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Farm (rop Queries .r' ^e^ Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. The object of thia department Is to place at th« Mrvlce of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl- Mood authority on all subJecU pertainlna to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry Q. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, T> Mnto. and answers will appear in this column In the order In which they are received. As space Is limited It Is advisable where immediate reply Is necessary that • stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, whan tha answer will be mailed direct Question â€" T. A. L.:â€" What is the 1 plants, they infect the other plants best way for putting fertilizer on f or | with late blight disease. To prevent potatoes and how much fertilizer ; this the potato grower should spray would you put on a quarter of an acre? ! his crop with Bordeaux mixture five Should the fertilizer be mixed with , to seven times during the growing sea- earth before the potatoe . are put in ', son. Begin as soon as potato plants or would it bo all right put in the are up three or four inches and spray hills with the seed? I have just read; at intervals of 10 days to two weeks. it would burn seed. Bordeaux mixture is composed of 5 Answer: â€" Two hundreds pounds of lbs. of lime, 5 lbs. of copper sulphate fertilizer to the qu._rter-acre is a mod- | and 50 gallons of water. Dissolve erate application for potatoes. Thia j the lime and the copper sulphatei fertilizer should analyze 2% ammonia, ' separately, then mix and dilute with; 8 to lOi available phosphoric acid and the water. Apply the Bordeaux mix- 1 to 2"c potash, if obtainable, ture immediately, since the mixed ma- in applying this, scatter 100 pounds terial will not retain its strength if over the quarter-acre when the ground allowed to stand any length of time. has been dug or plowed. The harrow- The dissolved lime and dissolved cop- ing or raking of the ground will work per sulphate may be stored un-mired, this availiible plantfood into the soil, and just sufficient for the spraying When the holes or drills for the pota- mixed up at the times desired. The toes are made, scatter the remaining proper quantities can easily be calcul- hundred pounds of fertilizer in a light ated from the mixture given above. dust alrni?: the potato furrows, or into To prevent scab and to assist in con- the holes where the potatoes are to be trol of the spores of other diseases, it droppetl. Cover this with a light is beneficial to dip potatoes in a mix-j dusting of soil before dropping the ture of corrosive sublimate, one part potato pieces. There is no danger of to a thou.sand, by weight. Dissolve a! fertilizers burr.ing seed if care is tak- tablet in a quart of water, or an ounce! en to nix the soil and fertilizer aa in 30 quarts of water, and soak thej described . When the foregoing has potatoes for two hours. This material ! been done, drop the seed and cover us is very poisonous anil must be handled! usual. It if sometimes found highly with great care. Potatoes which advantageous to scatter another light have been treated should never be used] application of fertilizers around the for human or animal food. | potato h'ii.s or along the rows when You can prevent potato scab byl the pi:ints are up tivo pr three inches, soaking the potatoes in a solution of This can be worked into the soil when one pint of formalin to 30 gallons of I the potiitoes are cultivated. water. They should remain in the' Question â€" W. W. L.: â€" I'lease send solution about 20 minutss. Formalin me full particulars how to treat pota- is a gas disdoWed in water. It kilLi toes before planting to prevent top the spores on the surface of the pota- blight. , to but doe.s not injure the food value. Answer: â€" No pre-planting treat- j Question â€" C. D. E, meat can be given to potatoes to pre- that has been stored up in a dry shed vent blijrht. If possible, make sur) for two years as good as frebh fertil- yoz//' â- â€¢ CoTuAu-Zed 6y y%fe> JieCn/n Jjomt ^ Mothers and daughters of all ages are coidlally Invited to write to thl» department. Initials only will be published with each question and '« answer as a means of identification, but full name and address must be given In each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 23* Woodbine Ave., Toronto. ^nrmnts Tfie Piano Supreme Clio i ce (>f- (iie Wo r\ d j" S. R.: â€" 1. Between two and three tirely proper if they are quite small weeks before the ceremony is the time and nicely applied. 2. No answer is for sending out invitations to a wed- required to a wedding announcements ding. Announcements may be sent L. R.: â€" A vegetarian diet includes to those who do not attend the cere- all the good grains, nuts, eggs, cheese, mony. 2. It is perfectly good form milk, cream and honey, besides all the to have no attendants at a quiet home fresh and dried fruit.s. This does wedding. The bride may wear a veil not .sound like stSrvation, does it? with a simple white dress and it is Rather like a generous plenty. Three not necessary to wear gloves when meal.s a day with no "piecing" is tha the sleeves are long. 3. Yes, have diet rule. Plenty of fresh, pure wa- music very soft and sweet during the ter, except with meals. Coffee and ceremony. I'tea are allowed, but it Is better to do W. E. B.: â€" These are some of the without them, most commonly known meanings at- R. P.: â€" The author of the poem tached to certain flowers: Oak, "Green Things Growing" is Dinah patriotism; myrtle, beauty; olive, Maria Mulock Craik (1826-1887). She peace; i\'y, revelry; roses, love; apple was an English novelist, best known blossom, preference; buttercup, ridies; under the name of "Miss Mulock" and anemone, frailty, anticipation; dan- as the author of "John HalifaXi delion, coquetry; daffodil, unrequited Gentleman." love; lilas, fastidiousness; narcissus, W. M.: â€" Here is a set of rules which Sehd For Atfa^ctivs PortFolio Th& Williams Piano Co., ltd. cshavta, Ontario. }S!©iifrMMl^ 'A The Educational Value of Musicâ€" The Power of Modorn Musical In.strunicnt.s to iieproduce and Intrepret the Old Ma&ters. self-love; marigold, contempt; golden- rod, encouragement; lily, majesty, purity; calla, magnificent beauty; fur- get-me-not, true love; poppy, oblivion; amaranth, immortality; gentian, vir- gin pride; geranium, deceit; foxglove, insincerity; hyacinth, .sorrow; honey- suckle, fidelity; pansy, thought.;; helio- trope, devotion; sweet William, gal- lantry; candytuft, indifference; cow- slip, youthful beauty; white violet, modesty, and snowdrop, friendship in need . M, K.i â€" It is not natural for your It is the temple of the Spirit. I child to be afraid of the dark. Ho Be the friend of all hurmleas wild should never be allowed to believe tliat life. t'utiserve the woods and flow- darkness holdK special terrors. Per- ers, and especially I'c ready to fight mit no one to fritrhle:i bim by playing wild tire in forest or in town, "ghost." Permit no one to tell him Word of honor i.s sacred, stories of the gruesome or the super- Play fair. Foul play is treachery, natural. Dr.t in :;pile of all your Be reverent. Worship the (Jreat [ precautions, if any one of the house- Spirit and respect all worship of Him hold shows a dread of iho dark, tills by others. dread ia likely to be noticed by the Be kind. Do at least one act of un- child, and you know example is strong- bargaining service every day. every boy and girl would do well to follow, and which I hope will answer your requirements: Be brave. Courage is the noblest of all gifts. Be silent while your elders are .speaking, and otherwise show them deference. Obey. Obedience is the first duty of every b(jy and girl. Be clean. Both yourself and the place you live in. Understand and respect your body. er that precept. | Be heli)ful . Do your share of the That .somo knowledge of music is means of the player-piano and phono-, T. H.:â€" 1. It is not good form to use work. â€" Is fertilizer essential to a well-halanced life is now, graphs. ' any ink except blue black for corres- 1 Be joyful. Seek the joy of being an almoat e:itablished fact. Music, Inasmuch as it would !-e of priceless pondence. Seals on letters are en- alive. let it be noted, ij the in.stinctive im- value to have such recordings at this of the human being from the time, present-day pupils and teachers pulsi that the potatoes being used for seed izcr? i,„..,. „ „ were not produced on a field that has Answer: --If the fertilizer haa been cradle up. and it reverberates tha will find, and .-omc have already found been infected with blight. The blight; stored in a di-y place, it will not have world over. It is the adorable gift from experience, that ihu records winters in the tubers, and sends its , lost plantfood through storage. How-' fine threads up through the stalks ; ever, before you use it, you should where thoy flower on the surface of empty it out on a hard floor .-md the leaves of the plant. When the 'â-  break it up by pounding, after which it disease matures it sends out large ' should be shoveled through a sand \ quantities of tiny spores . When these ' screen . This will put it in go<xl con rtain phases The teacher , spores light on other damp potato ' dition for drilling of God, whiih- instinctively seeks to made by scn.e of our eminent artists expres.s itself in a m:mner more funda- of to-day alToid poss:bly unequalled mentally natural, perhaps, than speech facilities tor acquiring jj-^glf of musical kMnv.ledge. of mi!;-ical history when revi;jwing of the cradled babe long ^P«^lif and events, giving biographical i» skstches of compo.sers and cla.s:iilying the diff"erent schools and forms of „. ,,.^j,nn. -tnusic. will find the nluver piano and express ones every sense ol i-rlmg in speech'.' The claim.) of music for Who has not been attracted by the cooing music ere it sought to utter :i word. Does seem natural to in.slinclively crave to „i„,,„. _;„„„ of (•••rlmo- -music, will lind the player piano IMEK.N ATIO.NAL LESSON .M.VY 27. ers are about ready to sell. The con y gestion means that part of it must be liens that have completed their , second laying winter and have passed . . through the breeding season, should gi'-ater educational recognition are so be marketed a.i soon as the breed-ng nianifol.l that ono wonders that it h Pointers on Marketing. season is o-.er rather than bo kept un- ""I' «'ven more prominence and taught Most of the market poultry sold til the fall. ! more thoroughly in our public schools. Is marketed in about one-sixth of the Hens in June or ,Iuly bring from 50 What magnilicent opportunities year that is, in the autumn. As a to 100 per cent, more than they do in there are for the jjupils of to-day to result prices suddenly fall when farm- October because thoy are then the enhance their musical education, as ~" only roasters on the market. 'compared with the hard striving times Green ducks, that is, ducks that of the old masters, who had to content put into cold storage, and produce have just completed their first coat of themselves with such limited instru- once stored does not bring so high a| feathers, should be marketed early ments as the old harpsichord. Can price as the fresh quality. This I rather than be kept until fall. The you imagiMc bow manifestly grateful means lowered prices for the farmer . | Experimental Farm at Ottawa re- Bach. Handel and other old masters The remedy lies with the producer.! ports that 05 young ducks sobl at lO^-i would have been had they at their dis- He should distribute his produi-e over weeks of age brought on the local posiVl such high grade pianos, as more of the twelve months than he , market about 200 per cent, more than, manufactured to-day, capable of re- does. To do this requires different; it cost to feed them, or in other words spending to every emotion? It is-dif- mcthods of handling his poultry than j they cost for feed $20 and at lO'-j 'ficult to conceive how it was possible he has practised in the past. For | weeks of age they brought $t)0. for tbcso old masters to give to tho instance, instead of keeping the spring Similar ducks that were sold in tho world such beautiful and immortal chicks all summer, some of them | fall did not pay for the cost of feed, j work.i. handu-appcnl, we might say, might be marketed throughout the | Market in June. i w'tl^ such inferior in-struments. Were season as broilers. Broilers bring two or three times as much per j pound in May and early June as they j would bring as roaasters in the fall. ] Broilers are chickens weighing un- ; der 2V2 i)ounds. The best way to feed broilers is to give a palatable mash in a clean yard, mix the mash All roosters, , , , I u -1 thev in possession of such perfected p .,: \i,.ik. rs, old hciw, early broil- . / ' u ,, <â- â€ž i^,, ...11^ ^ '*'"''' •*^»-'"' ..' '• j instruments as we have to-day, who ^^.^^^^^ ^^ , ers, green ducks. During the first week in June, kill off, dispose of or remove from the flock, the male bird.s after the breed- ing season. Their presence in the could conjecture what undiscovered form oCniusic might have been handed down to IIS. From the educational standpoint flock after this date causes a Ions of a how potential would be the influence million dollars a vear to Canadian t<'-<ia.v "f the wondertul mechanical phonograph, or either one. invaluable by <k'monstratiiig the record suitable for ihj occasion. When .studying tonal effects of tho different instru- ments, the phonograph record would indeed be very helpful and highly in- teresting . While perhaps being efficient in the art of voice production there are many tea'.liers who are far from being mas- ters of interpretation, especially in some of the grand opera arias, for the reason that they have not had the opportunity of witnessing perform- ances by artists of the highest rank. In many vocal studios '\â- ^ the phono- graph finding itself useful as a coach, as also it is in the homes of many pupils. It is questionable that the potential- ities of tho player-piano and phono- graph have been fully realized. It was an extremely delicate and difficult matter to convince such artists as Iba, and other pnuninent the possibilities of the theology. phonograph, us likewise it was Paclere- 1 â-  .1 â-  .\t 1 1," 1 â- . ..^ I rem I lie jewski, Greig. Mo»7,kowslu, et " gard to the player-piano Lesson I\, â€" The Holy Spirit and His Workâ€" John 1."). liU to 1(>. 11. (ioldui lex;â€" John U. 2(i \ersu 2i'. I'arnciete 1 margin) -Wo seem driven to borrow tliu Greek word (as in ihu case of bapl.ze, and a few others! to express what no one Kng- lish word will lender. Comforter is grammatically wrong â€" tho form is passive â€" and far too narrow. .Vdvo- cate (margin) suits 1 John 'I. 1 exact- ly, and comes nearer than other terms hero, but is hardiy wide enough. The central point is that the Paraclete, 'called in" (this is what <.lu' word meansK to help us. perform.s the sumo part as the ulher Paraclete, who has gone to be our Rej.nesentative "with the Father." It is actually impos- sible to mention any function assign- ed in Scripture to the Holy Spirit which is not somewhere else assigned to the glorified Chri.st. Representa- tive fairly joins this passage with that in the Kpistle. I will sendâ€" That the Spirit "prnccedelh from the Father anil the Son' is one of the mo n pal- jiable facts ia New Testament What the Ea.stern church more intimate part of the man. The disciples would not have learnt inde- pendence and initiative: they would have always waited for express com- mands. The subjlitutuin of his spiritual Representative brought the needful self-reliance; the true self is only complete when God is interfused deeply. •S. Convict â€" The "world" -which in John nearly always means the world as it is, in rebellion -lights agaiii.st the true view of all these great subjects. The inspired disciples will reduce it to helpless sileiu-e: it cannot "withstand '.he wisiiom and the .Spirit by which" tlu-y speak ( .\cts i5. 10). 1». Sin, as normally in the New Testament, is the failure to accept a po.-^itive duty, not the ineie doing of something wri.uig. Willi us omission is treated righily ;!s against commis- sion: and that is why we have failed so grievously i" our practical diictriiio of sin. The woik of Goii - for all those to whom the (ioi>pel has come â€" is to believe on tho Sent of God (John ti. 20). For this saving faith carries with it inseparably the fulfilment of all God's law. 10. The world condemned Jesus as a blasphemer and "unrighteous"; one recalls Plato's great demonstration th:it if ever an ideally righteous man appeared ho would he counted as per^ fe«'tly unrighteous and martyred aa such. Mis liisnppearance from men's eyes, and enlhronetnent at (lod's right h:ind â€" evidenced by the resurrection, ami the mighty works of his Spirit in bis disciples, iinally "justified" him. 11. Judged â€" .-^s usual, of a con- The "world" III re- ilayer-piaiu). It is said that, so highly are ibe master rolls and records of some of those masters valu- ed that they .-u-e carefully stored away with milk if possible, give some green ^3^^^^^^ through the sale of partially musical instruments, with their ap- ,„ ;^pecia!ly con -ducted vaults in l':i food and keep everything clean and i^^^^ated and bad eggs i.i the produce the chicks free from hce. I which is marketed. .\ II old hens When convenient, bleeding ^"d dry ; ^j^^^,^ ^,^^ ^^ marketed at this daU-. plucking are advised before selling,! ^ ^.v-â€"â€" though, if the weather is warm and ; local killing facilities not good, it may 1 pay to ship alive. pliauces. we now have, existed two .,„jj elsewhere for revelation Lo music hundred and fifty years ago, thus en- students in years to come, abling Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Music, the subtlest, the most i)ower- and other illustrious old masters tojfu] ;„y of life, that in which solace is relegate to posterity faithful repro- ] f„uiul, lives within all. Within many ductions of their performances by ! jt is .ionnaiit â€" it needs kindling. , , , • â-  , 1 1 oemnatorv judgment, meant when 't;nsis,ed on dropping , .•,.-', ^,f (^ own choosing. from the creed the I'llisque. 13 an ""- , ,„^ .^ K„Ue \. .!. solved mystery. | y) -[.here have been manv bad •27. Bear ye also witness (margin) i^ guesses as to the field in which these this seems better. It is significant truths lie. Surely il must be mairily in the meeting <jf his death, which they could not bear until the incredible was a supreme fact. 13. Paul's interpretation of Calvary is the greatest of all instances; see From himself, for each th;it men are bidden to perform the same function as* the Divine Spirit, of course by his indwelling strength. There is a similar association in Acts' 1*. •!%. \ 7. Go away â€" From visible fellow- j Gal. 1. 12. ship: "I am with you all tho days" re- [ Person in the tlodhead speaks for tha mains true. The Father to whom he 'Triune. -.• xN Cuts Labor in Half Do you fijst disinfect, and t.lioii go over all surfaces again with wliiiewaah In order to keep your 8table.s^ dairies and poultry houses bright, cbcorful and free of lice, mites, fly eggs and the germs of roup, white diarrhea, cholera, glanders', etc 7 - Such a method Is a waste of tlmo, money and labor. Vse Carbola Instead-- it does the two UiinRw a,t the same time. It Is a ddsinfectant that dries oa«t white â€" not dark and colorlefl»-and gives much better reaults. MranMcKk Carhola 1^ a inliii'i.Tl iilgmeiit comljliied with a KoniUolJo twenty tlmo« .stronger than pur« carhojlo acid. Coine» In powdw form, reaOv to use as soon as inlx«d witli' water. Applied with bruuh or apraver. Will not olog sprayor. Will not flaJte, blister or p«el oCf nor spoil by standing. No dla- agrcciiblo odor. Absolutely non- polsorM'lls. Sold by Deales Everywhere HOWX-AITD BOira k CO., Iitd. Toronto • - Canada ! Fool punctures, caused by treading upon sharp objects, result in lameness.! and, in many cases, the nail or other object is visible when the foot i.s lifted. Remo>e foreign body, pare wall down to the sensitive part, fill the | opening with 1 part iodiform to 6. parts boracic acid and keep so until lamene.sM disappears, then get shod with a leather shoe as for corn. Plan for a variety of horse feeds. Barley is an excellent grain for a horse; also peas. These, of course, should be crushed before feeding. i If the breeding maro is inclined to have too little milk, feed her for a ! month_pr six weeks before foaling, i with tnis end in view. Give her ! clover-hay, wheat bran, oats and car- I rots. Be sure that she has exorcise in the open air every day. She should spend the warm part of every day in a sheltered yard. goes is ever infinitely near. Ho means that bis spiritual presence is better for them than hi.s boilily; it becomes a 11. Glorify â€" Interpret. reveal, when used of God or Christ, who onlj^ need knowing to be glorious. by the two little bear cidis very rough and stony. It was not Icig before Rumble said bi.=! logs wore going back on bim, which is another way of :;ay- ing bn was tired. Grumble said no- -'r mil! 1, that his voijc was slill h -arty, and while they were discussing it a twist in the trail showed tham a lit- t, , , , , , ^ . , , • 1 ..... ,-„oi «<=!.. ..n with Pt)"r Rumble was .shaken almost to a tie mountain burro, last asleep, wiin i . his head and tail droopiiil; down. half way to the bottom â€" well, he woubl h;ive been nothing but a little bearskin rug, I am afraid. Rumble was faring no better. The burro was ."'till using his legs, skeet- iiig down the trail at such a r:ite that tfs Tho Story of Rumble and Grumble. Rumble and Grumble wero tho sons of the Stiibhletail Bears, who occupied .',\Yby should you not ride. a=! the tv.o- a comfortable cave in the YelliTWstone i^.g^^^i visitors do, dear brother?" sug- Reservation. Rumble was stronger ^ g^gf^j Grumble, wiggling his curs on voice than on his legs, and Grumiilo gmj^iy >.i will lead this focl'-sh was stronger on his legs than on his \jf,^^n_ and we can thus get upon our voice, but, anyway, they got !do>i« jo„,.iiey!" most amicably and loved each other. ^^^^\^\^ g^vung bashfully to and fro. as only bear brothers can. \\.\iw at Grumble's sugfteslion climi)ed One day Rumble and Grumble slip- j^j^ ^ (,,.^6 and dropped plump upo.i jj]^"'|",p^^" ped aw;iy from tbcir parents, who ^|,g burro's back. Open flew thv> wero industriously picking berries, and ,i,„ikey's eyes, up flew his ea'vi. The started off by themselves. "We-wiir ^^y,., brothers, seeing that a ciisi-.. w:!s be perfectly safe, ' said Rumble, "f or, â-  j,^ hand, did that which each did best; Light work will not injure her. but 1 if a"y"i"'e: happens, I have only to t,,^^ i, to say. Rumble used his voice comparatively few «,en have sufficient '""^ "^ x>o^y^x^^x\ voice and you yo r ,„^, (;,,,„,,,,, ^is legs. The roar of S valuable breeding I P<"verful legs, and everything will be ,he little cub so dis.-mnfite^l tha burro all right. "Quite so!" growled ^1,^1 y,,, qJ^o used his lew"', ""<! "» CiTimble. They were rather well- Q,.j,n^i,lo was quite near, it en .^d dis- spokeii yi'ung bears, as you will notice agtrously for hi;n. Over tho clge of ^ stored to their family, because I saw from tlieir speech, coming in contact ^1,^. precipice he bowled, bump! binnp! them playing roly-poly-slide-down with tourists, as they did! 'bump! And if he had not caught injthe-hill in front of Mrs. John Stubble wad hot and the trail Ukon the crotch of a tree jutting out about tail's cave the other morning. jelly. KerbumpI kcrfhinipl he pound ed up and down upon the worn old saddle, clinging for dear life and with the senses quite jolted out of him. But suddenly he remembered, end, open- ing his mouth, screamed and growled \ and roared for all ho was worth. One particularly shrill screech so alarmed the burro that he stopped with a sud- denness that sent Rumble flying over He landed with an un- pleasant thud, and the burro, giving ' Don't sacrifice any heifer calf from â- a first-class dairy cow. Cottonseed-meal is a valuable feed in connection with pasture. It is a good cream and butter feed, and tha fertilixing values can be passed on to the land. Give the cows a good feeding of hay before turning into tho fresh pasture. This will prevent the cxcessivo scouring that results from a too lib- eral supply of fresh grass. Tho cows should be left in the pas- ture only a few hours the fust day. For several days they should be left on green feed only a half day. judgment to work mare with safety. Don't give the breeding mare corn. A properly fitted collar will not rub any part of the shoulder. Collars should fit snugly on top and on the sides. Tlie sun , . . , u .. J 1 1 < ^'"t the cows on the low ground him one ou raged white-eyed look of ,^,,^,, y,,. ,„^,,, ,„,^ .j ,^ ^^ tenor, ran clear out of the story. ; ^,.^^^^ ,.^,,^.y ,^^ ^^^ ^^^^.^ j/ ^^j^ For all I knov/. Rumble stayed there ^ grass is left unoropped it becomes till rescued by his doting parent^ or tough and will not be eaten at all. by Grumble, whoso legs would surely! Calves can be raised perfectly on help him out of his difficulty. 1 only' skimmed milk. know that they were somehow re- 1 Pumpkins made excellent autumn feed for dairy cows, and the labor re- quired in production is quite limited, in proportion to tho value of tha crop. ^ ^- r.-^jiA^i^kafait^'. .v^t;^