The Brussels Post, 1925-5-13, Page 7our 'Pits to Watch When Yon Sell by
BY l'(anl llia101 GFtSI,
ae 1P yoe'ire'thinking of building up land second acnes With perishable&
n direct,-byeteil market for your farm This gives a territory lig enough to
produce yn ve,probebly been milting provide a market for whatever you
yourself; these four questions:have to noir,
What will city people buy from mc., 1 haven't sold Medi about wrap -
Hew should mail" prices compare ping or packages /*cause your •local
With local values? postmaster can tell you anything you
Where can I get a list of custom- rutty want to know, Tbere are many
era?
How cau'I collect exam' buyers?
A
firms manufacturing various sorts of
containers. These are more expensive
1've crane in contact, with a large than home .packs, but when yon cane
number of farmers who have found sider lighter weight, cutting cost of
the answers to these questions and
have bat Mighty protitable parcel-.
Post rnarlcets, I'm going' tQ trY to:
combine their experiences and my
own observations here into ore article
M the hope that whet 1 have to say
may save you some time, trouble, and
postage, and the added general ate
t pact' es of t package tin'"le isn't
r rven sthe *
much difference in cost, g-
After talking to farmers who sell
by mail and city folks who buy in this
manner I'm convinced that there are
big opportunities there for you if
you're willing to give service and de-
City fate will buy anything .you liver quality,
can Bond'through the mail -that ie, if But' selling by mail won't help any -
it is of best quality and reaches them one escape work It -means more-
in good condition. Butter, cheese, especially above the eyebrows.
eggs, honey, conned goods, fruits, and
vegetables hold the teed, Pop corn,
candy, wild rice, tobacco, and seedier
products also find a ready sale. The
deciding factor is the quality of -what
You sell, Prompt service and fair
prices bring repeat orders and recom=
mendetions'of your goods to friends.
Parcel -post prices tcompare closely
with wholesale prices at the big termi-
nal markets, By cutting out thedeal-
ers and retailers you get more money,
and the buyeeegets the food a little
cheaper than at the Cerner grocery.
DON'T NEGLECT. ADVERTISING,
There are several ways of getting a
list of customers: The quickest Is, of
course; to buy a list. of names; but
this, plus the cost of - circulars and
printing necessary to make your goods
known, runs into big money, More-
over, when you bay a list from a deal-
er you can expect a lot of waste. A
better' way is to me:bange or buy
names from another farmer handling
a different product.
Small newspaper ads ate about the
cheapest way of getting customers.
Four or five -line ads in your nearest
city papers, costing from 15 to 60
cents a line, produce good results, I
am told' by farmers who do it. Ilow-
ever, if you buy space try to getinto
the so-called home or family paper:
There is a big difference between the was not sure that he would know
what one looked like.
And it is that way nil over our sec-
-tion wherever we hear, and all attri=
buts it to the vigorous ' warfare
against them in our rat'oampaign, It
was time well spent and worth while
emulating in any rat -infested terri-
tory.
Bordeaux for Plum Diseases.
Fruit Grower, Middlesex Co,, Ont.
-"I desire to protect plum trees
against Brown Rot and Plum Pockets
by spraying with Bordeaux mixture.
How is the Bordeaux prepare:?"
Answer -A standard formula for
tum of yourself, family, or : farm Bordeaux to be used for spraying
views. These pictures lend a little plums, given by the Dominion Horti-
personal touch and go a long way aulturist in his .recently issued bul-
letintaward making you better acquainted. (No. 45, New Series) is as fol
These things are not vital at the start, lows: Copper sulphate, 4 pounds, un -
Often afriend or acquaintance in a +slaked lime, 4 pouhds, water 40 gal -
large office or plant will help you Bins. .For making .this into barrel
establish a markcet.. Some friends of'lots the utensils required are' a forty
mine here in the stockyards get ship- gag achrrel, two tubs of twenty gal -
meats of eggs which they sell to fel- lona *aero,; two buckets, a paddle an a
low workers. Otlieia handle a box coarse sack. Arrange the tubs so that
of butter put up in pound and two -one is on either side of the barrel;
pound prints.•place- in one of the tubs 20 gallons of
water and dissolve in it four pounds
COLLECTIONS AND WRAPPING. ofbluestone, doing this by suspending
Making collectrone depends en how the Bluestone in a coarse' sack just.
be-
you went to do business, and it is low the surfade of the water. In the
ranch easier than you imagine. Some other tub carefully slake four pounds
farmers demand : cash in- advance; of lime -with liot water, being careful
some ask part of it with the eider to use just enough water to form a
and the rest on delivery; some send thick paste. When this has cooled
bine in the package, and some make dilute to twenty gallons with water.
the shiprnents C.O.D. 'After thoroughly stirring the -contents
Your return address should be on of both tubs pour a bucketful frons
each package: While on the subject each, simultaneously into ;the barrel,
of mailing it might be well to call taking care that the two streams mix,
your attention to the importance. of. When the barrel is full, thoroughly
wrapping and the season of the year. stir the -blue mixture, strain into the
These two go a long way in delivering spray tank," and the preparation is
ptoduc4 to the buyer in good condi- ready for use. You can obtain the
tion Of course the distance must beebulletin on application, postage free,
taken into consideration. -Ordinarily to• the Publications -Branch De art -
I believe it best to.stick to the first ment of A.griculture,.Otta- a. p
QturRat A Gone.
Rats became so annoying two years
ago in our, county that we ,had an
organized war upon these rodents,
mice and English sparrows, owls and
hawks of some species. Then we cele-
brated at feasts in the. town :halls with
speeches, oysters - and- dried chieken.
One,statistieiaseamong us figured that
if all the rat tails were corded up like
'stove wood,we- should have one and
three-quarters cords' of tails, one rat
tail wide;
That was the winter of 1922-23. We
had 20 acres of shocked corn standing
in the field at the time of the hunt,
and we told;.,the boys to -Crime with
their dogs, clubs and guns, and dyne-
mite, if neeessary, and we would haul
the shocked corn into the barn as
they tore it down to get the rats. I
do not reeall the number of rats, bat
we had almost a hundred shocks neat-
ly, tipped over.. on the side, and we
worked two days hauling it into the
barn. -
This year after we finished husking
25 acres of corn we had not noted a
Mime of a rat, and we kept close
watch.
A neighbor mslceld me yerberdayi
what had become of all the rats, that.
he had not seen a rat for so long he
pulling power of the paper bought en
tho news stands because of "scare
heads" and -the one delivered to the
home by carrier. Yon can tellthe
home paper by the large amount tee
department -store. • advertising it car-
ries.
Whatever plan you ,employ to build
your list you can use'a little printed
matter to good advantage. Usually
your letterhead with a statement of
what you keys to sell, the quality,
and a testimonial or two will be suffi-
cient to make your approach. In get-
ting up your literature it might be 'a
good idea to illustrate it with;a pic-
Rejected'and No Grade Hay,
W, B.,Oxford Co,, Ont. -"I have•
had some hay rejected, Please ex-
plain provisions of the regulations re-
ferning 'thereto, and to 'No Grade
Hay,' " •
Answer -The Dominion Inspection
and Sale Aet, provides that "No Geado
Hays' shall include ,all hay' that is
damp or, otherwise unfit for storage,
and shall be entered` in the inspecting
officer's books as such with a note
as to its quality and condition. Re-
jected hay, under the Act, consists of
hay containing mere than twenty-five
per cont.' of fantail or spear grass, or,
hay heated or containing must or'
:mould or otherwise damaged, and in -
eludes all hay not hood enough • for
ether grades. You can obtain a book-
let giving a concise summery of the
Act regarding bay and straw by wait-
ing to the Publications Branch, De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa,
Toasted Oatmeal -Cookies,
When making oatmeal cookies, piece
tho oatmeal in a moderato oyen to
crisp it. Turn or stir occasionally
until it beeones a delicate brown,
then rernove and put through a neat
chopper, using the fine knife, This
gives the cookies e much finer tees
Mire.
Starching Stunts..
Thsed, hurried and perhaps hungry,
when starching time cones on wash
day, Dam always glad to see the pan
of starch already made and cool, welt-
ing to add`fre'Shness to the clothes,
I found long ago that by taking a
minute longer and making the starch
in the morning wheh the teakettle it
boiling, , the starchs could be covered
immediately with a oloso-ttieg lid and
be as smootil`as if •just off, the stove.
A. bit of paraffin added while hot
makes ironing easier and smoother,
Alsd a drop of your favorite perfume
will impart a delicate and pleasing
scent to'any ci thieg starched ie this
tvay.-Mrs. W. X.
Grades of Straw.
Provisions of the Dominion limpet -
tion and `Sale Act, administered by
the Seed Branch at, Ottawa, relative
to the grades of straw are that No. 1
shall be bright, clean, well -saved oat
straw, .suitable for feeding purposes,.
and that No. 2 shall be long straw
from ail cultivated cereals, sound and
fair in color. No grade straw is all
straw short and chaffy but sound.
MMlusty and heated strait+ grades "re-
jected."
The Ghi
nose pearl,.
The Chinese prefer ereamy, yellow
pearls to any other variety.
Tile 10 nichtedi dishes in a° row
Pirelli` by, Hike soldiera glum,
And dusty rooms -how' suet dons
blow' --
Murmur of brag ris to' oon &
1314-411, rho bills are calling me
To cane mad twitter top-•-- .
.And there are brand new eights to see
And skies are ort, so bluet
Before me la a basket low,
With aooifte of many a day,
And every hole in heel or too
Shows Duty leads that way,
leut-- thero'W a tiny beeeze ciose by,
A baby daffodil,
Who needw a greeting,.eweet and shy,
a 11'
While snob*arise geld a cit fri ,
I ponder on the How and Why,
Likewise on"Ought and 'Meet;
S earl to mind my Ir:talon high-
Each boueewife's sacred trust,
But -out beyond beckons the spring,
With lure of bappy honre;
Glad birds, the call' of each wild thing,
Red down and fragrant flowers.
Why should I work when every one's
at play? •
1Yiy duty'sClem'..-I'll take a holiday!
Louise Lombard Thomas.
Going -Away Place ` Cards.
The place 'eards'st a dinner party
in honor of several people who Were
moving from 'town were "photo•.
graphs," ef,the future.
These were made be- cutting pies
tures from .magazines 'and pasting a
small photograph 'of the person over
the printed face. These real photo-
graphs were easily cut from snapshots
and they added to the merriment when
they were not.the right size to lit the
rest.of the picture.
The man with a family who was
moving to a distant state saw himself
and his family ready" to board a train.
The medical student was starting
from the gates ofse. university with a
doctor's satchel. The bride-to-be had
a picture of the first breakfast. These
give an idea of what is possible with
these pictures.
Rent' bitterfog
Often it is the pgnetice to br•dote
chicks on sand without any levee
litter material over it, Thia is decided'
ly wrong, 'for the reason That the'seind
Bete hot and ' dry , and radiatee the
heat and.ereetee an exeeptionally dry,
hot atmosphere,
Sand alone alae dries uji`the ehii:lcs'.
feet, especially early in the season be,
Poke they run out-of-doors much.
Some litter is desirable. It should
not be too deep, Prom half en inch to
an inch in depth is sufficeut, For this
purpose; there is nothing better than
short-cut clover hay, Shert-eut alfalfa'
hay is good, although rather coarse,.
In the absence of fray, cot straw makes
litter.
a good . r
It should be cut into ,leugths about.
as inch long when the chicks are lit-
tle. After they get• ogler' it can bg,
lengthened, until they are eight to
nine weeks old when it can be"ant into
four or five -inch lengths.
Short-cut litter of thiskind dries
up the droppings quickly by absorb-
ing the moisture. It also buries the
droppings end keeps the feeding floor
sheen. Shavings should rot be used
as -a baby -chick litter. It is rather
coarse and rough, and what is of even
greater danger is the possibility; of
their eating small pieces of the shav-
ings, causing impacted crops and di-
gestive disorders,
'When the chicks are little, before
they learn to- scratch, regardless, of
what type of litter is used, it is a
good plan to feed the chicks scratch
feed for the first week on a piece bf
weed or cardboard. A shingle or an
egg -case flat' is ideal.
In order • to .avoid ooecidiosis and
ether troubles resulting from contam-
inated brooders, it is wise to clean the
brooder .-.floor frequently, especially
during bad weather, when the chieks
are of necessity confined to the house
a good deal of the time. A brooder
floor should be cleaned out every ten
days to two weeks. .
A good fanning mill if the farmer's
best weed getter.
THE MYSTIC VINEYARD --
�_ BY ANNE
A youth started early in the morn-
ing, that he might reach his father's
house by nightfall. His way lay over
a wonderful blghroad,that was al=
ways ehanging. Sometimes it wase
hilly, and the traveler looked at the
valley below.. Sometimes it was -level
rand deep, and he gazed: up at the
majestic' mountains.' . -
He whistled merrily as he walked
briskly along, admiring the beautiful
country, klorious in. the misty purple
of morning. By-and-by he came to a
high atone wall, over whose top he
caught glimpses of thrifty vines.
"Oh,- that I had some of the deli-
cious fruit that must surely burden
yonder vines!" thought he,-looldng
up, longingly.
While thus standing, covetously
gazing at the waving leaves so far
above him, all at once he knew that
some one was behind him -not by
sound, for all -was still, save the lazy
drone of insects -but by an uneasy
sensation, that thrilled through his
spinal cord to his brain like electricity.
. ',He turned around' and saw a ora-'
jestic being, who gliefad toward rum
without any perceptible motion of his!
own. The, youth politely doffed.. his
hat, and wished the stranger good
morning.
The spirit graciously smiled, as he
returned the salutation, adding
"I understand that you long for
some of the fruit in my vineyard, and
I am going to -gratify that longing."
And 'the being turned to- a great
iron gate in the wall,. that quietly
opened when he laid his hand upon it.
Rejoicing in his good fortune, the
youth followed the generous -being
into • his garden. The gate closed,
noiselessly behind them. The youth`
looked back; he saw nothing but'the
high uttone wall The gate had von-
ished,
"Your path," soldthe spirit, "lies
directly through 'this. vineyard.' As
you walk on, you maty gather youe
basketful of any kind of grapes that
you fancy most, though you can.fill it
but once, and must gather the fruit
as you come to it; for it is not per-
mitted you to return for what you -•
have once passed',"
As the spirit finished,: ha smilingly
waved his hand to the youth,, and was
.gond.
The delighted bay looked around
him. and saw that he was in a vast
and beautiful vineyard. In every di-
rection, as far as the eye could reach,
heavily -laden vines hung their grace-
ful heads, crowned with fait grapes
of finest varieties. The, path pointed
out by the piaster of the vineyard lay
16hrough-•a bower that arched above
the Lad's head,
M. STARR.
basket that hung lightly on his young
arm.
In this delightful manner the sweet
morning. passed, and noon -day found
the youth, with heated brew, still with
his empty -basket.
Again the traveler paused to look
around him. The arbdt" archedabove
hitt'asgrace€ully as ever, but he
could see the blue sky between the
green leaves, for the vines were not so
luxurious as those of the morning;
and the fruit that clustered on them,
though still fine and rich, compared,
in variety and beauty, but poorly with
those he had. passed.
"?shawl" said he, disdainfully, re-
suming his journey. "Think I'd look
at such grapes? No, indeed! I rather
guess not!' '
Noon was gone, and afternoon, from.
beneath her heavy eyelids, saw the
youth with las unfilled _basket still
walking idly on. The vines were now
thin and poor, the fruit small and
frequently unripe, though here and
there hung a fine cluster.
As the afternoon grew old, wild
varieties replaced the cultivated
kinds; these the youth scorned. Hur-
rying on, he peered etigerly among
the leaves for one flee cluster, only
one; but all, all were wild and ,small.
And.. so he walked onward, still hoping'
for impossibilities, till the egening
shadows fell over him, the boundaries
of the vineyard .avere passed, and he
stdod updn the highway, with his use-
Iess-basket on his arm. .
- "Alas!" cried he, mournfully, look-
ing back. ."Far away in the beantiftil
past, I -left ungathered the -glorious
fruit that morning so generously ef-
lored•; vrngraciously refused the excel-
lent harvest that noon pressed upon
nre, end, with scarcely a. glance, pass--
ed
ass=ed the wild 'fruit of afternoon. It is
now evening; ,yonder is my father's
house, where I go empty-handed.
Never, oh never again, can I have the
glorious opportunities 5 neglected to
seize while they clustered thick around
mei".
"No;" said the solemn, far -away
voice, never again! Yon peso but once
through the garden of life; if its rich
offerings are .refused, they are never
proffered a saeond time, Hence you
hays nothing left you, but repenteneel"
The weary wayfarer turned, end, in
the twilight distance, saw thee magi-
ei, n who had opened the gate to him.
in the nlerning c,
Great white and pink clusters,
purple and violet bunches, at every
step, temptedhia eager hand; but he
plucked none, Though good judgment
whispered him that ire could scarcely
:Aped ,to fintt any.niore desirable, he
thought;.
My basket is 'small s0, though
Owe grapes"are unusually tine, they
shall not be pluoked•by me. ' They may
de for ordinary boys, but will have
the rartat'that growel"
So he passed joyously on, snuffing
the sweet' fragrance of the vide, listen -1
ing to the happy songs of innumerable,
birde, that filled the garden with mel-
ody, and. almost forgetting the empty
Prominent dentists have stated that
fresh fruits are excellent for the
teeth, The, act as .;a dentifrice be-
cause of their.teiluloso Urea and the
acids which 'stimulate the tiery et
saliva which keeps the erauth eIc,rn.
Ford Runs 51'V Miles
on Gallon of Gasoline.
A new autatnatio and eelUreguleting
idlee known as the "SUPRA" Is ate
tared for tale by SUPER SALES 00,
Of PORT HOPE, ONT. With ibis de-
vice fords have made 514 miles per
gallon. It remover carbon and does'
away with all spark plug.- trouble.
,Starts car in 3 s0oo11ds. Super Solas.
Co. waut,dlstribtttors rood are sentinel
to send sample 011. 30 days trial soil
allow you,GQe for troabis Or installing,
if It does not do all they claim. Write
then to -day,
dot thip0
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'Use only "Snowflake." Dissolve one
tablespoonful of "Snowflake" in a
'gallon of hot water. It will re.
move all grease and thoroughly
sterilize the cans and bottles.
3 places, for Snowflake
Kitchen, Bathroom, Laundry
At all grocers Vac large package
Tilffrryy
e Sunday School Lesson
MAY 17
Saul Becomes a Christian, Acts 9: 1-19. Golden Text -- if
any man be in Christ he is a new creature. -2 Cor. 5: 17.
ANALYSIS. - an anti-Christian movement every -
I, WHAT SAUL--IN IGNORANCE --SOUGHT where. So he sets out, a sort of
To DO FOR GOD, 1, 2, Grand Inquisitor, for Damascus.
II- WHAT cop -BY GRACE- DID FOR sAUL, And all this, as he tells us after -
3 -12, 17, 18. wards, he did blindly and in ignor-
INTRODUCTION-We now come to the ance, thinking to please God!
greatest event .in Christian history II. WHAT GOD -By GRACE-- DID FOR SAUL,
since the Resurrection. This was the 8-12, 17, 18.
conversion, through a direct interpo- V. 3. Saul never accomplished the
sition of tlr Risen Jesus, of the arch- purpose of that visit to Damascus.
persecutor, Saul. We have already Before he got there, while near the
seen this young lawyer from Tarsus city, the pent-up spiritual forces fn
giving proof of his legal zeal by being his nature suddenly broke loose, ,and
a party -and en unmoved and com-1 Saul had a soul-upheaving heavenly
placent. one -to the death of Stephen, vision. There shone round about him
Acts 7:58; 8:1. Thereafter Saul had; a light from heaven, which had the
flung himself heart and soul into the immediate effect of bringing him to
crusade against Chrittianity. He be., his knees.
comes a sort of Grand Inquisitor, Vs, 4, 5. The vision had for its
whose business is to stamp out Chris -centre the living Jesus, raised from
tianity, and then -suddenly there is a death and crowned with glory. Pros -
blinding flash of spiritual discovery, trate on the earth,. Saul hears a voice
and Saul fails at the feet of Christ, a saying, "Saul, Saul, why dost thou
humble and lowly believer. I persecute me?" "Who art Thou,
The importance of this great change Lord,?" he stammered, already, per -
lies not only in the work which Saul,!haps, conscious who it is that speaks
hereafter to be lcnovdn as Paul, is now to him. "I ate Jesus; whom thou art
to do for God and for Christ, but in now,
comes the answer, and
the fact that to him, more than to any I certain authorities add the words, "It
other, it had been given to test the is hard for thee to kick against
Jewish religion to the uttermost, and goads," meaning that Saul has too
to make 'the supreme proof of the long struggled against conscience,
futility of legal righteousness. Hence, ` and that it is time that the battle was
when he, who had gone so far in da -'over, and that Saul had given in to
d'aism, was brought by direct act of Christ.
God to Christ, he saw, as no one else! Vs. 6-9. The conflict is indeed over.
had ever soclearly seen before, that. Saul gives in to Christ. His pride in
Judaism was abrogated, and that God, Judaism and in himself drops in pieces
had opened up through Christ a new, at his feet. "Lord, what wilt thou
and living way of salvation, I have .me to do?" Saul must now take
And from being the hot apostle of a the absolute .rule of his life from the
narrow Judaism, Saul became the Christ whom he had resisted. At this
preacher of Christ to the whole of moment he hears the voice of Jesus
humanity. . i. telling him quite dearly to -proceed
I. WHAT SAUL--IN IGNORANCE --SOUGHT' onwards to Damascus algid to await
To Do FOR GOD, 1, 2. further instructions there,'' So he
-V. 1. Saul had' come to Jerusalem to goes on, led by his startled compan-
study the Jewish theology. But there ions, who r�'aannot imagine what has
was a greater passion in his heart' come over Tim, In the perturbation
than to know theology; and that was produced by the spiritual` revolution
to become right with God. His own' which has taken,pl'ace in his soul, Saul
letters tell us that he was not alto -;remains for three days without sight,
gether happy in this latter effort:' and unable to eat or drink.
Sincere soul that he was,..he found] Vs: 10-12, Meantime, Ananias, a
and confessed that be coud not keep, Christian disciple at Damascus, has a
the law- perfectly, though only by, vision by which he is led to seek out
keeping the law perfectly could he Saul a end to baptize him: Notice the
hope for the salvation of God. But words: "For, behold, he prays." Saul
the more that conscience stung him,; had neverrayed so humbly, so earn -
the more he. redoubled his zeal, and as estly, in all his life as in these days,,
he considered the Christians to bel Vs. 17, 18, Angeles carries out the
apostates froth law and innovators in Lord's behest: He comes as a servant
religion, he flung himself into a fury" and minister of Jesus to bring of persecutive persecution against them, 23e tried itual light and grace to the convert.
cursed thing. Like an dlragon ion in human 1 scalesis words
drop from Saul's eyes, andhe The
guise, he "breathes khreaterting and is baptized,
slaughter against the disciples of the
V. 2. 4'n ardent nature like Saul's
could dee-nothing by halves, and so' we
find him going to the high priest to.
obtain •n warrant fer the arrest -of alt'
Chrlathins, men er women, whom he
might find at the great centre of 'Dee
osseus. lie isnot content to perses
cute' at Jerusalem's he must establish
ti
By 'spreading the seed potatoes on
elra barn floor in a thin layer about
four weeks before planting, they will
"green up" and start sturdy sprouts
which will improve the stand, increase
the. yield, and encourage earlier ma-
turity of the crop.
John, living biter on the 4th, told this story.
Just fiveg
ears ago o I took account of myself, Then I
y
started to weigh the milk from my herd of nondescript
cows In four months I had sold seven told in twelve
months I only had two of my original berd, but had
bought four. more. My herd was'reduced to ole, but I
was getting"ds mutts milk as from the 18. Now I have 15
cows, some pure bred and others good grade and a real
good bull.
"Ain I making any money?" ��
"Well you Can bet your hat I'm not losing any.
What John did others can do.
USE BETTER BULLS
THE VALUE OF
RECREATION
Ileereatiou is a need of human life.
'hose who da not have enough reerea.
tion live warped lives because they
have mads themselves slaves to sir,.
cunsstanees.
The word itself shows the import-
mice of recusation.. It ,'means to re- . .
creat*, to revive, to rest. Recreation
really takes one out of the treadmill
of existanae, it makes life worth
living. +
In every life there is a strong: urge
for recreation, and when one
is stilt
out of the ruts of lite, es the young
aro, strenuous efforts• are often made
t recreation. a et 4r atlon. OPten (also reel's .
1 al
tion is thus soughtand the lights and
glitter of the city are -lures, The Pack
of good wholesome reordation enjoyed
by the whole family together is prob-
ably one of the chief reasons for the.
young folks running away from home.
But recreation is no more essential
Inc the young than for us who have
the realities of life to deal with. We
need it even more to' help- fit us to
solve the problems which We continu-
ally meet. • -
Recreation can be had at home, and'
that is a very geed ; pierce to have it,
But there are times when one wants
to get away from familiar -sights and
to let his mind roam in fancy. To lose
one's self in a good book is a fine
meane of forgetting everyday life. A
good play often helps ems to forget
himself, sand to live, in way, another
;silo for a while. Games of the athletic
kind, as wellees the parlor ones, aro
good.
A change of scene lase form of re-
oreation and is usually beneficial, but
not many of us can come and go as
we please. There are times when we
would like to roam in the balmy south
or to foreign shores where there are
strange people. Modern invention has
almost made this possible for us. If
one wishes to let his imagination
roam, he can go to the moving picture
show and lose himself with new
scenes, and at the sametime gain e
larger knowledge of the world. It is
the most economical way to travel
that has as yet been devised, . And
besides, good music often helps one's
enjoyment while he is taking such ars
imaginary journey: But, at least, it
is one's duty to take a trip away from
himself occasionally. When he do- a'
that he "comes back" refreshed and
ready to take, on daily duties with re-
newed energy.
a _ a
V lue of the Forest to the
Small Community.
Do we real_Is* appreciate the trees
as much as we should? Starting from
the little seed falling on the ground,
fortunately in a soil where it may
germinate, it struggles on to a seed-
ling, then into a -sapling, and finally
into a tree. It has all its natural com-
petitors and enemies to overcome in
its fight for existence. The survival
of the fittest is no more keenly ex-
emplified than in the efforts of the
tree to secure its share of sunlight
and moisture. But one tree in many
succeeds, the remainder giving np s'
after a losing battle, felling to the
forest floor, and adding to the accum-
ulation of dangerous combustible de-
bris that makes forest control so diffi
cult. Without any human assistance.
the forest of to -day has grown to pro-
portions where it may he utilized for
commercial purposes, 1: is providin•*,
employment in out -of- the -way por-,
tions of the country for many who are
getting together sufficient money to
establish themselves in their new
homes. In a larger number of our
smaller communities the manufacture
of forest products is the sole ihdustry,
and many of the employees of saw-
mills have built their homes-pr•ob-
ably all they have in the world -de-
pendent upon the forests to provide,
employment. Of what value would
these homes be if no employment were
available?
Forest protection means much to
every Canadian. It mean employment
prosperity, increased revenue and
lower taxes. Are these rotworth talc
frig precautions against forest fires?
.5
Potato Planting.
A series of cultural experiments
with potatees were conducted at the
Experimental Station, Lacombe, Ai -
berth, in 1923. It 'was found that
small marketable potatoes orr medium
sized ones, either tut in two or cut
to leave two eyes on the set, prodisced
the hest eesulis Sets weighing less
than one ounce gave poor yieldsy
while those from one to three ounees
wage the most sntisfactei'y and show's -
ed little diffefenco in yields. Where
seed is expensive two ounce sets plant-
ed from twelve to eighteen inches
apart in the row produces the most
economical crop. Where seed is cheap
thicker planting would be profitable.
In these expet•inrents sots from the
seed end of the potato produces the
largest yield. Of potatoes planted at
depths of three, five and seven inches,
the deepest planting gave the best -
results. In an excessively, wet season
the shallower 'phunting Wright be best,
but there might be some trouble from
sunburn. The earliest planted pota-
toes, May 1, gave the best yield, those
planted after June 1 producing poor
crepe,
it mai.tes's not so much as to lust '
, what the name might be as it does
that the farm should have a name,
end thee the farmer should make it at '
geed name by handling only carefully
graded products. -H., I, Bolt,