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: no La "i Peter and City department stores serve wo- * men, understanding that they are the! { prchasing agénts of the Home, | a perplexing, responsible job on their; nding to our a Tol sre han Tull 5 Sho DOE ta, our Sa / | a service to country women, the pur-| hort, or battalion of 5 | chasing agents for farm homes, May- | but they were be the farm home needs = painting. 1 duty. The town Somebody will choose the paint and| ple sea coast was the resid the color. This storekeeper assumes pw at this 2d vas : {that it will be a woman's selection, | cohort, of i me by 8 5 1 and sees that the farmer's wife has| called "the Italian band." color charts and i~int- prices. City| had a house of his own, and a b women buy things in small packages place in the regard of the Jews, --gtarch in one-pound boxes, crack- | may have been resident there ers in ten-cent cartons, tea .in one. Some years. He was evidently a pound packages. Country people of Sicepuionally Sine character, Eee mo py spec nd tl Fou Fou od, Kal, "a town infrequently. So this merchant gave much alms tothe people, ed to God alway." He was as gives service by selling starch in spe-. pry cial three-pound boxes, crackers in| soldier and gentleman . ten-pound drums and tea in fiive-pound | sense of that term. Whether he packages. A lat of attention is ike-, gyer heard of Peter; or kndw an wise paid to what goes on around 1 ©. gospel of Jesus ] countryside. If a farmer buys a new, this time, or not, we do not know, |it is probable that he had (See 10: auto, the store knows the day he 3 : drives it home. and he 4s invited to! o'*) Ib the vision which came to him bring it arou oi ro: the tort | he rts instructed to invite Peter to io eeper visit him. 3k can see it. If the farmers daughter| 9-16. Peter "fell into a trance." The is going to school this fall, she will| houisestop: flat and easily reached need a sweater, and the store writes: oriental houses, was a favorite ri { about sweaters to Mary herself, and for prayer, Ina france, or day-dream, waits on her personally when sie While be wahed for the food which bo J : red for him, he saw a v comes to buy, respecting "her choice, which touched very closely his Jewish before that of her parents, and treats rr lone: y i ; h ih dorcbandt prejudices and traditions. The ancient er with an understanding of the Jaw which it had been an essential personal importance of that sweater, part of his religion to observe, for< to herself. ; | bade the use of certain kinds of meat The country' neighborhood and the. {See Deut. 14) Buk {he vision Tadd country store bound together.| him" put a that law, when ti | Bi pith ae une TD ope! | which was set before him Gor had | Big ies and big city stores con | stantly exert a destructive Influence' made clean. The old law and custom upon Voth. ' If the country store is! had its value, but Peter has to learn eslne bu : d th ry toh | that there is a higher law. Thus he osing business and the country neigh-| ig prepared for the coming of the mes- borhood losing population, the same gengers and the invitation of Corne- influences are probably at work. | lius, Compare Mark 7: 14-23. Country merchants used to insist that] 80-42 God ds no Respecter of Per- it was the farmer's duty to patron-| sons. The gist only of Peter's speech ize them, and grumbled when they i given. He must have spoken at saw goods coming in from the mail| much greater length. He begins with order houses. or. watched farmers'. 2.Y2Y, humble and sincere confession Fes taking. the train. fi T | of the truth which he has learned. I¢ wives ng the fran for a city| is not race, orb lood, or color, or cus- shopping tour. But to-day the coun-| toms and forms of religious practices, try merchant thinks along another that make a man acceptable to God. line--he admits that it is his duty to The Old Testament itself might have serve farmers, and through good ser-| made that plain to the well informed vice bring customers to his store. Jew, if its more spiritual teaching @ had not been obscured by the em- phasis pute Pe ia : ELS SOEs example, Micah 6: 6-8; Isa. 56: 15; A Little Bear Story. Psalm' 61: 16-17, and ' especially Psalms 16 and 24. Compare also Rom. 8: 29 Once upon a funny time polar bear went to sleep on top "The Word Which He Sent (v. 36) Eskimo's house and slept and sle| is the gospel message, the substance of wig is the story of Jesus of and slept. Pshaw, it was four days before he awoke and then he was stiff ; was that is an officer of the THE CANADIAN FUR AUCTION SALES COMPANY, Limited, of Montreal, organized and financed by a repre. sentative body of s leaders in great commercial > ' enterprises will hold its Fir st Great Sale of Raw Furs ~~ IN MARCH Sh Que pm symbian or southern varieties, the company will sell to the - highest bidder of hundreds of rb fr Il parts of the United Sates and Bn I ou world's best prices on the WORLD'S BEST FURS your CANADIAN goods, 2 Je) sales. e do not issue extravagantly-quoting, misleadi i lists, but we do see that hs bring absolutely top prices. inquiries reach us daily from the world's chief buying capitals. Buyers from London; Paris, New York, Chicago and othe: ea centres to att gre X itriby : ave already arranged to atten The widespread interest shown by buyers clearly indicates the unusual scarcity of raw furs; unmistakably points to an unusually keen demand, particularly for the finer furs-- Canadian goods. We think we are not unduly optimistic in predicting ; WORLD'S RECORD PRICES FOR OUR MARCH SALE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES will gladly be made on request accompanying any shipment large or small pending sales. _ The expense to shippers to the Montreal sales is less-- the buying force is as strong--as in any market in the world. Write us. Get gut Ad vices markt hyd h Avcurate, reliable pus 8 you 1 Te uality, or grade, No market in the world will not Ao amy Yatiety Last day of receiving for this sple is MARCH 1st. The Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company | . MONTREAL LIMITED 3 Temporary Offices-- Windsor Hotel Ottawa quoted in 1916 an experiment which mangels where without fertil- ing they got 81 bushels to the acre.| the use of 1331 lbs. of high grade fertilizer per 'they increased this to 676 bushels to the acre. For fertilizer on beets I would ad- vise you to use a mixture containing from 8 to 4 per cent ammonia, about 8 per cent phosphoric acid and about \3 to 4 per cent potash. See that this i Worked "into the sol} thoroughly at the. time the seedbed 'is being pre-| heaves the crops. Draining is the pared for the stgar beets. Apply the only cure for such'a condition. fertilizer at the rate of 500 ibs. per|. Subscriber:--I have five acres of acre. = oN sandy soil from which I took off a Certainly under normal circum-| crop of rye last year. What can I stances if you are not too far away| plant this to next spring to get a crop from the factory sugar beets is a good of hay the same season? crop to grow. The cultivation cleats Answer:--The only mixture that your soil of weeds and the deep-| will give you a crop of hay the same rooted nature of the crops st'rs the! season that you sow it is a mixture of such grain as barley and oats or peas and oats. These may be sown at about the rate of a bushel each to the acre. If cut when green they, make a good quality of nutritious hay, es- | specially - the mixture of "peas and opts, RE © H. J.:--Can you give me full direc- tions about spraying an apple | Also about pruning. The orchard on this farm has been neglected for years. _Answer:--Space would not permit our giving full instructions for the spraying of the apple orchard. In- deed you would do much better to write the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege and ask them for their spray lendar also their literature'/regard- ing pruning. These will give you ex- 'act information regarding the ques- tion in hand. WE germinating. There is no alfalfa that may not be. heaved out of the soil by the action of freezing and thawing. The thing to'de is to drain your soil. It is pretty clear proof if the clover or alfalfa heaves that the water which comes from the fall rains,| stands in' the soil, where it freezes and crop: A medium clay loam suppl x mented with fertilizers as ndinatea _should produce a large 'tonnage of * high grade sugar beets. ~~ .-LJ.:--Will you tell me how much seed of the various clovers and k Fur . Pedigreed'« Breeders' for Sale. Write Black Diamond Fox Farm on see Hill Ontario { Ferising the Nazareth, how that God anointed him a little' with the Holy of an| (v. 88.) Peter assumes that pt! have heard the story, and declares | that Jesus, who was crucified, is risem in from the-dead. And, he e are witnesses." "We saw NG ik: ~~ Orchard Beside spraying .and pruning you should look to the fertilization of your orchard if you expect to bring it back quickly to the most prolific ntry Store Work for the Farmer. Making the Cou as his great-grandfather Shaggyhair. Why he could hardly limp home and when Mother Polar Bear saw him snuffling into their big cold comfort- ' He did in the country of the~Jews and in Jerusalem. We witnessed His | death, We saw Him and ate (and drank with Him after He able snow house she threw up her rose from the dead. His coming wag - Pays Because: -- z 1. Fertilizers supply well bal anced food for orchard trees. This means desirable wood- growth, : 2. Fertilizers cause fruit fo fill and mature uniformly. = - 3. Fruit borne by trees that - have been properly, nourished with fertilizers {s superior in size, color and gE 4. Fertllizers cause great In. crease In yields. Write for Pamphlet No. 3. One chilly fall day a typewriter salesman stepped off at a country railroad junction, with a couple of hours' wait ahead of him. There was no town there at all--just one rambl- ing general store. The storekeeper had opened a big box and was taking out horse blankets. The salesman watched him. E "Have you got any printed letter- heads?" he fsked suddenly. "Yes. Why?" said the merchant. « "I believe I can help you sell those horse blankets," replied the salesman. He had a sample typewriter. Sitting 'down with some carbon sheets he quickly wrote twenty-five letters to farmers whose names were given him | freight rates, and sells farmers cou- by the storekeeper. He told them! pon books good for five or ten or that a mew load of horse blankets had more sacks of flour.' It has a spe- come' in, named the prices, and re-! cial room for storing flour, where it minded folks that it was humane and! is kept dry, clean, and safe from also good business to look after a pests. The farmers who hold cou- horse's comfort. | pons on the flour bank come in and "When I come back this way next take out flour as needed, get the'bene- dise as a factory town of 5,000 to 10,000 people. How can a country country people? In many ways. ,When the mer- chant with a new stock of horse blan- kets reminded farmers mound about that the time had come to keep horses comfortable he made a beginning in service--simple enough, but 'on the right lines. One of the most thriving country stores known to the writer is in a vil- lage of 200 people in sparsely settled farming country. This store operates a flour bank. It buys flour by the carload, at the lowest price and bearing. Neglected orchards in Chio 3 | were made to yield 146 per cent mory | by proper fertilization of the crop. A | prominent apple grower of Blenheim, Mr, W. M, Grant, renovated an old or- chard of 4% acres so that now it ds yielding over 1600 bushels of apples. He used about 12 Ibs. per tee of a high-grade . fertilizer, - scattering it around about the area covered by the branches of the tree and working it | into the soil as the orchard was tilled. '| W.W.:--~I have an old meadow that I want to put into wheat in the spring. What fertilizer is necessary to get it into good shape? It was not plowed last fall. : Answer:--After spring plowing ' your meadow I would advise you to J use a fertilizer from 2 to 8 per cent ammonia, 8 per cent phosphoric acid and 1 to 2 per cent potash, applying it to the soil at the rate of about 250 Ibs. to the acre. If you have a grain © drill with fertilizer sowing compart- lepho Doctor Pen-| foretold by the prophets. To every< yas and ve ned for iF =n one that Letiovath. in Him, his sing Doctor Penguin came with a green| sat be Jorgiven" Shon ihe Huis umbrella -and @ big bag of pills. He! SE estations of the Spire listened to little bear's heart and he jyrg power, for Peter and those who, felt his pulse, then he shook his head' were with him "heard them speak and said: ? with tongues and magnify God." "He's caught 11: 1-18. When Peter was come up' Pola Tr +s ho hell 3 . au or o one, GC Mrs. Polar Bear, be sirly a ay ee a «A vetrible HOT!" rumbled Doctor| Fondetful anc convinelng ex arrows Penguin. minded fault finders do but hold their "He must have been near a firel"| peace and give thanks to God? 3 Then all the family came and stood around little bear's bed and fanned ry ' 2 4 3 ours him, and Mother Polar Bear put a cake of ice on his feet and pretty soon, that is, in about three days; he was nice and cold again. But after A i i Because of its high nitrogen con- that he never went to sleep over warm onl ry Eire is quite valuable as a fertilizer, and we find that 'we' can make a high-grade fertilizer cheaply by conversing it carefully. store serve a terrible--a ter- fo dpa Of the Canadian Fertilizer Ass'n. 1111 Temple Bldg., Toronto, Ont. ovens because he didn't want to catch any more colds--pshaw, I mean hots. rl A Home-Made Trailer. 2 ast ean So. he Ls le J COMES CHILL . ment you will get the best applica- "tion by putting the fertilizer on in this * way. Jf you cannot get such a drill, month I am going to ask you to buy fit of car-lot prices and freights, and a typewriter! announced the sales-' are not troubled with storing flour man. "I am sure those letters will at home. As coupons are bought make you want one." | before the flour is wanted, that furn- When practicable, we take the man- ure from the poultry house and store it in a tight container just outside the building before it is mixed into a fer- My trailer was made out of an old- fashioned surrey. It was worn very little, and stands up under any work | Lp fairly' good application can be gotteh : I d by broadcasting the fertilizer before] Several weeks later the storékesper ishes money to finance the business; c i _ | was waiting with a typewriter order,' and the flour bank draws customers ing a, for the letters had brought him for other merchandise. dollars' worth of This town had no--ice plant--few ly level? Would I need to remove trade. Farmers had never got a busi-, country towns of that 'size can afford 'many fences? I have fiever used a) ness letter from him before. They one. But the store installed an eight- tractor, Is it hard to manage? Faull] came in to buy horse blankets on his ton artificial ice plant, with a cold- like a new rig. I shortened the pole to six feet, and had my blacksmith make a coupling for the end, and an- other one that fits around the rear axle of the light car which pulls it. The surrey \didn't cost me anything, and the blacksmith's work cost 50 tilizer, Or, when the poultry houses are cleaned out, the litter is placed in the manure spreader, to which is added about 800 pounds of acid phos. phate to a load of the manure. This combination, we think, makes a mix-. ture equal to a high-grade fertilizer, horse has a cough or cold, | _ or Is feverish, giye dt = = A. C. Daniel's 3 'Would you advise buy tractor for a hundred-acre farm, fair- several hundred will oblige. Answer: --It is hard to answer your question regarding the advisability of buying a . Provided*a consider- of the land on your farm llage and are near town so that Jou ean grow ble money crops I believe a tractor is an economy. It can be handled most profitably if the fields bles, | are of a shape that farm machinery - | can be used without much end-turning. s a rule the average tractors on the arke comparatively to sible. to b ion| places 1 the| to go after farmers with service have friendly tip, and storage room large enough to hold a things. i carload of eggs, butter, and other _ For fifteen years or more the coun- Perishables. Farmers bring in per- try general store has been ailing.'ishable stuff during the season of Until lately country storekeepers be-' heaviest production and lowest prices, lieved that the trouble was price the store paying them cash, and hold- competition of mail-order houses --- ing produce in its cold-storage plant many still believe it. ~~ | until there is a car to ship to the city. But now it is gradually becoming Ice is also spld to the farmers to take clear that competition is not a mather of prices at all, but of service to! Be Torch Bl ee oe he 'the things farmers will have to sell the eeper in. a v | ors ve to sel town has demonstrated that with ser. t harvest and the things they will vice to one's farm customers it is pos-, Want to buy. This is as smple as it !is convenient. . Postal cards with . po also bought other e. Each summer this store takes a neighborhood census, covering both up a big business in the place. Te, are not many | printed reply forms are mailed every farm for 15 miles around, ask- for estimates on what each farm ell and buy. About one farmer in four sends back his figures, and But in scattered 4 s enough, 6 proved that the principle was right, ds : Neither mail-order competition not : thereby it becomes possible to organ- small town are handicaps, Farmers, ize the handling of farm stuff and get prefer to buy near home if they are it away to market during the 'rush merchants ndent in every. village and township pment the territory ! given and vent to pay a litle, Seavon, country _ What do you think of & store that has| of from merchan: cents. - When I load a pig, I place the loader on the rear of the trailer 'in which I have a hog box, and we are soon on our way. 1 drive about 18 miles an hour, but take the corrers pretty slow. It does not seem to require much extra power. ' Of course, a trailer with rubber tires, bumbers, and so on would be still better; but this serves very well, and will keep on going until I am ready to buy a truck, or a better trailer built especially for the work. ameter fins Life of a Motor Truck. A motor truck of standard make, with attention seh as should be given a machine of 100,000 miles. . Some trucks hate longer records than this, which would seem to indicate good running condi- tions and excellent care. One should expect a certain amount of repairs, 'and these repairs should be made as soon as apparent wear is seen. this way only is it possible to ge maximum service frowi . veiticle, ¢ 'class, should run} and we use it to sprinkle lightly oves * meadows or crops requiring heavy fertilization of valuable food elements, We find that in growing rape for gwine forage, if we sprinkle manure atthe rate of about four tons to the acre over the soil after the seed in sown, it gives the rape a quick sta and makes it produce a very luxu forage. The fertilizer, in all events, contains a high amount of available, food for plants, and. should only be. used chiefly on crops that wil sups, port and require heayy fertilization' e effects of the treatment is seen or several years afterward on the succeeding crops.' hi Profiteering is taking all you can get, and giving as little as you can. How about some cows. and hens?