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LAY OFF Addr. communication, to Aoronimlat, 7 Adelaide 8L Wait. TcroPl* MR. JONES VISITS HIS WHEAT FIELD. Wheat is more generally fertilized, naturally arises: Is it desirable to In Ontario than any other farm crop.! make a heavy application of ferU " z '^ Most farmers are of the opinion that for wheat, providing more plant- iwxi it pays better to fertilize wheat than .than the wheat can utilize, or s'ha the other crops of the rotation. Aside] each crop in the rotation be fertilized from the matter of profit, which must with a smaller amount of fertilizer come from either increased yield, bet-; There are certain advantages m t! ter quality, or both, there are a num- first method. Less labor is involved, ber of questions that arose in the mind ( and the indications from experimental of Mr. Jones as he walked across his, work on this point are that greater returns are secured from the rotation as a whole. An increase of a bushel . of wheat is as good as two bushels of wheat field. Within certain limits, it makes lit- tle difference how many pecks of, - . wheat are seeded per acre. The num- corn or nearly three bushels o> oats, ber of heads developing per square and more easily obtained on most soils. yard of ground is not so much depend- ! Therefore, it may be profitable to ent on the number of seeds planted make the larger fertilizer application as the ability of the soil to produce ' n wheat, especially if f ollowed by strong vigorous plants. For example, j clover. eight or nine pecks per acre of seed; Acquiring the Habit, do not commonly produce a larger crop! The statement, "if you use fertilizer than do six pecks, although there may I once you'll have to use it always," be more plants. In the case of the | has a grain of truth in it. If fertili- Itffhtor seeding, the plants stool more' zers are profitable it is, of course, good until about the same number of heads! business to continue to use them, just are produced. The fertility of the soil j as it is good business to continue apparently governs the stooling of ' spraying potatoes or testing seed corn, wheat. Fertilizers promote a heavier i Any of these practices can be discon- root growth, and greater .-tooling with lea* winter killing. The quick start which fertilized wheat is able to make in the spring insures an easier ma- turity, and, often, escape from de- structive rusts and drought. Fooling The Hessian Fly. The Hessian fly is one of the worst I nabit - tinued, there is no compulsion about them. The farmer who obtains in- creased yields from improved practices finds it difficult to go back to the old order. In any sound system of farm management, the use of fertilizer is likely to become a pretty well defined of wheat pests, and yet it is fairly easy to control, if the habits of the in- sect are understood. In order to re- produce and cause destruction, the Kffoct of Fertilizer on the Soil. The question, does fertilizer injure the soil, is as old and as definitely I-. ....-. 1111. i \<m.-<- UVTBII UUklVIl, LUC ,. . . 1 1_ adult fly must lay its eggs on young f nsworcd the quertion, does wheat wheat in the early fall. Apparently j l " rn Into cheat? Nevertheless, the the wheat plant alone suits this pur- clalm ls sometimes made that fertih- poso. The eggs develop into larvae "r causes the ' to lose it organic which go down into the base of the m % atter ' n t d to run to e . thp l- , Whe " young wheat plants and destroy them. Um condition occurs the fault can To avoid the fly, wheat must be seeded * eneral] y b trace(i , to ^ e &*** late enough to escape tho egg-laying HTS^ftJ?! , "J'iu" ", 8e t season of tho fly. Delayed seeding is ? n ? f the be ? t P roofs of th . c value of more hazardous from the standpoint fertilizer in keeping up the organic of winter-killing. Careful preparation matter of e 4 SDl1 ls '" of the seed-bed, and plenty of avail- P. crlment Station that -,ble plant food in the soil overcome tlllzer wlthout THE SUwDAY SCHOOL LESSON SEPTEMBER 10. Teaching the Law of God, Neh. 8: 1-3, 5, 6, 8-12. Golden Text Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end. Ps. 119: 33. Lesson Foreword Ezra's most im- broken at intervals to allow of an ex , pv/rtant work, his inducement of the position, setting forth the sense o Jews to make the law of Moses regul- , tne passage read. III. The Feast, 9-12. V. 9. This day is holy. As the firs ,lnt r P 1 ? n received fer- ativ(? for their life is recorded in for fifteen to ^ ay - 8 \^ Ktn , p rom the books of TlieTobacco of Quali ty Parents as Educators Cultivating a Child's Sense of Humor BY EDITH LOCHRIDGE REID. - v|n.\ r ^llinillV.Il . ] . f clover does not succeed. Satisfying sorre1 ' I" ' /Vvl this need for lime is often the first Cau , Se f the f f fc that requirement in successful clover grow- ently more and more sorrel each year, their history It would ^composed in Rut t.W m .I M 1 fertilizer, have been accused of caus- of the people of Jerusalem and of ". |K Be ' there ls appar - rrferKzlS; .3^u&'fiQ , ...v,. c per acre of onttne matter than lore me nauoimi i MVUWU - j. A common complaint is that it is an adjacent plot which had received voked for the purpose of formally a '-( d for , grael harder to grow clover than it used to no fertilizer. Good farming practice, cepting th.> law _ Ihe Jew * wn j.^ : As the reading of the law proceeded be thirty or forty years ago. This is j n Ontario wheat soils requires the! ne Ji .'" wo"' th most zeal- ' and the people heard the blessings for tinslniilit jwJN* +VIA tin* * U 1 J ' " a tn(_' IViltlur. Wtrl ! HIW iiiwai, ^ww it t lt i j_i_ _ 4 ,j; v_ dly true. When the land was conservation nnd building up of the first cleared, clover grew easily, abun- organic matter supply by tillage, rota- dantly, and luxuriously. But on our tion, legumes, and care of animal ma- Ontario soils, crop after crop was re-' nure. moved without replenishing the plant-! Red Fields and Sour Soils, food supply of the soil. Furthermore, 1 lime was rapidly removed from the t " "" ^ . sun ' mor m nt ; hs manv oil by leaching as well as b v the fiel , <l8 ^ rom j a < llstance P resent a ' ustv crops. Sour soils developed, on which rwl < ? lor ', du to l , hc P resence ., f ' onrv I not been following the law. This oc- 3BSBSSS^gin3bt depressed spirits. V. 10. Eat the fat, and drink the 1. Reading the Law, 1-3. V.I. All the people gathered them-, Bweet R y | e regards this as a pro- selves. To the later Jews, this as semWy was known as the "Great Synagogue." They considered it one of the most important gatherings in It would be composed ing. But there arc also soils where clover fails because of phosphorous lnff ** Aliy - Plably the name of ^n XJA |'1*/.T I'l 1 1 / 1 V/U .1 *il_ * 1* A*lf i hunger. On such soils a fertilizer con-! on * of *f P nnc 'P aI ^rtihzmg mate- taining this plant-food will make a, , .. ,. better stand of clover, larger plants tteal ^ do wlth thls hehcf - Thore '" that are not BO easily heaved out by very good evidence that fertilizers do - ,.. ij ii^nvvu t7U t UV | -J'i A 1 i 1_ . t_ frosts, and a consequent greater yield not cause SO1 ' acldltv - A P lot whlch representatives from the outlying Jewish communities in Palestine. Into the street before the water of hay. Fertilizing for the Whole Rotation. The effects of fertilizer on wheat in received over two tons of sixteen per cent, acid phosphate in fifteen years WHS actually less acid than adjacent plots that had received no treatment. verbial expression, meaning that the occasion is not one of fasting and grief. It should also be remembered that the people had been listening to the reading of the law from early morning and they would be hungry. Send portion^. A feast day was al- ways one of joy, when gifts were in- terchanged between friends and dis- tributed among the poor. V. 11. Hold your peace. Ryle says: "It was ill-omened to make use of! words or signs of lamentation on a j rotation are by no means confin.xlt In some laboratory tests the applica- to the wheat crop. The influence may tion of as much as five tons of acid extend over several years, especially if clover folio VE wheat. The increas- ed clover crop is often very striking. The larger tops and root systems when plowed under have an accumula- phosphate on an ackl soil actually re- gate. The Hebrew word for "street" here means literally "the broad or open space." (See ch. 3: 26 and 12: 37.) It was in the vicinity of the _ _ _ B _ __ _ _ temple. They spoke unto Ezra. The: no | y j ay Hab. 2: 20, "The Lord is in initiative appears to have been taken |nig no i y temple; let all the earth keep by the people. | silence before him." " The book of the law of Moses. This V. 12. At first the people had not is generally considered to be a section understood the lav; and were stricken or the whole of the first five books of j with grief when they reflected that the Bible. It was commonly called the I Law. In it is set forth the historic duccd the lime requirement of that Qri : of Isrne i' a institutions as well soil. While the limestone requirement! aa guidance regulative for conduct of a s-oil may not be increased by the an< i belief. use of fertilizer, it may be very desir- v . 2. Ezra the priest. In the pre- tive effect on the corn, potatoes, or able to lime the soil in many cases to v ion's verse he was called a scribe whatever crop follows. The question' get the full benefit of the fertilizer. one who was devoted to the study and they had not observed it. But the leaders eicplained it to them and on understanding it, they turned the day into one of glad feast'ng. Application. A Church, Not a Kingdom. "The exiles returned from Babylon to found not a kingdom, but a church," The Fertilizers' Act. An important piece of legislation designed to ensure the sale of genuine fertilizers, and to prevent deception, MM \\ (!*( VVMZT \tV7T\/bc.vi vv or ~W " i ll'UII'i Iini U n 1 1 1 ^ 1 1 > ' 1 1 1 , nil 1 A 1 UMl I II, teaching of the lew. From Ezra 7: go says Kirkpatrick. The lesson illus- ' Tf 1 AAII t_i II Unless treated by a chemical or phy-!^ nd sical process, the following can j 11, *e learn that he was both a priest a gcribe. or Brought the law; the in which the law was trates that suggestive statement. Nehemiah, governor, and Ezra, the priest, the scribe, united to lead the was pawed at the recent wnion of ; phosphorit . ^jd or pot ash Ihe Dom.n.on Parliament. Th,s Act j barnyaip ,i or slable manure which is under the administration ofi i,^,,. !, . the Seed Branch partment of Agri< a statement of fertilizer and c-entage of each of iti plant food con- ion f _____ f ___ _____ _ sold as exempt from the Act, provided j written. All that could hear with un-j people in religion. A practical sul> the seller does not guarantee them to^emtanding; all who had ^ attained J;o ( ject for an adult class to discwsa contain a percentage Bram . h t . an be {M f titutents shall be pnnted plainly om examination of a sample of a suspeot- a tag or label attached to. or printed; p ,i f pr tiii zer . directly on every con'.uning bag or: package. The trade mut in no way u-rk to deceive <he publir .-. to the' steps merit, or character A satisfactory way of treating stone decided to enquire of Ezra regarding w ith the government in school work the law. ' among Indians? What should be done We are all familiar with the old say- j ing that a sense of humor is a sav-^ ing grace, but even though we adults, mothers and teachers, appreciate this j trait, too often we neglect the oppor- ; tunity to encourage it in the child. All j children love a joke. Even very young ; children are quick to catch a pun on a play on words. They are always ready for a good laugh, and they are all the happier if some one will enjoy the laugh with them. Fortunate indeed is the child who has a teacher who indulges a sense of i humor in both herself and her chil-j dren. And if these same pupils receive further encouragement at home through mother, they develop a clean wit which is a joy even while they are small. The children who daily playj under my window make remarks that! are clever enough for any writer to use in his daily newspaper depart- ment, but I am not surpised at their | remarks when I know the teacher who, has them in charge at least four hours each day. She is always bubbling] with mirth and never allows the tire- some details of routine to dull her perspective. She never loses a chance to turn a word or a phrase at the pro- 1 per moment so that the children catch j the humor. And they grow to like this game of matching wits with the keenly alert mind of the joking teach- j er. I visited that teacher's room one day and the class was writing a compo- sition on "Mother.' Ruth raised her| hand and asked, "How do you spell 'awful'?" Miss Allen looked at her a 1 moment in surprise and then said, "Why Ruth, you don't mean you're j using that word in a talk about 'Moth-j er'!" Ruth's eyes danced and a broad, smile broke over her face as she re- plied, "I just asked that on purpose to! see you look surprised. I know how to ! spell that word and I'm saying my! mother does awful nice thing* for me." The idea was that the chili! planned to use that word (this is not the place to discuss the propriety of its use) and when she saw the oppor- tunity for a joke, she felt at liberty to share her discovery with the teacher because there was that certainty of appreciation which Miss AHen had en- couraged. Yesterday that same crowd of chil- dren to which I have previously re- ferred was exploring the mysteries of a new house in process of cnostruction. The carpenters had laid the shingles around the top of the roof in bunches just as they came from the lumber yards, and Dorothy had never happen- ed to see shingles in that shape be- fore. So she said carelessly, "I didn't know shingles came that way," and Bobbie, catching the remark quick as a wink, shouted "How did you think they came, in paste board boxes wrap- per in pink tissue paper?" Now Bob- bie groee to school to Miss Allen, and in addition he comes from a family who, although very modestly endowed financially, have a wonderful faculty of getting: fun out of life. They can construct a gloriously happy home on the very foundation of adversity, sim- ply because they mix in that wonder- ful saving grace, a sense of humor. Aside from teaching the children this happy trait, it is a most helpful fa-ctor in adding zest to the daily tasl's of the teacher. A gocd laugh is H splendid nerve tonic, as any physician will testify, and the tension of ever- lastingly-keeping-at-it can be relieved, many times during the day by th well-directed habit of roaming off for a moment into "lighter vein." Some children as well as adults are more richly endowed by nature than others with this characteristic of humor, but it is wonderful what cuHivation of even the tiniest germ will produce even in the soberest and seemingly dullest individual. about your Bible." It was good ad- vice. and window led**.* is with a wo , uk .' u ferUIL-r salt solution. This should be very VB ' V. 3. He read. The reading would B bout the Bible in public schools? Is! consume from f.ve to seven hours. In jt no (, true that the Church exists toi all likelihood, some of his associates ma ke the "kingdom" a "church," that- f r Sh rt intMP ' ?* nkc religion llniv ^ rsal ' th H very ccepting Vhe Law. 5. 6. 8. wE-hlp and Exposition. "Ezra! With the exception of aasic \n K and strong, one part of salt being dis-j ' , t ' h , ht f th people blessed the Lord, the great God." And natural rock phosphate, no n:a(erisl : solved m two part* of hot water. Ap-, Ac *;*i inB t " v 4, Exra stood on a they read in the book "distinctly, and can be sold as a fnrtilizei that does ply this in a warm state to the stone , )U ij>it, or raised platform within sight 8ve the sense, and caused them to not contain twelve percen 1 . at Kait'and when dry the milking of another nn d hearing of the concourse before understand the reading." Most ad- of nitrogen, phoyjhoric- acid or potash, application i desirable. Kvery few him. The people would see him open, mirable, a worthy example, nnct still No fertilizer may contain auv poison- months the treatment mav be repeat- that is unroll, the book of the law. honored in its observance. The - mix substance injurious to plant life. ed. Farming Versus Agriculture In former yearn, when men essayed Good Mother Karth to tickle, It was not counted as a "trade" To wield the srythe nnd sickle. To steer a plow niui drive a nug And, with the feet loam -weighted, Plod back and forth behind a "drng 1 As "Hopping clods," was rated. He counted brawn ahead of brain, The doughty son of Labor , . All the people stood up; to show their opening worship in our public scr- I reverence for the Law, jut as slaves vices is a spiri'ual sacrifice to God, a i remained standing in the presence of duty and a privilege important in it-. i their masters. Standing was often self, but it is besides a grncious in-| the posture assumed during praying, fluence in preparation of the spirit for j(See 1 Sum. I: 2B; I Kings 8 22; | right understand ing of the instruction Luke 18: 11, IS.) Stnndir.g during; of "the book" "The things of the nrayer wan the custom in the old , Spirit of God are spiritually discern- 1 Scottish churches.- To this day led." The pure in heart see God. If standing is the attitude adopted dur-|a man wfl to do His will, he shall _ j t __ r i i _ _ i . , ... ; _ i L _ ' L M i \ \ r Hut, in these days of modern tools And more progressive seeding, ,.... B ._ _. r ___ We learn our precepts in the schools, Ing" the" reading of the law in the'k now '. And through constructive reading. Jewish synagogue A good farm paper fills the need, And is a potent factor In raising crops from fertile seed, An much so as the tractor. Where formerly we rnst aside All scientific data, I V. 6. Ezra bit-surd the Lord; prais- ed and thanked (rod for his gift of ! the people signified that they accented \ and ratified the Law. Lifting up their hands. This may be interpreted as a I posture of supplication and adoration Who daily toiled through sun and rain,' It now affords us joy and pride i i n prayer (just as Moaea held up hit As likewise did his neighbor. To raise a smooth potato. I hands when he prayed, Ex. 17: in He blindly fought the worms and flier So, raising live stock, corn and peas,' or, more probably, as a token that Which yearly were alarming. In spite of pest and vulture, &l^&2^*fi$F~^* And, though he took the county prize, | I a "profession," Lf you please, y a * \f Tom thin verse one would Ills toil was classed as "farming." And classed ss "agriculture." infer t j, at tne reading of the law was And yet we should make a mistake if we should neglect any intellectual help "to understand the reading," and get "the sense." The exposition of competent scholars is valuable. As our Christian religion has come to us from Christ, and 1 jhSa fore-runners, the prophets and his interpreters, the apostles, we should avail ourielf of the careful historical and literary study of the documents, the hooks, that have brought hfo religion to us. It is in this way we come to under- stand the reading. A good man said to his son who waa preparing for the ministry, "Get to know all you can The proper housing of chickens is essential. Do not keep more chickens than you have room to care for prop- erly. Allow four square feet of floor space for the American or English' breeds and three square feet for smaller breeds as Leghorns. If over- crowded, it will mean disease and loss. Ventilation must be so arranged that there will be no draft on chickens. ' We are advised for every ten feet of floor space to have one foot of open-; ing in the front part of the house that should face either south or southeast. One-half of this should be glass and tho other half covered with muslin.! Every house should have a system of ventilation whereby '.he greatest num-! ber of birds that it will hold will re-| ceive the benefit cf the fresh air. Do! not keep too many chickens in your, house for that will lower the vitality, of the birds and make them snscepti-j ble to disease. Having had my flock culled, I know that it is very important and feel that! it has 'been a factor in making a profit, The undesirable birds, such as the loafers, the ones that are not laying enough eggs to pay for their feed, the old ones, the diseased and also the! less vigorous ones, must be taken from the flock before you will be ready to get results from the feed given. Do not think because the hen has the capacity to produce a large number of eggs in a year that she will do ao without any attention. In these days of scientific feeding of stock, we hear much about balanced rations and the extra profit by such feeding. I may well say the feed for Biddy is just as important. A friend remarked to me, "a hen does not Vay because she wants to but because she has to lay." This expresses the truth clearly. Give the well-housed, vigor- ous hen proper food, and a full esrsf basket re the reward. We keep a dry mash before the chickens the year 'round. This is fed in self-feeders which the handy man can easily make. We use the grain we raised on the farm. For dry mash we use: 100 pounds ground corn 200 pounds prround oats 100 pounds meat scrap. In addition to the mas'h, scratch grain is fed in litter, oats in morning and corn in evening, during the col-d weather. For summer months the corn is omitted. Through the winter I feed green food to give variety. I use vegetables and feed six or eijrht quarts to one hundred hens each day. I plan to have green food that is most easily raised. Pumpkins are tha main green food as long as they keep. which is usually until the first of Frebruary. In feeding pumpkins cut them in halves, remove the seed and the hens will do the rest. Cabbage, sugar beets and potatoes help to make variety and are used in this way. In early spring wheW vegetables are Rone I sprout oats. This is excellent feed and much relished but owing to the extra work I omit the sprouted oats as long as I can. If your local fair is a good one, sup- port it If it isn't a good one, help make a .rood one out of it