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The Seaforth News, 1919-03-27, Page 77'7'77 •;.t.tb_;:*•...tta By-Agroi1ondist. Thin Department Is for the use of our farm readers who want the titiVICS .et an expert on any question regarding .soll,,seed, crops, eta. If your questioo Is of sufficient ;snore! interest„ it will be ansyyered.qhrough this column. If stamped and addceesed,' envelope Is enclosed with; year, letter, a complete ,enswer will be mailed to you, Address Agronerniot. Care of Wilson Publishing •Co,, Ltd., 73 Adelaide 8t. 'W.. Toronto. EXPERIgN7S WITH FARM CROPS The members of the Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Gillen • are pleased to state that 'for 1611 they are Prepared to distribute into every Township of Ontario material of high qualityfor experiments with Grabs, Fodder Crops, Roots, 'Grasees Clovers and Alfalfas, as fellows: -- LIST OF EXPERIMENTS FOR 1919. Number, Grain Crops. Plots. 1—Testing two varieties of :Clete 2 2—Te,sting 0. A, C. No. 21 Barley and greener , 2 3—Testing two varieties of Ilulless Barley 2 4 --Testing two varieties of Spring Wheat 5—Testing two varieties of Buckwheat 6—Testing three varieties 'of Field Peas ... , .. ........... .... 3 7—Testing two varieties of Spring Rye 2 8—Testing three varieties of Soy, Soja, or Japenese Beaus 3 9—Testing seven varieties of Flint and Dent Husking Corn ,...••••: Root Cropm :10—Testing three varieties of 1Vlangels .11—Testing two varieties of Sugar Mengel, ..... .. • .• • • • • • • " .12—Testing three varieties of Swedish Turnips . .......... 3 13—Testing two varieties ot Fall Turnips 2 :14—Testing two varieties' of Carrots • 2 Forage, Fodder, Silage and Hay Crops. 15—Testing the pletnting of Corn at six distances in the row'. . .. . . 6 s 17 --Testing two vanieties of Sorghum 16—Testing three varieties •of Millet 2 8—Testing Grass Peas and two varieties of Vetches 3 26—Testing three varieties of Clover 19—Testing Rape, Kale and Field Cabbage„a • 3 '21—Testing two varieties of Alfalfa , 2 22—Testing four varieties of Grasses Culinary Crops. • 23—Testing three varieties of Weld Beans 3 • ' 24—Testing two varieties of Sweet Corn 2 Fertilizer Experiments. .25—Testing Fertilizers with Rape Miscellaneous Experiments. '29—Testing three grain mixtures for Grain production 3 -30—Testing three grain mixtures for Fodder production 3 The size of each plot. is to be two rods long by one rod wide. Any person in Ontario may choose may ONE of: the experiments for 1919 and apply for the same, The material will be furnished in the order in which the applications are received, while the supply lute. Each apple. ,can should snake a second choice, as the material for the experiment selected as first choice might be exhausted before his application is received. All 'material will be furnished free of charge to each applicant, and the produce will, of course, 'become the property of the person who conducts the experi- ment. Each person applying for an experiment should' write his name and address very carefully, and should ge_ve the name of the County in which he lives. Address PROF. C. A. ZAVITZ, Director Field Husbandry Branch, On- lario-Agricuitural College, Guelph, Ont. C1_010, April id an ideal month for hatch- ing goose eggs. Dusk raisers take advantage of this month to get out their future breeding stock. April ducks gain better development, and ▪ start to lay earlier than those hatch- ed later, The nights are cool, but the days are glorious with sunehine, and are so invigoratieg., It is just the kind of weather' that stimulates the at- tendant, filling him full of enthusi- asm, csspecidlly as he sees that new life hes been put in his steels. Every- body seems happy. Apnil is not only an excellent hatching month, but it is an ideal growing month. One can just see the little ones growing; and this ethiliarating weather will be with us for two more months—April and May. More real progress can be made through selection and breeding then through feeding. The best of food and care will not make a good layer, out, of a bird with big thick pelvic bones, any more than heavy feeding will snake a draft horse' out of a racer. • Select birds with thin pelvic bones ••rear4t..rx•,-.?,....,,csunamettatemwatr.mas.mnaccmosnaatemvx• SEEDCORN aaareerl IBA r, fakal,TAM - Windsor, Oat. Eat= count? r•Exram•••••s•crxxsarnsme/oraug.....,•,.......r...........xts.e.rmaxmcogann -cusraca.atiravan , RA BITS BROILERS Better quality preferred. WRITE FOR PRICES STANFORD'S, limited 128 Mansfield St. - Montreal KEEP YOUR Cows belfitr'fed for fat and bar- ingliktneW, timid nature,' easily suocurnb to pain. and are far more liable to contagious diseases than more vigorous animals. A. good tonic, however, will do a lot to - W ards improving. your eowle con - Ay. A. C. DA.ZIXEIVS COW ZNInCtOSECA.TOPS will prevent abortion and the re- tention of afterbirth; will give them strength while calving; pre - ✓ ent ))1arrhoea and Sdetiring In °owe and carves; overcoMes bar- rennessi increase the quantity and quality of the milk and will quickly mire garget arid caked udder. Every cow owner should Use this won- derful toni0. . Big b o 0,1t on PPS”. GO. A. ti 1 itt al All- mrea,44f.eacentele meats seht freie. Mattl'oit Write for a' $Cnotelton, P.O. copy. and with plenty of space between the rear of the breastbone and the two pelvic bones. Male birds should be selected the same way, always being careful that only the most vigorous and healthy specimens are used -in the breeding yards. fe al)" That it pays to have drinking cups in the stanchions for dairy cows is no longer a question for argument. It has been proved beyond a doubt. How do theypay? In three weirs: 1. They save time and labor in water- ing cows, 2. They save fuel, because they do away with the necessity of a tank heater. 8. They increase the yield of milk from the cows using them. e ' A very careful estimate states that drinking cups will save, on the aver- age, three minutes a cow a day in caning for cows, This means ten hours of labor a cow during a 200 - day milking season. This amounts to about $2.50. The average amount of fuel saved through not havinfi• to use a tank heater has been estimated at fifty cents a cow a winter. The average increase in milk yield is estimated at two pounds a cow a day, or 400 pounds for a,200 -day milking period, At $8 a Iindred, this means $12. Thus, the saving in labor and fuel and the increase in milk yield am- ounts to $15 a cow a winter. Drink- ing cups cost less than ee5 a cow. If you can't buy a herd buy a heifer. FESTEZ/ZER irt AN.D.NNs. LAWNS, Mowanis. AA -Complete Fertilizer. .. Write George Sfevens. Peterborough, Ont. EARLY .NORTHERN YELLOW CO (Quebec grown) The earnest yellowAtilt Corn in existence, Supplied on cob onlY, quantity limited 1 lb. 40o, 2 ISis. 76q, 5 lbs. 61,173, vont- paid. asaleniels mann 'Emma 330 Dorchester' St. West • .WiEllireal, Sue, 4 P.S.—Send tog copy of booklet en- titled "Making' the Careen Pee," • Varicose Veins? wed= senora Non-Meatto Xateed Stook lig acsiegeattor, is they may be washed or boiled. , A.D3VISSeAlallial, laced like a: legging; always tits. 00diszoNWASIGS, re a d,e to measure; light and durable, ' CO131liOL, contains NO RUB- tt. 1„500,000 SOLD, naorforaigar,, cost $5,5 each, or two, for the same limb, $6.50, aostpald, . Write for Catalogue and Self -Measurement Blank Coitme X.Un.b Specialty co. 514 Now Birks Bldg. ligontreal, L'ele eetesee te1,341.-e-c*i itoto ;KV/ • "Making two Mathis glow where only one blade grew before!' "Cheap Fertility"- doliarilor you! , Hard evOricat ceiltivetioh helps—proper crop rottation is another big help, but there is nothing that will give you as steady, generous, sure and CHEAP fertility an will Geniis "Shur -Gain" Pertilizere, They give your soil the complete blend of nitrates, phoelieric mild and potash needed for bumper crops. THE SEASON'S WORK IN THE GARDEN "Shur -Gain" Fertilizers • 4cr. se , 114 Trtj ce OCT 5.,PRINC' ri:uni.ro5 1) 'ptowrou BESTS Fe 7 Stertiia SWEET 'COSt4 0044 MAKE SCOONCY SOW INOS -.i SET ES„IT tarn CABBAGE - sow -mew The materlale we me are the richest In the world for elements of crop erowth, and they are combined by expert chemists who have knowledge qt every toot of Canada's soil, What crops are you planting this RDring? Bee YU:4r 116030 about Wane "Blitir-Chtin" now and be sure of real but cheapest fertilitY, nowt dile& tato trePoetant snbIset. flooklet "Momper (trope maned on request. 'MINNS LIMITED WEST TORONTO, ONT. MARCITI LAN THE CARDEN- CAMPAIGN LIRCHASE TfIESEED5 ERtd7d. FOB WORK SPRING. ,:7 THE 140T BCD u,'eFeeesieresss hIP mANURS =FOREL iiiiiiI4M4B- yr OF SOW THE KARDI EP- WoRk SOIL AS'OUT MIDDtg VE.OZTA84 ''',./.4"•.•••-•- •••-v. • •••••.7.-,, • •••" "etc OU ir' F09. `,Nset,14'C 4 SIMAY 11 tHE coTAT 0 ES- j SET OUT TOMATO DLANT S - SOW ALA. I , :ENDER. Vt:•ETABLES T47-1.7f,-1b.,)''w;r"'-:z7 -. -1;,-* . C'at ''', ,e11 0 ar'l ----4p:,2& , ...,1 , 4 47.7,3:i, '1.1' es CULTIVATE -tripThcetciOlH Mist mond ctzcbsJ-O0W cocsnocs rod - ,,soitssitre sCrD5 MAY Successfui Since • -001919`calitlo ue air' tI5eet,skimg. Wri e todayitis free kr, Rti3bs 41-11— Pt SUCCESS _ in your see means 1JI1 us. gour seedsma.n. Ow. 64 ties or ks tilnbrokeN sticcess speaks -6r itself 4'aworirolron!LNTi). GOOb HEALTH QUESTION BOX By Andrew F. Carrier, M.D. Dr. Currier 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. Currier will not prescribe for Individual cases or make diagnosis. Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, The Clinical Thermometer, lubricant on the bulb may facilitate A thermometer registers tempera- its introduction. If the thermometer tura, based upon the principle that variations in temperature will cause a given 'substance to expand and 'con- tract with approximate regularity. Mercury is commonly used to mea- sure temperature but so also are metallic springs or strips of sensitive metal, or fluids which are sensitive to ,air pressure, A clinical themo- meter registers changes in tempera- ture in the animal body. •In human beings the normal is 98.4 degrees F. Such a thermometer is usually a glass tube, four or five inches long, perforated from end to end, with its lower end dilated to a' bulb and coes is carried too far within the rectum ntraction 'of the sphineter may draw it entirely within the organ. There is- nothing serious about this but it may require skilled help to remove it without breaking. The temperature of the body is usually lowest from 7 to 9 a.m., and highest from 5 to '7 p.m. It is increased by exercise, digestion, prolonged heat, excitement, etc., and diminished by pain, haemorrhage, fright 'hysteria and various emotions. Children have sudden changes in temperature after sweating, convulsions, or the influ- ence of infectious germs. 'A good taming mercury, a thread of which thing to have in every household, ascends the perforated space as the especially where there are children, temperature Is recorded. The thin- is a reliable thermometer, and equal - not the bulb the more sensitive will ly is it desirable to know how to use it be to heat and the quicker the mar- it. cury will expand. A scale at the side of the tube' usually graded from 95 Questions and Answers. - degrees to 110 degrees F. records the Subscriber—l—What can be done temperature. A lens front on the for swollen glands resulting from a thermometer magnifies the..ehread of blow received six months ago? meretn7 and facilitates reading it. 2—Do such gands ever disappear In European countries the Celeins or without t t te centigrade scale has a freezing point 3—lee they often develop into hi - at zero and a boiling point at 100. mors and can the b ' The Reaumur scale has freezing at treated 'by the X-ray? zero and boiling at 80. A thermo- Answer—l—I do' not imagine that meter must be sensitive and accur- the trouble you refer to, is swelling ate, and such an instrument star- of the glands—it it is due to a blow; dardized and tested, which will regis- it is possibly an effusion of blood, ter temperatuee in one minute or which has formed a tumor, which, in less is purchasable almost anywhere. an prow:elite will disappear in Observation of the body temperature t— ime . . is about as ancient b its origin as : 2Swollen glands of some yank - any observation we know of. The ties do absorb and disappeer, but in earliest obeervers said there was the majority of oases they require fever or disease when the skin felt suitable attention in order to get rid hot and this early 'became a point lef of them. importance in diagnosis and treat.e., 3—The condition which you speak meat. It is not accurate as a record, of it a tumor, and, In some cases, I of the hetet of the interior of the should suppose an X-ray treatment body and, of the blood. The import-* might lea:helpful. lanceof frequent records of body, Mrs, M. F.—My little girl, 'aged- 2 been recognized , years, has fifteen white warts on her atebiontlaTieleurlesundhred years and 'suitable chin and they are multiplying and instruments have been devised for getting larger. What. Can be done to obtaining then. A thermometer must, remove them? be absolutely clean, as well as actor- I Answer—I am afraid your diags ate. It is a good plan to dip the bulb nosis of the condition is not correct; in a :solution of bone acid and wipe, for warts are, to say the least, very it carefully before using At. When —some of those rural cemeteries the thermometer is applied the tip If I were you I would ,have the child must look upward not downward for examined by a skilled derthatologist an accurate record and it may ba and he can tell you what may be best 'pieced in the armpit, thee mouth or: in the way of teeatment. the rectum. The last of these is far! • the most reliable in' determining the ______e...... body temperature but is often incon-1 One of our neighbors' used 300 venient, particularly in children. The, pounds of sixteen per cent, acid mouth is next in importance for this phosphate when_ owing . wheat and purpose, the bulb being placed,undergot good results from it. One-half the tongue. After the thermometer of the field yielded thirty-one bash - hes been removed aed read, the els an acre, the other half, 'with the thread of mercury elibuld be shaken same wheat variety and soil, yielded down and the hes/aliment always (lies 'fortY-seven 'bushels an acre. The infected and dried before being :pleb only reason for this was that he had away. The -danger of breaking the hauled and spread 'thinly during the thin 'bulb must always be considered previous winter the manure 'from his in introducing the instrument tepees horse stable, top -dressing the wheat hilly in the rectum and it must not evenly in connection with the acid be inserted forcibly, an antiseptic fertilizer.—G, R • • March. Plan the garden campaign. Purchase the Seeds. Prepare for 'the spring work. March, April. If you have one, prepare the hot bed or cold frame for use, Fresh stable manure will be' necessary foe the hotbed. 'This should be turned several' times before it is put into the hotbed. Force libber!) and raise early Set thee and radish. By the middle of April the soil will be ready to work. Rake over the garden and sow the hardier vegetable seeds, such as car- rots, beets, peas, parsnips, radish, onions, 'white turnips, spinach and Swiss Chard, April, , May. The regular work of cultivating, the garden will commence this month. It should be kept neat and free from weeds. Plant potatoes and sow the yes mainder of the vegetable seeds: in. se chiding string beans and sweet corn, Sow flower seeds' early in May.. June. Continue to keep the garden well cultiveited and free from weeds. Watch out for insects and spray the. potatoes as soon as they are a few inches above the ground. Set out the tomato, pepper and egg- plants about the first week of June, and sow seed of all the tender vege- tables, such as citron, cucumber, pumpkin, melon, etc. June; July• Make second soivings, for succes- sion crops, of such , vegetables as beets, peas, radish and corn. Set out plants of late cabbage. Sow turnip seed, July, August. • The canning season commences in July. Young beets and carrots may be. canned with success' and are of a better flavor than the fully matured roam. Can the extra sweet corn. September, October. Many of the vegetables will have to be stored during these two months, The garden else may be mattered as soot' as the crops are harvested, and plowed for the follow ing spring. • What Seed t0 Sow and Row. • Beans—Sow the seed two inches deep in rows 18 inches apart. Varie- ties recommended:. Stringless Green Pod, Early Red Valentine Round Pod Kidney Wax, Wtudwell's Kidney Wax. Beets—Sow seed about 1 'inch deep in rows 15 inches apart. Varieties recommended:"Detroit Dark Red, Early Model and Crosby Egyptian. Cabbage—Set plants 18 inches apart in the row, With rows 2 'feet apart. Varieties recommended: Early Jersey Wakefield and Copenhagen Market (early), Succession (med- ium), Danish .Ballhead and Drumhead Savoy (late), and Reel Dulls (Ted). Cauliflower—Set plants 18 inches apart in the now, with rows 2 feet apart. Varieties recommended: Early Snowball and Early Dwarf Erfurt. Oarrots—Sow seed about 1/4 inch deep in rows about 15 inches 'apart. Varieties recommended: Chantenay, Danvers Half Long and Early Scar- let Horn. Celery—The seed -should be sown early in the house and the plants pricked out in late May at about 5 inches apart, with the 'rows 2 feet apart. Varieties recommended: Gol- /den Self Blanching (Parie Goide Yellow) early; Winter Queen, Evan iTaitieu.mph and Perfection Heartwell Corn—Sow seed about 2 belie deep in bills 2 feet apart, with row 8 feet apart. Varieties recommended Early Malcolm, Golden Bantam an Country Gentleman. Cueuenber—Sow seed, about inches deep in hills 18 inches apart, with rows 4 feet apart. Varieties re- commended: 'White 'Spine and Chleage Pickling. Lettuoe—Sow seed about 14 inch deep in rows 15 inches apart. Vanie- ties recommended. Grand Rapids, Black -seeded Simpson, Crisp as Ice. Melons—Sow seed about .2 inches deep in hills 12 inches apart, with rows 6 feet apart. Varieties recom- mended: Long Wand Beauty, Hack- :lnsaekamlontreal Market and Emer- dGOnion—Sow seed about Ye inch deep in rows abbot 15 inches apart. Varieties recommended: Yellow Globe Danvers, Early Red Wethers- field, Prize Taker. Parsnip—Sow seed about 1 inch - deep in rows 18 inches apart. Varie- ties recommended: Hollow Crown and Intermediate. Peas—Sow seed about 2 inches deep in rows, 18 inches apart. Varieties recommended: Gradus, American Wonder, Gregory Surprise, McLean Advancer, and many others. Potatoes—Plant sets 3 inches deep about 12 inches apart in the row, with OA feet between- the tows. Varieties recommended: Irish Cob- bler (early) and Green Mountain (late). Radish—Sow seed about le inch deep in rows 12 inches apart. Varie- ties recommended: Scarlet White - Tipped Turnip and White Icicle. Spinach—Sow seed about ei inch ideeaevpedi.ri rows /5 inehes ,apart. Varie- ties recommended: Victoria, Thick- Saisify—Sow seed about I inch deep in 'VOWS 15 inches apart. Varies ties recommended: Long White, Sandwich Islands. Squash—Sow seed about 1 inch deep in hills 3 to 4 feet apart, with rows abeht 0 feet apart. Varieties recommended: Long White Bush, Summer Crookneck, Delicious, Hub- bard.Tornatoes--Set 'out plants 2 feet apart in rows 2 feet apart. Varieties recommended: Alacrity, Sparks Earl - hum, Bonny Beet, Chalk's Early Jew - l, Livingston Globe. • Swede Turnip—Sow seed ee inch deep in rows 2 feet apart. Variety recommended: Champion Purple Top. The following publications may be had free upon applecation to the Pub- lications Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa: Vegetable Gardening at Home and on Vacant Lots. Circular No, 14. Ngtes on the Cultivation of Some Staple Vegetables. Special Circular No. 4, How to Make and Use Hotbed, and Cold Frames. Exhibition Circular No, 10. A1spLagas, Celery and Onion Cul- ture. Pamphlet No, 6. Cabbage and Cauliflower Culture. PamphletTomato Culture.N.11.Pamphlet No. 10. The Potato in Canada. Bulletin No. 90, THE NLSCTED RURAL CEMETERY —•—Ie •' How feriorn. and dreary they leak some if those rural ceinetetlee whiele hold our dead; Now and then one sees a iural graveyard eeceitieg as gold care. as city ceneeteriete get, where care is provided for every lot that is sold; lint fee the meet part the <Country cemetery is a sad com- mentary on the regard with *each we hold our dead. ' There is, of course, a reason for this lack of attention, and the reason is one which Indices the solution of the problem all the more difficult. The relatives of those belied in these isolated spots die or remove' to other loealities. There in no fund peovided for the taking care of the cemetery. No one has the time or inclination te do, work of this kind, especially if there is little or no pay in sight. Consequently the weeds creep in, the briers thieve and the stenos in time topple over from sheer neglect. This problem has in some cases been solved by establishing a NMI foe keeping the cemetery in good 'Condition. There are always well-to- do'relatives of those buried hi such a place. If the relatives arc approach - n ed; they will gladly make a contribu- • tion to such a fund or will agree to , give a few dollars a yeae, not esPec- bey because of the graves they are g interested in, but to keep the, entire $ place in more presentable condition. d Common Garden Insects and Their Control. Circular No. 9. The Manueeng of Market Garden Crops. ezBulletie No, 32. Soil Fertility, Its Economic Main- tenance and Increase,' Bulletin Ne, 27. Simply keeping the grass and weeds out, and preventing brambles and briers frontgetting a foothold, reeke a cemetery look better and remove much of the appearance of neglect. It is also necessary to' keep sunken places filled and grassed over. To this end some one, must learn the whereabouts of relatives of those heeled in the cemetery. That melba ' quite a bit of correspondence. It has been found that an appeal for aid 'has little weight with any but near rela- tives. Parents will contribute if their children are buried there; children will give if father or mother sleeps there under the sod. Brothers and sisters will usually do what Mecum - stances will permAt. Aside from these the call is not likely to meet with much response. However, there are usually enough near relatives with which to neike a start, and there are many among the living who expect to find a testing place in the ceme- tery, who are glad to help put the grounds in better shape. The chief thing is to find an interested person Who will undertake to find the rela- tives living in other localities. The • work can be organized and eerried on • under the direction of township offi- cers. This plan has been found to work well in many 'localities. Wood Ashes to Fertilizer. For two or three years hundreds of thousands of people who have hitherto used 'coal for all fuel pur- poseswill, in part at least, use wood. Many factories will make it their chief dependence, and a considerable number of shops that get their pow- er from waterfalls will use wood for heating. Tice situation is net With- out its advantages, for, unlike coal, wood as fuel furnishes a valuable by- product for the farmer. On account of the difficulty of getting potash, fertilizers are at 'present extremely high in price. But wood -ashes con- taM, a large amount of potash, and, except that they lack nitrogen, they furnish a complete fertilizer. The lime in them sweetens the-' soil a* that nitrogen -storing plants, such as beans, peas and clover, can grow on their roots the nitrogen -fixing bac- teria that cannot live in sour soil. Thus, in a secondary way, wood ash. at are a complete fertilizer for such plants. They also increase the growth of cabbages, carrots and. corn. But it is not advisable to mix them With barnyard manure. The advice has often been given not to use wood ashes an potato huid. The reason is that such use of them is likely to cause scab. The advice is good if the crop is. intended for the market; but if the potatoes are to be raised for home use, a lib- eral application of wood ashes will increase the crop without doing any harm, for scab is only skin-deep, and does not affect the flavor. Besides, rolling the seed potatoes in sulphur virtually eliminates the likelihood of scab, Putting the ashes on the soil the year before or scattering them on the snow iri winter is another way of reducing the likelihood that they Will cause scale With ashes at twenty- five dollars to thirty dollars a ton for fertilizer, the man -who burns 'wood has a possible rebate on his firewood bill that is not to he de- spised. Use the Panning -Mill. in many parts of the country lame has been a tendency to let the anaing-mill rest and rust and ga- me dust, and to pay for cleaning the rain and sell the uncleaned 'wheat, ats or barley for a low price. The present high price of grain hould bring many a neglected fan- ing•-mill into profitable use, Ince- entally, farmers will have profitable ark for stormy days, and much heap feed for chickens, pigs and ther animals. Several people can rofitably buy a fartnitigsmill-to clean eed grain, Clean seed mean.% big - en, cleaner yields, m "Huor dwells with sanity and common sense, and trtith."--Bieh,oes Brewster. One Farm Wood -Pile, "Say, mother, I'll be glad when I get that wood -pile into the wood- shed. Then be all through with it, won't I, mother?" "No, John. You know I shall want you to carry out the ashes after the wood -is burned aim" eeheerfully re- plied mother. 'But thee I'll be through With it, ni °thee ?" ' "oh, no, I believe not, for you will then. scatter the ashes on the cern- field, and father will plow them under in the spring. Then you will help him' plant the corn, you now. The corn will grow, eating the ashes and, earth about it, and by and by you will also eat sweet corn." - "Oh. we'll sort of eat the wood ourselves, and that will surely he the end' of this old wood -Pile:" t "Not quite," said mother. "You f know there will be cobs left, and ta stalks of corn. We may feed them 'g to the 'pigs, or to' the 'cows; and that e will give us meat or milk.", "Well, I never knew there was soci 0 $ much to a wood -pile before," said inJ000hwThads. hirnself carrying If you are invited out to dinner and take a small child with you, be sure to spread a paper On the floer under the child's chair.: This 'will 'catch the particles of food whieh the aver- age child is sure to drop, and your hostess will apareciate your thought- fulness: