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/ -COMBINING FRUIT WITH POULTRY iiFii a. 1 1 Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell Th« objact of thia d^partmant li to placa at th« tai^ *(ca at our farm raadart tha advica of an aeknowlodgad authority en all aubjaeta pertaining to aolla and cropa. Adb'reaa all queatlon* to Profesaor Hanry Q. Bell, In •••» of Tha Wllaon Publlahing Company, Limited, Toronto, •I* anawara will appear In this column ^n tha order In '"'hleh th«y are received. When writing kindly mention thia P«par. As apace la limited It is advisable where Immedlata '•ply la necessary that a stamped and addresaed envelope *• enclosed with tha question, wh>tn ttie anawer will ba •nailed direct ProflU from land u»ed fpr poultry^ packing the fruir properly are prime can be increased by uaing the land retiuisites in making the fruit busi- aa much as possible for the pro.Iuc- "^^^ profitable. , ^. . , „ , , . In theory the |)o»siDilitifi>= of .om- ! tion of other crops. Red ra=pbe,r,es ^ininff fruit and poultry are wonder- and blackberries c^n be raised on the ful. Very few men »eem to have teen range devoted to young chicks and successful with the combination in a tho shade from these brambles will practicSI way. The reason is proii- i be go'Hl for the chicks and a!«o afford ; ably due to th« f:«a that both tha ' some protection a(jain.it the ravages poultry and the fruit business are ; of hiiwkd. Gooseberries and cur- Jneciaiized er.terpiixes in them.ielve.i rants produce their fruit too near to an<l the man who is fitted to succeed , the ground to make their production with one line Js not always adapted j possible in poultry yards. for success with another. Frequent- ; Plums and pears furnish ftne shade ;ly ".he fruit farmer loses heavily be- i in the poultry yarfl and they make a cause of the frn.st and free/.ing, and ; rapid growth. Apples and peaches in such occasions the yearly income are somethnes userl Init apples aro <>^ the farm is very small. A fruit YOUR PROBLEMS BY to «il» anavtar In each Mcrtliera and daugfueri of I'l agea are cordtally Invited to write cepaitment Imtiala omy wii< be pubiiuhea w.tr cdch question and ita ss a meant of lUeiidficatiun, but tull name anu ddjiess must Oe given l*ft«,. VA/.r*. . . - _.« - ,.. A >. w- _,;i*.* , -ana oi cUeiitiTicatiun, but tull name anu adjiesi muui oe given i" »-â€" • letter. Write on one k.ui of pi^isr only. Answers wiil be mailed direct •• kUmped ana add.'cssed envelope is oncloaed. ^ Addiesa all correspondofce for tnie dagartment to Mra. Helen La^"" *•• Woouoine Ave., Toronto. L. J.:-l. Do you recommend put- kinds of .oil. J*; -"'J,' "^n 'â„¢lw" fat ^1'^^ P''"^^''"^ trees and not so -lesi,- T.-irmer who lo..e, his crop is much tog lime rock on sandy soil for alfal- , framed soils, but ^*â„¢"" â„¢^''*J''|' able for planting in pouUry yards. A!! barter situated if he has a. l?ood fa? How much to the acre? Do f?^, ' ,'''°f"" .'"", '* „ ^, „!«,.•» fruit trees in the poulti-v yards will start with poultry to insure an income ' tairlv wel drained. Sweet clover , j /^ t j T j- â- .!£!_ you put it on before you plow your ,„„ t„ ,.:,.,, „„. _„„Hilv l>v cultiva- ''"fl""* spraying and so they mu.st from eergs and breeding stock. Some- :can be killed out reaaiij '^^ """''", not be placed too close to the build- ' times the poultry farmer will have '- P'a.ltBU ;_„„ .. tT,„ „„11_ ,..;n u_ tt 1 Kâ„¢J 1„„1, ,,..+1, \,„v^\.^„ „- fi«J t land or drag It in? 2. How much tion when the ground ings or the walls will be spattered bad luck with hatches or find that the 8we«t clover seed should be tiawn to corn, potatoes or similar crop"*- jiju».i. -iiifrj.. i u iZ * Mr-ii . "^ ""' "i .,/ *:,. ., ... „„ j.„ !.„„ and stained by the spraying mixture. ' cost of feed too nearly approaches the acre? Will sweet clover grow on i W. W.:â€" My vegetable garden haa, „ _ ' , \__^ â-  , ., . .. .,._ ^l.._.,.. v:. low land? Can the plant be killed by plowing it up? Answer: â€" -1. Alfalfa is a crop that does best on sweet .soil. Your soil may be sufficiently supplied with a lot of sorrel weed. What will im- prove It? Answer:â€" Sorrel weefl where soil is sour. The cure i.? found in adding limestone or air-slak- Some growers of strawberries have tha returns from the eggs to make his found that the hens can be turned , business profitable. Then an income thrives ' '"''° *''* patch after the fruit harvest- from fruit in the fall will be very ing is over. The hens assist in keep-' useful. !ng ilown the weeds and do not in- There are some f:\rmers who are .jure the sti'awberry plants. Pota- \ succeeding with the fruit and poultry toes can also be grown in poultry combination but they are not found in yards and the birds will in no way 'â-  every locality although the demand injure the foliage. They follow the for both fruit and poultry products cultivator and harvest many worms seems to be improving and there is an lima already, but alfalfa Is .«o sensi-led burnt lime. If limestone is used tlve to sourness of the soil that you 'add two to four tons per acre, if would do w«ll to apply at least 2 tons | burnt lime is used, cut the quantity in per acre of ground lime-stone in order j half. to make sure that the soil is sweet. I J. S-i-^at w the best '^^'•«ety «f; ^.a bugs whenever the -round is \ opportunity to make more money with Scatter it broadcast over the plow-, Fall wheat? How much should be. ^^.^^^^^, , ^j^.^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^_^. j^ ^^j^^^ ^^^^ •d land and work it in by diskins and sown per acre. How ,s wheat treat- , p„„,f„,„^„ ^.^„ ^(^^ ^^ ^^j^^ ,„„. ^^^ ,^ p.^^^ ^ f,,„ ^f ^^^^ ;,i„d „„ harrowing. It wouul be good msur-: ed for smut. . , . ,^ ,„,: siderable fruit on their ranj,'e.s mu.st I a paving basis. Th.. grower must ance to apply 200 to 300 lbs. per, Answer:-Oaario Agricultural Col-, ^^^^^,,^^ ^,^^^^ ^^.^^.^ ^^.^.^^ .^ ^,^^,^.^ ^^.;^^.^, ^,^^_.^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ acre of fertilizer .supplying 2 to .-JCc ; lege recommend.s the following vane-, .;^,i,g^ business which renu<re,lthe fruit and poultrv flocks cannot be ammonia and 8 to I09c phosphoric . ties of Fall wheat :-0..\.C. No lO't; ^,^^5^ ,t„,,^, along both lines of pro- ! plnced upon a large paving basis if acid, when sowing your alfalfa I Dawsons Golden Chaf?; Imperia .Am-, ^^^^^.^_^ ^^^ mirketing. The trees : the breeder starts on a small scale have in mind a successful altalfa 1 ber and Geneva. Sov.- I'rj bushels per* ___^^^ ^_, „„,„,,„,) ^^ 1 gi-ower in Southern Wisconsin who! acre. For, stinking smut or bunt jfTOWs 300 acres alfalfa on a .jOO acre , sprinkle on pile of grain a mixture of farm. " He always fertilizes the crop one pint formalin to- 30 gallons of wa- at seeding. He says he finds it good'ter. Cover pile with bags or other insurance of a strong "catch." 2. j material and leave till next day. When Ten to 1.5 lbs. of good sweet clover; the covering is removed the gas es- seed per acre is an ample quantity, j capes rapidly and the seed is then Sweet clovi=r will do well on several I ready to sow. A MATTER OF EXPLANATION I says, "What I do thou knowest not ' now â€" ^but thou shalt know here- after.' •' AVhen, â-  'WTien 1 come mine, ^ _ I Come Home. dear folks o' home Dan and his father were deep the mazes of geometry, working We'll drink a cup of olden vi-ine; away at what they called the -Mevil's And yet. however rich it be, coffin," when little JVIarjorie skipped No wine will t^aste so good to me into the room. Marjorie wa.s seven As English air. How I shall thrill years old andâ€" for seven years â€" very To drink it on Hampstead Hill! clever at mathematics. She was also; When I come home! a great "chum" of her father's, who. ' always took pains to explain to her.^Tien I come home and leave behind: every puzz!" that bothered her child- l?ark things I would not call to mind, goods are* meant. Matlheiv show Ish mind. \^o Marjorie ran across I'" taste good ale and home-made that they are not exclusively me^^^^^^^ ^, . , •' , ^. ^, , v.,-a«>,i i "* poor are opposed to the spirit- ^ â- . _, v the room, jumped on her fathers ,*^^^^'^'., , , , .,, „„ ually proud and the self-sufficient. ^"^^.n^â€"V^'s knee and made her usual request: | And see white sheets and Pilw^s xhey have need of the riches of C^^ristian inheritance. '"Splain it to me, too, daddy,! spread. â-  Christ and fee! their need. The yeji^^'"*'' ^=^;'« tribulation. Kindness please! I want to understand, too." : And there is one who'll softly creep kingdom of heaven is not for those -Mora! lutegrity. benignity, a bene- But this time, instead of explain- i To kiss me, ere I fall asleep. j who are se!f-sati..fied. To be "Poor vo ent ^"'VfL^riT'LTl^l-iill'^ir".'' ing. Mr. Shirley smiled down at his "And tuck me 'neath the counterpane, ! inspirit was not a heathen grace. Peop e Uttle daughter/and said: j And T shaR be a boy again ; ^P^^lX ^^I^V ^^^' ""-'^"^ When I come home! must be sprayed to keep down the ' and builds slowly but safely. Farms ravages of insect pests and funirous â- ' of this type make ideal homes if the diseases. Varieties must be selected owner enjoys both the production of with care to insure profitable prices I fine quality fruit and the breeding of at marketing time. Grading and fivst-class poultry. â€" II. G. Kirby. ._ ^ Theirs is the kingdom â€" That is. the royal ru!e of God in the earth belongs to those who in supreme Uiynlty hav not hesitated to give themselves utterly for their convictions, not counting personal ease or well-being or even life itself. G.1I. 5. 22. 23 22. 2;{. Fruit of the spiritâ€" The Christian man lives, acconling to Paul, by the "Law of the spirit of life I in Christ Jesus." Not a life of out- ir 1 r .1. /^u : .: ' ward conformity to certain command- Fruits of the Christian ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^j j^^^.,, ^hgdience from the i heart. This produces in the life nor- ! mal fruit. Love â€" This is the bind- ': ing principle in all Christian fellow- ishfp. Joy â€" This characterizes the I Christian spirit. "Ask and receive ; that your joy may be full." "Rejoice evermore." The kingdom of God is joy in the Holy Spirit." Peace â€" . "Peace I leave with you,' said .Jesus. "My peace J give unto you." Long- is a part of the "In the world INTERNATIONAL LESSON SEPTEMBER 22. Ijeison XII. Lifeâ€" Matt. 25. 11-30; 5. 1-12; GaL 5. 22. 23. Golden Text. 1 Cor. .3. 21b, 23. Matt. 5, 3-10 3. The poor in spirit â€" Luke orats "in spirit" as if those poor in ^^â- oriâ- iiy The Bride's Chum:â€" You mi'.fht ar- range a ititchen shower with the luncheon at your home as follows: Paste pictures of household articles on correspondence cards and use these for your invitations. For place cords, cat otiier household articles out of cardboard. Instead of a centrepiece, the "housewife's friend," might pre- side over the table, facing the guest of honor. This fair lady has a doll's head, her body is made out of a scrubbing-brush, two wooden spoons form the lower extremities, and the arms are made of bottle cleaners. Her hood is made of a pot-ho'der, a chamois skin envelopes her shoulders, a dishcloth and a duster make her petticna.t and skirt, while her basket is a tea-strainer. For favors, use tiny baskets or toy cooking utensils and fill them with salted peanuts. Just before des-! .«ert is served one of the guests may excuse herself and leave the room. Quickly disguising herself as a laundress, she should return, knock nt. the door and insist on delivering a clothes-basket to the bride. .'Vd- mission should be denied her. but she should vociferously insist. .After some parley, she should force an en- trance and. addressing the bride, de- mand an examination of the contents of the basket deposited at her feet, to see that no piece of last week's "wash" is missing. On remov'ng the cover, the bride finds the basket fille<l with gifts from her friends. Of course, each gift has its accom- panying card, with a jingle or senti- ment written by the donor. The laundress is Invited to join the guests and desser-. is then serve.!. Some one capable of carrying out her part should be ch(>.«en for the iaiiiidress. Mother: â€" Two books such as you describe are "The Strength of Sin" bv Dr. Winfield Scott Hallâ€" price 20 cents, and "How Shall I Tel! Mv Child?" by Mrs. Wood Ai'en Chap- man â€" price 30 cents. -Ambitious: â€" As you live in a fair- sued town you might earn pm money hy establishir.g a hairdrussing room fur children. Many mothers dread the task of taking to the barber their small children, especially the very small ones, who-are likely to grow restless or fretful in strange hands. If they undertake the job themselves, the results are usually unsatisfactory. Shampooing the little heads, although less troubiesome. lakes time, and the average mother would be glad to turn the task over to a trustworthy out- sider, * The only equipment needed, except a hicrh chair for tha two-to-tive-year- olds :ind a table to hold the working materials, is a pair of scis.'.crs and a pair of clippers, a sanitary hairbrush and a comb, good soap, a few towels and some slip-over aprons of different sizes. If tlie v.-orker launders tha aprons and towels her.-;elf. her earn- ings wil! l>e clear, except for the cost of the soap and the first cost of the tools. "^ .A talent for story-telling is a great v asset in work of this kind. Even a -very young child will keep still as long as his attention can be held by a fascinating tile. Blocks and picture books will keep the incurable wrig- glers still. Now and then, in spec- ial cases, a reward of merit may be gix'en. The main thing is. of c-tnirse, to make the surroundijigs so nlen3:»nt and homelike that the children v.'iil feel at their ease. Twenty-five cents for a "liob" and the same for a shampoo are the usual charges. For a close cut and for t:imming long hair the price is pri/- portlonately larger. Such a haivdressing roooi needs very little formal advertising. .A. simple card in the local paper or a brief typewritten announcement mail- ed to familites that have children is enough. .After that the reports of small patrons who have been pleased with their experience and the recom- mendation of satistied mothers will make the patronage permanent. to live a hiimbl'e life? 4. They that mournâ€" Those who mourn for sin are primarily intended. But the secondary meaning of "all who are sorrowful" is not excluded. They shall be comforted ! .And tramp the lanes I tramped of idea in "comforted" here is that they . . , „ I vore shall have some one alongside of them to ue . . â- ' '. ... ' t^ „„„ .„!„ ..,,.1 _.,..„,,„ , ,u.,~, The "Not just now, I'm afraid, Marjorie You'll have to wait abo'jt under-' standiufi- this untH vou are as old as When I come home from dark to light. Dan here ami are studying geometry,, And tread the roadways long and too." And he turned back to Dan andj white, his problem. Bnt Marjorie had no mind lu ub, â- - â€" â-  ,.^ „.„l. ..„i „,„„,..,„, ^u ,â„¢ Ignored "What 1* ^e-om-e-trv ' And see the village greens o«ce more. '? «^°';;'°'f ""^ encourage them ignortn. Â¥>nat is ge-ora-e-Liy, -i r JT Ti _ j e New Testament Comlorter or Parak- daddy?" she inquired. Ill^^ '^5?''"'' ^^''"'^- ^\' meadows free, j^^^,, -^ ^^^ ^^.^^ ^,„,„^,^ ^^^^^ j^, ^^ -^ â- 'It's a kind of mathematics," cried ;The friendly trees that nod to me. consoling and strengthening pro- And hear the lark beneath the sun, sence. 'Twill be Etood pay for what I've done. 5. The meekâ€" This means an ab- When I come home! sence of resentment; meekness in suf- â€" LESLIE COULSON. fering.' This was a virtue which ro- ( Killed in action Oct. 7, 191(;.) ; Goodnes.s â€" Uprightness of heart and life. X clear and definite quality of moral soundness. 'Faith- fulness â€" -A firm conviction and a steadfa.st adherence thereto, as well as perfect trustworthiness. Meek- ness â€" That quality of gentleness al- ike roo'*-' ' lufied to in the beatitudes. Self-con- vrol â€" That quality which indicates that one has mastery over himself, particularly his appetites and pas- sions. Mm^ S/oms O--^ \\ hen the Fur Beavers are Prime. Dah impatiently, "that big boys like me atudy! Linos and angles and everything tangled up in a perfect mess. You stop talking now, Mar- jorie, and let dad go on and finish ex- plaining this to me . You'll come to it soon enough. You don't know en- ough now." _ "Yes, I do., too!" retorted Marjorie hotly. "I know about mathematics and straight lines now. So' Petserving Fertility. In these days when there is such a demand for food products, especial- ly wheat and other cereals, the farmer Destroying Quack Grass. Getting rid of quack grass by cle-m cultivating is an old story to Ontario farmers, but getting rid of it with- 'Rith-! out losing a crop is somewhat uncom- ceived but faint praise bv the Greeks, who could not conceive of such a spirit' "'".v get into a poor system ot tarm- as coii.<onant with manliness. This : ing by ignoring his rotation of crops was the spirit of Jesus, who piayed i and raising wheat after wheat. In for his enemies, yet who wSs deftcieni: ;' 1914 when the war first broke out I in no element of virility or manliness. ; ^..iv^cated such practice, since there Shall inherit the earth â€" In a literal 1 ,,, ,„ , „;i,„,„i <â- â€ž. „.u „f ;f n, „„ .1. !,,,.„ ;„i if„i ,1, , ^^ ould be such a demand for wheat it sense the meek have innerited the . , ^ , , ,â-  ., earth. No gre.-it ones of the earth ' "»'Sht be good policy to sow the have a higher place than the apostles, vh.at after wheat, using ferti .?er to The Fairies and the Flowers. There was no place in the world where little Marian would rather be than in .Aunt Lydia's garden. To j her it was more than just a gardenâ€"' There is only one e.xcuseâ€" a poor i: was faiiyland itself. In some of one for all concernedâ€" for trapping the rocky places were deep holes. • too eariy. The excuse is, of course, round which delicate vines and been that some other trapper may get trained until they made the holes ahead of you. into grottoes; and there were a' But where the trapper hasn't any summerhouse covered with red competitionâ€" on his own farm for in- ramblers. But even that was not stance- or where an agrt^nient can all. Winding in and out among the be reached to wait, the taking of flowers and trees ran a brook that t"rs at the right time will bring far flowed southward to the river. larger returns. Marian delighted in making believe I" » SJi'-'at many cases inexperieiic- that each kind of flower had its own ed trappers get out too early because especial fairy. The Johnny-iump-up they are not quite sure when the van- fairies were jollv little fellows, all ^us furs are prime. Hence the fol- dressed in velvet"-goId, crimson, blue lowing may enable no inconsiderable or black. Quite different wore those 'uimber of trappers to mak that lived in the sweet peas. They, money out of their metic Is mathematics. And lines â€" imon. . „_. „ are lines. I want daddy to 'splain | A Wisconsin farmer accomplished The superman despises the rneek as help out, and after the war to take " ^ " * -^ " pains in plowing down vege- this to me ritrht nowl " She planted; it so .successfully in 1917 t'nat not one "f^^^ '','"^ effeminate. But it is not her finger on the open page! "Just as of the farmers "who visited his field \° V?« w^'u"*" ""•'•o&ant and the .,»/^v, nTv,. A„\ V,,- „.;nrn»« ix/,^,,'!. ^.i 1 T c 1 n 1 a ^1. lordly that the crowns are eventualiv »oon ..^s he fin.^hes with Dan. Wont, recently could find a blade of the i^.^,; ,,^ ^^ „oble.st minds of the you. daddy?" I grass. earth ' "Whi-, I can't, dear." said "daddy " | After the hay was off last year, the ... xhcv that hunger and thirst after still patiently. "1 would 11 1 could, 1 field was plowed. Instead of plowing t.ighte,i,,g„j,^.5. "Righteousness" is lit- deep. which would leave enough soil erally "rightness," correctness in on the roots that they might grow thinking, feeling, and acting. It is again, the plow was set shallow. -This integrity, justice, fairness. It is a ter! Every day's work on your j cut the roots close to the surface and .'"'^htness not of outward conformity arithmetic lessons now will help on sxposed them to the hot sun of late the titne when you can understand summer. The field was plowed with but you wouldn't understand at all; you really don't know enough yet There, there, don't cry, little daugh- extra table matter and stable manure to re- place the organic matter which wheat after wheat farming ha" removed I'r'^m the soil. The war has continued so long and it may continue so that th's argument and policy wil! not fit the case. If we attempt to raise wheat after wheat it will so exhaust our soils of more work this year. Skunk are prime toward the end of Octolier. They depreciate about the middle of Match. Mink is best durin.g November to tlie end of January. Muskrat is fair in the fall, when trapping is, of course, easiest. But the prime fur is taken in the period from mid-winter to March. .A good ondition may be expected up to .-xbout this, too. .And daddy will explain to you as soon as he can, dear." ^ut the usually sweet-tempered Uttle Marjorie was sure of only one a tractor three times, harrowed sev- eral time.' -in fact, worked thorou;;h. ly all the rest of the fall. In the spring, the ground was again but of inward holiness. "Except vegetable matter and plant food that your rightness shall exceed the right- ,ve will get them into an unproductive ness of the scribes and Pharisees. , .,„j;.:„„ „..,i ,.,uu n,.. „„-ju;,,„ ^t Shall be filledâ€" As of one feeding, ''""fition and with the condition of Shall be satisfied. Spiritual hunger --igriculture as it is to-day it seems to for the highest and the best things me that people are going to need food shall be satisfied. Compare John products from Canada for years after tiling: that her adored father would worked 'tt-ell and the field was planted 6. 35. : the war just as badly as they do to- not explain to her something that she , to potatoes. When the potatoes : ^- The mericfulâ€" With the Stoics day, and so it would seem that it felt she had a perfect right to know. wer« Inspected by a group of farmers, "'"*''''>'" ''!"'-' reckoned among the de- behooves the Canadian farmer, while 8he listened for a »ioment or two. and \ not one .ign of quack grass was ^^''^\ °J ^'^r' ,**â-  '^'" " distuibiiiK ele- ^^ ^^ould then, in a passion of tears. ~V,« Ann. . T" ^T if^u^"*"-'^ ^'â- '''" , ''** ^em "tiia't^br^ke in""ui;on'the"'pldloso- jj^ »''<'".V, P'^'''^"" *'' '^V*'' food that she flung found, although the owner made no j ^ie calm, but it is a trait of the ^^ po.ssible can to practice a rational, herself down from her father 3 kneej claim to completoly destroying the cJiild of God. Shall obtain mercy rotation and take just as good care of and rushed up the stairg to her own pest. ! This principle in the divine govern- his land as he did before the war. ,i room in a rage. The geometry lesson proceeded quietly after that, bii.t â- vthen Dan had left the room Mr. Shirley turned to his wife, who had been reading at the otiior end of the room. "Did you ever think," said he, "how llUiny times we grown-ups resemble poor little Marjorie--broken-hearted MCttuse our Heavenly Father doesn't «]q[>Ittin to '18 all the mysteries of his wonderful geomotry v\ lien we ari» only j^9t beginiiiiiij' our lessons in arith- tnAUC? I never saw quite so fully I «g now whtt Ho nieans when He A Garden Gate Income. ment that men shall he dealt with as Tl»e man who abandons crop rotations: they deal with their fellow men is to supply war foods will in the end I feel sure many readers would likej^^^^l,'; %^^^,fl^2l^^l unmerciful ,.,se and he will not be doing as mi'ch to know how I make a nice little in-, g ^^^ ,„ heart-Not cere- lome, right at my garden „^„i^, p^.j.jty parity is a distin.g- j como at hi I gate. For my cash comes in simply i,i,i,i„^. Christian virtue. It finds no : by selling the .surplus vegetables. i place in the teaching of Socrates. Whon we went to our little farm ' Shall see God - The Christian educa- ! on the edge of an Ontario town, there tion is a gradual unveiling of God. wa.s a lot of repair work to be doner The t>nre have a clarified, spiritual The first year the chickens got most ^Isi-ui which more clearly sees G«,l of the benefit of the garden. The >n_^<?\?'-ythin!?- , „ . I good in the world as ho will if he takes pains to maintain and increhse fertility to keep his farm productive; the world will need the food for years to come. â€" C.L. Marian would tell you. always wore tulle, in white, or pink, or soft shades of red. and were very slim and delic- ate, so much so, indeed, that no one ever really saw them. The queen of the fairies, without a doubt, lived among La France roses, of which .Aunt Ly<iia was so proud, and he.» maids of honor lived in the whit:? rosebush near by. In summer, perhaps because the the first of June, fiowers were even richer and lovelier If .vou are after raccoon, you will than usual, the fairies had seemed fii'l th'" ^"r prime about November more real than ever to Marian. Thi>n first. autumn came, and one frosty day l^"^•• speaking generally, is prima when Marian .awoke there were few from the first of November until the flowers to be seen. The little girl middle of March. felt very sad all the morning. What It will pay trappers handsomeiy to would become of the fairies, she eoncentrate their efforts upon the thought, with no flower homos for periods when furs are prime. Cer- rliem to slio into when they were tninly no great departures should be tired or s'sepy? That afternoon she practiced since the result is furs told Aunt Lydia nl! about her fears which are of little value to the fur as they .'.ere takii'g a walk together, houses. through the leaf-strewn garden. Their By having plenty of traps and mak- steos led them by the little stream, ir-g every nossible preparation to dovsrn which many withered 'eaves work vigorously during the riyht sea were floating. .Aunt L.vdia. I next yea:' I pe.innoded Father to cn- j close the g;irk-n with chicken-proof wire fence c; the plea that I could CqCti and PRATHBHS Higheit Priis«a Paid Procapt !;:tu.-n» N'.> Comnit»a.lon V. V-OiiLIN & CO. ;<« '3^ 1»^t,. ri ICarket Mto&t.r«At dell enou^vh to n.iy for the wire. The cost of eni'iosinjf w.is 1?2.").2;'>. The s.iles from Ji.ne to Soi'tcmbcr. 1917. were $25.7;>. Fxperinienl-i with alf.ilfa srowinfr ill Bi'.cmiidj hav.-> reached such a stujre as to inclicalo that 'he crop ni.iy be made a prcfitable one. 9. The peacemakers â€" Peace in a lower sense is the absence of dissen- sion or difference between men. but in a higher sense it is reconciliation . of man with Gi.>d--thc peace made by Chris!. Sons of God- They arc most akin to the divine nature, poifcct. as tlie Faihei- in heaven is perfect. 10. IVrsccuted for riirhteoiisness' sake â€" ^'Ib.' prophets and otiier ser- vants if God who in nil the past ha>e been persecuted or the pre^eni. follow- ers of .'eius wlio have i'lready suffer- ed such pcr..e^-;ition for Jesus' sake. Keep the Best .Animals. The most successful breeders of pure-bred live stock are men who do: not sell the young animals that defi- . nately excel the parents. High prices: do not tempt, nor equal merit in other, herds or flocks concern such makers i of breed history. It is with their i own I'amiliur animals that they pro-' duce the bast results, for no matter how excellent tha purchased animal may be, it seldom produ.:e8 as good results in carrying forward li'.ii breed- er's ideals of improvement. if in answer to Marian, said, "The stream flows to- ward the south, where it is always summer. '' How like little boats the leaves look!" Marian seized her aunt's hand. "I do believe," she cried, "the fair- ies may be using those leaves for closing stamped boats, and are sailing away in them velope for rei>ly. to 'he south I .Aunt Lydia. don't you think that's perfectly possible?" Aunt Lydia stooped to pluck the very last rosebud . "Anything is possible, my dear," she said, "in a world where there are such woDilerful things as flowers." During the winter months when mostly dry feeds are being given, the son is the way to get the most out of trappini;. Ans'wera to Questions. Readers of this paper may sPv'ure authoritative information on any question pertaining to trapping and treatment "f raw furs by addreRsing Trapper" rare of the office and en- nd addressed en- September. September omea tche harxcster I'o hiirvest in the grain. And all the boys and girls begin To tbink of school again. Thi" birds are hying to the South, Thj sun doth later rise. II.-.C (if sibige will aid digestion very The pumpkins in the gariiiwi patrh materially. i Will goon be grown pie sise.