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Zurich Herald, 1921-07-21, Page 2Addrese gommunications to Aorent7nalst, 73 Adelaide st. west, Teroete The following rtles, are warthra $ careful etudy by every person who e owne or works herses. A good Plan i$ to tack the rules up in the teable where they can be referred,' •te,fret quently. 1. Load lightly, and drive slowly. - 2, Stop in the shade a possible, . 3. A sponge on tap of the 'heed, Or even a eloth, is good if kept welt If dry it is worse than nothing. • ' 4. Water your horse as often as - possible. So long as a horse is werk- ing, water in small quantities will not hurt him. But let him drink Oesly few swallows if he is going to ',stand still 5. When he comes in after work,' sponge Ziff the harness markes end sweat, his eyes, his nose and eteuthe and the deck. Wash his feet bet •;net his legs, • 6. If the thermornenter is eeyentyd five degrees or higher, wipe lover vrith a damp sponge, using' yjne Dt1 gar water if possible. Do riot 4ish the horse at night. 7. Saturday night, give a mash; Itikeivatme and add te -tablet spoonful .of saltpetre. • 8. Watch year Irdrse. If he stops sweating suddenly, or if he .breathes short and quick, or if his ears, droop, or if he stands with his:_legs 'tittared sideways, heis in danger of adheat or sun sSroke and needstattentiendat once • dl 9. If the horse is overcome by heat, get him into the shade, remoiser- nem and bridle, wash out his.tinentle sponge him an over, shower and give him two ounces of amniotic spirits of ammonia, or two ounces of sweet spirits of nitre, art e: Stiltof •! Ail growers who have not yet i(h iispteeetionrs,ewlvehisehoef rliev lfurseeirshee; fl.eeof Charge, are invited to comineeidste with the Domieion Betanist. • The Times a Day to Milk. How many times a day a cow should, be milked is a vexed question and seemingly will ever remain so. Before the spirit of inquiry ancl investiga- tion became as rampant as it is to -day a settlement waa thought to have been reached at twice a day. Now it ap- pears that some COWS can be milked with success as to yield three and even farm times daily. Nor does it ap- pear -that the question of quantity and quality can be definitely decided by rule or rote. By Record of Per- formance report No. 12 issuedby the Live Stock Branch at Ottawa it would appear that of 61 mature Ayrshires 28 were milked three times daily, a certain. numbee of days, eleven of them below 1003 eleven below 200 and over 100, four over 200 and under 300 and two over NO. Of the four-year- old Ayrshires one that was in milk 365 days was milked three times daily, producing 12,608 lbs, of milk, 519 lba of fat, a percentage of 4.11 of fat. Another was milked three times a day for 321 days out of 332 in milk, rroducing 11,529 lbs. of milk, 434 lbs. C fat, a percentage of 3.76. One other was milked thrice daily for 252 dzys and three for a very limited tranber of days out of a total of 24. Of 31 three -year-olds only .five were milked thrice daily and of these but two over 100 days. Of 63 two -year-olds and under three, three were milked daily for less than a hundred days, five over a hundred, and less than 200 and four o.ver 200. ,One only exceeded 300 and she was milked three times a day for 346 days out of 365 in milk, yielding 10,500 lbs. of milk, 428 lbs. of fat, a percentage of 4.05. 6f 71 mature Holsteins, eleven were milked three times daily, for under 100 days, 15 for 100 or over up to 200, ten foe over 200 to 300, three for over 300 up to 365 and eight for every day they were in milk., which in the rnajority of the cases was for every day in the year. One was milked f our times a - day for 313 out of 325, nother for 266 days out of 365, a third for 129 days out of 350, a fourth for 257 days out of 365, a fifth for 298 days three times and 67 four times out of the 365 a sixtleefour. times daily for 145 „oirt of 332 and two four times daily .:!or ,evesestday.Seetre year, one having of d 1,024f fat, a • d the other 33,- ke$S. e ,0 2,94.01114-Year- :Of-dat, a d • one was milked four times -a daY—forevery day in the year, producing 19,935 lbs. of nnlk, 747 lbs. of fat, a percentage of 3.74, another four times 191 days and three times for 40 days, another four tines for 114 -days and three times for 233 days, a third four times for 51 days and three times for 204, and a fifth four times for 163 days out of 346. Fifteen were milked. for a certain number of days three thnes. One three-year-old Holstein was milked four times daily for the whole year, producing 18,371 lbs. of milk, 658 lbs. of fat, a percent- age of 3.57, another four times daily for 32 days and three tinies for 333 days, a third four times daily for 74 days and three times for 149 days out of a total of 223 in milk, a fourth four times for 26 days and three times for 106 days, a fifth four times a••• day for 40 days and three times, daily for 108 days, a sixth four times a day for 830 days and thrice daily for 23 days ent of 360 in milk. Nineteen others -"-ere-ere milked three times a day for a number of days and two thrice daily for the whole year, one producing 16,- 215 lbs. of milk, 624 lbsof fat, a per- centage of 3.84, and tlatitother 18,262 lbs. of milk, 588 lbs. of fat, a percent- age of 3.22. One 'two -Year-old was milked four times a day every day in the year, producing 21,795 lbs. of milk, 842 lits. of fat, a percentage of 3.86, another yeas milked four times daily for 103 days and three times for 252 days out of a total of 255 days, a third was milked four times for 72 -clays and three times for 274 days out of 346, a fourth and a fifth were each' milked four times daily every 'day, making three two -year-olds so l handled. One of the latter produced 12,168 lbs. of milk, 539 lbs. of fat, an average of 4.43, and the other 11,266 lbs. of milk, 448 lbs. of fat, a per- centage of 3.98. One two-year-old that was minted three times daily for every day in the year produced 15,707 lbs. of milk and 536 lbs. of fat, a per- centage •of 8.04. Thirty-seven others of the 70 two-year-old Holsteins en- tered were milked three times daily for Yorkist perk& up to 850 days. Thus, it would appear that the nura- ber of daily paintings must depend Mainly upon custom, type, condition and judgmend. Green Manure for Orchards. The tvto principal functions el green Manuring are the ase of cover claps in the orchard and asi a blanket for the land during winter. The plants best Suited for this purpose are un- questioningly the legume drops. Per fruit trees of all kinds the Moat important fertilizing element is nitro- gen. Through tletr nodule forming bacteria the leguminous plants draw Into the ground and make quickly available for the trees, large omit!. titri tho fret ilitrogatt of the air.' And not o:Cly do tht legnshes in. eSeaee the amount el nitrogen in the < Isoil; they are as good humus former as can be planted. -It should also b noted that practically all legumes are deep-rooted plants and hence bring up mineral food from the sub -son. While the soy -bean, the field bean, the field pea, the crimson clover, and the lti pines, all give good results in the orchard, the best of an legumes for this purpose is the red clover. The value of green manure haslong been recognized by Canadian fruit growers. Neverthelets, there is quite generally throughout Canada a dearth of cover crops. Fortunately there is at hand an immediate and economical remedy for this situation. Withinseoent years there have been countless experiments by various ex- periment stations and practical feint growers as to the 'best method of in- creasing the growth of legumes. Al- most without exception these experi- ments have demonstrated that the best legume food known to rnan is agricul- tural gypsurn. Indeed, its t tic , use has time and again increased leg. ureinous growth as much as five hundred per cent, and even more. Soils in which leguines are grown are ne-arly always deficient in sulphur. Legumes, of course, must have 'sul- phur, tremendous quantities of it. Unless they get it in easily available form they simply starve to death. Agricultural gypsum, which is an untreated, ground, natural rock fertil- izer, furnishes sulphur in an immedi- ately available and neutral form—in exactly the form that sulphur is sup- plied to nature. Seed Certification of Potatoes. The measure of success attainable in the growing of seed potatoes de- pends not only upon the practice of best cultural methods, although this is a most important consideration, but also upon the amount of attention paid to the several diseases to which po- tatoes, both plants and tubers, are subject. To assist in this later phase of the work, a number of inspectors special- ly trained in the identification of po- tato diseases and in the application of control measures recommended, are again visiting the fields of all growers who have made application for such assistance this season.The accom- plishment of several, purposes de, the objeA of thisassistanceb•Onfl,ren- dated,Ilief ninoV.g.swhitknSaY be saeo- tiOneciS (1) the groWeris definitely ad- vised by the inspector with regard to the condition of his crop and of the nature of any disease found to be present; (2) the grower is 'assisted in the eradicatien of 'all diseased, weak or otherwise undesirable plants from his fields, if he so desires; (3) grow- ers of crops which, after critical ex- aminations have been made of the plants during the growing season and of the tubers after harvest, are found to measure up to the standards set for No. 1 seed potatoes are put in touch with prospective purchasers; (4) direct information is obtained with regard to conditions prevailing in the potato fields throughout the country year by year; (5) records, which are available for the informa- tion of any one interested, are main- tained of the history and behavior of all seed inspected. In furtherance of this work, and in the event of the grower, whose 'crops' have been found up to the standard, desiring to sell his stock or certified seed, a final examination is made by an -inspector at the point of shipping, upon application by the grower. Pro- vided the stock has been graded so that a shipment of potatoes for seed purposes contains no tubers under two ounces or above twelve ounces in weight, a sufficient number of tags to cover the number of bags or other containers necessary for the shipping of the amount of potatoes inspected is issued by the inspector and placed by him upon the shipment. These tags certify that the contents of the bags or other containers to which they are attached have been grown by the per- son whose name appears on the tags; that they have been inspected by an officer of the Department of Agricul- ture and found to be sufficiently vig- orous and free from serious diseases, other pests and foreign varieties, to warrant them being classed as No. 1 (or No. 2) grade seed potatoes. , An enhanced price to the grower over that paid foe ordinary stock, sat- isfaction to the purchaser, the general distribution of a high grade of seed potatoes throughout many parts of the country, and the acquirement of a eonsiderable seed trade with the United States, have been the results toted during the several years the work described has beee in progress. By any one desirous of growing seed potatoes with a view to certifica- tion, the following points should be particularly borne in mind; (1) plant only clean seed (partiealarly certified seed); (2) do not Mix the varieties; (3) Ina/dice seed treatment; (4) keep the Colorado beetle and other insects under control; (6) use Bordeaux IniX- ttire. Strict Attention to these points will provide reesotable assurance that the resettiting 'crops will figure well in the inspeetioll and certification re- cord, and, other conditions being equal, the grotver who entees sud crops in nany of the fiedcl 'MI) compe- titions Will secure a high percentage of points et the band, of the je.,cigel. water; or give lira a pint 'of rem warm. Cool his head at tace,etusing cold water, or, if necessary, chs toe, wrapped in a cloth. I , 10. Ifthe horse is off •his" feed him with two quarts of pate with bran, and a little water; and dd a little salt or •sugar;Or giv,e rn oatmeal gruel or 'barley watts tto drink. , 11. Clean your horse at nigh so that he can rest well, and deers kttri thoroughly. The salt d,ansieuff td on his skin makes him uncomfott le, and often produces sores underethe. harness. 12. Do not fail to 'wale night after •tie• hes 4:eaten., Ids - you, don't heetill'bo: thirty ,13.',1140,,WitsiT thatt the ,horse sweats in the stable at iti*t,Itesitim outside, with bedding underthien. Un- less he cools off :daring the!4night, he cannot well stand the next day's heat, 'bcperimental and Research Work in Grain and Field Crops. Experimental and reeearch work promoted by, and under the guidance of, the Dominien Department of Agris culture, has made greet strides in Canada during recent years. It is estimated, for instance, that the <US.. • covery of IVIerquis wheat by the Cereal Division of the Experlinentai Fawns braneh has ,ermiched the wheat grow- ers of the three Prairie Provinces. by $20,000,000 annually, and that the in- troduction of Preston, Stanley and Huron wheats into the ether provinces has brought about a gain of at least half a million dollars yearly. But wheat is not the only grain that has profited immensely through the work carried on at the Experimental Forms. By the introduction of Daubeney, Vic- tory, and in pakticular Banner oats, a gain has been made of over $9,000,- 000 annually, while other new grains, such as barley, flax and peps, have Proven responsible for an increase in value of $3,000,000 annually. All of these must and will develop in still greater profit to the country'. Experi- ments in plant breeding work with garden and field crops have led to the diseovery of many new varieties, such as the Melba apple, Early Malcolm corn, Alacrity tomato, etc. Hardy varieties of tree fruits have been proven of good growth in the Prairie Provinces, while some valuable dis- coveries have been made in forage crops, notably a perennial red clover. Immensely valuable research work has been done by the Division of Chem- istry, and by the Division of Botany, and by the Health a Aramis, Ento- mological and Seed Branches. Can- ada has been shown to be the health- iest of all countries in live stock, a fact which must he attributed in large measure to the excellent system of supervision and control adopted and followed by the Health of Animals Blanch. Byeits precautionary meas - ire and other activities it is cen- ts/v.1y calculated the Division of etanY*has saved the country $32,- 6000 annually, largely by its cru - e against smut and its centre' of - %light and rot of potatoes and other diseases to Which plant life is subject. Research work in its labor- atories by the Seed Branch has result- ed in_approxIneately 100,000 tons of screenings being made of maximum value to the live steels feeder and this is but one of the profitable results that have been achieved,. Turning to the EntemologSedIsberaiele when it is .statect that to fieltterope alone a justi- fiable estimate isAliat the depreciations def•inseete eetteeielt-toss each year of f1,25;0001000 Sante idea of the 'coleMal work inrolvecb 'n1e formed. In field husbandry, by greater use of crop rotatjons and ,the ascertaining of the most profitable rotations for each dis- trict, it is estimated that Ontario is benefitted annually to the extent of $32,000,000, while by sununer fallow- ing, a •system urgently encouraged by the 'Experimental Farms branch, the Prairie Provinces are thought to gain $90,000,000 annually. These few facts will illustrate the advance that is be- ing made in.,the development of Can- adian agriculture. Experiments by the Ereneh Array Veterinary Service show that dried seaweed makes an excellent substitute for oats in a horses menu. If sheep raiiees only realized the benefits and satiefectiord filen dipding their sheep, no compuleory Lew would be required to make them e,nthusiastie and persistent in the practice of dip- ping. • • Good pasture cannot be expected. after two or three years of hay, for by,that time the clovers are all killed out and even the hardy grasses are becoming thin, hence ,a light growth of grass is all that can be looked for. • The Children's Hour The world has little use for the hey or girl whodoes not, in his hearti of hearts, want to win out in the things that count for most. A shoe string is a pretty poor sort a thing to depend upon, but it is a steel cable compared to a young man or -woman who has to big dream of su,ccess in some line :or other. Ask a hundred men of the present day what, in their opinion, is the greatest need of the tants, and nine'Ser- nine of them will tell you, "We need men—good men and wornen, women that ean and wit11 do everything • they un,dertake, right," The oneehttndeedth man :no doubt would say, "We need men with lots of money, Men :of means can do everything." 'With these men, "money makes the maee ge." But while the mare is going, the money is usually going, too, and pre fast; for the man who depends solely on his money to win him success vtill not win any success that is worth winning. ' • What,then, is success that is suc- cess? Shall we leave the money entire- ly out of the question? Is it not -a help it life? It surely is. The Than who would say otherwise would not be speaking the truth. We •need ,rtioney. Primarily, our efforts in this World are directed toward the acquirement of money or something that can be ixinned into money. As the social world gees, money is a pow- er. But it is not the • highest good ir lite. Rack of the money trust be the determination to use what we get wisely and for the best good of our- selves, of those wile are dear to us arid of mankind. Now, it is suceess to become a good farmer. A boy told me the other day that many thought he wet a fool for quitting sehool and going to work en a farm. "But," he added, "/ am learn- ing every da X 'will get to be as good an all-round fatanee right heee the farm, so that I know as much about how to do faint work as X Would if / went to school, 1 can't go to an agnicultural school now, hut I can laarn aa X Prai4t wa,sa 'fine dediatation of pries ciples and it will, if put into practice, bring success as a farmer. . leis su,ecess to be an ieterested, up- to-date member of a good cattle club, or a sheep club or a poultry club or any kind of a dub that is working for -the betterment of any of the farm creatures. A boy or girl m,ay put the very best there is in him or her into his work in any of these lines. All that is done to develop the finer qual- ities of the cows or the hogs or the sheep has a tremendous value in work- ing out for the young person thus en- gaged a character worth more than an the money that could be staked up under the blue dome of 'heaven. Char- aeter eounts, for character teaches the right use of the material things we gain. So this is the chief thought. Re- member it, if everything else is for- gotten. Success is manhood and wo- manhood—genttine manhood, gertuine wolnanhood. All the rest we get out of the farm, or anyvihere else, is con- tributory to success or detrimental to ecoording as we put it into service in the building of real manhood. Now, there are a few stepping stones to success such as we have been talking about, In the first place the right kind of thinking. You neve; can think low and reach up high. And then, good books and •papers have their influence—and it is a mighty influence, too—in working out true success. The book or the paper that /hakes one think things and do them is a big boost ap the hill of con- quest. Show me the booksand thee paperi'a boy or a girl reads and I will Soreettet his futm:e for him. Best of .all, keep your heart true and honest tweed: Father and Mother. Love them Think with thein hi all right ways. Be to them a support and a totter of strength. They are worthy of it and you' eannot aiTord to leave any Spot ot Diem unguarded iri your love for them and the old henna. Love honte, love those in it, tovo the 61.11- mo/14,6y, lottfa the nation. Defend tnern all with might and main! Do this and you ate bound to succeed! The Home Life of Birds BY ELSA G. ALLEN Any one who welshes a Pan: ef birds at their nest can scarcely fail ' toiboeveir caro th iv given with ho tthee y tlereelver and dte, Itt- deed, both poet and se en s , a the moat, disinterested' observers, agree that in the nesting season 11103t birds furnish a beautiful example of devotion to the offspring and fidehty to each other, ' There are many popular beliefs, however, which exaggerate the affee- ten of a bird for its mate. For ex- ample, that the wild goose, having lost its mate, will never mate again; ' and that the eagle, once deprived of its first love, will never choose an- , other, While it is undoubtedly true that the same individuals often nest together year after year, it is prob- ably thew attachment for the nesting !site, rather than any hove for each , other, which causes them to remate; ' for it is merely the homing instinct which impels them to seek the same place at the same time each year. It sometimes happens, of course that one of the pair has been killed and does not return to the old home. The other one may then haunt the nesting area in seeming grief, and if unable to find another mate that season, such sentimental stories may aa.sily arise. Only very few birds are believed to mate for life and remain mated throughout the year. The parrots are a familiar example of this true mono- gamy among birds, and in their na- tive lands whole flocks can be seen flying about in pairs at all seasons. Even when hunted each bird clings to its niatie, so that the birds flock to their fallen comrades. But whether birds mate for life or for a single sea -Son, their home life will always interest us and merit our study, for it is the highest type of domestic relationshiP found among animals. As with all animals, the fe- male usually takes the. home cares more seriously; but with a great many species of birds, the male works with the female from the time the fleet is started until the young are fully fledged. The xaales usually arrive first on the nesting grounds, and make ready for the females by driving away rival males froin the areas which they have selected for their own. The females seem to decide on the actual nesting site, however, and when this greet matter is -settled, both 'birds, in many cases, set about building. Some do it leisurely, as - if they found pleasure in prolongingthe task. Phoebes, for Metiers* cense back early, in spring, and althagh 'they do not begin to in- cubate until the beginning of May, they are busy every warm, sunny day carrying material with which to reno- vate the old nest under the eaves of some. rocky 'ledge. Other birds allow only a couple of days for building, and then work indefatigably until the home is complete. It must not be inferred, however, that all birds lead the touching home life that we see among most of the, common song -birds. Some, especially game birds, are normally polygamous, and, after mating, the males desert the females without even assisting with the nest. One of the most cur- ious forms of home life among birds is that of the phalaropes, a small group of shore -bird's. With „them the whole order of domestic affairs is re- versed, and the female enjoys the free- dom Which is usually amorded the male. Her One duty is to lay the eggs, and this accomplished she flocks with the other females of her kind, leaving the male to incubate the eggs and care for the young. The farniliar American cowbird and the European cuckoo are the most aberrant of ail birds in their nesting habits, for they build no nests, but lay their eggs in the nests of ether species and never see their offspring. But the great majority of birds are monogamous; that is, they have only one mate each season, and it is their home life which offers unlimited op- portunity for individual observation to boys and girls who love dee out -- doors. There is a great deal to be learindel about the home life or hirds, especially the care of the young. Most of us, at aortae tnue'have attseeptect to raise an unfortunate little neelling deprived of its parents, and have ',melted how difficult it is, foe,unlike mammals, no bird can be raised on milk.* Indeed the amount of food and the great variety ...needed by birds to maintain growth is 4 surprise to mast persons. When we el:insider that it requires only from one to two weeks for a young bird to transform from a naked, squirming bit of life to a fluffy little fledgeling, we must realize that they need an almost pheeoneenal amount of food, and we can appreciate that the parents? life is a constant search for food from earliest ray of light until dusk. It has been found that a young , robin renuires its full weight of earth- worms daily in order to grow, and all young birds require from one -halt to their full weight of food daily. This makes it necessary foe the old birds to feed the young probably hundreds of times a day. A pair of grosbeaks were seen to feed their yeeng 426 times in one day, and a single house - wren whose mate had been killed was seen to feed her young '1,217 times in fifteen hours and forty-five minutes. Young birds may be said to fall into two classes, precede' and altri- cial. Precocial young, for example, these of grouse, plovers and sandpits - ere, follow the parents about in a few hours after hatching; but altricial young of such birds as the thrushes and sparrows remain in the nest for several days and must be fed every few Minutes. It seems to us, perhaps, that young birds are always hungry, but if we should watch a family o/ nestlings obesely, we would see that the parent bird feeds each one until it is satisfied. The food must be placed far down in the threat of the young bird so that the motion ol swallowing will be made reflexly, and the mother bird continues to etuff the food down until the nmscles refuse to net. If a youngster fails to swallow the last inorsel, she these with house. wifely economy, takes it back and gives it to the next one. Most birds feed their young largely on insects, caterpillars, plantelice, sect eggs, etc., end thus render- a trensendous service to agriculture, for 'countless mil tons of harmful peeta are gathered each year. The warbler's, vhowens,• orioleseind theushes, ho - long he insect -destroying army. Other) ixds, like the goldfinches and mourning -doves, feed their young largely on the seeds 92 weeds, and thus -do they also help the farmer, Thesseed-eating birds are fed by regurgitation, and this is true also of the flickers and hummingbirds. But the care of the young does not consist -only in providing food. Ale most as much as they need food, de they need to be kept warm and shell- tered from storms. Accordingly, the mother bird frequently broads ifhem, ruffling out her feathers so that the young come in ,contact with her warm body. Most birds also keep their nests scrupulously clean and carry away the excrement after every feeding. This is, in most cases, enclosed in a mucous sac so that it ean, be easily removed, and the birds are careful to take it to a eensiderable distance from the nest in order net to draw the attention enemies to the young. During the brief time that most of our birds are in the nest, they are certainly lavished with the most as- siduous care and faithful protection, There is no limit to the devotion of the mother bird to her nestlings in the, presence ef danger, for no matter hew powerful the intruder, she knows no feat*, and many species, especially the. tiny humming -birds, attack with a ferocity which one would think could belong only to hawks and owls. But when once out of the nest, young birds are soon taught to shift for themselves and are then forgotten. Spraying and Dusting. Whether dusting gives as good te- sults in pest control as liquid spraying is a question that will stand discus- sion. A leading authority gives the advantages of dusting from an econ- omical viewpoint as greater speed in application; more suitable for the tim- ing of applications; less waste of time, the operation being possible in poorer weather conditions ,than spraying; lighter weight of apparatus, which is consequently more portable; less liable to trouble and breakdowns, owing to greater simplicity. The doubtful fac- tors in dusting are, as to its efficiency in controlling fungous disease, hiting !meets and stroking insects and as to relative cost where the objects isimed at are taken into consideration. The authority here referred to quotes the results of experhnehts that point,* to the conelusion that dusting is equal to spraying it the control of ttingOrtla diseases and biting insects but is in- ferior to liquid spraying in the control of sucking insects such as Psylla and the green apple hug. —et Sugar Keeps 84.:Proieaux. That gvanidated ,stagar vflt keep Bordeaux spray mbcture ,,frola de- teriorating is the discovery of the Oregon Agriettihttal Expedite/it Ste. Mon. It le well ktiown by orchardiste that Bordeaux beeein,es almost worth- less unless used shortlyafter being Mixeid, This trouble can he overcome by adding one-eighth ounce of gdant ulated sugar 'dissolsied in water foe, each pound of copper sulphate (blue vitriol or bluestone) used. When sugar is used in the proportion mentioned the spray mixture will not spoil on account Of a breakdown or delay on account of rain. For i two.hundred-gallon tank of. 6-6.50 Bordeaux,which will require twenty-four pen& of bluestone, dis- solve three ounces (item ,heaping teaspoone) of sugar in a littledtater and add slowly to the tank of spray, agitating until thoroughly mixed. Too much sugar roustnot be wed. For smell amounts of spray, dissolve one well-rounded, but not heaping, tea- spoon of sugar in one quart of water, then use at the rate- of one-half pint of this setution for each pound of bluestone going Into the amount of, 13ord'eatac required. ..........._4,--_,.. Give us, 0 give ties the nian who sings at hie work! Ile will do nior : in the saine throe he vtill do it better he will persevere longer, Worici.V0 is the strength Of cheerfulness, alto' gether past ealculation its powers o endure/ice. Efforts, to be peeinanentS ly us,eful, must be uniformly joyous I '‘, a spirit all sunshine, grateful troini vety gladness, beautiful becausl bright» IrileTe'S Inotej in the dttiry bughieset) but, bow .est Yhu SVC:it ttany knove until you keep. book4(7,