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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1921-06-30, Page 3A , 4� . #W -W 11..�__­ - - I . ,�­___ -,--,;, . . ___.___ I . — —1 ,,I ­Z;;;�, I — ­_ � 77 I '_ — , r, � , � ­ 10"�_y The, Winghan Advance. 1, . /. ,A- � 'L � . a ... . . r"17 r Published at Wingham, Ontario Every Thursday Morning A, G. SMITly, Publisher Subscription mtel�: — One Year, �$2.00; SIX months, $1.00 In advance. Advertising rates on aPPI113atiOn. Advertisements without specific di- rections will be inserted until forbid nud charged accordingly. Changes for contract advertise- ments be In the OIRCO by noon, Mon- day. "!"!"___.__ ---.--.-., __._M�._ BUS119ESS CARDS I — - ' Vkteffington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. . Established 1840 1 Head Office, Guelph . Risks taken on all classes of insur- able property on the cash or premium note system. ABNER COSRNS, Agent, .1 Wiligham, ) . 110LAIES BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Victory and Other Bonds Bought and 1. Sold. Offfice—Mayor. J§Iock, Wingbam 1 __ � R. VANSTONE. . - BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR' ' Money to Loan at Lowest Rates. WINGHAM "I � . . � . ARTHUR I IRWIN D.D.S., L.D. S. Dcotor of Dental Surgery of the Pennsylvania College and Licentiate of De;At�l Surgery of Ontario, office in Macdonald Block. �, - I . li7 I se Q`R. G. H. RO' 0 I '' . . Gradbate Royal College' of Dental , . ; Surgeons Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry OFFICE OVIZR *H. E. ISAAb's STOR I E W. R. HAMBLY . .1 B.Sc., M.D., C.M. Special attention pa4d to diseases of Women and Children, having taken postgraduate work in Surgery, Bac- teriology' -and Scientific Medielne. Office liv the, Kerr Residence, between the Q,ueen's Hotel and the Baptist Church. All business given careful attention. Phone 54. P.O. Box 113 Dr. Robt. C. Redmond M.R.C.$. (Eng). L.R.C.P. (Lend). . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Dr. Chishohn's oldstand) I " uR. R. L. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto, paculty Of Medicine; Licentiate o! the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office Entrance: f Second Door North of Zurbrigg's Photo Studio.. JOSEPHINE STREET PHONE 29 I SELL Town and Farm Properties. Call A& see my list and get my prices. I hav( some excellent values. I G, S7117EWART . . � WINGHAM Phone. 184 Offine in Town Hal - � .. 1 4 .. S� I � ,..� . I �; 9k ,sl App"I't, ,_& %X11-0 , W.A� 0 * , - t *;( , , AF % I � , 1� . I I " , ories KI I 1 &N, . * Od ZZ _ , I 0) R R ", �41 _ , . " . V , V CONDUCTED BY PROF, HENRY Q. BEI.I. I __�N I.. _­ ... . � . .."., -�A." ,;'­::�,­;� X W ... The object Qf this department Is to place At the scr, ..... ., , . ,; , I., e I'.... I 't. . . '.*;:!::*;-�,;:�.,:!i" -, . .�,;�':'..W� . vice of our fartil, readzrs the advice of an Acknowledged ... .1,-�-k;.;::-:-:;%::.4;�';. , .--' authority on all sul;jects, pertain'ng to r,.olls and crops. 4� .,;,�;,:..;"�.;�..�;..:,.;:.,..� , .. ­.. ." '.."., . '_'N' ' ,, ' , ` . � �;,. ...... , . 'm , , , .0. , 3� , , , , , Address all questions to Profo3sor Henry G. Betil, In :, 1 .1., 0 i.,:. � 1 . ,�;J ... _ . .. ,., .:1.1 . - .. I., ;:�::'.� i . - ": ... �?:.;, n citre of The Wilson Ptiblisfilng Ccmpany. Limited, Toron- ;:!� " - � : �:, .11: . ,. A, I .: .. ..... to, and answers will appenr In this column In the order �' . ::,::.::...'!;1%�': .!,: .::,!. ,, . ... '.;::,!!::.*:!-, * ..,;. In which they are received. When writinq kindly men. , �:, : � :, -.,..`..�i.,,.� .:.,." .. 7;� , ..::-,.:! tion this paper, As space is 111,nited It Is advisable where , , I :: ...: . Immediate reply Is necessary tha I t a stamped and ad- . 6 _*1..,..:, dressed envelope be enclosed with the qtlection, when A; �. i.,i 1. v "�.. .1.4:: I I .. , the answer will he malted direct. Copyright by Wilson Publishing Co,, Limited . J. W. W.: P hav i e a piece of runout and about 2 to 3 per cent, Potash, Put and which is badly infested with this op. when the grain is $Own. If luack grass, which I am planning on you get a. good stand of oats follo'Wed 5ummer-fallowing. Do you think it by a good catch of clover it Should ivould help build the laud if I SOW it compete pretty strongly with the to buckwheat and then plow it under quack grasp, and in fact should 'kill , when in blossom or before, or do you it out. think it would lessen my chances Of F. J.: What will kill dandelion in 411ing the quack grass? I want to lawns? ItIll this Weed and build the land tit Answer: If the lawn area is not too the sanie time if possible I with a view large cut out the dandelions with a to planting to oats and ,seeding with knife, On large areas Spraying with clover next spring, 1 plan to top- an iron sulethate solution will do a dress with manure when I seed io I great deal towards Jd1ling on-. �his oats. , pest. Make a solution of iron sul- Answer: Some have endeavored to phate, 6issolve, about 2 lbs. ill a gal - kill out quack gThgs by a smothering lon of water. With this stron r s I_, olu- crop, that is, by Sowing buckwheat. or tion spray the portions of the lawn rape sufficiently thick to smother the ,where most dandelions are. growing gr,iss. Others have found suinner- This will turn the ,surface of the grass ftillowing very effective. r would not dark, but will kill out the weeds. Tit advise you to try to mix both inethods, a few days the,*rass will regain it If you are sum—mer-fallowing the strength, but the dandelions will kJU ground, Take up the root stalks at out. Much publicity has been giVer least once in three or four weeks and to.-klle idea of applying sulphate 0, burn the pile when dry. Then keep ammonia to lawns to kill out dande the ground worked at loast onto in lions, but there is danger in dollil; three or four weeks and burn the pi!e this, since sulphate of ammonia is a the ground Worked at least every two acid -producing salt and will, there weeks, so as to prevent the Toot stalks fore, tend to make the soil sour. Thi that yet remain from getting a firm is detrimental to the growth of bes hold on the -ground. lawn grasses, . I If you are growing corn or wheat, R. H.: Would like some informatic, ' * or root crops, I beliove I would use about insect. pests on veget tal4les :in the manure there and, apply -fertilizer flowers, rdse.s especially, and bow t where you are seeding to oats, since destroy them. I � the ',fertilizer adds absolutely no Answer: We .would advise, you t weeds and the ground, if it is thor- write the Dominion Department oughly. worked, should be in fair shape Agriculture, Ottawa, for informatio to- grow a good' crops of oats. Ude reg-ardin-If insect pests on vegetable about 200 libs. to the, acre of a fertil- flowers and bushes. They have seN izer Analyzing 2 to 8 per cent. am- oral good bulletins which describ monia, q per cent. phosphoric acid, I this subject thoroughly. _____==n " N! � WOMBS "'"SICIAN CHIROPRACTIC I A. FOX� D. C.2 D� 051 Chil-Opractic locates and removes the caiiae of disease; nature heals. Chiropractic Is the (,n1y and original system .;f spinal adjustmont. Effective in 95 per cent. of all cases. The Only fully qualified graduate of both Chlro- practic and Osteopathy In North Huron. Phone 191. Hours -2-5 and 7.8 p.m. . . . 11 I . _. I-.- �:. ­­ - I—- - ­.�­� � ­ ___ I - . Do You Pne Wzter Fit To Driiik? 1"Iffie S-undaY School Lesson I By Harriet Bowen JULY 31 � 1-1 I Ave you ever noticed how often a is what we -,ire doing to -day'. Thinki I � farmhouse will be situated on a islight how many of our friends of a quarter i hill, while the outhouse will be just of 4 century Ago died of typhoid, and' The Early Life QfSaul. Acts 21,139; 22: 3,28; 2, Tin . 5 '� I . Puet. 6: 4-9, Golden Text --Hebrews 3; 7, s, , t, 34 14, 1 ;, a little lower, while the barn Nvith the how few are the cases nowadaya. well close beside ,'it is at the battoill If we but realized the protectionl . of the bill? Just, -why the well should thrown about us by even the average� Connecting Linka—For the Sunday. Acts 22. 8. According to the perfoot be so much more convenient to the city or town governmant -with its wbool teacherand Bible class student mannor.of the law of the fathers, 'Ot barn than to the kitchen is a 4natter Board of Health, we would be thanlc- tb(t 1)est helps for the study of the the Jewish Scholar$ and teachers for the farm womenla clubs to dis- ful for the age in which we live, eager It`- .-Tid --fAvir of the greRt Ar.Ostle G , amaliel was one of the greatest. He , will be found irt tlic available, com- was grandson of H11161, founder of one cuss; the thing that intercsts the to uphold the hands of government, nientarles on the Acts and Epistles, , sanitarian is that slope from the out- though ever critical that the govern- ,I would recommend , also the follow- I of the two Ribbinical schools which he drinking ment way grow better rather than i i%: Bosworth's Studies in the Acts had an extraordinary influence over * watpr. worse, through our intelligent sup- an Epistles (Arranged forda117 read- the pinds of the people in the time While typhoid germs may never be port, I � in atterson Smyth's Life and Let- of Christ, That lie was also A man 91, 'St. Paul, Stalkeils life of Paul, f introduced ifito your well by this sys- It is in the out-of-the-way places ter, of o tolerant and liberal views appears tem of drainage, there is alwayc.. a that typhoid still lurks. The babbling R, D. Shaw's, The Pauline, Epistles, from the story told of him in 'Acts chance that they will be introduced, brook far off in the couittry, or the Ramsay's St. Paul the Traveller and 5� 04-40. Under 'his teaching Paul Roman Citizen, and . Lake's The studied the books which now form our , I for it is not only the person who is picturesque well of clear cold water I Earlier Epistles of Paul, Old Testament, and in particular the actually sick who is a source of in- is the most .likely place in which to, Next to our Lord Himself the I ancient laws,, which tne Jewish ddc- fection. , find it. Large cities, -and the smaller, greatest and, most outstanding figure tors had sought to adapt to the needs , Only a few years ago "Typhoid cities, too, have a regular system of; of the New Testament is that of Paul. of their own time in what hnw cowe� Mary" set us all guessing by the inspection and protect their drinking A'11thorough-going Jew, of a strict to be known as the Mishua, the ,66d - strange tales that were told of her. water, not only that which is piped, Jewish family, an ardent patriot, a tral and oldest part of the Talmu& To -day we know that there are peo- into homes, but the wells and springs � lover, of his people and of their An- From this School of Gamallel Paul (or Saul, as be was then called), Was ple who, having once had the disease which are found within the city limits. cient, faith, a man of quick impulses, taken to become an officer of the'su- harbor the germs 1n the intestines Most people don't realize the anxious I zealous for the cause which he hadat preme council of the Jews, the Sour diheart, indomitably ,persevering, and I � for a long time thereafter. These peo- care with which the city is guards , et with a de�ply affectionate and hedrin. . y� ple may be perfectly well, but leave in this resp ect, Every case of typhoid � generous nature, he attracts and holds 22: 28, Free born. Paul's father in their tracks a trail of cases due to that occurs ina city Is reported to the i oui� Attention from the first. The first must, therefore, have Also been a Ro- pollution of water into which sewage Board off Health, and contrary to the l three lessons of our prescrit s,eriezl man citizen. The Romans were mas.- has drained or through food- handled accepted belief that municipal em- ; show him to us as the Jew and I ters of* all the lands about the Medi- torraneaD Sea, and of large parts of by the "carrier" whose hands are not ployees are chair --warmers, this de, Pharisee, the lessons that follow, as -Europe amid western Asia and , ut of the public weal, at least, the Christian preacher and teacher, northern Africa. The privileges en - scrupulously clean. partme So we may never know until -we are I is very much on the job. traveller and missionary. . It was Pan -I who first saw clearly Jond by those wilo had. the rights of rudely enlightened., just -who will pol- When -a case of typrhold is discover- the significance of the gospel me4sage elt erisbip were very gr6t, and Paul l I found afterwaril in his travels, when lute a well. In the day ' s when death ed—usual-ly with the help of the,for the whole world, and not for the I in difficult and dangerous places, tlt4t from typhoid was a common zhing, Board of Health laboratory which Jew, and Jewish proselytes only. It he could rol,y upon protection from. S i and that Is not very long ago, some diagnoses the case microscopically. in was he who conceived, the noble ani- Roman officers aiid magistrates. His . people seem to have had a certain order to supplement the finding of the bition to be an apostle to the Gentiles, Greek learning gave him approach to I immunity in communities where the doctor in charger�-there is a quiet in- called of God to that great task. From the , people of many lands, and his water was particularly bad, Then vest1gation of the reason. We .get the naTrowest 1bf Jewish circles he Roman citizenship gave him protec- a-gain, one person could have the dis- typhoid germs in but one way, and stepped forth as the lea4e-r of a great tion in, his great missionary work. . ease several times. At any rate, that is -by eating or drinl�ing—usually international movement of brothii- 2 Timothy 3: 14-15. From a child. escape seems to have been a matter the latter. Water� and to a less de- . His ambition was It was near the end of Paul's life, and truly imperial,teing nothing leag than while ina Roman prison'thit -he wrote 1 d luck rather than immunity, but gree milk, are the chief sources, and to win the en d for this letter to his younger And dearly - , _Wire Of the-worl I I modern science takes little stock in your health officer proceeds his crucified Mai;ter, to break down I beloved friend Timothy. , Timothy, S luck-, it prefem to -olay safe. out what you have been drinking. If race'barriers ,And to build a temple - like Paul. had beiin born A'hd brought t Health protection is an interesting the source of contagion Is a -well or of humanity,"in the, n-AdSt of w1lich ,,,, in, A-ia Minar. His 'home -vNras in subject. We are inclined to take so spring, the officer gets busy and sees God,' by His "-spa AA, would (1-mll ' b ... in. &II,ystra (1 -its 16: 1), his -mother was n 1. for granted in civilized life; we that no one else drinks water from Christianity might have a Jewess, 'his father a.'Greek. His d mile of a Jewish sect; Paul made childhood. no doubt, had been like that pay our taxes and let "them" dn. the that source until it is made Safe. But religion 0 rest., The earnest, honest :abor of it is the experience Of most'health, it what Jesus had declared it would of Paul, and by a good mother he hsd many lives is summarized in the medi- officers that -water is.polluted because be, a world-donquering force. IT been carefulIT taught in the holy Acts 21: 39. A Jew of Tarsus. 'W"e scriptures. the Old Testament stor- 0 cal knowledge of to -day; the plodding of the easy-going methods, still pre- are fortunate in -having, both in Luke's ies, poestryi and prophecy were fam- If con re,valent in the less protected sections. I history in the book of Acts, and in ilia, to him, and Paul urges him to n CaTries that know -ledge into the daily So if the country districts value the several of the Epistles, definite*state- continue in those things which, he had. S, life of the community. But of all the bealth and lives of farm dwellers, the ments about Paul's earlier life. Here thus learned, and which were able "6 � - wonders of modern sanitation perhaps wells and springs should be kept free Luke teills us (chaps. 21 and 22) of imake wise unto salvation, not in e none is so striking and far-Teat,hing from all contamination which might Paul's reiffi,rn to Jerusalem after 1:5! themselves, but through the faith Of as the romance of typhoid, slid its drain into them through the soil or third great missionary journey, and I Christ. What Paul says here a -bout . of the riot which was stirred UP'his friend may very well reflect the .41 ­ OM e e o for 0i -from the surface . . I I - — ­_ � three months old, the regular scratch ^.n� nif '. 0 /hl;mla S.� �. I -food may be given. The ideal' place for hatching and rearing summer chicks is an orchard - Where an prebard is out of the ques- tion, the next best place is a corn- field,. After the corn is -about three I feet high, chick coops, way be seat- tered- over the field,.and for a week or so a small run Should be placed in front of each COOP SO the ehleks may become acquainted with their home and surroundings. After that they have their freedom, and at night th(,y will hunt up their Owl' coop - Avoid overcrowding, and regularly clean all filth from the coops. For chicks the diet in summer is practically the same as in winter, only there sho-ald be less corn and more m, however, be some corn to balance the wheat and other nitrogenous grains. The chick feeds as sold commercially have as their basis wheat, corn and oat -i, all finely cracked, with other grains added fOr variety. The mashes are also prepared on the same basisp only finely ground. The first few ,weeks the chicks should have nothing but the finely cracked grains. After that a little mash may be given in the morning, Of the latter only enough should be given so that it may be eaten up I clean. I . It is well to keep the cracked grain ration constantly before the young- sters so they may help themselves at will. A chlek's crop is very small, A teaspoonful of food will fill it, and this digests quickly when the chick is active. Consequently hunger To - turns about every hour or two, and If food is available the chick will Itake a few mouthfuls and scamper off again. After the ehicks are about DRUGLES'ar' r"HYSICIAN OSTEOPATHY i I DR. F. A. PARKER I Osteopathic Physician, only qualified I Osteopath In North Iluron, Adjustment of the spine Is more I quickly vecured and with fewer treat- ments than by any other inctliod. Blood pressure and other examin-a- tons m -ado. OFFICE OVER CHRISTIE'S STORE She Did Hop Part. - She—JIBefore you married me you used to say that t was'the sunshine of your life." 110-11"Well, you sil'Al do your best to make things hot for me." .. —_ cheap drualty. in France the maximum penalty for cruelty to animals Is a flno of $3. ----I.--- Dritain,will .,give Xesopotainia Arab rule. 11011, Artbuv ."kVioighen hag arrived in London to attend the conference of the Prprw Ministers of the X"I"Pim jim�t-#;s�p,;W,��,����"7�.'A�"L '9.1 -1 , ��.I'Sgr��-�l$,�'-�7'��.:�4,1�;'C'� ,, ��*+, I . . ­ �� " . .. � I , f .. � , . , - The outlook is for continued low Prices. Ship your lot now and get spot cash. Y,uu will be treated right. Wm. Stone Sons, Limited WOODSTOCK, ONT. Established 1870. C. Grow Into the Purebreds. The quickest but the costliest w to get a herd. Is to go out and buy a entire herd of animals, including herd sire. A better plan, however, to grow into 'the purebred business. -not go -into it. It takes real abilit to develop a herd from a few goo females and a good sire; anybod with money ,can buy good 'mature an mals on the basis of the records the have, made. Using a purebred sire on comin scrub or grade stock will work wo dei:s. The animals resultinq fro several crosses will soon approa purebred type. Results secured wi depend entirely on the sire. howeve Three things are essential in a goo sire: Firgt, he must have good breedin This means a good pedigree * . 'His d and grand dams should be good pr ducers. He should come from a fa fly of consistent producers. Pedigre however, is not everything. The si. must be a good individual. Often. sire with an excellent pedigree is poor an individual that no go breeder would use him. Type is e sential if you ever expect to sell of the offspring. As far as youi sires are concerned, breeding and I dividuality are all we have to jud from. With a bull f our years ol however, there is another index to h value. His daughters should be go ,producers, at least as good as th dams at the same age. If a sire 'i these three qualities he is a good oi If be. possesses the first two and daughters he is no good and shou not be used longer. If, on the o hand., his daughters prove to be bett than their dams you have the kind a sire every 'breeder is looking f one that builds up the herd. -.6--_ a , . against him la� b1got -a narrow- lessons of his own. childhood, and; we � _ ...... ___ - - _... ­­­ ­ .. i . Jews, o hat -him for his -not need to doubt the genuine ari4 � . I do As for the fishes ey were pleased rl, ing ,a go el of salvation to f sincere piety of those simple Jewish �. !h _Z , P e nations., and for declaring that�homes, which was fed upon e Sub- � � and proud. the en -tiles would share -with thellime and pure teathings of the Old , I )000 I ( , Now, all day long in the singing Jews the future glory of the Kingdom 1 Testament. I I I I brook that ran into the clear lake of God. Paul was rescued from the I Dent. 6: 4-9. Thou shalt teach them. ly . still other fishes, the trout, Played mob by the captain of the Ronianjn the time of Christ and ever since, n , like a wkite ribbon under the ripples. troops which held the castle, or cita- in devout Jewish homes, a sincere ef- a ­ , ..—.- ­ - . When they saw the lake fishes they,ldel, of Jerusalem, and was afterward fort has been made to keep this com- is How the Fishes Got Their Colors. too, wanted beautiful colors. They permitted by him to address the'mand. These -,vords are repeated — Long ago all the fishes that lived did not know about using flowers, but crowd from the castle stairs. To the I morning and evening. The law and y in the cool, clear waters of a certain one day, after they had puzzled over captain's inquiry as to w.h<), and what the prophets and the psalms are dili- own— I r of this; gently -read. It would be stm.nge in - d mountain lake were silvery br the matter for a long time, they found verse. deed if the Jews did not thus learn y As brown as the Indian children Who a way to change their color. Tarsus, the city of his birth, was: much that is guod, and as a matter of - came and peered at them. ' It was On, a June day after a storm- I the chief city of the province of � fact there has been develo,ped in many Y Often when the little Indi p gzagging up the Cilicia, in Asia Minor. Paul's family, he -arts and homes a real faith in God, ed their canoes out over the lake and brook in a company until they reach- must have belonged to a colony of I and a sincere desire to do good. We, ,11 paddled round among the water lilies ed the spring Where the strearn began. Jews which bad settled there. and he I who have received the Inestimable I- the fisheis would hide under the lily There they saw, resting in the clear held by inheritance the rights and, gift of the 'knowledge (.f Christ, M pads and listen to their talk. Some- white water -of the spring, the end of privileges of a free citizen of the I should seek to know and to under- * Roman empire. He must have been � stand better the people from Whose ,h times the boys and girls pointed' to a wonderful rainbow. Backward and fainifliar with the Greek language homes came both Jesus and Paul. . 11 the sunset colors in the water,, or to forward through the rainbow colors from his childhood. In the schools Application. r. the shadows of the gayautumn trees. they swam until the bow ftaded. But and in the university he must have -be- There may be men who, as we are d Sometimes birds of bright plumage when the trout started down the creek come acquainted with Greek and Ro- sometimes told, are beyond church in - went Skimming across the surface of again they found to their joy and main literature, and with the phil- fluence, but there are iew, with whom 9. the lake, or. the petals of lovely wild wonder that, instead of being plain in Gsophy and poetry b&h of the east 1 the church has not had its opportun- in flowers dropped into the crystal hue as before, they were of a beauti- and the west, The university of Tar- ity. Abel the worsh'_-Dper and Olin 0- water' At those times the quiet brown ful bluish tint on the upper part of suO rivalled,, in -deed, the two other s the man of God ' great seats of learning of that age, and Pharaoh the oppressor; Elijah ft- fishes, listening under the lily pads, the body, with sides of silver, marked Athensand Alexandria, and was reck- I the prophet and Ahab the idolater; e, wondered why they, too, could not be with a band of red and with spots of oned superior to them in love of leaxn- Miriam the prophetess and Jezebell is bright�colored and fair. darker color. To this day they are ing by Strabo, a well-known ancient the serpent; Nero the incarnate de- n One day . they gathered in a cool, known as rainbow trout. . writer. Tarsus received students I mon and Paul the apostle; Wesley SO shady spot where a willow tree trail- And that is the way, so it is said, from all parts of the world, and sent the evangelist and Voltaire the od teachers abroad to many lands. From I mocker; Chalmers the savior ani ed its boughs in the lake and there the fishesgot their colors. Tarsus Paul went to conti Napoleon the destroyer—all thes; in s- talked the matter over. They said . studies in Jerusalem, under thn,up-grehaist' is. were children once. In their ly there surely must be some way by Jewish Scholar, Gamalfel, And so be-leradles there slumbered the energy 9 which they could color their coats; Best Shade Tree, and Why. came . an aveorn4plished Scholar lbothlw4ich afterwards went forth for ge yet none of them could, suggest a way. Forty-seven years ago the writer in Greek and Hebrew. -_ blasting or for blese'ng the world. d, But after a while an idea came to — ____ ____ _____ them. Sleeping in the sunshine on bought this farm. There were no I a low cut in the hil1q, allowing a draft! Of' trees to a stranger, he could but is. eld was se- Od a log in the lake were two big mud buildings, so a two-atre fl I of air through. Here I set a row of I Say with us: "You could not have eir turtles and twenty little ones. The lected for the home grounds, As soon twenty-five Lombardy poplars, fifteen I made a better selection"; for he would as fishes swam to the edge of the water as the buildings were finished and the feet a, part. They are pleasing and see twenty-five giants averaging and asked the big . turtles if they front yard leveled we began to plan graceful trees and serve admirably as about twenty-six inches in diameter, 0. would go into the fields and bring for shade. a windbreak. sound and thrifty, apparently good! it them some bright flowers. so that they My father, who in his younger days At the extreme southern end of the for another generation. od could dyc- their dull,brown coats and had been a nurseryman, said: "Son, grounds is a beautiful cold, clear, _-�.'_ .--- Id mahe them beautiful. if you want the best shade, the clean- never -failing spring coming from. Sunflowers As a Silage Crop. er The obliging turtles -were very glad est and most interesting and the , er , h e a good excuse for joing to longest -lived , trees, plant the sugar under a large boulder setting back Much interest is being taken both I .0 &V about twenty feet from the highway. in Canada and the United Statc-4 in of Believing the advice was n of the )T; land, for they ,had long wished to see nraple." J Here was a slight indentatio the value of sunflowers as a siiage, something of the world; so they left good, I acted upon it. fence, leaving the spring accessible their children fast asleep in the warm We (my father and I) went to the from the road. Here was placed a crop,. particularly in districts where sunshine and swam to the ,bank. little -run on the side hill where the corn is not a reliable crop. The claim granite horse trough into which un- is made that sunflowers are a hardiier 11L A i_i_ young sugar maples grew tall and -41 -1 1, - have di—ed .. � 1, , 1, '" "Oh, it's suininer, summer weather, And you'd better Wheve Pin glad Going to the pond with brotheri Tramping all around with dad. Looking in the grass for birds' eggs Not to touch them—goodness, no! Job, it!S summer, summer wea"ther, And I love the Summer go. II . 1. .1 . . I � unce asnore ey move S I , enjoying the new sights and, and nu ere V . straight in the rich mellow soil, , Close by, and a little south of this crop than corn, w s anc 111, 0 drouth and Trost to a greater de -me. . ,along, sounds as they went. Now and then there picked out twenty -file trees that spring, I set a 'weeping willow. The I "'r Insofar as the, claims put ford' they stopped to rest in a convenient pLddle of water. They had dinner in s to be the pick of the seemed to u tree rtiust have been suited with its, woods. These were carefully taken up new home, for it settled down to busi- sunflowers a, ,a 1,)o,3 for cattle are virtually of recent oEgin, expevinient-4 a patch of wild strawberries with their cousins, the land turtles, and and cut to about twelve feet in height., ness at once and to'day its shade,cov- We properly pruned the roots and 1 ers the entire space occupied by the tond itiventigation ,,!oganrding 1:11cili are practically in an hitroduct)ry Stage. enjoyed theniselves immensely. carefully set them in holes fifty feet spring and trough, and autoists find It is interesting to note, however, that ! Then they found the fields with ilia bright -colored flowers dancing in the allart- e left of the driveway from I here an ideal spot for rest and re- On th froshments; and if one-half Of the an analysis of Sunflower sillag�� fed at an Idaho agricultural experimental breeze. They picked the flowers, piled the road to the barn, which -was southl 11slips" that have been taken from station indicated that it compared them on each other's, back and set out of the house (which faced east), we , I set a row of cut -leaf or woepfiXg birch. i the old trees have- -lived -and ,grown, favorably with corn Silage. In Call. for their mountain lake. Sometimes the flowers fell off and the turtles had I there must be trees enough Some- This is one of the most popular of I where for a good-sized forest, ada also studies of the rolailve value of sunflowers and corn for silige, pur. to pile them on again. But they kept . persioveringly until they on their way the weeping trees, ,clean, slender, l Now to return to the inaplesl kti I grateful and a rapid grower. Its the age of twenty-five years we f ound poses suggest that in nutrition there is not any great difference, �qlthokl 11 g reached the lake. The fishes swain out to meet their graceful drooping branches, silvery-, every tree alive, well -formed (due to white bark and delicate foliage make', and 'averaging corn is to be preferred where it can be plentifully and easily growil. friends and were, overjoyed to see the it the most attractive single tree L judicious pruning) about twelve ir[Cbeg ift diameter- W re this is riot the case, sulifinwers he bowers, They colored their dull coats with the bright blossoius—soine Yel- know of. ga'T. I Along the fence, between. the Myrinds of feathered friends have are an excell . ent substitute. . 0 - - lo,w, some green, some with spot% of dons and the paddock by the barns, I � been fostered in those spreading six cherry trees -and they havolbranches; ehil-clTen and grown-ups Doet always stow your rbubarb­ orangeatid blue. A few of the fishes, � it is true, 6d not wish to color their set their proved A wise selection, for they have � alike liave, gathered beneath have friendly s'hade, ,and the ycllow le,a�e� tile kidd-jes may like it better served as * a summer drink, and it is just as coats; those stayed close ,at home in furnished shade for the paddock, 1 'to icsoft for the children,; have done duty to the last by furnish- been favori good for them- Cut UP some halt - the �;bmloiv Of the big rocks. When tht turtles saw how Veauti- a fr ing litter fc,r the, poultry 'houses. Who feasted upon the luscious uit; i dozen. sticks of the fruit into, ucubes, 11V2 Of Wat0r--it ful the fishes were they, too, -grew dis- but best of all haveattracted the birds During the recent war when. sugAr taken them away from the gar- I was wanted for the boys "over there" pour Over quarts inust be b6iling—and add sugar to contentO. Then they got more flow- cTs andpainied red and yellow u)!,rk. and den and other fruits, which they, these giants Vero. inductedi into the furnished 111.1 pounds of taste. Slice in a leinon, and let thoo beverage stand for a good WIIHO be- ings on each other's Shell and gavea sCartclY touched when they could get' serviee alld the fino pure Sweets. - fore using, Whou 1; can be strainel � the baby turtles I bit of bright -colo to . that wo-re sleeping in. the surisliine. cherries. On t4p, west side Of the paddock lies And to -day, were r to show tbis, row , I off and served cis kr-quired.