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4 f f f De = : ) N J Gordon Smith GARDEN NOTES THESE ARAE EASY An amazing showing can be made with a few annual flowers and wiht | a minimum of effort. Cosmos, giant marighids, zinnias, petunias, portu- laca, / nicotine, calendula, alyssum, nasturiuins, etc, are easily grown almost anywhere in Canada. Some of the larger flowers can actually be used in the place of shrubs. Plants 'should be started early and in finely prepared soil: Plants are transplant- ed to perinanent quarters when they are well established with several sets of leaves. Ready-started bed- ding plants. can be bought from greenhouse people. For husky growth, cosmos, gladioli, dahlias, giant marigolds and zinnias should have about two feet each away-- petunias need about a foot of room. . NM . SPREAD THEM OUT One gets quite a thrill out of hav- ing the first vegetables or flowers in the neigohborhood. But there is also much solid satisfaction in hav- ing 'good and beautiful things from the garden long after those next door are dones Perhaps the com- monest mistake of all amateur gard- -eners is stopping planting too soon. With vegetables, especially, most varieties should be sown at lcast three times about two weeks apart, This will protect against. last frosts er flood damage and will keep a tasty supply of the freshest vege- tables coming along. In most parts of Canada it is possible to set out plants and sow seeds almost up 'to the first week in July and still have reasonable expectation of good results. There should be a succes- _ elon of crops of beans, beets, car- rots, lettuce, corn and such things. - oo. + - SOMETHING WILL GROW No matter how unfavorable the _ location there is some flower, vege- table or shrub that will thrive in it. The ideal garden, of course, is open 40 the sun and the soil is a rich, well-drained loam. But there are many plants which do not like these Weal conditions. Some flowers, vegetables and eertain varieties of grass prefer shade some want acid soil rather tham sweet, some Hke heavy clay Better than loam or sand. ' The thing in planning is to con- sider these special likes and dis- ------Mkes, then to select those plants that suit one's special location. Most vegetables, however, are pretty keen on a generous amount of sun, but they have distinct likes and dislikes in the matter of soil. For deep-rooted things like carrots, potatoes, etc., it is important that the soils be fairly loose at least a foot down, Certain types prefer sandy soil to clay. But no matter what the soil is like to start with 'by a little planning and care on ea shange it fairly easily. ; TRANSPLANTING EF There will be little difficulty in transplanting if one realizes that the dmportant thing is to keep roots from being exposed to the air. Be- cause this will veaken, if net kill, the plant professional nurserymen are careful to wrap all roots in ' moss, fibre or keep some of the original soil around them, and they also keep them moist. In every garden there is a lot of transplanting work to do. Toma- toes, cabbage, petunias, marigolds and other annual flower and vege- table plants will have to be taken from window boxes, hot beds or from the flats in which they were purchased from greenhouses and set . ont in* the garden, There will be nursery stock, like fruit and orna- mental trees, rose bushes, shrubs, etc., to be moved or bought and planted. Often, too, in thinning cer- tain flowers or vegetables planted from seed in the open it is possible to salvage the plants taken out. If there is any secret about this business of transplanting it is to protect the roots from air and. sun, keep them moist before, during and after the transplanting and makey sure seed soil is pressed down firm. fy. Moistenin;; before removal will allow a bit of garth' to come with the roots and will prevent damage to the tiny, hair-like feeding roots, which are essential if the plant is to survive. Plenty of water during the transplanting (and this applies to shrubbdry and trees just as it does to tiny, little plants) will help compress. the soil about the roots, \ forcing out the air and offset evap- oration and wilting. If the weather * is dry it-is a good thing to keep the oil moist about the newly set te oF obhens or trees for a few days. A little: chemical fertilizer sspread close to, but not actually touching, the roots 'will also help stimulate gtowth and help recovery from the shock of transplanting. With small things like tomatoes, head lettuce, cabbac and annual flowers it is a good idea, where feasible, to protect from. the. hot : sup for a day or two. - News that Britain's lights--after a 10-year bl; again comes as welcome ting who are planning to visit the as evidence that things are rapidly coming back to n These pictures show two ver upper being a view ¢ beautiful St. James Park in London, . of course, a train on the Underground-- e lower view is, coMg--are "on" s' to the thousdnds of Canadians 1d Country>this coming familiar London scenes, 1 or "subway" as we would call it on this side of the big pond. EASY 10 CONTNUR IF YOU KNOW HOW Whether you have long, gentle stopes, or short, steep ones, con- "touring 1s one of the first steps to- ward working out a good soil con- servation program, It helps hold fertility, and boosts yields. It helps stop soil and water loss. To the man who has never grown corn on the contour, itylooks like a bad job. At first, it's hard to figure out just where the rows are going. But, as one farmer said after he'd contoured for a few years: "I wouldn't give a mad his dinner to know how." j Equipment i§ simple and inex- pensive. Actually, yoh can make an outfit from a small level, a pocket mirror, a clothespin and a' couple of boards. If vou want to contour your row crgdps, you should: plow. and disk thit way. And don't worry about shprt rows, You'll have some. But yop may have plenty of real long rojvs to even things: out. Start just below the brow of the lill--about where you can just ses the skyline over the hill. Some farmers dont use lath to mark guide lines. They prefer old newspapers at each point on the ~ and you can plow them under and don't have to run ahead to get the lath out of the way. } «The idea in making a contour line 100 feet apart, which are on the same level around the hill. The man with the target gocs about 30 steps ahead of the man with the level. He moves up or down the hill until the target is at the same height as the level. Then that position is marked. Then the man with the level goes on past 'the target and sights back until he is again level with the tar- get. That. point is marked. And on around the hill you go. Extreme accuracy such as is needed for.a terrace isn't necessary. But "you shouldn't let the contour line sag, for that collects water in the low spots, allows. it to break over the row hill. - AGINGERFARM : Gwendoline PD. Clarke Teday 1 heard a robin sing--in fact not only did I hear one, I saw him too. A big, fat fellow with a tawny red breast, perched on the lowest branch of an elm tree near the house-- * * * As I passed by he said to me "Do.you know it's nearly spring?" "Why, sure," I said, "it's bound te be-- Now I've heard a robin sing." And then I looked upon the ground, And up above the wintered earth Green shoots of daffodil I found-- New life: new hope; new birth, LJ Ld - Yes, that's the way it goes--the Jast of the snow has no sooner vanished under the . influence of warm rain and strong winds than we see Mother Nature ready to start her cycle of growth all over again--and we perforce must co- operate. Most of .us are willing to do just that. Of course there are times when you can't be too sure about the Old Dame--sometimes she holds a few tricks up her sleeve. She has been known to send a blind- ing blizzard in April before now. For instance from my Ginger Farm diary, I discovered that on April 15, 1943, I wrote--'We have just had an ice-storm, then fog and slippery roads, followed by strong east winds and freezing rain." On June 10 of that same year I find this--"An- other week has passed and still no seed in the ground!" Apparently we "got our oats sown about June 15, just a- week before the wheat started eoming into head. And yet we got a crop of sorts that year in spite of the late spring seeding. Today there was quite a bit of thunder rumbling around and Part-- ner remarked--""Thunder in March, empty barn in the fall". But don't think me pessimistic. Quite the re- 3 Merry Menagerie-By Walt Disoey RRA aRT "= 4.7 "Don't tell a soul, but 1 hear that stuck-vp Maltese In the next block has fleas!" Phin d be Loy Rin hn | © vacuum cleaner. ° verse is true. It is just meant as a reminder that if we should have a dawdling spring we need not be too worried about it. Just.imagine--in that season of '43 we hid the cows out on pasture before the spring seeding was even started! My little robin is hopping around on the lawn now---quite happy, in spite of the high wind. That same wind should dry the ground up a bit. We certainly hope so as we are expecting a truck to come along for some cattle. That means two of our calves will be gone. We need to get some of them away as we have had two more calves within the last twelve hours--and they were not twins either, } Now here is something that may start an argument among the women-folk--at least where there is electsicity, Three years ago 1 bought a vacuum cleaner. Since I had never vsed one of any kind I had no idea which was the better type to buy-- tank or upright. I sought advice from my friends. One said--"Oh, the upright is so much handier--it is a lot easier to push along the floor." Another said--"Don't get anything but the tank type." An- other advised--"Tank or unright, I don't think it makes much. differ- ence. Any NEW vacuum will do a good job." That sounded logical to me--so when an upright was of- 'fered to me, I took it. You re- member one "didn't have ihuch choice at that time. For awhile I was thrilled with it. The attach- ments seemed quite satisfactory, too, and because of the novelty of working with tliem I did not realise what a chore it actually was e¢hang- ing from sweeper fo attachments, But after the novelty wore off I found myself going back to mop and duster rather than bother with them. I also found that using the sweeper created a certain amount of dust and made me cough, "H wasn't long before 1 decided that when 1 got a chance I was going to trade in my upright for x tank type. I did not mention it to Partner because I can't see the point of grumbling about anything unless you can see a way to change it, But Jast week when the agent called for the fourth time I told Partner what I wanted to do. Then the agent gave a pretty food demonstration--and, that fin- hed it. Now I have a ank-type vacuum--and I would not change it for anything, There Js no dust, Jess noise and you can get under any- thing and everything without mov- ing it if you so desire. I thought this little experience of mine might be come help to others - who might be just as undecided as I was when I bought my first Once the line 1s plowing until the slope changes. Then run a new guide line and work rows where necessary. Two words of caution: Don't plant the end rows up and down the hill. The contoured rows dump water in them and you breed a gully in a hurry. And leave good, wide water-ways, Most of the water-ways you've seen wide. If you are contouring down a long hog-back, and the rows make a fairly sharp "V," leave-a turn- row right down the top of the ridge. Leave it wide enough for a hay a turn-row and for a lane, ALUMINUM AS A BUILDING MATERIAL { ---- Aluminum makes a satisfactory roofing and siding material for farm buildings--if it's properly used. 'that's the report of Alvin Dale and Henry Giese, agricultural engineers. 3 They list these advantages for the light metal: It's long-lasting and requires no paint. It has good insulating qualities --- is somewhat cooler in summer than most roof- ing materials, RX But, say the engineers, alnmin- 1 um may give poor service if .not "properly installed. Brace buildings properly from under the aluminum -- the metal itself hasn't-muth strength, Use plenty of nails And be sure they are screw or ring-shank alu- minum nails--preferably avith syn- thetic rubber washers. They should be at least an inch and a half long. Bend and nail down over gable ends of roof, Don't apply aluminum over old roofs or shingles. Start roofing and siding away from prevailing wind, so wind can't get under the laps. Give sheets ample overlap, Aluminum will corrode through contact with fertilizers, alkalis (in- cluding wet concrete), livestock manure and urine, copper and un- galvanized steel © "Daddy," said an eight-year-old student of a progressive school, Ronald said a very naughty word to the teacher today." : "Fs that so?" asked the curious patient. "What did he sayi" \° "Oh, we arén't encouraged to use such language," she answered, "but if you want to say all the bad words you know, I'll tell you when you help me contour. It's easy once vou contour. Pile a little dirt on them is to find a series of points, about © and wash down the ~ plowed, keep both ways from it. Fill in with short A are too narrow. Leave them plenty loader and rake, You can use it for - within and use plenty of sheathing , TEST YOUR |, Q. Here are some 'questions about Medicine and Hygiene which you should find fairly easy. Try and answer them all, anyway, before taking a peek at the correct answers printed, upside down, underneath, 1. About how much of the weight of the human body is made up of muscle? T ~~ How many hours out of the twenty-four does a new-born infant usually sleep? J. Does the sugar content of the blood: (a) crease; (b) de- crease; (¢) remain static, under stress of strong emotion? 4. Why does the flow of blood from a wound serve as a dis- infectant? © 5. What do medical authorities consider the least harmful form of tobacco smoking? 6. Are all babies born with blue eyes? +7. Can poison ivy be spread from one person to another? & By what name is popularly known? 9. What causes hiccoughs? 10. What is the most prevalent dis- case of mankind? 1. Who have decidedly superior teeth, Canadians or Asiatics? 12. Which is the longest bone in . the body? 13. Is cancer a- comparatively modern disease? 14. Does hair grow faster at night than during the day? 15. When blood pressure is low, is the pulse more or less rapid than normal? - 16. What causes shock after an accident? ' . 17. At what time of day or night 's normal .body temperature lowest? 18." Does the pulse same throughout life? 19. Why is the clinical thefmom- eter "made oval instead of round? ) r 20. What 15 the transparent out- side coat of the eyeball called? 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One of the most tragic stories that Jesus ever told is that of the foolish rich man This man thought his soul d be satisfied with things. When he had harvested his bumper crops in bigger barns he would say, "Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry." But it is not only the rich who are in danger of this . misplaced emphasis. It ls a common error to slave for the needs and pleasures of this life and forget the soul. The rich man received the death summons in the midst of his planning. How much did he leave? He left it all. The tragedy is that he appeared before God a pauper, He had lived for self and was not rich toward God. In this day when the number of bankruptcies is increasing it is easy BUILD WITH STRAW A process for making insulating building boards from wheat straw is announced by the United States Bureau of Agricultural and Industri- al Chemistry. This new product' promises to compete with sugar cane bagasse and wood pulp as a raw material for insulating boards. About 40,000,000 tons of wheat straw alone are now burned or wasted every 'year, on American farms. The new method. for mak- ing straw into building board was developed by Drs. E. C. Lathrop and T. F. Naffziger. Their pro- cedure consists essentially In blend- ing ordinary straw pulp, now used to make strawboard for boxes and packing materials, with a new type of pulp which is inexpensive and which contributes increased strength and other desirable qualities to the finished product. A The nice old lady smiled at the little girl who had been left in.. charge of the cake shop. "Don't you sometimes feel tempt- ed to eat one of the cream puffs, my dear?" she said. : The litle girl was quite shocked, "Of course not," she replied. "That would be stealing. I only lick them." Answer to Crossword Puzzle ICE [] A R|0 £& v Vv [3 Ld RIN RITE TA Cc A |X ! N[7- 7 / 3 to get the point of the second story in the lesson. We, too, may have stood by the foundation and com- mented, "This man began to build, and was not able to finish. "The main reason for failure in Christ's kingdom is the failure to count the cost and prepare to pay it. It must be an all-out effort. There are no half-hearted disciples 'Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my dis- ciple." The individual who will not give Christ the pre-eminénce in. his life is left out of the Divine program, | Playing with religion and giving God the left-overs is being done by many. But only he who disciplines himself and strives to enter in at the strait gate will find an entry. He who takes the way finds to his. pleasure that Christ's yoke ie easy and his burden is light, "~ PILES Don't suffer an longer. For qulic rellef--treat a piles with cated Dr. Chase's Ointment. hes as it heale. A safe home treatment for over 50 years. " DR. CHASE'S Antiseptic OINTMENT DOES INDIGESTION WALLOP YOU BELOW THE BELT? Help Your Forgotten "28" For The Of Relief That H Make Yeu Rarin' To Go More than balf of your digestion ow the beli--in your 28 oot of 3 when indigestion strikes, dry some that belps digestion Ip the stomach A below the belt. What you may Is Carter's Little Liver Bo to give needed help to that "forgotten Oo Cette Little fiver PL ake one Carter's Little Liver belo; ay one After meals. Take them aceordin (H sections, They help wake up a larger Tow Side 8 main digestive juices in our stomach bowels -- hel; d salen in Nature's own wage | +700 Bare Then moat folks get the kind of relief that wakes you feel better fro ur head t. A toee. Just be sure you get t pide in Carigh Little Liver Pills from vour drugglst-- 2 TER ve NN NS NN an today en Raiding the store-room was not encouraged jn stern pioneer days. But today raids on the pantry for delicious Post's Grape-Nuts Flakes should bring no reproof. You need never run short of this healthful, ready-to-eat, easy-to-digest + cereal. It's perfegt for the between-meal snack. \ Grape-Nuts flavor Post's Grape-Nuts Flakes have that unbeatable flake form. They provide nourishment every one needs -- useful quantities of earhohydrates proteine, minerals and other food essentials. So quickly served; 10 truly good. Your grocer has Post's Grape-Nuts Flakes, - in popular, honey-golden 1) ) &l / conte to it." JITTER N By Arthur Fou. THE NEW NEISHBORS ~CLETS STEP WHO OWNS THA TE MOVING THERE'S Qu Ao ge AND STORAGE ¢» THE VAN / FRIENDLY. : { lw rm ) WS R587 or on ! i! THR RIGHT ' 1] - | roor/ ! p > i iy \ asc ~ \. he WJ Sa =~ Pie eb A CHT fe To oi \ -- re RST --rls EH KN as