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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-10-04, Page 2%=..steesseees-,,seeees--,-*-e P, poTtkoo,vre 14, McTAGOAR1 •••••••••••••,* McTaggart Bros. IN If E IR S GENERAL BANNING BUS!. NEER TRANSACTED, NOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DE- POSITS. SALE NOTES rUH CHASED. -- 8. T. DANCE NOTARY PUBLIC, CONTE?. ANCER, FINANCIAL, REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSUlt- %INCE AGENT. REPRESEN'f. IG 14 FIRE INSIIBANall COMPANIES, DIVISION COURT CFPICS. outcrom. W. BRYBONE, EA RRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. Office- Sloan Mock -CLINTON M. G. CAMERON B.C. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR. CONVEYANCER, ETC Office en Albert Street °lumped bl M r. iJooper. In Clinton oo every Thursday. , and on any day for which ap- pointmente are made. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A good vault in connection with the office, Office open every week -day. Mr. Hooper will make any appointments for Mrs Cameler.. CHARLES O. HALE, Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commisaioner, Et.. REAL ESTATie and INSURANCE Issuer of ' Marriage Licenses •HURON STREET, - CLINTON DRS. GUNN & GANDIER Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., Edin. Dr. J. C. Gandier, B.A., M.B. Office Hours: -1.30 to 3.30 p.m., 7.30 to 9.00 a.m. Sundays 12.80 to 1.30 p.m. Other hours by appointment only. Oft'jetr and Residence --Victoria St. OR. 0. %Y. TIIOM PSON PESTICIAN, SURGEON, ETO. Special attention given to dime limes of the Eye, Ear, Noes and Throat. Eyea carefully examined and suit- able glasses prescribed. Office and residence 2 doors west el Colanesteial Hotel, Huron St. G EOR GE ELLIOT? easLicensed Auctioneer for the County af Huron. Correspoedence promptly answered. Immediate arrangementa can be made for Belt Data at The News -Record, Clinton, er tea galling "Phone 13 on 157. Charges sioderate and satistactioe guaranteed We've made If • 00 Would like It hot for • to make quite • ft hot a few for you We'vwrittcle 1 hot for a lot of folks who were looking for satisfactory coal, and if you will place .your spring order with us, we would be pleased to give you the good coal and two thousand pounds to the ton. A. J. Holloway, Clinton A first-class bedroom suite foe -private . sale, as well as other.artichis of furni- ture at Residence on Ontario St. The llieKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company Head office, Seaforth, Ont. - DIRECTORY : President, James Connolly, Goderich; Vico,. James Evans, Beechwood; Sec. -Treasurer, Thos. E. Hays, Sea - forth. Directors: George gaCartney, Sea. forth; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth; J. G. Grieve, Walton; Wm. Rine, Sea - forth; M. Ilialeven, Clinton; Robert Ferries, Harlock; :John Benneweir, Brodhagen; Jas. Connolly, Goderich, Agents: Alex Leitch, Clinton; J. W, Yeo, Goderich; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth; W, Chesney, Egmondville; R. G. Jar- . meth, Brodhagen. Any money to be paid ln may he paid to Moorish Clothing Co., Clinton, or at Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desirieg to effect insurance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on application to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post office. Losses irspeeted by the director who lives :,earest the scene. • -TIME TABLE, - Trains fl arrive et and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODERICH Going East, depart 7.83 a.m, a ri 2,58 p.m. Going Won tie, 11,10, die 11.17 a.m. " ar. 5,58, dp. 6,45 p.m. If " dope rt 11,18 p.m, LONDON, HURON & /BRUCE DIV, Going South, ea. 7.33, de, '7,60 p.m, VI " depart 4,16 pais, Going North, an 10.80 dp, 11,10 aan. tieing North, depart 6.40 pan, omen ar orkers Women rho are unaccus. touted to hard work, such as Work 'in a Munition factory, are subject to aches and pains if the Ride eys are not working properly, - Hupdreds of women would have had to give op their patri. otic work had it not been for aoRTHE.O falinNaseg, Perhaps yon have had per- sonal experience of these dis- tressing symptoms -pains in the sides and. back, Rheuma- tism • or .Lumbago, constant headaches, swollen joints or urinary troubles. If se, profit by the example of other women war workers and take din Pills, Your money re- turned if you say you are not benefited, are sold it 50e a bar 07, 6 boxes for $2,50, Sample free if you write to National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited, Toronto U.S.Addreoeilt,i-Dre•Co.,Ine. 202 Main Si., Buffalo, N.Y. 118 ' Selecting 'Seed Beans. Bean growers should take steps -to secure good seed for next year's plant- ing from fields known to be free from anthracnose and blight. Seed from plants killed by front before the pods are dry should not be used. The use of good seed -properly. ripened, plump, intact, and free from disease -is essential for securing large yields. It is crop insurance for growers to lay in their seed while there is still opportunity to inspect the fields or they can pick from the cream of commercial stocks instead of hav- ing to take whatever may be available later. Seed from carefully selected, clean pods grown in one's own seed plant are safe. Once the beans have been threshed it is difficult to detect all which have come from diseased pods. It is possible, moreover, in the seed plant by planting the seed in hills and by spraying with Bordeaux mixture to protect the plants from anthracnose, even at an expense not warranted in larger plantings. The grower should see that no one moves among the seed plants while y are wet with lain or dew, when scores of the fungus caus- ing anthracnose most readily are spread. After the seed is threshed the grow- er should pick over his seed by hand two or three times and throw out all damaged or diseased beans and those not uniform in size and color. Even commercially hand picked seed often contains many affected beans. While a few discolored beans are not objec- tionable for household use, every such seed when planted may spread disease to many neighboring plants. In pur- chasing beans for planting a germina- tion test should be made and only seed of high quality accepted. 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Car Manitoba Oats To 'Hand Bran and Shorts Binder Twine White Seal Flour BUG FINISH Ready to use dry on your potatoes. Try it. Grass and Clover seeds of all kinds always on hand. FORD & Clinton You should alwaYs hasp s bottle of chamberlain's 3k:intuit' end Livor Tablote on the shelf. The little folk oo often need a mild and info oat:hurtle and they do eaotetieto Chamberlain ir,otead of natiaogiii oilseed mixtures. Per etornedli troubles and sonatrearsoisoveoneiestbefore wane to, boe, ae ertereets, 26e, or cond to • taambeetaie Nebulae co, TORONTO 10 Market Calendar If not commenced previoutily, Crate fattening should be started in October, end all cockerels and pullete intended for sale carefully and eystematically fattened. Market in October roasters aerate fed), bet 01d hens, roasting young ducks, old geese, old turkdys. In mixing a ration for orate feeds Ing poultry, one of the firstelistegs to coneider is the palatability of the feed. If the birds do not like it, they will not eat enough to put en the fleeli. 'Next to this comes the oompoeition of the feeds and their cost. The ration' must bc palatable and one that will produce flesh without costing too r. 0011. Clean, fresh water lessens disease among poultry. Filthy drinking was ter is the source of much lineable. • The question Lf floor space for hens, like many other questions connected with poultry -house construction, can- not be answered definitely. The floor space Which a hen requires depends on several things: (1) The breed of the hen; some hens require more space than others. (2) The nature of the food and how it is fed. Hens that aro fed in a heavy litter during the Winter where the getting of the feed entails considerable effort will obtain all the exercise necessary without too much space. (3) Ventilation. -The house poorly 'ventilated will not house properly ventilated. A few years ago when poultry houses were kept whrm, instead of being ventilated, it was thought that each hen should have between to 12 square feet of floor, and in all probability she did, but the sembreed of.. . tines better now in the house properly ventilated with 4 square feet than her ,ancestors dil with 12, and where clod ventilation is provided 4 to 5 square feet is enough for the average he:,. . The first half of the chicks hatched in an incubator contain practically all of the best laying hens in that batch. They will grow more rapidly, lay fleet and prove the best layers and will be stronger than the others, The last half of the hatch will be lower in vitality and will be unprofitable to keep; the broiler or frying age is the ' time to dispose of these. Mark the last half of the hatch and dispose of them in time to make a profit, A good incubator should prove pro- fitable on any place having sufficient room to keep chickens. The Country Girl's Creed I believe that life in the country is life at its highest, fullest and best. I believe that there I have the greatest chance to develop into the womanly woman I desire to- be -fine, broad, sweet, true, wholesome. I believe that the broadness of the country, the ruggedness of the landscape, the beauty of God's growing things all around me, will mold and temper my character; will give me higher ideals, a greater depth of thought and a. truer perspective of life, than I could ever gain between narrow walls in a city with its shams, pretenses and false standards. I want to try always to keep myself sunny, sweet and sane; to live up to the very best there is in me; to make the moat uf every op- portunity to grow bigger, broader and: better; to reach out always for higher and finer things. I believe in good hard work and plenty of it. I glory; in the brain and the muscle wit!. which to accomplish my task of striving and overcoming, that I may be ready for the harder things which are to come. --a-- Power is powerless unless its pos- sessor is conscious of his ability: Pears For 01:Oro white delicately flavored preserved pears, use .LANTIC Pure -Cine uai • -with itsfine gren' ulation-a ig best Mr all preserving. 10,40 awl 100.1b. Ssoke 2 mid 41b. Cactone 87500 now Gook Books se r/G frau 00 receipt of Itml Bed 'hoda.rnark. AtiltUtleSugorROBJECTieltLiutited,NOntreat "Pure and Uncolorecr 144 There is this great pointin favor of dairying: It brings in revenue every month of the year, and in every mbhth the dairyman knows just what his income from that source is going to be, There is another important point: Dairying is a safe line; there are fewer ups and downs and fewer exceptional losses in it than in any other branch of farming. •What does it cost to raise a dairy heifn: to one year and to two years old? Feed alone at inedium prices costs about $33 for the first year and $28. for the second. Cost accounts of raising calves by the Ohio, Mas- sachusetts and Connecticut Experi- ment Stations arid the U. S. Depart - Ment of Agriculture were used as the basis for these figures. Labor, interest and miscellaneous overhead expenses must be added to this feed cost. The two-year-old ell heifer must be credited with a c f and the manure produced during tern) years. The net cost at medium prices ii- then given in the bulletin as $44.77 for the first year and s29.os for the , second. piesen ig s prices the net cost for two years rises above $100: Economy in dairying and care in breedingonyg00s, • there- fore necessary. The heifer from a low -producing dam and an inferior sire will not return the •cost of her production and maintenance. Fast milking pays. The man who can make the milk fairly boil in the rail and eels° a lot of foam usually is getting the maximum flow of milk hem each cow; while the slower milk- er, no matter' how particular and faithful he may be, often fails to get all that the cow would let down to the fast -milking expert: We may be certain that milk and its products willecommand relatively higher prices after the war than will grain and millfeeds, which are now at a premium. Von& Doll Dreams I wonder what my dolly dreams When she is fast asleep? I s'pose She deeams she is a princess dol. With, 'stead of her old clothes, A golden crown and satln dress . Ali edged with snowy fur. Sometimes she dreams of me, geese - 3 often dream of herl • , Dilly -Dally Once upon a time there lived a little girl 'named Dorothy Hart. She was a dear little girl, but she had one great failing: she never obeyed promptly. She was never in any hurry and was usually late everywhere she went. Next door to where Dorothy lived was a little girl named Evelyn Vail. Evelyn had a large 'collie, but no one liked the dog except herself . One day Dorothy's uncle bought her a little yellow chicken. It was so round, fat and fluffy that she named it Fluff. Her mother told her to keep it in the little chicken coop that her brother Jack had made for it. One day Dorothy's mother told her to run out on the lawn, because Fluff was out of the coop and was running all around. But Dilly -Dally -for this was what every one called her because she always was late -took her time and when she got there she found that Evelyn's dog had eaten her beloved chicken. This taught Dorothy a severe les- son, and now she has lost the title :f Dilly -Dally by being always on time. When her uncle hood ef this he may hope that Dorothy will take bet- ter caro of it than she did of Fluff. nougat heranoth:)•:hicken; and we ORIGIN OF HALOS Painters Used Them Long Before the Birth of Christ. Saints, in pictures, are usually rep- resented with halos. Angels like- wise. Why? ,Aslc the next man you meet, and you will find him guessing at the reason. Most people suppose that halos were not worn until within the last 190Q years or so. But that isn't true. Roman emperors and even consuls were pictured with halos long before the birth of Christ. And, if history tells of them truly, they were neither saints nor angels. The halo was originally a pagan symbol of power. Thus it is not so very surprising to find Satan repres- ented, in medievalpaintings, with a halo. In that period it was customary to depict living personages of great au- thority with square halos. Obviously, there would be no con- ventional impropriety in painting a portrait of Wilhelm the Wicked in a square halo. His Plutonic prototype would naturally wear a round one. Where Father Was. A certain kindly vicar one day came across an immense load of hay overturned in the middle of the road. A little boy was busily engaged in "forking" the hay back into the cart. The vicar, taking pity on him, said: "Come into the vicarage and have a rest." -After a while the boy got restless. "I must go, sir," he said. "Father will be angry with me." "Oh, that's all right, my boyl There's no great hurry. Where is your father?" "Please, sir," replied the child, "father's under the hay." Wasps prey on other insects which they use as food for their larvae. 0U471 41072c.) Conducted lord XeCenz Au) r Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to thls department. Initials only will be published with each question and Its answer as a means of identification, but full name and address must be given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 233 Woodbine Ave., Toronto, Patriot: -1. Tha new Trench Cap is not nearly as long or bulky as the old "Balaclava." It reaches just to the neck, and is designed for wear under the tin helmet by day, and as a sleep- ing cap by night, You will require abbut a quarter of a pound of wool - Canadian Khaki yarn at $1.76 a pound, or five-ply Beehive at 28 cents a skein would be suitable. Here are the directions: Caston 96 stitches, 32 on oach needle. Rib 2 and purl 2 for 25 rows. Knit 6 and purl 2 for 22 rows. Narrow second stitch on each end of needle until you have 4 stitches 011 each needle. Then thread the end of the wool with large darning needle and button -hole around the 8 left, leaving a small opening on top of cap. 2. I offer the following suggestions f8t the eleven -year-old brother's birthday party which you wish to malie a patriotic affair. Write •the invita- tions to the party an Ode white paper, with a small flag in 8110 corner. Have your table set with red, white and blue place cards, a white cloth and a centerpiece of red, white and blue flowers. The. birthday cake may: be decorated with the flags of the' Allies, For ono game you could have' a sort c:f "history bee," like a spelling' bee. The prize ehoult1 go to the child who on tell the greatest member of Historical events correctly --for in- stance, who were the generals at the Battle of the Plaine of Abraham, who was Sir Isaac Broek, who made Ottawa the capital of Canada, what event. aro we celebrating thio year, etc. The prize should be something that has to do with the war -ti war picture or a email silk flag. Tho other genies ehould all have tromething to do with the country or the war, and, of course, the singing of "The Maple Leaf," "Ittile Britannia" and Canada" ought not to bo omitted, Be- fore they Maim the children shade] sing the National Anthem, all etentle Mg at atteetien. Sterat-1. Corrimeal thurspliege may., be made tie follow: Scald a quert of milk, stir in three cupfuls of Indian meal, or.enough to make a stiff dough. Cook for five minutes, stirring often from the bottom. Take -from the fire, beat in one-half cupful of powdered suet with a tablespoonful of salt and let it get perfectly sold. Then add three eggs, beaten light, with two table- spoonful of sugar, and, lastly, a table- spoonful of flour sifted three times with half a tablespoonful 'of baking powder. Mike out into balls thasize of an egg, flour your hands, wrap in clean cheesecloth sat:tares. The dumplings will double their size In boiling, so make all allowance' in tying them up. Boil 0118 hour hard. Dip into cold water for a second, tern out and serve with hard sauce. 2. An ap- plication of hydrogen peroxide will take scorch stains out of silk. Potas- sium permanganate followed by sul- phurie acid Will ale° remove them. I am sorry to say, however, that with the removal of the scorch stains the color of the waist is apt to be inured, If yet: find that this is true, it will be necessary to dye the blouse, 3. You can remove match marks from white paint by rubbing them with a piece of t I mon. Home -Maker: - A well-balanced dietary supplies heat- ancl-eneagyampplying and reguleting substances in the right propertion and in sufficient quantity. Simple thole can fulfil ell reqvumments. It is wilier to spited tho variety of food over many days than to provide many kinds of food in each meal every day. Following are examinee of simple but wollebalanced inealm-1. Veldts oat- ineel and whole milk, 2. Egg, tweed, butter, fruit or Vegetable. 3. Breed, cheese, tart fruit. 4. Baked beans, brown bread, apple eauco. 5. Mutton, potatoes, second vegetable, fruit bat- ter padding. 6. Milk.soup, corn bread and Oren, 7. Whole wheat breede Whole nolilo, prunee, Theo are -tot idol frt all ages and conditione, but they Meet the needs of healthy active adults,. Use of Poultry Manure. There is no natural manure pro- duced on the farm as rich as poultry manure, according to the College of Agriculture, yet it receives from the' farmer the least attention of any of the animal excrements. Average mix- ed horse and cattle manure carries 10 pounds of nitrogen, 5 pounds of phosphoric acid and 12 pounds of potash per ton. Poultry manure con- tains in comparison 32 pounds of nitrogen, 35 pounds of phosphoric acid and 18 pounds of potash. Where ordinary' farm manure has a fertilizer value of $1.50 per ton, poultry manure is worth $5 per ton. Even when pro- duced in small amounts such material is well worth careful preservation. Poultry manure should be allowed to dry as quickly as possible and be kept dry. le this condition it will lose but small amounts of its valuable Like ordinary manure ictonfsettecnistt: rapidly when moist and will lose thereby a large percentage of its nitrogen, worth on the market 25 or 30 cents a pound. Since much of its potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen is soluble this tnanure may stiffer greatly from leaching. j Caustic nine should notier be mixed directly with poultry manure as it ; liberates nitrogen EIS ammonia, Poultry manure is rich in nitrogen and low in Tabor:theme. These two conditions may be corrected by dilut- ing and rosenforcing the manure as fellows: To ten pounds of the manure add is pounds of sawdust (or some similar dry :nisi:oriel) and emir pounds of acid phosphate. This gives a ferti- lizer carrying 8 per cent. of nitrogen, 3.6 per cent, of phosphoric acid and. .45 per cent. of poteeti, or about the mime proportion of plant food elements that are foiled in a 8-12-2 mixture but only one-fouith as tonceetrated, The tops of young Carrots and tur- Mpg are es good es beet tope to cook 'for omens, RIGPIEST PRICES PAID Per POULTRM„ GAME, EGGS & FEATHERS ylenco write for Paeqlotilara Wartrietet a 00., 39 ftourrecoure Market, Montreal SEVERE RHEUMATIC PAINS DISAPPEg l••••••••,••• Ithetimatism dependon en acid which flows in the blood, affecting the INTERNATIONAL LESSON OCTOBER 7, .1:,essen I. Polies of Deliverauce- Paellas 85 and 126. Golden Missolee end Pate, predueilig sallara- Motion, stiffness and pain, This acid gots into the blood through fenne de* feet in the digestive proeedsss, remains there because the liver,ltido rigs and skin are too torpid to Geary it off, Hood hi Sareeparilia, the old -lime blood 'beide, is very euecessful in the treatment of therunatism, Xt ;tete directly, with pnrifying effeet, en the blood, and through the bloodon the. liver, kidneys cull skin, whieli it stimulates, and at the same tine it improves the digestion, Get Hood's Sarsaparilla today. Sold by ell druggists. • Text.-P0a, 120. 6. Verses 1s8. jelivan's dovingekrial- nen in the past. Brought beck the eaptivity Better, "restored the fortunes." In themselves the words contain . no refereuce to restoration from exile; but the psalmist may have in mind the change in fortune due to the restoration. Sln arouses the divine wrath, the divine wrath prompts the sending of calamity; hence the withdrawal of calamity Provos that the divine wrath is appeased, which, in turn, proves that Jehovah has for- given or removed the people's sin. 4-7. The transformation has been marvelous; but much remains to be done. If he only would complete his wt rid Turn us -Betters "turn to us," again, as in the past. Ths present distress shows that the divine wrath has not entirely disappeared; henna hthe isl-prile8eOwplieT)ehritelistdilo)8nasiist stands between their God, He a w ts M elehovah's reply to his plea, and then IsIdngs to the waiting people the as- surance that their God has not for- saken them; the manifeetation of his loving -kindness in a complete deliver- ance and restoratior. is at hand. Saints -Synonymous with "his people;" per- haps better "his favored cines;" that is, those who are objects of special consideration. Fear -Those who are truly. pious. Turn to folly -The clause gives sense only if translated as above, "And to those who do not ,turn to folly." Glory -The glprious manifestations of Jehovah. Mercy . . truth . . righteousness . . . peace -When the mercy,or loving -kindness, of God and. the faith- fulness of the people meet, then his righteousness, that is, his fidelity to the covenant relation between himself and Israel, will become active. This will result in the well-being of the faithful among his people. The thought expressed in the first line of verse 10 is repeated in verse 11, that of the second line in verse 12. Verse 13 is obscure. A slight change in the text makes possible the trans- lation suggested above which gives ex- cellent sense. Jehovah's righteous- ness, as defined above, prompts him to bless his people, who will enjoy peace following his glorious manifestation. Psalm 126 closely resembles 86. Both express appreciation for past favors, both recognize the incomplete - nese of the deliverance, and both pray earnestly for a renewal of the divine favor. The historical situation reflect- ed in Psalm 126 may ba the same as that in Psalm 85. Verses 1-3. Describe the joy felt by those who had a share in the earlier transformation. Brought back -See comment on Psa. 85. 1-3. Zion -Re- presents the Jewish community. Dream -The experience seemed too good to be true. Said they -The sub- ject is indefinite; equivalent to "it was said." Even outside nations re- cognized the wonderful transforma- tion. Verse 3 represents the com- munity as appropriating the words of the nations and as recalling the joy of the earlier experience. 4. Disappoiritment has come;find . there, is need elf a new manifestation of the divine lovingelcinclness. Turn again -The benefits .of the former in- terfeeenee . are exhausted.Streams in the South -The Smith is the arid region to the south of Judah, called Negeb or South -land, The :dreams there, full of water during the rainy ' season, become dry during the sum- mer; following the drought the life- giving water returns, filling the people with rejoicing and hope. For a similar life-giving return of the divine favor the psalmist prays. 5, 6, Tbese verses should be inter - prated as a continuation of the mayor in verse 4 ("May reap , . . may come back"). The beginning may be hard, but, if Jehovah responds to the psalmist's plea, the end must be glorious. THE ROAD OF DEATH. Who shall say the road of Death Falleth sheer or harroweth? See how glad they march along, All our manhood, full of song, , Chasing, as they pass away, Fears and phantams of our day, Sure in victory or defeat Their inheritance to meet. He who made them let them see Far above their agony, To the light that never dies ' Round the rest of Paradise. Gladly do they march along, Full of laughter and of song, Finding none that sorroweth Past the glorious road of Death. • -E. E. Speight. A Hay Building. Farmers in the vicinity of Sunny- side, Yakima County, Wash., did a dis- tinctive thing when they erected a "palace of -hay" in which to hold their annual county fair. Some 600 tons of alfalfa were used in building the structure, whose walls were twenty- five feet high. It not only housed all the exhibits but a restroom, in- formation bureau and a grand stand in front of which a vaudeville program was given daily. The hay was loaned by the farmers, and at the end of the fair was auctioned off at a very good price. Stimulate crysanthemums with liquid, manure. arm (nn merles fil laesestiniwos,....,sefne->e, Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell The object of this department is to.place at the ser- vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. • Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, and answers will appear In this column in the order. In which they are received. As space Is limited It is advis- able where Immediate reply is necessary_that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. A.E.P.:-We ' are going to sow wheat this year on a piece of muck land. It has had timothy hay cut off it for three years, a very good hay crop each year. This summer it was ploughed as soon as the hay was taken off and has, been thoroughly disced and cultivated since. It is a muck with sand bottom. We had no ferti- lizer to put on, and would like to know if a basic slag -or a phosphate would be suitable, either one or both. Answer: -The soil on which you are planning to grow your wheat is relatively low in nitrogen and ivill un- doubtedly give you a strong growth of straw. I would advise you to add at least 200 to 800 lbs, of fertilizer carrying 10 to 12% acid phosphate and 1% potash. You have handled the soil correctly in preparing it. I would impress upon you the import- ance of giving the seed -bed thorough preparation. If the soil tends to be too open and light, follow the sowing With rolling and then a light lumen's ing. I have advised acid phosphate since I believe you heed a readily nvailable form of phosphoric acid. A. MeE.:-1. have quite a number of celery plants which began to go to seed three weeks ago; I tried cutting off the seed top ns scum as it appesys ed but it merely grew up again.„ns- I armed the seed of this in boxes the last of February, 1917, and set the plants out in the open ground about the Middle of Jane 10 clay soil which had been an old dg yard before. We dug trenches ten inches deep putting in the bottom live inches of rotted manure mixed with a little earth and Planted them in thie. Now they are grown to a' good height, aro kept hilted and look healthy plants but would like to know the cause of it going to seed and how to preveut IL Answer: -The cause of the celery plants going to soed is that the habit of the plant bas been changed. In its wild state the celery plant thuds to be an menial. Thennirdener grows it as a biennial, that is, ho trios to get the full grown plant without the seeds, You 000 the satire habit in wheat when you plant winter Wheel: seed or winter rye in the epring, Very now of the plants seed up shoots the first year, but some do, If .you select the seed froze the plants which send up hearth the fleet year, by the Second and third generation you will have entirely ehenged the Wit of the plant and Henry G. Bell it would be a one -season plant. The only way to prevent celery from seed- ing is to transplant it late, cause it to make rapid growth by balancing plantfood, and harvest it before it has an opportunity to form seed shoots. Possibly your groirnd is running short of ammonia or nitrogen. This is the kind of plantfood which causes the celery stalk to grow. If the plants are small and slow in growth there is an indication of nitrogen be- ing lacking. The addition of manure or a fertilizer hlgh in ammonia will tend to prevent this. E.O.P.:-Would you advise sowing both lime and acid phosphate on land that is to be sown to wheat in the spring? When would you advise serv- ing the lime and how much per acre? ' Would it be better to sow the acid phosphate shortly before sowing the wheat, and how much per acre? Could I mix the lime and acld phosphate and sow both at one operation in a lime drill? Anewer:-Lime and acid phosphate are both beneficial on land to be used for wheat in the spring. The benefit of the lime is not so directly traceable in wheat yields but is clearly shown if the grain is ;seeded with clover and timothy or alfalfa. Lime may be applied nny time this fall or through 5110 winter, or if the ground is to be left for spring plowing it could be ap- plied immediately after the ground is plowed, just before it is disked and harrowed. An application of 2 to 4 'tone of ground limestone or one ton per acre of air -slaked lime will give you good results. Tho s sid phosphate can 138 drilled on at the timethe wheat is sown. Modern drills are provided with both the vied and fertilizer dropping attachment. Applications at tho rate of 200 to 800 Pounds to the acre give good resulte. If yeti have not »lammed your hied just before the wheat, I would advise you to use a mixture of fertilizel" analyzing 2 to 8% ammonia, which will provide nitrogett to inert the orly growth of the young crop, and 10 to 12% phosphoric acid, which will greatly hasten its ripening vied the plumping cf its kernele. By no 11100.113 would 1 advise the mixing of the Hine and tend pheephatia Such a mixture would teed to 50511 hock the soluble phosphoric acid In tho teed ale:eel/etc to a form whieh Is 11111.11 more slowly aveilable,