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ECONOMIC PRODUaiON OF WHEAT IN REUTION TO FOOD PRODUQION Henry Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell The object of this department Is to place at the sor- vice of oup farm readers the advice of an acknovidedged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry Q. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, and answers will appear in this column in the order in which they are received. As space is limited It Is advis- able where immediate reply is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, | when the answer will be mailed direct. I By Henry G. Bell, Agroflomist. Civilization is in the balance. At I germination, and for the life of the ' no time in the world's history has so beneficial soil bacteria at worli in the critical a period faced the peoples of area where the grain roots stretch out the earth. The fundamental princi- in quest of food. Thorough stirring pies of democratic nations must now of the soil allows for maximum root be successfully defended or de- growth with the consequent develop- mocracy is destined to vanish from the ment of a strong crown, which in it- earth. The triumph of civilization self goes a long way to providing the ; depends upon men, munitions, food crop with strengrth to withstand thej and a patriotic devotion to the cause, cold weather of autumn and winter. Not one of these factors must be ne- The third method of increasing the glected or triumph will rest with our wheat yield is by the selection of pro- You/' Crru^udCed &r J*h\a JieCs/n, /h "r l\Aothers and daughters of ail ages are cordially invited to write to thi« department. Initials only will be published with each question and ita 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 ail correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 233 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Patriot: â€" 1. The new Trench Cap is of milk, stir in three cupfuls of Indian not nearly as long or bulky as the old meal, or enough to make a stiff dough. "Balaclava." It reaches just to the Cook for five minutes, stirring often neck, and is designed for wear under from the bottom. Take from the ftre. A.E.P.: â€" ^We are gcdng to sow wheat this year on a piece of muck land. It has had timothy hay cut off it for three years, a very good hay crop each year. This summer it was ploughed as soon as the hay was taken off and has been thoroughly disced and cultivated since. It is a muck with sand bottom. We had no ferti- lizer to put on, and would like to know if a basic slag or a phosphate would be suitable, either one or both. Answer :~The soil on which you are planning to grow your â- H*eat is relatively low in nitrogen and will un- doubtedly give you a strong growth of straw. I would advise you to add at least 200 to 300 lbs. of fertilizer carrying 10 to 12% acid phosphate and l<:^f potash. You have handled the soil correctly in preparing it. I would impress upon you the import- ance of giving the seed-bed thorough preparation. If the soil tends to be too open and light, follow the sowing with rolling and then a light harrow- ing. I have advised acid phosphate since 1 believe you need a readily Evailablo form of phosphoric acid. A. McE.: â€" I have quite a number of celery plants which began to go to seed three weeks ago; I tried cutting off the seed top as soon as it appear- ed but it merely grew up again. I sowed the si'ed of this in boxes the last of February, 1917. and set the plants out in the open ground about the middle of June in clay soil which had been an old pig yard before. We dug trenches ten inches deep putting in the bottom five inches of rotted manure mixed with a little earth and planted them In this. Now they are grown to a gocd height, are kept hilled and look healthy plants but would like to know the cause of it going to seed and how to prevent it. Answer:â€" The cause of the celery plants going to seed is that the habit of the plant has been changed. In its wild state the celery plant tends to be an annual. The gardener grows it as a biennial, that b, he tries to get the full grown plant without the seeds. You see the same habit in wheat when you plant winter wheat seed or winter rye in the spring. Very few of the plants serd up shoots the first year, but some do. If you select the seed from the plants which send up" heads the first year, by the second and third getioration you will have entirely changed the habit of the plant and it would be a one-season plant. The' only way to prevent celery from seed- ing is to transplant it late, cause it to make rapid growth by balancing plantf ood, and harvest it before it has , an opportunity to form seed shoots. | Possibly your ground is running short of ammonia or nitrogen. This is the kind of plantfood which causes the celery stalk to grow. If the plants are small and slow in growth there is an indication of nitrogen be- ing lacking. The additioB of manure or a fertilizer high in ammonia will tend to prevent this. ' E.O.P. :â€" Would you advise sowing both lime and acid phosphate on land that is to be sown to wheat in the spring? When would you advise sow- ing the lime and how much per acre? Would it be better to sow the acid phosphate shortly before sowing the wheat, and how much per acre? Could I mix the lime and acid phosphate and sow both at one operation in a lime, (Trill? .\nswer: â€" Lime and acid phosphate are both beneficial on land to be used for wheat in the spring. The benefit â-  of the lime is not so directly traceable in wheat yields but is clearly shown if the gj-ain is seeded with clover and timothy or alfalfa. Lime may be applied any time this fall or through the winter, or if the ground is to be left for spring plowing it could be ap- plied immediately after the ground is plowed, just before it is disked and harrowed. .â- ^n application of 2 to 4 tons of ground limestone or one ton per acre of air-slaked lime will give you good results. ' The acid phosphate can be drilled on at the time the wheat is sown. Modern drills are provided with both the seed and fertilizer dropping attachment. Applications at the rate of 200 to 300 pounds to the acre give good results. If you have not manured your land just before the wheat, I would advise you to use a mixture of fertilizer analyzing 2 to 3 "t ammonia, which will provide nitrogen to start the early growth of the young crop, and 10 to 12 9p phosphoric acid, which will greatly hasten its ripening and, the plumping of its kernels. By no means would I advise the mixing of the lime and acid phosphate. Such a mixture would tend to turn back the soluble phosphoric acid in the acid phosphate to a form which is much more slowly available. enemies. The farmers of this con- per varieties of wheat and high-grade the tin helmet by day, and as a sleep- beat in one-half cupful of powdered tinent and of Europe^ have done nobly seed of those varieties. Soft wheat j^g ^ap by night. You will require suet with a tablespoonful of salt and let during the past year, but gigantic produces, as a rule, weak flour. Sound, about a quarter of a pound of woolâ€" it get perfectly cold. Then add three problems face them in the coming plump, flinty wheat of either spring Canadian Khaki yarn at $1.75 a pound, eggs, beaten light, with two table- months, or wrinter varieties produces flour that ^r five-ply Beehive at 28 cents a skein spooivful of sugar, and, lastly, a table- The Canadian Commissioner of "ses well in the pans, and produces ^^uld be suitable. Here are the spoonful of flour sifted three times Agriculture has recently made a state- bread of fine texture and quality. ; directions: Cast on 90 stitches, :i2 on with half a tablespoonful of baking ment that Canada will be prepared to The fourth method of wheat increase e^ch needle. Rib 2 and purl 2 for 25 powder. Make out into balls the siz* export at least 200,000,000 bushels of >s by proper soil fertilization. Men j.^^^ g^jt q aj,j p^^i 2 for 22 rows, of an egg, flour your hands, wrap in 1917 wheat. The wheat croo of the cannot work 'without food, neither can Xarrow second stitch on each end of clean cheesecloth squares. The United States will probably total 668, 000,000 bushels, of which at least 450,- 000,000 will be necessary for their own needs. Recent reports from the In- ternational Bureau of Agriculture, Rome, indicate an increase in wheat for British India, of over 16<r. Fav- orable wheat reports came also from crops. The tiny wheat plant must needle until you have 4 stitches on dumplings will double their size m be supplied with a sufficiency of suit- g^ch needle. Then thread the end of boiling, so make all allowance in tying able, well-balanced plantfood just as the wool with large darning needle them up. Boil one hour hard. Dip much as the fighting soldiers at the anj button-hole around the 8 left, ' into cold water for a second, turn out front must receive an abundance of leaving a small opening on top of cap. and serve wnth hard sauce. 2. .\n ap- well-balanced diet. 2. I offer the following suggestions for plication of hydrogen peroxide will The Question of Plantfood. the eieven-year-old brother's birthday take scorch stains out of silk. Potas- What can be done then to increase party which you wish to make a slum permanganate followed by sul- Italy. A year ago a vigorous cam- 1 crop yields through attention to plant- patriotic afl^air. Write the invita- phuric acid will also remove them. I paign for larger wheat acreage in the food 7 | tions to the party on plain white am sorry to say. however, that with United Kingdom was successfully j First of all, the farmer can give the Paper, with a small flag in one corner, the removal of the scorch stains the carried out, but unfavorable weather soil the most careful tillage, as al- Have your table set with red, white color of the waist is apt to be injured, has damaged the British wheat crop ready stated, which operation will of and blue place cards, a white cloth If you find that this is true, it will be to so great an extent that in July it course bring as much of the soil and a centerpiece of red. white and necessary to dye the»blouse. 3. You ranked 94'?c as against an average ' plantfood as possible into shape for blue flowers. The birthday cake way can remove match marks from white crop estimated at lOOf^c. It is obvious its consumption by the plant. Second, be decorated with the flags of the paint by rubbing them with a piece of then that the entire people of this every grower of wheat should as far -A.llios. For one game you could have cut' lemon. continent must exercise every energy as possible, manure his wheat fields, a si^rt of "history bee." like a spelling Home-Maker: â€" X well-balanced in conserving food; farmers, every in-' Livestock manure supplies three of bee. Tlie prize should go to the child dietary supplies body-building, heat- telligence in producing more food; the important eonstituents of plant- who cjin tell the greatest number of and-energy-supplying and regulating bakers, every economy and device in food, nitrogen, which causes the historical "events correctly â€" for in- substances in the right proportion and making the food stock go as far as 'wheat straw to grow; phosphoric acid, stance, who were the generals at the in sufficient quantity. Simple meals possible so that the needs of our own which haptens the ripening of the crop Battle of the Plains of Abraham, who can fulfil all requirements. It is and allied people may be met. |and plumps the kernels; and potash, was Sir Isaac Brock, who made wiser to spread the variety of food which gives strength to the crop to re- Ottawa the capital of Canada, what over many days than to provide many sist plant diseases and hastens the fill- event are we celebrating this year, kinds of food in each meal every day. The question the farmer is asking -^^g of the kernel . A shortage in any etc. The prize should be something Following are examples of simple but to-day is, how can I economically in- 0,,^ „£ these constituents of plantfood that has to do with the warâ€" a war well-baianced meals:â€" 1. Fruit, oat- crease my wheat yield? , My answer produces wheat of poor quality. In picture or a small silk flag. The meal and whole milk. 2. Egg, bread, is in five divisions; first, by drainage, this connection it should be carefully other games should all have something butter, fruit or vegetable. 3. Bread, Winter-killing is frequently caused noted that livestock manure, while it to do with the country or the war. and, cheese, tart fruit. 4. Baked beans, by surplus water not being able to run j^ g^oj for most crops, it is somewhat of course, the singing of "The Maple brown bread, apple sauce. 5. Mutton, off or percolate through the soil, and unbalanced for the production of Leaf." "Rule Britannia" and "O potatoes, second vegetable, fruit bat- as a result, freezing about the young wheat, in that it carries a relatively Canada" ought not to be omitted. Be- tcr pudding. (5. Milk soup, corn bread wheat plant. •'large amount of available nitrogen, a fore they leave the children should and syrup. 7. Whole wheat bread. Second: proper soil tillage. The medium supply of potash, but a rela- sing the National .\nthem. all stand- whole milk, prunes. These are not advantages of proper seed-bed pre- tively short supply of the constituent ing at attention. ideal for all ages and conditions, but paration are so apparent that it is un-;of plantfood that causes the crop to Sara:â€" 1. Cornmeal dumplings may they meet the needs of healthy active necessary to go into a detailed discus- ; ripen, phosphoric acid. Investiga- be made as follows: Scald a quart ad'Jits. sion of the profit of good tillage in ; tions have shown, therefore, that the Methods of Increasing Crop. wheat production. If the soil is to farmer can very profitably supplement catch and hold a sufficiency of mois- farm manure with an addition of acid â-  ture, It must be deeply stirred and phosphate. Such an addition re-' thoroughly pulverized. Such tillage > duces relative straw growth and in- 1 will allow for the desirable circula- j creases the production of grain. j tion of air, which is required for seed | (Concluded next week.) S/o/rss Doll Dreams righteousness, that is. his fidelity to the covenant relation between himself I wonder what my Jolly dreams and Israel, will become active. This When she is fast asleep? I s'pose will result in the well-bieing of the She dreams she is a princess doll . Market Calendar If^nbt commenced previously, crate fattening should be started in October, and alt cockerels and pullets intended for sale carefully and systematically fattened. Market in October roastors (crate fed), last old hens, roasting young ducks, old geese, old turkeys. In mixing a ration for crate feed- ing poultry, one of the first things to consider i.s the palatability of the feed. If the birds do not like it, they will not eat enough to put on the flesh. Next \p this comes the composition of the feeds and their cost. The ration, must be palatable and one that will j produce flesh without costing too nr.uch . ' Clean, fresh water lessens disease.^ among poultry. Filthy drinking wa- ter is the source of much trouble. The question of floor space for hens, like many other questions connected with poultry-house construction, can- ^ not be answered definitely. The floor space which a hon requires depends on j several things: (1) The breed of the hen; some hens require more space than others. (2) The nature of the food and how it is fed. Hens that are fed in a heavy litter during the Winter where the getting of the food entails considerable effort will obtain all the exercise necessary without too much space. (3) Ventilation.â€" The house poorly ventilated will not ac- commodate as many hens as a house ^ properly ventilated. A few years' ago when poultry houses were kept warm, instead of being ventilated, it was thought that each hen should have -between 8 to 12 square feet of floor, j and in all probability she did, but the same breed of nen does better now in the house properly ventilated with 4 square feet than her ancestors did with" 12, and where good ventilation is | provided 4 to 5 square feet is enough' for the average hen. | The first half of the chicks hatched in an incubator contain practically all' of the best laying hens In that batch. They will grow more rapidly, lay first and prove the be?t layers and will be stronger than the <»thers. The last half of the hatch will be lower in vitality and will be unprofitable to keep; the broiler or frying age is the time to dispose of these. Mark the last half of the hatch and dispose of them in time to make a profit. A good incubator should prove pro- fitable on any place having sufficient room to keep chickens. j faithful among his people. The thought expressed in the first line of verse 10 is repeated in verse 11, that of the second line in verse 12. Verse 13 is obscure. .\ slight change in the text makes possible the truns- .lation suggested above wWch gives ex- cellent sense. Jehovah's righteous- 1 Lesson I. Psalms of Deliverance^ ness, as defined above, prompts him to i'salms 85 and 126. Golden bless his people, who will enjoy peace Text.â€" Psa. 126. 5. INTEKXATIONAL LESSON orroBER 7. With, 'stead of her old clothes. .\ golden crown and sat.n dress All edged with snowy fur. Sometimes she dreams of me. I guess- I of 'en dream of her! following his glorious manifestation. Psalm 12(5 closely resembles 85. Dilly-Dally Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Dorothy Hart . She was a dear little girl, but she had one great Dilly-Dully by being alwav was a little girl named Evelyn Vail. Evelyn had a large collie, but no one liked the dog except herself. One day Dorothy's uncle bought her a little yellow chicken. It was so round, fat and fluffy that shi! named it Flutf . Her mother told her to keep rt in the little chicken coop that her broth-jr Jack had made for it. One day Dorothy's mother told her to run out on the lawn, because Fluff -.vas out of the coop and was running all around. But Dilly-Dal'.yâ€" for this was what every one. called her because she always was late â€" took hor time and when she got there she found that Evelyn's dcg had eaten her beloved chicken . This taught Dorothy a severe les- son, and now she has lost the title f on lime. HIGHEST PRICES PAID For POULTRY, QAMI, EQQS A ^lATHERS Pleas* write (or partloulars. V. rovjjcm * Oo, M BouMonra Mwk**. Il»at>«»l Selecting Seed Beans. ] Bean growers should take steps to secure good seed for next year's plant- ing from fields known to be free from aiithi-acnose and blight. Seed from plants killed by front before the pods are dry should not be used. The use of good seedâ€" j)roperly ripened, plump, intact, and free from disease â€" is essential for securing large yields. It is crop insurance for growers to lay in their seed while there is still opportunity to inspect- the fields or they can pick from the cream of commercial stocks instead of hav- ing to take whatever may be available later. 1 Seed from carefully selected, clean pods grown in one's own seed plant are safe. Once the beans have been threshed it is dilTicult to detect all which have come from diseased pods. It is possible, moreover, in the seed plant by planting the seed In hills and- by spraying with Bordeaux mixture to protect the plants front anthracnose, even at an expense not warranted in larger plantings. The grower should see that no one moves among the seed plants while they are wet with ruin or dew, when scores of the fungus caus- ing anthracnose most readily are | spread . After the seed is threshed the grow- ! er should pick over his seed by hand two or three times and throw out all damaged or diseased beans and those not uniform in size and color. Even commercially hand picked seed often contains many affected beans. While a few discolored beans are not objec- tlonabls for household use, every such seed when planted may spread disease to many neighborinjr plants, , In pur- cbMiny b^tns for planting a germina- tion test should bo toade and only seed of high quality accepted. Verses l-,3. Jehovah's loving-kii.d- ' Both e.xpress appreciation for past fail'iR: she never obeyed promptly. When her uncle heaid A thisTSe ness in the past. Brought back the favors, both recognize the incomplete- She was never in any hurry and was uougiit her another chicken, and we captivity â€" Better, "restored the ness of the deliverance, and both pray usually late ever>"where she went. may hope that Dorothy will take bet- fortunes." In themselves the words earnestly for a renewal of the divine Next door to where Dorothy lived ter care of it than she did of Fl'iff. contain no reference to restoration favor. The historical situation reflect- â-  : from exile; but the psalmist may have ed in Psalm I2ti may be the same as in mind the change in fortune due to that in Psalm 85. the restoration. Sin arouses the, Verses 1-3. Describe the jov felt divine wrath, the divine wrath prompts bv those who had a sh:u-e in the earlier the sending of calamity; hence the transformation. Brought back â€" See There is this great point in favor withdrawal of calamity proves that comment on Psa. 85. 1-3. Zionâ€" Re- of dairying; It brings in revenue the divine wrath is appeased, which, presents the Jewii>h community, every month of the year, and in every in turn, proves that Jehovah_ has for- Dreamâ€" The experience seeined too nionth the dairyman knows just wha't given or_ removed the people s sin. good to be true. Said they-The sub- ^^ 5,,^,^,^^, f ,„^ ji^^^ ^„^,,,, jg g„i,,g heifer must be credited with a calf and the manure produced during two years. The net cost at medium prices is then given in the bulletin tws $44.77 for the first year and $20.08 for tho seecnd. kt present hijrh prices the net cost for Jwo years rises above SlOO. nis iiicomu i-oiii luui, souice is uui'ik Economy in dairyinir and care in 4-7. The transformation has been ject is indefinite; equivalent to "it was , „. ' . another importHnt breeding only good stock are there- marvelous; but much remains to be said." Even outside nations re- '" °^' ^nere is anotner unporiant ^ ^ â- ' ^^ ^.,._ , _ done. If he only would complete his cognized the wonderful transforma- Point: Dairying 13 a safe line; there work! Turn us â€" Better, "turn to us," tion. Verse 3 represents the com- are fewer ups and downs and fewer again, as in the past. The present niunitv as approprialin? the words of exceptional losses in it than in any distress shows that the divine wrath the nation.^ and as recalling the jov of other branch cf farming. fore necessary. The heifer from a low-producing dam and an inferior sire will not retunl the cost of her production and maintenance. Fast milking pays. The man who has not entirely disappeared; hence the earlier experience. '^E n?^^ petitions. _ ^ , , ^ 14. Disappointment has come; and heifer to one vear and to two vear's can make the milk fairly boil in the 8-13. The Dsalmist stands between there is need ^>f a new manifestation ij^ ' ' pHii and rai.se a lot of foam usually his people and their God. He #Waits of the drt- ne lovinir-kindness. Turn J . . ,• , • ,,.• ^i, • .n ^ -n Jehovah's reply to his plea. ftXthen fga^n- The brnell^ts 0^^ /'^•'^."''r °i'"^''T P'-i'-'e-^ cos s is getting the maximum flow of milk brings to the waiting peopleV^ as- terference are exhausted. Streams "bout S33 for the first year and $28 from each cow; while the shiwer milk- surance that their God has not for- i,i the South The South is the arid for the second. Cost accounts of er, no matter how particular and saken them; the manifestation of his region to the south of Jiidah, called raising calves by the Ohio, Mas- faithful he may be, often fails to get loving-kindness in a complete deliver- N^geb or South-land. Tho streams sachusetts and Connecticut Experi- all that tho cow would let down to tho ance and restoration is at hand. Saints there, full of water during the rainy j^ent Stations and tho U. S. Depart- fast-milking expert. -Synonymous with "hie people;" per- season become dry during the sum- j^^,,,. ^,f Agriculture were used ua the We may be certain '.hat mi'k and hap.=! better "his favored ones that mer; following the drought the life- , , /?„ « ..,,.„o •. j , ^ v.,;. won, .,.01 un.a unu is. those who are objects of special giving water returns, filling the people basis for these figuies » s products will commatid reIat:vo.y consideration. Fearâ€" Those who are with rejoicing and hope. For a similar Labor, interest and miscellaneous hisher pncca after the ^^-ar than will truly pious. Turn to folly â€" The life-giving return of tho divine favor overhead expenses must be added to graai and millfeeds. which are now at clause gives sense only if translated, the p.'^almist prays. this fted cost. The two-year-old a premium, as above. ".\nd to those who do not ^ 5, t>. Thc.^e verses should be Inter- â-  turn to folly." Glory â€" The glorious preted ss a co.ntinuation of the prayer manifestations of Jehovah. Mercy in verse 4 ("May reap .... may truth . . righteousness come back"). The heginiiing may be peace â€" When the mercy, or hanl, b;it. if Jehovah responds to ^he loving-kindnessT of God and tho faith- p.'iclmist's plea, the end must be fulness of the people meet, then his glorious. The Country Girl's Creed better; to reach out always for hijrher I believe that life in the country is ^tul finer things I believe in good life at its highest, fullest and best. I ^"'t ^''j '""^, P^'"'^ "{ '*â-  .} '^l^'l u 11 tu * *!,„ , 1 i,.,,.„ .i,„ ,,»„„f„of "> tho bruin and the muscle with which bellave that there 1 have the greatest' ... ^ 1 „ ^ • , , , ij I 't,.!. _ito accomp ish mv task of striving and chance to develop into the womanly , 1 i.v I t i 1 j, woman I desire to be-flnc. broad, ! ;>^'«'-^-''"fS;, »'''* ^ '"^ ''^'"''"^^ wholesome. I believe "'^ ^'""^'^^ ''*'"«« ^^•^"â- ''^ "''*'*" ^•°'""'' sweet, true, that the broadness of the country, the ruggedness of the landscape, the U.se of Poultry Manure There is no natural manure pro- duced on the farm as rich as poultry manure, according to the College of Agriculture, yet it receives from tho farmer the least attention of any of tho animal excrements. .-Vverage mi.x- od horse and cattle manure carries 10 pounds of nitrogen, 5 pounds phosphoric acid and 12 pounds of potash per ton. Poultry manure con- tains in comparison 82 pounds of nitrogen, 35 pounds of phosphoric acid and 18 pounds of potash. Where ordinary farm manure has a fertilizer value of $1.50 per ton, poultry manure is worth $6 per ton. Even when pro An Mutomobile body made of seven jlltt ncfeions, which can b« tsken apart â-  â€" â€"^ Bread pudding is greatly Improved beauty of God's growing things all py ^^^ addition of raisins or currants, around me. will mold and temper my A disagreeable job never becomes character; will give me higher ideals, '"'"^•'â- â€¢attraetive by sitting down and duced in small amounts such materia a greater depth of thought and « dreading it. The best thing to do It is well worth careful preservation, truer perspective of life, than I could to jfo at it and get it out of the way : Poultry manure should be allowed ever gain between narrow walls in a; quickly, 1 to dry as quickly as possible and be city with its shams, pretenses and In Canada the parcels post system ; kept dry. In this condition it will false standards. I want to try always Is restricted to 11 pounds. In the , lose but small amounts of its valuable to- keep myself sunny, sweet anil sane; jUniled States to 50 pounds. An ex- constituents. Like ordinary jnanure 25 or 30 cents a pound. Since much of its potash, phcsphorlc u'-id and nitrogen is soluble this manure may sufl'er greatly from leaching. Caustic lime should never be mi\eJ directly with poultry manure as It liberates nitrogen as ammonia. Poultry manure is rich in nitrogen i^f and low in phosphorus. These two conditions may be con-ected by dilut- ing and re-enforcing the manure as follows: To ten pounds of tho manure add six pounds of sawdust tor some similar dry materlaH and four pounds of acid phosphate. This gives a ferti- lizer carrying 8 per cent, of nitrogen, 8.6 per cent, of phosphoric acid and .45 per cent, of potasn, or about the same proportion of plant food ekments that are found in a 8-12-2 mixture but only one fourth as concentrated. For fighting lumber yard firos ^ for itupping flat or replaced If Injur- to live up to tht> very best there Is initension of the parcels post system in it ferments rapidly when moist and monitor hose nozzle has been design- ed, hu feeen invented by an English- mo; tu m^ke the most of every op-; Canada is one of the very greatest will lose thereby a large percentage ed to be mounted oit iumbeir sta«kini| m»nm South Africa. I portunlty to g;row bigger, broader and needs of the country. j of its nitrogen,. worth on the market machines.