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telling flowers. She plants the beauti- ful garden varieties, asttrs, pinks, phlox, phuliuli, and the like the kind which require little care in her cli- mate. She picks these two or three times a week, arranges them in small bouquets, awl takes them to one of the l;-gcst grocery stores in the city, where they sell for 10 or 16 cents a bunch. It is astonishing to see how rapidly they disappear. Two other farm women I know make A.ddrt.i communication* to Agronomlit, 73 Adelaide 8t West. Toror.i. THE CONTROL OF WHEAT STINKING SMUT. Each year stinking smut or bunt of , with late plantings. With P" n * a 9pecia i t y 8e lij n g pansies and sweet wheat causes enormous damage. ; wheat the later plantings .ucuai y m , in a gj^ii^j. manneTj but on a Stinking smut causes loss in many faster growing periods hence ' gma Her scale ways. It lessens the crop and spoils verse condition holds. * P j j n a sparsely settled district an ac- Ue quality. When it is present the mystery about the matter. Outs^ de ine jntance rf mine &ml her twQ farmer gets for a bushel of wheat! grain there is a parasite - w ' nK bout half the market price. Few! when the gram a parasie J-j dren are spending their few spare sprouts and dev clop | ^ d ^^ d y^ elevators or manufacturing places are ing as the gram grows U '^"native ferns in the woods on their equipped with 3evices to clean such grow to or- be washed to th, n , f and gendin these b arcel pogt dty mutty wheat, so that the crop Is only 1 sprout it enters and the stalk ft lable for chicken feed. When smut- diseased Ud grain i mixed in with a carload The subsequent story . of otherwise clean wheat, the bad interesting Once mi.de "'" , homemaker grinds these roots, mixes po, s the irrade of the good-nd the smut grows as the gram **>'**f , th<;m with vinegar) and bottle8 the whole carload suffers. The federal mg pace with the progress of de-, - oscoe re- ' " Ordinary horseradish offers possi- biKt ie S to the ambitious woman. One veloping shoot. The miscroscope re- veals the threads of the fungus, in the affected stalks, but outwardly there is no visible sign. When the Cottage cheese will sell in many vicinities. Both stores and individ- wheat stools, the smut grows out into, the new shoots so that usually all them in individual paratiin-coated! paper container*. I know a woman! who makes many dollars every year, selling home-made sausage to an ex- clusive trade. In some communities, loceted within tramping or motor-car distance of a] city having more than 20,000 inhabit-- ants, farm women are earning money! by supplying meals, served by special order, to parties of motorists or hikers who like to get back to the country occasionally, drop into an "honest-to- goodmess" farm home, and have a real mcji Farm women can capitalize the at- mosphere of the open fields and au- tumnal woods, which are difierent to city folks just as the theatres and decorated white way of the city are to you. City persons can telephone and ask for a dinner for six, suggest- ing that chicken or chops with the usual trimmings be served. One farm woman has been successful in this kind of a business venture. Winter Profits. Many women fill in their spare mo- ments, particularly in the winter, with sewing and fancywork. Crocheting, (Traders sharply discriminate against the smutty product. The sooty grain of stinking sn-.ut with its vile, fishy odor is well known and dreaded on every farm. Stinking smut is a fungous disease. In the field, when the grain is in the milk IHWUB prwruceu n-um uire =...- . u_. ,--,]. ,__ trv _.,]. ^u. o^owv " ~~~* * -""* """"" -" ""- The exception, * )e "- 1B tfl ' P aok * sl ' ^: popular, largely because there is no tected by their peculiar gray-green 1 comes when by some rare condition; ^ Pe ln 8ma " P a ^ oa ' t -.^^\ fitt ing to be done. Two women who color and by the slightly greater] the wheat in its growth outstrips the TViLsf^Lrv' w?v ^ i sale in a little shop ! ual customers are interested One of j tatting( and ernbroiderin g are g enera l attractive ways of selling ; favoriteS| and in ^ing the making e new soos so a | heads produced 'from one smutted i this product, especially when d.rectty| of M clothes flnd a arc w " *~ war ' *" spread of the spikelets. But the sure' parasite and accordingly we some test is to shell out the grain which,] times find wheat with a stalk or two when stinking smut has taken posses-! clean and the rest smutted or we may sion, consists only of the swollen dis-j find a head, half smutted and half torted hnH. This puffy grain instead : sound. of being filled with starchy "milk" as I The smut gives no evidence of its in the normal kernel, is filled with a' presence until the wheat heads and "' n e comunty ncrcomn: T- - , machine hemstitching is done, Canning Garden Truck. | and the other one has her f^ncy work In my own neighborhood this last on exhibit in a restrooni of a dry- summer a farm woman who has had| goods store. If the clerks in the store egg customers in town for several, se ii the merchandise, they receive a grain begins to form, and then the hid- y ear black smut powder. This black mass consists of the fungous spores. The Cause of the Disease. Since control of stinking smut de- . pends upon our knowledge of the life ** Brasher > J / apai " ^ ' history of the fungus it is necessary next I* a " d """"" "" that the farmer understand this life 1 ? r , n "l _ ver to thc U>ry perfectly. The puffy grain of stinking smut dries as the grain ma- from them for can-| small commission for their help. tures and becomes a Hght smut ball,' Since stinking smut is carried to the filled with Rpores. The light walls of field in the grain, and gets in only in many of these balls are easily brok- 1 the short period when grain sprouts en in threshing and the wheat be-| are merging, a method which will kill comes dusted with the smut powder. ' the smut on the grain without injury Some of the smut balls do not break to germination of the grain will pre- until tho grain is drilled and as will vent smut. In the early days the be seen this is the most dangerous ' farmers washed the grain and got fair time of all. den enemy takes possession of the j ne<1 garden truck, particularly string Home-made doughnuts from the kernel and makes smut powder instead) ^ans a "d c <>- She has "cashed in"| farm, direct to you, have an appeal, of grain. This powder distributed by on being able to pick and can the vege-| just ao do fresh coffee cakes and tables the same day, which is impos-, cookies. One farm woman has a re- sible in the city. The women furnish- markable cooky trade, especially at ed the cans and hired the farm woman Christmas time. These feat.ve cookies to fill them, paying for the labor and 1 are made by order, and a few are food. The profit made by selling these sold in stores. vegetables canned is something to bej They are cut in various shapes, proud of, and there was but one de-' from those representing Christmas disadvantage the farmer. The Control of Stinking Smut. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON SEPTEMBER 17 The Message of Malachi, Mai. 3: 7-18. Golden Text Re- turn unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of Hosts. Mai. 3: 7. livery. i trees, people, animals, and the like, Fruits may be canned and market- to the plain round and 1 star-like ones, ed in the same fashion, but again They are iced sometimes, and are de- observation and experience show that corated with red sugar, currants, more success is obtained when a wom-j raisins, citron cut in shapes, and nut an has a specialty of some particular meats. fruit product. After a woman decides what she A smut ball under the microscope duced smut slightly. Then pickling to seen to teem with smut spores. A grain in copper sulphate or blue- single smut ball has been estimated stone solution was introduced with to contain 500,000 spores, each one" good success in smut control, but with capable under the right conditions of bad effects on germination, reproducing the smut. A trace of| Finally, formaldehyde was discov- smut one year, distributed in the dust ered to havo value for treating grain at threshing time, liberally coats the and farmers were advised to soak wheat kernels. The spores lodge in wheat in weak formaldehyde solution the groove, and on the germ of the, made, with one pint of formaldehyde wheat, and thus fairly clean seed one in forty gallons of water, skimming control. Some used brine and re-i One farm woman has a large trade| wishes to sell, she is ready to consider for her delicious apple butter. An-' her market. other housekeeper, who lives on a by talking to friends who might be farm where gooseberries grow abund-' interested and asking them to speak , Iorm tne lrre guiartics wmcn were i, antly, is doing a worth-while business; to their neighbors about your project, j countenanced in the temple and to re- Lesson Foreword The ministry of ing said about him by his people. A Malachi fell in the Persian period, book of remembrance was written, some time after the rebuilding of the just as Oriental monarchs made a temple; he may have been a contem- ' memorandum of those who were for porary of Ezra and Nehemiah. In ' them and those who were against order to incite the people to rebuild them, so God keeps a record in heav- the temple, Haggai and Zechariah had e n of th>se who fear him. The book promised that when it was finished o f remembrance, known in the New there would be better times. The ful- Testament as the book of life, appears filment of these promises lingered and frequently in the scriptures. (See the people grew discouraged. They , p s . 56:8; Dan. 7: 10 and Rev. 20:12, losing faith in their religion and 15.) S slack in obierving it; j y 1? when , make np my jewe , g rife among the priest- In the dttv of Je hovah, when he ap- T!.h, * task- was to r*-i ,_ judgment, the righteous wiH This may be obtained w * re bec on>"ig slack in obieirving it; " - in selling gooseberry marmalade. The ( If^his brings no returns, advertising xi m t jj e j oca j papgi^ taking up the pro- ject with local merchants, or placing sale of red cherries is another wom- an's method of boosting the income. Marmalades, jellies, honey, maple syrup, and fruit butters offer attrac- tive possibilities when a special mar- ket can be developed. A tearoom or a year may become badly smutted the off tho smut balls which ris to the restaurant or an exclusive club fre- top. This gives perfect control, even I quent , y de9ires to buy such foodf> next. When wheat is planted the smut gets in as the grain sprouta. Th's call the people to faith. I. The Payment of Tithes. 7-12. i ,___, __..._ ._ __, _.. -___, . when the smuttiest of wheat is treat-! in many in8tancos Ashing to secure 1 brings new business. as his special treasure be treated as a man would treat his previous jewels. This hope should make the present ills of life V. 7. Even from the days of your ' more tolerable for the righteous for exhibits m stores are possible ways : fathers. The sin of the people goes the day of their vindication is sure to of arousing interest. back to past generations. This was a come. I will spare them, etc. "In the When the customers are obtained, favorite doctrine with the prophets. : terrible judgment of Jehovah's day, the only way to hoM them is to give! Jeremiah said that Israel's disobedi- Israel will be pitied and shielded by satisfaction by selling high-quality j jnc* dated from the exodus out of j Jehovah" (Smith), goods. That holds ed If the treated grain is dried and smut can only enter the tender sprout' planted at once it gives along with as it pushes out from the grain. The this perfect control of smut little in- bulk of the infection occurs before the 1 jury to germination, sprout* are three-quarters of an inch I This treatment has its drawbacks, long. This period and this only is the The grain when soaked is hard to danger time for the wheat, farmer has noticed that some years are worse smut years than others. A Every plant, and is troublesome to dry. If it molds, sprouts or freezes it is injured. It sows unevenly and often gives a bad smut year for winter wheat is one poor stand. If held more than a short when the fall is cold and wet and the time, the formaldehyde spoils the grain sprouts slowly. This gives the smut tplendid opportunity to get in. Time of planting Is important. Very lat planted wheat meets bad grow- ing weather for wheat, which, how- germination. Many farmers simply sprinkle the grain with the weak formaldehyde No poultry-keeper, either upon a large or small scale, can expect a pro- fit from his operations if his flock and his poultry house are infected with lice and mites. Both are easily brought upon perfectly clean pre- mises, possibly by thc introduction of fowls purchased elsewhere. Sparrows are frequent spreaders of these pests, marketing to command the top mar- ket prices; "8. To prevent flooding the market at any one time by a more even dis- tribution of shipments throughout the year." So much has been written about bacon type hogs during the past year that the hog exhibit of the Exchange old trade and && < See Jer. 7:25, 26.) Return; y. 18. In the day of judgment it unto me. Jehovah's present attitude , wju be easy to distinguish between the was not one of favor, but if they would ; pj ous and the wicked. For the God- change their hearts and repent, Godif eaT jng will receive their reward; . I J _l. _ I. _ . A.A.1 J I- I I _ , -- - would change his attitude and be- j whereas the godless will be humbled come gracious. Wherein shall we re- : am j punished. turn? Believing in their innocence, the people challenge the prophet to state more explicitly wherein they had done wrong. V. 8. The prophet replies that the show their willingness to was even more attractive to the farm- 1 the upkeep of the tample and its min- er than last year. Two hogs, which isters, the priests. These had not been were splendidly representative of the kept up. Application. Then and Now. "It was a period of disillusion, disheartening and de- cay." "Severely left to themselves and to the petty hostilities of their neighbors, the Jews appear to have . - - r. {- sunk into a careless and sordid man- taxes or dues which were paid for, of ,. fe .- . 1The ^^^^-^ haa ever, is good growing wcitliei for! the grain is fanned before treatment smut. Hence smut is usually worse' to remove smut balls. solution. This works almost as well| Lice may be readily controlled byj as the soak and skim method provided | providing a good dust bath and by the Farm Wives I Know Who Are Earning Extra Money By Nell B. Nichols . I have talked with B great many if arm appeal brings the greatest suc- farm housekeepers in the last few 'cess. months, and I find that, while they are atr r to economize, they are equally Tho first thing in starting the busi- ness, however, is to decide what you eager to maintain a high standard, of j have ' to gell Specialize on some parti- living, even though money is not so 1 free as it was in the after-the-war period. Many of these women have asked me, a a farm woman who meets far.n women, to suggest how they may earn tWng That's the game. Then comes thc problem of finding the mar- ket ami holding it. I am going to tell you some of the ways thc farm women I know are making a good income without neglect- in on their outside efforts. For ex-! ample, one woman makes a few hun- dred dollars every year selling rhu- barb; another one grows garden flow- ers, and market* them through a money. I believe farm women are,; their homeg joining their city sisters in the move- Qf course> the oM 8band . h cnick . ment of doing something in >nnec- ens , e ggs, and butter, continue to do tion with their housekeeping which cxcellent work . With the nearness to will bring an income. I have metj marke , duc to the , Rnd -" ", there are many other avenues open to business, if the farm woman wishes to make the adventure. Growing Rhubarb and Onions. In one district, for instance, a busi- store in the nearest city; one ness-hike housekeeper is capitalizing has a unique cottage-fhree trade, and! the rhubarb which grows in her gar- i-tiH another rural woman takes orders rfen - Her business is quite remark- for canned vegetables and fruits from ab'e in that she furnishes most of the city women who furnish the cans. In rhubarb consumed in the nearest town, this way the garden and orchard pro- with about 4,500 inhabitants, every dlicU are sold with very little delivery! spring- While she sells directly to a expense. ' ' ew customers, most of her market- And here is another thing I discov- '"I? 's to the local grocery stores, use of blue ointment or one of the tv P had b . ee " s ed, J- - -, ~ **** . 9 Y> are cursed with a curse - ' It was afflicted with locusts and many lice powdors that are on the! 1 ** **** the contrast was most market. The control of mites, how- ; striking. Over abovo this pair was, fvf-r i not so simnle Unlike the hen ! P plnted: tirade select bacon type.' ever, ism- we. um ? This is the tvue that nrodwwl Wilt "u^K 08 * 8 ln at n * tn <> " tnes ma y louse these are not, as a rule, found VV S , >ro<tuce<l Wilt- havc been y in t th wefe not upon the fowl; neither are they killed , '> bacon sides. In demand for ex-; pai<1 in fulli or while some were j^y. by dusting. They are found usually P^t trade. Will in future command a Jng their tithes, others were with- V. 10. Bring ye all the tithe:. This suggests that while the tithes may premium. Why not raise this claw of j holdiivg them. The storehouse; the hogs Select weight from 150 to 220 'chambers in connection with the tem- At night I Pounds. Top market price the kind pi* where the provisions were stored, tho rnrt' i to raise, 220 pounds at Ito $28 T** tithes consisted largely of the "'"" I -" - products of the land, oil, fruits and rain. That there may be meat; that may receive their salary in cracks around the roosts and nests and will be readily detected upon ex- amination of these parts. when the fowls are on , these mites may be seen issuing from , "Besides these in the next pen were, cracks and running along the roosts, j ' ound ,J h . ll ^", t heav . y weight hogs,^ cular the priests are In corrupt and partial in the administration of the law. There have been many mar- riages with the heathen women of the land; and the laity have failed to pay the tithes." Thus writes George Adam Smith, of the time when the message of Malachi was given. And this, after a period of chastening in exile, and following their sacrifices in coming to Jerusalem to build the tem- ple, and the walls of the city. Our time, too, has surely had its years of chastening and sacrifice, and these post-war days are to many, a period of disillusion and disheartening. Dean Onge, preaching in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, a few months ago, made the following gloomy state- ments: "The War had not improved the moral tone of the people; in some ways it had made it worse. We were -tj oon 4 ocn j mt .' lire urifM.3 inuy iweivv! unvir s^iuajr The only method of control is thor-| "> m 22 to 260 pounds. The placard] ag provided in the Law. If I will not ough cleaning and disinfecting of the] above again told the market story that] open you the windows of heaven. Ac- premises. Remove all droppings, lit- tnis (Trade sells at $1.00 per cwt. less, 'cording to the Old Hebrew notion there , ... ter and nesting material, scrape and! *> that a 230 pound hog at $12 would, were store-rooms in the firmament , threatened with a great outbreak of sweep out every particle of dirt, and brm * $27.60. The next grade that; where the upper waters^were Jcept. I licentiousness such as that which_dis- give thc house a thorough soaking of medium heavy weight is from 250 ing it by means of a spray pump into all cracks. Whether mites are known to be 100 Thi. $200 DM- rwt W anH a 9n u per cwt. tees and a 260 ...,,,,, the windows of these store- 1 graced the country in. the reign of sells a f' room * were opened, the waters would j Charles II, and again during the re- 1 come down in rain. This, then, is ajgency, after the great war with ise of m and rain was alwa hog at lie would bring $28.60. In the I Jessing in Palestine. next pen was an extra litavy weight preseH or not, the roosting and nest- no of 31 an<1 wep which at the pre- sent market price would bring lOc, ing quarters should be treated weekly during the summer, since the mites breed very rapidly. Ordinary coal oil will kill mites but as it evaporates quickly its effects are V. 11. I will rebuke the devourer; locusts, one of the dread pests of the Napoleon. Authority in morals seem- ed to have lost its force; men and women did what was right in their own eyes. There was a widespread land. Neither shall your vine caat ! want of faith in the Christian revela- her fruit. Mildew and blasting caused j tkm, combined with an outbreak of the grapes to fall off thc vines before, puerile superstition. How many peo- or 3c less per pound than the select. A 310 pound hog would bring but $31., I FWI - i . . tnpir i i 1.1. V. 12. All nations shall Call yuu vu-aiy wiui, uur rrntrw lena ITS auuui T '!',,, ' We . lg ' nt and i blessed. The fortunes of Israel at the repentance, conversion, prayer and , . 1 f ) i * | ll^r-> ."!. I 1 1 1 llJlLltllcra \i I 1 .> I 1 1. at ' I .t. t if * UVOUVWf Will not lasting. A good disinfectant mix- j K 61 nothing for it? goes a long way time were not commensurate with her moral struggle? ture may be made at small expense! ! n convincing the observer that there position as the people of God. Israel] Brighten up this picture as much as by adding crude carbolic to the kero- ! is "o object in working for nothing' has still a fine future, but she must ymi consistently can; but is it wholly sene, about a quart to a gallon of the| ? n(1 K iv |nK away the feed into the show that she deserves it by a change ou t o f drawing? Looking en this pic- latter, or by adding one of coal tar disinfectants. A Hint for Fali Fairs. A live stock exhibit which might be usefully copied at every fall fair in eastern Canada was seun at the re- cent Edmonton Exhibition. The mem- bers of the Live Stock Exchange put bargain." Certain Sure. Teacher "Jimmy, give me three proofs that the world is round." Jimmy "Well, you say so, pa so, and ma says so." of heart. | t ure an .,j on that, comparing the time II. The Triumph of the Righteous, j of Malachi, and ou-r own time, we 13-18. I must admit some disturbing resem- V. 13. Your words have been stout blances. Carelpjaness, want of faith, against nie. Arguing from the facts mofAl laxky, negioct of worship, of experience, the people were begin- 1 then and now. ning to lose faith in God. Among) Resultant Duty. If so, then what? themselves they were saying many Dor. J. H. Jowett says, "The great bitter things about God's providence. ' evangelical revival began, not with . . . , , What havc we spoken? The people the reclamation of the depraved, but Cleanliness is next to Godliness." | challenged Malachi to prove that they with the enrichment of the redeemed." , . , , , , - , ,, Air' i . ^iinucifcR cru tiaatwai tu IMVTV WMbh \.iicy YVII.II me oiuiuuiuviib VA vuc rvuwumti r: The woman who em n this money i which makes the work of delivery on a campaign to iHustrate by im- It is aho essential to goodness in ! were criticizing God's treatment of "Take heed unto thyself, and unto the buy home improvements with it. They 'smaller. mediate contrast the commercially | dairy products. them. I doctrine," was Paul's work to Timo- buy home improvements with it. They 1 smaller. have labor-saving devices. I have! Another farm woman is selling talked with a great many women who: ""ions in much the same way, or.ly on want these devices, provided they will , smaller scale. Thc winter onions, pay for themselves. Anything we can which come as the first grens after do to point out that labor-saving de- vices are not a luxury, but an economy, since they save time, doc- tor bills, etc., will do a mighty fine service. Almost every woman has something on her farm, or has the ability to the last snows and before the other garden stuff is up, are mighty wel- come in the town or city where hot- house vegetables are scarce and prices are high. So this farm woman pulls these early onions, ties them in bunches, and sells them in town to make something which will sell. Ex-i local merchant*, perietice nnd observation have led me A farm woman, living within motor- to believe that selling to city or towni car distance of a city havir.g a popu customers- -the people who have the highest value for the direct-from-the- lation c/ about 30,000, is making sev- eral hundred dollars every summer good and bad types of cattle, hogs and sheep. Side by side with each pen of desirable stock was a pen of undesira- ble, poorly-marketable stuff. The plan was explained in the "Market Examiner" as follows: "A notice of stock breeders explain- ed that the Edmonton Live Stock Ex- change were not advocating any parti- cular breed of beef cattle, hogs or sheep, but that they were emphasizing the necessity of: "1. Raising the highest grade of commercial stock by better breeding methods; It sometimes pays to let folks knew we are around but it is not necessary to stir up the dust to do it. V. 14. The prophet accepts the chal- 1 thy. Malachi had a message to the lenge and supplies the proof. The two classes, the "redeemed," and the people were questioning the profitable- "depraved." When Dr. Gore was Bls- ness of religion. What use was there hop of Worcester, he said in an epis- in fulfilling its requirements? What copal cl.arge, "What we want in every. '.' gain was there in godliness? The ; parish is not more Christians so much ' Someone has .said that the shortest i aw , and especially Deuteronomy, de- as better Christians." Recently he re- way to a man's pocket-book is through ! clared that if men were righteous [ peated that conviction. "Querulous his stomach, which teads us to suggest' they would prosper, if they sinned ( adherents of Jehovah that the shortest way to dairy profits ' they would be afflicted is through the cow's stomach. . .1 n < * 1 1 ,. .1 \.i tr i 11 1 r t <*| i , . - I despair in their service rf God," are I, V. 15. Now we call the proud hap- 1 recalled to faith and devotion. "Re "2. Better finishing of stock before Ea lmon $6,446,204. ' py. The skepticism of the people Kart j turn unto me, ar.d I will return unto the twelve months Pntiino- Anril W thcm H cnvy the R 0:1 ' es9 as being 'you, saith the Lord of Hosts." "Create h u ,., . as ending 'April, ^ter off. As George Adam Smith! in me a clean heart. God; and re- au:m;> .-xporUsI (ish to the MVS< "They thought that the wickedinew a right spirit within me," "then I will I teach transgressors thy ways; God , and sinners shall be converted unto 1922, value of $29,003,131, of which cod-; m en succeed." fish represented $5,871,824 and canned' V. 16. The Lord hearkened. I was paying attention to what was be-[thee." s