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ES -- ee rr FALL WHEAT. A Little Advice About This Important Crop. _Any good soil, preferably clays and loams, where judicious crop Methods are observed, may be used for fall wheat. Clover sod, pea ground apd summer-fallow provide most suitable conditipns, hut meadow or pasture land, thoroughly prepared, | may be expected to give satisfactory i returns. i As prompily as possible after the | removal of the previous crop, plough | not more than six inches deep, roll or pack, and work thoroughly until the seed-bed is deep, mellow and level, not later than the second week in September. Light dressings of short manure timulate strong growth and act as arin ter; Knolls, : n id are especi- Ordinarily, however, e manure should be supplied to some other crop in the rotation, rather than directly for the wheat. | Sow large, plump, sound seed of | Strong vitality and free from weed | seeds. Use the fanning-mill wisely. | Treat the seed wheat for "stinking | smut." This simple method is effec tive: Immerse the seed for twenty minutes in a solution made of one pint formalin to forty-two gallons water, Prepare Pasture for Cows Nothing is gained by turning dairy cows into stalk fields or on to pasture | during the early gpring months, Pro tection from storms and good feeding | are of the utmost importance if the eows are to be kept from losing flesh | or from falling off in milk Much damage will be done also to pastures if they are tramped and cut up while fhey are wet and before the grasses | have gotten well started A stall atch of sorghum should Be planted in a rich spot near the | barn or pasture as a safe guard against a shortage of pasture in the | The War Has Brought About a Great | Demand for Better Dalry Cattle. early summer, due to drought. Plan | to plant a large emough acreage of corn or sorghum to fill a silo it planted early the silo can be filled | early, in readiness for use during the { early 'fall, when the pasture may be | ss short. wi I During the hot weather in the | summer and early fall every farm ghould 'arrange so fhat milk can be cooled ag soon as drawn from the cow, unless the cream is to be sepa~ | rated with a separator. Cream, as | lsoon = as separated or skimmed, | {should be cooled and kept cool until § lehurned. Quick cooling of the milk | Hnsures more rapid and more com- | x I plete rising of the cream. Cream kept Tow properly cooled remains sweet and produces a better grade of butter Look at the Hat Cords. A military man can immediately | tell to what division « soldier belongs | By glancing at the cord on his hat, | but to the average citizen the color of | the hat cord denotes little or nothing. | It i= an Interesting feature to be fa- | shijlar with, eéspecizlly now. when so i many soldiers are seen all over the country, and anyone who takes the trouble to learn the following list will be rewarded by being abie to satisfy his own curiosity respecting any sole dler he happens to see without haviag to ask questions: A cord of light blue signifies that the wearer belongs to the infantry; red denotes artillery; h yellow, cavalry; buff, quartermaster's b! corps ; orange and white, signal corps; red and white, enginéers' corps; red and black, ordnance; black and white, field clerk; maroon and white, medi- cal corps; black and gold, officers; silver and black, adjutant general's clerk; green, instructor home guards, and green and white, home guards. German General Staff, . | The German general staff 1s not the £ 'yreation of the kaiser. It is the cre- ation of the army, and In Germany the army is the nation. In the old when the principality of Bran- B becoming the state of hority. Kren when Brandenburg had 'become Prussia the kings of Prussia don d end owned the country as completely as the head of the house lominated the family, or the menu facturer owned his business. The cab- inet of the great elector, the tobacco fpartiament of Frederick William, the Potsdam library of Frederick the Great, these have merged into the of- fices of the general staff, in which is consecrated the surrender of the e to the army, and of the army to firmy chiefs. of t i, | Such a Rel. She put' down the book with a sigh. "What is it, darliog?' he asked. "Ah, dearest, I'm so happy," she re- plied. -1 "Bat you Had such a sad look in pur 'eyes just now." Tve been reading about DHSS 3 Yd ~ SCI HK IN 5 N RAHA AS N SA SEO TR 5 SCISSOR Patrons a Friends Pes Ahan, A Prosperous 2 that the very statues in the gardens THe OBSERVER. | | | | RRO RIRIG ES shrn® nL PEOPLE OF ONTARIO are accustomed to ac- cept their food much the same as they breathe the aie They read isolated items about food shortage, but such a thing as this affecting their own dinner table never enters their mind, and it is the responsibility of The Observer 2 to bring howe to its readers a realization of the facts, as un- RA less something is done, in another year, they will not Le 0 i reading about the hanger in Belgium but the hunger in oh oi Ontario. WC ; LL Ish Lhe following should be memorized by every reader of > 2x Under the Presidency of Mr. J. W. Woods, a Coufer- ob ence of all iaterested in food production was held in To. 0 ronto on Monday, May 7. gy re § DAD ron=EN\ 5 9 1 ab KEPT TAX-GATHERER BUSY imposts Were Levied en Almost Ev. erything In England a Century | and a Half Ago. It Is interesting to note that the em- tertalmment tax of the present day was anticipated over 150 years ago by the Inventive genius who proposed that all places of public diversion, including playhouses, operas, masquer- #des, Ranelagh, Vauxhall, Sadler's Wells and Astley's--the famous re- sorts of the fair and the fashionable of his day--should be taxed, says Len- don Tit-Bits. Apother proposal was ~--gnd the lakes and the groves, the grottoes and the temples of those days were thick set with statues of heath- en gods and goddesses--should have a price put upon their heads. Time was when taxes were put on the watches attached to the seals that dangled from the fobs of the beaux ot hung on the girdles that encircled the waists of the belles. Those who own- ed clocks were also regarded as fit subjects for special taxation. The "guinea-pig" tax--the tax & householder bad to pay for every per son In his household who wore a pig: tall and covered his hair with powder ~--had its day and passed away. So, too, had a tax on soap--the tmpost that gave Lord North his nickname of "Old Boapsuds'--and a tax on salt. Gloves and mittens were once taxed, and 80 also were scores of other arti- cles and the shops In which they were | UST HOLDING PA'S PLACE on That Particular Corner. Professor Walker was standing at the corner of One Hundred and Tenth street and Fifth avenue waiting for a a fraud." ae - mea "you has 1 ain't blind but you see this here corper is. "Blind" Beggar Cives Semeuiint as Laughable Reason for His Pressncs due.to WAR = Ss IEEE BA A a bnows it--if it TN NET:EXPORTS 12. YRS AGO TTA) s in The Observer.'