inner be cut with
ooky cutters. A doll's chaffing dish
is a lot of fun.. If the invalid is
sarong enough to sit up a small table
may be set and he will never know
d
chat is being served if father is the
waiter with a napkin over his arm.
With a little thought and care the
child may be made to eat almost any-
thing.
s BATTLE OF THE SOMME.
Battleground the Most Terrible in Eu-
rope's Armageddon.
The arrival of the big guns or. the
'ritidh front has done much to a.`xm
1te enemy, says an American writer.
For your, Germany has relied on big
guns. And now the British and the
French have bigger ones! Something
has dawned on the horizon quite out-
side the German calculation.
The one district which all Germans
fear and detest is "the terrible
Somme.” It hears various names,
and none of them complimentary. A
German prisoner whom I met not very
long ago referred to it
with many
shudders as "The Bath of Blood,"
while a wounded Bavarian in a hos-
pital spoke of it as "War's Inferno."
Our regiment was suddenly taken
from Flanders and flung into the
Somme district," said he. "Twelve
days we stayed there and were eom-
pletely smashed up. Ten days I en-
lured that hell, and came to the end
of my strength,"
I have received a mud -spattered
letter from a British artilleryman -
w'ho has fought with the big guns on
the Somme for many months.
"Just now I am in bivouac," he
writes, "with the battery in a wilder-
ness of mud and debris of battle, and
with little opportunity for writing. It
takes us all day getting about in the
mess, and all night scraping hoots
and drying socks at improvised fires!'
While 1 evrite, the guns are thumping
and banging at old Fritz, and I can
see the flashes of the `heavies' out -
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; the air. One of the first things that
struck me on getting into sight of the
actual battlefield was the way'our
aeroplanes lord it in the air, It !vas
I just clearing up to a fine evening after
an awful day of rain, 'Where,' I ask-
ed, `art: the aeroplanes?'I had hard-
ly spoken when I heard thorn corning
up from behind in flocks, and Soon
they were 'circling over the battle elate
birds, while salvos of shrapnel mottle(
the blue around them, Like dust on th
background of a picture. I ha en
seen a German machine for a I. ng
long time.
"Mud isn't so very°romant1c Nlie
you've got to eat it, and sleep one i
and when you must boar it on
faro for a few clays until you
proper chance for a wash There
frothing so sticky, so dreary and
exhausting as the dragging mud
the Somme, It grips your kneed
every step end e0inetimes we're uil
the waist in it."
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