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st imperal : a crust form at 'all, but I to get out with my five-prong iting tool and stir that soil just as it is dry enough so it will pack together. It will be neces- to go over it again, in a day or for this moist soil will settle 'allow some moisture to pass up th | both; 'or either, heavy after the other, es growers. 'meal is a valuable fertilizer for gar den use for it is concentrated and 'contains "both phosphorus and nitro-| gen and is safe to use by those not versed in the use of commercial fer- tilizers. I have nsed it with good ef- fect and know that it pays well if judiciously used. Where planted in drills or rows the bonemeal can be sprinkled along the row on either to the air if this is not done. After, side and. then stirred into the soil. the soil gets dry down as far as stir-! Just a thin sifting four inches wide "it does not matter if it is not | again until a rain if it is not too long in coming, Weeds and grass use up plantfood | and make the plants grow weak and Spindling even if od is plenty of, ture in the ground, so we must keep down the weeds in wet spells as will be enough if applied to each side of the row. Poultry manure is good but it is very strong and should be mixed with dry dust and worked over until it is all broken up and fine. Then scatter along the row to a width of six inches on each side, not over a quarter to a as possible for best results. We half-inch in depth. Stir into the soil : a the weeds off 'at the sur-!at once. face whey the ground is wet, without | It is never a good idea to give plants a heavy dressing of this to the soil, but we cannot dig, manure when they have been dry for the soil without compactihg it And a long time until after it has rained. not come back into good me-| condition again for a long ere is a knack about hoeing to ective. I have known people to and leave the garden with spots and with the weeds either « above the ground or not cut If the ground is dry when applied, too much of it is carried to the roots at once and often the result will be drooping and sometimes dying plants where thrifty ones were before. 'One Way of Making Good. Here is a case of two farmers who but buried, while another would | have been under the writer's observa- natically cover every inch of i an even stroke and uld be good for a long time. It pays to be careful to do good work for the' other kind has to be done over again before: the job is hay finished. I aim to cut the far enough below, the surface 'keep them from starting up again the same roots. Of course, ere we shave them at the surface in wet weather it is only a temporary makeshift and has to be well done soon as we can get at it. A good many crops mature quick- ly and we should plant such plots e. In order to do this plant. with this end in together come together in the garden ar as possible. Even when in le rows or beds we can easily tion for a few years. Their exper-|' iences prove that a farmer's success or failure depends about as much on his management as upon the crops he produces. Both came from the same distant province about six Years ago, and bought land near us.- The one bought an improved farm of 60 acres for $800, paying two- thirds cash and agreeing to pay the balance in two annual payments. He brought improved implements with him, and was able to cultivate more the acres than a pooriy equipped farmer. He planted largely of - feed * crops, corn, produced muc "Hore. than he he gather ar house properly. Other farm- ers produced the same crops, so only a dull market existed for them, and no profitable shipping facilities{ were convenient. Besides his two horses he ai and I prefer to plant to kept no livestock, not even a pig, and plentiful supply of ammunition is he first line of defence the chen hen waging rn the Potato that pn first e of defence is Munro's Pure Paris Green--the only" u'll need. When, the first Potato Bug aj "ont the with -a and the enemy ONRO'S PURE uid solution of this old - wi be destroyed and your PARIS GREEN t standard. It has Ea than o AD sure of | first a 'Matt. Do not pray, Jesus hypocrites." They 3 R ay be seen of men." utation: for sanctity which may hten their: influence among the : pecple. Better the lich God hears, the pase n hich | "heart speaks' the soul goes out to' Him in Sy and fatth, Nor credit, even . f the tow died. "He py -- ) _ complete the - payment, ther cow on the same plan one, has sold butter enough to long way toward buying needed supplies and cattle to the amount of Three years ago he borrowed money al 4% bought a 3 pair » of pure-bred des wt ar Be far 0 , plug, di died a when he was. needed a good mare on credit to a, He has built' up-to-date fences, poultry house, and barns; and added] another room to his 'dwelling. He has a family of small children, has had much sickness and one death, all causing him heavy expense, He has planted fruit trees every year except- ing one, and- has already begun to realize a profit from his orchard. He has paid for his farm, owes no man anything, and does not believe a bet- ter place exists for a poor man. He plans ahead and always has a de- sired end in view. Which of the two men makes the better citizen? Pouliry'7s How T Made My Poultry Pay. The first of January, 1917, I bought 24 young Plymouth Rock pullets, gave them good care and fed them for eggs/ In three weeks they were laying finely. I then bought two incubators. I set my hens' eggs and added some others to fill up the in- cubators. I set four hens at the same time, My first hatelr came off the.middle of February. I hatched = 266 fine chicks from 389 eggs. I divided the chicks among the four hens and a good brooder. I kept part of the chicks in the brooder at night until they were six or seven days old, then gave them to the hens. For their first feed I gave them finely crumbl- ed egg shells and prepared chick feed, plenty of fresh water and®fine grit. After they were two weeks old I kept them in a small building with clean litter for them to work in. I gave em plenty of milk, I raised 460 good' chicks from 553 eggs. 'At 8 months old I sold all 'but and 87 pullets which I kept for winter layers. I received $186.60 for the hens and young chicks, the hens bringing $16.80, which, after I deducted $58 for the feed, eggs and oil for the in- cubators, left $111.80 for my work for four months, and my 87 pullets. Then I began to feed for winter laying. The first of September I gave them & noon mash of beef scrap, chopped bones and bran, After we butchered our hogs, I fed a mash of turnips, potato peelings, table scraps and. meat cracklings, with a table- spoonful of sulphur once a week. My pullets began to lay December first. 1 sold eggs as follows: December, $18.60; January, $28.63; Iebruary, $86.75: March, $40.45; April, $38.94: $162.37 in five months. I sold the 87 hens for $73.95 so the total for hens and eggs was $236.32, The cost .of feed for the hens being $63, 1 had to my credit $173.32 for the hens and eggs, $1180 for the young chicks, making the total for all $285.12 in sixteen months, ---- i * Prizes for Racing Pigs. Crone-sur-Marne, north of France, a 2,000 francs (400 dolldrs) be- d the lucky rider of the This 'Every year a pig race is held at| there need of "vain repetitions" or (of "much speaking," for God knows | the need of those who call upon Him. : 'need of a! The model prayer which Jesus gave, © | and. a disciples is remarkable for its|® all] simplicity, its brevity, and its com- prehensiveness. Calling upon the heavenly Father, it pleads for the reverence due to His name, for the "| coming of His kingdom, for daily for forgiveness of sins, and for erance from evil. This is "the prayer that teaches to pray." Luke 18: 1-14. Parables of Pray- " "The unjust judge." The par- presents an argument from the to the greater witness, If the pre oves the case, how much more convincing will the greater be! If the unjust and selfish judge can be moved by continual pleading that will t be denied, how much 'more will e good and just God be moved: to act on behalf of His own! Men ought, therefore, "always to pray, and not to faint." Faith in God means such trust and confidence in Him as will not despair of His goodness, but will keep. swatch, wait patiently, and keep on praying. "Pray without ceasing." "The Pharisee" belonged to a sel- ect society of men who were zealous to maintain the ancient laws and cus- toms of Israel's religion. In their origin, one hundred to one hundred and fifty years before\the birth of Christ, they were sincere and honest, even if narrow, champions of the an- cient faith against Greek and other innovations. They became, for "a time, an active political party, but now, under Roman rule, they were chiefly interested in preserving, through a display of religious formal- ity, their hold upon the minds of the common people, and their influence in . the great Jewish council which controlled purely Jewish affairs of religion and morals. While there were still 'good men among them, many were merely wearing a mask of piety and well deserving the name of hypo- crite which Jesus more than-once ap- plied to them. They "devoured wid- ows' houses and for a pretence made long 'prayers." "The publican" was a tax collector, in thé employ of the Roman Goveérn- ment, and: so was looked upon as a traitor to, or as an outcast from, his 'own people, who hated their subpec- esire | On€ Seto God's altar trod, ER UP a pare a) + 16. old English poet, writes: | "Two 'went to. 'pray? 'One went to brag, the One stands up close, and treads igh : Where the other dares not send his aw, The other to the alter God." his Perhaps no pra; yer | been more % plo) than that a, gi | There of the publican, and it has often been the last prayer of the soul about to meet its God. And it has many times been the wisest and best 9 to io lips it has come. They have { put to the test and have proved the, Saviogsl 's words that "he that humbl- { shall be exalted. " Five Little Brothers. Five little brothers wt + out together To journey the. liveleng day, Tn"a carious carriage all made of leather hurried away, away! And one wee fellow no size at all. The carriage was dark and none too roomy, And they could not move shout; The five little brothers grew very gloomy, And the wee one began % pout, Till the biggest one whispered, "What do you say? Let's leave the carriage and run away." So out they scampered, the five to- gether, And off and away they sped, When somebody found the carriage of leather Oh, my, how she shook her head! "Twas her little boy's shoe, as every- one knows And the five little brothers were five little toes. arin ent Ex-Empress Eugenie 93. The ex-Empress Eugenis, who was 93 on May 5, strikes all who see her as the picture of good, byt not robust, health. Prince and Princess Napoleon are still residing with "Her Imperial | Majesty," as M. Pichon (the French Foreign Minister) styled her last autumn when telling a great gathering of Alsatians and Lorrainers in Paris that she had presented to the French archives the original letter written to her in October, 1870. by the King of Prussia (then at Versailles) declining her appgal to him not to insist upon the annexation of Alsace and Lor- raine. tated districts ol France, according to statistics given the Chamber of Deputies by M. Le- brun, minister ¢ 'liberated territories, says @ Paris despatch. Three dred thousand buildings were totally destroyed, while 260,000 were destroy: ed In part. on big brother and three quite small, MR. FARMER INVEST YOUR MONEY In an Implement Shed Ask your LUMBER DEALER : For Plans and Prices. 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