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.Ik- Li m Fall Pruning of Berry Buithri). â-  considerationâ€" which ii an important Baspherries anil blatltin-irics are point in se'ei.-ting hjme-grown seed. eon.iidered by the majority of people Wait until the seed matjros, then, to be the best amaU fruit.s we have dry it thcroci^hly iirimi.'di:i:e'iy a';.er it for table use. Even when they are has been ha'-ve-ti-d, put it in pack- selling for double what they usually ages well laijeled ami ?tore in a^dry do, we see the poor as well as the place where it cp" not be destroyed rich buying them by the crate for by ii.iects. rats or mice. , i preserving purposes. In order to Of course, it is a good thing: to'^ave keep all the raspberry and blackberry Kar.len se.;l. But carefully saved plants in this province bearing in good .seed should be well labeled and stored shape each year they must be pro- to save lonfu.sion next spring. Cloth perly pruned. You will hear people basts are the best containers for say, "What is the use of pruning, my , larije «ecd and well seaieii envelopes plarrV: boar every year?" That is are satisfactory for, smaller kinds. not what we prune for; we prune to Kvery envelope or container should make the plants bear more every year show the kind and varieties ol' seed, •nd keep free from di.-sease. It used the dale, including month and year to be the custom to do all this pruning when hanested. and the place where In the spring', hut there is a jjreat grrown. rush of work at that season of the' A single e-^r of sweet corn will fur;- year and many times the pruning is r.ish enough ?eed for a small garden, only half done or not done at all. Think how easy it is to save the best Also it is very hard to tell which canes ear yoa produced this year for plant- are old and which are new in the ing ne.xt sprine when seed may be spring of the year. The best and hard to obtain . AU.that is required proper time to do the raspberry and , is to dry it thoroughly and store it blackberry pruning is during the lat-| where it will not be injured. But ter part of .\ugust or first of Septom-' saving seed from the ganien should ber after all the crop of fruit has been' not be limited to sweet corn. Seed barvested. ^ ! from the be.st beans, peas, tomatoes Rasptorries and blackberries are ' and other vegetables should be select- fruits which gr%K wood tbe first year, ed this fall when they can be obtained and then the .second year this wood ; easily and the supply is abundant. produces berries. So after the sec- ; « ond year's growth of the cane is past,i „. „ „ , it is no g.-Gd to the plant for fruit' "'"'^ »''"" '^"»ckmen. production. It should be removed. Warts can be rv>moved with io<lin» at this time in order to give all the and skunk-oil well mixed, one-eightth vitality of the plant to the fruit-bear- io<line, seven-eighths skunk-oil or fng canes. When the canes axe cut glycerfne. from the plants they should be piled For rinkv.-omi on stock use strong in heaps and burned so as to destroy iodine ointment. After scrubbing all insects and disea.ses on them. By and cleansing the affecteil part apply doing this every fall you will keep nintment very other day. Cleanse and your plot of raspberries or black- disinfect stalls. berries in a very healthy condition. When the sow's afterbirth is pass- At the same time that the old canes oil, it should be removed from the pen are cut out rlie young canes and suck- at once and buried or burned. There ers should be thinned. In doing this is good reason to believe that eating thin out tl-.- -.veak c:\nes and suckers, the afterbirth is often the beginning leaving the strong healthy ones for of the habit of eafing pigs, the next yen: 's fruit crop. This gives When pigs scour, cut duwn the the canes kft more sunlight and a ..sow's feed immediately. Give her better ch;ince to make a strong fifteen to twenty grains of sulphate of growth. To get a good crop of very iron (copperas^ in her slop morning* fancy berries it w^ould be best to thin and evening, and if nece.=.sary increase the canfs sn that they are about six jthe'dose until results arc obtained, to eight inches apart. ' Purchased an'mals shmild never be Some people who want only allowed to mingle with other an'mals enough raspberries for their own use on the farm until they have been have a system of pruning so as to ex- examined by a veterinarian. Efforts tend the fruiting season from two to should be made to determine whether four weeks. It works out quite well purchased animals have been tested on a sm;ijl t-atoh, but reduces the crop for tuberculosis, contagious abortion too much to be a profitable proposi- and other infectious disease.*, tion^for the commercial fruit grower. When a cow milks a fine st.-eam All the canes are cut back to within which is very hard to press out. we about one foot from the ground in have found that the best way to over- • the fall to cause the late fruiting the come' the difficulty is to put one or following ye3r. The strength of the two calves with her to suck for a cou- plant the following spring goes to the pie of months. After calves are lower buds P.rst and a long shoot is weaned the cow w^ill usually be found made before the flowers appear on the to milk a large stream and easily. canes. By this late flo'\vering process ^^ you can make your patch of berries- * bear for a long time during the sum- Henry's O'l Stick mer. Prune part of the patch for a late crop and prune the rest as One of the unhandy things about you would ordinarily, and your sea- driving "the ur.iversay car" is that it son of fresh raspberries will be sev-' is often necessary to get down under eral weeks longer than it would be ! 't with a pair of pliers in order to as r^^Wou po/U th^ Zoyme, wvJi tij/X. ^on apoiuidofcfi£ap,potA tea tAatuou pcAj, en Jved Jioie. . Jn cmen lu^cdd ij^TjL pax^ JO^umA tcuxon a cAecrp tzo. -zimicA witL TTuiAje, pz^Jicp^ CO oupd to tn£^ pound end y^^^j. pa^ the 6am& lO^tcux cm a pcurx of %zd%>i^ wfiicti ea^iA/ rrjoAeA about 250 value', m&ie exionoma/, Yn&ie^ healdatuyfadixm in ^Tied %i6e7ea tna/ne//€A ief&ie.. /t i& tA/LU AJ a zaaA time tea. YOUR PROBLEMS Mother! «n3 aaus>''teri of a ' agtt »r% eordlall/ <epa tmcnt. initials or.l/ w II be (J.Jâ-¡><>^ea with cacn t»ii» in..:ej »• "irxx.u lo -e«con and it» tn*'"*' ♦ • « m«an« o* d«iitifi:ation. but laii n*m* and addrcti inj«t o* gi»«n in •*«* Ittter. W.-itc an «r.* id* of p-pe on!/. An4*«r» n.ii Ba mailad direct ttjnipea ana addretaea envelop? • enclosed Addreii ail co-reeponaenca 'o'' thi» depj^-tment to Mrs. Helen t.«w« <Mcoaoinc Ave, Tarento. 2U Whit to m ike T first on the This includes mattreas pad4, t.lank«ti> iind counterpane^), tb.e-linen you will want bt>th . jw-cases. T. H. Estabrooks Co. St. JoKn UMJTF.D Toronto V/innipe* ntrui I -i CRATE FAHENING POULTRY those well-mat.'e cedar ones, you 'wil be proud of it ami its content*. Student: \, TTie period known a* the Midaie .\ges ran approximately from the Je*tnic£ioo of the Reman EBI{>ire to the revivid of lei,.rf'ing, from otM) to 15<H) A.D. 2. A little lemon juice on the hands will coun- teract the effect of hot soapy water. Slim-Purse; To entertain frieii'i- â- vvithout mu^ expense why not have a Poverty Party? Writ? the invita- tions on scraps of brow i paper, asing a ht-avy pencil, and i' possible- have them delivered by a messenger "al tattered and torn" and as forlo'n look- ing a.s possible. Decorate you- rooms with corn-stalks, wild flowers and grasses, and illuminate them i)y mean? of lanterns and caudles. Re- freshments shoultJ consist of brown bread and cuttage-cheese sandwi'he«, potato salad, apple turnovers, coffee in tincups. gingerbread and corkie.-.. or scrub-oloths should not be over- Dispense with the Lable-cloch and use Kioked. and a few good stout bags for paper napkins. Give prizes for the odds and er.ds shovfld find a place in most poverty- striclien costume and the new^ home.^ A bag of oucing for the best hard-iuck story, flannel large enough to cover a bri>om Rose: When a bride and brivie- come in nicely when you wlsli to groom are marrieti in travelling .suits N'tlt-Brown Maid: 'or your "hope cheat i::$t comes bed -linen sneets. p." qu-iits, For t] long and short tsble-olochs; a siienc ^oth \to use under a table-cloth); napkinsâ€" both dinner and luiicheon or breakfast size, and the sQialler size when servinj,- refre.-hmencs; carving cloths, doiUes and centrepie4:es. -â- ^s tabie-Iinen is almost prohiLutive in price, many housekeepers are dispens- ;ng wich the table-cloths, setting their table with do: - es instead. You wi.i wa.1t face toweU. iwith toweU and was-h-cHuths. While for the kitchen ' you wi.- need hand towe.s. glass and tea towels, dish-cloths, covers for the ironing-board, iron and pot holders. A goodly sup-ply of dusters and house Practical experience has shown that crate fattening is not only the most satisfactory but the most economical meth-jd of finishing poultry for mar- ket. The saving in the amount of feed required to produce each pound of gain is a great object these >iays, and the feeder is enabled by this me- thod to cbserv^ to bev.er advantage the progress being made by the vari- ous fowls. He ca:-. fatten the fowls in shorter time, thus causing them to attain their maximum weight and having them ready for sale with less expense for labor and feed. The fattening crate which we have The object in crate feeding is not only to increase the amount of fat and lean meat on the body, but also to soften lafae tissues and muscles that have been hardened through constant exercise on free range. The duration of the feeding period varies from fourteen to twenty-one days, depend- ing entirely upon the thriftines.s of the birds. Some birds, given judici- ous feeding and good care continue to make satisfactory gains for even longer pcriixis than three weeks . Birds placed in the crates with crops full should not be fed for the first tweUe or eighteen hoars in order that they may become more 'brush down your walls. Covers for bureaus and for tables may be added, and as manv aprons as you have time to make. Your lingerie aiso goes into the chest, and if the chest is one of it is usual to have a maid of honor or a bridesmaid and a best man. These wear su'ts also, but a larger number of attendants i< not customary and would not be correct. ^*^^j INTERN.VriONAl. LESSON SEPTE.MBEK l." lo had g'eate-t succes-s with is six feet quickly accustomed to the change tn long twentv inchas high, sixteen iich-i diet. Many feeders practice giv:ng hree three light feeds per day for the first long es wide. It is divided into , , ^ r equal parts by means of two tight i ohree da>-?. then two fee<i5 a day for wxioden partitions. The material the remainder of the fatteTung per od. used in the frame is two inches wide l>.e birds should nor be given more by seven-eighths inch thick. The : feed at one time than they will eat frame is covered with slats which run up clean in twenty minutes. lengthwise on the top. back and bet- ' this the troughs should be torn ind vertical on the front and arc away or tuned upsiiie down made of materia! seven-eighths of an ; supports, so that -cthing is left to be inch wide.' and five-eighths thick. 1 picked at bef.veen meals. The slats are placed two inches The following five meal mixtures, in apart on the top and front, one and ; the order of their merit, have been one-half on tbe back, and from one- found satisfactory for crate feeding half to three-fourths on the bottom, i It should be rememberea th?.t ground Care on the bottom at least .A-fter taken in the under normal conditions. Save Your Own Garden Seed. Some of the garden seed now growing abtinilant in your garden will be needed next year when planting certain whether or not there is suffi- cient cylinder oil. .-^ broom stick cut off so that it is about thirty inches long can be made to do, this job easily if a slot is cut in the end. This slot must be cut wide enough so that the s taken to have the outer slats! corn fed in excess will produce yellow half an inch ' flesh of inferior quality, and that ground peas impart a hardness of fle?h: 1. Twx) parts of finely ground oats, one part ground buckwheat, one part cormneal. 2. Equal parts fii^ely ground oats, buckwheat and barley. rear frame pTeceT three doors 3. Equal parts finely ground oats, bar- .\ light V-shaped trough ley and shorts. 4. Two parts fiv.ely from the frame in order to provide for cleaning. The top slats are cut through at each partition and con- nected by two-inch strips, nailed underneath. By hinging these strips to the are made time comes. Better save a supply '"'•"'"B P"' ^^t'^'' Potcock will fit while vou can. It is not hard to save '"'o ''â-  By using this stick it is a seed and quite frequently the home- ^"^fy easy- matter to stoop over at the grown -supply is better than any that *=>ae of the machine and trp the pet- can be bought from the seed man. 'â- â- '>^-k* ^^ ^^f whether enough oil is on Home-grown seeds are suited to local "^and. This simple device obviates environment sind the vigor and pro- 'he necessity ot getting under the duetivencss of the plants from which m;u-hine with the piiers and makes it they are selected can be taken into unnecessary to be so careful about getting one's clothes dirty. â€" -I. J. two and a half inches wide is placed ground oats, one part of cornmeal. one in front of each crate, and is earned part shorts. 5. Two parts barley, two brackets trailed to the er.ds of two parts low-grade flour or short.s. The bottom of this is one part of wheat bran. The husks !S. XW a:;:hor:ty hath been giver, unto me, in hsaveii and on earth~".'\.'l power" is the reading of the old ver- sion. The infaiiible King himself an- nounces his eternal possession of the ' Kingdom â€" a fact recorded only by Matt'new. 19. Make disciples of all the nations â€" This accords with the commission given in .-Vets â€" "â- witnesses to the ut- termost parts of the earth." The implication is that they are to d.s- cipie all nations by instructing them. I Baptizing them into the name â€" Jew- I ish proselytes were baptir.ed into the i name <3i the Father. . Jesus adds th» ' name of the Son and the Holy Spirit. In the instance of baptism recorded in .-^cts i. 38; 8. lt>; 10. -tS; 19. 5, th» 'name of Jesus Christ lor the Lord Jesus) alone occurs in the baptismal formula, but the promise of the Holy Spirit is given (2. 38) or. the gift f the Holy Spirit follows the rite (S. IT) or precedes it (10. 44-4T), 20. Teaching Jbem to observe alt things whatsoever I commanded you â€" The ideals of Jesus for the individ- ;;ai and for society- -this is the core of the message, which meant "salva- tion" in its largest sense. We are slowly coming to get some glimpse of Jesuy meaning of the word which makes it mean infinitely more than the rescuing of a soul from punish- ment. It is rather the bringing of a man to his best in every part of his nature and bringing the world to the reali',£ation of God's will as the rule of the nations. .\cts lt>. t5-10 This is taken from Paul's second WANTED POUUTRV. EQQS and FEATHERS Higheet Prl6«« Paid Prompt Keturn*-- No ComoUs.ston P. POULIN & CO. M BoBsecoore Market Moatnal Mathews. -♦- S/o/r'es Fertilizers the Necestary Gear Fertilizers txu^ie hun- dreds oi acres strong enough to survive the bad cottditiotis ol la:>t winter and spring Do what 3>^^u cua tq ia- «af« bwt whe«t cocdititMis ^thus fall-Mud ttr!Ct mutKT. Fertilize! The Soil fti^d Crop Improveatwot JhAi^aU 4f tb* t.-iiu*4ie«;r«(«tx«( Amm^^ till Tempi* BU|., T<M»at« The Stars. Oh, many the stars of the skyâ€" A million, or maybe more, When they twinkle nl night on high I. try to number thcni o'er; But bt-fore 1 can get very far I am lost in the Milky Way; .â- Vnd before I could count every ?tar I think 'twould be almost day. Often I've wished I could hold Just one nttle star in my hand. ' .\nd find if it's made of gold .\nd how its tw-inkle» are planned, I've seen them f:Ul from the sky; One night there were almost ten, But none of them fell near by, .\nd I never saw them again. But here is a star that the sea Has playfully cost on the sand: The waters have brought it to me, .â- Kud I pick it up in my hand. Perhaps it has fallgn to-day,â€" There :n-e stars by day. I am told, - But its twinkles, where are they? .â- Vnd I do Rot find any gold! The things of the sea and the sky. How little we know what they arel .\nd whether far off or near by, A won lorful th'T<g is a starl But whether they f.vinkle or fall, Or drift t > the sh,>re of the sea. We know that the Maker of all Is the Maker of you and me. on the crate. four inches above the bottom of the crate, and the upper inside edge two inches from the front of the crate.^ In crate feeding the best results can be secured only from the use of strong, healthy, vigorous stock, of the general-purpose breeds, and tii€ greates-t gains are obtained on biTds that weigh from three and a half to four and a half pounds when they are ready to be placed in the crates. They should have attained this weight in from four tO' five months. Leghorns, Hamburgs. and other light weight stock do not make suitable stock for the erat« feeding method. All birds should be thoroughly dusted with in- sect powder, or common yellow sul- phur before being places! in the crates, ^ and again at the end of the first week, being given. ^K. W . t.age should be sifted from the oats, bar- ley or buckwheat. These proportions should be meas- ured by weight and mixed to a thin porridge with thick sour milk, or but- termilk. On the average ten pounds rtf meal retjuires from fifteen to seven- teen pounds of milk. If the fowls ap- pear constipated at any time, careful- ly mix and dissolve a smaH quantity of Epsom salts in one feed, add a iit- Lesson \1. Winning I'he World Christâ€" Matt. .">. 13-16; -S. IS -20; .\cts lb. 6-10. (.olden Text. Mark 16. l'>. Matt. 5. 13-1 <i The "Sermon on the .Vloun:,"' from which th? selection is taken, has In- some been called the "Magna Charta" of the kingdom of Ood. for it sets forth the fundamental principles of the kingdom. Verse IS. Ye are ihe salt of the earth-- What salt is lo the ma.ss of perishable foods so is the presence of the children of God in a sinf-il worlil. 3alt is also essential t > organized life, and gives taste to all that is insipid. The gospel alone can give zest an.l meaning to society. It is essentia: to the life of the worM. 14. Ye are the light of the world. .A. city set on a hill The beacon light iS to guide men and save them from danger The city is by some thought to be the c:ty of Safed which occupies a noble summit to the northwest of the Sea of Galilee. 15. It shineth untc all that are in the house â€" The lamp stand in the Oriental house was obviously the pro- per pla.o for the light. There is a fitness v.> having things so placed that missionary tour. In the first tour he they will serve the purpose designed had started out from Antioch in com- for'theni. A lamp under a bushel is pai'-y with Barr:»b35, and after only a ridiculous perversion of the preaching in the Island of Cyprus uses of a lamp. Put a lamp where it 'â-  .-V few simple rules observed before and after birth will eliminafb danger 1 either to the cow or her oflfspring. ! The feeding of some concentrates I cottonseed meal, bran, or litweed meal â€" a few weeks before the cow- is due ' to freshen is helpful both to the moth er and her offspring. Dry fee<ling probably has clogged the eliminative ; organs â€" the bowels, the kidneys, and.. I the skin. To a great extent these concentrat- 1 ed feeds will correct this condition. ' Cottonseed meal should not be given i to those cows that are exceptionally ; heavy milkers, because it increases belongs. li^. Even so let your light shine be- fore men â€" Let a Christian be placed so that he may show forth the graces of the Christian life to the best advantage so that all who cvme with- in the range of his influence shall benefit by his character. That they tie charcoal to one feed. Give grit ^^^ ^^^ yp.j^ good works, and gU:rify and green food t^vice 'a w-eek. .\11 y^^^. fatherâ€" The good works are the food should be mixed twelve hours be- fruits of the life. These m«n can fore feeding and a very small quan-tity ^^^ j^„j appreciate. They are to of fine table salt abided, not more than ^^^^ ^j^.^ ^^^ ^^^ j^e disciple but to the interprets this vision as a positive call one-quarter of one per cent. Before Lord. It is the Pharisee who does and immediately takes ship from being killed the fowls should be stary- j^j^ j^^,^,,^j ^yj,rkj to be seen of men and Troas and in about three days sets ^d for twenty-four hours, water only .^ j,^, ^amired of men, but the genu- foot upon European soil, beginning ine disciple gl\-es forth in his life the the proclamation of the good news at light i>f the giorv of God. Matt. -.'8. 1S--20 These impressive words occur in the last interview of Jesus with his disciples. It is after his resurrec- tion on a mountain in Galilee. they crossed over to the mainland of Asia Minor, preaching in the province of Galatia and establishing churches In various places. Returning to Jerusalem for a conference, they start out again from .-Vntioch for a se.'ond tour. .\fter visiting the churches established during the first tour they press on westward, coming finally t~ Troas, where Paul, ever dre.^ming J carrying the gospel to the distant parts, sees In a vision a man from Macedonia appealing for help. He C-.^ ./â- / f f^^ a ^^'"*''» frequently results in disease* of vari- "â- * > *y/7t / /n 77/T>^*1 ''T ous kinds. "^J^ J'' mA^^LI i ' * '^- ' The cow should be isolated a few days before the calf is expected. This wil! prevent any possible injury or worry either to her or her oflfspring. She should al-sii be kept out of reach of hogs. \t this period cows be- come cr(>.ss, and they should be hand- led carefully in order to prevent dan- ger to sffangers or owners. If a cow- does not clean properly wilhin ten or (welve hours, artificial means sTiould be talten immediately, because the prolongation of this con- dition is likely to in.iure delicate or- gans and impair her as a breeding animal. If the membrane does not come with the calf or soon afterward, the cow should be given at least one the Roman colony of Philippi. He was not the first Christian preacher in Europe, for already the gospel had. reached Rome through the Ghristians who had by this time beco'me scatter- .^d all over the empire. 3Poi/Mi the flow of milk and might cause milk p^uml of Kpsx>m .salts dissolved fever. It isj> good plan to give to heavy milkers a medium to small dose ; of Epsom »alts--S to I'i ounces dis- ' solved in water two to three days ' apart, just before the cow is expect- ed to freshen. This will help keep ' down the congestion . Exposure to cold, rains, and strong winds has the effect of driving the b'ood of the animal from the sur- face to the internal organs, which in lukew-arm water! This is for a cow weighing 900 pounds. The dose must be increased according to the weight of the cow above 900 pounds. Calves should be protected from the weather and insanitary surroundings Geese as Crop Weeders. The fact i$ well known that geese are the best gra;'.ers of all poultry kind. And of lat-.' years there is a growing tendency to make u.se of geese as weeders of crops, particular- ly cultivated crops at certain stages of growth, as corn, also fruit or- chards. Of course, geese do not take the place of the cultivation of crops. Their special help is in cleaning the weeds, grass, and in.sects froBJ be- tween the plants and in the hill», and destroying the grass and weeds miss- ed bv the cultivator. Rain or shine. turage around the field margins, three to five geese to the acre will thrive. My geese keep practically free from disease and are n.^l troubled by hawks or other poultry enemies or parasites. .\ flock of about SO head is sufficient to keep our cultivated fields free of' w-eeds. I have found no other fowls, that realize me as much profit from the capital invested, and since the female geese continue prixluctive as breeders for a do?.en or more years the renewing of breeding stock Is a small matter. .â- Vnother advantage over chickens ami turkeys that strongly appeals to me is the short period that gosling* require spe^-ial care after hatching. .\fter the first week they nee>l but lit- tle attention, except one or two f«ed» of ground grain or mill f«enl, and a dry place in which to sleep. When wet or dry, Sunday and week day, the The cow should he milked four to ten geese remain on the job. hours after calving. This will al- Where tobacco and corn, ar« fairly two weeks old they can run in the Mw the calf plenty of the first milk, well cultivated, from one to three fields with the old breeding gee* *. and Subsequently the cow should be milk- geese to the aero will be sufficient; one smill feed of grain dajlj- wiil ke«p ed reguh^rly. j but when there is considerable pas- them grow'ng nicely.