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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY. MAY 3, 1917 Your Conducted jSy Jfekm Jaw , this Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write department. Initials only will be published with each question and i« answer as a means of identification, but full name and address must be given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will °e mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. low into a crack player who has the courage to lose a match rather than lose his respect for himself by accepting a mistaken decision of the umpire. A. J. B.:--The Boston fern, like all of its tribe, should not get too much sun, but plenty of light. The secret of fern success is in watering, not water from the top, but put the pot in a basin or tub of water reaching half way up over night. Do this twice a week. Also wash the leaves off weekly with a little weak soap wa- ll. K.:---Gardening is of the greatest benefit to children. Not only is the work healthful for the body, but it is a real character builder and mental trainer. There is hardly one of the moral virtues which is not inculcated by gardening. We learn faith as we plant the tiny seeds in the confidence that God will give the increase; we learn that we must do our share when we water, prune and weed; we see the advantage of generosity as we note that the more we cut the flowers the more richly they bloom; we learn patience and perseverance in working for a harvest that is worth while. Then, too, the study of the plants' growth teaches us the great secrets of life, while the artistic sense is awakened and trained by observation of the lines, colors and forms of vegetation. Another advantage of gardening is the sense of responsibility which it engenders, together with the joy of achievement, for the child, feeling that even the tiniest bed is its very own to be tilled and planted and cherished, takes a special pride and pleasure in the toil. That reminds up th&c grownups are not playing fair when they let the little farmer fret and plan and work, and then calmly gather the results of his labor without even the courtesy of asking permission, much less offering any thanks or compensa- E. R. S.:--The moral value of clean vsport is admitted by every one who | there for at least thirty minutes, has had anything to do with training 'the milk is pasteurized in a bottle J. H. L.:--A very hot oven is usually required for pastry. To test it place a spoonful of flour in the oven. This should brown in one minute's time. M. D.:--1. Long hot baths are depleting. Hot baths for tonic effect should be short and always followed by a cold bath. A short hot bath lasting half a minute or » minute may be taken every morning without injury . The best time to take a sweating bath is before retiring at night. In such cases the bath should be followed by a neutral bath at S/O/YSSJ Fair April pinned a violet Upon her dress of green, And stepped out bravely in the s So that she might be seen. She was *a very charming sight, Foretelling summer hours; And when the raindrops pattered down We called them April showers. There is a way that April has Of smiling through her tears; And always when she smiles the sun Up in the sky appears. She knows that rain and sun are bot Spring's welcome guests, and so She drops a tear chased by a smile To make the flowers grow. The Happy Spider. "Swing high, swing low, High hee, high ho! Never despair, Just swing, in the air. It's all in a spider's life." "Won't you please make a little less noise?" asked Mr. Elephant, as he looked up to see who was making such a racket. "Oh, it's you, is it, Mrs. Spider? I didn't know you could be so disagreeable." "Disagreeable? I'm not disagreeable. I was singing, not making a You have degrees P. for fifteen minutes. 2. It j Mrs. Spider simply had to laugh, is not harmful to eat fruit a half "hour I If there was one thing Mr. Elephant before breakfast if one likes it that | could not stand it was being laughed way. The combinations you mention I at, so he took a good look at his ear, of acid and sweet fruits, such as i flapped it once or twice and said: oranges and stewed prunes or figs, are; "What's the matter with my ear ? I wholesome. 3. To pasteurize milk j really can't see why I, the king of for a^child it is not necessary to boil j beasts, should be worried by a spider." it, but merely to heat it to ! tempera- j "Oh, ho! The very idea! The Lion ture of 142-145 degrees and keep it; is the king of beasts. Every kind of If . king has a jester, so you must be the Lion's jester." Mrs. Spider went on with her spinning, singing the while. "Swing high, swing low." "Dear me! Didn't I ask you to cease?" whined Mr. Elephant. "Cease? You must never ask a spider to cease. Through all the ages, since time began, a spider has been the model of patience and painstaking work. I simply can't stop, even if I wanted to. Don't be discouraged; you might learn something, even from a spider." "It's very kind of you to want to teach me," said Mr. Elephant," swinging his huge body to and fro. "What may I learn from you?" "As I learn from the tiniest things, so you, too, may learn from me. I learn from the ant to be industrious. From you, to be cross and fault-finding-" "That will be enough about me," interrupted the big fellow. Mrs. Spider went right on. "Do you know that a man was once so discouraged that he was ready to stop his work--stop everything--and as he lay on his bed he saw my great-greatgrandfather, or some other spider, trying to swing to and fro and patch up its web, and finally the spider did make a successful swing and did patch the web, and the man was so encouraged by this little tiny act that he, too, kept on trying and finally conquered?" "I don't know of anything I want to conquer," replied Mr. Elephant. "Ah, my dear sir! You may not have a web to weave and you may not have an army to command; but there is always something in this world to conquer--bad habits, for instance." "Haven't any," Mr. Elephant replied "Then start in to conquer your terrific temper," suggested Mrs. Spider. "Well, that's growing bette.-," said . Elephant. If you can't think of anything else to conquer, conquer yourself," replied Mrs. Spider softly. "That would be great victory for you!" ueries Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. The object of this department is to place al service of our farm readers the advi edged authority c Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, and answers will appear In this column in the order in which they are received. As space is limited it is advisable where immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. subjects pertaining t boys. There is no cleaner sport thi tennis. It puts a player on his honor. Its etiquette requires that the opponent should always have the benefit of the doubt. For the boy you mention it would be especially valuable. Tennis, I am told, has developed one little fel- _____ container which has been placed in a kettleVf water, heat the water to j 145-148 degrees, so that the milk will i be at 142 degrees at least. Boiling; temperature is 220 degrees. 4. Aj person is most susceptible to cold: when tired. first. We can picture the others cepting it in utter bewilderment, ashamed to speak. That was Peter's way. Every word of sharp out-cry carries all the emphasis ■ °ne n Peter was capable of: thou hast most, that you INTERNATIONAL LESSON MAY 6. Lesson VI.--Jesus The Servant of All --John 13. 1-17. Golden Text Mark 10. 44. to act as servant of all. The knowledge that he was in this world only on his way from God to God makes menial work majestic: what are this world's standards to him" 4. Garments, not only the upper one. In Indian language, he adopts collie costume to do coolie work: the towel serves as his dhoti. One has to visit the East to realize how intensely degraded a man feels when made to do the work of a caste below him. The Son of God does a slave' work, to show that a man cannot be degraded bythe work he does; then he 's death and shows In poultry raising the farmer has an advantage over others in the wide range he can give his fowls. The hen may be a machine, but few of us ever learn how to run it right. Never hold duck eggs long. They depreciate in quality more rapidly than hens' eggs. thing about brooders is l put two in one house and both| they won't fight. | Early chicks will not thrive in a cold, open coop; it is an impossibility, I and the first thou 8. Peter finds the promi; Stiff SI a7frtlrr with $ letting his idolized Master do such a! Tne second brood of goslings usually thing for him! No part--Compare I need more care and more feed than the Acts 8. 21. No share with him in his, first ones, as the grass is apt to be so work and his glory, unless he has; tough by the time they are hatched cleansed him first. The very sug-! that is is hard for them to bite it off. gestion sends Peter into the other ex-| Goslings do not needjeed until e OA. -itr-Sb "tiouTs^'oTeTT'wnen repara-™e T„ +i,„' shoi ■riotrFr tions at home with a bath. * In the'snould be fed any of the mashes dirty streets on his way to the host's j commended for chickens or ducklings, house he gets his feet and calves bad- j or a mash or dough of two-thirds ly splashed. So on entering the shorts (middlings) and one-third corn-house, a slave removes his sandals meal, which"an be made equal parts (Matt. 3. 11-so read),, and another; shorts an4 cornmeal and flve per cent brings water and washes his feet j f , , ,, , ' , . *■ , (Luke 7. 44). So he proceeds to the of be^f addedafter ?lx w,eeks- 1 meal. A humid atmosphere in the egg 1 11. This is parenthetic. Judas had chamber of the incubator is one of received the washing, but it did not the first essentials to the hatching of \ cleanse him any more than the parable strong, healthy chickens. ( of heavenly bread and wine gave him: After the breeding season is over, , eternal life. .. 1 roosters are worse than a useless en- \ Know--Rather understand: it , ... . 3 rendered in verse 7. i cumbrance. They are a positive in- Aoa-r-oA^ w , w ; '/< „ + > i3. Teacher--The English Revised 3ury to the quality Of the eggs. :annot be degraded by what is done to Version Mast6i gives sthe note of j Chicks should be left in incubators ' « ' r*™^ a™<,,.o„h„ „„t authority better, and comes nearer to; for 48 hours after hatching. Verse t^tf&l** ^ J^***? YoU CaMOt ^ from ting some distance away. It would &,^er a"dH hre**, <c°™P.are the unclean nests; and clean eggs bring be Wlike Judas to take the place | ^^hoT lif'efare tie no'ftfX 6ter starts his prepara next Jesus, and l PRAYER Through Communion With God Come Wisdom and Knowledge, Moral Strength and Decision of Character. premium Clean drinking water and plenty of it is one of the prime essentials to success in poultry. The artificial incubation of eggs dates back to the early Egyptians, who used ovens heated with fermenting manure. Eggs all of one color are preferred to those of mixed colors. Uniform-ity in size is also a matter of import-n marketing. "Ask, and it shall be given unto | the habit of doing so at night and in you."--St. Matthew, vii.,7. I the morning at our bedside. Our When faced by the great realities ; prayers are certain crystallized peti-of life, which fcrce one to realize his j tions that have become habits and are own weakness and insufficiency, the, repeated almost by rote. To get yearning for help from some higher j upon one's knees is wholesome. It; powei without one's self almost com- ] humbles us before One greater than! There,18 a lot of,mo"ey 111 ^he early pels a man to pray. Lincoln used to ! ourselves, and in those periods of the;'?mbs lf they are kept Fowm8 fl say that he went upon his knees be- j day set aside for prayer one should start- u . cause he had nowhete else to go. He! follow this custom, but prayer can be!kee/ the™ growln& fast; realized that the problems and difficul-j offered without so doing. "Pray; Keep the ewes up to lull ties of decision which came to him j without ceasing," says the Apostle-- ! by good feedln£-could not be solved without the help i that is, prav as we walk, as we ride i ArranSe the lamb creeP where the of the Divine Being. las we toil. lambs can £° for extra feed- Coax There are few persons who, in the! "Men Ought Always To Pray" .them *° eat a11 thfcy wil1 as ear1" as time of imminent danger, of great D_______ :_ _____:i. :_____. I possible Question--G. L. L.:--(1) I would like to learn a little about pit silos. I think they have a great many advantages and would like to try one. State how the gas trouble is overcome, and how the digging and plastering are (2) Have we not been cautioned to provide drainage for the inside of the silo to prevent actual accumulation of liquid. How can this be done in a water-tight pit? (3) Is there any simple way of removing the silage from a pit silo. Answer;--(1) Lowering a light into the silo will soon discover the presence of gas, since if it is present the light will go out immediately. The gas is heavier than air; hence, if you throw in a couple of feet of coarse blocks or rocks there will be room for the gas to settle at the bottom of the silo and not occupy the volume where the silage rests. As to the digging and plastering, in digging a pit silo the dirt can be throw out to a depth of six or eight feet, but it is best to throw it out to a depth of about five feet and then true up and plaster the walls. Otherwise it will be necessary to build a scaffolding inside the silo. Care should be taken not to dig out too far, so that there will be holes or uneven pl,;ces in the walls of the silo. It is best to leave three or four inches at east to be removed when the walls are finally After you have excavated ..bout five or six feet and have the walls trued, they should be plastered with a good cement mortar. The first coat can be put on about a half an inch thick, and should be made of one part cement and three parts clean sand, and plastered right on the dirt walls. If the] weather is rather hot and the walls have dried out considerably, it would be best to sprinkle them, so that they will be moist when the cement is put on. As it is desirable to have this cement three-quarters of an inch to one inch thick on the walls it would perhaps require three coats to do this, as not more than one-quarter of an inch can be put on at a time after the first coat. After the first coat has been put on, it will probably be possible to follow with the second coat, since the first sets rapidly, but the second coat will require time to set. (2) There are two ways of getting rid of the moisture in the bottom of the pit silc. The first is to run a pipe from the bottom of the silo up to the ground level, and have it connected with a small pump. If moisture gathers in the bottom of the silo it can be pumped out at intervals. The second means of procuring good drainage is to arrange for a small drain pipe to run from the lowest point in the pit silo and connect with some outside drain. Before it is time to put the silage in, open this drain pipe and allow the water to drain out. After the silo is thoroughly drained close the pipe by driving a close fitting plug in the end of it. This will prevent the entrance of air. (3) The hoist which was erected foi getting out the dirt when building the silo can be used for taking out silage. A box with a capacity of about 10 bushels of silage is sometimes used. This box is provided with Iwo 8-inch wheels under one end, and the other end has handles, so that it is possible to use this in the same way that a wheelbarrow is used. After the silage is used down to some distance, a horse or a gasoline engine can be used as a source of power to rui. this hoist. You are not going. They are not going.' Now, can you say all that?" "Sure I can," responded Grace quite heartily. "There ain't ntbody going." of the growing France have been 2 1912. The many cases of the The symptoms of ring-bone are generally irregular lameness followed by constant lameness with a bony enlargement, partially or completely surrounding the coronet or pastern. best treatment is rest, then blister with 2 drams each of biniodide of mercury and cantharides mixed wdth 2 ounces vaseline, repeat in about two weeks. If this fails to cure have joint fired and blistered. As the heavy spring work comes on, the work teams should be fed and cared for in the most careful way. To increase the efficiency of the farm team means dollars in the pocket of the farmer. The best way to feed for efficiency 'cut the hay, sprinkle it with wa-ind mlJT tlfli groumr^grairi faffon This ration is to be fed in the morning; at noon, feed whole grain; at night, give the cut hay and ground ration, and a little long- hay in the mangers for the horses to pick at if they want it. The hay can be soakedfrom one feeding to the next if desired. For old, horses this is a good idan. Docking or cutting off the tails of J horses is a cruelty that lasts through ! life. TJiey can never, after this cruel operation, brush off the flies and mos-1 - quitoes that make their life every sum- j _* _ 1 • ° . mer a torment. By Henry G. Bell, Agronomist. At Dominion Experiment Fal-ms There are two grave periods inthel and costs so little that r the cost of feeding colts rising one \ life of the potato crop from the disease | ford n year old was found to average 10.6; control standpoint. This firsFis be-! cents per day, for colts coming two \ fore the crop is planted; the second years old 9.33 cents., and for coming is about the time the plants are mak- Potatoes In many sections also suf three-year-olds 6.08 cents. The total! mg a good growth and extends up un- I fer from both early and late blight, cost up to three years old was $71.96. i til maturity. Enormous losses are j which frequently kills the. vines and -.;.-___ | suffered by the potato growers, all of ! causes the tubers to rot. These dis- I which are easily avoided by the ex- j eases very frequently cause heavy English Grammar. Grace's uncle met her on the street one spring day and asked her whether she was going out with a picnic party from her school. "No," replied his eight-year-old niece, "I ain't going." .J'JMy dear," said the, uncle, "yoju must not say. 'I ain't going.' " And he proceeded to give her a little lesson in grammar: " 'You are not going. He is not going. We are not going. Experiments Manitoba ^vheat going on ever s ported variety given yields equal to tho: climatized wheats. ■ CONTROLLING POTATO DISEASES The Exercise of a Little Care Will Prevent Enormous Losses From Scab and Blight--Simple Preventative Measures. t to dip the potatoes. Blight. cising of a little care and time. It ] losses but they can be controlled by so easy to treat all potato seeds that spraying with Bordeaux mixture 1 i fail to do it properly :ause the method looks so simple. Potato scab, for instance, s and wheat bran will lilk flow i the hour of death, do not involuntarily offer a prayer for help. It may be faltering and unpractised, but it is a recognition of the need of God's assistance. To the Christian prayer is far more than this. He knows that "Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air." He has learned that simple petition {'^£oTa for one's material needs, while permitted in the form "Give us this day our daily bread," is the lowest use of prayer. He prays for prayer's sake and has found it a most stimulating and valuable occupation. The Power of Prayer "Men Ought Always To Pray Prayer is work; it involves a con-j a small quantity only should be put centration and use of the mind and of in the trough so they will eat it up the will and of the affections. These 1 clean. Keep it replenished, three ingredients enter into all forms j a little watchful care will enable the of work. To do anything well we | flockmaster to keep a fresh supply of must love to do it, but manual labor I grain in the trough. becomes so mechanical as to require;1 Separate the ewes and their lambs but little thought. Study may become ; from the main flock. A hurdle can be an intellectual habit and require no! used for this purpose, effort of the will, but in prayer these The ewes with lambs should be fed factors are more evenly balanced than | stronger than the any other occupation. | t had their lam, Prayer is importunity. Effecti"- " requires, however, that the spraying be started early. The first spraying should be done when the plants are 6 inches high. Spraying must be used as a precautionary or instance measure. If it is not begun until after the blight has attacked the crop ily partial control can be expected. In mixing up the Bordeaux mixture e four pounds of copper sulphate (blue vitrol) and four pounds of stone "me to 50 gallons of water. In mix-ig up the solution the copper sulphate should be dissolved in hot water and enough water added to make 25 gallons. In the same way the lime should be dissolved separately in a small quantity of water and enough added to make up 25 gallons. This i that f and successful prayer must importune. While the soul is cleansed and expands and is strengthened, the mark of prayer and God's presence is stamped upon ntenance, so that Moses cover- Women feel just~ need exercise for their facult field for their efforts, jui feel; they he beings that can leap the great-are insects, the fleaandgrasshopper The former can hop over an obstacle Prayer is communing with God. I ed his face with a veil, and those that Through it come wisdom and knowl- j looked upon Stephen "saw his face as edge and moral strength. It de- j it had been the face of an angel."| 500 times its height, which is the velops decision of character. Tempta- When we descend from the mountain as if a man could hop over a mountain tions; difficulties and dangers taken to and rejoin our fellows in the valley God in prayer lose their power, and in j as we take up again our daily pur-their place come serenity, strength,; suits men will "take knowledge of us discernment and peace. j that we have been with Jesus."_Rev, Most of us who pray have formed : Robert B. Kimber. ' 3,000 feet high. A grasshoppei ■ jump 200 times its length. How tall i are you? Four feet? Well, if you were a grasshopper you could leap SCO feet. If sows are fat when pigs are far-j rowed keep down the grain ration for, widely distributed. It may easily be I the first two weeks. ! controlled by using the formalin If kept right, hogs are not apt to method or the corrosive sublimate ' have much the matter with them. Good j treatment. Formalin may be pur-feed, a dry, warm place to stay, and a ] chased at any drug store and should i kind master, and yoi may leave the; be used at the rate of one pint of hog medicine down at the store. j formalin to 30 gallons ofwater. Place ' There is not so much call for very j the potatoes in a gunny sack and s fat pork as there was a few years ago.! in the formalin solution for two hours, 1 Sensible, too. The streak of lean j then spread the seed out on the floor ought to be a good thick one. | to dry before cutting. All sacks, ma- . How much does it cost you to get j chinery, baskets, knives and whatever 1 a pound of pork? Figure on that a j else touches the seed should always be 1 little; it will pay. disinfected. Not one farmer out of a thousand i However, I prefer the corn sive ever puts his hog on the scales until; limate treatment, as this not only after he has ceased to be a hog a^d : trols scab but also controls the disease i diluted lime solution should be strain-becomes cold pork. That is why 'so | commonly called Rhizoctonia, which; ed through cheese cloth or a fine wire few really know how much it costs to , has become quite prevalent in many ' strainer after which the two solutions make pork. But it would pay to \ potato growing sections. This treat-1 should be mixed together by pouring weigh or measure feed and let the ment is quite simple and inexpensive.' into a large barrel or tank the spray, scales set you right on matters of cost | Four ounces of corrosive sublimate, Per best results it Is a gbod idea to of production. j (which can be purchased at any drug have a half barrel in which to mix the ' store) should be dissolved in two gal- lime solutions and another for mixing Ions of hot water, after which enough the copper sulphate. The mixture water should be added to bring the should be thoroughly stirred or agitat-mixture up to 30 gallons. This ma-; ed while being sprayed. The Bordeaux Tired of standing all day, she I terial should be placed in wooden ves- j solution should be used as soon as threw up her situation as a shopgirl, i sels as it will destroy iron or tin. Low-1 made. It depreciates very rapidly and managed to get work in a tele-1 er the potatoes into the vessel before when standing for any length of time, phone exchange, although she knew I cutting and allow them to remain for | Great care should be used in applying nothing about it. The first call came j one and one-half hours. This mix- the spray so as to thoro"ghly cover the through. "What number, please?" I ture should only be used four times | leaves, both on top and on the under asked Evangeline M. sweetly. after which it should be thrown away : side. This may be accomplished by "Nine--nine--nine--nine!" came the , and a new lot niade up. It may li "having a sprayer with three nozzles, reply. j advisable to gradually lengthen the one suspended over the top of the row E. M. looked really distressed. "Oh, I time that each lot remains in the mix-' and one on each side, spraying both I'm sorry," she breathed through the ture, after the fust. Corrossive sub- the side and beneath the leaves. The instrument, "but we're out of_er_I i limate is a poison and should not be 'Potato Bug", may be controlled by mean that nine--nine_nine--nine is' placed where children or animals can adding one pound of Paris Green or 2 engaged. But I t?.n supply you with ■ Ket no!d of or'drink the mixture, to 3 pounds of Arsenate of LeacHo the nine--nine--nine--e'ght or ten thou- j The latter treatment will absolutely Bordeaux solution and both ap V>n\ at sand, Lf you wist-" • (control potato scab and Rhiicoetonia the same time. Willing to Please. Evangeline Maude had got i