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Contlllctted by Professor Meters G. I3e11,
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sere co1eof ojurtof this farm readersatheMnt le adviceto ofnle at the,
an aaknowl•
edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and
crops,
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In
sate of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Ta•
Hinto, and anewere will appear In this column In the
order in which they are ,o,.0ived As space Is limited
it la advisable whore Immediate reply is necessary that
s stamped and addressed envelope bo enclosed with the
question, when the answer will be mal ed direct.
Question.. --F, P.:•• -(n) What fertil-
101)V would, you suggest for corn in
nleditun soil, and how much? have
no manure: (b) What is the best
kine] of soil for buckwheat, and when
is the best time to sow, and how thick-
ly ?
Aintrwerl-.(a). For corn on hnedium
soil I would advise from 300 to 500
Pounds, per acre o;: fertilizes carrying
1 to 2% ammonia and 8 to 12% avail.
Able phosphoric Acid. If it is pos-
sible to obtain 1% potash, the add,-
tion will bo of advantage to the crop,
A satisfactory tnethod of applying this
fertilizer to the corn is to drill it in
through the 'fertilize, dro,.ping at-
tachment of the wheat drill. Such a
method of Application puts the plant -
food into the boil where the material
can dissolve, The available plantfood
acts on the young crop somewhat the
same as whole milk fed to the young
calf. It gives it a strong, healthy,
vigorous start.
In using fertilizers do not neglect
to grow clover or rye on this ground
inside the next two years and then
turn under a second crop,/ of
clover or a fair growth of rye or some
other green manure. In using
fertilizers you are adding plantfood
but yot are not adding organic rat-
ter or : umus, Humus is essential
to the producing capacity of the soil,
hence must not be neglected.
(b) Buckwheat will do web on most
any type of soil with the exception of
muck. It is successful sown later
than the average farm crops, -even
sewn as late as early June. Prob-
ably late in May is he bes' time to
seed it, using from 3 to 5 pecks of
good seed per acre,
Question -- T. L.: -What is the
best fertilizer for strawberries, and
when should it be used, on the vines
that are bearing this year or the vines
to be set out tai;, year?
Ansv er:-In fertilizing strawber-
are the beet instructors in. the sub-
jects which were hard for them to
learn As pupils. They know where
elle difficulties lie and how discourag-
ing they aro.
Great wisdom is needed in handling
the precocious child so that it may
be well-buhlnced and kindly, and
realize the necessity of achieving lie
own best.
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The symptoms of spasmactic 0110
:u•0: Uneusirhess, stamping, pawing,
clu•owing himself down, tolling, get-
Ling up, etc. The attacks aro epee-
modie, and during the intervals patient
Henry G. Bell.is normal, may appear to want to uri-
ries good res.11ts are obtain -d by us'
ing from 400 to 000 pounds per acre
of fertilizer analyzing from 2 to 3%
ammonia and 8 to 12% available
phosrhoric acid, and possibly 2 to 3'/o
le,4ish• This is best applied when
preparing the bed for the planting of
silo young vines. When the ground
Ana been thoroughly disked this avail-
able plantfood should be drilled in
through the fertilizer dropping at-
tachment of the wheat drill, or, it
should be broadcasted over the pro-
posed strawberry bed and thoroughly
disked and harrowed in. When the
young vines are set they will profit
greatly by the added vigor obtained
from this available plantfood. As
a rule, top -dressing growing straw-
berries has not been the most profit-
able way to apply.
Question -M. 0.: -What is the best
way to get rid of wild mustard?
Answer: -A practicable way to get
'rid of mustard is to spray the young
plants before they come into flower,
For this purpose a spray machine such
as is used for spraying potatoes might
be used. Empty a 100 -pound sack
of sulphate of iron into a kerosene or
vinegar barrel. F]11 it up to the chine
with water and stir until the sulphate
of iron is dissolved. Strain the solu-
tion through several thicknesses of
cheese -cloth when pouring it into the
tank of the spray machine. To bo
most effective, it is well to apply 52
gallons of this material to the acre
The more powerful the spraying ma-
chine the better, since the mist es
most effective when divided into finest
particles. A pressure of 80 to 100
pounds at the nozzle should be main-
tained. A two -horse spraying ma-
chine will spray from 20 to 100 acres
of grair in a 10 -hour day. In actual
tests which have been carried out, this
method of treatment has proven very
efficient in killing out this troublesome
weed. It does not hurt the grain crop,
'TRA MNG THE PRECOCIOUS CHILD
Great Wisdom is Needed That the Brilliant Child May Be Well -
Balanced and Win Success in Later Life.
Whenever we sleet en unusual-
ly bright or precocious child,
there is sure to be seine fond
and admiring friend or re-
lative hovering near, anxious to "show
it off." As a matter of fact, the child
of average ability is in much less
danger than the backward or pre-
cocious 011e.
The backward child may not be un-
derstood or it may not have the most
intelligent methods used in its
management. For this reason, such
a child may fail to achieve as much
as he might under favorable circum-
stances. however, no one expects
very much of a deficient youngster,
and if he is given healthful surround-
ings, good care and sympathetic un-
derstanding, his handicap may in time
be partly overcome.
Very often the child who is exceed-
ingly bright in certain respects, is
decidedly average otherwise. If you
press a ball in at one point, it will
bulge out on the opposite side. The
bulging or noticeable ebaracteristis is
pretty sure to be balanced by a dent
somewhere. This may be the rea-
son that many people who are really
brilliant in some directions are not
well-balanced or evenly developed all
around,
There is also grave danger that pre-
cocious children may have too much
expected of them and be urged be-
yond their normal capacity. A lit-
tle boy who was fond of music and
who really did exceptionally well with
his violin lessons was urged to long
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periods of practice end encouraged to
take part in many public entertain-
ments. Thsse things were accom- I
'plished at the cost of play and sleep.
The child developed a nervous trou-
i ble and was obliged eventually to give
I up both school and music.
It is frequently remarked that the
pupil who is unusually brilliant in
school, winning much favor and many;
honors, is not always a success in later
life. There are reasons why this is
often so. If book knowledge comes
too early through an extra good mem-
ory or the ability to see through a
problem quickly, little mental train-
ing is given, and when that individual
goes out into the world, superficial
methods and the expectation of get-
ting much and giving little, do not
make for success.
The precocious child is in danger of
becoming over -confident, egotistical,
lacking in thoroughness, and patroniz-
ing in manner. Too often such chil.
drop do not develop the mental and
moral fibre which effort and dis-
couragement, more determined effort
and final victory bring out. One
star pupil was recently heard to boast
that he could stay out of school three
days, attend one clay, and still keep
up with his class. It may be the old
story of the hare and the tortoise.
He is gaining a. contempt for educa-
tional advantages and is likely to be
handicapped for life with the idea that
persistence and conscientious effort
are not necessary for him.
Teachers often remark that they
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nate.
Drench with 11/1 oz. each of lauda,
num, sweet spirits of nitre and tine-
ture of belladonna :n a pint of water.
Repeat in 2 hours if necessary.
Tho general indifference to horse-
ureeding at present in setae farm
sections offers all the more encourage-
ment to those who follow the loss
popular course and raise horses before
they are actually tit a premium on
the markets.
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For specific information regarding,
breeding, feeding, and general care
and managemel:t of livestock, apply
to your nearest experimental farm.
Feed ie high, but it is not so high
that one can afford to ruin a good
Brood mares must he properly ex- pasture by turning stock on it too
ercised, preferably with light work early,
but not where thorn is danger of Labor on the da.ry farms this year
straining or falling or being crowded is going to be hard to get, and un -
between shafts. Watch the mare doubtedly will cost all it is worth. It
carefully at foaling, A clean, thor. is a condition that will start many
oughly disinfected bright cheerful box dairy farmers thinking about me -
stall is the best place to foal a mare, chanical milkers,
unless the weather is warm and a A few years ago it was considered
clean comfortable grass paddock is a normal thing for cows to give 2,500
available. Yearlings and foals well to 3,000 pounds of milk in a year. To -
fed and free from vermin will make clay yields of twenty to twenty-five
the greatest and most profitable gains thousand pounds pass almost un -
on summer pasture, but if the pasture noticed. Animal husbandry has be -
is short, a grain supplement is a most come one of the most important and
profitable investment. The secret of progressive vocations.
successful horse rearing is to ]seep the
animals clean, healthy and constantly Had to Say Something.
gaining in size and weight until ma- Jack Timid (presumptuously in love
ttlz'ity• with his employer's daughter) -Is Mr.
Cashleigh in?"
Prosperous farmers as a rule are Butler -Yes, sir.
good bookkeepers. - Jack Timid (horribly disappointed)
Seventeen ladies arc peeresses of -Well, I'm glad to hear it. He might
the United Kingdom in their own catch cold outside -beastly weather.
right. Good night,
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Rennie's Prize Swede Turnip, for table or stock . , , .4 ozs. 20c, ib. 6So
Rennie's Derby Swede Turnip, biggest cropper 4 ozs. 20c, Ib, 70c
Perfection Mammoth Red Mengel, for stock 4 ozs. 15c,
%z Ib. 25c, Ib, 45c.
Yellow Leviathan Manger, good keeper, „4 ozs. 15e, ria Ib. 25c, Ib, 45c
Rennle's Jumbo Sugar Beet, for feeding 4 ozs. 15c
%a Ib. 250, Ib. 45c,
Improved Early Ohio Seed Potatoes Peck $1.00, bus. $3,50
High Grade Longfellow Yellow Flint Seed Corn,.,Peck 850, bus, $3.25
High Grade Compton's Early Yellow Flint Seed Corn Bus, $3.25
High Oracle White Cap Yellow Dent Seed Corn.,,.Peck 75c, bus. $2.75
High Oracle Wisconsin No. 7 White Dent Seed Corn Peck 75c,
bus, $2.85,
Select Yellow Dutch Onion Setts Ili 35c, 5 lbs. $1,70
English Multiplier Potato Onion Setts Ib, 30c, 5 lbs. $1,40
Gold Medal Gladioli Bulbs (no two alike) 10 for 86c, 100 for $6,00
Rennle'e Mammoth Squash, specimens 403 Ibweight Pkg, 25o
XXX Scarlet Round White Tip Radish ....Pkg. 100, oz, 20o, 4 ozs, 50c
XXX Melting Marrow Table Peas (dwarf) 4 ozs, 15c,
Ib. 40c, 6 lbs, $1.90,
Round Pod Kidney Bush Butter Beans..4 ozs. 15c, lb: 55c, 5 lbs. $2.40
Cool and Crisp Table Cucumber Pkg. 5c, oz. 15e, 4 ozs, 40c
XXX Early Table Sugar Corn (very fine).. Pkg. 10o, Ib, 400, 5 lbs, $1,90
Rennie's Fireball Round' Table Beet ....Pkg. 10c, oz, 20c, 4 ozs, 50c
XXX Early Summer Cabbage (heads 12 lbs. each)„Pkg. 10c, oz, 30c
Rennie's Market Garden Table Carrot ...,Pkg. 10c, oz, 25c, 4 ors, 75c
E. / Yellow Danvers Onion, black seed Pkg. 5c, oz. 20o,
4 ozs. 600, lb, $1,90. ,
Seed Corn and Potato Prices do NOT include
freight charges.
"Pakro" Seedtape. "You plant it by the yard."
2 pkts. for 25c. Ask for descriptive list.
Rennie's Seed Annual Free to All.
Order through your LOCAL DEALER or direct from
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Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to tills
department. Initials only will be published with each question and Its
answer as a means of Identification, but full name and address must be
given In each letter, Write on ono side of paper only. Answers will be
Mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed.
Address ell correspondence for this department to Mrs, Helen Law, 75
Castle- F'ra,nk Rcad. Toronto,
M. E. S.: ---A child four or five years !which to enjoy them and love them.
Old should drink at least a glassful of As a result, the dullness and drudgery
water between five o'clock supper and of existence are all they come to ex -
seven o'clock bedtime. Children perience,
should get the habit of drinking water • "One mother of five children for
both morning and evening. This will' years took at least one hour a day for
Prevent a good deal of sluggish action rest and quiet reading alone by her -
of the liver, kidneys and bowels, and self. Nothing but absolute neces-
will obviate the need of laxatives, city could induce her to break into
which are used altogether too freely, this hour.
F. H,:-1. It is misconception tc, be.. "The result of this is not only that
lieve a kitchen should be large. It sire had kept her own superb health,
should be small, compact, cheerfully' but she is a constant joy and inspira-
ancl sanitarily finished, with cross tion to her children, her husband, and
ventilation, and an abundance of il- her friends.
lumination. It should net, of course,; is true that she mighting stock -
have
be so small as to be cramped or con- : done more dusting or mend
gested. A long, narrow pantry should ings than she has actually aecom-
be studiously avoided. Built-in cup-' [dished, but it would have been at the
' boards in the kitchen might take the : sacrifice of that whole part of her life
place of a pantry and save steps. 2. which meant the most to herself and
Any worker desiring to eliminate. others."
waste motion and increase her efi'ici W, E. K.: -Probably you will find
envy 50 per cent., can ask herself these 1 all the good recitations you need in
questions; 1, Is my table, stool, board, ; "Jessie Alexander's Platform
or working surface at the right Sketches," The price of the book is
height? 2, Are my utensils and ma $1.00, As for drills, there are three
terials needed for this task all before little volumes you would find useful:
;she when I begin? 3. Do I have to "Ideal Drills" "Wilson's Drills and
stoop unnecessarily? Do I take use- Marches," and "Twenty-five Drills au8
!less steps? 4. Are my utensils ar- Several Motion Songs." They are 25
ranged with proper regard to each cents each.
other, and to other tasks? 5. Is my R. W,: -How April Fool Day rume
position comfortable? G. Anil I us- to be no one really knows. Prohabi
Mg the best and right tool for the pure the best guess is that which credits
, pose? 7, Ie. the tool properly ad- the day to France, th, first nation of
justed and in good condition before I all Christendom to begin the year on
begin work? 8. Am I malting any Ianuary 1 instead of March 25, Be -
awkward motions, or ones I could fore the change was made the octave
omit? of the festival, April 1, was the day
L. N. T.; -Here is an extract from' on which the celebration culminate?,
a book entitled "The Efficient Life," when visits aver, nhacie and gifts ex -
which may suit your ease. It is a changed. With the- adoption of the
plan that is decidedly worth trying. A reformed colander in 1584, New Year's
tired and nervous mother will often Day was celebrated on January 1, and
find fault unnecessarily, and cause only pretender: gifts and mock
friction in the home. Give mind and : ceremonial visits were made on April
body a real rest every day, as this 1, -with the idea of making fools of
message advises:- those who had forgotte.r the change of
"Many mothers slave for their chil- date. The custom once started was
dren so many hours a day that they kept up after ifs origin was no longer
have but little energy left with I remembered.
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1 Sheep will turn to profitable account' care for the same after shearing, Co
more waste products than will any; operative marketing will add from two
' other class of farm animals. to eight cents per pound revenue from
A sheep has a low nervous organ- yotlr wool.
' Nation, and Once neglected gives up! Give the lambs an extra good start
with little effort. But kept in thrift ; on grass. A lamb creep in the corner
with good care it will be as hardy as; of the pasture and light grain feeding
, any other animal will usually be found most profitable. 1
This is the season of the year when' .-----..e.
sheep need most care and labor, Rea ..,,Kitchener's Prediction.
sonable attention in the lambing sea- •
son will save a heavy mortality. A ,'here may be nothing to it, but in,
good shepherd will raise a 125% lamb' seeking for the explanation of the
: crop, slow German retreat on the Somme,
' Don't forget the spring dipping, there comes to mind Earl K.itchener•'s
Although other work may demand at-; oracular utterance in the fall of 1914,
Itention, yet this is the one phase of after the trench warfare had begun.'
' eVeep husbandry that should never be' 'The army that first leaves the
neglected, t trenches," he said, "will be beaten," If.
Shear fairly early, at least before this prediction is justified it will de-
serve to be set alongside his then
thus save the ewe discomfort and loss startling prediction that the war
in weight. With wool as valuable:vvould last three years.
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Conservation of Vision
Preventive medicine has opened the
Way to endless fielde of investigation
which have as their basin the proven -
tical of diseaeo and the premeticn of
the lnzbile health. Routine ]nepertion
by the health nethoeitiet hes done
1 much toward the- eon ere:a:"11 of vi.
cion among children ecf school nye,
EMI -doyen; it .e 1•c'to„h,.%li the lin-
, poi tante of rendering the surround-
ings of the office and wort...=Mico free
from those farms which may be de-
trim'nt•tl to the ev :deli;.
'i few hlnis from the point of view
of the health of the workers may
serve as a guide to lighting' engineers:
- Daylight i:, the bast 11,;leting sys-
tem .
Window spare should be one square
foot to every five square feet of fluor
Plh:1it le e.
desk or work should be so plac-
ed that the light falls over the left
shoulder of the worker,
Attifirial illumination should ap-
proach the diffused daylight. The in-
tensity should vary with the kind of
work and its distance from the object
to he illuminated.
Direct illumination should be pre-
, ,'erred for near work where precise
vision is reuired. Such lights, how-
ever, should be constant and without
• glare and should be so arranged as
not to reflect rays of light into the
eyes of the worker,
I Persons working in foundries and
Places where the light is intense from
molten metals should guard the eyes
by properly prescribed colored lenses,
I The color of the room has also an
important hearing upon illumination.
The walls should be of a light color,
'preferably pale green or buff. Sur-
facrs, however, should not be glazed,
to ovoid uncomfortable reflections.
Teeth and Good Health.
We frequently hear specialists de-
claring; that the health of mankind
depends upon the proper care of that
portion of the body upon which they
specialize. Now, the human organ-
ism is eu complicated an affair that
nobody is safe in putting such a
sweeping responsibility upon any one
organ. yet there are many who will
say the dental surgeon, when he
makes his claim that defective teeth
have more to do with physical de-
generation in humankind than any
other member gone wrong, has more
Lehlne him than some of his brother
specialists,
The mouth end nose are the busiest
Ports of entry for disease in the hu-
man body. The mouth, particularly
when the teeth are defective, re-
table many germs that would produce
dieease, and the environment will
furnish that which promotes their
multiplication,
I'he mucous membrane of the mouth
is in itself quite resistful to disease
germs, yet at times it becomes infect-
ed and the pus -forming germs bore
their way into the bones of the face,
producing long-suffering, disfigure-
ment and sometimes even proceed un-
til they destroy the life of the in-
dividual.
Through the poisons that are pro-
duced by the absorption from these
centers of pus, the vital organs of the
lady are frequently disturbed. Dis-
ease of the intestinal tract, which is
often secondary to infected teeth, even
in its earls• stages, f5 very distressing,
and has a terribly depressing effect on
the sufferer. It has been said that
ne man dies a heroic edath who has a
no plan dies a heroic death who has a
tract, -
Long life, happiness and prosperity
depend much upon a clean mouth full
of healthy teeth.
HOW GERMANS RETREAT.
Lay Waste the Country and Poison
Wells.
The whole of the old German line
south of Arras, as strong as one vast
fortress, built by the labor of millions,
dug and tunnelled and cemented and
timbered with thousands of machine
gun redoubts, with an immense mass
of .trenches protected by forests of
barbed wire, had slipped away as
though by a landslip, and the enemy
is in rapid retreat to new lines many
miles away. As he goes he is laying
fire and waste to the countryside
northeast of Bepaume, into which
the troops went.
East of Peronne scores of villages
are burnt. One of them, larger than
a village, is the town of Atheis, which
is a flaming torch, visible for miles
around. Others are smouldering ruins
from which volumes of smoke are
!rolling up into the clear blue sky. In
all of the great tenet of France which
the enemy has been forced to abandon
to avoid the menace of a combined at -
['1d:, there is no beauty nor farms,
tett only black ruins end devastation.
Everyr:here the enemy is adopting
the full cruelty of the war's ming -
711171M, Ile leaves poisoned wells in
his wake. t.o that if the soldiers'
,(rtes should d,'init they will die. This
avas firstdiscovered at I3arleux,.When
the water was tested after German
; retreat ]t was round to be fall of ar-
.coir. anther wells have been found
• l recur ` it the .ohne way,
'cat valee of potato seed
eleeee care, in selectiell and
n; at of the seed before piant=