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The Exeter Advocate, 1918-2-7, Page 3;ripe By Agronomlet This Department Is few the use of our farm readers 'who want tete tidelos• ap expert on any queetien reearding poll, seed, crops, etc, if yo' questien •---16of eteMelenS general Interest' , it will tee answered through thiti column'elat Lesson VL us Chooses 'he •starnped And addressed envelope is eaciosece with your letter, a , 41"ceeer will be matted. to you, Address Aaronontist, care of WilSoll Twelve -Mark 3: 7-35. Goluen Co., Ltd., •3 Adelaide St. W,, Toronto,. Text, lelark S. 14. INTERNATIONAL LE SON 11.1BRIYARY 10, Planting •t1e Garden. A study. of gd seed catalogues Will enable you to decide many people -needed in the course of the season's werk, as the information they con- tain is compiled with a view to being - 'of Service to their readers to enable them to decide just which varieties will best suit their purposes. - To insure the best germination, there should be three things: the pro- per degrees of heat, moisture, and .eontaet between the soil and the seeds. It is disteessing to the 'knowing gar- dener to see people carefulle, and lightly covering their seeds with a thin film, of soil -which peeleaps the wind will blow away -and expect good germination. 'There are some seeds which are "slow of germination., on account ofi their hard protective covering, such ,as peas and beans, the coating of which must be soaked allowing mois- ture to entee the interior, before ger- 'xninatin cnntake1 .assist the process by soaking such seeds in warm water over night and 'plant while still moist. Some vegetable seeds are so fine ,that the only feasible way to plant • -them is to 'broadcast them. Others are planted. this way by custom and • ethinniag out done later. Aids to Seed Planting Theee area number of aids to seed ;planting which will be of service to you. A straight -edge is oneof them. With this, and a pointed stick, you -can mark off the furrows into which to plant fine seeds, drawing the stick lightly along the edge, which will •make a, tiny furrow. By bearing more on the stick' you can in this way make a furrow of any depth up to twoinches. , e, If this straight -edge, which can be made out of a piece of board, eight feet long, four inches wide and half an inch thick, is marked off in equal •spaces, say one inch, it will be a guide fax quick and even planting, as you • can, lay it along the furrow and set the -seeds at- the right distance very rapidly, To cover these small seeds use the straight -edge, pushing the soil back inn9 the small furrow, lay it on top and walk on it. It is an advantage Cc use these devices to make the rows, ntraight, as beauty addsmuch to the interest in the garden. A crooked' row is not beautiful. If quick germination, especially of snmll seed, planted shallow, is desir- ed, the top of the soil must be kept moist. To accomplish this without washing out the seeds requires some care. The average watering pot has a nozzle too coarse foe the purpoae. But if you have at command a garden' hose with a spray nozzle it can be dohe te perfection. Turn the noz- zle clown until the 'water comes in a, fine mist. Direct the hose upwaed, e so that the mist will rise into the air and fall on the soil ontaining the i fine seeds, Once a clay is usually suffieieet. The Required Quantity Keep in mind, however, that as soon as there are signs of germination be careful not to overwater, or there is danger of a fungus, disease known as 'damping -off," which attacks the 'young plants and.for which there is no cure. ' Thi e is more likely to oc- cur when -watering is too heavy when the weather has been cloudy for sev- eral days in succession. In order that you may have some, idea how Many seeds to procure, I give below a list of the vegetables' ordinarily grown in kitchen gardens. he quantities are fog a family of five, and will plant a row of each 100 feet long: Beans, snap, one pint; beans, pole, half pint; beans, bush, lima, One pint. Beets, four ounces. Cabbage, early, I half ounce; cabbage, late, half ounce. Carrot, one ounce. Cauliflower, one 1packet. Celery, one packet. Corn, ' sweet,. one, pint • Cucumber, half. ounce. Eggplant, one packet. Kale, half ounce. Lettuce, one ounce. Parsley, one, packet. Parsnip, half ounce. Mnslarielon, one ounce. Onion sets, two quarts. Peas, two to four quarts. Salsify, one ounce. Spinach, four ounces. Squash, summer, half ounce; squash, winter, half ounce. Tomatoes, quarter ounce. Turnip,, one ounce. • 'Igelons,""one ounce. Po- tatoes early, one peck; potatoes, win- ter, 'one half bushel or enough to plant desired space. Verses 7, 8. Withdrew -Ne doubt to some more secluded part of the lake, A great multitude -From a wide area north, south, eepecially from Galilee where he hied done such mighty works; from Judea and Jerusalem, whose priestlyeleadeve saw n him, a danger- ous innovator; from far southern Idumea, the old Edorn; and from the Phoenician' territory of Tyre and Sidon. s 9. A little boat eliould wait on him -Be he coastant attendance so that he might step into It • any moment to avoid the crush of the crowd. Leet they should throng him -Literally, fall upon him. Expressing the turbul- ent eagerness and excited pushing 61 the great mass of aeople. Just because you culled your, pullets at the age of five or six months is no reason why a 'second • culling, is not necessary. Also, a culling of the yearling hens, to determine Which should have a right to hold over for breeders, is equally important. That these stateneents are good poultry gospel I have proved again and again. Pullets of the smaller breeds,' and even Rocks, Reds, and Wyandottes, if well fed and properly housed and han- dled, should be laying when six month's old, or soon after. • Any well -raised pullet that delays laying longer than sixandan half to seven, months from the shell, seldom will make a pi1"ofitable egg producer. , The profitable yearling hens to hold over•are the ones that commence ed laying comparatively young (not too young, before being well-rnatur- ed), and continued with ° but few and brief interruptions for ten 'or eleven months before molting. . The pro- ductive layer will theri have a rag- ged, toil -worn condition of plamage, toe nails worn to' stumpeg and shanks bereft of their color. " But, in spite of her disreputable setemeararice, the hen that has laid heavily will still wear a bright, velvety comb and head furnishing's, •and exhibit- plenty of hnstle and life even up to time the molt begins. The ,henselaying stead:- ily eleven and twelve months in their pullet year before molting are trees sures, and are worth' keeping for breeders. as long as they continue vig- orous and their egg's, prove fertile. If the weeding out al loafing hens has been -neglected, delay no longer. Slaelcer hens have no business con - tanning feed at present prices. An experience in my herd has con- vinced me that it pays, and pays well, to feed grain to dry cowe-even at • the present high price of grain, says a suecessful U. S. farmer. •'• In November, • 1916, / bought an ordinary grade cow from one of my neighbors. She had* been fresh fot about two months with her 1ourth calf, and was giving 18 pounds of milk a day. Her owner told nee that she had been out On pasture and re- ceived no grain while dry, and that she had given three gallons, or about pomide, of milk a day when she was fresh.. AS feed was high last winter, 1 fed grain rather sparingly; but when she went dry in June she received a sinall amount of grain along with the other cows -to keep her quiet, mare than for any other reasons In August she gave us a' fine heifer calf, and began milking SS poUnds daily. Two months after calving -being in the same stage of lactation as when 1 bought her -she was giving, 24, pounds,. and was still going strong. She was dry a little less than two months, and during this time she con- sumed not over 120 'pounds of grain, being fed at the rate of about two pounds daily. At $52 a ton for the feed, it cogt a"little over M. But during. the first two months after calving she gave on the average about 61/2 pounds of Mille more Per clay than she had given during her previous lactation. At a net price of $2.60 per hundred fax the milk, the increase in milk was worth a little over $10 for the two months. 13e - ginning with the first cif October, when the net price of milk is about $3.50 per hundred, the shoWing will be .still better. -This increase in milk was due to the grain fed while the cow was dry, because her former owner and I manage our herds very much alike, even to feeding the same brand of -dairy feed. Ewes which are in poor condition must be sorted out and given a little extra feed and care. When the flock has not been propetly cared for during the winter, the lambs are often too weak to stand, and unless -given immediate care will become chilled and die. Pens four feet square should be provided for the ewes at lambing thne. These protect the young iambi; from the rest of the flock and keep them from becoming separated from their mothers. If the attendant sees that the youeg Iamb gets up and nurses by the time it is fifteen or twenty minutes old, there will be lit- tle, need of giving it -further atten- tion. Twins or triplets are not uncom- mon, and the ewe sonietimes refuses to own the wealtest One. "In case of twins, if the stronger lalub is remov- ed for an hour or two the ewe 'will turn her attention to the other lamb, and when the stronger one is put back she 'will own them beth, Hinder Twine Available. An ample supply of binder twine for Canadian requirorrients next year at reasonable prices has been-eneured, as the result of an agreement reached between t1i United States Food Ad- , mintstration and the Mexican sleal LiroW01",1$ojYUefttati• • 1•' 11, Unclean spirits -That is, meil possessed by them, Thou art the Son o, o- ee inclicathig ixis messiahship mare definitely than "The • Holy One of God" in Mark 24. 12, Charged them much -It would hardly help his cause to 'have Such heralds, and then, • it weuld be inop- portune. -43. Into the mountain -Not fax from the lake. Luke tells us he veent there lo pray and remained all night in prayer. Calleth unto him whom he himself would -An event OT supreme invert- ance in the ministry of Jesus. It is recorded by all three of the .evange- lists, though it is not presented by cach d°sneeverienathoe„t Ommebute?eulieeceteic?end a select company of sYmpathetic fol- lowers, to be constantly with him, as companiens, and to whom he might, impart tee full significance 'of hie work and whom he niight send forth to proclaim the good news and to heal the Wick, , 14 He aPpeinted twelve -The num- ber corresponding, in all probability, to theetwelve tribes of Israel: They had been fiis followers, now they were to become his intimate associates end helpers. To preaph-Their first duty was to herald the good news of the, kingdom. ' 15, Authority to cast out demoas_ This i$ Mark's significant Matthew adds "to heal." 16. Simon he sufnameiPeter- There are given four lists of the ap-ostles in the New Testament (Matt. , Mark 3; Luke c s Each list begins with Peter and ends with Judas, Teter (Hebrew, Cephas) means "rock." It is the new imme for Simon. He was anything but rock- like in his early career. •.•17 13oanerges-Literally, "sons of uproar," indicating their fiery, vehe- ment temperament. It was these • same fiery men, James and John, who wanted to call clown fire upon the Samaritan village because of its dis- courtesy to the Master (Luke 9. 34). 18. Andrew and Philip -Both Greek names. These came from Bethsaida and are mentioned by John (12, 20). We hear no more of Philip in the first three Gospels. Bartholomew -"Son oef Telenet"He is eoneidered to be the “Nathanael" twice mentioned by John (Chapter 1). Ris full name would be Nathanael Bartholomew, Nathenael the son of 'romai. Thomas -especially prominent in John • 16. 14. 5. 20. 24" and 21. 2). James the son of Alphaeus-To distinguish him fr0111 James the son of 'Zebedee, • sometimes called James the Less. Tbaddaeus-the same as Lebbaeus and Judas. The Cananaean-The zealot (Luke 6, 15), member of a fanatical patriotic party distinguished for its hatred to foreign domination. 19. Iscariot -The man of Kerioth, a village in Judea. The name of Jades almost always is accompanied rwith the terrible clause --"who Also be- trayed him." .011S AND THE CHURCH By Beatrice Brace. "Why is, it almost impossible to keen our really 'worth -while boys, after they Teach the age of 'fourteen and upward, interested in chhech and Sanday echool?" is the query of An anxious mother. As a lover of boys, as well as the mother of boys, I want to tell you how 1 think we might do so: .01 course, every boy is worth. while, no matter who he ie or what he is; but what the anxious mother meant. was red -,blooded, healthy, bright, aad lile- abounding1boys. ' • All toe often this class of boys are, not fouled interested' in the church, and their dove 'of life, and excitement, and adventure often leads them into wrong paths. . They could do " eo Much 'for the church, and the church so very mach fax them, -if only we would meet 'them on their own plane. I.- think all who • understand boys from fourteen to eighteen years of age, knew their shrinking from any show of sentimentalityese, All their tender thoughts and :feelings are hid- den under an aseurned brusqueness of manner, and they are so afraid of being "sissified." On the other hand, they have a good .deal of penetration, and the majority of them are doing considerable think- ing on their own, eesponsibilety these days. They canet -see any harm in going into an Orderly, well -regulated poolroom arid knocking a few little balls about on a table. It does not harm them so far as they can see, nor anyone else. They meet many boys 'there from the best families in town, There are seats and„places to lounge -everyone is at ease and sociable and jolly. • Where is the harm? they reason to themselves, and to their Mother' and father. But the church says, "It is wicked and they are bad boys." If their , love of motion and music and dife. leads them to want to dance, the church doesn't approve. If a few get together on -Sunday afternoon and send up a few shouts ef joyous, exuberant laughter, the neighbors are shocked. Ie they smoke a cigarette they are on the way to the gutter or the gallows. * . Now, -why can't the church gather these boys together and lay aside some of its staidness, and sobriety, and sanctimoniciusnees, and teach the Bible as simple ancient history, with Jesus a simple pattern fax all man- lcind to follow? They would be in- terested alniost immediately, for near- ly every boy likes hietory. Boys are not naturally devout, and they dislike things taught in,a devout manner e To them it seems affectation, and What man's man can endure affectation? And- the bOy is only the younger,man. Again, teach the Bible from the standpoint of its literary composition. For classic simplicity, dramatic ele- ment, dignity of style, power and forcefulness of expression, brevity and. terseness, it stands, preeminent. Taught from this standpoint, boys GOOD 'WWII QUESTION BOX By Andrew F, Currier, M, D. Or, Currier will answer ail 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 i en. closed. Or. currier will not prescribe for indiVidt.lat cases or make diagnoses. Adedsrt7Tssoprorn.tAonarew F. Currier, care of Wil .IftwPublishing Co., 73 AdelaIde w • now to Avoid Pneumonia. chences of the Patient's recovery nil - Pneumonia is a winter disease turally diminish with the diminution identical with lungefever, a disease of hie resiting Power. It is better to' which the mature and the aged ars to 'ward off such a deathly disease al - very susceptible: It is especially together than 't° try and °Ira it - prevalent at the present time in cone, junction with war, pestidence and fa- mine, and because of strains of all kinds which have made people un- usually susceptible to it, its toll of victims is unusually high. The young are suffering from it in Sometnnee it will attack a person when there is a sudden drop in the temperature no matter bow carefully he has been living, !Sometimes it follows sudden cool- ing of the body when one goes out of a warm room without adequate pro- tection. Or# it may follow fatigue great numbers this winter, and be - and exhaustion, as it often does when cause of high prices and poor nutri- tion they have not the power to resist a doctor has been out all night with - who are enfeebled by disease or dis- ing is in' trying obstetric case. Deep breath- mportant in preventing it; be - it they have in normal times. Those sipation particularly alcoholics, are cause the aged are shallow breathers its easy victims.„, they often die of pneumonia. Pneumonia is a germ disease doe The whole body, but especially the te one or perhaps several varieties of bacteria. When doctors speak of a mixed infection they mean that sever- al kinds of germs are found in the material whici. is coughed up by the patient This disease usually begins with a hard chill, high fever, severe head- ache and soreness and aching of the entire body. The air cells of the lungs become filled with mucus and between chronic arthritis and rheum - other material and therefore are inn- atoid arthritis? pervious to air. When both lungs 2. Would a sufferer from either are filled up in this way the patient disease be injured by living in a is bound to die for want of air as surely as if a 'rope were tied around his neck. When only one lung or a portion of it is obstructed there is hope for him, but he Will -be compel- led to breathe much faster than usual in order to get the requisite volume of oxygen into his blood. He coughs and expectorates the substance" in his air cells to get more breathing space but if it accumulates fester than he can get rid of it he will lose the game. His blood is carrying poisons which it cannot get rid of while its supply of the vital oxygen is diminished; the candle is being ,burned at both elide. The feet, must be kept dry and warra. Constipation and indigestion must be controlled, habits in eating and drink- ing mast be simple, and, above all things, one must get plenty of sleep and not worry. 'Simple as .,these statements may seem, it will pay to heed them. Questions and Answers. M. E. 1, What is the difference house which lias sewer gas in the eel - lar? 3. To whom should one go to find put whether sewer gas eally is .pre- sent in the cellar? Answer: 1. Chronic arthritis is any form of inflammation of the joint. Rheumatoid arthritis is chrdnic joint disease with wasting and de- formity and loss of power. 2. Anybody would be likely to suf- fer from such a condition, sewer gas being one of the ,most pervasive of gases. 3. • To your local health officer. He would make the proper lests to determine its presence or absence. Kga'teeeiel'eee,ceaeei'eee'aieeeZereeeleeeeeeeieel'ee,eelVeelsee'a?iee The Lost Thimble ii-a-ecardeareeMiseeeMleiteiels'aleee:e:IaiMeleeiei Prue withdrew her head from andel: the sofa, brushed a bit of lint feom her eyelashes, sneezed, scrambled to her knees and glanced at the chicle. Twenty minutes! She came to her feet and rapped firmly on the table with her thimbled forefinger. The others, some tiptoeing, some crawling, some pawing over the piles of com- pleted work, some shaking out their skirts for, the dozenth time, turned ex- pectant faces. "Oh, have you found it?" cried Louise Bemis. "No, I'm sorry to ,.say! But, girls, this won't do; we're losing too much time. Remember, this is a special who are already' studying English gmeeting called exeiressly. because we literature in school, and making1 a were notified that this .month's con - study of many- of the classics, will I signment must be ready earlier than find the Bible fascinating, 'leach we expected, if it is to go by the first right fer right's sake. Teach them ship. That means using every mi - that they may reap what they sow in mete, and we shall only make good by the hereafter, but they most certainly the skin of our teeth at that. Now, will reap just what they sow in this Adele's gold thimble is here, in this life. Teach them the power of right thinking. Teach them the value of a moral life to them now. Healthy, normal boys are,not thinking of dy- ing: they are thinking of living -liv- ing abundantly; if they have a re- ligion they want it to be a religion to live by. And, after aul, don't you think a religion to -live by would be a good -one to die by? Teach not how to die-, but how to live, eleete us gather our boys into the church' and guide them into ways that will lead to their highest. good, and do It by getting their point of view. Then I think we will haese our "big • boys" in the church-ancl eve 'wane them there. ----tenaca.taso GUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOT =9,1i ar.tg, Noif,1!:ZtOthin Paul is :Feud of ball, 17oNld,4o, soStee, she,s a singer; • „ . ,, My poeciAlty is ;IXttc1111:4 oiboo,s, Jost o„vatch nle Make thit,o'lluger. room, safe if it's' where it can't be stepped on-" , "It isn't on the floor. I've crawled aver every incle!'''. interrupted Louise. "Well, then, I propose we step hunt- ing and go back to work. I'll hut again, alone, after our job is finished and you're all gone, and simply keep on find it, • Of course, you're -all eager to help Adele, but I'm sure she'll understand if I don't let you - won't you Adele?" "Oh, of course," assented Adele stiffly. "I'm sorry to have made trouble -every sorry. It was a pre- sent, and set with a turquoise band and my initial in diamonds, or I'd. never have mentioned • it; but, of course, it's of no consequence." Prue's heart sank. Adele was plainly resentful. Nevertheless, she set her committee to work once more, and the lest comfort pillow was triumphantly completed before the meeting broke up. She invited Adele to remain; but Adele declined, and departed abruptly to keep an engage- ment. . "Prue, you \vete fine, and you' did exactly tight!" declared Louise, her • "chum," who had lingered. "Adele's a pig of selfishness, anyway, and it doeen'tmatter what she thinks." • "011, yes, it dpes, I'm afraid -when she was the loser and fay guest!" sigh- ed Prue. "tut the work „game first; and then; we were all flustered and hindering ono another and wasting precious nIlixules, and all of a sudden I remembered one of Aunt Prudence's maxims, ----it's the first tirrie I ever did remember a maxim at the right time, and T acted on it. But, all the same, I'm frightenedl Suppose we shouldn't nnd the thimble? It must have boon 'valuable." "I suppose so --it was fairly lumpy with ornament; 1 don't see how she could sew with the clumsy thing," -said Louise, withdrawing her hand from exploring behind a shelf or books and daintily flipping the dust from her fihgers, with her handker- chief, -• As she pulled the handkerchief frorn her apron pocket, the lost thim- ble came with it, and roikol clinking and glittering on the floor, The girls uttered a simultaneous cry of de- light must have dropped off into my lap when Adele leaned over to watch how I turned that fussy corner of my bag," said Louise; "and then it slipped down into my pocket. We might have hunted the whole after- noon and never have found it.' Lucky you stopped us, Prue, what was tliat maxim you were stalking about? How :did it happen to fit the circum- stances?'e . "When I was e heedless yotingster, visiting my Qualter name -aunt Pru- dence, I was forever losing my toys, and then upsetting everything and everyone hunting fax them immedi- ately, insistently and frantically, look- ing half a dozen times in the same place, -you know how an impatient child does hunt, -and Aunt Prudence used to sit back, exasperatingly calm, and giye nee good advice. " child, if thee has lost one article remember thee does not im- prove matters by losing three others,' which are generally more important; thy head, thy temper and time.'" "Good for Aunt Prudence!" said Louise, with a laugh. "Likewise, good for Niece...Prue! Let us tele- phone Adele we've fotimi her thimble," A Real Youngster's Vey. A good breakfast to start, ltfun off - milk, cornmeal mush, applesauce. It makes hfxxr fit for school and fit for play. Milk and plenty of it makes him grow -a quart each day if you can. Put it on his cereal and in his cup. Make it into soups, puddings or cus- tards for him. While milk is best, of course, but skim milk: is good if' there is a little batter in his meals. Cottage cheese is good, too. No coffee or tea -not even a taste. Leave them for the grown -4s. Milk, cocoa, not too strong, and fruit juices are the drinles for children, and plenty of water always, Fruit they enjoy, and they' need it, too -baked apples, apple sauce, thor- oughly- ripe`banarms, prunes, oranges, etc. Give them vegetables fresh or canned. Plenty of -fruits and vege- tables tend to prevent constipation. Use proper food and do not depend upon • laxatives. The youngster can't be well unless the bowels move reguiaxly. ,- Don't let him hurry off in the morning withart attending to this duty. Other foods a child needs: Whole: wheat bread, not too fresh, corn bread, well -cooked oatmeal, cornmeal, rice. They help InAke strong boys and girls. Some fats, butter or margarine or meat fats on his b'read or in gravies. An egg, perhaps, particularly if he doesn't get his fall quart of milk, or he can have a little meat or fish, but he does not need much. Sweets are good for thern-tbe right (mos at the right time. Dates, raisins, stewed fruits, sionio16 iiUd dings, sugar cookies, are better than candy. Give them at meal times. 13cotoveen meals let them have bread and butter, a cracker or freit, They woe% spoil the appetite, and candy wi1'1. '1itmost wisclom Is not in seif denial, but in retuning to find ex. trcine PleaSure In. little things. '--1Zt18- i kill.