The Exeter Times, 1921-10-6, Page 7CONDUCTED EY PROF. HENRY O. DELL
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L. G.: I set 65 trees (apples, pears, The)e. aro various plans practiced
eliereies) two years ago; -mulched to combat the insect. One is to heat
•each fall with barnyard manure. the beans up to 145 deg. F. as you
Trees make a fair growth; ground have suggested. This kills the in -
grows medium intercrop. How much sects that may be in the beans, An -
commercial fertilizer should I apply other method is to put the beans into
to each tree? Have some 2-10-2 On an air -tight barrel or box and put in
• itaed, or would nitrate be better? a dish of carbon bisulphide. About
Answer: As your trees are young 1 lb. of this chemical for every 100
the fertility treatment should be en- bushels of seed is the quantity to use,
planned to force growth as The bisulphide is a very volatile
rapidly as is consistent with well liquid, that is, it changes to gas
rounded material, being careful not quickly. It is very klisagreeable in
to force wood growth to such an ex- odor and is quite inflammable'eo that
tent that the twigs will suffer during care nrast be taken not to have any
the severe cold days of winter. I fire ie the vicinity when treating the
would, therefore, 'advise the use of beans. The treatment is best carried
front 5 to 8 lb. per tree of a fertil- out by pouring the bisulphide into
izer carrying 3 to 4 per cent. ammonia saucers or deeper reeeptacles which
and 10 to 12 per cent. phosphoric acid. are set immediately on top of the
2-10-2 fertilizer is better adapted to beans. After the liquid. has been
grain crops, but could be used with placed, cover the barrel with several
profit on orchard craps grown on a thicknesses of bag or •closer woven
sandy boarnsoil. You have not men- material, or put an air -tight top on
tioned the type of soil and my re- the barrel. Since the fumes from the
,conimendations are made- assuming carbotelaisulphide areheavier than
that the soil is an average loan. The air they sink down between the beans
use of nitrate alone, I am afraid, and kill the insects which have form -
would cause too rapid a -wood growth, ed within the seeds. •
leaving the wood sappy and in such Some bean growers find it •good
shape that there would be a tendency practice just before seeding to empty
for it to suffer severely during heavy their seed lightly into a tub or bucket
froat. . of water. The infected seeds are usu-
C. /3.: What is the relative value ally so light that- they float. These
for feed in ripe husked sweet corn can be slcimened off andthe remaining
and field corn? • seeds spread oubeto dry immediately.
Answer: Your question is rather
indefinite. You may mean one of
two things. First, what is the value Wheat and Flour Storage.
of the fodder from sweet corn after Amok; the most interesting tests
the ears have been picked as compare carried on by Dr. C. E. 'Saunders, Do -
ed with field corn? Lf this is your minion Cerealist, described in his re -
meaning the answer as given by cent bulletin on Wheat, Flour and
Henry Sr Morrison in their book on Bread, is that of the effects of .stor-
Feeding is as follows: age on wheat and flour. These. tests
Analysis in Percentages. covered a number of years, as many
Carbohydrates as thirteen as a matter of fact. Ha
CO
[1 1 0 4.
-g
0 r%
Sweet 12,2 9.0 9.2 26.4 41.3 1.8
lineld 9.0 6.5 7.8 27,2 47.3 2.2
Second, what is the value of the
ear of sweet corn as compared with
that of flint and dent corn? Here is
the answer:
• Carbohydrates
0 ,
rt.0 tg
-% re
Sweet 9.3 1.8 11.5 2.3 67.2 7.9
Flint v 10.5 1.5 10.1 2.0 70.9 5.0
Dent 12.2 1.5 10.4 1.5 69.4 • 5.0
Of eourse the protein, earbohy-
draths and fat- are the feeding con-
stituents of value. The differences
these figures will give you the
answer to your question,
S. II.: I can't get clover or alfalfa
to start on my soil. The soil is rather
light sand. Would like to know what
should do to get clover and alfalfa
ito grow. Can alfalfa and clover be
lawn in the fall witittryel.
Answer: I would net advise sow-
ing alfalfa Or clover in the fall when
Seeding fall rye, but you could very
Wall SOW the alfalfa andaelover seed
on top of the stand of rye in the
ring as Soon as good growth has
started, By a light( harrowina of the,
crop you could readily work the seed
sufficiently deep into the soil. Excel-
lent stands of clover and grass -seeds
have been obtained by seeding at
such a time either nn rye or fall
wheat. In preparing, your ground
apply a good dressing of lime this
fall, so as to sweeten the top areas
of the soil where the young crop will
grow. When seeding your rye apply
&bout 300 lbs. per acre of a fertilizer
analyzing 3 per cent. ammonia, 8 per
cent phosphoric acid and 3 per cent,
potash. This material will give the
aye a goad vigorous start and will
provide readily available phertfood
for the young clover and alfalfa as
saon as you eeed it in the spring,
T, B.: Please advise me what
causes beans to get bugs in them,
and' what becomes of the beige after
cihey come out of the beans At what
§!tage are these egge laid in the
henna'? If tho beans were carefully
Picked over and lieated would the
;good ones become ltug-resisting? Is
there anything that can be done to
di top these bugs after they once get
filth a hunch of beans?
Answer: The bugs in your beans
are likely the Bean Weevil This ina
, ,asot paseea the winter as a fly, ap-
tPearing early in the ,spring after the
,beans have flowered end the young
Pods have formeeen lays its eggs on
the surface the young poa. As
'eomans these eggs hatch out they
re into the been seed where the
young larvae feed arid grow rapidly.
The noXt step of development is gone
through inside the ehannele .of the
bean where the young larvae has been
feeding. The insect pupates in this
gall and emerges as a full grown
edult late in July or. early. August,
4 44.
remarks that there seems to 'be a
general opinion current among millers
and bakers that flour from new wheat
is a inferior quality for bread -mak-
ing, but that in the course of a very
few months, 'whether kept as wheat
or flour, a considerable change takes
place, and that it is believed that flour
retains its highest baking qualities
only for a few months. Dr. Saunders
found that flour from Yellow Cross
wheat, made froin the 1905 trap
showed a baking strength of 86 in
March, 1906, and of 10in February,
1907; that Tasmania Red showed a
baking strength of 95 in February,
1907, and of 101 in Marth, 1908; and
Downy Riga, grown in 1906, a
strength of 81 in.February, 1907, and
of 104 in February, 1908. In order to
study more thoroughly this important
problem of storage, seven kinds of
wheae were chosen from the 1907 crop
at.Ottawa. Tables of results showing
.valtea ground and when baked indi-
cate that wheat •generally improved
by keeping a few years. Huron kept,
a month after grinding showed 82,
kept three months after grinding in
1913 it showed 101 of baging strength.
Red Fife under tho same conditions
showed 88 in 1908 and 104 in 1913.
Yellow Cross showed 74 In 1907, the
year each sample was grown, and 102
in 191$. Stanley "A" showed 76 in
1908 'and 96 in 1913. Chelsea showed
84 in 1967 ancl 95 in 1913. Dawson's
'Golden Chaff, showed 71 in 1907 and
91 in 1913. Turkey Red howed 88 in
1909 and 101 in 1913, Some samples
;showed better in intervening years
after only one month from grinding.
Red Fife, for instance, in 1910 showed
108, Stanley "A" 100 in 1911, Chelsea
102, also in 1911, and Turkey Red the
same year 103. Storage of flour -from
only three kinds of wheat is tabulated
owing to the destruction of other
samples. These show that after the
best year a gradual decline in baking
etrength takes place. All were ground
September 16 or 17 in 1907, In Jane-
ary, 1910 and 1911 the baking
strength of Huron had reached its
pinnacle, namely 107; in 1912 it had,
decreased tq 87. Red Fife's best year
was 19107 fwhen the strength was 109;
In 1921 it was 96. The best year for
Yellow Cross was 1911, when the
strength was 111. In January, 1921,
it was 100. In 1907, the year of grind-
ing, I-taro/l.'s strength was 86, Red
Fife's 98, and that of Yellow Cross
74. The decline of the baking strength
at the pealyear had been retched
wee mare gradual in the ease of Red
Fife and Yellow Cross than in that
of Huron.
The city fe a place where people
must dwell; the country a place where
people may livo.
: The rube farmer of ten years ago
had to shave op his whiskers the
other day because they kept blowing
into his eyes when he drove into town
in his 85,000. hypersix, ,and. he was
con-Ant:0y running over newspaper
wiseguys who had been poking Am
st hien.
Getting Ready for the Convottioes.
These are •leasy weeks among the
Institute Convention Committees of
rural Ontario. Five annual conven-
tione must be held this autumn to
elect the growing"' needs of the
Branches. Ono will be at Fort Wil-
liam for the northwestern area, an-
other at North Bay for the north, and
three others at Ottawa, Toronto, and.
Loedon for the three clivieions of old
Ontario,
All are ,stresaingethe study of meth-
ods of improving the local branch,
the court of last resort ip Iestitute
woi'lc.; also how the various Govern-
ment depargMeets, Public Health,
Education, Child Welfare, and Agri-
-culture may more effectively serve
the home -maker and country, com-
munity. The cloae and effective part-
nership between the local Institutes
and the Institutes Branch of the De-
partment of Agriculture has resulted
in a very efficient bit of adminstra-
tive machinery wheraby the busiest
women in tho busiest neighborhood
can avail herself of the best results
of the work of the college and other
provincial Departments. Is the baby
sick? There is Dr. MaoMurchy's
Canadian Mother's Book to be had for
the asking in every Institute.
How much should it weigh? How
should it be fed? There is an at-
tractive set of Child Diet boolclets
available from the Public Health De.
partment.
Does the engaged girl want to
know "How to build the Canadian
house" or "Bow to make a Canadian
Oreille"? There is in preparation that
delightful Home Series, "The Little
Blue Books" which agE1.21 may be had
for the asking by any Institute from
the Department of Health at Ottawa.
Do the girls want a place? There
is the Girls' Branch or Circle.
A Community Party.
The successful Wornera's Institute
believes vigorously in a balanced life
and a balanced Institute program.
"Something to see, something to
hear, and something to do, and you
will have an interesting meeting,"
say the members. Demonstrations
accordingly are in high favor.
The St. William's branch gave a
remarkable demonstration, all un-
:sthtesof Ontario
known to themselves, to the rest of
the province of a community party at
'their lent mee:;ng,
S9yecal n ey,r fe mill es, s ow e Of Oa em
from outside our own .eeuntry, had
moved into the neighborhood, one
family were leaving, another had been
bereaved. It was the beginning of
ano ther Institute year a activities
after the harvest and the holidays.
Welcome, send-off and sympathy were
all expressed in the evening's doings.
Every member •ef every family was
invited, also a neighboring branch.
The young people reepoeded in a way
that was a real inspiration. The two
othestras played. "Old girls and
boys" dropped "over home" from
cities and towns and delikhted the
home folk with the part they con-
tributed. as their bit in solos, piano
anevocal, readings, and short spicy
talks. A tender touch was the omis-
sion of dancing and the heavy- orches-
tral music out of consideration for
those who had been bereaved.
The outstanding feature of the
evening was the Presideet's address
in which ehe „outlined anew the aims
and objects of the Institute, empha-
sized the motto, "For Home and
Country," referred briefly to the re-
markable but, as she eaid, past, In-
stitute achievementat in the Great
War, and laid before the gathering
the plans for a better and happier
community for the coming year, and
improved homes. These plans' includ-
ed teaching to advantage modern
horne--making and the ase of labor-
saving machinery and method, help-
ing the girls of to -day prepare to take
over the responsibilities of the future,
beautifying the community cemeter-
ies, getting wholesome recreatiOn and
educative entertainment for this win-
ter, securing the Chautauqua for the
five winter 'months, welcoming the
new -comers, and carrying out in prat -
tical ways the principle of t'he Insti-
tute co-operation.
Aiter a merry time over the re-
freshments, the party broke up at
eleven o'clock, refreshed and benefit-
ted by a wholesome evening's recrea-
tion and wondering "where the time
had gone so fast."
.And there was, nobody to feel badly
because he "hadn't been invited to
the party."
Storing the Potato Crop.
The lightness of the potato crop in
Ontario and the eastern provinces
owing to the long continueddrought
earlier in the season will render it
profitable to save all the tubers pos-
sible. Reports from agricultural rep-
resentatives indicate that "even the
light crop being harvested is in many
cases affected with rot. It is useless
to put away in permanent storage po-
tatoes that are affected -with disease
because those that eommence to de-
cay are likely to contaminate the rest
of the pile. If potatoes are founcl to
be diseased at digging time a good
plan is to fix up a place in the barn
where It is dry and where frost can
be kept odd for a time, and spread
the potatoes in shallow piles. If, how-
ever, the crop is small and no rot is
evident, the staring can be done as
well first as last in the cellar. Boxes
or crates make better receptacles
than deep bins and are much to be
preferred to keeping the potatoee in
bags. ' Moreover, when the potatoes
'Commence to eprout, as they will do
during the winter, more especially
in cellars where a furnace is operated,
they will be more quickly noticed
when in boxes and can be more expe-
ditiously handled from the boxes than
If the whole pile has to be turned over
in order to take off the sprouts., The
oftener the sprouts, are removedas
they appear the better the potatoes
will keep, but the better pian is to
keep the potatoes so cool and dark
that sprouting ia discouraged. It is
highly important that potatoes, ;be
stored only when quite dry.
Ib will lbe well, more especially a
year like the present, to see that the
storage is as perfect as possible. A
vaell-ventilated cellar is the best
sort ef storage to provide, The ex -
Yon11116•10POPSTONIFAVM•1••••111M101.
Pease of providing a good. system of
ventilation would be soon offset by
the !better condition in which the po-
tatoes keep. Experhnents carried.on
at- Ottawa would indicate that very
good results are obtained by provid-
ing ale space below and around the
potatoes stored. To do t'his slats
should be nailed a little distance apart
about four inches or more from the
wall. This will give a circulation of
air behind the pile. A temporary
floor should be put down about six
inches above the.perrnanent floor with
cracks between the boards. This will
aermit air to circulate under and
through the pile. Then if large quan-
tities are to be stored together ventil-
eters of wood ma.de of slats and run-
ning from the top to the bottom of
the pile could be put in here and there
through the pile. This, with the ven-
tilation afforded at the sides and
bottom will give very good conditions
for storing. If, however, as already
pointed out, the quantity to be stored
is small, it is more satisfactory to
keep the potatoes in crates or boxes
more particularly if disease is feared.
The temperature in the cellar or
store house should be kepttas nearly
33 to 35 degrees Fahrenheit as pos-
sible. Not only will the disease and
sprouting be delayed but the tubers
will keep meth firmer than if a
warmer temperature is allowed. to
keep the temperature down before
hard freezing weather arrives, it is
well to admit outside air at night,
closing the windows or other open-
ings during the wanner hours of the
day.
Don't forget -the housewife is an
important party in the farm business.
The sting of albee is only about one -
thirty-second of ,an incii 'in length.
e BoYs Leave the Farm
Why did you leave the farm, my lad?
Why did you bolt and leave your Dad?.
Why did you heat it off to town
Arcl turn your poor old father down?
Thinkers of platform, pulpit, press,
Are wallowing in deep distress;
They seek to know the hidden. cause
Why farmer boys desert their pa's.
Some say they long to get a taste
Of faster life and social waste,
And some .will say the silly chumps
Mistake the suit cards for their
trumps,
In wagering fresh and germiese tar
Against the smoky thoroughfare.
We've all agreed the farm's the place
To free your mind ancl state,your case.
Well, atm/Igor, since you've been so
I'll roll aside my- hazy bank,
The misty cloud of theories,
And tell you where the trouble lies.
Left my Dad, hie farm, his plow,
Because my ealf lbecame his cow.
Left my Dad; 'twas wrong, of eourse--
Because my colt becarno his horse;
I left my Dad to sow and reap,
Because my lamb became his sheep;
I dropped any hoe and streak my fork
Because my pig became his pork;
The garden truck that 1 made grow,
1Vas his to sell but mine to hoe;
It's not the smoke in the atmosphere
Nor the taste for life that brought,
me here;
Please tell the platform, pulpit, press
No fear of toil or love of dress
Is driving off the farmer lads,
frank But just tile methods of their dads.
Ifillle Others Stay at lionie
with dad and me it's half and, half.
The cow I own was once his calf.
I'm going to stick right where I aril,
Because my sheep was once his lanile
I'll stay with dad -he gels my vote,
Beemise my hog was once his shole.
No town for nae --.I'll stick eight hese,
For `Pie hie tear:tor-engineer.
It's "even -split" with dad and -me
prc fi Lathering compony.
NVe work together from clay to day--
130:ieve me, boys, only Way.
1:1 the interest of Baby who tee
and Itissed but is made to auger in
following good f.loalthogram:
often knowa WilAt it is tone dandled
its "14tie healths," we publiatt the
AM 4-rm
I am the 13eby,
I am the youngest institution in the,
world -and the ,oldest,
The earth is my heritage when I
come into being, and when I go I
leave it to the next generation of
Babies. .
My mission is to leave the earth a
better place than 1 foend it,
With my million little 'brothers and
sisters I can do this, if the World
does not impose too many handicaps.
Now I need Pure Milk and Freeh
Air and Play.
'When I am a little older I shall
BABY VVILL ea W5LL
Has the right food.
Is kept dry and clean.
Sleeps alone in a quiet, cool piece. Is kept away from sick folks and
Is given pure, cold water to drink. crowds.
Has a bath every day, Does not have to be shown off for
Has his meals served on time. visitors,
Breathes fresh air, day and night. Is NOT kissed on the mouth, even
Is dressed according to the weather. by his /nether.
E BABY
need good Schools ie which to learn
the bessone of Life.
I want to live laugh love work
I want to hear good. mueicy read
good books, see beautiful pietures.
*I want to bIlifC1 HOUSOS and Roads
and Railroads and Cities,
I want to walk in the woedo, bathe
in the waters, azi'd play in the snow.
oIrrr(ly,,.
nviYesterday, To-daa and To-
mIf you will make m3r way easy now,
I will help you when 1 grow up.
I am your Hope -I Am the IlOaby.
Aetra HAPPY IF HE -
Is protected from flies and mos-
quitoes.
BABY WILL BE. UNHAPPY AND CROSS IF HE -
Is given a pacifier:.
Is taken up whenever he cries.
Is kept up late.
Is bounced eta and down.
Is dosed with medicines. Is teased and made to show off.
Is bothered by flies and mosquitoes, Is not a Fresh Air baby,
Is elbowed, to go thirsty,
Is fed at the family table,
Is not kept dry and clean,
It taken to the movies.
•
IT IS EASIER TO KEEP BABY WELL THAN TO CURE HIM WHEN
HE GETS SICK.
Usually at this seethe of the year
there is an increase in ,the amount
of disease in the e,wine herds. The
aggravating cause often is the change
from dry to green corn. Hogs ac-
customed to dry feeds all summer
are put upon green corn quickly with-
out being allowed enough time for
their digestive systems to become ac-
.
customed to the radical change in
feed. Then disease which had not
been able to get a hold upon the hogs
wheri healthy begin to affect the
weaker ones of the herd.
Prevention of euch diseaee attacks
consists in avoiding too radical feed
chanos. By allowing ten days or
two weeks time for the change to
green corn, with -a gradual elimination
of dry grains, there will be less
chance of lowering the animal's re-
sistance to disease. Feed also with
the green eorn some pxotein feed, such
as tankage or linseed meal. Experi-
ments show beyond a doubt that hogs
so fed are healthier and make more
rapid and cheaper gains than those
fed on corn alone. t
Wanted -A Man to Lead.
"There isn't a lad but wants to grow
Manly and true at heart,
And every lad would like to know
The secret we impart.
He doesn't desire to slack or shirk -
Oh, haven't you heard hini plead?
He'll follow a man at play or work
If only the man. will lead"
My Garden.
I have a little garden.
planted lots of seeds
And watered them and watched them
And pulled up the weeds.
And now I have a pansy
And a pumpkin and a bean
And three tall hollyhocks
With leaves big and: green
And best of all, a daisy
I found out on the hill.
I dug it up and brought it home,
And it is smiling still!
The Frog Pond.
wonder what is down that way,
In the water brown and deep?
What reakee the little .groggies say,
"Kr-r-reke, kr-r-reke, kr-r-reke?"
They .hop along the hank .and. plunge,
But soon they rise to speak.
I think they- say, "Come in and play!
"Kr-r-reke, kr-r-reke, kr-r-reke."
I wade around; they keep so still
cannot hear a peep.
When I come out they raise a shout,
"Kr-r-reke, kr-r-reke, kr-r-reker
They seem to play a funny game;
It's like nur hide and seek.
Lok, there sits Tad. behind a pad,
And calls, "Kr-r-reke, kr-r-reke!"
Ambition is always attained 'by
teavelling a tedious, tiresome road.
SELECTING THE
BREEDERS
There are two ways of selecting
good breeders; one is by trapnesting
and the other ;by observation and
study. That trapnests are of the
greatest importance in this particular
has been demmestrated by the experi-
ment stations and, by others who
make poultry raising a business..
In trapnesting for the selection of
breeders, attention must be given to
other factors besides ability to lay.
For instance, if a hen lays 200 eggs
in. a year, but has had some contagi-
ous disease earlier in life'she should
not be permitted in the breeding pen
because the disease is liable to he
transmitted to her offspring. A hen
with a tta.pnest record of 200 eggs
must necessarily be a healthy fowl,
and with ordinary precaution one can
not go far astray in selecting her
for the breeding 'pen.
ris selecting by observation, health
and vigor mustrbe the main factors.
The individual eelected should be ac-
tive and carry her body rn an erect
and proud fashion. The comb should
be bright red, in color, soft and -vet=
vety; the eyes should be steady and
clear. A fowl that stands moping
around Or roosts in the daytime is
either weak or sick, and should never
bo selected, no matter what her record
may be. -
Although feathers are only a cov-
ering for a bird, some attention must
be paid to them also Good feathered
birds not, only look better but sell
better. •Size and shape are also ire -
portant in a dual-purpose hen; good,
heavy layers, of largo size and uni-
form shape, with vigorous •constitu-
tions, are the ideal stock to breed
from.
A good layer can invariably be dis-
tinguished by her actions and willing-
ness to scratch for food, If examined
on the roost at night, it will be found
that she hen a full crop. This, too, is
a good indication of hesilth. A hen
may he compared to a email factory
-food iS the raw material and egfees
are the fliekzheel product, 'rile °Omit
is greater when the factory rims effi-
ciently and coesumee Jaeger qeanti-
tiee of
/1 soft, t.ed eomb, lyina to 0113 iid
(in single -comb vatictiet), a tharie
-•
curved beak, lath of .color in shanks,
worn -off toe -maids, are all indications
of laying ability... It is said that hens
lose color in the shanks because they
lay it out of them; and the toe -nails
are sheet and worn as a result of
much scratching,
Observed from the side, a good
layer has a small head, rather round,
and the general apeearante of the
body is decidedly wedge-shaped be-
cause of the extreme fullness in its
back, Large -headed birds with oval-
shaped bodies are never good layers.
If a good layer is picked up she 'will
be found to possess considerable
weight for her size. Examination
will show the distance between the
pelvic bones for egg -laying ability is
a good method, but the inexperienced
are likely to have difficulty at times faran
m achinery?
UNANSWERED)
"I've coxne," Mrs. Hilton acld,"te
ask Yen to tell me the best
about prayer,"
Dr. Mercer's fUl$Wer was im ompt.,
"There'only an' best book about
prayer, and you've had that all your
life, Mrs. Hilton."
liars. Hilton's tireci, eyes tilled wit*
tears. "But I've prayed and prayed
and never get an answer. Sur*
prayer is the most important thing la
the world -real prayer -the kind that
gets answers, And I do want to iearn.
I've bought all the books 1 could
"Burn theun" Dr. Mercer advised
her erisply.
Mrs. Illiten, starcsd at 111M. "Burn
them!" she 'cried.
"Yes; but miderstantl me, Mrs. 111 -
top. There are some valuable hooke
on prayer that have helped many Peo-
ple. But you might read them all the
rest ef your life aed. never learn to
pray, Prayer is a matioe tiot of study
but of 1:ractice."
"I don't know what you mean. 1
a/ways pray, "Thy will be &me.'"
Mrs, Hilton's voice sounded hurt.
"I ant_ going to ask you some ques-
tion, Mra. Hilton," Dr. Mercer said.
"I don't want you to tell me the
answers. 1 want you to go home aml,
think thexsi over and see whether.
somewhere among them you do not
find an answer to your puzzle, For
you are right about the importance
of prayer. When you pray for certain
things do you pray in a spirit of lave
toward everyone zo far as you know?
The first words are 'Our Father,'
Then do you care deeply about the
coming of God's Kingdom upon.
earth? Are you working for it, give
ing for it, praying for it and trying,
to make it come everywhere that
your influence reaches? Is your first
oncern not to fail God in any of the
e.s.ks and the opportUnities that Ile
has put before you? Are you press -
ng the great sorrow ef the world. to
your heart until it hurts, and you
have to go and tell God, about it?
Or have your prayers been only for
yourself and one or two who are
dear to you?"
"You make it sound so -hard," Mrs.
Hilton faltered.
"Head at first perhaps we
are wreatling with the envy, the jeal-
ousy, the bitterness and the selfish-
ness that ,come between our hearts
and God' e great love; 'but not half
so liard as going year after year
without the knowledge that the in-
finite Father is working through us.
And when that knowledge eomes-
when we surrender the last thing be-
tween -us and it, and his love comes
flooding in -then we shall not need
any soul (m earth to teach us how to
pray, dear Mrs. Hilton."
Bulb Growing.
In many parts of, Holland, &ripe -
the blooming season, the country ap-
pears like a huge flower garden. Up
to the time of the late war, the choic-
est varieties of flowers grown from
bulbs came from Holland. The flower
farmers require much patience, as
some of the choice bulbs take as leng-
es seven years to mature. Many other
bulbs, from three to four years. The
gathering, sorting, packing and ship-
ping are all important, and it re-
quires skilled workers.
Since the war, many of our flower
levers have taken a greater interest
in bulb culture ,and good results are
being accomplished. Flowers and
shrubs greatly add to the beauty of
a farm borne.
Keep plow oolters sharp, especially
on trashy ground. Sharp colters pro-,
perly adjusted assure clean furrow
tooke the Roman farmer four and
a half clays to raise a bushel of wheat.
The Canadian farmer does It in nine
minutes.
What weubd you think if your wife
left her sewing -machine out in all
kinds of weather lace you do your
in estimating the distance, especially
if the hen is an old one with much Storing .ptimpkins: Place them in a
fat. The distance between the pelvic. room or barn where they twill not
bones seems more than it is, for the; freeze or become too damp. Set them
lower bor.° is :forced down by super- on a wire netting that is fastened ori
fluous fat, a. frame or on an old wire cot or bed.
In selecting a male bird, find one springs that eleaxe the floor by two
which has good size and color and feet. The free circulation of the ate
holds his body erect. Pick a hearty around the vegetables prevents dc.
eater if possible, the tendenea of 4.
males being to allow the hens to eat Three farmerettes attired in Over -
everything and have, nothing fOT ells, flannel shirts, high boots, etc,, are
themselves. He should be ef good rived at Moose Jaw recently. Their are
-mating qualitiers, not quarrelsome, Miss Madge Simpson, Miss Doris Horn
aild yet possess a fighting spirit, and and Miss Ann Guesk, g-raduates of the
be continually with the hens. Angus Experimental FarIll of British
Breeders do no‘t require different Columbia. "What do they do?" they
housing from that of laying hens. were asked. "Harrowing, stooking,
They must at all times have freeli air binding., breaking, plowing and riding
end plenty of It. I believe that the on any kind of a horse," was the ens -
correct type of house is the fresh -air wee. "We love the work and wonidn't
onc, Moro eggs are lost than gained, live In a city," they' declared,
eonsidering the whole countey, by 4.
lceeping the _fowls eonfined too much Saskatchewan's live stook assoeia,.
in warm, mild winter weather, tions are province -wide and engage irt
T/tcre mesa be a different method many activities for the betterment of
en-tployed in feeding breedere than is the livestock et the province. Annual,
used in feeding layers, the ablea', be- cattle, sheep, swine mid horse sales
ing to produce eggs of quality rather are proving more popular each year,
',ifan many of low fertility. Mention Buy -ors from every section, in the
ahoeld have teen made before that
chater pullers or hens are good as
1 reeders, but enth must, he handled
thrferently. 'See old hens should have
no corn except in very eold weether,
Too much animal food eauso; the pro-
dueleon of mere eggs thali 0an he glade' etock judging and feeding cena
properly terlihzede petitions. '
province attend these sales for the
puraose of securing purebred sires
or foundation females as the ease may
be. These associations also make irns
portations of pure bred etbek alai
iriterest themselves in the boys' and