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f THE CHILDREN'S HOUR Acer,., bmmunlctttoiu lo Aoeiaid* 3t Wtlt. Turot An Evefit From Canadian Iliatory. The fairies danced out of the moun- tain valley. They were coming frum their carnival which h<l lieen heW Green Feed for Kvery Karm. I at the Dominion Laboratory of Plant mountains then, I Perhaps no other plot on the farm Pathology. St. Catharines Ontano.,,,... ^ E ,.,-,. |iv such large returns for the , I'rcvioualy these disease. JW*JJ amount of time and labor expended as considered as a single disease knov as small area of teed in-own for soil- 1 yellows. Although ing purposes. Green feed is relished ; recognized as the most t during the summer moath* by cattle, '; <>* *1 raspberries, and occurs U hogs, and poultry (if they are in in-' out the small fruix areas ot closed yards), but without doubt .America, no serious .study has proves the most profitable' when fed * iven to H previously. There was to milch cows. Soiling are ', _ , : clue to the cause and nature of the . tontro1 e * s " rc9 found to assist very materially in ; disease maintainiag the milk 'flow during the j "mown. The separation of yellows nto hot summer months when pastures ! <<> dwtinrt diseases wss >fP"; are short and dry. Com; oats, peas and vptchos; oats; rape; and sunflowers in the order nam- ralse<1 plants ed by a careful study of the symptoms and the development of marked dis- ed, are all valuable for this work. The two diseases may be recognized Vi WtM '* * * * Corn is one of the best crops for by the following symptoms: In leaf this purpose, and gives a large yield rurl, the leaves are very dark green of succulent feed, much relished by and the mi<lrib anu the main lateral veins arch downwards, causing- n curl- ing of the margin of the leaf. The tissue between the vein* arches up- ward and results in a puckering along the veins. The laterals on the fruit- both cattle and hogs. Planted before June 10th, it should be ready for cut- ting about August 10-15, and has reached a heigh: of from 5 to 8 feet, with an average yield of 18 tons per oou Id be out nt any time. As each dainty being passeii through the pate to Elfland she waved her wand, cast- ing a spell on the outside world, and so, disappeared. In this place they had surely spent their charm. The wild cataract leapt on its endless way, dashing here over the rocks, dashing there under an over-hanging boulder, and now rush- ing on as if being pursued by some evil spirit. The bewitched waters played with the shadows cast by the tall trees. The enchanted pines rose slenderly to meet the blue, cloudless sky. They nodded and bowed to each other. Sometimes a tall evergreen would loan over and whisper a secret to another. Then all would lull and croon as a young mother lullabies her first-born to sleep. The soft summer breeze played in and out between the trees. Far off one could see the ma- jestic, snow-capped Rockies, now all flushed with the red iiml golden sun- acre. "Lor.jf fellow" huts been used j ing canes are short and stand upright. _ ^ ___ with some degree of success over a The fruit is small and seedy. Inj Se t To this enchanted place came period of your*. Unless pastures are mosaic, the leaflets on the new sucker that ^^ red mcOj aa th( , n bo r jj,.j nes extremely twe. one-half acre with fair i growth in the gprini? show large of N ort }, America who, rather than crop should be sufficient for ten or! bright green blisters, with yellowish , accep t civilization, journeyed to the twelve cows. | green tissue between. In summer and j West Now beside those swcet-smell- Oat, peas and vetches mixed, oats i autumn the new leaves are finely] ^ f orest streams, instead of the five parts, jnsts four pans, vetches spewed with yellow dots. Fruiting j f a ; rie9> i ra |j an ] over s would come. In one part by weight, an-d sown at the 'canes from diseased roots are dwarfed between the whispering pines the In- rate of three to three and ono-half ; and the leaves reach only about half| ( ij nn K j r l s would wander. The savage, bushel* per acre, will five large 'size. The fruit is of very poor qual-j blood-thirsty chiefs, instead of looking amounts of excellent feed. This should: ity. It tacks the flavor and is very be cut and fexl while tlie oats arc in often dry and seedy. The variety the milk or soft doufc-h stage. This ' Cuthbert suffers severely from both will necessitate two or three seedingsj ' e f curl an ' mosaic. The variety Her- if wiling crop is to l>e fed over any . *>ert seems to escape with only slight great length of time. Two seeding*, 1 damage from both diseases, while the or at the most three, tn days apart, | Marlboro is extremely susceptible to hould be sufficient^ and one acre | the mosaic. should supply plenty of feed fci fifteen! A survey of the fruit growing dte- eows. | trrict on the shore of Lake Ontario Oats sown thickly also provide (food! from the Niagara River to Toronto, succulent feed, and should almost' showed in 1921 that leaf curl was equal wits, peas and vetches in yield presen-t on the average to the extent P*r acre. of about five per cent, of the stand. Rapt- is generally us>d aa a pasture 1 Mosaic is more prevalent and don true - crop. It is particularly <lrMri<.l>le for] tive, and on the average twenty per hogs, ar.d when used for such must cent, of the stand is diseased. The for a white man to scalp, would climb Tne Tobacco of Quality LB. TINS and in p'k'gs. the great mountains where even one Here Minehaha lived with her father Pocono, one of the young chiefs of the Meters, and her mother. One day whUe Minehaha was bringing wood into the wigvatn her attention was drawn to- ward men whom she knew were not Indians. Pocono went over to them and much was his concern when he found that they had been sent by the Government to survey the land. Then more white men came. These white men kil'lexl the buffalo, which -earned the plains and which were one of the most important of the Indians' means of a living. Deputations were sent THE SUNDAY SCHOOL false step would dash him into eternity. far off to Ottawa, 'but the Indian rep- resentatives had no influence. Then they began quietly to prepare for a struggle for their Lands. The so-called rebellion began in 1885 under the chiefs 15 ig Bear and Poumhnaker. Louis Riel returned from that land, the United States, which was so mys- terious to these Indians of the North country. He led his braves valiantly and well. Of the engagements, we only need speak of the one in whidh Pocono was ki'Ied, that at Frog Lake, where I keep eight brood marer, purebred Beh^iane and, after more than thirty years' experience, I find that as much stress should be placed on their feed a on the general care of those ani- mals. One makes a mistake by pam- pering them either by feeding or stabling. I allow my animals free access to a large, dry yard with frea access to warm box stalls. This in- sures proper exercise without over- be seeded in several plots with about i serious feature about this condition ten days intervening lietween each that once a bush is affected seeding. If allowed to make good j of these disases, all the growth growth before stock is turned in on ing from the roots, year after year, is it, and then pastured, ey, for an houri diseased. Such roots are a direct loss per day. planes will throw up new, to the grower because the fruit iSj/g e 'g shoots, r:d continue to grow even largely worthless or of very poor qual- there was a terrible massacre. No [taxing their strength. Feed should more did Minehaha make portages to be largely given to sustain strength, the Rockies with her father, but she ar.d assist in building up ths unborn srtill has vivid memories of one of 'colt. I give the mares plenty of tho noblest Inddans who fought in the j bright, clean, shredded corn-stover, Rebellion. Margaret Luke. and once a day I feed each animal about ten pounds of alfalfa hay, being careful t:> shake it out well to get rid of the dust. Three times a day I give each mare a quart of ground breeding purposes is an important j corn and oats, and once a day I throw item in the annual business of the in a small handful of flaxseod-meal. average farmer. Age is a factor j Once a week I give each a generous They were tho offensive weapons of; which enters into the determination | feed of raw carrots, cut fine. The the light-armed infantry. I o f animals being bargained for. But ' principal feed, however, is the sihred- III- Asa at War. 9-12. | H ia harder to tell the age of a cow ded corn^stover. By this feeding I in- to-day's lesson, wns thc grandson of! V. 9. The Ethiopian. Ethiopia wag] than it is of a horse. The cow's horns sure bone and muscle feed for both i i i i_l_ * i ,! n mvttr \r\ r*rt f./v tli A eti . i 1 *-V r V mT^f o vwl ', . . a_ i __*.i *,,i APRIL 2. Asa Relies on God, 2 Chron. 14: 1-12. Golden Text 2 Chron. 14: 11 (Rev. Ver.) The Age of Cattle. Buying cows for production and i Time B.C. 914-874. Place The Kingdom of Judah. Foreword Asa, the l.ero of idition is Kehoboam, and therefore the third a province to the south of Egypt andj nru j teeth furnish means of age de- >y either king of Judah. Both King and Chron- its natives were known as the ."dusky-] termination. On the horns, count the rth com-:*les credit him with being a reform- faced ones because of their dark , ,. u , nml rlng ,., and a<ld two fn the no- nilcr who tried to cleanse the color. A thousand thousand. Kougnly, ., . . year, isi '"?. : v ', .,_ .... , .. v...,t,., t.h Fihinnlan i n f,,nt w*a t i-r, O ti : mouth, one pair of permanent teeth, the mother and colt, and at the same time* a void constipation. I avoid pamperin.it the mares, as of permanent teeth, such treatment renders them more \)\ nis (lily 01 uie iieHtiicii ...wp.* innj ,. .T ^MUWVM* - . - ti ., which were creeping into it. | at about a in:!: ion. Three hundred ' "PPer " tower, indicates eighteen Iiabl< to be too weak to meet the 15: 9-15.) I. >..'- H. h ... : , Policy, 1-5. chariots. Egypt is generally regard- \ months of age; two pairs, twenty- after being partly eatn. Rape may, ity. Also they serve aa sourcs of infec- be sown at the rate of three to 'six tion for the nearby healthy bushes, , { , pound* per acre, in drills, or on the and the amount of each disease be-j l>< ,' an ?. an<i thc fut Kl ?*' n in ,u ' ' Th El ^ 1(> P ln " flat ' ^ t" "SJTr T" 1 f , airi C me8 '^ yel>r " ftCr year ' l&fTAtr V Kin^l'K ^MSJrtASSjPSfi seeded broadcast, but ; Both diseases are transmitted to 'but the book of Chronicles took a more by coming up one of thc valleys in ordeal of foaling and raising the foal. I can not lay too much emphasis on ed as thc origin,/ horm of the chariot. 1 seven months; three pairs, thirty-six , Hence an Egyptian army would be months, and four pairs, forty-rive I the free feeding of carrots. Carrots, V. 1. Abijah; was the son of Rt-ho- well equipped with chariots. | months. It wiU be noted that each I in conjunction with the oil meal, fur- ."': pair of permanent teeth comes nine af:er the other. Live community clubs bring their and encourage- - '"i, i LHJI is prouauiy i i>oi<n cases .. inter - ports that sunflowers were used as a 'able virus or ultra microscopic organ- mind the ideal Community was one nisi, the best of nourishment and ab- solutely preclude constipation, bajio of pregnant mares. ths When aluminum pans are burned, s clothespin makes a good scraper. soiling crop during the latter part of 1S m. the season of 1921, and were oaten j A systematic and tlu. rough emdica- w-lth apparent relish by beef sk-ers. tion of all bushes and roots affected They were refused l>y Iwgs, an.l oaten \ v leaf curl as curly in the season a.i but sparingly by dairy cows. These they can be recognized w : ]| controi the V. 12. The Lord smote the Ethio- pians. Credit for the victory is given i range I.INIH; <ieui- not to Asft nm , his n ( but to ( ; ()d .up of foreign gods. | n ] onc . p ro bably a panic seized the that wns dominated l>y the temple. V. 3. Allars of Strange Cods; dedi- cated to the worship of foreign KI Solomon, owing to the influence t | Ethii. ,,..., his foreign wive?, had been lax in al- them easy.' lowing the introduction of foreign , and made the victory over Parents as Educators The Wind By Alice Wingate Frary. sunflowers (Mammoth Russian) were disease This early eradication re- 1 rods (sec 1 Kings 11: 1-8). strong in human 111 V TV P*OJ M IlvniUI J l/raitbOt 1T1 llr : , I 1 use as a soiling crop during the r.robably will be cc.itrollod by a sunl- 1 W . IS the oiilv later season is to be recommended. A fe, r eradication of ih,< diseased bushes i worshipping GM\~(* ape during lute autumn will lie found very Dent. 1^: 2-8). as pasture in July ami Augusc, thus removing the Images; another religious oljeot valuable. Leaf Curl and Mosaic of the Culti- \aled Hid UaH|il)erry. These two separate and distinct in- fectious dicea..es of the retl raspberry have been studied the past two years, centres of infection on which aphid | which wns borrowed from the Canaan- eggs will over-winter and from whichl itc3 - Tnt 'V wcre 8t " ne Pi" ars stt "P ly io.uf>. Clirist emphasized the nec- essity of spiritual worship. The wind's activities hold the small child's attention, the clouds, the fly- tng flag, windmills aaid i^ clothes swaying on the line, the blow- ing of children's hair and the tails of trees and grass, showing blowing." asks re-peateiily, "Where? How?" There are a number of verse.' easily >. I'eace and Proaperity, vs. li, 7. memorized which will make the wind In tho ton years at th beginning of AM', reign when the land had rent ' a trienfv " Weath- "I Saw High" by tin a Rossetti's appreciation leading the timid one cut of his fear. The wind signifies the spirit. No mother who desires a well-ro'in 'ed development for her child will fail to rpcojrr.'ize his need of inner strength, his misc-onceptiona that need straight- i'!i in?. While the kingdom of heaven is the inheritance of child-like he:\rts, children have need of (guidance, and they jjuide us too, when we are clear- sighted enough to respond, but our emphasis upon values which are un- seen helps to rai*e our children's standards. Froebel's Mother Play of to denote a xai red i)lace and fornu-d the child It Is absolutely es.w^nlial that poul- try have meat of some kind. I prefer meat scrap or rabbit, but last year I bad a new experience. Last winter I had a cow ao badly injured by an automobile that I killed her. I cut up some of the meat into small pieces and vprciid it out on planks to dry. A neighbor can:e along and said that if I would trim n i 1 tho loose piece* of meat and hang the hiad quarters up It would not spoil. I did so, and to my surprUo it kept In good condition. A thick giase formed ovw it that kept It fresh and > . wt. I would go out and cut off a piece tho size I wanted, *prinlAe a IHHe lim n the freahly ut plUce Mini it kept until I used it al), whir* wa* about two months. I chipped the meat into small. pieces ftnd ni<lxad it with corn and oata and threw it out in a deop litter of oak leaves. I allowed about <ui ounce for <wcu fowl In the Hock. Ttie Pekln durV.< aro a fine \trtt\ for market ami the common I/reed fcr tihat purpose. The >'oun:g: drakes will -.voiifh about eight pounds and the nduU drakes nine pounds. The youiig ducks will weigh sovt-r. pounds ami the acluk ducks eight pounds. It is not necessary to be near n body (if water to raise ducks successfully, although soine flnd that it saves work am! feed in raising ducks it' they aro A good ration for breeding ducks consists of and upir ; materials to bet- nv.xtnictiiiy; houses, ii<>-,>ii.c.~>, .-v,,,.y..n ;ii.d machincrv in- )latry Asa exhorted tin- people tc. gl( ..; ( , of ^.ttu.shi.j, ;l nd gun-s. 'The to Jehovah, ^m, ,. oni ,i, met i j n fh e (U-stnu'tivc- theni and cniwling to healthy bushes. As tlu-sct were also Cannanite objects possibility of .,, jrere forbidden, Di-iit. 1: 21. t rr advnntas l A / tPr rl ! illl " t ' ' ', p la ' ul f ' ' li.-mtals, schools , idolatry A.ae. exno wan, corn Ufn^fgryjn- allegiann- to which is addedjg^eli (i, c I^ord; a common phrase in wind? But when the trees bow down their heads The wind is passing by." As the child makes ttuve versoi his c ti i u_i . n R ( , f w(11 . , t llst , (] constructively, own, listens to atones such as ".Tan' and five per cent, beef scrap. This can) to be "to consult (Jod as to His will, 1 ' Pl jt v . be given three times a day as n moist or "to strive earnestly to lead a reli- ; 'ji 1 i fn ** , , . -ould banish poverty and insure pros- (in Mother Stories by Maud Lind.ay) crumbly ma.<h. giious lifo.' The drinking dishes for ducks .-should V - B - The kingdom was quiet. These bo deep enough so they can dip their 1 ben y 6111 ' 8 "' i .11 , , - ir/4<'nrrvr>l bills dowp deep and also wn heud-s and eyes in the water. (v. 1) to carry out his reform wash then- strm|rlhen , lia and "AeohM and tlie Bug of Winds," reparedneaa, v , 0. As pro- and , f . aniis what th different win:1s H'tion against surroun- ing tribes u_:,.. . . ,sa kept a large riaiuling auny, well brllnr ' I 1 *. 1 " *******"* to a / lner rained men of valor. lie worked for PPWUon M a force that can be so its tale of the wind's work and pluy; to the mother it brings a reminJvr of the inner forces that must be strengthened, the inner light that may illumine puzzling situations. Two hooks which nre helpful in this respect are "Thv Notebook of an Adopted Mot'ier" l/ Eleanor Davids, and "The Spiritual Care of a Child" by Anna Robertson Lindsay, the kitter with its vigorous reassuranw of a truth all too easily ignored. "Omly God can bring up a child. Nothing will bridge the abyss of the actual and the ideaJ except faith, hope, love, work, and the immediate harp of Divinity." Fifty Years Too Soon. The scythe is rusting in the tree, The cradle in the shed; O would I were a hoy ngiiin!-- Youth, where hast thou fled? mid to . j )e ,, u . e i >u i he knew tho necessity of be- tf^ntle and yet so mighty. _,. jing prepared for war. Preparedness Was there ever a child that did noti The Weathciv are Songs and Muaic II. Asa's Defensive Policy, fi-H. i is usually associate:! with military de- ask, "Where does the wind come of Froebel's Mother Play bv Susan E V. fi. Asa was compelled to fortify fence but the wisdom of preparation from?" It is part of the high office Blow his cities because of the prolonged is Been in every department of life. O f parenthood to deepen the child's hostilitioe between the kingdoms of The athlete must be trained for the in'h.-i^nt ^ense of revreiw-p Iw-forA rhp Israel awl Judah. Baaha, king of : contest. The teacher must be prepared T Israel, had fortified his frontier, ij through study. I>e:in Brov^i of Yale Kings IB: 16-22. j University decribej the preparation i nnibl f P** ll > le into empty wonder or The Wind A Child's Garden Verse* by RAert Stevenson. Jan Mother Stories by Maud Lind- say. The hoary maple still uproars Its crown of glo.-y there, Where oft I felt like crying- out, "O farmer, prindstone spare! 1 ' () kinks that gathered in my back, O aches tliat. c..m<! aparo, AIK! miAver'a .-tiif- its vliw-ry Aeolus, the Keeper of the Winds, V. 7. In this verse a short diwcrip- ; of Christ for his public ministry. "He morbid fear. It is v/e-11 to cultivate __ _ _ ._ ^, tion of a fortified city is given. It hud used thirty of those thirty- fchreo the feeling of awe, teaching uhe care- Mythtmd, Vol. 1, by Helen Beckwibh. i had walls of hevm stones, surmounted years in <|ule>t preparations for tho . lese chM that tho piling up of thunder , Odysseus and the Bag of Wirxl with watch-towers for olwerving the Rreat tasks which were to come. No clouds and the bowing of wind-swept "In the C5hHd's World" bv EmSlv PouW lewcmy, gates leatling through the wonder tihe three years of which we tl - ees arc to be ap , ot . iated . ^ : y walls, and bars to fasten the gates on! know BO mudi were mighty when we __:!__._ 1 ths inside. | think of the thirty years of prepara- V. 8. Decides building fortified : tiou standimg beihiud them. Ten years When K cyth nnd cradle pressed upon cities, Asa increased his standing | of training and discipline for one of That croaking grindstone's face! | amiy. Tim was raised from the two .public action! Ten days <:f study ami I tribes, Jodah and Renjamln. The devotion for one dy ot healing re- But now what music greets my ears ?i tribe nf Henjamiu lay between the demptive effort! Ten hour* of silence The reaper's pl-asaiU miun-l kingdom of Isrnel nnd the kingdom of ami prayer before UOd tor one hour Jiulnh, and while it serins to have. "1' pech in tlie eai-a of men." thrown in it? lot with the Icingdiam of i 4. Power from Prayer. Asa had Israel at the d-isniptinn (I Kings \-> :' position, prosperity and prepaimtion Pours melody around. The boy now rides where once I 20), later it ifi-avitalwl tmvanls the but wiH. all this ho turned bo Uod in W alk e d kingdom of .Iintah. TarU; a large prayev for power. A jfreat scholar! Nor weary ere tli,- noon - shieM which was c,arr,ied for defence , wrote these intimate -,>nU on prayer: weary I wondr if I were not Some fifty years too soon? by the heavy -arme-cl infantry. Spears;! "When things are too much for me,] wore favorite weapons of defence and I aui down on my luck, and every- \ (inionirst mivlent nations; they con- thing Is dark, I go alone by myself,! i ' sisted ad a rule oi' a wooden stiff with and 1 bury my head in my hands. I a sharp hoad of flint, or metal. 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