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The Brussels Post, 1917-6-14, Page 7son queries tnYrn tu' CoItdureted by Professor Henry G. Bell The object of this department le to place at the service of our farm reader's the advice of an acknowl• edgedauthority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry 0, Bell, In caro of Tho Wilson Publishing Company, Lirillted, To- ' ronto, and answers will appear In this column in the order In which they are received, Aa space °la limited It Is tdvlsable whore Immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the FlenryG. Bets question, when the answer will bemailed direct Question -J. C.; -I intend sowing 20 acres of beans and those are 15 acres of the land that were in beans last year and I want to fertilize it with something that will he good for beans. It is heavy clay and the grub worked in it some last year. What would be a good thing to exterminate them? What is the best variety of beans? Answer: -This ground should have been plowed at a medium depth this spring. For beans, apply 400 to 000 lbs. per acre of a fertilizer carrying 1 to 2% ammonia, 8 to 10% phos- phoric acid and 1%s potash. This fertilizer should be 'worked in in the course of preparation of the soil; that is, it should be evenly distributed on top the plowed land and worked into the seed -bed as the land is disk - "ed and, harrowed. The tillage of the soil will to a large extent exterminate ' the white grub, and the addition of fertilizer will make the seed -bed all the more distasteful to this insect, as well as strengthen the growing crop against the attacks of the white grub. As to the best variety of beans, it is 'impossible to stake recommendations. There are numerous varieties of two large classes; first, the bush beans; second, navy beans. Catalogs of any of the reputable seed houses recom- mend best varieties to grow. Question -R. G. K.: -What kind of soil is suitable for asparagus? Is is a profitable crop? Answer: -Any soil that is well drained and 1s sufficiently open in tex- ture to allow the air to circulate with- in it, is suitable for the growing of asparagus. Speaking generally, asparagus does best on a sandy loam soil that has been deeply worked and carefully manured and fertilized. The asparagus crop does not begin to bear heavily until the second year. The crop is grown from seed, and the seedlings are set out into the perman- ent rows late in_spring or early in summer. The following spring they begin to bear. A well-prepared as- paragus bed will bear abundantly for 20 years, and when in its best bearing season, the crop may be cut twice a week. Asparagus yields and quality are greatly improved by top -dressing the asparagus beds with 1000 to 1500 lbs. of a high-grade fertilizer in the spring just, before cultivation begins. The fertilizer should carry from 4 to 5% ammonia, 8% phosphoric a'bid, and 8 to 4% potash, In cultivation, the soil should be worked deep, but far enough from the plants to avoid injur- ing them. Question -D. A.: -I want to im- prove an old cut -over pasture that gets dry every summer. The field is very hilly, soil sandy, has never been' farmed, thipk it will grow alfalfa. 1: planned to plant corn, a short variety, and sow alfalfa at last cultivation. Is there any drought resisting grass you could suggest? Will a green alfalfa bloat cattle? Is alfalfa good for cat- tle? Will.above plan work? Answer: -Believe your plan to get this land into alfalfa is good. I would not choose corn as a nurse crop. Bar- ley is preferable. Sow about one bushel of barley to the acre and seed with 15 to 20 lbs., of good alfalfa sped per acre. In preparing the ground, after it is plowed give it a dressing of about 5 loads of manure to the acre. At the same time spread about 1,000 lbs. of limestone per acre and work these thoroughly into the soil. When seeding the alfalfa add about 300 lbs. of a fertilizer carrying 2 to 3% am- monia, 6 to 8% phosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash. Harrow it well into the soil. This available pla`'nt-food will help the young alfalfa just like whole. milk helps the young calf. If the alfalfa gets a good start it is about as good a clrough resister as you can get. It is excellent stock feed but I fearif you pasture it with heavy stock there will be a danger of their tramping it out. Alfalfa does not bloat cattle after the dew is off it. Do not allow stock to pasture on it while it is wet with flew. Question -L. C. P.: -What is your opinion in regard to the value of ever - bearing strawberries?- Answer: Everbearing. strawberries are a novelty inmuoh the same sense that •.Seven Headed Wheat is a novelty. They do notappear to have any great commercial value. Ciabdtril A bit of powdered charcoal beats most of the so-called bowel remedies that are on the market. Lice, heat and too much food make the June chick's life a short and -pain- ful experience. Feeding milk a long time in the same dish without washing it, is the cause of a great deal of bowel, trouble In the little chicks. Sometimes it is not the hen which steeds doping half so much as it is the master, and what he needs is a good mess of interest in his business. When you "don't understand what is the matter" with the chicks, just try changing their runs. Many 'times the very earth where they are is foul and full of disease germs. A dead crow hung up by the heels near the chicken yardis aPrettYgoo hint to the rest of them that they are not welcome guests, and the croft are smart enough to take it, too. Don't forget to give the poultry an extra allowance of water this warm weather. They may be able to pick up a good share of their living now, but they can not .pump water. Exposure to excessive ?teat, either in the house or in the run, is fatal, especially to overfat hens. Poultry is naturally hardy. Sup- plied with the proper food, confined to well -ventilated, clean and not over- crowded quarters, and kept, free from lice, the flock can be continuously kept in good health. Thtlough ventilation is what is aim- ed at in the use of open front poultry houses; not an excess of low tempera- ture. If this can be obtained in a moderately warm house, by all means have both. Areleare4 Trio cause of splint is concussion or direct injury. Often no lameness, is present. When it is, it will be noticed only when the horse le going' faster than n walla, more marked at a jog. The horse stands and walks sound, If not lame leave alone, If lame apply cold as ice packs or cold water and give a rest for a few days. If this does not cure, apply a blister. Oil cage added to the grain will help to keep horses in condition during the spring work. If proper care is taken, the mare can safely be uskd in the ordinary Work of the farm up to the time of foaling; but as this time approaches it is important that the load be riot heavy nor the pace rapid, As the labor of a horse becomes heavier, se in the same proportion the food digeeted is diminished. Very.se- voro work prevents digestion of food from 7 to 25 per cont., Sometittnes a horse gets his foot over the tie rope in the stable; does it several times and you fear he will get into trouble. Just put him in a box stall for a few months and he will forget the trick. For the average 1,500 -pound horse at hard steady work a ration of 20 pounds eats and 15 pounds good hay produces about 11,000 units of power, which is about the work teach a horse is capable of performing. A careful daily washing of ehould- ere and withers with cold water or, better, cold salt waster, will cleanse and toughen the skin of the horse. This washing should be continued from two to four weeks, depending on the ago of the horse and the condition of the shoulders,. The orientals have this saying: "One should be slow toi.buy a chestnut horse, and still slower to sell one that has proved to be a good one." Apply this to horses of every color and we have one of the safest rules ever thought out. ' Unless every cross in b coling gentle for improvement in the herd, it shotes that there is soinething wrong, A cove with the ability to make good records is hindered in production if andied'g b 'hn i normnt` n, herdsma Y We Want thoroughbred dairymen es well air highly -bred cowe, Sail shade and water aro essential to the development of a dairy herd. Stagnant water is unlit for ti>~e stock, Drain the marshes and ponds or fence the cattle away from diem. Good butter makes the storekeeper Your best friend. With Juno pasture there is every passibility of turning out an attractive product. Every year the farmer wonders how the Pasture is going to bold out. It la a pretty safe guess that it will ;fall u r Beead for it. Oil' about AUglBt. 0 y 0 )Don't overload the pastures. , Do not try p to s end up the separator by guess. Men have thought before now that they could do that, but u speedhndicator stowed that they were not within forty rows of apple trees of being right. HOW 70 CARE FOR THE DAIRY COW Of All Farris eAninials the Grood'Dairy Cow Yields the Greatest Profit. It has been clearly demonstrated that the good dairy cow is. a more economical producer than any other farm animal. Not only does site act- itally yield more product fi°om a given amount of feed but she does this at the least cost and greatest prolit, Notwithstanding these facts the pro- duction of milk and fat from the at'er- age cow is exceedingly low, being ap- proximately 3,800 pounds milk and 130 pounds fat per''annum, which in value Is less than the total cost of produc- tion, Nevertlidl'ees it has been clearly demonstrated that by better feeding .and management this average may be easily inereasedefrom 30 to 80 per cent, with an increased cost in feed and labour of only 10 to 20 per cent.; the margin would be largely profit. Such an increase is not only a financial necessity but the patriotic duty of every dairy farmer, Feeding the Dairy Cow The milk produced by a dairy cow of proper type Is in proportion to feeds consumed plus the reserve of feed stored in thtfliody as fat and flesh. As an example of the latter it has been shown that fresh cows may be fed on n maintenance ration or `even starved for several days, yet produce milk in fairly large quantities with, however, .a proportional decrease of weight and flesh. Again it has boon proven that cow's of proper type baying a store of flesh before calving will not only milk more heavily but also more persistent- ly during • the succeeding milking period. It is clear, therefore, that this supply of fat and flesh stored on the dry cow of dairy type will be drawn upon when most needed and be either given off as milk or so take the place of feeds consumed in supplying bodily needs t'ha't a larger proportion of these feeds may be utilized for milk produc- tion. ' The dry cow receives little atten- tion from the majority of dairy farm- ers. The thin cow at calving Is in poor condition tomake milk profitably and cannot produce the rugged healthy calf fitted to withstand the many calf ailments. Allow the cow four to ten weeks before freshening. A pound of meal a day during this dry period is worth as much as two or three pounds of meal fed after the cow has fresh- ened. On poor pasture, feed the dry cow green feed, silage or roots -and a grain ration composed of two parts of any two of the following meals: bran, ground oats, ground corn, ground bar- ley, plus one part ground oil cake. To the thin cow feed 4 or 7 pounds daily; if the cow is in good flesh, give roughage as needed and 1 to 2 pounds daily of the above-mentioned grain mixture; if the cow is fat withhold the grain, but on the other hand do not sacrifice fiesh or lose a thrifty condition. Feeding at Calving Feeding the cow at calving requires special care, varying with the _in- dividuality of the animal.,_ Be sure that the condition of the bowels is nor- mal, Constipation at this time is apt to induce many troubles such as milk fever, caked udder, etc. After calving give a tepid drink containing a hand- ful of linseed oil meal per pall of water, allow to rest quietly for twelve hours, after which give a warm bran _mash, with two bran mashes on the second day after calving. Feed a limited supply --6 to 8 pounds -of clean preferably clover, Draw a little milk three or four times daily for the first three days; do not milk dry until after the third day, as such a procedure frequently brings on milk fever, On the fourth day start the dry meal ration consistiing of 4 pounds equal parts bran and ground oats. In- crease the quantity of grain and strength of the grain mixture to a full grain ration ou or about the sixteenth day after calving. Feeding the ' ci ng h Frash Cow The feeds consumed by a dairy cow in milk are utilized for two purposes, viz., the manufacture of milk and the maintenance of the body. The cow weighing 1,000 pounds requires the equivalent of 10 pounds clover nay and 10 pounds oat straw or 35 to 40 pounds of mixed pasture grass for mainten- ance alone. To this must be added the feed to supply eneryg necessary to manufacture milk. Hence it le evi- dent that the meagre feeding of cows in milk will. induce little 1f any 7111111 flow after the surplus body tissue has been used, tittle liberal reeding with Practically the sante maintenance re- gtiiretnents . wili,iudue'!: heavy milk eruditeness It is evident that milt produced un- der the latter conditions will cost much less per gallon, Rations for the Milch Cow in Stable The foundation principles of the suc- cessful selection of feeds and the feed- ing of dairy cattle depend upon the palatability, variety, nutrition and ease of .digestion, and succulence of the ration given. All these essentials of a well balanced ration for economic production roust be considered when raising or purchasing foodstuffs. The inost economical ration must have as a basis cheap but rich nutri- tious farm grown roughages such -ns clover or alfalfa hay, ensilage and roots, The liberal feeding of meals is advisable to balance the roughage ration and in addition to provide the heavy milking cow with an extra sup- ply of nutrients in a less bulky form. A pound of grain when the cow is fresh is equivalent to several pounds of grain after the cow has decreased materially in her milk flow. Peed 1 pound of meal for every 3% pounds mills produced; as her lactation period progresses decrease the meal gradual- ly to 1 pound for every five pounds of milk produced:' A fair average is 1 to 4. Following are a number of well- balanced daily rations for the 1,000 pound dairy cow suitable to the in- dividual heeds at farmers throughout different parts of Canada: No. 1.-Iv1ixed hay 16 pounds, tur- nips or mangels 40 pounds, meal mix- ture composed of bran 4 parts, ground oats 2 parts, ground barley 2 parts, oil cane 1 part, cottonseed meal 1 part. This meal fed at the rate of 1 pound per 3*, pounds of milk produced No. 2. -Glover or alfalfa stay 10 pounds, mangels or turnips 30 pounds, oat straw 10 pounds, meal mixture composed of bran 5 parts, ground oats 2 parts, linseed oil meal 3 parts, fed at the rate of 1 pound per 3>A pounds of milk produced. No. 3, -Clover hay 12 pounds, corn ensilage 30 pounds, meal mixture com- posed of bran 7 parts, ground oats 7 parts, dried brewers grains 4 parts, cottonseed meal 2 parts, fed at the rate of 1 pound per 3 pounds of milk produced. No. 4. -Mixed grass hay 10 pounds, oat straw or chaff 10 pounds, mangels or turnips 40 pounds, meal mixture composed of bran 3 parts, ground oats 3 parts, ground flax 2 parts, ground wheat 2 parts, fed at the rate of 1 pound per 3 pounds of milk produced, No. 5.-Bronie hay 10 pounds, clover hay 5 pounds, oat straw or chaff 10 pounds, mangels or turnips 30 pounds, grain mixture composed of ground oats, barley and wheat, equal parts, fed at the rate of 1 pound per 3 pounds of milk produced, A plentiful supply of clean drinking water and salt is essential for greatest health and production. Feeding on Pasture Over large areas of Canada the milk produced on grass will always bo the cheapest. Hence the proper lease of pasture is most essential. If cattle are allowed on the pasture only after the grass is from 6 to 8 inches in height such pasture will yield most feed dur- ing the summer and will be best pre- pared to withstand drought, Natural pasture may be supplement- ed in the spring and fall by sowing a patch of tall rye, or during the summer months by seeding an annual pasture mixture composed of oats and barley or a mixture'' of eats and plover. The most suocessful dairymen as a rule feed a limited grain ration even when the cows are on pasture. Bran 3 parts, cottonseed 1art bra 2 art P or n parts, ground oats 2 parts, acid gluten or ground peas, 1 part, will give excellent results. • Supplementing Pastures In the shortage of grass provide good soiling crops, Supplements to pasture are peas and oats seeded at different dates, second cut clover, corn and fall turnips fed with tops as pulled. Summer silage, if available, is both superior to and cheaper than peas and oats. against its being secretly pushed aside and replaced. 2. Tiley -The form of the phrase does not imply that she has any peo- ple in her mind, It is the Aramaic idiom literally rendered, and would answer to, "The Lerd has been taken "We know not ---So the other women are implied already. 8. The details of the visit of Peter and John (yorses 3-10) are peculiar to John's Gospel. Luke mentions the visit of Peter only (Luko 24. 12); but here we have the whole scene pictured with all the vividness and exactness of one who stated what he himself saw and took part in (The Handy Com- mentnry), 4. The other disciple was still a boy; Peter perhaps a man in the thirties, 5, Stooping and looking its ---One word in the Greek: Peter uses it (i Peter 1, 12) et ani°cls stooping to Toolinfo the blessings of redemption, Iiut, "r d he net ins Ole is restrained by wonder, net unaccompanied, per- haps, by fear, et, what be sees: 11114 waits for• hie friend and companion (Thr TIan11y ('ontmentnrv), f,, Petal, with chariot • istii• impel- sivcntas:, tuu•e,trained by the owe which had hrld bock his Tema friend, stoops to the Inw,rioorway and enters INTERNATIONAL LESSON JUNE 17. Lesson XII.--1-.The Risen Lord -John 20, 1-18. Golden "text 1 Cor. 1.r . 20. t Verse 1. Combining this narrative with those of. Mark and Luke, we may perhaps infer that Mary of Magnate came alone before it was light, and Was joined by "the other Mur," and Salome end Joann when the sun had just risen. in how much of the story of this chapter she was the leader of tl group and in how much site teas alone, the ha'l'e not materi:ll•: for de- ciding, Note than all three Pynoptists name her first, 'ranee away -- Luke's "roiled ewnyr' pietui es the manner: it was a rorty ,largo wheel-.,iilpc,l store that moved in a grams. 0,1itt. '17. 60 bells us it was selc 1, to gents X071 le" - j , T C 2u4cc(.e1(by liars 2'1'n.4:ac .,ucr r �T Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to this department. Initials only will bo published with each question and its answer es a means of Identification, but full name and address must ba given In each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will ba Mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs, Helen LaW, 235 Wcodbine Ave,, Toronto, "Northland": -1, To brighten the dreary aspect of a northeast bedroom, choose paper of a warns creamy tan shade, and a rug of deep raspberry pink (a Scotch wool square is a gods choice), with curtains, cushions, etc., of pink and cream chintz, and have the woodwork painted ivory white. You will have a cheerful room, I am sure. 2. Tp brighten a shabby carpet, sweep the carpet carefully to remove all the dust, then go over It with a clean house flannel dipped in a pail of warm water, to which a cupful of strong vinegar has been added. Tho flannel should he wrung as dry as pos- sible before it is applied to the carpet, which must not be more than dampen- ed In tate process. Let the carpet dry thoroughly before walking on it, 3. A cork pressed into a bright -colored celluloid thimble and the edges cut off even with the thimble will make a pro- tector for the end of a steel crochet hook. 4. Buttonholes can be strength- ened by runuin.g two rows of stitching around the edges. H.S.W.:-1. The origin of the ex- pression, "Getting down to brass tacks," has been explained in various ways. Probably it is derived from the custom of marking. yards, feet and fractions of a yard on the edge of the counter in dry goods stores with brass tacks or "brass nails." 'When the cloth is actually measured the trans- action has "got down to brass tacks." The expression therefore would seem to mean greater accuracy. 2. To clean furs: Before putting them away heat some clean fine sand or coarsely - ground cornmeal as hot as you can bear your band in it. Rub it well into the soiled places, then shake it out, and beat and brush the furs till clean. The Cow that Liked Compositions. Caro had never written a composi- tion. At the city school nothing had ever been said about them. But here in the country, where they had lately come to live, every Friday was com- position day, and Caro was expected' to write something on the subject printed upon the blackboard. "Cows," she read, and felt perplexed at once. "Make your compositions this week humorous, or funny, if possible," the teacher said, which sent Caro home in a puzzle. What was funny about a cow? After school the little girl took a paper and pencil and went out into the pasture back of the house to study their cow, and to write her composi- tion. omposi- tion. Billy Carpenter had told her that cows sometimes chased people, but this cow that her father had just bought looked too clumsy and too lazy to run after anybody. So Caro sat down upon a big stone, and wrote "Cows" in big letters at the top of her sheet. The cow switched her tail from side to side, to drive off the flies, so pre- sently Caro wrote: "Cows are big animals, with long tails that go svigglety-waggle." Then she watched to see the cow do 3. Otound ginger is Just as good for Warners es mustard, even better, for it. draws" as well and never blisters, 4 Collars of sheer material such as ninon, can be cleaned by covering them with a layer of corn -meal and al- lowing then to remain for a few hours, 5. When washing delicately colored frocks, bran water should be used in- stead of soap. Tie wheat bran loosely in a thin cloth and rub the clothes with it, using lukewarm water. Rinse quiokly and hang to dry in shade, "High School Girl": -The countries at war are Germany, Austria-Hun- gard, Turkey and Bulgaria, opposed to Rnssia, France, Great Britain, United States, Italy, Japan, Serbia, Belgium, Montenegro, San Marino, Portugal, Rumania and Cubo. Panama, China, Brazil, Bolivia, Guatemala., Honduras. Liberia and Nicaragua have broken relations with Germany. E. K. M.:-1. The best book I know of is the "Canadian Soldiers' Manna? for French and German." The price is 25 cents, and it is 514 by 3%, inches. Another good book is "French Self Taught," also 25 cents, size 514 x 234 inches. 2. Chocolate is a very suitable article of food to send to your soldier boy, as it contains much nourishment in a concentrated form, fat, protein and carbohydrate being present, with very little water. "Subscriber": -1. Joppa is a sea- port on the west coast of Palestine, about forty miles northwest of Jeru- salem. 2. Trieste is an important Austrian port on the Adriatic Sea. 3. The area of the German Empire in Europe is 208,780 square miles; in addition, before the war, there were colonies with an approximate area of 1,028,000 square miles. something funny, but all she did was to nibble at the grass. Pretty soon this went down on Caro's paper: "Cows eat all the time and never stop. They have big eyes that stare at you, and they have horns to let down the bars with when they go hone at night. Our cow is red- dish, and isn't funny at all." Just then the cow walked off under a tree, and lay down chewing' her cud. "Oh," thought Caro, "that is funny They do their eating first, and then they go and chew and chew and chew!" • So she wrote down her 'dis- covery, adding, "I wish I could do that way, but mother makes me chew as I go along." A railway passed near the farm, and just then a whistle sounded shrilly not far away. It frightened the cow, and, getting on her feet in a hurry, she came bounding in Caro's direction at a lively pace. "Ohl" screamed Caro, and, dropping paper and pencil, she scampered away toward the fence. Safely on the oth- er side, she ventured to 1oo11 back. The cow was inspecting the com- position. "Ohl" cried Caro again, and then louder, "Oh, my!" for the paper had vanished in her mouth! Caro went sadly home, to rewrite her composition in a safe place, and she added this to her first part: "Cows like compositions, for ours ate mine up." The next Friday afternoon, when all the twenty compositions were read, the scholars voted Caro Clyde's the very funniest one there. The percentage of tubercular hogs killed in the large packing houses has doubled in the last ten years, due no doubt, to the fact, that a concerted effort to control the disease has not been made. Hogs become infected by following tubercular cattle or when fed unsterilized skim -milk or butter- milk from creameries. One tuber- cular herd of cows in a community supplying milk to a creamery, may in- fect all the herds of hogs fed on the by-products of the creamery. Hogs do not usually contract the disease from other tubercular hogs, 'hence the problem of eradicating the 1 lisease in hogs is largely a matter of !avoiding unsterilized by-products from creameries, feeding skim -milk from • a tubercular herd, allowing the hogs to 'follow tubercular cattle, or the feed- ing of uncooked garbage unless it is positively from a safe source. the hollowed vault, a niche in the side of which had held the sacred body. The description of the position of the grave clothes is forcibly argued (by Latham, in The Risen Master) to im- ply a collapse as the body within them dematerialized. That the "body of bis Flory" was not simply the "body of Ills humiliation" (Phil. 3. 21) re- suscitated, is shown by the different guises in which he comes, and his en- tire independence of material coudi- tions, suddenly appearing and vanish- ing again. What was mortal was swallowed up of Life: the new bock was real (Luke 24, 39), but not of this order, Paul is building entire-, ly on the facts of the Lord's resur rection when he Argues en earnestly, 111e utter difference rruu of the snn•ic sal body" firm that we ken*, , 7. Rolled up. un the above theory, means fallen flat mid evenly: the ' head it covered hes not begin with- drawn or moved stride. 1,111 v:,ni:•heel "into thin abs" 8. Saw, end heisted- eters ha did not attain the w1,, i tl r' r., nt a' Verse 21). But he 111, t:I .:f.or see- ii:t nnieh less ti , ,.1'.r:.,.. 8, 'Um script... nen; :thews in which \V':( 'r tl:,...ht. ate ak:.n111'111-,1.,'01,11:11' 1 �1 a ,1 rgem, : o{' .1a 1 t reeling '.1 no: i cs -u tr g .r. e ht of ,, e, t, 1. ,cci ( 1 1 o..i.ttt nothingnme, is the hail e u!:,t ton- • !tura of faith in Psa. 16. Note that "the scripture" dogs not prove his res- urrection as something solitary: !Paul's whole argument in 1 Cor, 15 is based on our solidarity with the Man from heaven. It is simply that the principle holds infinitely more ob- ' vionsly and inevitably in his case, and therefore his resurrection becomes the prime certainty. 11. Mary bad returned to the sepul- cher after the hurrying apostles, Mark (16. 2) states definitely, what we gather 'from this section, that the siren Lord's first appearance was to Mary Magdalene: the details of the meeting are given by John alone (The C!'mbricigc Bihte)„ in. In white --Always the symbol of heaven. Co ie S hello 's "white radiance of Eternity," 'which "Life; 1111 • n 4lonte of many -colored glass, stains.' 115. :(l ire, like. the ::inter:: at Be - then, t,l, bit 11, 21, 32), ]las- but one I Il n:<fht, tvhith rel,ctite itself uuchang- id. 14- Know oat As so often, for ho \ .., never ltnwr, till tits spiritual 1; c' could see. Whore nrre the ntarl.s. i, his hands•" rimy were not there 'tine t.ili he m r lr them appear! in, "ile et'.l:th his own. lay name •rd ' +t them nut." Tts.bboni- t"cn a.:' 11::11: 10. 61. A eti•ongcs' meso "P R:.1,l:i, "Pty Master," need in Shade, shelter and water arra needed tunes of spccinl cntction, • for every flock in pasture, i Preparedness And The Family Sewing. "You always get such a lot of sew- ing done when Miss Smith comes to your house. Last year site made twice as many dresses for you in the same length of time est she did for me. How do you dolt?" That is what folies ask my neighbor across the road, Yet the sewing girl likes to sew at Mrs. Neighbor's. She never hints at being over-worked, and she receives no more wages. De you want to know the secret? The time is coming, in some locali- V' ties it is on the way, when our girls from the domestic science classes of our up-to-datest schools will do their own sewing. They will do it well and happily with never a sigh for help from the dressmaker who goes out by the day. But many of us, of an older and less well-rounded educa- tion, find it necessary to hire the sew- ing girl once or twice each year. For such housewives, as well as for the woman who must sandwich the sewing in between her housework, Mrs. Neighbor's secret may prove useful. The secret is just "preparedness." Mrs. Neighbor gets ready for her sew- ing week just as she gets ready for fruit canning' time or washday. This means that she gathers together some equipment which costs very little but which keeps her from wasting time af- ter the sewing is under way. If she bad a room to spare she would make it a sewing -room and keep it sacred to sewing, (But lacking this she turns a bed -room into a sewing - room for sewing week). Here the sewing is done without the necessity of clearing up and folding away the work before it is completed. Here she moves the sewing machine and cleans and oils it thoroughly, trying it out on a scrap of the material which is to be sewed first, and adjusting the stitch and tension. The ma- chine should stand out from the win,- dow so that the operator can sit with her back to a good light. The sewing room has a trunk or old bureau which holds all the material, linings, hooks and eyes, buttons, etc. Patterns are all in a bag which is hung in an accessible corner. Fashion papers are looked over and plans made beforehand as far as possible. The thread is kept on a home-made spool -holder which sits within. reach of the sewing -machine. This spool - holder is a small smooth board with brads driven through it and extending out one and one-half inches. The spools are set over the brads so that thread can be drawn without remov- ing them. There is a scrap bag or big waste basket near the machine or the table. A work table is another necessity. This should not be the dining -table because it will cause too much delay to clear it three times a day. The ironing -board will do for a cutting table, but is rather narrow when cut- ting clothes for grown-ups. A re- gular folding sewing -table is not ex- pensive and will pay for itself many times, as will a sleeve board for use in pressing the new work. A big old mirror is a useful thing t'o have in making fittings. Then plenty of pins, needles, bast- ing thread, a bit of chalk and a soft pencil or charcoal stick for marking through the perforations of patterns, a sharp knife for ripping, and a tape measure may be arranged in one draw- er hine. Clothesofthe macthat are to be made over are ripped, cleaned and pressed before the seamstress arrives. The dress- iest gown is made last, so that its planning can be talked over while fingers are busy with other work that requires no discussion. Our neighbor across the road works with the sewing girl. She bastes and does hand work, sews on hooks and eyes, draws the bastings, even cuts out after the pattern has been pinned to tate goods. In fact, she gives her whole time to the sewing while the girl is in the house. For this reason the meals are ar- ranged before hand as far as possible. Baked beans and brown bread, a din- ner of corned beef and cabbage boil- ed together.with other vegetables, all started at breakfast time, or slices of roast meat or chicken warmed over in its own gravy are quickly served on sewing clays. For desserts there are any kind of pie which is good cold, or canned fruit and cake, or short -cake made of stale sponge cake smothered with a fruit sauce and served with cream. At Mrs. Neighbor's the sewing girl simply takes off her hat, puts on her apron, and sets to work. Prepared- ness, Haill The Telegrapher. - As I was sitting hi the wood With violets in my lap, Behold! I hearda telegraph Near by go tap -tap -tap, O'er (bush and briar and bubbling brot,k I up h followed wthe sound, And lo! upon ?ton a hollow tree The telegrapher found. A woodpecker sc ' in :markt cap And black and white surtout, A sentence to a grub beneath '.lite bark was tapping out. He does not need an instrument His messages to flesh, For he's the first inventor of The code of dot and dash, ---Minta Irving,